Rick DiClemente's Starself Astrological Newsletter for March

[ricochetastroman]

Welcome to March...

Saturn continues its lonely march in March opposite all the other planets. Finally, Venus is starting to break away from the pack and give Saturn some company around the 7th and 8th. Saturn’s serious undertones will soften some. Plenty is going on in March: two eclipses, Saturn’s second opposition to Neptune, Mercury going direct, along with Spring and a new zodiac!

This month we celebrate Pisces

In my opinion, it’s the ultimate sign of the zodiac. I didn’t say it was the best nor the easiest. Actually, in many ways, it’s probably the hardest to be. The entire zodiac symbolically evolves to this final stage where the ego no longer gets support. The tendency is one of selflessness – and dare I say, there are plenty hovering around Pisces to help them. Pisces must learn the difference between true selflessness and low self-esteem, between allowing life to flow by (the Fishes) and just floating listlessly. Unlike the other signs, Pisces realizes that personal ambition is ultimately unfulfilling. Therefore, their urge is to transcend the Self – a very tricky business. They still need a strong “ego” to survive, however, saying “no” is not one of their strong points. They truly are challenged to do “His will” and not their own. Their need to escape earthly and bodily confines can lead them into dangerous waters. True “escape”, or transcendence, while not easy, is accomplished only by unconditional love and acceptance of the world - not resistance. Acceptance, that is, of others, and of themselves and their incarnation.

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Pisceans of Interest and Astrological Musings…

Question: What do healer Donna Eden and chess champion Bobby Fischer have in common?
Answer: Born just nine days apart, a lot more than you might think.

Donna Eden - 2/28/43 - Perhaps once in a Royal Blue moon does one have the opportunity to meet a human being like Donna Eden.

Donna Eden is among the world’s leading authorities on energy healing. She has treated over 10,000 clients and taught hundreds of classes worldwide. She is cofounder, along with her brilliant husband, David Feinstein, a clinical psychologist, of the nonprofit Energy Medicine Institute in Ashland, Oregon. Donna is one of the world's most effective healers. Able from childhood to clairvoyantly see the body’s subtle energies, she has made a career of teaching people how to work with them.

It’s not just the effect she has on the crowd – moreover, it’s simply her. She absolutely glows and is the epitome of Piscean unconditional love. Watching her is amazing - it’s as if she falls in love with every person she meets. In an age when ballplayers get hundreds of dollars for signing autographs, Donna has to be dragged away from her “audience” after seminars or else she would be signing books for hours and hours – for free. She clearly makes every person feel special.

Getting down to what makes her so incredible astrologically…

One of the main constructs in her chart is her Venus in Aries directly opposite Neptune in Libra (universal love) making a T-square to the Moon in Sagittarius (the cheerleader.) Her ruling Neptune universalizes the Venus (as if she weren’t Piscean enough) and sends its benevolent energies to the ever-expressive Sagittarian Moon for all to enjoy. As Angie Dickinson said of Donna, “As soon as she enters a room, healing begins." Add passionate Scorpio rising, an exalted Mars in Capricorn (which Neptunians can surely use), and top it off with a forward-thinking Mercury in Aquarius.

Perhaps even more telling of this marvelous woman’s healing mission is the North Node (karmic point) together with the asteroid Chiron (the Healer) in Leo at the top of the chart – on the world stage. She is a healing avatar.
Because of her, I know what a human being can be.

Bobby Fischer, March 9, 1943 – is an American-born Icelandic chess International Grandmaster and in 1972 became the only US-born chessplayer ever to win the World Chess Championship. The chess protégé attended High School with Barbra Streisand, though he later dropped out. Many teachers remembered him as difficult. According to school records, he had an IQ of 180 and an incredibly retentive memory. Yet, he and Donna Eden couldn’t be more different.

Starting chess at the age of six, he learned fast. At the age of thirteen, his meteoric rise led him to soundly defeat Donald Byrne, who later became an International Master. This game is often called by aficionados, "The Game of the Century". This occurred when Uranus crossed his ascendant; it's always Uranus if it's 1) brilliant, and 2) meteoric.

He could have easily been world champion in his early twenties, but he wouldn’t abide by the rules. He finally won the World Championship from Soviet Boris Spassky in 1972 (during his Saturn return) in the much ballyhooed match in Reykjavík, Iceland. Of course this brought much attention to the cerebral game and chess enjoyed a huge upswing of popularity in the U.S. He was one of the highest rated chess players in history - many say the greatest. Always impossible to please, the contrary Fischer was stripped of his world title in 1975 when he refused to play Anatoly Karpov as directed by International Chess Federation guidelines.

He has had a very rocky life and has gone from rags to riches – often sleeping in cars. As an outspoken anti-Semitic and anti-American, he actually applauded the 9/11 attacks on US soil. After years of evading arrest, in 2004, Fischer was arrested in Japan for trying to board a flight with an illegal passport. He was deported after playing a rematch against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia, thus violating an executive order sanctioning economic exchange against that country. Fischer eventually ended up living in exile in Iceland.

So, what made him so brilliant and yet so difficult?

Start with Pluto in Leo (King of the World) opposite Mars across the ascendant – deadly powerful, dead aim. He once said that he didn’t just want to defeat his opponents, he wanted to destroy them. Pluto power unleashed, and certainly used wrongly. These two planets make a T-square to the strong, anchored Moon in Taurus at the Midheaven! He pumped iron before his matches since he believed that physical stamina was crucial during the test of endurance. The eighth-house Mercury in Aquarius (genius) is directly fed via square from Saturn and Uranus in Gemini giving him his phenomenal mental library of chess openings. It’s also why he’s so irascible. There are also four planets involved in a giant Grand Trine in air signs making him a formidable force to reckon with mentally, and in all ways.

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Yet why is Donna so kind and Bobby so raucous and even venomous? His amplified Mars-Pluto number one. Her Moon in Sag; his in rough-and-ready Taurus. Her softened Venus opposite Neptune but his amplified Venus in Aries at the top of the chart – the World conqueror. One using Pisces power properly and to the fullest and the other to the foolest. Uranus will go over Mr. Fischer’s Sun on May 25th of this year. I wonder what tricks he’ll be up to then, but meanwhile, I betcha I can beat Donna in chess…

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3/3 Lunar Eclipse 6:17pm 13° Virgo 00” - This Eclipse is huge as it is almost exactly aligned with transiting Uranus and Jupiter! Coinciding with Mercury retrograde, you may as well turn off your computers for a few days. No, seriously, this is a symbol of chaos. Now, since the planets are basically benevolent and harmless, we need to transmute this chaos into significant change. Taking place on the Virgo-Pisces axis is the key here. Uranus urges us to become liberated and evolve – and Jupiter to spread our wings. In this sense, albeit a subtle one, we need to get on with our spiritual development. We need to reach deep and find our best avenue for reaching for our Starselves. As with any Uranus transit, we must avoid drastic, rash action but at the same time be ever-willing to risk and trust in our Higher power. I know this may sound vague, but we all know what we can do, or as David Hawkins said in “The Eye of the I”, “Remove the next obstacle within that keeps us from loving unconditionally.” It is no coincidence that this eclipse is releasing just after the movie, “The Secret,” was featured on the Oprah show. (It’s amazing how the clockwork of eclipses affect ten days before they form…)

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3/7 Mercury Goes Direct 11:45pm – Can you hear the collective sigh? OK, 1, 2, 3… SIGH. It never ceases to amaze me how everything starts to work out easily right as Mercury goes direct. I’d really like to know what “good” it does for it to go retrograde in the first place, but I’m sure we’ll never know. Go ahead and install your computer patches, but from what I’ve been privy to, don’t install “Vista.” Meetings are held, communication is resumed, contracts are signed – get on with things without a shaky quill.

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3/17 Venus Enters Taurus 6:01pm – A very pleasant state of affairs for a few days. Enjoy. Restaurants are full. Eat, drink, and be merry. Buy a REGULAR hammock in hopes of Spring. By God, Tauruses know how to enjoy life… follow suit!

That reminds me, what are the proper plurals of the signs? And, for that matter, what of using the signs as adjectives?
That’s one reason I like astrology so much, it’s such a vague, unregulated science/art that I get to make up stuff:

Aries – Arians, Aryans, Martian? Sounds like I might get some E-mail on that one
Taurus – Taurusi, Tauruses, Taurians, Bulloney
Gemini – Geminis, Geminians, Geminian (sounds weird)
Cancer – Cancers, Cancerians (weren’t they on Star Trek?)
Leo – Leos, Leonine
Virgo – Virgos, Virgoans, Virgins, 72 Virgins…
Libra – Libras, Librans, Venusian Ones
Scorpio – Scorpios, Scorpion, Scorpionics (60’s Soul Group?)
Sagittarius – Sagittarians, Sagittarian, Sagges, Saj, Sadges, (actually, their adjective is Jovian)
Capricorn – Capricorns, Capricornian, Capricorny
Aquarius – Aquarians, Aquariuses (I doubt it)
Pisces – Piscean, Fishy

You try it.

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3/18 Solar Eclipse 10:43pm 28° Pisces 07” – This time the eclipse is square to Pluto. That dang Pluto just never goes away. This is within one degree and could prove to be a very important turning point. With the Sun and Moon in Pisces and Pluto spending its final months in Sag… It’s clearly time to reassess if your life is meaningful or not. The Archer/Centaur doesn’t aim his arrows high simply because it makes a nice statue. It symbolizes our high ideals. Pluto doesn’t sit by idly either. Combined, this means that we need to make sure our expectations have not been too low, or that we haven’t settled. Go for it. Pluto brings us the power to manifest.

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[wickfordbard]

1. Is this your newsletter?

I love it and your site. I knew you knew something - :yourock: :yourock:

Wicky

[DemExpat]

2. Thanks for this March 1 present, Rick.

This month we celebrate Pisces

In my opinion, it’s the ultimate sign of the zodiac. I didn’t say it was the best nor the easiest. Actually, in many ways, it’s probably the hardest to be. The entire zodiac symbolically evolves to this final stage where the ego no longer gets support. The tendency is one of selflessness – and dare I say, there are plenty hovering around Pisces to help them. Pisces must learn the difference between true selflessness and low self-esteem, between allowing life to flow by (the Fishes) and just floating listlessly. Unlike the other signs, Pisces realizes that personal ambition is ultimately unfulfilling. Therefore, their urge is to transcend the Self – a very tricky business. They still need a strong “ego” to survive, however, saying “no” is not one of their strong points. They truly are challenged to do “His will” and not their own. Their need to escape earthly and bodily confines can lead them into dangerous waters. True “escape”, or transcendence, while not easy, is accomplished only by unconditional love and acceptance of the world - not resistance. Acceptance, that is, of others, and of themselves and their incarnation.

This resonated so well with this Piscean and her life's experiences so far that I just wanted to thank you for the little gift.
Especially the lines Pisces must learn the difference between true selflessness and low self-esteem, between allowing life to flow by (the Fishes) and just floating listlessly. and
True “escape”, or transcendence, while not easy, is accomplished only by unconditional love and acceptance of the world - not resistance. Acceptance, that is, of others, and of themselves and their incarnation

You put what I feel are my life's lessons in a nutshell!
:yourock:

:hi:

DemEx

[I Have A Dream]

3. They keep getting better and better, Rick! Thanks for the entertaining...

and informative post.

:applause:

[ricochetastroman]

4. Hey DemEx, IHAD

Thanks for the kudos.

I have a very special place in my heart for Pisces for many reasons...and no, I'm not one.

My dad' Cap Sun/Pisces Moon was the epitome of "the meek shall inherit the earth" type of statement. That has led me to be writing a book with a working title of: "Pisces: The Ultimate Sign"

When I get Pisceans in my office, the first 20 minutes of the reading is explaining to them WHAT they are... They are just so different than the other 11 that they think that they are weird - not the case.

Nevertheless, it's a hard sign to be in a world where ego rules.
Hats off to you! :beer:

[I Have A Dream]

5. Well, Rick, I agree with you about Pisces, but I'm not one.

I wish that I were though.

I think that I'll stick with this, Rick: :donut:

;)

[ricochetastroman]

6. Neptoon

You and I have enough Pisces via Neptoon aspects to choke a fish... oops, did I say that? :woohoo:

[stellanoir]

7. rick I meant to goof on your "rough and ready Taurus" commentary earlier

but that one pales by comparison to enough "Pisces via Neptoon to choke a fish."

I'm thinking about sicking PETA on you two. LOL

As if. . .I've no Neptune at all. ha ha

on edit-More seriously, the Uranian and Plutonian aspects of the upcoming eclipses make me wonder about this saber rattling on Iran and the 4th anniversary of "shock and awe."

hmmm. . .makes me wantta write another prayer. Nothing Neptunian about that proclivity. . .eh ?

Nice summation for the month though.

[ricochetastroman]

14. Thanks Stella

And lest not forget the 1978 Iranian overthrow, approximately having its Saturn Return. (As is my career)!

I know what you mean, I gotta get up early in the dawn of Man to try to outwit you! :blush:

[stellanoir]

35. To say nothing of the fact that the CIA

overthrew a democratically elected leader and installed the Shah in Iran in '53 during the Saturn/Neptune conjunction.

Wow I never thought of charting my career 'cause it didn't feel "event oriented" . . .more of an ongoing transition. LOL

[cassiepriam]

46. Yes it does look like some trouble in the middle east...

or here at home.

[I Have A Dream]

8. Yaay! My Neptune saved me!

:woohoo:

I love my Neptooniness! :D

[stellanoir]

11. "turn about is fair play" LOL

[I Have A Dream]

12. Huh, Ms. stella?

:shrug:

:silly:

[stellanoir]

13. I meant with the wider, more amorphous frame of Neptunian scope.

We all are one after all. LOL

Turn about was truly intended in a way of honoring you for your kindness silly.

best as ever.

From one Neptunian to another. Great Love and continued appreciation.

[I Have A Dream]

36. My slow Mercury in Capricorn mind gets easily muddled lately, it seems.

:crazy:

:pals:

[stellanoir]

37. With Pluto squaring my Pluto in Virgo "muddled" sounds divine.

I'm stepping in something we used to describe as kids by saying "that dog must have been sick" and then finding my suede boot located curiously in my mouth of late. Ughhh.

:hug:

[ricochetastroman]

16. Huh Huh

Huh Duh huh?

[ricochetastroman]

15. You betcha...

I love it too. Tis a tough planet, but without it ice cream would never melt.

:hippie:

[Why Syzygy]

9. ..ahem..

Great articles as always Rick. Very informative and enjoyable to read!

I must disagree a tad on Pisces. Very strange. I've beefed about my roommate a bit. I really shouldn't. He is meek to a fault. It does drive me nutz. He has Virgo Asc and Moon and Mercury in Pisces 7th. He has never had any ambition. He does work in a repetive job and play intricate board games with a small group 2-3x a week. He has a strange way of laying out his stuff in the bathroom and kitchen. He eats exactly the same thing every day (except when he goes out). Cereal with soy milk in the am, a soy patty w/ cheese, microwaved, noon and pm. He eats a couple of bagels a day. He is in pretty good shape. Very pale. Doesn't like red meat, but claims to not be vegitarian... but it is obvious he is. I could go on. He isn't a bad guy at all! He has no impure thoughts, but he barely has one or two thoughts per day. Today is his birthday. Maybe it's not his Pisces. I should be ashamed about complaining. Oh well. Just wanted to share.

[ricochetastroman]

17. Hey Vote

Thanks...and I welcome debate for sure. But, what is about your Pisces roommate who exhibits exactly what I was saying? Being listless, unambitious, etc. I told you it's a hard sign to be and they get it confused. It's up to him to manifest the higher principle inherent in his sign, as well as the rest of his chart - as with all of us. Glad you liked the article.

[Why Syzygy]

22. Sorry ...

I don't understand your question.
Personally, I would not want to be Pisces, based on what little I know of them.
"Mellow" doesn't even begin to describe it. It is almost comatose. It is rote and dry and BORING!

I'm painting with a large brush based on very little information.
I just don't see the attraction or benefit. Ideas are GOOD. The thought of existing in a brain vacuum repels me.

[I Have A Dream]

24. votes, the Pisces that I know have some of the most amazing ideas that...

I've ever heard. It sounds as though your roommate has a few issues though.

Maybe for a Fire sign, PIsces would feel boring. My guess is that Capricorn, which I am, would probably come across the same way to you. I personally think that Fire & Air get along well and Earth & Water get along well. Of course there are exceptions since we all have each sign in our chart.

[Why Syzygy]

25. I think it's just the water signs.

I love Taurus, Virgo and Capricorns. I have three close friends in each of those signs.
I have also had good Cancer and Scorpio (less so Scorpio) friends. Cancers drive me a bit batty due to their proclivity for playing things safe to the point of irrationality. It is Pisces that I find the biggest bugaboo. I've been ascertaining people's signs for a long time. The only other Pisces I've known was very outgoing, humorus and selfish beyond belief. He cheated on his wife until she committed suicide with heroine.

It just bugs me to hear astrologers ring the bells of Pisces as if they are the top rung.
I do not agree at all.

[DemExpat]

29. Hey, votesomemore!

I would bet that you would get along ok with this Pisces, O8) but maybe that's because I have a big Fire under me from my Moon in Aries.....:evilgrin:

I think that Rick and others refer to Pisces being at the "top" for having to wrestle with the selfishness/selflessness issue.
This seems to be clear in the 2 Pisces people you know:
Your roommate seems to be stuck in his inability to "choose" between going with the flow, stagnating, or flowing listlessly. According to Rick's piece, Pisces realize that "personal ambition is ultmately unfulfilling".....your roomate seems to be grappling with this as well - no ambition...;

Your blatantly selfish acquaintance who cheated on his wife seems also to be experiencing this problem of selfishness/selflessness - he is just very polarized in one side of this duality in this situation....IMO.

I know many Pisces - myself, my 2 siblings, good friends....and they all are so very different in personality expression, yet have this "undertone" which I recognize as being at the heart of our Pisces existance for this lifetime.

:hi:

DemEx

[Why Syzygy]

32. That explanation

helps a lot. Thank you. Yes, I'm sure I like you!
It is the stagnation that irks me. The laziness of thought. He asks the most inane questions. Like can he put the glass bottom back in the microwave. It was dry on the drain board with other dishes waiting to be put away. Well, duh. He isn't afraid to act on his own in other circumstances, but they are very few. I find it hard to remain calm when dealing with him. I manage, but I try not to have much contact, and that is an uncomfortable roommate situation. Some people would relish having someone around that is so pliable and willing to please and follow orders. Some believe Leos are like that, 'bossy'. But I am not. I have some leadership ability, but a leader is often alone, just going thata way when others are looking at the other way. I hate to be micromanaged and resent it when put in a position where it is expected of me. What I've read about Leo mothers is very much my method of dealing with everyone. Give em a little boost and teach them to hunt. They are good to go.

So, all of us deal with the selfish/unselfish I guess. I must state that he is not unhappy at all. He really likes living here and adores my cat. If he can put up with me, he must have a huge redeeming quality.

[ricochetastroman]

30. Bugged about Pisces

I clearly understand this.

It's the difference in the archetype of Pisces and the people you've run into who are unable to manifest the true essence as ExPat implies. Sure, I know tons of Pisces that are complete washed-out mess. But. If you talk to many of them as I have, you'll see that it's mainly from being squashed by all those around them. Granted, it's their duty to maintain their own self-strength. It's a very demanding sign - unfortunately/fortunately, it's where we're all headed, like it or not. It's the natural end state of spiritual evolution.

As for you acquaintance who cheated and died, evidence again of improper form of transcendence, known as escape.

>"Mellow" doesn't even begin to describe it. It is almost comatose. It is rote >and dry and BORING!

is exactly what happens when they 1) don't have the ambition, but more importantly, 2) aren't in sync with their faith, belief, and "the flow" which is their well-spring.

What you are reporting to me is very common for those Pisceans who just don't get it. Observe the quiet, powerful, meaningful influence one George Harrison, Pisces, had on the Beatles. Rare, but more aligned to the archetype.

[Why Syzygy]

34. Well, yes.

A person as you describe would be delightful and enriching to be around, as is DemEx.
My ego is balking at the spiritual evolution design right now.

[DemExpat]

39. LOL, votesomemore.....

A person as you describe would be delightful and enriching to be around, as is DemEx.

Ask my family members, "delightful to be around is not an adjective they would often use...."enriching" yes.....and they love me, so I'm content.....:crazy: :silly:

DemEx

[ricochetastroman]

47. I see what you mean

I didn't say I knew a lot of folks who manifest the energy properly - it's hard to do. But when you do find the right ones, they are delightful. I find that Pisces with FIRE SIGN help do much better, such as Aries Rising, or Moon in Leo or Sagittarius. It's no wonder I have to spend so much time explaining all of this when I'm reading for one...

[hippiechick]

10. So ...

... my work situation has been sucking massively for the past couple weeks.
This morning, I snapped (mentally, not literally). Gave my 2 weeks' notice, with nothing but my part time job to fall back on. It was bad enough this morning, that I didn't care: I'll find a way to make ends meet.

Then, this afternoon, I read this:

www.astrologyzone.com - Leo

"With a major lunar eclipse on March 3, a source of income is about to come to an end. Watch the days that encircle this date. You may think you need this income but in fact, someone will actually be doing you a favor by pulling the plug. It appears that you have been holding on to this source for too long and so many better opportunities exist for you! Although you may be in a shock when this happens, step back to see the whole picture objectively. This income source has gone past its prime. It's time to move on. "

:wow: Yikes. :hide:

[ricochetastroman]

18. I have great respect for Susan Miller...

I think she is great and gifted... However, I think she has definitely gone a bit too far to generalize this effect on all Leos. It's more likely that the 3/3 eclipse together with Uranus and Jupiter has pushed you over the edge:
"I can't take being trapped anymore... I have to expand."

I dunno.

[I Have A Dream]

19. Synchronistically, I just posted this month's AstrologyZone link here.

I love it when that happens! :)

I'm keeping you in my thoughts, hippiechick. I'm happy that you're able to see that making this change was good for you long term. I applaude your courage.

[ricochetastroman]

20. me too Hip

:applause:

[stellanoir]

21. me three

I hope you took in my PM's.

I meant them truly.

[hippiechick]

27. Stella ~

You just want to be the maid-of-honor at me and Senator Feingold's wedding ... :P

:hug: I kid. I appreciate you so much! :hug:

[hippiechick]

26. Met with my flabbergasted boss yesterday afternoon ...

... being a millionaire MBA, he cannot fathom 'just quitting' without a golden parachute or something else to transition into. Having been a poor, non-materialistic schlep all my life, I can.

Anyway, he refused to accept my resignation <wtf?> but said that he will accept it 6 weeks from now, which is 2 weeks before my apartment lease expires and when I plan to move out of state.

I guess it could work out well, having that 'guaranteed income' until I leave so I don't have to temp, scrape, or dodge bills ... but then again, I'm not sure how I feel about being at the mercy of his retaliatory passive/aggression until mid-April.

:shrug:


Thoughts, anyone ? :grouphug:

[Why Syzygy]

28. What can you learn from this guy?

Sounds like ya'll have an open communication line? I am better at looking at angles in the lives of other people. That's why I need spotters for mine. It just 'seems' (feels) like he has something beneficial to teach you. He obviously had no idea you were disastified? I'm getting deja vu. Did we talk about this before? Did you tell him why you are unhappy there?

btw :thumbsup: Dodging bills and scrimping are painful. The income will ease the pain for sure.

[hippiechick]

33. He doesn't know me. He was my boss' boss.

My 'real' boss quit in December and I was orphaned, so he 'assumed' me.

He's determined that I should be his Administrative Assistant (I think part of it is a 'guy thing'): I've fought for 3 years to get promoted away from that and was finally made a Project Lead last summer.

Now he's got me doing Admin work, despite my telling him that it's not what I'm here for.
But he doesn't listen. Or, doesn't hear, might be more accurate.

The funny thing is, his title and location bring me right back around to almost they very same spot I started from, 7 years ago. When I came on with Conseco, I was the Admin to the VP of Operations, located in a certain building, at a certain site.

Now, 7 years later ... I'm (literally and figuratively) less than 5 yards from where I started: and I'm serving as the Admin to the VP of Operations.

No progress whatsoever. None. :(

[Sweet Freedom]

38. I just checked mine out

"Enlist a lawyer - she will be worth her weight in gold this month." Yes! I'm hiring a lwayer (and it's a "she")

"If you have a sister or brother, you may hear surprising news about something going on in your sibling's life, or in the life of a cousin (also ruled by this house). You might want to make a phone call if you have not talked with your relative in a while." I'm going to e-mail my brother now. He had to decide whether or not to re-enlist in the Army in order to receive his pension, but if so, he may have to go back to Iraq for a third tour!

[rumpel]

23. thanks from a possible Martian...

:rofl: albeit it would be nice to be a "noble and spiritual one" according to the true meaning of the former...

geez...... 72 Virgins?

love your quotes on your site - we should post them in stella's future GD astro post.... :)

[ricochetastroman]

31. Virgins?

You have 71 left.

[cassiepriam]

40. So funny to see the debate about Pisces.....

I think I can tell you the good, the bad and the ugly about Pisces. My sun, moon, merc, north node all in Pisces. Total Solar eclipse on day I was born, in Pisces. Triple Grand water trine.

But Virgo rising, like Vote's roomate....

First of all I think much depends upon the rest of the chart, houses, aspects, etc. And soul evolution. I know a person who has almost the mirror reverse of my chart house wise, with the similar Pisces placements. She is a gifted professional astrologer, but is suicidal and in and out the hospital. And her life is one drama after another. Alcohol and drug problems as well. All very typical of Pisces, one who is not evolved.

I think that Pisces can be the best and worst of signs. Depends upon soul level, soul evolution.

And yes, I can be the original space cadet, and walk around in a fog. Hard to connect to the world, I live in my own head most of the time. The world is a distraction and a nuisance. Day to day operations are a total pain in the rump. Focusing on minor stuff is a big chore, the world seems overwhelming to figure out.


Very very sensitive to everything and pushed and pulled by the currents around me. I rarely see the world the same way that others do.

If I could I would just sleep and read, and never venture out of the house. Would be totally content.

Strong air and earth types can get frustrated with me, I am wired so differently from them. I approach things in such a different manner.

Also I am artistic and creative so I can make pretty things, in terms of crafts, home decor, dress etc. love them. But I cannot open a bottle of Tylenol or fight all the packaging on products to save my soul. Cannot figure out how to turn on the TV with all the remotes etc. Often can not figure out simple instructions on products. But have keen insights into people and situations. Am somewhat psychic. But don't ask me to tell what is underneath the hood of my car or how it runs.

But my Pisces planets are in the 6th house of service with a strong emphasis on Virgo, Mercury and Gemini in my chart. So I am can be focused mentally and practical. I also have a strong Mars which gives me energy and focus as well.

[stellanoir]

41. You are also wise beyond words

and really easy to embarrass with complements. . .especially on your birthday.

:grouphug:

oh and anna from athens even sent you birthday hugs on Sunday. I'm going international with this "embarrass cassie with complements campaign."

LOL

[cassiepriam]

43. Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water :(

AGH.... Gee Stella, there are some people on Mars you haven't told about my birthday.

On second thought, maybe you have notified the entire solar system. :(

Tell Anna thanks! How do you say that in Greek?

[stellanoir]

44. That beacon was totally intergalactic silly.

Well I had to explain why when she entered there were three other DUers there waiting for your cyber party.

Did you have a lovely lunch? Hope so.

I dunno any Greek but I'll ask her when we chat again. She's so cool and a bright light in my life as are you.

on edit- see my post upthread (#7) about the eclipse. I was vague but I'm not getting a warm fuzzy about that Pluto square really nor the 4th year anniversary. Yikes

[cassiepriam]

45. Sigh, intergalactic. I should have known.

Lunch was nice. Sorry to have missed the cyber party.

Will check out the eclipse thread.

No it does not have a good feel given the saros cycle and the third decan. Thank god it is in pisces. But that can mean
trouble from religious groups.

[stellanoir]

49. especially squaring Pluto

Will definitely write a prayer thread for that one.

Oh it wasn't a thread, just a post.

Not feelin' so inspired right now.

Just tryin' to out "Neptoon" ya. Kidding of course.

[cassiepriam]

42. March 2007 eclipse

This is a physically expressive Saros series. Can result in sudden physical events. We may see for example a marked increase in violence in the middle east. Or some sudden major physical event here in the US...the events of a transit can occue a month before or after the actual eclipse.

On a personal level, it is time for most of us to slow down and be careful. Some say the best thing is to be more physical at this time but to keep a good eye on safety.

The fact that this saros cycle is in Pisces could soften the strong energy, but will emphasize the haphazard and aimless element of the saros cycles.

In general a transiting eclipse in Pisces can present general and subdued energy. And there is an emphasis on mystical, spiritual and psychic qualities. In the third decan like this eclipse however there will be a more morbid, secretive flavor to the energy. (sub ruler is Pluto.)

There may be more of a world wide interest in spiritual issues, cults, etc. But more intense and secretive with the possibility of violence.

[Cha]

48. Thanks, ric, for this March

Newsletter! Very nice to come on DU and get all kinds of interesting astro-analysis, too.

Mercury goes direct on the 7th of March but I've read that "The Mercury Storm" isn't over until the 16th of March. I'm interested in this because bush is taking his trip to South American on March 8th and I'm wondering how it's going to be effected?

[ricochetastroman]

50. Bush, Schmush

It's going backward.
And in Aquarius.
And it's stopping.
It's SO convoluted.
Maybe he'll make sense for once.

[Cha]

51. I doubt it but

thanks.

[u4ic]

52. That would scare me

either it would mean the end of the world as we know it, or I'd inadvertently ingested some hallucinogen. :scared:

[u4ic]

53. Another great one, Rick

Cheers! :toast:


Holy cow. That second eclipse will be almost exactly conjunct my Saturn at 28 Pis 04. (I'm also getting much more planetary action) I'm doing the reassessing you've described above already (being 40 and all). Perhaps it might be a personal turning point, too.

[ricochetastroman]

54. Thanks U4

I'm sure it'll be good. Since this eclipse is hitting your Saturn in Pisces, that mean's Pluto has already been at squaring it for at least the past few months. The question is, "What is being attacked; or put through the
meat-tenderizer, as I like to call Pluto. And the answer is your Saturn in Pisces. Since Saturn has the ice-ring-around-the-collar as is in Pisces...

It means to me that your previously organized, dualistic, patternized perception of the cosmos is being destroyed (Pluto) and replaced with a wider, more intense, knowledgeable worldview. This is a great transit if you let the old go bye-byes.

Pluto is the fire that purifies and that is what is happening. Also, when Saturn is hit like this, one finds that the thing they thought they could depend on in life; they can't. It's not that others let you down either - it's more that you see the illusion of Saturn's promise of permanence.:dunce:

[u4ic]

55. Thanks, Rick!

I absolutely agree with what you're saying...I am finding my worldview is definitely changing - as are my previous fears and limitations I put on myself.

At a younger age, I would have resisted - but I'm going with the flow now. All this change is rather exciting for me. :)