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I have been inundated with requests for readings and guidance recently, much more so than is usual. What is striking is the intensity of these appeals for understanding, healing, and support. I am convinced that this is due to the terrors that are currently taking place on the planet. The collective astral plane is a mess! The emotions of fear and uncertainty, unfulfilled desires and new selfish desires emerging in the midst of world chaos are being created out of profoundly turbulent Neptunian water. I have had to work very hard to keep my own “center of gravity” anchored firmly above in the Heart as the solar plexus is a mighty magnet, and the lower mind is a miserable master. Even though one may not read a newspaper, google CNN or watch the news on TV, it is impossible for even the most purposefully self-isolating among us not to be affected by the collective suffering that is taking place these days. In fact, the energy used to keep ourselves from knowing what is our responsibility to know (responsibility so that we may be of some small service to humanity), only creates greater illness in body, feelings, and mind. I am 68 years old and World War II is a living memory for me. When I see the bombing of Homs where civilians are kept herded and imprisoned in targeted areas to be murdered at will, while the world debates what to do (or do nothing), I cannot help but think of the destruction of the Warsaw and other ghettos around the time of my birth. People have not as yet learned. “Never again!” I pray will be the truth for the future of the Jewish people, but genocide has reoccurred since the end of that war and is now happening again to other tribes and other races. Syria: Syria is ruled by the Alawite sect of Islam, representing some 12% of the Syrian population. This is not the place to describe the tenants of this particular form of belief—Wikipedia will tell you more than I can. Whenever there is “otherness,” whenever one people dominate another people because their way to God is better than your way to God, this is a ticket to Hell on Earth. This is the illusion of self-righteous religious orthodoxy and fundamentalism. It is the illusion that “their” separateness represents what is (w)holy. Exclusivity, both to the excluder and the excluded, is totally anathema to the paradigm of our times: Right Human Relations opening the Way for the Lord of Synthesis to appear. It is a rocky road that requires so much suffering until the lessons are learned by the blind and the blinded, but I believe in the Way and will continue to do my small part in the One Work. Please note, all times and dates are given in GMT. *** February 19: Sun enters Pisces at 06:19 am and conjoins Neptune at 0.35 Pisces. This is a very “wet” entry to the sign of the oceans. It is highly likely there will be some extraordinary downpours of rain and snow. This precipitation will also occur on the collective astral plane. Look for a lot of “religious” ferment. People will tend to be in a fog, so watch yourselves on your local roads and highways. It would not surprise me if there were some very interesting news surrounding two areas of life: the oil and the film industries. February 21: New Moon at 2.42 Pisces at 10:36 pm with a wide conjunction to Neptune. If your birthday is between February 19 and 23, you are going to have a year where it is essential that you avoid all recreational drugs (including and especially alcohol). If you are oppressed by these addictive tendencies, this is the time to seek out essential help. If you are blessed to not be so oriented, you may find that your direction to the higher life is stronger than ever and your sense of universal compassion grows exponentially. The challenge will be to anchor your spiritual path so that your experiences may take on stronger, earthly roots. Can you be a drug user and spiritual at the same time? Of course. Can you ground that spiritual orientation into practical service to humanity as an active addict? No, you cannot. The path of recovery is a spiritual path, take it. If you have any planets or important points in your horoscope from between 0°-3° of Pisces, the nature of that planet will be challenged to be directed into practical aims and goals. You can gain a great deal of inspiration from these Neptune contacts as it will be important to build a bridge between the real and the ideal. February 23: Mercury opposing Mars at 17 Pisces/Virgo. Arguments, especially at work, will be easy to encounter. This is especially true if this opposition falls in your Sixth or Tenth House. There is a tendency to be in too many places at the same time and not be successful in any of them. In general, this is an aspect where it will be easy to forget little but important things, or to exaggerate the importance of the unessential. February 25: Sun sextile Jupiter at 6 Pisces/Taurus. Nice, finally a nice aspect! Very fortuitous if you have 5-7° of these signs in your chart (Capricorn and Cancer at these points will also be happy). Gives a general feeling of well-being, and if connected to the money or professional houses of the natal chart (2, 6, 8, and 10), can be especially good. February 28: Sun sextile Pluto at 9 Pisces/Taurus. This is a strengthening, regenerating planetary contact that will be of benefit to those it touches. In general, it is especially favorable for health and finances. If you are born February 27-29, April 28-30, around the New Year, or the June 29-30 and July 1, some of these benefits just may be yours. March 2: Mercury enters Aries at 11:42am. Mercury likes the Ram and people with planets in the first 6° of the fiery signs or with planets therein placed, will experience a lot of forward moving thinking and acting, but check out the listing below for March 12 before overdoing things. March 3: Sun opposing Mars at 13.47 Pisces/Virgo. This is an unsettling, argumentative aspect and people may be quite edgy and fidgety; you especially, if this falls in a prominent place in your chart. I just looked and it sits right on top of my Venus, so I made a note in my astrological agenda/diary: “Stay calm and centered in your dealings with others; detachment will be of great help in maintaining positive attitudes in relationships.” It’s so nice to have an astrologer you can trust near at hand, but you still have got to live it out! March 4: Venus opposing Saturn at 29 Aries/Libra. Challenges occur in terms of determining the correct course of action in relationships when it comes to sharing mutual responsibilities. The personnel and human services departments in governments and corporations may experience especially challenging interpersonal dynamics today. March 5: Mercury conjunct Uranus at 3 Aries; Venus enters Taurus. I like positive Mercury/Uranus contacts, especially in Aries, as this will lead to sudden, insightful thinking that can be very helpful in terms of swiftly pointing out the direction to the resolution of issues. It is also very good for taking the initiative, especially when the individual is working for the well-being of a group. People with positions in the first 5 degrees of the fiery signs will benefit most from this planetary contact. Venus enters Taurus, quite happy to be in her own sign, and so will you if you have important placements in the earthy signs. March 6—March 16: Jupiter trine to Pluto at 7-9 of Taurus/Capricorn; Venus sextile Neptune at 1 Taurus/Pisces. This should be good for the world economy—certainly for Plutocrats and corporations who are involved in mining and other basic resources. If you were born April 27-29, December 29-31, or on August 30-31 and September 1, you may find yourself with some extra material resources during this period. Venus, the Moon, or Jupiter in the above mentioned degrees, or in Virgo at these same degrees in your natal chart, will also be beneficial for you. The Venus sextile Neptune is “sweet on romance” and great for the arts. March 8: Full Moon at 18 Pisces/Virgo at 09:41am. The New Moon on the 21st of February was in Pisces. This Full Moon also takes place in this sign, i.e., the Moon is in Virgo, but the Sun is in Pisces. My sense is that all Full Moons for quite a while will be rather “loonier” than usual when taking place when a water sign is involved. This is because Neptune is in Pisces for the next 14 years, and Neptune and the Moon are closely related astrologically. Lately I have been teaching people how to work to build a “periscope” so that that may have a least one eye open above the water line. This means it is more important than ever that we work to cultivate the higher mind and the intuitive faculties so that we do not drown in the astral chaos that is so very prevalent these days on the collective level (wars, famine, general human suffering). If it is on the collective level, be assured that these turbulent waters will reach down into the personal. This does not mean that you or I will find ourselves in a physical war zone, in hunger, or with other forms of acute human anguish. It does mean, however, that many millions of people will be in one or more of these situations at any given time, and thanks to the global media we will know about this; and, thanks to our own sensitivities we will feel this. We will feel it even more now that Neptune is in Pisces. This periscope is not the eye that is blinded to all of this suffering, but it does help us to keep our own particular dramas in a clear relationship to the needs and conditions of those around us, putting our own situations in their proper perspective, and giving us a “life raft” so that we may be part of the solution and not add to the chaos. March 12: Mercury turns retrograde at 6.47 Aries at 7:50am. Okay, by now you know the “retrograde drill”: not a good idea to start new projects with Mercury retrograde (especially in Aries!). If possible, do not start a trip or buy tickets on this day, and leave plenty of time for delays while traveling at home or abroad. AND: this is a great time for finishing up old or outstanding plans and projects; good for taking a step back and reviewing what you have recently done so that you may make any needed changes. Mercury will go direct on April 4 at 23° of Pisces. I am taking a real vacation from March 17 to 27 and will be wandering through art museums and mediaeval streets and alley ways, looking at the past and enjoying the present, but definitely not planning the future at that time (if my own natal Mercury in Aries will allow for such stillness!). March 13-15: Mars trine Pluto at 9 Virgo/Capricorn; Venus making a Grand Trine with Mars and Pluto at 9 Taurus. Take a look at the birthdates under the March 6-16 paragraph above and add a day, and you will find those births that most benefit from these transits. Should be a very prosperous day financially if these degrees are found in your birth chart, i.e., 7-10 degrees of Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn! This should be good for people who have invested in precious metals, ores, and other natural resources. Great for prosperity in relationships should this Grand Trine fall in a positive aspect to your natal Venus or Moon and/or the ruler of your 7th house. March 18: Mercury (retrograde) conjunct Uranus at 4 Aries. Please see description under March 5th. The only difference here is that as Mercury is retrograde, and one should proceed with a certain degree of circumspection in terms of putting forth new ideas, plans, and projects. This is a great aspect for insight but not for initiating activity. If you have Mercury or Mars in the first 5 or 6 degrees of the cardinal signs, care should be taken in speaking and writing so as not to commit yourself to something you will later regret having done. Love and blessings to one and all, Alan is available for individual consultations and mentoring. Please go to here for details or contact him personally via email. ***To calculate the correct hour for your local time in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, please note that for EDST subtract 4 hours; CDST minus 5 hours; MDST minus 6 hours; PDST minus 7 hours. In Britain add one hour, CEDT add two hours, and for EEDT add three hours. For my friends in Australia, NZ, and other points south of the equator, I know that the time adjustment that you need to make to GMT is already familiar to you. |