Where Mind Meets All That Matters

New Moons are a time of new beginnings and tell us to focus on what we would like to create or grow over the next 4 weeks. The Moon remains dark for 3 days giving us time to reflect on our dreams and visions. When the first light of the Moon begins to show do a visualization or ritual in which you plant a seed that symbolizes your intent and send the energy out to the universe. 

New Moon 9 degree Aquarius begins a cycle of reform, creative vision, progressive ideas and humanitarian concerns.

This cycle shows that have to cooperate and work with others. Friends, groups and work associates bring opportunities for financial work and benefit. Social activity increases and original or inventive people enter our lives.

New Moon opposition Saturn shows that people from the past can come back into our lives and it calls for more guidance and discipline for kids or for us to apply to our creative projects.

We are learning how to be creative and effective in the world.

Saturn falls in the 5th house of children, relationships and creative expression. This placement helps manifest our creative vision and stabilizes relationships.

This would be a good time to ask yourself what blocks you from expressing your creativity. 

Mars in the 2nd house of physical needs and resources tells us that we will have more ambition and desire to get our finances in order. This is an enterprising influence that is aimed at acquiring money, resources and desired possessions.

Mars trine Venus in the 10th house supports work and career moves. Venus, goddess of love and value also supports the arts and money can be made on luxury or artistic endevors.

Neptune in Aquarius t-square Mars and Jupiter shows that we have to work at keeping ourselves clear. This transit is prone to unrealistic thinking, laziness, impracticality and addictive behavior. Tune into the higher octaves of the astral plane (Neptune rules the many levels of the astral plane) and align with angelic protection and guidance.

Mercury, 11 degree Aquarius square Jupiter 17 degree Scorpio tells us to watch what we say and don't over do anything. Avoid wasting your time on meaningless gossip or conversation. This transit favors learning new information and exploring the mysteries of life.

Jupiter in Scorpio says that we can use our intuition to come up with new ideas for business or investment. This influence favors spiritual growth, life after death and psychic development.

Mars in hard aspect to Neptune and Jupiter has been bringing unusual or hard to diagnose illness or infection. Careful of accidents from sharp objects or hazards on job sites. This transit tells us to watch out for important details and to listen to our instincts and gut response. The body will often warn of danger before it ever gets to the brain.

To see a chart of this New Moon click here. 

New Moon Solar Eclipse, 8 degree Aries falls in the 1st house of the NorthEast US chart. The first house is the natural house of Aries, which rules the "I AM" or personal identity of the individual. This placement brings increased self-confidence, will power, self-authority, positive ambition and personal leadership.

New Moon trine Saturn in the 5th house shows a conservative, reserved, serious and cautious approach as well as an increased sense of personal responsiblity, self-discipline, practicality and realism. This is a mature, organized and professional expression.

Mars, ruler of Aries falls in the third house increasing dynamic communication, physical movement and travel. Mars trine Venus in the 12house increases intuition and deepens our sense of beauty, enjoyment of nature, understanding subtle influences and showing a need for privacy, retreat or sacred space.

Mars opposition Pluto in 9th/10 cusp increases our desire for knowledge and professional advancement and counsels that we stay out of power struggles. Watch what you say and how you say it and don't be overly fanatical, projective or controlling with others. This transit hits direct on April 8th which could show an increase in war, riots or criminal activity.

To see the area of transformation for you personally, look at your natal chart to see where 8 degree Aries falls. Eclipses tend to be in effect for 6 months to 2 years and they will highlight any planet they fall on in the natal chart. To read more about eclipses check out this site.  

For more information on the Aries New Moon click on this site and this is cool too.

Forecasts for all the different signs for Mar-April 2006 click here.

Here's a site with tons of creative files to check out and really cool pic's! 

Spring Equinox occurs when the Sun enters Aries, March 20th 2006 1:25 PM EST

The chart for this position sets the tone for the next three months. You can run a chart for your area to see where the planets & houses fall for you personally.

For the general Northeast US the Sun falls in the 9th house and forms a grand fire trine with Moon in Sagittarius (5th hse) & Saturn in Leo (cusp 12/1st hse).

Sun in Aries awakens consciousness and puts us in touch with the eternal flame within. Aries is the "I Am" of the zodiac, the place we become conscious of who & what we are, the personal identity as well as the ego and mask of appearance.

Sun in the 9th house, relates to Sagittarius increasing our search for truth, meaning & ethical value.

This influence will increase travel, education, publishing, law, religious study, exploration of belief and philosophy.

Sun trine Moon and Saturn shows reserved emotional response, positive use of discipline, maturity, conservative, cautious and practical expression. This trine favors slow but sure progress in business and domestic affairs and stablizes the emotions for serious thought and study.

This season we will learn to speak our truth and see through false power & authority.

Joint finances will undergo change that starts out negative but reverses and turns positive.

Relationships will be under the influence of Neptune, Venus, Ceres and Chiron, in the 7th house. This tells us that our relationships will be highly effected by subconscious memories, idealism, unrealistic expectation and interdependency based on economic, work or security matters.

Neptune in the 7th house seeks union but its union with the higher self and divine. Venus in the 7th house provides charm, refinement, harmony and balance.  

Ceres conjunct Chiron, 8 degree Aquarius brings change or new direction to our manner of giving, care and nurturing ourselves and others. This transit highlights the principle of sharing, death and renewal cycles, work and productivity. 

Chiron in the 7th house shows change or healing around relationship or partnership. A new level of understanding our relationships will develop. Old blocks, fears and limitations will clear out. This is a purifing influence that integrates instinct with intellect, mind with body. A turning point, healing or new awakening in relationship is likely.

Mar. 14th 2006, Full Moon lunar eclipse, 24 degree Virgo/Pisces brings hidden or hard to see influences to light and reflects our need for balance between being & doing.

The Moon falls in the 12th house showing psychic sensitivity, spiritual growth, greater sympathy and awareness of subconscious forces, moods and emotional attitudes.

The lunar eclipse influence will remain active for 3-6 months and will show more impact on those born between the 10th-18th of any month. Those with planets 24 degree of Virgo, Sagittarius, Gemini or Pisces or with ascendants in those signs will feel this eclipse on a conscious and even physical level.

Moon in Virgo supports healing, establishing good health habits, diets, weight control, exercise programs, jobs, work projects, structured routines, efficiency and planning.

Moon sextile Jupiter in Scorpio, 2nd house, shows constructive use of values, good will, generosity and increased financial opportunities. 

Jupiter in Scorpio increases discriminating vision and highlights our search for meaning, truth and ethical value, especially around money, resources, needs and security.

Mercury retrograde trine Jupiter brings good news around health and work concerns. Communication can be expansive, educational, healing and transformative.

Sun and Moon are in t-square to Pluto in 3rd house, increasing power and intensity in daily interaction, information finding and social exchange.

Pluto can helps us be more decisive and tap intuitive knowledge quickly. The Mind and body integrate at the spirit and soul level providing more insight, clarity and determination.

Pluto, 26 degree Sagittarius resonates with the galatic center of the universe reminding us to stay centered and to tap the infinite energy within.

This will be a time for important changes in our perception, intellectual concepts, manners of communication and attitudes toward health, the body, healing and information exchange.

In general a regeneration of personal thinking patterns and a deeper interest in intellectual or scientific subjects, occult knowledge, secret societies, unexplained phenomena, ecology, economics, physics and genetics.

This can be a powerful time for environmental or ecological issues.

The power of communication, information, thought and the word will be strongly felt.

The shadow self is easy to embrace and it becomes easier to heal from illness and mental blocks. 

Since Pluto is in hard aspect to this Full Moon caution should be exercised driving, making short trips, dealing with foreign cultures or traveling over seas.

To read more articles on the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse click here or here.

New Moon, 9 degree Pisces is conjunct Uranus, planet of liberation, freedom and awakening, bringing in progressive new ideas, reform and inspiration that add efficiency to our work, health and daily life routine.

This transit sparks an impulse for new discovery and exploration helping to find solutions to problems and usher in new invention and a vision for the future.

Uranus transits bring change, reversals, unpredicatable events and unexpected situations.

Allow change to occur and follow the emerging new connections and unfolding path.

Pisces is a mutable (double sign) that rules dreams, universal oneness, mystical expression, intuition, idealistic vision, subtle energy, sacrifice, compassion, empathy, mediumship and impresionablity.

Negative Pisces can be chaotic, confused, vague, unrealistic, illusory, self-destructive, indecisive, moody, victimized and lack faith in the self.

Strive to express to the positve qualities of Pisces and turn your dreams into practical form and expression.

New Moon trine Vesta, 7-9 degree Cancer/Pisces counsels self-containment, focus of creative vision into goals and objectives and to know that we are already whole within ourselves. The mind needs to focus on the goal so the vision does not scatter and  waste our energy.

Vesta speaks of purity, simplicity, integration and disciplined personal routines, especially around health, exercise, meditation and commitment to our path.

This temple priestess teaches us to be conscious of ourselves. She rules secret orders, traditions, ritual, safety, hospitals, healing, scholastic and service paths.

Pisces rules the Moon Card and the Hanged Man card of the Tarot.

The New Moon takes about 3 days before we truely feel the message of the new cycle. Later on this week click back and read the Pisces forecast again and you will feel a big difference. The reason for this is that our consciousness is still sleeping during the dark phase of the lunar and as the moon increases in light we gain awareness and objectivity. Watch the cycle for yourself and notice how the mind and emotions are directly effected by the changing lunar cycle.

The Moon rules the element water, which is associated with emotions, instincts, fertility and the subconscious mind.