About me - today, anyway

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The Planets are inside of us. Just as the Tree of Life is inside of us, and God is within; the whole Universe is there too.

The Planets impel us from within. As we can see and track them from the outside, by looking at the cosmic sky, the forces for change and growth come from the thoughts, impulses, and triggers that emanate from inside of us.

As Mercury conjuncts my Ascendant, natally, it is perfectly appropriate for me to tell my stories – as they relate to the many individuals that make up the collective.

I am not telling of my transits to gain attention, or deeper insight, though that's not a bad idea. I enumerate them to have readers look to their own charts for their stories that each of the planets residing inside of them are spurring them on to act out.

Right now, the transit I was anticipating for years has hit me full-fledge. Neptune is conjunct my natal Sun, which also makes angular hits to my Moon, Venus/Mars, and Jupiter. One big condition of this transit is that it has me wanting to be in a meditative state for a large portion of the day; to escape from the ordinary into a pleasant daydreamy haze.

Neptune is my chart ruler because of my Pisces Ascendant which it trines, natally. I have a 12th house Sun. Neptune naturally rules the 12th house. So, with all that Neptune in me, and now with it on top of my Sun, my day floats away before I know it.

New Moon in Aquarius - Solar Eclipse

I have been attending bi-monthly astrology meetings that started up a couple of months ago in New Orleans. Yesterday's topic was about the eclipse and I did some automatic writing to see what would come out. I shared it with the group and just had the idea to put it out here... this is what came forth.

Aquarian energy is indescribable, though others keep trying to put a box around it's definition. You should know that as soon as there is anything predictable about it, it slips out of your conscious reach and becomes something else. It's shock value is purposeful. If you limit infinity, you come up with a structure that contains some and holds out others. We are seeking a more inclusive society, and if you want to make that a box too, it can happen.

The eclipse was just another event in a series of cosmic events that will bring about an awakening. You can say it's about hopes, drems, wishes, goals, for group unity without uniformity. Group consciousness.

With Neputne travelling in Aquarius, dreams and waking life are interchangeable.

Don't we all harbor hopes of a brother-hood of man where we asist and enable each other to fulfill a life purpose that automatically causes one to have personal happiness and good health? It is a possibility and not just some far off ideal.

We are realizing it NOW.

Sin and degradation is just a by-product of the negative polarity's sway on consciousness. Are you immune from it? No. Dumbing down is exactly what was necessary as the time to advance neared. It is no longer appropriate to get mass herds of people to do grub work. Now the important work is to be done; cleaning up the Earth and the inhabitants that have fallen under the dream of negativy - wars, fear-like religions and relations.

Why this eclipse was something to talk about was because of how close the GURU, Jupiter, was with it. Such expansions in beliefs became possible for those who shut out the ideals of peace and harmony in the land. You know how some love spreading negativity like bad news and gossipy superiority of the "other" of a different belief system.

So, I guess what it boils down to is... be true to yourself. The individual soul is of utmost importance to the collective at this time. We need YOU to fulfill your hopes, dreams, and wishes. You owe it to the group to be who and how you are.

Gemini's looking for data

When I check my stat counter for my blogs to see if anyone is visiting and where they come from, I have an inordinate amount of visitors that are looking for "Gemini Today". It was 107 to 4. The other keywords that were searched for were my name or some variation on the zodiac.

Gemini's deserve some more information for their insatiable curiosity. I am not sure what you are looking for, Gemini, but I'll put something on the table. Eat up.

Gemini energy was hit hard in the past 16 years as Pluto was in the opposite sign of Sagittarius. Pluto - read below and elsewhere - is transformative energy, bringing change whether you liked it or not.

Oppositions denote that the changes were brought on by circumstances or other people; seeming like it wasn't YOU that wanted it, but were forced into it. A move, a job change, a relationship breakup, a death of someone close to you, are all changes that cannot be helped, but ones that might have been necessary for your positive growth.

Now, Uranus in the sign of Pisces is challenging to Gemini as a square. Squares are conflicts that bring about creative change. They're irritating. Pisces is a water sign. Gemini is air. Put simply, water is the world of feelings and the element of air is about thinking.

The Sun Sign is one's identity. Let's review some of Gemini's traits:
Quality: Mutable
Element: Air
Principle: Active
Ruler: Mercury
Anatomy: Lungs, collar bone, hands, arms, shoulders, nervous system
Key Phrase: I think
Keyword: Versatility
Natural sign of the Third House

Positive characteristics: Dual, congenial, curious, adaptable, expressive, quick-witted, literary, dextrous, clever.

Negative characteristics: Changeable, ungrateful, scatterbrained, restless, scheming, lacking in concentration, lacking in follow-through.

I have been married to a Gemini man for 19 years. I have 3 Gemini nieces, one of which is best friends with my teenage daughter, so we see a lot of her. I am familiar with the Gemini qualities, though not all Gemini's are the same, of course.

Ever since someone told me that Gemini's copy others, I have chalked that reason up to why my niece often has to wear the same outfit as my daughter, has to see how my girl's hair is cut so she can get hers cut the same way, and generally wants to do everything my daughter is doing. My girl never minds and easily shares friends and clothes, and anything else. She is almost two years older and appreciates her cousin's affection for her.

My husband is not a typical Gemini. Not with me, anyway. He's not talkative. I attribute that to his natal Mercury opposite Saturn. Mercury is Gemini's ruler, and in all of our charts - Mercury is the sign that rules communication. Saturn inhibits his expressiveness; otherwise, Gemini's are usually quite articulate.

As an air sign, Gemini is in the first quadrant of the chart as a relationship planet. The gift of gab is assigned to it so that they can connect people and ideas. Mercury and Gemini go hand-in-hand for getting that job done.

Hang in there with that Uranus square, Gemini. Manifesting ideas has to be done with feelings. When we focus upon something, using our emotions, we act as superconductors for bringing spirit into matter. Uranus is liberating energy and who better to go with the flow than Gemini.

If you have any questions about how to negotiate the challenges, you know how to reach me. I am Jupiter's Girl.