| On September 2 is the Pisces Full Moon. This is one of the sweetest lunations of the year, when Luna gets to shine her watery cosmic rays on our world. I am of the very old school, where astronomical events were keyed to celebrations. Labor Day weekend is surely such a time. The herb for this time of year is mugwort. Don't smoke it -- just gather it, sleep with it under your pillow, and burn it like incense. And then dream yourself into reality! The big astroloigcal news for the week is that Mars changes signs to Capricorn (see September Highlights at www.EricFrancis.com, and look for the monthly horoscope too). He's been in fiery Sagittarius for must of the year, because of a phenomenon called Mars retrograde. While he was in Sagittarius, he made one conjunction to Pluto (at the Vernal Equinox, an intense time, if you remember) and three conjunctions to the Centaur planet Chiron. These conjunctions mean that new cycles of personal evolution, healing and planetary service have begun for all of us, and, because Mars is involved, they remind us that we need to do these things with passion.
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Sign dates below are approximate. They now overlap by one day -- this is the day the Sun changes signs in 2001. The date and time of the Sun's ingress to the new sign changes a little each year, so check with an astrologer if you want the exact positi of your Sun. The reason for this is that our calendar is still not accurate, or rather, natural. | ||
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| Emphasis now shifts to your career. By emphasis I mean emphatic: now is the time not just to do it in a big way, but a joyous way. The stars are shining on your decisions, and people can see it. Can you? So this is not the time to make wimpy choices or to come on tentatively. But neither is it a time to be reckless. Do it exactly your way, use your intelligence and make sure it looks like you're doing it by the book. | ||
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| If you're wondering whether to speed up or slow down, I would say it's a lot more fun to Be Here Now. No matter what your present circumstances, if you consciously decide to enjoy this moment, you will feel what a sweet season of your life it really is. If this leaves you worried that you should be worried about something, then put your mind and your hands to work, or better yet, put your heart to work loving those who are close to you. | ||
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| Rise to the occasion, whatever it is. If the occasion is get your life together, then work at it every day. If the occasion is an important relationship, than do it with awareness and compassion, and most of all, with focus. If the occasion is your creative life, then make it work. Saturn is upon you, and this means you have no choice but to make your choices based on what's best for you. | ||
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| Cancer is considered an emotional sign, but in fact, due to your relationship with Virgo, Cancers are endowed with great powers of the mind. At this time of year and this time of your life, your ability to think clearly and express your thoughts has rarely ever been stronger, or easier to access. There is a special emphasis on research and writing. Your ideas and your thoughts have impact. Put them in a form where other people can have access to them, or better still, send them where they need to go. | ||
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| Emphasis has shifted to the money angle of your chart, and the planets are aligned such that you are in an excellent position to solve some financial problems that have dogged you for years. But you need to think this through carefully and really get a handle on what your most valuable resources are, and treat them as such. Then you need to make a sustained effort at finding a solution. Here is a clue: a big part of the answer is technological. | ||
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| How we feel about ourselves has everything to do with how we are perceived; how we are perceived has everything to do with how the world responds to us, and how we, in turn, respond to it. These dynamics are suddenly all working in your favor, though you can't let yourself get away with any sloppy thinking, such as thoughts that you're not really the caring, competent person that you are. Just love yourself. It counts for a lot today | ||
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| You know it, but you don't know it. You can see the future, but you can't quite make it out. This is because your mind has ventured into a dimension where your plans, as ideas, actually materialize into reality. So if you don't quite know what the future holds, decide what you want it to hold. Write your vision down, listen to the messages of your dreams, and watch a new world take shape before your eyes. | ||
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| This is the time of year to show your face in public. Have I reminded you of this already? Even if so, it warrants repeating. All your successes, good works, fine ideas and contributions to the community are worth a lot less if they are not connected to your name and face. I'm not suggesting you brag. Just come out from behind the scenes and remind people that you exist -- and then see what happens. | ||
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| It's now time to get aggressive on a financial matter that is associated with a creative venture. The value of this project just went up. You may not have seen it on the stock market update, but it actually happened. Part of why its value increased is a matter of timing: You were forced by factors outside your control to wait, and you did, and now you become a kind of beneficiary of circumstance -- and of your own patience, work and ideas. | ||
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| This must be a tricky moment for you, like a moment before birth, or perhaps the moment of a great warrior before battle. There seems to be so much you don't know, so much uncertainty, and so many thoughts that are floating around on balloons, with little fearful notes stuck into them with pins. Whatever. This whole image is a dream, and a rather stunning Moment of Clarity is about to dawn on your mind. Do pay attention. | ||
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| There are two sides to Aquarius, the eccentric and the conservative. It's not like there's even a pendulum, more like an on-off switch. And at the moment it's clicking into the conservative position. This means conserve, your energy and your resources, and bring the power of your mind to bear on one or two projects or issues that really need your attention. One success will lead to another, and then, in a while, you'll get to be a true freak in high style. | ||
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| Now that one particular crisis has been resolved, the way is open to work out many other details of your life that have demanded attention you didn't seem to be able to give. But more to the point, are free enough to share your life with people who have noticed you exist, for who you are and not who they want to you to be. Just make sure you meet them on the same terms, because people are always more fun than our images of them..++ |
