Before the First Qtr. Phase - Mutables Cross Wires

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On this Waxing Crescent Moon in Gemini, there is an abundance of electrical energies and lots of conversations about how things will be in the future. Today the Moon meets the SNode (all those informational gifts from the past) come into play. By opposing Sagittarius and Juno in Sagittarius, there are no limits to how fare we can go. Except that with these two signs we have movements/travel near and far. We should expect even some mass evacuations like this story out of South Korea: Philippines readies evacuation of Filipinos in South Korea
On one hand the the current mutable cross is dividing light and dark while the hard squares to Mars and Neptune then Chiron and Pallas are reflecting mutations.
A more descriptive metaphor touches on the biological process of metamorphosis.
Since Mercury is a ruler of Gemini and the Moon squared Neptune in the morning (@ 7:40 AM)
craziness and confusion dominated. IE with Moon/Gemini-Neptune/Pisces in hard aspect there will be misunderstandings along with news around travel and temporary insanity.
JetBlue pilot flips out, subdued by passenger
All day long there was a potential for electrical disruptions involving weather like in Guatemala when the lightning struck a transformer @ 6:20 PM CST
Guatemala: A lightning caused blackouts throughout the country

Using fixed stars take a moment and look back on some of the themes of the last New Moon
besides the biggie with Deneb Algedi known as the judicial point of the goat found in the tail
of the Sea Goat - Capricorn. As the Heliacal rising star in New Moon charts around the world from the UK to Washington,DC
the challenge of justice being served is paramount especially with the Trayvon Martin case creating furor and outrage with everyone including Oprah.

BACKGROUND THEMES WHICH CAN BE ACTIVE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS

Uranus representing the Mass of public opinion and public expectations
Uranus is Setting when Diadem is Rising
Diadem from the constellation Coma Berenices near Aries
Again we see the theme of he sacrifice of the innocent

Uranus is Rising when Algol is Rising - the hyper-passion of the Demon Star
Rebellion, the anger of the common people

Uranus Culminating when Alpheratz is Culminating
People being affected by new technology - too much dangerous technology.
Listen to Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
This is not such a magical place for many - And if we knew we could not fail we would renew the earth and all living things into a Garden of Eden - Not drones for war:

Aries Activism and Mars Opposing Chiron on the New Moon 2012

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Today's Aries New Moon has been anything but quiet! Aries is normally a time activism, courage, massive energy, enthusiasm, inspiration, risk-taking and for March 22nd that was the case. The day was crackling with new energies as the Aries Moon exploded into the scene @ 2:57AM PDT/5:57 EDT. Right from the start, this was a total contrast from the emotionally-draining nature of yesterday's Pisces Moon. Notice a chart set for Washington, DC as Gemini is rising with the S Node
@ 8 degrees: Around a closed down factory, strikers mill defiantly. This sabian explicates the anger and frustration of the crowds calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the watch leader who has told police he shot Martin in self defense. Mercury ruler of the chart is on the 11th house cusp of crowds, groups and associations across the country. Making this voice resound in amplification is a conjunction to the Sun-Moon-Uranus all in the sign of the Ram. In the chart below Mars is posited at an angle in the 4th house close to an exact 180 degree angle away from
Chiron who represents a mid-point between Pallas (a goddess of justice and political activism) and Neptune the dreamer. Chiron in this chart acts as a mentor to derive healing from wounds, sacrifice and pain.

Whether we were in Clintonville, Wisconsin or Montello, 80 miles away where the mysterious booms, sounds of fireworks and rumblings were driving people crazy, the entrance of the Sun in Aries
(March 20th. @ 2:15 AM CDT). Watch video below

The rambunctious Aries Moon was primitive and even brutal whether we were in Sanford,FL or Toulouse, France or Oaxaca, Mexico where an earth quake swarm is building Everywhere the power of he Ram was evident. Also let's not forget that we are in the year of the dragon:

Right before the New Moon even begins @ 10:37 AM EDT, Mars the ruler of this explosive lunation, transiting in Virgo (retrograde) opposed Chiron in Pisces (direct)@ 7:22 AM PDT.10:22 AM EDT, and related to news of news of the Trayvon Martin case.
The Trayvon Martin case has drawn national and world attention and is a perfect metaphor for Mars-Chiron in a striking opposition like a Ram charging forward. Mars the planet of conflict represents civil servants, including the police and oppression all over the US. Chiron (the wounded healer) in the sign of the martyr Pisces
Trayvon Martin's death is playing out with calls for redress

Pressure mounts for police chief to resign over teen's shooting
A few hours after the New Moon, the police chief did step aside 'temporarily' in fallout from Martin's death.

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Seasons Change with the Spring Equinox Building into an Aries New Moon

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TRANSITIONS: "So much can change in a single moment. This morning in Veszprem, Hungary, Monika Landy-Gyebnar photographed the sun as it moved across the celestial equator, suddenly transforming winter to spring above.


As astrologers, we are acutely aware of the moon's phases much less than the biggies like the transition from winter into spring. Today, March 20th @ 5:14 AM UT, the sun crossed the celestial equator heading north. Also at this time the Sun made an explosive ingress into Aries. A few hours later a 7.4 quake hits Mexico, damaging hundreds of homes and is still shaking. Here is a link at USGS to the growing list of moderate to strong quakes following the precursor 7.4 seismic event. Refresh frequently because we may had another situation like Haiti where literally thousands of quakes hit after the initial 7.0 blast.

Looking quickly at the chart set for 12:02:48 PM CST in Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico we see that Gemini is rising @ critical 29 degrees Gemini in an out of sign square with the newly arrived Sun and retrograde Mercury. Of course Mercury as the ruler of the chart near Uranus meant, the unexpected and swift communications via social media. forums, the web about the sudden shaking of this temblor. Also news that this was considered one of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City. Looking at the chart we see Mars ruler of the Aries planets (at the top of the chart) was opposing the Moon and Chiron in Pisces indicating multiple injuries and panic from the aftershocks. Mars is in a long, beleaguered retrograde phase and is opposing Chiron (exact on the 3-22-2012 New Moon) and are crossed by the nodes destiny. Speaking of the nodes, North Node in Sagittarius was rising with Juno when the spring equinox began @ 11:15 PM CST on March 19th, just 12 hours before this monster quake. Yes the astrological transits fueled by he mutable cross and grand earth trine are mixing with a swarm of after shocks as we quickly march up to the 3-22-2012.

We all know that this time period marks the beginning of Spring in the northern hemisphere and Autumn in the southern hemisphere but this is not like any other Vernal Equinox. One reason for that this year Neptune is rising with the Ascendant in Pisces again on a 165 year return. Even the electrons in the Earth's outer radiation belt are significantly elevated.
Per Spaceweather.com: "analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the enhancement is caused by the aftermath of recent geomagnetic storms mixed with a high-speed solar wind stream." When we add astrological transits to the solar storms, we get the transits of Mercury-Uranus in Aries along with Ceres. But now we add the Sun in this fiery cardinal sign - we are not done with the X-Class flares or fliament ejections from our sun despite the fact that four new sunspots are temporarily quiet.

Oceans Away
Notice the chart below set for Greenwhich UK,, talking about Piscean themes from poets to oil wars to UFO's, we have it all. When the sun enters Aries, the Moon separating from a meeting with Neptune - a combination noted for the strange and supernatural. Highly mutable and deceptive situations are still developing framed by the daring and dangerous ala Aries.

The emotional and panicky Pisces moon was on a path to oppose Mars in the 7th to meet Chiron, the wounded healer, philospher and maverick. The warrior and belligerent theme is also playing out on many levels. In France, where it is now morning, the French police in standoff with suspect in Toulouse shootings. In an Aries confrontation, special operations police mounted their raid at 3:30 a.m. (10:30 p.m. ET Tuesday), shots rang out from inside, wounding two officers, police said. These potentially religiously motivated attacks stunned the world on Monday as a man driving a motor scooter pulled up in front of the Ozar Hatorah school and shot a teacher and three children. A chart set for 3:30 AM local time in Toulouse has Pluto -the lord of destruction near the ascendant square Uranus in the 3rd house of news and neighborhoods. The same house that is ruled by Mercury. The 11th house relating to supporters of this Algerian gunman has Scorpio on the cusp indicating, motives of revenge. While Juno-N Node are intercepted in both belief driven and foreign oriented Sagittarius. This standoff will not end well for the participants, since the suspect is probably under the illusion that he is a martyr.


In fact as all the multi-dimensional dramas play out big time tomorrow with the Sun meeting Mercury (now retrograde, compulsive and highly impulsive. This impending meeting is already yielding some major announcements but big news of hyped import is still imminent as the leaders gear up.

West Coast Alert - Super New Moon in Aries

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After seeing the video below and reading other predictions that on March 22, 2012, the Earth's Axis is expected to shift 5+ inches, I was curious to say the least since other information which clamied that potential 9+ magnitude quake happening.



Some believe will take place somewhere between California and Alaska...My investigation lead to both the chart below which has Uranus rising on the West Coast from Seattle to Los Angeles with San Francisco the closest location to the rising sign Aries with Uranus (planet of the unexpected event) and the ascendant Aries. The March 22nd lunation is also what is technically called a
Super Moon of the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system Simply when the Moon makes it's closest approach to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, or perigee. This Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator shows that the moon on March 10th (after last full moon) was at 362399 km from the earth then on April 7th (near next Full Moon-Passaover) is even closer at 358313 km.

Looking at the chart below set for 7:37 AM PDT in San Francisco, the one thing I agree with Terral is that this will be a big day on many levels. Of course with Uranus and Pluto at potent angles from the 1st house to the 10th. we definitely should expect some Major Events to occur on the entire he West Coast.

I am not just talking about the potential for a 7.0 magnitude quake but also something involving the military since Mercury-Uranus are conjunct that day for the second time in Aries. Also with Mars (ruler of the chart) in an exact opposition to Chiron, maverick wounded healer, the role of the warrior and sacred warrior is being examined. Even the potential for some type of announcement as a precursor for "Martial Law?" Also perhaps more important is that Sun, which entered Aries on the Vernal Equinox
March 19th/20th. will be translating the energies from the forthcoming Uranus-Pluto square (exact on June 24th.) In fact the Sun (leadership-identity) will square Pluto (destruction-termination) exactly on March 29th. We will undoubtedly see the resignation of some major leaders.
We have already seen these type of abdications in the financial world with 358 RESIGNATIONS FROM WORLD BANKS, INVESTMENT HOUSES, MONEY FUNDS

The most critical time period is from this new moon in Aries to the critical first qtr. square in Aries on March 29th/30th. Strikes and protests are a given with this period of frustrations, unexpressed anger (Mars retrograde in Virgo opposing Chiron then coming close to an opposition to Neptune in April). Whether you want to believe in occult numbers like 322 or some mysterious heavenly body entering our solar system, we are in a for be a momentous time. This highly active moon will offer a glimpse into what will happen from June 2012 through March 2015 when Uranus-Pluto are in exact square 7 times, due to their own retrograde motions.

More to follow in the next entry...