September 30, 2008
Wow. What a mess. Credit lines are frozen so small business will be screwed in the coming weeks. Just in time for the holidays! Is it that we all are grasshoppers vs. ants?
Here's what's happening astrologically. Mercury rx, plus deepening Saturn/Uranus opposition (exact in late October and early November), Mars/Neptune trine.
You may recall in 2000, when Bush ran on a platform of The Sky is/will be falling and Gore ran on a "let's continue as we have begun" and Florida recount gave Bush 567 more votes and America the biggest reaming of my lifetime (at least since the Reagan era, which by comparison looks innocent and thrifty).
The answer is: the nation goes into a nervous breakdown mode whenever the change of power is INEVITABLE. It wasn't as hinky in 2004 since we had a sitting president. Ditto 1996, the year of the Newt Gingrich (remember him?) would-be takeover.
September 21, 2008
Here's the deal: I'm writing a book, which is due extremely-quickly-inthegrandscale of things which is basically a general astrology book focussing on the elements. Are you a fire sign who only gets along with fire signs? Are you a Scorpio who has no time for Pisces or Cancer? Are you an air sign who loves air signs but has closest relationships with earth or water signs? Are you an earth sign who needs fire signs in your life? Tell me your story -- email me at sally@moonsigns.net. I'm just collecting data and anecdotage at this point.
September 09, 2008
She's an Aquarius. Which explains the comfort speaking other people's lines. I watched her speech with rapt fascination. The political arena is such a place for showboating, that to have the same bluster coming out of someone with a decidedly yupwardly suburban mom look was jarring. If only she was smart and not clever. Alaska is a really, really small state. How hard is it to rise high in state politics? But the part that really bugs me is the sanctimony. Here's someone who came out against sex ed., wanted to ban books at the library, is against enviro. regs, tried to jeezle the state system to nail an in-law, yet everything's coming up roses.
Women, we have GOT to get better candidates out there. I speak as someone who has been extremely close to political campaigns (varying in size from state to township) and I'm telling you. It's a bonehead's world out there. if you can put a sentence together, keep your mouth shut when needed, stick to principles (HAVE some principles) and vision, you're ahead of the game.
Women, if Sarah Palin is standing in for our gender, and, for the moment, has the attention of the world, we've got to do better. Nancy Pelosi, yay. Hillary, yay. Jennifer Flanagan, Jennifer Benson, yay.
Worse, Palin makes me think of all the stuff about Aquarius I hate -- the situational ethics, the blithe mouthpiecing, the blather. Let's wrap this one up, shall we?
September 06, 2008
The astrology tarot side of Symboline Ltd. has been going at supersonic speeds lately. The Virgo folks are needing to check in and yes, it's a fairly surreal year plus one for them. I have to remind myself what day it ACTUALLY is because I've been writing so much stuff for 2010. Re: presidential stuff. Okay, you've got a Leo/Scorpio combination (Obama/Biden) and Virgo/Aquarius combination (McCain/Palin). Our last Virgo presidents: Johnson and Taft. Our last Leo presidents: Clinton and Herbert Hoover and Benjamin Harrison. McCain could surprise us, but I can't remember the last time there was full-on rabit excitement for a contendah.
Virgo is one of those signs that's a collection of conundrums. Perfectionistic and heedless, curious and stubborn. Mutable earth, like fixed water (Scorpio) is a paradox from the get-go. McCain has had a great August, but I suspect it's downhill from here. Joe Biden could really be a force to be reckoned with late in October...
August 11, 2008
A news story noted that one of the landmarks in Arches Canyon, Utah collapsed. I'm reminded of the collapse of the Old Man of the Mountain, which I had occasion to see many times. Just a reminder that the forces that rule the universe are basic, pitiless and logical. Elements and gravity, physics and time. If we think we're doing a fast one or end run around circumstances, the universe has a way of winding things back. And so it is with astrology. Some signs are facing more than the usual challenges. It's not your "fault" but if you're one of those signs (Saturn return, mid-'30s, Virgo or Pisces), you should look for opportunities to make the most of circumstances that may seem to be beyond your control. This is a huge growth period for you -- like it or not. And the universe is saying Take more responsibility. Some signs (Aquarians, Gems) have a fairly neutral relationship with responsibility -- and don't seem to mind. Anyway, an eclipse is coming up this month also, so ... yeeesh....
August 09, 2008
I love the Olympics. Every two years I'm happy to put the brakes on life and settle down and enjoy. It's theater on a scale that only Cirque du Soleil and the late Theatre de la June Lune endeavors. Plus, there are massive astrological implications. You can't tell me that activities involving skill, resoluteness and other values prized by the gods aren't being watched. Hubris is the greatest danger to mortals, according to the ancients, and we'll see some of that, along with those who appease the gods of the games --- which in my opinion basically includes them all. The games are Apollonian, Dionysian, Mercurial, Jovial, and I wish they'd show more archery (Artemis, goddess of the moon). So what's your opinion?
July 19, 2008
Okay, we're back up. That's good. And all the parts of the page appear to be working. Excellent. Keep reading. I'll have something to say when the temperature goes below 90....
July 14, 2008
okay, just a test to see if we can upload. My apologies to all you folks who have missed Moonsigns during the redesign. Me too. New calendar is in from Llewellyn which is excellent! It will be at my moonsigns.net store asap.
March 24, 2008
If i could have called in dead last week I would have. There is a virus going around that comes w/coma-like fatigue and few other symptoms aside from "general crappiness." I lost all kinds of time plus a funny letter from a Pisces guy that now I can't find (No, Chris, I got yr mail).
I now have to make up everything that got behind. Season changes are always hard, probably more so for the kids in Stars on Ice which I'm talking about on WCRN each and EVERY monday before the blessed event that is their show at DCU Center. Totally can't wait. Totally cuspy lineup of skaters. Listen Monday at 2 p.m. at 830 AM for more. Cough.
February 23, 2008
Hi, Sally,
I enjoyed your article on Neleman's book & your 13 Ways of Looking at Ink.
No tattoos here (ick) but younger family members are all fans; birthdays seem to be the big day (April 10, February 20, December 7).
Regards,
Penelope
Hmmm, birthday tattoos. I have to admit, the scarification aspects of moko is the most interesting, just because I've seen amazing examples of same in the African statues and masks we have at Fitchburg Art Museum. But it's just the deciding on something that stymies me...
February 22, 2008
Did you get a tattoo? When did you get it? I just wrote a piece on Peabody-Essesx Maori Moko exhibition and am curious because I'm hearing from folks with tattoos. Is there a planetary configuration that prompts this decision? Let me know
My tattoo piece
http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid56728.aspx
the sidebar
http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid56735.aspx
February 20, 2008
Here's my best recent Merc. Rx tale
I was on a tour of the East Fitchburg Wastewater Treatment plant, in an effort to learn more about the state-mandated grit facility we need to construct (Symboline doesn't JUST do astrology you know..). The city is looking at spending some $9.6 mill. to make this happen. I was basically dazed from the aroma, which is beyond anything I've ever experienced, and I've been near a dead body pre-funeral. My notebook dropped, unbenownst to me, into a pile of .... something. And I couldn't find it -- anywhere! So I had to run through the whole plant AGAIN. Finally, someone working there must have found and retrieved and it was...damp. Mercury rules communication so putting my words in a big pile of sewage was definitely raising the ante.
January 31, 2008
that was swept into the incoming inbox tide. If you wrote in the last few weeks, write back. I'll be teaching at Cambridge Center in April and you can also hear me on WTAG Friday at 8:50 a.m. Mercury is retrograde now, in case you hadn't noticed...
December 23, 2007
By my 2008 Llewellyn Calendar!!! Get 'em while they're hot hot hot! And if you want, tell me your month/day of birth and I will HAND WRITE a little card that specifically gives you OTHER good days/difficult days! More at moonsigns.net click on the store. I also have the Moon Signs Almanac, and tho Chuck didn't put it up, the Sun Signs almanac, herbal book and tarot card almanac. Let me know what you want. I can autograph everything! And happy Christmas Eve Eve.
December 04, 2007
Hi Sally,
Like you, I am a Libra (oct 21, 1971 @9:09am, @ Eglin AFB, Ft. Walton Beach, FL). I dont know if its just me, but it seems that the last 3years or so has been complete craziness....i am just starting to feel as if ive 'gotten a grip' on things and i can breathe a little easier, but have lost much throughout this period, family, friends, & possesions. Pretty much i have always had a positive attitude about my situation, knowing that things couldnt get any worse...but i need some confirmation from you. : ) Is it okay to breath now....or should i keep myself prepared for the worst in the upcoming year? Please help!
Cathy
Cathy, it's a Saturn square that's stirred up the pot. That's a long-term rotation, plus you're so close to Scorpio that being "upfront" with feelings doesn't come easily. You've got Venus/Mars squared, which always makes difficulties re: personal relationships. It's not a deal-breaker but it DOES mean you could be one of those folks who are happier alone. If you're gay, it could also indicate you like a partner who's both intense and breezy, eccentric, mostly. Early November was another "growing up" period which you'll revisit in February.
In my experience Libra spends a lot of time with people whom one pleases, versus people who please one. Get in tune with the moon 2 days after new moon (when you were born). That's the time you'll have the most useful essential truths about yourself emerge....thanks for writing.