alicia had a good question on the Where I Stand post in regards to the pressure I feel towards being polite with Saturn in Libra:

“Question, the planets are saying be polite, so is this a permanent shift?”

Yes and no. It’s a building block.
Continue reading Astrology, Social Problems, History Repeating And The Way Life Goes In General

The opposition in astrology is the one most intriguing to me. A year ago I was reading about how Uranus was going to trounce all over Saturn and rolling my eyes.  The planets were in opposition and the old man was supposed to get his ass kicked I guess. It made no sense to me outside of the fact people have their bias and their blind spots.
Continue reading Saturn, Capricorn And Long Term Consequences

I’m already on the record to say that I think parenting is broken and the problems are not superficial.

This is a broad topic and we have 10 years to talk about as we see the horror unfold which it will.  The last thing I want to do is bite off more than I can chew right now but I do want to broach this and at least start talking about it.

Continue reading Pluto In Capricorn: Cracks In The Foundation - Parenting

Saturn in Libra squaring Pluto in Capricorn: The sooner you learn to say no the better!

StephB writes on Saturn Leaves Libra… 7 years:

You mentioned reflecting on what’s happened in the 4th, 5th, and 6th houses (from the natural chart, right?). But would it be more important to reflect on the last three houses that Saturn has transited in our own chart? In other words, are we still climbing the (natural chart) mountain even if Saturn is actually descending on our natal chart?

StephB - no, it doesn’t translate. The quadrants are defined as shown in the diagram. In other words, houses 5, 6 and 7 so not represent a quadrant.
Continue reading Trends In The Collective: Saturn And Pluto Changing Signs, The Natural Zodiac vs The Personal Experience

It occurred to me that people may begin to speak freely when Saturn leaves Virgo.  I was momentarily relieved before I realized I would not be one of them considering Saturn will transiting my 9th towards conjunction with Mercury.  I am going to have to continue to watch my mouth for sure however I do feel like making some remarks about this opposition.

I was reading the comments on some news site, I really don’t remember which one but someone wrote that  he has ceased traveling to what he considered to be the liberal states.  This hit me hard because I believe the guy.  People are so disgusted with the other side (in both directions) they simply do not want to fraternize with them at all.

Continue reading Saturn’s Last Gasp In Virgo, The Opposition To Uranus And The Polarization Of Society

Pluto has been retrograde for about 5 months and will turn direct on September 11th. Personally, Pluto is transiting my 12th house, a transit which has a horrible reputation and completely unwarranted as far as I can see. I’d go as far as to say I’ve enjoyed the transit immensely as it has offered me insight that is unprecedented in my life. If I had any idea the value that would come of this, I’d have paid to have this transit 10 years ago! tag - Pluto transit 12th
Continue reading Retrograde Pluto Goes Direct, September 11, 2009 - “All Facets Of Power And Control…”

Re-posting this with an update because 81 banks have failed this year and analysts say 150-200 more will probably fail.
About the failing banks, mine (Netbank) failed in 2007. I was with Netbank for about 9 years and one day I signed on and was gone. As soon as I saw the (government) notice, I knew two things:
Continue reading Speaking Of Failed Banks, Mine (Netbank) Failed In 2007: Business, Banking, And Predicting The Rescession - Update in 2009

With Pluto in Capricorn we can be assured of a few things. One of them is that many businesses will die.  I write about this periodically. It’s not the most popular topic but one I am very interested in.

This piece is meant to update an earlier piece, Watching Business Die . You can also click the tags below or this one - my personal favorite - Black Market to read more on my take on this but anyway I was thinking that with Pluto retrograde we’d not be talking about this so much.

When a planet retrogrades it does see things ease off but then I got this list:
Continue reading Pluto In Capricorn: Watching Business Die Redux - Going Out Of Business After Christmas - January 2010 - Updated

I was talking to the soldier when a call came in from his son. His son has been at war for a number of years. He’s just been home about a week so it’s sort of jolting and ultra happy that he can that they are able to communicate so readily. No one is used to it. I think there was a 2 year period they did not speak on the phone at all so it’s a big event they can talk… for both of them. He clicked and took the call.

Continue reading Pluto In Capricorn, Saturn in Virgo -> Saturn In Libra: Limited Communications, Talk Of Serious Things, Strong Partnerships And Rebuilding A Family Post Wipeout