Happy Birthday to all Sagittarians!! 

BUT... Did you all know that you are a mutable sign which means that you have a quality in common with four other mutable signs which are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces?  Even though you are all unique in your own way and see the world though your own specific lens there will be times when you all will seem to be facing similar struggles especially when a planet such as Saturn, in its transits around your horoscope decides to demand your attention.  

So right now all of you happy go lucky Sagittarians are behaving more cautiously lately.  You probably keep wondering why you relate more to the personality of a Capricorn than your regular optimistic self. 

Gemini's may be feeling less secure about their communication skills and health concerns seem to be focused on your respiratory system or that troublesome aching shoulder. 

Virgo's who tend to be slightly hypochondriacal are feeling more concerned about germs and job security than you normally do. Let's not forget perfectionistic.

Pisces may also find themselves finally dealing with a strange allergy.  It could be the time when you finally find out what has been causing that aggravating itching or persistent coughing. 

So if you are a Sagittarius you will always be a Sagittarius; optimistic, open to big ideas, open to traveling to distant shores in your head, by plane, car or ship.  If you are a Virgo you will be more perfectionistic than ever as well as health concerned.  If you are a Gemini you will be called out for speaking or writing your mind or sorry you didn't get that flu shot.  If you are a Pisces you may finally be coming more realistic about that relationship that never gets better.

The best way for all of you to handle your Saturn transit is to pay attention to where the struggles are coming from.  During a Saturn transit keep current with medical and dental visits.  You may also be feeling overwhelmed with work issues.  Pay attention to Saturn's hints.  If work stinks, it may be time to move on.  If health stinks get to the doctor.  If you can't relate to any of these possibilities.  Congratulations!  You are either on drugs or an ascended master.

LUNAR ECLIPSE WISDOM FROM BRACHA GOLDSMITH

Where did the lunar eclipse of May 26th fall in your horoscope?

For those of you who speak astrologese it will be easy enough to find out. All you need is your horoscope and an ephemeris.  Since the eclipse occurred at 5 degrees of Sagittarius go to your horoscope and find out where the sign of Sagittarius is in your chart. That will be the area of your life that you should feel the influence of the eclipse.

For the rest of you guys just email me and I'll let you know where you can expect to feel the effects of the lunar magic.  Lunar eclipses portend a time of significant change which can impact our relationships with almost everything around us.  Matters that need our attention will be made obvious and spur us to action.

This lunar eclipse in Sagittarius is all about breaking free and facing truths.  Where is the area of life that you need more freedom?  What truth is becoming more obvious to you? 

Find the Sagittarius house in your horoscope for clues as to how you can set yourself free from the boring and mundane. It's time to take action on that big idea of yours and onto a new and exciting adventure.

AS ABOVE SO BELOW

Patience is the only way to deal with the current hostage holding Saturn/Pluto conjunction. This powerful constipated aspect is holding the whole planet hostage by powerful forces that are striving to upend the current political and ideological structures that actually have outlived their usefulness.  Pluto is ruthless when it comes to wiping out outmoded ways of doing things. On its positive side it brings in the new to change the status quo for the benefit of the masses.  On the negative side, those people susceptible to dark forces will do anything to promote their evil agendas in order to continue business as usual.  Only the wise and conscious will be able to see what is really going on.  As the Dylan song goes...The Times They are a Changin'.  

The planet Neptune is also hanging around lulling susceptible people into a drugged slumber, drinking and partying while ignoring the reason why the sale of disinfectants has gone through the roof. People who are striving to hold on to the old outmoded ways of living and doing business will suffer extreme disappointment as their dreams go up in smoke due to buying into the fantasies and lies promoted by greedy legislators, politicians and their ilk.

I must admit the current news cycle has made it very difficult for me to feel we will get out of this with a happy ending.  However, after reviewing the words on this page I can actually see a light at the end of the tunnel.   

Astrology Research Project: Participants Needed

Those of you who are familiar with my blog know that I offer ten minute readings for $10 in addition to other offerings found on my readings page.

For a limited time only I will be doing research on careers.  There is no cost to you for your participation in my project, only for the mini reading.

How it works:  To be a participant in the project you MUST be able to provide me an accurate birth time. Once I have the accurate birth time I will first give you your mini reading and after the ten minutes I will proceed with a number of career questions.  I am not a clock watcher but the career questions should take approximately 20 - 30 minutes

So for those of you who would like to participate simply contact me at paw411@gmail.com with any questions. You can use VENMO for payments.

DON'T THEY MAKE A GREAT COUPLE?

So I watched the Elizabeth and Bernie Show last night.  Man I love those two!

Elizabeth was born when Mercury was conjunct Mars.  She's a lightening fast talker which gives her the ability to run rings around her opponents, making it impossible for them to catch up.   In high school she would have easily been captain of the debate team.  She easily goes into attack mode especially when it comes questioning banking regulators. That Moon in Taurus knows a thing or two about finance, making it almost impossible for those slippery finance giants to get away with pulling the proverbial wool over her super hero eyes.  And please let me not forget to mention her Cancer sun sign.  She sees herself as the defender and protector of her constituents, always prepared for the wiley ways  of her opponents.

Bernie the Virgo will always see the details that nobody else notices.  He never comes unprepared and like Elizabeth has the documentation to back his claims. Work and service is his whole life.  Ask any Virgo.  This sign almost never retires.  Even when they do, they're doing other work that is usually in a service industry helping others. His Scorpio rising sign makes him relentless in his commitment to making the world a better place.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow night to see the other candidates.  Like the rest of the sane world.

MERCURY'S GOING DIRECT

So you thought because Mercury was going direct on August seventh that all was hunky dory?  Think again my little stargazer.  Technically we won't be out of the woods until Mercury returns to the exact degree and minute that it was when it went retrograde.  So for all you anal retentive types it would be prudent not to put your signature on any document until the the sixteenth of August.  Although I would cut you some slack and say you'd be okay on the fifteenth.  Take a gamble.  Considering I was born on a Mercury retrograde and any major decision in my life had to be made on a retrograde I'm not the best astrologer to take advice from. 

I would be able to give advice to any of you out there who were born with a Mars in Leo though.  Pay attention to any project that you started back when Mars entered Leo on July 2nd of this year. By the time Mars enters the sign of Aquarius on March 31st in 2020 you will be able to determine whether what you started back in August was going to work out. Any sign of complications could be a signal that what you started months prior could be filled with a lot of bumps in the road.

ARIES FORECAST

March 21st was the first indication that you guys would have your work cut out for you especially when it came to fighting for career goals and reputation.  Rocky road comes to mind and I don't mean the ice cream.  Don't expect smooth sailing until April especially when it comes to financial rewards.
Forcing a relationship to work when it clearly is a power struggle might feel exciting to you challenge-loving Aries but the price to pay could have dire consequences in the end.  Getting the advice of a professional could be a big help.  Expect ultimatums that will have the potential to effect your romantic life as well as your career interests.

By April you will feel more secure and willing to come to terms with those ultimatums that you accepted and perceived to be in your best interest especially in the financial department. Expect April to bring opportunities for financial and career advancement.  When the Sun enters Gemini you'll be able to convince anybody and everybody that you can succeed in any undertaking.  Your popularity will be at an all time high until June when the Sun enters Cancer making the challenging aspects you experienced in March to remind you that more challenges lie in wait especially in areas of  home and family including real estate interests.

In July when the Sun enters Leo, you can expect matters to focus on matters of the heart, children, vacations and just plain fun.  This would be a great month to take some time off and enjoy life for a while until the Sun enters Virgo and your interests will focus on work and health concerns.  You can expect to reap the financial benefits that an industrial Virgo Sun will provide.  Your focus on work will make this month financially rewarding but take care to be more conservative rather than indulgent in foods that can affect your digestive system.

The Sun entering Libra will bring out the competitive side of of your nature again.  Career goals again will be the focus.  When the Sun  enters Scorpio in November it will supply those of you who who are waiting that big check. Aries involved in litigation should be reaching the final stages of your case when the Sun enters Capricorn in December. 

UH-OH PLUTO'S COMING FOR JARED

I don't have an exact time of birth for Jared Kushner but all I have to know right now is that he is a Capricorn and things have been getting pretty scary for him.  He began to get an inkling that he was out of his element around January 2017.  The feeling of being a powerful insider is now beginning to feel like a Greek tragedy. Pluto's influence is dark and heavy.  When a transit of Pluto gets close to a personal point in a person's horoscope its not unusual for them to find themselves surrounded by dark forces.  Literally and figuratively. Often it takes the form of unsavory characters with less than good intentions.

Pluto is always about money and life and death issues.  There is little money, like Venus money, bigger money, like Jupiter money and then there is the big kahuna bizillionaire money.  Its not unusual for that kind of money to, not always, but often, come from unscrupulous sources and if the source of that money is indeed less than squeaky clean you can bet it is attached to strings.  Strings that can tie a person so tight it would be difficult to find a anything sharp enough to set him or herself free.   Even if the money is squeaky clean, the reason it was given initially, often, was not.  With Pluto there is always a price.  He doesn't believe in something for nothing...ever.   The moral of the story with Pluto is to keep away from easy ways to get out of financial trouble...because there is no easy way.  There is never a free lunch.

Now all of this doesn't mean if you ordinary mortals get a Pluto transit you will find yourself around unsavory types, but it can mean that its time for you to let go of something that you value so much that you think you can't live without it.  The more you hold on, the more difficult things become.  Pluto comes around to let you know that its time to get rid of people, places or things that have outlived their usefulness.  The tighter you hold on the worse it becomes.  That's when people get into trouble.  Just when you feel there is no light at the end of the tunnel and you finally surrender you will be able to build a new life. 

So back to Jared.  Obviously he is in deep doo-doo right now.  He's in a lot of debt for lots and lots of money.  His fear of losing everything might cause him to make wrong choices that could have terrible consequences.  I would counsel him to not take shortcuts because there is never an easy way out with Pluto.  He isn't called the God of the Underworld for nothing.  Hopefully Jared will see the light at the end of the tunnel by 2019.

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE AUGUST 21, 2017

The path of the total solar eclipse in August will stretch across the US from coast to coast. It passes over Oregon in the west all the way across the country to South Carolina in the east. This not only rare astronomically, but also astrologically because as we know "as above so below."

The ancient sky watchers paid close attention to eclipses which they believed to signify imminent disasters affecting countries and kings. For those doubting Thomas's who think solar eclipses have no influence on earthlings they should keep in mind that eclipses have proven to have an impact on animals when their circadian rhythm is interrupted.  There is a correlation between Earthquakes and eclipses. Check out Celeste Teal's article http://www.moonvalleyastrologer.com/decoding-earthquakes/ 

So what can we expect with this solar eclipse? Keep an eye open for new beginnings and opportunities not necessarily good or bad. This should be an exciting period that brings unexpected events for signs in the later degrees* of Taurus, Scorpio, Aquarius and especially Leo’s.  Eclipses force us to take actions that portend growth and bring us into new and improved directions. These signs will be made aware of matters formerly thought not pressing and that can no longer be ignored.  The next 6 months will make these signs sit up and take notice. 

Solar eclipses signal to us about matters that have major significance in our lives.  Astrologers say that the affects of an eclipse can be felt anywhere from 3 to 6 months before and even a year after the eclipse. If you have any of these signs within 28° 58’ you should feeling the effects already.  It is interesting to note that Donald Trump’s rising sign is 29◦ 58’ in the sign of Leo which means its influence will have a very personal effect on him.  His presidency has certainly been fraught with trouble prior to being elected president and has continued ever since.  

I have included a quote from the Real Astrology website, “Solar Eclipses tend to relate to sudden events that disrupt our normal conscious functioning; they are the crisis that seems to come out of nowhere and that suddenly demands all of our conscious attention and focus.” 

MESSAGE FROM THE TASKMASTER OF THE ZODIAC

Saturn, the planet of karmic responsibility has been in the sign of Sagittarius since December 2014.  The cosmic cop of the zodiac will continue in the sign of the Archer until December 2017.  Morals and ethics will be the theme throughout this period.  Humans the world over will learn that using shortcuts or schemes to avoid consequences always backfire and that no one is above the law.  Saturn in Sagittarius teaches us that moral and ethical standards of behavior will always be the safest way to success.