We’Moon : Starcodes

Year at a Glance for

Virgo---August 22-September 22

Virgo You’ve grown a sturdier, more streamlined identity in the past few years, a new orientation to life has required introspection. In 2010 give this new self-confidence to the world. Virgo has an innate gift for dealing with other people’s problems in simple, practical ways. Allow for trial runs for optimal progress, set incremental, attainable goals, celebrate the small steps—on your relentless journey towards perfection.
What you own may not accurately reflect your new self; pare down to basics, make room for what is soon coming to nourish and support you most effectively in the future. Invest in yourself—spend time/money on new tools or resources that improve your effectiveness.
Unsettling circumstances in the lives of those close to you invite imaginative collaboration; some will be of a short, but highly energizing nature. Be less tolerant of restrictive alliances; stretch the realms of possibility in your close relationships, even though the circumstances may challenge your habitual self-reliance.
Change is supported by pouring attention into play, children, sports, creative works, love affairs. That which obsesses you is a likely agent for regeneration. Superficial experiences won’t do, you won’t be engaged unless it requires your total focus. Art projects become living healing rituals to clear away old tangles in your lifeline. A sports workout discharges excess energy, soothes your system. Power struggles with children shift when you allow them to introduce their ideas of what is fun, rather than imposing your own.

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Starcodes for week of August 27, 2010
by Heather Roan Robbins

It’s time to do something that’s long overdue; repair, retrieve, review, complete and amalgamate as Mercury retrogrades. It’s harder to get a new project going now, so clear up the past and begin to focus on the future after Sept 12th as Mercury turns directs, then let it rip after Sept 27th as Mercury moves past the point where it turned retrograde originally.

Revisit: Go back and remember a major event, like the Hurricane Katrina or a more personal milestone, and garner another layer of wisdom out of the experience. Savor the past, soak up the memoires of the summer, or another more golden age in our life and remember what was left behind there, not just to miss it, but to keep its gift alive. Comb through last year’s wardrobe and bookshelf to see what is worth saving, what to toss.

Review: Mercury retrograde in analytical Virgo is a good time to get down to the bottom of a mystery or clear up a misconception. In our work, we may find an old manuscript or idea that needs to be dusted off and reworked for the new technology or finally laid to rest. At work it’s important to review our notes before talking because it’s way too easy to think we’re more prepared than we are, and can’t really count on memory or last minute-scintillation to cover that fact.

Rethink: Correct misconceptions wherever possible, but don’t make it war of wills, put intellectual Virgo to work and make it an exploration of the facts and consequences. If a favorite personal opinion no longer seems to fit, it’s time to take a fresh look; get a new crop of evidence and really look at the facts, listen to other views and rethink. Though don’t try to push this approach on another, people will tend to be defensive and it’ll probably backfire.

Reconnect: Find an old friend, family member, favorite thinking spot, or something more ephemeral, like a lost sense of joy. When we go back to an old friend as the school year begins, or a family member we haven’t seen in a while, we just have to remember they too have changed in the interim, we need to honor the water under the bridge, the metamorphosis time brings, in order to bring the relationship in the present and keep it relevant.

The mood this week is generally smart, cranky, distracted and accident-prone with a sweet romantic and cooperative undertone. Keep comment productive, because under the Virgo Sun and Mercury, we can see the needs fixing and speak up so helpfully, but tend to hear any such comments as a criticism.

Venus and Mars are running hand in hand in sociable Libra, so we want to get along and have a generally agreeable approach. Relationships can fray as bad timing, small mistakes and misunderstandings rub salt in our sensitivities unless we can trust that others actually want to get along with us, and so take the incidents in the best light possible. What will be most attractive now is fairness and equality, though beauty doesn’t hurt either. Unfairness will be the biggest turn-off in relationship and the biggest call to arms in politics.

The weekend starts off enthusiastic and impatient under an Aries Moon, friendly but not particularly cooperative. Our way can seem so obviously right to us, our schedule or timing so fair, that it’s hard to understand why everyone just doesn’t see it our way. Saturday we want to do something special and unique, we can make the most of an event but can forget to cooperate. Sunday and Monday are earthier, more organic, and need a smooth steady pace to get anything done. Early next week it is time to talk over the backstory, reminisce and think about our next steps in light of the past.

Friday, Aug 27: It’s hard to let go this morning, our control issues itch as the Aries Moon squares Pluto and opposes Saturn. We may want to take action just because, but first need to stop and figure out if it’s the right thing to do, and when is the right time to do so. Let’s keep everything in proportion, because molehills can see like mountains. Underneath this surface tension is laughter and competence if we reach for it. Enjoy camaraderie, even if it is occasionally confused, tonight.

Saturday, Aug 28: Wound up morning, people may feel irritable if things don’t go right unless we prioritize people over perfection as the Moon opposes Mars. Too many head-strong opinions make it seem easier to do things ourselves instead of coordinating our efforts, but that is what will save us time. Unsettled feelings midday can transform into a magical and heartfelt evening if we just roll with the flow.

Sunday, Aug 29: Enjoy a slow breakfast and take the pressure off, root in the senses and recollect. Appreciate what’s working, build trust, heal and share as the Taurus Moon trines Pluto. Find missing pieces and unearth what’s important. Slow and steady does it all day. Gardening or other simple and earthy activities further, but don’t bother to try and hurry anyone or try to change minds.

Monday, Aug 30: Morning is practical; accomplish simple tasks and repair broken threads in a window of positive communications. Make those calls now. We rush and wait: look for speedy progress but with a tendency to run late, so keep an eye on the clock. Mid-afternoon slows down. Evening we can get cranky or tired, but are offered an opportunity to be there for one another. Forgive a flat sense of humor. Rest now and share later.

Tuesday, Aug 31: Morning is mellow, practical if self-indulgent and unfocused. Midday a fog settles on the brain and we too easily drop the ball as the Moon squares Neptune. Discontent underlines necessary repairs later; evening encourages good changes as a late-night mental buzz flows from the Gemini Moon as it sextiles Uranus and Jupiter

Wednesday, Sept 1: Put a short term plan into motion and correct misunderstandings as Moon trines Saturn this morning. Bureaucracy needs coaxing; professionalism and rituals need to be attended, but some old paperwork can finally be completed. This afternoon nervous energy runs high, increases mistakes and frays nerves; Communications run on skew lines as the Moon squares Sun and Mercury, let’s calm the waters and confirm as we go.

Thursday, Sept 2: We get a temporary green light while the Moon trines Mars, Venus, Neptune and Chiron today. Make overtures, make new friends, initiate creative ventures. Just look both ways before crossing as Mercury is still retrograde and even successful ventures can be laced with oddities. Let gratitude heal some old wounds, talk about the past in a wandering, peripatetic way.

Starcodes for week of August 20, 2010
by Heather Roan Robbins

Wake up and smell the turning leaves. Love and challenge are this week’s themes as Venus and Mars conjunct in ever so friendly Libra and crank up our emotional expectations, while Saturn squares Pluto and challenges our sense of security all while the Sun opposes Neptune and Mercury turns retrograde and fuzzes out our brains.

Mercury, that rascally arbitrator of all things modern--how we communicate, import or move through the world—now slows us down and sends us back to clean our room and clean up our karma before the next season begins. We may think we’re supposed to be launching in the year ahead, but probably need to revisit a recent decision, correct a misconception, review the year or handle a problem already on our plates first.

As Mercury appears to back up against the zodiacal belt we can use the next three weeks to get organized and remember what we were doing before we let go for summer. Mercury in Virgo isn’t so fond of fuzzy thinking, and this can leave us irritable if we try to accomplish too much. It’s a good time to visit with old friends or strengthen old contacts. If we’re starting a new job, it’s time to find out what the last person was doing before they left. Get ready to start this year’s work after Sept 12th when Mercury turns direct.

Underneath this mental crankiness, Venus and Mars are lovely together in the night sky and they sing sweetly to us in Venus’ own sign of Libra. This Venus-Mars conjunction wants us to see the beauty way and can help us reach out in compassion to those that really need it. We dream of something better, something more cooperative or romantic, more fair and lovely in love or politics.

While this can bring delightfully romantic moments and introduce us to new friends and allies for the work ahead, they also can really increase the expectations we put on our relationships. Paradoxically, this aspect nudge us to become less tolerant of whatever seems to be standing in the way of our ideas, like a partner that isn’t living up to their potential or one that is being too critical of us. Notice this scenario has two sides, one who is apparently screwing up, not living up to the Libran ideal, and one who is, thanks to Mercury retrograde in analytical Virgo, noticing.

If we can see the present scenario from the other person’s side as well as our own, we can use the healing, romantic gift of Libra. Libra also speaks about open warfare and legal battles, any open relationship of equals, so strange law suits may get posted nudged by a tough, controlling Saturn square Pluto. This is an intense aspect we have felt all year, it now perfects one last time, and then begins to dissipate. All year long it has asked us to reassess our work in the face of life, death and transformation. The employment news may be dismal this week, but begin to improve afterwards, though it will take a few more years before all the major unsettling, culture-reorganizing aspects dissipate.

Some event may shake up our security or our acceptance of the status quo and ask us to look beyond, and break free from some personal paradigm of victim-oppressor. Encourage the power within each being while holding the line with those who use power to dominate, whether it is country, news commentator, neighborhood bully, or an internal voice that causes us to doubt ourselves.

This aspect can push us collectively out of our comfort zone. We have to let go of the standard operating procedures and find a new form, not overnight but over the next few years. We may need to let go of old baggage and travel lighter for a while to see what is really needed in the future.

The weekend begins spacey but eventful as the Sun opposes Neptune while Mercury retrogrades, confirm all appointments and check all measurements. Do not believe a sudden worry. It’s best if we can just kick back by a pool somewhere and not say too much for a while. Be particularly careful around liquids and of the effect of alcohol or drugs, leave the power tools alone if beer is on the scene.

On Monday the Sun enters Virgo and suddenly school supplies look interesting. This increases our sense of duty and seriousness and asks us to sink our mental teeth into something substantial. But it can also increase our self-consciousness as we review in whom we are today with when we were once upon time. Our tendency will look at what we have lost, and we need to bring our attention back to what we’ve gained in the interim, even if it’s just a wiser self.

Midweek, under the ever so sensitive Full Pisces Moon, it helps to meditate upon the healing of those who need it all around the world. As we do so it helps heal our own tender spots. But if we give into a temptation to play the victim and focus upon our woes, they will only multiply. We may not be able to see our way out of an uncomfortable situation, but need to process the feeling and step one step at a time towards healthier ground.

Friday, Aug 20: Ambitious but nearsighted and fuzzy-thinking day as the Sun opposes Neptune under a determined Capricorn Moon. It’s a great day to use our imagination or work with our dreams, intuition or spiritual practice if we can stay in the present. We want to work hard but can make mistakes if we aren’t careful as Mercury retrogrades. It is easy to wind out in a delusion or get depressed because we are not making enough progress. Let’s just do the task in front of us. Then let our dreams wander to a better world and take steps to get there. Evening is warm and sociable but with potentially unrealistic expectations as Venus and Mars conjunct. Move through a surplus of emotional around dinner to great conversation late into the night as the Moon trines Mercury.

Saturday, Aug 21: It’s a philosophical Saturday as Saturn squares Pluto, bittersweet emotional sensitivity mixes hopes for the future with sadness for something we’ve have to release. There’s work to do and places to go, though it all may take longer than expected. Underneath is an opportunity to look where we’ve been and where we’re going. If old wounds tweak midday, try to stay in the present. Low spell around dinner, energy picks up later as the Moon enters Aquarius. Evening events can help us shift gears.

Sunday, Aug 22: Forget efficiency and just find one another, take this as a day of rest and reconnection. Spin stories; hear what they did on their summer vacation. Feel the creative pulse. Attention is divided and diffuse, farsighted and a bit dense close to home. Help one another adjust to changing circumstances.

Monday, Aug 23: Take action this morning on as a matter dear to the heart as the Aquarius Moon trines Venus and Mars. Just don’t sign any papers yet. If the effective early morning slows down mid-day, breathe through resistance. Later, a motivating Mars-Sun semi-square can bring out competitive reactions or a sullen mood that needs physical action to work out. Do more and say less. Reconsider a sudden headstrong impulse and avoided people whose tails are twitching.

Tuesday, Aug 24: Awash, overwhelmed, defensive or at one with the world; the difference will be in our perspective as the Full Moon in Pisces softens our borders. Our mind and our intuition may disagree, and we need to find the common ground. Do not push anyone today; notice, but do not buy into, any internal tape about victimizations, and instead have compassion on oneself and others.

Wednesday, Aug 25: We may feel pressured to talk and try understanding one another, but it cannot be done through the mind door, only the heart window. A strong critical bent may be needed to defend those who really have been put upon; just notice the tendency to project one’s own tenderness into their situation. The more dented we feel, the more likely to use righteous indignation to protect, but that approach will not help. Be sentimental tonight, let the waves wash through.

Thursday, Aug 26: We may not be happy about it but may be relied to make some decision, small or large, that should have been made a long time ago. Keep it a positive decision, do not so much swear off sugar, but instead decide to eat better. Do not break up, do decide to have healthier relationships and see who comes with as the Sun trines Pluto white Moon conjuncts Uranus.

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