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Heads Up! Writer’s November Astrological Almanac
by Kathy Watts on Nov.06, 2019, under Forecasts
Heads Up!
The Writer’s Astrological Almanac
By Kathy Watts
November 2019
(times are PDT until 2 am Nov 3 when all times will be PST)
Happy Dia del Los Meurtos! Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio, and how appropriate is that! The month may proceed without any major madness, except for Mars tangling with Pluto in the first week, and perhaps the last week or so when Mars and Uranus kick up their heels. We’ve made it this far, though, and we can handle whatever else comes at us. We start off on the day of the week for Venus, and that sweetens the Capricorn Moon. Keep on keepin’ on. Party season approaches. Be brave.
Fri Nov 01 the Moon is in Capricorn all day. Love your work. All month long. At 1:25 pm Venus changes signs, leaves Scorpio behind and enters Sagittarius. This can brighten any mood. Write those upbeat scenes now.
Sat Nov 02 the Moon conjoins Saturn in Capricorn at 12:29 am. At 10:39 am the Moon conjoins Pluto in Capricorn. Heads up all day long. Be serious (but not grim) about what you’re doing, and maybe minimize contact with less than easy-going people. You do not need to allow anyone or anything to knock you off balance.
Sun Nov 03 the Moon is still in Capricorn when we switch back to Standard Time (at leas here on the Left Coast). Our sundials are no longer one hour off! At 3:19 am the Moon finally moves out of Capricorn and enters Aquarius for the rest of the day. Have a cool, calm day.
Tue Nov 05 the Moon is in Aquarius when Mars squares Pluto at 2:28 am. Heads Up. Easy on the Internet, Eugene. Mind your temper, period. Maybe a good day to write a fight or break-up scene. Not until 3:08 pm does the Moon enter Pisces. Maybe write those scenes that involve hurt feelings. Is this Election Day for you? If so, go vote!
Wed Nov 06 the Moon is in Pisces all day. At 11:37 pm the Moon conjoins Neptune. Dream on! Seriously. Work on that dream and maybe pamper your heart a little. You’ve paid for this self-kindness in advance.
Fri Nov 08 the Moon is in Aries when the Sun trines Neptune. Heads Up. This is also a day for pro-active love. Express this through your love of beauty, whatever that looks like to you. The Sun has finally left the Via Combusta, though still in Scorpio. Heads Up. The bottom line of existence is still paramount. The top line, of course, is that you can make transformations that seem impossible at other times.
Sun Nov 10 the Moon conjoins Uranus in Taurus. Nature can provide some surprises, too. You do not need to be working on a disaster novel to take advantage of this.
Mon Nov 11 the Moon is in Taurus all day. At 7:22 am the Sun conjoins Mercury retrograde. Instincts may be more useful than logic today. Be more open-minded. Heads Up. In fact, Mercury transits across the face of the Sun today. Now that’s a conjunction! It’s Veterans Day.
Tue Nov 12 the Moon is in Taurus all day long. At 5:34 am we have the Full Moon at 19 Tau. Heads Up. No matter what else is going on, this can be a lunar month when you fully enjoy what you love the most.
Wed Nov 13 the Moon enters Gemini at 12:46 am. Heads Up for a burst of mercurial energy and interests. Never mind the retrograde. If things go a bit more slowly, so what? We have from now until Friday morning to focus on what excites our curiosity and urges us to be in contact with more people. Don’t expect everything to go smoothly, but things will be on the go nonetheless. Heads Up.
Thu Nov 14 the Moon is in Gemini when Venus squares Neptune. Heads Up. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that means you have to calm down enough to look.
Fri Nov 15 the Moon enters Cancer at 8:15 am. Have a nice breakfast and if the morning is a bit more leisurely than the last two, that’s fine. You’re dedicated now.
Mon Nov 18 the Moon is in Leo all day. At 11:40 pm Mars changes signs, leaves Libra and moves into its nocturnal home Scorpio. Heads Up. Mars is now at the very center of the Via Combusta and is very strongly placed. Don’t get rowdy, except in your creative work efforts. If you feel yourself heating up, take a time out and get a cup of tea.
Wed Nov 20 the Moon is in Virgo all day. At 11:12 am Mercury goes stationary direct. Heads Up. You can get some prime editing done today. You could also unknot any recalcitrant plot or outline snags. Go for it.
Thu Nov 21 the Moon is in Virgo until 8:20 pm when it enters Libra. The big news is, today is the last day that the Sun spends in Scorpio. Tomorrow the world may seem bigger, warmer, more congenial and inclusive. Heads up.
Fri Nov 22 the Moon is in Libra when the Sun changes signs, leaves Scorpio and enters Sagittarius. Heads Up. Libra may not be a mutable sign, like Sagittarius, but this is still a lot of people energy. If you’ve been working in hermit mode, it will be hard to maintain. Don’t let the world eat all your time.
Sun Nov 23 the Moon is in Scorpio all day. The Moon conjoins Mars in Scorpio at 3:36 am. If it’s just restless sleep or wild dreams, that’s all right. This too shall pass. At 5:33 am Venus conjoins Jupiter. It can make for a sweet morning but don’t expect rainbows and pots of gold all day long. Heads Up. At 8:51 am Mars opposes Uranus. Be adventurous but don’t blow the whole morning on a zany, exciting idea and then dump all the work you do. Save it all. You can change your mind later. Heads Up. At 7:50 pm the Moon conjoins Mercury in Scorpio. You could blunder into a profound, if short, conversation. It might written or it might be a face-to-face experience.
Mon Nov 25 the Moon is in Scorpio all day. At 4:28 pm Venus changes signs, leaves Sagittarius and moves into Capricorn. Aesthetics get serious. Today is also the day before the New Moon. Heads Up for all those things that are essential for safety and sanity. Drive carefully.
Tue Nov 26 the Moon is in Sagittarius all day (well, from 12:11 am). We have the New Moon at 04 Sag at 7:06 am. Heads Up. This may signal the beginning of party season, when holidays pile up and social stresses begin to mount. Make this a lunar month that frees you from endless perceived social obligations.
Wed Nov 27 the Moon is in Sagittarius all day. At 4:32 am Neptune goes stationary direct. If the prevailing paradigm looks like nothing but smoke and mirrors, it may not get easier to see through it all but you may have a stronger sense that it’s not all real. This can be useful for a character who is edging up on an ah-ha moment. We’ve had a month of Wednesdays with the Moon in primarily mutable signs.
Thu Nov 28 the Moon conjoins Jupiter in Sagittarius at 2:50 am. Sleep well and maybe entertain an inspiring dream. At 4:33 am the Moon enters Capricorn. At 10:43 pm the Moon conjoins Venus in Capricorn. Hard work can produce the most gorgeous things. It’s Thanksgiving Day in the US. I’m thankful that we still have a US, sorta.
Fri Nov 29 the Moon is in Capricorn all day long. The Moon conjoins Saturn at 1:17 pm. At 7:57 pm the Moon conjoins Pluto and then goes void of course until Saturday afternoon. If it’s a tense day, some of that may be imagined. Don’t get too strung out. Be grounded and deliberate.
Sat Nov 30 the Moon is void of course in Capricorn all morning, entering Aquarius at 12:13 pm. Relax and listen to what’s being said around you. You don’t need to process it instantly. Be a sponge. Today is Saint Andrew’s Day. As I like to say, San Andreas, protect us from our faults.
In some ways this is an easy month. In other ways, it’s super stressed out, promising to get worse. Let it go. There are a lot of pleasant, powerful influences for the good. Get better grounded during the Mercury retrograde and be ready to gently slip into a higher gear in the second half of the month. Refuse to be sucked in by any prevailing craziness, no matter how tempting. Keep your head under the hood and be grateful for the passion and dedication to your work. It’s yours and no one can take it away from you. Make it your best.
Heads Up!
Heads Up! October Astrological Almanac
by Kathy Watts on Oct.03, 2019, under Forecasts
Heads Up!
an Astrological Almanac
by Kathy Watts
October 2019
all times PDT
Boo! Here we are in the heart of autumn. The month starts on a Tuesday, the day of the week for Mars, with the Moon in Scorpio. How rambunctious do you want this month to be? Think carefully before answering because there is enough energy to do darn near whatever you want.
Tue Oct 01 the Moon is in Scorpio all day. If that’s not enough heat for you, last night there was a Venus-Pluto square that thankfully is separating. Regardless, keep that energy level high and pour it into your work and not your paranoia.
Wed Oct 02 the Moon starts off in Scorpio. After the Moon-Mars sextile at 2:46 am, the Moon goes void of course until 4:44 am as it enters Sagittarius. It can be a social, scattered day, but you can still be productive. At 11:39 pm Pluto goes stationary direct. Sleep well.
Thu Oct 03 the Moon is in Sagittarius when Mercury changes signs, leaves Libra and enters Scorpio. Heads Up. Mercury is now in the heart of the Via Combusta. Don’t let your head be too hard on your heart. The Moon conjoins Jupiter at 1:40 pm. And it’s Jupiter’s day of the week. Look on the bright side. At 9:22 pm Mars changes signs, leaves Virgo and enters Libra. Do your physical exercise and feel virtuous. Heads Up. (continue reading…)
Heads Up! The Writer’s November Astrological Almanac
by Kathy Watts on Nov.02, 2018, under Forecasts
Heads Up!
The Writer’s Astrological Almanac
by Kathy Watts
November 2018
Times are PDT until 2:00 am on November 4. Afterwards, all times are PST.
How’s your Venus retrograde going? Maybe just as important, it’s happening in the Via Combusta, the part of the sky with the least slack and forgiveness. We can handle it, though. We can work through it and come out the other side more productive and lively than ever. (continue reading…)
Heads Up! The Writer’s October Astrological Almanac
by Kathy Watts on Oct.03, 2017, under Forecasts
Heads Up!
The Writer’s Astrological Almanac
by Kathy Watts
October 2017
All times are PDT.
October at last! Summer is really over now (although not hurricane season). We are in the heart of pumpkin season. Earlier efforts may be bearing fruit, and that’s great, but it’s almost secondary to the continuing growth of the work in hand. This can be a very productive month. Stick with it!
Sun Oct 01 the Moon is in Aquarius all day. It’s the Sun’s day of the week. And, we start the month with a Mars-Pluto trine in the earth signs. We can accomplish a lot all month long if we remember to pursue our true passions and be willing to rock the boat if necessary.
Tue Oct 3 the Moon is in Pisces all day and conjoins Neptune at 5:45 am. Wake with dreams that are worth writing about.
Wed Oct 04 the Moon is in Pisces half the day, and in the Aries for the second half. If you dream away the first half, you’ll more than make up for it in the second. (continue reading…)
7.0 Quake Strikes Haiti, A Tale of Two Quakes
by Dorothy Kovach on Jan.15, 2010, under Earthquakes!, Traditional Astrology
Aftermath of the deadly Haitian Earthquake
A devastating 7.0 earthquake has rocked the city of Port Au Prince. This little island nation seems to be a magnet for disaster. It has not been that long since it suffered the ravages of not one but two hurricanes. The mind boggles to think of the pain and suffering that the people of Haiti endure on a daily basis. And now, this. No building in Port Au Prince has been spared. Experts guess half a million souls have perished.
Sitting in the comfort of my home, it is almost impossible to understand the terror that comes with earthquakes. Looking at the video reminds me of how much I take for granted. I cannot begin to understand the shock and awe that survivors feel.
” I’m going to share my whole experience because I’m hoping it will be therapeutic. In any case I think I’m going to have nightmares for a long time…. When the tremors ceased, a large dust cloud was rising from the building a few doors down. A 3 story school full of teenage girls had collapsed. I stood around looking stupid for longer than I’d like to admit. I looked at the truck from Toyota, tried to call my wife (the service was out) and looked around me at people’s reactions. Virtually everyone reacted in strange ways. Eventually, I went to the school and started working to pull trapped students from the wreckage.” More from Chris Rollings
We like to think the ground beneath our feet is always stable as a rock. In a sense, the great strides we have made in science, have fooled us into thinking that we are in control. And that is just how it is – most of the time. Every so often, our great Mother Earth, reminds she is alive and breathing fire. We are forced to face the facts. We are not in charge here, Mother Nature is.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey the earthquake struck at 4:53pm local time. Looking at the chart below several factors of death and destruction jump out at us.
7.1 Earthquake Levels Port Au Prince
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When reading any kind of chart, wise astrologers always start with the first house. The Ascending degree marks the ‘go’ point in any astrological map. After all, ours is the study of beginnings, and the Ascendant marks the symbolic dawn, the first light of the new day. This is because, in order to properly evaluate any given situation, we are constantly returning to this place. In a sense, it is the alpha and the omega of the charts. This because it represents the one portion of the body we cannot live without, our head.
Just as a person cannot live without a head, so too, a country can hardly be called a country, were it not for the people who live there. Thus, in their wisdom, the ancients designated the first house and all planets within its borders, and the Moon to represent the citizenry. Whenever we evaluate charts, especially charts for sorrowful events like this, we try to gauge at the strength of people represented by first house, its ruler, and celestial markers placed within its borders, and the Moon. We then contrast the strength or weakness of the people of Haiti, with those things that can kill or maim them. These are the rulers, and tenants of the 8th house, and the 4th.
With ultra sensitive Cancer rising on the cusp of this all important house, the planet of mothers, Moon will be doubly emphasized. Like a vampire, the Dragon’s Tail in the first, sucks the verve of the people dry. Placed in Cancer, it brings helplessness to the people of Port Au Prince. Because the Moon rules the Ascendant, it is doubly emphasized. Placed in what the ancients called a cadent house, she has little or no ability to act on her own. If this were not enough, the 6th house is the place of illness and servitude. In addition to this, the Moon has just separated from a square to the planet of shock, Uranus. Even worse, the Moon at 27 Sagittarius, is smack dab on the antiscion of deadly, Pluto at 3 Capricorn. John Frawley says that planets on each others antiscions act as sort of ‘shadow’ conjunctions. It is this combination, that cements the pull of long finger of death, taking the people down into his earthly grave. The Moon does apply to one good planet, Jupiter. However, the application by sextile is weak. In addition, located in the house of death, and without essential strength, and since Jupiter is in Aquarius, a sign ruled by the deadly Saturn, the benefic Jupiter turns malefic, magnifying the horrors.
Looking by contrast at the harbingers of death (rulers of the 4th and the 8th) it becomes very clear that death is much stronger than life. At the time of Haiti’s Earthquake, the deadly 8th cusp had Aquarius on the cusp, as such, Saturn (for better precision, traditionalists stick to traditional rulerships) owns the death charge. In this case, Saturn is in Libra, its sign of exaltation. When we think of strength, most revert to sign of rulership, such as Saturn ruling the signs, Capricorn, and Aquarius. When a planet is in its own sign, we can say it is at home. Its comfortable in its own skin. On the other hand, when a planet is in the sign its exaltation, the function of the planet is charged. Its powers are so exaggerated that they pack a ‘whallop.’ Some ancients like the great, M’ashallah considered exaltations to be stronger than ownership. Whether exaltation signs are stronger than rulership, is debatable. What we do know for certain, is that when the deadly Saturn, is in Libra and ruling the 8th house, he has a much bigger arsenal, and a more deadly aim. Already we are seeing problems. Death is strong, and the people are weak. If this were not enough, Saturn is stationing, and thus moving very slowly. When a planet moves slowly, for better or worse, the more it imprints upon us. In the case of malefics like Saturn, death becomes that much more deadly.
But it gets even worse, because Saturn is situated within the 5 degrees prior to the 4th of the grave. According to Ptolemy, planets so placed are already doing the work of the next house, in this case, the work of the grim reaper. This gives to death what the people do not have, the power to act. The 4th house is the house of the ground beneath our feet. We already mentioned that Saturn owns the 8th house but due to its strength in the sign of Libra, it is also the almuten or the most powerful and dominating influence at the cusp of the ground ruler, the 4th. Add all this together, and you have a formula for disaster of untold proportions.
By contrast, a mere 48 hours and six minutes earlier, another potentially deadly quake of 6.5 on the Richter Scale struck the Northern California cities of Eureka and Ferndale.
6.5 North Coast Earthquake
The San Andreas Fault is just outside my window. As such, even though last Saturday’s 6.5 Ferndale/Eureka Quake was more than 200 miles away, I felt this earthquake, ever so slightly. I was on the phone with my friend, Helen when I felt this tiny little jag and thought, ‘earthquake.’ A few minutes later, my husband Alex came in and asked me if I felt the shock.
Having stuck at the same time of day, only 2 days apart, both earthquake charts, have striking similarities. Both earthquakes struck on days owned by malefic or nasty planets. This is one of the things I was recently reminded by the great astrologer, Linda Reid, day of the week counts. In this case, the 6.5 Ferndale/Eureka took place on Saturday, a day ruled by the slow killer, Saturn, while the 7.0 Port Au Prince quake took place on a Tuesday, a day ruled by violent and cruel, Mars. It is interesting to note that the Great San Francisco Quake also took place on a Tuesday, while Loma Prieta (with fewer deaths) took place on a Friday (a Venus day).
In both instances, the maternal sign, Cancer rises, thus making the Moon, as rep. for the good or ill of the people, doubly important. Given the magnitude of both earthquakes, it should be no surprise that in both charts, the people (the Moon) is weak, while in both charts, death house, is strong and able to act, and act with awe inspiring force.
The Haitian Earthquake peoples positioning gives us graphic evidence of that environment is everything. In this we can liken astrology to real estate, because so much depends upon, ‘location, location location.’ Poor placement, known to traditional astrologers as ‘accidental debility’ is the astrological equivalent of growing up in a bad neighborhood. When you grow up in the projects. It is just plain harder for you to make a success in life. The same holds true for planets. When in a rotten house, there is less hope. On the bright side, if a planet or luminary is in a bad house, but associating or in aspect by a good or beneficent planet or luminary there is some hope of ‘pulling oneself up by the bootstrap’ and escaping the celestial ghetto, traditional astrologers call cadency. If on the other hand, the cadent planet or luminary, is hanging out with a bunch of thugs, in the form of malefic planets, as it is in Haiti’s Earthquake., the Moon will be able to produce only ill effects. The ancients called this ‘accidental’ placement. There is good placement, which is called ‘accidental dignity’ and there is bad, known as ‘accidental debility.
In addition to placement, what sign a planet or luminary is in, is very important. Notice, the Ferndale/Eureka Quake’s ‘people’ designate, the Moon, there is no problem with location. Notice that the Moon is in the benign and bountiful, house of creativity, the 5th house. Just as there are good and bad places for a planet to hang out, there are also good and bad sign for the planet to be in. Looking at the Eureka/Ferndale Quake, we notice that the people are also weak, but this weakness had nothing to do with placement and everything to do with sign. In a nutshell, certain signs are just plain no good for a planet. The Ferndale Earthquake chart has the Moon in her fall, Scorpio. This is just about the worst place for the Moon to be.
The Moon can be likened to a celestial mother, who gives everything, including life to her children. When in the sign, Scorpio, the Moon becomes imprinted by the dark side of Mars, becomes like a vampire, sucking the very lifeblood ut of the host. When the Moon is here, she becomes the epitome of ‘essential debility. Thus, on Saturday, the people were weakened by the cruelty of Mars’ deadly force. However, remember, the people are not in the cadent ghetto, but not just a good neighborhood, but a great one, the trinal and joyous 5th house. Not only that, this Moon has friends to help her out of her rotten sign, in the form of a beautiful grand trine to Uranus, the planet of all things modern, and the South Node. We also notice that the people’s designate is still under the influence of the light and giver of life, the Sun, and Venus, in the 7th of laws. The Moon all by herself in the happy 5th, seems to indicate that laws in the form of strict building codes, coupled with the sparse population, probably saved the people from what could have been a much greater disaster. In addition, nothing pulls the Moon towards death. In other words, the 6.5 Northern California quake chart has nothing tying the people to death like the antiscion between the Moon and Pluto in the Haitian Earthquake. As such, despite the violence of the quake, the residents of western Humbolt County, California only suffered minor damage in the way of broken glass, but there was no loss of life.
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