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April Horoscope 2013

Ceres moves into Cancer this month on April 4th.  This is a very nurturing and emotional expressive place for the Mother Goddess Asteroid to-be.  Pallas has just arrived in Taurus and will be joined by Venus on the 15th and will be followed by the Sun and Mars to a total of four bodies in the earthy sign of Taurus by the end of the month.  The earth, security and status quo, and emotions will be the focus for the month of April!

Spring officially started on March 19th but spring fever starts on Saturday night, April 6th.  Venus, still in Aries, makes a love connection to her favourite male planet Mars igniting some hot passion.  Bedrooms and dance floors should be electric with this passionate energy.  Venus moves into Taurus on April 15th where she loves to be.  Here, she is at home in a sensual, aesthetic surrounding.  Here she brings out our enchanting and feminine aspects.  She touches Neptune on the 18th creating a romantic and dreamy environment.  Feelings of insecurity and defensiveness pop up on the 22nd when she opposes Saturn, but a couple of days later she trines Pluto reigniting the passion felt at the beginning of the month; but this time in a more committed, sensual and transformative way.

There is a lunar eclipse in April.  It happens on April 25th. Full moons are always times of completion, but with a lunar eclipse, the completions tend to be a big deal.  This happens on a societal level, but also on a personal level if the moon touches any planets in your birth chart.  Full moons are emotional, lunar eclipses are even more emotional.  A lunar eclipse in Scorpio, an emotional water sign, makes it even more emotional and then to add to it, this lunar eclipse forms a grand trine (triangle in the sky) with Ceres, the Mother Goddess Asteroid, and Neptune, the dreamy planet of the unconscious. This is an eclipse that is seeking emotional release in a big way!  The lunar eclipse is conjunct Saturn.  Emotional control will only result in loneliness, but this is a moon that fears vulnerability.  Saturn there alongside the moon is calling for us to question how emotionally authentic we are.  The lunar eclipse is also opposing a stubborn Mars in Taurus who may be irritated by a change, but the grand trine acts like a cosmic bear hug, encouraging us to let go and ensuring us that we can get through it.  On the same day, Pallas and Venus join in Taurus. Together, these two care very much about the beauty and protection of mother earth and feminine power.  They are sextiling Chiron, the wounded healer, making healing easier, but squaring Juno, the Marriage Goddess Asteroid.  That old issue of women meeting their needs for creativity and contribution come up against relationship needs.  You might again start to ponder those old questions.  Can you have a career and a family?  Is it really true that you can have it all, but not all at once?  You may have a defeated feeling that we have not left the 17th century.  Fear not… these are all just feelings!  Work through them and we will all come to the other side.  Venus and Pallas in Taurus help us to challenge those old “either/or” ideas about feminism, helping us to hold on to our true femininity and to also be powerful.

Pluto goes retrograde on April 12th.  What just happened?  We’ll retrace our steps to go deeper into the transformation that is happening.  Pluto is in Capricorn and is transforming the institutions in our lives. Governments, family, marriage, education and our world economics are experiencing this transformation and so are we in the institutions of our minds.

Aries

 A lunar eclipse in your eighth house this month could mean deep a transformation in your life.  Your self-worth and sense of financial security will be challenged.  But support comes from family, foundations and deep wells of your unconscious.  Heal this and you will transform your intimacies.

Taurus

 Something in your significant relationships is seeking closure this month.  Not one to change once you’ve made up your mind, you may feel like digging your heels in.  You may not even realize that neighbours and friends are gaining up on you.  They won’t be hurling harsh words at you.  Instead, their love and forgiveness throw a spin on things, taking you out of your comfort zone.

Gemini

 I hope you’ve been taking care of yourself, Gemini.  Work, career and money will come together to help bring healing.  Your restless nature can sometimes miss the deep messages from the unconscious and you may want to push them down.  Allowing it to happen can give you just the right information to create a much needed healing crisis. Get to the other side of this and you will feel fantastic.

Cancer

 Taking a vacation in a distant land that has you focused on yourself and having some real fun can bring real healing.  There is a conflict with your own sense of hopes and wishes, or maybe your friends are stubbornly pulling you in a direction that doesn’t serve your purposes.  Do what you know is best and you and what feeds your sense of recreation.

Leo

 You’re closing the book on a family matter, Leo.  Part of you has already moved forward blazing into your career, but there is just a little more work to do to clear the air.  Secrets and close intimate ties will work together to help you with your completion.

Virgo

 Your already established beliefs this month might get you into trouble. You religious or ethical zeal is coming up against an issue in your immediate environment.  Partners and friends seem to be against you. But it’s for your own good. Pluto’s retrograde motion through your fifth house of fun and romance will start questioning everything you thought you knew on love.

Libra

 The money that you share with others, a business deal or maybe even the money from your spouse will be challenged this month.  If you’re going through a divorce or dissolving a business – not to worry. Something about how this all unfolds will not only be the best thing ever, but actually have you moving in the right direction.  Call it a course correction.

Scorpio

 Something is not working in your relationships. But is it really?  Or is the problem something inside of you? This month, you will get very clear on who you are.  This bolt of insight might come while expanding your mind in the pages the latest new age book.  Maybe you discover that ego is not such a bad word or that needy and having needs are two different things. Unleashing your creativity can help give you that much needed aha moment.

Sagittarius

 Don’t let work get in the way of your spiritual development this month.  You have the opportunity to go deep.  Allow things to bubble to the surface and you might find yourself wondering if you are a little bit psychic.  Don’t doubt that you know that you know what you know.  You do.

Capricorn

 You have stubborn ideas about love.  You may even be rigid about your creativity.  It feels like nobody gets it. Nobody understands.  They do, Capricorn.  They see that you are in your own way, and they are just trying to help you let your guard down so you can achieve all your hopes and dreams.

Aquarius

 You’re rising in status and you have the magic touch knowing how to work and make money.  Push-back from your family and foundations are helping you to figure out this work smart formula.  People will be looking to you in awe. How did she do it?  Part of the formula is that necessity is the mother of all creation!

Pisces

 You are seeking love and beauty in your environment. Your restlessness may make you a bit rash. Unconscious material is emerging to help question all that you thought you knew and sending you off in a new direction in terms of your creativity.  Take your time with it all.  Sometimes moving in a new direction needs to be spontaneous. Sometimes it needs to be well considered.  Connecting with your guides and teachers will help.

 

 

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Chiron’s Gift

ChironThe asteroid Chiron was “discovered” in 1977. Of course Chiron had always been there, but like a Terma in Tibetan Buddist tradition, it appeared in our consciousness at just the right moment. The time was ripe for healing and that is the meaning of Chiron.  In Mythology Chiron was a teacher and skilled with medicine. He was a healer, astrologer and respected oracle. Chiron was a centaur, half human and half horse and was rejected by his parents. Though Chiron was a healer, ironically he could not heal himself. He died from a poisoned arrow lodged in his foot.

In Astrology, Chiron is the wounded healer and it’s placement in our birth charts represents the areas where we have experienced wounding, usually in childhood. Finding it’s placement in our chart helps to understand the wound. As the wound sometimes acts like a Terma in our unconsciousness, lying waiting for discovery at the right time, the pain is often repeated over and over in our lives calling for us to pay attention. It’s that pattern that in the midst you realize, I can’t believe this is happening again. Chiron is the essence of “what we resist persists”. Yet every time it happens you are given the opportunity to go deeper into the wound and are presented with profound opportunities for spiritual growth.

Chiron also presents itself like a riddle. In Mythology, he was a healer, but could not heal himself.  Chiron’s wound is essentially where we feel rejected and disconnected from others. Even when we become aware of the wound, it can seem impossible to heal. In Mythology Chiron’s original wound was rejection and one can only wonder if connection, vulnerability and the ability to look imperfect could have saved him. It’s the classic case of the Doctor having a heart attack, or therapist having a breakdown. Watch  Brene Brown’s talk on vulnerability for a great example of this.

Chiron is not a Goddess Asteroid, but I believe it is the masculine persistent teacher, teaching us how to be receptive to the feminine antidote, vulnerability and receptivity in order for healing to occur.

What is your wound? What false belief about yourself does it create? In my own chart Chiron is in Aries in the first house of “who am I” and opposed to Venus in Libra in the seventh house of “who are we”.  The wound is around being myself and experiencing a wound in love and relationships every time I express the Aries “who I am”. Chiron created an essential false belief that I can’t be myself and be loved. Oh what relief to discover this and to heal it! Okay Okay… it’s in the process of being healed!

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Goddess gone wrong – how to spot a “mean girl” in Astrology

When Rosalind Wiseman wrote the book Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World , she missed a whole world of ‘mean girl population. Mean girls exist in schools, workplaces, and in the PTA. Mean girls are everywhere and all ages.

 

What is a mean girl? The Urban dictionary describes them as “Girls who are bullies and use ‘girl aggression’ (nasty comments, trickery, deceit, excluding people from events, spreading rumors, stealing boyfriends,etc.) to manipulate other girls”

 

A mean girl is Pallas Athena gone wrong.

Pallas in astrology is the asteroid representing feminine wisdom and justice. She represents creative intelligence and is good at seeing patterns. As the goddess of war and the protectress of the state, Pallas types will fight for and defend political causes. There is no doubt about it, a Pallas woman is powerful.

In Greek mythology there are many stories that tell of her nature, but here are just a few that highlight her potential for being a ‘mean girl’.

Pallas Athene
First of all, Athene is also called Pallas Athene. The two are recognized as the same. This is because in a “friendly” (or was it?) fight between the two goddesses Pallas was killed by Athena, and out of sadness and in rememberance of Pallas, Athene took Pallas’ name.

Competition for men’s attention. 

The Goddess Medusa was very beautiful goddess and pursued by many men. One day she was in Pallas Athena’s temple and overtaken by one man in particular, Medusa was violated becoming pregnant and gaving birth to twins. The mean girl came out in Athene! Jealous and blaming, Athene turned Medusa’s hair into snakes causing her looks to turn men into stone if they glanced at her.

 

Trickery

Athena was known for her skills with weaving and the loom. A woman from a village named Arachne was also good at the loom. She became very well known for her skill and claimed that it was a gift she was born with and not learned.  When Athena heard this fist she disguised herself as an old woman to get the ‘real dirt’ out of Arachne regarding where she learned the loom. When she got nothing, Athena then challenged her to a public contest to let all see who was best. When Arachne showed Athena up in the competition Athena turned Arachne into a spider.

Undermining

Finally there was a trial of Orestes. Orestes was accused of matricide. Athena, who was presiding over the matter, declared that he was not guilty because there was no sanctity of a blood relationship with a mother and child (it was a crime only to kill blood relations in those days). Athena reasoned that because she was not born of a mother (she sprang from the head of Zeus), that men not women were the rightful owner’s of the child. In so doing she undermined all women and declared male supremacy.

Pallas types can be very successful or they can fear success. They can be fear competition, being competitive to the point of being ruthless or embrace their feminine strength as being their rightful gift.  They can downplay the need for men’s attention, or they can own their power not fearing what others might think or do. In the school ground a Pallas type may be the girl who trips you in front of a boy, or positively the one who will stand up to the group of girls bullying you. In the workplace a Pallas type may be the women who undermines your work to make herself look good, or positively she could be the one fighting for changes to the Human Rights policy and for more women in leadership positions.We all have the potential to be mean girls, but if Pallas is dominant in your chart the potential will be strong. Knowing what aspects Pallas forms can help with understanding your areas for growth, and because Pallas is such a powerful woman, knowing how to use your powers for good.Tools to help you connect with your Pallas: Raising your self esteem. Some books to help include, Self Esteem, and The Self Esteem Companion by Matthew McKay. Since Pallas is a wise and intellectual type, unlearning the patriarchy in Woman who run with the Wolves.Order the goddess report at www.threemoongoddess.com If you are interested in finding out where Pallas is in your chart or what aspects she makes.