Venus is the planet that brings a sense of happiness and respect. How much we have, how much we give, the types of things we respect and appreciate all come from Venus.

This respect gets activated in relationships, as we are tested mightily in them – to yield our wishes to another and respect their views as equal to our own – not just in romantic relationships, but in all friendships as well.

Venus teaches us the fast track to happiness is often through compromise. As a rajasic planet, Venus is connected to the energy of the moment, responsive and responding. Often, the easiest thing we can do right now to be happy is give in to the wishes of another. It is the fast track to happiness in all ways -  including sensual. That is why food and other sensual pleasures are so compelling. They are immediately gratifying to the body (Tamasic).

But at what cost? Are we sliding on our principles when we give in and conditioning others to think we don’t mind certain things, when in fact we do. Often in relationships this problem occurs. We compromise too much in the beginning because we  want to feel the beauty of connection and we try to accommodate and be stretched.

Then later, as the newness and “charge” wears off, we stop accommodating and the other person finds out how we really feel about things. Or, we are on the other end of that process. Relationships are ofter a mutually delusional experience on some level. Both people share the desire to connect, but beyond that not much else is certain.

Understanding the “no-compromize zone” is a challenge. And it takes effort, because Venus is the part of you that wants to enjoy the moment, so it is easy to put it off and say  “well, we can work on this thing later and just enjoy what we share together now”. But those things that bother us in the beginning are always the things that come back later to be the deal-breakers.

We are usually more driven to connect when there is attraction, overlooking the problems. A powerful Venus does not go too far one way or the other. It sees the way to honor another’s wishes, without necessarily having to live them or take them on. It is not disproportionately driven by the desire for connection – at the expense of the desire for truth and respect.

That word respect again.

Venus in the Sky Now

Venus is severely combust now in the sky, very close to the Sun. It is further from the earth than at any other time. It is also joined Rahu and retrograde Mercury, in Sagittarius – ruled by Jupiter – a sign that exaggerates and makes things larger (not a good trait for the balancing act Venus is trying to walk).

There may be a tendency to feel disrespected now, have a deep sensitivity to it – then make it a very big deal out of it (escalating the situation) and become very moral and preachy about it (Sagittarius influence). Especially when considering the influence of Rahu (confusion) and retrograde Mercury (messing up details and communication problems), you want to be alert to this potential.

The internal feeling of disrespect from combust Venus often brings a disrespectful response from us, which then perpetuates the cycle. This is the growth process of combustion.

So, if you feel yourself feeling disrespected and angry at someone because of something like this, just wait and slow down. Especially if you start to feel that sense of “should and shouldn’t” come into your mind.

Those ruled by Venus (Libra and Taurus) or with Moon there,. etc.. may especially see these issues now – as Venus  takes on more importance in their life.

Venus will be combust well into February 2010

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May 2010 be the best year ever for you.

Here are a few recent things that you might enjoy:

Last Night’s Radio Show: discussing the next 4 months of Jupiter in Aquarius:
http://astrologyradioshow.com

The history of Christmas in the West:
http://horoscopes.horoscope.com/horoscope/

2010 Astrology transits Video:
http://www.virtualastrologyconference.com/2010-transits/

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This is an overview of the material covered in my weekly radio show. Hear more in depth explanations of Jupiter, Sagittarius and the indicators of each sign at:
http://astrologyradioshow.com In general I would say the big winners are the Leos this month and they have earned it. The 5th from the 5th rule applies. They are the fifth sign and the Sun is in the 5th from it. Plus, the Sun is the ruler of Leo and mercury is also there.. a very beneficial planet for the big cats. Enjoy it kitties, the Saturn season is right around the corner and Mars is about to go retrograde!

The New Moon in Sidereal Sagittarius occurred on December 16, 2009. Each month the Sun and Moon come together and begin a cycle of growth relative to the astrology sign lesson indicated.

This cycle last 30 days and compels us to grow, as the Sun wants to illuminate the truth and Moon to give us the feeling and connection to that lesson.

Each sign will be compelled to grow in different ways based on the house position of Sagittarius. Use the guide below to find your Ascendant (daily activity and identity) and your Moon sign (feeling and psychology) for the next month, relative to this cycle.

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Aries:
Clarify and reflect upon your teachings, teachers and principles, rather than just following your own path.

Taurus:
Clarify and reflect upon life’s ups and downs and unexpected changes you can’t control, rather than clinging to security and safety at all costs.

Gemini:
Clarify and reflect upon you relationships to people in all ways, rather than seeing relationships as just another way to amuse yourself.

Cancer:
Clarify and reflect upon the need to face the hard work of serving the things you love, rather than wanting everything to make you happy.

Leo:
Clarify and reflect upon what you love the most and what expands you creatively – your hearts desire, rather than being focused solely on your duties.

Virgo:
Clarify and reflect upon the need for emotional peace and solitude to anchor your life and connections, rather than escaping from it through responsibility.

Libra:
Clarify and reflect upon the need to try new things, experiment and courageously explore spiritual truth, rather than maintain an aloof “relativism”.

Scorpio:
Clarify and reflect upon consistency, personal values and self-esteem and how they inform your choices in life, rather than constantly dismantle them in the name of “growth”.

Sagittarius:
Clarify and reflect upon you very identity and the need to be flexible and open to others views, rather than always needing to “rise above” worldly unpleasantness.

Capricorn:
Clarify and reflect upon the need for solitude and the creative promise in letting go of materiality, rather than feel yourself to be an extension of the things you have.

Aquarius:
Clarify and reflect upon the highest good that can be achieved through service, rather than how you can overcome a weak-self image by accomplishing things.

Pisces:
Clarify and reflect upon taking responsibility for the things you care about the most, rather than just thinking “it’ll all work out in the end.”

Between now and January 14, 2010 these will be potent lessons.

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Below are graphic representations of these events

July

http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/1332009/

August

http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/1532009/

This in contrast to the Solar eclipse on July 22 which will be the longest and most intense this century.

More on that later.

However a lunar eclipse shows where we must emotionally check in with our intuition in a certain area of life. Sagittarius is the sign of our philosophies. We must make sure that we are not being dogmatic and that dogmatism is not disconnecting us from the communications necessary to actually put our philosophies into practice.

For instance, in a disagreement, we may suddenly become judge, jury and executioner to another bewildered party without listening to their point of view (Gemini, opposite of Sagittarius) after deciding that “what they did was just SO against my values” – or something like that.

The danger of Sagittarius is this tendency to cirumvent communication (again, Gemini) due to a haughty righteousness that at the time feels like a violation of our sacred principles. But you know what, if you don’t even give another person a chance to explain, you might be the one acting like the jerk and blowing things out of proportion (again, a Jupiter/Sagittarius trait) – and probably not living up to your own philosophies and morals.

Be careful with friendships now – a Gemini thing.

Since mars and Venus are still joined, the tendency to battle is still strong – especially with Taurus and Scorpio – the signs where Mars and Venus are either in the 1st or 7th houses – relationship houses.
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In general, as stated above:
1. Be careful with friendships and being haughty
2. This is especially true if you have prominent planets in Taurus and/or Scorpio

Best Wishes,
Sam

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This full moon will happen in Gemini. The full moon is a time to let go of bad habits that may be holding you back. With the full moon in Gemini you can focus on not being so overstimulated and rather apply the skills and information you have learned and gathered.

With Mars in Sagittarius and in an angle – you can use more discipline toward those things. With mercury and Jupiter in the eighth house, and the sun in Capricorn you can deepen your commitment to the things you have already studied and the philosophies that are uplifting to you, rather than gathering more.

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On Sunday, the Sun entered sidereal Sagittarius, the sign of the archer. This sign is ruled by Jupiter, expressing himself in his external, masculine temperament. When the sun goes into Sagittarius it illuminates the path of activating higher teachings and spirituality in our life. The keyword with the sun is “illumination”. Wherever the sun is transiting, that area of life is “lit up” by the nature of the sun. Just like when the sun rises, suddenly we can see where we’re going. There is enormous promise when the sun goes through Sagittarius each year. It is the opportunity for us to purify and deepen our teachings. But before we can purify, first we must be able to see the darkness. No one goes out in the middle of the night to weed the garden. They wait for the sun to come up so they can make sure to pull up weeds, not the plants themselves.

Between now and January 15, when the sun goes into Capricorn, there’s a great opportunity for us to illuminate those darker corners of our spiritual psyche, and actually do something about it actively. These are the traits of Sagittarius. Connecting to teachers, teachings and spiritual practices that give us an experience of our true nature is supported. In many ways, it is quite appropriate that our holiday season falls with the sun going through sidereal Sagittarius. Amidst all of the clutter and hubbub surrounding the holidays, underneath it all there is a lot of spiritual beauty. This time of year is actually a celebration of the solstice, and the days finally getting longer.

In addition to the sun entering Sagittarius, Mars will also enter Sagittarius on December 18. Both Mars and the sun will be in Sagittarius for more than three weeks, adding a very active and courageous approach to the lessons I mentioned above. However, the nature of Mars is to be destructive. He is a Tamasic planet, one that destroys weakness. At best, a Sun/Mars conjunction will have these two fiery planets working in tandem with each other. The sun enters the house, illuminates the darkness and then Mars destroys the weakness, because now we can see it. This process just happened with the sun and Mars in Scorpio. However, there is also the possibility that rather than destroying “our weakness”, Mars takes it upon himself to destroy “other People’s weaknesses” – though arguing and conflict. This is the unfortunate and typical nature of Mars, not because Mars is “bad”, but because we tend to lack patience and maturity. Mars is the energy that shows us acting destructively through impatience and immaturity. This tendency is exacerbated now as Mars is still quite combust. From a place of weakness (our own mental weakness) we *argue with others* over our principles, rather than put them into practice ourselves. We must be very careful not to make a mistake of arguing about our principles rather than practicing them for the next three weeks. Sagittarius is a very candid and frank section of the zodiac. Jupiter is a benevolent planet, but he is more interested in clearly delineating the truth and inspiring us toward it. A person who has strong opinions but not a lot of mental strength can justify doing battle over those strong opinions when Mars goes through Sagittarius, the sign on our active philosophies.

Have you noticed this week, suddenly people are battling over their principles a lot more than they were last week. This is because the sun just entered Sagittarius, as was said, this battling nature will likely get worse once Mars enters. So, be alert.

Ask yourself:
Are you actually putting your principles into practice through your actions or just defending them to others / arguing over them?
Are you walking the walk or just talking the talk?

One thing to realize, once you start feeling anger welling up in you because someone is saying things that are stepping on your “sacred cows”, Mars is about to come out and defend your principles verbally. Be very careful. Make sure the argument is worth having. (are any of them actually worth it,.. BTW?) Make sure that expenditure of energy is actually worth it. Do you have another choice with that energy? Are you actually embodying the teachings you are about to defend? Because you see, the willingness to suffer for your principles in a verbal conflict, is also a willingness to endure physical and emotional discomfort *yourself* in order to grow spiritually – a choice you also face in that moment. Because you’re uncomfortable with what’s being said, and the other person is obviously “wrong” you can justify the anger/violence/mental suffering you are feeling by inflicting onto the other person.

However, realizing yourself as the true source and the solution to your discomfort, Mars also gives the mental strength and courage to internalize the heat of that anger toward the truth, not vindication or revenge – toward a more spiritual goal. This inner heat and internalization is called “Tapas” in yoga. It is what compels serious spiritual seekers to deprive themselves of sleep, deprive themselves of physical comforts like tasty food or sex in order to get more spiritual energy, clarity and insight, etc.

It is also the strength to deprive *ourselves* of the short-term satisfaction and adrenaline rush thrill of telling another person to go to hell because of what they said. As much as we may not like to admit this about ourselves, we feel good and fulfilled when we argue and defend our principles. We love to talk about our little victories and battles.

This capacity for discipline and to sacrifice winning the battle for winning the War (against our real enemy – ignorance) is also the energy of Mars, but a higher vibration.

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Jupiter is the planet / universal force that brings these qualities to the Earth plane. A great teacher or great teachings remove darkness and allow us to sink into the depth of our truthful Self. Much of this revolves around expanding our personal philosophies and aligning with a higher purpose. As such, Jupiter rules this expansive, optimistic and hopeful nature. He rules the abstract mind that conceives of something big within us. Human beings all feel the need to expand and grow toward something big. That large, expansive nature is Jupiter. This is why Jupiter also is related to wealth.

Money in our hands is related to Mercury and Venus (we’ll discuss that some other time). But the concept of “wealth”, is an abstraction – like a dream. It is a means of expansion and growth. In many ways we are either pursuing wealth or truth/God. In this way, both are abstractions.

Jupiter is also well known as the planet who brings children. Ponder the nature of children and you will quickly realize they are also our greatest teachers. Not just because they grow up to be smarter than we are, but because the way we behave around children is much different than the way we behave around each other. Suddenly when we are around children we watch our language, we are more tolerant, we are more patient and forgiving and many other desirable traits. Think of how great it would be if we treated each other this way all the time. In fact, each of us is a child underneath it all and we would be well served to remember that. We all appreciate tolerance, kindness and patience. We all have something to teach each other and learn from each other. A dignified Jupiter in someone’s birth chart will show a person who has these traits.

Myth and Rolling With the Jupiter Effect into Tomorrow

Jupiter is in Sagittarius now, according to the Sidereal zodiac, the zodiac used in Vedic astrology. In Vedic astrology Sagittarius is called “Dhanus” – Bow. It is said to be the bow of Lord Indra – the king of the gods. This bow is actually the rainbow – and places Lord Indra on a horse with his bow pointed upward to the heavens. Jupiter is the ruler of Sagittarius, so he is very strong now. The planets travel around the zodiac and occupy each other’s houses and signs. When the planet is in its own sign it is like you in your own house. You are strong, confident and powerful when you are in your own domain.

When Jupiter is in Sagittarius as he is now, the higher qualities mentioned above manifest through us very easily. We become quite philosophical, optimistic and hopeful. The recent political campaign of Barack Obama is straight out of the “Jupiter in Sagittarius” textbook. John McCain is straight out of the “Saturn in Leo” textbook (Saturn is an old man and Leo is the sign of the government and landed, aristocratic power). This is why our current political campaign is so extreme. Both of these placements are occurring simultaneously.

Jupiter had been retrograde for several months. When a planet is retrograde it appears to be moving backwards in the sky from our vantage point on Earth. This makes its energy more of an internal factor and we lack confidence moving forward with it externally. Yet how interesting that since Jupiter turned direct on September 8, it is the Republicans who have hijacked the theme of hope with this young, energetic newcomer, Sarah Palin.

Politics aside, until early December there are great opportunities to deepen your personal philosophies and spiritual connection. Optimism, hope will be higher than usual, especially in the realm of spirituality. The world outside can always get us down, but there something deeper and more eternal than the temporary dramas we see playing out in the world. Deepen your connection to teachers, teachings between now and early December especially.

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Monday, September 8, 2008. The moon is in Sagittarius, joined Jupiter. It is in the Nakshatra of Mula – ruled by the South node. The work Mula means “root”. Today is a day where you can get to the root cause of your problems. You can apply a lot of focus and scrutiny to the things in life that are holding you back today. This probing leads to a deeper hope and optimism later. Be careful of unnecessary destruction that comes from an air of invincibility.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008. The moon is in the Nakshatra of Purva Ashada today – ruled by Venus. The moon is still joined Jupiter and in the sign of Sagittarius. This Nakshatra is related to the ocean, water and the devotion to love that nourishes the flame of knowledge, consciousness and growth. We are all a product of what we love the most. Today is a good day to remind yourself of that. Focusing on and destroying your root problems was yesterday’s work, connecting your strengths with your heart is today’s work.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008. The moon is in the Nakshatra of Uttara  Ashada today – ruled by the Sun. The Deities here are the Vishwa Devas, the Universal gods. This is where the things we love the most infuse a confident and inspired course to the truth of who we truly are and what we truly want. By understanding our duty (dharma), the value of time (kala), and other universal principles that becomes clear. Yesterday’s devotion to truth is the fuel for today’s illumination.

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