Hopefully the highest good can come out of this for himself and all concerned.

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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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Full Moon in Taurus – 2009 Scorpio Cycle

The full moon in Taurus will occur shortly before midnight on December 1 this year. Sometimes astrologers get a little wacky around the full moon, and start speaking as if it’s the “beginning” of a cycle, projecting the next month forward from the full moon. I know the full moon is pretty and captures our imagination more than the new moon, which we can’t even see, but this is a mistake. I know astrology is not seen as Scientific in the West and it seems like everything can be a matter of opinion, but astronomical realities are what they are.

The full moon is the halfway point of the new moon cycle. It shows a releasing, not a growing period. You can relate the monthly moon cycle (commencing from the new moon, when it’s dark) to a lifetime. It is born, grows, reaches its peak power and vitality. From there it wanes and dies so that the next cycle can be born.

When we understand astrology in a metaphysical way, this is exactly what happens, 12 times per year. The truth is, each person is a culmination of all 12 astrology signs (and all the planets, etc.) The obsession with “your sign”, etc. is one of the things an astrologer tries to balance when they do an astrology reading. Stated more simply, we all have the energy of all 12 signs falling somewhere in our consciousness. Our obsessions and preferences and identity through the ego is what we see in the astrology chart by the planets, houses and signs.

In Vedic energetics each sign is a different limb of the Kala purusha. Each month a certain part of that limb and comes to life. In medical astrology signs are well understood to rule different parts of the body. Scorpio rules the genitals, the most vulnerable and exposed part of who we are.

The fear of being naked and exploited is the deeper fear of Scorpio.

Midlife Crisis
This full moon in Taurus is the halfway point, the midlife, of the Scorpio 2009 cycle. Fifteen days ago, the sun and moon were together in Scorpio. The moon was dark. From that darkness the Scorpio lesson of 2009 was born. When Sun and Moon (spirit and mind) meet at that same point, the lifecycle begins – just like when sperm and egg meet.

So, the most psychologically vitalized part of any cycle is the full moon, as the moon represents our psychology and the need to balance our own identity (Sun) with our connection to others. The Scorpio cycle each year is a time when we look to strengthen our vulnerabilities and dig deeply into our own psychological weaknesses. But if we are not careful, we also do battle with others over their weaknesses and the perceived insults and hurts that we feel around them.

Scorpio is easily the most emotionally restless of the astrology signs and we all have it somewhere within us, whether we have planets in that sign or not. Providing contrast to that emotional restlessness and turmoil is the stability of Taurus – the most solid and stable of the astrology signs.

At the halfway point in the Scorpio cycle we connect with stability, structure and the need to balance the constants emotional thrill and excitement seen in Scorpio. Also, as being ruled by Mars, Scorpio can be numb (tamasic) to the pain they cause themselves and others as they take on life’s challenges.

Taurus is where we enjoy what we have, rather than worry about losing it. It is where we grow and protect those things we have and love, rather than analyze them or look for their flaws and weaknesses. As being ruled by Venus, Taurus is sensitive and aware of the feelings of others, not destroying things and being careful. Taurus is where the moon is exalted and Scorpio is where the moon is debilitated.

The Next Two Weeks
This full moon is mainly supported by a Jupiter trinal aspect – and an opposition from Venus in Scorpio.

Traditional teachings and teachers are able to support us, but there may be a tendency toward dogmatism and looking to the past for solutions rather than looking toward the future. Also, it may be hard to stay hopeful right now with this debilitated Jupiter aspected by a debilitated Mars (the ruler of Scorpio).

Venus, the ruler of Taurus, is in the Nakshatra Anuradha which is related to friendship and reaching out to our friends. Underneath it all, Scorpio is a sign that places a lot of importance on friendship and loyalty. Scorpio natives will work hard on a friendship with you, but you usually have to be willing to do battle with them. Divine friendship is a key to releasing the fears of the Scorpio cycle.

As was said, each of us is a culmination of all 12 astrology signs. We each have Scorpio somewhere within us. The loyal and protective friend is a great place for the Scorpio energy in each of us to take wing. A friend is genuinely concerned about our well-being. A friend has more detachment than a lover or an intimate other would have. “God as the Divine Friend” is the key to Venus’ Nakshatra Deity, called “Mitra”.

Think of your higher self as the friend you can call anytime of the day or night. That friend would never judge you or turn you down and they would lend a sympathetic ear to all your troubles. They would be concerned with providing comfort and calming you down in the midst of some panic or imagined terror. Of course, your friends and (most importantly) you BEING A FRIEND – to others is also key.

This is a very powerful lesson of this full moon – the beginning of the waning phase of the Scorpio cycle. This waning phase – for the next two weeks – shows the need to let go of negative Scorpio traits in order to master its full creative potential.

From a place of comfort, and structure (Taurus) the imagined fears of Scorpio can release, and these virtuous qualities of Scorpio can be realized: the courage and growth of the spiritual warrior – the loyal friend you can call any hour of the night – the dark Knight defending the highest truth.

The next two weeks, as the Taurus Full Moon wanes and the Scorpio cycle releases, traditional teachings and teachers may help, but be careful of dogma and fears of the old paradigm interrupting the work of the moment.

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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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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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