Peregrine Moon

Forecast and Analysis for 28 January - 3 February

We’re looking at the week beginning 28 January 2007. We start the week with the Moon approaching the Full Moon on Feb 1. Shift into high gear and get your projects underway during this lunar cycle. After the Full Moon, begin harvesting the results of your labors.

Theme transits this week: Jupiter continues to square Uranus all week. Jupiter continues to expand the cosmic roller-coaster, and provides the spark to expand into the new. 

Saturn continues to opposes Neptune for the next several weeks. Mercury  continues to conjoin Neptune early in the week. Later in the week the Sun replaces Mercury in conjoining Neptune and opposing Saturn. Saturn is cosmic structure, while Neptune is the cosmic solvent. Combined we’re trying to dissolve the very structure that we’re trying to build. Work to maintain health by positive nutrition, exercise, and meditation. Avoid alcohol and mood-altering drugs, and remember that medication may not work the way you expect. I think this is purification time - and it may echo into politics and business, too.

Mercury / Neptune is thinking about the divine. If you’re a mystic, you’re all set. But illusions happen when you try translating mystical images as if they are physically real. Saturn opposing Mercury is exactly the opposite energy: Saturn asks hard questions and wants real answers. Fantasies aren’t the key, but translating vision into reality is.

Sun / Neptune is attempting to merge with the divine. Mystics should be fine, but the rest of us who live in the real world can have problems trying to stay grounded. Saturn opposed Sun is physically challenging - the real question is How are you justifying taking up space on the planet? Keep your perspective, especially on 2 Feb when the Full Moon involves both Saturn and Neptune. Doing health-supporting things is key: excellent diet, rest, exercise.

On the 28th the Moon forms a T-Square by opposing Jupiter and squaring Uranus. Emotions open up and the cosmic roller coaster gives us a ride. Aside from a little nervous tension, this can be an excellent time to reconnect with family and friends. The potential for accident is always present with Uranus aspects, so stay safe.

29 Jan:  The Moon opposes Pluto today. Emotions shift to a more controlling, obsessive tone. Relax a bit; don’t put folks under your thumb. If you’re inclined, meditation and inner exploration can be very fruitful because this opposition is one leg of a Mystic Rectangle between the Moon, Saturn, Pluto, Mercury, and Neptune.

30 Jan:  The Moon opposes Mars today, and receives supporting trines from Uranus. Emotional energy rides high, but without the controlling attempts we felt yesterday. 

31 Jan: The Moon is relatively neutral today - and that’s a good thing because we pick up the Full Moon with a host of aspects on Feb 1 & 2. 

1 Feb: It’s the Full Moon today with the Moon in Leo opposing the Sun in Aquarius. As the day progresses, the Moon approaches Saturn and opposes Neptune as well. Moon / Neptune wants emotional contact with the divine, while Saturn asks the Moon to define its emotions. Expect a fair amount of communication confusion. This is a physically challenging aspect, so take special care to support your body with diet, gentle exercise, and plenty of rest. There’s a bit of support from a trine from Pluto to Saturn: inner work and meditation can be very beneficial. And remember that this too shall pass - by Feb 3!

2 Feb: The Moon continues to hang out with Saturn, Neptune and the Sun. Refer to my comments for yesterday and hold on for one more day!

3 Feb:  The Moon closes the week with an opposition to Mercury. It’s a good chance to reflect on what’s been happening all week. There’s a chance for miscommunication and emotionally charged conversation, so keep your perspective!

Thanks for reading CosmicExpress! CosmicExpress looks at the overall planetary patterns that affect all of us. Do check us out on the web at www.CosmicTiming.com where you can see how cosmic influences impact your own personal chart. Have a great week!

Forecast and Analysis for 14-20 January

We’re looking at the week beginning 14 January 2007. We start the week with the Moon approaching New in Capricorn on the 18th. It’s time to release what you no longer need, and to prepare to bring this lunar cycle to a close. After the New Moon kick off those projects you want to approach this next lunar cycle. 

Theme transits this week: Jupiter continues to square Uranus all week. Jupiter continues to expand the cosmic roller-coaster, and provides the spark to expand into the new. 

Saturn continues to opposes Neptune for the next several weeks and Venus conjoins Neptune for the week. Saturn is cosmic structure, while Neptune is the cosmic solvent. Combined we’re trying to dissolve the very structure that we’re trying to build. Work to maintain health by positive nutrition, exercise, and meditation. Avoid alcohol and mood-altering drugs, and remember that medication may not work the way you expect. I think this is purification time - and it may echo into politics and business, too.

Venus / Neptune is falling in love with the divine - it’s great if you’re a mystic, but the tendency is to mistake your physical relationship for the divine love. It can be a recipe for a great romantic novel, or for a disastrous relationship. Jupiter sextiles Venus for the first half of the week, which adds to the rose-colored glasses. Saturn opposing Venus wants to inject a little reality into life. Remember that fantasies will get you nowhere this week.

Mars continues to conjoin Pluto and trine Saturn all week. Mars / Saturn in favorable aspect represents hard work and diligent effort rewarded. Mars / Pluto is incredible energy applied: it’s like we’ve turned on our plasma lasers and we’re burning through thick metal. It’s good for work; not so good for relationships. This is power-play time: avoid getting tripped up by control games from others - or from yourself.

On the 14th the Moon sextiles the Sun and Mercury. It’s a plus day for communication and for connecting with your partner and family.l

15 Jan:  The Moon moves to conjoin Jupiter in Sagittarius and square Uranus. Emotions open up and the cosmic roller coaster gives us a ride. Aside from a little nervous tension, this can be an excellent time to reconnect with family and friends. The potential for accident is always present with Uranus aspects, so stay safe.

16 Jan:  The Moon moves on to conjoin Mars and Pluto today. This adds vital energy with a twinge of obsession. Keep your feelings in check. Your desire for power may not be appreciated by those around you - or maybe they’re the ones running the power trip.

17 Jan: The Moon sextiles Uranus today, which adds just a bit of emotional spark and fun. Relax and enjoy the day.

18 Jan: It’s the New Moon in Capricorn today. Finish releasing the last lunar cycle and prepare to embrace new work over the next four weeks.

19 Jan: The Moon conjoins Mercury today, putting the emphasis on communication about emotional matters. The sextile to Jupiter provides support and ease in communication and in thought.

20 Jan:  The Moon moves to conjoin Venus and Neptune today and to oppose Saturn. This is the tough point of the week, and emotional deception or problems can rise to the fore. Emotions can run between depression and a feeling that you don’t understand what’s happening. It’s not just you: it’s a confusing time. Keep your perspective.

Thanks for reading CosmicExpress! CosmicExpress looks at the overall planetary patterns that affect all of us. Do check us out on the web at www.CosmicTiming.com where you can see how cosmic influences impact your own personal chart. Have a great week!

Forecast and Analysis for 7-13 January

We’re looking at the week beginning 7 January 2007. We start the week with the Moon approaching the Third Quarter  on 11 January. Keep harvesting the work you've been doing in this lunar cycle. After the Third Quarter, prepare to release what you no longer need in preparation for the next lunar cycle.

Theme transits this week: Jupiter continues to square Uranus all week. Jupiter continues to expand the cosmic roller-coaster, and provides the spark to expand into the new. 
Venus sextiles Jupiter all week. Pressures on relationships ease up, and there’s an ease and flow and we’ve not seen in relationships for a while. Enjoy the time with those you love.

We pick up a long-lasting transit: Saturn opposes Neptune for the next several weeks. Saturn is cosmic structure, while Neptune is the cosmic solvent. Combined we’re trying to dissolve the very structure that we’re trying to build. Work to maintain health by positive nutrition, exercise, and meditation. Avoid alcohol and mood-altering drugs, and remember that medication may not work the way you expect. I think this is purification time - and it may echo into politics and business, too.

Mars conjuncts Pluto and trines Saturn all week. Mars / Saturn in favorable aspect represents hard work and diligent effort rewarded. Mars / Pluto is incredible energy applied: it’s like we’ve turned on our plasma lasers and we’re burning through thick metal. It’s good for work; not so good for relationships. This is power-play time: avoid getting tripped up by control games from others - or from yourself.

On the 7th we start the week with the Moon in Virgo opposed Uranus and square Jupiter. This T-Square can create a bit of nervous tension, and Uranus can create a scene. This can be an excellent time to reconnect with family and friends. The potential for accident is always present with Uranus aspects, so stay safe.

8 Jan:  The Moon moves to trine the Sun and Mercury. It’s easy communication time, especially with partners. There’s the possibility for emotions to run a bit hot. Keep the volume turned down emotionally and enjoy the day’s added spark.

9 Jan:  The Moon moves on to square Mars and Pluto today. This adds vital energy with a twinge of obsession. Keep your feelings in check. Your desire for power may not be appreciated by those around you - or maybe they’re the ones running the power trip.

10 Jan: The Moon trines Venus and sextiles Jupiter today. Emotions are supported and warmed today. Spend time with those you love and relax just a bit.

11 Jan: The Moon moves to the Third Quarter today. It’s time to harvest your work from this lunar cycle and to prepare to release what you no longer need. There are excellent supporting aspects: Moon trine Neptune and sextile Saturn, Mars, and Pluto. It’s time to take a day’s breather to look inward. Communications can be a little problematic because of arguments arising.

12 Jan: The Moon square Venus today. With the support from the Jupiter sextile to Venus, the accent is back on relationships. Take time with those you love. Remember one thing: don’t overindulge!

13 Jan:  The Moon moves into a T-Square with Saturn and Neptune. Emotions can run between depression and a feeling that you don’t understand what’s happening. It’s not just you: it’s a confusing time. Keep your perspective.

Thanks for reading CosmicExpress! CosmicExpress looks at the overall planetary patterns that affect all of us. Do check us out on the web at www.CosmicTiming.com where you can see how cosmic influences impact your own personal chart. Have a great week!

I forgot CosmicTiming!

I forgot one thing that happened in 2006 - my new website CosmicTiming. I'd built an astrological website before, but things never quite gelled to get folks using the site. I redesigned the site around a person who's interested in astrology but not proficient at all in the art - and I focused it around a daily summary that fits on a single web page. My good friend Kathleen Jacoby joined me to provide a daily numerological analysis. Right now I'm giving the site a face lift and adding some new features that I want to use myself.

Best of all - it's free! (I do hope you might consider supporting us with a contribution through PayPal - but there are no ads on the site. I hate 'em.) Please check us out!

Wrapping up 2006

I always spend the last day of the year re-reading my journal from the previous year and thinking about the direction I'm heading. 2006 has been a great year for me in my inner growth:

The Dimensional Tarot. I discovered the Tarot last year in a profound new way by beginning to craft my own deck. I've read the cards since a spiritual teacher of mine taught me back in 1976, but I've never owned the underlying principles as I have through wrestling with the inner meanings of the cards. By the end of 2005 I had finished a first draft of the Major Arcana using some 3D photorealistic software to create the images. As 2006 unfolded the software I used took a dramatic leap forward. I wrestled with it and with my images for the middle part of the year. By August I developed new techniques that gave me a quantum jump forward in quality and depth of image - and I realized that I needed to rework all of the cards I'd finished in 2006. I now have another set of eyes - my photographer friend Diane Kaye - on each image to help me keep the artistic integrity high. I'm calling it The Dimensional Tarot, and I'm pleased to share with you my rendering of The High Priestess (Major Arcanum II). I'm looking forward to continue my exploration and creation of the Major Arcana this year. I intend to complete the deck - who knows how long that might take!

The Alchemical Marriage. In late 2006 I read The Translucent Revolution. In the chapter on Translucent Sex I had to assess that I'd moved away from my best in my relationship with John. I'd become far too focused on me: what should I be doing, how should I... and so on. It's always a process of remembering what I've already known: I'd studied an alchemical emblem many years ago that helped me understand the esoteric meaning of relationship. Along the way I forgot what I knew. In a flask a king and queen sit naked, embracing. Around them dew collects and clouds appear above. A dove hovers above the couple. What's all this mean?

I believe it shows the way to what I call the Alchemical Marriage. A third entity - a spiritual one - arises during spiritually focused sex. That's the dove. The dew that rises and falls shows the flux of emotional energy - it's a roller-coaster, not a smooth ride. And the hermetically sealed flask means the relationship must itself be sealed to prevent the dove - the spiritual essence - from escaping.

I needed to stop focusing on 'I' and to start focusing on letting this spiritual essence arise. Once I got my head out of the way, things began to move in a magnificent way. I designed a ritual to help me get myself out of the way so that this spiritual essence could manifest. The result has been more astonishing that I could have imagined. My goal in 2007 is to continue this spiritual creation and the accompanying physical healing.

Ritual work. I do neo-pagan rituals of my own design, and I have since the early 1990s. I got a little weird during 2006 and blended some symbols from mathematics with my own interest in sigil-based magic. I call it the transformational matrix, and I've been thrilled with how it's worked so far.

A sigil is a graphic designed with a magical intent in mind. There are many ways to create a sigil, but my favorite is to blend together the letter-forms of the significant word or words. Many references say to create a sigil to symbolize a magical purpose. I worked out something a bit different using the analogy of a mathematical matrix.

A matrix is an array of numbers or symbols, and matrices can multiply themselves to create a new matrix. What I did was to create a matrix of sigils, each representing part of the matter at hand. But I went a bit farther. Rather than only create sigils for my goal, I created sigils for the current state, too. And I added in a transformational matrix - one that is initially blank - that transforms the current sigils into the goals. In ritual I open myself to both sets of symbols, and at some point a new set of symbols appears - totally unrelated to anything I've drawn consciously. These form the transformational matrix, and its this set that I use in subsequent meditations. The results for me have been profound. I'll post more on how each step goes so you'll get an idea of how to do it.

Inner work. Pronoia calls it Schizofrendia: when the little voices inside your head are genuinely helpful and nurturing. I didn't realize anyone else on the planet worked with inner guides when I started in 1980 at the age of twenty-four. I know a little more now...

I returned to working with inner guides this year in a strange way. I happened onto a book presenting channeled teaching that was very popular in the metaphysical world. I thought it was junk - and I was unhappy that I'd not presented what I was learning during the late 80's. After I completed a body of very deep work in the early 90's, I stopped completely. Part of that was my shift to open to a new relationship at the physical level. That took several years to manifest and to gel. Now my relationship with John has entered a new level, I'm beginning to work within again.

My new cutting edge... I've not manifested my right livelihood, and that's where I want to head. I've been doing computer software since 1978. I love doing it, but I don't love doing it for someone else. I'd like to run my own shop again; I did from 1991 through 1994. My real goal this year is to manifest a new way of working, and to create my own business. I'd love to do my art for a living, but I know how hard that is by watching John's constant effort as a full-time artist. I'd also like to be of service - possibly doing something metaphysically-inclined. So I'm doing my inner work, and starting some explorations.