AstroForecast January 2006

by Lance Rodriguez

The month of January begins with the Sun transiting the sign of Capricorn that symbolizes on a positive level the acquisition of patience, perseverance, discipline, responsibility, pragmatism, accountability and sobriety.  “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t” Henry Ward Beecher.  Negative expressions of the zodiac Goat are fear, pessimism, limitations, melancholy, despondency and the “Oh, I’ve been dropped in a deep, dark tunnel and can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel for I fear the light is a freight train coming at me!”  The angel associated with the month of January is Gabriel and the Capricorn angel is Haniel.

Sunday the 1st at 2:18pm is the re-entrance of Venus back into the sign of Capricorn due to retrograde motion of this planet.  This retrograde motion of Venus will strongly affect those individuals born during the second half of the following signs in descending order: Capricorn, Cancer, Libra and Aries.  Venus’ strong orientation to relationships, finances and values will be under the scrutiny of reality-check Capricorn.  Solidifying security and commitments in the above-mentioned areas would be a positive focus.  Release the need for worry and knee-jerk reactions to fretful situations that entangle these Venus ruled areas of life.  Relationships experience a “sober/somber” outlook in regards to communications.  Stodgy, cold and stick in the mud behaviors ignite outrage with a partner.  Additionally the following issues can ignite: psychological war games, control, manipulation, betrayal, bankruptcies, possessiveness, fatal attraction syndromes, jealousy, as well as obsessive/compulsive behaviors.  This lengthy stay of Venus in Capricorn will end March 5, 2006 so watch these areas of life from this January date until the March date.

This same Sunday is a harmonious contact of the Sun with Mars that is symbolic of robust energy, healthy ego development, healthy competitiveness, healthy assertiveness and excellent for athletes.  Those individuals wishing to launch aggressive exercise regimens as part of the New Year’s resolutions do well with this aspect.

Also on this Sunday is the monthly Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes strong intense emotions that can come easily to the conscious surface.  Certain family members may become paralyzed with the “I can’t think outside of the box” syndrome.  Individuals become very rebellious with strict authoritarian behaviors and viewpoints.

Monday the 2nd Saturn through retrograde motion is conjunct President Bush’s birth Mercury that can symbolize serious, somber as well as disciplined thoughts, communications, ideas, concepts, connections as well as contacts.  The negative side of this aspect is that archconservative fears, knee-jerk mental reactions, pessimism and “caught between a rock and hard place” syndrome can manifest.  This aspect occurred last October 12, 2005 and will repeat again this coming June 27, 2006 so all three of these dates can correspond to one another.

Tuesday the 3rd at 3:26pm is the entrance of swift-footed Mercury into the sign of Capricorn for an approximate 3-week journey symbolizing this planet’s orientation to mental discipline that can be acquired readily and late-night ponderings that have practical outcomes.  Reticent communications develop and sometimes the less said works favorably under this Mercury transit.  Learn to bide your time while being very observant to other individual’s behaviors.  Uncanny timing is Capricorn’s forte.  “I wasted time and now time wastes me” William Shakespeare.

This same Tuesday is an inharmonious aspect between progressed Venus with the natal Saturn position of the US birth chart known as the Sibly chart.  The following issues can be highlighted with this aspect: solvency of banking institutions, credits, debits, loans, legislative acts involving financial allocations for national priorities, the media especially unbiased and fair reporting, espionage, secrecy, monopolies, mortuaries, cemeteries, taxes as well as investigations to name a few.  This aspect will be in effect a year and a half before and after this January date.

Wednesday the 4th is a harmonious aspect between the Sun and Jupiter that is excellent for disciplined individuals who want to improve their business prospects with any and all promotions, expansion and the targeting of future aspirations.  This aspect does require efforts to make the harmonious energy flow.  Certain males may be very generous, magnanimous and encouraging.

This same Wednesday is the annual Perihelion of Earth (Earth’s closest approach to its own Sun) that symbolizes a “seeding” period for Earth as “stellar” consciousness is downloaded to the masses.  Solar flare activities will be important to observe if any occur.

Thursday the 5th is the monthly declinational shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities.  Care must be observed with impulsive individuals taking risky actions with no thoughts of eventual consequences.  The flip side of this is the individual so cemented to routines that the suffocation of healthy spontaneity arises.

Saturday the 7th is the opposition of President George Bush’s progressed Sun to his progressed Vertex that symbolizes an important event, situation, individual and/or occurrence can happen.  The following areas are brought into the picture: health issues especially involving the intestinal area, the feet and the immune system.  Secretive enemies can be plotting against the President.  Lack of support from the international community, disparaging media reports as well as lagging domestic support can appear on the scene.  Judicial issues can develop with weaknesses, incompetence and vulnerabilities as focused concerns.  Due to the slowness of this aspect a year and a half before and after this date can be used.

Sunday the 8th is a harmonious aspect involving Mercury with Uranus that is excellent for novel approaches to be applied especially associated with business negotiations, sales, advertising, settlements and important documents.  Unity marches, peace negotiations, worker rallies as well as trade talks do well with this aspect as long as innovation, inventiveness and ingenuity are utilized.

Monday the 9th is an adjustment aspect between Mercury with Saturn that can symbolize authority figures, leaders, executives as well as fathers backpedaling previous statements, communiqués and/or memos.  Accountability can be thrust here so holding some of these individuals’ feet to the fire can restore respect as well as reputation.

This same Monday is an inharmonious aspect of Mercury with the Lunar Nodal axis that can symbolize fate, destiny, issues from the past as well as past strengths coming to a head.  Mercury as planetary ruler of communications, meetings, negotiations, trade, commerce, contacts, connections, workers as well as learning and/or teaching experiences can highlight this aspect for this January date.

Friday the 13th is a day of harmonious contacts beginning with the first one between Mercury and Mars that symbolizes healthily assertive and aggressive communications, negotiations, meetings and business dealings.  Good organizational skills lead to ripe actions.

The second aspect is Mercury with Jupiter that represents positive announcements concerning growth, expansion, sales, meetings, planning as well as judicial settlements especially due to healthy research and investigations.

The last aspect is the conjunction of Venus with the Sun that symbolizes strong identification of healthy relationships, finances and values especially due to rigorous discipline, timely expertise and patient accountability.

Saturday the 14th at 3:48am is the annual Cancer Full Moon that symbolizes the surrender/letting go/completion phase of our earthly satellite.  Areas to focus on are emotional insecurity, moodiness, family disharmony, dependency issues, smothering or suffocating behaviors, excessive complaining, neediness and a sense of rootlessness.  Angel Barbiel is associated with this Cancer lunation.  There is a spotlight on the following: national and personal expenditures, bankruptcy, sabotage, surreptitious behaviors, secrecy, miscommunications, complacency as well as lack of personal strategies.  Keywords associated with this Cancer lunation are: Contingency planning is all about being the best prepared for the future as well as the present.  This preparation guides all individuals to be ready at a moment’s notice.  Democracy is challenged by a megalomaniac; how does the world community respond?  Stand up or stand down.

The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map of this Cancer lunation sensitizes the following geographical areas of the United States: Fairbanks Alaska, southern California especially Los Angeles and San Diego, eastern Nevada especially Las Vegas, northwestern Utah, eastern Idaho, western Montana especially Butte and Helena, central Minnesota especially Minneapolis-St. Paul, central Iowa especially Des Moines, central Missouri especially Springfield, central Arkansas especially Hot Springs, central Louisiana especially Ruston, Monroe, Alexandria and Lafayette, Providence Rhode Island, Boston Massachusetts as well as Portland and Caribou Maine. 

This A*C*G Map sensitizes the following global locations: central and eastern Canada especially Winnipeg, Montreal and Quebec City, southern Mexico especially the Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala City Guatemala, San Jose Costa Rica, Cuba, the Bahamas, southeastern Peru, all of Bolivia especially La Paz, all of Chile especially Santiago, all of Argentina especially Buenos Aires, Montevideo Uruguay, all of Brazil especially Belem, Manaus and Recife, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Greenland, Reykjavik Iceland, Inverness Scotland, Rochester England, Amsterdam and the Hague Netherlands, Brussels Belgium, Paris, Toulouse, Limoges and Marseille France, Barcelona and the Balearic Islands Spain, the Scandinavian countries, Tallinn Estonia, Vilnius Lithuania, Minsk Belorussia, Kiev the Ukraine, eastern Romania especially Bucharest, eastern Bulgaria, all of Turkey especially Istanbul and Ankara, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Volgograd Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Nicosia Cyprus, Algiers Algeria, Niamey Niger, Lagos Nigeria, Mali, Burkina, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Gabarone Botswana, Johannesburg South Africa, Maputo Mozambique, Harare Zimbabwe, Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania, Uganda, Nairobi Kenya, Khartoum the Sudan, all of Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt especially the Sinai Peninsula, Djibouti, Jerusalem Israel, central Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, eastern India especially Calcutta, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, Hanoi Vietnam, Lhasa Tibet, Lanzhou, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai China, the Philippines, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Malaysia, as well as central Australia especially Darwin, Alice Springs, Adelaide, Melbourne and Tasmania.

Sunday the 15th is the last opposition of Mars with Jupiter due to this planet’s previous retrograde motion from last year.  The previous dates of this opposition were June 25, 2005 and December 4, 2005 so all three of these dates can correspond to one another.  Here is a brief quote from the June 2005 AstroForecast associated with this opposition: “Personal issues can be associated with over-confidence, over-extension, and overly assertive as well as overly aggressive behaviors.  There can be looming problems with transportation issues becoming overheated with debates, lawsuits and diplomatic haranguing especially due to unhealthy competition.  International courts of law are dragged into this dilemma as well as the World Trade Organization.”

Also this same Sunday is the progressed Moon opposite the natal Pluto of the US Sibly chart.  This aspect symbolizes corruption, criminal acts, bribery, secrecy, medical coverage, espionage, sabotage, real estate issues, national security concerns, farmlands as well as the scandals that glaringly become public associated with these affairs.  This aspect is sensitized three months before and after this January date.

Tuesday the 17th is the conjunction of Mercury with Venus that is excellent for harmonious communications in general as well as healthy business practices that generate financial well being.  Organizational skills improve financial discipline. 

This same Tuesday is the monthly Apogee Moon (greatest distance of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes the ability to cultivate objectivity and impartiality with emotions/feelings.  Contagious health issues can witness major outbreaks especially the flu and allergies.

Wednesday the 18th is the third inharmonious aspect of Mars with Neptune due to Mars’ recent retrograde motion of last year.  Previous dates were August 28, 2005 and November 7, 2005 so all three of these dates can correspond to one another.  Here is a quote from the August AstroForecast 2005 about that date’s aspect: “aggressive individuals can deceive, commit fraud and perpetrate violence/violation to individuals at a disadvantage in life.  The trampling of human rights can be especially egregious.  Accidents/disasters involving boating, naval and/or maritime activities can emerge.  Spiritual and/or religious devaluation can be outrageous.”  Here is a quote from the November AstroForecast 2005 about this aspect: “Violation, aggravation, irritability, and annoyance with individuals so out there with over idealistic outlooks and fuzzy logic.  The aggressive nature of Mars can symbolize individuals trampling over the rights of certain groups.  Any type of prisoner escape/s can arouse tensions in the community.”

Thursday the 19th at 11:15pm is the entrance of the regal Sun into egalitarian Aquarius for its annual 30-day journey in the sign of the Water Bearer.  Aquarius symbolizes community, brotherhood/sisterhood, liberation, uniqueness, healthy emotional detachment, teamwork, politics, humanitarianism, alliances, innovation and originality.  Negative expressions of Aquarius are rebelliousness, chaos, accident proneness, emotional aloofness, disruption, being emotionally distant and cold, cynicism as well as callousness.  The angel of Aquarius is Gambiel.

This same Thursday is an adjustment aspect involving Saturn with Uranus.  This aspect was previously experienced September 21, 2005 and will conclude when it happens again next July 31, 2006 so all three of these dates can correspond to one another.  Here is a quote from the September AstroForecast 2005: “this aspect symbolizes pessimism, fret, worry and stinking thinking face to face with enlightenment, innovation, inventiveness and true priorities.”

Also this Thursday is the second monthly declinational shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities.  Grandparents give good advice and counsel to grandchildren.  Words of wisdom from the elderly are given to couples in stressed relationships.

Sunday the 22nd at 2:41pm is the entrance of fleet-footed Mercury into the sign of Aquarius for an approximate 2-week journey.  Some modern astrologers consider Mercury in Aquarius as its sign of exaltation.  Advances in science, technology and engineering are suitable during this Mercury passage.  Aquarius is a sign of intuition through the realms of knowledge so any bursts of insight and future visions that one can experience can eventually become a reality.  Teenagers can also become more rebellious than usual and will definitely test boundaries that apparently challenge their innate sense of freedom and independence.  Aquarius symbolizes emotional detachment, whether positive or negative, therefore dialogue that fosters impartiality and objectivity is the key to successful communications.

Monday the 23rd is harmonious contact of Venus with Mars that is excellent for passion, love and sensual encounters involving amorous partners.  Tantric sex is superb! The taming of the beast and the shrew occurs.

Also this Monday is the annual conjunction of the Sun with Chiron that is excellent for the identification of creative and confident alternatives.  Fathers, authority figures as well as executives launch new initiatives to bridge gaps.  This is the “seeding” time period of these two heavenly bodies with one another; they will oppose one another next July 30, 2006 so these two dates can correspond to one another. 

Tuesday the 24th is the annual conjunction of Mercury with Chiron that is exceptional for individuals wanting to launch new initiatives involving diets and exercise regimens.  Alternative therapies such as Reiki, acupuncture, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, etc. do well especially making appointments or holding them.  Healing through improved communications does well.  This is the “seeding” time period of these two heavenly bodies with one another; they will oppose one another next August 15, 2006 so these two dates can correspond to one another.

Thursday the 26th is the conjunction of Mercury with the Sun that is outstanding for innovative thinking, future insights, novel ingenuity, excellent team approaches, creative networking as well as hearty alliance making. 

Friday the 27th is a day filled with mixed aspects starting with the annual opposition of Mercury with Saturn.  These two planets were last conjunct one another June 26, 2005 so now on this January date the clarification and definition of what happened since the June 2005 date occurs.  Media attention is focused on executives especially involving parameters of power.  Chaos, upheavals, turmoil and topsy-turvy situations can occur with the above-mentioned individuals.  Teenagers again can have run-ins with law enforcement. 

This Friday witnesses a harmonious contact of Venus with Jupiter that is great for conservative investments such as mutual funds.  Efforts can be rewarded for research that improves the bottom line for any business.

The Sun is in opposition with Saturn this same Friday and is very similar to the above-mentioned paragraph about Mercury with Saturn.  This is especially associated with legislatures, legislators and legislative actions confronting power issues.  These two planets were last conjunct one another July 23, 2005 so now on this January date the clarification and definition of what happened since the July 2005 date occurs.  

Jupiter is inharmonious with Neptune on this Friday that can symbolize issues involving scandals associated with executives that become known to the public through journalistic essays, research and investigations.  Judicial crises can arise.  Egregious financial excesses can be exposed.  Hypocrisy and double standards can abound.

Finally this Friday is an inharmonious aspect of Uranus with the US Sibly chart natal Uranus position.  There were two previous Uranus aspects last year April 5, 2005 and August 28, 2005 that are the same as this January date.  Interestingly enough the August date was the impending Katrina hurricane disaster so this January date is to be observed if another natural disaster may erupt on the scene (even a man-made disaster can be unleashed).  Legal upheavals can also hit the roof.  Marriage crises can suffer with separations, divorces or sudden losses of life due to accidents.  Accidents in general can occur especially mass transportation either affecting air flights, railways or maritime shipping.  A month before and after this date can be extremely sensitive with this aspect.

Sunday the 29th at 8:15am is the annual Aquarius New Moon that symbolizes the new beginnings/new initiatives phase of the Moon over the next two weeks.  The following areas are positive themes to cultivate with this lunation: priorities, teamwork, groups and associations, memberships, innovations, novel approaches that can be applied, brainstorming, networking, creating new alliances and allegiances that can be tapped for future developments as well as community work.  Angel Aziel is associated with this lunation so if you need angelic assistance invoke this one by name.  This lunation is strongly oriented to priorities, teamwork, novel approaches, inventions, legislatures, the people’s will, technology, breakthroughs as well as politics.  This Aquarius New Moon also happens to be a “critical degree” that in ancient astrology was considered very significant.  Due to the perigee Moon of the following day this lunation is also what I would consider a “Super New Moon”.  There are only two “Super New Moons” for the year 2005 with another occurring March 29, 2006 that happens to be a Solar Eclipse.  Keywords for this Aquarius lunation are: Endorsement and/or repudiation wells up from the collective psyche especially that as a group we are at a crossroads.  Yet who are we as a people?  Do we allow the corrupt and the powerful to usurp our collective rights?  There is some dirty work ahead for the collective and it is time for a cleanup.

The A*C*G Map for this Aquarius lunation sensitizes the following locations across the United States: Hawaii, Barrow, Nome and Juneau Alaska, Spokane and Seattle Washington, Pendleton Oregon, Winnemucca Nevada, Boise Idaho, western Montana, Bakersfield, Los Angeles and San Diego California, Tucson Arizona, New Mexico, Aspen and Boulder Colorado, Cheyenne Wyoming, Bismarck and Fargo North Dakota, Rapid City and Sioux Falls South Dakota, Minnesota, central Nebraska especially Grand Island, western Kansas especially Dodge City, west Texas especially Amarillo and El Paso, Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Richmond Virginia, Baltimore Maryland, Wilmington Delaware, Harrisburg, Scranton, Allentown and Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Syracuse New York, Portland Maine as well as Puerto Rico.

Across the globe the following areas are sensitized: Fort McMurray, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City Canada, Hermosillo, Chihuahua and Mazatlan Mexico, the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Medellín Colombia, Ecuador, Lima Peru, La Paz Bolivia, Argentina, Recife Brazil, Greenland, Reykjavik Iceland, Galway and Cork Ireland, Inverness Scotland, Wales, the southwestern tip of England, Limoges and Toulouse France, Madrid, Barcelona and the Balearic Islands Spain, Krakow and Warsaw Poland, the Scandinavian countries especially Stockholm Sweden, Tallinn Estonia, Riga Latvia, Vilnius Lithuania, Brest and Minsk Belorussia, Gallipoli Italy, Budapest Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Sofia Bulgaria, Athens Greece, Kiev the Ukraine, St. Petersburg and Moscow Russia, Agadez Niger, N’djamena Chad, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mali, Burkina, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Mozambique, Central African Republic, the Sudan, Tanzania, Somalia, Erivan Armenia, Georgia, Syria, a heavy concentration of A*C*G lines through the following Middle Eastern countries – Baghdad Iraq, Iran, Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Kuwait as well as Salalah Oman, eastern India, Bangladesh, Lhasa Tibet, Mongolia, Beijing and Hong Kong China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea, Marble Bar, Perth, Albany, Adelaide, Edmonton, Richmond, Melbourne and Tasmania Australia as well as New Zealand.

This same Sunday is the inharmonious aspect of the Lunar North Node to the Sibly US chart natal Jupiter as well as the opposition of the North Node to President Bush’s natal Neptune.  The North Node’s inharmonious aspect to the Sibly Jupiter position concerns itself with justice, peace, executive actions, war, ego dysfunctions as well as apathy.  The last time that the North Node was conjunct President Bush’s natal Neptune was November 29, 1996 and here is the clarification and definition period with this current opposition aspect.  The judicial branches of government as well as the media are the focus of this aspect.  New initiatives can begin that restore confidence in the legal system as well as respect for the legal process.  Healthy compromise can extend olive branches to feuding factions.  There is a concern with security measures especially all maritime locales.

Monday the 30th is the Pre-Shadow Point degree position of Neptune that refers to the degree position of Neptune’s direct station of next October 29, 2006 so these two dates can correspond to one another.  There is scandal in the air with this chart and it is riveting the public attention.  Issues of slander, innuendo, libel as well as outright lying can occur.  Keywords associated with this degree position are: The ability to master knowledge and understanding cracks open the toughest shells of resistance and stubbornness.  Certain individuals act out outrageous appearances and behaviors to shock and surprise even the most liberal.  “Leave me well enough alone” is a motto for some people.

This same Monday is the Pre-Shadow Point degree position of Chiron that refers to the degree position of Chiron’s direct station of next October 12, 2006 so these two dates can correspond to one another.  This chart symbolizes the ability to heal wounds involving the executive and legislative branches, fathers being supportive by guiding children in regards to career and job directions as well as healthy communications with open dialogues and discerning debate.  Keywords associated with this Chiron degree position are: Crises can emerge that require mankind to embrace action or decision of an immediate necessity.  What risks are willing to be taken for the good of all mankind?  Synchronization with the collective will to return to the evolutionary spiral of the Divine Feminine is important.  Are we ready to leap into a new realm of innovation, experimentation and intuition?

Finally on this January Monday is a rare second Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes strong intense emotions that can come easily to the conscious surface.  Bizarre behaviors, rage, drunken drivers, preposterous acts of violation, emotional cruelty as well as psychological devaluation/invalidation can be witnessed. 

“Experience is not what happens,
but what we do with what happens.”

Aldous Huxley

“The game of life
is a game of boomerangs;
our words and deeds
return to us with
astounding accuracy.”

Florence Scovel Shinn

“People who deliberate too long before they take a step
may spend their lives on one leg.”

Anthony de Mello

“It is circumstance and proper timing
that give an action its character
and make it either good or bad.”

Agesilaus