AstroForecast September 2003

by Lance Rodriguez

September begins with the regal Sun transiting the sign of fastidious Virgo. This is a sign that is meticulous, detail-oriented, organized, health and work conscious as well as discerning, discriminating and discretionary. Negative expressions of Virgo are criticism, nagging, doubt, browbeating, nervousness, hypochondria, anal-retentiveness and perfectionism to name a few. Archangel Uriel is the ruler of the month of September and the Virgo angel is Hamaliel.

Monday the 1st is a harmonious aspect especially for couples that want to bridge any financial gaps. Practical gifts for massage, beauty spa treatments, aromatherapy, acupuncture, and/or energy healing work are well received. Pay attention to small details in regards to career matters as they may pay off in the long run.

The Sun has an inharmonious alignment with the Solar Eclipse chart of May 30, 2003. Here is a brief quote from the May AstroForecast 2003 on this eclipse: “Keywords associated with this lunation are a two by four board is about to slap our collective consciousness. Intellectual smugness and false pride will have its comeuppance. Enormous changes are about to occur and those individuals able to spin on a dime will have their versatility rewarded, those who cannot are caught in the vacuum.” Those individuals in positions of power and authority, executives, entertainers and gamblers are strongly affected by this alignment.

Wednesday the 3rd is an excellent day to identify ambitious goals, better organize the workplace and to be meticulous with small details. This is also a day to be a little more realistic and grounded especially if there are tendencies to over idealize individuals or things. “It is the end that crowns us, not the fight” Robert Herrick. Adjustments are being made in regards to pharmaceutical matters, maritime affairs, the petrochemical industries and false hopes.

Thursday the 4th the Sun has another inharmonious aspect this time to the Solar Eclipse chart of December 4, 2002 and here is a brief quote from the December AstroForecast 2002: “International financial affairs, multi-national banking transactions and global financial markets will be emphasized with this eclipse chart. Keywords associated with this lunation are surrender ingrained prejudices and subjective, pre-mature foregone conclusions. Humility reorients the ego to sacrifice false pride and arrogance.”

An inharmonious aspect of Venus with Pluto occurs on Friday the 5th that can ignite behaviors of jealousy, possessiveness, envy, control and manipulation, sabotage and betrayal especially in relationships. Some individuals can also become more compulsive and obsessive in relationships. Financial secrecy, criminal financial fraud, secret financial deals as well as financial graft and corruption can be exposed.

An opposition between Mars and Jupiter occurs on Sunday the 7th and this opposition will repeat once again on November 20, 2003 due to Mars present retrograde motion. These two dates may hold correspondence to one another. Mars and Jupiter were conjunct one another last July 3, 2002, which was their “seeding” time period and with this September opposition now Mars and Jupiter are defining what was “seeded” in July 2002. Here is a brief quote from the July AstroForecast 2002: “Areas receiving attention will involve ever-growing military needs that can potentially have costly overruns. The housing markets can witness rapid developments in regards to inflation especially household supplies and repairs. Bold individuals with great courage embark on new journeys that open new enterprising and entrepreneurial horizons.”

Monday the 8th is the conjunction of Mercury and Venus that symbolizes the “seeding” time period of these two planets with one another. This is an excellent aspect to introduce a more harmonious approach to discussions and can also be very good for financial planning especially since Mercury is retrograde to review and revise all financial plans. Mercury also has an ecliptic shift on this Monday that can symbolize shifts within commerce, trade, communications, contracts, negotiations and hardware technology. The identification of forging strong and lasting commitments can be important.

Wednesday the 10th is an inharmonious aspect of the Sun with Pluto that can symbolize intrigue, espionage, secretive plotting, terrorist acts, extreme use of force, volcanic explosions, and sexual violence. Later this day is the conjunction of the Sun with Mercury that is excellent for searching documents and extracting important details that can help in ongoing investigations. Key journalists are on the hot trail of a developing story perhaps involving a medical professional or the health industry in general.

The annual Pisces Full Moon occurs Wednesday the 10th at 11:38am that symbolizes the release/surrender/completion phase of the Moon. Release all issues that perpetuate the martyr/victim syndrome, disillusionment, abandonment/neglect, deception, co-dependencies, the woe-is-me-pity-committee plight and the savior complex. Amnixiel is the associated angel for this lunation. The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map of this lunation sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States direct hits with Toledo and Cleveland Ohio, Boston, Portland Maine, Mobile Alabama and then Detroit, Cincinnati Ohio, Atlanta, Tallahassee Florida as well as Kentucky and Tennessee may have a rendezvous with destiny. Internationally the sensitive hot spots are: direct hits with Quebec City Canada, Santiago Chile, Windhoek Namibia, Bangui Central African Republic, Istanbul Turkey, Athens Greece, Sofia Bulgaria, Odessa Ukraine, Phnom Penh Cambodia, and all of Indonesia. Keywords associated with this Pisces lunation are fleeting delusions with strong escapist tendencies from reality affect certain individuals. On another level humanity is awakening to a new collective dream and a new collective concept that true unity emerges when we shift our conditional love to one that is unconditional. In essence humanity is ready to “imagineer” a new condition of love and life.

Deliberate misinformation and/or disinformation can be exposed with the inharmonious aspect of Mercury with Pluto on Thursday the 11th. Unethical and unprincipled behaviors are rampant with some individuals acting out these tendencies or some individuals being tempted to do them. This can also be a “whistleblower” individual that is exposing these behaviors as well.

Friday the 12th is the ecliptic shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities. Security breaches need to be thoroughly addressed and analyzed. Some older women can experience paranoia, isolation and violation.

Uranus due to retrograde motion re-enters the sign of Aquarius on Sunday the 14th and will remain in Aquarius until it re-enters the sign of Pisces on December 30, 2003. Chaos, disorder and disruption especially overseas can affect the executive branch of government. International diplomacy can witness extremes in regards to farfetched demands involving the military, its resources and budget allowances and how is the petrochemical industries tied directly and/or indirectly do these diplomatic negotiations? The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map of this Uranus re-entry Aquarius sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States there are direct hits with New Orleans Louisiana (Shreveport is also pulled in), Memphis Tennessee, St. Louis Missouri, Minneapolis – St. Paul Minnesota, Des Moines Iowa, Phoenix Arizona, Salt Lake City and Monroe Utah, Helena and Butte Montana, as well as drawing in Little Rock Arkansas. Worldwide the following areas are sensitized: direct hits with Guatemala City Guatemala, Quito Ecuador, Lima Perú, Santiago Chile, Lisbon Portugal, Hong Kong and Beijing China, Hanoi Viet Nam, Perth Australia and in general Indonesia and Malaysia are brought in to the picture.

Monday the 15th is the alignment of Jupiter with the Virgo New Moon that happened August 27th therefore the expansion and growth principle is being applied vigorously to that August lunation. Here is a brief quote from the August AstroForecast 2003 that brings some focus: “Launch new nutritional and exercise programs with this lunation. Begin a new savings account, get a medical check-up done, get the clutter out of the home (good Feng Shui!), re-organize filing cabinets, sift through those closets and toss out clothing not seen since Moses left Egypt! Learn how to say an occasional healthy no to attract a yes situation in your life. Create a workable budget and stick to it. Keywords associated with this lunation are sometimes caution and danger are strange bed partners. When excessive caution stifles the individual due to misperceived fears of dangers all growth stops and opportunities rapidly fade. A negative self-prophecy can take hold to the detriment of the individual. The beauty of folkloric tradition assuages the agonized soul.”

Monday the 15th at 10:58am is the entrance of lovely Venus into its own ruled sign of Libra for an approximate 28-day journey emphasizing balance in all relationships, consensus building, fairness, justice, equal give and take, diplomacy and mediation. Financial forthrightness from corporate and governmental executives is important with this Libra ingress of Venus. Military adjustments are necessary in regards to technology, communications, sea power, data and financial priorities. The A*C*G Map lines for this Venus ingress Libra sensitizes the following geographic areas in the United States: a direct hit with Fairbanks Alaska, Washington DC and the entire Eastern Seaboard in general as well as the Hawaiian Islands. Around the globe these geographic areas are sensitized: Lima Perú, the South American continent especially Brazil, N’djamena Chad, Nairobi Kenya, Belgrade Yugoslavia, Sofia Bulgaria, Athens Greece, St. Petersburg and Moscow Russia, Lanzhou China, Bangkok Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Borneo, and Western Australia.

This same Monday and Tuesday the 16th are some adjustment aspects in regards to unexpected financial expenditures due to Mother Nature and/or manmade calamities. There can also be very frustrating behaviors that pull the weird and bizarre in relationships. Left field zingers are occurring in a very random and roller coaster style manner. “ ‘Tis better to be corrected by wise men than to be blessed by fools” Pindar. An Apogee Moon (farthest distance of the Moon to Earth) occurs on Tuesday that symbolizes the ability to cultivate objective and impartial emotions/feelings. It’s almost like someone is not playing with a full deck.

Wednesday the 17th is the ecliptic shift of Venus that can symbolize shifts in relationships, finances and values. There is a great need to clarify and define what are the most important investments to focus whether it is about a relationship, finances and/or values. The greatest threat to healthy investments in these mentioned areas would be control and manipulation, sabotaging and undermining behaviors as well as the lack of strong commitment, trust and loyalty.

Saturday the 20th at 3:51am is the direct station of Mercury thus ending its retrograde motion that began August 28, 2003 and putting to an end some of the Murphy’s Law syndrome with miscommunications, misperceptions, misunderstandings as well as botched contracts, delayed negotiations, suspended contracts and computer dysfunctions. The following 3 weeks from this date is the Post-Shadow period that can bring corrections, repairs and improved communications from the previous 3-week retrograde period of Mercury since the August date. A national conspiracy can be exposed that emphasizes power, corruption and control involving the military, police unions and the pharmaceutical or petrochemical industries whether through health care fraud and/or oil companies that are involved with bribery, illegal financial contributions and/or accounting practices. The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map for this station of Mercury sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States Billings Montana, Cheyenne Wyoming, Fort Collins Colorado, Amarillo, San Angelo, Lubbock, San Antonio and Brownsville Texas as well as St. Petersburg, Orlando, Jacksonville and Key West Florida, Cleveland Ohio and Detroit Michigan. Around the world the following areas are sensitized: Veracruz México, Havana Cuba, Douala Cameroon, Pretoria and Johannesburg South Africa, Harare Zimbabwe, Khartoum Sudan, Cairo Egypt, Ankara Turkey, Odessa and Kiev Ukraine, St. Petersburg and Moscow Russia, Mecca Saudi Arabia, Baghdad Iraq, Salalah Oman, Rangoon Myanmar, Pyongyang and Seoul (the Koreas), Manila the Philippines, Sapporo and Tokyo Japan, Ujung Pandang Indonesia, Western Australia as well as Melbourne and Richmond Australia.

The majestic Sun enters Libra on the 23rd at 6:47am that is the Fall Equinox and Mabon an important pagan holiday. Angel Torquaret is associated with the Fall Equinox. Strong identification of Libran themes/issues arises with this passage of the Sun over the next 30 days. Equality, appropriate behaviors, diplomacy, fairness, equal give and take, partnerships, compromise and mediation are important with the sign of the scales. Procrastination, indecisiveness, complacency, apathy, indifference, vacillation and passivity are the shadowy side of Libra. Archangel Uriel is the ruling angel of Libra.

Wednesday the 24th is a harmonious contact between Venus and Neptune that can be ideal for romance and selfless acts of love. Charity, compassion and acts of altruism work well with this celestial aspect. This planetary combination is also excellent for prayers for peace, world unity and spiritual growth. “What a pity that to reach God we must pass through faith!” E.M. Cioran. Fashion and the arts can be inspired.

Inharmonious contacts made between Venus, Saturn and Chiron on Wednesday the 25th can symbolize issues involving partners with unrealistic expectations especially involving emotional ties. Isolation, depression, narrow-mindedness, inflexibility and melancholy can play havoc. An inability to see a different perspective can wound certain individuals. Issues of financial chaos and entropy can glaringly expose unstable and insecure expenditures from the past. “In a crisis, frequently the most daring way is the safest” Henry Kissinger. Once harmonious partnerships can breakdown and mortal enmity can literally or figuratively be created. There is a sense of the smoking gun being associated with the executive branch of government. A line in the sand is being drawn and recalcitrance associated with rigid attitudes brings to the knees an individual in a position of power, authority and respect. Compromises are thrown out the window.

The annual New Moon in Libra occurs Thursday the 25th at 10:10pm that represents the new beginnings/new initiatives phase of the Moon. Themes to emphasize with this Libra New Moon are peace, harmony, cooperation, consideration, kindness, justice, appropriateness, fairness, equality and balance. Angel Atliel is associated with this Libra lunation. The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map of this lunation sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States direct hits with Miami Florida, Charleston South Carolina, Roanoke Virginia, Erie and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, as well as Juneau and Fairbanks Alaska. The following US areas are sensitized in general: Raleigh North Carolina, Niagara New York, the Hawaiian Islands and San Antonio Texas. Worldwide the following areas are sensitized: direct hits with México City México, Panamá City Panamá, Guayaquil and Quito Ecuador, Cape Town South Africa, Douala Cameroon, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Dar Es Salaam Tanzania, Mecca Saudi Arabia, Madrid Spain, Vienna Austria, Moscow Russia, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam, Pakse Laos, Jakarta Indonesia, and Darwin Australia. Keywords associated with this Libra lunation are a new dawn awaits humanity especially when a worldwide consensus is established in regards to justice, fairness and everlasting peace. A sense of a temporary disconnection occurs that merits attention to observe a more inward oriented reality. The material and physical world is in a state of suspended animation. Old scores are being put to a rest.

Friday the 26th is the second ecliptic shift of the Moon in September that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities. Spiritual practices such as meditation, prayer, contemplation, affirmations and visualizations are important to emphasize. Trust intuition on this day.

Saturday the 27th at 2:52am Mars is stationary direct ending its retrograde motion that began last July 29th. This cessation of retrograde motion now symbolizes that individuals have a sense of launching new beginnings and initiatives unencumbered by emotional frustration and aggravation. A new slate can be wiped clean especially in regards to the collective unconscious. The collective Cosmic Heart has redeemed itself through the activation of the Spiritual Warrior’s quest for the true enlightenment of the Christ Love, the Christ Consciousness, the Christ Energy and the Christ Light with the two greatest teachings of the Christ emphasized: unconditional love and unconditional forgiveness. The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map for this station of Mars sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States the New York City area within at least a 500-mile radius is strongly emphasized and around the world the following areas are emphasized: Cuba, Caracas Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Lima Perú, Brazil, Uruguay, Indonesia, Borneo, the Philippines especially Manila, Japan and Korea especially Seoul and the demilitarized zone. Keywords associated with this station of Mars are a primordial evolution of the most deeply held beliefs, dreams and visions of true worldly peace and blissful universal love is instilled. We, as a collective, are on the edge of tomorrow with a sense of greater hope, greater faith and a stronger constitution of the realization that we are the true source of our own salvation. “I believe that man will not merely endure, he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he, alone among creatures, has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance” William Faulkner.

Sunday the 28th deliberate misinformation and/or disinformation can be exposed with the inharmonious aspect of Mercury with Pluto that is a repeat of this same aspect that occurred on September 11th. Unethical and unprincipled behaviors are rampant with some individuals acting out these tendencies or some individuals being tempted to do them. This can also be a “whistleblower” individual that is exposing these behaviors as well.

This last Sunday in September is also the Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that can symbolize strong intense emotions that can come easily to the conscious surface. Deep seated anger and deep rooted rage need to be addressed so that a healthy resolution can be implemented. Is a full revelation being offered in regards to important ongoing investigations? Or are secretive and clandestine activities being deliberately withheld to protect individuals in positions of authority and power?

Monday the 29th is a harmonious contact between Venus and Pluto that can symbolize healthy compromises, effective collaboration and genuine cooperation bring a sense of deeper sharing, merging and bonding in relationships. Financial investments merit scrutiny especially in regards to churches, colleges, law schools, consultation services, marriage counselors and social advocates. Is there a balanced viewpoint and clear overall broad picture of future aspirations, goals and visions? Peace is a powerful alternative.