AURUM ASTROLOGY Finding the Gold in Life

 Hello- it's been a while since my laptop crashed and burned. I've tried using an app on my phone but that didn't work very well (at all),  so I've not bothered (much).  Now I've got a new functioning laptop ~hurray!  Here's to new beginnings and new endeavours. Which fits with tonights theme ~ a New Moon in the late degrees of Scorpio ~ with Uranus (the awakener) sitting opposite ~ bringing us changes and awakenings,  including the urge to  rebel as revolutionary vibes sweep us away, or  perhaps surprising revelations will shift our direction at a moments notice.  Who knows the way the wind blows!  Uranus acts like a lightning bolt ~ and in Taurus shakes our feelings of safety, security and stability (and disrupts our finances (for good or ill). This high voltage planet has the potential to shake up and wake up.  I had a peek at financial markets and they are currently being labelled  'extreme fear and greed'.  Yikes.  Wh...

  I am writing this quickly to get it out in time so please forgive typos and/or lack of editing.   Some very significant energies are pouring in as we enter the eclipse portal ~ beginning with the coming Full Blood Moon eclipse in the sign of Pisces (Sept 7/8). Two weeks later there will be a powerful New Moon eclipse in the Sign of Virgo. Eclipses always signify some sort of majour changes/shifts; fork in the road moments. Pisces requires a deep letting go of the past and of whatever illusions that go with it. Saturn retrograde has just re-entered Pisces and is asking us to get real. It also signifies a karmic reckoning - facing the past, dealing with what comes up, and then do the work to heal, let go  and move forward. Pisces at its lowest can be a martyr or victim. If anything is still haunting you,  this is a chance to move past the past.    There is a zig-zagging back and forth going on right now between Pisces and Aries (the past and the future)...

  Today's Leo New Moon pulls us into the shadow lands with Pluto, god of the underworld, standing opposite. P ower struggles  may show up in our relationships as we grapple with a deep struggle for power and control. Mercury (thinking, communicating) retrograde suggests secrets may be revealed that have been hiding beneath the surface. A Venus-Mars square increases the tension (as well as the chemistry) Some people thrive on this kind of tension ~ it turns them on. Yet the fear of being exposed can make some people very defensive.  Mounting tensions can erupt as egos flare.   Mars in Virgo right now shows up as hyper-critical aggression;  the habit of critique that has become an unconscious reflex where everything and everyone  becomes a target.  This is nit-picking on steroids.  Yet with Mars is on the South Node release point; we are being asked to let go of our righteous anger and learn to forgive.  The North Node in Pisces shows us t...

Today (Thurs July 10th) we had a  Full Moon  in the earth sign of Capricorn ~  with the Sun sitting opposite in the water sign of Cancer. Capricorn is pragmatic and practical ~ while Cancer is deeply emotional and highly sensitive.  The Sun represents yang masculine energy, and the Moon is our more yin, feminine side. These two beautiful luminaries are also linked with the archetypes of father (Capricorn ) and mother (Cancer).       This Full Moon is reversing and balancing these polarities; the  yang energy of the Sun sits in the more yin sign of Cancer ~ and must learn how to feel, while the more emotional feminine (receptive) Moon gets lessons from Capricorn about persistence, commitment and strength.  Capricorn is a 'get er done sign'; its symbol is a mountain goat who climbs higher and higher.  Capricorn  is all about drive and productivity, and this Full Moon will be helping us tap into the discipline, boundar...

  The Summer Solstice a few days ago on June 20th activated summertime and the Cancer season, and now, just a few days later (June 25)  new and powerful energies are being catalyzed by a New Moon in the sign of Cancer. At the Summer Solstice the Sun reached its highest (most northern) point in the northern hemisphere ~ marking the longest day of the year;then after a three day pause ~ and is now beginning its gradual descent to the lowest point at the winter solstice.  (how time flies)   “The word solstice is derived from the Latin sol ('sun') and sistere ('to stand still'), because the Sun's motion comes to a stop, and appears to pause before reversing. In that sense, solstice means "sun-standing".  There is a great ‘out-breathing’ as the Sun reaches its zenith ~ we breathe out, then PAUSE, and turn within. Feet on the ground, head in the stars. Then ~ celebrate. You are alive!  The Solstice is a turning point ~ the half way marker for the year. We ...