Here comes another year and we seem to have survived the famous 2012, full of fatalistic predictions of doom, from the mouth of those who have a hard time accepting , that NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, REALLY! But if we look at our lives, it is true that we can make some predictions, especially when we follow our intuition and our ancestral wisdom. When we connect with that knowledge we do not know how or why we have, but surprisingly we find ourselves in possession of it. With this in mind, I am NOT going to make predictions for 2013, but still… we can see, what holds for us this part of the Cosmos that we call our Solar System, this planetary conglomeration we call home.We started the year with Saturn, having changed sign and moving into Scorpio from October 6th, ending the two and a half years of its transit through Libra. Curiously a lot of sex scandals have come to light, in England, with characters such as Jimmy Savile, a celebrity of the BBC, which has mobilized to a lot of important people, including politicians, managers of the BBC, and many more. Investigation of the scandal on “phone hacking” of some of the journalists of the most popular newspapers in the United Kingdom, reaches its end, with a very uncomfortable conclusion for British politicians, and above all for Rupert Murdock, the Tycoon head of an enormous Empire of the British press.
Strauss Kahn goes to civil court, finally, with the chambermaid of a hotel in New York, with whom he had a sexual encounter that he calls “consensual” and she calls “rape”, and whatever our opinion on these cases, there is a strong flavor of Saturn in Scorpio in most of them. As we know Saturn, represent our concept of institutions, characters from governmental institutions, etc, in the sign of Scorpio, speaks to us of our less elevated and secret desires, and confronts us with that part of our psyche, that we often hide from others, as it is our sexuality.
The case of Julián Assange also comes to my mind, who continues to be confined to the Ecuatorian Embassy in London, and many more that in my view, eloquently express this transit of Saturn through Scorpio. There will be much more than this, as a great number of television programs like CNN are making sure that they put their little grain of salt for the increasing awareness of the sex trafficking of children, and young women in the hands of organizations with very poor moral values. It seems amazing that we still haven’t dealt with these issues in a more serious fashion. How many more children and young women have to die for us to wake up to reality?
Squaring Uranus in Aries with Pluto in Capricorn, (if you’ve not read anything about it looks http://astrologiaarquetipica.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/la-cuadratura-de-urano-pluton-para-cada-signo/ a:), continues and returns to form exact on May 20 at approximately 11 degrees from Aries-Capricornio and then on November 1 at about 9 degrees. This is the planetary aspect that more connects us with the concept of. “As well as up, also down”, which is actually the same thing which we find in the Lord’s prayer: “.. .”There will make your will as well on Earth as in Heaven”. The individual and collective struggle to liberate us (Uranus), with all our strength (in Aries) (Capricorn) institutions that need to be “amputated” (Pluto), so that can evolve and progress to the next stage. In the analysis that follows I try to put a bit of perspective of how this cosmic intention is expressed in each sign.
Fortunately Neptune, for the first and the only time in our lives, in the sign of PISCES, travels hand in hand with Chiron, perhaps sending the message that healing will come when we acknowledge that despite our differences, we are all ONE and the struggles for survival and justice are common to all. That every child who dies of hunger on this planet, every girl is forced into prostitution, each child we do not educate, is the responsibility of US ALL. There is food for everyone on this planet and still doesn’t get to all people, the mere fact that these injustices still occur, remind us of the greed of some, the little organization we have with respect to these issues and remind us of the enormity of the task at hand from now on. If we want to clean up this mess in which are involved if we want to evolve as a race of people we must operate together. Nobody is responsible for the culture that one is born in , yet we have a choice when we become adults to decide what we like, where we want to live, by who’s moral values we want to abide. The child who was born in a Muslim or Jewish or Catholic or Buddhist, environment, is not responsible of it (Even though spiritually we’d assume that we choose our destination, when the child is born, it does not feels like that)
Jupiter is still in Gemini until June, benefiting and motivating air signs, and the signs of the mutable Cross (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and PISCES). Then it enters Cancer, giving a break to the signs of water, mainly to Cancer and enriching the possibilities of the cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn)who are still being summoned by the square between Uranus and Pluto.
Jupiter from Gemini, will help improve relations with brothers and sisters, neighbors and classmates. It is also excellent to advertise one’s work, to take short trips, and especially positive at the mental level. If you write this it is a good time to do this, for example to start a personal blog.
In the second half of March and the first half of April, Mars, the natural ruler of Aries, will move into this sign, therefore on March 23-24-25 will activate the Urano-Pluto square, once more, precipitating changes and ruptures of everything that prevents us from growing and evolving. July and August will also be exciting months, full of events that will force Arie to decide on important and pivotal issues. Travel and studies benefit from this too..
Starting in July, with the entrance of Jupiter in Cancer, the possibilities and opportunities are precipitated and the theme will be, how to recognize them and cease them and take advantage of them. Excess and going over the top is the danger with this aspect, but there is a chance to truly expand one’s horizons. A change of home or redecorating and fixing of the current one is another possibility as it is to go and live abroad, especially if you are young.
Aries is ruled by Mars, Ares in Greek mythology. The lesson here is that one does not need to fight for everything in life, there are certain things that just flow naturally , come without effort and this is one of the great lessons of this sign. Aries like the god Ares, loves so much the fight, that many times forgets who he is fighting against and combats his own companions. Discussions are for Aries, the daily bread and butter and challenging situations too. They truly feel they must fight for everything, but unfortunately, quite often, companions get tired and abandon the fight. It is important to be aware of this and remember that there are people who function differently. We are not all equal.
Chiron and Neptune continue to operate from the 12th house, connecting Aries more than ever with the ancestral knowledge and wisdom passed through the different generations that form your generational tree, as a shaman would say: “with the voices of your ancestors”. So meditate and listen, since great secrets will be revealed to you from the depths of your psyche. This is particularly interesting, since in this next year, perhaps the most important lesson is to realize, that the values, cultural conditioning, which so far has ruled your life, now feels like a cage from which one must escape, to be able to break with old concepts that no longer enrich your life but rather limit it.
This can be a challenging but successful year if you know how to comprehend the karmic lessons coming from the Cosmos.
Taurus has been since 2008, undergoing a profound transformation, with the arrival of Pluto to Capricorn. It has been “suffering” the changes, because this first Earth sign, is not much given to changes. If things could be always the same, Taurus would be happy. But fortunately, that is not the case, and the only thing that we can count on safely, is with the fact that everything changes constantly. Changes lead us to renewal and transformation, both processes, necessary for our evolution.
This year begins with Jupiter in Gemini, which benefits Taurus at the monetary level, attracting more possibilities to make money. Starting in July, the need for training in order to promote more personal work will become apparent. Short trips will be or continue to be an incentive for the profession. On April 25 there is a full moon in Scorpio, which is also a partial lunar eclipse, which will bring some kind of questioning to certain financial associations that Taurus might be involved in . On May 10th, the new moon in Taurus will also be an annular solar eclipse
, which coincides with Venus leaving Taurus, after 19 days sweetening their lives. The solar eclipse also coincides with mercury and Mars in Taurus, therefore the confrontations can reach its most eloquent point.
2013 begins with a Saturn well-established in the opposite sign of Scorpio. Time of re-structuring, hard work and a lot of consciousness. Personal relationships will reach a point of no return. Both marriage and breakings are possible. Relationships which have begun 7-14-21 or 28 years earlier, will suffer the biggest challenge, but it is essential not to think in negative terms, as this planet, so limiting and hard, at times forces us to awareness and therefore, to true freedom of the soul. Even though, is true, that Saturn being Cronus in Greek mythology, is also called the Lord of Karma or God of Time, specifically of our time on Earth, in this incarnation, therefore, its largest mission is forcing us to the recognition that we have only certain time left. How much we have, what we’ve done with the time spent, what we need to do, are all questions that arise, each time that this planet, enlightens us with its light and its energies. It
also helps us see clearly the path to follow, and however hard it seems, at times, it helps us grow, like no other.
On November 3, there will be another hybrid Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, which means that a part of the eclipse is partial and another total. A phenomenon given due to the curvature of the Earth and the modality of the path of the eclipse. The eclipsed new moon, connected with Saturn in Scorpio on November 3rd and the full Moon on November 17th in Taurus, may suddenly be particularly tense and decisive for Taurus, full of important events which may give definition to the whole year.
In general, this year, marked by the transit of Saturn, with the help of Pluto from Capricorn, may be one of the most important years of this sign, whatever your age.
Gemini starts the year with Jupiter in its own sign, opening doors to expansion and great possibilities. Still the opportunities must be recognized and helped to become a reality or they can pass us by without us noticing. The work remains the challenge for Gemini, which must understand that it is possible to combine variety, with stability in a job. If you are in sales or you are a teacher or a professor, the variety is included in the work. One of the major problems of this sign is that you get bored quickly, therefore it is essential to incorporate the variety of people, and projects within the same daily work.
May is a pleasant and active month for this sign, as Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter will transit through it, especially in the second half of the month. Use these energies to connect with new people and open possibilities for work and expansion even within the same line of work. Venus conjuncts Jupiter on May 27-28-29 days, event also formed in June 2012, but that will not happen again until July 2036. They will briefly meet in May 2024, but not exact as it will be on May 2013. Before June 2012, it had not happened exact, in this sign, since May of 1989. Therefore it is a fairly rare and positive event for Gemini. Some people think that it was a Venus-jupiter conjunction, the star that lit up the 3 Kings Journey towards birth of Christ.
During June, Mars will walk through Gemini, almost in hand with Jupiter, infusing an extra burst of energy to start projects and finish others. Although the conjunction between Mars and Jupiter does not form exact, the influence of these two energies in Gemini, will be felt in the life of the twins of the Zodiac, with lots of positive and optimistic energy. Good time to get to new adventures. The need to keep our feet on the ground will be enormous, to avoid excesses and too hasty decision-making.
Power struggles with regard to money within the relationship, family, partners or official entities, debts, will continue, while Pluto remains in Capricorn and in the area of the 8 house. These are important lessons to be learnt, about the fact that one can not lose what is not ours, for starters. All money that you did not make with your own effort, but to which you have access for one reason or another, also has its price. This global financial crisis, particularly applies to Gemini, in the sense that this sign fins it difficult to save, and maintain stable jobs, for their own need of constant change. This does not mean that Gemini people cannot reach a financial stability in their lives, but simply that this is a challenging issue, where Gemini learns many fundamental lessons for the development of their soul.
Finally, with Neptune and Chiron traveling together now in the area of one’s profession and career, the creative element is fundamental to Gemini now. Neptune will teach Gemini to operate a little bit more from intuition than from the mind, so that we may learn to trust our inner knowledge.
sign, is still in the liberation struggle from relationships that no longer work, which limit more than help grow. Situations at home, call loudly for radical changes. The departure of the children, is a possibility, either to form their own families or going in Erasmus to other countries, which give sufficient freedom to Libra to begin a new stage in the lives.
January is a particularly delicate month for relationships with children, if you have them, with the passage of Mars through Aquarium, where the confrontation of egoes, can be strong. One of the big lessons here is, that we cannot force anyone to do what we want them to do, or to love us. But above all, the recognition that all earthly experiences are temporary and that once the lessons that the soul needs to evolve are learned, we must let go of things and people that no longer play a role in our lives. Love deeply, without expecting to stay together forever. Love without the fear of being abandoned. This is a particularly difficult one for Scorpio.
Eclipses of the month of May and November will particularly affect Scorpio, being those months key moments for awareness and growth, either by the confrontation with loved ones or the simple recognition of our own responsibility in the situation or predicament we find ourselves in. Victimization does not work with Saturn. Consciousness and hard word do.
The Uranus – Pluto square is also promoting change of values and mental concepts of the Scorpio, providing opportunities for real growth. “Freelance” still the best choice of work for many, with an apparent instability, which would enrich the creative capacity of this sign. The first part of the year, can be full of financial support, from relatives or companies and starting in June, possibilities for own personal expansion are countless. Jupiter from Cancer will bring many opportunities for progress to Scorpio. This can be one of the most important years in the life of many Scorpians.
SAGITTARIUS
With Jupiter in Gemini until June, the beginning of the year for Sagittarius, promises great opportunities for creative liberation and professional expansion. The need for creative freedom will be more intense than ever, although financial security could be threatened. Even so, finance does not present a bad picture, since with the passage of Jupiter in Gemini to Cancer in June, financial support may come from official entities, family business, inheritance, etc. It is important to keep this in mind if you preparing a project for which you need official help. If you don’t ask you won’t get.
Unexpected support can come from young people, perhaps students if you are a teacher or eve from your own children if you are a father or mother. Separation from the children is also on the horizon for many, with the subsequent conclusion of one of the most important periods of the life of any normal human being.
Saturn from the 12th House points to awareness of our connection with our ancestors and the weight of our cultural conditioning, the awareness that perhaps we are all much less freer than we thought we were. Personal relationships with foreigners and people from other cultures are the best source of learning . Understanding that we are more manipulated than we believe, helps us to liberate ourselves, oddly enough, since it allows us, to take decisions based on what we feel and want, rather than doing what we are suppose to do, to be in harmony with the herd.
This is a good year for the recognition of our inner enemies, perhaps facing up to the fact of the need to do some kind of therapy, to throw light on the underworld of our psyche. Family constellations and/or meditation would be a good choice for Sagittarius in this year.
February could be particularly challenging, because nothing will seem clear and will be difficult to point the arrow in the proper direction. Irritability and restlessness are possible. Mercury will have its first retrograde of the year on this month from 19 º Pisces to 5º Pisces, what will add more restlessness to the Centaurs.
March begins with 5 planets in Pisces which is never easy for Sag, you may have to take care of a family member, or a situation at home , which does not particularly appeals to you. Even so, Uranus from Aries, is still whispering freedom!, freedom! in the ears of the Sagittarius and providing many opportunities for creative and exciting, adventures that will keep the Sagittarian spirit on a high .
June brings even more opportunities for adventure and perhaps the expansion of one’s horizons by the encounter with new and stimulating people that will truly inspire you. Beware of this if you have a steady partner, as it may cause some uneasiness on the other. August and September, will be months of great satisfaction, which can give meaning to the whole year. Beware the excesses.
Like Aries, Cancer and Libra, Capricorn climbed on a roller coaster period, since the beginning of 2008, intensified in the summer of 2010 and for many goats it has not reached destination yet. The transformation is such that when we looks back, is difficult to recognize where we were and what we thought before now.
This year represents another chapter in this process of transformation. The Capricornians of the second decan, are those who are most shaken this year, when Uranus and Pluto meet in exact square twice more, of the 7th encounter that occur between 2011 and 2015.
The need for absolute freedom of action collides with the innate need for stability and structure of Capricorn. How to recover individuality and independence, without feeling completely outside of the society that surrounds us?
With Saturn in the 11 house of groups and community, this struggle can be expressed in the cry of freedom of the group which you belong to, from an apparent oppressor. Local activism, flows in your veins in this year, and the cry for independence becomes you.
If we continue identifying ourselves with a group in particular, with a race, a religion, a nationality, a culture, before recognizing and respecting our needs as individuals, then independence is not possible. Although we can not stop being who we are, we must recognize that the place of birth and our family descendants, is not so one-sided as we believe. In the majority of us there is mixed blood of more than one race, more than one religion, of more than one nationality, and how can we separate those parts of ourselves, those ancestral memories form our psyche?
With Jupiter in Gemini until June 2013, work is still flowing, and the possibilities for expansion too. But in June, Jupiter eventually enters Cancer where it will be until July 2014. Relations then have a chance of improvement, since the Capricornios will be more open minded and willing, to reconciliation.
March can be particularly hard, with the passage of Mars in Aries and igniting the Urano-Pluto square. The awareness of our personal baggage and limitations, is indispensable to avoid large confrontations with members of the family. This aspects tend to mobilize the internal contradictions and the result is that we end up projecting one side of our inner conflict onto others, in order to resolve our own contradictions. Capricorn has to continue with hope, as it does naturally. One of the most wonderful qualities of this sign is that they recognize life as the roller coaster that it is, and understand that the ride is never free.
PISCES has the incredible opportunity to live a moment, not all of us get to live, which is the experience of having the ruler of our sun sign, in this case, Neptune, in its own sign, something that happens for the first and only time in the history of all us who are alive today. The last time that Neptune was in its own sign, was in 1849, a few years after having been discovered in 1846. Therefore the first time that makes its return after having been discovered. What does all this mean? we don’t know, because we have not lived it before, but we are going to find out. We do know that when a planet is in its own sign, it acts in a more relaxed and comfortable way as we feel in our own home. It makes their influence be felt in a clear and convincing way, and being a collective planet, for the duration of this particular transit of Neptune around the Sun, it will affects not only the individual but also the collective, the human community in general.
One of the characteristics of this sign and itsruler Neptune is the need for redemption, so that we can bear the pain of being embodied, incarnated. Something which means a vital struggle for the majority of Pisceans. Have you noticed that Pisces people always complain about some physical pain, usually the feet, or their back? Incarnation does not seem to be the favorite state for this sign, unless they find a creative outlet that allows them to connect directly with Neptune and thus the Source and the Glory of creation. Pisces finds happiness on that bridge that allows you to cross from the real to the imaginary and return.
This year Pisces has discovered his passion for fighting for an ideal community and justice that they feel it escapes us all. 2013. Can be a profound resuscitation of the struggle for a cause that will give a sense of mission to your life.
With Jupiter in Gemini until the month of June, the ideals and the need to do very big things is a constant inspiration, the question is: “How?” The answer is probably: “an unwavering conviction and a sense of unwieldy mission”
Pisces starst a journey of reconciliation which will heal their soul and push them into directions they never even thought possible. This year Karma gives back. Learn to receive and accept.
