Taurus New Moon April 2012: Magnetic Sensuality

“If any human being is to reach full maturity, both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness.”
Mary Esther Harding, Jungian Analyst (1888-1971)

Taurus New Moon arrives late on the 20th in Hawaii at 9:18 pm, and on the 21st, shortly after midnight on the West Coast, US, then east to the International Date Line. GMT is 7:18.

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This New Moon directs your attention to the creative energy and sensuality of the Earth. Can you feel the pulse of the planet? She is alive and speaking in ways unprecedented in our lifetimes.

The Taurus archetype, ruled by Venus, focuses on Earthly beauty and its natural expression, and life's comforts. These experiences can take place in the realm of nature, your physical body, culinary delights, art, farming/gardening, creative dance, and all things having intrinsic beauty and value.

At 2° Taurus, this lunation points to a new exploration and expression of one's creativity and expressive feminine qualities whether you are a woman or man. It also directs your attention to the pulse of the Planet and your relationship to her. I call it "magnetic sensuality".

New Moon periods are significant times for something new, refreshing, and expansive. Now that transiting Mars in Virgo has finally started to move in direct motion (4/13), progressive energy once again is available. Yet, Venus says "not

Libra Full Moon and April Astrology Update: Relationship Center Stage

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"We enter into relationship to be different."
Donald Epstein, DC, developer of Network Spinal Analysis

The Libra Full Moon is April 6, 2012  9:19 AM in Hawaii and 12:19 PM Pacific time; and on the 7th from India east to the International Date Line, when the Moon positions at 17° Libra.
 

Libra is for lovers; Libra is the sign of partnership and relationship. Libra Full Moon illuminates balance, harmony and union. There is a focus now on the arts, beauty, justice and co-creativity. Opposing the Sun in Aries, this Full Moon timing is potent for exploring how you express your unique individuality in relationship with others.

“Libra Full Moon time offers the opportunity to examine your relationships. Ask yourself, is this connection congruent with my individuated needs.... Bring

Equinox and Aries New Moon March 2012: A New Balance

"Tension is the great integrity."  R. Buckminster Fuller

"The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument." Henry David Thoreau

"Know how to live the time that is given you." Dario Fo, Playwright (1926 - )

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Time is accelerating. Hard to imagine 2/3 of March has past, or almost 1/4 of 2012. Has time's recent passage felt faster to you?

And here we are again...at a significant astrological turning point. One season departs as a new season arrives. Thousands of years ago, tribes in England and Northern Scotland marked the Sun or Moon's arrival at specific points in the sky. Usually, this pause denoted the Equinox, Solstice or other special planetary alignment. Erected were massive stone structures such as Stonehenge, or stone circles, such as Callanish, serving as time keepers of this seemingly "endless journey" around our day Star.

If I may digress for a moment....This endless journey of Planet Earth around the Sun, which spans over 4 Billion years, is literally an incomprehensible passage of time. However, some context may help you appreciate its enormity.

Consider this: according to anthropologist, the human experiment on planet Earth began with Homo Sapien approximately 4 to 5 million years ago, somewhere in Africa. While that may seem like a very long span of time, it's insanely insignificant compared to the age of our solar system. To be more precise, humans have been on this planetary ride less then .1% (that's .0001) of the Earth's epic journey.