Holding On or Letting Go and Astrology Forecast April 28- May 4

By Leo Knighton Tallarico

We have made it through the first of three eclipses this spring 2013.  There was much energetic pressure building up to it and on the day of it. Now however,  there seems to be some let up.   But keep in mind we have only just begun the experience of Spring Eclipses 2013.

Many people have been challenged to release and let go.   For some that has played out in their body, which has been clearing out and cleaning out.   For others there has been a push and pull between holding on to a relationship or letting it go.  Others have been letting go of stuff in their house or elsewhere.  Some have been letting go of old beliefs or perceptions or attitudes.

This tug of war between holding on or letting go and releasing comes from the Taurus/Scorpio dynamic of the Lunar Eclipse Full Moon of this last week.  The Sun and Mars were in Taurus opposite the Moon and Saturn in Scorpio.  Taurus possesses and hold on, Scorpio bursts open and releases.

Judging what to hold onto and what to let go is often not easy.  There is a feeling of security in holding onto what one has.  Though it can be difficult to release and let go, there is a feeling of relief when one does.

If a relationship does not work anymore, causes much pain and suffering, and no matter what you do the issues do not change and get better, then it is likely time to let go.

If you have a new life or new love, then though painful, it is time to release and let go of your old life and what came with it.

And of course money and possessions are always tangled up in our attempts to extricate ourselves from old relationships or chapters in our life.  We fear making moves that will make our life difficult, and even fear not being able to make it if we leave that old relationship or job or life chapter.

But if the move is right and aligned, everything will fall into place.  One needs to watch for the synchronicities and signs from the Universe, then make sure you make intention that what you plan to do will be in the best interest of all concerned.

And you will not know exactly how it all plays out, so you must have faith and trust in your own wisdom and the Universe.  It will all unfold in just the right way, unless you are making your moves based on fear or hatred or on a desire to escape or avoid.  You also need to make sure your heart and mind are connected.  Sometimes our heart may tell us something feels right, but actually we are living in a fantasy or seeing only what we want to see.

Sometimes our mind sees only the basic facts or conventional logic and gets us skeptical or fearful of something that is truly aligned and connected and right for us.  So heart and mind or love and truth need to work together.  Then what we see from our own intuition, from the signs and synchronicities, will be aligned and light our way.

You may need to continue the process of getting in touch with what you need to hold onto and what you need to release for a while longer.

This process will help you to be ready for the greater change coming into your life.  As you release the old, you are “clearing the deck” of what is holding you back or weighing you down. And as you do let go you will then be ready to move on in your life, to enter a new chapter or season of your life.

For some the reverse will be happening.  They have been undecided about holding on or letting go of something or someone, and have decided to hold on , at least for now.  Their change then is more about a new lease on an old life, a decision to find a way to make work what has been challenging or difficult.

By the end of May or early June, you will have shifted more toward your new life. Maybe by then you will not be fully engaged with this new life, but you will have done the clean up and releasing.  You will then be ready to embrace the new, at whatever time it comes or whatever form that it manifests as.

So yes the winds of change are strong this Spring Season, and in the greater world this is true also.

The Boston bombing erupted at the beginning of the Eclipse Season and other explosive events have also happened, like the Texas fertilizer plant explosion.

I do expect other powerful world events to erupt this Eclipse Season. Be alert to what may happen with Iran and North Korea, and most especially with Syria. On the exact day of the Scorpio Full Moon Eclipse this past week, President Obama declared that Syria was using chemical weapons in its civil war.  He had previously said that would be a game changer, meaning the USA would then get more deeply involved there.

Also especially large earthquakes or other powerful life changing world events are likely this Eclipse Season, as there will be an exact Uranus square Pluto meeting on May 20, right in between the Solar Eclipse on May 9 and the Lunar Eclipse on May 25.

We are just begun our journey through Spring Eclipse Season 2013.

This coming week of April 28 through May 4, we are in between two Eclipses, in the waning Moon phase of the current lunar cycle begun at the New Moon in Aries on April 10, and which has included the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on April 25.

The last quarter Moon phase begins on Thursday May 2 of this week in Aquarius.  We will be winding down from whatever issues came up during the waxing part of the lunar cycle, that climaxed at the Full Moon last week.

There is a Mars in Taurus opposite Saturn in Scorpio aspect Wednesday May 1, as well as a Sun trine Pluto aspect later that day.  So Wednesday/Thursday could bring a kind of turning point in world or personal affairs, especially around what has been brewing over the last few weeks.

In world affairs there is much more to the Boston  bombing than has come out so far,  much more will be revealed.

In personal affairs, will you keep to the track you have recently gone on or will you reverse direction?   In most cases it will be best to not let anything distract you or get you to change your mind.

The next New Moon and Eclipse will be on May 9.  It will be a Solar Eclipse New Moon in Taurus. More on that next week.

See you then,

Leo

I recently put out a YOUTUBE video Astrology Forecast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fxVYYIoNA&feature=youtu.be for Spring Eclipse Season. Check it out if you feel so moved.

I also created an Astrology Forecast 2013 for youtube, part 1. And Part 2.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on mywebsite.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years

 

 

Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Scorpio and Astrology Forecast April 21-27

By Leo Knighton Tallarico

As we have been letting you know, Eclipse Season began with the New Moon in Aries on April 10, followed by Pluto going Direct on April 12.

And of course everyone knows that three days later, on April 15,  there was the bombing horror at the Boston Marathon.  That was followed by an explosion at a fertilizer company in Texas that killed and injured several more people.

The first actual eclipse, of three in a row, is this coming week Thursday April 25.  It is a Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Scorpio at 3:57 PM EDT.  There is continued and increasing intensity coming our way over the next several weeks.  In the bigger picture we are in a powerful transformational transition between ages, and the next 5-7 years will be filled with events and energies that are meant to wake us up to change our consciousness and lives.

It is so tempting to fall into old age and old paradigm thinking and to see the bombing at the Boston Marathon as a simple case of the good guys against the bad guy terrorists.   Many people right now will see it that simply.

They will demonize certain countries and cultures, and start or continue to hate and fear Muslims or dark swarthy peoples.

I remember in the ’60s and ’70s and even now for many people, the sight of a black man walking toward them on the street would bring grave fear to their heart.   There is a human tendency to look for enemies or bad people, and to stereotype certain groups as those enemies or bad people.

The events that are and will continue to erupt in our world are not so black and white in meaning.  On the contrary, those who are awakened or awakening view events in a much different manner.

We need to find a way to live together in tolerance, respect, and peace with all peoples on this Earth.  The reasons for “terror” are complicated.

Our society, created in an old paradigm, sets us up (programs us) to believe in certain ways.   Many who see America as part of the problem of terrorism go over the edge, in my estimation, and begin to demonize the President or America.  They believe, for instance that the American government directly caused the 9-11 tragedy by imploding the Towers themselves, and killing the American people so they could further dominate and militarize all our lives.

Talk about demonizing?  That kind of thinking is unhealthy also, as it causes us to hate our own country, and to see enemies and evil people who are separate from us good people again.

It is true when you wake up that you see how colonists invaded and destroyed native culture. You see how we took African people, turned them into slaves to make profit.

You see how we have invaded other countries for oil or resources or geo-political gain.  You see how we killed over 300,000 Japanese with nuclear weapons to end World War II.  You see how our domination of Middle Eastern peoples has brought much hatred against our country and European culture.

But to believe we are killing our own children in Newtown CT., or Boston, or in the twin towers?

Our evolution now into Aquarian Age consciousness depends on our ability to imagine a world of unity, of Diversity in Unity, of Love and Truth married as One, of an Earth and environment that are healthy again.

America is an Empire, it is true.  And Empires dominate the hearts and minds of humans.   But Empires have existed since the beginning of the Pisces Age, when Rome dominated so much of the world.

And when Rome died, it died because its values were becoming corrupt, and this created the “enemies” who invaded and ended the Roman Empire.

But Italy was created in its wake, and still exists today.  The Ottoman Empire collapsed in the Early 20th century, yet Turkey still exists today.

So we are now seeing the Empire of the USA beginning to crumble, as we have been losing the values at the heart of our country’s founding in 1776.

They are such grand values, guided by the hand of the Universe/God.   And now we see an attack on the place where so much of our country’s beginnings were: Boston.

We do not need to come together to fight the enemies in the world.  We need to come together to re-member our values, values that are God given for all humans, not just Americans:  Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness; All Peoples Are Created Equal; Liberty; Self Determination.

Our domination of other peoples and their countries has taken away the freedom all peoples’ need to determine their own fate, and to be free.

This crossroads for all humanity now is not a time for more hatred or for a feeling of military victory.  It is a time to come together as ONE HUMAN FAMILY.

The events that will still be coming our way during this Eclipse Season and beyond are to help us to wake up to the reality that we are one human family, a quite dysfunctional and violent one at times, but one that is evolving and transforming into alignment with an Aquarian Age.

If you need to find demons, look inside your own heart and soul, and see your own shadows.   That 19 year old boy who is suspected of being a bomber is also a victim, a victim of a world that teaches us to be separate and to hate.

There is increased tension coming this week, as we move into the Lunar Eclipse Full Moon on April 25.  More important world events are on the way.  This Full Moon Eclipse is in Taurus/Scorpio, so potential issues to address now are about money and sex, real estate and land, emotional intensity, jealousy and envy, and secrets coming out.

In personal lives now, many have or will be experiencing more turmoil.  What is happening is that the band-aids that were put on serious problems to keep them from bleeding into bigger problems are being stripped away.

Issues that have been previously swept under the rug are being seen again. Relationships are especially vulnerable now to opening of old wounds, and to then question the health and viability of that relationship.

But any area of your life may need transformation now.   If you or someone else has kept important emotions in check, they will be ripe to open up.  If you are unhappy about any situation, events or inner promptings may open up a discussion or change of direction.

Since this is such an important time period for healing and transformation, all cards are wanting to put on the table, so to speak.  If some part of your life is not resolved or understood, circumstances may open issues up so you can subsequently find direction or deeper insight.

It is not a time, over the next several weeks, to keep an unsatisfying status quo.  It is time to untangle your life knots, to accelerate your process of growth, to commit your self to living your life more free, dedicated to love and truth.

It may be time to question your attitudes and beliefs, to question your choices, to look beneath the surface for truth.

Eclipses often bring both breakdowns and breakthroughs.  And if neither of those happen in your life during this eclipse season, then at least it is time to move faster toward what you growing into in your life.

Open your heart and mind now; and at the same time do your best to stay centered and grounded, with healthy boundaries.

See you next week,

Leo

I recently put out a YOUTUBE video Astrology Forecast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fxVYYIoNA&feature=youtu.be for Spring Eclipse Season. Check it out if you feel so moved.

I also created an Astrology Forecast 2013 for youtube, part 1. And Part 2.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on mywebsite.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years

Winds of Change and Astrology Forecast April 14-20

By Leo Knighton Tallarico

The winds of change are blowing strongly now, and will increase in strength as we move further into our Spring Eclipse Season 2013.

Some people, however, are really struggling with letting go.  They are finding it difficult to let go of “how it used to be”.    The stronger the tide of change, the more we need to let go of the past.   And sometimes what we hold onto the most is an old belief or attitude that defined our sense of personal reality.

Perhaps we have been used to having low self esteem, or being abused, or abandoned, or rejected. Or maybe we are used to being popular, or wealthy, or young, or secure in our relationship, or feeling comfortable in our job or home.

What is familiar to us is gives us a sense of safety and security.   Yet change takes us out of our comfort zones, and challenges us to move on from an old phase or season of our life.

And now with change getting more powerful, we have not as much time to process our feelings, or to lick our wounds.   We are or will soon be asked to learn “new dance steps”, to get into new rhythms for our life.   And old emotional baggage weighs us down, and makes it difficult to dance freely into a more liberated life.

This does not mean you should or can avoid your feelings. On the contrary, old emotional wounds may be erupting in your consciousness as change blows in, and cannot be ignored.

The crisis many are facing now demands they move more quickly through the emotional upheavals, however, and let go what cannot be easily healed or resolved, and move forward.

If you have gone back and forth over your issues recently or even for many months or years, it is time now or soon to move on, to act, to decide, to make the best of a situation. Perhaps what you are moving forward into is not the perfect solution or exactly what you wanted. But it is what is right to do now, what fits best of the choices you currently have in front of you.

For some, they will need to move more through this Eclipse Season before knowing fully the direction they need to take.  Nevertheless, it is important to know that you need to release the past, release the way it used to be, so you can more fully embrace what is coming.

The New Moon in Aries last week sounded the alert for change.  This coming week, at or near the second quarter Moon in Cancer on Thursday the 18th, feelings and needs for nurturing may challenge this desire and/or need for change.

But the Sun will conjunct Mars in Aries around the same time, following up on the New Moon in Aries last week, so the force of change will be much more powerful than softer feelings. Nevertheless, the second quarter Moon in Cancer suggests we find time to rest and check in with our feelings.  A recharge of your energy batteries may be needed.

At that second quarter Moon we will only be one week away from the first eclipse, a Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Taurus/Scorpio on April 25.  That will be only the first of three eclipses, but it should be quite strong, additionally so as both Mars and Saturn will be in aspect to that Full Moon Eclipse.

In the greater world, military threats are getting stronger, especially as North Korea is threatening and will likely launch missiles soon, perhaps this coming week.  Syria is also threatening to get out of control, and with the Iran talks going nowhere recently, Israel is making plans to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities.   With the USA having its natal Mars aspected by both transiting Jupiter and Mars this spring and early summer, you can count on the USA military muscle being flexed.

These conflicts are meant to shake up our collective sense of reality, to bring out the true intentions of the powers of the Old Paradigm and Age, and to break down the status quo.    This will also inspire many to wake up even more, and to realize how much we all need to be involved in changing the paradigm and creating a New Paradigm and Age.

I am sure most of you who read this forecast blog are aware of how the President and Congress are doing their best to perpetuate the Military/Economic structure that runs our country and so much of the world, even if that means doing what is wrong for humanity.

The Monsanto rider was sneaked through Congress and signed by President Obama. This rider puts Monsanto and their genetically modified foods above the law here in the USA.

Sequestration is beginning to be felt in local communities and personal lives, and people will no longer be able to count on certain services and monies anymore.   But the stock market keeps going up as companies are making huge profits, even as regular people are out of work and/or work so hard to make ends meet.

This manic and out of touch stock market cannot stand for long.  A downfall is likely before the end of the year.

So the changes that are happening in your life are the microcosm or what is happening in our world.  These changes are your opportunity to release what you were conditioned and programmed by society and family to believe about your self and the world.    You do not need to stay in roles that do not truly represent who you authentically are.    You cannot still expect others who do not truly “see” you, to one day accept you and love you the way you want to be loved.

By letting go your expectations of certain people and your self, you become free to self actualize and to draw to your self people who you can truly relate to, and who can relate to you.

If people at work or in your family or your mate or friend treat you badly or cannot relate to you, and have so for a long time; it is time you stop investing your energy and time in trying to change them.   Let go wanting for it to be different, and either accept and make the best of the relationship as it is, or move on from it.

Do your best now to take the ride of change, to let in new ideas, and new ways of seeing your self and life.  You do not need to feel trapped by limited options.  There are always doors of solution that are outside the box.  Black or white options are usually a way of painting your self into a corner of frustration.

Open your heart and mind to what the Universe can bring to you. There are a rainbow of possibilities when you leave either/or consciousness.   You are not meant to be stuck and depressed.   There are no problems without some solution, even if it is not the one you expected.  Life is meaningful and the right direction for you will appear if you know that to be true.

I recently put out a YOUTUBE video Astrology Forecast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fxVYYIoNA&feature=youtu.be for Spring Eclipse Season. Check it out if you feel so moved.

see you next week,

Leo

I also created an Astrology Forecast 2013 for youtube, part 1. And Part 2.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on mywebsite.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years

Taking Action and Astrology Forecast March 31- April 6

By Leo Knighton Tallarico

We have a stellium of planets in Aries now:  Sun, Venus, Mars, and Uranus.  That is a lot of forceful, active, competitive, and sometimes bellicose energies.   Yet that combination is relatively peaceful compared to what is coming.

On April 10 is a New Moon in Aries, and at that time Venus, Mars, and Uranus will still be in Aries.  So then there will be 5 planets in Aries.  Then in April/May there will be 3 eclipses and a powerful exact Uranus/Pluto square.

Take a look at what is heating up in the greater world:  North Korea has threatened war against South Korea and the USA, and it looks much more serious than in the past.  Obama just visited Israel and restated America’s allegiance and its shared impatience against Iran.   USA and western powers are getting oh so close to getting more involved in seeing the downfall of the current Syrian regime.

The Supreme Court of the USA is in the process of deciding two cases that will impact the civil rights of gays and lesbians and their right to marry.  This is a very divisive American issue, one that is moving inexorably to justifiably giving equal rights to LGBT peoples.

And almost secretly a bill was passed in Congress and signed by President Obama that puts Monsanto above the law.  The bill requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed, even if a court has ruled against a crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment.

Considering how much of the rest of the world labels such products, (which we in the USA do not), and even bans them; this shows our country as being very backward and ruled by the emperors of big business.

On top of all that our USA stock market is manic, out of touch with economic reality, and is getting ripe for a crash.

The eclipse season ahead will push all these issues even more onto the front burner of our awareness and lives.

Our world and most especially our country is about to go through great labor pangs of transformation.

The Military/Industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned us would take away our liberty as citizens, has gained unbelievable power over our Congress and President and everyday lives.

We have all been so programmed to just accept what the mainstream and its media show us as reality.

You know how Iran and North Korea have been demonized?  The truth of the situation is that Iran was run by the USA through puppet regime until their revolution in 1979.  For all practical purposes they, as were most Middle Eastern nations, colonized and controlled by western countries.

North Korea was taken over by the Japanese prior to World War II.  At the end of the war, Russia and the USA took control of the country instead of Japan, Russia possessed the Northern half and the USA South Korea.

Then came the Korean War of 1950-1953, when North Korea sought to unify the country and invaded South Korea almost taking over the whole country.  At that time the UN, which had divided the peninsula in the first place, pushed back and recreated the split country.

There was never a peace treaty, however, and North Korea, a very independent minded people, do not want USA influence of the country anymore, hold deep resentments, and want the country unified again.  Korea has largely been dominated by other cultures since the beginning of the 20th century.

Even if you believe the North is overly aggressive, insulated from the rest of the world, and horribly dangerous, they are not evil demons; they are fighting for what they believe are their rights.  We must negotiate with them with respect for their culture and history as a people.  We must not treat them as inferior and crazy people. We are much more powerful and must be responsible to set an example for the world.

So we humans must continue to question the mainstream program, which seeks to perpetuate the old world and the empire that runs it now. The strength of that empire makes people cower in fear, but all empires are castles of sand in the time of human ourstory.

The Universe, its cycles and seasons, usurp any world powers, and only our deeper soul values keep human life alive and evolving through all the waves of change through time.

And now we are in transition between ages; and so we as a human family need once again to go deep into our collective soul to redeem our values, values that are Universal principles, like Love and Truth.  A world devoid of love and truth will ultimately perish, and whatever life continues after their death will show like zombies and vampires, two fantasy creatures that are so popular in our culture now. Perhaps for good reason, as the living soul dead are more and more inhabiting our world.

So as we move closer to a very powerful Eclipse Season, look at your own life for signs of spirit death.  Those are the parts of your life that are ready for transformation.  Are you on a job or in a relationship that has lost its soul, its spirit and life?   Reflect on the parts of your life that have died and that stop light and love from moving through.

These blocks to life will cause you and your soul and body great stress, which will result in the relationship or job “blowing up” and breaking down; or will result in physical or mental illness.

If the tides of change are bringing or will soon bring waves of change into your life, realize it is your deeper soul, your higher self, wanting to break out of the blocks to its light. Trust your soul and its wisdom, and release the toxins from your life.  It may be painful for a while, but soon liberation and greater health is coming your way.    Your authentic self will then be free to find you the people and situations that keep your soul and spirit alive with a renewed sense of purpose.

This week, after the strong full moon of last week, we are in the waning half of the lunar cycle.  The next days until the New Moon in Aries on April 10 are in preparation for the active shoots of new growth then.  After April 10, energies of action will be increasing.

There is much active energy now with 4 planets in Aries, but true spring fevers for change will increase after April 10. And then comes the Eclipse Season.  The first actual eclipse will be on April 25, a Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio.

See you next week,

Leo

I have created an Astrology Forecast 2013 for youtube, part 1. And Part 2. I will put out a new youtube Spring Eclipse Season forecast in late March or early April.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on mywebsite.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years

A New Day and Astrology Forecast December 23-29

by Leo Knighton Tallarico

We have passed through a very intense Eclipse Season, the Winter Solstice and the end of the Mayan Calendar.   It feels like a time for some rest, doesn’t it? Hopefully the holidays will bring you some peace and love from friends and family.

The Winter Solstice did feel more intensely than usual a movement from darkness to light.  Perhaps this sense of rebirth today is more than just the normal Winter Solstice movement from darkest day to return of the light.

The end of the Mayan Calendar did seem to bring a “New Day”.  Perhaps that is because there is something meaningful about the Mayan Calendar ending, or perhaps it is because so many people all over the world put their hearts and souls into believing in and creating a better world.

Whatever it was, today is a new day, but it is not the beginning of the Age of Aquarius yet. We are still deeply in the transition between ages.  You would not wake up to see such a dysfunctional world with such unhealthy values if we had turned the corner already.

Here in America we wake up to see our government up against a so-called Fiscal Cliff, playing chicken with our economic lives.   We still give high priority in this country to wealth, celebrity, power, and privilege. Most people do not seem to realize how this affects our American family, how these values we give to our children teach them what we feel is important.

It used to be at Thanksgiving and Christmas that people came down into their soul and felt more human kindness and compassion, more gratitude and love.  More and more every year now people just rush around buying gifts, beeping car horns in congested traffic jams, and are very irritable and stressed.

Love is much more and much deeper than giving expensive toys and gifts.  Many people have learned to feel that giving  gifts is all the love they are required to show.  Real human interaction is at much more of a premium now.

We bury our hearts and minds in electronic computers and other gadgets, even at the dinner table or when sitting around with loved ones and friends.  We  used to think TVs were a bad influence for our souls and social interaction, but at least with TVs we usually were all watching the same show together.

Now we often are all doing separate things on our computers or phones, while hanging out in the same room or house.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying computers and such are bad.  It is what we are allowing them to do to our lives, consciousness and values that is troublesome.

The internet revolution started up when Uranus made conjunction with Neptune in 1992-1994.  It is meant to be and will stay in our human community. At its best it gives us freedom of information and a social networking that brings us together all over the world.

But at its worst it is depriving us of human intimacy and emotional connection with one another.  We are developing a culture of people with more and more ADHD and other conditions that put us in bubbles separated from the “real” world and each other.

Violent war-like video games put many in a bubble of numbness from feeling the pain and death that comes from real weapons and violence.

I believe these are truly Aquarian Age dilemmas we need to resolve, as mental and social networks are very connected to the sign Aquarius.   As we go further and further through this transition from Pisces to Aquarian Age, we need to find balance between the detached networks of Aquarius with the Earth and our human bodies and souls.

Aquarius tends to detach itself from the usual biological necessity,and as such have influence over gay and lesbian relationships, stem cell research, babies made in new ways, and alternative food sources.

We are developing a world of new families, families created from love and bringing “birds of a feather together”, not solely based on blood anymore. The traditional nuclear family will no longer dominate our culture 20 years from now.

I believe our human community will need to get together to resolve these electronic age issues, as  some if these issues are getting out of hand.   We will need to find our way back to being in intimate and loving relationship with our Earth and human bodies, healing both from electronic rays and detached mindsets.

We need to teach our children to hug and touch and to feel the heart and soul of  others. We need to show example that touching is not for just sex, but for love and affection.

The intensity of change will get stronger this coming year 2013, as Uranus square Pluto brings us more and more events that challenge us to let go of fear,  cynicism, intolerance, and a desperate clinging to familiar ways of keeping outworn security blankets.

We are opening our hearts and minds more, trusting our true selves, one another and the Universe.  We are seeing the deeper and higher meaning for the changes coming into lives, knowing we are each on a sacred soul journey through life.

We are co-creating with the Universe a new Aquarian Age, evolving our consciousness and lives to meet the challenges of shifting into a New Age.

We are patient during the current and upcoming purification process as we change ages, as we face world events that are tragic and sometimes horrific.

We know we are on a ride into the Aquarian Age, and we were all born at just the right time to experience this amazing shift of ages.

So as we settle down into our holiday season, let us visualize the life and world we want to create in conjunction with the natural movement of nature and our Universe.

This coming week should be relatively more quiet, but there are a few notable planetary events:

On Christmas Day, Mars goes into Aquarius and the Sun squares Uranus, so there may be some contrary or even rebellious folks to contend with. A Saturn sextile Pluto aspect is also in effect all week, so there will be a somber and serious tone sometimes. It is best to use this energy to get out of any illusions and “dreamworlds” that keep you from seeing reality, from seeing the truth.

And on Friday December 28, there will be a Full Moon in Capricorn/Cancer at 5:21 AM EST.  Strict Capricorn and permissive Cancer try to balance their differing orientations.  Capricorn seeks grounded boundaries and fair rules. Cancer seeks emotional connection and the ability to change with one’s moods.  Capricorn wants to build solid structures and accomplishment in the world.  Cancer wants to build family bonds based on inner values and unconditional love.

See you next week,

Leo

Leo Check out this new Youtube video I just created: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjGDSpZqu4&sns=em

I will be broadcasting some radio shows on blog talk radio on November 10. You can hear that forecast at any time after the live broadcast.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on my website.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years.

Creating Our New Age and Astrology Forecast December 16-22

By Leo Knighton Tallarico

As we just passed through a New Moon in Sagittarius on December 13, Eclipse Season Autumn 2012 has ended.

This Eclipse Season began two weeks prior to the first actual eclipse, on a Full Moon October 29.  With that Full Moon came Hurricane Sandy, which was a devastating storm for the east coast USA.

The Eclipse Season ended at the Sagittarius New Moon on December 13, and the next day there was a most horrible tragedy again on the east coast USA, in Connecticut.  Strangely this tragedy occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Full Circle was from East Coast Sandy Hurricane to East Coast Sandy Hook school.

As we wrote at the Hurricane, storms moving into the section of America where the Sun first rises every day, the east coast, symbolically shows us what is expected to be moving into our country.  The east coast is also where Europeans first built settlements in their New World colonizing.

The USA’s transformation is a large part of the transformation of our Earth human community, as we transition from a dying Pisces Age to a developing Aquarian Age.

The Pisces Age began over 2000 years ago, around the time when Christ was born into a world largely dominated by the Roman Empire.    Now as we transition into an Aquarian Age, the last Empire, the Superpower USA Empire is dying. It is dying at a time when a Christ consciousness is wanting to  open in the hearts of humanity.

That Christ consciousness knows we are all brothers and sisters in our hearts and souls. We are all in this human experience together, all in the same family, with compassion for all our members, especially those who are least understood.

It is so easy to make tragedies defined by notions of good and evil,  about bad people and good people. And of course many are doing that with the School Tragedy in Connecticut, making Adam Lanza into a devil.    But tragedies happen for reasons that are difficult to fully understand.  There is mystery to the workings of nature, but also to the greater Universe or God.  Who was the evil demon who brought death and destruction from Storm Sandy?

When nature creates the tragedy, we do not look for someone to demonize.   We accept it is as just nature’s way.  When a human is horribly involved and perpetrating the tragedy, we desperately look for quick answers so we can feel in control to fix the problem so it will not happen again.

There are no quick fixes, but we can learn some lessons from these tragedies.    This time with the horror at Sandy Hook School, we are reminded of how our children are losing their innocence, and so are we adults.

There can be nothing worse to face than the loss of our children, a parent’s worst nightmare.  And there is also loss of innocence for the surviving children and for children all over the country and world who find out about this tragedy. There was a murder at an Oregon Mall the day before also.  So can we not feel totally safe at school or a mall anymore?

Where can children feel safe now, as their innocence is robbed from them.  But our decaying American society has already been taking away that childhood innocence.  Kids are now exposed to sex and drugs and drinking even before they are teens.  And there are many permissive parents who do not see anything wrong with that.

When kids are exposed to so much, when so young, what is there to experience later?   What are they being taught to value?

Why are they brought up to believe it is Ok to live in a world that has weapons of mass destruction, and that their country the USA used them and killed over 300,000 people in Japan  in World War II?

Why is it ok to bomb countries and invade those countries and yet those countries never attacked us?  Why is it OK that our world is so dominated by buying stuff, by making money.  Why do we live in a world that gives privilege to people who make more money or have more power?

Why are we so separated by family and country and religion?  Why do we hate people who are not just like us?

What kind of values are we giving our children, and why do we deprive them of their innocence?

And this man Adam Lanza was a child too, only 20 years old. He is a product of our world.

We have entered a most intense and difficult phase of our transition between ages, as we leave the Eclipse Season and move closer to the end of the Mayan calendar.

We must each make a stand, make a strong intention and commitment to the values of a new Aquarian Age. The old age will not end on December 21, 2012. A glorious New Age will not fully begin then either.

But we can each use that moment to visualize the kind of world we see coming in the Aquarian Age.  We can commit to bringing better values to our world and to our children. Those new values will be our new world, a world of social consciousness, of equality amongst all peoples, of liberation from unjust and corrupt governments and rulers.   We can quit giving our power away to corporations, by not making money and material possessions such a high priority in our world.  We can quit making our military such an important player in our collective lives, as that gives a high priority to might.

Militaries should only be for protecting our borders and people from invasion, not policing the world and giving us advantage over others.  We can begin to make a higher priority to our understanding others better, and making relationship and peace with them.  We can teach our children they live in a world that is good, with love, truth, and fairness our highest priorities.

In the Old World , which is dying, we have decaying values, and these decaying values are what create our tragedies, natural or man made, as nature is a part of us.

When someone asks you how there can be God when such horrible situations happen like in Connecticut, let them know this:  God (the Universe) is us, as we have been created in its image.  We started with a beautiful “park”, our Earth, and we have been destroying it as well as our human family.  We have let the higher values of this Universe, like Love and Truth, become low priorities in our world.

We are responsible for our world in an Aquarian Age, yes we the people are responsible.  And as we become more and more responsible, we quit giving our power away to Governments and Corporations, to presidents and dictators and kings and queens, celebrities, and saviors.  When we take all these powers off the pedestals, where we both idolize and blame them; we then create a world we can be proud of.

This is our world, and the Universe will support our co-creation of  the Aquarian Age.  Our children and our children’s children will be the beneficiaries of what we are learning to create.

As we await the ending of the Mayan calendar at the Winter Solstice this coming Friday December 21 at 6:11 AM EST there are less minutes of light every day tell then. The Winter Solstice is the darkest day of the year, but then afterward new light is born, and there is more and more light everyday until the Summer Solstice.  At this major turning point, we turn toward the light.   On that day, which is also the end of the Mayan Calendar,  may we concentrate our energies on the enlightened values we want for all the generations to come.

See you next week,

Leo

Leo Check out this new Youtube video I just created: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjGDSpZqu4&sns=em

I will be broadcasting some radio shows on blog talk radio on November 10. You can hear that forecast at any time after the live broadcast.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on my website.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years.

No Problem, Only Solutions and Astrology Forecast November 18-24

by Leo Knighton Tallarico

We are right in the middle of the Eclipse Season Autumn 2012.   The Solar Eclipse New Moon in Scorpio brought increased intensity to our lives, and deeper feelings and passions have been surfacing. If you are like many of us, disagreements came up in our friendships and relationships, some very intense and sometimes even nasty. Hopefully you used these conflicts to better understand your self and one another, to clear the air, to find healing.

But in other cases, deep resentments and bitterness came out, and people realized that their relationship or friendship is not good anymore.  And in the greater world, passions intensified, and conflict blew open into ugly war.

As we have been alerting you, the Solar Eclipse New Moon in Scorpio would bring a most powerful eruption in the Middle East, and that was a war between Palestinian Hamas and Israel.  This can potentially become a regional Middle East war, as Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and Iran could become involved.   Scorpio brings primal passions, New Moons bring fires of ignition, and Solar Eclipses bring at least 10 times more power than the usual New Moon.

CIA director Petraeus has also became involved in a Scorpionic drama of secrets, sex, and perhaps a cover-up in the Libyan murders of 4 Americans, a drama that blew up big around the Scorpio Eclipse.

And as we also alerted you, the economy has shown much trouble- with low corporate earnings, a fiscal cliff to deal with, and a rapidly falling stock market. These issues, along with the problems in Europe, make it clear our world wide economic system needs deep transformation.

The natural disasters I warned about did not happen in any big way last week, but we can definitely expect to see more of them before the eclipse season ends. Of course Hurricane Sandy brought in the first big waves of the Eclipse Season.

All these events are bringing us through the transition between ages, and setting us up for a potentially big shift as the Mayan Calendar ends on December 21, 2012.

We also have written the last couple of weeks about the culture wars in the USA, which seems like a brewing Civil War, with state participants similar to those during the Civil War of 1861-1865.  Lincoln was president then. Obama, who may be his reincarnation, is president now. Whether he is or isn’t, the similarities are striking, even little things like both came from Illinois and Obama insisted on using the same velvet covered Bible that Lincoln used for his presidential inauguration for his own inauguration.

And of course you noticed all the states that have made petition to secede from the United States since Obama was reelected?   Over 700,000 people from mostly southern states have already signed, and states like Texas already have enough signatures to bring their petition to the President. What happens after that I do not know. But with an African American President now, knowing that states during the Civil War were seceding because they wanted to keep slavery in the south, does it not at least seem like some kind of repeating of history or coming full circle is going on?

We in the USA are obviously at a major crossroads in our collective journey.   As we leave an old age to enter an Aquarian Age,  what will happen to our nation?   With our natal Moon in Aquarius, we have a Bill or Rights, Constitution, and core set of values that are about  liberation, equality,self determination, and Diversity in Unity, which resonates with the sign Aquarius and the New Age.

But superpowers are not equal members of the world body, and all peoples- not just Americans- need to be free, and equal, and self determining.   And our whole world needs to be honored as diverse, yet equal and in Unity.  And invading other nations, colonizing and dominating, and wanting them to have our same democracy, capitalism, and way of life is against our core principles.

And haven’t our big Government and Big Corporate institutions taken away our individual freedoms and power of the people here and around the world?

The big changes coming our way are meant to help all of us to release the toxins and blocks that hold us back from fully embracing our New World.

As events swirl into your own life during this eclipse season, open to new consciousness.  Sometimes every way one looks there are apparent stop signs and no potential choice seems right.   But first of all one needs patience and trust, and to believe there is a way, even if it does show yet.

John Lennon sang in one of his last songs, ” no problem, only solutions”.  Meditate on that, there is much truth in that statement in new world consciousness.  When we come up on a challenging situation or event, it is best to look at it as the Universe bringing us a situation that is meaningful for us. It is bringing up issues that need to dealt with, so we can release what is no longer working for us, and open us to new possibilities.

Sometimes we think we are stuck because we are having difficulty letting go of something or some ingrained idea in our head.  Perhaps it is time to let go or release, but our fears and practical concerns hold us back.  Can you trust that if you make a decision based on where the signs and symbols are pointing for you to go, that all will turn out for the best?

” No problem, only solutions”, so there is a way to go that is right for you, and not only right for you but for all concerned.  But that way may not satisfy our ego controls, selfish desires, or security fears.

So when you visualize or pray, ask that you will be shown- by symbols, signs and synchronicities- to the way that is best in the bigger picture for ALL CONCERNED. And the answers you receive might not be what tradition or conventional world “wisdom” believes.  Go outside the boxes and straight to your deeper soul and the Universe.  There true wisdom lies.  There is a way to go that is in the best higher interest of everyone, though in the little picture it may seem bad.

And keep in mind that mind and heart integrity is essential, as sometimes people can see symbols and signs and synchronicities through rose colored glasses or perhaps through the lens of fear.  It is essential that you look with an objective vision, without attaching to any certain way. This does not mean you cannot make intention and co-create with the Universe. But it does mean you respect what is eventually determined by source and deeper soul.

So be flexible during this Eclipse Season, and “listen carefully” to what your deeper soul is showing you that you are ready to listen to.   Let go of old ways that are ripe to be picked off your tree of security.  There are many new ways of seeing and experiencing life now.

In the greater world dramas and in your personal life, new revelations will bring dis-illusion, so you can see the truth.   Though painful at first, these truths will set you free from the old paradigm, and open you to the consciousness and ways of the Aquarian Age.

We have another Eclipse coming on November 28, the week after Thanksgiving here in the USA. It will be a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius/Gemini.  It will also be quite strong, especially so because Mars will be conjunct Pluto then, triggering the Uranus/Pluto revolutionary square.

We are in powerful revolutionary and evolutionary times, more powerful than the ’60s.    All is meant to get better and better, though pain and ugly world events are part of the process sometimes.

This coming week, in between the two eclipses, will be still powerful; but hopefully a bit more tame.  The Sun moves into Sagittarius this coming Wednesday the 21st bringing rising spirits, inspiration, a renewed sense of higher meaning,  and a stronger need to find solution. On Thursday the Sun squares Neptune helping us to surrender, go with the flow, and enter deeper soul realms.  

On Friday Mars squares Uranus, breaking open anything that has been closed down, and taking us outside any boxes that limit our view and experience. This also triggers the Uranus/Pluto square, and brings all the world events to another level of intensity.

And please keep in mind that Mercury is still Retrograde, until November 26, so stay centered and aware, and do not jump to conclusions. Making major decisions is more precarious now, and signing contracts can go bad.  The eclipses are bringing energies that can take us off our normal balance, and making bad decisions while Mercury is still Retrograde.

This does not mean you should be superstitious or fearful; it only means you should realize that perceptions can be off.

See you next week,

Leo

Storms of Change and Astrology Forecast October 28-November 3

by Leo Knighton Tallarico

We are moving forward this week into a quite intense beginning to Autumn Eclipse Season 2012. On Monday October 29 there is a Full Moon in Scorpio/Taurus that is the last major lunation before the Solar Eclipse New Moon in Scorpio on November 13. That will be the first of two eclipses in November, the second is a Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Sagittarius/Gemini on November 28.

So the winds of the Eclipse Season blow in this coming week, and here on the east coast USA it is literal as there is Hurricane Sandy blowing in with powerful winds and rain.  It is expected to arrive on the shores of eastern USA close to that Full Moon this Monday.

Metaphorically, as the east is where new daily Suns rise, this Hurricane brings with it to America, on the east coast where the Sun first rises here every day, the beginning of the Eclipse Season for the USA. So we can expect that eclipse season to be a powerful time here.

There is a Presidential Election on November 6, at the last quarter Moon in Scorpio/Leo.  On that same day Mercury changes to retrograde, bringing back shades of the 2000 Presidential Election between Bush and Gore.  That election night, Mercury was also changing directions, from retrograde to direct.  The day when Mercury changes directions, no matter which way it is shifting, is the craziest most confusing time in Mercury’s journey.

In 2000 there was extraordinary confusion about who won, and about voting irregularities.  This time polls show there will likely be a very close election again, and if so people will be screaming about vote fraud again. I am not sure how Election Night will play out this time, but expect some chaos and confusion.

But first we have this storm blowing in at the Full Moon in Scorpio/Taurus on Monday October 29 at 3:49 PM EDT.  The invasive power of Scorpio confronts the fixed Earth of Taurus, quite perfect astrologically for this hurricane forcefully entering the eastern landmass of the USA.

Saturn will be conjunct the Sun, and Pluto will also be making aspect to this Full Moon, bringing more seriousness and depth of emotion and mind. And timed with the election shortly thereafter, and the eclipses shortly after that,  the winds of change will dramatically be shifting the affairs in the USA.

Whichever way the election turns, since the political parties now represent two very different cultures more that anything else, there will be much rage and negativity shown by the losing party.   We have been for some time now entrenched in a culture war here in the USA, and in recent years that war has gotten more and more intense.

Of course we know many crazies on the fringe of the “right” hate President Obama and have threatened his life, yet there were also stories recently about how crazies on the “left” have threatened to assassinate Romney if he becomes president.  These threats were all over Twitter last week.

There is reason to fear a kind of civil war here in America, especially if the economy gets much worse, as money issues often bring out the worst in people.  I have often thought that Obama is a reincarnation of President Lincoln, and of course our current lanky black President would be poetic justice if linked to the Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves.

We could conceivably have a new “civil war” in the USA, with the south now representing much of the republican party, versus the north and especially the northeast, which was most of northern USA in 1860, and is now overwhelmingly democrats.

If this is how things play out, then perhaps Obama (Lincoln) will be the one who wins this election and is called upon to heal the country again.

I still believe, by certain astrological factors I use, that Romney is  more likely to win; but the Universe is a mysterious place and “Lincoln” could be needed again.

If you are someone who has been getting outside the conventional world box, and transforming your consciousness toward more love and truth, healing of our Earth and human community, and alignment with an Aquarian Age, it will be best to not get in the fight between democrats and republicans. That fight is part of an old paradigm of separation.  Let it go and visualize and work for a New World.

So as this storm and full moon blow in, just a week before the election and Mercury Retrograde, and just two weeks before the Solar Eclipse New Moon in Scorpio, expect the unexpected.  But we can likely expect the nastiness of this election to get much worse; and we can likely expect the Middle East, especially around the Solar Eclipse to become even more explosive; and we can expect crazy happenings with the economy and stock market.

So batten down the hatches as the storm and full moon blow in.  And be careful in your interpersonal relationships to keep somewhat of a lid on your more negative emotions.    Scorpio can bring with it a stinger to push people’s emotional buttons and Taurus can be so stubborn and resistant. That combination can bring big fights;  and since we are talking Taurus and Scorpio, issues of money and possessions and how they are shared can be in the spotlight of our disagreements. “Tugs of War” can certainly erupt.

Keep in mind that at this Full Moon, and through much of November, that issues will be pushed to come to a head, that energies will be favorable for getting to the core of issues, especially ones that have been previously “pushed under the rug”.  It is a good time, and it will happen quite organically in most cases, to go deeper into what is bothering you or holding you back.  It is a good time this month to “hash it out”, to come to some kind of resolution or at least a clearing of the air.

You will then know better what is needed to be let go and released and what can instead be fixed or healed.  There will be endings, and passing through old “seasons” of your life; and there will be new births and renewals.

So much is changing now and for the next few years because of Uranus square Pluto and moving closer and closer to an Aquarian Age. And how about the Mayan Calendar ending on December 21, 2012?

Each planetary aspect or lunation or eclipse can take on so much more transformational significance or importance than usual now.   Keeping the status quo if it is not aligned with your authentic soul and its journey, will seem impossible sometimes.  It will sometimes feel like holding onto the edge of a cliff with the wind blowing.

All is coming to you in divine order, though sometimes at these crossroads it is up to you to decide which way to turn.  Do not trust your intellect at these times to lead the way. It is the connection between mind and heart  that helps, and an allowing for the Universe and your deeper soul to reveal to you signs and symbols and synchronicities to light the way.

There is no reason to stress and worry, instead trust the process to show you the way at just the right time.  Stress and fear can only close you up so you cannot “see straight”.

Your awareness is getting sharper, your consciousness is expanding, so naturally old ways may not work anymore. It can bring fear at first to let go of old security structures, but time will bring you new security and greater freedom to live your life authentically.

See you next week,

I will be broadcasting some radio shows on blog talk radio on November 10 and November 24. I will also do a new YouTube presentation sometime soon also.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on my website.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years.

Leo

Navigating the New Reality and Astrology Forecast July 8-15

By Leo Knighton Tallarico

We are collectively now residing in the new land that was created as a result of the tremendous power of the recent planetary configurations, including the Eclipses, Venus Retrograde and Venus Passage, and the first pass of Uranus square Pluto.

No we are not anywhere near being anchored in this new reality, but nevertheless we are moving forward into it.  Many new and important events have swirled into our lives.

So many are looking at new, changed, or changing relationships since Venus Retrograde and the Venus Passage.   Others have made decisions or have had life events that have greatly shifted their lives in other ways since the Eclipse Season.   Many people are now  unsure about many parts of their lives, whether it be relationships or work or health or where to live.  I have been witnessing more change over the last few months than I have seen in a long time.

Even those who have not yet experienced great change in their personal lives, they are still feeling the strength of the winds of change and are preparing for transformed lives to come soon.

Make no mistake about it, transformation is powerful now and will remain so for quite some time.  Old patterns and ways that have become stale or toxic are ripe to be released, and each time there is a powerful planetary time period, the winds come and take more of these old patterns away.

This leaves many in a sort of limbo, waiting for the new to be born to replace that which is leaving.  Others have found new relationships or jobs or homes or attitudes already, but they are walking with baby steps into the new, with unsure legs into these new zones of life reality.

All of these changes are aligned with bigger revolutionary and evolutionary shifts in our Universe and Earth human reality.  Especially the Uranus/Pluto square is pushing us faster forward into global and personal transformation in alignment with our collective movement into an Aquarian Age.

There was the first pass of this aspect on June 24, and there will be 6 more passes leading us into 2016.  Then over four years later Jupiter will conjunct Saturn at 0+ degrees of Aquarius in December of 2020, which symbolically promises us a huge passage into the Aquarian Age.

The last time Jupiter was conjunct Saturn was in May 2000, just before George Bush was elected President. That conjunction was square Uranus in Aquarius, giving a 20 year signature for old forces digging in to keep the status quo (Jupiter conjunct Saturn in Taurus) versus transformational change into an Aquarian Age (Uranus in Aquarius).

So the 20 years- 2000-2020, which gives us the usual 20 year cycle of Jupiter/Saturn, has been bringing us the see-saw years of pulls back into status quo old patterns, and conversely great waves of change into Aquarian Age consciousness.

Each of us is learning to release the old patterns while embracing the new ways that are aligned with Aquarian Age consciousness.

Of course this plays out in a big way in our greater world.  Power and control for privileges and superiority still has much influence over the ways of the old world and paradigm. Dog eat dog competition runs so much of our economy and military domination in the world.

Yet at the same time so many of us are connecting to soul consciousness that brings us into ways of equality and unity and respect for one another and our sacred Earth.  We want to be liberated from controls over our hearts, souls and minds by the established societal systems.  We want to honor our individualized and authentic selves and make relationship with others all over the world in order to bring health and harmony to a soul suffering human family.

We want to live in consciousness that knows the spirit of the Universe and the higher meaning it radiates through its signs, symbols and synchronicities, showing us we are always safe in its bosom of love and truth.

So now as you get used to navigating your new world, seeking clarity, perspective, and direction; trust that what you need and when you need it, the Universe will be there for you. Maybe not the way you always planned or willed, but just what is right for your soul and what you need.

Our life on Earth is not just about a material search for security and pleasure. It is also about deeper issues, and higher concerns.  Our deeper souls are what drive our life vehicles, not our egoic desires.  So if you learn to surrender more, while still feeling empowered and centered in true self, you will be guided.

Now this week we are in the waning half of the lunar cycle begun at the Gemini New Moon on June 19.  Going past the Full Moon in Capricorn this last week has brought us to the downside of the lunar cycle. It is time to wind down, to go more yin-ward and not so boldly forward.  The next New Moon, in Cancer, will not be until July 18/19.

Adding a curve ball of shifting mental energies and perceptions this coming week is Mercury going retrograde next Saturday June 14 at 10:16 PM EDT. It stays retrograde until August 7/8.   The previous day before Mercury goes Retrograde, on Friday the 13th,  liberating and change-evoking Uranus goes retrograde also.

Also around that time and lasting into the next week, Mars in Libra will be making aspect to the Uranus/Pluto square, creating a cosmic T-Square, a strong astrological configuration. This touches off the Uranus/Pluto square and shakes things up some more. In the greater world keep watching the Middle East, Global Economy, and American Presidential election process where the big changes will be soon erupting.

So beginning late this coming week, energies will be shifting again.  Be alert for this potential turn of events.  What you have been developing and getting used to could be challenged.   It is best to stay on course, unless the messages or events overpoweringly push you otherwise.

At  the very least allow your perceptions to shift.  Do not let your mental paradigm to be too crystallized now.  Be open to new information that changes your opinion or shifts your viewpoint or perspective. Mercury retrograde is not to be looked at superstitiously.  It comes into our life 3 times a year and brings with it a meaningful shift in perception.

It is true that sometimes that means going into a Twilight Zone of consciousness or putting up with glitches in machinery or communication devices or thinking, but not always.  During the retrograde period it is best to go into more reflective thinking and more right brain creativity.  Decisions do  need more time to make sure they are correct;  yet some may even choose to put off those big decisions or delay signing contacts till Mercury goes back direct.

Uranus going retrograde on Friday the 13th seems meaningful, and could go along with the aforementioned shifting of thinking and a turning point of events.

Friday the 13th is an interesting human date, one that many superstitiously associate with scary or bad events coming into one’s life. I am convinced that a fear of the Feminine is at play in the fear of Friday the 13th.

13 is a sacred feminine number associated with the 13 lunar cycles in a year, as opposed to 12 solar cycles of the year.  Friday in many cultures is Venus Day. It is Venerdi in Italian, or Venus Day. It is Freya/Frida day in other cultures or Friday, Freya being another name for Venus, Frida being a Wiccan lady.

So 13 and Venus are both related with Feminine, archetypal Feminine, not cultural feminine, which often tries to make females “sugar and spice and everything nice”.  The fear is more of the power of the Feminine, which has brought great fear to Patriarchal paradigms, who have burned and killed “witches”.

So late this week and into next week, there should be a shifting in line with what has been changing since the powerful Eclipse Season that has just passed. Keep your self centered and aligned and on track.   All is happening meaningfully.

See you next week as Mercury goes Retrograde.

Leo

There is a new radio show broadcast live on Saturday June 2 at 1 PM EDT on blog talk radio. You can listen to it anytime afterward also. And here is the the link to YouTube talk I gave recently at Spiritual Renaissance Center.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on my website.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please write soulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years.

He predicted the Iraq War of 2003- in early 2001 when Bush first took office; predicted the 9-11 attacks with an article “The Tower”, written in June 2001. He predicted Obama and McCain would get the presidential nominations in november 2007, when both were low in the polls; and correctly predicted the current economic downturn before it occurred

 

 

Aftermath and Astrology Forecast for June 10-16

By Leo Knighton Tallarico

The intensity of the eclipse storms has subsided.  We are in a new zone of reality and consciousness, looking around and getting used to the new landscapes.  The Old Rules from an old paradigm are leaving, New Rules in a New Paradigm not yet established.

Don’t expect life to move fast forward yet. You still need time to center your self, get clear, and get used to your new surroundings.

Many were taken out of their comfort zones as their lives, perceptions, and viewpoints have been shaken up or at least altered.

Some are truly ready to enter a new chapter of their lives. Others need more clarity first, as the spring eclipse shakeups have taken them out of what they had been expecting.

More changes are coming, changes that will result from the shakeups of the eclipse season. Events that are an outgrowth of the recent shakeups will open up this summer and autumn.

But for now you can get clear, stabilize your self, and get prepared for a new chapter of your life.

June 19- June 27 is the turning point time period.  June 19 is a New Moon in Gemini; June 20-21 is the Summer Solstice; June 24 is the first pass of powerful Uranus square Pluto; June 25 is Saturn going Direct; and June 27 is Venus going Direct.

That is the transition time period.  All Systems are Go after that, ready or not.

The Uranus square Pluto aspect on June 24 is the first of 7 passes. Those seven passes take us into mid 2015.  This is an extremely powerful aspect for changing the world.  The last major aspect between Uranus and Pluto was their conjunction in Virgo in 1965-66, when they began their new cycle together, a cycle that lasts approximately 165 years.

At the conjunction in 1965-66 the Viet Nam War was beginning as was the Civil Rights Movement.  The Uranus Pluto conjunction of 1965-66 showed us into the ’60s and ’70s Revolution.   Society was being shaken at its core.  The System we were used to serving was breaking down. It did not totally break down, but it transformed in a major way, as Women’s Rights, rights for African Americans, ending an unjust war, kicking out a corrupt President, changing styles and roles for men and women, sexual liberation, consciousness expansion, and new spiritual and metaphysical viewpoints all happened.

The Age of Aquarius was talked about and sung about, but in the ’80s, with the Reagan Revolution, life began to stabilize and evolution and revolution seemed to stop. Soon after, the American Superpower and Empire was built, especially so after the Soviet Union broke down.

Nevertheless, during these Empire years a technological revolution has been built and the movement to prepare for the New Age has grown.

And now as we move through the long anticipated 2012, and Uranus/Pluto begin their evolutionary/revolutionary dance together again, we are ready for major transformation again.

And this time many expect the Old Paradigm and System, society as we know it, to not be able to integrate the changes, but instead to break down totally. Others expect it to be like last time, when we end up integrating what is shaking up again.

The movement for Equal Rights, Fairness and Justice for Gays and Lesbians is getting powerful. Nothing will stop this wave of change.  But many are outraged, see this as a straying from the religious rules, and will put up a grave fight.  This fight is part of greater conflict and maybe civil war between cultural viewpoints, and more so a desire to stop our natural evolution into an Aquarian Age of Liberation, Equality, and Diversity in Unity.

Our economy also has been tranforming, starting in 2008 with the bank failures, mortgage disasters, and job losses.  And now as Europe is financially imploding and the USA is not finding its way back to its “normal” economy again, much more transformation is on the way.

In the Middle East, where oil and Israel are the Western World’s top priority, much unrest is building. Syria and Iran are in the crosshairs of Western sights.  We are on the verge of major conflict breaking out there.

In April 2014, Uranus in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn will square one another and be making almost exact aspect to the USA Sun in Cancer.

In the months surrounding ths date, the USA will face major crisis.  In succeeding weekly forecasts I will loook more closely at this impending crisis.

For now, watch what is happening with the Middle East, with the economy, and with the Culture Conflicts to see where the USA is headed.  The Presidential Election this year will bring out many of these issues, and culture wars will get much more intense and nasty. I will look more closely at the contest between President Obama and Mitt Romney in futures installments of Perspectives from the Sky.

In your own life, keep concentration and focus on your own personal evolution and your contribution to those around you and the world community you live within.

As you heal your past wounds and traumas, transform beyond the cultural and familial conditioning of the Old Paradigm and Age, and embrace your Authentic Self and true Soul Path, you are doing just what you need to do.

This growing personal alignment with the Universe and your Soul will take you just where you need to be and when you need to be there. Do not let fear of what might or could happen impair your spiritual vision.  All happens meaningfully on this sacred Earth and Universe. Everything unfolds just as it should if you are centered and aligned and watching for the signs and symbols and synchronicities.

It is true that sometimes your old wounds will color your heart’s ability to know. So at those times of doubt, seek help from objective spiritual guides or dig deeper in your heart or use your mind to balance your view.

This coming week we enter the 4th quarter Moon in Pisces Monday, so we are definitely coming down off the high of the Eclipses and Venus Passage, winding down until the Gemini New Moon on June 19, which begins the turning point time period that lasts until the end of June.

So as we said before, dust your self off, get realigned, and prepare to move forward soon.

Though this coming week is a “coming down” in many ways, that is somewhat challenged by the movement of Jupiter into Gemini Monday the 11th, where it will stay for a year. July 2000 until July 2001 was the last time Jupiter was in Gemini.

Mental activity, new ideas, increased communication and social activity will rule.   Over the next year take some new classes or learn something new, begin new communication activities, join social networks,  and let your mind and crown chakra open up more to new ways of thinking and taking in information.  Gemini is ruled by Mercury the Messenger of the Gods,  so keep open to what spirit has to say to you.

Remember that we have all entered a “new zone” now, so it is OK to feel out of balance or confused or just feeling kind of weird.

And remember that Venus is still retrograde until June 27, so we are experiencing changes in our relationships and relationship patterns.  Old relationships may return in some form, and new relationships can be looked at in new ways.  this applies to all relationships, friends, family, work, or romantic.

Keep knowing that All is moving just right, and you are moving into perfect alignment.

See you next week,

Leo

There is a new radio show broadcast live on Saturday June 2 at 1 PM EDT on blog talk radio. You can listen to it anytime afterward also. And here is the the link to YouTube talk I gave recently at Spiritual Renaissance Center.

Please feel free to find more writings and my services on my website.You can get an astrological consultation with me during these changing times to help you on your path and with your life. Please writesoulus@aol.com for more info.

Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years.

He predicted the Iraq War of 2003- in early 2001 when Bush first took office; predicted the 9-11 attacks with an article “The Tower”, written in June 2001. He predicted Obama and McCain would get the presidential nominations in november 2007, when both were low in the polls; and correctly predicted the current economic downturn before it occurred.