ARIES Horoscope (March 21 – April 19) -

TAURUS Horoscope (April 20 – May 20)- I can’t complain too much because all this crazy cardinal square crap hasn’t really rocked my world much. It’s as if everything out there is spinning wildly and I am like the rock that holds steady and continues on my daily routine without too much drama unless of course one of my sweeties has her world in an uproar in which case my solid predictable vibe can get kind of turbulent. When Venus and Mars head over to Scorpio after the 8th I just know the heat will be on and this Taurian will be rollin’ in hot chocolate.

GEMINI Horoscope (May 21 – June 20) - I can feel that Fall breeze trying to break through this record summer heat. Good old murky Mercury, my ruling planet will be moon-walking backwards in Virgo no less so I had better be more conscious about what I say to whom. last time I created a hell of a mess and I really didn’t mean to, I never do, it’s just that I am so ideaphoric. Thoughts blow in and just as quickly blow right out again it’s just that many of them blow out of my mouth before I have the time to think them through.

CANCER Horoscope (June 21 – June 22) - Change, change, change! Now I see it, now I don’t. I sure can feel the roll of that oceanic wave though and hope that it will be gentle with me. Emotions rise and fall like the tides and I can feel a sense of release as the rains come and come down all around. Nature is vibrant and not burning but these shifts have me feeling a bit off balance.. I am ready to see solid land, the oasis promised by Venus and Mars and I do believe they will heat up the waters but good when they dance around each other again but this time in Scorpio.

LEO Horoscope (July 23 – August 22) - Ah, always a tiny bit sad to leave my month in the Sun, not to worry though as I always have plenty of flame left to warm the embers as we all start to return to our routines. My job is to never let the rest of you forget that all the world is a stage and we can act out our creative fantasies whenever! I fully intend to create infinitely more art and projects to delight and amuse myself. I am going to extend this wild hot summer till the very last moment that I can scrape out of it.

VIRGO Horoscope (August 23 – September 22) - Beat it Leo, this is MY month. Finally I will be noticed for my substantial contributions and it’s about time. I know it’s the squeaky wheel that gets oiled but I hate to be a whiner. People should just see me for who I am and I am the backbone of any group that I am a part. This is also a very good time for me to pay more attention to my doings as well and set the precedent. If I respect my time and efforts more, then others will follow my example. That just makes so much sense, a light bulb moment!

LIBRA Horoscope (September 23 – October 22) - Saturn is quite the load but it has been so, so lovely to have Mars and Venus waltzing around in Libra that I almost didn’t notice. Let’s face it, I rather not look at the less comfortable stuff ever but I kind of feel like Saturn and I will be face to face in no time like it or not. I will need to face the Lord of Obstacles and find a way to move on through. I can see how I could also find the added demand for structure to offer its own benefits.

SCORPIO Horoscope (October 23 – November 21) - Ha! Haters! You are all so jealous that Venus and Mars will be all mine after the 9th! I’m not big on sharing but if you play nicely with me, there is no telling what we can manage. You are all gonna’ want you some Scorpio for a change. Out of the closets and into the sheets I say! It’s all good and finally it’s time to explore my deepest desires. Seems like they always need to be sublimated or ride in the back seat. Now, they are on the front burner and I’m gonna’ let them sizzle!

SAGITTARIUS Horoscope (November 22 – December 21) - Wow the energies are making this Sagittarius swing and sway! Plenty of air to swell my sails and keep my fire roaring and the watery side of my nature has got flow to go. So many possibilities that I find myself deluged with choices and not much of an anchor or rudder to steer me any which way. This is the Sea, the Sea of possibilities and movement feels appropriate just don’t want Mercury’s retro undertow to pull me too far off course.

CAPRICORN Horoscope (December 22 – January 19) - I find it quite pleasant to see the corporate corruption finally being exposed like just so much dirty laundry. I slave for the pittance I am afforded and keep the big wheels turning but I am rarely some Proud Mary. Still I derive a measure of hopefulness by seeing the apple-cart upset and know that I am not laying under it. If you think that I sound completely surly, remember that Pluto will be running my show for the next dozen years or so, so I will not suffer fools lightly nor will I roll over for the New World Order! Fight the Good Fight.

AQUARIUS Horoscope (January 20 – February 18)- Doing the whirlpool dance with Neptune and Chiron again. Hard to know which end is up but I can imagine that we will be rockin’ and rollin’ before too long. The Wild Winds of Change will be blowing politically, naturally, and personally and it will be best to figure out where your resistance lies and remove it before it is removed from you. I know Aquarius is a fixed sign and we do not bend easily but this would be one of those good times to acquire some flexibility.

PISCES Horoscope (February 19 – March 20) - Oh boy, Uranus and Jupiter are in my sign again. I wonder what magical mystery tour I will find myself on this time. That Uranian energy sure cranks up the iconoclast in me and everything is so much more electric including me. So many weird body sensations that I can’t even describe, no doubt ye old rewiring of the DNA again. We Pisces have a wide spectrum of beliefs and will explore many versions of reality without denying or bonding to either. I will surely expose myself to a myriad of cultures.

Click here to read Monthly Horoscope September 2010: Overview

So many of us live inside that rat race chasing our tails trying to keep up with a world wildly careening pell mell towards some hope of retirement, to one day taking that time to smell the flowers when the bills are finally paid, when the kids are finally in college, when you finally get your divorce from the one who doesn’t understand you and could care less! The Cardinal Square energy that I have been referring to these last few months asks us to each step out of our cages, self imposed or otherwise.

With several planets in Virgo,This month and time is for sorting out, and Mercury in Virgo is such a good sorter. Time to really re order your priorities so that your focus is truly on what has meaning for you rather than what you are just doing.

You have no doubt heard the typical mercury retrograde warnings. Don’t sign anything, buy anything, commit to anything permanent, refrain from

large purchase especially electrical and mechanical things. Don’t have sex for the first time in your new relationship when mercury goes retro (fine chance of that happening). Double and triple check meetings and messages and be sure to give the benefit of the doubt in controversy as nobody will really know the whole story!

OK, those are some of the DON’TS, NOW HOW ABOUT THE DO’S!! Do take the time to De clutter your house, mind, closets, garden, and social calendar so that you can make room for the new energy coming in when Mercury goes direct which will occur this time on *Sept 12.* Take all those half done projects and bring them to completion so that when Mercury goes direct, you will be ready to roll.

Since we do not live in a culture that includes and honors down time, we need to try to integrate that into our lives much more till the12th. Some of the challenges we face in trying to live lives more connected to natural and astrological cycles is that Patriarchal Gregorian calendars simply have no such orientation. When we want to observe these more inner times and keep up our work schedules, it can be a challenge.

Its not that you *can’t* forge ahead during the retrograde but it simply is not energy efficient. *Why swim upstream when you can go with the flow?*

I am taking the time to explain a bit more about the retrograde energy because there are 7, count them, 7 planets including asteroid Chiron moving backwards at this time so it’s not just Mercury creating this need for a pause. The New Moon in Virgo on the 8th will also underscore a culling and prioritizing so that our goals and path are more streamlined when both Mercury and Pluto go direct on the 12th and 13th respectively. Then, we can fly forward with conviction.

With Uranus backtracking into Pisces, we are being given a little respite from the planetary firestorm of the summer and it is now time to integrate all the major shifts and dynamic changes we have set in motion. The Grand Cross energy is still in play but as the month rolls on the intensity will weaken a bit till the Full Moon in Aries. If you have been dragging your feet, you will find you may feel a little more tossed in the swirling Piscean waters. The message is still, *Find the New You Being Reborn as we approach the true Dawning of the Aquarian Age!*.

With several planets in Libra , we may also be prone to do some fence sitting but it may also be a time to let romance sizzle a bit as we learn to merge in a more balanced way. Saturn won’t have it any other way whether the relationships are between lovers or countries.

On Sept.23, we will have a most potent Full Moon in Aries. I learned much about this particular Full Moon from the newly departed, wise and witty witch, Marion Weinstein who referred to the Aries Full Moon as the Blood Moon because in ancient it was a time of animal sacrifices. She also suggested that this was such a dangerous time because we are in the death throes of the Patriarchy. She suggested, and I heartily agree that it is best to not to go to places where one is likely to encounter a dangerous element on this night.

The good news for this time is that Saturn is moving further from the square to Pluto and the whole Cardinal Square thing. The bad news is I can see the possibility of a really bad storm on this day with the Full Moon conjoining both Jupiter and Uranus making the tides run exceptionally high and with Neptune and Chiron back being Siamese twins again, we could have both wild winds and water. I hope that I am totally wrong too. So do be prepared. Either way, this moon could bring some most intense global events with it.

Times are changing and there is no well defined generic road map, however, by becoming more acquainted with your particular chart and the effects of the transits, you have an incredible guide which will offer you dates and times where you are more likely to succeed or have difficulties.

Click here to read Monthly Horoscope September 2010: Zodiac Signs

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On August 30 & 31, 2010, Katherine will be here at Wild Iris Books rendering intuitive portraits of your very soul!

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FLASH SILVERMOON

*Through ASTROFLASH,  I have endeavored to offer more gender neutral astrology to speak to all sexual preferences and identities.
If you know your Rising sign, your personal reading will be more accurate if you read the passage for that sign as well as your Sun sign.
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There is an incredible configuration called the Cardinal T Square which has been coming together since May through several important planetary shifts and transits. This is at the root of these profound life changes but is by no means the cause of them.

Many of us have gotten into our own regular grooves and ruts and badly need to change the channel. These transits merely give one the opportunity to have a freer and more meaningful life.

In my own practice, I have never had so many clients who are questioning the very fabric of their lives and standing on the precipice where only a leap of faith will do! You are not alone if you are feeling this way and in fact if you are not, you may well be only half awake. Granted not everyone is being equally affected by these tumultuous times and if you are or have personal planets in Aries, Libra, Capricorn or Cancer especially in the earlier degrees,these words should ring particularly true.

As the month opens, Jupiter and Uranus oppose Mars and Saturn and the whole deal is being squared by Pluto. OK so you don’t speak Astrologese, not a problem.

When you think of planets opposing, you will feel a pull or a seesaw effect while the 90-degree angle called a square often creates a colliding effect between the planets involved. So… in this Cardinal T Square, we have 5 intensely energetic planets pulling and colliding with each other, each one of course needing to be heard, kind of like a dysfunctional family Thanksgiving dinner.

If you are an astrologer, experiment with giving a voice to each of the planets at the table and you will gain a deeper understanding of what is up with the heavens these days.

Saturn wants everything to stay the same, while Uranus would like nothing better than to push all of Saturn’s stuffy old buttons and turn all structure on its head one day and sideways the next all in the name of freedom and with the most high minded intentions.

Jupiter wants it all done on a grander scale and will inflate all it touches including the egos of the higher ups who are pulled to the left or the right. Spiritual folk from around the globe will feel called to make a collective healing uplifting circle to encompass the planet. Because of Jupiter’s proximity to Uranus it will create many spontaneous events designed to promote change as well as planetary elevation.

Pluto which is the focal point, operates like the kingpin here and thinks that all this pushing and shoving is all well and good but knows that nothing will get any better unless a totally radical approach to doing things takes place. We can have radicals of every stripe feeling this desire as well which will make it quite difficult to move forward in either direction yet there will be much effort to make such shifts. Could get really hard to tell who are the heroes and villains too.

It may feel at times like the bad guys keep getting away with everything but I do believe during Pluto’s transit in Capricorn that we will see the big corporations and CEO’s being exposed and ultimately penalized. If we can get some political leaders that are not beholding to Big Corp, [BIG IF] we may just create a better world. Each of us each day must make choices that will undermine the corporatization of the world so that change indeed will come from the bottom up and the top down.

Mars moves faster than the rest of the gang and can’t understand why everyone is dragging their collective feet. Mars brings its aggressive energy into the picture from July 29 until Aug. 6 so this will actually be the most volatile time this summer and we will surely see this played out on the world stage at all the International hot spots.

The New Moon in Leo on Aug. 9 will also see lovely Venus joining the party and no doubt bringing a more peaceful and calming influence. This should also be a very romantic as well so if you don’t have a partner and want one this would be a great time to be out and about to see and be seen. The Lions and Libras will be on the prowl for sure with Aries not far behind.

Uranus slides back into Pisces for a while on Aug. 14 and that should cool things off some but could make the Pisces Full Moon more turbulent and unpredictable.

On Aug. 21 Saturn will complete the third of three squares to Pluto at 3 degrees Capricorn. This can be a very challenging time for all of us economically as it will also affect the chart of our country. The hard aspect between these two luminaries often brings a time of struggle where survival issues are concerned so we will need to keep our collective ears to the ground to intuit just how to roll with these changes.

A few days later, on Aug. 24,we will have a Full Moon in Pisces. Sometimes that moon will bring some big watery weather so we may need to batten down the hatches

If you are feeling outer and or inner pressure to make big life changes at this time, it is best to begin immediately getting your ducks in a row so that you can take flight and opportunity when it presents itself. That way, you will be prepared and not feel like the rug has been pulled out from under you as well as being able to seize the moment when that brass ring comes around and calls your name.

If you make friends with change and stay attuned to your highest purpose and deepest desires, this can not only be a rewarding time but a transformative one as well.

Click Here to Read Monthly Horoscope for August 2010: Zodiac Signs