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Monday 12/2/2019: Late Sneak Peek at the Week; Put on Your Rose-Colored Glasses
/0 Comments/in The Forecast /by Elisabeth GraceIt’s Monday…and the Moon has been void in Aquarius all day. Are you rolling with the twists and flakes? Chilling over perceived crises? Taking time to take care of routine concerns? Excellent!
Here’s an apt headline for an all-day Moon void: “Second Amendment Case May Fizzle Out at the Supreme Court.”
At 1:20 PM ET Jupiter left Sagittarius for Capricorn — as covered in yesterday’s forecast. The rest of the week goes like this:
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This picture of Neptune was produced from the last whole planet images taken through the green and orange filters on NASA’s Voyager 2 narrow angle camera. The picture shows the Great Dark Spot and its companion bright smudge; on the west limb the fast moving bright feature called Scooter and the little dark spot are visible. Don’t you just love that there’s a bright feature on Neptune called “Scooter”?
Sunday 11/30/2019: Jupiter in Capricorn; Neptune Direct Makes News; a Hint of 2020
/0 Comments/in The Forecast /by Elisabeth GraceHappy Saturday — and by the time you read this, it will be Sunday. Why? Because that’s how long it will take to connect this new domain name — https://elisabethgrace.com — with Mailchimp. I do hope you enjoy the new design, with dedicated pages for events, etc. Any suggestions for how to make the site even better? Fire away!
The Moon is in Aquarius, driving the day with its need for social significance, as it shakes up the system. Connect with friends and other like-minded souls. On SUNDAY, Moon squares Mars at 6:43 AM ET, facilitating action, for better or for worse, but the rest of the day is free of lunar speed bumps.
MONDAY begins with a challenging aspect (a square) between the Moon and Mercury (how we need to think). Both planets are in Fixed Signs (Aquarius and Scorpio, respectively), which in plain English means that neither one is inclined to budge from its position. One demands freedom and social significance; the other demands depth and control. Moon goes void on this pattern at 7:27 AM ET for the rest of the business day. Astrologer Rockie Gardiner (whom many will remember from LA Weekly’s Rockie Horoscope) would thus call Monday a bit of a bust. Save the launch of your important initiative for TUESDAY, when the Moon will be fully focused in Pisces as of 2:11 AM ET. So if your travel plans are impacted by SUNDAY’s big storms, rest assured it’ll be A-OK if you aren’t at the office on Monday.
When the Moon is void of course – i.e., wandering without focus at the end of a zodiac sign, it is best to stick with routine concerns and roll with any twists or flakes that may disrupt efforts to move forward in straight line. If you’re a writer or a creative type, voids are great for drafting and noodling. The important thing to remember — is to CHILL over any perceived crisis. It is likely to dissipate once the void is over.
MONDAY is also when the biggest planetary shift of the week occurs. At 1:20 PM ET Jupiter leaves Sagittarius and enters Capricorn. In the language of astrology, Jupiter refers to luck and expansion (for better or for worse) and what we need as a reward. As the biggest planet in our solar system, Jupiter would like to believe it will be rewarded simply by being a ginormous ball of hot air — albeit an enthusiastic and righteous one. Not that I’m saying Jupiter believes or does anything. People do and believe things — not planets. Astrology is a language of symbols. Got that?
Jupiter is at home is Sagittarius, the optimistic archer that aims for the stars and often trips over its feet. Capricorn has a different way of operating. It requires planning, strategy and hard work — with a focused goal that grants status and authority, along with achievement. Capricorn is an old goat that heads straight for the top of the mountain. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, a planet that symbolizes structure, controls and a keen awareness that here on Spaceship Earth, we only have so much time. Those who can play by the rules of Capricorn’s games in 2020 may well be rewarded for their efforts. Meanwhile, as the planet that symbolizes expansion, Jupiter’s sojourn in Capricorn is likely to be accompanied by boundary-pushing developments in matters of government, authority, patriarchy, the elderly, knees, bones, skin, teeth, self-deprecating humor — and still more keywords that may be found here.
But wait — there’s more. As Avid Readers well know, Saturn and Pluto are already in Capricorn — reflecting the streamlining of authority, power and resources in the extreme. And by “streamlining” I mean “in the hands of the few.” However, Saturn will not be in Capricorn for all of 2020. It dips briefly into Aquarius on March 22nd — just after the Vernal Equinox and stays there until July 2nd. It retrogrades back into Capricorn, returning to Aquarius on December 17th, remaining there until March 2023.
Saturn is high-functioning in Aquarius, just as it is in Capricorn. But its agenda is quite different. A person born with Saturn in Aquarius needs needs needs to be helpful in their vocation. Structures are great, but they need to serve humanity. My sense is that we will see a hint of humanitarianism that is likely to drive a big part of 2021-2023. That hint is likely to show up between March 22nd and July 2nd. Between July 2nd and December 16th I expect we will see a push back from “Establishment” types who are more comfortable with the needs of Saturn in Capricorn. For those born in the last five days of Capricorn, Cancer, Aries and Libra — as well as the first few days of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, 2020 will be a significant year. Meanwhile…
Jupiter was last in Capricorn in 2008. That’s when U.S. banks were bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, in the form of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Hmmm. Pluto was in transition in 2008, going back and forth at the end of Sagittarius and very early Capricorn. In other words, it was consistent with a demand for prominent attention in matters of extreme power and resources in government and corporations, including a near-breakdown. Hmmm. 2008 was also when Barack Obama won his first presidential election. Jupiter will be in Capricorn until December 20th. On December 21st — the Winter Solstice — it meets up with Saturn in an extremely significant alignment known as a Great Conjunction.
There will be more to say about Jupiter and Saturn in future forecasts. For now, let’s look at…
…the news.
First, I confess I am not always thinking of planetary patterns when I anticipate what we’re likely to see in the headlines. Sometimes I just type what seems apt, like when I wrote that patterns on Thursday and Friday were apt “for getting the word out to rally the troops” — and then P45 makes a surprise visit to a military base in Afghanistan, a place he’d never visited. Having written that forecast, I can’t say I was surprised.
With Neptune turning direct, we’d expect a truckload of conspiracy (scandal and fraud), and with Mercury (information) so well-supported over the past week and this week, we expect a ton of dirt:
Jupiter refers to whales — and at the end of Sagittarius, Jupiter is demanding extra focus. Once upon a time, a narwhal whale tusk was believed to have magical properties, as might be associated with Neptune. And so…
In other news…
Wretchedly excessive and prominently luxurious (Venus-Jupiter at the Aries Point) plus Neptune glamour equals
File under Neptune’s potential for total delusion:
Meanwhile…
And finally…was it coincidence or conspiracy that the book I was drawn to read on Thanksgiving was Above the Line by Shirley MacLaine? It was sooooo Neptune direct — about her experience making a movie on the Canary Islands, which some say was once part of Atlantis. The shoot was plagued by financing woes — and people and things not being as they seemed. It was published in 2016 — before the election. Near the end of the book, she writes, “I feel a catastrophic change coming. I feel 2017 to 2020 is the turning point. Then there will be a new world…I would like to see what the realignment of countries will look like.”
And so on. It was interesting to read MacLaine’s musings now, in December 2019.
Ms. MacLaine was recently interviewed in the NYT Sunday magazine — still going strong at 85. Take a look at her horoscope and you might notice that she has the same Ascendant and Midheaven as Rudy Giuliani, activated right this minute by Jupiter. So of course she was being interviewed to promote the release of a new movie, Noelle.
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/0 Comments/in The Forecast /by Elisabeth Grace…to launch a revamped website! Please take a look around — and note the new domain name: https://elisabethgrace.com.
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Monday 11/25/2019: Sneak Peek at the Week; New Moon in Sagittarius; Neptune Direct & Les Grandes Dames of Venus-Jupiter at the Aries Point
/0 Comments/in The Forecast /by Elisabeth GraceGood Afternoon!
It’s a holiday week in these United States, but if you are working anyway, there is much that can be accomplished — starting with this morning. Moon is in Scorpio, driving the day with a need to dig deep for knowledge – -all for the sake of power and control. That’s where it was yesterday, and headlines were flooded with stories of dirt dug up. It is a dead Moon — the end of the lunar cycle. This accounts for any restlessness or listlessness you may feel, sensing that there is something new around the corner, but you don’t know what. A dead Moon is apt for projects and meetings you hope will fly under the radar, hidden by the lack of light from the Moon. Today’s Scorpio Moon goes void at 12:30 PM ET — for the rest of the business day. Stick to routine projects during the void; roll with any twists or flakes that disrupt your efforts to move forward in a straight line. CHILL OUT if a crisis erupts; it will likely dissipate once the Moon enters the next sign — Sagittarius — at 3:11 AM on TUESDAY.
Meanwhile, Venus changes signs today, leaving boundary-pushing Sagittarius for hard-nosed Capricorn. “How can we make this work?” is a Capricorn concern — and Venus in Capricorn can be quite the social climber, strategically considering how to best use assets — including people — for status and accomplishment. Issues involving women, money, art and social expression are likely to be prominent today through Wednesday, as Venus will be at the Aries Point, which includes the very start of Capricorn. Here’s the rest of the week:
The news will return in the next forecast. There’s so much to write about that happened last week as anticipated — Israel’s Netanyahu was indicted; Benny Gantz — who ran against him in the last election — failed to form a government. No surprise to anyone who’s been following this forecast — or read my take on Israel’s horoscope in the last Mountain Astrologer. We were expecting another upset for Israel at this time.
Meanwhile, in the wake of the weekend’s two big patterns — the shockingly aggressive innovation of Mars opposing Uranus, coupled with BIG news of valuable objects (Jupiter and Venus at the Aries Point), wipe-out and scandal (Neptune at a standstill) during a dead Moon (favoring covert operations):
Elsewhere, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, representing the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn Coalition has officially tossed his hat into the Democratic presidential campaign — here’s his horoscope — will update it soon, I hope. And — oh! — Fiona Hill testified before Congress last week — did you see her declare the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? She was born in October 1965 — no birthday known as of yet. She’s either a Libra having a sobering and authoritative experience with transiting Saturn, or a Scorpio being catalyzed by transiting Uranus. She might even be a double Scorpio, like Marie Yovanovitch. You can see why that speculation is plausible when you learn how she responded to a bullying classmate who set her pigtails on fire when she was just 11 years old. What do you think?
I would love to keep writing, but I must stop and focus my efforts on the new website that will be launched on Wednesday — at the appropriate astrological time. It’s been an tremendous effort over the past few weeks — I can’t wait for you to see it!
Until then, I leave you with Tarot Diva Beth Owlsdaughter’s Card of the Week — totally in synch with the mystic focus of Neptune turning direct…and Venus (women) demanding serious focus in Capricorn, at the prominent Aries Point. Brava, Beth!
Thank you for reading this forecast. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Monday 11/18/2019: Sneak Peek at the Week; Mercury Direct & Other Planetary Shifts
/0 Comments/in The Forecast /by gracemasterAlll-righty then!
The start of the work week is driven by the Moon in rip, roarin’ Leo, looking for a stage upon which to shine or a royal edict to pronounce. A fun Moon in Leo exercise is to pay someone a compliment — and see how they handle the appreciation. Around 1:53 PM ET, Moon squares Mercury, suggesting a creative expression demanding depth along with a sense of play.
General notes for the week: there are no exact aspects among the planets — except from the Moon — until Sunday. We’ll feel the tension building to a release all week. Meanwhile, two planets will change signs — Sun and Mars. One planet changes direction — Mercury. A fourth planet — Jupiter — is also worth noting, as it is almost through with its year-long sojourn in Sagittarius, the sign it rules. It leaves Sag for Capricorn on December 2, where its expansive and jovial nature must then find a way to conform to Capricorn’s insistence on status, structure and achievement — through all of 2020. But before it exits Sag, Jupiter will make contact with the Galactic Center — i.e., 27 degrees of Sagittarius. Ooh, what’s that?
The Galactic Center is a “supermassive black hole” around which everything in our galaxy revolves. The black hole seems to be a source of massive radio waves, so if one had a planet or point around 26-27 Sagittarius in the horoscope, that planet/point might be exceptionally tuned in to messages from Central Command. Peri Lyons (a gifted intuitive I’ve mentioned before), would be one example, as her Sun and Ascendant are connected to the Galactic Center– and she is quite a channel. I have a planet in touch with the GC, too. How about you? If you would like a few paragraphs of personal insights on the Galactic Center in your horoscope — and how it may be personally affected by Jupiter this week, I will be happy to oblige. Toss $44 into my Cosmic Tip Jar. Send me your birth data via this form — and stay tuned!
The rest of the week goes like this:
And now, the news.
Last week we were talking about Monday’s transit of Mercury, closely followed by Tuesday’s Full Moon in Taurus. Here’s that forecast, if you missed it. Guess whose horoscope was directly affected? Exhibit A: Marie Yovanovitch, the summarily dismissed and maliciously maligned former ambassador to Ukraine. Did you watch her testify on the second day of the public impeachment hearings on Friday? I wish I could say that everyone on the flight to NY from New Orleans was glued to their TV screens, but most were playing video games or watching movies featuring guns and car chases.
Anyhoo, Marie Yovanovitch kept her cool, as you’d expect her to do as a Scorpio born on 11/11/58 in Montreal (unknown birth time). Her Sun and Venus were activated by Mercury’s transit and the Full Moon — and perhaps her Scorpio Moon was, too. Oh — and she has Jupiter and Neptune in Scorpio — this is a woman on a mission, thank you very much. She is fiercely independent and innovative, suggested by her Sun-Venus conjunction’s square to rebel Uranus, as well as this NYT op-ed. We can also understand why P45 would find her such a threat. He made that clear by badmouthing her via tweet as she was testifying. Guess where her Mars is? At 25 Taurus, right on his Midheaven and square his Mars. Know who else has Mars at 25 Taurus? Nancy Pelosi (who also has a fearless Scorpio Moon).
Exhibit B: Prince Andrew, who went on the telly last week to say he has no recollection of ever meeting Virginia Giuffre and can’t explain the photo of him smiling with his arm wrapped around the then 17-year-old’s waist. The planet in his horoscope ruling matters of significant others and shared values/investments was activated. Virginia Giuffre, as you may recall, is one of Jeffrey Epstein’s many accusers. The interview has been widely panned (says the NYT) as “nuclear explosion bad.” Prince Andrew’s horoscope is scheduled for major activity in 2020, starting in January. That’s when his Midheaven (career/public status) will be challenged by squares from both Saturn and Pluto, suggesting streamlining and transformation.
Exhibit C was affected by the Full Moon — and especially the Mercury transit, as it built on communications that happened in 2015 and 2016 (re-read Monday’s forecast for details). Senior White House staffer and Stephen Miller made headlines when a trove of 900 emails he’d sent to a writer at Breitbart were leaked by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The emails revealed that Mr. Miller sought to sought to “promote white nationalism, far-right extremist ideas and anti-immigrant rhetoric,” according to the Washington Post. When were those emails written? In a 15-month period between 2015 and 2016. What planet in his horoscope was activated? His regal Mars in Leo, ruler of the area of his horoscope that refers to written communication and how he needs to think. It’s just amazing how many people with Mars in Leo are making news for arguably authoritarian ways of being and doing.
UPDATE: on the ongoing upsets to the status quo involving all things related to Taurus, as Uranus travels through the sign of the bull:
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Avid Readers may recall that P45’s horoscope was up for a considerable squeeze starting in November and continuing through 2020.
UPDATE: on Pete Buttigieg, who has taken a decisive lead in the Iowa polls. We still do not have a confirmed birth time for his horoscope, but with transiting Jupiter meeting up with his natal Neptune last Wednesday, we can see how his ability to be seen as an inspiration at his time would be amplified. A sextile to Pluto from Jupiter would reflect easy access to power and resources.
In other news…there are leaks and more leaks…some of which involve the authoritarian themes reflecting Saturn in Capricorn, as it prepares to meet up with Pluto (extremism) on January 12th:
Finally, add last week’s dreamy/foggy Venus-Neptune square:
Thank you for reading this forecast. And thanks to Avid Reader Katya for sharing this photo of her valiant effort to watch last Monday’s transit of Mercury — on a day with Mercury retrograde…d’oh!