Astrology by Mary MacLean

I have been waiting for this for the last 3 months.  This last Eclipse cycle was difficult for me.  The beginning of this Eclipse was in close conjunction to my Cancer Moon on Dec. 30, 2009.  Throughout this last 6 months situations dealing with my home, family and career have been literally a daily challenge.  There has been upheaval in these areas that I didn’t plan.  Isn’t that just like life?  Pluto hovering over the 4 degrees of Capricorn has been in direct opposition to my moon.  Anyone who has had Pluto conjunct or in opposition to their Moon will know what I am wining about.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel but I can’t get there fast enough.  If you have any planet at 4 degrees of a Cardinal sign (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) we are in the same vibration.  I have a Cancer Moon, which represents nurturing, sensitivity and family.  The Moon represents what you need to do in your life to feel like yourself and when you mess with any of those things you will find me unrecognizable.  The wonderful gift is that there is a beginning and an end to this period. Pluto is transformation and I have had to instantly change my thinking about mores’ that I grew up with all of my life to encompass the realities of my current life.  This has been a difficult period but I have learned much about myself and who I really am now.

 ”Yesterday is history.  Tomorrow is a mystery.  And today?  Today is a gift.  That’s why we call it the present.”  ~Babatunde Olatunji

  Saturn is back in Virgo going direct, ending a 2 ½ year cycle on July 22, 2010.  Think about what has changed in your life in the last Saturn cycle.  Some area of your life has been redefined and represents the new structure we will build on as we move on in life. The area of life that it restructured had Virgo on the house cusp.  Mine has been in the 12^th house of the past, subconscious, preparation and institutions.  Saturn will be going over my ascendant soon and starting a new 30 year cycle.  Saturn in Virgo in the 12^th always clears away the baggage we don’t want to carry over into our new 30 year cycle.  Interestingly enough it has coincided with my Pluto moon opposition, of where the excess emotional baggage is located.  The themes of change are similar in everyone’s chart.

   Mars has completed its cycle through Leo and we have all redefined that area also in our lives for me it was 10^th house and career.  That is when I started my subscription service.  It is ruled by Cancer and contains my Moon.  What have you started in the last 6 months?

 By the way, thank you so much for your support and appreciation.  I am grateful for the accolades and how you have accepted my work. It is my joy in life and I am so lucky to be able to do my work and have it appreciated. 

The format for this Eclipse is Full Moon ….New Moon….This means that the Full Moon Eclipse precedes the New Moon Eclipse.  This is an ending to the last 6 months Full Moon Eclipse cycle that started on December 30, 2009.  Everything that started around January 1, 2010 will now be finishing up.  Because of the Full Moon being first it finishes issues or ends them.  The New Moon Eclipse starts a cycle that lasts for another 6 months.  The New Moon brings in new challenges and beginnings. 

 This Full Moon Eclipse will be at 4 degrees of Capricorn.  It is conjunct Pluto and square to Uranus and Jupiter and in opposition to Sun and Mercury. Actually you can consider this a Grande Cardinal Cross.  I think Saturn at 28 degrees of Virgo is a bit far to be considered for this Eclipse. It will have an effect but it is out of sign and that area will not have the power or energy as the other three points.  This is quite a combination.  Just think, you will have the assertiveness of Uranus and Jupiter in Aries squares the transformative energy of Pluto.  The intensity of Pluto involved with the FME in opposition to the Sun and Mercury. This is exciting and intense.  It is strong movement and quite a change.   Whatever houses this lands in will be the recipient of change.  Any aspect that it makes within 3 degrees conjunct or in opposition to this point will be dynamic.  If this Full Moon Eclipse lands in an angular house it will activate your entire chart.  Pluto always indicates change.  This FME is no different. The change that takes place may be voluntary or not.  Such is life. This is very initiatory and you will be the one in charge of whatever happens.  There will be a lot of completions with this Eclipse opening your life to some new directions and destinations.   

 Now for the big news…This FME will directly influence the New Moon Eclipse on July 11, 2010.  The NME is the result of the FME.  You can expect new challenges and new opportunities to show up.  This NME will exert its power and energy over the next 6 months.  For those of you who know your chart it will occur on July 11, 2010 at 19 degrees of Cancer.

We are definitely in an ending cycle.  This New Moon is the prelude to the Partial Full Moon Eclipse on June 26^th 2010.  This Full Moon Eclipse concludes the Full Moon Eclipse that took place December 30^th, 2009.

More later on this subject and now back to the New Moon.

This New Moon has a transiting Uranus Jupiter conjunction in square to transiting Pluto.

To those of us that can imagine the energy of this aspect, take it up a notch or two because of the Pluto.  Jupiter will exactly square Pluto during the month of July and then retrograde.  This is expansion.  Check the houses that occupy the planets and you will find the area of expansion.  Uranus and Jupiter are pretty exciting for some and scary for others.  The level of fear that you hold is what will determine if it is exciting or scary.  You will have met this energy early in the month.  I would say around the 6^th of June.  There is a second part to this conjunction.  This conjunction is square to Pluto adding a good amount of passion or deliberateness.

This NM also squares transiting Saturn, introducing a good amount of responsibility and structure to the coming two weeks.  Mars will have just past an opposition to Chiron by a day or so, spurring communication in relation to personal thoughts and desires.  Transiting Mars is currently trining Pluto shifting your thinking to details around current changes.  This NM in Gemini always has a duality attached to it.  Find the duality in your life and you will find the NM. You may find yourself doing two things at once or deciding on what to do between two situations.  These will be the challenges you will face with the coming New Moon. 

Since I am only able to tell you the transiting aspects, in order for you to get a complete picture you will have to add this information to your natal chart.  Look for where the NM takes place, what house is it?  This is the area that will be affected with the NM. 

This is what my New Moon and Full Moon subscription will do.  It is personal to your chart.  I have had a lot of interest in my subscriptions.  Most people seem to really enjoy them.  I would try a one month subscription and see if it meets your expectations before subscribing for 6 months.  I feel these are intimate glimpses into your current life path.

Thank you so much for your gracious and positive responses to my subscription service.

The Full Moon partial Eclipse on June 26, 2010 will complete the cycle that started on December 30^th, 2009.  This Full Moon brings in a change that you have been dealing with for the last 6 months.  Following that Full Moon Eclipse will be a New Moon Eclipse two weeks later that will begin another new cycle.  So, not only are you looking at the end of one cycle you are looking at the beginning of a new cycle.  If you take a minute to think back 2 ½ years ago you are at the end of this Virgo Saturn cycle also.  Everything is pointing to new energy and new beginnings.  The new Libra Saturn cycle is the light at the end of the tunnel.  We are almost there…Saturn is in exaltation in Libra.  It works very well there.  Libra is a Cardinal Air planet.  This is the relationship cycle, dealing with partnership and dealing with the general public. Find the house that Libra rules and you will be looking at the future.