Astrology by Mary MacLean

This New Moon takes place in Pisces at 25 degrees.  It is conjunct Mercury and Uranus.  This is a potent combination where ever it falls in your chart.  If you have Pluto in Virgo at around this same degree, it will be in opposition to this position and then this becomes extremely changeable.  Not all of us have Pluto in this position, so not to worry.  If you were born in ‘67 or 68′ you may have this opposition.  Pisces is a mutable water sign, so change is a constant.  This NM is also conjunct Uranus and Mercury making unexpected communication something to pay attention to.  Where ever or in what ever house this lands in is where all of this communication takes place.  It is also important to note that there is a quincunx in aspect and this tells me there is an adjustment to be made.  Your natal planets are not in this mix.  This does happen to everyone but just in a different area of life and interacting with natal planets.

Are you all as exhausted as I am?  This has been a harrowing week.  It is now March 10^th, 2010 and Mars is going direct today.  I should have remembered the effects of Mars going direct but it all simply slipped my mind along with a million other small details.  Mars retrograde is all about internalizing the last 3 months and the decisions we made at that time.  As Mars slows down to turn direct everything seems to come to some conclusion or decision.  None of this happens easily as I knew but like childbirth some magical thing comes over you and you don’t remember things like pain, exhaustion or stress.  Today I feel a new lease on the future but I had to walk thru fire to get there.  I am just hoping that your last two weeks were not as eventful as mine. 

My first experience was a call from my sister that my Aunt Francis had passed away.  I can only say that my Auntie Fran was the perfect mother, wife and Aunt.  I remember back in the day when Italian woman were forbidden to smoke.  Not that they didn’t, they just couldn’t let their husbands see them smoke.  My Auntie Fran would go to another part of the house with me under the assumption we were going to have tea together and chat.  She would take out a cigarette and remind me, as she lit up, to let her know if my Uncle Phil came anywhere into range of our hideaway.  In those days it was important to let your husband, especially Italian husbands, know that they were all powerful and commanded obedience about everything.  Things have really changed, thank God.

My Auntie Fran was the regular 4′11” Italian woman, but with one distinction I will always remember.  She was meticulous about her appearance in everyway.  I went back to Chicago last Thanksgiving to see her and at 97 years old, she did not have a gray hair on her head.  Her make up was beautiful as was her countenance.  I always admired her for her sensitivity.  She was a Scorpio, you know, and deeply sensitive.  She had a way of standing out from the crowd in a stately manner.  A true woman of class.  This set the tone for the last weekend. 

I wanted to pay tribute to her as one of her admirers and as a family member.  Her sweetness in this life is something I will always remember. 

I know I will miss my Auntie Fran and remember her always.

The rest of my weekend was filled with computer problems and a sewer backup.

Not anything I want to remember or talk about.

Remember, I asked for your help in putting Anna May Cottrell in your prayers.  She has come thru the Surgery but had a sudden set back today.  I ask again to hold her in the Light and send her your prayers..

Thank you…

I still have some openings for my bi-monthly Moon and personal chart subscriptions.  I am still asking for feedback as it will help me do a better job.  Thank you.