March 2014 Horoscopes

Aries
21st March – 20th April
From the 1^st, and until May, planet Mars retrogrades (appears to move backwards) under a powerful, reflective and healing new moon, suggesting that for you there’s now big turning points in relationships, agreements and contracts, born from your strong urge for changes. Remember that changes of approach or direction can be exactly what’s needed to refresh your perspective and open you up to places you were struggling to find; though this might be hardest to believe on the 17^th when there’s pressure and tension about, and easiest into the final week, especially under an exceptionally dynamic new moon of new beginnings, on the 30^th. 

Taurus

21st April – 21st May

It’s a month of makeovers, restructuring and reorganisation in key areas of your life, especially career and work environment, but also relationships, contracts and agreements. There’s also a renewed focus on health so perhaps a return to a discarded fitness plan or a health review is coming up. You are profile raising too as your public image becomes more important to you, and communication in general moves forward for the first time in months. The pushy and unpredictable new moon on the 30^th can sweep clean old clutter in an instant so don’t take anything for granted or what’s being neglected will go too.

Gemini

22nd May – 21st June

It’s easy to see and feel things are moving forward for you again this month, especially when it comes to relationships and agreements, so in certain areas you begin a period of re-assessing your priorities and reconnecting with what really matters to you. An important new moon on the 1^st reinforces this, suggesting long-term plans and commitments are becoming more defined through your assessment process. Friendships, group involvement and social gatherings are all highly starred for March; there’s a theme of things starting up again, a return to old haunts, or important reunions. Basically, where there’s fun there are meaningful encounters.

Cancer

22nd June – 22nd July

There’s a very healing new moon on March 1^st that suggests new horizons, literally or intellectually, are coming up that answer longstanding questions. There’s a sense of moving forward again, for the first time since late last year, and there’s also a turning point in a home and family situation now too as things are happening from now until May that move you (maybe literally) in different directions in that area of your life. From the 20^th Career, status and long-term plans have got your attention, and very much so around the 30^th, when a powerful new moon with revolution on its mind inspires you to take a stand for what you want.

Leo

23rd July – 23rd August

Going with the flow is a good idea for March, especially during a tender and loving new moon on the 1^st, which brings bright ideas and expansion to situations involving shared resources, and a new sense of trust and intimacy in relationships. You are in the mood to sort out home and family matters, and heck, even the whole neighbourhood if they need it too. Communication and education are hugely important till May, and travel too; especially around a particularly powerful new moon on the 30^th, when broadening your horizons has never felt so freeing, or so revealing.

Virgo

24th August – 22nd September

You are making progress with problem-solving right from the start, and as this is the month for new beginnings in relationships, this might be the month to meet a match. Finance and resources, and also contracts and agreements, are in the spotlight till May; related to this is an important turning point, a need to reach a balance, and a brand new start of some sort, all before March ends. The annual full moon in your sign on the 16^th magnifies your emotions on all this; it’s a bit like giving yourself a second chance at some New Year resolutions (pick any year). 

Libra

23rd September – 23rd October

This is a significant month for Libra. On the 1^st, under a health and healing focused new moon, your relationship planet Mars retrogrades (appear to move backwards) in your sign, until May. This suggests an important period of re-balancing and re-orientating yourself when it comes to key partnerships, contracts and agreements. Added to this, there’s a power-packed relationship-themed new moon on the 30^th which indicates new choices and paths emerging, and that you’re in the mood to fight for freedom and fairness wherever you see imbalance; the success of which requires you to begin with the most important relationship of all: the one you have with yourself.

Scorpio

24th October – 22nd November

Your most creative side is in full flow as March starts, and the planets support any venture you sincerely have your heart set on. This includes adventures that broaden your intellectual and physical horizons, as any delays or obstacles in that area have recently been lifted, and the only limitations you now encounter are self-imposed via self-doubt or confidence issues. Working through these issues can take time, so allow for that, but all reviews and assessments will help sort your priorities, and help bring you the clarity and confidence of renewed and refocused intention. The new moon on the 30^th is a powerful symbol of this process underway.

Sagittarius

23rd November – 21st December

From the 6^th there’s a turning point, as your ruling planet Jupiter moves forwards for the first time since November. It symbolises improved clarity about relationships and emotional attachments, while trust and intimacy deepens and you feel more open and relaxed when it comes to shared resources. Your friendships and group involvement also reach a turning point at that time too, as until May you are reviewing your priorities, and also reactivating old contacts that will one day move you forward on new projects with links to the past. An utterly dynamic new moon on the 30^th pushes you firmly in the right direction on this.

Capricorn

22nd December – 20th January

Some situations are suddenly moving forward with ease while others seem to suddenly be taking backward steps. The message is to trust the timing; relax and go with your changes of mind and others changes of direction, especially regarding communication at the start of the month. There’s a turnaround in a relationship or agreement that feels positive, and from now until May you’re reviewing and restructuring long-term plans, especially linking to career, as well as home and family matters. Also, a spirited new moon on the 30^th feels full of enterprising solutions and dynamic new beginnings, especially linked to home and family.

Aquarius

21st January – 18th February

Some situations are moving forward, while some are stalling or in reverse. Maybe it’s a lesson in stepping back and going with the flow, even if it’s a disorganised kind of flow; but once Venus moves into your sign on the 5^th it’s going to feel a lot sweeter managing any direction or turning point. The full moon on the 17^th emphasises this, and also indicates more communication and clarity coming your way, particularly if you’re returning to plans involving travel or education (or both). Final week (especially new moon on 30^th) is just amazing for all communication; it’s fast and furious, where past meets present for courageous new beginnings.

Pisces

19th February – 20th March

There’s a really special new moon in your sign on the 1^st. It has a strong theme of healing, and as ever with Pisces, there’s a little magic and a few miracles there too. It takes faith and belief to activate all this, and you have access to that in abundance, especially from the 6^th when lucky Jupiter moves you forward for the first time since November when it comes to matters of the heart, and (therefore) all your creative projects. Relationships are coming back into balance, as are shared finances, then a truly dynamic pattern of planets at the end of the month indicates a bold and brave investment.

Jonathan Cook on Brand versus Snow

I really love what Jonathan Cook has to say about the recent interview clash between Russell Brand and Jon Snow. Brand is certainly fit for the job of wordy Olympic athlete in dialogue and debate given his Gemini Sun and Aries moon.
It also reminds me of what goes on with the sceptic versus the spiritually orientated, when the mainstream science-minded smugness assumes the only stable and 'sensible' reality is their own and the ones who include spirit realms as a day to day common-sense reality must be a charlatan or in denial of the truth and holding delusions that should be apologised for. I love that Russell Brand won't be shamed by the old order....

Cook writes:

"The lessons of Russell Brand’s TV clash 15 February 2014 .............Russell Brand is back, with another incredible performance – and that is what it has to be, given the paradigm of debate he is forced into. This 15-minute interview with Ch4′s Jon Snow starts slowly, focusing on Brand’s efforts to change Britain’s primitive drugs laws. But it rapidly widens out into a fascinating ideological clash between the old order and the new. Again, the old order wants to discredit his argument that we should not legitimise our corrupt political systems by voting for them. The most interesting thing about these confrontations is watching Brand’s skilful manoeuvring as he refuses to allow himself to be intellectually sidetracked or cornered. It’s like watching an Olympic athlete. He has to use every skill in his considerable emotional and intellectual armoury: humour, matiness, intelligence, quick-wittedness, compassion, muted anger. So few of us have quite such a complete range of talents. This looks like hard work even for Brand. The reason is not that Snow is intellectually superior or has the better arguments; it is simply an illustration of power. Snow is representing the elite consensus, the version of reality that we are presented with day in, day out by the corporate media. Snow does not have to make his case, because his case is assumed to be the rational, sensible one. He can simply concentrate on various lines of attack. Brand, on the other hand, has both to turn complex, rarely expressed, non-intuitive arguments into soundbites and to ward off Snow’s attempts to discredit him at the same time. That is hard, exhausting work – and one senses how difficult it is even for Brand. Nonetheless he joins the ranks of the tiny number of people, like Noam Chomsky and Glenn Greenwald, who can do this against these very experienced enforcers of consensus. The treatment of Brand in this and other interviews by the corporate media is a useful reminder that the system is precisely designed to silence, intimidate and marginalise those who challenge the manufactured consensus. Those like Brand, Chomsky and Greenwald whom the corporate media cannot easily ignore but who can also stand their ground against the onslaught provide a rare chance for us to understand that media debate does not have to be this way". http://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2014-02-15/the-lessons-of-russell-brands-tv-clash/

2014 - Year of the Horse

From my new Facebook page, Bond With The Moon.

 

February 2014 Horoscopes

Aries

21st March – 20th April

Matters of the heart are important this month, but career and long-term commitments have also got your attention because change is underway and your only job is to trust the process and allow changes to work for you and through you. This is hardest around the 11^th, when it feels difficult to see and sense support for your hopes and dreams from usual sources, so look for alternative routes, while not forgetting to look within (especially around 26^th). Also a full moon on the 14^th is a big symbol of love and of acknowledging love and romance. Friends or your links to groups figure highly in this somehow.

Taurus

21st April – 21st May

A recent turnaround or turning point in how you see certain situations has increased your level of faith and belief that what matters will happen for you. You are looking forward with increased optimism because most importantly, you have your own approval and support, which is the magic ingredient for any successful progress and development. It’s a month for love and romance too; a full moon on Valentine’s Day is about comfort zones, so those looking for love might want to play it safe, while those wanting continued connections find home and hearth a real romantic scene setter.

Gemini

22nd May – 21st June

From 6^th to 28^th your ruler Mercury is retrograde (appearing to move backwards), so faces or places from the past might become relevant again, especially concerning career, status or long-term plans. There’s also a connection to travel or education after midmonth; perhaps a return to study will benefit career, or travel is important in the equation somehow. Whatever it is, don’t let doubts get the better of you around 11^th and 19^th; instead make the most of the particularly loved up Valentine’s day, especially relative to yourself as this is the time to recognise and appreciate exactly what your keen clear perspective on all things can give you right now.

Cancer

22nd June – 22nd July

Your new sense of balance and centeredness might be tested around the 11^th when powerful dynamics in situations peak and come to a head. Calm and comfortable is what balance feels like, so practice that to stay there. Midmonth opportunity knocks; a bright and shiny full moon sheds light on new resources in the form of spaces and places to move forward towards (love-life is linking to this too), but perhaps timing needs to be trusted on all this for now, as there’s preparation necessary before the ‘real’ movement happens. In other words, simple awareness of new opportunities is another step towards fulfilment of new opportunities. 

Leo

23rd July – 23rd August

This is a fabulous month for love and romance, and it all revolves around a heart shaped full moon in your sign on the 14^th. But while you’re at the centre of all the action (just where you like to be), you might be too busy midmonth to fully appreciate it,  as Valentine’s looks packed with variety and change in lots of areas of your life (just how you like it to be, mind you). So the beginning and end of February is probably where you’ll have more time for romance, but enjoy the extra effort and energy required as it is opening new doors of opportunity all the time.

Virgo

24th August – 22nd September

From the 6^th your ruler Mercury retrogrades (appears to move backwards) in your relationship chart; indicating an important change of mind or perspective regarding key relationships and agreements, as well as a reconnection with people or places from the past. From the 13^th, old problems are reviewed with new eyes, and you’re in solution seeking mode, with great success. You are full of drive and direction midmonth, but don’t let anyone knock your confidence around the 19^th. Friends and fun are inseparable during the final week; it’s a time of unexpected pleasures and unpredictable developments.

Libra

23rd September – 23rd October

Recently a turning point has been reached that has allowed you to move forward with plans, especially those relating to home and family situations. While that builds momentum, there are a few reminders this month about finding a balance between peace-keeping and being fair on yourself. Harmonious and smooth relationships with others are important to you, but February is about keeping things right with yourself first and then others. Often it takes just that before any kind of harmony is reached with others. In other words you can’t be fair on others if you aren’t being fair on yourself.

Scorpio

24th October – 22nd November

For months you’ve been gradually releasing situations that no longer serve you. February begins with an important turning point regarding this, in that you’re no longer feeling loss is inevitable, and instead that there’s more to gain from the releasing. And while there might be a temporary feeling of restriction at times this month, especially regarding finances or resources, the keyword is temporary, which you know is the truth, and which makes the gains feel sweeter when they come; and they are coming. Restrictions are more noticeable around the 11^th, while glimpses of freedom (unpredictable at first) begin to show with more intensity around the 26^th.

 

Sagittarius

23rd November – 21st December

Recently it maybe felt like you were heading for the point of no return in certain situations, perhaps because there was an issue of self-worth or self-respect at stake. But as February begins there’s the definite sense of a turning point having happened in this. Certain relationships might not feel like that at times, but they benefit from communication, especially from the 13^th, when going over old ground or revisiting the past is important. After midmonth and especially during the final week it’s hard not to act on impulse, so try to decide if it’s creative individuality or just reactive rebellion that is behind it first.

Capricorn

22nd December – 20th January

At first, February might feel like it’s one step forward and two back, especially around the 11^th when a build of tension in situations might make you react instead of respond and then maybe regret it. But given that just now there are some heavy dynamics in many situations, being kind to your own mistakes or misjudgements might be all you can do sometimes. The full moon on the 14^th speaks of strength and focus in work and career, as well as in any long-term plans and ambitions, while relationships, especially family bonds are in the spotlight during the final week perhaps with sudden announcements or unexpected development

 

Aquarius

21st January – 18th February

There’s a relationship themed full moon on the 14^th. Love, appreciation and respect are what it’s all about; which means recognising and acknowledging what you love, appreciate and respect in others, while being open to ( feeling deserving of) receiving that from everyone who matters to you. Events around the 11^th might make you wonder if that is possible, as pressure and stress seem to be an unavoidable component of many situations right now, but keep the faith. During the final week in particular, bottled up energy can release suddenly and unexpectedly, so don’t bottle up what you don’t want lose control over.

Pisces

19th February – 20th March

While the ways that developments happen in your life right now aren’t always the ways you would choose, there’s no denying that progress is occurring. It might be sudden, unexpected, a tad pressurised, and a rather intense process, but things are developing; noticeably around the 11^th, and also during the final week of Feb (especially 26^th). From the 18^th, the sun is in your sign, which means sunny vibes to warm your heart (very warm and fuzzy around 14^th and 23^rd), as well as creative surges and inspired light bulb moments (around 28^th).

 

Full Moon in Cancer 16th January 2014

This is the latest post from my Facebook page, Bond With The Moon.

The first full moon of 2014 is at 04.52am, UK time, on Thursday 16th January. It's the annual full moon in Cancer, a sign that links to home and hearth, parenting, children, comfort zones, safe spaces to grow, and safe places to dwell.

Over the next few days, while the moon looks full in the sky, moodiness, neediness or restlessness might be amplified (as well as full moon insomnia) because moon in Cancer especially amplifies emotion, and therefore doubts and fears, around unmet needs or lack of fulfilment.

Be kind to yourself (and others) regarding your hunger for 'more' from life, whatever it might be. Soothe inner doubts and fears of never receiving more or better, as that's just insecurity talking. Instead, talk yourself into comfort and peace of mind regarding what is left to do or receive, or what you don't know how to do or receive.
Allow yourself to feel all feelings; to accommodate and accept them, to be compassionate about your own discomforts, rather than feeding them to silence them with habits such as comfort eating/drinking/shopping etc.

Moon in Cancer is a sensitive, deeply emotional and connecting time; it symbolises both your inner child and inner parent and how the call is to recognise and be both to yourself. Nurture, nourish, shelter, repeat.

New Moon In Capricorn on New Years Day 2014

I have a page on Facebook that I have just started, called Bond With The Moon. It's not restricted to astrology, there's going to be tarot, healing, sacred geometry and all kinds of lovely spiritual stuff. This is a recent photo post. Visit and 'like' if you like :)

January 2014 Horoscopes!

Happy New Year... wishing everyone a kind and loving 2014, :)

Aries
21st March - 20th April
Long-term plans and ambitions have got your attention right from the start, inspired by a transformational new moon on New Year's Day. The success of plans requires a letting go of the past somehow, in order to reveal your new future, and this requires acceptance that there's much you can't control in situations right now. Which means keep trusting the process no matter what, and give things time to work, because despite the rather clunky unfolding of events during January, there's a delicate balance to be reached; it's the satisfying soft click of everything falling smoothly into place that you are really after, rather than a pushy, hurried, empty victory.

Taurus
21st April - 21st May
Certain relationships are occupying, even obsessing your thoughts, especially as 2014 first gets going. There's a very powerful new moon on the 1st, which is about gaining new perspective on all this, or rather, a renewed sense of faith; it's evolving from all the challenges you've been facing that might feel emotionally intense, but that has become a satisfying journey of self-development and personal progress. There's another tangible turning point around the 30th when your ruler Venus ends retrograde phase (appearing to move backwards), which suggests looking forward with the wisdom of your experience as your guide, and the power of your perspective at full charge.

Gemini
22nd May - 21st June
The new moon on January 1st is a powerful time for healing and renewal. Despite the intensity and complexity of many situations it's not the time to hide under the duvet till it all goes away, and no forcing things into place (and it's so tempting!), it's about stepping up and staying present on what you want, while not needing to control circumstances. Push and the world pushes against you. Relax and the world softens and yields to you. So get comfy with uncertainty, light a candle and breathe if you're feeling too much in the dark about everything, then enjoy watching how January starts falling into place.

Cancer
22nd June - 22nd July
You connect easily with the lunar moods, its ebb and flow, and light and shade cycles; and the new moon on the 1st represents a powerful new cycle for you in certain relationships, which has been building for a while. It's recognisable in how things are evolving not ending, and transforming not crumbling away to nothing. Around the 6th/7th you need your freedom though this doesn't mean act on restless impulse (especially at work). On the 16th the annual full moon in your sign is about taking stock and taking score; then another new moon on the 30th indicates a positive turning point for friendships and family matters.

Leo
23rd July - 23rd August
Health and fitness, work and daily schedule is at the forefront for January but especially so around the potent new moon on the 1st. The planets are packed tight together that day, suggesting a concentration/focusing of your energies and responsibility towards progress in those areas of your life; and you might feel the pressure is on, especially when it comes to work. Look for a turnaround or turning point from the 30th, when assessments or delays end, and things can move forward. Also on the 30th there's a beautiful new moon in your relationship chart bringing a loving sense of freedom and friendship your way.

Virgo
24th August - 22nd September
The new moon on the 1st is a powerful symbol of change and transformation for you, and to get the most out of the intensity and emotion of this and the New Year period, be open to the idea that too much control of situations isn't helpful. Control includes anything like pushing or shoving outcomes into place, denying that things can work out well, or denial that there's flexibility and options; basically, control is getting in your own way and hampering your process instead of stepping back and trusting it. Fear of losing what you really want is at the heart of it, so transform that fear rather than act like it's a possibility.

Libra
23rd September - 23rd October
Home and family matters, the past, nostalgia, and your current comfort zones are all under the spotlight of a powerful new moon on the 1st. New moons are about new beginnings, though this one also speaks of beginnings as a process that takes time and which won't be rushed. Emotional intensity, renewal, communication and responsibility are the keywords in key situations this month (especially around 1st, 6th and 10th). Don't try to control the uncontrollable (which is nearly everything it seems), or try to move against the tide (especially 16th). By the 30th your ruler Venus indicates a turning point in this and easier movement forward again.

Scorpio
24th October - 22nd November
Lucky that you're at ease in emotionally intense situations or those with tricky dynamics because that's the name of the game as 2014 gets going. It might be because of the time of year too, meaning you're in the mood to finish unfinished business and clear the clutter of old and tired emotional debris. A new moon on the 1st indicates powerful and transforming communication, and getting the message across has never felt so utterly necessary. Relationships, contracts and negotiations are indicated to move forward at the end of the month, so don't push for commitments before then unless the timing feels especially right.

Sagittarius
23rd November - 21st December
A general theme for January is finding the right balance between sharing and caring for others, and being disciplined about your own resources. The unusually powerful new moon on the 1st indicates new feelings of responsibility and also awareness of limits. As there's no right or wrong in this, it's all about comfort zones and what feels best, so any deep or difficult feelings are there to help guide you in this. By the new moon on the 30th, there's a sense of important change and transition underway; it's important to remember this is all ok, and yes, there's more good stuff to come.

Capricorn
22nd December - 20th January
All the big planet action takes place in your sign this month; and it's big. A new moon on the 1st and what happens around it is about the continuing transformation you've been going through for some time: the personal make-over, the evolution of who you were into who you want to be. The new moon is a symbol of a new phase in this, as is the brand new year, so there's a lot of 'new' (unknowns) to process and allow, and a lot of old (familiars) to gently let go of. Your interactions, relationships, and current circumstances are assisting you to do that through January, so trust the process and the timing.

Aquarius
21st January - 18th February
It's a powerful and reflective start to 2014; you might feel you need more time than usual to yourself, to process and make sense of everything, so being selective about who or what you allow into your space is going to serve you (meaning be choosy about tv programmes, news stories, gossip, and negative people, etc; especially around the 6th when it's hard not to react rather than respond) Communication planet Mercury is in your sign from the 12th, which indicates clarity and the logical approach (especially 25th). Then a new moon in your sign on the 30th has a window of opportunity. It's a big window.

Pisces
19th February - 20th March
An emotionally intense new moon on the 1st focuses on situations involving friendship, teamwork, and dreams/ambition for the future; and there's a lot happening within that on the themes of responsibility, rebirth, renewal or regeneration. January is a positive (if sometimes pressurised) month and you can't hurry through it as much as you'd like to. The asteroid Chiron which links to healing is in your sign, with the message to take your own medicine/advice, and don't overdo it, even though you're being pulled in different directions at once (especially 5th, 16th, and 29th).