by Leo Knighton Tallarico
The Pisces/Virgo Full Moon shines extra large and bright today. It is totally full at 2:10 PM EDT. Tomorrow the Sun moves into Aries, as we celebrate the Spring Equinox at 7:21 PM EDT. Quite meaningfully, this spring Sun will be conjunct Uranus, as Uranus has recently entered Aries, where it will stay for approximately 7 years. Additionally, Uranus has entered a “trigger zone”. This is so because Uranus in now in the early degrees of cardinal sign Aries, triggering the Cardinal T-square formation from the last summer of 2010. When Jupiter entered that zone in late January and early February, we experienced the eruption of revolutionary movements in Egypt.
Now the fires of war and revolution are stoked in Libya, as the UN has authorized a no-fly zone fighting force against Gaddafi and the ruling regime there. Later today or tomorrow the UN authorized forces will begin their campaign.
The ruler of Aries is Mars, the ancient god of war. Uranus is a planet of change, awakening and revolution. It was discovered in 1781, a date in between the American and French revolutions. Revolution is now brewing strongly in many countries in the greater Middle East. War has also broken out there in Libya.
There is a stark contrast now between the Pisces/Virgo Full Moon and the entry of the Sun into Aries Spring Equinox conjunct Uranus.
The Pisces/Virgo Full Moon is one of the gentlest and most healing of all Full Moons. It helps us to let go and release the struggles of a passing winter. We touch once more, before the tide turns into spring, deep feelings, perhaps for some of sadness or grief.
Yet the passage into spring, especially now as it conjuncts Uranus, brings the inner stirrings of new energies, of awakening from winter’s slumber, of renewal. It brings forth our more active energies, ready to interact with others and the world.
This passing winter was long and filled with tons of snow and a lot of illness here in New England. We faced our inner demons and watched the world go more crazy. The tragedy in Japan has touched so many. The Earthquake and Tsunami were bad enough, and so the damage to nuclear facilities and resulting radioactivity was way over the top of misery for the Japanese.
And that reminded many of the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, where the USA dropped nuclear bombs. Over 200,000 people were killed then.
We need to pause as a human family now, and realize what danger nuclear power has brought to us. The nuclear plants are dangerous enough, and the nuclear weapons are suicidal.
We are entering a most powerful spring and summer now. I knew the winter would be filled with big events and transformational energy, in large part because of the Lunar Eclipse on the winter solstice.
And now the signature of the spring season has the Sun conjunct Uranus in Aries. And there will be 2 eclipses in spring, a Solar Eclipse on June 1 and a Lunar Eclipse on June 15. This will be followed by a quite powerful 2nd Solar Eclipse and third eclipse in a row- A New Moon Solar Eclipse Cardinal Grand Cross. So we know the spring and early summer of 2011 will also be filled with important and powerful events and transformational energies.
We are closing in on 2012. We are getting closer and closer to the beginning of an Aquarian Age, which I estimate beginning in December of 2020, when Jupiter is conjunct Saturn at 0+ degrees of Aquarius, great symbolism for Aquarian entry.
Of course you know how much we all will change during this time period. Some I know are fearing this change. Others are excited. Most feel both fear and hopefulness. Remember that even as huge waves of change cover our shores, much always stays the same.
We have births and deaths, we eat and sleep, we cry and laugh, we need friends and love, we work and accomplish. But we also change and evolve.
And sometimes there is a huge spike of evolution. And that is now! We are being asked to release old ways of living, and of interacting with one another and our Earth home that are destroying us. We need to rapidly release the programming by our families and culture that keep us toxic and decaying.
We are ready to open more to our authentic selves, to the messages from our deeper souls and the Universe. This opening will take us forward to where we need to go, when we need to go. We are always being assisted, if we are open to the spirit around us.
But sometimes we do feel lost and perhaps abandoned. It is because we are letting go of the old ways. We are in transition, and have not fully connected with the new frequencies. We are struggling with letting go of old ways, and a part of us is still trying hard to fit into the dying conventional world.
We are afraid to let go, as the familiar gives us a semblance of security. When big astrological events occur, our lives and consciousness are shaken up. This shake-up is intended to loosen our grip on our old ways and lives. While out of our normal balance, we are better able to move with change.
As you choose to move more strongly into healthier ways of being, that are more aligned with the Universe and your deeper soul, you will be supported by the Universe. But as the old proverb goes, “Trust Allah, but remember to tie up your camel”.
You cannot have blind faith. It is important to stay in touch with “reality” and practical matters. Just don’t let those matters dominate, as that will bring too much debilitating fear. Make your moves forward while staying connected to the signs and symbols and synchronicities all around you. But be careful not to make the signs into what you want them to be. Be as neutral as possible, so you can be objective.
So enjoy our movement into spring now and Aries energies. Aries is the bold movement of nature, the force of the buds pushing through the branches for new growth. Feel the stirrings of active energies deep in your psyche now, the desire for birth and renewal. It is mainly in seed form still, but soon ready to burst forward into new life.
See you next week,
Leo
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Leo Knighton Tallarico is a full time professional astrologer, spiritual guide, counselor, and writer for over 25 years.
He predicted the Iraq War of 2003- in early 2001 when Bush first took office; predicted the 9-11 attacks with an article “The Tower”, written in June 2001. He predicted Obama and McCain would get the presidential nominations in november 2007, when both were low in the polls; and correctly predicted the current economic downturn before it occurred.