New Moon

Welcome to the New Scorpio Moon

Hi folks what’s happening? If like the rest of us you’re in a strange ‘head space’ for the Sun has moved into Scorpio - symbolically the 8^th house of the natural chart so let’s explore some of the keywords of the 8^th and apply them to your personal house – see further down. During this month you’ll feel strong forces at work, forces of will, power, transformation, and regeneration. These forces might manifest as a desire to build or create something new or, to make ‘across-the-board’ changes to your life just realise you can't control anyone or anything but YOU so use this time learning greater self-control, channelling your energy and potential hostility into something creative, like a favourite hobby or activity! Here’s the secret of this Scorpio New Moon: Radical and fundamental changes are indicated (on the surface or taking place in depth of your being!) There are two certainties in life: death and taxes - expect to be confronted with either during this transit in the meantime discover your resilience, inner fortitude and strength for this transit can bring out the best or worst in you. ‘Seeds’ can be planted now – material, spiritual, metaphysical and literal (any time spent in the garden will prove rewarding) “what you sow – you grow.”

I know it’s heavy going for making changes to oneself is never easy, going on a diet, giving away the alcohol, exercising the body, giving up cigarettes, leaving a job or, letting go a way of life – something ‘dies’ in your life this month – what will it be I wonder? Seriously, better to make change than have change forced upon you, remembering I’m talking of some fundamental shift taking place, not whether you should change shops for your groceries! “Take a few moments today or tonight and see where YOU can alter your life in some way.”

I posted the following onto FaceBook the other day (some of you may’ve seen it)

Pay attention to your thoughts, because they become words.
Pay attention to your words - they become acts
Pay attention to your actions, because they become habits.
Pay attention to your habits, because they will become your character.
Pay attention to your character because it becomes your destiny.

There was a lot of interest – I thought I’d share it with you for there’s an element of truth in what’s written - I’ve always believed Character is Destiny. However, listen to comedian Catherine Tate’s character ‘Old Gran.’ Catherine Tate is a very funny lady with numerous characters in her repertoire – check them out on YouTube.

Let’s think about this for a moment for if we can have multiple characters we can have multiple destinies! Seek another ‘character’ within and change your destiny, this New Moon should see us all entering the depths of our being asking some serious questions about where we’ve been, what we’ve done and what we can do about creating something better! Keeping in mind “what’s meant for us – won’t go past us.” “You cannot have that which is not contained within you” – no matter how much pay homage to the Universe! Let’s look within and find another ‘character’ and change our destiny! (Keeping foremost in your mind the root meaning of destiny is destination!)

For your information this New Moon in Scorpio takes place at 3 degrees – knowing your House Cusp Key should tell you where to focus your thinking or listen to what you hear!  You don’t need me to list where the planets are located, see my website – suffice to say I have Pluto (the ruler of Scorpio) conjunct my Natal Mercury @ 5 degrees Capricorn and wondering how this is going to manifest – any suggestions, clues or observations. Mars will enter Virgo on the 11^th November and will remain there for about 6 months! Look to where Virgo is located on your chart – this is where there’ll be increased activity as ‘he’ torments the living daylights of anything contained in this house! I’m looking forward to his presence in my solar 10^th – what about you?

Talking about Mars tormenting anything within a house – let’s explore this a little further – remembering my latest book: Solar/Lunar Astrology contains some of these concepts all you Virgo’s out there should prepare for his entering your 1^st (he’s already in your 12^th!)

Look at your chart and see where the planets are placed, better still draw the wheel to the left and place the planets where they were at your day of birth – creating a snapshot of the moment in time you entered this plane of consciousness, this dimension of reality, this creation of yours, this moment of awareness and earthly perception (yada yada) will I let Catherine Tate make her famous comment? Nah; once is enough for the moment.

 Many have asked me why I concentrate on the houses and my reply is always the same – if you cannot understand the houses you’ll never understand Astrology and like physical houses some are mansions, some are derelict, some with basements, others with attics – catching my drift? There are many layers to each house, something like the many sub-contractors used in the building a new home and each with their own personality imbued in their work – happy builders mean happy homes – unhappy builders mean unhappy homes – same with Astrological Houses – the planets contained within are stimulated once a month by the Moon, once a year by the Sun and ‘tormented’ by other planets for various time periods – some at length some very briefly! When we come to the end of 2011 we’ll have ‘everything’ in direct motion – yippee! Before then we have brief Mercury retrograde (in Sagittarius) from the 24^th November until 14^th December so if thinking of buying a new computer, iPod, iPad, etc better to do so before or after these dates!  

I’ve given you lots to think about this New Moon and wish you well in your search for another ‘character’ within and change your destiny/destination. I’ll be looking for mine - for this old fart needs a makeover LOL

Until next time