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Rick DiClemente’s Astrology
Newsletter
Volume
46, November 2009
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“Where seldom is heard a discouraging word”
Many
times, astrology is just right-on. If your sexual partner is a(n): Aries –
Be ready for an adventure. Don’t exactly look for long, sensitive foreplay –
ain’t gonna happen. No place for hang-ups either. Get
with it. Tell them how good they are. Taurus -
Take your time, I mean, what’s the hurry? Savor the moment and the
ambiance. Any strawberries in the frig? Pleasant smelling candles?
Low light? Atmosphere is everything. Oh, I didn’t know
my elbow could feel so good! Gemini –
My goodness, anything goes here! Chandelier’s nice and strong. You want me to
do what? No, I’ve not made love in a grocery store before. This is not the time
to use your cell phone either. Geez. Leave that costume for Halloween, will you? What a circus,
sure, invite your cousins over. What is that that you’re rubbing on my ears? Cancer –
Can you be gentle with me? This is no place to speak of past conquests. Your
partner is the only one. This is the place for long foreplay. Except, none of this is play. Lots of
hugging and nuturing. Yeh, really. Yes, I will
love you in the morning and forever and ever. OK? I will NEVER leave you,
promise. Leo –
What a performance! Encore! This could last a while, I tell ya.
Buy a huge waterbed with a great big canopy. Do we have to use the
cameras tonight? This is quite a production. You must have gone to school for
this – no?! Make sure you compliment your partner’s abilities, twists and
turns. Virgo –
Let’s see, it’s Libra –
Tell her how beautiful her negligee is. Yes, I know, the makeup comes off afterwards.
This should be very pleasant and elegant. Make sure the music is appropriate
and make dang sure no one is peeping in the windows. Do I like your my earrings? Scorpio –
Oh my, better have a pitcher or two of ice-cold water on the bed-stand. Well, I
never, I didn’t know it could be this intense! I never did it on altar linens
before. Don’t DARE call him or her the wrong name in the
midst of passion; that could be the end of you. Sagittarius –
Hey, what the heck – you never tried that before? Hell, it’s fun, c’mon!
Anything goes here. What was your name again? Oh yeah. Try running down the
hall first, come back and then jump….! It’s a blast. Who cares about doing it
“right”, sure, I’ll try that. Exactly what type of ointment is that? Capricorn –
Well dear, I just don’t understand. We’re really not supposed to try positions
other than the missionary, are we? May I take a break? I’m starting to sweat a
little bit. Are you OK? I don’t want you to get a bruise anywhere, and Lord forbid, what about a blood clot! Could you imagine the bills
for that? Aquarius –
Well it’s all so wonderful, isn’t it? I just love to explore every inch of you.
You never tried this with a black-light on! It’s way cool. Yes, I’ll love you
in the morning; I’m just not sure where I’ll be by then – who knows? Pisces –
Yes Jill, I mean Joanne, er Judy – you’re simply the
greatest. Don’t you have to be at work now? It’s Monday morning at And when it’s all said
and done, may all of you astrological aficionados have a few extra sextiles.
Each of us lives in an emotional world. You may not
notice this world but it’s probably better said that we all tend to take this
highly-defined invisible world for granted. This arena in which we move is
largely formed and sustained by the astrological archetype into which we were
born. Keep in mind, as always, that your Sun sign is just part of your makeup.
There is much more to you and your nature. What I mean by an emotional world is that we feel
our way through life naturally. Many times we expect others to feel the same
way as we do and we often shake our heads in misbelief when others don’t. As
you can imagine, this can lead to continual friction. The emotional sphere we
live in explains very much about our behavior and also shows why we get the “astrological
reputations” that we do. If you do what you do it’s because that’s what you do.
And, if you do what you do (naturally) then you don’t do what you don’t do. Clear? You’ll get the idea when you read through the following sections
and think of yourself, your family and your friends and you’ll get the idea
that their Yellow Submarine is quite different than the one in which you find
yourself submerged. Aries –
The Aries world is like a big bowling alley where you’re the only bowler, no
rules, have as many balls as you want and you can just bowl and bowl and bowl. The
pins are always setup automatically. It’s there for your amusement. There are
no restrictions. Hell, it’s time to bowl, isn’t it, let’s go! Oops, don’t get
in the way… Taurus –
It’s cozy and there’s lots of good food. Life is simple and not rushed.
The world is relatively small but who cares? Big things don’t fit in this
world. Relaxed and sensuous contentment. Big cushions. Gemini –
What a fascinating cornucopia of interesting things to explore! It’s light and
bouncy. Nothing heavy here. Always
something novel to do. It’s not necessary to take a stand on any issue
here; we can just brush those matters aside. An electronic
sandbox – what a gas. And there are so many fun boys and girls all
around. Let’s see… what will I wear today? Who will I be? Cancer –
It’s soft, tender, and quiet. It’s warm; everybody loves me and I love them. I
have to keep that strong front door good and shut. Got to
keep out all those loud, scary noises outside. It’s
safe here, warm and nourishing. All my small delicate collectibles and memorables are on the shelf. Leo –
Wow! What a stage! I feel like singing. Why’s everybody so uptight? Can they
see me? Can they tell what great talent I have? The world is colorful and
daringly bright. The band is so good and we make incredible music together. I
wonder what song the crowd wants to hear next. Virgo –
The place smells like sawdust. Everybody is watching me… did I just make a
mistake? I hope not. I have so much to do and there’s so little time. I wish those
other guys would get things right, you know; if you want something done right,
you just have to do it yourself. Would you just look at that hutch I made
yesterday, it’s just perfect, and it’ll last 200 years! Quick, gotta hop in the shower, I have things to do. Libra –
It’s like a glamour ball – all the time. Everybody has such nice clothes on; I
do hope I look ok. The world is pleasant here, nice smells, beautiful fabrics,
and paintings. Everyone is so polite and charming. I’m glad those crude people
I saw aren’t here, it’s so pleasant. All in good time, yes thank you, I believe
I will have some more champagne. Scorpio –
This is one dark, intense place. All move about so furtively. Gotta be careful – everyone is playing for big stakes here.
Why it’s Sagittarius –
My goodness, I love it here! It’s huge and fun and let’s just enjoy ourselves. Hell, put it on one of my credit cards, I
don’t care! What a blast, load up the van! Let’s get going. I don’t care where! Capricorn –
It’s just like a bank office. Professional and everyone is
doing their job. No one is out of order. It’s quiet and no alarms are going
off. We all know what we have to do and there’s just no room for misbehaving.
It’s my job to follow orders… I saw a rowdy van go by, you wait, they’ll end up in jail where they should be. Aquarius –
What an amazing world we have here! It’s just so fascinating! How could anyone
be bored. What a wonderful place we can all build
together here. Think of the possibilities. It could be a utopia, really. It’s
so important that we don’t rain on each others’ parade. I’m not getting stuck
in other people’s emotional baggage. My friends… where are my friends? Pisces –
It’s like the beach, it’s unbounded. Look at the vast ocean. I just love
everyone and everything in it. I just want to float on top of it and see where
I end up. I’m sure it will be wonderful and I’ll end up somewhere inviting. I
am just so lucky.
Now, you really want to get confused? The first chart is what’s commonly known as a “birth
chart” or “natal chart.” The chart is done for “today”, as I type. Note, the rising sign is in Capricorn due to the time I
made the chart. Notice also that the houses are an irregular number of degrees
due to the fact that I’m using the “Placidus” house
system. It is by far the main type of chart we use. The second type of chart is done for the same moment but
notice that all the houses are exactly 30 degrees and the degree of the Sun is
placed on the beginning of the first house. This is called a Solar
chart. The third type of chart places the first degree of that
day’s Sun sign on the first house. This is called a “Solar Sign” chart. See how
all the houses begin with the 0 degree of each sign. Now, to the usages: All the charts work. For example,
transiting Pluto which is now in early Capricorn may appear in 3 different
houses when placed upon these examples. It’s not that one chart is more
right than the others; they all give an astrologer 3 different ways of looking
at how Pluto is affecting you. The third type is what astrologers have to use for global,
horoscope “predictions.” It the one where we treat all
Geminis as 0 degrees Gemini, all Tauruses as 0
degrees Taurus, etc. And, it’s why global horoscopes such as seen in the
daily paper are so general. --- I’m glad we straightened that out. That’s not what I meant. That’s an attendance report.
Now, some 27 years later (one Saturn cycle) people are starting to understand
what “spiritual development” is all about. At least, a growing number are. When
What REALLY is happening is that
God is calling you back home. It’s that simple. Unfortunately, the way it is experienced is that many feel
that the “grass is greener” somewhere else. This often leads to married folks
feeling dissatisfied, resulting in them having affairs. Most times this ends
disastrously. The point is, the unconscious mind is
trying to urge the conscious mind to stop looking for gratitude on the
worldly plane. And to So, where does that leave us? Neptune is still transiting
our charts… It’s so hard to describe to clients and worse yet to try to “predict”
the kind of energy to expect. It’s so telling to see how transiting The point is this. To use its energy properly it is best to let go of world
attachments and aspirations, turn your eyes inward toward God, not outward, and
appreciate what you have. If you don’t, there’s no telling what will
happen. Take for example a client I once had. Dad, going thru the I never followed up on his case - I didn’t need to.
Finally, another sad, but true
story about this huge, blue, gaseous planet. Growing up a Pittsburgh Pirate
fan, I was especially fond of pitcher Steve Blass who pitched in the 1960’s and
70’s. He was a big hero for the Pirates in the 1971 World Series. The likable Blass
was a very, very fine pitcher. Anyway, around 1973, he simply LOST his ability
to pitch. It was not due to arm trouble. An easy-going guy, who can be heard on
all their broadcasts today as announcer, his trouble didn’t seem to be due to
personal matters. No one could understand what was going on or diagnose his
malady. There was simply no “reason” for it. I’ve even heard him interviewed on
this subject recently. His simply lost his touch and couldn’t control the
strike zone anymore. His talent slipped away. I knew it was This “fall-from-talent” actually, and unfortunately,
became known as the “Steve Blass disease.” I can’t imagine the suffering he went through. There is no
explaining why A few years ago, I happened to see him and his family in a
local restaurant here in
August, 1969 The 60's are coming to a close. It
has been a tumultuous decade full of change and upheaval with the
assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War,
the Civil Rights movement, and on a lesser scale, the Beatles, Summer, 1968 Michael Lang, a 23 year old
music promoter, who has just produced a successful rock festival in July, 1969 Their hopes for having the
festival in The problems continue up to the
day of the festival. In spite of Yasgur's permission,
they only have three weeks to prepare. Local carpenters are hired to build the
stage, they rush to complete the fencing – fencing that will inevitably get
torn down. Why did Michael Lang never give
up? Lang is a sun sign Sagittarian
with Mars in Sagittarius. Although his initial idea for the festival was for a
commercial venture, his ultimate goal reflected his heart's desire to bring
like minded people together for a celebration of the new values of peace and
harmony. The expansiveness of Jupiter, reflected in his Sun and Mars, played
out in his desire to create a gathering that would be a venue for the counter culture
to mingle and celebrate. His Mars opposition to Uranus, as well as his Uranus
in Gemini, provided him with the juice to be a catalyst for the zeitgeist of
this era. Lang's father provided him with
guidance on how to handle life's obstacles. He personified the cheerfulness and
enthusiasm of Sagittarius in every interaction and situation that he had to
resolve. Typical of Sag, he was impossible to dislike. When Bill Graham, the
impresario of the Fillmore East, heard about all the bands he had lined up for
Woodstock, he was furious and confronted Lang, telling him that he was
infringing on his territory and that he would do whatever he could to sabotage
the festival. Somehow Lang figured out a way to appease him and Graham
eventually participated in the festival. Losing the Wallkill, NY permit was a
huge blow but he didn't let anger destroy his zeal to still make it work, even
though 150,000 tickets had been sold. Lang has Mercury in Capricorn and Moon in
Scorpio, placements that help ground him. He had good business acumen (Mercury
in Capricorn) and the intensity and determination (Moon in Scorpio) to achieve
his goals. He was a magnet for others who
shared his vision as he was aware of the coming Age of Aquarius and saw the
festival as an Aquarian exposition. With his Venus at 0° Aquarius trine his Uranus
in Gemini, he was nothing short of a catalyst for this historic event. By the time the festival began
on August 15 and people already knew that it was going to become a free concert.
In Lang's words, “Something comes along and throws things in a different
light – that's when those magical things happen.” Those aren't the words of someone whose sole
interest related to the commercial success of the venture. During a TV
interview, Lang smiled when he admitted that it was a financial disaster. He
perceived the mood of sharing and unity and the euphoria of the scene as
sufficient payment for his efforts. It's hard to imagine how
anything else that would occur in Lang's life subsequent to Why did Max say Yes? Max Yasgur
was a successful dairy farmer in Another piece of the puzzle as
to why Max said yes relates to his Uranus in Aquarius. He saw the festival as a
positive event that could bridge the generation gap. He wasn't opposed to shaking
things up. With his Moon and Mars conjunct (within 1°) in Libra, he had an
interest in the arts and realized the need for compromise and cooperation. After
the festival, he helped some of the hippies re-connect with their parents and
he donated his percentage of the profits from the documentary to drug rehab
programs. Midway through the festival, he was brought on stage where he made
the following comment: “This is the
largest group of people ever assembled in one place and I think you people have
proven something to the world – that half a million people can get together and
have three days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music.” Max Yasgur
died in 1974, four years after the festival. He had a close square between his
Moon/Mars conjunction in Libra and his Pluto in Cancer. His magnanimous gesture
flew in the face of conventional wisdom – that a half million people couldn't
congregate in a muddy field for three days with very few resources and be at
peace - and yet it happened and, further, the three days would reverberate and
be remembered for years to come. The phoenix did indeed rise from the ashes on
a dairy farmer's land after a decade of strife and stress. Michael Lang continues working
as a music producer and produced the *Note: Lang was born when Jupiter, Neptune, and Chiron
were together in Libra!
11/1 Daylight savings, Fall Back one hour, 2am =
1am 11/2 Full Moon 10°_30’ 2:14p – Let’s see, a full moon in Taurus with one Tsquare to Mars and another to Pluto, hmm, let’s see… I’d
say these are some explosive, dangerous times we find ourselves in. It’s of the
utmost importance that we now rise above the “might-makes-right” attitudes and
start finding ways to work and live together. Jive, cliché, war won’t solve
anything. Nothing. 11/4 Neptune goes Direct 1:10p – This could
symbolize a major turning point with the “public option” health insurance issue
since she’s still traveling with Chiron and Jupiter. 11/7 Venus enters Scorpio 7:23p – passions heat up.
Weeee. 11/9 Moon opposite Jupiter, Neptune, and Chiron, making
a Tsquare to Sun/Mercury in Scorpio – There will be a major announcement (Mercury) from a woman
(Moon) regarding the “public option” of the health insurance issue. Hmm, let’s
see, Joe Lieberman (a Pisces of all things) is a male, isn’t he? 11/9-15 Sun starts to square Neptune, Chiron, and
Jupiter – This should have a lot to do with the “public option” going to press
or to vote. The masses, Jupiter, face the spiritual healing emphasis of Chiron with 11/15 SATURN SQUARES PLUTO
9:42a – This one is so monumental that I have no where to begin. Not only does
it symbolize laws and the gov’t standing up to the
powers-that-be (insurance companies, banks, CEO’s) it is a harbinger of very
harsh times to come. It means we have to deal with old, outmoded ways of
using our “power.” This is no joke. It’s almost too late now. These two
ruffians don’t play around. The connected when WWI and WWII started as well as during
9/11. Pluto says, “Fix it, or I’ll stomp on you.” 11/16 New Moon 24°e34 2:14p – This New Moon will be the turning point of the public
option. It will be finalized in early January as Neptune, Jupiter and Chiron
start to finally separate. 11/21
Sun enters Sagittarius 11:23p – Phew, what a relief, let’s party. *Oh, and,
in case you’ve been wondering, Kid Astro is studying
abroad. I have no idea who she is. Make sure to stay in
touch with my web site at www.starself.com
and as always, “May the planets be with you as you find your Starself!” - Rick 2009
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