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Humor Me, Adam
Adam Sandler: 9 September 1966 When we can't figure out up from down, are confounded with the ways of life, humor is one of the best remedies going. Does Adam know he's providing humanity with the valuable service of comic relief? With a mile long list of comedies under his belt, he must. Hilarity seems to come easy for Mercurial Adam; making a joke is one of the ways changeable Mercury spins straw into gold. But this sensitive funny man plays sensitive on-screen (remember 50 First Dates...
Beyonce’s Destiny
Beyonce Giselle Knowles: 4 September 1981 Beyond her stunning beauty, this Virgo earns the highest marks for instinctively knowing how to market her self. Yes, the Virgin is quite a sex symbol - after all, when you want someone you know you can't have don't you want her all the more? But Virgo's ruling planet is brainy Mercury, is a masterful shape-shifter gifted with turning God given creative talents into useful, profitable forms. She began doing so at an early age when her father quit his...
Keanu’s Matrix
Keanu Reeves: 2 September 1964 What's most perplexing about Keanu is not his mass appeal: he's the handsome, strong silent type which advantageously positions him for both action and romantic lead roles. He's also remarkably down to earth (Virgo is an Earth sign) whether driving a bus in Speed or romancing Sandra Bullock in the Lake House we like Keanu - this is an easygoing, agreeable guy. It's what we don't know about Keanu that intrigues, like why in every performance we still see a little...
Virgo Says: Need Specific Help, Perspective, Recommendations. Stat.
Dear Jessica - Do you have any specific recommendations for a Virgo while Saturn is in Virgo? It must not be a coincidence that a few weeks ago I felt compelled to pick up "Soul Without Shame" again (working on/with our inner critic) in preparation of something, what I cannot say. I can sense in a crystal clear way that this is my work for the next few years but my heart is heavy at the seemingly insurmountable work ahead despite my best efforts to gain a different perspective. If Saturn tends...
3rd House Pluto Murders Phone, Aries Moon Suspected Accomplice
At first I'd just hang up on them without even saying hello. Then I rounded up all the phones in the house and buried them underneath 3 pillows and a comforter. It was the only way I could stop the phone from ringing, the telemarketers from calling. I did it so quickly, so deliberately, so vindictively...it felt like murder. At least now I can think. Was that the precise moment I put my finger on the 3rd house Pluto transit experience? Or maybe it was when I opened my mouth to speak. To my...
Paying Lip Service To New Moon Solar Eclipse in Virgo
The New Moon Virgo Eclipse is rapidly approaching as I write. The Sun will be temporarily obscured by the Moon early Tuesday morning, 5:45 AM PST. I've been at an astrology conference all weekend so forgive me for being brief, and paying lip service to a humbly powerful sign perhaps more deserving of my attention than any other. You have my word, Virgos, with Saturn having newly entered your sign, you will have your day in the Sun! A day in the Sun for Virgo, yes exactly what y'all need right...
Past Lives, Avoiding the Karmic Pits and Evolutionary Astrology
If you've ever wondered what your soul has been up to for the centuries but have marveled at how many reborn Marie Antoinette's, Janis Joplin's and Cleopatra's have been reinvented in the fragile and impressionable minds of well-intentioned seekers - well skeptics, you can count me among you. I've known there are past-life readers, psychics who will offer me up a scenario, but truth be told I haven't wanted to go there. Even for this Northern California astrologer, past lives were way too out...
Venus in Leo Retrograde, My Oh My Those Guilty Little Pleasures
Venus, ah Venus...your lusty pheremonal scent lingers weeklong. Love Goddess has stationed retrograde, about to turn direct at 17 degrees Leo on Friday. Love Goddess is taking her time enjoying the flirtatious and fabulous Leo, glorious, Leo. From the Earth's perspective, she's all but stopped. Yet when a planet in motion moves this slowly, everything about her intensifies. Say, what's cookin' good lookin'? There's a whole lotta lovin' going on! Venus stationed right on the cusp of my...
Saturn’s School of Hard Knocks
Ah, bummer. Do I have to write about Saturn? A certain voice in my head tries to distract me. Procrastinate a little. What's up with Venus, say what about Mars? Seriously , it says now clearly annoyed, straightening its uniform, tapping its foot. Better pay attention. The teacher doesn't have all day. Here's the gist of Saturn's classroom. You're on your way to school... A whisper: That was the first bell and if you're not in your seat by the second bell... A thought: Oh crap, I forgot to...
Streamlining With Saturn in Virgo
Saturn is leaving Leo and entering Virgo on September 3. The schoolteacher is wearing nun's clothes. For all Virgos (Virgo rising, Pisces, Sagittarius and Gemini, aka the Mutable Signs) there will be points during the next 2 years when you're humbled by the teacher... and are tested. You will be made smaller to be made bigger. No, you're not the incredible shrinking woman or man (unless you're a Virgo rising!). The Teacher and the Virgin both have an affinity for narrowing options to get to...
