Venus in Aries & Malta Astrology Talk

Today Venus leaves her shadow period. Perhaps life will finally appear more enticing although she is in Aries. So she yes is enticing but in I want it and I get it now mode. Which if harnessed correctly can be used to break new frontiers!
And that's what I am doing. This evening I am giving a talk on astrology in Malta at Nosso Lar Community & Holistic Centre from 7pm to 9pm.
If you are in Malta you are more than welcome to join. It will be fun.
These are the flowers my sister gave me as soon as I landed. A gesture that really touched my heart. So I am posting the photo on Friday, in honour of Venus day, without filter, as Venus in Aries would do.

Oggi Venere lascia la sua zona ombra e comincia un cammino nuovo. Forse la vita si muovere con più fluidità anche se Venere è in Ariete è una modalità, desidero ora e lo voglio ora. Sicuramente se si riesce a cavalcare l'energia di Venere è una energia che ci porta ad aprire nuove frontiere con il nostro desiderio.

Ed è quello che sto per fare oggi tenendo una conferenza a Malta sulla astrologia.
Questi sono i fiori che mi ha regalato mia sorella quando sono arrivata a Malta. Li sto postando oggi, Venerdì, in onore di Venere. E li posto senza filtro come vorrebbe una Venere in Ariete.

Venus and my New Car

These are my new car keys signed at Venus exactly Cazimi (tightly conjunct) Sun. Believe it or not I went out of the car dealer at exactly the hour of Venus. Venus really wanted to make it a point the car is dedicated to her.

As regards Venus, during the night, in the early hours of Monday 02:25 UTC+2, she will slip back to Pisces, a place she loves so much. Venus is in exaltation in Pisces. Pisces is nocturnal (inward energy), mutable water energy.

All the planets (except the fast moving Moon) will still be answering to this now emotional, mystical, poetic Venus. Venus in Pisces is also in mutual reception with Jupiter in Libra. The two great traditional benefics are exchanging houses.  This means that they have a special communication line. They are still both retrograde…so they are still shouting out loud for attention.

So expect all the Venus stuff to become even more poetically magnified.

Might be the case here to say make love not war…

The daisies are an unexpected gift from a friend of mine for my new car. The colour of the flowers are exactly the colour of my car and their latin botanical family name, Asteracae, means Star ….how Venus is that!

Queste sono le chiavi della mia nuova macchina firmata il giorno Venere era esattamente congiunta al Sole. E credetemi sono uscita dalla concessionaria proprio nella ora di Venere. Venere voleva proprio che questa macchina fosse dedicata a lei.

Per quando riguarda Venere nel cielo, stasera durante le prime ore di Lunedi 02:25 UTC+2, Venere tornerà nel segno che ama molto, il segno dei Pesci. Venere è in esaltazione in Pesci. Il segno dei pesci è acqua mutevole e notturno (energia verso l’interno).

Tutti i pianeti (tranne la Luna che si sposta veloce) faranno capo a questa Venere sognatrice, emozionale e poetica. Venere in Pesci è anche in mutua ricezione con Giove in Libra. Cioè i due grandi benefici si stanno scambiando le case di proprietà per cui hanno un canale di comunicazione fra di loro molto forte. Sono tutte e due retrogradi…cioè vogliono tutta la nostra attenzione.

Aspettatevi che tutte le cose associate a Venere saranno altamente e poeticamente sentite.

Forse è il caso di dire fate l’amore e non la guerra.

Le margherite sono un regalo inaspettato di una amica mia per la macchina nuova. I colori dei fiori hanno lo stesso colore della macchina e il nome botanico della famiglia delle margherite è Asteracae, che vuole dire Stella….come dire Venere in azione!

An Impetuous Spring Equinox / Un Equinozio di Primavera Avventato

An Impetuous Spring Equinox

Here we are at the Spring Equinox or Ostara or astrologically speaking when the Sun crosses over the 0 degree of Aries. (20-03-2017, 11:28 UTC+1)

By many cultures this has always been seen as a special moment. The day and the night are equal. The Earth axis is perfectly balanced for three days.

It is also one of those days when astrologers look at the moment of the exact ingress of the Sun in Aries to gauge the weather for the next 6 months, or at least the next 3.

Although usually Spring is a time to initiate things, this year it feels a bit of “let’s wait for better times”.

Why am I saying so? 

Well for starters the two great benefics of the sky, that is the two planets that bring things that we usually like, Venus and Jupiter, are retrograde (from the Earth point of view they seem to go backwards in motion). Which means they are shouting out for attention.

To add salt to injury Venus is in Aries, that means she is in detriment, which means she does not function very well in Aries.

At the Spring Equinox, Venus is combust the Sun,…which is not a good thing either…well just imagine you have been for many hours under the hot summer Sun and you have a heatstroke…you really do not function well don’t you?

Mars is in Taurus. Traditionally speaking, Mars brings stuff we do not usually like, and in Taurus he is not in a good functioning position either.

Mars in Taurus answers to Venus in Aries. They have exchanged houses, not houses of their likings but at least they can communicate in a special manner about their sufferings. 

Moon in Sagittarius is conjunct Saturn in Sagittarius, we feel restricted in how to nurture ourselves.

In the chart we have 5 planets in fire, 1 in earth, and 1 in air. That is a lot of fire with no water…

All the planets in the chart answer to retrograde Venus in Aries with a heatstroke…

What am I saying is that there is a lot of fire that answers to a single planet that is not happy in the position it is in. An unhappy captain might not always make good decisions.

If you really need to initiate something wait until next Saturday when Venus is cazimi, that is she is exactly in the centre of the Sun…well just imagine the queen sitting lovingly on the King’s throne, or pillow talk and you get the image.

After that Venus will continue her journey back into Pisces…where at least she is quite happy and let’s off the hook some planets of the chart.

However I will still proceed with caution, she and Jupiter are still retrograde.

This boils down to: yes Spring has come but it will not be a stroll down the park lane.

(Photo taken by me. It reminded me of Mercury, Venus and the Sun, hanging out together in close proximity in Aries).

Un Equinozio di Primavera Avventato

Eccoci qui al Equinozio di Primavera o astrologicamente parlando quando il Sole attraversa i 0 gradi di Ariete. (20-03-2017, 11:28 UTC+1)

Per molte culture questo è sempre stato un momento speciale. Il giorno e la notte sono uguali. L’asse della terra è perfettamente bilanciato per three giorni.

Il momento preciso dell’ingresso del Sole in Ariete serve da previsioni per i prossimi 3-6 mesi.

Normalmente è un momento dove si propiziano inizi, ma quest’anno mi sembra più “aspetto tempi migliori”.

Perché sto dicendo questo?

I due pianti benefici, cioè Venere e Giove, che di solito ci portano cose che ci piace avere e fare sono tutte e due retrogradi, cioè dal punto di vista della Terra sembrano che vanno indietro al posto di avanti.

In più Venere è in Ariete, un posto che a lei proprio non piace per cui non è dell’umore giusto.

Nel giorno del Equinozio, Venere è combusta al Sole, che non è una bella cosa…in altre parole Venere a passato una giornata interna sotto il Sole è ha una insolazione.

Marte è in Toro. Tradizionalmente parlando Marte non ci porta sempre cose che ci piace fare, in più in questo momento sta in un posto che proprio non gli piace. Ergo il suo umore può non essere piacevole.

La Luna in Sagittario è congiunta a Saturno in Sagittario, tradotto, ci sentiamo come non sappiamo avere cura di noi stessi o che ci mancano i mezzi per farlo.

Nel cielo al momento del Equinozio ci sono 5 pianeti in fuoco, 1 in terra ed 1 in aria. Molto fuoco senza un goccio d’acqua.

Tutti i pianeti rispondo alla famosa Venere retrograda in Ariete con insolazione…

Quello che sto provando a dire che c’è molto fuoco che ha come condottiero qualcuno che non gli piace il posto dove sta…un capitano infelice non sempre fa delle scelte giuste.

Se volete proprio iniziare qualche cosa propiziatoria, allora fatelo Sabato prossimo quando Venere è cazimi al Sole, cioè Venere sta proprio nel centro del Sole. Imaginate la Regina seduta amorevolmente sul trono del Re o le confidenze che si possono dire prima che uno si addormenta nella bracca dell’altro.

Dopo Sabato Venere continua il suo viaggio ritroso in Pesci…almeno li per un pò sarà contenta e lascerà in pace un pò di pianeti.

Comunque io procederei con cautela, lei e Giove sono ancora retrogradi.

Consiglio finale: Primavera è qui ma non sarà una passeggiata.

(Foto scattata da me. Mi ha fatto ricordare Mercurio, Venere e il Sole vicini vicini in Ariete nel momento del Solstizio).

The Fool and an Ayurvedic Massage

It all started with the image of the Tarot card, The Fool and the following words:

“Dance Mage.

Dance on the strings of Fate that the Universe is weaving for you.

Dance…

Cause the strings are Fated yes, 

but it is up to you for the pattern to create.

Dance Mage”

I was the Fool. I was on the precipice of an enormously huge cliff. In front there was another equally huge cliff. 

I looked down. All I could see was an unpenetrable darkness. No end.

There was wind rising.

I had been many times in these last few weeks on this precipice. Terrified of leaving all behind me. Of acting literally like a Fool to society’s eyes…

But this time something had change, as I looked down a thought came through my mind…

“Perhaps it is down you should go and not remain on this plane or fly”.

So I took the step in the void of thin air…

A small white parachute opened softly lulling me in the winds of change, suspending me for a moment or two where I could see the  horizontal plane and the spot from where I had just walked to oblivion.

I softly started my descend…whilst repeating the phrase, perhaps it is down where I should go…

The light of the Sun grew dimmer and dimmer as the walls of the two cliffs started closing on me.

I had no idea where I am going…and yet I felt, perhaps free of the known world and its shackles.

Darker and darker it became. I couldn’t even see my feet. I could feel the warmth radiating from the cliffs that I could feel were slowly burying me in the sweetness of Mother Earth. A burial?

I stopped looking upwards…no need to. My known world has vanished, for never to be.

I looked downwards towards my feet.

At first I thought my eyes were playing on me but as I descended further I could glimpse shimmering globes of light. 

I started again discriminating the rocks reflecting the yellowish light coming from what seemed a valley.

I could discern other features too, as if, sort of, a long market, lining the narrow valley.

I could see green lights and people walking around. Some looked up…waving.

I landed softly on the field near this market, gladly touching solid ground. People came to greet me with huge big smiles. As if they were waiting for me.

The people were smaller in height than I. Strange beings that felt like elves.

They guided me to the market, which was made of a long series of stalls, some built in the caves, some built with beautiful wooden structures with plants climbing around them.

In wonder I paused at every stall, to observe what was inside.

The first stall was full of astronomical tools. The shopkeeper turned bemused towards me, picked a small golden telescope and gave it to me.

“Mage, this is for you to look at the stars whenever you want and feel the need to”.

Placed the shining telescope in my hands, smiled and bowed.

I turned round and the shopkeeper on the other side of the stall, that sold books, came towards me and gifted me with a small leather book. It had blank yellowish pages.

“Mage, this is for you so you can write what you observe, so you may learn to weave your own remedies and the music of the Spheres”.

He bowed and smiled.

I moved forward to the next stall full of crystals. A woman came to greet me. In her hand she held a  necklace with a dark oval crystal dangling from it.

“Mage, this is an Amethyst cut just for you, for protection and healing. Keep it always on you.”

I bowed and she clasped the necklace round my neck. For a second I saw the Amethyst flicker as if to say hello.

I turned round and there was another women with a freshly baked loaf of bread in her hands.

“This is for you Mage. It is an eternal bread so that you may never feel hungry” .Tears of gratitude welled my eyes. She smiled, caressed my hands and bowed.

Next came a man that was filling some small bottles with strange florescent liquids. He put the corks on and he placed some in my hands. Clasping both my hands, he whispered:

“Mage, these are your first aid kit, for you and others. Use them wisely”.

He smiled and bowed.

Turning round I saw a woman coming towards me with a leather flask. She had just filled it from the spring water that was coming down from the rocks.

“This is for you Mage, so that you may never feel thirsty. Remember water is the first healing remedy”

Another woman approached me with a dark leather satchel. 

“This is for you Mage to carry. Pay attention what you place inside for there it will remain. With time you will learn how to manifest things from inside.”

A man and a woman approached me with a beautifully woven mantel. On the rim of the dark blue cloth were woven golden symbols and flickered as if alive.

Both clasped the mantel on my shoulder. The woman breathed:

“This is for you Mage. It is an Invisible Mantel so you may always be warm and safe”.

Then a man handed me a red wooden long staff with a pointed white translucent crystal at the top.

“This is for you Mage, so you may always feel supported and thread safely through your journey”.

The crowd then slowly parted and I saw a tall wise elderly man waiting for me with a smiling face.

“Welcome Mage. I was waiting for you. Your journey has just become”.

With that Great Horned Owl and Lynx appeared on either of my sides and I started walking with the Elder towards a precarious-looking bridge that hanged on another precipice. 

The mist was rising from the precipice and between haziness I could vaguely make out a castle rising on mountains covered with thick forests.

This journey I experienced whilst I was having an Ayurvedic massage at 13:30 CEDT, the exact time of the New Moon in Aries conjunct Uranus, just off by two degrees from my natal Chiron that opposes my natal Uranus and squares my Venus and South Node.

My massage therapist is Roberta Felici.

Let the Hero’s Journey begin….on the flight to Milan tomorrow morning.

Anyone knows which deck is this please?