Hello! Just a quick note to let you know that Amanda Painter’s column will not be appearing this week due to a rather last-minute training opportunity overseas. Check the Written in the Planets posts, Eric’s Monday Morning lead, and the Thursday issue for this week’s astro-guidance. Amanda will have a new column next week. Thank you!
Attorney General William Barr is keeping the Mueller report on Russian election interference under wraps — for a good reason.
Planet Waves has obtained a copy of the 773-page document, which details Pres. Donald Trump’s involvement with foreign interference in the 2016 election.
Robert Mueller led the investigation.
The interference in the election was indeed foreign, and Trump was directly involved — but it was not the Russians who were the problem. In fact, in more than 100 contacts between the campaign, the transition team and the Kremlin, Russian officials were doing what little they could to help stop an alien takeover of our planet, the report says.
"The Russians acted valiantly to help save the Earth and the United States of America," the report said in the introduction. "They were only helpful, and continue to be supportive to this day. They are doing what they can."
One year into his investigation, Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III determined that, "Though it may seem preposterous, Donald Trump only appears to be in human form. In fact, he is a native of Taphao Kaew, a planet orbiting the star 47 Ursae Majoris, 45 light years from Earth."
"Who would have imagined?" Mueller asked during an exclusive Planet Waves interview. "The Big Dipper, of all places."
UPDATED CHART: “Around 4:35, White House lawyer Emmet Flood was notified that the Justice Department had received the report.” via Wa Po. Note the ascendant degree IS THAT OF DONALD TRUMP. He is last degree Leo rising. This is about him. Thank you Cindy Tice Ragusa for the data. Article about Trump’s chart is here. Check it out…take 15 minutes…you will be amazed…
If Your Birthday is March 22
The Day of Direct Current | Pre-order Your 2019-20 Aries Reading | All Other Signs
Consider that you are a whole, unfragmented being. We all have parts of ourselves we find challenging or that seem unfamiliar, and you may recently have discovered one. Where might this side of you have sprung from? What was its purpose, and can it still be useful to you today? Answering these questions will give you a fuller picture of who you are, and will probably leave you on far better terms with yourself.
— By Amy Elliott
Written for the Planets
One of the overarching conditions of the sky right now is the presence of a curious number of planets in a particular slice of their respective signs — specifically, from about 23-26 degrees. Many of these objects are making squares or sextiles to each other, which imply potential movement and integration. The squares urge action, and the sextiles offer opportunities to get some traction if you make the effort.
Without trying to detail each individual aspect in the pattern, there seem to be a few themes worth looking for in your life currently. Among those are: the idea of fair or mutually beneficial social exchange (how can you offer your friendship in a new way? How might you want to use your social capital to further a collective goal?); discerning actual sexual energy from other energy that’s been magnified or perceived too broadly; making time and holding space for sex where appropriate; the choice between diplomacy or subversion when feeling pressured to make foundational changes.
Yet today’s major aspect is not part of that particular pattern: the Sun conjunct Chiron in very early Aries. Notice today where you’re being asked to stand out in some way — not in terms of glamour or ego; rather, the act of being fully who you are no matter what others around you are doing. It relates to having a sense of purpose. How well does yours match your current outward reality? What would you need to do to draw that sense of purpose into your actions better? Bear in mind that doing so might not fit what others consider ‘normal’ patterns. So what?
— By Amanda Painter
Dear Aries Sun, Rising or Moon Reader:
In a world full of pressure and chaos, your solar year just began with a bit of a bang: just hours after the Sun ingressed Aries on Wednesday, the Moon opposed it for a Libra Full Moon that contacted some potent points in a very active sky. How was it for you? Energizing or tense?
One of the Full Moon’s key contacts was with Chiron, which recently began a long-term journey through your sign. It also reverberated with ‘small cause, big effect’ Pholus (in Capricorn), and with an asteroid called Salacia (in Aries) that seems to relate to a process of maturation around sexuality.
Did anything relating to those themes manifest for you in the last couple days?
Chiron in Aries is going to help you focus on who you are in the world now — and who you’re in the process of becoming. Uranus, which just began its journey through your second house, Taurus, is there to help you reevaluate what you value (including how you use your body, your possessions, your talents and your self-worth). Get ready to innovate, improvise and re-set — while keeping your feet firmly on the earth in the process.
If Your Birthday is March 21
The Day of Clarity | Pre-order Your 2019-20 Aries Reading | All Other Signs
Remember that integrity is your best friend. You seem to have a good deal of energy focused on you, and may draw various people toward you in the near future. Make sure the relationships you form, of any sort, are healthy and constructive for you and for everyone else involved. That starts with surrounding yourself with honest, compassionate people, who are likely to bring forward your best and brightest qualities.
— By Amy Elliott
Written for the Planets
We’re officially in a new season, and last night’s Libra Full Moon is starting to dissipate. Yet with such a potent setup to start the Sun’s time in Aries, chances are you’re still feeling the reverberations. Continue to give yourself a little delay before replying to any recent communications that might have raised your dander and defenses the last couple days. We’re in “small cause, big effect” territory through the weekend, thanks to the fiery Aries Sun’s impending square to the centaur Pholus in Capricorn. On top of that, Mercury is still very much retrograde in Pisces, and very much conjunct Neptune — indicating potentially imprecise thinking, possible emotional reactivity in communication, and an inability to see clearly the truth of a situation (including the emotional truth).
On top of that, today’s square between Venus in Aquarius and Mars in Taurus could be kicking up some inner tension. That might simply play out as a spike in arousal, including toward someone new. But it could also indicate discord in relationships where there’s hidden or frustrated sexual energy. Venus in Aquarius describes the potential for this to rear up in a friendship where there’s unspoken attraction, rather than with an established lover or someone you’re actively pursuing. Does that Aquarian influence help to cool things off and make it more of an intellectual exercise, or does it just make it weirder? How does that align with what your body’s telling you? If you have the opportunity to express this energy sexually (whether solo or with a partner), it’s possible that taking your time with the sensuality of it while experimenting a little might yield the most satisfying results.
— By Amanda Painter
If Your Birthday is March 20
The Day of the Labyrinth | Order Pisces Reading | Pre-order Aries Reading | All Other Signs
Aim straight at whatever life goals you most want to fulfill this year, and keep going until you reach them; then move on to the next. You have some powerful forces behind you, and can likely accomplish just about anything you could desire. This is partly because you seem to have a sharpened understanding in terms of what needs doing. You pretty much only need to ensure you choose what’s right and meaningful for you.
— By Amy Elliott
Written for the Planets
Today at 5:58 pm EDT (21:58:18 UTC), the Sun enters Aries for the equinox. This is the first day of northern hemisphere spring, the first day of the new astrological year, and one of two times in the year when all places on Earth receive equal daylight and night. After today, the days in the Northern Hemisphere start to become longer than the nights, and vice versa in the Southern Hemisphere.
This is always a very activated and activating time of year; Aries energy is all about initiative. So, what do you feel called to begin? It’s also a reminder that personal energy and initiative are often intertwined with collective issues. The first degree of Aries, called the Aries Point, has a way of highlighting or seeming to provoke this interconnection. Consider for a moment what news events or social issues feel especially relevant to your personal life right now. What has you fired up, and why? What can you do about it?
Yet, this is no ordinary equinox. About three and a half hours after the Sun enters Aries, the Moon enters Libra. And then at 9:43 pm EDT tonight (1:42:45 UTC Thursday), the Moon and Sun oppose for the Libra Full Moon. This is looking like a highly charged Full Moon for several reasons, its location in the first degree of Aries being just one. Other factors are describing the possibility for actions taken today and the next couple days to carry more weight or momentum than usual, resulting in unexpectedly far-reaching effects.
This could be especially true in matters of romantic or creative partnership, sex (especially the lustier or more ‘taboo’ facets of sex), the way family patterns are playing out in your life, and anything or anyone that feels especially inscrutable — or whose motivations are unclear (particularly your own). Note that a building Venus-Mars square is asking you to figure out how to handle sexual tension constructively. But if that tension is not being acknowledged (long-term relationships or allegedly platonic friendships being of particular focus), things could get a little choppy.
Do your best to express your desires and intentions as clearly as possible, owning what is yours (including your hurts). With a charged Full Moon amping up today, the potential for projecting your ‘stuff’ onto another person increases. It’s possible that the more you can lean on retrograde Mercury in Pisces (in a sextile to Saturn in Capricorn) to help you see what needs to be cleaned up or corrected in your inner emotional or psychic environment, the better you’ll be able to move through this Full Moon without major confrontations. Remember that the Full Moon reflects the light of the Sun: whatever others are showing to or directing at you could very well be a reflection of something you’ve been expressing. Tread with maximum awareness today and tonight.
— By Amanda Painter
If Your Birthday is March 18
The Day of Return | Order Your 2019-20 Pisces Reading | All Other Signs
Dream big, and let the tide of fervor and inspiration carry you along for a while. Once you have the broad concept in place, you can begin to fill in the details. At first, though, it can be immensely useful to spend time with your big vision and experience enthusiasm filling you up like fuel. This doesn’t replace hard work, but it does give life and interest to your efforts, and the gift of perseverance when it’s needed.
— By Amy Elliott
Written for the Planets
The Moon moving through the last third of Leo today suggests a more social Monday than usual. Whether you’re looking for emotional contact from others (which might come via a friend or acquaintance rather than something more intimate), feeling inclined to offer support and generosity to others, or getting chatty in the digital realms, keep the energy moving but remember that it’s not all about you. Juno in Gemini opposite the Great Attractor in Sagittarius could describe a sense that relationship needs are either polarizing, pulling you along, or just out of reach. Is it something you can talk about with a friend or two, so you don’t feel like things are at quite such a stalemate? (Note also that we’re building to a Full Moon in Libra with the Aries equinox on Wednesday.) With almost two weeks left of Mercury retrograde in Pisces, keep reminding yourself to double-check the details and take things slowly. When and if something does go wrong, where’s the deeper lesson in it?
— By Amanda Painter
