May 24's Gemini New Moon is Obama's Moon Return

Since returning from vacation my blogging time has been too brief to suit but Bev at Lavender Moon is already on the case of May 24's Gemini New Moon so please check it out!

Of interest to my Astro-Political noggin is that this New Moon is actually a Moon Return for President Obama whose natal Moon 3Gem21 is posited in his 4th house of Home, Domestic Scene, and Family.

Being raised in part by his grandmother reflects the duality of a Gemini Moon in 4th house.

Here are a few details for May 24, 2009's New Moon, chart set for Washington, DC:

8:10:55 am edt, New Moon in 12th house, Hour of Venus 18Ari15 in 10th house semi-square New Moon; Saturn 14Vir58 in conjunct IC 16Vir52; Moon is chart-ruler with 7Can30 rising.

Pres. Obama's natal Sun/Moon midpoint 7Can57 is rising in the New Moon chart so we see that:

Sun/Moon = ASC: frank and open behavior; meetings; contacts; sociability.

The New Moon is being quincunxed (inconjunct = 150 degr) by controlling Pluto 2Cap43 Rx just having dropped into 6th house of Health, Work, and Service (including military and police services.) The quincunx is, however, separating (0S45) which indicates a past event or condition, but can also indicate unconsciousness of the aspect's energy. Adjustments have been forcibly made!

In general, Moon inconjunct Pluto = feelings (Moon) out of sync with the inner self (Pluto.) There is a sense of emotional strain with this aspect and when afflicting a lighthearted Gemini Moon this is heavy pressure coming from Pluto (which I often refer to in national charts as 'the secret hand' or the 'power elite.')

In 9th house of Philosophy, Religion, Higher Education, Long-Distance Travel, In-laws, Foreigners is the expansive Chiron-Jupiter-Neptune-Pandora team, all at 26AQ13/28 which conjuncts US natal Moon ('the people' in the US 5:10 pm lmt chart, aka the 'Sibly' chart.)

So if you're an American you may feel a sense of 'going with the wind' and participating in high-flying speculations all through 2009 and into 2010. For as you know, the May 27 Great Conjunction of inflationary Jupiter and Neptune is coming soon to a bank near you.

The president's Lunar Return occurs just before the New Moon at 8:00:57 am edt with only Saturn in a different house from the New Moon chart - Saturn hasn't 'jumped' the IC yet in BHO's Return chart and is conj IC 14Vir10. So all in all, Housing, Health, and Service issues are very much on the president's lunar menu now, and as you know, a Lunar Return describes changes of circumstances and fluctuations in one's daily routine.

A New Moon in a Moon Return chart shows the birth of something new and a congealing of energies that stimulates enthusiasm in that area (the house in which it falls.) (Celeste Teal, Identifying Planetary Triggers.)

Yet when you're US president, your Moon Return relates to The People you represent (or purport to represent) so that a New Moon upon your natal Moon indicates a new phase of conditions beginning! In both charts, the action is in the behind-the-scenes 12th house; Saturn conj IC in BHO's Lunar Return chart indicates loss or restriction (Saturn) relating to housing and the domestic scene (and may also relate to mining disasters but hopefully not.)

It may also indicate a crystallization or a bringing into form something that is related to 4th house matters...particularly important here because we're talking about the Moon's natural house (Tropical; Western), the 4th.

Obviously the transiting midpoints of powerful Jupiter/Pluto, Neptune/Pluto, and Pluto/Chiron - all at 29Cap+, a critical degree - are nearing transiting North Node (NN 1AQ50 in 8th house of both charts) with Inauguration 2009's Sun ('the leader') and Mercury Rx in their critical line of sight very soon - within orb now actually.

Now perhaps this pile-up on a critical degree of three indicators of plutocratic manipulations is not as sinister as I tend to think it, but at the least, it indicates meetings (NN) with powerful banking interests (Jup/Plu), energy titans (Nep/Plu), and those who pull the strings from behind the scenes (Plu/Chir.)

The president's natal Saturn Rx and Jupiter Rx are in the 28 Cap - 1 AQ mix as well and are conjunct 8th cusp in the New Moon chart, so it's more expansion (Jup) vs restriction (Sat) issues concerning financial matters (8th house); and how Pres. Obama is handling these concerns is (predictably) under constant scrutiny (as it should be)- but to the point of getting in the way of aiding the populace they revile by taking all advantages to themselves, cheating their way into more fortune than deserved, and prevaricating about their roles in the dramas they so willingly act out on TV (soon to go digital June 12 - the better to subliminalize and propagandize you), and at the Capitol Hill Theater, Dahlink, that Masonic Temple on a Shining Hill.

Now these big-honcho meetings began from the start of Obama's presidency, of course (actually before!), but the New Moon/Moon Return charts for May 24, 2009 indicate that we'll be hearing more of the theme 'meetings with senior advisers' (and with world leaders) as the weeks go by.

Ah, America the Beautiful - my only nag in the race!

Adam Lambert sings with KISS 'American Idol' video 5.20.09

Quelle surprise! Couldn't resist posting this YouTube vid of Adam Lambert's exhilarating performance tonight with KISS in the 'American Idol' finale. You know...the collaboration that was the peak highlight of the evening?

Yet Congratulations go to Kris Allen for winning the 2009 'American Idol' crown - he's very good and sweetly handsome for an 'idol' of any kind - but really now!

Methinks some strategy for major moola-making is going on! And that's the part of the evening that is no surprise at all.

~:~ Update: here's a brief post concerning Adam Lambert's natal chart if you'd like to check out his Sun AQ-Moon Pisces blend (or possibly Moon in Aries since Luna changed signs on Jan 29, 1982.)

Photos of Topsail Island NC: dancing on the pier

Posted are a few photos of our recent family vacation on Topsail Island, NC and you may wish to see how to do the kicky dance on the pier in case you should feel so inclined to show your joy at being by the ocean, that is!

President Obama's 'Facebook feed'

If you're in the mood for a goof then Barack Obama's Facebook feed is hilarious. Yet you can learn things, too.

Studying States of Mysticism

Is peyote mysticism truly a spiritual experience? Studies of peyote usage and its effects on the human brain as well as data on other consciousness expanding chemicals are underway and spilling a few psychedelic beans.

Perhaps the current spotlight on chemically-induced spiritual (Neptune) or religious (Jupiter) experiences (*Chiron) is a newsy shout-out from our Collective Unconscious now being triggered by that travelin' mystical trio, Jupiter, Chiron, and Neptune in collective-loving Aquarius. What do you think?

As you know, the astrological *Chiron is 'experiential' and advises us to be here now...good advice for anyone and everyone everywhere.

Chiron returns to its Nov 1977 Discovery Degree '4 Taurus' three times in the years 2027/28, so click this link if you wish, for an art representation of a Chiron-blessed evening under the stars, and for Sabian Symbol details for Chiron's Discovery Degree of '4Tau' = "A Rainbow's Pot of Gold."

Ornate butterfish and the Return from Topsail Island

detail from drawing Giant Red Kelp; 2009+ jude cowell

Just a quick Hello! to all five of my readers along with a link to a portrait of a fairly perky Ornate butterfish which I Did Not See swimming round Topsail Island, the most southerly of the North Carolina islands.

While there, I wish we'd known about the nearby Mystic Mermaid Cafe, a short drive from where we sojourned on the sound because the Cafe's name is quite intriguing to a mermaid-drawer such as myself (you may wish to check sidebar images for Maya as Mermaid.)

Actually, Ornate butterfish are of the Western Australian persuasion, but on Topsail Island there were other delicious freshly caught fish on the menu.

And I did see a few things on Topsail beach That Shall Be Posted soon so keep your spyglass trained upon the horizon, mates.

And no, there was no 'Blackbeard's gold' lurking about the place for his dubloons were probably spent many moons ago by the pirate himself! (He didn't like to share.)

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Here's a quick link to the 1st photo published from the past weekend of a Topsail Island sunset on the sound - taken during Saturn's Direct Station 14Vir55 with Moon 23AQ51 near her own North Node and reflecting transiting Pandora 23AQ39.

For us, of course, my family (Moon) met (NN) for a lovely break at the beach, with tides being ruled compliments of the Moon.

Tarot Card 12: The Hanged Man - new perspectives

Hey! the Tarot Card of the Day for May 13, 2009 at Stargates54 is The Hanged Man with a very interesting evaluation of the meaning of this enigmatic card!

The Hanged Man archetype indicates that new perspectives are required as we become more introspective and thus able to listen to our higher promptings...don't struggle or chafe, relax and see another's p.o.v.

Adapting to changing circumstances is called for now and peak moments may occur as our everyday patterns are disrupted either positively or negatively.

Are you stuck in a negative pattern at the moment? Break free by stepping off the merry-go-round even if only for a hour's meditation or prayer...repeat until refreshed.

If you practice yoga, The Bow would be a perfect posture for circulating the energy flow into your mind to go along with emotional and intuitional realizations and inspirations you receive/d from being 'suspended' a while.

Butterflies: icons of innocence or intrigue?

This article shout-out is a couple of days late but it concerns a subject that cries out for revelatory outage before another day passes:

Author Laufer On The Dark Side Of 'Butterflies'

May 11, 2009

Journalist and author Peter Laufer uncovered 'The Dangerous World of Butterflies' for his new book. He discusses the history of criminality and intrigue that surrounds conservationists and collectors of an icon of innocence.

The projections of Neptune/Chiron

Woo! The trap of projecting all sorts of our own baggage onto others is very strong right now with the transiting on-again-off-again conjunction of Neptune and Chiron, says Julie Demboski who has clearly done much worthwhile pondering upon the issues.

And wouldn't we come out better if everyone freely admitted that as long as we can 'download' our own weaknesses and flaws onto another's to-do list, we for a time imagine we escape the responsibility for our misdirected actions and for the procrastinating lack of any action or effort toward change at all!

5 for Fashion: feathered icon 5/11/09

This detail from 5 for Fashion is ID'd as 'feather icon' and you might see why.

Check the sidebar for a larger detail which, if you dare to click, you'll be led to the full image of this recently completed drawing during a small thunderstorm that whisked through early this morning...pre-dawn.

At Stars Over Washington I'm posting the horoscope chartery for this afternoon's planned space shuttle Atlantis launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

And you'll wish to nab the launch's Sun-Moon blend details if you're curious.

Chart-and-launch-ruler, and planet associated with air travel, Mercury is Rx at Midheaven with Saturn 14Vir56 Rx in 1st house and thus rising soon after 2:01 pm edt.

This is not a chart I can like as far as leaving the surly bonds of earth so I'm only posting the chart image with a few very brief observations. Must ready myself for a family out-of-towner jaunt coming up this week so blogging time may lack and I want to post something about the May 14 'secret enclave' in Greece. I've been hearing cackles - I think they're about to egg us again.

view Star Trek film trailer

Oh all right, I'll succumb to posting the trailer for Star Trek as everyone else is doing.

After all, I did watch every episode of the original TV show with as much gusto as a kid could muster back in the 60s - and that's saying quite a lot. I was young enough to pine for a tribble yet old enough to prefer Spock to Kirk.

As for the new film's younger Kirk and Spock and the gang, the casting seems totally inspired to me!

Mia Farrow and Richard Branson under the astrologer's lens

What a post from astrologer Julie Demboski on the baton of hunger strikes now being passed from Mia Farrow to Richard Branson with images of their natal horoscopes included.

Julie notes that both celebrities' natal charts contain signatures of warrior energy through various chart factors, and the current transits of idealistic Neptune and experiential Chiron in tandem are part of the picture as well.

Fascinating stuff from one of our most astute astrologers so check it out!