Something is happening at Wandering Star that hasn’t happened in 10 years — since 2002. And I wanted to give you fair notice…

Last week, during the Taurus new moon, I was discussing with a client her wishes to customize her Money necklace with a Gold Sun.  While I was exploring her special-ordering options, I discovered that — drumroll — the price of gold and silver has skyrocketed since I last checked.

I did a lot more research, and I soon realized that it was actually costing me more to make my jewelry than I have been charging!

Uh, oh…

The Taurus New Moon’s opposition to Saturn in Libra clarified my predicament – though I do want to respect my clients and keep margins low, it is simply NOT good business practice to lose money on each sale!

The Taurus New Moon’s sextile to Neptune in Pisces made me realize that while my art transforms people’s psyches, its own opposition to Mars in Virgo (trining that New Moon) meant that I just have to be practical.

So, for the first time in 10 years, Wandering Star is raising prices…

…but not yet!

I’m running a Mother’s Day Shopping Binge Sale between NOW and May 13th (Mother’s Day).  This is your last opportunity to make purchases at our old prices: www.wearyouruniverse.com.

So please buy as much as you can, because between May 15th and May 22nd, we will be updating our shopping cart to reflect our new pricing.

I know how much wearing Wandering Star Astrology Jewelry has meant to you over the years, and we completely cherish you as clients.  That is why I thought it important to give you fair warning, and this shopping opportunity.

Sincere love and thanks, Alicia

The special guest star was famed astrologer Judith Hill, who discussed the physiognomy of the Ascendant. In other words, how you physically look like your rising sign! As always, Judith was entertaining, insightful, and educational.

Please give a listen on voiceamerica.com, or click below!

UAC is one of our favorite events. Not only does it happen only once every 3 years, but it brings together our friends and colleagues from all over the world for an entire week of workshops and camaraderie.

We’ll make your horoscope jewelry on the spot, and have a selection of our zodiac wares to be shipped straight to your home.

Sam Bowling will join us in the booth for psychic readings and other hijinks.

Speaking of hijinks…yes, we are planning our “secret” prank, and this time we need as many participants as possible! Please contact Alicia if you want to join us in making history…

The New Moon in Aries is exact on the 22nd at 3 degrees Aries at 7:37 AM PDT. There is a heavy emphasis on the fire element with secondary emphasis in the earth element for the new moon chart. This makes it a good time to put some constructive effort into that which activates your passions. It also means that it is not so good for doing activities that you consider to be drudgery. Get out and meet people, open your creative nature, dance or move your body, wear bright colors, and plant brightly colored flowers.

Several people have contacted me regarding predictions made by a source unknown to me about a big earthquake on March 22. Although there is certainly earthquake energy in the recent Spring Equinox chart cast for the next three months, I don’t think it is possible to predict exact dates of earthquakes. The Sun is aligned with explosive Uranus on Saturday the 24th and makes a challenging 90 degree square to Pluto on the 29th, so this is a revolutionizing and transforming time at the end of March. On the personal level, this energy helps you make dynamic changes to you, so get out of any ruts you dug over the winter.

At the same time, these energies and others help you get in the flow, to get yourself moving. Although the planetary challenges above can be disruptive at times, they still help you get flowing, choppy as it may be.

We recently started a new shopping cart system, and all our customer feedback went back to Zero, even though we’ve had 10,000 satisfied customers over 17 years!

Alicia would be grateful you’d help our products shine like the stars they are.

Please visit our store, and the products you’ve purchased, or have been dreaming about.

Click the Facebook Like buttons, send a Tweet, or add us to your Google +1. Most importantly, please leave a message under Customer Feedback telling us what you like about your jewelry or zodiac gifts.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

From today through March 31, take $10 off any order over $50.
Use coupon code “equinox.”

Make a New Astro Year’s Resolution and get a Destiny Talisman for Love, Money, Creativity, or Health. Design your own Custom Horoscope Jewelry to center and ground yourself in who you came into the world to be!

This is a great time to renew the power of your Wandering Star necklace or bracelet. As you’ve worn it, it has taken in your energy, and exuded its own strength. But over time the stones get tired, just like you do at the end of a long day.

To cleanse away all the psychic gunk that’s built up on your jewelry and diminished its effect, you can do one of several things:

1. Bury the jewelry in a bowl of sea salt for 24 hours (you can also soak it in salt water, but that’s bad for the wire it’s strung on).
2. Smudging.  Use sage or incense such as frankincense, cedar or sandalwood.  Hold the stones over the smoke so it touches every surface.  We carry Smudge Sticks with  herbs for your zodiac sign for extra oomph.
3. Sound clearing: use a crystal bowl, Tibetan bowl, tuning fork, or a gong.  Tone the instrument for several minutes, as close as possible to the jewelry so it picks up the vibration.
4. Moonlight and Sunlight.  Place your jewelry out under the next full moon and leave it out for a full 24 hours. This charges it with both moonlight (feminine energy) and sunlight (masculine energy). Make sure it’s in a spot that gets full light, no shadow.
5. Bury it in the earth, directly into the ground. Stones like to be returned to the earth for cleansing.
6. Place the jewelry in your freezer for 24 hours.

After your cleanse, your jewelry will return to its original vibration, and impact your life all over again!

If your jewelry has broken, this is also a good time to repair it. Fill in our form at http://wstardesigns.com/shop/Repair-or-Restringing.html. We’ll fix it at cost so that you can continue to Wear Your Universe!

By David Ockrassa

This year the Aries Ingress, aka Spring Equinox, is at 1:45 AM EDT on March 20th in Washington, DC, or 10:14 PM PDT on the 19th for the West Coast. The Sun is conjunct both Mercury and Uranus, establishing a condition where our current focus of attention will be easy to communicate and that either that focus will be on something totally out of character (for us) or the method of communication will be out of character for whatever the focus happens to be.

What seeds did you plant at the Capricorn Ingress? If, for example, the seeds were connected to attitudes no longer productive, now would be a good time to put in practice the changes you envisioned. Such a change could well seem out of character for you. The Sun, having moved one quarter of the zodiac while Pluto creeps slowly along, is now square Pluto instead of conjunct him. So there may be some opposition to your efforts to focus on the changes you know you need. Pluto in Capricorn carries with it a background? pressure to break down and thus allow for the transformation of the ?old order. So the opposition you feel will likely come from people in your normal circle of friends and co-workers.

If you are starting to live the changes you’re making, they’?re a bit surprised by the “?new?” you, as there are now parts of you showing that they haven’?t seen before. These changes in your old attitudes will create a need to make adjustments, both within yourself and in your interactions with others, shown by the stressful quincunx aspect of the Sun to Saturn in late Libra. Saturn, in turn, is in a trine to both the Moon and Neptune, who are together in early Pisces at the Ingress.

The Moon in Pisces can represent your current emotional investment in achieving your hopes and dreams. Neptune, in its highest form, represents those hopes and dreams. Hopefully the trine from Saturn will help to ground those hopes and dreams and help us to make them happen. Since Neptune and the moon are both also opposite Mars, there does seem to be enough energy available to put into the tasks in front of us. Conversely, if we don’?t take advantage of the energy of Mars and the discipline of Saturn, we may waste Mar?s energy in the pursuit of unrealistically inflated Neptunian illusions.

Jupiter and Venus are conjunct each other, in Taurus. One thing that can be said about this combination is that it could easily become too much of a good thing. They complete a grand trine between themselves, Mars and Pluto. It’s typical of a grand trine that all the planets involved work harmoniously together. And while it’s also true that we often feel so relaxed about their interactions, we fail to take action in the areas highlighted by the positions of the three points of this triangle. But with Pluto and Mars being two of those points, I don’?t think complacency is an option in this case.

As mentioned above, Pluto in Capricorn sets up a background pressure to tear down old structures. Mars in Virgo (and yes, for those of you who remember that at the Capricorn Ingress Mars was in Virgo, he really is still in Virgo due to his retrograde cycle) can represent precisely focused action. So it seems that this chart tells us that we can potentially achieve positive results after the application of such action in transforming old structures in our lives that are no longer productive or beneficial to us. Of course, we have to put in the work and effort for this to be at all possible.

Since Pluto makes a square to the Sun of the chart, we’ll likely feel like there is some outward force pushing us to initiate changes, but it’s also often the case that the pressures we feel are from outside are really attitudes of our own that we?re not truly comfortable with, and hence let others “do” for us. In the instance of this chart, we would do well to come to terms with our discomfort and start making the changes necessary to realign those attitudes with the seeds of change that we planted back at the Winter Solstice.

The Spring Equinox marks the time of year when the first shoots and blooms begin making their appearance. Since the Winter Solstice chart spoke so strongly about needing to “?think globally, act locally” this chart provides us the opportunity to start acting on those issues. While it is never easy to let go of those things in our life that are familiar and comfortable, that old habits die hard, it’s also very true that sometimes those old habits are no longer useful, actually holding us back from achieving our potential. The Ingress chart?s grand trine, tied as it is by a square to the Sun, can provide the necessary ?push? to help us escape from our old routines, and give us some help in trying to actualize the changes we were contemplating last December. Be flexible.

Aries energy typically wants to charge right in and think about what and why later, this chart has a lot of mutable elements in it, reminding us that we may need to adjust our aim, and that we may be ?shooting? at a moving target. So when you feel the outward (or become aware of the inner) push, don?’t automatically dismiss or follow that pressure. Think before acting, remind yourself of the goals you set in December, and modify your actions to stay true to those goals.

The Full Moon in Virgo that arrives on Thursday, March 8th, is an interesting one. A slowing Mercury conjuncts Uranus. The Moon is linked with retrograde Mars. Through the somewhat abstract aspect known as the parallel, the Sun and Moon, opposed in the sky, are also connected with Chiron, Uranus, and Mercury, just as Mercury begins to slow down, preparing for its retrograde on March 12th. When Mercury retrogrades in a few days in early Aries it will reverse into a second conjunction with Uranus – so that this is very much a time of Uranus empowerment. There is a trickster energy available to us now that transcends the logical categories of the conscious mind, and that puts us into direct intuitional understanding of what Uranus implies: the very architecture of the universe. This can be seen on a superficial level as the very frequent occurrences of synchronicity these days, defined as a meaningful relationship between events that is nevertheless not a causal relationship. This acausal principle of connection is in fact the very basis of astrology. The planets conspire, up there, and earthly events somehow correspond; as above, so below.

A more useful addendum is that the synchronicities flinging themselves at us these days can convey information to us from, as variously called – the Universe, or your Higher Self, or God or Goddess. And this is information that you can receive from no other source. So if you have a bright idea while you are out driving somewhere that might turn a relationship around or create an opening for societal revival around some particular issue, and simultaneously the Green Light signals “Go!” – pay attention. It is the Universe applauding.

Additionally with this Full Moon of March 8th, a significant Grand Trine is forming in Earth signs between retrograde Mars in Virgo, Jupiter in Taurus andPluto in Capricorn. This Grand Trine perfects with the Last Quarter Moon of March 14th, when it is quite exact all around, within a few minutes of a degree of zodiacal longitude, so that the week between that event and this will be more and more eventful in terms of the action of Pluto, which is to remind us that everything that is alive is living in the shadow of constant change, and that to believe in any form or stasis is mere comforting illusion. You might really see and feel your life transform in some area, perhaps one that is consistent with where and how transiting Pluto hits your natal chart.

The exciting thing about this Grand Trine is that all three planets are moving toward the meeting place of March 14th, Pluto very slowly, Jupiter directly, and Mars in retrograde motion, so that they are suddenly next week in perfect alignment. Retrograde Mars in combination with Pluto means that forward motion toward our goals is suspended, at least somewhat, in favor of taking a good hard look under the covers of all our motivations.

With Uranus and Pluto both prominent now, and their forming square only about 5 degrees from exact, we might also get a preview of the coming intensity of their first exact connect in June. This indicates a place in our lives where an existing structure must change, with awareness, into a completely new form. Something within us must die in order that we are in the process reborn, and this is never easy. It is comforting to recognize that the necessity being forced upon us indicated by the symbolism of Pluto in combination with revolutionary Uranus is, while difficult, in our own best interest. The Universe is looking after us – as always – and this case with a form of tough love.

The Full Moon on Thursday, March 8th is in the signs Virgo and Pisces. This brings lessons and opportunities in blending higher vision and practicality.  It can also bring periods of high work and productivity, combines with periods of re-visioning (couch potato might be another word for it!).

Now is a good time to catch up on phone calls and important details. Communications planet Mercury turns retrograde on Monday the 12th through April 4th. If you will be doing your taxes in the next few weeks, be sure to double check your work as this energy can lead to details falling through the cracks. The cycles begins in Aries, then moves backwards into Pisces on the 23rd. During this cycle, mental Mercury will align with inventive Uranus three times.

On the positive level, there is opportunities to open to new ways to live your life. Be inventive and willing to try new things or meet new people. Negatively, it can bring impatience while driving or dealing with people who are just too slow or in a spaced out state of mind. Uranus can also bring “expect the unexpected” events to your life, so practice flexibility, especially in your thinking.

Pluto is also highlighted this month, at the time of the mid-month First Quarter Moon, when there is a huge Grand trine in Earth signs that includes Pluto in Capricorn. The initial stages of the Mercury retrograde period that begins a few days prior also emphasize Pluto, with Mercury squaring Pluto and in close conjunction with Uranus. The forming square of Uranus and Pluto – that important world transit aspect that gets progressively more and more intense throughout the spring and early summer – is therefore brought to greater consciousness at precisely this mid-month time. This presages a greater awareness that we have seen thus far regarding the radical transformation and evolutionary or even revolutionary series of insights that are necessary to allow this culture to thrive as it emerges into the 2020’s.

The numinous quality of Neptune, together with the crucial accompanying reliance on Spirit as a significant guidepost, is also quite powerfully constellated now. This is because Neptune was closely conjuncted by the powerful New Moon from the 21st of February which also closely aspected Uranus. The present month will see a repeat of the spacey qualities associated with the ruler of the oceans, combined with the more frequent occurrences of synchronicity that are the specialty of Uranus. Just as throughout February, we will find surprising enlightenment at every turn if we can only open our eyes to see it.

Meanwhile Mercury, after the 11th, begins its retrograde; so that the last two thirds of the month exhibit the usual symptoms of deep introspection, missed connections and mechanical breakdown. Since Mars is also retrograde, this is exacerbated by the factor of the mutual reception between them. Also, during the early part of its retrograde period Mercury will aspect retrograde Mars, as well as Uranus, Chiron and Pluto. Insights will be paramount and supplant action as the most important mode in operation. At the March 14th Last Quarter Moon there is a powerful Grand trine in Earth signs between Venus conjunct Jupiter, retrograde Mars, and Pluto. This phase is normally introspective in any case, and it may well be that during this mid-month period we will be getting down into the deepest places within us, perhaps to a part of ourselves that has been wounded in the past, and attempt to work with these deeper parts of ourselves in a constructive and practical manner.

The March 22nd New Moon in Aries, coming just a few days after the Spring Equinox, also represents an exciting juncture, since very near the Aries point and in conjunction with unpredictable Uranus. The New Moon forms a yod formation with retrograde Mars and with Saturn, retrograde in late Libra, making a bridge for practicality and yet heralding even greater frustration with forward motion. Uranus also is semi-sextile to the Neptune / Chiron midpoint. Epiphanies prevail. This is all and all a very exciting month and one that will be redolent of new understanding regarding where we are in our personal lives and as a collective; thus providing insights that are sorely needed at this climactic stage of our turbulent decade.

On February 26, communications planet Mercury enters the shadow period of its coming retrograde cycle at 23 degrees Pisces. The shadow period before it turns retrograde at 7 degrees Aries gives you hints about the issues in your life you will be dealing with after Mercury actually turns retrograde on March 12th. In Pisces, you want to pay attention to intuition, your immune system, feet, and enhancing your meditation or prayer time. Mercury then moves into Aries on March 2nd, which can help your exercise program. It can also stimulate you to get moving in other areas of your life, but do be careful of impatience or speaking impulsively.

We’ll be in Booth 303 again, and speaking on Sunday from 11am to noon in Room 1:

How can you use Astrology and Gemstones to manifest your dreams and desires? In this multi-media interactive workshop, Alicia explores the history of gemstone lore, explains the basics of astrology, and brings the two together so that you can create your own personalized power talismans. You’ll also get to see videos of Tony Dovolani, Nadia Bjorlin, C Thomas Howell and other celebrities wearing and talking about their Wandering Star Designs. Which zodiac pieces did they choose, and why?

Stop by for a free mini-astrology reading, and be sure to give the secret phrase, “Neptune in Pisces” for 10% off your entire purchase!

The New Moon is on Tuesday, February 21 at 2:35 PM PST (3 degrees Pisces). There is an abundance of Pisces energy now as 4 planets, 2 asteroids, and wounded-healer Chiron are tightly packed together in the sign of bursting illusions to open to your enlightenment. The high side of Pisces is to open to and trust your inner knowing. The low side is to get lost in fantasy or believing what you want to see and hear rather than what is actually there.

Of course, it is also Mardi Gras and Pisces rules alcohol spirits just as it does your spiritual connection to guides and healers. You get to use your free will to choose your preferred vibration. Regardless of your choice, it would be wise to take some private time this week  to open to your inner vision, or just to stop the busyness of your external life.

During the past two weeks, numerous people have called with financial concerns or fear, or just told me that their business was very slow right now.

Saturn turned stationary retrograde back on February 8th and is just being “stuck” this month at the final degree of Libra- so a re-balancing is going on. Review your relationships and commitments now, connect with old friends, and know that Saturn moves into Scorpio next October and much will change. The action will pick up soon, so make use of your down time to clean up and reorganize while ambitious Mars is retrograde in cleansing Virgo.

The New Moon that is upcoming in Pisces, taking place in the early degrees of the sign on Tuesday, February 21st, is an exciting one. The inter-galactic newsreels have lately been featuring the story of Neptune into Pisces, for the first time in over 160 years, and the symbolism that this event brings. This New Moon accentuates this phenomenon and gives it plenty of juicy energy. Neptune represents mystical dimensions beyond what is immediately available to our five senses of this physical world, and so this New Moon that is so connected with Neptune brings this perspective to bear as we attempt to deal with what we lovingly and laughably call the “real” world. Neptune is a trifle ungrounded, and perhaps even spacey in its application, being connected with a higher vibration than we can actually see, and could also manifest as overly enthusiastic idealism or even deception. And yet it has its advantages also. It might help to recognize that what we can concretely see and touch is only a portion of the story, and perhaps the smaller one at that.

The other powerful planetary factor in Pisces at this time is Chiron, the Wounded Healer, now at 4-plus degrees of the sign. The reason that this New Moon in Pisces brings these combined factors of Neptune and of Chiron into greater focus is that the New Moon, at 2-plus degrees of Pisces, takes place almost exactly at their midpoint, in conjunction to both planetary archetypes. Interestingly, the date when Chiron first entered Pisces was April 20, 2010 – the day of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – reflecting a sense of painful process for the ocean, ruled by Neptune and Pisces. Now, with Neptune moving into Pisces in conjunction with Chiron, we might see further developments concerned with that disaster, which was a tragedy of mis-management as well as of failed technology. On the positive side, we might as a culture develop a concerted attempt to make the oceans a higher priority and this determination could even extend to global warming, a factor that threatens to raise ocean levels worldwide.

Chiron with Neptune can also be thought of as the wound of separation from the divine; in other words a spiritual connection that is perceived but is also perceived as lacking. This surely defines our present era. The ingress of Neptune into Pisces contributes greatly to the tenor of these times that we are living though, and asks of us, as the Uranus-Pluto square gets ever closer and moves toward its first exact contact in June, that we seek the soul solution. This is the paradoxically fruitful vertical connection with Spirit that sees every trial as a chance for increased growth in awareness of what is really going on. The New Moon also strongly aspects Uranus in active Aries, reminding us that we need all our powers of intuition to see through to the core of the important matters that we face. It might be a case of the water glass half-full. With the right perspective we can rise above circumstances and make of our current situation what the Chinese phrase calls to mind regarding the ideograph for crisis – a combination of danger and opportunity.

We are accustomed to the importance of dream life and inner imagination, and what clues these complex messages from the subconscious can provide us for better understanding ourselves. And it is helpful to note that so-called real life can also be interpreted in much the same way, at a symbolic level; providing thereby necessary clues to understanding. Our deepest desires are seldom really known to us without extensive examination, and this time period therefore provides us with some necessary fuel for that journey of exploration. This needn’t be so dire but it might be that issues do arise for us to look at more closely within the area of relationship: issues such as possessiveness, jealousy, or the fierce currents of desire represented by compulsion and obsession.

If untoward events associated with the important relationships of our lives do transpire it will be for the useful purpose of bringing to greater consciousness some of the deeper areas of our psyche. This is especially true with the coming week’s events since Mercury crosses into nebulous Pisces on Monday, the day before the Quarter Moon, there to conjunct Neptune and to begin to conjunct Chiron, reaching it by Thursday. Therefore from Tuesday onward a process is initiated revealing to our conscious minds the places within us where we might exhibit behavior patterns resulting from earlier wounding, perhaps going as far back the parenting we received in early childhood. And these patterns can color our relationship experiences in the present moment.

The prescription for this time period then is to watch and wait; to let our unconscious process reveal itself to us without judgment and with as little drama as we can manage. Taking the largest possible picture into account we can begin to see where the value is, in providing the necessary raw material for advancing our progress. We go notch by notch and step by step, spiraling upwards around the mountain of our inner soul-assignment in movement toward the spiritual destiny that we secretly crave.

The Full Moon is on Tuesday the 7th in the signs of Leo and Aquarius. Leo urges you to open your heart and project your creative passion into the world. Aquarius asks you to step back and see the larger picture. So you need to get involved, but not dragged into the drama of others.

This full moon is aligned with the star Sualocin in the constellation of the dolphin (Delphinus). It represents the need to bring forth your natural talents and mastery. Use the next few weeks to allow yourself to show the world what you can do.

At the same time, spiritual Neptune moved into psychic Pisces on Feb. 3, and will be passing through this illusion bursting sign for the next 14 years. It is time for a new vision; time to open to new paradigms. Be willing to open your inner vision to allow that which is next in your life to come to you. 

There is a story that tells about how the South Pacific Islanders discovered Hawaii. As they journeyed in their boats, they called Hawaii to them.So instead of wearing yourself out searching for your next project, open up to allow it to come to you.

Restructuring Saturn is also turning retrograde until June 25th. Begin to finish shifts in relationships, as well as changing beliefs & behaviors in relationships.  The old ways of doing relationships are birthing a new way, so practice adaptability as you open to all types of new relationships.Valentine’s Day activities are more romantic this weekend; and more social-friendly on the 14th.

Finally, Venus enters Aries for the rest of the month.It is time to pioneer a new path in areas of love and money. On a spiritual level, Venus is associated with healing and stepping into a higher value system (see 5th Ray explanati) Practice self-love this Valentine’s Day.

Neptune in Pisces rather than Aquarius represents an important characteristic of the remainder of this year, and indeed for the remainder of this decade and for years beyond. This energy is highlighted now. At the time of the Full Moon, Venus, in the final degree of Pisces, makes a close inconjunct aspect to Saturn while Jupiter and the Moon aspect Neptune. Since the initial degree of Pisces, the degree that Neptune now occupies, is also aspected by Jupiter, Uranus and Chiron, there are cosmic harbingers of this event that have been felt as an increase in synchronicity over these past few weeks, going as far back as the recent holiday season. The Neptunian archetype – also represented by Pisces, so now doubled – transplants us to the mystical spaces behind and beyond our conscious minds. This energy literally takes us out of this world, or at least the world of physicality that we normally operate in, or that we operate within as far as our conscious brains are concerned. In truth, there is a numinous reality underlying and underpinning that visible world that we can perceive with what William Blake referred to as our senses five. This world is available in dream and in vision but these visions are often not trusted by our smaller viewpoint. Blake also famously stated that “if the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”

In contrast to the other-worldly energy of Neptune that is now so very prominent, Saturn, representing the physical world, has been stationing or standing still in the sky and strongly aspecting Neptune. In another reflection of this same polarity, Saturn has also been powerfully aspecting Jupiter, an out-of-sign opposition that is now beginning to fade. Saturn is the sense of limitation and restriction that presents the perfect counterpoint to the idealism represented by Neptune and Jupiter, but in fact we need both modalities to function in this world. There is a way of seeing this Saturnian influence, which has been difficult, as also a grounding of the Neptunian vision into the reality of mass consciousness and of concrete action. The Occupy movement, at least in the non-violent part of its activity, is one indication of this contrast. The ideals of millions of people, outraged by perceived injustice, is able to be concretely realized and even to affect social outcomes. The President, who knows what to say to engage the American public if anyone does, included in his State of the Union a veiled reference to the 99 percent, the rallying cry of this movement, and to higher tax rates for the wealthy, with the possibility that legislation might be forthcoming. So that is action.

In our individual lives, with this Full Moon event and the Saturn retrograde, we might reflect on how well our actions match our ideals and where we are forced to surrender to the restrictions of physical reality. This does not mean that our dreams are dead or dying; far from it. But it does imply that we have to take a balanced approach to life and to give over as necessary to what actually works.

Some of us may have experienced a particularly stern or restrictive weekend, some may even say a power struggle was had. We ought to reflect on our experiences so we can learn and and make capital gains from them in the future.

Breaking free of that administrative Capricorn moon Sunday evening feels great! An Aquarius Moon to start our week influences fresh ideas; the right environment for brainstorming, and the right atmosphere for socializing with people out side of our typical social scene. The intellectual take priority over the emotional under an Aquarius moon phase.

We could find ourselves thinking of how we will better our current life situation in the evenings this week. We may even have a few dreams that may reveal insights to resolve our issues. Our thoughts are constructive and we communicate these ideas with an air of authority during this time. The ideas generated now will have tangible results in the future when applied with intention.

By mid-week early Wednesday morning we will have moved under the influence of Pisces Moon. When the Moon is in Pisces we have a more loving, friendly, compassionate nature about ourselves. Our empathy is strong and that can cause us to take on emotional burden of those around us, and if this emotional energy is not channeled effectively we may find ourselves floundering under the influence of the fishes; if we choose to escape with just one more drink. It would be wise to have a nice meditative retreat in your bath tub instead.

Keeping our emotions and feelings to ourselves around Wednesday night’s happy hour would most likely foster the best results. All of our thoughts and emotions are all over the place this week. Solidifying your opinion when you are emotional is inadvisable. Don’t give weight to a feeling just yet, you’ll see it truly was in your best interest not to.

Thursday and Friday watch your step; this could even be interpreted into it’s literal meaning especially because Pisces rules the feet. We are much more prone to accidents; be aware of potential slip ups an missteps.

We may find a flash of clarity perhaps a solution to a problem Friday evening. This insight could also manifest itself in a dream and turn out to be quite prophetic. Friday and Saturday mornings would be best for talking with business partners or for having a heart to heart with your children. Be careful not to exaggerate Saturday night; We don’t feel we are being recognized or understood we could be left saying things like, “You know what I meant!” and end up losing the support we so hoped to gain. Take it easy and take care.

This New Moon, coming up late on Sunday evening, January 22nd on the American West Coast, or early Monday morning – like all the New Moons lately – triggers both Jupiter and Uranus on the one hand, and the Chiron-Neptune combination on the other, making it yet another in a long sequence of potent New Moon configurations. Since this New Moon is in Uranus’ own sign of Aquarius, and closely squares Jupiter, the presence of these two planetary archetypes is very pronounced and even startling in their immediacy. Jupiter is a particularly appropriate archetype for combining with Uranus since its exuberance matches that of the trickster planet. Jupiter amps up whatever he touches and Uranus does not need much encouragement to get way out there. Surprising events await us and unexpected epiphanies that will come to us as a result of keeping our eyes wide open.

The Sabian symbol of this New Moon supports this idea. It is “A deserter from the navy” and Marc Edmond Jones has this to say: “the disregard of all consequences for the sake of immediate liberation of the spirit. … Except as a man creates his own allegiances, his destiny has no depth.” This is a message that we all need to take to heart right now since this is in fact 2012 and the time for action is at hand. As Bob Dylan remarked in song during the sixties, the seed period for this turbulent decade of our own:

Come senators, congressmen please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside and it’s ragin’.
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’.

In order for our destiny to have depth, as Marc Edmond Jones puts it, we must stand and be counted, and be counted upon as we ride the rapids of the cultural changes that are upon us, or else be discounted in the world process that we are in any case all part of.

Another factor aspected by this New Moon is Chiron, in conjunction with Neptune and aspected as well by a stationing Mars. With Mars turning to retrograde motion we are driven to look inside ourselves for answers and to meditate on our true motivation. Similarly Chiron, the Wounded Healer, contains within its symbolism the theme of tuning to the inner voice, understanding and forgiving ourselves at the deepest possible level for our reactions to the ancient wrongs that were done to us in the name of socialization and of parenting, in spite of our actual needs. We do well when we can proceed with the resolution to no longer allow ourselves to be beholden to a dead and increasingly irrelevant past; and to heed rather the beat of the distant yet distinct drummer that no longer moves in lock-step with consensus thinking. This is the voice inside us that stands for truth and for moving on with our lives in peace and wholeness, in spite of everything.

Time Passages from AstroGraph Software has released an iPad & iPhone app that allows you to carry all your charts with you. They include fabulous daily transit interpretations. I use it every day! The $29 version gives you unlimited charts. There’s also a free version, but it’s $.99 per chart. Both sync charts with your copy of Time Passages on your computer!

We sell both the Mac and PC versions of the Time Passages software starting at $49, and Henry Seltzer, the author, is a regular columnist on Wandering Star’s website.

Now, if that wasn’t exciting enough, Dennis at Graphic Astrology has released a new Solar Returns module for Io Astrology, already the most comprehensive astrology software available for the Mac!

Io Solar Return, for  $195, allows you to cast charts for your annual Solar Return, the time at which the sun is once again in the exact position it occupied at the time of your birth. Usually this is on your birthday, but not always, and usually not at your birth time. This event marks the beginning of a new cycle and can determine the tone, tenor and potential of the upcoming months. Your moods, attitudes, feelings, and actions are all influenced by this annual event. Understanding of these influences and your freedom to choose from the options and opportunities that will be available to you can help you make your new year a positive step forward in your life, your success and personal development.

The sun enters Aquarius on January 19. Read about Aquarius here!

Mars turns retrograde on Jan. 23 through mid-April, so it is time to turn your ambition towards organization, efficiency, healing, cleansing and simplification. There is a more extensive explanation in the winter column at www.astromark.us. Be careful of impatience in the days ahead because the shifting of direction can be annoying.

The New Moon itself on Sunday the 22nd sets up a challenging pattern called a T-Square (insert “motivational” if you prefer that to challenging). An Aquarius New Moon is good for expanding your circle of friends or exploring new groups, ideas, or changing aspirations. The challenge the new moon makes is to Jupiter which wants to expand in a large way, and Saturn with wants slow-but-sure changes. Find your balance between these two polarities or you are likely to find yourself in hurry up and wait situation.

This also begins the new year of the dragon, a free-spirited energy which does not like to be held down. It represents an enthusiastic do-it-big year, so a good time to review your ambitions.

As always, the week by week forecast is atwww.astromark.us/report.htm.

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To read your necklace or bracelet, you must first line it up in a circle so that it is properly oriented. Look for a small blue-and-green Azurite-Malachite bead that looks like the Earth. It’s right next to a ribbed silver bead.

This Earth bead and silver bead together mark the Ascendant, or the beginning of your chart. Place on the table in a circle at 9:00, with the silver bead OVER the Earth. You may need to flip the jewelry.

This silver bead marks the first house, the first pie slice in the chart. The Earth tells you which way to read, counter-clockwise.

Moving counter-clockwise (downwards), look for a smooth silver bead. That’s the marker for the 2nd house, the next pie slice on the chart. Now look for the next smooth silver bead – that marks the 3rd house. The next silver bead is again ribbed; not only does it mark the 4th house, but it’s one of the Angles, one of the main house cusps marking North, South, East and West. Continue around the circle, looking at all 12 houses.

As you work your way around, you’ll also find tiny gold beads. These mark the 12 zodiac cusps, where the sky changes from one zodiac constellation to another. The Sun Sign for your jewelry is where the sun falls between two gold beads.

The Planets are the semi-precious gemstones – they look like the planets in color and size. The postcard tells you which stones are which.

The colored glass or gemstone 4mm beads count the degrees around the circle. The whole circle equals 360°, and there are 30 degrees in each of the 12 zodiac segments. Each bead equals a specific number of degrees depending on the length of your jewelry.

The degrees are counted from 0 to the degree number, so just as you turn 1 on your first birthday, a planet landing at 15° 03′ will be found on the next bead after 15. If two planets or a planet & house are in conjunction and land within the same degree range, they’ll be side-by-side and still count as one bead.

Throughout your life you’ve had good things and bad things happen to you. You’ve made decisions about who you are, and how the world works.

When you wear your horoscope, you get to return to the moment you were born, removing all those masks you’ve donned, cutting through all those decisions you made. You now have the opportunity to start all over again!

Prepare to embrace the person you came into the world to be, and experience the unique benefits astrological jewelry brings to your life.

1. Use your report to learn what each bead does in your personality.
2. Find the bead responsible for your positive traits and play with it to enhance them.
3. If you’re trying to break a bad habit, or looking for guidance, play with the bead that represents that bad behavior. Think about what you can do differently RIGHT NOW!
4. When you want to call on one of your strengths, play with the bead that represents the trait you love about yourself.
5. Incorporate the jewelry into daily mediations, use it as a tool to read your astrological chart, or just wear it and casually allow the universe to work its undeniable power upon you.

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