MARCIA SACKS

The Full Moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 9:53 a.m. at 0° Virgo.  The Sun is always in the opposite degree and sign at a full moon, so the Sun is at 0° Pisces. This Virgo/Pisces polarity symbolizes our ability to see things in great detail on a microcosmic level (Virgo) opposed to the ability to see things in a greater perspective looking at a macrocosmic level (Pisces). So this polarity can lead to duels between people who seem too focused on the minutia in life and those who appear out of touch with their head in the clouds. You can use this polarity to shift between perspectives. If you feel like you're too stuck in the nuts and bolts of a project, try to pull yourself out to the overview level for greater understanding of the whole. If you have  a grand vision of a plan, use specifics to map out the details.

There is a Mercury conjunct Neptune at 15° Pisces in the chart of the Full Moon.  For this will emphasize the "spacey" trait of the sign Pisces, better for imagination and daydreams than hard facts. We all need to use extra caution in Mercury things over the next few days especially regarding communication and short distance journeys. Mental spaciness can affect driving. Going too deep into a day dream can have you drive past your expressway exit even with your GPS telling you "turn here." Not a good time for signing contracts and agreements. Promises made may not be fulfilled.  Re-read documents to ensure you have the entire meaning.  

While thinking about this aspect yesterday, I walked into my kitchen. Suddenly my socks were soaking wet! I'd stepped into a puddle of water on the floor and discovered my dishwasher was leaking. Neptune in an inharmonious aspect can often signify plumbing leaks.

Also in the Full Moon chart is the brief journey of Venus between Saturn and Pluto. On Monday, February 18th, Venus conjuncts Saturn. Not a good day for buying items related to beauty or fashion because there's a tendency to purchase something cheap or too small that you'll never be happy with.  As Venus approaches Pluto and makes the conjunction on February 22, you're likely to become aware of passion (or lust) as a motivator. Now the caution with purchases is to be aware of excessive or irrational spending. Romantic or partnership relationships will tend to be down, then up during those few days. Don't finalize important relationship decisions until after Feb. 25.

In the future:

Just FYI, Mercury goes retrograde between March 5 through March 28. If you have a super important project to start, you might want to begin it before the beginning of March, even in some symbolic way. One symbolic way could be to write your goal or affirmation on a piece of paper which includes the positive outcome of the project. Then sign it and date it (before March 1). Don't worry so much about the everyday stuff. We've been through three Mercury retro periods every year for our whole lives. Humans are experts at handling course corrections and have excellent problem solving skills.

Online:

Creating Your Cosmic Connection
The audio recording of my talk at the Temple of Kriya Yoga on February 10th is on my youtube channel at: Creating Your Cosmic Connection
Attunement to the Divine or Ishvar-Pranidhana is a key observance in the yoga tradition, and component of spiritual maturity. This noon meditation with focus on the actions we can do mentally and in our everyday life to come nearer to an awareness of our cosmic connection. It includes some meditation practice, so don't listen while you're driving.

The Professional Astrology Course
Temple of Kriya Yoga has re-launched The Professional Astrology Course: How to Be a Practicing Astrologer. This is a distance learning course where you can go at your own pace. Along with the recorded lectures and written material by Goswami Kriyananda, there will be monthly conference calls or webinars with Temple instructors. It starts with the basics of astrology, planets, signs, houses and aspects, goes through natal chart interpretation, adds in progressions and transits, karmic astrology and advanced topics. So even though it's called a professional course, it's really a good program for anyone who wants to learn astrology in depth. Of course, there is also information on how to consult with clients and other aspects of being a professional astrologer.

I'm one of the program leaders and an instructor for The Professional Astrology Course and would be happy to talk to you about the course and its content. If you have questions about registration, please contact the Temple of Kriya Yoga.

The New Moon is on February 4, 2019 at 3:03 pm CST in 15° Aquarius. This is the New Moon that signifies the Lunar New Year in many Asian cultures. Because the Solar and Lunar Eclipses in January were so intense, I'm feeling like this Monday will be my fresh start to a new year. The energy in general will be positive for friends, friendships and doing fun activities with a group several days on either side of the new moon.

​Mercury is conjunct the Aquarian New Moon bringing new ideas and quick, to-the-point communications. With Jupiter in a trine (harmonious) aspect to the New Moon, it's excellent for learning new things especially related to science, space travel, computer technology, and astrology which have a symbolic correspondence to Aquarius. Also good for learning things like foreign languages and religious or spiritual philosophy (which relate to Jupiter). 

Jupiter is also the planet of abundance. We are blessed with an abundance of free learning opportunities whether through the library system (books!) or online. I was watching Marie Kondo (author of "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up") on Netflix and became entranced as she spoke in Japanese. I wondered if I could learn Japanese and went online to Duolingo.com . 
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I was delighted to find that they now have Japanese and I started their lessons. Wow! So much harder than any language I've ever tried. But my brain felt happy that I was learning something new. Don't know how far I'll go, but so fun to explore it. Jupiter is in Sagittarius for only one year out of every twelve. What would you have fun learning this year?

Mars is approaching a conjunction with Uranus at 29° Aries: accident proneness, especially cars, electricity and sharp objects. This aspect could fire early at the New Moon or closer to the exact conjunction on February 13th. It may feel so right to take that risk but that feeling could get you into trouble.

I have to tell you that shortly after writing this about Mars and Uranus, I was getting a few things out of my kitchen cupboard (most likely in an unwise way) and a glass measuring cup fell onto the edge of the kitchen sink and smashed into pieces. It was one of those things that happens in the blink of an eye (Uranus) and left hundreds of sharp shards of glass (Mars) on my counter, floor, and sink, not to mention the pieces that fell into the garbage disposer.  My first thought was "Mars/Uranus fired really early!"


I'd recently heard Goswami Kriyananda say (on an audio recording) that lunations (new moons, full moons and eclipses) often trigger an approaching aspect, even a few days before the lunation itself. Anyway, safely clearing up the pieces was a long chore. To me, though, it was an important message that there was some karma going on and a warning not to trigger that Mars/Uranus aspect in other ways. I'll do my best to focus on "shanti, shanti, shanti" (peace, peace, peace). 

In the future:

Sunday, February 10, 2019, I am giving the noon meditation at the Temple of Kriya Yoga:

"Creating Your Cosmic Connection"
Attunement to the Divine or Ishvar-Pranidhana is a key observance in the yoga tradition, and component of spiritual maturity. This noon meditation with focus on the actions we can do mentally and in our everyday life to come nearer to an awareness of our "cosmic connection."

The Professional Astrology Course: How to Be a Practicing Astrologer

Temple of Kriya Yoga is re-launching The Professional Astrology Course: How to Be a Practicing Astrologer. This is a distance learning course where you can go at your own pace. Along with the recorded lectures and written material by Goswami Kriyananda, there will be monthly conference calls or webinars with Temple instructors. It starts with the basics of astrology, planets, signs, houses and aspects, goes through natal chart interpretation, adds in progressions and transits, karmic astrology and advanced topics. So even though it's called a professional course, it's really a good program for anyone who wants to learn astrology in depth. Of course, there is also information on how to consult with clients and other aspects of being a professional astrologer.

I'm one of the program leaders and an instructor for The Professional Astrology Course and would be happy to talk to you about the course and its content (you can message me on the contact page. If you have questions about registration, please contact the Temple of Kriya Yoga.