From MAY 1 through JUNE  2024, Mars transits the sign of Aries. Personal energies at this time tend to be fiery, impulsive and high spirited. Anger is quick to form but it often blows over quickly. While it is a good period for dealing with crises as they arise, it may not be good for the long haul since this is an impatient sign. For this type of effort, wait until Mars enters the sign of Taurus on February 14..

In examining my personal journals, I found Mars in Aries to be a time when I started a lot of new activities and projects but these activities caused a lot of crises! The word chaos appeared several times in my journals. Crises arose through anger and bad temper in others. In the 1990s, when Mars in Aries was making difficult aspects to other planets, I felt that others were speeding ahead of me which left me feeling depressed, alienated and a bit confused. When life speeds up and crises explode, the Cardinal signs (Aries-Cancer-Libra-Capricorn) can become indecisive. The enthusiasm of ill-considered projects was short-lived. I felt bored without the stimulation of something new — and then I found myself alleviating this boredom with compulsive behavior (usually shopping and buying things that I did not really need).

With many crises occurring around me, I found myself consumed by the “brushfires” generated by others. People were either angry or “in crisis!  Even when a friend visited from the west coast, he was in the midst of his personal anger issues. As I read these earlier journals, I wondered how I survived all of these crises that others generated around me. I found myself emotionally disengaging in order to cope.

In retrospect, I realize that one can experience great difficulty if you do not know how to handle the crises of others that impact upon your life. It is important to know that you can say NO…or NO MORE! If it is not your problem, if it is not your crisis, do not get involved. Make yourself less available to others. Aries supports having fun and planning adventures. During one Mars in Aries transit, the AFA assigned a wild Texas woman as my roommate at their convention. She stirred up a lot of adventures and I had a wonderful time. It is essential that you do not waste your time catering to the predicaments of others. Get on with your own life. No one can solve another’s crisis except that person!

During the 2003 and 2005 transit of Mars in Aries, I found myself experiencing new activities and having new adventures in my life. I wrote new and innovative articles. However, there were crises! In 2005, it was the crisis over the farmers market – the local farmers being thrown out for out of state farmers. Friends and neighbors joined in aggressive town meetings and letter writing campaigns and I ultimately won my case, at least for my dad. With some activities that I initiated, not all was realized or fulfilled. During both cycles, I had crises with my cable television not working and the repairmen not showing up as promised.  I also had problems with my office equipment. In one case, I had to tell a client off and tell her never to call me again. It may be because Mars in Aries transits my 8th House but each time I was given a great deal of money.

In 2007, Mars in Aries had a profound effect upon my career. While I gave one of my best workshops in Chicago at that time, the most significant event was that Molly Cliborne created my website. When she sent me the mock-up, it took my breath away…it was so beautiful. There have been long range effects for this New Beginning and, in March 2009, I was getting over 1000 hits every day! That Mars in Aries was very well aspected to other Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune-Pluto and it showed in the effect that this website had upon my career and international recognition.

In 2017, this period initially brought health major crises. My dad was not doing well — weak, water retention and breathing problems. I took him to a surgeon who wanted to do a lot of different procedures, hoping that they would work, and Charlie would be bed ridden for awhile. When I had time to think about this, I said NO! And, this was a good thing because it turned out that he just needed his pacemaker replaced. The battery was dead! His regular physician urged me to go to Europe in March and he would replace the battery in April — after which, my dad returned to normal health.

I know that I was suffering from PTSD from the election. My Cortisol levels were very high but I used Holy Basil and Lemon Balm to lower this.

The good part of this period was a visit from my Austrian friend, Ingrid, and the Baltimore NCGR conference. This is a great conference and I had a great time.

In 2019, the crisis was around the death of my dad and my aunt on the same day.  I was in Switzerland at the time and I had to fly back home immediately.  For the first time, I was an orphan and I had to do everything practical myself.  I realize that my parents never taught me anything about living in the real world.

MEDICAL: When angered or provoked, Mars is in Aries will manifest as a disturbance in the biochemical cell salt of Potassium Phosphate (Kali Phos). This cell salt creates the grey matter of the brain by uniting with albumen and oxygen. Kali phos. is given for mental or physical exhaustion often brought on by extreme stress, over-exertion, anaemia, following flu or an acute illness. Complaints can be accompanied by profuse sweat after the slightest physical exertion. Potassium is essential for proper nerve functioning and impulses within the nervous system. Kali Phos (Nerve Nutrient) is useful for treatment of nervous conditions such as headaches, nervous exhaustion, dyspepsia, insomnia, depression and lowered vitality. Used with Mag Phos,it is recommended for shingles and nervous asthma.

Kali Phos has antiseptic properties and it is recommended for all skin troubles, especially where there is an irritation and, with Ferrum Phos, if there is a burning sensation. Years ago I recommended this in an article on intercepted signs. A woman had spent a small fortune working with a holistic doctor who could not cure the skin irritation on her hands. She took Kali Phos and, within one week, she was cured!

The Great Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction will occur on the Winter Solstice on December 21.  This alignment occurs every 20 years and it marks a great societal shift for humanity.  With the transformation that it brings, life will never go back to the way it was before December 21 2020, just as life never returned to the pre-9/11 way of life.

Jupiter and Saturn are both Societal planets.  Here is a list of classifications:

The Classifications are:

1)  Lights – Sun & Moon

2)  Personal – Mercury-Venus-Mars

3)  Social/Societal – Jupiter & Saturn

4)  Transpersonal – Uranus-Neptune-Pluto (Transpersonal can only be the higher octave of Personal Planets)

5)  Transformational Objects – Transpluto & Eris & many of the newly discovered slow-moving Centaurs.  Because they take about 5 or more years to cross a natal planet, they slowly transform our lives.

I have already discussed world events that transformed societal life with previous Conjunctions.  In this article, I want to focus upon how it affects individuals.

First, Alexander Ruperti states that that the Societal and Transpersonal planets under which we are born will connect us to a particular Social Destiny.  In the past, I have lectured on our Uranus signs as representing our Soul Group and what our Group incarnated together to accomplish.  Ruperti feels that we incarnate into a specific societal environment so that our destiny and our identity will be shaped by “the cultural, economic political and religious values” of the societal environment into which we have incarnated.

Jupiter demonstrates our social participation in our social environment – it what we relate to and how we relate to others in our social environment.  Saturn concretizes the quality of social participation.  Saturn projects the rules and regulations of our social environment.

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While not related to the current cycle, the best example of how Saturn affects society in general is when Saturn enters the Fear-Instilling sign of Scorpio:

In the mid-1950s, we had the Joseph McCarthy witch hunts – your best friend, your neighbor, anyone could be a communist trying to overthrow our Democracy.  There was the first nuclear submarine and the duck-and-cover rituals practiced in schools.  The first significant racial protests occurred, impressing white people to the irrational fear that Blacks would take over the country.

In the mid-1980s, we had AIDs and homophobia was rampant – until strait people started to contract this disease.  There were the faces of missing children on milk cartons that inspired fear in young children – they could disappear and end up on a milk carton.  P.L.O and middle eastern terrorists instigated airplane explosions.  The Chernobyl Disaster spread radiation globally, especially in Russia and Europe.  With the Challenger disaster, children witnessed the death of a beloved school teacher in the explosion.

During both of these periods, Saturn in Scorpio made hard aspects to Pluto.  Psychologically, children born at this time are embossed with a fear that, if they are not responsible and do it perfectly, something terrible could happen.

From October 2012 through 2014, Saturn was once again in Scorpio.  This time there were no hard aspects to Pluto, only a favorable sextile.  So, there were some good events that were feared by ultra-conservatives – Pope Francis is a wonderful progressive Pope but I found him greatly resented by church conservatives in Washington DC.  This was a period of domestic home-grown terrorism, school shootings and the Boston Marathon bombing.  I feel that the Pluto sextile Saturn aspect facilitated caution rather than the intense fear of the previous cycles.

In my observations of Saturn in Aquarius, I found that those with Saturn in Aquarius in the first half of the 1930s seemed to experience the more rigid qualities of Aquarius, often seeing authority figures as controlling and inflexible.  At times, this Saturn was quincunx Pluto in Cancer.

The Saturn in Aquarius generation of the early 1960s seemed very rebellious of authority – “just because an authority figure tells you something you do not have to do it.”  This time Saturn was quincunx the Uranus-Pluto conjunction in Virgo.  This was a much more Uranian manifestation of Saturn in Aquarius and they witnessed the great rebellion and assassinations of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In this current cycle, Saturn in Aquarius will align with Jupiter in Aquarius and they will eventually square Uranus.  This should highlight the even more rebellious propensity of Aquarius.  Relationships with society, one’s environment and community will transform with the new cycle.  Because the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction occurs at 0 degrees, this is not just a new cycle but a totally new cycle.  Ourselves and our society will never be the same again.

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Jupiter rules the relating principle or what people related to and connect with most easily.  It is the process of reaching out to gain experience.  Betty Lundsted[1] states that “Jupiter is how we open up,

how we expand our consciousness, how we receive new information and how we react to the opportunities presented to us.”  In the natal chart, it indicates how and to what the individual relates.  For example, people with Jupiter in Gemini relate to anyone with whom they can talk and communicate.  If you are not a communicator, they cannot easily relate to you.

Jupiter takes 12 years to encircle the zodiac or one year per sign.  It influences how and to what people in general will relate and what appeals to mass consciousness.  For good or ill, in Aquarius, people relate to the unusual, the unorthodox, the radical, the reactionary – and we will see this with both liberals and conservatives.

In 1961, when Jupiter entered Aquarius, I was in high school and the horoscope column in “Glamour” magazine suddenly caught my eye and fired my imagination.   This idiosyncratic subject was very appealing not only to me but to my classmates for whom I told their fortune.

In 1973, when Jupiter once again returned to Aquarius, I found myself inspired by an ephemeris for a new Object that Theodore Landscheidt hypothesized which he called Transpluto[2].  That year I completed my most extensive research on that Object at a behavioral level.  The next year, when Jupiter entered Pisces, I conducted my research on the medical implications of Transpluto.

At the end of 1984 through 1985, with Jupiter again in Aquarius, a new electricity and expectancy of changes could be perceived in the ethers.  Out of the hibernation of Capricorn came former students showing up at astrological lectures, memberships increased, new faces began to appear at lectures.  Dusting off the sheaths of conservatism, people started looking for something out-of-the-ordinary to inspire them mentally.  With fresh new ideas being presented, especially in spiritual-astrological-metaphysical field, people responded enthusiastically.

Jupiter in Aquarius rules networking and social media activities with groups rather than individuals.  The group energy will become more potent.  In 1985, the networking and social media theme of Aquarius became so strong that local astrological organizations began pooling their energies to support collective activities.

The lesson and theme of Aquarius is to leave one’s hibernation in the material and pragmatic states and connect with groups and organizations that help expand your consciousness, stimulate your awareness and stretch the mind to a higher level.

However, while Jupiter is expansive and non-conforming in Aquarius, it can also be highly intolerant, especially when others are not inspired in the same direction that they themselves are moving.  With the square from Uranus in Taurus, the expansion can become rebellious, inflexible, rigid and resentful with reactions of intolerance.  These traits may be more obvious in January-February 2021 with Jupiter and Saturn squaring Uranus in Taurus.

Alexander Ruperti states that the “Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction begins a new cycle of development in an individual’s approach to the life-long problem of effectively relating one’s conscious ego to the social activities of one’s community.”  But, remember, occurring at 0 degrees, the individual must commence a totally new direction in life.  You cannot continue with the same-old-same-old.  You must take a leap of faith and follow a new path.

FIRST HOUSE:  The individual must be willing to take risks in self-expression, to take a risk in the projection of the Self out into the world, and to express the Self in a new way of Being.  Often, this House will attract the individual into political and activist activities, seeking to bring changes in the world, and to be politically active in the expression of one’s views.  It is a time to stand up for your beliefs.  The individual feels propelled into action by the pressure of the new social-political-economic trends that are commencing.

SECOND-SIXTH-TENTH HOUSES:  In these Houses, the individual needs to take a risk with the career, to follow one’s heart in one’s professional goals and to simplify one’s life in terms of material acquisitiveness.  Remember, at 0 degrees, we need to embark upon something totally new – a new way of doing our work, a new way of earning a living and new career goals.

• In the 2^nd House, your values are transformed in order to give new meaning to your life. The individual may feel lost until something, some activity, is presented.  In 1980-81, this conjunction occurred in my 2nd House and it transformed my career and finances forever.  I coordinated with a group called AMETHYST where we lectured on Esoteric Astrology and Psychology (the Alice A Bailey works).  I gained a reputation for giving Soul Purpose readings and lecturing on this subject.  I also started to sell astrology books and crystals which was a big boost to my income.
• In the 6^th House, you seek changes in the habits and systems in your work life, freeing yourself from addictive patterns and learning to collaborate your efforts with others. One does not have to change jobs but make a shift in the type of work that you do.  For example, an astrologer can shift into classical, vedic or medical astrology – still doing astrology but taking on a new direction
• In the 10^th House, there is a transformation in the attitude towards authority so that you can assume your own proper role as an authority figure. You can establish new professional goals – what you are doing in the world.  In Aquarius, each of these Houses will show you where there is a need to achieve a sense of wholeness and integration through doing what is best for the whole, operating from your center of integrity and not reacting to any critical complaints of others.

THIRD & NINTH HOUSES:  Here, the individual must take a risk to change one’s thinking patterns, to explore new mental worlds and transform one’s long established but out-molded concepts and beliefs.  In order to continue to grow, you should try to embrace new ideas, new techniques and new technologies, even new cultures rather than maintain the old order of doing, thinking and believing.

• In the 3^rd House, you may embark upon writing, lecturing and teaching. The 3^rd House favors writing for magazines and periodicals.  In the 3^rd, you are challenged to use new social contacts to impact your environment.  It can mark a change in your neighborhood or a change is schools for young people.
• In the 9^th House, there is a new focus upon abstract thinking, new political views and travel can expand your consciousness. Take a risk and try the unfamiliar, explore other cultures and allow your world view to transform with empathy for one’s fellow man – people who are socially and culturally different from your life.  When this occurred with the 2000 alignment, I traveled to Serbia and met astrologers from other countries.  I joined an astrological internet group.  It was the beginning of my lecturing abroad.  Interests in other countries where very different from interests in America.  I was also invited to lecture in large conferences in the U.S. as well.

FOURTH HOUSE:  When the alignment occurs in the 4^th House, we are urged to break free from old ancestral patterns in our lives, to uproot ourselves from our environment and take the risk of making drastic changes in our foundations – a new way of being that supports who we are.  If you have a dysfunctional family, it is time to find a new, non-biological family, kindred spirits with new traditions.

Natal planets in the 4^th House often describe emotional shocks or traumas in the childhood that bind us to the past.  The 4^th House represents patterns of behavior, fear, guilt or responsibility that have been handed down through the generations that keep us from growing and moving forward. If these psychological patterns keep you in the past, it is time to cut them loose and move forward into new supportive patterns.  You can change the roots of your past to new roots for new growth in a new environment – this is both domestic and work.  I am observed that the 4^th House can be connected with the place in which we work and our extended family there.  Your immediate environment will change with this new cycle.

FIFTH HOUSE:  The Conjunction here marks a cycle for creative transformation of the personality, getting in touch with your imaginative, inventive inner child.  It is a time to explore what gives you inner joy, to find something that gives you so much pleasure that you just DO IT, without regard to the opinions or even disapproval of others.  It is a cycle for re-defining your concept of love, what makes you feel loved and appreciated.  A reminder that this can be disruptive to existing relationships, the people who do not want you to change.  Your connection with society will be to make a creative contribution to the world.  This includes writing, education, seminars, working with or writing for young people.

This alignment has occurred twice in my lifetime.  In 1961, in the sign of Capricorn, I ended my limited social experiences in Catholic schools, especially an all-girls’ school, and changed to a more socially interactive public school.  For young people, the 5^th House is connected with early education and the social interaction with school mates.  This change was much more expansive for me.  It is occurring again as I write this article but now in the sign of Aquarius.  I am not sure what will happen but everything in my life is changing with major renovations in my home.  It is allowing me to be more creative in my environment.  Another goal that I have is to write at least one book, not just articles.

SEVENTH & ELEVENTH HOUSES:  These Houses concern our relationship with others – personal intimacy, our relationships with the public and the intimacy in shared goals.  This is a cycle when you need to take the risk of expanding your social circle beyond what is comfortable and familiar.  I spent many years meditating in groups to expand my consciousness but this was never achieved.  It was only when I went out into the world, exploring the unfamiliar, the unknown in relationships, that my own consciousnesses began to expand.

• In the 7^th House, we are asked to redefine what is really needed in terms of relationships. Maybe you do not need as much closeness in your relationships, maybe you need something less traditional, maybe you need to find an important aspiration to bond you to another.  Your challenge is to find a new sense of relating.  It is a “testing ground for future public, professional and socio-cultural achievement.[3]”  You should embark upon a new sense of interpersonal relating – one that is creative, expressive and cooperative.
• In the 11^th House, this marks a cycle for taking a risk in connecting socially with others, with people with whom you share a common vision – transpersonal relating in which what you are doing in the world is more important than the relationship, is much bigger than the relationship, making the relationship very important. Changes in your goals and ideals will occur, portending a new direction and new supporting relationships.

EIGHTH HOUSE:  This is a House of Transformation.  This House rules all things totally beyond our control and our attitude towards such matters – and how we feel about being out of control.  Transformational events can occur so we are challenged to flow with whatever happens rather than engage in a futile attempt to control the situation. Sometimes, the feeling of powerlessness in the 3-dimensional world facilitates the development of empowerment through new spiritual values, insights and studies.  Spirituality can produce healing talents – physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, economic and even technological.  One man said the he did not fix computers, he HEALED them.  Through these new endeavors, you can transform the lives of others.  This House also rules the resources of others – resources that may become available to you.  There can even be new beginnings in the partner’s career and finances.

TWELTH HOUSE:  As a 12^th House person myself, I am very fond of the influence of this House.  It marks a time to take the risk of exploring your inner nature, to find out who you really are, and to confront your fears of life, people and intimacy – all the fears that make you feel disconnected.  It marks a cycle of letting go of the past, a past that you have outgrown.  The changes will occur on the inside before they manifest externally.  This is NOT an inactive time.  Where you are highly active is in some place or location where no one knows your old self, freeing you to explore and flower into the New Self.  It is an important time to go to a distant place where people do not know you.  This can be 40 miles away or 4000 miles away.  As Saturn approaches the Ascendant by several degrees, this is a time to start something new in your life, something that will manifest when Saturn crosses the Ascendant.  This House represents an ending phase in your life and the beginning of a new phase.

Around 2030-31, Saturn and Jupiter will form an opposition.  This will represent a fulfillment and climax of what you have begun at the time of this current Conjunction.  This opposition will occur in Taurus-Scorpio/Gemini-Sagittarius.  The Houses in which the opposition falls will show where the culmination will occur.

[1] ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO PERSONALITY by Betty Lundsted pp 262-263

[2] See my articles on Transpluto on my website, www.lynnkoiner.com

[3] CYCLES OF BECOMING by Alexander Ruperti, p 175

Neptune first entered the sign of Pisces during the summer of 2011. It will transit Pisces through January 2026! Mass consciousness is ruled by Neptune – the Neptunian hardware penetrated everywhere with its transit through Aquarius. This transit will bring radically new ways that we can solve problems of everyday life. Reality was broken, as Neptune left the Rational Air sign of Aquarius and entered a Water sign, a sign with no sense of boundaries! The veil between the Seen and Unseen will become more tenuous. When people say that they have the answer, they really have no clue – trust your inner voice and take care of yourself!
There may be earth disasters due to imbalances on the planet – a dramatic, natural disaster followed by outpouring of compassion. The compassion is due to Neptune in Pisces and many people, now more in tune with multi-dimensional realities, will manifest this.

There will be many others who make outrageous predictions to feed on the fear of the masses – this is how they make money and stay on television and radio. This is the result of Neptune in Capricorn as well – as a result of this transit, news programs no longer had to be balanced, giving both points of view…giving rise to Hysteria Radio/TV. I am personally hoping that Neptune in Pisces will make them so crazy that they will be locked up permanently.

Neptune entering Pisces brings the dissolution of boundaries and the awareness of Leaderless Mobs, devoid of logic and reason (no Air signs). We can see this with our Congress, a group of antiquated old men who think only of their own personal power, not the needs of the citizens. There is no logic behind their refusal to pass bills.

NOTE: With the 2016 election, the theme of prejudice gave rise to the Neo-Nazis and the KKK. They now have an ally in the president.
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In 2012, when Neptune entered Pisces, I observed many friends having breakdowns, calling me from what they termed, “the funny farm.” Since they were laughing while they were telling me this, they were probably so funny due to all of the drugs they were being given. My relationship with a client of many years had to be terminated because, after his breakdown and stint in a mental institution, he became irrational. Now I see that this insanity has reached global proportions!

MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE: In the news, people are actually going crazy — shooting and killing each other. Many young people become hypnotized into radicalization by extremists groups. Mental illness is a real culprit, possibly due to problems within the Occipital Lobe of the brain. When the Occipital hormones are deficient, the individual becomes self-absorbed with little or no interest in others. There is an absence of feelings for all but self. With an excess of Occipital hormones, there is an increase in nervous instability. The individual becomes hesitant, distracted, vulnerable to all manner of criticism, morbidly afraid of disapproval, painfully shy and feel inadequate. However, most of the radicalization comes from young people living in poverty, with a lack of education and no prospects for the future. This is very true in France and Belgium – they have a very large Moslem population.

Fortunately, this is the final phase of a cycle that began in 1862. As with all final phases, you harvest what you have sown in the past. You will not miss this shift – you will FEEL IT! Jeanne warned that, with this transit, those who have a very tenuous grip upon reality may very well lose it. Most obvious, we have observed this madness in the tragic school shootings.

Since Neptune’s discovery, Jeanne has observed that there has been an accumulation of a tremendous wealth of knowledge via psychology about ourselves, how human beings work – and we did nothing with the knowledge! Only the advertisers and political consultants use it for their selfish ends.
The ability for people to think in the abstract came with Neptune’s discovery. Neptune was last in Pisces from 1848 through1862.

We find that 1848 was a transformational year of revolution sweeping Europe by the common man. In this current cycle, the youth will start the revolution because there is no place for them in the working world with older ones working longer and retiring later. We see this with the spontaneous conversions into radical Islam in the poor communities in the world.

Amazing, we have observed the legalization of marijuana in several States. Pot will seem tame when compared to other pharmaceutical soups made available illegally. Escape, withdrawal and the loss of boundaries will occur due to the speed that people are able to connect instantly.

Utopian philosophies began in the last cycle and they will re-emerge in this new cycle. At that time, with Neptune in the sign of universal compassion, Karl Marx writings showed a great concern for the poor, the working class and working small children in sweat shops.

The political regimes and dictatorships that developed from this were not what Marx had in mind.

In the current cycle, Utopian philosophies will unfold from a great hunger for something to believe in, something that explains the new Neptunian energies pouring onto the planet. These are what I term the New Seekers. While this is not a problem for those of us with a long history of metaphysical studies, this new energy may prove deeply problematic for the religious Fundamentalist.

It is our job, not to proselytize, but to demonstrate through example and right-living ourselves. Like the alcoholic who attends an AA meeting and says: “I want what you have.”

It is my theory that we are godlings who have descended into a material world. The Greek and Roman gods showed us how to be human; the new spiritual philosophies will awaken the “God-Aspect” of ourselves and teach us what we need to do in order to return Home – home to our original God-State.

I recently began to observe new groups forming made up of Seekers, seeking kinship with others on The Path, to learn how to cope with life as it now exists and to cultivate some faith in the future. Some of these people are in recovery from seeking Spirit through alcohol or drugs. Some have gone through recent losses of loved ones. I remember being in this place back in the 1970s when I first joined an ARE study group. Seekers are looking for spiritual answers in their lives, especially when the world around us is in chaos.
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In this 13-year cycle, the veil between the conscious and unconscious will be very tenuous. The danger thus being that it will also be too easy to absorb negative matter.

Fact checking may be non-existent. None of this was done with the 2016 election. Trump could blatantly lie and no one challenged him. All of his followers blindly believed him. They did not want to know the truth. A therapist friend told me that what happened was very much like a Cult and Cult Behavior.

Even now, e-mail posts occur daily that have no basis in fact. Anyone can say anything and many will believe it without question.

Even when I urge them to check it out on www.scopes.com, they refused to do this because it is something that they want to believe. Truth becomes irrelevant, in their thinking.

It is essential that we develop an internal check about this new reality. After it is over, only then do people become aware of the delusions they held. Yet, a great Renaissance in art and technology will occur.

New Souls born around 1988-1991 are now adults and bringing in the new energies. I remember this period when I sensed the speeding up of the vibration of the Earth’s etheric body – and this is happening again with Neptune in Pisces. This was most unsettling for many people who experienced “vision flux,” a condition actually described by an eye doctor who had many patients coming in asking about seeing colors, pink and violet – but there was nothing wrong with their eyes! These new Souls came in with and are imbued with this energy. It was a time of dissolving structures and these Souls will be called to reform and bring in the newer structures. How do we fit into the global economy? The New Souls can create this.

Currently, I have observed some born at the time move into a selfless, humanitarian direction. However, where they feel ungrounded, disconnected and not belonging, they unfortunately find an accepting “family” in radical Islam. Why should you be an under-paid clerk in a store when you can die for God.

Neptune in Pisces will also manifest great Spiritual Delusions. Many will feel seized by the power of God due to Neptune in Pisces. People who do not believe in psychic energy are in for a shock, especially when they start having visions.

Delusions are not just spiritual. Watch where your money is going! If someone tells you that they have the answer, they too are delusional. Avoid gurus and leaders who say that they have these answers to our problems. Watch out for those who manipulate the masses through fear, “excitement” and agitation – agitating and manipulating the minds of others who choose not to think for themselves. You hear these types on radio and television all the time. They are just looking for ratings!

Learning how to tune out this incoming Neptunian flow will be important, since we do not want this to impact or interfere with our daily routines. If it is too much, more people will look for escapes – chemicals, virtual reality experiences, living in fantasy worlds with “increasing levels of detail,” and some others will get “drunk on God” – something even worse than alcoholism! Even political leaders who seem to have all of the answers.

When our world seems to be blowing apart at the seams, many will want to just tune out. And, our world will be shrinking due to the speed of connectivity.

Neptune rules states of mind – the dream world, the meditative, inspired and even confused states of mind. Even those with clear purposes will become confused at times – what is real and what is not!
Find ways to protect yourself, to tune out or block the negative energies. These can be all too readily absorbed during the transit of Neptune in Pisces . Find your “Safe Place” where you feel grounded. Working in a garden, with plants in your home and walking in nature will prove to be very grounding.

If you are experiencing strong Neptune transits, the Bach Flower Remedy, Clematis, will be extremely helpful in making you feel more grounded and connected to your body. The product, ENERPHOS, can calm anxiety. It is the substitute for Seriphos, which has, unfortunately, changed the formula.

For stress and anxiety, I take 2 Enerphos at night on an empty stomach. If I wake up feeling anxious, I take 2 more. If night time anxiety gets too bad, I pop 2 Benedryl (an anti-histamine that makes you sleepy).
During the day time, to lower stress cortisol, I take Holy Basil capsules and Lemon Balm capsules.

The general sleep supplement is the Best-Rest Formula by PURE.

Yet, in the midst of the chaos, there will be unlimited creative energy available, albeit, chaotic. Remember, creative people are not always rational so irrational is not always a bad thing. Transpersonal experiences can transform your life but only if you know how to use the incoming energy. New forms are not ready yet but rather they are incubating now — not all solutions will be workable in the beginning of this cycle. The new forms will not manifest until after 2015 – especially in 2019-20, the midpoint of the Neptune transit.

Neptune in Pisces will herald new types of medicine – alternative medicine. Dr. Oz is educating the public about alternative healing techniques and medicines. However, I warn you – those Skinny Pills that he promotes just do not work – a delusion that we buy into when we want an easy way to lose weight – that is, to pop a pill, skip a meal and wake up skinny! It just ain’t so!

There will be great studies in ESP, Near Death Experiences and the science of metaphysical philosophy will become a proven fact. The “mystics” in the world can threaten the established forms. Recently, on several daytime talk shows, there have been discussions of Past Life Regression and Near Death experiences. About 10 years ago, I learned that nurses in Baltimore’s Shock-Trauma unit could spot when someone was having a near-death experience. When the patient would become conscious, they would offer counseling on this subject.

Neptune in Pisces will affect our sensitivity as well as receptiveness to alternative medicine, our ability to see into the etheric plane (lavender/violet) and doctors may work more closely with medical intuitives/observers (these are observers and not psychic). Transpluto moving into its ruling sign of Virgo will also herald new medical techniques that work with mind-body-spirit, since Transpluto rules wholeness and integration.
I have always said that the new medicine would manifest through the awareness of Light, judging light in terms of brilliance and intensity in healing.
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The refugee situation will worsen with Neptune in Pisces. Haitians are now going into the Brazilian Amazon. Africa’s draughts and terrorist regimes create mass migrations. Terrorists groups are creating refugees in the Middle East. Population shifts, trail of tears with Indians relocations, massive shifts triggered by natural disasters and rising water have occurred in the past.

NOTE: I wrote this originally back in 2011 so I did not realize that there would be a great influx of refugee from Syria. Neptune has made some very compassionate but these are compassionate people anyway. Others have given way to prejudice, bigotry and fear. This may be more due to the Pluto-Transpluto alignment occurring exactly from 2015 through 2017 and then again from 2025 through 2027. Historically, this alignment gives rise to prejudice – and they has a long conjunction during the rise of the Nazis in Germany.

The Maldives in the Indian Ocean is an island country that is rapidly disappearing from the globe due to global warming and the rise of the ocean levels. Only 4 feet above sea level at this time, land is being purchased in India where the population can move when the ocean finally takes over that country.
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Hoaxes and deceptions create chaos. With collective media participation, Jeanne Mozier reminds us that, just because you have a mouth, it does not mean that you have something worthwhile to say. There is a hunger to believe anything, creating an addiction to delusion/disillusion. Do not allow yourself to be possessed by opinion – seek the facts.

Do seek the Principle of Order and the Principle of Enlightenment on a higher level – rise above the fray. Compassionate Causes will get a tremendous boost, especially for children, animals, and other voiceless people will gain a voice.

I used to think that Uranus did not affect me so much, not unless it was a “hard” aspect. In Capricorn, Uranian energy moved more slowly and it really did not affect me but, in Sagittarius (in 1970s and 1980s) and Aquarius, it moves quickly and I do feel it. The House Uranus was transiting did not always work for me, except in cycles such as Saturn or the progressed Moon.

Hard aspects from the transiting Uranus always want us to change something in our lives – change a job, change a relationship or change a limiting pattern in our lives.

URANUS & DISEASE: Uranus rules the rhythms of the body so it has a connection with the rhythm of the heart (some people need a defibrillator), the impulses of the nervous (sympathetic and autonomic) system (spasms, breathing, ringing in the ears), vision and metabolism. Uranus is negatively affected by sugar consumption.
Primarily, Uranus causes inflammation through the over-stimulation of the nervous system. An anti-inflammatory diet and supplements are recommended.
Rhythms of the body when impacted can cause leg spasms, asthma, colitis, cramps, jerky body movements and poor coordination, neuralgia (nerve pain), the pituitary gland specifically, stomach gas, valvular diseases.
With inflammations, it affects the heart and the nerves. A cardiologist told me that plaque in the arteries does not cause a heart attack – it is the inflammation that causes the arteries to swell and block circulation.
With the poor coordination, it can make an individual accident prone – accidents can occur to force a decision.
Acupuncture and healing techniques that regulate the body’s energies are very helpful, along with the anti-inflammatory protocol.

TREMORS: When this aspect kicked in (Uranus in Aquarius opposing Mercury and Uranus in Pisces afflicting Sun-Moon), I felt like my fingers were stuck in an electrical outlet. I felt wired, hyper and there were times when I just wanted to crawl out of my skin. In turn, I went to the refrigerator and eat. Food seemed to ground and sooth but this ultimately made me feel worse. Even little skinny people felt the same way.

EXHAUSTION: In 2001, Uranus opposed my Mercury. At the same time, I was going through a Mars opposition for 7 months, a time of lowered energy when the body is on recharge. I did not have the energy to do what Uranus requires — physical activity. Those who have done best with Uranus say that they walked at lot or even jogged. While in Yugoslavia, I walked and climbed mountains and this was actually quite soothing, walking off that Uranian energy. Uranus can actually wear you out when you are just sitting still – feeling exhausted even though you have not done anything. I find that “calming” herbs work best when I cannot be physically active. At that time, I used the nervines from The Herb Finder. It seems that the Blue Vervain was the key calming ingredient. Sometimes I was so wired that I could not sleep (and this makes me hungry) so I took the Night Nervine — and I calmed down immediately.

Having Uranus strong in my natal chart, I observed that it has been difficult for me to get close to people – I would pull back, I would seem aloof and detached, and this was confusing to others. This was particularly noticeable with Uranus in Aquarius. My relationships with Water signs are most helpful because they are soothing and calming. I found it difficult to be around controlling Plutonians. I did not have the energy or patience for this behavior.

With Uranus afflicting Mercury, I needed to work on my communications and learn not to blurt things out in humor – something that I came to see as inappropriate. I wrote very long articles on Neptune and Pluto in the late 1990s. I can always send them as an attachment to those who request these.
My theory on outer planet transits is that they produce change by first stimulating some aspect of our electro-magnetic field. Pluto puts pressure on our astral body so that we become more clear about how we feel. Neptune speeds up the frequency in the etheric, causing the molecules of the etheric web to separate, making the vail between the seen and unseen more tenuous…and dissolving boundaries (also making us more sensitive). Uranus transits speed up the electrical currents stimulating the nadis, the etheric counterpart of our nervous system. This “wired” feeling stimulates us to make changes.
Sometimes having multiple outer planet transits occurring simultaneously can be better than just one transit. With just Uranus, I feel this planet full force. When I have had several outer planet transits, no one Planet seems to dominate – and it is easier, at least, energetically. Pluto squares tend to bring relationships into my life and this seems to work for others as well. These relationships are intense in some way and highly transformational…but I never regret them at all.

PAST TRANSITS:
Uranus in Pisces has been more of an activist than Uranus in Aquarius. It stimulates a strong emotional reaction to events in our lives. Since it is transiting my 7th House, the changes have come through others. Friends moved and this was stressful. The City Fathers decided to get rid of the local farmers and bring in an out-of-state group of professional farmers. Uranus in Pisces triggered a rage to defend my father’s position as a local farmer. The friends who helped me were also experiencing strong Uranus transits! For me, I was an activist in all local political activities.

CURRENT TRANSITS:
Uranus in Aries activates Cardinal planets in our chart – it generates crises, good and bad. This is especially true with Pluto in Capricorn, instigating Crises in the life that can stress the Adrenal/Thyroid and compromise the immune system. With the Adrenals, as in my own case, they can flatline and stop producing Cortisol. This can cause a major health crisis. The Hormone Saliva Test is excellent for testing this. A gynecologist can help with this or Life Extension or www.FuchsiaStars.com offer private testing.

There was a health issue that arose from the Uranus transit. First, I believe that I contracted the Epstein-Barr Virus because of a progressed Sun-Moon affliction to Transpluto.
However, Uranus caused this virus (because of a loss of cartilage in the lumbar spinal area) to go into this area of the nervous system.

Uranus, under the most difficult transits, can “fry” the nerves. After 2 years of horrible pain, I discovered that, using an anti-inflammatory diet (no sugar and define food allergies), anti-inflammatory supplements (Omega 3 4000mgs and Curcumin 800 mgs) and exercise, the pain went away. These supplements are soothing to the nerves in terms of inflammation.
I had to eliminate the inflammatory foods before the supplements would work.

However, I feel that herbal nervines and exercise are good for supporting the uncomfortable “wired” feeling.

Uranus causes inflammation. Uranus and Saturn together can cause a heart attack or stroke due to inflammation.

NOTE: There have been strong progressed alignments involving Chiron during this period. Chiron rules health issues that you have to learn to live with.

The EBVirus and the Postherpatic Neuralgia are permanent but they can be controlled through building up the immune system. Typical of Chiron, it is something that I must learn to live with.
Uranus afflicting planets in the 12th House causes insomnia.

URANUS & HEALTH UPDATE: After taking liquid Melatonin at night to sleep, under the stress of travel, my adrenal glands stopped working. They did produce small amounts of Cordisol at night but they flatlined when I got up in the morning. This caused morning headaches, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, dangerous heart arrhythmia and heart palpatations and exhaustion from doing a little exercise.
I had to good fortune to find an alternative medicine gynecologist for the first doctor I consulted, Dr. Zidi Berger, in Bethesda, Maryland. I will be writing a long article on this experience. I find that the Hormone Saliva Test is the best indicator for this.

She also found that my body was saturated with Melatonin. The normal range is between 1 and 21 – mine was over 600! I was in a constant Sleep State and this exhausted the adrenal glands. This is a very dangerous condition, especially when approaching a Neptune transit (which I will start in 2014). This can damage the heart muscle (see books by Dr. Stephen Sinatra).

I am now taking liquid DHEA to support the production of Cortisol. I take this twice a day and sometimes, when Chronic Fatigue sets in, I need to take it a 3rd time. I also take a small amount of Armour Thyroid (1/2 grain or 32 mgs). I have these medications compounded at a local pharmacy, The Village Green Apothecary. Some pharmacies obtain Armour Thyroid from companies based in India or China and they do not always work the same. Compounding pharmacies can be found around the country.

In past Mars in Leo cycles, I purchased tacky earrings and boot jewelry. I got my first tattoo and, 2 years later, my 2nd tattoo. I began renovations in my home and purchasing new furniture. Being good to yourself is essential with this Mars cycle. In my journals, I found my energies more extroverted. My need for love and appreciation was strong. I seemed to get despondent when I was ignored or felt a lack of affection in my life.

In 2010, Mars was in Leo for a very long since it was retrograde at that time. I do remember that this was a very social time, ME time, and I attended parties, took day trips with a senior group and I had fun in general.

In 2013, Yes, there were important social events, including a big event at the Slovenian Embassy. A neighbor and I took a luxurious trip to Cape May. I adopted another stray that showed up…he is still with me. I was active planning my trip to Poland.

In the summer of 2019, it was the last summer to sell at the Farmers Market.  I felt great joy picking Okra which sold like hotcakes.  It was the first time that I prepared for the fair all alone but I got 75 ribbons and they were all mine.  Most important, in terms of Leo, Tammy and Kyan took me on a trip to NYC, staying at the sister’s luxury apartment across from the MET/Art.  They treated me like royalty and made everything easy for me to see the HP play at the Lyric Theater.  It was fantastic.

Mars in Leo will always be in my 12th House so it is not always active but the 12th House rules Foreign and Distant Places where people do not know you and this part was active.  In 2019, I was treated like royalty away from home in New York City.

I realize that many times my Greatest Astrological Picnic is held every other year when Mars is in Leo! This was true in 2015 and 2017.

HEALTH ISSUES: When angered or provoked, Mars in Leo will manifest as a disturbance in the biochemical cell salt of Magnesium Phosphate. This cell salt acts upon the motor nerves and these respond to any pain felt in the sensory nerves. Magnesium Phosphate is found inside the cells of muscles, nerves, bones, the brain and spine. Deficiency affects muscle fibers and nerve endings. This is known as the anti-pain cell salt. It helps us to let go and relax.

Magnesium Phosphate calms agitated nerves for pain relief of headache, writers cramp, sciatica, neuralgia. Spasmodic is a key symptom and Magnesium Phosphate calms spasmodic coughs, menstrual cramps and leg cramps. This Cell Salt improves the body’s ability to absorb Magnesium. If lacking in Magnesium Phosphate, nerves are on edge with the inability to relax emotional (showing as anxiety, nervous disorders, depression) and physically (showing as muscle problems, fibromyalgia even worse with a light touch, nerve sensitivity-even the skin may feel overly sensitive).

When I experienced stress, my back ached. Leo rules the back and, in shouldering burdensome responsibilities, the back will suffer. Sometimes this type of back ache is due to adrenal stress. When I take two capsules of Adrenal caps (Solaray is only one now with Raw Adrenal), the pain is gone within 30 minutes. Sometimes it can be due to electrolyte imbalance and a good potassium-magnesium supplement can be very helpful.

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Each autumn, they have a homeopathic remedy for the seasonal and swine flus.

From JULY 10 until AUGUST 27, 2023, Mars transits the sign of Virgo. Mars describes what makes us angry and how we respond to aggravating situations. In Virgo, when angered or in response to anger, people will tend to be critical. If criticized, it is easy at this time to respond with an attack of criticism. In dealing with people, it is best to use diplomacy rather than anything that could be construed as recrimination. It is important to exercise “tongue control” in order to prevent matters from getting out of hand. I have found a pattern of organizational stress to which people easily respond with impatience and critical dissatisfaction with anything that does not work properly.

I have observed that irritation, frustration and aggravation occur when little things go wrong, when hurried and when over-worked. These all contribute to an imbalance in Virgoâ€s homeopathic cell salt, KALI SULPHATE. The function of this Cell Salt is to manufacture and distribute oil. Deficiencies can cause the bodyâ€s oil to thicken and clog, turning heat and secretions back upon the inner organs. I have observed that such an imbalance will frequently cause dandruff, skin irritations and allergy symptoms (sinus congestion). This Cell Salt also serves to alkalize blood acidity, a condition that can cause a skin condition associated with Arthritis.

I have found in my medical research that Virgo is associated with sugars in the body and sugar metabolism. When Mars transits Virgo, I have recorded many times having great difficulty when I eat sugary foods. Especially in Virgo, sugar causes inflammations and this, in turn, affects my moods – becoming more irritable and agitated.

In examining my journals of past Mars in Virgo periods, I did find that many people were both critical and angry and these feelings were often projected onto others. Blaming and criticizing others is the easy explanation for oneâ€s personal ills. I did feel that I was providing more services to others and I needed to establish boundaries. Often, I had company visiting and staying in the lower level. These people are always a joy but, when the visit occurs during Mars in Virgo (and this often occurs), I feel that I have to be overly responsible and helpful – it is ME and never them. It is most helpful when the visitor is a Scorpio or a Capricorn — they just tell me what to do and I do it, something very liberating as I do not have to make any decisions.

UPDATE 2008: During this period, I noticed that I was unusually agitated, easily annoyed and impatient, especially with little things (yes, I sweated the little things a lot) and people who were an aggravating waste of my time. I had no patience with people who went on and on without making a point and unnecessarily obsequious types who I saw as wasting my time by saying, I am so sorry. I do not want to bother you. I hope I am not disturbing you…over and over again. I am normally not this way. I surmised that high blood acidity during this transit increased my agitation. My future suggestion to myself would be to eat a more alkalizing diet when Mars is in Virgo.
During the 2008 transit, I have mechanical breakdowns…and, now in 2010, I need to have my copier repaired again. I was actively researching Leaky Gut syndrome, an ailment ruled by Virgo. I was exercising faithfully at the Senior Fit center and this always makes me feel better with an endorphin rush.

KALI SULPHATE DESCRIPTIONS:

KALI SULPH (Virgo)-potassium sulphate – a constituent of the infrastructure of the body. Deficiency impairs muscle and nerve fibers, causing cramps, spasms and neuralgia pain, usually accompanied by prostration and profuse sweat. NOTE: Sweetens the blood.

Kali Sulphate corrects the functioning of oils in the body. Deficiency symptoms show up as dryness and in the later stages of inflammation including acne and intestinal disorders. Mental symptoms include worry and lack of judgment.

MEDICAL UPDATE: With Mars in Virgo, this transit is in my 1st House and it afflicted all of my Mutable signs. In 2008, I suffered with bronchitis, a disease associated with the Lymphatic System (see article on this website) and the Lymphatic System is ruled by Mutable signs.

CRITICAL DATES:

JULY 20-22 2023 when Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn and Neptune

From OCTOBER 12 through NOVEMBER 24 2023, Mars will be transiting the sign of Scorpio. The transit of Mars has a general but indeed important influence over human behavior. It describes how people respond when they are angry and how we react to the anger in others. It describes how we handle our energies — for either anger or accomplishment. Mars describes what makes us angry and how we respond to aggravating situations. In some signs, such as Mars in Taurus, Scorpio and Capricorn, it is much easier to accomplish our goals yet some signs, such as Cancer and Pisces, can cause us to whine and complain but never really do anything about our problems.

Mars in Scorpio can be uncooperative and a bit vindictive but it is not always difficult. It can make your energies more intense and focused so that you can accomplish tasks more effectively and efficiently.  Scorpios true Mars energy can be highly motivational!

On November 10, Mars will square Saturn in Aquarius, making people resistant and uncooperative.   Saturn always throws blocks. obstacles and loads of red tape in our path.  There is also a Moon-Mercury/Saturn affliction that warned against making any commitments or important decisions.  On December 5,  Mars is parallel Saturn so the same warning applies

On OCTOBER 28-29, Mars in Scorpio opposes Jupiter in Taurus major warning NOT to over-react to something that you deem unjust or unfair.  You be wrong or the action is bad.

NOVEMBER 10-11,  Mars opposes Uranus, making people rebellious, contrary and contentious, forcing a breaking off of a relationship.  The Moon is also involved, intensifying the condition.

It is essential to remember to be cooperative and diplomatic when Mars is in Scorpio, even when another treats you harshly. Exercise a degree of tolerance in the situation, even if the other person is completely wrong in their behavior and treatment of you. Since Mars can be vindictive in Scorpio, never give another any ammunition to get back at you at a later time. If you tolerate a difficult situation while Mars is in Scorpio, you are not likely to ever forget but, at least, you have control over this — to get even at a later time or to just let it go! If Mars in Scorpio transits a natal planet, you can feel pushed to the point wherein you feel out of control.

Unlike Mars in Virgo or Libra, I enjoy this period because I can overcome my innate procrastination and I can accomplish much! I look forward to this period when I time the commencement of important projects. I feel productive, determined and resourceful during this period.

In 2017, I found myself attending a lot of Scorpionic lectures — from Espionage to Metaphysics. This does not sound exciting but these events were profound and transformational for me.

HEALTH: Scorpio rules the homeopathic cell salt, CALCIUM SULPHATE. As the great purifier, it destroys worn out red blood corpuscles by extracting water from them so that they may be used again in the body. This salt coats all of the vascular surfaces in the body, even the lining of the stomach to protect it against gastric juices. When the lining is diminished by an imbalance of this salt, we experience irritations in the eyes, throat, nasal passages, stomach and bowel areas.

The Calcium Cell Salts are important for bone and dental health, and skin healing. Calcium Phosphate is the Cell Salt for growth and health of the bones. Deficiency symptoms include aching pains, growing pains, bone ailments. Calcium Fluoride is the Cell Salt for problems with the surface of bones and skin. It is a much safer source of fluoride than supplemental fluoride. Deficiency symptoms include poor dental enamel; spider and varicose veins. Calcium Sulphate deficiency symptoms include acne and other skin problems, slow healing wounds, abscesses, swollen glands, negativity and apathy.

Calcium Sulphate is the same name for the important Cell Salt or Tissue Salt found in the liver. Calcium Sulphate is known as a blood purifier. It helps with cleansing of toxins in the body. In the liver, it helps in the removal of wastes. It can be indicated for abscesses, wounds and acne problems that don’t heal. Taken in early stages of colds and sore throats, it prevents the illnesses from worsening. Deficiency symptoms of Calc Sulphate can be negativity, apathy, poor skin, teeth, swollen glands.

The best liver cleanser is by Planetary Herbals.  Take 4 tables at night on an empty stomach for several nights.  It works fast.

During this cycle, many will feel a restless need to get out, to explore and to have some adventures. There is a need for stimulation — physically and mentally! This sign often manifests an impatience with boredom and slow moving people and projects. In an earlier cycle of Mars in Sagittarius, I observed a noticeable impatience on the part of others. Several people manifested an “I-want-what-I-want-NOW” attitude which offended everyone. Anger in Sagittarius moves people to shoot off their mouths and express truths (or what one believes to be true) with a rude bluntness. This sign, in itself, rarely has a malicious intent. In a tiff, the anger blows over quickly and all is forgotten, usually. Do guard against an air of self-righteousness — this is a character flaw of Sagittarius that causes them to feel that they are always right. Use a Void-of-Course Moon period if you wish to tell someone off and not experience any negative ramifications.

One summer, many years ago, when Mars transited Sagittarius, I took it upon myself to change my “diplomatic” Air-Sign ways and tell everyone the truth.  That was the summer that two friends stopped speaking to me! I did notice a problem with scatteredness in others — going off in many directions at once. I do not mind being scattered but I dislike it in others when I am counting on them to be organized and responsible.

I have also noticed in my journals that a lot of energy is put into traveling and planning trips. Since Sagittarius manifests an expansive energy, it flows smoothly when the mind is focused upon expansive activities and thoughts. I have observed that most of my readings were easy, as noted in my journals. This may have been caused by the intuitive and prophetic energy that abound in this sign.

In the past Mars in Sagittarius transit in December 2006 – January 2007, I had a lot of energy that had me out and about, traveling and doing a lot of shopping. It was not local shopping but I took a lot of day trips to favorite shopping locations. I also found myself feeling inspired by reading a Cayce book on reincarnation. I experienced incredible insights about my past lives and possible future life.

In 2008, at the very beginning of the Mars in Sagittarius Transit, I had many mystical experiences in Bavaria. I also had many psychic dreams as the transit continued.

In 2012, I traveled to Europe, earlier than my normal trips. BUT, I have Mars in Gemini so that this was a Mars Opposition Cycle for me. Breathing the cold, dry air, I developed bronchitis. I could hardly speak. This continued throughout the trip. Since I chose a good day astrologically to commence the trip, I met many people, conducted my Global Gathering interviews and I climbed Mt. Nanos in Slovenia.

In early 2020, I suffered with terrible allergies the entire time — and it was winter, not the traditional allergy season.  I had a lot of difficulty with the people who are taking over the garden plots.  They have no boundaries.   In 2021, they still have no boundaries but I ignore them rather than get upset.

Sagittarius rules the Homeopathic Cell Salt, Silica. Silica is quartz. It is considered Nature’s Surgeon as the tiny crystals clean out congested waste matter and infections. Silica is the hair and skin remedy. Deficiency includes excess perspiration, unhealthy skin, brittle nails and hair. I personally have problems with thin, weak nails. I find that taking Body Essential’s Silica Caps helps keep my nails from breaking. The herbal form of Silica has very little Silica in the capsules so I feel they are a waste of money.

Silica is essential to the health of bones, joints, skin, and glands. Deficiency produces catarrh in the respiratory system, discharges from the skin, slow wound healing, and offensive body odor. It is successful in the treatment of acne and abscesses, for hair and nail health, blood cleansing, and rebuilding the body after illness or injury.
Mentally, a deficiency can cause an inability to connect with one’s thoughts, poor memory and nervous disorders.

NOTE: I have Sagittarius intercepted in my natal chart which indicates a problem with Silica. I take the German brand with pure Silica regularly or else my nails and hair are affected.

JANUARY 10-11:  Mars squares Neptune so there can be a disillusion, deception or misunderstanding.  Do not initiate at this time or your efforts will fizzle.

When discouraged or when life seems to go against you— and this easily happens with Mars in Pisces— your energy level can be wiped out, leading to feeling sorry for one’s self and feeling despondent. As a result, the energies of this Mars are unstable, volatile and undependable. This is not a good time to start new projects since the Piscean energies can fizzle out when the going gets rough. In an earlier cycle, I tried to organize big plans for researching ancient Cave Bear sites in Europe. A lot of mental energy went into this project but nothing came of it.

In examining my journals, I found that I was frequently dealing with dishonest people yet I expressed a typically Piscean ambivalence or passivity with them. It seems to be a good time to escape and get away from it all— Pisces likes to tune out when life becomes difficult or the individual feels bored. In an earlier cycle, I found myself dealing with scattered, spacey and irresponsible types yet I was often too acquiescent in the situation to handle these people effectively. It is easy to allow people to get away with inappropriate behavior due to Piscean tolerance.

I did find examples when I did escape and get away, often to places around water. Frequently, I experienced powerful dreams and my intuition was very strong. The high psychic energy caused my physical energy to be equally high. However, in areas requiring organization, I found that my timing was off— I missed connections with people, people came by for a visit and I was not at home, and a friend locked his keys in his car… more than once. When Mars in Pisces is accompanied with other planets transiting the signs of Aries and Aquarius, this Mars can be assertive, even chivalrous, expressing itself in a progressive, although idealistic, manner.

I have grown stronger since that time in my life. In the most recent Mars in Pisces cycle, I put my energies into volunteerism, raising money for causes that I believed in and I found myself associating with people from other countries and other cultures. I traveled and often I traveled to places connected with water, such as the beach or lecturing on cruise ships. This is the positive side of Mars in Pisces.

When reviewing my notes for the 2009 transit, I found a lot of mistakes and forgetfulness. At least in 2009, there events that required great flexibility on my part. I traveled to Arizona and left my cosmetics at home. I knew that I did not have time to return home to get them so I just had to buy everything in Phoenix. Then, a thunder storm in Texas kept me from getting out of Phoenix. I arrived in Texas too late to get a flight to Baltimore. This tested my adaptability because it was going to be a long night. I did have a new DVD to watch but, more important, I sat next to the Presidents Club where I could access the internet for free. I downloaded movies on www.hulu.com for free and this kept me entertained until morning.

At home, I forgot about a workshop that I had signed up for attending and I went to the Hungarian Embassy for a concert…and it was the wrong day. I also experienced some very draining people.

In 2011, the pollen got an early start and, when Mars entered Pisces, I had terrible allergies and sinusitis. I always take Stinging Nettles but this takes 14 days to work.
The Power Plant meltdown in Japan occurred during this cycle, amid much confusion, denial and cover-ups.

As I examined my journals, I found this to be a period of either restlessness and despondency when nothing was happening or excessive activity and over-stimulation. In 1990, I began receiving letters from Eastern Europe and I concretized my plans for my first trip to meet with astrologers in these countries. I was featured on several television programs. I took several short trips just to get out of the house. Under the stress of too much activity, I was very susceptible to allergies. I noticed many references in my journal to running around all day.  There were several crises such as losing my credit card two days before leaving for Europe! There was much social interaction with others — in person, by telephone and with the fax machine. During the Gulf War, a Media War with Mars in Gemini, I was faxing data on a daily basis to Prague. I even went back to college for the first time in 25 years.

During another Mars in Gemini cycle, a friend from Sweden visited. This was a cycle for stimulating conversation and the exchange of new ideas on astrology. Relationships seem to be a theme for this Mars transit. People provide lots of gossip and energizing conversation. I explored new ways of meeting people and, of course, I met lots of people. While there were several mentally stressful periods that upset my nerves – something typical of Mars in Gemini – the stress passed quickly.

During the most recent Mars in Gemini transit in 2006, life was very active! I went to lectures, conferences, expos; I took a lot of short, stimulating trips; I got to talk with a lot of new people; an article that I wrote on UFOs and the Septile aspect received a great deal of recognition. It appeared on many unusual, non-astrological websites. Even now, with Mars in Gemini, the US Capitol Historical Society is starting their brown bag lunch lectures and I will attend their lecture series. Obviously, the restless energy of Mars in Gemini motivates us to get out and interact with others, seek a change of scenery and learn something new. Life should become a smorgasbord now.

During the transit in 2009, my friend from Austria visited and I always do and see a lot when she comes. I say that she is a good Wagon Master, planning and directing trips. Her husband visited and he did a lot of the driving for me. We traveled all along the ocean area of Maryland and Delaware and we shopped at the outlets. Another article was published about my dad and I in a local magazine. In both 2009 and 2011, The Greatest Astrological Picnic in the Known Universe occurs. There is always a lot of social and mental interaction.

In 2015, my Progressed Venus was squaring Saturn so there were crises occurring around this Mars transit. I traveled to Boston to give a long astrology lecture. I had to drive to Boston after a train crash had closed all train transportation to Boston. Actually, I enjoyed the drive, despite it being 10 hours long. I traveled to Universal Studios to visit Harry Potter World. My roommate was in a very bad mood and this was very stressful for me.

In 2017, it was a fun period — buying plants for the garden, traveling to nurseries and attending lectures and events in Washington DC.

In 2019, I returned to Boston once again but this time the trains were running fine.  I stayed with a wonderful family and we talked about herbs and medical topics the entire time.  I attended a lot of lectures, as usual, and I did a radio show which went really well.  There were other difficult aspects as my dad had recently died and, without him, someone working in his garden began bullying me.  Finally, the Department of Agriculture intervened and the bullying stopped.

When the restless energies of Mars in Gemini are blocked, frustrated or seem to generate stress through over-stimulation, there can be an imbalance in the homeopathic cell salt, Kali Muriaticum, potassium chloride. Kali Mur is found throughout the body. Deficiency results in a coating of the tongue, glandular swelling, scaling of the skin, and excess mucous discharge. Deficiency symptoms include colds, congestion of the bronchial tubes, sinus inflammation, arthritis inflammation, a lack of energy and interest. All congestion and swelling need Kali Mur. If there in an inflammation, the may be a need for Ferrum Phosphate — the inflammation usually arises from the lack of oxygen due to iron deficiency.

CRITICAL DATES:
OCTOBER 10-15; NOVEMBER 14-18 2022 Retrograde; MARCH 12-14 2023 Direct:  Mars in Gemini squares Neptune in Pisces – plans and projects may fizzle out.  There may be details about which you are unaware so wait until this aspect passes.