When Earth Gets Zapped

Electrical storms exploded in South-East England, Moscow Russia, northern France Monday May 29 in the wake of an event on the sun reaching earth's magnetic field.

The sun discharged a CME -coronal mass ejection -on May 23, easily enveloping our planet as the shockwave arrived on May 27 with strong magnetic connection to earth.
The impact seemed at first to be weak but then the geomagnetic readings showed a significant disturbance of the magnetic energies of our planet -most easily evidenced by much more widely visible auroras in the northern and southern latitudes.
Spaceweather.com reported on the effects in the US.
New Zealand and Australian skywatchers were also suitably impressed

@iangriffin tweeted a swag of glorious views from the dark skies near southern city of Dunedin NZ

and Dr Tamitha Skov @TamithaSkov has arguably one of the best aurora feeds on Twitter

Halo CME gave data for the shockwave on May 27..the vertical blue line at 14.43 UT showing multiple parameters jumping -and the critical Bz connectivity in the appropriate negative readings for strong magnetic connection to us.

All this electrical activity generated from the sun has flow on effects on earth -not just in pretty auroras which make the effects visible - but also in the violent electrical storms when lightning is discharging by striking earth or terrestrial objects/people -so it is no coincidence that violent electrical storms were recorded in locations where atmospheric conditions enabled the charged particles to have full expression.

It is also highly probable that the massive British Airways power outage is connected to this shockwave event -even though the loss of power -now identified more accurately as a power surge - was indicated at 
The timing of this British Airways power surge event is too co-incidental to dismiss it as unrelated because the shockwave and the power surge have very similar energetic properties. It seems our detection devices are missing something.
A CME impacts earth immediately on the dayside -the locations on earth in day time at the time of the event and at the time of the magnetosphere being compressed.
Given the surprising strength of the magnetic storm, it is possible that strong magnetosphere compression on the morning of May 27 as a result of the incoming shockwave and preceding it - and before the shockwave was recorded - caused the power surge affecting British Airways operations based at Heathrow.

Strong solar generated effects on earth have been noted to coincide with transport crashes, outbreaks of violence, disturbed human and animal behaviours -as well as violent or extreme weather events. Background blog entries in recent years document some of these events

April 2017 - Extreme Forces in Many Contexts

Extreme forces predicted for April 2017 are manifesting with great frequency.

Updates confirm multiple extreme force events

Extreme Weather
Extreme forces that began to combine from as early as late February 2017 and began to manifest in March 2017 are sustained through April 2017 in diverse global locations.

One manifestion of the intense energy combinations is extreme weather with water proving to be a major destructive element.

Although environmental devastation from these forces is a well-documented outcome [events consistently coinciding with planetary indicators] - the outcomes are not limited to one level  or one context of expression.

Relating

• The intense forces prevailing in April 2017 have direct human-human consequences, impacting dynamics between people and their relationships.
• The pressures require significant upgrades in the style and quality of people's conduct towards each other  - or estrangement/separation/endings are the likely events facing them in April. In some situations a need for reality checking is required in order to rebalance a relationship
• Loss of relationship due to external events will also occur for many.

Money
Money problems and losses, events affecting assets - events in April will impact the financial and material circumstances of many people globally.
For some people this may be due to a loss of their home from extreme weather or major damage with no insurance.
This is not a great month to do well financially, take financial risks or to start a business - and this is likely to be demonstrated in global market declines.

Extreme Forces - human generated
Extreme energies always have the capacity to manifest through human behaviour and activity. The potential for destructive outcomes as a result of human intention remains higher than normal during April.

also read: the karmic growth offered in April 2017 in respect of money management and relating


 and Leah Whitehouse's monthly report for a different emphasis in interpreting the hand that is dealt to us in April 2017. [Astrologers have their own reading style & mine would be in the least conventional and more global category]

confirmational updates from relevant global news:
diverse locations for effects of extreme weather already in effect include US reported April 3 and most fatally Colombia [mudslides after deluges] since March 31
April 3 Metro bombing in St Petersburg Russia multiple fatalities and injuries
April 4 Sarin gas suspected in mass exposure with dozens of fatalities and injuries inflicted in Syrian location Khan Shiekhun
April 5 extreme weather involving water and wind in New Zealand
April 6 extreme weather involving water, wind and associated landslips/mudslides continues to affect New Zealand -lower north and upper south islands

Several related news reports from US across the nation and one from India showing same intensity of weather

April 6 -extreme force in the form of a missile attack involving 59 cruise missiles launched on command of President Trump against Syrian military -in response to the April 4 Sarin gas attack in Syria by the Syrian regime
April 7 -extreme force by use of a speeding lorry deliberately crashed into a department store -deaths and injuries as people mowed down in Stockholm Sweden
April 9 multiple deaths in 2 blasts in Egypt on Palm Sunday
April 9 seismic stress is another example of extreme force -New Zealand is experiencing a fresh run of seismic unrest including in the vulnerable cook Strait region near the capitol, Wellington

April 10 - as anticipated, flow-on effects involving money/assets have already arisen from environmental damage. Markets & currencies are also in the firing line to trend downwards in April.  Awaiting global trend as April 10 gradually opens but NZ currency has dropped to a 4 week low
April 13 stocks fell across Asia, Us dollar and Treasury bond yields slumped to lowest for 2017
April 13 US discharged a GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb in Afghanistan against ISIS
April 15 tensions between US and North Korea reach a dangerous level



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Background on Extreme Weather
rewinding to a post from Oct 2013..with 2017 updates -including more reference to significant planetary factors 

OCT

21

Extreme Weather from the Galactic Centre 

The GC -galactic centre -the rotational centre of the Milky Way galaxy - at 27 Sagittarius is an energy point of unimaginable potency

Significant events on earth expressing the power of natural forces can be seen to cluster in the time frame of a GC activation.

This includes major movements or quantities of fire, earth, air and water and can include floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic activity, tornadoes, typhoons, hurricanes, torrential rain, tsunami, wildfires, explosive events - as well as including events of this type perpetuated by human activity [ Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1944].

scroll to end for updates to 2017

Typhoon Haiyan has slammed Philippines -an example of GC generated extreme forces
 update Nov 8 2013

Observations [above] made October 21 2013 re the roles of Saturn in October [12 Scorpio] & the November Scorpio eclipse [11 Scorpio] in activating by semisquare the Galactic Centre position of 27 SAG

above are the most potent activators of Galactic Centre energies, stepped down into the environment of Earth, with 27 SAG as the actual position of the galactic centre and all points at 90 and 180 degrees of that being significant, as well as all positions midway = 12 degrees in all 4 fixed energy signs [Scorpio, Taurus, Leo, Aquarius] Any one occupied position has an equal capacity to trigger any or all others

The GC gets activated annually by the Sun around December 19
In 2013 only Mercury  [Jan 17] and Venus [November 2] make the same exact conjunction to 27 SAG. But these alone do not give rise to major activations.
My energy analysis method always includes the GC activations by the remaining signs of the mutable quartet - PISCES VIRGO GEMINI as well as the semi & sesqui squares = 12 degree position of any of the fixed signs SCORPIO TAURUS  LEO AQUARIUS.

When the 27 MUTABLE or 12 FIXED sign positions feature in a New, Full Moon or Eclipse the likelihood of extreme forces arising to a significant extent in diverse earth locations is worth considering

Milky Way Galactic Centre

It so happens from late 2013 into 2014 there is a run on these relevant factors with strong activations of the GC energy delivered by:


September full moon 27 PISCES
October lunar eclipse SATURN at 12 SCORPIO
November solar eclipse at 11 SCORPIO being midpoint of MERC-NODES-SAT
December full moon at 25 GEMINI
January new moon 11 AQUARIUS
March full moon 26 VIRGO

Exact positions at 27 or 12 are strongest but + or - 2 degrees is well within range of effect - giving a range 25-29 Mutable and 10-14 Fixed to consider.

Full and New Moons begin to be effective days before exactitude and until the following new or full state.

Eclipses belong to a six-monthly cycle so the effects can spread ahead that far - as well as being pre-triggered -one of the qualities of space-time that defies the limited linear logic of manufactured earth-time.

The period September 2013 - May 2014
is likely to be notable for many more extreme weather events and major environmental events which reveal the potency of the forces of nature.

The role of the paired transformers Pluto & Uranus locked at a 90 degree angle is undeniable in accentuating or aggravating the situation.

These two energies are very representative of Galactic Centre forces so their current activation provides a double-whammy effect whenever our solar system is zapped by a blast from the GC 

A torus of super-heated dust surrounding the galactic centre black Hole -artist's conception

Updates
Prior historical example:
CYCLONE Yasi formed January 26 2011.
Dissipated Feb 3 2011
GC activation came via URANUS  in conjunction with JUPITER  =  both at 27 Pisces on January 4 2011. The process was set in motion weeks before the cyclone formed.
[ 27 Pisces is at exact 90 degrees to the GC & therefore a very strong trigger - made stronger by the combined mega force of Jupiter blended with Uranus the force of change.]

The etymology of the word typhoon is of interest in terms of the most likely link back to Greek mythology
TYPHOEUS aka TYPHON  was a monstrous immortal storm-giant...so huge his head was said to brush the stars..
He appeared man-shaped down to the thighs, with two coiled vipers in place of legs. Attached to his hands in place of fingers were a hundred serpent heads, fifty per hand. He was winged, with dirty matted hair and beard, pointed ears, and eyes flashing fire. According to some he had two hundred hands each with fifty serpents for fingers and a hundred heads, one in human form with the rest being heads of bulls, boars, serpents, lions and leopards. As a volcano-daimon, Typhoeus hurled red-hot rocks at the sky and storms of fire boiled from his mouth. 
-from theoi.com where extensive detail is available

Relevant news October 2013
Britain braces for worst storm of 2013
M7.1 quake off Japan  after sun pumps out a swarm of M and X flares

                      time frame October 23, 24, 25,26 2013 shown though 3 M flares also
                                        occurred on Oct 22 -see flare calendar
This amount of sustained output has not been seen for some time & has a relationship to extreme weather and natural events on earth including large quakes.

Summary of late October- early November sustained solar activity -
+ November 5 saw an X3.3 flare [3rd biggest in current solar cycle - and biggest for 2013]

November 2013
The biggest storm of 2013 slams the Philippines from November 6 [Typhoon Haiyan]
Lethal cyclone devastates Somalia

Solar activity remains high with two weeks of sustained M flares & the occasional X flare - while according to standard observations, no geomagnetic effects at storm level as a result of all the CME's sent from the sun up till Nov 12

M-flares abundant. X flare on Nov 8

December 2013
Around Dec 8
Heavy snowfall across Northern Hemisphere & in unusual places -Egypt, Hawaii, Middle East -all due to a jet stream snaking much further southwards in a meridional pattern rather than zonal

The Full Moon at 25 SAG-GEM was within range of the GC & thus geoeffective in the time frame of a lunar month into January
 The Sun reached the Galactic Centre point late on Dec 18 UT at 27 SAG and Mercury too on Dec 22 - allowing for a conjoined activation of the GC forces in the period around Dec 20-22 
The important seasonal markers at zero Cardinal [Capricorn-Cancer, Aries-Libra] are also likely to be caught up in the timing of GC activations since 27 SAG is just 3 degrees from 0 Capricorn and the whole spectrum is activated at all other seasonal markers in March, June, September as well as in December
December 2013 is particularly worth observing for the added complexity of the Sun-Pluto-Mercury-Mars-Uranus synergistic activation from even as early as Dec 29 then strengthening in days to New Years Eve, January 1 & 2 2014
Natural forces [i.e. expressed as weather] & biological behaviour -human & other species vulnerable [with variation dependent on individual susceptibility] to disturbed, volatile & stress effects which will be evident in a range of news reports
From Weather Action :

Dec 21

Piers Corbyn from Weather Action says the North Atlantic jet stream reached a record 275 mph on Dec 22 2013 -consistent with the long range prediction of wild jet stream events in the shift to a Mini Ice Age circulation pattern.
Corbyn's methodology is centred around solar activity which impacts Earth. 
His analysis also targets the end of Dec 2013 & into January 2014:
"Newly erupting active sunspot regions are coming round to be Earth-facing (below) when we predicted and will drive dangerous weather conditions around end Dec and start Jan in USA, Brit+Ire, Europe and the whole world."
"This 'Mini-Ice-Age increase in wild and extreme events will continue for the next 20 years" 
Dec 22 UT In my locale the weather has undergone a sudden change from an unusually warm start of summer to cooler temps due to squally gusts of wind

2014 updates
Extreme flooding UK -January torrential
Massive landslide Washington State - March disaster in Oso
M8.2 quake Chile big offshore event was fortunately low in fatalities

2017 updates
MARCH
With the Galactic Center 27 SAG being activated by exact alignment from transiting Saturn at 27 Sagittarius, beginning effectiveness from start of March 2017 intense outcomes anticipated soon began to be evident. 

One planet alone is usually not significant enough to bring the worst extremes. [severe quakes, colossal tsunamis]

In March 2017 Saturn at 27 degrees links with any other activating factors at 27 and 12 degrees. 
The Sun and Neptune match these positions during March: Neptune [water indicator] for most of the month and the Sun at/in range of 12 degrees from March 2-4. 
From March 6 [UT] Mars at 27 Aries energises Saturn at 27 Sagittarius - extending over several days

The probabilities for heavy rain with flooding and destructive conditions creating losses and obstructions will also be very high in this time frame.
Just as March began [3rd] an indicator of extremes was in place -the exact opposition of Jupiter and Uranus. This opposition has an effective time frame of just over 2 weeks [until at least March 19] in which to keep generating more systems. This energy combination generates unbalanced energies and would have contributed significantly to extreme atmospheric conditions and the creation of disturbed, destructive weather systems. 
The Sun reaching 21-23 degees in the March 11-March 13 period synergises with this potent energy.
Then importantly 17-20th March when firstly the Sun is at 27 degrees, soon joined by the Moon on the 20th of March.

Regions of New Zealand's North Island beginning 7 March experienced extreme flooding followed by forceful winds -with conditions enduring several days after a brief lull between systems.

Other global locations showed related effects in this time period -as reported March 9 - India, Pakistan, Atlanta US...

Memphis and UK heavy rain news

Britain gets March warning

NZ reports from: Coromandel region  Waiheke Island
Clevedon  summary of damage

NZ Metservice forecast 9 March 

March 11 Coverage of NZ North Island extreme weather

March 2017 Fatalities recorded in Madagascar cyclone

Wiki entry for Cyclone Enawo

March 12 2017
further extreme rainfall on Sunday has deluged nearly 200 properties across Auckland City

mid-March saw  blizzard conditions in north-east US regions

March 14 saw the start of extreme rain, flooding and mudslides in Peru. This follows an intense period of extreme weather since early in 2017

By 28 March 2017 Queensland Australia was subject to Cyclone Debbie. The initial effects were followed by extreme widespread flooding affecting an even larger landscape than initially affected -even by April 2 more flooding was anticipated

Saturn on GC
With Saturn's transiting position in Sagittarius remaining within the 27-28 degree range throughout April and still within the 26-27 degree range for most of May 2017 it is anticipated that activation of Galactic Centre [GC] energies is creating exactly the turbulent forces that generate extreme weather. The higher potential for this looks to be increased in April 2017 with Neptune [the water indicator] also highly activated [Uranus+Sun transits through Aries]
The 3rd factor [and there is always more than one] is thatimbalance underlies the generation of these extreme forces. Energy related to extreme unbalanced forces was generated at the end of March [Pluto+Jupiter] and the triggers spawned at that time were given the force to unfold in days ahead...ready to merge increasingly from April 4 with Saturn barely moving from its transiting position, intensifying through the first week of April to lead into the developing Saturn-Venus energy at 28 Sagittarius and the Sun-Jupiter-Pluto energies combining from April 7.
Extreme forces remain locked in for a lengthy period, with many different manifestations - weather or environmentally related as well as human induced - with a likely time frame from April 7-19 2017
So this is a big package of extreme and destructive forces which will be manifested in many global locations 

further reading:

Galactic Centre activation in the Galveston Hurricane in September 1900

2017 outlook - karma effect on relating and money

Saturn is one of the main astrological energies that indicate the involvement of significant karma in certain aspects of life. Your personal astrological profile will specify the focal issues.
When Saturn has its annual retrograde period the area of karma that needs resolution will be under the spotlight for several months.
For many people 2017 will be a continuation of 2016 with very similar issues needing attention.
Karma is not a quick fix it seems - the misuse of energy in the past, especially if perpetrated over many prior lifetimes - is due to fixed mental patterns that resist change.
Karma and Saturn are always fundamentally about right action, right speech, right thoughts - basically behaving properly in every context, being a responsible person in your own self management and behaving responsibly towards others.
But these qualities are usually undeveloped due to adverse conditions such as inadequate or dysfunctional parenting, poor role models, or lack of education and guidance.
Without these support systems we are all vulnerable to being uncivilised brutish and selfish people until Life begins to teach us otherwise -through gentle support or through harsh lessons.
When the energy of Saturn is configured with another planetary energy in a stressful mixture [this happened in 2016 and repeats in 2017] the flavour of this combination has an extended period of influence.

In 2017 it is again Saturn in conflict with the energy of Venus.
Look back to April-Sept 2016 to get a big clue as to the issues that are likely to arise again.
Venus is the energy of both money, assets, finance, possessions and the energy of relationships.

Past misuse of energy in these 2 areas of life are likely to be revisited because even more effort is needed to modify instinctual behaviours, responses, reactions when handling money, assets, finance, possessions and when relating in every context - to self, to partners, to children, to others where you have more power than them and to others in general.

If energy has been previously misused the antidote has to be to change behaviour and act responsibly, with restraint, self discipline, balance, fairness.

In effect this is a maturing process, reining in loose or abusive behaviour regarding interactions with others and in the management of money or assets.
Focus, commitment and hard work are usually involved to change the quality of an area of life needing karmic re-balancing.

The key time frame in 2017 is from the start of April to the end of August [ specifically April 6-August 25 ]

but the energy this year is strong enough to generate an early warning: the period March 17-19 had a Saturn-Sun combination forewarning of the themes arising.
2016 and 2017 continue to see Saturn in the mutable sign Sagittarius so all born under this sign and its mutable group [Pisces, Virgo, Gemini] will experience more Saturn effects than usual sometime in the approximately 3 year period of effect.
This highlights the need to change MENTAL patterns in order to change behaviour.
When mixed with Venus, aspects of survival and relating are the specific mental patterns that need to change.
With Saturn in Sagittarius and Venus in Pisces there is a conflict between freedom and addiction.

• Excessive behaviours have to be curtailed regarding money or personal interactions.

If restraint is not applied or irresponsible behaviour not terminated various consequences can arise -relevant to personal contexts eg:

• legal problems will arise due to fraud or theft 
• debt arising due to too loose spending.
• regarding health: problems based in the [liver] due to excess alcohol or drugs.
•  loss of freedom due to crime involving money or drugs
•  feeling restricted in immersive relationships
• breakups involving dishonesty or cheating

The good news is:

If you achieve the karmic growth in the focal areas of money management and relating to others you will emerge stronger in April

This brief overview serves as an introduction to further recommended reading.
Also see extreme energies forecast for month of April 2017 
Astrology King on Saturn Retrograde 2017

Your guide to Saturn -extended insight into the meaning of this energy

Astrology for Babies: getting to know this little mystery

You've just given birth to this new citizen, this new life created by two people, cocooned until this most significant birth day.

You expect the baby will share physical characteristics with one or both parents and similar personality traits with one or more blood relatives are also assumed to become obvious over time - but even in those early weeks of wondering about this little person, this little mystery, a lot can already be known

Modern-day record-keeping

 provides the first vital ingredient:

 the time of birth 

This in combination with the place and date gives the co-ordinates for constructing the baby's birth map - a plan of the cosmic sky above that location - showing where the significant indicators were - starting with the positions of the Sun and Moon, then adding in as many other features of our own solar system as preferred by the astrologer, to gain a picture of what type of personality, energy, body type, disposition, interests etc are likely to be characteristic of the child.

Enduring, life-long traits can also be identified.

Knowing what comes naturally to a child before they themselves can vocalise and communicate allows for the provision of a supportive environment, customised for each child, in recognition of their individual needs and personal ways of self expression.

Identifying strengths and talents as well as areas of challenge or needing support are also facilitated by the analysis done in an astrological report.

Physical weaknesses, sensitivities, digestive issues can also be identified, assisting parents before choices are made regarding feeding.

Case Study: 

Prince George at one day old

My blog post on Royal Babies George and Charlotte

 - from the Written in the Stars 2013 archive with a 2015 update added for Princess Charlotte - is provided as an example of the sort of things that can be uncovered as soon as a birth time is known.

Feedback:

Feedback given at 6 weeks for baby chart done soon after birth

Does sound spot on in some ways already. with the loving water, he was born in the water and is very calm in the bath. And the food allergies too, I have had to cut dairy out as that was making him sick. A lot of it sounds like his dad who was born on the .... lots of things to look forward to and keep in mind so thanks for doing this for me, I find it all very interesting as does [husband]

and then an update when baby was 12 months old:

I have found the chart very interesting, he really does love the water, with his first swim in the pool he was in his happy place and kicking his legs like a swimmer does. Dairy gives him a bit of an upset stomach so have had to avoid it for the most part, you also mention something about being social - which he definitely is, always happy to crawl up to strangers and sit on their laps for a chat, and always smiling and waving at people as we go for walks.
I'm sure there will be more sides of his personality to develop in the coming years, hopefully I can be prepared with the help of the chart you did!

Feedback re baby "S"

S.... is now 8 months old, and I have recently reflected back on the analysis I received. I was happily surprised to learn that the details I read about her personality are soo accurate. I also thoroughly enjoyed reading the small tips on how to deal with some of the small hiccups we may encounter along the way, as she gets older.


The baby astrology reading is available worldwide
Contact via direct message on Twitter: Profiler Astrology  or @astroprofiles

How does astrology work?

Quantum physics has established that everything is energy and that beneath the visual world that we perceive exists the sub-atomic realm of totally interconnected fields of waves and patterns. In the everyday world, the Moon provides us with the simplest demonstration of a force operating at a large distance -by working in tandem with the Sun these forces interact with Earth to create tidal pull that affects not only water but also the atmosphere, winds, weather.

The Sun is the driver of the solar system and it is in feedback with everything in that system. Observations over millennia have recorded not only solar and lunar activity but also correspondences between events on Earth and the positioning of particular planetary forces.

These observations evolved into a language identifying the characteristics of planetary forces - decoding the energy expressions commonly found with the distinct wave patterns generated by each of these forces. Being a complex dynamic system creates different energy patterns depending upon the interface that is made between one planet and any other/others. 

By understanding the way the interactions occur, astrologers can identify the positive, easy flowing patterns and those that are difficult or very challenging.

If we could all see energy waves, patterns and harmonics we would have no doubt about our connection to everything...irrespective of distance. 

The Shifting Sands of Identity, Gender & Sexuality

The Shifting Sands of Identity, Gender & Sexuality

under a PISCES SOLAR ECLIPSE

 FEBRUARY 2017

We are constantly embedded in a complex mix of energies and how those energies impact us or motivate our thoughts, feelings and expressions is dependent too on a complex mix of energies -where we are located, the context or environment in which we find ourselves, the time that the energies are in effect, who we inherently are - what aspects of us can be aroused....

So the available energy at any time - existent and embedded in us - is capable of wearing many different -but related - faces or morphing into variant forms - depending upon the type of and degree of resonance with each individual

Selecting universal themes from the signature of any significant energy event -like an eclipse - involves selecting from a range of related possibilities/probabilities which are consistent with contemporary themes impacting humanity.

In 2017 there is again in the world a widening divide at the same time as a merging together -conflicting and contradictory forces which are creating deep divisions in communities, within nations and in global politics.

Many can detect elements of prior extreme historical periods when brutal and repressive forces led in the worst cases to the outright slaughter of great numbers of people who were depicted as deficient, defective, threatening, impure, unholy - attitudes that are based not in a rational mind but stem from a far more instinctual panic residing in the ancient part of the human brain.

2017 is occurring at a time of expanded social awareness where one sector of humanity is predisposed towards inclusion and so this is some protection against a potential outright contagion of instinctual panic and a return to widespread repression of our species' progression towards greater expression of true humanity.

Sometimes it feels like there is not just one human species but two - at war - with completely different consciousness - and in truth this consciousness difference is real because without love, compassion and inclusion and without embracing an expanded view of human potentials and variations our humanness remains very primitive.

The Pisces solar eclipse of late February 2017 sees compassionate energies from the sun and moon merging in conjunction = a new beginning, elevating for many their capacity to feel empathy and support for others, wanting to help and understand those who are suffering, mistreated, excluded.

Mercury and Neptune also in Pisces at the time of the eclipse add further emphasis to this refining influence..enabling many to resolve to "become a better person".

Along with this surge comes a big dose of "confidence to be different" - from the Mars and Uranus combination in Aries - and with Jupiter in Libra linked in - social confidence, joy and pleasure have certainly been delivered to many by this eclipse.

Many will feel predisposed to assert who they truly are

With a 6 month effective process an eclipse is usually a life-changing influence

A very appropriate example of the eclipse effect was on display in Auckland on Feb 25 - the pride parade celebrating gender diversity.

A colourful and high energy community event supported by thousands of observers, this LGBTI event typifies the spirit of inclusion, diversity, fun, - essentially with the message that being different is actually the underlying human condition - we are all essentially "different" -though for many that difference has been repressed in so many contexts.

ln fact the age of labels must surely be close to ending within this context of the fluidity of identity and of gender and sexual preference being so much spoken of -and when young children are independently self asserting their preferences we truly are living in a new age of expanded social dynamics.

The essential message of this eclipse was earlier posted as follows:

The best of February 2017

could be discovered in the context of the Pisces solar eclipse energies of the 26th.
After the Fire comes a lot of Deep Water.

An outpouring of compassion or a sense of one-ness and connectedness is possible in mass gatherings that address the fundamental relating issues facing humanity.
On a personal level the same opportunities are on offer:

How can we co-exist in a better, more harmonious, compassionate way?

How can I access my strength, bravery and confidence in order to enhance my enjoyment of others in social interactions?

A nation that feels inherently secure does not need to banish broad swathes of humanity but until the end of 2017 a pronounced fear of the foreign has more opportunity to take root where that fear is encouraged.

On an elemental level -torrents of water are the likely outcome in many global locations

EXTRACT FROM 2017 ASTROLOGY