It's been a really interesting and higher level sorta day today. I then remembered that today is the New Moon 9 Pisces......plus its conjunct Uranus! That explains the day even better.
So here's BARBARA HAND CLOW'S latest New Moon report. C1, how did you copy her last months report the way you did?
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February New Moon: February 27, 2006 / View Chart
"It is the New Moon in Pisces, which is my favorite New Moon of the year. It is time for meditation, intuitive reviews of life, and fantasy. This year's New Moon in Pisces is especially wonderful because Uranus is exact conjunct the New Moon. This takes the normal Piscean watery imagination to a more incisive and intelligent level, if you can handle the juice! This is a New Moon for prophesy, multidimensional insights, and right-brain genius. Don't resist, just do it! Finally, for a change, we have some good energy in the heavens!
The New Moon in Pisces is always the last New Moon before the Spring Equinox, so it is the culmination of nearly three months of deep inward assessment that begins at the Winter Solstice. Be sure and re-read the 2005 Winter Solstice reading for these reflections, for soon it will be replaced by the Spring Equinox reading. As many of you know, the whole Winter Solstice quarter has been unbearably intense and formative because of the long grand square formulating and reformulating out of Saturn opposite Neptune squaring Mars opposite Jupiter. It was as if we were all in a vise for three months, and even now the influence is still strongly represented because Neptune in Aquarius is exact square Jupiter in Scorpio. Mars is out of the influence and finally rolling along in Gemini, and Saturn is in a deep retrograde and out of range temporarily. I bet most of you noticed that things have been less intense during the last lunar month? I thought the end of the grand square was palpable and a great relief.
Regarding the long grand square, I'm sure you faced some of your dragons and have made some major changes in your life this winter season. First of all, this New Moon is the time to do some deep reflecting on what you have learned and how it will affect you in general. This will prepare you for choosing three things you want to manifest during the Spring Equinox. Secondly, I think it would be wise to use Jupiter in Scorpio squaring Neptune in Aquarius as a "tool" to take advantage of what the New Moon in Pisces conjunct Uranus has to offer. So, let's decode this square. Jupiter was exact square Neptune just before the previous New Moon in Aquarius on January 27, and this square was less than one degree during the previous lunar cycle as it is during this New Moon in Pisces. This is because Jupiter is barely moving from Earth's perspective, and it goes retrograde March 4. Therefore, it will be in exact square to Neptune until the end of March, and Jupiter will return to square Neptune one last time at the end of September. On the low side, Jupiter square Neptune causes a tendency toward escapism and the inability to make good plans in life. On the high side, especially because Jupiter is in Scorpio and Neptune in Aquarius, this square offers a wonderful opportunity to face the truth about losses in the past and assess how you are handling the same kind of losses now. Obviously, since Jupiter is involved, these losses are probably financial. Yet, since Neptune is the other planet, these may be losses by death or possibly a realization that you have lost spiritual contacts and aspects in your life.
I tend to be more positive about squares than most astrologers. I find that squares challenge people and get them off their butts. Yet, in this case, because Jupiter is in Scorpio, it may be really hard to face the truth about the issues that are coming up. You may tend to just want it all to go away. The highest level of Scorpio is clear truth that comes out of understanding negativity and evil. Some people never really get what is going on in the world because they won't look at or face the dark side. I would say that because this square is so close for such a long period, some of you might see some negativities that you've never seen before. Buck up! The more we all face the dark side, the more we can clear things. An excellent example of what I mean is Kenneth Lay of Enron who obviously defrauded thousands of people out of millions of dollars. Dear Ken appeared for his trial right during this square with his fancy lawyers all ready to get him off, and they probably will. You may see more issues about lost pensions coming up now. As for me, having lost two children since 1998, I have been finding this square excellent for better understanding about loss by death. Whatever this strong square means to you, you will come out of it with the ability to balance losses against gains.
During the Pisces New Moon, Mars in Gemini is in a nice tight sextile to Saturn retrograde in Leo, which makes taking effective, disciplined action unusually easy during this lunation-especially anything having to do with communications or writing. This sextile feels especially great because Mars in Taurus squared Saturn in Leo during the grand square phase. This would be a great month to initiate a really creative web page, for example. Mars will be in Gemini until mid-April, which favors communication and writing, so seriously consider tackling something you've been procrastinating about! Also, Mars in Gemini squares the New Moon and Uranus, which on the low side might make you feel quite nervous this month or could cause accidents. However, this square could move you into action quite easily if you can just get started-which is always difficult under a strong Piscean influence. Mars trines Chiron in early Aquarius, so the projects you do decide to work on will be healing and meaningful at this time. And Chiron continues to oppose Saturn, which is has been doing on-and-off since 1986 due to its elliptical orbit, and this aspect has been a strong manifestation force behind alternative medicine and healing. As I've often repeated, the last Saturn opposite Chiron is a non-exact opposition in April 2007, and look how the alternative view has grown and prospered over the past years. At Bear, we published Vibrational Medicine by Richard Gerber in 1986, and this was a foundation book for the movement.
Since this website is dedicated to Mayan Calendar research, we recognize that many of you work with the Calendar also. Well, during this New Moon and for quite a while, Pluto is on the Galactic Center, the source of the Calendar. I expect interest in the Calendar to intensify greatly from now on all the way through 2007 because Pluto will push the world into a deep awakening about the meaning of the Calendar. During this New Moon, Mercury in Pisces exactly squares Pluto on the Galactic Center, so new awareness is especially likely on the intuitive level. You will just "know" things and "see" things that are very unusual this month. This would be a great month for you to dial up
www.Calleman.com to get the latest news from Carl Johan Calleman. He is creating some wonderful group meditation events based on Calendar dates that will really take off now that Pluto is on the Galactic Center. With Venus in Capricorn closely sextiling Mercury in Pisces, you should find this new knowledge pragmatic, enjoyable, and something you can work with easily.
All in all, the New Moon in Pisces will have many levels of very good and creative energy, a respite after three months of stormy weather in the heavens.
[I am forgoing analysis of Washington, DC, this month because I just finished the manuscript for The Mind Chronicles and e-mailed it to Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. I am exhausted and brain-dead after six weeks of "Karma Crunch" (great name for granola). The three books, Eye of the Centaur, Heart of the Christos, and Signet of Atlantis were a total of 690 pages. Now the Mind Chronicles Trilogy will be in one book that will be about 350 pages with all of Angela Werneke's exquisite illustrations still included. I did one hundred sessions under hypnosis and wrote the three books over ten years, so in five weeks I had to relive ten years of work (besides reconsidering all of my past lives!). I am a much better writer now, and my understanding of all the past lives has deepened since Signet came out in 1992, so this book is really wonderful. It will come out in early fall this year, and I am thrilled about it. I will do some extra work on the Bushites in the Spring Equinox reading.]"
Barbara Hand Clow
:roll: 8) Like I needed to even say that! Anyway I felt that this New Moon report of hers deserved a slot right up front so nobody misses reading it. It helps flush the salt out of the wounds and makes sense of the intense condensed lessons we've ALL been living through. A side note - Barbara Hand Clow's brother is Robert Hand. Quite a family of Astrologers! 
