A note for everyone…
The planet of passion and power – Pluto – is being triggered this month by the Sun and Saturn (not in that order). The link from Saturn is especially huge – Saturn and Pluto are both slow moving planets so they don’t connect like this very often. Happily this link is a harmonious one so the effects on us all here on Earth should be positive.
Saturn is the planet who plugs away slow and steady, taking those of us willing to stay his course towards success in the form of stability and security. Pluto is the planet who blasts dead wood out of our lives and who is all about passion. Put them together and there is a change for change in one part of our life where we have been working away…
For you as a Virgo, it’s all about romance creativity and kids (your own or someone else’s). Your life may already have been changed by one of these – now you should start to feel like you’re on top of the demands being made on you in these parts of your life. The link between Saturn and Pluto peaks just after Christmas so with any luck, we will all be feeling as though our efforts in 2012 were rewarded with something that feels like stability.
As the year comes to an end, of course, we take in the date of the end of the Mayan calendar – December 21 2012. As an astrologer, I get asked again and again what I think about this date. Does it mean the end of the world? Or something else?
I stand by what I wrote in a book published nearly two years ago: Unless you’ve been living on the planet Uranus for the past couple of years, you’ve surely heard the so-called theories about the ending of the Mayan 5,125-year calendar and predictions that this means the end of the world is nigh.
(And if this is the first you’ve heard of it, please don’t panic!)
The theory is that thousands of years ago, the Mayans, made up a 5,125-year long calendar which ran and ran and ran … to 2012. Not only was it astonishing that these ancient people were able to work all this out so far in advance … but the end of the calendar on December 21 2012 has got some modern people to wondering if it predicts the end of the world!
So – is the world going to end? Well, first of all, the Mayans themselves made no predictions that the world would end at the end of the calendar. Next up, astrologically-speaking, it’s not looking terribly likely that the world will combust on that date.
I’d actually like to quote my friend, US astrologer Lynn Bell, who said to me once as we discussed this topic over lunch: “I mean seriously, if you look at the astrology for December 2012, well, it’s certainly not the astrology an astrologer would pick for doomsday!”
And she’s quite right. There is nothing in the astrology to suggest the world is going to end then.
One of my favourite theories about what’s going to happen then is this; according to some Hindu sages, we are in an age called Kali-Yuga. The Kali-Yuga Age marks the most corrupt, depraved times in society and is traditionally said to last 432,000 years. Some people are saying that as of 2012, humanity finally reaches the nadir or the low point of this cycle and starts swinging back up towards a golden age of enlightenment. Here’s hoping!
I also love this theory; on December 21, 2012, there are going to be enough people in the world who understand the ancient Law of Attraction (which dates back millennia) so that there’s a critical mass or tipping point … and society comes to understand that we do create our lives with our thoughts and feelings and starts to work within this paradigm.
So be it!
And so to other things… firstly, a look at the Moon Times for December. Please note that we are out of the eclipse season so life should settle down a little. Here are the New Moon and Full Moon times for the coming month:
The December 2012 New Moon takes place in Sagittarius on:
Sydney – December 13 @ 7.41pm AEDT
Auckland – December 13 @ 9.41pm NZST
New York – December 13 @ 3.41am EST
London – December 13 @ 8.41am GMT
The December 2012 Full Moon takes place in Cancer on:
Sydney – December 28 @ 9.21pm AEDT
Auckland – December 28 @ 11.21pm NZST
New York – December 28 @ 5.21am EST
London – December 28 @ 10.21am GMT
YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
Have you decided on your New Year’s resolution? We all need to make one, don’t we? At the very least, it’s a form of intention-setting and as Diana Cooper says, “Intention releases a force that makes things happen”. One of the easiest ways to pinpoint where a New Year’s resolution could do us good is to look at where Saturn is in our chart. If you don’t know your natal chart, then going by your Star sign is the next best thing. So for you as a Virgo, Saturn is now in your 3rd House, which is all about the way you think. So here’s an idea for a resolution for you! In 2013, I resolve to see the cup as half full, rather than as half empty.
WHAT’S GOING TO BE ON YOUR MIND…
Mercury has finished his latest reverse cycle as December begins and is now going forwards again, and will move into the sign of Sagittarius on December 11. Here’s what his passage through this sign can mean for you. Usually it’s not advisable to spend too much time thinking about the past. We all do well to move on. But for you this month, it’s actually likely there’s a trip into your past ahead. For some, it’ll be thanks to an actual trip which takes you back to somewhere you’ve been before, but for others it will be a mental (head) trip spurred on by running into and/or reconnecting with someone from your past. Look at the memories which are being stirred up now and see how past events are effecting your life today. If you need to get over something from the past, or reconcile yesterday and today, you will find it easier to do just that – as long as you give yourself the mental time out you need. Look at where you have just been and where you are going. Home and family will occupy your mind more than usual now too. If you’ve drifted further away from your family than you’ve meant to, now is the ideal time to get back in touch.
AND NEWS FROM MARS…
Mars changes signs this month – just after Christmas Day – moving back into sign of Aquarius for the first time in two years. Mars is a very powerful planet so we will all feel his fire in this new sector of the skies as the year concludes. Your Mars message … as of December 26. If you know you’re a super stress head, watch out. Mars in this part of your chart can bring up issues related to stress, anger management and how well you are looking after yourself, mind, body and spirit. You will probably feel quite like working extra hard – which is fine, as long as you don’t overdo it. Your desire to help others out can also be expected to skyrocket – once again, fine, as long as you leave enough energy in your reserves for yourself. Careful not to work so hard you start to lose your cool with co-workers and clients.
Your cosmic message (via the Sabian Symbols) for the end of the year: You are coming out of the woods at last – life is about to get easier. For your Daily Horoscope, please visit Yasmin Boland’s moonology
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