Sounds about right
I got an e-mail from Tarot.com:
Astro news alert: Saturn is about to turn retrograde. Saturn is the structured planet of time and framework -- the outline of your life. When the planet of time and consequence changes course, you are strongly encouraged to step back and reflect on certain aspects of your life which may need improvement and reorganization ... but these necessary changes can only begin when you have a clear understanding of your karma. As John Lennon sang, "Instant karma's gonna get you ... you better get yourself together."
And from http://blog.beliefnet.com/astrologicalmusings/:
Saturn turns retrograde on the 13th, and depending on the nature of your own chart you may notice a dark heaviness that seems to descend. On the other hand, you may find that the Saturn experience helps you to focus on clarifying your goals. In any case, over the next few months there will be a need to pay Saturn the tribute that he requires: honoring our responsibilities, applying discipline to our projects, avoiding pie-in-the-sky schemes and fantasies. However, on the day Saturn turns retrograde both Venus and the Sun form a harmonious sextile to Uranus, stimulating new ideas and thought patterns that urge us to deviate from that which is expected. This can be a very productive combination since the Uranian influence inspires us to change, and Saturn provides the focus and discipline to make it happen.
The New Moon on January 15th is in Capricorn, continuing the theme of diligence and discipline. This New Moon is an "annular" solar eclipse (not a total eclipse), but nevertheless it's influence will be long-lasting because it is the longest in duration of any solar eclipse since 1992. It will be most visible in Africa and eastern Asia but it will have a strong influence on the rest of us as well.
Eclipses do not affect everyone the same way, and not everyone will be affected by every eclipse. But they tend to have the effect of unmasking or revealing something which has been hidden, and at the New Moon there is an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and begin something completely new.
Mercury turns direct the day of the eclipse, signaling that it's time to give birth in form to the ideas that have been circulating during the retrograde period. Mars is still retrograde so the actual motion forward may still be slow or difficult, but the mental process flows more easily now.
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I've got plans, but it looks like things are going to move slow at least until the Mars retrograde's over ;). More soon...
Astro news alert: Saturn is about to turn retrograde. Saturn is the structured planet of time and framework -- the outline of your life. When the planet of time and consequence changes course, you are strongly encouraged to step back and reflect on certain aspects of your life which may need improvement and reorganization ... but these necessary changes can only begin when you have a clear understanding of your karma. As John Lennon sang, "Instant karma's gonna get you ... you better get yourself together."
And from http://blog.beliefnet.com/astrologicalmusings/:
Saturn turns retrograde on the 13th, and depending on the nature of your own chart you may notice a dark heaviness that seems to descend. On the other hand, you may find that the Saturn experience helps you to focus on clarifying your goals. In any case, over the next few months there will be a need to pay Saturn the tribute that he requires: honoring our responsibilities, applying discipline to our projects, avoiding pie-in-the-sky schemes and fantasies. However, on the day Saturn turns retrograde both Venus and the Sun form a harmonious sextile to Uranus, stimulating new ideas and thought patterns that urge us to deviate from that which is expected. This can be a very productive combination since the Uranian influence inspires us to change, and Saturn provides the focus and discipline to make it happen.
The New Moon on January 15th is in Capricorn, continuing the theme of diligence and discipline. This New Moon is an "annular" solar eclipse (not a total eclipse), but nevertheless it's influence will be long-lasting because it is the longest in duration of any solar eclipse since 1992. It will be most visible in Africa and eastern Asia but it will have a strong influence on the rest of us as well.
Eclipses do not affect everyone the same way, and not everyone will be affected by every eclipse. But they tend to have the effect of unmasking or revealing something which has been hidden, and at the New Moon there is an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and begin something completely new.
Mercury turns direct the day of the eclipse, signaling that it's time to give birth in form to the ideas that have been circulating during the retrograde period. Mars is still retrograde so the actual motion forward may still be slow or difficult, but the mental process flows more easily now.
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I've got plans, but it looks like things are going to move slow at least until the Mars retrograde's over ;). More soon...