Valid during several weeks (Feb 1 - middle of March 2008): This influence marks a period of several days in which it affects your whole manner of expressing yourself to others. You have a great desire to relate to others, and you are willing to make whatever personal compromises are necessary. During this time you feel rather unaggressive. In fact, you may not even defend your own personal rights. Instead you may try to work out a compromise or evade any contests. During this time you may be able to make peace among others. Since you do not feel like fighting, you are willing to act as a go-between to help others smooth over their differences. This is a good time to have a good time with friends, take a vacation or do whatever you enjoy. If you can get away to have fun at this time, you ought to do so.

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You're in a very harmonious mood. This will be apparent from your behavior and outward appearance.

You now try to avoid arguments. However, if you do unwittingly get involved in one, you'll be the one who backs down or tries to calm things down. You present your likeable side because you want to please your partner and indeed everyone else. If you've recently been involved in some kind of disagreement you're unlikely to bring this up now. You would prefer to brush it under the carpet for the sake of peace.

You take care of your appearance and are well-groomed. You probably spend more time in front of the mirror because everything must match and be in the right place. But this extra effort won't necessarily make you any happier about your appearance because you have unusually high expectations. Compliments from other people will make you feel better, although you should try to avoid becoming reliant on these to boost your self-confidence. Look at yourself in the mirror and you'll discover just how attractive you are!

I think this is really intarsting! Mine:

CAPRICORN: When talking to a Cap, folks are often struck by their well-modulated, often deep speaking voices. Capricorns frequently have naturally straight hair, and dark or olive complexions. Lacking the jittery energy of other signs, the Goat will generally make slower, more deliberate movements. When at rest, they'll exhibit steady, somewhat serious expressions. The Goat will generally have a straight, well-shaped nose. Sensitive skin, sometimes subject to rashes, outbreaks, or easy bruising. Noticeable teeth -- perhaps because they're straight, white and even, perhaps because they're crooked or have many fillings. Grace of manner, but sometimes difficulty relaxing; may appear uptight, bored, or uncomfortable, but once they get past their discomfort, they will appear fresh and warm.

Find yours here!

On Tuesday morning, a New Moon Solar Eclipse occurs in the sign of Virgo. Its effects can be felt up to six months after the actual date of the eclipse. In the sign of Virgo, work and health matters will be a major focus on a personal level. This eclipse is about new beginnings regarding work, attention to details, fitness, health regimes, and daily routines. The eclipse squares Mars and opposes Uranus, suggesting dynamic change and unexpected events. This is a time when we should build our powers of healthy, constructive discrimination; learn to be more pro-active; start a new health and fitness routine; set up specific routines that will help us manage our lives in positive, mindful ways; and learn the "power of now" and of mindfulness. This is a time when we can learn to master the "little" details of our day-to-day lives in a more organized manner so that we can free our minds of clutter. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to our work and health routines.

Flaws in an important system in our lives are revealed around the time of the eclipse, prompting us to redo or to start fresh. We may find ourselves completely re-working this area of life. Virgo rules awareness of the body, making full use of resources, attention to details, organization, self-preservation skills, order, and critical analysis. Virgo sees flaws in systems, whether those systems are our daily routines, the methods we work with on the job, or our bodies. Striving for perfection can be a wonderful challenge, as long as we don't allow ourselves to become overly focused on flaws and feel guilty or perturbed over them. This is where Pisces, Virgo's opposing sign, comes in to help. Compassion, and finding beauty in imperfection, is our path to balancing this energy, symbolized by the North Node's position in Pisces.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 18 degrees and 25 minutes of Virgo, affecting people born with personal planets and points at 16 to 20 degrees of the mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) most significantly.

Sadly, I slept through the lunar eclipse this morning. :( ( But I found pictures of it on flickr! )

(Taken from cafeastrology.com) This month's Full Moon is a Lunar Eclipse, with the Sun in Virgo opposing the Moon in Pisces. Lunar Eclipses are about relationships and polarities. With the Virgo-Pisces service axis involved, this Lunar Eclipse presses us to look more closely at our needs, lacks, and wants in our lives. We are pushed to find a balance between day-to-day functions and routines, physical health, and the need for order (Virgo) and vision, spiritual health, disorder, and the infinite (Pisces). Virgo rules the tools and techniques that we use to deal with day-to-day life, while Pisces rules the tools that we use to deal with our spiritual selves. Some sort of crisis (which can be a crisis of consciousness) or sudden awareness of a lack in our lives provides us with a golden opportunity to explore our emotional needs within the context of the house polarity where the eclipse occurs in our natal charts. Relationships may be challenged, broken, or strengthened dramatically at this time. Our discovery is emotionally charged and dramatic. Epiphanies are likely at this time as we become acutely aware of our lack. This understanding can propel us into positive action. With Jupiter and Uranus involved, events or epiphanies are likely to be sudden and especially enlightening.

( Full Moons and Lunar Eclipses bring issues in our lives to fulfillment. )

Really good Taurus and Scorpio descriptions (found here)

Taurus
"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Taurus, ruled by Venus and associated with the second house, represents fixed earth energy that reflects the qualities of loyalty, stability, reliability, and practicality. The evolutionary goal of Taurus is to develop inner peace, serenity, calmness, gentleness, simplicity, material and psychological security, and a resonance with the five senses. Some Taurean attuned people are builders, taking raw material and creating structures or works of art as a way of creating security; some are banker types who create financial security; some are massage therapists and physical trainers, who help others attain harmony within their physical bodies. Taurus can have a tremendous capacity to bring a sense of calmness to others, and often taps into this through being in nature and reveling in the pleasures of the physical body. Taurus understands the wisdom of simplicity and appreciates environments that are comfortable, secure, and calm. The development of a set of personal values that provides a secure base of self-esteem is critical to the Taurean evolutionary path.

Taurus can get too stuck in her security base, in her possessions, or in her values. Taurus likes her comfort zone, and can be overly resistant to change or too lazy to create what she really wants for security. The inertia of the Mountain can lead to a path of boredom, stagnation, lethargy, stubborn resistance to change, or a fixed value system that may be limited by material consciousness or fixed opinions. Taurus expresses herself with simplicity and practicality. When she has established psychological and physical security for herself through effective resource management and a solid sense of inner peace and self-esteem, she then quietly emanates calmness and serenity to others. She can be a tremendously loyal and stable force in the lives of others.

Scorpio
"I am interested only in the basement of the human being." - Sigmund Freud

Ruled by Pluto and associated with the eighth house, Scorpio represents fixed water energy. The endpoint of Scorpio lies in making unconscious material of the psyche conscious. The healthy Scorpio must develop the art of enduring emotional intensity, letting go of patterns of negativity, and making peace with inner dragons of her psyche.

Scorpio is challenged to see that which is hidden, and to purge negative feeling states such as blame, anger, resentment, or guilt that impedes her ability to form intense and close bondings with others. She must be ruthlessly honest with herself first by confronting issues of grief, loss, pain, death, or the sexual mysteries. Scorpio is a deeply feeling sign in spite of her defenses that often keep those deep feelings hidden. Scorpio has a laser-like beam on others, and can easily spot where others are not being genuine. This can be valuable in spotting deceit and manipulation in others; however, an overdose of this detective capacity can lead to an overly suspicious or paranoid approach.

Another pitfall for Scorpio can lie in allowing herself to be run by negative, repressed emotional material, and to compensate by abusing power or manipulating others. Or, she could get enslaved by addictive appetites as a way of numbing out the psychological material that needs to be transformed. Strong defense mechanisms can be in place and must be gradually loosened to allow her intensity of feeling to emerge and be transformed. Once that is achieved, strong, passionate bonds with others can be realized - bonds that embody both "soul" and sexual intensity. This is what Scorpio has arrived to experience in its highest form.

"Most of us have our dreams; that 'pot-of-gold' that we seek. And to the astrological community, that is exactly what the Part of Fortune indicates: the 'pot-of-gold' that is waiting at the end of our own personal rainbows. The key to understanding this point is to understand that the pot-of-gold represents what best serves the evolution of our soul."

"The house in which it is positioned in the horoscope is said to represent the area in which the person's endeavors are most likely to be auspicious. These are usually endeavors that the person is naturally drawn to without really understanding why. The sign that the Part of Fortune is in indicates the best approach to those endeavors as indicated by the house location...The key to the Part of Fortune, is in the cultivation. One must cultivate the traits and learn about the affairs of the house that the Part of Fortune falls in to access its benefits." (see more here.)

( In Cancer )

( In the 7th House )

Juno's other name is Hera, she is the mythological wife of Jupiter, thus Juno is often referred to as the 'marriage asteroid'. Her meanings go beyond simply marriage, though she does rule the rituals and institution of marriage, and the duties and commitment implied. She has to do with the principle of relatedness and compatibility, sensitivity to others and intimacy needs, and the individual's reactions to frustration or denial of those needs. She is also associated with the arts, and represents creative talent.

Juno in Pisces: You tend to seek a spiritual bond, a common faith or shared ideals in your relationship. You will be attracted to sensitive and intuitive partners. Sharing of music, poetry and spirituality in any form will strengthen your bond. When your needs are frustrated, you probably withdraw, escape into fantasy, or fall into the role of the victim, possibly suffering in silence.

Your partners will tend to be imaginative and poetic dreamers. They are feeling and emotional beings who are likely to have difficulties adjusting to what feel like the harsh realities of the world. In the same manner you can be emotional and attached to your partners and use your commitments as safe haven that shelters you from the environment. You need to balance your ability to love unconditionally with self love and self faith. Commitments are spiritual fields that allow you to tap into both your inner resources of visions, feelings and intuitions. You seek security and inner peace through your intimate interactions.