John Rutherford's Check Your Chart, for the Week of 30 October, 2006

Just in time for All Hallowed Eve, last week came in two main flavours.  The first was a black liquorice streaked with red.  And second, the garish, gritty green of envy.

Flavour One was based on Mercury conjunct Jupiter, both square Saturn, through the 22nd and 23rd, with the giants exactly square Wednesday, the 25th.  Itis major stuff when major Planets are involved.  All considerations, decisions and statements (Mercury) take on extra importance.  Though they may have been good (Jupiter) on paper, or supported well enough at the time, they face, or faced, resistance from various kinds of karmic, cultural, or social "debt".  Liquorice flavour laced with red tape.
And, all of a sudden (yeah, sure), the news was filled with examples.  Ottawa wanted to send sailors and flyguys to Afghanistan.  Taken back.  Iggy wants to recognise Quebec as a nation, though not necessarily sovereign.  Itis splitting the party.  Duceppe says Quebec will be sovereign by 2015.  Bring the troops home now where theyire needed!

India, Asiais oldest democracy, finally passed a law to protect women.  We'll see how well this fares in a country where fumble-mentalists still approve of violence and neglect toward women, children and the lower casts.  Quebec is finally getting tough with unlicensed evangelical schools not following the provincial curriculum, particularly about evolution.  Sure, when an Alberta evangelical school superintendent says, "We do teach the theory of evolution and we teach the truth of creation."  No small resistance there.
And, of all the cheek, Rush Limbaugh said Michael J. Fox is faking his Parkinson's?  What can you expect from a bombastic brain-dead (stationary Mercury square stationary Saturn in his Horrid-scope) bigot?  It makes the fight to save the Eaglecrest Golf Course from developers in Qualicum tepid in comparison.
Flavour Two was based on Venus conjunct the Sun on the far side.  The green-eyed goddess of vanity took numerous swipes across lost faces.  As a bridge between both flavours, the top Aussie imam compared women without the hijab to uncovered meat tempting stray cats.  He said women were 'weapons' used by Satan to control men.  Who's controlling whom here?  Grow up.  And, as for the "high school romance" gone wrong, Peter MacKay's spiteful sniping at cross-over Belinda, well, he just won't talk about it, even though 8 people swear they heard him call her a dog.  Meeow!
 
Nota Bene:  Lunations, Full Moons and New Moons, are Cosmic "punctuation marks", but so are Planetary aspects.  Pay Attention to both!
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This week:  The Heavens givieth.  The Heavens taketh away.  So says retrograde Mercury as it backs over the Jupiter ' Saturn square Monday ' Wednesday.  Last week's grand-standers may have crow to eat as facts and comparisons pile up. 
Tis a time of learning, perhaps the hard way.  What's in the brain needs to be translated into behaviour for real learning to happen.  Mere lip-service will be served back on a platter.
            Venus and the Sun trine Uranus Wednesday and Friday to help the negotiations and smooth the integrations.  But then, if you want to get stubborn about it, bitchy fury.  What a waste as we approach a perigee Full Moon, fuller than most.  Fight means failure.  Smiles, even painted on smiles, get along.  File down the fangs.  Halloween is over.
 
Monday - Wednesday, 30 October-1 November.  (Moon in late Aquarius, Pisces.  Retrograde Mercury conjunct Jupiter square Saturn.  24 degrees of all Fixed Signs, 9 Mutable)
Hush yo mouf, and let others do the blabbing.  The more said, the more lost.  Trying to explain at this late date looks suspicious.  And, don't confuse you with the facts?  But, you said it!  Play it again and again, Sam.
 
Halloween, 31 October.  (Moon in Pisces.  Sun aspects Mars / Uranus.   8 degrees Fixed, 23 Mutable)
A little play, a few pranks, will loosen you up.  Keep the humour to keep it safe.  Satan fears God's laughter more than God's wrath.
 
Wednesday and Friday, 1 & 3 November.  (Moon in Pisces and Aries.  Venus, then the Sun, trine Uranus.  10 degrees of All Signs)
�Will you be my friend?�  Uranus gets anxious without some display of camaraderie.  He doesn�t care the depth, just that it�s there somewhere.  It�s an opening to trust, at least.
 
Sunday, 5 November.  (Swift Full Moon in Taurus.  Sun aspects Mars / Neptune and Venus Uranus.  12-13 degrees Fixed, 27-28 Mutable)
As �at arm�s length� the feelings should have stayed through most of this week, now make �it� personal.  Not pushy or strong, but delicate and sensitive.  Not rowdy, raucous or brash, but cordial.  Drip some honey on your honey, you rascal.

If you want the "horrible-scopes", go somewhere else.  If you want the meaning behind them, stay on. 
 
Is your Number up?  Check Your Four Personal Points for every day, see below.  If the numbers match, this day is for you.
 
Each forecast shows: the Moon Sign, the Planetary Aspect, and Numbers of degrees in Signs for the Planetary Aspect.
The Moon Sign is the Sign the Moon is in for that day.  The Moon Sign gives advantage to the Sign it is in, puts extra pressure on the opposite Sign, and tends to cross up or neutralise the Signs at right angles.  For example, with Fixed Signs, if the Moon is in Taurus, Taurus has the advantage, Scorpio gets challenged, and Leo and Aquarius get shifted or crossed up.
The Planetary Aspect is where action is released.  It's the Excuse.  Unlike daily Horoscopes that suggest each day has the same level of influence, this is the core of changes in the daily energies.
The Sign Numbers are the degrees in the Signs of the Zodiac being emphasised.  If the degree for any day is close to any degree of Your Four Personal Points (see below), within a degree or so, THIS IS YOUR DAY.  Pay extra ATTENTION.
You may have several days in the week activated for you, or you may have none.  As a degree hits one of Your Four Personal Points, the forecast tells about the important things in your life.  The daily forecasts tell you when.  The overall story comes through over time.  Sooner or later, the degrees of the Forecast catch up to you.

Your Four Personal Points are, in order of importance:
The Ascendant, the Mid-heaven, the Moon, and the Sun.
These are the most important Points of your Horoscope, calculated from your birth date, your birth-place, and the time of day you drew your first breath.  The first two Personal Points, the Ascendant and Mid-heaven, are the points that fix the Earth in space for your birth time at your specific birth place.  We live on the Earth, not the Sun or the Moon.  The Ascendant, also called Your Rising Sign, is more important than your Sun Sign.
 
Simply, and generally only, forecasts that affect your:
Ascendant     relate to matters in your environment.  Use it to see what's in your "face".
Mid-heaven  relate to matters in your personal life.    Use it to see what's in your mind.
Moon           relate to matters in your emotional life.   Use it to see what's in your heart.
Sun              relate to matters in your physical life.        Use it to see what's in your core.

The Signs of the Zodiac are:
Card: Cardinal Signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn)
Fix: Fixed Signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius)
Mut: Mutable Signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces)

Heaven, Help Us!  The forecast is the mood of the moment. For example, if it rains, we all get wet, no matter what "Sign" we are.
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