John Rutherford's
Check Your Chart
for the Week of 27 February 2006

Mars rules not only pain, as per last week, but fear, typically of the unknown, and revenge.  Get locked up in it and so often what you desire turns into its opposite.  Want to keep your honey close?  Get jealous, push everyone away to keep him or her “safe” and what happens?  You’ve closed yourself off from all other loved ones and that special one has no choice but to leave, along with the rest.  Follow your passion to any extreme and whatever is done to extreme leads to destruction.  Passion means suffering.
The news has presented it wrong.   The main story last week, aside from “Four Medals and a Funeral”, was: the Shiite’s Golden Mosque in Samarra was blown up and a riot started.  That’s far too shallow.  It had no context.  There is no picture without a setting.

Attacks and bombings of Shiite shrines had gone on for three days with its own brand of vengeance, right on queue after the Sun squared the God of War.  Understand too that the Shiites have been royally slighted under the Sunni leader, Saddam.  One neighbourhood got paved roads, the other did not, one guy got promoted, the other got shot, and so on, for decades.  Not fair at all, but this is real life, not some fundamentalist fantasy.
Enough already.  Now was the time to get even.  It wasn’t a riot but an all out war of reprisal.  Over a hundred Sunni mosques were bombed in return.  So much for developing a democracy.  This was the greatest moment of violence in Iraq since the beginning of the war, or “the US incursion”, since the current round of this mess began in 2003.  It’s time to get out of Dodge, cowboy.  Rummy’s War called for too few troops to put down the stamp of control at the start.  Speaking of Mars trying too hard to be in control, you can’t lose what you never had.  Just to punctuate that, and along the same Global meridian, Mozambique rocked in a quake of 7.5, just 18 hours later.  What a brutal release.  And, you thought you had a tough week.

Nota Bene:  So, where are the Planets in your Horrible-scope?  It’s about much more than the Sign the Sun was in the Month you were born.  It’s about the exact date and time.  Get your Horoscope calculated.
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This Week:  The New Moon brings things closer to “home”, drawing in and con-solid-ating.  The Wild and Crazy Guy, Uranus, is consumed in Solar fire.  Mercury, the Mouth, stands still.  The bold Fat Boy does too.  One way and another, numerous things will come to a halt this week. Too bad it’s about dialogue and consideration.  Yup, there’s a time and place for everything under the Sun.
 
Monday - Tuesday, 27-28 February.  (New Moon in Pisces, conjunct Uranus.  9 Mut, 24 Card)
Now for something completely different, please, because if you get stubborn and dig in your heels, this will pop wide open before the week is through.  Uranus should be Mister Neutral, taking none of this personally.  There lies the way to any kind of deal.  You do want a deal, don’t you?
 
Tuesday, 28 February.  (Moon in Pisces.  Mars in Gemini sextile Saturn.  5 degrees of All Signs)
Slow to start, slow to finish, with lots of tolerance built in.  Be sure you’re not one of the slaves in the hold lashed to an oar.  It should be a hard fight earning respect, achieving a solid position.
(Mercury in Pisces sextile Venus.  26 degrees of All Signs)
Differing from last week’s sextile, since what Mercury delivers now could easily be taken back, watch for the loopholes in what’s offered.  Too much butter on old, over-dry toast.
 
Thursday, 2 March.  (Moon in Aries.  Sun conjunct Uranus, aspects Saturn / Neptune.  10-11 Mut, 25-26 Card)
Change on a slippery slope, or rebuilding on damaged ground, require a slow, careful pace and placement.  Facts alone are not enough.  Follow the feel of this, avoid over-analysis, and make your move after the 18th.
(Mercury stationary in Pisces.  26 Mut, 11 Fix)
More thick in the head than usual, stumble-tongued, and with beans in the ears, what a sight!  Curiously linked with Jupiter (qv), no matter the brilliance and charm, this needs stay under wraps.  Like a good stew with lots of sauce, the longer left in the pot, the better.
 
Saturday, 4 March.  (Moon in Taurus.  Jupiter stationary.  18 Fix, 3 Card)
All dressed up, a place to go, but the buggy is busted.  As Mercury aims but misses, Jupiter wants to woo but won’t.  Filled with enticements, the sporran stays snapped.  Actually, this preps a bold push early May.
 
Sunday, 5 March.  (Moon in Gemini.  Sun aspects Jupiter / Uranus.  14-15 Mut, 29 Card, 0 Fix)
Normally cause for fun and games, a natural mixer, a party, Uranus is burned out and Jupiter is stuck.  The same deadhead buddies, and the plastic has hit the limit.  Bummer.  Make your own entertainment.
 
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.
If you like this forecast, let others know.  SEND IT TO THEM.  If you have comments or questions, LET ME KNOW.  Check Your Four Personal Points each week if any of them is targeted, and...  PAY ATTENTION!

Your Horoscope is the picture of the Heavens the moment you were born.  Using the latest advances in Astronomy and Astrology, you can get a Horoscope reading with accurate, up-to-date detail.  Contact me at johnrutherford@shaw.ca or call 604-521-3235.
John Rutherford, Western Canadas most successful Horoscope Reader, since 1971.