John Rutherford's
Check Your Chart, for the Week of 11 September, 2006

            Practically nothing newsworthy for days and days on the national or international level, then both Mercury and the Sun opposed Giant Planet Uranus and surprise, surprise, all kinds of weird, idiosyncratic stories come springing out of the woodwork.
            Stingrays don’t kill people, but, crikey, Steve Irwin sure got barbed.  Suri Cruise was in deep hiding, then comes out with a splash in Vanity Fair looking like a miniature Elvis with that head of hair.  Kiko’s baby lets the Nippon traditionalists breathe in relief, the 1st male heir in 40n years.
         Bold Bull, Michael Ignatieff, came out charging with a platform full of challenges to our constitution, each one a threat of years, if not decades, of debate.  Boy, he didn’t go to school just to be head of the debating team, did he?  Sun and Mercury opposed big and pushy Jupiter in his Horoscope demands more and more, even if he steps all over rival Liberals.
            Speaking of idiosyncrats stepping all over others, Bush’s PR blitz to save his Uranus was forced to admit CIA “black sites” exist, and prisoners deserve Geneva treatment.  If only the new Gitmo 14 knew what the charges are, much less the evidence.
            With Iran’s defiance, mass defiance to the now official Mexican president, bloody defiance in Baghdad to any rule of law, and Afghan friendly fire, being a Bush Buddy doesn’t help these days.  Bush’s Poodle, Tony Blair is falling fast, with a full scale revolt on his hands, led by his finance minister.  Sound familiar?  Think Paul Martin.
         Then came the Full Moon and lunacy prevailed.  Fill in your own examples.
         The Dalai Lama recently said here in Vancouver that peace and happiness come through inclusiveness, not by intolerance and division.  No matter how big and brutal the differences, military might has never brought peace.  Even the tribal Pashtun (think Taliban) recently agreed to accommodations in Pakistan through negotiations, not force.
         Do you feel safer these days?  Have you had enough of wars on everything.  Let’s have peace rallies, not anti-war rallies.  Construct, not destruct.  Please note, Vancouver is now home for the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education.  Watch “Happy Night in Canada” on CBC Tuesday at 5:30, or CBC Newsworld on the 22nd at 5, 8 or 11pm PT.  “Make love, not war” really works.
 
Nota Bene:  We too often play the blame game, whereas many disturbances come from the Heavens, and we get tired, accusing each other.  A little consideration, please, of natural forces, and not such intolerance for your loved-one’s fatigue.
         Check Your Chart focuses on Planetary aspects, effective to one degree only, affecting only a tenth of any Sign of the Zodiac.  Get your Horoscope read.  Learn Your Four Personal Points.  Contact me at (604) 521-3235 or johnrutherford@shaw.ca.
 
This Week:  Hurt feelings stir a lot of resentment as Mars, then Mercury, aspect a useless Neptune and a bitter Saturn.  What can you really do about it?  Not much without co-operation, a brilliant idea at the best of times.  At Sunspot Minimum, this ain’t it.  Even the Sun’s energies stay fitful and fractured through the weekend.
 
Monday, 11 September.  (Moon in Taurus.  Mars aspects Neptune.  2 Card, 17 Fix)
Not enough feathers on this wing.  Even for a good cause, this won’t fly high.  You’re fighting shadows, some of your own making.  Look in the mirror.  Take the slow boat.
 
Tuesday, 12 September.  (Moon in late Taurus, early Gemini.  Mercury aspects Jupiter.  0 Card, 15 Fix)
Don’t use big words you can’t handle.  The same goes for over-inflated ideas.  This is the bridge from last week’s complex, into this week’s.  Getting complicated, isn’t it?
 
Thursday, 14 September.  (Moon in Gemini.  Mercury aspects Neptune and Jupiter / Saturn.  2 Card, 17 Fix)
Another Giant Planet complex.  Neptune weakens the ties that bind, along with sensible rules and regs.  Laws (Jupiter) without rules and measures (Saturn), order wilfully imposed.  Mercury triggers desperate dictates, or is it just nonsense?
 
Friday, 15 September.  (Moon in Cancer.  Mercury conjunct Mars, both aspect Saturn.  Venus opposed Uranus, aspect Mercury-Mars / Saturn.  4 Card, 19 Fix, 12 Mut, 27 Card)
Even more complex.  Strong, harsh words meet stubborn resistance.  A rush to reconcile brings more clashes than solutions.  Careful considerations seem in short supply.  A big smile full of sharp teeth.  A marriage made in Hell.
 
Saturday, 16 September.  (Moon in late Cancer.  Sun square Pluto, aspects Mars / Uranus.  24 Mut, 9 Fix)
A sop to traditionalists, this Pluto aspect.  The meat is still thin and dry with the rulers of anarchy, Mars and Uranus.  Go your own way, no followers, or face rankle in the ranks.

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 Canada’s most successful Horoscope Reader, since 1971.