Back to School: Virgo

My little boy, Nathan, (aged 5 in two weeks) attends full time school for the first time tomorrow. I will be a little emotional. The six weeks that he has been off hasn't been too bad, apart from the last week when boredom and restlessness have taken over. He can't wait to return to school again and see his friends and teachers. A couple of weeks back I decided to try for another baby with my partner, so I will see how it goes. I know the predictable broodiness has set in when one leaves the nest for school. However, this time it's planned. With Nathan I had an unexpected pregnancy when transiting Uranus was conjunct my natal Sun. It sounds stupid a grown woman saying "unexpected," I know all about the birds and bees. I won't go into it all, but it really was a surprise pregnancy and a happy one. I am looking forward to extending the family. We are currently in the month of Virgo, and this is a time we are preparing to go back to school and a normal routine (yay). You check everything is ready for school, like the archetypal Virgo: uniform, book bag, sports gear, new shoes. I have sent my little boy out for his haircut today with his dad, so I can cross that off the Virgo check list. All the practicalities need to be taken care of in this period. The last week has been the busiest (mutable Virgo earth) in the sense that we rush around preparing everything. We are all a little anxious and making sure everything is in order.

I will have more time on my hands and I need to do some more site optimisation and improve articles on the blog, rounding them out, re-editing and adding improved content. In Virgo, we need to think about how we can improve quality, usefulness and productivity. I am beginning to understand the unseen work element of both the 6th and 12th house a little more. The Mercury Retrograde period in Virgo is more powerful in the sign it rules and it reflects this introspective time. With all the kids returning to school with Mercury Retrograde. I do wonder if that will have any impact.

Mercury retrograde introduces us all to Virgo-like energy three times a year. The next time Mercury goes retrograde, note the archetypal energy all around us-the sense of patient waiting while we perform humble, routine tasks-the introspection, the industrious planning, or most important, repetition of the old task that was imperfectly completed the first time. On a Mercury retrograde, we wait, we live in the "meanwhile," the alchemical interval during which nothing at all seems to happen. We may go eagerly to the mailbox each day and be disappointed. Or we are reviewing, rewriting, reflecting. By Kathleen Burt

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Chantelle and Preston: Venus Retrograde

Ultimate Big Brother is now airing on British television screens, in the fight to crown the number one winner of the whole series. The finale is occurring under the current Jupiter-Uranus conjunction, signifying the large television event. All the old housemates returned under the current Mercury Retrograde period in Virgo. The period for many people is introspective and we can evaluate and revisit the past. The return of Chantelle and Preston was awkward to watch in the beginning, they were previous contestants on celebrity big brother 6. Chantelle was an ordinary girl picked from obscurity and thrown into the house with celebrities, under the disguise that she was a celebrity too. Preston, a member of indie group, Ordinary Boys also joined the show. The couple fell in love in the BB house and shortly after were married on the 25th August 2006.

Ten months later, on 27 June 2007 they announced in a joint statement that they were ending their marriage. "After much soul-searching and tearful discussions we have sadly decided to end our marriage," they said in the statement. “We hope we can always remain friends and still love each other but we both think we put so much pressure on one another to make our marriage work that it has ended up destroying our relationship. No one else is involved in our decision." The couple insisted their relationship was genuine and denied they had rushed into marriage. “We know people will think we married too quickly on the back of Big Brother but the truth is that, what anyone thinks, we did have a whirlwind romance but we were genuinely in love with each other at the time and we will never regret our time together. We both believe in marriage and we never treated our vows or our commitment to each other lightly. We've spent hours and hours discussing whether we can salvage our marriage, give it another go, try harder, anything rather than give up. But we now both agree that we should go our separate ways. We are both young and we still have our lives in front of us. The last two weeks or so have been very upsetting and sad for us and our friends and family and we appreciate their support."

In July 2007, it was rumoured in the Daily Mail that the couple had moved back in together. However, it was then reported that Preston was dating again and the former couple only communicated to discuss business matters. The rumours of the final breakdown to their marriage were confirmed on 21 November 2007, when London's Reuters News Agency announced that Houghton had been granted a decree nisi at First Avenue House, on the grounds of her husband's admitted unreasonable behaviour. Preston did not contest the petition, and neither appeared in court for the ninety–second hearing. They were given their decree absolute certificate six weeks later. By Wiki

The show has seen them reunited once again and in the same setting that they first fell in love. The meeting is stirring painful memories for Chantelle and she is regretting the collapse of the marriage. She looks the most distressed by the situation and has broken down in tears in the diary room. It is believed that if she could rekindle her romance with Preston, she would. I was interested enough by their love story and separation to take a look at their natal charts. Astrologically both Chantelle and Preston have the planet of love, Venus, retrograde. According to Dane Rudhyar:

The same type of analysis applies for the case of Venus retrograde; with this difference, however, that Venus and Mars are retrograde only for a short portion of their synodic cycles. The average cycle between two superior conjunctions of Venus and the Sun last 584 days (about a year and 7 months) , and its retrograde phase - during which the inferior conjunction occurs - only about six weeks. This is the shortest time a planet spends being retrograde relatively to the length of its complete cycle; which means that its rarer for a person to be born with Venus retrograde than with any other planet retrograde.

Basically a retrograde planet is one that appears to be moving backwards in its orbit when viewed from our perspective on earth. The retrograde movement of Venus suggests past relationships re-visited due to unresolved issues. A re-evaluation of values and re-assessment of love appears to be a significant theme in this situation. It is obvious that they both need to resolve whatever feelings they still hold for one another. Venus rules love, relationships, harmony, desires and also rules over all forms of beauty. The relationship under review, may help them both move forward, with or without each other. Coincidentally, Chantelle is also re-gretting some of the beauty treatments she has had done and is considering re-ducing her breast size. Astrology Carol Rushman, Predictive Astrology, warns about getting beauty treatments under transiting Venus retrograde and this may also apply to those with natal Venus retrograde.

I advise my clients against any type of beautification process when Venus is retrograde, particularly cosmetic surgery. Even permanent waves, hair colouring, hair styling, and hair cutting can be unsuccessful. My daughter and I went to have our hair cut on the day that Venus was retrograde and we both cried all the way home because we got such bad haircuts. We had each wanted a trim, but we both went home with very short hair.

I looked at Chantelle’s transits and Mercury R is currently moving through Virgo, the sign of her natal Venus. She also has a natal Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Sagittarius, it is the same conjunction she shares with Cheryl Cole, another reality star turned pop star who has become very popular and had amazing opportunities come her way. Chantelle‘s life was similarly changed overnight. Jennifer Aniston has a Jupiter-Uranus conjunction too, in Libra. She was about to give up on her acting career and then transiting Jupiter returned to her natal Jupiter-Uranus conjunction and she won the part of Rachel in the phenomenally successful sitcom, Friends. The conjunction of these two planets can herald great opportunities. My father (died in 97) was born with the same conjunction in Cancer. He had the opportunity to teach football in Australia, but he turned it down. I could have been Australian and not English. My uncle emigrated over there and loved the place. There can be amazing, good luck but the individual may pass it up.

The current Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Aries is trining her natal Jupiter-Uranus contact and it also trines her natal Mars in Leo. So currently she has great opportunities, optimism, and luck. The grand fire trine can, however, be too optimistic and it would be hard for her to stay grounded during this phase. Wonderful things may come and they can pass just as quickly, but she is in a good astrological phase. Transiting Neptune is also forming an exact opposition to her natal Sun and she is less than realistic at this time. Neptune tends to cloud judgment and bring a period of confusion into our lives. You can fall apart when Neptune transits the Sun and sometimes we have less of a hold on self-reality. Chantelle has been dissolving into tears and looks confused by the situation. The transit sometimes involves “giving up” on a man (Sun), but the romantic in me hopes that isn‘t the case. The Sun represents the solar and masculine principle and often describes the men we are relating too, it is like forming a relationship to a part of ourselves. She may over-idealize (Neptune) him at the moment and she is less able to see the flaws in him. Sun-Neptune can also mean that she is unusually sensitive around men at this time, and one in particular. Transiting Saturn in Libra (definition of relationship) is currently trine Chiron so whichever way the relationship goes this could be a time of healing old wounds.

Preston has transiting Saturn trine his retrograde Venus, this is the transit we looked at when Sienna Miller and Jude Law got back together and re-formed a relationship. I am hooked to the relationship and Big Brother is like that fly on the wall situation where you get to watch it all from a distance. I have really felt for Chantelle, and I hope it all ends happily, or at least has some final resolution.

Carol Rushman’s prediction:

When Saturn transits Venus a relationship needs to be understood. Partnerships are strengthened or ended under this transit. You will work on learning about what is needed and expected from a partner. New, lasting relationships can be formed. Sometimes a person from your past will resurface and want to interact once more.

Sun in Scorpio/Moon in Taurus

With natal Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Taurus there is likely to be emotional intensity, passion, sexuality, combined with stubbornness, sensuality, practicality and resistance to changing old habits. Instinctively there is a calm steady approach that is highly contrasted by the developing need for change, crisis and depth. When angered you can be like a volcano and extremely unforgiving. With a fixed nature you seek to establish permanence and that which cannot be altered or moved. This can create a rigidness and inflexibility, it can also mean you are very determined, persistent and committed. You need material and financial security and naturally you can be quite placid. However, this sharply conflicts with your dramatic and passionate side. Growth is experienced in darkness and through perceptive insights. Sun in Scorpio can create crisis and then attempt to control the situation. Feelings are expressed in concrete ways and emotionally there is a peaceable nature, unexpected changes in the environment can provoke anxiety and stubborn resistance. The Sun sign reflects your solar purpose for this lifetime, and you will be most fulfilled when emotionally committed to a goal.

Love, money and sex may well be relevant themes in your life and you have sexual and material resources. Survival can be key issues with crisis continually disturbing the natural need to keep things stable. Naturally building a sense of security in life, you may have to watch out for possessiveness and jealousy with deep insecurity and mistrust, this is because you need permanence, all of the fixed signs need something in their life that is constant. For you emotional bonds are unchanging and physical objects are constant and something to rely on when life throws you against a changing environment. When you make a commitment it is rare for you to break it off lightly and you don‘t let go easily either. With such deep watery depths and practical nature this is one of the most sustaining combinations that holds powerful desires and one that attempt to bend the environment to your own will.

Sun n Scorpio will help you to transform and break out of old habits (Taurus). You instinctively rely on your own resources but will also learn about other people’s resources and learn how to share. With a naturally down to earth approach this helps with grounding and the ability to realistically assess situations. You may even be a strong support to people in crisis and offer these inbuilt survival skills and powerful resourcefulness to others, helping them to deal with trauma. Your sensitive and perceptive to life and look at life’s mysteries but you also appreciate nature, tradition and what the senses can see, taste and hear. The need for a strong union is evident and relationships tend to last, unless other factors in the chart sharply contrast your need for loyalty, affection and stability. Being a Scorpio you will undergo transformation and learn to let go and realize the outer power that you also possess.

You share the Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Taurus with Prince Charles and Demi Moore. Charles is publicly known to care about the environment and has an interest in organic gardening (Taurus).

I know that my ideas are sometimes portrayed as old-fashioned. Well, they may be. But what I am concerned about are the things that are timeless regardless of the age that we live in. Also I have been around long enough to see what were at the time thought of as old-fashioned ideas now come into vogue.

In Prince Charles’ astrology chart he has Sun in Scorpio in the 4th house, representing an intensely private and emotional man. The fourth house also rules one’s heritage and background and gives him a sense of identity. It could reflect the powerful family line and a sense of pride concerning his roots. Away from the public eye he experiences many inner changes. With his Moon in 10th house it often signifies someone involved with the public and he may be sensitive about his reputation.The public may view him as practical, stubborn, enduring, down to earth, if not a little predictable. The Taurean moon has a “traditional” role to play in public life and he follows in his mother‘s footsteps. It is well known by astrologers that his Moon is conjunct his mothers Sun in his 10th house. Charles is pretty loyal and committed to his family and public life.

In Demi Moore’s astrology chart she has Sun in Scorpio in her 8th house and Moon in Taurus in the 2nd house. Her life is characterised by crisis, drama and intensity and her early life was far from stable. Demi has a large and expensive doll collection at home and some are antique collectables. Moon in Taurus can become emotionally attached to possessions and they are famously known for collecting, possessing and owning. Taureans consider these objects to hold great value, they treasure and hold on tightly to what they own. Apparently she has over 3000 dolls.

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