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Starcodes April 1 2016  Heather Roan Robbins

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Welcome to April Fools’ Day, the first day of the first month past the vernal equinox, New Year’s day to those of us foolish enough to follow an astrological calendar. April Fool’s pranks also gives us relatively harmless outlet for the brash energy of Sun, Mercury, and Uranus all now in feisty Aries. A lighthearted outlet like an April fool’s joke can help says let off steam and decreases the pressure we may be feeling from the present line up of planets in Aries. International and local politics usually winds up every year when the Sun heads into Aries. It is our duty to revolt in Aries season, to rebel against the snow, our winter’s weight and the world injustices. And this year’s Aries revolution began with a bang as explosions rocked Belgium and Pakistan, and heated rhetoric ensued all around. The Aries spark demands “do something, anything, and do… Read More

Starcodes March 25, 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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(All times MDT) Spring and the Aries Sun add rocket fuel to whatever we begin this week. We just need to steer carefully so we don’t careen into a wall. Saturn retrogrades today and can slow down our efforts to organize people or ideas. Our work may not go as planned over the next few weeks, but the delays can prove fruitful in the long run. Saturn retrograde usually helps us find the missing pieces; if there is a delay, refine the work at hand, the final product will be better therefor. Because Saturn retrograde symbolizes a reorganization of security, structure, and authority, it suggests a reorganization of who’s in charge and how the work gets done. Look for a shakeup in people positions of authority, shifts in power, and changes in the polls. And watch the European police reorganize their security systems over the next four months. Aries wakes… Read More

Starcodes March 18 2016 Heather Roan Robbins (times MDT)

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Welcome to the astrological new year’s eve; energy builds as the spring equinox approaches. But today let us review where we stand, notice what we’ve learned and accomplished, and sketch out what we need to empower in the year ahead. Align so that spring’s rocket fuel sends us in a good direction. The Moon starts the party when it enters enthusiastic fire-sign Leo early this Friday morning, even though the Pisces energy lingers with the Sun (for one more day) Venus, and Neptune in intuitive, foggy Pisces. Mars forms an irritating sesqui-quadrate with Uranus and sets off minor squabbles and shots across the bow. The weekend brings an enthusiastic restlessness and encourages us to plant seeds of fertile new beginnings. Though seeds of future discontent can also take root. Energizing Sun enters brash fire-sign Aries at 10:30 PM MDT on Saturday and marks the first moment of spring. Thoughtful Mercury… Read More

Starcodes March 11 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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It is such a magical time.  We know things, or think we do, as intuit and; tricksters play in our collective psyches. Out energy level drifts and wanders. Since the last week of February we’ve been swimming through a confusing if intuitive Neptunian fog, as first the Sun, then Mercury, and now Venus approach a conjunction with Neptune.  Any tendency we have to want to escape can exacerbated by these Neptunian aspects, just in time for St Patrick’s Day, so let’s keep an eye on alcohol intake and give ourselves the needed time out in a clear and conscientious way. But we can stub our toes in the fog. Notice irritable edges all around as this week brings some sharper-thinking, debate-orient aspects that help us work through the fog, but can also leave us arguing with no clear grasp of the facts. Just look at recent political debates for a… Read More

Starcodes Feb 12 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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This Valentine’s Day one might actually be able to get away giving a beloved computer parts or other highly practical present. With the emotional/romantic planets Venus and Mercury conjunct in industrious Capricorn for a few more days, sextile energizing Mars in Scorpio, and trine expansive Jupiter, we want to get our work on. After a slow, internal, emotional beginning of the year, and maybe a bout of the flu, we are finally ready to roll. There are less distractions and more support for our goals this week than there have been for a long time. The aspects will be more satisfying if we know what we’re here to do, rather than look for work, but even that could go well. As for those Valentine’s presents, let them be thoughtful even if they’re practical. Give something that supports their whole life goals, not just professional work. Consider paintbrushes for the amateur… Read More

Starcodes Feb 5 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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 We’ve got some emotional processing to do this week, it’s a highly competent week to heal, catch up with ourselves, and get on with our work. After the weekend the astrological ground is fertile to meet new people and make professional overtures. But we may be tested first. The weekend begins under a friendly and hard-working overlay, but has an easily-angered and accident-prone Mars-Uranus irritating us underneath. This aspect can make even tectonic plates restless. At the same time our hearts are brought back to recent losses, obsessions or disappointed dreams as Venus conjuncts Pluto, but we can let this poignant reminder give us a new appreciation for what we have left. With Venus conjunct Pluto, notice an increase in conscious and unconscious sexism or genderism. We may be asked to bear witness or stand for a healthy approach even in socially awkward circumstance, or be asked to empower ourselves… Read More

Starcodes  January 16, 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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This whole month will be our time to build foundations for 2016. But like building the foundations of the house, first we have to dig down in order to build up. We have to finish up prior commitments, reconnect with old contacts, and dust off that old manuscript to bring it up to date. Or just sit with a cascade of memories. This may be a highly efficient time, but we can best make progress by doing the Moon walk, by walking backwards as a way to walk forward, while thoughtful Mercury retrogrades back towards a conjunction with Pluto. Mercury conjunct Pluto right before Christmas, and now retrogrades back to conjunct Pluto again next weekend, backs past Pluto, then pivots and conjuncts Pluto once again through the end of the month. As it does so it brings our minds (Mercury) to death, life, and power (Pluto). When Pluto dances is… Read More

Starcodes Dec 25, 2015 Heather Roan Robbins

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“It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.” R. R. Tolkien A full Moon in domestic Cancer early on Christmas morning brings an emotional a high tide.  Whether we celebrate the holiday or not, all our hopes and fears around the joy or trouble of family, home and homeland can course through us like reindeer through the night sky. We may long for true family as this full Moon illuminates our heart, though our relatives may look like elves, dwarves, and hobbits to us. If we can accept their strangeness, rather than wish they understood us better, we’ll be more… Read More

Starcodes Dec 11 2015  Heather Roan Robbins

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“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” Attributed to Rabbi Tarfon 70-135 CE. The astrology of the moment improves after the winter solstice Sunset on December 21, but in the meantime, love the few wonderful moments and treat one another with as much compassion as possible. Headlines scream at us with evidence of just how truly nasty humankind can be. We are in the midst of some difficult aspects, but we can navigate them successfully if we pay attention and keep our heart open. This last week’s urgent Mars/Pluto/Uranus t-square (activating Mars in Libra opposed electrical Uranus in Aries, both square powerful Pluto- 11/25-12/20) has energized us but also inflamed rhetoric and hate crimes, but we don’t have to pour oil… Read More

Starcodes December 4, 2015  Heather Roan Robbins

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Tricky tricky, tricky; the aspects this week are truly rocky and can precipitate breakdowns, breakthroughs, instigate trouble or push us into ingenious new understanding. Deal with any problem or conflict in as clean, clear, neutral and transparent way as possible, or it ferments and explode. If we keep our energy clean and direct, the week produces creative discontent that can help us focus and make this last month of 2015 incredibly productive. What we produce is up to us. It will be an active month, one way or the other. All this weekend activity happens on several different levels simultaneously. A surface sociable cheerfulness can leave us opinionated but interested in telling our story. Underneath this level, Venus heads into a month of brooding in emotionally deep Scorpio just as Mars squares Pluto, lord of death and rebirth, and opposes electrical, erratic Uranus. This pattern kicked in last week –… Read More

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