Owen Wilson’s drug overdose or attempted suicide shocked everyone because it contradicted the image we have of Owen. Because he’s a comic, an all American guy with surfer dude good looks, wit and charm. In the astrological world, we’d call his personification or “mask,” the Ascendant - and possibly the Midheaven as we see Owen’s professional face, too. The face we wear to the world, our cosmic clothes or heavenly garments say tons about how we get where we’re going, but little about the character beneath. As George Michael sang, “the clothes do not make the man.”
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Dear Moonkissd,
I am a 25 year Capricorn female and I was dating a 23 year old Pisces male for over 3 1/2 years. Both of us have struggled to get our careers off the ground and money has been tight. However, I have recently gotten a great job where I can use my B.A. in Literature. He is a struggling musician with no current income but plenty of talent.
Back in May he told me he wanted a break. (more…)
So I meet semi-regularly with an expandable/shrinking group of artist 
friends. We’re artistic advocates for one another’s work. As supporters of the creator within, we don’t necessarily even like the other’s work (we cleared that one up yesterday)…that’s not what we’re about. We’re advocates of the artistic process, conspirators of each other’s creativity. We’re a support group for the fantastically fabulous artist and the barely limping along one. Like a modern day la boheme, we’re outcasts and believers. It takes courage to create. We need each other.
We’re also feeling the effects of the Pisces Full Moon Eclipse.
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A Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces occurs tonight. A little 
background on eclipses: Eclipses travel in sets of two or three and always in pairs. The first set of the Virgo/Pisces eclipses happened last March; the third will happen in February 2008. They move in pairs, this time Virgo/Pisces, because the zodiacal sign the Sun is in Virgo and his Moon counterpart - in Pisces. The Solar New Moon in Virgo Eclipse is on September 11.
In short, many Pisces and Virgo people (and other mutable signs) are making big changes in their lives.
Eclipses move us along our evolutionary path, often with huge signposts, other times with a whisper - and always with an element of surprise. It’s like this:
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“A philosopher once asked, are we human because we gaze at the stars, 
or do we gaze at them because we’re human? Pointless really. But do the stars gaze back? Now that’s a question.” -From the movie, Stardust
I snuck away for a matinee movie last week, Stardust. A girlfriend suggested:
“You know being in our line of work, you might want to see the movie Stardust…it may be far bigger than the summer’s blockbuster, maybe even up there with the Wizard of Oz.” I knew she was mystically speaking, of course.
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During Virgo Sun, we have Earth to Heaven conversations with ourselves, especially about what’s right and fair.
Earth Mama: Here I am waiting in line at Staples. It’s like race day at the track. Everyone’s buying back to school supplies, what a mess of kids and moms! Oh my Fabulous, the checkout girl looks tired and I can already tell she won’t give me a refund for my printer ink. Yep, she’s insisting I bought the wrong one. I know I didn’t. She’s stressed. Choice: I can either make a scene (more…)
The golden age was first; when Man yet new,
No rule but uncorrupted reason knew:
And, with a native bent, did good pursue.
Unforc’d by punishment, un-aw’d by fear -Ovid
Sounds like a Virgo: ruled by reason, she puts G-O-O-D in the world. Minus an “O” and you’ve got G-O-D, really just an acronym for Good Orderly Direction. The Earth Mama aspect of Virgo makes her a great organizer, worker and helper. Virgo’s Birkenstocks are really fairy slippers for the Queen of Heaven. The mystical aspect of Virgo is that she takes Good Orderly Direction real well.
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There’s a T-Square in the sky at the 7 through 10 degrees of mutable signs right now (through the weekend). Mars in Gemini, Jupiter in Sagittarius and Mercury in Virgo are stimulating a lot of hot air. Let’s just say our response times are challenged.
Let me give you a practical example: my husband found a nifty find-a-contractor site on the web where competing contractors bid on jobs (thanks handyman Mercury in Virgo!). When I was able to get through to him, he greeted me on his cell with his standard business greeting. Apparently he’s swamped with calls and appointments. We’re not sure who’s coming and when. Can you say rapid adaptation?
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In my last New Moon post I spoke to the Leo in all of us - the creator, 
muse and artist who doesn’t want to take any &*$% from The Man, who just wants to get paid to do what we love. Professionally speaking, there are many characters in each of us who are just dying to be lived out. In the chart, they’re the planets - like little people who, when given a microphone, have some very informative things to say about many subjects, including life/career direction.
So when I came across this mainstream article in the SF Chronicle,Professionally adrift? Consult your inner neutrinos written by one Gemini reporter, I was intrigued. I don’t know much about Human Design, other than it’s another face of astrology. Although I have one girlfriend who told me her psychic/astrologer uses the Human Design Model who when asked, said:
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Astrology in action…
Yesterday, Sun met Saturn in Leo. We hired a couple of workers to build garden walls. 
Yes, walls. We all need structural support, right? By terracing our front yard we’re turning unused dead space into nice flat expanses. Gardens, picnic tables and other cool yard ideas are now possible.
Sun/Saturn lives to work and generally sets boundaries on its self-concept. But with the event of garden walls, I’m considering how much space we’ve freed up by setting these boundaries. As a Sun/Saturn influenced person, defining my identity boundaries and bottom line allows far more freedom than doing the opposite. Not (too scared, overwhelmed?) approaching the mammoth task of organizing our hillside is the equivalent of letting the yard sit in neglect. Disuse. And it’s really not an option for Sun/Saturn people. We live to work the dirt by digging in, (more…)
Hi Jessica!
First off, let me just say I am addicted to your website!! I have a question regarding friendships in my life. My birthday is Oct 6 1986 1:13a.m.in Summit New Jersey. I don’t know if it’s so many planets in Scorpio or what, but I feel like all areas of my life are in extremes. As far as love relationships I could not be happier with my boyfriend, and I feel truly blessed with that area of my life. Finances, happy to say are great right now. But friendships seem to be on the other extreme. I feel it’s so hard for me to find a friend I truly connect with and enjoy being around. (more…)
During last week’s Saturn/Venus conjunction, while I was busily crashing weddings, a friend of mine suggested I see the movie Venus.
‘Uh, maybe it should’ve been called Saturn ,’ said he.
Yes, I had seen it, but I hadn’t really seen it. It was a few months back, one of those nights I needed to escape into a brighter world that this unexpected love story entered, requiring my earnest attention - not the brief mental vacation I was seeking. Fittingly, with Saturn near Venus for much of the summer, I sought Venus and found Saturn. So the subject endures: mature love.
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As Pluto transits Brit’s Mars/Neptune square, the crux of it is: Britney 
trusts no one.
Not even her mom.
They may very well be her staunch allies but to Britney they’re not. This is Britney’s chart unfolding, her life in real-time. Before she’s able to receive the rapturous (and sometimes scary, uh, can you say paranoid?) devotion of her partner and her public audience, she’s got to figure out how to move in this world. This is no walk-on part. They want something and importantly, she wants something, too - what is it? In the empire of Britney, the Queen must learn how to use people, or be used. Learning to wield her worldly power is a reasonable goal, as others definitively want a piece of Brit’s empire. But does she have the capacity to honestly self-reflect? On that question, astrology is silent. When we’re honest about what everyone’s getting here, it’s a clean deal. No more victimization and no more innocence. (more…)
What’s going on with Britney Spears? What could possibly explain her downward spiral?
As Neptune moved away from Britney’s Moon in 2005, Jupiter headed 
onto her Saturn/Pluto/Ceres conjunction in Libra. Jupiter bore partnership gifts in Libra, but Jupiter’s tendency is to open everything. The gift-giver opened the door of an unknown castle. This is the scene where the fairytale grows grim: the newlyweds cross the threshold of marriage and dark forces receive them - Saturn, Pluto and Ceres. Love and marriage is no box of chocolates for Brit. (more…)
Britney to your left, Britney to your right. Every week there’s a new headline. Capturing Brit in a moment of weakness, distress, neglect, chaotic behavior has become a tabloid obsession. Today I’m happy to report, Brit’s finally giving those one in same tabloids the whirly bird - the blow off. It’s about time.
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A reader’s letter answered in Ask Moonkissd !:
I have been in love with the same man for over half of my life. We have never married each other. I wonder if the planets show a wedding in our future, or more of the same? Any Happily Ever After for us? I was born September 1, 1954 (DURING A HURRICANE) AT 6:58AM in Boston, Ma and my soul mate was born on December 12, 1955 around 6am in Boston also. Our relationship has weathered many storms and has become stronger in spite of (because of??) it. I would really like to know what the planets show for our future. Thank you very much for any insight you can share. (more…)
A reader’s letter answered in Ask Moonkissd!:
Dear Moonkissd,
I was born June 20, 1978 around 1:25-1:30 pm in Santurce, Puerto Rico. To make a long story short, my life in the last year has gone from great to almost unbearable. It began when I opened my heart to “the love of my life” who is also the father of my son, to living in fear and physical abuse, to then losing my job, and my parents (whom I am very close to) moving back to Puerto Rico. As simple as it may all sound, I feel like I have hit rock bottom (more…)
At the aforementioned Leo New Moon wedding, I spoke to a woman who just quit her corporate job several weeks ago to pursue her passion full-time: photography. I handed her a business card with a picture of The Saffron Goddess on the front, a beautiful painting of a woman with fierce golden locks. She replied, “Wow, that’s how I’ve been feeling the past couple of weeks.” “Gorgeous!” I replied. She quickly corrected, referring not to Saffron Goddess’ inner beauty revealed, but the cracks in the mask of the Saffron Goddess revealing the many layered truth in peeling paint. As this new friend spontaneously described the surprising amount of dredge accompanying her corporate ejection, I felt a kindred spirit, having experienced this myself. I thought about the many of us who have been, or who are, in the same boat.
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Venus continues retrograding in Leo through September 8.
At yet another wedding this weekend, The Beatles, official Summer of Love Band floated through the air. A decidedly different wedding from the weekend before, this Northern Californian service was held among the Redwood trees and officiated by a Wiccan priestess. As the Leo New Moon hit full tilt boogie in the sign of the performer, the bride’s personal sentiments opened everyone’s tear ducts…but the groom stole the show by singing “Always and Forever” alongside his vows. Decidedly different from last weekend’s Methodist wedding, was the tone. That was a Venus in Virgo wedding and this, a Venus in Leo one. The solemnity and self-restraint of Virgo contrasted with the celebratory and personalized ceremony of Leo. Venus isn’t as strong in Virgo. The Virgo marriage has a fair amount of dutiful striving built in, and when they relax into the heavenly perfection on earth, in one another’s arms, a sweetly spiritual recognition graces every hardship they face. Leo is a show off, with that personal touch that opens hearts to fun, fun. This marriage will be fun-loving, dramatic and highly expressive. They’re a festive couple and the party vibe, surrounded by musicians and entertainers, stylishly dressed friends and family proved it. Not to mention, this Venus was strengthened by touching the royal star, Regulus, an extremely beneficial support.
Both weddings took place during Venus retrograde, a period during which many astrologers would advise against marriage.
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A reader’s letter answered in Ask Moonkissd!:
I have a new beau in my life, and would love to see the long-term potential for lasting love… What do you see? Me: Feb 4, 1971, 12:31 p.m. Mountain View, CA. He: June 3, 1980, 3:34 p.m. Indianapolis, IN.
Signed, Amorous Aquarius
Dear Amorous,
Your Venus in Sagittarius is flirting with deeper, funkier relationship to love’s mystery…far deeper than she could know alone. Ah, the stories she could tell if you will but let her! Your thirst for experience is bottomless and yet what you need to do is reach the bottom, break your wild self of its instinctive urge to back (more…)
Another Leo Star from an article I wrote for Astrocenter.com!
http://www.astrocenter.com/us/LeoCelebrityStars_Article.aspx
Madonna: 16 August 1958
We so clearly see this Lioness’ bright energy because she’s impossible to ignore! An exhibitionist at heart, Madonna’s personal quest is to expose everything – from her nude body to her beliefs on the Kabbalah. As provocateur, Madonna has made it her business to bring sexual eroticism into the mainstream. Although she’s played the femme fatale in countless movies and written an erotic bestseller, Sex, her lesser credited roles are the ones she’s remembered in – as Queen Mother of the music video. Almost single-handedly, Madonna elevated the music video to art form. But is she a pop star or an artist? (more…)
Another Leo Star from an article I wrote for Astrocenter.com!
http://www.astrocenter.com/us/LeoCelebrityStars_Article.aspx
Halle Berry: 14 August 1968
Celebrated, photographed by paparazzi for her beauty and elegance, Halle Berry emanates that “beautiful person” aura wherever she goes. Leo is a captivating Sun sign and before she pursued acting as a career Halle’s beauty captivated pageant awards. But beauty and skin color are only skin deep and Hollywood notoriously glorifies and discriminates against both. (more…)
“_________, wilt thou have this woman/man to be thy wedded wife/husband to live together after God’s ordi
nance in the Holy Estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her/him, in sickness and in
health, and forsaking all others keep thee only unto her/him, so long as ye both shall live (or for the next 5 or 10 years)? (”I will”)
Mars enters Gemini on Monday who immediately tussles with Venus, who is about to retrograde backward from Virgo into Leo on Wednesday. Seems to me, it’s as good a time as any to kick up some new ideas about love.
I attended a wedding this weekend in North Carolina. It was a southern affair, with all the trimmings - high tea for the ladies, golf for the gents and a reception on a river boat which sailed down the Cape Fear River. The ceremony was full service, held in a Methodist Church. The hip officiant dared to begin with a little number about Mr. Blackwell’s best dressed list, and when he named Paris Hilton in the Church Of Our Lord I just about fell out of my seat. The message was succinct: self-image doesn’t hold a candle to the Lord’s clothes. To be well-dressed, this couple should clothe themselves in the sacrament of marriage. And when the priest asked us, the congregation, to say “we will” to their wedding vows I was given pause. I will be there for the bride. I will clothe her in Love. But upholding the ’til death do they part’ thing…how did they just get me to agree to that? (more…)
A reader’s letter answered from Ask Moonkissd!:
Dear Moonkissd,
My birth info is March 6, 1952 at 10:25 PM in Manhattan, NY. How do I ‘flow’ with Sept 22, 1945 in Vallejo, CA? Signed, Manhattan
Dear Manhattan,
You send out powerful attractor beams, Ms. Manhattan. With Mars in Scorpio on your Ascendant, make that a double. You walk into a room and send out sexy sonar signals to all the men within your range and beyond. (more…)
Another Leo Star from an article I wrote for Astrocenter.com!
http://www.astrocenter.com/us/LeoCelebrityStars_Article.aspx
Sandra Bullock: 26 July 1964
One of the first things you notice about the woman behind the role is her infectious playfulness. Sandra Bullock interviews reveal an actress at ease in her own skin. Romping on the beach with her dogs, outspoken opinions followed with infectious giggling, self-deprecating humor (which she capitalized on several times in Miss Congeniality numbers one and two.) Leo is the playful child in all of us, and a playful, childlike curiosity toward life may be one of Leo’s secrets to happiness. Indeed, this is probably the happiest sign of the Zodiac! But what’s behind Leo’s joyful presence? (more…)
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