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Sunday, April 24, 2016

ZOE MOON ASTROLOGY WEEKLY HOROSCOPES APRIL 24 - MAY 1

ZOE MOON ASTROLOGY WEEKLY HOROSCOPES APRIL 25-MAY 1
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MOON TRANSITS FOR YOUR WEEK AHEAD:
Where the Moon goes, so go our emotional needs, here's a quick glance at the driving emotional factors in the days ahead for everyone:

THE MOON in the week ahead, (all times given are Eastern Standard Time, U.S.): SAGITTARIUS MOON - Monday 12:00am -Tuesday 7:54pm - emotional needs to expand, adventure and believe
CAPRICORN MOON - Tuesday 7:54pm - Friday 4:47am - emotional needs to achieve, lead or be recognized
AQUARIUS MOON - Friday 4:47am - Sunday 10:33am - emotional needs to be free social or inventive
PISCES MOON - Sunday 10:33am - Midnight - emotional needs to retreat, heal or inspire

Void Moons do not receive the influence we may need to direct our purpose forward on a matter so it's thought that to initiate action during a VOID MOON may not bring the results you want. However, Void Moon's are perfect for incubating ideas, wrapping up on ongoing situations and allowing the higher power to take over the direction of where things should go, they can be magical!

VOID MOON in the week ahead, (all times given are Eastern Standard Time, U.S.):
TUESDAY 11:51am-7:54pm
FRIDAY 3:07am - 4:47am
SATURDAY 10:56pm - midnight
SUNDAY 12:00am - 10:33am

MONDAY will show us any challenges in our way or push us to challenge ourselves when it comes to the legal needs, media ventures, educational pursuits, wedding plans, marketing ideas, political interests, travel plans, or political ideas. There's either something you aren't quite seeing or that is deceptive, foggy or strange in the situation. Wade through, come from passion and do set some boundaries.

TUESDAY gives us a bit more information and a bit more give and take as we come closer to our goal. The Moon is VOID between 11:51am and 7:54pm eastern so initiate prior or after if you have specific expectations. There's a positive alignment to Venus just as this Moon slips into the Void which should bode well for what you can incubate during the Void around love, money, women, or beauty.

WEDNESDAY we get ambitious, we take the lead, we are motivated but again with the caveat that some adjustments are needed, at least where those legal, travel, educational, media, marketing, wedding, religious, or political themes are involved. There are some stellar alignments today that may put us in the right place at the right time, great for career momentum, setting or reaching goals and dealing with higher-up types. You may have a big/lucky opportunity tonight with the work, paperwork, health, co-workers, hired help, or animal interests.

THURSDAY Mercury Retrogrades at 1:20pm eastern. We've been feeling the slow down and past coming back around since the Shadow period began on the 14th. Now we are full steam into this do-over that will last until May 22nd. It's time to go back for something you value, to rethink agreements, talks, offers, and decisions focused on income, possessions or purchases, to reconnect with past people or situations to see if there is something there worth reworking and to release anything that may be blocking your forward growth up ahead in current situations. Mercury Retrograde is notorious for mechanical and electronic breakdowns, mix-ups in communications and regrettable decisions so slow down, double check information, be clear, hold off on purchasing new appliances or other mechanical gadgets if you can, and don't sign new agreements or verbalize choices just yet unless they are linked to the past coming back around. Sometimes we have to accept an offer during a Retrograde and of course you should never turn down a good opportunity if waiting would jeopardize your chances but try to give yourself some wiggle room in the contract or buy the warranty if you have to make purchases now. This Retrograde is in Taurus which rules our possessions so losing them or seeing them break down is quite heightened over the next 3+ weeks. Pay extra attention to where you leave your wallet or what's on your paycheck. You get the idea.

FRIDAY Venus moves into Taurus to join the Mercury Retrograde and Solar theme already going on here. She brings love or women into the picture when it comes to making money, what you're doing with possessions or your purchases. She may focus on beauty, ie: earning through photography or purchasing art. She should help smooth things out a bit and attract what is needed. However, do keep in mind that Venus in this position is fixed so we women may be a bit more stubborn and admit to it while this is in motion, we may all also feel like we know just what has to happen in these areas without giving much, this can help stay on course, just don't be too unbending. The Aquarius Moon is in charge today which brings some nice social energy into what is going on. It's a good time to connect with friends, get involved with groups or your online interests, attend charitable functions or pursue aspirations.

SATURDAY carries that social energy over into the day and brings some nice surprises or interesting ideas into play. There is something solid where the legal, travel, educational, media, marketing, wedding, religious, or political themes are concerned so you may wish to cement things here. Tonight brings a talk or news that shows you just what issues or twists and turns are tied into this Mercury Retrograde for you. Whatever you hear, think about, talk about, or decide, know it has a story unwinding in the weeks ahead.

SUNDAY should be downright dreamy or inspired, a wee bit magical perhaps. The Moon slips into Pisces and the Sun comes to sextile Neptune, ruler of Pisces, in an opportunity aspect. So this is a great combination for your artists out there or for getting out and purchasing or enjoying art. It's great for the romantic who would like to hole up and fall into the arms of love. It's great for practicing your spiritual divinations, prayer, meditation, yoga, or getting into nature. It's great for resting, recuperating, healing, or what you are doing at the hospital. It can help you get inspired to research and strategize or to follow the signs and dreams of the day to some interesting end. And even if you are feeling the fallout of a Neptune challenge from your own chart with addictions, depression, nostalgia, someone's crossing over, boundary issues, or deception, this combination can help you find a way forward. The Taurus energy is also strong today so there's good potential around earning money or pursuing something that can end up there, getting out and making your purchases or what you're doing with your possessions.

ARIES:
The most important thing you can do in the week ahead is to ask yourself if there is anything from the past that is worth pursuing again regarding your ability to earn money or involved with your possessions or purchases. Is there someone you haven't talked to in a while tied into these topics that you've been thinking about or have you heard from them out of the blue? What is there for you to rethink, rework, release, or reconnect about? Could you renegotiate agreements or tackle sales differently, is the offer from the past worth considering? Should you go interview again or resend your resume to them? In your current situation, do you want to pull back a bit and rethink things or is someone involved with what you are doing to earn money, make purchases or deal with possessions ready to move on (or are you ready for them to)? This is the beginning of your do-over and Venus will join the story this week as well helping you to find the love, connect with women who can help, smooth things out or attract what you need with income flow, or bring the theme of beauty into the mix in a relevant way. So make a mission statement about what you want to figure out and begin. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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TAURUS:
It's like all of a sudden you have become a magnet for every Tom, Dick and Mary from the past and wherever you go there they are (it really starts this week). But hey, the week ahead is about starting down a road of rediscovery. Whether this is about you seeing just how far you've come and how happy you are about what or who you've left behind or it's about giving something or someone from the past another shot, it's time to rethink anything that at the end of the day is not about helping you to meet your own needs and evolve as a human being. You may wish to focus on any needs you have involving your body, image, brand, name, title, or personal desires, what you will and will not sign or agree upon, how the things others are saying to you is at core about valuing you or not, and on a more mundane level, if there is some way to repackage yourself in a more marketable way or revamp that image or brand. It's your do-over and with Venus, your ruler, coming onboard this Mercury Retrograde round in your sign, you will be able to attract the right situation and smooth out rough edges, so make a list heading into this week about WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU and then open up those lines of communication. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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GEMINI:
I hesitate to go into this with you Gemini, you who are always thinking, thinking more than most, at least double with your twins and all, but in the week ahead I believe you are to be drawn back over something that is either mystical, karmic, hidden, or inspired on some level and it's really important that all this information does not overwhelm you. First, you have the potential to start a 3+ week journey now that will allow you to reconnect with any old artistic interests so you may be drawn back to people from the past or past ideas involving art, film, music, poetry, painting, dance, or sculpture. You may also need to rehash something involving your spiritual practices or ideals so a rethink of what is going on with meditation, yoga or prayer and any past situations or people to rework, release or reconnect with here. It can be that a clandestine romance is about to kick back into gear or that a romance that was karmic or past life revitalized is back in your lap to reconsider. You must also consider what you think about any current romances and where they are headed. This zone is also related to bad habits and addictions, healing and hospitals, so you may need to head back to something here and get it right now. Secrets may be about to be unlocked in any of these areas, this can be a secret you hear or one you let slip so take care. It may also be an important time to go back over that research and catch something that would otherwise have slipped past you. See what I mean, lots of information to process here so keep your thoughts untethered and allow for this rush back into these areas to enlighten you somehow. Venus is with you on this so women and love and money and beauty align with the proper direction. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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CANCER:
In truth, the journey you are starting this week on the surface seems rather innocuous, I mean who would really have a hard time reconnecting with old friends, hearing from that old group, going back to some past interest online, getting back into that astrology or charity interest, attending parties or gatherings that bring you back to the past, or rethinking old aspirations and original ideas? But when you get down into this a bit more, Cancer, it's quite an important week for you because you need to ask yourself if you are in the soul group that you are evolving with or one that you've outgrown, if there is some social interest with a friend, group, or online situation that you could go back to and see if there is opportunity for income or something involving your possessions or purchases that could be reworked. You need to look at how you are valued in these social arenas and if you have left a cause behind that merits your attention again. Ask if it's time to revamp that website or rework that dream of yours. You might also see some pulling back in current situations as a friend takes their leave or a site online you relied upon shuts down. Whatever comes back around or retreats now, take note and give it your attention as you do over what you can. With Venus on board later this week you'll have women on your side who can help or find ways to smooth things out and attract the love or money flow more easily. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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LEO:
It may be an exciting week or one that is very determined, Leo. First, this is the beginning of a 3+ week journey that may bring some notoriety or recognition back around for you based on your achievements in the past. This can be when you receive that award or promotion because lo and behold they finally recognize what you've done! On the same thread, it can be important to start to rethink any career needs or personal goals you've let slide or that you held once but feel that now is the right time to go back and review the possibility of reworking them in some way. You may need to slow down with current goals or career matters to get something right or you might see something sputter out because it was not your train. It's all about reconnecting with past people and situations that were involved in your career or goals to see what is possible now and it's all about releasing anything or anyone that may be standing in the way of where you need to go from here. To this end there is also a revamping of connections and directions involving higher-up types so you may begin now to reconsider what you need with or for the boss, parent, judge, director, teacher, mentor, or other authority type. You may see someone current to your direction exit for a while or an old power person return. Are there decisions to be made? Ideas are streaming back in, you hear news, you rethink agreements, sales, writing, interviews, offers, talks, meetings, and choices, and make this do-over count. With Venus joining in later in the week things will start to smooth out or that woman who can help arrives or the love or money goal is starting to come into view or the big beauty splash occurs. It's your turn, what's it to be? There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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VIRGO:
Your journey begins this week taking you back to really get something right with your media, marketing or publishing interests, a time to reconnect with past people or situations, ideas and choices, and rework things over the weeks ahead. This same area of higher information stream means the journey can take you back over legal needs to get them right, to release anything/anyone blocking you or to go back and reclaim something so it's supporting you appropriately. The higher mind arena also includes anything you may wish to review, rethink, release, or reclaim through travel, engagement with people at a distance, import/export, or foreign ideas. It can mean reconsideration of educational pursuits, perhaps teaching or getting certified or signing up for college. It can mean you are about to run into people from the past who will make you think about these things for the first time in a long time. Ceremonies are also part of this house so you may spend part of this 3+ week journey rethinking a wedding, running into the past by attending a wedding, reviewing where you are with religious needs or politics, or hearing about something from the past that sparks this back up again for you. This is your do-over starting now, slow down, allow for any current situations to retreat or sleep a bit while you go back to finesse something in one of these areas. Keep at the core of your questioning, Am I valued?, Do I value this?, is there something better or more fulfilling I can do regarding income, purchases or possessions in the mix?, and Is this beautiful? Venus will start helping mid-week onward so women may play a beneficial role or you may find the love, beauty or money flow in sync. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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LIBRA:
This is one deep journey you are about to embark upon this week Libra and you can plan on it lasting just under 4 weeks. It is about you slowing down enough to go back and figure something out 1) financially: you may need to rework a loan or pay off an old debt, it could be that money you have been waiting on to come through finally shows up or that you need to rethink the insurance you are carrying or the tax plan you have set up. It can mean revising or releasing old alimony or child support payments, going back to bring money through royalties or commissions, dealing with an inheritance or bankruptcy, reworking investments or settlements, or really dealing with any financial matter beyond your paycheck. It is at the end of the day going to be about your paycheck but these things must be tackled to get there. It's possible that some current financial stream slows down or exits at this juncture as part of the timing of what is meant to happen, if so turn your gaze to these past opportunities, go talk to a financial expert from the past or get legal advice about past interests, you get the idea. 2) It may just as well take you down the more personal side of this journey which would mean reconnecting with past people, situations or ideas regarding your sex life, reproductive needs, divorce, mortality issues, a birth, or any third party scenarios. Again it's your do-over to rehash things and see if there is merit here to move forward or if you need to purge a bit. With Venus joining in later this week for the trip it should start to smooth out and help you attract the right things. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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SCORPIO:
Well deep one, the journey you are about to embark upon should be interesting as it allows you to go into powerful areas one-on-one with your most important relationships over the next 3 + weeks. I believe you either need to really rethink something with a current partner, client, specialist, opponent, agent, attorney, competitor, or other player, releasing them or the thing that's between you or revising where you are with them or what you are doing together, or you need to rethink something with one of these people from the past. You can expect to hear from them coming out of the woodwork and you can also plan on feeling the tug to re-engage again just to see what is possible. Communication is key and at the core of it you must be looking at agreements, writing, offers, talks, meeting, sales, short trips, ideas, and decisions with or about them that ring true when it comes to being valued, on both sides, and when it comes to any needs you may have regarding income, possessions or purchases. If someone changes their mind as this journey begins, breathe, things may shift again come May 22nd and beyond, or you may find a better solution in the past in the interim. With Venus joining this relationship redo later this week you have every reason to believe you can get something right when it comes to love, income, beauty, or a woman in the mix. So back you go, deep into the energy of a partner, representative, client, specialist, opponent, or other relationship and this time you can get it right or leave it behind. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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SAGITTARIUS:
I feel like for the Sages out there, the 3+ week journey you are about to begin this week is a bit more important for the details involved. Keep that word at the forefront and go over everything with a fine-toothed comb. You will be applying this to some kind of reworking of your work, job, paperwork, or co-worker and hired help scenario. It's time to hear from people or opportunities from the past, to go back over old offers or ideas, to review the agreements or sales, to rekindle any old writing or rethink interviewing or auditioning, and to meet, talk and think about choices when it comes to these things. Ask yourself if you are being valued, where you are with the income, possessions or purchases in the mix. Look at reworking current situations, exiting them or returning to the past for a do-over. This same energy can also take you down similar roads when it comes to your health or animals. If you need to see someone again about better health or your pets this is the time. If you hear from others out of the blue with opportunities or old ideas to share, take the time, there may be something in there for you. With Venus joining in mid-week for the journey things should start to smooth out and you may see women who can help or the easier flow or love or money in the mix. This can also bring beauty themes into play in some positive way, so back you go! There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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CAPRICORN:
Well, well, well, Capricorn! I'm imagining that the week ahead has you all wired up over a past lover or someone you've had a crush on that you just might run into or hear from up ahead. You may be rethinking a current love interest or why you are without love when you think with a few reviews and tweaks you could get yourself ready again. No? Not about love for you? Well don't worry, this 3+ week journey you are about to embark upon can also just as easily take you back to an old creative talent or project and get you back in the game or help you pull back enough from current projects to figure something out. It can be about rethinking, releasing or reworking something with children or recreational pursuits as well so hearing from anyone from the past tied into love, creativity, fun, or kids is where it's at. Pick up the phone and schedule an activity you used to do with current loved ones or creative and recreational activities and get back into it. Rethink the old ideas, look at old agreements or offers, and pay attention to all the ways any of this is making you feel valued or undervalued. That's at the core of it all, what is working, what is not, what just needs a bit of extra attention or a few small changes? There may be something about your possessions or the lovers or children's possessions, the possessions involved with your creative endeavors or recreational pursuits at the crux of it so do you need to toss some of this stuff out or go back and reclaim it? Finally, do you need to review your purchases here, return a few items or finally go in and purchase that item you've been eyeing? With Venus joining in mid-week you'll start to see things smooth out or find women at the heart of the matter or the love or money flowing in the proper direction, here you go! There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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AQUARIUS:
The journey back into the past begins this week for real and you will have 3+ weeks to figure it all out. Sometimes this journey means letting go of current situations, ideas or people for a short time or for good so give space where needed. Sometimes it means you really need to reconnect with someone from the past or go back over the old issue, opportunity or idea to rehash things and see if there is something here for your future direction. Whatever is transpiring for you Aquarius, expect it to play out over where you live and with whom, any real estate deals, moves, renovations, the family, a parent, the house, or what's happening with the roommates. Pay attention to the possessions in question here, do you need to rearrange things or declutter, move them or sell them? Pay attention to any income opportunities coming back around involving these matters or look at the purchase you made or wanted to make and where you are with that. It's time to get all of this aligned with what you really value and the more open you are to releasing, reworking, reconnecting, and rethinking things, the better. Mid-week Venus joins in for the rest of the trip and this may bring women into the story who can help or it may mean you are seeing the love, beauty or money flow more readily, it's your do-over, make it count. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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PISCES:
Let the journey begin, Pisces! You've likely had hints of it recently but here's the thing, you are entering the path of a 3+ week journey that is offering you the chance to hear from just about anyone from the past who may have something to offer you still or whom you may still work something out or find a better way to say good-bye. You may find this period gives you a chance to meet with people and rework agreements or sales needs. You may decide to revisit an old neighborhood or neighbor or you could hear from them out of the blue and this may open a door for you. It can be about going back over any issues, ideas or opportunities with a brother or sister as they return to the forefront for a while. It can also be a time when you need to really get real about what is going on with vehicles or electronics and put something to bed once and for all or return to one that you wanted before to rethink it now. If you interviewed or auditioned for something in the past they may have an opportunity for you now or you could have an offer on the table that changes during this period or an old offer returning. The key to all of this is keeping your mind and your communications open and being willing to give things another shot or to work out what needs to go or be redone. You need to feel valued and some of the conversations should focus on this. It is also possible to steer the talks and decisions towards income or possessions in the mix. Once Venus joins in mid-week a woman may become central or you may see that love, beauty or income needs are going a bit more smoothly. It's your chance to redo it, speak up. There is so much more to uncover in a private reading that focuses on your unique birth chart. To find out about cost and details, email zoemoonastrology@gmail.com and see if it's right for you!

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Friday, April 22, 2016

PRINCE: Astrology of his Life and Death by Zoe Moon

PRINCE: Astrology of his Life and Death
by Zoe Moon 

Here is a look at Prince, his astrology chart, his passing, and some highlights brought through the degrees of his birth. It's not hard to believe he was a youthful, playful Gemini in the Plutonic sexual, power house of the 8th house or that his Rising was also the sexual, power sign Scorpio. We even find the ruler of his chart, Pluto, (ruler of the 8th house and Scorpio), again about sex, power and transformation, sitting on the same exact degree of his career Midheaven in the sign of love, fun and creativity, Leo, at the top of his chart. The co-ruler of this Rising, Mars, at the door to the fifth house of love, fun and creativity. So he was pretty much exactly as we saw him, a playful, innovative creator in a strong, sexually-empowered, transformational way. He had a Pisces Moon which brought a mystical emotional nature and one that would be private or hidden to some extent. His feelings knew no boundaries and I'm certain this helped in his creative process since music and film are ruled by Pisces. As a Pisces Moon myself I'm sure it was also challenging to deal with some of that boundaryless emotional connection with the Divine Mind that stems from Pisces. 

At the week of his passing both co-rulers of his chart, Mars and Pluto, had just come to a stop in the astrological sky and Retrograded within 24 hours of each other, on Sunday the 17th and Monday the 18th of April. Mercury, which ruled his body/Sun was slowing down to Retrograde on the 28th. So most of the personal planetary energy tied to his body was pulling back and in a weakened position. So let's take a look at what was going on at his passing. I spoke about these points on my radio show here on blog talk radio 8pm eastern, Thursday, April 21st, if you want to hear more about it. We look at these items first to get an idea of what was occurring:

1) Ruler of Death in Prince's chart is Mercury. Gemini on the door to death can mean a younger death if the Sun is so configured. Prince has his Sun in the house of Death so it would be a theme for him to deal with literally or figuratively. This placement being one of death and transformation, personal sexual empowerment and power. So what was Mercury doing? It had stationed to go Retrograde, putting it in a weaker or reversal setting and in square to his natal Chiron which is about wounds and healing. Then I look at the progressed chart and here Mercury is at the 29th degree of Cancer, a critical degree which means stronger energy and it was upon Juno the goddess of marriage and semi-sextiling Pluto the planet of death and transformation so he was in a year of his life where the potential is heightened. 

            The Transiting Birth Chart on the day he passed.


 2) Ruler of the 'End of All Matters' in Prince's chart is Uranus. Uranus had transited into an opposition to Jupiter for the one time in his life so he was facing something big with another person and it could tip the balance with what would occur. This is a once in 84 year moment. This placement was also putting pressure on Uranus from Chiron that wound and with Pluto the planet of death and transformation. In the progressed chart Uranus had just reached the 4th degree of Libra which put it into alignment with Mercury the ruler of death in his chart for the first time in 30 years. Again it seems as though a key person is part of this story with Prince in his final scene. 

                    The progressed chart on the day he passed.

3) Saturn: In Prince's chart Saturn was at the opposition to his Sun positioned in the 8th house of Death and transformation. Saturn is a limiter, an ender of things or sets up structures and long term situations, it is a final planetary energy and one that is serious when dealing with it. When we all undergo our Saturn opposition to our vital life force energy once every 29 years we are tested with situations that bring other people into our world to show us what is working and what is not. It can also take a toll on our physical energy since it lags and sometime fails under the alchemical weight of the lead of Saturn. Saturn was weakened or reversing in its retrograde phase and moving into his 1st house of identity and physical being. Saturn at this point was also doing the same thing to his Rising degree in a semi-sextile, also noted in aspects at death. The Rising being half of your physical persona, the Sun the other half, so Saturn was really doing a job on both at the same time. Progressed Saturn was in Aquarius, the sign ruling the end of all matters and it was within 4 degrees/a 4 year build-up to Chiron the wound. It also sat near the mid-point between transiting Pluto and Chiron. 

4) Pluto: in Prince's chart Pluto Retrograding was sending Pluto back to inconjunct his Sun in the house of death and transformation for the last time in his life, the shift possibly pushing him towards this transition. Pluto was at 17 degrees, his Sun at 16 so it had been hammering him between the end of January and the first week of March at the 16th degree, then started to let up just a bit but then stopped and turned around on Monday to start coming back for another round. Pluto in inconjunct is a very testing and sometimes fatal aspect to the Sun. Since his Sun is found in the house of Death at birth one could surmise this would be a challenging period. His progressed Pluto, planet of death and rebirth, was at the Sabian Degree called: AN EAGLE AND A LARGE WHITE DOVE CHANGE INTO EACH OTHER. (This made me think of 'When doves Cry')
Quoting from Dane Rudhyar (as I will be for all Sabian interpretations outside my own in this article): "KEYNOTE: The interaction of the spiritual Will and of the Love principle when critical needs arise. This sequence of symbols concluding the Libra phase of the cycle deals with problems met by the seeker for the fulfillment of a higher life of Relationship. Implied here is a kind of Yang-Yin interplay. When the circle encompassing both principles rotates fast, they appear to change into each other. Consciousness operates beyond duality, because the polarized energies of the Soul (or spirit). Will and Love, though ever distinct, work for a single purpose. This represents a new, higher approach to the use of polarized forces within the personality which has been ever so little transformed and operating within a new framework. The Keyword ADEPTNESS fits this phase — but there are many levels of "adept-ship." So I can see here this strong will of Prince and the ideal of love meeting for a year upon Pluto the energy of death and transformation and his evolving into spirit. 

5) Look at the Sun, Rising and Moon: in Prince's chart we've already touched on the Sun and Rising so let's look at his Moon. In this week the transiting Moon is building to a Full Moon at 2 degrees of Scorpio. He has Neptune sitting at the 2nd degree of Scorpio in his birth chart. So he was having a rare Full Moon upon his Neptune. Neptune is the veil between worlds and can bring a focus on drugs/ prescriptions, chemicals, substances, flu-like issues in the body, fluid problems, delusions, and a hard time pinning something down. It is positioned in the house that rules these same things and both are in the sign that rules death and transformation. At this point it made an alignment with his birth moon at 2 degrees of Pisces that sits in the house of the end of all matters. The transiting Sun had just passed over the karmic south node (loss) in the house of health opposite this position of Neptune in the veil between worlds zone, illuminating it. His progressed Moon had just progressed into the house of health for the first time in his life and in Aries was ruled by Mars which had just Retrograded on Sunday, weakening it or bringing reversals. Here it locked onto another Karmic point called the Vertex also at 27 degrees bringing something fated to the event. It also now began a 2 year inconjunct with Pluto, planet of death and transformation. I would also add that the ruler of health in his chart was Mars and in progression it had come to the end of the 25th degree putting it upon orb of a malevolent star associated with beheadings, losing one's head, choking, strangulation, hanging, and other things fixed upon the throat. This may have had a literal affect upon his body or it may have played into emotions of feeling suffocated or choked out of something at the time, not a pleasant energy to deal with. 


 Now, to look at some of the prominent degrees of his chart for some insight into his character, taken from the Sabian Symbols, with quotes from Dane Rudhyar in interpretation: 

Princes Sun: The Sun is about one's ego and physical presence in situations: "THE HEAD OF A ROBUST YOUTH CHANGES INTO THAT OF A MATURE THINKER. KEYNOTE: The transformation of physical vitality into the power to build concepts and intellectual formulations through which knowledge can be transferred. We have a picture of a process of quiet and steady metamorphosis of biological energy into mind-power, which can be seen symbolically as the yang way (between yin-yang). The symbolism may seem old-fashioned today, but the two contrasting approaches to communication of new experiences remain evident, however one wishes to symbolize them. What we see pictured is the transformation of emotions into mind, of instincts into thoughts - a process of MENTAL METAMORPHOSIS." Again with that youthful vitality, the child at the center of the stage but a child with deep thoughts or the adult mind to match it. 


Princes MIDHEAVEN/PLUTO (what he would become known for and the power/sexuality of Pluto. Both his career midheaven and Pluto sit upon the same degree together): "AN UNSEALED LETTER. KEYNOTE: The realization by the individual that all thoughts and all messages are inevitably to be shared with all men. This symbol seems at first quite puzzling; when it has been thought of as an isolated symbol, it's essential meaning has not been apparent. The fact that a letter is unsealed does not imply a trust that other people will not read its contents, but rather the idea that the contents are for all men to read. The letter contains a public message in the sense that when man has reached the stage of true mental repolarization and development he has actually become a participant in the One Mind of humanity. Nothing can really be hidden, except superficially and for a brief time. What any man thinks and deeply realizes becomes the property of all men. Nothing is more senseless than possessiveness in the realm of ideas. If God speaks to a man, Man hears the word. Nothing can remain permanently "sealed." It is made clear to us, and particularly to the inherently proud Leo type, that all that takes form within the mind of a man belongs to all men. Communication and SHARING must always prevail over the will to glorify oneself by claiming sole possession of ideas and information." So he was out there sharing his word and known world-wide for it via the creative energy field of Leo. 


Princes Rising: The Rising denoting our personality: "A WOMAN, FECUNDATED BY HER OWN SPIRIT, IS "GREAT WITH CHILD." KEYNOTE: A total reliance upon the dictates of the God-within. In contrast to the outgoing smile of the girl in the preceding symbol, here we see the result of a deep and complete concentration reaching to the innermost center of the personality where the Living God acts as a fecundating power. This reveals the potency of the inward way, the surrender of the ego to a transcendent Force which can create through the person vivid manifestations of the Will of God. This brings to us the realization of normally hidden potentialities in the average human being of our day. Faith in the Divine is shown here being concretely justified. The human person becomes a "mother of the Living God." This is THE TRANSPERSONAL WAY of existence. It is the way that leads to creative mutations." I could see Prince as someone very excited about the birth of his creative ventures and in touch with his divine feminine nature. 


Princes Moon: The Moon being one's emotional nature: "A SQUIRREL HIDING FROM HUNTERS. KEYNOTE: The individual's need both to ensure his future subsistence and to protect himself from aggressive social elements. The squirrel not only has to hide and store food for the winter, but to be on the lockout for the dangers involved in gathering this food supply. Social processes always cast strong shadows, The individual is never certain of being safe among his fellowmen, once the process of individualization — with its negative aspects, competition, social aggressivity and greed — forces the breakdown of the organic tribal state of mankind during the archaic ages. This warns of the dangers of life in society during an era of exacerbated individualism, when violence is a possibility never to be dismissed. The need for SELF-PROTECTION and caution is ever present." I think this makes sense when we think of how private he was emotionally, or how protected he kept his feelings. 


Princes North node of Destiny: "A CROWDED SIGHTSEEING BUS ON A CITY STREET. KEYNOTE: The fundamental human eagerness to expand one's social horizon and to experience the results of collective achievements and new ways of life. In this symbol we are dealing with a group-experience of a vast collective achievement, a city. Individuals coming from a variety of places and backgrounds "commune" in new awareness of a greater whole of human existence, an organized whole with its own rhythms of multifarious activity. New feelings and an expansion of consciousness result. The process of "initiation" into collective values is now reaching the feeling nature. This refers to the first realization of what a larger whole of existence — a more encompassing frame of reference — implies, in very concrete and perhaps startling terms. What is at stake is A WIDENING OF EXPERIENCE." So he got to be the sightseer and the one that the crowded bus was coming to see, an adventure at the core of his Destiny. May God speed him home. 

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