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NEW MOON
12:14 PM MST NOVEMBER 16, 24 degrees 34 minutes SCORPIO.
[This New Moon is in play until the Full Moon December 2 in Gemini.] 
The Vision: AN X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH.
Keynote:  The capacity to acquire a knowledge of the structural factors in all existence.
The true philosopher is able to grasp and significantly evaluate what underlies all manifestations of life.  Her mind's eye penetrates through the superficialities of existence and perceives the framework that gives an at least relatively permanent "form" to all organized systems.  Thus if the structure is weak, deformed by persistent strain, or unbalanced, the basic causes of outer disturbances and dis-ease can be discovered.*

{In that fight between the old and obsolete systems (Saturn) and the new future (Uranus), the transformer and mutator, Pluto, joins in, now through August 2010.  Expect the old to put up the battle of the century to stay alive and relevant.  Win or lose will be seen more clearly in July 2010, when the Saturn/Uranus opposition ends.}

*An Astrological Mandala: A Reinterpretation of the Sabian Symbols, Dane Rudhyar, Vintage Books 1974.  These visions were received clairvoyantly in 1925 through "the intermediary" Elsie Wheeler.  Astrologer Marc Edmund Jones flashed each degree of the zodiac, out of sequence, in front of her, and she described the vision she saw.  Decades later, Dane Rudhyar expanded on the significance  of these visions.  They are wise reminders that life is chock full of meaning.

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TAROT: A Crone's View -- Insights & Instruction

PLANETS IN RETROGRADE:

 URANUS

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2009 - LUNAR YEAR OF 
THE OX
January 26, 2009 - February 14, 2010

Mine is the stabilizing force
that perpetuates the cycle of life.
I stand immobile against the
test of adversity,
resolute and unimpeachable.
I seek to serve integrity,
to bear the burdens of righteousness.
I abide by the laws of nature
patiently pushing the wheel of Fate.
Thus, I shall weave my destiny.

I AM THE OX.**

(The Ox is the second sign of the Lunar cycle, following the Rat).

2009 is an OX Year:

Barack Obama was born in the Year of the Ox, and hurray for that.  He's the perfect rendition of what an Ox personality is: responsible, calm and eloquent. 

In an Ox year, hard work is necessary to get results.  The Ox symbolizes the attainment of prosperity through fortitude and elbow grease.  During the Year of the Ox, tenacity and dedication are key.  Leave no loose ends.  Get into a routine.  Use logic.  Keep calm -- like President Obama does, himself an Ox.  In love, take your time.  Let the courtship last a long time.  Give you and your new interest time to warm up to each other, time to get to know each other's true nature.  Give your feelings time to grow.  Pay debts.  Let your actions be true to your word.  All victories gained in an Ox Year are deserved, earned through one's own efforts.  All the Chinese Animals get along with the Ox, with the exception of Dogs and Tigers. 

The last time we were in an Ox year was 1997.  Here are a few history-making events from that year -- it will be interesting to see the parallels that may emerge in this Year of the Ox:

Israeli government approved establishment of Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem,
a setback in Middle East Peace Process.

Britain's Princess Diana killed in Paris car crash.

Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule.

Heaven's Gate cult members committed mass suicide in California.

Ellen DeGeneres outs herself, becoming first openly gay woman to have her own sitcom.

Comet Hale-Bopp closest it will be to earth until the year 4397.

Well-known people who died in 1997 Year of the Ox:
William S. Burroughs
Jacques Cousteau
Allen Ginsburg
Jimmy Stewart
James Michenor
Mother Theresa

SOME FAMOUS
OX PEOPLE ARE:
WALT DISNEY
GORE VIDAL
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
PETER SELLERS
RICHARD BURTON
MARGARET THATCHER
ROBERT REDFORD
VANESSA REDGRAVE
DUSTIN HOFFMAN
BILL COSBY
GENERAL COLIN POWELL
RICHARD NIXON
GERALD FORD
VINCENT VAN GOGH
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
ADOLPH HITLER

You are an OX if you were born during the following cycles; the element of OX you are is given too:
February 7, 1997 to January 27, 1998 (Fire)
February 20, 1985 to February 8, 1986 (Wood)
February 3, 1973 to January 22, 1974 (Water)
February 15, 1961 to February 4, 1962 (Metal)
January 29, 1949 to February 16, 1950 (Earth)
February 11, 1937 to January 30, 1938 (Fire)
January 25, 1925 to February 12, 1926 (Wood)
February 6, 1913 to January 25, 1914 (Water)**

**From The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes by Theodora Lau - HarperCollins 2000

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2+0+0+9 = 11 Year 

ELEVEN is a number of Illumination.  ELEVEN is considered a Master Number, a number of Initiation into a deeper layer of understanding and awareness.  2009 bids us to soul search, to examine our ethics, to find new meaning in life, to become familiar with our own inner condition, and to bring light to it.  In 2009, an ELEVEN year, the dance is done to the music of spiritual expansion, illumination, holding to one's ideals, invention.

Against the background of this ELEVEN, which the whole world is resonating to in 2009,  each of us has a Personal Year number. Here are simple instructions for finding yours, and a brief meaning of each number.

Add your birth month and date and the number 11.  DO NOT REDUCE THE 11 TO A 2;  it is a double number. Double numbers are not reduced to a single digit but left whole and function as extra dimensions -- Master, or Mastery, numbers, a call to understand and perfect.

NOTE:  Reduce all other numbers (except the other double numbers you may run into, like 22, 33, 44) to a single digit between 1-9, i.e.:

10 becomes 1, 12 becomes 3, 25 becomes 7.

NUMBERS & THEIR MEANING:
1- Individualization
2 - Association
3 - Self-Expression
4 - Organization
5 -  Experience
6 - Responsibility
7 - Wisdom
8 - Material Freedom
9 - Humanitarian
11 - Illumination
22 - Material Mastery
33 - Creative Mastery

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