Inner Space - March 2014
by Eric Francis
Aries (March 20-April 19)
Avoid seeming full of your own
power or making anything about you unnecessarily, especially at work. You don't
want to become the issue, whatever the issue may be. That would make it difficult
to maintain any authority or discipline at all. However, factors in your chart
are tempting you to keep the focus on yourself. If you are aware of this
tendency it will be easier to address it; so consider awareness the first step.
From there, I suggest asking people their viewpoint and listening between the
lines for where they are coming from. Take all of this information on board
before making any decisions. You are not under pressure to act at the moment,
and you are on notice to make your decisions deliberately and meticulously. To
do that, you need reliable data, not just hunches. Then you need to choose
carefully when to decide and when to implement your decision. Till then,
proceed slowly, and keep your ears on.
Taurus (April 19-May 20)
Be on the lookout for
influences designed to confuse or disrupt, into which you might wander
unwittingly. Actually, you'll be able to see these things from a distance if
you look up and away from your feet as you walk; then you can take some other
direction. Speaking of, I suggest you refrain from discussing long-term plans
with those who are not your actual friends. Without veering into paranoia,
notice the strategies and agendas of the people around you, and make careful
note of them. At the moment, you're susceptible to negative influences, and the
ideas of those whose faith in themselves has been injured can have an impact on
you. I suggest, therefore, you focus on spending time with people whose
viewpoint is creative and positive—who are doing life-affirming things and who
strive to include others rather than compete with them. Elitism has its appeal,
but it turns out to be toxic. Thankfully, there are alternatives.
Gemini (May 20-June 21)
Mercury has retrograded back
into Aquarius and has now gone direct, which has taken some of the pressure off
of a professional situation that seemed like it might run out of control. I
suggest you remember (rather than forget) what you learned during the past week
or so. The situation or something like it is bound to surface again sometime in
the next month or two, and you want to be prepared how to deal with it when it
does. That includes knowing what to do with those who play fast and loose with
the truth, those who deceive in order to gain position and reputation and those
who wear so much makeup they need to dunk their head in witch hazel. If you
want to be real, and if you want to live a life of truth, you need to be
clever, and you need to use your considerable knowledge. And at the moment, you
need to know when to make your move, which won't be for a few more weeks.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Take initiative on a financial
matter and you will be able to break an annoying deadlock. Don't be deceived by
how complex someone else's negotiating position is, or by how rigid they seem
to be. That is largely a ruse; it looks like at least half of what they're
saying isn't true. Further, you can be pretty sure that someone trying to pull
a fast one on you is presently dealing with the results of many such situations
in the past. That said, stick to the truth and clarity of your own position.
Don't say you're right—present the facts that demonstrate that truth. It's
likely that whoever this is will make some attempt to distract or divert you,
but simply stick to the simple reality of the situation. As far as timing is
concerned, present your viewpoint that this is an immediate matter, then give
anyone else involved until February 28 to respond with the appropriate action.
Leo (July 22-August 23)
Avoid doom and gloom,
worst-case scenario thinking—or at least be aware if such thoughts are dancing
through your mind. That will help you choose something else. You are picking up
on something larger than you, much larger, something present on a planetary
scale. This is true no matter how personal it may feel. Yet on the personal
level there is plenty you can do, in addition to monitoring your own mind and
addressing any boundary breaches (whether by someone else, or by you) as soon
as possible. Maintain your personal integrity, for one thing, both setting an
example to others and holding them to a basic minimum. At the same time, be
conscious of your use of technology, remembering that all these gadgets that
surround us are sold as toys but in fact are tools that can do harm as well as
good. Remember that as you use them and you will be doing your part to solve a
much larger problem.
Virgo (August 23-September
22)
You may feel like you're under
some pressure that you don't understand and cannot identify the source of. This
may be showing up as you feeling like you have more problems than you'll ever
be able to solve. I suggest you avoid “fix it” mode, whatever form that may
take. The thing to do first is to observe, and the thing to observe first is
your mind and its patterns and thought forms. This is the origin of the
situation. You are in one of those spaces where your thoughts are creating what
seems to be your reality. This is often the case, though it's not usually as
obvious as it is now. Consider yourself on an expedition to find some deception
that you were pressured into believing as a child, or that was given to you as
an unbending truth. Once you get to that core false idea, you will be able to
see how influential it is—and then make a decision what to do about that.
Libra (September 22-October
23)
We live on a lonely planet—one
inhabited by more than seven billion people. That being the case, the
loneliness must be a product of consciousness, regulated by a diversity of
internal factors. Most of those are emotional. One thing you're in the process
of doing is carving out more inner emotional space for yourself, which is
closely related to dismantling the influences of early caregivers and family
patterns that you know have locked you into a kind of crypt. You are, stone by
stone, feeling by feeling, dismantling this inner environment. The thing to
remember is how this is bigger than you. It's about what was done to you, and
the ways in which the distant past was imposed on you without your having a
choice in the matter. Now you are discovering that you do have a choice, but
that discovery is coming at a cost. The cost is going through the feelings,
recognizing your situation and taking appropriate action.
Scorpio (October
23-November 22)
Friday and this weekend you
get a clear line of sight on some of the material that's going to come up when
Mars stations retrograde on March 1. The information will come across more as
an FYI than a warning; more of a “to do” list rather than a “do or die” list.
You have time to clear many small matters off of your agenda before Mars
stations retrograde, so that you can focus on the more important things when
the time comes. Much of what you will be focusing on through the duration of
the retrograde are matters of mental and psychological balance. This is what's
called inner work. I suggest you set your life up to accommodate this, as much
as possible. I know it's difficult to have time for anything, though from the
look of your charts, you will be drawn into handling some of the deeper issues
that have taken up residence in your life, and if you focus on them you will be
able to make some adjustments and grow through them. The sooner you start the
better.
Sagittarius (November
22-December 22)
Jupiter, the official
Sagittarius planet, is holding a long opposition to Pluto right now. It's in a
very strong sign, indeed, one of its favorites (Cancer), but being at the end
of a long retrograde can feel like having key elements of your life on hold a
little longer than you were planning. Meanwhile the opposition to Pluto is
putting a focus on the ways in which you must evolve in order to get where you
want to be going, so there's a purpose for the pause—that being your
opportunity for focus. To me this looks like taking up the emotional issues,
particularly over-dependence and your struggle with independence, in your
relationships. What's the history of this subject, how have you handled it in
the past and how are you handling it today? If you are tempted to think that
this is an inconvenient time to approach this subject, I would say as an
astrologer this is the most convenient time to take up the subject matter in
the easiest and most direct possible way.
Do you have the idea that
others are acting like selfish, childish brats? Your chart suggests you might
have that impression. You might be mistaken, however. I suggest you listen for
clues how others perceive you—they may have the impression that all you care
about is yourself. This is not a formula for domestic happiness and
tranquility. As the Leo Full Moon builds and comes to a peak on Friday, I
suggest doing what you can to avoid any kind of showdown, and instead, listen
for common ground. The emotional space you share is likely to come in the form
of values, your underlying ideas about what is true and necessary. I believe
that most conflicts are superficial; so too are most differences of opinion.
The solution to any seeming disagreement is to go deeper, below the surface,
and see what's going on down under the deeps of the sea. It's another world down there.
Aquarius (January
20-February 19)
I have seen a fear dynamic
play out in couples, in particular the fear that someone is “too messed up” to
be happy in a relationship. Part of that involves experiencing others (including
their partner) as being balanced or happy in contrast to the problems that one
is experiencing inwardly. This dynamic is pushed pretty hard in a time when
we're always being convinced that others are more perfect than we are (a form
of glamour). And it's challenging in a time when there are plenty of factors
and influences we need to deal with. Yet in our moment of history, there is
little inclination to get help with one's personal material, and a shortage of
resources when someone does want to get help. That said, how are you feeling?
Are you managing? Are you devoted to your healing? And if you are devoted, how
are you expressing that? Don't go it alone. Say how you feel, and ask for what
you need. Open up and allow in the love.
Pisces (February 19-March
20)
Friday's Full Moon will give
you the gift of profound psychological insight. I suggest you apply it to your
life, focus on the people you care about, and take in the information you need
about what is motivating them. The chances are you will be right, and if you
use that information, you will be able to make better judgment calls how to
handle them. There's so much crisis in the world right now, sometimes it seems
like only a Pisces could look at it and not look away. Part of why you have
this insight is because you've been compelled by various factors to get to know
yourself in an unusually deep way. Yet most people squander this knowledge. I
suggest you remember that Knowing Thyself is the most significant prerequisite
for being able to function in the world, and for helping others. You have to do
less than you think. Right now as the Full Moon peaks, I suggest you keep your
focus inward, and seek ever-deeper self-understanding. You will have occasions
to put that knowledge to the test.
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