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The Fibonacci series is among the most miraculous mysterious of the universe. I thought the DaVinci code made a mockery of this mystical formulation. For a Fibonacci 101, see this site: http://www.textism.com/bucket/fib.html I've never seen Tom Hanks deliver a poor performance before, even in his television days. Personally, I think Jesus had tons of lovers, lots of progeny, and by now millions of descendants. Perhaps one reason why we are all children of God in the family of Human.

Ignitiation!

The Spring season ignites on Wednesday with the birth of the New Moon at 2:15 am PST in Aries. This New Moon also forms a Total Solar Eclipse, though not visible in the Northern Hemisphere. Propelled by the fires of the Aries Sun aligned with the Moon, energy gurgles on Spring’s launching pad. This initiatory cycle ignites under the shadow of both eclipse and a Pluto station -- also on March 29th. Unconscious power (Pluto) is amplified and shadowed within our core, while subconscious (moon) swirlings are illuminated by the Sun. The struggles of the winter begin to transform into solutions for the spring. Further, Saturn slows into a station and turns direct next week (April 5), so visions manifest into reality more smoothly. A good time to imagineer intentions. I have coined a new term for this......“Ignitiation” -- a most potent and transformative period.

Politically, this New Moon/Solar Eclipse/Pluto-Saturn station energy will breach the psychic levees and unearth a floodtide of dormant secrets. The shift is about to hit the fan. The fires of Aries the warrior will also fuel anti-war initiatives into new dimensions of intensity and activity. Confrontation beckons, as the seeds of change germinate. Impeachment initiatives surge. The blogsphere buzzes and blazes. International tensions also flare. Gas prices rise. Investors look to the metal’s markets. Real estate speculator’s pause. Environmentalists wave flags around new findings about accelerated climate change. Nascar enthusiasts return to the track.

In April, personal relationships flower around the movement of Venus into surrendering Pisces, though swimming slowly as Mars wades through the tidepools of Cancer. Love smells sweet in the springtime breeze. Life is good.
Aloha, KK!

March!

Presto chango, the ingredients for shift are gurgling over the top in the astral ethers. The New Moon on 2/27, the Moon igniting Aries on 3/1, The Sun conjoining Uranus on 3/1, Mercury stationing and going retrograde on 3/2 (12:29 pm PST), Jupiter turning retrograde on 3/4 -- all cresting to form a big wave of positive change. Wax your inner surfboard and paddle~! Flow with the Go. Note: Mercury is retrograde from 3/2 to 3/25 -- remember to keep wax on your surfboard (you know what I mean -- dot i's, cross t's, due diligence, etc.).

Winter Solstice - The Pause that Refreshes

The Wheel of the Year hairpins into the new cycle with the Winter Solstice on December 21st at 10:35 am (Pacific). It is the northern hemisphere’s longest day and darkest night. Let's review the simple astronomy at play here for a quick second: The season shifts because of the Earth’s changing axial relationship to the Sun. Now, the Earth’s equator reaches her maximum tilt away from the Sun – pausing – before returning toward the Sun’s recharging warmth and light.

Astrologically now: There is also a tremendous dynamic tension in the current cosmic geometry with a fixed sign Grand Cross between Jupiter opposite Mars both squaring Saturn which opposes Neptune. Sounds heavy, and is a little sticky.
A terrestrial hologram of this stuck between a rock and a hard place dynamic is the complex scenario of New York transit strike. If you are experiencing some holiday stress, be consoled that you are most in tune with the current rhythms of the cosmic drumbeat. Your chart may be activated by this fixed pattern. And with Venus turning retrograde (once every 1 1/2 yrs.), on Christmas eve, expect some scrooging to come scrounging.

Winter Solstice is a time to practice the lesson of Sagitarrius; to pull the bow string back to it’s maximum point – sighting the bullseye before releasing your flaming arrow. It is the point between inhale and exhale. This breathless moment of stillpoint on the cusp between dark and light is an opportunity to distill the essence of any disonant energies and components we wish to release, and embrace those aspects, refreshed and renewed for the new cycle. This is a golden opportunity for us to become aware and explore the deep messages lingering amidst the darkness, awakening with new direction, intention and foresight. The greatest gift we can give and receive is to simply breathe deeply and rhythmically the essence of our inner light on this holyday. It's the pause that refreshes.
aloha, KK!

Gentle One's Start Your Engines - 2006

Gentlemen, gentlewomen, gentle Ones ……start your engines. The yellow caution flag flaps its final furl, and it’s now time to roar past go and collect.

The double retrograde of Mercury (direct 12/3) and Mars (12/9) is over. As the days shrink toward their extreme at the Winter Solstice on 12/21, the squeaky wheels of change now spin more freely toward the shifts of the new cycle.

The game is about to be changed, ladies and gentleman. Larger waves are cresting over the horizon, as the skills you have been honing will now spring into play. A fixed T-square involving Mars in Taurus opposing Jupiter in Scorpio, squaring Saturn in Leo empowers extreme plans though tempered by Saturnian reality checks. Brightening the picture is a trine between Jupiter in Scorpio and Uranus in Pisces, signaling that even in the most intense situations, our humor, creativity and intuition attunes to the bigger and brighter picture where dwells the solution. 2005 closes on a much more positive note than it began (Tsunami, etc.) as the New Year rocks in a bolder and brighter song. May you dance and sing through the changes as the heaven’s rearrange. Much aloha, KK!

The Bush's in New Orleans

Astrologer Sues Nasa Claiming Deformed Horoscope

Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Probe

CNN Russian astrologer Marina Bai seeks $300 million in damages. She said the NASA mission would "deform her horoscope." Watch Broadband Video: Strange Space Case Lawsuit
MOSCOW (July 5) - NASA's mission that sent a space probe smashing into a comet raised more than cosmic dust - it also brought a lawsuit from a Russian astrologer.
Marina Bai has sued the U.S. space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late Sunday "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe," the newspaper Izvestia reported Tuesday. A Moscow court has postponed hearings on the case until late July, the paper said.
Scientists say the crash did not significantly alter the comet's orbit around the sun and said the experiment does not pose any danger to Earth.
The probe's comet crash sent up a cloud of debris that scientists hope to examine to learn how the solar system was formed.
Bai is seeking damages totaling $300 million - the approximate equivalent of the mission's cost - for her "moral sufferings," Izvestia said, citing her lawyer Alexander Molokhov. She earlier told the paper that the experiment would "deform her horoscope."
NASA representatives in Russia could not be reached for comment on the case.

Venus Williams Wimbledon Champ

Venus Williams is Gemini (June 17). with Venus conjunct her Sun, Libra rising and a Leo Moon with Jupiter nearby in early Virgo.

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Spunky Eclipse

The Spring cycle fully ignites after the Moon crosses the Sun (and Venus) on Friday April 8 at 1:32 pm Pacific. The Moon -- representing our emotions and the past -- covers the Sun -- the life force, signaling shift and change ahead. This event is opposite Jupiter in Libra, forming a T-square with Saturn in Cancer--while sextile Mars and Neptune in Aquarius and trine Pluto in Sag... Mercury is still retrograde, slowing into its station on the 12th . Quite the dynamic brew. This mix signals a major shift with a lot of letting go and much forward movement. Meditate, visualize, act it out over the spring.

Mass Meditation on Death while Pluto is stationary

Pluto's 2-week stationary period has been synchronous with a mass obsession on death and dying, one of the tiny giant's specialties. I seem to be witnessing a particularly severe insanity here. For some perspective, let us consider that along with Mrs. Shaivo, 25000 people starved to death yesterday. When I leave, I would love to go silently and rest in sweet heavenly peace. I am confident reincarnation will be one of my most psychedelic experiences. We all pass, and are likely our closest to God's love when we return to source.

In Alignment there is Fullfillment....

With the Sun, Mercury and Venus conjunct in Aries, the energy of Spring launches. In alignment there is fullfillment, and the time has come to manifest the vision of Spring. Cavaet: With Mercury retrograde, the caution light is blinking. When the Moon enters Sag on Tuesday (3:58 PM Pacific), the energy ramps up and Spring really begins to sing its sweet song.

Full Moon Names

Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full Moon dates shift from year to year. Here is the Farmers Almanac's list of the full Moon names.
• Full Wolf Moon - January Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January's full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.• Full Snow Moon - February Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February's full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult. • Full Worm - March Moon As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter.• Full Pink Moon - April This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month's celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.• Full Flower Moon - May In most areas, flowers are abundant everywhere during this time. Thus, the name of this Moon. Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon.• Full Strawberry Moon - June This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry! • The Full Buck Moon - July July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month's Moon was the Full Hay Moon.
• Full Sturgeon Moon - July The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.• Full Fruit or Barley Moon - August The names Fruit and Barley were reserved only for those years when the Harvest Moon is very late in September.• Full Harvest Moon - September This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.• Full Hunter's Moon - October With the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been reaped, hunters can easily see fox and the animals which have come out to glean.• Full Beaver Moon - November This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon.• The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon - December During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.

Full Moon -- Full Venus

Full Moon (visual) tonight -- official full Moon is at 12:58 tomorrow Pacific, Good Friday, in Libra. Full Moon is always opposite the Sun. The Moon will also be opposite Venus which is conjunct the Aries Sun......I call that a "Full Venus." Aphrodite beckons, "must be the season of the witch".......

Saturn turns Direct: Reality Check

Saturn just turned direct and is making a station (for about a week). During this period, the essence of Saturn is amplified: Reality checks, karma, responsibility.

The Celestial Shuffle of Spring

The celestial cards are being shuffled and you are being dealt a new hand. With Mercury now retrograde, play your cards carefully. Saturn turns direct tonight at 6:54 PM PST, a good time to re-vision your longer range plans. Mars has moved into Uranus-ruled Aquarius, stirring the cauldron of change and creation. Venus will move into Aries on Tuesday surging the urge to merge. The Full Libra Moon on Good Friday will be most intense as Pluto is stationary.

Santa Barbara Tribute to the Casualties of Iraq

Arlington West - Santa Barbara, CA. A tribute to the 1521 US soldiers who have died, 11,344 wounded, the 100,000 Iraqi people....at a cost of $1 billion per week...on the second anniversary of the US invasion.

It's Spring -- Happy New Year!

The Sun bursts into Aries today, as all nature rejoices in brilliant sunshine. The vernal Equinox is a time of equal day and night -- and marks the beginning of the outward expression of life itself. The long winter season is finally over. A warm Leo Moon greets the dawn of this day, stoking the cardinal fires of the Aries Sun. A new dawn breaks in our hearts and souls. This is a time of new beginnings, of fresh starts. May love and light fill our lives and change our world!

Mercury Retrograde--Saturn Direct

Mercury in Aries is slowing into a retrograde this Saturday March 19th at 4:14 PM Pacific until April 12th at 12:45 AM Pacific. Mercury goes retrograde about 3 times a year for 3 weeks and is retrograde almost 20% of the time. This little wrinkle in the space-time continuum is a period when there are often delays and revisions, and it is a good idea to be more vigilant and diligent in your communications. Life goes on and does move forward. The analogy of the Indianapolis 500 proceding under the yellow caution flag may be helpful. This is a signal to ease into Spring, rather than sprint out of the blocks. Mercury will retrace the entire first half of Aries, turn direct on April 12th, reach the degree where it began the retrograde on May 1st and enter Taurus on May 12th. Saturn turns direct on Monday, March 21st and will transit through the last decanate of Cancer rapidly until it enters Leo on July 16th. Saturn is retrograde over 35% of the time. This stationary period at the beginning of Spring may be synchronous with some new committments and directions in your life.