Dear friends,

This week: Goddess Arts and the toughest week of the year.

It's Aquarius season and time to learn something new. Women, ever wish for a school that taught classes in subjects that were actually useful? Like Movement, Pleasure, and Relating to name a few. Now you can at the Goddess Arts Institute. This sounds oh so Marin but I know one of the founders and she is anything but frou-frou. See for yourself here:

http://www.gaialliance.com/

I will be teaching 1 hour of the Lifestyle night on reading an astrology calendar with a focus on the Moon. Others on the teaching staff are quite talented and this is something to really check out. Mens' courses in the works too.

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Now some notes on the week. We begin with the magnificence of a Full Moon in Leo early Tuesday morning. Moon in Leo is about the spotlight, and Aquarius is about sharing it. The message of this full Moon: when we live with our hearts, we rejoice in the ways we shine to the world AND the ways everyone shines to us. We live with abundance (Leo) in ways that honor our community (Aquarius).

After this, things get really tough. The scribe doesn't like bad news any more than you dear readers do. But I don't arrange the planets, just report on them. We have Mercury and Venus opposite Saturn at the same time as Mars hits Pluto. Remember Sun opposite Saturn on 1/13? A few people wrote back - feelings of struggle, nothing working, negativity, tough week all round. This time both Mercury (our minds) and Venus (our love and desire) face off with the cold heavy great malefic Saturn. Mercury opposite Saturn is a challenge to maintain our positive mind. Venus opposite Saturn is a test of love. We have to make extra efforts to stay positive and keep our hearts warm and open. And because Venus connects to desire energy, which is the juice of this realm, we can feel fatigue here too.

At the same time, Mars edges closer to Pluto - the aspect is exact on 1/28. Mars-Pluto is the cycle of terror. Something will probably blow up big time. But it is not only Iraq that is terrorized - though they've got it really bad (Election near this aspect, not wise). What are the cycles of violence in our own lives? Mars is anger, and Pluto intensifies - we can experience full blown rage this week.

The feeling of these aspects combined - breakup gone bad. Splitsville, then people who once lived in love feeling the burn of hate.

What can we do?

First Mercury: what makes you happy? I mean really. Think positive thoughts as much as you can.

Next Venus: What and who do you love? Bring that to mind and heart as much as possible.  Flowers are love buds from the world. Roses - fresh, red and luscious; rose water, yummy in Indian desserts; rose oil, intoxicating in a diffuser - all help the heart. We are all worthy of love whether we think so or not.

Now Mars: exercise to your max. Think spinning classes, dancing for 5 hours, not 2 but 3 sets of weights. Screaming is not out of the question. And whatever calms you down. Chamomile tea deserves its name (sounds like Calm-o-smile.) Buy the fresh flowers, not just bags, make it by the tablespoon and you'll understand. And since Chamomile is an herb of the Sun according to the traditional astrologer-herbalists, is especially good for Aquarius season, where the Sun is considered weak.

This is the true benefit of astrology - knowing something of the energies before they happen, so we can do something about it.

Before I stray too far from the subject of disasters, I must report on something else. After my false alarm of an earthquake last year, I am *very* reluctant to pass on any such warnings in this column. However, a prominent Tibetan teacher is warning of a California earthquake in 2005. It is my experience that the Tibetans know energetically what is up with both people and the planet. Read about it here:

http://www.vajrapani.org/earthquake.html

If a teacher with this kind of standing warns of a big shaker, it is indeed worth heeding. Besides, after the winter tsunami anyone in the Bay Area not prepared for a quake is, shall we say, a dolt? Note the recommendations - earthquakes are a matter of negative energy. Cultivate positive forces any way you like. Thank and bless the earth. Love where you live. Peace, peace, peace.

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