The Stars This Week: "Think Before You Speak!" - February 23 - March 1, 2009

[I Have A Dream]

Think Before You Speak!

02/23/2009 - 03/01/2009

Communicative Mercury, active Mars and outgoing Jupiter travel together this week in inventive Aquarius. First Mercury conjuncts Jupiter on February 23 when you and everybody else will have a lot to say! Then the dialog heats up when Mercury conjuncts Mars on March 1. In the middle of this, it is time to start something with the new Moon in sensitive Pisces on February 24. The Mars quincunx serious Saturn on February 28 causes you to adjust your plans.

February 23: Mercury conjunct Jupiter and March 1: Mercury conjunct Mars

Last month on January 18, Mercury came together in a conjunction with expansive Jupiter. Mercury returns to this aspect and it seems like everybody has something to say! You will, too. The dialogue heats up with feisty Mars in the mix. This is a combative combo and unless you are a debate champion, you may need to do a little homework to back up some of those big ideas and opinions! Expect to be challenged.

February 24: Pisces new Moon

New Moons are always a great time to start something new. In this spiritual water sign, Pisces, it becomes important to take a break from the mundane world and set aside time to tune into your inner life. Can you simplify your schedule for the next couple of weeks and carve out alone-time to catch up with yourself? Take a quiet walk in nature, a leisurely soak in a bubblebath or curl up on the couch to catch up with your favorite magazines. You will gain inner strength and a fresh perspective that will help you deal with your outer-world commitments.

February 28: Mars quincunx Saturn

Saturn in Virgo is known for having high standards and wanting everything done correctly with t's crossed and i's dotted. As Mars traveling through independent Aquarius meets this rule-maker, it becomes necessary to include factors you had not previously considered important. What will it take for you to succeed? Take into account the environment and the people to whom you need to appeal. It is time for a course correction.

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[MorningGlow]

1. Looks like I'm going to avoid creating any OPs for a while

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[Myrina]

2. The 24th sums up how I've felt for the last 30-45 days ...

... about 18 months ago I took a job that has given me nothing but grief. Last July, we got a new Director and I hoped against hope that he would finally make necessary changes for the better but instead has nested himself with the ol' boys club and apparently aims no higher than to collect a paycheck until he's ready to retire.

I bit my tongue as long as I could and, despite the gloom and doom of everything around us, gave my 30 day notice at the end of January. Everyone I know is screaming that I should have stayed and kept cashing my paycheck, but ... I couldn't take another day. Does that make any sense?

For some reason, I had no fear. No panic. Rather than the fear of falling off a cliff with no net, I feel like I have an invisible parachute of sorts and will land okay.

I have a little money saved up and recently got the ok to register back to the Master's Degree Program I had started (then stopped) pursuing in 2004/05. I've got a mortgage but feel like the house is going to "take care" of me. Wierd?


Maybe my lack of fear is because I am finally listening to Spirit and going in the direction she wants me to - my Master's in NonProfit Management and ultimately doing Community Work full time. O8)

Or maybe its beacuse I'm totally in denial and am going to crash land, hard. :(

Dunno.

(My birthdate is 8/13/66, BTW: Leo with -- I think -- Capricorn rising)

[northernlights]

3. why couldn't I have seen this *before* my communications class?

The one in which the teacher repeatedly interrupted me, talked over me, wouldn't let me finish a sentence while in my "discussion group" and generally invalidated my right -- actually, my obligation -- to add my input to my group's discussion.

I'm probably going to fail this class. I mean it. She has absolutely hated me since day 1. I googled her to see if I could find a bio -- none, but apparently she was just named "Poet Laureate" of her tiny, tiny village. Talk about big fish in drop of water pond -- doubtless she's the *only* poet the town has had in residence in its history, lol.

After tonight I've decided to surreptitiously tape each class as potential evidence of the hostile environment she is creating against me! It was *that* bad!!!!