Greetings!
Welcome to the Sept. 28 edition of the It's All Good Astrology News!
In addition to information on the coming week's most important celestial energies, I'm including information about:- The Fall Equinox winners of two free one-hour consultations from Spiritsong and me,
- One last chance to join one of my two online classes which just started: Beginning Astrology or Transits & Progressions,
- An easy workaround if you can't get to ThisWeekInAstrology.com with Firefox, and
- How to get the free MP3 of my encore appearance on "Anchored in Astrology."
And please ask about our October birthday discounts (20% off!).
Enjoy the issue, and thanks as always for subscribing!
-- Benjamin
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Free Consultation Winners!
All
subscribers to the It's All Good Astrology News are automatically
eligible to win a free one-hour astrology consultation from Benjamin or Spiritsong at every solstice and equinox. We give away eight free consultations each year to our newsletter subscribers. (Two lucky listeners of Benjamin's This Week in Astrology podcast also win free consultations from Benjamin and Spiritsong each time the seasons change.)
The winners of our Fall Equinox newsletter drawing (chosen by an internet Random
Sequence Generator to insure fairness) are Rob and Luci. Congratulations to you both!
Both winners have already been notified by email. But if you didn't win this time, don't lost heart: as long as you keep subscribing to this newsletter, you'll have eight chances per year to win a free consultation of your own!
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Last Chance to Join This Round of Online Astrology Classes!
 The current round of Benjamin's six-week "Beginning" and "Transits & Progressions" astrology classes has just started. However, you can still join either class if you act now!
Students who start with the second class will receive an MP3 of the first class to review beforehand, as well as any PDF handouts. And they can still take advantage of the "first class free" offer and the unconditional money-back guarantee.
Online Beginning Astrology Class ($125) has its second meeting on Tues., Sept. 29 from 1-3 pm US
eastern time. You'll learn about modes, elements, planets, signs,
houses, aspects, aspect patterns, chart integration and more - everything you
need to start interpreting natal charts!
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Online Transits & Progressions Class ($150) will have its second meeting this Monday, Sept. 28, 8-10 pm US eastern time. You'll learn how to give
empowering explanations of the most important moving energies used by professional
astrologers: transits and secondary progressions.
There will be no lectures; instead, concepts will be taught by examining students' current transits and progressions.
For more information on either class, click here.
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Free MP3 of Benjamin's Second "Anchored in Astrology" Appearance Now Available
The free MP3 of Benjamin's encore appearance on Debra Clement's "Anchored in Astrology" show, broadcast from the Contact Talk Radio site, is now available.
Benjamin and Debra continue their discussion of the potent astrological energies that will be profoundly transforming our reality over the next few years. They also work with live callers whose charts are being affected by these paradigm-shifting forces.
Click here to hear the show!
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Can't view ThisWeekInAstrology.com with Firefox? Here's the workaround.
The Firefox web browser is sometimes having issues displaying the main site for Benjamin's podcast, ThisWeekInAstrology.com. If you run into this problem, there are two ways to get around it:
A. Use a different browser, such as Internet Explorer or Safari. Firefox seems to be the only browser having this problem.
B. If you want to stick with Firefox, do this whenever you get an error message:
1. Go
to Tools / Clear Recent History
2.
Under "Time range to clear," select "Everything"
3.
Select ONLY the "Cache" checkbox
4.
Click the "Clear Now" button.
This takes care of the problem for me every time in Firefox's current browser version (3.5.3). Please let me know if you're having this issue and this procedure doesn't fix it.
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Mark Your Calendar...
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Mon., Sept. 28. Last chance to join Online Transits & Progressions Class (second class), 8-10 pm US eastern time.
Tue., Sept. 22. Last chance to join
Online Beginning Astrology Class (second class), 1-3 pm US
eastern time.
Oct. 16-18. Walk-up astrology consultations from Benjamin at the
LEAF Festival in Black
Mountain, NC.
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Celestial Forecast for Sept. 28 - Oct. 4, 2009
by Benjamin Bernstein
Whatever your sun sign, this forecast will help you choose how to best use the current astrological energies! Events are most powerful on the dates listed. However, their influence will be active for at least several days before and after. All dates and times are in the U.S. eastern time zone.
While everyone is affected by these global transits, you will be most powerfully impacted when moving planets activate natal planets and other sensitive points in your birth chart.
VOID-OF-COURSE MOONS. It's best to avoid starting important new projects or making major purchases during these times. "Business as usual" is the best strategy for these periods, which occur when the Moon has made its last major Ptolemaic aspect but has not yet moved into the next sign. Learn more about working with void-of-course Moons here.
9/27, 11:34p
- 9/28, 7:07a (Aquarius)
9/30, 7:35a
- 7:26p (Pisces)
10/2,
11:30p - 10/3, 5:21a (Aries)
9/28 (Mon).
Have you been
struggling with a conundrum that you just can't seem to solve? Giving it focused
mental effort today, under the influence of the Mercury-Chiron quincunx,
may just lead you to the answer you've been seeking!
9/29
(Tue).
Had enough of Mercury Retrograde? Then you'll be happy to know that
MERCURY
STATIONS DIRECT
today at 9:13 am US Eastern time, clearing the way for important new ventures.
More cautious souls will choose to delay new beginnings until 10/14, when
Mercury clears its shadow (passing the place where it went retrograde).
9/30
(Wed).
If you didn't solve that challenging conundrum on the 28th under that day's
Mercury-Chiron quincunx, you might try it again: the same aspect occurs
again today! Not only is Mercury direct now, but the additional quincunx Chiron
is receiving from Mars will add fresh juice into the mix.
THE STORY SO FAR FOR OCTOBER
As October opens, every planet from Jupiter out is retrograde except Saturn and
Pluto: Jupiter thru 10/13, Chiron thru 10/25, Neptune thru 11/2 and
Uranus thru 12/1.
The temporary dissipation continues in the energy of 2009's most
powerful astrological alignment, in
effect since May: the triple conjunction of Neptune, Chiron and Jupiter.
Jupiter has pulled back a bit more in the last month, and is now about 6-1/2
degrees away from Neptune. The three planets are still conjunct, and will remain
so thru January, but won't regain their recent "oomph" until mid-November. But
Uranus, now at 24° Pisces, is making a tight semi-sextile with Neptune, and is
connecting with Jupiter and Neptune thru their mutual receptions.
NOTE: The rest of "The Story So Far" is unchanged from last month.
But even with this lull, this fusion of energies creates the
opportunity for Spirit's light to pour through with extraordinary power. As
it does, it can bring profound healing to the personal and societal wounds
afflicting us all. Since free will allows any astrological setup to be used for
good or ill, this intense energy can also breed fanaticism, delusion and
insanity. (Not to mention a stock market bubble that most astrologers expect
to burst this Fall. According to savvy financial astrologers such as Ray
Merriman -- and in the unanimous opinion of a recent panel of respected
financial astrologers from around the world at the recent ISAR Astrology
Conference -- this could cause the market to drop even lower than before.)
Whatever the market does, you can do your part to help keep his
energy on the high side by inviting in this light, allowing yourself to be
transformed and uplifted by it, and sending it back out to the world on the
wings of your healing prayers.
10/1 (Thu). A
YOD, or "Finger of God," peaks
today and is active 9/27 thru 10/5. One meaning of this aspect pattern is about
communication. Mercury (the messenger) in Virgo (being of service) is sextile
Mars in Cancer (compassionate action), and both are "pointing" to Chiron in
Aquarius (the paradigm-shifting giver of wisdom). Is there a message that you
need to be delivering right now, or important information that you need to
receive?
10/3 (Sat). Creativity, especially for
writing and other mental activities, is enhanced by today's Mercury-Jupiter
biquintile.
10/4 (Sun).
The 4th is an unusually busy sky day - buckle
your seat belt!
On the FULL MOON (2:10 am,
11° Aries), gauge your "full-fillment" with how you're expressing leadership,
initiation, courage and sexuality, then make appropriate adjustments.
While there are no significant aspects to the Full Moon, its Sabian
Symbol (rounded up to 12° Aries) is, "A triangularly shaped flight of
wild geese." To me, this suggests how leadership can help ease the way for
others. Geese often fly in triangular patterns, which lets each bird face less
wind resistance by flying in the wake of the one in front. During migration,
different birds take turns flying in front.
So as you evaluate where you need to be boldly venturing into new
territory, consider also whether partnering with others going the same way can
help ease the journey for everyone.
Another Yod peaks today, and
is active 9/30 thru 10/7. It has the same "back end" as the one which peaked on
10/1 - Mars and Mercury - but the tip now lines up on Neptune. This shifts the
interpretation to focus on precise, heartfelt and passionate prayer, or on
putting focused energy into meditation or other activities which help you
receive energy or information from Spirit. Creative inspiration could also be
abundant!
Two of today's aspects (Neptune's quincunxes to Mercury and Mars)
are part of the yod just mentioned, and so I will not discuss them further. But
that still leaves plenty to discuss!
Virgoan Venus' quincunx to Jupiter focuses the Full Moon's
adjustment theme into relationships, creativity and money. Make the right
adjustment and a good outcome may follow!
Uranus receives two aspects today: an opposition from Mercury
and a trine from Mars. It's hard to imagine a much better setup for
receiving intuitive flashes into your brain (Mercury) and immediately acting on
them (Mars).
Finally, Uranus makes a semi-sextile to Neptune, encouraging
innovative approaches to merging with your divine source.
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In Closing
Thanks for taking the time to read this, . Your comments are always welcome. May the stars light your way!
Be well,
Benjamin Bernstein & Spiritsong
Holistic Astrologers
It's All Good Astrology
"Hope found here"
828-658-9073 / 800-461-3569 (Benjamin) or 828-777-6688 (Spiritsong)
www.ItsAllGoodAstrology.com
benjamin@ItsAllGoodAstrology.com; mary@SpiritsongOasis.com
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