I Admit It: I Have Pet Peeves

OK, it’s confession time.

I try to be a person who focuses on the positive, without denying life’s difficulties and challenges. I try to be broadminded and tolerant--even tolerant about other people’s intolerance.

Even so, I’m human. Like the next guy, I have pet peeves, and sometimes I feel like screaming about one of my pet peeves.

At the moment, my most raging pet peeve is when people judge the value of an astrological forecast by how well it predicted what happened in their lives. You’ve probably read or heard such comments. “February was just like you said it would be. You were spot on!”

I know, I know. When I come across such comments, sometimes I tell myself, “Different strokes for different folks.”

Sometimes I say, “Well, you know, self, for one reason or another, the sort of people who make such comments probably use astrology to rationalize not taking primary responsibility for making their lives whatever it is they say that they want them to be. It’s not easy to claim such responsibility. It can be scary to do that, and not everyone is in a place where they’re inclined to do that.”

Sometime I even manage to think to myself, “Why can’t everyone else just live by MY values?” and I laugh at myself.

Nonetheless, if and whenever I write another astrological forecast, if you ever want to compliment me on it, please tell me that it helped you make wise choices. Assuming that you truly believe that, that’s the sort of feedback that’s music to my ears.

Now then, since I’ve been so terribly honest, how about you?

When it comes to astrology, what’s one of your pet peeves?

Superior-sounding, self-indulgent bloggers ;-) or...what?

Aspect Alert for May

In the past, I’ve been known to post some sort of monthly (if not weekly) astrological forecast on occasion. Currently, I’m still leading a discussion about weight loss on the Astrology Zone board, so I’m not able to devote time to writing a real forecast. However, I thought I would give you a quick heads-up about a couple of transits that are exact this month.

NOTE: If any major points in your birth chart (i.e., the Sun, Moon, Mercury, ..., Pluto, Ascendant, or Midheaven) lie between roughly 14 degrees 53 minutes and 21 53 of any signs, then you’ll want to take note of these transits. This is especially the case if any such points fall in any of the mutable signs (i.e., Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces).

First, on May 6th, Jupiter exactly trines Saturn while Jupiter is at 18 degrees 23 minutes Sagittarius and Saturn is at 18 23 Leo.

For example, in my birth chart, Saturn lies within the affected degree range of Aquarius. Therefore, on the 6th, not only will Jupiter and Saturn both continue to trigger my Saturn but they will also form an exact trine with each other. (Jupiter sextiles my Saturn for a number of months, while Saturn opposes my Saturn.)

Secondly, on May 10th, Jupiter exactly squares Uranus while Jupiter is at 17 56 Sag and Uranus is at 17 56 Pisces.

Full Moons and Lunar Types

Have you noticed that anything tends to be different for you around the time of the full Moon?

I've noticed that I tend to feel more on edge, more emotionally keyed up, at such times, especially during the two days or so leading up to the full Moon (such as today), though I haven't tried to research this is any particular (much less rigorous) way.

It's at times like this that I think about Donna Cunningham's book, "The Moon in Your Life: Being a Lunar Type in a Solar World." Cunningham defines a "lunar type" as someone who has any of the following: the Sun, Moon, Ascendant or several planets in Cancer; the Moon within 10 degrees of the Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, or Nadir; a heavily aspected Moon, especially a Moon that is part of a major configuration (such as a T-square or grand trine); or several planets, the Sun, or the Moon in the 4th house.

Based on that definition, I would be considered a lunar type because I have a 4th-house Moon that is within 10 degrees of my Nadir and that has seven major aspects. It's part of both a T-square and a grand trine.

Are you a lunar type, too?