Christmas Eve, 2004

Good evening from Paris. I would like to wish you a happy holiday, whatever one it is for you, or just a good Sabbath.

Here's a little astrology update. The Christmas holiday this year falls in the approach to the Full Moon, which is exact the afternoon of Dec. 26 in Europe, morning in the United States.

This is the Cancer Full Moon -- full in her own sign.

By that time, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Pluto will all be in Sagittarius; Mars is changing signs now, an obvious source of anticipation, tension and transitional energy associated with the approaching lunation.

Venus and Mercury are gathering around the Great Attractor in mid Sagittarius. These are very personal planets hanging around a very, very large piece of the sky, a point that exists over yonder the other side of our galaxy, far far away, so massive that, well, you've probably read it before.

The true lunar modes also change signs this weekend, retrograding from late Taurus/Scorpio to early Aries/Libra (the average direction of the nodes is always retrograde).

So that's a lot of change all at once, which promises excitement, fun, edginess and/or a quality of dancing on the edge for everyone.

Try not to take your life too seriously; don't worry, I'm only saying that because I need the reminder, and this chart I'm looking at comes equipped with a lot of exaggeration of feelings, but also heightened awareness and, in the tradition of the season, gifts and revelations.

Catch you soon. Thanks for tuning in.