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Paris, Saturday, March 12,  2005

I've been a "bad blogger" lately -- it's been a heck of a busy time behind the scenes, and my birthday was Thursday. That was also the New Moon in Pisces, a kind of peak of intensity of what was for sure a rather unique week of emotional and psychic changes, developments and stirrings of the pot.

The Planet Waves Weekly subscriber area has been redesigned, along with the cover page of the weekly site. Have a look over at:

http://PlanetWavesWeekly.com/

Many new features have been added: a daily blog that will give a short weather report of the day's astrology, for five weekdays and the weekend; search facilities [my personal favorite, so I can easily research my own clippings] that utilize a specially-created index of the subscriber-only archives, that works better than Google, because it's more thorough (Google can't access the subscriber areas -- so now you can search Planet Waves Weekly for things like the names of minor planets that have been mentioned); normal Google search features for the entire Planet Waves network of sites; an international clock that gives the time in London, Paris, New York, California and Sydney; a much more comprehensive world clock; and a cleaner, more organized look and feel.

There is also a printable, monthly astrocalendar. And there are links to all the different features to which I contribute. And we have other ideas brewing, but I did not have to tell you that. Please do have a look. Here's the link again:

http://PlanetWavesWeekly.com/


Mercurially Yours

The recent spell of Mercury in Pisces had a feeling of crossed wires and odd phenomena. For example, a number of readers, intending to forward this publication to their friends, instead replied and sent the note to me (this had never happened before; it just started one day about two weeks ago). In all instances, I let them know what happened. Oh, Judy, your brother says he's fine and is going on vacation in May. He needs you to watch the dogs again.

Ever-continuing to make things interesting, Mercury is now in its shadow phase, meaning that it has entered the degrees of Aries that it will be moving in retrograde motion between March 20 and April 12.

Mercury will cover between 14 Aries 06, backtracking to 1 Aries 44, during this retrograde. The timing is interesting, as it includes the Aries Equinox (March 20, the day of the station) and an eclipse of the Sun (April 8). All of this involves Aries, the most accurate keyword for which is beginnings. We can add initiative, identity, and a pioneering spirit of innovation.

Placing Mercury retrograde in this sign, and having it go back nearly to the Aries point, as a 'back to the beginning' kind of feeling. I see a lot of potential for self-discovery, for the rearrangement of and sorting out of relationships based on 'who I really am',

However, in the collective sense, Aries involves lots of people. The Aries Point, or the first degree of Aries (also called the Sidereal Vernal Point or SVP -- the place that the Western horoscope is reckoned against the Eastern horoscope) -- is a deeply sensitive spot. This retrograde will make news, and it's likely to make big news. I am not thrilled that generally big means bad, but we have set ourselves up for that, as a society. Shock is the only thing that gets a response from most media punters, which is partly a result of being desensitized and partly a result of so much going on that there is not time to care.

Anyway -- there are revelations ahead, but you might not notice then in all the fuss; so I suggest we get on our knees and pray that we don't get fooled again.

Catch you soon.