From today's Planet Waves Weekly (subscriber edition) This edition also includes the weekly horoscope and birthday report, and a detailed essay on the social isolation of Neptune in Aquarius and what we can do about it. To subscribe and have instant access, use the link below the article. MARS enters the sign Virgo Saturday night, and we'll need to put that energy to healthy and productive expression. Virgo is one of the most aware signs of the zodiac; it is one of the very archetypes of Here and Now awareness. With Mars being such a runaway factor right now, it will be useful to apply some intelligence to it. I know, and have known, a lot of Virgos. I have been studying them carefully. Most of them pin the meters on the theme of self-criticism; they are nearly always amplified on the theme into the red part of the meter, and have a talent for it like few others. All seem to be in the process of learning how to relax, forgive themselves and let it all be, and when they get to this stage they are invariably happier. Other factors bestow Virgo factors. A small ocean of Planet Waves readers have Pluto and Uranus in Virgo, making them somewhat more than honorary members of this tribe. A good few more have just Pluto in this sign. If this does not include us personally, we all know many people with these placements, so Virgo is an archetype that we all have to relate to in a significant way. Virgo is also the sign of the Goddess, of the Earth herself, and of women in general. Mars entering this sign is something of the ultimate metaphor of penetration. The symbol, and the message are direct. Yet people, in our well cultivated tendency to be mental, tend to take Virgo on the psychological rather than physical level. Analysis is one of the great skills of Virgo, indeed, something of an obsession. Mars will sear the idea of desire through the soft circuitry of this sign, and strive to make it fully conscious and seen in its elemental parts. Mars begins as a hormonal impulse, and then in Virgo releases its energy through the female psyche, body and emotional sphere. There is work to be done, accepting this energy. As Simone de Beauvoire explained last week, women are raised to have their desire nature turned against them, and are then conquered as a result. I believe this holds true equally for men, in the sense that desire is at once encouraged and then forbidden by nearly every social convention that seeks to define propriety or fidelity. This creates an apparently weak or divided character. To subscribe and read the full edition, please use this link. Subscriptions include two mailing a week, a subscriber homepage and archive, support all of your favorite Planet Waves projects. Thank you! http://www.planetwavesweekly.com/sales/home.html