"Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the
bands of Orion?"  -The Bible, Job. XXXVIII, 31.

    On April 19, 2004 we have a partial Solar Eclipse in Aries,
with the second New Moon in Aries, in the last 30 days- monumental.  
We are all feeling the push to move forward, accelerate change, begin
anew, get going, the need for speed is strong now.  This is a 29-
degree Aries eclipse; any planet at 29 degrees focuses the energy of
the entire sign, in Aries-action, new beginnings, forward movement,
self-starters, entrepreneurship, and death to the old, boring, and
outworn. 

    Yet, the challenge comes in with Mercury; he is retrograde in
Aries until April 30.  Yes, menacing Mercury wretch-rograde has been
moving backwards most of April in Aries. Mercury in Aries is like the
cartoon character Speedy Gonzalez remember him? only on
crack/cocaine.  We can be rushing here and there and making more of a
mess, producing emotionally charged situations, frustration,
meanness, and fighting.  If this is happening, take a step back,
breathe deep, gain control over your emotions, and respond with
kindness or boundaries.  One who can keep his head and tongue can
powerfully heal and comfort others.  
   
       I would highly recommend that you acknowledge/celebrate the
energy to change, do, go, initiate, begin, and perform. Still, do not
sign anything until May 1st.  If you can hold off on starting new
projects, major purchases or moving until May fantastic.  Why do we
need to proceed with caution?  This energy is ripe for accidents,
chaos, confusion, arguments, and adrenal overload.  Moreover, the
past, the present, and the future, are overlapping simultaneously
creating mix-up stew. 

    We live cycles within cycles.  This Aries Solar Eclipse is
the start of the Aries/Libra eclipses for the next two years.  In
fact, many astrologers believe that this New Moon/Aries Solar eclipse
will set the next twenty years of your life.  Any intentions set on
April 19, 2004 will be manifested over this twenty-year cycle.
   
        Reach for the stars!  No star is out of reach.  What is that
you want to see happen in your life?  What are your goals in work,
love, health, and prosperity?  What is growing in your secret
garden?  What do you desire to harvest?  Our entrepreneurial creative
spirit makes America the greatest nation on Earth.  The universe
totally supports you, especially when the good works you do will be
good for many others. 
   
        The universe is like a large restaurant, it will serve what
ever you are asking, consciously and unconsciously.  If you desire a
nice relationship, you may get a nice person that you like, and are
not attracted to, so be specific. If you say, "I am hungry, bring
me anything." You may get a delicious juicy steak and you are a
vegetarian.      

        Clarity and discernment are needed now in setting our
intentions, since a Solar eclipse forces us into the unconscious and
opens Pandora's Box of fears, darn I wish it were chocolates. 
It is natural to be scared when being catapulted into the future. 
Courage is not the absence of fear.  Courage is the ability to move
forward in spite of our fear.  The doorway to your future is here,
step through it with the intention to live your life with courage,
compassion, joy, abundance, laughter, and passion.  "Courage is
price that life exacts for granting peace.  The soul that knows it
not, knows no release from little things." –Amelia Earheart

    Wherever this eclipse is taking place in your natal chart is
where the push to start fresh is happening for you and the next
twenty years of your life. Your future is determined by the choices
you make today, not by the past. By making conscious choices, and
including Self in your choices, you are in the driver seat; this will
empower/strengthen you to bring in more of what you truly desire and
be in right living.

       "I became more courageous by dong the things I needed to
be courageous for-first, a little, and badly.  Then bit by bit, more
and better.  Being avidly-sometimes annoyingly-curious and persistent
about discovery how others were doing what I wanted to do."
–Audre Lorde   
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"Wisdom Tools for Achieving Self Mastery In Uncertainty/Change


Stay in the present. People spend eighty percent of their time in
the past and in the future.
Surrender how you thought your life should be and embrace your life,
as it is unfolding in this moment.
Practice Self-love daily.
Expect the best. And, have no attachment to outcome.
Acknowledge the present as the best teacher.
See people for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
Practice Self-acceptance and acceptance of others.
We can only come from two places love or fear. Choose love.
When you do what is right for you, it is right for everyone else.
Only allow entrance to those who love and respect you.
Practice non-attachment in all relationships.
Be the champion of your soul.
Be passionate. Find what excites you. This is where you will be the
most profitable.
Practice being conscious in spite of the pain and discomfort, do not
go unconscious by overeating, spacing out, alcohol or medication
excesses, etc. Denial is not a river in Egypt. Instead, why not
express your pain/anger through sports, yoga, drama, dance, voice,
and so on - Express Yourself." -- If You Are My Soul Mate, Why Am I So
Unhappy?