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Happy New Year!

The water dragon year starts on January 23^rd this year. There is always a great deal of excitement when the water dragon years arrive. This must be for good reason, for it is a Dragon that is arriving. The Dragon years in general are known for the excitement and the unexpected. The Dragon itself is symbolized holding a powerful ball of chi, surrounded by storm clouds, rain, and thunder. Folk lore throughout the world, and especially in Asia, had Dragons being responsible for thunder, rain and storms. It was the dragons themselves making the sound of thunder when they roared, the lightning in the storms, was the fire and energy they were spitting out of their mouths.

So the dragon years are associated with power, thunder, the unexpected, quickly changing events, sudden reversals of fortune, and accumulations of wealth. In all cultures dragons were horders of wealth, so we can look forward to a year when there is the ability to grow wealth again. Unlike the playful and dispersing rabbit, who is beneficent and fun loving, the Dragon is serious. This year we will all be experiencing sudden turns of events and dramatic life changes. It is the will of the Dragon. Let’s look deeper though, for its not just the Dragon, it’s a Water Dragon.

Now the last two years of the 60 year cycle have been clashes. Last year was Wood Metal, which clash, this year, is Water Dragon, Dragon is the Earth element with the storage of Water in it. So although it seems Water and Earth Clash, they do not, the Earth is storing the Water. That indicates that there is more harmony this year. There will be less combat and upheavel and more accumulation of resources and power and displays of that power. For instance it was in the last Water Dragon year that the Unites States started pushing its nuclear weapon program and England announced that it had the Nuclear Bomb.  Also at this time though the Korean war wound down. The fierceness of the dragon does not equate to war.

It does equate to earthquakes though. It is a folk belief that Dragon movements in the earth cause earthquakes. It can be noted that the last  Water Dragon year was the year of the Kamtchaka Earthquake, which caused the last major tidal wave to strike the American coast line. Also, the greatest earthquake ever recorded, a 9.2 occurred during a dragon year. So keep it stable this year with your good thoughts and aspiration! Also, the stored water of the Dragon, when released can come out as floods, or even hurricanes. We could see a strong Hurricane season this year, as the Dragon releases it waters.

This brings it back to our own lives. During Dragon years, there is a dynamic, pulsating, and powerful capacity for us to change the direction of our lives permanently for the good. It is a year when if you strive and accomplish. This is true for all activities associated with the elements of Water, Wood, and Earth. Thus it is a good time to grow businesses (earth), engage in spiritual pursuits and the study of psychology (water) , have children and families (wood). As a few examples.

For those born during the Years of the Dragon and Dog, the Dragon energy can cause difficulties. The folk remedy for this is The Rooster who harmonizes the Dragons energy. If you are such a person, it is good to have roosters around this year!

I have a final word of advice for you for the Dragon Year. During this year dragons are very powerful. In all you do, be respectful to dragons, take care of them, and never, ever doubt there existence! This year they are very powerful, and quite willing to show you how the force known as the “dragon” is capable of doing good and bad in your life. You want them on your side!

For the next 3 weeks (until Feb. 13th) you can get a chinese astrology 4 pillars elemental reading for 75$. That is a one hour reading on how to best utilize the elements in your life for the next year for Prosperity, wealth, and good fortune.

Cheers,

Dorje

Hello Everyone.

After, or before, every Solar eclipse is a lunar eclipse. Sometimes there are lunar eclipses before and after solar eclipses. This time, there is just one afterwards. It is occurring on Dec. 10th, and visible above the west coast of the United States. You can read about it here: http://shadowandsubstance.com/.

For those who study astrology, the study of the eclipse cycles are very important. One can find that they flavor international events for there duration of effect. Again the duration of the effect is measured by the time it takes for the eclipse to occur. For every hour of the eclipse we count one year. There is a sage who lived in 8th century Iraq. He said, “it is fitting to know the Ascendant of the middle of the eclipse, ans the one who is in charge of the same Ascendant and its figure. Which if it were a malefic, it will signify impediment and destruction. But if it were a benefic, it will signify fitness. It is also said we can tell by a lunar eclipse the weather for the following season, this would depend if it were in an Air sign, Water sign, Fire sign or Earth Sign.

So lets look at this eclipse. First we find that the eclipse (for Arcata California) is occurring with Sagittarius Rising. Thus the eclipse is ruled by Jupiter. This is a benific, so those who fall under the eclipses shadow shall receive benefit. Woohoo. Rejoice, sing praises to the Lord Jupiter. Mercury is conjunct the Ascendant, what kind of benefit, it is the benefit of ideas, communication, trade. This Mercury is ruling the midheaven. We can generally surmise that on the west coast of the United States favorable economic conditions will arise for the next four years. This will be due to technology and trade. Perhaps it is such that the United States will move to more Trade with Asia as the European Economy struggles, and this will be of benefit. Perhaps this has to do with alternative energy.  Because Mercury rules the Midheaven, this signifies good for the Governer’s of the West, as well as the President of the United States and the Prime Minester of Canada over the next six months.

The eclipse is occurring in the dry sign of Gemini during the winter. I would then say this foretells of a dry winter for the west coast with high winds.

How does this effect one personally. If it aspects your chart we can judge it as so. Any one with 19 degrees Gemini as a piviotal point will receive the benefit of this eclipse.

be well, enjoy the light, as well as the darkness.

Also, as a reminder, I am offering Astrology readings for a mere 75$ if ordered between now and Christmas 2011. Please contact me by email if you are interested.

I am going to spend the next twelve days going into the the 12 signs of the Zodiac as a fall solstice activity.  Lets start with Aries. Aries is symbolized by the Ram, with its powerful head and willingness to fight. the initiator, the novel, the burst of energy, it is associated with the movement of the season in the northern hemisphere into Spring. With Aries we are not as much describing the Ram, as a symbol, but describing the force that is the fecundity of Spring breaking forth and starting the life cycle over again. This is combined with the nature of mars, the natural ruler of the time of Aries. The breaking forth is martial in nature.

That we are describing the fecundity of spring is important to know, because the 12 signs of the Zodiac are based on the seasons, and the nature of the seasons, as well as actual constellations. For this reason the first day of Spring is the first degree of Aries, even though the actual constellation is perpetually moving, and its first star is no longer rising on the ecliptic of the horizon on the first day of Spring. This is what we call the unchanging archetypal Zodiac as astrologers.

Where you find Aries in your chart you are going to find some interesting dynamics. Aries is ruled by Mars, so it is a place of passion, a place of combat, and a place or innovation. For instance, I have Aries in the fourth house, that is the place of the home and family. My home tends to be combative, passionate, and I have left the place of my home city, and started a large family in a new place. You can see Aries here means the point of beginnings, the starting new and fresh.

In the first house Aries describes a bold and initiating energy. In the Second a desire to acquire wealth, in the third an independent and combative relations with siblings or work partners, in the fourth an independant and combative home, in the fifth, a strong bent towards athletics and an initiator of romance, in the sixth a proactive personality towards ones own health, in the seventh house we find a person who is restless within marriage or relationship, in the eighth house a person driven for intense experiences, in the ninth house someone who is independant in spiritual values, in the tenth, a person suited towards martial or athletic careers, or who relates to those careers in such a way, in the eleventh a person who has combative friends, in the twelfth one who is possessed by an obssesive or passionate mind, an one for whom male aggression is undermining.

The key words you would get out of a word cloud for the previous paragraph is initiating, strong, proactive, and combative. These are all key words to the energy of Aries. Take this back to what to the initiating energy of spring we are trying to describe, and you will see that wherever Aries appears in the chart, the house it rules, that place is one of novelty, where one will break from the tradition and start there own novel approach.

Novelty is impulsive, so here is where one will have impulsive reactions leading to good or bad. It is the place where your most aggressive tendencies will naturally come out.  These tendencies are the natural drive to independance. Aries is about establishing uniqueness in the universe, the I am identity. The more frustrated that impulse is, or hindered, then the more the Aries energy will respond with martial force. There is no stopping the Aries impulse where it arises, so let it dance well, and guide it into creative activity, that’s its purpose after all