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If you follow luna, you'll see we're at the waxing half Moon in Pisces today. It's the point when the Moon comes into a square with the Sun. It's the time of dealing with inner resistance, or external obstacles. But it's also a time to hold your intentions strong, which is not easy in a world of so many distractions! Some themes for today are:

• Not judging yourself for strange or ugly emotions that come up, just letting them pass by like clouds.
• Not absorbing the problems of others.
• Looking at habits of emotional self-sabotage, like letting someone "steal" your energy.
• Protecting yourself from the bad vibes of a crowd or mass hysteria.
• Being productive with your imagination.
• Giving yourself enough solitude, to work through the emotional situations in your life.

Since the Moon is in Pisces, we're vulnerable to losing our focus for the day. We might easily check out through distractions, daydreaming, watching tv, hanging on the computer, etc. I took special note when the author Starhawk -- someone I've studied with -- said she's been trying to stay off Facebook, because she's writing a book. She didn't want to dissipate her energy. This is especially good advice (though hard to do!) when the Moon is in Pisces, and we're more apt to be enveloped in the moods and thoughts of others.

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Many have the sense that we're facing a huge societal shift, and astrology is one way to forecast ahead. Even so, says futurist and astrologer Michael St. Clair, "Get ready for what you cannot even imagine." With such rare dramatic planetary alignments ahead, we're not able to know just how things will change. It's humbling to live with such uncertainty, but St. Clair says we can't discern the unknown with known means. A former investment banker who says, "buy gold" if you can, he also says it's time to form small, self-sufficient communities -- radiant zones -- to weather the storm ahead. You can read more at Michael St. Clair's Vision for the Future.

I'm fascinated by visionaries that include "extraterrestrials" in their worldview. St. Clair says, we are extraterrestrials, that we all come from outer space. But that doesn't mean "they," possibly our ancestors, are going to save us. Michael St. Clair says he gets guidance from "the Nordics," an E.T. group, that encourage us to figure it out. In the interview I've summarized at the link above, he talks about changes in magnetics of the Earth, earth changes, people short-circuiting and the need to stay focused on the here and now.

There's a buzz about "disclosure" of E.T.'s for this year, and it's got a bright beam on it with Jupiter-Neptune in Aquarius. In a message called "Lessons I've Learned Upon Coming to Earth" James Gilliland of ECETI.org, also stresses that it's a critical time to find our own self-authority. ECETI stands for Enlightened Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Lately, Gilliland's messages have been urging truthtellers to stand up and be heard, and that fits with Saturn's move into justice-loving Libra. These are two visionaries that communicate with other worlds, but their message is about being firmly rooted in this one.

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I saw the movie 2012 yesterday, and noticed a protest scene for year 2009 with signs saying, "drop the debt." It's taboo to talk about, but debt kills. It causes indebted people and nations to lose everything. Scorpio is associated with debt, and the hold it has on our life force. Debt brings us to our knees. It makes us beholden to another, which brings on loss of power and dignity.

This weekend, Saturday Night Live mashed up sex and debt (Scorpio) in a mock press conference between President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao. It was all about sex and power, as Jintao implied he should be romanced before "you do sex to me!" The elephant in the room is debt to China, and it's an awkward contrast to Obama's eloquent promises. It also points out how debt puts a nation in a subservient position to the debtor. The lecturing on human rights and so on is no longer tolerated.

Today's Venus (Scorpio) square to Jupiter (Aquarius) will spotlight debt, and how it leads us to compromise our integrity. There may be public actions that seek to liberate humanity from this web of debt. I found out that my tax preparer (another Scorpio theme) is part of an emerging American Open Currency Standard. The participating businesses (over 26,000) accept a currency of silver coins, and/or barter of equal value goods and services

It's likely a sign of things to come, as America tries to free itself from an economic model that inherently creates debt. As the economy grows, so does the interest, since printing money has been "outsourced" to the private Federal Reserve. It's exciting to see the People rebel in this way, since as the AOCS itself says, "America's Founding Fathers regarded economic independence as the root cause of the revolutionary war." It's a step toward restoring real value to the currencies we use to exchange the fruit of our labors.

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