Antinous Astrology Forecast

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JUNE 28 to July 8, 2012

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THURSDAY JUNE 28th 2012

On Thursday, ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD aligns with Libra Saturn to assist you in finding emotional balance, particularly at the work place and in your dealings with others. Saturn has just ended a long Retrograde phase and is moving forward again to break up logjams that may have stifled your dealings with others over the past five months.

FRIDAY JUNE 29th 2012

On Friday, you awake to bad news on the radio and in even in your personal life things get explosive when the Sun is opposite Pluto. That means the Sun is also at right angles to unpredictable Uranus, and so anything is possible. Fortunately, the Sun moves quickly. But for a couple of days you might want to be extra cautious, particularly when out in public situations where freak occurrences could be likely. Be very careful in traffic!

SATURDAY JUNE 30th 2012

On Saturday, you might want to put off weekend trips for another time because the Sun/Pluto/Uranus "T"-Square creates a volatile atmosphere. Instead, take advantage of a positive Moon-Mars sextile to focus on the things that are really important to you, such as friends and loved ones, and not on impermanent material possessions which are so fleeting.

SUNDAY JULY 1st 2012

On Sunday, you begin to feel a slight and cautious optimism again as ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD goes opposite to Jupiter and Venus but forms a nice trine to lively Leo Mercury and impulsive Uranus. This is a good day to put the rigors of the week behind you and cleave to what is most important for you.

MONDAY JULY 2nd 2012

On Monday, the work week opens on a harmonious and productive note when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD configures in a nice sextile to Libra Saturn.

TUESDAY JULY 3rd 2012

On Tuesday, the level of acute criticism and downright bitchiness which has prevailed for the past eight months changes dramatically when Mars leaves persnickety Virgo and enters chilled-out Libra. Mars in Libra is soft-spoken while being forceful. "Speak softly but carry a big stick," will be the catchphrase for Libra Mars in coming months. The Martian sign change coincides with the CAPRICORN FULL MOON on Tuesday, July 3rd — just in time for the American Fourth of July holiday. Libra Mars and the CAPRICORN FULL MOON put a spotlight on the Cancer Sun, which wants to stay home and be with loved ones.

WEDNESDAY JULY 4th 2012

On Wednesday, it's a good thing that it's the Fourth of July national holiday in the US because ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD is Void of Course for a whopping 11 hours during office hours in the Americas, figuratively hovering "between" astrological signs. The rule of thumb for a VOC Moon is that "nothing will come of it" in regard to any new project you start. Nothing bad will happen. But nothing good either. So just sit back and relax. For those of us in Europe and Asia the VOC will occur Wednesday afternoon, evening and overnight. But for you Americans Wednesday will be a day for idle pleasures and flirting when Mercury is in a sexy sextile to Venus. Expect delays and surprise glitches because Mercury is in a trine to unpredictable Uranus — travel plans will be totally stymied. Wherever you live in the world, you can forget about getting much work done or arriving anywhere on time.

THURSDAY JULY 5th 2012

On Thursday, a holiday mood prevails even though the Fourth of July is over. That's because Venus and Uranus are in a sextile which keeps interpersonal relations lively and unpredictable.

FRIDAY JULY 6th 2012

On Friday, the work week ends on a productive note and you are able to clear your desk and go home for the weekend with a clear conscience when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD is in a productive trine with Libra Saturn.

SATURDAY JULY 7th 2012

On Saturday, a lazy weekend induces daydreaming and a desire to kick back and watch movies or listen to music when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD is in positive aspects to Neptune and Pluto but forms square aspects to Jupiter and Venus.

SUNDAY JULY 8th 2012

On Sunday, the Sun and Moon are in a nice trine and all other planets are aspect-free, which means this hazy-lazy weekend enables you to rest up for the rigors of the coming week.

SNEAK PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK:

Another exciting week lies ahead between July 9 and 15 when both Mercury and Uranus do an about-face and go Retrograde. Brace yourself for travel delays, shipping delays, lost mail, lost files and glitches. More details next time ....

"THE SUMMER OF VENUS"

TAKES A TURN FOR THE BETTER

THE SUMMER OF VENUS gets a real boost on June 27th when Venus does an about-face and goes Direct again ("forward" as seen from the Earth) for the first time since May 15th. ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD gives his blessings in the form of a nice trine aspect to Venus — his way of saying it is high time to stop dwelling on the past and to finally move forward again with interpersonal relationships.

Because Venus is in Gemini, the emphasis is on interpersonal communications and commerce. On the business level, financial, career and job relationships that have been plagued with "old issues" can now move ahead at last.

On the personal relationships level, the end of this long Retrograde Venus phase means issues that involved "old flames" and ex-partners have been resolved for now, and it is time to go forward. 

In traditional heterosexual astrology, the end of a Retrograde Venus period means it is now safe to "tie the knot" for a lasting monogamous marriage. Astrologers warn that wedding vows made during Retrograde Venus will not last forever. But that's for the kind of conventional heterosexual marriage based on inequality of gender roles from a time when divorce was a ruinous scandal ....

In gay astrology, Gemini Venus going forward again means you can look forward to making new contacts and acquaintances rather than revisiting old relationships (Retrograde Venus). And because Gemini is the sign of the gay twins Castor and Pollux, the emphasis is definitely NOT on monogamy. Gemini is about dualities among equals. Gemini is playful and flirty and morally ambiguous. So you can expect to find yourself juggling two relationships — or more.

Venus entered Gemini on April 4th and — thanks to that protracted Retrograde phase — Venus will remain in Gemini until August 4th. That's why we call this THE SUMMER OF VENUS.

And what a summer it has been. Remember the VENUS OCCULTATION on June 5th when Venus passed directly in front of the face of the sun, something that only happens once every 121 years!

Yes, Venus will be in Gemini until early August. That's a whopping four months — which is especially impressive when you consider that Venus takes only eight months to go through all 12 signs. It is spending half its Venusian Year in the Sign of the Twins — this only happens once every seven or eight years — so it is a special time in your life.

Back in mid-May, remember, we said that on a Gay Spiritual level RETROGRADE GEMINI VENUS was reminding you to look into your own depths to find your GAY SPIRITUAL TWIN — you may call this twin your "Soul," "Higher Self," "KA," "Spirit Guide" or "Guardian Angel." The terminology is unimportant. What is important is that you become aware of your Second Self.

In the Religion of Antinous, we call this the NARCISSUS PRINCIPLE, which is one of the founding principles of our religion. It is at the basis of the Spirit of Homosexuality — Love of the Divine Self.

Most of us go through life unaware of this Other Self. We do what is expected of us. We do what we feel others want us to do. We put the perceived wants and needs of others ahead of our own. We think that it's "selfish" to put our own interests first.

But RETROGRADE GEMINI VENUS reminded us that there is another Self — a Spiritual Self — without which we are not spiritually whole. For it is only by "looking out for Number 1" that we are physically, mentally and spiritually able to love ourselves. And only then can we truly love others.

RETROGRADE GEMINI VENUS invited you to take a deep and profound look at yourself, with all your strengths and all your weaknesses, all your virtues and all your faults, all your courageous achievements and all your failures. 

Now, having become aware of your Spiritual Twin, Venus turns Direct so that together, as one spiritual entity, you can go forward together to fulfill your destiny. 

JUPITER AND NEPTUNE

FORM THE "ICARUS ASPECT"

JUPITER swings round the Sun in a 12-year cycle that brings it into a "challenging" aspect to nebulous Neptune every three years. Astrologers always use the word "challenging" when they mean "sort of bad."


This week Jupiter is at right angles to Neptune, something that happens only once every six years, and which can be very "challenging" indeed because exuberant Jupiter is at odds with foggy-minded and dreamy Neptune. Both planets are so slow-moving that the effects of this aspect will linger for a couple of weeks.


Since this is Antinoian Astrology, let's use a mythological description for this 90-degree square aspect. Let's call it the ICARUS ASPECT.


Jupiter likes to exaggerate and, preferrably, even over-exaggerate. Have another glass of bubbly. Go ahead! What the heck, have the whole bottle. Down the hatch! Nothing can go wrong! We're the greatest!


And Neptune is the Zodiac's dreamer and bringer of visions. Neptune is the sensitive school boy who sits in the back row and, while the teacher drones on and on about arithmetic, he looks out the window and watches the clouds drifting by, imagining shapes and daydreaming ....


So when Jupiter and Neptune are at right angles, we mortals are subjected to a "challenging" aspect which encourages us to leap to extremes without thinking — to go forth where angels fear to tread. Or to fly too close to the sun like Icarus did.


Everyone knows the story of Icarus. His father Daedalus constructed two sets of wings with feathers afixed to them by means of wax. And while Daedalus flew moderately — not too high, not too low — Icarus' exilharation ran away with him and he didn't think (Jupiter-Square-Neptune) and so he flew too high and the heat of the sun melted the wax so he plummeted to Earth.


This myth has been told to generations of children as an admonishment to obey their elders. The moral has to do with hubris and failed ambition. There is even an "Icarus Complex" in psychology to describe people who take unnecessary risks in their personal and professional lives.


But there is much more to the story. Daedalus and Icarus were imprisoned against their will. An engineering genius, Daedalus had constructed the Minotaur labyrinth for King Minos. But when he realized the horrific purpose to which the labyrinth was to be used, he gave Ariadne a ball of twine to help Theseus defeat the Minotaur and free the sacrificial victims.


King Minos took revenge by sealing Daedalus and his young son inside the labyrinth which, apparently, was open to the sky but otherwise had walls which were unscalable. So Daedalus used his engineering skills to liberate himself and his son.


It was a terrible risk. Both of them knew how dangerous it was. If they remained in the labyrinth, they faced certain death. So they took their chances with those fragile wings.


For a brief few minutes, Icarus was free. He was soaring higher and higher. He had left his prison far beneath him and he would never, never EVER be imprisoned again. He was free!

Usually, this myth is called "The Fall of Icarus" and, at the end, the reader suggests that Icarus had paid for his foolishness and no doubt regretted his actions as he fell to Earth.


But we prefer to call it "The Triumph of Icarus" and we feel that he had no regrets, not even as he plummeted to Earth. 


In ANTINOUS MOON MAGIC the "Icarus Aspect" is very magical. It represents the exilharation of liberation from closetedness. It takes tremendous courage and daring to break out of the prison of closetedness. And, yes, there are terrible risks involved.


Jupiter-Square-Neptune is a "challenging" aspect. Many people will go overboard without thinking about the consequences. But if you keep Icarus in mind, you may just find that you have the courage and daring to take a great giant leap of faith.


Just be careful! But don't be so over-cautious that you never take that leap! Some risks are worth taking ....

ANTINOUS GUIDES US THROUGH AN OMINOUS

OUTER PLANETARY CONFIGURATION

AN OMINOUS outer-planetary configuration became exact on Sunday 24th June 2012 which has the potential of transforming our lives, either for the worse or — with the spiritual aid of Antinous — for the better.

Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn.

Ominous, because Uranus, the planet of idealistic revolution is in the war-like sign of Aries, which comes into a tense relationship with Pluto, the (dwarf) planet associated with extreme powers and control in the sign of Capricorn, a sign associated with structures and establishments such as governments and corporations.

The last time  Uranus entered Aries in the late 1920s coincided with the onset of the Great Depression and the rise of Fascism.

The last time Pluto entered Capricorn coincided with the French Revolution and the American Revolution in the late 18th Century.

The chaos on financial markets over the past two years (when Pluto entered Capricorn) and the uprisings throughout the Islamic world over the past 18 months (when Uranus entered Aries) will escalate as both of these planets form a square-angle to each other.

Because both Uranus and Pluto are so slow-moving, this 90-degree right angle will be in effect through September. Indeed, it will perfectly exact seven times starting from June 24th 2012 to March 16th  2015.

Astrologers have been buzzing about the Uranus/Pluto Square for years. Capricorn Pluto is determined to tear down all political and financial structures and rebuild them in a new and different way. Aries Uranus is only interested in revolution and change for the sake of change. 

In ANTINOUS MOON MAGIC we study such challenging astrological configurations to see how they can be used to work for us. It is good to remember that Emperor Hadrian was a skilled astrologer who did not hide under the bed when the planets indicated hardship ahead.

Instead, Hadrian viewed astrological warnings as just that — warnings of what lies ahead. Just like signs on a winding road warning of hazards ahead. You adjust for the conditions and proceed with preparedness and vigilance.

The Pluto-square-Uranus configuration means that many time-honored structures will come tumbling down, oftentimes violently torn down in anger. People who stubbornly cling to wealth and power will lose all. But those who are agile, like a cat, will land on their feet. Remember which survives a hurricane best — the mighty oak tree — or flexible bamboo.

On the personal level, this can mean that old structures which have been stifling you — such as a job situation with a tyrannical boss, an unreasonable landlord, or a family patriarch who keeps you under his thumb — these structures are overdue for replacement by structures more suited to your current and future needs.

The emphasis will be on tearing down prison walls, removing the shackles that bind you and liberating yourself from worn-out job/monetary/personal commitment infrastructures which no longer serve any useful purpose.

The transition will be dramatic, awesome and perhaps frightening. But the cosmos will not throw anything your way which you cannot handle spiritually. And we promise to provide every insight possible to enable you — through the process of HOMOTHEOSIS — to prevail, with the love of ANTINOUS THE GAY GOD.

Antinous Astrology Forecast

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JUNE 21 to July 1, 2012

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THURSDAY JUNE 21st 2012

On Thursday, the Solstice revelry reverberates as Venus and Uranus form an exuberant sextile, as do Mars and Mercury. Don't be surprised when an unexpected guest at your Solstice Party turns out to be someone you really look forward to meeting and getting to know.

FRIDAY JUNE 22nd 2012

On Friday, the work week comes to a very pleasant end when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD forms nice trines with Jupiter and Venus and a surprise-filled trine with Uranus. This is a day filled with good humor and productivity.

SATURDAY JUNE 23rd 2012

On Saturday, ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD makes no major aspects with any of the planets and the Cosmos is uncharacteristically quiet. It is as though the Cosmos is taking a deep breath in preparation for what is coming ....

SUNDAY JUNE 24th 2012

On Sunday, you will want to fasten your seatbelts and batten down the hatches. The chaos on financial markets over the past two years (when Pluto entered Capricorn) and the uprisings throughout the Islamic world over the past 18 months (when Uranus entered Aries) will escalate as both of these planets form a square-angle to each other on Sunday. Astrologers have been buzzing about the Uranus/Pluto Square for months. Capricorn Pluto is determined to tear down all political and financial structures and rebuild them in a new and different way. Aries Uranus is only interested in revolution and change for the sake of change. These two planets will be in a tight 90-degree angle to each other all summer — it will most certainly be a long hot summer of upheaval, rebellion and turmoil ....

MONDAY JUNE 25th 2012

On Monday, the Pluto/Uranus Square will dominate all of the week, causing havoc and upheaval — but upbeat Gemini Jupiter squares off against Neptune, giving the illusion on Monday that things are better than they are. We call this the "Icarus Aspect" which encourages people to be over-exuberant and to take unnecessary risks. However ... Saturn ends its Retrograde phase on Monday and begins going forward again for the first time since February. If there has been a logjam in your life for the past five months, it should break up now. Libra Saturn will be a great aid in assisting you to find balance during the coming months.

TUESDAY JUNE 26th 2012

On Tuesday, Mercury leaves mopey Cancer to bound into sunny Leo, where Mercury will dawdle and go forwards and backwards from now until September. Leo Mercury is like a teenager trying to attract attention any way possible, even if it means "acting out" and being over-dramatic. It is a time when incautious and immature souls take to strutting and prancing and stealing the limelight from each other. The US presidential election campaign shifts into high gear at precisely this time ....

WEDNESDAY JUNE 27th 2012

On Wednesday, your interpersonal relations get a major boost when Venus ends its Retrograde phase and begins going forward for the first time in 40 days. No longer Retrograde, Gemini Venus is telling you that it's safe to tie the knot and make a future-oriented relationship commitment.

THURSDAY JUNE 28th 2012

On Thursday, ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD aligns with Libra Saturn to assist you in finding emotional balance, particularly at the work place and in your dealings with others. Saturn has just ended a long Retrograde phase and is moving forward again to break up logjams that may have stifled your dealings with others over the past five months.

FRIDAY JUNE 29th 2012

On Friday, you awake to bad news on the radio and in even in your personal life things get explosive when the Sun is opposite Pluto. That means the Sun is also at right angles to unpredictable Uranus, and so anything is possible. Fortunately, the Sun moves quickly. But for a couple of days you might want to be extra cautious, particularly when out in public situations where freak occurrences could be likely. Be very careful in traffic!

SATURDAY JUNE 30th 2012

On Saturday, you might want to put off weekend trips for another time because the Sun/Pluto/Uranus "T"-Square creates a volatile atmosphere. Instead, take advantage of a positive Moon-Mars sextile to focus on the things that are really important to you, such as friends and loved ones, and not on impermanent material possessions which are so fleeting.

SUNDAY JULY 1st 2012

On Sunday, you begin to feel a slight and cautious optimism again as ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD goes opposite to Jupiter and Venus but forms a nice trine to lively Leo Mercury and impulsive Uranus. This is a good day to put the rigors of the week behind you and cleave to what is most important for you.

SNEAK PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK:

Another exciting week lies ahead when Mars leaves persnickety Virgo and enters chilled-out Libra just in time for the CAPRICORN FULL MOON on Tuesday, July 3rd — just in time for the American Fourth of July holiday. Libra Mars and the CAPRICORN FULL MOON put a spotlight on the Cancer Sun, which wants to stay home and be with loved ones. More details next time ....

HADRIAN'S VILLA OBSERVATORY

TOWER ALIGNED TO SOLSTICES

MILLIONS around the world are gathering for a very special Solstice which almost coincides with a very special New Moon.

Priests will be celebrating rites at the HOLLYWOOD TEMPLE OF ANTINOUS to mark not only the Solstice but this very special New Moon, which we call the ANTINOUS SUMMER BLUE MOON. It is special because it is the second New Moon in the sign of Gemini since both Sun and Moon aligned in Gemini a month ago. This "extra" New Moon, at 8:03 a.m. Pacific time Tuesday, comes just 32 hours ahead of the Solstice at 4:08 p.m. Wednesday PDT.

The meditations of the Hollywood Priests of Antinous will be focused on an Italian archaeologist and her team who will be spending this Solstice at the ruins of a tower on a hillock at Hadrian's Villa which experts hold to be the Emperor's own private observatory. 

These experts, led by MARIA DE FRANCESCHINI, have demonstrated that the observatory tower is in fact aligned to the Solstices. She believes the observatory was dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, who raised Osiris from the dead to become a god of resurrection and transfiguration — just as Hadrian declared Antinous a god of resurrection and transfiguration.
 
For centuries, experts had been mystified by the layout of the sprawling complex of marble baths, banquet halls, luxurious residences, gardens, shrines and unidentified structures 30 kilometers outside Rome.

Hadrian's Villa was a sprawling complex of buildings, temples, gardens, a zoo and — yes — even an observatory tower on a hillock on the edge of the compound from which Hadrian could observe the heavens. 

 But, in an article published in the journal Nature last year, De Franceschini wrote that she believes the mystery-shrouded Rocca Bruna Tower, long held to be Hadrian's private observatory, is in fact aligned so as to produce sunlight effects for the seasons.

She describes her findings personally in the video at the top of this entry. 

De Franceschini says that during the summer solstice, rays of light pierce the tower and another of the villa's buildings. In the Rocca Bruna Tower, dawn sunlight during the summer solstice enters through a wedge-shaped slot above the door and illuminates a niche on the opposite side of the interior (image courtesy nature.com). And in a temple of the Accademia building, De Franceschini has found that sunlight passes through a series of doors during both the winter and summer solstices. 

"The alignments gave me a new key of interpretation," says De Franceschini, who adds that the two buildings are connected by an esplanade that was a sacred avenue during the solstices. Based on ancient texts describing religious rituals and study of recovered sculptures, she thinks the sunlight effects were linked to religious ceremonies associated with the Egyptian goddess Isis, who was adopted by the Romans.

De Franceschini, who works with the University of Trento in Italy, has published a book describing the archaeo-astronomical work, VILLA ADRIANA ARCHITETTURA CELESTE. She credits two architects, Robert Mangurian and Mary-Ann Ray, for initially noticing the light effect in Rocca Bruna.

According to nature.com, Robert Hannah, a classicist from the University of Otago in New Zealand, says that De Franceschini's ideas are plausible. "They're certainly ripe for further investigation," he says.

Hannah believes that the Pantheon, designed by Hadrian in Rome with a circular opening at the top of its dome, also acts as a giant calendrical sundial, with sunlight illuminating key interior surfaces at the equinoxes and on the spring equinox on April 21st, the city's birthday.

Few classical buildings have been investigated for astronomical alignment, says Hannah, partly because it is much easier to check for alignments in prehistoric structures such as Stonehenge, which do not have potentially contradictory artefacts.

De Franceschini spends every solstice at Hadrian's villa, seeking further verification. Our thoughts and prayers go with her during this special season of the ANTINOUS SUMMER BLUE MOON and the Solstice.

We can envision Hadrian, sick with grief and alone after the death of Antinous, ensconced in his observatory tower scanning the heavens for a sign from his Beloved Boy, praying to Isis for her to work her magic on Antinous ....

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Antinous Astrology Forecast
JUNE 14th to 24th, 2012

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THURSDAY JUNE 14th 2012

On Thursday, you can expect an upbeat atmosphere but don't be surprised when your plans continually run into snags when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD is in opposition to Saturn.

FRIDAY JUNE 15th 2012

On Friday, the work week ends on a laid-back note when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD is in a positive trine to Neptune and a nice trine to Pluto. Not only do you get all your work done by quitting time, but you also leave work with a clear conscience and an eagerness to kick back and relax.

SATURDAY JUNE 16th 2012

On Saturday, ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD goes "VOID OF COURSE" (VOC) for the entire day Wednesday, and a VOC MOON puts everything in "Pause" mode for the duration. This is a good day to sit back and give all those weekend chores a thorough review and rethink — without implementing them just yet.

SUNDAY JUNE 17th 2012

On Sunday, you will want to get out of the house and do things and see things when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD aligns in conjunction with Gemini Jupiter. This is a fine Sunday for meeting up with friends for something special.

MONDAY JUNE 18th 2012

On Monday, even the bitchiest co-worker will be easy to work with when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD aligns in conjunction with Gemini Venus. This is a day when inter-personal interaction flows smoothy. And you can expect a pleasant surprise or two when the Moon engages in a brief sextile with unpredictable Uranus.

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY JUNE 19th/20th 2012

On Tuesday, electricity is in the air when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD aligns with his celestial father Ra-Herakhte for the New Moon — the second GEMINI NEW MOON since both Sun and Moon aligned in Gemini a month ago. This "extra" New Moon comes less than 36 hours ahead of the SOLSTICE. In ANTINOUS MOON MAGIC we call this "extra" moon the ANTINOUS SUMMER BLUE MOON. This is the New Moon to work on your communication skills. Learning how to communicate effectively creates successful relationships. This is the right New Moon to communicate your wishes, dreams and desires to those who can aid your progress. Gemini never likes to go it alone. So ask a friend for some help. Better yet, throw a Solstice Party and ask lots of friends. Amid all the doom-and-gloom political and economic news, it will be a delight when the Sun enters Cancer on June 20th at 4:08 p.m. Pacific Time (just after midnight June 21st in the UK and Europe). Special Sacred Solstice Rites will be celebrated at the HOLLYWOOD TEMPLE OF ANTINOUS.

THURSDAY JUNE 21st 2012

On Thursday, the Solstice revelry continues to reverberate at Venus and Uranus form an exuberant sextile, as do Mars and Mercury. Don't be surprised when an unexpected guest at your Solstice Party turns out to be someone you really look forward to meeting and getting to know.

FRIDAY JUNE 22nd 2012

On Friday, the work week comes to a very pleasant end when ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD forms nice trines with Jupiter and Venus and a surprise-filled trine with Uranus. This is a day filled with good humor and productivity.

SATURDAY JUNE 23rd 2012

On Saturday, ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD makes no major aspects with any of the planets and the Cosmos is uncharacteristically quiet. It is as though the Cosmos is taking a deep breath in preparation for what is coming ....

SUNDAY JUNE 24th 2012

On Sunday, you will want to fasten your seatbelts and batten down the hatches. The chaos on financial markets over the past two years (when Pluto entered Capricorn) and the uprisings throughout the Islamic world over the past 18 months (when Uranus entered Aries) will escalate as both of these planets form a square-angle to each other on Sunday. Astrologers have been buzzing about the Uranus/Pluto Square for months. Capricorn Pluto is determined to tear down all political and financial structures and rebuild them in a new and different way. Aries Uranus is only interested in revolution and change for the sake of change. These two planets will be in a tight 90-degree angle to each other all summer — it will most certainly be a long hot summer of upheaval, rebellion and turmoil ....

SNEAK PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK:

The Pluto/Uranus Square will dominate all of next week, causing havoc and upheaval — but upbeat Gemini Jupiter, Chiron, Venus and ANTINOUS THE MOON GOD will all be on your side, presenting you with positive opportunities to emerge unscathed. More details next time ....