April 2008 - Good News about Eris!!
The big news this month happens on April 2nd with Pluto, the planet of extremes, turning retrograde at 1° Capricorn. Pluto stays retrograde until September 9, 2008. Pluto signifies our perspective on the world our conscious and subconscious. Since so many of Pluto’s qualities are centered on the deeper mysteries of life, the house position of Pluto in your own personal chart, and aspects to it, can show you how to attain a deeper understanding of the importance of your spiritual life. On another level, you can experience a ‘death’ of your old self when you realize the deeper significance of your life.This is the time to get rid of anything that is preventing you from becoming your best self. In the process will find youeself cleaning out closets, getting rid of old shoes, old clothes, old pictures and things that were once an important part of you . You may even be ‘cleaning out’ your friendship closet. You may realize that certain people who were once a very important part of your life have suddenly disappeared, or that you have nothing in common with them. This process is very necessary as you create an emptiness and a void. Keep in mind as you are throwing out all that old ‘stuff’ that the Universe does NOT like a void, so you will quickly fill it with something new. Thus, the New You begins to come into being!! This is a very exciting time for all of us!!
More exciting news comes to us with the discovery and acknowledgement of a new planet - ERIS! Even though termed a "dwarf planet" along with Pluto, Eris was discovered in 2005 from plates going back to 2003, and originally nicknamed Xena. Eris is the only planet-type object that was temporarily named for a television drama heroine. This planet, well beyond Pluto, has an orbit of 556 years and was discovered as it traveled through the constellation of Aries. Eris’ discovery increases the size of the solar system to double the original diameter. It is too early to make a definitive statement regarding all the meanings of this new planet but some preliminary qualities attributed to Eris are those that represent her mythological character. She is one who struggles against injustice and oppression. She has her war-like and even blood-thirsty side, with the higher manifestation of defending the weak and standing up for oneself. Her placement and aspects to other planets correlate to the underdog warrior, speaking truth to power, and with also a willingness to resort to whatever means necessary to achieve her goals. It will be interesting to see how this new planet will show herself to us earthlings. Only time and research will tell. :-)
This month’s Full Moon takes place on the 20th at 6:25am EST and occurs at 0 °43’ Scorpio. The New Moon occurs on the 5th at 16 °44’ Aries at 11:56pm. The New Moon starts a whole new cycle for you and will affect the area of your life where this New Moon energy lands in your personal Astrological Chart.