Welcome, Growing Light! This year on March 20 we celebrate the Spring Equinox! The sun enters Aries on Spring Equinox, light and dark are equal, and we begin to move into longer sunnier days! As the warmth and light are growing, it feels like a special time for kicking up heels and feeling life moving forward after this winter and after these last two years. Full Moon in Virgo 3/18/22 12:17 AM PST March 18th brings the Full Moon in Virgo. When the Moon is full, it is in the opposite sign (180˚) from where the Sun is currently (Pisces). With seeing the full reflective light from the Sun, the Moon is in its most illuminated state. The Moon is connected to our emotional body, which is why things tend to be more emotional around Full Moons - when the moon beams are fully shining, illuminating our feelings. Virgo is an Earth sign - organized, structured, goal-oriented, creating the “perfect plan”. There can also be worry energy associated with Virgo, needing everything to go accordingly. Under this Virgo Full Moon, it may feel nourishing to create some planning intentions. In addition, Virgo’s ruler, Mercury, is in Pisces this month. With both Mercury and the Sun in Pisces, a watery and more dreamy quality is present and you may need to include how your intuition and instincts are feeling about the plans and modify them accordingly. This Virgo energy can also offer you an anchor for groundedness with the Piscean energy we’ve been swimming around in all month. As you move through this month’s Full Moon on March 18th, tune in and see how you can seek more balance between the need to flow and the need to follow the plan perfectly. See what intentions you need to make and maintain, and what you want to release. How do you want to reign in your energies and get organized? How are you in alignment with the greater plan beyond your will? Venus squares Uranus 3/18/22 - 3/22/22 Strongest 19th With Venus making a hard square aspect, you may be noticing a need for more freedom or excitement in your relationship(s) and or in your personal creative pursuits. If there are ways in which you feel held back, then it can come as a sudden urge towards greater freedom and self-expression. In relationships, this could the urge to break away from old patterns of relating or even break up from the relationship. Before doing anything impulsive, I recommend seeing if there are ways to create new pathways in your relationship for greater self-expression and freedom that feel in alignment with what your emerging needs are. Squares between planets are most characterized by an internal process we are having with the outside world. Therefore, find ways to shift your internal patterns with how you are relating to your relationship(s) before externalizing your process and making it about your partner. What are your needs? How might you explore expressing yourself more freely and fully? Is there something you have been holding back that requires freedom of expression so you can feel more whole? What would it look like to be yourself more powerfully in your relationship(s)? Sometimes we think we have to end something to make the shifts, but do you really have to? See how you can bring new qualities of excitement into your relationship if you seem to be stuck in routines with your partner(s) that feel stagnant or boring. Ask yourself where you are not feeling free to be you or free to move about the way you’d like to. See where you can get out of your own ruts and make a shift in how you get these needs met for yourself. Most importantly, have some fun exploring this liberating energy as it moves through your creativity and relationships! Spring Equinox Sun enters Aries 3/20/22 8:33 AM, PST Spring (Vernal) Equinox relates to the halfway point between both winter and summer solstices and is when day and night are equal and daylight will begin to grow larger than the darkness as we head towards summer. This is also the time when the Sun enters Aries, and the zodiac round begins a new cycle of the Sun transiting through all the signs for another year’s time. After the last month of swimming your soul around in the Piscean sea, we begin anew with the Ram (Aries), the “child of the zodiac”. Like a child exploring the world around, the Aries's energy is passionate and fiery, in awe of everything around. Headstrong and fearless, Aries is a warrior, trailblazing paths others may not dare on their own. As March 20th comes, tune into this Aries Springtime energy. Ask: Do you need to be more daring? What are you in awe of? Where inside you do your passions live? Do they need to be re-ignited? What do you want to create as you head into Spring? See if you can tap into this energy and how you can explore the world around you with fresh eyes. As Aries arrives, light a fire! Light up your movement around whatever has become stagnant through the Winter months so you can make room for new and exciting things coming into your life. Welcome Spring! Mars squares Uranus 3/20/22 - 3/26/22 Strongest 22nd As the Spring Equinox arrives and the Sun is moving into Aries energy, Mars begins to make a hard square aspect with Uranus. Mars, naturally ruled by Aries, is the action-oriented, go out and “make it happen”, planet. Uranus is about change and evolution: breaking out of habits, creating the new, and having the freedom to move about and be who you are. When Uranus is involved in the planetary configuration, things can also change suddenly in your life to create pathways for freedom and or more self-expression. Mars square Uranus is about feeling the urge and making the move to free yourself from restrictions and blocks you feel in your life. This comes in perfect timing with the Spring Equinox as it helps break you out of places you’ve been feeling stuck so you can align more with what’s relevant to you in the now as well as any new things coming in. The quality of this transit between Mars/Will and Uranus/Evolution is driven by the hard aspect of the square between them. The dynamics of the square can give rise to a sudden or rash burst of energy to create change or break away from restrictions. Feelings that have been held at bay, such as impatience or frustration by things not changing or moving fast enough can surface and need expression. Sometimes the Mars square Uranus energy can create the impulse to move quickly to free yourself from something, which can result in accidents. If you start to feel increasingly frustrated or impatient during the week of March 20th - 26th, then I recommend being conscious of this energy. You may need to find the right outlet to express this rapid intensity so that you don’t back out the driveway and run into your neighbor’s car under the spell of the unconscious raw energy of Mars and Uranus at a Square. Look to craft a balance between finding the right way to let this energy move through and slowing yourself down. Trust the process, knowing things will work their way out through all the transformations that this time is bringing. As you take in all the changes that March brings keep the majestic power of Spring's promise of rebirth as your focus.. Look to the trees and wildflowers. Let your movement and the blooming momentum move as one. With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these wild and transformative times. Book an astrology reading and find out how this Spring and the year ahead is looking for you!
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Welcome to March! In the first weeks of March, we have a New Moon in Pisces bringing an opportunity for deep soulful renewal. A few days later Mercury enters Pisces providing a period of enhanced receptivity for cultivating more subtle states of the higher mind and refined consciousness. Mars and Venus will be conjoining Pluto, as Pluto moves through the peak of the United States’ Pluto Return cycle Dynamic and powerful changes are in play; allow your mental processing of this period to benefit from your intuition and capacity to trust in the larger forces. Pluto Return Continues 1st of 4 waves 2/3/22 - 3/10/2 Pluto’s return in the United States birth chart (Sibley chart) will be active through 2023 and comes in 4 waves. We are currently in the first of these 4 waves until March 10th. Pay special attention to the themes presently occurring in our national conversion during this first wave. These national issues and agendas are the dynamics that will continue to be worked on over these next couple of years, creating the changes needed in this cycle of Pluto return for the transformation in the United States. Globally, we see Russia’s aggression again looming largely and calling into focus the long-standing issues about the United States’ larger role in the world. Nationally, here at home, we see an ending of mask mandates as we explore our responses to this pandemic and the divisive controversies about governance and public health. While ongoing headlines are appearing about climate change, public shootings and legal cases about race and police violence, the January 6th riots, abortion access law, and the court attempts to adjudicate numerous legal controversies abound the last presidency are all appearing daily. The second wave will peak this summer. The events unfolding now are foreshadowing the patterns that will emerge during the summer Pluto Return Peak. Stay tuned, I will be circling back in late June’s Newsletter to offer further reflections on this unfolding story. Just before the first Pluto Return peak on 2.22.22, I shared larger writing exploring what the Pluto Return energy is about and you can click below to learn more. Venus, Mars, Pluto Conjunction in Capricorn March 1-5 Strongest 3/3/22 As we take a look at the Pluto Return energy and bring to light what needs transforming both collectively and in our personal lives, Mars will be coming into conjunction, joining its energy with Pluto during the first week of March. Having Mars in the mix creates potent, hot energy to catalyze and cook up the events that are unfolding over the long process of Pluto’s return cycle. When Mars moves into an aspect of alignment with slower-moving planets, the forces set in motion by the slower planets get activated. Mars can become a timer to trigger something to happen. In other words, when things are brewing, Mars can work to activate that energy to further its movement to open up and get it moving. A significant event may occur to initiate action on whatever process is being activated. This trigger, by Mars, of precipitating the long process of Pluto’s karmic influences to move forward can happen on many levels at once: globally, nationally, and personally. The strongest day of this Mars/Pluto conjunction energy is March 3rd. Therefore, if you personally have things brewing under the surface, this might be a day when an event causes things to open up for you. This could also prime the energy to push forward the narrative and unleash powerful forces in geopolitical events. It’s important to note that Venus is also coming up to join with both Mars and Pluto on March 3rd, which softens this energy. Therefore, it’s possible that more ease or peace can be added to whatever the situations are. Venus (along with Jupiter) is known as a “greater benefic” amongst the planets and is connected more to the beauty and loving aspects of life. Therefore, whatever might get activated, things may be able to move in a more harmonious and peaceful direction with Venus in the mix. As above, so below. As powerful dramatic forces are moving across the world, so powerful dynamics are in motion amidst the planetary signatures. New Moon Pisces 3/2/22 9:35 AM PST On March 2nd, we will have a New Moon in Pisces. New Moons are created when the Sun joins together with the Moon in the sky under the same sign. This creates a dark night as the Moon sets in conjunction with the Sun. New Moons are considered the beginning of a 29.5 day Moon phase cycle. Therefore, one way to think of New Moons is to see it as a monthly new beginning and reset point for yourself, emphasizing the energy of the sign the Sun and Moon are in. Pisces is a water sign, enhancing the level of emotional sensitivities and psychic connection to those under its influence. Pisces is also considered the last sign in the zodiac round before starting over again in Aries. As it is the last sign, we can understand Pisces as holding the most evolved characteristics, getting into what it means for a soul to be living here in a physical body on this earth. What comes with the Pisces energy is an ability to feel the energy around (like a fish in the sea) and be psychically in tune with it as well as flow with it. Since there is an ability to merge with the energy around like swimming in a giant sea, Pisces can often experience a lack of boundaries between self and others. Therefore, it's important to allow this flowing feeling of life and to appropriately remain rooted in yourself as you allow for the gifts of the Piscean New Moon for dissolving the limits of our smaller sense of self. We are so much vaster and deeper than we usually are able to be present for; our focus on daily doings tends to veil the grandeur of our interior majesty. This New Moon in Pisces energy is a good time to take a look at your life and see where you can bring in more flow with the energies around, and on the other side, see where you may need to create more boundaries if you’re too swept up with all the deep energies that surround you. Mercury enters Pisces 3/9/22 Speaking of Pisces - Mercury, the planet that influences our thoughts, mental processes, and communications, will be moving into Pisces on March 9th for the following 19 days. With Mercury in Pisces, your mind might seem less structured around how you are organizing your day during this time. There’s a need to be more in a flow than following a laid-out plan. Although making plans is essential, the ideal mental processing style with Mercury in Pisces may find you less attached to how plans are executed. Pisces reminds us to let go and allow for the way things want to flow to emerge. You may discover this way of allowing creates greater alignment for yourself with how things end up working out than the way you originally thought possible. In Addition, Mercury in Pisces can help your mind to receive more psychic information when it comes to making decisions. You might find yourself being able to sense what the right choice is for yourself without having all the information to know rationally why it’s the right choice. May you feel the long awaited soulful renewal just in time for Spring! With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these wild and transformative times. Book an astrology reading and find out how 2022 is looking for you! Full Moon In Leo February 16th 8:56 AM, PST Full Moons occur when the Sun and Moon are in the opposite signs of each other. On the day of the Full Moon, as the Sun is setting in the West, the Moon (in all its full glory) is rising on the opposite side in the East at the exact same time. If you’re positioned to capture an open eastern and western horizon view on February 16th, it is such a beautiful moment - get outside at sunset and look in both directions! The Sun is currently in Aquarius and the zodiac sign opposite of Aquarius is Leo. Therefore on February 16th, our Full Moon will be in Leo. Leo is fiery, playful, expressive, loves attention, and taking center stage. Leo’s Full Moon can be a wonderful time to create some playful fun! It’s a great time to dance and share and let yourself and your loved ones cut loose and really let their hair down! Even if it comes midweek and has to be celebrated in the context of other weekly needs. Full Moons open us up emotionally and although Leo is not so much focused on emotions, it is expressive. Therefore, if you’ve been not expressing or releasing the difficult emotions you know are hovering in your being, you may find this moon gets you to “come out with it, already”. In addition, as playful and fiery as Leo is - it might be just the right Moon medicine needed to release the emotions, clear a layer or two or three, and open you to allowing you to feel the light of your being, as well. It’s like how we can feel really lifted after a good cry. Through this process and after a good emotional clearing, you can then get back to “playing” in the present time, like a Leo naturally does. If a Leo isn’t able to express and show themselves, and or shine in the center of the circle - then there can also be a sense of feeling depressed. If you’re feeling layers of depression in your life, I recommend creating some intentional processing time under this Leo Full Moon and asking yourself: Where I am not allowing myself to shine where I could be? Where am I holding myself back from being seen? Am I playing enough in my life? Am I enjoying the present moments of my life? - these could be deeply-pressing matters interfering with your ability to experience joy. Find ways to shift these patterns! Venus Conjunct Mars Strongest in February: 13 -27th Yes! Venus and Mars continue to join their forces in Capricorn and strongly tighten their conjunction the second half of February. Therefore, relationships will continue to be center of focus for the rest of the month. I wrote a big piece about this in the last blog. Click below to read more about what this energy means for you. Jupiter Sextile Uranus February 5th - February 29th Strongest 13 - 21st Jupiter brings opportunities for growth and expansion with an optimistic feeling that things are going to work out. Add this quality with Uranus’s energy of freedom from restriction and creating new pathways and you may find yourself approaching life from a renewed and freeing perspective. Perhaps the “impossibles” in your life are now seeming possible in the month of February. The Sextile between Jupiter and Uranus creates a positive and easy energy flow between the planets that can stimulate you to want to break through imposed restrictions (from self or others) and create new opportunities for expansion and growth in your life. There’s an optimistic, “I can do it!” feeling coming through this February, especially from the 13th through the 21st. Ask yourself: Where have you been feeling restricted in your life? Have there been barriers preventing you from moving forward with something? Where have you been stuck in old patterns or ruts and are in need of a fresh perspective? The answers to these questions can provide insights into the things that may finally have a chance to open up and move forward for you. It’s fun to acknowledge that this freedom from restriction arrives the strongest just before Valentine’s Day. If there’s a step forward in the evolution of a special relationship you have been exploring how to manifest, this time can bring an opportunity for a breakthrough. First Pluto Return for the United States February 22nd, 2022 February 22nd, 2022 is the date widely agreed-upon by astrologers for peak of the Pluto return cycle for the United States. However, since Pluto moves slowly, this energy has already been coming on strong since 2020 and will last until the end of 2023. It’s no quick process! This Pluto return is a time when the energies of which this country was birthed upon are coming back around to start a new cycle of rebirth. I wrote a special report on the Pluto Return energies, click the button below to read the full article Northwest Astrologer is here for you! With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these wild and transformative times. Book an astrology reading and find out how 2022 is looking for you! Valentine's Day Special! Receive 20% off readings all month click below to learn more Each year February brings movement from Winter towards Spring; this year’s February comes with a dynamic blend of planets supporting forward momentum. If January felt a bit wonky and unclear with both Mercury and Venus in retrograde, February may bring the change in tides you're looking for. The month begins with a New Moon in the visionary sign of Aquarius, as well as Venus just out of retrograde and Mercury following shortly after. Venus joins up with Mars in Capricorn most of the month, bringing relationships more into focus, which certainly aligns with Valentine’s Day energy. Jupiter and Uranus create a positive aspect with each other, stimulating you towards freeing yourself from overarching restrictions you’ve been feeling in your life. New Moon in Aquarius February 1st 12:47 AM, EST (January 31st, PST) New Moons occur when the Sun and Moon are both in the exact same sign and degree and create an all-night dark sky as the moon sets with the Sun. This darkness gives birth to the beginning of a new cycle of the moon, which occurs every 29.5 days. On February 1st, we will have a New Moon in Aquarius - sparking the birth of creative ideas and visions to manifest. Aquarius is known as the water-bearer and paradoxically is an Air sign. Those who were born under an Air sign (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) connect with the world around them mostly through their mental body (mind). Aquarians can be seen as both humanitarians and geniuses of the zodiac. They seem to effortlessly download knowledge from the universe, as well as receive visions of how to make this world a better place. This puts them at the forefront of creating ideas that can, at first, seem too far-fetched. However wacky they may seem, these novel ideas often hold a vision that can bring progress in our evolution as humanity. Therefore, create some sacred New Moon time on Feb. 1st. Tune into what new “Aquarian” ideas are calling to you. What visions do you have for yourself that you’ve been holding back on? What new manifestations do you notice are wanting to open for you? - Meditate on and visualize how you see yourself bringing these manifestations to fruition in your life. Mars in Capricorn Sextile Jupiter in Pisces February 1st - 6th Mars is the planet that has you taking action, implementing the things you want to be doing. Jupiter adds levels of positivity, expansiveness, growth and a feeling of abundance. When Jupiter comes into the planetary picture, you can get a feeling that everything is just going to work out. There’s faith and hope in a positive outcome. When Mars and Jupiter come together in a Sextile aspect, they stimulate the energy to bring their best qualities (mentioned here) out in you. Therefore, this first week of February is great time to start getting into your 2022 goals and plans if it seemed hard to manifest these intentions in January. Mercury Goes Direct Moves out of Retrograde February 3rd Yay! Mercury rules our mental processing, communications, travel, electronics, computers, etc... There tends to be a number of schedule changes, communication challenges, tech SNAFU’s cancelations, breakdowns, and repairs during the Mercury retrograde period. On February 3rd, Mercury will be done retrograding for now and if you’ve had communication disruptions, schedule changes, and/or other surprises in the last 3 weeks, things should start to flow more clearly and smoothly. FYI - Mercury goes retrograde 3 times a year for a 3 week period each time it goes retrograde. The next one will begin on May 10th - if you want to do some early planning! To learn more about Mercury retrograde and tips and what to do during this time, refer to my January astrology blog for more information. Mercury Shadow Period… When Mercury goes direct on February 3rd, it will be in what is called “being in its shadow” as it will be covering, again, the same heavenly real estate as it was prior to retrograde. This shadow time gives you a 3rd opportunity to visit and glean more understanding in regards to the same evolving life processes that were going on before and during retrograde. During this current shadow period, you may be having to re-visit things that were happening in your life from Dec 30th - Feb 3rd. Think back to this time - What were you working on? Who were you in communication with? What plans were you making that you are still processing? As Mercury goes direct on the 3rd, it will head forward again across this terrain giving you an opportunity to come to resolution and establish forward momentum on life’s mental and communications material you have been metabolizing. It is known in astrology to wait until this shadow period is over (after February 24th) to truly be clear on moving forward on anything that’s been occurring over the past 2 months before. I recommend waiting until after February 24th to make big life decisions, if you can wait. Otherwise, spend more time in the decision process and get others involved, if possible, to make sure you are seeing it all clearly. Venus in Post Retrograde Shadow Time January 29th - March 2nd Continuing on the topic of post-retrograde planets being in their shadow… Last month, on Jan 29th, Venus finally moved out of its 5-week retrograde period. We now have our Venus back in its full outward expressive fashion. Venus rules aspects of your life that include relationships, finances, business, social life, and creating beauty in your life. Please refer back to January’s astrology post to read all about how Venus Retrograde can affect these aspects of life. As mentioned in the Mercury section above and In general, anytime a planet gets out of retrograde and begins moving in a forward direction (called going Direct), it is also covering the same heavenly sky territory that it went retrograding (backward) over. It is slowly gaining momentum up to its normal speed and will eventually get back to the place it was before it went retrograde. Venus went retrograde on Dec 19th. This period right now, and until March 2nd, Venus will be in its shadow. While in shadow, allow more time for situations in your life that you’ve noticed were influenced by Venus retrograde to work themselves out. Are there situations around relationships that haven’t been clear? Are you wondering if you should make more of a commitment with a person you have been dating? What are your finances and budgeting looking like? Any big purchases you’ve been holding off on? Does this still seem like the thing you want to buy? Has the social life not been clear on how to gather? What have you been wanting to create to bring more beauty into your life? Ponder and see what you want to create as Venus moves through the Shadow period and perhaps full manifestation will be happening more towards the end of Feb and into March. Venus Conjunct Mars February 8th - February 29th Strongest on these February dates: 13, 15, 19, 22-23, 26-27 Venus and Mars are both in Capricorn this month. Since Venus is just getting out of retrograde and has a slow-moving forward momentum most of February, it is going to join up quite of few times with Mars this month, just in time for Valentine's Day! This is powerful for relationships as both Venus and Mars are the two planets we look to in the astrology chart to glean more information regarding relationships in your life. This creates an emphasis on relationships in February, especially on the dates listed above. Venus and Mars create a symbiotic relationship and delicate balance between concepts of giving and receiving, doing and being, initiating and cultivating the relationship you want and also allowing your relationship to come to you. Mars is the planet that puts energy towards something and Venus is the planet that allows the receiving of this energy. During the month of February, recognize where these Mars/Venus relationship concepts are landing in your being. Whether you’re in a relationship or not, these giving and receiving energies may come into focus and be emphasized February 8th - 29th. Do a self-exploration! Ask yourself - do you allow relationships to unfold in their own timing or do you force things? Do you feel courageous in making the first move or are you waiting and hoping for a person to come to you without any of your own actions? When they do come, do you play hard to get? Do you allow the flow of love to come into your life or do you feel a fear of losing yourself and your own independence if you do allow it? These are just some example questions… And, this month, utilize this Mars/Venus conjunction energy to explore what love in your life means to you and how you approach relationships. See what insights come up for you. Play with the ways you create your dance of giving and receiving in relationships . . . how do you initiate, allow, create space, move closer, bring warmth, receive warmth. Bring this awareness into your relationship life and create different patterns that will help you come more into balance when it comes to the art of being in relationships. Jupiter Sextile Uranus February 5th - February 29th Strongest 13 - 21st Jupiter brings opportunities for growth and expansion with an optimistic feeling that things are going to work out. Add this quality with Uranus’s energy of freedom from restriction and creating new pathways and you may find yourself approaching life from a renewed and freeing perspective. Perhaps the “impossibles” in your life are now seeming possible in the month of February. Allow this freedom and growth energy of Jupiter and Uranus in. As this energy will be strengthening later in the month, I will write more on this in the next blog, publishing in 2 weeks! Northwest Astrologer is here for you! With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these wild and transformative times. Book an astrology reading and find out how 2022 is looking for you! Valentine's Day Special! Receive 20% off readings click below to learn more In these last weeks of January 2022, we have a Full Moon in Cancer, Mercury in Retrograde, Mars entering Capricorn and Venus continuing its 5 week trek in Retrograde, but finally going Direct at the end of the month. Read on and see how these planetary influences may help you navigate these coming weeks. Mercury Retrograde January 14 - February 3 The dynamics of Mercury retrograde periods are gaining more and more awareness in our collective cultural conversations. The most common theme is a “warning” against doing certain activities during this 3 week period. I find what is most alive regarding Mercury retrograde is holding an awareness that anything you make a firm decision on during this period, may have to be re-worked again when Mercury goes direct (starting February 4th). Therefore, a clearer thinking process around decision-making becomes more available when Mercury is out of retrograde. When a planet goes retrograde, it is appearing to be moving backward in the sky from the Earth’s vantage point. To understand this easily, imagine you’re walking on a path and you stop and start going backward, covering the same ground you just walked over. This is essentially what a retrograde planet is doing in the sky. The Mercury retrograde period offers an opportunity to review and reprocess the life experiences of the recent period of time when Mercury was traveling this same section of the sky with forwarding motion prior to retrograde (Dec 30th - Jan 13th). Think back on these recent dates - what was going on in your life, what were you working on, who were you in communication with, what plans were you and are still making? During Mercury retrograde, people often find more challenges and issues with communications, electronics, travel, car repairs, etc… and you may be finding it takes longer to get from point A to point B, or there’s more back and forth communication before things become clear. Often, I see Mercury retrograde as an offering to surrender, trusting things will work out in the end, and taking the unexpected “scenic route”. What seemed like a detour can bring you to something delightful you wouldn’t have been able to experience otherwise. Let go and allow an alternate way of “getting there” to manifest. I find Mercury retrograde periods are a good time to finish up old projects that are lingering out there, taking up psychic space, not allowing you to cleanly move forward in life. Spend time with these activities and you will find ease towards completing them. Clean out closets, garages, workspaces, donate items, etc… In other words, clear out the physical clutter, which will help clear out mental clutter and allow you an opportunity to start anew when Mercury goes direct on February 4th. Full Moon in Cancer January 17 3:48 PM, PST The Moon will reach the height of its biggest and brightest phase (Waxing Phase) in the lunar cycle on January 17th in the sign of Cancer. The Moon governs your domestic life, your emotions, subconscious habits, and patterns, and focuses on how you nurture and need to be nurtured. When the Moon is Full, these expressions become magnified. Cancer is the natural ruler of the Moon and therefore carries similar energies of the Moon. When the Full Moon is in the zodiac sign of Cancer (once a year), there is a stronger emphasis on your emotional body and how you are feeling about certain situations in your life. Your home life is also emphasized. Therefore, under the Full Moon on the 17th, pay attention to what emotions are emerging inside of you. What needs to be acknowledged? What needs to be nurtured? What needs to be let go of? Your emotions can serve as a guide for you, letting you know what is and isn't working out and what needs to shift in your life and in your home. This Full Moon in Cancer can help bring greater awareness to your emotional body and to what adjustments you need to make in your life to be in better alignment with yourself. Create intentional space for yourself on the 17th to connect with your inner emotional world and see what areas of your life need your attention. There is a special power each year at this time, following the heart of Midwinter, to tend to your emotional body under the light and influence of the Cancer Full Moon. Mars in Capricorn January 25 - March 6 Mars is the planet of "how you take action in your life". When you have an idea or a feeling of what you want to be doing, how do you proceed with making it happen? The sign Mars is in will give you more information on how you move forward. When Mars enters Capricorn on January 25th, there will be an offering for more groundedness and practicality in your day-to-day actions. Capricorn is more about business, in all senses of the word. This has me thinking of the common phrase, "Let’s get down to business", which is used when you finally motivate yourself to get into the work that needs to be done. Therefore, if it seems this level of "getting down to business" has been hard to access lately, this Mars in the Capricorn time period (Jan 25 - Mar 6) just might offer you the right energy to get yourself accomplishing what needs to be done ~ especially in the realms of Career. Whatever you have been wanting to take action on, this period offers a wind in your sails to move forward. Venus goes Direct January 29 These last 2 weeks, Venus will be in its final days of retrograde, which began on December 19th. Venus directs your energy toward the aspects of your life that relate to creating goodness & beauty in your life: finances, business, relationships, social gatherings, and coming together in loving-kindness around the table or in the bedroom. During the retrograde time, these aspects may have been less available, more unclear, or turned inwards in some fashion. As Venus begins to move in Direct motion again on the 29th, these areas of life should start to become more accessible, active, clear, and manageable. I wrote a bigger section on Venus Retrograde in my last blog post. To read and learn more about how to work with Venus in Retrograde in these final weeks of January, click below. As you move forward into 2022, what will you continue and cultivate more beautifully? What will you do differently and better? What will you take leave of? The planetary signatures harken you to take some special look inside and discover your deeper feelings, knowings, and truths. Trust what you find! Book an astrology reading and find out what the year ahead looks like for you! With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these uncertain times. You have the option of a 30 minute mini-reading or a full 1-hour, in depth reading Happy New Year! Welcome, 2022! Welcome to the new year! As we begin a new cycle of the yearly calendar round, it’s helpful to maintain an overarching sense that we’re on a flowing continuum of life. The river keeps on. I love that we can have times in the year (such as January 1) that allow for a collective mental reset point. And, just like with humans and nature, in astrology, the planets keep on moving along the same paths they were on the year before. Therefore, create new goals and make the changes you need… and as you do this, it is most important to also be in the flow with where your energy and life take you as the new year begins. This month we have Venus continuing to retrograde, as well as Mercury going retrograde mid-month. Mars and Neptune will be in a hard aspect with each other, and possibly downshifting your energy levels into a slower gear during the first 2 weeks of January. We also get to start off the month with both the Sun and Moon in Capricorn, giving to a New Moon in Capricorn on January 2nd! New Moons are also great monthly reset points - how lovely to have it on January 2nd and in close alignment with the energy of the early days of the beginning of the year. Venus retrograde in Capricorn December 19, 2021 - January 28th, 2022 This month, Venus continues its retrograde pattern, which began on December 19th, extending a caution towards overspending and feeling resolved around any relationship situations through January 28th. When planets are retrograde, the aspects of life they relate to can become less available to you. As the energy of the planet is directed more inward and less flowing outwards in its normal expressive fashion, it guides you towards having more of an internal reflective process time. Venus relates to our love relationships, social gatherings, finances, business, and creating beauty in our lives. In retrograde, these aspects can become unclear, leading to; spending more than you intended, parties and social gatherings not going as planned, challenges in dating, and or difficulties with addressing relationship situations. The major holidays are behind us now and looking back, this is a good example of what can happen during Venus Retrograde as many had disrupted planned holiday get-togethers with loved ones. Flights were canceled as well as people choosing to cancel their holiday plans altogether. The best way to handle planetary retrogrades is to go with the flow of whatever the time turns out to be. There can be a blessing in seeing what else can come out of an unplanned situation. Energies do have a way of working themselves out and I recommend not pushing too hard to make something happen when there are apparent barriers in regards to the aspects the planet in retrograde is related to. Keep in mind, Venus will be in retrograde for most of January. Tips for working with Venus in retrograde:
Planetary retrogrades give us an opportunity to slow down and re-work the situations so they can eventually move us forward in the right direction. Pushing up against the resistance is what creates difficulty during a planetary retrograde time. This also applies to the up-and-coming Mercury retrograde occurring this month as well (beginning January 14th), and I will mention more on this in the next newsletter. Mars in Sagittarius Squares Neptune in Pisces January 5th - 16th Strongest 10th - 13th Mars is your “take action” planet. It also rules your physical energy and ability to go after the things you want. It’s the planet that helps you make “it” happen. Wherever Mars is located in your birth chart, it will give you information on where your energy drives are and what part of your life tends to have more action going on than other parts. Neptune is more nebulous and intangible as It concerns you with matters of your Soul and your connection to the universe at large. It dissolves the earthly boundaries you create so you can merge with the “One” and create soul-connecting life experiences here on Earth. When Neptune is involved with planetary transits, you may start to feel less connected to the physical realities created in your life. We all learn that our Souls encompass layers of meaning that transcend the outer trappings of the lives we live. This can create confusion if you're too attached to the bounds of earthly living (money, housing, job, career, stuff you buy, and essentially the daily grind). Neptune can also give you more psychic awareness and sensing beyond the physical senses, nudging you to follow your “gut instincts” more than the mental, “I shoulds”. Both these planets are creating a square aspect with each other this month, which means that their impulses are challenging each other. More specifically in this scenario, the energy of Neptune is having a stronger impulse and stifling the energy impulses of Mars. There is a principle in astrology that when two planets are in aspect, the slower moving planet that is further from the sun (here Neptune) will be stronger and dominate the faster-moving planet that is closer to the Sun (here Mars). Translated - you may find that during this square time, your energy needs may shift to having lesser physical stamina to carry on with your regular life duties. Neptune has a way of helping you remember your soul wants to experience life and pure consciousness, beyond the humdrum of daily living and connect with your soul’s place in the universe. Therefore, you may not have the energy to do all the “to do’s”. As the old saying goes, you may find, during this time, “Your get up and go, just got up and went”. This can also come across as a confusing time period on how to focus your energy. I recommend, "Go with the flow"! This planetary transit is short-lived and is the strongest from January 10th - 13th. However, during this time, it may be hard to start that new workout routine or take full action on the plans you're making. You might wake up and just want to lay back down. If your energy is feeling lower or you're affected by the viral spread during this Mars/Neptune square time period, then I recommend tuning into what your soul wants you to be doing. Have you gotten caught up in the daily grind so much that you’ve lost some connection with what makes your heart and soul sing? Your physical body may not have the energy to keep going in the same way if you’ve left the bigger picture of what makes your life meaningful behind. I recommend not planning a whole lot (beyond going to your job…or attending whatever your care taking, parenting, or other essential obligations might be) between January 10th-13th, if you can swing it, and allow for your life to be more in a soulful rhythm and flow. See what happens - if anything, you may get some much-needed rest. This time period is followed by Mercury going retrograde (January 14th), so it just may be right in alignment with slowing down anyways. As time is reckoned, our calendar has brought you into 2022. What will you continue and cultivate more beautifully? What will you do differently and better? What will you take leave of? The planetary signatures harken you to take some special look inside and discover your deeper feelings, knowings, and truths. Trust what you find! Book an astrology reading and find out what the year ahead looks like for you! With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these uncertain times. You have the option of a 30 minute mini-reading or a full 1-hour, in depth reading As Venus and Pluto continue traveling together in conjunction throughout December, Venus begins a retrograde cycle mid-month on the same day as the Full Moon in Cancer. This dynamic calls you to continue doing the inner work of recognizing that whatever dwells in your heartfield (Venus), and maybe unexpressed or buried in your Underworld (Pluto), needs to find an authentic way for allowing your light of loving awareness to shine through. This month, the things that surface, might at first, seem too emotionally weighty or dark to bring to the light, but that’s exactly what’s possible. The Venus and Pluto proximity is supported this month by the darkest season giving way to the waxing of the light on Winter Solstice. ~Let’s look more deeply at the forecast~ Full Moon in Cancer December 19th Each Full Moon occurs in a progression through the 12 signs of the zodiac; each with a unique quality. Every 12 moons, the Cancer Full Moon brings a special opportunity for emotional healing and reckoning. Each Cancer Full Moon occurs with a unique signature from the ever-changing positions of all the planets . . . bringing the wonder of astrology into play. The Moon’s energy, in general, relates to your emotional and nurturing side. The sign the Moon is in can offer insight about how you may be inclined to respond when you’re emotionally activated, and it also relates to the tone and qualities of how you need to be nurtured and/or to nurture others. On December 19th, the Full Moon will be in its natural rulership of Cancer and, tears or no tears, you may find yourself more emotional and noticing your feelings are having an easier time flowing out of you. This Full Moon in Cancer can also find you feeling more sensitive around a need to be nurtured. If you’re feeling a lack of emotional nurturance, this can stir up more sensitive feelings. Take care of your emotional body under this Cancer Moon. Do your best to be present with anything that comes up for you. Feel your feels. As humans, we need to allow our emotions to move through our bodies. If you push emotions away or stuff them down over a longer period of time, they can eventually manifest as physical health issues. The Full Moon in Cancer can bring you an opportunity to take care of your emotional body. Meditate with the Moon, light a candle, move and open your body, gather with your special friends, gather with yourself, dance in the moonlight. When the Moon is fully illuminated, it is reflecting the most sunlight of its monthly round. During this time, your emotional body may shine forth more clearly the truth of what is going on inside of you, even subconsciously. It is commonly known that Full moons can bring out all sorts of energy, which is why hospital workers, for example, can attest to a “wilder ER” when the Moon is full in terms of the energy of the people coming in seeking care. I’ve definitely observed this phenomenon in my 18 year run of working as an RN in the hospital. If you find yourself in a state of emotional openness and vulnerability, allow this time to witness the roots of your feelings. Keep looking into your own sweet and complex brew of moonlit emotions and let the Full moonlight keep moving through you until you can shine back more self-love and compassion. Tomorrow you can wake up by the clear light of day and see if your lunacy brings real value or wisdom. Winter Solstice December 21, 2021 This is the longest night and shortest day of the year. It is the turning point in the year when darkness has reached its maximum and the light begins to grow again. Although this is one day, the spirit of Winter Solstice is present throughout the December holiday season, as you welcome the return of the light during the darkest days of the year. There is a special energy of connection and renewal available throughout this season where you can bring in so much light into your spirit at this festive time. Winter Solstice falls on a particular day of the year, usually December 21st. On this day, there is a specific time when the sun reaches the Solstice Point in the sky at 0° Capricorn. This is when astrologers say, "The Sun enters Capricorn”. It’s worth noticing the true moment of Solstice can occur at any time of day. This year, if you’re in the West Coast time zone (PST), Solstice will occur right at sunrise (7:59 AM) with the Sun entering Capricorn right on the eastern horizon at dawn. In astrology, we call this point on the eastern horizon, the Ascendant, or Rising Sign. A Sunrise Solstice feels note-worthy as we are pivoting towards the growing light. A Sunrise Solstice brings a unique signature of personal renewal. As the growing light of the year aligns with the Rising Sign, you are encouraged by the powers that be to amplify your personal inner sunrise. “This little light of mine ~ I’m gonna let it shine.” Let it Shine! Moon in Cancer Opposing Pluto in Capricorn December 21st The Winter Solstice occurring on December 21st also aligns with a waning Cancer Moon opposing Pluto in Capricorn, allowing for strong feelings to emerge. This can be empowering if you are able to connect with your deepest emotional truths. If there’s underlying emotional energy that needs to come to light… this is a time to tune in and create an open pathway of integration. Pluto can help us transform and heal what comes up so we can approach life from a more present time-space reality. Carve out some personal time on the 21st, during the Winter Solstice, and see what’s wanting to emerge amidst the growing light. Light a candle…create a ritual…build a bonfire…dance alone …gather with your friends and loved ones. Connect! Venus conjunct Pluto in Capricorn Dec 4-31st - Strongest on 11th - 14th and 25th - 26th I wrote a big section on this in my previous blog from Dec. 1-15th. Click below to re-cap here to learn about Venus joining up with Pluto, which is ongoing all month long and will be coming in strong again on December 25th and 26th! Venus Retrograde December 19th - Jan 28th Every 18 months, Venus - the planet of love - relationships - and money, goes retrograde for a little more than a month. Just like any planet in retrograde, the outward expression of the planet is harder to access in a smooth way. With Venus, it signifies a time to bring caution in starting new relationships or making big moves with spending money during this retrograde period. The wind in the sails of Venus is at a low ebb. It’s a good time to love yourself and your present situation and not try to make bold moves in the realms of love and money. It’s interesting timing for this retrograde in the latter half of December, as this is a big month where there’s more spending, gift-giving, and gatherings. The holidays can also be a trigger time relating to the things that aren’t feeling connected in your life in love and family. This can stir up emotions more dramatically this season as Venus is also merging its energies with Pluto all month. If emotions are stirred, then it’s a time to reevaluate the recent experiences of your Heart-field and metabolize the lessons you have been called to learn. It can be a time for going deep, feeling the feels in order to heal past emotional hurts, and re-emerge out into wholeness within yourself. Likewise with finances, with retrograde Venus, it’s a good time to pause, and not spend more than you really want to in some blissful spree of euphoric holiday extravagance. As with retrogrades, the energies are not as clear and there may be financial regrets later, when Venus gets out of retrograde, after January 28th. Saturn Square Uranus December 2nd - 31st Strongest on 24th through 29th This is the 3rd and last time this year for this square to happen, and this 3rd occurrence may finally bring resolution to some things that have been trying to shift throughout this year, personally and collectively. Recall, what were the big processes, life changes, or transformations that began for you back in February of 2021. You might even go over your calendar or photo library to remind you. The energies that were initiated, and on the move, at that time are finally going to come to a place of feeling mostly complete. The new things that have been on the horizon all year are finally here. I do see ahead into the fall of 2022 that there will be one more occurrence of this square between Saturn and Uranus. Therefore, whatever does feel like you came into completion by the end of this month, will have one more go-around of getting even more complete next Fall. Saturn and Uranus are slow moving planets. Saturn brings structure and stability, Uranus brings change and evolution. These two at a square bring a tension between these forces, slowly over months and seasons, pushing us to evolve and develop new stable structures. These long planetary transits are catalysts for collective transformation of humanity and individual personal growth . Think about a process in your life that’s taken many months to unfold and see how it finally seems to be moving towards clarity or resolution. This is likely following the rhythms of this Uranian/Saturn Square cycle. To get more insight on the Saturn/Uranus square, click on the links below to read my previous blogs, from both February and June of 2021 as this square first happened in February, and then again in June. This last square of the year happening this month brings a year-long process to a new place. Be with the energies of December’s promise of renewal - so much transformation is possible! Let the Cancer Full Moon’s emotional opening and the dynamic tension between Venus and Pluto allow your feelings to unfold in truth. Let the Winter solstice renew you! Northwest Astrologer is here for you! With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these uncertain times. ~ SCHEDULE A HOLIDAY READING! ~ HOLIDAY GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE! This December there’s powerful dynamic energy going on as Venus aligns with Pluto forming a conjunction. Your Inner Goddess of Love (Venus), and the Inner Sovereign of your Underworld (Pluto) have to get right with each other. When the pure light of Love shines, anything in your heart-field that is other than pure love . . . casts a shadow. This December calls you to do the inner work of recognizing whatever dwells in your heart-field and is unexpressed, or buried in your Underworld . . . and to find an authentic way to let your light of loving awareness shine through the very things that seem too weighty and dark to bring to light. New Moon + Total Solar Eclipse Dec 4th December also starts off with a New Moon and Total Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius occurring on December 4th. An eclipse of the sun occurs on New Moons when the Moon passes in front of the Sun and covers the Sun’s disk from our point of view (sometimes totally, other times partially). New Moons alone are like a reboot for our internal life force and life processes. Adding in the eclipse, gives more energy and power to this New Moon cycle. We can never really predict what will happen for you when an eclipse occurs, however, looking at where this eclipse is occurring in your birth astrology chart can give you more information and what house and area of your life the eclipse might have its effects. Sometimes it brings clarity for New Beginnings and or other times it can force the energy of a necessary ending. The energy of the eclipse may not necessarily happen all in a moment on the day. This December's New Moon + Total Solar Eclipse is occurring at 12 degrees Sagittarius. I recommend taking some personal time on Dec 3 and 4th with this Sagittarius New Moon Solar Eclipse and reflect on where you’ve been in the last month (since the last new moon). Notice what’s transforming into new beginnings for you, what new truths (Sagittarius) are coming in for yourself? What needs to shift for you to come more fully in alignment with this? This eclipse will be visible over Antarctica; the effects are global. The time of the Eclipse begins on Dec 3rd at 9:29 PM PST with maximum coverage at 11:33 PM PST and ends on Dec 4th at 1:37 AM PST. Venus conjunct Pluto in Capricorn Dec 4-31st Strongest on 11th - 14th When Pluto and Venus come together, through most of December and beginning with the Solar Eclipse on the 4th, relationships may intensify with an opportunity to transform them to new levels. If there’s healing that needs to happen or a possible inevitable ending - December may bring this energy to light. Venus influences the aspects of life that have to do with relationships and love, a sense of beauty and aesthetics, and the flow of resources and money. There’s a welcoming softness to Venus energy that brings forth feelings of warmth and connection with others. Pluto’s presence intensifies energy and offers deep levels of transformation to whatever aspects of our lives it touches. If there are unresolved situations from the past or something buried in your subconscious, Pluto has a powerful and insistent way of bringing those things up to the surface to be looked at and dealt with. These hidden things in your psyche may be difficult to see, which can account for why Pluto’s energy can also feel dramatic and intense, but ultimately... Pluto’s challenges can help you come into a new refreshed place once you’ve made your way through it. The important piece for this process is that these things have an opportunity to be worked through, healed, and transformed so they can no longer have an unconscious hold over you. Venus + Pluto may also get you focused on finances. If there’s anything you need to get real with, this is a good month to bring unconscious patterns around money habits to light. Look out for December 11-14th and 25th-26th, when Pluto and Venus will have their strongest point of joining up together this month. Northwest Astrologer is here for you! With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based upon your personal astrology birth chart and life situations. Contact me to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading to help you navigate your life in these uncertain times. ~ SCHEDULE A HOLIDAY READING! ~ GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE! As I am looking at the planetary movements of November I see a paradox between aspects of energy that are open and flowing and also layers that will likely be feeling blocked. The areas where you’ll most find flow and opportunity are with your relationships, especially intimate partnerships. The blocks that may show up are most likely related to feeling challenged by communications or pushing forth on breaking free from things/people/situations that have been holding you back as well as the things you’ve been restructuring in your life.
Not to fret, these things will eventually come around and be able to move along as they evolve in the right timing and flow. This November is a good month to remember - Everything in life needs to be blessed with time and patience for it to grow into exactly what it was meant to. Hold all your projects and processes with faith and patience, or this month might bring on edges of frustration and restlessness for you. Take a moment . . . breathe . . . if you start to run into too many obstacles . . . slow down and connect to the bigger picture. November 6th - 14th Mars and Mercury in Scorpio Square Saturn in Aquarius Strongest Nov 10/11th As Mars and Mercury join up together in Scorpio, they make a challenging aspect to Saturn. The combo of Mars and Mercury can add a flare of strong and direct communication to or from others that are then challenged by you or another. Saturn’s questioning voice of: “Are you sure this is the right way to think and go about this?” may feel frustrating. Almost like an authority figure coming in and challenging your thoughts and ideas. This may even be your own voice inside yourself challenging and questioning you. If this arises for you, maybe your first instinct will be to fight back and want to force your view even stronger. If so, this is where issues may arise. These conflicts (internal or external) are really helping you re-evaluate something for yourself. Take a moment, step back and see what all the options are. Maybe there is a better way. This process may feel like a block to progress, but ultimately it will help you make sure you’re moving about and communicating in the most effective way. Sometimes this may solely be about moving past fears - fears around saying the things you need to say and doing the things you want to be doing. Saturn can get us in touch with our deepest fears, so if you find this showing up for you in the first half of November, spend some time with it . . . Invite your fears in for a cup of tea! Recognize how they have been holding you back and what steps you need to take to move past them. November 13th - 22nd Mars in Scorpio opposes Uranus in Taurus Strongest on Nov 18th Mars is how you take action in your life, Uranus is the visionary, creating new pathways for freedom and self-expression. These planetary energies are opposing each other in November. You want to do things your way and others want to do things their way. How do you integrate the two ways and create a new and third way out of the situation? This is what is being asked of you during the second half of November. Your actions may be challenged by others and you may start to feel impatient and want to just break free and go your own way. This instinct could be dictated by an old habit of yourself that’s not really in alignment with who you are anymore. However, with Uranus active, new approaches are being shown to you. Allow this in. As you do, you’ll be tapping into new versions of self-expression that feel more enlivened, evolving, creative, and real. The challenge is to let the new parts in! Again, it takes time to integrate the new with the old and so patience really needs to be called upon here. November 14th - 25th (strongest Nov 20th), Venus Trine Uranus November 10th - December 11th, Venus Sextile Mars From Nov 10th to well into December, Venus (our relationship planet) will be making positive aspects with both Uranus and Mars. Uranus is the planet of sudden opportunities for freedom, newness, and excitement and Mars is our other relationship planet - packed with action-oriented courageousness that just goes for it. Therefore, as all the other challenges mentioned above that are going on in November, in the backdrop are these overarching relationship opportunities to move forward with your partnerships, creating new pathways of being together. Exciting times for new relationships and renewal and sparked growth in longer ones as well. November will be a time to freshen up, move out of old habits, and move forward with intention in our significant partnerships. With Venus in a harmonious aspect to Uranus it’s a great time to be spontaneous . . . surprise your partner or yourself with out of the ordinary, unexpected plans for doing new inspired projects or exploring new recreation and delights. This is especially true November 14 - 25. That’s an ideal time to set new intentions for relationships or playfully brainstorm ideas. Going forward until December 11, the sextile of Venus by Mars puts wind in your sails for action. It’s an especially good time to make good on those exciting new ideas for your relationships. October 1st - 4th
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AuthorLaura Allmacher RN, LAc, has been practicing in the field of medicine for over 20 years, dedicating most of this time to the healing arts and natural medicine. Along with a current acupuncture and Chinese medicine practice, Laura also provides professional astrology readings as a form of a guide to help bring timing, meaning and perspective to deeper life patterns and situations so one can make the most out of their incarnation. Archives
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