“I fear, too early: for my mind misgives 
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars 
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But He, that hath the steerage of my course,
Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen!
Shakespeare’s Romeo in Romeo and Juliet [I.iv.106-13]

Personal complaint: this week illustrates the problem with assigning an absolute number to when the signs change. The Sun moves into Aquarius on January 21st while Mars goes Retrograde in Virgo on the 25, at 23, +/-, your mileage may vary, see fine print for details.

Aquarius: There is “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars,” as Romeo would intone. With that speech, it’s at the end of that scene, Romeo sets forth on what will be his doom. As we get ready for Mr. Mars to turn backwards, I’m reminded of a flood, some years back. High water in the Colorado River, a small portion of the bank eroded away and the neighbor’s trailer, its “foundation” began to sag.

Cinderblocks, just needed a board shoved under the tail end of the trailer to level everything up again. No big deal, not really. Just a shim, just wedged another board up under the trailer and it was level and secure again. Not my place, and that trailer park is now a condo high rise so the point doesn’t matter. The idea is that the Mars, in its position, relative to Aquarius, what it does is shake the foundation. That one was caused by a flood. I’ve also seen foundations sink and crack due to drought. Cause? Mars in apparent retrograde motion, up and coming. Solution? Adjust that foundation. Probably needed to level the Aquarius trailer, anyway.

Pisces: I’ve used the term, “Teflon,” to refer to Pisces as most stuff just doesn’t seem to stick. Problems, hurts, crap that sticks to other people? Slides right off that Pisces “no stick” coating. One girlfriend had a special brand of “patented, no-stick, micro-fiber, textured cookware,” which, true to its marketing hype, cooked better and stuck less. However, that stuff had to be washed by hand. I stuck the big fry pan in her dishwasher, and the results?
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