Welcome to Blue Moon
The Online Home of Astrologer Elaine Kalantarian
Welcome to Blue Moon Astrology!
Thanks for swinging by my little corner of the Web. You'll find a variety of astrology essays posted here, the most recent of which are listed below, the rest are referenced in the essays section.
I offer a variety of chart consultations: relationship, natal chart and shorter, economical single-focus readings. My readings are individualized, custom interpretations, not computer-generated reports and are prepared by me personally.
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In the Moon du Jour section below, you will find a new essay posted every 2½ days as the moon changes signs. Following the moon's sign, and the aspects it makes to other planets, allows us to better anticipate the emotional milieu, the prevailing atmosphere of the day. If you have a special interest in a particular area of astrology and would like to request an essay topic, I would love to hear from you!
Blue Moon Special: Mars Retrograde Readings Now Available!
For a limited time, I am offering a special chart reading on the 2012 Mars retrograde and how it impacts your personal chart. Included is a detailed, in-depth look at your natal Mars, and the promise this important astrological archetype represents in your life. Here's the link for more information..
The Moon du Jour — Heroic Aries
The Moon influences the emotional tone as it swiftly transits all 360 degrees of the zodiac each month, changing signs every 2½ days. Following the moon's sign, and the aspects it makes to other planets, allows us to better anticipate the emotional milieu, the prevailing atmosphere of the day. Tuning in this way enables us to develop a first-hand experience of each of the signs and how they impact us in different ways.
Athena's Owl
MARS STATIONS RETROGRADE IN VIRGO Jan. 23, 2012
This morning, as we were headed out the door to make the drive to the bus stop, I noticed my daughter had the camera with her. Since it was still pitch black outside, I suggested that she not bother with it, but she just shrugged and took it anyway. And it's a good thing she did, for just a few yards down our street, sitting calmly in the middle of the road, was a tiny owl. read more
Belonging THE AQUARIUS NEW MOON Jan. 22, 2012
At the beginning of my sophomore year of high school — when transiting Saturn was sitting right on top of my natal Cancer Moon — to my absolute amazement I was invited to join the cool girls' clique.
A coterie of eight or so of the super popular, the girls congregated each morning in the school library — not to study, but to be seen. The library functioned, in our open floor-plan school, as a main artery for students to cut from one side of the building to the other. So each morning, I joined them at their post in the second floor library, each of us fully preened and on alert for the cute boys to stroll by on their way to homeroom. And it was fun for a while until I learned of the group's other, darker purpose. read more
The Sun entered the fixed air sign of Aquarius on January 20th to stay until February 18th. When the mighty, life-giving Sun glides into unconventional Aquarius, we throw off the shackles of orthodox, hard-driving Capricorn, and can breathe a bit more freely. After all, not everything in life should be measured, dear Cap, by its potential commercial value. When the Sun is in Aquarius, we crave fresh air and fresh experience, and we begin to realize the best things in life are free, and the best thing in life IS freedom.
Iconoclastic Aquarius is the sign of the outcast and the entrepreneur — the mad scientist too. And when the Sun shines through this unique lens, we embark on a month-long "liberty leave," with a wonderfully wacky kind of "free to be you and me" tolerance in the air. Many of us are more than ready to ditch the tried-and-true for the new and the unusual — we want the weirdest flavor that Ben & Jerry can produce.
"Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to — or can't — join the Big Parade."
— Bette Midler
The fixed air sign of Aquarius sits opposite Sun-ruled, vital Leo, who oversees the joyful, heart-centered, and highly creative 5th house of the horoscope. Humanitarian Aquarius, on the other hand, is associated with the 11th house of groups and associates. So the balance between these two complementary signs is one of belonging without losing oneself in the process. read more
The icon at the top of this page is the glyph for asteroid 309-Fraternitas, a combination of Sun, Jupiter and the Earth, and symbolizes goodwill.
The charming primitive painting is from an old volume of Russian Fairy Tales, unfortunately I was unable to determine which tale it is from and the name of the illustrator.
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