July is the Month. 2014 turns on the events of July

Great Jupiter is changing signs, rolling into Leo just before the Sun moves into Leo. Sun and Jupiter are old icons together, interchangeable often as the power of god. the one head god, the god above all others. Jupiter is largest of the Planets, and is made of the same composition as is the Sun. My theory, based on the Greek one, is that Jupiter divided from the Sun in a mighty explosion, keeping all the force of the main star, but smaller. So it cooled, and receded ,and  more planets were thrown off as Jupiter hurtled away from the sun, spilling Saturn, (out of his forehead, came Athena, goddess of wisdom), then Mars, (who sprang, fully armed out of his thigh), then Venus, (out of his loins, she emerged from the foam of the sea).
      Astrologers watch Jupiter, as its orbit is a easy one to see in the night sky. It is the third largest object in our view, after the moon and Venus in brightness. Its orbit of 12 years around the sun (11.6) is an obvious historical time frame in which to observe changes. We are prone to count in decades, but the Jupiter cycle is slightly more accurate, in terms of human movement and enterprise. Nature follows it too, in agricultural and maritime highs and lows.
        So now, Jupiter leaves Cancer, sign of the home, and the soul, and motherhood and family. Jupiter moves into Leo, sign of the heart, the children, expression and love. Fire is the element here, and the behavior is dominating, demanding and relentless, like the Sun.
Jupter and the Sun are so close in July that their lights are merged. Big change is in the works, deep waves have sounded, and now the light will shine on all. Truth is the light, and glare will blind us.
These are big days, note the changes of July and you will know all about the rest of the year.

June has both a Friday the 13th And a Mercury Retrograde!! All Hell should be breaking loose in communications.

This one is just to annoying to ignore.
So! what is different about this little Mercury cycle that makes it worth talking about?
 Because it is rolling back over the USA ascendant in Gemini. The last time this happened, the year was 2001, the month was June, and we were thinking it was going to be a nasty attack on the North Atlantic coast by an enemy paid and equipped by  ourselves.  Well, that finally happened in September. 
 This time, we don't need planes and bombs and explosions to mess things up... because we have cyber wars. Mercury rules all our communication systems, all of them. The USA is especially fond of communications, as our lifestyles illustrate. So if an interruption in our ability to talk, message, and go online happens, what will we do? How will we react? Do those-who-mean-us-harm study our systems and our ways and methods? Yes, they do. And Yes, you need to update your passwords, your  banking  information.  You need firewalls, and security upgrades in everyway you know how.
And do it now, instead of finishing this blog.
Is there going to be a war? We dont have to fight, when so much can be damaged by juust a small planet doing a small detour on its natural rounds.
Notice our sanctions against the champion hackers and virus-makers, do you think they are pissed off? and losing money? Or is it just The Man, as usual, taking all the fun out of living, and the money away from the poor people.

The other blow June delivers is a perfect opposition between the Planet of WAR and the Planet of TECHNOLOGY.... MARS in Libra opposes URANUS in Aries. This uber-savage moment occurs on the 25th of June.  The mighty are in a group right now, a great cardinal square..... Pluto in Capricorn, opposite Jupiter, both square angled at the Mars- Uranus opposition. Mars, war and iron and steel, Uranus, change, revolution, electricity and aerospace, what a pair. Facing off in the signs of war and conflict. the signs of creation and civilization.
Then Jupiter and Pluto, the visible is Jupiter, welcomer to life, to adventure, to money and fortune, with hidden Pluto... the smasher of the atom, bringer of utter and complete change. He is both the gate and barrier to the worlds beyond this one.
So, if it were just Mercury
 we wouldn't mind so much. but all these other duos and quartets, are kind of lethal.
Anyway,  load your jumper cables, air up your tires, grease your knees, and oil your ankles, everything that can go wrong, always does on these little times of Mercury. Karmic? oh, not little ol Merc... just the payback of excess...and the balance of what really is worth talking about.


 And sorry bloggers, for the long silence in starwoman's news.
My shoulder hurts.