Celestial Readings Astro Update-April 1 -8 2012

It’s appropriate that the hallowed April Fool’s day has several origins, none of which can be proven with any certainty…

Up until 1582, the Julian calendar celebrated New Year’s Day about April 1st, in accord with the European change of seasons to the warmer, planting days (around the vernal equinox). However, Pope Gregory XIII decided on a ‘new and improved’ calendar, replacing the Julian Calendar with his own, renaming it the ‘Gregorian’ calendar (no ego there…) and appointing the ‘New Year’ day to be January 1st. And so, in that year the Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, and Italians were ordered to consider this to be the ‘new’ New Year’s Day.

Apparently, most of the population felt the change was unacceptable and possibly idiotic, rejecting the idea… it seems nobody ‘warmed’ to the concept that the start of the New Year should be in the middle the winter… and so, most people continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1st, even though Pope Gregory was celebrating new Year’s Day of January 1st. Other people began to make fun of these ‘traditionalists’, and would send them on silly errands ~”fool’s errands” or would try to trick them into believing something false or altogether ridiculous…The French would actually try secretly attach a picture of a fish to the backs of unsuspecting people, apparently not unlike a ‘kick me’ kind of sign…

And then there’s the story about how the emperor, Constantine, in a moment of imperial humor, allowed his favorite court jester to rule the country as ‘legitimate king’ for an entire day, which happened to be April 1st. Because there was no trouble to speak of on that day (except for a few domestic disputes and a high-speed chariot chase) he was nearly elected to the Roman court as a nobleman (!) ~ except he was a VERY short person, and because of his deficit in height the Roman council decided no one would take him serious, even if they called him Constantine, The MOST HIGH.

Or I could be making all of that up! You see, in typical Maine tradition, ~there’s no tellin’, not knowin’ that’s fer sho-ah, Ay-uh. ~Any way, all of that foolishness aside, the spirit of the weekend is bound to be infectious in a most light-hearted way with an April Fool’s Day Moon in Leo! So, if you think someone is pulling your leg, they probably are!

The Grand Earth Trine that has been bestowing favor upon us for the past several weeks has seemingly ‘softened’ the effects of retrograde Mercury in Pisces and retrograde Mars in Virgo. Neither of these planets function very well in those signs. Mars, planet of energy and drive (ruler of Aries) has a thrust in Virgo that comes across as excessive worry, a ‘fuss-budget’ type of effect, so those of you who are under Virgo influence are feeling it as higher stress. Mercury in Pisces is both ‘fall’ and ‘detriment’, not a happy camper at all, for Mercury, ruler of the mental faculty, our ‘thinking cap’ ~so-to-speak~ is drowned in emotional Pisces, effectively removing logic and replacing it with highly charged emotional thinking. Need I say, this is NOT a time to make major decisions, especially if they are based in emotional response. The good news is, Mercury IS going direct in three days (Wednesday, April 4, 6:11 AM, EST).

This will feel like a ‘return-to-reason’ moment, since the Moon will be moving into Virgo on Tuesday, April 3, 9:53 AM, EST) …What a great day for those of you with Virgo influence (!) ~ all pieces falling back into place as they should, the emotional drama surrounding you (especially in the workplace) will ‘charge down’ ~which is good, since, many people do not interact well with others while under pressure, in the workplace. Emotions can run high under such influences (so don’t give your notice for at least a week (!) ~ until ~ww.celestialreadings.wordpress.com