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Daniel Barris, an expert astrologer on Voice of the Angels.com phone psychic network tells us what’s up ahead astrologically for 2011.  To find out your personal 2011 forecast, private readings with Daniel are available. Click here.

A Solar Eclipse in the middle of Capricorn on January 4, 2011 officially initiates the lunar cycles for 2011.  Those with natal planets near the middle degrees of Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and Libra may experience new beginnings under this first New Moon and Solar Eclipse of 2011. All of the planets and Chiron begin the new year in direct motion, and the first planet to turn retrograde will be Saturn on January 25th-26th.

Expansive Jupiter begins 2011 with a close conjunction to Uranus in Pisces then quickly lends its gravitas to January’s theme of new beginnings when it enters the pioneering sign of Aries on January 22nd.  Jupiter in Aries will square Pluto in Capricorn at 7 degrees on February 25^th which might just unleash some pent up energies. Jupiter will span the entire sign of Aries and the first 11 degrees of Taurus after entering Taurus on June 4^th before completing 2011 in the first degree of Taurus.

Transiting Saturn turns retrograde on January 25^th slowing down the pace of worldly events until it resumes direct movement on June 11th. Saturn will remain within a range of 10 to 28 degrees in the sign of Libra throughout 2011. One of Saturn’s most significant aspects during 2011 will be its opposition to Jupiter in Aries at 14 degrees on March 28^th.

Chiron completes its transit of Aquarius when it arrives in Pisces on February 28th, and resumes its partnership with Neptune after Neptune enters Pisces on April 4^th.  As Chiron and Neptune journey through mystical Pisces together, they will work in tandem to bridge the heavenly realms with our physical world and bodies. The combined influence of Chiron and Neptune in Pisces could bring a sort of “Twilight Zone” quality to our lives. The next few years are a good period to note where the sign of Pisces is located in our natal charts and any natal planets that might be influenced by transiting Chiron and Neptune.

Uranus will reenter the sign of Aries on March 11th where it will reside for the rest of 2011 including its retrograde on July 9^th and station direct on December 10^th.  The combination of both Jupiter and Uranus transiting in Aries during 2011 could produce some unexpected innovations, and the pioneering of new methods for resolving current global issues.

Transformative Pluto stays within a narrow transit range of approximately 5 to 8 degrees of longitude in the sign of Capricorn throughout 2011.  Although Pluto’s annual range of longitude is narrow and its pace is slow, any aspects this transformative planet makes to natal or progressed planets in an individual chart can be quite significant.

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Sophia’s Garden is a 5 star advisor on Voice of the Angels.com Phone Psychic Network. Here she tells us about some of the history, meanings, and traditions regarding the winder solstice.

The Winter Solstice occurs on December 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM ET. At the Solstice we celebrate Yule, Yuletide and the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, with the correspondingly longest night. Yule is a solar festival, celebrated with fire and decorating trees, giving gifts, burning a Yule log, harvesting mistletoe and hanging evergreen boughs. After feasting, the tree is lighted and the Yule log is burned. A portion of the Yule log is saved to be used in next years lighting of the Yule log. This piece of the Yule log is kept throughout the year to protect the home.

The season’s colors are red and green. Holly is used as decoration for this festival, originally named for the dark underground Crone-goddess Holle, or Hel, from whose womb the sun arose. The red berry symbolized the Goddess’ holy blood, shaper of all life, according to the oldest beliefs. The evergreen leaves of the holly represent ongoing life, retaining vitality through the winter, with an implied promise of immortality.

The Winter Solstice has long been associated with the birth of a “Divine child or King” long before the rise of Christianity. Since the Sun represents the male deity, this time is honored as the return of the sun god, where he is reborn of the Goddess. Yule represents a new beginning, assisting the newly born sun to grow in strength when it emerges from the dark womb of night. It is a time for reflection and celebration as we think about where we have been and anticipate the new Sun and its promise for increasing light, as the days start to slowly become longer and warmer.

The theme for Yule, is re-birth, with emphasis on the divine birth-giver rather than the one born, as in the Christian revision. The birth-giver is Hel, or the Dark Goddess, also known as Mother Night, Hecate, Myrrha, Cerridwen, Cybele-Nana, Black Demeter and many other names.

Savior cults, such as of those of Jesus, Mithras and Attis, use this traditional birth season for their heroes and dying-resurrecting “god men.”  In ancient cultures, they celebrated the birth of a divine child at this time, nine months after the god’s death and re-conception (resurrection) at the Spring Equinox.

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