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Here is the profile of this Pisces New Moon as created by our astrologer/ shaman Jackie Harvey:

New Moon – February 24, 2009

Sun & Moon at 6 Pisces 35' - resonates with 7^th degree of Pisces:

The Sun and Moon make very few aspects which places them as what we call "transcendental" planets. That means that they being less encumbered through aspect with other planets have a potential for ‘freer’ expression.

The only aspects they make are the quincunx to the South Node and a sextile to Pluto while Pluto forms a quincunx to the South Node as well. This configuration is called a Yod–the Finger of God pointing. In addition, there is a very powerful opposition back from the South Node to the North Node, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Chiron, and Neptune. This is called an "Arrow Yod."

The 7^th degree of Pisces has certain meanings that I think you will easily be able to identify with in our present timeframe. The downfall of this degree is called ‘gluttony and secret greed.’ I can see how the South Node in Leo could point to these excesses. Almost daily, we are hearing about corporate greed or even individual greed to a scale that is staggering.

Just today on "Democracy Now" two judges in Pennsylvania were indicted for having secretly taken kickbacks from penal institutions for sentencing juveniles to their facilities. They had taken over $2.6 million from these institutions. They sent over 5,000 juveniles with no legal representation away after a 90-second court appearance with the judge and often for doing nothing criminal. The only reason for focusing on this is that this Piscean degree calls for us to look clearly and with great compassion at just ‘what’ has taken place and begs us make restitution and amends.

On a high level, this degree gives understanding of what is ‘pure and chaste.’ There is a reverence for the beauty of nature. This degree vibrates to color, poetry, music, and mystical things.

One needs to learn how to ‘mirror’ all forms of creation as does a pearl. Through good will, one will have the energy to inject creative material with new potential and harmony. This is a ‘healing’ degree.

There is a ‘mysterious’ edge to this degree–where vast hidden worlds are yet to be revealed. There needs to be total dedication of heart, soul, and body.

We must consider the opposite degree in Virgo to find and strike a balance. In the negative, this represents people who seldom get a taste of happiness, a tender word, or loving smile. Their background is misery with difficult life experiences such as extreme poverty where they may have to beg for spiritual or material food. They experience repeated setbacks until any arrogance they have is conquered. This 7^th degree of Virgo is one of heavy karma–old experiences must be abandoned by these people.

In the positive, one learns humility and abandonment of selfish pretension. At a higher level, when a human being has sacrificed everything laughter comes, there is collective protection. One can decide to be happy in whatever circumstances.

The "heart" needed to be "pierced." It takes a ‘forceful’ energy to do so. To be ‘forceful’ musically requires a different kind of energy and intent. We cannot ‘restore balance’ without a ‘breaking through energetic.’ Things need to be revealed so true healing can begin.

Where does the gluttony of our nation come from? Perhaps, it comes from people being ‘spiritually and morally impoverished.’ Can we even wonder that we’re so far off track when we must have conversations about whether ‘torture’ is legal or moral? I mean, it’s like we’re living inside an insane asylum or the people who have presided over this mess should be locked up in one.

Everyday we hear about the excesses of Wall Street even after they received the bailout money. I don’t know what a ‘wake up call’ for the nation and world would look like; but we sure could use one right now.

The meanings for the Pisces New Moon degree and the opposite Virgo degree are excerpted from the "Zodiac Image Handbook–Mutable Signs" 

Sun and Moon sextile Pluto is the base of the Yod. This is the ‘Spirit and Soul’ in an opportunity aspect with what we might think of as the ‘God of the Underworld.’ This is a very powerful aspect for the ‘right use’ of will power aimed and focused strongly on the South Node or ‘past behavior/destiny and all the people along that pathway.’

Since the South Node is in Leo this highlights both positively and negatively. Gluttony could be a negative Leo trait where one just can’t get enough. Generosity would be a positive Leo trait.

The point (South Node) acts like a boom-a-rang which goes to the opposite end where there are four planets (Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune) and the asteroid Chiron, and the North Node. This is a huge stellium (grouping) of planets to be at play in this configuration.

All six in this group are like super-glued together into an altered form. They cannot act alone or without one another.

Here’s what some of their themes when paired mean:

Mercury/Mars – making decisions, angry or aggressive words/-communications

Mercury/Neptune – imaginative and intuitive ideas and concepts

Mercury/Jupiter – a storyteller, a problem-solver, a writer

Mercury/North Node – meeting people easily, love of communication

Mercury/Chiron – talking about healing, wounding people verbally

Jupiter/North Node – adaptability or lack of, a teacher

Mars/Jupiter – creative, self-righteous, strong sense of right and wrong

Mars/Chiron – physical or energetic vulnerability, healing energetic

Mars/Neptune – inspired actions, paralyzed to act, feelings of inadequacy, possible dishonesty

Jupiter/Neptune – naive, extremely idealistic, seeks high spiritual states such as ecstacy/bliss, easily disappointed, allows self to become ‘conned’ or is the ‘con’

Jupiter/Chiron – a rainbow chaser

Neptune/Chiron – spiritual/faith healer, a spiritual fraud

Neptune/North Node – anti-social, reclusive, seeks retreats

Chiron/North Node – a healing destiny, a wounded destiny, breakthroughs needed to fulfil destiny.

You can see with all these themes that this is really meaty stuff. The real weight in on the boom-a-rang end of the opposition. Think of it as a see-saw where most of the weight is placed at one end which is relatively ‘hidden’ from view. What’s visible is the lighter side.

This configuration is actually pointing to a lot of unseen motives that are behind what you do see. What has been hidden needs to become visible and into the light of day in order to bring in any kind of balance.

Old, worn-out behavior is represented by the South Node. It represents the status quo. We need to get to the North Node on the ‘high side’ to restore our morals, raise our hopes, dream a new dream for our lives, reinvigorate our lives, choose to heal, let our inner visions come forward so we may breathe life into them, and proceed with the greatest integrity.

The lower side of these six we know all too well; it has everything to do with the mess we find ourselves in right now:

A world ripe with one ‘pyramid’ scheme after another taking in the gullible and those who believe in the lower side of ‘something for nothing.’

There all too many ‘spiritual seekers’ looking for a ‘messiah’ to lead them to their appointed destiny–rather than earn it themselves!

I’ll not spend any more time on listing their downfalls since I know you get the drift. To change or transform something, it all has to be made very ‘visible’ so that almost no one can ‘miss’ it. First, we have to ‘see’ it, then we need to ‘understand’ it, and lastly, we need to make our own internal changes to ensure it doesn’t keep repeating only in another insidious form.

What comes to mind are the words ‘smoke and mirrors.’ We must get rid of the Piscean ‘smoke or fog’ and take a good, long look in the mirror to ‘see’ just what we are displaying for others to see. We must also take a look at those around us and do the same because Neptune/Node suggests that some of those colorful characters we surround ourselves with may not be so good for us. They may have anti-social behavior, drug or dependency issues, or just even "Peter Pan" people who refuse to grow up and become responsible adults.

On the positive, the Sun/Moon/Pluto combination gives the will-power to tackle these serious issues. There will be lots of adjustments that need to be made. It’s kind of like Obama getting his big stimulus package signed. He did it; but there will be lots of ‘adjusting’ as to just how to make it all work out right! Faith, luck, or good will alone are just not enough. Everyone has to do his or her own part, and there needs to be lots of oversight and transparency.

Another thought about the word ‘breakthrough:’ there have been those who have demonstrated their ability to literally break glass by hitting a certain pitch with their voice such as Ella Fitzgerald. It could be that you fill find a sound capable of accomplishing this ‘breakthrough’ and recognize it immediately because of its piercing sound. In some way, you are trying to shift awareness in a dramatic way.

Amitayus Long Life Mantra