Four Moons Astrology- Donna Woodwell, Austin, Texas

• Jan. 31: Saturn square Pluto. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy #
• Jan. 30: Shhh… quiet day. “One’s action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be mere rushing on.” - D.H. Lawrence #
• Jan. 29: Full Moon in Leo conjunct Mars. “Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.” - Barbara Johnson #
• Jan. 28: “The authentic self is the soul made visible.” - Sarah Ban Breathnach #
• Jan. 27: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” - Seneca #
• Jan. 26: “Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.” - Rabindranath Tagore #

• Jan. 24: Sun trine Saturn. “Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.” - Rita Mae Brown #
• Jan. 22: “If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.” Jack Handy #
• Jan. 21:  Venus trine Saturn. “We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.” - Walter Anderson#
• Jan. 20:  “From stillness, rises potential. From potential, emerges possibility. From possibility, choice. And where there is choice, there is freedom.” - Gabrielle Goddard#
• Jan. 19: Sun enters Aquarius. “Man is free at the moment he wishes to be,” says Voltaire. Be still, reflect and choose. #
• Jan. 18: Venus enters Aquarius “The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” - Thucydides #

• Jan. 17: Jupiter enters Pisces. “Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.” - Jeremy Taylor #

Like the earth waiting beneath a blanket of snow, the world holds its breath as 2010 steals in silently.

With Mercury and Mars, planets of analyzing and action, still retrograde, early January is an excellent time to review the past year and make new plans for the new one.  If your resolutions are off to a sluggish start, try, try again when Saturn, planet of discipline, goes retrograde on January 13, and Mercury goes direct on January 15.

Last month’s Saturn-Pluto square still lingers in January, exact again at the end of the month.  Simplify your world by deciding what’s important to you, focusing your actions on those things, and letting go of the rest.  It’s an excellent time to detoxify your life on all levels – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

Tired of letting go? Just in time Jupiter enters its home sign of Pisces on January 17, bringing with it a much-needed dose of hope and a sense of possibility.  Mountains are always easier to climb when you allow yourself to be inspired by the view.  In the same way, letting go is always easier with hope in your heart.