posted June 21, 2008 10:30 AM
Hi ID ~I'm sorry to hear about the rough patch you're going thru. I don't have much in the way of astro-insights, except to say that I don't believe we have to be Victims of Transits -- there's always a way to cope proactively and positively with the energies we're enduring, we just have to figure out what that is 
"Fear of Loss" is one of the biggest ones out there, and one of the hardest to do battle with. I would guess Fear of Intimacy is up near the top too. Do you have any Sun/Pluto aspects (dislike of "losing control") ??
One thing I like to keep in mind with Pluto transits (as hard as it may be) is that Pluto is destroying what is NOT beneficial to your life-path, so that Saturn can build it better. I try to keep my thoughts on "I'm building it better than it was" rather than what is disappearing from my life.....
This is an interesting blog on fears..... http://gettingpastyourpast.wordpress.com/category/fear-of-loss/
Here's a forecast for this past week -- I daresy everyone is feeling somewhat unnerved.....
Weekly Weather June 16 2008
By Anne Ortelee
Another rocking and rolling week ahead as Mars in Leo continues to set off the rest of the planets in the Finger of God ~ bringing us consciousness about the next chapter of our life and moving us forward towards it. That big old Finger of God is pointing us in a brand new direction even as it releases a major chapter of our old life right before our very eyes! Think of Mars as setting off the legs of the Finger of God as well as aspecting Neptune and Chiron as emotional and impulse echoes to move you forward ~ a cosmic course correction of sorts.
Mercury stations to go direct and leaves his retrograde journey. Mercury will pass, for a third and final time, over the points that he’s been dancing on since May 11th. Remember Mercury is in charge of or talking to every planet in the sky by either rulership or dispositor. The purpose of the events and folks you’ve encountered on the retrograde are to get you lined up for your next phase in life. Pay attention. The heavens are working mighty hard to get you heading down your path with consciousness of your soul‘s purpose.
So as Mercury pauses, stops and turns direct, expect us or the significant parts of our lives to shift direction too. He’s in charge of communications so they will have some important messages for you around the 18th , 19th and 20th . Mercury will be travel over that same Gemini section until July 4 so pay attention until then! You may have more ghosts ~ or you will figure out what the ghosts who visited you were actually for. The Sun enters Cancer to begin a new season ~ SUMMER! Yeah! Watermelon, soft shell crab and corn on the cob season! And, the Sun casts a new Ingress chart for the next three months ~ describing what we can expect to discover between now and the end of September, as it enters Cancer on Friday.
Venus, too, enters a new sign, Cancer, and has a bunch of aspects as she begins to separate from the Sun and waltz behind him as he sets in the West each evening. She’s going to be less flirty and a bit more emotional and related when she settles into Cancer for four weeks after Wednesday.
Plus, right before Venus and the Sun enter Cancer, they have another face off with Pluto in Sagittarius to point out what last remnants you have to clean up from 1995 on to now before Pluto permanently enters Capricorn in November. You have to own your power when Pluto is involved ~ so open up the triangle situations so all participants are “in”, informed, interested and in the loop. Pluto gets his power by dividing and conquering through fear or exclusion. Refuse to be excluded. Open it up for all to see.
And there is a lovely Full Moon at 27 Sagittarius lighting up the heavens for all to see. Make sure to read the Full Moon column on this site Wednesday. And apologies for no Full Moon column last month on the Scorpio Moon. It is on the list to do!
Monday, Mars sets off Chiron so words and actions can be deeply wounding ~ Remember Chiron is at the outlet of the Finger of God, sitting on the North Node, right between Jupiter and Uranus and getting set off by proud, roaring Mars in Leo. So, while the angry words are, perhaps, true, (at least they are true words from YOUR perspective) they can have a deeper impact today than they might at other times. Remember, we are each evolving toward our new version of what we want in our life. Whatever irritates you today is tied to a part of you that is changing and evolving. Don’t judge it harshly. Take action consciously. Think about what you want in your life. What is in your future? Venus is dancing with Neptune so the clarity of your vision is perhaps not the best right now. Focus on the good parts. Focus on the love. Remember to separate the BEHAVIOR from the PERSON behaving badly. And, if YOU are in the mood to behave badly, understand that you, too, are evolving to your next chapter. We partner with what we want in our lives. What do you want? Moon in Sadge makes things accelerate rapidly. Be what you want ~ say to yourself “This is what I want to be” and start to “be” that. That whole journey of 1,000 miles starts with a step thing ~ take a step.
Tuesday, Chiron makes an aspect to Juno offering an opportunity to repair or remake the wounds from yesterday. Mercury is slowing down to his stop as he receives an aspect from the Moon in Sadge offering emotional clarity about what is going on in your world. Own your side of the story. Duality exists so we can see ~ if the entire world was either all light or all dark, we wouldn’t be able to see. The variations in the shading between light and dark are what let us see. Look at the variations. Own your side. You have a role in the story too.
Wednesday can either be VERY good or VERY bad. Or it can be a combo day ~ swinging between the two extremes. Venus is opposite Pluto ~ bringing up her story from January when she started this cycle with the Lord of the Underworld. Watch for the green eyed monster of jealousy rearing its head ~ it can seem to come out of no where. Its been burbling around for a while if you haven‘t or hadn‘t noticed it. Venus is opposite Pluto now so she’s more aware of it than she was in January. The Full Moon takes place on the degree that Venus joined with Pluto in January. Watch for “I did so much for you!” kind of energies as comments, reasons, justifications or sayings. Yes, that is true. And? Strings, especially hidden strings, are being pulled today to get you to do whatever. Open up the manipulations so all the parts are clear and clean. That makes this kind of energy easier to handle. My friend Llorraine, a brilliant psychic, talked about jealousy and how she makes it her mission to help folks pull it out into the open and own it. She told a story about being on a bus with a mom and a baby girl who was attracting the attention of all the bus riders. Llorraine could feel the mother’s soul tiredness, exhaustion combined with her jealousy, rising and building. (That is one of the hard parts of being a psychic in my opinion!) She gently leaned over to whisper “Are you jealous?” in a conspiratorial yet compassionate kind of way. The mother nodded, tears in her eyes. That jealousy dissolved almost as soon as it was owned, acknowledged and seen. We have such shame about those kinds of feelings. Yet we have them. They are part of us. Name your feelings today, even if you are a bit a shamed of them. They ARE your feelings. They only grow and get very ugly if you don’t own them, love them and claim them. Claim your feelings. Venus moving into Cancer will help you own those feelings of yours. Read the full moon column on this site for more information.
Thursday Mars sets off the Uranus leg of the Finger of God as Mercury stations to go direct. Another day of exposure and illumination. Mars in a harsh aspect to Uranus requires us to adjust physically to the changes before us. Moon in Capricorn helps us ground the energy even as we may feel a bit depressed. You may get shocking communications today ~ on some level you’ve known. On another, it is a shock. Hold the energy gently. All part of the transformation that is going on within you right now. Once something is identified, you can begin to work with it. Seems like just yesterday that you were naming your jealousy or shame or whatever. Now, you have an opportunity to work with it. This is YOUR side of the situation. Remember duality exists so we can see it as a mirror that is reflective to our own issues.
Friday the Sun repeats Venus‘ aspects from a few days ago. He opposes Pluto bringing illumination, light and clarity to the situations that have been unfolding over the past week. We are here to figure this life business out. We don‘t have it locked and loaded, 100% perfect ~ that is NOT the point of the journey. We are here to figure it out and show other people once we have figured it out. That is how we evolve as individuals and a species. Sun joins with Cancer to start a new season of growth.
Saturn’s day finds Venus and Saturn working together, very seriously, in an attempt to figure things out. It is a great day to be creative and work on expansive and visionary projects. Mars is opposite Neptune, setting off the Finger of God one more time ~ take action to follow that dream of yours. Another step in the journey of 1,000 miles. If you are exhausted from the week’s activities, take time to sit down and rest. Quiet is helpful. Music is helpful. Water is helpful. The desire to immerse yourself in drugs and alcohol may be high for our addicted friends so try to direct that excess Neptune energy constructively. Tears may be a major part of the energy. There’s been a lot of turbulent energy around the last few weeks so tears can help cleanse and clarify, even if they do make your face all funny looking and your nose puffy. Take time to nurture yourself today.
Sunday we start to move back into a more productive place. Moon in Aquarius offers us a meeting or opportunity to gather with our tribe or our friends for laughter and good food. There are stresses but nothing too major ~ just deal with the comment and let them not settle in. Things are provocative but not problematic. Minor annoyances. Are you going to let them ruin a perfectly good time? NOT! Look at the comments as tied to “their issues” and let them drip off, unnoticed or cared about.
Mundane: I was deeply saddened by journalist Tim Russert’s (May 7, 1950, Anne guess 12:25 pm, Buffalo, NY) early and untimely death on June 13, 2008 in the early afternoon while he was at work after a vacation with his family in Italy. Pluto entered Sagittarius for his final pass in the last degrees in the sign of publishing, public relations, the press and journalism later that day at 11:46 pm as Mars in Leo dove into the South Node setting off the Finger of God in the sky. The Finger in the sky vibrated the Finger found in Tim’s chart. Tim’s Finger has the Taurus Sun as the apex which received the square from the transiting Nodes and Mars. His Pluto in Leo received the conjunction from Mars and the South Node. Transiting Uranus opposed his Natal Mars in Virgo. Transiting Saturn in Virgo formed a second, fast moving, Finger of God in his natal chart to Venus, the ruler of his Taurus Sun and to his Moon in early Aquarius.
In the time since Pluto entered Sagittarius in 1995, we’ve seen the internet and the world wide web explode as new forms of communication and publishing as we watched our concept of how, who and where we get our news change and evolve right before our very eyes. How fitting that Mr. Russert’s death helps us remember what the finer qualities of Journalism and the News Media looks like. He died with his boots on, preparing for his show that educated us each and every week. Using his natal Hammer of Thor, he demonstrated how to hammer away to get to or at the truth. Godspeed, Mr. Russert, you will be deeply missed by me each and every Sunday.
A new BIRTH CERTIFICATE TIME of 7:24 pm for Barack Obama. It is actually posted on both his website and the dailykos.com to refute the Muslim rumors. Thank you Republicans! We have an accurate birth time! More on his chart after I’ve had a chance to look at it.
Iowa‘s floods, the Finger of God is active here with the levee breaking (Jupiter in Earth aspecting Uranus in Water) set off by that Mars in Leo on the South Node shooting into Neptune (more water) on the North Node. According to Marc Penfield and the State Historical Society, Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846, 10:03 am, Iowa City, Iowa. That Finger of God is laying right across it’s Ascendant/Descendant with transiting Mars in Leo on the Descendant and squaring the natal Moon in Taurus in the third house ~ removing entire neighborhoods of homes.
Hang in there,
Zala
Lindaland
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posted June 21, 2008 04:21 AM