posted September 19, 2010 08:27 PM         

The Mighty Equinox

Dear Fellow Traveler:

What a year it's been. I am personally grateful to have astrology as a metric to understand history, and to see where it intersects with my own life trajectory. Some might say that I'm using astrology to force a measure of sensibility onto random events that really make no sense. But long before I had ever opened an ephemeris, I had read and loved these lines of T.S. Eliot, from the poem Burnt Norton: "We move above the moving tree / In light upon the figured leaf / And hear upon the sodden floor / Below, the boarhound and the boar / Pursue their pattern as before / But reconciled among the stars."

The September equinox of 1994, the crew of the shuttle orbiter Endeavour recorded this image of the Sun poised above the Earth's limb (where the curve of the earth meets the blackness of space).

All year long we've been living through astrology called a grand cross, taking place in the cardinal signs. As described in prior columns, this is made up of many different events, some of which are in the past (a series of Saturn-Pluto squares; a series of Saturn-Uranus oppositions) and some of which are currently unfolding (the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction; the Chiron-Neptune conjunction). This has brought the ever-escalating feeling of tension, drama and near-madness that some people are thriving on, that others are confused by and that others are simply being worn down by.

Kudos to anyone who has the courage to stand up and try something new, to experiment with manifesting a dream, or to make a decision based on something they authentically desire.

While we could say 'this too shall pass', that is only part of the point. Mostly, when we go through an extended spell of high-tension astrology like this (the current astrology is rooted in events of 2008, and extends well past 2012, so it counts for 'extended'), the alignments and what they represent leave us as changed people. It may be nice that what doesn't kill you leaves you stronger, but only after it's over. While you're in the midst of the changes and the challenges, you get to make up the story as you go a long. To the extent that you don't feel that way, you have the meta-challenge of shifting your perspective from that of passive to active participant in your own life.

We're about to go through another peak of energy during the next week. This is a fast set of moves, mainly by the Sun and the Moon, which activate, or precipitate, long-standing patterns in the slow-moving planets that make up the psychic backdrop. I'll go through both for you and give examples of how they might feel in both an individual and collective context.

Next week, the Libra equinox arrives on Sept. 23, simultaneously with a Full Moon in Aries. This is a combination of a solar event with a lunar event. Both involve the Aries Point, the intersection of the individual and the collective. Notice the tenor of the news. Notice the amazing extent of how the political rhetoric is going down everyone's pants. The party identified with supposedly small, unintrusive government seems more interested in private policy than public policy.

Christine O'Donnell addresses supporters after winning the Republican nomination for Senate in Delaware on Tuesday. She is one of five candidates currently running for Senate who opposes abortion even in the cases of rape and incest. She believes that masturbation is adultery and considers herself a "secondary virgin." When this kind of purity mentality is injected into political discourse, that has special meaning.

Here is where we need to put our finger on the pulse of our own responses and reactions. Is it in some way comforting to see someone rise to a position of national attention who has recently admitted in an interview that she would stop all unmarried people from having sex, even with themselves? If you think through what this would mean, brought to the level of national policy, what do you get? And why is this coming to the surface now? What is the feeling behind it?

Now once again we have the Aries Point back in the spotlight. It's been quite a year of this, and many of the major planets are in the process of ingressing cardinal signs, which emphasizes the phenomenon. The equinox, by definition, is an Aries Point event because the Sun opposes the first degree of Aries. The simultaneous Full Moon is occupying the first degree of Aries as well. We have the clue that something is up, something extra just out of the line of sight is brewing. This equinox-Full Moon is an impressive synchronicity: and it's a textbook example of the kind of astrology that shakes out things that have been building, accumulating and waiting in the cosmic wings. I am sincerely happy that Dick Cheney is not in power for this one.

In the days before this double jackpot, the late Virgo Sun opposes a rare event in late Pisces -- the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction. We've heard of this one, though we met it last June when it happened in Aries. When slow planets align in conjunctions, they typically meet three times in a little cluster. Jupiter and Uranus meet every 14 or so years. But these meetings come in unusual patterns. The current cluster of three started in early Aries and then is moving back to nearby Pisces. There hasn't been a Jupiter-Uranus conjunction there since 1334. This is happening when Jupiter is making a close pass to the Earth -- great for people with telescopes or even powerful binoculars.

Jupiter-Uranus in Pisces is some of the most creative, inventive, beautiful astrology anyone could dream up. Many brilliant ideas that manifest over the next decade will have their genesis in these weeks. I would love to know what is being invented and what patents are being filed. I would love to know who is meeting for the first time -- some of these encounters will result in collaborations that change the world. On one level this is a source of the madness and insanity in the political landscape: the ongoing invention of a fantasy world because the reality we've created is too painful. At the same time, there is an idea in there that works: the only thing that's going to get us out of the bind that we're in is creativity. Creativity, however, demands clarity. Looking to late Aquarius, we see that Chiron and Neptune are making a near-exact conjunction right now. That is about filtering out delusion and leaving the essence of an idea.

Here is where the Sun and Moon come in. The late Virgo Sun opposes the late Pisces conjunction between Sept. 21 and Sept. 22, shining some light on the whole circus, or sea of potential, that it represents. At the same time it makes a quincunx to the Chiron-Neptune conjunction, calling for a series of refinements and adjustments as part of the creative process. Then the equinox-Aries Full Moon comes on like a storm the next day, just after the Moon passes through late Pisces and turns Jupiter-Uranus into a triple conjunction. Does something happen? Well, this Full Moon represents a peak of tension and then a sudden release. We don't get a lot of those lately; more often it seems the tension just builds like a thunderstorm that won't let go and rain.

Or is that who we are becoming? The times we're in demand that we hold it together. It's like we get to fall apart for an hour at a time, at best -- then we have to get back on the job. Adults who are managing to pay the bills and parents who manage to attend to their kids have a lot of responsibility on their hands, and everything seems so dire; so crucial.

There rarely seems to be a time to let go, to experiment with moving with the flow. Our relationship to time seems to be increasingly packed into a linear format, even as we hear of new dimensions opening up. For many, their day planner is packed tighter and tighter; everything is planned and there is no room for spontaneity. This is the thing we have to watch: our relationship to time and to potential. Basically, we need to exercise choice in every single moment, and at every opportunity we have.

The planets that are stretched out in this cross in or near the cardinal signs are bringing that tension into each and every one of our natal charts, which means our mental sensation of life. There is a feeling, perhaps in the background, not so distinct or identifiable, but a feeling. There is some sense of urgency implied, and it takes many forms. One of them is a sense of uncertainty about the future.

posted September 20, 2010 05:54 PM         

Crossing the T

By Len Wallick

This week we will experience a Libra equinox like no other. It will follow and take place in the midst of several planetary aspects, slow moving events that shape and guide the story of our lives.

The cumulative synchronicity of personal and political events promises to be climactic, complex and potentially overwhelming. At the least, for those who are attuned to the energy, it will be revitalizing and brimming with energy.

Events come on fast and in a surprising way: Uranus is involved. The vibe is friendly and protective, involving Jupiter and Pisces; if you ride this energy consciously, you will be able to come out on the creative side. This will involve taking some chances, one of which is feeling safe and another of which involves an idea.

We are coming off a weekend that featured the first conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces since 1334. Back then, the true orientation of our planet in relation to the Sun was not common knowledge — in the western world, at least. If there was anyone who did know they were keeping it on the down-low.

Consider that it was not until 1543 that Copernicus published his theory of heliocentric cosmology. That’s over two centuries after the previous Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Pisces. Add on another hundred years or so and we find a fellow by the name of Galileo was tried and convicted of heresy in 1632 simply because he supported the Copernican theory.

Consider that it has been only about 300 years since somebody, anybody, could say or write “the Earth orbits the Sun” without being placed under arrest or worse. Given the state of politics these days, it would not be out of line to ask how much longer that simple statement of fact will continue to be allowed. So, please, do not take this knowledge for granted. Remember it, hold it dear, pass it on and stand up for the truth.

The Earth orbits the Sun and, by definition, it completes one orbit in one year. In addition to that the Earth spins on its axis, like a top. One complete spin, by definition, is one day. The axis, in turn, is tilted. In the process of completing a single orbit, the orientation of the tilted axis continuously changes in relation to the Sun, forming a set of cycles. Those cycles are the seasons.

Please note, it is the orbit around the Sun that changes the orientation of the axis to the Sun. The tilt of the Earth is relatively constant, it does not flip back and forth like a fish. The axis does wobble, but this motion is subtle and slow, accounting for things like the North Star becoming a different star over thousands of years.

Each of the four seasons begins when the Earth reaches a point in its orbit where the tilt of the axis is at one of three extremes: when the North Pole of the axis is pointed as far away from the Sun as it will get; when the South Pole is pointed as far away as it will get and twice in between at the equinoxes, when the axis of our planet’s rotation is pointed neither towards nor away from the Sun.

When the Sun is shining directly above the equator (the line that divides the upper half of our globe from the lower half), the length of day and night are equal everywhere on the Earth. Equal, equator, equinox, that’s how those words fit together. Astrologically, the equinox we’re experiencing this week will take place when the Sun moves into the sign of Libra.

Libra is one of the four cardinal signs. The other equinox, when the Earth is on the other side of its orbit, is when the Sun moves into Aries. When the North Pole is pointed furthest away from Sol, that is the solstice when Capricorn begins. When the South pole is pointed as far away as it will get, it is the first day of Cancer.

Because the seasons are experienced by every resident of the planet, the first days of cardinal signs represent the intersection of personal and collective experience in astrology. This is especially true at the equinoxes when one of the most fundamental facts of life, the length of day and night, reminds us that we are equally in this existence together. The Earth is the only place where we can live. As it goes, so we all go. No matter how wealthy in material goods, no matter how powerful, no matter the gender nor the system of belief, as the Earth goes, so we all go.

That’s where the astrology of the cardinal points comes from. The personal becomes political and vice-versa. Over the last two years or so, four planets have crossed back and forth across three of those cardinal points where Libra, Aries and Capricorn begin. What Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto have in common besides this concurrent orientation is the fact that they take a long time to go around the Sun. As such, one complete orbit marks an era in history.

For Jupiter it is a decade, for Saturn three decades. Significant periods of time in a human life and also history. This makes these two planets trans-personal. In other words, bridging the personal and the political.

For Uranus one orbit around the Sun is over eight decades. No human being lives to see that cycle repeated twice. For Pluto, the orbital period is nearly two and a half centuries. These two planets, then, are decidedly historical.

The long time that these four planets held a common, cardinal point orientation implies that those of us living now are creating more than just our own personal futures. In our everyday lives of everyday choices it is our privilege and responsibility to create the future of our planet for decades and even centuries to come. That is what the cardinal T-square (which occasionally has become the cardinal cross) is interpreted to represent.

Now Saturn, long a crucial and focal participant in the T-square, is steadily moving deeper and deeper into Libra. As it does so, the influences it represents are gradually diminishing and the focus of cardinal point aspects is shifting to Uranus and Pluto. We are in the days of transition.

The Libra equinox this week is shaping up to represent a climactic point of that transition. First, and most obviously, the Sun will ingress Libra. That will take place Wednesday night or Thursday morning, depending on where you are. Beginning last weekend, and until the end of the week it will be covering the same territory covered by Saturn in its repeated process of aspecting Pluto three times and Uranus five times.

In other words, in the course of less than a week, Sol will reprise what Saturn did over nearly two years. It will oppose Uranus and Jupiter and square Pluto, even as it is positioned directly over the equator bringing us equal hours of day and night. If one is to grant credence to synchronicity, this period of time may well include personal and common experiences serving to reprise, condense and focus our recent individual and political histories.

As if that were not momentous enough, six hours after the Sun moves into Libra the Moon moves into Aries to oppose it. The first concept to grasp is that not every change of season is closely accompanied by a Full Moon. It is rare for the two events to take place at the same time. In astrology, rare is meaningful. As auspicious as this equinox is in reference to the cardinal T-square, Luna at the climax of her own cycle makes it exponentially more so.

Just as the Sun is retracing the steps of Saturn in the days before and after its ingress into Libra, the Full Moon will be covering the same ground previously and currently held by Jupiter and Uranus. Years into days, months into hours. Get the picture? This is concentrated stuff. It is the luminaries that, respectively, represent our conscious expressed ego and our unconscious, emotional selves bringing about the focus. And these two luminaries will be in opposition to each other in the very first degree of the two cardinal signs that represent equality of experience.

It is precisely that mutual position that gives us a clue as to how we may best handle the challenges this week seems to hold. Wherever you are, the length of your days and nights will be pretty much the same as anyone else. Whatever fears you have, you can bet that you have a lot of company. Whatever inspirations you have, you can feel motivated knowing that you are not the only one to glimpse a ray of light. Whatever form of faith you cling to you can feel comfort in the certainty that you have more in common with everyone else than you think. Whenever you find yourself diametrically opposed to another, you can know that there is a seed of common resolution.

We shall find these truths to be self-evident. Our planet orbits around the Sun. That we have reached a point of the orbit that implies our equal creation and equal destiny; that we are one in the co-creation of that destiny. May we bless each other as we would each have ourselves be blessed.

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posted September 21, 2010 01:23 PM         

By Len Wallick

In view of the impending Libra equinox, it would do well to restate our objective for the week: the Sun and Moon¡¯s components imply synchronicity, reiterating years into days, and months into hours. It is therefore important to break the event down into manageable pieces and not lose sight of the basics to avoid being overwhelmed. An historical perspective would be a good place to start.

Back on June 26 we had a strikingly similar event. In that case the lunar opposition followed the season change by about five days. Nevertheless, the Sun was still close enough to the cusp of Cancer so that the the Full Moon in Capricorn could be considered a full-on cardinal point event. Sol was conjunct Mercury, Luna was conjoined with Pluto and the opposing pairs were simultaneously square to Jupiter and Uranus in Aries and Saturn in late Virgo. Thus the cardinal T-Square became a cardinal grand cross in spades. And, as you recall, it was not just any old Full Moon along the Cancer-Capricorn axis, it was a lunar eclipse.

Some astrologers considered it the be-all, end-all, rootin¡¯ tootin¡¯ climax of the T-square. The response of yours truly was, not so fast, we have a ways to go. In all humility, events seem to have born that out. The ¡°all of us together/all at the same time¡± quality of the experience continued to ramp up. The sense of personal responsibility for our collective future has become more focused. Nevertheless, June 26 was a significant event and this week would be an appropriate time to look back on it to remember what worked for us and what didn¡¯t. That way we will know what to repeat and what to avoid.

Remember Mercury? Ah, it is a measure of how fast things are coming at us (or flying by us) to think that such a powerful retrograde should be off the astrological front pages already. Let us not forget. Especially because Old Fleet Foot is still in the echo (or shadow) phase, re-tracing the same part of Virgo for the third time. One of the most powerful elements of the retrograde in Virgo was the fact that it brought Mercury into a tense relationship with some extraordinary objects and points in the sign of Sagittarius. For today that means a third encounter with the centaur planets Hylonome and Pholus.

Centaur planets are relatively new to astrology. However, the combination of the mythology and the astronomy have contributed to an emerging definition. That being an association with what has been called shadow material: the residue of unresolved trauma from the past, carried forward and integrated into the perception of present-day people, places and situations. Having Mercury in tension with a centaur planet three times in four weeks can be stressful. It can also be a rare opportunity be proactive and actually do something about the tension other than just wait it out. Make that two in one day and it might help to sort it out just a bit first.
The first aspect is with Hylonome, the second with Pholus. They bookend Mercury¡¯s day. Given that they were both discovered in the 1990¡äs, your reporter is more inclined to use the discovery chart rather than the namesake mythology. One is compelled to mention, however, that the centaurs after whom these two bodies were named were exceptions to the rule. Hylonome was a female and Pholus was an intellectual.
As with many minor planets, both were in the neighborhood of opposing the Sun when discovered because, logically enough, that¡¯s when it¡¯s easiest for us to see them. But it is the placement of Mercury itself that provides the most interesting contrast. The discovery chart of Hylonome features a tight, to-the-degree conjunction of Mercury and the Moon, whereas the natal chart for Pholus finds Mercury conjoined with Mars.
Traveling between the bookends for the third time today, this phase of Mercury¡¯s journey implies going back to the origin of a polarity; one between receptive and creative aspects of being an exception to the rule. All of us have been on the outside looking in at one time or the other. It has left us feeling that we can¡¯t be ourselves without being left out. On the other hand it may have caused us to stand out in a rewarding way.

Taking place a day before an exceptional opposition of the luminaries, this segue could provide perspective. In order to do so however, we will need to pay attention and be conscious of how our perception evolves from the beginning of the day to the end, and form a parallax from that. It¡¯s deep background, but the effort could be rewarded by a feeling akin to finding a missing piece you had given up on locating. That piece could very well be a form of action that can get a long-riding monkey off your back once and for all.

Speaking of deep background, Venus and Mars have been together in Scorpio for just one week and already that ambivalent association is making itself felt. Here and there it has been popping up. You know it when you see it but you are not sure how. Like a familiar face on a stranger. Like a deeper connection that you could not have accepted previously. Keep an eye out. Collect the impressions as they come in. Start adding things up. These two planets will be a crucial part of the cardinal point transition phase. But right now, just trust your instincts; you¡¯ll be glad you did.

And instinct is what Luna joining the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction is all about. Today is the Moon¡¯s first full day in Pisces so it really begins now and continues through Thursday. It has been far too many centuries for this potent triple conjunction to be a part of any conscious, functional memory, so intuition is what we are left with. There is something about this that transcends any limit or boundary. It¡¯s also something like jumping off a boat in the middle of the ocean in the dark. That implied quality of the experience is very much like the astrologically-implied quality of our future: determined by our intent, subject to our creativity, the province of faith, the terror of freedom.

Ready or not, a new season is upon us, literally and figuratively. It seems like more than a year and indeed it is if one considers this to be an equinox compounded ¡ª when the all of us together becomes the all of us equally together. When the everything at once expands to anything at once. This is when the conduct of relationships becomes more complex just as we have become aware of how crucial they are. Our perception will require the balance of discretion, and our broad reactions will need to evolve into subtle responses. We may feel as though we have reached the bridge we cannot cross. We will find that indeed we can, if we do it together.

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posted September 21, 2010 01:26 PM         

Today is the first of a three-day equinox. The Sun does not reach Libra till late Wednesday in EDT, when there is a nearly simultaneous Full Moon (early Thursday), but today, the Sun makes an opposition to two planets that are in a rare conjunction — Jupiter and Uranus. Len has been doing an admirable job of explaining the exact astronomy; I’m here to convey some of the energy, so this doesn’t take you by surprise. When you see Uranus in any planetary alignment, that’s the element to prepare for, or better, make good use of.

On one side of the zodiac we have this rare energy burst coming from Pisces. It’s late Pisces, indeed, the next-to-last degree of the entire 360; the end of the last sign. On the other side we have the Sun in Virgo, which by the way is not necessarily that receptive to the energy, but sends this message that it ‘needs’ to be shaken up and woken up. Before its too late. Passively; help me pay attention! Check in with yourself and see if that’s not the position you’re taking.

In between is the Earth, in maximum tension mode. You know, dangling like a pea in the midst of the Sun on the one side (lots of solar energy) and Jupiter and Uranus on the other (lots and lots of planetary energy). There is something here of the feeling of an unresolvable polarity; of needing to stretch across a contradiction; of having two concepts of who you are. Remember — Saturn in early Libra is still opposite Jupiter and Uranus. It’s not exactly opposite, but it’s close enough to be adding tension.

What then happens is that the Sun reaches the first degree of Libra, which is technically the moment of the equinox, the Moon sweeps into the alignment and opposes the Sun. That is the Aries Full Moon. This event has an “out of nowhere” feeling. It could shake up the news; it’s a big day (news wise) in any event: some of the most important provisions of the health care reform act go into effect that day. The Republicans come out with their new, improved plan to lead the nation (yay!).

Virginia plans to execute its first female prisoner since 1912. The Bible down there must leave out the “thou shalt not kill” part.

But there’s more than this in the wings. I cannot tell you what, exactly; but I know it’s there. Today, the thing to remember is — keep your focus, take it as easy as you can, and focus on modest goals while keeping your mind on your real goal. Keep that sense of perspective, of the great challenges and the small ones; your immediate desires and your highest dreams.

It’s not a matter of one or the other right now — it’s about seeing your life in context, and in perspective.

Please let me know what develops these days.

posted September 21, 2010 01:36 PM         

I am actually looking forward to that.

Transiting Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in my 7th

Raymond

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No..I am not a Virgo.

posted September 22, 2010 04:15 PM         

TRsaturn ruling my IC is exact cj my ASC
TR Moon is exact oppose my nMoon 8th
TR JUP/RUles 3rd & Uranus/rules 5th are cj my Ventura/Abundantia near DSC

hmmmm i would love to become suddently and luckily blessed and "abundant" tomorrow!

posted September 23, 2010 01:19 PM         

By the time you read this, old Sol will have both feet in Libra and the full opposition of the luminaries will have passed. This places us solidly into the transitional phase of what we have repeatedly referred to as the cardinal T-square. This is not to say that the astrology has changed overnight.

Gradually, however, some components of a long standing pattern have been changing their relationship to the rest. We are now at a point where we can begin referring to at least one of those elements in the past tense.

Go back to our little drill of drawing a circle, divided into four equal segments by a cross. Remember that? The cross in the circle is a simplified zodiac. Each line in the cross represents the beginning of a cardinal sign, a new season. Thus the circle is divided into four parts, one for each season. One line for the beginning of Aries, one for Cancer, one for Libra and one for Capricorn.

Our simplified diagram illustrated the relationship between cardinal signs. Each of the four points where the cross intersects the circle are either opposed to or at right angle to any of the other three. For a long time now we have envisioned four planets occupying three of those points.

Hence the shape of the letter “T” lent its name to the interpretation of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto relative to each other. This has been our template through which we have filtered and interpreted the cycles of our solar system and the relationship of those cycles to events in our individual and collective lives.

How far away from one of those three cardinal points must a planet move before the template of the “T” is no longer considered useful? That’s a good question. As is usually the case with astrology, the answer is a matter of individual interpretation. Your faithful servant feels that for Saturn the time has now come. The reasoning is based on three observations.

First, Saturn has completed a defining process of moving back and forth across the line between Virgo and Libra three times. By contrast, Jupiter and Uranus have passed the Aries point but twice, their third crossing will be next year. Only Pluto has duplicated Saturn’s hat trick, having completed the Sagittarius-to-Capricorn trifecta back in 2008.

Next, two things in turn distinguish Saturn from Pluto. Because of a smaller orbit, the ringed one has a faster apparent motion. Also, Saturn spends less time in retrograde. As result, after two months Saturn is now twice as far into Libra as compared to Pluto’s current position after two years.

Finally — and this is where your curmudgeon correspondent is reaching way down into his intuition — Saturn has now reached the point of squaring the lunar nodes in the cardinal signs Capricorn and Cancer.

What? You may ask, what does that have to do with anything? Well, please breathe it in and hold on to it for a moment. There is some madness in the method that just might appeal to you. The lunar nodes have long reminded yours truly of Ginger Rogers. She’s the extraordinary human being who duplicated every step of that great dancer, Fred Astaire, spontaneously, in real time, backwards and in high heels. Think about that. It’s sort of like sustaining a relationship. Responding to your partner on the fly while staying balanced and in harmony.

Sure, each node has its own identity. The North node is the point where the orbit of the Moon rises above the solar ecliptic. Thus it is physiologically associated with the head and temporally linked with opportunities the future presents. Conversely, the South node is where Luna’s orbit intersects the ecliptic on its way below. Thus the association with a physical tail and with the synchronized consequences of past events. But most of all, they are inseparable, doing their retrograde dance around the zodiac. Perpetually in opposition, a single entity. A community of two.

It is from the lunar nodes that we derive our deepest and most sophisticated interpretations of the astrological aspect known as an opposition. And it is that aspect which has linked the nodes to the cardinal point events that have dominated the astrology over the last two years. And now it’s more than just that theme.

The synchronous fact that the the nodes just happen to be traversing the opposing cardinal signs of Cancer and Capricorn has finally come a cropper. It’s been over a year since they came in the back door and slowly approached the inevitable and signifying encounter that a conjunction, square or opposition would represent. Saturn is the first one to make it far enough in from the front entrance. From this perch, that’s the clincher.

Gotta blow the whistle some time. Gotta draw the line someplace. Dagnabbit, this old dude is gonna stick his grizzled neck out and call them as he sees them. If you don’t agree, pass the hat and raise enough to send me to astrology school in Wales.

Saturn is now in the house and out of the T-square. The original fellowship of outer planets has been broken. It’s been a good run for the lord of rings. Opposing Uranus to start the whole thing off with a bang. Do you remember how it felt the night we learned President Obama had been elected? Squaring Pluto while Uranus was still wet behind the ears in Pisces. Do you recall how dark last Halloween felt? Month after month, it was the handle of the bucket, holding sky’s tension. And so it’s fitting that Saturn should be the first one to take its shoes off and get comfy. It’s home, in its sign of exaltation — in Libra where it is an honored guest..

Now, there are some other things going on today for sure. Ceres, formerly main belt asteroid, now dwarf planet, has reached a position to fuel and stoke the consciousness-raising conjunction of Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius. Mercury, still in its echo phase for another week, is staring down the barrel of the Great Attractor for the third time in a month. Those are auspicious things, no doubt. But hey, Saturn is home, let’s turn off the TV, put on the coffee and give it a warm welcome.

Next week we grab a bull by the horns.

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