posted October 18, 2011 02:45 AM
http://www.anneortelee.com/ An interpretive article on the meanings of the Planets and their weekly aspects.
October 16, 2011
Weekly Weather October 17, 2011
Weekly Weather October 17, 2011
As we move deeper into Fall here on the Northern Hemisphere, the leaves are starting to turn colors as the light steadily decreases each day. Last week, Mercury and Venus full committed to Fall by moving into the killing frost, let us end things sign of Scorpio. They announce that the growing season for the year is done! Finished. Kaput. Right before they shifted into Scorpio, they each trined Neptune in Aquarius to inquire about the nature of your dreams around your thoughts and communications and your love, money and desires. How well are you communicating what you want? How clear in your own mind are your thoughts? How clear are you about what you desire, love and seek?
Over the next week, the Sun will move into a trine with Neptune ~ offering each of our souls and our own chart’s Sun an air time to look at our own personal and life dreams. What IS your purpose on earth? What are YOU here to do? Your Sun tells the world that story. The rest of your chart works to support your path in the world as best the planets in your chart can help and support you.
That air trine between the Sun and Neptune makes this a FABULOUS week for each of us to ***** for our selves where we are. We will be able to assess deeply and clearly and without the usual judgment and name calling that we often use with ourselves. (Note: we would NEVER talk to our friends that way but we sure can beat up on ourselves!) To assess clearly, simply stay tuned in the moment. No worries or blame about the past ~ it is done. No fear of the future, it is still unformed. But the DREAM or VISION of the future is where you can spend some time this week
We have a Hammer of Thor forming this week with three of the “meaner” planets in the sky. Mars is the Handle of the Hammer. Mars sesquiquadrates Uranus on Monday and Pluto on Sunday as he moves from 16 to 20 Leo. While it is a “wide” hammer of 4 degrees, as Uranus and Pluto are separating from each other, it still counts as a major shift in energy. We can expect revelations and changes from August 2010 to solidify now. You might feel “hammered” this week ~ all to clarify your vision and understanding. The Hammer is descending to knock, in some cases literally, it others figuratively, out the structures that need to go. They need to leave your life.
Uranus and Pluto are change agents. Their arrival by transit means change is coming. The two are dancing in an action taking square with each other between now and 2016, causing revolutions and profound changes in many areas of our society and in our lives. We’ve already experienced the beginnings of the changes with the economic and structural issues affecting so many of our lives. Most folks are not thrilled with Uranus and Pluto transits as change is hard for folks. It brings up our security issues, our fears of not getting our needs met or our anxieties about what will happen to us.
When Mars in Leo forms a stressful but action must be taken aspect with them ~ like he does this week ~ you KNOW you are going to have to pick for your SOUL and your Ego’s purpose. What is GOOD FOR YOU? What does your soul want you to do. And, if you feel guilty, no worries. Own that guilt. But do NOT ACT from the guilt. Act from the place of wholeness and centeredness.
As my friend Llorraine says “We often feel guilty when we are being untrue to what our soul wants us to do.” Listen to your soul’s whispering this week. No doing something because you “should”, you “must”, you “always do”, or you “have to”. It is time for each of us to connect into the deeper parts of our being so we live in a more authentic and true to ourselves manner. We need to get busy doing what we are here to do in this life.
This past weekend, I taught a “learn astrology intensive” on Amelia Island. During the course of it, we worked on a mystery chart to develop our understanding of the chart without the person’s identity being revealed. The participants were asked to use “Key” words that described the person. As they said the key words, I wrote them on the white board. And, as I knew the identity of the person, I found myself editing their suggestions. Or putting question marks by the suggestions I knew were “incorrect”.
As I drove home Sunday night with the glorious sun setting over the Florida swamps of the inter-coastal waterway, I found myself reviewing and thinking about the weekend. And my mind returned to that moment of editing. How often do we each edit the choices and options in our lives by dismissing them because we “know” better? Here I was exposing newbies to the wondrous and wide range of astrology but I was also editing their suggestions to match what I knew to be true of the mystery chart.
Mercury and Venus are both in Scorpio right now. They will be joined by the Sun in Scorpio on Sunday. The universe wants us to go deeper. To NOT edit something out because we know it is “not true”. And as I thought about it, using a BROAD definition, the mystery person kind of was a priest. He ministered to the needs of his congregation ~ the members of the city he lived in as well as the people in the wider world. He taught truth, justice and the way to be. Hmmmm. He did minister to people in need. He preached compassion and kindness. He modeled it actually. Maybe I should erase that question mark….
So when you find yourself editing options this week ~ when you hear yourself saying “No, that isn’t it.” Stop. Take a deep breath. Step back. Look deeper. Dive into the swamp with Mercury and Venus in Scorpio to get to the bottom of things. Look at the essence of what the universe is trying to teach you by what is appearing in your life. Go deeper. Look at the images of what you are trying to NOT accept. What would happen if you accepted those ideas or images? What would happen if you said “Yes, he was kind of a priest but not in the traditional way ~but he DID minister to people. And he DID preach.”
Take your understanding deeper ~ expand your understanding of it. Look for the purpose or the story you might not normally think of.
I was talking to a client tonight about her son. At the conclusion of the call, she said “You are always so positive.” After I laughed and said “Oh no I am not!”, we hung up. And again, Mercury took me on a journey of introspection. I prefer to think of my approach as “reframing” or balancing with my Mercury in Libra.
Each and everything, good, bad or indifferent, shows up in our natal chart. And everything shows up for a reason ~ a transit, a progression, our natal potential coming up to fruition. We can roll around on the ground wrestling with what shows up (and sometimes I am right there rolling around on the ground in the mud!). OR we can try to put it in perspective. We can shift our perspective to see what is happening. We can reframe.
There was a great scene in the terrific movie, Dolphin Tale, where the injured war veteran is saying “I am broken” and Morgan Freeman says “No, you are hurt.” Their exchange continues for a few minutes. Then Morgan Freeman says “THIS is broken.” He holds a water glass out in the air and drops it from shoulder height onto the ceramic tile floor. The glass shatters into a thousand pieces. “THAT is broken!”
How often do we use words or ideas to hold ourselves back or keep away from what we deeply and truly want to do? Look at what you are saying to yourself this week to see where your words or ideas are holding your soul back. Look where you are editing your understanding or definition of things rather than seeking to broaden it. Look where your definition of things ~ broken versus hurt ~ can inhibit your full expression of being.
When someone comes to you this week and says something you want to “edit”, “refute” or “argue with” ~ look to see where you can find a connection and partner with the words before you. Words are mighty powerful things. Use them wisely.
More to come
Lindaland
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posted October 17, 2011 01:20 AM