posted September 17, 2012 09:48 AM            

YOUR SOUL wants you to let go of something that you believe is profound and essential to your being. That means your EGO can and probably will be dragged kicking and screaming through the process. Resistance is NOT a good idea. Fighting back is NOT a good idea. Let go. Release. Drop back into the arms of people offering to catch and support you. Avoid those who seek to have conflict with you. As far as possible, be at peace with all you encounter. To the best of your ability, be kind to all you have exchanges with. Trust that even if you don’t know quite what it all means, that it IS perfect in the process we call our lives. Messy perhaps but perfect

It is a week of intense, deep, overwhelming, extreme and weighty realizations. They will be Soul Level realizations. Soul Level realizations drive our karma, our choices and our lives. At certain times in our lives, we come to choice points that ask us to select between possible paths before us in our lives. In hindsight, we realize that it was a Soul Level choice we made at that juncture of our life. Often we don’t KNOW at the time that they were Soul Level choices. It is only when we look back that we figure it out. We see how our life unfolded after the choice was made.

This week, it is Soul Level choice. Relax, as best you can, into the energy of the choice. Listen to your inner wisdom. Be quiet and listen to what the whispers are coming from your soul, rising up from your heart. Don’t choose a fear based path. Trust that when you are presented with a Soul Level choice, if you choose with an open, innocent and willing heart, you will make the right choice for yourself and your soul. Stand in a heart centered place. Choose with your highest intention, purest space. It might be tough to go there but, if you listen to your innermost energy, you will know what to do.

The second Uranus/Pluto square takes place this week. Our powerful pal Pluto stations and turns direct the day before the square sets off. Pluto was at the same degree on February 22, 2011, May 27, 2011, and Dec 21, 2011. Uranus was at this degree on May 9, 2012. The first Uranus/ Pluto square was on June 24 at 8:23 of the Cardinal axis. The current square takes place at 6:57 of Aries/Pluto. Notice what planets are getting set off in your chart to see how the story is playing out in your life. Notice what planets are between 6:57 and 8:23 as those folks are getting hammered ~ any planets in any sign ~ as well as house cusps.

The chart for Uranus/Pluto square has Cancer Rising answering to the dark, deeply feeling Moon in Scorpio near Mars in the fourth house. Saturn is down at the bottom of the chart too, square to the ascendant. We are going to be digging up the dead relatives, particularly the dead grandparents, emotionally and psychically. Our parents were the people they became based on THEIR parents’ behaviors and how they were raised. Our parents raised US based on the decisions they made due to how they were raised. To help put the energy of this week into perspective, go back to look at your GRANDPARENTS or what the stories were about them if you didn’t know them. Understand the source of the energy swirling around you is also actually from way back then. Saturn is in the Gemini decant of Libra ~ look to the siblings, ages 0 to 14, and back when you absorbed what was going on in the family rather than being able to analyze it. Now, as an adult, go back and look at those early stories and the impact they had on your perception of what was possible or available for yourself. The opening square has a very primal, cancer and high need for nurturing energy.

Evolution beckons, invites, and whispers sweetly in your ear.

It is a moment of choice. A turning point. A huge decision. A call to action. A moment of truth. It also is a bit of a “do-over” as Uranus and Pluto have regressed back to this degree after their first Uranus/Pluto square at 8:23 in June. People with Uranus and Pluto in ANY type of aspect in their chart will feel the energy very strongly. Planets in our charts “receiving the energy”, because they are near 6:57 to 8:23, will definitely react. I would use a 2 to 3 degree orb ~ but the closer the bigger the energy experienced. And the tighter the natal aspect, the stronger the kickback, the bigger the recoil, the kick we receive. In each of our charts, look to natal Uranus and Pluto’s placement by sign and house to see WHERE we will be asked to evolve. Look to the Aquarian and Scorpio houses to see WHAT location in our life will be asked to change.

When you shoot a gun, there is a phenomenon called recoil or kickback. It is the backward momentum of the gun when it is discharged. The energy exactly balances the forward momentum of the projectile and the exhaust gases according to Newton’s Third Law. When firing small arms, the momentum transfers into the body of the shooter, via the arm, looking to ground it. Larger or heavier guns like Machine guns or cannons are mounted and able to send the recoil energy into the ground. The energy of the recoil or kick back is a backward moment. The energy moves back into your body seeking to ground itself.

The energy this week will have a kickback, a repercussion, or recoil. Expect it. Plan for it. Note where the backward energy is absorbed into or felt by your body. That is the space that NEEDS TO EVOLVE. That is the space that needs to shift and change. You don’t actually have to change it just this second, this week. You DO need to note it. Over the next few years, you will have time to shift it, adjust it, and move it.

The SOUL Level awareness takes place this week as the recoil or kickback arrives into your being. You ARE moving backwards, but it is ONLY for a short, temporary space of time. No worries. It is a TRANSIT and therefore temporary. However, as noted over the previous weeks, if you have someone who is hanging on by a thread and considering suicide, make sure to reach out to them and reassure them that it is only for a few days, a brief moment in time. This can be a tough week. There will be lots of departures of people who are ill or old. It is a harsh energy for fragile bodies to hold on through.

The situation in the Middle East will be very volatile. Pluto stations often bring earthquakes or volcanoes ~ earth movements as he rules the underworld. Uranus square to Pluto the day after the station amplifies the Pluto station energy, accelerating it, making it stronger. Because Pluto is STOPPED in the sky, the recoil, reverb or kickback will be stronger than it usually is on a Pluto station. Pluto stations often bring wars to a climax, start or end them.

After the rough beginning of the week, Mercury, the messenger, goes through the Uranus/ Pluto placement on Thursday. He’s gathering data, and checking to see how everyone did on the back side of the energy of evolution. Mercury in Libra is quite compassionate kind and care filled as he answers to Venus in Love based Leo. On Saturday, Sun enters Libra to begin a new season on earth. We move from the working energy of Virgo into the partner energy of Libra, answering to Venus in Leo ~ again a softer energy.

My friend Michael has a great suggestion for weeks like this. Your inner child, who will ALWAYS be a little child no matter how old you grow to be, needs your support, love and comfort this week. Michael suggests you physically reach out, holding your hand out to yourself as a little person. Then gather yourself up in your own arms and comfort yourself. Cradle yourself like a baby, comforting, consoling and cooing to your sad or worried little inner child. He literally wraps his arms around himself so he is hugging himself. It is beautiful to watch. And it works.

The other approach is to recognize you are both male and female energies. We each have both an anima and animus that we are trying to integrate into wholeness, connection and unity within our being during the journey of our life. With that in mind, watch the following video and sing it to yourself about yourself, sing your male parts to your female parts or sing your female parts to your male parts. Sing it to yourself in a mirror. You’ve come so far to be right where you are. We each seek to understand our soul. Don’t give up on yourself even as the skies are rough. Give yourself all your love. Still look up. We have to learn how to bend without the world caving in. Know that you are worth it. You’ve come too far and worked too hard to stop now….

Void Moons This Week
7:30 am EDT September 18, Tuesday to 10:46 am EDT
9:11 am EDT September 20 Thursday to 12:34 pm EDT
12:45 pm EDT September 22 Saturday to 3:20 pm EDT

Moon’s day Monday September 17 finds the Moon in Libra with a closing aspect of a conjunction to Saturn. Venus has a wakeup call with Uranus as she breaks through to a new level of understanding and awakening. Mercury has an adjusting aspect to Neptune which might result in a cold. Or perhaps you might have a breakthrough in communication. Mercury at the very beginning of Libra is figuring out what all he wants to communicate in a clear and concise manner. He wants to explain both sides of the story and be heard. Now that the fog of Neptune is gone, Mercury is able to tell the story better. Saturn’s inconjunct to the South Node and semi-sextile to the North Node suggest you might have a ritual of releasing. Something has to go so you can evolve. Some energy has to shift and change form. I particularly like writing things I want to let go of on a piece of paper. It gets the energy, anger, annoyance or whatever out of my body and into a physical form in front of me. Then I read it again, making modifications. Then I set the paper on fire and ask that the energy be released from me into the ethers. Other folks I know find writing and burying the paper or throwing it into a body of water helpful. Earlier this summer, I read a book called pH Madness by Roger Bezanis. He talked about how our body turns food into ash like a fireplace releases energy when it burns wood fuel. The resulting ashes have no life force, no energy, and no way to stay inside of your being. It is quite a helpful process. Venus is parallel to Mars today offering an opportunity to connect and unify your male and female senses. The people in our lives are merely transits trying to get us to understand our own stuff. Think what they are making conscious for you, thank them for it (and you don’t have to do that in person either), and move forward, slowly, towards evolving what you want in your life. Mercury is semi-square to Mars so harsh words can appear this evening ~ either through communications or in person. Mars is at 16:02 Scorpio.

The balance of the week will be posted later on Monday.

Copyright © 2012. A.C. Ortelee