posted February 16, 2016 11:54 AM            

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You know, I just realized - weird coincidence (of sorts). Gillian Flynn's female protagonists are always, due to some unavoidable reason, driven to go back to their hometown and brought face to face with their past.

They go through their share (or more) of trials and tribulations, but come out victorious in the end.

posted February 16, 2016 12:01 PM            

We're also still waiting to hear back on the vehicle my husband bought, to decipher what needs to be done to get it up and running properly.

posted February 16, 2016 12:04 PM            

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Originally posted by Violets:

****BREAKING!!!!
As I was typing this, the property management guy called, and my husband will go in today to sign the rest of the paperwork and give him a check, so we'll get the keys to the house today, yay!

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Yayy!!

posted February 16, 2016 12:05 PM            

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You know, I just realized - weird coincidence (of sorts). Gillian Flynn's female protagonists are always, due to some unavoidable reason, driven to go back to their hometown and brought face to face with their past.

They go through their share (or more) of trials and tribulations, but come out victorious in the end.

She's a Piscean too (Aqua moon, Cap venus).

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Lol. I just saw this.
I'll keep my fingers crossed, but so far I'm pretty happy and comfortable here, which I didn't entirely expect. It's grown a lot since I lived here, and people seem just a little bit more...open, I guess? Or something. It's been pleasant so far, but I have yet to deal with my sons' teachers, lol.

posted February 16, 2016 12:11 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:

My pr Mercury has been either Rx or in shadow since I was 8 years old. Explains a lot.

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posted February 16, 2016 12:13 PM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
Yeah, I just meant - the going-back-home theme..

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It's an interesting theme, for sure.

I've always liked this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7m4pHtGfSQ

posted February 16, 2016 12:20 PM            

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Originally posted by Starry~*:
ughhh, my SO and I had quite an intense 2-week argument. Or..not one argument but it was quite heated and we both were not hearing the other person out, leading to alot of frustration. Yesterday, things got heated too but we both didn't want to fight anymore and tried so hard to wave the i-surrender-flag-please!

We were both hurt, miscommunication was everywhere all over the place, day to day, which led to more intense encounters..ugh. No more, please. haha

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I can identify with this. I mean, my husband's Saturn is square my Mercury, and his Mercury is square my Sun, so it's not like our communication is exactly functional to begin with, lol.

posted February 16, 2016 12:20 PM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
It's an interesting theme, for sure.

I always liked this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7m4pHtGfSQ

Although I'm not from the South, the way I grew up is a lot this way. Most of the people who moved here in the '30s and '40s migrated from poverty stricken areas like Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas, and came to work in the fields and orchards here.
(Including my grandparents, and the grandparents of most of the people I know.)

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Wow, you know..weirdly, that makes me feel nostalgic. (Although I'm not from around there at all).

I get what you mean. And those motifs of Americana are a part of your childhood, young adulthood... I can almost imagine you in your town now..

posted February 16, 2016 12:32 PM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:

P.S. I really liked the music in that video.

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I have the soundtrack, and I love it. The guy who made the documentary, whose music is prominent in it, is also a Pisces Sun (not sure about his other placements).

posted February 16, 2016 12:38 PM            

I was just downloading Jim White's track and wondering about the other docu tracks.

I'll try to get my hands on that documentary as well..

posted February 16, 2016 12:43 PM            

I hope things are settling down for you, especially any stress to you and baby-to-be. I'm glad to hear the bottle neck of circumstances seems to have unclogged. I know it must be frustrating to see these things while you are unable to jump in and do something yourself.

What's going on with Mercury is that it has moved out of the so-called shadow area [15 Cap - 1 Aqua], but is currently parallel with Venus, and both are temporarily in parallel with Saturn and Pluto near 21° South declination. So any natal points you have in the 20-21 area north or south are being transited by them, and much more slowly by the latter two.

These things do seem more Saturn-related, as you mentioned Saturn's recent transit square your natal Mercury, which can be a trying time for communication and clarity of thought. And sometimes Saturn transits to Mercury indicate a 'goodbye' to someone/thing - at least temporarily.

posted February 16, 2016 12:47 PM            

Saturn hasn't squared my natal Mercury for some considerable time, as my Mercury is at 13 Aquarius...

I mentioned that my husband's Saturn and Mercury are directly involved in my Mutable T-square with luminaries and Neptune, though.

Mars did square my Mercury recently, but that's been past for about a week.

The only planets I have at later degrees are Mars at 26 Capricorn, and Jupiter at 24 Pisces...

posted February 16, 2016 12:48 PM            

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I can identify with this. I mean, my husband's Saturn is square my Mercury, and his Mercury is square my Sun, so it's not like our communication is exactly functional to begin with, lol.

But yeah...lately it's been ridiculous. I agree. No more, please! Not to mention that Neptune is right in the middle of all of our Mercury/Sun/Moon/Saturn aspects. -__-

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posted February 16, 2016 01:32 PM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
You have a Merc-sq-Saturn double whammy! :O
Makes sense that you're feeling these transits more acutely.

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My Mercury doesn't square his Saturn, but it is conjunct his Mars/NN, and it does oppose his Sun.

So we do (sort of) have Sun/Mercury double whammy, lol. Good thing we have Moon trine Moon, and Venus trine Venus, and Isis conjunct Osiris, etc.

posted February 16, 2016 01:35 PM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
My Mercury doesn't square his Saturn, but it is conjunct his Mars/NN, and it does square his Sun.

So we do have Sun square Mercury double whammy, lol. Good thing we have Moon trine Moon, and Venus trine Venus, and Isis conjunct Osiris, etc.

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posted February 16, 2016 01:59 PM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
Oh he's an earth moon too?

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posted February 16, 2016 02:06 PM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
Yeah, I just meant - the going-back-home theme..

Edit: Homeschool them, huh? Would you homeschool the little one that's on the way..?
I've always admired those who do.. Not only do they get to spend more time with their kids, they have greater flexibility in teaching them and it usually raises kids who are comfortable thinking on their own.

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posted February 16, 2016 02:22 PM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
Thank you, Kannon.

Saturn hasn't squared my natal Mercury for some considerable time, as my Mercury is at 13 Aquarius...
I mentioned that my husband's Saturn and Mercury are directly involved in my Mutable T-square with luminaries and Neptune, though.

Mars did square my Mercury recently, though.

The only planets I have at later degrees are Mars at 26 Capricorn, and Jupiter at 24 Pisces...

Hm.

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Oops. I confused athenaia's post 'Saturn square Asc' with you. Sorry about that.

Normally what I've learned to do in this forum is reverse engineer a poster's planet positions based on what they've listed in various posts here. It took me a while to find enough posts of yours to do that.

Mercury (3-4 Aqua) is separating from its square to your Uranus, and today/tomorrow is quincunx your Moon (while sextile to your Venus). Other than that, Mercury isn't doing much of longer-term consequence.

Often some confusion or uncertainty about current planetary influences can come in when the declination picture is unknown.

Those planets at 20-21° South declination I pointed out above are actually in transit parallel your natal Neptune 20S39 (20°39' South).

Saturn-Pluto now transit parallel your Neptune [20S39]. (In addition Saturn is conjunct it). This can be a confusing time in which the imagination/intuition, which may normally serve you well, has to take a bit of a back seat to practical considerations in which you may have to refocus your vision/cerebral ability towards those objectives ... which can feel quite literally counter-intuitive. However, Pluto's part with Neptune is actually transformation of the imagination, and spiritual renewal. Maybe this birth will be more than to just a child?

This is happening while Neptune transits conjunct/parallel your Sun. That indicates a time of lower physical energies and more dream/spiritually oriented energies.

Maybe it helps to think of this time as yours to be in a special spiritual place and let the able bodied around you take care of the material things?

Good news with Jupiter at about 5 North declination has already begun its transit parallel your Moon at 5 North (roughly timing the birth of your baby). Just because Jupiter will not retrograde all the way back into early Virgo does not mean you won't get its benefits. This is where declinations really make a difference. You will benefit from this Jupiter transit into mid-March, then again in July, and again by contra-parallel in Nov & December.

posted February 16, 2016 05:45 PM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
^ Thanks!!

I was just downloading Jim White's track and wondering about the other docu tracks.

I'll try to get my hands on that documentary as well..

Edit: Oh he's a Pisces.. No wonder, my Pisces Asc was sniffling at that song.. (geez)

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posted February 16, 2016 11:05 PM            

I have been out of sorts all day. Sunday, I was crying a lot, felt better, and then told someone off in the middle of the night when they put me on the defensive again (after I'd just happily mentioned how much better I was feeling). Yesterday was better, but today? Nothing is helping. I just talked about this in another thread. I even took a tincture of holy basil, instead of rhodiola, having heard that it left someone feeling a lot better. It didn't help at all. I suppose rhodiola and holy basil do the same thing, and rhodiola occasionally increases my anger, instead of making me feel more relaxed.

posted February 16, 2016 11:29 PM            

Yeah, I'm not seeing any tight aspects in my chart right now that would indicate so much stress and irritability, so maybe I'll look at Mars (if it's going Rx, that means it will hit mine and my husband's Mercury/Mars again, which is really irritating).

Hrrmphh.
Also, the house we rented is not that great, and it's ridiculously expensive.