posted March 19, 2016 10:38 AM            

Currently transiting Jupiter is in practical Virgo, widely conjunct the NN.

It's a saturnine Jupiter because:

a) It's in the Capricorn decan of Virgo
b) It squares transiting Saturn in Sag (exact today)
c) It is tightly trine Pluto in Capricorn.

I think we all might be preoccupied with self-improvement at this time, learning to make more practical use of our unique philosophical or religious values. Our social consciousness lately is more about, if we each serve (Virgo theme) ourselves and our goals (Cap/Saturn theme), society will be served.

posted March 19, 2016 01:11 PM            

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Originally posted by DopGang:
Yep, me too. I used to post here a lot and Facebook a little.
Now I post here a little and Facebook nearly not at all. Though I'm still lurking a lot. I just don't feel that I have much to add. I don't feel down or depressed in any way. Not at all.
I feel like being quiet. It's very strange I have to say.

I've got a lot of opposition going on with transits, including mercury opposite mercury. Maybe that's it.

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I'm having the opposite problem: I want to disappear, but I can't. Some years back, I could lurk with no problem, but I can't seem to do that anymore, either. I think it has to do with this:
http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-03-01/elizabeth -gilberts-life-changing-story-from-indonesia-that-you-havent-heard

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The distance I had traveled may have been vast (10,000 miles from home), but the distance she traveled was vaster (all the way across the island, to knock on a stranger’s door) and the kindness of her actions opened my heart to awe and amazement. And that’s when I realized that my entire impulse had been dead wrong. I needed the exact opposite of isolation; I needed connection. This stranger had seen my need, and she had offered fellowship. In so doing, she not only healed me but taught me these lessons: Be not solitary, and be not proud. See others, and allow yourself to be seen. Help others, and allow yourself to be helped. Make contact, and be open to kindness.

When I returned home to the States, I was not so proud. I sought out human contact. I found people to talk to about my troubles. I shared my vulnerability and my sadness, and made new friends and built a new community as a result. I reached out for love and assistance—and ultimately that’s what made me okay again.

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To be sure, the world can be a scary place, and we all want to be safe, but here’s the thing—safety can never be found in isolation. Human warmth and openness will always be our only place of true safety. Be careful about hiding yourself away, because walls that are meant to be fortresses can quickly turn into prisons. Be careful about trying to become invisible or you may accidentally disappear. The very thing that you believe is protecting you may ultimately be endangering you—by making your life smaller, poorer, and more deeply saturated with fear.

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posted March 19, 2016 02:06 PM              

They're not affecting anything else in my chart directly at the moment, but I'm feeling...something, alright.

Interesting that, as T Saturn is still transiting my H5 where my NN lives, I've been obsessively focused on my son's education lately, and on religious/philosophical approaches to his education, painstakingly deliberating on what I think would be best for him individually, etc. (Jupiter/Saturn combo?)

I'm setting us up for a homeschool kindergarten this year, and finding that most of the materials are religious in nature, which I'm personally not comfortable with.

However, he has an interest in Christianity, and I want to encourage him in whatever he pursues along those lines.

I enrolled him in karate, which he loves so far, and is great for socialization and getting all of that Aries energy out.

As I'm very preoccupied with all of this (and sick this week), I'm just sort of frying my brain on it and not getting out much.

Anyway, that's my weird contribution to this thread.

posted May 11, 2017 12:01 AM            

Saturn square /opp/conjunction to the 1st house or 1st house ruler.

Saturn on the Sun/Moon/Merc/Venus and Mars. Even Saturn on Jupiter can cause withdrawals.

I dont feel particularly social right now, even with Jupiter in Libra at the moment. Saturn is sitting on my Sun/Jupiter/Neptune triple conjunction and trine my Asc.

Pluto is also transiting my Asc/ Moon/ Mercury/ Mars/ Venus points. And its a sober time.

The stand out anti social time was Saturn on my natal T-square. And then in 2014, on my natal Venus/Saturn (my Saturn return).

That was lonely.