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The Planet Mercury 

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury is never more than thirty degrees away from the Sun. It takes Mercury 88 days to circle the Sun. In our chart, the planet Mercury represents our communication style, perceptions, thoughts, ideas, reasoning, and logic. Mercury is also important in the use of technology,(phones, computers, mechanical instruments, and the internet). Mercury influences transportation and travel plans. Mercury is associated with commerce and trade. 

Mercury is exalted in Aquarius, rules in Gemini and Virgo, and has challenges when placed in Sagittarius and Pisces. 

If Mercury is behind the Sun in your chart your communication style is more cautious and reflective. ( hindsight)

If your Mercury is ahead of the Sun in your chart your communication style is more pragmatic and objective. ( foresight)

There are three types of solar conjunctions; cazimi, combust, and under the Sun’s beams. If your Mercury is conjunct with the Sun (under the Sun’s beams 8’ – ’17 degrees) one’s solar identity and one’s ideas are merged and the conjunction is considered mildly debilitated. The individual can be very creative but can lack perspective. 

If the Mercury is 8 degrees or closer to the Sun, then the Mercury is said to be “combust” and afflicted. A combust planet is considered weak because like the mythical Icarus the planet is flying too close to the Sun and gets “burnt”. 

Cazimi occurs when a planet is within 1 degree of the Sun ( or 17 arc minutes).  Astrologer, Olivia Barclay states in her book, Horary Astrology Rediscovered “Any planet at the very heart of the Sun, within 17 minutes of its center, is called Cazimi and is considered most fortunate. (p.86)

Cazimi is an ancient Arabic term, (translated means heart of the Sun) for when a planet is within 17 mins arc of the Sun. Cazimi is considered to be a form of “accidental dignity”, fortified by the Sun’s rays, a very auspicious and lucky time. 

A Cazimi Mercury has been called the “mark of genius” strengthening the abilities to communicate, gain insights, and to have the ability to see “into the heart of situations and circumstances”. 

 “It is a wise person who rules the stars, a fool who is ruled by them.”

Retrogrades Motions:

A retrograde occurs only from the Earth’s viewpoint. (Geocentric) A retrograde happens when a faster-moving planet catches up and passes a slower-moving planet during its orbit around the Sun. When a planet is retrograde a new synodic cycle begins. ( the conjunction of two planets thus starting a new cycle) 

During retrograde motion, the Earth and the retrograde planet are closest in their orbit, (on the same side of the Sun) and the retrograde planet appears to be larger in the sky. ( except for Mercury and Venus) 

The Mercury Retrograde Cycle:

Most of the time when we see Mercury it is moving in the same direction as the Sun. But, when Mercury is closest to the Earth it “appears” to reverse its direction for about three weeks. Mercury goes retrograde three sometimes four times a year. 

The Pre-Retrograde Shadow:

Prior to going retrograde Mercury’s speed starts to slow down and we start to notice frustrations with communication, travel, and technology. We can use this “pre-retrograde” time to get ready and prepare. Be sensible and take initiative to get ahead of possible mercury retrograde problems. Take your car to get looked at or get an oil change, check your tires, back up your computer, update your computer’s security and virus protection, and replace your smoke alarm batteries. 

Retrograde:

 Mercury slows to a halt and officially goes “station to retrograde”. This is when we experience significant frustrations regarding communication, commerce, travel, and technology. We can expect miscommunications, travel delays or the need to cancel and reschedule plans and technology can break down. As Mercury “retraces his steps” we can see what needs to be revised, reorganized, and restructured. Mercury retrograde can reveal flaws in our plans and in our thinking process. We can be overwhelmed with blockages and beset with unforeseen obstacles, We may have to make changes, adjust our schedules, and repeat steps. It can be difficult to express ourselves clearly, or we misread what others are saying to us. Situations that begin under Mercury Retrograde often reappear or resolve themselves under a future Mercury Retrograde!

Mercury retrograde supports introspection, and re-evaluation, and can increase intuition and psychic awareness. Intuition works better than logic during this time. Trust your instincts, be guided by your dreams, and explore your creativity when Mercury is retrograde.

Remember to Slow down, take your time, and double-check your work, pay attention to details. Mercury retrograde works best when focused on reorganizing, reviewing, redoing, and finishing projects. 

When Mercury goes Direct 

Once Mercury has gone “station to direct” we can slowly feel the retrograde release its gripe as the gears begin to move forward. During the post-Mercury retrograde period, as Mercury gains speed, situations start to “correct” themselves. At this time, we can begin to problem solve and work on the issues that the Mercury retrograde broke. 

Working with Mercury Retrograde 

We can transform our experience with Mercury Retrograde and use the “backward” motion to our benefit. Knowledge is power. When Mercury goes retrograde, we can avoid unnecessary difficulties by following some sensible guidelines and consciously working with retrograde energy. 

1. Use the three-week window prior to Mercury going retrograde (called the shadow period) to get prepared. For example: 

• Back up your computer, tablet, and cell phone. 
• Do car maintenance.
• If possible, avoid purchasing big-ticket items that cannot be returned. 
• Avoid making agreements or signing contracts.
• Do not start new projects 

2. Know what sign Mercury will be retrograde in. The sign that Mercury is transiting while retrograde will tell you what specific difficulties you might encounter. For example, if Mercury was retrograde in sensitive and emotionally watery Cancer the retrograde would highlight issues around home life, domesticity, communications with family members, family resources, and emotional security issues. This placement can bring to the surface emotions that have been dwelling deep in the subconscious, and uncomfortable and unresolved emotions can rise to the surface. Communication can be filled with micro-aggressions. People tend to be more hypersensitive at this time and emotional misunderstandings can be difficult to resolve. Mercury retrograde in Cancer can tap into memories of unresolved emotional conflicts, and people and situations from your past can come into focus. This is a time when you can use your natural psychic abilities to further emotional growth. People can feel moody and have the urge to “nest” during this transit. Mercury retrograde in Cancer is a good time to do renovations, complete household repairs, work on a family scape book, or investigate your family’s genealogy. 

3. Know what house the Mercury retrograde is traveling in. For example, if Mercury retrograde is moving through your 6th house prepare to experience challenges at work or with your co-workers. If it is traveling through your third house pay extra attention to how you are driving, and be careful when speaking it is easier to be misunderstood at this time. 

4. In general the best use of your energy during the Mercury retrograde is to slow down, pay attention to your surroundings, take the scenic route, and be mindful that you might run into delays, and it’s okay. Give yourself extra time to get where you are going, and be patient with yourself and others. Be prepared to possibly experience communication difficulties, misunderstandings, or delays at work or when traveling. Practice patience, and be cautious. Review your work, recheck your schedule, double-check your calendar, and take the extra step to make sure things are done correctly. 

5. Take time to relax, try to meditate, walk, and take a nap. Step out of your normal routine. The Mercury retrograde can be an excellent time to reflect, daydream, and imagine. Get in touch with your inner creative energies. Be open to psychic information. 

6. Traditional astrology advises that during the Mercury retrograde, it is unwise to enter into contractual agreements. Often contracts signed when Mercury is retrograde are flawed or the agreement will need to be revised or the legal matter drags on and on. DO NOT BUY BIG TICKET ITEMS like cars or computers. DO NOT BEGIN NEW PROJECTS!

7. The best use of our time and energy during a Mercury retrograde is to “retrace our steps”, circle back and review, re-examine, and revise if necessary. 

Pluto enters Aquarius on March 23, 2023, retrograding back to Capricorn on June 11, 2023, and then reenters Aquarius on January 20, 2024, staying in Aquarius for 20 years, until January 19, 2044!

In 2006, International Astronomical Union (IUA) demoted the ninth planet from the Sun. Pluto now is classified as a Dwarf planet. Planets are defined as celestial objects large enough to have been made rounded by their gravitational orbit and their orbital dominance clears the space surrounding the planet’s orbit. Pluto is not large enough to exert its orbital dominance and is one of five dwarf planets in our Solar System. It takes Pluto 248 years to complete one full cycle around the Sun

For the purpose of astrology, Pluto is very much considered a planet and can exert a powerful influence in our collective experience and is often a profound teacher in natal and progressed charts. 

Pluto provides transformational experiences at the deepest levels of consciousness. Intense, and destructive, Pluto destroys outdated decayed, and corrupted governments, institutions, and relationships, and as a Phoenix rises from the ashes to be reborn. 

Pluto offers opportunities for growth through brutal honesty, reaching inside our psyche and shedding light on our inner demons, exposing our weaknesses, and uncovering our strengths. Pluto cleanses and eliminates allowing renewal, and new beginnings.  

The negative aspects of Pluto often play out in the collective as power struggles, the rise of tyrannical and authoritarian governments, wars, pandemics, and the fall of long-standing empires. 

The last time that Pluto was in Aquarius was from 1778 to 1798. When we want to see how an outer planet such as Pluto will manifest when it enters a new sign, we look to see what happened the last time the planet transited in that sign. A quick look at The Timetables of History from 1777 to 1798 chronicles several events that would change the destiny of humanity. Both the American and French revolutions would inspire other countries to break free from monarchies. Serfdom is abolished in Bohemia, Hungary, Denmark, Russia, and France abolished slavery. In Western Europe and in The Americas enlightened thinkers, Quakers, and evangelical religious groups begin an abolition movement to try and dismantle slavery. The zeitgeist of this time period clearly favored the overthrow of monarchies and expanding the dignity of humans. This twenty-year period also saw the invention of the hot air balloon, steam engines, cotton gin, and the smallpox vaccine. 

A little about Aquarius ~ The Water Bearer – Sharing Life Force 

The constellation for Aquarius is represented by the Babylonian myth of the Water Bearer dipping her vase of water into the Nile River causing the river to flood, announcing the beginning of Spring, a celebration of growth and renewal for the Babylonians. Without water there can be no life on earth; “water is life”. Water is vital for all living beings, it is a simple molecule and its unique properties support all animals and plants. The Water Bearer archetype suggests that Aquarians share with humanity life-giving powers. 

Aquarians are a force for change. They are inquisitive and intellectual but often stubborn and fixed in their opinions, naturally, inventive they need constant mental stimulation or they become directionless and unmotivated. Aquarians have the urge to reinvent, innovate, revolutionize, modernize, reform, and challenge outdated social mores and restrictions. Aquarius represents humanism and is considered the Visionary of the Zodiac. 

Revolution in the Air – The End of Empires and Imperialism 

We know that Pluto influences the collective unconscious and has the power to transform global politics and economics. With Pluto moving from the hierarchical focus of Capricorn to the egalitarian aspirations of Aquarius geopolitical events will move from supporting traditional bureaucratic institutions to focusing on creating major reforms of social structures using political activism to achieve an expansion of public rights, with emphasis on equalitarianism and humanitarianism. 

When Aquarian energy is positively expressed there is an interest in adopting new innovations and modernization using science, technologies, and progressive ideas that reshape and restructure society. When Aquarian energy is “out of phase” it can have destructive repercussions. Rebellious social and political movements based on exclusionary groups associations ( us vs them thinking) can create social upheavals, violently overthrow governments, or cause catastrophic events to achieve radical change. 

With Pluto in Aquarius, we should expect to see communities, governments, and global institutions finally addressing and begin adapting to the climate change crisis. Climate change will radically alter society. There will be a push towards modernizing infrastructures using the latest technological advancements to help mitigate the damage of climate change. There will be an acceleration of scientific knowledge and improvements in computer, space technology, medicine, and architecture. Pluto’s influence on banking and financial structures suggests that this Pluto transit will see new monetary systems developed, the expansion of digital currency, and the elimination of cash. Will capitalism continue to dominate the world markets?  

A reshaping of politics for some countries will mean an acceptance of progressive ideals while other countries with more “tribalism” will move toward the social control offered by authoritarianism. If governments and global organizations continue to not meet commitments to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, we could see the radicalization of groups and organizations engaging in protesting and a shift towards using violence to force governmental action. 

People Power

We should see more interest in lifestyle changes that empower individualism. We should see people demanding more equality. Growth in associations and groups that emphasize cooperating on shared ideals and agitating for social changes. More people advocating for society to be more tolerant and accepting of unique individualism. A breakdown of traditional gender roles and a rejection of gender stereotypes, more understanding of the fluidity of gender, a rise in feminism, and more female leaders. We should see a more communal living, non-monogamist relationships, and more focus on valuing friendships and networking socially and politically. 

Pluto Aquarius should bring workers together and we should see a profound shift in the way we work. Expect to see workers demanding stronger Unions, better pay, and better working conditions. Also, innovative and experimental work cooperatives and more worker-owned businesses. Working from home will become the norm. Workers will have to compete with AI technology. 

All types of Organizations, Unions, and Nonprofits, and their leadership will undergo transformations. Some groups and associations will implode due to corruption while others will reinvent themselves. 

The big picture during Pluto’s transit through Aquarius will be about whether humanity can cooperate, create and implement solutions that will save humanity from what now looks like an inevitable climate crisis that could have catastrophic results for all of humanity and future generations. To avert the crisis, we will have to eliminate “borders” culturally, physically, mentally, and socially, there must be worldwide cooperation to find solutions. In order to survive Humanity must reinvent itself. 

Fellow Travelers in Resistance 

Pluto in Aquarius starting March 2023 Uranus in Taurus until April 2026

Unconventional Uranus with the more conventional Saturn are co-rulers of the sign Aquarius. The cosmic rebel Uranus entered earthy and sensible Taurus on May 15, 2018, and will remain through April 27, 2026, (it will briefly enter Gemini from July 1 to November 2025). We last saw Uranus in Taurus between 1934 to 1941 when the world had to deal with the fallout of the Great Depression and the horrors of the Second World War. 

Currently, Uranus in Taurus is disrupting value systems, impacting financial markets, and causing inflation, also we are seeing a shift from more traditional monetary systems to alternatives like Bitcoin, and environmental investing (ESG), and there is a demand from the public for sustainable products. 

Uranus in Taurus started in 2018 when Pluto was in Capricorn, a fellow earth sign, the two outer planets have similar interests and goals, both push the collective unconscious to address the physicality of being a spirit in a human body. 

Starting in 2023 Pluto will enter Aquarius a fixed air sign and Uranus will still be in Taurus also a fixed sign. Fixed signs are strong and steady but resist change.

Additionally, the late degrees of Taurus will have Uranus transiting into the Pleiades (the late degrees of Taurus are called the “Weeping Sisters” ) expect increased resistance to change and at the same time extreme climate catastrophic events that shake the foundation of the world. 

Winds of Change: Uranus in Gemini & Pluto in Aquarius 2025 to 2033 

Uranus spends 7 years in a sign and takes 84 years to complete its cycle around the sun. The last time we saw Uranus in Gemini was in 1941-1949 the Second World War ended and the Cold War began. Uranus in Gemini usually heralds new methods of communication, transportation, educational reforms, and the expansion of social networks. 

With Uranus moving into Gemini a mutable air sign and heading to a trine (the late 2020s – 2030) with Pluto in Aquarius the collective unconscious will be ready to embrace new ideas, and new technologies, and society will undergo radical changes. Saturn enters Gemini in 2031 -32 and the ideas of Uranus in Gemini and the vision of Pluto in Aquarius will take root and find worldwide adoption. 

Will we see the Age of Aquarius or The New Dark Ages? 

Pluto entering Aquarius will provoke a power struggle between the powerless proletariat and the established aristocracy/ oligarchy. Aquarius represents humanity, the Waterbearer is a forward thinker, a rational idealist that embraces science, knowledge, and innovation and seeks to reform society. Reforms often take place through painful revolutions. The first three years of Pluto transiting Aquarius while Uranus is transiting in Taurus will be difficult. There will be resistance to change. Pluto in Aquarius will confront the power structures using innovative ideas and concepts. Aquarius will fight to dismantle unjust social hierarchies and systematic abuses in fundamental institutions. There will be pushback, and revolutionizing society can gets ugly and violent. climate change disasters will start to escalate and people will start to panic. ~ Don’t Panic ~

When Uranus enters Gemini there will be a shift and people will be more open to new ideas about the Aquarian themes of freedom, equality, and social reform. Uranus and Pluto traveling in two of the most creative signs of the zodiac should bring about scientific breakthroughs that hopefully will help us cope with humanity’s most difficult problems. 

Whatever Pluto in Aquarius brings to humanity in the next 20 years it will be revolutionary. 

~ Gil Scott Heron 1971

Source:

Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, 3rd ed. NY: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone,1975, 360- 372 

A word about saying goodbye to Pluto in Capricorn

Pluto in Capricorn ( from 2009- to 3/23/2023) has been busy rigging the system, consolidating and concentrating its power through fundamental bureaucracies that support patriarchal capitalism. Pluto in Capricorn oversaw the 2009 Wall Street Bail Out due to the 2008 Wall Street Crash. In 2008, Wall Street power players in finance, earning millions, had set in motion a stock market crash that wiped out more than $2 trillion of Americans’ retirement savings. As the stock market crashed foreclosures and unemployment rose America faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of 1929. 

Subprime mortgage lenders like Countrywide and Lehman Brothers caused the 2008 Wall Street crash. They sold millions of mortgages to homebuyers with poor credit and offered them “special rates” pushing unqualified people to buy homes they could not afford. Then they packaged the mortgages and passed on the toxic debt by the billions in the form of bonds. This irresponsibility happened when Pluto was in Sagittarius but reigning in and stabilizing the economy happened when Pluto entered practical Capricorn. The economy did not recover until 2013. 

The American taxpayer bailed out Wall Street to the tune of $29 trillion. No major Wall Street executive went to jail for destroying the economy. Banks and other financial institutions including the very banks that caused the crash received bailout loans. The bailout loans were granted at interest rates far below the market rate. Meanwhile, an estimated 10 million Americans lost their homes to the Wall Street subprime crash. 

So, Pluto in reckless and opportunistic Sagittarius let real estate companies and bankers hype subprime mortgages to unsuspecting homeowners and crashed Wall Street. Then Pluto in Capricorn had to put the economy back together and chose to feed trillions of taxpayer dollars to the very institutions that had caused the crisis. The bail-out allowed Wall Street to walk away with the minor sting of having to pay some fines, a few modest and watered-down financial regulations were instituted and no one of any importance went to jail. 

Continue reading “Saying Good Bye to Pluto in Capricorn “

 

Continue reading “Saturn enters Pisces ~ Dreaming Awake “

Cheiro comes from the Greek word Kheir, and from the Latin chiro meaning hand.

Cheironomy is the analysis of a person’s character by examining the shape of their hand.

Chiromancy is the ability to interpret the meaning of the lines on a person’s palm.

Palmistry has been practiced in many different cultures. Palmistry has strong roots in Eurasia documents regarding the practice of palmistry have been found in India, China, and Tibet.

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If you care for a better future, if you want your children and grandchildren to live in a world with clean air, drinkable water, and healthy food, everyone needs to face the very large ELEPHANT standing in the living room of human consciousness: OUR PLANET IS IN CRISIS WE MUST ACT NOW.

We must face some uncomfortable truths about ourselves and the way we have been living on the Earth and NOT WITH THE EARTH. Continue reading “2023: Saving the Planet & Creating the Future “

The 2022-2023 Mars Retrograde Cycle 

On August 20, 2022, Mars will enter Gemini and because the “god of war” will go retrograde on 10/30/22 Mars will remain in Gemini for seven months! Mars goes retrograde about every 26 months for 58-81 days. When Mars “goes retrograde” it will look like Mars has changed direction but it’s an illusion, caused by the ways that Earth and Mars orbit the Sun. During the Mars retrograde Earth comes up from behind Mars. While we pass Mars it will look to us as though Mars is moving up and down. 

The Mars Retrograde Cycle: Re-examining and Reflexing on Actions and Consequences 

Ingress:  8/20/22 Mars enters Gemini

Pre-Shadow starts on 9/3/22 this is the degree (8’ Gemini) 

10/30/22 Mars stations to Retrograde 

11/19/22 Mars in Gemini retrograde at 22’ degrees will square Neptune transiting in her own sign of Pisces.

11/28/22 Mars in Gemini retrograde at 19’ degrees will trine Saturn in his own sign of Aquarius. 

Full Moon 12/7/22 Mars will be at 16’ Gemini conjunct the Moon and opposite Sun at 16 degrees Sagittarius. Evening Star – Maximum Brightness 

1/12/23 Mars stations direct at 8’ degrees Gemini

3/15/23 Mars leaves the post-retrograde shadow at 25’ degrees Gemini. 

3/25/23 Mars enters Cancer (finally!) 

Mars rules physical activities, life force, sexual energy, and a competitive and ambitious drive to get our basic needs met and get what we want. A healthy Mars is confident, ambitious, assertive, and strong-willed.

The Mars retrograde of 2022 – 2023 will spend its retrograde cycle in Gemini. Mars in Gemini is known for lively conversation, quick-witted, and hyperactive Mars can use words to wound and defend. Gemini dreads boredom and often is juggling multiple plans, projects, perspectives, and goals.

When Mars goes retrograde we can feel deflated, indecisive, and lack motivation. Mars’s retrograde energy becomes internalized, introspective, and hesitant to react. The internalized anger and stress can acerbate health issues at this time.

We can expect plans or projects to stall or move slower than planned. There can be accidents due to impulsive behavior, disagreements, and aggressive confrontations that are more likely during the Mars retrograde.

Sometimes delays, setbacks, and frustrations during the Mars retrograde helps us discover issues that need to be addressed and behaviors that need to be changed. The Mars retrograde can force us to examine Mars’s issues relating to anger, sexuality, and ambition. If you have been overworking, trying to cope with stress, or are experiencing health struggles the Mars retrograde can force you to slow down and use the Mars retrograde cycle time to reconsider how you have been managing your life. 

The Mars retrograde is an excellent time to reexamine what has been working and not working in our lives. We can use the retrograde to reinforce and strengthen the routines that support our goals. We can review and hopefully gain understanding regarding our anger issues, impulses, desires, and ambitions. 

If we decide to make changes it is best to wait to take necessary corrective measures when Mars goes direct. 

The retrograde is a good time to review your goals and the methods you have been deploying to meet your goals. But, make adjustments, work out the details, and take corrective action to implement changes after Mars has gone direct. 

During Mars retrograde DO NOT buy or DIY relating to anything mechanical! Do not force things! At this time initiating or being impulsive will not help and can have serious consequences. 

The Mars retrograde is a good time to:

• Review how you handle anger, conflicts, competition, sexual relationships, self-defense, and passive/aggressive issues. 
• Recalibrate, slow down, and redefine your relationship to Mars issues. Listen to your intuition, go with your instincts. 
• What about your life is no longer serving a purpose? What is essential and what do you need to let go of? Expand your perspective, be flexible, and accept changes. 

Under the Influence of the separating Saturn Aquarius square Uranus Taurus
All of 2022 to January 24, 2023

Saturn is our solar system’s disciplinarian; Saturn provides the lessons that help us mature and hopefully become functioning adults.

Saturn spends 2.5 years in each sign. Saturn’s rulers are Capricorn and co-ruler Aquarius. Saturn strengthens hierarchies, societal rules, and norms, and increases and empowers authoritarian governments.

Saturn entered Aquarius on December 17, 2020. When Saturn is transiting in Aquarius, we are challenged to think for ourselves, value humanity, not hierarchies, and create new progressive and enlightened structures to help humanity.

Aquarius is the rebel of the zodiac. Aquarius is progressive, freedom-seeking, and innovative. Aquarians value their intellect and rely on logic and reasoning to understand humanity and social constructs. Aquarius wants to remove societal constraints from educational, religious, and governmental institutions. Aquarius excels at reforming outdated systems and “reinventing” cultural norms. A fixed air sign Aquarius is seen as friendly but emotionally detached and compartmentalized, often relentlessly stubborn.

Aquarius rejects old, stagnant belief systems, and structures while encouraging social reforms. Aquarius is known for embracing new technology. While Saturn is in Aquarius there are innovations in technology, digital formats, robotics, automation, physics, medicine, and space travel. Society is more willing to embrace new approaches to how we work, and how we manage economic structures.

We also experience the “out of phase” expression of Aquarius displayed in the public consciousness as individuals and organizations respond to Saturn Aquarius with a stubborn or rigid myopic point of view, while others will express a superficial “shock value” rebelliousness or gain attention with extreme behavior or outlandish conspiracy theories.

While Saturn transits through Aquarius we have an opportunity to make the world a better place by utilizing Aquarian values and principles of maintaining personal freedoms, communicating ideas and knowledge, collaborating with organizations, and acknowledging and honoring our shared humanity.

Uranus in Taurus

Freedom-seeking and innovative Uranus has been transiting in pragmatic and earthy Taurus since March 6, 2019, and won’t leave until April 26, 2026. Unconventional Uranus is in its “fall” in Taurus. Taurus is uncomfortable with the disruptive and radical force of Uranus. Taurus clings to the status quo, security, and stability and has difficulty adjusting to Uranus’ need for progress and change. The last cycle of Uranus in Taurus started in 1942 and saw the rise of fascism and the horrors of World War 2.

During 2021 Saturn and Uranus completed three exact squares. The tension between restrictive and authoritarian Saturn and anti-establishment and unconventional Uranus has been challenging. 2021-2023, transiting Saturn/Uranus square had its last exact aspect on December 24, 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we experienced worldwide government imposed locked downs restricting personal freedoms, supply chain disruptions, social unrest, and political violence. During this period there has been a rise of far-right wing dictatorships, increase income inequality, and chaotic and unsettling climate events.

The almost Saturn Square Uranus of 2022

Currently transiting Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus has been almost exactly square but not quite. They have been dancing close, apart by only 37’. The almost square of Saturn/Uranus will cause tension until January 24, 2023, when the planets will finally start to separate.
 

Welcome to 2021 The Grand Conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn and Saturn Square Uranus

2021 brings a welcome change with the greatly anticipated Grand Conjunction happening at the end of 2020. The Grand Conjunction happens every 20 years heralding new energy and focusing the collective consciousness toward new goals and aspirations.
On December 21, 2020, Cosmic giants Jupiter and Saturn make their closest conjunction in 800 years in the early degrees of Aquarius, and a New Day dawns.

On December 17, 2020, Saturn moved into Aquarius, and a few days later on December 19, Jupiter entered Aquarius and they made their Grand Conjunction on December 21, coincidently with the Winter Solstice.

Continue reading “2021: The Grand Conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn and Saturn Square Uranus “

Lord of Time and Karma, Saturn entered Capricorn on December 20, 2017, heading towards a fateful conjunction with his brother and nemesis, lord of the underworld, Pluto on January 12, 2020. Historically whenever these brothers have been in aspect to one another the world has had to face challenges that have led to enormous societal changes.

The last time that Saturn/Pluto conjoined in Capricorn was over 500 years ago. The two brothers meet every 33 – 38 years. Sometimes they make three conjunctions with one another. When they make a triple conjunction the world experiences an “implosion of events”; wars, famine, and plague are common manifestations.

Continue reading “2020: The Reckoning of Saturn and Pluto: Brothers at War “