by Robert Wilkinson
This is going to be a very eventful week, even if things are more than a little weird because of Mercury retrograde, Uranus going stationary rx, and Saturn exactly opposition Neptune. We're still under the influence of the New Moon at 24 Gemini, accenting the Sun opposed Pluto, so get and stay clear, enjoy what you can while you re-create what you need to, and expect dramatic upheavals in the world thanks to Uranus' station, always indicating major sea changes in people and nations.
Especially with Sun opposed Pluto in major effect through June 21, use self-discipline to implement your insights. Find self-confidence even though things may feel like they're all over the map, with exhaustion in some areas, stimulation in others, and revolution in others. It's the end of old pressures freeing many for new tasks. The fact that the Sun and Mars both shift signs during this week indicates that wherever we have planets or houses affected by Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Leo, or Scorpio will undergo a definite alteration in energy.
Mars' entry into Taurus shows we're beginning a time to solidify and stabilize the initiatives we started during the period of the Grand Fire Trines from March through mid-June. Please refer to the numerous articles I've posted the past 16 weeks to find out more about these new inspirations and promises now being activated. You can find out more about Uranus' current effect in this Spiritual Astrology for May-June 2007 Pt. 2 article, as well as Pt. 1 preceding it.
The recent New Moon in Gemini is helping us all to be productive, releasing powerful new forces reorienting our direction of expansion. It fell the day before Mercury went retrograde, so timing will seem to slow almost to a standstill at a threshold rather than a backward falling mirror image of things. This lunation will help us overcome what binds us or holds us back, and learn skills to achieve forward movement. Find opportunities to enjoy yourself, relax, and re-create whatever you feel needs it in your mind, view, interpretation, speech or attitude. Wherever this falls in your chart is going to be the focus this week.
The Summer Solstice happens at 11:07 am PDT on June 21, just after the Mars trine Pluto and before Uranus goes stationary RX. We will all feel a definitive shift of energies since this is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and therefore the Solar force is at its yearly peak. For readers in the Southern Hemisphere, it's the shortest day of the year and the beginning of their winter, so hang in there, since from now on your days will get longer as ours get shorter. I suppose for sun worshippers the "endless summer" is less a classic surfing movie as knowing when to move from north to south and vise-versa!
Once the Saturn opposition Neptune is past, it marks the end of a certain type of tension we've been living with off and on for two years. We'll experience the last major Fixed T-square involving these planets at the Blue Full Moon of the Eastern Hemisphere on July 29, 5:48 pm PDT, falling at 7 Aquarius-Leo. The T-square at that time will involve Mars in late Taurus squaring Saturn opposition Neptune. Expect radical new developments to stem from that lunation, where we will see what is permanent and what is springing forth from Cosmos Itself. After that, there will be no more Fixed T-square lunations until the Full Moon of November 2008.
As I've written previously:
These past Fixed T-squares involving Saturn and Neptune were triggered every time the Moon was in Taurus or Scorpio, teaching us how to act appropriately. Saturn opposed Neptune was exact from mid-February through mid-March 2007, and is again exact from now through mid-July 2007. Every time the Moon triggers this effect it reminds us of strengths we've cultivated from breaking up old patterns the past 18 months.
As I've noted, these squares ... broke some things up forever, challenged us to see what to clear out, made us evaluate what to "put on the shelf for the future," and opened paths of personal, social, and spiritual development associated with things, heart, magnetism, ambition, and idealism. We were challenged to persevere despite difficulties, cut our losses when blocked by intransigent obstructionists, stabilize what which was unstable, or break apart that which was stuck in the mud.
Any square to the Saturn opposition Neptune shows us how to release important Fire energies through Saturn, transcend old limitations and generate new heart power and brought important questions. What is our message? Where is our heart's interest? Where is our play, our creativity, our enthusiasm, our spontaneity, our pleasure? These can show us the way to our higher purpose.
... Though T-squares are usually considered a negative and frictional influence, the ones we've just been through were chances to purify and drop old ways to create space for more appropriate efforts now. We've shifted magnetism, letting go so we can attract the assets, resources or values will support our next outreach. That has meant a shift in both perception and action.
These T-squares burst things wide open... Since the Taurus energies sextile and quintile Uranus, renovate, revolutionize things, and go for the unique, unusual, or innovative. We've opened a Neptune cycle while fulfilling the old Saturn cycle started Summer 2006... Recent weeks brought many major decisions breaking old deadlocks, ambivalence, or procrastination. It's been a great time for accepting greater responsibilities and duties and leaving lesser concerns behind. We can achieve clarity around roles we want to play, overcoming any hesitation around doing what we must to make some new way of being real.
We've solidified many things even as we've turned a big corner... and had opportunities to see what's been jamming our gears in relationships, and what we needed to end while embracing actions and attitudes that will bring us results we want in the future. Due to the on-going Jupiter square Uranus we've also had a sensation like something very BIG is coming. Welcome to the NOW!
As I've explained before, though squares are usually associated with difficulty, they mark important points where we shift direction, breaking free of old ideas about who we used to be. When we confront squares and oppositions we are shown ways to reorient to find the balance and turn the corner in crucial areas. Squares are either the emergence of something (waxing square) or the fulfillment and culmination of a process (waning square), while oppositions bring forth awareness. These times are not necessarily great for launching new things, but they can be great at moving things forward that have already been planned in the past.
Saturn opposition Neptune is behind the tension of the gap between ideal and reality, the theoretical and the practical. Continue not allowing nerves, temperament, or unexpected diversions to cause sideways explosions result in messing up perfectly good opportunities. Get oriented, get your drive in gear, open your vision and understanding, and be compassionate while bringing closure to old life movies.
Venus continues to herald things to come as it closes the gap between Saturn and the other inner planets. Now that Venus is well into Leo, this week begins the trine to Jupiter, so things harmonize between our Taurus, Libra, Sagittarius, and Pisces related areas.
With the Moon transiting Leo through Scorpio this week, the Moon moves through the unoccupied sector of signs, we will have a sense of being very spread out, as well as needing to deal with some important areas that may not mesh well with other areas of equal importance. As noted regarding the planetary spread, Saturn is no longer the nozzle for the other planetary energies as it has been for months, but it will be one of the brackets, along with Pluto, framing the Locomotive pattern that most predominates for months to come when the span on the close side is less than 51 degrees. This week will be more of a "Splash" or "Splay" than "Locomotive," so again, try not to get overextended with too much going on.
The week begins with the Moon in Leo. As I noted in last weeks article about the weekend leading up to the week ahead:
The Moon enters Cancer 6:45 am PDT on June 15 just a few hours before Mercury goes stationary retrograde at 4:40 pm PDT. This actually should be a great retrograde, all things considered, since Mercury makes very few difficult aspects and quite a few beneficial ones. When Moon is in Cancer, it favors hanging out at home, family gatherings, and garden activities, so if you have any intention of planting things for lush quick growth, I suggest June 15-16. Just keep in mind that things and people can become somewhat irrational, and perhaps show some form of compulsive behavior since this sign triggers both larger irrationality patterns.
The Moon enters Leo at 10:25 am PDT June 17. It's a good time for treating garden pests and setting things for long term fixity, and throughout June 17-18 the conjunction to Venus and Saturn trine Jupiter should help us feel the warmth and stability of the Grand Fire Trine that is waning. The 18th shows the Sun opposition Pluto exact, so during the week before and week after this aspect, find self-assurance amidst the chaos, and use deep insights and self-discipline to move into pioneering initiatives through freeing yourself from old pressures and burdens you no longer need to bear. This will be most focused from June 17-19.
The Moon in Cancer June 16-17 triggers The Grand Irrationality, which is bringing major forks in the road for all. In late May we went through a very strong activation of this 7 pointed Star pattern, and many who have planets or angles in any of the 7 zones of this configuration confronted major decisions, or forms of compulsive behavior in others, or forks in the road of their destiny, aka, character choices.
As noted in other articles,
The Grand Irrationality is why everything feels much weirder than it used to, with hard edges and widespread irrational and/or compulsive behaviors more and more evident. Sometimes these energies grow stronger than at other times, depending on where the planets are. The link to The Grand Irrationality will explain more about this widespread long term influence in depth, along with internal links in that article that explain more about the larger field and what we can do to maneuver it successfully.
Right now the hot zones of The Grand Irrationality fall at approximately 27 Sagittarius-1 Capricorn, 20-25 Aquarius, 11-14 Aries, 2-7 Gemini, 24-27 Cancer, 15-19 Virgo, and 6-10 Scorpio at this time in history. This pattern is setting up the generally strange atmosphere, a lot of compulsions coming to surface as well as forks in the road of our destiny in several areas of life, and overall one long hard edge of choices, changes, and a future that never is quite as logical as we may like.
In dealing with the generic weirdness, remember that even if things get very bizarre or irrational, we are not powerless. Even if destiny is "on the move," we still can steer the process to some degree, if we don't lose our cool in the midst of the great weirdness. We’re learning in these strange times not to lean too heavily on "things making sense," and how to fly by the seat of our pants, not going funky places we shouldn't, and making choices that will propel us into an evolving future that may not make much sense but is perfect for the uniqueness we are.
Every time the Moon triggers the Grand Irrationality we experience a form of a turning point of sorts, where the seeds of the future will stand revealed. Besides June 16-17 when it transits the Cancer zone, it will also trigger this larger global configuration this week June 20-21 in the Virgo zone at the same time as the Mutable T-square, and again on June 25 in the Scorpio zone .
As I reported last week, we have a powerful configuration adding to the general weirdness of the Grand Irrationality. Of major importance to us all is that over the next few weeks that Saturn is moving back into a short term but very powerful triseptile to Uranus. I described this briefly in this article, with more in the article Spiritual Astrology in May-June 2007 affecting Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.
This irrationality pattern is creating another whole set of "forks in the road of destiny" involving 18-20 Pisces, 9-11 Taurus, 30 Gemini-2 Cancer, 21-23 Leo, 12-15 Libra, 4-6 Sag, and 25-27 Capricorn. Obviously the Moon will trigger this entirely different field of choices and decisons when it moves through these zones on June 11-12, 15, 18-19, 23, 27, and July 1, 5-6, 9, 12-13, 16-17, 20, and 24-25.
Of special importance is when the Sun moves through the late Gemini and early Cancer zone between June 19-24, Venus is in the Leo zone at the end of June and beginning of July, Mars is in the Taurus zone July 5-9, while Mercury hangs out in the Cancer zone between July 5-13. It's stationary degree being septile Saturn and biseptile Uranus promises to make this irrationality sequence very active for some weeks to come, so heads up!
Just think! For the next few weeks, we'll have weirdness, irrationality, compulsions, and major decisions to make, individually and collectively, over 20 times. Obviously July 5-6 will be very important days, since the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and Uranus will all be activated. For advanced astrologers, look out for the times when the Ascendant and Midheaven cross through these zones wherever you live, since it could show very important events that move lives dramatically in directions that will fulfill "destiny" somehow.
The Moon enters Virgo 5:46 pm PDT on June 19. It's in mid-Virgo on June 20-21, triggering a Mutable T-square with Jupiter and Uranus. This will be very powerful in releasing the promise of Jupiter in Sagittarius stimulated by the recent Solar T-square. 14 and 19 degrees of Gemini are the voids, so open to "distant communications," trust your evolving intuition, and see what presents itself as aspects of the Ageless Wisdom, or even just "seek knowledge" from which you can develop new forms of understanding and interacting.
As a result of recent "karmic confrontations" we've had opportunities to reclaim neglected inner power and move toward cooperative activities synthesizing what we've strived for up to now. We've also had opportunities to find renewed encouragement that can stimulate accomplishment, especially in group activities that build group consciousness through friendly competitions.
So open to new information and perspectives, be a good multi-tasker, and adapt during this T-square releasing the energies of the on-going Jupiter square Uranus. There's more about the larger Jupiter square Uranus at The Astrology of 2007 - The Outer Planets - Eruptions, Disruptions, Understanding, Openings and Abundance, the Movement Toward A Promise as well as Astrology Now in April-May-June 2007 - Jupiter square Uranus, Saturn opposition Neptune.
The Moon enters Libra 4:43 am PDT June 22, and as it transits mid-Libra it makes a double triseptile "Kite" configuration in the second irrationality pattern mentioned above with Uranus in Pisces as the nozzle focusing whatever changes and decisions are promised by this. It seems that Uranus is continually being stimulated by one thing or another these days, and on its station, shows this week to be an extremely important decision making period, even with the Mercury RX influence slowing everything down or creating delays or postponements.
The Moon enters Scorpio 5:26 pm PDT June 24 exactly 3 hours after Mars enters Taurus. The breakneck pace of recent weeks should begin to steady somewhat with this transition as it brings a welcome return of Earth energies after a very long period with one or no planets in this element. We're now on our way to a constant and growing Earth presence for many years to come, which hopefully will yield a large-scale "grounding" in practical things to be done to sustain ourselves and our planet.
Moon in Libra and Scorpio are good for beauty treatments, haircuts, planting and pruning in the garden, and socializing. Just don't move into a place or buy one with Moon in Scorpio, as traditionally it is supposed to not be a good time to do that. In my experience I have found it true that when people move into a place when the Moon is in Scorpio they usually move out again fairly soon, or have trouble with things like plumbing, vermin, rot, mold, mildew and the like. I know that seems a bit weird, but I've seen it so many times I choose to accept its overall validity.
June 25 the Moon moves through the Scorpio zone of the Grand Irrationality discussed previously. That day the Saturn opposition Neptune is exact, with the influence extremely strong this entire week and certainly the next two, so heads up, and if things are extra weird or "binding," it's just showing us a greater service to do, or a "message" to be delivered as we find our way "home." This will lead to forms of taming and training where we can demonstrate resolve, patience, and self-discipline as we move toward that greater future.
So this week, some things are expanding and moving forward despite the limiting conditions, while other things will probably have to be put on hold for a while until other things happen. We are being liberated from old pressures we no longer need to bear, and whether large or small, dramatic or nondescript, stand on the threshold of a new life era.
As I said last week, this is the time to get information and perspectives about projects, endeavors, or initiatives we've set into motion these past few months. Hold steady as Mercury crashes into retrograde, and don't be frustrated if things begin to slow down and even move sideways or backwards. Do forms of review, rehearsal, reflection, getting new insights that will re-work some things, and reconnect with ideas, feelings, people, and skills you may have neglected or forgotten.
© Copyright 2007 Robert Wilkinson
Robert,
It seems like ever since we scheduled my private phone reading (which is tomorrow, BTW- and I CAN'T WAIT!!!), I have had absolutely no time, energy, or focus to read any of your blog until this article. Excellent, as always, and right on in so many ways it's spooky, LOL. Look forward to talking to you really soon :)
Hugs,
Shelley
Posted by: Shelley | June 17, 2007 at 03:29 AM
Hello Robert,
I have been following Aquarius Papers quite a time and would like to thank you for sharing your insights. I would like to ask a question about the Moon in Scorpio.
We have recently bought a house and currently involved in remodelling it and were planning to move in, at the end of this month. The probable dates are 28, 29 th of June. However I have just read your thoughts regarding the Moon in Scorpio is not the best of the times to move into a place.
Is it something which only affects 25 th of June or is it a period which can be extended two or three days? Are 28 th and 29 th of June safe dates?
Regards,
P.S. The time here is GMT+2.
Posted by: Cem | June 18, 2007 at 01:16 AM
Hi Cern - The Moon will be in Scorpio in Europe June 25, 26, and morning of 27th. The 28th and 29th, Moon's in Sag, which is just fine for moving in, even with a Mercury RX! Where you are Moon is conjunct Jupiter on 28th then on the 29th trines Venus, sextiles Neptune and trines Saturn. Should be great.
Posted by: Robert | June 18, 2007 at 07:11 AM
Hi Robert. How are you? Tonight we watched Venus eclipsed by a thin crescent moon in India at 8:30 pm, on June 18. What is the significance of this?!
Posted by: Sita | June 18, 2007 at 08:04 AM
Hi Sita - Doing great, and catching up with all kinds of things. What you saw was Venus "occulted" by the Moon, which is an eclipse-like conjunction. I would think it would mean that some element of Venus is now shut down (Saturn too!) for at least a while. It will probably mean there is a need for new nurturance of Venus and Saturn energies wherever Leo affects our life.
Posted by: Robert | June 18, 2007 at 02:05 PM
Hi Robert! I am burning like on a bed of hot coals. I am infatuated with one Capricorn (Virgo Moon), who is also my best friend, so he behaves like a friend but stares at me like I am a TV. What is happening? Is it something out there causing this turmoil and fire? Is Mars causing it? Help, Aquarian Moon!
Posted by: larisa | June 18, 2007 at 04:54 PM
Hi Larissa - It is true that Capricorn and Aries have a huge attraction, but in your case the harmony is your Moon with his Sun/Moon. Capricorn men tend to overwork and underplay, and I'm sure your Fire and intensity leave him in awe at times (though he would never admit it!) And of course, he is more than a Sun and Moon.
Posted by: Robert | June 18, 2007 at 06:18 PM
Dear Robert
Thank you for reminding us all (in a different post) that Mercury rx doesn't CAUSE anything. I for one am a big crybaby when it comes to Mercury retrograde and am hypervigilante (sp?) during these times.
For three days last week (june 13 - june 16) I helped me dear friend and companion, Bitty, die. I've not ever had a dog die from old age at home before and the whole process has been so surreal, so horrific that feel I"m not able to fully recover. Plus, my son crashed on his motorcycle (he's 22) and won't stop riding the damn thing even though he's probably got brain damage and I ended a relationship with my father because he's so abusive. All in one week!
I feel like I"m standing in a fast flowing river, just barely able to stay upright. It's intense. Escalated transformation is the phrase that comes to mind.
My question is this: have you heard of mercury rx as being a good time to work on "old issues"? I feel like hordes of my old behavior are surfacing and the work I do to better myself is very well received. Hard work, paying off, I say.
Thanks for your labor of love here. I'm learning more every day.
charmie
Posted by: Charmie | June 18, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Hi Charmie - Absolutely! In fact, Mercury RX often are the times when we MUST deal with old business, or finish up some things in order to move on in important areas. It's great for getting a new look at things from different angles of understanding, and since Hermes is "the guide of Souls," these are exactly the time when by taking a different view we can be guided to our Soul. My condolences on losing your dog-friend. Glad you can set boundaries with others, and of course, people who are 22 are still "bulletproof," or so they think. I had to stop riding motorcycles around that age due to too many crashes! May he be kept safe. Your work on self-understanding is no doubt paying off, and by late July you'll see even more about this process.
Posted by: Robert | June 19, 2007 at 07:19 AM
Thanks Robert. No problems nuturing love!
Posted by: Sita | June 19, 2007 at 12:15 PM
hi robert
the last three weeks for me have been absolutely awful in every area of my life, body, mind, career, contracts, etc etc etc.
last nite I was surfing the net and came across the following:
"you have someone to blame for the unexpected, lightning-like chaos that is presently running your life for you: Uranus is slowly turning retrograde on June 23, 2007, at 7:43 a.m. PDT. When a slow moving planet (they are considered, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) goes retrograde or direct, lives can turn from a well known, fixed rut to utter chaos. Usually, it is about three weeks before the actual 'turn' that things begin to happen."
when I read this it suddenly made sense. as things started heating up and going weird about 2 or 3 weeks ago. plus my entire network of "sensitives" reported similar experiences.
my Sun is 18 Taurus, conjunct Uranus at 19 Taurus, in the 12th house. this MUST be what's been happening! dont you think?
I have a lot of physical symptoms that have appeared because of the unusual amount of stress. and they havent gone away yet!
your wise counsel always appreciated.
Posted by: suz-d | June 19, 2007 at 02:22 PM
Hi sita - Sounds like a plan (however much we can have one during Mercury RX!)
Hi suz-d - Yes, I've pointed out in many articles that when the outers go RX or direct, it's a major "sea change" with things swirling around. It's the generic timing and we cannot take it personally, but we must try to avoid contributing to the chaos. Actually Uranus is favorable for you personally, but you've been dealing with Saturn the past few months. And remember that Jupiter is triseptile your Taurus planets during the recent past-present, Neptune is now RX back toward your Taurus, and Mercury just went RX septile your Taurus. But fear not, since very little that happens during a RX turns out as we think. Just don't let your ruler's impending conjunction with Saturn spoil your party!
Posted by: Robert | June 19, 2007 at 04:41 PM
Thank you Robert. You are right. Caps do overwork and underplay. Hmm.. Only one day passed since yesterday and I am already re-considering. I wasn't born with his patience.
Posted by: larisa | June 19, 2007 at 08:23 PM
thnx R
>>>Just don't let your ruler's impending conjunction with Saturn spoil your party!
I'm not sure what you're referring to here... I guess I'm missing something
Posted by: suz-d | June 19, 2007 at 08:56 PM
Thank you very much Robert!
Posted by: Cem | June 20, 2007 at 03:35 AM
Hi suz-d - Venus is your ruler. It's about to conjunct Saturn, and is trine Jupiter and then Pluto.
Hi Cern - You're welcome. Enjoy your new home.
Posted by: Robert | June 20, 2007 at 05:50 AM
(The person who originally posted a comment this addresses requested I remove their comment. Still, what I said is important for those going through a form of the dark night of the Soul, so I kept what I said.) Hi - Everything's been weird for everyone the past several months, so you're definitely not alone on this bus! Apathy is an ego trap. I believe our lower nature gets stronger by our indulging its supposed power. To me the best way to fight evil is to make progress in the good, and direct the mind and feelings to enjoyable things that bring peace and contentment to whatever degree.
With no chart info to work with, our discussion is limited. This is just my opinion, but your dilemma seems to involve allowing dark thoughts to lead you to believe that you can "stop living." Just remember the object here on Earth is not to do anything we will regret one instant after we check out, since then the review of the movie begins. Then we will know what is and is not real and unreal, since we return to our natural perpetual state of love, however strong or weak we have cultivated it here on Earth.
We mostly suffer through not letting go of unhelpful tendencies, or judging ourselves harshly when we fall short of some supposed ideal. You may need some form of counseling, you may need friends who care for you, or you may just need a few "successes" to alter your view to one that is both positive AND authentic. Your "healing work" could involve several things. When I was shipwrecked in hell (reference the article of Jan 9), I was open to whatever would generate anything good in my life.
If you don't believe what positivity you're trying to generate, then it will fall short. Also not sure what you're trying "to hold on" to. Sounds like it has led you into the proverbial ditch. Better to let go and welcome a better head and heart space, and stop indulging your judgments, criticisms, and unhelpful feelings of discontent and despair.
Of course, cut back on white sugar or any other substance that creates jagged edges, which you don't need. Sometimes people get a whole new look on life by doing some health purifications to eliminate toxins that cloud the mind and body whether we know they are or not. By all means, get whatever assistance you need to get a sense that you are moving beyond a gloomy sense of stuckness. Sometimes a good therapist helps jumpstart the process if they are skilled in deeper disciplines. And when I was in my gloomiest space, I also spent a lot of time at my altar meditating and praying and went to sacred places to meditate and pray to Divine Mother to take the sorrow and redeem whatever promise there was to redeem. It worked. You may just need a hug from Ammachi..... May you find peace, hope, joy, community, and clarity.
Posted by: Robert | June 20, 2007 at 04:34 PM
>>>Just don't let your ruler's impending conjunction with Saturn spoil your party!
>>>Venus is your ruler. It's about to conjunct Saturn, and is trine Jupiter and then Pluto.
couldnt locate just when this conjunction occurs....
and I would have to say that I have already done all the items mentioned here, my parade has been fully rained upon in buckets during the last several weeks. and of course I understand that when these aspects come around again, you do another layer of clearing.
from your site
"Often when a planet or our Ascendant is conjuncted by Saturn, it leads to feeling depressed, oppressed, or repressed. However, by seeing what is obsolete and methodically and maturely eliminating old structures of doing or experiencing, we can find our way to our true selves, freed from prejudices and traps of fear or limiting behaviors that stifle our Spirit. A Saturn transit is a time when we get clear about who we are and who we aren't. When it conjuncts our Venus, our relationships change dramatically, and we drop obsolete associations, those that are more trouble than they're worth or no longer reflect who we really are. Any time Saturn touches our Moon or Venus there are usually hard lessons in human relations, but that frees us to take care of our likes and needs appropriately."
Posted by: suz-d | June 20, 2007 at 06:42 PM
Hi suz-d - The conjunction is July 1, but in effect until then and for some days afterward. As for a general commentary on when it is hailing, things are subject to outside forces, including other people's nature and free will that are beyond our control. All we can do is decide how we want to respond. And Saturn is seldom fun, even if we do increase our wisdom and perseverance through us making it our friend.
Posted by: Robert | June 20, 2007 at 08:21 PM
>>>things are subject to outside forces, including other people's nature and free will that are beyond our control.
I already just went thru that a few weeks ago with my record label when email negotiations got weird. email can be very subject to misinterpretation as there's no "tone" .... no person, just dry words on the page, and misunderstandings are more prone to occur.
>>>All we can do is decide how we want to respond
that's where it got me! I was so taken by surprise by his response that I almost felt as though I had lost a lover. several days later, I had tightening of the chest, which felt like signs of heart attack. totally freaked me out! at the hospital, everything was just fine, as I knew it would be... still it was a very strange event, which later my facilitator said was caused by the restimulation of feelings of lost love. makes sense to me....
>>>Saturn is seldom fun, even if we do increase our wisdom and perseverance through us making it our friend.
all good advice R.... and thank God my work is my saviour! when I'm focused on a creative project, and deep inside the creative process, it's like some sort of protection, and negativity can more easily slide off like water off a ducks back. but one cannot always be immersed in that delicious creative flow, with so many business career tasks.
anyways, with all that I've gone thru in the last 3 weeks, a visit from old man Saturn, couldnt be as awful as the tests I've just endured!
my saturn is at 24 aries
mars at 24 capricorn
and pluto at 23 cancer ...
some sort of trine?
and of course without all the other aspects, you cant get the whole picture...
on that note-
do you keep track of people's aspects? I cant imagine that you could remember them all, nor that you have time to file hundreds of charts from everyone. just wondering if you like to have all the aspects of those you talk to regularly, which I would be glad to send.
blessings to you Robert for your always wonderful counsel!!!
Posted by: suz-d | June 21, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Hi suz-d - It always blows my mind when someone understands discreet answers. (If anyone wonders what this somewhat surrealistic conversation has to do with whatever, that term has nothing to do with privacy.) Perhaps it shouldn't, and of course everyone who comes here has an aptitude of synthetic thinking, but every once in a while reminds me that this is about a whole different level of communication... Anyway, it sounds like you're on the inside of the process, which while unstable, still yields info re: inner equilibrium. And yes, words are funny things, if we don't have a proper context. Echoes are echoes when it comes to misunderstanding what we never understood to begin with. Some sort of incredible square not trine which carries its own challenge of managing tension. And I most definitely do NOT try to keep track of individual planetary positions. Couldn't even if I tried. Too much information as it is.
Posted by: Robert | June 21, 2007 at 08:59 PM
>>> every once in a while reminds me that this is about a whole different level of communication...
yep.....
you are so patient with us all Robert. I am both impressed and baffled how you manage to talk to so many of us on such a deep level, plus write all the articles... etc...
I'm thanking you now for all of us!
Posted by: suz-d | June 22, 2007 at 02:16 PM