Spiritual Astrology in September-October 2007 Pt. 1 - Jupiter Biseptile Saturn Exteriorizing Forces of Destiny

by Robert Wilkinson

Jupiter and Saturn translate the energies of the outer Invisible Triad into widespread social influences within which our personalities operate in local conditions, however wide or narrow our field of influence. They are now in the heart of a long term biseptile, and When these two powerhouses are in biseptile, major changes are set into motion globally on every level imaginable. That's why things seem crazier than usual right now, and there is a constant "hard edge" to our world. Expect radical decisions to be made these next weeks that make no sense, but will show us a larger destiny for a long time to come.

The major difference between the biseptile of July-August and the one in dynamic motion during September and October is that Saturn is now moving quickly into Virgo. The element shift will indicate a very different energetic manifestation of this irrational, "destiny-producing" aspect. I examined this very important aspect in the article, Astrology of Destiny in August-September 2007 - Jupiter Biseptile Saturn Offering Giant Changes in a Crazy Process. When you're done here, please check out the article to get a sense of what we've been dealing with for over a month, and will be for about two months' more.

Along with Neptune and Pluto anchoring The Grand Irrationality, this Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto combo are creating some very weird times, where obsessive-compulsive tendencies run high and we're being shown forks in the road in many life areas. The choices we're making at this time will determine our "destiny" for a long time to come. More on the Grand Irrationality later in this article.

It may seem as weird as it gets since it's happening on an almost constant basis due to the Moon activating one of the two patterns 14 times a month. We're all on the edge of some kind of major changes, since we're making character choices and decisions about vision, duty, responsibility that will shape our future opportunities and larger understandings. This is "the intersection of fate and free will," and our choices will show as progress or regress.

In our personal lives, this time is directly related in bringing forth our higher truth of Being resulting from the choices and changes of early 2006 and mid-December 2006 through early January 2007, the first two Jupiter biseptile Saturn points. I originally noted this aspect in the March-April 2006 Spiritual Astrology article, mainly in terms of when it would be activated. I addressed the second biseptile, along with the inner planets also making Sag biseptiles to Saturn with Jupiter, in this article. When you're done here you may want to do a quick check on this one as well.

These were times when all of us confronted major forks in the road of our destinies, whether we noticed it or not. These choices continue to shape our personalities toward a future on the way like an express train over the next few months. This has put our Sag and Pisces energies at a point of decision and change, an "intersection of fate and free will" relative to our Capricorn and Aquarius planets and houses. Obviously this affects at least a third of our reality, and as these 4 signs constitute the "Harvest sector" of the zodiac, no doubt our "harvests" have been and will be greatly affected by our choices around vision and duty.

This is the final of three Jupiter biseptile Saturn periods since early 2006, so look at the edges of your larger social change as being set into motion then. They originated February 2006 with Jupiter in mid-Scorpio and Saturn in early Leo, moved back into range mid-December 2006 through early January 2007 with Jupiter in early Sag and Saturn in Late Leo, made another with Jupiter direct in August from mid-Sag to late Leo, and from September through early November will make the final biseptile from Jupiter in mid-Sag to Saturn in early Virgo. Advanced astrologers should take note of the decan and degree placements as well as other planetary aspects to each of these to get greater insight into how the Jupiter-Saturn effects are working out on every level.

Each will have been in two different signs, as well as two decans in one sign. In one way to apply this, on a national level Saturn in Virgo will manifest differently than Saturn in Leo, as will national sectors ruled by Jupiter. Education, imagination, vision, and law have hit a turning point relative to the power structure and "leadership" sectors of our world. If nothing else, people everywhere who have endured the "child leaders" of our past (Saturn in Leo) will demand greater practical accountability and workable solutions to practical problems. (Saturn in Virgo). There are many other applications, so ask your imagination to show you ways to view this "turning point at Eternity Boulevard."

Looking ahead, by early November the biseptile will give way to a Tredecile through mid-December. The Tredecile shows a specializing time of unique interactivity that manifests as "serendipity" in the areas Jupiter and Saturn are transiting in our charts. This is related to the tredecile of January 2007, so check out that article when you're done here. This will bring more unique gifts perfect for our circumstances, or our unique qualities found situations perfect for them.

The ones in January stabilized between March and May 2007, and showed as a further development of unique interactivity between mid-June and mid-July 2007. Now we've been confronting a "point of no return" since late July lasting through mid-November 2007 due to the final biseptile mentioned earlier.

Saturn is temporarily no longer the nozzle for all the other planets, due to the presence of Sun, Mercury, and Venus near Saturn. It will again resume its status as the focusing device for all the other energies beginning January 2008, when we return to a "Bucket Pattern" with either Saturn or Mars as the focal points for the other planetary energies. You can also check out Aquarian Astrology at Work to learn more about how the Bucket Pattern manifests.

As you know from other posts, Neptune and Pluto are still in septile, and therefore anchoring The Grand Irrationality. As to why 2007 is somewhat over-the-top energetically, besides being the Year of the Fire Boar, the Grand Irrationality has been continually triggered from November 2006 through the present time by transits of various sectors bringing forth this collective weirdness affecting us all. It is why strange, irrational, obsessive-compulsive energies are boiling to the top in personalities and situations, and there continues to be a hard edge to our lives. Collectively we are at a fork in the road of human evolution.

As I've noted in other Spiritual Astrology articles, it's been almost non-stop in 2007. Boosting what began with the Autumn 2006 Eclipses, January-February 2007 intensified the process with Mars initiating changes January 10-15 followed by Venus January 17-21 and Mercury January 25-29. In February the pattern was set off between February 6-12, and in late February Venus activated a third point of the Seven Pointed Star and the Moon a fourth in the Cancer zone February 27.

In March and April The Grand Irrationality was triggered March 1-3, March 20-April 4, April 12-18, and intensified in May and June through a major clustering of planets in almost all its zones. Mercury and the Sun lit up the Gemini zone May 11-14 and May 21-27, Mars was in the Aries zone May 27-June 3, and Venus in the Cancer zone May 29-June 2. The point of maximum intensification was May 28-29 when the Moon in Scorpio lit up the 6th of the 7 points in this Star pattern. These transits set off important changes and choices that may not have made much sense, but we had to make them anyway. It's been the forward edge of future "destiny" by how we've been greeting the weirdness of the NOW.

Any time a planet goes through any of the zones of The Grand Irrationality it triggers effects. At present these points are approximately 26-29 Sagittarius, 19-22 Aquarius, 10-13 Aries, 1-4 Gemini, 23-26 Cancer, 14-17 Virgo, and 5-9 Scorpio.

Any time the Moon transits any of the hot zones the pattern is triggered. In the coming two months the Moon either intensifies or adds another point to the Grand Irrationality when it transits Gemini on September 3, 30, and October 27-28, Cancer on September 6-7 (Pluto Stationary Direct!). October 3-4 and 30-31, Virgo on September 10-11 (just before the Solar Eclipse!) and October 8, Scorpio on September 15 and October 12-13, Sagittarius conjunct Pluto at the Galactic Center on September 19-20 and October 16-17, Aquarius on September 23-24 (Autumnal Equinox!) and October 20-21, and Aries on September 26-27 (Harvest Full Moon!) and October 24.

In the next few weeks, the pattern will be set off by the inner planets numerous times. Of primary importance will be when the Sun moves through the Virgo zone from September 5-9, Mercury in Scorpio going stationary retrograde in the zone from October 1-20, and Venus in the Virgo zone October 23-27. Thus highly energetic times are September 6-7, October 3-4, 12-13, and 23-27 when we have 4 points active, and Oct 16-17 and 20-21 when the Moon conjuncts Pluto and Neptune.

Since the Sun, Mercury, and Venus are involved, it will trigger changes in the houses ruled by these planets, as well as any life areas where we have planets in those hot zones. The houses they occupy as well as rule will be most directly affected. By staying on top of where these zones are triggered by outer events symbolized by the transiting planets, we are given a heads up on what’s coming. During transits to any of the 7 zones of influence, expect shifts, changes, forks in the road, irrational or compulsive behavior in self or others, and important times of decision.

Going back to the Jupiter-Saturn biseptile, the active hot zones rapidly shift in the next two months. This second set of irrationality zones in September are approximately 30 Leo-6 Virgo, 22-27 Libra, 12-18 Sagittarius, 3-9 Aquarius, 24-30 Pisces, 15-21 Taurus, 6-12 Cancer. In October these move forward approximately 3-4 degrees, so compensate accordingly.

In September the pattern will be activated by Mercury in Libra from September 20-24, and the Moon in Taurus on September 1-2 and 29, Cancer on September 5-6, Leo-Virgo on September 9-10, Libra on September 14, Sag on September 18, Aquarius on September 22, and Pisces on September 25-26.

In October the pattern will be activated by Venus in Virgo from October 6-15, the Sun in Libra from October 14-20, and again by Mercury retrograde and then direct from October 26-November 8. The Moon in Virgo augments the pattern on October 7, in Libra October 11-12, in Sag October 15-16, in Aquarius October 19-20, in Pisces-Aries October 23-24, in Taurus October 26-27, and in Cancer October 30-31. These values are of course approximate, and you should calculate exactly when the hot zones will occur based in a two degree orb of any planets you may have in these zones.

All septile series aspects indicate an on-going weirdness, strange choices, crucial decisions, and general edginess and the sense that forces beyond our control are at work. Not necessarily bad, as long as we remember that we may not be able to reason our way through what's happening and the energy doesn't get too crazy or destructive. This aspect set moves us to make choices that affect our potential "higher destiny." The days mentioned above are the times when the generic weirdness is triggered, and bring decisions that may not make much sense but have to be made anyway.

Tomorrow in Part 2 we will discuss Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto's influences, and how they are impacting past and present eclipses.

© Copyright 2007 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Mary]

Robert you always write a long juicy essay when I have a dentist appointment to go to and a car to get serviced and a job to go to where I am acting senior supervisor this week. Sheesh! Is this the craziness and irrationality you were talking about?

[Richard]

Mary, if that is all you've got going down then relax, you don't want any part of my ongoing insanity. I've had work crews not showing up due to babies with pneumonia, cars burning out, assistants being beaten up by both boyfriend and son, in hospital with concussion. Painters I found out were ex-junkies recommended to me and threatenting to walk the 2nd day of painting if I didn't raise their $'s by 67%. And it just goes on and on and on.

[Robert]

Hi Mary - Yes! When things are weirdest, it teaches us the limits of our ability to surf the waves, some of which move in unexpected directions. Expect more irrationality to come, but it's really not all that bad once you get used to it being the state of affairs.

Hi Richard - Well, we each get the insanity that teaches us to maintain equilibrium. I won't bore you with tales of avalanches in my own history, but remember - at some point you'll find yourself watching the movie, and actually laughing at the passing dramas and delusions while opening to the heart of compassion for those who are hurt needlessly by others or whose children are in life-and-death circumstances. Then you'll stop attracting petty extortionists and find assistants who want to help build the business because they value things like diligence and perseverance. Loyalty and hard work may be out of fashion, but thank Heaven they aren't extinct. And the beat goes on and on and on....

[Robyn]

so i being a cancer, recently got dumped by an aries.
in the interim, i got my dream apt, regarding aspects to my 4th house of Virgo, the owner is Libra Realty.

strange but true. people are making grand exits right now from my life and have been since July.

making room for more and better people and things to do!?

[Richard]

Next up: Major major client from London is sitting in San Antonio diverted due to weather, may miss our meeting altogether before returning to London. Bleach blonde, internal company, amateur interior decorator kept telling me she had installed laminate flooring in her location, I should do the same. Got the bid went to the owner he just chewed on my arse, probably thinking I am trying to rip him off. Why? The airhead installed cheap cheap cheap vinyl flooring at her location she keeps calling laminate flooring. Complete body armor - where do I find some?

[Larisa]

Robert, things not only crazier now, this "destiny producing" energies gave me fever. I am physically having fever today because couyld it be any more intense? Fever, heartbeats, and tomorrow a very important business meeting was set. In secrecy. Not by me though. I am hot today amd fever doesn't go away

[Larisa]

I have to drink a glass of red wine every evening after work to relax and to send all this away at least for the evening.

[Mary]

Ok, If I had known this was going to get serious I would have whined more in the first post. My crown being placed was a 12 minute procedure that I waited an hour for. That led to taking my car to the service department and having to rent one over night while they were repairing my car. The rental people located in the car place, wanted to rent an expensive 2008 car to me of course showing me the thrills of driving a new car when my 2006 is paid for and quite adequate for my needs. It took me telling him the dangers of my taking such a car to the neighborhood I work in for him to back off and rent the type of car adequate for two days. Then I had to return a few hours later to sign a repair agreement for a repair that will probably take a plumber's helper to take out a ding that occurred when my mother, an aries backed into my car at Christmas time because she was talking and complaining and not looking where she was going. Whew!, I got back to work finally and was bombarded with downed computers, whining and unhappy campers, and a co-worker/best friend who has lost her sense of humor about not being able to do her job due to the incompetency and lack of forethought heralded by an administration full of cancers of the 1948-1951 genre.....no I am not in that type of work but,having to transfer all of my car office, to a rental for 2 days in 98 degree weather, was thrilling....

[Robert]

Hi Robyn - Well, it sounds like you got free of an entanglement you didn't need while attracting what you did. Usually when people leave our lives it's a Venus aspect, and yes, it's about making space for people more appropriate to who we are now rather than who we were.

Hi Richard - Now you know to check things out before hanging yourself out on someone else's limb. Hope you're not affirming your major client will miss the meeting. Would think invoking Spirit to make it happen however it can would be a better thoughtform. In this case, not going places you don't need to go will keep away 10,000 worries.

Hi Larisa - Fever is the body's way of burning up toxins and the things that live on toxins. I suppose taking a break and having a glass is a good way to get some perspective on difficulty. You may also need to eat a few grapefruit.

Hi Mary - Sounds like when it rains it pours. I have been there. Also sounds like the repair place and the rental place could have a kickback scheme working. As for dents, well, they do happen as a result of living in close proximity to people who have a variety of driving skills. In LA, everyone gets dinged or worse, usually by people who split. Downed computers I'm familiar with. Like now, when I cannot print charts and cannot load my program onto any system I have. But perseverance furthers, as the saying goes. Many unhappy campers right now due to ongoing aspects "and not much love to go 'round, don't you know this is a land of confusion..." Those Cancers that you mention all have Sun in the same sign as Uranus, and some have a Sun either opposition or square Jupiter while others have a Sun square Neptune. And yes, things are truly heating up all over the place.

[Joanne]

Robert,
I had to print out your article so that I could really do some studying and understanding of the details you have given. I am not an experienced astrologer.

Looking at the big picture, I can see the effects of the various biseptiles, and better understand what was happening, no, maybe see the results of them. I was a teacher last year, of middle school students, math, and it was a change for me from the previous six years, teaching sixth grade. I'd had a hard time trying to adjust my philosophy to the administration concepts for quite a while. Your comment about the "Saturn in Virgo manifesting differently than Saturn in Leo" hit a chord. I was constantly rebelling against the "leadership" of the 'children', and I mean literally allowing children to have the power. My Virgo rising, and Aries sun did not agree with the administration or education system I was submersed into for 7 years. I had several negative events, that, tho I tried to change the way I reacted to them, it didn't work. These events and others, finally made it seem as if I had no choice but to leave.

At maximun intensification May 28-29 I did not submitt my contract for teaching and was blocked by others in getting another teaching position. (Principals will talk.) I take that as a definite sign that it was time for me to move on to other avenues and a new life. Quite scary, since I really do not have a safety net and must act in faith, (as well as do my part).
I am now in training, not compensated, and have had to pass several exams and will another in order to move into my new career, investment professional.

My solar return chart has Jupiter & Pluto in my 11th house,
Chiron, Mars, Neptune, Mercury in my 1st house,
Uranus, True Node, Sun in my 2nd house,
Venus in 3rd,
Moon in 5th,
and Saturn in 7th.

I'm not experiencing the chaos that a lot of people are because I'm at home studying, not out spending money, because I'm out of work. :)
Just confirming your information, as related to me and hoping for a bit of insight from you about the 'changes in destiny' and growth of higher self.

Your aries sun, aquarius moon, virgo rising, friend
Joanne

[indigo225]

After reading these posts thus far, I sense that this time has really shaked, rattled, and rolled many people, which is quite soothing for me considering my life this year has been nothing but weirdness and struggles, which began 5 years ago and progressed to this point...now, I don't so feel alone. Just a couple of weeks ago, I made the decision to totally let go of all the negativity that's transpired with an understanding that all is in divine order, and that all the struggles and weirdnesses are happening for a reason.

I'm looking forward to the astounding effects of the lunar eclipse in the early mornring hours on 08/28 (US time). I need to continue changing...after all, my life has been a never-ending struggle for the past 5 years, so why stop it now??...lol. The worst that can happen at this point is "death". I've already experienced more than I thought I could ever handle as I gave up much of my personal character in order to make things in my life more stabilizing, which ultimately failed. Quite frankly, "death" may be much more appealing to me right now than life as I've known it for a while. So, to the Lunar Eclipse, I'm happy to embrace your activity in all of my houses that my chart will allow...and to "death", I'm ready when you are...and to "life", give me a few minutes to find the appropirate words to describe how I feel that won't be offensive...lol.

Yes, I'm laughing...but, it's that psycho-laugh reminscent of the late Vincent Price, especially at the end of Michael Jackson's "Thriller". God, please help me.

(Pisces sun, Gemini moon, Scorpio rising)

[Robert]

Hi Joanne - Quite a few highly qualified public school teachers with talent are leaving the field due to NCLB, problems with student discipline and motivation, and incompetent rule-driven administrators. My sympathies are with you, since I know too many teachers on the edge of burnout due to the above factors. Saturn on your Moon should be good for discipline in habits and learning to get along with less than usual. I recommend you use equal houses for the Solar Return, so if that makes a difference in the house placement, please take note. It looks like you're learning a lot about values and resources, as well as healing yourself, this year. Still, look to the SR positions relative to the birth chart, and of course, the Progressed Moon is how you're experiencing your life. May you quickly find a position more suitable to your talents that isn't so frustrating.

Hi indigo225 - Yes, people are melting down all over. Computers too. Glad you don't feel so alone, since we're all in this together, and many are on the edge of major change, if not in the swirl. Even apparent failure challenges creative imagination, and as long as we keep learning and growing, eventually we find ourselves in better circumstances. I know this from a lot of years of frustration in several life areas. Even as things die, people die, hopes and dreams die, there are others if we choose to look at them rather than what has passed. If this is a dream that is the result of prior karmas and how we respond to these images conditions future existences, then we must distill the best we can from circumstances while doing nothing that would create problems for us or others down the road. I suspect your revolution will make more sense by November.

[Joanne]

Thank you Robert. Positive as usual and to the point. I value your time. :)

[indigo225]

Robert, thank you for responding.

Although I'm not certain about prior negative karmas in this lifetime, however, I could be reaping what I sowed in another lifetime, which is something I've thought about for a while...I'm just glad it will be done in a couple of months. I've been doing exactly as you said, to "distill the best we can from circumstances while doing nothing that would create problems for us or others down the road"...and if I'm reaping any negative karma in this lifetime, I most certainly have made a point to sincerely apologize to everyone and anyone who needed it, then I let it go, and let God take take over any remaining karma.

This has been the least understanding journey of my life as an adult since I've been following the Light as the "tough got going" in which I continued being lead through some stringent darkness that didn't make sense...I've done all the right things with no correct action in return. I'm glad there's an ending to this...I've already paid my dues many times over within the past 5 years.

Love, peace, and light to all who are experiencing these life changing events...we will prevail.

[Robert]

Hi indigo225 - Sometimes just the fact that we can create new responses when confronting difficulty is generating positivity for the future. Other times what we go through is so we can learn skills with which to help others going through the same thing. Often there is no need to apologize, since the being that created this karma in a past life no longer remembers whatever it was that created this effect. But gratitude, appreciation, willingness, and openness to grow does create a vehicle this life that will serve us well in the future. Doing all the right things may or may not lead to a result in this lifetime, but some of the good we do will most certainly lead to beneficial results in some form somewhere, often this lifetime. And yes, we will prevail.

[ann]

this is a very interesting topic which for myself a relief dear Robert,as it answers all my questions on all the weird things thats happening around me here...some unimaginable things had happened then again all the reason behind are now fully understood after reading this article...thank you my dear Robert..so I shall brace, be strong and patience for the next few months ya as more weirdness would happened around....:) last few weeks,despite firing some staff for their shoddy work plus rude attitudes,in the juncture as well to live for my long sought after holiday,suddenly am also starting a relationship with someone who are 12 years younger than me,he s a capri and am an aries... hmmmm...please advise dear Robert

[Robert]

Hi ann - Glad this explains why things are so weird right now. At least this is one factor, along with the Grand Irrationality, the recent Mutable T-square, and ..... Right now it's probably enough not to get discouraged and just keep on keepin' on. Glad that shoddy work and rude attitudes are not being encouraged, since allowing bad behavior to continue is not the way to end it.

As for holiday, I try to make each day a holiday regardless of what I must do, since it doesn't look like I'll ever be completely off duty, as it were, given the state of affairs on this beautiful but troubled Earth. As the hipsters say, "Live well, play well, love well, be well, and bop till we drop." Capricorn and Aries can have a great relationship if Cap realizes there's nothing broken in an Aries that needs fixing, and Aries remembers that Capricorns are dedicated to their work first, last, and always. He has new adventures in store for 2008.

[ann]

my darling Robert...you are the best :)..thank you so much for your thoughtful advice..I shall keep along then,living for the moment, beaming smiles ,sending peace and love all round..

[tanweer]

im rapidly changing myself into coming in practical &
professional zone.What i thing for coming future will
happen soon .Confidence,success&lucky iam getting to
be.Just only Aquriance must think right &act right. Also some of them said to me Supra-Celestial Beings
will be getting enormous amount of energy only , they think for the good deeds....

ALLAH-HAFIZ

[Robert]

Hi tanweer - Blessings be in coming into your own. And I suspect the higher celestial friends observing us are thinking only of "good deeds." Allah Akbar!

[cindyfrances]

hi robert, whats going on with me? my pisces cant seem to make up his mind. all of a sudden we are getting closer. My birtdate feb 1st 1965 and his feb 26 1976. we are spending more time together, when I thought it was over

[Robert]

Hi cindyfrances - Expect that of Pisces. Get used to it. He's got Saturn opposition his Sun until next Summer, so he's working out boundaries, insecurities, power, and all the other Saturn things, plus he's in a crisis of change at present, trying to bring his vision of 2006 into form.