Summer Solstice 2011 - What's Coming in July, August, and September

by Robert Wilkinson

The Summer Solstice occurs June 21, 10:17 am PDT, 6:17 pm Greenwich. It's the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, said to be the time at which "free will" acts more powerfully than any other time. It is a point of decision, and kicks off Summer, the season of work, play, productivity, and lots of sunshine for those of us up north. If you're "down under," remember to have a little compassion for us up here when December 21, the Winter Solstice, rolls around and we're freezing while you're enjoying the beach! What follows explores elements we all can expect to experience over the next 3 months, regardless of where we live.

Today is the end of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the end of Autumn in the Southern. This is an excellent time for looking at what began in the past 90 days, whether new growth or signs of what is ending. This is a point of radical reorientation, whether toward emotional self interest in the Northern Hemisphere or personal power in the Southern.

The next 90 days are in any case a time to decide, consolidate, stabilize, and work toward what will shift at the Autumnal Equinox. We began numerous cycles of new activities during the recent Aries conjunctions involving Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars with Uranus and Jupiter. Now we shall see opportunities to do what we must to secure those initiatives and make a better future real.

The charts for the Summer and Winter Solstices provide guideposts for the symbolic and actual weather that will follow in the 90 days after those points in time, just as charts for the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox each show what will follow in the period after those points in time.

After many years of being an important factor in the Solstice and Equinox charts, Pluto will again prove important in the coming season, as it does in the charts at every change of season during this time in history. Due to Pluto transiting early Capricorn, it has been squared by the Sun at the Spring and Autumn Equinoctal points, and has opposed the Sun at the Summer Solstice point. These are very dynamic aspects that release a lot of energy, and either block or propel events.

Although the Sun is no longer in very close conjunction, square, or opposition to Pluto during these changes of season, since Uranus actually IS in close square to Pluto, there will increasingly be greater Plutonic energies cut loose for years to come! Before now, we only experienced Uranus square Pluto energy at the 2010 Summer Solstice and to a lesser degree, the 2011 Spring Equinox (since Uranus was almost too wide to be in square). I believe that the events of last July, August, and September will bear some similarities to the 3 months ahead of us and beyond.

Squares tend to put the brakes on some things, while indicating a "turning of a corner" in other things. Squares to Pluto often show things going out of control or something extreme happening that results in either a favorable purification or a grinding toxicity. Given that Pluto is one of the anchors of The Grand Irrationality, when squared it releases a lot of energy precipitating situations that move people to make choices that propel them into their destiny.

Pluto is the ultimate transformer. It has figured prominently in both Equinox and Solstice charts of the past few years, and will for a few more years. It has particularly affected charts in 2007, 2008, and 2009 due to it going back and forth over 29-30 Sag and 1-3 Capricorn when it was conjunct the Galactic Center. There are many articles in the archives discussing the Solstice and Equinox charts for those years, so if you're interested please take a look.

This year we begin to see an extremely close Cardinal T-square mirroring last Summer. The orbs will stay close through the Autumnal Equinox, so really this T-square is in dynamic expression through the 2011 Winter Solstice, which will be the last of the wide orbs between the Sun, Uranus, and Pluto for a long time to come. After that we have many years of Equinox and Solstice charts where Uranus is in close square to Pluto. Get ready for a very wild ride!!!

This is the third Summer Solstice with Pluto in Capricorn. The powerful opposition between the Sun at the beginning of Cancer and Pluto in early Capricorn challenges us to find confidence in the midst of chaotic conditions, and use self-discipline and deep insights to pioneer in new directions. Given the Solstice and Equinox charts show the weather patterns to come, this chart would seemingly indicate some extremes on the way, and may help explain why there have been so many extremes these past 4 years!

The powerful Cardinal T-square throws the void into the first 7 degrees of Libra. As Saturn occupied the first 7 degrees of Libra from July through September 2010, whatever lessons Saturn gave us are the keys to successfully using the integrative power of this Solstice Cardinal T.

Time for all of us, in a structured and responsible way, to continue to do the actions that help us: 1) embrace a new archetype and graduate into a new way of living, 2) see the larger 7-fold process of creation that helps us to renewed encouragement, 3) find the illumination and "touch with the Cosmic process" showing a new day has dawned, 4) find kindred Spirits who share our heart fire, 5) allow our "greatness" to come forth in ways that demonstrate our Truths effectively, 6) confront the results of ideals we've held in the past and be willing to be clear about future ideals, and 7) protect and uplift what is weak while taming that which is too strong through a sense of guardianship where we control natural forces through applied intelligence.

This is a time of decision, using our "free will" to demonstrate our wisdom and training as they have gestated over the long haul. It is a time when we can find a renewed sense of purpose and ways of creatively expressing that purpose as well as the higher genius of Self.

Find values that society will recognize and reward, stop making excuses for not acting, and rise to something you believe is urgent that could create a new role for you and help you express your genius and/or special qualities. See clearly what motivates all, beware of malcontents, and you'll be able to target exactly what's creating or contributing to some form of disorder.

So overall, expect dramatic releases wherever the Cardinal T-square occupies and/or triggers sensitive points in your chart. Anyone with planets in the first 8 degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn will be most affected, though with Saturn at 11 Libra, we can probably extend the area of influence into the first half of those Cardinal signs!

This Summer Solstice chart shows all planets in the first or second decan of their signs. This indicates a three month period of activity involving the material, social, emotional, and cultural areas of life, with not much on the intellectual and spiritual levels.

The planets fall in a combined Bucket/See Saw Jones pattern. The Bucket posits Saturn as the nozzle focusing all the other planetary energies. The See Saw is defined by the occupied span from Neptune in Pisces through Mercury in Cancer Saturn and Pluto on the other side.

As noted in other articles where the See Saw dominates, stay focused and balanced at the center while taking note of the periphery of things, and don't get off on a tangent or limb. This offers a need to be able to see both sides of any given thing, as well as the triangulation view that allows for progress and understanding. The Bucket has been discussed numerous times in recent Lunation articles, so please refer to them to find out more about how to handle the very important Saturn "nozzle" energies.

On this Solstice, we see 4 planets in Water, 3 in Air, 2 in Earth, and 1 in Fire. That makes this a season where feelings will run high, as will the need to connect and share information with others.

As Neptune is the only planet in its home sign and the Moon is also in Pisces, Neptune is the final dispositor for all the energies of the next 90 days. That will make for dreams come true, as well as many peculiar dreams, visions, omens, and a sense of non-focus. Please refer to the many recent articles on Neptune in Pisces to learn more about this long term peculiar dreamworld energy.

The Moon rules Cancer, so it's the ruler of the Sun. We find a Disseminating Moon at 11 Pisces at the Solstice, indicating the next 90 days are about learning and disseminating information and skills, assimilating, evaluating, innovating in order to release new ideas.

Of note are several powerful forming aspects showing things to come. The most prominent of these are Moon square Venus, tredecile Sun, septile Jupiter, and quincunx Saturn. Other important aspects include Mercury square Saturn, Venus quintile Uranus, Sun sextile Jupiter, trine Neptune, and the previously mentioned T-square, Mars sextile Uranus and square Neptune, and Jupiter trine Pluto. Also important of active events right now are the close separating Moon trine Mercury and Mars biquintile Pluto.

All these indicate a uniquely specialized period where we must assert ourselves, while adjusting to the natural rhythm of events and not get pessimistic or too narrow in our thinking. A new order in worldly affairs will present itself, as will a need to "walk on" into new realms. This will provide us forms for what was awakened 2005-06 and expanded in some way in 2010.

The North Node shows us the line of greatest development is to open to broader and wider truths, and through adjusting to the needs of our social matrix, we can find great happiness and "unearned good fortune." The South Node indicates these growth patterns will demonstrate as abilities to generate momentum even in binding conditions, and a time when we can use any environment to re-create ourselves, or at least find relaxation in showing skills helping us achieve movement despite circumstances. In any case, the North Node shows the growth pull will be toward great happiness if we know how to find a vision of the future where we can experience social connectedness through the events of the next 90 days.

This Summer we'll continue to deal with forms of consequences for past actions and nonactions, as well as finding perspectives to understand what consequences lay down the road for what we're willing to do as well as what we're not willing to do. Couple that with a new law revealing itself and the recent Solar and Lunar Eclipses clearly showing the release of old pressures and ghosts from the past, and it's clear that we're leaving a lot behind even as some find "the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."

Don't be timid as you assert the new vision of yourself coming forth as you are guided into "the sanctuary." This is a season of self-awakening and renewed self-dedication using humor to decondition "ego pomposities." We can all use a sense of humor, irony, or satire to bust ego assumptions in playful ways, and will have opportunities to discover things below the surface of daily living we may not have noticed before now.

The strongest aspects are Sun trine Neptune, opening deeper and more intense forms of interacting with people and life, the T-square already mentioned, and the Moon tredecile Sun and septile Jupiter while quincunx Saturn. Major unique interactivity with hard adjustments! Growth comes through playing with ideas and seeing what parts of your "garden" you wish to cultivate in the future. This will be a major part of everyone's life from mid-August through the Autumnal Equinox.

In many ways, there should be very fortuitous payoffs for past faith and willingness to "walk on," so welcome rewards since if they come you probably deserve them! Assert yourself in balanced or diplomatic ways, and rise to some urgency you're aware of that could create your true place in life.

The oppositions between planets in Cancer and Capricorn forms the line of the "tension of opposites" in the larger pattern, showing the continuing confrontation between polarized parts of our reality, individual and collective. We are ALL being confronted with awarenesses we must accept. Still, since Pisces is so strong in this chart, all we need to do is have a conscience and sense of details to be done, and combine imagination plus engineering to see results fairly quickly.

All of this seems to indicate a fairly inspired and dynamic time of awarenesses and new beginnings refined by the balancing and leveling effect of Saturn in Libra. We'll all be searching for more ideal conditions and a more beautiful life while confronting consequences for previous actions related to the archetypal roles we've been playing since Summer 2010.

Follow the liberaton from the past and release of old pressures you no longer need to bear to catch forms of solid opportunities to expand on your new emergent reality. With Sun sextile Jupiter and Jupiter trine Pluto, there will be substantial productivity leading to harmonized stability and understanding through what is given up. See everything as a lesson in seeing symbols, going deeper into the unknown, and balance duties with ideals. Be kind as you teach, learn, and share information with others to compare what's what.

It is a time when we can turn in new directions, and be self-initiating in our training to manifest our talents. There is a huge potential for spiritual initiations on various levels based in how unified our vision is, and our willingness to find a way to move into our skills within a group context or to serve a higher human ideal.

Given the number of harmonious aspects to planets along with the squares that will help release those energies, the next 13 weeks should be a very positive time in all areas provided we find the right perspective or proportion of responding to the needs helping us align with our higher potentials and others in our spiritual group.

Since January we've begun to experience long wave karmic consequences for past and present actions and inactions thanks to Saturn, and this Summer's Moon will show us the results of past ideals, efforts, motives, and willingness to move into more spiritual realms. Everything going on the next 13 weeks has to be seen as a consequence of a prior action, or a challenge to be aware of future potential consequences down the road. Those who have done their closures before now will find the road to a new future identity opens fairly easily.

So the next few weeks will continue to bring us rewards to the degree we've let go of obsolete things in our life, and we should continue to demonstrate deep compassion and/or understanding, allowing ourselves to be attracted to people and situations that show us our Spiritual group work. All can find their "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" for courage, willingness, and perseverance up to now.

Though this time seems perilous thanks to the Cardinal T-square showing signs of widespread discontent, revolution, and social breakdown, we have nothing to fear. Things are changing rapidly, and fear of the unknown has no place since in fact you're being guided to the sanctuary you began to search for around 5-6 years ago.

So look at what has ended, what is emerging, and make decisions to reorient toward your new life and initiatives. This is the time when many will attract the rewards they need to further the outreach. Discover what needs to be seen, open to associations that renew your spirit, and get clear about how the details relate to the bigger picture.

Don't give up too easily as you begin to find the way you share with others and will show to others. This is a time of diversification and flow, concentration and letting go, decision and humor. This is the time when past will separate from present so that the new future already embraced can move ahead with no ghosts from the past to encumber it.

Aum, blessings, and Happy Summer Solstice as we stand on the threshold of a new season of life! Let go of fear, let go of memories, let go of lesser things and receive rewards for your diligence in taking the initiative.

© Copyright 2011 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[chickie]

Tutti Grazie Your Highness! The wave is high! We must hop on!

[Ann]

Hi Robert, Just wondering, do you have any tips on how to make those "fork in the road" life decisions in this climate? Any advice would be most welcome! Thanks.

[JP]

This is vintage, thanks Robert!

[Morvah]

Thank you Robert - may the long time sun shine on you and yours
Shanti

[Jorge Torres]

ThankYou Robert Wilkinson !!!!

“Any revolution has to start with the transformation of the individual, otherwise individuals are corrupted by the power they get if their revolution succeeds.”

Wes Nisker.

Blessings !!!

[Elizabeth]

Summer 2010 was dag gum hard! So happy to move forward...yee haw, let's go!

Thanks for your ever bright light.

[cathy]

Hi Robert,
I'm finally on the right train!! LOVED last summer, a second showing would be great. I have been out of florida one year and it feeling like a lifetime.The gifts and blessings of this past year have been nothing short of a miracle. Interesting about 2005-2006 yearnings showing up again 2010, and now for me this is Very true. As usual my e-mail going out is down, I need a solar return chart and I have some questions for you. Would you e-mail me to get this started. By August would be great for my return, taking into consideration how busy you can get. Great post as usual.

[Shanti]

"Let go of fear, let go of memories, let go of lesser things and receive rewards for your diligence in taking the initiative."

Thank you, thank you, thank you Robert!

[Sue Moon]

Wonderful piece and so timely! People are crashing all around me and this really explains so much. Guess I'm riding the crest this time. We all take our turns, eh!

[gale]

Does anyone know how often an alignment exactly repeats itself in our solar system (sun to pluto) or does it never happen, kind of like a 'sacred machine' or the number for pi going on to infinity?
Do we know how long it takes for the Milky Way Galaxy to make a complete rotation? IT would never repeat an exact alignment because it would take so long to make a rotation that the expansion would have already pushed all of its heavenly bodies "out" further...(I am deducing this, don't know it to be an absolute fact.)
The article just made me wonder about uniqueness and how this particular place we are in might reflect absolute uniqueness...

[Debbie]

Excellent write up and thank you for sharing with us.

[Brett]

A beautiful piece of writing. I only hope its true as I have stepped out of the plane and pray the parachute opens!

[Heli]

I wish my language skills were better, I have to read everything more than once. Sometimes you have already written what I am wondering...

So, the last summer theme is back - That's ok. But September 2010 and end of 2010 were not so nice. I practically just waited others to do their duties, while chances to actually start anything was blocked. I just walk, rest, read books and painted walls at home (=boring, when you are 39, at your best work years). I hope that is over, isn't it? My AC is 29 degree virgo...

[sharonLeong]

As usual,your write-up explains this chaos happening in my life as well as people around me.Thanks for the assurance that i am not going insane.That all is up there in the Air,So to speak.