Astrology in Mid-September 2011 - The Heart of the Cardinal T-square and the Beginning of A Grand Irrationality Event

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we enter the thick of the Venus driven T-square with its opposition with Uranus while also squaring Pluto. Very hard-edged, so stay balanced, gracious, and reasonable in the face of larger disruptive magnetic fields. To this we add Mars triseptile Pluto and triseptile Neptune for about a week, setting the Grand Irrationality into major motion!

As Mars moves from late Cancer into early Leo, it triggers previous transits to that zone in the Grand Irrationality. Mercury, then Sun, and then Venus all triggered the Grand Irrationality throughout July and early August, which you will recall was a time of great despair and strange behaviors. As Mars brings actions related to whatever it touches, this will cement some elements of our future destiny by the decisions we make right now about what constitutes "right action."

In any case, when Mars transits the various zones of the Grand Irrationality we work out those "destiny producing" energies through the house Mars transits in our chart. As Mars almost always produces dramatic events and actions (since it is after all "the Exciting Intelligence") then we will be "exciting" our future destiny by our actions and inactions over the next 10 days.

At this time the 7 "hot zones" of the Grand Irrationality are around 5-9 Capricorn, 27 Aquarius-1 Pisces, 18-22 Aries, 9-13 Gemini, 30 Cancer-4 Leo, 22-26 Virgo, and 14-18 Scorpio. If you have a planet in these degree zones, expect to confront important choices and "forks in the road of destiny" in that area of your life, as well as the houses that planet rules.

Pay close attention to when the Moon moves through these zones over the next 10 days. Those times would include Sept 18-19 (Moon in Gemini), Sept 22-23 (Moon in Leo conjunct Mars!), and Sept 26 (Moon in Virgo, Mercury opposed Uranus, Sun just separating opposition Uranus). Those days will be important in determining future events in our lives.

As an aside, Mars' duality is "Grace/Sin." As Mars makes various transits we truly find that

By our Martian function we force things before their time or confront abrasive, aggressive, or hostile energies in ourselves and others, and thus we learn how to sever what must be severed, and further what must be furthered, quickly and directly.

So the next few days will no doubt be a swirl of important activity, with some things being severed, other things being harmonized and balanced, with opportunities to be liberated into a new view of a larger life. It's a time when much is being activated, and many previously reckless behaviors are being curbed. Stay alert to those feelings which make you feel connected with "family," and practice cordiality while remaining aware of real and false insecurities.

This is an "exciting" reorientation time which will produce significant developments toward the end of the month when the Sun and Mercury also trigger the T-square with Uranus and Pluto. As all the early Libra transits soon become conjunctions with Saturn, continue to stay alert to past, present, and future consequences of unjust or imbalanced views, do needed repair work as it comes up, and remember that the part of Libra Saturn occupies is one where we "pay our dues," or see how the dues we've paid result in a new perspective, balance, ideal, or grace.

Get your surfing skills in shape, and ride this wave!

© Copyright 2011 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[caliban]

Ooh . . . severed . . . I don't think you really meant the finger tip I almost lost yesterday. I did take a chance. More than once. Must maintain balance. Must maintain balance.

[Micheline]

oooh sounds interesting
given that I have my mercury being set on fire in the fifth house, my saturn in the 7th house, my venus in scorpion on the ic, and then the moon in gemini is passing through the other half of my tenth house into my 11th house over my north node, lets not forget that i just had a south node conjunction from that north node in sag (phew!!!), next up in a couple of days is that moon passing with mars in the 12th house and then virgo moon going through the other half of first house and then to my second house where my stellium in virgo with pluto/uranus and mars. Yahooo
oh boy wonder what new things I will learn and what awaits. I will be listening and watching more closely. Thanks Robert

[Goodone]

Hi Robert,

I am planning to accept a job offer on Sept 23rd and join there on Sept 26th (they are not letting me join latter). Is this a good day to join and sign ? Please let me know.

Thanks!!

[ull]

I´ve been taken a lot of hostility at my work..bullying, gossip, I am the one that people like to be the shapegoat.
Mars in gemini in 7th house square pluto in 9 th..and mars square venus in 9th house.
Always been an active person that stand up for the underdog.
Lots of violence from other people, family and so on. All my life. I do have mars sextile saturn and mars trine moon.
I work really hard and I do have compassion. I have not seen a lor of goodness here in the human reality, sorry to say. But that is my reality.

[caliban]

Hi ull, I get it. The human condition. How many times did I hear that phrase yet never really understood what it meant. Had to do alot of acceptance. It is what it is. With awareness and acceptance, it doesn't get me down.

[stockard itisso]

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