Astrology in July 2013 – The Moon in Libra Activating the Cardinal T-Square into a Cross

by Robert Wilkinson

Today and tomorrow, July 14-15, the Moon in Libra is triggering the Cardinal T-square made by the Mercury RX conjunction to Jupiter, pulling in the oppositional energies to Pluto, with everything square Uranus. Take note, since the Moon now fills the Libra void, showing either the problem and/or the solution to what is out of balance, unfair, or needs a recalibration.

Obviously, this time requires a balanced, nuanced, graceful, and moderate approach to whatever comes up. Avoid extreme people, situations, and behavior. The challenges involve “putting our truth to the test,” finding ways of relieving pressure through a less forceful approach, and using our imagination creatively to dream what could be or might be in the next few weeks.

T-square are frictional, but promise good integration techniques through dealing with the oppositional awareness or push-pull that is propelled out by the driver planet squaring the planets in opposition, in this case Uranus in Aries. That creates energy in the void, in this case Libra. The void is indicative of the problem and/or the solution in what’s going on.

However, when a planet transits the void of a T-square, it makes it into a Grand Cross, where four or more planets are all in square or opposition to the others in the configuration. The Grand Cross is very challenging, since it is disintegrative and fragments the life areas involved through a pulling apart, or as contradictory forces working at odds against the other forces in our lives symbolized by the planets involved.

Therefore, if something fragments today, don’t take it personally, and be moderate and just in your evaluations. This Moon in Libra is putting the focus on what to do and what not to do, how to view it and how not to view it.

Because Mercury is still retrograde, things are still being reversed, re-thought, re-planned, researched, rehearsed, and rearranged, and much is coming up from the past for re-evaluation and personality reintegration. Things often must be postponed or delayed that were set in motion during a Mercury retrograde, since things seldom turn out as we think or expect whenever this is happening. It could be better or it could be worse, or turn out to be much ado about nothing.

Now that we’re past the Inferior Conjunction, Mercury has again begun to speed up through the next Superior Conjunction at 2 Virgo in late August. I’ll explain more about what we can all expect from Mercury going stationary direct at 14 Cancer on Sirius, the “Sun of our Sun,” in the Mercury direct article coming at the end of the week.

For now, here’s a hint: Mercury retrograde, getting ready to go direct in motion on July 20, shows we’re at a threshold of moving toward a greater Truth, a greater Light/Life, and a greater sense of the permanent elements in our Path to Self-realization. We all shall come to know timeless Truths, as well as elements of the “Ageless Wisdom,” over the next year that will be the foundation of the way we feel and live our lives for years to come.

The good news connected to this is that there will be numerous instances of serendipity and other favorable interactive gifts and circumstances over the months to come. These will be highly specialized, and perfect for our individual conditions and needs. You’ll find out who is most impacted in the article to come in a few days.

Because Jupiter is now on the “car wreck” degree, surrender to the flow that’s already showing you where your feelings and life experience will be at for quite a while (and watch out!) 5 Cancer is said to be a degree of “karmic adjustments,” so do whatever is most harmonious and stable, and make sure you don’t challenge the flow.

Jupiter will occupy this degree through about 2 am EDT July 18, so frame all that happens as a needed karmic adjustment. Since Mars will also transit 5 Cancer from 8 am EDT July 19 through 7:30 pm EDT July 20, that also will be an important part of this process where whatever would block our future is being removed so the future can unfold beginning with the Mars conjunct Jupiter at 6 Cancer just before the coming Full Moon at 1 Leo-Aquarius on July 22, 11:15 am PDT, 2:15 pm EDT, 7:15 pm Greenwich (BST).

Here’s a final thought for today’s Moon in Libra: While some things will be seen to be unsustainable today (Sunday), by tomorrow we will all be able to catch glimpses of a message that points the way to a greater service, whether to self or others. This is a good day for reflection about your growth patterns since late 2009 through Summer 2010, and how we have been transfigured. Monday will be good for looking back at 2011 through the Autumn of 2012, and very favorable for seeing how we need to repair or reconstruct something.

An article will post Tuesday about the importance of what’s happening over the next week plus involving the coming Grand Water Trines and how they work. For now, go slow, shift as needed, even things out, and if something good happens or a good idea presents itself, then it’s probably just what you need to deal with the Cardinal T-square energies currently in major play.

© Copyright 2013 Robert Wilkinson

ps - In a good use of Mercury retrograde, Bernadette and I have been researching how to do webinars, and who makes it easiest. There’s a lot of astrology to explore, and many have expressed an interest in classes. I’ll let you all know when something solid is in the works.

Comments

[Robert]

Hi all - This started a conversation over at FB that I thought I would repost here. As I said over there, something has already "fractured" in a big way for me since yesterday. It's not a disaster, but it's incredibly inconvenient and a huge monkeywrench. And I don't know how it will turn out, as per Mercury RX. That said, it's not bad, and in fact could turn out quite well, once the unexpected turns happen via the RX.

And yes, some things are way out of balance. That's why we need good Libra energy, and be aware of when it's not good Libra energy. Some things are incredibly unfair and in a state of imbalance and/or "a momentary lapse of reason." And with the trine, feelings are very high and all over. Many are clear, whether for good or evil, (whether the latter know it to be evil or not.)

And of course, if one way doesn't work, find another. Just avoid extremes.

[Valerie]

do you suppose that the Zimmerman verdict is an example of the grand cross? it sure fits your description... talk about a momentary lapse of reason.

[Iris]

Make sure I don't challenge the flow?
Good advice.
However,I'm known as the feather ruffler. Jupiter is squaring my natal Merc. and inconjuncting my natal moon.
Yowser.

[BethinSoCal]

It's as important to know when to pull back as to when to push forward. While I seek harmonious elements in my life, there are always outside disharmonious elements that insinuate themselves into our lives.

[Isabella Dove]

Excellent !!!

[Aquila Ka Hecate]

Ha! And I dreamed of a fatal car wreck on the highway last night, only to come here and read about Jupiter...
Love,
Terri in Joburg

[heyho]

hi there Robert - lovely insightful beautiful post - as always.
i just wanted to ask if you could expand a little on the 'car wreck' anaology of this degree.../
many thanks for all that you do and all that you are
x charty

[Kati]

Hi Robert, is it possible that one (in this case I) almost always feel the effects of the different constellations 1 or 2 days earlier?
Thank you.
Blessings.
Kati

[Terri also]

This week Jupiter will be on my MC at 5 Cancer. I also have natal planets that conjunct the grand trine; Saturn transit conjunct natal Neptune (2H), and Neptune transit conjunct my Sun (6H). This should be a positive transit, right? I'm beginning a civil suit this week and will be filing the paperwork today.

Last night I dreamed of being stranded on a deserted Hawaiian island that was overrun by zombies! But I attribute that to watching too many episodes of Lost last night. :o)

[Robert]

Hi all - I forgot to include the fact that on August 10-11 the Moon in Libra will re-trigger this Grand Cross. Mark it on your calendar!

Hi Valerie - It is a sad day for a nation when an adult can stalk a child, shoot them dead, and be found "not guilty."

Hi Iris - I don't have a problem questioning authority, but it's equally important to choose one's battles with care. Jupiter square Mercury challenges you to see things through the other's eyes and work them back to your point of view without getting deflected into irrelevancies.

Hi BethinSoCal - Yes, since it's no big deal to be good in Heaven. We have to demonstrate our realizations in practice, which usually works out through various push and pull "people" in our lives. I have found that sometimes a self-exile is the best antidote for dealing with irritable or difficult people.

Hi Isabella Dove - Thanks.

Hi Aquila Ka Hecate - Sounds like your subconsciousness is tuned to superconsciousness!

Hi heyho - It's the Sabian Symbol for 5 Cancer. We turn a huge corner and reorient in major ways at 1 Cancer. We get a broader view at 2, and move into unknown zones of experience at 3. The cat and mouse games at 4 Cancer are the inner or outer arguments and second guessing we do after a commitment but before we've fully embraced the new way.

That leads to the wreckage, the "karmic adjustment," at 5 Cancer, where whatever vehicle (the car) would challenge our new way is crashed when it recklessly attempts to be at the same place at the same time as the train, which is ruled by Pluto. Once that adjustment is made, it leads to the "game birds feathering their nest," a degree where the past gives up its life to feed the future.

There could be an entire class discussing the implications of this seemingly negative symbol. For example, it is anchored by 5 Libra, exteriorizes at 5 Capricorn, and culminates at 5 Aries. And of course, it harmonizes with the 5th degree of Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces.

Hi Kati - Of course, if you have planets involved in dynamic aspects with whatever planetary influences are present.

Hi Terri also - Welcome to a year of Jupiter in your 10th! Saturn is maturing your ideals, while Neptune is tuning your Light into collective consciousness. Just remember that Mercury is retrograde, so take care that your paperwork is timely and in order.

Make sure that the rulers of the various houses are in your favor when you file the papers. All lawsuits are a 7th house matter, and it's set up as a "contest" horary/inceptional chart. Make sure the Moon is good for you, as well as the various 1st house planets and rulers if you are the one filing. The judge is ruled by the 10th, results are ruled by the 4th. And don't let the zombies - the walking dead - overrun your life. Lawyers can be like that, you know.....

[Lin]

Hi Robert

Just wondered if you could give me an insight into what is going on in my life at the moment. Having a hard time standing up for myself and not being a total doormat. I always aim to please but seem to attract bullies into my life. Any clues that could help me here would be appreciated.
My birthday is 8th November 1966 - Sydney Australia

[Robert]

Hi Lin - I ordinarily don't answer questions like yours in a comment stream, since there are too many variables to do an adequate job of analysis. This is usually done in personal sessions. Still, I'll try to do a one time offering here so that readers might learn how I approach such questions.

First, the human factor: If you're having a hard time standing up for yourself, then you need to ask: A) Why are you having to "stand up for yourself?" and B) Why can't you express yourself appropriately? Attracting bullies usually happens because you are not clear about bullying traits, and haven't yet spotted your and their patterns that create the means of attraction. Change who you are attracted to and you will stop attracting bullies. If necessary, make a list of all the bullies you have attracted and take a new look at their traits apart from the bullying, and what triggered the bullying. Then you will have clues.

You have Sun, Venus, and Neptune conjunct in Scorpio. You have Mars, Uranus, and Pluto conjunct in Virgo all opposed Saturn in Pisces. Occasionally you go in the wrong direct too far too fast, and then have to back pedal. Sun in Scorpio is here to be illuminated through what they can and cannot attract, and what magnetism needs to change so as not to attract what you do not want. Also Venus conjunct Neptune often is very idealistic in relationships and not always clear about the truth of another.

Right now Saturn is on your Sun, Venus, and Neptune, which has brought you to a place where you must slow down, seek the mature approach, restructure and reorganize your Light/Life, ideals, and relationships. All relationships get tested when Saturn conjuncts, squares, or opposes our Venus. The good ones get deeper and stay with us; the ones that no longer express our likes and values go by the way side.

Also, you have Mercury RX in Sag. Always looking at the bigger picture and often overlooking the obvious. You're a good sport, but can get distracted. With Neptune now square your Mercury, get clear about what roles you're playing and what roles you're NOT playing. Do not allow yourself to have mental patterns where you put yourself down, or let others put you down, or take you as inconsequential or a nonentity. Find a different way to view verbal interactions, and stay alert to criticisms or digs that undermine you.

[Terri also]

Robert, thank your for your comments to my post. I thought I would let you know that you were right on about the Mercury retrograde when you said to "take care the paperwork was timely and in order." I mailed my paperwork last week, registered and priority mail, and thought it would be delivered two days later. Well, the USPS lost my paperwork. I had to call them and make a case number for investigation. Well, miraculously they found it and delivered it today, 17th at 12:01 PM, ten days later! Don't worry, it wasn't anything that needed to be filed by a deadline.

In re-reading your articles about the Grand Trine and your advice, it looks like the delay was in my favor.

Also in keeping with Mercury retrograde, this paperwork had been submitted last fall to another court in a different jurisdiction. It was ruled it was not in the proper court so I had to re-file it in the proper court. So this paperwork is a re-do, and it's much improved.