by Robert Wilkinson
Things are extremely strange right now. Looking at the news, nothing makes any sense at all, it seems that some things have reversed course, at least temporarily, while other things seem to have fallen into a black hole. Calls not returned, contractors show up and vanish, and plans fall apart before they’re made.
Yes, we still have SIX planets retrograde! Some are slowing rapidly, some are holding steady at a slow pace, and others have begun to speed up. I’ve found the front end of retrogrades have an exaggerated effect, a “retrograde on steroids” type of energy, but after the Inferior Conjunction with the inners, or oppositions with Mars on out, things gradually begin to speed up again. We’ve just entered such a time.
It’s not that “things are normal” when planets are speeding up in motion. I’m not sure what that would look like anyway, since nothing is ever “normal” in my experience. It’s just that when retrograde planets are past their conjunction or opposition with the Sun, they begin to speed up and we get a sense that we’re not so bogged down as we have been.
Right now, Mercury’s about to go “stationary direct,” meaning it’s rapidly speeding up and “Mind” is about to stop looking back and begin looking forward. And, FINALLY, Mars is speeding up, about to go stationary direct August 27, so it too is beginning to speed up, promising things will unfold a lot faster over the next few months than they have this Summer!
The third player speeding up is Saturn, since it too will go stationary direct in about 3 weeks and is already on the degree of its station. This means that Mind is now reversing course, Action is reversing course, and Discipline is reversing course! These rule the Aries, Gemini, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Aquarius houses and planets in our charts, so we’re almost done with our “review and reflection,” or reworking, or contemplating things past, preparing for things yet to come in these areas of our charts.
Anyway, take heart, since the momentum is shifting, and over the next few weeks the pace of many parts of our lives will resume to a more familiar experience of time as we move through experience. Things will continue to be weird due to the Grand Irrationality V.2, so learn adaptability and don't get too hung up in the generic weirdness. It’s all a stage play by the soft parade inside the gold mine at the intersection of Fate Street and Freewill Street on a section of Eternity Boulevard where magic, mystery, and miracles are found.
© Copyright 2018 Robert Wilkinson
Life is surreal right now. Too much instability in everything all at once. Trying to walk upright while the earth is trembling. Ugh.
Posted by: sw | August 16, 2018 at 09:10 AM
When Freewill and Fate meet Murder and Mayhem there's bound to be a cook off...
Posted by: sue | August 17, 2018 at 06:54 AM
Speaking from a Leo perspective I've had an incredible amount of life action & excitement in July particularly & continuing into August! Hoping when these planets go forward again things will actually calm down! Yes, things have also been a bit weird at points. Such is Life. Hope anyone having a difficult time finds a way through. Nothing stays the same.
Venus, Jupiter & Sun at 18, 20 & 21 degrees Leo.
Thanks Robert! And sad news about Aretha Franklin; the world is mourning the loss of a great lady & special talent
Posted by: Helen | August 17, 2018 at 02:44 PM