Astrological Winds for Week of 7/11/11

We've had some intensified heavy storms of astrological weather the past few weeks and starting next this week we have a  few weeks back to a bit more normal degree of chaos on Planet Earth. :)

Some of you have conveyed the wish I could do this daily, and I wish I could too, as for the most part I have to ignore lunar transits when doing a weekly forecast. Right Now, Life in all It's Infinite Wisdom has not deemed me the resources necessary to pull that off, so I trust Its Reality in the Now is right for me now (if you can follow that convulated stream). One thing I do have to remind you though (because I think I mentioned it before in a past blog) is that while the Cardinal Square/T-Square between/among Pluto and Uranus/Saturn is active (through 2015 for the square people!), every week the Moon will have one day with hard aspects to it, and that will be the day you will emotionally feel the issues of today's world and your own personal issues connected with that the most/deepest - so that will be a stressful day: this week it is Wednesday, last week it was Thursday. Last Thursday, people were calling me stressed out all day.

This Monday is an excellent day to get the week started and get working on whatever you're doing with a Sagitarrius Moon and Mercury in Leo sextile Mars in Gemini: expect lots of communications, plans to take action, filling of the calender, short trips and errands, etc. It's also a great day to do work either/or/both physically and mentally. (Aside: my blog is so late today because of this Mercury/Mars combo: phone has been ringing and e's filling box all day!)
Ceres ingresses into Aries today also, but is stationing also right on the very important 0* Aries Point (beginning of the zodiac), and will go retrograde on August 4th (through November 12th) and head right back to Pisces for remainder of this year. This may have something to do with the budget talks in being so slow on all levels - Pisces has made it a very slippery affair trying to divvy up resources this year on all levels and it looks like it will continue to do so. Now it goes into Aries as Obama and Congress battle it out over the debt ceiling - a decision that must be made right when Ceres goes retrograde -  and the fighting words/boxing gloves are on politically. Don't expect any solid long term solution though - it will remain nebulous for the long term. It's actually possible they may let the US fall into default as a country over an inability to compromise now. Same in our personal lives with resources. Ceres in Pisces is trying to teach us to love our Mother Earth and understand the Oneness that connects all/everything we share on Earth also and how to honor that.

Wednesday, Venus makes the last of its hard aspects to the Cardinal T-square creating a Cardinal Grand Cross (see last week's blog for more detail on this). Venus square Saturn will cool off/sober up relationships. You will see the Shadow side of others, feel restricted by responsibilities to others, be conservative in social situations. etc. This is actually a good day to work alone or to have work as the focus of your relating with others. Solid relationships can be built now, or big challenges within relationships can be acted upon. Once again, this is an indicator of resticted resources. This will likely not be a good week for the markets, economies, investments.

Thursday is the Full Moon in Capricorn. It is very easy to slip into fear on the Capricorn/Cancer axis and try to control everything/everyone around you via manipulation, ruthlessness, restriction, etc. What we need to do is remember the original source here of why this energy exists: to survive and protect - to make sure our loved ones and ourselves are able to survive - a form of love! That's why we take measures to nurture and give, to create boundaries and relegate duties - so that the ones we love can survive! Fear of losing them/their love/our ability to help them survive is a vicious cycle to fall into, for fear feeds fear, and then the worst parts of this axis comes out. This Full Moon should help us to see where these fears lie and to begin the emotional alchemical process of returning them to love, a nurturing/understanding/protective love for all - everyone deserves it: you, your family, your friends, and all the rest of the world - who are all at the most only 34th cousins or less to you relations-wise according to the latest genetic studies. That's how we can begin to re-create the world through the power of our individual actions and through love: to remember we all deserve it always! This helps us to understand others and thus ourselves in the process. Look to the houses in your chart to see what areas of life this will manifest for you personally. Each must do their part, but along with others, to ensure the survival of both self and humanity - that's what this Full Moon is telling us. Empathize with others to the level that you do with yourself - and if you don't for yourself, then find someone or something to help you learn to do so, so that you in turn may do so for others. Mercury opposite Vesta, sesiquadrate Uranus, with Mars quintile Uranus and trine Vesta on Thursday/Friday will fill these two days up with electric connections that are imbalanced, exciting, nerve-wracking, visionary, and very active.

Saturday is a good day to chill out with Venus sesiquadrate Neptune and 3 positive Moon aspects. Have fun, relax, socialize, go see/make art, etc. Ditto with Sunday.

See, more normal astrological weather, but the reality is (or metaphor), we've changed the weather for good: we are in accelerated times and there's no slowing down in the forecast.