So like I mentioned last week, it's Venus' turn to aspect all the outer planets hard this week in the Cardinal T-square making it a Cardinal Grand Cross. With Venus involved, relationships will likely be the area of manifestation, but finances, art/creativity, leisure pusuits can all be affected too. Venus in Cancer is interesting: it's an affectionate/warm/protecting kind of love that is conjugal and familial in expression many times. Thus, a great time of the year for marriage, or school being out and the family unit spending QT with one and other on vacation/outings. The Shadow side of Cancer can be emotional manipulation or "smothering"types of love from certain family members who's own life is empty without family to find some self-value through.
On Monday, Venus hits the sweetest of the sweet with a trine to Neptune - perfect for 4th of July in the typical familial gathering. There's a beautiful connection between higher and lower forms of love when these two meet up and even more so with a trine. Romance, compassion, empathy, creativity, inspiration, deep spiritual connections/experiences, positive emotions, emotional sensitivity/connectedness, etc. are all part of this make up. At the same time that theses deep positive emotional vibes are going on, Mercury in Leo is trine Uranus in Aries too, bringing boldly inspired inspiration, ideas, self-expression to our mental side. This is fun loving and mischievious even: go out and have some fun with loved ones on this holiday.
Tuesday, Mercury squares Jupiter, which can fill us with grandiose ideas and bring what seems to be some positive expansion, at least on the surface and in the present. However, I have seen this aspect many times show up quickly with many problems from bighting off more than you can chew, and the gamble/risks you take now may have you on the losing end when all plays out. Use your intuition and be smart here - run through all the details as Moon is in Virgo and practicality is available. This energy could be used more safely by just challenging yourself to learn more about anything you need to know. Mercury is actually involved in another short term, yet very powerful aspect this day: it is quincunx both Chiron and Pluto, which are sextile each other. This forms a yod, or Hand-of-God/Fate, aspect with Mercury at the point. It shows a need for one to work on the self to do some deep psychological purging in order to release guilt and fear and accept the weaker, Shadow sides of ourselves. It asks us to redefine our attitudes about our fear and negative traits - to love ourselves despite. If we are able to tap into deep enough of a level, we can sense a deep need to do this and an actual desire of the self to do so - there's also some fear/trepidation, but an excitement in wondering what life can be like with less of a load that is blocking you from a deeper part of your true self, not your programmed self.
Wednesday Mars in Gemini is trine Saturn: this is an excellent day to get work done/be majorly productive/efficient, either physical or mental or any combination thereof. Truly, you will get a deep self-satisfaction out of what you can achieve today.
Thursday is the first of three trines of Jupiter in Taurus to Pluto in Capricorn in effect through mid-March next year. These two together can normally bring some big, powerful expansions in markets, finances, investments, strength, knowledge, power bases, value systems, the law. My feeling with this one is that it will give some gains to those already in power, but for the rest of the world, it may actually teach us to be more efficient and to realize how much we already have, and putting what we do have to a more maximum output in order to regain some sense of stability. This can also spur more growth in spiritual and self-healing pursuits. It is best to use this energy for mutual benefits to self and others by reforming the world around us into more harmonious ways of living.
Venus sqaures Uranus on Thursday also, and this usually indicates a desire to break away from the same people you normally relate to every day and find some new folks to hang out with. However, these new relationships are usually very short-termed in nature. Many of us may experience this by meeting someone different today who may be a bit eccentric in nature. Relationships that are under stress at this time may be suddenly and surprisingly be broken from, or you may make some rash decision that can upset existing relationships. Your patience for your normal loved ones may be thin and sarcasm/cynicism between you could creep in. There could also be shocks with finances/investments, or you could come up with some brilliant creative ideas. With Sun sesiquadrate Neptune this day too, some of us may end up thoroughly confused/lost by these shocks, while others may be in a listless/lazy/escapist zone.
Friday, Venus opposes Pluto and sextiles Jupiter. Normally, Jupiter/Venus together in a sextile can bring some lucky breaks, but in this case it may just inflate the energy of the stronger Venus/Pluto opposition. This could be a harbinger for the continued divide between us (regular people struggling to have secure resources) vs. them (those with more and more resources and power) that is dominating the political landscape these days across the planet. This is the aspect of fierce power struggles within relationships both personal and Collective/mundane. Lines are being drawn/dares are being made - who will decide to make a move to break the impasse? Sub-concious energy/fears dominate our relations with others. This a is a time where we have to be careful with our investments on all levels and seriously question our own relationship to resources. Powerful creative output is available too, especially when we can come together equally with another or group. Venus trine Chiron will help facilitate that.
On Saturday, with Mercury sextile that day's ruler, Saturn, we will have the opportunity to get much work done and the energy to make it happen. This is good for any type of mental work or detailed work/planning. The mind will be on serious concerns but in a controlled enthusiastic way. It's a good day to work with others too. Uranus goes retrograde this day too, a subtle shift. It will remain so until Decemer 11th, reminding us that the revolution we want to see in our outer world is driven by the one we must first make in our inner world, and that ultimately we are all on our own in our Hero's Journey - that no one can force us onto it - we must choose to take that lonely, yet rewarding path of our own volition.
Relationships will be the issue this week - striking the right balance between your's and other's needs will be key in resolution.
2 comments:
A favorite quote- which I see as relating to your depiction of Uranus in Retrograde:
"There are some of us who don't accept the dreams of dragons as their own, no matter how grand those dragons might say they are. Yes, there are some who will refuse to drop the candle even when pushed into a dark cave and locked there behind a stone.
There is, you must recall, a kind of serious study that will give you the confidence to strike your match to the mighty wick that will illuminate yet another portion of the darkness.
You must be willing to accept the fact that pain is a part of the process of revelation. You have to be willing to take the field and stay on the field the way Duke stayed on the road.
Out there somewhere are the kind of people who do not accept the premature autopsy of a noble art form. These are the ones who follow in the footsteps of the gifted and the disciplined who have been deeply hurt but not discouraged, who have been frightened but have not forgotten how to be brave, who revel in the company of their friends and sweethearts but are willing to face the loneliness that is demanded of mastery."-Stanley Crouch
Wow- I'm not sure I understood all of this but what I did understand makes since with what has been happening in my life and how my kids have been acting.
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