You can be feeling a little bit of a holiday hangover mentally especially on Monday as Mercury semi-squares Saturn while the Moon is squaring Saturn, however it should be relatively minor and will not last long as Moon ingresses to Aquarius and makes 3 positive planetary aspects throughout the rest of the day: a holiday for many of us and these 3 aspects will feed that (square Jupiter, sextile Uranus, conjunct Venus) and have us wanting to continue the party with family and friends for another day.
Wednesday has the biggest event of the week with the Sun making its annual conjunction to Pluto. This is the anniversary week of the beginning of the uprisings that began in Tunisia and quickly spread across the Arab world and subsequently across the globe throughout 2011. Sun/Pluto speaks of power: personal power, power struggles, increased aggressiveness to get what one wants, transformative revolution, breakdowns, birth/life/death/rebirth, ego defense, violence/crimes/areas & people swept under the rug by society. We can use this energy on a personal level to focus like a laser beam on things that need to change in our lives - things that need to be moved out in order to let new things in., but we can easily fall into one of the negative power uses listed above or become a victim of someone else's. Mercury's sesiquadrate to Jupiter shows that a battle of big ideas that may not be well thought out for details could be what enflames some type of disagreement today into a full on battle.
Saturday, New Year's Eve, has a Mercury square Mars, making it a challenging day for communication with others, as people are touchy/irritable, and likely to blow up verbally in order to let off some steam. Many times who or what they blow up on are not the causes of their irritability, but are familiar faces and thus safer to go off on. However, this type of attitude can spill over into our public lives when intoxication fuels inhibition which is more likely to occur on New Year's Eve - so be careful in your interactions, stay away from those who shoot firearms into the air as part of their ritual, and be aware the level of rowdiness this NYE will be even higher than normal. Slow down and be safe(r).
Like I said, a pretty quiet week, and as I mentioned in early December, a pretty quiet 2 months of astrological weather until Mars goes retrograde, which I will get into more extensively soon here.
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Winter Solstice Chart: An Indication of What’s Ahead for USA
Before reading this blog, it might be interesting for you to review my blog on this chart set for last year and how well it give a picture for USA for the year now that we've been through it.... It's here: http://astrologicalwinds.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-solstice-chart-look-at-2011-for.html ...
pretty amazing how well this chart can tell the story in general! So here goes for 2012:The Solstice chart set for Washington, DC on December 22nd at 12:30 AM EST has a 4* Libra ASC and 5* Cancer M/C with the Moon in Scorpio at 26* in 2nd house, so the ruler of the chart is Venus, at 1* Aquarius (where it only has a very minor dignity, ie - face) in the 4th house at the top of a mixed modality t-square, squaring exalted Saturn in Libra in the 1st house and stationary Jupiter in Taurus in the 7th house. I believe the Venus/Jupiter square is more potent here as it is quite tight and both planets are in fixed signs. This is a year of questioning value systems and beliefs for the United States. This is a year when we may begin to realize how extravagant/indulgent our lives truly are and how we let excess materialism drive many of our decisions and lead to incredible amounts of waste. In other words, the party may be ending and the bills are due, thus the crisis in value systems/beliefs. Once again, many citizens' biggest investment, their home (Venus in 4th; Saturn ruling 4th) will take the biggest brunt of past exaggerations, overvaluations, overly optimistic asset schemes, etc. that were driven by investors/financiers/banks (Venus rules 8th; Jupiter in Taurus). In effect, this will be depressing the mood/outlook of the country as a whole (Venus square Saturn in 1st; Saturn ruling 5th) and will keep people very conservative with their finances, entertainment expenditures, income to spend, and will lead them to continue to press the government/the Nation/authorities to re-consider their systems/services/laws and how it is depressing the country as a whole. People are literally feeling inhibited in their own homeland by those in authority!
The Moon, representing the common people and their current opinions, shows the dour mood of the populace, as it is in Scorpio (Fall) in the 2nd house. People are seriously concerned with their personal resources and it is boiling beneath the surface in rage and ideas of vengeance. The people literally feel betrayed by their financial leaders and corporations and large institutions. There is literally a powder keg brewing in the mass conciousness of the populace now and if I was the Court Astrologer for any politician I would HIGHLY recommend that they start to address this or they may end up losing more than they could have ever imagined to the wrath of an enraged people. The Moon ruling the 10th shows that President Obama is not safe from this anger - if he does not start caring for the people, he may be swept away by the tides of history and the electorate come November. The Moon is square the Neptune/Chiron conjunction in the 5th house. I think people really need to be aware that this aspect says our huge entertainment industry in the USA keeps us hypnotized/distracted/escapist/deluded and our attention away from the real problems that are seriously wounding the common people, and will continue to hold sway over large segments of the population. In a certain way, we are fighting this tendency in ourselves and others before we can bring any healing to the nation - we have to decide in our own minds first that the things we do for fun/escapism/"a break from reality" must become secondary to what is needed for fixing our decaying civilization. This aspect indicates we may not be up to that challenge yet in general. The Moon's trine to Uranus in the 6th shows there are many brilliant ideas among the populace/workers/civil servants/the military on how to redefine public service so it benefits all, but the question is, will they do what's necessary to turn ideas into actions?
The Sun's annual conjunction to Pluto straddles the I/C in this chart: simply put - a crisis in the homeland over power and who we give it to: politicians and corporations and banks. This aspect is literally calling the USA to kill/let die the parts of its system that no longer work so that we can rethink our society from the ground up (literally = I/C is low part of chart) and transform it into something much more aligned with the current evolutionary path of humanity and our relationship to the earth. Once again, expect many dark secrets to be revealed about those who truly have the power in this country. There is a true danger here of fascism being bred and instilled across the homeland, as we will be forced to face our Collective shadow and many will not be able to admit to their shared wrongs (including what they believe is just patriotism/love for their country). The other danger is to the political leaders and corporate/bank leaders facing the wrath of the populace and violent revolution breaking out in retaliation to their either perceived or real wrongdoings. Once again, this indicates President Obama is not safe either from the anger of the people/voters. The Sun right at the mid-point of Saturn/Neptune indicates the nation is sick as a whole. However, the Sun's sextile to Chiron in the 5th house indicate opportunities will be available to make progressive changes across society, however it hinges on the leaders of the country, and specifically the President, acting on these opportunities or they could all just go to waste or just fester in "idea" stage. The hope of the nation rests in the Sun trine stationary Jupiter in Taurus. This would indicate the leadership/President could start acting in harmony with the people's desires to make progressive changes to values/belief systems/the Law/justice and to change the way education, wealth, prosperity, and banking are done. It also continues to show that the rest of the world, especially our allies, work well with the President on foreign policy matters, and that he may finally be able to get Congress to go along with him on some issues (Sun rules 11th showing the President may have more power over Congress this year due to shifting political circumstances). It also seems the President may continue to guard an open internet (Jupiter rules 3rd) and works well with the military (Jupiter rules 6th).
One last planet to look at is Mars in Virgo in the 12th house squaring the Nodal axis in the 3rd and 9th houses. This is a weakened Mars and shows that we are quickly losing our military might/influence throughout the world. It also indicates the military will be busy meticulously covering up mistakes/secrets about itself that it does not want revealed, or have to create lots of subversive press releases to get the media off their tails. There's also a danger here of the police and military being used in their own country as soldiers against their own people. This could greatly weaken their standing/public opinion of them and create quite a backlash. It also shows students/universities may have a larger role in revolting against society as it is now and that many local protests could break out far and wide across the country due to poor economic conditions (Mars rules 2nd), where the police/military can be perceived as the enemy (Mars rules 7th) by the people.
A weakened Mars in Virgo ruling the 2nd shows that frugal times will continue for most of us resource wise in general. Stable Jupiter ruling the 3rd shows that the electronic gadgetary of this age will continue to expand by leaps and bounds. An exalted Saturn ruling the 4th shows real estate prices may finally stabilize enough that npeople will start at least talking deals again, but could also bring the hard arm of the law (martial???) onto the homeland. Exalted Saturn ruling the 5th shows the entertainment industry could help foster in the new age by introducing cutting edge ideas on society through media channels like movies/music. Stable Jupiter ruling the 6th, also would seem to indicate that unemployment should stabilize too. Weak Mars ruling the 7th also shows our decline of military influence both over enemies and with allies even! Venus in Aquarius ruling the 8th shows new ideas about how to deal with international banks and corporations so that behave more equitably will be introduced this year. Mercury, in Sagittarius (detriment) and conjunct the North Node in the 3rd house and ruling the 9th, may help to push universities/students/professors to become the voices for the ideas of change. Cancer ruling the 10th shows the President better take care of the people or he could wind up not being President by end of year. The Sun ruling the 11th shows Congress will continue to wield their power for themselves and their cronies and disregard the will of them majority of the people, perhaps to their own demise. Mercury ruling the 12th shows that a completely new ways of dealing with institutions/bureaucracies will be introduced.
In summary, this seems to be a very key year for the USA and the road it chooses to travel. It seems if we follow our current one, that we risk a complete breakdown of society with martial law/police state/military used against its own people, and many subsequent consequences to those who push this route. However, there is opportunity for broad change to be discussed, and just starting to be implemented - there will not be alot of progression this year, but just getting the conversation going and slowing the momentum of the way things have been may be the best outcome we can hope for this year. It will require the President to be strong and the people to be also, and to back him up when he's trying to be, and to challenge him when he is not.
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