Weekly Weather August 23, 2010
Our week ahead features the Sun moving into Virgo marking the beginning of the end of summer <sadness> and the return of our busy, over-scheduled and hectic lives <happiness>. We have a luminous Full Moon at a highly sensitive and deeply emotional point in our chart. The cardinal t-square starts to break up and move apart. Sedna, the recently discovered planet named for Ocean Goddess, stations at 22 Taurus bringing us difficult emotional news from the Seas and Oceans. She also invokes and evokes the emotions from June 2000 when Jupiter and Saturn joined at that same degree to start the cycle culminating now in their opposition. As Jupiter and Saturn are separating after their recent struggle, we find the BP oil leak disaster winding down, even as the stories of how much impact the leak has or will have on the economy, environment and businesses affected by it. Sedna’s station can bring up strong emotions from that earlier time when you began a new cycle that is culminating now.
One more oomph of difficult, difficult energy takes place on Thursday as Admetos stations, Sun trines Pluto and the Moon in Pisces and Aries sets off the t-square one more time. If things are going to collapse or fall apart, that is the day it will happen.
We can expect lots of endings and releases this week as we start to feel the t-square energy move toward creating its new forms. The ability to hold it all together starts to dissipate too. We let go of the control and start to watch it ebb out of our hands. The planets are not blocked or blocking each other any more so their changes can start to take place in the world. Remember, they are cardinal planets so they LIKE to start things and change things.
Mercury is retrograde so we will deal with a reversal of the story that arrived in our life at the beginning of August through the end of September, when he leaves his shadow. He stations direct on September 12th. Expect to double and triple check communications and watch for communication, car and electrical appliance problems.
Ghosts from your past often appear during a Mercury retrograde so expect to hear from people, in either a good or bad way, over the next few weeks. All part of the clearing, cleaning up things and moving forward.
A few people wrote to say the t-square brought them VERY GOOD things. Yes, t-squares do deliver good stuff. I realized in reading over my columns of the past few weeks that the action taking part of the t-square that moves us to new places had been left out. Sometimes I have too much Scorpio in the 8th house in my chart. T-squares help us make decisions and shift our lives too.
New beginnings come from endings of old situations. So if you sold your business and are now leaving your boring job behind, Bravo. Or if you closed on your new apartment and moved out of your rental place, Congratulations. If you wrested control of your website and found your book designer, wee-haw! And if you got preggers after months of trying, woo-hoo! If you started your production company and found financial backing, crazy happy dance! Forward we all go!
Monday August 23, Moon in Aquarius helps us move toward a more evolved vision of things. Moon has lovely closing aspect so pursue your dreams today ~ things will eventually work out the way you want them to work out. Sedna stations making today a rather emotional day as she pushes us to a new vision of ourselves and our emotions. She had a difficult story with her father so watch for difficult father stories today. Her energy also seems to be aligned with difficult stories about the feminine, ocean or sea creature energy. Sun enters Virgo and starts the changing energy of mutable earth. We’ll find we want to clear out, organize and clean out things as Virgo Sun seeks to get us organize and back into school, work, no more vacation mode ~ the fall is getting into our head. Sun is a bit stressed as he works with Mars to make some changes. You may have to go back to an earlier position to get yourself to move forward. Retreat is not loss. It is retreat. Saturn has a great vision of how it CAN be once everything moves forward. Trust the process of retreat to step you back so you can move forward with confidence. It is the same as the Ocean ~ waves come, back up and then move forward again on the sand, slowly, slowly changing the surface of the land. In a similar way, the energy is shifting inside of you. It is a good evening to connect with people you love or enjoy.
Tuesday August 24 Moon is in Pisces and forms a full Moon. Read the Full Moon report on this web site to know how to work with the energy of the Moon. Moon is dreamy and dreary so watch for rain, slosh and emotions that swirl and swell. Towards the afternoon, you start to feel empowered as Moon works with Pluto and connects you to a more grounded place. Watch for changes in the patterns today. Sun argues with Jupiter as the two of them get crabby in the early evening by inconjunct aspect. Jupiter is all big, jolly and expansive and Sun says, “Hey, wait a minute, lets pay attention to the details here! No going off with half baked information!” The details are where it is at! Then take the action to reach out.
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Wednesday August 25 Moon continues in Pisces. Things begun Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday have lovely closing aspect so will be very profitable. Moon opposes Mercury so you may get some push back on emotional issues today. Make sure to take care of your health as aspects encourage a cautionary approach. When in doubt, go to the doctor and check it out. No fooling around. Family energy is supported today so it is a great day to plan outings or events for your family of choice or fate. Dreams are a bit wild upon awakening. Make sure to note them.
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Thursday August 26 Moon in Pisces continues to make us very sensitive to all emotional content. Admetos, a very sensitive point deeply tied to endings with a wild and untamed energy stations today on the degree of the Jupiter Saturn conjunction in June 2000. Watch for the Admetos story to surface in the news this week, probably today. Sun trines Pluto today asking power to move and work in a new way as Juno partners in a new way with the world. Expect major, major news today in the world. In Greek mythology, Admetos was famed for his hospitality and justice. When Apollo was sentenced to a year of servitude to a mortal as punishment for killing, the god chose Admetos’ home and became his herdsman. Admetos was a kind master and treated Apollo with respect. Apollo in recompense for Admetos’ treatment helped Admetos win the hand of Alcestis. When Apollo found out that Admetos was destined to die immediately after the marriage, he wooed the Fates with wine until they agreed to allow Admetos to live. The Fates were not easily persuaded; they would only allow Admetos to live on the condition that someone else volunteer to die in his place. Admetos initially believed that one of his aged parents would happily take their son’s place of death. When they were unwilling, Alcestis instead died for Admetos. As Alcestis descends into the underworld, Admetos discovers that he actually does not want to live:
I think my wife’s fate is happier than my own, even though it may not seem so. No pain will ever touch her now, and she has ended life’s many troubles with glory. But I, who have escaped my fate and ought not to be alive, shall now live out my life in sorrow.
The situation was saved by Heracles. Heracles was greatly impressed by Admetos’s kind treatment of him as a guest, and when told of Admetos’ situation, he entered Alcestis’ tomb. He repaid the honor Admetos had done to him by wrestling with Thanatos until the god agreed to release Alcestis. Heracles led her back into the mortal world. Admetos symbolizes a brick wall: Steadfast, stable, immovable. Shrinking: Narrowing down to a sharp focus. Specialization. Endurance. Solid and steady as a rock, Admetos is related to all t
hat is stable, enduring,
and unyielding, as well as to anything that has stopped or otherwise come to an end. Roots, raw materials, and cyclical revolutions all share a touch of Admetos, as does anything that is either deep down (like the bottom of the ocean) or dead. Admetos is active or present at strangulation, suffocation, overdose of prescription, over-the-counter or other drugs, inhaling poisonous gas of some kind, being poisoned by drinking water, inhaling poisonous air and choking. He is often involved when there are situations where nurturing is in short supply, being stuck (either physically or psychologically) in one of life’s frustrating traffic jams. Admetos suppresses / represses their hard feelings, their hard knocks in life, their bitterness, their bad luck, and their trauma. It is also about our subconscious. In its most lurid form, the monsters and the Shadow within ourselves is mirrored by this planet. Very often, this can mean a trauma occurs that stains the person’s entire life-force.
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Friday August 27 we recover from the news of yesterday. Moon in Aries sets off the t-square and causes rapid emotional changes. Make sure to be in touch with the people you love. Very rapid events take place today. Moon in Aries has nice closing aspects suggesting the changes are far reaching.
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Saturn’s day August 28 Moon in Aries continues to evolve the story from earlier in the week. Moon argues with Venus and Mars in a highly emotional manner. Remember the t-square separating now is able to take action where before it was blocked. The deeply felt emotions are surfacing now and pushing us towards new choices. Venus understands these changes are deep, profound and permanent. Would you die for another because you loved them? Who would you die for? And if you died for them, what would they do? Transformation. Mercury struggles with discord and hard feelings. He’s trying to be practical but some times it is not possible to achieve what you want WITHOUT hurting other people’s feelings. See the patterns? See the shadow? Do you see the shadow of the energy? Who would wrestle with death for you?
Sunday August 29, Moon in Taurus brings us deeply into our feeling state. Again the closing aspects are excellent so even if the decisions are hard, we are prepared to work with those consequences and make the hard decisions. Jupiter helps us see the underlying pattern in a way we never did before. Endings are working ending ~ helpful to move you forward and productive to make. In one sense, there is nothing new under the sun. On the other hand, every day is a new opportunity to create and become a new. The vision of rebirth and renewal is in every major religious belief system. We experience rebirth and renewal with each spring season. As we look at the end of the current growing cycle in our life, know there is a new rebirth and renewal season ahead of you. Don‘t be afraid to go for your dream. Or at least to stand in the strength of your vision for your life. It IS your dream. And it is your life. Make a choice about what your home and hearth will look like. Choose what nurtures you. Focus on the spot where love lives. Focus on what you love.
Mundane: Last week brought all sorts of changes and shifts in alignment with the change energy of the t-square. We “left” Iraq, leaving behind 50,000 troops for training but not for fighting. Iran powered up its nuclear plant with Russia’s help. The credit card law was implemented which promised additional consumer protections. The proposed mosque and community center near the site of the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center received pro and con protests with virtually the entire world weighing in. Pakistan found 20 million of their citizens homeless due the monsoons. The Wikileaks guy was accused of rape and later the charges were dropped. Tiger Woods got divorced. A Van Gogh painting was stolen in Egypt. Israel and Palestine began peace talks. China started to address workplace suicide. Millions as in 550 million eggs were recalled due to Samonella contamination. Busy week!
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