Weekly Weather July 18, 2011
Our week ahead features the Goddess of Discord, Eris, stirring the unhappy pot in our world and our lives. We are going to have one heck of a discordant, strife filled week in the world. Eris stations to go retrograde on Tuesday. She also has a rather large pile of aspects to a number of the personal planets, stirring them up too!
One of the terrific things about astrology is looking at newly discovered planets or heavenly bodies and figuring out what they are for or the kind of energy they represent. Their energy appears in our world with a whoosh of new and sudden consciousness. We find them. They get named. Whoosh! All of a sudden we are rocking and rolling around with THAT newly named energy in our being.
With the Hubble telescope out there taking photos of far away places, the astronomers have been spotting new planets and heavenly bodies all over the place! Mike Brown, an astronomer whose team has discovered a few of the newbies, is focused on adding more “female” energy to the pantheon in our heavens. He’s been picking names that are female goddesses. Some of the goddesses are mighty fierce or have pretty strong and powerful reputations. Of course, we are in a “2” millennium, so the feminine energy does move to the forefront of our consciousness for the next 1000 years but still. Perhaps more caution in the naming and selection process is needed! Or maybe we DO need some fierce female energy to clean up the mess we’ve made on planet earth!
This is the kind of week where you will be saying, “Really? I mean REALLY?” as things cross your path and stimulate the Eris energy in your chart. You’ll find a your voice going up on that second syllable of “REALLY?” as you experience, look at or hear of a situation that causes you to shake your head in discordant disbelief or that makes you want to take a swing at someone‘s head.
Eris LIKES to stir the pot. She gets great joy out of it. Jollies. Glee even. So as you encounter her energy this week, decide how you want to play with or deal with it. Eris is often quite disagreeable on purpose. She ENJOYS being the source of discord, dissent and causing crabby cake behavior. Temper tantrums are one of her favorite things. Pissing people off makes her smile.
My feeling, at least most of the time, when I run into an Eris type of energy is to avoid taking the bait, biting or fighting. I was raised by an Aries/ Leo father who LIKED to verbally fight with my Leo/ Sagittarius mother. Arguing passionately was foreplay for them ~ a “huge passion”. I have an open leg in my cardinal t-square that pulls in Aries energy. I CAN fight. But often I find it is much more productive to “walk away” rather than swing back. Plus walking away gets them more irritated that fighting with them. Aries LIKE to fight. Not fighting is quite frustrating for them ~ they can‘t discharge their emotions.
So this week, when someone picks a fight with you or as you watch the discordant energy flying around, decide how you want to deal with it. Often, it is better to let the discordant person sit in their pile of discord. It IS their discord, after all. They just want you to roll around in it with them.
A fight or Eris’ brand of discord is a form of energy discharging. When those discordant feelings get stirred, we often feel we have to take some kind of action. Reconsider.
Yes, take action IF it is life threatening. Totally take action and move your butt out of the way of the bullet or knife. No point dying over someone else’s rage and anger. Run for cover if you see someone coming at you who previously tried to hurt you.
If someone is crabby cakes with you, and trying to fight with you, don‘t respond to them. Avoid the fight. Let them sit in their discord. They are feeling pretty rotten. Let them feel rotten. It is good for them.
If one of your friends is complaining about an Eris situation, point out that they are being stimulated and asked to fight. Ask them if it is worth it. In most cases, the answer is no. In life or death situations, the answer is yes. Preserve life.
If it is run of the mill discord YOU are having inside of you, just sit quietly in the discord and see the source. That is the place where the universe is trying to get you to evolve. Evolve rather than fight. Grow up.
Eris only is effective because she stimulates our “I want that!” button and thwarts it. She invokes our jealousy. She stimulates our fears of not being good enough. She pokes fun at our inadequacy about whether we are “fill in the blank about your biggest fear”. She sets up brutal competitions that are humiliating and painful to lose rather than true tests or measures of who and what we are. She is not particularly nice. She actually FEEDS off of our anxiety and fears like some kind of psychic vampire. No offering your neck veins or other juicy blood vessels to her greedy lips this week. Starve her! Frustrate HER! You can do it.
The purpose of Eris’ discord this week is to point your attention toward a veiled part of your inner being that is valuable but hidden from you. Watch as she lifts the veil, perhaps in frustration, but also in an illuminative form. All the transits in your life are designed to make you more conscious ~ even ones from the Goddess of Discord. Discord creates awareness.
Sun enters Leo this week, starting the best part of summer as he saunters along shining down on ripe produce filled farm stands, sultry breezes, hot beach sand and cool ocean waves. Think Jersey tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and basil followed by juicy watermelon slices… mmmmm!
Mercury slows his rapid pace, preparing to station in two weeks. Last Friday, Mercury let you know what you are going to be dealing with all August and early September as he entered his shadow and passed the degree of his upcoming station turning direct on August 26. He’s talking to quite a few planets this week so negotiations and communications are fierce. He talks to Eris on the day she is stopped. Pay attention to her messages. Listen but don’t react unless you absolutely have to.
Venus argues with Eris as well as the Nodes of Destiny this week making it a tough week for relationships and love but at the same time offering us a set of choices about how to proceed. Desire, love and relationships can feel a bit blind sided this week as Mars sneaks in and tricks Venus with a lie. She is not a happy gal. Let it go. If it is meant to be in your life, it will stay. Otherwise, release, release, release. And you thought the eclipses were over!
Mars loses something of value as he aspects the Nodes of Fate on Thursday and dives into the South Node, releasing, releasing, releasing. It is time to let it go! If it leaves you this week, it is meant to go. Let it go. Mars works with Eris productively. She is his sister, delighting in the blood of war and strife that he brings. So watch that desire to take action in a warlike manner on Saturday. You can have a war of words that isn’t productive but will be illuminating.
Not Many Void Moons This Week!
7:15 am EDT July 20 Wednesday to 12:25 pm EDT
5:34 pm EDT July 22 Friday to 0:58 am EDT July 23 Saturday
Monday Moon’s day July 18 Moon in Pisces is emotional and sensitive today and Tuesday with lovely closing aspects of a trine to family oriented and tender Cancer Sun. Eris is stopped in the sky so tensions can build and be very strenuous emotionally. Communications about love, relationships, money and desires can be a bit over the top and argumentative. Again, pay attention to what you hear from Eris, the Discordant Goddess, she is talking trash and getting things all stirred up. Emotions swell based on words. Venus argues with Cupido requesting an adjustment in the group or how things are done. See the pattern of how things are done. Notice and observe without reacting. There is an expansiveness to the energy right now.
Tuesday Mar’s Day July 19 Moon in Pisces continues to sensitively process the feelings swirling as Eris stations to go retrograde. Sun and our egos feel they need to explode, erupt and expand as they join up with Vulcanus. We can erupt like a volcano. And, in our world, volcanoes CAN erupt today as the pressures build and build. We see things clearly that we NEVER saw before ~ illumination and understanding pours into our being. Watch the discord for the messages that it delivers. Trust the messages you receive, even if they are shocking in their nature. Mercury is getting you ready to revise and revisit so listen carefully to what is said and NOT said today. Often the absence of words speaks louder than the words spoken do. There is a pattern in there if you care to look.
Wednesday Mercury’s day July 20 Moon in Pisces is void in the morning, pushing us to release and let the dreams go floating free. Then Moon enters Aries, getting assertive, bold and brash around 12:25 pm. Moon in Aries goes through the gauntlet of the widening cardinal t-square starting with an unusual break up or breakthrough. Moon explodes with emotions around 9:30 pm EDT and gets into a huge internal, emotional power struggle at 11:45 pm EDT as the t-square stimulates the Aries Moon. Something small inside of you wants to die and leave. Let it go. It is time. Venus is arguing with Chiron and feeling a bit of stress. Love and Desire, ruled by Venus is not working or feeling okay. Venus is not a happy camper, feeling a bit dissed and unloved today. Perhaps she’s a tad sensitive and overreacting? Certainly. But she wants what she wants. And life just isn’t happening for her right now. Jupiter tries to jolly her out of her bad mood ~ but she is having none of it. She wants to be unhappy today. So let her be unhappy. She wants to stamp her feet and pout. Let her stamp and pout. No, it is not green lights all the way to Chicago. Venus is unhappy. Pay attention to who you meet or what you are told to read or learn about today. Add that to your to-do list and to-do it sooner rather than later. Sun works hard to partner productively even as he feels kind of criticized for things that are not his fault. He’s just in the line of fire right now ~ so duck when you see the criticism coming.
Thursday Jupiter’s Day July 21 Moon in Aries opposes Saturn, the last part of the t-square at 11:52 am EDT reminding you of the first week of last August. Time for redoing emotions in relationship to partner. If it is a no, take it and believe it. Venus is having aspects to the nodes of fate and adjusting from her bad mood of yesterday. Sometimes No is No. Today No IS NO. Let it go. Yes, you might not have seen it coming but it needs to go now. YOU need to go now. THEY need to go now. It is time. It is time to let go and evolve. Mars sets off the nodes right after Venus did ~ Mars in Gemini dives in the South node, releasing, releasing, releasing. Contracts and deals done today move you toward your next opportunity. They should be finishing up things, releasing and wrapping up.
Friday Venus’ day July 22 Moon in Aries continues to process new energies and feeling with a lovely closing aspect of a trine to slowing Mercury. Pay close attention to what you hear and don’t hear today. Mercury connects profoundly with Jupiter, giving you important information and decisions. Venus squares Eris, fighting her discordant feelings from the other day. Yes, the love principle is feeling quite picked on right now. Notice the patterns before you that you might have missed before. There is a purpose and a brilliant idea buried in the mess before you.
Saturday Saturn’s day July 23 Moon in Taurus squares the Sun right after he enters Leo ~ it is all about YOU right now. What do you WANT? What do you deeply desire? What got Venus so irritated and bothered earlier in the week? That is where you go to gain clarity. Go look at the irritation. Go look at the buttons Eris pushes or pushed in your being. Mars works productively with Eris today ~ in the duality, there is wisdom. Look at the point of irritation to see where you want to go next. Today is a super busy day for figuring out all KINDS of things as Mercury has oodles of aspects pointing out how the world and YOUR inner world, works. Focus on the clarity that comes to you. Let the clouds that are swirling around your head settle down and listen to your heart’s song. What do you want to nurture and grow in your life? What is the pattern in your life that you’ve grown old and tired of? Are you ready to release it? You only have to put it down for it to be gone. Yes, just put it down and don’t pick it back up. Venus is starting to feel a bit better after her rough week. Relationships are moving forward again, with compassion and caring.
Sunday Sun’s day July 24 Moon in Taurus has a kick back and relax kind of day after all the work and emotional toil of the past week. Relax and enjoy yourself. There are virtually no aspects today except Ceres asking you to embrace the discord you felt earlier in the week. Ceres, as mom earth, nurtures us by making us work hard and push at our boundaries, limitations and discordant energies. A butterfly HAS TO STRUGGLE out of its cocoon for its wings to be strong enough to survive and fly. A chick HAS TO PECK its way out of the shell to become a healthy chicken. There is an inherent struggle to give birth to ourselves. We forget the purpose of the struggle, the tension, the discord, is to make us stronger and wiser. Look back on this week as well as the recent eclipses and think about what shell you pecked your way out of so your wings could dry strong and true for your future flights. It is all about evolving to the next level.
Copyright © 2011 A. C. Ortelee
