Weekly Weather July 2, 2007
Happy Fourth of July! I always feel like summer has officially arrived when the fire works light up our sky! The Solar Return for the USA takes place this week when the Sun returns to the place it was when the nation was born. It will be a quiet week as the events taking place over the past few weeks settle into our being and shape our new reality. Tune in next week for an evaluation of the USA Solar Return in the Mundane astrology part of the column. Happy Birthday America!
The most significant thing to my mind in the week ahead is the fast moving transiting Finger of God, or YOD that takes place between July 3 and July 6. The apex of the Finger is the Sun in Cancer. Sun is ruled by the Moon in Aquarius as the Sun aspects Jupiter in Sagittarius and then by Moon in Pisces as the Sun aspects Chiron in Aquarius. At the same time the two legs of the Yod are receiving illumination from the Sun and still vibrating with the solar resonance, the Moon in Pisces joins with Uranus in Pisces.
Simultaneously, Mercury is coming to station, pausing at his degree of 2:29 to turn direct from Cancer retrograde ~ again our minds, on a distinct emotional nature will get the various vibration, even if we have no adequate words for what is going on inside of us. Moon rules the Sun and Mercury in Cancer as he travels across the legs of the Yod like a giant cosmic tuning fork setting off the expansion energy of Jupiter in Sagittarius and healing (or wounding) energy of Chiron in Aquarius. Gonna be a big one ~ a giant, cosmic tuning fork of vibration. Vibration of what? Illumination.
The key word for the week is ILLUMINATION. Emotional and intellectual ILLUMINATION. A vibrating, emotional cosmic tuning of an illumination. Remember sitting in a church as the organ music swells and your insides start to vibrate? Or when your belly hums at a rock concert? Your insides literally vibrate to the resonance of all the energy of sound flying around you. It is SOUND energy. The waves from the sound energy makes your insides move, vibrate and hum. Remember how you feel the energy as it lingers and slowly leaves your body? That is the feel for the week ahead ~ musical cosmic energy that is emotional, moving, hair standing up on the back of your neck, tears come to your eyes, life is changing and moving on to the next chapter of your life kind of Illumination energy.
Support the Illumination energy in your own world. Go and listen to music that gets your body, emotions, intellect and soul moving ~Sousa marches, opera arias, rock, classical, dance, hip hop or waltzes. Whatever! I want you vibrating your insides to match the cosmic vibration around you. Choose music that you LOVE! Play your beloved music so loud that your insides vibrate. When you do that, you are signaling to the cosmos that you are in tune with the life changes arriving to pick you up as the finger of God sweeps through the heavens. Think of the music you love as kind of a musical smoke signal you are sending out to the heavens, if you will. Your insides are going to be vibrating to your own cosmic tune as the Yod takes place. Support the heavenly Yod with music you love. You are completely where you are supposed to be. Yes, THAT IS YOUR TUNE! Cue the music. Your particular kind of music. Hum the tune for a bit, under your breath. You know, that part when the trumpets swell or the chorus erupts that makes you tap your feet, wave your arms in tune or sing out to the sky for all the world to hear. Feel your insides vibrate.
Yod’s, acting as a cosmic finger of our soul‘s purpose, point us toward where we are going next. When Yod’s in a natal chart get set off, we find our life changes. When Yod’s form in the sky, we figure things out as the finger points us towards the next big thing. We look where the finger is pointing. Move toward it!
So, combine the Yod with all the information we’ve been learning and figuring out over the past few weeks as well as with the Mercury retrograde stationing in Cancer, and take time to hum. Sometimes words don’t work. This is one of those times. Emotions swell. Hum with the heavens and get ready. Illumination. There is nothing like a giant cosmic spot light on your purpose in the universe as the music swells to bring a tear to your eye! You are exactly where you are supposed to be. Just say yes.
The second thing that drew my attention was Venus’s many month long dance between Saturn and Pluto. This dance began a while ago with Venus’ trine to Pluto on March 16, during the last eclipse. Last week, on July 1, Venus made a conjunction to Saturn but we were busy with other aspects so we kind of ignored her. Venus approaches and has a second closing trine with retrograde Pluto this week, bringing the story from March back into your mind and consciousness. She’s been moving through her shadow since June 23rd and will station to go retrograde on July 27th. She has a nice long retrograde and then moves direct. Venus dances to the music of Leo and Virgo with the energy of transformation, passion, routine and structure in the months ahead. She finishes her dance with Pluto on October 3rd and with Saturn on October 13th.
Before October, Venus will pass herself back and forth between Saturn and Pluto like a passionate tango dancer. With the two dark swarthy fellows on each arm or at either side, her skirt swirls in lovely, passionate cherry colored, floating red. Back and forth she goes, between Saturn and Pluto. Who will she end up with? What does she want? What is her true calling? Whose arms will she be in when the music stops and the band says it is time to go home in October? Well we know that answer (Saturn) but lets pretend for a moment we don‘t. Venus is invoking, evoking, flirting, charming and teasing the two most powerful planets out there! She’s dancing like crazy back and forth between them. And, when Venus flirts and turns on the charm, the world, as well as Pluto and Saturn swoon. Venus WILL leave the party with Saturn in Virgo as that is her last aspect. In the meantime, she’s flirting with Pluto for all she‘s worth. And Pluto is paying attention!
So how does that energy show up in your life? Well it will FEEL like you have to make a choice ~ as many things do. Pluto, Saturn and Venus will be acting out a drama or scenario in your life. Assign the roles to the situation unfolding before you. While Pluto is charming and all that, he’s not the kind of fellow you necessarily want to build a life with. Pluto likes the chase, not the capture. Pluto’s manipulative on a bad day. It’s about the power, triangles and the drama with him. It isn’t an equal relationship, at least from his point of view. And it never will be if he has anything to say about it.
Saturn, on the other hand, IS the kind of fellow you CAN build a life with. However, Saturn can be a bit stodgy and a stick in the mud. He’s fearful. He has his routines and those rituals that he likes and simply HAS to do. He isn’t always amenable to change. Pluto, on the other hand, will kiss your hand and move those sultry, delicious kisses up your arm like Gomez did to Morticia, slowly taking your clothes off and making your knees buckle. Saturn will check his email before he brushes his teeth, climbs into bed and pats the pillow next to him. Life is more about routine and work with Saturn than passion of Pluto when you get right down to it. Well the passion CAN be there with Saturn, but the work part is right underneath. Saturn OR Pluto.
Wait. Stop a minute. Let’s reframe that! Please make it Saturn AND Pluto. You need both! You need the passion and the routine! They are BOTH part and parcel of who you are. You have BOTH Pluto and Saturn in your chart! And, in the months between now and October, your job is to figure out how to have both of them in your life. (Hint: It is about doing your Routine Saturn with Passion. It is about ma
king your Plutonian Passion
a bit more Routine.) You want both Pluto AND Saturn. It isn’t an either or. So watch for the Pluto, Saturn and Venus dance taking place in your life starting this week. Isn’t astrology wonderful?
Monday, Chiron has a gift of grace with Vesta as Mars has a double gift of grace with Jupiter ~ these aspects imply a settling into the joy or comfort or good parts of your life. An appreciation of what you’ve created and what it does for you. An understanding of where you’ve been and how it got you to where you are now. A vision of where you’d like to go using the base you‘ve made thus far in your life. Moon squares Mars from the sign of Aquarius ~ surely if you take the 20,000 foot overview, you can see the patterns unfolding beneath you as you fly over the landscape of your life. Go ahead, soar a bit.
Tuesday, Sun triggers the Jupiter leg of the Finger of God ~ adjust your understanding. It is a Virgo kind of energy that Sun and Jupiter inconjunct. There is some physical area that you can clear up or address. Notice how you got here. Be kind to yourself but be clear. Moon wakes up the Saturn and Neptune opposition so a few tears may be in order. It is a sentimental energy although perhaps a bit sad. If you knew then what you know now, what would you tell yourself? Sun waking up Jupiter says, this is the direction in which you’d like to move going forward ~ expansion or abundance is which way? Take note of it. Remember to breathe.
Wednesday, Happy Fourth of July. Happy Birthday America! Moon is in Pisces most of the waking hours of the day. Watch or record what your dreams were about as Moon was busy with Pluto as you slept last night exploring the things you noticed and experienced over the past few days and weeks. The balance of the day has easy aspects as conversation and activity and corn on the cob and watermelon rule the day! Oh, and don’t forget the fireworks!
Thursday, Pallas stations to go retrograde on the degree of the Uranus station last week and the eclipse next September. Pallas is in charge of our strategies, theories and approach to things, especially legal and business matters. If you have a matter that is unresolved or dawdling along, it will likely fall apart today with the combination of the Mercury station at 2 Cancer, the Pallas station and the Solar Finger of God. Wasn’t meant to be or the lesson needs a bit of reinforcement or there are other plans for you!
Friday, Sun creates the second leg of the Finger of God, a Scorpio kind of leg, suggesting a psychological adjustment of some sort tied to your emotional understanding of your hopes and dreams. Can you see how the areas of your being that are so VERY sensitive contribute to how you built your life? Venus kicks her feet WAY up, over her head, as she bats her eyes at Mars across the room and twirls acorss the floor over towards Pluto‘s waiting arms. Mars has an aspect with the North Node of destiny. Is Mars going to get in line to dance with Venus too? She’s going to be inviting the three of them, Mars, Saturn and Pluto to dance the tango with her in the months ahead!
Saturn’s day Sun squares Juno and dances with Neptune ~ we are created by what we partner with. Argue for your limitations and they become your partners! What are you partnering with? Moon in Aries sets off Neptune, Sun and Jupiter in harmonious aspects asking you to take firm and concise action to get your actions in line with your dreams. Gotta be in it to win it.
Sunday, Venus sweeps herself into Pluto’s arms! Pluto OR Saturn is a false choice. Pluto AND Saturn is where it is at! Gotta be passionate about your routine! Otherwise why bother? Saturn’s going into Virgo soon ~ so do what you love as the upcoming energy of Virgo will make it more and more routine and a deeper portion of your life. If you aren’t doing what you love, you are going to have a difficult time with Saturn’s journey through Virgo. He’ll be criticizing you and picking on you instead of teaching you how to improve. Moon will help you as she talks with stationing Mercury. So what is it that you love? Where’s your passion? Move toward that passion of yours!
Mundane: Oh joy, Oh rapture! The Supreme Court officially went over to the other side (the corporate side) with the recent decisions of the Roberts‘ Supreme Court! So much for “We, the people”. We are turning into “We, the corporations who are in charge of everything and the rest of you little people who happen to live here.” First, corporations can spend as MUCH money as they would like on political and other advertising. Money is now the equivalent of free speech. And, the corporations or industries with the most money win!. As corporations have SO much more money than you or I do, I guess we will need to encourage rational and cognitive thought as well as the development of thinking in our school systems to be able to compete and be heard. Oh wait!
Second, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation is okay in the school systems!? Well, I guess the best way to keep us dumb and uninformed is to control the content of the airwaves and take away our ability to think by separating us by race and class via the education system. Didn‘t one of those founding fathers say we need to have an educated electorate to have a vibrant democracy as well as protect only ONE industry in the constitution ~ the press and their freedom.
Sounds like a plan to me… forward we go to Pluto in Capricorn. Going to be an interesting Pluto transit! And, if you think I am kidding about the corporations controlling the news and the content of what is covered on the airwaves, can you buy that oil rig advertised on your evening news? Is that something you want to take home and put in your living room corner next to the stereo? Ad revenues DO make a network think twice (or more) before they (or their shows) criticize that oil rig company! Content control is alive and well….
I love, love, love the bill introduced in Congress to defund Vice’s Vice Presidential Executive Branch office to the tune of $4.75 million while preserving his Legislative Branch office. Going to be interesting to see who votes up and down on that one! You can’t make these things up!
Copyright © 2007 Anne Ortelee
