Weekly Weather July 26, 2010
Lots of stuff going on in the week ahead! Lots and lots of stuff! Get ready! Get set! Let’s GO!
Our Cardinal t-square continues to tighten, slowly, methodically, relentlessly, inescapably, unavoidably, and inexorably building to a climax the week after next. Tension, excitement, endings, beginnings, and break through!
THIS week, Mars enters into the energy system of the t-square, stimulating the planets to TAKE ACTION! Mars is not a nice guy planet. He gets everything moving. Mars is entering Libra, a sign he is not particularly happy to be in either. Imagine the God of War stopping by for tea and crumpets. What does he do with the mud and dead leaves on his boots? Where does he put his assault weapon? He’s stinky and sweaty yet he needs to figure out how to properly put the clotted cream on scones. He doesn’t know the protocol for how to pour tea. He answers “BOTH” when asked if he prefers Lemon or Milk in his tea ~ never realizing that combination will curdle the milk. Mars tries to not spill anything on the oriental carpet or the plush cream colored velvet chaise he is uncomfortably seated on.
At any rate, Mars in Libra bursts into the room through the open door after stomping through the rose garden and muddy pathways to immediately side with Saturn after pushing Uranus back against the wall. The concept of a civil tea goes to hell in a hand basket.
Now SATURN has an accomplice on HIS side! The tug of war between the planets will shift ~ Mars will help Saturn pull. Mars will help Saturn oppose Uranus and Jupiter. A giant tug of war erupts in the heavens. The teams are “evenly” matched by planet count if not by skill set. Mars is going to stimulate and spark old Saturn to take action and DO SOMETHING! Jupiter and Uranus are going to react to Mars arrival ~ if only to taunt him for not knowing how to spread the clotted cream. Saturn is going to be roused out of his doldrums when Mars whacks his rings and starts the fireworks of the t-square into motion.
Often configurations form in the heavens and sit still, in a tremulous balance. They sway slightly from side to side, waiting, waiting, in an uneasy equilibrium, sensitive to the slightest movement like a cosmic mobile. The configurations wait for a trigger or a match to come light their fuse and stimulate their energy to unleash or release. Mars is a trigger. Mars is going to set off the delicately balanced t-square as well as stimulate the deeply chthonic and unspoken emotional lunar eclipse energy from June 26th when Capricorn Moon joined Capricorn Pluto at 4 opposite to Sun in Cancer answering to Capricorn Moon joined to Pluto on the nodes of destiny. So onto the gently swaying mobile of cosmic energy comes Mars, who will jump with his dirt encrusted boots, sweaty and smelly onto the side with Saturn. The mobile will swing WILDLY and out of control!
Unfortunately, Saturn and Mars in Libra both answer to and are ruled by Venus in Virgo. Venus is waspish, peevish and a virago when she finds herself in Virgo. Venus makes harsh aspects this week with Eris, the Goddess of Discord amplifying her negative outlook. She may well find herself swamped and overwhelmed by the many arguments she has with other feminine asteroids. The Divine Feminine is completely cranky with a large bout of PMS this week.
Mercury is busy too. He finishes up Leo and enters Virgo. These days, when a planet enters a new sign, it sets off the t-square waiting at the entrance of every sign. Mercury is no exception. He triggers the t-square planets and starts to call out the fight that Mars stimulated by jumping on them. Pay attention to what you hear or learn this week. Mercury is so busy calling the particulars of the fight he may not be keeping track of who knows what about whom. Pay attention to see what you find out when Mercury slips and provides interesting information you may not have been privy to before. It is a great week for “catching” folks who have been doing or have not been doing what they were supposed to do. The cosmic cops are likely going to be called to help resolve the dispute. But they are not going to arrive until mid-August. To a certain extent, you are on your own, Grasshopper. And you are COMPLETELY capable of handling it IF you want to and IF you focus.
And, for the Uranians among us, Hades enters Cancer bringing the emotions back home. The nurturing principle is in short supply right now. You have to nurture yourself. Take care of yourself. It is a very dangerous time for folks who used to comfort themselves with liquor, drugs, or other substances they since gave up. It is a big week for a slip down the slope. So into the rooms, or back to whatever nurtures and supports your soul. You have to take care of yourself to NOT slide down the slope again.
Make a point of contacting your loved ones early in the week and letting them know how much they mean to you. The back end of the week and next week are filled with major changes for the world. Pack the front end of the week with love.
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Monday, July 26, Moon in Aquarius has lovely closing aspects of a union with Neptune so enunciate your dream and work on some part of it knowing the universe supports you. After waking from a restless sleep, note your dreams and the images evoked before moving forward with your day. Think back to November 2008, February, September and November of 2009 and January and April of 2010. Today that story wraps as Saturn opposes Uranus for the fifth and final time. The story is coming to an end. Bid it farewell. Wave goodbye. Say thank you for the lessons and time spent with you. Thank you for the process you’ve moved through because of knowing you. The relationship changed my life ~ and helped me to see things in a new way. And yes the changes are permanent. Sun needs to adjust to his shift in power or authority while creating or noticing new opportunities. Take time to pursue a different option, adjust a bit, live in the moment ~ it will work out. While it seemed a bit difficult at first, you will get the hang of it after a fashion. Watch for a separating opportunity this afternoon as the new chapter opens.
Tuesday July 27, Moon continues in Aquarius. The energy starts to shift a bit as partnerships learn to work together to create solid product out of earth. The ocean inspires, with its endless pounding on the shore, you to try once again too. Even if the news is difficult, there is a part of you that HAS to ask again. You have to know and at the same time, you see it clearly and are ABLE, finally, to relent on endlessly pounding yourself upon the shore. It is an interesting mix of energy today ~ Mercury wants to work with the underworld so he’ll help you find things you might not have otherwise noticed. He’s bringing stuff to light from the underworld and asking you to work with it. Once you AGREE to work with the darker realms, he’ll help you work with it. Mercury enters Virgo, the sign he loves and is so productive in. Mercury will enter his shadow next week, preparing for his retrograde journey in September so watch what information you learn today. He’s cleared Neptune and Chiron both so he’s NOT cloudy or unclear or foggy any more. So direct it can hurt, he’s ready to wash his hands (and to help you wash your hands) about the whole business.
Wednesday July 28, finds Moon in Pisces with a separating closing aspect of an opposition to Venus. The feminine principles are arguing today and tomorrow. Take time to live in the moment and don’t sweat the small stuff. Again the news you hear today can be difficult but it is part of what you need to know to move forward. It is coming out of your blind spot so you might feel a bit shocked.
Thursday July 29, Pisces Moon continues the deep emotional feelings and then sense that love is over or at least finished for now. The opposition of sensitive Pisces Moon to thin skinned Venus in Virgo means both
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enus is also fighting with her mother and the nurturing principle. You know that stage where small kids get SOOOO overtired and cranky, that NOTHING soothes them? We all will have a cranky toddler moments today. Mars is very active today and causing stress as he triggers and activates old wounds. Kind of a giant OUCH. The criticism is not kind. Be kind, if you can. Listen twice. Speak not. Offer encouragement, not despair. Mars fights with the lord of the underworld and enters Libra, triggering the world axis and the t-square. A loud voice shouts “He’s BACK!” and we all take a deep breath and hold it. Watch the energy of relationships that end today ~ they dissolve into a pile of lost and broken dreams. Things have to end before you can go forward.
Friday July 30 finds us dealing emotionally with a day long void moon in Pisces. Expect lots of drama today as Mars and the Moon both set off the early part of the t-square. It will be a day with difficult news and departures. Now that Saturn has shifted signs, we are going to have lots of day long void moons as we adjust to the new energy swirling around us. Pisces moon can be delightful but when void on a day like today, the Moon can be distinctly paranoid and anxious and extremely volatile. Expect the financial markets to rock and roll today. Mercury trines Pluto so you feel very powerful upon awakening and it goes down hill from there. Mercury argues with the principle of relating and gets into a tussle with Jupiter. Difficult words are spoken today. Be careful commuting today as accidents are likely to happen. Mars triggers an explosive Uranus and makes us all a bit hyper reactive. Venus, love and money, argues with everyone she meets ~ she is just NOT in the mood. Then she bursts into tears. It will be a highly emotional day all around. Once we get to late afternoon, Moon goes into Aries at 4:42 pm and RETRIGGERS, again, the t-square set off by Mars earlier in the day all during the early evening hours as she joins with Uranus, fights with Mars, fights with Saturn, squares Pluto and joins with Jupiter. Oy vey! Stay home with your head under the covers! Such a cranky crabby energy!
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Saturn’s day July 31 finds the Moon in Aries and in the mood to cooperate with the Sun. After yesterday, you want a day of relative peace and quiet but it is not to be just yet. Again a difficult news day. Mars joins with Saturn to get him going next week! The tug of war between the t-square planets commences as we move into a tightening energy with it next week. Sun feels positively SWAMPED by the energy and emotions swirling around. Tread water. No swimming. Float. Looking for patterns or the reason why when there is none occupies your time. There isn’t actually a pattern for this ~ it is tied to the collective experience that we all had to go through. Sometimes these things happen! It is a great day for heart attacks and endings.
Sunday August 1, Moon in Aries continues on Sunday. offering us the desire to get behind the wheel and disappear some place. Road trip! Vesta wants to revise or change up the house and home. Mercury wakes up with a sense of dread and an understanding that time is a great healer. Hades enter Cancer and sets off the world axis one more time ~ again triggering the t-square. Sun sees things as part of the cycle of life and understands profound transformations require profound transformation. This stuff ain’t easy. It also isn’t for the faint of heart. A difficult news day. Lost relationships are part of the dialogue and offered as a consolation to people trying to figure things out. Words fail us. Partnerships and relationships adjust. We won’t look at the world in the same way ever again. Suddenly your world seems much smaller and more contained than ever before. We are all interconnected. WE are all part and parcel of humankind. WE are hurtling through the heavens on a blue and green water covered ball around a very large nuclear reactor that lights up our life. Bigger than our dreams, our soul’s purpose. Your soul’s purpose should be a bit clearer to you today. Work with time. At the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, you walk down this VERY, very, very long ramp as the cosmos are created billions and billions of years ago. When you get to the bottom of the ramp, there is a little block of plastic. In the plastic is a hair. The hair’s width represents the amount of time that ALL of humanity has lived on earth. It is rather sobering. It makes you aware of how insignificant we each are in the relative scheme of things ~ universe wise. Yet we are each of value and important to the people who know and love us. So maybe we are not so insignificant after all. Expect to be clear about what is important to you today. Crystal clear!
Mundane: Well, the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! Astrologers around the globe have written thousands of pages of material about the upcoming t-square, arriving this week and next in your very own living room! There has been lots of gloom and doom. There has also been remarkable healing, cleaning and clearing taking place in people’s lives. Regardless of what happens, remember it is a remarkable passage of time we are living through. The very nature of our reality is about to change. The last time Uranus and Saturn opposed each other in Aries was 1509. Other parts of the configuration echo back to difficult passages that were also major turning points in world history. Hopefully, you’ve moved your money to a safe place and are ready to rock and roll!
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Copyright © 2010 A. C. Ortelee
