Weekly Weather March 19, 2007
The Aries Ingress takes place on Tuesday and spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere of Earth. The Sun moves over the equator and heads north for the next six months. The Sun ~ in charge of our ego, evolution, development and consciousness moves out of sorrowful, emotional, picked on, weepy, victim or hide modes of watery, mutable Pisces. Sun moves into Assertive, Brassy, Iron willed, Bold Take Charge fiery Aries. Gonna be a lot of action in our world this week as the Solar energy shifts from Pisces to Aries and ends an annual zodiac cycle to begin a new one cycle.
You will be feeling more determined, fixed and strong after Tuesday as the Sun shifts hemispheres. However, there is a bit of a caution to apply to your actions and to suggest to those around you who want to take action. Mars, ruler of that exalted Sun in Aries, is in Aquarius! Now, I completely love Aquarians and the sign of Aquarius as much as the next person. In fact, Aquarius is my Ascendant‘s sign. However, I don’t like Mars in Aquarius ~ no offense meant to readers who have it! But, the point of the column is to help us get to know Mars in Aquarius energy (if that is possible) to understand and to work with the energy effectively, consciously and with a positive direction.
So, our focus for the week ahead is hanging out and getting to know the strong, vibrant, smart, airy, detached, know it all and, on a very bad day or as the need arises ~ quite cruel, Mars in Aquarius. Mars in Aquarius can be (and often is) a detached killer. You want to look for a person with Mars in Aquarius if you are hiring an assassin, a sniper to take out the leader in a crowd, a cool calm James Bond, a crazy fan/ nurse like Kathy Bates in Misery, a strategic thinker like Mr. Spock, a Hannibal who chews on folks with fava beans, someone who can fire your entire staff, peel off charred skin from the torsos of patients in a hospital burn unit or put body parts into bags at the World Trade Center.
Mars in Aquarius can completely detach from their feeling state to get the job, whatever it is, done. They detach from the situation, shut off their emotions and are fixed and able to continue to think, focus, move, and take action or plot. They are always several steps ahead of the rest of the emotional types who get swept away by the gush of feelings, the earth types who feel the physical pain and pause or the fire types who leap into rescue or hero mode to save the day.
Fixed Aquarian Mars can keep on keeping on regardless of what is going on around them. Every one ELSE is distracted while they turn their bright, blue, crystalline eyes in a detached, knowing, calm, cool and collected manner at their goal and move towards it. They focus, with deadly accuracy and intention, on their target. Mars in Aquarius can continue to do the job the rest of us CAN’T do once the other guy starts to scream in pain. Mars in Aquarius can also rapidly assess and exploit our weaknesses and vulnerabilities to take strategic advantage of them.
So why do we have energy like this in the heavens? Well, someone has to do it. There is a purpose to everything under heaven. We need spies, mathematicians, uni-bombers, astrologers, rock and roll, strategists, and Dr. Spocks. We need the detached energy of Mars in Aquarius to get the big picture of what is going on and how the world works without all that distracting or unnecessary emotional stuff! It is an energy that can be called ‘cold’ or ‘cruel’ on a bad day. However Mars in Aquarius does serve a useful purpose, when deployed well. However, while we people can apply consciousness to how we deploy our Mars in Aquarius, the energy can rapidly go wildly bad when stimulated by malefic planets. Think of Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm or Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apoclaypse Now.
Now, the issue with the week ahead is Mars in Aquarius makes aspects to the North Node, Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune. Now Mars has BEEN in Aquarius for a few weeks already ~ we‘ve been feeling that Aquarian detached influence. But now, Mars is going to be in charge of the Sun, after the Spring Ingress. Mars, crystal clear detached, cold and oh so brilliant is in charge of our consciousness. And, Mars is going to be facing off against the big boys, including all the nasty fellows, of the Zodiac in the same week.
So expect a bit of fireworks in your and our world. Expect cool, clear and calculated detached consciousness ~ and perhaps, if you are not careful, anger or violence. Expect major news in your life or a dust up, explosion, decision around a situation that has been building, brewing or bubbling for a while. It is time. Focus on what you CAN do something about. Focus on your tasks at hand. Recognize while you can DECIDE to do something, you might NOT want to take action this week but strategize instead. Look and decide if you NEED to take action while all about you are losing their heads.
Occasionally, astrology presents difficult pictures in the heavens. This is such a week. But found within difficult cosmic pictures, there are opportunities. There was an astrologer who explained to his king why astrology was a good thing, even if you know the coming aspects are difficult. The astrologer said, “Let’s say you hired an accomplice to set off an explosion or drop a large rock which startles the crowd. You and the accomplice know the explosion is going to happen. You anticipate the explosion and work through it. In the moment after the explosion, while the crowd is shocked, scared, screaming and afraid, you, by nature of your fore knowledge from the heavenly pictures, can take advantage of that moment in time.”
Recognize that WHATEVER happens in your world this week, the purpose is to move you to the next place in your life. Recognize that whatever happens in our world this week, the purpose is to move us forward to the next place in our evolution as humans beings. Don’t be afraid. Apply the Mars energy with detachment and move forward. Look at the situation with the cool, clear eyes of Mars in Aquarius. See what you see. Analyze what you see. Move steadily toward your target or goal. Don’t be distracted by the fire and brimstone, explosions or events that take place. Move towards your goals.
Monday, Ceres enters Aries so the Mars ruler found in Aquarius wakes, shifts Ceres focus, and alarms her with passion and fire. Up goes Ceres’ energy, flying into the fixed sky of the heavens, as she moves the creative, nurturing energy of earth towards war, vengeance and survival of the fittest. Governed by Mars in Aquarius, Ceres can be cruel. Life is hard. Sun squares Pluto and sets off the Chiron in Aquarius. Our communities can be and are fragile. Our vision or our beliefs can be changed if looked at clearly. Our tribes can be broken apart. Mercury has an aspect of brilliance to Jupiter. Jupiter has a flowing aspect to Saturn in Leo saying change your thoughts and believe in faith. Mercury in Pisces has an instinctual energy ~ it doesn’t always know what to do or say but it does know what to move toward. Move toward what calls you. Follow your instincts.
Tuesday, Sun enters Aries. Feels the Mars in Aquarius energy take over the reins of the Solar Chariot. Watch. Listen. Look for the change in energy. Cool. Detached. Calculated. Strategic. The Moon in Aries emotionally loads up all the big boy planets as it takes and mimics the aspects of the upcoming Mars aspects later in the week. Whatever happens today is the trigger for the events later in the week.
Wednesday, Tough day. Tough day on Planet Earth. Mars joins Pluto by parallel in the sky at the same time that Mars contra parallels Saturn. Parallels and contra parallels occur when two or more planets are at the same degree in the heavens relative to their latitude on the ecliptic and the rotation of earth. We notice parallels and contraparallels as they seem to be especially profound and have a major impact on our e
arth. Mars, Pluto and Saturn
. None of them are particularly fun when they are dealt with alone. They are getting together today and hanging out. All three of them opposing and joining each other, just amplifies their energy. The degree of 16:25 latitude ( the entrance to the Persian Gulf) and all cities on or near 16 can be affected. As Mars, Pluto and Saturn form a Mars/ Pluto/ Saturn midpoint on the World Axis of 0 Aries, significant wars or fire works can be expected from earth (as in volcanoes or earthquakes) or to her (bombs or attacks on her). Additionally, the Sun joins with Ceres at 1 degree of Aries, adding to and igniting the World Axis and the Mars/ Pluto/ Saturn midpoint even further. Remember ALL the Aries planets and Aries points are ruled by that cold, difficult killer of a Mars in Aquarius.
Thursday, Mars in Aquarius by Zodiac degree opposes Saturn in Leo. Remember, our Sun just moved into Aries so NOW our Saturn in Leo responds and answers to the Aries Sun. The Aries Sun is ruled by the cold difficult killer of Mars in Aquarius. So, if we look at all the interactions between Aries planets ruled by Mars and all the Mars aspects stirring up the pot, we find detached Fire from the Air. Not a pretty picture. Moon in Taurus forms a t-square with the fixed planets in Leo and Aquarius to send a considerable amount of energy out into the empty Scorpio leg. Pluto, Scorpio’s ruler sextiles Pallas ~ so there IS a plan even you or I can’t see what it is right.
Friday, Mars sextiles Jupiter in Sagittarius. Once awakened, consciousness does not go back to sleep. Venus says you can’t go home again. Sun says be aware of who you partner with and why. If you don’t like them, now is the time to leave. Waiting will serve no further purpose. They are not going to change.
Saturday, Uranus in Pisces parallels Ceres in Aries brings a tidal wave of sorrow to earth’s fires or soothing rain to calm the burns. Saturn contraparallels Pluto setting off the world axis yet again! Additionally Sun and Pluto have difficult aspects with Saturn and Chiron respectively. Venus joins with Neptune by contraparallel bring sorrowful energy to the surface and tears of the world and her people. Renenber to breathe.
Sunday, Mars joins with Neptune completing our journey of Mars through the difficult energy of the big boys, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. It might be a good day to have a good cry now that the energy has ebbed a bit. Moon in Cancer has emotional aspects while Mercury joins with Chiron by declination suggesting if you talk about it you will feel better. Pallas the pattern seer and strategist enter the sign of Pisces. While it might be hard to see how the pattern of the past few weeks leads to your evolution, especially if they have been difficult weeks, focus on the story elements that help your heart. They are there if you look for them.
Mundane: Karl Rove has Mars in Aquarius! Of course, Lee Harvey Oswald and Truman Capote had Mars in Aquarius too! But Karl, dear Karl, is the man to watch this week! The Chiron, Mars, Neptune and Saturn planetary lines for the Spring 2007 Ingress run through Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as across the entrance to the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman. We can expect activity in that area of the world over the next season ~ and possibly this week with the declination aspects. As Mars is in an air sign ~ it looks like air strikes with detached fire bombs.
Last week: Valerie Plame appeared before Congress to answer questions about her CIA status on our very busy Friday. We learned about the manipulation of our legal system and the political firings of appointed state prosecutors who did not follow the Bush White House rules. I tell you, shake a tree and a scandal seems to fall out of it!
And, on a symbolic note, in Denver, Mary and Ray Smith found a new presidential dollar coin with nothing stamped on either flat side. It did have "In God We Trust" on the edge. What’s missing was the image of George Washington on the front and the Statue of Liberty on the back. Instead, the Smiths’ coin is just smooth, shiny metal. It happened a week after some “Godless” coins slipped out of the U.S. Mint. They did not have "In God We Trust" stamped on the edge. Pay off your debt and refinance your out of adjustable rate mortgages. Remember to breathe.
Copyright© 2007 Anne C. Ortelee
