From here it’s all just waiting for the Direction of Venus and Jupiter, on the 18th (see the Evolving November Forecast for more detail), followed by the Full Moon of the 21st–but there are some highlights along the way, starting with the Moon’s square to the Nodal axis and Pluto, 9:30-ish PM the 16th. This says emotional tension, the kind that’s totally under control until it’s not! Pluto likes to speak softly and carry that big stick, and he will be taking names. Sticking up for ourselves is not an option–we’ll be in Aries Moon territory, which for Pluto is little brother territory–he will not take kindly to an assertive (or aggressive) upstart. Check the way this hooks into the natal for details on how you might be vulnerable. For myself, this config fills in a Grand Cross with my Mercury; my mouth is liable to fly open, with Pluto inserting every foot he can find and me going on a destructive tear that leaves me nailed to the Cross but good! Like Carly said, Anticipation Anyway, more than caution is in order; this is one of those times I for one will be chaining myself to the radiator, so that no one is injured as I go emotionally werewolf.
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Hi Julie – thanks for this – yes, it’s feeling messy, though all internally. Can’t wait for my lovely Venus ruler to move direct. I’ve got mercury and mars straddling my natal saturn today, and progressed Mars just officially finally arrived at my descendant after a lifetime in my sixth house.
Hope you’re having a lovely November with no more cyberthievery.
Hi Lainie,
P Mars to the DSC–that may be a game-changer for you, as it rules the intercepted 12th, suggesting a lot of unconscious material will be surfacing (possibly as you observe others).
As to cyberthieves, they’re always active–a discouraging thought!
Hope you are doing well, and happy!
jd
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My 16-year-old cat, Amber, is really sick, renal failure. The vet said if she were a human she would need a transplant. She wants me to bring her home and hydrate her, but I don’t want her to die at home, and doctors schedules hardy ever jive with the patients ups and downs.
I don’t know what to do.
Trembling
DD
Hi Donna, I know you’re probably thinking of Amber’s comfort, wanting her to be at the doctor’s, but I suspect the cat would rather be with you in familiar surroundings–and with Venus ruler of kidneys, the turnaround suggests either a rallying period or a relatively quick decline (perhaps taking her to the point when Venus picks up real speed, around the 30th). It is very hard to know you will lose a companion of so many years–maybe especially hard when it’s an animal with whom you can’t really speak, can’t tell how much you care. You must handle things so that you will have no regrets later, whatever that means to you. I’ll be thinking of you–
love,
Julie
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Thanks Julie,
I’m going to bring her home so she can be more comfortable and in familiar surroundings. Whatever comfort I can bring her at this point is what I want to remember. Thank you for being you.DD
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my mothers 18 y/o cat lived on a fleese covered heating pad, (set on low).
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eventually the cat no longer made it to the litter box, the house sitter, (venus/virgo, sat/scorpio, leo/sun & sag moon) w/ family permission, had her put down.
Interesting astro mini-profile of the sitter, as it conjures someone practical, unafraid to tackle the dark stuff, and sure enough of Self that he or she could take care of this and not suffer personally if others offered criticism.
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Thanks Lucy!
I’ve been considering practical ways to help Amber and a heating pad came to mind several times
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Man oh man, this Venus Retro has been quite a doozy for my Libra partner. He had been offered a job in Zurich, was working from home here in NY while we waited for assorted permits to be filed and approved, and, on the day Venus turned Retrograde, the relationship between him and his boss just literally crumbled! It was a shock for both of us how quickly something that looked so solid, so hopeful and workable, for two months just evaporated in a day.
(we later learned this wasn’t unusual behavior with this boss, so it was better to have the meltdown happen BEFORE we picked up and moved rather than AFTER)
So, no more Zurich. We’re both hoping there will be some movement with some other opportunities — ones in Paris — in the fire once Venus and Jupiter move Direct.
I’ve just never seen a Venus Retrograde so clearly echoed in real life!
Hi Jonathan,
It’s always startling when something in life so clearly corresponds to planetary movement–I find it feeds my own fire, as I wonder, ‘What might I be missing?’ if I don’t consider every possibility!
Much good luck to both yourself and your partner–though loss of the opportunity was surely disappointing, you are so right that it was better to have happened before you picked up and moved–and can you imagine what working with this individual long-term might’ve been like? Your partner could’ve been knee-deep before realizing how unstable the situation (not to mention the person) might be.
Best Wishes for more and better opportunities!
jd
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Hmnn I guess we know which “Twilight”camp you fall into Julie…” I go emotionally werewolf.” Today, I have transiting Juno on top of my Moon in the 10th throw in transiting Sat in Libra on top of my Pallas in libra in the 11th. Lastly, Ms Venus retrograde in within 3 degrees of my natal Juno in the 12th—not certain that does me a lot of good. Oh well must persevere!!
LOL! No ‘Twilight’ camp for me! I was only thinking in terms of ‘involuntary transformation.’
Ah, Juno to the Moon–that should feel really good for you–express yourself!
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emotional werewolf…how very appropriate to how I’ve been feeling & acting!!! This Taurean is very glad to know things are changing:)
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a multi-tasking werewolf
haha YES!
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Usually I am quite patient for planets to move out of retrograde, but since last week I have been so anxious for the 18th (even though I know it will be a few months for the effects to truly sink in). It’s now wonder- I’m an early Pisces Sun, Taurus Rising, with Jupiter, Moon and Saturn in Libra, and currently going through my Saturn Return. I have sweated and worked so long and so hard (especially when Mars just decided to park itself in my 6th house for a good six months) and I’m very impatient and eager to see the results. I never thought of myself as a Venus-heavy person (Mercury is conjunct my Sun, so I always have myself described as elusive and mercurial) but during this past retrograde, I feel like I’m sitting in molasses. I did buy new shoes though and had my hair cut for the first time in a while, though!
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venus rises b4 the sun here, so I know it’s still there, mocking. (a retro mercury will dissappear, (busy winding up sunspots)) I’m taurus w/ mars conq, so when tierd I work, sad, mean, glum, lonily, happy, I work. The jupiter/sun trine gives me a night energy for renovating my house. I’m waiting on something important, that slipped out of my grasp, like reading about it here, venus give the powers that be second thoughts. Venus as it travels around brings notirety, 7th retro, is “where did they go?”. A saturn return is sympathic, trans sun likewise, your problems resonate w/ others. Mercury conq sun in early pisces is no fool… keep an eye on neptune!
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leo sun and rising will quickly evolve into an all or nothing contest, particurilly with pluto around. It was her or the cat, the house sitter lets us know.
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