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29 December 2010: An Endless Well of Plutonian Feeling

29 Wednesday Dec 2010

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If only what's coming up from the depths would be this idyllic Siemiradzkiego 1898 {{PD-Art}}

The Moon enters Scorpio at 12:49 PM PST. This could be a time when we feel like saying, ‘Scorpio, you are a real bitch.’ The atmosphere will seem unusually harsh, with emotional challenges to creativity, with feelings of attack (rather than actual attack) coming forward, and the aesthetic both volatile (via the emotions) and too willing to embrace the unsightly and to re-cycle what may or may not still hold some value. Disorientation may be the overriding result, as we face Merc’s direction (11:20 PM PST).

9:04 AM PST the 29th: I wrote the above several days ago, and now that we’re here, I’m not feeling it in quite the same way–so what’s up? Let’s look at the aspects in effect right now–the Moon is 17 minutes from her Void, with a square to Ceres the last aspect. This suggests to me that we’re in the midst of a natural progression, and that we don’t ‘arrive’ at the Scorpionic reaction until we hit the Scorpio Moon–well that makes sense.

I think all our energy is really focused toward the Mercury Direction tonight (11:20 PM PST), and that tension may override other considerations, with the Moon’s entry into Scorpio enhancing the stress inherent in a station and making it the key player in today’s scenario.

Of course, the Mars/ Saturn square is exact, and Pluto sits at the Sun/ Pallas midpoint, and both are promises of assertive, even volatile, energy making an appearance materially/ physically–and it seems like a smart alternative or channel for our energy! The only chance of this being productive is found in being entirely conscious of just how much ‘push’ there is in the psyche. Pluto can be stealthy, and right when we think we’ve used up all that assertive juice more comes along–and must find an outlet. As long as we can accept that it will keep coming (for Pluto has depths and depths and no end) we will continue in conscious mode, and not fall prey to lashing out, acting out, or passing out from sheer rage, pique, or shock!

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28 December 2010: Intuition Suppressed

28 Tuesday Dec 2010

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Circumstances feel harsh, tempers flare, and intuition may be suppressed. Artist unknown c16th century {{PD-Art}}

9 AM PST of the 28th the Moon conjuncts Zeus, immediately followed with a square to Mars and a conjunction to Saturn. This presents a complex wherein the emotions and ‘I am’ challenge us to act, to do ‘it,’ but we feel a suppression of intuition that makes us very hesitant to go forward. Much here depends on where Saturn is transiting in the personal chart, as well as any aspects it makes, and what if any aspects are currently being made to natal Saturn. With Merc not just retro but still (for a day) within quincunx of Sedna, communications may be especially hard to grasp and thoughts to collect in any coherent fashion. Note what comes forward but make actions modest; anything not under consideration before the Merc retrograde should be tabled for a later vote.

 

27 December 2010: Cardinal Rules

27 Monday Dec 2010

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A different kind of Cardinal by Baraschudts 1900 {{PD-Art}} Wikimedia Commons

Cardinal energies get their first boost around 1 PM PST with the Moon’s T-square to the Nodal axis and Pallas, which is conjunct the NN. The emotions want to ‘make it happen,’ and there’s an acute awareness that guidance and the smarts to do ‘it’ are available; the difficulty may be seated in a loose Grand Square that’s in weak effect and triggered by our emotional attention. It’s Jupiter/ Uranus opposed Juno/ Moon tangling with the Nodes and Pallas, and it jangles our nerves and puts a need for spontaneity and acting out into conflict with what we know to be a better course. It’s a bit of a showdown, with our impulsivity threatening to disturb our most positive direction. With Mars squaring the midpoint of h. Zeus/ Saturn, our aggressive energies and ego desires to have an impact could be our undoing–take care with expression as what’s done will make a lasting impression that we may spend some time trying to undo.

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26 December 2010: Transparency

26 Sunday Dec 2010

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Being truthful is all for the best 'Conversation' by Pissarro {{PD-Art}} Wikimedia Commons

Merc is quincunx Sedna and the Sun conjunct Pluto, a devastating combo, if we’re hiding something from ourselves–we won’t be able to run a number on anyone, our secrets may be revealed in transformative ways (positive or negative) and communications tell all without either party (communicator or receiver) being fully aware of what’s revealed. If ever there was a time to trust in the wisdom of the Universe, while being kind to ourselves and sure enough of our own good intentions to relax and accept that transparency is the best policy, it’s now. Live in a way where you’re ashamed of nothing you do, and there won’t be any reason to fear the direct gaze of others via the harsh and unblinking truth of an active Pluto transit.

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24-25 December 2010: Curtailing the Critical, Achieving Balance

24 Friday Dec 2010

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'Christmas Eve' Carl Larsson 1904 {{PD-Art}} Wow! Looks just like my house, come on over!

A couple of notes on the holiday:

4 PM-ish of the 24th PST brings a brief ‘blind spot’ (Moon square Sedna). 11 PM Pacific and the Moon is apex to a lovely ‘holiday Finger,’ showing us just exactly which way to go: opposition Neptune/ Chiron, base of Jupiter/ Uranus sextile Ceres. It appears the intuition must draw from our most unique skill (the Chirotic one) and the creative energy, balanced by awareness of and respect for nature and authority (and this authority will have the ring of practicality to it, so that it makes sense to respect it) and an exercise of one’s most unique characteristics–getting them out into the social sphere, ‘broadcasting’ them in some sense, is the final key–then the intuition can glean all it needs to know for the holiday period from these combined influences.

Trine of the Moon to the NN at 11:30 AM PST of the 25th brings a clear recognition of life direction–believe what you see, especially regarding indicators of the true material situation–this will be helpful in making future decisions. Moon trines the Sun, 12:30-ish PM PST–there’s balance and harmony in the air, if we’ll allow it (and yes, we may have the urge to upset things–it’s the influence of Mars coming up to square h. Zeus and Saturn that’s stirring things up, and the Virgo Moon can make a too-willing receptacle for criticism and doubt).

Have a lovely holiday, and even if you don’t specifically celebrate love and family at this time of year, I send you respect, good wishes for happiness, and a hope for all you could want in the New Year–thank you to All for making my year so special!

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23 December 2010: Willing Transformation

23 Thursday Dec 2010

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Yoshitsuya 'The Battle of Magic' Triptych c.1860 Battle between men changed into a giant serpent and a bird of prey

Yoshitsuya 'The Battle of Magic' Triptych c.1860 Battle between men changed into a giant serpent and a bird of prey

Just before 9 AM there’s a quincunx to the North Node–more assessment of direction–odd that we’re so focused on life accomplishment at what for many is a holiday time–or maybe that’s the point, we’re in an acute period of nostalgia and the need to measure our deeds along the life course, if only so we are sure of who we are (Leo Moon).

By quarter past 1 of the PM Pacific the Moon quincunxes Pluto–do we need this unsettling cr*p so close to what is for many a holiday patch? What’s stirring us up? Look to the House where Pluto is transiting for info on what recurring problem or upset will pop up time and again for us in this period. For instance, 4th House transit of Pluto suggests family is the problem, 3rd says communication or siblings, 9th says religion, something ‘foreign’ or at a distance–those are just some possibilities. The need for change is compelled and compelling–making changes willingly can bring the transformation at least partly under our control.

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22 December 2010: The Power of Manipulation

22 Wednesday Dec 2010

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Was life ever like this? Hans Dahl 1900 {{PD-Art}} Wikimedia Commons

published at 7:53 AM PST

About 6:30 PM PST the Moon quincunxes retro Merc, bringing an emotional hiccup–we wonder why everything seems uncomfortably irritating, all at 6s and 7s, as they say; this is followed by the Moon’s opposition to Ceres and trine to Jupiter= the natural order of things is inherently upsetting, and emotional exaggeration is prominent. During this same period, the Moon, once it contacts Merc and through its contact to Neptune by quincunx around 10 PM PST, is forming a Finger of God with base of Merc/ Neptune; this suggests an emotional crisis over information that may not be true. The question is, are you the story-spinner/ info manipulator or the deceived/ mislead? This equation says that the one handling and shaping communications is the one seeking power–this isn’t necessarily negative, but does ask us to make a morals check, if this is the part we play, as well as to recall that the ends don’t necessarily justify the means.

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21 December 2010: Busy Little Bee

21 Tuesday Dec 2010

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From a book by naturalist Carl Vogt 1851 {{PD}} Wikimedia Commons

Published 9:40 AM PST 21 December

Mercury Retro is a busy little bee; currently, Merc is square Juno, sextile Neptune/ Chiron, and square Uranus/ Jupiter–giving us a T-square, and factoring in that Merc is still for the time being conjunct the Sun, Pallas, and the North Node. This stew of influences is relatively fleeting but potent while it lasts; expect jumbled communications about who holds what power, what your group role might be, and be aware that issues may be exaggerated (either in their portrayal by others or in your reception of them)–the feeling may be that life-altering matters are on the table, that wisdom is being tested–and that deception or fantasy may be the communication mode du jour.

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Eclipse Effects: What Do You Anticipate?

20 Monday Dec 2010

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The Twins are gonna do it to us--why not get them on a mug, to commemorate the event? See links at right

The Lunar Eclipse is an opposition, and that means it falls across one of the House axes of your natal chart. This is an energy of change, an eclipse of current life circumstances in the involved Houses with a new and different energy, and it always brings forward the question, What will this mean to me? Below are a few possibilities; access your intuition in answering.