Your Weekend 12-13 August 2017 Rearranged

11 Friday Aug 2017

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Photo by Lewis Carroll ‘Smith Sisters, Summer 1859’ {{PD}}

Remember that trine between the Sun and Black Moon Lilith we talked about yesterday? For a few hours on the 12th it becomes a Fire Grand Trine as the Moon moves into the last decan of Aries (later AM Pacific)–and this happens just after the Moon forms a T-square by opposition to Jupiter and square to Pluto. The energy is big, sweeping, serious, though it doesn’t feel heavy, except in the way we see (or perhaps I should say ‘perceive’, as not everything will be on the surface or immediately identifiable) it shuffling the chess pieces on our board. We get to the end of the day with things considerably different, arranged in a way we didn’t anticipate, as at least some of what happens involves having to attend to (and so acknowledge feelings about) those things we’d rather ignore or deny. Know that there’s liberation to be found in dealing with things, and be aware that, particularly right now, we must be willing to allow others the autonomy to make their own decisions, no matter what we believe.

Mercury also begins apparent retrograde in Virgo, needing to backtrack only 7 minutes to perfect a trine to Pallas. This suggests that at least part of the meaning of this retro period will involve critical discernment (Virgo) of what’s wise, what’s practical, what skills are needed (Pallas). This sets the tone for the entire period; make sure that what you review and re-do brings answers that address those Pallas questions.

Today’s word image is a bowling ball floating on the water. Impossible, right? We may encounter something just as unlikely today–but in this case, accept what you see, but verify how it’s done, even though that takes the ‘magic’ out of it, as you’ll be much better off knowing the ‘why and how’ behind it.

Anticipation may be the theme on the 13th. We see the Sun trining a retrograde Saturn, Vesta and Neptune moving toward opposition, Mars heading toward a quincunx to Pluto and sextiles to Zeus and Jupiter, and there are a coupe of close semi-sextiles that link energies through a mild tension: Mars-Venus, and Chiron-Uranus, which we can read as, ‘man-woman/ animus/ anima’ and ‘sudden hurt or healing, wounding accident, spontaneous display of unique skills’. We may spend the day in a state akin to waiting, but not knowing just what we’re waiting for. The Moon in Taurus counsels us to relax and enjoy creature comforts–that’ll be my goal, and should be yours, too.

Today’s word image is: a sea serpent pokes his head up out of a choppy lake. Hmmm. Again with an image that may or may not be a reality. And again, accept that you saw it, but don’t accept anyone else’s definition of what it actually is.

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Just a Little AstroEssence 11 August 2017 Jupiterian Possibility

10 Thursday Aug 2017

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Boris Kustodiev – ‘Merchant’s Wife at Tea’ 1917 {{PD}}

You know what’s drawing my attention today? Sun trine Black Moon Lilith, with Jupiter at the midpoint. That lights up what’s being ignored, denied, or what enrages us, and shows us the opportunities for more (good or bad), for expansion, for plenty, for a certain kind of freedom that might come from dealing with what we’ve so far avoided. With the Sun recently passed over Mars, we may feel we’ve already addressed this (probably those matters of the House wherein Leo is contained), but the reality is we’ve not yet taken the right (or the most effective) action. So, as the Moon trines Mars from assertive Aries (late PM Pacific time) we may respond to the intuitive or emotional push that tells us we can get ourselves a little bit o’ that Jupiterian possibility, too.

Today’s word image is: You, tasting a food you’ve never tried. Trying a new food is good, but let’s take this image in a broader context: see it as taking in something new. That can be eating something, but also hearing something, doing something, learning something, visiting somewhere, trying an activity–whatever might give you a ‘taste’ of what you’ve never had before.

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Just a Little AstroEssence 10 August 2017 Balance Point

10 Thursday Aug 2017

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‘Dancers in the Rotunda at the Paris Opera’ by Edgar Degas 1894 {{PD}}

What’s the great thing about today? We can achieve a balance among ‘sacred thought’, what we value, and what’s wise and practical. What’s not-so-great about today? We may see our own thoughts and ideas as something to be honored, rather than something to be examined or tested, we may make everything about what it will cost (in terms of Love or Money), and we may avoid what we know to be wise or practical however we can, mistaking that for creativity. If we find that balance point, our feeling nature can drive successful efforts in the material world; if we can’t, we may head toward a minor incidence of crash-and-burn, only because we won’t have the good sense to apply real critical scrutiny to our plans.

Today’s word image is: a supplicant kneels before a false god. This brings up a couple of questions: how do we tell true from false, as that presupposes there is such a way of measuring? If one believes in something, doesn’t that in some sense lend it power and import, regardless of its actual status? A supplicant is by their very nature asking for something. We all want something from those things that we bow to, whether that is in surrender to a superior force (not to be hurt), a belief that this thing can deliver what we want (please can I have?), or cooperation with a larger entity because it offers a condition of being we value (for instance, when most of us follow the laws because we want everyone to, which makes the streets relatively safe). What is it you may be supplicant to, or kneeling before, which is undeserving of such regard? How easily we can misinterpret things, and begin to worship what we don’t understand, or what is more rightly junk.

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Just a Little AstroEssence 9 August 2017 All-At-Sea

09 Wednesday Aug 2017

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Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé, ‘Sailing boat at sunset on the gulf of Finland’ 1915 {{PD}}

We are ambitious today, our eyes on what we’d like to have in our world, and we’re looking at the ways and means of getting that, at what needs to change–and yet, the suggestion is that we should balance values against what’s smart, if we want to gain. It seems it requires a critical eye, an understanding of worth, and a smidge of caring, in order to make ‘it’ happen. Feelings may be confused, and intuition may be unsteady–is that intuitive insight or fear or wishful thinking?–so that those who rely on such prompts may find themselves all-at-sea. The need for caution stems from the way thinking is pulling away, at least for now, from a firm grasp both on what’s wise, and what’s worthy; we’re moving toward creative means of earning and engaging in relationships, and inspiration/ the creative urge may take us away from our priorities and those values we honor–our job today is to prevent a loss of anchor by keeping what matters most firmly in mind.

Today’s word image is an exercise: think about what’s going on in your life right now, the core issues, events, state of relationships, then note the first ‘named’ thing you see–a book title, a move title, what’s written on the side of a bus, what it is doesn’t matter, only what it says. I was thinking deeply about some issues I’ve been dealing with over the past few weeks, wondering why things seem so tough, only to look up and see a book, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle’! I laughed, and realized I was being a tad dramatic in my assessment of things. What’s the Universe’s message to you?

By Падун В.М. – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59357812

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Just a Little AstroEssence 8 August 2017 Time Suspended

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

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Sculpture in snowfall, Hannover, January 2016 in Germany. Photo by Christian A. Schröder (ChristianSchd) – Own work CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46431548

Tension, as the Moon leaves the sign of the eclipse, Aquarius, and as Mercury is only about thirty minutes from the point at which it will retrograde, on the 12th–when the usually-swift messenger hangs like that it almost feels time itself is suspended–we may return over and over to the thought, ‘I just wish things would move along!’ This is not unusual for that valley between eclipses–we just have to ride it out. Our best bet may be to concentrate efforts on Saturn as Jupiter (expansion, ‘the facts’, knowledge, the social order) moves toward a sextile–that is, real-world activity, concrete accomplishment, following the rules and making things stable, secure, and a little buttoned-down, as we’re going to get ‘more’ of these, very soon. It’s a day to create a mental ‘Thunder Shirt’ that calms, whether we can pinpoint the source of the anxiety or not. An Earth trine between Merc-Vesta in Virgo and Pallas in Taurus might show us a way out, by suggesting we keep our thoughts on the data, the details, and centered on what matters most, and then taking practical steps using skills to implement what we see, learn, think, in the material world. We focus on clear planning that works with things as they are, and taking down-to-Earth steps forward, and the rest falls into place.

Today’s word image is a sea lion at the circus, being made to balance a ball on its nose. This is an image that used to signal fun and now suggests that we have no right to keep these creatures captive for our amusement–just ask this girl grabbed by one–if that isn’t a message from the Collective Soul of sea lions everywhere to respect their space, then I don’t know what it is! This image may suggest we have some old ideas about how things or people should function in our lives that need re-working–or it could be that we are being asked to perform for others in ways that are outdated, or that disrespect our free Will. Are you one of those people who longs for the ‘old days’? Well, don’t–we tend to forget just how far we’ve come, and how outmoded all those old ways of doing and being really are.

Thoughts on Eclipse Season Summer 2017

07 Monday Aug 2017

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Portland, Maine Breakwater ‘Bug’ Light built in 1875. It’s dubbed “the bug” because of its small size. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress Archives {{PD}}

The Lunar eclipse in Aquarius is just a couple hours off, but I feel as if we’ve been under the distorted light of an eclipse for weeks now. We’ve hit the record for days without rain–51–and are slated to break it, adding at least another seven days of hot, dry weather in the coming week. That’s made it hellish, but what gives the light the dull, reddish shadows even in midday are the wildfires in Canada; the mild flow from North to South that normally cools us in summer is carrying a dense carmine haze that permeates the air from horizon to zenith. Outside it looks and feels like those fleeting moments when the Earth casts its shadow (Lunar eclipse) or when the Moon comes between Earth and Sun, blocking out the Solar orb (Solar eclipse)–and it just seems so unnatural, as if we are living a slow-mo version of a transformative, seminal moment, over days and days.

The Moon last night here just north of Seattle, dark orange and partially obscured by the thick smoke.

Though I know some people are seeing the August eclipses as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, I’m seeing them more as breakwaters, those walls onto which the fiercest waves crash; breakwaters protect the shore from being decimated by the sheer energy of the waves, and these celestial events are meant to disrupt the pattern, to reveal, to free–that last most of all–and to both concentrate (showing us meaning) and dissipate (softening the blow) the impact that can come from a sharp, seemingly sudden energy shift. Take the eclipse events as a breakwater would: let them wash over you, let them reveal what’s generated that wave energy, but don’t allow them to force a precipitous response, or to give you the impression that you’ll never get out from under what it brings.

On a lighter note, I didn’t even know I had a bucket list, until Saturday night; that’s when I realized my Aquarian Ascendant had waited 35 years to hear Fred Schneider intone in person: “I’ve got me a car, and it’s as big as a whale, and it’s about to SET SAIL!” Oh, the little gifts eclipse season brings are really the best. Have a great one! And special thanks to all the lovely people who’ve written some really nice things to and about me lately–those words have been more appreciated than you know.

 

The Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius 7 August 2017: A Personal New Age

06 Sunday Aug 2017

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Aurelia (Fazio’s Mistress). 1863 (retouched in 1873) Dante Gabriel Rossetti {{PD}}

The Lunar eclipse occurs on the 7th of August at 11:11 AM Pacific time at 15 Aquarius 25; this places the Full Moon event at the midpoint of Neptune and Pluto, and so deems the Sun apex to a (just slightly) loose Finger of God, which right away suggests that what transpires, and where our attention goes, may not be to the Lunar energies, at least not at first. The Full Moon is in Aquarius, a sign of intellectual acuity, experimentation, originality, the unusual, the freakish, the surprising, the unique, but it may be the Sun’s Leonine energies that set the whole thing off: the essence of the Self finds revelation, or revolution, in some situation that brings together the ideal, the misunderstood, the fantastical, the spiritual, or the elements of a dream (Neptune), with the energy and power of change, transformation, or destruction (Pluto). Will the result be the emergence of some amazing new part of the individual, some characteristic, talent, or goal one has been striving to express? Or will it be less thrilling, the removal of some fantasy about power, or about spiritual change, or about how attaining the dream will transform the individual? What the eclipse reveals as the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon on precisely the same plane, blocking the Sun’s light from reflecting off the Moon, is something culminating, ending, that brings closure to a particular emotional situation that we may only see once the dazzling sunlight is removed. We will literally be observing the Earth’s shadow, symbolically seen as the shadow of our own material existence and its effect on the spirit and the emotions; we will see the result of the individual Will, desire, heart (Leo) as it has shaped the emotional reality (Luna) through the choices made in this physical realm (Earth).

The only other aspects to fall within acceptable orbs are a trine from Zeus and Jupiter, which two are closely conjoined in Libra, and an opposition to Mars, from which the Sun is now separating. This suggests something quite interesting: that whether the eclipse effect is one that takes us closer to our ideals, or one that removes something untrue from the life and perceptions, it will still serve to deliver an expanded, optimistic, and opportunity-filled scenario (it will deliver this if we can recognize it as such, that is), one that addresses the ambitions and desires (for good or ill, for fulfillment or denial), with the likely instrument a partner, friend, or a cooperative or aesthetic venture (Libra); all that occurs with this event will, one way or another, be the product of our own choices, action, or Will, even more directly so than in daily life (Mars opp). That means we will be looking at a direct reflection of our own ‘I Am’, something we can’t see under ‘normal’ light; the Lunar eclipse puts a kind of black light on the ego and what it has done, so that we can observe effects that have been invisible, until now, and it does so through an Aquarian lens: one that ‘bends the light’ toward Higher Thought, toward a new and original facet of the ‘I Am’.

The Sabian symbol for the Lunar eclipse is, ‘A Big Businessman At His Desk’. This speaks of the ego, the ‘I Am’, as it has directed and organized things—which is ironic considering that eclipse Mars is conjoined the Sun, with this suggesting a certain distance (and so an ability to get some perspective) on the ego and our actions and choices. We also see echoes of the social structure, of convention and economic development and cooperation—but what comes through strongest is the solitary nature of such a position. This Full Moon may make it exceptionally clear in what areas we are psychically (and perhaps even materially/ physically) alone—and awareness of our singular status could be accompanied by our undeniable fitness to manage our circumstances, situation, or approach on our own.

‘Fingal’s Cave’ J. M. W. Turner 1830 {{PD}}

We also look at the symbol for the Sun, as it produces the light that enables Earth to cast the shadow in the first place: ‘The Storm Ended, All Nature Rejoices In Brilliant Sunshine’. Ah! This promises that the eclipse brings an end to ‘the storm’, or that if the event creates a storm or brings one to a head, it will quickly ‘clear up’. The Lunar eclipse promises to reveal the reasons for the storm or upset via a ‘clear’ outlook and the perspective offered by distance through time, useful even when that distance is the immediate past.

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Just a Little AstroEssence 6 August 2017 Personal Paranoia

05 Saturday Aug 2017

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Sometimes we have unrealistic expectations prompted by what we see around us, and insist on trying to live up to them. ‘Portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria’ 1606 Artist Unknown {{PD}}

Though our thoughts center on priorities, values, and what we find sacred (who am I kidding–we’re a little obsessed with all that’s most dear to us!) we’re probably thinking about these so much because we have a sneaking suspicion that someone might take one or more of these away, or that time, the Powers-That-Be, or our own destructiveness might eliminate from our lives what we desire most. Understand that our highest values permeate our thoughts–and ideals are just that, often impossible standards that nothing can live up to. We’re also seeing our ambitions and desires in exaggerated form, perhaps seeing examples within the social order that we feel hard pressed to match. These are the reasons we are feeling stressed around such nebulous and demanding factors–and throw in the way transiting Saturn is inexorably moving toward the current Black Moon Lilith point, as well as the lingering Jupiter-Pluto contact, and we have a recipe for personal paranoia and a fear that the real world or those with power (who, strangely, we’re never imagining as ourselves) may blow it all up. I’m not saying this can’t happen, but I am saying it’s all much more within your control than you might think–and that should be very reassuring.

Los Angeles Alligator Farm — in a 1906 postcard {{PD}}

Today’s word image is an alligator locked away in a box; someone lets it out. Alligators don’t belong in cages, but neither do they belong roaming around where people are. What thing do you feel threatened by that’s where it is because of an inappropriate action that preceded it–and what will you do about it?

Just a Little AstroEssence 5 August 2017 Dream Big

04 Friday Aug 2017

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The Lantern Bearers, 1908 Maxfield Parrish {{PD}}

Today, the 5th, we find ourselves mulling big dreams, huge ambitions, massive desires, and plotting how to get ‘there’ from ‘here’–and we have an excellent chance of doing so, just as long as we can accept ‘the facts’, and avoid exaggerating our own abilities and so overestimating our chances at success. The issue is that we may resist ‘What Is’ to an astonishing degree; previous injuries to the psyche and the identity may be the source and may cause us to distrust our own thoughts and beliefs. Know this: those Big Dreams are meant to inspire, to spur creative action, and to prompt us to consider opportunities that will present in the near future. Mercury will retrograde in Virgo in a week; use the next seven days to dream and imagine, and the retro period to review with a critical and discerning eye. That way you’ll be ready to act in just about a month, post-eclipses.

The Joyous Festival
Gaston La Touche

Today’s word image is fireworks that land in a dry field and spark a small fire. Fireworks are a thing of celebration–or they can be what’s caused by someone wanting to stir things up and create chaos. It almost doesn’t matter what spirit fuels them with this image, though, because the result is that susceptible material burns. A haphazard display, a lack of care with this volatile form of energy, can ignite what’s prone to go up in smoke in the first place. This scenario may caution us; if we are the one lighting it up, we need to take care over the consequences, over who or what might ‘get burned’, and if we’re around this kind of display, we need to be cognizant of the potential damage, and perhaps to protect ourselves from the perpetrator.

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Just a Little AstroEssence 4 August 2017 Change We Can’t Ignore

03 Thursday Aug 2017

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau – ‘Flora And Zephyr’ (1875) {{PD}}

Though the focus is on Jupiter perfecting a square to Pluto today, we can’t discount two other influential aspects: Mars square Pallas and Venus opposed Juno. The latter two  create a ‘setting’ in which the Cardinal Jupiter-Pluto contact (once again) manifests, though we should be mindful of the way it can take a new form each time they meet. The atmosphere is one where egos, or the urge to act or do, butts heads with what’s wise or practical–and as if that doesn’t make for enough tension, we also see relationships or financial circumstances that undermine or stand against our most empowered position, meaning we may find situations where there’s a demand that we choose: the relationship or the status we want, financial security or the ability to make our own decisions, Love or Money versus having a lasting impact.

Into this comes another expression of Jupiter-Pluto. As with all aspects, how this connects to the natal chart is of supreme importance, and so is the ultimate indicator of potential effects on an individual level. What we see generally is expansion (of knowledge, horizons, world view) in conflict with forces of change, destruction, or transformation. We may hear and see those words so much that they become blunted, losing any real meaning; we may think, ‘All life is change, so how does that help us?’ It helps by pointing out that this aspect creates mechanisms for change that we can’t ignore. Everyday change is what we live with; what happens with Jupiter-Pluto is sweeping, permanent, and could alter beliefs or even ‘the facts’ forever after. We may feel what occurs is forced on us, but the reality is that changes with this aspect catch us up in some way; we have resisted something, and the Universe no longer allows us to continue in quite the same way.

Whether this change comes from rage (possibly our own or another’s, at having knowledge concealed or withheld), from the need to destroy something that has limited our reach or our getting ‘more’, from opportunities offered that would change our entire world, or from externals that force us to recognize our lack of info, experience, or opportunity as things currently stand, any form this aspect takes requires us to respond–and that’s what’s in play in this period, with perfection of the aspect today possibly making conditions obvious, and our choices clear.

Today’s word image is a medic tending the wounded in the midst of battle. No matter what stresses we are under or struggles consumed by, we need to see to our needs, our injuries, those things that, if left untended, might completely incapacitate. Leave the fray at least long enough to patch yourself up and see to basics needs–you won’t be able to fight on long without such attentions.

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