By Ddeveze – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40202049

Telling others what we think easily ‘catches fire’ and becomes angry (or maybe just vociferous) today, but whether words display temper or not, one thing we can be sure of, what people say/ communicate carries the essence of what they truly care about, what they honor and find sacred, and what they will fight to preserve. That tells us to take seriously the message behind the words–and to realize we are conveying the same with our own speech, topic choices, mannerisms, and ‘statements’.

The thing that will really be empowering, much more so than just speaking out, will be the facing of those areas we’ve been ignoring, in denial about, or that we see as unjust. In choosing to engage with one or more of these, we find our way to a highly effective form of personal power expression, one we could not have stumbled upon without taking up that challenging, and probably unpleasant, subject (Merc sxt Vesta and sq Mars, Sun parallel Black Moon Lilith and trine Juno)

Henry Harris Lines 1877 {{PD}}

Today’s word image is two trees, though young, that must come down. We can’t always judge the ‘life expectancy’ for another living thing–which is why it’s so important to treat everything in our sphere every day with an energy that recognizes both the sanctity of life, and the relentless temporal nature of our current reality.

See my take on the upcoming eclipses here–

‘At the Stables, Horse and Dog’ 1862
Edgar Degas {{PD}}

Fulfilling a desire centered on relationships or ambitions is promised–at least, what we’re passionate about is slated for fulfillment if we are willing to be totally Self-responsible, and if we are willing to shun any methods that rely on intellectual persuasion, shock and awe, or the clout of the group to make them happen. If you’re okay with carrying your own burdens, living and responding in the moment, allowing your uniqueness to show, and being original without being unreasonably radical, then you have a good chance at making those wishes a part of the reality picture–it’s as simple, and as complicated, as that (Venus trine Zeus and sxt Uranus, Sun contra-parallel Uranus and parallel Zeus)

Today’s word image is a triangle. There are positives to this (a triangle is a stable shape) and less positive (when used to describe a relationship among three people, with the implication that all of them are unhappy), so that this symbol might suggest stability in your life at present, or a strangely balanced but unrequited relationship scenario. Too, the act of triangulation allows one to determine where something is located–meaning you may need to take data from several disparate sources to find what you’re looking for. And the shape has been employed in many ways (the distinctive ‘Yield’ sign, identifying gay individuals in Nazi Germany, in 3-D with the pyramids) so that there might be something it stands for that you resonate with personally. So, which of those applies to you right now? Or do you have another meaning in mind?

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