22 December 2010: The Power of Manipulation

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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

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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?

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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.

20 December 2010: Gemini Moon and Racing Minds + the Lunar Eclipse!

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Lithograph, Library of Congress USA, 1895 {{PD}}

Published 10:19 PM PST 19 December

The Moon’s Gemini characteristics come through loud and clear through the 2 PM hour PST; it’s talk, it’s mental, it’s light, it’s a wee bit frenetic, it’s charming. Don’t over think ‘it’ at this time; just go with the Gemmy flow!

2:30 PM of the 20th PST the Moon quincunxes Ceres, and it becomes clear that adjustments must be made to what nature or authority requires. Don’t let this spoil your week–it’s necessary to acknowledge that some things must be honored, no matter how these disturb our best-laid plans!

Around 6 PM PST, Moon squares Jupiter, squares Juno, squares Uranus, effectively forming a T that funnels social, empowerment, and group or individual autonomy matters through the emotions and intuition. We can believe we’re sensing (about others, the group, or our own empowerment choices) what’s really just an emotional reaction to what we’re faced with–and with concurrent trines of the Moon to Neptune and Chiron, it’s easy to see how our own proclivities for accepting wishful thinking and/ or believing another’s deceptions could convince us that we’re on to some course that’s supported by intuitive perceptions. The best alternative in this instance may be to take a step back from our own racing minds and recognize that there are factors influencing us that we can’t deal with on a purely mental basis (Gemini) and that we are too prone to subtle and nefarious influences (Neptune/ Chiron) to settle any empowerment questions or inquiries about our group role at this time.

Total Lunar Eclipse 21 December 2010 12:13 AM PST 29 Gemini 20

The Sabian for the Moon/ Earth conjunction is, ‘A Parade of Bathing Beauties Before Large Beach Crowds’  As a symbol of Lunar promise (with an influence to last through to the next eclipse set in 6 months), it suggests attractive individuals showing their ‘stuff,’ so to speak, before the masses. In very straightforward terms, it promises an atmosphere where we are either one of the Beauties, drawing attention and receiving scrutiny as we show our assets (!) or we are part of the crowd, watching and assessing. The likelihood is that we will all take turns, sometimes being ‘on parade,’ sometimes merely observing. Since no real skill is involved in this image, what we must conclude is that it’s what we might call ‘God-given’ facets of our Beingness that are on display, things that are just part of who we are, and that are considered desirable by the social order in which we participate. Added to the Sun’s Sabian, ‘The Pope Blessing the Faithful,’ the message could be that purely physical/ material assets that are innate may pull the individual in a direction opposite to one that promises a reward within a hierarchy (a ‘religion’ as represented by the figure of the Pope) that measures not by the physical but by what it deems devotion (and this is the key, that the hierarchy wants to call the shots) to their version of the spiritual/ devotional–which makes the hierarchy almost anti-spiritual in its demands.

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17 December 2010: The Weekend Outlook

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GH Durrie 'A Christmas Party' {{PD-Art}}

The Grand Cross of Sun/ Pallas, Earth, Juno, Jupiter/ Uranus is the star of the show this weekend, bringing strong emphasis on a conflict dynamic that may seem at this point to have no way of resolution. What’s wise/ smart is clear; there’s conflict, though, between the needs of the individual within her or his role in the group and the personal role that will bring empowerment. It’s a stand-off, so don’t expect any real answer–the best we can hope for is to work a compromise that’s relatively comfortable and workable. Further, Venus is sesquiquadrate Earth at this point, dragging values and relationships into the mix through the material demands these engender. This is a tough jumble of influences, the tension from which many will blame on holiday pressures, when the real focus is on our own internal struggle for personal empowerment within our own scene.

Pallas takes over as body of latest degree and Merc retro is conjunct, and hooked to the Sun as they are by conjunction means that we have a prevailing influence of wisdom and guidance, if we will only see it (it will be prominent, right in front of us, but some will manage to overlook it completely, likely complaining loudly about a lack of same!) Communications will, for a time (through to the inferior conjunction of the 20th) hold all that we need to know–and yet accessing/ recognizing that is the trick!

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16 December 2010: Material Consequences

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Johannes Vermeer 'Lady and Maidservant holding a letter' c.1667 {{PD-Art}}

By 2:30 PM PST we see the first aspect of the Taurus Moon, a trine to the North Node/ Mercury conjunction, highlighting the heavy-duty contemplation we’ve been involved in (whether we’ve been aware of it or not). The material situation, and the consequences to the material if we continue to follow the present Path, have been the focus (again, whether you realize it or not). With Merc retro right now, we may feel very shaky about both our observations and our conclusions–and this alone should let us know that making decisions based purely on fears of material consequences would be a mistake–we just can’t know the consequences at this time. Use what you see and feel to let yourself know what is truly of concern for you, as this will reveal what’s often brushed aside or overshadowed by more conscious concerns.

The trine to Pluto hits at 6:30 PM Pacific, and I do mean hits! We have the opportunity to use this energy to literally transform a situation with which we’re faced–but keep in mind, it’s also easy to ‘go destructive,’ and throw the baby out with the bathwater. The energy has a material component–job seekers, this is a good point to take a step to change the current situation.

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15 December 2010: Pointing Toward Action

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Hubert 'The Fire of Rome 18 July 64 AD' {{PD-Art}}

9 PM PST the 15th the Aries Moon trines the Sun in Fire, and we get all fired up–for West Coasters, may represent one of those inconvenient times when we should be winding down but end up revving up! By 11 PM Pacific the Moon is within quincunx of Juno and creates a Finger of God with her sextile to Neptune/ Chiron. Pointing the way to empowerment is a formula that says, use emo perceptions and intuition in concert with creative energy and unique skills–sounds easy, but pinpointing the arenas is the challenge. The House that holds transiting Juno (25 Virgo 46) tells us where in this moment our empowerment options lie; move on this as it may facillitate many other developments and certainly will help us know where our strengths are contained. With Uranus/ Jupiter at the midpoint of the Finger’s base, we can hook into a stream of social energy that helps our empowerment goals–be open to mass urges, occasions, and beliefs you can use for your own ends.

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Added: The naming of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook mogul, as TIME’s Person of the Year came as a surprise to quite a few; naming him so during a Merc retro period suggests they (the TIME staff responsible) may regret their choice (embarrassed, perhaps?) once the tiny messenger planet goes Direct.

14 December 2010: Modest Goals

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WH Beard 'The Lost Balloon' 1882 {{PD-Art}}

The 14th sees the Sun within square of Jupiter. Oh those goals and desires feel so close, surely they’re within reach–but remember as you’re flexing your fingers in the desired direction that social conditiions, and perhaps a tendency to overreach, may defeat us, at least in the moment. Modest goals at present are not only much more achievable, they’re more desirable, as the tendency now is to look to the horizon rather than attend to what’s more immediately needed and is sometimes a necessary step in the progression toward the ends we have in our sights.

What we see 4 PM Pacific through the evening hours and beyond is a somewhat unsatisfying tendency to feel at loose ends; the Aries Moon will prompt us to act and to want, but so many other cautionary influences are in play that we’ll do best to, once again, keep our goals modest. We may end up angry and ready to pick a fight if we don’t channel the impulses successfully–a project or effort we can control is the most effective choice.

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13 December 2010: Tilt-a-Whirl

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It may feel like we're asked to do impossible feats during this period

I want to apologize for the lateness of this update, but in typical retro Merc fashion I’ve been struggling since Friday night with my computer. It got so bad by Saturday afternoon that it was essentially frozen, and I expected a complete crash–but I kept working on it, and by late Sunday night I decided I had to do a restore to past point, feeling that was a last resort (and thinking it probably wouldn’t work). It’s working now, but oy! what a trial. Referencing my own Merc retro forecast, Venus is natally in my 9th of publishing, with my weekend centered on what amounted to a radical restructuring of the actual hard drive I use for fulfilling obligations (Capricorn)–and it was certainly a test of empowerment issues for me, reminding me of exactly what part of things isn’t under my control–and this morning, as the Pisces Moon is exact to my natal Moon, I finally get back to business. I can only hope this Merc-themed difficulty doesn’t last through the whole cycle!

Today, the 13th, my eye is drawn to what is essentially a cluster of energies spanning roughly 30 degrees: Sun and Pallas in Sag, NN, Mars, Pluto, Merc, Ceres in Capricorn. It’s like being on a Tilt-a-Whirl that stays in just one position–you can’t hold on to the uphill parts for long, eventually you slide down to the low side as gravity finally wins. Gravity, in this case, will feel like the pull of inevitability, forces outside ourselves and out of our control causing drastic change we can’t fight against (echoes of this weekend, for me!) There is a sense of the powerful parts of life, Mother Nature, time, innate wisdom, all affecting us and our choices and especially our Will at a very personal level. Look to the Houses with Capricorn and Sagittarius on the cusp–this is likely to be the place where the incredible weightiness of Being comes home for each of us.

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10 December 2010: Empowerment Options

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Gauguin Pêcheuses de Goémon 

The world seems to have been dancing on my last nerve of late, and I suspect it’s that way for many of you, too. Accounts of serious difficulty sleeping, miscommuncation, trouble buckling down to the task at hand have been everywhere–but it also seems this morning’s retrograde of Mercury (at 4:04 AM PST) may have changed it up for us. The retrograde period may bring some positive reshuffling of energy that we didn’t anticipate–sit back and enjoy it! 

I thought I should share this about the ‘big’ aspect right now, which is Juno opp Uranus/ Jupiter T-square Pallas. This promises situations that test our true empowerment in the world, as individuals and within the group. Wisdom and guidance are available, but their use is dependent upon our own resistance to or acceptance of them. Circumstances may tempt us to blame our empowerment options (or lack of them) on fate, others, or our specific disempowerment in the situation, but the truth is that every circumstance will hold empowering choices–we must be both clear-seeing enough and brave enough to take them. Add to this that Juno is now quincunx Neptune/ Chiron and Ceres has moved to within trine of Juno, and we have those tests of empowerment become tests of our connection to reality, our susceptibility to accept deception as truth, and our relationship to authority. This ramps up the difficulty of knowing whether we are responding to what is or to our own delusions, or to another’s misinformation, and could make ingrained negative authority issues responsible for bringing all progress to a halt. The best way to meet this is by keeping ideals in the forefront of conscious thinking, and by remembering we’re now into the Merc retro period–this complex doubles the need for caution and care, with the added idea that perhaps non-response will be the most effective response of all.

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