Ang Stoic Astrological Reports

[onawah]

This astrologer is very tuned in, imho.
http://angstoic.com/2016/06/tuesday-14-june/

Our psychic sensitivity is becoming such that it cannot be denied. It must be taken seriously and we must take real action if we are to serve to protect our precious sensitivity.

As each day unfolds our world presents us with a stark, often striking dichotomy of two very distinct levels of consciousness. If we remain grounded, still and observant – if we can fend off the overwhelming delusions and distortions which will only make us feel let down, frustrated or sad, we will see the difference before our very eyes. Both levels blatantly obvious, yet both, at times seemingly beyond belief in the extreme way that they play out before us.

The proponents of one level of consciousness (♄) will argue for the limitations of control and domination over the physical domain by spreading irrational fear, paranoia, confusion and mayhem through our collective reality. Those who play into this level will become increasingly engaged in the polarisation of humanity into ‘good’ and ‘evil’, a struggle between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ that descends us deeper and deeper into a terrible war, which nobody can ever really win.

The other level of consciousness (♆) is a far more subtle, not quite as visible to many as yet, but is being embraced by those who hold the belief that, somehow, there is a much better way of living – a more respectful, dignified, more collaborative way of reaching a state of well-being that all humanity can share.

Each day that comes brings each of us tremendous opportunity to clearly observe what is going on. In these observations we are given a power to choose a way.

This choice now requires a certain action – no longer just an indecision, a withdrawal, an indifference or denial.

In a state of pure observation, you will come to believe that there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, no ‘good ‘ or ‘evil’, no duality as such; no engaging in accusations or blame. From this state of pure observation, also comes pure acceptance… a true love.

In this state of pure witnessing, the dream that you (and all humanity) has held deeply in your heart for many, many years will begin to unfold before your very eyes.

Can you see it?

What on earth is going on here??
Only from an impartial observer’s point of view can one truly witness the dreadful experience that is mounting all around us now.

You may have noticed, more pronouncedly now, how the proponents of judgement – those champions of fear and separation who rule over our three-dimensional world starting to coldly ramp up their campaign, trying to administer their own, tough brand of ‘law & justice’ (♄♐℞) against (□) those whose sensitivities are now at such a degree of vulnerability that they are become to feel so easily vilified and victimised (♆♓℞) by this “real world’s” apparent cold-heartedness.

Only from an impartial vantage point can we see what’s truly going on here without ourselves becoming drawn into this vortex of the anger, the pain, the paranoia and confusion – all just by-products to a largely over-dramatised reaction to the harsh experiences that we may finding ourselves incapable of seeking any protection.

Any uneasiness or illness, whether physical or deeply psychological, is very hard to diagnose by use of traditional, conventional means.

Much of it stems from (possibly unconscious) frustrations – failed attempts to make our ideals meet with reality, due to its obvious limitations.

Such feelings of being let down, betrayed, disillusioned, kicked around and left wounded and defrayed by the apparent cruelty of the privileged, the educated , the pontificating and self-righteous only foment a reaction that is filled with a pathetic urge to either withdraw or to siphon the overall energetic using surreptitious, pitifully undermining energies that only weaken and defray the situation to the point where it can no longer stand.

And there are no sides here.
No good or bad.
There’s no right side and no nasty, evil side.
Anyone who chooses to engage, or become seduced to take part in this energetic drama will become immediately sucked into the lower, three-dimensional trap that feeds upon the spreading of division and separation.

This is what Saturn wants – separation. In true Machiavellian tactics, it seeks to conquer over our reality through creating irreconcilable divisions, by carving us apart using epithets like right and wrong, good guys/bad guys etc…
[too bad our myths and legends – any culture – are full of heroes and villains]

Only the impartial observer will be spared here.
It is no wonder that those wise enough to see things for what they truly are may choose to quietly disengage from this ultimately debilitating dynamic altogether.

Those who are present enough to stay in a state of mindful, conscientious observation, by practicing a concerted application of heavy doses of compassion, forgiveness, of lending assistance without being drawn into any partial, rigidly-held, sanctimonious judgements or conclusions about what is going on, can withstand this period and actually aim to make any progress.

Progress towards what?

This next three months is all about the clearing away of any confusion and misconceptions.

Until we realise the relationship between our ideals and the limitations posed upon those ideals by the physical world, until we accept that there is only one possible reality – the one that is indeed subscribed to the ultimate acceptance of all possible realities will we be able to develop an amazing ability to hold on to our ideals whilst yet also being able to live them in some practical, real way.

This ♄/♆ cycle began in Capricorn in 1989, and is now in its final quarter, to become fully complete in about 9-10 years. This is the closing crisis in what was always destined to introduce humanity to the next ray of consciousness. Much will eventually fall away in the process to thoroughly raise the vibration to a new, no bull**** approach to how we take on responsibility.

Oh, and for now, the best way to avoid misunderstandings?
Simply observe, without trying too hard to pass judgement on what may oftentimes appear as simply insane, unkind or utterly ridiculous (in other words, what we cannot immediately understand).

Do you think you can do that?
also a video update on this topic at: https://www.facebook.com/ang.stoic/videos/862612983842866/
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2015

[cursichella1]

Certainly disengaging plays into the negative hand as much as being a participant in divisive manipulation. We are still physically here, after all, and a we have a responsibility for our own humanity.

Trusting things will "work out" is what enabled the current situation. Saturn as a planetary influence is a planet of karma, authority, discipline and learning from past mistakes.



Oh, and for now, the best way to avoid misunderstandings?
Simply observe, without trying too hard to pass judgement on what may oftentimes appear as simply insane, unkind or utterly ridiculous (in other words, what we cannot immediately understand).

Do you think you can do that?

Spiritually? I'm absolutely capable of being an impartial observer. In the here and now? Hell, no. I've impartially observed enough to know that we should be looking within for spiritual guidance as to how to correct the current imbalance in this physical reality. It's not easy but we are all quite capable and it does need correcting.

To just observe and not pass judgement, as in Right OR Wrong? There will be plenty of time for that after we leave this world.

[onawah]

Sometimes being observant is advisable, other times taking action is.
Timing is important.
Being judgmental isn't helpful in any situation; it just blocks true understanding and right action.

[onawah]

Mars Retrograde – April 17 – June 29 Cosmic Update
http://angstoic.com/2016/04/mars-retrograde/


Mars is the planet of action, energy, drive, masculine sexuality and the force to assert or defend our own unique identity, often at all costs. The dynamic effect of Mars, both in our natal charts and by transit, also influences our individual needs for carnal, materialistic and physical fulfilment. It is the force that drives our basic need for physical survival against the elements of nature and serves to protect us from any likelihood of predation or competition by others in the social arena. At its highest operation, the action of Mars acts as a defender and preserver of the higher self, thus ensuring our best possible chance to complete our spiritual mission here on earth.
Mars does this whole ‘defence’ thing regardless of whether we are aware of our ‘higher purpose’ or not. He’s the little warrior within us that fires up, takes arms and strikes (fight or flight) whenever we feel threatened on any level. Mars may also act in offence/defence for anything under threat that we might identify as an extension of ourselves, be it people, things or ideas.

When Mars turns retrograde, its energies are directed inwards, and we reflect back on events or incidents where we feel we have failed to protect or defend our self appropriately. Feeling we have sublimated, twisted, distorted, denied or betrayed our self interests, the retrograde can instigate an intense inner journey as our personal warrior seeks to restore his connection to the Higher Self.

During his retrograde, it would appear that Mars’ reflections upon past efforts where he has felt unsuccessful in upholding boundaries, will now, somehow turn inwards on the self. Rather than asserting force outwardly, regrets, self-denial and repressed anger begin to take form internally. This is particularly true if there are any regrets that in our past pursuit to fulfil physical desires, impulsiveness to assert ourselves has driven us to rash and thoughtless actions, resulting in unnecessarily hostile, self-defeating or repugnant outcomes.

Whilst on some level, these incidents may have seemed necessary, during retrograde, we seek to redress these instances. This sets us off into a different kind of activity:

Mars Rx

Motivated by an incentive for retribution or ‘setting things straight’, we make an attempt to ‘correct’ our past, discordant actions. However, the less conscious we are of this tendency, the more we will appear to others as either coming on too strong, too late, or totally unnecessarily. Sensing a danger of humiliation or rejection, we then quickly pull back, retreating further into the anger with self. In this, we become infuriatingly trapped in an inward spiral of personal discontent and irritability. This then develops into a harboured grudge, contempt or mistrust towards anyone who dared to reject our efforts to ‘fix our efforts’. Eventually this pent up heat is taken either into the mind/body/spirit (inflammatory dis-ease) or it is vented outwardly by indiscriminate displays of misdirected anger, hostility, or revenge.

Familiar with such cycles? Perhaps you were born with a retrograde Mars yourself.

Anyway, during the next few months, it is this process which needs to be checked, since individuals who become prone to act in this mode are now inclined to express Mars energy in a subjectively anguished, wild, and apparently hapless manner, exhibiting all sorts of destructive behaviour, particularly upon themselves or towards their own kind.

Driven to make amends for any actions perceived to be a ‘failure’, ‘disappointment’, or for a reticence to take any action at all (when action seemed most necessary), there is a tendency to over-react in the cause to ‘undo a wrong-doing’, or to over-compensate for any under-performed deeds.

So goes the desperate recourse of the individual who becomes dangerously trapped in the destructive cycle of the ill-expressed Mars in retrograde.

Sensing bitterness for past actions
Feeling driven to make amends
being blocked or rejected by others
Anger becomes internalised
Mental/physical/spiritual/emotional aggravation
Surfacing later as aggression (expressed as inflammatory symptoms/reactions)
Seething over-reaction and blame
Anger at one’s world
On the higher note, the more mindful, less self-absorbed individual is able to process this inward-turning journey of Rx Mars more constructively, taking a less subjective or personal course of action. Keeping a meditative, or reflective view of instances where they may have acted with the sole intent to satisfy ego desires, they come to own how these may have served to aggravate situations for them and the world around them. By choosing to integrate any past regrets into purposeful attempts to close off, resolve and dispel any disputes or hostilities they set the ball rolling for true repair work. This can be achieved by offering their energy resources towards a project, cause or rekindling of relationships that is based on co-operation rather than competition. Beginning with the self, the individual can choose to focus on overcoming any selfish tendencies in their desire complexes that seize control over them, becoming more outwardly engaged in ways and means that serve the higher self.

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
~ Buddha

Mars retrograde at 8°54′ Sagittarius (April 17 – May 27)

Here, we begin to sense an individual impulse to assert our understanding of the entire world and everyone’s place in it, all at once, with a hasty restlessness. The impetus to do something ‘true and meaningful’, one which aligns to our philosophical/religious beliefs and cultural values is so overwhelmingly strong, yet impossible to implement with any objective respect to anyone’s individual needs or priorities.

A scattering of our energies ensues, not only outwardly through the things we do, but internally as a hit & miss effort to impart what we believe to be ‘living our truth’. Inwardly, the inability to pinpoint exactly what is driving our desires causes us to act from the place of ‘self-righteousness’ or to exude a sense of ‘moral arrogance’, pitting us into an endless cycle of trying to justify our cause, first to others, then ourselves, then to others…. etc. The real danger comes when we feel challenged or insulted in the course of trying to assert any ill-conceived philosophical notions, or misinterpretations of our ‘god-truth’ to those who just don’t get it (even to ourselves).

The ego-driven personality takes such offense to heart, becoming angered first with others, then with his own truth, which eventually may escalate into a war over principles motivated by confusion and fantasy, rather misaligned with the principles of universal Higher Law.

Ultimately all actions lead us to turn inward, where we are called to transmute all our errant experiences into exploring the real reason for our existence. It can be a conflicting journey, quite crushing, especially if we are acting from a place of judgement, both towards others and upon ourselves.

Mars retrograde in Scorpio (May 27 – June 29-direct)

All activity now turns towards exploring the inner life, waging an indefatigable fight to delve deeper and deeper into the true motives behind why it is that we feel we must satisfy our personal desires. Working desperately to find the true cause behind where our power comes from and what leads us into temptation, we may become caught up in the pulses of attributing blame or scorn upon any external forces that we deem to be working to prevent us from reaching wilful self-control.

In this horrid struggle between our inner ‘demons’ and outer seductions, we begin to engage into a fierce, largely unconscious psychological war against any perceived enemies that may sabotage our fixed desire to gain power over ourselves.
So, with the retrograde Mars in Scorpio, rather than seek to directly satisfy our intense psychological desires, we turn instead to appeasing any grudges and vengeances against all those that tempt us to fulfil these (sex, addictions, power, pain) hence entering a much more complex cycle of indirect, brooding aggression. The only result in this destructive activity is that we eventually become our own worst enemy by eventual self-immolation.

Ultimately, we must learn that instead of destroying ourselves, our best efforts are to focus on destroying those elements of our inner nature that blindly keep us at odds with our exterior world and alienate us from others.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016
More here:http://angstoic.com/category/daily-planets/

[onawah]

A s t r o l o g y . O f . N o w
third quarter moon

ang stoic
@06°♈30', 18:20 utc
as the second half of the year approaches, we look back and realise that a whole new timeframe has been unfolding for us, presenting us with wonderful, new opportunities to understand that we are not bound to any of the linear, frightfully mundane sociopolitical dramas that have somehow managed to plunge our increasingly tormented and spiritually devoid 3d world deeper into its own swampish quicksand.
From the world of fear-based structures, increasingly crippled by its own surmounting economic debt and religiously misanthropic activities, only one reality emerges as our salvation - our ability to get a grip on our own emotions and to invest them appropriately.
Come, come now... Let's not get sentimental. And stay out of worrying about the future. Come back to the present situation.
Each time we get ahead of ourselves or wistfully slip back into the past we give away our freedom (and happiness) to something (or someone) that is guaranteed to siphon it away. We do this only to satisfy any whimsical pangs for security that we may feel we are missing in the now.
Whether it is a guarantee of being loved, supported or given access to the kingdom of heaven, we kid ourselves severely every time we slip away from our lucid attentiveness to this present moment.
Did you know, very few people actually know what we are talking about when we say drop all thoughts and come to the here/now?
Very few indeed are actually able to observe this precious moment for all the power that it gives us to make the most re-assuring assertions that we are, after all, ok.
Our transition out of the crippling three-dimensional constraints of limited time and space and into a higher dimensional field of infinite possibilities is severely dependent on our ability to cease attaching feelings to notions and ideas that simply do not exist in this moment.
Come now, get a grip on your emotions… stay in present time.
Angstoic.com

That doesn't mean ignore every dangerous situation in the world currently, it must means to give yourself some space and breathing room.
It will all still be there when you get back.


From: http://angstoic.com/2016/06/week-ahead-2-2/

An intense week building towards the New Moon at 12°♋54‘ (July 4). A stern reminder that this week will loaded with heated emotion, the accumulated resentment and anger of months (♂SD23°♏04′, June 29), now ready to unfurl in this, the most sensitively vulnerable of times in recent history.
We need to be most mindful that any deeply personal and vulnerable areas in our affairs must be handled with ‘kid-gloves’ if we hope to maintain things at a ‘nice’ and comfortable level, especially around the domestic front.

People are always trying to hook your attention one way or another. Once they capture your attention then they can download any information from you that they want. Ultimately though, you hold the power in where you focus your attention, and in this, you have the choice to listen and see whether what they have anything of value to share with you actually has anything to do with you. You either want it or you don’t want it.

Be on the lookout for those wolves who are very intense, probing and insistent on having their way. Anyone who makes you immediately uneasy is best (most politely) avoided. Possessive lovers, demanding friends, controlling parents, manipulative co-workers, narcissistic bosses, general assholes that you follow (or may follow you) in the media may have a dark or disturbing effect upon your very beautiful intention to keep your whole experience light.

Or it may be you who is just being too much for someone/everyone around you.

In any sense, you are the holder of all the responsibility for everything that occurs in your relationships. The level of use or abuse that you see presented before you is somehow due to an agreement or an invitation that you (whether selfishly or culturally driven) continue to ‘honour’ and inflict upon others/yourself.

Chiron’s turning Retrograde at 25°♓ 15′ (June 27 – Dec 1) sees us going inwards to connect with the pain, the wounding and the shame that keeps us distant from the Universal Oneness. Through crises, where we feel increasingly desolate, cut off, outcast, where we fear we may have lost our grip with reality and are sucked into the world of lies and confusion do we become impelled to explore new and innovative ways to heal this sore. We learn to release any delusions, accepting them as mere fetishes of the fractured ego seeking a quick solution, and by finding ways to plunge into the sea of self-forgiveness, surrender to the great divine spirit once again. Only through loss, or willful release of those things that hold us tied down to a place of guilt and self-regret do we hope to cultivate that inner knowing that allows for conscious awareness of previous lifetimes to emerge. By the end of his time in Pisces (April 2018), Chiron will have helped many of us to discover that the reason we are alive today is to fulfill a very high purpose on this planet. The true path is not an easy one because we are heading into unchartered waters.

But it is this stationary Mars in Scorpio, going direct midweek, that threatens to unleash his venomous sting in effort to retrieve its scathing grab for personal power. Mars is pretty wound up and emotionally anguished now, waiting since April (turned retrograde) to unleash a lot of pent up emotional heat, having held much of it inside for quite some time now. His vindictive turn into direct motion (wednesday) will see us all much more determined to hold our ground using (or contending against) a force that is fixated upon ‘taking care of business’ – executing manoeuvres that ‘should have been settled a long time ago’. Caution is advised – not on where we choose to place our intention but the extreme level intensity in how go about our actions.

All this against the backdrop of the continuing Saturn/Neptune square (Jun – Sep) – a time when it is getting harder to know who to trust and what to believe.

Rule of thumb…

Believe nothing, listen to no one. Everyone is equally as likely to be projecting their version of a dream which, if not completely untethered from anything we have seen before, is fundamentally flawed.

As the structured world now slowly recedes, enmarshed further and further into the slippery domains of the rising seas, we are left with no option other than to retreat inland towards higher, grounds if only in hope to find some dry secured earth. But Saturn’s ‘scorched earth policy’ in Sagittarius leaves us all rather befuddled and, frankly, unimpressed by any alternatives to this dream/reality dilemma.

We will find our ultimate answer, but only by letting go of that which cannot possibly be salvaged through the rising Neptunian forces clashing creepishly against the bombastic stance of Saturn.

This week, many agreements will be either brokered or broken in the lead up to the New Moon. If you cannot strike a harmonious arrangement to preserve your individual integrity or sovereignty, you may just have to come to terms that this is probably the best time to execute that drastic and dramatic exit.

Have an amazing week,
and blessings x

[onawah]

Jupiter in Virgo trine Pluto
http://angstoic.com/2016/06/jupiter-virgo-trine-pluto/

On the back end of all the turbulence that seems to be throwing our world into disarray this week, the push is to stay on path towards improving our personal situation. There is an immense force behind you now to persevere with your mission by cleaning up the place, building bridgeways across troubled waters or sometimes, simply holding your own, precious space.
This means that we must be at our highest level of discernment for any toxic elements in our interpersonal affairs.

With MARS absolutely stationary @23°♏04′ for the next 2-3 days, a quincunx to Uranus fills the air with much resistance and our need to uphold boundaries is tight. If we look at things objectively, we can recognise this time as an opportunity to stand and face the fight as a true spirit warrior. This is an important time to go to work on eliminating the negativity from our world.

HOW?

1. IDENTIFY NEGATIVITY: Toxic situations (or people) that constantly drag you into their despair without showing any signs that they are prepared to find a positive solution can be draining. Learn to spot those immediately.

2. ASK FOR GUIDANCE: You may call on others to help you in your fight. They could be your trusted friends, family, teachers or your ‘better angels’. Ask for their guidance and support. Tackling people who are ‘drainers’ may have to be a ‘team’ effort. This will dissipate the impact of negativity upon your own spirit and help to reinforce your individual strength.

3. DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY: A negative attitude speaks for itself. Learn to disassociate your emotional reactions to a negative situation. This is NEVER directed at you. Negative-minded people are only just trying to warn you that they are suffering a crisis. Do not get dragged into their drama. This is NEVER about you. So stay out of it. Do NOT become emotionally involved.

4. LOOK FOR THE LIGHT: Every situation holds an opportunity to turn things into something positive. This will become apparent if you seek it actively. Always look for the solution. This might be easier if you divert the topic into a happier place. Change the subject to something less dark/heavy if you must. Humour is good, though not always appropriate. If you can manage to look at the situation with some degree of detachment – like everyone involved is just an observer in a theatre, this will add light and lift the spirits.

5. PULL AWAY: Learn to make your point very quickly and effectively, then promptly separate yourself from the situation. Every difficult challenge must have an end. Aim towards creating your timely exit once you have done all you can. Pull away, neatly, politely, with kindness, just in time.

6. LEARN WHEN TO WALK: Sometimes you have to accept that the situation is far too heavy or dark, and there is really nothing you can do with someone. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed, and well out of our depths. Your time and energy is very precious and you must spend it wisely. Understand that some people will never respond to your brand of help. Leave them. Move on to those who may appreciate your efforts. And never look back.

7. RETURN TO A PEACEFUL PLACE: Remember. You must come to a ‘reset’ point if ever someone or something ‘bums you out’. After all, only you are able to make YOURSELF happy. Nobody else can do that for you. They may only share in your well-being or allow you to experience joy in your aloneness.

8. KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOU: Whatever happens, trust that you are connected, even to those who radiate much negativity. If you can find faith, that there is a greater force (let’s call that ‘nature‘) that holds everything together, you can begin to see some context that all things tie together. If you have done all that you could in a particular situation and then you can also trust that the universe is supporting you – in this knowing, any insecurities go away and miracles can happen.

Get out there, make your best effort, and allow the universe to help you along.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic

…see also Jupiter conjunct the North Node http://angstoic.com/2016/01/jupiter-conjunct-the-north-node/

…. see also Jupiter/Node trine Pluto http://angstoic.com/2016/06/jupiternode-trine-pluto-friday-17-june/

[onawah]

⚡️COSMIC UPDATE⚡️ ☽♉☍♂♏, ♀♋☍♇♑z
from AngStoic

Stationary Mars is now out of retrograde, and shuffling ahead slowly through the last degrees of Scorpio, moving into Sagittarius on August 3 and finally coming out of his retrograde shadow on August 23. This is a brave journey for many of us. Since February, several matters needing action, at times met with reluctance, resistance, rejection, regrets and in need of repair or retribution will have been visited, reviewed and now to be revisited once more until they are brought to some closure.
Hopefully, over these past four months, we might have learned how, in our desire to assert ourselves, we often act rashly, selfishly and more from an intent to satisfy our basest ego desires rather than the greater energetic effort.
In the next 48 hours, the Taurus Moon, which represents the prevailing mood stands opposite – not supportive of the Scorpio Mars energy. She is at odds with his dark and brooding aggression and stands away, holding him to keep still, to be patient with himself - not to react in drastic, forcefully overwhelming ways. She urges him to put down that threatening masculinity and think things through before lashing out.
Venus also opposes Pluto in the next 48 hours.
It is a warning to mind our actions, which may easily be perceived as pushy and intrusive. Avoid the tendency to pit yourself against those who care for you most, ignoring their feelings or needs for sake of having it your own, unyielding, uncontrollable way. Passion can quickly turn to rage, and it's funny how quickly things that were once sweet between us may easily sour... or (much more appropriately) turn bitter.
Mars is rueful now. Pluto is seriously ambitious. Moon and Venus both tender. We have one hell of a month (July) ahead of us. Let's see it off to a reasonably peaceable start, before it's too late.
Actions now may determine the flavour of your month ahead. Choose your emotional reactions wisely.

...see also:
http://angstoic.com/2016/06/mars-sd-23%E2%99%8F04-june-29/
as follows:

Easy now.

Mars has been perched up in the skies at 23° Scorpio for the last couple of weeks, and though he turns direct in a matter of hours, it will take another fortnight before we see our red warlord pick up enough speed into the next degree.
In his usual velocity he covers this ground (1° of the zodiac) in just two days, but during direction swings such as this (and that of mid April @8°♐54’Rx), the appearance to us here on earth is that of a sustained Mars that sits on that one degree for weeks.

Very soon the Cancer Sun will trigger him off (sqq), and over this next two days (June 29-30) the Moon moves through Taurus, closing to form an opposition.

In Scorpio, Mars lurks out of sight, like a vulture, silent and watchful, sharpening his talons and patiently biding his time until the opportunity arises for him to feed on the misfortunes of his prey. The hard contact with the Cancer Sun is a reminder to be emotionally attuned – any miscalculations or mistimed actions could lead to major failures or fatal upsets now. The Moon, which represents his in environment stand opposite – not supportive. She is at odds with his dark and brooding aggression and stands away, holding him to keep still, to be patient with himself and think things through.

It is critically important that you take your time before making decisions now. Choose paths that support your higher consciousness and let your intuition be your guide. Being driven by selfish, physical desires for sex, power, vengeance will not be welcome. Violent actions are not only overwhelming but will be awfully rejected. Use all of the resources available to you, combined with learnings gained from your recent experiences to approach any dilemmas or tension from a different angle.

Just know that you are always free to choose your own path, but be prepared to be more flexible in how you move forward. Your keen senses and inner guidance will help you to to navigate through any possible tensions to reach the highest benefit. You may need to call on all your resources to get the job done.

This is a time when you may be fiercely protective of those for whom you feel responsible, but are also reminded that knowing when to allow others to sink or swim is vital too. Mars’ Retro process through Scorpio/Sagittarius blesses us all with the gifts of deeper clarity, purification and much insight into our inner saboteurs (see video) and how to curb those from ruining our best interests. Our past experiences hold all the clues necessary to obtain invaluable insights into any current situation or problem.

Learn from your past.

Also, Mars stationed in Scorpio indicates that you or someone around you is being highly opportunistic. Someone may be watching you and is creepily waiting for you to slip up or make a wrong move. You may feel that someone is taking advantage of you or is using you somehow. Watch out for those vultures.
Take this time as being highly symbolic of a looming death, doom or rebirth – a very necessary phase of the circle of life. It is a chance to eliminate and transform lower, more selfish patterns of behaviour into something much higher. Recognize the need for higher awareness in all those around you.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead – July 5th-12th Cosmic Update
http://angstoic.com/2015/07/the-week-ahead-july-5th-12th/




It’s happening…

The world is now visibly dividing into two.

If one can stand in a place of pure observation, a neutral space, they will witness the separation that is occurring between those who continue to cling to and espouse the principles of fear, judgement and intolerance (Saturn) versus those still desperately hanging onto a dream that cannot ever manifest (Neptune). Every day there are reminders to this.

The danger here is that we will eventually become ground down to a state of hopelessness and despair, our sensitivities become so withered and defrayed that our general well-being and confidence is diminished to the point of depression.

But there is another way. More subtle forces are now acting on the collective energetic, calling us to embrace the higher-dimensional qualities of forgiveness and acceptance. Yet there are great challenges before us.

This week, after the looming Cancer New Moon (July 4), the Sun opposes Pluto (July 7), pressing intensely upon our need to shield ourselves from the subconscious forces of darkness, oppression and control.
Let’s look at Sun/Pluto then, and really learn all as much as we can about this type this week. In fitting form, we can study this one a bit more intensely (leave comments below):

Sun/Pluto types are very interesting. They almost always come across as intriguingly charismatic, yet the underlying agenda is one of manipulation. They quickly need to get themselves into a position where they are above the others, from which they can exercise control. Those with the softer aspects (sextile, trine) experience this easier than their hard aspect (conjunction, square, opposition) cousins.

It is undeniable that there is a constant thirst for power and triumph over others, and though easier concealed and managed in the ‘soft’ types, it is undeniably evident in the ‘hard’ types as it manifests strongly as power struggles and, intermittently, in deeply traumatic events. Sun/Pluto types fail to see that others are not like them at all. They are oblivious to the notion that not everyone is seeking power.

So why are these people always seeking power? Why do things always need to be only on their terms, and if they are not, they are prone to explode into very extreme behaviour that even they cannot control? What is the underlying reason why they are constantly craving absolute rulership over others?

Fundamentally they are wounded souls.

Deeply scarred.

At some point during their early development there has often been an ongoing condition of abuse, where they have experienced a sense of worthlessness or felt undervalued by those they looked up to, usually the father figure. It seems that if this parent did not get things on their own, unyielding, inflexible terms that they would threaten all sorts of violations – abuse, coercion, manipulation, outright abandonment. This then develops into relationship patterns where validation and approval is not a basic need – it becomes a life/death psychological terror.

The Sun/Pluto type will seek to draw this from everyone, but most specifically it is the more empathetic, gentle or healing types that they will suck most of this ‘feel good’ energy from. These kind, caring souls (Neptunian types) have little perception of their own boundaries and have even less defence for the licentious abuse and domination of the Sun/Pluto type.

Energy vampires, control freaks, manipulators, conniving puppet-masters, call them what you will, but the dynamic experienced by and around these people is like a dark force and it sucks pure honest-to-goodness kindness out of the equation, leaving those in their wake feeling physically, emotionally, spiritually debilitated and drained.

This is when the Sun/Pluto starts to really go to work. They will make those run-down types feel like they are inadequate or incapable of satisfying, helping or healing them, making them suffer whilst they are down, and as they struggle to give more, there is a strange victim/tyrant energetic that develops and perpetuates into a corrupt enslavement dynamic.

A bitter war develops. Neither wins.

The empathetic type blames themselves for the apparent abuse. The controlling Sun/Pluto is relentless in screwing things tighter.

The only way to solve the problem is for the sensitive type to escape The Sun/Plutonian’s clutches, either through illness, drugs, or through circumstance (seeking refuge elsewhere). This usually does not solve their problem since they are only giving prey to another depraved energy satyr.

Meanwhile, the Sun/Pluto will try every trick possible to regain the endless caring. Torture, spiteful acts, sweet baiting until they have you in their depraved clutches, bitchiness and drama, tyrannical overtures and reprisal, imprisonment, heavy taxation of your goodies, increased abusive acts… anything goes here to win back the bottomless pit of your giving, caring resources. Because essentially they are there to take, take, take…

The need to feed the monkey is voracious and it stops at nothing

How to help these? Well, it’s not easy. It’s nearly impossible to communicate to them because such is their over-estimation of themselves that they refuse listen. They are hard wired not to listen. Just to demand. And always more, more, more…

Can they change? Of course. But never with the help or at the cost of another… In fact, the more one tries to change their incapacity to open up their heart and show they care, the more one fuels their wanton mania to crush others. It’s better to just leave them cold and let them asphyxiate in their own toxic bile.

Consider them to be the addict and you are their drug. The only way to even begin to assist them with their habit is to cut off their supply.

Only then might they see how damaging their poisonous infliction of pain and misery upon others can be, and hopefully they may undergo one of the most miraculous transformations of nature – the complete renunciation of the insatiable egotistical desire and the ultimate resurrection of the soul.

But then, I wouldn’t hold my breath. There’s always another sucker waiting to give them a free suck…

(If you are a Sun/Pluto person, particularly the hard aspect kind, then perhaps this is you or someone very close to you. Depending on your chart, you may struggle with issues of craving outright control and interpersonal power struggles, punctuated with occasional outbursts of horrendous levels of abusiveness. This can be at any level, physical, emotional, even spiritual. Thanks to the secretive or outright denial element of this combination, you may refuse to accept see this as a problem at all. In fact, in today’s power hungry society this might even be a trait that is rewarded, even celebrated in your world. Please know, that this level of energy transfer is ultimately very dangerous, and must be held in check. If you suspect you may suffer from being overwhelmed with issues of control, possession and power, seek an expert opinion immediately.

If you have fallen victim, or prey to such a type, save your self. Exit the relationship immediately – it’s the only real way to save yourself from ultimate abuse and to help/heal them).

And have an awesome week.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

⚡️COSMIC UPDATE⚡️ 7/7/16
https://www.facebook.com/ang.stoic/posts/874770655960432



Venus is about to enter the midpoint of Saturn/Neptune, two outer planets who are locked into a protracted square until September. The process of dissolving away any misconceptions and unrealistic dreams through increasing pressures and limitations from the physical world, as well as the recession of this physical world into a state of disbelief, confusion. With Uranus entering the fray later this month, a state of chaotic disruptiveness begins to build in our 'ordinary' lives.
Venus, now joined by Mercury as 'evening stars' becomes critical in our decision making.
Venus represents the choices available to us - the things we choose, the people we admire, the relationships we wish to form. She becomes the 'scout' planet, followed by Mercury who tries to convey these choices to the Sun in an intellectual way so he can make a creative decision. All three are in watery Cancer, so comfort and security are prime themes in how we wish to form a sense of certainty about what is going on in our lives.
Over the next 10 days, as all three ♀,☿,☉ pass through the lugubrious ♄/♆ midpoint, we will be presented by a set of choices which often ask us to deny our own whimsical interests for the sake of putting family or domestic affairs first. This is often tinged with a sense of idealism, but with an understanding too that any choices made will most likely entail a sense of suffering and call for a denouncement of our own personal pleasures.
We will then try to rationalise these choices in a way that tries to reason their importance to us. Even though some things seem practically impossible, insufferable to some extent - their influence upon our lives most likely destined to prolong a sense of confusion and chaos that we seem trapped in, that in some warped way we can make them work out if we only put our minds to it (mind over matter).
By the time the Sun hits this point (July 17) a decision will be made that may be largely based on some skewed reasoning. We may decide that it is important to deny the self for the sake of fantasised personal/family/home commitments. Needless to add then, that our own physical vitality and health will be prone to becoming drained in any confused efforts to achieve a seemingly impossible state of security, and all certainty around our domestic security is thrown into discord and disarray.
It's hard to stay grounded about all this now, about how best to pursue personal choices for a sustainable emotional security against the backdrop of our societies' undergoing one of the most phenomenal slides in recent history into the abyss of uncomfortable changes.
The Sun's square to Uranus (July 16), as well as the Full Moon (July 19) w/Uranus at T-square should see us trying - on one side, to hold on to convention, whilst on the other desperately trying to liberate ourselves by lapsing into wild and rebellious behaviour from everything we were ever conditioned to believe.
Things to stay mindful of over the next couple of weeks...
...full forecast@http://angstoic.com/2016/07/tribe-message-july/

[onawah]

The WEEK AHEAD – July 11-18



Cosmic Update, The Week Ahead

This past week, with its Sun/Pluto opposition, has brought to the surface another episode in which surmounting pressures from the past, most likely consequences from agreements made, typically by those who came before us, somehow in breach or violation of someone’s prerogative somewhere, have seemingly come undone or become unravelled, and have exposed a certain level of corruption, decay and wilful manipulation and abuse of power or trust that exists beneath the covers.

I’m not talking about the findings published in a certain report, which after an extensive inquiry last week strongly criticised the way a former prime minister took his country to war in 2003 on the basis of “flawed” intelligence. Nor am I talking about the latest shootings between law enforcement agents and its citizens in another country, one that seems caught in a vicious cycle of escalating atrocities without hope or clue of finding an easy way out.

If your week was focused on the awful violations and violence of the exterior world, as depicted to you by the media and portrayed and defended by our ‘leaders’, you might have missed a splendid opportunity to see how you are somehow personally implicated in much of the injustices and atrocities that are going on in the world today.

Perhaps you were asleep when our fair nations all signed up to wage a war against ‘terror’ based on phony intelligence that led to nothing but the destruction of a people whose lands and way of life became so displaced and hearts so embittered, that it sent ripples through space and time, sending immeasurable scorn into the lower astral fields, burdening humanity with much needed repair and restoration. Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time the white team ****ed over the brown/black/yellow/red team. And on that note, the masculine team ****ing over the feminine team. Or the old versus the young, rich vs poor, straight versus the bent, human versus the animal/vegetable/mineral… (need I go on…?).

Each time we commit an atrocity upon another, great karmic ripples ricochet throughout time and space, and we all somehow feel the heaviness, but strangely too we find very clever ways to deny the pain caused.

Without clear voices of calm, without adequate tools for reduction, without any ability to find resolutions that will satisfy, we continue to press down, hide or bury any violations against nature’s creations, whilst on the surface try to find ways to justify them, if they should arise.

But they are there. And much as we try to repress them, these instances of violence become part of our history, law, constitution and culture, proliferated and imposed by members of your family, your teachers, ministers and prime ministers etc.

If we dared to take an objective look through our history, both cultural and personal, we would see that there is so much loss and pain. So many families whose hearts have been hurt because a loved one was needlessly taken, never to be embraced again. We would see a deepening trail of disintegrating trust, and a legacy of enormous animosity left stirring, unresolved and left to fester in the hidden regions of our repressed psychology.

Anyway, I can write at length on Pluto, and my treatise on this (click here) really starts the ball of consciousness rolling on this subject – at least for those of you faithful subscribers.

To keep things more general here – in today’s world, we see an ever-growing realisation that we are sailing into turbulent times ahead, where an ambient terror starts to spread that someone may in some way targeting you based on a preconception of your exterior circumstances. So, of course, you are going to be mindful of your security.

The truth is, many people are becoming afraid. Not so much for their own safety, but more for the culture and way of life that they are attached to. They feel that the level of rising stress and strain on their communities becoming beyond that which a civil society can endure for too much longer.

However, when we take a close look at much of ‘white man’ policy, culture and tribalism – for centuries now the essence of what we have known as the 3D world through our legal, religious, even scientific records, we start to suspect that we may have been conveniently whitewashed by the frothy tide of hagiographic history that precedes us.

What were these wars, especially the recent ones? Or the genocides, particularly of indigenous tribes? And the enslavment of masses of humans? Or the removal of basic rights based on gender, creed, persuasion. Are we, as humans, ready to see all unwarranted violence for what it is: A corrosion of culture.

And yes, with Mars still at the 23rd degree of Scorpio, anger, vengeance and violence are exceedingly easy to access and almost effortlessly unleashed. Mars stationing on this degree would be triggering many youths of the Pluto in Scorpio generation (1984-95), Uranus (1975-81), as well as energizing those with Neptune in Scorpio (1956-70).

The station at 23° Scorpio created a sustained MARS♏ ⊼ URANUS♈ (June 17 – July 17), seeing our civilization continue to be further plagued by sudden spontaneous acts of insurgency. The forces of progress clashing against those of reaction as a whole vendetta of blood and rage comes to conflict with that of meekness and peace, and the square to Uranus from the Cancer Sun (Saturday 16th July) creates a definitive revolutionary moment – an event that promises to quake the security of many family-minded beings. Immediately, whatsoever shall occur that disrupts our world of comfort and routine, will immediately send out calls for healing, when by the weekend when the Sun creates a proper grand trine to Mars/Chiron (Sunday).

Soon, Mars will return to righteous-minded Sagittarius (Aug 2) and vengeance will transform into a higher calling. The higher the calling/the harder trial is the belief in the ultimate moral justice and the inevitable victory of righteousness over wrong. This requires an almost religious faith in fate, and that can be hard for some to accept, but accept it we must through this intensely difficult transit, since Mars will at some point come to form a conjunction to Saturn (Aug 24).

The great danger that we keep perpetuating for ourselves here is that we keep proliferating violence and counter-violence as justifiable to ail our wounds. The moment any person comes to accept as justifiable an act of violence upon another — whether physical, spiritual or otherwise — that person has already lost the moral battle, even if he is currently winning the somatic one.

Venus, now past the midpoint of Saturn/Neptune, two outer planets who are locked into a protracted square until September, dissolving away our misconceptions and unrealistic dreams by introducing increasing pressures and limitations from the physical world. We sense that much might not be working in our relationships, but afraid to let go.

Venus, now joined by Mercury as ‘evening stars’ becomes critical in our decision making.

Venus represents the choices available to us – the things we choose, the people we admire, the relationships we wish to form. She becomes the ‘scout’ planet, followed by Mercury who tries to convey these choices to the Sun in an intellectual way so he can make a creative decision. All three are in watery Cancer, so comfort and security are prime themes in how we wish to form a sense of certainty about what is going on in our lives. Venus in Cancer seems clingy and kinda afraid to let go of habits and comforts, even though they are sinking her self-worth into the ground.

Over the next 7 days, as all three ♀,☿,☉ pass through the lugubrious ♄/♆ midpoint, we will be presented by a set of choices which often ask us to deny our own whimsical interests for the sake of putting family or domestic affairs first. This is often tinged with a sense of idealism, but with an understanding too that any choices made will most likely entail a sense of suffering and call for a denouncement of our own personal pleasures.

We will then try to rationalize these choices in a way that tries to reason their importance to us. Even though some things seem practically impossible, insufferable to some extent – their influence upon our lives most likely destined to prolong a sense of confusion and chaos that we seem trapped in, that in some warped way we can make them work out if we only put our minds to it (mind over matter).

By the time the Sun hits this midpoint (July 17) a decision will be made that may be largely based on some skewed, highly subjective reasoning. We may decide that it is important to deny the self for the sake of fantasized personal/family/home commitments. Needless to add then, that our own physical vitality and health may be prone to becoming drained in any confused efforts to achieve a seemingly impossible state of security, and all certainty around our domestic security is thrown into discord and disarray.

It’s hard to stay grounded about all this now, about how best to pursue personal choices for a sustainable emotional security against the backdrop of our societies’ undergoing one of the most phenomenal slides in recent history into the abyss of uncomfortable changes.

The Sun’s square to Uranus (July 16), as well as the Capricorn Full Moon (July 19) w/Uranus at T-square should see us trying – on one side, to hold on to convention, whilst on the other desperately trying to liberate ourselves by lapsing into wild and rebellious behaviour from everything we were ever conditioned to believe.

The grand water trine between Sun/Mars/Chiron (Sunday 17th July) will inspire many with the Spiritual Light to act, and not repress those powerfully emotional impulses when felt. It will bless us all with the ability to bring to light the real and true nature of conflicts and what they have to teach us.

When we all can see clearly that the ultimate goal between us is harmony and not hate, rectification and not retribution, we begin too to see that there is a chance to see our way forward. But we all need to start here and now, by doing this simple thing: Seeing every person as fully human, deserving every day to make it home to the people he loves.

Blessings,
and have an amazing week

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic

[tessfreq]

Thanks for posting these onawah. For me, the deep delving I’ve been doing recently into astrology has been off the hook. I’ve realized that as we evolve our astrology is evolving and becoming richer with meaning. The pluto/uranus square that we have been experiencing has uncovered so much depth to our life that is glossed over or dismissed. It’s been a hard aspect but has unraveled so much to rebuild better.

My own world has and continues to transform. With my moon at 16º Capricorn and my Mars at 16º Virgo, I’ve been right in the crosshairs of pluto, jupiter and the north-node for months and months. Luckily this trine and the conjuctions has brought some beneficial energy to the square of pluto and uranus.

I’m excited about how the first question I had about astrology, which was, ‘how the hell do they come up with this stuff?’, is now being answered for me as my own mind expands. I wonder if others who have studied astrology for years and years are seeing a change in it also or is it my own experience.

[onawah]

Most welcome, Tessfreq.
I have next to no technical knowledge of astrology, as I am much more an intuitive than technically oriented thinker.
But this Aussie astrologer has a great way of describing the energies and issues that are coming up these days, and that has really been helpful for me in dealing with my own process and understand better what others are experiencing.
The shifts just seem to be getting bigger and bigger on a very cosmic scale, and it feels to me like if I don't have some kind of grasp at least of what changes the closer-to-home sources are creating, it would be easy to just sink into a maelstrom of confusing and conflicting waves, as I suspect a lot of people may be feeling.
https://emmadumitra.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/oceanwaves.jpg

[onawah]

All eyes back on MARS this week
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/13599788_876442455793252_3835341102070751824_n.jpg?oh=343f2adcfb5486fa8218f95fc8832fcc&oe=57EBCDE2
⚡️COSMIC UPDATE⚡️
All eyes back on MARS this week, who for the past month has been stationed at 23° Scorpio, able again to make direct moves after what must have seemed like an intensely stifling, incarcerating time.
Given too that during station, a quincunx to URANUS has made any break for freedom kinda impossible, the inner warrior was perhaps more prone to stew in his own seething juices and douse himself with his addictions.
This week another quincunx to Vesta, goddess of devotion to one's sacred cause, forms a YOD to Mars, and with the GRAND WATER TRINE to SUN/MERCURY and CHIRON, a new mission is formed.
A new battle to fight, in a what may become an almighty holy war - this is not just another futile cause. It is time for the masculine in each of us to reach out assertively to those who need help and healing. We do not need to be aggressive - in fact, the more subtle and indirect our methods, the more effective.
A revolution is coming. We are working to build a new world order. It is in the effectiveness of our ability to transform destructive energies into constructive ones, as well as exercising the discretion to apply destructive energies where they are most needed to clear the way for something higher that will pave the immediate road ahead.
The battle is within ourselves - in not reacting but using enough insight to get to the heart of a conflict and hence resolve it or direct it along positive lines, rather than creating vicious cycles.
Understanding now that acting in rage is just simple bloodlust, a frenzied savagery that neither knows nor cares what its target is, so damaging when it strikes out without warning.
However, when a true warrior of the light can give himself to it knowingly, it can be served up as cold as it can be scalding, as reasonable as it can be lethal. To embrace one's rage is to embrace a magnificence, a glory, a denial of all restraint but not of reason. It has a pure, alchemical purpose, unencumbered by compassion or terror or pity, and its transformative effects are immeasurable.
....full week@http://angstoic.com/2016/07/week-ahead-july-11-18/

[onawah]

So now it's Mercury's turn to pass the ♄/♆ midpoint,

⚡️COSMIC UPDATE⚡️
So now it's Mercury's turn to pass the ♄/♆ midpoint, and in a whimsical, Cancerian way, the test will be to communicate in a such a way that is both sensitive yet sober-minded enough to see things for what they are. And accept what they can never be.
We are often so caught up in our instinctive, habitual ways to see things objectively.
But enough is enough. Some things can no longer be ignored.
Observe how negative psychic forces continue to cause upsets to your nervous system.
Observe the frustration that arises when you fail to pick up on the subtle (difficult to say) messages someone close to you is trying to relate.
Observe how, in your adherence to some capricious, often highly subjective idea you tend create only chaos and confusion in the order of things around you.
Mercury's involvement in a Grand Water Trine with Mars/Chiron strongly accentuates that this is time to clear away the mucky dross, and to be fierce with dealing with any unkind or destructive energies.
Yes, it time to be decisively serious, yet with a sense of subtlety in how you get your point across.
This is no time for ambiguities - time to put our minds to work in order to bring healing into a situation that is no longer fruitfully sustainable.
....more@http://angstoic.com/2016/07/week-ahead-july-11-18/

[onawah]

VENUS/MERCURY/SUN, MARS, CHIRON – GRAND WATER TRINE (July)
http://angstoic.com/2016/07/venus-mars-chiron-grand-water-trine/

VENUS – July 6-8

In spite of its intensity and drama, this week can also create a soothing environment through which we process some deeply personal matters. This is a rare, and healing moment where we can clearly see where we are getting stuck within our affairs. Your spirit will guide you to clearly overcome any little hang-ups you may have with the aesthetic, the attractive, the sexy, the emotionally comforting and the physically warming.

Those things are important, but such is the soul-stirring now that any slight compromise to our inner voice for the pursuit of purely whimsical desires and securities may seem hollow, worthless and ultimately obstructive to our path forward.

So it is important to see that there is a deeper meaning and purpose to all our struggles, Our current conflicts are necessary. They are a vital part of the healing process, serving to reactivate and propel our spiritual growth.

Let’s look at every clash as a deep realisation that our differences are a necessary part of understanding our relationship to this moment. They are to be celebrated rather than berated. Notice that every conflict is an opportunity for us to find something constructive and of value in those with whom we find ourselves closely enmeshed.

Your intuition will always know just what is working and what isn’t. Ask yourself – am I being fair and generous in my disputes? Is my thinking kept along simple lines? Am I listening to those things not being said? What are those telling me? Is my criticising others merely a craving for the very qualities that I lack myself? What am I trying to tell them?

Anyway, there can be no healing without crisis – some degree of discomfort or pain is necessary (darn it). Whilst it can be a tender, delicate task, always scan for the root cause. If your home or dwelling is not close to the ground, your lifestyle not modest, graceful, humble, your work not enjoyable, if you are not being present in your family life, feeling more controlled than governed, then it is time to become unstuck from any static ties and move forward.

In doing so, you promise to release others to do the same.
MERCURY, July 12-13

So now it’s Mercury’s turn to pass the ♄/♆ midpoint, and in a whimsical, Cancerian way, the test will be to communicate in a such a way that is both sensitive yet sober-minded enough to see things for what they are. And accept what they can never be.
We are often so caught up in our instinctive, habitual ways to see things objectively.

But enough is enough. Some things can no longer be ignored.

Observe how negative psychic forces continue to cause upsets to your nervous system.
Observe the frustration that arises when you fail to pick up on the subtle (difficult to say) messages someone close to you is trying to relate.
Observe how, in your adherence to some capricious, often highly subjective idea you tend create only chaos and confusion in the order of things around you.

Mercury’s involvement in a Grand Water Trine with Mars/Chiron strongly accentuates that this is time to clear away the mucky dross, and to be fierce with dealing with any unkind or destructive energies.
Yes, it time to be decisively serious, yet with a sense of subtlety in how you get your point across.

This is no time for ambiguities – time to put our minds to work in order to bring healing into a situation that is no longer fruitfully sustainable.

[onawah]

Cosmic Scopes: Grand Water Trine Activation – July 17
http://angstoic.com/2016/07/cosmic-scopes-grand-water-trine-activation-july-17/

The grand water trine between Sun/Mars/Chiron (Sunday 17th July) will inspire many with the Spiritual Light to act, and not repress, those powerfully emotional impulses when felt. It has the power to bless us all with a new ability to shed enormous light upon what is the real source and true nature of conflict, wounding, pain and the shame that surrounds it, and what they have to teach us so that we may apply our learnings to help others to heal and transform themselves.

[onawah]

Full Moon at 27°40′ Capricorn – July 19, 2016, 22:57 UTC
Cosmic Update
http://angstoic.com/2016/07/full-moon-2740-capricorn-july-19-2016-2257-utc/

Did you ever get yourself into a situation – say a deal, a partnership or a relationship of some kind where you failed to properly estimate the responsibilities involved?
Why did you do that?
Most likely because, on a whim, it seemed like a jolly good idea at the time.

Perhaps on some level it made you feel warm and fuzzy when you most needed it. It may have seemed familiar, non-threatening, accepting you as a member of the clan, promising you some level of safety or security, some degree of comfort or joy. You became enthused and your instinct was just to go with it.

And it seemed fine, and fuzzy… at the time.

Until you took it home. And then, soon after the fuzziness wore off, you began to notice that there were a string of practical matters that needed to be considered, certain terms and conditions that needed to be met in order to maintain that initial fuzziness. Some of those practical matters may have been bearable in the beginning because they were in some way in alignment with what you were prepared to do. However, as would be gradually revealed, many other practical matters were simply hard work. And though you gritted your teeth and went along with those, merely for the purpose of restoring that initial feeling of comfort, you may have found that you had to kinda lie to yourself, to kid yourself (and others) that this was what you wanted after all. And the more you had to work at it to keep it going, the greater that lie you continued to tell yourself became.

And though at some later point you felt like you didn’t want to stay – that circumstances had become such a crashing bore, that every thing about them was a chore, but out of habit (nothing more), and maybe fear for what’s in store, you chose instead to stay and stick it out, and in the end, although you swore you couldn’t take it any more, you couldn’t leave (you were its whore).

Would have been a shame to leave, right? After all, you had gotten so used to it – became conditioned to put up with even the most excruciating ordeals to emulate that now elusive ‘fuzziness’; and though in reality things became far from any ideal you may have held in your heart; and though it promised you no freedom, and though the circumstances around you became tougher and more gruelling, more demanding, you became stuck there because you still felt like this was how it was meant to be. Karmic union, yes?

Somehow you convinced yourself that for the sake of familiarity, and out of force of habit, you would persist with it because you had become ingrained and conditioned to put up with this existence. As such, the dream inside your heart became hardened, the voice inside became silenced, and after a while you could not imagine anything else, so like a diligent patron to the system you subscribed, you felt it was important to stick around and do the work.

It’s true – nothing comes for free. It has to be earned. And with hard work – struggles – comes respect. Nobody out there is ever going to respect you if you don’t take on your share of duties and responsibilities in anything you choose to be engaged.

What if, however, if at some point in that engagement, you suspected that you might have overextended your capabilities, or your overall satisfaction was severely compromised in the affair? Or that your resources had run out and you were no longer able to give any more? What if what was asked of you in that relationship was not only unreasonable, but downright oppressive? Or you noticed that you were feeling increasingly depleted, depressed or just sick?

REALITY CHECK: Try as you might, the initial appeal of the enterprise failed to bring you to that idealised place of comfort and security for which you hoped, and furthermore, its unreasonable demands upon your basic life force now threaten to obscure, diminish or deny the very best things about you. What if this partnership, this deal you entered in good faith, turns out to be your greatest nightmare?

FORCIBLE SOLUTION: Sudden break for freedom, brought about by an electrical resistance.

Can you feel yourself smashing through all convention in just one fell swipe?

Bah…

Your instinct taught you that you had to punch on. More out of obligation to preserve your place in society (after all contracts are contracts). Think what might happen if you choose to pull away: What will people say? The neighbours… those folks at work…your parents… the kids!!

You wouldn’t want to appear like a failure to them. Your social reputation as a ‘success’ seemed at stake here.

Over a sustained period, you had learned to suppress that inner voice. By now your heart had long given up trying to warn you that you’re going against your nature. In your conditioned mind you felt like there was only one road forward for you. So you pressed on with that, hopelessly trying to do whatever was required of you to earn your much sought after respectability, often under increased expectation and admonishment from those above you, those who psychologically forced you to make increased efforts to carry your sorry ass through this. Eventually, (like now), you may have found yourself becoming inwardly more repressed and most depressed, rather to the point that you could now no longer even remember how to make yourself see any sunshine again.

[sigh]

Is any of the above in any way true for you?


Are you feeling physically tired?
Mentally and physically exhausted?
Are your spirits low?
Feeling powerless?
No money left?
Feeling unloving or unlovable?

Do you feel trapped by the responsibilities that you have taken on in your exterior world; feel pressured into a position which is not allowing you to express the very essence of what you are really all about? Is your world treating you in ways which are not allowing you to feel nurtured or supported, merely judged against a system that demands your conformity, mediocrity, ordinariness?

In a word, do you feel enslaved by your situation?

Chances are that deep inside you is a voice that yearns for a day when you could find some release from all that. That you could find a ways to suddenly break away from all of that.

That day is here.

This day.

This fateful Full Moon in Capricorn day.

[betoobig]

Oh, and for now, the best way to avoid misunderstandings?
Simply observe, without trying too hard to pass judgement on what may oftentimes appear as simply insane, unkind or utterly ridiculous (in other words, what we cannot immediately understand).

Do you think you can do that?

Oh, please, count on me
Much love

[onawah]

MOON in CAPRICORN (a meditation)
http://angstoic.com/2015/12/moon-in-capricorn-a-meditation/

Sometimes life only serves as a melodramatic re-Minder of just how easily we are drawn apart. One voice is calling you this way, another calls you towards the opposite direction, and then again, a third voice summons you at cross-purposes to both. They are all very loud, and sometimes very forceful. They’re trying to remind you of stuff you need to tend to out there. So to retreat, another voice again may call you, urging you to run and hide away in a whole different direction altogether…

If you allow yourself to become partial to the many callings of the very busy, responsibility-laden, slave-driving mind of yours, then, at times like these, you will appear to act in wild discord with your true self.

Come back into your inner being and listen to the powerful voice that speaks to you directly from within.

Only you can hear that voice. That voice is distinctly yours.

But you must become still.

Still your mind. No single thought can ever claim to be your true inner voice…. in truth all thoughts are NOT your own. “God’s” voice comes in to you through angelic realms – and these realms are in the space between the smoke-and-mirror illusions that are created in your mind by the thoughts and ideas that possess you. Learn to un-become affected by these [even these very words here in my text could possess you and make you dependant].

Your true calling is speaking to you all the time… if you listen with openness and love for your own dear heart, you will discover that you are ok… Perfect actually.

Love your self with all the magnificence of your grace… listen to how your self is sending you fresh re-minders constantly that you are worthy to become love incarnate. Your loving grace can radiate a warmth and lightness, shine even unto the darkest, hidden recesses of your soul, and bring back joy into your own heart and to those of others…

Every time you breathe deeply with intent, you call yourself back deep into your centre. You stand firm to silence all those other voices that pull you apart in all directions. Stand firmly into the centre of your temple and create a space to hear the only true voice. The voice of inner reason. You can do this, in this moment, now… it’s a little miracle… hear that voice (even for a split second).
Breathe in deeply.

Now, as you slowly exhale, take the strength to make a decision based firmly only on that voice. (It takes a lot of courage to take action upon this). Now follow through with firm determined steps to get to where you are being guided. Your vocation only exists in this one place (here), and is available to you right now. Free of ‘charge’. And it wants nothing FROM you. Only the best direction FOR you.

This is the true voice of responsibility.

Breathe deep into your heart… and listen to the voice that you exhale.

Blessings.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: July 18-25 :sun:
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This week, no small fry in the series of big weeks in July.

The big event for us of course is Tuesday’s Full Moon at 27°40′ Capricorn – covered at length, in 2 parts here

We’re seeing massive breakdowns, on every level.
Again a gentle reminder to not engage in making good/bad judgments. Even the atrocities and really painful stuff must be seen as nature’s way of trying to broker some shift away from liberty, one that is true, not one that is sold to some of us as ‘liberty’ but somehow comes at the extreme cost of oppression and hardship to many.

Time to start looking beneath the surface, reading between the lines.

It would appear that the world is now starting to become so irrefutably insistent on striking total independence. We will observe a lot more unrest, disruption, and hurt feelings or misunderstandings. Therefore, must stay mindful not to get involved in the mania and recklessness out there. Much will persist to want to break up.

Allow it. Don’t join it, don’t fight it. Let it go, let it be free.

Of course, some of the letting go might hurt. But big changes are inevitable where circumstances become exposed as unworkable or unrealistic. If you are going to be part of the revolution, let it be a revolution in the head.

Let the pundits fight it out there. Just focus on maintaining a neutral perspective that this little hiccup in linear time is absolutely necessary.

As our dear friend Uranus, ruler of the fourth-dimensional field, enters the Saturn/Neptune (3D vs 5D) scenario, coming to station (July 29 @24°♈30’Rx) less than one degree off an exact sesqui-quadrate to Saturn (stationing on Aug 13), fiery tension (as well as irritability and inhibition) will remain tight over this whole next month, tightening most intensely through August, not releasing till mid September.

So great rumblings ahead. As stated in last month’s ‘July Forecast‘ – “Social activists will be championing their favourite causes, conservative leaders will be challenged and overcome by more liberal, or radical chieftains, but most significantly, innovators and scientists would unveil such phenomenal discoveries that would essentially revolutionize the world of commerce and communication as we know it. This period also activates the true, hyper-kinetic CRYSTAL CHILDREN, born in the last 30-40 years, whose effect on raising global consciousness will take on many disruptive forms – some very difficult to cope with, let alone understand. These will eventually wipe out our entire notion of all we know about the current, standard model of the 3D universe (the world of matter and density) in less than two more generations.”

Observe what is happening with keen interest, but be mindful that very little calls for your direct involvement. Very little has to do with you per se. This last few days of July is a very good time to separate yourself from anything that continues to play into the dense world of fear, judgement and oppression.
An intensive analysis & study of the main aspects this week, activating through this critical Full Moon is included here in Part 2 of our Full Moon report. This is a phenomenal time in world security, and as ‘leaders’ juxtapose their plans to defend us, ‘followers’ seem to be not following as easily.

The Sun moves into Leo on Friday (July 22), turning the spotlight away from areas of security and comfortability with ourselves (Cancer) to self-awareness and confidence (Leo) highlighting where we shine brightest, and how we express ourselves most uniquely. Leo the lion is about sovereignty, so it’s going to be an interesting month.
So stay on the sunny side, at least until the end of the week, knowing of course that this Full Moon will mark a time of great endings for many, particularly on the home/domestic front.
After all, there’s really no security left in clinging to the dross and dead wood of yesterday, and sad as it may be, it can no longer care for you because deep down – in truth – you have lost faith in that illusion.
Have an amazing week xx
Blessings,


Pre-FULL MOON conjunct PLUTO
The Capricorn MOON is now 24 hours away from it's FULL opposition to the SUN.
Ruled by Saturn, she is the no-nonsense feminine force whose sober, unemotional, almost unfeeling devotion to duty and responsibility will allow her to withstand even the most heartfelt-embracing, warmest, clingiest, most accommodating clutches of that Cancer Sun.
"It's time", she says, and as she now joins forces with that dark overlord PLUTO, she bears a grave, one-sided and heavy force to see that what must be done is executed to the full, terminal thrust of her conviction.
In this very painful, yet necessary process of ELIMINATION - in this relinquishing of all those things that either cling to us, or that we cling upon for comfort and security - in the LETTING GO of that which we are NOT, our curiosity and wonderment is allowed to return to what in fact we ARE.
FULL MOON is tomorrow (22:57 UTC).
SUN will move into LEO in three days (SOVEREIGNTY)

[onawah]

A s t r o l o g y . O f . N o w


it is our ability to celebrate an event, to hold ceremony, a religious observance or rite of passage that distinguishes our behaviour as uniquely human.
From birthdays to funerals, from to sundays to 'bank holidays', from easter, ramadan, yom kippur, navaratri, new year and christmas, from full moon to solar eclipse, we mark down special moments as unique, hold a sacred space, and join together with others to observe the 'holiness' of our unique human experience.
It is this ability to occasionally pause from life's mundane routine and to honour the moment as something higher that lifts our spirits and puts more meaning into our ordinary lives.
In this sense, we also hold the power to celebrate every moment as sacred.
Honouring our day, showing gratitude, reflecting on a 'negative' experience as an opportunity to take some learnings or growth, or simply sitting with oneself to observe the wonder and joy of simply being alive at this phenomenal time in world history that can also be an occasion to celebrate.
One doesn't need an excuse to celebrate - simply a reason to hold this unique and precious moment as sacred. When one observes without judgment, one discovers that every moment grants us permission to revel and delight in this 'human experience'.
Blessings for this moment.
Let us dance!

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: July 25-31
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This last week of this very long, tiring month of July promises only one thing: More surprises in ways that many of us will by now have come to accept as a part of our daily diet, regimen and routine.

More surprises?

With Uranus, Lord of disruption to the established order of things coming to station at 24°♈30’Rx on Friday (Jul 29, 17:45 UTC), we must come to terms with the reality that our precious, orderly world (♄) – now besieged by the floods and changing moods of insecurity and heightening sensitivity (□♆) over the past two months – is presenting a state of the strangest manifestations in how we are to approach the underlying problems of our formerly cherished social order.

Whilst this is perhaps not the most comforting news to many of you, who are perhaps already approaching a state of exhaustion trying to maintain some level of sanity, it must be said that never has there been a more pressing time to snap away from the formula and look outside the square for a more original and unique way to find insights into problems whose nature is actually hidden nature, and in this find ways to employ your ingenuity and imagination to deal with a fast eroding physical reality.

Sounds pretty complicated doesn’t it?

It almost needs to be. With Uranus coming to a halt this week, his turning retrograde turns that the urge to pursue a genuinely unique direction into an internalised process. Like a mad professor who locks himself away in his lab to experiment on some new invention or theory, or the revolutionary who shuts himself in his attic to draft his wild manifesto, or the meditator who distances himself to a mountain top to channel profound new insights towards a more progressive way of being – this energy is held within, pulsing and re-pulsing through one’s entire nervous system, producing a clear, profoundly analytical formula towards exposing a ‘provocative new truth’, to be revealed (or unleashed) when this provocative planet finally goes into direct motion again (Dec 29).


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In this way Uranus Rx affects us all. We launch into a deeper, more personalised connection to our inner revolutionary voice so that we can access a glimpse of something new, something evocative and wild in these next few months. With Uranus in Aries, there are many self-satisfied elements infused into the utopian plan. One thing is certain, with the isolationist tendencies already raised by the prevailing Saturn/Neptune square (Jun-Sep) we will be increasingly seeking much solitude to explore our foray into a whole new dimension of mental activity, one that will intuitively guide us to contemplate a whole new understanding in our lives, or perhaps the lives of those around us.
For my clients and those of you following my work on the Cosmic Tribe, it is undoubtable that by now you at least understand the value of harnessing the power of this precious moment as the pivotal time to relinquish all baggage. Those wise enough are learning not to squander their precious energy on matters that do not concern them, and are perhaps even learning to avoid them gracefully.

The writing is now sprawled upon every wall in every city, in every state of every nation.

“It’s time to change our ways”.

The tension between those old, established patterns and the emerging new ways of being will become inescapable now, as Saturn slows to go direct himself soon (Aug 13). We are going to have to deal with anything that upsets us as brave, mature adults. In this next few weeks, as these two discordant planets stop and grind against one another (sesquisquare), the desire for safe, orderly and conventional organisation comes into profoundly uneasy conflict with the mad desire to break away and experiment with different things and new methods.

More reminders, more upsets and turbulent events in our daily lives – almost constantly now signifies how critical the need to take our own unique abilities and gifts more seriously – and put them into action, use them. Suddenly the urge to break out of old programming and restrictions comes to override that dreaded fear of letting go. Even the most rigid, obstinate, ignorant or self-absorbed in stupor will succumb to flashes of insight into what is not working in their lives, and either choose, or be forced to look at new ways and inspirations in how to fix it.

Tuesday’s Aries Moon will pass through this highly agitated point (24°♈30′) accentuating nicely what we are talking about here. Those who are highly sensitive to others will reach their limit now, having an aversely negative reaction to whatever is bothersome or irritating, breaking away, often without much warning or even much thought. Needless to say that it is wise to be on the highest levels of awareness about ourselves.

Our threshold of tolerance for nonsense from this point forward becomes incredibly low, so be cautious that either you, or others in your world do not cause a sudden ‘riot’, in a rash retaliation to something that they abruptly realise isn’t working for them any more. The Leo Sun has an uncomfortable way of bringing the drama out into the open.

With this ‘grind and irritation’ being the main theme all around us now, it is advisable for all who care to stay sensible, present and aware to find themselves their quiet little personal chamber, cubicle, corner, dungeon, tower, etc. where they can isolate themselves a little and work in stillness and solitude on their ‘being in present time’ practice.

With the Sun now in Leo, there can be a lot of undue ‘heroics’ around, which in the lowest, most egotistical expression can become proud, belligerent battles for domination and dominion. Let us employ the higher ray of Leo consciousness and be radiantly aware that this is not about you – this is about ‘it’ (it’ being the ‘walking our talk with the greater Spirit‘).

Intercepting the excruciating pressures of the linear, structured world is going to take some technique, tools and practice. It will not happen by ‘accident’.

Make change in your world a matter of conscious choices, not as a blind reaction to hapless events or ‘accidents’ now.

Be present,
And have an amazing week,
Blessings xx

[onawah]

Cosmic Update / The Saturn-Uranus Principle: What time is Now?

http://angstoic.com/2015/10/the-saturn-uranus-principle-what-time-is-it/

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In an astounding coincidence, Saturn's third and final sesqui-square (135°) to Uranus (Oct 2015) at the same degree (SA-03°Sg05'/ UR-18°Ar05'Rx) as when the pair met on May 4, 2015. That time it was Uranus who was retrograde. The combination of these two very contrary forces now (July-August) come within 00° 22' of a sustained sesquisquare. This is because both of these heavy planets are stationing. Uranus is set to go retrograde (July 29), whilst Saturn is about to go direct (Aug 13). Their hard aspect combination is never easy, but their final together creates a sore point for those whose natal charts are directly affected by this transit.
⚡️COSMIC TRIBE UPDATE⚡️
ARIES MOON conjunct URANUS, sqq SATURN
Emotional tensions are building to an all-time high this month, with sudden bursts of strained energy emanating out of the unconscious into the world around us.
The Moon, ruler of moods and emotions connects with Uranus (Ouranos), ruler of the skies, to bring us all into the current moment. As most of us are trying to make sense of this linear, structured world (Saturn) we are reminded that we are trapped in a prism - a device which holds us in order, but it denies, delays and frustrates our ability to experience ourselves in the present tense.
In the 3D world of fear, judgment, anger there is no time for anything but a frantic struggle 'fix' and firm up our situation. As we are witnessing, this world seems battered, hopelessly out of touch and morbidly forlorn.
Time to cut ties with it. It's not working for us.
We need a new way.
A sustained hold by stationing Uranus over Saturn this next month brings realisation to humanity that these ongoing structures are no longer sustainable. Great inhibitions and irritations build gradually, and the reaction will be to lash out unpredictably, often without much thought of the consequences. This has the power to wreak all kinds of emotional havoc on those around us, and in a cumulative sense, add to the collective social unrest.
Are you feeling annoyed? Stressed by the inconsistencies and failings of the 'real' world?
You need to come to the present moment, fast. Somehow, you need to summon the discipline necessary to view the failures or the dysfunctions of your world as an opportunity to come up with an innovative solution. Avoid acting in rash, immature ways, understanding that these actions only fuel an emotional war that not only threatens to destroy your own peace, but the lives of those around you.
Hold all action for a moment, breathe.
Come to this present instance.
Embrace the god of spontaneity and insight.
Ask for a new way to handle things.
Let go of the old way, it isn't going to work for you any more.
Act with vision.
Liberate yourself from the prism of repetition.

[onawah]

MERCURY / CHIRON
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Notice the pull now to reconnect with those who wish to discuss matters of healing, or bridge the broken pathways of communication that have only held us stuck in an infernal rut of psychic bitterness and dismay.
What is being created here, by some exceptionally sensitive individuals, are some unlikely channels to relay spiritual messages that we most sorely need to hear.
Will the ego subside long enough for these messages to come through and permeate our battered senses?
Among the escalating madness of our exterior world (or perhaps because of it) we have a chance to leave behind the toxic residue of mental anguish and to listen. It’s time to rise above the limitations that we place on one another with our heavy, rigid thoughts.
People do make mistakes;
Say unwise things;
Then they hold onto these without ever relenting to unlock the pain they choose to store away.
And life’s too short to carry grudges.
Someone may now be able to relay ideas that come directly from spiritual dimensions. Communication through angels or beings beyond the physical realms helps us connect to others in some uncanny ways, at the most propitious time They bring us closer into contact with those who really need our help, or maybe someone comes along to help shake us out of an awful rut.
Hope the message to leave behind any ideas that keep you stuck in the past manages to reach you.
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

The Cosmic Dancer


What's going on in the world hey?
It's all gone a little crazy, and frankly, I'm a little delighted.
The month ahead, kicked off by Uranus (Cosmic Bus) turning retrograde, asks us to 'look outside the box', whilst keeping all limbs close to the body.
[No baggage thanks].
Enjoy your monthly blueprint for the journey ahead of us...“Love said to me, ‘You are not crazy enough, you do not fit this house.’ I went and became crazy; crazy enough to be in chains.”
~ Rumi

On the surface, it would appear as if the world has now clearly split between the mundane versus the unusual, the conventional versus the bizarre, the 'normal' versus the 'bat**** crazy'...

On which side do you see yourself?

Regardless - as irritating as this situation may be to either side, neither seems totally comfortable with its own kind either.

What's going on?

Seems like the contrast of differences, as outlandishly freaky as these are becoming, are equally as repugnant as our similarities.

Blandness and weirdness, side by side.
And every moment, you're forced to decide...

Such is the delightful absurdity that envelops us all in the month ahead.

TRIBE MESSAGE – AUGUST FORECAST
Did July deliver perhaps one of the most tense months that we have seen for a long time? To many, it may have seemed like it was never going to end as the stationing Uranus (now retrograde) became locked into an uncomfortable gridlock with Saturn (also stationing mid-August). It appears to many as if time is standing still, like some extraordinary force is calling us to come to the present moment in order to deal with an increasing discontentment about the state of our increasingly unstable affairs - a force that holds our old, established patterns against a possible new way of being. Many critical transits this month, including the continued Saturn/Neptune square, its alignment to the Nodes, the Leo New Moon, Aquarius Full Moon, Mars finally leaving Scorpio to later conjunct Saturn, Mercury's retrograde forming a rare, 3-week conjunction with Jupiter, and much, much more... These are not ordinary times - by any modern recollection. We are, indeed, living in interesting times.


http://angstoic.com/2016/07/tribe-message-august-forecast/

[onawah]

SUN in conjunct NEPTUNE
August 1, 2015
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And then there's days when, under extreme vulnerability, we get it all out of proportion. Confusion ensues.

Perhaps this last week has a been tiring, emotions up and down, direction seems unclear and tensions wearing thin upon the body manifest as physical/mental weaknesses and sensitivities. Our whole vitality/decision making faculty becomes abominably skewed.

Just like diffracted sunlight being dispersed in random, indiscriminate directions, arising misconceptions easily turn into misunderstandings.
Fears of feeling cheated and undermined can make us weak and ineffectual, and all attempts to work things out just end up further sullying the matter .

Frustrating.

Just LEAVE it.
Go time out somewhere.

Things are NOT going to work right now.

A good day just to vacate. Mind and body.

[onawah]

LEO New Moon at 10°♌58′, August 2, 20:45 UTC
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Only moments after Mars leaves Scorpio to enter Sagittarius, the intuitive, instinctively creative and rather playful pussycat Leo Moon, joins forces by passing before the Leo Sun, whose proud, self-assertive and magnificently radiant corona creates the most promising, most gloriously spectacular moment of our lunar month.

New Moons generally kick off a brand new personal creative venture for each of us. If the New Moon degree aligns to a personal point or planet, or is in an angular house, this is an important month for you. Since the gentle Luna light is completely absent from our night skies, it leaves us all to ponder our infiniteness in the mystique of the dark and starry night. What new developments may come and what, indeed, is held in store for us in the exciting month ahead?

Leo rules the heart, the body’s central organ, whose calibration to world around us determines just how much we will invest, and how much we will withhold (fixed) of our own integral spirit (fire).

This New Moon’s trine to Saturn (in Sagittarius) helps determine and define just how much we will apply or ignore our fears of being hurt, or caught out, or humiliated in the face of what we stand for – the courage and conviction we will show for those things in which we we believe.Leo is always matter of integrity, and the Saturn trine is about standing true to what we believe.

Since our beliefs are largely a result of the emotional investment that we place on our ideas, this is a time when we will ask whether we are satisfied with the story we play out for others. Is it our our story, or a role we have been selected, trained, programmed or ordained to play?

Are we living a life of authenticity – one that is generated from our heart centre, or is this the time where we begin to unfold our own unique myth?

We are now challenged to demonstrate our passion for those concepts that we may adopt as uniquely ours. In the greater scheme of things, the only thing we may regret now is that we are not living our life boldly enough, that we do not invest enough of our heart, not loving enough.

Nothing else really counts at all.

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Leo is ruled by the Sun – the star that is central to our Solar system. Stars, by nature, are creative power sources. Exuding their warm, loving glow, illuminating us with light, they are magnetic and their electrifying presence infuses animation and life into all those who gravitate to orbit around them. To express yourself in Leo mode means to be in love with life, to embellish the beauty and joy in all of those around you with your warm, gregarious heart, to dance with them, make music with them, engage in a little drama and a little poetry and song with all that circles around.

Life is an ensemble with Leo, whose conscious, proud, confident, generous, magnificently regal ‘champion of the people’ (the benevolent king/queen), understands that whilst they are the centre of creation, their experience is not necessarily only about them. In giving light and love, they honour that everyone around them is capable of expressing their own star power, acting as co-creators.

The lower frequency of Leo, whose self-conscious, personally ambitious, snobbish, vain, excessively needy and domineering ways generally result in the largely unsavoury dictatorial tyrant who feels threatened by the power and sovereignty of others. It is these who are most likely to become humanised – humbled and humiliated by a quincunx to Neptune, a spiritualising force which seeks to defray, undermine and debilitate those humbugs who insist on acting out of hubris rather than from love and kindness.

This year, we see a different, more evolved Leo emerging on this auspicious New Moon. It is one whose resolve is to stand firm, to stand certain and determined that when practising a mindful, wilfully meditative approach (one might even say a ‘proud sense of humility’), they also stand to accomplish much more for their kind than if they would force their rigid will upon others belligerently, or unyielding, inflexible ways.

One thing is certain – those who aspire to shine brightest among us during this time will set their firm intention that they will uphold and maintain their integrity – not as a need or desire to receive love and admiration from others. Those who aspire to attain true sovereignty will not seek to be respected by those who love them, but to how well they can demonstrate that they can shine without them.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead – 8-14 August

✺ (T) MERCURY conjunct N.NODE - desire to connect, discuss, analyse)
✺ (W) QUARTER MOON @18°♏32' - fight to the death (even if it kills me)
✺ (W) MERCURY trine PLUTO - sharp, deep & thorough judgment
✺ (F) JUPITER opp CHIRON - torn between the shame and the lesson to be learned
✺ (Sa) Saturn goes Direct - Judgment ready to be passed down
✺ (Sa) JUPITER quincunx URANUS - reigning in the weirdness for the sake of getting on

With all outer planets (♄ ♅ ♆ ♇) and Chiron currently in retrograde, there is plenty of soul searching going on. It has been a tumultuous few months and as Saturn prepares to go direct, many of our recent, most inexplicable and rather strange experiences will be questioned. They will be formally judged and attempts will be made by all the experts to fit them into a proper structure, squeeze them back into a box as it were, in the hope that by containing anything we found revolting we may better understand how and why our system has fallen into such a disarray.
Two planets in particular are still locking horns....

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FIRST QUARTER MOON @18°♏32' - Wednesday Aug 10 18:22 UTC

With the SUN in LEO squaring the Scorpio Moon we are talking about one intensely charged encounter. Whatever your intention with last week’s New Moon – however your intent to shine upon others by being your best possible self, now comes the first real test: A staunch reminder that to make it, you’re going to have to prove that you not only have the passion and the temperament, but just how well can you maintain your composure and control that temper in the face of conflict…

Are you the real deal, or are you prancing about like a pussy?

The objective with both these fixed signs is to be on top – to win. Neither likes to stand down – entering the contest to lose is not an option. Emotions could run high these next couple of days, and if tempers flare, matters could easily escalate beyond the point of humiliation or repair.

They say that pride comes just before a fall, and if you sense pride entering this debate then know too that this could become a vicious struggle to the end.

High moral grounds, quick judgement upon things we barely understand, grandiose standards, to which one doesn’t meet themselves, fiercely defended biases, heated & dramatic power struggles and scathing games of oneupmanship…

Someone is bound to be stung. Nobody wins if it turns nasty.

Needless to say, if you see any of that lower end, immature, unevolved ego-based matter then back right out immediately. Even as a spectator, total descent from grace is not an easy things to see.

Very few instances where drama is deemed absolutely necessary, and always with poetic or creative license.

Why would we need the drama in our lives right now?

Well, integrity needs to be tested for authenticity – the conscious masculine will perform with heart, not dick.

Moral: Don’t be a d--k.

[onawah]

Leo/ Quarter Moon in Scorpio reading
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Seems you’re fighting two contrary forces within you, locked in a mean, internal conflict as you struggle to achieve some love and affection for yourself this week.

On the surface you are hankering to draw much hungered attention towards your identity, whilst meanwhile your more personal, instinctive side summons you to focus on your private, domestic, family obligations – aspects of you that are screaming for your attention or to pay your dues to their intrinsic needs. These may be begging or hurting for your love, understanding and support during these challenging times, and to make amends for more neglectful days gone by.
However, you may come to argue that you have a life all of your own, that nourishing the desires of your personal identity are just as important, which tends to create resentment over seeming acts of childish selfishness on your part, or your emotional immaturity to acknowledge your family needs.

You will be challenged now to try to integrate these two seemingly disparate areas without bringing in too much guilt or shame into the discussion. Also stay mindful that you don’t slip into one of your famous spells of self-proud evasiveness or utter self-destruction by burning away your bridges to past ties. If you attend to both your own needs and to those on the home front evenly, you might just manage to achieve some guilt-free personal fulfilment. This actually helps to give others what is theirs and renders you with what is rightfully yours. One supports the other.

It’s preferable that you find ways to express yourself that give you the best possible opportunity to express your tender sensitivity and intuitive understanding. Empathy is the key to unlocking any problem here. The best solution might be that you keep to yourself, focusing on cultivating as much warm-hearted presence as possible. Although the force of your personality and your ambition to be and do something important now is mighty, you would be wise (and most comfortable) in keeping a low-key profile at this point, at least until you have explored your feelings. Finding out what actually nourishes and supports you, and what triggers you into unconscious spells of self-destructiveness when you feel most insecure can only be done with a bit of quiet, (and courageous) self-reflection.

Even though you may come across as very independent and freedom-oriented now, you have to admit that you unconsciously rely quite heavily on others for support. Neglecting this truth could cause a painful little demolition, one that holds you from understand that all your strength and confidence, in fact, comes from within and sometimes it is tending and listening to those closest to you who can make you realise (after all your brave face gestures) just how emotionally vulnerable you are to the harsh criticism and abrasiveness of the outside world when you coldly deny their support.

Stay buoyant and truly shine by managing to keep those homefires burning (don’t burn down the house).


MOON conjunct LILITH in SCORPIO


No matter how much you are being triggered, how much your fear of abandonment or rejection possesses you to behave in ways that make you lash out catastrophically toward others, understand that these negative reactions are mostly due to the inner child's conditioning to a world where attachment and expectations from others is equated with love.
If you can just pull yourself aside for a moment, sit with your shadow, acknowledge that your insecurities rise not out of loving yourself too little, and others too much, but from the love you demand from others, in spite of your inability to truly love yourself, without judgement.
Come now.
Come together with yourself.
Accept your demons.
Nobody else has got this for you.

[onawah]

MERCURY 15°♍25' trine PLUTO♑


We are seeing much going on around us today, many details come streaming in. The subconscious force of taking a more mature, responsible attitude acts as a divine blessing to do something useful, purposeful with these thoughts and ideas.
Notice just how much deeper, more exhaustive your powers of observation (especially of trifles & trivialities) allows you to see into something, right down to the core root of its primary usefulness.
How is what you see useful to you? How can you use it?
It's often through our focused and persistent probing into the seemingly insignificant details that we uncover the true nature of our reality, and see opportunities to break down any limitations.

[onawah]

13 Aug: Saturn Stations to go direct @09°♐47′
SATURN NOW STATIONARY @9°♐46' (direct at 08:46 UTC)
Reality is looking suspiciously ordinary as TIME appears to be standing perfectly still now....
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Saturn’s journey inward began at the end of March, after the 2nd square to Jupiter, which sent us all into a flip flop journey of truth-seeking circum-analysis and study in trying to determine what on earth was going on with our reality. The two giants remained locked in square till the end of May, Jupiter’s rulership over growth and expansion becoming bleaker and more contracted over this time.
Then, in June, the master of reality became locked into another square with Neptune, ruler of illusion and alternative realms. This conflict continues.

Saturn’s constrictive rulership over 3D-structured reality mandates that all our thoughts, opinions, beliefs, and worldviews be strictly based on lifetimes of experience, study, and rational, objective analysis, not on premises, hypotheses, dreams, delusions and speculation.

However, when the old devil spun back into retrograde, his whole auditing process of ‘reality-formation’ became geared into a highly subjective selection process – the fact-gathering cogs of his device providing an understanding (with Saturn Rx in Sadge) that determines reality based only on what conveniently reinforces his chosen preconception or persuasions. This means that his reality system is heavily swayed and skewed by personal biases; a selective understanding of what we ‘know’ is real, based upon a tendency to search out or interpret information that only confirms his preconceptions. This, ultimately leads to statistical errors.

For instance, if we belong to the fraternity that believes that ‘Robin Hood’ is a baron criminal (not some good guy) we will only seek out and hear instances that incriminate, denounce his character and post him as a villain. We will dispute, deny, even ignore any nonsense that he is a folk hero, or people’s legend. We will not stand to listen to any reports or news that he is a ‘stealing from the rich to give to the poor’, we will only seek evidence to build a case that he is nothing other than a petty thief, a heartless outlaw whose offenses against the system only serve to disrupt the established order etc.

When Saturn goes retro, everybody has their version of reality, based on their confirmatory bias.

Through the highs and lows of these past few months, as Jupiter and Saturn remained in square, our beliefs were increasingly brought into question as we were forced to seriously question our morals, ethics, laws and judgements, the unwoven fabric of our society’s goals and ambitions to get along together as a tribe against the constructs of time and space.

What many of us had found through this time is that growth in the physical world is not as unlimited as previously advertised – not infinite as such. Through a greater, ever-increasing number of disappointments or delays (and later, as Saturn started to square Neptune in June) we had slowly become acquainted with the world of much disillusionment and pessimism, becoming increasingly suspicious that the promises, the guarantees and hocus pocus of the exterior world may inexplicably be incapable of making our dreams and aspirations really work out as we expected.

Did we take too much of a slanted view on how we choose to see reality?

So what to expect when the retrograde ‘arbiter of 3D reality’ finalises his appraisal (Rx since 29 March), and decides “it’s TIME” to get cracking forward with his big fat ugly stick of judgment?
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Here we see a different kind of fact-gathering, a strong case being built against any individual or group who has stretched their wild intentions, gone way too far, got too greedy, arrogant or unwise, forgot their manners, rules and ‘rightful social place’ in the pecking order – basically serving as a timely reminder that the 3D world is really not a place to be messed with – that there are rules and regulations that must be followed, and no shortcuts or misgivings will be allowed to slide without severe restrictions being imposed.

Saturn will try to make a solid case now.

Of course, the ruler of this establishment is being severely tested this month – a sesquisquare to Uranus sees the establishment fighting desperately the hold things in place against disruptive and increasingly revolutionary activity, and towards the end of this month and into September, Saturn faces his last stand with the ever-rising floods and tidal waves of Neptune, which threaten to completely erode the cliff face, seeing the old man plunge, head first, into the sea of sorrow and depression.

It will come to be seen that ‘absolute reality’ is just another version, of another story, and no matter how many join in on the consensus, the real truth remains elusive if we continue to pass arbitrary judgments.

Those of you still holding fearfully to laws, agreements & belief systems that do not serve a more compassionate, more forgiving, accepting and inclusive world will certainly know how it may feel to become beleaguered and besieged by an unknown, surreptitious and invisible force that threatens to completely leave you submerged in a sea of dismay and disillusionment.

Dreams must either come true by applying a healthy sense of realism, or they will be met with rude awakening, as early as the end of this month.

REALITY CHECK yourself.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

The Week Ahead – August 15-21
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✺ (T) VENUS conjunct N.NODE (13°♍30′) – openness to being ‘nice’
✺ (T) SUN quincunx CHIRON – reevaluating one’s ‘story’
✺ (Th) SUN trine URANUS – an awakening identity
✺ (Th) VENUS trine PLUTO – we all need a love resurrection
✺ (Th) FULL MOON (25°♒52′) – personal sovereignty vs group ideals, autocracy vs democracy,
✺ (F) MERCURY opp CHIRON – doubting the supernatural, raises discussion on alternative healing etc
✺ (F) MERCURY quincunx URANUS – any analysis fails to quite describe it



In a week where Saturn turns direct after a 4-month stint in retrograde, all attention turns toward trying to work out what the hell is going on in our reality, what to believe and what not to believe.

Saturn’s rulership over 3D-structured reality mandates that all our thoughts, opinions, beliefs, and worldviews are based on lifetimes of experience, study, and rational, objective analysis. However, when the old devil went into retrograde (March 29, his usual auditing process of ‘reality-formation’ became geared using very subjectively selective sources of fact gathering. A kind of wilful ignorance became the frenzy feeding the ‘status quo’, a motivated sense of reasoning that we prefer a certain reality over the truth.

It is mostly our tactical stupidity which has lead us to overlook what is obviously going on (from a 4D, objective perspective).

Hello people…

Your reality (whichever you fancied to faithfully chose to follow) is suffering a tremendous meltdown. And your media (mind information) sources have aided and abetted whatever beliefs you chose to espouse yourself to. Choose your reality, then swallow it down, wholesale. Pay later.

When Saturn goes retro, everybody has their version of reality, based on their confirmatory bias.

But now Saturn is going direct. And them ‘reality’ chickens are coming home to roost…

Do I sound like a bastard, telling you this? [that’s the voice of Saturn, right here already]. I’ll be talking a lot about Saturn in these coming weeks. To some, it will sound more like I’m reading out the riot act. To others (especially those following me on the Cosmic Bus), it will sound more like I’m reading the old man his last rites.

These are phenomenal times, unprecedented by any lot of folks before us, and if you are blessed enough to be alive and reading this right now, consider just how truly sanctified and consecrated a human being you are. This is not an accident that we are here, talking about the Lord of the Rings, like that. And i’m not talking Tolkien either… This is more real than reality TV.

Saturn has been in his retro shadow since the start of this year, [see more here], and will not leave the Rx shadow zone till mid-November. This means that any pressures or difficulties that may we have endured in our ‘getting of wisdom’ – through Saturn’s excruciating obstacle-course of limitation, separation, frustration and delay, will now be repeated until we fully get the point. Much of the 3D Saturnian suffering comes from our strong identification to physical form and material attachments. We are tested to see whether we are clinging unnecessarily to old, stupid, outdated or destructive beliefs’, and whether these are absolutely necessary to our ‘karmic journey’ or not…

…that’s for those who are into karma and all that.

What we are seeing now, which is quite profound really, is that certain people – ‘individuals’ of all kinds – are being awakened. Enough to know that they are not going to feed into this ‘karma’ nonsense any further. Observe our kids, for instance, who are slowly phasing out of being affected at all by the dramas and limitations of fear, judgement, hoarding of materials and harbouring insecurities.

A world without fear?

No way! Sounds out of control!!

Shut up. If you are reading this, then you have already heard of meditation. It’s a powerful tool, and it’s total 4D stuff. It’s like the opposite to pre-meditation, which is 3D’s idea of coming to any party, and moment pre-pared, pre-scribed and pre-judgementalised. Seems like that way isn’t getting us the desired results any longer. Meditation, the art of intercepting linear, 3D time (and all of its conditions) and coming into the present moment is the key to the new way.

Yes, a new way is coming… and it’s so exciting.

I’ll be spending more time talking about this stuff during the week – many of my clients and those of you who are members of the ‘Cosmic Tribe’ are already in the loop. There are special tools which I will be introducing, and coming back to video (this week), just to pick the pace up again.

Mars comes to conjunct Saturn in the next couple of weeks (24th August). Saturn, you old devil – stand still – I got you right in my crosshairs.

[onawah]

Full Moon at 25°52′ AQUARIUS, August 18, 09:28 UTC
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It’s Full Moon time again. Time to do our ritual dance under the glorious moonlit night sky.
Of course, astrologically Full Moons are Sun/Moon oppositions – a high-water time on our lunar calendar, where the world of feelings☽ becomes heightened, in diametric contrast, or contradiction to our conscious will☉.

The monthly polarisation between these two most personal astrological ‘lights’, usually highlights certain rising challenges which must be observed in our lives, specifically flavoured by the prevailing themes symbolised by the current sun/moon sign polarity.

With the Sun shimmering proudly in its domicile Leo against the emotionally aloof Aquarius Moon, we may get to see the following dichotomy of themes playing out very visibly in our world:

Leo

Aquarius

Me

We

I rule (autocracy)

people power (social democracy)

my decision (I know what’s best)

let’s put it to the vote (diversity)

check out my achievements

it’s a team effort, dude

Artist

Scientist

Lover

Friend

Master of the universe

Free Agent

These prevailing themes must be either dealt with in a direct, head-to-head fashion, or become mediated, somehow be integrated into our conscious/unconscious behavioural balance. Therefore it becomes a test to our level of maturity on how well we can consciously respond to our instinctive side. Something in our behaviour has to give in order for a personal evolution to occur.

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With Uranus in Aries sextile the Moon and trine the Sun, the usual stress of the opposition is eased and supported by innovatively exciting ways to achieve our desired balance. Much insight is coming through to inspire us to take action that, though provocative and new, will help to break us out of old patterns.

The Moon’s quincunx to the Mercury/Jupiter conjunction in Virgo (creating a yod with Uranus) is highly significant, ushering forth many surprising new analytical skills and insights from the subconscious which will facilitate breakthroughs and awakenings, both in science and spirituality. This will tend to benefit the individual more than the collective, manifesting as a personal determination to cut away from establishment, exterior organisation and order and focusing more on one’s own wit, power and authority to make decisions for oneself.

Since Mercury/Jupiter also opposes that shamanic teacher, healer and guide Chiron, we are also becoming introduced to the alternative dimensions of spirit and the sensitive, psychic realms. These are being brought through to us via relationships which awaken our rational minds to that of the imagination and fantasy.

So the the usual contrast that forces us to see and balance our more expressive, confident, proud Leo side, against our idealistic, egalitarian Aquarian side becomes enriched and inspired. Bearing in mind of course, that the T-square currently formed by Venus/Neptune/Nodes to Saturn, which does create difficulties as we seek to express ourselves intimately with others, yet feel restricted or blocked, psychologically cut off or wanting to withdraw. This is a theme that carries into Eclipse season next month, and what this Full Moon is telling us is that we need to take the gifts of innovation and inspiration to make personal change in order to transcend the grief that the 3D structured world is trying desperately to impose.

It is in many ways laying the final grounding for a revolutionary approach to self-management, relationships and government.

As in every opposition, the tendency will most probably be to espouse, or relate to one side (Leo/Aquarius) more than the other. Whilst we may hold sympathy for the other side, often projecting those themes onto someone in our exterior world, we must remain observant that these are both elements within us that now must be brought into balance and become integrated.

If we do not make an effort to bring these themes into symmetry within our world, to help improve our situation, then we may come to a challenging impasse during this time.

So how will it affect your world?

Personally:

The struggle to find a true, authentic sense of independence and self-sufficiency will cause you to look deep inside for answers now. This can become an extraordinary opportunity for self-examination through which you may come to realise that what you have found deep in your heart somehow inspires you to reach out and bring great hope and leadership for great change in peoples’ lives.

If your imagination does become activated by this full moon, it is in raw, boundless, and abstract ways invoking a burning ambition to lead – an inner strength, whose futuristic visions come to cavalcade out of your wildest dreams and into your waking reality.

The challenge is whether you can you rise out of your self-centred childishness, and act in brave yet humble, effortless, understated ways, It is this mature flair for inventive, forward-thinking that attracts others to your way.

In relationships:

Whilst it’s important to acknowledge any limitations between yourself and others, on this full moon it is equally as important to know and appreciate your many endowments together. This is a time to be open yet firm when blending your shared ideals in ways which show compassionate and kindness to all. Yes, it is important to exhibit creative and innovative forms of expression, but equally important to allow others to move around in your creations.

Love relationships may take on a more aloof, detached manner in this, and where there is no compromise or space there may be deals to just break it off – a kind of impasse in which any rigidity of egos can no longer be tolerated.

Where there is some cohesion, some element of trust, there is enormous opportunity to work intuitively together to enhance and improve every situation, both for yourself and others. The main benefits of being able to adapt to the growing pressures and changes of our times is that we help one another to evolve tremendously in the way that we relate. By taking a progressive step away from any ostentatious or arrogant behaviour and treating each other kindly, as peers – equals in every way.

Socio-politically:
The struggle between Autocracy vs Democracy

On a greater level, we reach a high-water mark in our politics, seeing a striking contrast through the social division that is fast gripping the globe between two extreme types of rulership. Autocracy literally means ruling in one’s own authoritative way, as opposed to democracy, where decisions are formed using a group consultative/electoral process.
However, let’s be utterly real here. Even in the most advanced democracies, where freedom for all is centred around the principles of capitalism, the general situation seems like it’s edging closer and closer to producing a rigged outcome every time, favouring only the elite – those who rule by force, privilege, power and prestige. Is this ultimately how public rulership was meant to be? Is Leo, by its very nature going to always triumph over the masses in an autocratic way?
Just check out what’s happening in the ‘United’ States of America – supposedly the greatest democracy in the world. With a looming election in November, the country looks more like two tribes preparing to go to war. Neither side promises peace, looking like it’s either going to proliferate or worsen current conditions or send the country into civil divide. Not really what one would realistically describe as a thriving democracy about to go into the hands of a trusted, hope-inspiring new management, is it?
Yes, America has been blessed to have had some brilliant democratic leaders over its time, especially when they needed them most. It seems like the country has an infatuation with Leo leaders (both Clinton and Obama have Leo Sun, George W has Leo Rising). But times ahead are looking more and more restless and civically disempowering for the general US population unless they can employ some innovative new measures to give all citizens more of a voice. As it stands, basic US social liberties and standards of living have this once great nation currently ranked 10th globally.
India, the world’s most over-populated democracy still suffers great poverty and injustice due to a crippling caste system that refuses to die out. It seems the elitism at the top refuses to pay privilege forward to its ‘people’. It currently ranks #47 on the Quality of Life Index.
Over in Europe, leaders have ushered in over a million Muslim refugees in just less than two years. Grief-stricken individuals who are geographically and culturally displaced from war-ravaged Middle Eastern countries are already creating unprecedented cultural tensions and inequities of all kinds between people. Social problems of ethnic/economic discord are creating such schisms which often erupt into random, spontaneous acts of violence and terror, and extremism is on the rise there.
Meanwhile, in Britain, their leaders have fallen after the population has democratically elected to leave the European Union, preferring to move into a more isolationist economy. Instantly their trade market took a hit. Greece (birthplace of democracy) attempted this last year but the EU ruling class insisted that the Greeks owed too much money to pull out. That matter has sent that nation’s people into further austerity and social unrest. Tensions continue to mount there, and other countries like Spain, Ireland, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal are well over their heads in debt against their sovereignty.
In Brazil, the third largest democracy in the world, currently hosting the Olympics, it’s been a shambles of corruption, where leaders were allegedly taking billions of dollars of bribe money. That nation is now being run by a caretaker while they figure out what they’re going to do.

Add to this the phenomenon where technology companies in Silicon Valley, which began with young, progressive visionaries to create equality and opportunity for all have now amassed so much power (economically and politically) for their owners that they are threatening to wipe out entire economies. Just as Apple’s iTunes had effectively trashed the music industry in the last decade, Netflix is gradually watering down Hollywood and the entire movie business. Uber is eliminating old-school cabbies and couriers, whilst Google, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc are gradually superseding TV, radio and the printed press. Amazon has already killed off the book business and is now gunning down specialist trading stores, supermarkets, and retailers of electronic goods.

What’s the common thread here? It’s the dysfunction of political, economic, media and academic elites. Whilst they may draw their power from a system that is inherently based on providing equal opportunity for all, they soon go too far, eventually progressing towards the belief that they know what’s best for the masses, basically dictating all future direction without consideration to the future effects upon their constituents.

Is this sustainable? How long can the collective human spirit endure the suppression of the individual’s autonomous right? Can the individual survive if they choose to no longer play into these almost defunct, so-called “democratic” systems?

The more these systems persist to rule by outright mandate, the more the complacency continues over what is actually happening to our basic individual freedoms. In the sixties they staged protest at the university level. Where are today’s bright young minds? Are they becoming empowered or sedated by all this remarkable technology?

Many of you may ask where all this is heading. Is our blindness as ‘consumers’ of goods and our incessant clutching for ‘security’ creating a massive imbalance?

Such are the issues of this Aquarius Full Moon. They become heightened as we head into eclipse season.

Ultimately this is not just about power, or money. This is about the right to decide. Leo wants to be the one who makes all the decisions because it feels like it knows best. Never wrong, always right, and does not like to be told otherwise. Aquarius has a problem with absolute right. It begs to differ. I pleads to get a the consensus of the whole tribe. It creates movement and protest to the contrary in order to bring about change.

Change, which when resisted by both fixed signs eventually leads either hard swings into totalitarian rule or social revolutions and anarchy.

As it looks in most part of the civilised world, the more absolute and unyielding modern rulership becomes, the more we distance ourselves from any promise of any immediate true democracy (rule by the people), republic (elected rulers), or even a meritocracy (rule by your achievements).

Is this a case where kakistocracy (rule by the worst, most unfit to rule) will finally force the individual to seek an alternative, to transcend the need for all exterior forms of government altogether.

Much maturity in needed to proceed…

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Meanwhile, here are some ways that you can be a true hero:

Save Yourself

Keep good, clear boundaries in any relationship that may lack these, and restore better care for yourself.

Honour a commitment to yourself, whether it’s to exercise, eat healthier, or make a small change in your behaviour.

Replace any negative, self-defeating thoughts with positive, self-affirming ones—and believe them.

Persist with something you’re resolved to give up, knowing that what matters most is your commitment to the journey.

Improve the way you deal with criticism, receive it with an open-mind, without self-judgment.

Listen and trust your intuition to guide you instead of depending on someone else’s opinion about what’s best for you.

Forgive yourself for making that mistake, giving yourself another chance to see, enjoy, and appreciate what’s right in front of you.

Find a healthier coping mechanism to deal with emotional pain—like deep meditation or taking a walk—instead of doing something self-destructive.

Tend to your own needs, creating more balance in your life.

Empower yourself to get into an activity with something you enjoy instead of becoming overwhelmed with persistent mental chatter and mindless distractions.

Save Others

Show up for someone who needs help – moving, packing, or doing anything that’s easier with an extra set of hands.

Ask someone who is going through a hard time if there is any way you can help to lighten their load and then follow through.

Plan, organise, or assist with a celebration or event for someone you love and/or value.

Support someone in a charity fundraiser, online or offline.

Maintain your composure in a difficult situation by responding calmly to keep a small issue from escalating into something much bigger.

Speak up for someone who otherwise might not have a voice, or may be too scared to use it.

Offer your skills and talents to help someone, whether that means assisting a friend with their resume, or cleaning their kitchen.

Offer a random act of kindness to someone without expecting anything in return.

Give something of yours to someone else if you think they need it more than you.

Refer someone to a trusted resource, group, or event that could be life-changing for them.

Save the World

Shop consciously to support businesses that follow ethical practices.

Become conscious of your own environmental impact, your carbon footprint

Make a microloan through an organization like Kiva to help and empower people around the globe.

Recycle. (You can recycle a lot more than you may think!)

Start a wave of good turns. Do something kind for someone and tell that person to return the favour to someone else.

Give away your old clothes to a brotherhood society instead of throwing them away.

Volunteer your time to help people in need.

Donate blood or marrow to someone whose life may depend on it. (Enquire with your doctor or local hospital.)

Fully research a charity organization that you believe in and then tell three people about it.

Follow Gandhi’s advice and “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Do you have anything to add to the list?

Good luck with all that, and may you have a wonderful Full Moon.

[onawah]

WEEKEND AHEAD: Aug 19-21
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Main transits this weekend:

✺ (F) ♄ ⊼ Vesta – Devotion not sitting well with one’s obligations

✺ (F) ☿ ☍ Chiron – Introduction to alternative realities

✺ (F) ☿ ⊼ ♅ – Words cannot describe unusual insights

✺ (Sa) Chiron -☿/♃ – Activating analysis into unconscious realms

✺ (M) ☿☌♃ (26°♍13′) – New cycle of analysis and integration

✺ (M) ☉ in ♍ – Careful and diligent expression


As the SUN now finalises its journey through Leo, our experience with:
domineering persons,
themes around self-confidence,
tapping into formative and creative energies,
lessons in self-assuredness
a striving to hold more creative control in the execution of our own ideas,
organisation of others,
leadership,
efforts to attain advancement in life,
patronage and protection of those in our charge
comes to completion. How was your experience in all these areas over the last 30 days? [Sun moves into Virgo on Monday 22, 16:39 UTC]

The MOON sweeps through Pisces, triggering the MARS/SATURN conjunction, then the SATURN/NEPTUNE square, heightening awareness of the need to restrain impulsiveness towards escapism or victim light behaviour, particularly as an angry reaction to rules or restrictions. If not handled consciously these may result into a dependency or drugs or depression to escape the harsh realities of life and responsibility.

MERCURY’s applying conjunction to JUPITER in Virgo shows analytical and integrative skills developing which can potentially open new doors to synthesising scientific or business ideas into the prevailing worldviews. CHIRON’s opposition to these allows intuitive communication, using myth and storytelling to uplift and inspire the spirit towards greater faith and optimism. Whilst this often done in hidden or subtle ways, much healing is activated on the planet now through the insightful (though not always easy to understand) interception of concepts that are now, with a quincunx to URANUS shuttling nervously into our nervous systems and altering the zeitgeist.

We have learned much about sovereignty and operating from the heart over these past 3-4 weeks. The shift in these next few weeks is major, as the eclipses usher in a MIND/SPIRIT component on our evolutionary journey. You might find yourself more frequently engaging in discussion on unusual concepts of holistic healing, spiritual experiences and perceptions of non-linear time.

If such ideas have been previously uncomfortable or unacceptable for you, then you may come to contend with someone in your world or perhaps something deep inside of you that raises possibilities of alternative dimensions and experiences, particularly having to do with the 4D mind/spirit connection and the role of mind (lower/higher) in the art of spiritual or energy healing.

Needless to say, it is advisable now to keep an open, clear mind and remain emotionally balanced in how you you react to the external influences.

Have an amazing weekend x

Mercury conjunct Jupiter – Aug 22, Oct 11 @26°♍13′

As the ‘busy, analytical mind’ (Mercury in Virgo) meets to join forces with the over-efficient processing machine that is Jupiter in Virgo, we see the formation of a new approach in problem analysis now coming into inception – one that is determined to see, study, try to understand and then to effectively integrate. Everything that needs to be assessed, analysed and dissected in order to best work out and fix the current 'mess' of our reality seems will at least be approached in an enthusiastic, if excessively overdone way. But really? Is this what it's become? Is our scrutiny of all the excruciating minutiae in our mundane existence becoming more important, more vital than the mere reality itself?

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: August 22-28

MAIN TRANSITS THIS WEEK:

✺ (M) ☿☌♃ (26°♍13′) – Thoughts that encourage growth on personal improvement
✺ (M) ☉in ♍ – Expressing oneself with care, due diligence; delays experienced due to fastidiousness
✺ (M) ☉ sqq ♇ – Secrets revealed
✺ (Tu) ♂ sqq ♅ – Unexpected incidents through sudden actions, danger when angered
✺ (W) ♂☌ ♄ (09°♐53′) – Destructive force, hurtful/painful measures imposed
✺ (Th) ♀ ☍Ch – Embracing the energetic healer
✺ (Th) 3d QUARTER MOON (02°♊22′) – Clash of the mind virtuosoes
✺ (Th) Mars goes through Uranus/Saturn/Neptune/Node midpoint
✺ (F) ♂ □♆ – Tendencies to harm, self-destruction
✺ (Sa) ♀ ☌ ♃ (27°♍22′) – Birth of a new media darling
✺ (M) ☿ ☌♀ (29°♍00′) – Goddess of virtue speaks

As we slowly approach our last, scaffold-liquefying few weeks of this SATURN sq NEPTUNE this growing dissolution of exterior reality’s whole legal/political administration (Sep 9), it is wise to know that we are on the serious end of a tiring, energetically draining global confusion which, amongst many things, is set to sort out the men from the baby boys, and in the process, hope to elevate the real women into an exalted goddess status. This whole deal is emphasized with nothing less than the upcoming, highly exacting Solar Eclipse in Virgo (Sep 1),
Several conjunctions (& stelliums) this week denote that behavior may tend towards the blindingly one-sided, and the squares/oppositions create tensions unforeseen as we struggle to see truth, justice and some righteous action that merely destroys all hope for peace unless we take a step back and assess situations from all sides.

Of course, the Mars/Saturn conjunction is the big hitter this week, a mostly destructive and pernicious energy, raising the urgency to assertively make boundaries and to actively reign in those sanctimonious firebrand hotheads of the political and religious kind. It’s time to concentrate, focusing our efforts on maintaining patience and persistence by working through any energy blockages or difficulties. These will be seen early in the week with the release of some much pent-up disgust or anger (♂ sqq ♅), though curbed and dissipated by the weekend as the world starts to grip into solution mode with the aim of consolation and healing (☿☌♀☌♃ – Aug 29).

Nothing happens by accident, and although the pent up hostility or frustration might tend to drain and debilitate our spirits it is important to stay in touch and sensitive about each other’s ideals. With the Sun and other planets in Virgo now, the most appropriate attitude is to take an earthy, practical action towards actualizing ideals. This means working together in mature, responsible ways, to be open to higher ways of dealing with old, lower-vibe issues, and to process, process, process. Particularly internally. Watch out for getting a bit too neurotic with the details though. Virgo energy tends to make one a bit pedantic and mind-obsessed to get things ‘just right’. This must not retard the ability to seize the opportunity when it’s up for grabs. Go for it already. Dive in when you feel it’s close enough.
(Sometimes holding ‘virginity’ itself is such a shame, other times breaking it is a shame – virgociousness can be such an anxiety). Anyway, Venus opposite Chiron this week will bring more attention to all this kind of thing.

Is most important to note that both the exterior world and the inner inhibitions which have been keeping us enslaved and encrusted in a world of fear, self-loathing and shame are now experiencing a monumental meltdown. As we head into eclipse season next month, with the blessed Sun journeying through Virgo, our only option is to clean up our act. Our physical health, our daily routines and way we work and serve one another comes into major focus. We will not stand to be told how to do this, but at the same time we need to stop being so hard upon ourselves and start to understand that true health starts with establishing a tender loving care with our own inner spirit.

Yes, nobody out there has the right to lord it over us, nor do we have the power to impose our solemn truth as gospel upon others. Watch out for this fiery element acting out in Shakespeare’s theatre this week. These are the last remaining dramas of a fast-dissolving 3D universe, one which has reigned over humankind since the fabled fall of consciousness. These can only be overcome by making a solid pact with yourself to stay firmly footed in the present moment, the 4D consciousness that comes only from a vigilance not to judge the self or others, just to observe and take appropriate, non-partial action.

All other action is viable to keep us trapped in the 3D prism, and we seriously cannot be nourished by what feeds us anything that aims to keep us miserable and low.
Let’s keep it ‘real’ (now),
and have an amazing week x
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: August 29-September 4
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A brief astrological synopsis of the most significant transits this week:
✺ (M)☿ ☌ ♀ (29°♍00′) – an appreciation of practical ideas
✺ (M) ♂ □ ☊ – Resistance to contact/connection
✺ (Tu) ♀ in ♎ – stepping into choice/taste
✺ (Tu) ☿ ℞ (29°♍05’Rx) – introspective analysis (ends Sep 22_
✺ (Th)☉ sqq ♅ – Nervous tension, leading to impulsive actions
✺ (Th) ☽ ☌ ☉ (09°♍21′) Thursday Sep 01, 09:04 am – ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE – Hard reality check
✺ (F)☉ □ ♄, ☍ ♆ – all systems down
✺ (F)☿ ☌ ♃ (28°♍34′) – overthinkinkinking
✺ (S)☉ ☌ ☊ (12°♍30′) – seeking to connect, but on most specific grounds

[sigh]

A touch of stoic existentialism is necessary to proceed this week.

Much of what is happening has been indeed brewing for months. Much of what has been commented upon here (in my running posts) over the past years has already come to pass, with what remains now being the steady, full realisation of all this.

Our world is not just changing.

It has changed.

The mystical remnants of our youth have been exposed for what they truly were: some incomplete, highly romanticised stories of our victim/hero recollections, some smoke and mirror parlour trick, no longer capable of impressing or repressing anyone any longer. The sentiment has all but dried. Today, we slowly wake up to a reality that hardly allows us to go back to things we visited, but only to dispel all the gory/glory myth that may surround our past.

In doing so, and sad as this may seem, we at least allow ourselves a precious opportunity to move into a possible future reality through the resounding awareness that we are operating in present time. Strangely, through the process of elimination, this is all we have left.

All the strings, all the magnetic bonds, all the heart-connections that were based on fear, anger, guilt, shame… no longer hold.

As our reality becomes almost excruciatingly real, we notice too that we are privy to a new level of consciousness. One that clearly separates us from others. We see those around us still trapped in prisms of a solitary confinement, we see the ravaging effects that the structure has taken upon them and we see that in many ways we are resistant to their ways.

As they are to ours.

Yet the separation exists only in the egoic, fear-based realms of the 3D.

Our minds are busy, working overdrive to assess and reassess the practical value of what we see around us, in many ways informing the choices we need to make towards restoring some peace in our hearts.

The last little remnants of what must be relinquished (ego-attachments) must be left behind.

This is not an easy period, but fortunately, it does not have to be hard either. We each have a choice to make in how we proceed.

Not later.

Now.

Stay in the present moment, hands inside the bus, no baggage allowed.

Enjoy the ride

and have an amazing week,
Many blessings x

[onawah]

Mercury, the Retrograde and the Light-Speed ahead

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Current Planetary Positions
8/30/2016
9:54:59 AM
Sun 07° Virgo 39' 12"
Moon 16° Leo 51' 06"
Mercury 29° Virgo 04' 38" R
Venus 00° Libra 39' 12"
Mars 13° Sagittarius 10' 26"
Jupiter 27° Virgo 55' 15"
Saturn 10° Sagittarius 01' 02"
Uranus 24° Aries 06' 40" R
Neptune 10° Pisces 42' 42" R
Pluto 15° Capricorn 06' 10" R
Chiron 23° Pisces 38' 15" R
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Mercury is a zippy little planet. Being closest in proximity to the Sun its orbital period is only 88 days. From our geocentric perspective it never really appears further than 28 degrees away from the Sun. Therefore it can only ever occupy the same or an adjacent zodiac sign. This is pretty significant when we try to understand Mercury’s function.

If the Sun is potentially our most rational, decisive and conscious sense of self, then Mercury is his facilitator. Hovering as our Hero’s closest acolyte, acting as his “eyes and ears”, Mercury is constantly feeding the Main Guy with a steady stream of information. Therefore, the primary function is that of communication. Essentially the Sun makes all the decisions, whilst Mercury provides the necessary clues and know-how.

Spinning around at such high velocity, Mercury, ruler of the mind, is able to gather local data and relate it back to our Hero by bridging the distance between two points. Its proximity to the Sun indicates just how clear the subject matter will be to our Hero, who relies as heavily upon Mercury as we rely upon our five senses (and our mathematical ability) to work out what is going on around us. Of course, sometimes our mind plays tricks on us and we must really stay ‘with it’ to avoid any misunderstanding from occurring. Information is one thing, intelligence to clearly discern and use it creatively requires consciousness and awareness of the present.

This makes Mercury’s communication role instrumental to our Hero’s overall ability to achieve good, clear, conscious bearings on what is happening, what is desired of him, and how to go about expressing himself with a sense of certainty and creative purpose.

Scouting about so closely to the Sun, Mercury appears (from earth) to be darting ahead then swinging backwards (or retrograde – Rx) until it disappears behind the Sun, only to reappear to the other side. Like a pendulum, it seems to swing from left to right in rhythm with every step the Sun takes forward. Whilst most useful at its greatest distance, Mercury often appears too close to the Sun’s orb (within 8-17°), becoming highly agitated ‘under the sunbeams’ and its effect is increasingly diminished as it gets closer in orb. Its function is said to be most debilitated when ‘combust’ (<8° conjunction) but this is mostly on the material level. In truth, it is the spirit of Mercury (or any planet ‘flying’ too close to the Sun) that is infused into our Hero’s expression. Therefore, we find the Sun dominating the communicative functions that Mercury would otherwise perform, often rather assertively or authoritatively, as a teacher or a spokesperson would.

THE RETROGRADE

mind1Mercury’s Rx period usually lasts around 3-4 weeks, during which time a period of pensive retrospection begins to occur. Delayed, more reflective responses are common for our Hero, not to mention the experience of the sensation of mayhem that commonly sends lines of communication haywire and transportation into all sorts of disarray. These are usual on the physical dimension, but internally it can be a very useful time for reflective meditation, review and inner contemplation of the journey thus far, allowing our Hero to slightly repose and make any necessary realignment of his thoughts, perhaps have a look at things from another perspective.

Mercury spins backward into the aura of the Sun’s beams, becoming briefly obscured entirely by the Sun (cazimi) at which point it is farthest from the earth. Yet its function is so deeply potent through the Sun’s piercing rays that with enough meditative presence it can manifest as a genius-like quality. Many of us have access to this, but how many of us are born with the ability to still the mind and focus purely on the objective without any interference? This is the primary goal of meditation. To still the mind from feeding us information which might be tinged with points of view, thoughts and opinions which are not relevant to what we are currently perceiving. In retrograde we succumb into greatly subjectified ideas that are great for reflection but not ideal for immediate perceptiveness of the situation. Hence we lose our slight edge on the pulse. Needless to say, meditation is most important during retrograde periods to keep us centred.It takes a full 5-6 weeks for it to draw out of its own retrograde shadow, after which it hurtles forward, this time in front of the Sun. The entire precession is a necessary part of the Solar-consciousness experience, occurring no less than three times a year, and invoking much development in the evolution of the native’s thought complexes. Naturally, if the mind is not being used effectively (excessive dull activity) it has an adverse outcome, especially as the individual progresses with age, manifesting in the breakdown of the brain’s interconnective functions. Exercising the mind creatively keeps this process working in good healthy order, and so the retrograde period serves more as a spiritual respite to allow a sort of digestion of the voluminous influx of mental input generated by our busy sensory processes.

Mercury’s 2016 Retrogrades

January 5 – January 25, 2016 …………. starts in Aquarius, ends in earth Capricorn

April 28 – May 22, 2016 …………………. in earth sign Taurus

August 30 – September 22, 2016 ……… in earth sign Virgo (current horoscopes link)

December 19 2016 – January 8, 2017 .. in Capricorn to late degree fire Sagittarius

This year’s set of retrogrades are primarily in earth signs. Since the earth element governs the physical realm, we can expect a review of the practical, tangible processes feeding to the Soul. Those souls who are more governed by their bodies and the material world will experience this as a time to step back a little and perhaps give their bodies a rest. Many of us have noticed the shifting energy gradually raising our consciousness, but what does it mean if we cannot earth it in a way that is physical and structured?

A good time to reflect, to look back, particularly about how much your practices are altering. How has your thinking changed the way that you practically function around others? With yourself?

If you kept journals or diaries in the past months, observe how your whole thinking process has changed. Has it become more focused on identifying the negative, self-defeating thought patterns and has it aimed at dispelling these? Have we become better equipped to identify those who are creating negativity around us?

It has been a period where many have at least become reminded of how detached we are becoming from our humanity, particularly due to our increasing dependence on networks and technological gadgetry. Perhaps you have discovered this consciously and decided to be more physical in how you regulate and put to practical use the endless streaming deluge of random data it funnels into your life. Perhaps you have consciously chosen to touch base with some of those contacts that were largely cerebral during 2015’s AIR-SIGN retrogrades. Or perhaps these are forcibly becoming crystalised around you.

Depending on how conscious we are about our choice of sources, we are either finding our world of ready-made, on demand information is either helping us grow in consciousness or it becomes a tiresome, sensory overload to the central energetic intelligence within – the psyche.

ascension-human-300x243Once upon a time Nature only produced the odd Buddha, Krishna, Mohammed, Lao Tzu or Jesus figure once every thousand years or so. They all spoke and taught with true mindfulness and expressed their words from a place of conscious awareness. In the last 50 years there has been a huge growth of enlightened masters in both the eastern and western cultures. As communication grows faster, with improved, wider education and more access to information, so does the ability for teachers to connect with students.

Soon, as more and more of us learn to get over our ego hang-ups, tune in and channel directly through the pure intelligence within, there will be a veritable explosion of buddhas all over this planet. This could not happen without communication, and since the pace and volume of the good Word is growing exponentially, the potential too to spread the Word will grow to reach a critical mass.
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In the beginning there was the Word. This Word was relayed by Mercury, ruler of the mind and communication. Slowly, through the ages, the Word has picked up pace and started pelting towards us from all directions and at lightning speed. It stands then, that mastering Mercury is a critical element in the alchemical process that is occurring to humankind today.

As Mercury goes into retrograde, it is a perfect time to review and reflect upon our thought processes. How much does our personal, inner ‘newsfeed’ facilitate our ability to see clearly, and how much does it sometimes sully the true picture?



© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

SEPTEMBER - The MONTH AHEAD


This is the time.
Everything is about to accelerate, to quicken, as our internal evolutionary powers become increasingly awakened.
Our DNA holds a vast amount of memory, not unlike that of a very powerful computer, capable of storing boundless information that is currently being downloaded from the multidimensional energy fields that exist everywhere in the universe, beyond measurable time and space.
The rigid walls of our lower minds are nothing but mere fortresses that store scrolls of expired agreements and the dogmas of traditional belief systems which we continue to hang onto.
These 3D thought structures are made of social, cultural, historical and familial conditioning, from which we still continue to base all our beliefs about the world. These control us in such ways that they manipulate us into behaving at the mercy and expectation of others. Most of us have been programmed to operate in such ways that allow others to control us, or at least in ways which others find tolerable.
However, we have seen great intolerance rising on this planet, and it continues to escalate to breaking point.
Our universe is now ready to unfurl its infinite knowledge into us, to bloat and demolish those walls
Are you one of those who is ready to accept?
This is not some crazy delusion, but the dream that many of us have been holding in our hearts for aeons.
There are people, some very unique folks among us, perhaps even you, who possess exceptional skills and abilities, who have been able to break free of the obligatory programming, to liberate themselves (and others) from all their cultural conditioning, to become open to the logos, its symbol systems and all the expansive knowledge that constitutes universal truth.
It is our thought systems that generate emotions that will ultimately motivate us to make our choices.
Unless we make conscious decision to demolish out-dated thought patterns, those dictated by fear, judgement and intolerance, we will continue only to reinforce these conditioned thought systems.
These are clearly not going to stand through this and the ensuing months. Can you see?
Do you see that this is the 'time' when linear time itself and all other 3D applications cease to work outright?
Do you feel it is time to make a different choice?

[onawah]

COSMIC UPDATE: September 2016


Things to watch this month... as the NODAL AXIS intercepts the SATURN/NEPTUNE square:
Observe those strange, sometimes inexplicable influences that may come into our field of experience. Observe how these influences are sometimes likely to develop into uncertainties or insecurities when connecting with others. Observe too how they might tend to make you feel oppressed without knowing why.
This is probably due to an over-sensitivity or an extreme reaction from your psychic receptiveness when you connect to others, even turning into seemingly irrational fears or apprehensions.
On a higher level, you are being invited to listen to the guidance of an inner voice, but it is your pre-conditioned fears that often stand to potentially block or create doubts, misgiving or anxieties within you. These often keep you grounded at moments when your spirit is seeking to fly.
Trust.
We are currently being blessed with great opportunities to clear inharmonious psychic energy accruing within us from our environment. In this, we are provided with a chance to clearly define our personal ideals, to work earnestly towards bringing them into physical manifestation and let our spirits rise rather than shrink or contract.
What is 'spirituality', if not a chance to recognise and celebrate that we are all inextricably linked to one another by a power greater than all of us? This power serves as a re-minder that our connection to that power, and to one another, is grounded only in love and compassion.
Mindful expression of our 'spirituality' serves to bring a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose into our lives.
The underlying process of the combination of these ♄/♆/☊ energies this month is there to help you intercept your fears, replace them with a spirit of being open to love and unconditional acceptance.
Allow yourself to become open, to welcome, and be welcomed by the forces of a profound higher-dimensional consciousness.
Blessings x

[onawah]

Week Ahead – September 5-11
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Current Planetary Positions
9/4/2016
11:36:11 AM
Sun 12° Virgo 33' 50"
Moon 20° Libra 01' 13"
Mercury 27° Virgo 43' 46" R
Venus 06° Libra 51' 55"
Mars 16° Sagittarius 01' 50"
Jupiter 28° Virgo 59' 08"
Saturn 10° Sagittarius 10' 39"
Uranus 23° Aries 58' 48" R
Neptune 10° Pisces 34' 19" R
Pluto 15° Capricorn 02' 39" R
Chiron 23° Pisces 24' 44" R

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To say that we are all in this together now would be a slight understatement, but to say exactly what we are in might be very well misconstrued or misinterpreted as a mere projection on the part of this author, and that may only add to the confusion and distrust that is possible this week if we are not in a place of absolute certainty about the only thing we can be certain. Our sense of self.
So we will leave all other possibilities up to the ethers of our wild imagination and see if we can make our dreams real…

KEY TRANSITS THIS WEEK:

☉ ☌ ☊ Sunday Sep 04 02:54 pm Sun 12°♍30′ Conjunction Node 12°♍30′
☉ △ ♇ Wednesday Sep 07 05:16 am Sun 15°♍01′ Trine Pluto 15°♑01’Rx
♀ ∗ ♄ Wednesday Sep 07 11:35 am Venus 10°♎17′ Sextile Saturn 10°♐17′
♀ ⊼ ♆ Wednesday Sep 07 03:39 pm Venus 10°♎29′ Quincunx Neptune 10°♓ 29’Rx
♃ in ♎ Friday Sep 09 11:19 am Jupiter 00°♎00′ Conjunction Saturn
☽ □ ☉ Friday Sep 09 11:50 am Moon 17°♐14′ Square Sun 17°♍14′
☿ ⊼ ♅ Friday Sep 09 06:59 pm Mercury 23°♍50’Rx Quincunx Uranus 23°♈50’Rx
☿ ☍ Ch Saturday Sep 10 11:52 am Mercury 23°♍09’Rx Opposition Chiron 23°♓ 09’Rx
♄ □ ♆ Saturday Sep 10 01:01 pm Saturn 10°♐25′ Square Neptune 10°♓ 25’Rx
♀ □ ♇ Sunday Sep 11 07:44 am Venus 14°♎59′ Square Pluto 14°♑59’Rx

The truth is that whilst we are all somehow affected by the subtle oceanic forces now engulfing the planet this week, most everyone will be affected in quite a personal way (see Major Life Activations for Virgo Solar Eclipse, 1 Sep, 2016). To be most accurate, one may have to look at how the above influences play out in the individual’s chart to see exactly how matters may manifest specifically.

It is the awkward period between eclipses, where everything seems to teeter on suspense and intrigue about how things will turn out, and often, one step out of sync could turn situations on their heads.

So a state of mindfulness is necessary at all times.

In many ways, the more we try to analyse or define something which is best left as indefinable, infinite and divinely unspoken, the better our chances of trying to understand it.

And it’s not even understanding that we’re after. Things best left unsaid – just valued and accepted, not so much about for what they are but more for what they’re not, is the key here. We are called to apply all the forgiveness and kindness we can muster just to keep matters from taking our precious spirits from a high degree of expectation to a state of feeling defrayed, disheartened and downright disappointed.

What the crivvens are we talking about?

Something shifts this week, and we are launched into an inter-dimensional, gravity-warping vortex of either sheer ecstasy or complete agony as we wrestle with that horrendous monster, Time itself.

It becomes increasingly challenging for us to remain in present time (the now). Life as we know it, or rather as we romanticised it to be, begins to dawn on us that many of the agreements we are chained to – obligations (work, commitments, debts etc.) that we have made, to either the past or the future, must either be honoured as true and worthy or abandoned outright as mere apparitions of the mind.

Whether these agreements are real or not, they mostly exist in another time (past or future). Since we are fast realising that we in neither in past or future but in the present, we must also come to be confronted with making choices that either agree to keep these agreements or just agree to let them go.

Are we getting this?

For the past few months we have been looking at our situation in an increasingly more grounded way. This means that we are seriously coming to terms about what is true for us now, and from this more determined place we are allowed to accept what is truly possible for us in a possible future moment.

Many of the things we come to realise now are unfolding as simply unsustainable and whether we have come to fully accept and let go of these or not, this week’s final instalment of Saturn squaring Neptune (Saturday 10 Sep) is promising to douse our ideals with such a critical sense of reality that some of us desperately deserve.

It has to happen.

If we have taken prudent steps, with a mature approach about how we can practically manage ourselves as a succession of ‘present moment’ realities, then we will avoid slumping into a miserable state of anxiety and despair, especially if we have somewhat delusionally placed enormous expectations on what it is we think (or dreamed) we have invested in.

Hope this is making sense.

Anyway, reality hits home is all we’re saying, and as the great benevolent one (Jupiter) hits Libra this Friday, it seems that a new judgement day is about to dawn upon us all. Jupiter in Libra wants us to grow and integrate our hopes by creating a sense of balance and harmony in all things before us. In the next 12 months we will come to experience a whole new appreciation of what it means to stay balanced and buoyant, we will develop tactfulness and guile in order to keep things in perfect harmony, or we will lose our poise and balance and keel over, then have to scramble to find new measures to restore our peace.

It all kicks off this week, and if we have not done the work to prepare our spirit for the big debut into the next dimension of mind/body experience, we may be left holding onto a most inconvenient situation which will require tremendous effort (or ballast) to bring us back to some equilibrium again.

This is it now. If you have learned to love, honour and respect yourself, then love for the other awaits.

No time left for misgivings and misconceptions.

The time to get real is here.

Now.

Have an amazing week.
Blessings x

[onawah]

Jupiter in Libra – Sept 9, 2016 – Oct 10 2017


6 years of working on ourselves... time now for the big debut.
Who's ready to meet half-way?

Sun 17° Virgo 27' 15"
Moon 20° Sagittarius 05' 35"
Mercury 23° Virgo 53' 29" R
Venus 13° Libra 01' 57"
Mars 18° Sagittarius 58' 48"
Jupiter 00° Libra 03' 18"
Saturn 10° Sagittarius 22' 34"
Uranus 23° Aries 50' 05" R
Neptune 10° Pisces 26' 02" R
Pluto 14° Capricorn 59' 50" R
Chiron 23° Pisces 11' 01" R

The process of transformation is occurring at a cellular level....The road ahead seems so exciting now, much change in the winds creates a frenzy that we are about to shift into a whole new realm of experience. Where Jupiter is involved we are always encouraged to expand our experience, take leaps of faith and let our confident lead us into the spirit of adventure.
After six full years in personal signs, Jupiter is about to move into the more social fields between the constellations of Libra to Pisces. Are you ready to for your big debut into the world of 'other'?

Greetings Friends,

This is for those of you amongst you who are still clinging to the past (or future), still loaded with 'baggage' and refusing to let go...

How many of you are sitting safely in your home, resting comfortably in the narrow confines of your life, fuzzily immersed in your current thought processes, beliefs and expectations, yet somewhat creepily sensing that these beliefs might be inadequately founded upon false grounds, feeling dubiously afraid, anxious and insecure?

For those still bound in the densely-structured prism of the 3D the time ahead, this can be a time of great turmoil and despair as we may soon wake up to the shockingly confronting question of how we could have been so wrong, naive, or so damned blind about our particular situation.

The inconvenient truth can be quite shocking, as we may wonder how on earth will manage in the face of what is about to unravel.

If you have been experiencing sleepless nights, depression, grief, anger and confrontation, know that these are just normal symptoms of the major changes that are about to rock the balance between our inner and outer worlds.

This last Saturn/Neptune square (Sep 10) can dawn as quite a humbling, yet frighteningly necessary encounter for those who continue to refuse to see that their current sense of security is about to be shifted out of a place of complicit ignorance of 'ultimate reality' by forces whose only interest is to trial and restore justice where any erroneous, yet strongly-held beliefs, perceptions, attitudes or behaviours have led us astray in our current evolutionary journey.

On a mundane level, it may spell out the grounds for divorce or separation, loss of a much depended upon loved one, financial failures, chronic health problems or job loss, or any instance that seeps into the core of our inner being, affecting us spiritually, emotionally and physically.

In the gloomiest sense it is often descriptive of a major upset, disappointment, or disillusionment in our world which is set to bring sadness and despair in the aftermath of the event.

Fortunately, many of us here (following these posts) would have been priming ourselves for such 'truths' for months, especially since June, where there has been a growing suspicion that something in our world is not quite right and we may have gradually been working towards avoiding heading down the path of disenchantment and illusion.

In any case, and with the coinciding entry of justice-seeking Jupiter in Libra (Sep 9), there is a pressing need to ask ourselves which structures in our lives are clearly ready to dissolve away completely. It's very likely that these are happening on a most subtle or subconscious level, and yet for many people who have failed to see, or have patently denied the necessary changes that the end results of this time can be quite disorienting, debilitating and depressing.

If you are in or near a place where you have hit rock bottom, then know too that the choice is yours. You can either slide into a self-defeating, ever-restrictive mode of denial, anger and frustration, or aspire to a more transformational and inspirational release of any false attachment and accept that your true security and strength can be found only within yourself and your honest relationship with the Universe - not in some spurious belief system or fantasy-created world.

Whatever your situation, however you have prepared yourself for this current shift in your reality perception, know that you will grow stronger, wiser and more serene only by developing a most immediate relationship with yourself, ready to adapt into whole new world you never knew existed. Difficulties and frustrations faced now may be the necessary step towards embracing your spiritual growth and enlightenment.

Only by facing up to the honest truth can we really clear the way for a positive change, even if we must go through pain, separation and anxiety during this most judicious transitory process.

Know this: that any reality founded on fantasies, lies or self-deception, anything based deeply denied or 'hidden truths', where you may have acted like a fraud or a coward just to get along with others (bosses, partners, anyone), or on a deeper level, have disguised your true motives, agenda or sexual feelings, your sense of authenticity will be truly tested and is at risk of being completely frayed or exposed as phony, finally revealing your true inner motives to those closest to you. And the more you continue stick by any misconceptions, the more unpleasant the consequences...

Anyway, I do hope (and pray) that you are all cool to ride our magic '4D Cosmic Bus' into the blessed 5th dimension with me, remembering that 'no baggage' is welcome on this ride, and to keep your 'hands well inside the bus'.

These next few months promises to be the most exciting time in history.

Blessings, and have a wonderful week

Articles Coming Soon:
**JUPITER in Libra (with full horoscope) [tomorrow]
** FULL MOON @24°♓ 20' [next week]


Jupiter moves into Libra


Imagine the greatest life-coach you could ever ask for, a teacher, motivator, guru, physical/business coach, inspiring mentor and all-round benevolent angel hovering over your shoulders - wholly there to guide you (and only you) into being the best possible version of you that you could be.

That's Jupiter.

Are you familiar with that energy? Perhaps you can identify someone who plays that role in your world. Someone whose influence upon you is to help you see that everything you are possibly capable of is becoming expanded and integrated into life's complex infrastructures, systems, laws, religions, and society's moral and ethical fabric. They know how the world works and have a definite philosophy on things that not only sees where you fit in, but also how you can grow and contribute in ways which will foster your success and prosperity. Perhaps you play that role for others...

Where is Jupiter in your chart? It's sign and house placement tell us how and where you are assisted (and assist others) to get along in the world. Harmonious aspects to Jupiter from other planets also inform us about which energies are compliant in enhancing our personal confidence and finding contentment and harmony with nature. It blesses us with a strong career vision, defines our goals in life through gaining and understanding of law, politics and religion, higher education, and a well-functioning Jupiter also endows us with social popularity, wealth and fame.

By sign/house/aspect, a weak or challenged Jupiter may develop our more amoral character, one that is given to blind excesses, pleasure-seeking, choosing to ignore one’s place in the greater scheme of things. In the extremely adverse manifestations, troubles could arise for us through leading an unprincipled, poorly cultured, lawless existence, where the pursuit of simply materialistic or carnal pleasures would only amount to crude, arrogant, unjust, greedy, immoral or just downright quarrelsome behaviour.

When Jupiter entered in Virgo on August 12 2015, he promised us an upgrade in refining and sorting out our moral and ethical affairs, as well as providing an opportunity for us to become better organised.

Injecting a tremendous sense of sound, earthy, practical ambition to improve ourselves (and others in our lives) the urge was to learn and teach others. Ultimately, by the time Jupiter leaves Virgo (Sept 9 2016) many of us will have learned the value of working with others in teams, think tanks, tribes.

Did you find the tribe that works best for you?

In the highest sense, an increased sense of discernment has grown within each of us. Discernment is actually a skill that, that when applied successfully allows us to choose more beneficial relationships, to be more selective with how we administer our resources (time, money, energies, etc.) and helps us to manage our practical affairs more effectively.

Of course, taken to excess, this can just develop into a sort of nit-picking pedantry or superficial criticism that has made us patently impossible to work with. Jupiter's transit through Virgo was also in detriment due to the sign's preoccupation with detail, an aspect which Jupiter has little time for, seeing he is a big-picture force.

We have seen much determination to grow and transform ourselves through this period, with favourable aspects to a sustained transiting Mars in Scorpio and Pluto in Capricorn. However, Jupiter's journey through Virgo was also severely challenged by harder aspects to Saturn in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces. Growth was not growth without some sad realisations that the social/spiritual infrastructure itself was in danger of disintegration and melting away (Saturn square Neptune - strongest around the mutable grand cross in early June 2016).

Jupiter's shift into Libra on 9 September introduces us to the world of justice, fairness, harmony and amended laws. In any outcome, Jupiter's influence through this air-sign (intellect) sees that the fairest decision will be made by bringing us to be accountable for words or actions and to be judged accordingly. Symbolically, Libra's scales must always remain balanced. Thus, in the 12-month transit through this constellation, Jupiter sees that our goals and enterprises work out as they were meant to work out and that what manifests for us is the fairest outcome based on the decisions we make and the actions we take to see things through. In other words, we get exactly what's coming to us over the next year....

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Averting the Great Depression – The Saturn/Neptune square 2015-16
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Fortunately, many of you here (following these posts) would have been priming yourselves to accept the harshest of ‘truths’ about your situation for months. However, some fanciful delusions are hard to relinquish, even if we know that they are dragging us down into the abyss.
Saturn (physical reality) has been locked into square with Neptune (ultimate reality) since June, a protracted period when mounting suspicion that something in our world is not really supporting us. Many have been doing their best to figure this lugubrious situation out, bravely or earnestly working towards averting the outcomes of any disenchantment, disillusion, even depression.
Your efforts in this are now about to become revealed as valued and true or exposed as unsustainable and completely dissolve into the sea...

As Saturn brings down his judicious karmic hammer through Sagittarius, he decisively rules that we become seriously acquainted with the gravitas of natural law and order. This tough old arbiter uncompromisingly demands to hear a truth we have no choice but to ultimately confess. An almost religious persona, Saturn’s presidency over 3-dimensional physical reality cannot be contested, his supreme authority governs sternly over principles that are written in stone. His uncanny knack for arriving right on time to mete out cruel and canny justice on all the real issues is astonishing. Saturn teaches us serious lessons by passing a thorough and unforgiving verdict on any matter that he comes to examine, not only by auguring our ‘written’ fate on this planet, but often leaving us in grieving devastation over loss of things to which we could no longer justify to hold.

Invariably these are to do with some aspiration to attain something that we did not deserve to have.

As Saturn sets about to encounter Neptune in Pisces, that Master of alternative dimensions, we begin to sense a frightful air of vulnerability around our flimsiest perceptions of reality and our most pretentious misunderstandings.

Three exact squares occur over the next 2 years; their period of intensity is strongest 6 weeks either side of the event:

November 26, 2015
June 18, 2016
September 10, 2016
Yet it is this first approach, in February 2015 that brings Saturn and Neptune within 4° aspect. The effects we might be already feeling makes this square immediately interesting to us all. This near square subtly ushers in a growing pressure by the hard-ass Saturn to confront any dreamy delusions or escapist tendencies, fanciful notions that simply don’t align with what is expected of us in this structured and physically quantifiable world.

Conversely, Neptune strikes back with the subtle weaving of fantastic abstractions that seem to challenge our perceived reality, undermining its core foundations and adherence to solid facts as if they were mere superstitions. Like the sea’s crashing waves upon the side of a cliff, Neptune works away earnestly to erode its stony structure, eventually enfeebling its solid stability.

Since both planets are in signs that seek a higher truth (Sagittarius and Pisces), there will be a considerable struggle to present one definitive version that Saturn will accept as satisfactory enough to work with. The difference here is that Sagittarius is concerned with external, scientific truths whilst Pisces is largely esoteric. Worlds collide, in the most religious sense possible. What to believe?

So a gradual process of elimination, a dissolution of values we hold sacred about our world, the things we believe in, often without any evidence becomes the crux of this clash. It is the deep submersion of our trusted standards into the ridiculous and sublime currents that are now trending, and the resulting scenario could prove disastrous if either side refuses to yield from their cherished perspective.

Neptune, dignified in Pisces, will eventually erode away any outworn foundations, finally collapsing our proverbial cliff to its untimely demise into the sea. Things could go either way, but it is external structure – exterior reality that will either stand firmly against the test of time, or crumble hopelessly into the dissolving elements. In this case the element is water. Infinite amounts of it.

The aspect plays out most intensely over three distinct periods where these two planets are at least within 4-5° orbs by square. These will be periods where the process of confusion, renunciation, withdrawal and dissolution will prevail, often with difficult, disappointing and even depressing times, especially when other planets pass through the all-potent SA/NE midpoint. [please observe graphic timeline for Sa/Ne hotspots].
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PERIOD 1: The descent into confusion:

Neptune is currently coasting nicely along in Pisces, the most emotionally sensitive of water signs. Aspiring deeply towards ushering in the next stage of our collective spiritual evolution, Neptune is quite at home in this water sign where there are absolutely no boundaries of distinction. Anything goes in Pisces, and it usually does. Even the Sun appears rarified and diffused when in this sign. Neptune’s subtle spiritualising effect is in optimum operation at the moment and has already begun to inspire many of us with an infinite array of possible alternatives to entertain. Abstract theories that suggest inter-dimensional communication through enlightened consciousness, conspiracies abound on all sorts of phenomena (ancient aliens, illuminati), as well as the immersion into quantum ‘laws of relativity’, sacred geometry, psychedelic journeying, yoga & meditation etc. are being constantly explored and spread freely, inspiring and infecting us through all kinds of new trends.

The net result is that we are all becoming somehow exponentially inter-connected by an ever-increasing force that is slowly dissolving our physical boundaries, and in spite of all the grueling attempts to maintain a physical separation we are continuously being immersed into an esoteric exploration of a universal empathy and compassion towards all things, and in ever more refined and sophisticated ways.

Naturally, Saturn in Sagittarius is seeking truth the hard way. Only believing in what is intuitively trusted by his own senses and linear mathematics, Saturn will press on to see how things add up on his way through.

Since Neptune’s penchant for higher dimensions only yields variables and extrapolations of an inner truth rather than the linear three-dimensional reality that Saturn prefers, the result may initially appear as a rather messy or complicated affair that only creates increased confusion and despair, especially among those in the mystical /emotional community.

Those whose perception of external form and structure is frail or flimsy, the sickly, the infirm, the deluded, the dishonest and the undecided will probably suffer most from what they consider to be a cruel fate with destiny.

Needless to say, the universal notions of what constitutes the ultimate truth are now about to go into a long period of uncomfortable gestation. What has been poorly conceived over a misguided error or delusion is about to be either exposed and debunked, paving the way to the prelude of the greatest rise of mysticism ever known to humankind. An environment of hypersensitivity develops, particularly in defense of any criticism that our most cherished notions and fondest fantasies will either withstand or abjectly fold. With so much cynicism and scrutiny about, and often no place to run, we may begin to sense that dreadfully ominous black cloud of depression looming over us. Preparing wisely for this in February means acting upon all warnings to disband and unload any messy clutter, both internally and externally.

Anything that does not add up, any loose ends or holes in our own amazing theory of ‘how it all works’ will only serve to defray and betray any of our pretensions, particularly later in the year and into 2016. And the effects will spill over into the coming years.

If depression is the inability to construct a future, then it stems from a blockage in our ability to effectively dream and scheme about tomorrow. We have seen much of this when Saturn was squared by Jupiter (Sep-Dec 2014). We learned that to forge ahead we must discover and remain true to our personal integrity, come closer to our personal centre. That square has not yet become exact. This will occur in early August 2015 when Saturn is back in Scorpio for a few months and crosses Jupiter in the late degrees of Leo.Meanwhile Saturn will ease away from Neptune to let us take care of all the mundane matters behind all this truth-seeking business. Much will crumble as Saturn takes a deep hard probe into the privileged world of those ‘entitled ones’ (Jupiter in Leo) – all those über-magnates and princely types. This will level out any inconsistencies in ‘the pursuit of honour & integrity‘. Any upsets here could cause the prelude to a bit of social gloom which we can only combat with firm resolve to tackle these things from the inside out now. Forming our own, genuine integrity is the real key here.

As Saturn returns to Sagittarius in Sep 2015, the ‘cult of the exterior paradigms’ in the west (USA, Europe) tries to strike back, but as we will see, so much faith is lost and a great shift in cultural power (brought by the years of Uranus/Pluto squares) sees another rise of economic dominance from Russia, China and the Saudi nations, based strongly on oil production.

The physical world is really on the brink of a 5-6 year period of unrest. We can alleviate our torment by lightening our dependence upon dinosaurs like fossil fuel and a global economy that comes to depend strongly upon that, willing to wage wars and propagate lies to try to conceal this third-party dependence/addiction to power and domination.

What the actual future will look like is entirely up to each individual, but if we try to huddle with the masses on this one, waiting for some political leader to emerge as the great messiah and show us the way then watch out – we will continue to be misled and ultimately (by September 2016) feel totally disillusioned. All this should be already evident, but further evidence will continue to surmount over the next 18 months- 2 years.

The only way through this to renounce all ego-attachments, come into all affairs from a place of compassion, forgiveness, gratitude and co-operation. Withdraw from negativity and madness and let the exterior empire dissolve back into the sea. It was after all, one great illusion. Your own inner world holds the key to your future.

(originally published January 17, 2015)

Parts 2 of this article is available here…http://angstoic.com/2015/11/7458/

Tips for dealing with depression:

Remember to look after yourself. Nobody is going to care for your physical and emotional well-being as much as you can. – do your best to eat fresh, nutritious food and exercise regularly, – practice yoga/meditation (pref with a group) – get lots of peace and rest
Avoid adding extra responsibilities and stressful activities onto your weekly regime – keep it simple.
Stay connected with others; prefer more positive, uplifting company;
Avoid negative persons, other sufferers of depression.
Join a charity group, offer up your services. Good for the soul, and self-esteem
Steer clear of booze, drugs, sex, or work as an escape option. You cannot cheat this crisis by not dealing with it.
Avoid taking a pharmaceutical approach to what is essentially an emotional problem.
Seek wise counsel, join a support group
Focus on your passion, express your creativity – never give that up
Stay on the sunny side – Unless you can shed light on the disturbing, avoid the darkness.
Remember – this too shall pass.
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2015

PART 2

Feeling a bit distant?

A bit disconnected from the source?

If you find yourself plummeting down into the pits of despondency, loneliness and despair, increasingly feeling cut off from your world, no longer able to paint a brighter future for yourself, then it is possible that what you are experiencing are the effects of an emotional depression.

What is depression?

In my observation, depression is a powerful symptom – a crippling sensation that you are stuck somewhere, astray from the optimal path towards your personal development, emotionally stranded in the awful feeling that nothing (absolutely nothing) can help you out of that place. You may reach out for help, perhaps find company, or seek counsel, or find some sort of crutch or medicament to smother or to soothe that aching sadness, but in truth you are in a critical state of emotional paralysis, and all that you are, and all that you could be are not in any way aligned.

So what are those symptoms really trying to tell us?

It’s about our relationships. Somewhere there’s been a misalignment between your spirit and your physical self, and you are perhaps either confused, too weak, too proud or disillusioned to do anything to correct your situation. In that misalignment you have lost contact with your higher self and are being misled by your ego into a futile pursuit. Perhaps, at one time, for the sake of your security, comfort, or some other physical gratification, you chose to take a safe option. Perhaps it was seen as an easy escape from a more difficult, more punishing option.

Perhaps you chose to go with a certain person; a lover, a parent, a friend; or you started a job, took a bank loan for something you could not afford, started a business; began a special ‘medication’ program; joined a religious cult, move to a certain location… or perhaps you chose to have a baby?

Whilst your choice may have provided you an immediate solution or respite from a troubled situation, it was by no means a viable long-term solution. Instead, it set you off into a chain of ever increasing compromised circumstances.

In that decision you have entered a relationship that has ultimately not allowed you to express your true authentic self. If, after a sustained period, you find yourself feeling increasingly weak, demotivated, misunderstood, and hypersensitive to criticism from others, where all you want to do is crawl into a hole and withdraw further into yourself, then welcome to the world of depression. No, it’s not fun, but it is the body’s survival mechanism to a negative emotional reaction. That emotional reaction is a direct response to your true spirit being muffled.

Many folks who suffer from this awful state are not only unaware that they may have a problem, they are also oblivious to what their condition is trying to tell them. What may have begun as a relationship that promised an escape from a troubling situation, now turns out needing an escape itself.

And so, to escape the doldrums they seek another, similar way out.

And so, the cycle continues…

A S T R O L O G Y . O F . N O W
From the moment you are born into this world, from the time you take your first breath, in response to perceived threats to your well-being in your environment, you develop a false self: a thin layer of skin, a set of protective behaviors that you present to others as a mask - a personality which develops out of a starving inner sense of need and lack.
Over the past 3-4 years, we have seen the explosion of the false self, this mask of ourselves, growing in epidemic proportions - espcially aided by the internet. Socially, through facebook, instagram, snapchat etc... as well as in business with Linked-in, and the 'enhanced' CV.. the selfie - the false self, is enjoying its greatest heydey in history.
Everyone is welcome to try it on now. And of course, it has given new rise to the term 'narcissist'
The false self is motivated by an ambitious, habit-forming, co-dependant, addictive energy which draws its whole sense of identity from feeding off the emotional energy of those in its environment. It compensates and masks any perceived unhappiness by constantly engaging in relationships and social programs that promise to feed into the desired image.
Yet it is this mask we wear, this protective barrier, that ultimately keeps us from connecting with the core happiness inside our hearts. It is our infatuation with the constructed self that hinders us from ever experiencing love itself.
There are two choices now peeps - two roads to take: one is to pursue the world of the exterior false-self; the mask that we present to others; that appears to many as so real or.... we can follow a much deeper, inner journey - one which we often denied or ignored but swears to honour and to serve you (always) in your quest to find the truth about who you really are and where you subsist.
Until the day we discover that much of what we promulgate about our bull**** selves is false... just waiting, wishing to be true, humanity will remain conflicted, divided and in dire need to clutch to one another out of pride, envy, greed, indolence, resentment, lust and ...
Something is changing. Enough with the mask already...Time to expose your true selfie.
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WEEKEND AHEAD: Sep 9-11
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WEEKEND AHEAD:
Significant transits:
❋ (F) JUPITER goes into LIBRA - Growth through restoring Justice
❋ (F) Quarter Moon (17°♐14') - Existential challenges, decisions
❋ (Sa) ☿(23°♍09'Rx) ☍Ch (23°♓ 09'Rx) identification of one's rut
❋ (Sa) ♄ (10°♐25') □ ♆ (10°♓ 25'Rx) grounding of disillusionments
❋ (Sa) ♀(14°♎59') □ ♇ (14°♑59'Rx) power struggles with attachments
At this significant mid-eclipse juncture the Sadge Moon makes an striking contact to applying MARS sq CHIRON, which will be the main feature of next Friday's Lunar Eclipse.
A new force is being made available to all now. It is the evolutionary ability to immediately identify those who are in pain and need healing, and to be driven into taking action. Either we can deal with other’s wounds or we find them ‘too much’. Mars’ fight or flight impulse means that we will choose whether to act or leave alone those who show overbearing suffering. Our growing relationship and experience with our own inner wounds (shame, inadequacy, feeling disconnected) will by now have equipped us with tools to be able to at least identify with the painbody symptoms we see in others.

Jupiter’s entry into Libra means that we will be meeting many people in our lives from now on. Many of us have developed exceptional skills for discernment (Jupiter in Virgo) about what we can take on, and the year -long journey through Libra will bless us with the tact and guile to bring our encounters with others into a state of balance and harmony. Much work to be done, but the immediate rewards will be huge for this planet (political relations, business, economic, environmental concerns).

However, it is this last Saturn/Neptune square that brings it home this week. We come to see through the sugar-coated veneer of reality that some things can no longer able to be supported on the premise of lies and deceptions, and take an unprecedented step into removing the veil of delusion and finally facing up to inconvenient truths. This may be accompanied with a reassurance that we are ready to deal with reality or face sliding further into depression.

Let’s not allow this to affect our disposition by taking steps to veer away from those things that serve only to undermine and discourage our true romance with reality.

Have an amazing weekend xx
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

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The Week Ahead: September 12-18
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Current Planetary Positions
9/11/2016
1:05:12 PM
Sun 19° Virgo 25' 21"
Moon 15° Capricorn 13' 53"
Mercury 21° Virgo 52' 51" R
Venus 15° Libra 30' 33"
Mars 20° Sagittarius 11' 37"
Jupiter 00° Libra 29' 14"
Saturn 10° Sagittarius 28' 00"
Uranus 23° Aries 46' 20" R
Neptune 10° Pisces 22' 45" R
Pluto 14° Capricorn 58' 54" R
Chiron 23° Pisces 05' 28" R

❋ (M) ☿ (20°♍49’Rx) □ ♂ (20°♐49′) – arguments, controversies
❋ (M) (☿ 20°♍37’Rx) ☌ ☉(20°♍37′) – expressing subjective thoughts
❋ (Tu) ☉(21°♍28′) □ ♂(21°♐28′) – pushing oneself too hard upon others
❋ (Th) ☉ (22°♍56′) ☍ Ch (22°♓ 56’Rx) – cynicism about the deeper aspects of life, caught up in pedantry, rejecting spirit
❋ (F) ☉(23°♍38′) ⊼ ♅ (23°♈38’Rx) – readjusting due to the unexpected
❋ (F) ♂ (22°♐53′) □ Ch (22°♓ 53’Rx) – defending one’s flaws, refusing to go deeper into binding shame
❋ (F) ☽ (24°♓ 20′) ☍ ☉ (24°♍20′) – PISCES LUNAR ECLIPSE – emotional high tide, separation or endings due to superflood of feelings that cannot be handled.,
❋ (Sa) ♂ (23°♐35′) △ ♅ (23°♈35’Rx) – overcoming danger, actions which bring freedom or relief
❋ (Sa) ♀ (22°♎49) ⊼ Ch (22°♓ 49’Rx) – relationship still needs work, healing still necessary
❋ (Su) ♀ (23°♎33′) ☍ ♅ (23°♈33’Rx) – holding the unconventional at arms length

Last week presented us with a massive shift in planetary waves, particularly the move of Jupiter into the constellation of Libra, generating a whole new thrust towards the expanding our ability to integrate and synthesise ourselves into the greater world by restoring harmony and balance back into our world, often through seeing our true selves in relationship to others.

Also, the final Saturn/Neptune square (Sep 10) has many of us still gathering ourselves together over massive confusion and disillusionment – a side-effect of the separation and grief being currently experienced from the physical world, which is not necessarily so easy to deal with because of the inherent denial, anger, bargaining and depression that goes on before we can take full acceptance of the reality that an false or dying situation can no longer be sustained. This process may take a while, especially for anyone still clinging hard to any misconceptions that something in their reality is now dissolving away forever, and will never again be made possible.

In many ways, and for many people, true Judgement Day has already come. Some people may take a little while to realise this and come to terms with it.

The Virgo Sun continues to methodically do its duties, crossing T’s dotting I’s in our daily lives, combining with Rx Mercury to purposefully arrange some very subjective, introspective thoughts and ideas into terms of some relative importance, particularly to the ego. This propensity to analyse things very subjectively, to stress the importance of one’s own ideas using very skewed, egotistical thinking creates issues through the week, especially with squares to Mars. If you’re caught up in verbal stoushes, ask yourself why it is so important for you to assert what you think is important. What is your angle, and what are you hoping to achieve from this. Any aggressiveness that comes across as egotistical thinking and communicating will only serve to damage any healing progress. It is an opportunity, in our mindfulness not to press our own opinions too hard onto others, to explore deeper meaning in our own ideas, or through deeper communication of the spiritual purpose of life.

This early part of the week, leading up to the Pisces Lunar eclipse sets the scene for the profound healing that is possible, particularly towards the masculine element in our world. True balance cannot be restored on this planet unless we prepare ourselves by healing the tendency of the ego to distort our thinking. Only by seeing into the roots of conflict can we ever gain the power to soothe and heal, both deeply and profoundly right through to the heart level. Many of you out there, whether you call yourselves healers, spiritual warriors, light-workers, shamanic guides etc. will be activated by this eclipse to take a whole new initiative based on the guidance of spiritual forces. (Lunar eclipse article, w/horoscopes during this week).

In all that occurs, in all the conflict and argument and all the working through issues, we must remember to stay centred and neutral if we are to be inspired by the Spirit Light to act, and not repress those very powerful internally emanating impulses when they arise in us. Stronger, clearer signals in every exchange, whether within ourselves, with nature or among our affairs brings greater emphasis and calling in our ability to bring to light the real and true nature of our conflicts and what they have to teach us.

Only when we come to develop our gifts of understanding the meaning and purpose behind anger, resentment, conflict, war etc. can we then intuitively assert ourselves in ways that fulfill this planet’s spiritual evolution toward peace. In a much more interpersonal sense, make special note to work on your
ability to get to the heart of a conflict, aiming to resolve it or direct it along positive lines, rather than to squabble around in circles. Have the courage to not hold back when you sense what needs to be done.

Sometimes one may have to act on impulse without necessarily having the rationally sound or logical justification to do so. Sometimes things need to be done because something deep within feels like it’s time.

Many Blessings,
and have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

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PISCES LUNAR ECLIPSE: 24°♓ 20′, Friday Sep 16, 2016, 19:06 UTC

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Current Planetary Positions
9/14/2016
9:18:10 PM
Sun 22° Virgo 40' 34"
Moon 29° Aquarius 57' 14"
Mercury 18° Virgo 33' 05" R
Venus 19° Libra 35' 44"
Mars 22° Sagittarius 13' 49"
Jupiter 01° Libra 12' 13"
Saturn 10° Sagittarius 37' 46"
Uranus 23° Aries 39' 53" R
Neptune 10° Pisces 17' 21" R
Pluto 14° Capricorn 57' 36" R
Chiron 22° Pisces 56' 15" R

There is a floodgate of interdimensional feminine Lunar energy unfurling its way into our structured, linear dimensions with this important Lunar Eclipse, a bookend to the phenomenal Virgo Solar Eclipse of two weeks ago. This lunation transmits powerfully transformative message to everyone here on this planet.

Relations are about to shift between the genders as the rising of a mystically receptive feminine force engulfs the earth to create the pathway for a more balanced framework by which to operate.

These impact of these powerful dynamics, activated over these past couple of weeks by the Virgo Solar Eclipse, will resonate most strongly as they pave the way for some of the key interplanetary aspects that we are about to experience over the next few months – especially with the harmonisation of the justice-seeking Jupiter in Libra (squaring Pluto, opp Uranus). However, it is important we stay clear and centered so that we do not become overwhelmed or confused by the strange energies currently at play.

This Lunar Eclipse is effectively an opposition between the practically functional and mentally discerning Virgo Sun creating extreme polarity against the spiritually sensitive, all-accepting and emotionally receptive Pisces Moon (also tightly conjunct the shamanic force of Chiron). These are being T-squared by masculine Mars energy in Sagittarius, forcing us to take action to clear any blocked emotions by allowing them to flow more freely. In this contrasting or conflicting process, this eclipse creates opportunities to see what needs to be done in order to hold and cultivate a healing space so that the emotional body may be cleansed, vitalised and purified.

In this sacred, ceremonial space our ego is allowed to undergo profound healing by becoming deeply attuned to the feelings of others (and visa versa). At the highest, deepest level, it is our actual DNA which is being allowed to transmute and transform to better receive and administer the Spirit light force for us to initiate the healing of others.

The Pisces Moon’s tight conjunction to planetoid Chiron is highly significant here, since Chiron is essentially a transmitter of insights between ordinary and extra-terrestrial worlds, acting more as a shamanic master of ceremonies who serves to initiate us through a rite of passage, as if he’s ferrying us from one side of the river to another.

Chiron, himself an extraordinarily tortured creature, a grotesquely disfigured sod whose own self-reproach, blended with abandonment issues and the curse of being ravaged by a painfully incurable malady, seeks a particularly sophisticated kind of remedy for himself through Pisces. He realises that only by the absolving all unfairly imposed incriminations and social stigmas – only through unconditional forgiveness and acceptance of his emotional weaknesses and tender vulnerabilities can he overcome the shame of being an intrinsically sensitive soul, who now seeks to remedy a lifetime pain from feeling discriminated, victimised and misunderstood. Only by feeling an acceptance for his powers of empathy can he ever hope to do the difficult work of helping other sensitive souls to become re-empowered themselves.

Fusing with the Moon, Chiron becomes engendered in the passive or feminine facets of our operation, and though present in all of us, it is represented most obviously through the woman – the mother, the wife, the matriarch and the nurturing goddess in our sphere.

Who nurtures and supports you?
Notice the way this force changes, becoming less personalised and taking higher, more impersonal (or less emotionally invested) care. This is designed to return responsibility upon you to act, rather than react (or whimper into a sense of escaping practical responsibilities).

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The lunar eclipse Chiron (involved in the Pisces Solar Eclipse, March 10, 2016) now comes to compassionately guide us across a difficult bridge, one that will take us into a new world of forgiveness, redemption and spiritual freedom from the wounds of the past. To many of us, to imagine living a life without feeling shame or hurt may seem like a strange, fantastical world indeed. The opposition to Virgo Sun, pits this force against a harsh, cynical, clinical attitude, one that commands we make some practical sense of any absurdly intangible spiritual concepts. Neptune, ruler of Pisces, now conjunct the South Node, suggests that there is a growing lack of team spirit, an undermining of global cohesion which serves only to disseminate and disintegrate past definitions and boundaries, cultural distinctions, national identities, borders, political affiliations and collective notions of being part of a tribe.

Squares to Saturn over the past 3 months have all but deteriorated our ability to make sense of what is happening from a structured, linear perspective. Many of us are struggling to make any sense of what is going on in the world. The question on everyone’s lips seems to be “is any of this real, and was it ever real?”

Through the phenomenal power of this eclipse, we formally cross over to the greater unknown. We subtly, silently inaugurate the induction of new, quantum energy models into our individual mainstream practices. One way or another – almost to spite the heavily righteous squares from Saturn and Mars in Sagittarius, established society is highly pressed to dissolve any notions of ‘normality’ and look at re-integrating its forgotten underclasses, its sick, its poor, its refuge-seekers and homeless, its disempowered and disengaged minorities, those who became ignored and reviled over several generations by the order of the establishment, which once promised to take care of them, yet appears to patently have let them down.

The emotional framework for a new revolution/evolution is being put together across the planet, very much like a neo-cosmic spiritual scaffolding.

It is the femininely-charged pied-pipers; matriarchal medicine healers; shamanic practitioners who come together now to hold a healing space for all the under-trodden and neglected, those used and the abused by the established, male-dominated oligarchy. The world will begin to hear a new voice emerging as the receptive feminine forces sensitively tune in to restore balance to those in need of empowerment. We are gently inducted into a new understanding of the phenomenal Piscean mysteries of this universe, through accessing alternative realms of the imagination we are hosted to enter into a deeper mind/body connection, and by bridging the Virgoan Sun’s skills and tools for understanding one another we aim to address some of the nagging issues around our health and well-being. In this great healing initiation, we begin to fully access the role of our emotions, both within ourselves and between others and seek to come up with practical solutions.

Of course, anything not working for us, chiefly because we have invested too much into an illusion, will have to be divested during this special full moon.

Also aspecting, the alluring love goddess, Venus in Libra is opposing the sudden, jolting Uranus in storming Aries, further reinforcing the feminine energy’s attempts to free herself of forceful individual love and to open herself up to the ability to love and harmonise all of life, indiscriminately. Blessed by a profound new ability to see and accept the value of all things in balance, as unusual, bizarre, surprising as they seem outside the bounds of our usual expectations, we come face to face with a new, much more progressive, non-attached form of love that is being ushered into our relationships now, both between others and with our material world.

After an extended period of alienation for many humans (Saturn square Neptune – Jun-Sep) the lead-up to this remarkable time has created an increasing awareness that we are, after all, living in a strange, exclusionary world where we must be very delicate in how we give and receive affection and attention. We are inspired to come forward and seek love and healing into our deepest emotional wounds, rooted somewhere in a maternal rejection/paternal shame. This requires a lot of courage, and could be quite confronting as the brash ways of the masculine can often be seen as insensitive and out of control against the sensitive nature of Pisces, which often holds things in when it is probably best to disclose and let them process. If relations are to be constructive, our feelings must be acted on, expressed directly and purely. This will allow much self-healing and will help to improve our current situations.

Conversely, if we react negatively to this eclipse, we may take the lower manifestation of this influence, indulging our personal feelings of feeling persecution/alienation, causing us to feel hurt or to inflict wounds upon others in our attempts to protect our ego. The wounded healer archetype lives in each of us, and is likely to be deeply activated by this eclipse. It could, quite as easily turn into the wounded oppressor – triggering the bullied child who’s looking to indiscriminately lash out emotionally get some back on those who came to abuse him, or just society in general.

Ultimately, the message augured now by this Pisces Lunar Eclipse is that true, holistic (mind/body/spirit) healing can only come from an understanding that we may no longer stay dependent upon the nurturance from a world whose measures of love, validation, success and growth are largely conditional on the exterior world. If we base our sense of emotional security on prescribed, premeditated and superficial relationship models, ones that aim only to appease our egos by peddling us cheap, perfunctory fixes. We must open our hearts to the spirit light, allowing ourselves to become purified from forced opinions and exterior expectations. Similarly, it is wise not to succumb to a neediness to be understood, but through our self-understanding, be able to release our stories of feeling victimised and wanting to lay blame and hurt upon one another.

Become open to being inspired by the Spiritual Light, learn to act intuitively and with certainty, not to repress those very strong, albeit mysteriously sourced impulses when felt. This Lunar eclipse brings a tremendous opportunity for all of us to bring to light the real and true nature of conflicts and really work through what they have to teach us.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

Pisces lunar eclipse: 24°♓ 20′


As the moon is about to pulse into Pisces, you may observe how it arouses your emotional apathy, psychic tendencies and spiritualistic instincts - a modality of feeling that becomes more intense and augmented as Luna approaches her full opposition to the Virgo sun's drive for detail, perfectionism and critical accuracy.
At some point the Earth will come between them, eclipsing the active sun's light upon the reflective moon, intensely highlighting our egotistical inclination to personalise everything. Be mindful that a profound process is occurring upon this planet, one which infuses the very powerful effects of self-awareness, as invoked by Sun/Moon opposition, with the Mars/Chiron square.
If you are experiencing conflict now, whether inner or outer, note that real growth is possible when exercising an objective intention to engage in this conflict in the most spiritually supporting way possible.
Do not take things personally if you want to learn and grow from this without grief or pain. This is not about the dream of you. This is about the true experience of you.
Tap into the cosmic power available to you now to peer into the heart of what is creating any conflict so that it may be healed deeply and profoundly at its core.
By exercising your practical skills, take some initiative now to overcome emotionally-based ego-attachments by calling on the higher guidance of spiritual forces that are accessible through this blessed lunation.
Blessings to your work in this...
......full story here: http://angstoic.com/…/pisces-lunar-eclipse-24%e2%99%93-20-…/

[onawah]

Post eclipse summary:


following an intensely exhausting three-month period of ego-spirit realignment (♄□♆, jun-sep) this eclipse period has been the building crescendo that must mark our transition in the experience of ourselves from an identification with the external mask, which appears to be real... Towards the hidden, inner being who has often been mistaken to be nothing, but is actually capable of being eternally aligned to the core truth in which it subsists.
It starts in our infancy (perhaps even before birth), where each of us, in reaction to perceived threats or fears upon our well-being, develops a false self: A set of protective behaviours driven by a root by a sense of need and want of that which we are not.
It is the essence of this false self, this mask, that we create for our own protection - this externally motivated, addictive force, that erroneously draws huge emotional investment into compensatory emotional patterns for survival.
How has this period served to shake your false perceptions of self/other, bringing you closer to a relationship with your true inner self?
Angstoic.com

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: September 9/19-26
http://angstoic.com/2016/09/week-ahead-september-19-26/
Here are the main transit for the week ahead…
۞ (M) ♀(24°♎58′) ∗ ♂ (24°♐58′) – Emphasis on sexual relations
۞ (T) ♀(25°♎32′) – ♄/♆/☊ – Depressed states, inhibitions with others, frustration
۞ (W) ☿(14°♍56’Rx) △ ♇ (14°♑56’Rx) – Transformative discussions and ideas
۞ (Th) ☿ (14°♍49′) SD – 05:21 UT – Seering breakthroughs about to emerge now
۞ (Th) ☉ in ♎ – 14:22 UT – Vernal Equinox
۞ (F) ☿ (14°♍56′) △ ♇ (14°♑56’Rx) – Processing deeply transmutable thought patterns
۞ (F) THIRD QUARTER MOON (00°♋48′) – Conflict of interests
۞ (F) ♀ in ♏ – 14:51 pm – Extreme passion in relationships

Current Planetary Positions
9/19/2016
9:54:23 AM
Sun 27° Virgo 03' 58"
Moon 05° Taurus 47' 11"
Mercury 15° Virgo 22' 58" R
Venus 25° Libra 05' 34"
Mars 25° Sagittarius 01' 57"
Jupiter 02° Libra 10' 20"
Saturn 10° Sagittarius 52' 26"
Uranus 23° Aries 30' 40" R
Neptune 10° Pisces 10' 14" R
Pluto 14° Capricorn 56' 22" R
Chiron 22° Pisces 43' 51" R


This week takes us deep, deep, not just into the inner core of our daily mental processes, but as we start now to burrow beyond just the mere construct of our minds, we also come to pinpoint the precious matters of our hearts – in particular, exploring how what we truly feel about ourselves comes to affect the way that we relate to others, on all levels.

Retrograde Mercury slows right down to a stop (14°♍49′) on Thursday, its close conjunction to the North Node and near square to Saturn creates a forced need to seek out others with whom we engage in deeply profound communications. Through this week it will sustain an exact earth trine to psychologically penetrating Pluto, creating an urgent need to disintegrate any of old, expired patterns of thinking and to transmute our senses into a whole new system of processing information, one which is ever less tarnished by repressed ancestral and cultural influences to accomplish and accede in the exterior world.

Venus, in her closing degrees of Libra activates the ♄/♆/☊ midpoint, so we can expect relationships, particularly those of some significance in our lives (both past and present) to be going through the final stages of judgement, in one last attempt to sort out or mediate their relative purpose in our lives, particularly if we are still enamoured by some unattainable ideal rather than the hard reality of how they compliment us. Yes, people come into our lives for all sorts of reasons, often with some degree of karmic significance, but is is time now to weigh up what all this means and make a decision on how and why they affect us. There may be some blues, but take this as a sign that someone is actually stopping you from being free to be and love yourself as best you can.

Much is changing, and the relative pace of our overall personal development is frighteningly prolific, just in the sheer volume of how much we are learning about how best to love ourselves in the context of others. By burrowing deep into the essence of where our love comes, we see clearly just how much this has been filtered, conditioned, even retarded by our subconscious desire to feel accepted, wanted and approved by others. These are not ordinary times for humans on planet earth, nor are these seemingly fleeting transits to be taken out of the context of far more potent and profound processes that have been (and will continue to be) blessing us with their critical effects upon our respective psycho-spiritual evolution.

The Sun’s equinox arrives on Thursday at 14:22 UTC, where days and nights become equal in length, marking a critical turning point in our yearly journey. Of course, this time of year ushers in the cooler season in the Northern, and the approach of warmer days in the Southern Hemispheres. At this Cardinal point, we sense too a tremendous uptake in the way personal and global affairs start to effect a brand new initiative, and of course, the Sun’s conjunction of newly crowned Jupiter in Libra (sep 26) initiates a brand new year of growth through reclaiming balance and harmony in our world.

Though many of us are still up and down energetically, this week shifts our focused intensity into a whole new dimension. Many of you have already been observing the phenomenal rise of divinely feminine forces engulfing the earth (augured by the Chirotic Lunar Eclipse), working to restore balance to a world obsessed and overrun by the masculine desire to dominate, conquer and control everything in the exterior. The shift now sees us begin to take a more passive, nurturing approach to healing our wicked, reproachful, wounded ways, seeking to understand that which has always been denied, both within and without in the world we come to immediately affect.

And affect we will.
Strongly so…

As Venus, the ruler of Libra steps into the emotionally fierce and fanatical Scorpio, one gets the feeling we are coming to the business end of all our interpersonal dealings, and we learn to either fuse or diffuse them fast, efficiently, thoroughly and hopefully for ‘good’.

Blessings, and have an amazing week

[onawah]

TAURUS MOON forming MERCURY/PLUTO grand trine 9/19/16


Nothing worse, or more dangerous to society than those who try to make themselves credulous by strongly imposing their opinions upon others, denying others the right to make natural inquiry.
Religion, politics, law, education systems... parents - they've all done it. They have often told us what we must believe without allowing us the right to ask questions when things just don't add up.
Great harm upon humanity has been inflicted and perpetuated by those who press their extremely one-sided views upon others...
And, of course, it continues to this day, especially through some of our media. We see great egotistical displays, maniacs of belief systems, especially those who imbue their personal feelings into their own stubborn, persistent need to prove an unyielding point, usually one that which has little or no basis in truth.
It's becoming transparent.
And it's not just the world of physics - the metaphysical world is full of half-baked prophets, trying to persuade us of things they scantily understand themselves, either by using hocus pocus or clinging to wild conspiracy theories. Whether someone is carrying a gun or equipped with some bible, the effects of limiting inquiry upon others is devastating to our human evolution.
Just know, that your own body and mind are adequately equipped to provide you with all the answers you need to understand this universe better. But first, you must have both feet firmly planted upon this earth.
Become still. You have all the answers you need right here, all around you, all you need to do is tune IN.
Come to this place.
Use your five senses to observe yourself in real time.
Explore the situation, fully...
You have all the clues you need in the present moment.
Your inner voice, your built-in guidance system is enough to serve you to find your truth.
Inquire within for more details.

[onawah]

The shift towards creating inner/outer balance

a new world
this recent period of eclipses (virgo solar/pisces lunar), leading into the sun's libra equinox (september 22) is in effect heralding the critical turning point of our species' striving to strike a balance upon this journey towards true ascension of our being.
As the exterior establishments of church-based religions and structured governments who rule by perpetuation of fear, judgement and domination over the physical universe begins to crumble and fall away, we see a new divinity emerging, a new holiness......
What if you woke up to a world that was no longer about competition, ambition, domination? What if you were to suddenly awaken to see this world as a place where gentle folks were ready to start working together, hand in hand in co-operation, to tend and nurture to all that is, blooming individually in their full integrity and coming together to work as one, to lay down the lasting foundations for all that could be? Sounds like the dream hey?

[kirolak]

Thanks for posting these. . . this has been the worst mercury Retrograde I've ever experienced, btw. . . .I can't begin to list all the problems with electronics, pcs, communications etc . . . :(

[Omi]

This Mercury retrograde was so powerful with its forces, I've experienced it myself as well as seeing few others around me have difficulties with their ways of communicating, with relationships, changes in living situations, sudden cancelations with contracts, etc.

I wonder if there were any causes other than planetary formations behind this..

[onawah]

Sun in Libra (Sep 23-Oct 23)
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After a Solar month of Virgo's "I'm not ready yet", "things to be sorted... worked through... fixed and adjusted", it's now time to come meet the world, face to face, one-on-one.

Libra is all about striking a partnership, and even where one already exists there is room for smoother relations, mediation, bridging any gaps and restoring 'perfect' harmony between two sides. The Libra Sun will most significantly conjunct Jupiter (Sep 26), providing much exuberance through healthy debate, square Pluto (Oct 7) creating all kinds of power struggles, and oppose Uranus (Oct 15) forcing us to deal with all kinds of upsets and disruptions.

Mostly we will see the Libran guile and tact come into ploy in situations where a touch of balance in necessary to keep things in order. But as we are evolving in exponential bounds, our creativity will need to be at its cutting edge finest to find peaceable solutions in both our personal and political affairs.

How will the emphasis of these next 30 days affect you?

[onawah]

MERCURY direct, still trine PLUTO, opp NEP/S.NODE



Get the feeling something's changed and you can never ever go back, even if you really wanted to?

Like when you wake up from a dream, not quite knowing what is going on but can't quite go back to sleep either.

The dream is over.
You are wide awake.

Staring at the ceiling, observing a true nothingness, a perfect stillness, numbness... then the alarm clock goes off, your mind immediately kicks in, and the metronome of time starts to tick-tock-tick tock...,

You start to wonder which story you shall choose for the day. The 'I am' enters back into the picture, and you know you have to get up and play the whole 'reality' story, perform that role that you believe you should perform.

Except... you start to question whether you can go back there either.

Something's changed.
This time there are no limits.
And you have the power
To reach outside the box
and be a different you
one without fear
to dream anew
a new reality
for you

[onawah]

The Week Ahead – October 3-10
http://angstoic.com/2016/10/week-ahead-october-3-10/
This week’s Moon passage through Scorpio, Sagittarius, then Capricorn sums up the mood as we go deep to get to the bottom of what not only sits well with our truth, but what how we actually intend to make it our reality.
☉ ∗ ♄ Tuesday Oct 04 05:00 pm Sun 11°♎54′ Sextile Saturn 11°♐54′
♀ ∗ ♇ Wednesday Oct 05 09:19 pm Venus 14°♏57′ Sextile Pluto 14°♑57′
♂ □ ♃ Wednesday Oct 05 09:46 pm Mars 05°♑42′ Square Jupiter 05°♎42′
☿ in ♎ Friday Oct 07 07:56 am Mercury 00°♎00′
☉ □ ♇ Friday Oct 07 07:30 pm Sun 14°♎57′ Square Pluto 14°♑57′
☽ □ ☉ Sunday Oct 09 04:33 am Moon 16°♑19′ Square Sun 16°♎19


With the glib Libra Sun on the campaign to meet others halfway being joined by communications expert Mercury (Friday) who will pass over inflating Jupiter, the quest to say the right thing and provide the best choice possible in the exterior world will hit all stops by the middle of the month.

But something much more intense, even life-transforming is happening underneath the surface which, instinctively, nobody can deny.

We have all been through a very prolonged, exhaustingly drawn-out period of disillusionment, where our reality seems to have been on the brink of messing not just with our minds, but our hearts as well. Yesterday’s quincunx from the Sun to Neptune has us now highly spurious about anything, and no amount of trying to sugar-coat **** is going to give it any substance. As the Moon dives dramatically into Scorpio, it appears the worm is about to turn in all our relationships, and as Luna activates the extremely fierce Venus, the seethingly dark Lilith and scorned Juno, the mood is set to get nasty, particularly where one-to-one relations are concerned. Scorpio not only sees right through Libra, she intends to teach him a lesson. The Libra Sun may wish to really ground himself in his attempts to succeed at forming trust in others when on Tuesday he forms a sextile to Saturn in truth-pressing Sagittarius.

Something just doesn’t sit well though and – let’s face it – after months of feeling confused, lied to, disenchanted with reality by the eroding effects of the Saturn/Neptune squares, there are not many who are ready to quickly settle for what continues to be presented as ‘evidence’ and ‘facts’, surmountingly stacking up before us.

We have learned the truth is not necessarily OUR truth, and with Mars now in Capricorn, we are not only hungry for a bite of the reality sandwich, but as the warrior-god squares up to the politically voluble hype-machine that is Jupiter in Libra, we are all too keen to spit it back out in his face if it fails to make good, earthy sense. The crusade to get some grounding does become more desperate as this month rolls.

As things progress this week, we come to discover that so much about so much is still pathetically trying to stay hidden. The Sun’s square to Pluto in Capricorn is just a reminder that people will do anything to conceal their true motives, bury the premises that lie beneath what is becoming simply an attempt to take us along on their ride. But our instincts tell us more – that in effect, others are actually clueless about what we want. As the Moon passes over Saturn on Thursday we start to question if anyone has a clue about what they want themselves… a grim despair slips over the land (temporarily) when we may choose it’s best to completely suspend all connection to the exterior which is coming across as thoroughly unsound and unsupportive to what we want to believe. It appears that there is no way to fix, or restore something whose very nature has become extremely corrupted. A growing sense of fear may rise, which becomes severely more verified in the dense structures of the crumbling 3D universe and, in many ways, it’s harder and harder to find excuses, euphemisms and fairy-floss explanations.

Anyone with any intelligence gets the feeling that if we are going to move forward, there may be a degree of difficulty just ahead in accepting what is really true.

So what is true? What is real then?

One thing that is starting to mount by the first-quarter Moon in Capricorn this Sunday – the only place to turn to for your reality is with your own feelings.
Sure, these are often unsettling and disturbing. This is what causes you to run to others, or to clutch to your external props and accoutrements to find some consolation, perhaps distraction. But your feelings (however painful) are your only reliable source to the truth you seek to find. Your feelings are the only thing you can truly call your own. Your feelings are the only source that will inform you of your own best interests, and without this information you will never really come to accept the truth. Without an honest connection to your own feelings, you will never find true love. One cannot love if one cannot feel. Even if it hurts, and it will hurt a lot if you have trained yourself to deny, to banish, to hide, to disallow yourself to express truly feel. The pain you feel comes only from the shame and embarrassment of holding off expression of the only thing that’s truly yours.
From the time we are born, society is there to suppress and to limit our own emotional reactions, our instincts, what sits inside us and guides our true gauge with reality. We have become ever so dependent on others and on our society to tell us what makes us happy and what brings us pain.

In the end, this has not served us. Especially those who have been living mostly in their heads and not their hearts. Observe the struggle that everyone (including you) is going through in trying to determine and decide what is going on. Observe the growing insecurity that only comes in trying to trust what is going on if it is failing to connect with your own heart’s purrings and growls.

At some point this week, we will take a stand, embrace our own emotions and let ourselves feel. Even if all we feel is pain, despair and disappointment. At least in this will come closest to our true reality, and come to distance ourselves from all the delusion that continues to bang its ludicrous campaign drum all around us.

It may not hurt to release the pain and have a good cry. That will certainly help (a little while), but when the crying’s over you will still need to come down to earth and decide how to act. What is the most responsible thing for you to do?

Blessings, and have an amazing week.
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: October 9-15
http://angstoic.com/2016/10/week-ahead-october-9-15/


It is a whole different reality that dawns upon us this week, my friends. It will soon be time to cease talking about the discombobulating effects of the Saturn/Neptune squares on our perceived consciousness – all the disappointment, disillusionment, the heartaches of broken dreams, the deep sighs of depression and all that…
Soon… very soon, the last 12 months will seem like a drowsy awakening from a dream from which one just did not want to get out of bed. The snooze button on the alarm had already been hit three times, and soon, those still reluctant to leave the snuggly warm bed and greet the new day should expect a rousingly ice-cold bucket of “wake-the-f--k-up”.
☿ ∠ ♀ Monday Oct 10 11:05 pm Mercury 06°♎07′ Semisquare Venus 21°♏07′
☿ ☌ ♃ Tuesday Oct 11 09:46 am Mercury 06°♎53′ Conjunction Jupiter 06°♎53′
♀ △ Ch Tuesday Oct 11 12:16 pm Venus 21°♏47′ Trine Chiron 21°♓ 47’Rx
♀ ∠ ♃ Tuesday Oct 11 03:10 pm Venus 21°♏56′ Semisquare Jupiter 06°♎56′
♂ ∗ ♆ Tuesday Oct 11 05:04 pm Mars 09°♑39′ Sextile Neptune 09°♓ 39’Rx
♀ ⊼ ♅ Wednesday Oct 12 05:16 am Venus 22°♏38′ Quincunx Uranus 22°♈38’Rx
♂ △ ☊ Wednesday Oct 12 09:22 pm Mars 10°♑28′ Trine Node 10°♍28′
☿ ⊼ ♆ Wednesday Oct 12 11:59 pm Mercury 09°♎38′ Quincunx Neptune 09°♓ 38’Rx
☿ □ ♂ Thursday Oct 13 09:00 pm Mercury 11°♎09′ Square Mars 11°♑09′
☉ ⊼ Ch Friday Oct 14 02:11 pm Sun 21°♎40′ Quincunx Chiron 21°♓ 40’Rx
☿ ∗ ♄ Friday Oct 14 06:47 pm Mercury 12°♎44′ Sextile Saturn 12°♐44′
☉ ☍ ♅ Saturday Oct 15 10:43 am Sun 22°♎30′ Opposition Uranus 22°♈30’Rx
☿ □ ♇ Sunday Oct 16 02:27 am Mercury 15°♎01′ Square Pluto 15°♑01′
☽ ☍ ☉ Sunday Oct 16 04:24 am Moon 23°♈14′ Opposition Sun 23°♎14′

In last week’s forecast, we spoke at length about how certain hidden truths would somehow surface into consciousness (☉□ ♇), testing our efforts to create an idyllic sense peace and harmony in our world by exposing us to the forces of corruption. It was an intensely emotional time, especially with so much feminine activity (☽/♀/Juno/Lilith) in Scorpio had been brewing mid-week. Did you feel it? The message from the stars was to go with our feelings, to trust our most faithful guiding system – the salient, yet oft-ignored inner voice. It is dawning on us that deep within there is a key to help to us access our ability to address any repressed emotions when this fusion of goddess energies trines Chiron this week.

By the end of this last week, the intense inner process that had taken place would serve to compound all our inner notions that we have been misled, only validating and confirming our deepest dreads about everything we knew to be true, but felt unable, intimidated or disempowered to confront. Whilst to many this may have brought an intense realignment with our shadow nature, it was also essential for ego pressures to build to such a point where we could no longer defend or deny any hidden forces that may have been limiting or suppressing us. Certain invisible bonds and agreements to the masculine had to be broken or eradicated so that the Spirit Light could shine through.
All this sets the scenario for this week, and the events about to unfold. I hope you are clear.

This week begins with an extraordinary burst of mental activity (☿☌ ♃), a big need to talk big, to synthesise thoughts and ideas into broader discussion in attempt to make a case for moral justice, civilised debate and integration of facts into truths to try to reinforce an argument for law and order. Much will come out, be unearthed, especially by the raging feminine(∠♀♏), and information will be collected and coordinated in such ways that will aim to restore peace. However, this is not going to be without tension and a fair degree of discomfort, so be warned. Certain news is not going to be easy to take. Mercury in Libra, now all pumped up and loaded with high moral purpose to restore any imbalances heads squarely towards the ruthlessly defensive ♂/ ♇♑ by the end of the week (Saturday 15).


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An intense level aggression that may even be extremely overpowering can also lead us to say things that are extremely offensive at this time. This can sometimes push things so far that it provides a much needed breakthrough to occur. Beware not to overstrain as this will could develop into a mental breakdown. As much as one gets the feeling that they are armed with all the intelligence to have the final word in any argument we must be mindful that where there is an avalanche of Mars/Pluto energy there is also the propensity to go to any lengths to make one’s point, regardless of ‘right or wrong’.

The week winds up with a spectacular finale. The Full Moon in Aries – 23°♈14 (Sunday) is in tight conjunction to Uranus and Eris. Again, this is a profoundly phenomenal augury that much is not well in the balance between the genders, and this is a rare, and perhaps ground-shakingly provocative lunation that merits much dissertation and discussion. I will endeavour to open up about this during the week in my Full Moon article.

To compose the energetic scenario created by these critical transits for this week, one must look at the rising force that we have been following in our commentary over the past few months. Yes, things are coming to a head now. The feminine forces in Scorpio – the intensely passionate maiden (♀♏), the scorned housewife (Juno♏) and the sexually oppressed inner bitch (Lilith♏) – qualities that reside within all of us, both men and women are rising up to create great change now. This is a time when all elements of obscured or wanton abuse, control – any expression that has been suppressed, shamed, tamed or severely judged or manipulated is starting to come to the fore and reach a point of critical mass.

THESE are the true times of real revolution between the masculine and feminine aspects of our being. We are about to engage in a radical form of ego transcendence which, when it erupts in our exterior 3D world, aims to cut away at whatever has been extraneous, or indulgent. The goddess force of Eris is especially hard on arrogance. Any behaviour that makes us believe that we are prematurely outside or above the law will bring us to testify and pay account. The fierce emergence of goddess forces enrapturing the earth now are raising serious question to whether we have truly earned the wisdom and the legitimacy to finally set aside society’s rules in the pursuit of higher values.

What we will begin to see in this week’s unique combination of stellar energies is nature’s ruthless insistence to melt us to the bone, down to our core essence, down to the apparent nothingness which, only in itself alone, can reveal our true vastness.
Out of this, our true creativity will arise. It is not enough to boast or brag, to use fancy words or even back ourselves with scholarly university diplomas and embellished CV’s. It is not enough to be politically correct, or to pay lip service to the eloquent idea that in our essence we are “spiritual beings undergoing a human experience”. We hear these lofty platitudes in the spiritually community all the time, as much as we are sick of hearing poets, priests and politicians rattle on and on about the ‘promise’ of happiness. The time now is to actually realise this – to actually be it. This demands that we step forward audaciously into our self-greatness and love, and be willing to look deep into and surrender our own darkness, our shadowy motives, our built-in conditions and contracts, and our obscene tendency to identify with the false self.
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Current Planetary Positions
10/10/2016
8:53:19 AM
Sun 17° Libra 41' 21"
Moon 03° Aquarius 56' 18"
Mercury 05° Libra 27' 19"
Venus 20° Scorpio 38' 48"
Mars 08° Capricorn 52' 40"
Jupiter 06° Libra 41' 59"
Saturn 12° Sagittarius 21' 58"
Uranus 22° Aries 42' 19" R
Neptune 09° Pisces 40' 42" R
Pluto 14° Capricorn 58' 35"
Chiron 21° Pisces 48' 59" R
TrueNode 12° Virgo 10' 41"

[onawah]

Full Moon at 23°14′ Aries: Sunday Oct 16, 04:24 UTC
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Current Planetary Positions
10/14/2016
10:04:41 AM
Sun 21° Libra 41' 47"
Moon 29° Pisces 57' 44"
Mercury 12° Libra 27' 34"
Venus 25° Scorpio 33' 38"
Mars 11° Capricorn 40' 23"
Jupiter 07° Libra 33' 53"
Saturn 12° Sagittarius 42' 51"
Uranus 22° Aries 32' 26" R
Neptune 09° Pisces 35' 59" R
Pluto 15° Capricorn 00' 33"
Chiron 21° Pisces 39' 31" R
TrueNode 12° Virgo 12' 47" R

There is a strange nervous energy building as we head into this Aries Full Moon on Sunday. The following explanation may seem a bit dramatic and somewhat unnerving, but the dawning reality is that many of us already feel that that there has been a jolting shift – a complete rewiring in our relationship interdynamics, and even though the mechanics of the change have not occurred overnight, this full moon (as full moons do) only highlights the changes. In this instance, it does this by contrasting some significant changes in both our individual, and collective nervous systems.
This Full Moon is an epochal event in that it not only combines the rebellious, lightning-bolt brilliance of Uranus, but also augurs the very distant, but strikingly phenomenal effects of a new planet, Eris, who entered our consciousness when she was discovered in 2005. Eris is the goddess of strife and discord, and she works very much to cut away at whatever is extraneous, or indulgent by catapulting our entire reality into radical forms of ego transcendence. She does this very cleverly, by throwing a spanner into the machine of convention, then sitting back and watching it unravel for a decade or so, just like her mythical interference which led to the Trojan war which lasted ten years and ended up levelling a lot of scorn-fed egos – both among mortals and among the revered gods & goddesses of the time.

Now, let us say, Full Moons alone are one thing, for they accentuate a time in our month when our most intimately personal concerns must be held in check, and (depending how they affect your chart by house/aspect) create direct awareness through mediation or conflict in the mirror of our relationships. They make us realise that matters either strongly need our full, undivided attention to bring into balance, or that something seriously needs to end in our personal routine. The Libran Sun seeks to masterfully address any such imbalances and disharmony in any of our relationships. The way he does this is by sizing up the situation between ourselves and others, postulating an appraisal, then passing fair and equal judgment.
A decision is absolutely necessary now, but the position must be measured, marked appropriately and moderated until everything is just right before a truly balanced outcome can be reached and restored.
Of course, with the emotionally impulsive and stormy Aries Moon in opposition, this balancing process could be seen as a real trial. Whilst the conscious objective is to achieve some form of a workable, sustainably balanced partnership (Libra), unconsciously something seems to be subjectively kicking against any attempts to create such a balance by blindly and willfully asserting its own self-centred needs and impulses, or to act without thinking, reacting with anger or hostility if feeling at all compromised (Aries). Both are extreme reactions, and neither serves to fully satisfy unless some genuine give and take is exercised.

This matter is only agitated further by the Moon’s near-exact conjunction (00°S46′) to Uranus, a wildly electrifying force of resistance that (in Aries) promptly seeks to intercept, deviate or negate anything that tries to hold it down away from its precious, selfish point. Mixed with the emotionally reactive lunar energy in fiery Aries, what we experience here is an incredible amount of nervous tension – an impulsively rebellious and erratic restlessness that jolts our entire nervous system with a strange, often incomprehensible sense of uneasiness about the existing state of things – the machinations of interrelations. There is an immediate urge to react against, but not knowing why.

React against what, exactly?
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Well… what is there? “What have you got” to rebel against (as Johnny says in the movie)?
Moon/Uranus in Aries will see us impulsively revolting against whatever inequities may present in the existing system, just because they are there – without filters and hesitations. Whatever previously pre-pared, pre-existing, mainstream, mildly mediocre, run-of -the-mill, mild-mannered, lame-ass, politically savvy, schmaltzy and politely sugary ploys or efforts we’ve been used to employing to argue or to justify that how things are at this very present moment are seen as acceptable to the very unsatisfactory state of affairs is fair game to rail against.
If you have a look at the noxious state of affairs today – just look anywhere (you won’t need to look far…) you will see why this time (now) is a typically, epically unstable state of affairs between us. Moon/Uranus is looking for a sudden breakthrough in existing conditions – it seeks an intuitive solution, a genius epiphany, an inspired insight into our surface problems. And in Aries, it needs this now.

It is no wonder then that the world is feeling ‘a little restless’ and on the edge at the moment. There is a strong element – the more emotional element, the internal, the environmental, the moody -the feminine – which is building up to a whoppingly sudden burst of electrical storm-power, ready to shoot bolts of fury at any attempts to size up, measure, assess, mediate, justify or restore equilibrium to a system that she (luna) senses as desperately out-dated, deliberately regressive, passively aggressive or lamely unacceptable by her restlessly progressive, innovative epiphanies.

Freedom, nervous excitement, emotional detachment from others (particularly partners), an unconditional demand for dissent towards liberation, progress and civil liberty – anything that leads us away from conventional or standard ways of solving new problems… these become the sorce of the buzz that is generated and climaxing on this Aries Full Moon.

One can feel the electricity running through their nervous system. Not only can they feel it inside themselves, they sense it running through others too. In fact, everywhere you turn, there is a strange air of nervous excitement pulsing through everyone. I don’t often refer to world politics, but what is going on in the US democratic election just one month away from polling day is electrifying. Incidentally, without any other analysis, I will mention that both candidates have a Moon/Uranus aspect (Clinton has a square, Trump an opposition). And Trump is a Sun/Uranus conjunction (he’s the shocker), so I’m afraid that these individuals are one, very magnetic embodiment of this Full Moon zeitgeist.

Moon/Uranus people are freaky in that they are largely unpredictable in how they will react. Depending on the aspect, natives either ‘act out’ or are subjected to this shocking interruption by this wildly emotional energy. So it’s fair to say that when you apply these people to the world of politics that you will see them generate enormous nervous tension in the public mood (ruled by Moon). It is no wonder then that the world is currently in a high state of anxiety about what’s going on and what is about to happen. A semi-square from Neptune to this Moon also throws an element of confusion into the mix. Enormous compassion and suspension of our tendency to personalise these energies is necessary to actually see the bigger picture of where this is all leading our humanity, particularly in how we relate to one another on the most interpersonal level.
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Another phenomenon that I have covered already is the outer planet Eris inclusion into this lunation. Eris, a feminine warrior-type goddess, is full of strife and discord, and when mixed with the emotional rebelliousness of the Moon/Uranus, the revolutionary effects of this time can be far-reaching and impact our world in such provocative and irrevocably intense ways that it may be difficult to restore balance and harmony without taking a massive leap into a brave new way of dealing with the world.
Interestingly, and referring back to the US presidential campaign, it is the recent unearthing of a video of Trump in 2005, then famous for hosting the ‘Miss Universe’ contest, when Eris first entered our consciousness that acts as a catalyst, as a grenade that disembowels the whole trajectory of our existing state of affairs. This is how Eris works, since she has only moved a couple of degrees since 2005. At the time of her discovery, she was conjunct the Aries North Node and opposite Jupiter (who has now only just returned to Libra).

One thing we are observing is the phenomenal pace in which we are evolving regarding the freedom of women to assert their unconditional freedom and independence from the repugnant culture of the patriarchal masculine. It is obvious that there is still a large contingency among us (both male and female) who have a radically resistant, or conservatively antiquated approach to understanding that the needs to express one’s untarnished personal individuality as a basic, fundamental human right.

So much discussion to be made on this now. Without labouring the point too much here I might add that this lunation only indicates that the entire human race is brought to a monumental standoff. We are at a point where we will momentarily stop listening to the political clamour of outsiders, where all external props to our emotional well-being seem wholly unsatisfactory, become fiercely rejected, and the lines of dependence become interrupted or intercepted. The restlessness that you, and those around you are sensing at this very moment is the intuitive force you feel that much out there has to be detached, dropped, be instantly abandoned if anything new and deeply satisfying has any hope coming through. Only you, in your infinite internal wisdom has any hope of ever reclaiming and restoring a much needed balance and order back into your relationship with this world.
It all starts and ends with you. And you know this.

Since Libra has much to do with our ‘special’ relationships, then eventually, hopefully sooner than later, we might discover that the best relationships – the ones that really satisfy our soul – are ones that are deeply rooted in a true friendship and kinship to one another. Only in an equanimous sharing of everything this precious moment offers and everything it has to bring will we ever hope to get on amicably and peacefully. The day we look to one another and observe something more genuine than what we saw the night before – like a switch has been flicked somewhere – is the day that we realise that this person who just yesterday was just a friend (or dear enemy) is suddenly a very significant person to your overall self-understanding, perhaps even the only person you could ever imagine yourself being with.
Now let’s review and ask ourselves. Are you the same person that you were in 2005?
How has your interrelationship dynamics changed – can you see? How much do you identify with any preconditioned expectations of your gender or social position and how much have you moved forward into your own unique sovereignty? How well do you relate with the opposite sex? Is the power dynamic between you and the not you different? One would argue that things are about to evolve considerably, and certainly (by Jupiter) this is for the greater benefit of all.
Blessings, and have an amazing Full Moon xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

PISCES MOON, conjunct Neptune/square Saturn
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Current Planetary Positions
10/17/2016
9:30:54 AM
Sun 24° Libra 38' 49"
Moon 14° Taurus 52' 02"
Mercury 17° Libra 37' 27"
Venus 29° Scorpio 10' 02"
Mars 13° Capricorn 44' 52"
Jupiter 08° Libra 11' 49"
Saturn 12° Sagittarius 58' 50"
Uranus 22° Aries 25' 10" R
Neptune 09° Pisces 32' 47" R
Pluto 15° Capricorn 02' 18"
Chiron 21° Pisces 32' 52" R
TrueNode 11° Virgo 58' 44" R

Our auric field is full of the energies of other people.
Whether we ‘like’ them or not, those people who enter our consciousness through our minds, also enter our hearts, our emotional being. Simply by becoming aware of others, whether they are here with us or absent, past or present, we come to attach an emotion to them.

These emotions (positive or negative) can impact our overall personal energy field – affecting our cumulative emotional state of well-being.

During such times of increased sensitivity (☽/♆♓), we become ever more susceptible to the energies coming from others. In these moments, we sense their energy as being completely engrossed in their own personalities, their dramas, inadequacies and resentments. We sense them radiating a very harsh, negative effect upon us. Especially if they see us as being in a much more peaceful and harmonious state.

Very quickly, like turns to dislike.
Attraction turns into disgust, fear, judgement (♄).

They may not openly come out and say that, but our spirit senses their disdain upon us, and our whole emotional balance is thrown off-kilter. We feel very negative and often are not sure why.

Recognise that negativity without trying to change them, without trying to analyse or persuade them. If relations with that person turn nasty, learn to walk (☍ ♃♍).

You have the freedom to step away. Leave them where they are.

Step into a place of solitude. Learn, through practiced mindfulness and intentional breathing (meditation ♃/♆) to drop all negativity (♄) emanating from others. Let them be. You cannot change them now.

Changes you make in your own auric field system will ultimately affect not only your own state of peacefulness, but gradually, everyone with whom you are directly connected.

Learn to drop negativity immediately and step away from grief into peace (just like that).

[onawah]

The Week Ahead October 17-23


Are we becoming inspired and inspirited by the invisible influences from others, or are they simply a surreptitious drain upon our personal energetic system

After the staunch past week of feminine (passive) energies unleashing a backlash of scorn and reprisal upon the masculine (active) with the stellium of goddess energies (Venus/Juno/Lilith in Scorpio, peaking with the Aries Full Moon), the collective reaches a hyper-sensitive awareness of subtle energies (♆/☋) that surreptitiously erode away at the fabric of our social connectedness. At the last few paces of the Sun's journey through Libra, there is considerable debate and appraisal being raised around what constitutes correct behaviour, and what is simply a violation of our personal prerogative to stand in our equal power.

This next week unleashes extraordinary revelations into the ordinary, everyday mindset (☿☍♅), and through an awful sense of discomfort and disconcertment, we learn to walk away from those whose greater agenda has been exposed as belligerently self-centred and destructively willful (♂☌♇). Under this extraordinary pressure upon our sensitivities, we must come to make a decision that will serve our best interests, and in the coming weeks execute this decision with appropriate action. But things will not be so clear, unless we choose to stay grounded and clear.

Neptune's alignment to the South Node becomes even more intense this week (exact Nov 3). Those most subtle, subliminal connections with people in our world, whether known or unknown - that intuitive link that we share with others that they are of our 'kind' - becomes a matter that comes under serious question. The keenly observant Libra Sun triggers off a sesquisquare to the Neptune/Node (Monday). This hard aspect generates enough tension (an event) to raise awareness that we must somehow learn and grow through the challenges it poses.

Many of us will question just how much the more mysterious, hidden forces that exist to bind us together actually affect our individual vitality and our ability to exercise our autonomous sense of authority.

Are we becoming inspired and inspirited by the invisible influences from others, or are they simply a surreptitious drain upon our personal energetic system?
...and have an amazing week.
Blessings xx

[onawah]

Mars conjunct Pluto in Capricorn - Superpower
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The conjunction between Mars and Pluto at 15° Capricorn 03', becomes exact on Wednesday, October 19 at 11:17am UTC..

The conjunction between Mars and Pluto at 15° Capricorn 03', becomes exact on Wednesday, October 19 at 11:17am UTC. These two planets, which are fiercely involved in ensuring our survival, both personal and collective (respectively) may raise our assertive spirits to such an intense level of aggression that they may be experienced as overpowering, or compulsive force, particularly strong in the lives of those most affected by this cardinal degree.

Because of the fusion power of the conjunction, it is difficult to contain what could be just a mere fight from becoming a full-scale, all-out, thermonuclear war, and so care must be taken when we run into any situation where asserting yourself with aggression or anger is likely or necessary.

This formidable expression may be difficult to avoid at such times, since heated arguments could quickly spiral out of control and leave matters in an irreparable state.

In a more positive, mindfully-disciplined sense, this forcefully direct energy can be applied in areas where an extreme amount of work, or a very difficult task which needs exhaustive efforts to create purification or transcendence can be fully accomplished. This is especially so where a long-standing situation has become increasingly undesirable or oppressively untenable, or where the stimulation to react comes from deceptive, corrupt, or degenerative conditions.

In such situations, a full-scale war of endurance and unrelenting tenacity to assert your position may become something to be reckoned with, often presenting as a fight to the 'death'. It is also important to note that Pluto's tendency to possess Mars in a transpersonal way means that we are likely to act beyond just our own, personal agenda. The things we do may be influenced by motives greater than our personal drive (or understanding), where we become the unwilling or hapless instruments of a greater, more invisible darker power. A such, our applied efforts, whether constructive or destructive, can be so massive that they can affect the whole world, or at least a great number of people....Mars/Pluto – Superpower - Cancer/Cancer Rising
You may find that marriage or close relationships become the dominant battlefield in which your own personal transformation can take place. However this may not come without its fierce and ego-decimating struggles.

You may be met with some very compulsive and painful emotional problems in your significant relationships. Although you want to give others a lot of freedom and desperately want to be liked by them, you could find yourself unable to establish a true rapport with them, seeing them become doggedly fixated mostly on getting what they want, now most pressingly at the expense or abuse of your own generosity or kindness towards them.

Beware of them introducing third-party energies into your one-on-one privileges. You may rail against this to defend yourself against any unreasonable demands made upon your own freedom.

Achieving true cooperation becomes a total challenge now, especially when you find that you're involved with someone who wields a definite and uncontrollable power over your life.

Through a fierce fight, possibly to the 'death' you may each accept that extreme personal changes are necessary in order to make any partnership work now.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: Oct 31 – Nov 6



Daily Planets, The Week Ahead

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The big influence this week is Neptune’s exact pass over the South Node (the dragon’s tail), a point that has been subtly affecting us for several weeks with a slow, gradual, collective introduction into the beautiful realms of 5th dimensional consciousness. Yet this has been made punishingly challenging by the square from Saturn, whose harsh judgement and demands to ‘be real’ has only abrased and forced us to separate ourselves and seek isolation in order to protect our precious sensitivities (see full article on this here).
The week ahead is an epic lead-up to a snap awakening to a new reality, one which many of us have been sensing, if only in brief instances and sudden grabs where we have managed, even momentarily, to step out of the old even just for a slight glimpse…

Here are the key transits for this week:

☉ △ ♆ Tuesday Nov 01 08:17 am Sun 09°♏20′ Trine Neptune 09°♓ 20’Rx
☉ ∗ ☊ Tuesday Nov 01 10:32 am Sun 09°♏26′ Sextile Node 09°♍26′
♂ ∠ ♆/☊ Tuesday Nov 01 01:11 pm Mars 24°♑25′ Semisquare Nep/Node 09°♓ 20’Rx
☿ ∗ ♇ Thursday Nov 03 05:08 am Mercury 15°♏17′ Sextile Pluto 15°♑17′
♆ ☍ ☊ Thursday Nov 03 02:59 pm Neptune 09°♓ 19’Rx Opposition Node 09°♍19′
♀ □ Ch Friday Nov 04 04:39 pm Venus 21°♐00′ Square Chiron 21°♓ 00’Rx
♀ △ ♅ Saturday Nov 05 06:24 am Venus 21°♐41′ Trine Uranus 21°♈41’Rx
Jn in ♐ Sunday Nov 06 09:44 am Juno 00°♐00′
☿ △ Ch Sunday Nov 06 07:01 pm Mercury 20°♏57′ Trine Chiron 20°♓ 57’Rx
The Scorpio’s Sun’s effect is to increase our desire to renovate and overhaul everything and everyone who garners our attention, which may be seen as threatening to those who are sensitive, fragile or feeling insecure about themselves (Monday-Tuesday).

The Mars semisquare to the Neptune/Node (Tuesday) creates a frantic struggle to untangle ourselves from any sticky messes (anything from a knitting yarn to serious business dealings). As things become more confusing, anger increases too, and we come to realise just how enmeshed our mess is with all those around us. It is because we fight to assert our position. A position that is disintegrating under our feet. In fact the fight is bigger than we can imagine and if we’re sensing any disharmony or inability to adapt to others, it’s best we do not engage into the lower levels of blame and abuse, and just pull ourselves away. If we insist, things could quickly get unpleasant.

By midweek the Scorpio Sun begins to teach us to give others the space to enjoy the freedom to grow at their own pace (Wednesday). By staying deeply sensitive to the plight of those less privileged, even the downtrodden, we are inspired to come up with lasting solutions that may make life easier for them. In this, we plan ahead by planting seeds that will one day yield fruit for us from those we helped to make self-sufficient (Thursday-Sunday). This about your efforts as a valued investment into the higher universal currencies of kindness and grace.

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It is important to note that the phenomenon sweeping across the entire planet is the growing awareness that deep within each of us our higher self is becoming less capable of entertaining our own personal fantasies, cover-ups and denials – particularly where it makes our external life just excruciating to deal with. Over the past few weeks (perhaps months), you would have noticed a growing retreat away from the friendship, advice, or counsel of others and into a more private universe, where you are getting increasingly closer to becoming the key holder of a very exclusive membership.
Give yourself the opportunity to be by yourself whenever necessary; to be free from the ties and obligations that others try to create for you; to give yourself the time and space to be with yourself away from the influences of others; where you can draw upon the power of your own inner guidance system. Know, or come to know that you must learn to hold sacred communion with your inner self, and try as they may, nobody has the advice necessary for you now to make the kind of decision that will become transformative and critical to not just your own evolution, but one that aligns with the entire planet’s evolutionary shift.
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The dream is a shared dream, waiting to unfold for every entity on this planet.
It is not exclusive to you, or to some of you.
Let us not become confused that the dream is ours, or one that we can share with just a select few. It is this misconception that creates all the separation, the heartache, the discomfort, the suspicion and the vile anger that leads us into war now. Learn to allow those who wish to ‘play along’ this lower vibration ‘stageshow’ to play it out at their own level. Consciously ‘choose’ not to partake in the banal ‘drama’ that is filled with lies, secrets, cover-ups and repudiations. Identify those acting out in this way as those stuck in the Shakespearean production that is the 3D world.
One deep, conscious breath is enough to step you out of that lower ‘reality’ and back onto the ‘Cosmic Bus’ of pure, non-reactive observation.
You may need to make an insistent demand this week to stay away from those ‘role-players’, to maintain a sacred space for yourself to retreat into when sensing angry reactions, either from within yourself towards others or from others who make unreasonable demands upon your time or space.

Do this, and have an amazing week.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead – November 21-28
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Current Planetary Positions
11/21/2016
5:10:31 PM
Sun 00° Sagittarius 04' 32"
Moon 07° Virgo 10' 34"
Mercury 14° Sagittarius 11' 42"
Venus 11° Capricorn 37' 10"
Mars 09° Aquarius 23' 57"
Jupiter 15° Libra 14' 27"
Saturn 16° Sagittarius 41' 16"
Uranus 21° Aries 07' 47" R
Neptune 09° Pisces 14' 31"
Pluto 15° Capricorn 41' 56"
Chiron 20° Pisces 42' 45" R
TrueNode 09° Virgo 04' 54"The Sun enters Sagittarius this week, and for the next month proceeds to highlight areas in our lives, (our world – both externally and deep within) where we need to either show more faith or where we need to ask more questions, at least until we learn the truth or we can annihilate any disbelief. Whilst the biggest dramas with the Sadge Sun don’t really fire up until next month, this week kicks off with a mighty dramatic bang as the Sun crosses midway into the Jupiter/Pluto square – a grand aspect which holds the red-hot ticket for this week’s energy forecast.

☽ □ ☉ Monday Nov 21 08:34 am Moon 29°♌28′ Square Sun 29°♏28′
☉ in ♐ Monday Nov 21 09:23 pm Sun 00°♐00′
☉ ∠ ♃ Tuesday Nov 22 03:58 am Sun 00°♐17′ Semisquare Jupiter 15°♎17′
☉ ∠ ♇ Tuesday Nov 22 02:18 pm Sun 00°♐43′ Semisquare Pluto 15°♑43′
☿ ∗ ♃ Tuesday Nov 22 06:20 pm Mercury 15°♐23′ Sextile Jupiter 15°♎23′
☿ ☌ ♄ Wednesday Nov 23 06:44 pm Mercury 16°♐54′ Conjunction Saturn 16°♐54′
♃ □ ♇ Thursday Nov 24 10:32 pm Jupiter 15°♎46′ Square Pluto 15°♑46′
♀ ☌ ♇ Friday Nov 25 11:47 am Venus 15°♑47′ Conjunction Pluto 15°♑47′
♀ □ ♃ Friday Nov 25 01:46 pm Venus 15°♑53′ Square Jupiter 15°♎53′
☿ □ Ch Saturday Nov 26 08:22 am Mercury 20°♐41′ Square Chiron 20°♓ 41′℞
☿ △ ♅ Saturday Nov 26 01:38 pm Mercury 21°♐00′ Trine Uranus 21°♈00′℞
☉ sqq ♅ Sunday Nov 27 07:03 pm Sun 05°♐58′ Sesquiquadrate Uranus 20°♈58′℞


Jupiter rules Sagittarius, so its planetary energy blesses us with its larger-than-life benefic force. In Libra, it’s all about justice, chatting knowledgeably on just about anything, being easy-going and charming, sweet and making awesome deals with others that sees a win-win all round. All nice, sweet stuff. Some might say a bit too much sugar in that coffee…

However, just like the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, this week is not going to be a casual stroll through the woods for this lackadaisical Jupiter in Libra…Just around the corner lurks a dark force, a hidden, ruthless, uncontrollable monster who bears the urge to coerce and manipulate things into a position of its own sinister design. Let’s look at Pluto in Capricorn as the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ dressed in a slick italian business suit. He is dark, cynical, unyielding in his compulsion to exert the influence of his obscenely well-connected power and authority to satiate his salacious desires for sweeties means that he is ready to pounce dangerously onto any opportunity for personal gain.
I’m not deliberately trying to be scary or dramatic here btw… I’m actually just as sorry to have to write this stuff as you may be to read it. But in this, I am genuinely warning readers of the dangerous dark forces that have the power to change the course of our lives this week. So watch it. Be mindful that these are possessive and pernicious energies.

Anyway, welcome to the vibe for next week. The two planets are about to square, and squares… well they aren’t usually pretty. Whether it’s in your personal, social or political spectrum, this combination of planetary energies brings out the fiercest, most intense desire to achieve a result ever. “Success at all costs” is the motto here, and one must not be surprised to come across instances where there is such an overwhelming mania for someone to have their way that they are liable to chew you up and spit you out after heartlessly stepping over your dead grandmother to get to you. And it makes zero difference how sweet and innocent you are. In fact the sweeter and more amiable you try to play it, the more delicious you become to the ferocious forces waiting to corrupt, overpower or destroy.

In this, we might struggle not to take any moral stance in the way that we choose to observe the ‘nature’ of what is occurring around us.

The good-natured, truth-seeking Sagittarius Sun’s involvement here, (by semi-square on Tuesday) has the opportunity to employ some exemplary skills in determining what is really going on in any current or past instances where an accumulation of power and influence has used and discarded people and collateral resources. On some level, some authority will be able to stand in the middle of this and attempt to diffuse any abusive or compulsive behaviour.

However, it is more than likely, given the Leo quarter-Moon’s involvement here (Monday) that insecure egos (as if there’s any other kind) and stubborn pride may turn to arrogance, greed and a need to be right (or righteous). Once those puffed-up egos become flared, the entire experience drops down to a lower frequency/chakra deal, and the drama begins.

It is possible then that we might see just how easily those in authority become tempted to get embroiled in the quest for power, prestige and notoriety here, especially since the socially awkward but still alluring Venus in Capricorn becomes conjunct with Pluto (Friday). In the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood, it is akin to the rescuing woodsman doing away with the corrupt wolf, only then to jump into bed with young ‘Little Red’ herself…

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By the end of the week, Mercury trines Uranus (sudden newsflash), which in sesquisquare to the Sadge Sun exposing the whole damned thing, creating scandalous headlines and turning this whole twisted story into quite the tragedy of corruption, lust and immorality.

If this sort of thing is likely to occur in your neck of the woods, try and stay out of it.

Blessings, and have an amazing week x

[onawah]

The Month Ahead: December 2016



The Week Ahead


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Current Planetary Positions
12/4/2016
1:08:47 PM
Sun 13° Sagittarius 04' 26"
Moon 12° Aquarius 12' 25"
Mercury 02° Capricorn 34' 47"
Venus 26° Capricorn 43' 02"
Mars 19° Aquarius 00' 03"
Jupiter 17° Libra 27' 06"
Saturn 18° Sagittarius 11' 08"
Uranus 20° Aries 48' 45" R
Neptune 09° Pisces 18' 09"
Pluto 16° Capricorn 03' 29"
Chiron 20° Pisces 40' 32"
TrueNode 07° Virgo 09' 58" R
It’s December, and we are already sensing the bigger picture excitement that our view of the world and our adopted philosophy around it may never be the same again. The Sagittarius Sun moves intensely through the middle and late degrees, fueling our spirit to see what is true and what is just hype, to make a trusted call on what is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ for us, and to enthusiastically begin to put those ideas into words that we will live by. As the Sun moves into Capricorn (Dec 21), we will put those ideas into place and take responsibility for what ‘must be done’.

The massive highlight, not just for the month, but the entire year, will be the Capricorn New Moon (Dec 29), which packs a massive punch of energies into one neat little bowl, and serves it up in time for the New Year. It is a fitting end to the spectacle that will become 2016:

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Where November’s changes only affirmed our belief that it’s ‘probably all over, as we have known it’, the initial reaction was one of disbelief, denial, protest, even outright rejection. Most significantly, the US election result was the shocking harbinger that our world consciousness wa truly about to shift. But really… What else was it going to be in a year full of disruptions, eruptions and shockers? As the world still struggles to transition from outright disbelief into a growing acceptance that there are going to be inevitable changes, we make way for the next phase: creating a space where new possibilities, and an exciting fresh approach to what the future could hold. Whilst for some, this may be an interesting prospect, for many, the changes will not be as easy to accept or adopt.

The transition may not an easy one. The conversion away from old root beliefs is not usually the smooth, easy-going process many might come to think. Throughout civilisation’s history of religious reformations and all kinds of cultural invasions, the switch from one mode of thinking to another has been a disturbing and uncomfortable process and seldom without the pain of separation. So, Saturn squaring Chiron (Dec 28) warns us that this may indeed be difficult, even wounding work. Especially for those who are still grafted firmly onto the old system. Hearts are broken in every meaningful separation. This is usually accompanied with separation guilt… shame, which can be deeply wounding to those who have to experience changes in their entire way of life.
Yet, without wounding there can also be no saving… right? Without suffering there can be no redemption. One doesn’t just go from one source of supply to another without dramatic interruptions.
The process is like grafting.
Grafting requires cuttings.
In this there become those who are cut, and those who are cutters.
And severe cutting always leaves wounds.
And with wounds there become the wounded. And so there also become the healers.
Yet it is also through the wounds that we graft the new cuttings in.
Heart to heart.
Tied together.
Real tight, so the new flow doesn’t bleed.

We are entering the brave frontiers of the possibility of life with greater meaning. To facilitate this, we have all but dispelled the meaninglessness and worthlessness of elements that no longer make any sense to us. Jupiter’s square to Pluto (Nov 24) sees to that. During this transit we made a strong transition away from extremely righteous views that served only to oppress and suppress us from the truth we are perceive with all our senses. Hopefully we have been able to process these, make peace with the remnant elements of our reptilian past and move forward into a new, ‘floral consciousness’

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By the time the Jupiter/Uranus opposition arrives (December 26) we will be totally primed to switching up to a higher dimension of experience and understanding, one which by now will have accepted the cutting element of surprise, shock, upset, renovation and sudden renewal of our entire value system and the way we choose to relate to all the elements in the world before us. Whilst some of these visions for tomorrow might be founded in truth, others may prove unrealistic or too pie-in-the-sky. Yet, the process of change is so rapid, that all phony, self-motivated matter comes to quickly comes to fall away as egotistical and insipid.

For many, this next month will bring a strong alignment to our instinctive, intuitive, hunch-based nature. For some it will just be solemn affirmation that they were on the right track all along. But for a great number, who are still in denial because all their prised investments are stuck in a world that failed to secure them, there is only one prediction come the end of this month: Prepare for the greatest disruption to your sense of order that you have ever seen.

Such is the magnitude of intellectual restlessness right now that there is a veritable media frenzy that will reach fever pitch by the end of month. Ultimately, all information will be shared, and as the Sagittarius Sun treks past Saturn (Dec 10) you may see a last ditch effort from the established world of Saturn to hold the now battered and frayed pieces of the 3D prism together.

But it is too late.
The goose is out.
She is free already. Free to fly wherever she chooses.
The funny thing is, from the goose’s perspective, she now realises that she was always free.
The goose was never IN the bottle.
That bottle was only a mere figment of the goose’s fear-conditioned mind.
And now that the goose is aware of this, there is no fear of her ever being bottled up again.
So Saturn has lost grip of anyone who is wise to his devices of limitation.

We have learned a lot about letting go of stuff that only ever made sense so long as you played along with certain stories and lies. Jupiter and Uranus are themselves at odds, but they work well together through Saturn. by the month’s end. Both Jupiter (sextile) and Uranus (trine) are there to assist Saturn through the changes. Saturn’s 3D medieval instruments of psychological chastisement (fear, judgement, limitation, denial, derision, marginalisation, exclusion, frustration) have become rusted and blunted thanks to 12 months of constant submersion (square) in Neptune’s briny, otherworldly waters.

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Through this attitude-shifting dance, we become wise that neither fear nor a late or posthumous promise of a prize or reward can force the soul to go through change. These may change our appearance, perhaps even our conduct, but ultimately neither fear nor self-interest can ever become the object of one’s supreme desire. In the end, we realise that fear is only a motive which constrains the slave. And greed just controls and manipulates the selfish and uneducated by tempting them, using their own lust and avarice. We are fast learning, most spectacularly, that neither fear nor self-interest is impeccable, nor do they have any place in truly converting our beliefs… of redeeming our spirit. Only compassion and kindness can convert the soul, bring it to resonate at a higher frequency, and thus help to liberate us from insipid or unworthy motives.

Last Christmas I predicted that this would effectively be just that. The ‘last’ Christmas. Whether as a religious holiday, a consumer frenzy, a family gathering occasion, an opportunity for all business to cease trade… it is the spirit of the holiday which, in light of all the goings-on, would be rendered meaningless by the end of this year. Religion, consumer confidence, desire to associate ourselves with toxic family dramas, agreement for a ‘stop-work’ of the corporate machine will all seem quite unsatisfying reasons for a holiday whose true essence has been lost entirely. If celebrating ‘Jesus’ was about reconnecting to the spirit of the ‘christed light’ – showing kindness and compassion with the whole world, then how are we indeed honouring that in the western world. Or in the essence of other religions and world philosophies. Just look at what we had become by December 2015. Absolute, bare-faced hypocrites who would step over their dead grandmother to get to that cute little cardigan on sale at Walley’s. If we are to recollect, regather and regroup our sentiments, we may come to re-discover the spirit of community. However, things will seem highly agitated at the moment.

This year we are waking up, en masse, to a new faith. A new truth is driving us. When Mars in Aquarius trines Jupiter (Dec 2), sextiles Saturn (Dec 3), then sextiles Uranus (Dec 7) we will see the rise of the socially-driven warrior in many of us priming up for the full-scale revolution, building to its spectacular climax later in the month. Increased social irritation, in the first week of December builds to massive protests against out-dated or unjustified regulations, laws and conservative traditions, bringing ever-weakening governing powers to a point of standoff. Whilst impatience builds with and against the radicals, who insist upon their new ways, matters develop into struggles which are harder to contain politically.

This is happening all around the world. Individual forces begin to rise and gather into a collective, creating a movement which enact change upon those who try to show loyalty to traditional methods. The whole us/them attrition escalates all through December, precipitating into quite an ideological fight, where traditional politics becomes shattered by new and unexpected events. Aside from this, earth-shattering intelligence comes to light. New information, and drastic decisions in progressive government threatens to rock and to dismantle any order previously kept demure in the political struggle between conservatives and liberals. The contrast moves into the extreme – a struggle between those of old-world entitlements versus impatient and iconoclastic free radicals.

This is just the transits for the last 10 days of this year:

♂ ∠ ♇ Wednesday Dec 21 11:45 am Mars 01°♓ 35′ Semisquare Pluto 16°♑35′
♄ △ ♅ Saturday Dec 24 00:17 am Saturn 20°♐34′ Trine Uranus 20°♈34′℞
♀ △ ♃ Sunday Dec 25 01:23 pm Venus 20°♒25′ Trine Jupiter 20°♎25′
♀ ∗ ♅ Sunday Dec 25 04:36 pm Venus 20°♒34′ Sextile Uranus 20°♈34′℞
♀ ∗ ♄ Sunday Dec 25 06:33 pm Venus 20°♒39′ Sextile Saturn 20°♐39′
♂ sqq ♃ Monday Dec 26 05:59 pm Mars 05°♓ 33′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 20°♎33′
♂ ∠ ♅ Monday Dec 26 06:04 pm Mars 05°♓ 34′ Semisquare Uranus 20°♈34′℞
♃ ☍ ♅ Monday Dec 26 06:35 pm Jupiter 20°♎34′ Opposition Uranus 20°♈34′℞
☿ ∗ ♆ Tuesday Dec 27 04:19 am Mercury 09°♑38′℞ Sextile Neptune 09°♓ 38′
☉ ∗ ♂ Tuesday Dec 27 08:08 am Sun 06°♑00′ Sextile Mars 06°♓ 00′
☉ △ ☊ Tuesday Dec 27 06:40 pm Sun 06°♑27′ Trine Node 06°♍27′
♂ ☍ ☊ Tuesday Dec 27 10:06 pm Mars 06°♓ 27′ Opposition Node 06°♍27′
Pa in ♓ Tuesday Dec 27 00:20 am Pallas 00°♓ 00′ Conjunction Midheaven
☿ ∠ ♀ Wednesday Dec 28 04:09 am Mercury 08°♑18′℞ Semisquare Venus 23°♒18′
☿ ☌ ☉ Wednesday Dec 28 06:48 pm Mercury 07°♑29′℞ Conjunction Sun 07°♑29′
♄ □ Ch Wednesday Dec 28 10:56 pm Saturn 21°♐01′ Square Chiron 21°♓ 01′
☿ ∗ ♂ Wednesday Dec 28 11:06 pm Mercury 07°♑14′℞ Sextile Mars 07°♓ 14′
☽ ☌ ☉ Thursday Dec 29 06:55 am Moon 07°♑59′ Conjunction Sun 07°♑59′
♅ SD Thursday Dec 29 07:08 am Uranus 20°♈33′ SD Neptune
To sum up, this is an extremely exciting month ahead – one that is packed with complex astrological signposts and highlights. Naturally, we will be exploring the energies in full detail as we go, here on the weekly and daily posts, as well as intensive reports (tribe membership) on how the energies will be affecting you personally.

I do wish you all a wonderful, and safe transition on this phenomenal cosmic journey. Remembering, our best approach to proceed now it to stay mindful that our baggage (emotional attachment, fears) will only burden us with suffering. It is no longer a question of the wise-guys going about to convert others to their faith, but of each of us being ready to listen to one another and so, grow together in mutual understanding. To avoid pain we must avoid engaging into the drama of disparagement and disagreement. This is best done from a place of non-judgmental observation and a centered approach towards making choices that are intuitive rather than forced.

Blessings, and have an amazing month xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2016

[onawah]

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Uranus goes Direct at 20°♈33′ – December 29, 2016

Current Planetary Positions
12/30/2016
9:16:57 AM

Sun 09° Capricorn 21' 55"
Moon 24° Capricorn 41' 13"
Mercury 04° Capricorn 58' 22" R
Venus 26° Aquarius 00' 30"
Mars 08° Pisces 29' 40"
Jupiter 20° Libra 59' 58"
Saturn 21° Sagittarius 12' 53"
Uranus 20° Aries 33' 29"
Neptune 09° Pisces 42' 12"
Pluto 16° Capricorn 53' 45"
Chiron 21° Pisces 03' 57"
TrueNode 04° Virgo 40' 23"



Uranus in Aries has been in Retrograde (Rx) since July 29 2016. The effects of retrogradation upon any planet creates a personalised, internalised and subjective effect on its energy.

On DECEMBER 29 2016, Uranus stations, then turns direct. What does this mean for our closely held, self-righteous ideals about freedom and liberty?Uranus energy is the obstinate urge to resist convention and do things in our own unique way. Why do we feel this way? What creates this irrepressible desire to break free from the standard and accepted mode of conduct and entertain something different? The answer lies high above our cerebral cortex and connects (wirelessly) throughout our entire nervous system. The matter is electrical, and in an instant our brain is suddenly zapped with an idea that seems to rise from another dimension – the source seems alien because it strikes us as coming from a place beyond that with which we are familiar. Like a lightning bolt along the horizon on a moonless night, we are suddenly illuminated with an insight into what lies beyond our standard old way, and we cannot resist becoming excited about embracing a brand new way, perhaps sharing it with others.

When Uranus’ energy turns retrograde this urge to pursue a genuinely different direction becomes internalised. Like a mad professor who locks himself away in his lab to experiment on some new invention, or the revolutionary who drafts his wild manifesto, or the meditator who channels profound new insights towards a more progressive way of being, this energy is held within, pulsing and re-pulsing through one’s entire nervous system, producing a clear analytical formula for a ‘provocative new truth’, to be revealed when the planet finally goes into direct motion.

In this way Uranus Rx affects us all. We may sense that we have seen a glimpse of something new, evocative and wild in these past few months. Maybe it has spurred us into a frenzy of mental activity to contemplate a new approach in our lives, or perhaps in the lives of those around us.

Or maybe we have shown our rebelliousness by solemnly resisting change.

Interestingly, our more conservative side, the one that dislikes any deviation from a tried and trusted routine, is also subjected to this internalising effect. Here we may sense an uncomfortable awareness of the rebelliousness in others. We experience these as rude, crude or unsettling and with Uranus in Aries, this energy socialises itself via the guise of radical reformists, counter-culture zealots, dreamy enthusiasts and futuristic utopians. Do you know somebody like that? Have they appeared to be in stony hibernation for these past five months? they will soon emerge (are you one of these?).

Of course, if our viewpoint is too stodgy or super-straight-laced we may have felt an enormous irritability against anything unusual during this retrograde period. Alarm bells would have been ringing that our precious ordered structure may be about to face some pesky threat. In this case we may become cleverly charged with preparing our own counter-resistance against any suspected attacks. Or perhaps we have come to admit that our old method is no longer sustainable and have declared we will fold, retire, withdraw. Such drastic action might come as a shock to many but whether we are planning a surprise counter-defense or a sudden resignation, this is also the energy of Uranus Rx at work. Do you know some individual, group or company that fits this description? (It it you?).

So, what’s going to happen when all this comes to a grinding halt in a couple of days and Uranus goes direct?

You guessed it. …. Kaboom! I mean, when one becomes intuitively excited or unnerved about some notion of change, and one stews and bubbles and writhes with this idea for some months, when one repeatedly hones their argument to a such point where it becomes nothing less than a live wire of irrepressible electrical force, then look out!

Uranus has the tendency to rally individuals into groups of like minded minions (whether for or against disruption) and supportive towards a common visionary movement. These movements may emerge as ideological as in the form of protests, strikes, innovation breakthroughs, industrial reforms, political upsets etc., or in the notable absence of a conscious resistance the movement may manifest as a seemingly random act of nature (or man) where a sudden quake or calamity in a place where people have not been able to generate change for themselves comes to rally people together in response to a grave disruption of the old way.

One thing looks certain. This next few months are set to pack an astonishing punch not yet seen in our lifetime. Although the full effect of the changes will not be seen for another 2-3 years (after the Uranus/Pluto squares) we will surely know through these next few months what might drive this change. What exactly are we talking about? I think you know… Nobody reading this article can possibly think things are fine and rosy in this world. Everyone can sense that things just cannot stand the way they are. No matter how much pressure is applied, eventually nobody will be able to hold back the growing tide of wild reformists whose horns are blowing increasingly louder and louder by the minute.

Whether it is governments, corporations, right-wing nations, fuel & power companies, banks, religious groups, cults, secret societies, billionaires and media magnates, there is a growing cacophony of dissent about those who try to suppress, deny or enslave the very individual freedom so blindly and obstinately pursued by Uranus in Aries. Does this mean revolution? Maybe, but not necessarily a bloody war. Certainly there is going to be enough rebellion to force a shift towards something that caters to the new human ability to make a stand for individual rights, for every individual living being on this planet, as we begin to intuitively understand that we deserve to award this fundamental right to one another.

Direct Uranus energy is expressed through many of us during the several bouts of cardinal aspects from now till Aug 8 2017, when Uranus travels between 20 and 24 degrees Aries. Stay tuned here to hear more of those as they happen through the next 7 months.
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Special Cosmic Message for Dec 21 – Jan 19
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The Sun’s move into Capricorn means we are at the hard-nosed business end of our affairs, a time of year when things get real and we must face our responsibilities with a sense of maturity, seriousness and grounding. Certainly, through the Sun’s wise, paternal influence, we are inspired to set tangible goals and look at how we put ourselves out there professionally. In society’s eyes, we are urged to make a firm commitment to be responsible members of society and to find our worldly place under the Sun.

The New Moon on Dec 29 at 07°♑59′ aso aligns with a retrograding Mercury, a perfect time to stop, reassess the past 12 months and to set some serious intentions on how we plan to move forward – career, structure and parenting are some key themes to work on.

The Sun will conjunct Pluto on Jan 7, squaring Uranus on Jan 10, Jupiter on Jan 12, dramatically releasing some seriously banked up energies – the clutches of establishment which have been holding humanity back from great progress. Much will come up that may deeply affect and potentially change the way we pursue any personal goals if they are not aligned with the greater new vision for this planet.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: January 16-22 Healing of the Divine Masculine
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This week’s Mars/Chiron conjunction brings to the fore issues around the wounded masculine – the perpetual stories that play out in our lives around our more aggressive, assertive selves and the key figures upon whom we may project this archetypal force. We see ourselves reaching out to better understand the more dynamic elements of our behaviour, what motivates us to defend ourselves as separate entities and how best to maintain our complete autonomy as individuals who are often enmeshed in the drama of our relationship world. Tuesday marks the beginning of a whole new (two-year) cycle of understanding the masculine archetype. During this period we seek to gradually move away from the stereotypically shallow, beer-swilling, womanising, jock-type male, taking some time to assess the world that men live in and sending love and healing intentions to support the reestablishment of a truly divine masculinity.

As Saturn and Chiron are currently in a separating square (exact Dec 28, Apr 30, Nov 2) we continue to see the long, slow process of society’s disengagement from any involvements that limit or frustrate our personal understanding around these themes throughout this year. Learning to understand the problems that are inhibiting the masculine more deeply, we begin now to see how we can assist in the process of letting go of them. Old superstitions and limiting paradigms will begin to fall away significantly. Through disciplined efforts, applied pressure on sore points and wilful perseverance, we can start to heal fears by drawing on the inspiration and guidance from beings who work with energies beyond the physical plane.

As Mars (23°Pisces 22′) passes over Chiron and squares Saturn (23° Sagittarius 22′) on Thursday, we see subtle action being carefully applied, focused in such an exact and profound way that those who are in need of help and healing can rise to the fore and be seen. This may not be an easy time for many, especially males whose repressed ability to assert themselves with sensitivity and compassion has been deeply shamed by society’s programming. Yes, we a re working to build a new world order, one that allows all humans to freely express both their divine masculine and feminine energies without feeling compromised or judged. As we rise out of the lower, three-dimensional prism defined by the world of fear and physical limitation, and resonate stronger with the spirit light, we develop greater ability to transform old destructive paradigms into more constructive ones....

MARS/CHIRON: Horoscope Messages for Healing the Wounded Masculine

It is a time for healing age-old wounds ever-present in our collective. Let us start by personally addressing the damage inflicted upon our own divine masculine archetype. How does this play out on your life?

In about a week (Jan 25) VENUS will conjunct CHIRON, creating the perfect companion to this healing journey.

TAURUS/TAURUS RISING ~ an excerpt

Much of how you will unravel your woundings around the masculine principle and the great healing power you possess to atone your relationships with the masculine depends on the degree to which you are ego-invested. This can be seen in the “feminist” movement itself.

There is a certain representative of this movement out there that is attempting to assert the power of femininity in a very negative way. Whilst you may set out with a really wonderful premise - of healing the repression of femininity, there is a danger that you may wind up twisting it into a very self-righteous and judgmental kind of zealotry or fanaticism.

Avoid using the same type of lower-vibrational masculine energies that aims to combat and often just end up reversing the traditional gender role bigotry. You can not effectively bring about true change by fighting what you don't want; only by supporting that which you do.....

[onawah]

NEW MOON at 08°15′ AQUARIUS – Friday Jan 27, 00:08 UTC
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Current Planetary Positions
1/28/2017
6:18:21 PM
Sun 09° Aquarius 16' 40"
Moon 21° Aquarius 18' 35"
Mercury 16° Capricorn 48' 28"
Venus 25° Pisces 18' 58"
Mars 00° Aries 34' 50"
Jupiter 23° Libra 01' 57"
Saturn 24° Sagittarius 19' 37"
Uranus 20° Aries 57' 34"
Neptune 10° Pisces 32' 11"
Pluto 17° Capricorn 53' 28"
Chiron 22° Pisces 10' 31"
TrueNode 03° Virgo 24' 40" R

It does not take an astrologer to see that we are living in extremely tense, yet exciting times today. Change is occurring on every possible level, from the widest reaches of society’s cultural and political structure right down to the molecular level in each and every individual. Has the world gone crazy? Have all the misfits, troubled souls and rebel-rousers become activated? What is happening to our safe and organised little world? Why are we suddenly seeing things differently? What happened to following the laws, the customs, the religions, our age-old traditions? Where is the respect for keeping the status quo?

Suddenly the world has become activated to change things. Somehow, somewhere, deep inside of each of us there has entered a slither of light which is making us see things differently. Of course the crazies are out first – some have been campaigning for change for a while now. But are they crazy? Or are they simply brilliantly ahead of the times?

After all, are not the rest of us just embroiled into this growing revolution too?

This Aquarius New Moon is really a time, if ever, where we will see humanity make pathways to push forward. And With rulers Saturn and Uranus currently in trine, there can be no denying the future-oriented, innovative, humanitarian, networking Aquarius is firing finely towards creating a flying leap forward. Whilst masses are beginning to rally in the streets, it will no doubt be a small group of clever, passionate, visionary citizens who will ultimately change the world.

These are the spokespersons for the new dream. These are the ones who can get their vision across to the masses. These are the ones most strongly resonating with the energies of today.

The New Moon

Every New Moon is in some sense the perfect moment to launch a new idea, venture or enterprise which may enhance our lives in some way. Being the start of the lunar cycle, which area of our lives the New Moon affects our own horoscope provides a clear direction into where we might focus our intention to generate a new beginning. The combined effect of the conjunct Sun (active) and Moon (receptive) means that our conscious desire is supported by an instinctive urge to make a whole-hearted effort towards initiating something completely new and wonderful.

At New Moon time we really want to make something happen for ourselves. So in many ways, New Moon becomes the most exciting time of the month. Since the Sun and Moon are both in the same constellation, it is the signature moment for that zodiac sign. If it fall on or very near your birthday, it promises to be a very important year for you.

This month the New Moon falls at 08°♒15′ Aquarius. It is through this cool, detached, forward-thinking constellation that planets and luminaries become inspired with their wide-eyed humanitarian visions for a brighter, more cohesively utopian tomorrow.

Much more about Aquarius here, but in general, the winds of change brewing on the horizon with this New Moon is that this is indisputably one of the most exciting times in our own history, and that the course we are each about to embark upon now has all the visionary and futuristic trimmings of the dawn of a new age. So, either we will collectively accelerate our world into a much-needed progressive state of affairs, or simply turn our entire planet upside-down completely, leaving it in a haywire state of reformist, revolutionary, anarchic disarray.

It’s hard to tell at this point exactly which way it’s going to go – much depends on the level of awareness of the collective culture, but the way it’s looking at the moment, it seems like we have a long way to to go until everyone is on board.

Aspects and midpoints to the New Moon



This last week, we have been discussing the influence of the Venus/Chiron conjunction in Pisces – an aspect which activates the divine feminine archetype in each of us to seek and administer healing. Its combined energy blesses us with the the individual ability to see how any situation – even those we may consider to be worst-case scenarios – can be turned around to be looked upon as something that can advance our spiritual growth.

Many aspects are active at the moment, however, the strongest energies around this lunation show themes that humanity as a whole is fast learning the lesson to disengage from any involvements which serve only to judge, hinder or frustrate personal growth. The perfect recipe for revolt, as people are finally realising that the strings that held the marionette under control are no longer of any effect. Like a teenage girl discovering it’s her body, humanity is awakening to a new state of resistance from being told anything by anyone who seems to have an agenda.

However, we are far from a full disengagement. The Saturn/Chiron Square (Dec 28, Apr 30, Nov 2) shows that this process may take a long time and be a long, arduous process. We have much work to do first, much suffering to endure before we can see any true healing take effect. Both Saturn and Chiron impact this lunation equally, forming a semi-square from either side. Until we come to understand our fears more deeply, walk around in them, learn that it is our own choice whether we wish to suffer from them, we can never quite let go of them. Of course, with Chiron involved, we may need to draw upon the powers of beings or entities from beyond this physical plane in order to heal completely – but that is another story for another time.

For this lunation, it’s best to try and get a clearer picture of the blocks and hindrances which we egotistically place in front of us. Walls and barriers that usually tend to stunt or sabotage our spiritual growth. For instance, do you notice how often some things, all stemming from fear really, tend to ruin the moment, day, relationship, job for you? Well, right now… this month, you may be given a potential lesson which brings you to a deep understanding of why you do this.

Ironically, notice too where you fail to apply adequate boundaries and let negative energies take over and possess your mind, body and spirit.

The combination of the Saturn/Chiron on this New Moon augurs such deep and profound awareness of these spiritual reasons for why all of the limitations around us are present, instinctively allowing us to feel and hopefully find the power to therapeutically change any crippling life-patterns, so as to expedite the process of our evolution. By healing ourselves, we can also hope to assist others to experience the clarity and simplicity of life.

Humanity is at a huge reset point. Hope becomes the key to our positivity through this next few months. But we must not get too ahead of ourselves. We are selectively entering into the Meditative Stillness. In this space, those journeying most consciously are able to contact angels, ascended masters and other spirit guides to assist them to see humanity’s course most clearly. They are also learning how to choose not to react to negativity, and in this they practicing their ability to avoid the dreadful karma that comes from blindly acting in negative ways. Are you one of these?

The Aquarian Sun/Moon convergence resonates with an awareness that all problems encountered by humans today are actually here for the purpose of furthering humanity’s spiritual evolution. We must either take any adversity, blockage or frustration, whether personal or public, as an opportunity to grow out of our negativity and dismay. Unless we take a proactive approach to what we experience as negative, divisive, crazy, unenlightened, etc., the same problems, or variations of them are likely to repeat, possibly with much more devastating outcomes. It’s no good trying to shut the problem off, or running away from it. Karma, like the proverbial bad smell, has a way of stalking us and catching up.

The Venus/Chiron combination’s exact semi-square to the New Moon creates events (both personal and global) where we are somehow able to see the true, underlying value of all things that come to our attention.

Look at what’s happening in your life.
Look deeply into it.
See the people around you.
Look into their core, can you see their soul?
Perhaps you should try this. Inside each person lives a light of consciousness.
If you can connect with that, you have a better chance, not only of creating a better, more positive connection, but together aim to reach a more harmonious, co-creative moment.
Check it out…

At this amazing moment, it serves our intention for this Aquarius New Moon to channel our ability to see and transmit love everywhere and in everything. We must maintain a strength and purpose to stay and work from a place of acceptance and forgiveness, and try to find the positive lesson in even the most challenging of experiences. Through a vigilant presence we form ‘friends’, with whom we will slowly co-create a soothing, calming effect upon the planet. The humanitarian, more altruistic elements of Aquarius, when combined with the forgiving, compassionate elements of Pisces can assist in the healing of selfishness upon this planet.

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In the end all things must change. After all, life is simply a series of cyclical and spontaneous progressions. We must learn to overcome our resistance to these, otherwise we are destined to be stuck in the grief and sorrow of a past moment. By coming to a deeper understanding that the root cause of all our suffering is our fear of letting go of the past, we can allow our future to flow naturally in the direction it must go.

Blessings, and may you have and amazing New Moon xx
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[onawah]

The Week Ahead: Jan 30 – Feb 5
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The human mind is is still struggling to comprehend higher dimensional concepts like compassion, acceptance, joy, peace, love, infinity and eternity. These are neither economically or politically viable quantities. The struggle we face to overcome the dark matter that lies between what the pure mind perceives and humankind’s insistence for distortions of truth and infatuations with power continues to be a great problem for us. With another planet (Venus) joining into the firesign planets (Mars, Saturn & Uranus), things turn increasingly spirited and tempers flare further this week.
It would seem that humanity is not yet ready for the greatness that this earth is capable of experiencing. There are still many hurdles and blockages among us. Many walls and limitations still exist between us, and as Mercury conjuncts Pluto at 17°♑55′ we continue to see a tensely compulsive force take over and attempt to possess our minds. We experience such clever and desperate attempts to convince one another that we must listen and follow our respective views, that in the end there seems no other answer than to create and enforce boundaries between us. In this way, our cunning minds continue to perpetuate suffering and separation, crippling this planet from its ability to support and nurture us all with all the love and light that it holds.
Here are the major transits for this next week (all times in UTC)

☿ ☌ ♇ Sunday Jan 29 08:18 pm Mercury 17°♑55′ Conjunction Pluto 17°♑55′
☿ sqq ☊ Tuesday Jan 31 02:50 am Mercury 19°♑38′ Sesquiquadrate Node 04°♍38′
☿ □ ♅ Wednesday Feb 01 03:32 am Mercury 21°♑03′ Square Uranus 21°♈03′
☿ ∗ Ch Thursday Feb 02 02:30 am Mercury 22°♑22′ Sextile Chiron 22°♓ 22′
☿ □ ♃ Thursday Feb 02 03:16 pm Mercury 23°♑07′ Square Jupiter 23°♎07′
♂ ⊼ ☊ Friday Feb 03 05:26 am Mars 04°♈28′ Quincunx Node 04°♍28′
Jn in ♑ Friday Feb 03 06:49 am Juno 00°♑00′
♀ ∠ ☉ Friday Feb 03 02:35 pm Venus 29°♓ 57′ Semisquare Sun 14°♒57′
♀ in ♈ Friday Feb 03 03:52 pm Venus 00°♈00′ Conjunction Moon
☽ □ ☉ Saturday Feb 04 04:19 am Moon 15°♉32′ Square Sun 15°♒32′
☿ ∠ ♆ Saturday Feb 04 11:49 am Mercury 25°♑46′ Semisquare Neptune 10°♓ 46′
♃ ℞ Monday Feb 06 05:55 am Jupiter 23°♎08′℞ Jupiter goes Retrograde

As Mercury moves to form a critical cardinal T-square to the Jupiter and Uranus opposition, he becomes the slick, shrewd-talking reporter for how, on one end, the politically correct forces of liberalism and diplomacy (♃♎) are still seriously at odds with those who advocate hasty reformist action and reckless revolt (♅). If the world is torn into two – then it seems that this is not immediately obvious to all. One side’s tendency to generate overblown publicity about its righteous beliefs, only forces the other to recoil, ever so tensely, building to the climactic ‘pow’ moment when it will all suddenly erupt.

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Much tension and irritability as the Moon conjuncts Uranus on Thursday
Jupiter is now stationing to go retrograde at 23°♎08′ (Feb 6), and soon all the self-righteous pomp and hype must turn inwards.

Meanwhile, Uranus is electrically pulsing forward to collide (for a second time) against Jupiter (exact opp March 6) – only a week after the ominous Pisces Solar Eclipse. This looming opposition will eventually reveal how the prefects of law, politics, publishing, religion and philosophy are still struggling to hold back the unstoppable thunder roll of progress and innovation. Yet, great change is the only result of these two forces. This rare, sustained opposition promises a completely forced conversion.

Uranus is an unpredictable force of nature that does not wait around to be respected. Like lightning, it strikes to show us how we can turn light into matter. Like an earthquake, it rumbles the soundest foundations of our oldest, most enduring structures. Like a tornado, it blows the roof off any lofty penthouse.

Through all its shocks and devastation, Uranus brings crowds into the street to deal with the ongoing aftermath. It is in this state of chaos and anarchy that people come together to unite. It is these shocking, jolting pulses that provide the beat of a new music playing in the ethers.

At the precipice of humanity’s coming to understand itself better, Mercury emerges to intercept this tense point in our geopolitical history, delivering the sound of a most cantankerous rancour in the ranks. Sudden bouts of argument and heated disputes about everything and anything erupts into the fold of our everyday communications. The person you once least expected to utter a word of protest, now voices their views most insouciantly, showing us all that he/she has many opinions about it all. Speculation, pontification, discourse and debate run rife this week.

In all this Chiron lends a beacon of light with his own sextile to Mercury (Thursday) reminding us all to let go of ideas and opinions that only hold us in a rut. Chiron represents the archetypal shaman and lightworker of our world – those who are in direct communication with the great spirit and its heavenly messengers, holding a space for humanity’s evolutionary process to take place. This is a very subtle, humble task that is being performed by these individuals. These are the healers who are earnestly working to decondition the human mind from its fear-based programming. Whether we acknowledge them or not, the work is being done.

Unfortunately, these are the people living on the fringe of ‘reality’. The seem different from the mainstream. We are being asked to listen out for them. They have a very poignant message for us, despite their often unlikely and unassuming presence in our society. Strangely, it is these individuals whose healing energy is so important now that are most likely to experience much suffering, ridicule, even persecution from the rest of society thanks to Saturn’s close squares to Chiron all through this year. If conservative society seeks for scapegoats to lash, it will always find those who most stand out as being different, or are somewhat reluctant to play any conventional role within the status quo.

On a more personal front, Venus and Mars will both be in the early degrees of Aries by Friday. However, they will not exactly ‘kiss’ until October, when they meet in Virgo. *Venus slows to turn retrograde at 13°♈09′ on March 4, while Mars just marches on through the constellations.

However, whilst in the fiery sign of Aries, our passions could ignite as Venus and Mars create storms of rage and fury between us, especially among the ones whom we desire the most. The Aquarian Sun will continue to guide us towards a better, brighter solution, but with the weekend’s first-quarter Moon in Taurus there may be some tough customers to convince about the value of any promise.

By the end of the week we may be tussling with one another just to get along. It’s probably a clue. If we can only come to understand that we just need some space and time away just to get grounded,
to take a deep breath in silence
and tune back in to listen
to the only voice
that’s truly true for us…
…that inner voice.

Only this voice is powerful enough to break through the nonsense that is currently filling up our airwaves with its toxic and darkly manipulative ways. Only your inner voice is wise enough to blow the whistle on the great cacophony that your ears are becoming deafened by. If you listen closely, you will hear that voice telling you that this great media circus is just a jam. A maelstrom in hailstorm in the pretext of a system that’s designed to to get you signed up to a war that only ends with you just losing with a bruising. So do not get involved. Choose to fight another way.

Apply your spiritual ear.

Attune your higher awareness to the mission that must be accomplished now. We are still only in the early days of battle for the true the spirit warrior. So let us not be falsely modest now. Know yourself. Just as an oak tree knows it is an oak, and the bamboo knows fully well it is bamboo, do not compare yourself or your special mission to that of those who fight alongside you. They are here to cooperate with you, not to compete against you. Learn to acknowledge and honour this.

The great alchemy that is occurring now requires us to be in tune with our inner guidance for all the vital signs for opportunities to transmute. Spiritual energies within our relationships are summoning us to dance to the new laws and concepts of infinity and oneness, laws whose quantum particles are what keep the universe in harmony, and all life in eternity.


Blessings, and may you have an amazing week xx

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: February 13-19
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Current Planetary Positions
2/12/2017
9:00:36 PM
Sun 24° Aquarius 35' 38"
Moon 20° Virgo 30' 05"
Mercury 08° Aquarius 42' 44"
Venus 06° Aries 40' 21"
Mars 11° Aries 48' 23"
Jupiter 23° Libra 03' 00" R
Saturn 25° Sagittarius 38' 29"
Uranus 21° Aries 26' 03"
Neptune 11° Pisces 04' 10"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 21' 26"
Chiron 22° Pisces 57' 03"
TrueNode 03° Virgo 20' 37"

Arguably, the oncoming revelations brought to us by these eclipses have been felt for weeks (even months) before the actual event – themes activating key areas in our lives (expression of our individual integrity vs playing into the group dynamic) and will remain prevalent as we continue to see what it’s really all about, then set out to restore some balance in our lives.

As individuals, we are all awakened to our need to feel special, to have a voice, a say, an expression so unique and outstanding that it must stand to make a difference, if only to our self-esteem and ignite our passionate spirit.

As a collective, we still struggle with the autocrat, the one who mandates more from a place of despotic disregard for the rest of us and with narcissism that is so obtusely obscene that we cannot stand them enough to spend all our time worrying and complaining about them. If you look closely, you will see that this is only a by-product of the ill-conditioned, insecure child mind. But ask yourself this: are we really upset at them, or is it something we see within ourselves with which we sorely connect. We all wish to feel heard. But in today’s evocatively visionary new consciousness, is it coming from a place of trying to satisfy our enormously little egos, or is it emanating from a deep instinct to exude a generous creativity that’s pure and heart-centred?
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I will not talk about the Solar eclipse too much here. I will be spending much of the next fortnight preparing my full tribe analysis and dissertation. I will say though, that the complex fusion of very powerful energies (☉,☽, ☿, Mars, ♃, ♅,♆, ♇, ☊) packs an enormously potent impact.

In short, we can only prepare ourselves for extreme events that will precipitate humanity’s development in the effort to awaken enough to receive the Christed Light’s meaning, to see its purpose in broader and greater depth, and to begin to work with it. It is not until we start to see with absolute clarity all the infinite and infinitely varied connections of all aspects of all universes, that we will begin to manifest true change. It seems that there are many forces of darkness that are riding high to challenge our collective effort here right now. I must take this opportunity to advise all individuals to tend to their immediate physical/psychological health as the Solar Eclipse conjunction to Neptune creates an inordinate sensitivity on all levels, and with Mercury on the South Node – especially the mental health....
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MID-ECLIPSE UPDATE:
The effects of eclipses are felt for weeks, even months, before the event (in the case of most sensitive of people). It is important to note that since November 2016, that the earth is locked into a cardinal opposition between Jupiter and Uranus, which will temporarily release in April. Then, these two planets will again powerfully oppose each other in late September, this time involving Neptune.

In the awkward period between a Lunar Eclipse and a Solar, it is as if the world is experiencing a kind of depersonalisation disorder which makes us feel somewhat removed from reality. It's not like the "wow, this LSD trip is awesome" sort of thing. It's more akin to "I wonder what my heart is doing right now" and "I would love to be able to feel emotions again".

Dissociation, a form of hypnotic trance, is what helps victims survive the trauma of shock or abuse. The experience of any sudden jolt to the emotional & nervous system takes on a dream-like, surreal quality. Our increasingly numbed-out feelings and altered perceptions, not helped by our hapless engagement in the news from electronic media, only add to the strangeness of our experience. When what we are seeing around us ceases to fit into our concept of 'reality', it is easier to just detach, to forget, to make out as if nothing happened.

We go on living our lives, but underneath, there is a weird sense of emotional detachment, a depersonalisation which occurs in order for us to deal with adjustments in our usual relationship to the exterior world.

All throughout human history, the psycho-spiritual harm inflicted on the human spirit by individual violence for selfish motives are prevalent. However, these are insignificant when compared to the devastation upon the human race that results from self-transcending devotion to collectively shared belief-systems.

Right now, thanks to social media, it seems that these are more derived from primitive identification rather than of mature social integration; it implies a partial surrender of personal responsibility, producing the quasi-hypnotic phenomena of group-psychology that is slowly building throughout this year.

It is important to stay centered and mindful that your own experience is altering in such a way that no amount of debate and public discourse will ever help to align or appease you. Everything is changing. Except... it's not out there, in the world around you, as you may be lead to believe. It is happening within. On a deep, neural, cellular level.

Meditation (not medication or mediation) is the only way to assist your beloved human body to do this special preparatory work.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: February 20-26
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Current Planetary Positions
2/19/2017
6:46:57 PM
Sun 01° Pisces 33' 56"
Moon 14° Sagittarius 49' 11"
Mercury 19° Aquarius 51' 04"
Venus 10° Aries 18' 22"
Mars 16° Aries 53' 32"
Jupiter 22° Libra 50' 35" R
Saturn 26° Sagittarius 09' 16"
Uranus 21° Aries 42' 11"
Neptune 11° Pisces 19' 33"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 32' 00"
Chiron 23° Pisces 20' 12"
TrueNode 03° Virgo 23' 28" R


This week shapes up to be seriously one of the most intense weeks of the year, no less because it is emphatically punctuated by the Pisces Annular Eclipse on Sunday, an event which promises to throw curveballs everywhere, just to add to the pressure and its obligatory release valves.
For years now, the mysterious outer forces of Uranus and Pluto have been fiercely duelling in the heavens. Their seven (7) exact squares (between 2012-15) have pitched the entire planet into a colossal and gruelling battle in the attempt to overthrow deeply entrenched restrictions and limitations, both in the personal and social spheres.

Whilst slow and long-ranging, these have been far from subtle or invisible. Their protracted series of extreme eruptions have set the stage where, by now, it has become daily fare to witness flagrant insurgency against anyone trying to conspicuously wield conservative power. By now it seems like everyone has been somewhat affected by this long-standing, enervating desire to express freedom and change on all levels. To observe the world in such a complete and drastic state of utter disdain and revolt against any sign of corruption or oppression would have been unimaginable only a few years earlier. There are no sacred structures left, in any establishment, and those at the forefront of these wars have not been afraid to burn every bridge behind them.

This week, leading into the final close of this epochal square (March), the lone warrior Mars’ conjunction to Uranus at 22°♈00′ sees us taking drastic and unexpected actions in order to unleash much of this pent-up energy. In the lead up, a tense, 8th harmonic syndrome between power-planets (♂,♃, ♅, ♇) is forming against the Sun, who is closing into the Pisces South Node. By Sunday the Sun will be joined by the Moon, forming the first Solar Eclipse of 2017.

Critical transits this week:

♇ sqq ☊ Monday Feb 20 09:55 am Pluto 18°♑33′ Sesquiquadrate Node 03°♍33′
☿ ∗ ♅ Tuesday Feb 21 04:02 am Mercury 21°♒45′ Sextile Uranus 21°♈45′
☉ ∠ ♂ Tuesday Feb 21 05:25 am Sun 02°♓ 46′ Semisquare Mars 17°♈46′
☿ △ ♃ Tuesday Feb 21 06:28 pm Mercury 22°♒46′ Trine Jupiter 22°♎46′℞
☉ ☍ ☊ Tuesday Feb 21 10:18 pm Sun 03°♓ 29′ Opposition Node 03°♍29′
☉ ∠ ♇ Wednesday Feb 22 01:15 am Sun 03°♓ 36′ Semisquare Pluto 18°♑36′
♂ sqq ☊ Wednesday Feb 22 04:12 am Mars 18°♈28′ Sesquiquadrate Node 03°♍28′
♂ □ ♇ Wednesday Feb 22 08:57 am Mars 18°♈37′ Square Pluto 18°♑37′
☿ ∗ ♄ Thursday Feb 23 09:46 pm Mercury 26°♒25′ Sextile Saturn 26°♐25′
☿ ∠ ♀ Friday Feb 24 03:38 am Mercury 26°♒50′ Semisquare Venus 11°♈50′
♂ □ Vs Friday Feb 24 00:09 am Mars 20°♈32′ Square Vesta 20°♋32′℞
☉ ∠ ♅ Saturday Feb 25 08:37 am Sun 06°♓ 56′ Semisquare Uranus 21°♈56′
☉ sqq ♃ Saturday Feb 25 11:05 pm Sun 07°♓ 32′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 22°♎32′℞
☿ in ♓ Saturday Feb 25 11:08 pm Mercury 00°♓ 00′ Conjunction Midheaven
☽ ☌ ☉ Sunday Feb 26 02:59 pm Moon 08°♓ 12′ Conjunction Sun 08°♓ 12′
♂ ☌ ♅ Sunday Feb 26 00:19 am Mars 22°♈00′ Conjunction Uranus 22°♈00′
In the backdrop, Pluto’s ssq to the Nodes has been creating a daunting feeling that we are all somehow collectively embroiled (some might say possessed) by the horrid feeling of being pressed up against the wall. Yet, the true source of this is still being unaddressed. It seems almost obvious that we are each somehow feeling cramped by dark, unconscious forces. These go so far as manifesting as oppressive, even violently abusive displays of compulsiveness within our relationships. There is a widespread frustration around this. Although abuse of power will not be tolerated, there is also an inability to know exactly how to deal with the abusers.

At the root of it all, we are all responsible for the violation that continues to play out among us. We all carry the genes of our predecessors – particularly those who have historically perpetrated some unspeakable atrocities upon each other, for whatever reasons. Similarly, we also carry the DNA of their victims. The unresolved, unabsolved spirits of the dead still hover around us, at times possessing us without our consent. They come into scenarios where we feel weak, invade our own spirits and seize control, making us behave in maniacal and abhorrent ways towards others. Dark, or invisible matter is still trying desperately to control things like cultural/sexual/religious identity, leaving a horrifying effect between us. The psychological damage is difficult to contain, let alone repair or heal.

As the Pisces Sun hits Mars (semi-square, Tuesday) it kicks off the process of actively dismantling the negative ego traits that possess us; characteristics that the spiritual self is actively engaging in trying to fend off. As it attempts to completely and perfectly reflect the spiritual light, we begin to see an instinctive effort to sort out our daily experiences in terms of their relative importance so that we can realign ourselves to our true purpose.

As the Sun/Mars point contacts Pluto (Wednesday), we adopt a do-or-die attitude in accomplishing our warrior mission. An egotistical desire starts to pervade those most affected (see your chart) to accomplish something significant and meaningful in our lives, either because we want to positively transform our world, or simply as a means of acquiring personal power. Needless to say, the efforts will stop at nothing.

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By midweek, asteroid VESTA creates a cardinal grand cross with JUPTER/URANUS/PLUTO. Mars and the Sun are also implicit here, and the alignment to the NODES brings a fated quality to the intense dynamic playing out among us.

Astrologically, Vesta is the goddess of devotion to the hearth (sacred altar where Spirit flame is held), and of loyal servitude to men – particularly those fractured warriors suffering from the traumatic effects of battle. Vesta’s primal commitment is to ‘keep the homefires burning’, as well as to offering her feminine sexual powers to carnally nourish and regenerate men back into everyday society. The cross gets us all fired up to commit to something that we will not give up easily. Can you see what and where it may grab you tightly?

By Thu/Fri, the Sun/Mars combination hits Uranus. Whilst it appears like the activity is taking on a wild, erratic form, there are often true moments of inspiration intermeshed with seemingly outrageous actions. Taken philosophically, we must see that it is imperative for things to get crazy before anything fresh and insightful can be introduced. There are moments where true genius emerges out of all the madness.

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Friday sees the tension start to play out, and with Mars now approaching the Uranus/Pluto midpoint, revolutionary actions are seen as rough and ready (if unsteady and real heady). Forces play out wherever there is a need to be assertive in any uninhibited fashion. Those willfully engaging in the drama around them also stage an extreme rebellion that is potentially highly destructive.

Meanwhile, Mercury, in the reformist-minded Aquarius forms trines to retrograde Jupiter in Libra (Tuesday). Much political reflection is going on, efforts towards mediation are best done with a sense of introspection and meditation as we try to synthesise ideas to improve our current situations. The impetus is there to put ideas into work. Yet, as we will see the following week, when Mercury hits the early degrees of Pisces (01°♓09′), a conjunction to the South Node (02°A14′) will reveal how much the lower, unsociable elements of the calculating mind have been employed to coerce or deceive others for personal benefit.

I will cover the Solar Eclipse in a separate article but the effects are profound, as we see community life becoming interrupted, with a growing sense of disappointment pervading our lives via every means of communication and the media wars that will ensue.

This Eclipse’s alignment to the South Node itself suggests that many things are ending. Estrangements, separations and dissociations seem rife as we come to terms with the fact that our connections (both family & social ties) have the soul -effect of leaving us largely let down, particularly through evasive, dishonest, or underhanded actions. If this Eclipse does nothing, it at least delivers a massive wake-up call to just how easily we have allowed vague, or incomplete information to ‘pull the wool over our sheepish eyes.

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Is it too late?

Ultimately, now is a call now to find our own, independent and unique way of doing things. In that, we must admire (or at least tolerate) those who dare to do the same. It appears rapidly all that the nonsense has gone far enough. When all else in our structured notion of the universe seems to have failed; when nothing seems to add up any more, then people start to realise they have less and less to lose but to try something different. The spirit of active experimentation takes hold. As we will see, this activity will burst out in wilful disregard, almost as if there are no consequences.

It is not because you feel like you have no choice but to look outside the square for a solution;
It is because you realise that you have a choice. You always had (at least) one.
Only your fears held you back from executing them.

In the epochal ending to the Uranus/Pluto squares, this next week commences a new, 2-year epoch where our active engagement to break out of old forms and patterns gives rise to a new, person-centred movement to create a new order. It is one which promises to offer greater individual freedom to choose, then act in ways that most clearly reflect the intentions of the true self.

So, with the augury of this Eclipse and its influencing transits comes the dawn of a time when many will seek to fight against the tyranny of oppression. A revolution against the exterior foster the interior growth and evolution of one’s own unique gifts, talents, and abilities. If we must give in to something, let us give in to our deepest urges to change. It is time that we finally acknowledged that unless we can overcome our demons we may never transmute away from this 3-dimensional plane. If we do not learn to conquer our insatiable addictions for power and physical attachment, our souls will remain trapped between the earth and the moon.

[onawah]

ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE at 08°12′ Pisces, Feb 26, 14:59 UTC
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Current Planetary Positions
2/26/2017
7:25:34 PM
Sun 08° Pisces 38' 23"
Moon 14° Pisces 09' 09"
Mercury 01° Pisces 56' 18"
Venus 12° Aries 35' 14"
Mars 22° Aries 02' 14"
Jupiter 22° Libra 28' 01" R
Saturn 26° Sagittarius 36' 46"
Uranus 22° Aries 00' 21"
Neptune 11° Pisces 35' 30"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 43' 48"
Chiron 23° Pisces 44' 36"
TrueNode 03° Virgo 23' 55" R


It is Solar Eclipse time.

As with every New Moon, this lunation augurs a time of new beginning. Yet with eclipses there is something far more profound and wide-reaching about the new terrain in which we are about to enter. The great intensity of this lunation’s effect can usually be seen/felt building in our lives for weeks (some might argue months) in the anticipation of the event.

In a Solar Eclipse, an exciting, yet unnerving new life direction can often come our way. To the unaware, unsuspecting pundit, this is often experienced as an unexpected tap on the shoulder (courtesy of the universal forces). The effect is generally aimed at blasting us out of a blind, blissful ignorance, shedding an inordinate amount of light intensity upon some specific area of our life. In one big hit, she tells us that some aspect of our life is now redundant and that our life is now about to go this-a-way.

A New Way of Seeing, a New Way of Being

Like the birth of a baby, when a major new arrival enters our lives we soon acknowledge that this will not just be another fleeting matter. It is here to stay. An overwhelming sensation of awareness dawns upon us, often arresting us in the course of our usual routine, usually accompanied by a chance incident with an authority figure, or someone who see us as the authority in their life. After some profound event, we come to realise that whatever is happening now is going to be so monumentally life-altering that is has the power to somehow eclipse our former sense of self; to shift our personal experience in such an irrevocable way that, even if we tried, we could never quite go back to how things once used to be.

However an Eclipse manifests its energies into your world, its underlying effect will be to bring something evocative enough into your consciousness to somehow shift your perception of everything around you onto the next level experience. It can be exciting, but also a little daunting.

In the aftermath, much akin to beginning a fresh school year, we feel like we are thrust into a whole new class of individuals; a higher-grade of experiences; a new level of people to make friends with; a whole new set of challenges to meet. In such an event, we are somehow propelled to receive the pure, blessed light of our creator god - the Sun - and do our best to work with it in ways that will be most constructive. Also, regardless of how hard we may try to obscure or deny this superior jolt to our consciousness (try holding your hands over our eyes), ultimately a new level of maturity is set to emerge in us and we must step up and face it, one way or another.

Letting go of the Old

Not only this, but with every Solar eclipse the accompanying Lunar Eclipse (in this case, two weeks earlier in Leo) assists by serving us a with a grim reminder that we are transitioning out of a lower-egoic habitual state and into a higher way of seeing ourselves, and being seen by others. Often they provide hidden clues that must be unravelled through the course of significantly impacting relationships. When these come, make special note of what they’re trying to tell you, particularly if they are touching off a critical planet in your chart (Sun, Moon, chart ruler etc) or point (Asc, MC). Not all eclipses will affect us as intensely as others.

In this vein, eclipses can be strong indicators of how well we can cope with the prevailing transits (especially from outer planets), particularly if they are uniquely infused into the mix of the lunation. Remembering that an eclipse can only occur when it is in proximity to the Moon’s Nodes (+/-18.5°). As such, there is a fated feeling of connectedness with others, and those in our lives (new and old) appear to us now, shedding some karmic significance in the lessons that we are receiving.

Annular Eclipse at 08°12′ Pisces
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This Solar eclipse at 08°12′ Pisces is unique because its ruler, Neptune, is also in close proximity (conjunction, 03°A22′). This precise degree along the ecliptic has recently been transited by Neptune in March/Sep 2015 & Jan 2016. Think of this position as an activation point where, in these instances, the subtle forces of Neptune has limbered us into opening our imaginative senses to the forces of wild deception, disillusionment, lies, flights of fancy and chaotic levels of confusion. Similarly, for those more mindful, centered and least willing to engage in the drama, propaganda and delusory spin of the exterior world, it has been a time of increasing opening to the subtle realms of supreme spiritual truth. Those most sensitive will have attuned themselves to frequencies of perception which can ultimately connect them to higher dimensions and alternative states of being.
Here is a great opportunity for humanity to awaken from a bogus dream and align to the great dream of the cosmos. If we are able to overcome our intellectual illusions and truly tune into the cosmic messages we can begin to ponder the questions posed by our own religion and spirituality. In this, we begin to see how prone we have become to every possible kind of insincerity and intellectual misdemeanour in our quest to be united with the great spirit. This eclipse marks the dawn of realisation that we have all (on some level) been complicit in the great disenchantment and spiritual unrest that now unfolds upon this planet. It goes without saying that a civilization which has left such a great mass of its participants so unhappy and dissatisfied, and drives them into wild revolt, neither has nor deserves the prospect of any lasting existence.

The dissolution of ‘truth’ as a convenient backstory

Much is melting away. Like the sugar-coating on a bitter pill now dissolving, allowing the medicine, however unpleasant to taste, do its necessary work. This Eclipse’s alignment to the South Node suggests that many things are ending. Estrangements, separations and disassociations seem ominous as we come to suspect that our connections (including family ties) have left us feeling largely neglected, largely due to their evasive, dishonest, or perhaps not as clear levels of expression.

In the early degrees of Pisces, we see Mercury (01°♓09′) forming a conjunction to the South Node (02°A14′). Here we observe some of the lower, less sociable elements of the cleverly deceptive mind being employed for personal benefit. Community life becomes confused by blurry thinking, and a growing sense of disappointment and distrust pervades our senses via every means. Considering that this Pisces Eclipse is flanked by Neptune, it is important to stay skeptical of all communications, stories and appearances. It is a good time to suspend all our beliefs. Just watch and reflect, without making up your mind.

The usual effects of a Piscean eclipse seem gentle and subdued, shrouding the consciousness of many uninitiated folks with a hazy, fuzzy state of chaotic aimlessness and feeling of drifting. Since 2015, the series of Pisces Solar eclipses, has seen many slipping into a world where the usual order and structure seemed less possible to gain a hold – a universe where, through dreams, fantasies, psychic or spiritual exploration many had begun to explore wonderful new alternatives and higher means of perception. Many too, however, have been misled into strange constructs and delusions about their world, aided mostly by the increasing distortions that become infiltrated in our personal stories and are presented in the free media. This final Pisces eclipse, fused with Neptune, seeks to dissolve away the judgmental mind altogether and just allow it all to be, however it wants to be.

Whether we will entertain in the drama by choosing to become engaged with what we see is another matter. We know, in any case, that getting involved in someone else’s fantasy will not only mislead us; it will ultimately be very draining upon our own energies.

Planetary Tension

A phenomenally tense, 8th harmonic syndrome between power-planets (♂,♃, ♅, ♇) is forming against this Eclipse, meaning that the personal impact of this lunation is somehow influenced by greater social influences, which themselves are impacted by mysterious outer pressures. This year is the closing of the Uranus/Pluto square period (2012-15) – a slow, drawn out process which saw all humanity battle in the attempt to overthrow deeply entrenched restrictions and limitations, both in our personal and social world.

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Mars’ conjunction to Uranus at 22°♈00′ sees us taking drastic and unexpected actions in order to unleash much of this pent-up energy. One can sense the wild, unbridled enthusiasm that the Jupiter/Uranus opposition brings to this event. Sudden displays of extreme emotion are prone to blow things totally out of proportion, encouraging greater need for freedom through escapist means. Our usual radically wild reactions to everything, particularly those inspired by distorted impressions and nonsensical propaganda from today’s media spurs the collective into a rebelliousness of spirit.

However, this eclipse brings a sense of resignation and apathy towards all the hype. We choose to see right through any attempts to persuade and influence us into taking part in someone else’s fantasy. Any attempt to pervert or distort the light becomes obvious and silly. In the greatest Piscean sense of humility and kindness, we allow others to indulge themselves by engaging only with forgiveness and acceptance. We do not have to be judgmental and fight or argue or dispute. But we also reserve the right not to feed into their delusions.

The emergence of the ‘christed-light’

Underneath it all now emerges a more subtle, subliminally intuitive link that we begin to hold with one another. On some level, as we begin to eclipse the lies, the untruths, the denials and the cover-ups of the exterior world, we begin to heighten our ability to transmit messages of pure, untainted light to one another through a new kind of telepathic empathy.

This ‘christed-light’ is the true warrior of today. The speed at which it travels is phenomenal. However, as we are finding, no matter how fast this light travels, it seems that darkness has arrived there first. In the times ahead, we will experience a fierce war between the darkness and its insistence to distort the light. As we are seeing in our media, there is massive confusion due to the contradictory messages being transmitted along superficial and sensationalist channels.

Our hyper-sensitivity to what is being communicated makes it increasingly difficult to not be offended (or offensive) in some way, with someone. However, it is also evident that those who dare never to offend also cannot be entirely honest. Such a conundrum. Owning our story can be hard, but not nearly as hard as spending our whole lives running from it. This Eclipse only highlights how intent we often are to masking our sensitivity to hearing definite truths. In this age of rampant political correctness the truth is skating on the thin ice of lies and deception. Yet, embracing our vulnerabilities to the effects of the pure light is risky, but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on truth, love, acceptance, belonging and joy – the very things that see us at our most vulnerable.

If we are happy to nestle into jolly euphemisms and niceties in order to get through another day, we just risk sinking deeper and deeper into a dangerously draining and debilitating swamps of an alternative universe. Ultimately this serves no-one. Only when we are brave enough to explore the distorting powers of darkness will we also discover the infinite power of our own christed-light.

Blessings, and may you have an amazing Solar Eclipse experience.

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: March 6-12
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(I'm late getting this posted, but yes, it's has been a crazy ride!....)

Phew... what a crazy ride!

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Jupiter/Uranus
For the past three months, our earth has been caught in the crossfire of a dramatic duel between the politically expansive efforts of Jupiter and the irksomely disruptive forces of Uranus. Spanning from December 26, when the two clashed together in what would be the first of three exact conflicts, to their second exact hit on March 3, these two explosive planets remained in tight opposition for over 10 weeks. This was due to Jupiter's slowing to retrograde on Feb 6, so to say we have not felt the effects of this transit would almost be laughable in itself....

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JUPITER Rx at URANUS/PLUTO midpoint (March 15)

For all the rapidity of data exchanges via our amazing media networks, for all our quantum leaps in technological advances, all our capacity to instantly transmit economic transactions in neat, digital transfers, it still feels like this world is lagging behind in something quite intrinsic.

Sure, humanity's exterior hardware has become extremely sophisticated, but the inner, spiritual software needed to operate it most efficiently still isn't up to speed. Amazingly powerful new equipment in the hands of a troglodyte still does not necessarily make the wise guy....

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MERCURY in PISCES and the HIGHER MESSAGE

The Jupiter and Uranus opposition will separate for a little while as Jupiter (now in retrograde) helps us to reflect on just how flimsy and unsatisfactory our views and opinions have become in providing any explanation on what is going on in our world.

They will come into opposition one last time towards the end of September for one last showdown.

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THE USHERING of a new 'TIME' on planet earth

In the shadow of this post-eclipse zunk, a mysterious rejigging of our human perceptivity system is occurring. This subtle refinement process is gradually dissolving away our intellectual illusions - those precious-held beliefs in our minds, held in place by our fragile earth-bound egos.

Many of us are sensing the dawning of a whole new 'time'. The "New Earth", promised by mystics andprophets is now unfolding before our eyes. However, as can be understood, this transition does not come in a settling manner.

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A S T R O L O G Y . O F . N O W

Why do some people affect us more than others?

Why is it you can hear it from your mama a million times, and still not get it, yet the one time you overhear it from a total stranger on the train, it seems to make perfect sense - the penny drops, and your life is changed forever?

And why is it that some people have the power to hurt us more than others?

It's easy...

This is how angels operate. It's quite divine really.

These instances present us with choices, and from time to time we listen, and the we chose to act.

Of course we need people in our lives, some of them we chose before we even came here (like our folks), and then there's those, as we notice, that entered into our lives as 'circumstantial' choices that we have made in the present.

Sometimes these people make our world comfortable and we learn to depend on one another to get through. We form connections, and then we get attached

But it's not really always about being comfortable. Life is a journey that appears to be always on the move. It's hard to depend on things to stay comfortable and to keep moving at the same time. Sometimes we are encouraged to stay, other times we are pressed to move on. People will come and go, and we find them either delightfully 'good' or gratingly 'bad' upon our comfort zones.

From time to time though, we come across some ****ing doozies. These are the guys that make our experience somewhat horrifying. They somehow force us out of a blissful innocence and jolt us into a world of pain, shame, humiliation, desperation or dismay. The mistake we make is that we tend to judge people as either 'good' or 'bad' according to how comfortable they make our stay, and so long as they comfort us, we stop listening.

But life on earth is much more than just a pleasant stay. Our soul within is actually on a journey.

From time to time, we get a reminder (from our angels) that we must pay attention. Sometimes we are nudged to move on.

Our spirit sends reminders... it uses whatever means necessary ('good' or 'bad') to grab our attention, particularly if we get a little lazy, complacent or stuck.

This is one such time.

Notice the messages coming through others right now. Observe how they can be either really painful and upsetting or they can come across as kind and gentle blessings... healing, caring, loving messages that re-mind you that you are more (much more) than all the things you come to depend on just to keep you comfortable and safe.

Don't take it personally - it's much bigger than all that...

[Are you paying attention?]

[onawah]

FULL MOON in Virgo: The Test of Civilization – Efficiency vs Effectiveness
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Current Planetary Positions
3/11/2017
1:04:01 PM
Sun 21° Pisces 23' 43"
Moon 11° Virgo 29' 43"
Mercury 25° Pisces 53' 21"
Venus 12° Aries 00' 01" R
Mars 01° Taurus 16' 41"
Jupiter 21° Libra 26' 17" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 15' 44"
Uranus 22° Aries 37' 04"
Neptune 12° Pisces 04' 26"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 00' 30"
Chiron 24° Pisces 30' 11"
TrueNode 03° Virgo 23' 45" R
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It’s Full Moon time again…A time of culminations and realisations. On this, most widely-moonlit evening of the month, we are invited to either celebrate our successes or accept our misgivings and divest those interests we count as failures.For those most affected (at 22°13′ on the mutable axis) it marks a decisive turning point where, after last fortnight’s Pisces Solar Eclipse, provides the impetus to look at our our best (or worst) bits, and then to make a conscious choice on what must end and what must pay off (see your full horoscope for details).
It’s funny really. In ancient times our ancestors – much denser and simplistic than us today – revered and took great heed in the significance of these lunations. Many understood their powerful force and used them to plan their lives accordingly. Today we hardly even pay attention to the night sky, and sadly we deny our instincts like they are some form of regressive primordial disorder. Yet, if we looked carefully at just the lunation cycle alone, we might immediately identify a basic instinctive ebb & flow pattern in the way these New and Full Moons (and Eclipses) affect our most significant, personal affairs.

Something to note: This Full Moon in Virgo significantly falls just days before retrograde Jupiter recedes into the Uranus/Pluto midpoint, forming an intense T-square (March 15).
Some of the main themes raised by the Virgo/Pisces Moon – Sun axis are:

separation vs unification
work vs leisure
employment vs unemployment
duty vs karmic affliction
functionality vs art
health vs illness
accountability vs escapism
evidence vs assumptions
presence vs invisibility
attainable vs alternative realities
Virgo and the great dilemma of over-efficiency
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Virgo is a mutable/earth sign:
mutable implying that we are in the process of adapting, plying and moulding, working with, fine tuning, communicating across
earthy as in the practical and physically tangible sense
So in many ways Virgo is about working with the earth, or the physical. Working effectively, efficiently, economically, it seeks physical assurance through diligence and conformity, purity through cleanliness, tidiness or chastity, paying careful attention to fine craftsmanship and dutiful care of things like health, nutrition, daily processes, and when overdone there can be an excessive care – a worrying attitude, anxiety or a fastidiousness that borders dangerously close to pedantry.

In the last 50-60 years, through the growing integration of machinery, computers and electronic equipment into our workplaces (both business and domestically) we have seen an enormous improvement in our ability to raise our collective productivity and effectiveness in just about every area, and as such, at this quarter-juncture of this great Uranus/Pluto cycle, have created a burgeoning economic crisis in our obsessive pursuit into the realms of output productivity, over-efficiency of resources and labour. So much so that we have flushed away a great deal in order to ‘get the job done’. We have glorified the working culture, perfected the ‘working class’, learnt to measure national/cultural success via its GDP index, streamlined the time management of our entire lives, and in doing so we have all but cursed the more nebulous mysteries of life altogether, like dreaming, resting, healing and merging into one another’s lives without asking for distinct definition about what we want and how useful or how practical anything is.
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In our hyperbolic mania to become super-efficient we have taken this whole ‘civilization’ deal to an outrageously unsustainable level by specialising every aspect of our functioning. Such increased specialisation means fewer people can see the big picture, and most of us are at the point now where we are all somewhat caught up like cogs in the excruciating minutia of the productivity machine, our practical value and performance being monitored more by computers than other humans. Our efforts are measured against the most competitive global value, and as the world becomes more desperate to compete in the labour market, our time, and level of craftsmanship have become gradually diminished in worth. Of course, as machines gradually take over our everyday processes, we slowly become redundant, and by today’s measurements many of us may feel practically useless if unable to fit back into the machine.

This is naturally not so good for the spirit.

Hence, whilst the overall output of product is increasing in volume, lack of human involvement results in a product which is diminishing in both quality and value. We are mechanically churning out disposable products at a consumer rate which has become economically unsustainable.

In short, we have become a species that is effectively mass producing its own disposable obsolescence, mostly because we have engineered the human service, craftsmanship and qualities of love and specialised care out of our own culture. How sad. . .

We have imbued awful limitations in our ability to create a genuinely sustainable quality of life into our world, because in the pursuit of trying to become efficient, we have over-produced everything – including ourselves. And now, the world is swarming with a sea of spare, human parts – looking for a machine to fit into. Yet, the machine seems to be increasingly running fine without you, thank you.

These limitations did not begin in the 1960’s. They trace back to the beginning of civilisation when man decided to give up his nomadic ways and become a farmer.

The advent of agriculture defined the beginning of our limitations as a species. Not only did we immediately narrow our dependence of survival upon just a handful of plant species, we began to concentrate our population’s impact all in one place. We built fortresses to prevent the starving outsiders from stealing any of our surplus food, amassed armies to kill those who were not directly involved in food production, began to farm (not hunt) animals for food and labour, created a class of wealthy and elite to rule over the ‘labourers’, and set an ever expansionist culture upon an invasive, aggressive sprawl to seize and conquer the surrounding lands. Finally, thanks to global capitalism, six of our ‘finest’ families have managed to own the entire world.

How long did that take?

About 10,000 years. Prior to agriculture humans were nomadic, and our understanding of nature and its phenomenal diversity of lands, cultures, species, peoples and choices spread far and wide.

So, are we at the end of civilisation?

Of course we are. We have exhausted it. Agriculture is about to fail us due to dramatic climate change (hole in ozone layer). Our global currency is shifting from the $dollar$ – used to trade in stock and commodities to oil, arms, and balance of political power. This ties in with massive infrastructure changes in all sections of government, corporations, clergy, financial systems whose emphasis has moved further away from tending to the people that support them to defending and maintaining the functional efficiency of their power structure. And our leaders? Where are our leaders?
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The effect of Industrialisation shown by rising income levels since 1500. The graph shows the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita between 1500 and 1950 in 1990 International dollars for selected nations.

In the past 500 years we have progressed from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance, to the Age of Enlightenment, to the Industrial Age and the now the rise of computer technology and robotics… within just a few centuries the human race has become ever so pathological in its climb to reach a level of ultimate efficiency that it has become inexorably ill – emotionally speaking. Socially our species has become diseased by our convergence into cities beyond millions; tens of millions of humans; all packed together, living on top of one another, scrambling to ‘get busy ‘ and ‘produce’ some ‘GDP’ within a single concentrated location.

Our industrial capacity to extract megatons of resources from under oceans, deserts, rainforests, sides of mountains, fracking rock layers and farming vast fields of genetically processed crops is phenomenal. So much indeed that our population has exactly doubled since 1965 from 3.6 billion to 7.1 billion. According to statistics, we’re all better off – wealthier and busier.

Everyone is busy. Too busy.

And yet, curiously… everyone is broke. Or broken . . .

. . . trying to fix something that was ironically perfect. And so we have amassed a peculiar debt that we will pay forward to our dear children. Most of the damage is incalculable, since at this point there is really no way to either see or measure the emotional suffering that is building on this planet, thanks to the industrial noise and the clamour created by our machine/robot/computer-dominated world.

That we are somehow managing to support so much life upon what appears now to be a dying planet – a planet which if it were a human body would appear to be kept alive by artificial respirators, nebulisers, intravenous drips and genetically modified nutrients, whilst grafting organs, blood transfusions and bone marrow from our own children’s future planet to support a failing heart-beat. Meanwhile, the statements by the media are telling us that ‘the prognosis is stable’ and to carry on calmly because “There’s nothing wrong with grandma at all. She’s fine. Just carry on being busy at work”.

It’s a good thing then that we have a bevy of narcotic distractions such as television, internet, prescribed pharmaceuticals and other wonderful drugs and alcohol to keep us dumbed and numbed, as well as those basic staples of society – work, sex, pop music, video games, homogenised consumer goods available online and of course porn on demand. Why would you bother to put yourself out when there is a constant supply of panacea to what Jung called the “Pleasure Principle”?

Are we ready to understand how we are paving the way towards a pathological state of mass global depression? Is everybody ready?

Well, . . . we think not.

Depression is a common mental/emotional disorder. According to statistics from the WHO (World Health Organisation) globally, more than 350 million people of all ages suffer from depression. This is reported cases only. Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. One in five people is being treated with some form of depression at any one time, but then, many people – especially men – will go through depression all their lives and never be even diagnosed, let alone treated for the condition.

Some people may be very well familiar with all this, but I’m sure that the vast majority of people are completely oblivious to how much their world is becoming affected by the lack of opportunities to make constructive choices due to our socially limiting cultures. Not many can see the effect of long range cycles either. Not many can see how their quality of life has, over the years, become increasingly compromised by the great creeping deception that their basic needs are taken care of as long as they have some form of a “job”. All we seem to worry about is whether there is adequate employment – a source of income to keep up with the process of paying bills. At the rate of today’s progress, the redundancy of many jobs that were once created by the’ industrial culture’ is getting more and more imminent.

As the giants Uranus and Pluto form one last separating T- with Jupiter, we see how the effects of globalization have taken their toll on our post-agricultural, post-industrial, post-consciousness shifted society. The emotional need to be oneself, no matter what the cost, and to make change happen is starting to dawn upon humankind. Our ‘jobs’ and our whole employment structure is barely sustainable with this planet’s economic resources. Many of us know that change and innovation are important, and we are finally ready to confront whatever has to be done to make change happen. Sudden, drastic turns of events that deeply affect and potentially change the way we pursue our goals, or even the goals themselves are about to occur as we each come to some level of understanding that we are missing so much from our lives due to our preoccupation with our ‘occupation’.

The Virgo Moon seeks comfort in the earthy roots of practicality and efficiency, but the wild visions offered by the Pisces Sun/Chiron/Pallas come to intrigue and beckon her and she inevitably must choose to risk safety and security for the wisdom that is offered. Squares from Saturn in Sagittarius create fear and blockages. The conditional world continues to argue for legislature around division, separation and duality. Frustration is rife with how to deal with the system. A quincunx from Uranus shows just how much innovation and change is unsettling our basic home stability. Much adjustment and adaptation is necessary.

Some of us who are more sensitive are welcomed into an awakening – an emotional insight into the higher dimensional realms. We see most starkly that what we have sought after in all the toil and physical struggle to get this world perfect has in the end failed to bring us any spiritual satisfaction.

We make a decision now to let go of the futile struggle for ‘perfection’ and start the journey home, to re-embrace our custodial place in the great cosmic oneness. While others have become lost in the lower strands of this by hooking on to things like medication, booze, drugs, internet, perfunctory spirituality and other great forms of escape and glorified excuses (like work), becoming totally unavailable or confused en masse by the great machine of ‘civilization’, we come to rise above by purifying our intent and being more discerning about how we show our care.
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Such are the challenges and rude awakenings we face at this very confronting Virgo Full Moon. So how do we fix this massive problem? How do we remedy the situation?We must act locally. Starting with ourselves. The only thing we stand to salvage is our own spirit here. Refine our own intent. What more can one do to faithfully navigate their way out of all the disillusionment that we are facing?Staying pure, healthy, clear-minded about what really matters is the message of this wonderful Virgo Full Moon.Blessings, and have an amazing Full Moon!

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: March 20-26
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Current Planetary Positions
3/21/2017
11:28:16 AM
Sun 01° Aries 14' 29"
Moon 12° Capricorn 32' 09"
Mercury 15° Aries 03' 50"
Venus 07° Aries 16' 40" R
Mars 08° Taurus 22' 32"
Jupiter 20° Libra 23' 15" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 35' 42"
Uranus 23° Aries 08' 14"
Neptune 12° Pisces 26' 25"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 10' 36"
Chiron 25° Pisces 05' 54"
TrueNode 03° Virgo 02' 26"

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This is an exceptional week in astrology. The March Equinox (Monday) augurs the start of a brand new astrological year. ‘Equinox’ marks the day when the sun crosses the celestial equator (20 March, 22 September), the moment when the division of night and day are of equal length. These times, like the solstices (3 months apart) pinpoint the critical turning points in the Sol journey and officiate, among many things, the turn of the seasons. Since these are entries of the Sun into Cardinal (initiating) signs, they also significantly change the direction of our lives for the 13 weeks to follow.
As our revered Sun, our most significant source of star power, completes his travels through the constellations, he reaches his annual ‘reset point’ at 00°♈00′ on Monday March 20, at 10:29 UTC. At this point, we catch a unique and telling glimpse into which foot our year ahead will kick off, in Mundane terms.

Mundane astrology deals with the analysis and synthesis of energies that affect the ‘fate’ of nations, leaders and worldly entities such as organisations and conglomerates of a business, administration and religious nature. The Aries Ingress chart, as set for the location of a specific entity’s geographic capital, provides important clues on what kind of themes will prevail for the next year and how the drama (and karma) will unfold for those specific entities.

THE ARIES INGRESS CHART
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An applying Third Quarter Moon (the public, the common folk, women, loyal subjects) precisely conjuncts Saturn (public sorrow, fear, disappointment, death), and foreshadows a sombre mood and austerity ahead among the subjects of any collective. Squaring the new Aries Sun (ruler, president, prime minister, CEO, aristocracy), we expect to see a year where considerable challenges are posed, particularly where authorities impose their will upon a mostly pessimistic crowd. The Aries Sun’s conjunction to Chiron (mavericks & renegades, those carrying wounds and shames, lightworkers, fringe-dwellers and outcasts) and to Pallas Athena (sophists, strategists and patrons of the arts) suggests that a very unusual, unique approach is adapted in the rolling out of new decisions and directions. Yes, the general population, mostly stuck in a conservative paradigm and established norms (☽/ ♄), is apprehensive about these clever renegade-style leaders. Not only does the Sun square Moon situation show that these will not be supported, but the Moon’s trine to Uranus (rioting and outbreaks of political tension, right-wing political ideas, innovators, revolutionaries) show that the public push towards resistance and disorder will not take much to manifest. Also, Uranus’ final conjunction to Eris (elements of strife and utter discord to any prior arrangement) now shows that we have run out of patience to invoke a complete upheaval to all systems that exclude even the most (seemingly) insignificant integer in the whole social spectrum.

Socio-politically, this promises to be a most exciting year ahead, with many changes already afoot and in their closing phases. As we are have been witnessing, much of the world we left behind in that wild & wooly 2016 – a transitional year that only instigated widespread upheaval and mayhem, now seems set to introduce irrevocable changes that we must, in one way or another, come to accept as the way forward.

The goose is out of the glass bottle. It has extricated itself in the knowing that the bottle was a mere construct of its own, conditioned mind. It can never go back in.

Here are the main transits for this next week:

☉ in ♈ Monday Mar 20 10:29 am Sun 00°♈00′
☽ □ ☉ Monday Mar 20 03:59 pm Moon 00°♑14′ Square Sun 00°♈14′
☉ ⊼ ☊ Wednesday Mar 22 10:03 am Sun 01°♈58′ Quincunx Node 01°♍58′
☿ sqq ☊ Wednesday Mar 22 05:37 pm Mercury 16°♈57′ Sesquiquadrate Node 01°♍57′
☿ □ ♇ Friday Mar 24 00:43 am Mercury 19°♈12′ Square Pluto 19°♑12′
♂ ∠ Ch Friday Mar 24 07:45 am Mars 10°♉15′ Semisquare Chiron 25°♓ 15′
☿ ☍ ♃ Friday Mar 24 12:46 pm Mercury 20°♈03′ Opposition Jupiter 20°♎03′℞
♀ ☌ ☉ Saturday Mar 25 10:18 am Venus 04°♈57′℞ Conjunction Sun 04°♈57′
☿ ☌ ♅ Sunday Mar 26 03:06 pm Mercury 23°♈24′ Conjunction Uranus 23°♈24′
This week then becomes a crucial stepping stone into setting a most important new intention:

How’s it going to be for you?
How do you wish to take the phenomena played out in this crazy, wonderful new world?
What will you make of it? Will you embark into it with an instinctive reluctance and fear about the road that lies ahead, worrying and making yourself sick that things will never be the same? Or will you throw a little caution to the wind and adopt the more radical approach at hand, go down the path that seems less obvious, make the most of what this exciting new world throws your way?

THE SATURN/CHIRON SQUARES of 2017

For months now, those who have been embracing the notion that many elements of the old status-quo are on their way out have already begun their dreamy intent to help relinquish elements of lesser importance and focus their efforts on what is most crucial, especially in spiritual terms. These ‘rebel-rousers’ of the outer fringe have gradually become the quiet activists for bringing in alternatives methods to healing the issues in our physical universe. By learning to address their own wounds, they have struggled to introduce ways that have at least allowed them to arrive at a more energetic approach.


From this simple, yet deepening ‘paradigm shift’, they have stood to clearly differentiate between what is truly important in their own personal evolution and what the exterior world/culture keeps pitching at them. This brings matters to a level where they not only question everything, but often come to an outright rejection of whatever seems rigidly contrived or superficial. Those resonating strongly with the Chiron in Pisces arm of this square are much more readily keen to observe that many of the negative, outward phenomena that are connected with emotional disease and anxiety – matters that perpetuate psychical and mental pain and suffering are merely only the manifestation pressed by the harsh projections of someone’s ego. As such, they have gradually developed an innate gift to look straight into the heart of what others are trying to achieve by their negative projections, and skillfully challenge anything that is not in alignment with life’s greater meaning and purpose.
Many of us here are affected personally. Astrology is the language of Chiron. By refusing to culpably play along with the stories and the pain-dramas presented before us, we choose instead to cast clear light only to those ideas or ‘energies’ necessary to better understand how to heal and amend our situation. This is the premise behind doing our own ‘shadow work’ – the parts of ourselves that we may try to hide or deny. By transforming parts of our character that we’d like to change with compassion and understanding, we have made inroads to finding an effective means to balance these very diverse, but often hidden parts of ourselves. In many ways, we may have already been doing this without consciously knowing it, but as these next few months roll on we make a more overt effort to act more mindfully in this, mostly because our methods will be scrutinised and intensely challenged by the established sector of the community. Those willing to open up their souls in order to delve deeper and explore the vast possibilities of the true purpose of everything will encounter terrific trials, as they may have already noticed.

Of course there will be fear in the community. Many humans are still acting under the morbid auspices of ‘fate’, unwilling to confront the truly important elements of nature. These go beyond just personal trauma and pain. They extend to politics, law, religion, academia, public media – anything Sagittarius. Skating along the crusty surface of ‘society’s’ survival mechanisms, the more conservative proponents who resonate strongly with the Saturn in Sadge will continue to find a way to denounce and vilify whatever attempts are made to bring new light upon the old ways. These will try hard to besmirch and discredit any radical new ways as being ‘too strange’ and ‘uncomfortably close to the bone’, messing with their preferred version of ‘reality’. Sadly this approach will only exacerbate the level of discomfort, uneasiness and insecurity that many will feel when they come face to face with not following their true spiritual purpose. Anyway, we are not to fear or worry about those who are inextricably wrapped up into the dense fabric of a fast defunct structure here. With Saturn also being trined by Uranus this year, it gradually becomes nobody’s place to judge those who cannot see the great alternatives, but merely to observe how they choose to perpetuate their own suffering. Eventually everyone will come to see…

Much of the world lacks empathy.
To quote John Lennon – “our big brains have gone straight to our heads”.

‘Time’ to reconnect with the heart.

As Mercury conjuncts Uranus, then tangos with the fast approaching Jupiter/Pluto square (Fri/Sat), we see that something about the old approach to doing things, solving the inexplicable problems, healing our most impossibly wounded souls has failed us miserably here. Traditional analysis and psychotherapy, for all its new techniques and innovations and all its glorified ‘over-accredited practitioners’ is still missing the mark here. On the main, established methods of healing fail to acknowledge that all humanity is now becoming endowed with universal access to amazing new waves of light, available to all those who dare to make leaps of faith into seeing everything rather as a holistically unified energy system, not just an isolated symptom of a mere part. This approach is not so easily quantifiable by ordinary ‘scientific’ means. True healing goes beyond the physical and ‘psychological’ realms of study. In our new understanding, it now extends into communicating and working with the angelic, mysterious realms of the spiritual and supernatural dimensions.


The greatest healers in the world are those who, in their time, were castigated and ridiculed as ‘hearing voices’, or ‘working with the devil’, or being somehow too ‘weird’ or ‘creepy’ in their approach and practices. Sure, there are many who somehow romanticise with the glory of proclaiming themselves as sacred ‘healers’, ‘gurus’ and ‘spiritual masters’. Especially lately. Seems like everyone has been donning the ‘shamanic’ cap somehow. Whilst many have, in essence, been dabbling close to being nothing more than self-promoting tricksters and charlatans, they are in some ways the lower vibrational versions of what they aspire to become. Being a shaman in the western world is unfortunately not a university-class career option. Many have had to stumble their way through it, often through exploring the many facets of their own pain, and the pain-bodies around them (wounded friends, family, lovers, unsuspecting victims).
Meanwhile, a new breed of practitioners is emerging through the ranks now. These are your former ‘misfits’ and your life-lost ‘jack-of-trades’ (‘Chironians’ – new word), who have themselves suffered so much and wrestled somberly with their own flaky egos, their self-medications and sabotaging ways, who are now (thanks to the disciplining forces of Saturn) beginning to rise above the confusion and cheap chicanery of their own immature mind. These are the blessed souls who have done much work upon themselves, wrestled with their demons, earnestly conquered their own infantile addictions and their noxious predilections for pain and escapisms by experimenting through use of the strangest rituals. They now step up (as mature adults) to do something that truly is responsible to this planet – not just for themselves or for others, but in service to the divine order of nature herself.

As Saturn’s second (Apr 30) and third (Nov 1) squares to Chiron occur this year, the weary, bruised and withered spirit traveler (like you and me) can choose to mindfully disengage, to free ourselves from any of the old-road pedestrian entanglements, those that seek only to inhibit and obstruct our personal growth. We can choose to sit out this circular, never-ending square-dance with our own (and others’) pain-bodies.

This grueling process is happening large, and though it may seem like a tedious, arduous effort, fraught with many jagged barbs and lame (but ever more futile) attempts by structured society to admonish and denigrate anyone willing to step outside the square. We might just come to see that any attacks against those mavericks and renegades is contradictory to our pursuit to gain a deeper understanding of the higher methods healing our whole, rather than the parts that express the most pain.

It comes back to believing in angels. Our winged messengers that connect us to Spirit. By trusting more in our interrelation to beings beyond this physical plane, welcoming their heavenly assistance we learn to usher in these new cosmic light-rays, raise our consciousness, and develop a clearer perception of the kinds of ridiculous blockages that people place in front of themselves for the purpose of retarding their spiritual growth. It is this awareness itself that brings us closer to a deeper understanding of why people do this; why people insist on sabotaging the manifestation of the collective dream of our fair planet.

Let us now enter fearlessly into the stillness and silence of pure observation. Let’s walk intrepidly into that holy place of balance and neutrality, where in our own centredness and clarity we can make contact with the higher beings, ascended masters and other spirit guides. Let us know too, and with much certainty, how not to play into the negativity and drama that others will use to scoff at you for taking an unorthodox approach. Let’s become adept at avoiding the bitter ‘karma’ of any boxed-in situation – a condition posed only when we doubt our capacity to channel direct access to the divine lights.

It is not enough to see the pure, unfiltered light. One must proceed to work with it by being the very essence of that light. Over this next year this magical transit dares us to become the light-bearers for others.
It is a challenging journey for now. Mostly because much of what we see and choose to work with – as bright and clear as it may seem to us – currently defies any traditional job description. Much of the language necessary to express our sacred mission to work with the light is not yet furnished with adequate enough words to describe what we are doing. Yet, at its core, an awareness of the truth, in all its iridescent glow, and all its wonderful new frequencies and portals into higher dimensions is everyday proof that every problem posed is merely an opportunity to further our spiritual evolution. Unless we find profound new ways to articulate and convey this work to society, the same problems or permutations of these are likely to keep recurring.

Humanity is developing a whole new level of therapy – one that is largely energetic, and speaks more to the ‘psyche’ (spirit) than the ‘mind’. In the most holistic sense, we, as ‘light-humans’ are brazenly opening up our heart-centers. As we employ alternative new ways to generate the power necessary to therapeutically transform age-old patterns of toxic psychic wounding, we lay the foundation that will eventually expedite the process of spiritual evolution for the entire planet.

For now, it’s easy. We just need to be strong enough to filter out the crap the rolls out in front of us, in real time. True transformation, true alchemy, true healing can only occur when we can help others to experience the clarity and the simplicity of life.

Start with your own little radius of light. Practice on your own luminous egg.

…and have an amazing New Astrological Year.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[lunaflare]

[/COLOR][I]It’s funny really. In ancient times our ancestors – much denser and simplistic than us today – revered and took great heed in the significance of these lunations. Many understood their powerful force and used them to plan their lives accordingly. Today we hardly even pay attention to the night sky, and sadly we deny our instincts like they are some form of regressive primordial disorder.

For now, it’s easy. We just need to be strong enough to filter out the crap the rolls out in front of us, in real time. True transformation, true alchemy, true healing can only occur when we can help others to experience the clarity and the simplicity of life.

Hello and thank you for the posts. I find the writing reflective, insightful and poetic.

I have combined two posts (an earlier and the most recent) just to gain further clarification;
from the author or fellow Avalonian.

You write that our ancestors were, "much denser and simplistic than us today".

In light of the most recent post, am I to understand the term simplistic may mean, following a natural rhythm than can be seen/felt/experienced in Nature and thereby one's Life.
Flowing with what "is", so to speak...

What is meant by denser?

Does this mean that one is more solid, grounded and thus more readily attuned to the wisdom/energetic signatures of the land, sea, sky, stars....?

This makes sense to me in light of your writings..
but my current understanding of dense is an absence of light/consciousness and thus less innate intelligence, wisdom and understanding.

Thank you so much!

[onawah]

Hi Lunaflare,
I've just been copying Ang Stoic's astrology reports here because they resonate with me and I think a lot of other non-mainstream people too.
So I could not really advise you as to exactly what he means.
But he gives readings and has a Facebook page, and so you can ask him directly if you really want to.
But I've found the term "dense" can have different meanings, depending on your source and the context.
In the Law of One, for example. density refers to dimensions, and "5th density" or 5D, means a higher, finer, less material vibration than 3D or 4D, in that vernacular.

[onawah]

NEW MOON at 07°37′ ARIES – Tuesday, March 28th
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urrent Planetary Positions
3/26/2017
10:56:15 PM
Sun 06° Aries 40' 22"
Moon 23° Pisces 57' 24"
Mercury 24° Aries 12' 33"
Venus 03° Aries 52' 02" R
Mars 12° Taurus 16' 37"
Jupiter 19° Libra 44' 13" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 42' 40"
Uranus 23° Aries 26' 14"
Neptune 12° Pisces 38' 13"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 15' 01"
Chiron 25° Pisces 25' 32"
TrueNode 03° Virgo 05' 50" R


One thing to note is that the New Moon is about ringing in the new.
Those commitments that we make now are intense, all-or-nothing affairs. Whatever seeds we sow have a real chance of sprouting. Regardless of the conditions.

It’s because the intent is so dynamically focused.
And Aries is about new starts anyway…

So with this New Moon, it is unquestionably a time when an irrepressible urge to shift into entirely new and totally unfamiliar territory becomes a most inspiring option. Heck, if not now… then when??

It is the time for action, to make a move, go NOW. With Aries, we don’t need much imagination, there’s no planning, no apprehensiveness or tension about safety or security, no incentive for glory, fame or prestige, no big brains even……all that’s required with Aries is a daringness to JUMP.
To go somewhere that no-one’s been before –
that blind conviction to do something, anything,
inspired by pure impulse,
to act immediately,
move now,
just go…
without fear or consideration for consequences and pain. That comes later…

Why is that with Aries…?

Aries is the side of us where our ego seeks to express itself most distinctly and immediately. It does this by summoning our full, undivided attention to act with such single-pointed urgency and willfulness, with a pure spirit of endeavour, audacity, leadership and passion.

When acting in this cardinal modality of the fire element, we may ourselves be surprised at the burning level of rash impatience, even blind zeal that we exhibit.

Aries is ruled by Mars who is currently debilitated (or slowed to act) in Taurus. His influence on this Moon may cause the usual aggressive/assertive expression seen through Aries to be somewhat controlled and deliberate in fight (or flight) if things aren’t so agreeable.

Understandably, suppressed anger builds as heat in the body and the usual desire to take immediate, storming action may be stifled by stubborn force of attrition or stonewalling.

MIDPOINT INFLUENCES:

Always important to consider in cosmobiology are the closest midpoint energies to the Lunation. These provide us with a deeper, richer understanding of the uniqueness of this particular ‘reset’ moment. This particular New Moon pulls in massive transformative energy from PLUTO, as well structured integration from JUPITER, SATURN and CHIRON. Being outer planets (tran-personal), we can see that this may place considerable pressure upon world governments and corporations, international law and world diplomacy operatives to focus on dealing with the rising extremism and the sweeping movements towards nationalism and isolationism.

‘Isms‘… they come with our inherited cultural baggage.

Logically, we turn to ‘historical’ examples to find premises to argue any ‘present tense’ problems. To this end, our history has arguably provided us few formulas to tackle the rising problems presented by our ‘isms‘. For in spite of itself, any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an ‘ism‘ becomes so involved in reaction against other ‘isms’ that, as we are witnessing, it becomes blindly controlled by them.

The ‘ISM’ then becomes its self-perpetuating PROBLEM… the chronic global malady… the epidemic disease that we are suffering as a planet now. Any movement which forms its principles by reaction against other ‘isms’ rather than conducting a comprehensive, constructive examination of actual needs, shortfalls, and possibilities for improvement is destined to keep perpetuating its own suffering.

Fortunately, this problem (or disease) is flaring so rapidly, like a massive boil growing on the surface of this planet, ready to be popped.

And pop it will go. In a fortnight (Apr 11), a Full Moon in Libra (21°♎33′) will activate the Jupiter/Uranus/Pluto points, three planets who are currently locked into a tense T-square.

Midpoint Analysis:

Jupiter/Chiron: A positive, uplifting force which will fuel the impetus to find a more meaningful, purposeful and holistic approach to improving our well-being, welfare and healing

Pluto/Chiron: A more intense blend of healing forces, particularly focused on bringing any hidden stories or repressed wounds of the shadow self to the surface in order to be healed transmuted. Enormous cosmic pressure is now applied to forcibly release any agendas and complex dramas around psychological and cultural affliction. As these are immediately addressed through this Aries lunation, they lead to profound healing which can assist all humanity to expedite the force of evolution.
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Mars/Node: Here the ruling planet of this New Moon, Mars, presses us to focus on what is important to work together with others. Through constructive interaction (not anger and ill-directed hostility) with those to whom we are connected, we start to get to the real meaning and purpose behind our conflicts. Our new intentions are furthered and supported by taking a direct-line initiative to form more decisive, action-oriented contacts with others.

Saturn/Pluto: Perhaps significant too is the method with which we deal with the very rigid ego-structures that threaten to destroy our best intentions. This combination of very harsh energies presses the relentless urge to get to the bottom of any deep, subconscious drives – the very compulsions that sabotage our finest interests and helps to tear this down. True alchemical is now available to overcome any fears, and threats of terror by disintegrate these so that we may reflect more of the Spiritual Light without distortions and corruption.

Jupiter/Saturn: Whilst this ‘business’ combination of energies offers a real chance to work at one’s goals steadily and with discipline, there is a tendency to blow moral issues out of proportion, applying needless guilt which can be counterproductive and wasteful with our intent.

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VENUS and the inferior conjunction at 04°♈57’℞

Interestingly, it is only Venus who makes an aspect to this New Moon. Her retrograde pass in front of the Sun (Mar 25) formed an inferior conjunction, thrusting us into a 7-day period of deep psychological introspection. We are now forced to confront our true feelings and inner motives on why it is we seek material comforts – the joys and pleasures we like to have in life as well as the lovers and admirers that we choose.Are these nourishing our soul with the love and appreciation it so desires? If not, here is an opportunity delve deeper into our shadow selves to better evaluate whether we are truly expressing gratitude and respect to these. Similarly, we need to question how sincerely we are receiving these.

Venus’ conjunction to this Aries Lunation (04°S21′) will bring whole-hearted awareness here. The immediate, storming nature of Aries activates us on two distinct levels.

The lower (ego-enslaved) individual will flare up, taking things personally, behaving defensively (or offensively) especially if put on the spot. If you’re sensing stormy weather in your relations, this is an excellent opportunity to observe carefully how you are going to react.
The higher (intuitive driven) individual will endeavour to take greater initiative in their relationships, leading into a whole new direction which will in some way stimulate and inspire all those with whom s/he engages.
Generally, with Venus℞ in Aries on this New Moon, the ego will instinctively respond to any negative evaluations by immediately shunting off into a sidelined activity in order to avoid direct confrontation. This is no less aggressive, just taking a more passive approach. Therefore, it’s probably wise to not to prematurely jump to conclusions about our feelings during this time. The mature approach would be to hold off, not react angrily or hastily. It is important to avoid making assumptions or forming preconceptions about how we are perceived, get offended and fly off the handle should we feel that things are not going along the way we might prefer them.

Remember, everyone is sucking it up over their recent choices right now. It only takes one spark to ignite the flame that could torch the entire neighbourhood.

Lunations in Aries mean that we are all prone to experiencing ‘trigger-happy’ energies, in some respect, whether within or without. The radius of Aries attention is short and fiery, focused on its own, immediate interests. So is its fuse to explode. Any discomfort or challenge to these interests can easily become an excuse for an upset. If you’re observing that either your own or others’ need for expression rapidly escalates into ‘fight or flight’ mode, then take it as a sign that perhaps someone is intrinsically not valuing themselves enough and is demanding respect and affirmation from their environment.

In some way, those most affected by this New Moon* will make decisions/instigate actions which stem form any self-worth deficiencies they may be feeling. There is an important lesson here, and we can learn it from those who seem most upset during this period. It’s not until we learn to love ourselves first, that our love for and from others can change. [*check contacts around 07°♈37′, or other cardinals]

The objective here is to learn to overcome our past hurts. If you are finding that your own feelings are cut off from the collective feelings of others due to you carrying the pain of rejection or refusal, then it’s time to drop that baggage and reconnect to the source. See that this subtle self-alienation is essentially what keeps you fighting with others, or running away from yourself.

Settle down.
Stop fighting. It’s a give-away sign that you are mad at yourself.

If you are caught up in any sort of aggressive drama, this New Moon will help you realise that essentially it’s all in your mind. Your entire construction of attitudes towards yourself and the world around you is what’s causing you to feel so isolated or cut off. If things persist to be dramatic for you, then it’s no wonder why you should feel a strong impulse to take a new road altogether.

In this action, you are not running from yourself. You are simply choosing to come closer to the true core of your creative centre and from this place find a way to move forward. Knowing this, from the innermost core of your certainty, any conflict or confrontation is understood to be for the fight for progress and evolution of every being.

Blessings, and have an amazing New Moon xx© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

Saturn ℞etrograde – Reality Check
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Current Planetary Positions
4/5/2017
10:24:14 PM
Sun 16° Aries 31' 21"
Moon 16° Leo 20' 14"
Mercury 04° Taurus 01' 25"
Venus 28° Pisces 39' 37" R
Mars 19° Taurus 19' 45"
Jupiter 18° Libra 28' 46" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 47' 41"
Uranus 23° Aries 59' 55"
Neptune 12° Pisces 58' 41"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 20' 49"
Chiron 26° Pisces 00' 29"
TrueNode 02° Virgo 38' 44"

Saturn, that damping, restrictive ruler of this dense, physically-defined earthly experience will occasionally slow down, repose in complete stillness, then begin to slowly retrace his heavy footsteps. Dipping his snarky measuring stick into the karmic pit he is creating down here in 3D-land, his intent during retrograde is to see how well things have set in his latest version of ‘consensus-defined reality’.
Once this is done, he will proceed to press forward once again, a methodical triple-check that everything in his new reality is operating at its maximum economy of thought, motion and matter. His job is to pass down his exacting ‘terms & conditions’ with uncompromising firmness. In doing so, he will mercilessly mow down any unproductive, redundant and superfluously unrealistic elements in our lives before he moves on to new ground.

This three-pronged reality-check is the standard operating procedure with Saturn, whose 29.5-year orbit is such that from earth’s perspective he appears to cover the same stretch of ground 3 times, usually over an 11 month period, just so it checks out and the reality of the situation sinks in.

Whilst seldom fun at the time, in retrospect it will have defined our karmic journey on the terrestrial, limited experience we call ‘life’.
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Many of us require a reality check now and then. Very few of us on this planet are immune to the strict laws of gravity and the harsh limitations that apply should we fail to show respect and comply with these.

Accepting reality is an important part of the terrestrial experience and, as humans, vital to understanding the context of our sanity. In the Saturnian sense, reality is defined by our own experience with the exterior world. Our acceptance of what is is encouraged by most sane people in our world. It is the goal of most relationships, businesses, institutions and therapies. Whilst accepting what is presented to us as the reality is not necessarily always easy at the time, it is the acceptance which steads to bring us the most peace with our times. If our clocks are in sync with everyone else’s, then we feel we are in time.

Reality is usually defined as the state of things as they actually exist, not some idealised or romanticised
notion. It is usually the tangible, graspable properties, the physical constraints, defined by rigorous measurement that allows us to yield a determined consensus about what is real. The most discernible reality is that which provides the most stable set of conditions to which the majority of us can agree. Consensus creates a density. This means that the particles of any matter become so condensed that even light cannot pass through them. Density either limits, diffracts or denies resistance. You can’t argue with solid matter. It just is. Therefore it is real. Saturn’s crystallising effect on matters in our lives therefore determines their existence as real.

Similarly, linear time appears to have irreversible properties. The reality is that something can exist in form in a particular moment in time. Once absent from these constraints, Saturn has trouble with verifying it as real.

This is Saturn’s non-negotiable application.

When we play into the linear time/space continuum, we must also pay respect to the laws of limitation. Everything is conditional, and we must ‘pay our dues to the consensus’ about those things we collectively feel worthy to partake in. Similarly, if things are deemed not real we need to learn to forego, miss out, suffer denial, delay frustrations, or endure the humiliating ‘coming down to earth’ effect of anything that serves as a reminder of our physical limitations.

Time, money, status, power, youth, brains, sex-appeal, gender, culture, nationality, connections, degrees, etc. are all qualifiers in Saturn’s world, and they will be used against you in his terrestrial court of law.

This is the serious, sombre, inflexible nature of Saturn – ruler of 3D limited reality and the linear dimensions of time. We call this Karma, since what will be, will be. The old devil will continue to play hardball with us, pressuring you to fit in. Either you play a prescribed role, according to how and where you were born/bred, or you miss out. When Saturn comes along in a transit he is keen to apply all the severity that he can muster to help you realise what is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’ about you and the world you’re in.

Of course, you don’t want to mess with that, do you? And the consensus is, that playing along in Saturn’s reality game is ultimately…. well…. character defining.Let’s face it. Unless you are a sadist or masochist, then the harder Saturn transits aren’t much fun, especially by 2017 standards where many of us are hypersensitive and ready to receive experiences of reality from higher dimensional fields.’THE RETROGRADE CYCLE:
PHASE 1: Dec 30, 2016- April 6, 2017

Direct Saturn enters the shadow zone at 21°♐11′

In this phase, Saturn begins to lay down the premises of what will become a reality. Brick by brick, he’s throwing it down, paving the path that will become defined as what is.

“So… What have you been doing during this time?
Anything good? Something constructive? Or have you just been wasting valuable time/resources?
Huh??
Yes, talking to you… what have you got to show for the last few months?”

It’s likely that somebody may play this role for you, judging you, scrutinizing your efforts in terms which you may feel you have to answer to.

Or perhaps you may play this drama out on someone else.
Or maybe you are giving yourself the ‘business’ internally. That stern, parental voice of judgement has a way of making it into our lives somehow, judging our efforts to keep it real, be acceptable, beautiful, competent, wealthy etc. against the backdrop of the current consensus.

Whilst many may argue that the last four months (Jan-Apr 2017) has seen ‘reality’ slipping into bizarre, distorted, almost surreal versions of itself, it is nonetheless the reality of our times. Coming to accept it may take some work, since it does not seem to be behaving as commonly expected. This is yet just another sign of our fading 3D ‘times’. As we are being blasted with light from the higher dimensions, there are elements of linear time and space which, with some retrospection we may have to learn, do not apply to us here, as spiritual beings becoming awakened to other, higher ‘realities’.

PHASE 2: April 6 – August 25, 2017

Saturn stations at 27°♐48′ and turns Retrograde

During this period, we are pressed to review how well we have adhered to the principles lain down during Saturn’s pre-shadow phase. As strange a course as things may have taken, we are pressed to take our understandings of reality seriously, as if it is a reflection of just how faithful we have managed to stay to our authentic inner self.In Sagittarius, Saturn in retrograde can play out as an internal ethical dilemma, a struggle between our conscious efforts to define our moral principles, examine their usefulness and practicality, and in application see how impeccably we have lived by them. The trine from Uranus in the pre-shadow phase has awakened us all to wonderful alternative possibilities.
For instance, you may soon come to realise that as much as you have tried to define what you ‘firmly believe in’; as much as your principles have been discussed, argued, ratified, published, postulated and pontificated, these ‘honest-to-god’ beliefs or ‘codes of conduct’ are in reality only meaningful if you have been able to live by them.

In tangible, earthy terms, concepts are either true for you or, under closer examination, they are wholly unbelievable. Such is the dilemma between acting in true spirit, and not tied to the false, fleeting constructs of the lower, 3D personality.

Have you been living up to your guidelines and your mantras?
Have you been dishing these out to others, trying to hold them accountable?
Is there some fibbing, fudging, stretching of facts, overspending of resources; a little religious or marketing hocus pocus; political spin-doctoring; emotional propping and manipulation, double standards in your relationships; some good, ol’-fashioned moral hypocrisy’ going down?

Time to look back at the most challenging events during the Phase 1 (pre-shadow) period of this retrograde, assess whether stuff is making any real, concrete sense.

We start to get an internal reading on who and what seems honourable and respectful to us, and begin to sense a shift: As much as we may come to honour and respect the laws and moral guidelines of others, this may be a time when we find it difficult to live by the advice of anyone but our own, internal conscience.

Those who are grounded enough to be acutely attuned to their ‘inner reality vector’ will see this period present a unique set of opportunities to access this firm and direct ‘line of instruction’ from above. This is the alignment of instruction between the perfected, ‘higher self’ and that of the ‘lower (ego-attached) self’ – the one who still has much to learn in their journey here on earth. Rather than a fear, it feels like an affirmation that you are on the right path, managing the universal laws successfully enough to make a difference in your life.
This comes, in spite of all the turmoil and anguish that appears to be going on around. In fact, even this appears as an opportunity to learn something about our authentic selves.

For many, this period, and the ensuing shadow phase (August 25, 2017 -Dec 20) will, for many, be a time of considerable frustration and delay. Those who are still unconsciously enmeshed in Saturn’s dense fabric of externally applied moral, ethical and religious structures – the status-quo world that is still ruled by fear, anger, judgement, blame, expectation, toxic shaming, etc – Saturn has a canny way of making us accountable by those very instruments.

There are those who will continue to play into the 3D system of duality and separation. For these, Saturn will roll out whatever means it sees necessary to teach some lessons which are not necessarily experienced as “opportunities” to grow. Those holding on to lower, fear-based judgements about what’s right/wrong, good/evil, using rigid socio-political, class-based, race/culture-based, gender/sexual-based, religious or moral principles that make little sense other than to incite fear and division, will start to sense some dramas internally. The inner voice starts to plague them and in their ignorance may begin to project this out, with unfortunate consequences.

And woe to those who have nothing going in inside at all. Those who are completely unaware that they are unaware. Those wholly dependent upon the direction or guidance from those priests and prefects of the exterior order; those blessed beings who are merely going through the mechanical motions of life; who live their lives according to patterned behaviour of their instincts and learned habits, who never question, just wait for changes or stimuli in their environment to react, and then, only en masse. This may be a challenging time for these, as we will start to see these become played.

Of course, I don’t want to scare anyone with these reports. We just want to differentiate between the (three) different levels of awareness of Saturn:
aware that you are aware (conscious, responsive)
aware that you are unaware (suspicious, cynical or skeptical)
unaware that you are unaware (unconscious, ignorant, narrow, reactive to fear, shame, guilt)
As Saturn now retrogrades in Sagittarius in his third and last time, human society is asked to go back and assess any gaps in its belief systems. There are those who will become more aware, understanding how news, information, knowledge in just about every area is at best limited, conditioned and contrived. They will learn to choose not to play into the belief dogma of society’s struggles over what is right/wrong, true/fake, good/bad. They will keep a reserved and meditative approach instead of entering into these judgement arguments. These will see many play and manipulate what the postulate as ‘truths’ in order to manipulate others using their fears and insecurities.

PHASE 3: August 25 – December 1, 2017 (post-shadow phase)

Retrograde Saturn stations at 21°♐11′, turning direct, finally leaving Sagittarius Dec 20. 2017

One truth emerges out of this period. Whatever cause, principle, or mission we may appear to stand for and agree as our ‘reality’, it is constantly changing.

Saturn in Sadge tends to represent man’s need to withdraw from whatever beliefs, structures and traditions appear to have outlived their usefulness. It may take a thoughtful, steady approach to make amends. A more conservative, cautious, frugal approach may be necessary, particularly after the retrograde period is over.

In a way, Saturn does retrogrades better than all the other planets. Why? It’s like he gives us a second, chance to improve on the ever-evolving relationship formed between our ego (exterior-defined self) and the soul (internal self).
Any conceptions that may have been mistaken, overlooked or misunderstood are, under the conscious gentle guidance of Saturn, best put to rest in the past.

In our own wisdom, let us try to teach others who are less knowledgeable or experienced than ourselves without the pain and feelings of separateness. The best way to do this is not by admonishing them harshly by projecting our own frustrations. Trying to demonstrate how much better, wiser, tougher, ‘more real’ we are to those who are just learning, serves nothing other than the perpetuation of Saturn’s prism of duality and separation. It is through exhibiting a strength and composure, a kind responsibility to all involved that we come out of this retrograde shadow as having accomplished something concrete.

Of course, for all those who pass this three-pronged test, Saturn will issue you with your ‘certificate of completion’ at the end of this year. By then, you will be ready to graduate onto the next level of your reality.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

The Week Ahead – April 10-16
http://angstoic.com/2017/04/week-ahead-april-10-16/
Current Planetary Positions
4/10/2017
5:26:12 PM
Sun 21° Aries 13' 53"
Moon 17° Libra 35' 30"
Mercury 04° Taurus 47' 49" R
Venus 27° Pisces 19' 08" R
Mars 22° Taurus 41' 26"
Jupiter 17° Libra 51' 51" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 46' 35" R
Uranus 24° Aries 16' 19"
Neptune 13° Pisces 07' 56"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 22' 32"
Chiron 26° Pisces 16' 43"
TrueNode 02° Virgo 26' 52" R

With four planets now retrograde (☿,♀,♃, ♄), Venus stationing near Chiron/squaring Saturn and the explosive effects of a ♃/♅/ ♇ cardinal Full Moon – this week delivers on all the tension promised in last week’s report, and then some. So many unexpected twists and turns in the plot, now made ever more personal, start to affect our entire nervous systems. The wise and purposefully mindful might have heeded last week’s hint to not engage in the drama that is unfolding; to sit in their centre; employ a vigilant sense of peripheral benevolence, kindness and personal well-being. However, even to those, this world can be a very testing experience this week.
Here are the main transits the week…..

☉ □ ♇ Sunday Apr 09 00:45 am Sun 19°♈22′ Square Pluto 19°♑22′
☿ ℞ Sunday Apr 09 11:07 pm Mercury 04°♉51’℞ Stations to Retrograde
♂ ☌ Ce Monday Apr 10 07:30 am Mars 22°♉15′ Conjunction Ceres 22°♉15′
☽ ☍ ☉ Tuesday Apr 11 06:09 am Moon 21°♎33′ Opposition Sun 21°♈33′
♅ □ Vs Tuesday Apr 11 04:22 pm Uranus 24°♈19′ Square Vesta 24°♋19′
♂ ∗ Vs Friday Apr 14 00:27 am Mars 24°♉51′ Sextile Vesta 24°♋51′
☉ ☌ ♅ Friday Apr 14 05:30 am Sun 24°♈28′ Conjunction Uranus 24°♈28′
☉ □ Vs Friday Apr 14 07:28 pm Sun 25°♈02′ Square Vesta 25°♋02′
♀ SD Saturday Apr 15 10:16 am Venus 26°♓ 55′ SD Sun
♂ ∗ Ch Sunday Apr 16 12:23 pm Mars 26°♉35′ Sextile Chiron 26°♓ 35′
It is true, with so much retrograde vibe in the planet-waves, the world is really being forced to take a good look at itself, come face to face with the decisions it has taken. Chances are, as retrogrades dictate, that we take an internalised approach to what is going on. This is good for self-reflection but if we do not remain centred and clear, then we may easily take things personally and wig out into shame, guilt and blame – not only upon ourselves but unto others.

Yes my friends, we are in it now, well and truly. This schism of consciousness has so arguably shifted us into two such distinct levels of awareness that those still with me now are either convinced, intrigued or simply confounded altogether by what is going on, both around, and deep inside themselves.

If we trek as far back as 2013, these weekly cosmic reports have consistently been relaying one main underlying message to us: that the world which we are experiencing is reaching an absolute point of divergence in its capacity for spiritual awareness. This has had little or nothing to do with religion, or reaching enlightenment through chanting mantras and following gurus (alone). This shift in consciousness has come to this planet through the refinement of Spirit Light, and it is our capacity to see ourselves – our false identities and those of others. Choosing to acknowledge that, at centre, we are aware of our own being; conscious of our own sense of awareness; the extent of our personal power; our keen ability to see and to say with certainty that ‘this concerns me’, or ‘this has nothing to do with me at all’, and then to act upon this.

This is a special skill. The ability to just check in with the ‘inner self’ and get a ‘second opinion’ on how the external world – your customs, traditions, expected role – is constantly trying to tell you is right/wrong, good/bad for you to invest in.

This is you witnessing the world of moral judgments and noting how being overly critical is not only unhelpful, it perpetuates stubborn, fixed attitudes which lead to harmful or negative consequences. Mercury’s retrograde, now back through Taurus, then Aries (Apr 20) leads that with some degree of mindfulness, surface judgments and hasty appraisals are best avoided altogether.

During the retrogrades plenty of examples will surface to re-mind us where we have perhaps taken a judgmental stance; a self-righteous or presumptuous point of view, then passed an opinion which has only created awkwardness or suffering either for ourselves or for others (or both).
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This Libra Full Moon (Tuesday) at 21°♎33′ is tightly aligned along the separating Jupiter/Uranus/Pluto Cardinal T-square axis. It now punctuates any tendency to cast broad, calculated judgments, opinions, unsolicited advice and diplomatic views etc. upon others. We are all subject to them – it is a natural result of huge imbalances caused by months of shocking and unusual activity. This Full Moon’s conjunction to Jupiter inflates feelings to become exaggerated, hunches become expressed as assumptions and generalisations about fairness, or ‘justified’ insecurities, leading to grossly out of proportion arguments and messy innuendo. Set against the Aries Sun/Uranus conjunction, these will be met with fiery lightning bolts of opposition where unreserved, sudden and violently hasty resistance, attempts to quickly overthrow any sign of deeply entrenched opinions and ideological positions. With Pluto at the mid of this T-square action, the strong-arm forces of extreme power, often beyond our control, may swoop down and try to seize the situation for themselves.

It is questionable just how much of this is happening on a conscious level now. The world seems gripped under such a binding spell now, that the forces of fate seem to be seizing the moment to radically steer humanity into an ever darker direction. By our own persistent unsettlement in the physical domain, humanity is now revealing that, on some level, there is collective urge to transform the entire framework of ‘civilisation’. The more disruption, now happening at global levels, the more we are saying that we are ready to undergo the changes we must make. Yet, as global as it seems, the action begins at a most local level – with each individual. In a strange domino effect, what will unravel between us now is the phenomenon where, whenever one feels out of balance with their own sense of emotional security, they are unconsciously prone to inflict their disease/discomfort upon the next, thus creating a disruptive chain of events that can only ever cease when everything has toppled over.

How to avoid getting caught up in the fracas? Easy. Apply lots of your newfound inner awareness to consciously choose not to engage. Do not play a part. Remain whole. Be total.

The world around you will constantly try to drag you down into the fold of drama and lower-self (ego) energetic entanglements. You may unwittingly play along with passing out the judgments and the blame. When we acknowledge (through empathy) that whenever we become engaged in evaluating someone else’s actions or personality without truly understanding where they are coming from; their perspective; history; the experiences they bring to affect the current situation, we are potentially going to create an energetic imbalance. This is a form of ignorance. And sadly, ignorance does not see ignorance. It just reacts.

Whenever we pass absolute, idiosyncratic and relative opinions; try to influence or forcibly persuade the direction of others; condemn or exalt somebody’s person instead of their deeds; dish out shallow, uninformed, uneducated, stereotypical comments; waft into overly optimistic (or pessimistic) views and appraisals, then we injuriously sign ourselves up to the judgmental, arrogant world of ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’.

The Venus/Chiron conjunction squaring Saturn all this week shows that we are fast learning that those self-righteous arbiters who howl and scream moral judgments against others are only hiding the noise of their own hypocrisy. Everybody is wounded. Society is sick. By today’s definition, to become a successful member of society usually means to have let go of our capacity to love, accept, and befriend those around us because of a need to constantly be better than others. This world of separation; this Saturnian world of limitation; definition by 3D external constraints; this cold, hard, existential domain of the physical universe allows for nothing but judgment and fear.We are greater than these ‘bit parts’ in somebody else’s version of reality.

This week, remember that whilst it’s okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people, it does not necessarily give us the right to deny, resist or retaliate over any sense they might make. Nor does it give us any ‘right’ to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because we don’t like what they are saying, or they are being too emotional. People are prone to take things personally. They may not have a means, a voice, the strength or inclination to retort to your accusation. Learn to exercise compassion for those around you, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is usual or comfortable.

And have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: April 17-23
http://angstoic.com/2017/04/week-ahead-april-17-23/
Current Planetary Positions
4/17/2017
9:51:45 AM
Sun 27° Aries 46' 39"
Moon 07° Capricorn 50' 10"
Mercury 02° Taurus 06' 53" R
Venus 27° Pisces 00' 14"
Mars 27° Taurus 21' 03"
Jupiter 17° Libra 01' 04" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 41' 19" R
Uranus 24° Aries 39' 16"
Neptune 13° Pisces 20' 07"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 23' 47"
Chiron 26° Pisces 38' 36"
TrueNode 01° Virgo 32' 59" R


In the Sun’s final fiery days in Aries before he shifts into earthy Taurus, individual expression remains blessed with intent to be direct and assertive in our engagements. Since Aries is rather competitive to be the ‘one’, either triumph and victory or some degree of deference of our own will to others will mark our distinct intention to stay separate and pure unto who we are. Essentially, by the end of the Sun run in Aries, we will have determined our direction and identified its leader for the year-long cycle that is to follow.

Who is the top brass in your universe, and which direction are you headed?

A trine to Saturn (Monday) to the Aries Sun sees him doing this with firm, decisive determination to posture and decry his outright leadership over others, though the semi-square to Neptune suggests that there may be a little elusiveness or deceptiveness employed to fudge over any niggling doubts and insecurities behind his motives to be outstanding.

Retrograde Mercury, currently in Taurus passes near in front of the Sun (declination +1°38′) on Thursday. The speedy winged messenger’s orbit sees him pass between the Sun and Earth in an inferior conjunction (00°♉21′), marking the end of Mercury’s brief apparition in the evening sky. In his transition to become a morning object, Mercury will slip back into the irascible Aries constellation, remaining invisible to us as he becomes lost in the Sun’s glare until the end of the month. Then, as he slows to go direct (May 03), he will become stationed in a sustained, 2-week near-conjunction to Uranus (Apr 28-May 11), shuttling in all forms of forceful, exciting, yet unsettling news to shift us out of of complacency and into urgent attention.

Meanwhile Mars also trudges out of the slow and sluggish Taurus to enter zippy Gemini, creating a mutual reception with Mercury. As these two planets rule each other’s signs, they lend much supportive impetus and agility to each others’ basic operation. Energy planet Mars, entering in Gemini (Apr 21-Jun 4), will expedite much mobilisation and a readiness to take a stand by fueling fast, biting intellectually criticism, mental contentiousness and some degree of belligerence. A flurry of facts begin to stockpile into the arsenals of ammunition for both warriors and scientists alike. Yet the breezy, superficial nature of Gemini, supported by the practical, sturdy expressions of the Taurus Sun, flanked by these two fast-talking, gun-toting wiseguys will see the next few weeks escalate into a volley of rapid-fire, verbally threatening exchanges as we try to secure our earthy ground and all the material comforts that go with that.

Here are the key transit for this week:

♀ ∗ ♂ Monday Apr 17 01:27 am Venus 26°♓ 58′ Sextile Mars 26°♉58′
☉ △ ♄ Monday Apr 17 12:44 pm Sun 27°♈41′ Trine Saturn 27°♐41′℞
♂ ⊼ ♄ Tuesday Apr 18 02:14 am Mars 27°♉41′ Quincunx Saturn 27°♐41′℞
☉ ∠ ♆ Tuesday Apr 18 04:59 am Sun 28°♈21′ Semisquare Neptune 13°♓ 21′
☽ □ ☉ Wednesday Apr 19 09:58 am Moon 29°♑32′ Square Sun 29°♈32′
☉ in ♉ Wednesday Apr 19 09:28 pm Sun 00°♉00′
☿ △ ☊ Thursday Apr 20 02:17 am Mercury 00°♉27′℞ Trine Node 00°♍27′
☿ ☌ ☉ Thursday Apr 20 05:55 am Mercury 00°♉21′℞ Conjunction Sun 00°♉21′
♇ ℞ Thursday Apr 20 07:52 am Pluto 19°♑24′℞
☉ △ ☊ Thursday Apr 20 08:11 am Sun 00°♉26′ Trine Node 00°♍26′
☿ in ♈ Thursday Apr 20 05:38 pm Mercury 00°♉00′℞
♂ in ♊ Friday Apr 21 10:32 am Mars 00°♊00′
♀ □ ♄ Friday Apr 21 11:10 am Venus 27°♓ 36′ Square Saturn 27°♐36′℞
♂ □ ☊ Friday Apr 21 10:44 pm Mars 00°♊21′ Square Node 00°♍21′
☿ ∠ ♆ Saturday Apr 22 09:39 pm Mercury 28°♈29′℞ Semisquare Neptune 13°♓ 29′
♂ sqq ♃ Sunday Apr 23 08:23 am Mars 01°♊19′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 16°♎19′℞
Pluto, now stationing to turn retrograde (Thursday) will remain at 19°♑24′ for an entire fortnight, creating a tense planetary picture with Jupiter/Uranus as he continues to T-square their loosening opposition. Needless to say, our discontent with the legal, religious, philosophical and political matters of our day are reaching crisis levels now as pressure mounts all around us to deal with some of the bigger issues. It is evident now that the world is ready to vent this slow-ripening anger in a collective shift that could see the extreme right return to power in many lands for the first time since the 1930s, and Europe especially reverting to a turbulence not seen since that epoch.

With Pluto in Capricorn, we continue to witness the collapse of structures, such as the gradual deconstruction of western democracies. The collective response to the sweep of modernity by the ‘old guard’ to the lost grandeur of ‘glory days’ ushers in an age of grumbling and discomfort among the masses towards globalisation of power and a growing shift towards nationalism, patriotism and separatism in every respect.

This is the instrument of a knee-jerk Saturnian fear – a structural by-product of Saturn’s negative gearing during his 4-month stint in retrograde in righteous-minded Sagittarius. Bearing in mind that in the next few years Saturn will be scaling all the way to the top of the Capricorn ladder of supreme success who, at some point (Jan 2020) finally conjuncts Pluto (totalitarian regimes, cruel elimination, disintegration of forms), the auspices for the sustainability of our familiar and dependable fixtures don’t look so chirpy.

Of course we predict this, not with the intent of creating a dark, foreboding future. On the contrary, none of you that are following these posts will deny that we are actually leaving the world of separatism and duality behind, this time for good. Yet much must be spelled out to those less conscious in ways so extremely black and white that they cannot be ignored or denied. The lower world will go through its issues with attachment to things it cannot carry on its path to greater peace and understanding.

This is this process now, pressed by Pluto to such a point where it will get awfully squishy and unkind. Matters from this point will become so insufferably uncomfortable, particularly now with the growing swarms of displaced and discontented human populations now flooding in and intermingling with the entrenched cultures of western Europe. The tension there appears to be building towards an economic and political rupture so violent that even Donald Trump’s victory or Britain’s vote to leave the union would pale in comparison.

Pluto’s applied hand in this ♃/♅ T-square stays applied for months – until July actually. I don’t usually discuss politics here, since I choose to stay out of it in my writings, just to remain objective. However, we cannot avoid the giant ‘elephants in the room’ now, since in many seats of government we have the seeds of totalitarians brewing on just about every corner of the globe. Not sure whether to laugh or cry about the tactics played out daily on the world arena, but the objective here is to tie these phenomena in with our desired emphasis on self-awareness and actualisation. What we are experiencing is the increasingly stark absurdity that trying to rule our world by assigning (or deferring) our own, precious individual authority to external ‘leaders’ has the power to get us all upset, and in a total state of discord…
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…if we allow that.

We can choose to either stand free, in our own sovereignty, or forcibly become part of a structure that will soon disintegrate under enormous exterior force.

The proponents of the 3D system, the demagogues of fear, separation and duality are clearly abusing the system, and we are now at a point where (to use a Sagittarian adage) the horse has bolted. Never mind. It is arguable whether the the world of today really cares all that much about its collective fate as the one where Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev held us all in constant suspense about the survival of our species with the use of nuclear force (Plutonian themes), even though on paper, there seems much more at stake now, since (technologically, at least) we are almost at the next level of building a better, more sustainable world for our children to inherit.

You may argue that a lot of what is happening is playing out externally, right? Far from your own neck of the woods. If we are going to be absolute individualists, we need may argue that very little of the drama that is now being played out on such a gargantuan scale by these glorified superbrats actually concerns us personally anyway…

In truth, this is actually it’s kind of not so. In a roundabout sense, everything that comes into our stream of consciousness now, no matter how disturbing, becomes a matter for us to attend to. In a more enlightened sense, not many are willing to be oppressed by forces that limit our individual freedoms and rights to express our own will. Still, the reason why these ‘stories’, or ‘news reports’ from ‘over there’ are getting louder and increasingly more gruesome and abhorrent, as well as uncomfortably closer to home and impossibly difficult to ignore, is because at some point we must awaken to the reality that we are all somehow responsible; to the mess that we live in; and to make changes to this.
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Such ‘end-days’ gloom has, in fact, a silver lining but we cannot just jump immediately into the 5th dimensional realm of ‘spiritual ascension’ without literally enduring the hard yards of coming into the 4th (present tense awareness). Until we get here and now with it, and this involves stripping down to bare-ass nakedness – carrying nothing but our consciousness of what is going on without holding fixed views or physical attachments, we’re gonna keep hurting. Both ourselves and others.

Enter the Sun in Taurus.
Here, for a full month, we learn a lot about values. More than last year. More than ever before. This evolutionary journey of the Sun’s transit through this fixed/earth constellation brings us down to earth. Yet it is a new earth that starts to emerge now. We start to realise not only how depleted and limited our physical resources are… that a lot of the super-inflated currency that we are using to trade with is not actually backed by any physical sovereignty at all, but in the good faith of a digital monetary system controlled by powers which are totally invisible to us. We have become so heavily invested in the insipid values of such a ‘conceptual’ level of trade that we have neglected to cherish our natural wonders, to treasure the natural resources of this planet, respect the history and romance of our world as a sacred heritage, not just for our children but for our children’s children.

This week, as you finally come to slow down a little; stop your competing for top position, observe the earth you are standing on. The condition of our planet, both ecologically and geo-politically is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another. This earth provides enough to satisfy everyone’s needs, but really what are those? Are we biting of more than we can personally consume for the sake of ensuring our security? Are we mistaking our needs for our greeds?

The final square of a now direct Venus to Saturn (Friday) calls that we begrudgingly appraise our desires and fancies in our relationships. Did we get a little unrealistic about what we want from those around us? Are others really authentically capable of fulfilling our expectations? Are we able to fall in to their conditional demands of us? By the end of this week, regardless of our desire to find a satisfactory solution, we have to come to terms with the physical limitations of the exterior world, and if things are not working – economically, ergonomically and in a responsibly sustainable way – we must decide to let them go. Either this, or suffer the reality that they must let us go. Such is the ultimatum of ‘realistic’ Saturn to Venus.
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In all this, let us be mindful that we have not inherited any of this world’s physically comforts from our parents to use and squander as we please. Not at all. We have actually borrowed it from our children and it is our responsibility to invest our time and energy as wisely as possible to present it to them in (at least) as beautiful a state as it was presented to us.
Blessings, and have and amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[Feritciva]

Thanks for the post Onawah. This latest post tells everything happening in Turkey right now. Seems it has the potential to get worse..

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: April 23-30
http://angstoic.com/2017/04/week-ahead-april-23-30-2/
Current Planetary Positions
4/23/2017
9:12:13 PM
Sun 04° Taurus 05' 44"
Moon 00° Aries 58' 46"
Mercury 27° Aries 41' 28" R
Venus 28° Pisces 18' 48"
Mars 01° Gemini 50' 04"
Jupiter 16° Libra 13' 00" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 32' 10" R
Uranus 25° Aries 01' 25"
Neptune 13° Pisces 30' 59"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 23' 43" R
Chiron 26° Pisces 58' 46"
TrueNode 01° Virgo 27' 20" R


Calls to stay clear and body-centered are the crux of this week’s cosmic message. There is much excitable mental energy building, moving around us at an increasingly frenetic pace, and there are days where random messages and shocking news are prone to push us towards crazy and abrupt reactions.
Retrograde Mercury, now storming back into Aries, whose ruler Mars has just entered the most cerebral constellation of Gemini. This brings both planets into mutual reception, assisting one another in heating up the stratosphere with such a nervous buzz that the frantically flying rhetoric around us will not cease to simmer unless it is brought to a still and grounded place.

Meditative work must stay high on our agenda as our best and most reliable earthing rod. In fact, the mental airwaves become considerably scattered and unpredictable when Mercury, now slowing down to station, enters into a sustained conjunction to Uranus (Friday), creating a manic two-week frenzy of unexpected news and communication. Whilst new, innovative and revolutionary news may be good for change in ideas, the high levels of anxiety experienced by many may be very difficult to ground and contain. Picture yourself as being cooped up in an auditorium, surrounded by thousands of angsty teenage malcontents, each high on a dozen shots of double-espresso, anxiously anticipating their favourite skate-metal punk band who is already running two hours late for their show.

To top this, add a little more fire into the mix when Venus, now direct, re-enters Aries (Friday), stoking up our relationship fires after her emotionally painful and devastating crush against the harsh realities of the status quo during her sustained square to Saturn.

Yes, many relationships have undergone an exceptionally challenging period over the past two weeks as Venus became stationed in the late degrees of Pisces. Any fledgling romances might have been put under enormous pressure, with a lot of painful stuff been brought to light in the proceeds. In some sense we have had to confront our own subconscious, immature or juvenile behaviours. In another, it has brought up opportunities for much healing, and those partnerships that learned to deal with their issues may now get another lease of stay to either love again, this time with more openness and genuineness of heart; perhaps even rekindle or take a deeper, much more mature approach in those which have survived the recent tensions. Those that refuse to learn; who choose to stay in their pain bodies; dance in their ego-dramas will see themselves becoming slowly ostracised in the coming weeks.
As the North Node, which rules over our collective associations finally leaves critical, earthy Virgo and pounces into populist, bombastic Leo things begin to heat up considerably between us. What’s more, they don’t look like simmering down in a hurry. The Leo Node adds to the growing trend towards taking a more self-assured and decisive approach in how we link up as humans. Opposing Aquarius (South Node) Leo snubs away from team or community-minded ventures in preference of standing out on one’s own meritorious efforts and schemes. On a wider, more political level we see a shift towards more authoritarian-style leadership, a trend that is currently sweeping across the entire globe in exceedingly extreme proportions. Those who wish to rule over the collective by absolute decree and centralised government, giving less consultative forum to democratic and progressive processes and leaning more towards attaining stability with singularly-held visions and issuing uncompromising directives to bring things under centralised control.

As the Node enters the last degree of Leo (they progress backward through the constellations), the initial noise and fanfare trumps up as the ‘undertrodden’ people of the world try to make themselves heard. In some way, this includes all of us, yet on another level, we are each seeking our own sovereignty, from a nation-state or cultural scale to even among our most intimate of contacts.

Here is a list of the critical transits the week:

☿ △ ♄ Monday Apr 24 08:16 am Mercury 27°♈32′℞ Trine Saturn 27°♐32′℞
☽ ☌ ☉ Wednesday Apr 26 12:17 pm Moon 06°♉27′ Conjunction Sun 06°♉27′
♂ sqq ♇ Thursday Apr 27 06:55 pm Mars 04°♊23′ Sesquiquadrate Pluto 19°♑23′℞
♀ in ♈ Friday Apr 28 01:14 pm Venus 00°♈00′
♀ ⊼ ☊ Friday Apr 28 01:19 pm Venus 00°♈00′ Quincunx Node 00°♍00′
☊ in ♌ Friday Apr 28 02:06 pm Node 00°♍00′℞
☿ ☌ ♅ Friday Apr 28 02:50 pm Mercury 25°♈17′℞ Conjunction Uranus 25°♈17′
♄ □ Ch Sunday Apr 30 08:41 pm Saturn 27°♐19′℞ Square Chiron 27°♓ 19′
There is a remarkable phenomenon now rising out of this fired-up mental energy after a retrograding Venus has sat in tight conjunction for two full weeks with Chiron. The oft-ignored, unaddressed wounds of the feminine have become so aroused and aggravated lately that much of the rhetoric and hubbub in the airwaves will be generated from Venus – our more cohesive tendency, the side to us which seeks to love, acceptance and peace. This is a side which has arguably long taken a thrashing in patrilineal societies who has exploited, perverted and demeaned the feminine into base frequencies as money, sex, shallow beauty and superficial values.

Meanwhile the masculine has lorded over and had its machiavellian way with the whole divide-and-conquer gig, creating walls and wars, with armies of little soldiers to play with. Unfortunately, this has only marginalised the power of the feminine. The strong, most sacred power of attraction, fusion and heart-based association has become something conditioned to carry a price tag. Any time we see trouble, conflict, anger, rage, war in the world, it is invariably tied to the defensive/offensive elements of the masculine to defend the price of something it holds precious. This has created much dismay and disarray among us and, as we are experiencing in our relationships, much separation, disharmony, divorce and disassociation.

The process of dissociation is a dignified little mechanism built into the human psyche as a form of escape from (sometimes literally) going insane. It’s what happens when your precious heart’s sensitivities have been affronted by unfair criticism, inequity, vilification, harassment or abuse.
The problem with checking out so thoroughly is that it can leave us feeling dead inside, with little or no ability to feel our emotions in our bodies. Quite practically, it messes with our own personal power of attraction. As we veer into defensive mechanisms where, rather than feeling OK with ourselves, we begin to almost exclusively identify with what we dislike: our gender, color of our skin, our sexuality, our physical beauty, or our superficial beliefs around what could make us happy and bring us joy and peace.

The process of healing and repair then demands a re-association with the physical – a commitment to dive into the body and feel today what we could not feel yesterday because it was too dangerous. Thus comes the backlash from our divine feminine now, and we will continue to see this attempt to re-love ourselves becoming emphasized in the week(s) ahead. Our feminine (receptive) seeks tender re-integration and securing protection against the abrasive constructs of a largely masculine (assertive) dominated world.

This is not only ever-present in our personal relationships. The impact of harm upon our femininity is akin to an eggshell with a tiny little crack that feels impossible to repair and so, as we go on living with the hope that it will stick back together, hoping that the crack doesn’t get bigger, we actually come to the point where all our insides come spilling out.

The Taurus New Moon (Wednesday) heralds a point of reconstitution. Ruled by Venus, and totally unaspected by any other planet brings a simple, yet singular intention to reconstitute ourselves, to come back down to earth, into our physical bodies and form a firm stand to stay grounded within our spectre of influence.

Just like anything that must withstand the ravages of time, whatever lessons emerge out of last week’s unique, sustained, Chirotic ♀ □ ♄ transit, now help us to resolve any current crisis, especially those we base around money, love and material security. By seeking to find the true expression of what we most value we must make an effort to repair, and rebuild any bridges on the road back into connection with our intrinsic self-love. See now how any suffering you have experienced in your relationship to those around you have only come as a result to fears of inadequacy and insipid value judgments set by your exterior world. When we deem ourselves/others as unworthy, we tend to cut ourselves off from the source of love as well as to play into the fears that create any disconnection.

Those who have been feeling distanced and frustrated during this period may come tp discover the deeper beauty in their world. Appreciating that our problems in relating and their karmic implications come from repeating patterns of low self-love and esteem. Our recent relationship issues are there to highlight which areas we need to focus on, learn to become more body-grounded and fortified within ourselves in order to grow and evolve out of any recurring grief patterns created by our 3D (circular) conditioning.

Re-building pathways and bridges back into the core of our hearts, broken by these disconnections and disassociations; reconstituting ourselves back into our fragmented bodies; owning what we truly value and love about ourselves and holding our sense of worth, we can now begin to grow into something more spiritually exciting and ever-presently real.

Blessings to you, and may you have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

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NEW MOON at 06°27′ Taurus – April 26, 2017, 12:17 UT
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Current Planetary Positions
4/25/2017
10:10:37 PM
Sun 06° Taurus 05' 01"
Moon 00° Taurus 46' 20"
Mercury 26° Aries 27' 40" R
Venus 29° Pisces 00' 48"
Mars 03° Gemini 14' 32"
Jupiter 15° Libra 59' 48" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 28' 29" R
Uranus 25° Aries 08' 21"
Neptune 13° Pisces 34' 12"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 23' 26" R
Chiron 27° Pisces 04' 53"
TrueNode 01° Virgo 13' 17" R


The Grounding Nature of the Fixed/Earth Moon

For each of us, Νew Moons augur a time to launch into a brand new facet of understanding and expression. It is effectively the beginning of the lunar-month; a ‘reset point’ that initiates interest into some spectrum of our human experience. It is a time when the primal expressive force of the masculine Sun merges with the receptive embrace of the feminine Moon, uniting as one as if to say to one another “I have your back on this, let’s do it together, whole-heartedly”.

Of course, not everyone feels lunations in quite the same way, or in the same intensity. In this instance, those who have planets/points around the early degrees of a fixed sign (♉♌♏♒) are more likely to experience the effects of this lunation more intensely.

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The fixed/earth Taurus New Moon wishes only one thing for us: to become firmly grounded in a venture that will promise greater physical security, comfort and a dependable, economically sustainable form of expression. It seeks to do this by helping us identify with practical, physical matters; to set out, both consciously and instinctively, a solid intention to form steady, firm foundations upon which we will be self-reliant and self-reliant in the long term.

Since money and financial security are a big deal, we look around at the things that occupy our lives and begin to question their tradeable value in terms that will steadily add value, appreciate in interest, strength and physical well-being.

“Steady as the earth beneath my feet”, we say.

In fact, the Taurean desire to seek and secure some firm and steady ground is what gives the bull its most defining characteristic. That world-famous stubbornness – to not budge; to define matter in clear, physically measurable terms; to not be persuaded to trade off/sell out/compromise any of its values; to be conservative and to honour the simplicity and natural beauty of what this earth has to offer. This is the core factor that seeks to appreciate and preserve those things that are precious and really matter beyond mere words, feelings and inspirations. Those things are important, but during this time they will become evaluated into terms that can be somehow quantified by their substance and their commitment to staying real.

“Show me something i can depend on”
“Show me what you’re made of”.
“Show me the money…”

…..is Taurus’ way of putting all this.

Are you feeling like this about something? Are you feeling that you’ve made your mind up about something that is going to bring you the peace and ongoing security that you so rightfully deserve? Are you ready to invest your energy/resources into constructing a new, more definite, more sustainable, gainful sense of stability? Or are you in fact a bit nervous, or uneasy that the situation that you are in is going to short-change or deny you of what you feel is rightfully yours or your sovereignty?

Your specific horoscope will provide us with more details.

Grounding Intentions

In any case, a new intention is now being formulating within you. Once you have set this intention, the next step is to patiently hold your ground without sway, pledging to see it through the way that feels most grounded. You can do this, not by exerting any great effort as such, just by committing to the fixed position you have determined is best for you, and just to hold it there, invest yourself into it, stay persistent.

Are you sensing such an intention coming on?

VENUS at 29° Pisces:An important point to note on this Taurus New Moon is that its ruler Venus is now at the final, critical degree of Pisces. Here Venus is exalted to her highest ideal. Yet she has given us all an interesting experience lately, since she has been retrograding and forming tight aspects to Saturn/Chiron over most of April. The emphasis has been to help us (and those we love) heal our fears and overcome some of the limitations and conditions we place upon our definition of ‘love’. In bringing up some of the more frustrating, painful elements around our heart matters, we have also come to discern whether our current romance was real, and therefore worthy of building on, or whether it was stuck in juvenile, wound-based patterns of insecurity, guilt, shame, fears of abandonment or dependency.

By overcoming our lofty expectations or delusional insecurities around relationships, we can become more connected to the wonderful joys of love, beauty and fulfillment more completely.

Venus rules over our own personal power of attraction – the magnetic force that brings us things that we desire. As she finally separates from her sustained conjunction to Chiron/square Saturn, she leaves us with this parting message:


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You got exactly what you wanted.
Exactly what you asked for.
The happiness,
the joys and grievances
that reside in your heart
have unfolded for you in your affairs.
Just as you have desired it to be.

Everything you want also wants you.
Everything you don’t want, has also come to be.
As you set your heart’s intention,
So too, it comes to be.
The universe is abundant with gifts and lessons,
tailor made to suit your heart’s desire.
Keep your heart intentions positive
and you shall be rewarded accordingly.

Praise be to the universe, who loves you infinitely.

One way or another, our conscious intention on this New Moon is to sit and to observe where our inner sense of validation actually sources itself. From where on this earth do draw a secure, worthwhile position in our world – a place that reinforces our physical wellness and creates a currency that best reinforces our physical reserves.

Identify where you place your feelings of self worth; what feeds and nourishes your physical well-being, self-esteem and pride. Observe too how there is little value in investing your emotional energy/time/money on anything or anyone that does not come to value it.

Similarly, when we place too much importance on just the exterior value; identifying ourselves solely by our material possessions, public success, fame, luxury, we lose harmony with our inner nature. The simplest, most unassuming qualities of life, such as a robust self-dependence and the fundamental freedom to choose who and what we love, are the empirical building blocks of any healthy body, mind and spirit.

Blessings,
and glorious New Moon to you xx.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

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The Week Ahead: May 1-7
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Current Planetary Positions
5/1/2017
3:06:51 PM
Sun 11° Taurus 37' 50"
Moon 25° Cancer 18' 22"
Mercury 24° Aries 24' 02" R
Venus 01° Aries 35' 18"
Mars 07° Gemini 09' 52"
Jupiter 15° Libra 22' 17" R
Saturn 27° Sagittarius 16' 15" R
Uranus 25° Aries 27' 33"
Neptune 13° Pisces 42' 40"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 22' 01" R
Chiron 27° Pisces 21' 20"
TrueNode 00° Virgo 31' 10" R

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The main theme this week hits us late Tuesday, when the First Quarter Moon in Leo triggers the second of three Saturn Chiron squares this year, as well as activating enormous energy from Uranus/Nodes. This not only forces us into an instinctual awareness of the spiritual reasons behind all our recent frustrations and limitations, but driving home the message of how important it is that we connect to others in a way that is free and open, with as few restrictions and limitations as possible. Understanding this… really getting it… is going to be a challenging little exercise. Of course, there may be a specific conflict that precipitates such an awareness, which promises not only much healing, but also opens us up to finding more sustainable ways to how we can experience smoother, much more uninhibited relations in our personal interactions.
More chiefly, we need to address the occasional tendency we have to storming off and running away from our problems, especially when we’re feeling vulnerable to situations where we feel our personal integrity has been compromised.

This Fixed Quarter Moon (Wednesday) could bring up a heated argument with someone in your space, possibly over something that has been the crisis point for the tenth time this month. The temptation to charge out, slam doors and run away in order to either avoid conflict or out of pure exasperation is inevitable. Yes, finding ways to cool off can be helpful, but exiting any fight as a statement in itself is not constructive and it sends out all sorts of messages to your partner that, whether you are aware of it or not, can be extremely hurtful. Perhaps you have seen this kind of energy building slowly in your affairs over the past weeks with the recent transits. This week it is all coming to a head. If you’re part of such a dynamic, you should know that you are causing tremendous damage by railing out and shutting off whenever the pressure becomes too insufferable for you to handle.

Here are the main transits for this week:

♄ □ Ch Sunday Apr 30 08:41 pm Saturn 27°♐19′℞ Square Chiron 27°♓ 19′
☉ sqq ♄ Tuesday May 02 11:20 am Sun 12°♉15′ Sesquiquadrate Saturn 27°♐15′℞
☉ ∠ Ch Tuesday May 02 02:56 pm Sun 12°♉23′ Semisquare Chiron 27°♓ 23′
Vs in ♌ Tuesday May 02 11:58 pm Vesta 00°♌00′
☽ □ ☉ Wednesday May 03 02:47 am Moon 12°♌52′ Square Sun 12°♉52′
☿ SD Wednesday May 03 04:29 pm Mercury 24°♈16′ Stations to turn Direct
☉ ∗ ♆ Thursday May 04 00:51 am Sun 13°♉46′ Sextile Neptune 13°♓ 46′
☿ ∠ ♂ Thursday May 04 00:10 am Mercury 24°♈20′ Semisquare Mars 09°♊20′
☉ ⊼ ♃ Friday May 05 08:00 am Sun 15°♉01′ Quincunx Jupiter 15°♎01′℞
♂ ∠ ♅ Sunday May 07 01:54 am Mars 10°♊45′ Semisquare Uranus 25°♈45′

Both Taurus (Sun) and Leo (Moon) have tremendously fixed egos, which in their strong willfulness tend to dramatically shut down and refuse to give an inch whenever they are not getting their way. By putting up a figurative wall between you and the other person, you are effectively stonewalling, an act often born of frustration and fear as a mechanism to try to decrease tension in an otherwise emotionally tense situation.

Though it may serve to soothe you, stonewalling actually escalates the argument because in the act of disconnection, the other partner feels abandoned. This then has the unfortunate effect of triggering any possible abandonment issues in the partner, which then sets off issues of distrust and nervousness about your overall reliability to stay supportive. Just know that stonewalling, or the old ‘silent treatment’ does not resolve anything. It only frustrates any present-tense chances of dealing with the problem by just postponing it. The longer we leave it to come back – and there is a danger here that egos might try to sweep the issue under the rug – the greater the chances that any harm done will compound further until it becomes a major drama again, especially in a week’s time under the Scorpio Full Moon. This, could spell curtains, particularly for those 3D relationships that refuse to budge due to their stubbornness to see eye to eye, in real time.
Mercury ceases to go retrograde mid week, finally stationing at 24°16′ Aries, not far from Uranus. If an argument is escalating, and it may do so very unexpectedly and in a snap, you both need to calm down, discuss it before you just storm out in a fit of anger.

Set a time limit, promise to return after you have had a chance to cool it, then follow through on this intention. Have the presence of mind to say “This is getting too heated to deal with. I need to go into the other room for 10 minutes before we both say something we’re going to regret.” This will at least inform the other person that a) you are committed to reaching a resolution and b) you’re not just abandoning the issue (or them).

Take your time out, chill, take a few deep ones, still your mind (refrain from coming up with a comeback strategy), and once you’re back in your body return into the room with a calmer demeanor. This assures your partner that when you say you’ll be back that you will. Hopefully through taking some mindful steps to diffuse your anger, create some interim space, you can return to the relationship in order to deal with any unresolved issues with a much more mature approach. If the relationship really matters to you, and it’s likely that it does, then this technique is the perfect key to overcoming any severe wounding.

Over the next few weeks, as the Nodes shift sign and gradually trine Uranus, we will explore (and smash through) all sorts of clunky limitations still endemic in our existing connections. Ultimately these promise to bring much greater freedom and openness in our affairs. Remarkable new insights come shuttling through into our collective consciousness about what is going on between us and how to keep our space and stay in tune at the same time. Naturally, we may discover that some people around us are obstinately resistant to evolving at our desired pace, and in this we can expect that it will be much easier (less painful) to form and dissolve connections at will, or as required in order to jog our personal evolution forward. There is no ‘time’ in Uranean development. Everything happens in the ‘Now’.

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By the end of the week, as a slow Mercury, Mars & Uranus start to tangle together by hard aspect, the currently heated rhetoric can easily turn to abrupt action that can either bring about huge breakthroughs or massive breakdowns in any otherwise peaceable discussions. The mutually receptive Mercury/Mars combination can turn into a blessing for those who are capable at facing facts and skilled at doing the math in order to balance accounts and to keep accountable. For those arrogant enough to ride roughshod with negative behaviour; those who prefer to fudge over, exaggerate or avoid the truth; this week may dish out some ‘unfortunate’ form of undoing as the Sun forms a quincunx to Jupiter at the end of the week.
With the Sun in the middle degrees of Taurus, any bull-headedness must be converted to earthy, stable and practically workable expressions. Stubbornness, stonewalling or passive aggressive “silent treatments” are counter-effective in our ‘present tense’ dealings. These dramas become exposed only as duly expired, infantile tactics that only fail in their attempt to control, punish, test limits and avoid issues and responsibilities between us. Learn to stand firm only in your certainty and maturity here. All other recourse is just fear-driven 3D crap.

Taurus’ ruler Venus, now slowly moving direct in the early degrees of Aries, will leave her retrograde shadow on May 18. This means that we have a couple of weeks left to fully complete our appraisals in any relationship matters that may have become critically important since Jan 30. Observe any matters around values and boundary violations around these which may have come to a frightfully painful climax over the past 2-3 weeks (♀- ♄ □ Ch).

You may notice that we (as a species) are being blessed with remarkable new tools in our capacity to perceive, deal with and then process recurring behavioural themes that only surface, mostly in unwitting ways, to sabotage our overall peace and happiness with ourselves and one another.

During this week, on the ‘Cosmic Bus’ I will be discussing the Node shift into Leo/Aquarius (May 9, 2017 – Nov 6, 2018), putting out extensive messages for each sign to all my faithful members of the Tribe. Also i will be covering the Great American Eclipse (Aug 21, 2017) at 28°♌53′,
and parts of American President Donald Trump’s chart (Asc 29°♌57′, ♂26°♌46′, ♇10°♌02′). I welcome you to join the private discussions, both here and then follow my private ‘Cosmic Bus’ posts on facebook. You will receive specific instructions on how to do this via email on sign-up.

As a parting message this week, I wish to re-iterate this: that admission of your own human frailties and flaws has the power to endear you to your loved ones and to your entire tribe. They will respect you immeasurably, back you with all the confidence in the world, follow you much more willingly as somebody who stands courageously in their full seniority. By stubbornly refusing to repent or admit where you are wrong, you stand only to lose the love and confidence of others and your authority and leadership will eventually diminish.

We are about to enter an exciting, yet challenging time ahead. In this, humanity has much to learn about the difference between humility and humiliation.

Blessings to you, and have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

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The Week Ahead: May 8-14
http://angstoic.com/2017/05/week-ahead-may-8-14/
Current Planetary Positions
5/7/2017
10:44:31 PM
Sun 17° Taurus 45' 05"
Moon 17° Libra 11' 00"
Mercury 25° Aries 02' 50"
Venus 05° Aries 19' 46"
Mars 11° Gemini 28' 52"
Jupiter 14° Libra 45' 12" R
Saturn 26° Sagittarius 59' 33" R
Uranus 25° Aries 48' 20"
Neptune 13° Pisces 51' 01"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 19' 21" R
Chiron 27° Pisces 38' 15"
TrueNode 00° Virgo 17' 02" R

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The Lunar Nodes Shifting into Leo/Aquarius this week is quite an epic event. Fanfared by the third and final Mercury/Uranus conjunction in Aries, which in itself has been rewiring our whole mode of communication to points where the only thing allowed to express any emotion these days is a string of emoticons from a 14 year old, and you can pretty safely say we are entering the depersonalisation zone.

In the coming months… years… we will start to understand much about emotions. In particular, we will learn how to localise them, focus them closer and closer to our present time and place. We will learn how some emotions – particularly those that are invested into things that do not matter to us in the here/now actually belong to a lower, less friendly dimension – one that fills our heads with worry, doubt and anxiety rather than restore certainty and trust, enough so we may ‘feel’ we have the freedom to move and go as we please.

Sure, these might sound like complex concepts to some people. Yet I’m sure that even in my more intensive writings I am not the only one endeavouring to explain to you, my beloved tribe, about the great shift that we are about to experience on this earth, now with these Lunar Nodes about to recede into the previous constellation (more on these during the week).

Not only has our electro-magnetic equipment been undergoing some decent upgrades recently with both Mercury (mind/electrical) and Venus (heart/magnetic) recently retrograding near Uranus Aries, but since Saturn himself is about to trine Uranus for the second time (May 19), we are really being tuned for some transdimensional music of the spheres.

This socially significant ♄ △ ♅ aspect first became exact at the end of 2016, highlighting the enormous release from both our own personal and social expectations, introduced nicely by tremendously disruptive changes in our mundane world. Whilst they happened gradually, I’m sure you didn’t miss them. Since November 2016 there has been a growing awareness around the radical essence of freedom and independence, forcing an understanding that our mental/emotional connection to certain events in time either allows us to make the choices we feel are best for us based on what our intuition is saying, or our choices feel limited and blocked by our pre-conditioned fears.

As said, these may be concepts that may be a little hefty to cover in this cute little weekly forecast. although, I get the sense that many of you, especially those following these writings are somehow on board with the very sophisticated changes that are about to occur.

Anyway, much is happening… here are the sexy transits for this week:

☊ enters ♌ Tue May 09 11:48 am GMT Node Enters Leo
☉ △ ♇ Tue May 09 06:20 pm GMT Sun 19°♉18′ Trine Pluto 19°♑18′℞
☿ ☌ ♅ Wed May 10 05:20 am GMT Mercury 25°♈55′ Conjunction Uranus 25°♈55′
♃ ☍ Pa Wed May 10 03:48 pm GMT Jupiter 14°♎32′℞ Opposition Pallas 14°♈32′
☽ ☍ ☉ Wed May 10 09:44 pm GMT Moon 20°♏25′ Opposition Sun 20°♉25′
♂ □ ♆ Thu May 11 05:53 pm GMT Mars 13°♊55′ Square Neptune 13°♓55′
☿ △ ♄ Thu May 11 08:15 pm GMT Mercury 26°♈48′ Trine Saturn 26°♐48′℞
♂ △ ♃ Fri May 12 10:20 am GMT Mars 14°♊23′ Trine Jupiter 14°♎23′℞
♃ ∠ ☊ Sun May 14 05:24 pm GMT Jupiter 14°♎12′℞ Semisquare Node 29°♌12′
☿ △ ☊ Sun May 14 08:10 pm GMT Mercury 28°♈54′ Trine Node 28°♌54′
☿ ∠ ♆ Sun May 14 10:37 pm GMT Mercury 28°♈59′ Semisquare Neptune 13°♓59′
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Just to make things ultra dramatic, perhaps more to illustrate just how toxic some of our emotions actually are, we have our annual Hades Full Moon, exact midweek. Usually, around Full Moons, we become exceptionally emotional. With this one, being in that intensely emotional sign of Scorpio, ’emotional’ might be a gross underassessment. Being a fixed sign, Scorpio tends to hold on to feelings like no other. It likes to relish in them; keep them buried deep beneath the surface; brood over them secretly where nobody else can see; stew in them, the way an oven-roast sizzles in its own zesty juices. When the moon’s opposition activates the earthy simpleness of the Taurus Sun on Wednesday, feelings of unfathomable depth with enormously powerful magnitude are brought to the surface. These may be either manageable, in which case they serve to bring about much sorely-needed transformation to some area of our lives, or we can try to keep them in, hoping they don’t become negatively triggered and uncontrollably erupt in the most inappropriate way. Overwhelming feelings, especially around jealousy and possession, tend to have the effect of leaving quite catastrophic outcomes, even against the stubborn earthy nature of the Taurus Sun.

If things aren’t getting along, something must give. Fixed signs don’t bend – if they give at all, they crack, irreparably.

The accompanying sextile from Pluto does turn up the heat even further, and Pluto’s conjunction to Juno means themes of marriage are deeply intermeshed with issues of power. The underlying struggle for control within relationships will be something that leans towards the extreme of being obsessive, possessive or intense during this month. It’s no secret that many interdynamic holds are going to change between us soon. Where there are imbalances and massive control dramas brewing, the struggle for self-empowerment will be profound and any conflict that arises (thanks to this Hades Moon) throws down gauntlet for growth and exploration into our deepest psychological hangups.

With the Nodes Shift on Tuesday, the human race is about to enter into a whole new phase of evolutionary development. Progressively we start to take greater pride in being unique and different, caring less and less for the traditions of society. The tendency is towards more and more following whatever rules we choose to set up for ourselves. This is going to have its little hiccups, but it’s all for the best. (More on this in a midweek article)

The ideal is equality and personal empowerment; if you can achieve this your commitment and depth of intimacy will be legendary. Here, watch your relationships, especially those most intimate step beyond the boundaries of social taboos.

Just as NASA has managed to get its kamikaze probe (Cassini) deep into the rings of Saturn this week, so does the Mercury/Uranus conjunction /trine Saturn all week expose the truth about our old notions of fear and duality. The are only limiting and real if the mind says so.

And we are already so beyond that. We have the tools, the intelligence, the skills to go far beyond that.
Watch out, we’re about to embark on the next leg…

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx

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FULL MOON at 20°24′ SCORPIO, May 10, 2017, 9:43 UTC
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Current Planetary Positions
5/9/2017
3:53:49 PM
Sun 19° Taurus 24' 33"
Moon 07° Scorpio 59' 48"
Mercury 25° Aries 44' 51"
Venus 06° Aries 28' 48"
Mars 12° Gemini 38' 53"
Jupiter 14° Libra 36' 03" R
Saturn 26° Sagittarius 54' 30" R
Uranus 25° Aries 53' 53"
Neptune 13° Pisces 53' 06"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 18' 27" R
Chiron 27° Pisces 42' 36"
TrueNode 29° Leo 58' 44" R

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And so…. it’s Full Moon time once again.



As with every Full Moon, we know we are at the point in our lunar calendar which commonly marks a climactic event whose nature is high-lighted, both daytime (Sun-consciously) and nighttime (Moon-reflectively). The theme is often related to a whole-hearted intention made two weeks earlier at the Taurus New Moon two weeks ago, when we first set our intention to get grounded; to re-constitute our heart and mind into our physical body.

This culminating (full) phase of the lunation cycle provides us the blessed opportunity to confront our personal matters head to head. By applying the full measure of conscious effacement with inner, emotional reflection, we come to determine whether a certain situation is being fruitful to us or not. Hence, we will either ‘reap those fruits’, or, in the Taurus sense – count our investment as being a sound and securing one, often validated with a gesture that something has matured; or otherwise may see what no longer serves us and decide to end the affair (end our investment).

When the Scorpio Moon opposes the Taurus Sun, the central themes are commonly around what we have in contrast to what we desire from others. The polarity is about constructiveness vs. destruction; placidity vs. emotional rage; stability vs. crisis; security vs. meltdown.

Let’s unpack this a little bit:

With the fixed, earthy Taurus Sun diametrically opposite the fixed, watery Scorpionic Moon, there is no hiding now. Being of a fixed nature, there is little or no flexibility for bending around the key themes. It’s make or break time. Through much intense reflection and effacement, we are pressed to define in rigid, non-negotiable terms what conditions we choose. The Taurus Sun wants to see commitment and stability. Does his Moon have what it takes? Does the Sun stand by what it gives?

We find out when she stands fully before him…

Generally, Full Moons have the effect of making us exceptionally emotional. In this event, being in the intensely passionate sign of Scorpio, ’emotional’ might be an understatement. Scorpio’s fixity in water means they tend to hold on to feelings like no other. “Still waters run deep” is the cliché, most likely coined to try to explain the way the Scorpion moves. It likes to store e-motions; bury them; deep beneath the surface; brood and relish upon them in secret, sequestered place where nobody else can see. Scorpio gets a certain satisfaction from dealing with emotional energy, just like Taurus does with dealing with material things and money.

When the Moon is held to account by the earthy simpleness of the Taurus Sun, feelings of great depth and extremely intense magnitudes are being brought to light. This is not often a pleasant for the Scorpionic Moon, who likes to keep her feelings private. As this deep, inner world now becomes exposed, rampant, previously unveiled feelings are brought to the table, begging for some discussion which has the power to provide some much needed insight into hidden motives. Against Taurus, our instincts are invariably around what we need to nourish some inner insecurity, either through financial, practical or physical resources. These ‘motives’, or feelings to control and manipulate the physical world in order to feed our emotional well-being are either manageable or they are out of control. Scorpio Full Moon events can serve to highlight where we become fixated or addicted. Raw, unprocessed emotions are usually behind destructive or self-sabotaging habits. When these become triggered, powerful urges and designs, previously hidden may erupt uncontrollably forcing a crisis. In the extreme, these urges have the potential to be quite catastrophic, as the earthy solid nature of Taurus, who is capable of enduring all kinds of extreme weather may choose to no longer supply us with the goods to do harm.

Ultimately, with any Full Moon, it is the heart versus the mind.

The Taurus Sun commands his worth, which comes from knowing with certainty the value of where he chooses to invest his energy: in his relationships, material things, physical property, intellectual assets, marketable ideas, tradable skills and talents etc – anything that can be secured, considered of practical use, that will enhance the quality of enjoyment of life and enrich the quantity of our reserves so that they can stay sustainable.

What do you value?

The Scorpio Moon seeks security through vested interest. She may obtain this by using her cunning ability, her naturally dazzling allure to garner, sniff out, sequester and manage/exploit the resources of another. Her natural instinct is always to skillfully control and manipulate what others value most by engaging her innately keen measuring device to estimate others’ net worth. She then employs her canny knack for transforming something very basic and raw into a highly viable, tradable commodity.

What qualities do you value most in others?

Of course, her security is tied to her reverential fear of loss, abandonment and betrayal, even death. She needs to protect her interests with ferocious intensity. This Full Moon axis highlights where we might apply our fiercest, most extreme survival tactics to stay securely in the race; struggle to gain possession at all costs; fight tooth and nail to stay in the game, prosper and procreate. Of course, in desperate times we may behave in wild and ruthless ways. Underneath it all there is an emotional vulnerability. The Scorpio Moon is most prone to emotional hurt, and as such (ruled by Pluto – now in sextile) is vulnerable to becoming possessed by extreme moods which, whilst they mean to protect, can quite easily bring us completely undone in their perverse extremity. We all have an emotional breaking point, and the full moon in this sign can often press us to reach and unleash that, particularly when the supply of what we treasure most is under threat.

What would you fight most fiercely to protect in your life, even if it killed you?

It is with this extreme set of emotions that we come to assess our decisive position this month. How much of what you receive from others do you come to expect should always be there? When we demand things, we are also liable to react in ruthless, extreme ways to ensure that we get them. When we do not receive the things we expect, especially when we are most emotionally vulnerable, we may become possessed by dark moods, spells of jealousy and fits of emotional rage.

If you are feeling extreme reactions to matters lately, these are merely instinctive impulses that your relationship (to person, thing or idea) is subject to gross emotional insecurities. This very critical lunation often augurs the onset of a relationship breakdown.

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Ultimately, no relationship can endure the toxic, decaying emotional paralysis that is held to ransom by the highly manipulative emotions of expectation (demands), jealousy and possessiveness. At some point these become toxic and unwelcome, and to be stung by any (or all) of these venomous pricks could mean a slow, silent but certain death once their poison enters the bloodstream of a relationship. It is nature’s built-in obsolescence against fixation, lack of trust and inability to just let something just ‘be’.
Possessiveness comes in only when we invite the fear of losing something. If we have assumed that we ‘own’ something that appears to be slipping away from our clutches, this will lead to nagging and destructive criticism. Eventually the joy in the relationship will disappear completely because the sense of freedom is gone.

Expectations soon become limiting and unreasonable and when they are no longer able to be met ultimately result in disappointment.

Jealousy is the debilitating sensation of inadequacy in a relationship that generally arises when we compare our own worth to that of a third party. This ultimately leads to the crippling fear that we may be ignored, abandoned, humiliated or unloved. Wherever there is jealousy, toxic drama and disharmony follows. This eventually spoils any chance of building true intimacy or trust.

The Moon, is by dignity in its fall in Scorpio. This is a volatile position if emotions cannot be kept in check. Pitted opposite the very staid and stable Taurus Sun, it means that the very object of our physical desire challenges and holds these emotions up to be examined. Issues of emotional attachment, fixations and addictions that feed our psychological insecurities are points that we must learn to see, transmute and transform.

Own any negative feelings. See how powerfully they can take over and ruin your chances of stability and peace.

Instead of continuing to feed negative, distrustful thoughts with negative emotions, focus on the word TRUST. Re-iterate that word in your mind. Understand that a lack of trust is just a feeling of insecurity about your own self-worth – not the truth.

See how this lunar moment highlights where you must detach yourself from any expectation and possessiveness in your personal affairs. Slowly you will come to a place where your anger, rage, hatred, jealousy, suspicion, denial, secrecy, separation anxiety, and feelings of horror about being abandoned or betrayed eventually subside and the answer to your situation will appear.

Holding on to what has hurt us in the past places us at the mercy of missing what it has taught us. Similarly, if all we learned was to hold onto grudges; seek revenge; never let go or show compassion; judge others as good or evil; be suspicious or spiteful; stay on emotionally on edge, waiting to inflict some harm, then we become stuck in the lower, vicious cycle of Scorpio. The universe does not present us with emotional conflict in order to block access to your heart. The universe provides us with the opportunity to open it. It is through our powerful emotional investments that we learn to develop compassion, learn to listen patiently, understand lovingly – not through suspicion, demandingness and wild speculation but through practicing empathy and developing ways for non-violent conflict resolution. Here is an opportunity, through our patient, loving, compassionate communication to see how successfully we can turn any emotional conflict into a spiritually transformative experience

Understand that there is a difference between needing someone to ‘change’ and instinctively ‘receiving’ those with whom you share some mutual investment. Accepting things as they are allows you to find the truest method to show your appreciation and demonstrate how you are willing to grow and mature with them.

This is the simple, yet intense lesson of this Scorpio Full Moon.

Enjoy the wonderful gifts showered upon you by this blessed full moon xx

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The Week Ahead: May 15-21
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Current Planetary Positions
5/15/2017
10:33:43 PM
Sun 25° Taurus 28' 02"
Moon 22° Capricorn 49' 37"
Mercury 29° Aries 58' 48"
Venus 11° Aries 06' 11"
Mars 16° Gemini 54' 16"
Jupiter 14° Libra 06' 13" R
Saturn 26° Sagittarius 34' 14" R
Uranus 26° Aries 13' 43"
Neptune 13° Pisces 59' 58"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 14' 27" R
Chiron 27° Pisces 57' 34"
TrueNode 28° Leo 49' 15" R

This week our Sun comes to the completion of his slow, trudging journey through Taurus, bringing an end to a brief period of earthy stability in among what is arguably one of the most frenetically unstable periods in our modern times. Meanwhile Mercury enters Taurus, really pragmatically bringing our thoughts and ideas into chunky pieces that we can really get our hands on.
As we are seeing with these Saturn/Uranus trines, the hardware upon which our whole conception of ‘true reality’ is built not only becoming completely rewired, but our operating systems are also being upgraded. Every shift, quake and jolt in the old system ricochettes through our nervous systems, and a part of us that was formerly stuck on old programming becomes dislodged, defragmented or simply erased clean. This allows room to upload new, more current data, or as you choose, only to process what you need.

It’s highly ironic then, that last week – as Mars in Gemini was squaring Neptune – those businesses still running with old operating systems (Windows XP) were struck and held to ransom by a horrid virus, worming its way across the globe through the cyber-communication networks. Ironic, but not new. We have been undergoing this cosmic reboot for a while, and for those skeptics, the rigid-minded, the flag-waving traditionalists and the hardnose non-believers, this week starts to demand a solid down-payment for the widespread systemic changes about to sweep the fabric of our clunky & antiquated intellectual framework. It also gives us a terrific glimpse into how more surreal and supernatural kinds of forces, now hovering over our planet, working steadily to jolt us out of our morbid fascination with the past and shift our consciousness into the present.

Whatever it takes…. they’ll do it.

Here are the main transits for this week:

☿ enters ♉ Tue May 16 04:07 am GMT Mercury 00°♉00′ Conjunction Sun
☉ ⊼ ♄ Wed May 17 05:30 am GMT Sun 26°♉31′ Quincunx Saturn 26°♐31’℞
♃ ⊼ ♆ Wed May 17 08:39 am GMT Jupiter 14°♎01’℞ Quincunx Neptune 14°♓01′
☉ ∗ Ch Thu May 18 08:06 pm GMT Sun 28°♉03′ Sextile Chiron 28°♓03′
☽ □ ☉ Fri May 19 00:34 am GMT Moon 28°♒14′ Square Sun 28°♉14′
♄ △ ♅ Fri May 19 06:20 am GMT Saturn 26°♐23’℞ Trine Uranus 26°♈23′
♀ Sqq ☊ Fri May 19 10:33 am GMT Venus 13°♈45′ Sesquiquadrate Node 28°♌45′
♂ ⊼ ♇ Fri May 19 01:00 pm GMT Mars 19°♊12′ Quincunx Pluto 19°♑12’℞
☉ □ ☊ Fri May 19 01:18 pm GMT Sun 28°♉45′ Square Node 28°♌45′
♀ ☍ ♃ Fri May 19 02:12 pm GMT Venus 13°♈52′ Opposition Jupiter 13°♎52’℞
☉ Sqq ♃ Fri May 19 04:20 pm GMT Sun 28°♉52′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 13°♎52’℞
♀ ∠ ☉ Sat May 20 06:37 am GMT Venus 14°♈27′ Semisquare Sun 29°♉27′
☉ enters ♊ Sat May 20 08:31 pm GMT Sun 00°♊00′
☿ ∠ ♂ Sun May 21 07:33 pm GMT Mercury 05°♉44′ Semisquare Mars 20°♊44′
The Sun now becomes tightly aspected by Venus. The two hold a sustained semisquare (45°) betwen them – the only possible hard aspect they are capable of (since Venus can never be more than 48° away). This tense angle can only be described as a muscle trigger, or an influence upon the mind/body akin to how caffeine, sugar or chemicals create a friction or increased nervous tension to our systems. This aspect’s extremely tight, prolonged effect upon our mind/body (due to last till the end of June) is similar to feeling subjected to disharmonious sound or discordant light frequencies which eventually tend to irritate us.

Any emotional stress between Sun & Venus soon manifests as situations where there has been a lack of appreciation. Any disrespect towards someone’s values immediately creates disdain, indifference and ignorance, soon expressed through curt, less-than-gracious manners. Seen as being dismissive and less loving, this is effectively the feminine (♀) grating upon the authority figure (☉) and visa-versa. Someone is not happy about the way they are being appreciated. We can observe this happening in our lives – whether we project it onto others through our relationships dealings or are mindful enough just to watch as a tension rising within ourselves.

How do you value yourself? Are you being received in this? Are others respectful of your worthiness?

With the Sun quincunx Saturn (midweek) our relationship towards authority and how we make decisions now comes under question, like there is some mystery or riddle to be solved. The Taurus Sun, refusing to budge from his established position and fixed attachment to physical matter/money/substance needs to see that something requires work or some adjustment in his life. Perhaps now’s a great time to curtail the intake of those stimulants and influences which are having a negative or disharmonious buzz on our nervous systems and our physical health. Placing disciplines diet, exercise and better rest regimes is in order, if our lives are to stay on the healthy path.

With the Sun going into Gemini (Saturday), nervous matters will rise to the fore in the next month, so best keep the mind as clear and ‘mindful’ as possible. Greater discernment and balance of where we spend out mental focus is necessary if we are to put profound new ideas into practice in an organised and purposeful way (♄ △ ♅). Through disciplined application of any new ideas, we will start to see how profound new discoveries can improve existing conditions and solve old problems, then exercise our ability to speed and expedite matters in ways that help put them into effect.

As Jupiter quincunx Neptune finally comes exact (Thursday) complicates our goal to reconcile or integrate our spiritual beliefs into what appears ‘proper’ and ‘correct’ to others. Confounded by the mixed messages and subtle innuendo that seems to constantly flow through the media of our social sphere, it is yet another reminder of how traditional options to try to achieve the kind of social or political balance in our society increasingly leave us feeling empty and unsatisfied.

As Neptune edges closer to semi-squaring Uranus (Aug-Oct) we start to catch a glimpse of profound experiences that will eventually impact us deeply, albeit subtly, arousing our more mystical nature. These are currently very difficult for us to see, let alone understand and integrate into our conventional religious and political beliefs. Forces are acting which are beyond the usual spectrum of perception, and the closer they come to combining, the more we become introduced to a whole new spectrum of colours and sound frequencies.

Meanwhile, our approach towards what’s going on socially sees us still making some effort to bring things into some semblance; some pretense of a workable, compatible, conventionally operational order – just enough to get us through the vagaries and all the inexplicable confusions (♃ ⊼ ♆). However, whatever efforts made to understand things in current terms, whatever progress we make based on our current symbol systems will only be a temporary measure. Of course, understanding this shift is part of the process, and i imagine I’m making little sense to those who are trying to catch a linear understanding of what’s going on here – but that too is essentially the main issue in the world at the moment. It’s like trying to understand what life is like on another planet using human terms and earth images. It’s important to note that whatever we come to believe is only temporary; subject to change. Taking this approach is all you need for now in order to function in a much more creative way, accepting way.

When we come to learn that we cannot trust anything or anyone to stay static or predictable, we also learn to become more responsive and inventive. When the Sun sextiles Chiron (Thursday) our practical sense of purpose becomes easily shaped by profound experiences with higher levels of reality. Look to your spiritual connections to guide you and create opportunities for spiritual growth.

Who are the mavericks, healer, storytellers and teachers in your world?

How do they connect you to discover keys that unlock healing and greater understanding of what binds you into shame, guilt, blame and self-reproach?

How do you share your insights with others to help release them from a world of contempt, suspicion and distrust?

It is the Last Quarter Moon (Friday May 19) which creates quite a spectacular finale to this Taurean Solar month, since any square to Taurus form progressive, reformist and group-minded Aquarian Moon calls for us to let go of any stubborn, unyielding ways, release any attachments that do not help us serve the greater good and continue to hurt one another and move on. A decision must be made – a kind of last chance to let go of the old, to shed our prejudices and negative habits, thoughts and ideas so we can focus on building a higher, more responsible, purely creative freedom that will feed into our next New Moon intentions.
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This particular Last Quarter Moon packs quite a punch though. Aligned with the Aquarian South Node, it creates circumstances where there are obvious difficulties in trying to synchronise these lofty, utopian ideals with society’s current trends.

Also significant is how the Venus/Jupiter opposition axis seems to intersect this deeply personal moment. Where Venus opposes Jupiter conflict arise where our greed-driven appetites inhibit proper judgment, giving rise to procrastination, laziness and self-indulgent behaviour. The world of privilege and liberal-minded views, comes up against those desperately needing to express their individuality and uniqueness, creating a serious crisis. However, the desire of many to hang on to their privileges and entitlements, stemming from emotional insecurities, plants the fuse to a bomb that’s set to explode in the coming months.

This quarter Moon:

falls precisely in conjunct alignment to the national placement of the USA’s Aquarius Moon (27° ♒12′)
precisely opposite the point where on August 21st this year, America will experience a Total Solar Eclipse(28° ♌52′).
activates US president Trump’s chart (Asc, MC, Mars) as well as several other key natal positions now about to be activated – mainly transiting Mars in♊ going over his ☉/☽/♅ /☊ axis.
What does all this mean? Incredible tension is rising in America™ between the old and the new. Neither is necessarily right or wrong, better or worse. Neither way is best. Something different and unique must be embraced altogether. And the great Donald™ seems not only to be at the centre of all irritation, but he is certainly about to leave his revolutionary trademark on the entire planet.As early as this weekend, but by the end of this June, we will really start to see how what we give is often taken for granted, exploited and abused wherever we lay ourselves open. The forces of our loving universe are here to assist; to simply show us how – on some level – we have encouraged and promoted this to happen. If we keep allowing this to go on, we not only risk depleting our personal energies, but also encouraging the denigration and deterioration of our entire value system, as indexed collectively by the state of our economy.

See you on the Cosmic Bus, blessings, and may you all have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

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The Week Ahead: May 22-29
http://angstoic.com/2017/05/week-ahead-may-22-29/


Current Planetary Positions
5/23/2017
4:13:24 PM
Sun 02° Gemini 54' 50"
Moon 05° Taurus 21' 55"
Mercury 08° Taurus 13' 04"
Venus 17° Aries 31' 27"
Mars 22° Gemini 07' 03"
Jupiter 13° Libra 38' 04" R
Saturn 26° Sagittarius 05' 55" R
Uranus 26° Aries 37' 01"
Neptune 14° Pisces 06' 49"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 08' 11" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 13' 47"
TrueNode 28° Leo 26' 46" R

This week, as the Sun moves into Gemini, our conscious way of expression turns its attention to the vivacious and breezy world of thoughts and ideas and putting them into forms that can transport them from one place to another. We shift from Taurus’ stolid, earthy preoccupation with holding substance to being able to barter and trade it using the rhetoric of cold-hard facts, pure data; a world where every word is seen for the honour and importance it can convey during this very special Solar month in Gemini. We will soon see many abstractions, fantasies and exaggerations – anything that does not align with what is respected as literal, word-for-word, line-by-line evidence become discredited. Information must be clear, transparent and open to comprehension and scrutiny.
Here’s the main transits for this week:

☊ ⊼ Ch Wed May 24 11:46 pm GMT Node 28°♌16’℞ Quincunx Chiron 28°♓16′
☉ Sqq ♇ Thu May 25 03:12 am GMT Sun 04°♊07′ Sesquiquadrate Pluto 19°♑07’℞
♀ □ ♇ Thu May 25 04:17 pm GMT Venus 19°♈06′ Square Pluto 19°♑06’℞
☽ ☌ ☉ Thu May 25 07:45 pm GMT Moon 04°♊47′ Conjunction Sun 04°♊47′
☿ Sqq ♄ Thu May 25 11:56 pm GMT Mercury 10°♉58′ Sesquiquadrate Saturn 25°♐58’℞
♀ ☌ Pa Fri May 26 03:25 pm GMT Venus 19°♈58′ Conjunction Pallas 19°♈58′
☿ ∠ Ch Sat May 27 05:22 pm GMT Mercury 13°♉21′ Semisquare Chiron 28°♓21′
☿ ⊼ ♃ Sat May 27 07:18 pm GMT Mercury 13°♉28′ Quincunx Jupiter 13°♎28’℞
☿ ∗ ♆ Sun May 28 07:04 am GMT Mercury 14°♉10′ Sextile Neptune 14°♓10′
The Gemini Sun’s continued semi-square to Venus (in Aries) over this next month means that those ‘holding the microphone’, or speaking with authority, may not necessarily feel appreciated in their efforts to get their ideas across. With Mars also in Gemini, what manifests is a largely argumentative style of delivery that is short-fused, less than gracious, curt and sometimes fiercely defensive when attempts to get ideas across feel either thwarted or not well received.

Patience for nonsense is running out at this juncture of the piece.The real dilemma comes when on Thursday, hours before the New Moon, when the Sun meets Pluto by sesquisquare – an aspect which demands ideas be threshed out and grounded before they come under serious public scrutiny. Secrets and any details about nefarious activities may come to light now, affecting reputation and respectability in communicating facts.
Since Venus is already unsupportive to the Sun during these next six weeks, her square to Pluto only guarantees that relations will become more than just a little snappy and uncouth this week. In fact, if we don’t remain centred and grounded, reactions between us could turn extremely nasty on the love/hate scale. This transit is the first-quarter square of a cycle that commenced on November 25 , 2016 (♀☌ ♇) and will culminate on August 15, when Venus opposes Pluto.

We all wish to be loved; we all want to have our desires satisfied; our hearts each wish to experience some level of peace and tranquility with our world. With Venus currently in Aries, we are choosing to do this in much more autonomous, self-centred ways. From time to time these desires become hijacked by external temptations – relationships that come along to offer us things we cannot resist, deny or even refuse, but can also not immediately afford. On the surface, these temptations offer us more than what our basic situation ever promises to satisfy – there is promise of more power, control, status, wealth, marriage, security, intensity, orgasm, life-changes etc, – these are the common themes of Pluto on Venus. However, to have them we must trade something off, and since we often don’t have it ready in present time, we agree to become somehow indebted.
Here is where the nasty starts to infiltrate.
Any ♀/♇ deal can feel so deliciously enticing that we can easily fall prey to its hypnotic trance to take our lives to a new level of happiness and well-being. Yet, as soon as we agree to enter it, we become so deeply entwined that we momentarily resign all interest to the spirit of what will make our soul truly feel happy and free. Even if we refuse, we may feel the damning force of its abandonment, which can be just as heavy. In any case, our hearts become not only distracted or sidetracked – when Pluto enters the Venus deal, it has the power to completely derail the way we naturally show our love and kindness.

By the time we finally come to suspect that whatever we have got ourselves mixed up in doesn’t exactly align with our heart’s true desire nature it is often too late. We may have already changed too much, given away too much of our freedom to ever go back. The realisation is often accompanied by deep, inner feelings of dread and of complete devastation. Realising that we may have paid a bitter price for becoming fanatically consumed by the lust/power principle; feeling possessed with toxic and unhealthy behavioural dynamics in our natural yearning to feel loved, satisfied or at peace; accepting that we have allowed our pristine, virginal intent to become sullied or corrupted by forces that now govern over the destiny of our hearts, it is not surprising that we would react in extremely explosive ways in attempt to break out of any foreboding bonds.

Naturally, the manifestations of any strains and stresses in our relationships can produce enormous drama that seems to erupt out of nowhere. The spirit’s cry to break free of the ego’s binding arrangements, agreements, attachments or addictions creates such a mechanisms for release that it sets the scene for massive psychological breakdowns down the road. If these are not detected and negotiated (through counselling or some form of compassionate pardon) they build into enormous pressure points, ready to explode at the the slightest triggering further down the road.

At this point, as is indicated by the Venus/Pluto aspects to the New Moon, the entire of humanity is undergoing tremendous transformations in its value system. These may not seem obvious to many at this point. However, those who care to look at the greater trends would observe that individuals are becoming increasingly more intolerant of anyone’s attempts to apply yesterday’s values into today’s deals. As the Gemini Sun reveals, we begin to see and articulate more clearly that what we have based yesterday’s value system upon does not hold the same weight or worth today. The inflated ideas (☿ ⊼ ♃) that we carry and inflict upon each other as words of judgement (☿ Sqq ♄) are not about love and understanding (☿ ∗ ♆) but about some form of wounding (☿ ∠ Ch) which feeds this system of enslavement.

We see that basing our idea of love upon the fanatical pursuit of insipid values – particularly around achieving status and self-importance – makes the promise of peace and well-being together look increasingly pale and highly implausible (♀ □ ♇). To most – especially those not feeling secure within their own self-worth, this deflates a certain confidence to extend oneself further. This affects the whole market confidence. This affects the global financial and emotional economy.

Yet, what to do, when humanity still sits under all these binding agreements of indebtedness?

Such is the dilemma of this Venus squaring Pluto this week. Realising that we are under the pull of a force that has the power to control and manipulate where we must invest our loyalties and heart interests in the future is sure to create great conflict, a seething unrest, either within us or between others. Our entire value system becomes compromised, corrupted and defrayed as we see our buy-in leaves us little room to buy our way out.

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Expressed through Thursday’s Gemini New Moon, we see the hidden, angry and impulsive forces loading up inside us to either ruin and deface personal things or to defend them at all costs from such threats. In our relationships we see how exposure to destructive rages, especially in our partnerships. These come from imbalances causes through possessive, jealous and manipulative behaviour. Geopolitically we see more evidence of the deterioration and corruption of society’s entire fabric, where miscommunication, lies, denials and cover-ups threaten to destroy what remains of the structure of our civilisation.

These are not terribly positively sounding manifestations, but to be realistical, we are witnessing these everywhere – from your own interpersonal dealings to the lampoonish depictions on the nightly news of what presents as world politics, especially in the United States. We understand that something is definitely slipping, if not collapsing entirely. We all blame the media, but in fact – in practice – we are all the media now. Our ability to transmit and propagate news is there in our hands. So is our ability to distort and use the power of our word in false, misinforming and misleading ways to get what we want. This practice has now taken on epidemic proportions.

In the past week we have seen much evidence of how the system can be corrupted to the point where things seem beyond restructuring.

What you are experiencing , though not terribly pleasant, is a necessary part of the evolutionary process.
Things must deteriorate. Structures must become so disrupted that they can no longer stand to be trusted to hold us up. Ultimately, we must learn to stand on our own, without the structures.

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We cannot rely on props, attachments, accessories and accoutrements to make contact with our beautiful inner spirit. No baggage, regardless of how stuffed with cash or sexy promises about security can buy our way into the core of your being in present tense. Only love, acceptance and compassion can allow us the freedom to access our hearts, fully and unconditionally in real time, the only place where you have a choice on how to invest your emotional energy.
As the week progresses, our capacity to at least see where the big problems lie gives us some hope on where and how we can focus our intentions at this week’s New Moon. The big transit for the following week is Mars’ T-square to Saturn/Chiron (exact May 31) . How tragically is our masculine maligned and distorted in his truth that he feels he must continues to perpetuate stories of shame, blame and humiliation into his actions? Our aim to actively disengage from the peace process by arguing that we are ‘better or worse’, ‘right or wrong’, ‘good or evil’ only creates division among us and proliferates pain and wounding through insults and derogatory labelling and childish name-calling. All this will rise up to the surface in the next weeks, until is swell like a subdermal boil whose pus needs to be surgically released before it explodes.

Meanwhile, the feminine herself struggles to hold the masculine in her arms. She must find the the perfect moment to openly, publically begin the healing process by calling an end to all this unnecessary labelling and judging of others, always with intent to condemn and belittle what has always been great.

For now, the debate continues on how best to address any politics, religion or philosophy that seeks to hold one tribe, one group or one human being as superior and another as chastised and inferior. We must look to our words. Our ideas hold all the poison and all the antidote to our continued troubles. To expand on Lincoln – a race divided against itself cannot stand.

Have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2107

[onawah]

MARS/CHIRON: Horoscope Messages for Healing the Wounded Masculine
http://angstoic.com/2017/05/week-ahead-may-29-june-4/
Planetary Positions
5/30/2017
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8:32:49 PM
Sun 09° Gemini 48' 32"
Moon 21° Leo 44' 18"
Mercury 18° Taurus 19' 30"
Venus 24° Aries 01' 25"
Mars 26° Gemini 55' 34"
Jupiter 13° Libra 21' 09" R
Saturn 25° Sagittarius 37' 01" R
Uranus 26° Aries 57' 18"
Neptune 14° Pisces 11' 29"
Pluto 19° Capricorn 01' 08" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 26' 27"
TrueNode 27° Leo 35' 20" R

The Week Ahead: May 29 -June 4
Greetings fellow travellers, lovers and warriors of the light.

We don’t need to make too much bombastic fanfare about the fact that the forces of nature have completely hijacked this planet and are playing the diabolically disruptive tune of “I’m damaged and reckless – fix me if you can” as rock’n’roll loudly and as frequently as possible.

In the lead-up to the Leo TOTAL Solar Eclipse (August 21), where in true form to this spectacular lunation on the Anaretic degree, is begging for a divine intervention, we see the end-of-the-run, old-school masculine puts on one fine last performance to impose using his own personal forces. Like an ant railing against God, the futile action seems impressive only in the sense that it creates a compelling, yet foreboding sense of drama. But we can see that a great lesson is also due to come out of this, and so, from an observatory position here, on our ‘Cosmic Bus’, we remained glued to our seats.

As Mars in Gemini opposes Saturn (Monday). Here we see our very personal, assertively ideocratic masculine pit his forces against all convention, traditional views, beliefs and expectations, only to collide head first into tremendous conflict with the entire establishment.

Does he even know that what he’s doing carries grave and severe consequences?

Maybe… but Mars is also sextile Uranus (Wednesday), and so our restless, rash, loft-minded warrior is charged with the sense that he has had enough of the establishment.

He now willfully sets out to champion every miserable defeat, not just of his own but of struggling underdog (ever) with his eloquent ideas for independence, freedom from ‘the system’, fighting to ‘right’ every ‘wrong’ ever inflicted; reclaim every ‘debt’ owed to him; call every ‘oppressive’ spade by its ‘rightful’ pejorative; sledge and heckle every stodgy old stick in the muddy swamp; judge everything that has passed judgment upon him, and just for good measure, rouse up a good old-fashioned scrap in the yards of folks whose cultures and ethics he has rarely any idea about (♄ Saggitarius).....

This next MARS/CHIRON cycle begins at 21°♓ 39′ on January 17, 2017 and ends on December 29, 2018. It brings to the fore a topic that is very minimally addressed, discussed, or even acknowledged at all, yet is an absolutely vital one in our evolutionary progress. It is around the healing of our divine masculine archetype and through this journey to tackle a theme often neglected and shunned into the shadows, sliding consistently further behind the rest of humanity’s evolutionary progress. We are referring to the healing of our divine masculine archetype.
Just to define this: the “divine” masculine specifically refers to the MARS energy resonating at its highest vibration – the AGGRESSIVE part of the fully actualized Christ-consciousness that is now engulfing our planet. Just as one part of the divine feminine – the sacred VENUS archetype represents the ‘alluring’ principle (power of attraction) of our personal receptivity (inwards), the masculine refers to any archetype that is exerting energy (outwards). This is the same polar duality as indicated by positive/negative ends of the electromagnetic force, generated by all individual entities, or in the familiar yin-yang symbol, where the yin/negative represents the feminine or receptive energies and yang/positive represents the masculine or active energies. We each express a varied combination of the two, some clearly identified as either one or the other. Each of us has the potential, through the enlightenment of full, Christed-consciousness to express a perfect balance of these two polarities.

The stories that play out in our lives around how we express our more assertive sides and what that looks like. We see ourselves actively reaching out to understand the more assertive elements of our behaviour, what motivates us to defend our separate identity and to maintain our complete autonomy as individuals. We begin a whole new (two-year) cycle of understanding the masculine archetype. We are gradually moving away from the stereotypically shallow, beer-swilling, womanising, jock-type male – taking some time to remember the world that men live in and sending love and healing intentions to support the reestablishment of a truly divine masculinity.

Without a strong masculine archetype, we cannot actively pursue our “getting what we want”. Yet, we cannot do so at the expense of others. We need to employ a strong, yet loving divine masculine in order to effectively introduce healthy and positive ways that will actively contribute to the benefit of all and are not at the expense of any.

Conditioning the wound

Spaced repetition of any action or instruction sets the neural pathways in our brain to follow a particular course. This is what makes certain experiences in your world second nature – your language, your taste in food, cultural interests, certain activities and routines (riding a bike, playing a musical instrument etc). The more you practice or are exposed to something, the more you get “good” at it. This is how habits are formed. But what happens when your habits are “bad”. What if some practices, learned over time are due to a result of toxic or harmful practices or destructive cultural instruction?

What happens to our belief systems when we are repeatedly given messages that affect the well-being and happiness of some or all of our relationships? What if some of the practices in our cultures simply exposing us to messages that are toxic or destructive to those most vulnerable and seeking some identity in our society?

Healing the divine masculine means addressing these sabotaging actions and removing them from the collective memory of humankind. This is not an easy task. In some ways, it means that we need to deprogram the human mind, the one which deals in archetypal images and connects to the stereotypes of the collective.

The culture of emotional abuse

It is important that we consider all the harm that has been inflicted upon the divine masculine archetype. It is time to understand the terrible emotional trauma that has been committed against it and recognize how this damage has subsequently come to pass on this emotionally abusive conduct down a long, stream of generations. As these twisted streams distorted and perverted energies of our masculinity compound into a mainstream river of violence against the truly authentic expression of divine masculinity, we stand to face the wholesale perpetual damage to our sons and daughters even further down the ages.

All through our history books, we see evidence of how men have had to perform society’s “dirty work.” Out of necessity, men have learned to close off or kill their natural human compassion in order to march to war and commit awful atrocities against their fellow men.

Men were not designed to be mean, uncaring, and heartless monsters. They only developed this ability as a defense mechanism against the unscrupulous demands placed on them by a fear-based society.

Unfortunately, once a human becomes apathetically disconnected from his heart, it becomes gradually more difficult to un-become apathetic and re-connected to that heart, harder and harder to remember where the switch was to turn it back on, reconnect, and begin to caringly feel and emote again.

The repression of kindness

Much of the wounding experienced in today’s masculine is a residual side-effect of a compounded, centuries-old shame in expressing the natural human tendency towards sensitivity and kindness. It is this repressed emotionality of the stereotypical male, seen as a sign of weakness, a vulnerability in his gender, identified as “unmanly”, “effeminate” or “sissy” simply for showing up in a heart-centred and healthy expression of human tenderness and compassion. Shame or ridicule is a cutting force upon the psyche that forces the flow of any natural traits to become secretly suppressed. Certain pathways from the heart to the nervous system become limited or shut off.

When a man feels continually constrained to denying and repressing his true nature just so he can uphold an expected gender role in his society, eventually it becomes part of his conditioning. Hence, any inherent traits of compassion and caring remain hidden from others lest their secret shame be exposed and revealed as being seen as horribly weak, pathetic, and inadequate assertions of masculinity.

It’s no wonder then that we have created the great aberration that, in today’s twisted social reality, can only be described as a fomenting nest of hate, inappropriate rage, resentment, and bitter loathing, directed both towards others and the self. Naturally, this is seen in both men and women who still carry the wounds to their masculine archetype.

Boys are raised to become soldiers (somebody’s instrument of war), not warriors (where they stand up for themselves and their true integrity). We march them off to war to commit atrocities against their fellow men. In the ‘civil’ sense we have outwardly bred a society of narcissists and sociopaths, whilst inwardly we are harbouring a bunch of closet empaths, mystics and underdeveloped, overgrown boys who just seek to relate to the feminine in grossly infantile ways. Men were not designed to be heartless, uncaring, and uncompassionate. We have just programmed them this way.

We are all equal.
But we are not the same.
Many of us resonate with kindness and acceptance,
while some are still going around trying to act tough.
Trying to prove their force against individuals and society.
It is a fear,
which stems from a wound,
which made one feel less
when, in truth, there was so much more
in the heart of that child
that he wished we could share –
but his emotions became crushed
and to ‘feel’
for himself;
for others,
became wrong
and those sores became calluses upon the heart
and the sore became more callous and unkind
and now this unfeeling aggression
hurts us all…

Time to heal this now.

Time for Healing

This time sees a critical surge of activity for all lightworkers, spirit warriors, and Bodhisattvas. As Chiron and Mars now squaring (June 2), the world is beginning to awaken en masse to a new way of healing through the screaming symptoms of its wounded masculine. The looming opposition of Mars to Saturn (May 29) stresses that repressing anger only leads to much pent-up energy and frustration which can potentially come out as destructive.

This energy can only be effectively addressed by instinctively focusing it in a meaningful way so that it has the greatest life-supporting effect. There is a strong need for those who exercise alternative, holistic (energy) healing to step forward and do this necessary work now.

What was once just a fringe spiritual practice is now developing as a new force that must become accepted by society’s mainstream healers, teachers and life-coaches. Yet, there is still much a distrust, shame and ridicule toward these types of practitioners.

With this MARS/SATURN opposition currently forming a T-square on Chiron (May 31) events arise where we are each tested to see how, by applying our light vibrations we can spontaneously help our masculine to see their own pent-up energy, as well as helping them find a positive way of releasing it.

If you can, shed your light to help others to see where anger has been repressed between you; see why this has occurred and help to heal the situation by courageously acting with compassion and forgiveness.

Blessings, and may you have an amazing week xx
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2107

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: June 5-11
http://angstoic.com/2017/06/week-ahead-june-5-11/
Current Planetary Positions
6/6/2017
3:14:16 PM
Sun 16° Gemini 18' 03"
Moon 16° Scorpio 43' 36"
Mercury 29° Taurus 50' 45"
Venus 00° Taurus 31' 20"
Mars 01° Cancer 26' 20"
Jupiter 13° Libra 13' 39" R
Saturn 25° Sagittarius 08' 07" R
Uranus 27° Aries 15' 02"
Neptune 14° Pisces 14' 21"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 53' 32" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 36' 10"
TrueNode 27° Leo 07' 53" R

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As many of us are feeling, JUNE brings us into a very intense period which is very difficult to understand from a straightforward, linear perspective. We have been doing some groundwork here on the ‘bus’, in terms of learning to stay objective. Again, you are reminded to keep your ‘non-jump-to-conclusions’ glasses on when dealing with the times directly ahead of us, and i am mindful to keep it as simple as possible in order to keep it all in perspective.

Above all, it is important to note that nothing of what appears out there, on our joy-filled stellar journey is actually what it seems. Much is being revealed to our higher selves but only through our quiet, reflective contemplation (meditation). Let us practice this, whilst we are practicing staying seated and mindfully aware of all the energies acting upon us on this amazing bus ride:

Here are the main transits for this week….

☿ □ ☊ Mon Jun 05 10:52 am GMT Mercury 27°♉20′ Square Node 27°♌20′
♀ ∠ ♆ Mon Jun 05 12:33 pm GMT Venus 29°♈14′ Semisquare Neptune 14°♓14′
☿ Sqq ♃ Mon Jun 05 11:01 pm GMT Mercury 28°♉14′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 13°♎14′℞
☉ ☌ Ce Tue Jun 06 00:16 am GMT Sun 15°♊30′ Conjunction Ceres 15°♊30′
☿ ∗ Ch Tue Jun 06 03:41 am GMT Mercury 28°♉35′ Sextile Chiron 28°♓35′
♀ enters ♉ Tue Jun 06 07:27 am GMT Venus 00°♉00′
♅ △ ☊ Tue Jun 06 01:56 pm GMT Uranus 27°♈14′ Trine Node 27°♌14′
☿ enters ♊ Tue Jun 06 10:16 pm GMT Mercury 00°♊00′
☿ Sqq ♇ Thu Jun 08 11:20 pm GMT Mercury 03°♊51′ Sesquiquadrate Pluto 18°♑51′℞
☉ ⊼ ♇ Fri Jun 09 11:53 am GMT Sun 18°♊50′ Quincunx Pluto 18°♑50′℞
☽ ☍ ☉ Fri Jun 09 01:11 pm GMT Moon 18°♐53′ Opposition Sun 18°♊53′
♃ SD Fri Jun 09 01:40 pm GMT Jupiter 13°♎13′ SD
♀ ∗ ♂ Fri Jun 09 03:41 pm GMT Venus 03°♉18′ Sextile Mars 03°♋18′
This week kicks us off on a weak foot, with the Gemini Sun squaring Neptune, exhausting our vital energies to the point where, with Venus now at their midpoint, we may feel so easily mislead by false promises of good fortune that there is question whether we have been misled into relationships with unsavory characters. Yet all is not what it appears to be. Whilst most of us know not to take candy from strangers, it’s also wise not not let confusion and uncertainty cripple our soul’s access kindness and compassion.

The Sun’s conjunction to asteroid Ceres highlights themes for the next 12 months around who is the natural nurturer, nourisher, supportive and caring parent among us. This is not only to be taken literally, but also laterally. How do we care for our garden, our forests, our earth? Are we being genuine or are we just paying lip service (Gemini) in how we care for those who need us? Are we prepared to talk things through; listen; comprehend deeply how issues of separation and attachment – most prevalent in our own relationship as children and with our children?

Or are we blissfully living in some fantasy bubble which still pitches ‘reality’ as some version of a billboard in the mid 1950’s (remember when America was great again?). Anyway, in case you missed it, the world has been enduring some ‘storms’.There is much pain in the world, surfacing now as confused action and withdrawal of our duty to care. It is time to delve a little deeper into where this stems from. The Sun’s quincunx to Pluto sees that we cut through the cover story and get to the essence of things. Until we can cut through with adequate, truthful discussion – and we may find ourselves in quite a vulnerable position at times – we will continue to carry and harbour considerable psychological triggers, especially tied to our paternal disconnection and abandonment issues. These triggers are possibly at the source of any continued self-sabotaging behaviours.
http://angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Untitled.png Many of the above themes are being heavily accentuated in Friday’s Full Moon (conjunction Saturn in Sagittarius), whose heavy impact will be felt quite deeply leading into this lunation and in prelude to August’s Eclipse Season.

Also in our discussions this week is the mighty Grand Kite formation (peaks on June 14), an evolutionary transition point whose ♄△ ♅△☊/☋ energies are critical in the growing restlessness and irritation among communities. Answers are necessary to solve the growing problem of what seems to be spiritual fragmentation of our communities. Are these social networks actually helping humanity in or out of its evolutionary progress? Follow the discussion here…. [the Cosmic Bus]

Mercury’s sextile to Chiron facilitates the discussion nicely as it seeks to understand and communicate spiritual realities and experiences that occur outside of linear time, as well as pose holistic healing concepts that are innovative to the point of causing tremendous shifts.


Before Mercury shifts into its domicile, it forms a tri-octile with both Jupiter and Pluto (currently squaring). Here, more channels of deep, deep probing are opening up for us to try to figure out a way to change things fundamentally and profoundly for all of society. After all the recent, intensely grotesque events in the world and rising extremism, there is a serious call for moderation and balance. Mercury’s sesquisquare to Jupiter in Libra calls us to reflect on the past, review previous actions, weigh the checks and balances, and meditate on expected goals, before taking any action. The sesquisquare to Pluto asks that we understand that when there are difficulties, the way out is not to accept bribes or loans, which can of course lead to complex legal problems. It’s important to remember that discretion is the better part of wisdom. Those with true self-confidence will act with poise and composure, whilst insecurity comes out as blustering boasts which impress no one. Sarcastic or provocative comments make enemies not friends.



After an extended stay in Aries (and Pisces) due to her retrogrades, Venus finally enters her domicile Taurus, where her first date will be a sextile to Mars – also just entered Cancer. Here, these two need to talk, before they can dance and schmooze. There’s been much tension between the masculine and feminine lately, and Mars has been absolutely wild ever since his conjunction to Uranus in Aries, back in late February. Venus has finally caught up with Uranus herself, she sees all his restlessness and nervous pain and even gets his need to break free. But he also needs to learn to tame it down a little and not gets so easily defensive. The relationship between them now is mild, and Venus can be so soothing and tactile with a Mars so touchy and emotional.

Jupiter’s station to go direct really means that after much inner searching, it’s time to start negotiations on how to broker some sort of peace and restore balance back into a very dramatic world. Many intellectual leaders will start to step up now – their quest to find solutions to our planet’s most challenging problems will open consultative doors for all possible meetings where contributions could come forward. Politicians, lawmakers, prefects, priests and academics, learned scholars and wise counsellors will all put in their ten cents. But Jupiter is headed for his third and final opposition to Uranus (Sep 29) before he leaves Libra to finally enter Scorpio (Oct 12).

Will public discourse and debate be enough – have we run out of politically sound, correct and righteous rhetoric or do we need some extra help?

Let us ‘feel our way’ to that one…

Blessings, and may you have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

FULL MOON at 18°53′ SAGITTARIUS – Friday, June 09, 13:11 UTC
http://angstoic.com/2017/06/full-moon-1853-sagittarius-friday-june-09-1311-utc/
Current Planetary Positions
6/9/2017
5:16:45 PM
Sun 19° Gemini 15' 03"
Moon 23° Sagittarius 24' 00"
Mercury 05° Gemini 42' 06"
Venus 03° Taurus 34' 35"
Mars 03° Cancer 29' 03"
Jupiter 13° Libra 12' 59"
Saturn 24° Sagittarius 54' 38" R
Uranus 27° Aries 22' 37"
Neptune 14° Pisces 15' 10"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 49' 49" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 39' 51"
TrueNode 26° Leo 30' 14" R


It’s Full Moon time again, marking the culmination of a flow of vital energies and the fulfilment point of information streaming from our subconscious (lunar) to our conscious (solar), and the sacred process of finding meaning and order in it.

So let us prepare to dance to the ritual of this sacred Full Moon moment.

This lunation we seek to find balance between the active (Sun) and receptive (Moon); between the busy (Sun) and the easy (Moon); the objective (Sun) and the subjective (Moon). This high-tide phase in our lunar calendar accentuates how critical it is for us to reach alignment, compromise, and harmonious arrangement, or face conflict in which we must ultimately bring certain matters to a close.

Yes, it is a conditional moment, in which we are drawn out of ourselves, our centre, our balance and asked to have a look at seeming disparate themes in our lives; themes that polarise us and tend to create drama – if we let them.

Sometimes it has to be. A decision has to be made. If things have not been working for us, we must cease to invest our energies and pull ourselves together (back to centre). Similarly, we may discover what a fine job we have done in keeping it all together, how we have found a perfect compromise.

To assess this critical moment, we must look to our general vitality levels at this time – ask ourselves whether we are feeling healthy, energetically sound, certain and secure within ourselves. Where there are any obvious upsets, anxieties and ill-feelings, we must take these as indicators that some things are not entirely in balance. In this case we must attempt to restore well-being and harmony back into our lives by maturely addressing any of the factors that seem to instinctively keep nagging at us.

The opposition between the Gemini Sun (conscious expression of thoughts, ideas, words, papers, contracts) versus our the Sagittarius Moon (instinctive notions, cherished beliefs, laws, religious rites) becomes the crux of this week’s story.

There’s a lot going down in the world of thoughts and ideas – communications flowing, ever so ‘freely’ thanks to the constant, streaming deluge of digital information and then, all the public forums and world-wide twittersphere inviting our interaction to discuss and share what’s in our brain. There’s lots of movement and mobility, we’re free to speak up, express our voice, share a valid opinion, relay an idea.

A single idea can be like a virus. It can exist in its own right, floating around in the ethers but when implanted into certain minds it can be highly infectious. An idea can seed and germinate and grow inside its host’s mind until it has completely seized the organism’s control centre – it’s entire belief system.

Since our beliefs about our world ultimately shape our reality, it is quite likely that a single idea implanted into a vulnerable mind can come to either totally define or destroy the individual who becomes possessed by it.

On this Full Moon, we sit in the middle between the world that streams our minds with ideas (Gemini), and how our inner guidance chooses to emotionally/personally invest in these (Sagittarius). We must question whether the ideas that we espouse – even a single one – is helping to bring balance, well-being, and harmony into our lives, and to the lives of all those to whom we come to affect. An idea can spread pretty quickly these days. Are we conscious of its power?

Does it sit well, provide peace, radiate love, understanding and acceptance? Or, are our thoughts filled with the poisons and corrupt designs which, rather than help us understand and integrate our reality, only cause schisms, divisions that spawn arguments, dissent, intolerance and hatred?

The Sagittarian Moon is a receptacle, a vessel, a bowl which emotionally, instinctively seeks to receive ideas, turn them into concepts that sit well with the intuitive faculties; concepts that feel true; worthy of belief; trustworthy; inspiring us with faith.

This Moon is conjunct Saturn, who in retrograde is backtracking over past instances, seriously reviewing past behaviours, seeing that they accord with entrenched patterns and align and accord with the legal and mandated procedural structures.

In some respect, we’re all feeling like there is some sort of internal audit going on.

Have the ideas that we have been exposed to; that we have taken on board; come to accept and believe as true; have these ideas been worthy of our trust and faith? Have these ideas been generous and kind toward the reality we wish to identify with and create, or have they served to corrupt and destroy our entire sense of faith in our respective reality structure?

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The Full Moon also activates the Saturn/Neptune midpoint, a point which triggers suffering and disillusionment, emotional depression and pessimism, sensitivity to abrasive truths with surfacing evidence of deception and calumny upon our gentle, open and sometimes gullible need to trust.
We see this as a very common problem in our world today, especially in the minds of the ignorant, the desperate, the spoilt, those lacking any broader education or experience in life – those whose vulnerable minds are easily hijacked by the surface-level influx of short, twitter-sized sound-bites, designed to transmit an ideology or opinion in 140 characters (or less). Each idea that we choose to perceive has the power to stir our emotions enough that they become imbued into our dharmic or karmic blood flow.

At highly tense times like these, a single idea can either brings us peace or jettison our lives into complete chaos and disarray.

The Sagittarian Moon also makes a precise semi-sextile (30°) to Pluto in Capricorn, whose probing into the emotional realms is relentless, unafraid to question even the highest authority for correct answers, regardless of its professional expertise, social status, public esteem. The opposing Sun’s quincunx to Pluto sees that we cut through the cover story and get to the essence of things. Until we can penetrate surface ideas, often toxic in their intent – those diminishing words we often carelessly and flippantly project into our world, using deep, honest discussion we will never get to the core of their effect.

Harmful words; wicked, corrupt, shaming and derogatory ideas continue to cause untold damage, abuse and harm between us. Are we even aware of the damage we cause when we choose to project or accept ideas that are loaded with vicious or corrupt intent? Are we aware that violation of the boundaries of truth actually tarnishes the integrity of our subject?

The Moon/Saturn conjunction has the power to abstain and withhold from playing victim/martyr kinds of dramas and is imbued with a sense of resilience and self-reliance to reach the truth that rings truest for itself, almost to spite the ideas of others.

This moment then becomes one of universal enquiry, one which assesses how ideas expressed as words can become powerful psychological triggers, incendiary missiles to the brain. The emphasis here ties back to our paternal disconnection, abuse and abandonment issues (♇ 18°♑50′℞) – especially significant during times where there is a growing need to balance the feminine/masculine energies on this planet (♀∗♂). These deeply ingrained emotional trigger-points, endemic in our cultures, religions, social hierarchies are possibly the source of any continued self-sabotaging behaviours, not only in the individual, but in his relationships to others and society at large.

If you are feeling activated during this special time, just remain mindful that it is only with a generous, trusting heart – one that is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming without prejudice that we can restore our faith in love again.

In the midst of such love, we need never fear becoming poisoned by the lies, denials, cover-ups, abuses and manipulation of truth. This is the most precious gift that true love can offer – the experience of knowing that whatever tries to corrupt us, we always come to have faith in our heart.

In any case, the call for discernment of ideas – the ability to listen and speak without bias bestows us with tremendous power. How you choose to react is entirely up to you.

Blessings, and have a wonderful Full Moon xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

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The Week Ahead: June 12-18
http://angstoic.com/2017/06/week-ahead-june-12-18/
Current Planetary Positions
6/12/2017
8:20:28 AM
Sun 21° Gemini 45' 42"
Moon 24° Capricorn 46' 21"
Mercury 10° Gemini 58' 04"
Venus 06° Taurus 13' 12"
Mars 05° Cancer 13' 21"
Jupiter 13° Libra 13' 46"
Saturn 24° Sagittarius 43' 04" R
Uranus 27° Aries 28' 49"
Neptune 14° Pisces 15' 37"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 46' 32" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 42' 37"
TrueNode 26° Leo 07' 21" R

Nothing smarts more than a heavy whack from Saturn’s reality stick. Since the awful ‘release’ activation of last Friday’s ♄eavy duty Full Moon in Sagittarius, the Gemini Sun’s opposition to Saturn (Thursday) takes our current state of ambiguity – that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation we’re currently living through (☿□♆) and asks how we’re going to deal with it. Sure faith is important (☿△♃), it keeps us going, but a sense of doubt will keep us from going off the deep end (☿☍♄).
Here are the main transits for this week….

☿ ∠ ♅ Tue Jun 13 07:18 am GMT Mercury 12°♊31′ Semisquare Uranus 27°♈31′
☿ △ ♃ Tue Jun 13 03:45 pm GMT Mercury 13°♊14′ Trine Jupiter 13°♎14′
☿ □ ♆ Wed Jun 14 03:30 am GMT Mercury 14°♊16′ Square Neptune 14°♓16′
☉ ☍ ♄ Thu Jun 15 10:19 am GMT Sun 24°♊30′ Opposition Saturn 24°♐30’℞
♀ Sqq ♄ Thu Jun 15 06:03 pm GMT Venus 09°♉29′ Sesquiquadrate Saturn 24°♐29’℞
☿ ⊼ ♇ Fri Jun 16 05:34 am GMT Mercury 18°♊42′ Quincunx Pluto 18°♑42’℞
♆ S℞ Fri Jun 16 07:10 am GMT Neptune 14°♓16’℞
☿ ☌ Ce Fri Jun 16 08:56 pm GMT Mercury 20°♊04′ Conjunction Ceres 20°♊04′
☉ ∗ ☊ Sat Jun 17 00:57 am GMT Sun 26°♊03′ Sextile Node 26°♌03′
☽ □ ☉ Sat Jun 17 11:33 am GMT Moon 26°♓28′ Square Sun 26°♊28′
☉ ∗ ♅ Sun Jun 18 06:47 pm GMT Sun 27°♊42′ Sextile Uranus 27°♈42′
☿ ☍ ♄ Sun Jun 18 07:08 pm GMT Mercury 24°♊15′ Opposition Saturn 24°♐15’℞
The Gemini Sun sees that if we want to keep playing society’s game; if we want to function (not thrive) in Saturn’s 3D ‘reality’ prism we must decide whether we want to involve ourselves in the fictions that established society accepts about time.

‘Time’ is Saturn’s conditional application of ‘reality’. It’s full of expectations and firm, tough, completely confining rules and standards that we must upkeep.

Time does not allow us to veer off into abstract ideas about freedom or resistance (☿∠♅), to show any doubts and ambiguities, not to probe too deeply (☿⊼ ♇). It expects that we stay wise to the whole gig (☿ △♃) – that we play along life’s limited chess puzzle like a good little pawn/knight/etc. Saturn wants you to fit into the prescribed roles and stick to the moves available to you. He certainly doesn’t want you to poking around, questioning the rules or doubting the whole purpose of the game.

Saturnian wisdom is about demonstrating your ability to understand the incredible extent to which you bull**** yourself every-single-moment-of-every-day just to play along. (How are you dealing with that btw?)

[read about Saturn ℞etrograde – Reality Check here] http://angstoic.com/2017/04/saturn-%E2%84%9Eetrograde-reality-check/

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With Uranus △ North Node △ Saturn forming a Grand Fire Trine, the opposing Gemini Sun creates an intense inquiry (or grand inquisition) into the whole ‘reality’ charade. It is a most frustrating transit, an energetic where nothing seems like it’s capable enough to meet up to expectations. Scrutiny, judgement, disdain, condemnation, derision and punishment are the order of the week. Every day, we are seeing evocative scenes of dismay and disappointment within the old, established order of things. Everyday we feel let down.

As the dynamic forms into a Grand Kite (see chart), we come to see that the only thing we can believe with absolute certainty exists in the present. By the end of this week, the collective capability for us to question the veracity of linear time replaces all objects of belief with one single thing: the notion of true reality itself. True reality is the state of things as they actually exist: not what we think they are, and certainly not what we’ve been lead to believe.

We believe only in this universe. We cease to believe in stories of karma and the afterlife. We cease to believe in the sovereignty of nations. We cease to believe in money/power/glory. We cease to believe in heroes/villains, leaders and followers. We cease to believe in our precious positions and our prized possessions. We cease to believe that we can be insulted, or that the honour to our good name or that of our family, our nation or our faith can in any way be offended. We cease to believe in Jesus, or Buddha or the Republic or Democracy or the Union. We cease to believe in any thing that is only a concept in our minds.

We just believe in one reality – that which is present here and now in nature. As soon as we align with this extraordinary truth, the pain and desolation that usually accompanies our unconscious feeling of being stuck, playing a limited role in a fixed game gives way to a glimpse into enlightenment itself.

It just takes enormous guts to let go of our woundstory. Easier said than done, and Saturn and Chiron are not done with their square-dance yet, but this week’s Third Quarter Moon (Saturday) is going to set us off again, like salt on the sores, pushing up hurtful stuff that needs to play out again, just to make it obvious what we have to forgive and to forget about our past. To do this we need to feel so lonely that all we have left is to be honest with ourselves…

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It’s a frightening thing to be truly honest with yourself. It means you have no one left to turn to anymore, no-one to blame, and no one to look to for salvation. You have to give up any possibility that there will ever be any salvation or refuge for you. You have to accept the reality that you are truly and finally left on your own. In this, the best thing you can hope for in life is to meet a teacher – some wise storyteller who will smash all of your dreams, dash all of your hopes, tear your fluffy, cuddly, teddy-bear beliefs out of your arms and chuck them into a bottomless pit, once and for all.

The Jupiter/Neptune Quincunx – May 17- July 5

With this aspect, it may seem like there is really very little congruity between our highest visions & dreams and the usual career options towards achieving success, as traditionally defined by society.

Our great expectations and high hopes to make a big splash in the ocean of life seem to not only leave us dissatisfied – deep down, many are feeling a little jaded and disillusioned.

“This is not my beautiful life!”
“Aaargh!!”

This sustained alignment creates a strange period of re-adjustment and reorientation, where we are somehow having to come to terms with those areas where we may have taken off into abstractions, deceptions, delusions, misplaced trusts, false hopes and placing faith in hypocrites, charlatans and scoundrels.

In our impressionability, we are all somewhat complicit in this conspiracy to confuse reality a little bit. Because JUPITER (SD 13° ♎13′) and NEPTUNE (S℞14° ♓16′) are both stationing right now, this time also produces profound new experiences which impact humanity’s evolution quite deeply. Our more mystical nature becomes stimulated and highly aroused by strange waves of light activity, still hard to fathom and difficult to grasp by conventional standards. Yet it seems to be seriously messing with our notions of reality.

[read about Jupiter going direct in Libra here]

This ego-dissolving period is helping to prepare this planet for a unique intervention by spirit over the egoic mind. It is making individuals seem more and more insignificant every day. The way it plays out on the greater scheme of things is phenomenal, unprecedented and very hard to describe in plain terms.

It is still not possible for many to assimilate this new, enhanced notion of reality into our traditional beliefs. We do not quite have skills, not the language to comprehensively interpret the richness of its symbols to make enough sense, even if we can see clearly. What is provided to us – if we can stay present enough, and not descend into elements of seduction, inebriation, psychedelia and perfunctory spiritual practices is a wonderful opportunity to disbelieve.

To blow the whistle on the horse****.

Dissolve all ‘faith’ that seems to be tooting out of some self-exulting, trumpet-blowing horse’s arse. (lol)
Just looking at our social media lately – since Jupiter spent four months opposing Uranus (Jan-Apr), it all seems to have deteriorated into one giant technicoloured yawn. Seems like everyone is hacking away at creating new content, meanwhile so little of it has any journalistic credibility, scientific veracity, artistic taste or any true depth of meaning. Very soon, it will all look like horsehit and we just won’t know who to believe and what to trust.

Time to connect back to the Source for some brand new ‘dope’.

Might have to adjust our heightening senses of perception to integrate a whole new paradigm of understanding.

[**URANUS semisquare NEPTUNE is coming, and its phenomenal influence in eliminating the waking consciousness will begin to take effect from July to November (phase 1), continuing over the next 2-3 years.]
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It must be said that there is lot of hysteria going on the world right now, especially in America over the legitimacy of their elected president. It is another clue that democracy and freedom as ‘prescribed’ by the nation state are in deep decline. After decades of waging costly wars, placing heavy investment into the vacuous bubble of Wall Street (and losing it, as in 2008), the ruling classes of the United States elite has all but abandoned its people and has left the country’s infrastructure battered and torn in relation to the foreign economies like China and Russia. Of course, those same elite are the ones most paranoid that countries who spend less on war and speculation may get the upper hand. They will do anything to force the hand of those most pliant and committed to upholding the rules of the old game.
November’s election result of a shock-cartoonish figure like Trump shows the extent of the rage and discontent of at least half the (voting) masses in the US – those who have chosen fire to fight fire, lies to fight lies, corruption to beat corruption, abuse to beat abuse. In a way, their president is the homeopathic remedy to all the ills and hubris created by capitalism.

Of course the United States is not the only country where its past rulers have neglected to develop their country’s basic infrastructure, instead focusing only on enriching their plutocratic arsenal. Power, money, status, connections, the promise of eternal glory and fame in the history books can all seem like very sexy qualities to aspire to in any leader whose ego finds it hard to resist a little dance with these devils.

However, it becomes apparent in this age of omnipotent and omniscient technological influence that public trust, if mishandled and mistakenly abused by any individual has the power to come down swiftly and instantly destroy any narcissist, despot or self-aggrandising fool. We see it in every field; every country; but particularly in the ‘free-speech’ west. In the coming months will see it absume many egos, perhaps even world ‘leadership’ in general.

All the synthetic hype and shock media reports over collusions to pervert democratic justice, and the fanatic determination to bring down presidents in disgrace is not new. One thing is for certain though. That this moment in ‘time’ is completely unprecedented. And nothing is like nothing ever before. To assume that we can predict outcomes based purely on mathematical or historical principles is leaving even the experts with equations filled with unknown variables. A new force of nature is with us here on this planet, and we can either leave ourselves wide open for more surprise losses and disruptions, or leave ourselves wide open for more surprise losses and disruptions…

How will you choose?

…Stay present, calm and centered, and have an amazing week ahead. Blessings xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

Saturn ℞etrograde – Reality Check
(red letters my emphasis)
MERCURY 24°15' opposition SATURN 24°15'℞

Having problems reconciling what you are hearing from others with what rings true?
Or are you the one not being received in what you have to say?
Are others being a being a tad harsh, or outright rejecting your really cool thoughts and ideas? This is not necessarily a blight on your intelligence at all. It's just that from time to time we come face to face with those who are not afraid to give it to us straight - that what we're saying doesn't seem to make any coherent sense to them, or that its structure lacks any basis in truth.
This transit is the typical side-effect to MERCURY's recent square to NEPTUNE (June 14). The sugar rush has now come a cropper.
And so it goes, in the wake of last year's ♄ □ ♆ campaigns. If you observe closely, you will notice how often you come across those in life who (on the surface) perennially love to laugh and smile, always say the nicest things, always wear the most glammed up image to your face. These are battalions of the forcefully optimistic. There are entire communities of them, especially in the 'spiritual' world.
“Keep your thinking positive!” “Always look on the brighter side!” “Don’t let a frown get you down, clown!” "Be a glass half full!" are some of their usual slo-gos.
In fact they're full of clichéd mottos - like their entire philosophy is drawn from the ubiquitous morass of indiscriminate memes that we see circulating on our social media platforms. In fact, the really clever ones generate their own meme-like communication. It's not hard - facebook even provides us with those easy-to-fill solid-coloured backgrounds now. A few have made quite name for themselves in this field. These are the champions of the quirky, everready, always optimistic pick-me-ups.
Yet, if you look closer at these opti-masters of the 4D twitterverse, they are actually using this method of faux cheerfulness as a way of avoiding the more sombre and troublesome realities of the 3D life. In truth, their lives on the ground are really quite miserable and empty. This peddling in the opti-matrix is just another form of spiritual bypass, a side product of anger-phobia, or the inability to deal with harsh truths or negative emotions.
All this is coming to a crashing end now, as the planet comes to grips with the core problems of why its exterior structures are failing. No amount of sugar can sweeten the bitter vetch of cold hard facts.
Yes, it's terrifying to expose ourselves to the most profoundly vulnerable parts of our inner being - to face our shadow and begin the long process of purification. It seemed so much easier to sugar-coat life with a frequent little hit of sweet illusion and sacrificial falsity.
But hey, isn't it 'time' you slowed down, looked a little deeper and saw a much clearer, more connected, much more deeply satisfying and indescribably authentic sense of joy?.....try this on:
http://angstoic.com/2017/04/saturn-%E2%84%9Eetrograde-reality-check/
Saturn ℞etrograde – Reality Check
Current Planetary Positions
6/19/2017
12:32:39 AM
Sun 28° Gemini 08' 10"
Moon 20° Aries 20' 33"
Mercury 25° Gemini 12' 30"
Venus 13° Taurus 05' 19"
Mars 09° Cancer 37' 25"
Jupiter 13° Libra 21' 15"
Saturn 24° Sagittarius 13' 32" R
Uranus 27° Aries 43' 25"
Neptune 14° Pisces 15' 45" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 37' 44" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 48' 02"
TrueNode 25° Leo 59' 56" R

Saturn, that damping, restrictive ruler of this dense, physically-defined earthly experience will occasionally slow down, repose in complete stillness, then begin to slowly retrace his heavy footsteps. Dipping his snarky measuring stick into the karmic pit he is creating down here in 3D-land, his intent during retrograde is to see how well things have set in his latest version of ‘consensus-defined reality’.
Once this is done, he will proceed to press forward once again, a methodical triple-check that everything in his new reality is operating at its maximum economy of thought, motion and matter. His job is to pass down his exacting ‘terms & conditions’ with uncompromising firmness. In doing so, he will mercilessly mow down any unproductive, redundant and superfluously unrealistic elements in our lives before he moves on to new ground.

This three-pronged reality-check is the standard operating procedure with Saturn, whose 29.5-year orbit is such that from earth’s perspective he appears to cover the same stretch of ground 3 times, usually over an 11 month period, just so it checks out and the reality of the situation sinks in.

Whilst seldom fun at the time, in retrospect it will have defined our karmic journey on the terrestrial, limited experience we call ‘life’.
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SATURN RULES

Many of us require a reality check now and then. Very few of us on this planet are immune to the strict laws of gravity and the harsh limitations that apply should we fail to show respect and comply with these.

Accepting reality is an important part of the terrestrial experience and, as humans, vital to understanding the context of our sanity. In the Saturnian sense, reality is defined by our own experience with the exterior world. Our acceptance of what is is encouraged by most sane people in our world. It is the goal of most relationships, businesses, institutions and therapies. Whilst accepting what is presented to us as the reality is not necessarily always easy at the time, it is the acceptance which steads to bring us the most peace with our times. If our clocks are in sync with everyone else’s, then we feel we are in time.

Reality is usually defined as the state of things as they actually exist, not some idealised or romanticised
notion. It is usually the tangible, graspable properties, the physical constraints, defined by rigorous measurement that allows us to yield a determined consensus about what is real. The most discernible reality is that which provides the most stable set of conditions to which the majority of us can agree. Consensus creates a density. This means that the particles of any matter become so condensed that even light cannot pass through them. Density either limits, diffracts or denies resistance. You can’t argue with solid matter. It just is. Therefore it is real. Saturn’s crystallising effect on matters in our lives therefore determines their existence as real.

Similarly, linear time appears to have irreversible properties. The reality is that something can exist in form in a particular moment in time. Once absent from these constraints, Saturn has trouble with verifying it as real.

This is Saturn’s non-negotiable application.When we play into the linear time/space continuum, we must also pay respect to the laws of limitation. Everything is conditional, and we must ‘pay our dues to the consensus’ about those things we collectively feel worthy to partake in. Similarly, if things are deemed not real we need to learn to forego, miss out, suffer denial, delay frustrations, or endure the humiliating ‘coming down to earth’ effect of anything that serves as a reminder of our physical limitations.

Time, money, status, power, youth, brains, sex-appeal, gender, culture, nationality, connections, degrees, etc. are all qualifiers in Saturn’s world, and they will be used against you in his terrestrial court of law.

This is the serious, sombre, inflexible nature of Saturn – ruler of 3D limited reality and the linear dimensions of time. We call this Karma, since what will be, will be. The old devil will continue to play hardball with us, pressuring you to fit in. Either you play a prescribed role, according to how and where you were born/bred, or you miss out. When Saturn comes along in a transit he is keen to apply all the severity that he can muster to help you realise what is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’ about you and the world you’re in.

Of course, you don’t want to mess with that, do you? And the consensus is, that playing along in Saturn’s reality game is ultimately…. well…. character defining.Let’s face it. Unless you are a sadist or masochist, then the harder Saturn transits aren’t much fun, especially by 2017 standards where many of us are hypersensitive and ready to receive experiences of reality from higher dimensional fields.’THE RETROGRADE CYCLE:
PHASE 1: Dec 30, 2016- April 6, 2017

Direct Saturn enters the shadow zone at 21°♐11′

In this phase, Saturn begins to lay down the premises of what will become a reality. Brick by brick, he’s throwing it down, paving the path that will become defined as what is.

“So… What have you been doing during this time?
Anything good? Something constructive? Or have you just been wasting valuable time/resources?
Huh??
Yes, talking to you… what have you got to show for the last few months?”

It’s likely that somebody may play this role for you, judging you, scrutinising your efforts in terms which you may feel you have to answer to.

Or perhaps you may play this drama out on someone else.
Or maybe you are giving yourself the ‘business’ internally. That stern, parental voice of judgement has a way of making it into our lives somehow, judging our efforts to keep it real, be acceptable, beautiful, competent, wealthy etc. against the backdrop of the current consensus.

Whilst many may argue that the last four months (Jan-Apr 2017) has seen ‘reality’ slipping into bizarre, distorted, almost surreal versions of itself, it is nonetheless the reality of our times. Coming to accept it may take some work, since it does not seem to be behaving as commonly expected. This is yet just another sign of our fading 3D ‘times’. As we are being blasted with light from the higher dimensions, there are elements of linear time and space which, with some retrospection we may have to learn, do not apply to us here, as spiritual beings becoming awakened to other, higher ‘realities’.

PHASE 2: April 6 – August 25, 2017

Saturn stations at 27°♐48′ and turns Retrograde

During this period, we are pressed to review how well we have adhered to the principles lain down during Saturn’s pre-shadow phase. As strange a course as things may have taken, we are pressed to take our understandings of reality seriously, as if it is a reflection of just how faithful we have managed to stay to our authentic inner self.In Sagittarius, Saturn in retrograde can play out as an internal ethical dilemma, a struggle between our conscious efforts to define our moral principles, examine their usefulness and practicality, and in application see how impeccably we have lived by them. The trine from Uranus in the pre-shadow phase has awakened us all to wonderful alternative possibilities.
For instance, you may soon come to realise that as much as you have tried to define what you ‘firmly believe in’; as much as your principles have been discussed, argued, ratified, published, postulated and pontificated, these ‘honest-to-god’ beliefs or ‘codes of conduct’ are in reality only meaningful if you have been able to live by them.

In tangible, earthy terms, concepts are either true for you or, under closer examination, they are wholly unbelievable. Such is the dilemma between acting in true spirit, and not tied to the false, fleeting constructs of the lower, 3D personality.

Have you been living up to your guidelines and your mantras?
Have you been dishing these out to others, trying to hold them accountable?
Is there some fibbing, fudging, stretching of facts, overspending of resources; a little religious or marketing hocus pocus; political spin-doctoring; emotional propping and manipulation, double standards in your relationships; some good, ol’-fashioned moral hypocrisy’ going down?

Time to look back at the most challenging events during the Phase 1 (pre-shadow) period of this retrograde, assess whether stuff is making any real, concrete sense.

We start to get an internal reading on who and what seems honourable and respectful to us, and begin to sense a shift: As much as we may come to honour and respect the laws and moral guidelines of others, this may be a time when we find it difficult to live by the advice of anyone but our own, internal conscience.Those who are grounded enough to be acutely attuned to their ‘inner reality vector’ will see this period present a unique set of opportunities to access this firm and direct ‘line of instruction’ from above. This is the alignment of instruction between the perfected, ‘higher self’ and that of the ‘lower (ego-attached) self’ – the one who still has much to learn in their journey here on earth. Rather than a fear, it feels like an affirmation that you are on the right path, managing the universal laws successfully enough to make a difference in your life.
This comes, in spite of all the turmoil and anguish that appears to be going on around. In fact, even this appears as an opportunity to learn something about our authentic selves.

For many, this period, and the ensuing shadow phase (August 25, 2017 -Dec 20) will, for many, be a time of considerable frustration and delay. Those who are still unconsciously enmeshed in Saturn’s dense fabric of externally applied moral, ethical and religious structures – the status-quo world that is still ruled by fear, anger, judgement, blame, expectation, toxic shaming, etc – Saturn has a canny way of making us accountable by those very instruments.

There are those who will continue to play into the 3D system of duality and separation. For these, Saturn will roll out whatever means it sees necessary to teach some lessons which are not necessarily experienced as “opportunities” to grow. Those holding on to lower, fear-based judgements about what’s right/wrong, good/evil, using rigid socio-political, class-based, race/culture-based, gender/sexual-based, religious or moral principles that make little sense other than to incite fear and division, will start to sense some dramas internally. The inner voice starts to plague them and in their ignorance may begin to project this out, with unfortunate consequences.

And woe to those who have nothing going in inside at all. Those who are completely unaware that they are unaware. Those wholly dependent upon the direction or guidance from those priests and prefects of the exterior order; those blessed beings who are merely going through the mechanical motions of life; who live their lives according to patterned behaviour of their instincts and learned habits, who never question, just wait for changes or stimuli in their environment to react, and then, only en masse. This may be a challenging time for these, as we will start to see these become played.

Of course, I don’t want to scare anyone with these reports. We just want to differentiate between the (three) different levels of awareness of Saturn:
aware that you are aware (conscious, responsive)
aware that you are unaware (suspicious, cynical or skeptical)
unaware that you are unaware (unconscious, ignorant, narrow, reactive to fear, shame, guilt)
As Saturn now retrogrades in Sagittarius in his third and last time, human society is asked to go back and assess any gaps in its belief systems. There are those who will become more aware, understanding how news, information, knowledge in just about every area is at best limited, conditioned and contrived. They will learn to choose not to play into the belief dogma of society’s struggles over what is right/wrong, true/fake, good/bad. They will keep a reserved and meditative approach instead of entering into these judgement arguments. These will see many play and manipulate what the postulate as ‘truths’ in order to manipulate others using their fears and insecurities.

PHASE 3: August 25 – December 1, 2017 (post-shadow phase)

Retrograde Saturn stations at 21°♐11′, turning direct, finally leaving Sagittarius Dec 20. 2017

One truth emerges out of this period. Whatever cause, principle, or mission we may appear to stand for and agree as our ‘reality’, it is constantly changing.

Saturn in Sadge tends to represent man’s need to withdraw from whatever beliefs, structures and traditions appear to have outlived their usefulness. It may take a thoughtful, steady approach to make amends. A more conservative, cautious, frugal approach may be necessary, particularly after the retrograde period is over.In a way, Saturn does retrogrades better than all the other planets. Why? It’s like he gives us a second chance to improve on the ever-evolving relationship formed between our ego (exterior-defined self) and the soul (internal self).
Any conceptions that may have been mistaken, overlooked or misunderstood are, under the conscious gentle guidance of Saturn, best put to rest in the past.

In our own wisdom, let us try to teach others who are less knowledgeable or experienced than ourselves without the pain and feelings of separateness. The best way to do this is not by admonishing them harshly by projecting our own frustrations. Trying to demonstrate how much better, wiser, tougher, ‘more real’ we are to those who are just learning, serves nothing other than the perpetuation of Saturn’s prism of duality and separation. It is through exhibiting a strength and composure, a kind responsibility to all involved that we come out of this retrograde shadow as having accomplished something concrete.

Of course, for all those who pass this three-pronged test, Saturn will issue you with your ‘certificate of completion’ at the end of this year. By then, you will be ready to graduate onto the next level of your reality.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: June 26 – July 2
http://angstoic.com/2017/06/week-ahead-june-26-july-2-2/

Current Planetary Positions
6/25/2017
9:50:58 PM
Sun 04° Cancer 42' 37"
Moon 02° Leo 53' 47"
Mercury 10° Cancer 13' 08"
Venus 20° Taurus 22' 15"
Mars 14° Cancer 08' 41"
Jupiter 13° Libra 37' 11"
Saturn 23° Sagittarius 43' 28" R
Uranus 27° Aries 56' 41"
Neptune 14° Pisces 14' 23" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 28' 10" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 51' 12"
TrueNode 25° Leo 17' 17" R


With Mercury, ruler of communications and mental processes now pacing at his swiftest through the mid-degrees of instinctive Cancer, about to oppose Pluto (Friday), we get the feeling that the detonating fuse is being lit for what promises to be an explosive week of intense discussion ahead of us. This is especially so since Mercury is about to make some critical transits, including the conjunction to Mars (Wednesday), in the lead-up. The complex and tense combination of planets forming this week raises the intrigue that is occurring among us now around our deepest issues. It sets off a delicate, yet very intense process of emotional transformation that culminates in about two weeks when all this energy finds its way into our personal relationships via the Capricorn Full Moon (July 9).
Here is a list of the main transits this week:

☿ ∠ ☊ Mon Jun 26 03:35 am GMT Mercury 10°♋17′ Semisquare Node 25°♌17′
♂ △ ♆ Mon Jun 26 06:19 am GMT Mars 14°♋14′ Trine Neptune 14°♓14’℞
☿ ☍ Jn Tue Jun 27 00:22 am GMT Mercury 12°♋07′ Opposition Juno 12°♑07’℞
Pa enters ♉ Tue Jun 27 02:38 am GMT Pallas 00°♉00′
☿ □ ♃ Tue Jun 27 06:21 pm GMT Mercury 13°♋42′ Square Jupiter 13°♎42′
☿ △ ♆ Wed Jun 28 00:23 am GMT Mercury 14°♋14′ Trine Neptune 14°♓14’℞
☿ ☌ ♂ Wed Jun 28 07:51 pm GMT Mercury 15°♋55′ Conjunction Mars 15°♋55′
♀ ⊼ ♄ Thu Jun 29 01:08 am GMT Venus 23°♉31′ Quincunx Saturn 23°♐31’℞
☿ ☍ ♇ Fri Jun 30 00:34 am GMT Mercury 18°♋22′ Opposition Pluto 18°♑22’℞
♀ □ ☊ Fri Jun 30 03:43 pm GMT Venus 25°♉15′ Square Node 25°♌15′
☽ □ ☉ Sat Jul 01 00:53 am GMT Moon 09°♎24′ Square Sun 09°♋24′
Ch S℞ Sat Jul 01 05:42 am GMT Chiron 28°♓52’℞ S℞
☉ ∠ ☊ Sat Jul 01 10:21 pm GMT Sun 10°♋15′ Semisquare Node 25°♌15′
☿ ⊼ ♄ Sun Jul 02 11:30 am GMT Mercury 23°♋17′ Quincunx Saturn 23°♐17’℞
♂ ☍ ♇ Sun Jul 02 11:56 am GMT Mars 18°♋19′ Opposition Pluto 18°♑19’℞
☉ ☍ Jn Sun Jul 02 01:12 pm GMT Sun 10°♋51′ Opposition Juno 10°♑51’℞


Firstly, let us talk a little about Cancer, the sign most associated with our inner sense of security – our instinct for nurturance and protection. Cancer is a water sign, and most related to our emotional well-being.

TRUSTING YOUR GUT INSTINCT:

Why is trusting your gut instinct so powerful? Because your gut has been collecting, digesting, processing, cataloging a whole bunch of very personal, very relevant information to you for as long as you’ve been alive. Often it is doing this unconsciously, as in your metabolic and other biological processes tied to your stomach. (Cancer rules the chest, breasts, stomach, alimentary canal). We trust this area of ourselves very early in life, because it is so important to the body’s sustenance.

A young baby will often regurgitate anything ingested that does not agree with its stomach. The reaction is instinctive. As we get older, we learn to listen to this more and more.

When we trust our gut instinct, we are trusting an entire plethora of our subconscious experiences, drawing upon a vast network of heuristic experiences in our lives. We come to instinctively remember what agreed and what disagreed with the pit of our stomach. It is this conscious/unconscious databank of learned-experiences that we’re drawing upon, the one holding insights that are not immediately available to our conscious mind, but they’re all things that we have learned and felt throughout our lives.

In saying this, many of us may not be readily able to access specific bits of information. Our gut has it at the ready when it is time to inform our spirit centre of how best it must decide, yet these are not often easy to articulate, let alone become credible facts. Those of us who are most tuned into our emotions like water sign people (Cancerians, Scorpios, Pisceans) operate strongest from this information centre.

Decisions made from this deep, inner place, draw from sensations that we may only access in present-tense experience. This can save a lot of time and mental energy, since not having to overthink our next move, or trusting that little voice that informs us from within, means that we never have to be overly prepared. Nor do we need to learn the intellectual aspects of everything. Our second nature tells us what agrees with us and what must be rejected. Acting from this information is never regretful. Nor do we enter situations where we may come to resent our actions.

THE QUARTER MOON @09°♎24′ : Sat Jul 01, 00:53 am UTC
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It is the quarter moon that becomes the first point of crisis in this current lunar month. In fact, there is a sense of outrage that we may have been played by someone more cunning, more socially or politically manipulative.

In the lead-up, instinct-minded ♋Mercury conjuncts the fervid Mars at 15°♋55′ (Wednesday), building a burning urge to assertively say what we think, yet not necessarily know how to articulate it. This forthright need to speak our mind is coming from the pits of our inner cauldron of misshaped treatment, much of it stemming back to childhood insecurities and personal boundary violations. We refuse to feel threatened now, and can obstinately defend anything that “doesn’t sit well” with us now with some extremely heated emotional arguments.

Both ♋planets are borrowing much from their watery trine to ♓Neptune, where sixth-sense and reflex action can fend us from either a highly refined inspiration, or a rather vague chivalrous mission to fight some impossible crusade (see Don Quixote). The fussy Virgo Moon’s earthing attempt to process some of this delicately personal, most sophisticated matter could leave us with a bad case of indigestion. Let’s just say our ‘feelers’ are strongly tuned into being matters that may not necessarily agree us.

As the Moon edges toward ♎Jupiter (Saturday) she forms her first Quarter to the Cancer Sun, creating the first big crisis for us this lunar month. Here is the big test: Are we so concerned about the moral, legal, politically correct duties that we are prepared to compromise going with how we truly feel? Much will ride upon our scruples, and we may see many examples of behaviour that will not be pushed against its personal limits, for no reason other than something no longer agrees with them instinctively.

As ☿/♂ forms a heated little T-square to the midpoint of current Jupiter/Pluto square, much is set to unravel which goes deeper than what meets the eye. In the past, our instinctive response to personal insults, atrocities and violations has been to try to push them down into the pit of our stomachs, banish them from our consciousness. Certain violations, stemming back to our earliest experiences have been either too terrible, or we have been too ill-equipped to utter them out loud (☿ ☍ ♇): this is the meaning of the word ‘unspeakable’. We just could not talk about it.

These violations however, refuse to be buried. Equally as powerful as our desire to suppress atrocities is the uncomfortable conviction that denial does not work.As Chiron turns retrograde, we start to review our wound stories. We see that our folk wisdom is filled with ghosts who refuse to rest in their graves until their stories are told. Murder, rape, incest, conniving ploys to dominate and conquer against our will starts to pour out. Remembering and telling the truth about terrible events become prerequisites both for the restoration of social order and for the healing of individual victims.
The conflict that builds up to this Hades Full Moon at 17°♑09′ (conjunct Pluto @18°♑11’℞) will be between the will to deny dreadful events and the will to forcibly proclaim them out loud (☿/♂♋ ☍♇) becomes the central dialectic of psychological trauma. Anyone who has survived atrocities will struggle to tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory, and fragmented manner. The square to Jupiter will only try to undermine their credibility and thereby serve the twin imperatives of truth-telling and secrecy. Only when the truth is finally recognised, can the survivors of any atrocity begin their recovery. As we have seen throughout the course of humanity’s history, far too often secrecy prevails, and the story of the traumatic event surfaces not as a verbal narrative but as a emotional symptom.

In order to gain healing (or freedom from our wound stories), survivors may have to give up almost everything. We see it in the case where battered or abused women losing their homes, their friends, and their livelihood. We see it where survivors of child-abuse lose their identities and families. We see it with political refugees losing their homes and their homeland. Rarely are the dimensions of this sacrifice fully recognised, let alone the causes looked into. Rarely do we see the rising discontent in the world as stemming from those atrocities that did not, and refuse to ever sit well in the pits of our stomach until they are healed.
The deeply buried psychological distress symptoms of traumatised people now begin to reach a critical mass in the underbelly of humanity’s ills. They call attention to the existence of an unspeakable little secret and yet, simultaneously they deflect attention from it when it becomes too close to being revealed. Observe the way traumatised people alternate between feeling numb and reliving the event through their acting out.

Watch closely this week as the dialogue around trauma (☿ ☍ ♇) begins to give rise to complex, sometimes supernatural alterations of consciousness. At times, we may witness a painful, even violent sense of dissociation, which continue to lash out between us in erratic, dramatic, often bizarre symptoms of hysteria which are nothing more than disguised communications about sexual abuse in childhood (♂ ☍ ♇).

Until these infantile reactions, which continue to instinctively resurface whenever our inner child feels triggered become addressed, they will continue to create discord and atrocity among us. Let us have the courage to see ourselves through this very critical process of transformation and alchemy by engaging in mild, non-judgmental, non-violent discussions with those we trust and love.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

The Week Ahead – July 3-9
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Current Planetary Positions
7/2/2017
3:52:53 PM
Sun 11° Cancer 08' 56"
Moon 01° Scorpio 58' 00"
Mercury 24° Cancer 02' 32"
Venus 27° Taurus 39' 46"
Mars 18° Cancer 33' 22"
Jupiter 14° Libra 00' 35"
Saturn 23° Sagittarius 15' 03" R
Uranus 28° Aries 07' 45"
Neptune 14° Pisces 11' 34" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 18' 24" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 51' 51" R
TrueNode 25° Leo 15' 06" R

This week, after last week’s Mercury/Mars oppositions, the Sun now edges towards opposing Pluto (July 10), pressing tensely upon our need to shield ourselves from the subconscious forces of darkness, oppression and control. Pluto pushes for deep, transformative change, acting in ways which are not easy to identify because they exist on such subversive realms that unless one has x-ray vision, their influence is invisible. Even those who see, often struggle to deal with this still very secretive force.

Here are this week’s significant transits:
♀ ∗ Ch Mon Jul 03 11:14 pm GMT Venus 28°♉52′ Sextile Chiron 28°♓52’℞
♀ Sqq ♃ Tue Jul 04 04:29 am GMT Venus 29°♉06′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 14°♎06′
♀ enters ♊ Wed Jul 05 00:12 am GMT Venus 00°♊00′ Conjunction Mercury
☿ □ ♅ Wed Jul 05 00:52 am GMT Mercury 28°♋11′ Square Uranus 28°♈11′
♃ ⊼ ♆ Wed Jul 05 04:17 am GMT Jupiter 14°♎10′ Quincunx Neptune 14°♓10’℞
☿ △ Ch Wed Jul 05 09:32 am GMT Mercury 28°♋51′ Trine Chiron 28°♓51’℞
☿ Sqq ♆ Wed Jul 05 01:33 pm GMT Mercury 29°♋10′ Sesquiquadrate Neptune 14°♓10’℞
☿ enters ♌ Thu Jul 06 00:20 am GMT Mercury 00°♌00′ Conjunction Mars
☉ △ ♆ Thu Jul 06 00:47 am GMT Sun 14°♋10′ Trine Neptune 14°♓10’℞
☉ □ ♃ Thu Jul 06 02:45 am GMT Sun 14°♋14′ Square Jupiter 14°♎14′
☊ ☌ Vs Thu Jul 06 12:33 pm GMT Node 24°♌52’℞ Conjunction Vesta 24°♌52′
☿ ∗ ♀ Fri Jul 07 01:19 pm GMT Mercury 02°♌48′ Sextile Venus 02°♊48′
♀ Sqq ♇ Fri Jul 07 09:35 pm GMT Venus 03°♊11′ Sesquiquadrate Pluto 18°♑11’℞
☽ ☍ ☉ Sun Jul 09 04:07 am GMT Moon 17°♑09′ Opposition Sun 17°♋09′
♂ ⊼ ♄ Sun Jul 09 10:10 am GMT Mars 22°♋49′ Quincunx Saturn 22°♐49’℞
☉ ☍ ♇ Mon Jul 10 04:31 am GMT Sun 18°♋07′ Opposition Pluto 18°♑07’℞

As the instinctive Cancer Sun ticks closer to next Sunday’s Full Moon, it means that our most expressive, authoritative sense of self seeks to embody and exemplify the energies that are strongly influential this week. We will see these come out in through the key individuals in our lives.

Who is the adult in your life?
Who shines brightest?

The Sun creates a square to Jupiter and trines Neptune (Thu), two planets having a hard time reading one another in their closing quincunx this week (Wed) – an aspect that has been hovering around since mid-May. It means that our beliefs and dreams are just not aligning, which brings a maudlin state of confusion and despair because it’s hard to know just who or what to trust. It is obvious that we are failing to see things in ways that can bring us any clarity or cohesiveness, and as the Sun activates these points it is as if to say that the liberal, decadent, optimistically judgmental but pathetically ineffectual system of law/religion/philosophy (♃) is not serving us. Instead we look toward spirit (♆) or other alternatives for answers.

In anticipation of the Full Moon, let’s look at Sun/Pluto, and really learn all as much as we can about this dynamic this week. In fitting form, we can study this one a bit more intensely .

Sun/Pluto types are very interesting. They almost always come across as intriguingly charismatic, yet the underlying agenda is one of manipulation. They quickly need to get themselves into a position where they are above the others, from which they can exercise control. Those with the softer aspects (sextile, trine) apply this much easier than their hard aspect (conjunction, square, opposition) cousins.

It is undeniable that until this dynamic is neutralised (brought to balance through much inner processing, or ‘shadow work’) that there is a constant thirst for power and triumph over others. Though easier concealed and managed constructively in the ‘soft’ types, it is undeniably evident in the ‘hard’ types as it manifests evidently as power struggles and, intermittently, through build-up into deeply traumatic incidents. Sun/Pluto types fail to see that others are not like them at all. They are oblivious to the notion that not everyone is seeking power/change and evolutionary leaps.

So why are these people always seeking power? Why does everything always need to be only on their terms, and if they are not, prone to explode into very extreme behaviour that even they cannot control? What is the underlying reason why they are constantly craving absolute rulership over others?

Fundamentally they are wounded souls.

Deeply scarred.

At some point during their early development there has undeniably been either one sharp, identifiably jaring psychological incident, or otherwise an ongoing series of abuses, where they have experienced a sense of worthlessness or felt undervalued by those they looked up to, usually the father figure. It seems that if this parent did not get things on their own, unyielding, inflexible terms that they would threaten all sorts of violations – abuse, coercion, manipulation, outright abandonment. This then develops into relationship patterns where validation and approval is not a basic need – it becomes a life/death psychological terror.

The Sun/Pluto type will seek to act out this wound throughout life, drawing this dynamic out of anyone in their world, but most specifically it is from the more empathetic, gentle or healing types that they will suck most of this ‘feel good’ energy from. These kind, sensitive, caring souls (Neptunian types) have little perception of their own boundaries and hence even less defence for the licentious abuse and domination of the Sun/Pluto type.

Energy vampires, control freaks, manipulators, conniving puppet-masters, call them what you will, but the dynamic experienced by and around these people is like a dark force and it sucks pure honest-to-goodness kindness out of the equation, leaving those in their wake feeling physically, emotionally, spiritually debilitated and drained.

This is when the Sun/Pluto starts to really go to work. They will make those run-down types feel like they are inadequate or incapable of satisfying, helping or healing them, making them suffer whilst they are down, and as they struggle to give more, there is a strange victim/tyrant energetic that develops and perpetuates into a corrupt enslavement dynamic.

A bitter war develops. Neither wins.

The empathetic type blames themselves for the apparent abuse. The controlling Sun/Pluto is relentless in screwing things tighter. Eventually, as expected there is a complete energetic breakdown. Something has to die in order to be released.

The only way to solve the problem is for the sensitive victim type to escape the Sun/Plutonian’s clutches, either through illness, drugs, or through circumstance (seeking refuge and/or martyrdom elsewhere). This usually does not solve their problem, since they are only giving prey to another depraved energy satyr.

Meanwhile, the Sun/Pluto will try every trick possible to regain the endless caring. Taunts, torture, spiteful acts, sweet baiting until they have their victim back in their depraved clutches. Bitchiness and drama, vexation and curses, threats and vengeful acts, tyrannical overtures and reprisal, imprisonment, heavy taxation of your goodies, increased abusive acts… anything goes here to claw back the bottomless pit of your giving, caring resources. Because essentially they are there to take, take, take… Not pretty.

Their argument is that they are there to change you, to make you a better person or give you a better quality of life. But it is still always on their own terms – their love is not unconditional, which somehow enslaves you into feeling disempowered and owing them something when deferring your fundamental freedoms.

And the more they get from you, the more they need. It’s a madness, a power-craving addiction. The appetite of the ‘monkey on their back’ is voracious and it stops at nothing. It may be sexy, but the cost is grave.

How to help these? Well, it’s not easy. It’s nearly impossible to communicate to them because such is their over-estimation of themselves and a complete disrespect for anyone that they refuse listen. They are hard wired not to listen. Just to demand. And always more, more, more…

Can they change? Of course. But not by force. You can’t fight these and expect to win. They would sooner destroy themselves than give in to another power. nor can you plead or bargain your way towards changing them. In fact, the more you try to appeal to their incapacity to open up their heart and express their ‘feelings’, the more you fuel their wanton mania to crush you (and everyone). In effect, the wound of their trauma has scarred their heart so much it has made it callous. It’s best just to leave them cold and let them asphyxiate in their own toxic bile.

Consider them to be the addict and you are their drug. The only way to even begin to assist them with their habit is to simply cut off their supply. This is really hard to do, given that these are such toxic persons. FOr some reason we keep going back. So why would we keep going back then? Because on some level, to exclude any uneasiness, pain, depression, or oppression from our lives when we don’t know what work this is accomplishing within us means that we ourselves are seeking to discover how to reclaim and hold our own power. We need to learn to do this ourselves.

Only when we are able to consciously hold ourselves from playing into the power vortex of others, might we see how damaging the contract of entering the subversive world of pain and trauma exchange between others. We are getting stronger. We are learning to loosen the magnetic hold that exists between ourselves and our not-selves.This is where the miracle healing is happening. Loosening the bind to those who hold power over us is the great metamorphosis going on right now. THIS is where the transformation occurs. This is the true alchemy.

We are learning to see this complex more clearly. We are improving massively, and the coming lunations in Leo/Aquarius will only highlight further how much we project or transfuse our personal power. Whether consciously or not, we readily extend our inner strength to people/organisations/bodies that purport to rule over us, intent to dominate, enslave and exploit us in the name of protection or love. And we let them because we feel we don’t have a choice.

This week we see the reticence to play into this vortex, from all walks.
Enough with the drama. You DO have a choice. Exercise it.
Walk back to the centre and regain your balance.
Cease to partake in the drama of control and manipulation.
Reclaim your power.

It takes extreme strength to take back our power. A great deal of light is needed to shine onto our shadow, be aware of how it dances in our lives, and how easily we let it dance into the lives of others. The recovery of our power can only happen with full-lighted consciousness that we are not obliged or indebted to anyone to restore and experience our innate well-being.

(If you are a Sun/Pluto person, particularly the hard aspect kind, then perhaps this is you or someone very close to you. Depending on your chart, you may struggle with issues of craving outright control and interpersonal power struggles, punctuated with occasional outbursts of horrendous levels of abusiveness. This can be at any level, physical, emotional, even spiritual. Thanks to the secretive or outright denial element of this combination, you may refuse to accept see this as a problem at all. In fact, in today’s power hungry society this might even be a trait that is rewarded, even celebrated in your world. Please know, that this level of energy transfer is ultimately very dangerous, and must be held in check. If you suspect you may suffer from being overwhelmed with issues of control, possession and power, seek an expert opinion immediately.

If you have fallen victim, or prey to such a type and feel under any threat, then just know that you have the power to save your self. Exit the relationship immediately – it’s the only effective way to save yourself from ultimate abuse and to help/heal them).

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

CAPRICORN FULL MOON at 17°09' - Sunday July 09, 04:07 UTC
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By the end of the week the level of subconscious emotion could swell to chthonic levels of pressure, waiting to unleash itself wherever/whenever we are least mindful. Anything could set off an enormous, volcanic-style eruption...

The earth cannot swallow and hold down much more garbage. Our processes to recycle and renew have merely produced a bastardized rehash and regurgitation of something that once may have had meaning, but whose overall purpose in today's age has all but expired. Leading into the coming eclipses, this lunation shows that an intervention of the highest, most totalitarian order seems necessary to bring our displaced value system back into line. But how will this play out in a world so lost and out of control in its romance with liberal freedoms and democracy?
Generally speaking, the Full Moon creates a stark contrast between two key areas in our personal lives:

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By the Cancer Sun’s light, our conscious will is to make ourselves emotionally happy and secure. We want a safe, comfortable home, harmonious marriage, happy family, well-functioning domestic order. The Sun is the authority - the decision making figure in our lives. He emanates his energy and light from within, does not seek to do this using anybody else's help and support. We either personally identify as resonating with this energy or we assign someone (or something) in our lives as he who shall generate these Cancerian qualities for us.

The Capricorn Moon has practical, earthy needs. She is ambitious and her needs are pressing, her sense of duty often denies many or all emotional concerns, deferring any expression of feelings to first meet with greater social concerns and responsibilities. She invests her instinctive motions in tending to the practical necessities of life. We either resonate with this, or expect someone else to be there to support us in this way.

It is possible that we relate to one side, not the other, or both, or none at all. It all depends on how caught up we are in the drama, and how well we are able to maintain a neutral sense of balance and objective regard in even the most personal of our affairs.

The opposition here makes/accentuates that struggle between getting what we want meeting what we need. Since the two are diametrically disparate, much compromise is necessary, otherwise there will be irreconcilable conflict. The Moon's rulership over the Cancer Sun also suggests how highly instinctive and emotionally governed key matters can feel right now.

The volatility of a MOON/PLUTO conjunction at 18°♑07' makes this lunation a precarious critical time, especially for sensitive egos. Anything building underneath the surface (possibly emerging as an entire lifetime of suppressed emotions) could suddenly erupt without so much as a moment notice, unleashing torrential rage and fury without any discrimination or mercy. It's just the sweet release of trauma and pain, whose volume and extent cannot be filtered or mitigated, and in the moment could be as impossible to manage as a volcano, catastrophically spewing lava onto everything that surrounds.

This Full Moon can bring up some quite intense emotional experiences; dramas that emerge out of the deepest, most repressed and hidden recesses of our psyche.

This dynamic manifests as torrential emotional storms in our most personal affairs. If not approached with some degree of tender handling, using compassionate analysis, extraordinary patience and perseverance to identify the emotional triggers, recovery and reform cannot begin to take place.

Other main themes in this Full Moon play out most fiercely this time. The MARS/PLUTO opposition means the intense fight to get what we wanted either pays off, or it wipes us out so badly that we finally accept it's time to give it up.

Either way, where Pluto is involved, there's an interminably ruthless struggle to transform someone, a battle to the brutal egoic death which (win or lose) could get so dark, so ugly, so morally and ethically reprehensible that monsters lurking here among us could appear much closer than we ever imagined.....

...if egos are involved, that is.

If you have been engaged in selfish efforts to dominate and control, especially where family and security matters are concerned, don't be surprised to see others turn their ire and vexation upon you, when in a moment of weakness and vulnerability, all the ills ever committed unto others conspire at once to revisit upon your front door....

This is a critical, turning point moment for all signs.... (

[onawah]

A S T R O L O G Y . O F . N O W – Understanding the Sacred Union
http://angstoic.com/2017/02/s-t-r-o-l-o-g-y-o-f-n-o-w-understanding-sacred-union/

Current Planetary Positions
7/16/2017
10:03:08 PM
Sun 24° Cancer 44' 28"
Moon 28° Aries 49' 55"
Mercury 18° Leo 24' 27"
Venus 13° Gemini 28' 22"
Mars 27° Cancer 48' 41"
Jupiter 15° Libra 13' 29"
Saturn 22° Sagittarius 21' 28" R
Uranus 28° Aries 24' 24"
Neptune 14° Pisces 01' 12" R
Pluto 17° Capricorn 57' 26" R
Chiron 28° Pisces 45' 24" R
TrueNode 24° Leo 33' 31" R


The Sacred Union

The true ‘sacred union‘ can only exist between two people. It forms to facilitate completion within any individual through a process of healing and regeneration that two partners may undertake together.

Where there can exist an immediacy in honest, clear communication, a deep physical attraction and a capacity to maintain personal boundaries, then the sacred process can begin.

Since every individual is a soul which takes embodiment in this world in order to grow and learn, the mutual growth of one another undertaken by souls as part of their love is, indeed, a soul relationship, generally agreed upon prior to coming into embodiment.

This is not to be mistaken with the ‘karmic’ relationship, one that is characterised strongly by the emotional entanglements that it tends to lend itself to. Often, the negative emotional patterns played out between two partners generates an ongoing friction and discord when acted out unconsciously (where little of the soul of either participant being in view). In the ‘sacred union’, it is primarily the positive qualities of the soul – those inner qualities of being, that seek and find expression in and through the relationship.

Through this soul-guided form of relationship between two people develops a gentle, loving process of purposeful purification through exercising forgiveness, kindness and compassion towards one another.

This process of purification can be of tremendous help to couples if they share in it together. It is in their unconditional opening that they can both be conscious of the unhealed patterns which they carry and can help each other find alternative ways of dealing with these patterns, other than acting them out.

Open verbal and emotional communication, meditation, and gentle explorative love-making are essential parts of this purification, and so, it is not a matter of just seeking psychological alternatives as the primary means to healing, but of calling upon the higher Self to assist with the lower, as well as calling upon the Universal Self to assist with all.

Our devotion to the greater intent of the universe, and a desire to align one’s personality with the higher Self is necessary in both partners to acknowledge and to form a sacred union. This intention is ultimately the key that will liberate both from embeddedness in the karmic issues of their past.

We are ready to embrace the next level of our evolutionary process together through our relationships…

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It is important to choose a partner who is at a similar level of the soul development. If a lack of wholeness in the other starts to become apparent as the relationship progresses, then the commitment of the two souls to living out their truth, especially of who they are to each other can become seriously tested. Difficulties that were either unseen or overlooked at the beginning start to really wear the relationship down.

Over the past 3 years, with Pluto becoming so intensely zapped and accelerated by no less than seven exposing squares by Uranus, any such occurring difficulties that were based on damaged or unhealed portions of one or the other’s personality have not only loomed large in interpersonal affairs but have managed to surface quicker and quicker with every fresh attempt to form a new bond, escalating now to this extreme level of immediate doubt and turmoil in any relationship instantly deemed as being karmic.

The current prevailing standard has become one where if partners in any marriage (or its contemporary equivalent) are not functioning on a soul level, or are not interested in raising their vibration to that level, then they risk missing out on the great learning and joy that could take place.

Of course, individuals might choose to explore their own souls (and that of the universal soul) separately, or prefer to dance from partner to partner more freely in more non-committed relationship models (such as the notoriously vague and ill-defined “open-relationship’), but this ultimately does not allow them to form the intensity of the arena provided by the ‘sacred union’. Only here can both souls learn more about themselves and about their relationship with the universe than they could separately. They would learn this together, since they would foster this learning in each other.

This has not been the case leading up to recent times. Most couples did not come together to know each other at their soul level, and also failed to make their commitment of service to the greater Spirit as part of their union. Most get together for immediate gratification, comfort or security. Unable to take seriously the sacredness or the profound nature of such a commitment, contemporary unions became increasingly based on secular rather than sacred grounds, only demonstrating humanity’s lack of awareness regarding its own identity.

This has contributed to the deterioration of many marriages and relationships, which by the end of 2015 were clearly marked by their dependence upon satisfying a more superficial part of the self, rather than a deeper part.

Those who are still oblivious to their soul nature, still acting from a place of deep unconsciousness, never questioning themselves or the source of their motives will similarly be unconscious about who they attract into their lives or why. They attach based purely on external needs and come to love the exterior of the other person, and come to base their love on those conditions, which in time become expectations. Since the exterior world is always prone to change and loss, expectations sooner or later turn into disappointment. Disappointment leads to pain.

If we simply observe the escalating rate of separation and divorce in our contemporary society, as well as the high turnover in new affairs between partners today, we can see that the jolting effects of the Uranus/Pluto square have taken their severe toll on our unconsciousness over the past 3-4 years.

Pluto, ruler of the underworld has complete claim over the dead, including those living dead – those living amongst us that are still bound to contracts to which they adhere mindlessly, whether they be cultural or ingrained deeply into family bloodline dynasties. Pluto still beats the drum that creates the slow, unconscious frequency of our karmic beat. Uranus, ruler of the bright blue skies has rained a torrential cavalcade of lightning bolts upon our zombie asses over these past years. The living dead have copped a fair flourish of rude awakenings.

Much has come into our waking presence here, shedding glimpses that we have all but lost touch with the sacred, and come to suspect that we are largely slave to the enormous pull and manipulation of our exterior, secular dependencies, attachments and addictions.

The sacred union will only claim its resurgence here, in our midst, when decisions about forming marriage are based on a deeper, more intrinsic understanding of the spiritual nature of such a union, and also on a more genuine understanding of who it is that one is marrying. Until then, the confusion, the pain, and the challenging dramas that many couples experience is likely to continue, with separation and divorce appearing to be the only solution to remedy the problem of pain.
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Venus, goddess of love and attraction currently makes a square to Neptune, creating some difficulties in the expressing of emotions, creativity and affections towards others. Part of this difficulty arises from an extreme sensitivity of feelings which cannot be easily integrated in real time. The other main challenge is that of an unrealistic imagination which has a tendency to create escapist private fantasies about love, avoiding facing up to those aspects of life that we dislike or which are too painful.

Unless we make a conscious effort to psychologically cleanse our distorting emotional level, we may discover that our idealised ‘sacred marriage’ lacks a sense of honesty and direct relationship, and the impulse of attraction was founded solely on transient passions, illusions and the personal need to rely on another. This is possible when the ‘love-union’ is between two immature persons, not ready to stand in their own strength and integrity. The current transits (♀∠♂∠ ♅ ∠♆) will reveal where we have sadly mistaken a lesson for a soul-mate.

As it happens, we see that two mature persons engaging in a mutual dance are becoming ever more cognizant in knowing that they are consciously choosing to come together to appreciate each other in the deepest possible way, and through their love to bring something precious into the world for the benefit of the entire cosmos. It is in this acknowledgement that we begin the dance with one another on angelic realms. When the angel within one, meets the angel within the beloved other, two souls are ready to engage in the cosmic dance of the sacred union, and their marriage will touch the hearts of everyone in the most unique ways.

The true sacred union extends its love far beyond the limits of even the wildest dreams. It creates an aura or a vibe that is blessed with light, a matrix into which others can be awakened, inspired and liberated from the clutches of their own unconsciousness. We are living in exceptionally enlightened times, and as our increased emotional awareness opens us to acknowledge and to honour our own soul, so that our hearts are ready to invite and experience our own sacred union – a marriage that comes from honouring the soul of another and joining together to honour the intent of the greater Spirit.

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[onawah]

The Week Ahead: July 17-23
The New Moon's conjunction to Mars in LEO (00°A07'
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This is the Napoleonic position of this warrior force (), which when imbibed into this New Moon mix makes us determined to get what we want with such dashing and spirited vigour, such assuredness of grandeur and entitlement, such irrepressible animal magnetism and charm that it isn't easy for others to deny what we consider to be our rightful claim.
Those who resonate closest with this lunation will probably get away with all sorts of audaciousness for which, under more tame circumstances would incite outrage and resentment in others. To 'get away with blue murder' (both literally and figuratively) is probably not unlikely in instances where the violent force of one's conviction seems most 'noble' and 'divinely sent'. Leo rules the heart, so the Mars placement means it is in passionate alignment to what 'destiny ordains'. Of course, humanity and its man-made laws may have its own judgements on such cavalier conduct.
In any sense, a bold willfulness permeates our New Moon endeavour, a proud assertion of dignity, sovereignty and valour to defend honour, crown and kingdom.... This fixed/fire Mars energy could inject the entire lunation with such overbearing force, that if in the hands of a conceited egotist could unfurl the most tyrannical behaviour (at least a snappy snagglepuss).
If the tributes aren't forthcoming as we'd like (or demand) them, there could be dramatic showdowns, proud displays of indignation and violent temper tantrums. Leo easily gets offended or irritated when the world fails to show appreciation and support for their heaven-sent brand of despotism. It's not unlikely that the mission statements we see now appear to place individuals above the law, where they feel they only need to answer only to themselves. This must be watched, though not likely to be easily curbed.....

Notes from the NEW MOON at 00°44' - Sunday July 23, 9:47 UTC
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What else can one say other than we are certainly in it? This driving urge of ours to delve into cosmic realities, to see and to know what is beyond this physical reality is also leaving our society extremely impacted by the energies of the super-consciousness. By the end of this year it will reach such a critical mass that subtle forces, beings from other dimensions, and all sorts of other hidden energies will start to intrude upon our current reality. The more we fight and resist these, the more insistent they become. Eventually, we may need to completely give in to the process of liberating our own inner vision by channeling higher intelligence onto this earth. But for the time being, a personal struggle lies ahead:
Here are the transits for this week:

♀ ∠ ♅ Mon Jul 17 01:38 am GMT Venus 13°♊24′ Semisquare Uranus 28°♈24′
♀ □ ♆ Mon Jul 17 02:34 pm GMT Venus 14°♊01′ Square Neptune 14°♓01’℞
Vs enters ♍ Mon Jul 17 11:14 pm GMT Vesta 00°♍00′
♂ □ ♅ Tue Jul 18 01:37 am GMT Mars 28°♋25′ Square Uranus 28°♈25′
♂ △ Ch Tue Jul 18 01:22 pm GMT Mars 28°♋44′ Trine Chiron 28°♓44’℞
♀ △ ♃ Tue Jul 18 08:09 pm GMT Venus 15°♊24′ Trine Jupiter 15°♎24′
♂ Sqq ♆ Tue Jul 18 10:51 pm GMT Mars 28°♋59′ Sesquiquadrate Neptune 13°♓59’℞
☿ △ ♄ Wed Jul 19 07:17 pm GMT Mercury 22°♌13′ Trine Saturn 22°♐13’℞
♂ enters ♌ Thu Jul 20 12:20 pm GMT Mars 00°♌00′
♀ ⊼ ♇ Fri Jul 21 00:13 am GMT Venus 17°♊52′ Quincunx Pluto 17°♑52’℞
☉ □ ♅ Fri Jul 21 00:26 am GMT Sun 28°♋27′ Square Uranus 28°♈27′
☉ △ Ch Fri Jul 21 06:24 am GMT Sun 28°♋42′ Trine Chiron 28°♓42’℞
☿ ☌ ☊ Fri Jul 21 10:13 am GMT Mercury 24°♌24′ Conjunction Node 24°♌24′
☉ Sqq ♆ Fri Jul 21 12:50 pm GMT Sun 28°♋57′ Sesquiquadrate Neptune 13°♓57’℞
☉ enters ♌ Sat Jul 22 03:16 pm GMT Sun 00°♌00′
☽ ☌ ☉ Sun Jul 23 09:47 am GMT Moon 00°♌44′ Conjunction Sun 00°♌44′
In 1993, extraterrestrial gas giants Uranus and Neptune became conjunct for the first time in 172 years. Their convergence occurred around 18-19°Capricorn, near where Pluto is is currently transiting. These two rather nebulous forces are now forming their first hard aspect, a semi-square (45°) which will make several exact hits over the next 3 years.

The usual effect of this transit is to possess humanity with visions of a collective utopia, a state that could somehow fulfill our needs for inner development and individuality through an ideal outer world. This social idealism is likely to be so strong, encouraged by the irrepressible hope that our society may somehow support all its individuals to better themselves through cooperation, unconditional love and acceptance by being in sync with what the universe desires for all its creations. It is the type of idealism founded on the belief that humans can liberate themselves from material aggrandisement, avarice and greed by working together for a common cause and overcoming their differences. It calls for us to open ourselves intuitively to universal visions and ideals, to rely on our inner voice and listen to the answers it might provide to our questions.

Ridiculous, isn’t it?

What a load of hippie, tripped-out, commie balderdash… right?

Well, the visions are all there, and on some level you probably have some version of this utopia running through your operating system too. ♅/♆ start to tighten in this first semi-square, intensely sustained over the next 3 months. It is quite possible that a significant proportion of our population will take off onto another dimension, posing a severe challenge to maintaining our collective grip on ‘reality’.

Whilst the transits this week suggest that there may be considerable conflict among us over the way we plan to manifest our seemingly unrealistic and exorbitant ideals, there is also the notion that “hope springs eternal” and any assertion by anyone otherwise is just a really huge bummer of a buzzkill… man…

We might be confronted by those who try to convince us that we are in the grip of some total delusion (♀- ♅/♆), arguing with them that it is actually they who are stuck in some counter-delusion, failing to see the most real thing ever possible, as we see it. Like a good dose of psychedelics, this transit serves to dissolve opinion structures and culturally preset models of behaviour and information processing.

Of course, it is possible that we may be taking everything way too personally ♂♋, and our reaction to anyone challenging our preferred version of an ‘other reality’ may be to get upset, physically weakened or made to feel that our efforts to defend this dream are insignificant(♂- ♅/♆). It hurts and offends that those we care about fail to see things the way that we see them.In fact, such is the undermining and disruptive force of this (and several more to come) week’s transits, that those who can stand back and observe what’s going on more objectively will start to realise what the universe’s plan is: That any new idea or philosophy that comes through right now (often subtly, through our dreams and fantasies) has the capacity to slowly eliminate our lucid, waking consciousness, invade our senses and logic and take complete control over all the practical aspects of our world. Of course, the point is that whatever information seeps through gradually opens us up to the possibility that everything we were ever told to believe is wrong.Slowly but surely, the ♅/♆ design is to send society into a discordant state of chaos, disturbing and eroding all straggling semblances of (someone else’s) structure to the point where the only path that makes any sense for us to follow is guided by the little voice within…

Which makes perfect sense why, by the end of the week, it’s all about Leo. But that’s another story. I’ll be back through the week to tell you more about this.

For now, try not to get too touchy and react. Yes, the appearance of things is no longer definitive but limitless, and this wonderfully higher-dimensional awareness frees you from a reality external to yourself. You don’t need to prove this or argue the point with anyone to feel connected. Nor do you need to doubt it. Just live it, with integrity and pride.

And have an amazing week…

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
~ Lao Tzu,

It's New Moon time, and our life cycles are again being punctuated by this special reset point by the two most important bodies in our skies.

Astronomically, a new moon is simply the moment when the Sun and Moon form a conjunction. Astrologically it means so much more. A new moon symbolises a fertile new start for us, a propitious moment to sow our seed, the time when we set an intention for any enterprise. In a rare event ("once in a blue moon") two consecutive new moons may occur under the same constellation. On the most improbable occasion, one of these sign-repeating lunations also happens to be an Eclipse.

This is such an occasion. A double lunation in Leo - the first a New Moon at 00°♌44', the second, a Total Solar Eclipse at 28°♌53' (Aug 21) suggests that the universe might be trying to tell us something. Something specifically Leonine...

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When the Sun and Moon are both aligned in this fixed(rigid)fire(spirited) sign, we can expect some degree of pride and extravagance of manner to be infused into whatever venture we chose to place our intention.

Leo exudes a special sense of magnetism, personal warmth, not nearly as egotistical or self-serving as people might expect. There is a boundless kindness, a fierce allegiance and generosity of spirit that radiates outwardly into those things we desire. These are preferably pursued with a kind of playfulness that is positive and inspiring....

This New Moon is part of a rare triple lunation in Leo, including the Aquarius Lunar Eclipse (Aug 7) and the Leo Solar Eclipse (Aug 21) where the emphasis is on finding and expressing individual integrity in an age where technology and mass media threaten to compromise, prevert and homogenise the individual.

[onawah]

NEW MOON at 00°44′ LEO – July 23, 9:47 UTC
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It’s New Moon time again, and our life cycles are being punctuated by the special reset point by the two most important bodies in our geocentric lives.

Astronomically, a new moon is simply the moment when the Sun and Moon form a conjunction. Astrologically it means so much more. A new moon symbolises a fertile new start for us, a propitious moment to sow our seed, the time when we set an intention for any enterprise. In a rare event (“once in a blue moon”) two consecutive new moons may occur under the same constellation. On the most improbable occasion, one of these sign-repeating lunations also happens to be an Eclipse.

This is such an occasion. A double lunation in Leo – the first a New Moon at 00°♌44′, the second, a Total Solar Eclipse at 28°♌53′ (Aug 21) suggests that the universe might be trying to tell us something. Something specifically Leonine…

New Moons:

We know that when the Sun and Moon come together to form a unit, that the instinctive attitude we adopt in order to feel comfortable (☽) easily supports the way we wish to express our intention (☉). The fusion of energies promotes a general sense of certainty and composure, both socially and privately, propelling us confidently into the intention we set for ourselves. It is as if the heart and mind are inseparably bound together, and we become imbued with a sense of great immediacy and force for application, so that whatever is done is done wholeheartedly.

The Leo New Moon:

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When the Sun and Moon are both aligned in this fixed(rigid)fire(spirited) sign, we can expect some degree of pride and extravagance of manner to be infused into whatever venture we chose to place our intention.

Leo exudes a special sense of magnetism, personal warmth, not nearly as egotistical or self-serving as people might expect. There is a boundless kindness, a fierce allegiance and generosity of spirit that radiates outwardly into those things we desire. These are preferably pursued with a kind of playfulness that is positive and inspiring.

Whilst the energy of this Sun/Moon intent is engaging and benevolent, the overall emphasis and due credit must always come back to Leo, for it is the respect and adulation from the crowd for which Leo lives; their attention to the unique image we wish to create for ourselves; the dashing flair and theatrical display with which we choose to turn it on; the applause and, oh… the royalties, the tributes and accolades that critics and admirers may throw at our feet for our fine performance, and the chagrin of those detractors and cynics. Like a sort of compassionate egomaniac, a benevolent dictator as it were – Leo lights up the side of us which is going to go all out for others, be brutal in attaining a specific effect, and will not only rise to eminence for it, but will not stand to go unnoticed for our efforts.

The Conjunction to Mars (00°A07′)

This is the Napoleonic position of this warrior force (♂♌), which when imbibed into this New Moon mix makes us determined to get what we want with such dashing and spirited vigour, such assuredness of grandeur and entitlement, such irrepressible animal magnetism and charm that it isn’t easy for others to deny us of what we consider to be our ‘rightful’ claim to ascension.

Those who resonate closest with this lunation will probably get away with all sorts of audaciousness for which, under more tame circumstances would incite outrage and resentment in others. To ‘get away with blue murder’ (both literally and figuratively) is probably not unlikely in instances where the violent force of one’s conviction seems most ‘noble’ and ‘divinely sent’. Leo rules the heart, so this placement means that Mars is in passionate alignment with what ‘destiny ordains’. Of course, humanity and its man-made laws may have its own judgements on such cavalier conduct, and even Napoleon met his Waterloo [see ‘hubris anger gods’]

In any sense, a brash willfulness inflames any endeavour on this New Moon, a proud assertion of dignified or indignant sovereignty and the balls and valour to pursue glory or defend honour, for kingdom and for crown… A fixed/fire Mars energy generally kindles the entire lunation with such overbearing heat, that if in the hands of a conceited egotist could unfurl the most tyrannical fireballs (or at least a snappy toothless snagglepuss).

One thing is certain with Mars in this position, if the tributes aren’t forthcoming as we’d like (or should demand) them, there could be dramatic showdowns, proud displays of indignation and violent temper tantrums. Leo’s vanity easily gets irritated or offended when the world fails to show appreciation and support for their heaven-sent brand of despotism. It’s not unlikely that the mission statements we see now somehow place the individual above the law, a throne position, where they feel they only need to answer only to themselves. This must be watched, though not likely to be easily curbed, except there’s….

The square to Uranus (02°S15′)

Needless to say, with this hard aspect now separating, it appears that there is not much sympathy for those who choose to selfishly pursue their own individualist means. Anyone who shows disregard for the dignity and empowerment of others, no matter how ‘fine and noble’ their own intention may seem could become the vent of building nervous tension.

Uranus (in the late degrees of Aries, another fire sign) does not give a flying hoot about anyone but the self getting heard. It indicates that a wild force of resistance acts as the antithesis to anyone’s selfish & grandiose schemes. And since we’re all charged up with a piece of thunder and lightning, this could prove to be quite a storm…
Abruptly inflamed personality clashes are likely due to disparate ideas on how to best govern over the ‘domain’ (Leo’s ‘kingdom’). Obstinate defiance, obstruction and defiance are likely to erupt over what appears nothing at all, creating a difficult battleground that may be impossible to manage. Agitators and saboteurs may surface merely to play devil’s advocates to the existing order. These would challenging the integrity of others rulership, especially those who choose to rule by might, bluff and the bluster of propaganda and pompous grandiosity, qualities for which Leo is famously criticised. They may do this for the sake of their own integrity, or merely to outshine those in control, or simply for the mere sport of it.

Domestic matters could easily become unsettled now, especially if there are any signs of underlying tensions. Any unresolved internal conflicts, past or present, could suddenly come to snap into highly erratic, individualistic spasms to break free.

These energies are likely too, to manifest in the wild nature of the collective.

A kind of autocratic fever for freedom starts to spread among the masses, creating a wider atmosphere of social unrest and wilful agitation all around. Public incidents, which precipitates into group resistance or mass protests against authorities trying to seize too much control, may be quelled forcefully by the autocratic Leonine rulership using martial forces, as indicated by the Mars in this lunation.

Sesquisquare to Neptune (01°S49′)

Although a minor aspect, it is significant in that (along with Uranus) it indicates the powerful collective forces acting upon this lunation. Subtle energies, in the form of “alternatives” creep in to confuse and undermine matters. Lies, delusions and underhanded dealings try to subvert or weaken the honour and decree of the individual, striking at the sensitivities and uncertainties of anyone to express themselves, particularly in proud and forceful ways.

It is therefore important to stay mindful that any endeavours undertaken with dishonest, deceptive or delusional intent will most likely suffer the same effects as pure light being diffracted through a smeared lens. Sometimes the best action is not to fight forcefully, but to humbly accept, embrace with a lack of vanity, express modesty, kindness and love without judgment.

Trine to Chiron (02°S04′)

The instinctive urge and determination is there to take action to clear the emotional body, exorcising it from its ego-bound ghosts of the past. Here, the expressive Leo must learn that in order to heal its issues, many of them emanating from blows to one’s vanity and sense of prestige, one must know that the heart always has the final say. If there are any such wounds, past insults or offenses to the ego, it’s best to lay them to rest, pick ourselves up and make like they never happened. The redeeming factor for Leo is in one’s ability to show strength and courage to be oneself, regardless of what others may sling against us. True integrity and ultimate self-dignity will come from learning to let go of the wound stories and focusing on finding security in fluidity and flexibility rather than rigidity.

Summary:

In a world so completely overrun by influential people who constantly pitch themselves and their ‘authority’ over us – parents, teachers, elders, peers, bosses, religious and political ‘leaders’, manufacturers and their marketeers, etc., it is important to identify just how much of who we are is genuine and true to our spirit and how much is merely a manufactured role that we have taken on in order to survive.

Self integrity is critical here. Sometimes it is necessary to take a more aggressive stand to be ourselves, and to defend that over what is socially expected and morally correct of us. Whilst this may draw us into the world of drama, we also have a choice on how much we play into that. In the centre of our being is always the Self. Defending that against the selfishness of others becomes and imperative under this Mars New Moon in Leo. After all, if we do not proudly stand for something, we are prone to abjectly fall for anything.

Enjoy the wonderful gifts showered upon you by this blessed New Moon xx

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[onawah]

THE MONTH AHEAD: AUGUST 2017
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Ok, so we’re seriously in Leo county now. After last week’s New Moon in the early degrees of Leo, we will soon be whacked by the mysterious powers of Lunar eclipse (Aug 7), and then, on August 21, the big one… the Leo Solar eclipse.

Key transits in August:

♅ S℞ Thu Aug 03 02:55 am GMT Uranus 28°♈32′℞ Retrograde
☽ ☍ ☉ Mon Aug 07 06:11 pm GMT Penumbral LUNAR ECLIPSE at 15°♒25′
♅ ∠ ♆ Fri Aug 11 10:05 pm GMT Uranus 28°♈30′℞ Semisquare Neptune 13°♓30′℞
☿ S℞ Sun Aug 13 00:56 am GMT Mercury 11°♍38′℞ Retrograde
☉ ☌ ☊ Wed Aug 16 10:30 pm GMT Sun 24°♌14′ Conjunction Node 24°♌14′
☽ ☌ ☉ Mon Aug 21 06:31 pm GMT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE at 28°♌53′
☉ enters ♍ Tue Aug 22 10:21 pm GMT Sun 00°♍00′ Enters Virgo
♄ SD Fri Aug 25 10:41 am GMT Saturn 21°♐11′ Goes Direct
♀ enters ♌ Sat Aug 26 04:30 am GMT Venus 00°♌00′ Enters Leo
♃ ∗ ♄ Sun Aug 27 12:18 pm GMT Jupiter 21°♎11′ Sextile Saturn 21°♐11′
☿ enters ♌ Thu Aug 31 03:28 pm GMT Mercury 00°♍00′℞ Re- Enters Leo
Ok, so we’re seriously in Leo county now. After last week’s New Moon in the early degrees of Leo, we will soon be whacked by the mysterious powers of Lunar eclipse (Aug 7), and then, on August 21, the big one… the Leo Solar eclipse.

In Leo, we learn all about integrity. Integrity and honour. And pride… The Sun’s passage through this majestic constellation asks us to bring out our biggest, brassiest balls and polish them up until they shine with glistening glow for all to notice. If these are made of the right stuff, they will be cherished and admired by others for possessing a certain indescribable quality of ‘authenticity’. This admiration then fills us with a special inner warmth which we naturally exude (as pride) and thus becomes its own, self-generating inspiration to keep shining. However, if there’s any phoniness strutting about, those puffed-up chests who try to impress that they’re best better confess before it all turns into one great humongous mess.

Studying at the current planetary transits – and it is an exceptional year for Leo – chances are it could go either way. This could either be the most defining moment for any of us with Leo prominent in our horoscope (any Leo point/planet in your chart could be your brassy ball), or it can be the prick that bursts our bubble… All depends upon our level of consciousness about how true we are to our integrity and then, how much we feel we need to struggle just to prove ourselves.

In this sense, it’s also not our role to judge whose balls are gleaming with brassy integrity and whose are steeped in corrupt intentions, bombast, trickery and scripted spin. It’s probably wise just to stand back a little, mind our own brass. Here, from a non-judgmental place of pure observation, we can watch the spectacular drama and fireworks display being rolled out among the ballsy big cats.

If you do choose to get involved in the show, strut your stuff, you won’t be disappointed for someone to meet you for a showdown. Leo loves the sport devouring any contender for the limelight. Having all gone through childhood, it is likely that we can all relate to the schoolyard-type shenanigans being acted out in the various arenas around us, both public and private. One can choose whether to step up and actively engage with it, or simply be entertained by the parade, merely as an amused audience member. Remember, it’s all a big drama out there. Be mindful not to judge it as real. Learn to discern only the lesson; the moral of the fable; the essence of what is going on around us and allow it to move on. We are not looking to display our pride. We are purely seeking to stand in our integrity.



It’s easy to see who is true and who is full of might and bluster here. Leo is a dead giveaway when he feels even a little insecure and uncertain of his prowess. On the surface ‘he’ becomes overtly theatrical, obnoxiously overbearing, verging upon being damned demanding that he be respected. When things don’t look like they’re going to go his way, Leo feigns to be mortally offended, and turns the whole show into a blast of indignation. The hysteria that follows can be scary. Those ferocious lions, tigers and bears who are resonating on the lower 3D axis of fear, domination and control are liable to tear you, or each other to shreds, just trying to prove who has the biggest, shiniest, brassiest balls.

Let them.
You cannot outstubborn a Leo.
Ultimately, nothing can be Leo-ier than a true Leo.
A true Leo doesn’t feel he needs to do anything other than to shine in his natural majesty.
Shine in your own right, your own sovereignty. Keep on shining, and don’t ever fear – just love anyone who stands to admire, imitate or tease. If you take offense, then check in with your own integrity.
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Anyway, all that’s important here is that you are true to yourself during this month. Stay in integrity to your own centre. Avoid the high drama of that lot over in the West End, Broadway, Tinseltown, Head Office, Wall Street or Capital Hill. Their hijinx antics and special effects performances are hellbent on ensuring that we, as easily dazzled, paying pundits get the most spectacular show on earth. This show is mostly a diversion to the growing emptiness that lies behind the big facade – an apparent cover up for the lack of substance or true power that comes only from knowing that what you have to offer; what you are here to present, is coming from a place of certainty, presence and indisputable authority over one’s domain.

In all the drama, what we are seeing are the instrumental players of the universe’s cosmic forces, setting out now to dismantle our reality structure, once and for all. This is how destiny works. In order for something to change, events must get dire and extreme. Before the new can take over, the old must die off. The old king will not go down without a fight. Before he makes way for his successor, he throws everything that stand beside him into the fray. As we have seen before throughout all history, when things are going down for the king, rather than surrender, there is a desperate, all-out dash to go out fighting. Even if this means the certain destruction of the kingdom. In this, he stands either to bring the whole kingdom down, or there must be an intervention to what is conceived as ruthless, unstoppable might.
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Look at the big egos fighting it out. They refuse to yield. They will try everything to credit themselves and discredit anyone who challenges them. They will puff up their importance and diminish and deride. They will find weaknesses in others and pounce… This is the lower, 3D-attached way of the Leo. These eclipses will highlight the shadow sides of this sign. There is much to learn about our own sense of maturity when we witness what comes out of acting with outrage and indignation. In the end, nobody wins when we engage in this relentless display of one-upmanship. Just more tyranny…

In all of what unfolds, when observing from a non-engaging, objective neutrality (just watching wisely, engaging only with our presence), it is important not to become distracted by the style or manner of how things are being played out. Focus only on the effect that is being created. What is the overall outcome of all this chaotic drama? What is it here to teach us about ourselves?

All that will matter at the end of the story is the truthful outcome. What will become the essential truth that we wish to take away? Let us not get too wrapped up in the personalities that come along and change the course of history, otherwise we stand to miss the lesson here. Let’s not get too obsessed with trying to make heroes or villains out of those who are actively engaged in nature’s ultimate struggle to disrupt the old order and make way for the new. Let us be observant that whatever structure was formerly in place was somehow unfair and uneven. It may have served some of the people for some of the time. But, like all structures, it failed to serve the whole. Eventually, it threw the entire planet into a state of imbalance. It messed with natural law. It destroyed the environment. It gradually became destructive to the equilibrium of its own kind by applying arbitrary judgements and values that were increasingly exclusive and unkind upon the whole.

By placing a higher value only on certain things and diminishing or demeaning the value of all others, the world of humans has created a structure that is unkind to its feminine and destructive towards its masculine. Things we are born into, that we cannot easily change, such as our colour, gender, socioeconomic status, nationality, sexuality or creed have been used to marginalise us from ‘society’, to diminish our natural shine and individual integrity. These are the constraints of a fast-fading 3D kingdom, one that celebrates the clichéd personality over substance and truth.

A new alchemy is now being weaved through into our collective, exposing to us what is true gold and what is merely the fleeting glimmer of a manufactured celebrity, a formulaic copycat of something that might have once seemed fine in the old order of things, but is has now only grown unnecessary, tiresome and too heavy to keep carrying on. The whole human ‘celebrity’ system of kings & queens, pop stars & popes, prefects and presidents has run its course.

Time to let go of the phony facade of who’s more special or important out there and get to what’s real within.

There is no joy in feeding into any system that celebrates only a few individuals as ‘worthy’ and ‘powerful’ whilst disempowering the many who, apparently, have arrived on this planet as simply “not worthy enough”. We have nothing to prove but that we are beautiful within ourselves. No need to become defensive or hysterical if this is challenged. Just radiate pure integrity, and it will bring you the respect and dignity that you deserve from others.

WORD FOR THIS MONTH: With every shaky step you take forward, bits are falling apart. There’s no going back now. Just your progress alone is enough to dislodge any rickety bits that strangely still remained in place. All you can do is proceed in your own integrity, and do not worry about what you are leaving behind. It was flimsy and weak at its best. As you are realising, the magic veil of this delusion has served its time. And be sure, if you don’t like what you see ahead, just know that by pressing on, you will always have the option to make changes. As for the past… well, that’s beyond repair now. It has to die. Don’t get sentimental – it will not weep for you either…

Blessings, and have an amazing month xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

Special lunar eclipse message:
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This week brings to a head many significant endings. If you observe things coming to an end for you now, then it’s best to make the peace with them before you let them go forever. Things from our past that we may have outgrown; ideas that we may have believed possible yet found to be nothing but dead ends; failed visions, dashed hopes, promises which had no way of ever being kept must now be forgiven, cleared away to make room for what is about to come through.

If you have been strong, then you will have made way for things to clear around you. Becoming aware now that these are merely self-imposed limitations, you can look at them all with greater compassion and choose to let them go in a peaceful, loving way.

In the lead-up to this eclipse period, you may have been sensing just how much you have been holding faith in some promise or someone that simply does not serve your higher self or brings you any closer to manifesting and living the dream held in your heart. On a subconscious level, we must all eventually come to accept that our conditioned expectations and limiting visions about the future actually hold us back from ever feeling satisfied in the present. It becomes evident that rather than bringing peace and contentment into our lives, they only create unhappiness and turmoil.

Are you in conflict with life? You may not feel like you’re at odds with it, but take a closer look. How often do you get angry and lose it over the silliest little things? Or feel burned up inside because you know that part of you just wants to be happy, yet you still you feel discontented with the whole deal?

It’s time to let life be just the way it is, let yourself be just the way you are, and say goodbye to those things which you cannot control.

When we want things to be a certain way, when we expect our needs to be met, we can become fixated upon certain outcomes. These fixations, or attachments to things always going our way become so powerful that we leave ourselves wide open to suffering. Placing demands or too much pressure on concepts we have about how things should look and feel for us creates an energetic war within us.

This war, projected outwards onto our world creates unnecessary hurt. This is not new. But we are seeing it most prevalently now thanks to an ever greater exposure to the world of control. The on-demand world that is more and more just a series of handling controllers. From cars, to desktops, to microwave ovens, ATM’s and online shopping, smartphones and entire social networks, vast systems that always seem to interconnect us to anything we want on demand just by controlling some digital interface, whenever we want it…

And this way of functioning becomes an attachment that we tend to apply to our relationships. Which do not always work like that. Controlling people, whilst it’s an old thing, is now getting a little stale. And transparently toxic.

If you want to control anyone at all, then start with trying to control yourself.

Accept life as it unfolds, even if you do not always understand the reasons behind what is going on. As you may suspect, there are dynamic forces at work all around you, and everything is playing out for a reason. Trust that the universe is always going to give you exactly what you need; provide you with every tool that you need to become aligned with your heart centre.

Only through your heart can you start to make contact with your higher self. Nothing/nobody out there, no matter much you try to control them or they control you is going to attune you to your intuitive centre.

Take the gentle lessons offered by this Lunar Eclipse as the pivotal moment to release yourself from the baggage; the ties and cords of demandingness and control. Practice acceptance of all aspects in your life. Do not allow yourself to fall into a state of resistance and dissonance because this energy disconnects you from Source and from the knowledge and understanding that everything is playing out exactly as it needs to for your personal evolution and for that of the world around you.

Let yourself fall wholly undivided into your heart centre. Surrender fully into your own personal divinity. Celebrate your courage, strength and pride to stand in your own sovereignty, away from your attachments and preside over your personal domain.

Become aware of the light within you. Your awareness that, like the sun, you are indeed a divine source of love inspiration has the power to shift your entire perspective. When you resonate from your heart centre, you come to discover that you cease to be constantly playing into the drama of offense or defense. You begin to experience a depth of connection with the world around you unlike any other and the things you judged before as ‘wrong’, ‘bad’, ‘evil’ and ‘not good enough’ fall to the wayside. Everyone becomes your friend. Everything begins to co-operate with you, helping you to co-create the dream that you, and all the universe has been holding in its heart.

Know that resistance, worry, arguing and fighting only limits receiving. Allow the universe, who loves you immensely and wants you to thrive to bring you all that you desire. Do not fight, grumble and moan that things, others, you are not ok. Everything is OK. Allow it to be so. Allow it to flow. Allow the loving universe to show you what it wants you to know, experience your deepest connection, your most ultimate joy and abundance, and live a life of peace and fulfillment.

Lay down your internal resistance, open your heart and you will begin to thrive toward dynamic self-empowerment. Over the next 14 days, learn to release your attachments and desire to control the world around you. Breakthrough into full heart operation, and end your war with life once and for all.

Stand in the centre of your world, your horoscope, your life mandala. Consciously remind yourself that you are not your limiting beliefs, you are limitless and all at one with the universal plan.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

LUNAR ECLIPSE at 15°25′ Aquarius – Monday August 7, 06:11 UTC
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..... LUNAR ECLIPSE MESSAGE: It's time to let life be just the way it is, let yourself be just the way you are, and say goodbye to those things which you cannot control.

It’s eclipse season again!

Eclipses are significant events, helping to clear the way for something phenomenal and new to come into our lives by highlighting what is blocking us or getting in the way of our natural expression. Sometimes the realisation of what that is (often a part of our own behaviour) could be painful, especially if events conspire to force us to release the old and adopt the new.

These August lunations, currently in the Sun sign of Leo, have much to teach us about individual will and natural, confident expression of the self and of course the shadow sides to all this.

This third eclipse of 2017 (Aug 7) is the Lunar at 15°25′. Being a penumbral, it means the Moon moves through the faint, outer part of Earth’s shadow.

Lunar Eclipses act upon our more dormant unconscious side, stirring up emotional patterns that trace all the way back to incidents in our infantile and formative development. Seemingly random events, or people from our past are likely to pop back up in our lives, triggering hidden, forgotten or unresolved issues.

We may feel unusually sentimental, or conjure up memories that takes us back to our fractured youth. We may revisit past issues which we had not properly digested or emotionally processed at the time. Current or recent events – even subtle, indirect ones, may take us back to past episodes where we may have become disconnected or have dissociated from our spirit or heart centre.

......read the full astrological analysis on this Lunar Eclipse here.
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Special lunar eclipse message:


It's time to let life be just the way it is, let yourself be just the way you are, and say goodbye to those things which you cannot control.

This week brings to a head many significant endings. If you observe things coming to an end for you now, then it's best to make the peace with them before you let them go forever. Things from our past that we may have outgrown; ideas that we may have believed possible yet found to be nothing but dead ends; failed visions, dashed hopes, promises which had no way of ever being kept must now be forgiven, cleared away to make room for what is about to come through.

If you have been strong, then you will have made way for things to clear around you. Becoming aware now that these are merely self-imposed limitations, you can look at them all with greater compassion and choose to let them go in a peaceful, loving way.

In the lead-up to this eclipse period, you may have been sensing just how much you have been holding faith in some promise or someone that simply does not serve your higher self or brings you any closer to manifesting and living the dream held in your heart. On a subconscious level, we must all eventually come to accept that our conditioned expectations and limiting visions about the future actually hold us back from ever feeling satisfied in the present. It becomes evident that rather than bringing peace and contentment into our lives, they only create unhappiness and turmoil.

Are you in conflict with life? You may not feel like you’re at odds with it, but take a closer look. How often do you get angry and lose it over the silliest little things? Or feel burned up inside because you know that part of you just wants to be happy, yet you still you feel discontented with the whole deal?
How does this eclipse affect your sign?

Aquarius During this Lunar Eclipse, you may sense your growing emotional craving for individuation and detachment from the demands of others, which may unconsciously motivate all kinds of changes in your personal sphere as you attempt to fill that inner void....

Capricorn, you may feel the cosmic strain to make necessary financial adjustments in your life. Shared matters come into focus, as do issues of intimacy, sex & power – time to start laying down boundaries on what’s yours and what’s not. Your comfort zones matter, and now is the time to take care of your own needs without eclipsing the needs of others. Financial deals may reach settlement, the beginning or end of a particular debt, and mystery and intrigue may enter the picture now.

Sagittarius, dramas surrounding the neighbourhood, common communication, getting around, deliveries and issues with siblings. Your everyday environment may change dramatically. There may be a major event in the life of a sibling. A publishing offer may open up an opportunity to promote yourself. Travel or education plans may come to completion. You might gain an entirely different perspective on a matter.

Scorpio, your home situation is under flux. Home repairs, family dramas, and other such issues need serious attention. The demands of your personal life are now reaching crisis point. Life/work balance is necessary now to keep things healthy. Time to prioritise your personal interests so they don't affect your relationships. A major career project can come to culmination for you, making way for something new.

Libra, this Lunar Eclipse will unveil just how much you are instinctively seeking inner approbation from your love affairs, activities of pure entertainment, or from hobbies you may enjoy. But is the emotional pleasure that you seek through these seriously going to appease you during this very conflicting moment? A crisis of authenticity may occur.

Virgo, either you become more secure that you have all the talent necessary to do whatever you want to do, or you discover that you are pulling things off on bluff and cheap chicanery. If you’re dynamic, forceful, and assertive enough to make your own unique mark upon this world, something wild in you could be revealed right now that seems to blow us all away. if not, this time may create some turmoil and upheaval for you, particularly in your daily work practices.

Leo, this Lunar Eclipse stirs up your instincts in one of two distinct ways: You will either discover a hidden truth about yourself that you have long been denying, or finally see something within those most significant to you, who for some reason have been keeping this truth from you....

Cancer, some drama with regards to a spouse’s income, or your taxes, debts, and investments, may occur on a mundane level. It may be time to settle some of your debts, financial or otherwise. What makes you feel comfortable and secure needs to be balanced with attention to other people’s needs and comfort levels. There can be new money coming into your life.

Gemini, your personal belief system is being challenged. You may feel a need to prove there is some substance to your words. All of the attention you’ve been giving to mundane affairs has you wondering when you’re going to have some fun. A leap of faith is necessary now. A critical beginning or culmination in education. If you are in business, a writer, or the like, you might reach a wider audience.

Taurus, look at how your public image is being cultivated. Career matters come to a head, probably under pressure from personal, domestic, family, or house and home matters. Spontaneity and courage is necessary to step up and perform, possibly on a moment’s notice, so hopefully you know your stuff and act with authority to do whatever you must to demonstrate your competence.

Aries, friendships are being stressed, or your relationship to groups or social networks are causing disruptions. You may be looking for support or validation from friends and social contacts now. A critical event involving a child or a romantic partner, or the culmination of a creative venture can occur at this time which helps to reawaken your need to start looking elsewhere for your fun.

Pisces, you might notice that you have an overwhelming need to retreat, recuperate and much needed spiritual renewal. If you’ve been overworking yourself with all sorts of mundane activities, deeply absorbed into your work and routine, then it's time to balance your life with some down time – otherwise, you could simply feel like you are not running on all cylinders. It's possible that you feel exposed or betrayed during this time. You are particularly vulnerable to the revealing of scandalous secrets at this time, or you may be inclined to act surreptitiously, do something private, secret, or risky. Could be a job or role change at work.

[Bob]

from http://angstoic.com/2017/08/week-ahead-august-14/


MID-ECLIPSE UPDATE:

The effects of eclipses are felt for weeks, even months, before the event (in the case of most sensitive of people). It is important to note that since November 2016, that the earth is locked into a cardinal opposition between Jupiter and Uranus, challenging all our morals and beliefs, which temporarily releases in April 2017. Uranus then locks into a sustained semi-square with Neptune until September, warping our entire mindzones into another dimension altogether. By then, Jupiter and Uranus will powerfully oppose again for the last time, involving Neptune.

Meanwhile, Mercury, and just about every other planet except for Venus and Mars will be in retrograde. In many ways, the more we try to analyse or define something which is best left as indefinable, infinite and divinely unspoken, the better our chances of trying to understand it.

In this awkward period between a Lunar Eclipse and a Solar, it is as if the world is experiencing a kind of depersonalisation disorder which makes us feel somewhat removed from reality. It’s not like the “wow, this acid is awesome, man” sort-of-thing. It’s more akin to “I wonder what my heart is doing right now” and “I would love to be able to feel emotions again”.

Dissociation, a form of hypnotic trance, is what helps victims survive the trauma of shock or abuse. The experience of any sudden jolt to the emotional & nervous system takes on a dream-like, surreal quality. Our increasingly numbed-out feelings and altered perceptions, not helped by our hapless engagement in the news from electronic media, only add to the strangeness of our experience. When what we are seeing around us ceases to fit into our concept of ‘reality’, it is easier to just detach, to forget, to make out as if nothing happened.

We go on living our lives, but underneath, there is a weird sense of emotional detachment, a depersonalisation which occurs in order for us to deal with adjustments in our usual relationship to the exterior world.All throughout human history, the psycho-spiritual harm inflicted on the human spirit by individual violence for selfish motives are prevalent. However, these are insignificant when compared to the devastation upon the human race that results from self-transcending devotion to collectively shared belief-systems.Right now, thanks to the mayhem of the reality show that is ‘global politics on steroids’ and the media frenzy around its celebrity leaders, it seems that these belief systems are more derived from primitive identification rather than of mature social integration. Therefore, it is understandable that to survive, we are all somehow required to partially surrender some degree of personal responsibility, and slip into the quasi-hypnotic phenomena of group-psychology that has been slowly engulfing the planet throughout this year. Don’t worry, we’ve only just begun.Let your mind relax, take one of those ‘happy pills’ and float gently downstream to the public rally or political demonstration, where you will be transported into the grandest delusion necessary to cope with this strange and sad version of reality called your ‘experience on planet earth’. This world loves to be amused by hollow efforts to get counter-political, to be deceived by flattering appearances that you and a thousand of your friends are doing something to save something from possible extinction, to proceed deeper in this collective state of mass hallucination. Don’t worry at all… this world can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth, of course.
Conversely, you may choose to remain in a neutral state of mindfulness at all times.

If you do, connect to your higher mind through your heart, that is, you will see that your own experience is altering in such a way that no amount of debate and public discourse will ever help to align or appease you. The more you argue, discuss, contest, debate, try to reason with hardcore analysis, the less you will feel comforted. But you probably know this by now.

Everything is changing. Except… it’s not out there, in the world around you, as you may be lead to believe. It is happening within. On a deep, neural, cellular level.

Meditation (not medication or mediation) is the only way to assist your beloved human body to do this special preparatory work.

[onawah]

FULL MOON at 11°38′ CANCER – Tuesday January 02, 02:25 UTC
http://angstoic.com/2018/01/full-moon-cancer/
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Current Planetary Positions
12/31/2017
9:15:02 PM

Sun 10° Capricorn 38' 45"
Moon 26° Gemini 52' 02"
Mercury 18° Sagittarius 05' 01"
Venus 08° Capricorn 41' 41"
Mars 14° Scorpio 15' 06"
Jupiter 16° Scorpio 57' 29"
Saturn 01° Capricorn 24' 22"
Uranus 24° Aries 34' 16" R
Neptune 11° Pisces 54' 26"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 47' 01"
Chiron 24° Pisces 38' 43"
TrueNode 15° Leo 20' 28" R

Humans have been looking at the stars for thousands of years. In fact, other than sourcing for food and water supplies, I bet the architecture of the night skies was among the first disciplined studies. There’s a lot going on up there, and in the days before the intensity of our skies was drowned by flooding city lights and tv overtook our minds for entertrainment, the night sky must have been the greatest show on earth.

There is much to ponder up there including god, eternity and whether we are alone, where we might come from and where we might go after we’re done in this place.

Today, we don’t see so many stars – the brightly illuminated night glow of our urban landscapes rob city folks of the mystery that surrounds us up there. We seem content to view our entire world through the backlit image of a palm-sized gadget. We lose much connection with the heavens by forgetting to gaze to the skies and ponder our place in the cosmos.

Two things that remain prominently wondrous and mysterious, always, are the Sun and Moon. It is especially the relationship between them as reflected by the Moon’s changing faces that fascinates us from time to time. These are hard to miss, even in the big city since we come to define our days, nights, weeks by them. The Moon becomes of special significance when she reaches her culmination point, fully illuminating our night skies once a month.

So she stands at this particularly glorious Full Moon time, just at the cusp of the New Year.
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If the Moon rules Cancer -the sign of her dominion, then it stands to reason why, at the crowning phase of her own cycle we might feel more clutching for the safety and emotionally supportive elements in our world. Generally, the Moon’s monthly entry into Cancer activates our instinctive need to let our hearts be drawn to that place, those things, people who nourish us with the warmth and tender nurturance we need. It’s what defines our humanness. Our connection to the matrix, mother and the sweet-smelling bosom of her loving providence.

However, in opposition to the stern, duty-laden Capricorn Sun, coupled with an sentimentally abstemious Venus, flanked by both Saturn and Pluto at either side, our need for emotional reassurance from the familiar is also met with a pressing force – one so intense that we may be overwhelmed by its harsh intent to make us face up to greater responsibilities.

It is a case of having to find balance.

Even if we do feel that our inner needs are being met, this very potent lunation will challenge our family spirit, domestic security, economic situation, faithful adherence to our heritage and culture. Are these things really holding us in good, healthy stead, or have we insulated ourselves too much to one side and neglected the side that tends to our responsibilities. We may at least suspect that we have become emotionally dependent, or unconsciously clinging to certain ways. Here, we are challenged to question if our habitual tendency indulge in the intimacy of our private bubble poses a serious danger to our ongoing survival and happiness outside our usual comfort levels.

This Full Moon is a critical time, where our insecurities become heightened as we see a world which is fast-changing from the way it once promised to hold and support us.

Of course, the past 12 months, with its major Uranian influences has deshackled us from many clutches to beliefs, custom, thoughts and ideas around established structures etc…

As we will see over the next two years, the closer Saturn comes to its conjunction to Pluto in Capricorn, the more relentless too spiritual matters press upon us, forcing us to grow – one way or another. Mounting pressure to wake up to the essential matters, to grow up, become mature and evolve into more socially responsible creatures dawns upon all humans on this highly populated planet. Enormous changes will inevitably lead humanity out of its thumb-sucking complacency and lead us into making phenomenal breakthroughs.

Old structures and traditional modes of behaviour will start to fall away. Again and again we will be compelled to confront our secular little problems until they are thoroughly and completely absolved. Through a stripping away of our protective layers, we come closer to operating from a place of pure spirit. Through the march of political and technological progress, many of our dear old habit patterns will also disappear with the old jobs, social roles, traditions and customs of the coming age. It will happen rapidly.

Some conflict of interests is always to be expected in the lead-up to Full Moon time. It is a time when we are faced with the possible disparity between our instinctive, unconscious needs and our more authoritative, decisive mind. We may see it played out, projected in our present-life dramas, our most intimate interactions, in which we often alternate roles in this active/receptive dichotomy.

Are you aware of how you are being pulled apart between your consciously dutiful adult self and your needy, sentimental inner child?

Conflicting interests between tending to personal comforts and greater, more social responsibilites may bring us to confrontations or crises points. Tough decisions must ultimately be made – ones that will affect the direction our lives take in the future. Either we are mature enough to address any pressing issues, effectively neutralise ongoing domestic dramas, restore any parental imbalances, or we may be forcibly thrust into dilemmas which (one way or another) precipitate an ending, or forced separation from those things that are no longer functioning to bring us peace.

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A near exact trine to Neptune offers a great potential for a successful resolution of these two diametric forces. However, we must be willing to take the plunge into the greater divinity of the infinite realms of higher dimensional thinking. Neptune inspires inner imaginative processes which can be integrated into our lives with a suitable form of outer expression. Environmental hypersensitivity helps us to discover a way of response that makes use of this heightened perception in creative ways. If we notice the more subtle messages coming through, we open ourselves to more compassionate, perhaps hidden or invisible dimensions of life. Acting on these, we can overcome the feeling of separation and duality and share the love and compassion in our hearts with those around us so they too can appreciate and contact the vitalising, uplifting and inspirational quality of the richly emotional inner realms.
Trines too from the closing Mars/Jupiter conjunction in Scorpio, produce intensely enthusiastic action, which can imbue whatever we do with the possibility of success. Our usual emotions are expressed in a warm, generous way, and we are able to reach out to others with a renewed confidence. This is a confidence that strengthens our ability to effectively assert ourselves – possibly because we really do feel competent and sure in what we is trying to achieve to make our lives more meaningful. We must be cautious of over-estimation of our energy and abilities, careful not to over-do things and go too far, engaging in destructive excesses. Sometimes, with best intentions, we can go too far or do to much in trying to care or nurture those around us.

However, it is the Saturn/Pluto midpoint picture that defines this Full Moon for us. Here, we sense that this is a time when we know that we must soon come to terms with the progressive loss of the ability to avoid problems and challenges in the same familiar ways. There is a premonition that the old world is slowly going away, falling apart from the essence of our unconscious, our ancient DNA strands. Here, we are imbued with a deeper urge to return again and again to nagging problems until they are truly and completely solved.

As we say goodbye to a very turbulent (and exciting) year, let us make our peace with 2017, who brought us one thing: The rising power to say ‘no’ to feeling excluded and marginalised, the ability to see that the old matrix is phoney, and no longer holds us in the way we might have complacently felt secure. Here, we are given the opportunity and the capacity to reclaim our individual strength, stand in the centre of our own universe, between the Sun and Moon, and unite creatively with those who wish to co-create with us. This becomes the basis of our new year’s resolutions, where we aim to dispel any notion that we do not have what it takes to make this world a more wonderful place, if only we just stay true and faithful to our instincts and intuition.

FULL MOON GUIDE

Be guided only by your inner light and intuition.
Trust it to show you the way, always
through the fog of uncertainty or confusion;
past all alluring sways of sweet temptation;
beyond complexities of obstacle or the hostility of foe
that life does often throw into your way.
Feel your emotions follow gently, just behind you,
letting you know for certain, should you stray.

Listen to your inner voice.
It is your sacred spirit calling;
your divine built-in GPS,
keeping you always on track,
guiding you, without fail or distraction,
helping you travel, surely
towards your true destiny.

[onawah]

THE FORTNIGHT AHEAD: Dec 26, 2017 – Jan 9, 2018

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Current Planetary Positions
12/31/2017
10:16:29 PM

Sun 10° Capricorn 41' 22"
Moon 27° Gemini 31' 12"
Mercury 18° Sagittarius 07' 29"
Venus 08° Capricorn 44' 54"
Mars 14° Scorpio 16' 42"
Jupiter 16° Scorpio 57' 55"
Saturn 01° Capricorn 24' 40"
Uranus 24° Aries 34' 16" R
Neptune 11° Pisces 54' 29"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 47' 06"
Chiron 24° Pisces 38' 47"
TrueNode 15° Leo 20' 16" R
What’s more scary – that you took it all so seriously back there, or that you may have to start now?

Guess that depends on which end of the ‘SERIOUSLY’ argument you’re on.
And then again, it’s how seriously.

How seriously does one take all this?

When we said it was gonna get really, really real, could you imagine that it would even matter? And who has seniority over your reality anyway… tell you to get serious, now?

We’ll see.

My opinion: not sure anyone’s taking anything seriously yet.
It’s more like, #whateverdude
Everyone’s all wised up and spiritually connected to their centre after Sagittarius.

Unlike the past year, at this point nobody gives a hoot any more.

Past the Solstice, VENUS’ immediate hold-up at SATURN’s Homeland Security is just her introduction into Capricorn. Sign says “ᴤ#ɪᴛ GETᔕ ᖇEᗩᒪ ᕼEᖇE”. She’s not native to Capricorn but she’s welcome, so long as she plays her cards right. Smiles cost extra.

She’s following the SUN.

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Sol has only just ticked off his FIRST QUARTER with the MOON (04°♈48′) since they met back at the Galactic. In Aries, Luna’s not too fussed about anything but herself. She’s feeling a bit out of it all.

Mars in Scorpio is hanging, expanding his dark horizons with Jupiter, getting buzzed out by Neptune.

Private Party.

Everything seems dispassionately chilled after the charade that went down on the holy day.

What was that all about, by the way? How could one take that seriously any more?



Venus gets closer to the Sun, almost a conjunction, for his FOOL MOON (11°♋38′ JAN02,2018). Yeah ‘Fool’, to oppose all that.
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A nice little Grand Kite forms to see in the New Year. Uranus stands to go direct – not engaged. Festivities are done.

There’s a lot of emotion about but it’s subdued. Everyone’s wondering what happened to the ol’familiar fuzzy feelings usually vibing around holiday time.

Maybe things are getting real… for some cats..

.what does that even mean, ‘real’?

Everybody’s still looking out there for a definition.

Find out:

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By the time Venus finally catches the Sun, he has also reached PLUTO.

Triple conjunction ♀/☉/♇ at 19°♑04′ at the THIRD QUARTER Moon (18°♎36′ JAN09, 2018). Looks like they’re all taking a T-Square from URANUS.

Talk about your fated love-unions…

Mars & Jupiter, working fanatically as one, sextile the whole thing. Old Nick the Stripper. Intense take-down.

Suppose this is about the time ᴤ#ɪᴛ gets really, really real.

The intensity experienced on a personal level by Jan 9, 2018 pretty much mark the flavour of the next couple of years. Something big is about to be borne. This next New Moon (Jan 16, at 26°♑55′ squares Uranus again. Massive jolts, on all levels of our evolutionary experience.

Harsh. But only if you’re clinging.

TIP: Stone-free awareness™ (this could be serious).

Blessings, and feel free to smile through this xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2017

[onawah]

SATURN IN CAPRICORN – 2017-2020 – THE ɃUCK $TOPS HERE
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,
we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
– in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only….

~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Current Planetary Positions

12/31/2017
10:24:31 PM

Sun 10° Capricorn 41' 42"
Moon 27° Gemini 36' 19"
Mercury 18° Sagittarius 07' 49"
Venus 08° Capricorn 45' 20"
Mars 14° Scorpio 16' 54"
Jupiter 16° Scorpio 57' 58"
Saturn 01° Capricorn 24' 42"
Uranus 24° Aries 34' 16" R
Neptune 11° Pisces 54' 30"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 47' 07"
Chiron 24° Pisces 38' 47"
TrueNode 15° Leo 20' 14" R
Saturn changing signs is like the end of a mini-era. When the Lord of Karma first entered Sagittarius in December 2014, it was only for a 6-month spell, briefly returning to Scorpio before formally changing signs in September 2015.

The 2 1/2-year transit was here to teach us about faith, authenticity and Truth – things we generally get excited about but take much for granted, and often never question, just believe. If so, if we just go along, blindly and in good faith on what society tells us is true, then we may have learned some serious lessons over the past 2-3 years. We may have learned ‘the hard way’.

As challenging as this period was, as tough as some of the lessons may have been over this time, we take away some tremendous gains and accomplishments for the times where acting upon our intuition – our own, inner truth-teller – has served us faithfully. To some degree though, we also leave behind a trail of sadness for the times we failed to believe what the inner voice was telling us, or acted in wild speculation, deceit or ignorance to our spirit.

Any way you approach it, the Truth comes out in the end. Against the expectations, the physical pressures and limitations of time and space as sternly imposed by Saturn, we eventually come to terms with one truth – that whatever goes up in Sagittarius, must eventually come down in Capricorn. The forces of gravity are very, very strict. So, whilst it was a heartening, belief-defining period for us, it posed society and each and every individual with all sorts of moral/ethical questions and challenges to religions, politics, education, publishing and law.

THE OLD SCHOOL – A PhD on life.
Saturn’s change of signs will be akin to leaving your old school, the final, post-graduate year, in which tough lessons were learned, often through much exploration of your own, field studies and travels & adventures – real life-defining moments, where you may have wondered if you had the capability, substance or endurance to make it through. Whilst you may have been put through gruelling, ‘make or break’ examinations, after graduation you may look back with some sense of accomplishment and say… “well, that really taught me a lot. I wouldn’t be who I am now without those experiences.

If nothing else, you survived, and that in itself is a testament of your ability to withstand the test of time, to some respect. So, well done! Another notch on your life-development belt. Another degree in the universe’s great university of life.

Saturn in Sagittarius were the years you studied your PhD – a study of life’s meaningfulness – how everything fits together into one neat philosophy or manifesto, and where you eventually learned whether you qualify to teach your own philosophy on life’s truths to others (or not).

Relatively few of us were ever born to profess this role in society. Most of us have had to contend, either pliantly or against our will, with having others impose and instill their beliefs and philosophies upon us. In this we have implicit faith that they what they are telling us is true, and we should believe.

In short, this period has made us question whether we are the diviners of our own truth, or whether we take it from others. Through trials and tribulations, we have come to learn who and what to trust, and what, in the end informs this thing we call ‘truth’.

My truth; your truth; the truth; ultimate truth… whatever truth.
By this stage, as Saturn leaves Sadge, if the meaning of life still remains a mystery, you are probably still rambunctiously roaming about, in a world of wild speculation and projection, still trying to come to grips with your reality.

If you are still speculating and trying to figure it all out, then you are most likely going to struggle with what’s about to come. As you try to ground yourself in this great scheme of things to come in a way that is meaningful – something that’s very possible with Neptune still in the first half of mutable Pisces, then an uncomfortably harsh reality may start to dawn upon you and your entire perception of your world. If you are not coming into things with a high degree of certainty and full strength in your own capability, there may be consequences.

Why? Because we are now about to enter the harsh, grown-up, business world of Capricorn.

Saturn Capricorn: (‘ᔕᑕᕼOOᒪ Oᖴ ᕼᗩᖇᗪ KᑎOᑕKᔕ’)
Dec 19, 2017 – Mar 21, 2020; July 1 – Dec 17, 2020
Regardless of what just happened there in Sagittarius, the moment Saturn steps ahoof onto the craggy slopes of Capricornia, we all enter a whole new level of ‘reality’. Unlike the vastly speculative, horse-roaming plains of Sagittarius, the terrain we will face over this next 2-3 years is far more harsh and punishing to the uninitiated. Rocky ground, steep, treacherous heights, sharp peak after peak, one common pinnacle for everyone to reach, strictly no cheating, short-cuts, piggy-back rides, and certainly no turning-back options, and only shame and disgrace should you unceremoniously slip and fall along the way.

Not for the faint-hearted, Saturn immediately turns this part of our journey into a major test on our ambitions for worldly power, status and authority, usually manifested through our business, science, or political interests. If these areas do not interest you now, then prepare yourself for a crash course. It is by taking a hard-nosed, more professional, socially formal or scientific approach that we hope to see this period through with some degree of success. We will either become the leaders, contenders or abysmal failures of this very shrewd, sometimes excruciatingly arduous realm. There is always an objective to be met here, and by the time we graduate out of this transit (2020) we will each have some degree of a ‘business administration’ diploma in ‘How to Claim Your Stake in Society’.

Capricorn is a Cardinal (Initiating/leading) Earth (practical/materialistic) constellation. As initiates in this school, we may immediately feel an overwhelming pressure to define just how we plan to make our mark in contemporary society. Regardless of who you are or where you stand, the calling for you now is to make a significant and worthy contribution to society. This becomes unavoidable because Saturn in Capricorn metes out a fair-minded, yet dispassionate justice: How you deal with it is another thing.

Almost immediately, you will observe the pressure not to take on any endeavour that does not have some practical purpose behind it. Anything that does not appear to have a meritorious payoff may simply not be worth pursuing and you will learn rather quickly that it has to be ‘justified or gone’.

To get through Saturn’s transits in this sign without feeling the guilt of wastefulness, immaturity and irresponsibility, we will need to employ some careful, skillful planning and a grown-up, practical sense of organisation. We must step up, answer the call with driving ambitiousness, place our attention on maintaining a secure footing in our social role, or job position by playing by the rules at all times. The objective is always on working towards taking the next step upwards, climbing up the steep escarpment of progress, seeking to achieve maximum recognition for our efforts, minimising any risk of losing any gains we have may have achieved so far. And the authority – the parent, boss, government official, conscience is watching, ready to scrutinize and judge your every action.

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Those whose character already possesses a degree of social impeccability, a reputation backed with a track record of dignified credibility, esteem and honour will have the early advantage. It is these highly-positioned members of our world, those paragons of respectability, who immediately take up positions of considerable authority and assume to be the masters of this period. They may appear austere, cold and emotionally unyielding, may even expect you to obediently take instruction from them without question. Being the living exemplars of their domain, we will learn to take lead, aspire to meet their expectations or accede to follow them/ be like them. Otherwise, there may be consequences…
In this however, we will also watch them closely for any cracks or chinks in their armour. Those who lord high positions but fail to stay absolutely impeccable through this time will become exposed and unceremoniously brought undone in the most spectacularly public falls from grace ever seen (see Nixon/Watergate/1974). This is particularly likely during the periods where Jupiter in Scorpio creates a tense semi-square to Saturn (Dec 2017-Mar ’18, Sep 2018). During this time, it may seem that whatever we do is not enough to meet the expectations of others, and this creates a deep social divide that is filled not just with unfulfilled ambition, but an element of hypocrisy and spite which will create all kinds of upsets and setbacks.

Unlike the wildness of fiery Sagittarius, earthy Capricorn chooses to stay conservative in both business and politics. Hence, it is through paying respect to traditional power structures that we expect to pass the major reality tests and life-examinations. During this period, those who lack the practical experience to deal with the responsibilities of power will fall under, and must follow suit of those who possess the capacity to attain worldly security and self-sufficiency. It isn’t just money, or practical skills, but more the prestige, honour and social clout among society that holds its victors in control.

During this time, we will all be pressed to hold some degree of seriousness and sobriety, not just in adopting a conservative attitude but to provide a verifiable track record that we have been able to maintain our respectability in all past endeavours. One way or another, we must learn to successfully manage our own affairs, drive our own careers, be authorities in our public endeavour, even give advice to others where necessary. In short, we must demonstrate how well we comprehend and handle ourselves within larger political or economic responsibilities than just our own.

Whether it’s through showing due respect to the established bodies, the prevailing structure, the earth itself, or perhaps learning what that means ‘the hard way’, we come to see that everything on this planet has its rightful place, its practical value, its own price. The importance shifts to each and everyone somehow finding out how they contribute to the greater social scheme by doing the work (paying due respect) that this planet so needs us to do, both as unique individual and as a collective unit.

Saturn in Cardinal/Earth in is his domicile (ruling) placement, so he can afford to be the hardest task-master of all. His justification for meting out discipline/punishment/karma comes from his indisputable sense of earnest accomplishment. He has done it all the hard way, every step of the way, and now it’s our turn. According to this force, everyone should earn whatever they deserve through the merit of their own efforts. There are no ‘free rides’ in Capricorn. Just due credit for efforts made. In the highest, most trusting sense, those who either already are or manage to graduate to the top will not only achieve their just rewards, but then responsibly seek to help others help themselves.

There will be times during this period where people might use their acquired wealth and material goods to control others. This is especially true as this transit evolves towards the end of its run. How successfully power and authority are achieved and administered will depend on the level of understanding and the degree of spiritual awareness of each individual, tribe, collective culture.

Those who generally cultivate a strong sense of family pride and honour; who encourage strong traditional rule, often from established, influential families who are highly respected in the community will emerge as the leading exemplars of this period.

However, those born into wealthy and socially prominent families are also in danger of being extremely callous about human values, mainly because they lack a certain empathy which relates to the experience of personal struggle without resources. With Pluto also in this sign closing a conjunction in January 2020, we may see the ruling classes closing tighter and tighter into extremely conservative and authoritarian regimes. Unless there is a fair degree of spiritual cognizance about what general governance is trying to achieve, and Capricorn, being the Sea-goat is capable of much wisdom and compassion, there may be a harsh, unforgiving administration of social order and structure.

Social imbalances are likely to see greater division in the population, seeing social and economic inferiors as manipulable commodities rather than as sensitive human beings. Again, this tendency can be offset, particularly through 2019 (when the North Node in Cancer opposes Saturn), dredging up crises and calls for greater spiritual understanding and compassion, afflictions of collective fate which seems inherited from past incarnations. As it was during his transit through Scorpio, Saturn in Capricorn can help humanity reach either the heights of spirituality or the depths of materialism and selfishness, and this will probably play out as an extreme polarisation of both – one versus the other.

As a whole, this period eventually presses us to take a deeper look at the dynamics where parent-child neglect, poverty, abuse and family dysfunctions have often been overlooked or ignored as the source of many problems in our society. A child raised without structure and discipline becomes a burden to itself and others in later, adult years. The lessons we learn through these years provide the necessary impetus for projects and ventures to learn how best to overcome these early, formative difficulties, and through improving our parenting we learn to allow individuals to achieve greater self-reliance and fuller empowerment. We come to learn that parenting, like governing is a serious business and if not handled with a great degree of presence of mind, not just for now but with respect to all posterity, it creates individuals who struggle to hold their own place in society as they grow.

Some of the current symptoms of a fast-fading consumerist culture – one which thrives on achieving fame and fortune through superficial celebrity status, the fostering of disposable relationships just to get what one needs to feel important stems from our lack to appreciate and to promote any true aesthetic sensitivity.

Any individual or culture whose primary choice is to judge things solely according to their price-tag, hashtag or facile media-celebrity status is subject to being placed under intense scrutiny, denigration and possibly condemnation of character during this very harsh time.

We are encouraged to maintain a lightness, a sense of humor and an understanding of life’s deeper values – beyond mere materialism and status. The desire for status, if carried too far, can become an unsatisfying end in itself rather than providing a structure by which we each contribute to the greater social order.

Here is a timeline of the greater planetary aspects to Saturn during his passage through Capricorn.
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ASPECTS involving SATURN (Summary)
Many of the effects of specific aspects to Saturn over this period will be covered in individual articles, published periodically on this website. Generally, the more harmonious aspects to Saturn in Capricorn will highlight themes where we focus on maintaining a composed, upstanding code of conduct, keeping an untarnished sense of integrity and consistency in our character where business, political, and professional dealings are concerned.

During more difficult (hard) transits, we may have to contend with the more mean-spirited, unscrupulous side of Saturn, where to achieve wealth, power and prestige come at some expense to one’s feelings and community concerns. Here, there can be a tendency to use literal, unyielding and unforgiving interpretations of the law for unfair advantage or even cruel measures to get to the top. The most dire effects of this sort of thing will be seen toward the late part of 2019, and 2020, when the Saturn/Pluto conjunction builds to a rise of extremist, unyielding power structures, and dictatorial behaviour, especially in government/corporate bodies.

Of course, any unscrupulous means to advance one’s position will ultimately have to align with the forces of natural law, and as the cycle progresses, such conduct almost certainly brings about reversals of fortune, defamation, public disgrace, and, ultimately, a fall from power.

Let us now learn all about taking our responsibility to society seriously, without imposing our expectations, our attitudes and our rules too rigidly.

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Uranus goes Direct at 24°♈34′ – January 2, 2018
Uranus in Aries has been in Retrograde (Rx) since August 2, 2018. The effects of retrogradation upon any planet pushes its usually exteriorised operation towards more subjective, internalised applications.
On January 2, 2018, Uranus appears to station, shifting gradually into direct motion. How does such a shift alter the expression of this more radical, revolutionary, disruptive force?Current Planetary Positions
1/2/2018
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Sun 12° Capricorn 10' 24"
Moon 19° Cancer 47' 39"
Mercury 19° Sagittarius 35' 51"
Venus 10° Capricorn 34' 52"
Mars 15° Scorpio 11' 11"
Jupiter 17° Scorpio 12' 32"
Saturn 01° Capricorn 34' 53"
Uranus 24° Aries 34' 13"
Neptune 11° Pisces 56' 26"
Pluto 18° Capricorn 50' 04"
Chiron 24° Pisces 40' 58"
TrueNode 15° Leo 14' 33" R

Uranus energy is the obstinate urge to resist convention, to rather do things in our own unique way. Why do we take this way? What urges such irrepressible desire to break away from the standard and accepted mode of conduct and veer out into something different?

The answer lies high above our cerebral cortex, in the astral plane where negative and resistant thoughts hover and accumulate, randomly pulsing into our individual nervous systems whenever we connect to the sky-god. Its operation is at the ‘electrical’ level, where in an instant our brain is suddenly zapped with an idea that seems so foreign, it feels as if it is being transmitted to us from another dimension. Yes, the source of these Uranian ideas feels alien to us, because they appear to be coming from a place beyond that with which we are familiar.

Like a lightning bolt along the horizon on a moonless night, our world is suddenly illuminated with an insight into what lies beyond the standard, old way, and we cannot resist becoming excited about espousing a brand new way; irrepressibly urged to share it with others.

In the period where Uranian energy turned retrograde (Aug 2017 – Jan 2018) this urge – to pursue a genuinely different direction became internalised. Like a mad professor who locks himself away in his lab to experiment with some new invention, or the revolutionary who recedes into his den to draft his wild manifesto, or the meditator who channels profound new insights towards a more progressive way of being, this energy is processed within, pulsing and re-pulsing through one’s entire nervous system, producing a fresh analytical formula for a ‘provocative new truth’ which is taken into complex development until it jolts all priorly-programmed thinking to become rejected, rewired, and soon to be revealed when the planet finally spins into direct motion.

In this way Uranus Rx affects us all. We may sense that we have seen more than just a mere glimpse of something new, evocative and disturbing in these past few months. Its applied, internalised development has spurred our formerly conventional understanding into a frenzy of new mental activity. We eventually come to contemplate a possible new approach in our lives, or perhaps we see it mounting in the lives of those around us. One way or another, we just know that things are changing, and our old-familiar world is never going to be the same again once these energies are expressed and exteriorised.

Or perhaps we are given to stand strong, imbued with an inner rebelliousness to stolidly resist change.

Interestingly, our more conservative side, the one that dislikes any deviation from a tried-and-trusted routine, is also subjected to this internalising effect. Here we may sense an uncomfortable awareness of the rebelliousness in others. We experience any unusual new inklings as rude, crude or unsettling to our constitution and with Uranus in Aries, this energy socialises itself via the guise of radical conservatives, traditionalist zealots, and enemies of dreamy enthusiasts and futuristic utopians.

Do you know somebody like that? Are you one of these? Have you been holding your tongue in stony hibernation for these past five months? In any case, a formidable clash is soon likely to emerge, one which is likely to cause serious disruption in the outer world.

If our traditional viewpoint is too stodgy or super-straight-laced we may have felt an enormous irritability against anything unusual or radical during this retrograde period. It may be that you have been hearing alarm bells ringing, heralding that your precious, orderly structure may be about to undergo a sudden shift and you don’t like it one bit. In this case you may be formally mounting your own counter-resistance against any suspected attacks.

Or perhaps you may be forced to admit that your old methods are no longer sustainable, and resist as you may, must decide that might have to fold, retire, give it up for the change that is about to occur, or simply fight this out. Such drastic action might come as a great upset to many, but whether we are planning a surprise counter-defense or a sudden resignation, this is also the energy of Uranus Rx at work. Do you know some individual, group or company that fits this description? (Is it indeed you?)

So, what’s going to happen when all this comes to a grinding halt in a couple of days and Uranus goes direct?

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You guessed it. …. Kaboom!
When one becomes intuitively inspired, excited or unnerved about some extra-sensory notion of change, and one stews and bubbles and writhes with this idea (perhaps losing sleep) for some months; when one repeatedly hones their argument to a such point where it becomes nothing less than a livewire of irresistible electric forces, then look out!

Uranus incites a tendency to rally all affected individuals into groups of like-minded minions (whether for or against revolution) towards a common visionary movement. These movements may emerge as ideological as in the form of protests, strikes, innovation breakthroughs, industrial reforms, political upsets etc., or, in the notable absence of a conscious resistance the movement, this force may manifest as a seemingly random act of nature (or man) where a sudden quake or calamity is set into motion wherever people have not been able to generate change for themselves One way or another, an explosive force creates an unprecedented event that comes to rally people together in response to a sudden disruption of the old way.

It may be termed as such, but this is no ‘accident’.

It is the influence of our unexpressed collective thoughts for change and resistance, sent into the astral planes, accumulating strength and developing into a burst of energy that when it gathers enough punch, finds its way to instantly ground itself here on earth.

One thing looks certain. These next few months are set to pack an astonishing furore not yet seen in our lifetime. These forces have been considerably intensified since the Uranus/Pluto squares (2012-15). As such we are not strangers to the reality that our world is now in a state of unmitigated and relentless change.

What exactly are we talking about? I think you know… Nobody reading this article can possibly think things are fine and rosy in this world. Everyone can sense that things just cannot stand the way they are. No matter how much pressure is applied, eventually nobody will be able to hold back the growing tide of wild reformist views, whose horns are trumpeting increasingly louder and louder by the minute.

Whether it is governments, corporations, right-wing nations, fuel & power companies, banks, religious groups, cults, secret societies, billionaires and media magnates, there is a growing cacophony of dissent about those who try to suppress, deny or enslave the very individual freedom so blindly and obstinately governed by the individualistic insurgency of Uranus in Aries.

Does this mean revolution? Maybe, but not necessarily a bloody war. Certainly there is going to be enough rebellion to force a shift towards something that caters to the new human ability to make a stand for greater individual rights. Whether we are willing to accept it or not, every individual living being on this planet desires freedom from oppression. Events will conspire that precipitate a breakthrough, to stand away from those who try to suppress our need to do and be the way we wish to be, without compromise.

Direct Uranus energy is expressed through many of us during the several bouts of cardinal aspects from now till Aug 7 2018, when Uranus travels between 24 degrees Aries and 2 degrees Taurus. More updates here as events unfold……

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THE WEEK AHEAD: February 12-18
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http://Current Planetary Positions 2/12/2018 11:50:36 PM Sun 24° Aquarius 28' 01" Moon 25° Capricorn 21' 51" Mercury 21° Aquarius 09' 36" Venus 02° Pisces 50' 44" Mars 10° Sagittarius 48' 37" Jupiter 22° Scorpio 20' 29" Saturn 06° Capricorn 01' 01" Uranus 25° Aries 18' 10" Neptune 13° Pisces 12' 32" Pluto 20° Capricorn 11' 47" Chiron 26° Pisces 22' 06" TrueNode 14° Leo 59' 16"

It is so important for us as sensitive, yet sensible individuals to maintain a sense of connectedness with life.
If we disconnect by putting up walls to protect ourselves, running away from life's challenges, or evading dealing with others we just end up exhausting, victimising, and alienating ourselves.
This journey can be far more rewarding, effective, and healthy for us if we have the courage to work with our sensitivities rather than have them working against us.
With the Partial Solar Eclipse at 27°08′ Aquarius only days away, we are still in the critical mid-eclipse ‘gateway’ zone, where all manner of absurd and wonderful things could happen, and most likely already has. By now, the Blood Lunar eclipse has forced us to accept that certain personal relationships have ended for us, some of these still stuck in our memories from months, even years ago.

As our sense of time starts to both pick up and slow down, we unavoidably focus our attention upon the fundamental truths about what those relationships were really all about, and why they went so sour for us.

We see too, how it exposes the true character of all those around us at the moment; how many unresolved elements that we are still dragging with us from the past continue to repeat, with even greater intensity. This forces us to make strong judgements; makes us want to strongly disconnect from certain people, groups and certain cultural habits.

The eclipse itself acts like a big magnifier of life’s underriding themes, pushing them to the fore so we can deal with them now, once and for all.

Here are the main transits for this week….

♂ Sqq ♅ Mon Feb 12 08:34 am GMT Mars 10°♐16′ Sesquiquadrate Uranus 25°♈16′
☿ ∠ ♄ Tue Feb 13 03:47 am GMT Mercury 21°♒01′ Semisquare Saturn 06°♑01′
☿ □ ♃ Tue Feb 13 10:39 pm GMT Mercury 22°♒24′ Square Jupiter 22°♏24′
☉ ∗ ♅ Wed Feb 14 02:23 am GMT Sun 25°♒20′ Sextile Uranus 25°♈20′
☉ ☌ Jn Wed Feb 14 10:44 am GMT Sun 25°♒41′ Conjunction Juno 25°♒41′
♀ ∠ ♇ Thu Feb 15 03:55 am GMT Venus 05°♓15′ Semisquare Pluto 20°♑15′
☿ ∗ ♅ Thu Feb 15 03:08 pm GMT Mercury 25°♒23′ Sextile Uranus 25°♈23′
☽ ☌ ☉ Thu Feb 15 09:07 pm GMT Moon 27°♒08′ Conjunction Sun 27°♒08′
♀ ∗ ♄ Thu Feb 15 11:20 pm GMT Venus 06°♓16′ Sextile Saturn 06°♑16′
☿ ☌ Jn Fri Feb 16 06:13 am GMT Mercury 26°♒31′ Conjunction Juno 26°♒31′
♂ □ ♆ Sat Feb 17 11:21 am GMT Mars 13°♐22′ Square Neptune 13°♓22′
☿ ☌ ☉ Sat Feb 17 12:28 pm GMT Mercury 28°♒47′ Conjunction Sun 28°♒47′
☿ enters ♓ Sun Feb 18 04:29 am GMT Mercury 00°♓00′
☉ enters ♓ Sun Feb 18 05:19 pm GMT Sun 00°♓00′
The Aquarian Sun’s closing superior conjunction to Mercury forms a sextile with Uranus accelerating development of all kinds, finely honing our intuition so that we can instantly evaluate all facts and render a judgement that supersedes anything we have known before.

Observe carefully what is going on in your life as objectively as possible this week. See things for what they truly are, without emotional filters, deferring any need to make any final decisions till such time when you are sure that all the facts are in.

Eclipses can often see to things that your best laid intentions probably don’t come off exactly as you planned them. Unforeseen circumstances and changes of direction are likely to occur – real curveballs that nobody could have predicted may come along and blow all expectations.

So hold off for now. Make careful note of all new information; the amazingly clear insights; the seemingly random messages and signals flooding into your consciousness from just about everywhere you turn your head. These will provide important cues for you to consider in your understanding of why this period is so significant and how much your life is about to be take an exciting new twist.

As humanity continues to become ever more sensitive over these next few years – thanks largely to the entangled supernatural forces of Uranus (♅) and Neptune (♆). These outer, gas-giant planets act very subtly and invisibly upon our senses, bringing hidden truths and realities to light. Our goal becomes to find our own unique way to speed our evolution onto a higher dimensional level of awareness.

Picture it like our planet being showered by certain frequencies of reflected and rarified starlight, bouncing back onto us via those mysteriously distant planets in our solar system. This combined effect of these magical lights seeks to disrupt and dissolve some of the baked-on, crystallised patterns of behaviour, still negatively trapping us within our cultural milieu. Of course, there is also the danger that many will get washed up in these and seek only escape and mysticism, simply for the ‘trip’ and not the ‘learnings’.
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These energies are impacting our pre-conditioned tendencies to shut out, deny, distort and dissociate ourselves from enjoying a spiritually pure, lighted experience. They seek to liberate humanity from the repressions society imposes upon the conscious mind via our parental and social infrastructures, such as formal education and cultural norms and standards.
The shuttling stream of these complex cosmic energies gradually inspires and enlightens the nervous system and the imagination with deeply profound insights about our personal and collective journey here as humans. As these mystical and spiritual realities can be seen more clearly, they start to erode and dissipate our half-baked cultural myths as well as dissipate our familiar, fated karmic imprints.

At times, this can be a conflicting process, since the lower-grade tendency would be to escape and dissociate. Mars’ passage through the ♅/♆ curtain this week could spell ineffectiveness due to erratic, self-absorbed, unhinged, ungrounded actions. Those operating at a low-level consciousness could slip into their favourite ‘victim’ routine, whether through drugs/alcohol, evasive or escapist activity, or just a dumpload of emotional drama.

Those who have been consistently hurt by others in life will only see the world as having terribly wronged them, so they reprise and repeat their mournful saga of abuse and victimhood onto everything and everyone that they encounter.

Everything becomes a trigger to these people’s damaged sensitivities, so they are easily set off into defensive reaction. Dissociated from the present, the spirit is too blindsided by their bruised and battered ego to see all the healing and support that the universe has to offer them – if only they would only open their eyes, reach out and make contact.

Broken, angry people usually look no further than what they want to see. Even if their self-defeating behaviour is brought to their attention in a compassionate way, they react with either acceptance or denial of blame and persecution. Unfortunately, this keeps them bound into the victim archetype throughout their whole life.

Tremendous floods of light will allow those who see clearly to take every action to either help those who cannot, or to swiftly move away to avoid being dragged back into the shadows. We cannot force help on others and by the end of the week we may feel exhausted or just disheartened in our efforts if we cannot help.

Ultimately, the early-boarders on the ‘freedom train’ will have come to learn why it was so important not to make any drastic decisions this week. That train is about to take off onto a plain which elevates them slightly above the deeply entrenched misery of those who refuse to let go of their emotional baggage. Uranus promises surprises for everyone, and by the time the Sun and Mercury simultaneously shift into Pisces (Feb 18), we will all begin to see our dreams unfold in a brand new light.
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Meanwhile, the karmic forces ruled by Saturn are not going to give in without a fight. They will desperately try to keep us all entrenched and firmly rooted into our old accustomed places using fear and intimidation.
As Saturn, now in earthy Capricorn continues to hold fast by building a thick, crusty outer layer around our ego complexes, in attempt to block these liberating ♅/♆ light frequencies, the real split within society starts to emerge.

Saturn’s (♄) steady approach towards Pluto (♇), also in Capricorn, means that the subversive drive to control and manipulate the human spirit will become ever more intense and ever more present whenever we try to express our fundamental human liberties. Many of us may continue to go along, working for those whose intent is to secure and reinforce power using insidious means.

Given enough force, and without any resistance, these combined ♄/♇ planetary energies will start to develop into a staunch totalitarian force. As they continue to close in tightly, so too do the measures for discipline and control begin to emerge out of the darkness.

By 2020, they will have found ways to apply the all the available instruments of global business and governmental infrastructure in an attempt to tighten the screws on personal and collective freedoms by trying to enact more stringent and intrusive laws, building firmer systems to regulate, enforce and control humanity into separateness and isolation. We feel this, and are also keenly aware of how we also choose to play into their corrupting use of power, lies and organised concealment of truth.

Hence, a tremendous paradoxical phenomenon occurs as we see the greatly disruptive forces fighting for spiritual liberation going up against those of oppression and darkness. If we look closer, we can see these elements begin to play out between us, in our relationships with others.

This week begins with the Capricorn Moon hovering over this harsh ♄/♇ midpoint. We may feel a strong urge to connect to deeply subconscious forces and to bring up whatever is there to be examined. This not only lays down the foundations for the week, but gives us the grounds upon which we must tread if we aim to separate ourselves from the whole victim/persecutor/saviour routine.

By definition, victims are those that have experienced a trauma of some sort at the hands of some unenlightened satyr. We see them going through the whole gamut of emotions and external circumstances that they are supposedly under. Constantly, they are trying to wrap their heads around what happened to them, casting blame, scorn, shame and inadequacy upon themselves and those who persecuted them.

It is becomes a constant struggle trying to regain some sort of balance in their mind. Because they feel violated, ripped-off, confused, afraid, insecure, ashamed, guilty, impotent and at a loss for words/actions/thoughts. Some of them visibly still feel numbed, knocked out of the engagement, even in shock.

Someone whose mind is stuck in a state of crisis and chaos is constantly looking for a hand to either hold them through their pain or to bite off.

Be mindful how you come to feed into this energetic this week.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018
see also…

Venus in Pisces: Cosmic Scopes (Feb 10 – Mar 06)
http://angstoic.com/2018/02/venus-in-pisces-cosmic-scopes/
SPECIAL HOROSCOPE MESSAGES for AQUARIUS SOLAR ECLIPSE – February 15, 2018
http://angstoic.com/2018/02/aquarius-solar-eclipse-february-15-2018/
SUPER BLOODY BLUE MOON ECLIPSE @ 11°37′ Leo – January 31, 13:27 UTC
http://angstoic.com/2018/01/super-bloody-blue-moon-eclipse-1137-leo-january-31-1327-utc/

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A S T R O L O G Y O F N O W The Week Ahead March 05-11
http://angstoic.com/2018/03/the-week-ahead-march-05-11/

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After the Sun/Neptune and a triple conjunction in the late degrees of Pisces with Chiron, inner planets Mercury and Venus shift into combatant Aries by early mid–week. We switch from dazed and confused to crazed and abused, and squares to Saturn means that someone cops a rap on the knuckles with the nasty stick for shooting smart at the mouth. Meanwhile, the harsh dose of reality swings the mood into somber, maudlin undertones, since the other major switch on our cosmic radar this week is Friday’s Jupiter’s station to go retrograde at 23°♏13’℞.

Here are the main transits this week….

☉ ⊼ ☊ Mon Mar 05 05:02 am GMT Sun 14°♓34′ Quincunx Node 14°♌34′
☿ Sqq ☊ Tue Mar 06 00:46 am GMT Mercury 29°♓30′ Sesquiquadrate Node 14°♌30′
☿ enters ♈ Tue Mar 06 07:35 am GMT Mercury 00°♈00′
♀ Sqq ☊ Tue Mar 06 01:25 pm GMT Venus 29°♓28′ Sesquiquadrate Node 14°♌28′
♀ enters ♈ Tue Mar 06 11:46 pm GMT Venus 00°♈00′
♃ S℞ Fri Mar 09 03:24 am GMT Jupiter 23°♏13′℞ Station to Retrograde
☽ □ ☉ Fri Mar 09 11:21 am GMT Moon 18°♐50′ Square Sun 18°♓50′
☿ □ ♄ Sun Mar 11 07:01 am GMT Mercury 08°♈00′ Square Saturn 08°♑00′
☿ Sqq ♃ Sun Mar 11 10:41 am GMT Mercury 08°♈13′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 23°♏13′℞
♂ △ ♅ Sun Mar 11 11:23 am GMT Mars 26°♐24′ Trine Uranus 26°♈24′
☉ ∗ ♇ Sun Mar 11 11:52 am GMT Sun 20°♓51′ Sextile Pluto 20°♑51′
Jupiter last retrograde period was in Feb-Jun 2017, leaving his Rx shadow at the beginning of September. This means that we have been traversing new areas of growth, learning new laws, higher understanding and integrating all-new knowledge since early September.

Exploring new ground, trying to make sense of everything that is coming through and perhaps put a some meaning to it all has been exhausting, especially since Saturn has been so harsh on Jupiter (semisquare) for the past 3 months.

However, it is the period since December 12 2017 that is most important to us, since Jupiter’s had also been in his shadow zone, meaning that all new material covered since then will be revisited not once, but twice over during the next 7 months.

Yippee! Are you ready for some powerpoint revision and the slide-show pics from the trip?

Jupiter in retrograde is beyond the classroom or the textbook. It requires us to go into an experiential-style learning – the actual re-living through something vastly wonderful and life-expanding, turning it into a highly personal spiritual journey in order to explore it to its full potential.

By reviewing all our research and study during the retrograde period, we aim for an incorruptible insistence of the truth, so when Jupiter turns direct again (July 16) we have all our principles aligned so convincingly that nothing can sway the meaning of our argument, and hence the conviction of our beliefs.

During this period of internal expansion, a certain idealisation may start to take precedence over practicality. Since our experiences become subjectified during the retrograde period, our working hypotheses on life may become more important than life’s mundane everyday experiences.

read the full article….. JUPITER IN SCORPIO: Oct 11 2017 – Nov 9, 2018 http://angstoic.com/2017/10/jupiter-scorpio-oct-11-2017-nov-9-2018/

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As Jupiter retrogrades through Scorpio, we see a lot more projection of ‘truth’ going on. People start to point and shoot poison tipped ‘truth-bombs’ about what they wholeheartedly (swear-to-god-like) believe to be their honest truth onto others.
Since it’s most likely just subjectified hypotheses at this stage, there’s an awful danger that those going around preaching sermons from their very own, home-made gospel; absolutely convinced about they believe to be ‘truth’, may turn out to be simply living on a prayer (or a death wish).

Rx Jupiter Scorpio can press a point so intensely, with such emotional ferocity and utter violence of conviction that we could all at once see the worst and best come out each time a case is being heard. Kinda creates a paradox, since whenever we see someone driving an a hard line, it makes us want to flinch and quiver both is acceptance and dissent. Our response become just as extreme as their tenet and dogma. We are both likely to understand and misunderstand their point; both accept and reject their argument; both be in complete awe and detest them; respect and despise that person for all they represent.

Do you know someone who might fit that description? Someone you may have been studying with, learning from, wanting to understand life better through? Perhaps you’re that person – someone who’s prone to push their wheelbarrow of learnings; their unsubstantiated sophisms and half-baked aphorisms across to others in such a fiercely unrelenting manner?

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Those who are prone to hold extremely one-sided views or impart extremist beliefs; who are a bit highly strung, sexually tense, all banked-up with frustration from feeling completely misunderstood; who feel repressed or abused by others could become quite fed up with how things are working out in their world.

Watch this, it’s an interesting phenomenon. Since Jupiter entered Scorpio in mid-October 2017, there’s been a lot of dirt raised, and the way to get justice has been to go public. Hang that filthy laundry out for all to see. It’s been all about the smirch that it’s left on us more than worrying about the cause though.

People are seriously at their wit’s end about the stupidity or blind ignorance, the arrogance or abuse of those people who just fail to see their point, or worse, have trespassed their prerogative have been given to exact their revenge. These same people and – as always with Jupiter, there has been a swelling growth in bandwagonettes and copycats – will over these next few months feel an incredible urge to have all the freedom and liberal space they need.

By the middle (Ides) of March, when Jupiter completes his third and final semisquare to Saturn, the knives come out for those autocratic types in a big way. We see it in every institution where the heads of state have been less than impeccable.

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Jupiter wants us to grow and integrate, to explore the unknown mysteries of this universe, experience the great highs that been kept from us, be known and eminently famous and woe to anyone who tries to get in our way. Saturn wants to stop that. It becomes a fight, and Saturn isn’t going to let this nonsense go down so easily. Someone has to stand their ground, and keep all the excitement and speculation in its place right?

We shall see how it all turns out. (read more about the Jupiter/Saturn here) http://angstoic.com/2017/12/jupiter-saturn-semisquares-2017-18/

In the meantime, we’re up un down. Day by day we continue to swing from happy to sad, happy, sad…
It’s a test of faith, and it’s gotta end somewhere.

Something about the ides of March feels ominous…
See what happens.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx

[onawah]

ARIES NEW MOON (April 16) Messages & Intentions
http://angstoic.com/2018/04/aries-new-moon-messages-intentions/?utm_source=Current++Newsletter+Subscribers+Email&utm_campaign=69281fba46-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9fcf62cadb-69281fba46-105185525
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Current Planetary Positions
4/12/2018
9:57:45 PM

Sun 23° Aries 08' 16"
Moon 16° Pisces 49' 53"
Mercury 05° Aries 00' 13" R
Venus 15° Taurus 52' 18"
Mars 14° Capricorn 33' 46"
Jupiter 21° Scorpio 23' 59" R
Saturn 09° Capricorn 07' 43"
Uranus 28° Aries 10' 19"
Neptune 15° Pisces 20' 57"
Pluto 21° Capricorn 15' 54"
Chiron 29° Pisces 46' 04"
TrueNode 12° Leo 26' 47" R


NEW MOON at 26°02' ARIES

Fellow travellers,

There is nothing more exciting than a Uranian New Moon, especially in Aries. You just don't know what you're going to get (or give) under such stars. As usual, we offer extensive material to help provide reference and guidance through this lunation.

Against the backdrop of sobering pressures imposed by that stiff, board-of-director type energies currently in the Capricorn stellium, the Aries lunation presents a clear and present danger - a brazen dissent from any conservative structures of traditional parenting, big business and stodgy governmental types.

There is utter irreverence everywhere, and paradoxically intense need to contain and control.

This lunation is all about discontent with the system - a break from the consensus and a split into the individual, freedom-loving self. The Sun/Moon conjunction - only a couple of degrees away from Uranus (now in the final degrees of Aries) urges us to direct our pent- up energies in most untethered and unhinged ways, spasmodically expressed along unique or unusual lines.

It's both middle fingers in the air, flipping the establishment the B.I.R.D.

Extraordinarily disruptive events create news that is bewildering and insightful, just when it's least expected, in ways that are impossible to predict, with consequences nobody can imagine, let alone know exactly how to handle...

And yet, when freaky and provocative things happen, nobody really ought to be surprised either.

This high-voltage power punch of speculation and innovation has just been waiting to happen. They should have seen it coming. Genius strikes hard, bringing to light energies in the subconscious and illuminating the entire planet to a new level of consciousness.

All at once, all become vitalised by the newsflash that exposes us to the constraints of Saturn/Pluto's past/future controls, allowing us to look freely at their mechanics and giving us the option to break loose and follow our own path.

Yes, dammit!

Just like we always wanted to....

... but hey... There are at least two sides to every story, right? Well, in this case, every individual has at least two sides and where there's liberation & freedom, there's also a great deal of insecurity and chaos. And we cant have freedom and revolution and expect to have security and order around us.

Oops!

Here's a couple of things to consider as we launch, headfirst into this explosively irascible next few days, then come down to earth as we deal with the fallout of our radical intentions over the next few months:

First, there is the sudden, revolutionary intent set by the events of the Uranian New Moon and Chiron blasting into Aries...

Then, there is the earth-grounding, self-effacing aftermath when Saturn turns retrograde, followed by Pluto. Uranus also enters Taurus (May). The world begins to look different, and so do you.

But then, you knew it couldn't stand as it was... didn't you?

This dynamic and fiery New Moon is unquestionably a time when the irrepressible force to shift into entirely new and totally unfamiliar territory becomes our only option in some area of our lives. With Aries, we don’t need much imagination, there’s no planning, no apprehensiveness or fear about safety or consequences, no promise of love and glory, no brains even… just an intuitive urge – a will and need to be something, go somewhere new.
With Uranus, much of the events happening on a greater level will affect every individual personally. Uranus brings innovation through breakthroughs to the existing structure, and whether these are presented as technological, political, sociological or natural events they have the unstoppable effects of suddenly disrupting the social order in irrevocable ways.

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: April 16-22



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http://Current Planetary Positions 4/17/2018 12:29:11 AM Sun 27° Aries 09' 35" Moon 11° Taurus 59' 11" Mercury 04° Aries 55' 23" Venus 20° Taurus 53' 42" Mars 16° Capricorn 41' 21" Jupiter 20° Scorpio 58' 42" R Saturn 09° Capricorn 08' 54" Uranus 28° Aries 24' 26" Neptune 15° Pisces 28' 33" Pluto 21° Capricorn 16' 48" Chiron 29° Pisces 59' 38" TrueNode 11° Leo 45' 44" R

This life is not a dream. But it could be.

It could be a dream. Your dream come true perhaps. In which case, you may be currently living a life filled with enormous lightness, able to observe everything around you without holding any great emotional charge, no attached emotional strings or pulleys, no unseen dramas or manipulations – completely independent – free from any influences that are not entirely of your choosing; able to tend to those with the utmost sense of responsibility, kindness and respect.

In this sense, you are at least pulsing into present tense and consciously aware that life on earth has taken on a whole new, much more exhilarating pace. When you are conscious of your own being, everything that you affect or has the power to affect you can be turned on (or off) at your discretion without having to suffer or administering pain.

With Chiron in Pisces, all pain is sourced from forming unconscious or self-denying emotional attachments, and being able to release those would be the ideal way to heal. That’s the premise for living the dream, anyway. Nothing too fancy.

Or this life on earth could fast becoming a nightmare. Which means, you’re still not capable of being aware of how you haplessly allow yourself to get emotionally dragged into the drama of the physical world and of all its theatrics.

In any case, whether awake or in our deepest slumber, our dreaming faculties have been getting a right-royal Jungian workout lately as humankind struggles to process some of the phenomenally rapid etheric light-messages shuttling through into our consciousness…

Here are the main transits for this week:

☽ ☌ ☉ Mon Apr 16 2018 01:58 Moon 26°♈02′ Conjunction Sun 26°♈02′
☿ ∠ ♀ Mon Apr 16 2018 08:20 Mercury 04°♈49′ Semisquare Venus 19°♉49′
♀ ☍ ♃ Tue Apr 17 2018 07:00 Venus 20°♉58′ Opposition Jupiter 20°♏58′℞
Ch in ♈ Tue Apr 17 2018 08:26 Chiron 00°♈00′
♀ △ ♇ Tue Apr 17 2018 13:01 Venus 21°♉17′ Trine Pluto 21°♑17′
♄ S℞ Wed Apr 18 2018 01:00 Saturn 09°♑09′℞ SR
☉ ☌ ♅ Wed Apr 18 2018 14:00 Sun 28°♈29′ Conjunction Uranus 28°♈29′
♀ Sqq ♄ Thu Apr 19 2018 21:23 Venus 24°♉09′ Sesquiquadrate Saturn 09°♑09′℞
☿ Sqq ♃ Fri Apr 20 2018 00:25 Mercury 05°♈40′ Sesquiquadrate Jupiter 20°♏40′℞
☉ in ♉ Fri Apr 20 2018 03:13 Sun 00°♉00′
☉ ∠ ♆ Fri Apr 20 2018 17:28 Sun 00°♉35′ Semisquare Neptune 15°♓35′
♇ S℞ Sun Apr 22 2018 10:25 Pluto 21°♑17′℞ SR
☽ □ ☉ Sun Apr 22 2018 21:47 Moon 02°♌42′ Square Sun 02°♉42′
Last week we spoke about the growing tensions, rising all over 3D land – especially with Mars hitting the extremely hard-core, bone-crunching midpoint that is the Saturn/Pluto influence in Capricorn. A curious situation emerges, since both ‘heavy’ planets are now dead stationary, about to turn retrograde. Mars merely came along to throw some well-contrived fireworks into the mix.

What was it all about?

We shall see…
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The screws, however, are set to tighten on just about everyone who fails to understand the limits and limitations of power and control. Everywhere now, the greedy monsters of use & abuse have grown so large that they have all but hijacked the establishment and running roughshod over its administration. They will continue to tax the strength and energy of those who are blindly willing to keep feeding them out of fear and negligence to act, and it is arguable whether it is already too late to stop them. How are you contributing to feeding the monsters? Are you prone to being possessed by control demons yourself?

read all about the SATURN RETROGRADE (Apr 17 – Sep 06) transit here http://angstoic.com/2018/04/saturn-retrograde/

Meanwhile, retro Mercury in Aries goes direct again, and with so much self-centered mental energy dragging, it’s no wonder that everyone’s a bit over all the #mefirst #metoo & #mememe movements and memes.

read all about the MERCURY RETROGRADE in ARIES transit here http://angstoic.com/2018/03/mercury-retrograde-horoscopes/

Of course, as Mercury contacts the Venus/Jupiter opposition this week, the feminine scorn continues to snarl with a vengeance, as we’ve seen since October when Jupiter went into Scorpio. Venus’ trine to Pluto sees that she will not only become replenished, refilled and reimbursed, but vindicated with an enormous sense of self-empowerment too, especially if she can work with a particularly viciously judicious lawmaker.

read all about JUPITER IN SCORPIO: Oct 11 2017 – Nov 9, 2018 here http://angstoic.com/2017/10/jupiter-scorpio-oct-11-2017-nov-9-2018/

Chiron, master of the storybooks and tales best told in parables is about to crash-land into a being here on planet earth. Yes folks, enough of hearing all the ‘victim’ tales from all the Chiron in Pisces-style light-workers, shamans and the bodhisattvas. Starting this week, and over the next 12 months we see a brand new face emerging among us. Though he’s audacious, bold and freakishly grotesque, wilder, more provocative that anyone can imagine – the dude is here, he’s hurt and he definitely intends to introduce us to a new, more self-centered pain and hit the heal deal head on. More about that during the week….

However, the big ticket and first cab off the rank this week – and I’m sure you are already primed by now – is the explosive New Moon in Aries. http://angstoic.com/2018/04/aries-new-moon-messages-intentions/Forming just moments into Monday, and only a couple of degrees away from a conjunction to the obstreperous Uranus, nothing intends to be move faster and break more things than this boisterous bolt of lightning, channeling into this lunation with all the tact of of a tectonic shift and all the subtlety of Stalin.



Song of Uranus
Bristling breakages, break-ups & breakdowns,
breakaways, breakthroughs, break-ins & break-outs now.
These are a few of my favourite things
Something unheard of is trying to begin…

Chaos & maelstrom, detachment, disorder,
shock & upheaval just outside the border.
Rebels revolting extremely it seems,
these are a few of my favourite things

Deviant minds with unorthodox mindsets,
eccentric geeks hacking internet outlets.
Wilful extremists just blowing up things,
pulling a few of my most frightful strings.

Earthquakes and tremors, lay blame on the faultlines
‘lectrical storms that expose and enlighten.
Freak winds that spark fires, engulfing you in –
These are a few of my most deadly stings.

Genius bolts coming down with solutions,
radical jolts expedite evolution,
state-of-the-art technological feats
render the old and worn out obsolete.

Future is here, put away expectations
unleash the beasts of experimentation
blow this world open with progressive thought
show your excitement, don’t look so distraught

Freedom from ‘that’ and from ‘him’ and from ‘it’ now
agitate, shake, liberate and acquit now
set the alarm for the ‘Now’ to begin,
bring on a few of my favourite things…

And so it goes. There is a massive build-up of pent-up pressure waiting to ‘break loose’ now, as if the world is tired of being held to ransom by the shenanigans and antics of self-important bullies and impossibly tyrannical narcissists. The gig may be up, and the impatience to bust loose may no longer be able to be contained, but there’s a whole bunch of work that goes with dealing with the aftermath that entails the fallout from an explosive, earth-shattering event.

I know a lot of people are ready, wishing a “bring it on moment”, but with Saturn/Pluto goose-stepping into position, we are hardly ready to take on (or leave) the auspices of the regime.

STRONG REMINDER: this is no time to get emotional. There is important work to be done. Stay present, thoroughly unsentimental otherwise, yes, you will fall prey to fear, anger, heartbreak and loss. Don’t look behind you – that’s all gone – nothing to see. Stay present, one foot in front of the other and keep marching…

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

FULL MOON at 08°10′ SAGITTARIUS, Tuesday, May 29 2018, 14:20 UTC
http://angstoic.com/2018/05/full-moon-at-0810-sagittarius-tuesday-may-29-2018-1420-utc/
Current Planetary Positions
5/27/2018
11:18:38 PM

Sun 06° Gemini 47' 00"
Moon 20° Scorpio 25' 02"
Mercury 26° Taurus 14' 08"
Venus 10° Cancer 16' 46"
Mars 04° Aquarius 13' 34"
Jupiter 16° Scorpio 00' 46" R
Saturn 07° Capricorn 55' 23" R
Uranus 00° Taurus 38' 29"
Neptune 16° Pisces 21' 45"
Pluto 20° Capricorn 59' 37" R
Chiron 01° Aries 48' 21"
TrueNode 07° Leo 48' 21" R
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We are looking for answers. The great unknown has never been greater. It seems the more information that becomes available to our minds, the greater too is the unknown. So much data flooding in, some of it like missing pieces of a puzzle that is millenia-old. The rational mind is busily trying to scan, find relevance and assemble it all into a coherent, more credible bigger picture, something that will put the heart to rest and liberate us from our own darkness and ignorance.
Meanwhile, it seems that there are proponents of certain ideas in this world who have taken out a full-scale, supernatural assault upon the very premises of what constitutes common, rational sense – either by spreading misinformation of continuing to withhold vital facts. Whilst this seems set to continue through the next 2-3 years, on a most personal level our logical, conscious minds are wrestling, grappling with facts, trying to make sense of what’s going on. We need to feel like there’s some meaning to it all, and either this sits well with our intuitive selves or we get a little restless.

Such is the dilemma we are experiencing under this blessed Full Moon.

As the Mercurial GEMINI SUN flips and flitters our conscious mind, trying to decide which way it will go, the Sadge moon feels an inner restlessness. We may find ourselves in a quandary, becoming more and more perplexed about what to believe and how it all fits into our accustomed, socially indoctrinated ways of looking at the world. At its height, the Full Moon could leave us feeling just a little unsettled and on edge about what we are hearing and how it ties in with our past customs and ethics. It may send us on an existential quest to know the truth. For only this will set us free.

This is the purpose of this lunation – to make us feel so conflicted with what we’re hearing that we have to ask: Is the current system working for us, or does it need to be reviewed, revised or relinquishing altogether?

Why are our belief systems subject to change?
Why do they differ from person to person?
Why can’t the truth just be the unilateral, indisputable truth?

Perhaps it is our age-old existential questions are always generating exciting new information, either hidden or specifically being distorted from and by us. We are at the cusp of change. Against the context of an ever-expanding universe, we cannot afford to hold a physically constrained or limiting worldview for too long. The information age has unleashed a tsunami of rapidly shareable data and just like Guttenberg’s printing press brought knowledge to the masses, held only by the ecclesiastical and royal elite 500 years ago, the streaming internet has digitally activated our conscious minds to generate, communicate and process much more content than ever, overcome the bounds of physical and cultural restraints and got more more humans than ever imaginable talking among one another.

This exponential torrent of accessible intelligence has all but assaulted out minds, trying desperately to help us change. Our minds must work harder to filter the useful from the shrapnel, the true from the prevaricated, the relevant from the distracting, the freely available from the encrypted, which in itself is always evolving along with us. We are at the precipice of liberation, but to enact it we must first understand the things that have been kept from us for so long. To do this, we need context from those who speak the truth in the veritable sea of collective delusion because to understand something is the only way to truly become liberated from it.

Yet, after all our study and thought, we must still only concede that we are drawing upon a limited set of ideas to make a general statement, ideology or manifesto, whose own validity is in itself often expired as soon as it is pronounced, only leaving us exposed to further questions. And also, we can see all the blockages still imposed both by world ‘leaders’ and us, as ‘individuals’ in the name of privacy and security.

Regardless of the vast volume of information available, it remains still limited, compared to the infinite expanse of the unknown universe. In a limited world, with limited knowledge, the seed of our argument (our ideas) will at some culminating point in its lifecycle come to be dismissed, dispelled, debunked or simply rendered insufficient. At some point, new information will come along and blow old theories out of the water. Like Copernicus (round earth), Newton (modern cosmology) and Darwin (species evolution) new information brings light upon antiquated theories, making them all at once seem superstitious and incomplete.

The lunation (SUN/MOON) cycle is a cycle of relationship. It is the “archetype” of all cycles involving the relationship between two celestial factors moving at different speeds. The lights symbolise the most essential functions in every living organism, and when they come into opposition they symbolise the conscious effacement of our most primal existence, and therefore of relationship; for there is no existence without relationship.

Most of us rush into a variety of relationships without consciously facing them; we are drawn into them by biological and psychological needs and wants, by the spells of “Karma,” or by our inherent complexes and illusory dreams.https://i0.wp.com/angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Screenshot-2018-05-23-12.51.05.png?resize=768%2C596
This Sagittarius Full Moon thus creates a conflict around indoctrinated beliefs – a diametric split between the conscious information coming into our unconscious being, and how well we can relate to it given what we’re used to believing so far. The close inclusion of Saturn in a ‘yod’ type formation to the Sun/Node suggests that we are facing difficulties or lacking confidence to find a common purpose with others. Yet, we will still need to work hard and patiently toward this. Our intuition cautiously accepts or shrewdly rejects what is true. Either way, with the Full Moon’s fiery trine to the Node, a deeply spiritual truth is uncovered about how we are intrinsically connected to others and something shifts.

Of course, this is all very personal. Depending on the nature of our own ideas, we each look to satisfy our faith in highly personalised ways. If our quest is of a spiritual or religious nature, we will seek to know whether God will save us from despair. If our quest is of a romantic kind, we seek to know whether love is eternal. If our quest is creative we seek assurance that our art will last forever. If our quest is for immortality, then we seek to know how to overcome our biological limitations, and so on…

It is only after we exhaust the many inconsistencies and hypocrisies in our relationships that we face up to certain truths about them. At this, culminating phase of the Moon cycle we might come to discover their true purpose and value in our lives.

Each Full Moon confrontation brings us into greater awareness about our inter-dependencies, thus resulting either in fulfilment or in an eventual breaking-up.

In other words, the Sun/Moon opposition gives us an actual capacity for a consciousness which was only latent or unclearly expressed in any existential relationship.

The pertinent themes of this lunation create a confrontation for both parties in any relationship (whether past or present). The head-to-head conflict forces us to either transfigure our lives – change/amend our philosophy/doctrine/constitution/belief, or otherwise agree to hold diametrical positions, split or separate.

Therefore, the Full Moon either produces illumination in consciousness, or emotional frustration, bitterness and heartache, anger and resentment…

A concurrent Venus/Saturn opposition hardens matters of the heart, crystallising our understanding about the limitations of conditional relationships, alliances and bonds. Any romantic, material or financial investments (set around Dec 25, 2017) now only serve to make us increasingly unsatisfied and uncertain about their ability to allow us to feel free to keep growing, learning, evolving.

The Moon governs our memorised patterns of behaviour – basic habits which stem back to our early childhood and even before we were even born (in the womb). Our emotional patterns are formed through our early environment, over a repetitive series of routines (etched into our neural pathways), of which we are commonly highly unconscious. In the case of Sagittarius, we have been habitually conditioned to accept that what we are told is true is our accustomed truth.

The personal autopilot inside has been trained (over ‘many moons’) to fly along a certain flight route, forming what constitutes our trusty ‘belief system’. We want to believe it because it makes us feel safe. Thought patterns and instinctive reactions are stored deep inside the cellular structure of our body nervous system, ready to send messages to the thinking and doing brain whenever we feel uncomfortable.
Becoming conscious of these, and how these ‘feelings’ (which turn into habitual behaviours) tend to sabotage our capacity to feel well is the first step towards changing some of the most basic scripts in our subconscious operating system. If we want to see positive change, we not only have to ‘think positive’, we have to feel that positivity in our body. “Positive thinking” alone does nothing if deep down, unconsciously, your body is still dancing to the tunes of negativity.

The Gemini Sun offers us an opportunity to consciously change the information that feeds the unconsciously adhered to belief-patterns stored within our cellular body. Through mindful practices, writing, counselling, philosophical dialogue, meditation, we are able to confront, uncover, then decide how it is we must rewire our nervous-system to amend or let go of beliefs and habits that no longer serve us.

On this Full Moon, feel into what is coming in by way of usual and unusual information channels. Where are you sourcing your observations from? What do you believe and what is no longer supportable? How much is true for you? How does it enrich your withstanding beliefs, about your yourself; your world and what needs to be relinquished in order for you to grow, change and be free?

You are not alone. You are constantly in relationship. Here is your opportunity to develop that relationship into something that supports your quest to find truth. Use the knowledge to become liberated from delusion, to change your way of thinking so that you have unilateral choices on how to live.

Blessings, and have an amazing Full Moon xx

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: June 18-24
http://angstoic.com/2018/06/the-week-ahead-june-18-24/

Current Planetary Positions
6/17/2018
2:53:24 PM

Sun 26° Gemini 34' 11"
Moon 22° Leo 20' 38"
Mercury 10° Cancer 10' 23"
Venus 04° Leo 33' 41"
Mars 08° Aquarius 43' 05"
Jupiter 14° Scorpio 07' 23" R
Saturn 06° Capricorn 33' 59" R
Uranus 01° Taurus 32' 44"
Neptune 16° Pisces 29' 32"
Pluto 20° Capricorn 36' 05" R
Chiron 02° Aries 17' 28"
TrueNode 06° Leo 29' 49"

It is all about reaching into the heart of relationship this week…
Life is really all about relationships anyway. Relationship to self, to others, to the things we own, the things we desire to possess, relationships to past, future, tribe, country, nature… god (?) – we exist only in relationship to everything…

Here are the main planetary transits this week… (all times in UTC)

♆ S℞ Mon Jun 18 2018 20:32 Neptune 16°♓30′℞ SR’grade
♀ ⊼ ♄ Tue Jun 19 2018 10:55 Venus 06°♌27′ Quincunx Saturn 06°♑27′℞
♀ ☌ ☊ Tue Jun 19 2018 11:38 Venus 06°♌29′ Conjunction Node 06°♌29′
☿ △ ♃ Tue Jun 19 2018 19:43 Mercury 14°♋00′ Trine Jupiter 14°♏00′℞
☉ ☍ Vs Tue Jun 19 2018 20:14 Sun 28°♊30′ Opposition Vesta 28°♐30′℞
☉ Sqq ♃ Wed Jun 20 2018 08:05 Sun 28°♊58′ Sesquiquad Jupiter 13°♏58′℞
☽ □ ☉ Wed Jun 20 2018 10:51 Moon 29°♍04′ Square Sun 29°♊04′
☿ △ ♆ Thu Jun 21 2018 03:59 Mercury 16°♋29′ Trine Neptune 16°♓29′℞
☉ in ♋ Thu Jun 21 2018 10:08 Sun 00°♋00′
♀ ☍ ♂ Thu Jun 21 2018 16:55 Venus 09°♌03′ Opposition Mars 09°♒03′
☿ ☌ Pa Fri Jun 22 2018 09:32 Mercury 18°♋43′ Conjunction Pallas 18°♋43′
☉ ∗ ♅ Sat Jun 23 2018 05:58 Sun 01°♋45′ Sextile Uranus 01°♉45′
☿ ☍ ♇ Sat Jun 23 2018 09:24 Mercury 20°♋28′ Opposition Pluto 20°♑28′℞
☉ □ Ch Sat Jun 23 2018 21:39 Sun 02°♋22′ Square Chiron 02°♈22′
♄ ⊼ ☊ Sat Jun 23 2018 23:27 Saturn 06°♑07′℞ Quincunx Node 06°♌07′
This week the relationship dial is clearly pointing to our most intense interpersonal affairs as we see the Venus/Mars opposition align itself tightly along the Lunar Nodal (☊/☋) axis.

Matters, especially between the “female ego” and the “male ego” don’t get more critical in this astrologer’s book, and whilst there are some great opportunities to see things crystal clearly, these often won’t come without some discord and strife, especially around mid-week with the Quarter Moon. Relations of all kinds are very raw and tender at the moment, but particularly among the conventional, heterosexual persuasion. Things have been entirely stressed since Venus met Mars at 19°13′ VIRGO in October 5 last year, when actress Ashley Judd accused media mogul Harvey Weinstein in a breaking story by The New York Times, effectively launching the #MeToo movement.

Much has transpired between the sexes in the wake of #MeToo, bringing the idea of sexual harassment and assault into the public consciousness, precipitating an entire shift in awareness around creating a more positive workplace culture for women. For men, there have been opportunities to grow more actively in ways that promote healthy, respectful ways of “being a man”, and most notably in the business world there has been an increase in corporations seeking to understand why sexual harassment in the workplace is so pervasive. Whilst this Venus/Mars cycle has had quite a strong evolutionary effect, it commenced at a time when several other crucial factors were critically playing out in the heavens (♅ ∠ ♆ | ♃ ☍ ♅ | ♄ △ ☊, as well as aspects to the actual conjunction) which i will not go into here. (see chart).

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Many standard relationships have been rocked since that time, and any dynamic that seemed to skate uncomfortably close to the thin ice close of the abuse, rape and harassment culture was either brought to a head, or is coming up to measure now. In practice, it’s only the brave and most enlightened who have able to make inter-gender dynamics work optimally due to awareness of respectful values and healthy boundaries.

Of its own merit, the current ♀ ☍ ♂ pitches the hypersensitive sexes against one another in perhaps one of the most intensely passionate (love/hate) contrasts in a long time. Conjoined along the bilateral Nodal axis, this opposition suggests that much of the primal, archetypal dramas activated to play out between feminine & masculine in October ’17 now grant us all a golden opportunity to propel our spiritual evolution forward a good notch or two. As with all oppositions, much depends on the forces of awareness, mediation and mindful balanced activity. Provided we can temper those gargantuan, self-absorbed egos enough to see what is really going on between us, there are enormous chances for us to make tremendous leaps in understanding one another’s needs and insecurities.

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Venus’s conjunction to the Leo North Node calls her courageous heart to stand forth and seek peace and harmony, but only in a self-dignified, self-empowered terms. She desires nothing more than to rule over her own interests, to proudly express herself in the truest integrity and hold her head up high at all times for everything she represents. She refuses to put herself in any situation, love affair, project, partnership where she is not valued as a special, creative contributor – one who not only adds considerable value but is highly appreciated for her unique talents.
Of course, the quincunx to judgemental Saturn leaves her most cautious, wary or mindfully apprehensive about getting involved with anyone at all who tries to drag her down. That gnarly past keeps dragging up all sorts of fears, worries traumatic memories – particularly about taking on certain roles which are going to leave her exposed, unrewarded and discredited. She finds it hard to trust Mars, who appears to be still resonating defiantly in discordant frequencies of an outdated culture, exhibiting some oddly distant and seriously aloof behaviour towards her.

If Mars in Aquarius comes to the table, he do so swearing to reform himself, or at least “change the world”. Stationing himself on the South Node (June 26), he has his work cut out for the next few months. For one, he has absolutely no chance of changing anything unless he can see how his own toxic behaviour, cultured by a fading tribal/pack mentality, no longer serves his own personal growth, let alone that of his humanity.

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Here, in our most intimate relations, we are all about to see the karmic pros and cons between asserting ourselves with others in a competent, cooperative way, and what happens when we bully and step over each other to snatch what we feel is our god-given entitlement over others. Lots to learn here, and both sexes are complicit is fomenting the toxic strands the produce inequity in every area, not just the employment marketplace but socially domestically and romantically.
Of course, any kind of crass, angry, brutish behaviour is up for serious review this week. Whilst on one hand, it cannot be sustained in any loving, kind relationship, there is a certain animal magnetism exuded by Mars when expressing our inner warrior which, although dangerous, can also appealing for its candour, honesty and directness. In a strange, masochistic sense, the masculine is cruising for a bruising by forcibly thrusting himself into the line of punishment. Therefore, we meet the conflicts we have to have, fight them out head-to-head, tooth and nail to the death so that the maximum awareness of our interpersonal issues can finally allow the final decision-making process to be made.

Do we have the courage it takes to do this evolution thing together, or are we simply going backwards?

Mercury’s aspects are interesting this week, prompting that we will do everything within our power to create a healthy, emotionally fluid discourse among our kind. A grand water trine offers a very imaginative, compassionate flow of thoughts and discussion. Those who are capable of attuning their mind to envisioning some exciting new potentials will start to naturally shift into an elevated, more sympathetic and understanding way of communicating. On the negative side, this grand trine may see us engaging in ideas which are unrealistic or excessively idealistic, and the opposition to Pluto may leave us wide open to manipulation and full scale head-****ery, especially by the workplace narcissist and the ruthless, faceless corporation (watch out for volcanic eruptions and explosive exposés there).

The Sun spends his last days in breezy Gemini, the quarter Moon at the critical 29° Virgo is here to test whether last week’s New Moon intentions are truly on the level – not just a bunch of eloquent ideas that have blown away in the breeze but truly practicable and grounded by real execution. Moving into Cancer, Sol enters the most personally confronting part of the year. With oppositions to malefics Saturn and Pluto, and the series of Eclipses, we are set for some phenomenal times ahead… (all for the greater good, of course).

On this week’s Cosmic Bus, we expand further on our understanding of the lunation cycle, as well as taking a deeper look at this evolutionary shift happening in our relationships. Also, we explore Sol’s entry into Cancer, how it may play out for us in the weeks ahead.

[onawah]

Neptune Retrograde – The Impossible Dream
http://angstoic.com/2015/02/neptune-goes-direct-november-16th-154-am-ut/
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Current Planetary Positions
6/19/2018
9:42:46 AM

Sun 28° Gemini 16' 26"
Moon 17° Virgo 35' 29"
Mercury 13° Cancer 36' 10"
Venus 06° Leo 37' 58"
Mars 08° Aquarius 53' 40"
Jupiter 14° Scorpio 00' 29" R
Saturn 06° Capricorn 26' 15" R
Uranus 01° Taurus 36' 45"
Neptune 16° Pisces 29' 33" R
Pluto 20° Capricorn 33' 44" R
Chiron 02° Aries 18' 59"
TrueNode 06° Leo 32' 02"

It seems that sometimes; some experiences; some people, seem completely out of this world. Yes, they are really happening for someone – in someone else’s world, but are they real for us, in our world?
Like, when you hear people talking about past lives. “In a previous life I was Cleopatra”... which would then be followed by a most interesting, intricately woven, quite feasible story, with plots of intrigue, mystery and romance from a person you may personally know very well, but they’re talking to you like they are enchanted, infatuated with some alternative notion of themselves. And chances are, if what they are sharing with you is simply a gratuitous attempt to glamourise their Ego – if the story has no symbolic correlation to any theme of how you are experiencing this person in this very lifetime, then this story is most unlikely to capture your imagination, even allow you to capture any of the complexities of what they were trying to relate. In fact, it may confound and confuse you, to the point where you fail to connect (even wish to avoid) with this person.

This is the danger of Neptune in Retrograde: We simply struggle to get our highly abstract ideas across to others because their nature is so acutely personalised and slightly removed from our current reality that our vision becomes difficult to, grasp, even by ourselves.

Neptune seeks to take us to a higher dimension. Its energy activates the faculties of imagination, fantasy, intuition and sensitivity towards others and access to quantum realities and alternative realms.

That fantastic novel, or movie, or tune that manages to lift your spirit out from its usual mundane drudgery, its dull rancour or lifeless boredom and take you away to another dimension appeals to your Neptunian side. Through the sheer force of your own imagination, those breathtaking moments of true inspiration are Neptune at work. It is the ability not just to sense, but to be vividly moved into an exalted state, one that is often incredibly difficult to articulate into your own, ordinary, every-day terms. But are those visions capable of capturing the imagination of others, or are you indulging into a personal trip into some schmaltzy sentimentalia?

Ghosts, spirits, aliens, quasars, UFO’s, conspiracy theories and all sorts of wonderful alternative realities are such phenomena that you may hear about often, but there is often scant evidence to substantiate or credibly qualify these into our mainstream acceptance. It is because those who experience these are at a loss to explain them in tangible terms. Only the ultra-sensitive, refined and mystical few who are attuned to these subtle influences and have direct access to their alternative realms, and somehow find ways to introduce these to us in ways which we find appealing and acceptable.

The mystic, the inspired movie director or artist, the guru, the poet, the miracle healer, the visionary dreamer, the psychic medium, the Christ and martyr of his cause are some of the personified forms that Neptune presents itself. Yet it is often in their life’s work, one that requires an enormous amount of sacrifice of worldly gains, and often through great personal struggles that we see their benevolent effect. Society will often be at the ready to isolate and discredit those operating in the questionable functions of Neptunian energy by labelling them as crooks and shysters, liars and bandits, mentally infirm, or as persons of doubtful or dubious character. There is a very fine line between the mystic and the swindler and this is marked mainly by the degree to which the individual seeks to use these wonderful energies to gratify their own ego.

Our ability to relate our connection to the divine source to others with a sense of egoless-ness and humility is what determines how well others will accept our inspiration. Being truly egoless requires us to thoroughly omit imposing our own presence and heightened self importance when expressing higher dimensional energies like compassion, and universal truths. The effectiveness of our ability to inspire others when relaying our Neptunian message rests upon our ability to avoid arousing any suspicion of deceptiveness or delusion on our part. We must be convincing that our deeds are wholesome, and not tainted by some personal predilection.

And so this also tests our ability to be honest with ourselves, because with Neptune the propensity to become entangled, even confused between acting upon our inspired visions and the gratifying our ego must always be held in check. Often we are so overwhelmed that we are unclear of our true motives. We want to surrender to the infinite seas of the collective oneness, draw our inspiration, but the temptation is always there to misuse the glamour and intrigue to create the enticing self-image of an enchanting ‘magician’ or ‘ideal being’ to others.

Neptune may enter our lives to wash over us like relentless succession of calm, soothing waves, subtly taking us to that higher place where we can personally experience the infinity of life in all its quantum splendour and delight. It becomes a gradual elevation or disintegration into other dimensions beyond our limited physical confinement to a linear time/space. Is is the ultimate acceptance and belief in the Great Oneness. It may present itself as an inspiring mystical experience, an encounter with another individual whose influence raises our awareness to a myriad of possibilities and who provides a direct channel into the collective source of inspiration.

Neptune may also enter our lives through an illness, or through agents like alcohol or drugs, through a “supernatural” experience such as a profound dream or a “divine visitation”, or through a devotion into art or music, or a religious, or spiritual, or “magical” confluence into the great divine. Or it could enter our lives as a mistake, that may or may not work in our favour.

However we wish to play it, we need to ride it out and understand that the end result will be to dissolve and spiritualise our ego.

With Neptune turning retrograde at 16°♓30’℞ (June 18), the tendency to take this energy in a completely subjective way means that we feel it far more sensitively than when it is direct. Our intuition and receptivity to the subtle nuances of higher realms becomes ever more acute and refined.

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When Neptune turns direct again (November 22) we may begin to sense the ability to feel (receive and transfer) this energy in a less subjective manner. Therefore we have a better sense of discernment of what is real and what is simply unbelievable. Its direct motion can help us realise where in fact we might have “lost ourselves” (or others) in translation. It will therefore become time to come to grips that there have been instances where we may have undermined ourselves or the situation (others). Whether it was through our excited impressionability, confusion, vague understanding, idealised notions or outright deceptiveness through lies, mischief or fraud – we now have a chance to clear up the mess and come clean.

Neptune’s effect seems negated or diffused when it sounds like it is attached to something personal, like a fantastic story that “happened to you”. It is only when we are mindful to convey our visions in terms that are more symbolic or poetic (say through music, art, literature, mysticism, dance, even sport). Anything that allows a connection of our vision to others through its appeal to the collective rhythm and eternal enchantment).Yet, unless we are truly capable of relating our innermost visions to others without the temptation to indulge these to ego attachment, we face not only the danger of feeling misunderstood but severely in for a rude awakening. Although we may sense an infinite connection to the voice of the universe, it may seem that the intensity of how personally we are affected by this energy causes difficulties when trying to relate our wonderful, yet at times, incongruent ideas across to others.

Neptune’s ultimate aim is to dissolve our ego, thereby creating a more immediate access to spirit. In retrograde mode, the planet’s energy subjects us to feelings of disengagement, misunderstanding and victimisation, from one another. In the most personalised sense, we may enter the domain of the spirit realms quite easily.

Solitude and silent meditation are perhaps the most prefered setting for this period.

Yet the moment we try to relate our inner landscape to the outside world we may find our visions only creating a confused or messy situation, particularly if we are trying to use linear terms. Understand, that the kind of attention that we will draw from others for this type of expression is very prone to serving us poorly by wearing down, or undermining our connections. Our higher self may feel struggle to connect to the empathy or sympathy around us, whether personally or socially. Ultimately, if we cannot connect to others on the highest level of their capacity to show true compassion, forgiveness and inspiration, we threaten to damage the free-flowing interconnectedness between each other.

Just remember, we are all going through this together. Only expect from others what you are prepared to encompass in yourself. This period may be a little challenging. It is best to practice on refining your own spirit by honouring the virtue your own sensitivity, processing these internally, allowing yourself to melt into a divine sense of ego dissolution through silent wonderment, spiritual self-nurturance and a meditative stillness.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: Jun 25-Jul 01
http://angstoic.com/2018/06/the-week-ahead-jun-25-jul-01/
Current Planetary Positions
6/24/2018

Sun 03° Cancer 12' 38"
Moon 25° Scorpio 03' 56"
Mercury 22° Cancer 52' 30"
Venus 12° Leo 36' 30"
Mars 09° Aquarius 11' 27"
Jupiter 13° Scorpio 43' 30" R
Saturn 06° Capricorn 03' 33" R
Uranus 01° Taurus 47' 43"
Neptune 16° Pisces 29' 00" R
Pluto 20° Capricorn 26' 42" R
Chiron 02° Aries 22' 29"
TrueNode 06° Leo 19' 00" R

This is a testy week, which may leave the uninitiated feeling a little skittish as the Sun finds himself in opposition to a dignified Saturn in Capricorn upon the Full Moon. Here, at such a seriously self-doubting time, even the most authoritative among us may start to question our relative importance to others. Seem that just the slightest contest upon our good character could conjure up all kinds of hidden uncertainties and insecurities, making us question whether we have what it takes to hold it together. A lot depends on how we take criticism, but in a world so sensitive, yet held together on such flimsy pretences, let us not be surprised to see some folks over-reacting and losing their composure at the slightest little protuberance or mini-challenge.

You? you’re going to stay cool, right?

Here’s the main transits for this week….

♇ ☍ Pa Mon Jun 25 2018 08:04 Pluto 20°♑26′℞ Opposition Pallas 20°♋26′
♀ □ ♃ Mon Jun 25 2018 17:20 Venus 13°♌41′ Square Jupiter 13°♏41′℞
♂ S℞ Tue Jun 26 2018 20:47 Mars 09°♒13′℞ Station to ℞etr
☉ ☍ ♄ Wed Jun 27 2018 13:29 Sun 05°♋51′ Opposition Saturn 05°♑51′℞
♀ ⊼ ♆ Thu Jun 28 2018 03:41 Venus 16°♌28′ Quincunx Neptune 16°♓28′℞
☽ ☍ ☉ Thu Jun 28 2018 04:54 Moon 06°♑28′ Opposition Sun 06°♋28′
Ce in ♍ Thu Jun 28 2018 09:02 Ceres 00°♍00′
♀ Sqq Ch Thu Jun 28 2018 23:19 Venus 17°♌24′ Sesquiquadrate Chiron 02°♈24′
☿ in ♌ Fri Jun 29 2018 05:17 Mercury 00°♌00′ Enters Leo
☿ Sqq ♆ Sat Jun 30 2018 04:35 Mercury 01°♌28′ Sesquiquadrate Neptune 16°♓28′℞
☿ □ ♅ Sat Jun 30 2018 13:02 Mercury 01°♌59′ Square Uranus 01°♉59′
☿ △ Ch Sat Jun 30 2018 20:10 Mercury 02°♌25′ Trine Chiron 02°♈25′
☉ ⊼ ♂ Sat Jun 30 2018 23:29 Sun 09°♋07′ Quincunx Mars 09°♒07′℞
Jn in ♉ Sun Jul 01 2018 08:47 Juno 00°♉00′ Enters Taurus
♀ ⊼ ♇ Sun Jul 01 2018 11:56 Venus 20°♌17′ Quincunx Pluto 20°♑17′℞
♀ Sqq ♄ Sun Jul 01 2018 17:31 Venus 20°♌33′ Sesquiquadrate Saturn 05°♑33′℞
With the triple-eclipse season just approaching (Jul 13 [S], Jul 27 [L], Aug 11 [S]), a time of considerable crisis lies ahead for all of us, so we best prepare to demonstrate our sense of individual will as authentically as possible, show how we have the strength to stand in our own sovereignty, or otherwise prepare to capitulate our personal power to the pressing tide of environmental influences now starting to polarise their forces en mass along the extreme peripheries.

If there’s ever been a time to make amends for matters unresolved and balance accounts unsettled, now may be the time. The Saturn/Capricorn Full Moon presents some cold, hard, sobering realities upon our all-too-comfortable (yet long-neglected) situation, and we know that unless we are ready to face the muzak of the ‘real world’, get our act straight, maintaining a balance on things could get a little tricky in the weeks and months ahead.
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Mars stations to turn retrograde (Tue), directing his militant forces inwards, and while we begin to subjectively reflect back on times or events where we may feel we have failed to protect or defend ourselves appropriately, others do the same. During the retrograde period, any past instance where we may have felt sublimated, twisted, distorted, denied or felt to have betrayed our self-interests can launch us into an intense inner journey of resentment and wishing to ‘make things right again’, as our personal warrior seeks to recover his broken connection with the Higher Self. It is as if we’re seeking a pardon, or a blessing from above for actions committed that may not have turned out so favourably.
However, the quincunx of Mars to the Sun serves as a stymie. You may sense that any current strains upon your health, vitality and general competence must be dealt with directly in order to vent or release pent up anger and frustration. Feelings of isolation, loneliness and lack of purpose have been allowed to develop because, over recent times, you have allowed yourself to be trodden upon. If you feel you have let things go too far, fallen prey or victim to someone who has played dirty tricks on you, allowed others to exploit you, or try to cash in on your ideas, then naturally you may feel the frustration deep within, and the usual way to vent it might be to be angry at your world.

On a higher note, the wiser, more mindful, less self-absorbed individual will be able to process this inward-turning journey of Rx Mars more constructively, take a less subjective or personal course of action and see how all these base, survival-style (dog-eat-dog) energies are not helpful but are only perpetuating the state of anxiety all around.

Conducting a clear, meditative, root-cause review of any past instances where you may have acted with the sole intention to satisfy your own ego desires, you may come to own how these may have served to aggravate situations for you and the world revolving around you.

By choosing to integrate any past regrets into purposeful attempts to close off, resolve and dispel any ongoing disputes or hostilities, we set the ball rolling for true repair work. This can be achieved by working directly towards reaching closure with those whom have ‘wronged’ us (forgiveness goes a long way), by offering our energetic resources towards a project/cause or by rekindling of relationships that are based on co-operation rather than competition.

Beginning with yourself, choose to overcome selfish, lower tendencies in your desire complexes – actual addictions and dependencies in your life, such as materialistic greed, sex, public success, alcoholism, drug-taking, unhealthy relationships, over-spending and the like – activities that seize control over you. It is time to break free of these negative patterns of behaviour by acknowledging the crippling effect that they have over you and the harmful impact they’re having on every aspect of your life.

Becoming more outwardly engaged in ways and means that serve the higher self, looking after yourself will help you to make healthier choices to break the patterns of abuse, possession, addiction or co-dependency. Of course, with any toxic situation (job, love affair, marriage, home-lease) there is really little that can be done but to end an unhappy/unhealthy relationship. Remember that you always have choices and the hard truths landing all through this week will help you see this.

[onawah]

MARS in Retrograde-the longest-lasting, angriest lunar eclipse of the 21st century
Jun 26-Aug 27
"This is most likely to peak around the Aquarius Blood Moon, a most auspicious event when Mars will be tightly aligned to the Total Lunar Eclipse on July 27 (the longest-lasting, angriest lunar eclipse of the 21st century). Being incited by this epochally epic lunation (also in square to URANUS, in bullish Taurus) we can expect inordinately rebellious expressions among the entire throng of dissatisfied partisans of any ideological group of malcontents…"
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Current Planetary Positions
6/26/2018
11:27:19 AM

Sun 05° Cancer 01' 14"
Moon 18° Sagittarius 16' 32"
Mercury 26° Cancer 01' 11"
Venus 14° Leo 47' 19"
Mars 09° Aquarius 13' 04"
Jupiter 13° Scorpio 38' 25" R
Saturn 05° Capricorn 55' 11" R
Uranus 01° Taurus 51' 29"
Neptune 16° Pisces 28' 36" R
Pluto 20° Capricorn 24' 04" R
Chiron 02° Aries 23' 26"
TrueNode 06° Leo 08' 43" R
"Mars is the planet which symbolizes personal action, the energy and drive to demonstrate competency, masculine sexuality and a force employed to assert or defend our own unique identity, often at any cost.
The dynamic effect of Mars is often experienced in through our physical relationships and, both in the natal chart and by transit, shows how we struggle to survive against the adversity of nature and its foes, and how we strive to meet our individual needs for carnal, materialistic and physical fulfilment.

In its highest, most conscious-minded operation, the action of Mars can be employed as a defender and preserver of the Higher Self, thus ensuring our best possible chances to complete our spiritual mission here on earth.

Mars does this whole ‘defender-of-the-self’ thing regardless of whether we are aware of our ‘higher purpose’ or not. The little warrior within becomes immediately aroused and inflamed for action whenever we feel threatened on any level.https://i2.wp.com/cafeastrology.com/daily/marrxjun18.png?zoom=1.100000023841858&w=618&ssl=1MARS IN RETROGRADE: Jun 26- Aug 27
When Mars turns retrograde, his fiery energies are directed inwards. We start to reflect back on events or incidents where we feel we failed to protect or defend our self appropriately. During the retrograde period, any recalled event – whether recent or historical – could become the trigger to our ego becoming sublimated, twisted, distorted, denied or betrayed. Any sense that we have let ourselves down could instigate an intense inner journey, as our personal warrior seeks to restore his connection to the Higher Self.

During his retrograde, it would appear that Mars’ reflects upon past efforts, sees instances where he has felt unsuccessful in upholding boundaries and starts to ruminate upon matters. Rather than asserting his forces outwardly, he seethes internally with the fires of regret, self-denial and repressed anger.

Motivated by an incentive for personal retribution or ‘setting matters straight’, those affected by this ‘backward’ transit might be tempted to make a valiant but mis-timed attempt to ‘correct’ any discordant actions of the past. Typically, the less consciously we act under the auspices to ‘right the wrongs’, the more we appear to others as either coming on too strong, too late, or be driven by totally unrequited force.

Then, in the midst of rejection, as if sensing the danger of humiliation or defeat, we quickly pull back, retreating deeper into an inward state of anger and disgust with ourselves. In this, we may become infuriatingly trapped in a recurring spiral of self-reproach and discontent.

Familiar with such destructive cycles? Perhaps you were born with a retrograde Mars yourself.

Anyway, during the next few weeks it is this process which needs to be checked, since individuals who become prone to act in this mode are now inclined to express Mars energy in a subjectively anguished, wild, and apparently hostile manner, exhibiting all sorts of destructive behaviour, particularly upon themselves or towards their own kind.

This is most likely to peak around the Aquarius Blood Moon, a most auspicious event when Mars will be tightly aligned to the Total Lunar Eclipse on July 27 (the longest-lasting, angriest lunar eclipse of the 21st century). Being incited by this epochally epic lunation (also in square to URANUS, in bullish Taurus) we can expect inordinately rebellious expressions among the entire throng of dissatisfied partisans of any ideological group of malcontents…

Driven to make amends for any actions perceived as ‘failures’, ‘disappointments’, or for their reticence to take any action at all (when action seemed most necessary), there could erupt a sudden tendency to over-react, to ‘undo a wrong-doing’ or to over-compensate for any under-performed deeds.

So goes the desperate recourse of the individual who becomes dangerously trapped in the destructive cycle of the ill-expressed Mars in retrograde.

Sensing bitterness for past actions
Feeling driven to make amends
being blocked or rejected by others
Anger becomes internalised
Mental/physical/spiritual/emotional aggravation
Surfacing later as aggression (expressed as inflammatory symptoms/reactions)
Seething over-reaction and blame
Anger at one’s world
On the higher note, the more mindful, less self-absorbed individual is able to process this inward-turning journey of Rx Mars more constructively, taking a less subjective or personal course of action.

Keeping a meditative, or reflective view of instances where they may have acted with the sole intent to satisfy ego desires, they come to own how these may have served to aggravate situations for them and the world around them.

By choosing to integrate any past regrets into purposeful attempts to close off, resolve and dispel any disputes or hostilities they set the ball rolling for true repair work. This can be achieved by offering their energy resources towards a project, cause or rekindling of relationships that is based on co-operation rather than competition. Beginning with the self, the individual can choose to focus on overcoming any selfish tendencies in their desire complexes that seize control over them, becoming more outwardly engaged in ways and means that serve the higher self.

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
~ Buddha
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[onawah]

FULL MOON at 06°28′ CAPRICORN: June 28, 04:54 UTC
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"It’s Full Moon time again.
A time of heightened awareness.
The dawning of realisations and of coming to terms…
…coming to terms with the cold, hard, unfeeling realities of life.
Current Planetary Positions
6/28/2018
1:03:51 AM
Sun 06° Cancer 30' 52"
Moon 07° Capricorn 03' 13"
Mercury 28° Cancer 30' 38"
Venus 16° Leo 35' 01"
Mars 09° Aquarius 12' 22" R
Jupiter 13° Scorpio 34' 42" R
Saturn 05° Capricorn 48' 15" R
Uranus 01° Taurus 54' 29"
Neptune 16° Pisces 28' 10" R
Pluto 20° Capricorn 21' 52" R
Chiron 02° Aries 24' 04"
TrueNode 06° Leo 02' 04" R

Full Moons have a powerful effect. They can augur the recognition of an achieved success or a bitter disappointment; help us to fully see exactly where we must make adjustments; point to where we need to mediate towards forming clearer agreements; press us to decide whether to persevere in a set direction or to change our ways, and, in some cases capitulate – accept that it is time to mark an ending or a separation to whatever is troubling us.

Such are the powerful, self-effacing portents of the Moon’s culmination phase to her cycle with the Sun. The opposition of their zodiac signs serves to accentuate the duality and polar contrast of their inherent natures. It can be confronting moment for many. This month’s Full Moon at 06°28′ Capricorn may affect most of us somehow, but particularly those whose charts show cardinal planets around this degree. The Cancer/Capricorn polarity is generally one of emotional ease vs difficulty, domestic vs public affairs, home vs career, nurturance vs discipline, maternal vs paternal, matriarchy vs patriarchy.

By the Cancer Sun’s light, our conscious will is to make ourselves emotionally happy and secure. We want a safe, comfortable home, harmonious marriage, happy family, well-functioning domestic order, a steady and reliable world to hold us. The Sun is our authority – the decision making figure in our lives. He emanates his energy and light from within, does not seek to do this using anybody else’s help and support. We either personally identify as resonating with this energy or we assign someone (or something) in our lives as he who shall generate these Cancerian qualities for us. The Sun in this equation is challenged by the hard, unfeeling, judgmental Saturn.

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The Capricorn Moon has practical, earthy needs. She carries the burdens of propriety and moral obligation with an air of ambitiousness to meet society’s expectations of her and her family. Her personal needs are overruled by a sense of duty and responsibility to her role as a citizen, an upstanding parent, a holder of structure and discipline, and respectable social status. Deferring any display of emotion, she reacts to most situations with a hardened, ‘grown-up’ sense of sobriety and seriousness. Fear of being judged is a common motivator for this moon. She is conditioned to criticism and discipline and her instincts to judge and reprimand are her way of keeping herself and others in line.
The Moon in Capricorn is not in a hospitable place. Astrologers mark that she is in detriment, and in conjunction to ruler Saturn her seriousness and toughness are imbued with an ominous sense of meanness, and pressure. It is the mother with the tough love, the partner who is punishingly unsympathetic, the house which is devoid of nurturance or comfort, the country that has no social security or any strong sense of community cohesion, focused more or law and policy than the well-being of its people. It represents a people without a unified history or culture, a place without a postcard, a world so barren and cold that it seems uninhabitable, except by the toughest, meanest hombres.

Some of the manifestations which may present in our lives under this Full Moon are:

A repressed or inhibited emotional life

There is little comfort or solace in our inner world. Denial of our ‘feelings’ could means our home/neighbourhood/family seems cold, uncomfortable or uninviting. Appealing to others, especially to those from whom we seek support on an emotional level is futile – they just don’t accept anything that is not upstanding and socially responsible behaviour. We must step up and pay our dues. It’s like trying to avoid a parking ticket by crying to the officer writing the infringement – they are not moved.

A sense of duty and social responsibility

The instinctive reaction will be to “do the right thing” by society, and for the greater good. Personal interests and predilections may need to take a back seat as we step up to meet our social imperatives. We must. There’s no slouching, no staying in bed, no calling in sick, no dodging – duty is calling and we must step up to meet whatever we have signed up for like mature grown-ups. Time waits for no one.

Difficult expression of feelings

Getting emotional, or simply exhibiting an emotional reaction seems only infantile, impractical and just damned ridiculous. To the Capricorn, the public opinion is sacred. It is therefore deemed irresponsible to reveal how we truly feel to others. And who cares how we feel anyway? Of course, this is not necessarily the most compassionate approach, but Saturn and the laws of gravity and karma are very, very strict.

Inwardly ambitious

Climbing the social or corporate ladder of success is often the instinctive, underlying motive to everything. Public or professional success is possible because efforts are focused on worldly areas where feelings don’t have to function. By insulating or denying emotions, we could achieve success in business.

A sober-minded, practical outlook on life

There’s really not much room for mirth and laughter when there’s work to be done. Being responsible is a serious business, and the moon in Capricorn ensures that the austerity is cast upon everyone it deals with, whether it’s in our place of business or with our family or children. Often the home is run like a business and family life has certain functional expectation to it.

So what is the general theme here? Obviously we are becoming painfully aware that we must take a more sombre, self-restrained and conservative approach to how we deal with matters that are pressing us now. Whilst our social relationships may lack a sense of warmth, spontaneity, enthusiasm, and naturalness, crippled by emotional defensiveness, coldness and caution, there is a reason. The growing attitude of distrust and pessimism toward life and people is forcing us into a social crisis, something that will be activated through the coming eclipse season in July/August. It is this limiting and negative worldview that exists now, blocking the release of personal potentials and diminish life enjoyment that motivates us out any complacencies and onto the streets.

With the Moon clearly in the most uncomfortable place to support a mushy, touchie-feelie Sun, there is a clear conflict of interests. The most punishing lessons are that we need to break off our connection with our comforts and security blankets, conduct a ‘reality audit’ in the areas that we seem to have become too sentimental or clingy or emotionally dependent, and grow up fast."

[onawah]

THE MONTH AHEAD : JULY 2018 …..an astrological synopsis
http://angstoic.com/2018/07/month-ahead-july-2018/
7/3/2018

Current Planetary Positions
Sun 12° Cancer 02' 49"
Moon 15° Pisces 56' 38"
Mercury 06° Leo 53' 31"
Venus 23° Leo 11' 23"
Mars 08° Aquarius 53' 41" R
Jupiter 13° Scorpio 24' 41" R
Saturn 05° Capricorn 22' 43" R
Uranus 02° Taurus 04' 43"
Neptune 16° Pisces 25' 55" R
Pluto 20° Capricorn 13' 33" R
Chiron 02° Aries 25' 18"
TrueNode 06° Leo 02' 11

"Three consecutive eclipses, an intensely personal encounter with Mars, retrogrades aplenty and a chaotic maelstrom from the outers…
….prepare for a major shift in gears.

PART 1
MARS and the BLOOD MOON

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Those observing the night skies on the evening of June 30 will see the transiting MOON approaching/passing by an unusually bright red star.

That’s no “star” – that’s MARS, and he’s unusually close to our earth, almost as close as he was in 2003 which was the closest in 16,000 years. Starting now, July will be best time to observe our fiery warrior in his full brilliance, dramatically brightening our night skies for this, and the next few months. Astrologically, July produces exceptionally significant Mars activity, since he is currently stationing (turning retrograde) at the T-square midpoint of opposing JUPITER/URANUS, unpacking quite a lot a heat and stress from our interpersonal affairs and the releasing of steam inspiring quite uninhibited displays of anger and hostilities. Of course, Mars’ prolonged alignment along the South Node augurs some seriously mistimed actions which only lead us into trouble, disputes and hurtful quarrels without ending. The key note for this month then becomes: “if you’re angry and you’re fixing to go right down there and fix it, just don’t go there, you’ll go nowhere, walk away, let it be to be free”.
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Presenting as a brilliantly flaming red portal to the indeterminably disruptive curiosities and jolting upsets held in store for us by URANUS’ governance of the astral plane, MARS becomes brighter, redder, angrier and closer to the earth by the end of JULY, when he will not only square the sky-god, but also combine with that spectacular “BLOOD MOON of the 21st CENTURY”.

Please, do not underestimate your own good fortune to be alive in such times to witness such an event. If you are in clear skies tonight, do take the time to meet this increasingly foreboding “god of wars”, as my ancient counterparts would have declared him. Sit for a moment and ‘get a feel’ too of the kinds of energies coming through you, unconsciously triggering and stirring within your emotional body now.

⍟ What sort of themes (particularly social/ideological) are being activated deep within you now?
⍟ What kind of a future society are you feeling yourself living in?
⍟ How will you work towards/actively compete/fight to protect or create this world?
⍟ Can you really count on anyone else or are you in this alone?
⍟ Who are your emerging adversaries?

These questions will provide important clues, acting as a prelude to the main event on July 27, when we will get to witness the longest-lasting Lunar Eclipse this century (full duration of 103 minutes)

It will be a spectacular sight indeed and you might not believe that MARS will actually be almost twice as bright (x1.8) as JUPITER as he menacingly glares at us from the SOUTH NODE, less than one degree away from the BLOOD MOON.

Will be talking about the very intriguing astrological complexities of this month all this week, so stay tuned to our #ᴀᴤᴛʀᴏʟᴏɢʏØʄɴᴏᴡ and #CosmicBus updates. Meantime, set a reminder for yourself to go outside tonight and observe this splendid MARS phenomenon, hovering over the ominously potent dragon’s tail ☋. By the end of the month, we learn the importance of being truly free in our actions, how to base our actions on the deepest conviction of what we feel inside, and learn about the perils of trying to do things the way other people want us to do them, no matter how much it means to them.

PART 2
THE SOL JOURNEY
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Meanwhile the SUN – the lead player in our world – still in Cancer, has found just how hard it is to form an emotional rapport with what can only be described as a pessimistic (☉☍ ☽/ ♄) and increasingly tougher-to-please crowd (☉ ⊼ ♂ ).
By the middle of July, his clinging neediness and haunting insecurity forces him to take extreme measures to shield himself against what he considers overwhelmingly ruthless and invasive forces. These are strongly tied to his subconscious addictions, which are highlighted in the lead up to the first Partial Solar Eclipse, occurring on July 13, 2018. (☽/☉ ☍ ♇). Any forced attempts to dictate his unyielding terms upon others not only fail to summon the kind of support and co-operation he so badly desires, but threaten to alienate him from all those he wishes to control, complicating matters rather severely. Some damage can never really be repaired and the Cancer Sun, as our respected authority, is best advised to mind his own backyard and respectfully leave others to tend to theirs.
Even though his confidence grows, difficulties continue to ensue when the SUN enters the proudly commanding LEO (Jul 22), expressing a strong desire for power, persisting even when it is obvious that others stubbornly refuse to grant it (☉ □ ♅, Jul 25). This makes him very difficult and touchy (☉ ⊼ ♄, Jul 26) where, by the month’s-end BLOOD MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE (Jul 27) he feels he is losing all personal control and composure, declaring a full-scale fight against the world, demanding total supremacy in one of the most hostile, anti-social attempts to prove his self-worth in history (☉/☊ ☍ □ ♅). Things change after that. Severe tension over his repulsively hubristic pride builds into severe breakages – severed connections which are hard to fix and setting the scene for long-term animosity and acrimony, ultimate marking his demise.
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Of course we are speaking metaphorically, and where we refer to the transiting Sun, we are speaking about our evolving ego, the source of light upon our current consciousness and how it illuminates our awareness of self. Most challenging will be differentiating our operating in the lower, hubristic frequencies of ego, which finds security and importance from others vs the authentic, higher self which seeks assurance only from oneself.

Any highly-charged combative state of affairs and interpersonal negotiation currently developing in our world will peak by the end of July. This long-stressed attitude of clashing inner energies was triggered about 12 months earlier, when the SUN conjunct MARS in Leo on July 27, 2017. In aim to take a more authoritative stance, to defend one’s own honour and integrity, a proudly defiant field of action was initiated. Underlying stresses have accumulated in the masculine for over 12 months, and in now reaching a point of outward projection as low-vibe shadow-adversaries in the exterior world, erupting in arguments, dissension and conflict.

Of course, we see some of this already brewing in the first days of July. The ‘wise-ass, know-it-all experts’ (☿ □ ♅ ☍ /☋) who try to obstinately ram their opinions down others’ throats are dangerously at the point of causing bitterness and resentment.

On the surface this may not appear to be a fine start to the month, but obviously there’s a much bigger ‘universal’ purpose to all this tension (though not apparently obvious to all). Those who choose to see any ego-challenges with holistic wisdom will learn to neatly navigate through this month with some degree of foresight, choosing to avoid unnecessary drama and use the energies constructively to set workable new boundaries around old intrusions.

Ultimately the separation between ‘inner-guided’ individuals and those still operating under the herd mentality will become starkly obvious, and the two ‘levels’ will learn to focus their attention away from one another….

THE GREAT DIVIDE
The key emphasis on MARS and PLUTO this month means that the dominant resonant frequencies are largely of the anguished, demanding kind. Lots of ego-driven activity can (and will, eventually) land us in all degrees of intense arguments and hot water with those who either do nothing “until it’s too late” or those who blindly oppose, engaging on the most self-ingratiating and unconscious attitudes of “live and let die” will suffer the greatest consequences.

Yes action is necessary, but it must be guided with presence of mind and driven by the forces of kindness and compassion for all involved.

To put it into more general terms, the continuing duelling forces of Saturn’s conservative world (♄) versus Chiron’s true maverick spirit, both squaring again, now in Cardinal signs, shift from mild disdain into utter disgust of each others’ ‘unacceptable style’.

For the next two months we will see those involved in the periphery of our society subjected to severe derision and character denigration from those who claim to stand tallest. Much shaming and blaming is attempted and rejected, neither side willing to accept that this is a crisis forcing us to get a clearer picture of just how much we limit ourselves to conventional science, business, education and economics at the expense of integrating a truly holistic approach to healing and spiritual growth.

This continued tension serves one purpose, in that it may potentially stir a deeper understanding of why we tend to block any non-rational approaches to healing. This is probably because many existential philosophies of the west still refuse to acknowledge those of the east dismissing them as superstitious or primitive, but mostly this is out of fear that they must learn to listen and accept that certain things are changing.
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SATURN’s earth trine to URANUS generates unusual opportunities to ground ourselves into matter, raising enough awareness for many to rise out of our infatuation with ‘economic structures’ and efforts to ‘preserve things as the are’. Something is missing in order for that picture to be a sustainable vision, and as we learn to take greater risks with letting the past fall away, we also take a more progressive attitude, becoming zoned into the here/now principles of time and space, making the most of our experience in present tense and hopefully shuttling our minds into the magical possibilities of the quantum field.

This is indeed a difficult shift to make, since many of us (of a pre-millennial generation, or born pre late-80’s) have been hard-wired to stay busy, servile to a co-dependent system, continue to scale for secular heights within a corporate or domestic structure, “succeed” in the indexes of material wealth, and rely on various forms of insurances to feel safe. Naturally, this kind of success is no longer sustainable and means little or nothing to “the millennials” (and those who came after them) whose own values are certainly more transient and less materialistic.

This is primarily the crux of why the URANUS/NEPTUNE semisquare period (2017-2021) becomes so disillusioning to our current structure, especially when much of what we imagined to be real is suddenly exposed, or revealed to be surreal or absurdly worthless. It must be said that thanks to the constant avalanche of absurdity to which we are being subjected on a daily basis, we may subtly deduce there is much more to life than enslaving ourselves to the great white hoax.

Whilst many of us are wising up to the phoney dangers and threats being preached to us by an expiring system of governance of the crumbling establishment, it is questionable whether anyone dares to come out of their ‘safe space’ and do anything about it. This is typical human behaviour – everyone is increasingly annoyed but waiting for someone else to do something about it.

Of course, out of this mass-indolence, fear or ignorance comes the critical emergence of a ‘new world order’. It is the resource-rich but spiritually insecure power-mongering narcissists, who realise that they are fast-losing their grip on the system. They become concerned about those who are potentially seeing through the transparent veneer of their fake power-structures are now mounting a somewhat Machiavellian assault upon our weaknesses and sensitivities.

Whilst the Sun in Cancer, issues will continue to be around about homeland security, families and nationalism. Towards the end of the month, the Sun’s shift into Leo sees matters shift more towards maintaining central control – a theme which will intensify through August and in the ensuing months, for various additional reasons, least of which being that people have no ‘right’ objecting to government control.
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Let us be clear with one thing – ‘WAR’ is not entirely out of the question for those highly-charged particles who are buzzing on negative, ‘survival’-based energies. Enemies are easily created to be blamed and vilified for one’s disposal, especially when personal comfort zones are compromised.

This is easily breached in such highly sensitive times. Those unconscious individuals/groups who seem to be heavily governed by the three lower-level forces for self-preservation – ♂/ ♄ / ♇ (personal/social/spiritual) will easily be activated to fight, protest, blame and disparage. Whenever the lower-vibe ‘survivor-being’s insecurities becomes triggered, he is also mindlessly likely to succumb to engaging into the malefic, destructive forces of the universe. Steering clear of these will take enormous presence, courage and strength, especially when they start to amass and move in groups.

Both Mercury and Venus (as evening stars) currently seem less effective in translating individual thoughts and feelings into congruent and palatable agreements. Their relatively minor operation through weaker signs/aspects produce a series of disjointed randomness and abstract concepts this month. From the moment Venus enters Virgo (Jul 10) and Mercury slows to finally retrograde at 23°♌27′ (Jul 26) we identify that there are slim or zero chances to broker any peaceful negotiations on old agreements – a situation which remains vague and ineffectual throughout all of August.

Without taking a ‘good/bad’ ‘right/wrong’ stance on this, let us simply observe that the world as we know it will have certainly ripped at the seams by this month’s Blood Moon.

As individual observers, we will either actively, consciously assist in this fundamental schism, or sit back and let it happen anyway. Either way, we invite the seemingly ‘chaotic’ forces of outright transformation to come through and send humanity through a state of deep, comprehensive, alchemical realignment.

Peace and many blessing to all, and have an amazing month xx"

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© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

ECLIPSE SEASON NEWSLETTER
https://mailchi.mp/angstoic/mid-year-eclipse-update-1700257?e=7ebaa1ba6b
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"Yes, the anticipation is grand!! Whilst it feels strangely ominous heading into this rare, triple-Eclipse period, the evolutionary effects brought upon us are entirely extraordinary. This is due to the loaded alignments upon the critical Moon's Nodal-Axis and the string influences of planetary heavyweights like Pluto, Uranus and Mars - all crucially involved to stir and shake things up.

If you too are feeling a strange sense of excitement, overwhelmed by bigger-than-usual feelings, sensing something momentous is unfolding in your life, then be certain to lighten your holdings, breathe yourself back into this present moment and be prepared to deal with three major curveballs, coming your way...

#1. Partial Solar Eclipse at 20°♋41' - 13 July 2018 at 02:48 UTC
visible from some parts of southern Australia, including those in Adelaide and Melbourne, will see a very small fraction of the eclipse.
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We all want to feel loved, accepted, to be a part of something - something close and personal that will nurture and support our entire being like it was always 'meant to be', make us feel like we're one of the 'family', hold us close and tight, keep us safe, warm and secure, give us a purpose to live here... like 'home' itself.

Wouldn't that be lovely?
At least that's the dream scheme right now.

However, this First Eclipse sees our humble intention at risk of being severely corrupted or manipulated by an invisible, yet extremely unyielding pressure to meet with some rather demanding terms - forces that are themselves darkly intent on pushing us out of our comfort zone, hold a gun to our heads and demand that we either change or face certain destruction.

Hmm... now there's a motivation for you. Fortunately, there is a myriad of ways to help you navigate through this, and we have learned to build magnificent vetting systems to vet out those pesky and disruptive influences that are going to eat away at our precious resources. So long as you take a creative, compassionate approach and don't try to avoid dealing with the very core pressure that is forcing you to change, your lessons will be tremendous.

#2. Total Lunar Eclipse at 04°♒45 - 27 July 2018 at 20:21 UTC
visible in large parts of Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. Totality will last for 103 minutes, making it the longest eclipse of the 21st century.
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The MOTHER of all Lunar Eclipses, flanked by the two Solars where both Moon (Cancer) and Sun (Leo) are in dignity (respectively). Yet there is nothing dignified nor respectable about how this flaringly red evening spectacle steals the show.

Total lunar eclipses are known as Blood Moons because of the reddish-orange glow during the procession. On this evening the Moon is at its farthest from the Earth, appearing smaller than ever. The cold, unfeeling effects of the Aquarius Blood 'Micro-Moon' Eclipse, conjunction with an über-bright Mars will signal a time when the unconscious impulses of human nature will instinctively seek to connect with others to impose their ideological will upon others.

By July 27, situations between us bubble and seethe to reach a critical mass for change and reform, forcefully or angrily pushing for progress but arguably, since the whole thing hangs on the South Node, pulling us in the regressive direction.

Strength and courage are necessary to maintain individual, heart-centred integrity and not become swept up in the tides of anger and blame.

#3. Partial Solar Eclipse at 18°♌42' - 11 August 2018 at 09:59 UTC

Visible from northern and eastern Europe, northern parts of North America, and some northern and western locations in Asia.
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Perhaps the most ego-crunching/crushing of all these three eclipses, since it highlights all kinds of conflicting behaviour between our adopted styles and attitudes and the effects that we are trying to achieve. Inconsistencies emerge as we discover that the results we are getting (prestige, dominance, notability/notoriety) are not satisfying the means. We are either doing too much/pushing too hard or not enough to match our method with meaning. Though may feel a necessary pull to curb back the drama and control, we also fear jeopardising the fun - the very essence of the things we most love, that bring us joy and laughter too.


THESE ECLIPSES ARE A TOTAL GAME-CHANGER TO OUR USUAL ROUTINE, AND THE FUN AND GAMES WE USED TO PLAY.... not only in the home and amongst loved ones, but in the business/politics arena too.

The world is changing, and we must make some very tough decisions on which way we're going to play along with those who come into our lives and those who... well.... just have to go.

Ultimately, this is about personal progress - we have to shift into a higher gear if we are to properly evolve, learn to tap into our creative source and produce something integral and true, stand strongly only in our individual sovereignty and not lean upon the back of others or take the resources of this planet for granted.

Many may struggle, but it is in our interests to stand strong, proudly demonstrate (to the best of our natural ability) just how to stay with the natural pace, maintain a buoyancy of lightness and keep swimming towards the new earth.

[onawah]

THE MONTH AHEAD: SEPTEMBER 2018 – An astrological synopsis
https://angstoic.com/2018/08/the-month-ahead-september-2018-an-astrological-synopsis/
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Current Planetary Positions
8/30/2018
2:34:07 PM

Sun 07° Virgo 22' 27"
Moon 26° Aries 48' 50"
Mercury 19° Leo 53' 10"
Venus 22° Libra 30' 29"
Mars 28° Capricorn 40' 50"
Jupiter 17° Scorpio 00' 19"
Saturn 02° Capricorn 34' 41" R
Uranus 02° Taurus 20' 42" R
Neptune 15° Pisces 17' 49" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 59' 15" R
Chiron 01° Aries 09' 02" R
TrueNode 05° Leo 28' 15" R
"Seems much like time has frozen still this past month, with all planets beyond Jupiter hardly moving a single degree, and recent stations of fast-movers Mercury and Mars also creating a rare and eerie stillness so one can more carefully observe the absurd theatre of our daily lives against a more steady and consistent starry backdrop. The theme, of course is one where huge, revolutionary tides are seen to be swelling across this entire planet – sea levels rising ominously and people are slowly daring to do the incredulous and the incredible just to make a point. In this, we too are pressed to accept irrevocable changes in our midst, both at the most intimately personal and at the broadest social level, hopefully by learning to change our attitudes and perceptions regarding whatever changes we see going on around us.
The Virgo Sun’s first big moment is around the New Moon (Sep 9) when there is so much nudging for us to release the worries and the ties to misconceptions and angst-ridden disappointments with our past and just move on. Yes, we either awaken to the ultimate truth (☉ ☍ ♆), that to change the future we must change our victim stories from the past, learn to forgive and to retrieve our spirit back here, in the present tense. It is here, from a heart/mind coherent space (☽ ☌ ☉) that we can set a new intention to move forward without any hang ups and regrets. Much purging and releasing toxic attitudes is a vital part of the alchemical process (☉ ∗ ♃ |☉ △ ♇), and the backdrop of bigger energies (♃ ∗ ♇, ♄ △ ♅) is working steadily to help enhance our mental and intuitive faculties to make this possible.

An optimistic and positive outlook toward life through the exploration of higher ideals, elevated ideas and attitudes is imperative this month, and we are urged to travel in this direction, both as a form of self-discovery and an outward unfoldment, especially using our daily routines as a medium by which we can eventually express our insights and manifest into the world something that others can use.

The stationing of Saturn to direct (Sep 6) is met early in the month by the final semisquare from Jupiter (Sep 3) and if this is not the ultimate test of how far our faith can carry us, then we may truly struggle to get through this next few week with a positive and healthy disposition. I say this with much caution, since I am aware too of much greater forces that are still trying to dour our collective spirits down into dark, depressive feelings, as if a heavy black cloud has descended over our planet without any apparent reason. Here, we learn to get in touch with the silence within and know that everything in this life has a purpose.

In a sustained midpoint picture, which carries over from August, the ♇ – ♄/☊, it feels like humanity is now engulfed in a united state of mourning and bereavement over a world that can no longer be, an expired dream that now has all but perished and decayed before our weeping eyes like the death of a dear loved one – someone who gave our lives meaning and context but without whom, nothing much seems to make much sense let alone be worth living for.

Incidents this month will push us out of our lamentful selves; our morbid self-wallowing pity and into plights which force us to rely upon the help of others to improve the current deplorable situation we find ourselves in.

Naturally, with Mars back in Aquarius (Sep 11) clashing with Uranus (Sep 18) around the South Node, the anger and regret over the loss or impairment of something of value could escalate suddenly and erupt into unprecedented levels of panic, strife and discord in what might be one of the most tense Full Moons of the year (Sep 25). By this end of the month, a slowing Venus in the vicious Scorpio offers peace and harmony only on her own, absolute terms. This certainly will not sit well against forces fixed only on their own versions of what they insist on for maintaining uncompromised freedom (♂ □ ♅).

Yes, extraordinary pressure is often an imperative lever to activate extraordinary levels of change and transformation, both within and around us. As many of you following this work are aware, we are fast-departing from the lower levels of unawareness and unconsciously selfish, often toxic behaviour. We are far less likely to entertain, to humour, associate and support those who refuse to resonate with us on the highest frequencies of self-responsibility and respect for the freedoms of others. The depression many are currently feeling is due to the reality of waking up to just how untenable that mode of conduct is any more. We are almost exhausted in our hope to see how many who are stuck in their obstinacy can ever change. Yet, by refusing to indulge others in their willful inability to see, we also create a critical tipping point and if triggered this will somehow wage war against ignorance, greed and the pestilence of abuse towards the earth and all its fair inhabitants.
The individual ‘self-help’ drive, seen at the beginning of this month, therefore escalates into a full blown revolution by the end of September. Any notion of individuals unwilling to take serious ownership of their part in helping restore balance and order here (in this dire situation) is met with anger, protest, condemnation. Even violent force of dissidence may be exacted against those (including governments and institutions) who are unwilling to accept their inherent complicity in the messy state of current affairs. Of course, with Mars on the South, we have a likely situation where factions and groups will band together to pass the blame and try to shame one another rather than accept certain truths and try to collaborate or come together under unified plans towards sustainable solutions. As said before – fixed attitudes would rather break/snap than show any flexibility.

We never said this would be easy. A point of crisis can produce all kinds of reactions and our awareness to these can either bring acceptance or denial of certain truths. With Saturn/Chiron involved however, there are all kinds of patriarchal wounds that are being stirred up here, aching to be resolved. Humans being humans – still effectively enshrouded by their fragile egos, we must come to expect that anything taken as a personal affront could suddenly stir up an uncontrollable anger. In many cases this will be vented, and whether privately, or en masse through revolutionary movements, it sets the scene for some “interesting” (albeit chaotic) months/years ahead.

Advise to maintain your utmost wits and travel safely through these weeks.

Many blessings, and please do take care in the month ahead xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: September 03-09
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"Whether you’re well aware of these current cosmic trends and their overall effects upon this planet or you prefer to keep your head safely encased inside a vacuum, there’s simply no denying that these are extraordinarily sensitive times, when owning your story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending your entire life running from it (☉ ☍ ♆).
Here are the main transits for this week…

☽ □ ☉ Mon Sep 03 02:39 Moon 10°♊34′ Square Sun 10°♍34′
☿ ∗ ♀ Mon Sep 03 12:59 Mercury 25°♌34′ Sextile Venus 25°♎34′
♃ ∠ ♄ Mon Sep 03 17:41 Jupiter 17°♏33′ Semisquare Saturn 02°♑33′℞
Pa in ♍ Tue Sep 04 10:50 Pallas 00°♍00′ Enters Virgo
☿ ⊼ ♂ Wed Sep 05 15:19 Mercury 29°♌10′ Quincunx Mars 29°♑10′
☿ in ♍ Thu Sep 06 02:39 Mercury 00°♍00′ Conjunction Jupiter
Ce in ♎ Thu Sep 06 06:23 Ceres 00°♎00′ Enters Libra
♄ SD Thu Sep 06 09:23 Saturn 02°♑33′ Saturn Stations to go Direct
☿ ⊼ Ch Thu Sep 06 14:14 Mercury 00°♍52′ Quincunx Chiron 00°♈52′℞
☿ ☌ Pa Thu Sep 06 18:58 Mercury 01°♍13′ Conjunction Pallas 01°♍13′
☉ Sqq ♂ Fri Sep 07 00:08 Sun 14°♍20′ Sesquiquad Mars 29°♑20′
☿ △ ♅ Fri Sep 07 07:41 Mercury 02°♍11′ Trine Uranus 02°♉11′℞
☿ △ ♄ Fri Sep 07 12:21 Mercury 02°♍33′ Trine Saturn 02°♑33′
☉ ☍ ♆ Fri Sep 07 18:27 Sun 15°♍05′ Opposition Neptune 15°♓05′℞
Ch ☍ Ce Sat Sep 08 01:15 Chiron 00°♈48′℞ Opposition Ceres 00°♎48′
☿ Sqq ♇ Sat Sep 08 05:43 Mercury 03°♍53′ Sesquiquad Pluto 18°♑53′℞
♀ □ ♂ Sat Sep 08 20:39 Venus 29°♎37′ Square Mars 29°♑37′
♀ in ♏ Sun Sep 09 09:26 Venus 00°♏00′ Enters Scorpio
♀ Sqq ♆ Sun Sep 09 10:32 Venus 00°♏02′ Sesquiquad Neptune 15°♓02′℞

It is universally arguable now that the forces of darkness are unscrupulously running rife over this earth. What Jung referred to as our “shadow” – our repressed, unintegrated self, often conveniently projected onto others is now reaching epidemic levels of denial, blame and toxic shame-slagging. Our demons have run amok, and we must either find the strength to find them, reclaim them, integrate them back into our being or become painfully torn into two. With all malefics (♂, ♄, ♇) still in Capricorn, this is a rough, tough, but much needed climb towards the pinnacle of some “success”. Yet every reward must have its cost, and in the divided human psyche the price of outward glory, fortune, fame and prestige for one victor implies many others must struggle, sweat and sacrifice and, unfortunately, miss out. Do you feel like you are winning in the race to the top, or are your efforts simply being besieged by those who know how to control you?

Serious pressures mounting this week courtesy of the Lord of Karma – Saturn who, after 5 months of retrograding in his domicile drags us back to face the grim reality of our earthly lot. He stations at the precise point where he first swung his scythe back in the second week in January (02°♑33′). Do you remember what the serious matter was back then? See how you have somehow become enslaved to it. Do you see how it’s weighing on you? Can you see how much your yearn for your emancipation from its cruel incarceration of your soul?
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Read more about this @ Saturn in Capricorn (2018-2020) – Special Messages for each sign: https://angstoic.com/2017/12/saturn-capricorn-2018-2020-special-messages-sign/

Well, anyway – maybe I’m dramatising things a bit (or am I?). In any case, much austerity and pressure’s been applied over these past few months. One can only ‘hope’ you’ve gained the wisdom and the wherewithal to move forward on those matters that are still confining you. Yes, I said ‘hope’ – that’s a Jupiter thing – something that he’s abundantly endowed with… except that ‘hope’ and ‘faith’ are being severely tested now, under His Supreme Benefic’s third and final semi-square to Saturn. It’s been a tough old year so far – many crucial moments of faith pressed (or depressed) – not really quite sure what to believe in any more. Whilst you may have sincerely made every effort to move forward, upward, onward, alas… those sensitivities abound, and we’re all feeling the frustration and swings between the optimism and despair.

The other thing is that embracing our vulnerabilities is risky, yet not nearly as dangerous as giving up on our hopes and promises for love and belonging and joy. Ironically they are the very experiences that leave us at our most vulnerable. We must learn to be brave now, since only the reckless and courageous enough to explore the darkness will discover the infinite power of our light. This week puts out another Grand Earth Trine (☿ △ ♄ △ ♅), again not easy on the nervous system and more prone to create seismic shifts in the way we look at things from this point forward. We are changing, but change is not a constant – it is happening exponentially, and from week to week. Our equipment can hardly keep up. We are not built for such rapid progress – we find it irritating and we get easily stirred – especially when we are so touchy.

So we hear this a bit – especially from this author lately, that the ‘shadow’ is running rife over this planet, taking over. Well… it has done so for a while, but over the past year or so it has engulfed the earth with relentless pace, triggering such enormous projections of previously buried anger, rage and discontentment that it’s reaching levels where in many parts of the world it is almost completely out of control.

Massive resentment against all corrupt and manipulative forms of power in politics, business and finance, the big religions, governments and corporations are now losing their credo with all of us. Also critical is our fear of the Other, the fear of chaos and uncertainty, the fear of the Feminine (not only of women, but rather of what the Feminine represents in both men and women  –  our feelings, our intuitions, our sensitivity etc.), which can translate into racism, homophobia, the objectification & abuse of women etc. Our primal need for tribal identity and safety is not being nourished, leaving our “inner child” naked and exposed to the treacheries and cravings of the “boogey man” that we like to project, to demonise others with.

Our unconscious desire to belong to something familiar and to banish that which is foreign is not so easily satisfied, and with Venus joining Jupiter in Scorpio (Sep 9), and the primordial clashes we see against Mars in the coming weeks are just simply a klaxxon call – the alarm clock we set to fight the fierce war between light and darkness up ahead. Just don’t think that you can hit the snooze button on this one – I’m afraid you may get clobbered in your bed. This is that serious.

The cruelty intensifies because when we are under extreme duress – and post eclipses, everyone feels like they are really at the end of something huge now – the cruelty and unkindness becomes the easy, cheap and rampant device of the cut-throat Scorpio, married nicely now with the purge-processor that is Mercury in Virgo (Sep 6) to do some heavy blame-shifting (☿ ∗ ♀). One of the coldest, most hurtful barriers to connection is the importance we place on ‘going it alone’ – somehow equating our well-being and success with ‘not needing anyone’ (Ch ☍ Ce) . This is not necessarily true, and we need to extend our assistance as well as receive it from others – not push them away with scorn and disdain if we are to integrate our shadow. The darkness does not threaten to destroy our light, rather it serves to better define it.

Why does it feel that some of us have a long way to go in getting this? Perhaps it is our fear of the darkness that casts our hopes and joys into the shadows. The fear of going down into the dimly lit side-streets and alleyways that proliferates the shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal. We are terrified and find it hard to trust because it is most likely that our own heart light is dim. It’s this withholding of affection which damages the roots from which love grows. The source being our heart-centre. Love can only survive these injuries if they are first acknowledged, tenderly healed and shared.

Blessings, and have and amazing week xx"

[onawah]

NEW MOON at 17°00′ VIRGO, Sunday, September 09, 2018, 18:02 UTC
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Current Planetary Positions
9/9/2018
1:38:05 PM

Sun 17° Virgo 01' 46"
Moon 17° Virgo 22' 46"
Mercury 06° Virgo 45' 25"
Venus 00° Scorpio 16' 24"
Mars 29° Capricorn 46' 15"
Jupiter 18° Scorpio 26' 35"
Saturn 02° Capricorn 33' 04"
Uranus 02° Taurus 07' 41" R
Neptune 15° Pisces 01' 25" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 51' 58" R
Chiron 00° Aries 43' 47" R
TrueNode 05° Leo 16' 48" R
"When the Sun, which represents the highest reigning authority of the day, and our transiting Moon – the instinctive receptacle to what’s being dished out at this present moment come into precise alignment in Virgo, we must acknowledge with intent – body and soul – that certain matters must be clarified, and we apply ourselves wholeheartedly to see what those things are and sort them out.
If you didn’t get that, it means it’s time to clean up your act: Be clear about what you want in your life and carefully discard what’s not working so that it doesn’t mess with you, your health and your most fundamental needs stay wonderful and true.

Contrary to popular belief with Virgo, the emphasis is not so much on finding sanctity, or sacredness, or even pristine purity as such; these the holy qualities are only found in the divine state, not in our humble human form per se. If you wish to seek divinity then you may very well fall for the greatest drama commonly associated with Virgo – the ruse that you are never quite pure enough, never clean enough, never quite ready enough to live this life at ease. The Mercury-ruled essence of this sign can negatively plague our mentality with nagging ‘imperfections’, hence never let us rest from much undue worry and anxiety.

With Virgo, what truly we aspire to achieve most in this life is to become completely human: to feel, and give, and take, and laugh, and sometimes get a little lost, if only to be found again. We want to dance, to love and lust and be as wholly human as we can, and yes, to be in touch with the divine but as its humble earthly servant, not as a slave to an ever elusive mental prison the drives us to acceding to such an elevated (and humanly unattainable) notion.

This lunation’s opposition to the distorting, diffusing Pisces Neptune only encourages the self-deluding aspirations inherent in the ‘god-like perfection’ me-reality. It adds to problems already existing, especially where little insecurities over flaws and shortcomings tend to whittle away the confidence and emotional well-being.

Everything becomes highly sensitised, and clear, accurate analysis and truthful evaluations becoming twisted, often warped and dizzied by self-created delusions over seeming ‘imperfections’ rather than real problems, or at least the true source of the problems themselves.

The event then brings up all kinds of conceited over-reactions to any criticism, even the slightest hint of being judged to be weak, dishonest or incapable of performing honourably or impeccably. This makes for unnecessarily defensive dramas, which may launch some of us into spills for expiation or atonement of ‘sins’ (whether real or imaginary). Naturally the rest of us will be drawn in, and as is prevalent in the current Saturn/Uranus climate, we are inclined to pick sides.

The classic victim/martyr complex could emerge for any incident, however minor. Oppositions to lunations generally go right through each of us, since we experience the powerfully polarising dynamic in our various kinds of relationships. This one is particularly major since it has the effect of exposing our vulnerabilities and insecurities to keenly analytical critique. Neptune dissolves walls and boundaries, or leaks through the cracks, and under doorways, causing us to react strongly against control and definition cast by others, yet will as easily submit when under the influence of a misplaced martyr trip.

Other planetary oppositions currently in the sky also align tightly with this lunation, creating a tense 8th harmonic syndrome – such as that involving the ♀ ☍ ♅ □ ♂ T-square and to a lesser extent ♂ ☍ ☊. This complex pattern of hard aspects indicates a destabilising period in all kinds of inter-gender relationships, producing intense love/hate scenarios and uncomfortably progressive ideals.

Sudden outbursts, bursting to be expressed between the sexes, often without filter and without regard to who may know about or care about exactly how one feels creates massive shockwaves.

It’s like the genie is finally out of the bottle and it is obstinately intent to run amok, for better or worse, often inspired by a misconception or triggered by long-standing feelings of victimisation and imposed sacrifices, especially with gender-based roles in relationship.

Coming to terms with such powerfully influential consequences concerning how we handle ourselves in our relationships requires us to step forward with considerable honesty and commitment. Beneficial change can be stimulated, but only if we really want it and we are willing to put in the effort. Exerting a stronger will and determination, and learning to take greater intellectual responsibility (currently subverted by emotional instability) depends on our ability to be clear about our objectives with others. All relationships take work, and the trick here is to maintain enough emotional commitment to power our intellectual and practical efforts to achieve them. Again, the rebelliousness of Uranus is the hardest element to bring under constraint here, especially since it feels it has been unfairly constrained for too long. Revolution is not out of the question, with Mars soon re-entering Aquarius and squaring.

Frustrated potentials, which may have been previously inhibited could now be given reason to finally erupt; writ large upon communities. People have had enough of feeling victimised. Whether their claims are based on actual or imagined injustices, the explosive outbursts that occur are very real, their repercussions complex and damaging toward creating a continuity of peace and harmony in our affairs.

The sextile/trine between Jupiter/Pluto also bears heavily on this lunation, offering deeper intelligence about the politics of entitlement, power and prestige. We are easily able to discern the many underlying factors driving our personal, social and cultural need for dominance. What are the motivating forces that seem to constantly require satisfying the need for status and control, often by scaling some individuals/group in increments of importance over others? Ideals run high, perhaps exorbitantly fancy and unrealistic to some degree, but still, something aspires within us to become recognised not just for our achievements, but for the many times our merits have been overlooked, belittled and besieged by lies and corruption, favouritism and selective bias, simply because we failed to meet the strict criteria of ‘choice’ as outlined this ‘cruel’ and ‘arbitrary’ patriarchal world.

If anything, this Virgo New Moon leaves us self-motivated and inspired, aspiring to live according to a high moral code (albeit our own), expecting the most impeccable ethical conduct from those in positions of authority and social responsibility. Clearly discerning our aims in life, strongly objecting to what we perceive as hypocrisy and injustice, we set an intention to honour our intention to improve this world, take steps to renew ourselves and our respective relationships, protect ourselves from being negatively influenced by surrounding environmental influences entering our psyche.

Working with types of meditation (not medication) which help strip away illusory constructs of the ego, seeking counselling or relationship therapies, finding way to reconnect to nature and working with the earth and the environment are perhaps the most appropriate step to help cleanse ourselves of the negative, more disruptive effects of the outer-planetary energies, allowing the light of our co-ordinating Sun centre to shine through more powerfully in this Virgo lunation.

Blessings, and have an amazing New Moon xx

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018"

[Valerie Villars]

The event then brings up all kinds of conceited over-reactions to any criticism, even the slightest hint of being judged to be weak, dishonest or incapable of performing honourably or impeccably. This makes for unnecessarily defensive dramas, which may launch some of us into spills for expiation or atonement of ‘sins’ (whether real or imaginary). Naturally the rest of us will be drawn in, and as is prevalent in the current Saturn/Uranus climate, we are inclined to pick sides.


I chuckled when I read this. It may be why the Qanon thread became so contentious.

[Sierra]

I think so too, an accurate description of the current forum activity.

Very astute astrologer.

[onawah]

Reading his reports helps me not to feel like I'm all alone in what I'm picking up on and observing, since what I'm seeing almost always matches up with what he's reporting.
I'm glad some other members are discovering this too.

I think so too, an accurate description of the current forum activity.

Very astute astrologer.



The event then brings up all kinds of conceited over-reactions to any criticism, even the slightest hint of being judged to be weak, dishonest or incapable of performing honourably or impeccably. This makes for unnecessarily defensive dramas, which may launch some of us into spills for expiation or atonement of ‘sins’ (whether real or imaginary). Naturally the rest of us will be drawn in, and as is prevalent in the current Saturn/Uranus climate, we are inclined to pick sides.


I chuckled when I read this. It may be why the Qanon thread became so contentious.

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: Sep 17-23
https://angstoic.com/2018/09/the-week-ahead-sep-17-23/

Current Planetary Positions
9/16/2018
2:01:59 PM

Sun 23° Virgo 47' 30"
Moon 21° Sagittarius 02' 12"
Mercury 19° Virgo 56' 49"
Venus 04° Scorpio 46' 10"
Mars 01° Aquarius 16' 11"
Jupiter 19° Scorpio 33' 14"
Saturn 02° Capricorn 37' 41"
Uranus 01° Taurus 56' 15" R
Neptune 14° Pisces 49' 00" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 48' 24" R
Chiron 00° Aries 25' 14" R
TrueNode 04° Leo 41' 59" R

"By the end of this week, the Sun’s ingress into Libra will have marked yet another monumental shift in humanity’s evolution, bringing on the Autumn/Spring Equinox. It is the half-way turning point through the zodiac, when the days/nights start to flip in length and we turn our attention to the other side of things.
Much has changed since the March Equinox, considerable planetary shifts have taken our wonderful Sol journey through the self-tending signs of Aries-Virgo, now opening up us up to experiencing things through the focus on the other. Wherever we have grown personally, we can now apply into the mirror of relationship during the Sun’s journey through Libra-Pisces. Relationships are built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements must be present for a relationship to work. And it has to be a mutual, reciprocally balanced thing. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have trust, the relationship will not flourish and could turn from friendly to contentious.

So hang on, because it’s going to be exciting, particularly since we are already looking like we may be off to a bumpy ride.

Here are the main transits for this week:

☽ □ ☉ Sun Sep 16 23:15 Moon 24°♐02′ Square Sun 24°♍02′
Vs in ♑ Tue Sep 18 04:04 Vesta 00°♑00′
♂ □ ♅ Tue Sep 18 23:00 Mars 01°♒52′ Square Uranus 01°♉52′℞
☿ ☌ ☉ Fri Sep 21 01:53 Mercury 28°♍03′ Conjunction Sun 28°♍03′
☿ in ♎ Sat Sep 22 03:40 Mercury 00°♎00′
☿ ☍ Ch Sat Sep 22 05:55 Mercury 00°♎10′ Opposition Chiron 00°♈10′℞
☉ in ♎ Sun Sep 23 01:55 Sun 00°♎00′
☿ ⊼ ♅ Sun Sep 23 02:46 Mercury 01°♎44′ Quincunx Uranus 01°♉44′℞
☉ ☍ Ch Sun Sep 23 05:01 Sun 00°♎08′ Opposition Chiron 00°♈08′℞
☿ □ ♄ Sun Sep 23 16:47 Mercury 02°♎47′ Square Saturn 02°♑47′

The week kicks off after the Sagittarius First quarter Moon, a self-confronting time when our rebelliously adventurous inner voice may be struggling with the dedicated, worldly responsible self. Somewhere there is a highly frustrated traditionalist trying to bring the bold, impulsive spirit into balance by creating ways to perform important tasks or duties within an integrated and formal framework. The Virgo Sun finds ways to harness the Sadge Moon’s enthusiasm for growth and learnings by employing a careful, tolerant, quiet and methodical technique.

The week after this, it is the Aries Full Moon (Sep 25) that throws down the gauntlet on how all manner of rule and administration will be meted out. Saturn’s hard pressure to get reliable systems into place are a direct result of the chaos and maelstrom that is developing over the course of this week. We are all somehow subjected to the revolutionary madness of the final Mars/Uranus square, which, when aligned along the Leo/Aquarius Nodal axis tends to affect us all somehow.

Wherever you are, the deep need to feel safe and secure is being shaken up by an inexplicably violent impatience for freedom and renewal. This clash between the familiar patterns of the known universe and the frenetic siren calls for a potentially unknown world builds into angrier and more hostile manifestations all around us.

As much as we may put out the intention for freedom or security, there is likely to be an underlying feeling which fears commitment and risk. Gross contradictions, and a pandemic of incongruence both within among ourselves means that as much as we are attracted towards greater freedom, it is likely that we will resist the impulse, preferring rather to play it safe, since after analysing our options we soon find that we can count on nobody to provide us with any cast-iron guarantees our choices will lead to any future success. A pervasive sense of detachment means anyone wise enough is in it for themselves. It is the foolish, desperate and unwise who tend to clump together into mobs, and we soon see how this becomes a damned state of affairs too.

It’s incredible how quickly this process develops. By midweek, any internal frustration is likely to escalate to enormous stresses in our social affairs as crucial parts of our nature feel like they’re being denied and hampered. The more we feel uneasy and want to cut loose – quit that job, that partnership, financial debt, etc. – the greater the fear of ‘letting go’ because we don’t want to suffer material losses, people or possessions.
Naturally, such grinding contradictions create phenomenal stresses, to which whose nature we are already familiar over these recent months, since Mars and Uranus have squared twice already (May 17, Aug 02). This final spell triggers the themes highlighted by the Aquarius Blood Moon of July 27, and you may wish to reflect back upon those during this week, since your mind is struggling to reconcile your rational, logical senses to what seems to be an avalanche of disruptions and absurdities, many just dragging up old wounds where you wanted to stand up and liberate yourself in the past but felt compromised by the tyranny and inequity of an impenetrable structure.

Whether it is our natural environment or our political state – the revolution is inevitable because it has already commenced internally. Soon, we start to see that no system or relationship can be sustained if we feel the dynamics of its structure as being too one-sided and rigid. Allegiance, after all, is a two-way street; and we have grown weary beyond means of any allegiance which is not reciprocal. Many will take this energy out this week. Let us hope and pray that it comes out in ways which are constructive and helpful.

Blessings, and have an amazing week "

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

FULL MOON at 2°00′ ARIES (Tue, Sep 25)
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Current Planetary Positions
9/23/2018
1:27:18 PM

Sun 00° Libra 39' 35"
Moon 15° Pisces 00' 56"
Mercury 02° Libra 52' 59"
Venus 08° Scorpio 15' 43"
Mars 03° Aquarius 19' 56"
Jupiter 20° Scorpio 45' 29"
Saturn 02° Capricorn 47' 09"
Uranus 01° Taurus 43' 01" R
Neptune 14° Pisces 38' 44" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 46' 11" R
Chiron 00° Aries 06' 08" R
TrueNode 04° Leo 33' 22" R

"Nothing brings things to a head more bluntly than a full moon in heady Aries. Yes, full moons are times of confrontation, of culmination, when matters reach their full awareness and we get full clarity about things, energies, stories to which we previously may have been entirely clueless.

It can be a time of materialisation of the energies applied, when our intentional efforts “bear fruit”. We often experience at least one of those wonderful “aha!” moments, where our revelations may be accompanied by great disappointment or heartfelt gratitude.

Full moons can also be times of heightened moods, highlighting the incoherent flow between our conscious intentions and our subconscious beliefs and habits. Feelings run rife, ruling over events in our lives, finally exposing something important about what we are carrying deep beneath the surface for perhaps way too long.

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A Moon/Chiron conjunction brings out those feelings that have become stagnant and fixated, scarred or wounded by our past experience. How we have taken these into our body, our habitual, cellular selves now becomes contrasted by a Sun/Mercury conjunction in Libra. The conscious goal now is to create relationships which assist us to clear the emotional body by exorcising the ghosts of our wounded past. Conversely, the ego can become either mortally wounded by affixing to unconscious pain, or miraculously healed by deeply attuning itself, identifying, accepting and clearing toxic feelings as well as the feelings of others.

The T-square from Saturn raises important concerns about how limitations and conditions from society/parents actually feed into our subconscious fears, guilt, and shameful judgments, often sabotaging our conscious creative intentions.

Neuroscientists postulate that for most of us, our brains are only using 5% of our consciousness, running on subconscious auto-pilot 95% of the time. Since this limits our capacity to really play with our creativity in an intelligent way, there is a call for greater conscious awareness.

“We are living at perhaps the most profound time in human history, a time in which the whole of humanity is undergoing a collective transformation into quantum reality. We are being catapulted into several new ways of experiencing life, all simultaneously. For example, we are rapidly shifting from a “matter-based” society to one completely steeped in “energy consciousness”, from energy technology to energy medicine to energy fuel.”
~ Carolyn Myss, Medical Intuitive

If you’ve been feeling that the energy leading up to this Full Moon has been crazy, heavy and difficult to handle.. even depressing, then hey, that’s not such a bad sign. You are definitely awake. It’s perfectly natural response to feel burdened and sickened by what your conscious mind is telling you. In fact, it would be a serious problem for you if you thought these times were fun or exciting in any way.

Yes, we are undergoing through some turbulent times, where hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes seem to be ever more frequently striking every corner of the globe – whether geo-cosmically, politically or psychologically. We are fast approaching a critical mass of ****storms and their intent is to shift our consciousness away from our emotional addiction to matter and start to engage on a purely energetic level. Every moment, heavenly messages are trying to make their way to each of us to help us to shift.
The most important thing that you can do right now is establish and come to develop a relationship with your Inner Guidance System. However you wish to refer to it – be it your “natural, authentic self”, your intuition, soul, Spirit, God, Christ-consciousness etc… it is the voice within you – the awakened, eternal YOU that takes direction only from within, animates your body and guides you to know exactly why you are here taking this human journey.
Blessings, and have an amazing full moon xx"

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: October 1-7
https://angstoic.com/2018/09/the-week-ahead-october-1-7/
Current Planetary Positions
9/30/2018
(Bold letters my emphasis)
Sun 07° Libra 27' 46"
Moon 15° Gemini 24' 12"
Mercury 14° Libra 54' 45"
Venus 10° Scorpio 21' 03"
Mars 05° Aquarius 49' 34"
Jupiter 22° Scorpio 01' 01"
Saturn 03° Capricorn 01' 06"
Uranus 01° Taurus 28' 31" R
Neptune 14° Pisces 28' 06" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 45' 23" R
Chiron 29° Pisces 47' 19" R
TrueNode 03° Leo 34' 21" R

"The combination of stellar energies becomes gradually more and more intense as each week rolls on through October. Most of this is due to Pluto, lord the underworld and all things Scorpionic. Even the greater benefics Venus and Jupiter are in the dark constellation, joined later in the month by Mercury and the Sun.

And, as above so below they say. So, be low, low..

Here are the main transits for this week:

♇ SD Sun Sep 30 22:00 Pluto 18°♑45′
☽ □ ☉ Tue Oct 02 09:47 Moon 09°♋09′ Square Sun 09°♎09′
♆ ☍ Pa Tue Oct 02 19:22 Neptune 14°♓25′℞ Opposition Pallas 14°♍25′
☿ □ ♇ Wed Oct 03 00:01 Mercury 18°♎45′ Square Pluto 18°♑45′
♀ S℞ Fri Oct 05 19:07 Venus 10°♏50′℞
♄ ⊼ ☊ Fri Oct 05 23:52 Saturn 03°♑15′ Quincunx Node 03°♌15′
☉ ☌ Ce Sun Oct 07 10:02 Sun 14°♎05′ Conjunction Ceres 14°♎05′
☉ ⊼ ♆ Sun Oct 07 15:18 Sun 14°♎18′ Quincunx Neptune 14°♓18′℞

After seven months in retrograde (Apr-Sep), Pluto finally turns direct, about to bring closure to all the deeply irrevocable processes we’ve been stumbling our way through since as far back as April 2017. This is the last swipe for many, and by the time the underlord leaves his Rx shadow early next year, we will find ourselves in a totally unrecognisable state. Pluto has that effect, leaving us and our former lives beyond recognition or repair. Beyond all hope of return. All we can hope to take with us is some degree of redemption and a pledge to “never again”. Either that, or we do a deal to be his badass bitch, at least some of the time. (you’d be surprised how many sign up!)

It’s been a heavy couple of years, but as we’re observing, little about this year has been light at all. Since Saturn entered Capricorn in Dec 2017, joining Pluto, the ominous sands of time have begun to run perilously low, heading towards a full-scale dismantling of the old patriarchy and its faltering efforts to maintain its own badass structure and control over this planet. There is an obvious, older, white-male-dominant type which has become so fragile now that any competitor is sensed to be a threatening foe which must be crushed. It’s a desperate state, and we are seeing it among many of the fraternity of the entitled.

A lot of planets are coming into climatic shift this month.

Since mid-May, Mars has been moving back and forth through Aquarius, providing us with all with an opportunity to become more aware of what’s not been working so well (or even at all) in our lives and in a half-baked effort, try to do something, anything, to fix it.

This week, MARS continues to chase Black Moon LILITH into conjunction (Tuesday). Lilith rules over those disowned aspects of our own shadowy nature – parts of ourselves which we consider hideous, of which we are somewhat aware yet possibly pressing hard to keep concealed from others. We push these hideous qualities down, out of sight from others, fearing that if they come exposed would reveal to others how horrible we are as a person. Yet these repressed qualities somehow press back up at us, bursting to come out through our most intimate encounters. We call this part our ‘shadow’, the side that we try to keep out of the light.

Our ‘shadow-self’ conceals a darker side to our nature, hidden aspects of ourselves which we have repressed or suppressed – anything from difficult emotions, our own sexual preferences, hidden desires, even potential strengths that are yet to be uncovered because we fear to go there. We know these traits are within us, but we just do not want to acknowledge them ourselves, and we prefer others not to see them either.
We become convinced that if these traits were ever to be revealed that some might judge us as being a “bad person”. So whilst we tend to keep these aspects of ourselves tightly under wraps, we unwittingly project them onto others in our lives (like our friends or family), where they play out in our exterior world dramas, and when we see them in others, start to engage in cutting them down. Our efforts to deny, or shoot down our projected shadow self may at times reflect upon us with a severely sabotaging effect.

Currently being activated by MARS, the LILITH on S.Node is about to dart out throughout this week. Repressed anger erupts angrily and suddenly, projecting itself into our affairs as a horrid realism – not just over the apparent rottenness of this world in general but the rottenness of our own life in particular. Everything becomes personal, especially those things that seem to trigger our past-life misdemeanors towards others, or memories of feeling mistreated with inequity and exclusion. We stand for our rights with vehement disgust, even affiliate ourselves to the collective disgust of a pitchforked mob, and together we are ready to storm the Bastille..

Of course, when we identify ourselves with a mob, we are met with the resistance from a counter-mob. In 3D physics, every action is met with an equal and opposite reaction (Newton’s Third Law).

The abrupt realism that emerges is only a mask for why we’re truly angry or repressed though – which is due to such an overwhelming estrangement from humanity that we conveniently choose to blame and project our feelings of dissociation and desolation upon each other.

The more convinced we become that the rottenness is only happening to us, the more annoyed and alienated we get with the world; and the less we engage with the world, the more annoyed we get about the phoney-arsed efforts we see others making in continuing to engage with it.

Those old patriarchal power symbols upon which our lives were structured – money, authority, entitlement, beauty, security are fast losing value, and we know this. On the deepest level, our subconscious knows that these phoney values are the source of all terror, corruption and rottenness among us. Yet many continue to play the game, carrying on like they’re not, because to expose these as being ineffective would mean to expose the whole system of reality as being one giant, bogus, impotent flop. And in truth, we have a lot invested in this “flop”. It would be a shame to just walk, right?
Not now…
[sigh] No wonder you’re concerned or depressed.
Whether we suppress our demons or intend to make a stand by projecting them outward, it can still feel depressing. When we become certain that there is something deeply disingenuous in our world, something that creates hatred, life can become a real downer. This is not a clinical depression btw – its existential realism goes deeper than the personality because it corrupts the soul. This depression cannot be healed by your domestic-grade medication/ drugs/ booze/ gossip/ netflix. This depression is not a condition but rather a symptom that we are drowning in a situation/relationship that is largely untenable, since we feel that something in our world does not allow us to express ourselves in our truest sovereignty.

Meanwhile, Venus, now at her detrimental worst in Scorpio, prepares to turn retrograde. It’s because she is so damned compulsive, which leads her into making some catastrophic choices. In retro, they are ones that she can’t help but keep going back to, regardless of how soul-destructive they’ve been.

Since Mars and Venus are the two planets least found in retrograde, both of their retrogrades tend to take us into strange, unknown territory. I’m observing many clients describe their experience of Mars and Mercury’s recent retrograde cycles as deeply unsettling, sometimes so frightful that they are thinking destructive thoughts. There’s a lot of unhappy, unsettled egos out there trying to reorient themselves in the world.

Here we must ask whether the activities that take up the majority of our social interaction actually make us more happy to be alive? Aquarius is vested in futuristic, reformist ventures, utopian hopes and ideals we commonly share with others in our aim to create a better, brighter world. Sure, technology and social networking has a lot to do with it, but these ‘tools’ can also threaten our very humanity and lead us to dystopian, apocalyptic visions, especially during times like these, when the world seem cloaked over with such heavy darkness.
What kind of humans are we? What kind of world are we creating and what sort of society are we making for ourselves here? Why so much hatred and division among us, especially at the most fundamental levels (gender, race, class, etc).
A lot of questions about the future coming to light.

Once something is in our awareness, we can no longer feign ignorance. Try as we may to turn the blind eye or repress it, it’s just not possible. The key (with any retrograde) is to turn inward to that which breathes life into our body – look to Spirit for guidance. As we will see with Venus in retro, it would be treacherous to think we can ever go back to something we haven’t quite let go of. That would be death.

This ‘dark night of the soul’ which we are currently in is best tackled with inner reflection, meditation, discussion on the several levels of grief, and forming a communion through the practice of mystical prayer. This dark shadow of our repressed emotions, about to be formally unleashed when PLUTO TURNS DIRECT, is in fact about to launch the deepest stages of a collective spiritual crisis.

Without the proper support/ counselling, this crisis can be easily misdirected into surface relationship issues & politics, unresolved childhood traumas or chronic health issues, all which could lead us into the most phenomenal spiritual crisis this planet has ever collectively undergone.

Staying cool and centered has never been so important, yet ever so difficult as this next few weeks. Please remember to be kind and gentle with yourself, learn to love our demons and at least avoid blaming others.
Do not allow any negativity or ugliness in your surroundings invade your spirit, overpower your heart’s intention, destroy your confidence, affect your growth. Do not become increasingly bitter and envious each time you are forced or provoked. Hold your inner power. Shine your inner light.

and have an amazing week. Blessings xx"

[onawah]

VENUS RETROGRADE: OCT 05-NOV 16 -A CRITICAL MASS
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https://angstoic.com/2018/10/venus-retrograde-2/
Current Planetary Positions
10/4/2018

Sun 11° Libra 52' 02"
Moon 18° Leo 23' 55"
Mercury 22° Libra 17' 32"
Venus 10° Scorpio 49' 55"
Mars 07° Aquarius 38' 42"
Jupiter 22° Scorpio 51' 46"
Saturn 03° Capricorn 12' 28"
Uranus 01° Taurus 18' 34" R
Neptune 14° Pisces 21' 36" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 45' 37"
Chiron 29° Pisces 35' 23" R
TrueNode 03° Leo 31' 42" R

"We live in interesting times. As far as interest goes, October just turns up the heat to “Max”, and only if you are fully asleep do you not get the feeling that, come November, our world may never be the same (again). When does it stop being so “interesting”? Well, with Uranus now becoming the new Saturn, we can safely say that “interesting” is now the new ‘ordinary’. So let’s get used to rapid change and disruption, as well as ‘present moment awareness’, boundless insights and creative inspiration, and the ability to shift into higher dimensions at will all being the new norm. For those who cling to the 3D world, fear-ridden about what tomorrow may bring, then yes… a return to the “grand old days of yore” are going to seem like they have not only betrayed them, but they may turn out to appear like a dark and twisted nightmare after all.

OCTOBER 2018
Those who say that “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” were probably talking about Venus in Scorpio, now stationary and about to retrograde at 10°50′ Scorpio (Oct 5) and heads back to 25°15′ Libra (Nov 16). Due to her hard aspects to long-duelling Mars/Uranus, and a skipped step to the Nodes, this is an epochal transit – already proving to be a revolutionary call to action between the genders.

There has never been a civil war between the genders. Somehow events are conspiring to divide this planet, and what could be more fundamentally divisive than the most common denominator in just about every household?

We get this. Surely we must. It seems that the dice of fate are supremely loaded. They’re loaded with such intent to settle a score which for years, decades… centuries… millenia has seen this world divided in many other ways. For no ‘good’ reason. Division and separation, exclusion and limitation are the domain of Saturn. Never through Saturn’s historic reign over ‘linear time’ has there been a ‘good’ reason for the world to be divided, usually over characteristics that we cannot change at birth, be they skin-colour, beauty, nationality, heritage, creed, background, class, economic status, family privilege, land-claim and sovereignty…

…oh and let’s forget the obligatory obvious: Gender

We are now at the point of ultimate division. Since 2014 we have talked much about the ultimate “divergence of humanity”. The Cardinal Grand Cross of in April 2014 would mark a distinct time in history, from which humanity would become increasingly set apart in all significant directions.

From that critical time of conflicting grand awareness, things of matter between us would accelerate to ‘matter’ to a point of obtuse annoyance. Awareness of our ‘differences’ would continue to divide us so diametrically, to such an absolute degree than we would eventually break matters down to the most common, most empirical denominator… the individual Self. And, until so, we will not be ready to fight the ultimate war.

We are near. This war is beyond any cross-nation war. We have seen many, many wars over the who-knows-how long, and over who-knows-what. War have always been waged between tribes and among individuals – often about things they do not understand.

World Wars.

Internally too, we have seen much in-fighting between our own peoples – between us and them, between us and our institutions, between us and our churches, corporations, political parties and their leaders. This is becoming a more and more common phenomenon, especially thanks to digital media. And of course, most recently – in the past 12 months, we have seen it most domestically, between ourselves and those we love – those who are ‘supposed to’ love and compliment us. Those with whom we live, who have made us feel whole; made us feel complete. The in-fighting is closing more and more “in”, and every day we awaken to feel a strange sense of alienation from the outer world; we awaken to find that the human divergence has now all but taken place inside our own homes.

On every matter, we seem to be split into many disparate parts, becoming upset and arguing over anything, breaking up, disbanding and unfollowing each other over differences which are essentially meaningless, but we place so much value upon. We are each armed with our little black, wireless devices of incendiary intent and we fire incessant missiles of invective at one another in this full-scale digital battleground. For many, it is becoming a most uncivil ‘civil war… the most paradoxically antisocial ‘social network’. The internet has gone from the initial promise of becoming te ultimate instrument of ‘freedom to share’, to the most toxically ‘divisive tool’. We see the most toxic, divisive intellectual assaults coming not only from everyday people, but from world leaders and high court judges and media commentators – people appointed to stay fair and diplomatic.

As we enter October, we observe that the harmonising Libra Sun having a great deal of turbulence on its hands as it tries to restore balance among us. Next Tuesday’s New Moon at 15°♎48′, squaring Pluto shows just how dire the fight between lightness and dark has become.

Ruled by Venus, this Libra lunation comes at such a markedly debilitating point. The Sun in its fall during Libra, which means its ability to make decision and act in authority is severely. mitigated. Venus’s detriment in Scorpio weakens things yet again. Scorpio is the sign of the zodiac that explores that which the outer “authorities” have labeled taboo. In Scorpio we learn to observe the flow of ‘power’ and identify what it is that constitutes authentic power. Scorpio’s rulers Pluto and Mars are in conflict to both the Sun and Venus, respectively. The archetype of the shaman and the alchemist, Scorpio is the only sign with three symbols which describe the possible ways its energy will express as it gains mastery.

The Scorpion is the first symbol – it reactively (and often with a lethal blow) stings others in self-protection because it doesn’t yet grasp that what it does to others it does to itself. At the next level is the eagle, who has learned to soar above the lower forms of human drama but remains predatory and judgmental, eager to consume its selective prey. At the highest level, Scorpio’s key totem is symbolized by the Phoenix, the mythological bird of India. Legend has it that as the Phoenix was about to die it would sing a hauntingly beautiful song and all of creation would be reminded of what really matters. Then the Phoenix would burst into flames and from its ashes a new bird arose. Pluto is currently stationed at 18°♑45′ after turning direct on Sep 30.

Venus is now moving so slowly that she too is considered stationary – the period when her energy is vibrationally most intense because it is focused in one place – not moving. She will turn retrograde on Friday, Oct 05 2018, 19:07 UTC. When a planet has a retrograde cycle, it is primarily inverting the normal flow of conscious experience, resulting in a changing of direction, focus, and attention. In general, retrograde cycles often redirect consciousness down different avenues, or back to the past to clear ourselves of any residual influences on the present.

Venus’ retrograde takes place between 10°50′ Scorpio to 25°15′ Libra (Nov16) . Venus has been in her shadow since Sep 03 and will finally exit this cycle on Dec 18.



KARMIC RENEWAL
When Venus is retrograde she symbolically begins her descent into the underworld, finally to returning at the other end, replenished and renewed. Her task is to provide a restoration of old themes or dynamics, especially in our relationships that we may have felt we had already processed or tied off, but in a karmic sense still haunt, or influence us subconsciously. Venus last had her retrograde in Scorpio in Oct-Nov 2002 and again in 2010. Unresolved issues prevalent at that time could resurface at this time. You may gain insight into Venus’ focus this retrograde by reflecting on your life circumstances during that time.

When Venus enters her retrograde cycle, we are invited to investigate the darker or hidden dimensions of ourselves, and others – often resulting in the unveiling of shadow matter projected onto other people around us. This allows us to adopt a different lens from which to observe ourselves and those with whom we interact. We want to be receptive to these deeper perceptions, and simply take it all in as opposed to trying to change things during the actual retrograde. It’s best to use the retrograde period for objective witnessing with the intent to see what’s going on with fresh eyes. Since our exterior relationships reflect our own internal dynamics, the most enlightened perception would be to see any flaws or shadows as our own, and to learn to integrate and heal these within ourselves.

Because the Venus cycle itself is so complex it can be challenging to make rational sense of “why” we’re undergoing such awful challenges in our affairs, or what unfinished business we have with the people we’re involved with and typically, due to our willingness to be guided, things often organically unfold the way they’re meant to. If one is privy to the deeper dynamics of their horoscope, then it can often become clear what type of role the situation or individual is playing, and what we can be done to support healing, resolution, and understanding.

EXONERATING THE SOUL
In order to gain greater insight into Venus’ retrograde cycle, we need to keep in mind her association with the signs Taurus and Libra because they compose the two facets of Venus’ archetype. Taurus represents the earthy side of Venus, the sensual, pleasure-seeking side that understands that life is meant to be more pleasure than struggle. The Taurus influence also symbolizes our capacity to form and identify what we personally value. All of our choices in life are guided by our values. While Venus is retrograde, we are presented with the opportunity to ask ourselves, “Do my life circumstances reflect my values?” This Venus retrograde is our grand opportunity to examine our values and ensure that they are not prescribed replicas of what our family or social circle may have determined ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ be of value to us. Further to this, we need to examine whether we feel worthy enough to receive the abundance and pleasure. Through Venus, we strive to bring pleasure into our lives wherever possible. Through her direct connection to the Sun, she helps us see pleasure as a truth, not as some secret sin.

From the perspective of Libra, it is our relationships that provide a means for the formation of a personal value system. This is not just referring to our most personal relationships, but also our relationship to all of life: our partners, our job, our family, our life situation, to money, to mother earth, to strangers, to the natural and supernatural world. We are in relationship to every aspect of life. For Venus, relationships are the currency exchange that defines our value system by identifying what we like and don’t like. We all have preferences, things we prefer and things we refuse. During the course of our lives we are presented with the dilemma of having to choose one opportunity over others. It’s Venus’ association with Libra that is concerned with the process of making those choices of what to engage and what to let be. People and circumstances may leave our life at this time to make room for that which fits us better.

Additionally, Venus also seeks to maintain inner and outer balance, modulating and harmonising the conflicting factors that exist within our psyche, which tend to manifest in our external circumstances so that we can mediate and heal them. Venus’ retrograde cycle encourages us to examine what is out of balance in our lives and take the steps to restore our equilibrium. It’s a great time to exercise doing things for ourselves each day that will reward us with pleasure. We will also want to be aware of any behaviours that block or deny our receiving what is necessary in order to have peace, balance, joy and pleasure in our lives.

Cultivating Venus’ energy now will also support you in being aware of what is guiding your choices. Additionally, Venus will help you become more deeply conscious of what you want to do with your wealth, talents, and best assets as she reminds you that ‘you’ (or that intrinsic life-force by which you identify) is your most precious commodity. Learning how to access this, value it and put it out there is an internalising process, brought to you by the Venus retro.

Your soul is eager to shine its beautiful, unique light and demonstrate its creative power to grow your experience. The creator-light within you appreciates all of creation itself. It is through your affinity to Venus’s magnetic power of attraction now which determines your choices of what is ‘good’, ‘bad’, ‘joyful’, ‘sorrowful’ etc. – the force which regulates the ebbs and the flows of your own heart’s desire, which seeks to become whole with the universe around you. From the perspective of that wholeness, everything is an expression of the infinite being that you inherently are, experiencing itself through its humanity, here on planet earth.

I must learn to love the fool in me — the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.
~ Theodore Rubin

VENUS RETROGRADE IN SCORPIO (Oct 05-31)
As mentioned, since Venus is in detriment here, there is a strange restlessness in the airwaves. We are not content and we don’t know why. We are made to feel like something is missing in our lives, like enough is never enough, and so the secret desire energy veers to extremes and we start coveting until it just amounts to severe gluttony. Even those who have chosen the spiritual path will be tempted to break their abstinence to indulge in ‘matter’ or ‘flesh’. It is as if external forces from our repressed self (or the darkside) are trying to possess us, “manipulate” us into engaging in corrupt thoughts and devious designs which are corrosive rather than cohesive to our soul purpose. Of course, it’s just the ego, here, but we struggle.

Hence, we develop an intense need to overcome these supernatural forces enticing us into places that may hamper or destroy our spiritual progress. Impatience, boredom or distraction can easily lead us to break ranks and engage into contracts or alliances that are treacherous or demeaning to our highest values.

Past grudges, unresolved feuds, harboured psycho-sexual traumas and knife-sharpening vendettas are the impetus for lashing out, often uncontrollably. We seek to destroy those things that trigger us, not knowing that it is ourselves we are trying to destroy. Must focus on destroying the parts of our old selves that we are carrying, the unresolved bitterness that keeps us apart and alienated from wholeness to others..

VENUS RETROGRADE IN LIBRA (Oct 31-Nov 16)
In the final fortnight of this retrograde Venus, now in its domicile sign find it hard to decide whose side to take. So it tries to get by on taking on the side of others (just to be on the safe side). Unfortunately this becomes a damned state since by this stage there is no ‘side’ that is safe at all, and her peacemaking energies get tossed from one extreme to the other. We find out the hard way that, try as we may, we can’t please everyone – in fact, can’t please anyone unless we please ourselves, and since by this stage we’ve probably lost or forgotten what we truly value and desire about ourselves, we start to develop a kind of emotional paralysis, an inner discontent which comes from the realisation (full awakening will come by Venus’ final opposition to Uranus – Dec 1) that we have just been a gullible patsy or stooge for the mob.

By the end of this ordeal, we learn exactly who we are and what we value against everything we think we should and ultimately could be.

THE GENDER WAR
It is a long struggle with values, likes and dislikes. Because of our tendency for exteriorisation and the heavily psychoactive drives of Scorpio we become triggered by things that we can no longer stand, or that we feel we must have at all costs (to make up for lost time).

As Venus squares Mars for the second time (Oct 11), sores picked during the first square (Sep 08) become so inflamed that it seems likely to manifest as a backlash over any disgruntlements, disagreements and conflicts, particularly between the masculine-feminine. Not the easiest time to get along with those of the opposite gender, since the expectations (mostly historical or cultural) for the other to make concessions due to gender ‘entitlement’, reaches boiling point and spills over.

This tension will not end until Nov 09 when these two energy find mediation with a trine. However, by that stage much force has amassed on both sides to either arm-up defenses or to cede defeat, and it is probably a combination of these two which places great jeopardy to those still stuck on the exterior projections of their most intense, yet unresolved hidden desires for power and control.

TRANSFORMED
By the end of his retrograde cycle we are either steeped in tortuous self judgement, exteriorised in extreme polarisations and disharmony or we learn to own and manage our personal power of attraction. As we say on the ‘cosmic bus’ engaging by being alert in non-judgmental attentiveness to your own thoughts, actions and feelings puts us in touch with that presence within us that abides – remaining unchanging and undisturbed – no matter what is going on around us.

Learning to welcome your soul’s presence, a state of ‘being’ that brings a quality of love and light and meaningfulness and purpose to all that you do is no accident. It comes from practice of staying mindful that you have the power to choose, to own, to engage or to just…. not.

The very picture of a whole person is one who can drink wine, dance on the beach, sing in the rain and at the same time enjoy the depths of understanding and wisdom that belong to the sage. Half of humanity has been accepting the inner world but denying the outer world. The other half of humanity has been accepting the material world and denying the inner world. Both are half and no person who is half can be contented. You have to be whole: rich in the body, rich in science, rich in meditation, rich in consciousness.
~OSHO

Ultimately, Venus is all about creating greater abundance, beauty, and balance in our world. That begins with each individual and ripples out like waves upon the ocean of humanity. Make the decision to allow it to begin with you. This is the way each of us individually and collectively creates a better world for ourselves and the generations of humanity to come."

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[Bo Atkinson]

The Week Ahead: October 1-7
https://angstoic.com/2018/09/the-week-ahead-october-1-7/
Current Planetary Positions
9/30/2018
excerpted:

Once something is in our awareness, we can no longer feign ignorance. Try as we may to turn the blind eye or repress it, it’s just not possible. The key (with any retrograde) is to turn inward to that which breathes life into our body – look to Spirit for guidance. As we will see with Venus in retro, it would be treacherous to think we can ever go back to something we haven’t quite let go of. That would be death.
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Do not allow any negativity or ugliness in your surroundings invade your spirit, overpower your heart’s intention, destroy your confidence, affect your growth. Do not become increasingly bitter and envious each time you are forced or provoked. Hold your inner power. Shine your inner light.

and have an amazing week. Blessings xx"

Like these excerpts, i was glad to find an effective tip, easy to say with the inner voice:

"My robotized entities want this. I do not want this."

Poof! Irrational stuck thoughts and lower emotions vanish, but we need to develop adequate mentailty to sustain higher thought. This can work with intentionality, free of habitual mechanicalness.

This can stand on a practical, internal commitment, but would include the integration of western scientific ideas of hypothesis married with eastern, common sense consciousness-development.

The larger challenge is to understand that these robotized entities are parts of a lower emotional self, which most humans are reluctant to leave behind themselves, the true selves. Reluctance blocks the knowledge of the true self, with the trickster- emotional robot(s). Adamant, they indulge cheap thrills or habitual effects. As humans can actually give up on all the fanciful emotional devices, which are too often mistaken as parts of culture. Where attainment of true culture is actually something else.

Here is the need of practical hypotheticals, instead of blindly robotizing every little emotional response in life. Integrate the development of our hypotheticals big and small, as a whole lifestyle, (instead of basing love on lower, needy emotions).

Let me not offend astrologers here, to suggest (to hypothesize), that the mystic and the saint are both held back cosmically, if a scientifically-sound mentality is not sooner or later, fully integrated, with higher emotionality (and otherwise further attainments), on the great cosmic quest. Otherwise borrowed imaginary worlds become prisons, for the lack of balancing the true self, made ready for graduation (getting out of the lower worlds of stuck incarnations).

PS-I offer to kindly remove this post if you find it objectionable on this thread.

[onawah]

Astrology shows us what cosmic energies we must deal with, and in that way, it can be a very helpful tool, but how much we are affected by them or transcend them is an individual matter.
I find nothing objectionable in your post, Wavydome.


Let me not offend astrologers here, to suggest (to hypothesize), that the mystic and the saint are both held back cosmically, if a scientifically-sound mentality is not sooner or later, fully integrated, with higher emotionality (and otherwise further attainments), on the great cosmic quest. Otherwise borrowed imaginary worlds become prisons, for the lack of balancing the true self, made ready for graduation (getting out of the lower worlds of stuck incarnations).

PS-I offer to kindly remove this post if you find it objectionable on this thread.

[onawah]

NEW MOON at 15°48′ LIBRA: Tuesday, October 09, 03:47 UTC
https://angstoic.com/2018/10/new-moon-at-1548-libra/
Current Planetary Positions
10/9/2018
12:30:18 AM

Sun 15° Libra 52' 30"
Moon 16° Libra 49' 06"
Mercury 28° Libra 45' 15"
Venus 10° Scorpio 36' 28" R
Mars 09° Aquarius 25' 27"
Jupiter 23° Scorpio 39' 04"
Saturn 03° Capricorn 24' 21"
Uranus 01° Taurus 09' 11" R
Neptune 14° Pisces 15' 59" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 46' 21"
Chiron 29° Pisces 24' 45" R
TrueNode 03° Leo 03' 18" R

"With Libra, a cardinal/air sign, the soul begins to acknowledge the presence of another soul, and via the ego – the expression of the personality, sees that it keeps the interests of the other in mind whenever acting or reacting. Of course, personalities differ, so the fun is all in the interaction and how to keep the peace while going about trying to satisfy one’s ego business/pleasure.

At a Libra New Moon, the activation of any new venture at this time is with aim to keep (or create) harmony and balance in whichever affair is highlighted. In many ways we make a start, a promise, set an intention to find a method or sweet spot where we can wilfully oblige others, as well as instinctively meet them halfway, totally persuade them we can make things nicer, more workable, more peaceful. Using our intellectual (air) ability to discuss, we initiate (cardinal) an engagement where civilised debate – strategy and tact, guile and subtle manipulation – is employed to bring ourselves and another into a more balanced, sustainable and peaceable position.

With the ruler of Libra, Venus now retrograde, the potential for massive relationship/political turbulence is heightening to unforeseen levels. Like a serpent shedding its skin, the preceding days of the dark moon holds the power either to annihilate, or to heal and regenerate – depending on our clarity and capacity to see the significance of this moment and flow with its rhythms. We see a new, internalised appraisal of what is of value in our lives and what just has to go, and how sometimes we will ruthlessly set out to destroy it if it continues to impede our progress (see Venus in retrograde article here: https://angstoic.com/2018/10/venus-retrograde-2/ )

The current Sun/Pluto dynamic will roll out those charismatic and compelling kinds, whose will is to effectively bring about some kind of transformation in our lives. They come to us with no uncertain agenda – they see what’s expiring and with much purpose and authority, seek out to dismantle and destroy it, break it down to the point of complete disintegration so that it can once again regenerate. Of course, if it’s not fully “expired”, there may be wars. In the end there can be only one survivor and it’s a fight to the death. Life will never be the same for either, but to the Sun/Pluto type, they are used to this (see also Scorpio/8th house).

This powerful transformative process occurring at New Moon affects those whose own unintegrated emotions are so deeply buried that they remain unconscious. These are hidden in the cellular body, sometimes for a lifetime. Personal matters now become extremely charged, deep emotions become triggered, and consequent reactions can easily get violently enraged and difficult to control. Underlying, body-stored traumas seek to find release one way or another. Any excuse will do. Current dynamics in our everyday drama will produce individuals or instances which will precipitate such a climax.In the case of the Libra New Moon, the quest for peace and justice becomes so intensely aroused by those who willfully wield ambition, force, power, domination, and aggression. One way or another, whether it is with or without your consent, whatever you place your attention upon will set you off into a new journey of psycho-emotional breakdown and regeneration. As is always the way with Pluto, you will never again be the same again, whichever direction you decide to go (nor should you want to be)."

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: October 15-21
https://angstoic.com/2018/10/the-week-ahead-october-15-21/

(This report puts me in mind of what certain psychics and channelers that I used to read were saying (years ago, before so many of them apparently became victims to some kind of nefarious psyop or takeover of some kind). They were predicting a huge uncovering of the very dirty deals and deeds that have been going on behind the scenes for centuries, triggering a huge outcry of rage and demand for exposure and retribution, exactly as we are seeing now.
One of the channelers (Suzy Ward) repeatedly said that this anger would eventually be tempered by the realization that vengeance and justice are two different things, and that only the latter will heal the planet and help to bring things back into balance.
The question remains: what would be justice and what would be revenge? Some who are screaming for blood will never be satisfied with merely exiling corrupt politicians, pedophiles, banksters, etc. But what would be enough justice to keep the villians from doing the same again?
If there are really any final solutions, I think they might only come about via changes in cosmic energies that are so powerful even those who are the most firmly entrenched in Darkness cannot resist them, and from sincere, guiding good examples from those who are already aligned with the Light.
But those kinds of changes are very gradual....

Current Planetary Positions
10/14/2018
1:35:36 PM

Sun 21° Libra 21' 42"
Moon 29° Sagittarius 39' 02"
Mercury 07° Scorpio 14' 44"
Venus 09° Scorpio 14' 44" R
Mars 12° Aquarius 01' 54"
Jupiter 24° Scorpio 45' 24"
Saturn 03° Capricorn 42' 54"
Uranus 00° Taurus 55' 59" R
Neptune 14° Pisces 08' 50" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 48' 10"
Chiron 29° Pisces 10' 45" R
TrueNode 02° Leo 14' 11" R

"In the final week of the Sun’s journey through Libra, we observe the transition of those who dare to outwardly express their desire for justice, fairness and equanimity about to shift dramatically toward the desire for power, to execute change, exact vengeance and even ‘death’ – be it only figuratively or metaphorically.
It’s not so easy to discriminate between the desire for justice and the desire to exact revenge. It’s all very tight and can be a fine line to draw. Of course, justice is certainly something worth pursuing in the sense where it is the minimum force necessary to bring things back into balance. Revenge, however, just seems to take things one step further, where the risk of matters spiraling out of control is not only difficult to predict, but even more treacherous to bring them under control again.
This week, a preponderance of energies already in Scorpio, including Libra’s ruler Venus, has already foreshadowed a kind of nasty and intriguing politics. This sets the scenario for the very formidable battlefield that we might expect to witness between us in the coming few weeks. So hold centre. If you can.

Much will come along to shift us in ways that promise irrevocable changes to our precious bits and coins, and though this spells a sense of dread or drama to many who wish to remain ignorant, or the ‘performatively woke’ operators or the ‘social justice warriors’ out there, us ‘evolutionary bloodhounds’ are always ready to show up for the latest cosmic developments in store…

Here are this week’s main transits:

☿ ☌ ♀ Mon Oct 15 20:21 Mercury 08°♏51′ Conjunction Venus 08°♏51′℞
☽ □ ☉ Tue Oct 16 18:02 Moon 23°♑19′ Square Sun 23°♎19′
♂ ∠ Ch Thu Oct 18 18:13 Mars 14°♒01′ Semisquare Chiron 29°♓01′℞
☿ Sqq Ch Fri Oct 19 08:46 Mercury 14°♏00′ Sesqui Chiron 29°♓00′℞
☿ △ ♆ Fri Oct 19 09:48 Mercury 14°♏03′ Trine Neptune 14°♓03′℞
☿ □ ♂ Fri Oct 19 17:24 Mercury 14°♏31′ Square Mars 14°♒31′

To kick this week off, MERCURY’s conjunction to a retrograding VENUS falls exactly on Monday at 08°♏51′. Here we see the primary conductors of the Sun’s electromagnetic forces combine: thoughts (☿/electrical) & feelings (♀/magnetic) come together like a highly conductive magnetic rod. It’s irresistibly attractive. However, due to Venus’ retrograde, it feels much like beauty staring at herself in the mirror, and in Scorpio the attraction is so mysteriously deep that she becomes hopelessly intoxicated by her own beguiling witchiness.

Being mesmerised by the reflection of one’s own beauty creates a double-seeded image-distortion, a hypnotic ideation that does not necessarily impart one to the healthiest of outcomes. Whilst to some degree it is important (and healthy) to possess some sense of love and appreciation for oneself, when taken to idealised heights and without ‘ventilation’ to any accurate external reference points, becoming grossly enamoured with oneself can tend towards excessive displays of vanity and narcissistic behaviour.

‘Narcissistic Personality’ is the clinical disorder named after Narcissus – the Greek mythological hero who fell in love with his own reflection. He would stare at himself endlessly in the watery pool, transfixed by his own image, getting so high on his beauty that eventually the poor fool falls into the pool and drowns.

Freud used the term ‘narcissist’ to describe those who became so blindly self-absorbed and since then, psychoanalysts have gone to town on the narcissist’s need to prop up his or her self-esteem through grandiose fantasy, exaggerated ambition, exhibitionism, and feelings of entitlement. It is a mental condition that can create all kinds of destructive complications, often misplaced as creative or glorious expressions.

Needless to say, this week’s squares to the Black Moon Lilith, alongside Mars at the South Node, reveal the toxic effects of today’s Facial Media Twitterscape which has created a veritable Instamania for the garden-variety narcissist. And, for those Über-Narceholes, it has created monsters the likes of which could only be described as a ‘Joe Goebbels’ wet dream’.

http://https://i1.wp.com/angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screenshot-2018-10-14-21.30.45.png?ssl=1

Of course, on the mundane level, we have seen many changes in the ways in which we relate to one another in the flesh. There has been a growing detachment and emotional dissociation, even our most intimate of relations, a tendency towards greater disengagement in genuine soul-to-soul contacts, and the inability to spend quality time with one another without distraction into meaningless and frivolous interests and affairs.

This kind of EMF frenzy, brought upon us by the digital age comes to a head by the end of this week when Mercury (thanks to his own retrograde, mid-Nov) heads toward the first of three squares to Mars (Fri).

This is an interesting point to watch, since Mercury is by now negatively charged by the Venus Rx polarity. Retrograde energies bring a time of review, reversal, and taking a reflective perspective on past experiences. Elements stored deeply in the subconscious mind rise to the surface, seldom in the most direct or distinct fashion. The squares to Mars may just be the trigger point where our past narcissistic efforts of the past can come to a head as we realise what a meaninglessly repugnant and insipid state of values we have created for ourselves.

Do anything mean anything anymore?
Sure… but hey – do we all agree? A lot of us are placing meaning in the opinions of the consensus, and by the end of this week, things start to shift dramatically.

In the past week, we have already seen the global stock-markets start to quiver as Mercury hit the Uranus/Node square. We can expect more of this kind of thing as Venus does the same throughout November. We start to re-evaluate our own personal investment in a self-image, people, matters that are, in the end, largely meaningless. Like playing with monopoly money, speculating ourselves on digital platforms is not real. It’s just a game, and when it’s over that money buys you nothing.

As the game draws to completion, even the big ‘winners’ stand to gain nothing if the big lessons have not been about developing inner strength, social skills and confidence to bargain openly and fairly. Learning to win gracefully and with compassion for those who struggle is a bonus. Most of all, not taking one’s token image in ‘the game’ too seriously helps tremendously, and those who have shown too little or no regard for the feelings of other players may struggle once the board game is packed up and we return back to being ‘human’ with one another.

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Since Black Moon Lilith – that repository of our darkest, most repressed desires – is now midway between Mars and the South Node in Aquarius, there can be little mirth nor sympathy left for those who are lost in self-fancies and addictive auto-distractions. Like the Kanye in the White House, staring agog into the face of the Trumpster, the feedback-loop created by the blinding afterglow of narcissism resembles two mirrors held up to one another… space-time goes infinitely deep until it warps into a weird, self-diminishing vanishing point… And then, like the wrath of a trillion Kardashians, we disappear into the insignificance of obscurity when after all, nobody cares because the old game is up and the currency we were trading in is worthless.

Moreover, when you walk home and you’re still thinking violent things in relationship to other players (like when you walk home from work, or that party, or that online discussion) – things that you probably should have said but didn’t, then you have to pay attention to those dark things building in the back of your imagination. They’re telling you that you haven’t been courageous enough in your life and are building up a kind of resentment that could explode outwards and destroy things, somewhere – who knows where now.

As usual, we have things to learn, and these come more apparent to us as the month progresses. I will be discussing the impact of all this repressed energy and how the Taurus Full Moon (Oct 24) becomes a real sudden upset to our entire socio-economic system during this week’s ‘Cosmic Bus’ stop (Wed/Thu – usual time for cosmic tribe members).

Meanwhile, we must try to conduct ourselves as genuinely as we can, hopefully in ways that helps to improve our life, or at least in ways that see our suffering being forestalled. Moreover, it is our mission to constrain malevolence and suffering to the degree where positive improvement is possible for all things at all levels. Taking the most appropriate action; stepping up to take responsibility for ourselves, provides opportunity to allow the true meaning and purpose to what our life is about. Don’t worry if you’re feeling a bit uncertain. When you consciously engage your unconscious self – cast your physical body into situations which you are consciously sure are being useful and healthy, then meaningfulness finds you and you begin to feel a coherence to what the universe wants for you.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

[onawah]

#ᴀᴤᴛʀᴏʟᴏɢʏØʄɴᴏᴡ UPDATE: Monday, 15 October
https://angstoic.com/2018/10/astrology-of-now-october/
https://i2.wp.com/angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_4462.jpg?ssl=1
"We are all sick.
We are raised into a culture that’s sick.
It does sick stuff, and calls it ‘being normal’, let’s face it.
Horrible, divisive, selfish, greedy, unkind stuff.
To others. To itself. To one another.
Every ****ing day, there is yet another atrocity flagged in our faces. And what’s worse, we see this sick stuff becoming ‘normalised’ – in the household by the ‘parents’, in our schools by our ‘teachers’, on the daily news by our ‘leaders’.
It’s sickening, but we have elevated ‘sick’ behaviour to be ‘normal’ and we somehow glamourise and glorify it for its value towards what is called ‘success’.

What’s funny is that those who stand aside and protest or refuse to take part are considered the sick, or mentally crazy, naive or unstable.
To feel depressed, angry, anxious or enraged about taking part in this awfulness is considered disruptive and weird, to the point of shame and ridicule.
To not go along with society’s sickness is to be deemed ‘mad’.
Those who go against this ‘normalisation of sickness’ pose a huge threat – to themselves, to those around them and to society as a whole. We find ways of shutting those people down. Excluding them. Snuffing out their voice of dissent before it ‘disturbs’ others.

Meanwhile society is getting sicker and sicker.
It is riddled with disease, corrupted beyond repair.
We are so sick of being sick just to play ‘normal’ that our poor bodies cannot take it anymore. Entire nervous systems are on the verge of breaking down.
Our poor planet cannot take this anymore and is thrashing us daily with storms of dissent and quakes of unease.

Our societies are breaking down.
Its systems – held together by lies, deception, heinous crimes and gross mismanagement of trust and faith, are disintegrating.
This is becoming more transparent by the minute.
Indeed, it is the sickest who appear to have taken full control.
And those who dare speak the truth have been summarily pushed to the wall.
Out there, along the margins of society are a bunch of angry, desperate, willing-to-risk-everything individuals who both refuse to play, but also feel powerless to keep living in this sick, sick world.
They are so close to losing it.
Inches away from suffering one massive breakdown.

What you can do:
Don’t play along with the sickness.
Know that it is perfectly healthy to be uniquely you.
Become mad, get crazy when someone tells you to be otherwise. Refuse to live in a house where sickness is demanded of you. Don’t go to schools, pray in churches, work for anyone who preaches division and competition and calls it ‘better’ or ‘worse’. Don’t purchase products or sponsor or vote for those who produce muck & murder, hatred and divisiveness. Don’t bank your resources on those.
Dare to be madly yourself, and don’t buy into the sociopathic narcissism of others. Be mad at the proliferation of their sickness. Be mad on the outside. Be uniquely mad now.
Do something that rebels against this immediately.
Emerge out of this cocoon of sickness as a giant of well-being.
Avoid the rush later."

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: October 22-28
https://angstoic.com/2018/10/the-week-ahead-october-22-28/
Current Planetary Positions
10/22/2018
11:35:27 AM

Sun 29° Libra 13' 17"
Moon 05° Aries 04' 39"
Mercury 18° Scorpio 43' 12"
Venus 05° Scorpio 27' 07" R
Mars 16° Aquarius 03' 36"
Jupiter 26° Scorpio 23' 07"
Saturn 04° Capricorn 13' 47"
Uranus 00° Taurus 36' 39" R
Neptune 13° Pisces 59' 50" R
Pluto 18° Capricorn 52' 21"
Chiron 28° Pisces 52' 04" R
TrueNode 01° Leo 46' 48" R
"After a month of bestowing us with the ‘harmonising light’ to bridge better relations, our all-powerful Sun shifts out of Libra and into Scorpio this week. This means that our big chance to find mediation and restore greater balance in our world has been graciously showered upon us, and hopefully lovingly received by all. Whether we made the most out of that experience or found ‘interesting’ ways to deny, pervert, and distort this so-called ‘harmonising light’ is another matter altogether. Anyway, the chance was there.

Here are this week’s main aspects….

☉ ⊼ Ch Mon Oct 22 08:22 Sun 28°♎53′ Quincunx Chiron 28°♓53′℞
☉ Sqq ♆ Mon Oct 22 11:17 Sun 29°♎00′ Sesquisquare Neptune 14°♓00′℞
☿ ∗ ♇ Mon Oct 22 19:11 Mercury 18°♏52′ Sextile Pluto 18°♑52′
☿ ∠ ♄ Tue Oct 23 01:50 Mercury 19°♏15′ Semisquare Saturn 04°♑15′
☉ in ♏ Tue Oct 23 11:23 Sun 00°♏00′ Conjunction Uranus
☉ ☍ ♅ Wed Oct 24 00:47 Sun 00°♏33′ Opposition Uranus 00°♉33′℞
Jn in ♉ Wed Oct 24 06:59 Juno 00°♊00′℞ Conjunction Mercury
♀ ∗ ♄ Wed Oct 24 12:52 Venus 04°♏22′℞ Sextile Saturn 04°♑22′
☽ ☍ ☉ Wed Oct 24 16:46 Moon 01°♉13′ Opposition Sun 01°♏13′
☉ □ ☊ Wed Oct 24 19:46 Sun 01°♏21′ Square Node 01°♌21′
♀ ☌ ☉ Fri Oct 26 14:17 Venus 03°♏07′℞ Conjunction Sun 03°♏06′
☉ ∗ ♄ Sun Oct 28 02:53 Sun 04°♏38′ Sextile Saturn 04°♑38′
From Tuesday, the Solar intelligence coming through Scorpio progresses our operating frequencies into the fixed/water modality, and the experience becomes imbued with extremely strong feelings. During the next month, conscious attention shifts to observing matters from beneath their superficial veneer, seeping deeply into the very complex heart of what motivates them. We seek to feel our way closer to the source of what moves us, understand what inspires and animates us, and in typically fixed (or fixated) fashion, we may also see how some may stop at nothing to satisfy the whole ‘hard core’ experience.

The Sun will also join forces with Venus, Mercury and Jupiter, also currently transiting the intensely emo Scorpio. The compendium of energies generates a critical mass, a movement assigned to come up with meaningful answers and serious accountability (☿☌ ♃, ∗ ♇) for what it is we value and how much this means to us.

Yeah, values.

Venus’ inferior conjunction of with the Sun at 03°♏07′ (Friday) only intensifies the depth of feeling and quality of emotion we invest in expressing appreciation and gratitude. This special transit becomes the key agent for massive changes this week.

Wednesday’s Taurus Full Moon promises to be a total shocker. Its conjunction to disruptive Uranus (squaring the karmic Moon’s Nodal axis), guarantees that no amount of ‘expectations’ in the way we are accustomed to give and receive pleasure, favours, material and financial security from our usual contacts can feel satisfactory enough, especially if our joy is rooted in meaningless or worthless exchanges. Time, resources, energy suddenly runs out for things based on clichés, lies and utter nonsense.

Yeah, values.

Situations – be they of love or hostility – end quite dramatically if their essential purpose in our lives is to make fodder and securing ties. Those things we do not deeply understand or whose worth is based on Saturnian concepts of separation, jealousies and greed (♀ ∗ ♄) become re-appraised. Only the soundest, most grounded of investments and contacts can endure. So look around – see wobbly things/relationships/markets come crashing if indeed they were built on phoney foundations, speculation and misrepresentation. Even those things you thought were super steady may surprise you by collapsing. Why? Because they were built on shaky, flaky, earthquaky values…

…yeah, values.

The Sun’s opposition to Uranus also accelerates public and social awareness. Explosive revelations, genius insights and phenomenal discoveries shift our collective consciousness to irrevocable state of affairs. There are also earthquakes going on in all in socio-political circles. I know you probably think things have been mad already, but so far it’s been but a mere a rumble. If the incumbent rulers don’t hear the rumble and start to change things up, the rumble will quickly escalate to a horrendous roar. Uranus brings insurgent rebellions, revolutions and even violent uprisings.

All bases are loaded, ready to explode.

Those who are blindly engaged in crude partisanship and talking-point pugnaciousness; those caught up in the endless fighting about nothing; those who cannot embrace something more progressive and sustainable are charged with temper and risk entering a protracted period of turmoil and unrest as soon as Uranus re-enters Aries (Nov 6). For those who are deeply invested in the world of separation, this is only the beginning of a world where disorder and chaos reign wildly.

Not wanting to sound dour, but unless we become intent on taking politics into our own hands and reshaping it – then the stormy mood swings experienced by ourselves, strangers and loved-ones alike, our own overinflated investment into ignorant beliefs, practices and values, and by violent disasters of the earth’s own disturbed climate could lead us into heavy losses.

What do we do?
Something.
Get busy.
Start by not running away from true gains because they come with pains. Have the audacity to ask questions when you see something is leading you into a dark place. Ask what it is we truly value between us and why we choose to buy into it. If you love the sweet honey, be prepared to be stung by a busy bee. And if anaphylactic shock is not your thing, I suggest you stay away from the buzzing madness of the busy hive.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

[onawah]

November Newsletter - Astrology Of Now
https://mailchi.mp/angstoic/november-newsletter-astrology-of-now-1700341?e=7ebaa1ba6b
"Fellow Travellers,

Halloween may be done, but the Month of November promises some real tricks and treats for us all, mainly due to the significant shifts in planetary ingresses and outgresses occurring from start to end of this month.

The flavour and frequency alters dramatically to what we've been accustomed to over the past year or so. Most significantly, Jupiter returns to his domicile of Sagittarius. After the past year in Scorpio, where justice was a dish best served with a 'knife in the back', we may observe some semblance of law and order trying to be restored again. This, especially by the end of this month (19), when the judicious one takes on a very sneaky and evasive Mars in Pisces. Of course, with Neptune in Pisces, the chances for moral and ethical truth look pretty fat for 2019, and in the end it will be the hypocrisy that kills it. Still we can live in hope and prayer for the premise of a promise. To some people, any dream will do, however implausible.

For now, both Mercury and Venus Rx exit Scorpio from either end, and since they both switch directions around the same time (mid month), returning to Scorpio in time for December, this month generates some degree of debate and commotion. Since the two most personal planets are in close semisquare with one another, most of the month works up to be a very politically righteous debacle. Expect to see aggressive, ambitious women who are quite involved with restoring balance and equality in their workplaces, finding ways to position themselves or replace their male counter places in their chosen professions. Sharp-tongued debates are filled with ambivalent thinking, inflammatory rhetoric and wishful thinking which (with Mercury turning retrograde - 16th) goes nowhere, if not backward.

Mercury spends most of his stationary period squaring Neptune, so expect whatever began with the invective threat of sweet revenge at the end of October (☿ ☌ ♃ ♏) to deteriorate into deflections of untruths, hyperbole and out-and-out lies. In any sense, a whole new process for determining truth emerges, and it isn't necessarily fact-based. With the North Node shifting into Cancer, and Uranus into Aries, "intuitive judgement" becomes the flavour of the month. Not for any other reason but because, by the end of month, we universally determine that you just can't trust a thing you hear or read as factual anyway, and to boot, you may have trouble believing even your own eyes.

Seems like the special effects have spread well beyond your usual Hollywood blockbuster fare.

With Jupiter now in Sadge, everything comes loaded with an ambitious agenda, everyone is out for self-promotion, and everywhere there is movement and positioning. But with the Nodes being messed up by Uranus/Neptune, everywhere people seem disrupted and displaced, like they are flotsam upon the ebb and flow of some great tidal wave. These are the days. This is the time when form and definition start to fuzz out on us, and we start tuning out the great noise of the exterior world and start tuning in. Deep, deep within.

It's a marvelous time for those who choose to stay grounded and wise. What does that mean? Well, are you one of the early adopters of a philosophy that says that the best way to stay sane is to shut your mouth and stay away from the rat race? Well, that's kinda the sage way... sanity through alienation. May sound like an old Radiohead song, but there's freedom in finding your own strength and being content with your aloneness. Uranus in Aries just brings that home nicely, and with The North Node in Cancer, we slowly learn how to divorce ourselves from the insatiable need to succeed at everything society has told us to aspire to, and through a chain of very intense experiences, slowly open up our inner sensitivities.

This is a wonderful time to be incarnated for all the lightworkers, spiritual warriors, and Bodhisattvas. People are beginning to awaken en masse, and though these next few weeks are filled with some degree of confusion, loss of consciousness and denial of the inevitable end (to the old world), it is the sloppy mudswirl that humanity needs to loosen those stodgy old sticks that refuse to budge.

In saying that, don't expect things to change overnight. The big sticks have got a lot invested in this show. They are not about to become dislodged without making an incredibly spectacular finale. The 3D picture gets even more black and white, extremely more polarised, and left starts to look so far from right that its scary, wherever you choose to stand. With Jupiter semi-squaring Pluto (29th) whatever folks (the masses) might imagine is going happen, things often materialise quite differently. The big powers have got a grand job to do, and they won't be satisfied until the mission is accomplished, no matter how destructive or impractical it looks. Chances are, those pulling the strings aren't so much concerned with the consequences of their actions, since they don't plan to be around for too much longer anyway.

And so, for us, the cosmic pioneers who are already romancing with notions of infinity and abundance, we are the ones who must remain untarnished and unshaken by the slings and arrows of this ridiculousness. We refuse to be controlled because, in essence, we are closer and closer to self-contentment. One thing the Leo North Node period taught us - when everything you need to be happy is already in you, and you can manifest happiness everywhere you go, then you soon learn to want for nothing to feel complete. For he who wants nothing, can never be controlled.

Blessings, and have an amazing month xx"

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Setting an Intention: Harnessing the Creative Power of the New Moon
https://angstoic.com/2018/10/setting-an-intention-the-creative-power-of-the-new-moon/
"As human beings we conduct ceremonies to help us process emotions evoked during moments of great joy, excitement, grief and trauma. We hold ceremony so that we may honour these big moments, and so make pledge not to carry those feelings around with us forever – feelings which often drag us away from the present and distract or deny us from staying true to our best possible selves.
If you believe in the power of ritual to mark a special event, then each NEW MOON is a divine opportunity to bring in the jewels and treasures of infinite abundance into your life. What is it that you want most in your life? A new relationship, better health, a brand new image, a better job, an exotic holiday, greater career opportunities, to resolve some problem in your life, a spiritual awakening, a brilliant mind, greater communication skills, universal abundance, a more peaceful world ?

Attaining any of this starts with you setting a strong, pure, conscious intention. If you can dream it in the higher dimensions, then you can see its potential in the present, and if you can see it and feel it as a real possibility for you in this life, then you can surely manifest your desire into your own, 3D experience of ‘reality’.

Your meditation leading up to (and especially) the New Moon can become a powerful method or device by which you can consciously repair, rebuild or start afresh any objectives. It is a perfect time to build upon any broken-down mental and emotional pathways. Solar and Lunar energies combine at New Moon, and the energies merging within your personal life not only require you to set a clear, conscious-minded intention (☉), but these must be 100% aligned with the charge embedded in your unconscious, emotional body (☽).

At New Moon, the Sun (conscious mind) transmits particular information (according to the Sign and aspects to the lunation) which aligns precisely with what the Moon (emotional body) is asking to receive. Your emotional acceptance allows you formulate and conceive your purposeful intention. The higher the resonance of your emotional field, the more consciously attuned it will be with the Solar purpose. The combination of these two stellar bodies charges your entire being with a wholehearted energetic field that whatsoever you attract, you will also receive – exactly as you so desire.

So, be careful what you wish for.

The conscious thoughts which most strongly resonate with your innermost feelings will come to manifest into your world, furnishing you with the new experience that you desire to have. You may have the greatest intention in mind, but if emotionally you are filled with doubts, fears and negativity, these too will be included in what is coming to you. Often, we unwittingly conjure exactly what we don’t want, or rather, we end up with the situation we dread most. This is because we fail to be in mind/body alignment with our intention.

Be mindful of one thing: Wherever you place your conscious attention, your unconscious emotions must also be in alignment. The longer you can sustain this alignment, the greater the possibility that your thoughts and dreams will manifest into matter. So tune in to what you desire for your future.

At New Moon,
Sit somewhere peaceful.
Purposely, begin to deeply breathe your Self back into your centre.
Feel your mind and spirit come together, in complete alignment with your upright body,
just as the Earth & Moon & Sun have each become aligned
to the vast, infinitely starry heavens above.
Bring your being into complete stillness…
Allow yourself to sit, allowing spirit to reach you, help you formulate a clear intention upon what your heart & soul deeply designs for you.
Accept that you must soon launch into action, follow through with the intent
into the area that does most strongly resonate
through you,
for you,
and all around you.

A New Moon at 15°♏11′ Scorpio will be exact at 16:03 UTC, on Wednesday, November 07, 2018. It augurs great transformation, a time when death of the old can clear the way for the new. It is a perfect time to pledge to stop toxic practices and addictions and start afresh. A perfect time to make the boldest, most daring of intentions to start a new life. A trine from Neptune and sextile from Pluto indicate that supernatural forces are working on the side of those who know how to call them in."

[onawah]

The Week Ahead: Nov 5-11
https://angstoic.com/2018/11/the-week-ahead-nov-5-11/
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"By the time this week is done, you might wonder whether you’ve ever sensed such an intense week of change before – even in the context of what has arguably been one of the most intense years in your life. The only problem these days, is that you’re probably so used to intense changes that you may pass it off as just another typical emotionally consuming week.

But it’s not…

Not only does a Scorpio New Moon punctuate our lives with an incredibly powerful death/rebirth moment, but key planetary energies Jupiter and Uranus Rx are concurrently shifting signs, as well as the all-important Nodal Axis, now regressing into Cancer/Capricorn. This phenomenal shift in our evolutionary gear is akin to a dramatic key change in the orchestral symphony that accompanies our already beautiful, yet somewhat angst-filled lives. The beauty, of course, is that nobody knows which way it’s going to go. We just know that it’s becoming more and more extreme.

Here are the main transits for this week:



Pa in ♎ Mon Nov 05 01:30 Pallas 00°♎00′
☉ Sqq Ch Mon Nov 05 21:09 Sun 13°♏24′ Sesquisquare Chiron 28°♓24′℞
♀ ☌ Ce Tue Nov 06 01:49 Venus 27°♎25′℞ Conjunction Ceres 27°♎25′
☉ △ ♆ Tue Nov 06 06:41 Sun 13°♏48′ Trine Neptune 13°♓48′℞
☊ in ♋ Tue Nov 06 11:11 Node 00°♌00′℞
♅ in ♈ Tue Nov 06 18:56 Uranus 00°♉00′℞
☽ ☌ ☉ Wed Nov 07 16:03 Moon 15°♏11′ Conjunction Sun 15°♏11′
♇ ☌ Vs Wed Nov 07 19:33 Pluto 19°♑06′ Conjunction Vesta 19°♑06′
♃ ⊼ ♅ Thu Nov 08 06:20 Jupiter 29°♏57′ Quincunx Uranus 29°♈57′℞
♃ △ ☊ Thu Nov 08 10:50 Jupiter 29°♏59′ Trine Node 29°♋59′
♃ in ♐ Thu Nov 08 12:38 Jupiter 00°♐00′
♅ □ ☊ Fri Nov 09 07:17 Uranus 29°♈54′℞ Square Node 29°♋54′
♀ △ ♂ Fri Nov 09 15:12 Venus 26°♎11′℞ Trine Mars 26°♒11′
☿ ∠ ♀ Sat Nov 10 17:26 Mercury 10°♐55′ Semisquare Venus 25°♎55′℞
♅ ☍ Ce Sun Nov 11 11:44 Uranus 29°♈49′℞ Opposition Ceres 29°♎49′
☉ ∗ ♇ Sun Nov 11 15:18 Sun 19°♏11′ Sextile Pluto 19°♑11′
Ce in ♏ Sun Nov 11 21:37 Ceres 00°♏00′
The Nodal shift itself is major. In the 18 months ahead, the frightfully austere Capricorn South Node will entangle itself with the obsessive Pluto (Apr 2019), controlling Saturn (May-Oct 2019), then ambitious Jupiter (Jan 2020) as well as squaring Chiron (Mar 2020). Now, I don’t want to add to the anxiety of what already seems like a very stressful time for many folks, and I know that some of you are into levitation, crystals and other wonderful ways to ‘stay positive’, but none of those transits are actually going to make the next couple of years easy for anyone still grappling with insecurities over ‘status’ unless we understand that the human race and its associated ‘hardware’ are going to go through a complete reformation of its entire value system.

That means that the entire thesis of how our lives were once structured is going to change so drastically that we may hardly show any sympathy to the obsessions held by our former selves, and how ‘good’ things ‘used to be’. It stands to be revealed how they were not – since for the most part they were almost always at the expense of others feeling ‘bad’.

Over the next 18 months, the Saturn-flavoured South Node, which is charged with a certain unsociableness, lack of adaptability and harsh intolerance could cripple or defray much good will and spiritual progress made on this planet. This is due to the heavy planetary forces (♄/♇) trying desperately to drag humanity backward and down into the dark auspices of fear and terror. Our attempts to survive this will mean that we could become ambitiously dragged into the fear and separation game.

Whilst this dredges an image of greater apprehension, suspicion and divisiveness between us, it also eats away at our sense of charity and forgiveness, exhausting patience and kindness between one another to the point of utter dehumanisation.

On a greater evolutionary level this emotional harshness may be necessary, as humanity transitions out of the 2000 years of emotional pain and suffering of the Pisces age and into Aquarius – a cold, unfeeling, futuristic world of lightspeeds and a universally singular intelligence.

Whilst progress to this end may occur rather rapidly, the transition from a relatively dense, 3-dimensional existence into a higher, quantum state of intelligence is going to temporarily exacerbate the already growing tensions and universal divisiveness currently sweeping across the globe. We will see the continued rise of extremism and kakistocratic rule as the old patriarchy tries desperately to physically hang on to its crumbling 3D relics.

Of course, those those who are already experiencing states of spiritual awakedness are already gently amused (but not perturbed) by the absurdity and madness. And those transitioning into the digital field are almost devoid of any humanoid feelings about what’s slipping away. They may make things better or worse by assisting the controllers to either destroy the old systems or humanity instead. Some depression is inevitable, but then it’s hard not to feel at least a little sad about the apparent decline of the old world. One thing we must learn to accept, quickly, is that our economy, our climate, our natural resources cannot support man’s consumer-based madness and political discontentment for much longer. But that, after Uranus returns to Taurus from March next year.

For now, in the current swell of ignorance, true wisdom doesn’t stand a chance of penetrating. There’s no point trying to reason with a trendy idiot – the risk that you’ll end up being taken for an idiot yourself becomes almost dangerous. Observe the rigidity of minds, yet know that truth is truth, regardless of how it’s mistaken, misunderstood or denied by the ignorance that’s currently in fashion.

The reasons for all this are very deep-seated, of course. Many of us are here just to survive. Very few humans even know that there’s a higher, more creative way to live. When our low-vibing ‘survival-self’ feels threatened, the human-being instinctively becomes possessed by haunts and spirits from his reptilian past lifetimes. Subconscious urges to either fight or take flight become collectively triggered and people start to act out in most desperate and inhumane ways towards whatever is causing the fear.

Observe all the anger and the hostility going on in the world over scarcity of supplies, and the rising, unprecedented levels of displacement of people seeking refuge from tyranny and war. I bet many of you are not aware of the severity of the problems in other lands. There are parts (such as Yemen) which are currently facing the ravages of serious starvation and war which could, in just a few short months wipe out tens of millions. Closer to home, the intolerances are mounting due to deeply entrenched, ongoing divisions which boil down to greater wealth inequities and poor economic management.

The Scorpio New Moon is a chance to set critical goals for what’s important to you and how you intend to reconstruct your world, assuming that you are able to accept that certain elements of it are seriously under threat and are about to completely crumble. It is important to stay brutally truthful about what you truly value, and bring your mind in total alignment with your heart. We must slowly learn how to divorce ourselves from an insatiable need to manage everything around us and work towards creating a more heartfelt human contact, to value nature more than money, emotion more than power, and new growth rather than the collecting of dead wood.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: November 12-18
https://angstoic.com/2018/11/the-week-ahead-november-12-18/

(I'd say this is an especially profound description of the unusual forces that are affecting us all in very strange ways just now.)

"Regardless of your political/philosophical standpoint, even as we speak there is a sense that someone with authority is working towards trying to affect some seriousness into your world. Whilst this week kicks off with a well-intentioned effort to take on a more disciplined, responsible position, as indicated by the results-oriented Scorpio Sun coming into semi-square with the father of pragmatism, Saturn in Capricorn (☉ ∠ ♄).

This means that regardless of what you may be hearing, that at least someone is making some attempt to restore any semblance of order and sobriety into a world. It is a world which, especially at the top end, looks to be fast slipping its grip, leading the rest of us into either into an utter state of chaos and despair over its mismanagement, or to those who could care less, a near-euphoric bliss of ignorance.

Whatever efforts to make good, they quickly prove frustrating. This is a fleeting fare, because more curtailing and censorship over things unwarranted or undone rather than attributing true onus and responsibility for duties; withdrawing support over matters which we have little control; or just being mean just for the sake of being mean actually creates more setbacks, upsets and delays rather than achieve any order at all.

Yes, authorities do struggle to gain traction from this point forward, and for the next 6 weeks it could seem that ‘serious’ matters slide farther into the ditches of ridiculous and surreal, as we all indeed proceed on our wonderfully ‘magical’ experiential journey toward relinquishing our past infatuations with the hocus pocus elements of the rapidly crumbling 3D world.

Here are this week’s key transits…

☉ ∠ ♄ Tue Nov 13 11:43 Sun 21°♏02′ Semisquare Saturn 06°♑02′
♂ ⊼ ☊ Wed Nov 14 14:56 Mars 29°♒12′ Quincunx Node 29°♋12′
♂ ∗ ♅ Thu Nov 15 09:31 Mars 29°♒40′ Sextile Uranus 29°♈40′℞
☽ □ ☉ Thu Nov 15 14:55 Moon 23°♒11′ Square Sun 23°♏11′
♂ in ♓ Thu Nov 15 22:21 Mars 00°♓00′
♀ SD Fri Nov 16 10:45 Venus 25°♎15′ Stations direct
☿ S℞ Sat Nov 17 01:26 Mercury 13°♐30′℞ Stations retrograde

Last week’s major gear change (☊ in ♋, ♅ in ♈, ♃ in ♐) as well as critical harmonic alignments (♃ △ ☊ △ Ch, ♃ ⊼ ♅ □ ☊) created a serious shift in the matrix. The Scorpio New Moon (Nov 7) too implied that we have now entered another cycle of evolutionary death and rebirth. But those wishing to see the change will start by sensing an energetic shift within, rather that any immediate difference in the exterior world. Still, it seems that matters have already become intensified in the emotional standpoint or attitude of those most perturbed, which won’t take time to show up in the exterior theatre of our relationships both near and far.

Of course, the pressure is there to actually see the change, but people (being mostly emotional creatures of habit) will be reluctant to let go of the very creature comforts to which they attach themselves. Even if those things are quietly destroying them, it’s hard to let go. This fixation creates unusual, erratic and wild repercussions from the forces of nature, most of them mysterious and wild in origin – some might say supernaturally ordained; yet determinedly persistent in undermining and shifting all fixed and structured positions.

What does this actually mean?

Well, we are talking about terrestrial forces (such as Mercury and Venus) becoming entangled with the likes of extraterrestrial giants (like Uranus ♅ and Neptune ♆). Those of you following these posts regularly have observed the ongoing narration about the surrealising nature of the ♅ /♆ semisquare (2017-2020).

Nothing of the old order makes sense during such times, which in a way allows a ‘new sense’ (or ‘nonsense’) to take centre stage. These bewildering, yet delightfully bizarre energies are slowly introduced into the stream of our daily lives in very subtle, albeit disruptive ways by phenomenally advanced elements – technology, eccentric personages, unusual interests, strange substances that seem to trip our minds and take them on an astonishing/stupefying journey.

Nothing can stop this, but with Saturn approaching Pluto (Jan 2020), those who hold great investments in controlling the world of economic/business/political order, will definitely try their hardest, or at least exploit the fact that many of us are fogged out in a purple haze of mass-hypnotic confusion.

I know, I know, it’s hard to grasp – but when we look at the way entirely unorthodox measures are being appointed upon what we thought were pretty standard physical/biological/environmental problems, then we see the absurdity hemming at the fabric of our ‘normal world’. The way even the basics are being bent out of proportion lately, it isn’t hard to understand why things are easily going out of bounds with regard to our ‘normal’, ‘traditional’ views on reality.

Matters like the wild state of our environment/climate, the political instability stability, rocky economic trade and questionable deals, both in local and international affairs, suppression of freedom of speech/press, shocking violations to civil and human rights, disturbing and confusing migration and repatriation laws, moral division on intergender & marital relations, gender and sexuality definitions, children/senior/disabled rights, etc… all big-ticket items whose scientific basis seems to be either in question or undergoing tremendous recalibration, both in our minds and in our hearts.

A lot of this is hard to follow, and when we look at things from a purely academic, mathematical or linear point of view, we can understand the exasperation and growing frustration among the governing fraternities. There is no way to hold back the creepishly seeping, undermining effects of Neptune in his rulership of Pisces, especially accelerated into our consciousness by Uranus’s hugely disruptive technologies and innovations. Something incredible is happening globally, and it’s designed to confound our understanding of ‘reality’ as much as to take us into alternative states of awareness of what that might be.

So here’s where it gets interesting this week. As we speak, both Mercury (matters of the mind) and Venus (matters of the heart) are slowing to station. Mercury, in the ardent, deep-thinking, exuberantly adventurous sign of Sadge will turn retrograde by the weekend, only hours after Venus does an about-face and heads back out of Libra and into Scorpio.

Their relatively slow motion means that they will remain in a rare, sustained semi-square for most of this month, which among many things sees the vocal and visceral rise of the feminine element becoming ever more aggressive about equality, fairness and any correctness – especially in places of marriage and career, as well as in business and politics. Sharp debates, conflict and rhetoric expose all areas of insecurities and lack of confidence. Whilst these themes have been brewing for some time they become conflated, distorted and infused into the cosmic forces of Uranus/Neptune who are in harmonic alignment to this.

Mercury will come to still itself upon a square to Neptune for the entire week as he starts to retrograde. All attempts to ascertain truth via a broader comprehension of everything under the heavens become not only fraught with faulty facts and premises, but the determination to believe in even the most implausible creates scenarios of gross consternation and confusion among us. This, all going on under the continued grand-cross dynamic of Venus/Uranus/Nodes reverberates upon our hearts and minds like a flat-out rejection or denial of conventions. Our rapturous imaginings of pleasure, filled with simply impossible expectations for love and peaceable relations generates a strong, sharp, yet fluid-like stream of disturbances. The effects between us range anywhere from the knowingly misguided, yet lovingly pitiful, to the unconscious manifestations of nervous convulsions and jerky behaviour which seemingly has no reason but continues to create micro-aggressions.

Here, we see many individuals emerging to the surface as truly lost souls, seemingly incapable of stringing together any coherent idea or ideology about who they are and what they believe in. In one sense, it appears that they are calling for help in order to find themselves. In theory, one would think that they are screaming to be heard, if only to be informed that the entire thesis of their belief seems slightly misplaced in erroneous ideas or incomprehensible dogmas. In practice, to even attempt to assist or ‘correct’ them; to place them into question or hold them to account for the ‘facts’; to challenge their ideas with any degree of skepticism incur great upsets and misunderstandings. These could suddenly set off a series of even greater complications and events whose outcome are difficult to control.

It’s no good trying to reason with someone whose whole understanding of the universe seems misaligned with your own. If the information you are trying to exchange seems superficially skewed and scattered to the point where it’s virtually impossible to make any sense or application of it, then proceeding in that discussion/debate would seem hopelessly unwise. With Mars entering Pisces (Thu) the fray of confusion and feelings of victimisation escalate and reach intense levels of martyrdom and crazy crusades as the month progresses.

It therefore behooves us to be ultra-mindful of the propensity to enter into ultra-confusing scenarios, especially with loved ones or close-connections. Sometimes we may not be able to help this, but just be aware that Mercury’s retrograde in Sadge means that we will reject others imposing their views or beliefs upon our own (and visa versa), especially if we’re determined to exercise our mental independence to make ‘right’ a recent injustice or rectify a ‘wrong’ upon our entire constitution of beliefs. Jupiter’s misalignment to Mars only aggravates the situation, and truly, it’s no good trying to accomplish any connection during a sustained square from Neptune to a retro Mercury. Even if you do manage to come into some sense of coherence, things seem to be exaggerated out of all proportion to the ‘realities’ that are being presented, so the effect can seem like you are dealing with an idiot, which is, of course not helpful.

So what is the advice?

Stay out of the melee and scuttle****ery of human affairs for a bit, unless you are relating in non-linear, highly intuitive and compassionate ways. Stick to nature and actually working with its own laws. Try to understand these in ways which don’t necessarily need to be refuted or argued. You (like many others) are developing a mystical mind – one that sees through and beyond the veneer of man’s tendency to control and manipulate the forces of nature, biology, truth and god. You will see much ‘wrong’ but know that it’s all been a necessary step in understanding that not one man (or person) can be absolutely right. We are all part of a greater effort to become spiritual messengers for one another, and hence, in the process learn to bypass the need for third-party structures, religions, governments or laws.

Herein lies the cause: That it doesn’t matter how old or young; male or female; black or white; long your soul’s been hovering over this earth; how much money you have amassed or how much status you have received. It is about the amount of clarity your light vibration can radiate upon those before you that truly matters. This, and the certainty that your own light is as much in harmony with the physical universe as each wave is in rhythm with the ocean.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx "

[onawah]

MERCURY RETROGRADE in SAGITTARIUS
Nov 16-Dec 06
https://angstoic.com/2018/11/mercury-retrograde-horoscopes/
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October 28, 2018 – ☿ enters ℞ Zone at 27° ♏ 16′
November 16, 2018 – ☿ Stations to go RETROGRADE at 13°♐30’℞
December 6, 2018 – ☿ Stations to go DIRECT at 27° ♏ 16′
December 24, 2018 – ☿ Leaves ℞ Zone at 13°♐30′

"Mercury is ruler of the mental pathways, lines of communication and all the traffic that flows along them. Here he is in the ardent, deep-thinking, exuberantly adventurous sign of Sadge. He will turn retrograde by the weekend, only hours after Venus does an about-face and heads forward, out of Libra and into Scorpio.

In the mid-November uptake, we see sharp debates on wide-ranging topics, moral conflict and philosophical rhetoric ensue, exposing areas of insecurity and lack of confidence. Whilst these themes have been brewing for some time they rise to the surface for review, but become conflated, distorted and defused by the surreal cosmic forces of Uranus/Neptune who are currently in hard harmonic alignment to the winged messenger.

Whilst the effort with Mercury is to try to understand the bigger picture; put truth and meaning into things, the initial square to Neptune sees many individuals emerging to the surface as truly lost souls, seemingly incapable of stringing any coherent idea or ideology about who they are and what they believe in, or at least committing to what they say. Mercury’s retrograde in Sadge suggests that we will reneg or reject other’s imposing their own views or beliefs upon our own (and visa versa). This is especially so once Mercury forms the conjunction to Jupiter (Nov 28) since there is greater determination to exercise our mental independence by intuiting the ‘truth’, and wanting to make ‘right’ a recent injustice or rectify a ‘wrong’ that’s been attempted upon our constitutional beliefs.

As usual, the Mercury retrograde is best spent in careful reflection, review, retrospective contemplation. If you’re amused at the world, wondering why on earth it’s not listening to you, hate having to blow your trumpet for attention or simply astounded how everyone around you has become a crashing bore, then hey… perhaps it’s time to focus on finding a new source of intellectual stimulation."

Mercury, the Retrograde and the Light-Speed ahead

https://angstoic.com/2015/02/mercury-the-retrograde-and-the-light-speed-ahead/
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"Mercury is a zippy little planet. Being closest in proximity to the Sun its orbital period is only 88 days. From our geocentric perspective it never really appears further than 28 degrees away from the Sun. Therefore it can only ever occupy the same or an adjacent zodiac sign. This is pretty significant when we try to understand Mercury’s function.

If the Sun is potentially our most rational, decisive and conscious sense of self, then Mercury is his facilitator. Hovering as our Hero’s closest acolyte, acting as his “eyes and ears”, Mercury is constantly feeding the Main Guy with a steady stream of information. Therefore, the primary function is that of communication. Essentially the Sun makes all the decisions, whilst Mercury provides the necessary clues and know-how.

Spinning around at such high velocity, Mercury, ruler of the mind, is able to gather local data and relate it back to our Hero by bridging the distance between two points. Its proximity to the Sun indicates just how clear the subject matter will be to our Hero, who relies as heavily upon Mercury as we rely upon our five senses (and our mathematical ability) to work out what is going on around us. Of course, sometimes our mind plays tricks on us and we must really stay ‘with it’ to avoid any misunderstanding from occurring. Information is one thing, intelligence to clearly discern and use it creatively requires consciousness and awareness of the present.

This makes Mercury’s communication role instrumental to our Hero’s overall ability to achieve good, clear, conscious bearings on what is happening, what is desired of him, and how to go about expressing himself with a sense of certainty and creative purpose.

Scouting about so closely to the Sun, Mercury appears (from earth) to be darting ahead then swinging backwards (or retrograde – Rx) until it disappears behind the Sun, only to reappear to the other side. Like a pendulum, it seems to swing from left to right in rhythm with every step the Sun takes forward. Whilst most useful at its greatest distance, Mercury often appears too close to the Sun’s orb (within 8-17°), becoming highly agitated ‘under the sunbeams’ and its effect is increasingly diminished as it gets closer in orb. Its function is said to be most debilitated when ‘combust’ (<8° conjunction) but this is mostly on the material level. In truth, it is the spirit of Mercury (or any planet ‘flying’ too close to the Sun) that is infused into our Hero’s expression. Therefore, we find the Sun dominating the communicative functions that Mercury would otherwise perform, often rather assertively or authoritatively, as a teacher or a spokesperson would.

THE RETROGRADEMercury’s Rx period usually lasts around 3-4 weeks, during which time a period of pensive retrospection begins to occur. Here, we commonly experience a more delayed, subjective or introspective responses in usual day-to-day activity, affecting the rhythm and natural flow of our decision making. This creates sync issues, not to mention the associated mayhem of our usual lines of communication and transportation slipping into all sorts of disarray. Whilst these are usual witnessed out in the physical dimensions, internally they can provide useful opportunities for reflective assessment, review and inner contemplation of the way we are moving through our journey. Ultimately, by allowing us to slightly repose and make necessary adjustment of our thoughts and processes, we are afforded a look at things from another perspective, and chances to improve or alter our style.

Mercury spins backward into the aura of the Sun’s beams, becoming briefly obscured entirely by the Sun (cazimi) at which point it is farthest from the earth. Yet its function is so deeply potent through the Sun’s piercing rays that with enough meditative presence it can manifest as a genius-like quality. Many of us have access to this, but how many of us are born with the ability to still the mind and focus purely on the objective without any interference? This is the primary goal of meditation. To still the mind from feeding us information which might be tinged with points of view, thoughts and opinions which are not relevant to what we are currently perceiving. In retrograde we succumb into greatly subjectified ideas that are great for reflection but not ideal for immediate perceptiveness of the situation. Hence we lose our slight edge on the pulse. Needless to say, meditation is most important during retrograde periods to keep us centred.It takes a full 5-6 weeks for it to draw out of its own retrograde shadow, after which it hurtles forward, this time in front of the Sun. The entire precession is a necessary part of the Solar-consciousness experience, occurring no less than three times a year, and invoking much development in the evolution of the native’s thought complexes. Naturally, if the mind is not being used effectively (excessive dull activity) it has an adverse outcome, especially as the individual progresses with age, manifesting in the breakdown of the brain’s interconnective functions. Exercising the mind creatively keeps this process working in good healthy order, and so the retrograde period serves more as a spiritual respite to allow a sort of digestion of the voluminous influx of mental input generated by our busy sensory processes.

Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius:

October 28, 2018 – ☿ enters ℞ Zone at 27° ♏ 16′
November 16, 2018 – ☿ Stations to go RETROGRADE at 13°♐30’℞
December 6, 2018 – ☿ Stations to go DIRECT at 27° ♏ 16′
December 24, 2018 – ☿ Leaves ℞ Zone at 13°♐30′
Mercury’s retrograde in Sadge means that we will reject other’s imposing their own views or beliefs upon our own (and visa versa), especially once Mercury forms the conjunction to Jupiter (Nov 28) since there is greater determination to exercise our mental independence to make ‘right’ a recent injustice or rectify a ‘wrong’ upon our entire constitution of beliefs.

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Once upon a time, the universe only produced the odd Buddha, Krishna, Mohammed, Lao Tzu or Jesus figure once every thousand years or so. They all spoke and taught with true mindfulness and expressed their words from a place of conscious awareness. In the last 50 years there has been a huge growth of enlightened masters in both the eastern and western cultures. As communication grows faster, with improved, wider education and more access to information, so does the ability for teachers to connect with students.

Soon, as more and more of us learn to get over our ego hang-ups, tune in and channel directly through the pure intelligence within, there will be a veritable explosion of buddhas all over this planet. This could not happen without clear, unbiased communication.

In the beginning there was the Word. This Word was relayed by Mercury, ruler of the mind and communication. Slowly, through the ages, the Word has picked up pace and started pelting towards us from all directions and at lightning speed. It stands then, that mastering Mercury is a critical element in the alchemical process that is occurring to humankind today.

As Mercury goes into retrograde, it is a perfect time to review and reflect upon our thought processes. How much does our personal, inner ‘newsfeed’ facilitate our ability to see clearly, and how much does it sometimes complicate and distort the true picture?"

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: November 19-25
https://angstoic.com/2018/11/the-week-ahead-november-19-25/
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"Over the past month, the Sun’s journey through Scorpio has brought about phenomenal internal changes in each of us. To some extent, our egos have been stripped and cleared for some much needed resurrection, soul-rejuvenation, and new beliefs. Events and happenings have precipitated a state of crisis, where self-effacement and soul-searching has played out for us like an intense, exotic demo version of tomorrow.

Of course, the Sun is only holding up the rear for what Jupiter through Scorpio has been opening us up to for the past 12 months. As we have learned to explore the meaning of inner freedom, we will soon have a chance to expand the universe within by learning to integrate many of the intense lessons of this last year into opportunities for growth, stretching our minds in ways that will allow us to expand our souls.

From this temporal ‘Dark Night of the Soul’; this Scorpionic process of death/annihilation of the old ego emerges an extraordinary spiritual awakening that we can apply into our outer world. It is the rebirth of the next-level ‘you’.

Here are the main transits for this week:

☉ ☍ Jn Sat Nov 17 21:39 Sun 25°♏29′ Opposition Juno 25°♉29′℞
♂ □ ♃ Tue Nov 20 01:32 Mars 02°♓33′ Square Jupiter 02°♐33′
☉ △ Ch Tue Nov 20 10:55 Sun 28°♏04′ Trine Chiron 28°♓04′℞
☉ △ ☊ Wed Nov 21 02:01 Sun 28°♏42′ Trine Node 28°♋42′
☉ ⊼ ♅ Wed Nov 21 19:52 Sun 29°♏27′ Quincunx Uranus 29°♈27′℞
♆ Sqq ☊ Wed Nov 21 22:54 Neptune 13°♓42′℞ Sesquisquare Node 28°♋42′
☉ in ♐ Thu Nov 22 09:02 Sun 00°♐00′
☿ ∠ ♀ Thu Nov 22 13:13 Mercury 10°♐58′℞ Semisquare Venus 25°♎58′
♂ ∠ ♇ Fri Nov 23 01:34 Mars 04°♓26′ Semisquare Pluto 19°♑26′
☽ ☍ ☉ Fri Nov 23 05:40 Moon 00°♊52′ Opposition Sun 00°♐52′
♆ SD Sat Nov 24 22:15 Neptune 13°♓42′
The Sun’s activation of the soul-ascending Jupiter/Chiron/Node GRAND TRINE sees humanity’s collective cup overflowing with an abundance of vitality and verve. This revitalising pulse of the Sun-god energy moves through each of us, bringing such intense pleasure and gratitude that one might feel ripest berry about to burst into throes of limitless joy and optimism. With this comes a renewed faith in the virtue of each and every being to do good.
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As the Scorpio Sun saunters out of the final degree of regenerative Scorpio and into Sagittarius (Thursday, Nov 22) get set for the ultimate celestial orgasm. As it is written in the stars, so too it is written in your own, unique DNA which in many respects defines the potentials of your ego development.

Like your unique horoscope, the ego is the part of yourself that is yet unaware of itself. Unless you discover first that which you are not, the illusion of your ego will continue to attract every means, method and madness to bring you to the brink of crisis, affecting your own ‘spiritual growth’.

In the week ahead, as you ponder the depths of your inner world, external circumstances will pit you against contrary forces in a desperate push for you to define the edge of yourself. Whatever changes you can make within have the power to change your external world.

However, it’s not easy to come clean. The ego is dense and mighty and often refuses to yield to spirit. Your body’s DNA is filled with hard-coded memories of past hurts, and letting go of those ain’t easy. It takes tremendous light (consciousness) and will (intentionality).

The Gemini Full Moon (Friday) poses a tremendous conflict upon our intentionality, or faith in that which we purport to believe, especially in the face of the troves of information that is thrown our way. Questions or challenges posed to our innate sense of conviction, significantly triggered by the T-squaring Piscean Mars upon the Sun/Jupiter acts like a hair-trigger, either for or against the onset of an authentic spiritual awakening. As spirit beings, we are on the verge of discovery of new horizons of infinite understanding and wisdom. As ego beings, we are heading more and more into the extremes of hatred, separation and division.

These are critical moments of truth now; the infinity of each new dawn itself becomes the precipice of our spiritual horizon. Can we tolerate each other, understand the need to argue and disagree or can we learn to forgive? Against so many facts and opinions, past hurts and historical lies, we must exercise much discernment. We must discipline ourselves to harness the power of information in order to provide clear means to manifest abundance into our lives. It is necessary to learn how to dispense with unnecessary or unintentional words and actions, as well as evasive or escapist tendencies. It is a war between the unconquerable ego and the eternal soul-intelligence.
Hence, under this Full Moon, intentionality becomes the key that will open the doors of our perception. It commands a wholehearted application of sustained attention, a pledge to total conviction, commitment, and faith to our intrinsic truth. This is becoming ever so rare in our time since our egoic minds are constantly distracted and reshaped by the rapid-fire stimulus of media; the interminable deluge of digital data shuttling through every possible avenue, met by our fickle curiosity and our insipid desire to be noticed and be liked. Gemini’s ruler Mercury, now retrograde and in detriment under Sagittarian skies, leaves a crestfallen Moon to fend helplessly against the masculine forces against her ( ☽ ☍ ☉ □ ♂ □ ♃).

….see COSMIC BUS – LATEST WEBCAST REPORT : Friday November 16

We are each responsible for summoning our own spiritual attention, taking command of this inner hunger for focused awareness and purposefully decide how we will invest the energy of our attention. If we choose intellectual pursuits and relationships which are fickle and serve insipid means, then we are sure to squander and dissipate much of our precious energies and opportunities for growth.

As Neptune comes to a station (turns direct Saturday), we sense that we have run out of time for fancy, self-absorbed delusions, fantasies and lies. The dream held in our hearts must now be one which is aligned to that which the universe holds in her own heart for everyone on this planet. Selfish romantic reveries and tawdry predilections start to transparently contradict the collective effort for unity and cohesion (♆ Sqq ☊). This only generates victim underclasses, sufferers of collective pain & suffering, refugees.

Those who truly seek deeper meaning or higher truths within the mystery and sacredness of life do not escape, surrender or give up just because the externals seem just too challenging or difficult. The evidence is here, right in front of our faces. We must now have the courage to integrate what we have learned about suffering and ego-attachment into some coherent principles by which to live, constantly centering ourselves intentionally and living fully in the present moment. This, in turn, opens a meaningful, enriching pathway into the future – even if our plans are not entirely clear at this stage.

Much distortion, violation and manipulation of the light will test our plight to stay mindful over the next few weeks. We are again closer to the soul-displacing effects of yet another spell of Uranus/Neptune (♅∠ ♆, heavy mid-Dec).

There are those who insist on being constantly negative, always complaining, victimised and hard done by. They are bitter and confused and may promise to go to their graves like that (♂ ∠ ♇)

This world will never be changed until those individuals have changed, and this is not possible until a kernel of truth has pierced its way into their hearts, transforming them into new persons. Through our conscious presence, our heightened sense of awaked-ness, we act as teachers for one another. The more we hold the mirror of consciousness up to each other, the more our universe becomes conscious of itself and is able to manifest its eternal dream for all of us.

Living according to a higher-principled intention calls forth the most virtuous aspects of human nature and all of its potential. It all starts with a concept – a decision to live in a certain way, a clear intention that we will refuse to mislead, confuse and betray one another, for we know that to do so may bring about our certain demise. This is not only how we relinquish our ego problems, but recode our DNA – the seeds of future human potential.

When we become attuned to the true story of the Universe, we are also ready to pay true respect to our fellow human beings. This is how bliss happens.

Blessings, and have a blissfully amazing week xx
All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: Nov 26-Dec 02

"A significant week, whose rare triple-conjunction between the SUN, JUPITER and a retrograding MERCURY in the early degrees of Sagittarius (4-6°) suggests we will at least expand our aperture of awareness, with hope to better understand and integrate some of the information that seems to be going on in our world, both near and far. The wider we open our eyes, the more light comes in. The more exposure to light (information), the greater our chance to expand our knowledge.
At least that’s the theory…

It’s true though – the more we experience, the more we get our head around how things work either academically/philosophically/ ceremoniously, the more too we are able to conceive higher principles and laws that allow us to get a better grasp on life. Ergo, the more we know, the greater our opportunities for growth and prosperity, right? Well, that’s the theory…

How is it actually happening for you? Look around. Who are the big teachers for you right now? How are you opening your eyes up to the potential for knowledge and opportunities for growth?

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Mercury retro is a perfect time to be pondering back over recent observations; studying common patterns of distant but interesting events. Through exposure to foreign or exotic subjects and people, we may come to intuitively form new beliefs about what’s true in the world – or at least what’s true for ourselves.
Mercury retro is a perfect time to be pondering back over recent observations; studying common patterns of distant but interesting events. Through exposure to foreign or exotic subjects and people, we may come to intuitively form new beliefs about what’s true in the world – or at least what’s true for ourselves.
Multiple conjunctions can be potent, combining several different energies into one big unique type of experience. This launches us into a complex new cycle of discovery. However, the intricacy of its influence is largely one-sided, particularly with Mercury retrograde. Here, our thoughts and opinions may be skewed towards the highly subjective, blindly optimistic side (with Jupiter/Sadge). Arguments can be tinged with a class of selective bias, even a boastful arrogance, which can be useful for generating discussion and debate, however squares to warring Mars can mean only one thing…

Here are the main transits for this week:

☉ ☌ ♃ Mon Nov 26 06:34 Sun 03°♐56′ Conjunction Jupiter 03°♐56′
☿ □ ♂ Mon Nov 26 08:06 Mercury 06°♐30′℞ Square Mars 06°♓30′
☉ ∠ ♇ Mon Nov 26 20:29 Sun 04°♐32′ Semisquare Pluto 19°♑32′
☿ ☌ ☉ Tue Nov 27 09:15 Mercury 05°♐04′℞ Conjunction Sun 05°♐04′
☿ ∠ ♇ Tue Nov 27 18:16 Mercury 04°♐33′℞ Semisquare Pluto 19°♑33′
♂ ∗ ♄ Tue Nov 27 21:32 Mars 07°♓29′ Sextile Saturn 07°♑29′
☿ ☌ ♃ Tue Nov 27 22:28 Mercury 04°♐19′℞ Conjunction Jupiter 04°♐19′
♀ ⊼ Ch Wed Nov 28 12:02 Venus 27°♎57′ Quincunx Chiron 27°♓57′℞
♀ □ ☊ Wed Nov 28 14:58 Venus 28°♎00′ Square Node 28°♋00′
♃ ∠ ♇ Thu Nov 29 04:03 Jupiter 04°♐35′ Semisquare Pluto 19°♑35′
☽ □ ☉ Fri Nov 30 00:20 Moon 07°♍43′ Square Sun 07°♐43′
♀ Sqq ♆ Fri Nov 30 03:51 Venus 28°♎42′ Sesquisquare Neptune 13°♓42′
♀ ☍ ♅ Sat Dec 01 02:13 Venus 29°♎09′ Opposition Uranus 29°♈09′℞
☿ in ♏ Sat Dec 01 11:13 Mercury 00°♐00′℞
Vs in ♒ Sat Dec 01 20:42 Vesta 00°♒00′
☊ △ Ch Sat Dec 01 21:55 Node 27°♋55′℞ Trine Chiron 27°♓55′℞
☿ ⊼ ♅ Sun Dec 02 10:17 Mercury 29°♏07′℞ Quincunx Uranus 29°♈07′℞
♀ in ♏ Sun Dec 02 17:02 Venus 00°♏00′
This week subtly escalates into some offensive, difficult to stomach instances. For most of this week the Sadge SUN, which comes off as the expansionistic, culturally important Egotist, seems beleaguered and insulted by the micro-aggressive forces of MARS (square) and PLUTO (semi-square). He knows what’s right, but also very aware of all the ‘bad actors’ trying to undermine the enjoyment in life.
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Mars in Pisces is unsure of how he feels, so does not fight directly. He works away silently, mysteriously, surreptitiously. To others he seems lost and erratic in his activity and it is impossible to gauge his exact position. He uses lethargic little lies, or sends out mixed, apologetic signals. Even when pressed he will only ever gush out the sides with confused, neurotic motions. This only raises concern, as one senses victim-type dramas developing into classic, persecution-complex sagas through and into the next month.
Whilst Pisces cannot deal with the flagrant arrogance of Sagittarius directly, he feels disgusted at having to abide along any moral grounds. Pitched against the hyper-inflated righteousness of JUPITER/MERCURY/SUN combo, MARS feels preached upon by the haughty right hand of ‘dogma and religion’. He knows he is too vulnerable to take on these ‘learned prefects’ so he plays a feeble game of wait-and-see. Chastising PLUTO in Capricorn pushes all activity underground.

We get a sense that big forces are working to implement new laws against corruption and abuse because there’s been far too much of that lately. But then, even the most ignorant fool is wise to the fact that laws were only made to be tested.

Speaking of erratic, Venus is now finally direct after her epic retrograde and picking up pace at the final degrees of Libra.

It’s been an interesting journey for the love-goddess, whose role in our lives is to bring peace and happiness into our hearts, compliment us with lovely people and nice things. Since September she has been vibing back and forth, opposing Uranus, forming squares to the Nodes and trioctiles to Neptune. This is not regular activity and by no means adding to the stability of our affairs.

If you have been feeling inordinately disturbed by emotional insecurities; wracked with inconsistency in the way you feel about others, especially loved ones; blowing hot and cold to the point of exhaustion; severing ties and friendships that have expired their purpose; even picking up strange new contact with folks whom you suspect may be potentially dangerous for you, then VENUS is the force that’s binding you.

She will soon return to the intensely passionate waters of Scorpio – her sign of detriment. There her bristling affections could easily override all reason and serve to enact the greatest act of revenge against everything and everyone that’s come to hinder, harm or hold her down. Call it fatal attraction/revulsion, call it something of the divine new order, but her third and final opposition to Uranus (Saturday) promises to rock the very foundations of what constitutes ‘normal’ in the way we traditionally love and value one another.

Is there any point in trying to lay down any principles and guidelines in how to achieve greater compromise and consistency, especially from our most intimate affairs? Depends on how willing we are to be conscious, pay attention, consider carefully the effects of the choices we make in our lives. Are we ready for that yet, or are we just railing and raging from past wounds?
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As VENUS also forms a quincunx to CHIRON, one thing is certain: That experiences we are having now, however painful, radical and unsteady are teaching us much about the less travelled frontiers of life, introducing us to unprecedented new heights and pitfalls that we must experience or endure.These are certain to enrich our lives and add to our maturity. Ultimately, through allowing our hearts to lead us down the road less travelled, we will at least have much to show, of even greater value than we ever imagined, that we may share with others.
Blessings, and have an amazing week xx
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

Update on the cosmic pulse for December 2018
https://mailchi.mp/d91e225dc9c9/heres-the-update-on-the-cosmic-pulse-for-december-2018?e=7ebaa1ba6b
Greetings fellow travelers,

"Yes, we are nearly at the end of 2018, and I'm not sure if you've you noticed, but there's a well-hatched conspiracy being cooked up by the 'cosmic forces' to mess with our sense of perception, distort and disorient our whole entire sense of reality.

This is all thanks to heavy-handed aspects from outer Uranus and Neptune, creating a most surreal phenomenon that's been occurring since August 2017, and set to continue into 2020. Being a slow-acting transit, the effects of this semi-square between the rulers of the quantum field are subtle and barely noticeable. Yet the influence upon key lunations and planetary triggers from now until March means we are all subjected to some absurdly strange motifs in our daily lives. Inexplicable circumstances, where astonishment and confusion begins to prevail almost daily thanks to peculiar, unprecedented news and events makes this a most interesting month. Here we must observe that the more we try to clarify and define the situation by traditional means, the more we find it becomes unfathomable and undermining to our sense of reality.

So why is it happening? The distorting effects of this transit is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

How well you come through this depends on your own level of awareness and how deeply you are engaged or invested into the 'reality' that this wave of distortion and manipulation is effectively trying to eliminate. The main thing to consider - speaking particularly from an astrological perspective - is that when there are serious entanglements between the extraterrestrial forces of Uranus ♅ (disruption) and Neptune ♆ (dissolution) we are treated to experiencing supernatural insights whose effects are a.) impossible to predict unless one is highly sensitive, spiritually wise and almost saintly unbiased, and b.) challenging to clearly delineate unless one uses a non-judgmental, highly empathetic language.

Aspects to this ♅ ∠ ♆ from Mars and the New Moon (Dec 7) turn this experience into one which is ultra-personal, while it in one sense heightens our impressionability and sensitivity to spiritual or magical themes, its disabling impact on our ability to stay grounded and focused on reality can be quite destabilising, even paralysing to our natural health and stamina. Mars and the Sun signify issues around the masculine - our sense of competency and authority and how it is asserted into our world. Not exclusively assigned to the males, leaders or key characters in our lives, but usually these prefer to act along clear, straight , logical lines. When their efforts become twisted or contorted by the ♅ ∠ ♆ effect, their true essence becomes either debilitated to the point of ridicule, or otherwise glamourised, even elevated into realms where, once the transit passes, we could be left with severe disappointment and disillusionment in the way we expected them to lead and protect us.

Needless to say, our conscious intentions for this month must include a profound degree of compassion and visionary insight to allow for the light diffraction. This is best motivated from a place of true mysticism, art, literature, dreams or meditations rather than drugs, booze or association with questionable characters.

Click here to link to SAGITTARIUS NEW MOON INTENTION:
https://angstoic.com/2018/12/sagittarius-new-moon-intention/

During the early part of this month the Sagittarian Sun seeks to bring us truth; wisen us up. Through experience and study, trial and error, we learn to intuitively know and go with what our heart trusts. We will see and implement this into our reality when the Sun enters Capricorn (Dec 21). Mercury, still in retrograde, re-enters Scorpio, as does Venus, meaning that there is intense desire to change the way we think and interact between us, particularly with those who mean most to us. Either they will come to see, hear and feel us (and visa versa) or come away from our circle of intimacy.

Through the course of these next few weeks we may come to discover just how much of our will to truly know and experience the true essence of ourselves has been interfered with. It might appear that we have fallen prey or victim, almost to the point of violation of our truth. In one sense we come to terms with the consequences of our past foolishness and wishful thinking. The Sun squaring Neptune will pose a strange test to see how well those of us who purport to being 'tuned into the abundance of the quantum field' have actually summoned its true power to manifest what we wish in our hearts and how we work with it.

If we are merely paying lip-service to our 'god' or the 'great source', dreamily allowing it to fritter away at both our individual and shared realities, never really having any true faith in our ability to make things happen, then we may come to terms with our own laziness to be present and stay true. When our mind and heart are not in coherence; when our tendency to kid ourselves about implausible aims and dreams that we don't have the energy or resources to make real, then we mustn't be disappointed or feel discouraged that things didn't quite work out.

Setting an Intention: Harnessing the Creative Power of the New Moon

By the end of the month, and of this phenomenal year of wild distortions and mysterious inversions, the Capricorn Sun marches towards its highest summit. Here he seeks to impose a far more shrewd and stern reality awaiting us all. In January, judgement doesn't come any harsher than that which combines with the likes of Saturn (control) and Pluto (power). However, destined to cross paths with the South Node, he will create the first eclipses of 2019.. .

Solar Eclipse Jan 5 15° Cap 32′
Lunar Eclipse Jan 20 00° Leo 49′
...whose profound effects are already being sensed in our lives as we observe those entering and leaving our lives for good.

As this month progresses, we may look back over this past year, and our entire history, we may also stand to ask the biggest question. What was the main lesson this year? What did we most learn that we can take into 2019? Perhaps our life is nothing but an image of the most surreal kind; perhaps we are destined to repeat or retrace our footsteps under some new guise or magical illusion that we're re-exploring, destined to try and learn what we simply should just recognise, alas recollecting but a mere portion of what we have forgotten...

I am excited to look further into this, assisted with the supernatural lenses of the Uranus/Neptune. Thank you for joining me on this great journey, and have an amazing month ahead.

Blessings xx"

SAGITTARIUS NEW MOON INTENTION
https://angstoic.com/2018/12/sagittarius-new-moon-intention/

"Squares to Mars/Neptune and cuts from the Venus/Uranus opposition make this New Moon (Dec 7) ultra-touchy, often rash, volatile and highly unpredictable. In one sense this bold new adventure is about as exciting as you can make it, whilst on another the heightened idealism and impressionability could result in the most surreal mudslide down the proverbial rabbit hole.

A proneness to spiritual or magical themes could indicate that the dizzying or destabilising effects upon your sanity, even your ability to stay settled and grounded can be quite contradictory, even paralysing to your health and stamina. Warnings around idealising, or glamourising our masculine – could result in disappointment or disillusionment once the sparkle of this transit dimmers down. If you must dream, follow through with commitment and hard work. No cheating.

Needless to say, our conscious intentions for this month must include an unprecedented degree of visionary insight which is best motivated from a place of true mysticism, high art, literature, dreams and meditations, avoiding drugs, booze or consort with questionable characters. Don’t knock yourself out trying to impress. Work on your ability to channel ideas as straight and directly from spiritual sources.

Here’s your COSMIC TOOLKIT for a FRESH START

❀ Make hydration, nutrition and exercise a top priority
❀ Exercise your power to say “no, thank you”
❀ Form honest, real-life relationships. Walk if it gets toxic.
❀ Be more meditative, less reactive.
❀ Live your dream like it’s real, and don’t quit dreaming.
❀ Keep on moving, growing, reading, speaking, teaching.
❀ Mind your own business and give generously/receive gracefully."

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: December 17-23
https://angstoic.com/2018/12/the-week-ahead-december-17-23/
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"A reasonably easy week as far as planetary energies indicate, giving us a chance to take some well-needed respite in what has arguably been a pretty crazy year. To be noted, we are still in the midst of a very surreal process, wherein the seeking of a utopian dream in a world which may or may not be teetering on a dystopian nightmare.
Here are the main transits for this week:

♂ ∗ ♇ Mon Dec 17 2018 06:51 Mars 20°♓07′ Sextile Pluto 20°♑07′
☿ ∠ ♇ Tue Dec 18 2018 02:51 Mercury 05°♐08′ Semisquare Pluto 20°♑08′
☉ ⊼ ☊ Wed Dec 19 2018 02:51 Sun 27°♐08′ Quincunx Node 27°♋08′
☉ □ Ch Wed Dec 19 2018 22:02 Sun 27°♐57′ Square Chiron 27°♓57′
♀ Sqq Ch Thu Dec 20 2018 15:18 Venus 12°♏57′ Sesquiquadrate Chiron 27°♓57′
☉ △ ♅ Thu Dec 20 2018 16:22 Sun 28°♐44′ Trine Uranus 28°♈44′℞
♀ △ ♆ Fri Dec 21 2018 17:12 Venus 13°♏54′ Trine Neptune 13°♓54′
☿ ☌ ♃ Fri Dec 21 2018 17:38 Mercury 09°♐35′ Conjunction Jupiter 09°♐35′
☉ in ♑ Fri Dec 21 2018 22:23 Sun 00°♑00′
☽ ☍ ☉ Sat Dec 22 2018 17:49 Moon 00°♋49′ Opposition Sun 00°♑49′
☿ Sqq ☊ Sun Dec 23 2018 11:42 Mercury 11°♐53′ Sesquiquadrate Node 26°♋53′
It’s the Uranus/Neptune semi-square, exact last week and still tight until the end of year. Though its effects are subtle, the way it’s working to eliminate expired futuristic concepts dominates the bigger themes in our lives. If our fantasy of a social utopia is somehow there to fulfil our need for inner development and individuality, then our picture of what tomorrow may bring is being disrupted by all kinds of upsets and setbacks. This kind of disturbance to the dream makes everything so difficult to follow, and impossible to predict.

To find answers, some are turning to psychedelic substances to help them reach higher realms. Others more fearful of such risqué experimentation, a turning to a more fundamentalist religion or morality, spreading the word of a ‘second coming’.

Whilst the all-round idealism is likely to be very strong, it is no less encouraged by the irrepressible hopes that our society might one day lead us to the type of dreamscape founded on a philosophy which believes that humans can one day free themselves from material aggrandisement, greed and avarice.

Still, the planet is seriously sick with the cumulative stress of trauma ‘victims’ – an epidemic condition which is no longer a secret but in certain circles is worn almost as a badge of honour. Of course, many find greater comfort in superimposing their traumas over every mundane experience. Their shadow is cast over others in ways which seeks to act out horribly, just as a means to hide the frailness and vulnerability of spirit, to eliminate the emotional numbness. As a consequence, all sorts of wild events are almost commonplace among us now, both within society and in the forces of nature.

Gradually, as a result, we each become increasingly more nervously sensitised to each others’ inconsistencies, and a yearning for greater clarity looms so large in everyone that we learn to tune into higher octaves. Meantime, the confusion, instability and more and more radical displays of emotional instability, even among those in whom we would expect would keep their staunch and cool composure, leads us to such high-handed incidents where weird, one-eyed behaviour just leave us shaking our heads in utter disbelief.

Turning within through meditation, contemplation or any form of self-therapy becomes the ideal path to take during this period so that we start to witness, unlock and release old patterns. By sitting with ourselves, we discover a new centre. Here we can begin the work of releasing the baggage, clear out old illusions, and hopefully begin to see through new eyes.

Meditation or prayer are unique deprogramming tools. They assist to sequentially loosen and free up our psychic aura through practicing mindfulness, redirecting the energy flow of our mind inwards instead of outwards, so that the energy acts as a penetrating diffuser of restrictive psychological patterns stored deep within the body.

Powerful channeling comes after Wednesday (19 Dec), when our Earth, Sun and the Galactic Centre (27°♐08′) all become aligned. If the Sun is the source of all earthly intelligence, then the Galactic centre is the source of all stellar information. All stars in our galaxy revolve around this point, from whence our universe was spawned, our own Sun taking about 240 million years to complete one revolution. If truth removes ignorance, then ultimate truth removes all doubt. Hence why devout faith in a singular source of all intelligence, one that is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent is expressly a Sagittarian concept. A third conjunction to Jupiter from Mercury allows a wealth of ideas to be spread, perhaps more than can be utilised, and put out with such bombast and dogmatic fervour that the message may be a little over the top.

By the end of the week (Friday) the Sun’s ingress into Capricorn marks the Solstice – winter in the north, summer in the southern hemisphere. Capricorn is Cardinal Earth, which means we are at the hard-nosed business-end of our affairs. It is the time of year when things get real and we have to face our responsibilities with a sense of maturity, seriousness and grounding. Certainly, like the wise, paternal influence, we are reminded that we need to pay our dues to the society in which we wish to belong. If we have taken off on a tangent or become too indulgent in some flight of fancy, then this will be a time to reign it all in and make a firm commitment to be real.

Many may think this is an excuse to be a grumpy old goat, hard and critical of everything and not display our soft, vulnerable side. Yet, it is vulnerability that is at the galactic core of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. Vulnerability is the source of all hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, we must follow the path of vulnerability.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx….

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

"12/19/16 Earth, Sun and the Galactic Centre become aligned"--according to Ang Stoic in the forecast just above.
I wonder if anyone knowledgeable here can comment on this assertion with authority.
I am not an astrologer or astronomer, so I have no opinion, but it's certainly an interesting possibility to consider, on the order of an "Event", I would think, if true.

[lunaflare]

This seems worthy of a repeat. I read it many times...

If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, we must follow the path of vulnerability.

[onawah]

Ang has been so on target this month (from my perspective at least)
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...with his daily commentaries from:
https://angstoic.com/2018/12/daily-update-astrology-of-now/
"Daily Up⚡: #ᴀᴤᴛʀᴏʟᴏɢʏØʄɴᴏᴡ
Monday, 17 December
♂ ∗ ♇ | ☿ ∠ ♇ | ☉ ⊼ ☊ |☉ □ Ch/♀ | ♅ ∠ ♆
If you suffered a trauma, it’s probably most likely that you’re superimposing your trauma onto everything you see, struggling to see the beautiful potential of what the rest of us are capable of seeing. Like a movie projector, you are casting your dark trauma story over everyone in your environment.

Your trauma affects your mind, it messes with your sense of imagination. Whilst everyone else is blessed with some degree of mental flexibility – an ability to bend the light, just enough to create new forms, trauma sufferers seem stuck on the one same vision, like they’re playing the same old video cassette from the 80’s, over and over and over. It’s like they don’t have the capacity to change the movie, and their spoken script is filled with cheesy lines from “Weekend at Bernie’s”.

We all need to be able to dream, to use our imagination to enhance our lives, escape the excruciating harshness of this existential reality. If we can’t dream up stuff about our lovers, special places we’d like to go or live, delicious foods, of having sex, power, fame or fortune, then life can become a complete drudgery. It’s our imagination that sets us off into the unknown, that lifts us out of our mundane existence and brings hope into our lives. Imagination is the spice of life that somehow helps to assuage any pain, enliven our intimate encounters and enriches our experiences. Those who cannot construct a fantasy are somewhat stuck into a groove.

Traumatised people seem forever sucked back into a past moment, back to the last time they felt any deep emotions or intense involvement. Therefore they are incapable of being present, here with us. This incapacity to be in the moment affects their mental flexibility – their ability to dream. Without this there seems no chance to construct a brighter future and everything seems hopeless and bleak.

Is that you?

If not, you can help.
Start by identifying those who seem stuck in a moment from which they can’t return. Just distinguish those among us who live in the past, speak in glitches and cliches or are wistfully distant in a past reality. Identify them and watch what they do.

Watch how they quickly try to project their twisted fears and horrors onto your sweet afternoons. Watch, but don’t necessarily react. To do so only facilitates them with the monster role they wish to see in you, or you to see in them.

Just watch, but don’t play.
Use your imagination to either alleviate their pain, or to quickly exit from their horror movie….


Sunday, 16 December
☉♐ ⊼ ☊♋

For the most part, I’ve grown up in big cities. The shifty hussle and frenetic bustle of my youth was simply fascinating and I immersed myself into its 24hr lifestyle. It’s also wonderful how being engaged in that throughout my late adolescence and adulthood had summoned me to find ways to connect and to engage with others, be able to move through and to interface with the city crowds, to read and to respond to society as if it is indeed one large living organism and to weave and discover all its niche strands of sub-culture.

As an artist, it then follows that I should want to speak to that, and through my many incarnations here as a grunge musician/entertainer, anti-socialite, counter-entrepreneur, mystic, political provocateur, business executive etc., I have always found ways to speak to the collective heart of my city – and at least to the appeal of a select audience.

For the past decade or two, especially in the last 6 years or so, I have found even coming into the city a rather deadening and dark experience. These days, I avoid it as much as possible, for it immediately thrusts me into unspeakable sadness. I shared a small apartment with a friend at the beginning of the year, and the experience left me mortified and rather depressed. It is phenomenal how disconnected everyone is from one another now. People don’t even make eye contact, and catching the train, it is profoundly heart-wrenching to see every single person absorbed into their little black digital mirrors. The only time they look up is to take a picture, usually a selfie. Nobody looks at one another any more, and so there is a sparse sense of disconnectedness of soul that makes me wonder whether we have already arrived in to a modern living hell.

My sixteen year-old has no phone, and this is more an accident (she keeps breaking my old hand-me-downs). I’m kinda glad, since she lives inner-city and has a busy lifestyle. She is incredibly social for her time, and constantly in party – her young friends delightfully intelligent and remarkably present. But unlike us as young adults, it is impossible to place these kids into a specific niche or cultural genre. They seem so nondescript, not given to group clichés, somewhat resigned to the stupidity of the elders of this planet whose transparent selfishness is leaving the ozone full of holes in the tomorrow.

I am fascinated and deeply saddened at how quickly the mass-extinction of human attention from each other’s gaze has taken hold. Smartphones are barely 10 years old, and 4G (streaming wireless data) has only been around for about half that time. We have become ‘globally connected’ but have managed to disconnect our attention from those in our physical environment.

As humanity begins to roll out its 5G smart-grid, I question really whether as humans, in our physical form, we really wish to remain engaged and grounded here on this earth at all. Is this us shooting for the stars, or are we already dead and buried, our spirits here merely enslaved by the overlords of big business, consumerism and multimedia?

Sure Christmas and New Year around the corner, but just like the seemingly endless ‘updates’ on our phones, the holidays could come and go like some meaningless tweet on your device, and we will barely bat an eyelid as to the whole purpose of the ‘holi-ness’ of these special holi-days.

Aside from my work commitments, I plan to spend a digital-free holiday time with my family, out here in the lush nature of the countryside. It is not an accident, and I’m not sure if they will cope, but I’m going to do my best to get them here and off their phones.

Much love, and please share how you plan to spend yours xx

Saturday, 15 December (11:50 UTC)
QUARTER MOON at 23°♓27′ (PISCES STELLIUM)
You’re not going to heal a thing unless you listen to what your body’s telling you. Anger, suspicion, frightfulness means you’re packing a lot of HEAT in your body. Where did that come from? You’ve been collecting it, storing it inside you (body) ever since the first trauma. And it stays in there until you find a way to release it. Till then, your cumulative energy is hot, defensive, pissed-off.

Becoming aware of your internal energy is the first step towards healing yourself. If you’re angry, tense, anxious and snappy but you don’t know why, being aware of the rising heat that’s trapped within you is critically important. Especially if it causes you to melt down under stressful situations. Observing the source of your feelings is necessary in order to let go of the tyranny and torture that haunts you. Rather than projecting fear or blaming others for making you upset – which could have you live as the perpetual victim – notice what’s seething in your body. The inner pressure, heat, muscular stress, numbness and tingles are all a sign. See if you can learn to release these through activities that help you relax, stimulate pleasure.

You might choose drugs, booze as ‘medications’, but these will only dull or mask your body sensations. They’re not going to help you get in touch with your body. Breathing techniques and meditations – exercises that help you get in touch with your body feels, its gestures and movements will help you better manage and transform the ghosts of your angry past into little minions that you can apply to help you help others help themselves.

Pass it on.

Friday, 14 December
♅ ∠ ☽/♆
What could be stranger than the different forms of madness we encounter in others; their bizarre, complexic, incomprehensible habits; their banal social awkwardness… clumsiness; their jerky, clunky everyday actions?

Life…??
Life is infinitely stranger than anything we’ve seen before.
And getting and stranger stranger every day.

And kindness…
What could be stranger than kindness?

COSMIC BUS
This is the time to be alive.
Obviously… can’t you see?
The planet is people-heavy right now (7.7 billion). Seems like we’ve all decided to be incarnated NOW.
Why? Because there’s never been a better time to be human. Never been a better time to be in a body.
Some may argue, but that’s just the point:
You have, in this moment, the power to argue.
You have the power to choose.
Choose what to hear,
choose what to think, what to like and dislike,
Choose what to believe.

Yes, that’s true.

If you want to chose to be a victim, NOW is the time.
If you want to choose to be a sad, pitiful, angry, attention-grabbing whore, the means are all there for you to make it happen NOW.
If you want to choose to be well, to mean well – not just to your own self and your kind but towards all of humanity, then you have that choice NOW too.
It’s all there for you to choose.
I know you believe that because I see how you have been fighting to make it happen so for years NOW.
And NOW… NOW you are ready to live out your story in full.
The time is NOW to stand by what you believe. BE the story you keep telling yourself. Embody the tale of you.

So, what’s it gonna be?
Whether it’s victim, martyr, healer, satyr… get ready – it’s nearly curtain time. You’re on!

Join me here, live discussion, on Cosmic Bus (Click Link), as I lead into the 2019 eclipse period with a little dissertation on the energies present during next week’s CANCER FULL MOON.

Thursday, 13 December
MERCURY 29°♏ | VENUS ♏∠☉♐
Those who profess and who proclaim their love the loudest; who vehemently demand your trust and honour; who stand most proud about their undivided loyalty and faith – those are the ones who stuck out most to disappoint you. I hope this past few weeks has taught us all a little something about treachery and betrayal.

For those who boast the most to have our back are those most prone to stick it with a knife when we just wasn’t looking.

No, it ain’t nice, and it can shatter our heart into a million pieces, just cause it seems so inconceivable. But hey… it happens. Happens to all of us.

As much as this becomes the wedge that will divide us, watch too how we now come to bond with one another and unite over this.

Wednesday, 12 December
It’s common for us all to fall into a sorry, sad victim state right now and, of course, the immediate reaction might be find someone to pin the blame on. Scapegoats are an easy target, and they give the appearance that we are dealing with the problem.

But the problem’s just a symptom of an issue that run deep – deeper than your naked eyes can fathom for any true answer – some solution, healing or truth that will satisfy your long-standing uneasiness, insecurity and concern.

The GRAND KITE formed over the past fortnight when stationing MERCURY & CHIRON both aligned in Trine upon the NODAL AXIS, created an intensely sustained channel of energies funneling onto this earth, spirits from higher realms whose insights have turned everything. These angelic messengers of both demonic darkness and christed-light have engulfed our planet and seized over both our rational/linear and intuitive minds. Observe how your own attitude has changed lately.

What follows now, and for many months to come is a phenomenal struggle between the shadow and the conscious side of every human on this earth. Those who are in control will try to draw others into states of extreme division and separation, summoning armies that will stand to war amongst one another on every conceivable level. Once people unhinge from their centre and begin to take extreme sides it will be hard to bring them to a state of peace, balance and well-being again.

Those wounded souls (and that might be all of us on some level) who find a totem to stand under in the fight against another cannot be helped. Those who lose sight of their intrinsic source of power will become engulfed by the forces of darkness, possessed with ever increasing design to destroy what remains.

Yes, this may sound scary, but I know that those of you with immense faith will know that this is the moment you have been waiting for. A chance to put your faith to task. There is much to talk about as I wish to elaborate on the next three critical lunations – The CANCER FULL MOON (Dec 22) and the two ECLIPSES (Jan 6 & 21), which, as we see, already augur a deeply turbulent year ahead for humankind."

[onawah]

SPECIAL MESSAGES FOR THE CANCER FULL MOON
Saturday Dec 22, 17:49 UTC
https://angstoic.com/2018/12/special-messages-for-the-cancer-full-moon-saturday-dec-22-1749-utc/
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"This Full Moon is a critical time, where our insecurities may become heightened as we see a world which is fast-changing from the way it once promised to hold and support us.

Even if we do feel that our inner needs are being met, this very potent lunation will challenge our family spirit, domestic security, economic situation, faithful adherence to our heritage and culture.

Are these things really holding us in good, healthy stead, or have we insulated ourselves too much to the ignorance or neglect of our social duties and our responsibilities.

Events in our lives – in our relationship to the world around us may conspire to force us to confront certain issues. We might at least suspect that we have become emotionally dependent, or unconsciously clinging to certain ways. Here, we may be challenged to question whether our habitual tendencies to indulge in the security of our own private bubble poses a serious threat or compromise to our personal health, well-being or ongoing survival.

Is our security more important than our freedom? Is our privacy more important than our connection to community? Do we stay clenched up and closed off, or do we open up and intersperse a little? Changes may be necessary and on this lunation we may be confronted with the big decisions on which approach is best."

[onawah]

Partial SOLAR ECLIPSE at 15°25′ CAPRICORN: Sunday, January 6 2019, 01:29 UTC
https://angstoic.com/2019/01/partial-solar-eclipse-at-1525-capricorn-sunday-january-6-2019-0129-utc/?utm_source=Openers&utm_campaign=d848aa7d46-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_02_12_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be7d936af3-d848aa7d46-240887837
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"The New Year starts off with a spectacular bang as a partial Solar Eclipse forms in the first week of January. This celestial event will be best visible in the skies to those who shuffle off to the sub-freezing climes of central Siberia, where, from the bleak outpost of Srednekolymsk one may garner the best views of the Moon taking a serious bite of the Sun’s ear for a few minutes.

For the rest of us, we get to feel the potent psycho-emotional effects of this lunation, and its sister – the TOTAL Lunar Eclipse two weeks after – on the night of January 20-21 at 00°52′ Leo, visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

A Capricorn Solar Eclipse – one besieged by ‘malefics’: ruler Saturn (♄) and Pluto (♇) on either side, is a fitting omen to what lies ahead for us. So let us pay attention (not to me, but to the harbingers this lunation brings for us by way of its powerful messages and hard-hitting lessons). According to both traditional and contemporary astrologers, besieged planets/lunations – especially within orb of the malefics are prone to give out ill effects. In our case, given the Sun is only slightly obscured, we will leave passage for any “ill-effects” to be healed, given there is presence and light-consciousness of our current conditions.

An Air of Sobriety
For a start, any Capricorn New Moon is in itself a solemn, sober affair. An eclipse wrapped in ♄/♇(hard labour/cruelty) however partial, augurs a world-mood slumped in a heavily introspective emotional state, one from which only a sensible and mature set of intentions can emerge as the healthy option. This is a hangover of the severely austere Sun/Saturn conjunction, exact on January 2.

New Moons are generally times of new beginnings, when we set our best foot forward with a specific intention. However, with eclipses (as you may already know from this article) there’s usually something gnarly that threatens to come along and spoil our best intent. Any spoilers coming our way on/around this event should strike as a smarting slap upon the face of our audacity. It is usually the frivolity of our endeavour that gets on Capricorn’s goat, so we best stay wary that our follies and indiscretions will be curbed by the enforcers of discipline and dismay, trying their best to put a damper on our best-laid plans for joy.

It’s all about R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for the R.U.L.E.S.
Generally speaking, Saturn near the Moon and Sun ain’t fun. A discontented attitude leaves most of us feeling a lack of the support and acceptance. This impels us to prove to the world that we have what it takes to make something of ourselves. Hence, the resolution to triumph over whatever adversity and hardship hangs over us ushers us toward a single-pointed ambitiousness, so famously connected with the goatish way.

This is not to say we can’t have fun – just need to stick to the rules, and don’t look as if we’re enjoying ourselves too much. Saturn craves whatever it can’t have (youth, verve, freedom…) so his intent is to deny you of it too.

Indeed, these can be frustrating times. As much as we might wish to keep a sense of humour about the apparent absurdity of what goes on in our institutions and governments, there are some serious developments going on in our world that we would be foolish to ignore or dismiss. As always, where Pluto is involved, all is not what you think. There’s a greater agenda.

As such, we must employ a supernatural awareness that extends beyond space and time if we are to navigate into the brave new world of 2019-20. These next 2 years are a time where Saturn and Pluto converge into conjunction in stony, craggy Capricorn.

Walking one’s talk with impeccable integrity
In Capricorn, stellar forces command flawlessness of character, grace and admiration for our ability to demonstrate maturity. This means, we are expected to comply by all the standards of the exterior world in order to feel accepted. There’s little sympathy for subjective displays of ‘favouritism and mushy affection’ and other infantile habits tied to our emotional preferences.

Enforcers Saturn and Pluto are there to drive the “life is a permanent struggle” message home. Observe how there’s always some ‘bastard’ around to remind us of our duties, and whether we like it or not, we are none-the-less pressured to take a cunning, shrewd, almost businesslike approach if we are to stay under the radar, otherwise suffer great reversals of fortune.

Compassion is the key
These are strange times, where the definition of ‘success’ is subtly being refined to include some pretty immaterial, more ethereal concepts. Spiritual stuff seems most important here. A sextile from Neptune lifts the normally materialistic values of Capricorn to its higher, more spiritual octave. Hence, where we may feel as if our social achievements aren’t exactly satisfactory – always aiming for a higher standing, esteemed status, greater reputation, more riches – the real inspiration will be to show increased humanitarian and compassion concern for others and for all entities.

In any sense, career concerns will govern much of what our intentions will be about. As in any eclipse, we must not be alarmed when some curveball flies in from left field and completely reshapes our flight path, job description, official title, or general status in the big-wide-world.

Reconstruction of ‘success’
For the imprudent and unwise, don’t be surprised if with a ♄/♇ Capricorn Eclipse you leaves your entire social placement as redundant due to the currently transforming business-model landscape. ‘Social importance’ may rapidly transform as being ‘not-so-important’ after all. Relevance and urgency of position can become redundant overnight, and those who acclaimed fame and fortune on flimsy premises may easily be divested into the ‘where are they now’ fraternity.

Whilst machines, robotics, artificial intelligence etc., can progressively sweep humans out of their respective roles and job titles, they are unlikely to provide substitute for the love and tenderness we value greatly between community members, both in the social and professional arenas.

Appreciation of others’ feelings instead of wishing to impose dominance of power or position seems to be a much need quality in both the domestic and business arenas. Even in corporate or bureaucratic positions, those who specialise in being more understanding and unbiased in their dealings with others, or who tune into their emotional intelligence as a business asset will stand better chance at success in the race to positions of higher esteem.

Harshness to achieve an objective
The greater likelihood with this lunation however – especially where conflict and adversity seem inevitable – is that opposition will be met head on with rigid stubbornness, cold level-headedness, even callousness. We must be prepared for any challenge, train our mind remain reasonable and accurate with what we need to achieve. Effectiveness, and strength of perception are intrinsic to accomplishing the hard-centered, creative endeavours.

On this New Moon, observe how rapidly humanity is undergoing this massive recalibration to its collective nervous system (its culture). These intense ‘upgrades’ to human society may indeed seem dark, disruptive or confronting to our old standard conception of what constitutes ‘normality’ and where we see ourselves in the traditional context of the LinkedIn ‘status quo’.

However, by now, most of us can see that aspects of our physical world, the dynamics of its structure are simply falling away. The way we live and work together as a society is altering dramatically. In this, observe how we are also learning to adjust our social behaviour, at least to keep ourselves from losing our composure, our competency and respectability among those around us.

As kingdoms rise and fall, individuals continue to flower and ascend in their own right. A new kingdom is about to rise on the horizon. Can you see it?

Can you see where you might like to see yourself in all of this?"

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018

[onawah]

SUN/PLUTO – The Living Being of Power and Transformation
https://angstoic.com/2019/01/sun-pluto-the-living-being-of-power-and-transformation/
1/12/19
"It’s been going on since 2008 when Pluto first entered Capricorn, and shall continue till Jan 2024. Each year, as the transiting Sun passes in front of this distant, dark overlord, a new cycle of transformation and growth begins to teach us about power in a certain area of our lives. This slow, tedious process is usually ushered in by a certain someone – a seasonal change agent as it were – who is somehow present in our lives. It is usually through the application of wilful authority, obsessive power, particular secrecy in motives and designs, with possibly a ruthlessness of hand, both within themselves and and others that we experience power and control.
It is through an entanglement with someone who fascinates us, or is perhaps fascinated by us can bring up all kinds of intense episodes, as disturbing as they are delicious. Through the course of this little 12-month dance we come to learn about power – our desire to transform something about our lives in a radical way, to eradicate old patterns of behaviour which no longer serve our best interests, usually through a gruelling process. During the critical times of this transformation cycle, things flare out into pressing, sometimes gruesome power struggles which may confront our insistence to hang on to old, outgrown ways of life, destructive behavioural patterns or toxic addictions:

☉ ☌ ♇ – Jan 11 2019 (beginning of fresh cycle, new agent enters)
☉ ∗ ♇ – Mar 13 2019 (integration of ideas which may lead to change)
☉ □ ♇ – Apr 13 2019 (crisis in action, refusal to change, old way is challenged)
☉ △ ♇ – May 14 2019 (understanding)
☉ ☍ ♇ – Jul 14 2019 (breakdown, separation from agent)
☉ △ ♇ – Sep 13 2019 (openness to change, acceptance of help)
☉ □ ♇ – Oct 14 2019 (crisis in awareness, pressure to break away)
☉ ∗ ♇ – Nov 13 2019 (debrief, reintegration of ideas, openness to new agents)
☉ ☌ ♇ – Jan 13 2020 (fresh cycle begins at higher evolutionary level, new agent enters)
Those with whom we become involved with now are here to help us to “let go”. If we refuse, we are often forced to endure some kind of suffering, since their presence pushes us to open up about previously hidden or forgotten inner traumas.

Like the picking of a scabbed-over sore, the impact of individuals with whom we bring into our intimate lives now act now go to work to break down and eliminate, bringing old, dormant issues to the surface. One way or another, they have the power to excoriate away the dead skin in order to expose the core essence of our inner being, thus allowing a more true, spontaneous sense of creativity, joy, and freedom to emerge to the surface.

Whilst not always comfortable, sometimes damned oppressive and controlling, the effect of individuals who come into our lives around this time is to help us to explore the kind of spontaneous energy flow we may have innately brought into this world, but was previously hidden. Traits that may have emerged before the weight of the world (particularly imposed by the patriarchal parent /Capricorn element) crushed our spirit via strict cultural controls or the threats of terror and karmic atrocity.

Each year, by the end of each Sun/Pluto cycle, we have a chance to experience a higher resonance of our essential nature and start to express our own power. This is the evolutionary cycle of our own self-empowerment.

Consider those who feature strongly in our lives at the moment as here to perform a kind of spirit exorcism or psychic surgery – a process where some part of our karmic selves becomes removed or radically transformed.

Though not necessarily a ‘walk in the park’, the allure of the intensity of the affair, coupled with its sheer, overwhelming pressure has its special moments, punctuated by extreme highs and lows that take us to new heights and lows in our voyage to greater self-connectedness.

As transiting Saturn also approaches Pluto (2020), these next two cycles will not only be the most intense, but the changes affecting the entire status quo of humanity will reach phenomenal new depths in understanding how we are all somehow passing through a collective evolution together. Through the journey of understanding how institutional power is administered, we can evolve as a socially connected species.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2018"

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: Jan 14-21 Blood Moon
https://angstoic.com/2019/01/the-week-ahead-jan-14-21/

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"As the Blood Moon in Leo promises to bring all the drama and histrionics to an end, it is also a natural sign of inner liberation when we can squarely look at our apparent difficulties and take them with a grain of humour.

Sometimes we exaggerate our problems in such dramatic a way that they will appear ridiculous...laughable. Meanwhile we are at the same time absurdly sensitive to any criticism.

It doesn't hurt to laugh.. in fact it is the best medicine to take the sting out of an otherwise insufferable shame to our pride.....

These are not ‘normal’ times. We are well and truly spiraling through the rabbit hole of space/time at an exponential rate, where all incidents experienced are warily interpreted and translated through both the lighter and darker temperaments of our being. Whilst they may encourage us to proceed, how to think, how to act, prompting our predilections and ways of visualising the world, they can just as easily confuse, confound, exasperate and exhaust us.
We must stay alert. As the higher mind opens its aperture to either welcome the enchantments of life or to tear up destructive thinking patterns (♃ □ ♆), the lower, habit-conscious mind can close up and harden into judgemental patterns of despair and existential torment (☿ ☌ ♄/♇). Hence, the brain becomes either a precious, resilient partner or one’s own worst enemy.

It is most important then that we remember to keep it restrained, since Mercury’s entry into Capricorn is prone to pass rules and judgement upon the hasty actions of an irascible, impulsive Mars in Aries…

Here are the main transits for the week ahead….

☿ ☌ ♄ Sun Jan 13 13:32 Mercury 12°♑51′ Conjunction Saturn 12°♑51′
♃ □ ♆ Sun Jan 13 19:00 Jupiter 14°♐23′ Square Neptune 14°♓23′
☽ □ ☉ Mon Jan 14 06:46 Moon 23°♈48′ Square Sun 23°♑48′
☿ ∗ ♆ Mon Jan 14 13:14 Mercury 14°♑24′ Sextile Neptune 14°♓24′
☉ ☍ ☊ Thu Jan 17 05:38 Sun 26°♑48′ Opposition Node 26°♋48′
♀ Sqq ☊ Fri Jan 18 14:55 Venus 11°♐48′ Sesquiquare Node 26°♋48′
♀ △ ♂ Fri Jan 18 16:50 Venus 11°♐53′ Trine Mars 11°♈53′
☿ ☌ ♇ Fri Jan 18 20:01 Mercury 21°♑12′ Conjunction Pluto 21°♑12′
☉ ∗ Ch Sat Jan 19 00:57 Sun 28°♑38′ Sextile Chiron 28°♓38′
☉ □ ♅ Sat Jan 19 01:31 Sun 28°♑40′ Square Uranus 28°♈40′
☉ ∠ ♆ Sat Jan 19 22:26 Sun 29°♑33′ Semisquare Neptune 14°♓33′
♀ Sqq ♅ Sun Jan 20 08:20 Venus 13°♐41′ Sesquiquare Uranus 28°♈41′
☉ in ♒ Sun Jan 20 09:00 Sun 00°♒00′
☉ ∠ ♃ Mon Jan 21 04:04 Sun 00°♒49′ Semisquare Jupiter 15°♐49′
♀ □ ♆ Mon Jan 21 04:16 Venus 14°♐35′ Square Neptune 14°♓35′
☽ ☍ ☉ Mon Jan 21 05:17 Moon 00°♌52′ Opposition Sun 00°♒52′

It’s simply impossible to provide any clear prediction as to how the tangled muck of energies swirling through this month is going to turn out – especially since we are hopelessly trudging our way through this awkward mid-eclipse period.


The period between eclipses acts as a kind of spiritual transit-zone, where souls are moving through, as if passing through a kind of spiritual ‘central-station’, interchanging train journeys, where the spirit of lovers part and unite, friends and loved ones bid their farewells, tie off loose ends, and others usher their way through into into brand new soul-contacts.

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The Mercury/Sun contacts to Saturn, then Pluto connote that there are contacts coming in at present who are there to somehow assist with our transformation, rewire our thinking and press us to be the next level version of ourselves. These are intense conjunctions which introduce great psychological force and control into our lives – a theme that will tighten as the same four planets (☉,☿, ♄, ♇) reform into a rare multiple conjunction in 2020. The alchemical process of the human condition is well afoot, and whether we are willingly looking to do the hard work and solve the difficult problems or be sent through the wringer, it’s happening…

(Click here to see how Pluto is transforming you (2008-2024):
https://angstoic.com/2019/01/sun-pluto-the-living-being-of-power-and-transformation/

I watched the old film ‘Gaslight’ (1944) on the weekend, about a woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is going insane. The term ‘gaslighting’ is taken from this film. Same sort of thing as what many of us had to grow up with – manipulation through secrets, incomplete information, lies and denials about our true state of our being. Our thatched, highly biased presentations of history and science seem contrived and curiously inadequate to explain (after all) this cruelty and enslavement our species has had to endure. There is no justification for it, but there seems to be no effort to address it either. So it sits within our collective memories as unresolved trauma, and like a spicy meal, keeps repeating on us.

As we (humans) begin to dig deeper about ourselves, we suspect more and more that this bogus structure, indoctrinated into us by the ‘culture’ (parents, teachers, preachers etc.) in order to preserve us into ‘healthy’, tax-paying ‘citizens’ is nothing more than a confinement into an order that isn’t really that orderly at all. In a nutshell, we will learn to transcend all this, soon & fast… or die in a boxed-in, oppressive system that takes ever more but gives increasingly less and less. You can do this now, so quit stalling.

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Anyway, a most powerful Leo Lunar Eclipse at 00°♌52′ is just over a week away (Jan 21), and I’ll have much more to say about all this in a special, mid-week article/12 tribe messages/and live lunation webcast, but this Blood Supermoon kinda wraps up the whole Leo/Aquarius thing in a big way. It all goes back to the ‘pride & prejudice’ issues we’ve been enduring since 2016 and promises to bring things to a spectacular and (with a Uranus T-square) most unexpected finale. One thing’s for certain – under the current, hazy circumstances, nobody has a clue – let alone a firm idea how the mighty Lion might react under threat, especially if he is ailing, aging or raging from long-forgotten, unresolved wounds to his pride. On some level that affects all of us. We have all taken serious hits to our sense of honour and integrity.

What we can predict is that by eclipse time there will be blood – particularly over the Americas, where this blood-red lunation will be visible to all under clear skies at a special nocturnal hour. Go out and observe this spectacular eclipse, if you can. Witness it with your own eyes. Feel the magnitude of its celestial power. See it as one grand separation ceremony, knowing that you have been through much over the past 2-3 years, have learned so much, let go of so much ego-baggage, gained so much knowledge about yourself. Be proud, for if nothing else, you will walk away with your integrity and personal liberty intact.

Observe too just how sensitive the current social situation is out there. See how many are feeling easily overwhelmed by the flurry of mixed emotions about each other, a certain ambivalence about where things stand and their own relationship to it all. Jupiter’s impact upon the Uranus/Neptune struggled to put meaning to the barrage of absurdity going on in the outer world right now. Venus, who is looking to bring some peace, prefers to find a nice, quiet spot to meditate and just go with ‘whatever’. Whilst some magical, very enjoyable transits are cooking up for us, it is important to remember that we are also prone to unexpected expressions of a lot of pent up nervous energies, bristling to explode. As Uranus threatens to forcibly disrupt our peace and order of things, a square from the Sun can turn nervous frustration into more aggressive, potentially violent forms of expression, particularly if there’s no suitable channels through which it can be released.

Now stationed to go direct at the end of Aries, Uranus charges all of us with the irrepressible urge to free ourselves from whatever unrealistic and impractical mudslide of idealistic imaginings we have been engaged in and do something (before something is done upon us). So if you’re feeling “tense and nervous and you can’t relax”, that’s just you setting yourself up for a plot twist, where you either play the protagonist or the hapless bystander of a beautiful little meltdown.

The Capricorn Sun reveals that those who act most erratically actually desire utter independence and freedom from all social restrictions of their own structure. A natural dissension from the norm sees even those mostly charged with looking after the status quo taking a ball and chain to the system that made them – preferring to support their own minority views; even if it leads them to become socially isolated or alienated from others (including the radical groups with whom they represent). Mars, now in his domicile sign of Aries, continues to dominate with petulant tantrums and while there may be heavy forces trying to restrain him as an individual force (♂ □ ♄, Jan 21 | ♂ □ ♇, Feb 02), his conjunction to Uranus at the last degree of Aries (Feb 13) promises the beginning of a storm to end all storms as humanity clearly draws up battle lines to fight the schism of ignorance at the expense of freedom and inequity for the disadvantaged – which is most of us, anyway.

These are not ‘normal’ times at all, In spite of all efforts to ‘hypernormalise’ the obscene, the absurd and the outright ridiculous, just know that everything – your whole conception of ‘truth’ is teetering on the last few moments. Nothing rests on our ‘history’. Our traditional structures, customs, laws and cultured ways of life simply will not stand (very soon). Nothing is ‘safe’, because that was all just a well-crafted illusion anyway. Same applies for the last few minutes, if what you’re basing your reality upon is an expectation or belief that we are heading down a linear destination.

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The road ahead is filled with a myriad of choices, illuminated by an intelligence we have never before had the privilege to enjoy. Nobody has the power to mess with the direction guided to us by our inner compass. Nobody has the power to impress or impose images or truths that don’t sit well with our inner guide. It is our duty and spiritual imperative to make this clear, as immediately as possible, or suffer the irritations this creates upon our nervous system.
As you sit this week, observe how you see things differently now.
And since you do, be sure to act differently. Action is needed to build up momentum – whether you feel you are in complete freedom or stuck in the prism of somebody else’s devices.
Whatever it takes, you have the freedom and power to act accordingly in order to reconstruct the reality that best suits you.

Go with this, and blessings to an amazing week ahead xx…."

[onawah]

SUPER BLOOD MOON ECLIPSE: 00°49′ Leo – Monday, January 21, 2019, 05:17 UTChttps://angstoic.com/2019/01/super-blood-moon-eclipse-0049%E2%80%B2-leo-monday-january-21-2019-0517-utc/
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"Eclipses.
They’re a big deal.
Always, they usher something in and something out of our lives; something begins and something ends at the eclipse time; and sometimes, completely random and obscure events, whose truth seems so personal and life-altering happens in our lives. Since eclipses generally occur in the same pair of signs, sometimes for 2-3 years, they hit upon a common, intrinsic revelation which sooner or later affects us all and somehow brings us all together.

Eighteen months after North America witnessed its spectacular Total Solar Eclipse at the end of Leo (28°51′, Aug 21, 2017) comes the final instalment of eclipses to occur along the performative Leo/Aquarius axis. This Total Lunar Eclipse, occuring at the very beginning of Leo (00°49′) is itself a spectacular Supermoon (7% closer; 14% brighter) and its ‘Blood Moon’ effect makes this celestial event the perfectly fitting bookend to indeed a phenomenal period in the history of the world, especially with regard to American history. By this, of course, we mean the true history – not the convoluted parody that the media is trying to feed to us.

There has been no less than nine (9) eclipses in the Leo♌/Aquarius♒ polarity since mid-2016:

Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2016 August 18 @25°♒52′
Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2017 February 10 @ 22°♌28′
Partial LUNAR Eclipse 2017 August 7 @ 15°♒25′
Total SOLAR Eclipse 2017 August 21 @ 28°♌53′
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2018 January 31 @ 11°♌37′
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2018 February 15 @ 27°♒08′
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2018 July 27 @ 4°♒45′
Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2018 August 11 @ 18°♌42′
Total LUNAR Eclipse 2019 January 21 @ 00°♌52′
Since by definition, an eclipse aligns our Earth (ego) with both the Sun (light) and Moon (shade) along the moon’s nodal axis (evolutionary path of spiritual development), its celestial impact upon our collective souls is profound. Eclipses draw the whole of humanity’s journey towards a greater understanding of itself. Through an intense series of interrelated themes, eclipses place strong emphasis on phsycho-emotional issues, sending the ego into turmoil, gradually shining enough light upon our shadowy sides, allowing us to disintegrate our physical ego-attachments and thus reintegrating our light-bodies to the greater cosmic field.

Thematically, the Leo/Aquarius flavour has pitched humanity through a conflicting series of bouts between our identification of the ‘strong individualist’ versus the ‘social-justice warrior’; or the ‘evil capitalist’ versus ‘pinko socialist’; the ‘brag-a-dick-ulous egotist’ versus the ‘mob of incensed egalitarians’; or ‘right-wing autocrat’ vs ‘leftist democrat’, etc.

Wherever ‘individual sovereignty’ has clashed against the ‘collective values of group identity’, serious questions have been raised about where we stand along this scale. Just how much do we assert our unique individualism against the socialist, progressive and humanitarian idealism of our current world? How much do we identify with the self, and how much are we given to be part of an identity that represents a certain set of criteria that includes others while excluding many?

We may have come to recognise that a failure to appreciate and assert our own unique significance in this world is equivalent to a denial of human worth altogether. This is a basic error and essentially the source of all our disbelief, for when an individual is so weak-willed that they can’t even believe in themselves, how can they possibly believe in anything else? Similarly, attributing too much of our identity to a class, a system, a nation, a network which denies our individual importance merely dilutes and diminishes our individual contribution to the point of rendering it superfluous and trite.

The basic perils of egoism (too much/not enough) are not immediately present in one’s absolute self-consciousness or self-evaluation. They are more evidently seen in the aggrandisement of oneself over others, where one unjustly refuses to allow others to share equal significance, or at least to shine their light. This is the crux of the Leo/Aquarius polarity, accentuated in all of us by these last 9 eclipses. In recognising our empirical self (light body) at the centre of all life (which in spirit, we are), we relegate all others to the periphery of our being, attributing them only an external and relative value. Should the ego (physical body) allow this value to become demeaning or derogatory in any sense, existential troubles will arise.

And they have…
…big troubles.

Not just in our personal relationships – in the public arenas, be they sport, politics, media, education, entertainment, we have seen a parading procession of notorious trumpet blowers, gleaming media superstars whose self-aggrandising manner has created enormous pomp and spectacle, that in their glaring wake have created audiences of support or dissent who thrived on constant stimulation. During these Leo/Aquarius years, the self-development of individual power, the emergence and expression of individual agency has developed into complex cultural and psychic forms.

Considerable progress has been made in the form of ‘social movements’ (including feminism, gay and lesbian liberationism, transgender rights, counter-science, atheism, flat-earthism and environmentalism, etc.). The proliferation of these movements, and the increasing notion that no subject’s identity could be explained exclusively in terms of one axis (race, gender, or sexual orientation) has generated considerable disquiet, often based on one-dimensional accounts of oppression, such as neo-Marxism or liberalism (with their sole focus on class politics) etc. This dangerous trend has been severely divisive and counter-productive to bringing a sense of peace and coherence into our lives.

It is evident, particularly with the swelling of the most agitative movements such as #MeToo and the #NeverTrump-ers, where outrage over disrespect for the basic rights of group-defined people, whose civil liberties are purported to have been violated has produced waves and waves of massive debate, protest and outright rejection or denial over individual freedoms. Yet, in truth, we demand these freedoms merely as compensation for our inability or failure to speak up for ourselves when we know we should.

The past 2-3 years, punctuated by the critical markers of the above series of eclipses, have engaged us all in a fierce argument over group ideology versus personal dogma. This has been particularly facilitated by the technological acceleration in our use of social media. Taken to extremes, these have brought us out into the streets en masse, either to protest or to vote on issues about which we felt most strongly. Curiously, have applied such enormous energy into our social arguments that many of us are now showing obvious signs of depletion and fatigue in this fight. Groups are losing their sense of unity, while individuals are becoming more empowered in their own right.

Ultimately, given the North Node was in Leo, this period would have served to lift our self-pride, at least to the point where our self-opinion was brought to equal bearing along that of others (and certainly not above). Through the process, we’ve come to learn that having a low opinion of oneself is not ‘modesty’ but rather ‘self-destruction’. At the end of the day, we must come to realise that holding our uniqueness and integrity in the highest regard is not ‘egotism’ – it is a necessary precondition to happiness and success on this earth.

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This final (lunar) eclipse in Leo will be visible in full by both North and South Americas, where during a special nocturnal hour, the Full Moon will appear fully tinged by a special, red-orange hue. It will be the last total eclipse until May 2021, and the last one visible from the United States till 2022, by which time the axis of eclipses will have shifted to Taurus/Scorpio.

The peak of this lunation will occur at precisely 12:16 a.m. EST (0517 UTC) on Monday, Jan. 21. This peak is also known as the “greatest eclipse” – the exact moment when the Moon comes closest to the axis of Earth’s shadow.

To compliment the celestial dance between the conscious light of the Aquarius Sun reflecting off the instinctive Leo Moon, as obscured by the mass of our grounding Earth, the human spectacle now becomes fully activated with a crescendo of self-realisation upon every living being. Those who instinctively pull towards body-bound egoism – arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slander are becoming exposed as merely serving the enemy of both self and all of humankind. We hear and see now – quite distinctly – who is standing out in the crowd and on which level they operate. Are they shining on the merits of their self-emanating brilliance for the benefit of all, or are they merely playing the lower narcissistic charade of ‘fake it till you make it”?

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
~ Benjamin Franklin

Yes, eclipses are not little things. They import an enormous amount of information (light upon shade) in a relatively short space/time. Even though they occur once every six months, their direct effect upon our earth (lasting only minutes) arguably leaves a life-altering impact upon how we will henceforth look at this world.

So what can we expect this time around?

In its most unconscious, most rudimentary manifestation, this lunation exposes how much our inner need to feel recognised or heard may often come across to others as an infantile cry for attention. If we struggle to be loved by being the loudest, neediest or most overbearingly spoiled brat on the block, this lunar eclipse may just administer the smart slap across the ego that we so sorely need to wake up to ourselves.

Have you observed this in your life? How sometimes, in order to satisfy the love-starved attention that one seeks, they turn on the drama? How if they don’t get what they want immediately, they play the overly cute, or the growling, or the trumpet blowing ‘enfant terriblé’ just to gain supremacy? And notice too how, if their usual song-and-dance routine isn’t working, they become all insulted, pout-up, even lash out with a right-royal spectacular tantrum?

Sounds like something you’re witnessing a lot of recently? Does this fit the drama in your world?

Under this moon, the inexorable need for love and admiration certainly comes with plenty of instances to observe this. In fact, we have become so exposed to drama that we don’t have far to go if we want to experience examples of attention-hogging and unreasonable intrusions on others’ psychic airspace, particularly through the abuse of electronic media.

As we have seen, these abuses can start to invade our individual prerogatives, exploit and become bullishly overbearing, not just to our individual integrity, but to our idea of society as a whole – especially where the force of ego-domination, both by individuals and corporations, has crossed certain lines of civil respect. Here, on this full moon, the behaviour becomes ever more tiresome, transparent to all as being nothing more than a boorish effort to forcibly fulfill some inner-child inadequacy complex. Whatever it is, it tries to snuff out our own light and hold our individual will at the ransom and behest of its own.

This Total Lunar Eclipse augurs a crisis in sovereignty which can no longer stand unnoticed.

Through this powerfully emotional period, we learn to see whether this ‘need for attention’ really needs attention, some real reflection or counselling to bring it back to a healthy balance. In the most extreme cases, it may require that those sociopathic, narcissistic monsters may just have to be cut off, left alone to suffocate in their own belligerent neediness.

In the highest, most pure expression, this lunar eclipse shows us all the importance of acknowledging and respecting every soul’s emotional need to feel important, at least about themselves.

This ‘Supermoon’ (closer to our earth) means that the lunation occurs just that little bit more intense. Here, the contrast between how we sometimes act like a petulant, demanding little child to get what we want and how, with a little maturity, we can carry ourselves with greater self-awareness, creative flair and a modicum of esteem and respectability.

This lunation teaches us to have the courage to share our unique contribution to this world fairly with others. A ‘team’ is the ultimate context in which an individual can prove his courage on his own merits. Only a coward stands away from his team, flexes his muscle, beats his chest, toots his trumpet or relies on his gang of ‘thugs’ or ‘yes-men’ to protect him when he does not know or trust in how to give of himself with love.

To those in the Americas, please get outside and enjoy this amazing spectacle.
Blessings and love to all… and do your best not to let your ego eclipse your soul xx

Location Eclipse Begins Totality Begins Totality Ends Eclipse Ends
Anchorage, Alaska 6:33 p.m AKST 7:41 p.m. AST 8:43 p.m. AST 9:50 p.m. AST
Los Angeles, California 7:33 p.m. PST 8:41 p.m. PST 9:43 p.m. PST 10:50 p.m. PST
Mexico City, Mexico 9:33 p.m. CST 10:41 p.m. CST 11:43 p.m. CST 12:50 a.m. CST
Miami, Florida 10:33 p.m. EST 11:41 p.m. EST 12:43 p.m. EST 1:50 a.m. EST
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic 11:33 p.m. AST 12:41 a.m. AST 1:43 p.m. AST 2:50 p.m. AST
Nuuk, Greenland 12:33 a.m. WGT 1:41 a.m. WGT 2:43 a.m. WGT 3:50 a.m. WGT
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1:33 a.m. BRST 2:41 a.m. BRST 3:43 a.m. BRST 4:50 a.m. BRST
Reykjavik, Iceland 3:33 a.m. GMT 4:41 a.m. GMT 5:43 a.m. GMT 6:50 p.m. GMT
Lagos, Nigeria 4:33 a.m. WAT 5:41 a.m. WAT 6:43 a.m. WAT Moon is below
horizon
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[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: January 21-27
https://angstoic.com/2019/01/the-week-ahead-january-21-27/

"This entire week not only reverberates strongly with the after-shock of a Super Blood Moon in Leo, but is peppered with a number of very intense transits. This spectacular lunation occurs less than 24 hours after the Sun enters Aquarius, and in hard alignment with the rather mixed flavours of planetary aspects stirs up such mayhem and confusion that it’s perfectly up in the air about what might happen.

We must tread cautiously now, even in apparent stillness, for one thing we can safely predict is that what plays out in our lives will be utterly unpredictable and possibly destructive if we do not remain mindful of our rash and hasty actions.

As much as we may wish to be happy, make life easier, the growing trend in this current, bizzaro-universe is that everyone wants to be difficult. It is not hard to point the finger of intolerance and blame on people and those causes which seem contrary to what we personally believe.

Here are this week’s main transits:

☉ in ♒ Sun Jan 20 2019 09:00 Sun 00°♒00′
☉ ∠ ♃ Mon Jan 21 2019 04:04 Sun 00°♒49′ Semisquare Jupiter 15°♐49′
♀ □ ♆ Mon Jan 21 2019 04:16 Venus 14°♐35′ Square Neptune 14°♓35′
☽ ☍ ☉ Mon Jan 21 2019 05:17 Moon 00°♌52′ Opposition Sun 00°♒52′
♂ □ ♄ Mon Jan 21 2019 11:49 Mars 13°♈47′ Square Saturn 13°♑47′
☿ ☍ ☊ Tue Jan 22 2019 06:41 Mercury 26°♑46′ Opposition Node 26°♋46′
♀ ☌ ♃ Tue Jan 22 2019 12:27 Venus 16°♐04′ Conjunction Jupiter 16°♐04′
☿ □ ♅ Wed Jan 23 2019 11:14 Mercury 28°♑43′ Square Uranus 28°♈43′
☿ ∗ Ch Wed Jan 23 2019 12:28 Mercury 28°♑48′ Sextile Chiron 28°♓48′
☿ ∠ ♆ Thu Jan 24 2019 01:06 Mercury 29°♑40′ Semisquare Neptune 14°♓40′
☿ in ♒ Thu Jan 24 2019 05:50 Mercury 00°♒00′
☿ ∠ ♃ Fri Jan 25 2019 04:18 Mercury 01°♒33′ Semisquare Jupiter 16°♐33′
♂ △ ♃ Fri Jan 25 2019 17:55 Mars 16°♈39′ Trine Jupiter 16°♐39′
Ce in ♐ Fri Jan 25 2019 18:05 Ceres 00°♐00′
☽ □ ☉ Sun Jan 27 2019 21:11 Moon 07°♏38′ Square Sun 07°♒38′
For what it’s worth, patience is necessary with Mars in Aries, especially when we go up against up against the stern and rigid social structures imposed by Saturn in Capricorn. These two malefics come into conflict from their respective cardinal signs. Both are equally as strong in their domicile, yet their square (Monday, Jan 21) sees us ensnarled into a fundamental fight over differences of temperament, style and intention. This harsh dynamic, blended with the ‘know-it-all’ attitude of Mercury’s square to Uranus (also in cardinals – Wednesday), can launch us into ill-advised disputes over which direction we choose to go and how others around us ‘should’ proceed.

We will not be told what to do, what to think or how to handle our personal business. So, regardless of how ‘right’ others are about how we should do things, we make it clear that it is entirely our responsibility and as such prepared to stay conflicted. Essentially we would rather be at war with ourselves rather than listen. Even if only a small percentage of us are caught up in this dynamic, it indirectly affects nearly everyone – especially those who choose not to act out of fear or trepidation.

On the plus side, not listening to the advice or counsel of others means we are more inclined to follow our own distinctive path. However, big egos generally conceal vulnerable souls, and a moral defensiveness mixed with obstinate pride easily erupts into fundamental clashes that are difficult to control. Even if we are determined to act responsibly, earnestly, it is possible that our timing could be out of sync with the situation. This could result in physical accidents, or emotional situations in which others become immediately bitter or vindictive, even violent. As much as we wish to avoid being hurt, we also don’t want to hurt others – particularly those we love.

So what to do?
Try to become aware about where the tension lies within you. See if you can get to the root of where the friction within you is coming from, particularly if you are fixing to direct your frustrations upon those around you. It’s not anybody fault that you feel suppressed into any given situation. Perhaps you have allowed yourself to become entrapped into a set of rules or a structure that is not working for you. Where did this begin? Look to the time around early April, 2018 when Mars formed its conjunction to Saturn. What agreements did you make about how you wanted to work? Were you aware of the consequences and limitations upon your fundamental freedom when you signed up to try a more disciplined approach? Are you working responsibly or did you bite off more than you could chew?

By the end of the week these inner conflicts, and each intensely forceful encounter with those around us leaves an enduringly emotional stress. Depending on how responsibly we process this, the big lessons can be either awesome or dreadful – there is no middle ground. Here, the groundwork for a forthcoming extremism that will play out in the months ahead is now being laid down. The determination to conserve things in a particular order (if we are satisfied by our situation) goes against the will to protect the integrity of our individual freedom (if we feel trapped).

These are exceptional times in that the collective consciousness is not afraid or hesitant to challenge what it sees as the absolute nonsense of certain external controls. An ambivalence about absolute ‘truth’ – as passed down by governmental laws, religion, academia, bosses, parents, etc., leads us to serious disputes.

In amidst an atmosphere of sharp, self-centered dogma, the Aquarius Sun now charges us with powerful compassion and need to serve society. How we chose to act on this largely depends on how rigid and fixed our views. We may be equally as ambivalent about whether to work towards fulfilling our own desires or to follow the calling of our lofty humanitarian ideals. We suffer the consequences of guilt instantly should we aim just to fulfill the demands of our own egos. Similarly, we become incensed to see others, particularly those who pose in roles of authority over us angling towards their own self interests rather the interests of the whole.

The final Blood Moon in the Leo/Aquarius axis reveals just how we are evolving, and our capacity to come back from defeat shows a maturing sense of mission, particularly strong in the creative brilliance of anyone evolved enough to stand by their cause. Observe the humanistic force that is producing some of the innovative new thinkers or scientists among us. They are everywhere, and they have decided to take matters upon themselves – using whatever is available, yet not operating inside the constraints of any given order. See how they dare to go outside the box in order to find new solutions to extricate themselves (and others) from the boxed-in views and belief systems of the existing order. Dare to be one of those.

Here, we are laying down the foundations for materialism to be conquered. Those who strive only for personal comfort and acknowledgment above all else come to see that in chasing their goals and dreams, they have lost perspective, their conduct openly betraying them as just selfish and even cruel.

The next month further exposes those whose innate prejudices and entrenched beliefs are at the root of the discontent and suffering among us. This is especially evident among those who try to lead us, but do not represent our evolved, progressive views. The fixed Aquarius Sun highlights the inequities and indifferences, while the cardinal Aries Mars activates ferocious clashes against those who try to constrain our indomitable spirit.

A warning for/about those with fixed mindsets: whenever matters get difficult, rather than compromise or be flexible, things are more likely to break hence the propensity to unleash anger and howling madness on others is greatest.

Developing a more relaxed, more tolerant viewpoint is important.

Whilst Tuesday’s Venus/Jupiter conjunction hopes to bring a more peaceful, loving attitude, when carried to extremes it could mean that we give or accept generosity where it is often not warranted. Any sanctimonious and holier-than-thou efforts seem inconsistent, hypocritical and vulgar. This is certainly not constructive toward making this a better world. When inertia or indifference prevails over inequities and injustices, we may come to realise that the greatest opportunities to take action have been missed. The greatest concern during these days could be that we are now spiralling deeper into a rabbit hole which nobody knows where it may lead and how dreadful to think that we had our chance to do something but just didn’t.

To those in the Americas, please get outside and enjoy this amazing spectacle.
Blessings and love to all… and do your best not to let your ego eclipse your soul xx

Location Eclipse Begins Totality Begins Totality Ends Eclipse Ends
Anchorage, Alaska
6:33 p.m AKST
7:41 p.m. AST
8:43 p.m. AST
9:50 p.m. AST
Los Angeles, California
7:33 p.m. PST
8:41 p.m. PST
9:43 p.m. PST
10:50 p.m. PST
Mexico City, Mexico
9:33 p.m. CST
10:41 p.m. CST
11:43 p.m. CST
12:50 a.m. CST
Miami, Florida
10:33 p.m. EST
11:41 p.m. EST
12:43 a.m. EST
1:50 a.m. EST
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
11:33 p.m. AST
12:41 a.m. AST
1:43 a.m. AST
2:50 p.m. AST
Nuuk, Greenland
12:33 a.m. WGT
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1:33 a.m. BRST
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Reykjavik, Iceland
3:33 a.m. GMT
4:41 a.m. GMT
5:43 a.m. GMT
6:50 p.m. GMT
Lagos, Nigeria
4:33 a.m. WAT
5:41 a.m. WAT
6:43 a.m. WAT
Moon is below
horizon
© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019 "

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: Jan 28-Feb 03
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"Planetary activity falls largely in the social sectors (Sag-Pisces) for the next few weeks, so our focus is drawn to look at greater themes, ones which affect the more transpersonal matters in our world. Law, politics, government and social and spiritual matters play a big part in our lives, and we can either choose to be engaged or simply choose to tune out. Leading this locomotive is the renegade Mars/Uranus at the end of Aries, so if you choose to play, you may very likely feel like you are blazing new turf all on your own.

In the centre of it all looms an explicit superior conjunction, in which Mercury passes apogee to the Sun (midweek), furthest possible from the earth, and in true Aquarian irreverence exposes all.
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Mercury is effectively our eyes & ears, charged with conveying information to and from the source (light). At the moment when he is farthest from the Earth, he appears small and very distant. Though completely illuminated, anything that hides directly behind the Sun cannot possibly be observed. This is referred to as cazimi – a time when information rings most brilliant and true, as radiant and pure as the Sun’s own rays.

Thoughts and ideas become fused into pure spirit now. As the Sun (our primary source of light) transits through the fixed-air constellation of Aquarius, it energises our planet with a distinctly idealistic, humanitarian spirit where matters of civil liberty and justice take on an outspoken significance. Everything else takes a back seat as the iconoclastic, promethean psychopomp takes the podium to speak what’s on his mind.

Regardless of whether you’re distinctly into an egalitarian modality of living or you prefer a more conservative, hierarchical or cynical approach to the whole social system, the emphasis over the next 6 weeks will be on formulating stronger views on how society should run. One may already hold strong, rigidly adhered to political views – be either for or against a certain utopian/dystopian visions. In any case, situations will emerge where you are called to respond (be vocal) in a helpful and sympathetic manner towards ‘a certain kind’ or firmly protesting against another kind. It could be gender, colour, race, or any other affiliation or cause for which you feel is trying to be heard. Such efforts to speak out in support or protest over certain ways with hope to improve or reform things to what is considered to be a fairer, more equitable state is what Aquarius is all about. On the other extreme, you may feel this rhetoric is just too much, or find it all rather depressing and may choose to cut away, dissociate from all the ‘big picture’ discussions….

Here are the main transits for this week….

☿ ∠ ♀ Tue Jan 29 11:45 Mercury 08°♒50′ Semisquare Venus 23°♐50′
☿ ☌ ☉ Wed Jan 30 02:52 Mercury 09°♒54′ Conjunction Sun 09°♒54′
♄ ∗ ♆ Thu Jan 31 14:12 Saturn 14°♑55′ Sextile Neptune 14°♓55′
♀ ⊼ ☊ Fri Feb 01 00:37 Venus 26°♐41′ Quincunx Node 26°♋41′
Vs in ♓ Fri Feb 01 11:02 Vesta 00°♓00′
☿ ∠ Ch Fri Feb 01 14:07 Mercury 14°♒11′ Semisquare Chiron 29°♓11′
♂ □ ♇ Sat Feb 02 03:13 Mars 21°♈40′ Square Pluto 21°♑40′
♀ ∠ ☉ Sat Feb 02 07:22 Venus 28°♐09′ Semisquare Sun 13°♒09′
♀ △ ♅ Sat Feb 02 23:42 Venus 28°♐55′ Trine Uranus 28°♈55′
♀ □ Ch Sun Feb 03 06:51 Venus 29°♐15′ Square Chiron 29°♓15′
☉ ∠ Ch Sun Feb 03 09:48 Sun 14°♒16′ Semisquare Chiron 29°♓16′
☿ ∗ ♃ Sun Feb 03 21:55 Mercury 18°♒16′ Sextile Jupiter 18°♐16′
♀ in ♑ Sun Feb 03 22:30 Venus 00°♑00′
Although the Sun won’t form any significantly stressful aspects to other planets during the next month, there is a growing awareness of individual tendencies to express fixed views about the world. This activates much movement, either for or against groups by which you identify. This superior conjunction to Mercury (Jan 30) will hence help to expound clear views on where you stand on social matters and whether others are part of our future vision or not.

By the Aquarius New Moon (Feb 04) we become strongly intent (body and soul) to make our stance on whose team we are on (feminism, racism, marxism, left/right-ism, etc. As always though, if the ‘team’ is not inclusive, equally-beneficial and respectful to the individual rights of every being, it can be cause for division, dissent, protest and demonstration.

So, expect to see the ‘social justice’ rhetoric being raised this week.

Strangely, as much as thoughts and opinions are being formidably defined right now (and you may wish to blow the whistle on injustice and unfairness etc.) there is also a weird, prolonged sense of stalling for any definitive action at this moment. Whilst things might flare up a little towards the end of February (Sun enters Pisces, ☉ ∠ ♄ / ∠ ♇/ ∠ ♅), the current state of confusion and reluctance to step up comes mostly due to the fact that we are all (en masse) passing through a very surreal wonderland as hosted by the Neptune/Uranus semi-square.

Regardless of what we think is fair and equitable, nobody is really certain of how to proceed, since much of the phenomena of we are experiencing around is confusingly new and profoundly absurd. This is a special kind of weird. Only those with the most truly lateral minds, who dare to step outside ‘the box’ get to experiment and mess with with the prevailing system.

That’s all it is though – a very risky, arguably foolhardy experiment to those agitated enough to challenge the status quo, however shaky and absurd the status of that ‘quo’ may seem right now.

In ♅/♆ essence, there is a gradual soul-dissociation happening on a collective level (2017-20). Saturn’s sextile to Neptune (strongest on Jan 31) may inspire serious reaction against the social injustices and political foolishness of our times, yet in this climate, it feels that any personal crusade could backfire – especially since it siphons out considerable energy from those who want to try it on.

Is this a kind of ‘activism fatigue’, or a case of exasperation that any political solution will fall flat on its heels? This draining, depressing, often futile attempt to see a brighter future is felt most pointendly on and around the New Moon (Feb 4), which occurs directly on the lugubrious ♄ /♆ midpoint.

A sextile from Jupiter on this lunation may promise to lift our spirits, though we will have to look in completely extraordinary places for our sense of justice. There is some promise and opportunity for a way to solve even the most disheartening of challenges to our collective social problems.

The big concern for many individuals this week comes when Mars squares Pluto (Saturday) and Venus squares Chiron. Intense drives to throw out excess or toxic masculine displays could rouse us into the most ferocious arguments with one another – especially where compromise in our personal relationships seems practically impossible due to fundamental clashes in deeply buried attitudes. The gender divide is still on the mend, and here we see compulsive rage breaking out wherever we come to loggerheads in how we wish to be treated.

If a relationship has to end because its toxicity or outright oppressiveness has become impossible to sustain, then it must end, however painful. Abuse cannot and will not be tolerated. By now we are at least certain of our ideological and stance and are prepared to go all out to accord with our moral compass.

Even if only in theory, sometimes the mere thought of individual resurrection or reincarnation becomes untenable, especially when we pause to consider the magnitude of what is required for them to make an evolutionary leap. Not everyone is capable of change. Some would rather smash into a million pieces before they’ll bend to another’s will.

Rather than worry about the survival of all, we now choose to fight for survival only in the spirit of those we know to be on our wavelength. We learn that there is no hope in trying to negotiate with the insistently malignant narcissist, the sociopath, or incorrigibly spoilt brat. A growing awareness that for some people, no degree of effort, patience or kindness is ever going to help. They will get the abandonment of support that they most dread. Here, it is important to spare ourselves. The only decision is to cut all ties; switch off the life-support system which feeds the monster that feeds on our human kindness and compassion.

Like an obsolete automobile from another era must eventually be tossed onto the scrap heap, human relationships can similarly serve their purpose and be done. If we have learned our lesson not to keep investing in something which just sucks the life-force out of us, we have done well. There is simply no need to keep hanging on to something toxic, heavy and redundant. We must clear the way for a lighter, more up-to-speed vehicle for the road ahead.

As the world’s progressive valour seems to pick up momentum over the next few weeks, it leads us into some fantastical new worlds. By the time Mars conjuncts Uranus (Feb 13) they will meet at the final degree of the brash, self-centered Aries. Along with Chiron entering Aries (Feb 18) it augurs a time to effect a revolution in all personal manners and behaviours – a time to restore to them their lost dignity – make them part of the human species.

We must work towards reforming ourselves in order to reform the world. Soon, we see finally see how all this cavalcade of oddities helps to transform those once unchangeable morals and spears the way for us to inject a new kindness into an all new humankind."

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[onawah]

Wow! Anyone else feeling this way?
Daily Update⚡Saturday, 2 February
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"Even with the softer aspects, SATURN who is all about concentration, judgement and definition of matter finds it hard to mix with NEPTUNE, which is about empathy and compassion. They form the basis of all sacrifice and suffering and those affected go through intense isolation, depression and alienation merely to survive.

Picture yourself stuck in a cold room, unable to go out because the cruel world cannot relate to your sensitivities, nor could you bear the harsh demands of a competitive world.

We all go through times of feeling shut out. Whether it’s self-imposed or forced, it’s a necessary part of the human journey. In those times we wish to be left alone, sit with our sadness and our grief. Often we do not know why – all we know is that we cannot truly participate in the charade, even if we tried.

This aspect is a sign that something in our limited, physical world is out of time or place with what the soul knows is eternal. Something is not working for us and we feel we can neither leave, nor can we stay and play. Sick, miserable and depressed – we are forced to endure the 3D condition, process it until something falls away…

Usually the only solution is to stop giving a **** what the world thinks and just love it anyway, but then… that is the greatest challenge ever, especially when ‘the world’ (your mind) is filled with judgements of inadequacy, especially about you."

[onawah]

Aquarius New Moon (or, "How to Change the World with One Powerful Intention")

"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

I don't know about you, but for me, it's so hard not to be excited right now. These times are really edgy, no doubt, and with CHIRON shifting INTO Aries (Feb 18), then URANUS shifting OUT OF Aries into Taurus (Mar 06), these next few weeks will certainly feel like the end of a very interesting era for humanity's progress.

We are now living in highly explicit, evocative times, where many of us are rapidly awakening to the reality that we have been under the spell of some self-induced stupor, and that through the haze lies a promise that we can change the world by merely shifting our thought patterns. By just changing the way we perceive things, things change before our very eyes.

Empowering stuff, but really confronting too, since most of what we're seeing is the creepishly clever way everything has been crafted to take advantage of our most naive, good-natured, trusting souls, cajoling us from birth into submission, forcing us to relegate our own truth to the nonsense and superstitious tarradiddle being fed to us by the constructs of the exterior world.

Of course, none of what I'm saying to you would sound like some 'hippy', alternative, spiritual bypassing diatribe. I have been banging this drum for years. By now, we are seeing every day just how consistently we are being let down by the old 3D system. The physical world is not enough, and just as all its material spoils and riches offer no promise of happiness, its threats of fear, suffering and scarcity are no longer enough to keep us in line. There is a growing suspicion that the things they taught us to believe from the crib, in their schools and universities, their churches and halls of parliament, their places of employment and theatres of entertainment and war are all just spectacular special effects, designed to create a false reality system.

Out there lies a persistent drama - like a fancy puppet show being played out for us to become distracted, whilst the all-powerful, creative producers hiding behind the curtain, orchestrating all the noise and pulling all the strings, are having a grand old laugh at our seeming stupidity to swallow up all the puff and nonsense and keep paying our tickets of admission. The remarkable thing, of course, is how pliant we have become to playing along, fitting into the silly costumes and reading through the rudimentary scripts written for us by some scribes from a former century. Yet we keep buying into the show, not only because there are fewer and fewer big productions left in town, but because many of us believe that we don't have the imagination or freedom to express our creative energy in any other way.

So the reality melodrama lingers live on our little black screens, and we continue to interact with it (under the guise of some instant, on-demand, personal freedom). Meanwhile, some of us are becoming wise to the whole 'soul-distraction' routine staged for us by the exterior world.

We are learning a few things...

One thing we have come to learn over the past 7-8 years, as CHIRON transited Pisces and URANUS in Aries, is that when we feel ignored, overwhelmed or victimised, we can help ourselves by slipping away and going the road alone. By learning to say "NO" to the on-screen drama playing out before us, we are progressively becoming experts at spearheading our way into our own, personal show. Whilst this is much easier for our kids (who have less investment into the world of fear), we too are blessed with the insight and means to pull the plug on playing victim/martyr roles in someone else's 'Punch & Judy' puppet show, and building the courage to just go it alone.

Over the 7-8 years of tuning into the 'Selfie World' (♅♈) of social media, we have explored a whole new dimension of being. There we could at least post our best face and instantly share our personal thoughts among 'friends' in the worldwide online community. Of course, that too is wearing a little thin now, but at the end of its run we did at least learn how to say "NO thanks - I'm good in my own little world", with ample opportunities to practice instant detachment by switching off to things/people that are superfluous, fake and energy-consuming. So in practice, even the meekest/socially withdrawn of us has learned how to tune out of the main 3D 'reality' show, and shift into the alternative 4D-on-demand networks - at least long enough to get a second, third, fourth, etc, opinion that the 3D universe was itself built on shaky foundations and the edicts and rules of a few, very manipulative 'experts'. This awareness, in itself, is the very reason the 3D world is quaking before our very eyes. And those master puppeteers - the old presidents, priests, prefects and prime ministers (and their minions)- are losing their grip on the controlling strings of the old order of 'reality show'.

The current progression of (at least) those two planets (CH/UR) into new signs augurs a shift of our entire value system almost immediately into the 4th dimension (present tense). This could (at least initially) bring phenomenal upset and discomfort to all of us, since nothing is so painful to the human condition as great and sudden changes to even a corrupt system. It's obvious though that where the exploitation was happening in a 3D sense, it has followed onto the 4D plane. These total 'controllers' are becoming more and more nervous about coming undone, and they might try to tighten the reigns over the next few months, as SATURN approaches PLUTO at the end of Capricorn.

As CHIRON shifts into Aries, something starts to motivate us to be ever more assertive, ever more combative about how we defend our individual competency around others. We will see this shift immediately, since the uptake on Chiron is invigorated/accelerated by his sustained semi-sextile (30°) to URANUS, who in the next fortnight will get exceedingly feisty as MARS meets him at the final degree of Aries.

Leading into this, we have a NEW MOON looming at 15°♒45' (AQUARIUS) this Monday, February 04, 2019, 21:04 UTC. After those powerful eclipses, where we looked closely at the shamefully self-centered conduct of our 'leaders' - the patriarchy, government, even our own flailing 'parenting' efforts, it is time to start looking at where all this is going with regard to constructing a viable picture of the future:

It's time to look around. Watch, listen, observe…

You, or someone significant in your life (an authority) may be currently formulating a vision about how the future might look. What needs to be done, what’s not being done, what could improve, and what is patently irredeemable in our realistic vision for tomorrow has to be looked at. Changes must be made to proceed and progress.

Maybe the vision is for a better, brighter, more harmonious world, where everyone is living peacefully, working together co-operatively. Or maybe it’s a bleak outlook - a vision of everything that could go wrong… especially given the negative, dark state of affairs people seem 'trapped' in.

Whatever the picture, the human spirit is invigorated by a divine quest to continuously reform and improve one's world somehow. Stars in the Aquarius constellation are blessing us with the impetus to remain hopeful that there is a reasonable solution to whatever problem, and to be assured that we are all working together to innovatively bring about change and reform.

Whatever your vision for tomorrow – whether it’s a utopian dream or dystopian nightmare – this “picture the future” business is a distinctly Aquarian process. Being of fixed/air, Aquarius generates a rigidly-defined mental projection of how society might look for you. This ‘future vision’ is generally drawn using an abstract mathematical/scientific process, a projection of given statistics and trends, blended with a degree of innovative thinking and intuitive know-how.

Whatever the forecast may be - and it is merely a forecast; whether we're fostering hope or utter despair about what's coming our way - the aquarian side of our mind is constantly calculating our chances for a better social existence in a possible future. It's the same impulse that has us checking the weather report, or rushing off to our favourite stock broker, astrologer or fortune teller.

On the New Moon in Aquarius, both conscious (mind) and unconscious (body) combine together to re-calibrate what tomorrow may look like.

At this moment, millions of individuals are looking around, wondering on what grounds they may share a future with one another. Do we share a hopeful vision of a happily co-existing humanity, where we plant endless orchards and gardens, blaze trails throughout the mountains and across the deserts, harness the power of the Sun and irrigate our deserts till there's free energy and lush, bountiful fruits for all? Where there are no more divisive walls or empires or kingdoms? Or is the process of making a "better world" just a euphemism - another name for the cold and cruel path history will take - just a dreadfully dynamic, tumultuously agonising struggle, a heartless and unfeeling process that knows no end for humanity?

A Semisextile to Saturn calls for caution; to look over the situation carefully before getting too excited, learn from past mistakes, don't jump the gun, pace ourselves. The Semisextile to Neptune summons the use of our finest senses and sensitivities, attunes our hunches to highest ideals but factors in empathy towards those who may not necessarily connect with our vision. This forms a very sober-minded midpoint picture, one that errs more towards an existential sadness than one of overrun excitement. A universal pull to withdraw is blending into the intention, and for good reason. It is in our detachment and aloneness that we find strength and integrity of spirit.

Even an applying sextile to Jupiter in Sadge lends more of a learned, 'academic wisdom' rather than his usual unbridled optimism - mostly because Jupiter himself has been recently 'gassed' by the squaring cloud of Neptune confusionism.

It is time to seriously pull ourselves back to centre. Look around at the different future landscapes. Somewhere in the vista for tomorrow is your next step. Meditate deeply before taking it.

Blessings, and wishing you an amazing New Moon xx
~ Ang "

[onawah]

Virgo Supermoon - The End of the Age of Suffering and Illusion
2/17/19
https://mailchi.mp/66d86a9243a6/virgo-supermoon-the-end-of-the-age-of-suffering-and-illusion?e=7ebaa1ba6b

"Greetings fellow travellers,

We are at a monumental pivot point in human history. Much has changed in our society since outliers Chiron and Uranus shifted signs back in early 2011. They are about to do this again, within weeks of one another.

Whilst it may be argued that many advances, both technological and sociological have exponentially expedited our ability to share information and knowledge, providing us greater freedoms to express our opinions and beliefs with one another, the human spirit has struggled to keep up, let alone integrate these advances into our existing moral, ethical and ideological doctrines. Old laws, religions and bylines have failed to foresee the ravages that the past 7-8 years of technological change might bring upon our world. Rather than improving our intercohesiveness as a people, we now stand more divided among ourselves, more polarised and in fundamental disagreement on who is 'right' and how things 'should' be. 'Revolution' seems more likely than 'evolution'. Our societies did not become so farcical, misguided and fragmented overnight.

Our education system (from the age of infancy to its tertiary end) has proven to be nothing but an indoctrination system to breed unhappy little worker robots. Here, at the dawn of the age of Artificial Intelligence and widespread automation, we find ourselves as nothing more than the patently defunct product of a governmental device that has done nothing more but enslave us into debt, and left us forlorn for viable jobs and satisfying career options to live an affordable, let-alone a contented life. Meanwhile, the current system promises nothing but more degenerative, dictatorial-style governments.

Along with our favourite mega-corporations, our old governments have used an all-pervasive media as their own instrument of surveillance and propaganda, spying on our privacy and attempting to mold our minds on what to buy and who to vote for, manipulating us into conforming to the ideas, opinions, habits and tastes contrived by those in supreme power. Orwell could not possibly have dreamed how much more control the corporate fascists would seize once the internet and social media proliferated around the world.

Combining the all-pervasive monitoring power of the world-wide-web mobile-technology with the spurious underhanded tactics of Google, Facebook and Twitter and Amazon, the internet has helped to build a networked supply chain for a very comprehensive human consumerist farm. As we are about to exit this 8-year phase, we start to see through the mind games and manipulation, ready to question the intentions of patriarchal institutions - the State, Corporations and Banks, and of course, the Church...

So, what else to report here other than the happy news that we are currently in the final throes of a tremendous sociological landslide?

Well, it's not news really. You've all been following the reports here - some of you for years, so you know that that the proverbial mud has been sliding for some time now, ever so subtly. The critical events of the past 8 years, as seen live on your Reality TV planet have left us all currently on edge. From an astrological perspective, the cosmic harbingers of "as above" have faithfully been mirroring what's going on "down below."... Like clockwork, actually.

If you get the sense that 'something big' is about to go down, then you're not alone. As your faithful astrologer, I can verify that the cosmic timekeepers are in totally in alignment:

While the looming ingresses of the two wild-cards - maverick Chiron (Feb18) and upstart Uranus (Mar06) is enough to get us all excited, we must be reminded that we are still slogging through the thick mire of a 4-year Uranus/Neptune semisquare - a gobbledigook of nuanced nonsense, mixed in with some rare, yet truly prodigious insights, from which it's nearly impossible to distinguish just who/what is true and what is just misinformation, speculation or hype.

Meanwhile, Saturn horns closer into Pluto where (in the first phase) by May 2019, the two will come within just a couple of degrees of their conjunction, numbingly scraping all humanity along the bitter deadwood at the bottom of the Capricorn South Node.

Of course, there is a grand purpose to all this cosmic alchemy, even if the auspices of cataclysmic change seem (to many) a bit dark and gloomy. Let us not fear, but accept that what is going on is always for the greater purpose. These mega-transits are all indicators of the phenomenal socio-economic mudslide that must happen, and for those of you still not aware that there are some serious cracks in our patently defunct social structure, you are soon about to see some serious muck oozing through, up-close-and-personal, at a crack near you.

Forgive me if I sound a tad melodramatic here, but being in the same boat as you, I feel it is my solemn duty and responsibility to be true, and at least a little (if not endlessly) entertained by the madcap antics going on around me. I find the pollyannic cries of those trying to convince me that "everything is fine out there" most amusing. The outright denial and ignorance that our current dysfunctional culture has lead us all to a state of soaring suicide rates, narcotic overdoses, depression, and the toxic fomentation of sad, mentally unstable folks who, ever more frequently, are launching into random shooting rampages. We can no longer blame "terrorism" or "foreigners" for what's happening. Soon, we can only blame ourselves.

To those who doubt that the source of the problem is closer and closer to home, I say, turn on your 24/7 news cycle and tell me that your world has not gone spiralling down the proverbial rabbit hole...

At a much more individual level, our deluded egos continue to fool us into thinking that the madness of this world is actually a normal state of affairs. The ongoing avalanche of media absurdity and madness, which fully intensified when Uranus first hit Neptune around Aug 2016, has been so consistent that by now it is of no surprise that the madness is at the point of hypernormalisation. When nothing - no matter how absurd - can shock us any more, or on the other extreme, we seem so sensitive to everything we hear we are literally allergic to the 21st century, then we have reached the point of soul-dissociation.

Yes, many of us are almost bereft of any semblance of what 'sensibility' and 'balance' even means any more. Day after day we try to carry on with a smile, yet underneath - at our core belief level - we are living lives of quiet desperation.

Despite all evidence that our world is slowly spinning out of all control and the maddening crowds are desperately 'losing their minds' in the folly of financial markets, housing bubbles, pseudo-politics, social justice debates, and social media, the degree of normalcy bias among the masses is at fever pitch now, and meanwhile, we as intelligent being try to convince ourselves (and one another) that somehow everything will be alright.

But it isn't. And it won't be. Not the way it's going. Something is wrong here and for it to change, we must each dare to try something different. Go a new way.

As the Aquarian Sun now shifts into Pisces - the last signpost before the crucial March Equinox - the distortion of solar light variegates and intensifies beyond normal recognition. To the objective eye, one might observe that in today's age, the opiate of the masses is no longer just religion, but literally opiates and antidepressants, sprinkled with a smattering of lies, propaganda, misinformation, and technological distractions. All this, carefully administered to you via your little black mirror by an invisible 'governing force', working to visuade™ the masses into a euphemistic version of a story, aimed to appeal to your nationalistic pride, border control hysteria, fear about scarcity of resources, all the while offering nonsensically anachronistic solutions to a fictional foreign 'invasion' or very real unemployment pandemic.

Here, we get an ominous sense that if the slumbering populace were to suddenly wake up en masse and realise how they are being manipulated, oppressed, and corralled like cattle into a corporate consumerist slaughterhouse, then revolution would surely sweep the planet. Instead, even the most awakened and intelligent people are being gaslighted into madness by an overwhelming plague of cognitive dissonance.
Yes, that's right - this hyperhypnosis and spiritual bypass adopted by the vast swath of the population actually sees evidence of our decline as a new state of 'normal'. Here, among this relentless illusion of scarcity, propagated into our culture as a 'Fear Of Missing Out' (FOMO) by means of unnecessary debt, systematic corruption of government, finance, and the media, has created a society of mentally stressed and depressed little zombies - a residual drone of living-dead beings. The mass of us is 'governed' by a hidden Plutocratic elite, driven to the point of certain breakdown (or extinction) since in our heart of hearts we suspect that things aren’t right, but to admit such a truth would shatter our delusions and require us to take any action.

We're good like that. We'd rather wait for someone else to step up, and then, only join in ourselves when it looks like the numbers are so great, that we may be left out. In regards to mass, Pluto will soon be conjunct the Capricorn South Node (systematic oppression of all humankind). It is creepishly subtle and deadlishly invisible, impossibly hard to identify. To take on such a force at an individual level is to face certain crushing consequences, unless you are yourself a Plutocrat - but the 'benevolent', 'philanthropic' kind.

Instead, it's easier just to ignore, go with the crowd, succumb to the pressures of reality by self-medicating with drugs, alcohol, spirituality cool-aids and become lost in the technological quagmire of social media, online shopping, gaming and Netflix. If you can't beat em, let those 'entertainments' silently club you to death...

It's true - the sad and desperate masses would rather keep injecting themselves with comforting lies than be confronted with inconvenient truths. They go along with the lies because to do otherwise might require taking some responsibility, which only spells tremendous mental and emotional discomfort.

This may sound a little brutal, but we are really at the end now. Say goodbye to the Pisces age - the 'Age of Suffering and illusion'. The Aquarius Age is about to pick up steam, and over the next seven years our planet will be transformed into a whole new technological landscape. Who know exactly how it will turn out, but the romanticism and mystic reverie of the past 2000 years must now give way to something more scientific and unilaterally progressive. Leading up to the 2019 equinox, we are poised to go out with a bang.

As Mercury has entered Pisces, an approaching conjunction to Neptune (Feb 19) just before entering his retrograde shadow elevates the faculty of fantasy and imagination up to fever pitch. The current lack of clarity and self-delusion is a mere sample of what we can expect over the next few weeks. As Mercury turns retrograde (Mar 05) only to station on Neptune again in late March, April, we will see much more gaslighting and we will question even our own sanity.

It then behooves us to stay ultra mindful of the svengalis, the charlatans, those bare-faced liars with the shiny gold tooth, the deluded fools and the bad actors who, in amongst the sacred mystics and the true solution-makers, are trying to pervert the truth by filtering the clarity of light.

As individuals, we can refuse to play along with the dark ideology perpetuated by the Deep State and their cohorts in the media, world banking, academia and corporate board rooms. We must also choose to remove ourselves from the pathology of lies, delusions, and denial being subscribed to and regurgitated by the general, mind-deluded populace.

The Virgo Supermoon is a brilliant chance to see this mess up closely. Time to have a look at where you have bought into the magic and witchcraft of others and how best to step up with a supernatural clean-up plan all of your very own.


Blessings, and have an amazing Supermoon xx"
~ Ang

[onawah]

SUPERMOON at 00°42′ VIRGO: Tuesday, Feb 19 2019, 15:54 UTC
https://angstoic.com/2019/02/supermoon-at-0042-virgo-tuesday-feb-19-2019-1554-utc/

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"This year’s largest Supermoon (Feb 19th) makes up for the fact that last year, in 2018, the month of February produced no full moon at all. Culminating only half a degree from Regulus – the brightest star in the constellation of Leo, this full moon promises to put on quite a glimmering spectacle itself – given that only last month we were treated to the beautiful, but very ominous Blood Moon.

So much critical activity is happening in the planetary skies at this moment that nobody is going to question that we are on the verge of big, ominous changes. I’ve written about some of these in this month’s free newsletter, and discussed at length some of the key changes in our latest cosmic bus episode. I will try to keep this article relevant only to the themes of the Virgo Full Moon:

Supermoons are closer to earth due to the Moon’s relative nearness to Earth. This second Supermoon in a series of 3 consecutive Full Moons counts as the most “super” due to its perigee – Luna’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit, appearing 15% brighter and this close proximity to our planet places inordinate pressure which traditional astrology claims to have an effect on swelling tidal patterns, unusual storm activity, earthquakes, volcanoes and other terrestrial anomalies. Whilst I usually focus only on the humanistic aspects of the lunation, one must be mindful that every manifestation in the physical world is also a mirroring or correlates to the metaphysical, emotional, or spiritual.

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At the more personal level, the Moon governs over our emotions, so we can expect a certain restlessness & anxiety in the exciting days leading up to this lunation. As usual, the culmination of any synodic lunar cycle (Moon opposite Sun) augurs the very end of something very significant in our lives. Whilst the Pisces Sun seeks to feel a sense of unity with the greater universe – a desire to let go of his ego and dissolve into the universal flow, the instinctive Virgo Moon sees this as something entirely impractical. The bipolar challenge here will be how to best lead a full life – one which contributes to the individual soul, and to society and world at large. Here, we strongly see the contrast between dreams and practical execution, and as such where and how we need to clean up our act to make the dream real. Main themes raised in the Virgo/Pisces polarity are between:

efficiency vs effectiveness
separation vs unification
work vs leisure
employment vs unemployment
practical duty vs karmic debt
functionality vs art
health vs illness
dedicated service vs devoted sacrifice
hard evidence vs unwavering faith
tangible vs alternative realities
Aspects to this Virgo Moon from Mars/Uranus (trine), Venus/Saturn (Sesquisquare), and an ingressing Aries Point Chiron (quincunx) indicate significant focus on getting things done, bringing them to their intuitive end, as well as learning to stay disciplined in our personal relationships and tend to healing and repair. A Mercury/Neptune conjunction in Pisces would lift us into a whole new dimension of holistic perception of the highest possible universal truth, although it is questionable too whether we are merely just drowning in a sea of illusions. The propaganda, misinformation, lies and technological distractions in our world is rife and we must now employ all our powers of instinctive discernment to stay clear about what is working and what need fixing up in our lives.

We do question whether living in such a highly efficient, mechanised, computerised and roboticised universe has taken the free-spirit and easiness out of our lives – especially if, as humans, we feel somehow supplanted into a systemic process – left to play a highly specialised role in a complex society, like a very small component of a very complex machine. This can feel spiritually confronting – soul-destroying. We are not merely disposable parts to a machine. Any one of us can feel bound to an economic routine that seems to exploit all our ‘specialist’ efforts, yet leave us somewhat fragmented and separate from our sense of ‘whole’-ness and instinctive idea of our ‘wholesomeness’.

By observing the current conflicts and crisis surfacing in our lives, this Virgo Full Moon provides a splendid opportunity to examine whether we are creating a more balanced connection with others. It is a chance to appraise our capacity to operate with confidence, clarity, vitality, ability to stay centered, and live a life of meaning and purpose.

Hence, the desire to connect to others on a spiritual level must also fulfil its functional, practical necessities. Where relationships exist merely on a neuro-robotic state, they could become exposed as emotionally dysfunctional or destructive to our spiritual or psychic freedom. Conversely, where the whole premise of the relationship is to serve some form of escapism (of any form), then ennui, apathy or spiritual bypassing expose the situation for what it really is – patently unfit to deal with its own reality.

In the midst of this Neptune in Pisces age, there’s a lot of bypassing of responsibility going on – especially by those claiming to be ‘spiritual’. Those who take on an idealised or deluded state of ‘higher-vibration’ without providing any evidence of groundedness can be seen as simply avoiding ‘reality’. We are all possibly guilty of this in some respect, since it is instinctive for humans to avoid dealing with any truth that inconveniently messes with our sensitivities and fancies. Most of us do not want to work that hard, even though we probably should (unless pressed).

Hence, the lunation is a perfect time to see where we are prone to gross imbalances. A preoccupation with efficiency becomes pedantry and unnecessary worry/anxiety. Not enough, gives rise to elements of inertia, indolence of mind and soulful inactivity.

If we can get a firm grasp on the balance between our work and leisure activities, then this lunation will serve as a decisive marker in how successfully we’ve been able to master our general mental/physical health (Virgo) and psychological/emotional well-being (Pisces).

One thing is certain, as indicated by the shifting transits of the heavier planets – you cannot just sit back and watch your world become consumed by the gulf of sadness and indifference. Find the clarity of purpose and strength to step up and diligently do your work, however challenging. The skillful application of your creative energies will help you with facing the demons of ineffectiveness head on; you can stop them from growing and taking over our world.

If you are blessed with being able to experience emotions in a very deep and intense way, then see how this gives you a very different perspective of the world. Do not become so absorbed in your feelings that you lose complete touch with the practical realities of your life. Feelings of extreme intensity can be manifested in creative ventures and projects when we can either pour our emotions into our art or elevate whatever field we have chosen into an art form.

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019"

[onawah]

Aquarius New Moon (or, "How to Change the World with One Powerful Intention")
https://mailchi.mp/66d86a9243a6/virgo-supermoon-the-end-of-the-age-of-suffering-and-illusion?e=7ebaa1ba6b
"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

I don't know about you, but for me, it's so hard not to be excited right now. These times are really edgy, no doubt, and with CHIRON shifting INTO Aries (Feb 18), then URANUS shifting OUT OF Aries into Taurus (Mar 06), these next few weeks will certainly feel like the end of a very interesting era for humanity's progress.

We are now living in highly explicit, evocative times, where many of us are rapidly awakening to the reality that we have been under the spell of some self-induced stupor, and that through the haze lies a promise that we can change the world by merely shifting our thought patterns. By just changing the way we perceive things, things change before our very eyes.

Empowering stuff, but really confronting too, since most of what we're seeing is the creepishly clever way everything has been crafted to take advantage of our most naive, good-natured, trusting souls, cajoling us from birth into submission, forcing us to relegate our own truth to the nonsense and superstitious tarradiddle being fed to us by the constructs of the exterior world.

Of course, none of what I'm saying to you would sound like some 'hippy', alternative, spiritual bypassing diatribe. I have been banging this drum for years. By now, we are seeing every day just how consistently we are being let down by the old 3D system. The physical world is not enough, and just as all its material spoils and riches offer no promise of happiness, its threats of fear, suffering and scarcity are no longer enough to keep us in line. There is a growing suspicion that the things they taught us to believe from the crib, in their schools and universities, their churches and halls of parliament, their places of employment and theatres of entertainment and war are all just spectacular special effects, designed to create a false reality system.

Out there lies a persistent drama - like a fancy puppet show being played out for us to become distracted, whilst the all-powerful, creative producers hiding behind the curtain, orchestrating all the noise and pulling all the strings, are having a grand old laugh at our seeming stupidity to swallow up all the puff and nonsense and keep paying our tickets of admission. The remarkable thing, of course, is how pliant we have become to playing along, fitting into the silly costumes and reading through the rudimentary scripts written for us by some scribes from a former century. Yet we keep buying into the show, not only because there are fewer and fewer big productions left in town, but because many of us believe that we don't have the imagination or freedom to express our creative energy in any other way.

So the reality melodrama lingers live on our little black screens, and we continue to interact with it (under the guise of some instant, on-demand, personal freedom). Meanwhile, some of us are becoming wise to the whole 'soul-distraction' routine staged for us by the exterior world.

We are learning a few things...

One thing we have come to learn over the past 7-8 years, as CHIRON transited Pisces and URANUS in Aries, is that when we feel ignored, overwhelmed or victimised, we can help ourselves by slipping away and going the road alone. By learning to say "NO" to the on-screen drama playing out before us, we are progressively becoming experts at spearheading our way into our own, personal show. Whilst this is much easier for our kids (who have less investment into the world of fear), we too are blessed with the insight and means to pull the plug on playing victim/martyr roles in someone else's 'Punch & Judy' puppet show, and building the courage to just go it alone.

Over the 7-8 years of tuning into the 'Selfie World' (♅♈) of social media, we have explored a whole new dimension of being. There we could at least post our best face and instantly share our personal thoughts among 'friends' in the worldwide online community. Of course, that too is wearing a little thin now, but at the end of its run we did at least learn how to say "NO thanks - I'm good in my own little world", with ample opportunities to practice instant detachment by switching off to things/people that are superfluous, fake and energy-consuming. So in practice, even the meekest/socially withdrawn of us has learned how to tune out of the main 3D 'reality' show, and shift into the alternative 4D-on-demand networks - at least long enough to get a second, third, fourth, etc, opinion that the 3D universe was itself built on shaky foundations and the edicts and rules of a few, very manipulative 'experts'. This awareness, in itself, is the very reason the 3D world is quaking before our very eyes. And those master puppeteers - the old presidents, priests, prefects and prime ministers (and their minions)- are losing their grip on the controlling strings of the old order of 'reality show'.

The current progression of (at least) those two planets (CH/UR) into new signs augurs a shift of our entire value system almost immediately into the 4th dimension (present tense). This could (at least initially) bring phenomenal upset and discomfort to all of us, since nothing is so painful to the human condition as great and sudden changes to even a corrupt system. It's obvious though that where the exploitation was happening in a 3D sense, it has followed onto the 4D plane. These total 'controllers' are becoming more and more nervous about coming undone, and they might try to tighten the reigns over the next few months, as SATURN approaches PLUTO at the end of Capricorn.

As CHIRON shifts into Aries, something starts to motivate us to be ever more assertive, ever more combative about how we defend our individual competency around others. We will see this shift immediately, since the uptake on Chiron is invigorated/accelerated by his sustained semi-sextile (30°) to URANUS, who in the next fortnight will get exceedingly feisty as MARS meets him at the final degree of Aries.

Leading into this, we have a NEW MOON looming at 15°♒45' (AQUARIUS) this Monday, February 04, 2019, 21:04 UTC. After those powerful eclipses, where we looked closely at the shamefully self-centered conduct of our 'leaders' - the patriarchy, government, even our own flailing 'parenting' efforts, it is time to start looking at where all this is going with regard to constructing a viable picture of the future:

It's time to look around. Watch, listen, observe…

You, or someone significant in your life (an authority) may be currently formulating a vision about how the future might look. What needs to be done, what’s not being done, what could improve, and what is patently irredeemable in our realistic vision for tomorrow has to be looked at. Changes must be made to proceed and progress.

Maybe the vision is for a better, brighter, more harmonious world, where everyone is living peacefully, working together co-operatively. Or maybe it’s a bleak outlook - a vision of everything that could go wrong… especially given the negative, dark state of affairs people seem 'trapped' in.

Whatever the picture, the human spirit is invigorated by a divine quest to continuously reform and improve one's world somehow. Stars in the Aquarius constellation are blessing us with the impetus to remain hopeful that there is a reasonable solution to whatever problem, and to be assured that we are all working together to innovatively bring about change and reform.

Whatever your vision for tomorrow – whether it’s a utopian dream or dystopian nightmare – this “picture the future” business is a distinctly Aquarian process. Being of fixed/air, Aquarius generates a rigidly-defined mental projection of how society might look for you. This ‘future vision’ is generally drawn using an abstract mathematical/scientific process, a projection of given statistics and trends, blended with a degree of innovative thinking and intuitive know-how.

Whatever the forecast may be - and it is merely a forecast; whether we're fostering hope or utter despair about what's coming our way - the aquarian side of our mind is constantly calculating our chances for a better social existence in a possible future. It's the same impulse that has us checking the weather report, or rushing off to our favourite stock broker, astrologer or fortune teller.

On the New Moon in Aquarius, both conscious (mind) and unconscious (body) combine together to re-calibrate what tomorrow may look like.

At this moment, millions of individuals are looking around, wondering on what grounds they may share a future with one another. Do we share a hopeful vision of a happily co-existing humanity, where we plant endless orchards and gardens, blaze trails throughout the mountains and across the deserts, harness the power of the Sun and irrigate our deserts till there's free energy and lush, bountiful fruits for all? Where there are no more divisive walls or empires or kingdoms? Or is the process of making a "better world" just a euphemism - another name for the cold and cruel path history will take - just a dreadfully dynamic, tumultuously agonising struggle, a heartless and unfeeling process that knows no end for humanity?

A Semisextile to Saturn calls for caution; to look over the situation carefully before getting too excited, learn from past mistakes, don't jump the gun, pace ourselves. The Semisextile to Neptune summons the use of our finest senses and sensitivities, attunes our hunches to highest ideals but factors in empathy towards those who may not necessarily connect with our vision. This forms a very sober-minded midpoint picture, one that errs more towards an existential sadness than one of overrun excitement. A universal pull to withdraw is blending into the intention, and for good reason. It is in our detachment and aloneness that we find strength and integrity of spirit.

Even an applying sextile to Jupiter in Sadge lends more of a learned, 'academic wisdom' rather than his usual unbridled optimism - mostly because Jupiter himself has been recently 'gassed' by the squaring cloud of Neptune confusionism.

It is time to seriously pull ourselves back to centre. Look around at the different future landscapes. Somewhere in the vista for tomorrow is your next step. Meditate deeply before taking it.

Blessings, and wishing you an amazing New Moon xx
~ Ang "[/QUOTE]

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: Mar 04-10
https://angstoic.com/2019/03/the-week-ahead-mar-04-10/
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"In a week where URANUS leaves the spirited ‘Selfieland’ of Aries and finally hits the groundedness of Taurus♉, we can only anticipate certain things to suddenly switch for us particularly at the 4D (“present-tense’) level. Uranus rules the skies which are always filled with the promise of a better tomorrow through innovative change. One might imagine that through Taurus – the earthiest of signs, Uranus will traverse over a difficult terrain from which to exercise his usual revolutionary escapades and earth-shaking shenanigans.

The next 8 years might therefore promise to charge the entire planet with a whole new electrical pulse – an alternating currency by which every ‘thing‘ (♉) becomes digitally impulsed into his 4D world-wide-web – just as every ‘face‘( ♈) had done so in the past 8 years through the perfected application of sweepingly innovative social media networks.

We have entertained at some length many possible applications and permutations of how this groundbreaking planetary shift may roll out for us earthlings in our last two ‘Cosmic Bus’ webinars, as well as how these innovative changes would be ushered through and implemented into mainstream society by intermediary half-god CHIRON, now in Aries (please check those out).

We especially look forward to further exploring how these wild new phenomena will play out for us over the coming weeks/months – seeing their significant involvement through the next two Full Moons (Mar 21, Apr 19).

For now, let us look at the current transits – particularly the stationing to retrograde Mercury at 29° Pisces, the Pisces New Moon and how a trove of Neptune contacts is set to send our reality spinning through the rinse cycle and by month’s end quite gasping to come up for air….

☿ S℞

Tue Mar 05 2019

18:17

Mercury

29°♓39′℞

Stations to Rx

Mercury


☉ ∠ ♅

Tue Mar 05 2019

20:39

Sun

14°♓59′

Semisquare

Uranus

29°♈59′

♆ ☌ Vs

Wed Mar 06 2019

01:09

Neptune

16°♓07′

Conjunction

Vesta

16°♓07′

♅ in ♉

Wed Mar 06 2019

08:36

Uranus

00°♉00′

Enters Taurus

Uranus


☽ ☌ ☉

Wed Mar 06 2019

16:05

Moon

15°♓47′

Conjunction

Sun

15°♓47′

☉ ☌ ♆

Thu Mar 07 2019

01:00

Sun

16°♓10′

Conjunction

Neptune

16°♓10′

☿ ∠ ♂

Thu Mar 07 2019

18:19

Mercury

29°♓21′℞

Semisquare

Mars

14°♉21′

☉ ☌ Vs

Thu Mar 07 2019

22:11

Sun

17°♓03′

Conjunction

Vesta

17°♓03′

♀ ∠ ♃

Fri Mar 08 2019

03:16

Venus

07°♒38′

Semisquare

Jupiter

22°♐38′

☉ ∗ ♄

Sat Mar 09 2019

07:11

Sun

18°♓25′

Sextile

Saturn

18°♑25′

♂ ∠ Ch

Sun Mar 10 2019

09:50

Mars

16°♉07′

Semisquare

Chiron

01°♈07′

♂ ∗ ♆

Sun Mar 10 2019

16:21

Mars

16°♉18′

Sextile

Neptune


When observing the events of the past 2-3 weeks, we may see that our ‘reality’ – or rather, is it our “subjective interpretation of truth”(?), has seemed to take on weird, abstract dimensions – particularly since Mercury first passed through a conjunction to Neptune (Feb 19).

Tricksters and hoaxters, conmen and charlatans, dreamers and weavers of divine magic are now in procession – not to deceive you but to present you with a quandaried presentation of the ULTIMATE TRUTH – and it is your own mind that must determine just how you might wish to hear it… (or not).

Whether you want to believe them (or not) – and let’s face it – things being how they are, what, with people being ultra-hyper-sensitive these days – ‘belief’ and ‘moral truth’ really are a tenuous, strenuous, implausibly disingenuous matter for us to broach without reprisal or reproach…

Naturally, we don’t wish to hurt one another with our ‘truthbombs’, nor do we want to break our own sacred codes of honesty and lie: not to ourselves and certainly not to others. Yet it isn’t hard to see just how attached some people are subscribed to certain fantasies and ideations of their higher mind.

We notice that they hold an almost fanatical devotion to their faith, their squeamish inability to argue logically threatens to veer beyond the mundane waterways of politeness and euphemism, rather steering them into the troublesome oceans of confusion and self-delusion, where lurks the treacherous shipwreck of disappointment and heartache.

I see this all the time in my work, and it is a genuinely difficult position to experience someone entangled in the mire of their own wishful thinking and certainly in denial of obvious facts. Sometimes it’s hard to warn even a loved one who is drowning in the pool of an impossible situation due to their sensitivity and dissonance from hearing the abrasive consequences of their lot.

Often we may hear others calling out for help, but things seem mired by the sea of lies, pretensions and fanciful notions caught between us. It is extremely difficult to help someone going through Neptunian crisis, since the lines of communication are often warped by an inability to be clear and present in the same reality as ours. But then, who are we to judge what’s real? In a heavily Neptunified field (as is this March 2019) it seems everyone is swirling in the thick and dreamy soup of altered states, heightened visions and psychic sensations.

Are we aspiring to believe in an “ultimate truth” – a universal objective -because it seems to be the “only clear way forward” or – in a more subjective sense – are we damned to be harangued and pestered by a world that simply doesn’t get “our truth”?


With Neptune currently being bombarded by a myriad of transits, we may ask why people cannot see the unifying vision. And we may ask: why is it it that people just continue to lie?

The entire history of humankind is strewn with crafty, seasoned liars, many accomplished criminals – like the politicians and corporate masterminds who spin convenient lies and weave masterfully wholesale deceptions in order to gain unjust rewards over others.

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Some lie to accrue or hold on to power, like the unscrupulously ambitious Richard Nixon and the whole Watergate scandal. Others lie to inflate their image, like Donald Trump’s continued false assertions, from the self-aggrandising tale of an inauguration crowd being ‘the largest in history” to the sordid dealings, failed diplomacy efforts and shamelessly selfish affairs being re-interpreted (via his Twitter) to suit his prefered narrative of ‘continued resounding success’ (he’s not the only liar of this kind).

Others may lie to cover up bad behaviour, like the paedophile catholic archbishop who was recently convicted in Australia for historical abuses, still in denial. Some lie to promote themselves, as in the Jussie Smollett case – an artist who played out a fake scenario in hopes to earn greater social sympathy and clout, a ploy which he planned to use as a bargaining tool to garner himself a pay rise.


Some lie just for the fun of it, to entertain themselves or others, whilst some just white-lie to be social or polite, for altruistic means, so as to not hurt other people’s feelings. And some… well they just lie pathologically because on any level they cannot seem to distinguish truth from fiction. Just as they unknowingly suffer from some sort of truth-impairment syndrome, they cannot imagine how much pain their lying brings to others around them.

We all lie to some extent. Whether our intentions are malicious or simply naive – misrepresenting truths creates such a wave of confusion and chaos that even when exposed and proven in a court of law, the tendency of many would still tend towards remaining lost in the romance of their sweet delusion than come clean. It isn’t just a case of ego defensiveness. There are those who simply refuse to disbelieve false claims. So sold are they to the denial of reality that they seem hopelessly beyond help. They must be interred into institutions like asylums or prisons for their sinister beliefs or influences are too undermining to the mental and emotional being of the greater society.

During times like these (*Neptune will be squared by Jupiter for most of 2019), where the legal/ethical/clinical process itself seems under threat of becoming swamped by an entire mudslide of ambiguity and doubt, it may seem nearly impossible to convince anyone that they’ve been duped. To certain eyes, they may sense a slippery descent into the pits of certain disillusionment or despair, especially once the magic serum wears off. (eg. see “climate change’).

In Wednesday’s Pisces New Moon (Mar 6), the conjunction to Neptune makes the dive into one’s ideal universe rather a deep and immersively rich experience. If one can avoid the perils of becoming lost in fantasy or escapist reverie, this can become the beginning of a glorious year of letting go of the last bits of self-delusions and pretensions. However, the emotional sensitivity and vulnerability to the opinions and intentions of others, especially due to an impressionable, sympathetic psychic empathy, may leave us prone to all kinds of social and spiritual abrasions, gossipy scandals and misunderstandings.

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A triple conjunction, involving the asteroid Vesta (goddess of the hearth) means that in our intention, devotion to our dream becomes so sacred that we may take any criticism or judgement as a harsh, sacrilegious affront.

Also, the midpoint from the Mars/Saturn earth-trine would generally promise to provide some grounding here, however, what is more likely in this über-touchy climate is that any pent up hostility or frustration could have a draining influence, weakening the spirit with unusually inexplicable and debilitating moods. The urge to do something ‘practical and real’ must be held in perspective. During this highly transitional time, it may seem that the exterior world will be reluctant to support and bolster even what might seem to us like the best way forward.

Why?

This ‘inability to get the buy-in from others’ particularly our patriarchs and leaders can feel tortuous and cruel. This is mostly due to the phenomenon that, as Saturn and Pluto (hard labour; cruelty) combine at the South Node. The old structure – the guard that once kept society together by secrecy and force is itself falling apart.

This ‘reality’ itself becomes another point of contention and denial, and many – especially those who are heavily invested in the fairy-tale of patriarchal (old-father-types) rule – may find it impossible to drop their delusion that the gig is nearly up. They will fight to dismiss and denigrate any alternatives now postulated to their crumbling old-world order as a naive, gullible, stupid, green, socialist, utopian, etc. approach that can simply not work, given the ‘physics’/’maths’/’economic rationale’ or idealism of its nature.

Both sides are most probably ‘right and wrong’ simultaneously, and this itself is significant too. The lesson here is that any dream that one may cherish cannot possibly work unless it is in total alignment – not only with the dreams of everyone, but with that of the cosmos itself. For ‘Our Dream” to become truly realised here on earth, it must be in holy alliance to “The Dream” that this beautiful blue planet always held for humankind, and all other species – one of cohesion, co-operation, compassion and synergy with the cosmic forces.

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Any other vision, blessed with any degree of selfishness or egotistical design comes off as a rather contrived, disrespectful, even belligerent attempt to satisfy one’s fantasies and tendencies to escape into a self-indulgent virtual reality. Whilst that may be nice to the escape artist, it sucks for all those trying to tune in and be inspired by what they have to share.

This New Moon is about making an intention to dive deep within and make the dream real in one’s inner being first. Whilst it can feel messy, this is the main priority over the next 12 months – a difficult transitional year (of the next 3-4), where humanity must make some serious agreements about how it will align its own resonant frequency to the higher vibrational field currently resonating through this planet’s light, earth, winds and seas. Any discord will present to us as major storms.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx "

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: March 18-24
"Greetings fellow travellers,
We are approaching Equinox, and as we see, the global effects of the Saturn/Pluto conjunction at the Capricorn S.Node are starting to take real effect across the planet. Pervasive attitudes of self-righteousness, particularly of governments and corporations, where the actions of others are more often condemned than condoned, are pressuring many to keep to themselves rather than to act responsibly and demonstrate courage and leadership.

Instead of stepping up to affect changes sorely needed in the world, people instead just shrink into their private dominions, secretly casting judgements upon others according to the sociopolitically-devised boxed-in systems of the 3D world.

We said that this moment would come. That the world would one day diverge into two distinct levels of consciousness, where those stuck in the highly opinionated mindset of the conditional world would take such strong resistance to ever taking advice that might personally benefit them that it would create a toxic, malignant decay of society and nature.

Those who still believe that their personal life is strictly their own business; who choose, brick by brick to build great walls around themselves and anything which relates directly to them are making it impossible for anyone to try to break in and warn of the dire consequences at hand. Some are already seen to only add more bricks to their walls, even at the slightest provocation or personal criticism. The world of absolute materialism has created a monster, a cold opportunist who positions himself wherever there is a profit to be made, and cares little about what he destroys and the lives he affects.

The grievous events recently in Christchurch, New Zealand are a typical example of the dementia that is fomenting among humans. We see up close the rising extremism that is acted out and proliferated across the world on our ubiquitous media devices, where millions are fed a live stream of the darkest aspects of the repressed human mind, so sick with hatred and so filled with rage that he must broadcast his disease to infect the entire collective. This is bound to make massive ripples of limitation and control upon the free expression of every individual.

Pluto's exact conjunction to the S.Node is now less than two weeks away. We shudder to think that the cold and calculating manner employed by those who are in power so that nobody can challenge their weakness is going to be used to their own advantage. They will exploit every resource, every instrument and loophole in the current laws, finding ways to screw over everything that challenges them in order to build their walls higher and isolate their business from all those who dare to question and criticise them.

This is the reality.

The crusade comes only when individuals can rise and teach those stuck behind their walls how to somehow give back the nourishment as easily as they forcibly extract it from us. It is not until the monsters of the 3D world experience some serious personal or family burdens of their own that they may ever come to know the emotional needs of others. We can only hope that through personal suffering of their own, their rigid attitudes may fall away, brick by brick.

The Sun/Chiron conjunction at the Aries Point, meeting the Full Moon promises new healing light in helping hardened individuals to relate their emotions more honestly.

It may take time, but until those in maniacal control learn how to see the error of their corrupt ways, things will continue to deteriorate. It is not until they can sense some contrition, apologise sincerely for their indiscretions and cease to exploit the kindness and generosity of others for their own selfish gain that all of this depression, fear and worry can finally fall away.

Meanwhile, in the 4th dimensional field of consciousness - the world of present tense - the revolutionaries and leaders of this world are already able to tap in and channel light-energy into real solutions. They are stepping up to present real choices as alternative to the ultimate collapse of the boxed-in world of barriers and walls. This is the world where you are invited to dance along with the cosmic symphony of now. The world needs leaders who are able to assert themselves in ways which are profound, inventive and brave."

https://angstoic.com/2019/03/the-week-ahead-march-18-24/

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"One thing is certain: Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. Notwithstanding the infinitesimal percentage of our population with blurred gender and sexuality identity issues during this great Neptune in Pisces Age, most of us identify with these basic archetypal differences, both socially and biologically. We may be equal, but by no means the same.

Venus is primarily interested in developing relationships, complementary pairing, peace and harmony. Mars is primarily interested in asserting the individual ego onto its environment, impressing a definite claim on the things it assumes as an extension of the self, defending its competency, prowess and viability in the ‘race’, and in using whatever force necessary to maintain its separateness as an entity. These are the basic premises which ensure the survival and ongoing natural selection of our species.

By this standard, it would be fair to simplify and say: Men are into things while women are into people. It would also seem fair to postulate that the great imbalance that is occuring in our highly populated world today is due to the fact that our preoccupation with things: possessions, money, status, differences and permutations of choices on materials which we ‘believe’ are running scarce is creating an unhealthy atmosphere of competition, strife and unnecessary squabbling amongst humanity and its ‘stuff’. Venus might very well look at Mars these days and question: “Why can’t we all just get along?”

Indeed, it seems that our largely male-dominant survival-systems (government, corporations, religions, schools, parentings etc) have proliferated a culture of resource-scarcity and people-neglect. We are a planet so possessed with trying to get one over on the next fellow that we are now at a point of malignant discord.

This is the fundamental struggle today, seen so obtusely with the Venus/Mars square of this week. Socially aware VENUS in Aquarius desires to see progress and reform around her. Something has to change about the way we’re relating: the way things are between us (as people) is simply not fair and equitable enough and though she has kept a somewhat detached attitude thus far, her passivity is soon about to reach its limits.

Conservative MARS in Taurus will fight to keep things as they are. He gets defensive when his old, established views and methods of managing things are being challenged. He does not like change, ignoring what others want, deeming them idiots if they do not agree with what he values. He is quite prepared to bully and shut out anyone who threatens to cross him, especially if they hold views on matters which are different to his own, cherished ways.

A serious fight is looming. The exact square between VE/MA falls only hours after the EQUINOX (Mar 21). Both Venus and Mars are key players (as rulers of the Libra Moon (Venus) and Aries Sun (Mars). Both hold critical allies in this struggle. Venus in in sextile to truth-seeking Jupiter, while Mars forms trines to hard-nosed Saturn/Pluto. Both will exhaust every ounce of powder they have to muster in their egotistical battle to uphold their way. Being both fixed, flexibility is not an option.

Much may break in this monumental scuffle, and after all the tears and devastation, somehow, they will have to work it out. After all, they cannot live without each other.

Another thing that is emerging with the Saturn/Pluto in near conjunction is that we do not understand what we do not know, and in our willfully trained ignorance we push things further into the shadows because many things seem too ugly or difficult to deal with. Our culture thrives on banishing things like sex, power, ambition, money (things – ♂) into the realms of the mighty, the mysterious and the taboo. We are afraid to deal with them because they are deemed too personal and complex to confront with any degree of real transparency. So we are told to bury them away, told not go there and not ask questions as it presents a threat or an affront. There, they remain repressed and unchecked, where they foment in ways that develop in sheer aberration of our nature, erupting into conspiracy, crime, violence and abuse. For the most part, we not only allow those in power to stay unaccountable, but in some sense we glorify the success of those who can prove their dominance, both over people and things.

The instruments of oppression are well in place…

Here are the main transits for this week:

☿ ∗ ♂

Mon Mar 18 2019

03:24

Mercury

21°♓17′℞

Sextile

Mars

21°♉17′

♂ △ ♇

Wed Mar 20 2019

11:35

Mars

22°♉51′

Trine

Pluto

22°♑51′

☿ ∗ ♄

Wed Mar 20 2019

14:27

Mercury

19°♓13′℞

Sextile

Saturn

19°♑13′

☉ in ♈

Wed Mar 20 2019

21:59

Sun

00°♈00′

VERNAL

EQUINOX


☽ ☍ ☉

Thu Mar 21 2019

01:43

Moon

00°♎09′

Opposition

Sun

00°♈09′

♀ □ ♂

Thu Mar 21 2019

08:08

Venus

23°♒25′

Square

Mars

23°♉25′

♀ ∗ ♃

Thu Mar 21 2019

14:17

Venus

23°♒43′

Sextile

Jupiter

23°♐43′

♂ ⊼ ♃

Thu Mar 21 2019

19:44

Mars

23°♉44′

Quincunx

Jupiter

23°♐44′

♀ ⊼ ☊

Fri Mar 22 2019

01:31

Venus

24°♒17′

Quincunx

Node

24°♋17′

☉ ☌ Ch

Fri Mar 22 2019

18:38

Sun

01°♈51′

Conjunction

Chiron

01°♈51′

♂ ∗ ☊

Fri Mar 22 2019

19:54

Mars

24°♉24′

Sextile

Node

24°♋24′

☿ ☌ ♆

Sun Mar 24 2019

17:28

Mercury

16°♓50′℞

Conjunction

Neptune

16°♓50′

♃ ⊼ ☊

Sun Mar 24 2019

19:18

Jupiter

23°♐54′

Quincunx

Node

23°♋54′

The phenomenal Supermoon, which peaks precisely at the Equinox (Mar 21), brings all this to a head this week, and marks a distinct turning point in the history of contemporary culture. Full Moons usually have the inimitable effect of dragging all our hidden crap out into the fore, let it be visible under the fullest light. And with SATURN/PLUTO at the S.Node, boy, do we have some crap…

…I mean all of us.

All of us carry the energies of Venus and Mars in our lower ego. All of us wish to maintain our survival. All of us understand the importance of maintaining some affiliation to our people, as well as managing the supply and maintenance of things we need in order to sustain our unique identity and security. Yet in this compartmentalised world, where we are groomed and shaped to play definite biologically and sociologically stereotypical roles, we have assigned the duty of maintaining a healthy balance to those “authorities” in charge of the big systems (presidents, CEO’s, teachers, ministers, etc). Who are these ‘people’, and why do they hold such power? Under the cloak of secrecy, lies, distortions and cover-ups anything goes. What we are witnessing, more and more, is that the results of their esteemed positions are producing ever more extreme aberrations in our world, ever more frequently and ever more in need of some serious healing.

The SUN’s conjunction to CHIRON at the Aries Point comes as a sign of a great deliverance to all the nonsense and confusion. This highly intuitive source of light augurs the capacity for all humans to effortlessly cut through all the fluff and nonsense being pitched to us, and rams some shameful truths straight down the gullet of even the most hideous monster. Even the usually guileful, tactful Libra MOON cannot easily field his frightful truth-storms. She will work hard to restore things into some amicable semblance of restitution again.

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Like a double edge sword, if what we hurl at others is not done in love but in darkness, the pain will cut both ways, and in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted.

This ARIES POINT lunation is the most critical here, for it’s not just us ‘daily joes’ whose slender necks may be on the block. 00°♈00′ is the MOST PROMINENT point in the entire horoscope, so it affects the big Goliaths and global Megaliths of our times. We must all face the music. Our planet is engulfed by a great shadow – that of our repressed desire to own, possess, control and manipulate the world around us to ensure our survival. We are obsessed by our things, and have neglected our connection to people. Our value system is severely unbalanced, and great questions now surmount about how we can find a solution to prevent our imminent destruction.

As more and more light descends on this planet, our capacity to look into the dark, shady areas is also improving. Nothing is too sacred to be spared the scrutiny applied when we shine pure, white light… as we’ve been seeing. Those eminent human-diva types; those who consistently fail to lead with love but work with darkness, perversion and secrecy must surely know that the moment of judgement must be nigh.

Let us start, not just with ourselves but with each other. Let us begin to question the motives and agendas of how we manage our own people and things. If we are not placing equal importance on managing these, then we will certainly see our crises become more and more intense, uncomfortable and frustratingly dysfunctional over this next 12 months. Too much/not enough Mars leads only to anti-social behaviour, defensiveness and war. Too much/not enough Venus leads to complacency, codependency and inert states of idealism.

Balance and unified effort is needed. We have all the tools necessary to assist us in putting light on what is not working between us and healing the matter.

Stuff to think about…

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: March 25-31
https://angstoic.com/2019/03/the-week-ahead-march-25-31/
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"For those who believe the imagination is mightier than knowledge; that myth more relevant than history; that dreams outweigh facts; that light shall triumph over darkness; that laughter is the best medicine for grief; that love holds the supreme power to conquer every trouble and adversity – even death – then this (week ahead) is sure to provide you with a special moment or two.

Watch how far we can go with it…

This are the main transits for next week:

♃ ⊼ ☊

Sun Mar 24 2019

19:18

Jupiter

23°♐54′

Quincunx

Node

23°♋54′

♀ in ♓

Tue Mar 26 2019

19:44

Venus

00°♓00′

Ingressing

Pisces


♀ ∗ ♅

Wed Mar 27 2019

16:46

Venus

01°♓03′

Sextile

Uranus

01°♉03′

☽ □ ☉

Thu Mar 28 2019

04:11

Moon

07°♑12′

LAST QUARTER

Sun

07°♈12′

☿ ∠ ♅

Thu Mar 28 2019

11:44

Mercury

16°♓06′℞

Semisquare

Uranus

01°♉06′

☿ SD

Thu Mar 28 2019

13:54

Mercury

16°♓06′

Stations Direct


☿ ∠ ♅

Fri Mar 29 2019

19:45

Mercury

16°♓10′

Semisquare

Uranus

01°♉10′

♀ ∠ ♄

Sat Mar 30 2019

19:02

Venus

04°♓47′

Semisquare

Saturn

19°♑47′

♂ in ♊

Sun Mar 31 2019

06:13

Mars

00°♊00′

Ingressing

Gemini

Retrograding Mercury through Pisces, now stationing to conjunct Neptune, means the mind becomes ultra-sensitized and the boundaries of reality compromised enough so that the subtle, imaginative faculties are rareified and sublimated. What does this mean? Well, as far as the mind goes, anything goes. For at least all next week, we must observe how the aperture for our appreciation of life is widened and filtered through the rose-coloured lenses of a heightened mental receptivity.
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This slowing stations Mercury at the exact point of the last New Moon – the mid degree of Pisces. Here Mercury sustains a tight conjunction to Neptune until early April, fusing logic & fantasy into one super wonderland adventure. A semi-square to Uranus calls in the Mad Hatter, and the linear, rational mind takes a trip, opening portals for the extrasensory perception into the spiritual centre of things. Insights and inspirations that usually flow through the sensory organs reveal new colours, sounds and exciting frequencies of alternative life experience. Whilst many things may seem ideal, mystical, even surreal, this extrasensory conduit needs to be grounded and carefully integrated if we are to successfully avert a range of distortions, infections and delusions that attempt to lead us down the rabbit hole.

Mercury’s transits mean greater exposure to profound new ways of seeing the world. When the imagination becomes this stimulated, ‘reality’ can easily become twisted and warped out of proportion. Candy canes and sugar plums replace logic and maths, and problems arise when our judgments are based on mushy biases, dandy misunderstandings and goofy assumptions. With the looming scrutiny of Saturn squaring the New Moon (Apr 5) be careful what you pretend to be. While you may literally be capable of living out your fantasy, problems could arise if your behaviour betrays your deluded trust and authorities blow the whole phony racket. Inconsistencies in character reveal a great deal about us. Mostly that we are not reliable.

The exposure of all things false and fraudulent becomes frightfully obvious this week. As we have already seen at the beginning of March – at Mercury’s first encounter with Neptune – confusion, scandal, chicanery and distrust became an interesting trend topic. Disentangling rumours and lies from truths must be this week’s task. It can be epic, since many of us are lost in our imagination.

Imagination is a vital part of our natural need to live beyond our physical means. Without it life can become intensely dull, even cruel and punishing. As Lewis Carroll says “imagination is our only weapon in the war against reality.” If we feel stuck in the excruciating chastisement of Saturn/Pluto’s 3D structure, our mental channels may open to 4D (☿/♅) and 5D (☿/♆) perceptions to help us disintegrate the pressure and frustration. This adds greater depth and breadth into our lives through telepathic communication, empathy, prophetic dreams and visions.
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Accompanying transits, like the ingress of Venus into phantasmagorical Pisces, also slips us into an alluringly hypnotic lull of ‘infinite well-being and pleasure’ principles. Her tremendous capacity for compassion and selflessness is sweetly promised by the love goddess. Spiritually devoted love warms the innermost cockles of our heart. We see the best possible in others, suspending all discrimination and boundaries, leaving us vulnerable to all kinds of influences which we may not generally be open to.

Again, warnings against being ‘taken for a ride’ by those who promise too much with too little. Having your naivety ‘played like a fiddle’ can prove humiliating as soon as you awaken to the hoax. Watch how high idealizations to ‘buy into’ the glamour of people or their stuff can be a merely a mirage and can prove treacherous. If our expectations are not able to envisage the core truth – the man behind the mask – then we shall soon see where our imagination has got the better of us. Let the power of your imagination draw enough power to help you construct a world that is attainable and accessible. Let every other possibility be seen for its attempt to mislead and disappoint your reality."

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[Valerie Villars]

That's pretty interesting onawah. I had the most incredible dream last night; a reminder of the soaring mystical dreams I had before my awakening. I was soaring high, higher and the land below was beautiful with swirling mists, lights and horses. Imagination is a beautiful thing. All the horses were white.

[onawah]

Great pressure forms in and around you. You might observe that as you strive to become better than you are, everything around you becomes better, too
4/2/10
https://mailchi.mp/5ea80372ec08/great-pressure-forms-in-and-around-you-you-might-observe-that-as-you-strive-to-become-better-than-you-are-everything-around-you-becomes-better-too?e=7ebaa1ba6b
"Greetings fellow travellers,
Yes, April 2019 is here, and along with a month of confusion and utter disbelief carried over from the Neptunianisms of March, the screws begin to tighten on the signature transit which will somehow come to transform the entire of humanity over the coming 12 months. Yes, we are starting to sense the sheer pressure of Saturn's conjunction to Pluto in the ambitious, status-obsessed Capricorn. This is very much a make-or-break period, and my hope is that my years of preparing readers for this phenomenal time has somewhat aided in welcoming this period as one that will transform our souls and help us to rise out of the attachment of our toxic past.

Among many epithets, I call the Saturn/Pluto effect "The Bonecrusher" due to its ability to grind the ego down to a fine powder, gradually pressing us to face our shadow and purge ourselves from the mortal sin and impurity of temptation with fame, money and material security. As indicated by this ominous planetary conjunction, there is applied force upon all our 3D physical-constraints and worldly attachments, to the point where there is nothing left to hang on but an emerging connection to a new spiritual reality.

This is a slow, arduous process which has already begun, to be felt most strongly over the next 5-6 weeks, as Saturn slowly halts within 2°37' to Pluto (May 6), commencing the great alchemical miracle that will disintegrate our grip on materialistic order and control, forcing us to let go of the prevailing social structure that keeps us in line and rebirthing a whole new world order.

Naturally, the proponents and oligarchs of the old 3D world, seen in Capricorn as “the patriarchy”, are seriously positioning themselves to keep things and people into line. We can see how civil rights and freedoms are being slowly whittled away, curtailed or removed altogether. Crucial information is kept tightly under control, redacted or censored from official records, political agitators and demonstrators are being silenced or ‘removed’ from public platform, mainstream media kept tightly regulated, and the rollout of the insidiously pervasive 5G network laying down the framework for a more intrusive structure that will have access into every aspect of our private lives.

This was all launched in a month where Mercury was hovering back and forth over the haze of smokescreen filters of Neptune (and Uranus), feeding us misinformation, red flags and bizarre news that just did not make any logical sense.

As PLUTO lines up along the Capricorn SOUTH NODE, even the more awakened, spiritually attuned individual finds it hard to act responsibly. Yet, with Mars now in Gemini, there has never been a greater urgency for those who are aware of what is going on to step up and speak up.

As Jupiter also slows to turn retrograde (Apr 10), it promotes a focus on self-reliant inner wisdom and resourcefulness. An ability to tap into unique inherent skills in order to navigate through and overcome tremendous social pressures or hardships imposed under this transit. While it may feel as though you are alone with your intuitive knowledge; that all your efforts seem futile against the invisible Goliath who tries to take control over the ways of your world, you are advised to remain clear and focused in your meditative centre.

The Capricorn South Node now regresses to form a potent midpoint conjunction to Saturn/Pluto by the middle of this month (April 15). Ebertin makes no bones about this, calling it “the misery of the masses, a common suffering shared with many people together”. Though this may sound highly fatalistic, one might imagine that even those at the Polyanna-end of their spiritual quest are now stopped in their ‘kumbaya’ tracks and accepting that the ominous march of global control is ever so real.

Something big is about to go down, and with the T-square forming from outer, outer Eris, who governs over the earth’s core, even a monumental seismic shift in the earth’s magnetic poles is not out of the question. We are long due to see any improbable, yet according to the science, some highly plausible event - something that is set to bring some Eris-style ’strife and discord’ to the happenings here on earth and its mundane goings on.

Meanwhile, a NEW MOON looms for us at 15°ARIES (April 5), inspiring each of us to charge headfirst into a brave new beginning.

This lunation activates a strong, single-pointed reset into the core of every individual, urging us to take a distinctly new direction down a path never before travelled. The New Moon's applying square to Saturn poses some serious restrictions and difficulties, doubts, guilts and insecurities about going against the status quo.

This 'mind over insufferable matter' is something both body and soul (instinct and intuition) are calling us to do. The mid-Aries New Moon is a midpoint to two consecutive Full Moons in Libra - the first at the Vernal Equinox/00°ARIES/LIBRA (March 21) and the next at 29°ARIES/LIBRA (April 19) - each forming bookends to this lunation at the critical degrees. They reinforce a message that something has to end in order for us to restore peace and harmony back into our lives; we must rise up and go to war against the auspices of fear and limitation (Saturn).

By the end of the month, both Saturn and Pluto will have stationed to turn retrograde. By then, Saturn will stay conjunct or near the South Node repeatedly until September. This hardens and cracks to pieces many close bonds and associations, and as each month the Capricorn Moon swipes past this point it performs a series of occultations. Progressively the old society falls apart. Why? Because we find it hard to carry on the tired old way, and though many might feel constricted and constrained, it is only our old conceptions of reality that are falling away. Structures are, after all, man-made, and they must all ultimately give way to the test of time. What we are witnessing here is a world which stands divided and in turmoil with itself slowly falling to pieces, and we must slowly come to accept that this is a necessary part of nature's rhythms. Things that no longer work for us have to collapse if we are to make way for a reconceptualisation of a brand new tomorrow.

If you are clear on this as an aware, responsible individual, now is the perfect time to set your intention on which direction you feel most strongly called to embark, then proceed steadily, fearlessly and with some degree of caution.

Blessings, and have an amazing New Moon xx"
Ang Stoic

[what is a name?]

Thank you onawah, 2 weeks ago 3 couples from around the UK met in Barcelona, the males all Capricorns and the females all Geminis - we didn't know this beforehand. And the energy interaction started then hasn't diminished, it has started spreading roots in different directions with 'sweet spots' starting to ping - the nodes are connecting!

From above: "As PLUTO lines up along the Capricorn SOUTH NODE, even the more awakened, spiritually attuned individual finds it hard to act responsibly. Yet, with Mars now in Gemini, there has never been a greater urgency for those who are aware of what is going on to step up and speak up."

And I should say the meet up wasn't brought about by any spiritual aspect, all are involved in the supply of (illegal) medicinal cannabis in oil form throughout the UK. The metaphysical properties of which are as yet not properly understood - Power to the Flower! :flower:

And thank you for your continued dedication in bringing the Ang Stoic reports to us!

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: April 01-07
https://angstoic.com/2019/04/the-week-ahead-april-01-07/

"From one week to the next, each day during this stationing Mercury on Neptune melds dreamily into the next, opening our minds to a vast territory of undiscovered mystery, as nebulous and uncharted as the deepest oceans and the expanses of deep, outer, outer space.

This week we continue our most surreal rabbit-hole adventure, beginning with pure daydream (Pisces Moon strafing past Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Vesta), an amorphous dip into a deep hypnotic soul-dissociative slumber, an ambience inhabited by living transparencies, broken only by the wild frontier of our awakening to Friday’s Aries New Moon.

Yes, prepare to welcome the beginnings of a brazen unknown world. Beyond it, the possible opens out, immense and infinite, and calls out your name with a ticket held out, waiting for your outstretched hand to snatch it and jump aboard a most kaleidoscopic ride through April. Other beings, other folks are there too. We are all pulled together as Pluto finally crosses the South Node, dragging all of humanity down to a place we shall not ever wish to go, for the recrimination of our “sins” offers no supernaturalism, only the occult continuation of infinite torment for those who think they are indestructible and beyond death itself….

Here are the transits for this week:

♂ in ♊

Sun Mar 31 2019

06:13

Mars

00°♊00′

Ingressing

Gemini


☿ ☌ ♆

Tue Apr 02 2019

09:37

Mercury

17°♓08′

Conjunction

Neptune

17°♓08′

♀ ∠ ♇

Tue Apr 02 2019

11:43

Venus

08°♓02′

Semisquare

Pluto

23°♑02′

♇ ☍ ☊

Tue Apr 02 2019

16:31

Pluto

23°♑02′

Opposition

Node

23°♋02′

♀ Sqq ☊

Tue Apr 02 2019

19:33

Venus

08°♓25′

Sesquisquare

Node

23°♋25′

Vs in ♈

Wed Apr 03 2019

15:28

Vesta

00°♈00′

Ingressing

Aries


♂ ∗ Ch

Thu Apr 04 2019

03:38

Mars

02°♊35′

Sextile

Chiron

02°♈35′

☽ ☌ ☉

Fri Apr 05 2019

08:51

Moon

15°♈17′

Conjunction

Sun

15°♈17′

☿ ∗ ♄

Sun Apr 07 2019

09:18

Mercury

20°♓06′

Sextile

Saturn

20°♑06′

After a perpelexifying three weeks in retro, Mercury finally straightens up to go direct. Still, his conjunction to Neptune maintains a nebulous, distortive effect upon our rational minds. Fantasy and imagination brings the impossible into contact with the possible, which we may also naively think is plausible, but is most probably improbable.

As the Moon darkens, by midweek the mystical realms of the night becomes a world unto itself. Daydreams extend into nightdreams, and night, as day, reveals an entire universe of its own…

Here, the dark things of our vast, limitless imagination become our most intimate neighbours, and whether by direct communication or by a fanciful expansion into the distances of the abyss, the dreamer, not quite seeing, not quite unconscious, glimpses a strange menagerie of sea-creatures, weird apparitions and pallid ghosts, terrible iridescent glow worms, creepishly masked monsters, indistinguishable figures, 12-headed snakes, sordid confusions, suspiciously moonless moonlights, obscure reversals of mirth and miracle, peculiar growths and vanishings within a murky depth, forbidden shapes lurking in the shadows – the whole mystery which we call dreaming, which is nothing other than the approach of an invisible reality. This dark Pisces moon-dream creates the chasm of Night, where we can become completely lost, as we can lose our mind and soul.

Until…

The dark Moon enters Aries at the same time as devotional Vesta (Wednesday) and together, their conjunction to maverick Chiron (02°♈35′) initiates many early degree Cardinals into what by Friday becomes a brave preface to a whole new beginning for us: the annual reset point at the Aries New Moon.

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This lunation, bursting with an initiative to storm headfirst into places we have never dared to go before, is somewhat hampered by the austere auspices of Saturn, squaring the Aries Sun/Moon from Capricorn. With dashing elan and audacity, we assertively depart from the beaten track, at least enough to be held in check by the nagging expectations of ‘role responsibility’ and ‘keeping in line with the rules and regulations’ of Saturn’s structured 3D world. Whilst we may impetuously ignore or deny the authoritarian stance on ‘real world’ pressures in our haste to push ahead, proceeding recklessly, expressing our chagrin to being held accountable.

Aries hates Capricorn with a passion, so when the ram and goat lock horns, the fight is often hard and unrelenting. Saturn is dignified in Capricorn, but our heroic Sun, exalted in Aries, and with the moon behind him, sees this headstrong duel between those of the cloven-hooved variety sends us reeling in despair, and likely beaten and in disrepair:

Saturn on the Sun… ain’t much fun.

Meanwhile, the strange intriguing state of the world that forms at the grand cross developing between a Nodal-Axis Pluto, Eris and Pallas Athena promises intense strife and mayhem for anyone who is sleepwalking, devoid of any consciousness. What makes the ‘living dead’ so tragic is not that they are the victims of their own enslaved nature, but that they are at least a little conscious of their entrapment to their fate. The Eris/Pluto square (again Ares/Capricorn) subtly suggests that there’s no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, or all evil in the world, such as extreme politics, corporation and religion.

If we allow their influences into our civil affairs, like Eris’ golden apple, our government soon becomes destroyed. If we allow them into our common schools, they are destroyed as well. If we allow them into our daily lives, we see the strife and mayhem that ensue. Those ‘patriarchs’ who wrote our bibles and our constitutions knew this well, and judiciously used the most apt and comprehensive language to prevent such a catastrophe.

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Yet the news is grim for nation states, and we shall see why from this week forth as many seal their fate by allowing sanctimonious despots to run this world under the premise and guise of ‘responsible rulers’.

Remember, love and forgiveness, even to the ‘pork chops’ and ‘douchebags’ out there – that’s the healing key. Where there is no forgiveness and love, there’s only bitterness, resentment, anger, malice and strife, which only guarantees more pain and misery. Avoid more suffering. Regardless of what the cynics and doubters say, we cannot love without forgiving. Any genuine act of forgiveness empowers our ability to love and liberates us from the pain of wounds and traumas.

Be kind to everyone, and look forward to seeing you soon. Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: April 15-21
https://angstoic.com/2019/04/the-week-ahead-april-15-21/
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"This Friday (19th) we will, for the second time in a month, see the Aries Sun come into opposition with the Libra Moon. The first Full Moon in Libra came only moments after the Equinox (Mar 21). Full Moons are harbingers of awareness into a personal crisis, so when we are blessed with two consecutive lunations in the same sign, let us take is as a “sign” that something in a particular area needs proper attention. Invariably these ‘repetitions of theme’ occur at the critical degrees of the tropical zodiac (0° & 29°), serving as a double warning that something we’re doing unconsciously has to be faced and if not functioning to our optimal desires be either consciously changed, or it may have to end for us.

In Libra, these lunations serve as a pressing reminder to take immediate action wherever we have slipped into unconscious habits of complacency, indecision, indifference and indolence mostly because we wish to keep the ideals of peace and not create any waves. This modality of needing to stay diplomatic, avoiding confrontation, of laziness and procrastination of any decisive action has to be looked at. Something might need to change in the emotional rhythms, for it is no longer breeding a sustainable modality of support within our world.

What is is? Where are things falling over in your world due to ‘not enough action’ and where do you feel inspired to just get up and ‘do something’?

These are the main transits for this week:

♀ □ ♃

Mon Apr 15

23:16

Venus

24°♓18′

Square

Jupiter

24°♐18′℞

☿ in ♈

Wed Apr 17

06:01

Mercury

00°♈00′


☽ ☍ ☉

Fri Apr 19

11:14

Moon

29°♎07′

Opposition

Sun

29°♈07′

☿ ☌ Ch

Fri Apr 19

23:47

Mercury

03°♈28′

Conjunction

Chiron

03°♈28′

☉ in ♉

Sat Apr 20

08:56

Sun

00°♉00′


♀ in ♈

Sat Apr 20

16:11

Venus

00°♈00′


Jn in ♋

Sat Apr 20

16:43

Juno

00°♋00′


♂ ☍ Ce

Sun Apr 21

05:16

Mars

13°♊48′

Opposition

Ceres

13°♐48′℞

To the casual, conscientious observer, the past few weeks would appear like a swirling mess. Lots of confused messages and muddied mystic reveries, where Mercury and Venus were still transiting through Pisces. This was made even more diffused and delusive as these ‘inner’ planets both hovering before distant, ‘mystical sea-guru’ Neptune over the past month. Both Mercury and Venus – acolyte operatives to the Sun’s direct electromagnetic field – will step into Aries this week, adding new fuel to the heatedness that is already developing here on planet earth. Aries ruler Mars now in Gemini creates a mutual reception to Mercury, so we can see words and ideas shooting like sparks between us for the next 3-4 weeks.

Add to that Pluto’s crossing of the South Node (“the suffering of the masses”- Ebertin), and you get the compelling sense in every conversation that we have all been had, under the cloak of a dark, patriarchal shadow which is relentless in its ambition to keep the hierarchical structure top heavy with power by disempowering (or enslaving) the masses into an indentured service of debt and scrambling over scarcity. No doubt the stress and agitation we are feeling at the ground level, endemic to the system under which each of us are subscribed, is coming to a point of oppression, especially visible when Pluto rears his head near Saturn, planet of consequence.

Speaking of consequence, Saturn now also aligns himself under the regressing South Node, and, 'til September, drags out his big stick to administer a bit of old-fashioned karmic law. What does that look like? At the Capricorn South Node the collective soul is learning how to embrace and apply a more nurturing, feminine role in our lives. The transition must go from the coldness of Capricorn to the warmth of Cancer, from old to youthful and new. The world must soften up and open, not harden itself by building walls from its responsibilities and duties to society. The feminine must come through, and Saturn is here to teach us the consequences of failing to step up to our more nurturing nature and move away from socially imposed ‘traditions’ or ‘customs’. Saturn can make a really frustrating devil of himself here, pressing us into doing things we do not enjoy doing, especially among our closest contacts and relationships.
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These are the klaxon-style warning sounds and messages that we are in a state of global emergency – that our fair world is under desperate duress and ready to blow due to the neglect and disrepair (some would say abuse) by all those who seem content to just keep inflating the 3D bubble of a functioning ‘reality-illusion’ in the air, ignoring that this is not a sustainable situation, except by quantum terms.

We can see how the sand has run out of the hourglass for issues like climate change and land conservation, wealth and income inequality, dire lack of health and employment opportunities, inequitable property ownership and land sovereignty of nations.

In India (where I am currently) and Indonesia, 20% of the world’s population is currently stepping up to make a decision on who will run their country, as both enter elections this week.

Elsewhere, most countries are also in preparation. These are the common masses, as ruled, largely by this Libra Moon. They tend to unconsciously entrust their social affairs to an authoritative ‘leader’, someone who is nominated and ordained to decide what to do for the collective lot of all of us.

In a way, it’s nice. It’s easy to delegate, or forfeit our individual authority and our creative impetus to someone else – a grown-up who we trust will make direct and necessary changes to improve our world. We put a lot of faith into a system where a munificent ruler sees that we get exactly what we need. No mess, no fuss – just one decision once every four years means all we have to do is get out there – to the ballots – and cast our little vote (if we can be bothered to enroll). It’s called Democracy, and it’s nice. It ensures that at least 50% of us feel “represented” in the Big Bawana’s schemes and promises.

Not being sarcastic – it’s a pretty sweet deal, since if we don’t like what’s happening in our world, we know exactly who we can blame later: the bad ruler and all those who supported him. And the sweetest thing, of course, is that if we’ve been unhappy after that 4-year term, we get our chance to vote them out and put some other guy in charge for four years…

The bigger question then becomes: how is this system being received by Mother Nature’s natural laws and how is it in agreement of all of her children? Is daddy really looking after things at ‘home’, or is he just in it for himself and his own, exclusive kind?

With Saturn and Pluto both in retrograde, we will spend the next 4-5 months mulling over what we’re actually doing here. Who are we encouraging by subscribing to their top-down patriarchal system and how effectively is it serving society, from the castletops down to its roots?

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Jupiter, also retrograde, is squaring Neptune from Sagittarius. It’s not exactly clear whether we are divulging our genuine truth, probably because we’re still trying to figure that out for ourselves. It’s a process and we prefer either to graciously withhold and meditate our beliefs, or pollute the airwaves by boasting our righteous idealisations about whether we are able to attain a cohesive or ‘collective oneness’, even though our world is full of the hypocrisies of division. It’s a time we start to question our own faith, see how often we ourselves are not actually accomplishing some of the things we promise others. Whenever we fail to see ourselves being what we aspire to see in others, there’s evidence where we have blown off a lot of fantastical steam. Dreams can be just dreams, and whether we have what it takes to pull them off in the real world is another matter altogether.

Some of the hardest questions are now begging to be answered, and all the hidden mysteries are rising to the surface to be pondered upon. Whilst these become pressing, confronting reality and accepting responsibility seems somewhat unfavourable to being absorbed within our current ‘castle in the sky’ projection, which may feel emotionally satisfying but only time reveals whether we are capable of actually doing anything, except just dream.

The Full Moon at the final degree of cardinal sign, Libra, hits us with a thundering thud. Just two days before the Sun conjuncts Uranus it creates a lightning-storm crisis by raising awareness of our unconscious tendencies to sit and talk things over and over rather than take immediately appropriate and conscientious action. The lunation preludes what will be joltingly earth-grounding emergency, especially when in a flashing instant we are brought to see how players, leading in the fields of latest innovations and technology are taking steps to concrete their own interests and investments, and how decisions made by these authoritative entities will affect our lives. Are the masters of progress being constructive or disruptive to our physical, material world?
May you have an amazing week xx "

[DeDukshyn]

...
To the casual, conscientious observer, the past few weeks would appear like a swirling mess." ...

You don't say ... ?

(sorry to an ESL visitors for the idiom ... in this context, its an expression of slight sarcasm / facetiousness, in agreement)

[onawah]

One conscious decision to act can change everything.
4/18/19
https://mailchi.mp/a376aeb1d12f/one-conscious-decision-to-act-can-change-everything?e=7ebaa1ba6b

"Greetings fellow travellers,
On the Eve of this Full Moon, the second in succession to fall in the constellation of Libra, we are confronted by our own unconscious tendency to 'seek the peace', not create waves, maintain some harmony and equilibrium - even in the face of all these apparent storms, fires, wars and provocations which seem to be ever more frequently ravaging our 3D landscape.

As the Moon edges towards another total opposition, this time to the closing Aries Sun, we find our minds wavering over little things that apparently mean a lot. We start to feel more and more restless and uncomfortable, so that to sit in inactivity, indolence and deferral to taking immediate, decisive action develops into a troubling thorn, lodged in our side.

If you want things to just stay 'nice' and calm, yet feel something is eating away at you, then you may start to question whether all of this is going to last, carrying on the way it's going. Things on this planet have already shifted (drastically), and either you are ready to acknowledge this or you're obviously blissed into oblivious remiss... well... as they say, “Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”

We are watching much come to a certain end now. Not one but two Libra Full Moons fall in succession so rarely, each trying (in their own inimitable way) trying to tell us something has to be seen and confronted, especially since the first (on March 21) occurred precisely as the Sun was on the world axis, conjunct Chiron. This second Full Moon, now at the last degree of Libra sees the Aries Sun slowly about to contact the calamitously disruptive Uranus, now for the first time back in Taurus since 1934. Again, this follows a similar period of sustained squares to Pluto (1932-34), where rising new technologies (ie. radio) gave birth to a revolutionary new way of manipulating the collective consciousness with propagandist views of rising demagogues.

Chiling echoes of that period seem now transposed into the advanced age of supercomputers, hyper-speed connectivity and AI algorithms that can control the stem and a flow of intelligence as seen fit by an increasingly centralised system of controllers.

At Full Moon time, we generally sense the stark contrast between our conscious and unconscious self. We see it playing out within, and also see it in our outer world. We notice things, people, habits from the past come fully into conflict with an emerging new consciousness. A fundamental crisis occurs. Our instinctive, habitual nature becomes confronted by a blast of awareness, usually through encounters with those who hold some importance in our lives, or crucial incidents in which we are called to become aware of our more dormant selves, stand to attention and somehow make a decision that could determine the course of our future. Whether we step up to make any necessary changes depends largely on the degree of consciousness of our position and whether that needs to change. With Uranus involved, it isn't likely that things will stand as they are, no matter how much we have our heart set on holding back the progress.

Watch the dominoes...

Many portentous signs and messages are flooding through now. Whilst we all need some peace, liberty, harmony, balance and equanimity in our lives, this cannot stand the storms and earth tremors Uranus is currently building resources at an exponential rate there, at the start of Taurus. Any ideal state of Libra 'peace and love' cannot come without the sudden, unforeseen shock to take appropriate action, to fight and defend our position.

Reality Check: Those who feel they can maintain their peaceful state without occasionally making some unforeseen adjustments, sacrificing something they are physically attached to must know there can be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain and loss to balance things on some unknown scale. This is the (second such) warning now, as indicated by the harbingers of the double Libra Moon.

When we look around, we see all kinds of indicators that our tenuous positions here (on earth) are subject to a spell of extreme turbulence. Every conventional, traditional or established 'place' of peace seems threatened. Places of government and business, places of prayer (churches, mosques and synagogues), normative marketplaces and forums of social interaction, communication/ media/ commerce and trade, arenas of sport and entertainment etc. all seem threatened (and have been hit) by a random active force that is willfully working to shift our accustomed way of life into a whole different dimension. Something is here to tell us (without polite warnings or much consideration for our feelings) that things must change if we are to preserve our freedom to share and enjoy our ideals with others.

We are confronted with aggressive fire (Aries) every time we speak, challenged at the fundamental core of our peace & freedom-loving hearts. Everywhere is war, and either we become aroused to do something about it or we shirk and squirm into complacency.

We can see by the heavier transits (Saturn/Pluto at the South Node) that the wall-building, structure and status-obsessed elements in Capricorn that there are greater, invisible or unfathomable forces pulling to keep things into patriarchal, top heavy control. Whilst this goes against the nature of many, it seems that these forces are insurmountable. They have amassed so much power at the top of their heap; built such elaborate infrastructures for comprehensive control; such high barriers to mask and fortify their covert operations, that they seem unstoppable by any means. Certainly, "they" will not allow any individual efforts to even attempt to question their totalitarian systems of control. They - these are the 'benevolent fathers of our state' - have the power to limit, curtail, censor, redact, even completely eliminate any threat to achieving their own agenda. They can silence any critic, imprison any detractor, stall any referendum, reverse any policy and sign any executive order to ensure that their own patriarchal, "father knows best" approach always rises above that of their pliant and compliant subjects.

This is not just a "prediction" from this astrologer - even though Saturn and Pluto have not (and will not) come into exact conjunction until January 2020. All this is actually happening, and has been building up around the big hills and summits of every land for many, many months now. All this is happening right now under our very noses. Of course, those who dare not question or are too snugged-up inside their personal comfort zones may choose to ignore or dare not challenge the emboldened forces who write the rules of the 'status quo'. We may deny our higher conscience, deny our call to take action, deny even our own systemic faith and inner moral compass. But we cannot deny that those in power today are pretty much running things without checking in with anyone.

Whilst the month of March and early April brought in some dreamy waves of Neptunian magic and mysticism, it has also surreptitiously allowed our minds to slip away, escape the many tiresome pressures and responsibilities; served to alleviate the abrasive and ghastly unpleasant unrealities of the 'real world'. By the end of the month, the Sun (authority) and Mars (action) will become entirely engrossed by the soul-dissociating effects of the final Uranus/Neptune semi-square, exact on the 2nd of May.

Here, we risk drifting into a mass-induced state of cognitive dissonance. Our illusions and deceptions are not contingent on who we are or what we do. Our lying is not our fault. Our little self-deceptions and evasivenesses are a conscious choice and thus, our own problem to sort out. When we make the choice to shut out and dissociate from our responsibility to act upon those things we truly care about, then we will also (without doubt) choose to willfully ignore all other matters we feel do not concern us. When we willingly fail to respond to the impetus to see things as they are, take decisive action when we consciously experience just how fragile our position of personal power is made, then nothing can change for the better. Eventually we will be held responsible and accountable for our own dissonance, but this may not occur until we willfully forfeit all our freedoms and liberties as a collective humanity.

This is the warning here. The lies we continue to tell ourselves to keep from seeing the truth about our beloved world may not feel like lies to us at this point. They may feel comfortable, familiar, and true, especially when we repeat them like mantras, cling to them like security blankets, hoping to calm ourselves and regain our false sense that the world works the way we believe it ought to.

All self-deceptions manifest to somehow undermine our position, like the false friends we look to for comfort and protection. Whilst for a short time they may make us feel better, they can only keep the truth at bay for so long. Nor can our little euphemisms and dissociations eradicate the big, conspiratorial lies that are instilled and enforced upon us by the institutions that govern over our consciousness. As we shall see in the coming months, the longer we try to pretend they can, the more the auspices of guilt and self-reproach take over, leaving us exposed to suffering and hurt in some way. Saturn will hover over the South Node until the end of September...

We are in this together, and as humanity has done so in the past, the unconscious ones march deafly into a state of utter mass-hypnosis, falsely feeling assured that 'everything will be alright' if they just go along with the beat of society's drum and don't try and rock the boat. To think that things will magically balance themselves out if we just cocoon ourselves from the gradually increasing tightness in infrastructure and administration is the greatest folly. There are mechanisms and measures taken now that will guarantee that all independent, free speech and action becomes centralised and moderated by a singular, invisible, undeterminable and interminable force.

Do we see how the road of complacency and indifference allows this to happen? Do we see how our unconscious tendency to just let things be - so long as we are personally not disturbed or affected - only fans the flames of what will tomorrow be the raging fire that threatens to eliminate the few things we have left that are of any value in this world? Or do we knowingly accept that this must be our collective fate, that we abandon any involvement and leave it to dark karmic forces to determine the destiny of humankind and all the things we hold precious and sacred on this plane?

The 3D world is collapsing all around us. We are watching our prized relics and ruins of our past archaic structures and institutions clutching desperately to keep themselves together, knowing deep in our hearts that for those things to endure they must cede to a new system, one that surrenders their stronghold of abundance from those who have much to provide better for those who have little. Enough with the walls and towers, designed only to separate, divide, imprison and enslave the many while elevating and glorifying the few. Time to start seeing things through different eyes.

"The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
~ Nikola Tesla

Many Blessings, and have an amazing Full Moon. ~ Ang "

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD April 22-28
https://angstoic.com/2019/04/the-week-ahead-april-22-28/
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"By now we’re pretty used to life’s little surprises, living from one gasp to another. The heroes and villains of our daily lives – us and the people around us, as well as those those in the ubiquitous 24/7 news media cycle, continue to revel in constantly rewriting reality’s restrictions. We see that in every moment there’s a sensational story that will shock and awe. Even god’s climate is having a laugh, as if carousing us in its exceeding record temperatures and wild bouts of extreme natural phenomena, wipeouts and extinctions.

I’m guessing that to confine oneself and somewhat settle into one particular idea of satisfaction is no longer permissible by any means. Besides being dissatisfying… staying in a fixed mindset breeds an atmosphere of stagnation and complacency, limits our creative expression and individual spiritual progress. It’s pretty clear that we can’t stay there, in one place (wherever that is), and as much as we try to hold it together as it is, we’re not being allowed.

Here are the main transits for this week:

☉ ☌ ♅

Mon Apr 22

23:07

Sun

02°♉32′

Conjunction

Uranus

02°♉32′

☉ ∠ ♆

Tue Apr 23

06:05

Sun

02°♉49′

Semisquare

Neptune

17°♓49′

♀ ☌ Ch

Tue Apr 23

16:55

Venus

03°♈40′

Conjunction

Chiron

03°♈40′

♇ S℞

Wed Apr 24

12:54

Pluto

23°♑09′℞

RETROGRADE


☿ ☌ Vs

Wed Apr 24

13:55

Mercury

09°♈51′

Conjunction

Vesta

09°♈51′

☽ □ ☉

Fri Apr 26

22:20

Moon

06°♒24′

Square

Sun

06°♉24′

♂ ∠ ♅

Sat Apr 27

07:23

Mars

17°♊47′

Semisquare

Uranus

02°♉47′

♂ □ ♆

Sat Apr 27

13:04

Mars

17°♊56′

Square

Neptune

17°♓56′

Mercury/Venus now in Aries, hovering over Chiron means things are about to move forward again, and there is much to soothe and heal through sharing inspiring words of love and beauty. As the Sun enters Taurus, even the Bull himself – the most inert, stable, innocuous character of them all feels like he’s been cooped up for far too long. As he approaches a conjunction to URANUS (Monday), he’s ready to break loose and rampage to freedom.

Every being has been trapped into its form for long enough. It bears the punishment of its form – the suffering of being this way and no longer able to be otherwise, and is ready to cut loose, erupt and explode with expressions of randomness as an act of rebellion from any troubling past forms.

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In this final week of April, following the Libra Full Moon, with the masculine Sun/Mars heading towards the soul-dissociating Uranus/Neptune aspect, we are potentially moving through another spell of splitting off from our consciousness. Inside each psyche sits an elegant little mechanism which helps us to switch off from the incoherences and cruelties of being trapped into a fixed reality of being, mostly to stop us from going insane.

The problem with soul-dissociation is that it can leave us feeling numb and lifeless on the inside, incapable of contacting the rich feelings in our bodies and acting from a place of heart. We lose touch with the subtle feelings that bring us comfort and enjoyment – like they can no longer possibly satisfy or they seem hopelessly out of reach, even if we tried to feel them.

Our conscious mind is constantly trying to assimilate to its surroundings, correlate information, connect the dots in what otherwise seems like a random universe – one filled with abstract facts and confusing half-truths. At confounding times like this, our mind tends toward terrifying images of a new reality, pitching the soul into an uncertainty of its situation therein. This can either drive us mad or send us into an utter state of despair, causing us to shut out from the light, escaping into the relative safety of a deep emotional deadness.
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It is important to maintain grounded contact with the exterior world. Grounding ourselves within our environment can mean finding things that stimulate our feelings; people who can excite and arouse our senses and sensualities. Over this next fortnight, remember to reach out and make frequent and necessary connections, stay in touch, and don’t let your soul disappear down the rabbit hole…

Before the end of April, JUPITER (10th), PLUTO (24th) and SATURN (29th) will have turned retrograde. All planets are now currently stationing, intensifying their effect upon a certain degree (24°♐21’℞, 23°♑09’℞, 20°♑31’℞ respectively). Jupiter and Saturn – archetypal arbiters of ‘society’, filter our perception of the exterior world. Their stationing will allow us to stop the world, take a chance to step off the great monkey-wheel out there and take a good introspective look at the inner world that we are ‘hoping’ to create.

So let’s step off for a moment. Take a look. See what you’ve managed to ‘accomplish’ here, on this earth, since last Sep-Oct. What have you contributed to the greater social realm that has been truly significant for you, especially internally? Did you make any headway into understanding how to best secure an emotional as well as a socio-economic footing in the world? Are you any clearer on how the system works, and do you feel like you have made steady gains in constructing a society that will serve you on both inner and outer levels?
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In this last closing of the current JU/SA cycle (2000-2020), Jupiter will continue to square Neptune (since January and again in June & Sep), then will conjunct Pluto (x3 in 2020) while Saturn conjuncts Pluto (April/May, and again in Jan 2020). As they turn retrograde it would feel as though many subtle, subversive, supernatural (beyond the mundane) influences are there to question your inner ability to integrate with the bigger picture – get a handle on who you are and where you’re at, asking who holds sovereignty and power over all the money and resources on this planet, and how much of a share you, as an individual, claim to own. Are you satisfied? Do you really feel it’s yours? Is your own piece of the pie a just and fair reward for all you’ve done?

Jupiter is about expansion of worldly knowledge and the integration of that knowledge to provide some meaning in our world. The square to ‘otherworldly’ Neptune creates much ambivalence and confusion about what we believe and what we wish to be true. The potent dreamworld that we wish to manifest becomes both the source of all limitless potential and also the main reason behind why we can’t actually achieve anything of substance. Dreaming not only feels enriching, but it can become an addiction to the point where life becomes just an unrealised dream. During much of 2019, dreams can remain just dreams – an interior wonderland into which we can retreat. This sucks up a lot of the energy which could otherwise be put to making things happen. As Jupiter turns retrograde, we get a chance to go back and look at all those forgotten promises and unaccomplished dreams, work out where we took off and left the planet, and if indeed we have the faith and fortitude to ever return, make something real of all the highfaluting hopes and schemes.

Jupiter’s transit through Capricorn and his conjunctions with Pluto (2020) will see a ruthless rise in ambitiousness and determination for certain driven individuals to do something of social significance – like a mad, self-important dash to reach the top, possibly even at the expense of the importance of everyone and everything else.

Saturn, on the other hand, governs the constriction and contraction effects – the opposite of Jupiter. It is the ‘parent voice’ of limitation and ‘knowing our limits’, serving as a barrier to progress until certain standards are met and tough lessons learned if we’re not up to scratch. In conjunction with Pluto, the road ahead demands that an inner transformation must occur if we are to succeed. As this year goes on, we may experience some degree of pressure and frustration in achieving objectives, mostly because we sense inexplicable, invisible blockages in our way. Subconscious forces that block and repress both social and spiritual progress must be brought to awareness and dealt with. To do this takes enormous effort and not everyone seems capable of making the shift. Many people are simply entrenched into the system, enslaved to their karma or resigned to ‘the way it has to be’.

Naturally, to the large mass of ‘unawakened’ folks, it seems that “during times like these” any ambitious idea for a sustainable solution might just disappointingly turn to crap. Therefore, we either don’t pursue it or start but tend not to follow through, since at some point something happens to ridicule or dismiss our efforts, causing us to lose faith when things start to sour, or we feel unsupported. When life hands you lemons, how do you deal with it?
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One can say that all this is psychological – that these sour despondencies and bitter frustrations with current society are “all in your head”. But the sentiments and views we have of our current world are real, and our struggle seems reinforced when shared daily through our social contacts, to the point where we question where all the drive to become successful actually comes from (and what’s the whole point anyway?). By now, most intelligent people can sense that ‘big talk’ leads to ‘big nothing’, and ‘bigshots’ and ‘bigots’ are simply folks whose unaddressed issues fester and foment into social fears, doubts and worries about the future. These can be shut down, buried, masked over with inflated ideas of themselves, noisy campaigns about what they’re hoping to achieve.

It’s time now to stop and take a good look at what’s actually going on in our world and how we’re a part of it. If you are not actively working on making it a different place – somewhere where it’s all tangibly possible for all to enjoy to benefits and spoils of success, somebody else is and will continue to try.

Here, it is not necessarily the smarter or wiser guy who will step up and make the changes he wants to see. It will be the confident entrepreneur with a dream, or the ruthlessly ambitious guy who manages to bring his ideals and visions into a new practical form who gets the upper hand – and s/he may not necessarily as thoughtful or as conscionable as one might expect.

Those who succeed in this world are not necessarily smarter than you. They just have the courage and conviction to take charge, try out the things you might consider impossible, silly, or grossly corrupt. These are the ones who ultimately rule the middle earth – not you with your ‘modest, moral and socially just views’ but who shows no actual follow-through. If you just sit back and let them, they’ll steadily trample all over you, since they consider your inactivity a sign of weakness, resignation and permission for them to take the advantage.

“He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace”

― Mikhail Lermontov
As you sit still, reflect on what kind of world is developing around you, ask how much your lack of inner faith and the exasperation that “nothing you do matters anyway” gets in the way of true, progressive change… change you want to see but feel too shy, limited or powerless to enact.

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If you see that you are slowly becoming swamped, then your likely ‘future’ is very easy to predict. You are called to make a phenomenal shift, and whether you see it and go with it or you reject, rebel or dissociate yourself from this call to intuitively adapt to what’s available to you is your choice entirely.

This is also an excellent time to gather ourselves and reflect on the greater, 20-year journey that began around May 2000. Look at how you got all caught up into its push and pull, its expansion and contraction patterns over money wealth and acquisition, see your gains and losses, your happiness and sadnesses. Reflect, see what you’ve done, and have a good cry then a good laugh…

Blessings, and have a great week…"

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: Apr 29-May 05
https://angstoic.com/2019/04/the-week-ahead-apr-29-may-05/

"A cavalcade of seriously austere transits means we could be in for a rather an eventful week. As Saturn stations to retrograde on the South Node, it feels like time is standing still, just to put the pressure on us all. Very soon, and over the next few months, we are about to backtrack and better examine the most significant events since Saturn first entered the Rx zone on January 22. In a way, Saturn does retrogrades better than all the other planets. It’s like he gives us a second chance to examine and improve the ever-evolving relationship between the ego (exterior-defined self) and the soul (internal self). Of course it will hurt, but then, how else are we supposed to learn?

Here is a full list of this week’s transits:

☉ Sqq ♃

Mon Apr 29

10:00

Sun

08°♉49′

Sesquisquare

Jupiter

23°♐49′℞

♄ ☍ ☊

Mon Apr 29

22:30

Saturn

20°♑31′

Opposition

Node

20°♋31′

♄ S℞

Mon Apr 29

23:58

Saturn

20°♑31′℞

RETROGRADE


☿ ∗ ♂

Wed May 01

06:38

Mercury

20°♈22′

Sextile

Mars

20°♊22′

☿ □ ☊

Wed May 01

07:54

Mercury

20°♈27′

Square

Node

20°♋27′

☿ □ ♄

Wed May 01

08:51

Mercury

20°♈31′

Square

Saturn

20°♑31′℞

♀ ☌ Vs

Wed May 01

09:27

Venus

12°♈59′

Conjunction

Vesta

12°♈59′

♂ ⊼ ♄

Wed May 01

12:18

Mars

20°♊31′

Quincunx

Saturn

20°♑31′℞

♀ ☍ Pa

Wed May 01

23:53

Venus

13°♈43′

Opposition

Pallas

13°♎43′℞

♅ ∠ ♆

Thu May 02

02:58

Uranus

03°♉03′

Semisquare

Neptune

18°♓03′

☿ □ ♇

Thu May 02

21:49

Mercury

23°♈08′

Square

Pluto

23°♑08′℞

☿ △ ♃

Fri May 03

04:00

Mercury

23°♈35′

Trine

Jupiter

23°♐35′℞

☽ ☌ ☉

Sat May 04

22:46

Moon

14°♉11′

Conjunction

Sun

14°♉11′

♂ ⊼ ♇

Sun May 05

12:22

Mars

23°♊07′

Quincunx

Pluto

23°♑07′℞

♂ ☍ ♃

Sun May 05

21:58

Mars

23°♊23′

Opposition

Jupiter

23°♐23′℞

Can’t say there’s much joy in Saturn’s incidental conjunction to the South Node either. Due to their common retroactive motion, the two will hold their maudlin grip over all humanity until Saturn goes direct and finally separates from the Node in late September. Until then, we get to look at where society’s heading lately, and how our personal ambitions can terminably fall out of pulse with the prevailing cultural attitudes. We see how disagreement with what is going on around us could leave us in states of isolation, despair, shut out of the system, or severely limited within it. Unless we learn to accept the status quo, or play along with the consensus, this could become a very oppressive and grim period.

One might imagine that this is not likely to go down easily, especially in the western world where people are accustomed to some degree of liberty and independence. We can see too, with this week’s closest Saturn/Pluto conjunction until the partile in Jan 2020, how likely governments will scheme to corrupt and conspire the system, creating divisive rhetoric in order to ‘rally’ and ‘persuade’ their people to fall into a certain authoritarian line.

The final Uranus/Neptune semisquare also shows how the technology has been used to warp and disturb the higher, more gullible senses with often surreal, absurdly implausible scenarios. Since 2016 our minds have been inundated with a bizarre stream of fake news and contrived misinformation, to the point where, by now, nobody trusts anything they hear or read from any source, any more. Though many ‘sensible people’ have wisely switched off, disengaging entirely, those still active are to be taken either as ‘crazy cooks’ who have lost touch with the reality, or (with Jupiter square to Neptune) academic nincompoops who cannot back their exorbitant claims with any substantial evidence. Even if they do, people are in such a state of cognitive dissonance that any real, pressing argument matters little, if at all.

However we assess the current situation, we can see that we are fast losing contact with our deepest sense of self, and that of each other. If our old cultural paradigms are shifting, being displaced by the rising auspices of a tightly regulated and controlled stream of information, then where is the freedom of expression and diversity of content to keep the rhetoric healthy and balanced? When all media (now digitised data) becomes instantly monitored and filtered by clever computer algorithms, programmed by ruling humans to limit, censor, redact and shut out the vital, even angry voices of our community, we are left with a void – a murmur of noise that can only be the sound of the greatest, most disconcerting lie.

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Once a government, or any authority takes it upon itself to silence any voices of opposition and dissention, then it’s clear we’re heading down the dark, draconian road of repression and totalitarian control, where all its people are forced to live in a state of terror and fear for their lives and livelihoods.

Observe this as Mercury in Aries squares the Saturn/Pluto this week. Watch who gets shut out of the office. Probably you, for ‘saying the wrong thing’.

“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”

― George R.R. Martin
On a more positive side, those who feel crippled and frustrated by these times may silently knuckle down, go down to the basement and work on achieving the most extraordinary things – accomplishments which could one day put them in a class all of their own. By exerting extremely individualistic and painstaking efforts, and with an attitude where all external influences are cleverly disregarded, this dark, repressive playing field becomes the breeding ground for a new batch of ‘experts’ in the most unheard-of and obscure fields of endeavour.

Who knows what creatures will develop?

By this weekend, a New Moon in Taurus calls for us to make a conscious effort to stay grounded. Make a serious intention to get out and walk barefoot in nature, feel the earth under your feet. These days, even in the most remote areas, humans are inundated by inordinately high levels of electromagnetic activity. Emissions of EMF radiation into our environment, emanating from ubiquitous cell-phone towers, scores of satellites, electrical power lines & home wiring, radio & TV broadcasts, WiFi transmitters, hotspots & bluetooth, as well as the usual a cacophony of domestic and office appliances everywhere are subtly, invisibly messing with our bodies and minds.

We have yet to prove the true, long-term effects of EMF radiation, although we know that nearly all our living (formerly in physical form) is now happening at the digital level. This includes our money, which is really a physical reflection of our self-worth. If we do not remember to stay grounded, we stand to suffer all kinds of psychosomatic complexes, many which are not easy to identify, let alone treat.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[onawah]

How simple is it for you to come back down to earth?
Fortnightly Lunation Newsletter
5/2/19
https://mailchi.mp/e4edb3216667/how-simple-is-it-for-you-to-come-back-down-to-earth?e=7ebaa1ba6b

"Greetings fellow travelers,

Taurus Season is here and, as usual, it's time to get grounded. Never has it been - nor will it be - as important as it is today, since the earth is under the threat from increased levels of electrification. Aside from increased intensity of Solar radiation due to holes in the ozone layer, we are living in a world of ever-increasing artificially-generated electromagnetic emissions.

Charges are constantly emitted within urban environments filled with EMF radiation, emanating from ubiquitous WiFi routers, RF, micro-wave, cellular EMF Emissions distributed by devices such as computer, video, mobile phone, wireless house phones, printers, laptops, palm computers, MP3, business and public service communication systems; cell phones, cell towers, broadband towers and routers, GPS, service providers such as military, fire, taxi, police; baby monitors, wireless internet connections, etc., home wiring, and a preponderance of domestic and office appliances always operating around us.

Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have been around since the beginning of time as we receive natural EMFs from the Sun and earth itself. The human body itself is a sophisticated electromagnetic system. Our nervous system and heart run on electricity. It wasn’t until mankind learned to generate electricity (and EMFs) 100 years ago that we started to question the overall safety of its radiation. While the jury is still out on what is deemed safe levels (this varies from country to country), it is a known fact that very strong sources of EMF radiation can present significant health risks (like leukemia.)

It is no wonder then that our earthly bodies and their delicate nervous systems become sensitized to subtle electrical vibrations that somehow affect and defray our general health and disposition. The telecommunication and electronics industry have a major conflict of interest against consumers becoming aware of health effects from EMF exposure.

Given the acceleration of our progressive need to exchange increasingly larger volumes of data with one another over faster, more comprehensive networks, there is a pressing hunger from consumers to be connected to even more robust, faster, more reliable and sophisticated networks. In a recent fortnightly Newsletter, I spoke about the perils of the installation of Fifth-generation wireless (5G) technology, the latest iteration of cellular innovation, engineered to greatly increase the speed and responsiveness of wireless networks.

5G network infrastructure will allow live connection to the "Internet of Things" (IoT) - the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data. Whilst at this stage, only test cities are installing the networks, 5G networks are scheduled to be rolled out in many capital city areas all over the world.

This technological 'revolution' over our physical world is only one example of the emerging innovative phenomena signified by the ingress of Uranus in Taurus (Mar 2019). We are seeing many more, and I have touched on these briefly (farming, food, conservation, money, economies, banking, beef, masonry, soil, etc) in past video episodes of 'Cosmic Bus'.

As the night skies darken with the approach of this earthy, Taurus New Moon, we are none-the-less provided an opportunity to set an intention on how on earth we can become more grounded.

We look around and see how jerky and distracted people's behavior is becoming. Almost all people on this planet now at some degree of awareness are somehow connected to the net, many transfixed to cellular or electronic smart devices which are mobile and compact enough to carry on one's body. Our smart device is effectively a very powerful computer which is connected to every other computer via current 3G/4G networks. It also contains global tracking equipment and has the capacity to charge the body with some levels of EMF radiation.

In this media-addicted world, we are already observing attention spans dither and quiver from one subject to the next, and those more sensitive to the energetic effects from planets like Uranus or Neptune are more likely to suffer the effects of nervous and emotional disorders, as well as a collective state of cognitive dissonance from their immediate social environment.

It is therefore most important that we take a little time this month, with the Sun going through Taurus (ruled by Venus) to re-member to stay in touch with the earth, her eternal permanence, her natural beauty and physical preciousness, as well as to consider our investment into the ways of humanity's old, timeless values, customs and traditions and economic structure.

Many of us have been raised to believe that some things never change, or at least take centuries to show slow and subtle differences. Indeed, some things appear to stay the same because the rate of their evolution (cosmo-geographical, structural and cultural features, species permanence, climate patterns and complex ecosystems etc.) extend well-beyond our normal human lifespan. Those earth-bound things hold a certain sacredness for their apparent permanence, which today we take for granted, even lose our reverence for, since they present as the antithesis of the rapid-moving, lightning-speed pace of the newly inducted Aquarian Age. Many of those things are on the brink of great changes themselves.

With Saturn/Pluto now in near conjunction at the Capricorn South Node, we see how tenuous and fragile the intrinsic permanence of age-old structures becomes, especially due to threats of climate change, massive socio-political unrest, the plausible threat of nuclear and environmental calamity, and most of all, a growing concentrated power vested into individuals/groups which by themselves possess an overwhelming capacity to wipe out centuries of 'permanence' at the click of the switch, or press of a button. We see too how these individuals build enormous protective walls around themselves and are becoming ever more 'invisible' from our mainstream societies.

By now we all get the sense that few of the personages seen to represent governments and corporations are the ones in true control. This is the signature of Saturn/Pluto in Capricorn - a 'hidden patriarchal government', whose overall task is to control everything (Pluto = mass) using whatever means and force necessary. At the Cappy South Node, these could not be more removed from our instinctive and emotional nature.

We are all becoming wired into the wireless network. Some of us are only just discovering the joys of social connectivity beyond the slow, 'landline' speeds of the 'old world' communication. Even grandparents, babies and 'third-world' citizens, as well as long-determined skeptics are finally getting into the digital swing of things as the ubiquitous gadgetry is getting cheaper to afford and easier to use. We are all being tagged and ready to deal with the effects of electric, magnetic and ionizing radiation of our mini, mobile, body-bound personal computers. At this point, there is little data on the biological effects upon our individual organism from these radiations. It is questionable, in the current age of growing mis-information, suppression and censorship whether we will ever know the true extent of what is going on.

One thing we can forecast, is that by the CAPRICORN LUNAR ECLIPSE (Jul 16), many of the great institutions we have come to know and trust could become as foreign and emotionally distant from us as could ever be imagined. It is then vital that we maintain some sense of perspective about what is occurring on this planet. The mindful are those who can make a conscious intention to stay connected to nature and our humanity, not just in their outward expressions and decisions, but to also have these mirrored in their emotional bodies.

It is imperative that we maintain our natural connection to this planet, and make a conscious effort to include this as a daily practice in our world somehow. Our Special Message this fortnight goes into some depth at how to get the most of Taurus in your horoscope, and sets a guideline of intentions for each sign.

On this 14°11' Taurus New Moon, exact at 22:46 UTC on May 04, 2019, focus on bringing your unconscious, emotional self into alignment with your conscious mind. Set a whole-hearted intention to connect with the simpleness of the earth's natural vibrations. Be mindful how this is influenced by the radiating effects of the Sun, but also charged with the artificial electromagnetic fields. Become able to discern who (and what) feeds and holds power over your integral being of intelligence.

Come to a point where you are still, earthed and centered.
Make an intention which emanates from the core of whatever it means to be 'you'.

Blessings and, on May the Fourth... Be with 'You' xx"
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Feature Article
SATURN RETROGRADE: How much does it matter?
https://angstoic.com/2019/04/saturn-retrograde-how-much-does-it-matter/

"Let’s face it, unless you are some kind of masochist, there’s nothing about Saturn that’s sexy or fun. The dude craves everything that’s lively and frivolous about life – not because he wants it for himself – he wouldn’t know how to enjoy it. Saturn just doesn’t want you to have it. He can think of better things you should be doing. Saturn’s attitude: if he can’t accept the nonsense, why should you?

Well, that’s not entirely true… Saturn isn’t the natural enemy of mirth and laughter. It’s just that the old curmudgeon has such strict standards. His stiff and unyielding manner in how he goes about exacting those ‘standards of excellence’ is seldom easy on those who aren’t mindful, who are lazy or delusional. Sooner or later, judgement comes down with a big stick on those who aren’t with it. Unless we are adhering to Saturn’s predefined ‘standards’, life can be tough. Conversely, for those that are adhering to Saturn’s gig, life is tough anyway.

Similarly, transits from Saturn usually ain’t much joy either. It’s “strictly business” with the old man. His motto is to “treat ’em mean and keep ’em keen”. If there’s any relief, it’s often always after he’s done his bit – often not once, but three times over. Saturn spends 11 months of every year in his retrograde shadow. In the aftermath of those grueling, character defining instances, we can at least look back and say… “thank god I managed to survive that ordeal in one piece*”.
*(assuming you survived it in one piece)

And so it is… the Lord of karma, gravity and this dense, physically-defined exterior universe will occasionally slow down, come to a complete standstill, then appear to slowly retrace the heavy footsteps traversed in the 6 – 7 zodiac degrees of the previous four months. This happens once every year, in whichever season the Sun appears to move through opposition to Saturn.

This ‘retrograde’ process is actually useful – it provides an opportunity to seriously examine our recent efforts, review those things that were supposed to ‘matter’ during this time – at least to the exterior world, who expects so much of us. According to the laws of karma, we need to make some things matter, learn lessons, pay dues. Rx Saturn is mostly interested in those things which ought to have happened but just did not materialize as planned – probably because we goofed off, or tried to pull one over on the old man…Where Saturn is concerned (transits over planets in your chart), the postman always rings three times – just to make sure you got the message. It’s always about reaching maximum efficiency and utmost economy of thought, motion and matter. Whether you get it or not is another matter.

If you are currently affected by a Saturn transit, just know that he is really only interested in things that are real and quantifiably verified. Focus on giving him that. Let him see the substance, and you’ll be fine. He cares not for your wild abstractions, fantasies and wishful thinking. Any ‘woohoo’ unrealistic elements in your life must go, or at least be put on pause until after this period. Pressure to sit and pass the test is integral before you can successfully move on to the next level. Just as the laws of gravity are very, very strict, Saturn ensures that only those things that can stand the ravages of of time will stand as true. Everything else must crumble and just fall away.

If we refuse to substantiate or to let go of our insupportable fancies and high falutin' pretensions, then the burden of guilt, grief, separation, depression, loss, ill-health, aging, even death may catch up with us.

This three-pronged reality-check is Saturn’s signature ‘Standard Operational Procedure’. Saturn’s evenly timed 29.5-year orbit is such that, from earth’s perspective, he appears to cover the same stretch of 6 – 7 degrees of space 3 times, usually over an 11-month period just so we learn our lesson well, and the reality of our situation penettrates into matter until it crystallizes into form.

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THE RETROGRADE CYCLE:
PHASE 1: RETROGRADE SHADOW – Jan 22 – April 29, 2019
In this phase of Saturn’s transit, we start to lay down the premises of what will become our reality for the next few months. Brick by brick, we’re building our manifestation, paving the path that will become defined as what's “the matter”.

Naturally, we reap what we sow. Where we have taken shortcuts or skipped vital duties or responsibilities, we may have to pay our dues later.

PHASE 2: SATURN RETROGRADE – April 29 – September 18, 2019
During this period, we are made to retrace our steps. We are taken by the scruff of the neck and forced to review how well we have adhered to the expectations and ambitious plans lain down during Saturn’s entry into the shadow phase.

Saturn’s conjunction to the South Node during this entire period indicates that personal ambitions may not be synchronous with the prevailing cultural attitudes. We would be wise to stay mindful of the propensity for punishment and troublesome repercussions if going against the system.

Listen to your conscience:

Have you been living up to what the exterior world requires from you?
Have you been dishing out expectations to others, trying to hold them accountable? Have you been impeccable in your judgement of others?
Has there some slacking, avoidance, stretching of facts, overspending of resources; procrastination; double standards in your relationships; some good, old-fashioned moral hypocrisy going down?
Best advice is to knuckle down, head down to the basement and focus on actually accomplishing something definitively ‘you’. Make it the most extraordinary thing you are capable of doing – some achievement which could one day put you in a class all of your own.

PHASE 3: September 18 – December 24, 2018
The final pass over the same point is do or die. Saturn is merciless, and if it ain’t real, it ain’t happening. This could be painful, shameful and humiliating to the ego, but the spirit knows… it’s just how this business works. Ultimately, Saturn in Capricorn is pushing us to question those patriarchal institutions, governments, corporate or corporeal bodies that appear to have outlived their usefulness.

In the meantime, earnest, steady effort is necessary to come up with the means to accomplish this successfully. Sometimes we are called to slow down and take a more conservative, cautious, frugal approach just to make things work, particularly after the retrograde period is over.

It may not be fun at the time, but hey… you’ll see – “it’s character-building”. In a way, Saturn does retrogrades better than all the other planets. It’s like he gives us a second chance to examine and improve the ever-evolving relationship between the ego (exterior-defined self) and the soul (internal self). Of course it will hurt, but then, how else are we supposed to learn?

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[Violet3]

Ang Stoic is a great find, thanks Onawah.

[angelfire]

Thanks for posting, Onawah. Both the astrological insights and warnings around EMF's are particularly pertinent to my life right now as our newly formed Stop 5G campaign group gears up for the struggle ahead. :wizard:

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: May 6-12
https://angstoic.com/2019/05/the-week-ahead-may-6-12/

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"It’s all quite subtle, but the intensity of the heavy background transits like those of Saturn/Pluto and Neptune/Uranus has been creepishly applying for many months (arguably years). These have now pervaded many of our conscious and unconscious processes in quite noticeably unusual ways, to be sure, at least to all you ‘awakened’ pundits out there.

We may not all possess the keenly analytical faculties required to observe their subliminal effects upon us, and certainly not always. The distinct superpowers of Uranus/Neptune/Pluto/Eris are largely invisible to the untrained naked eye. Those of us who study their transiting effects know one thing about outer planet energies: they definitely find their ways of permeating even the most minuscule aspects of our everyday life. They literally hijack matters like an alien lifeform to the extent where, if we’re not tuned into them, we could become seriously troubled – especially if we are the über-sensitive victim kind, the impressionably avant-garde or the fabled empathic type.

We may become so pushed and pulled by their long-wave currents, into directions so foreign and bewildering, that we often come out the other end left feeling quite confused, drained, coerced and upset by upheaval, that our lives can end up in a supernatural mess. And there’s no way of averting. Blindly choosing to either play into the dramas they create for us, or fearfully withdrawing entirely (and seldom knowing why), is the less constructive way to handle things….
…But then, a little astro insight can shed some clearer light here – even upon the foggiest or darkest elements that lurk in the outer periphery of our quantum universe.

Here are this week’s primary transits:

♂ ☍ ♃

Sun May 05 2019

21:58

Mars

23°♊23′

Opposition

Jupiter

23°♐23′℞

☿ in ♉

Mon May 06 2019

18:26

Mercury

00°♉00′


♀ □ ☊

Mon May 06 2019

18:53

Venus

19°♈32′

Square

Node

19°♋32′

♀ □ ♄

Tue May 07 2019

13:27

Venus

20°♈28′

Square

Saturn

20°♑28′℞

☿ ∠ ♆

Wed May 08 2019

11:41

Mercury

03°♉12′

Semisquare

Neptune

18°♓12′

☿ ☌ ♅

Wed May 08 2019

14:23

Mercury

03°♉25′

Conjunction

Uranus

03°♉25′

☉ ∗ ♆

Thu May 09 2019

02:53

Sun

18°♉13′

Sextile

Neptune

18°♓13′

♀ △ ♃

Thu May 09 2019

16:56

Venus

23°♈05′

Trine

Jupiter

23°♐05′℞

♀ □ ♇

Thu May 09 2019

17:17

Venus

23°♈06′

Square

Pluto

23°♑06′℞

☉ ∗ ☊

Fri May 10 2019

07:17

Sun

19°♉22′

Sextile

Node

19°♋22′

☉ ∠ Ch

Fri May 10 2019

10:30

Sun

19°♉30′

Semisquare

Chiron

04°♈30′

☿ Sqq ♃

Fri May 10 2019

22:57

Mercury

07°♉58′

Sesquisquare

Jupiter

22°♐58′℞

☉ △ ♄

Sat May 11 2019

09:20

Sun

20°♉25′

Trine

Saturn

20°♑25′℞

☽ □ ☉

Sun May 12 2019

01:13

Moon

21°♌03′

Square

Sun

21°♉03′

Lots going down (again) but it’s our relationships that take a direct hit this week: Venus is still transiting through the impulsive, self-centered modalities of Aries. Here, she attempts to turn on a most dashingly irascible charm, emboldened chiefly by her governance over the Sun, Mercury and Uranus, all transiting in Taurus.

Flippant and excitable, she is seen quavering in her attempts to stay grounded or measured about anything. She flirts and teases with the laws, often in wild abandon of the consequences – not just in personal affairs, but also in the business dance; generally wherever we may invest our ‘love’ interests into the material world.

This spirited, love-at-first-sight sense of attraction for all things beautiful is taken to excess, encouraged and abetted by her trine to super-connected Jupiter (the Lizard King), and by the merchandising Taurean Sun’s smoother aspects both to space-cat Neptune and Herr Stickmeister Saturn. Of course we are all looking for a way to make the most out of everything we dream, turn it into a viable reality, one that gives us some degree of accomplishment and assurance.

As Mercury makes a mind-searing conjunction to Uranus, the honest to goodness truth comes out. Venus’s squares to Saturn/Pluto at the Capricorn South Node complex brings a harsh, sobering awareness about how forces, already rocking the foundations of our social framework are impacting our ability to find peace, love and enjoyment thanks to their insidiously heavy-handed efforts to either forcibly conserve or destroy existing power structures within all relationships.

So it’s a clash between things of intrinsic value versus superficial grabs for joy which forces events that become the prime theme for this month. If we are too quick to appraise what is ‘adding value’ and what is ‘diminishing value’ to our overall sense of worth and worthiness, snapping at surface bait, and ignoring the real treasures below, we will certainly come up against definite snags when it comes to feeling deeply satisfied.

In fact, with Saturn at the South Node till the end of this year, we could get ourselves (further) into nasty entanglements which, by the sheer force of pressure, just never allow us to see the light of day again…

wtf??

Ok. See if you can follow this: If you look a little closely at your affairs right now, you may observe that it becomes uncomfortably obvious that some things between us can no longer stand due to their incapacity to resonate with our most intrinsic heart desires. Look for repeated signs of inner frustration and doubt, grating criticism and cramping discipline even though on the surface things appear steady and peachy-keen.

Aries seeks autonomy, and Venus under this sign will choose to exercise this so irrepressibly that, against Capricorn’s patriarchal expectations for her to ‘fall into line’, she seems flippant, self-centered, even immature in her ways.

Hence with the VENUS square to SATURN/PLUTO we can safely predict some conflicts of interest over holding the integrity of our personal freedom to enjoy life. It seems the ‘powers that be’ are intent on depriving us of that for the sake of some greater, yet not entirely known agenda.

The heart-chilling effect here comes when we discover that we don’t get a choice in how the relationship is managed – that we must suck it up and suffer the sometimes monstrous demands made upon our freedom (see the fine print of your social contract). Heaven forbid should you get ideas about trying to terminate or break away from any attempts to forcibly control you.

Know any deals or relationships that are currently holding you into such heavily binding ‘contracts’?

It’s not like these suffocating elements haven’t always been around. It’s just that Saturn (structure, control, definition) and Pluto (subversion, elimination, corruption) are coming together to bring them to the surface, completing and renewing their 38-yr cycle (Jan 2020). Here we notice them rising in ways which seem increasingly imposing, extremely omnipresent, and impossibly demanding. They’re gradually sucking up more and more of our time, effort, participation and appreciation in their dark, sociopathic ways – insatiable cravings which feel almost impossible to satisfy, no matter what we throw at them.

They are a dark, invisible vortex which drags us in, but gives us no idea where it’s taking us and what’s at the other end. Sound familiar?

Just as our scientists have recently been able to provide physical, photographic evidence to support their long-standing theories and suspicions of the existence of black holes, we too are able to point out where (in our socio-economic world) are possible entities whose own gravitational field is so intense that no amount of matter or radiation can escape once it gets sucked into their dark vortex. Black holes can be a place, concept or entity into which stars, time and precious energy apparently disappear without trace.

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[recent publication of a black hole, as seen by scientists]

Where does it go?
Where does all your precious love and light disappear into?

Yes, it is apparent that some entities among us are the black holes to our love and precious energy. Whether they are found in the deliciously addictive products of multinational corporations (Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc); or in ‘vital industries’ (manufacturing, energy; defense; transport, medicine, entertainment, media, etc); forms of ‘government‘ (conservative, liberal, socialist, authoritarian); churches (Catholic, Judaist, Islamic, Hindu, etc.); community (councils, institutions, co-operatives, charities, etc), or in our most personal lives (friends, families, lovers etc.), our investment into them, if not purely out of self-interest (meaning driven by external force of tradition/custom/law/social pressure/greed), then this week could amount to nothing but crises of loss and abject failure.

By the end of the week, Venus also conjuncts the diabolical Eris. Here our human desire for order and structure meets the human tendency towards chaos and mayhem. All of civilization’s peace efforts smack up against its discontents, and we see rising frictions and a great deal of general wear and tear.

Wherever there is engagement with those whose ‘modus operandi’ is akin to that of a terrestrial black hole, serious questions that formulate into value judgments about what’s going on start to arise. Are we heading towards an unstoppable force that has the potential to ruin our lives; to destroy our self-worth so completely that we can never again return to the creative universe from whence we came??

Am I being a tad dramatic here, lol??
Of course… How else does one ever make a case for something that hasn’t yet, but could quite plausibly happen?

Anyway… enough for now. If you have been questioning whether others value or respect your love, even in the slightest, then really take a breath and consider your situation this week. If their motivation is simply to exploit your generosity; exhaust our instincts to care and nurture; disintegrate your trust and faith in all human kindness; extinguish your love and light, then know this is not going to end nicely.

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This artist’s impression depicts a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disc. This thin disc of rotating material consists of the leftovers of a Sun-like star which was ripped apart by the tidal forces of the black hole. Shocks in the colliding debris as well as heat generated in accretion led to a burst of light, resembling a supernova explosion.

In his brilliant book, “The Singularity is Near”, the freakishly prophetic tech genius Raymond Kurzweil, writes: “Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.” He is talking about the world of millions of individual lights getting sucked into and becoming spaghettified by the life-eliminating forces of a singular source of artificial intelligence. It seems that life beyond the stars is just as much a mystery as the space between us… Makes you wonder whether it’s all just a very carefully constructed matrix that we dare not get our heads around before facing ultimate elimination of our light (intelligence).

This week can bring a massive deal breaker, and only those who are super conscious have enough power and courage not to get swallowed up in the bottomless vortex of the love/light eliminator. And just what eliminates the ominous auspices of a black hole??
I’ll leave the homework up to you…

Stay present, and see you during the week!
Many Blessings xx "

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD: May 13-19
https://angstoic.com/2019/05/the-week-ahead-may-13-19/

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"The underlying social pressure, hosted by the current Saturn/Pluto conjunction, attempts to suck all the emotion out of the earth. This emotional deadness builds to climactic levels this week as we struggle to better understand how the slow, dark forces hovering over our entire planet have the power to transform the mundane direction of our daily lives. All of humanity now seems strangely enmeshed into a deeply transformative collective fate, and though many may still not possess the faculty to visibly observe the greater impact of these heavy, ominous planets, somehow everyone is involved.

Even the otherwise favourable Sun/Mercury aspects to this dynamic are mitigated by the negative pull of the Capricorn South Node. Despite repeated personal & global warnings, our tendency is still to become blindly absorbed into ambitious Capricorn-type pursuits. Whether it’s our part in the unstoppable ambitions of Corporation and State for supreme control, or the fiasco for fame and celebrity happening in the reality-TV world of the Twittersphere, every day of willful ignorance to the evolutionary potentials of the Cancer North Node means another missed opportunity to choose nature over money, emotions over power, new growth over trying to revive dead wood, etc.

Hence, no matter how safe and securing the old structure seems, we risk becoming further stuck in a dry, emotionally unrewarding rut that just refuses to end….

Here are the main transits for this week:

☽ □ ☉

Sun May 12 2019

01:13

Moon

21°♌03′

Square

Sun

21°♉03′

☿ ∠ ♂

Mon May 13 2019

16:00

Mercury

13°♉24′

Semisquare

Mars

28°♊24′

☉ ⊼ ♃

Mon May 13 2019

18:28

Sun

22°♉43′

Quincunx

Jupiter

22°♐43′℞

☉ △ ♇

Tue May 14 2019

03:03

Sun

23°♉04′

Trine

Pluto

23°♑04′℞

♀ ∗ ♂

Tue May 14 2019

13:59

Venus

29°♈00′

Sextile

Mars

29°♊00′

♀ in ♉

Wed May 15 2019

09:46

Venus

00°♉00′


☿ ∗ ♆

Thu May 16 2019

01:21

Mercury

18°♉22′

Sextile

Neptune

18°♓22′

♂ in ♋

Thu May 16 2019

03:10

Mars

00°♋00′


☿ ∗ ☊

Thu May 16 2019

08:44

Mercury

19°♉01′

Sextile

Node

19°♋01′

☿ ∠ Ch

Thu May 16 2019

17:16

Mercury

19°♉46′

Semisquare

Chiron

04°♈46′

☿ △ ♄

Thu May 16 2019

23:10

Mercury

20°♉17′

Trine

Saturn

20°♑17′℞

☿ ⊼ ♃

Fri May 17 2019

21:50

Mercury

22°♉18′

Quincunx

Jupiter

22°♐18′℞

♀ ∠ ♆

Sat May 18 2019

05:04

Venus

03°♉24′

Semisquare

Neptune

18°♓24′

☿ △ ♇

Sat May 18 2019

05:47

Mercury

23°♉01′

Trine

Pluto

23°♑01′℞

♀ ☌ ♅

Sat May 18 2019

16:17

Venus

03°♉58′

Conjunction

Uranus

03°♉58′

☽ ☍ ☉

Sat May 18 2019

21:13

Moon

27°♏39′

Opposition

Sun

27°♉39′

Besides, regardless of how pleasant the rut we’re in is, it only exacerbates our chances of adjusting to impending future changes. We may wake up one day only to wonder just how we let things slide so much that it feels we are left feckless in a world that seems like it has suddenly transformed right underneath our feet.

For the most part, even those who are supremely self-assured, experienced and reliably consistent could feel as though they lack the confidence or capability to take on forces which they see as much greater than themselves. Pluto ensures that much of what goes on in development of great changes remains hidden to the average individual. His design to have his way is so consumingly thorough that he stops at nothing in his way.

In his conjunction to Saturn, Pluto has mesmerised the mainstream masses to become extremely divided, each somehow indoctrinated to roll on with his agenda to transform the entire face of structured society.

Whether it is by applying gripping measures through government or institutions, the cumulative effect is such that we all feel (but not necessarily see) the march of total control creeping into our infrastructure, and here the staid and earthy Taurus Sun may be somehow persuaded to invest some of his prized properties in exchange for a share in the ultimate ‘pie in the sky’. It becomes a real dilemma, and though Taurus generally knows where to put his money, his moral conscience must determine whether his support is best driven by personal interests or by concerns over the state’s interest in controlling his assets unless he complies.

It is the Scorpio Full Moon (Saturday) who will reveal to him that he lives in an emotional world, one filled with much trauma and anguish, where those who do not have a voice of their own either silently lend their support to something that represents them, or else suffer the symptoms and aspersions of feeling left out. Struggling to find the means to survive as an outsider means often being subjected to the by-effects of others’ greed, and the control manias of cruelty and abuse. As always with this particular lunation, there is a deep inner need to evaluate how much we will forego our own relative comfort and assurance and try to bring it into balance with that of those who need much more than just our economic support.

As Venus moves into Taurus to conjunct Uranus and Mars into Cancer, relations shift towards finding a new, mutually beneficial way to free those who feel imprisoned by the trappings of their own human frailties. As much as we may wish to see them shine in their best light, we must watch that we don’t threaten others’ opinion of themselves by only drawing attention to their failings and where they let us down.

Communication is the key here. Mercury’s trine to the Saturn/Pluto/South Node means finding the strength to work through matters that are heavy and somewhat depressing, allowing discourse and discussion to occur, rather than focusing on building the Great Wall of China around ourselves and our apparent differences. Reacting stubbornly to the slightest personal criticism, we only add more bricks to the wall, eventually shunning out the necessary light with which to construct any glimmer of a possible future.

As Neptune also forms a trine to the North Node, we must come to know in our hearts the importance of staying open-minded to the rich spiritual diversity in others, entertaining all options for peace and empathetically tuning into the quantum possibilities of what might happen if we could all just put our differences aside, work together more harmoniously.

Those who argue that such dreams are stuff of fairy tales and nonsense because they could not ever see them happen, who try to exploit the naivety of others, or who are stuck in some self-centred delusive fantasy all of their own, might easily find themselves waking up feeling quite lost, lonely and afraid this week.

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There’s enough earth planets to bring everything to ground, help us realise the kind of dream that includes everyone, not just a few. It takes a lot of courage and imagination to approach both our own and the world’s current problems with such heightened idealism. Yet, choosing to view our situation as one of limited or singular outcomes means that we neither adequately understand how this universe works, not do we understand the true nature of our problem.

This week presents us with an intensely existential dilemma which demands a solution. Whilst on the surface it seem plainly simple, its roots are immersed in generations of deeply buried emotional pain. A single, seemingly superficial issue could dredge up a lot of past matter which, whilst largely subconscious, could trigger all kinds of crises. As usual, Full Moons present us with a wonderful opportunity to see matters with greatest awareness. More than any other, the Scorpio Moon is highly volatile and the Taurus Sun, like his ruler Venus, is charged with immense levels of Uranian resistance.

It behooves us now to take an unprecedented approach to the same old problems around issues like ‘having’ and ‘missing out’. We need to understand that Uranus is a force that blows a shrill whistle on everything that fails to keep up with the ‘now’. Either you are awake enough to see what insights and disruptions he is about to unleash upon us, or don’t be surprised if, in your slumber, you are taken by surprise.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

© All rights reserved, Ang Stoic 2019

[onawah]

Fortnightly Lunation Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/07780f9f8f0c/something-in-junes-about-to-bring-us-all-down-to-earth-with-a-thump-are-you-ready-to-hit-the-ground-running?e=7ebaa1ba6b
5/31/19

"Greetings fellow travellers,
For many, many months now, humanity has been going through a most surreal experience. On one level we seem to be losing control over our world - our consciousness of things as we have known them, like we are dizzily spiralling down one rabbit hole, occasionally gaining control only to slide back down another, clutching to the sides in want of some clarity and stability, but observing that it only seems to be slipping us by.

Phony information has been filtered into facts that are apparently now themselves left questionable, and as our stamina depletes and our psyche defrays into spells of confusion we have learned to suspend all disbelief and let ourselves float into the annexes of a parallel universe, where weird **** seems to be the order of the day, and rabbit holes are now a dime aplenty.

You see, it isn't just our 'world leaders' who have started to redefine the word 'normal', taking it to all levels of abnormal and bizarre and, through their persistently absurd antics, managed to hypernormalise the crass and the unspeakable. On some level it's also been you, me, and many many others.

We have lost much, but at the same time we have learned to open up and subtly accept the strange new alternatives. In this, the emergence of a new kind of sensitivity, a special psychic superpower has developed inside each of us which allows us to sniff out nonsense and absurdity using a highly refined sixth sense - an innervision, or 'enlightenment' if you like, that all is not what it purports to be, and we are 'fine' with it.

Through it all, those who have experimented with the 'alternative universes' before us find that we can now apparently step in and out of vastly different realities, whilst simultaneously discovering that the old linear universe our parents and grandparents have presented us with is kinda ok, but it's just not all that's what it's cracked up to be. And that's ok. From how it looks to us at this end of the crazy, soul-quaking URANUS/NEPTUNE semisquares (2017-2019), we are content to let that go, knowing that it can never fully satisfy and that there's more to this world than meets the average eye.

Over the next couple of weeks, and commencing shortly after this GEMINI lunation, we will start to sense that our world is about to undergo a tremendous gear change. The weirdness starts to settle a little, the apparent happiness of JUPITER/NEPTUNE fades into the sea, and we come crashing down to earth with a huge thump. We start to question what the hell the past couple of years have been all about, and with a brave new face take up the strength and courage to face life again.

In the background, SATURN's collusion with PLUTO hangs ominously like the sword of Damocles to show us how precariously the old structure holds. Those who are invested in the status quo now start to take up their position at the extremities of any central point. The right becomes extremely more insistent that it's right, while the left becomes adamantly insistent that everything is just wrong. Each tries to shut the other up, or down, or out of the box, not knowing that there is no way out of the fear-based prism of right & wrong.

Of course, this can only point to war, and while I'm not here to depress anyone with any doomsday prophecy, I don't imagine that there's many of you here who would dispute that we cannot aspire to peace when so many feel that their position is the 'only' or 'best' one, and we must either with stand with or against them. The fundamentals of religion, politics and economics are tearing this world apart, and let's not even start on what the scientists and academics are preaching. As JUPITER re-enters the URANUS/NEPTUNE band we start to experience the stark contrast between our fanciful imaginings and the cold, harsh reality that awaits when we come down to earth, recognising (finally) the sordid perplexity of our current situation.

Hot dates for June are around the 10th, when the First Quarter Moon (19°♍06') activates a Grand Mutable Cross that will 'touch' us all in a very personal way. We wake up just to see how much we've all been hoodwinked by the greatest lie (our own), and whether we wish to continue with a propagated promise that just could never be realised from the offset. Those who are wise will choose to use their psychic superpower to remain wisely centred, refuse to engage or take sides with those on the extremes, and start to level or ameliorate their relationship with one another and with the crumbling state of their 'status quo'.

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Tension continues to remain red hot throughout the month, and as we will also see, both in our personal affairs and with world events in general, how as protective MARS in CANCER moves to oppose SATURN/PLUTO/SOUTH NODE complex (June 12-23) how some will feel utterly disgusted and unafraid to take on forces that they feel are becoming insufferable and oppressive.

Many decisions to act are made hastily, in anger and from a place of extreme outrage. Hence rises the polemic argument for security that takes us out through to July, as a slowing MERCURY locks forces with MARS, before he finally retrogrades (04°♌28'℞) on July 7. The aggression with which we tackle certain dark forces, now evidently holding the mass of humanity into a state of collective oppression, misery and ignorance shows that we are finally sick of the nonsense and the lies, and we are ready to investigate this problem, leaving no stone unturned for answers.

What will happen? It's hard to say exactly, since much of what is about to unfold has been cooking up in secrecy over the recent months, when SATURN came within a couple of degrees of its conjunction to PLUTO (early May). We know one thing: That our sensitivity is high, and when by the end of this month, after the terrible occultation of the Moon (June 19th), everything we secretly suspected starts to come to light. Matters escalate into a furious battle between those whose design it is to dominate every square inch of the earth using comprehensive systems of control, and those whose hearts and minds are focused on protecting the sanctity of their homeland, families and domestic safety.

I will be covering all this much more closely in the weeks ahead, and certainly, coming out of my own very surreal experience through India over the past couple of months, able myself to come to ground and return to our beloved Cosmic Bus series. I am currently stationed in Pokhara, Nepal, at the foot of the Himalayas - some of the highest mountains in the world - looking out at the collosal Annapurna II. A great place to sit, meditate and reconvene with all my tribe again, and I can't wait to share some of my reflection on India too - you'll find it fascinating, I'm sure. Look out for me on facebook live (I will announce date soon), or get the youtube link of the session on angstoic.com.

For now, let us remember that the 12°♊34' New Moon, on June 3rd, is a perfect time to set our intention for what we want to see in our world. We are the architects of the world we wish to create and we possess the true power, using our extraordinary senses of perception, to see the light that is reflecting in our world from our inner being. Together we can co-create the vision and the dream that this planet has always held for us, and have the combined illumination to tackle any darkness that may come our way.

Blessings, and a good month to you!"

[onawah]

Looking for some event to press your inner GPS back on, and cast you into action? Well, here it comes...
Aries Full Moon 20°♈14' Sun Oct 13, 21:08 UTC
https://mailchi.mp/angstoic/looking-for-some-event-to-press-your-inner-gps-back-on-and-cast-you-into-action-well-here-it-comes?e=7ebaa1ba6b
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"Greetings fellow travellers,

Nothing brings things to a head more bluntly and succinctly than a Full Moon in heady Aries. Yes, Full Moons are indeed times of open confrontation, of culmination, when we reach full awareness on things. At the height of the lunation, we get complete clarity on matters," vibes", stories and narratives to which we previously may have been entirely clueless.

A Moon/Eris conjunction in Aries will bring out instinctive feelings charged with an intemperate sense of urgency, a storming desire to create strife and mayhem, whatever the consequence, whatever the cost. A trine to Jupiter encourages moral truths to be told, for better or for worse.

The Libra Sun might do his best to diplomatically hold things at bay, pointing out what needs adjustment and improving to restore balance and peace. We may not consciously want upset, but the T-square from Pluto tells us that both sides are under extreme pressure to do something. Failure to take Pluto seriously leaves them exposed to becoming destroyed by their complicity in decades of constitutional conspiracies, secrecy, lies, corruption and patriarchal intrigue.

We get the sense that humanity is on the verge of pushing all kinds of panic buttons. We are consciously aware that certain things need special effort to become fair, just and peaceable. In the face of this, we feel that time has run out for civilities and diplomacy. Instinctively, we may feel outraged and hellbent to see some action. Talk and politics is cheap when it just continues to promulgate madness and discord.

Pluto's involvement pushes our most personal matters to the edge. Here, we either see how our subconscious anxieties about survival, combined with unresolved traumas and manias about possession and control, can sabotage our conscious intentions.

Unconsciously this Moon can act as the trigger to make us behave in ways which can be catastrophic. We carry a lot of charge. Energy stored inside our bodies amasses globally to generate a critical shift; this transgenerational imperative to survive and to evolve onto the next level. Whether we are conscious or blindly led, we are now pushed to behave in ways that will precipitate into phenomenal crisis, wherever change and transmutation is necessary.

Neuroscientists postulate that for most of us, our brains are only using 5% of our consciousness, running on subconscious auto-pilot 95% of the time. Since this limits our capacity to really play with our creativity intelligently, there is a call for greater conscious awareness.

"We are living at perhaps the most profound time in human history, a time in which the whole of humanity is undergoing a collective transformation into quantum reality. We are being catapulted into several new ways of experiencing life, all simultaneously. For example, we are rapidly shifting from a “matter-based” society to one thoroughly steeped in “energy consciousness”, from energy technology to energy medicine to energy fuel."
~ Carolyn Myss, Medical Intuitive

If you've been feeling that the circumstances leading up to this Full Moon have been challenging to comprehend, then perhaps that's not such a bad sign. You are definitely awake. It's a perfectly natural response to feeling burdened and sickened by what you are witnessing. In fact, it would be a severe problem for you if you thought these times were fun or exciting in any way.

The most important thing that you can do right now, under an Aries Full Moon, is establish an intimate relationship with yourself. Come from yourself, unfettered and unfiltered. Use your consciousness to develop a relationship with your Inner Guidance System. Trust that, especially if it is telling you to relinquish or eliminate that which is toxic and hazardous to your well-being.

However you want to refer to it: be it your "natural, authentic self", your intuition, your Soul, Spirit, God, Christ-consciousness etc... it is the voice within you - the awakened, eternal YOU that takes direction only from within, animates your body and guides you to know precisely why you are here taking this human journey.

Blessings, and may you have an amazing Full Moon xx"

[onawah]

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio
Time to dig deeper.
You can't get to the real question until you've exhausted all other questions...
10/21/19
https://mailchi.mp/angstoic/time-to-dig-deeper-you-cant-get-to-the-real-question-until-youve-exhausted-all-other-questions?e=7ebaa1ba6b

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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

Yes, life rolls on relentlessly, come hell or high water. As the stars above foretell, we are each undergoing monumental shifts in the way we choose to see this incredible world and how we are evolving with it.

Just a short message from me in preface to the long-anticipated retrograde of Mercury which will occur in the constellation of Scorpio between Oct 31-Nov 20. Mercury rules the mind, and Scorpio is where we become emotionally fixated. Needless to say, the retrograde will help us to observe the agony and ecstasy in our lives. The mental backtrack helps us revisit those parts which move us to extremes, pressing us to the point of crisis so that real change and transformation can occur.

Two things are happening, which simultaneously bring us closer to understanding ourselves and how much we are worth and completely dissociating us from any sense of self-worth altogether:
1. Our basic human need to find meaning, connection, validation, belonging and transcendence leaves us wide open to exploitation and manipulation by everyone in our society - from our own parents all the way to government and big corps.
2. Through our moment to moment data transfers, we each contribute towards forming, fostering and perpetuating a sick, psychopathic society. We willfully submit our creative intelligence to networks which utterly harvest, trample and abuse our most basic human needs.

The last time Mercury turned retrograde in Scorpio was in Oct-Nov 2013. Thanks to critical events in our lives, both internal and external, we changed the way we would think and communicate with one another. The way we would share our most intimate thoughts and ideas with others, our secrets and our pain would undergo complete transformation.

It is time again to change...

We don't often change unless we feel pressured to do so. We don't choose to explore the more obscure sides of our nature unless we are faced with some degree of pressure. Mercury in Scorpio increases the intensity of daily matters to the highest, most critical degree. We are forced to explore and identify the source of our troubles with a mind to change things - particularly the way we think and communicate. Past hurts can leave psychic scars that harden us psychologically. Unhealed wounds subconsciously interfere with our ability to grow and develop. Unresolved pains affect our daily behaviour, and we seldom realise that we are often acting out of pain.

Mercury in Scorpio allows us access to the darkest, most repressed recesses of our psyche. During his retrograde, the 'winged messenger' will travel backwards and forwards over the same sore point. Through the spaced repetition of specific themes in our mundane lives, we get to see precisely where it is that we act out. We understand how our unprocessed thoughts disturb and perpetuate pain, both internally and projected outwardly through our various relationships.

We have each experienced shocking, hurtful incidents that have shaped our lives. These traumas are not merely an event that happens to us. They are what occurs inside our subconscious minds as a result of our wounding. The psychological scarring makes us less flexible, more rigid, less feeling and more defended. Often, we become fixated on specific behaviours to heal, remedy or protect ourselves. Strangely, a lot of this reactive behaviour tends towards the destructive.

Along with other, more collective transits, this is a period of great insight. Both personally and collectively, we are afforded opportunities to see how we can genuinely remedy and heal, both ourselves and each other.

We are indeed no stranger to nasty, hurtful elements. We live in a highly-traumatised society. The real test is how capable we are in seeing, owning and processing stresses and the onset of isolation and loneliness so that when we suffer, we do not suffer in silence. When we turn to politicians and the legal system to solve our anguish, we are knocking on deaf doors. We must deal with our most triggering issues internally and through our loving relationships.

We have some work ahead in learning how to avoid suppressing or dissociating from our pain.

Blessings, and look out for our next newsletter later this week on the Scorpio New Moon xx "

[onawah]

Are you master of your domain?
LUNATION NEWSLETTER
November 11, 2019
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TAURUS FULL MOON
Tuesday November 12 1:36PM UTC
"Full Moon again, and the usual conflict until there is either some agreement or settlement or a split occurs. The Moon in Taurus is confronted by Sun/Mercury in Scorpio. Under a fixed, negative-polarity Sun/Moon opposition, words are cheap. Money talks. Substance matters. Evidence of character is critical. Privacy is crucial.

Keeping a grounded perspective on how the world works, despite our tendencies to seek solace in magic and superstition, is important.

In all respects, we benefit by keeping our affairs pragmatic and real. Balancing a shrewd sense of what things are worth with a determination to get the most out of them empowers and enriches us, giving us strength to tackle the big problems, fight the big fights with the meanest foes.

All this determination and rigidity does have its drawbacks though. Thinking that ours is the best, our power the greatest, our opinion the only correct one, can bring us into bitter disputes. When we come into any situation with preconceived notions, it messes with our judgement. Being mindful to stay objective, to leave our prejudices out of the equation will help tremendously.

Naturally, being extremely realistic, even a little cynical, is necessary at times. It gives us a much deeper understanding of our situation and where we stand in the scheme of things. Problems arise when we choose to share what we are thinking, especially what’s eating us about others. Then things can turn from supposedly calm and serene to a state of anguish and interminable frustration. But feelings must be shared, or we may implode.

Until the situation is resolved, and it will take some confession, it will eat away at us. So no good bottling up our feelings, letting them stew. Let’s get whatever’s on our mind off our chest, sharing our thoughts honestly and openly so that we can move on. Only our dogged obstinacy and inflexibility can hold back our progress. Dislodging rigid, one-sided convictions and feelings will again give us a renewed, refreshed resolve and purpose."

THE WEEK AHEAD: Nov 11-17 – An Astrological Synopsis
https://angstoic.com/2019/11/the-week-ahead-nov-11-17-an-astrological-synopsis/
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"I know what you’re saying. How come all the transits lately are so intense? Take this week’s Mercury for example – not just your regular inferior conjunction to the Sun. This is otherwise a fairly common transit, usually occurring once every 166 days. And due to the tiny planet’s declination, it rarely (16 times a century) crosses across the face of the Sun. In fact, last time we saw a ‘Transit of Mercury’ was on May 9, 2016, when the little winged one flew along the Sun’s bottom hemisphere.

This year, Mercury will pass closer along the centre of the Sun’s face than any other transit this century. Appearing as a black dot, the full transit from left to right will last about five and a half hours. Of course, do NOT try to look directly into the Sun without the proper filters, or you will go blind. Or perhaps that’s exactly what Mercury is coaxing you to do because, on top of this spectacle, Mercury is currently retrograding through the ‘sinister’ sign of Scorpio. Talk about your intense, eye-opening/eye-poking transitions…
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Here are the main transits for the next week (all times in UTC)
Given, Mercury’s retrograde passage through Scorpio (Oct 31-Nov 20) is challenging enough for many, since we all have something hide. In the fixed/water constellation, the ruler of communications helps those he contacts see, hear and smell ‘rat’ with the same nuanced judgement of a mature and seasoned owl. It’s a sixth sense thing, and under such keen powers of perception, you’re not likely to slip the slightest little trick past his cunningly investigative mind.

Read the full Mercury retrograde story here:https://angstoic.com/2019/10/mercury-retrograde-in-scorpio/

MERCURY RETROGRADE IN SCORPIO: Looking deeply into the crisis.
Mercury’s transit straight across the heart of the Scorpio Sun on the 11th day of the 11th month brings out the dualism of Scorpio’s expression, which mysteriously operates both on the materialistic and metaphysical level simultaneously.
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The Sun is the authority in our world, and when we express ourselves with confidence during this Scorpio period, our zest for life takes on an added unique, almost mystical dimension. Mercury’s conjunction endows our authority x-ray vision into the soul, an agency of acutely penetrating discrimination.

He’s been observing your secret little world, and he’s about to unravel you. His perspicacity sees right through your phoney charades, and sham pretensions. Once he locks his nonsense radar onto his victim, he strikes biting criticism with startling accuracy. Direct, cutting and seldom gentle or forgiving, his analysis will leave you bleeding, in a creepy state of feeling maimed, outed and ready for the vultures.

A most pertinent character who comes to mind here is the detective Porfiry Petrovich, from Dostoevsky’s ”Crime and Punishment”. As the antagonist to the murdering Raskolnikov, Porfiry psychologically taunts him, tactfully playing a number of roles in the novel, all of which reveal how multi-faceted this character really is. He is not just an authority of the law, an investigator, a criminal psychologist, but he poses as a caring friend to Raskolnikov – a trusting confidante, and increasingly a healer and possible redeemer to his terrible crime.

Hence, he becomes the protagonist’s own shadow, leading him through an intense intellectual and psychological transfiguration as he skillfully appeals to his latent Christian morality, all in an effort to rehabilitate him. A good book to read between now and Christmas, just to get into the ‘spirit’ of things.

So here is the scenario for this week’s leading transits, which take us onto the Taurus Full Moon the following day (Tuesday 12th):

Confronting, yet strangely soothing in that there is support for us to transmute our problems.
Inside, we are aware. We are at least aware that someone; someone out there, is on to us. Aware of what? Aware of our own awareness. They see our ego, that crusty, yet flaky exterior of phony self-importance and its false motives; see through our precious yet frail little racket we got going on and are slowly converging in on us, coming to bring us wholly, truly and unapologetically unravelled. With sextiles to Saturn/ Pluto, the Sun/Mercury produces a supernatural level of pressure to come clean. We can’t hide from this one. None of us.

Another sextile from Mars to Jupiter gives us free rein to philosophically, religiously and morally open range and find “the right way” to deal with the hot issues.

Much corruption, pollution, toxicity, especially ‘in the mind’ gets pushed up to the surface. The process is of pure alchemy and part of a long series of subtle increments over these past few years to get us to awaken. As our awareness of our egotistical ways grows, the world also appears to be “getting worse”. Whilst this is not true, it’s probably because we’re becoming more and more conscious of the toxicity and corruption that has already been there for many years.

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India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan all critically polluted in 2019.
It’s not that things are “getting worse”. It’s just that we’re getting more adroit at detecting all of our dysfunctional and reactive patterns, both within ourselves and of course, by projecting of our own shadow, within all others and the world at large. We even find the worst of the worst, post them as ‘leaders’ only to hunt down, incriminate and convict over ills we are all complicit in making.

As you may suspect, we have a little way to go before our earth seems restored and rebalanced. The Saturn/Pluto will take us into next year, only to be joined by Jupiter (expansion). It’s not as if those toxic habits will simply disappear as our awareness of them grows; we’ll just become more and more aware of them as the problem gets bigger and bigger.

On this Tuesday’s Full Moon – this very intensely penetrating lunation, now in a very turbulent earth sign (Uranus is also in Taurus) – we get the ultimate look into our reactive patterns, actually see them very clearly, both within and dancing around outside of us. We see what troubles us, and when we chase it down the rabbit hole, we find that what we see out there is actually a pattern deep inside ourselves. We become aware that this pattern goes deep, can be traced to past generations. We see how we merge with it, acting out with it, totally, until we own it, or it owns us.

It is from this place that we can help. Once we own something, see our own humanity in it – our frail ego-attachment to it – then we can begin to help ourselves deal with all the reactive patterns we have formed around it. Hence, negative motives such as jealousy, possessiveness, dominance and control can rise up to the surface to be dealt with and healed.

It is inevitable. Whether you have something inside or choose to project it outwards, whatever you’re trying to hide, deny, ignore or fear may one day come looking for you will hound you until you come clean. As Mercury passes in front of the purifying fire of Scorpio Sun, it is a good time to tune into what that might be and prepare to come clean (or to die hiding it).

Although the Full Moon (Sun/Moon opposition) brings these issues to the fore in our most intimate and significant relationships, the accompanying sextiles indicate that we will get the most benefit to deal with any crises from engaging in communicative relations with our relatives and friends.



Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

[onawah]

THE WEEK AHEAD (Nov. 25-Dec. 01)
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"Mercury in Scorpio, now direct, poses increasingly complex legal/existential issues after remaining in a stationed semisquare to Jupiter for the past week. Plunging into any situation before getting all the facts straight has its price.
Venus becomes the first of the inner planets to enter the austere Capricorn this year, and we either begin to sober up fast or take a much more abstemious attitude about what it’s all worth to us.
Tuesday’s NEW MOON in early Sagittarius (04°♐03′) has us hand raised, swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth… or at least not to exaggerate.
Neptune stations to go direct Wednesday and we begin to look at the past 11 months, assessing whether it was all just an illusion or indeed a manifestation of our heart’s most cherished dreams.
Sun passes over the Saturn/Pluto (Semisquare) and refusal from authorities to allow new concepts and theories causes them to prod the public with any restrictive means possible, resulting in adverse reactions.
The last of this year’s series Lunar Occultations to Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto occurs this Friday, revealing even more clues on a hidden conspiracy to siphon humanity’s resources, mainly by those presiding over the highest positions in global law, religion, government and corporate power."

MARS in Scorpio (Nov 19-Jan 03)
https://angstoic.com/2019/11/mars-in-scorpio-nov-19-jan-3-with-horoscopes/
"For the next few weeks, this fiery little bunny-boiler will either bring out the BEST or WORST in all those of us who become inflamed, upset or somehow threatened. Why? Because Scorpio is extreme and a dignified Mars is not exactly known for his timidity.

So what’s his BEST? Mars in Scorpio will serve to protect and provide the ultimate defence and protection at all costs. If you have this guy working for you, you have a fierce, loyal and engaging warrior on your side – one who would put themselves at any risk to ensure the survival of you and your kind.

WORST? A triggered Mars in Scorpio is not an easy energy to deal with. He demands total control over his world and is easily set off when his personal power feels endangered. And you can’t easily switch him off. He acts in sharp stints, as if possessed by the demons of disbelief, denial, disillusionment, dread, and a desire to terminate or to cease to exist himself. Hard to stop when he gets going, so it’s probably best you get out of the way and don’t entrap him… or worse still, let him corner you.

By far the most challenging time will be the next week or so when Mars opposes Uranus in Taurus. Taurus likes to keep things. Scorpio has strong feelings about all that. He feels he wants a little piece for himself too and can become compulsive about getting some.

With Mars opposite Uranus being the height of his intolerance cycle, if things should not go well, defensive sulks are likely to turn violent and lash out with wild, erratic acts.

So if you’re likely to meet a mother****er,
Or you’re prone to be one of those yourself… then watch it:
Any projectile venom spewed between you could leave the both of you blind.

Should things get ugly, do your best to beg for a little mercy, then see if you can get away and fast.

Things will upset you, that’s no doubt. But you can work with that; harness the passion; focus it into something constructive to make the kind of changes you feel are most necessary. If you feel you might lose your ****, try’n keep it dark, then go vent anger somewhere quiet, in a non-harmful-to-others way…"

[onawah]

Jupiter in Capricorn, 12/2/19-12/19/20
https://angstoic.com/2019/12/jupiter-in-capricorn/

"Jupiter stepped into Capricorn on December 2, and until December 19, 2020, he promises to bring us exactly the kind of justice, rewards, benefits and opportunities that we deserve. Like Santa, he knows. He knows exactly what’s coming to you and there’s absolutely no chance that you’ll miss out. So if you make a wish, be careful what you wish for…

Much change in our society over the next 12 months, mainly because the key themes around government and control seep into every aspect of our daily lives. Jupiter’s drive to lead ‘dutifully’ and ‘responsibly’ under Capricorn is driven to extremes by mostly unconscious motivations, caused by the sustained conjunction to Pluto. As he approaches Saturn (Dec 2020), we are aware that we are coming to an end of a very significant great cycle. 2020 will be a difficult year since all that is malefic comes into a prolonged period of conflict in the second semester.

In all of our relationships, it can indicate struggles with those who need to control everything, who need to stay on top and try to manage everyone under them. Whilst the way this is handled can get incredibly out of control, those with planets in earth signs (Capricorn/Virgo/Taurus) will stand to benefit considerably by the new ‘laws’. Those in Pisces and Scorpio will also do well, while those with planets or points in Aries/Cancer/Libra may have a definite struggle on their hands trying to endure the hypocrisy, distrust and egotism – all negative traits of Jupiter in Capricorn."

THE WEEK AHEAD: Dec 02-08

"Jupiter leaves the prodigal land of Sagittarius to join Venus, Saturn and Pluto in frugal, hard-nosed Capricorn. This officially heralds a very sobering, increasingly austere journey in the 12 months ahead.
Jupiter immediately heads into a square with Chiron, aggravating differences, rifts and tender sores still left open and unhealed, either deep within us or with those who just don’t understand our pain.
Venus at the Capricorn South Node doesn’t help, pulling the heart’s affections away from likenesses and liking and more towards differences and stress points. The bickering and criticism among those with whom we’re in close contact gets worse, and love-bubbles are about to burst leaving only the most spartan kinds behind to get it on.
The Pisces First Quarter Moon tries to wax lyrical with the dazed and confused Sagittarian Sun, whose square to Neptune renders him tender and hopelessly susceptible to all kinds of duplicity, impracticality, chicanery and seduction.
Softer aspects from Venus and Mars will try to help facilitate better synergy and understanding, but with Venus in an earth sign and heading toward a bone-crushing Saturn/Pluto triple conjunction, real love over these next 12 months will demand not just an outpouring of blood sweat and tears, but driven to the point of tyranny and torment.
The real-life pressures stacking up all around us, brick by brick. Daily reminders are frustratingly surmounting into a Great Wall of China, demanding that we demonstrate our dutifulness; show proof that we can comply; fill out more comprehensive forms, sign away rights, pass tighter inventory requirements.

It’s nearly the height of Capricorn season and those multiple conjunctions and eclipses of December and January. The cosmos is screaming that we be a responsible, authoritative and consequential person. In response, we slowly feed the auspices of setting up a most officious, increasingly stuffy social framework where no-one can relax and the ‘authorities’ are constantly hounding us.

Not sure how that’s all going to sit well with some of you ‘renegades’, ‘free-thinkers’, ‘sinners’ and ‘free-spirits’ out there, but one thing is certain and for sure already. Life in 2020 won’t be a walk in the park."

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[onawah]

LUNATION NEWSLETTER FULL MOON at 19°52′ GEMINI
Thursday, December 12, 2019, 05:13 UTC
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"This can be a most vague, most ambivalent time. If more information only makes us more uncertain, then how can we have faith in anything at all?
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Greetings Fellow Travellers,

In the final Full Moon of the decade, we look back at the twenty-teens with a head-scratching wonder. No other decade we have known has progressed our understanding as much. Arguably, the induction of social media has transformed not just the way we think, but deranged the common pathways of all communication. We now stand at the summit of a decade where the dissemination of news, information, media and nearly all forms of communication has changed our lives in ways which we have still barely begun to understand and presented problems with which we have hardly started to grapple.

This can be a most vague, most ambivalent time. But is it any different to any previous age? Is the world a scarier, more uncertain place to live in or are we merely more informed about the darkness that surrounds us? Are we more or less assured as to our fate today than we were, say 10 years ago?

Your head is telling you to stay positive, to move onward and upwards while your heart's not quite so optimistic, almost harping on the fact that things are just not adding up. You're feeling nervous and confused. You seek to know what's coming, but it feels more like you're mourning a foreboding death, or nursing symptoms of some yet unknown disease, and deep within there's a presentiment that your life is about to be thrust into a series of wildly unpredictable events. And then you realise that you must get up and out of bed, and try to function like it's just another day...

But it's not just another day. It's Full Moon time when certain personal matters seem to come to a head: a time of ripe fruition, of culmination, completion, when serious decisions, even endings must be called.

Like all creatures, we live by cycles of growth and decay when we must effectuate matters and accept they've reached their high tide moment. Here, we must either yield the rewards for our effort or otherwise become divested... put to rest.

This Full Moon is such a time...

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THE WEEK AHEAD: Dec 09-15
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We are transforming, inside and out and to those who are aware of this global metamorphosis, it can feel like a frightful process…
Jupiter, now in Capricorn signifies that ‘real’ things must become ‘realised’ while the bogus and fraudulent be brought to justice. But whilst we see the symptoms everywhere, we do not see the causes. Examination, scrutiny and trial of our systems eventually reveals that it’s not out Presidents/leaders and referendums that are to blame for our collective derangement. We will learn much about the structure.

Jupiter’s square to maverick Chiron (Monday) scoffs and shames the outsider, adding more harm to Chiron’s injury. Here we begin to see that it’s the academic, judiciary and wealth-making systems themselves which harm and create further wounding to individuals, just to profit and fuel their own importance.

The Gemini Full Moon (Dec 12) with squares to Neptune and quincunx to Saturn/Pluto promises a week of ultimate mayhem and madness, as our desire for true expression is not supported by the facts. We are left confused about what to make of the current narratives. It is time we began to confront the true causes of what is going wrong.

Venus tries to nestle herself between Saturn/Pluto‘s increasingly irrational, agitated, herd-like and simply disagreeable society. Another cold, foreboding 12 months of estrangement and alienation for those who aren’t prepared to do the hard work in relationship. True alchemy for those who can withstand the pressures of facing up to their responsibilities.

Jupiter’s trine to Uranus (Sunday) suggests a massive attitude shift – a turn of fortune for those praying to the heavens for some relief, release or liberation. Though this may come, it is uncertain how long it can be sustained."

[onawah]

Climactic change has never been so pressing, but will you heed the call?
1/10/20
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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

Welcome to 2020. Astrologically, this climactic year kicks off with one of the most intense few days in history. As the Cancer Moon glows toward the full height of her synodic glory, the earth will attempt to obscure what is an ultra-rare multiple conjunction forming behind the Sun.

I say "attempt to obscure" because, after all, this is merely penumbral Lunar eclipse - meaning that only the earth's penumbra (the lighter, outer part of its shadow) will touch the Moon. To the naked eye, this eclipse, at its height, will only look like just like another Full Moon.

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The Moon, ruler of our less-conscious instinctive processes thrives in her watery domain of Cancer. The Full Moon just enhances our innate, extrasensory abilities, instinctively informing us about who we're actually dealing with. Those who are most emotional can feel everything. They sense that there's something going on out there, something big.

Though nothing can obscure the moon's instinctive glare upon us here, there is a great sense of trepidation, worry and even horror at how to react.

Opposite, the authoritative, decision-making Sun is currently conspiring at the Capricorn South Node end with the likes of Mercury (communications), Ceres (grief, loss, abduction), Saturn (control) and Pluto (annihilation and rebirth). Capricorn is earthy, cardinal - concerned with credit & credibility, status & statistics, hierarchy and importance, respect and patronage. What does he care about feelings? The Sun's superior conjunction to Mercury means he'll tell you what must be done to show up to get things done. But the instinctive Moon is opposite. She clings to her habits, habitats and securities. Unconsciously, we are trying to maintain emotional bonds and a sense of community from those closest to us. Opposite the Capricorn stellium, there is an incredible fear that we may have to change some of these 'habits'.

The harsh, earth-crushing Saturn/Pluto conjunction is only days away. Many of us get the sense that there's a bigger, more monumentally final process about to take place. An exact semi-square from another malefic planet, Mars, aggravates the situation. Out there, a square from Eris, agitates things even more.

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If we can all feel something, it is that this is it now. Through a series of 'unfortunate' events, each made worse by those adorably bumbling nincompoops at the helm of the 'operation' we are part of, is starting to indicate an extraordinarily terminal effect on how our societies have been governed and the abuse of power that has this entire planet on the brink of some colossal collapse. To those who are adequately awake, it is clear that structures are collapsing. We are coming to the end of a great age, and a new one is about to come in.

Each pressing event that is affecting our lives - our health, family, relationships and careers - displays more evidence that we are ourselves complicit into a chain of humanitarian disasters. As long as we leave the management of our exterior world to the ineptitude and recklessness of others, we leave ourselves open to betrayal, abandonment, socio-economic and environmental catastrophes.

From this, we cannot hide. Nor can we deny that our exterior world is changing. We are forced to stand and take responsibility, make sweeping changes to our domestic habits (and habitats) or unfortunately face the karmic effects of our complicity and complacency for failing to act against the mania and toxicity.

These latest eclipses have rocked our world because they are here to push us over the edge until something real happens. Something big must change. We cannot allow things to go on this way and expect any improvement. Change must come from each and every one of us.

Those who have planets, the Sun, Moon or important points in their chart at 18-24˚ - especially the Cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn must step forward and do something huge, lead the way. The rest of us who are not directly affected may have to follow suit."

[onawah]

FULL MOON IN LEO: Do you have the courage to grow up and become who you really are?
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2/6/20

"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

If we are indeed living in "interesting times", then it appears we, as a people, have settled into an epidemic state of collective complacency, isolationism and disinterest. As the "great divide" among humanity becomes more obvious in our societies, it pushes us further into feelings of futility that something can be done to salvage and preserve the very institutions that once promised us a sense of hope and prosperity.

Saturn/Pluto has activated every fear and anxiety resting inside of us, known or unknown, and squares from Eris only prompt a mad scramble to protect our own interests just to stay ahead in the race for survival. This, and the cognitive dissonance generated by the ongoing Uranus/Neptune semi-square, only confirms that we are not willing to see anything but our convenient version of the truth. To many, to try to argue our case feels tiresome, fruitless and forlorn. So we choose instead to hold back, shut out and curl up in our favourite corner and self-remedy our stress with cheap consolatory means.

Personally, the lies we tell ourselves to keep from seeing the deeper truth about our world don’t feel like lies. They feel comfortable, familiar, and true. We repeat them like a mantra and cling to them like security blankets, hoping to calm ourselves and regain some sense that the world works the way we believe it ought to.

It takes courage to stand up and take the higher moral ground. It takes a certain sense of maturity to act in alignment with our inner vision. As the visionary Aquarian Sun becomes opposed by the self-preserving instincts of the Leo Moon, humanity, which is nothing but the sum of its individuals, is faced with great conflict.

Do we dare to stand up and be heard in our plight to improve not just our own suffering, but that of our neighbours, or is this simply a hopeless enterprise?

Maya Angelou once said "Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."

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This Leo Moon at 20°♌00', in trine to a soon-to-be out-of-bounds Mars in Sadge, invigorates each one of us with the unprecedented will and vigour to fight; to fearlessly stand up for the truth - not just against those who oppose it, but against those in our midst - our 'friends' who see it and choose to do nothing.

We are out of time for the hyperinflated nonsense. It has all gotten seriously out of hand.

Our little self-perpetuating lies and euphemisms become just false friends and partisans we once looked to for comfort and protection. They can no longer appease us. They are making us weak, sick, despondent.

At this Full Moon, we come to the stark realisation that we can keep the truth at bay only for so long. All our double-speak, inertia and cognitive indirections cannot ever hope to expunge the lies we hear and reiterate each day. As we are seeing, the longer we try to pretend they can, the more we become lost and dispirited, hence the more we deepen the divide.

Unless we stand up and dare to do something different, nothing will change. The next few weeks, with Mercury about to go retrograde in Pisces, the collective state of cognitive dissonance will reach critical proportions."

[onawah]

PISCES NEW MOON: Dare to dream the dream this universe always held for those on this planet

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"Greetings fellow travellers,

At the dark of this Moon, it may be an almost impossible feat for the sensitive, spiritually-aware individual to focus solely on the mystical wonders and cosmic virtues often heralded by the very delicate, almost awe-inspiring Pisces New Moon. The amount of distraction brought into our minds by the very real social anxieties and all the fleeting trivialities of our times can be unnerving. It is essential to stay mindful of all the interferences if we are going to get a good read of the cosmic weather.

As an out-of-bounds Mars joins the cacophony of planets at the Capricorn South Node, the weeks ahead leading to the Aries Equinox may be barbed with hooks and emotional triggers. We must be mindful not to devise the traps, to not become lured into the snares of those who are trying to get a feisty rise out of us. The disturbing noise of the political pantomime becomes a persistent, diabolical movement, which can become an overriding distraction to the affairs of the soul. No, it's not a conspiracy. It's a distraction from what is really going on in our world. Whatever is occurring to the structure of power in your own, personal sphere (home, work, relationships) is also happening outside that world.

And you can see, it's not just you. People everywhere are genuinely pissed off. They feel increasingly marginalised and anxious about their future, want more control over their lives.

Young or old, male or female, in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, people everywhere all want to be individuals, not just expendable components of faceless corporations, trade unions, political parties or religious movements. We each want to be autonomous individuals who wish to express ourselves and are in control of our own destiny.

During the Uranus/Pluto squares of 2012-2015, the spread of digital technology and its ubiquitous gadgetry and the rise of this über-individualism in society meant that our politics became all screwed up. The spirit one had of being part of a collective ideological movement, which could one-day challenge power and change the world, also began to die away.

In its place was born a technocratic management system which monitors and controls all people as integers of intersectional groups. The technocrats and their intelligent algorithms control our choices by analysing and using our data to understand how we are behaving inside the consumerist matrix. Meanwhile, we are led to believe that we're unique, free-thinking and autodynamic individuals who have an infinite amount of choices on what to think, what to buy and who to vote for.

Creepishly, in the long-anticipated effects to last month's Saturn conjunction to Pluto in Capricorn, the masses have become infinitesimally divided, each individual becoming disempowered by the obscure but crippling suspicion that since there is nobody quite like their 'individual' self, that they must somehow be better, or at otherwise better off alone in their worseness. In the lower-minded individual, this emerges as a hatred, or quasi racism or sexism, or agism or some other kind of sociological angst that separates them at the most empirical level. Unlike the past 200 years, this new-age anxiety is not a fear born out of some notion of biological superiority. It is primarily a more rational fear, whose roots are complex but stem from a moral, ethical and academic arrogance (Jupiter in Capricorn).

As Uranus entered Taurus in 2019, we find our innovativeness and intellectual development locked into a stagnant, static world because it's always looking to the past for clues about how to move forward. Thus, it is afraid to imagine something new. We refuse to believe in a future system that hasn't already existed. This fixed, traditionalist status only leads us down the road to atrophy and repetition. Uranus is debilitated in the fixed/earth mode, and life becomes a repetitive drone because it doesn't allow the innovativeness and free political ideas of the masses to challenge power. Instead, it enables the endemic corruption, cover-ups and psychopathic mania to own and control everything without posing any considerable challenge.

The antithesis of this rigid social stability is the politics of imagination. Enter this Pisces New Moon, and the ensuing Full Moon in Virgo, which opposes the Sun/Neptune. Here we sense a yearning that there must be something higher than the repetition and the pessimism that has engulfed the earth. Pisces, ruled by Neptune, engenders us all with The Dream. I say 'The' Dream because it is only in the collective vision that we are united-as-one that we can work together towards a more compassionate and forgiving world.

The fear imposed upon this planet by those in the ruling classes and their silent, but powerful, supporters is real. The leaders of today are primarily empowered by those in the Pluto-in-Leo generation i.e. the "baby-boomers". It is they who refuse to come to terms with the ominous coming of their own mortality. This darkening shadow of an aging generation's death anxiety over the entire planet is slowly cast over the rest of us, and rather than dealing with serious issues like climate change and the depletion of the planet's physical resources, they instead make an obstinate grab for more.

What we are seeing from old-style governments and banking systems is an excuse to restructure power and resources in a kind of Orwellian-style dystopia (see China) - one which reflects that generation's fear of mortality because they are incapable of seeing anything going on beyond their own death. A very competitive war will ensue.
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As Mars ignites the patriarchic stellium of Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto in Capricorn, his sister Eris, now squaring from Aries, is totally pissed off. She stands for strife, discord, cataclysm and extinction. Something has to die. Forever. Unlike Pluto, which brings rebirth, Eris sees only the survival of the fittest. Mars will join Eris in Aries for the entire second half of 2020. Together they will see that everything that is in corruption and decay stands up to the fight of its life.

Meanwhile, it helps to understand that everything you experience here is a product of our imagination. Our politics is about imagining the future and having the means to persuade a bunch of people who dream the same dream to support us to make that happen.

What are you imagining? Is what you see in your dreams emotionally unsustainable? If we wish to hold an optimistic vision of the future - one that sheds the sadness and the grief carried over from our past, we must learn to fuse science with religion. We need to reach inside our hearts and give rise to a whole new spirituality. Both our technologies and 'god' are about the grandeur of living and being part of a grand story. Essentially, humans want to live according to a big narrative. We want a story out of which we can draw infinite ideas.

How do you imagine the future story to look?

Blessings, and have an amazing New Moon xx "

[onawah]

FULL MOON IN VIRGO: Are you brave enough to break through into the reality of this dream?
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3/6/20

(Cosmic parallels drawn between what's happening now with the US oligarchy and the collapse of the USSR not so long ago)


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"Greetings fellow travellers,

Yes, things continue to become ever more “interesting”. The Pisces Sun’s hazy, lazy effect upon the ego is made ever more diffuse by Neptune, and our subliminal awareness of the sensory field becomes greatly amplified, exposing our sensitivities to all kinds of ego-delusions, glamourisations, weaknesses and even victim-sagas.

By Monday, the anxious, worrisome Virgo Moon will stand in opposition to this Sun, though she is totally unsure of what to make of any of this fantastic nonsense. She is of the neat, orderly, practical kind. She abhors abstractions and departures from the ordinary routine, and though she usually trusts whatever the Sun’s up to, she is concerned that things are getting way too weird and it’s getting harder to take care of business.

Even the sesqui-square from Venus/Uranus in earthy Taurus provides little comfort or assurance that things will be stable.

Monday, 9 March 2020, 17:49 UTC
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Everything is so up in the air – those things we valued very much in our lives seem to be dwindling and fragmenting all around us. We keep seeing signs and hearing harrowing echoes that “we live in interesting times”, although I’m sure that many of us pine for days when things may once again cease to be so “interesting”; when we can finally return to some semblance of order, again.

Let’s be careful what we wish for…
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For we all know that big things are afoot along this leg of the journey, don’t we, fellow travellers? We’re all aware of a mass conspiracy now mounting up near the peaks of Capricorn. Mars (action), just past the South Node (ghosts of the past) slowly marches his way further up the hill, soon to join Pallas Athena (strategy), Jupiter (law), Pluto (power) and then finally Saturn (control) who is at the last degree of his own lofty, craggy domicile. We all suspect that massive things are rolling out, perhaps as an attempt by those in power to restore at least some pretence of order & control.

But really? Are we aware? If so, we’re certainly taking it with a sense of disaffected dissonance.
As Saturn enters into Aquarius briefly (Mar-May), strange cracks appear in the fabric of our reality. A near semi-square to Neptune and square to Uranus is a reminder that the dissonance won’t hold. A new awakening is near.

This has all happened before, in incarnations not so distant.

Twenty-nine years ago, when Saturn was last about to leave Capricorn – in the final stages of Russian communism, there was similar impassivity towards a decadent system. By the end of the 1980s, the Soviet regime had so successfully indoctrinated itself into every aspect of Russian society, that to consider any possible alternatives was out of the question for any politician, journalist, academic or citizen living within the regime. Such was the illusion of perfect control that no-one dared conceive of anything but the official party line, put out by the propaganda of the status quo.

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The Soviet Union suddenly collapsed on 26 Dec 1991. At the beginning of that year, Saturn was again at the final degree of Capricorn, forming a massive stellium with masters of fragmentation and dissolution – Uranus and Neptune. This was an ultra-rare astrological phenomenon to experience in one’s lifetime.

Of course, no one in the Soviet system could see it crumbling until it was too late to avoid a complete collapse of the old order. It happened because the regime couldn’t hold up anymore – the system’s foundations had become so undermined that the structure was ultimately unsustainable. This much was obvious to anyone waiting in line for bread or petrol or toilet paper or to those fighting a futile war in Afghanistan or middling about in the bureaucratic halls of the Kremlin.
Officially, in public life, such observations went unexpressed. To utter out loud the obvious truth meant to be silenced, redacted and even punished. Strangely, among Russians back then, the end of the Soviet Union was neither a surprise nor was it foreseeable. Such was the bizarre state of wholesale acceptance and phoney belief in a clearly broken system, and all the myths perpetuated to prop it up.

To outsiders, in the West, it seemed like the best-kept secret – a conspiracy of control so tight, behind walls to high, that it was impossible to know the full force of its might and power, or that the whole thing was run on smoke and mirrors, on the brink of ruin. The slick facade of control is always the cloak of a corroding system.
Outer 1991/ Inner 2020
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Sound familiar?
Well, it’s remarkable to see the similarities between current astrological themes and key signatures between then and now. While the times and places, motions and emotions of the leading characters may have changed slightly through one generation, we see how the entire planet is reaching a similar state of mass delusion. The greater the extent of fakeness in the world, the more those under its spell are tipped to go along, clinging to the reassurance of its fairy-tale simplicity.

Today, we live in a world where the powerful deceive us on just about every level. We know they’re lying to us, and they know we know they’re lying. They don’t care. We may say we care, or that we’re “woke”, but we do nothing. We ask pathetically “what can be done?” and go along. And nothing ever changes. It’s become the perfect self-perpetuating lie. Today, we live in a world of virtual reality, where truth is not truth. It is a world that is beyond truth. We live in the world of endlessly imaginable possibilities, but we keep doing the same thing over, like watching reruns of some sitcom from the 80s.

We turn a blind eye to the subtle rise of authoritarianism; rampant corporate corruption; titanic-level natural and ecological disasters; the strange case of Donald Trump; the rascally interference of Russians; Sinister China & the mysterious spread of the coronavirus; Brexit and the impending collapse of the EU; the devastating wars of Syria & Yemen; endless migration & a global refugee crises; the much-snubbed threat of climate change; looming economic depression….

Meanwhile, wholesale, systemic lies have become indoctrinated and accepted into our daily lives. World leaders continue to refuse to address the tough decisions, have completely ceded authority to global finance and the central bank, and provide us all with utterly simplistic sound-bites, patently false narratives to steer us away from the uncertainty and ambivalence of our times.

That most of us are under the haze and confusion of these tall tales has unintended and grave consequences. Our senior statesmen and glorified newsreaders, fueled by the mainstream media in all its tech-billionaire owners and CEO’s have become the puppeteers of perception. These are the magicians and sorcerers who dodge telling the public the uncomfortable and difficult truths about the world just to maintain the stranglehold of power on a status quo which isn’t quite what it seems to be.

But it’s not their fault. And it is wrong to think that there is some global conspiracy against us. We cannot blame the elite class for this **** state of affairs because, in truth, most of us prefer it this way. The world is a hard place, too complicated and scary to otherwise endure. We prefer the streaming reality-TV-show paradigm that has become daily news, with all of its celeb-candidates and key contestant ticket-holders. We want this delusion because it pacifies our minds from knowing what a harsh, limited, excruciating world we live on.

This dream/nightmare is our preferred channel. This is the ordinary reality we have collectively chosen to believe and this is what we have manifested. Do we dare to switch?"

[onawah]

New Moon in Aries: Are you getting this?
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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

I will try to be ultra-brief if that's possible since so much news is streaming in from the cosmos and there is only so much we can really process against that siren of media commotion that's going on all around us.

I understand the narrative out there sounds pretty dire - a lot of morbid, freaky news about some virus running rife, and though the only real defence for all seems to be to splinter off and isolate away from everyone, please rest assured that all the cosmic signs are pointing that we take all that we hear with a grain of salt, keep on working on our inner selves, conserving purity of mind.

Uranus semisquaring Neptune in its final dizzy spells, calling out not to buy into the same hypernormalising hogwash which ultimately brought down soviet Russia at the end of 1991. A reminder: Saturn's now right where he was back in the lead up to that fall, hovering over Uranus/Neptune as they also primed themselves to have their big conjunction there in Capricorn.

Harmonic conversion of the big three - cosmic rulers of the 3rd, 4th and the 5th dimensions, those degrees now being triggered off by today's Mars/Jupiter/Pluto, like some nostalgic echo of Kurt Cobain's grunge-filled maudlin angst which back then told us 'Nevermind', and what would follow for the next 29 years was a cycle of soul-dissociated beings, slowly becoming disaffected and dismayed that this old world was really coming to an end.

And so it is.
We are here at the end. Very soon we will reset the 'now' button.

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So, nevermind. Nothing is real. Turns out your gig never really mattered that much after all. Meanwhile, all other news is cancelled until further notice. All activity is frozen, like in that old Grimm fairy-tale, and each untimely death can be attributed to this accursed virus, served up on telly as proof of sorts that this disease is really real. The ghost of our alienated and antagonistic youth; this Curse of nihilistic Kurt, who most sardonically warned us back in 1991 "smelled like teen spirit" is about to erupt into humanity's revolt or fizzle out into oblivion.

What am I raving about? I guess you'll see with your real eyes. Or is it with your real lies?

Anyway, just want to wish you all an amazing Aries New Moon. Expecting Weinstein now to follow Epstein in an early cosmic pardon, while all the rest of us are left to pick up pieces and do the hard labour.

... just for now, please take a moment to sit and reflect on your position, become aligned, body and soul and make a firm intention to at least stand in your Solar centre and to heal thyself from all this other madness."

GEMINI/GEMINI RISING
This horoscope message is provided as a free sample.
https://angstoic.com/2020/03/gemini-gemini-rising-empowering-horoscope-message-for-the-aries-new-moon/

[onawah]

"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

Time appears to stand still as Saturn stations to turn retrograde. It will be a very confronting few months, as the 'Lord of Karma' not only gave us a whip of what the 'new normal' will look like post-2021 when he enters Aquarius 'proper', but on his return to Capricorn (Jul 2) he will join the dance with Jupiter and Pluto, thus laying down the architecture for our final transition out of the industrial age and into the brave new millennium.

In his 1959 follow-up, "Brave New World Revisited", Aldous Huxley observed that the world was becoming like the dystopia he described in his 1931 masterpiece "Brave New World" much faster than he ever imagined. He cited the reason for this was due to rapid 'overpopulation', and the more expedient means by which populations could become controlled, such as the subtle use of drugs/medicines and subliminal suggestion through the media.

"Many of them are normal because they're so well adjusted to the status quo, their voice silenced so early in their lives that they do not struggle, suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does.

They're 'normal' not in the absolute sense of the word; they're only normal in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to an abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness.

These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human, they wouldn't be so adjusted".

~ Aldous Huxley ☉□ ♄/♅

Of course, world population has only doubled since the sixties, and the rate of scientific development has provided us with a media machine that now pervades and arguably controls every facet of our social lives, to some extent. What is to become of us? We are skyrocketing to who knows where, and many cannot decide whether things are moving too fast or not nearly fast enough at all. Indeed, a brave new world awaits us.

As Saturn retrogrades back into Capricorn, it is time to revisit the epic remnants of a world that may have served us, but only in so far as it has brought us to this sparse and lonesome summit.


Are You Ready to Go Back? THE WEEK AHEAD
May 11-17, 2020
https://angstoic.com/2020/05/are-you-ready-to-go-back-the-week-ahead-may-11-17/

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"The disintegration of our old, structured world is now in its final stages, and whilst few of us could ever have predicted this degree of change to occur in every sector of society and social lives, the few who did see this coming strangely find themselves in the same boat as all those who, grimly, are still in denial of what is going on.

There will be fingers pointed in the land of judgement and recrimination. All you can do is stand clear…

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By the middle of this week, Mercury, ruler of communications and Mars, ruler of war and defence, will have entered into mutable (changeable) signs… although not before squaring in fixed (not very changeable) signs. Can we expect some very cross words between each other? Of course. The misunderstandings are everywhere because folks are quick to jump to obstinate conclusions, getting defensive over things they do not understand, refusing to listen to anything of which they disapprove or deem to be incredulous or foreign, just at first glance.

In a way, this only highlights the bigger picture issues played out in Saturn’s current near-square to Uranus which, in fact, creates the basis for greater social disruption leading into 2021. The status quo fails to accept radical differences and changes, particularly in core values which are slate to shift, thanks to conflicting views on science and innovative technologies. But that’s another story, a long, very intricate story, whose implications I have already started to cover in my weekly Cosmic Bus webcasts. If you are not signed up to those, you are missing out and I advise that you sign up immediately. After all, why are you still here?This is again a massive turning-point week, and with respect to the last quarter Moon also in the fixed sign of Aquarius, we get a strong sense that social issues and technology are going to clash with matters over the economy and material security. Venus continues to square Neptune as she slows to retrograde for the first time since Oct 2018, creating all kinds of weird and wonderful, particularly in our relationships.

Of course, the big-ticket items this week are the synced-up to station-together-retrogrades of social planets, Jupiter and Saturn. As many of us now try to make a return to the society we once knew before Jan-Feb, we will start to see where the opportunities for growth and pitfalls for demise stand in the wake of this global pandemic.

Over the next 4 months, much will need to be adjusted and prepared as these two planets will turn again direct in mid-late September before they head out to form their great conjunction in the first degree of Aquarius (Dec 21). I have not only begun to discuss the sociological and personal effects of these next few months at length on the Cosmic Bus, but I provide you now with a link to this special article (replete with horoscope messages) with an aim to help guide you on to how best to manage this very confronting next few months.

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SATURN RETROGRADE: How much does it matter? https://angstoic.com/2019/04/saturn-retrograde-how-much-does-it-matter/

Let’s face it unless you are some kind of masochist, there’s nothing about Saturn that’s sexy or fun. The dude craves everything that’s lively and frivolous about life, not because he wants it for himself for he wouldn’t know how to enjoy it. Saturn just doesn’t want you to have it. He can think of better things you should be doing. Saturn’s attitude: if he can’t accept the nonsense, why should you?

Well, that’s not entirely true… Saturn isn’t the natural enemy of mirth and laughter. It’s just that the old curmudgeon has such strict standards. His stiff and unyielding manner in how he goes about exacting those ‘standards of excellence’ is seldom easy on those who aren’t mindful, are lazy or delusional. Sooner or later, judgement comes down with a big stick and those who aren’t with it, cop a serve. Unless we are adhering to Saturn’s predefined ‘standards’, life can be tough. Conversely, for those that are adhering to Saturn’s gig, life is tough anyway.

Similarly, transits from Saturn usually ain’t much joy either. It’s “strictly business” with the old man. His motto is to “treat ’em mean and keep ’em keen”. If there’s any relief, it’s often always after he’s done his bit – often not once, but three (3) times over. Saturn spends 11 months of every year in his retrograde shadow. In the aftermath of those gruelling, character defining instances, we can at least look back and say… “thank God I managed to survive that ordeal in one piece*”.
*(assuming you survived it in one piece)

And so it is… the Lord of karma, gravity and this dense, physically-defined exterior universe will occasionally slow down, come to complete standstill, then appear to slowly retrace the heavy footsteps traversed in the 6 – 7 zodiac degrees of the previous four months. This happens once every year, in whichever season the Sun appears to move through opposition to Saturn.

This ‘retrograde’ process is actually useful – it provides an opportunity to seriously examine our recent efforts, review those things that were supposed to ‘matter’ during this time – at least to the exterior world, who expects so much of us. According to the laws of karma, we need to make some things matter, learn lessons, pay dues. Rx Saturn is mostly interested in those things which ought to have happened but just did not materialise as planned – probably because we goofed off, or tried to pull one over on the old man…Where Saturn is concerned (transits over planets in your chart), the postman always rings three times – just to make sure you got the message. It’s always about reaching maximum efficiency and utmost economy of thought, motion and matter. Whether you get it or not is another matter.

If you are currently affected by a Saturn transit, just know that he is really only interested in things that are real and quantifiably verified. Focus on giving him that. Let him see the substance, and you’ll be fine. He cares not for your wild abstractions, fantasies and wishful thinking. Any ‘woowoo’ unrealistic elements in your life must go, or at least be put on pause until after this period. Pressure to sit and pass the test is integral before you can successfully move on to the next level. Just as the laws of gravity are very, very strict, Saturn ensures that only those things that can stand the ravages of of time will stand as true. Everything else must crumble and just fall away.

If we refuse to substantiate or to let go of our insupportable fancies and high- falutin' pretensions, then the burden of guilt, grief, separation, depression, loss, ill-health, aging, even death may catch up with us.

This three-pronged reality-check is Saturn’s signature ‘Standard Operational Procedure’. Saturn’s evenly timed 29.5-year orbit is such that, from earth’s perspective, he appears to cover the same stretch of 6 – 7 degrees of space 3 times, usually over an 11-month period just so we learn our lesson well, and the reality of our situation penetrates into the matter until it crystallises into form.

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[U]THE RETROGRADE CYCLE[U]:
PHASE 1: RETROGRADE SHADOW – Feb 03 – May 11
In this phase of Saturn’s transit, we start to lay down the premises of what will become our reality for the next few months. Brick by brick, we’re building our manifestation, paving the path that will become defined as what “the matter”.

Naturally, we reap what we sow. Where we have take shortcuts or skipped vital duties or responsibilities, we may have to pay our dues later.

PHASE 2: SATURN RETROGRADE – May 11 – September 28,
During this period, we are made to retrace our steps. We are taken by the scruff of the neck and forced to review how well we have adhered to the expectations and ambitious plans lain down during Saturn’s entry into the shadow phase.

Saturn’s conjunction to the South Node during this entire period indicates that personal ambitions may not be synchronous with the prevailing cultural attitudes. We would be wise to stay mindful of the propensity for punishment and troublesome repercussions if going against the system.

Listen to your conscience:

Have you been living up to what the exterior world requires from you?
Have you been dishing out expectations to others, trying to hold them accountable? Have you been impeccable in your judgement of others?
Has there some slacking, avoidance, stretching of facts, overspending of resources; procrastination; double standards in your relationships; some good, ol’-fashioned moral hypocrisy’ going down?
Best advice is to knuckle down, head down to the basement and focus on actually accomplishing something definitively ‘you’. Make it the most extraordinary thing you are capable of doing – some achievement which could one day put you in a class all of your own.

PHASE 3: September 28 – Jan 03, 2021
The final pass over the same point is do or die. Saturn is merciless, and if it ain’t real, it ain’t happening. This could be painful, shameful and humiliating to the ego, but the spirit knows… it’s just how this business works. Ultimately, Saturn in Capricorn is pushing us to question those patriarchal institutions, governments, corporate or corporeal bodies that appear to have outlived their usefulness.

In the meantime, earnest, steady effort is necessary to come up with the means to accomplish this successfully. Sometimes we are called to slow down and take a more conservative, cautious, frugal approach just to make things work, particularly after the retrograde period is over.

It may not be fun at the time, but hey… you’ll see – “it’s character-building”.

In a way, Saturn does retrogrades better than all the other planets. It’s like he gives us a second chance to examine and improve the ever-evolving relationship between the ego (exterior-defined self) and the soul (internal self). Of course it will hurt, but then, how else are we supposed to learn? "

[onawah]

VENUS RETROGRADE IN GEMINI: Return To Sender
https://angstoic.com/2020/05/venus-retrograde-in-gemini-return-to-sender/
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"Whilst charming, amiable and co-operative, Venus in Gemini can typically be quite flippant and superficial in her affairs. Concerned greatly with an eloquent image or of others’ opinions rather than true worth, she flits and flutters from one love interest to another just to keep it ‘interesting’.

Don’t be surprised if (by the end of this period) you’ve not looked up every old flame, all the way back to that 8th-grade crush to see how they are faring in the world, comparing notes on who’s more socially acceptable now, and then move on. A sustained square from Neptune throughout much of May may be initially deceiving, but will not allow us to glamourise images at all. Not an ideal time to invest or enter a relationship, especially if we are thinking of returning to something of the old (the sheen will quickly wear off).

Those with mutable planets (VIRGO, GEMINI, SADGE, PISCES) between 5° – 22° are most affected by this transit…

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KARMIC RENEWAL
When Venus is retrograde, she begins her symbolic descent to the underworld, her love-consciousness directed down different avenues, or back to the past to clear any residual influences on the present. By the end of the process, she returns feeling replenished and renewed. Her mission is to produce a reconstruction of old complexes or troubling dynamics, especially in our relationships, that we may have felt we had already mastered but in a karmic sense still haunt or influence us subconsciously.

Venus last retrograded Gemini precisely 8 years ago, when she famously transited across the face of the Sun (Jun 6, 2012). Unresolved relationship complexes prevalent at that time could resurface at this time. You may gain insight into Venus’ influence on your life by reflecting on the specifics of your love circumstances during that time. How much have you evolved in understanding how your heart works and what you value?

When Venus enters her retrograde cycle, we are invited to investigate the darker or hidden dimensions of ourselves, and others – often resulting in the unveiling of shadow matter projected onto other people around us. This allows us to adopt a different lens from which to observe ourselves and those with whom we interact. We want to be receptive to these deeper perceptions, and simply take it all in as opposed to trying to change things during the actual retrograde.

It’s best to use the retrograde period for objective witnessing with the intent to see what’s going on with fresh eyes. Since our exterior relationships reflect our own internal dynamics, the most enlightened perception would be to see any flaws or ‘shadows’ (demons) as our own and to learn to integrate and heal these within ourselves.

Because the Venus cycle itself is so complex, it can be challenging to make rational sense of “why” we must sometimes undergo such awful challenges in our affairs. Often, there is some unfinished business that we have to settle. If one is privy to the deeper dynamics of their horoscope, then it can often become clear what type of role the situation or individual is playing, and what can be done to support healing, reparation, resolution, and understanding.

MADE WHOLE AGAIN
By the end of his retrograde cycle, we are either satisfied with ourselves or steeped in tortuous self-judgement and condemnation. Much depends on how we can use this period to reconcile the parts of ourselves we love with those we feel are of none or little value.

'The very picture of a whole person is one who can drink wine, dance on the beach, sing in the rain and at the same time enjoy the depths of understanding and wisdom that belong to the sage. Half of humanity has been accepting the inner world but denying the outer world. The other half of humanity has been accepting the material world and denying the inner world. Both are half and no person who is half can be contented. You have to be whole: rich in the body, rich in science, rich in meditation, rich in consciousness.'

~OSHO "

[onawah]

Subject: Are you observing clearly what is really going on, or are you taking sides?
5/21/20
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=NvUQB&mc=It&s=s4iNwR&u=Ghhv4&z=EQgxyFo&
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"Greetings fellow travellers,

Energies are coming together into clusters from this weekend, sparking off all kinds of new activities, igniting measures and forging alliances that may or may not turn out to be exactly what we bargained for. It will be hard not to engage, take sides. As usual, the more we are pulled toward this way or that by the cosmic tides, the greater our propensity to experience some degree of conflict.
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No, nothing is as it seems. We want to know what's going on, be informed, but the current lunation's emphasis in GEMINI means trickery and duplicitousness are afoot. Information is being artfully twisted when ruler MERCURY, now conjunct a retrograde VENUS come into square with NEPTUNE. People's naivety and wishful thinking are foolishly seduced into the sweet deception and outright fraudulence that is currently riddling through the hearts and minds of many, content to be kept blissfully in the dark, fed on a steady diet of propagandised fear and mind-control, nourished only with the contrived madness of carefully selected sources.

The cluster of planets PLUTO/JUPITER/PALLAS ATHENA/SATURN, retrograding in Capricorn/Aquarius indicates just how thick and planned out the conspiracy is. It exists. The insidious design to say nothing about an issue that should be generally known exists in all of us. It is a rich, powerful, yet dark and foreboding sense that the world we once knew is at its most profound, most conclusive stages of corruption and decay. We can harness this energy to help play our part in making tremendous changes or we lose control entirely, let it transform us into horrible monsters.

As human beings, we conduct ritual ceremonies to celebrate joyous tribal festivities, seasonal turning points and significant personal milestones. Our customary observances create a forum for the release of our most complicated feelings of ecstasy or trauma, so we do not have to carry those feelings around with us forever. We also gather as a tribe to muster our collective anger, rage, take it to war against any perceived threat or oppression.

When sacred rites are being fundamentally denied, people begin to behave erratically. Squares from CHIRON, ERIS and URANUS in Aries/Taurus will soon be joined by MARS for the second half of the year when the war god enters his fiery domicile himself to go through his own ritual retrograde.

Only NEPTUNE stands between the two tribes.

We are only two weeks away from eclipse season.
If you believe in rituals to mark a special event, then the NEW MOON, only hours away (Fri 17:39UTC) from exact alignment at 02°♊05', provides the most auspicious opportunity to conduct a ceremony all of your own, make a strong intention and celebrate the jewel of infinity in a single most potent moment. Your meditation can become a device by which you can repair and reconstruct your own neural and emotional pathways.

So…
Sit somewhere peaceful.
Purposely, begin to deeply breathe your Self back into your centre.
Feel your mind and spirit come together, in complete alignment throughout the spine of your entire body,
Bring your being into complete stillness…
Allow yourself to sit, ask spirit to sit with you, within you be guided to formulate a clear intention,
create mindful coherence between body and soul
Accept that you must soon launch into action,
become a conduit for the great cosmic intent
play your part in a way that most strongly resonates
through you,
for you,
and for all around you.

Blessings to you on this New Moon… xx"

[onawah]

The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be – THE WEEK AHEAD: Jun 1-7
https://angstoic.com/2020/06/the-future-aint-what-it-used-to-be-the-week-ahead-jun-1-7/

"Get the feeling we’ve entered eclipse season?

Yes, this month promises to be a tumultuous month. The North Node Solar Eclipse at 00°Cancer21′ (June 21) is flanked by two gnarly penumbral lunar eclipses. The first (Jun 5) ushering us into a brand new phase of soul-growth, while the second (Jul 5) is a fitting finale to the learnings of the past 18 months.

As we head into these eclipses, we must stay mindful of events likely to catch us off guard. Eclipses are known to throw curveballs our way, particularly if they form tight aspects to our natal planets. We are also likely to react, sometimes irrationally and uncontrollably to what may otherwise be a familiar situation. Before launching into action or defence, it pays to take a breath and ask “what if I choose to sit this out, not engage?”

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TRANSIT ANALYSIS:
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Sun Sesquisquare Jupiter: The “Should have quit while ahead” aspect. Even those at the top eventually lose the coin toss and once the luck runs out, losses seem to multiply. Ignorance, a false sense of importance or greed taken too far can bring about demise.

Node Conjunction Vesta: A new sense of respect for the rights of those whom, in the past, we took for granted or considered insignificant (if at all). Vesta reminds us that devoted service to others is not just for the sake of our own survival but for the preservation of our society.

✦ TUESDAY:
The Libra Moon squares the Jupiter/Pluto/Pallas/Saturn cluster. Here, the plot thickens, as lawmakers, billionaires, political strategists and governments all secretly in cahoots get the sense that the wave of public emotion is turning against them. Improved public relations is one thing, but Capricorn demands to see substance and merit, not just displays of nicety and token gestures.

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Venus Square Mars: Venus in Gemini prefers facts. Having spent the last four weeks stationed at ~90º to Neptune has made the love goddess extremely sensitive and intolerant to things she can not rationally comprehend.

Venus feels neither enamoured nor enriched by the outlandish assertions posed by Mars in Pisces. Mars seems equally startled by her vapid and callous comments towards him. Venus is turned off by his hyper-defensiveness and convoluted actions. Particularly between the gender, this creates a strange state of sexual tension and if they can’t somehow ‘find a fix’ can lead to squabbles and dealbreakers

℞etrograde Venus finally returns to the morning sky after inferior conjunction to the Sun, forming a New Venus (much like a New Moon) in our lives. Generally, a powerful day to go within and set intentions for what we might wish to magnetise into our life for the new 18-month cycle ahead, our intention is also fraught by the perils of a Mars square**.
**The square between Mars/Venus is a disruptive aspect. Any conflict prompts that we try harder to get our ‘facts’ straight if we want to maintain relations, especially if our desires are motivated by kooky abstractions and ungroundedness.
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There is every chance this week that if you are somehow unhappy in your personal affairs with others that you will attract troubles. Be prepared to be admonished for failing to measure up to standard in your personal inadequacies or insecurities.

Pallas Athena regresses into Capricorn: This politically shrewd little asteroid has been in the Capricorn mix since the start of the year, dipping briefly into Aquarius through May.

The coincidental triple conjunction occurs three (3) times in 2020. Super rare to see, but when you do, be sure to know that autocrats, plutocrats, technocrats, whetever-crats are plotting and-a-scheming something big. What’s it gonna be?
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Pallas’ return to Capricorn sees a tight reunion with Jupiter and Pluto (Jul 3) around the time Saturn returns to Capricorn (Jul 1), and just a couple days before the second lunar eclipse at 13°♑38′ Capricorn (Jul 5).
Keywords for Capricorn: Pragmatic, ambitious, disciplined, stoic, cynical and pessimistic.
Operative Capricorn modality: Authoritarianism, confinement, steadfast governance, frugalism, goal-oriented only.

✦ FRIDAY:
Mercury Sextile Uranus: Anything that restricts mental freedom needs an outlet. Puzzling problems find solutions.

Mercury Square Chiron: Old wounds and traumas easily triggered by a few inconsiderate words/tweets. Statements are misinterpreted, taken the wrong way or reveal incredible ignorance. Crazy arguments.
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PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE at 15°♐34′: This epic Full Moon in mutable signs experiences a slight hint of the earth shadow, officially launching us into Eclipse season. Due to its 8th harmonic syndrome (see red lines above) highlights tension in themes that will be central to the Gemini North/Sadge South Node emphasis over the next 18 months. There’s a lot of hype and hyperbole about what’s true or false, right and wrong, good and evil that will seek to be straightened out with facts and plain, old-fashioned straight talk, that’s for sure.

WARNING: With both malefics Mars and Saturn in the mix, this lunation could take a very sinister, even violent turn. If last week’s Quarter Moon brought out nasty stuff, this one promises to call in the coast guard to settle disputes. In fact, as I write this, I am hearing that the United States is imposing curfews due to race riots. Not a good time to start anything, and perhaps one might wish to self-isolate from everyone to at least keep some semblance of sanity.

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Mars Semisquare Saturn: Inability to master irritations and frustrations shows immense immaturity. Any aggressive action or hostility is summarily ‘punished’ by authorities and police.

Sun Sesquisquare Saturn: This aspect reveals just how threatening those in authority can be when manipulating others purely from selfish motives to maintain power.

Sun Square Mars: Verbose temper tantrums and scenes of utter disgust in defiance when things don’t go exactly as desired.

✦ SUNDAY:
Venus Sesquisquare Jupiter: Superficial displays of martyrdom or postured charitable acts to earn political ‘brownie points’ are transparent. Those straightforward in their efforts would be more sincere.

SYNOPSIS:
The build-up of themes developing throughout the last week comes to a head this week. Amidst the crisis of climate change, a global pandemic, a struggling economy, the disintegration of governments, institutions and now small businesses, the ongoing social injustices, the aggravated protests and rioting [gasp] is an immutable universal truth as to who is responsible.

Of course, we will want to blame someone but to solve this we must first come face to face with our complicity and ignorance, again without blame. Only by stripping down layers and layers of opinions, assertions, selective biases and personal agendas to live and let die will we ever allow the truth to come dancing with us.

The real test of our knowledge, or ‘truth’, is not whether or not it’s ‘true’ but whether it serves to empower us. Any scientific expert or mathematician will tell you that no theory is ever 100% correct. As such, assuming that we know ‘the truth’ is not usually a good gauge of anything. The real test for knowledge is how we can apply it. Any theory that empowers us to do new things validates our knowledge.

Over the decades, science and knowledge have granted us many exciting new tools. Some are mental tools, such as those used to gather data to predict things like voting results, market trends, death rates and economic growth. More importantly, science has granted us technological tools. The connection between science and technology is now so tightly enmeshed that these days we find it hard to separate the two. In fact, we seek to know only to expedite our technology to take us faster, higher, better, longer.

There are some who know the power of using technology to advance the cause of humanity’s growth and development. There are some who know the power of using technology to advance their own, personal agendas. And then, there are the many who haven’t a clue as to what’s going on, have no interest in science, just go on assumptions, hearsay and incomplete religious fairy tales, filled incomprehensible nonsense… They may use the technology to expedite their superstitious ideas, unaware they are indeed being ‘used by the technology’.

I can say that’s just another story, but it’s a story I cannot begin to tell unless people are on board with me on this wonderful quest. That’s why I do the bus, now weekly. I could just about do it daily. I would save me a lot of writing, lol.

Anyway, as we sail into these eclipses, I will reiterate my foreword. The events of the week/month ahead cannot be easily predicted since the world is currently at its most chaotic. So many forces are simultaneously at work, many of them hidden under a cloak of darkness, steeped in ignorance, driven by centuries of seething resentment, rage and despair over traumas, violations and gross injustices. The interactive nature of these events is so complex that even the tiniest disruption to one tiny heart could ignite an atomic explosion that has the power to turn the entire course of history. We must know that.

As we go into this week, ask yourself what would happen if you chose not to contribute to the chaos and disorder? What might happen if you mindfully, peacefully chose to sit this one out?

Blessings, and may you have an amazing week xx "

[onawah]

PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE at 15°34' SAGITTARIUS
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth is out there... if you care to listen
6/4/20
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=NsjW6&mc=It&s=s4iNwR&u=Ghhv4&z=EIYUhKQ&

"Greetings fellow travellers,

Are these simply the most exciting times we are in? If you sit still, you can literally hear the rumblings of this epic moment shaking the foundations of all history and past culture underneath your feet.

We are seeking some truth, and as we enter the new paradigm of consciousness, it is interesting to watch the shift between those willing to move forward with a sense of curiosity and those still clinging, somewhat desperately by their confounded beliefs to the crumbling ruins of the past.

In less than 24 hours, a PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE will form at 15°34′ SAGITTARIUS, receiving a supertight T-Square from MARS 15°♓52′ – planet of war, fire, fury, aggression and defence and a semisquare from SATURN 01°♒24’℞, the planet of restriction, limitation, fear and control…

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These eclipses are part of the same SAROS series that last occurred on exactly the same dates in Jun/Jul of 2001. They include the Jun 21 Solar Eclipse, 00°♋21‘ (Annular), and the Jul 4 Lunar Eclipse 13°♑38′ (Penumbral).

Here are some things we definitely know about eclipses:
Eclipses occur when the Sun, Moon and Earth all come into direct alignment.
They can be total, annular or partial (Solar), or total, partial or penumbral (Lunar).
A Solar Eclipse occurs when the New Moon (Sun/Moon conjunction) forms within 18.5 degrees of one of the Lunar Nodes (points where the orbit of the Moon crosses the ecliptic).
A Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Full Moon (Sun/Moon opposition) forms within roughly 12 degrees of the Lunar Nodes, as the Earth comes directly between the Sun and Moon. The Moon appears dark red while in the Earth’s shadow.
The actual shadow phase of eclipses lasts between 3-4 hours from start to the end.
There are usually two Solar Eclipses a year, preceded or followed (and sometimes both) by a Lunar Eclipses two weeks before/after.
Eclipses actually follow a strange pattern called a Saros Cycle which repeats every 19 years. Consecutive Eclipses belong to different families of eclipses which last between 1200 and 1600 years and contain from 69 to 89 eclipses. There are 38-42 Saros Cycles active at any given time, each at different stages of their evolution. The pattern of Saros Cycles is very complicated.
The closer an eclipse falls near the Nodes (by conjunction/opposition) the more powerful its effects upon us.
The exact degree of the eclipse leaves an astrological ‘memory’ which then becomes triggered/activated by transits, either prior or after the event. (eg. observe effects as planets cross 18° Pisces 57′.
Eclipses merged with any other transiting planets (eg, conjunction to Chiron) tend to infuse a strong flavour of that planet’s energy into their usual effect.
The ‘usual’ effect of the eclipse is to leave a phenomenal impact on our individual lives. Matters affected by the astrological natal house of your chart where the eclipse falls seem to get enormous attention.
Effects actually start to show months before the actual eclipse, staying in theme for up to 2 years, and manage to irrevocably transform our lives and lifestyles.
If an eclipse aligns with one of your planets then this is a significant moment in your life (according to the nature of that planet.) The proximity of the alignment increases the potency. Check which house in your chart is ruled by that natal planet, and any aspects made by that planet. It is possible, if this is a highly significant ruling planet (rules Sun, Moon or points on the Asc/MC axis), or holds many aspects, that this is an important time which could transform many aspects of your life.
Eclipses on your Sun are critical. If one falls on (or near) your birthday, know this will be a critical year for you (Sun rules your basic life-force and your entire identity structure). The sign/house/aspects of your natal Sun provide more distinct clues on how exactly you may be affected, but health, confidence, decision-making power and general vitality are critical factors to watch during Sun contacts.
Eclipses on your Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars will also be felt most personally, and the flavour of the eclipse (Solar/Lunar – North/South Node) will add weight or embellish the potency of the event in different ways. Solar eclipses activate or energise a latent form of expression and thus augur a life-changing new field of experience for us, whilst Lunar eclipses force us to reflect on key internal/emotional turning points and often indicate major endings. Eclipses tied to the North Node are more about receiving, South is more about giving.
Whilst New Moons are generally a good time to initiate/launch an event or enterprise, Solar Eclipses are NOT such a good time for this. Anything started now (or just prior) stands to be ‘eclipsed’ by a seemingly unexpected environmental/circumstantial factor, creating a “rain on the parade” effect.
Always remember that the intense power of the Sun, combined with the physical proximity of the Moon is what makes lunations feel like a totally personal experience, and whilst these celestial events affect you in a most personal way, their highly illuminating effect during eclipses brings those personal affairs to shine much brighter out in the open than usual.Our lives are transforming throughout and as a result of events coming to a head through this intense eclipse period. As we sail through these next few weeks it may feel like you can hear the passage of time, of all of life passing you by. One person exits, another emerges. One thought flits away and another immediately takes its place. One memory bids farewell and another one is conjured up, out of the blue. The days roll out in procession, slowly wearing us down until we are subtly, surely become remade.

Everything is in a state of flux. Nothing is still. Time becomes lost and dissipates into the sea like dead grains of sand, worn down from sides of cliffs – structures that once held up the towering dynasties of our past civilisations, one after another giving way and vanishing into the abyss.

We are privileged to be here, at this epochal present moment. If we care to listen, we can hear the sound of time itself, dying.

Blessings, and may you have an amazing Full Moon eclipse xx"

[TomKat]

I'll be glad when Jupiter gets out of Capricorn jail and moves into Aquarius.

[onawah]

Total Eclipse of the Heart: THE WEEK AHEAD
Jun 15-21
https://angstoic.com/2020/06/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-the-week-ahead-jun-15-21/

"What a crazy, chaotic time to be alive. Sure, one may say that’s just my opinion, but as objective as I’d like to remain on the events going on around me, I’m seeing an increasing trend towards crowd madness and rising acts of hysteria and violence. Collective anguish and highly-politicised mob behaviour are definitely on the rise everywhere in the world. We cannot deny or ignore this – regardless of the official instruction.
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Although I understand the roots of some of the disturbing, painful, triggersome consequences of current events, I am here to say that the more drawn we are to engaging in the extremes, the more dramatic and violent our reactions are set to become.

I do understand the pressures on the mundane world. There is definitely a great, cosmic agenda to bring all divisive matters on this planet to a head now, whether they are rooted in political, religious or biological differences. Individuals are becoming highly energised to assist and deploy themselves into this great cosmic levelling of all species. Those caught up in the crippling dimensions of fear, separation, judgement and aspersion are currently summoning forces, mustering minds into clusters and formations, which will mount behind respective ideological battle lines, ready to wage unholy war.

In the lower strata of consciousness, people are ever so confused and disoriented by the onslaught of disinformation and propaganda designed to frighten them. There is no way to separate what’s true and what’s not among those who are easily lead, and the choice to turn off rather than to try to listen to all sides becomes a major hurdle. It is a perplexing conundrum, and this week challenges us at the core of our existence – our sense of safety and security.

Where does this leave our ability to communicate clearly and our relationship to the media which informs us? Our sources of information are now extremely divided, hated, mistrusted and increasingly struggling to be believed.
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✦MONDAY:

Pluto Square Eris: In this second partile, we examine who benefits and who loses out in the ultimate contest for survival. Who upgrades to become the ‘ultimate superhuman’ is anyone’s guess. I have covered the principles of this most supernatural process here, in this special article.

Sun Quincunx Pluto: The cultural ideas and memes; values of a prior generation, the prevailing values of the ‘masses’, grind against the values of ‘the father’, or our inherited values. Great psychological stress, shared by the masses, leads us to phenomenal changes – a transformation of mind, body and collective spirit.

✦ TUESDAY:
Sun Quincunx Jupiter: Strains in identifying with current beliefs and laws because they present a fundamental barrier to personal growth. Deep inside us lies every darkness, every light. It is the choices of our sentience that decide who or what we will be. If we can’t understand ourselves as an individual, sentient being, how can we really share of ourselves in the intersubjective reality of today’s society?

✦ THURSDAY:
Mercury Stations to Retrograde: Mercury reaches 14°46′ Cancer and, until Jul 12, turns retrograde. Our most personal, privately-held thoughts and ideas, which have been instinctively communicated since the beginning of this month, become even more subjectified to the point where they dredge up past hurts, excite, then continue to aggravate wounds.

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By July, our most subjective thoughts and opinions and intersubjective beliefs and values become guarded and pointed against those held by others. These not only carry a potent charge upon what needs healing within and between us, but we often plunge into insult without even knowing it. Hurtful arguments ensue.

Mars Sextile Pluto: Mars is quite reticent to take any direct action in the evasive, empathetic Pisces. A sextile to Pluto can be very useful towards diverting attention away from external tensions and regenerating the spiritual focus towards greater harmony and purpose. Immense strength of will is necessary to come to a deeper, more purposeful set of intentions on how you, as an individual, are inclined to act during this time. Are your motives coming from a reverential fear to protect yourself/family or to assist in the evolution and transformation of the collective?

✦ FRIDAY:
Mars Semisquare Uranus: Look out for the intrepid reporter who exposes those in positions of authority. There is a fearlessness of controversy, where no story is too insignificant to pursue if it promises excitement and hints at scandal.


Mars sextile Jupiter/Pluto: Active schemes to convert all of society towards a certain agenda, which were spearheaded in late March when Mars was conjunct to Jupiter/Pluto, are now well underway by the powermongers and plutocrats of our world. The conspiracy to dominate the masses using new edicts and laws is real. Many distractions in the foreground guarantee that, in the background, questionable laws are sneakily passed and corrupt practices overlooked/ignored.
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✦SATURDAY:
Sun Conjunction Node: A major event in the natural world that affects us all provides greater scope for understanding our collective destiny. It will take special, inclusive eyes to see that we are being shaken out of our karmic rut as the Gemini North Node forces us to let go of strong, self-righteous attitudes and dogmas and start looking at the world through the perspective of others; “walk a mile in another’s shoes”, so to speak.

Mars Sextile Jupiter: The opinions and propaganda campaigns of politicians, publicists, damage-control missionaries, and champions of ‘social justice’ are charged with the fiery, bluff enthusiasm of this aspect.

Sun Ingress into Cancer: This is the Solstice point (World Axis), a time when domestic priorities become universally conspicuous. Under Cancer, safety and security become pressing concerns, particularly in a year when the Solstice point coincides with a rare Solar eclipse.

✦ SUNDAY:
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ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE: In our last Cosmic Bus webinar, we spoke extensively on the significance of this, the most powerful lunation of 2020, covering topics such as:

✦ the significance of Solstices and Equinoxes, and the potency of the Aries point (World Axis)
✦ the evolutionary purpose of the past 18 months with Cancer North Node and Capricorn South Node
✦ the 2020 Capricorn stellium and the disintegrating 3D constructs
✦ evolving from Sagittarius South Node into Gemini North Node
✦ Understanding the nature and psychological motives of all things Cancer; habits, habitats, crabholes and the value of the COVID19 lockdown
✦ discussion on the power of this ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE at 00°♋21′, Sunday, June 21, 06:42 UTC and its associated lunar eclipses
✦ the grand-planned fear-pandemic and the social disruptions of the past few months
A brief introduction to key upcoming transits:
✦ Saturn retrograding out of Aquarius and re-entering Capricorn
✦ Mercury’s retrograde in Cancer
✦ Mars and Chiron in Aries, Mars retrograde, Eris and squares to Capricorn stellium
✦ Mercury squaring Mars/Chiron in Aries during most of July
✦ the importance of meditation, reflection, and letting go of our past baggage.

Sun Quincunx Saturn: plagued with health concerns and inferiority issues, we become haunted by anxiety and fear for no apparent reason. Irrational insecurities and anxiety takes hold of our decision-making.

✦ NEXT WEEK: (join me on this Thu/Fri’s Cosmic Bus)
Neptune Stations to Retrograde:
Venus Stations to go Direct:
Mars Squares the Nodes:
Mars Ingresses into Aries:
SYNOPSIS:
At the height of these eclipses, it is apparent that our world is plunged into a chaotic, turbulent state. This is a necessary part of every revolution, when elements of an expiring ‘law & order’ are determinedly collapsing to make way for a new paradigm.

I will respectfully reserve my succinct interpretation of the gruelling process ahead of us for those subscribed to my special horoscope readings and weekly webinars, where I offer in-depth analyses and tools on how to hold ourselves in an empowered, neutral state.

If we cannot source purely from a meditative state of well-being, understanding, kindness and acceptance; if we are unable to show empathy and co-operation, we risk the egotistical descent into the divisive maelstrom of superficiality, insignificant themes and meaningless battles with everyone around us. We will become so inflamed and aggravated that we combust into raging fires, both inside and out. It behoves us to observe our innermost feelings, powerfully charged towards the end of this week by the formidable Solar Eclipse and Mars’ extensive transit through his domicile, Aries.

The earth and all its (surviving) creatures are shifting towards a greater sense of equality and egalitarianism. This cannot be limited only to the definitions of our family, clan, nation, race, species etc. Unconditional acceptance is the order of the new world that awaits us. In the meantime, we must avoid engaging in divisive socio-political tribalism and inflammatory partisan wars. To feel excluded, ignored, snubbed and denied is not only unkind, but it is fuelling the anguish which charges many of us into the auspices of wild, pernicious reactions.

Blessings, and may you have an amazing Solstice week xx "

[onawah]

TWO ECLIPSES IN JUNE 2020 - PART 2
(This info is not from Ang Stoic, it's from this site:
https://www.heavenandearthcommunity.co.uk/welcome
...but I found it to be intriguing)

Solstice on 20th June at 21:43 UT/GMT (22:43 BST)
Solar Annular Eclipse on 21st June - Maximum Eclipse at 06:39:59 UT/GMT (07:39:59 BST)
Sun – Moon exact conjunction at 06:41:18 UT/GMT (07:41:18 BST)
For more data: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-june-21https://www.heavenandearthcommunity.co.uk/blog/2020/6/17/two-eclipses-in-june-2020-part-2?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=5ee9ca519a932642908e1ba3&ss_email_id=5eea7771c53c8e6d573bb16d&ss_campaign_name=Two+Eclipses+in+June+2020+-+Part+2&ss_campaign_sent_date=2020-06-17T20%3A05%3A23Z\

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"Following on from the 5th June Lunar Eclipse, a Solar Eclipse occurs on 21st June, just a few hours after the Summer Solstice on 20th. The Eclipse path begins over the Central African Republic, then passes over Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen and Oman; then over Pakistan, Northern India and Tibet, where Maximum Eclipse occurs just 80 miles east-south-east of Mt. Kailas. Four minutes later, it passes Mt. Kailas

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Mt. Kailas is the planetary Crown Chakra, according to Robert Coon (http://earthchakras.org/Seven-Chakras.php). It lies on the Great Female Dragon / Rainbow Serpent energy line that encircles the Earth. In the UK, we know this as the Michael - Mary line, that runs across southern England from near Land’s End to the Norfolk coast, passing through the Hurlers Stone Circles in Cornwall, on its way to Glastonbury, Avebury and Bury St. Edmunds. After Mt. Kailas, the Eclipse path crosses southern China and Taiwan, ending 175 miles east of Guam, in the Pacific Ocean.

The 5th June Lunar Eclipse was preparing us at the emotional level, on order to help us more easily integrate the wider shift in consciousness, at the Solar Eclipse. This Eclipse heralds a massive shift in collective consciousness, coming just a few hours after the Solstice.

If we have been functioning mainly at the ego level, this may feel a bit like having the rug pulled out from under us. Just after the rising energy of Summer reaches its peak in the Northern Hemisphere, the Eclipse will temporarily “switch off” the Earth’s energy grids for a “planetary reboot”. To the ego-self, as we approach the Solstice, we may feel that at last we can begin to move forward, to get on with fulfilling our personal agendas, needs and wants. We may feel that at last we can “Get It Done” (whatever that means). But within a matter of just 9 hours, this may all start to fall apart again! With the Sun and Moon’s energies focussed around the planetary Crown Chakra of Mount Kailas at maximum Eclipse, there is the potential for a major spiritual awakening for the whole planet.

Also occurring, around the time of maximum Eclipse, the retrograde conjunction of Pallas Athene, Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn will be passing, “like a thief in the night” over Washington DC, between 02:30 to 03:20 EDT (06:30 - 07:20 UT/GMT; 07:30 - 08:20 BST), initiating the final stages in the collapse of the outmoded power structures that have been so desperately trying to maintain the old paradigm from the Age of Pisces, the door to which was closed at the December 2012 Solstice. Since then, it is as if the powers-that-be have been attempting to re-animate a corpse!
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The dowser, David Cowan’s diagram (above) of the energy lines, running horizontally across the USA, indicates how they form an energetic link between the Great Male Plumed Serpent, in the Nevada desert, and the Great Female Rainbow Serpent, in the Azores. These lines, which pass through the main seats of power in Washington DC have been used to hold and / or manipulate the balance of power between these two great planetary dragon lines for centuries, so that whatever occurs in Washington, DC affects all of the world’s energy grids, both to east and west. There may originally have been some fine intentions behind these Masonic alignments that were set up along these energy lines when Washington was established as the capital of the USA. Over the centuries, those good intentions have become increasingly corrupted, and the notion of the USA holding a position of guardianship and service towards maintaining the balance of the Earth’s energy grids has been replaced by a growing misuse of the power that these sacred alignments confer.

For the Southern Hemisphere, this Solar Eclipse occurs just after their Winter Solstice, which means that the deepening that always occurs at a Winter Solstice will be able to move even deeper, without the same levels of ego resistance that is likely to be present in the northern hemisphere.

Those that know me will know that I seldom use the much bandied-about expression, “opening a portal”. However, this Eclipse will certainly open a major portal, allowing the energies of Pure Spirit to initiate the anchoring of the new paradigm into the Earth grids, through the planetary Crown Chakra of Mt. Kailas. At an Annular Eclipse, the Moon lies slightly further from the Earth than at a Total Eclipse, so that the Moon’s disk only obscures the centre of the Sun, leaving a ring, crown, or corona of light around the Moon’s dark disk. So, it will appear like a Crown of Light in the Heavens, directly above the Earth’s planetary Crown Chakra – As Above, So Below.
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At an Annular Eclipse, the Moon is not close enough for its shadow of totality (the umbra) to reach down to touch the surface of the Earth. The focus of the umbral shadow remains above the Earth, in the magnetosphere. A fainter shadow, called the ‘antumbra’ does touch the Earth (see diagram) and describes the Eclipse path.

As the retrograde conjunction of the 4 planets in Capricorn pass over the centres of power in Washington DC, they will send energetic ripples to release negativity throughout the world’s great energy grids, creating a “crack in everything” to allow the Light to flow, through Mt. Kailas, into the energetic layers of Mother Earth’s magnetic field and her subtle energy bodies. This incoming Light will take time to become fully anchored into the Earth grids, gradually emerging into collective awareness by the time of the Jupiter – Saturn conjunction that occurs on 21st December, just a few hours after the northern hemisphere Winter Solstice / southern hemisphere Summer Solstice.

During this Solar Annular Eclipse, the Sun and Moon are within 1° of conjunction with Menkalinan, the second brightest (beta) star in the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer. The Moon’s North Node, showing our direction forward, will be conjunct with Betelgeuse, the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation of Orion. These star energies will filter through into our collective consciousness, as the brightness of the Sun (representing the ego-self) becomes eclipsed. Both Betelgeuse and Menkalinan are at the right shoulder of their respective constellation figures. At maximum Eclipse, the duration of the shadow, passing over Mt. Kailas, will only last for 38.2 seconds, so the energetic changes will occur “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump” (1 Corinthians chap15, v52 – King James Bible).
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Betelgeuse is at Orion’s right shoulder, from where he reaches up to the point in Space where the Ecliptic path of the Planets’ orbits around the Sun intersects with the Galactic Equator. [U]Orion reaches up to open the spiritual doorway, created by the Moon’s North Node. This occurs at the pivotal point of the Solstice, where the Ecliptic plane of our soul’s evolutionary journey, intersects with the Galactic plane of the Spirit Path that shows our route back to Oneness with all beings. This Solstice Eclipse is a moment of spiritual choice. Do we choose to continue in our usual “normal” behaviour patterns of ego based self-interest, or do we choose to step off into the unknown to follow the call of our individual / undivided Spirit on the journey back to realising our Oneness with all beings?
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Below the Ecliptic path, Betelgeuse, at Orion’s right shoulder, is pulling into manifestation our individual choice about the potentials offered by the Solar Eclipse, anchoring them into our physical reality through the Celestial Equator, which intersects the stars at Orion’s belt.
continued

[onawah]

(continued from above)
Meanwhile, above the Ecliptic path, Menkalinan, the "shoulder of the rein-holder" in Auriga the Charioteer, opens the possibility for the eclipsed Sun to enable us to let go of the ego-self, to be carried along the Galactic Equator, the Spirit Path that leads towards liberation and the conscious acceptance of our Oneness. Traditionally, Menkalinan is said to be enterprising, combative and often destructive. It can bring ruin, disgrace and even violent death. One assumes that it is more likely to manifest these negative qualities, when one’s combative nature makes one refuse to acknowledge, or acquiesce to the call of the Spirit. (Boris Johnson has his Sun and Venus conjunct Menkalinan, so this will be an interesting Eclipse for him, and by extension for the whole UK.)
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At its best, this star is said to indicate great initiative and enthusiasm; but due to its impulsiveness and recklessness, caution and objective second thoughts are required before any action is taken. The constellation of Auriga is depicted in Tarot card VII, the Chariot. It shows the chariot, being drawn by two complementary (yin and yang) horses, which later were turned into sphinxes. These creatures represent the dualism of the workings of the human mind, attributed to Gemini (the Twins), the constellation that lies below Auriga. (Traditionally the Chariot is said to be associated with Cancer, but this is clearly a misdirection.) The driver of the Chariot holds no reins to control the direction of movement of the horses / sphinxes. Either he is controlling them by an act of will, or else they will have free rein to run out of control, pulling the chariot first in one direction, then another. The staff that the charioteer holds in his right hand shows his connection with Spirit, from where he derives his power. But if that connection with Spirit is lacking, then his Chariot will veer out of control.
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Two T-square patterns (red triangles) dominate the chart for the Solar Eclipse:

One has the conjunction of Sun and Moon in Cancer with Moon’s North Node in the last degree of Gemini, in (180°) opposition to the Moon’s South Node in Sagittarius, with (90°) square aspects from Mars conjunct Neptune in Pisces to both ends of the opposition.

We have seen above the spiritual qualities, possibilities and choices open to us at this Eclipse. The T-squares reveal the challenges we will each face in how we manage to manifest these choices, or not. The opposition to the South Node in Sagittarius continues the theme of the Lunar Eclipse, emphasising the need to let go of outmoded belief systems that no longer serve anyone. In particular this is about letting go of belief systems, where we blindly and unconditionally follow those who may appear to hold more power than we do. The red (90°) squares to Mars conjunct Neptune in Pisces indicate that, before we act, we need to be consider whether our actions will benefit the whole. This means that we need to act out of conscious awareness and choices and not simply because ”that is the way we have always done things” or “that is what I have always believed”. We need to be questioning everything because very little is what it appears to be, at present.
As with the recent Lunar Eclipse, the conjunction of retrogrades Pluto, Jupiter, Pallas Athene and Saturn feature prominently at this Solar Eclipse.
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A Sensitivity Triangle has retrogrades Pluto, Jupiter, Pallas Athene and Saturn in (150°) quincunx to the Sun, Moon and North Node and (30°) semi-sextile to the South Node in Sagittarius.

Pluto, Jupiter, Pallas Athene and Saturn continue the process from the Lunar Eclipse, “unhooking” ourselves from attachments to old power structures and those who represent that in the world. This means unhooking ourselves from all those who wield their power in our name, but do not actually have our best interests at heart. This is not about deciding which side is right and which is wrong, it is not about deciding which “camp” we fall into or want to align ourselves with. All sides are getting many things wrong. When one side or the other apparently does something “right”, it does not necessarily mean that everything they do or say is right. Much of what is going on is random; occasionally those in power will pick up on something that meets with our approval, and we may think that they understand what is going on. Then the very next day, they will do or say the most ridiculous, mindless or stupid thing that completely contradicts their apparent understanding or wisdom of the previous day. Whilst these 4 planets remain retrograde, there will continue to be a load of misdirection, obfuscations, lies and about-turns in policies and decision-making. The Solar Eclipse offers a moment out of time, where we can see through the web of illusion being spun around us, and step through into the paradigm, where we can begin to nurture and grow the new reality into being. We cannot know fully what that new reality will be until we step through into it, so this requires a complete letting go of the past and a high level of trust, as we step through into the unknown.
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The other T-square has Chiron in Aries in opposition to Juno in Libra’, with (90°) square aspects from Vesta in Cancer. Vesta is widely conjunct with retrograde Mercury in Cancer.

It may seem that the amount of healing of misaligned relationships required in the world, is overwhelming to our hearts. It may feel that we are not up to the new challenges that are being presented to us, almost on a daily basis. This may be causing huge amounts of tension, anxiety and feelings of inadequacy about our ability to effect any meaningful change. But the key to bringing about planetary healing is by us each individually taking small steps to move back into right relationship with self and others. This can only be achieved by listening to and following the promptings of our innermost heart, and by knowing that we are not alone in this. Whilst Mercury is retrograde (until 12th July), our minds will not be of much help in this and will most likely just lead us off into various distractions or blind alleys. We need to stay focused in our hearts.
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Vesta is in a Small Talent Figure, with a (120°) trine to Ceres in Pisces and (60°) sextiles from Uranus in Taurus to Vesta and Ceres.

If we truly listen to our hearts, and trust that the Spirit of the Universe actually knows what it is doing, even though few humans appear to have even an inkling, then this will allow insight and inspiration to come to us. We also need to go deep within our hearts to listen to the Spirit of Mother Earth and to understand that she too knows exactly what she is doing.

💚 💙 🌍 💙 💚

JOIN US FOR LIVE MEDITATIONS ON ZOOM
We will be doing live meditations on Zoom and you are invited to join us.
These meditations are in preparation for the Jupiter Pluto Retrograde Conjunction on Tuesday 30th June in the early morning.
At this time, we will be at the Hurlers Stone Circles on the Michael-Mary/Rainbow Serpent energy line.
You are invited to link in with us from wherever you are in the world.

Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse Mediation Recording
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/ptxJH5z-yV1IaK_S8W7zeagsIrj1eaa8hHIZ_PoFmBz2BMh0q-GtLKWrJNoQNGfj

Summer Solstice and New Moon/Solar Eclipse Meditation
Time: Jun 20, 2020 09:00 PM London
Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577598424
Meeting ID: 815 7759 8424


Jupiter and Pluto Conjunction Meditation
Time: Jun 29, 2020 08:00 PM London
Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82903853589
Meeting ID: 829 0385 3589

Also see: https://www.heavenandearthcommunity.co.uk/blog/2020/6/3/two-eclipses-in-june-2020-part-1

[onawah]

Emerging Anew – THE WEEK AHEAD (Jun 22-28)
https://angstoic.com/2020/06/emerging-anew-the-week-ahead-jun-22-28/

"This is shaping up to be quite a year. In the wake of the shadow cast on this earth by arguably the most potent North Node eclipse of our times, we are ready to emerge anew.

Whatever’s going on, we must be ready to wake up to meet the next ‘reality’ matrix. All of us. So, let’s go
Sunday’s eclipse acts as a massive reset after the January 11 Lunar eclipse in Cancer which, opposite the Sun/Saturn/Pluto in Capricorn, all but turned out the lights on civilization. To say we are heading into vague, unchartered water would be an understatement. We are in the hands of advanced biotechnology and machine-learning algorithms, and those in charge are getting better at reading our thoughts and manipulating our deepest emotions and desires.

It is becoming more dangerous than ever to just follow our heart. When Facebook, Amazon, Google or the government knows exactly how to pull the strings of our heart and press the buttons of our brain, it will become impossible for the average person to tell the difference between their individual decisions and those of clever marketing agents.
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TRANSIT ANALYSIS:
Both Mercury and Neptune now join Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and Pallas in retrograde. That’s a lot of gods and goddesses turning back to where they’ve been recently. Shall we?

✦ MONDAY 22:
Neptune Stations to Retrograde at 20°♓58′: Until Nov 28, Neptune will slowly take us back to March 2, around where this last season of “Reality-Fantasia” all began. Have a look back. What has been lifted in life that has elevated you to the Grand Piscean Cosmic Oneness? What is slowly sinking into the abyss?
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By the time Neptune is ready to move on to new ground again (around the March 2021 Equinox), we will have revisited the ‘dream’ three times over. By that time, an approaching semisquare between Saturn and Neptune (21 Jan 2021) will have forced us to learn how to adjust to some of the “new toys” and all the new rules on how to play. As with many who struggle to accept Saturn’s ‘reality’ principle, this could be a time of disillusionment and depression.

As in past approaching ♄∠♆ years (…1913, 1948, 1984), this adjustment to an emerging new vision will include our need to reaffirm our religious faith. At this time, it will be the vision of the prevailing tech-gurus that are brewing up a brave new religion, one that has little to do with God and everything to do with startling new technologies. Of course, like all religions, they’ll be singing all the old hymns – promises of happiness, peace, prosperity and eternal life – but these will be promised here on earth rather than in the ‘heaven’ of an afterlife.

✦ THURSDAY 25:
Venus Stations to Direct at 05°♊20′: Venus has spent the past 10 weeks in her retrograde shadow, turning retrograde on May 11. Over this time, our entire value system got a little revamp, and we are now seeing our world subtly transitioning into a world of randomly fluctuating stock prices, an increasingly cashless society and the possibility that much of the superficial or aesthetic quality we place on things we love, ie. arts, fashion, culture, (including past friends and lovers) is losing its lustre and ability to please and appease us.

Venus will now head to complete its final square to Neptune (Jul 28), leaving us somewhat vague and disillusioned about what it is we like/love/hold of value/wish to buy. We are left wondering what the inspiration is behind where we invest our energies for a bit of gratification and pleasure in our lives and whether it’s all just a distraction.

✦ FRIDAY 26:

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Before he checks out of the reticent, martyr-driven world of Pisces, Mars becomes totally at odds with current social trends. Here, the passive-aggressive “poor me” tendencies come off as inappropriate and defunct in a time when it appears as if nobody really cares.

In the prevailing social currents, it appears that it is easier to pay lip service to ideas of which one has little or no depth of knowledge, dogmatically believing that their ’cause’ is the right one, and therefore all others must be wrong (Gemini North Node/Sagittarius South). A spate of badly-timed actions, out-of-sync with the events around them, generates an atmosphere of irritation, anger and frustration between even our most beloved people.

✦ SUNDAY 28:
Mars Ingress into Aries: This is it. Mars’ long-anticipated re-entry to his fiery domicile, where the war-god will spend the remainder of this year (exiting Jan 8, 2021). This is a foreboding period filled with brawling, high-octane confrontations as Mars’ primarily raw, spontaneous physical energy is often channelled into brave new ventures, starting things he doesn’t intend to finish and boldly lunging into unexplored frontiers.
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Get set for some heady, courageous, foolhardy (even violent) activity. The retrograde (Sep 10-Nov 13) will see the tempestuously self-centred war-god tussle, often to the death, with the likes of the authoritarian Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto in Capricorn, especially when in alliance with his snubbed sister Eris (Aug-Nov).

Needless to say, Mars’ transit through Aries will be the most discussed talking point here for us stargazers over these next six months, since obviously, we’re seeing a world on the brink of something explosively brazen, irrepressibly inflammatory, yet still so heavily under the clutches of the old-world patriarchal order of Capricorn.

FIRST QUARTER MOON at 07°♎05′

The Sun’s dynamic entry into Cancer in an epic North Node eclipse on the Solstice highlights awareness of our newly-defined domestic position, our frail sense of security and sliding emotional connectedness. The first Quarter to a Libra Moon (opposite Chiron) raises a lot of disarrays, coming chiefly from not doing what we feel is helping to heal rifts and past wounds with those around us.

The emotional anxieties and the shyness of Cancer are magnified against the Libra Moon, building into a desire to defend or shield feelings of vulnerability or ‘sore points’, both in personal and political engagements.

These first-quarter conflicts leading up to the Capricorn Full Moon (the second penumbral lunar eclipse in a month) will notably show up through greater stress points between those who stand on extremely opposite sides of sensitive matters. Whilst it offers a massive chance for peacemaking and reconciliation, a dignified Mars will see it as the impetus for contention and further rifts. This next eclipse (July 4-5) could aggravate underlying axioms for civil/domestic unrest…
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Mars Sextile Saturn: This aspect lends a restraining, cautionary influence on Mars’ otherwise gung-ho style. Perhaps enforcement of plans is taken in stride using progressive new measures. Technology and machines, particularly regarding the enforcement of social-distancing and structural reforms, will be hastily introduced to curb and discipline the way we’ve been used to moving about in our usual business activities.SYNOPSIS:
These are interesting times if maybe a little confusing. At this point, we find ourselves inducted into a fresh new paradigm, one where extended home-confinement and social isolation appear as though they could linger on, not just for months, but possibly for years to come. We discover that we know very little indeed about what is truly going on and suspect that we could be either surrounded by mildly incompetent fools or maniacally good geniuses.

Pluto’s helmet ensures that everything remains dark and tightly undercover, so it is intensely difficult to determine whether those in power are driving a deeply selfish, malicious agenda or secretly planning some sort of benevolent totalitarian surprise for us. Surely all signs point to the outcome you want to see, right?

Or do you see something different being planned? Is it possible that nobody has a freaking clue on how to handle this **** from here??

All one can hope is that this phenomenally brittle state of affairs we’re in somehow magically prevents humanity from the head-on threats of disease, ill-health, unemployment, poverty, domestic violence, terrorism, civil unrest, political and social ostracisation, economic & emotional depression, famine, starvation, etc., (all effects of Eris being snubbed). As Mars enters Aries, the very real threat of the individual human feeling socially irrelevant as machines rapidly replace him is going to be absolute ignition to whatever cause is gonna get us quickly to the next step.

REVOLUTION ALERT

The first half of 2020 showed us signs of things to come. If this Saturn/Pluto conjunction coincided with the ’emergence’ of a “scary new virus from over there”, one which has the power to rout us all back to our respective crabholes for some much-needed isolation and self-reflection, then it’s doing its bit nicely. Mother-****er. Good. Great to see both locally and abroad, over land and sea, it has forced all citizens to return to their respective home-base, lock up and listen to the news for more instruction. All-day, stories of people dying, flights all grounded, movement restricted and police at least 50% more aggressive toward those “stretching” out on the street… hmm…

Saturn’s brief visit in Aquarius (Mar 22-Jul 2) has pressed that societies best establish an immediate social-distancing order, quickly defining it as “the new normal”, shut schools, child-care centres, small business; reduced hospitals and nursing homes to ‘critical only’ and made approximately three-quarters of the world’s work-force (the “non-essentials”) either work from home or become temporarily redundant.

The rest were ‘allowed’ to operate on the front lines in what became the pandemic’s ‘essential services’. There was an immediate ban on all ‘old-normal’ social activity, confinement of all daily movement to essential only, and relegation of all affairs of the heart to ‘zoom-meetings’ over the crappy 4G electronic networks. The internet became quickly filled with ****.

In just over three months, Saturn will have lain down the initial blueprint for his ‘new-normal’ infrastructure, ready to roll out properly after he finishes his retrograde in Capricorn and returns to Aquarius in December. By then, he’ll have Jupiter right there to see it gets rolled out ‘nicely’. Planets in Aquarius will generate the architecture for a superbly compartmentalised network of data which interconnects rapidly, forming a super-consciousness of group intelligence. As a social-environment, Aquarius is emotionally dry as a bone, denying much personable contact and human warmth. It does, however, offer amazing connectivity and promise for a more sharing, more egalitarian system for all. Well, that’s assuming you want to be part of their “all”.

REVOLUTION ALERT

At this profound moment, it seems that many of us have our heads deeply lost in the mire in sociopolitical confusion. One might very well wonder whether this is all just one of those weird, psychedelic dreams, the kind that takes you ages to recollect your Self and work out what in heavens is going on.

That’s if you have a “self”.

Who are you? Are you you, or is ‘you’ just a part of the system that made ‘you’, owns ‘you’, rules ‘you’? Who are you without the system?

During these very intense times, I cannot help but think back to Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ (again). The story was written in 1931, just as communism and fascism had gripped themselves over Russia and Italy, as Hitler and his Nazis were starting to cause trouble in Germany and militaristic Japan was lining up to attack China, and, well… the entire world economy was crippled by the Great Depression.

Under this backdrop, Huxley paints a fantastic vision of a future society where there are no wars, famines and plagues, where there is uninterrupted peace, health and prosperity. People are bioengineered by science to never to be sick or sad, or to rebel. Everyone is peaceful, happy, prosperous and supremely satisfied, all the time. Yet it feels creepily disconcerting and dystopian, probably because everyone has been hacked by the ‘benevolent’ government to be a loyal, shiny, happy little government agent, each doing their bit.

Anyway, in Huxley’s world, there’s this one dude who reads poetry and talks about god a lot, who dreams of doing something noble and heroic in life instead. He’s convinced he’s not to go along with all that ‘happiness’ bull**** and escapes to live on a reservation. Something about “defending his right to stay annoyed and unhappy with society”. It turns out that, once society gets wind of it, the dude becomes a fascinating oddity to everyone. People flock to his habitat to watch him, engrossed in studying his unfiltered, antisocial manners. The dude becomes a much-sought-after celebrity until, sick of all the unwanted attention, he ends up hanging himself.

I can’t remember how the story ends, but hey, I recommend you read that book if you have a bit of reading time up your sleeve.

I recommend you read any book. Books are awesome.

There’s some serious eclipse action going down. Blessings, and have an amazing week xx "

[onawah]

JUPITER AND PLUTO RETROGRADE CONJUNCTION
6/27/20
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"The three planetary ‘heavyweights’ Saturn, Jupiter and Pluto continue their dance of conjunctions through the zodiac sign of Capricorn: Saturn is concerned with stability, structures and our fear of change; Jupiter is concerned with the search for truth, and our hopes and wishes for making a better life; Pluto is concerned with how we find our spiritual will and the ability to express that power in the world; Capricorn is concerned with how the structures of businesses, governments, national and international institutions are used to wield and maintain the power of the status quo.

Following on from the Lunar and Solar Eclipses of the past weeks, Jupiter and Pluto, both now retrograde, will make their second conjunction this year on June 30th. This will mark a moment of truth.

A planet appears to go retrograde (move backwards) when, at certain points in Earth’s orbit around the Sun, the Earth ‘overtakes’ the other planet, giving the appearance that it is moving backwards. This means that, psychologically and spiritually, the other planet is retracing its steps, giving us opportunities to review, look deeper and act differently towards any issues that it might be bringing up.

The two Eclipses in recent weeks were concerned with releasing us from the influence of the power structures of the past Age of Pisces. The Lunar Eclipse was concerned with releasing our positive and negative emotional attachments to those power structures; the Solar Eclipse opened the doorway for us to choose to embrace the power that becomes available to us, when we follow the path of Spirit and move towards the new paradigm that is emerging, for the coming Age of Aquarius.

As Jupiter and Pluto make their retrograde conjunction along with Pallas Athene and Saturn, both also retrograde, this is the time when we can “unhook” from our attachments to the old power structures of the past. We may be positively attached to those structures, meaning that we believe that they are a force for good, or at least necessary in order to create and maintain stability and security. Or we may be negatively attached, understanding that they are destructive, controlling and manipulating the masses and exploiting the planet, yet feeling powerless to effect change and stuck in hopelessness, anger and resentment. Either way, if we hold strong feelings about these power structures and those that uphold them, use them or abuse them, then we will create an emotional attachment that enables them to persist, no matter how much we may disapprove of them or of how they are being applied. The key thing at this time of retrograde conjunction is to truly acknowledge what we are feeling, and use these emotions to unhook ourselves from the negative attachment in preparation to step from hopelessness into empowerment. The time for action will be when Jupiter and Pluto turn direct. (Jupiter Direct 13.09.2020, Pluto Direct 04.10.2020)

As the exact conjunction of Jupiter and Pluto occurs, Pallas Athene is less than one degree ahead and Saturn just 6 degrees ahead. Jupiter, Pluto and Pallas are in a stand-alone (60°) sextile aspect with retrograde Neptune in Pisces. In this conjunction, Saturn is the only planet to link to other planets in the chart.

Retrograde Saturn, already in Aquarius, is a few degrees ahead of the conjunction, clearing the ground for the foundations that will support the energies of Jupiter and Pluto when they arrive into Aquarius (Jupiter on 19th December 2020; Pluto on 23rd March 2023). Pallas Athene is just ahead of Jupiter and Pluto, wielding her sword of truth to cut away the last vestiges of our attachments to the old paradigm. Now more than ever, Pallas Athene is concerned with speaking truth (Jupiter) to Power (Pluto). With Neptune also retrograde in Pisces, the task at hand is to surrender to the changes that are upon us. This involves letting go to allow the old, worn out, one-size-must-fit-all paradigm of the mass movements, beliefs, political philosophies and religions of the old Age of Pisces, to finally expire, and take all those that want to keep perpetuating that old paradigm with them! Retrograde Neptune, standing alone, is clearly showing that we cannot go back to the past, not do we yet have a clear vision of what the future holds.

This is why it is such a confusing and even frightening time for many. Retrograde Neptune in Pisces is stripping away the past, by revealing our collective illusions, delusions and wishful thinking that is not based in any way on anything that is real. All those who are hankering after some idealised “golden age” that existed somewhere in the past, are suffering from a delusion because what they are hankering after is a parody of what actually was. All those that think they already know what the future holds or claim to have a vision of what the future holds, are equally deluded, as many of those visions have the potential to turn very quickly into nightmares for everybody. Neptune remains retrograde until 29th November, so there are still many illusions and delusions that need to bubble up to the surface before then. In the meantime, Saturn holds an important key to how we can negotiate our way through this time of illusions, chaos and uncertainty.

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Saturn is in a Trapeze pattern with a (90°) square to the Moon, which is (120°) trine to the Moon’s North Node, which is square to Mars, which is (60°) sextile back to Saturn. There are two (150°) quincunxes, one between Saturn and the Node and the other, between Moon and Mars. Saturn is also part of a Learning Figure, with a square to the Moon in Scorpio, which is quincunx to Venus in Gemini, which is trine back to Saturn.

Until Saturn turns direct on 29th Sept, when it can actually begin the process of restructuring for the Aquarian Age, it is requiring us to unpick any deeply held, fear-based emotional preferences, biases and prejudices. We may have been consciously or unconsciously supporting the old paradigm, with such fear-based attitudes. The Moon in Scorpio can bring us insight into where we may be holding on to such deep, entrenched unconscious attitudes that we may be completely unaware of at the conscious level. We will need to dig deep to uncover these attitudes and shed light on where they originate from. The clues to unravelling these attitudes will lie in those situations where we find ourselves having a strong, or even violent emotional reaction. If we can step back from our emotions to follow the thread of these charged responses, then we may come to understand where we are holding on to some past emotional hurt or pain that has been skewing our perceptions. Venus can help to bring that into our conscious awareness, bringing a more balanced view that will reveal the rewards to be gleaned, once we release the stuck emotional energy that has been locked up in our unconscious.

Once we can identify the origins of our emotionally charged responses to such situations, then it is essential to start acting (Mars) in ways that stop perpetuating the destructive patterns caused by past emotional hurts that have become locked in at the unconscious level. Mars, in the first degrees of Aries means that we can embark on a whole new way of acting, freed from the mistakes of the past. The key to this lies in the two green (150°) quincunxes, which mean that we can only begin to restructure, once we have confronted and acknowledged the mistakes of our past with some degree of emotional honesty; this can then free us up enough to begin seeing things differently from a new standpoint, not tainted by our personal, or collective past. Trapeze patterns often require radical changes, affecting all areas of our lives simultaneously. We need to be willing to embrace such all-encompassing changes, so that we can actually heal the past and move on, rather than just giving lip-service or putting a sticking plaster on the wounds of the past and then expecting things to change.

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There is a T-square with Sun conjunct retrograde Mercury and Vesta, all in Cancer, which are (90°) square to Chiron in Aries, which is in (180°) opposition to Juno in Libra, which is square back to Sun – Mercury – Vesta.

The opposition from Chiron to Juno is about healing behaviour patterns from the past, which have resulted in us not having been in right relationships with others, be they individuals, groups, or nations. This is about becoming aware of past behaviour patterns that have not respected the values and rights of others, whether by deliberate commission or neglectful omission. The Sun conjunct retrograde Mercury and Vesta means that, above all now is the time when we need to think with our hearts if we are going to heal ourselves and our relations with others.

Particularly whilst Mercury is retrograde (until 12th July), if we try to address these issues with the mind alone, then we will fail. We need to learn to think with our heart-mind, and to understand that wherever our mind tells us one thing and our heart another, then we are at war with ourselves, and the outcomes will not be good.

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Uranus is at the apex of a Small Talent triangle, with (60°) sextiles to Ceres in Pisces and Sun - Mercury - Vesta in Cancer, with a (120°) trine between Ceres and Sun – Mercury - Vesta. Uranus is also forming a Sensitivity Triangle with a (150°) quincunx to Juno in Libra, which is in (180°) opposition to Chiron in Aries, which is (30°) semi-sextile back to Uranus. Uranus is also in opposition to the Moon in Scorpio.

Uranus is playing an important role in the current turmoil, by enabling our spiritual self to simply stand back and witness what is going on around us and observe any responses that are triggered within us. The opposition to the Moon can enable us to stand back and observe our emotional responses, so that we do not become overwhelmed by them. The 150° quincunx to Juno and 30° semi-sextile to Chiron can enable us to dispassionately observe and acknowledge our relationship patterns and attitudes towards others, so that wherever necessary, these may begin to be healed. But healing can only take place when we let go of our attachments; it cannot happen when we are still emotionally engaged, attached or invested in whatever it is that we are trying to heal. Uranus’ connection with Sun – Mercury – Vesta shows what is possible when we learn to think with our heart-mind. The connection with Ceres shows that, when we can see the world from the perspective of our heart-mind, then this will enable us to understand our true relationship with the Earth and how to live in harmony with her, and with all other beings.

“By emptying the self of everything, the mind can be at peace.

As the ten thousand things rise and fall, the Self watches their return.

They grow, flourish and then return to Source.

Returning to Source is stillness, which is the way of Nature.” "

(Lao Tse – Dao de Jing, Chap 16 - adapted from the Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English translation)

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"JOIN US FOR LIVE MEDITATIONS ON ZOOM
CEREMONY AT THE HURLERS ON 30th JUNE
We will be doing live meditations on Zoom and you are invited to join us.
These meditations are in preparation for the Jupiter Pluto Retrograde Conjunction on Tuesday 30th June in the early morning.
We intend to be at the Hurlers Stone Circles on the Michael-Mary/Rainbow Serpent energy line at the time when the Moon’s Node and the constellation of Orion are directly overhead at 12.38pm.
If you would like to join us, please gather in the carpark at 12 noon and we’ll walk together-with-distance in ceremony to the stones.
You are invited to link in with us from wherever you are in the world.

Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse Mediation Recording
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Summer Solstice and New Moon/Solar Eclipse Meditation
Time: Jun 20, 2020 09:00 PM London
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Jupiter and Pluto Conjunction Meditation
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[onawah]

Gateway to the Reconstruction
THE WEEK AHEAD, July 6-12
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/gateway-to-the-reconstruction-the-week-ahead-july-6-12/

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"We are heading into another very intense week of life-altering activity. As much as we might like to keep a smiley face on our mask, we are best reminded that underneath it all, things aren’t so rosy at all during this intense period of the reconstruction.

It would appear that, on the whole, human beings are particularly destructive. Sometimes one wonders whether we’re some kind of plague, trying to scour the whole earth clean.

In fact, we’re so good at destroying things that one would reasonably argue that maybe that’s our function here. Maybe that’s just it… that every few aeons, some species comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and lets evolution progress to the next level.

Whether we choose to become aware of it or not, the universe has a grand scheme to transform our entire value system. As a species, we will either make the transition to a higher, more accountable arrangement, or we risk being left behind to languish in misery and possible extinction.
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TRANSIT ANALYSIS:
✦ MONDAY:
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The week begins with the culminated Moon’s pass before the Capricorn stellium, perhaps an augury that we are about to undergo some of the greatest shifts our society has ever seen. There are many things that don’t make sense at the moment; the evidence is not adding up. However, this absence of proof does not necessarily mean proof of absence.

✦ TUESDAY:
Venus Sesquisquare Jupiter: Superficial displays of martyrdom, politically correct behaviour or postured charitable acts to earn political ‘brownie points’ become almost transparent. Those straightforward in their efforts would be more sincere. One gets the sense that 95% of what people are saying is wrong.

✦ WEDNESDAY:
Mercury Square Mars: Due to his retrograde, Mercury will lock into a sustained square with Mars for most of July (<4°27′), exact twice (8th & 27th). Mercury will also maintain a square to Chiron (<3°54′).

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Mercury in Cancer means communication tends toward the whimsical, highly personal and subjective. Up against Mars, words and ideas can become charged with aggravation. Little things – microaggressions and personal insults can turn incendiary, especially as Mars conjuncts Chiron, where the wounded masculine feels slighted, hurt or somehow offended.

This is usually a period of tit-for-tat over misunderstandings and misgivings, arguments and disagreements over the banalest of details.

Venus sesquisquare Jupiter/Pluto: More evidence (or lack thereof) that tributes, charms and hard-to-resist gifts are lavished by those who are in positions of wealth and power. Is there a catch?

✦ THURSDAY:
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Venus Sesquisquare Pluto: We see a strong tendency to be deceived and manipulated by glitzy glitter rather than the reality of a situation. Only those who practice meditation, and therefore aren’t prone to distractions and temptation, can see through the charade and propagandist ploys.

✦ FRIDAY:
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Venus Sextile Chiron: Here, the feminine, peace-loving element attempts to heal selfishness by seeking to understand its root cause (usually fear). Expect some long, arduous, unanswered text messages by the masculine, who is seriously not wired for anything but self-defence right now.

✦ SATURDAY:
Chiron Stations to Retrograde at 09°♈26’℞: Chiron’s been here before…

in 1871-72, after the American Civil war and the beginning of the Reconstruction era, president Grant passes the Ku Klux Klan Act allowing him to send in troops to enforce the 14th amendment. It forged a legacy of bitterness and segregation, wounds still present today. Women’s Suffrage is born.
in 1920-21, after a WWI & Spanish Flu epidemic, USA introduces the 18th amendment (Prohibition), the KKK launches a campaign terrorizing African-Americans and other minorities. Women gained the right to vote.
in 1970-72, the US and her allies are at the height of the Vietnam War, invading Cambodia as the Nixon administration conspires to prolong a losing war, merely for political reasons. Meanwhile, as hundreds of thousands are demonstrating against the war in Washington DC, 4 protesters are shot dead when the Ohio National Guard opens fire at Kent State University. The voting age is lowered to 18 in the UK & US. Charles Manson and four followers are sentenced to death.
2020-2022: Chiron in Aries (the wounded activist) now breaches this same degree for the first time in 50 years, becoming stationary throughout the first half of July. With Mars approaching, old sores becoming aggravated and inflamed. Chiron will again pass this degree on Apr & Nov 2021, and Feb 2022.
✦ SUNDAY:
Mercury 05°♋30′ Stations to Direct: You may thank (this) god for ending this retrograde, particularly if the communication airwaves have been stalled with highly subjective, slightly convoluted and touchy matter these last few weeks.

Sun Trine Neptune: Whilst there’s potential for reconciliation and resolution of common problems, under this watery aspect one has to question the incentive, motivation and manner in which outcomes are being exploited here. You might feel some nice, easy-flowing sentiments this week, but if not properly taken advantage of, one could miss the opportunity. Neptune tends to make our Cancer Sun lazy, hazy and looking for ambivalent ways to avoid social involvement and responsibility.

LAST QUARTER Moon at 21°♈03′
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So the Cardinal action is heating up nicely for July and beyond. This very dynamic quarter moon serves as a climactic finale to what is only the first of two consecutive Cancer New Moons. The current lunation cycle commenced at the epic Annular Solstice Eclipse (Jun 21) at 00°♋21′, culminating with Sunday’s Capricorn Lunar eclipse – our second in 5 weeks. With a second Cancer lunation at 28°♋27′ (Jul 20) we start to see how cultural and regional differences are vanishing. The big reset is underway.

To say we are living in ordinary times would be preposterous by anyone’s standards. We are, by now at least, aware that humanity has been languishing in ever-increasing levels of absurdity for quite some time.
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The Capricorn stellium is an indication that human beings are trying their hardest to bring things back into line, oblivious to how much they are likely to have been contributing to the madness by eroding away all semblance of order and normality.

We seem ambivalently trapped into an old system of patriarchal enslavement. With the impatient Aries Moon squaring off both the harshly judgemental Pallas/Jupiter/Pluto/Saturn stellium retrograding at the end of Capricorn, opposite the Cancer Sun, we will start to see those who have the courage to stand up and blow the whistle on this whole damned business of control and domination.

Have an amazing week xx
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From Ang's email update:
"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

With the stellium in Capricorn tightening, the stage is set for one of the most phenomenal periods of activity in the transmutation of our global paradigms. We are entering a new phase of the industrial revolution. It behoves us to stay mindful that things are changing, and to stand in defiance to change may look like an ant railing, alone, against god.

Are we in control or is this process bigger than anything anyone has any power to affect? Are human beings sentient and aware? There appears no evidence for it. For the most part it seems that humans are incapable of thinking for themselves. We find it all too uncomfortable. We simply repeat what we are told and become unsettled and disturbed whenever we are exposed to any different view.

As the Cancer Sun is showing us against the Capricorn stellium, the principal pull of most humans is not towards awareness but rather towards conformity. This is largely due to our sociopolitical and religious adherences. We are willing to go to war just to defend our 'rights'. Whilst other species are merely fighting for territory or food, human beings are unique in that they are prepared to fight, even kill one another for the sake of their 'beliefs.' The next six months, with Mars in Aries, will demonstrate just how fiercely we adhere to this phenomenon.

Our belief systems guide human behaviour because they appear to give our otherwise chaotic lives meaning. This appears to place some evolutionary purpose to our story, but as we shall see when Mars meets Eris (Aug-Dec), our behaviour may well lead us to extinction.

There's absolutely no evidence to assume that, as a species, we have any awareness at all. We present largely as a hive of stubborn, self-destructive conformists, milling around a self-centred leader, too spineless to take a stand against our own self-absorbed delusions.

For those who do, in some sense, consider themselves as 'aware', observe, now that Mercury is stationing, what is happening as the plan to squeeze almost 8 billion people together into cyberspace unfolds. Be aware of what is becoming of our intellectual diversity. Will our intelligence thrive and prosper into proffering each of us with greater creative autonomy, or will it just cripple the mind of an entire species into a highly controlled global uniformity?"

[Valerie Villars]

Nathalie, I found the above to be very accurate. I hope you are feeling well these days. Thank you for posting these astrological reports.

We are connected to the stars.

I have found the last six months to be especially challenging. An oyster makes a pearl when it is irritated.

May we rise above our petty challenges and evolve as the special, individual species we are. Hue-man.

Love, Val

[onawah]

The Delicate Art of Self-Discipline: THE WEEK AHEAD: July 13-19
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/the-delicate-art-of-self-discipline-the-week-ahead-july-13-19/

"If nothing else, last week’s Lunar Eclipse has distinguished just how trapped and dissonant our private, inner-child experiences have become from everything being drummed into us by the grown-up world of social, religious, academic and political influence and indoctrination.We now stand, after three consecutive eclipses in less than 5 weeks, with a chance to repose a little. We sense much change happening, both within and without. It is when our ‘unconscious’, instinctive side becomes so intensely contrasted against our ego-aware, ‘conscious’ self that the reasoning mind starts to make alchemical changes. There is much help available. We must work harder to discipline ourselves to engage more collaboratively with this cosmic assistance.

These eclipses place immense emphasis on where we must focus in order to evolve our awareness. Humanity is in the crucible of transformation. We are being pressured to consider and contend with how our instinctive, tribal, habit-structured and superstitious nature will stand against an ever-changing world. If our instinctive and rational sides are not held in check and brought into a healthy balance, then it is without any doubt that chaos and conflict will ensue in our lives.

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Featured transits this week:
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For the next 9 days, the Cancer Sun continues to highlight where we are most moody and intuitive, where we seek nurturing and growth and our capacity to teach and train; to encourage and help others. Pitted against the Capricorn stellium, with massive tides of socio-political transformation; the restructuring of old patriarchal and judicious orders; deeply buried systemic corruption and decay, the Sun brings us into full awareness of how these powers affect our most cherished habits and affiliations. We may feel deeply hurt by what others are doing and being – whether intentionally or not. We see where we are feeing extremely vulnerable and defensive. A strong concern for our domestic and family well-being may make us fearful of what the future holds, sheltering ourselves to avoid looking too far in that direction.

Yet, as the Sun sweeps into full opposition against Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn – all in square to Eris, the instigator of discord – we become consciously aware that this is a time when we must face the inevitable. Our world is changing, and it is set to affect us all in the most personal, most individual way.

Mars/Chiron conjunction:https://angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-07-13-at-11.00.23-am.png

This is the start of a fresh, two-year cycle, which attempts to bring healing to our wounded masculine.

If you’ve ever harboured feelings of shame or humiliation for not having acted promptly enough to defend yourself in the face of insult or threat; or are suffering from feelings of guilt and resentment for having performed in ways which may have been seen as abjectly “reprehensible” towards others, then this cycle promises to bring up crises as ‘opportunities for healing and relief’ from such wounds.
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Lead-up to a second New Moon in Cancer:
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NEW MOON on Monday, July 20 2020, 17:34 UTC at 28°♋27′
New Moons are a time of personal reset, and this second lunation in Cancer only reverberates the global message of the Annular Solar Eclipse on the world axis (June 21). In many ways, we are now given a fresh opportunity to form an intention in how we will discipline our most personal, instinctive selves to comply with external world frustrations and pressures. Our self-esteem and personal worth are highlighted, and we may experience an extreme degree of hidden insecurity and fear around how to reach full involvement in life.

If you are feeling immensley frustrated by the world, which now appears to confront you with obstacles in how you can live a happy and contented life, this is a time to recalibrate and integrate your reactions to such experiences, and adjust your inner attitudes so as to determine how you deal with life’s greater tests and limitations.

SYNOPSIS:
In amongst the turmoil, we see people acting out, ever more intensely, even angrily, at the inherent discordance. Whether it’s necessary is another matter. When the individual becomes consciously aware of the full reality of its being, greater recognition of its identity allows for expansion of awareness so that it can include previously unconscious knowledge. We must mindfully step into the beam of light consciousness which aligns our intelligence, both higher and lower.

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If we observe what is happening, we will see that we are currently being inundated with lots of information from experts and authorities on our TV and radio. Who are these “experts” and “authorities”? Do they know something we don’t? Does their speech come from a place of pure knowledge or belief? Is it all just about propagating their beliefs and opinions or are their expert policies formed through a coherent discourse which bridges reason with instinct?

We see many people going along, blindly following what they’re told, following orders, rules and judgements that, when examined deeply, mean nothing to them. They’re just going along for the sake of ‘doing the right thing’. Who questions the experts and how are their institutions grounded in the intuitive understanding of our instincts and unconscious patterns? Are the experts denying us of our development and connection to our unconscious knowledge? It seems the combined weight of planets like Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto is heavy, imposing and refuses to yield.

This week, the late Cancer Sun continues to go up against that heavy Capricorn stellium, creating enormous conflict between old and new beliefs. Our unconscious selves are caught up in an ideological conflict as many of our cherished human emotions come up to the light to be challenged by the prevailing shift in consciousness.

As Mars conjuncts Chiron, it activates the global pain-body to the point where old wounds become aggravated, triggered into fight or flight action. Whether these happen internally or are projected outward, they produce ailment and events that send us looking to find healing and repair.

Whilst we are conscious that we are all under extreme pressure to change our ways, the age of neo-technologies is dawning, and we must find ways to marry these into our parasympathetic organism. Humanity is at the foothold of massive transformation, but it is uncertain as to which way it will go.

If we are a species of consciousness, then our species is in a time of crucial biotechnical change. Can our unconscious bodies, our DNA, our tribal, ancestral memories undergo such tremendous recalibration so as to keep up with conscious developments? If so, we can enhance the entire human race to the level which brings us boundless levels of spiritual, psychic and physical fulfilment. If we do not somehow make the necessary transition, our race, as we know it, will not endure.

We continue to expand our understanding of the complexity of these evolutionary times in our regular ‘Cosmic Bus’ episodes. Here is a short excerpt from our last session:
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I must state, that is not fully possible for me, as an astrologer, to provide a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the complexities of these times within the context of a short, weekly article.

I look forward to seeing you all on the ‘bus’. Blessings, and may you have an amazing week xx"

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[onawah]

On the SUN OPPOSING PLUTO @23°♑44’℞
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/sun-opposing-pluto/
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( Ang has started making more of his forecasts available for free online, so I am going to be copying some of those here as well as some of the weekly updates.)

"The degree of projection going on right now is at insane levels. In amidst the darkest times, cemented by Saturn’s presence, when the demons of our darkest dreams and our subconscious have been unleashed and allowed to run rife; where anger mixed with fear and envy and raging disdain for all the hurt of the ages start to swell, it’s all quite easy to throw shade on others.

When the Capricorn shadow of ambitiousness and lust for control, power and status in society is repressed, the inborn guilt of failing to live up to one’s potential is projected outwards, as if we blame the stifling conditions of our lives upon society or on individuals who have attained some level of success.

It is important to keep in mind that the United States has Pluto in Capricorn, now approaching its 248-year return (2022). As a nation, its overidentification as a world power is reaching a point where it must be restructured in order to evolve. This also includes other Capricorn nations, which deny their need to look inside at the internal guilt and shame carried through generational oppression, systemic abuse, institutional theft and enslavement of its peoples. Wars that will deflect this need to look within are not out of the question.

We can blame our parents, bosses, governments and constitutions for the castration of our personal power to ‘make it’ in the world. This is especially so at a time when our careers and businesses, our socially defining roles are being repressed during the heavy measures being imposed by state laws, thanks to this ‘pandemic’.

This is not a ‘winner’s’ attitude.

In truth, the dark phenomenon we are experiencing is nothing more than a collective pressure to change our ways. It is true, the old economic order is based on a hierarchical system that allows only a chosen few to merit and reap society’s greatest rewards. It has done this by tight control and denial of the growth and success of the collective spirit, which itself seeks to evolve. Under any system deemed to be oppressive, the individual spirit seeks release through dreams and unconscious expressions of resentment, hatred and aspersion towards whomever it sees as its oppressor.

Mostly unconscious, these projections are directed at specific individuals who represent ‘the state’, often through most destructive and paranoid attitudes, neglect of personal duties as a complete forfeit or abandonment of social responsibility, hence forcing others to impose yet heavier, more onerous parental-style measures in order to control them. This is why things may get darker and darker, at least for the many who are in denial.

The Sun-Pluto opposition marks a time when we are forced to see how our emotional withdrawal into toxic personal habits is created by our perceived powerlessness to proceed in tomorrow’s world. If the evolutionary intent is that we must learn to develop our own internal security, then we must stop for a moment and repose, not bitch and blame. Stop, at least long enough to see how you alone are responsible for this disempowerment of your will. It is not your father, husband, boss, government, nation or some famously successful person that is to blame, although they certainly have a hand in things if you unconsciously choose to give your power of responsibility away.

Your projections are a direct expression of your soul’s guilt for having given your creative power away. You (and only you) can do something to change that…"

MARS CONJUNCT CHIRON
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/mars-conjunct-chiron/
"The healing of the sacred masculine is inextricably linked to that of the sacred feminine. One cannot heal without the other. Let us hold space, not contempt for one another. Encourage the healthiest side of our masculinity to be expressed."
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[onawah]

Divide & Rule: JUPITER/PLUTO’s 2020 Conjunction & the New Plutocracy
https://angstoic.com/2020/06/divide-rule-jupiter-plutos-2020-conjunction-the-new-plutocracy/

"As if Pluto transiting Capricorn (2008 – 2024) isn’t enough indication that we’re desperately trying to reconstruct our perfect image of an all-powerful father figure…

The ingress of Jupiter into the aforementioned earth-cardinal domain in December 2019 added about as much hype and hoopla as the stiff and punctilious old Capricorn goat’s going to get (outside the customary formalities of Christmas and New Year).

Throughout 2020, our god-of-gods; ruler of all rulers, Jupiter endeavours to streamline and impose laws which promise to improve the management of public structures, monuments, establishments and social institutions. Forming strong bonds to his underworld sibling, Pluto through multiple conjunctions, one may wonder whether these two are in cahoots to actually corrupt every law we’ve come to know and trust After all, what’s the purpose of our great halls of justice, our esteemed monuments, constitutions and institutions?

Are they not there to prescribe and instil us of our cultural virtues; uphold and regulate our social values; keep politicians honest and inspired to lead us well? Or are they merely spectacular relics, charming attractions that haul in the tourist dollars? Or do they serve no purpose at all, only the ridiculous notion of outdated traditions and gloried legacies of class entitlement?https://angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/liberty-america-usa.jpgWhatever their value, our statues, historical monuments and legal institutions are social legacies that somehow, somewhere in our linear history meant an important amount to someone. Whether we chose to respect and obey these or not, we’re forced to know it and pay our homage thanks to the binding laws and contracts formed under key Jupiter/Pluto transits.

THE CONJUNCTION:
Partile on three separate occasions, Jupiter and Pluto remain in near-conjunction throughout the entire of 2020.https://angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-09-at-7.51.03-pm-1536x306.pngEbertin doesn’t mince with words at all – he calls this combination “the desire for power (plutocracy)”. Just seeing what’s going on these days, in the spread of the greatest pandemic since the HIV/AIDS virus, it’s plausible that there could be a mad power-grab by those who control all the wealth on this planet.

There is widening concern among many conspiracy theorists that the world is governed by oligarchs, business moguls and corporate despots, etc. However, this conspiracy is neither new nor is it merely a theory. Amidst the horror and fear spread by the global pandemic, it would not be entirely unfeasible to expect some extreme measures dished out by those at the top. After all, they stand to have the most to lose if the world and its prized monuments should topple and break.

Mars activated the Jupiter/Pluto midpoint by conjunction on Mar 22, effectively triggering a world-wide state of martial law and shelter-in-place kinds of lockdowns.

Jupiter seeks to see wisdom, harmony, law and good times. Pluto wants wealth, power and unmitigated change or otherwise threatens complete destruction. Their collaboration in the chief-executive boardrooms of Capricorn, amounts to nothing short of a conspiracy to impose extreme new laws (or to at least pervert, debase or diminish existing ones). Will these new laws help to correct and eliminate the causes behind unbearable social conditions, or will they further expedite Pluto’s unstoppable lust for absolute control, power and wealth.

In the ambitious, patriarchal realm of Capricorn, this desire to rule over all society can take on quite monumental proportions itself. After already spending 2 years in Capricorn, its ruler Saturn has skipped over the fence to Aquarius. He will soon return to his domain at the beginning of July. Here, he can limit and control any apparent abuses or excesses inflicted by the ruthlessly ambitious Jupiter/Pluto who seek both notability and notoriety.

Under a benevolent leader, this combination could be applied to introduce sweeping legislative measures that transform the entire judiciary process, ensuring wealth and benefits for all. Of course, nothing corrupts more absolutely like absolute or centralised power. Under the pretext of a global health emergency, an unscrupulously opportunistic leader might see this opportunity to impose extreme force, assuming full, totalitarian state of control.There is commonly the veneer of some ‘moral agenda’ or ‘stringent code of ethics’, even religion or nationalism (anything with a banner or flag) that one might employ as the axiom to move the masses to a ‘higher’ place.

Given the opportunity, those holding the stick are liable to go hard, introducing legislation (Jupiter) denying individual freedoms for the sake of accomplishing a collective vision which, of course, only they get to decide. With Jupiter under a bad sign, our understanding of ‘morality’ could be skewed, distorted and manipulated, that one may find it easy to discard people or destroy anything that tries to stand in the way of a good moral tale.

Whether expressed through humans or through forces of nature, the more antithetical side to Jupiter/Pluto brings out the more ruthlessly adverse elements, where extensively destructive natural disasters, or acts of psychopathic criminal behaviour (esp. by those in any position of influence) through abuse of office or the deposition of legal or sacred laws and documents.

On the positive side, we do learn how to control ourselves, exercising greater care that we do not violate each other’s right to live a happy, healthy and contented life, and with enough digging, research, study and debate, we come to find all kinds of refreshing truths that previously remained concealed.

Our capacity for spiritual regeneration and ability to channel constructive forces – especially in times of crisis – depends on the level of metacognition, especially in society’s leaders, judges and administrators. Do they know themselves deeply enough; possess the adequate insight to penetrate into the motives and machinations of society’s laws to help bring humanity out of the pits of darkness and despair, restore harmony and balance for everyone?

By the end of the year, and with numerous life-shifting events, the capacity for our own abilities and perceptions to deeply determine what is true and fair will become sharper. This is especially assisted through deep investigative study and through practices like yoga, meditation techniques, spiritual healing, clairvoyance, and prophecy. These may sound magical, but such are the supernatural powers of Pluto, whom any astrologer would arguably attest is, this year, getting an extreme makeover in the mindset of human consciousness."

[onawah]

CANCER NEW MOON: Healing the degree of hidden insecurity and fear by making a bold move toward a full involvement with life.
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=7TYZ6&mc=It&s=s4iNwR&u=Ghhv4&z=EVxXJQr&
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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

Let us not kid ourselves, the world is in a terrible jam. Regarding job security alone, the growing limitations raised by dreadful social restrictions in conjunction with the current sweep towards total digitisation of the marketplace threatens to eliminate at least a quarter of a billion jobs in 2020 alone. Things will get exponentially more dire as we lead into 2021.

People are feeling the existential march of time breathing down their necks, and by the end of this year when both Saturn and Jupiter reset the socio-economic paradigm with their Grand conjunction in Aquarius, we might either be feeling prepared for a monumental shift in values or stand to be left out in the cold by being utterly unprepared for what's to suddenly hit us.

If this sounds a little ominous and scary, that's exactly what a Cancer New Moon directly opposite Saturn is supposed to feel like. A new inner balance and self-image are necessary here. Unless this is achieved, any outer frustrations will correspondingly start to press down upon our fundamental sense of security, dissolved only in equal measures by the increase in discipline and self-confidence to reach a more clarified inner perspective.
Do you have what it takes to secure your footing in the brave new world of AI and automation that's about to unfold? Will you become the victim or triumph over the challenges of mass unemployment and inequality that threatens this entire planet, at least initially?

The social revolution is clearly underway, only moments away from a massive reset which threatens to divide us all between those who can remain connected to new tech and 'all others'. It becomes a phenomenal case of 'survival of the fittest' as more and more jobs 'go online' and our economic system shifts closer to completely cashless forms of transaction. Those already struggling with 'internet inequality' will feel further and further left out as existing inequalities only threaten to become worse unless we discipline ourselves to move with these times.

The recent spate of lunations in Cancer has only accentuated our deepest security concerns. The potent Annular eclipse on the world axis (June 20) has augured a monumental flash of insecurity for all, and while initially, it may appear as if the outer world and people are opposing you, it is this same source of pressure which can offer great opportunities as the current changes proceed. With this second lunation in Cancer, many inner crises and tensions can and must be healed and resolved, releasing latent qualities, talents and potentials as the world undergoes a renewal of blocked energies.

I have spoken extensively about the potent energies affecting this current lunation here, in our latest episode of Cosmic Bus.

In this current issue of empowering horoscopes, I guide you to look especially towards the areas where this New Moon/Saturn opposition could be especially revitalised, or where your inherent talents could be effectively applied. Brave new intentions must be set. Taking the necessary steps to dismantle barriers between you and the outside world and reducing your controlling nature is critical. Whilst this may initially feel uncomfortable and unsettling, coming to terms with your current limitations will allow you to transform the nature of your universe, liberate many repressed energies, hence allow you to recreate your future and enable the release of your entire solar purpose.

Nothing can be solved without your responsible contribution towards turning this world into a more secure and prosperous place.

Blessings to you all, and may you have an amazing New Moon xx"

https://m.gr-cdn-9.com/getresponse-Ghhv4/photos/2bc2fee0-889c-47d2-be0f-0912ebe530eb.jpg?img1595034844664

[onawah]

CANCER NEW MOON: Healing the degree of hidden insecurity and fear by making a bold move toward a full involvement with life.
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=7TYZ6&mc=It&s=s4iNwR&u=Ghhv4&z=EVxXJQr&
https://m.gr-cdn-9.com/getresponse-Ghhv4/photos/18b83e7e-ba9c-49b6-a27f-1cc8c629656d.png?img1595034844664

"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

Let us not kid ourselves, the world is in a terrible jam. Regarding job security alone, the growing limitations raised by dreadful social restrictions in conjunction with the current sweep towards total digitisation of the marketplace threatens to eliminate at least a quarter of a billion jobs in 2020 alone. Things will get exponentially more dire as we lead into 2021.

People are feeling the existential march of time breathing down their necks, and by the end of this year when both Saturn and Jupiter reset the socio-economic paradigm with their Grand conjunction in Aquarius, we might either be feeling prepared for a monumental shift in values or stand to be left out in the cold by being utterly unprepared for what's to suddenly hit us.

If this sounds a little ominous and scary, that's exactly what a Cancer New Moon directly opposite Saturn is supposed to feel like. A new inner balance and self-image are necessary here. Unless this is achieved, any outer frustrations will correspondingly start to press down upon our fundamental sense of security, dissolved only in equal measures by the increase in discipline and self-confidence to reach a more clarified inner perspective.
Do you have what it takes to secure your footing in the brave new world of AI and automation that's about to unfold? Will you become the victim or triumph over the challenges of mass unemployment and inequality that threatens this entire planet, at least initially?

The social revolution is clearly underway, only moments away from a massive reset which threatens to divide us all between those who can remain connected to new tech and 'all others'. It becomes a phenomenal case of 'survival of the fittest' as more and more jobs 'go online' and our economic system shifts closer to completely cashless forms of transaction. Those already struggling with 'internet inequality' will feel further and further left out as existing inequalities only threaten to become worse unless we discipline ourselves to move with these times.

The recent spate of lunations in Cancer has only accentuated our deepest security concerns. The potent Annular eclipse on the world axis (June 20) has augured a monumental flash of insecurity for all, and while initially, it may appear as if the outer world and people are opposing you, it is this same source of pressure which can offer great opportunities as the current changes proceed. With this second lunation in Cancer, many inner crises and tensions can and must be healed and resolved, releasing latent qualities, talents and potentials as the world undergoes a renewal of blocked energies.

I have spoken extensively about the potent energies affecting this current lunation here, in our latest episode of Cosmic Bus.

In this current issue of empowering horoscopes, I guide you to look especially towards the areas where this New Moon/Saturn opposition could be especially revitalised, or where your inherent talents could be effectively applied. Brave new intentions must be set. Taking the necessary steps to dismantle barriers between you and the outside world and reducing your controlling nature is critical. Whilst this may initially feel uncomfortable and unsettling, coming to terms with your current limitations will allow you to transform the nature of your universe, liberate many repressed energies, hence allow you to recreate your future and enable the release of your entire solar purpose.

Nothing can be solved without your responsible contribution towards turning this world into a more secure and prosperous place.

Blessings to you all, and may you have an amazing New Moon xx"

https://m.gr-cdn-9.com/getresponse-Ghhv4/photos/2bc2fee0-889c-47d2-be0f-0912ebe530eb.jpg?img1595034844664

[onawah]

Crucible – THE WEEK AHEAD: Jul 20-26
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/crucible-the-week-ahead-jul-20-26/

"Heavens, we are really moving through the most challenging passage of our terrestrial experience now, albeit in retrograde. Yes, four of the outer planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto, as well as asteroid Chiron are now backtracking, with Uranus stationing at 10-11° Taurus to join them in a couple of weeks.
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Essentially, this means that we have not really covered any new ground since Jan-Feb we’re just backtracking. Everything we’re currently experiencing has been drummed into us over the first half of this year when the planets first entered their Rx shadow, except perhaps where Uranus’ insights could soon lead to shocking disruptions, crucial breakthroughs and sudden breakdowns. This is especially so where any new tech is involved.

Stationing Uranus will spend all of Aug-Sep stuck on a single degree of the sky. Expect twists. If you’ve been getting used to a certain way of life, even if it was disruptive and rude, paradoxically, you may not get a chance to ever go back to how it was, nor would you want to.

Areas such as property, banking, finance, spending, saving, trading in currencies and in the stock exchange are about to start rumbling. Watch those particular spaces carefully over the next 3-4 weeks and, unless you are at the cutting edge of scientific progress, be prepared for upsets and shock news.

Meanwhile, with Saturn now returned to his realm of Capricorn, we observe how the pillars of our society are laying down the firmware and architecture for tighter control. Along with Jupiter/Pluto, the grand intention is to gradually eliminate old laws, customs and beliefs, replacing old power structures, embedding us with a whole new code of behaviour and slowly but permanently extinguishing toxic old habits and biases.
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Over the coming weeks, our actions will have a catalytic effect on our emotions. Whether by rejection, resignation or acceptance of strange new circumstances, or by our own wild struggles, this second Cancer lunation in the space of a month leaves a hefty imprint on our emotions. Let’s not underestimate how what we feel right now is possibly going to impact our lives. This has been a year where we have literally been bullied to death by the conspiracy of planetary forces now retrograding in the late degrees of Capricorn.

It’s going to be an emotional week…
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With both the Cancer Moon and opposing Saturn dignified in this 180° standoff, life proffers us the uncomfortable prospect of feelings vs duty and obligation, viewed as rather a serious business in which ‘doing the right thing’ becomes tantamount, even if this means ignoring our instincts and emotions… or so it may seem.

There is a veritable Capricornucopia of pressures on us to ‘just grow up’ or face consequences of extended immobility, insecurity, moodiness, bleak depressions, negativity and fear. Saturn tries to dominate over the range of human emotions using interference and grimly divisive means.

Sensing this repression, people generally recede into their shells, avoiding closeness with one another. A social stiffness descends to inhibit even the closest of relationships. Under this archetypal ‘loner’ vibe, an uncomfortable, heavy curtain drops, even on our most magnificent performance. In a practical sense, it makes a fitting reason to stay apart from others, particularly given that the world is currently in the grips of an all-too-familiar pandemic state.

Fearful attitudes and prohibitive laws limit and confine our social interaction; opportunities become lost or wasted through the inability to take risks or chances; relationships are denied through growing distances, unnecessary health anxieties or fears around emotional intimacy. This becomes a perfect time to consciously self-isolate if only to focus on transforming old social habits, toxic interpersonal attitudes and clinging feelings of codependency.

We must agree that we are shifting into a new, more detached social paradigm, whatever form this is to take. We must accept this consciously, not keep saying it like some ‘new-age’ cliché. This is really happening now and the whole universe is conspiring to see how when we can actually let go of our emotional hang-ups. Our limitations on all levels will progressively dissolve as stress is released, allowing a new feeling of liberation to emerge.

read your latest empowering horoscopes and New Moon Intentions here:
ARIES ♈ | TAURUS ♉ | GEMINI ♊ |CANCER ♋
LEO ♌ | VIRGO ♍ | LIBRA ♎ | SCORPIO ♏
SAGITTARIUS ♐ | CAPRICORN ♑ | AQUARIUS ♒ | PISCES ♓

The Mars trajectory – into the retrograde zone
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After transiting past Chiron, Mars now enters his retrograde zone. Chiron has played a bit of a ‘mentoring’ role on the raw young warrior. The wounded healer and teacher of heroes has prepared Mars with stories that will surely rouse his atavistic heart to launch into battle for the silenced, the shamed and the unacknowledged.

Mars hence enters straight into a warzone, in which he must battle several adversaries at least once (many up to three times) before January 2, 2021.
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Observe what happens with you now, as the staunch and fearless fire god first enters into his Rx shadow. The first phase will take us out until Sep 10.

Observe your anger, where you become triggered to act. You will experience many microaggressions over the next six months. In these, you will either stand your ground and fight it out, or retreat. There will seem at least two waves of anger. For some, there may not be a third.

Mars will head directly into some pretty ominous squares to Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn (the triad of inquisitors) allying only with his sister, Eris, and the dark moon Lilith. The month of August hence brings strife and mayhem which to many will seem akin to a witch-hunt, especially towards those prone or sensitive to feelings of tyranny, cruelty, denial, obfuscation and neglect. This is particularly so if you’re in the 15°14′–28°08′ cardinal range.

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Anger Danger:

Do you sometimes get a temper; become inflamed; aggravated? It’s ok… anger is a perfectly natural, adaptive response to feeling threatened. It inspires powerful, often aggressive, feelings and behaviours which allow you to fight and to defend yourself when you feel attacked.

A certain amount of anger is necessary to ensure our survival. It’s when anger turns into hostility and violence that it becomes volatile and highly dangerous, both to yourself and others.

How do you vent your anger? Is it in a wholesome, ‘righteous’ way or do you just fly off the handle without knowing why? Chances are, during this first phase of Mars’ retrograde, you probably won’t act the way you think you should have ‘ought to’ acted. In fact, you may do something you will soon regret, including not having done a thing when perhaps you should have acted more immediately.

With Mercury in Cancer in square to both Mars and Chiron, you’re currently likely to feel aggravated by whimsical memories that trigger old, sometimes latent wounds. You might obsess with angry thoughts, even send inflammatory messages; get into arguments, but it’s most likely that your actions will probably be bottled up, suppressed under ominous weight imposed by the current Capricornian authoritarianism. ‘Doing the right thing’ becomes oppressive, even if it seems ‘right’.When we feel criticised, censored or probed, our sense of autonomy feels under threat. We have a choice to fight or flight. But sensing the fear of facing up to the Capricorn reality, we may stall on the frontlines. We can inhibit or suppress our anger, convert it into constructive outlets like work, exercise or sport. The real danger is when we do not express our anger outwardly. Then anger can turn inwardly, on ourselves.

Unexpressed anger can cause hypertension, high blood pressure or depression. It can also develop into unhealthy expressions such as passive-aggressive behaviour (indirect hostility) or a disposition which is cynical and hostile. Red flags must be raised around those who are in the ‘sport’ of constantly putting others down, scrutinising everything, making harsh cynical comments. These are the ones who haven’t learned how to constructively vent their anger. Not surprisingly, these are the ones who are going to crack the whole scene open for ‘healing’ during this period.

Right now, our planet is heating up its people. Yep, that’s right, the earth is cooking up some fierce-ass warriors for some frontline action. If this is going to be a war of love & light over darkness, people must respond to the burning need to take some urgent action. In this, we must know that once we start something (or do nothing), we may be forced to commit to that directive for a while to come.

Mars will initiate a lot of scuffles through the August squares, some of them serious and nasty. He does not come into easy contact with Venus till late September in a golden fire trine from Leo over the Nodes. By this time the Sun will have reached Libra. Negotiations will be tough. It’s hard when everyone is ‘right’ and won’t go down. It will be a long time before we see any real peace. Those who are easily triggered better get their **** together and stop with the petty squabbling and fence-sitting.

SYNOPSIS:
These are bone-crunching times. Humans are being transformed into something completely new. To the old, this may appear most alienating, if not entirely alien from their emotionally conditioned self. The Great Jupiter Saturn conjunction at 00°♒29′ on December 21, will reset the society we once ‘knew and loved’ into a whole new pace.

By the time Pluto hits Aquarius in 2023, most humans will have become chipped up and ready to plug into the new matrix. Sure, there will be those who resist the upgrade to the neotech AI superintelligence. But if the choice to go against the trend defies nature’s overwhelming evolutionary direction of the current race of humans, our species will splinter, creating a terminal war which will not end until it sees the ‘survival of the fittest.’So have a good look at how you’re going to either hold up your light or put up a fight. These next few months are going to divide us all into our lowest common denominator. The more we resist, the more the planetary forces will try to place a muzzle on us and keep us locked down in our private little cells – ready for treatment (like a colony of overgrown cancer cells). It behoves each of us to tune inward, and set a disciplined intention to do better, be healthier, stronger, fitter. As hard as that may seem, we must learn to discipline ourselves to fight for our survival, should the need arise.

By the middle of the week, the Sun moves into Leo. Integrity and sheer creative force is the product of feeling sound and secure about oneself. This cannot be expressed if we are not in wholehearted coherence with our spirit. We will begin to discuss this in our next Bus Episode (Thu/Fri).

Blessings, and have an amazing New Moon xx "

[onawah]

AUGUST- PRESCIENCE
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/august-prescience/

"“Whether the mask is labelled fascism, democracy, or socialism, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us at the front lines, who isn’t so much our enemy as our brother and sister’s enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves.

No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this apparatus and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human value in ourselves and in others.”

~ Simone Weil
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Simone Adolphine Weil (3 Feb 1909 – 24 Aug 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. After a lifetime of battling illness and frailty, Weil died in August 1943 from cardiac failure at the age of 34. This is her chart, observe the degrees Capricorn 18-22 occupied by UR/VE, opp MO, NE.

She knows this end of Capricorn only too well…

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We get a series of tight flourishes throughout August as MARS (force) commences his conflicts to JUPITER (law), PLUTO (power) and SATURN (control). This austerity pressure-pack threatens to bring the world to its knees. Capricorn craves perfect social order, planets there work to constrict and constrain external conditions by introducing tightening measures, passing final judgements. Using whatever apparatus necessary (police, armed forces and bureaucrats) we will see all units closing in from every area being deployed to limit individual action and public reaction.

Following Monday’s earthquaking Full Moon at 11°♒46′, when a stationing URANUS (shocks) in at 10°♉37′ forms a T-square, we are in for some edgy times as MARS heads to conjunction with his super-dark sister, ERIS…

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MERCURY OPPOSING JUPITER
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/mercury-opposing-jupiter/
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Bragging, big talk, dogmatic opinions and scientific inaccuracy in statements is at epidemic proportions here. Jupiter is Capricorn does not make ‘El Gordo’ more conservative, it just means the excess comes from those in usually conservative roles.

Sure, we like to share our ten-cent wisdom with others, and we can expertly become advocates and propagandists for whatever crazy cause is going down. However, we must be up for a certain degree of opposition from others because this is neither the time to try to be convincing or profound, nor does it seem like anyone has the clout to make their sophistries stick. This is because intellectually, minds are restless, hyper-reactive, and we are looking to bridge connections or join the dots between ideas or concepts where there’s often little or no correlation between them whatsoever.

All we’re doing is adding to the chaos. Don’t believe me. Do your own research

Pied Piper – THE WEEK AHEAD: Jul 27-Aug 2
https://angstoic.com/2020/07/pied-piper-the-week-ahead-jul-27-aug-2/

"On quick assessment, it would appear as if we’re in for another round – a second, more firmly established spell of Saturn’s social asphyxiation, cast now upon us by the other big forces. It’s all going backwards over there in Capricorn, as all planets are now retracing the very trail transited during their first phase… goose-step style.

Whilst things are looking increasingly militaristic, do not disown those energies. The whole of humanity is somehow on a march. It is necessary. Believe it or not, you too are part of the hell and fury of these times, and whether or not you join the brigades currently mustering toward a higher (or lower) plane, you none-the-less become a part of the historical transformation that is taking place on planet earth.

So be cool with it…The Witching Hour
Let’s keep in mind that whatever seems to be bubbling to the surface now is only a hint of what lies beneath. Wherever Pluto’s involved, the true catalyst of loss and release remains well-hidden, and for damned good reason too. Pluto’s subterranean force is so powerful that we cannot possibly handle too many hints and nudges emerging at once. It’s either like a giant jigsaw, or a slow, malingering death. To get to the ‘bottom’ of things, we must work intently at addressing grave predicaments suppressed within our nature, examining them one by one until they’re each completely absolved. Solving the mystery of what on earth is happening to your world right now, or undergoing complete breakdown is a slow, tedious process, either way. Yet this is the time.

Of course, with Pluto, as soon as you think you’ve mastered one problem; attained a certain level of awareness over the darkness, you’re presented with another, more perplexing. It’s what drives our evolutionary curiosity towards mastering the elements of life, decay and our own mortality.

Naturally, dealing with Pluto’s problems isn’t for everyone. The intensity of drastic change itself strikes people with morbid displeasure, and to the many fixed minds out there who despise variances in their program, this Pluto transit would be much too horrifying. Humans like to cling to safety, as we have been seeing, after those Cancer lunations.

Many have somehow retracted their activities, drawn close to their home position, clinging tighter to their families, the security of their abode, their tribe and their patriotic patronage. Others have observed that any sentimental attachments only lull them into a false sense of security and are working hard to release their connection to past notions of security. They are aware that unless they take responsibility for matters which threaten their survival, they will be left behind in the race to accede to a higher state of being.
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“The flute of the Pied Piper of Hamelin has never left us and it is essential that we train our ear to detect its false notes because in our case the flute is being played by the rats.”

~ Dimitris Mita
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When studying the chances of our evolution through this, the variants are still too many to make a distinct call as to how things might turn out. This Plutonian urge for self-investigation requires an acquired taste and a lot of disciplinary power. In Capricorn, forces look to re-create a ‘perfected patriarch’, one who sees everything we are destined to mature into and benevolently provides the structure and support to make it happen. That is, if he does not abuse his powers. Only the most self-empowered will be able to challenge those who try to violate and manipulate the prerogative of other living beings to suit their own, unwholesome agenda.

During August, the Jupiter/Saturn midpoint will, for the second period, level on Pluto, just as it had in late Feb/early March. Here, we see the underbelly of Pluto producing such powerful reactions that every aspect of society becomes embroiled in the process of change. The agent of change does this, whilst himself remaining unchanged.

Meanwhile, we see entire societies learning to deal with immense pressure, even those that don’t do so well with authority. Over the past 4 years, we have been alerted to the spate of horrifying global phenomena (vast fires, climate change, economic uncertainty, trade and civil wars, political unrest, civil rights matters and now global health crisis, etc). We are not entirely sure what’s causing it, just forced to go along, do our best to change our ways until everything is different.

Being an authority unto one’s own
☉This week, with the Sun now in Leo, the spotlight shifts to the shining examples among us; those who stand to show us integrity of character, valour and elan. They exhibit that which makes us proud to be human.

We can help to spot them by seeking out those whose sources are genuine and authentic. We can help to see that our authorities demonstrate their highest worth; that they are deserving of our heartfelt respect and admiration. We must look to them as a respected source of energy and inspiration.

Similarly, we must be loyal to our own creative wellspring, seeing how we can help those who are the creators of our world. Talented authors are seeking to create a true story. Let’s help by giving them some fresh material, avoid playing stubborn, egotistical games, especially if our selfish needs are not met.

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The Leo Sun’s lust for command and control is met with pressure from the Scorpio Moon to keep his source of creativity under wraps. Tensions rise if there is a hint that something private and precious could be divulged, giving ‘rivals’ a certain advantage. Since most of Leo/Scorpio rivals exist solely in the egoistic mind, struggles are caused more out of unfounded suspicion, jealousy and other perceived threats and insults to the pride. Needless to say, with a square to Uranus nearby, security measures are tightened.

It’s like a jungle sometimes…
The Quarter Moon’s direct hit to the Venus/Neptune square only sensitises our perceptions about others, particularly those with whom we are in a personal relationship. There too, is not a lot of trust. Venus has been in Gemini for a while, there’s been a lot of misfired words about, we feel touchy and easily threatened, possibly undermined. It’s hard to see things clearly, and judgement is poor. Don’t worry… remember it’s only a dream anyway. Dismiss and escape to your favourite conspiracy theory.

A Quincunx to Venus from Jupiter means we are prone to overreact with anxiety wherever we see our kindness and generosity becoming slandered or publicly disrespected.

There’s a lot of emotions at stake, and wherever Mercury squares Mars the likelihood of arguments and mental anguish runs high. These two have been at odds for most of this month. Mars in Aries is shirty. Mercury’s retrograde in Cancer has raised the issue of security to epidemic proportions.

Tuesday’s Sun Sesquisquare Neptune brings up all kinds of confusing signals in terms of how to put ourselves out there. Seems not all remains secret to Leo under the psychic powers of Pisces. We may choose to withdraw further, claiming that we cannot trust anyone, even the people who are supposed to love and admire us. But Chiron is trining, so it’s a good time to let bygones be bygones.

Make them goodbye-gones. Take the healthy way, we all need some of Leo’s special kind of encouragement right now.

Mercury’s opposition to Pallas Athena, Jupiter, Pluto generates greater contention about who is running this world, and our most intensely held thoughts and opinions are at odds with others, causing many negotiations to go awry. Conspiracy theories fly hard. The problem with theories is that they struggle to be proven.

By the end of the week, the Sun moves into square with Uranus, bringing the anticipation of a very tense Full Moon on August 4. This is a difficult lunation. It augurs drastic endings, break-ups and sudden changes. Like the TOWER card in the Major Arcana, we are struck by a bolt of lightning, setting our entire tower on fire. It feels like nothing much held in it can be saved.

Drastic, unpredictable changes are on the cards. For better or for worse, everything will shift, even if only one slight aspect of our lives is directly affected by the events of the next week.

For some, this can bring enormous relief. It can mean leaving a house that was never the right place for you, or even the end of an excruciating mental or physical situation. For many others, it will hurl them into a series of difficulties caused by an obstinate refusal to change, despite the obvious state of disaster going on around them. This period comes with an urgent wake-up call to either see the light or suffer under the weight of their own darkness.

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JUPITER SEXTILE NEPTUNE – “Life could be a dream.”
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"JUPITER SEXTILE NEPTUNE – “Life could be a dream.”

The tendency towards gullibility is super-high now, especially if you’re keen to satisfy your own needs and desires. You may throw caution to the wind as far as the plausibility of an opportunity that you think has come your way. Belief in the propensity of any offers to pay off will later be revealed to be merely self-deception. It’s because you’re letting your wildest emotions be part of your ‘understanding something properly’ process.

All I want to say is that sitting beside your most cherished dreams is the prospect of disappointment. Careful not to breathe in your own toxic fumes.

JUPITER is currently conjunct the hideous PLUTO.

Go get some fresh air;
take time out to look at things from other people’s emotional point of view; (what’s their investment/hidden design in getting you to believe the unbelievable?)
be more cautious about what you choose to buy into;
check what might be the source of that “pot of gold” over the rainbow’.

Always, look that gift horse in the mouth…

[This transit, to some extent, will TAKE US OUT TO NOVEMBER- see graphic]"
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[onawah]

Cosmic Bus Astrology Webcast [episode #2031]- You Are Here
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/mercury-opposing-pluto/

"Mercury’s been lingering around Cancer now since end of May (that’s long). It’s a little troublesome because Mercury operates best, not going on a hunch, but by providing data.

Cancer is beyond data. If is likes you, you’re in. Which is dangerous, because if you’re on Cancer’s ‘inner circle’, then you’re cool, you don’t need verification.
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Unfortunately, forming connections based ‘on a hunch’ for the past two months won’t buy you immunity from the imposing ‘in-crowd’ over in Capricorn.
…god___n, there’s gonna be some sparks this Full Moon, exactly 24 from now !Tuesday’s FULL MOON in Aquarius means that the primordial energies that govern our experience are pulling apart, allowing us to see both sides, both inner and outer, both the subjective and intersubjective reality you have to contend with, both the ‘you’ and the ‘not you’."

[onawah]

Aries MOON activates CHIRON, MARS and ERIS
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/aries-moon-activates-chiron-mars-and-eris/
8/7/20

"The highly volatile Aries MOON now activates CHIRON, MARS and ERIS. In her utter discontent, LUNA raises the attention of JUPITER/PLUTO/SATURN, who in Capricorn is ready to come down like a proverbial tonne of bricks upon anyone who shows any signs of individual insurgency or objection to the official narrative.

We’re no longer interested in seeking out the truth. The fake news machine, with its battalions of deluded individuals, immersed in a bottomless pool of their own ignorance and confirmation biases has trapped us between a rock and hard place. It’s simply too uncomfortable to accept, even to ourselves, that we’re being subtly pressed into sedition.

The Leo SUN provides the inspiration to stand courageously for integrity, honour and valour in the face of nonsensical cruelty and lies.

Unless we act now, we will be pinned forever into a structure whose force of manipulation, distortion of truth and law, and ability to crush all free speech and movement leaves us patently incapable of taking any meaningful action later. Just know, that once you surrender your sovereignty and power over to the frauds and charlatans of this world, it is almost impossible to reclaim it.

The time is here to stand up and fight, and even if you do become pulverised, at least you’ll know you went out fighting."

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FULL MOON in AQUARIUS: Full Insight Into the Liberating Possibilities of a Complete State of Chaos
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/full-moon-in-aquarius-full-insight-into-the-liberating-possibilities-of-a-complete-state-of-chaos/

(The full moon was on 8/3 and I felt its' impact but, unfortunately, did not see this forecast until after the fact. It might have helped if I had seen it earlier! But hindsight is better than no sight at all....:nod:)

"It’s Full Moon, the time of the month when the energies of the Sun and Moon are at their most disparate and least inclined to agree with one another.
This electrifying lunation is filled with discordant energies and represents the height of social antistasis. Along with significant other planetary discordances, its uncomfortable reception to a fixed T-square from Uranus permeates the electromagnetic field around us with a strongly resistant, revolutionary fervour. You may have noticed a powerfully irritable charge building up, both within you and around you all weekend. Watch you don’t hold it too tightly. It’s obvious that everyone is getting all worked up into an unprecedented state of public frenzy and hysteria over the seemingly most ordinary of things.

Nothing is ordinary. The mere mention of the word sends people’s emotional state into a tailspin. This is the energy that ’causes’ things to smash, break into pieces that are beyond fixing.

The Uranian T-section to this fixed/positive lunation means old-school ways of social expression are totally disintegrating. Fixed energy cracks up because it refuses to bend. Sure, it may have held out for a long, long time, but under enough stress, as indicated by this moment in time, it finally crumbles.

The energies of the Aquarian Moon do not mesh easily with the lunar principle. They only generate an instinctive resistance to acknowledging and validating emotional needs and feelings, unconsciously dodging any need for emotional closeness and intimacy. The Aquarian lunar energies generate a pressing need to experience and express a sense of individuality, to be free from restrictions and attachments to the past and to interact with a wide range of people through the use of intuitive, inventive and abstract mental faculties which call us all to contribute meaningfully to society.

The opposing Leo Sun radiates a sense of nobility, although this is potentially received as coming from a self-interested, tyrannical agenda. Leo’s sense of privilege is generally displayed with pomposity and a desire to hold centre-stage. When, as in this potent lunation, it is not received in the spirit of radiating light and warmth, it indicates just how divided our world is over the most fundamental values of the human spirit.

The square from Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, further agitates matters to the point where the clash of disparate energies and personality disorders accommodates other difficult planetary conflicts. Many relationships are likely to become a heated battleground; domestic and political conditions are becoming greatly unsettled as people struggle with unresolved inner conflicts seek to act out, often indiscriminately and in angry retaliation to any signs of oppression. Finding a satisfactory balance between the desire to hold one’s individual integrity and contributing to a workable communal effort cannot be achieved by resistance alone. A lack of discipline and application of insurgent energy is only exacerbating personality conflicts, both in the personal and political arenas.

The fixed/earth Uranus square to both the discordant Solar and Lunar energies delivers even greater propensity for sudden, unnecessary disruption and pain. For instance, you will observe a sudden cooling-off and unexpected ending of primary relationships. This becomes a sore point as we struggle to transition from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. Uranus introduces sudden breaks from any perceived order, threatening to sweep away most of our life’s foundations, uprooting us from the systems of the past. While this can temporarily generate an atmosphere of excitement as it gives us a glimpse of the potentials of unrestrained liberty, we lose the necessary anchor beneath our feet, creating utter chaos and instability.

There are many vital lessons to be learned here. These are times when cooperation, commitment, responsibility, compromise, and shared decision-making are severely imperilled by individuals’ innate right to always be dominant, authoritative, or right – expecting all others to acquiesce to one’s authoritative will or to bow to one’s unqualified needs for freedom when they themselves deny us of the same rights. Beyond reason and logic, there are those who are inclined to obliterate any semblance of order in their quest for greater freedom from any constraints.

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Mercury’s opposition to Saturn generates an intense air of scepticism, intolerance and mistrust about everything we hear and everyone who opens their mouth. Official narratives are ridden with anxiety and admonition. Careful verification and even outright rejection are almost certainly playing a critical part in the decisions we make concerning ordinary contacts and in our accustomed way of thinking. The distrust and fear between the people and its government and corporation have reached epidemic proportions.

Mars’ square to Jupiter further aggravates the sense of dissatisfaction and dissent with laws and legislation. Some individuals will fight fiercely to uphold their own sense of importance and to be completely unfettered and independent from authoritarian rule. A strong dynamic has developed, and whether fighting with or against “the law”, people will try to ram opinions across to one another in the most pugnacious manner, underestimating the force and application necessary to achieve their ends, often biting off more than they can chew. Parties are inclined to overreact, beginning wars that they have no chance of actually winning.

It stands to reason that, before engaging into action under this Full Moon, ask yourself which areas you are trying to change. Try to look at things realistically, evaluate your needs, your dreams and desires thoroughly before launching into action. See whether, by deliberately destroying existing foundations, you hope to achieve any lasting peace.

This Full Moon ultimately brings the realisation that, without throwing your life into utmost turmoil, without destroying the foundations upon which it has been built, you cannot hope to create the space necessary for new creative endeavours. But here, also consider which attitudes should be abandoned in order to renew your life or to improve your relationships. If you are suddenly energised with a rebellious streak, use it to positively change whatever is not suitable. To ignore this means nothing less than giving into a collective psychosis.
In an age of severe crisis, the government of our peoples – that substantial symbolic order that regulates our interactions – is simultaneously disintegrating, displaying its inefficiency and bombarding us with exact orders on how to act, what to do or not to do.

In all of this, it is necessary to know that an active, rather than a passive, approach is required. Some force of action must be applied to shift your own, and thus all of humanity’s, rigid attitudes out of their current descent into unprecedented chaos and hysteria. The Leo Sun is there to remind us that without love and unqualified acceptance for all things to work together in unison, there is no hope for life on earth.

Blessings, and have an amazing Full Moon xx"

[onawah]

Leo, Aries, Capricorn, the patriarchy and keeping our daddy issues at bay
Ang Stoic cosmicnews@angstoic.com via getresponse-mail.com
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https://angstoic.com/2020/08/waging-war-against-the-patriarchy-the-week-ahead-aug-10-16/

Greeting Fellow Travellers,

"Let's take some respite in the knowledge that when we speak about the demise of the patriarchy, we are not necessarily talking from a feminist perspective about the fall of all men. This has nothing to do with gender. Patriarchy is the rule by the hardened father figure, which both denies our rich emotional world and aims to create a rage in young children which it will later use as a resource to exploit them in competition with one another.

Obviously, we're going through a re-definition in that department. The rage you're seeing exploding onto this planet this year is normal. It's the 'normal' you want when everything has gotten too far out of hand and nature needs to balance things.

Mix anger, frustration, righteous rage, envy and neglect into a decrepit system which now, at the hottest part of its alchemising process seeks to produce an heir, and what you get is 'the next three months'. Get ready to deal with meltdowns.

During this COVID pandemic, we are invariably forced to follow strict adherence to a set of rules that, in social terms, amounts to nothing but medical tyranny. Yet we all know by now that the only really effective way we know to manage an infectious epidemic is by exercising greater awareness about its pathogenic qualities. Sure, this is destroying our socio-economic order, but hey... didn't we say we needed something super-big to bring the dreadfully archaic system to an end? Where this is taking us as a species, who knows...

We shall see.

The Mars/Pluto square really turns up the heat this week. That's because Pluto is stacked with Jupiter/Saturn energy. Hence, deeply dramatic conflicts have the power to really upset, mortally disappoint and even traumatise us, especially if we take them personally.

It's always hard to know exactly how to act with Pluto in the mix. So much of the picture seems obscured or driven by the auspices of darker motives. Suspicion and superstition also add to the intrigue. When you see an extreme intensification of ego-defences in any conflict, don't be afraid. You are not dealing with an evil maniac. You are probably dealing with a stupid idiot, and that idiot is you for having even gotten involved in the first place.

Here are some general tips on how to handle this week:

Choose your battles wisely and if you're just horny but backed up and frustrated, don't take your sexual frustrations out on the first person that stares at you with a disapproving snarl. Do not thwart yourself with unnecessary scraps to spite your more commendable qualities. Remain serious about yourself and your actions.

Go with common sense and wisdom, and though you may feel headstrong,
obstinate and resolute, staying calm, composed, and understanding will serve you better than acting in unpredictable, morose, difficult and even oppressive ways if you should find yourself in a demanding situation or things are just not going your way.

In fact, look out for impudence and inflexibility, since it is only a sign of poor judgment and unconsciously chips away at any effort to produce a constructive result. Stay well away from those who cannot simply admit mistakes, since this will lead to wars, upsets and ultimately bring about states of depression, and buried anger.

We all have a thing to learn from the effects of this week, and it is only when we learn to work together that we are capable of exhibiting our incredible creativity. Remain open to some advice, even criticism, since you cannot be supremely correct 100% of the time. Remember to value and accept other points of view, even if they sound disturbing. Lighten up and try to see the humour, even in the most bizarre of circumstances. You are dealing with other humans, not demons. The demons are in you. Be especially mindful not to blow hard after Wednesday.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx "

[onawah]

Waging War Against the Patriarchy: THE WEEK AHEAD: Aug 10-16
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/waging-war-against-the-patriarchy-the-week-ahead-aug-10-16/

"Remarkably, in the midst of a global pandemic, last week’s Uranus-challenged Full Moon in Aquarius brought with it some explosive events which really started to rock and unsettle us – incidents which provided clear, flashing insights into systemic flaws, disturbing entire communities, inciting dissent and opening opportunities for sudden rebellion.

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In Beirut, Lebanon, for instance, we see how the detonation of a neglected silo of explosives has suddenly launched an entire country into a state of anarchy and revolt. As world authorities call for a deeper investigation into the failing of a government whose incompetence and corruption has left many dead and over 300,000 homeless, we are also prompted to look at what is going on in our own backyards.

The Beirut incident is shocking to the entire international community, yet it is merely a symbol of what could happen anywhere in the world. Disasters have a way of exposing to the community how vulnerable it can be to mismanagement and greed by those at the top. Often, if its leaders cannot adequately manage the recovery process, they can come undone quite easily, especially if their concerns are more self-centred than for the people they represent.

Under greater scrutiny, however, these frequently occurring catastrophes around the globe are a sign that the entire electoral system of electing officials needs to change. There is a growing call by many disparate voices for the total upheaval of the status quo. The core issue is generally that the ineffectiveness and decay of governments is commonly due to their entrenched, age-old party-politics, sectarianism, and cronyism.

This is an example of how Saturnian systems get old and decay because they do not allow for meritorious fresh minds to enter the political arena and contribute their innovative ideas. Many systems of administration simply do not allow people of true worthiness and brilliance to enter the fray, leading to more tyrannical-style dictatorships that try to rule by brute force rather than brains. This is a fatal flaw in any administration trying to survive the transition into the digital age whilst still trying to hang on to its supreme power.

Without severe constitutional reforms, nothing can change in the way power is administered among the people, who today seek more transparent and accessible representation in government, business and law.

Since Uranus started to break new ground through early Taurus in April this year, we have gained tremendous insight into the stagnation and ineffectiveness of our economic leadership. We have also been introduced to areas where improvements can be made in the way we handle our resources. In retrograde, the planet of disruption will help us to see where we need to step up the pace in order to adjust to necessary changes or else, start to mount our very own resistance.

Since Uranus does not function optimally in Taurus, I wouldn’t get my hopes too high, unless you are clever at keeping things really simple.

Urgent reforms may necessary, but obstinance and stodgy conservatism are the main elements holding back our capacity to take new risks, go to new places. It’s as though, in being forced to go back and look at all the avenues for release from the old order, we become romantically inspired to turn back the clock, disconnect from the grid and return to the land and its simple pleasures.

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This week is most significant in that Jupiter and Saturn form another exact midpoint to Pluto – a picture which is not only potent in its capacity to overturn entire fortunes, but as Mars squares this point on Tue/Wed, he introduces extra duress and irritation into the game, as if to force drastic reaction to his individual ends. The situation is similar to when this dynamic first emerged in March, but much more pressing and possibly even violent where Mars is involved. A socio-political catastrophe is looming here which will escalate tensions throughout these next few weeks and continue until the start of November.

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We keep saying that these are epic times, but we are now about to see why. Such intense frustration felt by all over obstructions to structural and judicial reforms has seldom been felt upon this planet.

As many of the planets (including Mars) start to slow, the pressure they impart on society becomes palpable. Some individuals are driven to the point of madness, behaving more and more aggressively against being told what to do by ‘authorities’ which they deem to be patently incompetent to rule over them. Vendettas and recriminating skirmishes spark off an incendiary war between repressed and snubbed individuals and their authorities.

We are divided on just about everything. Deep beneath the structure of our societies, there is another emerging truth: That as human beings, we are perhaps living in a time when we lack a truly meaningful narrative about what we are doing here. To “accumulate as much wealth and power and enjoy ourselves” is not enough. This seems a shallow, meaningless pursuit, and during this irreversible demise of religion and 20th-century ideologies, we seem to be grasping at superficial beliefs, social justice movements and unverified conspiracy theories to explain our disconnection with nature and with one another.

Planetary pictures like ♂/Er – ♇ – ♃/♄ and ♅ S℞ show that the notions of unlimited potential for growth, offered by liberal capitalism are about to come crashing down over our heads in just the next few weeks.

As we come to realise that the artificially simulated bubble we are in is only moments away from bursting. The calamitous road that leads us into a new world order (NWO) promises to be a rocky one, particularly for those who feel that they are immune to the immutable forces of nature or that they are above universal law.

The Saturn/Pluto conjunction, which is becoming tighter throughout Aug-Sep, produces a Sep-11-kinda-fear – the kind of fear that cripples your entire body to the point where morbid survival-anxiety kicks in. If you haven’t felt it yet, then don’t worry, you’re probably riding high on a wave of hope or expectation that you won’t be affected. Just know that this itself is a form of fear, albeit without the necessary conscience to push you to make serious life-changes. Or is it ‘pull’?

The few who know they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by enduring a harsh series of deeply introspective, ego-humbling affronts offered by this period will hope to pass through this process relatively unscathed. Those who are ready to embrace the new age by detaching themselves from expired or superstitious traditions, toxic grudges and other attachments to our 3D environment. The ‘finger of God’ is pointing straight at our potential to shine in our own light.

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The Leo Sun (authority) and Mercury (mind) form several quincunx aspects to outer planets this week. The inconjunct (quincunx) aspects refuse to make necessary changes because they prefer to run things their own way as if ignoring one another. This is both ineffective and stressful and can stand to stagnate progress and development. In the ‘yod’, above, it creates a special dynamic which allows two co-operating energies (Cap/Pisces) to apply a specific

It is only through a tremendous increase in self-awareness that the thread which unites the Leo planets to those in Capricorn and Pisces can be revealed. These seem to be cleverly obscured, or at least made invisible to the naked eye, by bizarre attempts to explain seemingly inexplicable forces acting upon us from what can only be termed as ‘supernatural powers’ (Neptune/Pluto). One’s connection to ‘god’, or a deep, unlimited sense of universal consciousness will be the finger that points to what one must do. This becomes a highly personal mission, which I will explain in some detail in the next issue of empowering New Moon horoscopes and intentions.

Of course, the main issue now is determining who holds enough sovereignty to represent us here; ie, who shines a sense of individual authority (Sun) and speaks as our voice (Mercury) in the great existential struggle that is currently occurring to determine exactly why we are here right now.

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Who assumes to represent you? Is it your government? Who’s your ‘daddy’?? Capricorns assume to be representatives of society, like the patriarch who assumes to stand for his family and all of its affairs. The fortune-reversing power coming from this Jupiter/Saturn-flanked Pluto could be devastating for all those refusing to deal with their repressed urge to maintain assumed representation over other individual’s sovereignty and creative authority in their lives.

As Mars tightens his square to Pluto (Thursday), serious power struggles seem to be going on everywhere. Those authorities who assume to take extraordinary advantage of their representative power and influence to further their own ambitions; who exhibit such forceful will that can only be described as ruthless aggression by others, will create heavy, irreparable rifts. These ruthless ‘representatives’ of law and justice appear to be quite unaware of their effect on others; insensitive to both the individual and collective wills that now struggle to evolve themselves out of the clutches of age-old patriarchal power and control.

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As Mars approaches his conjunction to the scorned Eris, the growing irritability over the systemic neglect of personal liberties by mutual agreements, laws and compromises becomes a rather insufferable imposition. Envy, spite and hatred appear to show no limit, at least not until next week when Mars squares Saturn, and then… (say kar-ma)

Abuse of one’s role or position of power to satisfy purely personal desires at the expense of the collective hence brings out the darkest, shadiest elements into the light. Violent exchanges erupt in all self-centred systems, and the call to change any arrangement which exploits, neglects and abuses its representative power to one of co-operation and mutual benefit becomes ever more pressing. But will it?

We are all somehow impacted by the discontentment and apparent war going on between certain ‘leaders’, both in the patriarchal structure and in the charge against oppression and tyranny without just cause and representation.

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We spoke extensively about the possible social and personal manifestations of this very complex dynamic on our last Cosmic Bus episode. As the two malefics (Mars and Saturn) come to square the following week, be prepared to experience (or witness) how the patriarchal pressure is building an atmosphere of mistrust and fear upon the individual’s sense of autonomy.

When those in authority seem to impede any attempt to take personal action; when ‘daddy’, teacher, preacher, boss-man, mayor, president (men, in general) stand against whatever the individual is trying to express and achieve by the forced imposing of chastising measures, lockdowns, elimination of free speech using censorship, incarceration and even complete elimination of individual enterprise, then nasty reactions happen.

Hence, anyone who holds a strong anti-authoritarian complex is roused into wildly rebellious activity. It seems that the more these individuals are seen to stand to challenge the status quo, often alone, the more they are singled out and isolated, often by force, committed into institutions where they must deal with their ‘madness’.

So where is this taking us? Well, I’m glad you asked. We have to stay tuned in to see, but with Mars retrograding next month (Sep 10), it seems we are locked into a contentious fight for contention against patriarchal rule until the end of this year. This means that somehow, someway, something has to give, but certainly not without a fight.

Blessings for now, and may you have a safe week xx"

[onawah]

MARS square SATURN/PLUTO
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/mars-square-saturn-pluto/

"By the end of the weekend, forces will have mounted to launch full-scale restraints upon that which they deem to be impure, contaminating or corrupt. Many noses may be put out of joint.

Among all this, the tendency for heroics and martyrdom will be great.

Keep in mind, always, that just because someone is willing to die violently does not necessarily validate their cause. Nature will win in the end, and she has no moral judgement over who is right or wrong. She eliminates the dim and the ignorant without so much as a shedding a tear.

Pick your battles wisely. This can be an especially cruel and brutal war, especially if you choose to take sides."

[onawah]

URANUS IN RETROGRADE: Is There A Bee In Your Bonnet?
8/15/20
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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

"Over the next 5 months, we see the outer world’s struggle for progress come to a halt. It is as if the quest to change becomes internalised into a personal, highly subjectified crusade…

Today, August 15, 2020 URANUS comes to a standstill at 10°♉41′ to turn retrograde.

This is a period which will awaken the ‘inner rebel’, the restless renegade and the freaky genius within – those who will buck against conventional attitudes and mores which they consider to be stifling to the quest for freedom, progress and reform.

Whether we realise it or not, we are fast detaching our interests in the elite, the insatiable corporate monster and the blindly self-interested. Mars/Eris (Aries) squaring the Jup/Saturn/Pluto (Cap) will bring out the darkest aspects of the "screw you, dude" superiority culture. Anger and frustration boil over into rage and riot, and as we saw in Lebanon, the fury becomes turned at those in the top seats who rule by kleptocracy disguised as 'law'. Those who take more than their share; deny or neglect others, let them languish in the dark are about to get a pegging down. The Capricorn shadow of social hypocrisy and the Aries of utter selfishness become highlighted here, in this protracted war between the Davids and the Goliaths....

Ultimately, it comes down to each of us for still allowing a system that only drives humanity towards greater economic disparity to proliferate. Why are so many left behind? "

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"Over the next 5 months, we see the outer world’s struggle for progress come to a halt. It is as if the quest to change becomes internalised into a personal, highly subjectified crusade…
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/uranus-in-retrograde-is-there-a-bee-in-your-bonnet/

During Uranus’ full 84-year transit cycle, the eccentric outer giant moves direct for approximately seven months, then retrograde for the following five months, over a yearly cycle.

Spending seven years in each sign, Uranus covers only 4 new degrees every year. At the change of station, Uranus will repeatedly impact one exact degree three times. Those with planets on or very near that degree will receive the full disruptive force of Uranus’ influence over an 18-month period. When Uranus turns retrograde, the need, desire and demand for freedom becomes internalised rather than projected outwards. This inner, most subjective urge becomes a central motivating factor in making personal decisions and choices, often at the expense of social interests.

On August 15, 2020 URANUS comes to a standstill at 10°♉41′ to turn retrograde.

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During the retrograde period (15 Aug- 14 Jan), the demands of society and personal family commitments can build to such anxiety and strain that a powerful compulsion to be free can take complete hold of the affected individual.

The struggle between the old and the new is also forcefully felt. Unless there is some relinquishing of expired methods and routines in favour of new pathways, there will be no real peace. Any resistance to this impulse to break free from past structures creates such inner stress and tension that the individual’s situation ultimately collapses to a crumbling heap since the potentially creative purpose of Uranus is mismanaged or denied.

This is a period which will awaken the ‘inner rebel’, the restless renegade and the freaky genius within – those who will buck against conventional attitudes and mores which they consider to be stifling to the quest for freedom, progress and reform.

Utopian visions of a liberated world, not just for one’s self but for the benefit of all, become intuitively aligned with libertarian values, futuristic idealisms, and genius concepts which hope to revolutionise the course of humanity’s history. Sure, these ideas can seem slightly odd, radical, impractical, insane or just plain naive to others, and may indeed seem totally implausible. But then, it is the crazy dreamers, the visionary madmen and the wildly hopeful who possess an inner conviction and urge to change the world and end up making all the difference.

Over the next 5 months, we see the outer world’s struggle for progress come to a halt. It is as if the quest to change becomes internalised into a personal, highly subjectified crusade, where it is up to the individual to make a vital difference. The individuals affected by this transit will feel an enormous inner pressure to radically change their world, to modify their views, shift their perspective to a position which will allow them to express their true inner purpose, go in a direction which seems most in alignment with their innate gifts and talents. In their eccentricity of force and agitated manner, they will illuminate the way for others.
Who is most affected by this?

Anyone who has a planet/point between 10°41′ and 6°43′ in fixed signs, from August 2020 to Jan 2021 will feel the jitters to turn the world upside down like it’s an urgent moral and spiritual imperative… now!:

TAURUS: Your sudden tendency to wig out around others and express yourself in sudden, uncharacteristically spontaneous quirks not only breaks ties with convention, but it makes you incompatible to most people who struggle to keep up with you. **** others, you may say, and that may be the new mode for you, but just remember – your need for freedom and independence will come at a heavy cost (which you may not be able to avoid paying anyway).

LEO: Your sense of individuality won’t stand to stay in any position which stifles your ability to express yourself in ways that will draw maximum attention, so what do you do? You either force a career change or it gets forced upon you. Either way, you make a spectacle of yourself, although… it probably won’t be what you bargained for, nor guarantee you the kind of income you’re expecting (unless you let it totally humble you).

SCORPIO: The tendency to attract nutjobs and weirdos into your life is just you looking to pair up with someone who will shift you out of your conventional notions of what a partnership should look like. This will either break your marriage or spice it up – whatever it is, it won’t be stable (until you realise that on a soul level, you are perhaps your own best partner).

AQUARIUS: You’re trying to desperately break away from your symbolic “heritage”, whether it’s the culture, traditions, religion, political persuasion, or just literally cut ties with your hometown and move away. You will experience many ups and downs (and downright earth-quaking disruptions) around the homefront till you finally work out it’s not your family but you who needs to shift your attitudes on your whole ‘past’ story (history) and how indeed you seek security."

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ERIS conjunct MARS
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/eris-conjunct-mars/

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"ERIS sits there all alone, beyond the perimeters of even the most distant wastelands of consciousness. She’s been denied entry to the contest, shut out, left behind, forgotten and forlorn for far too long.

But not for long. Her imminent conjunction to MARS warns of danger – that the things we have neglected and ignored will soon return with added force and vengeance.
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So, as an astrologer, I’ve been anticipating this moment all year, knowing that once we cross this line, the aeons of suppressed darkness and rage threaten to explode and run rampant. Much has been neglected and, like the proverbial elephant in the room, we have found the most insipid ways to ignore and distract from the most obvious of ills.

The crap we put up with during the age of Pisces simply won’t wash in Aquarius, and in an instant, the current planetary alignment – with all outers in Rx, the Sun and Moon dignified but stressed, harkens us back to our own childhood, wherein neglect, ignorance and abandonment were all part of the landscape of life.

How much longer till we rise up and say “enough!”?

[onawah]

LEO NEW MOON at 26°♌35' - Wed Aug 19, 02:42 UTC
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/cosmic-bus-lunation-report-episode-2034-leo-new-moon/
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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

No lunation rings as loud and clear as a bell than a Leo New Moon. It chimes us back into the integrity of our being, and mind, body, heart and soul start to resonate in alignment with the core centre of our highest intelligence – the pink hot spot that is the nucleus of our individual creativity.

Sounds fancy, doesn’t it? Yeah… that’s because it’s true. It's the truest you that you can be. That is the supreme power bestowed upon us by the Leo New Moon.

Whether it comes to us via a single isolated experience, a series of coincidences, or some divinely-sent run-in with a magnificent soul who jolts us into a state of utter self-awareness, the Leo New Moon augurs a time when we pledge to be a better being, express ourselves more confidently, exhibit our inimitable specialness, take actions which are bold, courageous and true.

Sure, these are rather challenging, somewhat stifling times, and as the chart below shows, there are a number of stressful planetary influences acting to compromise our integrity on this lunation, elements that we must consider, especially if planets/points in our natal chart are specifically activated.

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Chiefly, a precise quincunx to Saturn, may feel increasingly irritating and testy, and those most affected may suffer tension without exactly knowing why. Adjoining influences from Pluto may cause us to suffer a dark, foreboding sense of inadequacy; tormented by hidden anxiety for no apparent reason.It is possible that something is dangling over our head, a heavy sense that we are unable to achieve what we intend. We may be plagued by all sorts of undisclosed guilt, like karmic debts that seem to emerge from nowhere, demanding to be repaid.

So how can we, as awakened, sovereign individuals prove ourselves in a world of such incessant drudgery? We have become extremely isolated, our personal power weakened through lack of opportunity to socialise, denied all sorts of innocent pleasures, intimacy, sexuality, deprived of any opportunity to be exultant in our work, exhibit our special talents and artistic gifts.

In any scenario where the world’s most banal problems are stifling our capacity to appropriate our heart-sourced energy in ways which are creative and beneficial, we must perform a full-scale resurrection. Here, the alchemising force of Saturn/Pluto, that slow, methodical pressure is melting us down in its sacred crucible, transforming mere mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss.

Knowing our integral selves means knowing whatever is in front of us. Nothing is oppressive if we rise above the limitations of fear. Only our lack of inner clarity diffuses our will power. When we are intrinsically certain of our capabilities, we can shape our external world like putty in our hands, impress upon it the creative blueprint from our innermost world. The animation of our being out of a raw soul-substance is the art of pure alchemy.

Blessings, and have an amazing New Moon xx"

Free gift reading: GEMINI/GEMINI RISING: https://angstoic.com/2020/08/gemini-gemini-rising-empowering-horoscope-message-and-intention-for-the-leo-new-moon/

[onawah]

CARDINAL GRAND CROSS (GODDESS FURORE) – AKA ‘THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS’
8/19/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/cardinal-grand-cross-goddess-furore-aka-the-judgement-of-paris/

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"Eris introduces terrible strife and striving, contest & contention (discord) among each species, and since many more individuals are born than can possibly survive; we are cast, from time to time, into nature’s recurring struggle for survival.

It makes sense then, due to the complex and sometimes diversifying conditions of life, that some may be naturally selected over others. Depending largely on their inherited traits, the most dominant variety will tend to survive and propagate its novel, modified form.

As with any contest, “to the victor go the spoils”, although what’s left is not always without the customary devastation."

[onawah]

MERCURY and MOON in Virgo opposite NEPTUNE in Pisces
8/20/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/mercury-and-moon-in-virgo-opposite-neptune-in-pisces/

"Remember to treat yourself to some sunlight and a nice deep breath of fresh air. It’s anchoring, and immediately brings a smile to your face

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very very
Mad world, mad world

~ Roland Orzabal, Tears For Fears
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Mercury and Moon in Virgo, opposite Neptune in Pisces, we could be anywhere and nowhere, really. Relax… It’s actually over. You can worry your mind and work your fingers to the bone but the best way to relieve the stress and anxiety is to return to the moment. Be with your breath… consciously, deeply."

[onawah]

Purification – THE WEEK AHEAD: Aug 24- 30
https://angstoic.com/2020/08/purification-the-week-ahead-aug-24-31/


"For the remainder of this month, and moving into September, the transiting Virgo Sun shifts our attention towards more earthy, practical matters. Saturn, also in earthy Capricorn, imposes an excruciatingly frustrating square on the fiery Mars in Aries, whose station to go retrograde on Sep 9 ensures a super-tight vice-grip on all activity for weeks.

Meanwhile, Venus in Cancer slowly enters the fray, forming a cardinal grand cross against Mar/Eris, Juno and a Moon-activated stellium of planets in Capricorn by the weekend. As in the mythical “Apple of Discord” story, we expect the slightest of upsets to lead to a bigger, irreconcilable dispute. All the prime goddesses are involved here, and the amount of tension among people doesn’t promise to be settling any time soon.

To say the next few weeks will be profoundly distressing for everyone might be cutting it thin, just like the confines of this article.

Cosmic Bus Astrology Webcast [episode 2035] – Ingress to Virgo
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It’s Virgo time
The performative glare of the Leo Sun passes Regulus, the heart of the Lion, then seeks grounding as it enters Virgo. Due to the Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto cluster in late Capricorn, this can be a very constricting, isolating time for all signs, but the Virgo Sun will guide us to use this powerfully disciplining force well. We are inspired to put to practical purpose all those things we loved and cherished most about ourselves through Leo, setting the framework on how to turn our talents into skills.

As for the people in our world, love or despise them, we will come to better discern who is indeed worthy of our time and energy and who is not worth the fuss. Virgo may be a lot of things but refuses to play the martyr. Those who do not contribute, or try to undermine our efforts should perhaps move out of our way. There is enormous work to be done, and we are seriously out of time for useless nonsense and mindless distractions.

Virgo acts as the perfect filter through which humanity can examine its deeds, provides the Sun with a keen lens by which to scrutinise errors that need to be addressed and rectified. The mutable waveforms produced through this earthy perspex of the pure sunlight allows us to discern what’s beneficial and to neatly organise and purify it so it serves its rightful purpose, as needed.

Naturally, we’re also prone to flushing out all we distinguish as being impure or potentially harmful. In Virgo’s over-discriminating zeal, we may go too far, creating a perfectly sterile and clinical environment, one devoid of any feelings and compassion. It’s no wonder how some Virgos paint themselves into a lonely corner.
Anyway, by Sep 11 the Virgo Sun opposes Neptune – king of ‘whatever’. Here, the tide turns completely on efforts to make tidy, and we may find it impossible to rationally sort out or evaluate any situation at all. Neptune confounds matters so much that the analytical mind becomes lost in a sea of self-created or imaginary issues rather than actual problems.

At around that time, Mars turns retrograde (Sep 9) and Jupiter turns direct (Sep 12), a complex which itself requires some explanation since a retrograde Mars is often regretfully kicking against the pricks. Meanwhile, a stationing Saturn and Pluto come within 3 degrees of another conjunction, producing a petrifying state of utter control until the end of September.

Discipline, patience and diligent work will be necessary to keep the many pressing circumstances in perspective.

Those who seek easiness and liberty from oppression, emancipation from some form of tyranny or enslavement (real or imagined), or have a bone to pick with their authorities and bullies, will start to draw up battle lines and sharpen their defences. We are getting into the trenches in the war against the dis-ease. The wider implications of this period immediately suggest a likelihood that extreme, fanatical displays of force will need to be applied to eradicate that which is deemed “impure” or corrupt in our lives.

In one sense, the growing desperation and negativity are fueled by paranoid distortions and delusions. Instinctively, people are ready to explode into all kinds of maniacal behaviour. The intensity of pressure building over this next two weeks can provoke a crudely rebellious activity and vigilante activism, to such a point where tough judicial and martial powers will be required to bring uprisings under some control.

Systemic reform appears absolutely necessary in many areas of our lives, yet where processes reveal weakness or deficiency to manage the need for change, anarchy and disorder may ensue.

So many are tired of being in the hamster wheel, going nowhere. This is why there is so much depression, anger, and misplaced priorities in our world. We are waking up to see that we live in a sick society, one where vices are considered virtues, lies are considered truth, emotions override thinking, fiction passes for fact, phony enemies are created to instill panic and fear, and outright insanity is considered normal.

On current analysis, we see that these last few days of August already expose how even the most ‘hopefully optimistic’ and deluded among us are, starting to accept that our world is spinning dangerously out of control. Herd behaviour is becoming extremely divided through wildly upsetting financial and housing markets, left & right-wing politics, law enforcement, crime and social justice militia, and social media.

The level of dissonance and confirmation bias among the tribes is reaching astounding levels. Many are desperately trying to convince one another of the most absurd and implausible of concepts, theories and beliefs. Tuesday’s First Quarter Sagittarius Moon at 02°♐59′, activates those few who are consciously aware of the mind-controlling propaganda, misinformation, lies and digital distractions. Subtle attempts to manipulate the masses using half-baked nonsense are met with serious scrutiny and apprehension.

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Just as we saw the corrupt government spectacularly fall in Lebanon three weeks ago, followed by a swell of dissent emerging in Belarus where the president openly admits to falsifying the election results, so will follow several other political hotspots around the world.

People are reaching the point of utter exasperation with corrupt, kleptocratic governments and corporations. We are waking up to systemic abuse of power on all levels, and yet it is the very instruments of law and order which we need to restore balance which are apparently faulty or in danger of letting us down.

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Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

[onawah]

Subject: Pisces Full Moon: Gnawing our way to the seeds of the "Apple of Discord"
8/31/20
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=djPUM&mc=It&s=s4iNwR&u=Ghhv4&z=EJbdQ5O&
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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

This glorious Pisces Full Moon, like all Full Moons, augurs a time of conscious awareness of issues of a more hidden or unconscious nature. Also, paying some attention to the planetary energies which are whispering in their special influences...

The precise event occurs at 10°♓12' on Wednesday, Sep 02 2020, 05:23 UTC.
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Of course, the Virgo Sun is on a path to turn spirit into useful matter in a distinct and refined way - something we can handle, work with, sink our teeth into, or otherwise dismiss, dispel or put out. This is generally a rational, logical process, and the Sun receives some assistance from its ruler Mercury, also in Virgo.

In this event, the rational, linear processes become somewhat challenged by the loose, wholly emotional and nebulous forces of the Moon and Neptune reflecting from Pisces. In some sense, this event is as much about the opposition of the lunation's rulers (Merc/Nep) as it is about the powerful luminaries, so the conflict between logical discernment and suspension of all such processes seems intense. Two distinct sides stand opposed. One stands as an authority with practical matters, empirical data, drawn-out statistics, detailed and clinically practised processes, while the other is prone to feel its way through hazy instincts, intuitive imaginings, dreams, vibes and fantastical illusions.

The two can't manage to come to terms, and any discord between the two sides, experienced mostly in our relationships with others, occurs because of the Virgoan desire for refinement and order and the Piscean inclination towards chaos. Virgo insists that if you scrutinise an issue for long enough and work at it methodically, you throw out what is foreign or irrelevant (or 'dirty'), integrating what remains into a perfectly orderly and functional unit. Pisces will have none of that. It seems dismissive of Virgo's constant obsession for work and improvement, preferring instead to just do whatever, whenever, however it feels is "in the flow".

Does this dilemma sound a little familiar at the moment? Have you noticed anything like this in your world? Which side are you on? Are you in half minds about things, perhaps confused or in a fog; completely exasperated or at a loss to understand why the universe is filled with things you cannot reason with and cannot seem to make any sense of?

What aggravates matters is that on a grander socio-political scale, there seems to be a conspiracy of forces that are warring (those between Aries and Capricorn.) There is an extreme, irrepressible desire to achieve something too hastily, frustrated and impeded by limiting rules, confinements and restrictions imposed by forces in our outer world. Whilst this can impel us to make greater efforts, with rulers Mars and Saturn at odds, it can also manifest as a struggle against authorities. Since this square is going to last throughout September, we can expect to see some individuals waging an all-out war against government, tradition or the Establishment.

The ambitiousness being mounted here, regardless whose side you're on - even if you choose to be a bystander - will be felt, and as we see, the dissension developing here between the desire for perfect order against absolute chaos becomes intensified both deep within ourselves and also projected outwards towards others.
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The current situation also poses a cardinal grand cross between the primary characters in the "Apple of Discord" myth, where the snubbed goddess, Eris, decides to create envy and rivalry between Hera (Juno), Aphrodite (Venus) and Athena (Pallas), in effect creating a contest which, like all contests, doesn't end well for any penultimates, and in this story, instigates the long, arduously drawn-out Trojan War.
In real terms, we can see how divided many of us are, and from an Aries perspective, we see that certain elements of humanity feel left out, behind, ignored, neglected and are willing to fight, at least by spreading discord and strife in often a most unashamed or brazen fashion. This certainly impacts the main Virgo-Pisces theme of this lunation, where the discriminative and critical powers of Virgo are trying to reconcile the Piscean plight for humility, altruism and compassion.

Here can emerge a distinct tendency towards self-sacrifice and martyrdom, but also incredible confusion and disregard for any inconsistencies and displays of wild dissent and non-compliance. The riots and protests we are seeing on the streets, as well as the awful Twitter-wars in cyberspace and general dissent and intersectionality causing division between people, is one manifestation of this inability to make any clear sense of what is going on and where we are all heading. There are so many variables affecting our ability to make plans for a foreseeable future.

Fortunately, we are able to get a glimpse of what may come for us. A Moon trine from Uranus also sextile to the Sun provides a flashing insight of what's in store. Uranus in Taurus seeks to disrupt and upgrade the earth, its physical properties - the economy and its currency systems, banking, finance, property, basic food supply, as well as introduce the latest technological advancements into the whole order/chaos melee, with advancements like vaccines & medicines, the internet of all things (IOT), biometrics and people tagging and a host of other infrastructure upgrades. These promise to 'tidy up' all the loose ends, eliminate waste, confusion and mismanagement, reduce corruption and introduce us to the über-accountable world of blockchain technologies, algorithmic super-policing and refined resource management - both human and all other.
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Unfortunately, there is a lot of fear and reservation about all this, and it probably doesn't help that authorities are not being entirely transparent about their own interests or where this agenda is headed.

It is a discussion, however, that people like ourselves are starting to formulate out in the open, and at this critical juncture posed by this lunation, we will start to see the 'champions' both for and against the new world order start to emerge onto the world scene as well. In our most recent bus episode, I have gone into the analysis of what's to come.

Blessings, and may this lunation guide you towards how you can be a more genuinely useful and giving kind of person xx "

[onawah]

MOON conjunct NEPTUNE, Pisces Full Moon
9/2/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/moon-conjunct-neptune/

Choked up, dismayed and horrified with it all… wondering if all this hate and cruelty you’re seeing around you is not merely an illusion; a willful misunderstanding; a failure on your part of some kind.

Chin up now.

There’s a lot of beauty and wonderment left for you to discover in this world. What if your inability to see the magic and beauty in others was just the failure of others to see the magic and beauty in you?"

PISCES FULL MOON:
Seeking Order Out of Chaos

"Like any Full Moon, this glorious lunation shines the Sun’s conscious awareness upon the Moon’s often hidden or more unconscious nature. As the luminaries stand at the height of opposition in the heavens, we are asked to reconcile two very different sides of ourselves. We may notice some matters in utter discordance, feel strongly averse to those around us, creating both confrontation and opportunities to make amends.

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The Full Moon produces a moment in which energies dissipate, a critical time in our synodic lunar calendar when decisions must be made, certain things must end, or we are forced to capitulate, declare victory or loss.

In this particular event, the shrewd Virgo Sun is on a path to turn Spirit into useful, purposeful matter, guiding us in a distinct and particular fashion to turn our efforts into something we can handle, practically work with, sink our teeth into, or otherwise dismiss, dispel or leave out on the lawn to be collected by the cosmic garbageman. Like many conscious choices at this time, this is generally a logical, mathematically rational process. The Sun receives considerable assistance from its mental ruler, Mercury, currently also in Virgo.

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Observe how these rational, linear processes become somewhat challenged by the loose, wholly emotional and nebulous forces of the Moon and Neptune reflecting from Pisces. In the most lurid sense, this event is as much about the recent opposition of the lunation’s planetary rulers (Mercury/Neptune) as it is about the powerful luminaries. Hence, the conflict between the faculties of reasonable discernment and instinctive suspension of all such processes seems profoundly intensified, as if to punctuate the point.

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Two sides stand diametrically opposed, one stands as an authority over mundanely practical affairs, empirically analysed data, drawn-out statistics, fastidiously complex processes, and clinically functional procedures, while the other is prone to feel its way through hazy instincts, intuitive imaginings, highfaluting dreams, cosmic vibes and fantastical illusions.

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The two ends struggle to come to terms. Any discord experienced currently in our relationships occurs because of the earthy Virgoan desire for order and purification clashing against the Piscean inclination towards chaos and anarchy. Virgo insists that if you scrutinise and labour any issue for long enough; if you work at it methodically, you throw out what is foreign or irrelevant, whatever’s ‘dirty’ or ‘dis-eased’, with the supreme aim to integrate the healthy remains into a perfectly orderly and functional unit.

On the other hand, ‘whole-picture’ Pisces will have none of that excruciating nitpickery. Any planet in the mutable-water element becomes immediately dismissive and dissolvent of Virgo’s relentless obsession to make work of everything, harp on efficiency, neatness and incessant self-improvement. Pisces prefers to just do whatever, whenever, however it feels to be “in the flow”, with snickering disregard for Virgo’s fussing over the minutest details. Why, it even takes delight in confounding Virgo’s pedantry, literally flying in the face of any attempts to define or refine what Pisces ‘feels’ is already perfectly in alignment with the universe’s lyrical and poetic order of all things.
Does this dilemma sound a little familiar at the moment? Have you noticed anything like this in your world? Which ‘side’ do you lean towards? Or are you in half minds about things, perhaps confused or vacillating in a myriad of choices; completely exasperated or at a loss to understand why the universe is filled with a billion things you cannot reason with and can not seem to make any sense of?

Chances are, you have been caught up in a quadary of what to make of all this nonsense for some time. It’s just that on this Pisces Full Moon, some kind of reconciliation must be made. You need to make a decision, stick with it, and hope for the best…

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What aggravates matters, even more, is that on a grander socio-political scale there seems to be a hideously harsh conspiracy of forces that are warring between those in Aries and Capricorn. Here, it appears as if extreme, irrepressible urges to achieve something epic and monumental is working too hastily, yet seemingly frustrated and impeded by confining rules, strict edicts and social restrictions imposed by forces in our outer world.

Whilst this can impel us into making greater efforts, with rulers Mars and Saturn at odds, it can also manifest as a struggle against authorities. Since this square is going to last throughout September, we can expect to see some individuals waging an all-out war against government, tradition or the Establishment.
The ambitiousness being mounted here, regardless of whose side you’re on – even if you choose to play ‘innocent’ bystander – will be felt, and as we see, the dissension developing here between the desire for perfect order against absolute chaos becomes intensified both deep within ourselves and also projected outwards towards others.

The current situation also poses a cardinal grand cross between the primary characters of the “Apple of Discord” myth, where the snubbed goddess Eris causes insufferable envy and rivalry between Hera (Juno), Aphrodite (Venus) and Athena (Pallas). In effect, this creates a formidable contest which, like the “Hunger Games”, does not end well for any of its penultimates for, in short, this story instigates the long, arduously drawn-out Trojan War.

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In real terms, we can see how divided many of us are, and from the Aries (me first) perspective, we see that certain elements of humanity feel left behind, ignored, hungry, neglected and are now willing to fight it out – tooth and nail – at least by spreading discord and strife in often a most unashamed or brazen fashion.

This certainly impacts the main Virgo-Pisces theme of this lunation, where the discriminative and critical powers of Virgo Sun are trying to compartmentalise and sequester the Piscean plight for humility, altruism, compassion and ultimate unity without distinction.

Here can emerge a distinct tendency towards self-sacrifice and martyrdom, but also incredible confusion and disregard for any inconsistencies and displays of wild dissent and non-compliance. The riots and protests we are seeing on the streets, as well as the awful online twitter-wars and general dissent and intersectionality causing division between all people, is one manifestation of this inability to make any clear sense of what is going on and where we are all heading. In truth, there are so many variables affecting our ability to make clear and measured plans for a foreseeable future, that one wonders whether to throw all caution to the wind and take any chance possible.

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Fortunately, we are also privy to a glimpse of what may come for us. An earthy Moon-trine from Uranus, also sextile to the Sun, provides a flashing glimpse of what’s in store. Insights and breakthroughs from Uranus in Taurus seek to disrupt and upgrade our earth – its physical properties: the global economy and its currency systems, our banking, finance, investments, basic food supply, as well as introduce the latest technological advancements into the whole order/chaos melee, bringing fancy advancements like state-of-the-art vaccines & medicines, the internet of all things (IoT), biometrics and people-tagging and a host of other infrastructure upgrades to our physical world – advancements which promise to ‘tidy up’ all the loose ends, eliminate waste, confusion and mismanagement, reduce corruption and disease, introduce us to the über-accountable world of blockchain technologies, algorithmic sorting of our data, super-policing and ultra-refined resource management – both human and all other. This promises to create an efficiency/effectiveness the Virgo/Pisces can only dream of. But will it?

Unfortunately, there is a lot of fear and reservation about all this, and it probably doesn’t help that leading authorities are not being entirely transparent about their own interests or where this technological agenda is headed.

It is a discussion, however, that people like ourselves are starting to formulate out in the open, and at this critical juncture posed by this lunation, we will start to see the ‘champions’ both for and against the new world order start to emerge onto the world scene as well.

Blessings, and may this lunation guide you towards how you can be a more genuinely useful and giving kind of person xx"

[onawah]

MOON IN ARIES
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/moon-in-aries-3/
9/3/20
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"As the Moon moves into Aries, we feel the turgid pressure of the Capricorn stellium (Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto) as wholly uncomfortable, unwelcome, even intimidating. The primary emotional response here, with Chiron (shame), Eris (cancellation) and Mars (anger), precipitates to a palpable mood of defensiveness, repugnance and disgust by the weekend. The stationing Mars is seething but not likely to inspire us to do much before it turns retrograde on Wednesday(28°♈08′).

Even if it does, there will be all sorts of anguished resentment, internalised anger and smouldering regret throughout Sep/Oct, as the powers of corporate governance continue to tighten their vice grip on all individual activity and enterprise via their systems of authoritarian control. Whilst we see the ambitious agenda more and more clearly, we also sense that it is almost beyond our ability to opt-out. Almost… but not quite. There is a way, now.

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Cuckoo clusterf---: By Saturday the protests, threats and intimidation are felt everywhere. But ‘feelings’ don’t mean sh-- to the business sector. The Virgo Sun will continue to focus attention on the finishing details, refusing to yield until the finishing touches are in place for the big reveal…"

[onawah]

MERCURY & VENUS at CRITICAL DEGREE
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/mercury-venus-at-critical-degree/

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"Accomplishing the incredible will be no accident.

The imminent shift in the polarity of the mind/heart vectors will see us stepping up the game, at least for the sake of our own amusement. ☿♎ will switch us to more aesthetic thinking, bring better judgement and discrimination, tactful moves and a clever sense of form, balance and symmetry in discussion. Matched by ♀♌, we feel a greater confidence, big generous heart, and an appetite for daring love games and playful flirtf---ery."

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Cosmic Bus Lunation Report [episode #2037] – Gemini Quarter Moon

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"Going into the Last Quarter Moon, both Sun and Moon become immersed in Neptune's sea of psychic sensitivity, and information becomes difficult to decipher, boundaries blurred and it gets almost impossible to make a clear, rational decision.

Meanwhile, the organised world of law and order seems to be crowding us with all kinds of peer-pressure, to which we will either rashly react or respond accordingly.

There's something huge happening here, all you need do is keep it in perspective. At least keep your head out...

Enjoy a short excerpt from today's episode:"
X-KKbbLbWNk

[onawah]

Smeared Lenses: THE WEEK AHEAD:
Sep 7-13
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/smeared-lenses-the-week-ahead-sep-7-13/

"Nobody can deny that our world is going a little ‘nuts’ these days. Our ‘informed’ societies have slowly descended into such a state of absurdity and cognitive disorder that it now seems an impossible task to both ignore or bring things back into some semblance of the cohesive sensibility we used to know and love. Who can predict which way things will turn out when so much of what we hear seems distorted by our own inability to see things clearly?

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Is it because of a worldwide, silent, invisible disease that could kill any of us at any time and destroy the lives we assumed were so solid? Are we not, after all, the most technologically advanced humans of all time? How can we possibly be so vulnerable to being randomly annihilated by a virus, or by raging state-wide fires, flash floods, or random law-enforcement accidents or the actions of a crazed fellow human? Surely those things only happen to others, in those other countries or past regimes – merely statistics on the evening news or in our history books.

No matter how hard we try, we can’t ignore the very real possibility that our busy, money-centred, denatured routines are taking a severe hit. We are being forcibly reminded of this everywhere now. This current, 2020-state-of-emergency absurdity is not so sudden to us, however. It has merely escalated gradually to critical proportions ever since Pluto swung into Capricorn in 2008.

Pluto in this cardinal earth sign has come to show us how naive and obnoxiously ambitious it is of us to assume that we have been granted any level of immortality. Perhaps it is our obsession with status, money, rejection of joy and gratitude and our predilection to cynically moralise and judge everything to the point of schadenfreude which has reduced much of our humanity to a genuine hardness of heart.

Since Saturn and Jupiter also entered this harshly existential sign, we are each slowly coming to terms with the fact that perhaps there is no escape from our human frailty; that death is indeed life’s one inescapable ‘underlying condition’ and our susceptibility to sudden death can absolutely and all at once render our lives perfectly meaningless. Nobody who assumes to be even 20% ‘awakened’ to any ‘alternative’ or ‘higher’ state of consciousness, especially those more ‘spiritual’ types, can deny that the human race is now facing its most serious dilemma yet – one where extreme disintegration of our species (or at least the fear of such an outcome) can bring out the absolute worst, most rotten side of human nature.

As they square Eris, the genie of strife and discord has been let out of the bottle and there’s just no way that we can put it back. Perhaps in our self-centered arrogance, we merely forgot to be modest, thinking that everything is possible for us, that we are exceptional, that we can continue to do business the way we always have, make arrangements to travel and attend rallying campaigns, express extreme political opinions. How dare anything or anyone negate our retirement plans, cancel our journeys and strip us of our right to debate? Did we put all our eggs in one basket?

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We are completely nuts… at our wit’s end. Our planet has gone insane and out of control and this online obsession we are having with idle gossip and malignant or unproven assertions, presenting unverified ‘facts’ and splodgy statistics as ‘gospel’, is descending humankind itself into an instrument of propaganda. It is certainly not reporting. It is a mania to corrupt and minimise the reputation of anyone who professes to be an authority on anything. Certainly, those who know understand what the real epidemic is here. It is our infatuation with partisan media and its flagrant attempts to manipulate us.

On some level it is understandable. Pluto’s deathly stranglehold over Saturn (straight-laced convention) and Jupiter (religiosity and academic law) have this year generated an uncompromising urge to try to rationalise and synthesize what is accepted as known ‘science’ into some form of an official narrative. Those who try to assume order and control by trying to discredit and eliminate all things abstract and abstruse seem increasingly polarising. Much of what we hear from others does not measure up under closer scrutiny. And, in the strictest sense of empirical analysis and investigation, they do not. We are in a period of utter chaos and confusion.

It is possible that, at heart, we all consider ourselves to be honest human beings in the sense that we don’t intentionally go around lying to people. Except… in so far as we ourselves are not willing to face the truth. This doesn’t make us deceptive, but it does mean that sometimes, for the sake of convenience, we indulge in going along with things that aren’t true. That’s what happens when we are not fully in possession of the truth and not willing to engage in the rigours of finding out whether or not what we are about to say is the truth.

The sad reality is that, whether we are lying to ourselves or to others, the alternatives are difficult. For often, to tell the truth, to change our opinions, to alter our actions when it doesn’t fit neatly into our preconceived plans or with our character could prove catastrophic and humiliating. Hence, we appear to be prisoners of our own hubristic ego-complexes.

The shrewdly analytical Virgo Sun’s sympathetic alliance to this harshly existential agenda that is going on in the ambitious Capricorn only lends credence and jurisdiction to any personal or ‘state-sanctioned’ campaign to pervert and distort any inconsistencies and deviations to our official narrative. And I say “our” not “theirs”. Our governments and other patriarchal institutions are only there because we keep supporting them, counting on them to provide us with social structure and purpose. Virgo sometimes refuses to see the forest for the trees. It harps on details, statistics and minutiae and holds a most short-sighted view in spite of the whole picture.

In short, the side of us which wants things to stay orderly and predictable is struggling with accepting all the possible unknowns and mysteries that are fiendishly encircling our globe in the form of disease, aeons of social disparity and human rights violations, wild political unrest, intellectual muddling and confusion of data, public character-smearing, schadenfreude and the ominous threat of emerging economic imbalances and currency collapse. Of course, one would argue that these uncertainties have always been present, but it is our growing awareness of these which is now reaching epidemic proportions.

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This week’s story begins in the midst of the outer-planet chaotic swirl that now appears markedly beyond the steady reins of any one individual (or party).

If you are of the kind who likes to keeps things under control, then you are likely pulled (or coerced) towards the extreme of passing harsh judgments and executing plans whose consequences could hold diabolical consequences to any future expectations. Extreme moves often result in equally extreme counter-movements.

For instance, few people are comfortable with accepting that there’s now really no hope of ever returning to some preconceived or historically-defined sense of social order. None of the political systems of the 20th century (democracy, socialism, communism, fascism, etc.) seem to be working today. The ‘old normal’ is now patently falling away, and to try to argue that we can replace it easily with a ‘new normal’ is also patently naive, or at least ignorant of the myriad of variables that are messing with our currently crumbling systems.

We all have our opinions on what must be done, but these often fall apart under any serious scrutiny or debate. Managing earthy resources is one thing, but to the opinionated freaks, psychic gurus and techno-geniuses out there, those who hold old-school power appear to be completely unscrupulous, authoritarian and insane. Which invites an equally as crazy opposing reaction. In between the two extremes of light and darkness lies the solution.

Unless you are somehow ‘centered’ and balanced in all of this, meaning that your interests are not too heavily invested in one or two specific outcomes for the ‘foreseeable future’, it might feel as though you’re irreconcilably torn between your delusional nostalgia for yesterday and some fancy dream (or dystopian nightmare) for what tomorrow may hold.

One thing is certain: Nothing is certain. Which leads all current expectation toward an unfortunate state of disappointment and despair.

So let’s take hold of this moment for a moment. Let’s look at the astrology:

The warring factions between the Capricorn sector, which seeks some sort of twisted, clandestine version of total domination of everything known (or else), versus Aries, whose fight is to at least protect the right to stay impulsive, do impulsive ****, whenever, wherever is starting to throw matters into a completely disjointed state of mid-cycle turbulence. We’re really only at the first-quarter phase of a two-year period of intense activity to reform our society and we have seriously hit a tumult.

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Mars is currently getting red-hot as he slows down to retrograde. By Sep 9, the fiery god of war will reach 28°08′, almost the end of his domicile. Like leaving the iron on the hot coals for too long, these next few weeks will show our tempers flaring to white-heat levels."

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MARS RETROGRADE: Kicking Oneself for Not Having Acted Appropriately

In Aries, Mars appears like he’s going to battle this out on his own, daring to go where no soul has ever gone before if only to test the limits of his own audacity. However, he is not alone there, for also near the end of Aries, at 24°24′, is his famously snubbed sister – Eris, goddess of Strife and discord. Eris has been at war with Pluto lately. It’s an extremely morbid duel, one which will continue well into the next couple of years, with the mantra of ‘evolve or die’ often manifesting in the most explicitly literal ways.

The Mars/Eris alliance is pivotal in the way the rest of this year pans out, and those feeling neglected, forgotten, snubbed or cancelled will beg for an extensive explanation as to what, where, why and how things are going to work out for them. Nobody wants to be left behind in the race for survival.

Meanwhile, many of us here are aware that the evolution of humankind is undergoing a massive, forced, mandatory upgrade, and we can squabble and fight all the way to the most advanced biometrics labs, vaccine clinics, technological engineering solutions, satellite surveillance systems and cashless currency agendas, but whether we go nicely with our most futuristic masks on, or get thrown into destitute hardship for resisting and wanting “rights” we may never have possessed in the first place, is irrelevant. In the end, we are all going to be faced with one very crucial decision – the choice in whether to evolve or to perish.


As his fervour intensifies through September, Mars’ impish resistance to being controlled and constrained is met with enormous social pressure, frustration, harsh judgments, ‘selfishness-guilt’ and state-applied inhibition at the mean hands of the apoplectic Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto stellium. In Capricorn, the peer pressure and “doing the right thing by society” has become a fear-sponsored tyranny, leading towards an environment of hyper-policing and super-shaming.

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Following the T-square to Venus, the dehumanisation of natural, individual urges and interests such as intimacy, sex and the ability to see and touch one another from a place of instinctive love and affection seem quaint and irresponsible. With every new level of restriction, we are sensing the gradual obliteration of romance and spontaneity. Those of us who sympathise with the wave of collective fear and its increasingly hard-line measures are playing into a state-dominated tyranny somehow. This is how all great periods of global authoritarianism commence. Gradual forfeiting or denial of basic human liberties creates monsters which will devour us whole. This is one way of ‘liberating’ our individual souls.

Needless to say, with a stationing Mars (Wednesday), the individual urge to act impulsively could erupt into violent displays of anger. This could express itself either as domestic violence, street-brawling, or even widespread spontaneous rioting, which itself only succumbs to the auspices of martial-style laws and secret, systemic surveillance, which, due to its clandestine nature (Pluto is invisible to the naked eye), we might not even know is occurring.

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.”
~ Aldous Huxley

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As Mars comes to a station, so does Jupiter (Saturday). These two planets form a dead midpoint over Pluto this month, just as the Mars/Pluto midpoint sits on Saturn. These, and other similar midpoint pictures involving Eris are absolutely gruesome. Just observe how extreme or arbitrary applications of force expand into wildly subversive or vigilante activities, provoking legal and martial reactions within all sectors of society. Tremendous powers being used against one another calls for tougher, more extreme force. This is often the only way society changes, in drastic ways – through the application of brutal force. Needless to say, it can feel a little scary and traumatic, particularly if we get all caught up in it.

Meanwhile, the Mutable Last Quarter Moon in Gemini forms a tight T-square to Neptune, producing a heightened sense of awareness to the chaos and confusion that’s going on. Here, we observe that the more we try to analyse and decipher the news-reports, facts, numbers, data and information that are circulating among us, the more we can slip into altered states of disturbance and dismay.

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Mistakes and misunderstandings are happening ever more frequently in our ‘trusted’ media sources and on ‘official websites’, where information is supposed to not only be reliable but affects our critical decision-making processes. More and more often, these mistakes are huge and embarrassing ones, reflecting a now-common but highly corrosive atmosphere of mind-manipulation and deceit. Under any degree of scrutiny, most of the ‘facts’ with which we are being presented commonly confuse the term “confirmation” with “unproven assertions” or “unverifiable claims”.

This is because it is impossible to present any absolutes. The deeply-felt impact of nebulous and ill-definable exterior planets like Neptune, Pluto and Eris are creating chaos, distrust and strife – surreptitious forces behind all disagreements, divorces, scraps, skirmishes, fights, battles and wars.

Strife and discord, by its very nature, cannot be brought under control. Once the “apple of discord” is thrown into the picture, all order and control, however total and absolute in its attempts, is rendered ineffectual.

The outcome of this pan-demonic chaos can not be predicted. The only ‘absolute’ it offers is the utter devastation it will leave in its wake. No alarms and no surprises there. It’s what humanity is totally up for (and you are so ready for it)."

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[onawah]

(Super)Virgo New Moon: Who are you in (Super)Service to and who (Super)Serves you?
9/16/20
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=dDMaM&mc=It&s=s4iNwR&u=Ghhv4&z=EQQQQaM&

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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

As the dark moon enters Virgo, she approaches our earth at extraordinary proximity, about to form the first of three consecutive Supermoons, New Moons that are closer and more potent than usual, not only swelling our tides but nudging us, in no uncertain terms, to "get it together".

We all know it. This first super-lunation, in Virgo, is such a harbinger to pull ourselves together, pointing us to look at health, routine, work, efficiency and effectiveness in dealing with physical and practical obstacles - adapting our lifestyle to suit the current trends, refining, and fine-tuning, clearing and throwing out impurities with the objective of being a 'better' person to serve others and society.

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We are feeling enormous pressure to remove obstacles and distractions from our lives, focus our attention on more efficient methods and means by which to improve our personal path. However, we are also challenged by the evolutionary needs and soul desires of the collective as a square for this lunation to the Lunar Nodes reveals a severe misalignment between our individual ego and common humanity's quest for truth. Is truth something that is objectively definable or, in the post-modernist sense, subject to each individual's perceived interpretation? This question rattles us as a sentient species. The imbalance created here at this point in history merely tests how much our individual aims, as indicated by the Virgo Supermoon, are currently out-of-sync with what the universe is wanting from us. This creates an enormous disconnection and divisiveness between us.

The Virgo Sun's recent opposition to Neptune has left us in quandary, a subtle sense of confusion as to where we stand. It's hard to be sure of anything.

Yes, we are evolving. We are being called out of the wild forests of Sagittarius and tweeted to join the Media Jamboree over in Gemini. The Gemini North Node summons us to show how we can best maintain communicative contact with others. We do this by listening. This is not easy when the South Node in Sadge makes us prone to assume that we already know everything and we won’t be told. In fact, as far as ‘truth’ is concerned, we have made up our minds. We will make the announcements, regardless of the facts or arguments on what anyone else thinks.
Understandably, the analytical Virgo has a problem with both Gemini and Sagittarius. She sees the war between reason & intuition, facts & morality as just a lot of hot air that circulates expansively but doesn’t ever land – it is not grounded and therefore not useful in a practical, earthy way.

Yet, the mighty force of this Virgo lunation is such that it responsibly lends us the shrewdly discerning qualities of her mutable/earth modalities. We are called to have a careful look at what is happening, see what we can make of it. Yet, when Virgo energy is not handled correctly, it can develop into a fear of criticism and scrutiny of facts, which can easily turn into callous and summary discrimination towards others.

Virgo can thus swing us into a full-scale rejection of knowledge and information which we do not understand. A quincunx to a retro Mars can stir defensive feelings toward those we hardly know, simply on the basis that what they have to say feels impractical, illogical and unworkable. A sesquisquare from Uranus in Taurus agitates even further irritation and hostility to the lunation, especially aggravating those who possess a stubborn resistance to the technology and insights driven by exponential increases in computing power and by the online availability of vast amounts of data. From software used to discover new technologies to algorithms used to predict our cultural interests, technology has made possible new products and services that are exponentially working to increase the efficiency and pleasure of our personal lives.

Mars acts as a stymie here. Initially, we don’t understand the cause of the inner unrest and aggression or the tension it projects towards those around us. We might become very touchy and need little provocation to get extremely irritated with others, flying into a rage without a good reason. These feelings of aggravation have to be worked through, with the set intention that practical action must be taken to avoid feelings of isolation, loneliness and lack of purpose. This, of course, is very challenging, given Mars' sustained square to the Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto 'conspiracy' in Capricorn.

An earth trine to this lunation from the authoritarian Saturn/Pluto is interesting in that it pulls out the stick on those who are skilled and fit enough to work hard. Those willing to dominate today's marketplace through the application of tight, state-sanctioned planning and a determination to be a greater contributor to society are promised reward here. The Virgo/Capricorn synergy is about building upon the effectiveness of proper, state-sanctioned plans and of being clinically thorough, both in our preparation as well as execution of those plans. It is also a call to those who are feeling ‘left out’ to start working on new ways to contribute in order to support themselves and their citizenry.

Saturn/Pluto reminds us that our world is on the brink of a technological revolution, one which will fundamentally transform the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its epic scale, scope, and complexity, the transmutation of our societies will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. At this stage, we are uncertain about how it will unfold, but one thing is clear: our response to it must ultimately be integrated and comprehensive, involving all stakeholders of today’s society, from the public and private sectors to academia and civil society.

Naturally, big gains will come through serious discipline, greater austerity and important denials. This is especially difficult for those who hold contrary or suspicious views towards authority and those disseminating information. Uranus in Taurus accelerates the speed of current breakthroughs at an exponential rather than a linear pace. It is disrupting almost every industry in every society, and the breadth and depth of these changes announce the transformation of entire systems of economic production, management, and governance.

Whether you’re leading the brigade or are feeling somewhat excluded, you are ‘inspired’ to do the necessary work if you are to transmute your capacity to be fitter, healthier and more productive citizen, pushed by an unprecedented pressure from the status quo. At this point, it is debatable whether everyone is feeling the shift towards a greater system of meritocracy as being as democratically rewarding as it may promise. Just looking at the systems in government currently installed in the Kremlin, Beijing, Washington, or any other capital, one wonders whether the amassing of authoritarian power at the expense of individual freedom is the only end game.

There are those who 'believe' that the Capricorn attitude of ambitious goals and authoritarian status stinks of patriarchal tyranny and oppression, a force which only seems to benefit a most narrow intersection of the community and leaves out the rest. As Mars now retrogrades back towards Eris, it generates a very scorned and resentful square towards those who are in power.

We sense two significant forces at odds here: One is impelling us towards personal improvement while another pulls us either backwards or forwards on our path to soul maturity.

Uranus is also receiving a square from Venus, which indicates some degree of uneasiness about how today’s progress tends to favour the providers of intellectual and physical capital—those innovators, shareholders, and investors in the digital market, which ultimately impacts the value of individual autonomy and sovereignty. This then impacts our sense of self-worth if we become disillusioned and fearful that our labour and workmanship will not be as valued, affecting the potential of our income and that of our children.

Mercury in Libra, ruler of this Virgo lunation, squares Jupiter, opening the discussion in an attempt to ameliorate the great imbalances facing today’s social dilemma.

After 4 months in retrograde, Jupiter is now stationed at 17°♑24′, turning direct. The great god of optimism and opportunity is now ready to move out of his ‘fall-sign’, where he has seen many of us inclined to take the exact letter of the law too literally. In Capricorn, Jupiter is inclined to generate opportunity by playing along within the architecture of the hierarchical system, looking for legal loopholes in the written legislature, almost in denial to the spirit of nature’s immutable laws. This has unfortunately created some grave inconsistencies in moral conduct, business ethics, and even in the responsibilities of high office.

Jupiter's pass over his retrograde shadow for a third and final time affords us the wisdom to see the injustices, crimes, and hypocrisies of those in positions of wealth or clerical responsibility. Those whose personal ambitions for greater power, status and prestige by exploiting loopholes and clauses in current constitutions and electoral processes, while being utterly neglectful of their duty to society, will make one last grab for total control as Jupiter approaches Saturn/Pluto (Nov-Dec).

This Virgo supermoon, as well as the Libra and Scorpio lunations that follow in the coming months, will see governments increasingly facing pressure to change their current approach to public engagement and policymaking. Their intense ambition to maintain a more centralised role in conducting policy will only create a fierce backlash from the public. New sources of competition are on the rise as if in protest to the old order.

As Jupiter and Saturn progress into Aquarius (Dec 2020), the redistribution and decentralisation of power that new technologies make possible will also force government systems and public authorities to modify their behaviour in order to ensure their survival. How they do this depends on our collective activity.

The Virgo lunation hence braces us for the hard work that lies ahead. We must prove that we are capable of embracing a world of disruptive change, and we must (en masse) force our governing systems to suitably adapt their structures to the levels of transparency and efficiency so that we are all able to maintain our competitive edge. This is a necessary shift for the masses if we are going to make it into the new age. If our current systems cannot evolve, we will face intolerable trouble in integrating ourselves into the new labour and health markets, a disruption to humanity's structure that could leave many people feeling further left out in the cold."

( And here is a little addendum to this past week's astro report from Ang, which is retrospect, is spot-on for me, at least...):

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"Be mindful that the world is subtly shifting into turbocharged hypercriticism.

While tangible in the short run, heightened discrimination, belligerent pedantry, threatening-by-numbers, medical bullying, death-alarmism and all-round do-gooder freakouts contribute to an atmosphere of micro-tyranny and intimidation.

Ultimately, this shuts down creativity, destroys momentum, ceases productivity and, although not visible, causes long term psychological damage. If you’re the sensitive, artistic or ‘spiritual’ kind or just really insecure, be discerning where you plonk yourself."

[onawah]

Learning to Speak Up to Tyranny and Injustice:
THE WEEK AHEAD – Sep 21-27
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/learning-to-speak-up-to-tyranny-and-injustice-the-week-ahead-sep-21-27/

"In the final days of September 2020, the Virgo Sun will reach the Equinox (Tuesday 22nd), inaugurating into Libra. This crossing marks a significant shift in the Solar cycle, heralding a change in the direction of the Sun’s rays falling on Earth. Here, at this sacred turning point, we are called to open our eyes and ears to the world of others, realising that what they have to offer is equally significant.

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Passing this critical point, the all-powerful Sun now begins to glare his illuminating beams more on the southern half of the planet and less on the northern half. In the mundane sense, this augurs the official end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere while in the South, winter is over and spring begins. Astrologically, it marks the shift of consciousness from personal to social matters.

The Shift into Libra
Humans immediately experience the energetic shift of the Equinox. We become aware that matters of meaning must now concentrate less on the domains of personal knowledge and more on those perceptions that involve others. Our most important life choices over the next six months will tend to involve the will and desires of others. If we want to reach a more harmonious equilibrium in our relationships, we must learn to negotiate and compromise our intentions so they are workable in context with our social world.

The cardinal/air Libra Sun awakens us to the public spirit. We are inspired to make a conscious effort to be more respectful and friendly. Policies, law enforcement and politics will play a bigger role. Our inclination to adapt to others will shine through. Our little affectations and vanities become instantly revealed and our need to be unique and important to others becomes evident. Whether authentic or contrived, our efforts to be charming and pleasant will ring through. In any sense, we show a greater interest for peace and good relations; for aesthetic beauty and art; for fashion and deportment; for ease and comfort; cordiality and graceful manners. We are called to loosen the selfish grip on our own interests and though we may waver and vacillate between our interests to satisfy ourselves and our attempts to please others, we are thrust to make an effort to “get along”.

“Getting Along” vs “Going Along”
However, let us not kid ourselves. Let us place this Libra Sun into 2020 context. Seldom before has this inspired Libran urge to restore balance and order into our social and political affairs been so challenged. Even with his ruler Venus in mutual reception, the authority of the Sun to make fair decisions will be extremely challenged during the coming month.
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Essentially in the sign of his fall, the Sun is at his most indecisive/ineffective in Libra. The generally Sun operates best when under more decisive signs (Leo, Aries). To make matters even more dire, he will have to stand against the long-escalating tensions occurring in the cardinal duel between planets in Aries and Capricorn, which for the next two months refuse to give way easily. Their positions have become deeply entrenched around the late degrees of their cardinal placements (22°-26°). Here, the war between the self-centred freedoms of Aries versus the obedient conformity to Capricorn’s insistence for social order is building into a state of massive civil discord and oppression.

As we may be observing, our society has degenerated into (chiefly) two camps of extreme willfulness and unyielding judgements. Whether we are personally affected or just a concerned onlooker, one may wonder as to whether people wish well or choose condemnation upon one another. Planets in cardinal signs want to go their own way, accomplish their own agenda, often at the expense of the way of others.

Libra, also cardinal (initiating) but in the cool, idealistic element of air (intellect), lends us important tools that we can hone in our lives to work out who means well for us and who just wants to mess us around. In the balancing act, we must immediately work out who in our lives wishes us well, desires the very best for us – not only because they care, but because it benefits them too. We are encouraged to at least come to the table, listen to other peoples’ side of things. Even if those we’re dealing with seem critical of us – and the opinionated Libra is famous for prompting or providing unsolicited advice, we must determine whether the critique and assessment of others is well-meaning; ie. in the best interests of our finding peace and harmony in our lives.

We are still fresh out of the Virgo New Moon, where we learned much about the usefulness and practicalities of the discernment process. In the past month, we have learned to better discriminate between those who are useful and those not facilitating our better intentions for health and expediency of process. We have learned to cease activities and cut ties with fruitless distractions, annoying people and our often unconscious tendencies toward self-sabotage.

The Libra Sun now highlights the elements in this world that are not good for us, people who do not wish to see us well, who wish to throw our lives into disorder, for whatever selfish reason. However, we may not necessarily be so bold or decisive enough to call these out in real-time situations, sensing that we may lack the skills to handle any incursions upon our relative well-being.

The danger here is that we may choose to sit on our hands, crippled with inaction, uncertain as to how to respond – often looking to our ‘leaders’ or other authorities to guide us; to demonstrate or teach us of the guile and tact necessary to restore a more ideal outcome for ourselves. Sadly, our public figures seem either paralysed or silenced in their capacity to say what they think, or they are deliberately holding their tongues because their own position or secretly-held self-interests seem threatened or compromised.The question is, if nobody speaks up to the obvious inequities and injustices now, then when? If we are not prepared to express our honest reaction to how things are upsetting our quest for balance and peace in our life, then in which life are we expecting to make things right? We need to watch this reticence to express ourselves, given so many planets are in retrograde. Everything not done now will come to haunt us, sooner or later.

Sure, you may say that you are reasonably comfortable – as comfortable as one could be during these ‘apocalyptic’ times. You may be content to watch it all burn down around you as you sit there, high up in your tree, happily ‘going along’ with everything that is being expected of you, staying relatively ‘safe’ from all the destruction going on down there. The problem with this is that you are soon left with less and less and the effect on your free spirit as a ‘citizen’ becomes gradually demeaning, diminishing your sense of personal power, your social leverage and capacity to speak up for what eventually threatens to devour you too.

In the melee happening in Capricorn/Aries, we see how much the contention between personal rights and freedoms versus the state-sanctioned rules and laws has been dredging up a lot of anger. Conflicts that not only affect the ‘common strugglers’ of this world but weighing in upon the squabbles between great national powers and mighty corporations – entities which claim to determine the happiness and well-being of all its constituents and patrons.
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Mercury leads the crusade here, and this week we see our little scout at the critical degrees of this cardinal challenge. By Tuesday/Wednesday, we see Mercury’s squares to the Saturn/Pluto stir up enough mental shrewdness and ingenuity to at least tackle some of the most restrictive problems in our quest to speak our mind with the aim of restoring some liberty and peace in our lives. In this conflict, we need to to look deeper into things, investigate matters that are holding us down mentally, ask questions that will satisfy our thinking enough to reason with an impossibly irate Mars.



Mars in Aries, especially in retrograde, exhibits a rather combative egoism which, when aroused by the well-meaning ‘queries’ and ‘suggestions’ of a sprightly Mercury does not easily exercise restraint during discussions. Mars’ usual spirit of autonomy feels already thwarted and constrained during these times.

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We may, hence, not easily appreciate others telling us what to do – however well-meaning. There is a fire within us which, whilst temporarily smothered or stifled somewhat, is still ready to rage for not having acted appropriately when it should have. Under any provocation, the slightest upset or ‘judgy-sorts-of words’ we may easily lose our temper in communications or negotiations.

Empowering Horoscope Messages for
Mars Retrograde
It, therefore, stands as a dire warning for this week: Try not to lose your patience when things are apparently not as you might wish to see them. You may be demoralised, awfully regretful for having done rash things (or not having acted) as you ‘should’ have; you may even feel cowardly.

The opposite is also true here. If you refuse to stand with the mob, to ram against the status quo, refuse to march with the posse, you may feel better about yourself for preserving a sense of dignity and self-respect, as indicated by the Venus in Leo.

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There is no question, as Saturn/Pluto maintains its iron-fisted conjunction through the next few months, that totalitarian systems are being installed in 2020. These are means of control which, throughout history, seek to grind insecure individuals to the ground, make them agree to lies, accept any corruption and abuse of power. Exercising unyielding force on the population is a very effective means for leaders to make them compliant and agree to anything, however crazy and uncouth.

This week we might start to see the impact of how, through a series of micro-aggressions and gradual impositions on our individual liberties, we have (since March) blindly complied to create a political atmosphere filled with little signs of how our subjugation to ‘the state’ has gradually diminished our capacity to be all that we could be. Anger turns to hate when we discover that others are not meaning us well after all, and I will discuss how this is likely to play out in the coming weeks on this week’s cosmic bus (join me Thu/Fri, usual time).

For the time being, be mindful that there is incredible pressure on us all to comply and be constrained by increasingly draconian and secretive powers through the ministries of governance, law and morality. We must be mindful of the pressures upon your prerogative and be utterly discerning about who means well for you and who wishes you harm. We must also try not to act rashly, saying things or acting in ways which only mirror their hatred and unkindness. If we wish to avoid being pressured into a position where we end up hating those who force their unwanted toxicity and unreasonable demands upon our personal freedoms and liberties, we need to pick up our own skills of judgement, tact, and guileful political manner.

We are learning not only to see the truth but to speak it artfully. Here, we must come to fight any infractions upon our personal autonomy without fear of consequence or punishment, before it is too late. We have only this life, this precious moment to align our intergrity with our inner compass, realistically speaking. Let us not blow this.

Blessings, and may you have an amazing week xx"

[onawah]

MERCURY SQUARE SATURN
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/mercury-square-saturn/

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"It’s come to this…

Big-worded tirades to your housemates in the kitchen, mega-rants on social media, peaceful marches and even rioting in the streets have fallen on deaf ears. It’s done nothing and you know it.
Nobody can stop the slew now stacked against the old matrix system formerly known as ‘3D-reality’
Your efforts of campaigning, protest, even breaking the law and getting your ass arrested has been useless. Stop pretending you can affect change by “doing something”.

That’s because you’re now up against the machine. It has ZERO feelings, especially for you.

How to stop it?

Mass civil non-compliance. Mass, because if we don’t ALL do it, we’re pretty much screwed.

Stop reporting to work for the corporate machine.
If you’re not being allowed to work for yourself, then you’re virtually degraded into a mind-numbed integer of their program.
Stop clocking into work for it.
Stop turning up to wear their badge,
Stop donning their uniform, loading up the digi-bullets into their digi-canons, arming up a wipeout machine that will ultimately plunder your fellow citizens of their last dime and leave you utterly soul-deprived.

The only way to stop this filthy mudslide; to restore balance to this planet; bring some relief upon your nerves; some dignity into your soul is to boycott servicing the machinations of this death-march towards certain corporate-controlled digital despotism."

[onawah]

Capricorn Moon pass across Saturn/Pluto
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/capricorn-moon-pass-across-saturn-pluto/

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"The Cap Moon’s pass across Saturn/Pluto again,
mixing to create her fog of delusion and counter-delusion.
Powerfully treacherous forces and conspirators undoubtedly at play,
yet they seem to have no faces and no names;
only black cats sprawled ominously all across the way,
like spilt ink smeared across the pages of tomorrow…

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Interesting to see the arguments that keep us diametrically opposed during this period. Who is right and who is righter? Can we really learn to embrace the difference in others’ opinion (knowing that neither they nor we know anything about today’s phenomena); humour each other’s incomplete (at best) ‘beliefs’, and see through the intersectional mental constructs that perpetually divide us?"

[onawah]

NEWS ABOUT THE NEWS
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/news-about-the-news/
9/28/20

"This is a good time to mind our poise and our composure. The Libra Sun calls for more tact and diplomacy, for if you slip and lose your cool, you stand to fall, disgracefully.

MERCURY, already in his retrograde shadow, has entered Scorpio – home of the acerbic, fanatical mind. Among several other dynamic tizzies this month, Mercury will station directly opposite Uranus for much of October. Ugly, violent scenes and ‘accidents’ are not out of the question for those who inadvertently get too caught up f---ing around at the extremes, seemingly disengaged from their centre. By now it’s possible to know how to keep those at a manageable distance without diametrically opposing or becoming one of them.

This is a good time to mind our poise and our composure. The Libra Sun calls for more tact and diplomacy, for if you slip and lose your cool, you stand to fall, disgracefully.

Among the myriad of socio-political and environmental crises that we may see festering out there, known and unknown, it is important to remember that the real ‘epidemic’ going on around us is merely a reflection of a severely complex phenomenon, one with many variables. All this is merely a projection of what is going on within, and unless we dare to employ our inner Sherlock/Jung/Fauci, we may fail to come up with any workable solutions – only unresolved pits anger and rage. This can be dangerous.

... I am already observing, especially among my beloved tribe, a greater migration away from toxic think-hubs, and this itself is an indication that people are making more sensible efforts to filter out the virulent crap that frequently pervades and distracts our beautiful, brilliant minds.

Please stay as respectful as you can, heedful that those around you, love or hate them, are but a mere reflection of our own narcissistic vanities.
Blessings . . . . . . . . . . . . . ❤️❤️♎❤️❤️ "

9/29/20
"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

As many of you are aware, we are heading into a critical period in the weeks and months ahead. No secret that the entire of humanity is now passing through a period of sociobiological realignment and, though we get a gauge of the severity of such a reformation from the prevailing transits of 2020-21, the complexity of the variables affecting change is difficult to delineate, let alone the course which humanity will take through this period.

We must by now be consciously aware that we have some serious decisions to make about our lives. Both individually and collectively, we are undergoing a vivid 'Dark Night of the Soul', and it is clearly evident that we must do something about managing the numerous dualities that are riddling inside and out among us. The conditional, 3D world of Saturn is itself coming to a close. As with the collapse of every empire, there are those who perish and those who choose to accept the necessary changes and evolve accordingly.

I wish you all well on the journey ahead. Blessings xx

Balancing the Scales of Justice: The Month Ahead – October 2020
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/balancing-the-scales-of-justice-the-month-ahead-october-2020/

"With the Sun now traversing into the progressed degrees of Libra, our conscious awareness is vividly exteriorised onto the world around us. We are purposely on the lookout, not merely for those who mean well for us, but for those who wish us harm. However, what becomes vividly translucent this month is that our social world is but a mere reflection of our inner selves.

As humans, our interdependence on others is vital to our sense of being. As we learn to adapt to those around us, we gradually atone and attenuate our interests in such a way that we are giving and receiving the level of love and appreciation that we feel we deserve. The consciousness about what we need to work on is the key and we rely on feedback for improvement, constantly. How we judge this, without ego is crucial to the development of peace and joy in our lives. Within each of us lies the duality of good and bad, light and dark, beauty and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. Through our relationship with others, this dichotomy is given a sense of perspective, a reference point to our innate identity. In energetic terms, others form a relative ballast ie., someone to keep us in our place, remind us of where we stand in the scheme of things.

An energetic equation is happening in Libra. Through the hither-and-tither of the social engagement, we become somehow mindful of the relativity of our being and the unique perplexities of our interpersonal projections.

The Cardinal Melee
Those following the stars may be aware of the profoundly conflicting planetary transits coming up in October 2020. These are particularly accentuated in this month’s two lunations, tipped over the edge around the Friday 16th New Moon Supermoon.

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Planets in cardinal signs are principally concerned with the present and insist on initiating their own activities. This can produce an especially tense atmosphere for all cardinals, particularly Libra, who does like to lead by seeking the cooperation of others rather than trying to go it alone. Capricorn’s attitude of extreme cynicism, fear, inhibition, chastisement, censure, etc., as indicated by the prevailing Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto stellium, makes cooperation and agreeableness very difficult. Similarly, the Libra Sun is opposed by the highly smitten, selfishly reactionary Chiron, Mars/Eris in Aries.

Of course, we will make every effort to see these energies and bring them into balance. However, we also see the full consequences of what happens when we let dark, self-centred and ambitious forces run amok. These unchecked energies not only reflect back to us the fragile nature of our truth and sincerity in relationships, they also threaten to put the whole of society and the balance of nature at risk.

The Sun in Libra is essentially at his weakest. Against the dignified Mars/Eris and Saturn/Pluto, it tends not to bring out the best but the most ruthless elements of our nature as we struggle to ameliorate the gross imbalances and defend ourselves against the seemingly relentless callousness of pernicious forces trying to seize total control.

Gateway to the Reconstruction.
Of course, the auspicious events of October (and November) are only the precursor to the great social revolt and reconstruction of 2021, where squares between the patriarchal forces, Uranus vs Saturn and Jupiter, dominate throughout the entirety of next year. Yes, in greek mythology Uranus (Ouranos) was the father of Saturn (Kronos), who in turn fathered Jupiter (Zeus). Interestingly, each son castrated and banished his father in order to claim control of the dominion. These are the age-old issues of the patriarchy that still remain unhealed and underfoot today.

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Anyway, the tension building from decisions we make over this next month will spill into the coming months (and years). If you’re the conservative kind, one who opposes change, then whatever you depend upon for comfort, security and normality are likely to be ripped away from you, possibly abruptly, even violently.

If you buy into radical innovations and technologies, drastic and progressive new ways, then your lack of patience, immaturity, inexperience and incapacity to attend to the more practical consideration of your ‘experiments’ will also likely lead to sudden ruin and disgrace.

2020 has just been an incubation period for all this.

In performative terms, 2021 is a year where authoritarianism of the most obscene, absurd kind is likely to erupt, threatening to divide the inhabitants of ‘middle earth’ amongst one another. Disagreements will not be easily tolerated. Egotism and hypocrisy reach epidemic proportions.

Those who find themselves in leadership positions (everywhere) become either the most idolised or detested human beings in our known history. These demagogues come into power because they are supported by those whose advocacy or enforcement of strict obedience to authority; whose ideas about social dominance; whose prejudices; whose tendency to form like-minded mobs, and whose sense of being deprived of something to which they believe they are entitled somehow makes them absolutely ‘right’. What becomes left in the ensuing scuffle is beyond recognition, at least in social terms.

Uranus in Taurus is known to produce periods of unparalleled economic turmoil – sudden, dramatic ups and downs that wreak havoc with people’s sense of security and stability. As in the 20th century (1935-42), the more tense transits to Uranus agitated collective neuroses all over the world, especially over economic depressions which had wiped out peoples’ savings and jobs almost overnight, diminishing their self-worth and leaving them hopeless. It was a period when communist/socialist ideologies, which espouse a more equitable distribution of wealth and power, gave rise to movements which profoundly transformed existing economic and strategic power structures, overturning powerful sovereignties and reorganising the fate of entire nations. Needless to say, the last time Uranus was in Taurus produced Adolf Hitler and WWII. Today, we are at least blessed with the gift of hindsight.

With the world’s population now nearly four times that of the 1920’s, we are likely to endure an unprecedented period of economic crises and social upheavals as we struggle to regain balance. Changes to your own financial situation, your material stability and values; your entire sense of self-worth and inner need for stability become profoundly affected. Your personal earning capacity and attitudes toward money fluctuate so greatly that life undergoes a series of dramatic twists and fortune reversals.

Through the crises, 2021 will produce a tsunami of thinkers who decry capitalism, seeking to overturn the very basis of the existing economic establishment, freeing up the world’s resources and dispersing them more evenly among all people.

Dealing with the Present
How all this happens, of course, is a matter for our weekly ‘bus’ discussions. Essentially, enough distress and public uproar at the seeming inequities, abuses and incompetence of governing bodies (and cashed-up corporations) who hypocritically refuse to play along with their ‘rules’ or pay taxes will create a groundswell of dissent, which sooner or later finds the means to change financial policies and force institutions to play along with a more open and equanimous set of rules of engagement.

“Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung…We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. And most of all, we become much too passive. We overlook just how large a role we all play — and by “we” I mean society — in determining who makes it and who doesn’t.”

-Malcom Gladwell, Outliers
All this shake-up is necessary. Brace yourselves. Somewhere within, we need to get over our hidden (shadow) selves. We need to think less selfishly when we endeavour how to best pursue our extraordinarily unique aims and ambitions in order to support ourselves and those we love.

Mercury in his Retrograde Shadow
October will forcibly expose an inordinate amount of darkness out of us. It will also help us see just how much stubbornness and toxic thinking is going on, both within and between us. Mercury, already in his retrograde shadow, has entered Scorpio – home of the acerbic, fanatical mind. Among several other dynamic tizzies this month, Mercury will station directly opposite Uranus for much of October.

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Ugly, violent scenes and ‘accidents’ are not out of the question for those who inadvertently get too caught up around at the ideological extremes (left or right), seemingly disengaged from their centre. By now it’s possible to know how to keep those ‘fanatics’ at a manageable distance without diametrically opposing or becoming one of them.

This is a good time to mind our poise and our composure. The Libra Sun calls for greater tact and diplomacy in how to move forward. If you slip and lose your cool, you stand to fall, disgracefully.

Among the innumerable socio-political and environmental crises that we may see festering out there, known and unknown, it is important to remember that the real ‘epidemic’ going on around us is merely a reflection of severely complex phenomena, tinged with many variables. All this is merely a projection of what is going on within, and unless we dare to employ our inner Sherlock/Jung/Fauci, we may fail to come up with any workable solutions – only unresolved pits of anger and rage. This can be dangerous.

Essentially, we must learn that the degree to which we are affected by the exterior world and the people in it is a proportional manifestation of the energy that we are putting out there. Where attention goes, energy flows – so check out where you’re pointing that thing.

Those beings who can choose to come to light, merely observe, silently; still-fully, without the pull to become engaged in this unholy development of putrid judgement and discordance; who can exercise loving wisdom and respectful adaptability to the whole evolution of every species, composing themselves responsively from moment to moment, will survive not only to flourish but, through finding one another, hold a sacred space for what wondrous things may come upon this plane, after the fall…

Blessings, and may you have an amazing month xx "

[onawah]

Subject: Making the Decision of Your Life: FULL MOON at 09°08′ ARIES
9/30/20
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"Greetings fellow travellers,

No Full Moon speaks loudest to our indecisiveness, lack of focus and desperate urge to look outside ourselves for someone or something to prop us up; to blame or help solve our inner problems and inadequacies like the Aries Full Moon. A decision is needed, and one way or another, 'right or wrong', we must make the leap.

Like every Full Moon, the primary, most personal energies in our lives are splitting. One might say (under the current climate) that they’re tearing us apart. Our conscious side wants one thing while our instincts are pulling towards the diametric opposite. Since this lunation is all about relationships – particularly those that mean the very most to us – we are forced to make critical choices on how to proceed.

Does the person, thing or ‘other’ that we depended so much on really serve our best interests, or is it time to call it a day, move on, and clear the patch for a new and better interest? Is our uniqueness being appreciated as much as we might like, or is it just becoming too much effort to upkeep the interdependence? Are we in a complementary arrangement or is our current situation really letting us down?

These are serious questions which come amidst a flurry of extremely difficult circumstances, as indicated by the larger transits (Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto squaring Mars/Eris).

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It may very well seem like the end of the world anyway, and with the Moon’s conjunction to Chiron, there is an irrepressible urge to make a break with the inadequacies of the past and seek salvation, healing and respite somewhere completely new… even if the ‘new’ looks suspiciously identical to the old.

The point here is that we may have to cut ties with our dependencies, at least long enough to see just how dependent we’ve become and how, by taking a whole new approach (see next fortnight’s Libra Supermoon), we are thrust into looking at our relationship to the exterior world in a more pragmatic, less reliant, ineffectual and procrastinating way.

Something always has to give on a Full Moon, and whether we are aware or not, we are making an upgrade. Whether we make the right decision or not, the universe, which has no fixed agenda – just love, rallies around that decision. In essence, there is no right or wrong, only the cosmic field which is there to support you, whichever direction you wish to take.

There’s much to mull over here as we continue this journey towards the most exciting moment in our collective human experience.

Blessings, and may you have an amazing Full Moon xx "

[onawah]

VENUS IN VIRGO (Oct 3-28)ASTROLOGY OF NOW/
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/venus-in-virgo-oct-3-28/

Romance can sometimes mean sharing your succinct critique of things you like (or dislike) together with a partner; doing the tidy-up and cleaning together or for loved ones; cooking; something thoughtful and painstaking or technically complicated, even repetitive; helping others to fix or heal or sort out their act; even providing love/sex more as a service or a convenience if it pleaseth the romantic partner.

There tends to be a level of neurosis in the love-affairs with those who are native to this placement. This is because Virgo, ruled by Mercury tends to short-circuit the affairs of the heart, and in the most afflicted cases we see over-fastidiousness and critical analysis of all that is ‘good’ being torn to shreds, leaving the Venus Virgo type typically lonesome and frustrated.


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"SPOILER: When Venus enters Virgo, it’s always something… some little detail getting in the way of the romance; the thrill and enjoyment of the moment. You’ll find a way to show your affections, simply devote your heart (and spare time) to the service of others.

Romance can sometimes mean sharing your succinct critique of things you like (or dislike) together with a partner; doing the tidy-up and cleaning together or for loved ones; cooking; something thoughtful and painstaking or technically complicated, even repetitive; helping others to fix or heal or sort out their act; even providing love/sex more as a service or a convenience if it pleaseth the romantic partner.

There tends to be a level of neurosis in the love-affairs with those who are native to this placement. This is because Virgo, ruled by Mercury tends to short-circuit the affairs of the heart, and in the most afflicted cases we see over-fastidiousness and critical analysis of all that is ‘good’ being torn to shreds, leaving the Venus Virgo type typically lonesome and frustrated."

[onawah]

MA℞S squares a stationing SATURN
10/3/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/09/ma%e2%84%9es-squares-a-stationing-saturn/

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"MA℞S squares a stationing SATURN and with the SUN opposing CHIRON, there’s something about bearing witness to a moment in history so gruesome, brutal, and bizarre that could leave our gentle souls as hardened and callous as those cops who have to pick up all the scraps after an awful car crash.

No normal human being could endure such a sullen, anguished period on a daily basis and still stay sane. The part of us that has to get through these harsh, austere conditions learns that it’s best not to feel, to toughen up, maintain a stony-faced whimsy toward all the shocking and upsetting things we humans are capable of doing to one another.

For some ‘cosmic’ reason, we are practising the art of not-feeling, and it may be that some of you Mars/Saturn peeps are better at it than others, since you’ve had so many opportunities to learn.

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MARS square SATURN/PLUTO

By the end of the weekend, forces will have mounted to launch full-scale restraints upon that which they deem to be impure, contaminating or corrupt. Many noses may be put out of joint…

WARNING: Since The Pisces moon is also conjunct Neptune, I advise that all you bleeding-hearts stay right out of the trenches today."

[onawah]

Mercury Slows to Oppose Uranus
10/6/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/mercury-slows-to-oppose-uranus/

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"MERCURY SLOWS and this time next week will be flying retrograde. In a few hours, he will OPPOSE URANUS, forming the iconoclastic mentality that only relishes confuting others’ myths and illusions with its brilliant logic and irreverent wit, challenging authority and mercilessly cutting through the shim-sham of unquestioned social dogmas.

Nothing is sacred, but then, all the greatest breakthroughs were made by some daredevil who, in their time, was considered a heathen, heretic and anti-christ… simply because they transcended the world of judgements. Risky, but hey… what’s the point in playing the safe card when you’re going to go someway anyways?

Along with other transits this will be one of those weeks/months that turned everything.

Mercury Opposition Uranus: “F--- Your Opinion – Just Give Me the Facts”
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/mercury-opposition-uranus-****-your-opinion-just-give-me-the-facts/

"Mercury will oppose Uranus exactly three times over the next six weeks and thanks to its retrograde on Oct 14, the god of communication and ideas remains within ~2° orb, opposite the great disruptor, Uranus, all throughout the 5th-22nd of this month.

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This usually indicates a climactic period of high-level neuroticism and fixity of mind which, whilst contrary and erratic, its sustained effects mean that the logic, especially of others, is hard-to-follow and can often switch position violently from one attitude, idea or belief to the extreme opposite within moments.

Mercury’s intent to be absolutely persuasive doesn’t let up in Scorpio, but this violent inconstancy of mind (and there can be several flip-flops) generates such tremendous interpersonal conflict that we just come to give up entirely with individuals whose schtick not only seems unreliable, uncomfortable or hard to believe, but downright frightening.

This sustained dynamic throughout October enervates our threshold of tolerance for those ‘know it all’ types and their unapologetic ‘truth-telling’ assaults. Of course, we come to see that our utter disdain for the projected opinions of others, especially if they should conflict with our own, is merely a mirrored reflection to our own fixed views, and it is our mind’s delusional adherence to a certain idea – be it based in science, math, economics, religion or ‘magic’ that attracts the kind of convoluted arguments and debates that whip up commonly into a twitter-war kind of furore.

How do we resolve or moderate these challenges in our communications with others? The first important step is to acknowledge that we have an issue in trying to understand one another, to admit that we are prone to see things in ways which are difficult to explain in current terms. The fact that we don’t have the data, facts or even language to explain things to one another is a problem, and we must do our best to calm that inner erratic agitation in our minds, just long enough to see that we are neither here nor there, so far as getting our message across.

We are in a communicational no-man’s-land, about to cross the wild frontier, just like the folks of radio and automobiles (late 1920’s) and those of the first telegraphs and railroads (1840’s) when Uranus had again first entered Aries and later laid down new pathways of travel and communication through Taurus."

[onawah]

Playing Our Cards Close to Our Chest: The Weekend Ahead (Oct 9-11)
ASTROLOGY OF NOW, The Week Ahead

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"As above, so below they say. Well, if our heavenly players above are putting on quite an ambitious performance, one can imagine how that’s all playing out in your life.
By 18:00 UT Friday, the Venus-ruled Libra Sun will try to give off the impression that everything is fine, although squares from Jupiter and between Mars/Pluto are super tight, with some attempt to ease tensions from Venus and the Jupiter sextile to Neptune. This is seriously not time to be lulled into a false air of contentment or exuberant fancies though. There are possible perils for being too complacent.

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No matter how we paint this, things are not fine and dandy, or at least not for those who feel like the crap has gone on too long. We may conceal our true feelings at the Cancer Quarter Moon, but the cracks are beginning to show around the whole ****-show. Regardless who you are, we’re are all a little sensitive and psychologically exposed right now. For the most part, we have nothing to worry about, but we may still wish to protect our privacy, even if still keeping up appearances.

The Mars/Pluto square comes with warnings to put our furies and passions to good use, or at least keep them under wraps for the slightest little microaggression could ignite a fearsome reaction.

We are heading into dynamite times with the next couple of moons. It, therefore, behooves us to stay aware of our centre, engaging outwards only when we’re sure where to appropriate our energies to achieve the most rewarding results. Some stuff to watch this weekend:

SUN/JUPITER SQUARE
Firstly, let me say there are no winners in this. The Libra Sun, teeming with desire to make a favourable public impression crosses the punctilious Jupiter in Capricorn, who knows nothing about anything unless it’s written down in a rulebook somewhere.

There’s a lot of foolish assumptions, political stunts, false optimism and ill-considered ploys to appear better than things really are. The propensity to go over the top with over-inflated displays of wealth, well-being, academic wit and high-ground morality could backfire badly since the Sun and Jupiter are both in signs of their fall. Any ulterior motives are exposed as the weakened Sun will soon square up against the brutally ruthless Pluto, then Saturn.

MARS/PLUTO SQUARE
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Force is force. It overrides any careful planning, diplomacy, and peace. It bullies its way through even physical boundaries and, with Mars in Aries, storms its way into places where even angels fear to tread. Mars is retreating, so the usual might-makes-right, do-or-die attitude we see here is because he’s feeling cornered, a thing we must watch. Mars is a fierce warrior, even in defence. Conflict between the established powers and one’s personal struggle can turn extremely brutal, especially if Mars feels trapped by anyone with designs to impose their draconian ambitions. We have to be mindful to avoid letting such situations get out of control.

Regretfully, if pushed too far, we may see violent, even punitive behaviour, similar to that seen at the first Mars/Pluto square back in mid-August. As we remember, the whole summer in America was indelibly marked by political violence on the streets of many cities, made even crazier by a pandemic and inflammatory friction between protesters against racial injustice clashing with police, unidentified paramilitaries and armed vigilantes.

In many western countries, there were fierce street reactions, public explosions, skirmishes and hostility over corruption and abuse of power by authorities, police enforcement officers and angry protesters, prompting fears about the growth of political violence under democratic governments. Situations may again flare up to the extent where martial law may be called in, especially once Mars squares closer to Jupiter over the next week.

Fortunately, there is some glimmer of ‘hope’ in the air, for what it’s worth.

VENUS opposite the the MARS/PLUTO midpoint

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Venus in Virgo tries to create some peace and love by offering her services, doing the correct thing to sort out the tension. Her influence here may soften the harsh, repugnantly bullying Mars/Pluto tactics. But her efforts are mostly made by promising gifts and incentives as some form of bribery to quell a possible upheaval.

All of this happens during a month when the Mercury/Uranus opposition begins now to generate a sharp exchange of intellectual uncouthness. It points our attention to verbal tactlessness and ‘little accidents’ in the mail. There’s an electrical-data-epidemic of ‘telling it like it is’, even when it isn’t; refusing to co-operate or have one’s mind swayed by others, even though we may change our point of view several times throughout the course of arguing a single point.

On the back of this, there is the old “here’s hoping” if we follow the magic footsteps we might get to Shangri-La, aspect.

JUPITER SEXTILE NEPTUNE
In the background of this virus which has been running all year is this aspect between two of the mightiest gods. Although with Jupiter grounded in Capricorn, there’s not a lot of freedom to travel too far into Neptune’s Piscean waters. There’s plenty of sentimentality or plain gush for those things we miss, but infection to Neptune’s nebulous ways of undermining our ego keeps many of us at bay, especially when Pluto and Saturn, and Pallas Athena are watching over Jupiter’s sobriety and stuffy officiousness.

Grounded prayer, yoga, meditation, wishful thinking and dystopian fantasies about future societies are one thing but, in the more negative sense, tuning out altogether or becoming engrossed in implausible theories and convoluted beliefs can be a recipe for massive disillusionment, preferably before the big crash in January.

Of course, the next big event coming up for us is next week’s Libra New Supermoon, the closest this year. That’s happening at 23°♎54′, on Fri Oct 16, at 19:32 UTC, and you can see by the chart, it’s going to be a hairy one .

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Blessings, have an amazing weekend xx"

[onawah]

MERCURY Stations Retrograde Opposite URANUS
10/12/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/mercury-stations-retrograde-opposite-uranus/
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"In 24 hours, MERCURY will station at 11°♏40’℞ to go retrograde. Opposite URANUS, it serves as a reminder of how much we don’t know as much as revealing inconsistencies in our thinking.

Through our interactions, we discover how much we stubbornly adhere to what we think we know, as well as limit our growth and development when we resistantly ‘think we know everything’.

The linear narrative inside our heads (and our mental pathways) is not only being seriously disrupted, but over the next several weeks we must also undergo a period of deep retrospective inquiry into how many of the ideas we’re working with are either adopted to conform to those of others, or simply rejected outright by our intuition. Manipulation and persuasion of our minds must be a matter of consent.

Either way, it doesn’t pay to stay fixed-minded about anything. What we are keen to develop here is the ability to dig deeper, get to the source of information and either challenge its motive for distorting and manipulating facts or be somewhat satisfied that what we are perceiving will stand to ultimately guide us to the truth.

Do not slouch. Use both your intuition and your mental faculties to question any ideas that don’t seem to make sense. Everyone has a hidden motive behind why they share information with us. Ask questions, be prepared to listen and ask further questions until you understand their agenda. Similarly, be prepared to answer for the thoughts and ideas that you come to espouse. Cut ties with thoughts that are implanted in your mind simply to sell you a product or fixed outcome.

We need to get to the truth. This will take some intrepid investigation on your part.

After a period of retrogradation through Scorpio and back to Libra, Mercury will again turn direct on Nov 3 at 25°♎54′, finally reaching Sagittarius on Dec 1. One way or another, humanity is about to uncover some startling truths."

[onawah]

Shattering all Pretences and Preconceptions:
THE WEEK AHEAD – Oct 19-25
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"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

A little stress now and again isn’t inherently harmful, although it can take time for the body to calm down and restore itself back to calmness. However, the prolonged, accumulated stress that we are experiencing this year, for instance, can and does result in considerably harmful physical, psychological and social consequences This is leading us all not just to an inevitable crescendo of anxiety and depression, but into the pernicious aftereffects of being in a state of hypervigilance and irritation.


It is, by now, no secret to you all that the Saturn/Pluto combination (cruelty, hard labour), which rears its dreadful head among us during its most dynamic aspects every decade or so, is trying to squeeze the living crap out of us. I say good. I say good to all the hard dynamics, but especially this one since, for all its harshness and outright ruthlessness, it always delivers the most precious goods. Placed against Eris though, we get the sense that this isn’t just another one of nature’s little shoulder-tapping, arse-kicking transits. Here, we get the sense that this is bigger and more epic than anything before, and with big-shot Jupiter also in the mix, we come to see why 2020 isn’t just another one of those run-of-the-mill “stressful years”.

Not everyone is feeling it, of course. Some (very few) people have already done an enormous amount of ‘lightening’ work, ridding themselves of any attachments which are seen to be more of a liability rather than an asset through this remarkable transition into the new epoch of ‘light-speed’.

However, there are many still stuck in the trenches, refusing to let go of their positions, knowing full well that these are fast becoming untenable and unsustainable. Even under the Libra Sun, whose blessing upon us to ‘call-out’ the gross violations and abuses imposed under a Pluto transit, we did not stand a chance when it squared up against Pluto and his dark, foreboding stranglehold on Jupiter/Saturn just last week. The pressure mounts quite heavily on those who remain fixated to their ‘stuff’.

There is a process here which seems interminably unstoppable, and like all Saturn/Pluto transits, the worldly product is one of pure alchemy because it penetrates matter into its empirical core -its molecular structure; DNA; tribal mannerisms; cultural normatives; scientific principles, are all affected. Something enormous is occurring that in the next 12 months will recalibrate all matter into a higher form of being and interconnectedness (or eliminate it completely).

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Hence, the journey of all species and matter here on this earthly plane is currently (yes, we can safely time it to ‘now’) undergoing an immensely seminal pressure-packed cocooning stage, from whose inordinate stresses must emerge a higher form of quintessence, one which is clearly distinct from its lower forebears. Though the transition might be viewed in sympathetic terms as wholly sad, inscrutable and often rather cruel, this is the way that nature goes about its business of producing ‘miracles’.

Even the brightest stars must ultimately face their inevitable extinguishment and from this, we must know that all entities – individual or collective, by definition – must eventually confront their natural or “supernatural” nemeses and either rise to their conditional challenges to transform or meet their ultimate nullification by the forces that govern over these divine processes.

This is the story of our lives right now and when we see the transmutation taking place, both within and without, we must come to realise and accept that ‘things’ will never be the same. Nor should we want them to be. Either we will come to align with the empirical and fundamental changes or be prepared to encounter the most unspeakable grief and torment if we fix our minds to resist or deny the change.

It then becomes an expounding mystery how, in 2020, we are still driven to define ourselves by our gender, colour, creed, sexual persuasion, cultural privilege, political affiliation, affluence etc. To be drawn into heated discussions along these terms in such an age reveals just how regressed or limited our understanding is of life’s indelible principles, and this is no less mitigated by our obsessions, distractions and follies into the more insipid and banal elements of our shared reality.

This week’s transits only accentuate the massive global crises underway, and as the Sun moves into Scorpio (Thu), ruler of both Mars (lower) and Pluto (higher), we start to see the change – the death and rebirth processes that entities must undergo to ensure their survival into the next phase of the experience. The Sun joins a retro Mercury here, who, at the end of the first decanate of Scorpio, has been locked into an obstinate war of stubborn, yet coercive ideas vs Uranus. This, whilst stressful beyond logical comprehension, produces the kind of impetus that will catalyse our minds to process the kinds of extreme metamorphosing stimuli that we are about to witness in November, on all fronts.

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In this, an earthy Venus in Virgo attempts to ease the extremes of pressure we are experiencing in our love-lives and relationships with those to which we feel an immense connection. You might, for instance, see that there is a tremendous separation between you and the world you value (and which values you). You may feel disconnected with the people who love you and mean well for you. Whether this is due to nature’s violations of otherwise peaceful, everyday processes, or personally wild aberrations in how we choose to express our desires, passions, sympathies or apathies – our relationships are still in danger of being defined in ways which are limited, conditional and mean.

Only true empathy for the things we love or even despise (or love and despise us) can bless us with the spirit of unconditional love. Venus’ current opposition to Neptune reminds us that we can not hope to manifest the higher-dimensional heart space we so yearn for by drowning our spirits in whimsical reverie, unrequited pleasures and shallow pursuits (with or without the aid of booze and drugs and other “magical” accoutrements). Substance comes from the heart.

As Venus trines the Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto, squaring the Nodes, she serves us with the reminder that to get through this excruciating metamorphosis of becoming ‘lighter beings’ we must focus on having more meaningful relationships – relationships of depth. This requires sacrifice, in that we must relinquish our romance with the superficial and banal. Experiencing true relationship depth takes work, time, effort. If we spend all our time on Instagram or quibbling over the tritest and most insipid topics, we miss out on asking the big, meaningful questions.

I am both astonished and similarly unsurprised at the inefficacy of Mars to rouse the impetus and fighting spirit of most humans, especially the more masculine, who seem to cower and wilt under the current pressure, particularly in social terms. In one sense it indicates just how incapable, weakened or emasculated we feel when we fight purely for ourselves, and then only when our egos are threatened to the point of exasperation or ineffectiveness.

Mars is almost entirely out of the picture this week after a square to Jupiter sees him quivering in the corner, lambasted by a series of moral and litigious threats to his attempts to stick himself out there, ahead of others. Following a two-month period of retrograde motion, he now begins to slow, summoning up the strength and courage to act more in sync with his time. By the time Mars turns direct (Nov 13), we will start to see (only too late) what happens when we don’t act in synchrony with our inner spirit; when we fail to be brave in the face of indignation, lies and outright manipulation in honouring our integrity.

Will it be too late? Never, but as we’ve said before, retrograde Mars shows us where we develop anger and resentment for not having acted more swiftly or in ways we probably will come to regret. For this, we must pay the ultimate price, especially if we have forfeited the opportunity to demonstrate that we are indeed competent and capable of accomplishing the most extraordinary feats, just to survive, even when facing an almost certain extinguishing of our inner flame.

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I am particularly interested in Friday’s First quarter Moon which occurs precisely at 00°♒36′, the very degree of December’s epic Jupiter/Saturn conjunction. I will see you live on the Cosmic Bus this Thu/Fri to speak about this, as well as the explosive Taurus Full Moon at 08°♉38′ (Sat Oct 31, 2020) whose near-perfect conjunction to Uranus zaps us all into the higher dimension of present-tense with astounding alarm.

Needless to say, we can only imagine what shocks and revelations are in store for us all – knowing that anything that we can conceive in our minds is likely not to happen. (Uranus has a way of ruining even our most searing prophesies and brilliantly calculated expectations.) For the time being, let’s remember not to play divisive games and put each other into categories based on attributes over which we have no control. We must also learn to move on from placing historical guilt and resentment for stupid or atrocious things we or our forebears and ancestors may have done. We need to look beyond these if we are to come to see each other in present-tense ways.

Blessings, and have an amazing week xx"

[onawah]

MERCURY slows to again oppose URANUS
ASTROLOGY OF NOW
10/19/20

"Jumping to conclusions, making snap judgements, trying to persuade others to ‘think as I do’ (even though those thoughts aren’t convincing), plans that go haywire and just all-round mental skullduggery persist in our interpersonal dealings as Rx MERCURY slows to again oppose URANUS.

So why is it so hard to trust a word you hear, especially those coming out of your own mouth?

Because this is it now.
Our future is being wiped out so we (none of us) get any ideas on how ‘tomorrow’ may look. There is no tomorrow. I know it’s disconcerting, but it’s nature’s way of ensuring that no story gets to have its perfect ending. No agenda can succeed without the obligatory hitches. We are learning – the hard way – that our old narratives can no longer follow a clear, linear beginning, a middle, and an end. Time is becoming non-linear and hence, so is our reality.

The ☿ ☍ ♅ shatterfest is about introducing the great ‘not knowing’; being ready fo change; taking this moment (now) and making the most of it, remaining clueless about what is about to happen next. If you are of the ‘expecting’ kind, expect only disruptions, freakish upsets, cracks and breakages.

Mercury Opposition Uranus: “F--- Your Opinion – Just Give Me the Facts”

Mercury will oppose Uranus exactly three times over the next six weeks and thanks to its retrograde on Oct 14, the god of communication and ideas remains within ~2° orb, opposite the great disruptor, Uranus, all throughout the 5th-22nd of this month."

[onawah]

LONELY HEARTS HOTEL
ASTROLOGY OF NOW
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/lonely-hearts-hotel/

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"NEPTUNE and JUPITER have really done a number on poor VENUS lately who, in Virgo, speaks to our longing to be acknowledged by someone for our sacrifice and generosity. Do we expect too much for our efforts to be loving and kind? DO they even deserve our love; mean well for us, or are we merely being exploited, misused or taken for granted?

True appreciation can be hard to come by these days. Everyone seems consumed with keeping up defences, fiercely fending physical boundaries, beliefs, resources as MARS clashes with SATURN/PLUTO/JUPITER.

Feeling unloved or avoided can have its benefits.

The less admiration and respect we get from others, the greater our chance to develop the relationship with our inner gratitude. Sometimes unrequited love and thankless environments are actually useful that way. They help us break through any pretences and discover an inner thankfulness and self-appreciation that cannot be matched."

[onawah]

JUPITER closes in on SATURN
10/21/20/
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/jupiter-closes-in-on-saturn/

"JUPITER now closes in on SATURN at the final degrees of Capricorn. By Dec 21, 2020 the two giants will conjunct in the first degree of Aquarius, marking the 200-year end to a series of 20-yr cycles that commenced in earth signs.

The carnival is over.

The earth is spent. Humanity’s capacity to identify everything by its physical properties, appropriate its benefit purely by materialistic means and to construct a paradigm of reality that is almost completely secular has created a world almost entirely forlorn of any emotional, intellectual or spiritual values. We see how humans have gradually stripped-mined the earth and seven seas of all its available wealth; built nations on the backs of slave-labour and immigrants; exploited the resources of undeveloped nations; used animals and fossilised minerals for fuel, all driven by a gluttonous theory which glorified the ‘more-for-me/less-for you’ ideologies of liberal capitalism.

Hope you enjoyed yourselves. The earth is now all but bare, super-dry, the ice caps are melting and the entire surface is crawling with humans who haven’t a clue how to save themselves. At the end of this epic epoch, we have all been gently corralled into a holding pen, where our ultimate fate will soon be decided by those masters of the 3D-reality who hold governance over all of the materials – real or hyperinflated. These “Lords-of-the-matter” are none other than the rulers of our physical domain, who understand that all of this will soon mean nothing unless it is managed using a different paradigm – one which aims to secure its control by turning its focus to harnessing the intellectual output of all those whose ideas are deemed worthy in the new age.

Join me tomorrow on the cosmic bus [see link for details] as we discuss the current state of humanity’s transition into the ‘New Age’; the TAURUS FULL MOON’s conjunction to URANUS (Oct 31), and the last American ‘election’ (Nov 3), as we prepare ourselves to enter a lighter, more expedient way of living (or come crashing down to earth with a tremendous thump)."

[onawah]

FIRST QUARTER MOON AT 00°36′ AQUARIUS
10/24/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/first-quarter-moon-at-0036-aquarius/
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"As the SUN enters Scorpio, the MOON now draws her first quarter on the very degree where JUPITER and SATURN will meet on December Solstice. Observe what is happening with you.

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With next week's Full Moon falling on Halloween, we have confirmation that all the pagan holidays will be honoured this year by the phenomenal astronomical alignments in our skies.

We are living in blessed times. We are, in every moment, being showered with remarkable insights.

The sustained MERCURY/URANUS opposition has generated serious awareness, via our conflicts, over the control and sharing of things we own - both nice things and toxic things. These aren't things that others think they can just mess with or take from us, at least not without our consent.

Time to draw boundaries, right?

Our possessions, beliefs and social entitlements are all something by which we distinctly identify ourselves. We don't want 'others' to assume they have any power to move, remove, alter or claim any control over. Those things are ours and they're precious - they're not for public debate, and we will defend them fiercely as our own.

What if everything you thought you owned could just as be easily uploaded onto a hard drive, much like the way your mind stores thoughts as memories?

Then, doesn't it stand to reason that everything you think you own: your possessions, your experiences, your culture, your sense of identity are simply all in your mind?

What if all property just became a matter of shared intellect?"

[onawah]

Bracing Ourselves for the Big Storm:
THE WEEK AHEAD – Oct 26-Nov 1
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/bracing-ourselves-for-the-big-storm-the-week-ahead-oct-26-nov-1/

"Yes, things are messy with no visible sign that order and balance will be restored any time soon. But then, this is apparently what we all want, since nobody is really able to agree with anyone on anything right now. This is what the storm is about – ensuring that none of us is quite the same at the other end. We may try to ‘follow the rules’ until we realise these are largely arbitrary, and the best (and only) option is to go with our gut instinct, even though it sets us up for great uncertainty and chaos.

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An awful week of transits up ahead, starting with the inferior Sun/Mercury conjunction in Scorpio. Neptune’s square to the Nodes now sets us up for massive disappointments and inability to show a communal spirit. Mercury immediately retrogrades out of the intense Scorpio back into peace-seeking Libra. Meanwhile, Venus enters her domicile at the other end of Libra, where afflictions to other cardinal planets will mean that efforts to help us restore peace and balance in our lives are likely to fall flat since we are largely dealing with draconian efforts to control and curtail freedoms and liberties. We are hence more likely to merely go along with what we are being told is “the right thing to do” in order to avoid causing any arguments and unpleasantness.

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We saw this ‘default to agreeableness’ already over the past month, where a crestfallen Libra Sun struggled to see us make strong, resolute decisions. The Sun’s own cardinal crosses against Mars/ Jupiter/ Saturn/ Chiron/ Pluto/ Eris meant that we fumbled and fudged our way through, trying to stay agreeable, not having the conviction to stand up to contrary forces, hence losing a lot of integrity in the process.

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Expect more idle-sounding politics and less and less push back as retrograde Mars continues to subside without putting up any direct and appropriate action. Our little warrior has had a tough slog over these past few weeks. He has been all but shut down and locked away by the constraining G-forces acting upon him in censuring Capricorn. His only hurrah before mid-November, when he finally turns direct again, will be his opposition to Venus (Nov 10), which only emboldens our need to negotiate some interim treaty that’s fair for all.

Venus (our feminine) now sees Mars (masculine) as beaten, broken and locked away – a pitiful, emasculated sod. She braces herself to take on the harsh Capricorn cluster, now warring with Eris around Nov 15. Deals will be done, but they are only to pacify the woeful state in which we find ourselves after abjectly failing to stand up and take appropriate actions when it was necessary. We did after all say that Mars in retrograde will produce enormous regrets and much resentment.

For now, we see Mercury heading towards his own station (Nov 3), squaring Saturn for the entire first week of November. Strict consequences for our liberal ideas and views mean that the bad news causes much mental anguish. Those of you prone to worry could be plagued with negative thinking and arguing over matters which you know you cannot win, although you may become more adept at building a stronger argument for those ideas worth disputing.

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Mercury (in purple) stations direct (SD) on Nov 3
Meanwhile, the Scorpio Sun – master of executing change – gets set to face Uranus, who is in no way having change – unless it is on his own terms. We see this freakish tension manifesting in our relationship to others, where obstinate self-will, hypersensitivity, and insistence on autonomy make things difficult to get along.

Those who seem insistent that everything goes their way only irritate and alienate us further with their recalcitrant behaviour. Do not expect others to change their attitudes unless to spite you; shock you, and then hardly for sound reasons. ‘Trick or treat’ was never to be taken so literally.

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By the Taurus Full Moon (Sat), which culminates almost precisely on Uranus, the political atmosphere is likely to be nervous, highly-strung, tense and irritable; a presage for the turbulent weeks and months to come. Those in any position of authority or agency may deliberately flout convention – for no other reason than to generate wow and controversy. This, in turn, produces sudden, extreme swings in public behaviour, eccentric moods and weird notions – an instinctive rejection towards all those who express an over-identification to rigid, fanatically egotistical points of view.

Of course, we fail to see is how we, ourselves, become espoused to attitudes which are themselves unreasonable and a bit ‘crazed’. Hence, this Full Moon is tinged with insights and wake-up calls on how our own impatience and impertinence only stands in the way of producing any truly sustainable solutions, at least affording us the opportunity to put our unique ideas into practical application.


Click here to board the Cosmic Bus
Needless to say, in the prelude to the US election as well as other critical events happening around the globe this week, the world’s nervous system is charged with enormously jolting electrical impulses. We know that something is not making sense, and turn to our intuition to guide us forward. One thing we are losing patience with is Saturn’s pervasive ‘fear’ element. How we reconcile this; how we come to integrate or reject this in pursuit of greater freedoms will determine the fate of our interim journey towards more peaceable and sustainable new options.

Blessings, and have an amzing week ahead xx"

[onawah]

Controlling Our Wild, Unbridled, Inner Beast: FULL MOON at 08°38′ TAURUS
Saturday, Oct. 31
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=q75Um&mc=It&s=s4iNwR&u=Ghhv4&z=EzcuyIW&

"Greetings Fellow Travellers,

It doesn't get more intense than this now, does it? This Hallowed Full Moon moment poses an extreme either/or scenario in our lives, to which we must decide how best to proceed. If we look closely, we can see how this lunation offers unprecedented insights on how to restore some peace in our otherwise turbulent, shaky world.

Scorpio is a very controlling constellation. It affects the life-terminating processes of nature; the weeding out of all that is redundant and incapable of serving us in our quest to progress to the next level. It also selects the seed that will carry essential information into the next incarnation. Planets that pass through Scorpio seek to exact change through an intense death and transformation (rebirth) process. They act with ruthless intensity, tenaciousness and a formidable ‘do-or-die’ struggle. Those whose lives are touched by Scorpio transits are altered in extreme, irrevocable ways.

Taurus is conservative, resists change and will not budge. Planets transiting this sign seek to build strength, to become durable and to leave a lasting impression through materialising their energy into physical forms and manifestations.

The Sun in Scorpio brings awareness and consciousness to what needs to change, to seriously address it. He imbues and inspires the spirit of living beings to do something drastic to maintain their sense of survival. It makes us realise that sometimes we must go undergo severe crisis in order to exist. This urgency, tenaciousness and fearlessness to work under the pressure of its authority can be frightening to those who dislike change. Those acting under the Scorpio Sun are deemed by onlookers to be fanatics who take things too far and assume gross overestimation of their powers. Few welcome the change, and then only under extreme pressure. Hence, Scorpions tend to keep their activities dark (secretive) and generally conduct their insidious work under extreme cover.

The exalted Taurus Moon reacts to all things instinctively, yet surely. Her unconscious impulse is to cling tenaciously to all she has acquired, hold it in her close possession because she values and appreciates its beauty and enjoyment. She privately ‘feels’ to remain steadfast and firm in her position; securing her interests; banking up all those things that she holds dear; refusing to change, or give anything away unless it is in her absolute better interests.

We can see by the dichotomy of these two feminine (introverted) fixed signs that this lunation is about holding on and letting go. The antithesis of builder vs. destroyer; calm vs. storm; satiation vs. obsession; peace vs. turbulence; conservatism vs. crisis will hit us most personally. Those triggered by this extremely potent lunation (near or on 08°38′ of fixed signs) are most affected. It is the third lunation and the second Full Moon in the month of October. It is packed with surprises.

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Uranus conjunct the Full Moon at 08°41’℞
I have spoken extensively about Uranus in Taurus in other articles and in our cosmic bus discussions. Uranus is a supernatural force, which means his effects are not easy to determine by natural, scientific means. Being so tightly linked to this lunation (within 03′), we can expect extremely erratic motions, both internal and external, which only accentuates the climactic, drastic and unpredictable impact on our daily behaviours and lifestyles.

The Taurus Moon does not behave in her usual calm, measured manner here. Uranian energy produces a tremendous strain on the emotional body. Our impulse towards conservatism is accelerated and there is a stubborn adherence to resist change at any cost. We don’t want to lose what we have and there is no way we are willing to relinquish our position, even if it seems irrational and unsustainable.

Uranus is here to teach us that all ideas and relative points of view are not our own. We can either use or abuse the profound insights. Uranus in Taurus blasts us with the revelation that we must eventually let go of everything we own; detach ourselves from those things we claim to possess and which hope to possess us.

It’s time to stop fighting against the demons and pariahs of this world. The noble fight to transform our world is not out there, with others, it is within. That’s not to say that the demons and pariahs don’t exist out there – in fact we have every evidence that they are everywhere we point our attention towards. We need to stop reacting, blaming and witch-hunting against the world and turn our efforts inwards, towards restoring discipline to our powerful desire nature so that our Solar centre becomes more powerful and integrative. We can only fight the darkness with light, and that is not something we can borrow or steal from others. Nor can others feign to be the light for us. We need to tame that wild rebellious spirit, harness those scattered energies, ease those highly-strung nerves which are only detrimental to our health and well-being and towards maintaining loving relationships with the world."

[Lunesoleil]

Taurus is conservative, resists change and will not budge. Planets transiting this sign seek to build strength, to become durable and to leave a lasting impression through materialising their energy into physical forms and manifestations.

The character of Taurus changes with the transit Uranus in this sign.
Certain Taurus are not materialistic.
The peculiarity of this Full Moon in the Taurus / Scorpio axis is the opposition of the Sun and Uranus after the retro Mercury and Uranus opposition and the content of the information has changed, even in the media 'it is no longer the same speech, it's the same with Scorpio, Taurus but also Aquarius and Leo if you have personal planets in these signs: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars + the ascendant.
Motivation changes, interests change ...

:Avalon:

[onawah]

JUPITER closes in on SATURN
https://angstoic.com/2020/10/jupiter-closes-in-on-saturn/

"JUPITER now closes in on SATURN at the final degrees of Capricorn. By Dec 21, 2020 the two giants will conjunct in the first degree of Aquarius, marking the 200-year end to a series of 20-yr cycles that commenced in earth signs.

The carnival is over.

The earth is spent. Humanity’s capacity to identify everything by its physical properties, appropriate its benefit purely by materialistic means and to construct a paradigm of reality that is almost completely secular has created a world almost entirely forlorn of any emotional, intellectual or spiritual values. We see how humans have gradually stripped-mined the earth and seven seas of all its available wealth; built nations on the backs of slave-labour and immigrants; exploited the resources of undeveloped nations; used animals and fossilised minerals for fuel, all driven by a gluttonous theory which glorified the ‘more-for-me/less-for you’ ideologies of liberal capitalism.

Hope you enjoyed yourselves. The earth is now all but bare, super-dry, the ice caps are melting and the entire surface is crawling with humans who haven’t a clue how to save themselves. At the end of this epic epoch, we have all been gently corralled into a holding pen, where our ultimate fate will soon be decided by those masters of the 3D-reality who hold governance over all of the materials – real or hyperinflated. These “Lords-of-the-matter” are none other than the rulers of our physical domain, who understand that all of this will soon mean nothing unless it is managed using a different paradigm – one which aims to secure its control by turning its focus to harnessing the intellectual output of all those whose ideas are deemed worthy in the new age.

Join me tomorrow on the cosmic bus [see link for details] as we discuss the current state of humanity’s transition into the ‘New Age’; the TAURUS FULL MOON’s conjunction to URANUS (Oct 31), and the last American ‘election’ (Nov 3), as we prepare ourselves to enter a lighter, more expedient way of living (or come crashing down to earth with a tremendous thump)."

[Lunesoleil]

The cycle of Saturn and Jupiter a cycle of 20 years, the previous one in 2000 in the sign of Taurus, a sign rekative to Banks, in a square with Neptune / Aquarius and the faults of financial companies such as large financial groups, large industrialists ect . The Sub-Primes in 2008, the financial bubbles of financial products whose motive will be replaced by the bankruptcy of small businesses because of the Covid, the excuse of the banks has been found ... The conjunction Jupiter / Saturn 2020 square Uranus / Taurus, the launch of digital currency?, The transhumanism market?, Will the next conjunction in 2040 be more favorable?

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[onawah]

MOON ENTERS GEMINI, MERCURY STATIONING SQUARE SATURN
https://angstoic.com/2020/11/moon-enters-gemini-mercury-stationing-square-saturn/
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"Just as we might have imagined, the hazing effects of NEPTUNE’S square to the nodal axis are subtly starting to seep through. Although the collective vibe is still very communicative, the glamorising effects of Neptune are smearing the lens of both Nodes, discrediting Sagittarius’ exorbitant beliefs whilst undermining the veracity of Gemini’s facts and data. Ideas transmitted through visual imagery, TV and electronic media have reduced all politics, news, history, science and other serious topics to just mere entertainment.

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We are not strangers to this circus by now. Neptune’s semisquare to Uranus (2016-19) has hypnotically placed us under all sorts of altered states and our reality has more or less been turned into a global reality-TV saga, one where around 3.5 billion users are all starring in their own personal Truman show…

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The fully glowing Gemini Moon just swerved into Gemini and until she passes over the North Node in about 48 hours, it’s gonna look like Crazytown Central, probably in a town just near you.

Gemini’s Ruler Mercury has been retrograde for last three weeks, now stationing around 25°♎54′. Will our all-round cosmic postman deliver the mail, or will it be soaking wet? A sustained square to Saturn means that all media is currently under close scrutiny, and we are developing a threshold of intolerance for a certain degree of nonsense.

But then, who’s the arbiter and judge of who, in this old mess?

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In any case, the news will keep us tense and irritable for another couple of weeks until around Nov 17, when shocking results are outright rejected. Then we shall see just how mean Mercury Scorpio can turn when he’s obstinately opposed by that stubborn freak, Uranus in Taurus.

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The civil discord generated by this rare ☿ SD □ ♃/♄/♇ □ Eris right now is utterly out of control. This is the ‘election’ to end all elections…

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Opinions are just emotions, flipping from one moment to the next; polls unreliable and subject to the whims and fancies of prevailing winds. Most exposed to mood fluctuation, gaslighting and psychic invasion during the Moon’s square to Neptune, around 22:00 (EST) Tuesday. Nothing is serious and nothing is real that isn’t simply an emotion, messing your mind.

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“We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn’t, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least, had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares.

But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another – slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.” In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us.

This book is about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right.”

― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, (1985) "

[Lunesoleil]

3 - 11 - 2020 = 2034 = 9 the hermit in the Tarot de Marseille, the time factor, moderation, reflection (Saturn) the path conjunction Pluto the transformation, in Capricorn a crossroads since in turn in conjunction with the planetary nodes on the other. We know the nodes of the Moon, there are also the nodes of Mercury, Venus, Mars ect The South Nodes of Saturn and Pluto are in Capricorn and Pluto has been in conjunction with the South Node of Saturn and conversely Saturn has been in conjunction with the South Node of Pluto. 2020, the mirror year, the year of the manifestation of the egregore of all the negative thoughts of humanity, it is true that the effects we have felt them well. The chaos of a consumer world, which responded to a different way of consuming. The end of a world which is going badly and which will take years before regaining a form of serenity? A single breath of krishna is equivalent to countless lives

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[Lunesoleil]

This Mercury retrograde was so powerful with its forces, I've experienced it myself as well as seeing few others around me have difficulties with their ways of communicating, with relationships, changes in living situations, sudden cancelations with contracts, etc.

I wonder if there were any causes other than planetary formations behind this..

It is obvious, because with Mercury it is the thought, the cogitations of the critical mind, causing situations where we will be confronted with our own shadows. Mercury / Hermes (an asteroid) the messenger of the Gods and astrological nature takes all its meaning according to the aspects with the other planets in our sky of birth and in the world. Mercury retrograde is like the effect of the Full Moon or the quality of the wine which will be mediocre or excellent to taste. It depends on many identification parameters. At the start of the Covid in the February / Mars world Mercury was in conjunction with Neptune at the start of its phase, manifestation of the virus / Neptune. October / November opposition Uranus and Mars, anger, the agitation of conscience, the inner revolution ... I have written many articles on retro Mercury ...

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[onawah]

MOON IN CANCER
11/5/20
https://angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/123365050_3171589496278525_8466841108093450597_o.jpg"The Moon is finally out of the voluble Gemini and currently in volatile, vulnerable Cancer. Over the next 24-36 hours, Luna forms all kinds of harsh, cardinal contacts across several planets.

Yes, you’re going to be emotional about everything going on in your home universe right now. Everything is coming to a head, and, after all, you are human.

Chances are that you haven’t been sleeping well lately. Your body is missing out on much-needed exercise, probably not watching your diet or hydrating. Lay off the hooch – it’s not the way to deal with serious matters.

The situation at the moment is dire and can be acutely stressful. If you are the sensitive kind, the stress can take its toll on your delicate body. If you’re feeling exhausted or burnt out, you’re likely going to feel especially emotional by this time tomorrow.

Understand, that in the weeks ahead, we are all about to experience some monumental life-changes – all of us. No, things will not keep on being this way any longer. Nor are we likely to return to how it used to be either. No matter how you may romanticise the past, it wasn’t nearly as good as you think it was.

Big, necessary change means exactly that, and whilst few of us willingly like to change, the crisis we are currently experiencing was inevitable. Nothing can exist on shaky foundations forever and let’s face it, who in their right mind was able to warn you about that. The silliness had to end some time. If you’re feeling especially nervous about all this then your emotions may be running off the charts. You might find yourself wanting to cry more easily, unsure why you’re even crying in the first place.

Many people may be overcome with an overwhelming sense of grief, their past traumas triggered. Avoid engaging with those who are likely to upset you, who feed into negative emotions like fear, shame, guilt, anger, and sadness. It’s wise not to get into arguments with anyone during this period. Respect one another’s common humanity. Remember, we all go through low moments where we need to be held with respect, even if we do not agree. Friend or foe, treat them with kindness. Avoid the temptation to be mean, even if “they had it coming”. You are much bigger than that.

If you cannot reconcile with your feelings, if you are feeling seriously anxious or depressed or you suffer from a known emotional disorder, do not hesitate to reach out to loved ones or seek appropriate treatment.

Moods will shift again into the weekend, you will see. Of course, you are ok. It’s only feelings and we must sit with these, let them wash over our bodies. These too will pass."

https://angstoic.com/2020/11/moon-in-cancer/

[onawah]

MARS NOW STATIONING
11/6/20
https://angstoic.com/2020/11/mars-now-stationing/

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"MARS is now stationing and after two months in retrograde will turn direct at 15°♈14′ next Friday. His quincunx to the SUN today comes as the MOON forms a cardinal grand cross against JUPITER/SATURN/PLUTO, MERCURY (also SD) and ERIS

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The degree of emotional tension and irritability is high, making it difficult to direct energies efficiently and meaningfully. When anger and resentment become prevalent it causes inner inflammation and feverish attitudes, manifesting as arguments and accidents. It may seem as though we are torn in half, divided both within and amongst ourselves.

It is wise to stay aware that big changes are happening. Nothing can stay the same. We are all embroiled in a massive cosmic realignment and the seemingly random and mundane events that have upset us so over the past few months are now all coming to a climax, about to reveal the universal master plan. Our earth has become a Petri dish for the evolution of consciousness in this vast cosmic arena. The endless cruelties and rivers of blood spilt by emperors, tyrants and generals so that, for a brief historic moment of glory and triumph, they could become the immortal masters over the will of all others are coming to an end. Let’s try to hold ourselves together, now.

Our ego-clad posturings, our perceived self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe are now being challenged by the full force of SOLAR light coming from the constellations of Scorpio. Consider the rights and needs of others. Make a little space in your heart for real change and transformation."

[onawah]

LAST QUARTER MOON at 16°37′ LEO
11/7/20
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"The MOON’s entry into our playfully indulgent Leo side has already received a shocking ‘coming-down-to-earth’ slap across the puss from URANUS in Taurus. Luna’s now imminent square to the controlling Scorpio SUN (Last Quarter), will see some of us receive an invective bite which, although necessary sometimes, can feel utterly humiliating if not mortally insulting.

We often spoil the things we love because, well… we think they’re so damned cute and darling in their ways. Yet, what starts out as just a bit of indulgent fun can often get out of hand, turn into blind insatiation (or addiction) and then it’s hard to reign it in again.

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Eventually, our ‘pets’ get so out of control that we have to pull out the nasty stick just to restore a bit of sanity. Nobody wins when things have to get critical and mean.

I mean… look: Nearly all our most cherished predilections and obsessions come with a shelf-life. They must be kept under check, occasionally refreshed or renewed, otherwise one day they will turn into malignant crap. When left unattended, the things we fetished over and enjoyed, that once fulfilled and helped us grow, can poison us and make us sick.

This fixed Last Quarter Moon provides awareness to the fact that those ‘old favourites’ and pet-loves can bring us some degree of joy for some time, but when their shelf-life has expired, those same fanciful preferences could turn quite toxic, harmful and we gotta bring ourselves to put them down and move on with our lives.

Like an old lover that you now despise, or that little daily treat that’s left you 25 pounds heavier, or that cute puppy which has turned into an insufferable bitch – it’s time to take some severe action.

Leading up to the Scorpio New Moon (Nov 15) we come to realise that drastic change is absolutely vital to our well-being. It’s time to see where we have let our indulgences and ‘fancies’ come to spoil and be prepared to cut them out, completely."

[Lunesoleil]

This direct return from Mars is a good thing for Trump, will only help him for a time to bring these efforts together for a specific purpose that we know today. Hopefully Neptune at the midpoint of its Full Moon axis will not have lost it in the fisherman's net. Let's keep hope, is this his only chance?

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