Two Yods blossom in the sky today. The
first is between Moon, Mars, Venus/Sun with the Moon at the apex.The
second is between Moon/Chiron/Venus and Sun with Venus/Sun at the
apex. Either way, the apex of both yods answer to Venus. One end
answers to tactile Venus as it relates to Taurus. The other relates
to the air concepts of Venus as it relates to Libra.
The Yod with the Moon at the apex deals
with how we walk our truth (or not) in partnerships thus creating
stability and reflecting our own self worth or, conversely, how we
compromise our beliefs in an effort to maintain partnerships thus
also speaking of our own stability and self worth.
The Yod with Sun/Venus at the apex
shows us how what connects us sometimes also separates us. We are
connected through our collective pain just as much as through the
concept of ethereal love. The difference is ethereal love pushes us
to move past or dissolve boundaries and become more open. Collective
pain typically prompts us to build walls and hide away in efforts for
self-preservation. Of course, it doesn't ALWAYS work that way. For
example, two people who have nothing in common other than an illness,
will likely be able to connect through shared experience of their
illness. It all depends on how a person handles themselves in light
of their pain and the energy at hand.
The Sun/Venus Yod shows us how we allow
our little secret pains to affect the way we choose partners and how
we react to Venus energy (whether we shun it as a weakness or embrace
it).
Relating and partnerships are going to
be reborn as topics of conversation (be they internal or external) in
the coming few weeks. Mercury re-enters Libra today at 1:27 PM. I
think we need conversations like this because I feel that conscious
partnering is an elusive and long forgotten art. At the same time,
above and beyond romantic relationships, the world as a whole has
forgotten how to talk to one another.
The problem, though, lies in the shadow
of both a Mercury retrograde and Mercury in Libra. Mercury in Libra
does NOT like to talk about things that may not be polite. It also
does not like to directly speak about what it wants. Mercury in Libra
hints and alludes to what it would like you to do instead of asking
you outright. I find this maddening.
That being said, remember I'm speaking
of the shadow of Mercury in Libra not the whole picture. At Mercury
in Libra's highest expression, its speech and mannerisms of speaking
are passionless. A well functioning Mercury in Libra weighs out fact
against opinion. Then, it speaks directly, intelligently, logically
and bears in mind the mentality of its audience speaking neither
above or below but directly to.
On the other hand (a well loved Mercury
in Libra phrase), the shadow of Mercury in Libra will frame speech
around only smoothing things over and making things look good on
paper. It forgoes emotional interplay, which in conversation, are
kind of important. Its very detrimental to conversation to believe
that we are not humans with emotional bodies and those emotional
bodies affect how we think and interpret information.
The shadow will delay making decisions
while it searches for opinions from others rather than being able to
stand in its own mentality and speak from that perspective. The
problem with that comes because there is a person under that Mercury
in Libra who has their own opinions and needs. After a time of
denying themselves and putting more weight on “what everyone else
thinks,” the faulty Mercury in Libra can become resentful and begin
swinging its sword indiscriminately at whoever or whatever is present
in the moment.
The more positive expression looks for
all sides of the story and may take longer to form a decision due to
that fact. In turn, these high functioning Mercury in Libra traits
make for excellent judges, public relations professionals, marketers,
sales people, politicians, negotiators/mediators and writers. The
elusive smooth talking shadow side, however, can silver tongue its
way into persuading people to follow it right to their detriment
under the veil of hidden agendas. Both shadow and high expression
know exactly what “the other” wants to hear and speaks that
language fluently. The difference in the outcome, of course, lies in
Mercury in Libra's intent as well as its concept of justice and
fairness. So, at the same time, Mercury in Libra can be the biased
judge, the shady politician, the snake oil salesman, the
negotiator/mediator that enters a situation with a personal agenda,
and the writer who uses rhetoric to sway the public toward their own
opinion.
Some famous Mercury in Libra natives
include:
I'll let you draw your own conclusion
about which side of the shadow/light they fall upon.
During Mercury's trek through Libra, we
will likely hear a lot of debates about what is fair or unfair, just
or unjust. I STRONGLY urge everyone to look at facts and question
everything before drawing any personal conclusions. Watch for plays
to the emotions in an effort to sway public opinion and demand the
truth. We will likely hear a lot of “everything is ok” from many
sources, when it isn't. Subsequently, we could also hear a lot of
speech directed at inducing an emotional response without any factual
evidence to back up the claims. Yep. We are going to have to think
for ourselves in a lot of instances.
After Mercury re-enters Libra, the Moon
squares Jupiter in Leo at 1:49 preceding the Sun's sextile to Jupiter
at 7:18 PM. Your ability to channel the positive expressions of
Jupiter come into play. On the negative end of the equation,
Moon/Jupiter can prompt a person to overreact to an emotional
situation and completely blow things out of proportion while
Sun/Jupiter can prompt a person to become full of themselves and
self-righteous in their actions. On the more positive end of the
spectrum, Moon/Jupiter can bring perspective and optimism to the
potentially high emotional interplay while Sun/Jupiter defaults to
humility and generosity. Right now, with Sun/Venus in Libra in the
sky, many are prone to be over accommodating. We want things to be
nice and pretty. But, when in reality, things are NOT nice and pretty
and we try to sprinkle glitter on it instead of addressing the truth
in the situation nothing truly gets resolved. Instead, the ugly is
left to rot and mold under the glitter becoming more and more of an
eyesore that no one wants to talk about.
After this Jupiter action, the Moon
steps up to bat with Saturn in Scorpio at 8:49 PM. This aspect can
bring emotions that sound like a long, dull gong. It can be
uncomfortable and depressing. Or, it can lend stability in light of
an otherwise potentially high emotional day.
Act responsibly today. Work on what
needs to be worked on so that by tonight with the opposition to
Saturn, you have that satisfaction to fall back on. Don't fall prey
to the potential self-aggrandizement that can come from Sun/Jupiter
and the waning Fire Trine (which also holds the potential for
impulsiveness). Instead, give yourself some space in light of high
emotions to think things through thoroughly. Again, all the
information is not in yet with Mercury moving backward in the sky.
Give the situation time to develop before you make a final decision.
I'm not talking procrastination here, or the delaying of decisions
because they won't be well received, or masking over the important
issues to keep up appearances. I'm just recommending that you give
yourself time to weigh out all your options logically before blowing
up the bridges before or behind you.
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