Overview
Welcome to the
post-ecliptic! This is a very busy week in the skies. Quite a bit of
the ecliptic keeps revealing itself. Mars is tasked with balancing
himself against Jupiter Rx in Libra; then, stabilizes with a trine to
Saturn at the end of the week. Both the Sun and Mercury conjunct
Neptune in Pisces leading up to a conjunction of their own next week.
The Last Quarter Moon comes in at the end of the week too pitting
Gemini energy against Pisces demanding flexibility under very mutable
sky. The big news, I'm thinking, is that Venus turns retrograde
tasking us to review and re-assess our relationship with our self,
matters of self-worth and personal value.
Monday, February 27, 2017
This morning the Moon is
still active in Pisces and leaving a sextile with Pluto at 4:26 AM.
This brings potential restorative power to the emotional body along
with a bit of grounding, which I'm sure we all could use. The Moon is
fairly quiet through the biggest part of the morning. Her first major
aspect comes through a conjunction with Chiron in Pisces at 1:10 PM.
This is followed by a square to Saturn at 6:09 PM which ushers our
fishy Moon into Void status.
While the Moon is active,
though, Mars opposes Jupiter Rx in Libra taxing us to bring balance
to the me/we axis via the two. Mars is active, mobile, initiating and
found in Aries is quite a warrior. In opposition to Jupiter, he could
veer toward over-reach, over-promising oneself or over-estimating
what it is we are capable of doing. We may also be called to assess
how much of what we engage in is based upon the expectations of
others. Or, it could even reflect past actions we have taken in
relationships giving us a chance to see how we may have acted out of
selfishness or how we acted appropriately. While Jupiter is
retrograde in Libra, it is common for to be shown a reflection of
ourselves in relation to others be that returned acts of kindness or
something less than savory.
Actions are potentially
aggrandized here and at the low end could indicate a need to be more
graceful and generous in relation to how we engage with others. As a
matter of fact, walking with grace, joy, generosity and humility are
wonderful expressions of this energy. Of course, the tendency to
over-promise one's self or to become overly accommodating causes the
pendulum of this axis to swing off center just as much as being
overly selfish and brutish. Balance what you are motivated to do
against the potential impact it may have upon your relationships.
The Sabian Symbols for this
opposition read as follows:
Mars headed toward 23
Aries: Woman in summer dress carries a precious veiled burden.
According to Dane Rudhyar, this translates to “first maturity
of conscious life in any experience. Sense of value and delicacy or
wastefulness. Innocence.
Jupiter headed toward 22
Libra: A child laughs as birds perch on an old fountain and drink.
Rudhyar delineates, “Intuitive understanding of simple souls in
spiritual matters. Youthful life enjoyment. Fresh grasp of the soul's
need.”
Keeping it simple and
imbuing actions with joy and generosity are certainly good ways to
go. Noticing simple magics and allowing yourself to be uplifted by
ways of simple entertainment fit well. Team sporting activities work
well here too since it does show us the benefit of working together
toward a common cause or goal. Just be wary of the pitfalls I
mentioned before. Be gently assertive but instill grace into action
while also walking your truth.
As the Moon meets Chiron we
could see exactly where we have bias, fear or pain that may have
prevented us from relating to others authentically. It's an elusive
ache though. It could also show us how over-extending, over-promising
or being over-accommodating with others has caused us to shoot
ourselves in the foot. If that is the case, again, work to balance
out the scales.
The square from the Moon to
Saturn can be depressing and cumbersome. However, it could also bring
much needed boundary and grounding as we deal with a heavily Neptune
laden sky. We wash up on shore a bit. We can wash ashore and get our
feet underneath us.
The Moon enters Aries just
before midnight tonight. That shift will lead us into busyness over
the next few days. Pace yourself.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Today the only major aspect
from our Lunar Goddess is a conjunction to Venus in Aries at 9:55 PM.
Sounds easy enough, right? An opportunity to feel a little more
lively and inclined to focus upon personal desires and pleasures.
But, here's the thing. Venus
is only minutes from her retrograde station. She is vibrating at a
standstill causing her powers to be particularly astute. The caution
here is being too focused on what we want and feel we need. Overly
selfish and too focused on self. Now being selfish in the realm of
self-care is never a bad idea. Treating yourself is not necessarily a
bad thing either. Yet the biggest call of this conjunction is to
bring our awareness to Venus' incoming retrograde.
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| The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks |
Venus will station retrograde at 13 Aries 09 on March 4. She travels all the way back to 26 Pisces 55 where she will turn direct on April 15. She will exit her shadow on May 19.
Her retrograde begins on the
Sabian Symbol for Aries 13: A bomb that failed to explode:
There was danger. We may not have even known about the threat until
we found the bomb that did not explode. At that time, our mind races
with what “could” have happened but fortunately did not. This
gives us a renewed sense of what is important and also reminds us
that tomorrow is not necessarily promised. Of course, we also start
to wonder about how the bomb got there. Who put it in place? What we
can do to shore up security and keep something like this from ever
happening again? The failed threat causes us to think and may
catalyze a feeling of both fear (what if there are more) and relief
(thank goodness it didn't go off). In that process of thinking, we
contemplate ourselves thus learning more and perhaps fostering a
change in perspective. This was likely a very stirring wake up call
in which we should understand that things could have been much worse.
This
degree is relevant on an off throughout the year. Since Venus was
here on Sunday's eclipse and Taurus was rising in the US eclipse
chart, it denoted the symbol for the chart ruler. It gains relevance
again during the Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius on August 7 as the ruler
for the Moon, Uranus Rx, falls here. Then, it comes round again
during the Full Moon in Aries in October as the Moon itself falls on
this degree. So we may have more than one close call or narrow escape
to deal with as we get further into the year.
Venus
turns direct on the symbol for 27 Pisces: The harvest moon
rises in translucent Autumnal skies.
Pisces
does bring resolution and harvesting of what we've previously sown to
a degree. The latter degrees of Pisces bring a finality prior to a
new cycle which begins in Aries. So, yes, some culmination is to be
expected. We have potential to manifest from the seat of creativity
and dream. We reap what we have sown. Venus on this degree encourages
us to greet the day gently and with wonder realizing the beauty that
is all around us in the most simple of things. Those everyday types
of miracles that we often overlook. This is especially true since
Venus will also turn direct in square to Saturn.
This
degree is highlighted during our Full Moon in Virgo in mid-March as
the ruler of that Moon, Mercury, falls on this degree. Information
regarding the retrograde may reveal itself at that time. It comes
into play again at the Full Moon in Libra on April 11th
with Venus herself sitting upon it just prior to turning direct.
Needless
to say, the Venus retrograde will be a subtle influence that will
bear affect in other planetary movements as well as during our next
set of eclipses. I typically find Venus Rx periods almost
unnoticeable. Though, I believe this is due the fact I have Venus
square Saturn which can mimic what a retrograde period of Venus feels
like. It can call us to minimalism by choice or by force. Plus, it
may also bring echoes of relationships past to the fore so that we
are given opportunity to re-assess the happenings from a more mature
perspective and glean lessons from the previous interactions.
Have
you ever taken broken pieces or scrap gold and had it melted down and
cast into a nugget or new piece of jewelry? That's the metaphor I'm
getting for the incoming Venus retrograde. The “gold” can be
equivalent to reshaping value systems and matters of self-worth as
well as recasting our relationship with ourselves...not to mention
redefining what we feel is of personal importance.
There
are times when we place more importance on worldly goods and glamours
only to discover that the intangible matters of the heart bear much
more importance. This will also be part of Venus' retrograde lesson
and can be likened to the story of King Midas.
As
for today, it is indicated to take things slow and easy. Take note of
what you feel is valuable and do indulge in a pleasure or two if you
can. Gentle self-care is a good expression here. Just be wary of
becoming overly focused on personal desires resulting in selfishness
and disregard for others. If you can share your blessings, do so
liberally.
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