This is the Dawning
For some of us who identified whole-heartedly with the ideas of the late 1960s, this year’s Neptune, Chiron and Jupiter conjunction in Aquarius is particularly evocative. It’s a celebration of our entry into the wonderful world of astrology.
And it was the sign Aquarius that held open the door.
Forty years later, the hippie theme song “The Age of Aquarius” from the musical “Hair” carries a
Eclipse of the Heart
Everybody I know is heavy’d-out right now, which I see as very encouraging. It’s Eclipse Season. If you’re feeling the intensity permeating the atmosphere it means you’re not shut down.
The first lunation of this series was at the Solstice last month, when the Sun was in its full-throttle summer dignity. (The word solstice derives from the Latin [sol]+ stare [to stand].
July 2009
Knowledge and Knowing
Like the scientists, mystical thinkers honor Einstein as extraordinary; but from a somewhat different point of view. For us, the wispy-haired old fellow with the unforgettable eyes exudes a wisdom that trumps intellectual smarts.
In fact he was prodigious on both scores: that of mental acuity (Aquarius) and spiritual understanding (Pisces)1. I can’t think of another scientist whose face has been reproduced on postcards, lapel buttons and tote bags. Though Western culture tends to reserve the word “genius” for people gifted in conceptual thinking, those of us who hung posters of Einstein on our dorm room walls did so for other reasons. I, for one, was enchanted by the rumor the.
Love and Pain
The Super Conjunction is about to be broadsided by the Goddess of Love and her consort.
As July opens, Venus will square the conjunction from Taurus to Aquarius. On the 6th, Mars will do the same, and on the 10th Jupiter and Neptune reach exactitude again. This puts our focus on relationships; with all the heat (Mars), attraction (Venus), pain (Chiron) and dreams of escape (Neptune) that relationships entail.
Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
Americans have trouble understanding that what comes up must come down. The collective entity that is the USA has Jupiter (inflation, increase) conjunct the Sun.
Everyone surely realizes, at this point, that what was happening before the housing bubble burst last fall was crazy and fraudulent; yet the media is still talking about “prices returning to normal.” What standard of normalcy are they referring to?
June 2009
Our Brothers' Keeper
Any readers out there with late Aquarius in your chart? If so, you are personifying The Big Meltdown.
The whole world is melting, as the transits are making clear with tragic-comic literalness. And individuals of an Aquarian bent are embodying this amazing process on a personal level. Therefore Aquarians1 have a particular responsibility to become conscious of what this transit means. Their job is to model the multi-leveled liberation that is its ultimate purpose.
Boom
Mercury, Mars and Venus are now in Taurus. This is the sign that governs things of worth. In the American mind, this archetype translates, simplistically and emphatically, as money.
Meanwhile, Pluto (destruction) is still almost exactlyopposed to the US Venus (values). The country as a collective intelligence is confronting some very ugly truths about its use of resources.
The Surrealism of Size
Most of us have the sense that something big is happening in the world right now. What’s going on in the sky certainly spells this out, especially the part about Neptune (universality) conjoining Jupiter (expansiveness). But a closer look at the meaning of this pair suggests that this Big Something we feel happening is more than big.
It’s a different kind of big.
Neptune (surrealism) and Jupiter (size) are easing into their spectacular first conjunction the end of this week.
Deceit on Capitol Hill
The transit of the year is coming to a head. As the Aquarius conjunction gears up for its peak (May 27th through the 31st) on the US Moon, Americans find themselves contemplating an ethical controversy of the classic American type. Illogic mixed with outraged bluster is creating a tempest of feigned righteousness. Is Pelosi lying, or is the CIA lying?
Let’s Make Him Do It
Everybody’s talking nice aboutgreening the economic recovery (if “recovery” is the right word for the ongoing suicide of free-market capitalism).
At the recent G20 summit in London there was plenty of lip service paid to emissions trading to reduce greenhouse gases. The trouble is, several of the signatory governments are getting cold feet; Uncle Sam being a notable example.