Daily Astrology for Thursday, July 24 by Eric Francis
The Sun, newly in Leo, makes an exact conjunction to Jupiter at 4:43 pm EDT Thursday (21:43 UTC). That’s about as bright as the Sun gets, and it’s a heck of a lot of gravity pulling on Earth (Jupiter is 1,200 times the size of the Earth though not as dense, plus the Sun). At the same time, the Moon is closing in toward new phase. Technically known as Balsamic phase, this happens when the Moon is waning within 45 degrees of the Sun. Currently, the Moon is in late Gemini, about to trine Mars. It will ingress Cancer at 10:59 pm EDT (01:59 UTC).
The image presents a bit of a contradiction between a highly energized Sun, and the Moon in the phase of rest, healing and repair. If you’re inclined, I suggest that you follow the Moon at this point, take it slow and allow yourself to recharge in laid-back mode on all of that intense solar-Jupiter energy that is pouring through Leo at the moment. The Moon will be in Cancer for a couple of days, a good time for a home-based retreat if you can do it. Note that it’s in this slightly anesthetized recharge state that Mars makes its entry into Scorpio on Friday, just ahead of Saturday’s New Moon conjunct Jupiter in Leo.
A Mars sign change might not ordinarily be so significant, but this one comes after nearly eight months of Mars in Libra. It’s likely to come with some strong sensation or presence, as Mars is moving from a sign in which it feels compromised into a sign where it’s fully able to express itself. And when it does that, the next thing that happens is that it gradually forms a square to Jupiter in Leo, which is exact Aug. 1, as the Moon is waxing and strong. I recognize there may be a languid sense of existence with the Moon so close to new and with Mars in the very last degrees of Libra.
I am aware that other people are reporting a sense of mental crisis or instability, which I could account to Jupiter in Leo or other factors. I think that what anyone experiencing mental turbulence may be experiencing is the sensation of change, or as the case may be, imminent change.
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Should have said your 9th house Pluto Holly. Sorry for that mistake./be
Hi Holly, you might already be aware that transiting Neptune (in your 1st house) has been opposite your natal Mercury and will be returning again later (Feb., 2015). Right now trans. retrograde Neptune is forming a quincunx with your natal Chiron (teacher) in your 6th house, so you are, and will be, reflecting back to the late March-most of April period of time (when Neptune was moving direct and quincunx your Chiron). This might explain your increased desire to learn more about astrology.
By early September this will pass as transiting Saturn conjuncts your 1st house Pluto for the first half of the month. Then about the time trans. Saturn reaches a sextile to your Sun (mid October), trans. Jupiter will square your Pluto (after having been conjunct your Vesta). Trans Saturn and Jupiter are likely influencing your perceptions of and participation in your society’s cultural and political activities.
Note on a calendar the periods of May 2015, late September through most of October 2015, late February 2016 through mid March, most of May 2016 and most of October 2016, between late February 2017 through 2/3’rds of March, 2017. These are the periods when transiting Uranus will form quincunxes (adjustments) to your natal Pluto or Sun, activating their natal sextile.
Just before that series of quincunxes from Uranus (sudden change, breakthroughs, rebellion, instant insight) to your Pluto and Sun begins, transiting Uranus will also square your natal north and south nodes and conjunct your natal Eris. This could signal the opening (and/or closing) of “doors” and present you with life-changing opportunities; even impulsive decisions. If it were me, I’d be looking forward to that, in spite of the wear-and-tear on my nerves!
be
Thanks Holly!
Would you help a bit by adding some dates, such as when you moved to AZ (not the exact day but the season) and when you started college? Please add the seasons of the big changes.
Thank you!
ef
Well, since you asked Mr. Francis. Here’s what happened then. All my life has been defined by moving. Until I was in 6th grade I was in CT moving from town to town. If you are familiar with that area, it can be a bit Rockwell-ish. The towns in order: Suffield, Roxbury, Sharon, Washington Depot. I finished elementary school in Washington. Public school up til 4th grade, private up til 6th grade. 2001 until June 2003, I was in private school. I actually liked it even though it felt a bit stuffy. I participated in a lot of sports. Then we moved all the way to Arizona. I was frieghtened then, because I was leaving my friends behind. However, I instantly loved AZ. The people were friendly, everything was beautiful. I eagerly liked my CCD class. I was raised Catholic. Now, I see it was Jupiter’s work. I never felt so happy and helpful in my life to this extent. After 10th grade, we moved back to CT. The town is called Groton. I completed high school their. My neighborhood was a little point surrounded by the sea. It’s like a 10 minute walk from my house. College time was my low point. Being autistic, I loved how structured everything was in K-12. Even though I made some flub ups, someone was there to help me up. In college, you were on your own. By no means was it bad, I enjoyed it, but I got a bit TOO lost. The cafeteria food was a MAJOR improvement over grade school fare. Maybe not the private school, they had an actual chef. Then we moved to my current residence, Avon CT. I was so alienated before I discovered astrology. It was a major decision to go back to school. I know that Jupiter is coming back again, this time i won’t be off guard, ha ha. This is my life in a nutshell.
Holly, what was the story of your life in 2001-2003? That will tell you a few things.
Holly, a couple ideas that may be helpful… Grab a ‘paper’ copy of your birth chart, a copy of Isabel Hickey’s “Astrology: a Cosmic Science” (best book for initial baking), and perhaps Alan Oken’s “Soul-Centered Astrology” (one of my favorites), and stare,.. and read,.. and stare. Create stories, find personal relevance, and always be open to your ‘own’ interpretation, and be willing to ‘change’ your perception when you find it personally applicable. I find that the nighttime is more conducive for my intuitive self but, you may differ.. explore.
Personally, I believe ‘you’ are the best person to interpret your chart. You can know yourself better than any ‘professional’ ever will be able to (their place, in my opinion, is to share insights that spark your own creative capacity).
Good to hear you here. Much luck with your studies, personal and public.
Peace,
Jere
Hi Holly I’ve looked at your chart because sometimes i wonder if i am a high functioning autistic or, if I just think far too much on my own terms. I also remember being at a point in astrology where i wished it were show and tell too. And I also didn’t want to afford a reading because what if you get an answer that takes you a direction you weren’t gonna be going. Although I still needed a good reading, that much is true. And I got good readings — but i had to find perspectives that i could couch them in.
Well, you have Mercury in Virgo in whole sign 8th house (i have mercury in Virgo in the 4th house) so you are going over things with some scrutiny. and you are absolutely right most people don’t have time for such questioning and deconstructing things- Also, all your planets are in the upper hemisphere of the chart, though Saturn, if whole sign, would be 1st but then by progression would retrograde back to 12th. upper hemisphere= external world. i’m betting you think people play a lot of games that you’re just not interested in. know the feeling, but i’m a total hypocrite in that regard… i have Gemini Rising which is games, games, games. i think planet waves a good place for you due to straight-shooters and complexity, but it will always only be clues with the answers when your mind-body-brain-spirit is ready.
hope that helps. false hope and promises not good but hey- there’s always more hope and growth in store for higher functioning people. because that’s what that prognosis is, really. my doctor, and i do have one, doesn’t even get that. i need a new one. also a therapist but i need a recommendation and for that person to be somewhat convenient to me, and to take the right kind of insurance and not too much of the bank account, etc. etc. etc.
Wish there was a natal chart show and tell. I don’t have the money to get it professionally analiysed. http://www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?cid=2wifileNSCBD5-u1394867909&lang=e&gm=a1&nhor=3&nho2=1&btyp=2&mth=gw&sday=26&smon=7&syr=2014&hsy=-1&zod=&orbp=&rs=0&add=18&add=19&add=20&add=22&add=12&add=13&add=14&add=15&add=136199&add=23&add=7066&add=28978&add=90482&add=50000&add=90377&add=20000&add=27&node=-Yn&snode=-Ys&ast=
Here is mine, you don’t have to look at it. However I feel like sharing it so people will know who I am.
@AmandaMoreno
Hi Amanda, With Merc, Venus in 12th, plus Leo Rising, and that old Scorp Moon, I hear you. At the moment, I am lucky to have lots of time to just ‘be here’ and not be venturing out to anything overly demanding. One thing I would say about the solar 12th is hidden strength…
Hope it all goes okay for you.
@Holly
Also have natal Mars in Libra, though can’t make up my mind one way or another as to whether that’s a good thing or not.
You say you noticed increase in energy during that transit, and as you have it as a natal aspect, that might have been why? And would the same apply to Mars in Scorpio? I would say you don’t need the exact natal aspect to notice an increase in energy in the house and related areas when a transit takes place. For example, I have Moon and Neptune conjunct in Scorpio and I would expect to notice this transit’s energy as it comes closer to hitting those. And with Saturn also in Scorpio for another 6 months, even more intensely felt.
I believe you will also feel/notice a change in the energy when it comes.
Mars has been helping me for the past couple of months. My natal Mars is in Libra so I had lots of energy. And that was when I had the drive to start school again. Transiting Uranus helped too. Now Mars is heading into my 3rd house where my natal Pluto is at 18 degrees Scorpio. I don’t know what you guys are talking about when you say you ‘feel’ the planet’s energy. Can anyone feel it or do you have to be born with it? Feel free to answer. Thank you, Holly
Amanda – LOL – Mars is waking up from his long Libran dream (nightmare?), and he’s PISSED! He’s ready for Scorpio already. I explained it to someone like this today: “Mars in Libra is pussyfooting around; Mars in Scorpio is driving the chariot into the center of the coliseum with gusto.” I agree with you on that – with some awareness we can all be triumphant and kick some ass without getting our own asses kicked in the process. Take charge, but don’t be an asshole about it. 😉
ok, i am totally feeling like now that Mars is out of shadow — but still in Libra — he has forgotten how comfortable he had gotten with all that relationship-balance material, and now it’s like he has entered libra for the first time and is flailing about, stirring things up, and charging ahead with less than half a clue.
i imagine the square he’s making to the sun and jupiter (with the moon in hot pursuit) is not helping any in the “emotional reactions and expression” department.
but i kind of want to sit mars down and say, “dude — take a few deep breaths! you *know* this place. it doesn’t have to throw you for such a loop. remember all that great shit you learned over the last several months? well *now* is the time to use it.”
*sigh*
and yes, i’m including myself when i say “i want to sit mars down…” fascinating how old habits and patterns can crop up after we think we’ve moved past them…
Jere – that is amazing, and I’m sure a huge relief as well. Funny, too, that your Saturn position is the only one you know every detail of. I am curious if the Jupiter/Sun/Moon conjunction has a healing element to it, some physical (like in your case), some metaphysical.
So many hurt things are coming out into the light of the luminaries and being magnified by Jupiter. Eric’s email last night was amazing and spot-on. I think this healing process is what I was feeling –and maybe what all of us have been feeling –the last few days, all of this profound crossing over stuff. It seems to be easing up now, mostly because I have gotten some clarity after literally sleeping on it. Hope it is that way for everyone else too.
I just have to say that this community is extra special and I’m really glad I was drawn to it. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend full of healing and easing up of all that’s been weighing heavy on us for so long. <3
Makes sense to me Jere; Saturn represents structure – what keeps an edifice (or person too I would imagine) standing. There is a “grace” about Jupiter’s presence, best perceived by a transit from him to a natal planet. Many thanks for sharing. I hope it lasts beyond Jupiter’s conjunction to your Saturn.
Patty, please remind us as we get closer to your surgery date (I will put it on my calendar too) so we can send you extra healing light and love when it takes place, okay?
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I want to share an oddball phenomenon with you. I’ve been dealing with neuropathy for the past couple of years (sciatic, groin girdle, and below the knee cap), requiring a cane for the past year or so. Over the past few days, I’ve been able to lose the cane and walk relatively well. I can’t attribute it to much difference in my daily habits but, astrologically speaking, I have natal Saturn at 2 52 33 Leo (some odd reason it’s the only planet I know the arc seconds to). I don’t have a comprehensive theory here but, transiting Jupiter is what I’m suspecting…
Just found this interesting and wanted to share.. food for thought (for me at least).
Have a fine day all,
Jere
beth, thank-you for your kind support, Yes, this kind of passage does change one’s perspective – & indeed shows some illusions as just what they are, hence they can be let go.
I loved your image of the two creeks/waterfalls – does indeed evoke an image of a yod. Sounds like a pretty spot, too.
Amanda Moreno, when Saturn was sitting on my moon last year (10 Scorpio), I needed more sleep & time-outs from busy-ness, even more solitude than usual, & was fortunate to be able to provide myself with the needed space & time. Since you are needing to show up for some things when you might rather stay home, I’d say your plans for extra-generous self care are a wonderful idea.
Holly, I’ve observed that a lot of the old attitudes toward autistic individuals are disappearing these days, in light of better understanding. I wish you every success as you take your gifts & abilities forward.
Bette
Amanda Moreno:
I know. It takes a while to learn that ‘dialing it back’ is a practice in empowering yourself. You can’t let the jet plane take off without fuel. Having survived after many takeoffs and landings burning up energy like a birthday candle, its an important practice.
Fe & Amanda…
Thanks for reminders about boundaries and energy. I was just on the train home contemplating the fact that during this time of the year I’m always very low energy (sun through the 12th), which is unfortunate seeing as it is summer and everyone wants to do everything always. But this year, the energy drop is unlike anything I’ve ever felt – and I’m sure Saturn stationing on my moon isn’t helping anything.
I’m not one to typically shy away from canceling plans in order to have more regenerative time, but right now life seems packed full of things I absolutely cannot cancel. My inner voice is telling me to retreat into my home for a few days, but for once that doesn’t seem like an option. So prioritizing some cleansing, nutrition, and much more sleep than I’ve been getting seems appropriate. Reading these posts is helping me to accept that I *have* to throttle back. Gah.
Holly – Best wishes for your expanding world. Keep the faith that there are people out there willing to hire someone with your condition who are understanding and compassionate.
Bette – so sorry to hear about your friend, sending you warmth to raise your spirits. Just a few years ago I had four people very close in my world pass away, it shifts your perspective and allows you to see the many illusions around us, and to cherish those moments you have had with the people you love. And thank you for commenting about your experience with Yods when I asked the question a few days ago.
Laura – I responded to your questions regarding my question about yods in this post: http://planetwaves.net/news/planet-waves-daily-astrology/sun-void-uranus-pluto-and-a-leo-week-for-the-ages – The day after I asked the question I went to a swimming hole where two creeks come together after each flowing over a waterfall, just a short way down after they meet they form another waterfall, it reminded me of a yod…
I experienced the difficulty breathing and anxiety yesterday, and am more calm today. Can’t wait until this particular shift takes place, stepping out into the bright Leo sunshine.
Thank you. For me, I have in a kind of daze for awhile. From the latter part of 2013 up until Mars was direct I have be sleeping a lot. For some reason I enjoyed it. Now I am in the process of going back to school. The jupiter in Leo is perfect for me because it is in my 12th house Sun-wise. When I receive my associates degree it will be in my first house. It is hard to find a job in my area. expecially someone with my condition. I am hoping I could use Jupiter to advance my position.
I share with many of you a sometimes strong, sometimes subtle “off-kilter-ness” ( best word I can think of right now) – I know that a substantial part of it for me is that I am amidst a solitary vigil, waiting for news of my gravely ill dear friend, who is not expected to be among us for much longer. The startle when the phone rings, the checking for messages – goes with the territory when one is dealing with such a passage from far away.
Time has felt fluid in some way, sometimes seeming fleeting, sometimes almost clock-stopped still. Memories & stories of my friend float into awareness, & sometimes a wave of great weariness which may be her brief presences. I can’t say for sure.
Events in the larger world seem far removed right now, which I guess is to be expected when one is immersed in a very personal piece of history. I continue to seek sources of information on those events, & to read critically (something I learned from my friend – she’s a Libra with a Libra stellium, including Saturn). My inclination, without that discipline & awareness, was to react rather than weigh & consider.
As for what passes as day-to-day grievances & differences among the (mostly unaware) people in my small village, I’ve learned to let all that roll by unless something emerges which I feel compelled to address.
I know from past experience that it’s a lot easier to be somewhat cavalier about death until it becomes a more personal matter. I also know that when someone close to us is ill & may leave us, our world becomes for a time smaller. Most things I would normally be doing are on hold, & yes, the shallow breath, the need to remind myself to breathe deeply, are also part of it.
Yes. Imminent change.
Bette
Amazing, both your insight to the energy of the moment, Eric, and everyone’s jangly responses – we are all tuned in to this thing that’s bubbling beneath the surface. I felt great, wonderful even, until this morning. Something has been off, been anxious, worried, trying to put my finger on it. There seems to be something trying to get out from deep inside and maybe it is the built-up tension of 8 months of Libra Mars that is going to explode like a volcano when the shift to Scorpio comes tomorrow night? It is that strange sensation of imminent change, and being in a waiting room, sensing something deeply yet intangibly, passing through a portal where the alchemy is happening – all of that – and yet, I can’t help but recall somewhat morbidly the research that came out post-9/11 that showed there was a deep sense of foreboding or a “disturbance in the force” just prior to those attacks. With all the crazy stuff going on in the last week or so, can’t help but wonder, are we all sensing something? The change in mood from joyful and buoyant yesterday to wary today has been a bit abrupt… It is probably not a far stretch of the imagination to guess that all we astrology lovers are also empaths to some degree. Just a thought… would love to hear other’s input on this as well. Hope it is just a passing weird mood though! <3
Patty:
Goddess-speed on your hip surgery and your recovery from it!!
Amanda:
“now, just in the last 2-3 days, something else has crept in; a vague feeling of things being off in my world, or of being off-center or too merged in ways that i was not for many weeks (or did not think i was). as though i got a little sloppy with my energetic hygiene and need to feel my way back. “
You and me both, girlfriend. For me I think I’m picking up the vibes of others in our fields. For me, that chorus has gotten louder over the last week. Of course there’s the other sort of hygiene I need to practice right now and that’s boundary clearing. Lavender bath salts tonight. And lots of magnesium to balance out my electrolytes, and bring down the stress so I can sleep.
Taking a product called “Natural Calm”, available at Whole Foods and probably other health food stores. I started taking it awhile back when stress caused a muscle spasm in my shoulders. Fixed it right up. And it helps give you a good night’s sleep. Also clears other physical functions as well.
Be:
“Mercury is at 15+ Cancer. Sabian Symbol for today’s transiting Sauer and Itokawa is “In a sumptuous dining hall guests RELAX after partaking of a huge banquet”.
On my way down to Southern California this weekend for a fashion film festival with our theater company. La Jolla Museum Friday, somewhere in Hollywood on Sunday, Saturday — troops go AWOL until curfew. You’ll find us at the beach. Or at the grill.
Patty, then I/we will consider it good news too! And because you feel it is going to “complete the cycle” in a sense, and you feel good about it, all is well! Glad to hear you’ve got good vibes about the situation. May your plans and surgery go smoothly.
“However, I am cautioning myself to practice good sleep hygiene and getting my 7-8 hours. Not only are the dreams loud and clear, the body needs the healing time that full rest brings.”
yes, though that has been challenging for me this week due to some weekend travel and now *another* week of being awakened by jackhammers a full 1-2 hours earlier than i would normally wake. the dream life was full of odd snippets that i could not pin to “meaning” for many days — but i have been lacking a new journal and unable to find a new one i like for a couple weeks now, instead writing on loose sheets of paper. it’s rather like feeling untethered or temporarily homeless, and added a subtle edge to what had been pretty clear sailing on several (inner and outer) fronts for a couple of months.
now, just in the last 2-3 days, something else has crept in; a vague feeling of things being off in my world, or of being off-center or too merged in ways that i was not for many weeks (or did not think i was). as though i got a little sloppy with my energetic hygiene and need to feel my way back.
either it’s that, or else the relatively smooth journey (for me) that mars was making through its libra shadow has landed me in some new territory — territory where questions from 7-8 months ago are, surprisingly, waiting for me (though perhaps i should not be surprised).
sort of got caught off guard this week. huh.
Amen, Fe. Body needs healing. FYI, asteroids Sauer & Itokawa are conjunct at 14+ Cancer today. Both were named for important men who were into rockets and space flight. Mercury is at 15+ Cancer. Sabian Symbol for today’s transiting Sauer and Itokawa is “In a sumptuous dining hall guests RELAX after partaking of a huge banquet”.
You reckon they are telling us something? Like maybe, mentally (Mercury) come down to earth and relax.
be
I just learned last week that I have cobalt poisoning from the hip replacement I had in 2006, and now I am headed into surgery again. I’ve chose October 15 as a good date since Mars is trine my Mars, it is before the new moon, and the date is totally great for my surgeon. Squares bring the changes we need and in my case, I am breathing shallow breaths over the idea of another (the 4th) major hip surgery. Something tells me this will fix the problem, especially now that Leo is in my 6th house and 10th by the house system. If I wait until November, Mars will be conjunct my chiron and that was the marker for when I broke my hip in 2007. Soooooo, along about November I’m planning to be following doctor’s orders and not try climbing or standing on one leg. I was diagnosed last week by a cancer specialist, who considered this good news. LOL. Therefore, I consider it good news too.
“Like you, I am “getting” a directive of sorts; hang on it says, this is the alchemy, that point in the process of transformation, the passing through the portal or wormhole or whatever, to the other side where breathing will become more relaxed – even normal.”
Bkoehler, Amanda and firehorse:
Amazing, isn’t it? This feels a lot like stage fright, which is (adrenaline-wise) akin to awaiting your jump out of an airplane (but not as risky). I think because we have the tools to cope, dance even , with the changes coming this heightened sense of alertness should do us good.
However, I am cautioning myself to practice good sleep hygiene and getting my 7-8 hours. Not only are the dreams loud and clear, the body needs the healing time that full rest brings. Also replenishing depleting minerals. Body is talking as loud as dreams.
Amanda said, “patterns I’ve been trying to re-wire for years now seem to have slipped away. Faint traces of the mental chatter that accompany the patterns are still there, but I’m able to tune into my heart for truth in a way that I’ve never been able to do before. Feels like a switch has been thrown…”
Yes!! Same here. Yesterday morning I woke and it was like all the negative voices had skipped town, and my self-esteem – feelings of focus, power, engagement, worthiness – had tripled overnight. Maybe the effects of listening to Eric’s recent PWFM on the subject. For which a million thanks, Eric.
I’m a Sag Sun, Leo rising, Cancer Moon, with Jupiter (retrograde) in Leo in my natal chart.
“I’ve been flipping between overly calm and anxious. I’m used to that, but it feels more confident, and deeper, than usual, like feeling mortality and immortality at the same time.”
Yes, Shelley! And Fe, I’m having the shallow breathing experience as well. I have been noticing that my heart feels far more open than normal while at the same time I’m absolutely exhausted. I’m also noticing that patterns I’ve been trying to re-wire for years now seem to have slipped away. Faint traces of the mental chatter that accompany the patterns are still there, but I’m able to tune into my heart for truth in a way that I’ve never been able to do before. Feels like a switch has been thrown…
I’ve been flipping between overly calm and anxious. I’m used to that, but it feels more confident, and deeper, than usual, like feeling mortality and immortality at the same time.
Scorpio is rising for my solar return, which is only a week old and I’m looking forward to some Mars, which is also conjuncting my natal Uranus.
Hello Holly – nice to meet you.
Hello, my name is Holly. I have recently found your site a couple of months ago. It is very interesting. I am 22 years old. I have autism. Astrology is one of the best things I discovered. I am a Virgo Sun, Aquarius rising, and a Sag Moon. I look forward to talking to all you fellow commentators. Thank you.
I can feel the Mars energy picking up, finally able to shed the old skin and sluggishness and get things done. I’m looking forward to chilling out the next few days with all this activity in the late degrees of my 12th house, letting the expansion be focused inward, and in my mind, especially since Pluto is conjunct my natal Mercury. The Sun Jupiter conjuction is sextile my natal NN, Nessus, Psyche conjunction and forms a yod with asteroid Photo in my 5th house, I will definitely be taking some photos in the next few days. I also natally have Vesta at 1-38 Cancer, Haumea 4 Virgo, Pandora at 0-11, Isis at 1-30 and Part of Fortune at 1-17 Libra, Apollo at 0-30 Scorpio, Ixion at 1-07 Scorpio, Bacchus at 2-03 Sag and the Moon at 4-14 Sagitarrius, Juno at 5-09 Pisces, and Ceres at 0-42 Aries. I am really looking forward to all this change. And curious to see how it plays out.
I can’t wait…and yet, I too have had shallow breathing, on the edge of heart palpitations. Saturn in Scorpio in my 12th has dragged this Leo so far down the rabbit hole I can’t wait for the energy of Mars to rocket me back up to the surface, or at least give me some energy to plow through the remaining detritus. And Jupiter and the Sun arriving in my Sun sign to bring some warmth to all the shadow work, ahhhh!
This made me think of ´´Let it go”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU
Aaaah, staycation! I feel like I’ve been in a holding pattern waiting to put some ground under all this energy! Mars is moving into my 1st house in a week or so, thank you Eric for the reassurance that it’s ok chill, try to breathe and trust.
This is something I listen to often. Perhaps it might be inspiring for someone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_RHbbMY8LU
Fe, I too have had the shallow breathing (and then a giant gasp – a sigh really, following several moments of more-or-less no breathing). You aren’t alone on that one. Since it must have started (for me) during the last week of June, I have attributed it to anxiety over my dying refrigerator and all the circumstances that it entailed. Probably the aspect of Mars opposite Uranus in the sign Mars rules, which preceded the New Cancer Moon, symbolically spells it out. You might even call it the straw that might have broken the camel’s back.
The new refrigerator is working fine, the old one held on until it didn’t have to anymore, there have been no major crisis since then (July 8th) and yet I can’t shake the shallow breathing (or semi-holding my breath). Like you, I am “getting” a directive of sorts; hang on it says, this is the alchemy, that point in the process of transformation, the passing through the portal or wormhole or whatever, to the other side where breathing will become more relaxed – even normal. I’ve no doubt that the body senses what our logical minds can’t comprehend. Call it instinct, or snake-brain survival mode, it’s what kept our ancestors alive and alert long enough to become parents!
be
I have to say, I’m feeling really excited. I sure have covered a lot of ground since December, some great stuff and some stuff that pushed and pulled me.
Also, I would add the Venus/Neptune trine exact July 24 as an aspect of softness and nourishing creativity. To have this, the Sun/Jupiter conjunction and the New Moon so close to one another is a significant blessing in my opinion. Especially given the Mars transition to empowerment. There is a lot of energy to be tapped into here, one that can really fuel our intentions and desires. And maybe a little “congratulations” with some sparkling wine and a toast! 🙂
This is fabulous, Eric. Your words have a weight to them that calls to something as yet not-fully-knowable. It feels like an emergence from the unconscious …
“I am aware that other people are reporting a sense of mental crisis or instability, which I could account Jupiter in Leo or other factors. I think that what anyone experiencing mental turbulence may be experiencing is the sensation of change, or as the case may be, imminent change.”
Tell me about it. I feel as though I am in a waiting room on many fronts: professionally, artistically, romantically. Like shoes are going to drop though I don’t yet need to pinpoint where or how. The thing I am getting is to hold on a Star, like the tarot card, which is the capacity I have inside to make something happen. I need to hold my faith in my ability to adjust and respond. Still experiencing a shallow breathing, like I can’t yet relax, but that’s expected.