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We’re less than a week out from the last of three eclipses — a lunar eclipse in Sagittarius — but before we get there, there’s even bigger news: today, May 20, is an exact contact of the Uranus-Pluto square. Uranus-Pluto is the defining signature of this current era, ‘the 2012 aspect’, though we will not know its full effect and meaning until years later.
But it’s easy to see in action: sudden upheaval, sparks of revolution, and the potential for evolution. We would be wise to question how exactly this aspect is working, however. In other words, whose revolution are we in the midst of? Are progressive or regressive forces getting more traction?
Today’s Uranus-Pluto contact is exact at 7:02 pm EDT. The chart to the left is set for Washington, D.C. This will be the third out of seven exact contacts, which stretch from June 2012 through March 2015 (with a few years on either side when the effects are noticeable). Also on Today, Venus becomes the first of the personal planets in Gemini to square Chiron. This is the beginning of the expression of ‘what is really true’, in response to questions Neptune has been raising.
Chiron will get your attention, especially if there have been lapses of integrity in your love relationships (Venus), letting you know in no uncertain terms how you can heal. Hint: it will take an active choice to come into alignment with the truth.
Meanwhile, Mercury, Venus and the Sun have been making a series of squares to Neptune, adding a chaotic, deceptive energy to the mix. If we’re going to have a revolution, it’s going to start with telling the truth. But that’s not what the sport or business of politics is based on. So we either need a total transformation in the political realm or to take the discussion outside of politics, or both.
Uranus square Pluto has the potential to open up our cultural fabric in a way that lets us weave something new; something that actually moves us forward as a society. But that will take holding a positive vision and being vigilant in recognizing those who would fill the opening with ‘advancements’ that actually set us back. The vision must be backed with action, and not ‘action by others’. This is about each of us, individually and collectively.
On the more internal, personal level, consider Uranus-Pluto a kind of booster rocket for whatever evolutionary leaps you’re making during this eclipse season. Whether you’re feeling these eclipses as subtle tugs to your subconscious or clarion calls too loud to miss, Uranus and Pluto will likely add some spark and muscle to the process — if you work the energy.
In addition, the Sun ingresses Gemini today at 5:09 pm EDT and will make a square to Neptune. That early Gemini Sun is then met by the May 25 lunar eclipse in Sagittarius, which has both the Moon and the Sun square Neptune. In the current week, Venus and Mercury are square Neptune.
So what’s with all these squares to Neptune? They represent questions of integrity. It’s about what is true, what you believe, how you describe your experience. In other words, the integrity piece is about speaking the truth and discerning what is not true. The May 25 eclipse looks like it bursts the bubble on illusions. That’s to say, you probably don’t want to be floating on one of those bubbles when the moment arises. The time to get gritty is now, though the sensation may be that ‘real’ is the least convenient option of them all.
Remember, where there are eclipses in the neighborhood, we’re in a manifestation zone, where patterns are noticed, erased and rewritten. If you’re someone who claims to live for truth, now is the time to question and notice everything that is not necessarily true. Subject everything to the same basic line of questioning. Scrutinize your intent. Listen to what you say and what others say to you.
Notice when you’re believing something that’s not true, or saying something that’s not true. This is a habit. So are the white lies that we tell and believe. You could say this is a game of truth or dare. Are you willing to speak your truth, and in particular, to speak the truth of your feelings? Would you dare yourself to take action on who or what really matters to you? That is a pattern I think many people would say they want — to let go of little deceptions, muster up some courage, and take an authentic emotional risk.
I would like to emphasize a feature of the Uranus-Pluto square which seems to me ignored by most astrologers. During 2012 – 2015 Pluto is hugely supported by other configurations while Uranus is not, such as:
– March 2012 Grand Trine in Earth with Pluto at 9 Capricorn, Mars at 9 Virgo, Jupiter-Venus-Black Moon conjunct at 9 Taurus
– Pluto is in sextile with Saturn for almost a year 2012 – 2013 (and also in mutual reception 2012 – 2015)
– Pluto receives a sextile from Chiron for almost 2 years (2012 – 2014)
– A long with 3 exact alignments mini trine (Pluto-Saturn-Chiron at 9-12 Capricorn – Scorpio – Pisces)
– Although a bit wide, Pluto receives a sextile from Neputune for most of this time
– Pluto will be sextiled be the North Node in Scorpio in the autumn of 2013
– Uranus, on the other hand will not receive during these years not any sextile or trine or conjunction from the big planets exept for the fast-moving personal planets which will transit Pluto too
Eric, thank you for leading us through this eclipse cycle. For posting those arrows that literally help broaden my thinking, bring greater definition and re-connect those dots to where coincidentally, I happen to be tracing exactly today.
“… the integrity piece is about speaking the truth and discerning what is not true.”
Integrity, always seems to be weighed against injustice. And yet holding onto of the ‘fight’ in relationship (I have felt personally) sucks power out of retaining our (new, good) energy. Keeping in ‘right’ balance seems to be what is holding back complete, in the moment acceptance, love. How do we change prospective towards letting go, reflective of a deeper objective view? Not falling into attack and innocence character roles, while still standing up for what we believe in?
And I am certain there is something ‘beyond’ this scenario in healing. This is the place of wholeness v/s sickness and death.
I am personally, whole-heartedly working to turn this awareness in-to my life today. And in faith I am holding it up. To stay awake, to see and feel this in-between -to once and for all correct my mind and thought. So finally, I remain completely open to the greater question in the answer –acceptance in peace and love.
Eric,
I was subliminally led by your words “weave something new” into “our cultural fabric” to examine Pallas-Athene’s aspects today. Thanks! This is the 2nd time in just a few days that she has called out for thoughtful study. Today the master-weaver Athene is still tightly conjunct Sedna, Lilith, Child and Mars in Taurus; the beginnings of a complex pattern of disparate threads. Moving beyond that, she is quincunx her old challenger Arachne ( in truth-seeking Sagittarius), who has begun a complex pattern of her own which rivals Pallas-Athene’s.
Surrounded by Pandora, Cupido, Hylonome, Hidalgo and Quaoar, Arachne’s pattern involves a lot of creativity, boldness, romance, escapism and tears. These two differing patterns will need to adjust (quincunx) if they are to be successfully joined. And just to make it a more difficult but also an ambitious and worthwhile piece of work, old Varuna, Keeper of Cosmic Order, is sextile Pallas-Athene and between the two of them the onus is on Arachne to make the adjustment since she is at the point of a yod with them. Bugger:) This might mean unraveling and dropping a few threads and beefing up others to be more compatible.
It should be interesting to watch this pattern take shape, though tiresome and uncomfortable to partake in its construction. However, I had fun constructing this one; thanks again!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c0CsQ2d7oc
Someone shared this with me today and I thought I would pass it along. (Evolution/Revolution)
Thank you Eric.
Such a great piece. Appreciate you immensely. Seems to me all the above is underscored via Saturn in Scorpio, esp with the mutual reception w/Pluto and friendly relations w/Neptune in Pisces… As if Saturn is acting as a master of ceremonies to facilitate facing the deep truths and practical action necessary, while … assisting in allowing a more positive manifestation of Neptune/Pisces to inspire rather than deceive…
interestingly, Saturday May 25 is that date of the worldwide protest March Against Monsanto.
https://m.facebook.com/
MarchAgainstMonstanto?refid=28&_ft_=qid.5880102664127004779%3Amf_story_key.-1558777324823856325
the truth will out!
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.”
― Walter Lippmann
Animal activist Andy Stepanian spent three and a half years in jail and was recently interviewed on Democracy Now! about his time in jail and the fact that animal activists are now considered terrorists for exposing the corporate system behind factory farming and the pharmaceutical industry. He described the fact that being of “inspirational significance” can now be considered a crime under the NDAA. Journalists such as Chris Hedges are putting their lives on the line while others in his profession are terrified to open their mouths.
And the majority of the audience is deaf.