After yesterday’s New Moon in Libra, there’s the potential for major excess as we all shoot out of the gate today. New Moons generally offer new starts to personal cycles. This New Moon-Eris opposition likely stirred some genuine discontent or tension in your negotiations between your Self (in its many facets) and your intimate relationships (with their expectations and perceptions). Be aware today that any urges to restart in earnest come with a warning label, courtesy of a T-square between Venus, Jupiter and Pholus.
Venus in mid-Virgo squares retrograde Jupiter in Gemini exactly at 7:34 pm EDT today. That aspect alone tends toward extravagance, overdoing and over-expanding in all things sensual and material, regardless of sign. Eric has noted before that Jupiter in Gemini alone equals “moving forward in all directions.” It’s a handful — or three. Venus in Virgo, despite often imparting a desire to serve, can also be overly critical in love.
Meanwhile, Pholus carries the key phrase, “small cause, big effect.” In Sagittarius, a sign ruled by Jupiter, its potential is magnified.
The message? Whatever BIG relationship changes you feel you just have to make, or declarations of love (or dissatisfactions therewith) you just have to say, or other emotional/relational/material stuff just dying to happen right now: juuuust chiiiiilllll for a couple days. Excess has the tendency to be especially excessive today. That’s not to say you should not do or say any of what is pressing to be done or said at all, or ever. You might, however, consider it very carefully from several angles, and bounce it off a few friends till the sense of pressure subsides some.
Consider one last player in the mix: Mercury in Scorpio, right there in the same degree as Venus and Jupiter (Pholus is technically one degree off from the others, but don’t tell him that; he doesn’t care much for precision once the cork gets popped).
Mercury is sextile Venus; water sign to earth sign, it’s a very flowing and supportive aspect. Mercury is also quincunx Jupiter. A quincunx is one sign off from an opposition, giving a kind of tension that urges continual adjustment. It can feel a little prickly. And although Mercury and Venus offer some ease, in the current configuration, the trick is to be sure it’s enabling the flow conscious relationship dialogue, not a stream of criticism (of self or other).
Mercury in Scorpio reminds us that all these urges are coming from someplace deep. We’re feeling our thoughts deeply and thinking our feelings deeply, and our words have the power to dig or cut deeply if we don’t take a breath and use a little reflection and restraint. This is especially true in situations where there’s sexual energy. Sex is already intense, often in delicious ways, but also often with baggage. (Incidentally, the Moon in Scorpio will conjoin Mercury shortly after Venus squares Jupiter. If your emotional body was not feeling this before, it likely will once the Moon enters the conversation.)
Nothing says ‘unnecessarily excessive’ like excess. So what’s the essence of whatever it is you’re bursting to say or do? If you take time to distill it to its simplest form, what do you actually need to begin this week?
There was excess all right; excessive bleeding. My husband began excessive bleeding from his intestine Monday morning and had to go to the hospital. It continued throughout the day; so much blood loss that he was light headed and passed out Monday evening. He ended up on the floor by the hospital bed in a big pool of dark red blood. His BP was at 90/50.
They cleaned him up and put him in ICU where I spent the night with him. Sometime in the night the bleeding stopped but they were ready with cross-matched blood for transfusion if his pressure had not gone up. Even so it was still low.
Tuesday they kept him on the IV fluids and gave him clear fluids to “eat” while he kept swallowing that vile stuff to clean out his bowel. They were able to scope him and find diverticulosis; the pockets that sometimes can cause massive and life-threatening bleeding. He steadily got better and today they let him eat real food. He is still in the ICU for observation lest he begin bleeding again when eliminating.
He will be 60 years old Nov 6th so this was very frightening. We still have a 10 year old and a 17 year old at home and 2 almost 20 year olds. They need their father.
So glad he is doing better and the excessive bleeding has stopped.
Thanks, Sarah! And Amanda – whew! Glad it’s not just me. I guess awareness can only take us so far. You nailed it, though. Like the time a few months ago Eric posted an emergency “we’re about to hit a bump, folks” email to subscribers and I found it only right after having had sudden and intense conflicts with various people!
kazaa — yeah, i hear you. i wrote the damn thing, and guess what i ended up doing late last night? *sigh* no tears here, just a constant inner monologue wondering where the line is between being clear about my own space/boundaries/needs versus verbally going overboard and pushing someone away. oy.
we’ll figure it out. sometimes those libra scales take a while to settle down from swinging to extremes. and sometimes… you just gotta say what has to be said.
(((((((kazaa)))))))
OK. So I read this. I read it again. I was warned; I knew what to look for. But that didn’t stop the “flow of conscious relationship dialogue” from flowing in an incredibly intense, unstoppable way for two straight days with both former husband and current partner. I bore the brunt of excess, and have to admit a bit of excess escaped from me, too. Despite (or because of?) two days of tears, I *think* good work was done and good shifts have occurred. Going to take a breather today, and TRY to keep my mouth shut and heart open. Baby steps, if possible. Onward! Thanks, Amanda!
sounds like perfect energy for painting!
Amanda: Thank you. Regardless of whether Pholus values precision, your precisely worded explanation and focused interpretation of a complex composed aspect is both a joy to read and a useful guide to what most of us are likely to encounter (in and out of body) over the next few days.
Great piece, Amanda!
Thank you, Amanda! Very helpful.