As your intuition is working on the Pisces puzzle described in yesterday’s blog post, consider one possible theme it might be working on: that relationship proceeds most effectively from a sense of completeness within oneself first, and then can be extended to relationship to another. It’s not the most common order of operations in Western culture, but today’s astrology suggests it might be about to catch on.
Juno, the asteroid representing marriage, relationship, jealousy and social justice, conjoins Uranus in Aries today (exact at 10:51 am EDT).
Uranus is a major, slow-moving planet associated with surprises, innovation and revolution; it has been called ‘the awakener’ by some, and is one half of this era’s defining aspect (the Uranus-Pluto square, whose process of disruption and evolution we have been witnessing and engaging with for a few years now, and will be for several more).
Aries, for its part, is the sign of the self, often given the key phrase, ‘I am’.
So here we have an image of the idea that “I am only me if I am in a relationship” coming up against a catalyst for reinvention and liberation from that old pattern.
Or as Eric put it, “Juno-Uranus looks like a shakeup of the concept of marriage with a return to self-awareness.”
By “shakeup,” he means not that marriage shouldn’t exist, but that it could function better for more people if it’s a natural, organic outcome with its roots in self-awareness, rather than an artificial goal without basis in a process of establishing a clear inner relationship. Relating in an intimate way takes on a vastly different feel and dynamic the more complete you feel in yourself.
Getting the hang of that is not often easy — especially in the face of the very robust wedding industry. And it is an industry, make no mistake about it, complete with an onslaught of expensive, flashy advertising messages reinforcing the idea that not only do you deserve to drive yourself, your parents and your fiancé into debt just to have the ‘perfect’ most important day of your life, but that if you’re ‘normal’, you must want this.