The week begins with the Moon in Virgo. The rising crescent has been visible around the world the past few nights. It’s been less than a week since the Gemini New Moon and five days since the Sun ingressed Cancer. The Sun is now making contact with the Uranus-Pluto square, expressing the energy contained in that aspect. (All week the Sun is square Uranus and opposite Pluto, which is a way of saying that the Sun gives a mode of focused expression to something that is like a background energy.)
That is the aspect — Sun, Uranus, Pluto — that sets the tone of the next few days. We are now in the first of seven exact contacts of the Uranus-Pluto square, which was exact on Sunday and remains so today and indeed for weeks. This aspect is a turning point in a cycle that began in 1965 with the Uranus-Pluto conjunction in Virgo, and we can look back to that time for information about how to consider our lives now.
We may see the first political repercussions of the square Monday, with the Supreme Court expected to issue several key decisions this week, including one on the health care reform law that went through in late 2010 and another ruling on Arizona’s laws cracking down on Mexicans in the US.
With Jupiter square Neptune, there’s a reminder to keep an eye on what we’re not usually looking at; Neptune often represents what is invisible to the eye but which has an effect. Jupiter is one of the planetary significators of the higher courts and the concept of justice. As any constitutional lawyer can tell you, we Americans really do underestimate the influence of the Supreme Court on our lives. This is a small, secretive branch of government, consisting of very few people appointed for life, which can render decisions that change the face of society with their unquestionable actions.