And when the black rain’s down in this cold gray town
I’ll be waiting at the edge of the night
— Iggy Pop
As of this posting at midnight Eastern time, the Sun is 12 hours away from its ingress into Taurus. Overnight and into Thursday, the Sun is on the edge of a sign — which has a distinct and unusual feeling. I’ve often experienced this as a door opening, but its more like a door I didn’t even know was there. Sometimes I’ve been able to come through. Other times something has stepped through to my side of the threshold or the dream window.
Other factors are contributing to the feeling. The Moon has just made conjunctions to Mercury and Uranus (which are themselves forming a conjunction, exact Sunday) and in a little while the Moon will square Pluto.
So, translated, the Moon and Mercury are passing through the hotly charged, slow-moving Uranus-Pluto square (exact 2012-2015). The Moon and Mercury are personalizing the experience, transmitting these far-out, sweeping energies of Uranus and Pluto into something that is vivid in its mental (Mercury) and emotional or sensory (the Moon) manifestation.
In one phrase, this is about how we relate personally to the actual sensation of big change coming. It doesn’t matter what the ‘big change’ is — what matters is that we are noticing that it’s approaching or that we are approaching it.
If you’re someone who panics at imminent change or even the possibility, you may be in a funk. If you thrive on control, you might not be too happy right now, because we’re getting a visceral glimpse of the future as Uranus-Pluto lights up like St. Elmo’s Fire. Working with Ur-Plu is not quite about giving up control; rather we need to work with subtler levels of influence, and dance with the energy. That starts with forming a relationship to whatever this big historical process represents, how it feels to you and what your involvement might be.