by Len Wallick
On Monday, it was Mercury doin’ the quickie with the constituents of the Pluto-Saturn square (which has been around long enough to be the 51st State), making good its getaway from both, come retrograde or high water. Today, the Moon in Libra, comes off its overnight stand with the Dynamic Duo with enough steam to square Mercury before lunch in most of North America. No wonder Luna is looking a little bent as it rounds toward another New Moon late in a sign (this time Sagittarius) in less than a week.
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Then less than a week after that the whole solar system gets into the spirit of bustin’ loose when the rarest (and longest) of inner planet retrogrades (Mars in Leo) is closely followed by an auspicious solstice. The solstice finally brings the Sun itself into and through that long cardinal square (Saturn-Pluto) that will define our epoch. Eventually it will involve two more colorful gas giants that dominate and dictate the curvature of space-time (Jupiter and Uranus). Oh sister Artemis, you lead us down a doughty path, your silver cresset stirring us to follow.
But first, let us not forget the Sun’s trine to Mars which will exact this afternoon, evening or very early tomorrow, depending on where in the world you are. Mutable fire flowing to fixed fire, preparing the transition to Cardinal earth at flip time. It’s the image of fire before or even on the cold, austere mountain when the eternal wrestling match once again gradually turns its favor from the southern contestant to the challenger from the north. It’s a long process but it has to begin somewhere and with Eris now inside of 21 degrees on its own retrograde, the grand firer trine, initiating transition, is completed with a nod towards a new age that cannot be suppressed by convention or held back by definition.