By Len Wallick
“Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
–Beatrix Potter
This a big day in astrology, which Eric introduced yesterday. Please let us go down the lineup card. This morning the Moon entered Gemini and is applying in opposition to the Sun at 10 degrees Sagittarius. Applying is another way of saying that the Full Moon is forming, becoming exact. This will culminate in the first of two December Full Moons either late tonight or early tomorrow, depending on where in the world you are. The first of these will be in Gemini and the second, a partial lunar eclipse, will be in Cancer on New Year’s Eve.
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Then come many details which I will list, without an explanation, more as illustration of today’s complexity: Mercury in Sagittarius is applying to conjoin the Galactic Center, having just completed its sextile sweep of the Aquarius cluster (Jupiter, Chiron, Neptune).
Venus transits from Scorpio into Sagittarius as she approaches her passage behind the Sun. Mars (still conjunct asteroid Atropos) is applying in an opposition to oppose the Aquarius alignment (but is about to go retrograde itself). Jupiter conjoins Chiron (exact next week) and both of them square Ceres. Saturn’s square with Pluto exceeds one degree of separation; it will be back, once Saturn turns retrograde early next year and applies to Pluto again.
And Uranus stations direct. Neptune seems to be everywhere, in meaningful aspect to over a dozen planets, centaurs, TNOs and asteroids. Pluto closes the loop with the Sun as they split conjoining that beautiful and ill-fated couple Cyllarus and Hylonome. Eris in Aries is being aspected precisely by both Chiron and Jupiter in Aquarius.
Did I mention Uranus stations forward?
Of all the things going on in a busy, busy sky, this must certainly be considered the linchpin. Beginning today and for nearly three weeks, every one of The Nine are moving forward. There has been a lot of water under the bridge since that happened last. What it all means is beyond the feeble grasp of your humble correspondent, but one would hazard to guess that the flavor of its synchronicity is Uranian.