Today is Monday, August 15, 2011. The Moon is in mystic Pisces all day, but the hot news of the week is the big Mercury-Venus-Sun conjunction tomorrow. This is very close now, with Venus meeting up with the Sun today before the two of them align with retrograding Mercury. In other words, you’re probably feeling it; and it may feel a little complex. This is in part because the trio is also trine Eris and opposite Nessus.
You’ll want to keep an eye on your thoughts today and tomorrow. That the triple conjunction is happening in Leo shines light on facets of self and self-concept; Leo also relates to childhood. A retrograde Mercury crossing paths with Venus in this sign may point to a sense of devaluing — of your sense of yourself, your ideas, your feminine side, or childhood dreams and ideals.
Eris can manifest as a fracturing of self-concept or as the eventual unity of the same; Nessus relates to cycles of abuse and karma, and the idea of ‘the buck stops here’, among other things. This means you may experience an eruption of self-doubt or a crisis of self-esteem. Any latent, buried and festering issues of psychological abuse — personal and collective — may come to the surface. Remember that any pain of this sort has a purpose: abuse patterns and wounds to the psyche, just like physical infections, need to come to the surface to heal. And here are three planets aligned in Leo, sign of the Sun, to help things along. Ultimately, this is a process of getting clear: What pattern do you want?
As you sort through any self-esteem issues or old abuse patterns, keep an eye on how you’re feeling. Old mental scripts do not need to be true to affect our emotions negatively, sometimes without our noticing that it’s happening. If you need to, check yourself Byron Katie-style, asking yourself The Four Questions:
Is it true?
Can you absolutely know that it is true?
How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
Who would you be without the thought?