Today is Thursday, July 21, 2011. The Moon is in fiery Aries for the whole day, spending the morning playing with the Uranus-Pluto square. For some this square has been feeling like playful pyrotechnics; for others, an all-out internal war. Revolution on any scale is not easy business, though it is exciting. And every time a planet or luminary makes an aspect to the 2012 square, we get a nudge or an insight or a reminder or an eruption of some sort in our lives. It is easy to forget that uncomfortable astrology is not a setback, but rather an opportunity; personally, I find it hard to remember that ‘getting it wrong’ is part of the process.
At my chiropractor’s office, there are several sets of inspirational/oracle cards. In one set is a card titled “Celebrate Blowing It,” and it seems a particularly apt idea for the Uranus-Pluto square, especially when other planets complete the cardinal cross or T-square. With this much intense energy and change, we’re never going to ‘get it right’ every time — whether that means letting go of what isn’t serving us, jumping at an unexpected opportunity, facing old fears, practicing loving kindness toward ourselves and others, getting unstuck or simply staying present. The point of celebrating blowing it is that ‘blowing it’ means that we’ve noticed. And as the little card explains, noticing means we’re aware; it means we can choose differently next time. We still might blow it again — and we can celebrate as many times as we do. It’s positive reinforcement, and it’s designed to keep us open to trying and growing instead of losing ourselves to fear and frustration.
Given that Saturn is also in the mix now, opposite the Moon-Uranus conjunction, you may be feeling a bit polarized between the possible exhilaration of Uranus’ spontaneity and electricity and Saturn’s, um, solidity. It doesn’t need to be an absolute contradiction. As many creative people know, especially in group endeavors like improv comedy or writing for The Daily Show, some sort of clear structure and boundary — a form — actually allows for greatest creative freedom. It means that instead of trying to move in all directions at once and getting nowhere, you can focus on filling the form with whatever you want because the form itself gives a foundation to build on — and evolve from.