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One of today’s aspects is the Sun square Uranus and, if you’re like me and need a refresher course on Uranus, I’ve pulled an excerpt from one of Eric’s articles to shed some light on the subject.
Uranus is often associated with groups, and as Eric notes in “Full Moon Door” (see below), with protests and revolutions, in addition to more peaceful gatherings. Today, subscribers to Planet Waves Astrology News will be experiencing a virtual collective of their own, as we all receive the Friday edition together and join our minds, each processing the same nourishing sentences, all over the world.
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See below for the daily aspects, courtesy of Serennu, and the daily Oracle.
All the best,
Rachel Asher
Full Moon Door
Bamberg, Germany, September 3, 2004
It may be of interest to students of astrology to consider that the other great day of protest of our era, February 15, 2003, occurred on the eve of a Full Moon. The same is true of Sunday’s march for peace in New York City, where an estimated half-million people filled the streets peacefully, walking past Madison Square Garden and the Republican National Convention. The protest was a clear, undeniable statement of objection to the illegal and deceitful occupation of Iraq, and many other policies of the unelected Bush administration. If nothing else, we can say that democratic principles are still alive, at least in New York City.
In particular, the 1st article of the Bill of Rights guarantees that the people shall not be prohibited from public assembly, or from petitioning the government for the redress of grievances. But it’s always interesting to see how far people have to go to secure that right: facing intimidation by heavily armed police, standing down threats from public officials, and having their words and actions intentionally misinterpreted.
Charts for both Full Moons, the one after the Feb. 15 protests and that which occurred Sunday, have a striking similarity: the Full Moon in a close aspect with Uranus, the planet of invention, innovation, liberation and change. In the Full Moon that occurred the day after the F-15 protests, the Aquarius Sun was in a close conjunction to Uranus, with the Moon opposing. In Monday’s Full Moon chart, the Moon was in a close conjunction to Uranus, with the Sun in a tight opposition. Both brought a peak of energy, the momentary awakening from delusion, and a moment of joining. But they also had the particular quality of a Full Moon, being polarization — that is, raising the contrast between two different or opposing viewpoints. That is one sign of a healthy society. And it’s encouraging to see that these things happen with the Moon’s blessing. But also with that of Uranus.
Uranus is something of the guiding star of the United States, discovered as it was in 1781, just after the Revolution and seven years before the federal Constitution was ratified in 1788. Uranus was the first planet ever discovered; till that time, the only ones known were the traditional seven, for which one does not need a telescope.
It is often taught to astrology students that Uranus has an affinity with groups. Here we get some confirmation of that idea. But on Sunday we saw another side to Uranus, which was the power of clarity rather than of force. The event was collaborative, loving and peaceful, as calm as such a crowd can possibly be. And as is usually the case in modern protest marches, it was extremely creative. This was no 1968, when activists led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin disrupted the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and created a violent, chaotic spectacle that may have won the election for Richard Nixon, who later resigned in scandal. New Yorkers know that quite a lot is at stake. People, including and especially the police, truly kept their cool. But then, they were vastly outnumbered.
Subscribers to Planet Waves Astrology News can read the entire article here
Friday 13 June 2008
Sun (22+ Gemini) sesquiquadrate Hidalgo (7+ Scorpio Rx)
Apollo (7+ Leo) sesquiquadrate Uranus (22+ Pisces)
Venus (23+ Gemini) sextile 1992 QB1 (23+ Aries)
Apollo (7+ Leo) trine Pholus (7+ Sagittarius Rx)
Sun (22+ Gemini) square Uranus (22+ Pisces)
Venus (23+ Gemini) sextile Vesta (23+ Aries)
Sun (22+ Gemini) semisquare Apollo (7+ Leo)
Mercury (14+ Gemini Rx) trine Nessus (14+ Aquarius Rx)
Eros (1+ Cancer) square Arachne (1+ Libra)
Chiron (20+ Aquarius Rx) square Sedna (20+ Taurus)
Venus (24+ Gemini) trine Neptune (24+ Aquarius Rx)
Amor (17+ Taurus) quincunx Quaoar (17+ Sagittarius Rx)
Venus (24+ Gemini) sesquiquadrate Pandora (9+ Scorpio Rx)
Today’s Oracle takes us to Sep 19, 2005 – Aquarius – Monthly
Potentially annoying domestic or emotional influences are in the air, but how this works out depends on how you handle the situation. Keep your best Aquarian calm reserve, and don’t try to solve tomorrow’s problems today. Stick to who and what you know about, and try one day at a time. You’ll make the most creative decisions that way.