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Dear Friend and Reader:
We are approaching the Cancer New Moon and Mercury exiting shadow phase. Here are some of the week’s highlights. Check this entry a few more times — I will be adding additional highlights.
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Make no mistake, we are still unwinding the effects of the recent Mercury retrograde, which is still working itself out for a few more days. Even though Mercury is direct, it is re-crossing the degrees where it was retrograde, stirring up so much uncertainty. In a sense, uncertainty is the perfect remedy for “stuck.” And stuck — in patterns, or in holding patterns — is one of the themes of our time.
This week the Cancer New Moon, and the current position of the Moon in Gemini (extreme waning phase) is calling on us to wrap up the emotional business of the past few months and move on into new territory.
30 Monday: Moon enters Gemini at 3 am EDT. Sun sesquiquadrate Neptune. Mars trines Pluto. Vesta enters Taurus today, heading straight for the Chiron discovery degree at 3+ Taurus. Genevieve offers this interpretation of today’s astrology:
This may be a time where you find it very easy to say exactly what is on your mind. However, be aware of the possibility that you may be projecting onto other people what is really something that is going on inside of you. No one can make you feel obligated to do something, until you agree to let them do it to you. This is what is called devoted procrastination as far as letting other people find distractions for you. It is also very possible at this time to come into contact with deep seated feelings of alienation. But with the Moon where it is, gathering the Shadows around it and settling in for a long, deep darkness in Cancer, now is one of the best times to reflect upon the darker side of your own mind/soul, and see what that person inside of you has to say. You have as much to say to the world around you as that inner person has to say about you.
1 Tuesday: Mars enters Virgo. The second sign change of Mars since the retrograde of last winter. Mercury opposes Juno.
Mars has trined Pluto, a palpable aspect in itself, before changing signs. For the next couple of months, everything that changes signs will aspect Pluto first, giving even ordinary planetary sign changes a feeling of deep transformation each time they occur.
2 Wednesday: Moon enters Cancer at 3:35 am EDT, crossing the Aries Point. After making a conjunction to Ceres, it then makes a conjunction to the Sun (this is the Cancer New Moon) at 10:19 pm. Moon is at the slowest right now as well (most distant from Earth), adding to the introspective feeling of the New Moon.
Genevieve writes: The Moon is at its slowest during this aspect. As with all New Moons, this is an invaluable time to take a step back from pushing ahead with your plans, and leave the space open for new ones to announce themselves. Since this is a Cancer Moon, the energy is fertile, comforting, and tender. You may find this is a good time to address goals that you have for getting your mentality in an order that is more suitable for your dreams. It is often the case that we are our own worst enemies. The New Moon in Cancer, conjunct the Sun in the same sign is a good place to be with these emotions. Does fear sometimes get the best of you? Do you feel like you are being used? Use this current aspect to navigate the roots of the matter.
3 Thursday: Psyche stations direct (11+ Scorpio). Psyche has been retrograde for most of the year, and that feels like heavy going in Scorpio. It’s nice that she goes direct the same time as Mercury leaves shadow phase, as this should offer some additional relief and the ability to look outward, past our own sense of personal lack, loss, injury or an obsessive focus on a ‘missing piece’. Most of us associate Mercury with our psyche. The two are closely related, though Psyche is an experience more than idea.
4 Friday: Moon enters Leo 4:15 am EDT. Mercury sextile Eris. Sextiles are said to be aspects of balance. Triangles are stable, and when you impose two on one another (such as the Star of David) you get an exceptionally stable structure. The number six is about pleasure, reaching the center, feeling the core of existence; it is about reaching the place (in mysticism called Kether) where all roads lead and from which all roads emanate.
5 Saturday: Mercury (22+ Gemini) square Uranus (22+ Pisces Rx). I am declaring the Mercury shadow phase over with this aspect. There is a ‘stunning revelation’ associated with this aspect, which has been long and slow in the tease. This is because just prior to stationing retrograde, Mercury approached the exact square to Uranus, then backed off and in a sense made us go through some vast process of preparation before coming back to this place two months later.
6 Sunday: Mercury trine Neptune. Venus trine Uranus. This is a magnificent release into the future — a gateway to the future; to imagining and inventing what is possible.
Yours & truly,
Monday 30 June 2008
Sun (8+ Cancer) trine Pandora (8+ Scorpio)
Amor (23+ Taurus) square Neptune (23+ Aquarius Rx)
Vesta enters Taurus (direct)
Mars (29+ Leo) semisquare Atlantis (14+ Libra)
Sun (8+ Cancer) sesquiquadrate Neptune (23+ Aquarius Rx)
Mercury (17+ Gemini) opposite Quaoar (17+ Sagittarius Rx)
Sun (9+ Cancer) semisquare Amor (24+ Taurus)
Eros (17+ Cancer) quincunx Quaoar (17+ Sagittarius Rx)
Mars (29+ Leo) trine Pluto (29+ Sagittarius Rx)
Today’s Oracle takes us to Mar 01, 2006 – Aries – Monthly
Make sure the women in your life are happy, particularly those you class as friends rather than lovers. It is true that you have many of your own changes in progress, but a lot of those involve redefining the role you play in the lives of others. You have plenty of emotional capacity and a distinctly healing vibe going in your home, and you can be generous with invitations. You’d be surprised what a friendly ear and a lovingly prepared meal can do for someone who is struggling with feelings they can’t quite express. Listen with your heart as well as your ears.