{"id":16406,"date":"2009-07-14T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=16406"},"modified":"2009-07-15T03:58:50","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T08:58:50","slug":"mercury-venus-mars-in-gemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/mercury-venus-mars-in-gemini\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury and the Sun square Eris; Venus and Mars in Gemini"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eris is still a new energy to astrologers; most have no experience applying it, and those of us who do have had limited time to try it out. Eris was discovered and named through a series of events between 2003 and 2006, and is now standing at 22+ Aries.<\/p>\n

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Valencia, Spain. Photo by Eric.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today both the Mercury and the Sun are at 22+ Cancer, meaning that the Mercury and the Sun are square Eris in Aries. This is likely to feel like a spot of mental and\/or emotional chaos; there could be storms of discord, though it will be difficult to distinguish what is internal from what is external, as a square can have both manifestations. It can represent an event or series of events; or it can represent an inner condition that’s making it difficult to see the world clearly.<\/p>\n

Mercury and the Sun in Cancer want security. Eris in Aries wants independence and the freedom to choose who she is. Under the old rules there is inherent conflict here, because stability has generally been purchased at the price of attempting to suspend change, or activities which challenge one’s sense of identity. We see this phenomenon often enough in relationships.<\/p>\n

This is happening amidst plenty of other activity. Mars ingressing Gemini, for example, has presented a palpable change in the psychic climate: I’m picking it up as a sense of volatility in my environment. Venus is also there; she tends to do a lot better in Gemini and the energy is gentler, more conversational, more about seeing both sides of the issue.<\/p>\n

Of note, most of us have an important placement in Gemini, which would be either Nessus or the Nessus\/Hylonome conjunction. These are two slow-moving planets that formed a conjunction for many years. Nessus is about psychological power dynamics and potentially abusive situatinos. Hylonome is about self-inflicted situations; it’s about what we do to ourselves, some of which we’ve taken on from others.<\/p>\n

This rarely noted Gemini phase of history would cover\u0412\u00a0 everyone born from around 1960 forward, through around 1970 (I will research the exact dates for tomorrow). So this means a whole bunch of us are getting Venus, then Mars conjunct natal Nessus, or Venus, then Mars conjunct natal Nessus and Hylonome. I have described this conjunction (Hylonome conjunct Nessus) as the Dark Sixties, the psychologically impossible aspect of the Sixties.<\/p>\n

This contains more than a bit about the widescale neglect of kids taking hold at that time; the latchkey kids. It’s about the damage caused by people who could not adapt psychologically or spiritually to the speed of the changes (and many adults passed this onto their children as fear of progress and change); it was the well fed people neglecting their kids psychologically; it was the takeover of media culture; it was about the psychic injury inflicted by the Vietnam War, the first war that we knew, sooner or later, was blatantly immoral and useless. (It was this injury that was used against us when the invasion of Iraq was conducted.)<\/p>\n

The common thread of today’s astrology is Gemini: the Sun and Mercury (the ruler of Gemini) square Eris; and Venus and Mars in Gemini. I think it’s pretty important to talk about it – whatever it is, but make sure you add listening; make sure that whoever you’re talking to has the energy to listen.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, remember the pressure of a total solar eclipse in the last degree of Cancer is building. The eclipse is exact in one week; the Moon is currently at last quarter. Please, take it easy. Ask for help when you need it. Offer it when you can.<\/p>\n

Yours & truly,<\/p>\n

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