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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThis conjunction happened in last Cancer in June 1990, just as Chiron was entering perihelion phase for a few years — coming closest to the Sun, and therefore its fastest average daily motion. Because Chiron was moving so fast for most of this side of its orbit, it’s taken Jupiter 19 years to catch up (and correcting a prior statement), there was indeed an exact conjunction on May 23, 2009, very close to today’s; and a second pass on July 22. Today’s is the final pass for this cycle; the next conjunction takes place in 2023, as Pluto is getting ready to exit Capricorn.<\/p>\n
When you think in longish cycles, it’s easier to remember that a conjunction like this defines an era, not a few days, or a single year. There is also a contact between Jupiter and Neptune involved, in about two weeks; and finally Chiron and Neptune, exact Feb. 17. For those contemplating this triple cluster of planets, that last one is the ‘big one’ because it’s been building for so long, as Chiron and Neptune have crept across Aquarius for quite a long time.<\/p>\n
Simultaneously today, there is a Mercury-Pluto conjunction — the cosmos is serving up a little extra fireworks, with a conjunction between a very near planet and a very far one. (I am sure your daily horoscope from astroservice-dot-whatever will be all full of Plutonian good cheer, you don’t need to take it too seriously. Mercury describes a state of mind, which is a state of awareness.)<\/p>\n
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This is an interesting mix of light and dark, as Mercury-Pluto in Capricorn would presumably be a bit obsessive and oriented on themes of power. Yet that aspect may be playing bass in the planetary symphony today. Aspects are one thing when they happen on their own, and another entirely when they happen in the context of something else. From the standpoint of our perceptions, contrast is useful. The universe may be all love, but on Earth we need light and shadow in order to see.<\/p>\n
The Sun is still aligned with the Great Attractor, and now for the next 12 days will be moving into, and through, an alignment with the Galactic Core. These two very different points are both in mid-Sagittarius, and the Sun aligns with them every year at this time of year. When it does so, it’s as if the Sun becomes part of them, concentrating and amplifying their energy. I am sure that by later today I will have some new calculus on this sequence of events, though for now, I’ve just got the basic news; let’s see what turns up in the comments area.<\/p>\n
The Great Attractor is too new and too subtle for most people to identify, but not too unusual to feel. For those curious about these points, I have some extra reading if you want. Here’s a little article on the Great Attractor<\/strong><\/a>. And here is a series called Sagittarius Secrets Revealed, part one<\/strong><\/a> and part two<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, let’s consider a news item that arrives with all of this: the Copenhagen climate conference. The activity in Capricorn describes corporations and governments and that in Sagittarius describes another potential. Sagg is ruled by the Earth in one system of astrology. It’s like we’re being offered two ways to get this message — as a death threat, as an evolutionary impulse, or as a statement of potential: perhaps all three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’re living in a world being colored and shaped by the Jupiter-Chiron conjunction, which is still three arc minutes from exact at the time of this writing Monday morning New York time. As mentioned, this is a once-per-generation conjunction; and also a gem. Jupiter and Chiron both are elements associated with Sagittarius: the sign of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}