{"id":23151,"date":"2010-03-01T06:52:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=23151"},"modified":"2010-03-01T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T19:44:12","slug":"choosing-to-survive-choosing-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/choosing-to-survive-choosing-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing To Survive \/ Choosing to Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Len Wallick<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“From supermicroscopic no-bug \/ To huge Galaxy Lightyear Bowell \/ Illuminating the sky of one mind- \/ Poor! I wish I was free \/ of that slaving meat wheel \/ And safe in heaven dead” – Jack Kerouac<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jack must have written that on a Monday. Sounds like a Monday, doesn’t it? The sky agrees. Simultaneously unwinding from a full Full Moon weekend and starting a new month at the same time. Who could blame if we are weary? The Full Moon is always a climax of sorts, bringing things to a head, especially in our personal lives. The Chilean earthquake was very nearly concurrent. Many of us have had an experience sympathetic with that event, our own interior tremors or tsunamis. As such, please be gentle with those you come into contact with today as they regain balance and bearings. If that describes you, remember to take one thing at a time so as to avoid being overwhelmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As if in support the Pisces Sun is separating from the magnifying conjunction with Jupiter to sextile the centaur planet Asbolus, in Taurus. Among other things, sixty degrees of separation are similar to a scholarship or a grant. Possessed of evidence that an aptitude has been acknowledged, effort still needs to be directed and applied for results.<\/p>\n

It’s been nearly two years since Asbolus has been explored in this space. It has been noted that it plays an important role in the natal charts of those characterized as survivors. With the larger luminary in support today we are each encouraged to find the survival quotient in ourselves and put it to work with the faith that we can and will prevail even if we get knocked off our feet every so often.<\/p>\n

Virgo Moon is feeling the push-pull of a busy Monday as well. Starting the day with an inconjunct aspect to Eris, the post modern indicator of identity crisis, can be compared to waking up not knowing who or where you are.\u00a0Opposing Venus soon thereafter is an opportunity to re-connect and integrate the polarities within, but it will require awareness of that state and a conscious effort to be whole. If that can be done, Luna’s ingress into Libra will be easier. That’s where the Moon will make its monthly conjunction with Saturn, still in retrograde until Memorial Day. That will be followed by a square to Pluto in Capricorn as the day draws to a close.<\/p>\n

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The first key to navigating today’s lunar transits and aspects is to be fully present. Find yourself first, just as you would find your socks and cell phone. Then the trick is to be creative. Look at the big, long term picture of the cardinal point activity. There will be change that cannot be denied. On the way there will be stress. For each step to be taken there is a firm place to put your foot. Sometimes it is there to be found, sometimes you need to make it. Finally, look for a through line that will connect the events of the weekend with the near and long future. If you find something that makes sense that will be a good day’s work and a solid foundation with which to begin the week and the month.<\/p>\n

As if aware of our Gregorian calendar, Mercury has timed a significant change of its own for today. First it winds up its eventful tenure in Aquarius with an opposition to the hypothetical point called Transpluto, situated for the long term in very late Leo. It has been noted in Cosmic Confidential that this imaginary object tends to put narrow, specific focus on the place where it is as well as the qualities of whatever it is in aspect to.<\/p>\n

With Transpluto’s laser pointer directly on Mercury’s last hours in Aquarius the specific issue would seem to be issues of communication between the individual and the collective. This can be a rather one-sided affair. The pressure to conform is always with us. The reward of yielding to that pressure is being accepted with a role to perform and a place to occupy. The penalty is having to give up or hide one’s true identity. This polarity can lead to a conflicted way of being. To quote Nathaniel Hawthorne from The Scarlet Letter<\/em>, “No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Resolution to this conundrum involves the worthy risk of making ourselves known for what we are and not what others want us to be. Worth the risk because transparency will make us whole in our private and public lives. Worth the risk because any form of acceptance based on a lie is continuously in peril of being revealed as fraudulent. Worth the risk because integrity sustains our relationship with others. Worth the risk because of where Mercury is headed next.<\/p>\n

Shortly after its telling opposition, Mercury moves to Pisces where it is traditionally said to be in fall. A planet is in fall when it is in a sign opposite of where it is exalted (in this case, Virgo). When a planet is in fall it as if it has been muted, unable to express its identity or assert its power. Thus we are entering three weeks when communication may be colored and muddied by the emotional mysteries of Pisces. If we can enter this time with a firm commitment to expressing ourselves clearly and fearlessly we can maintain a kind of momentum that will keep us out there and participating.<\/p>\n

Thus are today’s aspects tied together. The events of the Full Moon, magnified and particular at the same time might provoke us to retreat and hunker down. Such a withdrawal however, would come at precisely the time when we should be engaging with the world so as to make ourselves valuable and trusted participants for the long term. If we can overcome reaction and focus on action we will find a place that is stable and sustainable. Affirm life, put off\u00a0 “safe in heaven” for another, more appropriate time.<\/p>\n

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