{"id":23171,"date":"2010-03-04T06:22:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T11:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=23171"},"modified":"2010-03-05T00:48:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T05:48:13","slug":"just-flew-in-from-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/just-flew-in-from-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Flew In From Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In spite of the long term outer plant aspects we have been striving to keep you conscious of (and there will be a written test), today belongs to the luminaries and Mercury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Go back to Monday, ok just remember the blog. A planet is said to be in “fall” when it is a sign which is opposite the sign of its exaltation. A planet is in “detriment” when it is in a sign opposite the one it rules. Make-up-your-mind Mister Mercury rules two signs, Gemini and Virgo. Don’t know why but he does get around, so, porque no? The problem is that makes things complicated for the bumpkin astrologer who is walking the narrow path of integrity.<\/p>\n

Mercury is in Pisces since Monday. Hence Mercury is either in detriment or fall. Either way, it’s not a strong placement. It mutes the expression and saps the identity of Mr Wing Foot. He hasn’t been himself lately and neither have a lot of Geminis and Virgos.<\/p>\n

This morning that old, incorrigible Scorpio Moon finds itself in the unlikely role of hero, coming to the rescue of Mercury with a trine aspect (120 degrees of separation). Signs with the same element (earth, air, fire and water) form trines because four elements divides into twelve signs yielding a dividend of three. Trines are like winning a lottery – beneficial but too easy. Overall, just as likely to lead to overindulgence and excess as to uplifting and sustenance. It depends, as it always does, on the context and syntax of the aspect. In this case (Scorpio Moon trine Pisces Mercury), it’s all good. If only for half a day or less, there is this glorious, open, static free channel between unconscious emotional intuition and the conscious calculating intellect. It’s like Salvador Dali working you a non-linear differential equation and you were digging it. So, thank you Moon. You’re welcome Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Luna then goes on to trine first Jupiter, then the Sun later today. This is where the not so benefic edge of a trine might (emphasize: might) show itself. Unlike Mercury, Jupiter rules in Pisces. It is comfortable, it is fully expressed and strong. If we are lucky this will be a positive, even enthusiastic while also compassionate and altruistic influence. Like your boss taking you out to lunch, picking up the check and informing you that you are getting a promotion, a raise and an office with a door. <\/p>\n

If we are not lucky, this can be a overbearing, fanatical energy with a heavy load of entitlement. Like your boss telling you to meet him at lunch, sticking you with a heavy bar tab, insisting you drive him home and informing you that you should convert to his religion if you want to keep your job. How will it turn out? Remember, each one of us has something to say about that. Keep in mind that the energy you put out there will come back to you.<\/p>\n

Then, Luna trines the Sun. This splits the difference between the aspects with Mercury and Jupiter because Sol is neither domiciled nor detriment-ed, neither exalted nor felled in Pisces. The main thing about this one is to be conscious and aware that today is like no other. Hence habitual, reflexive reactions are to be avoided in favor of conscious creativity.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Moon gets a symbiotic benefit out of all this. Considered to be in fall while transiting Scorpio, all of this attention and energy lifts Luna from the deep, depressive, dark waters to skip on the surface. Assuming we choose to sing along, we can follow the bouncing ball from one wave crest to another till the Sun goes down.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Pisces Sun, today finds it in a square (90 degree aspect) with the Great Attractor in Sagittarius. Lest this spoil your fun, remember squares are not all nor even necessarily bad. It just means you have to get up and go at it with a mind to work it out.<\/p>\n

The main problem with this one is that we don’t really know what the Great Attractor is. Even if it were in our face, with a passport and a resume, we still probably would not be able to comprehend it. So what action is the luminary of the higher mind required to take to resolve a square with the mystery of the cosmos? Well, faith might help. Art is a powerful tool. Trying a new approach can be useful. So if you get out the water colors and pray while standing on your head, what’s the worst that can happen? Double-dog dare ya!<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, back to Mercury in Pisces. As is fitting for for such a swifty, it’s double-dog aspecting today. In addition to its trine with the Moon, Hermie forms a sextile (sixty degrees of separation) with Pluto in Capricorn. Now, don’t let the Pluto thing put you off. This is rich and potentially golden.<\/p>\n

Once again we heed back to Monday’s blog, LOVE it when a plan comes together! A sextile is a lot like a trine except you gotta work had for your money. And it better treat you right. So let’s put a little work into Mr Inside and Mr Outside. One clue from Greco-Roman mythology is that Mercury is practically the only one routinely allowed to enter Pluto’s underworld and leave again. It worked out for both of them. Pluto was able to stay in touch with his mother in law and Mercury had job security. After a while they must have gotten to know each other like people used to get to know their postal carrier. How’s the wife and kids, time for a cup of coffee, here’s a cigar for Christmas, yada yada. So, you figure that’s gotta carry over into astrology what with synchronicity and all. So this sextile, you see, can bring us the news from down below where the heat and pressure are transforming yesterday into tomorrow. It can allow us to open up and dish a little of what we have kept in the dark. There is an opportunity for mystery to be revealed and identity transformed. Sounds a little like a shot at freedom. Look for it and apply yourself fearlessly. It’s gonna treat you right.<\/p>\n

For the last four Thursdays, your humble correspondent has offered a series of installments examining the mutual reception between Uranus and Neptune, soon coming to an end after seven years. This week however one is compelled to call a moratorium so as to study up on the materials Eric sent back from the NCGR astrology conference.<\/p>\n

You see, i wasn’t invited. Gotta rep. They know that after a couple of the preferred i would be under the banquet table, trying the laces together on Robert Hand’s wingtips and giving Richard Tarnas a hotfoot; followed later in the evening by chucking water balloons at Michael Lutin from my hotel window. Somehow, they didn’t think i would fit in. Some folks just don’t know how to blast.<\/p>\n

So until next time. Stay well. Step light. And remember the time honored congressional protocol for people who can’t take a joke.<\/p>\n

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