{"id":23698,"date":"2010-03-23T06:52:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T11:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=23698"},"modified":"2010-03-23T06:52:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T11:52:10","slug":"still-on-pointe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/still-on-pointe\/","title":{"rendered":"Still On Point(e)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The cardinal point action that began with the Vernal Equinox this last Saturday continues this morning when the Moon makes its way into the sign of Cancer. The sign of its rulership. From there it goes on to form a loose but functional grand cross in the cardinal signs. First opposing the Ceres (newly in Capricorn) and soon thereafter, Pluto. At very nearly the same time Luna forms a square to Saturn in Libra and the Sun in Aries. Hence the first degrees of the cardinal signs are plucked again as they have been in a steady rhythm for four days now. This serves to encourage our awareness of rapidly progressing public events that relate to our lives. There is no avoiding or denying that the political is now continuously personal, not just once and a while. A new era is taking shape day by day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The name Ceres is the Latin root for the English word cereal. Her astrological identity is hence linked to what is commonly referred to as the “staff of life” in western civilization, grain. She was called upon at a time of need. The Romans began to worship her as a deity over 2500 years ago when a drought threatened their nascent culture. She was revered by the plebeians. The poor but free citizens of the Roman Empire who made their meager living mostly as farmers. Her priests were women. Her cultural predecessor was the Greek deity Demeter, the mother of Persephone.<\/p>\n

The myth of Persephone is an attempt to explain the procession of the seasons, a grand cycle of light and dark, warmth and cold that all of us are subject to regardless of where we live or how far separated we are from where our food comes from. Even if we do not all experience the same weather at the same time, the cycle of the seasons is one of the major things that connects all human beings as one with each other.<\/p>\n

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The ingress of Ceres into the sign of the established order is a signifying event. Large institutions would not exist without the small people who incur poverty to support them. Massive wealth could not be accumulated without the labor of poor people. The conjunction of Ceres with Pluto will take place soon, more or less concurrent with the outer planets converging on the cardinal points to form the cardinal t-square that will usher in the era, yet to be defined, that will be associated with the cultural and cosmic phenomenon that is 2012. This conjunction will serve notice that the transformations associated with Pluto in Capricorn will need to include the metamorphosis of large cultural entities to serve the very people who have been exploited for so long.<\/p>\n

Besides the Sun and Moon, the other part of today’s grand cardinal cross is Saturn, which is meaningfully multi-tasking. Today the Ringed One is in a sextile (sixty degrees of separation) with Mars, direct in Leo since March 10th. The is a repeat of the same aspect that heralded this eventful month and the interpretation is analogous. Hold your horses a bit. There is a lot happening every day. Don’t be in such a rush to get what you set your desire on over the winter. There is time. Time for others. Time to adjust. Time to participate and negotiate. Know your limits and the boundaries of others. Forge relationships instead of alienation. See where your desires and needs can be achieved in harmony rather than reflexive and hurtful contention.<\/p>\n

Finally to the two luminary participants in today’s cross in the cardinal signs. Remember that when the Moon squares the Sun it’s in quarter phase. That’s how it looks like that half a cookie you shared with your friend. In this case it’s the first quarter. We are halfway towards the Full Moon that will coincide with the end of March. The very same Full Moon that will define and set the date for the high holiday that, more than any other, defines Christianity. A holiday that will begin our month of choices in our year of decision, April of 2010.<\/p>\n

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