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

“Always be sure you are right, then go ahead.” – Attributed to David Crockett<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hesitated to use that quote for all the baggage it has acquired, but it sure does fit the astrology. It’s less than a week since the vernal equinox and already we have experienced a huge dose of cardinal sign energy, the imperative to do something, anything, to get the show on the road, the party started, etc. This with a special emphasis on the cachet of the first degree of a cardinal sign, sometimes called the Aries Point, that of the personal and political becoming indistinguishable from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cardinal activity is also associated with square aspects because these signs are 90 degrees apart. These are frequently experienced as internal tension which requires proactive resolution. Oppositions, 180 degrees of contact — [a right angle – oops editing error by eric! two right angles] — experienced as external binds, or points of confrontation, are also consistent with cardinal point ambiance. In other words, the idea of an opposition (or a square) and that of a cardinal sign are cousins. And this checks out historically — the aspects<\/em> come from the relationships between the signs<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On top of all that, the whole solar system seems to be signifying its participation. The faster moving bodies are sometimes called personal planets because they go around the Sun (and hence the zodiac) many times in the average human life. These fast movers have lately been synchronous with an imperative to be impetuous, impatient and impertinent.<\/p>\n

The slower moving planets symbolically remind us that any action taken, any decision made, any pattern started now could continue with consequences for a long, long time.<\/p>\n

It’s a good time to be sure you are right before you go ahead.<\/p>\n

Today continues the cardinal dominance. Today begins with the Moon moving into Leo where it will form a sextile (sixty degrees of separation) with retrograde Saturn in the first degree of the cardinal sign, Libra. Then, minutes later Luna goes on to form a conjunction with Mars, the ruling planet of Aries, which turned direct two weeks ago<\/p>\n

Venus continues a hero’s journey through Aries with an applying conjunction to the first planet discovered beyond Pluto, 1992 QB1. Mercury, also in Aries, opposes Haumea in Libra. Haumea is part of an influential club called dwarf planets. The other members are Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake, all of which we have heard a lot from lately, all but Makemake in cardinal signs. All of these aspects are provocative and full of meaning that is consistent with the prevalent cardinal sign experience.<\/p>\n

However, the remainder of today’s blog will focus on one other aspect that seems to transcend today, resounding through the ages and into the future. Our own Sun, in the early degrees of Aries forming a square (90 degrees of separation) with Pluto in the cardinal sign of Capricorn.<\/p>\n

If you think this a joke, go back 245 years to this very week. Nobody on earth knew about Pluto at that time but it was very close to the same position that it is in now. So was the Sun. They were in a square aspect from Aries to Capricorn. In London, England the British Parliament approved the Stamp Act to raise money from the North American colonies. A year later it was repealed but the die had been cast. Something had been set in motion that could not be reversed.<\/p>\n

Got an idea of what we are playing with now? Be damn sure you are right.<\/p>\n

Of course that was then and this is now. This is not 1765. Things are different now. You are durn tootin’ they are. Because in addition to squaring Pluto today, the Sun in in conjunction with the centaur planet, Pelion. That’s what is different today. What say we look into that particular piece of shadow material.<\/p>\n

Unlike other centaur planets, Pelion is not named after a centaur. It is named after a place. A place in Greece. A mountain on a peninsula hooking out into the Aegean Sea. In myth, a cavern on this mountain was the home of Chiron, the cerebral centaur, the greatest physician of his time, the mentor of Jason and Achilles. But it’s the place, not the centaur that we are talking about.<\/p>\n

Pelion was the place where the mythical, mortal, human king Peleus was wed to the immortal sea deity Thetis. Thetis was hot after Jupiter (or Zeus, or Jove, whatever – the king, the ruler, the top dog in the Parthenon). She once played a crucial part in keeping him from being displaced by some other, disgruntled gods. However, because of a prophecy that the son of Thetis would be superior to the father, Jupiter for once managed to keep it in his pants (or toga, or robe, you get it).<\/p>\n

It was thus that Zeus arranged for Thetis to be compelled to marry a mortal, so that her son would be no threat to him. Her son, by the way, was Achilles.<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to the wedding. Our post modern heroine, Eris was without honor back then. She was not invited. She tossed that golden apple (with the inscription “to the fairest”) into the reception and the rest is ancient history. Men made a mess of things. Women got blamed for it. Even today, thousands of years later, people are having trouble letting go and moving on. Greeks hate the Turks (check out the island of Cypress). Women are resentful. Men are fearful. Let go already! As Spongebob Squarepants might say, good luck with that.<\/p>\n

So, you can see what we are messing with. Take Sun in early Aries squaring Pluto in early Capricorn and you get the American Revolution when all King George wanted was a little pocket change to tide him over until he could sell opium to the Chinese. Add Sun conjunct Pelion and you get the Trojan War when all a girl wanted to do was have a little fun.<\/p>\n

So, should we all go back home and hide under the bed? Should we be all be cryogenic-ally frozen for a day? Heck no, hell no! Astrology is NOT destiny. There is no inevitable and unfortunate fate associated with this powerful aspect of Sun square Pluto. The energy of an astrological aspect is indifferent. It is we, who act in synchrony with that aspect, who give it meaning and take responsibility for the consequences. We don’t have to repeat the mistakes of the past. We can turn it around. We can avoid the temptation to exploit others for our own gain. We can divest ourselves of rage. We can do something good that will last a long time.<\/p>\n

We can pay attention to where we are and what we are doing.<\/p>\n

If not us, who? If not now, when?<\/p>\n

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By Len Wallick “Always be sure you are right, then go ahead.” – Attributed to David Crockett Hesitated to use that quote for all the baggage it has acquired, but it sure does fit the astrology. It’s less than a week since the vernal equinox and already we have experienced a huge dose of cardinal … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"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\/23781"}],"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\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}