{"id":24512,"date":"2010-04-22T06:28:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=24512"},"modified":"2010-04-22T06:28:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:28:19","slug":"this-time-is-ours-ours-is-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/this-time-is-ours-ours-is-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"This Time Is Ours, Ours Is This Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Len Wallick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This particular Mercury retrograde seems to be taking shape nicely. There is the usual stuff. E-mails seem to be having a problem getting through with dispatch, if at all. Voice mail is answering the phone more often than not. Communication seems to take that extra effort and those additional clarifying words required.<\/p>\n

This time however, there is that noticeable edge to it. Do you notice? Frustration finds less equanimity and considerably more anger. Judgment has become a comfort zone. Above all, impatience has become pandemic. It as though many of us are channeling a small mammal under the influence of a controlled stimulant. What’s up with that? Check it out. This particular retrograde, Mercury is not alone. Mars is in the house. It goes deep.<\/p>\n

Fascinating how a collision can sneak up on you. Dig it, Mercury, retrograde in Taurus is applying to square Mars, direct in Leo. They are each moving at about the same speed in opposite directions and will exact the aspect this coming Sunday. Let’s break it down.<\/p>\n

An astrological chart is a circle, or rather two concentric circles. Planets are distributed on the chart according to where they are from our perspective here on Earth. Between any two planets there is a geometric relationship, the number of degrees you need to go around the circle(s) to get from one to another. That relationship is called an aspect. Since everything is moving on the circle(s) the aspects are always approaching (otherwise known as applying) or moving away (separating) from what is often but not always a brief moment of numeric exactitude. The applying part is usually considered to be a form of building to a climax. The separation is usually considered an unwinding.<\/p>\n

Some aspects are considered to be more auspicious than others. Because a circle has 360 degrees and there are 12 astrological signs, each sign gets 30 degrees. That’s the outer circle, by the way. Therefore aspects that are multiples of 30 are those usually considered to carry the most weight. There are exceptions but, like the inner circle, we can leave those out for our purposes here. Thirty times three is ninety and that amount of separation is the aspect called a square. Like Eris and Joan Jett, squares have a bad reputation. By the same identical token, that is precisely the sort of superficial, unconscious reaction we need to stop practicing right about now. The future is all about the squares (and i don’t mean Durward Kirby). We need to get ready.<\/p>\n

Sure, the external presence of an astrological square frequently finds synchronicity with internal phenomena such as discomfort, tension and stress. Think about it and that’s not always bad. It’s almost impossible to be complacent when you’ve got an itch. A square compels us to pay attention and, beyond that, to do something. When the phenomena is internal, there’s no running away. The only option is to do something that will gain relief.<\/p>\n

With a square between Mercury and Mars, not doing something will often find concurrence with headaches, tummy aches and other so-called nervous disorders. This goes on until something physical breaks down or until the nervous disorders are acted out and inflicted on to other people. It’s usually considered nice to share but that sort of behavior would, like a social disease, be the exception.<\/p>\n

With this particular aspect, however, inaction is not usually the problem. It’s how one acts, how consciously and with what timing. Therein is the challenge and the potential. Stop thinking consciously for just a moment and Mercury square Mars will find us jumping to conclusions that reveal the default positions of our fearful, prejudiced, injured selves.<\/p>\n

This is the time to stop and think deliberately. Do we have our facts straight? Does our reasoning make sense? Are our actions going to get a supportive response or stimulate resistance, resentment and\/or conflict? Where do we want to put that energy? Have we made the slightest effort to consider somebody else’s position, their feelings? Ask yourself those questions and by the time you are done there a good chance the ambient vibe will not be running you.<\/p>\n

One other thing we can’t forget, both Mercury and Mars are re-tracing degrees already transited. Mercury for the second time, Mars for the third. Take a sniff, can you smell the past? That’s the underlying note of fragrance that lingers after the “cookbook astrology” retrograde stereotypes waft away. That’s the scent that won’t wash off after we have gained control over the hyper-stimulated mind. There is a Proustian quality to this little dance of Mercury and Mars. The smell, the taste, is provoking a deja due, is it not? Could that be where some of the anxiety is coming from?<\/p>\n

There is no need to be anxious. We are not destined to repeat the past. Whisper, my friend. Witness in awe. As surely as we can take charge of ourselves in the moment, we can take control of the moment in ourselves.<\/p>\n

Offered In Service on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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