{"id":24852,"date":"2010-05-03T05:46:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T10:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=24852"},"modified":"2010-05-03T05:46:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T10:46:53","slug":"planetwaves-astrology-for-may-3-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/planetwaves-astrology-for-may-3-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"As Long As We Can See The Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Any headaches to report out there? Thought so. Whether it be empathy with a newly offended and injured Gaia, overdoing Beltane celebrations, allergy season or the ongoing upheaval in our personal lives, pressure on our heads seems to be going around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A good friend of mine recently had the hard-earned occasion to describe a t-shirt he owns. The graphic is two bewildered cartoon eyes on the black fabric. The text goes something like this: “I know that every time a door closes, another opens but these hallways really get to me!”.<\/p>\n

It would be fair to say that a good many of us resemble that remark right now. As challenging as the experience is, it does seem to carry its own purpose. A purpose of perspective on consequences and the purpose of recognizing and appreciating opportunity in a form other than that to which we have become accustomed.<\/p>\n

In synchronicity, as ever, the indifferent cycles in the sky function to bring us a detached perspective on this, our individual and collective time in the dark hallway. <\/p>\n

The current pertinent aspects would seem to break down into four categories. We will cover two of them today. The cardinal point action and something about Jupiter. With your kind permission we will leave the other two for tomorrow.<\/p>\n

There is of course, the continuous dance of Uranus, Saturn and Pluto as they exact a series of oppositions and squares near the cardinal points of Aries, Capricorn and Libra. The message here is becoming clear. The framework, the very skeleton upon which both our greater cultures and individual lives depend is in the process of coming apart. That this is a necessary prelude for reconstruction. There are several keys to being able to respond in a constructive manner.<\/p>\n

The first thing to remember is that the process is not over yet. The second thing to remember is that this is not happening to us. Rather, we are participants. Our individual and collective perceptions and responses will determine the actual course of events. As regards to the first, Saturn has one more square (90 degrees of separation) with Pluto. Squares, as you may recall, correspond to an internal tension, something going on within us. Assuming awareness of that, the applicable word is action. Doing anything is often better than doing nothing, but that’s where the astrology and the awareness come in. It is even better to do the appropriate thing.<\/p>\n

Saturn is the immovable object of the established order that both nourishes and limits us. While individual resistance is futile, cooperation brings structure and definition to both the individual and the collective. Pluto symbolizes perhaps the only irresistible force that can bring the established order to budge. It implies forces of metamorphosis and transformation that are part of longer historical cycles. Cycles which require adaptivity and evolution as the price of sustainability. So the internal expression of this square is expressed as attachment to what we are accustomed to, like gasoline and plastic. To what we depend on, like jobs that contribute to and support the infliction of death upon our fellow human beings. Like jobs that support industries dealing death to our planet. The resolution of that internal tension is in releasing those attachments and allowing ourselves to be open to something else. Like allowing ourselves to be open to life, not as a scarce resource to be fought over, but as an abundance to be shared.<\/p>\n

Uranus meanwhile has one more opposition (180 degrees of separation) to Saturn. In contrast to square aspects, oppositions correspond to external tension — polarization between one and the other. The implied resolution to these external polarities requires us first to engage and communicate. We must talk to each other. This is the first level of participation. From there the protocol is negotiation. This requires and develops trust. The final step is integration. This has everything to do with the word integrity, which is the logical result of trust given and received. Saturn, once again is that established order that has acquired a momentum. After all, if it ain’t broke, why fix it? Uranus is the reply that it may not be broken, but it is no longer functional.<\/p>\n

When the vast currents of the atmosphere no longer serve to convey warmth but also pollution, and the vast currents of the ocean not longer serve to distribute nutrients but also spread toxins and concentrate garbage, it’s time to communicate. We need to get clear about what we have in common, what we have at stake. This will shift perspective away from an illusory “them” and towards the reality of “us”. We need to negotiate. It may seem counter-intuitive to some but rigidity has become the enemy of sustainability, not its support. We need to integrate, we need to make the well being of others as much a part of our lives as our own.<\/p>\n

Even as we find ourselves in yet another cross-quarter threshold, mid-way between the Vernal Equinox and the Cancer Solstice, so we are at a threshold in the cardinal point activity of the outer planets. The next phase beginning even now, is a series of seven square aspects between Uranus and Pluto that will take us though 2012 and beyond. The choice how that will play out is ours. If we can respond appropriately to what is happening now that next phase can be a great and voluntary leap forward.The alternative will resemble being dragged lengthwise through a hedge, backwards. Which leads us to our second and closing subject for today, Jupiter and friends.<\/p>\n

What with all the fertilizer hitting the oscillator lately, its been easy to lose track of how some things are as they should be. Those allergies, for example, are the result of prolific pollination. Would we really wish for the consequences of the alternative? So it is in the sky. No better example is there than Jupiter.<\/p>\n

Jupiter is a benefic. It is in Pisces, a sign that it rules. It is moving forward. Chiron is in Pisces now as well. No need to squeeze the blood out of an impaired mutual reception turnip here. This is the real deal. It’s all good. And because Pisces, as the last sign of the zodiac represents everybody and everything all pooled together, the good must in some way be accessible to all. The key as always is that astrology is not destiny. It’s what we do with it, not what it does to us.<\/p>\n

With all the other heavy aspects and transits lately, its been easy to look ahead to Jupiter conjunct Uranus in the first degree of Aries. As auspicious and powerful as that promises to be, its not worth missing the nourishment available in the now. Even in the 25th degree of Pisces, its not too late. Indeed it’s precisely the right time to direct our attention to the fact that abundance is not extinct as Jupiter finds itself in precise aspect to the asteroids Vesta, Aphrodite and Askalaphus.<\/p>\n

Admittedly this may not be the best time for Vesta to engage with Jupiter. Long now into her Leo fire dance, she is a bit self- involved. But if Vesta is about anything, she is about devotion. Such a quality cannot help but notice that even in the dark hallway of a quincunx, there is something better in the offing. Whether devotion will meet abundance in harmony is not the question. The question is when. Until then, keep the faith.<\/p>\n

Aphrodite in Gemini is waiting for its famous alter-ego, Venus, to catch up for conjoin for a soiree. In the meantime, a square to Jupiter in Pisces should not serve to discourage. It is only a reminder that we all have to work a few things out inside of ourselves to better serve each other. Once again it is not a matter of whether but when. In the meantime, we have time to clean up our act so as to be better received when the next door opens.<\/p>\n

Finally, Askalaphus in Taurus, where the Sun is in transit to a threshold, while Mercury is in review of a time before. This aspect with Jupiter is the fortunate promise of a sextile. An opportunity to advance and grow. One of the foremost authorities on asteroid astrology, Martha Lang-Wescott regards Askalaphus to be about health and well-being and that “in need of or contributing to healing”.<\/p>\n

Isn’t that what we need right now? In this dark hallway, a little light. The sound of of a door opening for once. If the potential of Jupiter in Pisces can be endowed upon this little rock then any one of us, at any moment, may be availed of the same. The key is to have our eyes open and be looking for it.<\/p>\n

The Capricorn Moon begins our Monday with a generous trine to the Taurus Sun before it transits the North node, symbolically rising towards the future. When Luna crosses that point, it is literally rising above the fray of the ecliptic. Today is our day to take a clue. Rise above. Look ahead. We can and will make our way out of this dark passage.<\/p>\n

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