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

Its a busy sky, literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n

It would do us some good to start with the literal for a change. Weather permitting, make some time to go outside at night, soon. Tonight, if possible. Just after sunset, look to the West for an impressive lineup. Close to the horizon and to your right is the biggest challenge, Mercury. If you are lucky enough to live on a high spot away from city lights (or on the beach) you just might be able to make it out. Binoculars will help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From there, follow a diagonal up and to the left. Straight ahead and unmistakeably bright is Venus. Very near Venus for the next night or two, is the bright star Regulus. Keep looking up and to the left to find Mars and finally, Saturn. With Venus, you can’t miss. As for the rest, remember the diagonal sight line and the fact that planets don’t twinkle.<\/p>\n

Just before dawn in the East, look towards the south to find Jupiter, nearly as bright as Venus. To the left and close to the rising Sun, the crescent Moon.<\/p>\n

There, didn’t it feel good to get away from the computer for a while and see the real thing? Now when you look at today’s chart, a few things could fall into place with a different perspective.<\/p>\n

And perspective is what today’s astrology seems to be calling for. There’s a lot going on and sorting it out is a challenge. Sort of like our collective and personal lives. Starting with the big stuff. This weekend is the total solar eclipse most of us will not see. Most of us are bound to feel it, however. It concludes the cycle that started with the partial lunar eclipse that took place on June 26.<\/p>\n

The eclipse cycle takes place in the midst of the cardinal t-square which is getting tighter by the minute. Uranus is retrograding back towards the Aries point. In doing so, it is approaching its fifth and final exact opposition with Saturn which is now direct in the final degree of Virgo. Pluto meantime, is still retrogressing in the fourth degree of Capricorn.<\/p>\n

Uranus’ impending shift from the first solar house to the twelfth corresponds thematically to the Moon’s two-week journey from the north lunar node to the south. Going from dharma (Aries and the north node) to karma (Pisces and the south node). Thus the continuous aspect of the eclipse cycle is linked and assimilated into the t-square continuum.<\/p>\n

That about sums up the big picture.<\/p>\n

Among today’s ephemera, your itinerant correspondent has chosen two for our focus. A mysterious yod and a defining sextile.<\/p>\n

One would propose that we first shake it up and bring the boys to the yod. At 29+ Virgo is Saturn, as previously mentioned. At 28+ Cancer is Mercury. That’s the sextile (60 degrees of separation) that forms the base of the yod but NOT the defining sextile referred to in the previous paragraph. That comes later.<\/p>\n

Both Saturn and Mercury are separated from Neptune (at 28+ Aquarius) by 150 degrees. That obtuse angle is called a quincunx. Thus is formed the precise (to the degree) shape of the letter “Y” that gives us the word “yod”. But that’s not all. Splitting the sextile between Mercury and Saturn and opposing Neptune is none other than our trailblazer, Venus at 28+ degrees Leo. This makes the yod take the shape of a peace symbol, or if you prefer, a chicken foot. In astrology some people call it a boomerang. Still more, Venus is in close conjunction with a centaur planet called Elatus. Neptune, of course remains in its long functional conjunction with Chiron.<\/p>\n

The opposition between Elatus and Chiron started in 2003, when Uranus moved into Aquarius. It will continue until 2015, about the time Uranus has finished exacting the last of seven cardinal square aspects with Pluto. It is almost as if Uranus is involved in the yod. Not in a spatial sense, but rather a temporal one. It is also as if the the opposition of these two centaurs has been waiting for this moment to come in the middle of their long polarity, to act as a scaffold of accretion. Einstein was right. Space and time really are the same thing.<\/p>\n

Complex and mysterious enough for you? Unfortunately, there’s no time to lie down.<\/p>\n

But we can take a few moments to break it down. First consider that this aspect will evaporate very quickly. By the time of this weekend’s solar eclipse, Mercury will be in the fifth degree of Leo, Venus in the second degree of Virgo, each off on to a new adventure. So, there is something very much today, very emphatically now about this one. Blink and something is gone.<\/p>\n

As with all yods, the sextile between Mercury and Saturn is supportive. Heartfelt words encouraging contraction and structure, perhaps. Neptune, at the apex, is under pressure, or at the very least, feeling an itch. Chiron is close enough to feel the instability or discomfort. An adjustment of some sort is in order. Given the ephemeral nature of this aspect, timing would seem to be a crucial element.<\/p>\n

Throw in the tight Venus-Elatus conjunction and appreciate the meaning of the word exponential. As the pickle in the middle of the sextile between Mercury and Saturn, it would seem to be an alienating influence, shifting the basis of a supportive relationship from understanding to faith at best and mutual attachment at worst.<\/p>\n

In opposition to Neptune at the apex, however, Venus-Elatus could be the saving grace. It would seem to say that the resolution to the confounding combination of complexity and pressure is to bring an intuitive focus and an instinctual awareness. Chiron, if anything, enhances this message. Stop trying to make sense of it. Feel your way through it. Become aware that your body also has wisdom, not just your mind.<\/p>\n

This does not mean that you shut off your mind. Neither does it mean that you react instead of responding. What it does mean is breaking the rigid constraints of how we have been conditioned to think and release the attachment that reinforces that conditioning. It is not easy. It is like jumping out of a flying airplane. It’s topsy-turvy time.<\/p>\n

That’s where the defining sextile comes in. Unlike the yod, not for a day but an unusually durable aspect that is now applying to the degree. An aspect that will exact precisely with the timing of the total solar eclipse. An aspect that will remain functional for days after: Sun in Cancer sextile Mars in Virgo.<\/p>\n

Two days ago our wise and profound blog auditor, Mystes, hit the nail on the head when she implied that it is a time when the feminine assumes the role of inseminator. Don’t let that confront you — that’s conditioning talking. Don’t let that alienate you, that’s attachment talking. Inhale the idea and hold your breath for just a few seconds. Give it a chance. Put the receptive in play as the active. See what happens. Why not? It’s not reckless, it’s creative. Now go back outside, look at the planets in the sky.<\/p>\n

Blessed be, indeed.<\/p>\n

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