{"id":33399,"date":"2011-01-18T04:53:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T09:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=33399"},"modified":"2011-01-18T09:38:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T14:38:26","slug":"coming-together-forward-from-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/coming-together-forward-from-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Together – Forward From Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won…Think of it – always.”
\n–Mahatma Gandhi<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please recall from recent Daily Astrology blogs that all the personal planets — Mercury, Venus and Mars — have recently changed signs during the period between the Capricorn New Moon earlier this month and the Cancer Full Moon tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mercury moved direct from Sagittarius across a cardinal point into Capricorn for the second time since its recent retrograde between those two signs. Venus, after a very long time in Libra and Scorpio because of its own rare and lengthy retrograde period has just started a new era for itself in the mutable fire of Sagittarius. Finally, Mars left Capricorn on the winged heels of Mercury’s ingress and entered the fixed air sign of Aquarius. All of this was to be a precursor of sorts.<\/p>\n

First, there are the impending and auspicious changes awaiting the trans-personal planets. Jupiter and Saturn, through their longer orbital periods, are bridging a generational span. In deed as in word, by this time next week, Jupiter will have made its own second direct ingress to Aries and Saturn will have stationed retrograde.<\/p>\n

Second, the transition of the personal planets evidence that the time between the cardinal sign T-square of 2010 and future cardinal point square aspects between Uranus in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn in 2012 is not some sort of lull. It is a continuum, illustrating connection between the personal and political. The cumulative effect of individual choices made today will shape what appears to be a new epoch: we are co-creators of the future and not helpless subjects of the cycles of history.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, we brought the Sun and Moon into that fold. The extraordinary series of anaretic Full Moons, including tomorrow’s luminary opposition, connects recent monthly lunar cycles to cycles of Earthly seasons. Humans experience these seasons differently but concurrently, from the daily, to the monthly, annual, generational and the epochal. We are in a period when each of us can make a difference. You matter, you make a difference. You have a part of the responsibility for how it all comes out. If you want to know what it all means, if you are looking for a message, you can start with that.<\/p>\n

Which brings us right up to today and tomorrow. Early today or late last night, depending on where you are, Mercury emerges from the echo (or “shadow”) phase of its recent retrograde cycle passing the point where it stationed just before moving into retrograde six weeks ago. Less than two minutes later it exacts its second conjunction in Capricorn with Pluto. That’s right, less than two minutes.<\/p>\n

Among other things, Mercury has to do with how we think and this amazingly timed conjunction will give us a reason to do just that: pause for thought. A conjunction is, among other things, a merging of energies and interpretations with the sign placement as background. The first meeting between Mercury and Pluto was during the first echo phase, indeed during the storm phase just days before the retrograde station and therefore tied in with that sort of energy. Now this second get-together is after old Fleet Foot is free of all that and moving forward into new territory — for thought.<\/p>\n

Pluto combines the imperative and the impulse towards transformation. This dynamic can be a bit frightening, but at the same time it is also irresistible. It is as if the fear of changing and the need to change have become one. This is where we have to be careful. Like most astrological aspects, there is a double edge. If fear is allowed to rule, changes made will become subject and subordinate to that emotion, with fear becoming the cause and the motor, propagating itself while solving nothing.<\/p>\n

If however, awareness of the necessity to engage creatively with change is the conscious motivator, there is an opportunity to overcome fear rather than have it rule us. This is where pausing to think comes in. For most of us, if we act reflexively, instinct will take over. For all but the exceptional few that means opening the door to fear. Even a moment’s reflection and thoughtful response, however, will catch that and allow us to catch ourselves.<\/p>\n

Today’s conjunction with Pluto is an opportunity for Mercury, as represented in how we think, to set a new pattern just as it is emerging from an old one. If we can simply be aware of that opportunity and avoid being intimidated by what Pluto represents we can make a new start now and not have to wait for the next cycle. An event that happens just before tomorrow’s Full Moon will make us glad we did.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, an hour before the Full Moon, the asteroid Juno stations retrograde in the anaretic degree of Virgo. Juno is an asteroid located in what is called the main belt. This scattered collection of rocks and ice chunks is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the third asteroid discovered after Ceres and Pallas and before Vesta. It is not large (approximately one percent of the mass of the entire belt) but it is bright for its size. It has a highly eccentric orbit relative to other such objects. The astronomical characteristics would seem to indicate a brilliant but erratic energy.<\/p>\n

This object is the namesake of the highest Roman goddess, the spouse of Jupiter. In spite of her position, the constant philandering of her husband seems to have put her in an constant state of agitation, apparently threatened by each and every paramour. The fear of loss led to jealousy which led in turn to grudge. When one considers that she was an immortal of unfathomable power, one wonders how she could allow fear, particularly the kind associated with facing mortality, to shape her character and rule her life. Anyone’s sympathy for her unrequited love must also consider that her response to her own fear was to provoke fear in others. There appeared to be no statute of limitations. Once you were on her bad list, it was forever with no appeal.<\/p>\n

The really extraordinary thing is the placement and timing of Juno relative to the luminaries tomorrow. As reviewed in yesterday’s blog, the Sun will be in the last degree of Capricorn when opposing Luna in the last degree of Cancer. Juno will be in the same exact spot in Virgo, to the degree, when it stations retrograde less than one hour before the Full Moon is exact. The asteroid’s angular relationship with the Sun is trine in earth signs. The relationship with the Moon will be a sextile. This gives the position of Juno a double edge much like the Mercury-Pluto conjunction.<\/p>\n

With asteroids, at least so far, the best astrological interpretations have been serendipitously straightforward. What you see is what you get. Juno the object going retrograde sounds a lot like Juno the goddess going sideways and indulging her disorders. A sextile is supportive and a trine can be enabling. The saving grace is that both the Sun and Moon are moving on to something new, letting go of placement and that’s the side of this aspect you want to be on instead of going over the same ground and getting yourself worked up. Remember, astrology is not destiny. It is a tool. It allows you to be aware of where you are in relationship to detached and indifferent natural cycles. That awareness illuminates your choices but you must be the one to choose.<\/p>\n

Do any of you remember Yoda informing Luke that there was another Skywalker? Well there is another sextile and another trine for the opposed luminaries besides those with retrograde Juno. It is with Jupiter in the anaretic degree of Pisces where it rules and where it is direct, bound for Aries. It is almost as if Juno’s husband is sympathizing with us, providing us with an alternative to emulating her ingrained and reactive behavior. It is saying that there is a reward for releasing attachment to revenge without end. It is possible to finally see the end of a grudge even if we must constantly renew our creative engagement with the fear that provoked it.<\/p>\n

This will be important — just as you are — in creating the future. Sure, the violent, exploitative patrilinear paradigm has overstayed its welcome. The sheer absurdity of those who abandon all decency and reason to hold back the tide of change can easily trigger rage. And rage is not a bad thing if it is allowed to pass when it is no longer useful. But this is the future you are creating. Do you really want to incorporate the mistakes of the past? .<\/p>\n

Overcoming a grudge is possibly the final and toughest hurdle, even after cultivating awareness, releasing attachment to a given outcome, overcoming conditioning and accepting responsibility. Even after learning how to reach and unlearning how to push, the holding of a grudge and the desire for revenge can remain. As long as it does, it holds only one potential. The potential to undo our work and undo ourselves. Place yourself on the bright side of history. Trust the truth and offer love. We have it on good authority:\u00a0that will allow us all to win together.<\/p>\n

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