{"id":42557,"date":"2011-08-03T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T04:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=42557"},"modified":"2011-08-03T12:42:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T16:42:01","slug":"a-question-of-nourishment-mars-moon-juno-talk-to-ceres-uranus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/a-question-of-nourishment-mars-moon-juno-talk-to-ceres-uranus\/","title":{"rendered":"A question of nourishment: Mars, Moon, Juno talk to Ceres-Uranus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is Wednesday, August 3, 2011. <\/strong><\/a> Mars ingresses Cancer at about 5:22 am. We\u2019re moving into the first full day of Mercury\u2019s current retrograde phase, with Mars, the Moon and some potent goddess power moving the day along. Some people find the couple of days surrounding a Mercury station to be turbulent, so take a moment now to check in with yourself. Allow yourself a little mental space and see if you can follow any tension, impatience or impulsive conclusions deeper in. <\/p>\n

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What you uncover may prove key as the retrograde deepens, particularly with Mars bringing its drive, assertiveness and heat to the emotional body of the cardinal sign Cancer. This ingress lights up the Aries Point and completes a cardinal cross. Notably, the first aspect Mars makes is a square to the Ceres-Uranus conjunction in Aries. According to Eric, this aspect represents the fear of starvation and hunger. It\u2019s something we\u2019re seeing more of close to home, as people continue struggling with the economy. <\/p>\n

Anticipating Ceres moving onto the Aries Point, Eric had mentioned that we should watch how food issues and possible crises play out in the world. Sure enough, the Horn of Africa is in the midst of famine — and we hear about it now. Valerie Amos, Emergency Relief Coordinator of the U.N., was quoted Monday as saying that \u201c12.4 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti are in dire need of help, and the situation is getting worse.\u201d Thousands have died in southern Somalia. Given that Africa is generally considered to have been the cradle of humanity, I think it\u2019s fair to say this crisis has a message fundamental to all of us. How does our personal sense of nourishment affect how involved we get in matters of community, however locally or globally you define it? How much of what captures our attention and energy actually feeds us in any way? There have been famines forever, but we can ask ourselves what this one says to our current collective moment.<\/p>\n

In the Friday subscriber issue, Eric noted that as Mars moves through Cancer, it \u201cmakes what are called hard aspects to Saturn, Uranus and Pluto — indicating the potential for some hotheaded, reactionary and yes, rigid emotions (the sign Cancer principally expresses itself emotionally). This is a good time to get beneath the shell (associated with the crab) and defensiveness of this sign, and open up to the deeper empathy we’re all capable of. And we will have help.\u201d <\/p>\n

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That help comes in the form of water trines to Neptune and Chiron in Pisces, which emphasize flow, flexibility, empathy and creative solutions. As Len noted Monday, this is about Mars bringing its energizing powers of incorporation to this sense of flow. The question is, however, what exactly is flowing? As Eric pointed out in conversation about this aspect, anything can flow. It could be imagination or it could be something toxic (or potentially toxic) like alcohol. So this trine will take discernment. Notice what is tending to flow and pay attention. How much did you actually have to drink, for example? <\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s not forget the Moon. It begins the day in Virgo, entering Libra at about 6:04 am EDT. Once in this cardinal sign, it moves into aspects with the slow, strong planets hanging out on the cardinal cross, plus Mars. <\/p>\n

As the Libra Moon squares Mars, it also enters into a conjunction with Juno and an opposition with Ceres-Uranus in Aries. So we have a picture of our inner, emotional self possibly magnifying any jealousies or deeply-held relationship scorecards in its quest for justice and balance. And as Len has pointed out, a conjunction can indicate a bit of a blind spot in our perception \u2013 in this case, of these feelings. <\/p>\n

Opposite Ceres and Uranus, the Moon and Juno may be asking: Are you feeling nourished? Do you feel like you have made sacrifices regarding the nourishment you desire, or that you have to offer, in relationships? If you are a daughter, how do these themes play into your relationship with your mother? Or with your own daughter if you have one? Or with an intimate partner? How much do we need to receive before we feel like we have enough to give?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about keeping score, and it\u2019s not worth feeling guilty and ashamed about it if you feel like you come up short. It is, however, worth bearing in mind as you work with the Mars water trines and the Mercury retrograde. The clearer we get about any perception of deficit within ourselves, the freer we will be to give what we have with true empathy and generosity — in whatever realm nourishment is called for \u2013 to others and to ourselves.<\/p>\n

Notice and choose: in fresh horoscopes weekly and twice monthly, the current sky speaks through your Sun and rising signs. Eric unfolds the themes in Planet Waves subscriber edition<\/strong><\/a> and Planet Waves Light<\/strong><\/a> so you can notice your patterns and choose consciously.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Mars ingresses Cancer at about 5:22 am. We\u2019re moving into the first full day of Mercury\u2019s current retrograde phase, with Mars, the Moon and some potent goddess power moving the day along. Some people find the couple of days surrounding a Mercury station to be turbulent, so take a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42557"}],"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\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}