{"id":47094,"date":"2011-10-13T11:54:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T15:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=47094"},"modified":"2011-10-13T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T21:29:25","slug":"flexing-reflection-venus-opposing-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astrology-with-len-wallick\/flexing-reflection-venus-opposing-jupiter\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexing Reflection – Venus opposing Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you missed yesterday’s edition of Planet Waves FM:<\/em>http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111012podcast.mp3<\/p>\n

Venus in Scorpio opposes retrograde Jupiter in Taurus tomorrow. The next few days will thus be a good time to practice a directed contemplation of what is now coming to a climax. The protocol is easy. Observe what appears before you in the course of going about your business. Make note of where you put your energy. <\/p>\n

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Also, be aware of what you are attracting. Keep track of what grows in importance, as well as that which is no longer a priority. Finally, be aware of what you have seen before and what you have not. Just for today and tomorrow, jot the actual events down if you get a chance. Then, think back to May, a month when the Sun was in the same part of the sky that the Moon is tracing most of this week. Now is the time to flex your memory muscles and reflect on that time, because that’s when Venus and Jupiter were together in the same place.<\/p>\n

When two or more objects are in the same place in the same sign, they are conjoined, temporarily merging their energies to start a new cycle. That’s how it was for Venus and Jupiter in May. Try to recall what that was like for you. It could have been a promise that attracted or a potential that repelled. Possibly there was a confluence that brought together who you were, where you were at and what you possessed. It would be most useful if you could discern now what was not apparent at the time. That’s because conjunctions are also known for their blind spots, the things you could not or would not see because they were too new, too close, or because you were too busy.<\/p>\n

The blind spot of a conjunction is best addressed at the eventual opposition, when two or more objects are at the same place in opposing signs. That’s how it comes to be a climax. Venus is now in Scorpio and willing to look. Jupiter is retrograde in Taurus and able to see. With both a healthy separation and a full frontal view, it is an opportune time to face the facts about what has transpired in the last six months. That is potentially intimidating. Most of us are inhibited about initiating confrontation, and for good reason. Fortunately an opposition between planets means that we are in the middle and that gives us some structure to work with.<\/p>\n

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At first, it may not seem so fortunate to be the pickle in the middle. It is intense. On the literal, material plane, it means that we are being pulled in two directions at once by the gravity of opposing planets. On the archetypal, symbolic level, an opposition often means finding ourselves in between outside forces that have little in common except what they want from us. The key is to focus on the opportunity and keep the peril at bay. In your life the opportunity is to influence and integrate both sides and be part of the solution. The peril is to identify with one side over the other and become part of the problem.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the archetypes that Venus and Jupiter represent in our lives, there is a lot of common ground. Most fundamentally, Venus represents attraction and Jupiter expansion. Those energies usually affirm each other, like love and open arms. If there is any confrontation to be found between two good things, it will probably be a matter of too much. In most cases it is easier to correct a case of too much than not enough. It usually means restraint. That’s the connection we are looking for when we collect our observations today and look back to the month of May.<\/p>\n

If the impending opposition of Venus and Jupiter means anything, there is probably something that started in May that could use some adjustment about now. If you can simply take the time to flex in active reflection, you should be able to see it and it will be good practice. It comes down to just three categories. Think attraction. What is pulling your energy and what are you pulling in? Think expansion. What is growing and what is shrinking? Finally, think about what has been unseen for six months in plain sight. Be conscious of not favoring either attraction or expansion, but rather being the moderation you want to bring about.<\/p>\n

As yesterday’s Daily Astrology blog noted, the energy of our recent Full Moon, a monthly opposition between Sun and Moon, is being extended. It is being extended by a series of oppositions between planets. Like the season itself, the Full Moon is also being extended through the aegis of fixed signs. Tomorrow’s opposition between Venus in fixed Scorpio and Jupiter, retrograde in fixed Taurus, is the opportunity to prepare for a pattern that will repeat and intensify over the next five weeks.<\/p>\n

It is an opportunity because it began when the Sun was where the Moon is now, making it a natural moment for bringing our whole selves to the task. It is a chance to practice because the truth and consequences of the moment are uncomfortable but not as dire as polarities get. Most of all, tomorrow’s opposition of Venus and Jupiter is an occasion to experience your own power to observe and correlate in harmony and union with the sky. That experience should tell you clearly that a climax is not the same as an end.
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In case you missed yesterday’s edition of Planet Waves FM:http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111012podcast.mp3 Venus in Scorpio opposes retrograde Jupiter in Taurus tomorrow. The next few days will thus be a good time to practice a directed contemplation of what is now coming to a climax. The protocol is easy. Observe what appears before you in the course of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1714],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47094"}],"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\/7221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}