{"id":49110,"date":"2011-11-23T01:10:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T06:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=49110"},"modified":"2011-11-23T13:21:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T18:21:08","slug":"pulling-off-the-band-aid-sagittarius-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/pulling-off-the-band-aid-sagittarius-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulling off the Band-Aid, Sagittarius-style"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stream-of-consciousness writing in tree shapes on velum hanging in the Portland Museum of Art in Maine, as part of the 2011 biennial exhibit. Photo taken by Amanda Painter between the June eclipses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011<\/a><\/strong>. We\u2019re in the days of the Mercury storm period, the Sun just arrived in Sagittarius yesterday, and the Moon is in Scorpio all day. Next stop: Mercury retrograde and that \u2018surprise\u2019 eclipse Thursday into Friday. How is this transition treating you so far? If you\u2019ve encountered some miscommunication which you took very personally, and then rather reluctantly found yourself admitting that some faulty beliefs or perceptions were at play, well \u2013 you\u2019re in tune with one level of the astrology. On the other hand, if you\u2019re feeling lit up by a palpable, electric, totally connected and expressive sense of self \u2013 guess what? You\u2019re still in tune with the sky.<\/p>\n

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Yeah \u2013 it\u2019s one of those weeks, folks. It\u2019s a bit of a grab bag, but rather than not knowing what astrology you\u2019re grabbing hold of (or seems to be grabbing you), the question is more about how you choose to respond to it. How flexible can you be? Especially for those traveling or mixing it up with family this week, how loose can you hang when things start looking FUBAR? Some people are well practiced in quick self-reflection and changes of emotional course. Others of us… well, let\u2019s just say that if you have a tendency to get defensive before you even know why and then want the satisfaction of knowing you were justified, this particular Mercury retrograde may ask you to stretch a little. <\/p>\n

We\u2019re being asked to peel back and perhaps discard certain old beliefs we have held for a long time. The thing is, it\u2019s generally less like picking off a scab and more like peeling off a Band-Aid you don\u2019t actually need anymore. Rather than re-opening a wound, it\u2019s like those first moments after a bandage you\u2019ve been wearing for days comes off. You know: the skin is pale and soft and feels very vulnerable \u2013 as though flesh could fear. All it needs is a little time in the air, however, and before you know it, you\u2019ve forgotten that you ever felt like you needed to put on another Band-Aid. New beliefs are not actually what scare us so much \u2013 it\u2019s that sense of vulnerability we feel in the moments of transition between old and new.<\/p>\n

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That said, Mars has been activating Chiron from across the wheel, and now the Sun is talking to Chiron in a square. So the wound analogy may be rather more literal than figurative at times. Always with Chiron the thing to remember is that the wounds that surface have done so because for whatever reason, the time is right. It may be about your level of self-understanding, your accumulated insights about your family history, the tools you\u2019ve acquired through therapy, your investment in creative energy or your motivation level to heal and grow. Likely, there\u2019s some combination of those putting you in a position to understand and take action in ways you may not have been able to before. <\/p>\n

As a little astrological nudge, Mercury is sextile Nessus in Aquarius. Any of these old beliefs stemming from repeated self-sabotaging habits and family history are going to find a way into your consciousness and possibly out of your mouth. But that\u2019s one benefit (however awkward) of the Sagittarian tendency to speak out before thinking: once something\u2019s out, it\u2019s actually easier to process and deal with it. And hey, the innocent bystanders may even be happy to help you with that \u2013 especially if you\u2019ve brought pie to the gathering and help them wash the dishes.<\/p>\n

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Today is Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. We\u2019re in the days of the Mercury storm period, the Sun just arrived in Sagittarius yesterday, and the Moon is in Scorpio all day. Next stop: Mercury retrograde and that \u2018surprise\u2019 eclipse Thursday into Friday. How is this transition treating you so far? If you\u2019ve encountered some miscommunication which … 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":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49110"}],"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=49110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}