{"id":50226,"date":"2011-12-07T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T05:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=50226"},"modified":"2011-12-06T20:46:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T01:46:49","slug":"pinball-wizard-mars-opposite-borasisi-on-the-eclipse-threshold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/pinball-wizard-mars-opposite-borasisi-on-the-eclipse-threshold\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinball Wizard: Mars opposite Borasisi on the eclipse threshold"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is Wednesday, December 7, 2011<\/a><\/strong>. Feeling at all tossed about, squeezed or pulled right now? We\u2019re being prompted to clear away our psychic debris by the Sun and the Great Attractor in Sagittarius; Mercury is tunneling deep into our spiritual awareness; and we\u2019re nearing the end of this particular eclipse wormhole. Yet amidst all the astrological imperatives to get our soul-act together and work our depths, some of us are working the more practical side of Mars in Virgo these days. <\/p>\n

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The spiritual stuff is important, but if you\u2019re out of food stamps, out of gas or out of patience, basic survival is driving you hard right now. Just getting through the day may be a real struggle, and Mars in Virgo can have a sense of violence \u2013 though it may be all self-directed and more mental than physical. Not that that\u2019s better. It just puts more factors under your own control. Today, one new aspect in the eclipse matrix is Mars opposite the minor planet Borasisi in Pisces.<\/p>\n

Borasisi is a Kuiper Belt object — one of those minor planets out by Pluto orbiting our Sun. It was discovered in 1997 and has an orbit lasting 292.6 years, along with its binary companion, Pabu (the two orbit a point between them, and as a pair, travel around the Sun). Borasisi also happens to be a rare example of a planet named after a creator god in a work of modern fiction, rather than ancient myth, as detailed in the subscriber issue With Love From Borasisi<\/strong><\/a> from March of this year.<\/p>\n

Borasisi comes with the sense of \u201cIf I believe it, it must be true\u201d or \u201cIf I don\u2019t believe it, it must not be true.\u201d We see this dynamic running amok in politics and popular opinion all the time. The state of being uncertain, the idea of real mystery, tends to make people nervous. So we rush in and fill the void with belief out of fear, instead of trying on the flow of experience. <\/p>\n

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What do we get when this planetary representative of the belief\/truth bind opposes the planet of action and drive? And what about when we encounter them on the Pisces-Virgo axis?<\/p>\n

Given the surrounding astrology, there seems to be something here about whether we put faith in our beliefs or our actions as we move through this extended GA\/node\/eclipse portal. The image that comes to mind is of using the opposition between belief and action as leverage or to ping-pong ourselves through the portal opening before us. The trick is to continually review and reevaluate the results of each side of the equation, then make adjustments as we move to the other. That is, when you find yourself entertaining a belief this week \u2013 about your abilities, your ancestry, your worth, your reactions \u2013 find ways to check it against your actions. Do they match up? <\/p>\n

For example, are you doing things you say are important to you? Are you treating those you say you love lovingly? If not, you can test the belief with some action. Actually prioritize that important thing and take one step toward it, however basic. Take those extra few moments before you speak or type to check whether love is part of where you\u2019re coming from. Remember we\u2019re all working with limits. Making a phone call to gather information is as valid an action as anything else.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019ve taken a step in some way, take a moment to feel it out. Can you assimilate this new information about what you can do and let it shape how you feel about yourself positively? What do you believe now that you\u2019re on the other side of this action? It\u2019s not easy in our demanding, fast-paced world to let the integration piece complete its process, but acting without reflection will not help us evolve. Neither will camping out in a belief. This is a dynamic occupation of Self we\u2019re after. <\/p>\n

One image of Mars-Borasisi that comes to mind is a cosmic pinball game, but hopefully gentler and with more awareness. The more we keep making the adjustments and taking steps the more likely we are to be in a radically different place with our awareness after the eclipse this weekend. In pinball you accumulate points the more posts the ball bumps before it falls off the table. We\u2019re not after \u2018points\u2019 or trying to \u2018win\u2019, but we are trying to gain perspective, awareness, momentum, confidence, openness, direction, authenticity \u2013 name your goal. Having Borasisi in Pisces gives a Neptunian flavor to our beliefs — great if that means creatively vetting them, not so much if we veer toward denial. Mars in Virgo can lend a precision to the actions we take \u2013 but stay vigilant for perfectionism and debilitating self-criticism of what you\u2019re doing. <\/p>\n

Mars will move a couple degrees from this opposition to square the GA and North Node right in time for the eclipse, so it really is part of the threshold. Mars is urging us to take concrete steps, however small, using what we\u2019re learning this week as a matter of fully engaging with this eclipse opportunity.<\/p>\n

Today, as the Moon moves through Taurus, it makes near-simultaneous trines to Venus in Capricorn and Mars in Virgo. It\u2019s a grand earth trine reflecting back to us how we feel about ourselves right now. Venus\u2019 conjunction with Pluto last week set some upheaval of our desires in motion; for some it was lusty, but others felt to be under great pressure. Mars\u2019 entrance into Virgo gave many of us zippy motivation to clean and organize, yet some of us are feeling challenged by self-criticism. <\/p>\n

With the two of them trine each other and the Moon, we get a palpable sense of how all of this upheaval \u2013 plus the deep ancestral or spiritual material being brought up by the eclipses and Mercury retrograde \u2013 reflects how we feel about ourselves. Specifically, how does your sense of value \u2013 your self-worth \u2013 affect the action you feel able to take? And how does your sense of value affect what you allow yourself to receive? Getting a read on those two things can light up the whole game.<\/p>\n

Looking for insights on how this week’s astrology affects your<\/strong> personal Sun and rising signs? Try out Planet Waves Light<\/strong><\/a>, our streamlined horoscope service. For deeper cultural context and astrological investigation, the premium Planet Waves subscription<\/strong><\/a> includes the same horoscopes, plus extensively-researched articles on Fridays.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Feeling at all tossed about, squeezed or pulled right now? We\u2019re being prompted to clear away our psychic debris by the Sun and the Great Attractor in Sagittarius; Mercury is tunneling deep into our spiritual awareness; and we\u2019re nearing the end of this particular eclipse wormhole. Yet amidst all … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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\/50226"}],"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=50226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}