{"id":53831,"date":"2012-02-27T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=53831"},"modified":"2012-02-27T19:32:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T00:32:15","slug":"bending-at-the-crossroad-sun-and-elatus-square-the-lunar-nodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astrology-with-len-wallick\/bending-at-the-crossroad-sun-and-elatus-square-the-lunar-nodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bending At The Crossroad – Sun & Elatus Square the Nodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Standin’ at the crossroad, tried to flag a ride.
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For the next several days, Pisces Sun, the perpetually opposed lunar nodes (currently in Sagittarius and Gemini), and centaur Elatus in Virgo will compose four points in the precise shape of a cross. To help you work with that pattern, we will examine the parts without losing sight of the whole. The whole is what the aspect looks like, a crossroad, where you are standing, with all of the potential that image implies.<\/p>\n

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This particular crossroad connects points in the four mutable signs; Pisces, Sagittarius, Gemini and Virgo. When Sun occupies mutable territory, it means the season is literally about to change. For example, we are now less than a month from the Vernal Equinox and we know that because Sun is in Pisces. By extension, any aspect between objects in mutable signs symbolizes impending change in the seasons of your life. Just like a change in earthly seasons, it’s something you can feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Planets in different signs which share the same quality (cardinal, fixed or mutable) connect not only through particular shapes but also to corresponding feelings. One sensation often associated with that sort of connection is tension, like the feeling of standing at a crossroad, trying to flag a ride before dark. The perceptible strain can originate from two places, inside and\/or outside. Anxiety you bring to yourself from the inside corresponds to points on the cross pattern that are at right angles to each other, and that is called a square aspect. Resolving a square requires action. Suspense originating from outside relates to points opposing each other on the cross and that is logically called an opposition. Oppositions imply negotiation. Sometimes, as is the case this week, squares and oppositions occur together in a larger picture. Fortunately, the Sun is part of that picture.<\/p>\n

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In astrology, Sun is as simple and straightforward as it is in your life. It is, in the words of Robert Hand, “light, consciousness and day.” The solar component of an aspect, therefore, enlightens awareness. The solar opposition to Elatus in this week’s grand mutable cross illuminates the challenge of communicating that awareness from your position at the crossroad in order to negotiate a means to your destination. Tracey Delaney at Serennu<\/a>\u00a0avers that “the art of communication is a theme” for Elatus and that its test is in\u00a0“struggling to express yourself, not making yourself understood, etc.” That’s something any hitchhiker can relate to, when, in the words of Robert Johnson, “everybody pass me by.” \u00a0Unlike the forlorn character in Johnson’s song, the Pisces Sun’s opposition to Elatus in Virgo does not stand alone, the axis of the lunar nodes both completes and transforms an opposition into a grand mutable cross.<\/p>\n

The lunar nodes are not material objects like Sun and Elatus. The nodes are two hypothetical points where the separate paths of the luminaries (Sun and Moon) appear to intersect in our sky, regardless where Sol and Luna actually are. Those intersections are important because eclipses take place when the luminaries meet at or near those theoretical points, making them a very special form of crossroads in their own right. In the case of this week’s grand mutable cross, special comes in layers.<\/p>\n

One node is where Moon’s orbit around our planet rises above the plane of Earth’s orbit around Sun, otherwise known as the ecliptic. That’s the North Node which has the cachet of dharma, acting as if what you do matters to the rest of the world. The South Node is where the lunar orbit plunges below the ecliptic to complete the other half of its journey and signifies karma, facing the consequences. Because Moon’s orbit wobbles in a gravitational tug-of-war between Earth and Sun, the location of either node usually has two values, mean (or averaged-out) and true (for any given moment), which can be degrees apart. Tomorrow, those two values will conjoin to the degree, essentially becoming one, which is rare — a second layer of special, as if to focus the nodes’ square to Sun and Elatus.<\/p>\n

When any object is square to the axis that connects the lunar nodes, it’s more than just square with its internal tension. Such an object is said to be “at the bending” of the nodes, adding a third layer to the composition of our crossroads aspect. Just like there are a North and South Node, there is a North and South bending. If you start at the North Node position (in this case 9+ Sagittarius) and follow the zodiac clockwise, the first square you get to is the South Bending. That’s where Elatus is. The opposing point, which Sun will reach tomorrow, is the North Bending.<\/p>\n

According to Mary Plumb, the South Bending is “a point of release — experiences are internal and have difficulty being expressed outwardly.” Gee, sounds like Tracy Delaney’s interpretation of Elatus. Ms. Plumb goes on to say that The North Bending “is a point where energy comes in; events and experiences will manifest in the outer world.” That in turn resonates with Robert Hand’s concise characterization of the Sun. In other words, the components of this week’s grand mutable cross aspect will assemble at precisely the right time in precisely the right places to create a crossroads where your consciousness confronts its expression, as the consequences of your past negotiate the potential of an impending season.<\/p>\n

Somewhere, somehow, that symbolic crossroad in the sky will manifest in your life. It may be an opportunity offered to you, like a ride. It could be a revelation that opens up and unfolds like a road. It might be another person, reflecting your self back at you, or a chance to do the same for someone else. Whatever form it takes, your choice will be which way to go from there, and act you must. The crossroad is no place to stay forever, it’s a place where forever begins.<\/p>\n

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Standin’ at the crossroad, tried to flag a ride. — Robert Johnson For the next several days, Pisces Sun, the perpetually opposed lunar nodes (currently in Sagittarius and Gemini), and centaur Elatus in Virgo will compose four points in the precise shape of a cross. To help you work with that pattern, we will examine … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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\/53831"}],"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\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}