{"id":55887,"date":"2012-04-13T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T04:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=55887"},"modified":"2012-04-12T22:52:51","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T02:52:51","slug":"weekend-astrology-row-row-row-your-boat-gently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/weekend-astrology-row-row-row-your-boat-gently\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Astrology: Row row row your boat, gently"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Assuming you have not built your ship out of stone, you should be just fine to sail this weekend's astrological waters. Photo by Amanda Painter, Portland, Maine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, Mars stations direct in Virgo overnight tonight into Saturday. We\u2019re all champing at the bit to move forward with decisions and plans, get out of our heads and into our bodies, and burn off steam. But if you\u2019re someone who leapt into new purchases and repairs right after Mercury stationed direct last week only to have them backfire, you have a vivid, recent reminder to take the days right after a station carefully and a couple knots below \u2018full speed ahead\u2019. After all, it\u2019s the bottom part of the iceberg that\u2019s problematic \u2013 and it\u2019s the part you don\u2019t know is there till you\u2019ve hit it.<\/p>\n

This is not to say you risk any Titanic<\/em>-sized mishaps should you push the throttle all the way. Just accelerate gradually. You\u2019ll burn up less gas, still get where you\u2019re going, and be able to steer past any obstacles as they arise.<\/p>\n

Plus, if your engines are not roaring, you\u2019ll be better able to hear what the sonar is picking up from below. Vesta is still conjunct Eris in Aries (exact today). The goddess of the hearth and the creative flame is presiding over the echo chamber of your identity, full of those whispers of who you are that seem to bounce around without ever syncing up. See if you can allow yourself to hear a harmony among the voices. It may be unconventional, like humpback whale songs deep beneath the surface, but if you can appreciate the curious beauty of these disparate whisperings of self, you may worry less about what might be \u2018down there\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it\u2019s a little unusual to use a watery metaphor for activity in a fire sign, but given that it\u2019s the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic<\/em> today and Mars is stationing direct opposite Neptune (lord of the seas) and Chiron in Pisces, hopefully you\u2019ll let it slide. After all, water and fire often create steam, contained steam creates pressure, and that\u2019s one thing we all seem to be under lately. We\u2019re almost at the release point, though, so start wiggling the valve now if you need to let off some of that steam before it gets the better of you.<\/p>\n

Also picking up some messages from the deep is Mercury. The planet of the mind and communication is still in late Pisces (it re-enters Aries on Monday), square the Galactic Center in Sagittarius. Your ship\u2019s radio is tuned to the frequency of higher love and awareness, but might feel at odds with more human urges today. Are you hearing a distress signal, a Siren song or a seagull? Listen carefully for your intuition and speak your heart, not your temper, if you can manage it. Remember that those all those planets making a cross<\/a> in the early mutable signs are still active, keeping a lot of old baggage front and center. As much as you may be struggling, so are the people around you. Compassion for yourself and others is key right now.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Aries Sun is making an opposition to Saturn in Libra (exact Sunday). As Len Wallick noted yesterday<\/a>, this is the last opposition between these two on the Aries-Libra axis for a long time. Saturn through Libra has been helping us re-conceive the designs of our relationships for a couple years now. This opposition is mirroring back to you some difficulties that are likely karmic in origin, so see if you can understand them for what they say about yourself rather than about the other involved. Whether or not your current (relation)ship is \u2018unsinkable\u2019 or has both a motor and sails to adapt to any conditions, you can really only navigate your own course within it \u2013 no one else\u2019s. <\/p>\n

In any case, don\u2019t worry: there\u2019s plenty of room in this lifeboat for everyone. Honest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally, Mars stations direct in Virgo overnight tonight into Saturday. We\u2019re all champing at the bit to move forward with decisions and plans, get out of our heads and into our bodies, and burn off steam. But if you\u2019re someone who leapt into new purchases and repairs right after Mercury stationed direct last week only … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"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\/55887"}],"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=55887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}