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Mercury’s shift to cardinal waters has curative potential after a long fortnight of continuous cosmic elaboration on the theme of eclipses. While Mercury’s mental paradigm may not be entirely soluble in Cancer’s fluid energy signature, the combination can be symbolically emulsified to express as emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n
Emotional intelligence combines a capability for analysis with a capacity for feeling, each supporting and informing the other. While not always easy to practice, it is a skill appreciated by those who benefit from its application. Now is a good time to cultivate that skill and astrology is providing some instruction. Mercury, leaving one of its two home signs (Virgo being the other), symbolically demonstrates how intellect need not disappear when it is not dominant, any more than a light needs to be bright in order to see. When diffused, both physical illumination and analytical intelligence are easier to take and often just as functional. Cancer’s slice of the zodiac exemplifies elemental qualities for the medium of dispersal.<\/p>\n
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The ancient element associated with the second cardinal sign is water, a substance known for its capacity to absorb or emulate the essence of the other three elements, fire, earth or air. As such, any object entering Cancer is both accepted with empathy and required to accept integration. Even Cancer’s ruler, the Moon, is in a different phase of its existence on each successive visit to its domicile. Hence, the lesson Mercury’s brief time in Cancer will have to offer as we emerge from a cycle of eclipses is one of being reconciled to a different phase of being, in reciprocation for a place to be. Jupiter’s longer tenure in Gemini, on the other hand, will be more of an experiment.<\/p>\n
On the surface, a year in Twin City will be quite a comedown for Jupiter. That’s because Gemini opposes Sagittarius, where Jupiter rules. Under the ancient system of relative dignities, that means the largest planet will spend the next 12 months or so in detriment, something like being expatriated. The context of what is going on elsewhere in the sky, however, will serve to modify that circumstance and an auspicious beginning will make all the difference. This particular tour of Gemini will begin very differently indeed.<\/p>\n
Jupiter’s entry to Gemini on Monday will be shortly followed by a truly auspicious circumstance. Ten days after ingress to its ostensible detriment, Jupiter will be occulted by the Moon. That means Big Jove, which by that time will be plainly visible in the pre-dawn sky, will have the Moon pass in front of it, temporarily blocking it from our view. That one event will make Jupiter a major player, effectively the bridge between the major events concluding one season and those that begin another. That’s because an occultation is very much like an eclipse.<\/p>\n
Eclipses of one sort or another have been the repetitive and dominant theme in recent days. As soon as the Sun entered mutable Gemini, signifying the last phase of the current season, it was eclipsed by the Moon. Two weeks after that, the Moon took its turn being eclipsed by the Earth. Less than two days after that, the Sun was effectively eclipsed yet again by a rare and dramatic transit of Venus. Thus, Jupiter’s lunar occultation puts it in thematic resonance with those climactic occurrences, but another recent eclipse-like event connects the Jovian circumstance even more closely to the future.<\/p>\n
Less than two days ago, shortly after Venus’ transit of the Sun, Pluto was occulted by the Moon for the third month in a row, an event that will repeat every month for another year to come. Pluto, of course, is a participant in the premier celestial feature of our era: its continuous series of square aspects with Uranus. The square of Uranus to Pluto will be exact for the first time just days after the Sun follows Mercury into Cancer, initiating the next season. Jupiter, by virtue of its own recent lunar occultation, will thus become an integral part of the big picture, representing the potential to expand beyond circumstance. That expansive potential can symbolize a similar opportunity for all of us. Like all opportunities, however, the outcome is not ordained by fate: it will depend on what we do with it.<\/p>\n
Jupiter’s entry into Gemini next Monday is a symbol of encouragement. It is a reminder that no matter where we find ourselves, the only detriments are those we accept. While the recent spate of eclipses and eclipse-like events has probably found you in some new place or circumstance to which you are not accustomed, it does not mean hardship is inevitable. Being reconciled to change does not necessarily entail loss. Integration is not oblivion. As Mercury and Jupiter move into new signs, we are moving into new times. Those times will call on us to expand beyond ancient limitations that separate emotions from intelligence and open our minds to new and unprecedented possibilities of what we can be and the influence we can have. It’s a grand experiment and you are a part of it.<\/p>\n
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Mercury moved on from its rulership in Gemini to the sign Cancer earlier today. By this time on Monday, Jupiter will be on the threshold of Gemini, concluding a year in Taurus. In the case of both Mercury and Jupiter, the new residence will be more humble than the previous set of accommodations, dialing their … 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\/57896"}],"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=57896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}