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Square aspects frequently correspond to tension created and felt within. The protocol for resolving inner tension can be summarized in three words: awareness, attitude and action. Serendipitously, the current series of Venus-Chiron squares symbolizes that process.<\/p>\n
Venus entered the first shadow (or ‘echo’) phase of its Gemini retrograde cycle in direct motion on April 11, passing the point where it would eventually pivot into reverse. The very next day, Venus made the first of three successive squares to Chiron, symbolizing the first step in addressing inner tension: awareness. The echo phase that precedes any retrograde is an opportunity to become aware. The first step is corresponding appearance to reality. No planet actually changes direction. Retrograde movement just looks that way from our perspective, which appears to be fixed. In fact, we are in orbit around the Sun just like all the other planets. <\/p>\n
Different sized orbits mean that planets will occasionally catch up with and pass one another on the solar system’s big track. When we are involved in such passages, the planet we are passing, or one which is passing us, appears to slow down and go backwards. In the case of Venus, its retrograde has corresponded to its passage between Earth and Sun, something which was plainly visible during its rare solar transit on June 5.<\/p>\n
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Awareness continues with an understanding of the symbolism associated with the Venus retrograde. Venus represents attraction without effort, and values intrinsically felt. Expressed through the airy, mutable field of Gemini, the characteristics of Venus connect with how we think, communicate and, sometimes, equivocate. Chiron in Pisces also connects disparate energies dynamically.<\/p>\n
While Chiron is inseparable from focus and clarity, it is not single-minded. The state of consciousness associated with Chiron is that of a symphony conductor. It is simultaneous and equal awareness of both the whole and the parts, both the abstract and the perceptible, all at once in real time. Expressed through mutable, watery Pisces the consciousness of Chiron takes on depth, passion and, sometimes, a hypersensitive sense of certainty. When Venus moves to square such a powerful Chironic energy from Gemini, awareness can get tricky, which leads us to the subject of attitude.<\/p>\n
Attitude is a loaded word. Many of us experience the phrase as something hurled at us in scorn, with an admonition to change it. It helps, therefore, to detach a bit and consider the definition of attitude in a more objective manner. One definition connects with the retrograde phenomenon because it involves objects in motion. That would be the attitude of a watercraft in relation to the water, or an aircraft in relation to the Earth.<\/p>\n
In regards to aircraft and watercraft, the optimum attitude is that which delivers efficient motion without tragic consequences. As it pertains to a square aspect, the definition of attitude is very much the same. It means discarding the reactionary and misinformed assumption that squares are bad or something to fear. Objectively, squares happen when two or more objects are in the same part of different signs which share the same quality (cardinal, fixed or mutable) but comprise a less than ideal pairing of element. For the sequence of Venus-Chiron squares reaching completion this weekend, the elemental pairing is air and water.<\/p>\n
In astrology, the pairing of air and water often suggests instability to those with a predisposition to associate squares with what happens to you. For those who see a square as an opportunity for growth, the inner tension generated by the mix of air and water represents what you do with what happens to you. It means taking control of the rudder and creating stability where none is conveniently given, creating confidence and strength in the bargain. Of course, taking the wheel in hand and creating the attitude of your motion through the world is a form of action.<\/p>\n
In order to take action, you first have to know that you can. The best way to know with certainty that you can take action is to first take responsibility. Once again, responsibility is a loaded word. For many of us, unpleasant conditioning associates responsibility with blame, and nobody wants to be blamed. Discarding the unpleasant conditioning associated with responsibility is an act of self-empowerment.<\/p>\n
When you get right down to it, the only thing you can control in this world is yourself. That’s how the action of taking responsibility empowers you. The more you accept as originating from within you, the more confidently you can address it and the stronger you can feel. Venus squaring Chiron for the third time in three months represents just such an opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whatever first broke through the surface of your awareness for the first square on April 12 should still be fresh in your memory. Where your attitudes connected with emergent awareness during the second square on June 16 should be even easier to recall, providing you with some focus and clarity. This weekend will be the time to pull it all together. Detach and think objectively about all the feelings the previous two squares had in common, looking for the whole picture in the details your memory provides. Look also for the reality behind the symbolism astrology provides. If you can find what you are looking for, that should help you determine just what it is inside of you that you can accept as yours, subject to resolution and even healing at your own hand.<\/p>\n
Where you are feeling intimacy blocked, look within for the origin. Whenever learning is stymied or commitment is not available, consider how your orientation may influence the situation. Whatever makes you feel powerless, seek a way to make it your own. Nobody’s perfect, but humans do not require perfection to progress. Even a little progress, achieved consciously, will function to make you stronger.<\/p>\n
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This weekend, Venus squares Chiron for the third time in as many months. It is unusual for that particular aspect to repeat more than twice annually. Behind the unconventionally rapid series of squares is a Venus retrograde cycle oscillating in the core of Gemini, combined with Chiron’s apparent reversal through Pisces. In direct motion once … 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":[1714],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59005"}],"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=59005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}