{"id":59094,"date":"2012-07-10T00:44:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T04:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=59094"},"modified":"2012-07-10T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T13:58:20","slug":"fill-the-well-be-the-well-ceres-conjunct-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/fill-the-well-be-the-well-ceres-conjunct-jupiter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fill the well; be the well: Ceres conjunct Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s last quarter Moon is accompanied by an aspect that\u2019s all about nourishment and filling the well (or perhaps accessing a well that\u2019s already full): Jupiter conjunct Ceres in Gemini.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart section showing Jupiter (orange ‘4’) conjunct Ceres (purple question mark) in Gemini. They have the exact same numbers next to them. To the left is the south lunar node (orange horse shoe) and Venus is to the right, still moving slowly less that two weeks since stationing direct.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s a good thing, since this week there are aspects urging us to take action; to begin wrapping up projects; and a configuration bringing a certain tension to our awareness regarding ego identity, relationships and aspects of ourselves that we\u2019ve cast aside. That\u2019s kind of a lot there on the immediate horizon. If your experience yesterday was a little prickly, you may need a moment to regroup before the momentum picks up at the end of this week. <\/p>\n

Ceres is the goddess of the harvest, and in astrology often is prominent with issues regarding food or nourishment. Jupiter is an expansive principle, albeit one that can seem to over-promise if we\u2019re not willing to put a little effort into realizing what it offers. Gemini, for its part, brings in the principle of duality \u2013 light and dark, inner and outer, male and female, etc.<\/p>\n

This conjunction says it’s a good time to be sure you are feeding both your halves, however you may conceive of those. Or, since Jupiter in Gemini is about multiplicity, you can think of nourishing all your \u2018halves\u2019. Why limit yourself to just two? After all, the Cancer Sun is working toward a square with Eris in Aries (we\u2019ll have more on that configuration, which also includes Saturn and the asteroid Varuna, later this week). Eris, named after the goddess of discord, often represents a fragmentation of identity or the parts of ourselves we\u2019ve cast off. By all means, use this time now for a little loving kindness \u2013 both towards the parts of yourself you know deserve it, and those parts you may think do not. <\/p>\n

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In the background, we\u2019re still working with the idea of reconciling with an \u2018inner twin\u2019 or some sort of inner split, which was a prominent theme of the recent Venus retrograde. Venus is still treading the Gemini territory through which it retrograded; we are still in the early stages of outwardly applying whatever we may have learned during its retrograde. So this is a very good time to use the nourishing energy of Jupiter-Ceres to continue integrating and expressing what you learned about holding the tension of a duality (or multiplicity) in balance and in consciousness, rather than banishing one half out of consciousness.<\/p>\n

Doing so is rather like the surface of water: the tension allows for differentiation, yet is permeable; the surface is both reflective and transparent. It\u2019s a \u2018both and\u2019 situation, not \u2018either or\u2019.<\/p>\n

Consider this: the Sabian symbol for 7 Gemini, where Jupiter and Ceres are conjunct, is \u201ca well with bucket and rope under the shade of majestic trees.\u201d (The Sabian symbols are a set of channeled images, the best-known version of which was reinterpreted by Dane Rudhyar.)<\/p>\n

Could we possibly have a more apt and synchronous image for the idea of spiritual feeding already suggested by Jupiter-Ceres? Not only is this an image of access to water \u2013 a fundamental life-sustaining element, and presumably where primordial life began on this planet \u2013 but the well is shaded by flourishing trees. The presence of water underground is assured by the presence of the trees. What Rudhyar calls \u201cthe root of all living processes\u201d \u2013 water \u2013 may be hidden and invisible to us, but we can have faith that it is there. <\/p>\n

Make no mistake \u2013 it takes some effort to raise a full bucket of water from deep within a well. Just like it takes some effort to make something out of Jupiter\u2019s promise. But the nourishment of Ceres is real, just like the \u201chidden sustaining power of life\u201d represented by the well under the trees \u2013 trees with roots deep enough to go beyond water\u2019s surface tension and tap its depths.<\/p>\n

You are simultaneously the trees proving that you are connected to the source of life; the well that allows access to that source; and the effort needed to draw it up and take it in. With Jupiter and Ceres working Gemini together today, it really is a matter of, \u2018the more you give, the more you receive\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s last quarter Moon is accompanied by an aspect that\u2019s all about nourishment and filling the well (or perhaps accessing a well that\u2019s already full): Jupiter conjunct Ceres in Gemini. It\u2019s a good thing, since this week there are aspects urging us to take action; to begin wrapping up projects; and a configuration bringing a … 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\/59094"}],"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=59094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}