{"id":59710,"date":"2012-07-27T15:27:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T19:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=59710"},"modified":"2012-07-27T17:30:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T21:30:22","slug":"the-weekend-astrology-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/the-weekend-astrology-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Astrology: Sun conjunct Mercury and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weekend\u2019s signature event is the Sun-Mercury conjunction in Leo Saturday, and then the workweek begins with this month\u2019s Moon-Pluto occultation in Capricorn. We\u2019ve been tracking the Moon-Pluto events, which began in April and repeat for 19 straight months (here<\/a> in a subscriber issue, and also on this blog<\/a>). If you\u2019re curious about what\u2019s slowly working its way up from the depths in your emotional life, check your journal around these dates<\/a>. The Sun and Mercury may lend your mind a little extra perceptive juice if you do.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart showing the grand fire trine this weekend, set for the exact Sun-Mercury conjunction. The focal point is the Sun (yellow circle) conjunct Mercury (green glyph with horns) in Leo. The other points to the triangle are the Moon in Saggitarius and Uranus (blue “H”) in Aries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As of this writing, the waxing Scorpio Moon is opposite the Black Moon Lilith (a hypothetical point related to the Moon\u2019s orbit) in late Taurus. It may be lending some interesting undertones to your Friday along a sensual, sexual and at times possessive, at other times transformative, axis. Feel around in those shadows for which emotions are actually motivating you, and how deep they reside in the less-accessible (or acceptable) reaches of your feminine side. Is your mother in there somewhere? With the Moon not making any other major aspects before it enters Sagittarius, it\u2019s a good moment to do the spelunking with less chance of emotional backlash. <\/p>\n

That clears the way for Sun-Mercury. Effective now, it is exact Saturday at 3:57 pm EDT. Yesterday Len Wallick explored this conjunction\u2019s participation in a grand fire trine<\/a>, with the advice to add awareness and discipline to our spiritual, imaginative fire. That configuration starts shaping up tonight into Saturday, when the Moon enters Sagittarius just before 1:18 am EDT and makes trine aspects with Uranus in Aries and Sun-Mercury in Leo. <\/p>\n

Eric noted the potentially questionable facet of the Sun-Mercury conjunction in today\u2019s subscriber issue, in the context of a horary chart for the Olympic Games. The Trickster may indeed play games with the proceedings — he certainly raspberried Mitt Romney, who\u2019s visiting London. So you may want to keep an eye on your thought processes and conversations, making sure your mouth doesn\u2019t run ahead of your mind. <\/p>\n

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As a bit of contrast, consider this: the Sun and Mercury were exactly conjunct in 2003<\/a> (in Capricorn) on the day then-Governor George Ryan of Illinois commuted the death sentences<\/a> of every<\/em> prisoner on or waiting to be sent to death row at that time. He did it despite his belief that the death penalty is sometimes warranted, because he did not believe that it could be fairly administered. Translation: the Sun is a powerful force if you open your mind to let in the light. <\/p>\n

More personally, this aspect can spell quick-wittedness, and lends itself to teaching (both in speech and in writing) \u2013 especially if you exercise some patience, since Mercury is retrograde. Do little self-checks through the weekend. Is wit taking precedence over substance? Are you actually conveying what you value, or just going for the easy laugh? Are you being self-serving or losing perspective out of nervousness?<\/p>\n

All of these are possibilities, but none a foregone conclusion. Let the Sun do its thing. We are at the heart of this Mercury retrograde. Take your mind deep, digging for the gold of what matters to you most, even as you let your imagination shine out to play in the world this weekend. Mercury retrogrades are great for reviewing and planning. When this on ends, we are (blessedly) graced with a three-month period with no inner planet retrogrades. Gather those gold bricks now so you\u2019re ready to pave your path later in August. <\/p>\n

Speaking of a breather from inner planet retrogrades: Venus clears its retrograde path \u2013 the second \u2018echo\u2019 phase \u2013 on Tuesday July 31. This means it passes the point where it stationed retrograde May 15. Next week begins opening up some new relationship territory, and presents us with a signpost by which to measure the whole Venus in Rx in Gemini journey. Venus won\u2019t leave Gemini altogether until Aug. 7 — the day before Mercury stations direct. But we get a week of fresh Gemini real estate for a week or so. It\u2019s space to play with your recently integrated inner twin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The weekend\u2019s signature event is the Sun-Mercury conjunction in Leo Saturday, and then the workweek begins with this month\u2019s Moon-Pluto occultation in Capricorn. We\u2019ve been tracking the Moon-Pluto events, which began in April and repeat for 19 straight months (here in a subscriber issue, and also on this blog). If you\u2019re curious about what\u2019s slowly … 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\/59710"}],"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=59710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}