{"id":60570,"date":"2012-08-20T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T04:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=60570"},"modified":"2012-08-20T09:38:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:38:03","slug":"relatively-boring-week-of-astrology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/relatively-boring-week-of-astrology\/","title":{"rendered":"Relatively Boring Week of Astrology Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are heading into a boring week of astrology, compared to the shit storm we’ve endured for the past 30 or so weeks. That doesn’t mean that things will be ducky; everything may go just fine; less activity just gives me less to write about.<\/p>\n

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There’s neither a New Moon nor a Full Moon; there are no planetary conjunctions; Mercury is leaving everyone alone for a change; Venus and Mars aren’t doing anything special.<\/p>\n

Nothing that happens once every 100-500 years will be taking place; in terms of overdone hype, incredible occasions for personal growth or unbearably stressful emotional ‘opportunities’, this week is pretty much a yawner.<\/p>\n

However, I will stretch my imagination past its usual limits and come up with something. Currently the Moon is waxing toward a Full Moon that will take place in Pisces on Aug. 31. That’s a hint to gradually build momentum over the next week or two.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead for the next five days or so, the big event is that the Sun makes its way through the last degrees of Leo and into Virgo. That’s Wednesday at 1:06 pm EDT. As the Sun crosses the imaginary line between Leo and Virgo, it will make a conjunction to an extremely slow-moving, imaginary (properly said, ‘hypothetical’) point called Transpluto. By imaginary I mean that it exists only in the minds of astrologers, and in astrology programs. It’s a hypothetical point that I started following only due to a software update that included it a few years back — and it’s proven to be interesting.<\/p>\n

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You can read a delineation of Transpluto<\/a> (which has nothing whatsoever to do with Pluto) on Lynn Koiner’s website; it’s really quite excellent. In mundane astrology (what we’re doing here) I think of Transpluto as a narrow opening; a point of transition or passage. Before the Sun ingresses Virgo, it will make a conjunction to Transpluto in the very last degree of Leo.<\/p>\n

I have a few suggestions here — focus on finishing a specific project, particularly in the early part of the week. If you do, you will feel better about yourself. Second, focus on finding out something specific about yourself, or about a situation in your life, that today you might feel like you don’t understand. When you make this discovery, you will feel better about yourself.<\/p>\n

Why have I repeated that phrase twice? Well, in psychologically-oriented astrology Transpluto is associated with self-criticism (among other things). So when I translate the astrology, I look for the action point that will get you past any potentially negative consequences of an aspect, and help you move forward. Sun in Leo is about self-expression. Transpluto represents a narrow opening, which is why I suggest focus<\/em>. Meanwhile, if you find yourself going through any of the negative psychological manifestations of Transpluto, pause and get some perspective. Our self-critical feelings can be intense and frustrating but rarely have a basis in reality.<\/p>\n

After the Sun ingresses Virgo, it starts to do interesting things, the first one being that it makes an opposition to Neptune in Pisces. Neptune has a wide orb of influence — we’re under the effects of this one already. This is shorthand for keeping your dealings with others honest; Sun-Transpluto in the last degree of Leo (the one about “an unsealed letter”) suggests that this is a good time for self-disclosure. Get it off your chest, off your mind and off your conscience. Say what you have to say — for your benefit first, not necessarily that of anyone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are heading into a boring week of astrology, compared to the shit storm we’ve endured for the past 30 or so weeks. That doesn’t mean that things will be ducky; everything may go just fine; less activity just gives me less to write about. There’s neither a New Moon nor a Full Moon; there … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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\/60570"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}