{"id":62524,"date":"2012-12-04T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=62524"},"modified":"2012-12-04T00:31:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T05:31:14","slug":"daily-astro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/daily-astro\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrological sonar: Mercury opposite Sedna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine you work on a research boat on the ocean, charting the bottom with sonar. The reading comes in as two-dimensional lines and shapes, representing deep trenches, peaks, shipwrecks and so on. It\u2019s your job to translate the incomplete outlines of these suggested, submerged objects and features — some of which may be fragmentary — into something whole, meaningful and useful for yourself, your crew and any other mariner following in your research lineage. <\/p>\n

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Bronze sculpture of Sedna by Joan Relke<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s this task of re-imaging, interpreting and translating into conscious, practical life that is at hand right now as Mercury continues its way through its second echo (echolocation?) phase in late Scorpio. As it resurfaces through our emotional waters this week, Mercury opposes minor planet Sedna in Taurus (exact tonight into Wednesday) — and both planets square centaur planet Nessus in Aquarius. All are at 23+ degrees of their signs. <\/p>\n

Sedna was named after an Inuit creation goddess. Her story<\/a> is rather a complex one, involving the refusal of an intimate relationship (albeit to what turns out to be a demon), the loss of family (specifically, being given away and then given up by her father), and finally the loss of her own fingers and toes, arms and legs — which then become the animals of the sea and a source of sustenance for the Inuit tribes. <\/p>\n

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Now that Mercury is traveling through these Scorpio seas for the third time in the course of its greater retrograde path (first in direct motion, then retrograde, now direct again), it\u2019s time to consciously transmute the messages that were charted during the retrograde into something three-dimensional and workable. In particular, what did you hear about your sexual self-understanding? What about your relationship to death (literal, ego or some other metaphorical death)? How about your relationship to money \/ what you value and your self-esteem?<\/p>\n

What previously cut-off parts of yourself have finally regenerated and are ready to help you sustain new forms of your life — in particular your sexual life? As mentioned, the Mercury-Sedna opposition is occurring in a square to Nessus. This process is linked to old cycles, both within your own life and probably familial\/ancestral as well. Nessus is telling us that it\u2019s time to \u2018stop the buck\u2019 on whatever has been repeating in this realm. The square aspect asks us to take action, which is perfectly in line with the idea of Mercury\u2019s forward motion. <\/p>\n

Mercury is not treading new ground yet, but at least it\u2019s heading in the right direction. Even so, there\u2019s a reminder to stay mindful of the difference between integrating\/re-imaging\/transforming\/creating versus simply reliving old wounds \/ getting stuck in pain. The place to aim for and stay in is a sense of pleasure as you work with these messages. Whether that means the pleasure of discovery and understanding, sexual or sensual pleasure, or creative pleasure, pleasure is what lets you know you\u2019re someplace new. It\u2019s what opens up relationship space for true healing, actual intimacy and the potential to set a new pattern for yourself, your partner(s) and even your descendents.<\/p>\n

Note that in the background (or perhaps the foreground, since we\u2019re talking about the Sun) of this configuration is the Sun\u2019s conjunction with centaur planet Chariklo<\/a> in mid-Sagittarius, conjunct the Great Attractor. Philip Sedgwick suggests Chariklo is about \u201cthe need for definition between intimacy and personal space,\u201d \u201cseeking definition of human interaction and boundaries,\u201d and \u201ca desire to help without co-dependent tendencies.\u201d The Great Attractor is a symbol of being pulled to merge with something we can never actually reach.<\/p>\n

This suggests that as we integrate and transform our deep-sea emotional and sexual messages in the context of pleasure, there is a call to remain at our own center. You don\u2019t have to give up your \u2018stuff\u2019 or try to take on someone else\u2019s \u2018stuff\u2019 in order to enjoy true sharing. But perhaps as you chart the topography of your own ocean\u2019s depths, a shared space will open up in which others can see theirs, too. If so, what’s it like as you each ride your waves together?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine you work on a research boat on the ocean, charting the bottom with sonar. The reading comes in as two-dimensional lines and shapes, representing deep trenches, peaks, shipwrecks and so on. It\u2019s your job to translate the incomplete outlines of these suggested, submerged objects and features — some of which may be fragmentary — … 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\/62524"}],"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=62524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}