{"id":62734,"date":"2012-12-31T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T05:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=62734"},"modified":"2012-12-31T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T16:01:12","slug":"sun-conjunct-pluto-and-junos-still-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/sun-conjunct-pluto-and-junos-still-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun conjunct Pluto — and Juno’s still speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is New Year\u2019s Eve — although, given what a big solstice we had this year and that we just had a Full Moon on Friday, the turning over of the calendar from 2012 to 2013 may seem anticlimactic. Or, it would if we were not in the midst of a conjunction between the Sun and Pluto in Capricorn (exact yesterday). That is some strong energy pushing into our consciousness, and it is not alone.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart section showing the moment Mercury (green glyph with horns) ingresses Capricorn. It’s about to conjoin Juno (purple asterisk), which is square Uranus (blue ‘H’) in Aries. The Sun’s conjunction to Pluto (red golf tee) in Capricorn is still very much in effect today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking of pushing, Sun conjunct Pluto can feel as though forces beyond your control are constraining or steering whatever strides you\u2019ve been looking to make in the world. Especially when it comes to any type of power, authority or recognition by others, a sense of conscious control can be hard to come by. <\/p>\n

This could feel frustrating; how do you know when life is asking you to \u2018put your shoulder into it\u2019 versus when doing so would be trying to push the proverbial river?<\/p>\n

Astrology is all about seeing the patterns and feeling the rhythms, but it can still be hard to go with the flow; sometimes it can feel like all you\u2019re doing is getting in your own way. <\/p>\n

That might be one reason why things like New Year\u2019s Eve get so much attention. It may be a construct, but it\u2019s visible, widely recognized and gives us the impression of an official, collective \u2018reset button\u2019 that does not depend on the inner stillness and sensitivity asked of us by astrology.<\/p>\n

This month, however, the whole world had something akin to an \u2018astrological moment\u2019 with the solstice — even if many missed the deeper messages, in particular the one delivered by the Sun\u2019s conjunction to Juno. Fittingly, as if she knew we might need to hear what she had to say more than once in order to get with the program, Juno is part of today\u2019s astrology, too, as she starts talking to the Uranus-Pluto square. <\/p>\n

While the Sun receives Pluto\u2019s urgings, Juno in Capricorn is making a square to Uranus in Aries. Juno-Uranus is exact today at 11:13 pm EDT; Juno will conjoin Pluto on Jan. 14. This means that Juno\u2019s messages about relationships, jealousy and social justice will be a driving force for a good couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

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Between Juno\u2019s starring role in the end of the 13th Mayan baktun on the solstice and her two weeks of working with the Uranus-Pluto square — the defining aspect of our current era — it is clear that we have a full-scale transformation project on our hands with regard to all that she represents. And as with most astrology, the work begins within so that we may reap the benefits with the others in our lives.<\/p>\n

Eric has written a couple of highly insightful articles on Juno\u2019s role right now in the Planet Waves subscriber issues recently. The Dec. 14 issue in particular included an investigation of Juno\u2019s discovery chart<\/a>. In it, Eric was able to clearly articulate why Juno so often shows up in our personal lives as frustration, rage, a difficulty in stating our needs and desires, and a sense of restriction or injury from an authority figure.<\/p>\n

That is not all Juno is, not by any means. But in a society that does not model sane relationships based on genuine devotion very well, that\u2019s often the Juno that we get. And she often arrives with a lot of pain.<\/p>\n

Yet here we are today with Juno square the cosmic light socket, Uranus — planet of surprise awakenings. As noted by Sarah Taylor yesterday in the Weekend Tarot Reading, Fortune, even when ultimately positive, can really throw us for a loop. Likewise, the surge of energy from Uranus, though it can wake us up to things we need to wake up to, can be pretty disorienting. It can also remind us that we are organic, dynamic systems — and so are our relationships. <\/p>\n

There is something here in Juno\u2019s interactions with the Uranus-Pluto square about being able to articulate our needs, and how we respond when someone close to us does so. Fittingly, Mercury (which enters Capricorn today just before 9:03 am EST) makes its own conjunction to Juno on Jan. 4. You can expect all of these issues to be in the forefront of your mind, and probably at the tip of your tongue. <\/p>\n

Stay mindful of whether you articulate your needs and desires with compassion or not (toward yourself as well as toward others), and whether that\u2019s a struggle for you. Watch yourself when those close to you articulate theirs. Do you feel immediately compassionate, or threatened? Do you jump into \u2018caretaker\u2019 mode or \u2018tough love\u2019 or simply hold space?<\/p>\n

Eric remarked recently that if Juno articulates a group of shadow issues, then the light side of that must be articulated as a basic ethic in relationships that, whether mono or poly or whatever, is often disregarded as a matter of ‘convenience’. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not mere convenience. In fact, it may well determine even more than how the next year goes for you. <\/p>\n

Our individual abilities to deal with our rage and frustration (which is not always about someone else), to learn to communicate our feelings and desires directly (without use of manipulation or reverse psychology, by us or toward us), and the realization that not doing so has consequences may have more bearing on the health and evolution of humanity and this planet than we like to think. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot to shoulder if we let it push us out of our center. On the other hand, if we can stay grounded and willing to work with Juno honestly within ourselves, then \u201cthe more constructive attributes of Juno emerge, including a sane approach to relationships that is based on devotion rather than demands,\u201d as Eric wrote a couple weeks ago. Here\u2019s to a New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is New Year\u2019s Eve — although, given what a big solstice we had this year and that we just had a Full Moon on Friday, the turning over of the calendar from 2012 to 2013 may seem anticlimactic. Or, it would if we were not in the midst of a conjunction between the Sun … 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\/62734"}],"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=62734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}