{"id":66027,"date":"2013-04-11T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T04:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=66027"},"modified":"2013-04-10T22:37:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T02:37:33","slug":"after-the-aries-moon-adjustment-negotiation-boundary-pushing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/after-the-aries-moon-adjustment-negotiation-boundary-pushing\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Aries Moon: adjustment and negotiation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, how was that Aries New Moon for you? Globally, we\u2019ve witnessed an earthquake in Iran near a nuclear facility, the death of Margaret Thatcher and heightening tensions with North Korea. On a more personal scope, relationship tension seems to have been the week\u2019s theme, with some people waking up from a deep \u2018lost in my partner\u2019 sleep to find themselves again — and others taking their song of \u201cI, I, Me, Me, Mine\u201d to narcissistic extremes. Aries, the sign of \u2018I am\u2019, is still full of planets, but over the next week we\u2019ll feel some subtler influences, too.<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to find yourself in the world if you’re lost in another; it’s hard to see another if you only look at yourself. Photo by Amanda Painter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main aspect in the current astrology (and for the near future) is a quincunx — a 150-degree connection between Saturn retrograde in Scorpio, and Uranus in Aries. Sometimes quincunxes get lost in the shuffle when \u2018bigger\u2019 astrology is afoot. When they do get our attention, they can feel a little like an opposition: a sense of polarity asking us to negotiate either end individually. But a quincunx also has a sense of continual adjustment that can feel uncomfortable — like when you can\u2019t quite get the car seat adjusted right.<\/p>\n

Eric wrote of this Saturn-Uranus quincunx recently:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the context of what we’ve been living through, this is actually useful and timely. Uranus in Aries is a long burst of self-awareness, though it can get distracted by glitz and glam. You can derail your spiritual path by getting caught up in what a bright, shiny object you are, or what a deep and spiritual object you are. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe quincunx to Saturn in Scorpio is like leverage that is pushing the boundaries of agreements. Saturn in Scorpio may be desperately trying to cling to the frozen emotional patterns that many people stomp around in proudly, like ice queens and kings. Those in Saturn mode need the heat of those in Uranus mode.\u201d<\/p>\n

People in Uranus mode, that is — self-aware revolution — need to understand when they are dealing with someone in Saturn mode. Say you\u2019re drawn toward greater self-awareness, but you\u2019re involved with someone who isn\u2019t interested in loosening their habitual emotional reactions and insists you conform or tamp down your fire. You have a choice. <\/p>\n

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It may not be a fun choice, but if you\u2019re noticing other people gravitating toward you who have their self-awareness in revolution\/evolution mode, ask yourself what sounds like more fun. Which option sounds more like growing and healing? Which option encourages curiosity, openness and experimentation?<\/p>\n

No one\u2019s saying it will be all cake to push these boundaries and negotiate experiences and relationships that truly work for who you\u2019re becoming. But the more attractive and more workable options will offer some wiggle room to those who try to navigate the balance of individuality and conformism\/relationship consciously and honestly. That also means with empathy, not emotional martyrdom. There is a difference.<\/p>\n

Even the Sabian Symbols (channeled symbols for each of the degrees of the zodiac) subtly underscore these ideas. For 10 Scorpio, we have, \u201cA fellowship supper reunites old comrades.\u201d In other words, Saturn\u2019s position is about \u201cgroup-personality\u201d and \u201cstrengthening links with those with whom one has shared, or can share, living experiences.\u201d \u201cLiving experiences\u201d tend to be transformational, as is Scorpio. But with Saturn there, there\u2019s the potential to calcify what has been rather than explore what could be.<\/p>\n

For Uranus at 10 Aries, we have, \u201cA teacher gives new symbolic forms to traditional images,\u201d with the added description, \u201cRevision of attitude at the beginning of a new cycle of experience.\u201d We\u2019re beginning a new lunar cycle and Uranus is all about the new and the revolutionary. As Eric described, emotional patterns (\u201ctraditional images\u201d) are up for review, and Uranus is on hand to revolutionize them: \u201cnew symbolic forms\u201d = allowing experiences to take on a new emotional meaning.<\/p>\n

See if you can find some of that stillness and perspective Len Wallick described Tuesday<\/a> (with regard to Pluto stationing retrograde in Capricorn Friday). Something tells me it will help with all this readjusting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, how was that Aries New Moon for you? Globally, we\u2019ve witnessed an earthquake in Iran near a nuclear facility, the death of Margaret Thatcher and heightening tensions with North Korea. On a more personal scope, relationship tension seems to have been the week\u2019s theme, with some people waking up from a deep \u2018lost in … 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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66027"}],"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=66027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}