{"id":67108,"date":"2013-05-20T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T04:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=67108"},"modified":"2013-05-20T00:03:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T04:03:23","slug":"truth-or-dare-in-the-manifestation-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/truth-or-dare-in-the-manifestation-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth or Dare in the Manifestation Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: Today’s Daily Astrology blog post originally appeared in Friday’s premium membership issue, in a recurring section of the issue titled “SKY,” in which we preview the astrology for the coming week. To see everything we offer in our weekly membership service, try a one-month free trial offer here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re less than a week out from the last of three eclipses — a lunar eclipse in Sagittarius — but before we get there, there’s even bigger news: today, May 20, is an exact contact of the Uranus-Pluto square. Uranus-Pluto is the defining signature of this current era, ‘the 2012 aspect’, though we will not know its full effect and meaning until years later. <\/p>\n

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The third contact of the Uranus-Pluto square, the 2012-era aspect. There are many other squares in this chart, including Mercury and Venus square Chiron, and the Sun square Neptune. This chart is about the provocation to action, but it also questions human capacity for accepting and working with what is true. View glyph key here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But it’s easy to see in action: sudden upheaval, sparks of revolution, and the potential for evolution. We would be wise to question how exactly this aspect is working, however. In other words, whose revolution are we in the midst of? Are progressive or regressive forces getting more traction?<\/p>\n

Today’s Uranus-Pluto contact is exact at 7:02 pm EDT. The chart to the left is set for Washington, D.C. This will be the third out of seven exact contacts, which stretch from June 2012 through March 2015 (with a few years on either side when the effects are noticeable). Also on Today, Venus becomes the first of the personal planets in Gemini to square Chiron. This is the beginning of the expression of ‘what is really true’, in response to questions Neptune has been raising.<\/p>\n

Chiron will get your attention, especially if there have been lapses of integrity in your love relationships (Venus), letting you know in no uncertain terms how you can heal. Hint: it will take an active choice to come into alignment with the truth. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mercury, Venus and the Sun have been making a series of squares to Neptune, adding a chaotic, deceptive energy to the mix. If we’re going to have a revolution, it’s going to start with telling the truth. But that’s not what the sport or business of politics is based on. So we either need a total transformation in the political realm or to take the discussion outside of politics, or both.<\/p>\n

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Uranus square Pluto has the potential to open up our cultural fabric in a way that lets us weave something new; something that actually moves us forward as a society. But that will take holding a positive vision and being vigilant in recognizing those who would fill the opening with ‘advancements’ that actually set us back. The vision must be backed with action, and not ‘action by others’. This is about each of us, individually and collectively. <\/p>\n

On the more internal, personal level, consider Uranus-Pluto a kind of booster rocket for whatever evolutionary leaps you’re making during this eclipse season. Whether you’re feeling these eclipses as subtle tugs to your subconscious or clarion calls too loud to miss, Uranus and Pluto will likely add some spark and muscle to the process — if you work the energy.<\/p>\n

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Chart of the Sagittarius lunar eclipse on May 25, 2013. Note the triple conjunction in Gemini — of Venus, Mercury and Jupiter. The Sun and Moon are both square Neptune, a powerful applying square. Saturn and Neptune are in a trine aspect, something that deserves a closer look, which we will do soon. View glyph key here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition, the Sun ingresses Gemini today at 5:09 pm EDT and will make a square to Neptune. That early Gemini Sun is then met by the May 25 lunar eclipse in Sagittarius, which has both the Moon and the Sun square Neptune. In the current week, Venus and Mercury are square Neptune.<\/p>\n

So what’s with all these squares to Neptune? They represent questions of integrity. It’s about what is true, what you believe, how you describe your experience. In other words, the integrity piece is about speaking the truth and discerning what is not true. The May 25 eclipse looks like it bursts the bubble on illusions. That’s to say, you probably don’t want to be floating on one of those bubbles when the moment arises. The time to get gritty is now, though the sensation may be that ‘real’ is the least convenient option of them all.<\/p>\n

Remember, where there are eclipses in the neighborhood, we’re in a manifestation zone, where patterns are noticed, erased and rewritten. If you’re someone who claims to live for truth, now is the time to question and notice everything that is not necessarily true. Subject everything to the same basic line of questioning. Scrutinize your intent. Listen to what you say and what others say to you.<\/p>\n

Notice when you’re believing something that’s not true, or saying something that’s not true. This is a habit. So are the white lies that we tell and believe. You could say this is a game of truth or dare. Are you willing to speak your truth, and in particular, to speak the truth of your feelings? Would you dare yourself to take action on who or what really matters to you? That is a pattern I think many people would say they want — to let go of little deceptions, muster up some courage, and take an authentic emotional risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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