{"id":68387,"date":"2013-07-04T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T04:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=68387"},"modified":"2013-07-03T22:45:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T02:45:13","slug":"sun-square-uranus-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/sun-square-uranus-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun square Uranus: Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Independence Day in the U.S. — considered the nation\u2019s birthday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Fittingly, today also features the Cancer Sun\u2019s square to Uranus in Aries: a planet about upheaval, awakening and — in its square to Pluto — global revolution and evolution that will come to define this era for years to come.<\/p>\n

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Egyptian military helicopters trailing national flags circling over Tahrir Square in Cairo during a protest demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi resign. Photo: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sun\u2019s square to Uranus is exact at 2:22:22 am EDT today. But the Sun has been engaged with the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square for several days now, and the news is reflecting that. Consider the protests across Egypt this week, possibly the biggest in the world. As of yesterday, they have culminated in the ouster of President Morsi by the military. Millions of citizens have been out in the streets since Sunday, both those calling for Morsi to step down as well as his supporters. <\/p>\n

Over two and a half years ago, Egypt\u2019s revolution was the crown jewel of the Arab Spring uprisings, which were the harbinger of the Uranus-Pluto square heating up. And now, with the Cancer Sun making contact with that aspect (and Jupiter in early Cancer — Aries Point territory), we\u2019re getting another wave of this energy. People are standing up, taking action and creating change.<\/p>\n

For example, an estimated 5,000 people descended on the Texas Capitol this Monday to protest Republicans\u2019 attempts to revive the bill that was defeated via filibuster last week — a measure that would have would shut down nearly all of the state\u2019s abortion clinics and ban abortion 20 weeks after fertilization. And on Sunday, more than 1,000 people marched in support of whistleblower Bradley Manning (whose trial has just wrapped up behind closed doors) at San Francisco\u2019s LGBT Pride Parade. After the event\u2019s board refused to let Manning be an official grand marshal, supporters dubbed him a “community grand marshal.”<\/p>\n

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How are these things affecting you personally? Are they? Do you feel inspired by the messy push for democracy and a humane government in Egypt, or does it terrify you in its potential to spread upheaval and violence and change? Are you willing to stand for what you believe in, even just amongst your own family members?<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s astrology is about rebellion and surprises, about busting out of routines and acting on the original, quirky or unexpected idea. The Moon enters Gemini this morning at 5:21 am EDT, briefly squaring Neptune. Don\u2019t get sidetracked by indecision or confusion about your options. True independence comes with the understanding that there will be upsets and surprises, indecision and insecurity along the way — but those feelings need not take the place of your identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Independence Day in the U.S. — considered the nation\u2019s birthday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Fittingly, today also features the Cancer Sun\u2019s square to Uranus in Aries: a planet about upheaval, awakening and — in its square to Pluto — global revolution … 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\/68387"}],"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=68387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}