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<\/a>It is therefore a good time to sort yourself out, reflect, and wrap up old business. Fulfill prior commitments, or get ready for what you’re going to do next, rather than just plunging in. The Moon makes two useful aspects to minor planets — an opposition to Eris, a version of the wild side, and a trine to Nessus, which could help open a dialog that is not hindered by the rampant sex-o-phobia that our society is soaking in.<\/p>\n
Once the Moon ingresses Scorpio, the tone becomes more serious, but there is also some firm power of commitment (Moon conjunct Saturn in Scorpio) and a clairvoyant property (Moon trine Neptune, Jupiter and Chiron, all in the water signs).<\/p>\n
As for those two interesting events: there is a subtle grand cross in the sky forming, in the fixed signs: Mercury in Leo is about to oppose Juno in Aquarius, and this is square the lunar nodes in Scorpio and Taurus.<\/p>\n
Here’s my take on that. Remembering what we learned about Juno around the end of last year, which I covered in two articles in the subscriber series (Something about Juno, and The Mayans, Juno and the Abyss), we have a chart element that represents what typically goes unsaid and gets mired in jealousy and resentment. Juno is currently retrograde in Aquarius, suggesting that there is an impediment based on what you think others will think you will think, if you say something that’s true — especially about your ideas of relationship.<\/p>\n
I suggest you take an inventory of everything you don’t say because you think you’ll be out of one gang or another, or be met with the disapproval of society, and ask yourself the cost of that choice. Consider the group dynamics you fear the most. Remember, your family and the expectations it set up are the most important group there is.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Mercury in Leo comes sauntering along and wants to have a real conversation. If you have that opportunity, will you take the risk? Will you have the courage to be yourself despite what anyone might think? This is a clear and straight forward opportunity to do so. Remember: speaking up, being willing to listen and being the initiator of the conversation all relate to owning your values. One way to look at this aspect is about claiming back your power from the group situations that you’ve invested it in. Groups of two count.<\/p>\n The square to the lunar nodes suggests that this is the conversation that will lead to progress. What squares the nodes is either the obstacle or the path to getting something done. The Taurus-Scorpio axis pushes the issues of jealousy and possessiveness.<\/p>\n Second interesting development is Venus ingressing Libra. Currently she’s walking across Virgo, which is the picture of wanting everything perfect, not being satisfied till you find the perfect mate, not being satisfied with that until you are perfect, and so on. And on and on…usually. This week Venus plunges into Libra, one sign of her rulership, which may feel like the whole dream of perfectionism bursting like a bubble. <\/p>\n Venus makes some impressive moves while in Libra — for example, it passes through the Uranus-Pluto square over the next couple of weeks. That comes to its first peak on Aug. 24 when the Moon squares Pluto. So this is Venus at her most relational, and then being challenged to go to a new depth.<\/p>\n This first destination is about owning your desire in all forms, taking hold of your need to grow, challenging yourself to act over and above your fears, and remembering your first relationship is to yourself. For now, though, you get a few days to obsess over how your world would be if everything were perfect; then you get to move onto how your world would be if you were simply real.<\/p>\n The square to the lunar nodes suggests that this is the conversation that will lead to progress. What squares the nodes is either the obstacle or the path to getting something done. The Taurus-Scorpio axis pushes the issues of jealousy and possessiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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\/69306"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>