{"id":70131,"date":"2013-09-12T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=70131"},"modified":"2013-09-12T13:04:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T17:04:38","slug":"in-this-together-venus-saturn-in-scorpio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/in-this-together-venus-saturn-in-scorpio\/","title":{"rendered":"In this together: Venus-Saturn in Scorpio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venus is conjunct Saturn in Scorpio (exact in a week) — an interesting position for these two planets that is setting the background tone now. Both planets are a little out of place in this sign, a stark contrast to Libra, where Venus is ruler and Saturn is exalted. Both planets are \u2018natives\u2019 in Libra. Yet in terms of being out of their metaphorical element, they\u2019re very much \u2018in this together\u2019 in Scorpio — much as we all are, given this week\u2019s swings of the political pendulum.<\/p>\n

\"Simplified
Simplified chart section showing the Sagittarius Moon (conjunct Pholus) exactly square the Virgo Sun. Venus is moving into a conjunction with Saturn and the north lunar node in Scorpio. Also shown: Mercury in early Libra. See glyph key here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>That theme has just been illustrated by an Op-Ed in The New York Times<\/em> written by (drumroll\u2026) Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>. Now, Putin is a politician just like the rest of them, and neither he nor recent Russian governments have been paragons of human rights or peace (jailing members of the activist band Pussy Riot, cracking down on homosexuals, their own invasion of Afghanistan, and so on). <\/p>\n

But if Venus and Saturn are about figuring out \u2018how to get through this together\u2019, Putin\u2019s rhetoric could not be better timed:<\/p>\n

\u201cI welcome the president\u2019s interest in continuing the dialogue with Russia on Syria. We must work together to keep this hope alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed.<\/p>\n

What felt like impending death and chaos as we headed into this last weekend is suddenly engendering another form of transformation, and it is happening in the context of yesterday\u2019s anniversary of the 9\/11 tragedy. As Eric wrote recently, \u201cThere’s a lot to grieve over, and a constant confrontation with death.\u201d<\/p>\n

That kind of emotional\/spiritual assault takes its toll. No wonder so many people tune out, go numb or seek distractions.<\/p>\n

But Saturn has been in Scorpio for nearly a year now, asking us to dig deep emotionally. The convivial sense of balance Venus had in Libra needs to find a new kind of equilibrium in Scorpio; it seems suggestive of a more vertical alignment through layers, rather than the horizontal image of the scales. <\/p>\n

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Saturn is providing the container. Venus may not be her usual effusive, receptive, warm-and-fuzzy self in a conjunction to Saturn, but in Scorpio she has the opportunity to receive whatever insights the depths have to offer, within a specific framework.<\/p>\n

As we feel our way through those, we encounter the first quarter Moon today (exact at 1:08 pm EDT). The waxing Sagittarius Moon, squaring the Sun in Virgo, is conjunct the cluster of centaur planets that are moving slowing through Sag (two were mentioned in Tuesday\u2019s column<\/a>).<\/p>\n

At the very least, this first quarter Moon looks like a clear point of movement or advancement through whatever Sun-Pholus-Ixion-Chaos set loose, with a message to be very clear with yourself about what you are advancing, and why. Lean on the Virgo Sun: bring light to your mental processes so that you\u2019re not being run by any ancestral baggage, represented by the centaurs. <\/p>\n

That goes for you, too, Obama and Putin.<\/p>\n

With Eric Francis.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Venus is conjunct Saturn in Scorpio (exact in a week) — an interesting position for these two planets that is setting the background tone now. Both planets are a little out of place in this sign, a stark contrast to Libra, where Venus is ruler and Saturn is exalted. Both planets are \u2018natives\u2019 in Libra. … 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\/70131"}],"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=70131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}