{"id":71436,"date":"2013-10-29T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=71436"},"modified":"2013-10-28T22:09:07","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T02:09:07","slug":"mars-square-psyche-mercury-conjunct-saturn-choose-then-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/mars-square-psyche-mercury-conjunct-saturn-choose-then-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars square Psyche, Mercury conjunct Saturn: Choose, then do"},"content":{"rendered":"

How are you doing with this Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, especially now that the Sun is in this sign? Are you encountering forgotten passions or revisiting old hang-ups? Reenacting old patterns of thinking and communicating, or perhaps realizing how far you\u2019ve come sexually? Aspects that involve Scorpio both directly and indirectly are at play today, offering up material for transmutation.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart section showing Mercury conjunct Saturn in Scorpio. Also in Scorpio: the lunar North Node and Sun. Pluto in Capricorn (top) is trine Mars and the Moon in Virgo, which are square Psyche in Sag (not shown). Waning Virgo Moons are great for re-organizing. View glyph key here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First up, Mars (the traditional ruler of Scorpio) is in Virgo, making a square to the asteroid Psyche in Sagittarius. Mars is the planet of physical action, drive and desire; Psyche often represents some kind of psychological \u2018wound\u2019 we erroneously fear we can never heal.<\/p>\n

The square between them suggests a question: When your desire gets stuck on the mental plane and you\u2019re convinced you\u2019re spiritually\/psychologically wounded, how do you get back in your body? When push comes to shove in that situation, how do you ground yourself back in your senses? <\/p>\n

Squares naturally ask us to take action, something Mars specializes in. The Mars-Psyche square says that deciding to do something specific and physical is key. Choose; then do. If you\u2019re with a partner, choose, then communicate it precisely, then do exactly what you\u2019ve described. As mentioned, Mercury, which rules communication, is in Scorpio — the sign of sex and deep transformation. Use it. <\/p>\n

Lending a helping hand, Pluto in Capricorn is trine Mars (earth to earth; a sense of flow). Pluto is the modern ruler of Scorpio and is kind of like a rumbling earthquake in Capricorn, bringing change from deep below. Think of it as opening up space for doing things a new way. Change is good in sex!<\/p>\n

Psyche in Sagittarius, however, might be presenting something of a red herring in this square with Mars, acting as though being \u2018spiritual\u2019 is better than or cancels out our very human, very creative sexual energy. Eric put it like this:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI propose a caution against the \u2018spiritual solution\u2019 to the puzzle of sex: \u2018god’s love is better, I can transcend this, I can escape\u2019. Mars is demanding physicality and intellectual integration. <\/p>\n

\u201cPsyche seems to be saying: \u2018Jesus (or free-floating cosmic love or the mystical longing) is a lot simpler. I need to escape this sense of injury by sidestepping the whole messy business of sex, mud and grit.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

But how often does sidestepping our messy sexual material really work — especially with Mercury, the Sun, Saturn and an approaching eclipse all in Scorpio?<\/p>\n

Speaking of Mercury and Saturn, tomorrow they form a conjunction in Scorpio, exact at 4:48 pm EDT. Mercury-Saturn conjunctions generally bring a depth of mind and a degree of seriousness — not a bad thing, especially given how fast Mercury (and our attention spans) can move. <\/p>\n

In deep, brooding, sexy, potentially jealous Scorpio, however, things could get a little depressive. It\u2019s not an absolute, but it\u2019s one potential manifestation. Mercury being retrograde could intensify the sense of inward pull and the urge to dwell in or relive the past, or a tendency to get lost in one\u2019s own sexual history and feel isolated in that. By no means are you \u2018doomed\u2019 if you lean this way naturally, but if you find yourself in that space, be gentle with yourself, know that it will pass (and that you\u2019re not alone in it), and that it can actually be very constructive.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a methodical and ambitious side to Mercury-Saturn. Can you use it to focus on the healing goal at the end of the tunnel? That focus — or intense focus on any project you\u2019ve been trying to make progress with — can have real results now (and if not now, potentially in a few weeks when Mercury conjoins Saturn again in direct motion).<\/p>\n

We\u2019re approaching a New Moon and eclipse: a cosmic re-start button. It\u2019s a chance to take what you learn and step through a wormhole to a new level of understanding and integration. So what are you learning?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How are you doing with this Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, especially now that the Sun is in this sign? Are you encountering forgotten passions or revisiting old hang-ups? Reenacting old patterns of thinking and communicating, or perhaps realizing how far you\u2019ve come sexually? Aspects that involve Scorpio both directly and indirectly are at play today, … 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\/71436"}],"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=71436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}