Leo remains in the spotlight this week, though that last hurrah of the cardinal grand cross is still working itself out. Tuesday at 5:41 pm EDT (21:41 UTC) the Sun ingresses Leo, the fixed fire sign and in many respects the core of the zodiac. Jupiter has just arrived in that sign, so the Sun’s ingress is a Sun-Jupiter conjunction. This is all heading toward the Leo New Moon on Saturday, which means we get Leo in many flavors and colors this week. I’ll cover that very interesting chart in more detail later in the week and in Thursday’s subscriber edition. <\/p>\n
Before we get to the Sun’s ingress into the new sign, it’s still completing its run through Cancer, and by my reckoning is now void of course. The Sun has completed its square to Mars and is now done making aspects to other planets until it’s seated in its sign of rulership, which is of course Leo. So we get a moment of what you might think of as solar drift. This may have the feeling of a pause, or of an opening where something unusual or special can come through. An opening is a vulnerability, though I suggest you observe without being defensive, pay attention and see what you notice. For example, notice what opportunities you have and how you respond to them.<\/p>\n
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As this happens, Mars leaves shadow phase from its long retrograde Monday at 2:49 am EDT (06:49 UTC). That may come with a ‘pop’ sound as the vacuum seal breaks, and it will be interesting to see how this is reflected in the 3D world. This really is the final passage of the winter of 2013-2014 — Mars has been in Libra since early December. It will ingress Scorpio Friday, where it will be till Sept. 13.<\/p>\n
One aspect pattern to watch is Mercury, which is now opposite Pluto. Said another way, Mercury is the next initiate to pass through the Uranus-Pluto square. All I will say is this. Uranus-Pluto is certainly illustrative and perhaps in some abstract way responsible for the intensity and chaos of our particular times. It is not an easy aspect pattern. It’s having its influence on every single natal chart, and its effects will range from challenging to exciting to difficult to overwhelming.<\/p>\n
Yet as Mercury and later Venus pass through the Uranus-Pluto square, I am reminded to tell you one thing. You will miss this aspect when it’s over. You might look back and remember what a strange, beautiful time it was; you might look back and wish with all your heart that you had done more with it, taken creative action, or political action, or set yourself free in some way that you know you dearly want to. As inner planets pass through the Uranus-Pluto square this week, it becomes more tangible and accessible to ‘normal’ consciousness. Take a bite…and take another…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yet as Mercury and later Venus pass through the Uranus-Pluto square, I am reminded to tell you one thing. You will miss this aspect when it’s over. You might look back and remember what a strange, beautiful time it was; you might look back and wish with all your heart that you had done more with it, taken creative action, or political action, or set yourself free in some way that you know you dearly want to. As inner planets pass through the Uranus-Pluto square this week, it becomes more tangible and accessible to ‘normal’ consciousness. Take a bite…and take another…<\/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":[1767],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78153"}],"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=78153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}