{"id":78884,"date":"2014-08-18T10:04:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T14:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=78884"},"modified":"2014-08-20T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T14:54:05","slug":"little-worlds-meet-big-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/planet-waves-daily-astrology\/little-worlds-meet-big-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Worlds Meet Big Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Friend and Reader:<\/p>\n

We have an unusual set of circumstances in the sky now — personal planets (the small ones, near the Earth) are all about to align with much larger planets. Venus, newly in Leo, is about to make a conjunction to Jupiter in Leo. Mercury, about to ingress Virgo, will soon make an opposition to Neptune in Pisces. And Mars, finally in Scorpio after eight months in Libra, is about to make a conjunction to Saturn in Scorpio.<\/p>\n

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Image of Jupiter produced by Chris Go using adaptive optics data and imaging released by the Gemini Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii, in July 2006. Photo by Chris Go\/Gemini Observatory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These meetings are likely to be turning points, and they are likely to be part of the same process, since they happen in such a short time span, and because there is such interesting symmetry to the setup. <\/p>\n

The pairings of planets all have affinities to one another. Venus and Jupiter are the ‘benefic’ planets of classical astrology. Mars and Saturn are known in classical astrology as the ‘malefics’. (Fortunately, most astrologers take a less prejudiced view in current times.) <\/p>\n

Mercury, the planet of cognitive thought, is the closest official planet to the Sun, and Neptune, the planet of fantasy and the imagination, is the most distant.<\/p>\n

That is impressive. It’s as if each of the individually focused planets, usually associated with the personality, meets something greater than itself, something from the transpersonal realm, sending the message that we really do need to think a little past the tips of our thumbs.<\/p>\n

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One question we might ask is how would all three events work together as part of a whole system? Taking them individually first, with Venus-Jupiter, there is the image of something worthwhile and small joining something worthwhile and very large to create something of even greater benefit. It’s like two essential pieces of true value coming together. There is the image of the small and the great helping one another. There is emotional intelligence applied to broad, worldly knowledge.<\/p>\n

Mercury in Virgo meeting Neptune in Pisces is saying that neither rational logic nor unbridled fantasy is enough — there must be an integration of these two essential layers of perception. Usually we get one or the other — micromanaging the details, or total irrationality; constant rationalizing versus delusional flights of fancy. There is no better way that I can think of to activate the Virgo-Pisces axis than this particular alignment.<\/p>\n

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False-color image of Neptune, planet of illusions, taken by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in January 1996. Viewing Neptune tangentially as sunlight is scattered back into space before it can be absorbed by the methane atmosphere creates the red areas. Photo by NASA\/JPL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The opposition says, know the difference between the polarities. Then stretch across them, borrow from one and give to the other, then make some authentic attempt to integrate them. One clue that comes to mind is that it does not take much imagination to make rational thinking much more meaningful. It does not take much clarity to make what is wildly artistic into something practical or useful.<\/p>\n

Mars conjunct Saturn in Scorpio is a study in how desire and self-assertion meet limits, boundaries and authority. This is one of those constant areas of struggle, drama, quest or life lesson. In this pairing, Mars is in its sign of rulership, which makes it the dominant planet in the equation. This says to very gently focus your willpower, and to be persistent without being pushy. Hold your position and carefully advance, though without provoking anyone.<\/p>\n

Do not let any matter that might be a confrontation come to blows. The best martial artist knows how to avoid a fight, or only take it as far as nobody getting hurt. A martial artist knows how to work with the flow of energy and not against it.<\/p>\n

Be flexible, because if there is a winner and a loser in this equation, the winner will be the flexible party. But take that a step further and go beyond the zero-sum-game of one person coming out on top. Focus on the mutually beneficial solution. Stay in the moment. Saturn will have a tendency to dwell within the past. Mars will have a tendency to reach into the future. Maintain a balance between the two, and consider the interests of everyone involved.<\/p>\n

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A rare storm massive enough to be seen from Earth erupted on Saturn in December 2010, emitting an unprecedented belch of ethylene gas; the Cassini space probe captured this image. Photo by NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/Space Science Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturn in Scorpio feels like something lurking just below the surface. The party who wants to take leadership in this equation will do well to keep everything aboveboard — to get everyone’s opinion out on the table.<\/p>\n

I just tapped into The Oracle, that mysterious, intelligent archive of my horoscopes that does a fine job speaking to the situation, through a totally random selection. It returned the Gemini weekly horoscope from April 26, 2004, which sums up this whole scenario rather succinctly:<\/p>\n

“This week offers you a few choice opportunities to test out your political skills, but don’t be too cocky about it. Politics is a game of give and take, and those who always insist on winning often wind up paying dearly in the end. Keep in contact with the human side of the equation: what you and the people around you need the most. To find out, you may need to initiate the discussion. In the end, your role is to protect certain key people, but to do it efficiently you need to be working with all the facts. Get them straight, and await your opportunity.”<\/p>\n

Lovingly,<\/p>\n

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