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Current Planetary Positions
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| Sun | 05° Virgo 55' 16" | |
| Moon | 18° Pisces 31' 00" | |
| Mercury | 07° Virgo 25' 12" | |
| Venus | 20° Libra 55' 06" | |
| Mars | 11° Cancer 38' 04" | |
| Ceres | 05° Cancer 56' 16" | |
| Pallas | 21° Aries 56' 49" R | |
| Juno | 26° Capricorn 53' 15" R | |
| Vesta | 27° Aries 45' 45" R | |
| Jupiter | 13° Leo 06' 59" | |
| Saturn | 13° Aries 49' 53" R | |
| Chiron | 00° Taurus 34' 58" R | |
| Uranus | 05° Gemini 37' 47" | |
| Neptune | 03° Aries 43' 57" R | |
| Pluto | 03° Aquarius 33' 48" R | |
| TrueNode | 29° Aquarius 50' 13" R |
"And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."
—Kurt Vonnegut
We move closer to clarity and begin to escape from chaos this week. We may start out the week with some serious concerns over bad choices and needless sacrifices. However, by week's end, we make a significant turn in our thinking, recognizing past mistakes and preparing to rectify them. Mercury slows down all week and turns direct at the beginning of next week. A the same time, Chiron is [...]
"You can't go back home . . . back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time—back home to the escapes of Time and Memory."
—Thomas Wolfe
The retrograde Mercury in Cancer dominates this week's atmosphere but may not be recognized as anything like the driving force for the struggles that we are facing. The 'inferior' Sun-Mercury conjunction, in a tight sextile to Uranus stirs an intense desire for freedom and innovation. However, under this retrograde Mercury in Cancer, we feel that we cannot pursue that innovation without first establishing a solid, safe, and secure foundation upon which to build our ambitious vision of a 'New World'. We may be faced with bouts of [...]
"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear."
—Mahatma Gandhi
Venus stations direct this week, while Neptune — the 'higher octave' of Venus — turns retrograde. As Venus begins to move forward, we feel a restless, creative, idealistic impatience. Neptune's retrograde motion encourages us to find tangible routes to manifest our creative idealism. There has been a creative tension stirring since the first Venus-Neptune square back in May. We reach a moment where we can clear space, remove 'dead weight', and expand our perspective before Venus returns to square Neptune once more at the end of July. The Venus-Neptune square at the end of July will offer [...]
"I came in from the wilderness
A creature void of form
'Come in," she said, 'I'll give ya
Shelter from the storm'"— Bob Dylan
Shelter From The Storm
Intensity wanes this week under the waning lunar cycle, ahead of Saturday's New Moon (11:41 PM 0° Cancer). Mercury turns retrograde on Wednesday in security conscious Cancer. There is a restless impulsiveness which keeps us looking for ways to establish a new sense of security and stability. The Mars-Pluto and Mars-Jupiter sextiles offers some room for us to expand our thinking and expand the boundaries of trust that define our sense of security. However, emotional security is not so easy to achieve in the restless, uncertain atmosphere [...]
"If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path."
— Joseph Campbell
The week culminates with a conjunction of Mars and Neptune following the Sun's square to both planets — Gemini-Pisces squares. The lack of clarity that we have been dealing with for much of this year reaches a new peak, while creative tension brings with it some significant frustration, impulsiveness, and aggression. The challenge, in this atmosphere, is to seek a broader range of perspectives and look for promising pieces of 'common ground'. The creativity in this environment can be [...]
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