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Astrological Forecast for Sun in Aquarius/Pisces
Jan 18 through Feb 28
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These forecasts are shifting from a Solar focus to a Lunar/monthly emphasis. The "Sun in Aquarius" for instance will be replaced by forecasts for February, March, and so on. This will be more helpful for folks who ritualize New Moons (new beginnings) and connect them to the Full Moons (completion), which each calendar page for 2010 allows in its proper sequence, a benefit that 2009's calendar did not.
For example, January's New Moon/Solar eclipse on the 15 th sees its completion on January 30 at the Leo Full Moon within the same month (for a welcome change). That Solar eclipse featured Venus in the same degree as the Sun and Moon, a rare triple conjunction not seen since 1923. In this case, the magickal Sabian* image of "A nature spirit dancing in the iridescent mist of a waterfall," could be seen as too much lightness and fluff, incomplete and perhaps contradictory to recent events and shifting dynamics, without the sense of completion that a Full Moon can offer.
On deeper levels (literally), this image speaks to the occult (hidden) forces of the natural world, of everything from the playful Trickster energetic of the faerie realm in a harmless waterfall, to the destructive power of earthquakes and other natural disasters ("dis-" = unfavorable alignments of "-asters" = planets). Our current Mars retrograde, Saturn/Pluto square, and the concluding Mercury retrograde cycle would be prime examples of dis-asters, with a completely different set of dis-asters coming up in February.
The Full Moon of January 30 is therefore another natural force to contend with, but it is also tailor-made for those of us who are unafraid to discover what the occult world is trying to convey to us at this time - at yet another pivotal moment in our history - and/or in how to react to natural and unnatural (human-made) forces seemingly beyond our control.
As always, the Sabian symbols for the Sun and Moon need to be taken together, even though - and especially as - the Sun and Moon will appear to be on opposite sides of our Solar system. For the Sun at 11° Aquarius, "During a silent hour, a man receives a new inspiration which may change his life," while the Leo Moon's image is, "Children play on a swing hanging from the branches of a huge oak tree."
Putting it together, this lunation cycle is calling for us to suspend our disbelief of unseen natural and spiritual forces by seeking a silent hour of meditation - a moment or two of complete surrender and faith - during which we can receive some life-changing inspirations. The key here is to meditate care-free like children, swinging from the branches of the Tree of Life itself to which we're all connected.
Why? Because children don't know the meaning of the words fear, shame or guilt. We're not born with these deadly emotional conditions, we learn them as we age. This unholy trinity is a way of life that we can - and must - unlearn and deconstruct for the benefit of our Souls, the only thing we ever truly own. Within playfulness are opportunities to lighten ourselves up, properly redefining the word "enlightenment."
It's really that simple - and that imperative.
In essence, this lunation cycle further illuminates the Good Professor Saturn's syllabus for 2010, stationing retrograde as the new year began at five degrees Libra, showing us the Sabian image of, "A man revealing to his students the foundation of an inner knowledge upon which a New World could be built... a (continuing) process of transmission." More precisely and definitively, it should be known that we already possess such an inner knowledge, we only need to remind ourselves of why our Souls have chosen for us to be here at this critical time in our species history.
Helping us along these lines, we get to appreciate (or at least acknowledge) Neptune's role in the spiritual development of humanity this month as Neptune leaves the exact Aquarian position where it was discovered in 1846. Neptune will have completed one full orbit around the Sun by February 10, showing us every conceivable aspect of spirituality from the horrendous things that people have done to each other in the name of their "one true God," to the fact that everybody's exalted God is the same precise Consciousness.
No matter what we carelessly feel the need to over-identify ourselves as, whether it be Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist, Pagan, or whatever else, everything is truly connected on the Tree of Life. We are all Haitians, we are all rescuers, and we are all seemingly trapped under the same crumbling foundations and institutions as everyone else is. The Earth continues to move through space and under our feet, shaking the branches of the Tree of Life in especially peculiar ways for February.
Full Forecast
For folks who have been keeping up with these forecasts, the "New World" of Saturn's syllabus for 2010 should never be confused with the failures of the "New World Order," the political and economic paradigms of ruthless greed that have gotten us into our current messes. What's being called for is more of a "New Whirled Order," of standing strong in the middle of the various whirlwinds that continue to surround us. By living integrally within this center, we can grab bits and pieces from every exalted spiritual faith and unite them into a unified whole, a Consciousness that knows we are all in this thing called life together, without which everything would spiral out of control.
So, pay close attention to a whole new set of psychic whirlwinds for February. If we can survive them intact by March we'll be able to congratulate ourselves for having found our center, and we'll be well positioned to maneuver the rest of the year successfully.
The last week of January is dominated by the second of three exact squares (90° apart) between a retrograde Saturn and a direct Pluto, Venus (and the Sun) in Aquarius opposing a retrograde Mars in Leo, and especially the aforementioned Full Moon of January 30. If visibility permits, it would be well worth our time to go outside and look up at exact (1:18 AM EST) to see a retrograde Mars less than one degree away from the Moon, with Saturn halfway between the Moon/Mars conjunction and the Eastern horizon. Meditate on the fact that the Sun and Venus will be directly below our feet at exact, and then expect the potentials for some life-changing inspirations.
Such a sight and awareness should move us to consider how the Divine Feminine (Moon/Venus) is a Consciousness so sadly lacking in the world these days, while the symbolic representation of why we're all in such desperate straits would be right there in full sight, the retrograde (debilitated) Mars/male in ego-fueled Leo. Recognize and acknowledge that we all have a Mars and a Leo in our birth charts, and then be consciously aware of how we express both our instigating/warrior selves (Mars) when it comes to our ego gratification (Leo). It will then be "interesting" and telling to keep our eyes and ears wide open to news events surrounding this Full Moon, as to who is doing what to whom in this regard.
It always sucks to expect or predict high-profile random and targeted acts of domestic violence, but there it is. As always, blessed are the peacemakers, expressing our inner Moon and Venus in positive and constructive ways in the world, the imperative focus for maneuvering the heavy-duty challenges presenting themselves for us this month and the rest of the year. Making peace within ourselves is where it all begins... duh.
The primary feel for February however involves a whole slew of inconjuncts, formidable aspects between two or more planets that are 150° apart from each other. The inconjunct aspect lies somewhere between the flowing grace of a trine (120°) and the tearing-apart energetics of an opposition (180°), and quite often simultaneously. In many ways, making sense of an inconjunct aspect is like trying to play a game of "connect the dots" with a bucket-full of paint - from fifty feet above.
Perfect clarity is therefore a concept that we may as well need to ignore this month, opting instead for an extended stay at a cosmic playground with enough swing seats on the Tree of Life for everybody. Again, the best way to deal with this series of inconjunct aspects would be to imagine the "New Whirled Order," settling down within our hearts and minds like the symbol of completeness and centered-ness as seen in the yin/yang. It may also be equally important to view the world through the lens of a surrealist, of loving the artful play of two or more items or concepts that don't ordinarily belong together. "Sheesh - that's surreal..." can be quite the handy response to whatever smacks our sensibilities in the near future.
February begins with Jupiter (in Pisces) beginning to form an inconjunct to a retrograde Saturn (in Libra), and even though Jupiter is moving through it's traditional ruling sign, and Saturn thrives in Venus' digs, our two outermost visible planets won't be seeing eye to eye. Libra and Pisces share nothing in common with each other by either element (Air/Water), polarity (Masculine/Feminine), nor modality (Cardinal/Mutable), so we'll be seeing plenty of irresponsible (Saturn) jocularity (Jupiter) at best, and a whole bucket of extra-crispy megalomania at worst.
Most of the latter will be continuing to come at us courtesy of Mars' retrograde cycle which began during the holidays, and if we can still hear the adult babies wailing that they didn't get what they wanted for Christmas, perhaps pictures of a destroyed Haiti are a little too inconvenient for putting things into proper perspective? Compassion fatigue is also a very real threat to become the latest pandemic, perhaps extending into mid March and April when Mars finally begins to move direct again. Let's not kick ourselves in the butt if "this too shall pass" is the only mantra or coping mechanism we can muster at this time - all of these challenges will indeed truly pass.
The exact Jupiter/Saturn inconjunct happens February 5, but will serve as a backdrop for most of the month - that nagging sense that something ain't quite right - blatant examples of which will be on center stage the second and third weeks of February. This will be a roughly two-week process of identifying who has been learning what - and what we've all been forgetting - during the astrological event of 2009, the Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune (J/C/N) communion which began signaling the dawning of the Aquarian Age. It's irritatingly too complex to describe or define but basically, if a parallel Universe doesn't split farther apart during this stretch, I'll gladly eat this forecast.
First, Mercury moves out of it's retrograde shadow on the 4 th, Venus overtakes Chiron and Neptune February 7 th and 8 th , and Mercury moves into Aquarius on the 10 th while Neptune (in Aquarius) celebrates its first birthday. Venus enters Pisces on the 11 th and the historically beneficial Aquarian New Moon is on the 13 th . The Sun amplifies and illuminates both Chiron and Neptune on the 14 th and Chiron finally passes Neptune on the 16 th , the same day Venus overtakes Jupiter. Whew! To backtrack a bit, Chiron and Neptune will be hanging-out together for the next couple of years with both entering the deep spiritual Waters of dream-provoking Pisces, so it won't ever be too late to grab onto some significant spiritual (Neptune) healing (Chiron) before they're through working together by 2012.
And here's where the inconjunct aspects will be setting up, right in the middle of what was clearly (?) described in the previous paragraph, throwing various monkey wrenches into what should normally be clear sailing. The visual representations of these inconjuncts even looks like inverse tornadoes, some rising up from the Earth while others are sweeping down from the heavens. Where they'll be meeting is within each of us, so standing firmly within our centers is of the highest priority.
Debilitated Mars (in Leo) moves retrograde into an exact inconjunct to Ruler of the Underworld Pluto (in Capricorn) February 12 th , the only aspect these two "Great Malefics" (bad guys) will be making to each other through to mid April. Like the Saturn/Jupiter inconjunct, Leo (Mars) and Capricorn (Pluto) have nothing in common with each other by either their elements (Fire/Earth), polarities (Masculine/Feminine) or modalities (Fixed/Cardinal). Again, expecting perfect clarity won't really be an option unless we can take our inner child out for a play date, the fearless little brats we intuitively know we are.
Meanwhile and simultaneously, Jupiter (Pisces) has been moving into a sextile (60°) aspect to Pluto (Capricorn), but at least these two signs share the polarity of the Feminine. However, they'll both be inconjunct Mars, setting up a configuration known as a Yod, AKA the "Finger of God," pointing straight at the retrograde Mars. In other words, people (mostly male) who aren't working their inner warrior correctly or constructively may well feel like the entire Universe were shoving them around. And unfortunately, the only thing these bad boys may know how to do would be to fight back - not ever a wise thing to do - the Universe always wins.
The retrograde Mars (Leo) also moves into a sextile to a retrograde Saturn (Libra), two signs that at least share a Masculine polarity, and they'll remain sextile to each other until mid April. As if things aren't already way too complex, Jupiter becomes the focus of a Yod from the Mars/Saturn sextile base, especially strong the first half of February. We can expect to see some high-profile stories of people living the high life, and that "splash" we'll be hearing will be their ill advised cannonball dive into the depths from too great a height.
Jupiter moves along and Venus follows right behind, taking Jupiter's place as the focus of the same Mars/Saturn-generated Yod from roughly the 12 th through to the 16 th . Very simply, this "minor" shift can be seen as a celestial Battle Royale of the genders, with both Venus and Mars as the focuses of separate and conflicting Yods, yet connected to the difficult Saturn/Pluto square throughout mid February. Nope, Venus and Mars will not be seeing eye-to-eye either, a whirlwind of another sort to deal with.
On the one hand, people in loving and playful child-like relationships can be having one hell of a wonderful time together, while couples in argumentative and dysfunctional relationships will be having a "wonderful" time in the hell they've created for themselves. The same can be forecast for men who are living in hatred, disgust, shame or denial of their feminine side, and vice versa for women with their inner male. Call out the counselors.
Venus Herself moves on only to be replaced by the Sun as the focus of the Mars/Saturn sextile-based Yod from roughly the 19 th through to the 25 th , singeing the short hairs of any remaining irresponsible party-goers. Bottom line for these complex set of Yods, the more appropriate mantra for the middle of February will be to "make love not war," a blast from the past in search of a much needed revival-style comeback.
Right in the (centered!) middle of this gender-bending maelstrom is the New Moon of February 13, a glorious opportunity to find some quality quiet time - if it's at all possible - to meditate on some potentially life-changing epiphanies. This New Moon will be situated at 26° Aquarius, virtually unaspected to any other planet with the highly significant exception of Neptune and Chiron - both less than one degree away at 27° Aquarius. This can be a rare case for new beginnings that involves a meaningful reflection on the past year, specifically regarding whatever spiritual arrangements and personal evolution we've been making for our expectations surrounding 2012 and the end of the you-know-what. Again, this New Moon screams out for us to be as centered, still and peaceful as we can be with and for ourselves - difficult to say the least.
Twenty-seven degrees Aquarius is the same degree where Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune (J/C/N) set-up their communion of this past May and June, the first time these three were all in the same/any degree of the zodiac at the same time in at least the past 2,009 years. To review these concluding sets of mini miracles, the J/C/N has been offering some opportunities for big-time (Jupiter) spiritual (Neptune) healing (Chiron) for those of us who want it, while guaranteeing some overblown (Jupiter) delusional (Neptune) pains (Chiron) for people actively working against their karmic responsibilities.
If anyone missed out on that wonderful chance to make significant spiritual corrections in their lives this past year - the dawning of the Aquarian Age - this New Moon can be a time for some very real and positive new beginnings. And for those of us seeking affirmations about our timeless rediscoveries, this New Moon can also be like a renewal of our Soul's marriage vows to ourselves, in finding purpose for us to move fearlessly into the unknown future.
Feel free to merge these two Sabian images together if you can. For Chiron and Neptune at 27° Aquarius - a return of the J/C/N communion of 2009 - "An ancient pottery bowl filled with fresh violets," and for the New Moon at 26° Aquarius, "A garage man testing a car's battery with a hydrometer."
On display here are two images of ancient and relatively recent knowledge, the pottery bowl of an unknown ancestry and a hydrometer, a high-tech device when the Sabian symbols were first devised in 1925. The bowl can be imagined to be a relic from any relevant past-life memories that are returning to us at this time, and as a vessel can carry with it any content that speaks to us of spiritual (Neptune) healing (Chiron), specifically from a time when our distant ancestors lived more in harmony with the natural world.
The fresh violets in the bowl are a call for us to add our own touches - our own contents - into the bowl to refresh karmic memories, perhaps even from the apex of the Mayan civilization. Simply keep in mind the Good Professor Saturn's syllabus for 2010, that the ancient contents of this bowl may contain an inner knowledge we've subsequently forgotten, some things we may need to remember in order to build our new world.
The image of the garage man utilizing the hydrometer works for us on at least two levels. First, this mechanic is us, checking our own batteries to see if we have enough juice - enough charge and intuitive faith - to keep us going throughout the rapidly intensifying whirlwinds of change. Second, this symbol can generate a spark to ignite the imaginations of the Creative Class to invent some new technologies, specifically to promote sustainable power sources which is one of the major component potentials for the astrological event of 2010 in July and August, the so-called Cardinal Square. This alignment of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto is vaguely reminiscent of the compelling mini era of 1876 - 1877 when the monumental achievements of the electric light bulb, phonograph and telephone were invented.
This New Moon sees its culmination at the Full Moon of February 28 after a relatively quiet week, with "only" Mercury overtaking both Neptune and Chiron on the 27 th . At least we'll be able to grasp a little spiritual (Neptune) healing (Chiron) on an intellectual (Mercury) level, something that should never be taken for granted. After all, if we can't conceptualize spiritual healing, we'll never be able to attain it. Mercury's brief contribution to the proceedings reminds us to imagine our castles in the clouds, but then we need to build foundations (a New World) strong and high enough to reach them.
Big-daddy Jupiter is joined by the Sun at this Full Moon (10° Pisces), expanding the Sabian image of "An aviator pursues his journey, flying through ground-obscuring clouds." At once, this image reminds us of the power of blind faith, a faith of perseverance through the clouds of the unknown. It also speaks to the wisdom of fearlessness and self-mastery, of relying on our inner navigational skills to know that life is all about the journey and that the destination will be there if we've been staying on course.
When joined with the Full Moon at 10° Virgo, "Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows," we see a complementary image of sight through the night, our third eye's way of searching for recognizable patterns where there might not ordinarily be any (the surreal). There are also two heads here, showing us the benefit of collaboration among like-minded people, as in two heads are better than one. These two might easily be looking out from the wreckage of their homes after a tornado swept through, something we might all be feeling like after the whirlwinds of February.
Hold the center.
(* The Sabian symbols are from Dane Rudhyar's "An Astrological Mandala," 1972. Thanks to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1973 for the clarification regarding the word "disaster," and further thanks go out to your Saturnian patience for reading this far.)
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