hello all :) i am sorry i have been a bit quiet on the astrology blog front. lots going on in my life- personally, family-wise, health-wise and also we have been traveling quite a bit. now that we are home for a while i will be dropping in to my regular rhythms and start writing more so stay tuned!
we are in some very potent astrology. if you recall at the start of this month i had said it looks to be the most intense month of 2013. i don’t know about you but it’s seems to be proving true on many fronts! the dominant energy is the T-square formed between jupiter, uranus and pluto. uranus has been squaring pluto since 2012 and will do so until 2015. this powerful transit is a collective one of transformation, change and shift- but it often occurs via breakdowns in our lives of all that is toxic, stagnant, stuck or old paradigm. breakthroughs will follow those breakdowns if and when we are able to fully commit to letting go of the toxic/old past. as long as we hold on- even a little- to the past we will resist the full breakdown and we will not experience the breakthrough. this astrology asks us to TRUST and balance surrender with action. if we err too much on either side (surrendering but not acting, or acting but not surrendering) then this time can be super volatile, confusing, delusional, deceptive and/or violent.
with jupiter now involved he is throwing more fuel on the already hot and intense fires. jupiter tends to expand and/or exacerbate what he touches- so with jupiter opposing pluto and squaring uranus we have that extra push from the Universe to deal with the shit that is up in our lives. jupiter opposed pluto for the first time on august 7th and jupiter squared uranus for the first time this morning (the 21st). this T-square formation will happen two more times and it will last until 2014- so what has begun this month is only just beginning!!!
now to heat things up even more (like we really needed that) venus gets into the action starting this saturday (the 24th). she will turn the T-square into a Cardinal Grand Cross- which is an aspect that forces us to put our money where our mouths are and/or make the choice to shit or get off the pot (sorry for my swear words but they certainly apply right now as a lot of shit is up to be confronted and cleared out!). with venus in her home sign of libra she is extra focused on relationships, harmony, beauty and balance. yet with the current astrology the way it is- we are likely not experiencing utopia in some area of our relationships, finances, and self-worth. on saturday the 24th venus opposes pluto, on the 25th and 26th venus makes a super aspect to uranus (she both opposes and contraparallels uranus- making it a heightened aspect with more power) and she squares jupiter on the 27th. essentially from the 24th to the 27th we are in a heated up concoction of VERY INTENSE ENERGIES that are likely to play out in Love and money situations (two things venus rules).
a big piece of this T-square process may be digging our heads out of the sand- as venus in libra prefers things to be pretty and peaceful often at the expense of acknowledging the shadow Truth. venus just came out of a tense aspect to neptune- where the tendency to wear rose colored glasses and be in denial has been heightened. this is a time to face things HEAD ON and see things as they are- not as they could be, should be or used to be. living in the past (oh she/he used to be like this or my finances used to look like this) or living in the future (he/she could change, or one day when i have my finances in order) will not work right now. this astrology is about LIVING IN THE PRESENT MOMENT- seeing it for what it is, owning why it is even there to begin with (which requires we take personal responsibility for where we are at in life), and then finally we have commit to taking positive action to create the changes we seek and JUST DO IT. this is not ‘sit on your ass’ astrology. it’s ‘get moving and shaking or be dragged through the shit kicking and screaming’ astrology. we each have a choice- but i will tell you, one is definitely more empowering than the other! ;)
to add to all this we have a lot of neptune playing out- both the sun and mercury move into virgo on thursday and friday of this week and then they oppose neptune on sunday the 25th and monday the 26th. neptune oppositions imply that we are not seeing things clearly in relationships- with others or within ourselves. there is something we need to discern and get more clarity on- yet it can be hard to come by. the best use of neptune is turning to spiritual practices like meditation, dream journalling, jungian therapy, etc… to find and listen to our Inner Voice. yet the shadow side is that we are seeing only what we want to see and we are likely stuffing the rest. neptune is very idealistic and will stay in denial for eons if it makes life prettier on the surface. neptune will even have us turning to addictions, playing the victim or the martyr/savior- just so we can blot out reality or over focus on others (or ourselves) in a way that takes up all our energy so we don’t have any left for dealing with the present moment. we need to beware of the tendency to spiritually bypass and/or deny the shadow this weekend. and considering there is likely to be more shadow up due to the T-square formation- we should be extra vigilant and have a good sane friend who can reality check us when we are floating out of the atmosphere or burying our heads in the sand!
as you can see it’s a powerful last 10 days of august! as i said in my monthly forecast and monthly horoscopes- it’s a defining moment of 2013, upon which many changes, shifts, endings and new beginnings will be predicated. i suggest being pro-active about your own growth and evolution right now. now is not the time to take a vacation from your own growth. ‘on the road to enlightenment there are many tempting parking spaces’. don’t park it- rev that engine and get going!
blessings…
~divine harmony