Full Moon Lunar Eclipse – Cardinal Signs Beware

This is going to be one of them rock and roll weeks where the sudden and unexpected changes the trajectory shifting our forward motion sending us into directions and places we never thought we’d go to.

The Lunar Eclipse kicks off the ongoing Uranus/Pluto square.  Issues involving those planets, political stuff, strange weather patterns, and acts of terror are shaken up; twisted and turned resulting in outcomes never before perceived. 

On a very personal level, because the eclipse falls along the Libra/Aries axis, relationship issues come to a head.  These energies can escalate domestic violence with the abused as well as the abusers facing decision time. Get out, get help and make changes.

 Retrograde Mercury insures that we received a lot of mixed messages whether from loved ones, authority figures or the news media. On Friday, October 10^th Mercury slips back into Libra providing an opportunity to rehash old issues involving relationships, personal or political. This return to Libra favors negotiating new terms and updating old agreements.

This Lunar Eclipse falls on the natal Saturn of the USA. (July 4, 1776) The USA is young compared to many nations of the world that have been in existence for thousands of years. With the ongoing, transiting Uranus/Pluto square setting off the USA’s natal Sun/Saturn square it’s safe to say that the USA is going through some growing pains and has been for the past 6 years or so.  Liberals and Conservatives disagree on many subjects but a cruise around the web or a conversation with your neighbor, no matter what the political stance, reveals a general disgust with Mayors, Governors, Senators and Presidents.  This feeling is reflected around the world with a general discontent with those in authority.  The Uranus/Pluto square in affect from 2012 through 2015 and beyond has fueled this discontent and will continue to do so until changes have been made.  This current Lunar Eclipse marks a significant period or point within that time span.

Uranus encourages rebellion.  Tied up in this current Lunar Eclipse that energy prods and pushes a lot of people to resist authority and shake up the status quo. Relationships that no longer feed our growth come under scrutiny.  Some will change and grow with the flow; those that are stagnant and stuck may fall by the wayside.

For the Cardinal signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn Uranus and Pluto have been doing their dance on the Cardinal platform. The lives, feelings and physical surroundings of our Cardinal friends have been undergoing slow, inexorable change triggered perhaps by some sudden, unexpected events that are beyond their control. The Fixed signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius, and the Mutable signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces by extension are all feeling these pressures as well. 

There’s been a buildup to this Lunar Eclipse. The energy culminates at the Full Moon. Decisions will be made and plans for future action will be made as well.  The Solar Eclipse that follows, the New Moon of October 23^rd will set the stage for more change.

Until that time reassess, realign and review.  Lunar Eclipses are more inner and emotional while the Solar Eclipses are more outer and active, proactive even.  Remember Mercury does not go direct until the 25^th.  After that time things get clearer, information surfaces and we are better equipped to make important decisions.

Saturn and Uranus can't wait for Pluto to Join the Party

The fourth opposition, in a series of five, between Saturn and Uranus takes place this week on Monday evening, April 26, 2010 at 7:27 PM EDT to be exact. Oppositions represent just what the word implies, two opposing forces working against each other. This force is strengthened by the nature of the planets involved. Saturn symbolizes the traditional, stability, and structure. Uranus corresponds to the revolutionary, the innovative and the progressive. The first of the oppositions between these two planets occurred on Election Day, November 4, 2008. The race between John McCain and Barack Obama was the physical manifestation of the Saturn/Uranus opposition and the Obama administration continues to play out the battle between the old and the new. The second opposition occurred on February 5, 2009, right around the time Obama signed the stimulus package. The third opposition happened on September 15, 2009 coinciding with Barack Obama’s big speech to Congress and the famous or infamous “You lie.” Now at the fourth opposition, we find Barack Obama taking on Wall Street. The first four oppositions occur along the Virgo/Pisces axis. The last one on July 26, 2010 will involve Aries/Libra and will occur at zero degrees of these Cardinal signs. This is a very potent degree. Cardinal signs initiate and there is not much that is more powerful than the initiatory energy of 0 Aries, (thing spring). The Saturn/Uranus dance over the past few years symbolizes the polarity we see in society today. And we see it played out in the fierce opposition that faces the change and reform that this administration is attempting to achieve. The final opposition will also involve a 90 degree angle, from both Saturn and Uranus, to Pluto in Capricorn. Now Pluto entered Capricorn in 2008 and will be there until 2024. Pluto, dwarf planet or not, changes everything it touches and what it touches is relative to the sign that it is in. When it was in Sagittarius, the sign of philosophy and religion, from 1995 to 2008, the scandals of the Catholic Church first gained prominence. Capricorn rules structures, governments, big business, and institutions. Capricorn also has rule over Heads of State, the CEO, Presidents, Popes and whoever is in charge. Today, the scandal of the Catholic Church has reached the Pope. This is Pluto in Capricorn. In July at the final opposition between Saturn and Uranus, Pluto joins the party. This planetary configuration signifies a huge power struggle and you can be sure that the rhetoric is going to get ugly. There’s big money involved and those who want to maintain the status quo will not hesitate to spend it in an effort to keep things as they are. Just remember that not only are we being served corporate coffee at the local Starbucks, we are being served corporate news on the TV, radio and at the news stand.