Solar Eclipse, Sunday, July 11, 2010

This week brings the New Moon of July 11, 2010, a total Solar Eclipse visible across the Pacific and lower South America. The New Moon energy is felt for the entire lunar month. With a Solar Eclipse the impact is felt for a longer period. If the Solar Eclipse is up close and personal with a planet or personal point in your chart you can expect a year of change. The planet/s touched by the eclipse and the house it falls in give you an idea where the action will take place. A tenth house eclipse might signal a career change, a new boss or a shift in your life’s direction. An eclipse conjunct a personal planet like moon (emotions, Mom), Mercury (communication, siblings), Venus (love, money, relationships) or Mars (energy, action) will shake up the issues associated with that planet. This eclipse, sun and moon are in a close aspect with the planet Mars situated 60 degrees away in the sign of Virgo. This type of aspect brings opportunity through connections or networking. The eclipse itself is in Cancer, the sign of home and family. Here in the United States, the chart set for Washington, DC, the eclipse falls in the 9th house of international relationships. International affairs, diplomacy, courts and religion take center stage. We are within the time band of the stressful configuration between the outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. Around the Full Moon, Saturn and Uranus make their 5th and final opposition in the series that began on Election Day in 2008. This Solar Eclipse serves to stir up the conflicts, issues and personalities that frame the present day. Worthy and unworthy individuals will rise and fall. Political change is a given. Treaty violations, border disputes create international incidents requiring delicate diplomacy. Women play an important role in these affairs. Wall Street will try to wiggle out of any regulation. The end of July will see more scandals involving important people involving finances, the environment or the low down cheating spouse; or all of the above. A natural eruption, flood or major storm stretches an already stretched budget. As much as we try to ignore and insulate ourselves from the discord around us it becomes nearly impossible. Remember to breathe.

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.