…while we’re in the Retro Record season of the year (peaking Aug 28 – Sept 15, with SEVEN).
The current ‘additions’ were JUPITER as # 7 on Sept 4, following MERCURY on Aug 23, and URANUS, on Aug 28.
All three pointing to: Liberation & REgeneration from within.
JUPITER in TAU went retro on the day after VENUS (ruler of TAU) in LEO went out of retro (Sept 3) – quite the VENUS – JUPITER astro-sphere… Enjoying Life, being in gratitude for all the Gifts, and lovingly-generous, in the bounty of Nature’s harvest season. So much goodness can come from it.
Let’s hear it for JUPITER!
Have you seen the Giant (as a tiny bright dot), in the night sky these weeks, rising on the Eastern Ecliptic in the late evening hours? JUPITER was beautifully accentuated by the Half-Moon, last night, Sept 5. It’ll be visible earlier and earlier in the evening, over the next months…
JUPITER’s ‘Eastern Blessings’ are with us every night, these months. How about: Sending out prayers, blessings, wishes, and offering genuine gratitude, while ‘under JUPITER’!
Where’s the Retro Journey taking JUPITER, astrologically?
Since its entry into TAU on May 16, it moved up to 15°35′ TAU where it went retro on Sept 4. And from there exactly 10 degrees back, to 5°35′ TAU. I explored the themes of the Sabian Symbols for those degrees – check them out below – hopefully, they contribute to understanding “what on Earth is going on” (JUP in TAU, quite literally).
Themes of JUPITER retro in TAURUS
Time to slowww down (6 Planets plus JUPITER retro, and TAU is known to slow things down…), step back, and notice the Nature of our perception.
Being IN Nature surely helps, and can be (always, but esp in times like these) so fulfilling. Nature is THE inspiring teacher, and re-connects us to our inner Nature & guidance…
Appreciation for Mother Earth, and our Earth Body comes nature-ally.
Voyager Tarot card VII Chariot – perfect for JUPITER
Whether we travel and explore outwardly, ‘vicariously’, or inwardly – there’s so much to see, understand, and be grateful for.
And, with JUPITERnow freshly retroin TAU, we’re getting lots of opportunities to re-connect with, and better understandfrom the ‘inside-out’ the full ‘spectrum’ of:
* The importance & value of Nature, and natural, organic processes
* Old-new understanding about food, farming, gardening, and how to do more about it / make it better…
* Gratitude for Mother Earth and all Her abundant gifts.
* What do we value and enjoy? How can we enhance that? How can it enhance our life, and we have more to give from there?
* What do you own – truly? And how does what you might think you own own you?
* Understanding ‘comfort traps’ and outgrowing attachments & unhealthy habits
* Re-visiting a place / land on Planet Earth that’s calling you – a journey of trust…
* Slowing down, and finding tranquility.
* Appreciating the nature-all abundance of all seasons (of the year and of life).
* Understanding why Nature and grounding / ‘earthing’ are so important, and adding more of that to our life.
* Coming back to our senses, and to (un?)common sense, as inner guidance
* Anything values based can be reviewed, and thereby seen more clearly: The economy, monetary system, anything with a value tag on it.
* Preserving energy by doing what’s natural and organic (rather than buying into the artificial / synthetic worlds). TAU is about conserving / preserving energy, as Nature does…
More is not always better…
But even if it isn’t that can help us to understand and outgrow it… Here’s a juxtaposition of JUPITER in TAU phenomena:
With JUPITER now going retro in TAU lots of opportunities will present (esp. when we’re conscious) to see revealed, experience, better understand,grow from, and outgrow the ‘spectrum’ of the ‘too small’ compensation themes – listed on the right side.
Making room for enhancing the ‘real deal’ – left side of the lists above.
Timeline forJUPITER Retro Contacts with other Cosmic Players
SEPT 4 – Labour Day JUPITER went retro at 15º35′ TAU – until Dec 30, at 5º35′ TAU Discovering Inner riches & values, appreciation for the Earth, and nature-all guidance. Maybe re-visiting lands that are uplifting and bring you joy.
SEPT 8 The SUN in mid-VIR in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro / stat. in mid-TAU How can you raise consciousness about the importance of a synergy between Wellness & Nature?
SEPT 16 VENUS direct again in mid-LEO squares JUPITER retro / stat. in mid-TAU (# 3 of 3 alignments) Passion for Nature, and for anything of intrinsic value
SEPT 19 MARS in mid-LI in quincunx w. JUPITER retro / stat. in mid-TAU Quest for justice, fairness, balance, and right relationship – what’s it got to do with inner / re-discovered values?
OCT 21 VENUS in mid-VIR in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro in mid-TAU Lots of opportunities to work with the gifts of Nature, stay healthy, and lovingly help others.
OCT 28 – day of the PLE / Seed Eclipse in TAU – SCO (eclipsed MOON not far from JUPITER) MERCURY & MARS in mid-SCO oppose JUPITER retro in mid-TAU Despite aggressive propaganda / persuasive voices playing with psychology – stay in your grounded inner knowing. New growth / opportunity come from there.
NOV 2 – All Souls Day The SUN in mid-SCO opposes JUPITER retro in mid-TAU While Nature goes ‘underground’ find joy & life & gratitude within.
NOV 15 VENUS in early LI in quincunx w. JUPITER retro in early TAU Where to ‘find’ compatible partners, based on shared values? The more you cultivate joy & gratitude within the easier you attract…
DEC 3 MARS in early SAG in quincunx w. JUPITER retro in early TAU On a mission to find happiness, joy, and freedom? Maybe the ‘promised land’ is within? Re-visiting old places is cool too, if outer movement matters.
DEC 4 The MOON & LILITH in early VIR in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro in early TAU Let the unconditioned ‘Inner Wild’ & wise one guide you. Practical common sense is rewarding.
DEC 9 The MOON & VENUS in early SCO oppose JUPITER retro in early TAU Intriguing & magical to dive into dark, powerful, otherwise hidden feelings and intimacy. Yet also make sure you’re grounded.
DEC 27 The SUN in early CAP in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro / stat. in early TAU Integrity & joyful productivity – based on sustainable values.
DEC 30 JUPITER goes direct again at 5º35′ TAU – until Oct 9, 2024 (end of GEM) Trusting the inner knowing we’ve cultivated and reconnected with, and through being with the land / Nature, the call is clearer, and the outer journey has a good foundation
Let’s glean insights from the
SabianSymbols for the turnaround Degrees of JUPITER
On SEPT 4, JUPITER went retro at 15º35′ TAU. Since it didn’t quite reach 16ºbut backtracks, let’s look at…
Braving the Storm – painting by Cara Frafjord
“TAURUS 15° HEAD COVERED WITH A RAKISH SILK HAT, MUFFLED AGAINST THE COLD, A MAN BRAVES A STORM
KEYNOTE The courage needed to meet the crises precipitated by social ambition
The man with the silk hat has seen some of his ambitious efforts bring him social success; but he learns that often “nothing fails like success.” The storm may be within him, or it may attack his social status. He is ready to face it daringly. This shows a willingness to accept crises and to go through them – and therefore great character, the soil upon which a higher kind of consciousness may develop.
This is the fifth and final stage of this ninth five-fold sequence of symbols. It implies a transition to a new level at which the individual who has learned from experience demonstrates a truly mature mind. What is revealed here is CHARACTER under adverse circumstances.”
What a symbol for the beginning of the JUPITER retro phase – not far from the then also ‘stormy’ URANUS (going retro on Aug 28)! JUPITER has been slowly traveling on that degree from early Aug (do I hear: Maui inferno and massive Canadian fires, hurricanes, and even Burning Man storm leading to mud?!) until end of Sept.
Surprising, and unpredictable circumstances can and have challenged us to not get ‘blown over’ by adversity but to retain inner stability – not in stubborn and inflexible, but in mature & conscious ways, based on strong values (TAU).
JUPITER ends its upcoming Retro Journey on DEC 30 at 05°35′ TAU.
Royal Gorge Cantilever Bridge
“TAURUS 6° CANTILEVER BRIDGE ACROSS A DEEP GORGE
KEYNOTE The conquest of separativeness through group-cooperation
The person who has suffered deprivation & loneliness can give new substance to their emotional life by participating in a collective project. All great evolutionary challenges imply the overcoming of basic difficulties. A step ahead must be taken, yet an abyss confronts evolving humanity. It is no longer a personal void – an ‘Open Grave’ (5° TAU) – but a chasm that is an integral part of the land upon which human evolution must proceed. A link must be built through the power of the collective mind of the group or of the community at large, on the basis of the legacy of the past, to make a bridge over the canyon.
This is the first stage of the eighth five-fold process of “Substantiation.” The man-made bridge built with collective skill gives substance to and demonstrates humanity’s capacity to CONQUER OBSTACLES and to achieve evolutionary continuity as well as expansion in space.”
Now, that’s an interesting symbol – and can easily be interpreted in direct response to the symbol for the start of JUPITER’s retro journey – which deals with the individual’s character demonstrated during crises and adversity.
To face and overcome the obstacles presented at this phase of human evolution, collaboration is needed, to ‘build bridges’ over chasms of polarization in humanity – which often have to do with old Taurean ‘territorial claims’.
And yes, we can all contribute to this ‘grand oeuvre’ of this time. A positive attitude (JUPITER) can go a long way and be the foundation for manifestation (TAU) of the vision (JUPITER) – and it starts within (J-retro).
Where is (esp. early-to-mid) TAURUS in your (birth / relocation) Chart?
As JUPITER travels retro there until the end of the year, lots of opportunities present, to see what we truly value, find joy through appreciation of Mother Earth & all Her gifts, and everything natural & organic. A positive outlook & attitude of gratitude from within help with outer manifestation to follow.
Esp. in those areas of life that (early-to-mid) TAU points to in your chart. The Houses themes show where we’re called to cultivate appreciation, inner abundance & fulfillment.
1st House Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House – that ‘TAURUS House’ (if you have Planets, Sun, Moon / Nodes in it you do have an TAURUS ‘undertone’ in your chart!) Your Values. What you own, literally & metaphorically, incl. your Business
3rd House Your Environment & Relatives
4th House Your Home, Origin, Ancestry
5th House Your Creative, Playful, Inner Child and Lover
6th House Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle
7th House Your Partners & Significant Others
8th House Your Involvement and Sharing with Others. Your Transformations
9th House What gives you Meaning. Your Wisdom, Inspiration, Path and Travels
10th House Your Purpose incl Career, Your Public Self
11th House Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends
12th House Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is.
Wishing you a blessed outer-inner journey, with JUPITER retro in TAURUS!
Melanie
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JUPITER entered TAURUS, yesterday morning, May 16.
…and will be super catalyzed by the TAU New Moon, on May 19. What a TAUREAN month we’re in (we feel it, and you can see it in the chart below)! Peaking these days – May 17 – 19, the SUN, MOON, MERCURY (just out of retro, yet still in post-retro ‘storm’), the North Node, URANUS, and now also JUPITER are in TAU!
Whatever JUPITER touches becomes enhanced (which may or may not be a good thing…) – Only to help us see and understand better what’s going on. Ideally to understand and grow from it – or outgrow it. Gratitude, generosity, and a good sense of humour help.
JUPITER is usually one year in a sign. In TAURUS, it’ll be May 16, 2023 – May 25, 2024.
JUPITER was the last time in TAURUS June 2011 – June 2012. Remembering significant events / experiences of that time? With JUPITER re-activating the ‘scene’ (and in your chart the TAURUS House / Planets – see below), something comes full circle.
Your JUPITER in TAU?
Were you born with JUPITER in TAU? Then, your ‘Inner Mentor’ Archetype comes full circle. And it’ll be a year to be generous with sharing your grounded common sense understanding – without getting too obstinate about it, and letting others go through their own experiences. As well as for Joy in / as Nature.
Here are the dates of JUPITER in TAU in the last century (of course, this is also historically interesting, in combination with other planetary alignments). Were you born in one of these periods? Or did you go through significant phases then – leading to growth, and perhaps finding new & better / higher ground?
June 5, 2011 – June 12, 2012
June 28 – Oct 23, 1999 & Feb 14 – June 30, 2000
March 9 – July 21, 1988 & Dec 1, 1988 – March 11, 1989
March 27 – Aug 24, 1976 & Oct 17, 1976 – Apr 4, 1977
Apr 12, 1964 – Apr 23, 1965
Apr 29, 1952 – May 9, 1953
May 16, 1940 – May 27, 1941
June 5, 1928 – June 13, 1929
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Let’s put it into Perspective– so JUPITERian that-is.
JUPITER’s presence in a sign shows what’s BIG & important for roughly a year (which doesn’t necessarily line up with the calendar year, of course).
2020 was a very CAP (SATURN – PLUTO – JUPITER). All about governments, authorities, major endeavours & impacts, rules, restrictions, fear.
2021 was so AQ (SATURN & JUPITER, plus SATURN in AQ triple-squaring URANUS (ruler of AQ) in TAU. Systems, science, humanity, community, social environment, our shared future.
2022 was very PISCEAN (JUPITER united with NEPTUNE – 1st time since 1856 – on Apr 12, and they were again close throughout Nov), in transition to ARIES (JUPITER ‘tried on’ early AR May 10 – Oct 27). In general, it was quite a transitional year. Chaos / domino effects, and a wave of war, pulling the world in. Which big Unifying Wave were you riding, surrendering and letting go of that helped with New Beginnings?! The Water TIGERyear 2022 added to the vibe, obviously…
JUPITER was in ARIES 2022 – 2023. All about Newness, courage, getting the ball rolling, trying things out, seeing things with fresh eyes, seeing new opportunities & their gifts!
ARIESis ruled by MARS… A Time to let the Inner / Outer Hero/ine emerge. Big boost for New Beginnings. A New World in the making.
A new JUPITER cycle startedin ARIES. Lots of newness– with more eye-opening opportunities. Invitations to step into the NEW, show up authentically, in the NOW.
JUPITER in AR met CHIRON on March 11. Wounds of warfare on so many levels have shown up, big time. As well as wounds from early in life – time for healing.
The Medicine of New Beginnings, of showing up authentically, for & as ourselves received a big boost too.
2023 is very ARIES / TAURUS themed – with the TAU shift now. The importance of standing our ground, with our values, and for / as Nature.Embodying the new beginnings?!
JUPITER in AR / TAU has also been reflected / enhanced in the AR / TAU Seasons:
The ARIES emphasis culminated in March, with the JUPITER – CHIRON conjunction on March 11, just before the beginning of the ARIES Season, along with the Spring Equinox New Moon – Be New! Be You! Live Now!
The TAU season brought the transformational PLE in SCO – TAU on May 5 – right after PLUTO went retro on May 1. Sitting in the Buddha Hub & Processing-to-Freedom. Inner processing needed, in transitional times…
JUPITER just moved over the ‘Settling Point’ from AR to TAU where energy manifests, and Spirit takes on form. Here’s a video I just recorded, for the Astro~Weather of the week, with a feature on JUPITER into TAU. Check it out.
Themes of JUPITER in TAURUS
With JUPITERin TAU, we’re getting lots of opportunities to better understandand enhance the full ‘spectrum’ of:
* The importance & value of Nature, and natural, organic processes
* New understanding about food, farming, gardening, and how to do more about it / make it better…
* Gratitude for Mother Earth and all Her gifts. Also showing us: Nature is abundant.
* What do we value and enjoy? How can we enhance that? How can it enhance our life, and we have more to give from there?
* What do you own – truly? And how does what you might think you own own you?
* Understanding ‘comfort traps’ and outgrowing attachments
* Finding a place on Planet Earth that’s calling you – a journey of trust…
* Slowing down (after the ARIES rush), smelling the roses, and finding tranquility.
* Appreciating life in Spring, and all seasons (of the year and of life).
* Understanding why Nature and grounding / ‘earthing’ are so important, and adding more of that to our life.
* Coming back to our senses, and to (un?)common sense, as a guidance
* Anything values based is being seen more clearly: The economy, monetary system, anything with a value tag on it. New understanding of preserving energy by doing what’s natural and organic (rather than buying into the artificial / synthetic worlds). TAU is about conserving / preserving energy, as Nature does…
More is not always better…
But even if it isn’t that can help us to understand and outgrow it… Here’s a juxtaposition of JUPITER in TAU phenomena:
More expressions to be added – as we’ll experience those tangibly, since: JUPITER in TAU is about organic growth.
JUPITER’s Entry Chart into TAURUS
JUPITER crossed the ‘Settling Point’ from ARIES to TAURUS yesterday May 16 at 10:30 am PDT.
The end-of-TAU New Moon on May 19 will catalyze JUPITER’s entry into TAU more fully.
We’re in a super Taurean (JUPITER, NN, MERCURY stat., URANUS, and the SUN) phase now – only topped by the end-of-TAU New Moon in May 19.
JUPITER freshly in TAU immediately squared PLUTO retro in early AQ. A contrast / conflict between what’s good and important about the Earth, nature and everything organic and valuable, and what the powerful forces of change bring – esp. in systems / society / humanity. A combo of course would be to associate with people of the Earth who are good stewards of Nature.
The tension continues right after the New Moon on May 19. A fixed T-square builds up, once MARS enters LEO on May 20, to oppose PLUTO retro in early AQ, and go into T-square w. JUPITER / NN / MERCURY stat. (post-retro) in TAU. That pressure configuration will be exact May 20 – 22. Considering the tension between organic, biological, preserving / conservative (TAU) and systemic / tech oriented / progressive evolution, as well as powerful forces in the system (PLUTO in AQ), what do YOU truly love & want (MARS in LEO)? How can it be a cat-alyst for change for the best, re: your relationship with the land and the people?
What a start into the JUPITER in TAU year!
JUPITER’s Contacts w. other Cosmic Playerswhile in TAU
Here are the specific astrological alignments for JUPITER’s Journey through TAURUS (May 16, 2023 – May 26, 2024).
The MOON and MERCURY transit combos w. JUPITER aren’t featured here-below (except for the squares & oppositions from MERCURY to JUPITER) since this chapter would’ve become even more extensive otherwise.
These can be found in the bi-monthly email ASTRO~News – to which you’re welcome to subscribe if you haven’t yet (just send an email to me at licht@islandnet.com).
The big one will be JUPITER’s connection w. URANUS, on Apr 21, 2024. Yes, this connection happens every 13 years, yet this one is special. Since by then, PLUTO will have entered URANUS’s sign AQ, once again (from Jan 20, 2024 on). A New Era for our Humanity is well underway – what does that mean for Nature?!
MAY 16 JUPITER entered TAU The value of Nature, and everything natural & organic
MAY 17 The MOON in TAU welcomes JUPITER So much nourishing abundance in Nature – food for the senses, gratitude inducing…
JUPITER freshly in TAU squares PLUTO retro in AQ Tension / pressure between organic, biological, preserving / conservative worlds, and systemic / tech / engineering oriented / progressive evolution, as well as powerful forces in the system. Maybe this is a ‘preview’ for more to come, in this juxtaposition.
MAY 19 – day of the end-of-TAU (‘Voice Point’) New Moon JUPITER, the North Node, stat. MERCURY, URANUS, SUN & MOON all in TAU! What a plethora of TAU energy – with NM transition to GEM. Listen to the voice of your body. Learn from & give a voice to nature. Voice what’s important & valuable to you.
MAY 20 – 22 MARS freshly in LEO opposes PLUTO retro in AQ and squares JUPITER freshly in TAU (completing the T-square from May 17) What do YOU truly love & want & create? How can it be a cat-alyst for change for the best?
MAY 27 JUPITER freshly in TAU meets the North Node (still in TAU until July 13) – while opposing the SN in SCO Big boost / incentive for Earth & organic body consciousness – and to stay away from toxic, destructive, manipulative, life sabotaging energies / dynamics / choices.
JUNE 11 VENUS in early LEO squares JUPITER in early TAU (# 1 of 3 alignments) Again on Aug 22 during V-r, and on Sept 16, when JUPITER will be retro while VENUS will be direct again. VENUS will be for a looong time in LEO, June 5 – Oct 8, since She goes retro there, July 22 – Sept 3. Rather than indulging in hedonistic, narcissistic ways – or catering to ‘theirs’, find true Love & Joy.
JUNE 19 JUPITER in early TAU in sextile w. SATURN in early PI (again, close but not exact, throughout Jan / Feb 2024) First sextile since their conjunction at Winter Solstice 2020 in early AQ Standing our ground / being in our organic (un)common sense truth helps, and can be inspiring to others, in chaotic, confusing, overwhelming times.
JULY 1 – Colonial Canada Day The SUN & MERCURY in mid-CAN in sextile w. JUPITER in mid-TAU Awareness about & honouring of the land and the people… we all walk each other home.
JULY 17 – CANCER New Moon MERCURY in mid-LEO in square w. JUPITER in mid-TAU Creative thinking, writing, discussing – inspired by the gifts of Nature Don’t take things too purrrsonally, though.
AUG 1 MARS in mid-VIR in Earth trine w. JUPITER in mid-TAU Doing the good work, being pro-actively in healthy alignment, helping others, working with / serving Nature – all naturally gratifying and rewarding.
AUG 6 The SUN in mid-LEO (Lammas Season) squares JUPITER in mid-TAU Loving, heartful living, in appreciation of Nature. No need to go into entitlement / supremacy. You are special and unique, like your human biology.
AUG 22 VENUS retro in mid-LEO squares JUPITER in mid-TAU (# 2 of 3 alignments) Again on Sept 16, when JUPITER will be retro while VENUS will be direct again. On the quest for the inner Goddess. Let Nature show the way.
SEPT 4 – Labour Day JUPITER goes retro at 15º35′ TAU – until Dec 30, at 5º35′ TAU Discovering Inner riches, values, and nature-all guidance. Maybe re-visiting lands that are uplifting and bring you joy.
SEPT 8 The SUN in mid-VIR in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro / stat. in mid-TAU How can you raise consciousness about the importance of a synergy between Wellness & Nature?
SEPT 16 VENUS direct again in mid-LEO squares JUPITER retro / stat. in mid-TAU (# 3 of 3 alignments) Passion for Nature, and for anything of intrinsic value
SEPT 19 MARS in mid-LI in quincunx w. JUPITER retro / stat. in mid-TAU Quest for justice, fairness, balance, and right relationship – what’s it got to do with inner / re-discovered values?
OCT 21 VENUS in mid-VIR in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro in mid-TAU Lots of opportunities to work with the gifts of Nature, stay healthy, and lovingly help others.
OCT 28 – day of the PLE / Seed Eclipse in TAU – SCO (eclipsed MOON not far from JUPITER) MERCURY & MARS in mid-SCO oppose JUPITER retro in mid-TAU Despite aggressive propaganda / persuasive voices playing with psychology – stay in your grounded inner knowing. New growth / opportunity come from there.
NOV 2 – All Souls Day The SUN in mid-SCO opposes JUPITER retro in mid-TAU While Nature goes ‘underground’ find joy & life & gratitude within.
NOV 15 VENUS in early LI in quincunx w. JUPITER retro in early TAU Where to ‘find’ compatible partners, based on shared values? The more you cultivate joy & gratitude within the easier you attract…
DEC 3 MARS in early SAG in quincunx w. JUPITER retro in early TAU On a mission to find happiness, joy, and freedom? Maybe the ‘promised land’ is within? Re-visiting old places is cool too, if outer movement matters.
DEC 4 The MOON & LILITH in early VIR in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro in early TAU Let the unconditioned ‘Inner Wild’ & wise one guide you. Practical common sense is rewarding.
DEC 9 The MOON & VENUS in early SCO oppose JUPITER retro in early TAU Intriguing & magical to dive into dark, powerful, otherwise hidden feelings and intimacy. Yet also make sure you’re grounded.
DEC 27 The SUN in early CAP in Earth trine w. JUPITER retro / stat. in early TAU Integrity & joyful productivity – based on sustainable values.
DEC 30 JUPITER goes direct again at 5º35′ TAU – until Oct 9, 2024 (end of GEM) Trusting the inner knowing we’ve cultivated and reconnected with, and through being with the land / Nature, the call is clearer, and the outer journey has a good foundation
For the New Year, I don’t have exact ephemeris yet, plus it’s still far-off. So here are the highlights of JUPITER in TAU Transits of 2024 (until May 26) They culminate on Apr 21 – and there’ll be a beautiful finale, end of May.
JAN / FEB JUPITER stat. (in Jan) in early TAU in sextile w. SATURN in early PI (close for both month, but not exact which it was on June 19) First sextile since their conjunction at Winter Solstice 2020 in early AQ Standing our ground / being in our organic (un)common sense truth can be inspiring to others, in chaotic, confusing, overwhelming times. And: to manifest, be open ask for help and let things come together.
JAN 12 MARS in early CAP in Earth trine w. JUPITER stat. in early TAU Gettingthings done – in a joyful way.Great for building projects.
JAN 29 VENUS in early CAP in Earth trine w. JUPITER stat. in early TAU Nice time for attracting resources / making solid agreements in a lasting projects.
FEB 25 – 27 VENUS & MARS in early AQ square JUPITER in early TAU By then, PLUTO will be also back in early AQ (from Jan 20 on) Collaboration is crucial for manifestation – get your friends on board. Be the future.
MARCH 24 VENUS in mid-PI in sextile w. JUPITER in mid-TAU Wonderful vibes for attracting through connections (on all levels), and with ease & joy…
APR 19 MARS in PI in sextile w. JUPITER in TAU Surf the waves of good vibrations, enJoy & offer gratitude for this precious embodiment on Planet Earth.
APR 20 THE highlight of JUPITER’s TAU Journey: JUPITER meets & passes URANUS – at 21º49′ TAU EmBody Joy & Freedom! In appreciation & honour for Earth & Nature, and anything organic.
MAY 23 VENUS end of TAU meets JUPITER Sweet & joy-full grand finale. JUPITER at the very end of TAU in sextile w. NEPTUNE at the end of (and last year fully in) PI Manifestation through raising vibration.
MAY 25 JUPITER crosses the ‘Voice Point’ and enters GEMINI (until June 9, 2025)
Let’s glean insights from the
SabianSymbols for the turnaround Degrees of JUPITER
This is quite amazing! The retro journey of JUPITER covers exactly the same terrainMERCURY’s retro journey in TAU (Apr 21 – May 14) has covered!!!
Worth re-viewing what came up mentally / in communication / via ‘random’ information in this period. It can be a pre-cursor for more understanding, growth, and outgrowing to be available when JUPITER visits this terrain – 3 times, forward, backward, forward. Of course, esp. if you have your SUN, MOON, AC, Planets, or even JUPITER in that cosmic ‘region’.
On SEPT 4, JUPITER goes retro at 15º35′ TAU. Since it doesn’t quite reach 16ºbut backtracks, let’s look at…
Braving the Storm – painting by Cara Frafjord
“TAURUS 15° HEAD COVERED WITH A RAKISH SILK HAT, MUFFLED AGAINST THE COLD, A MAN BRAVES A STORM
KEYNOTE The courage needed to meet the crises precipitated by social ambition
The man with the silk hat has seen some of his ambitious efforts bring him social success; but he learns that often “nothing fails like success.” The storm may be within him, or it may attack his social status. He is ready to face it daringly. This shows a willingness to accept crises and to go through them – and therefore great character, the soil upon which a higher kind of consciousness may develop.
This is the fifth and final stage of this ninth five-fold sequence of symbols. It implies a transition to a new level at which the individual who has learned from experience demonstrates a truly mature mind. What is revealed here is CHARACTER under adverse circumstances.”
What a symbol for the beginning of the JUPITER retro phase – not far from the then also ‘stormy’ URANUS (going retro on Aug 28)! Surprising, and unpredictable circumstances can challenge us to not get ‘blown over’ by adversity but to retain inner stability – not in stubborn and inflexible, but in mature & conscious ways, based on strong values (TAU).
JUPITER ends its upcoming Retro Journey on DEC 30 at 05°35′ TAU.
Royal Gorge Cantilever Bridge
“TAURUS 6° CANTILEVER BRIDGE ACROSS A DEEP GORGE
KEYNOTE The conquest of separativeness through group-cooperation
The person who has suffered deprivation & loneliness can give new substance to their emotional life by participating in a collective project. All great evolutionary challenges imply the overcoming of basic difficulties. A step ahead must be taken, yet an abyss confronts evolving humanity. It is no longer a personal void – an ‘Open Grave’ (5° TAU) – but a chasm that is an integral part of the land upon which human evolution must proceed. A link must be built through the power of the collective mind of the group or of the community at large, on the basis of the legacy of the past, to make a bridge over the canyon.
This is the first stage of the eighth five-fold process of “Substantiation.” The man-made bridge built with collective skill gives substance to and demonstrates humanity’s capacity to CONQUER OBSTACLES and to achieve evolutionary continuity as well as expansion in space.”
Now, that’s an interesting symbol – and can easily be interpreted in direct response to the symbol for the start of JUPITER’s retro journey – which deals with the individual’s character demonstrated during crises and adversity.
To face and overcome the obstacles presented at this phase of human evolution, collaboration is needed, to ‘build bridges’ over chasms of polarization in humanity – which often have to do with Taurean ‘territorial claims’.
And yes, we can all contribute to this ‘grand oeuvre’ of this time. A positive attitude (JUPITER) can go a long way and be the foundation for manifestation (TAU) of the vision (JUPITER).
Where is TAURUS in your (birth / relocation) Chart?
As JUPITER travels in that realm until May 2024, lots of opportunities present, to find joy through appreciation of Mother Earth & all Her gifts, and everything natural & organic. A positive outlook & attitude of gratitude help with manifestation.
Esp. in those areas of life that TAU points to in your chart:
1st House Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House – that ‘TAURUS House’ (if you have Planets, Sun, Moon / Nodes in it you do have an TAURUS ‘undertone’ in your chart!) Your Values. What you own, literally & metaphorically, incl. your Business
3rd House Your Environment & Relatives
4th House Your Home, Origin, Ancestry
5th House Your Creative, Playful, Inner Child and Lover
6th House Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle
7th House Your Partners & Significant Others
8th House Your Involvement and Sharing with Others. Your Transformations
9th House What gives you Meaning. Your Wisdom, Inspiration, Path and Travels
10th House Your Purpose incl Career, Your Public Self
11th House Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends
12th House Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is.
Blessings for a joyfully manifesting journey with JUPITER in TAURUS!
Melanie
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* SCO Full Moon where the Moon is most challenged / ‘in fall’ – SO many sticky emotions and power issues are hanging around now – to be processed.
*Lunar ‘Release’ Eclipse The SCO Full Moon by the Lunar South Node – calling us to release destructive / self-defeating emotions (linking back to the PSE ‘Release’ Eclipse in SCO on Oct 25, 2022).
* PLUTO, ruler of SCO(!), freshly in AQ, has juust gone retro (May 1 – Oct 10) – Inner Soul Power to Change
* URANUS Eclipse The SUN in mid-TAU is super close to / catalyzes URANUS – the ruler of AQ where PLUTO is freshly in (connection w. PLUTO!). The SUN – URANUS union will be on May 9 – surprise-surprise (which can be upsetting / unsettling and / or liberating)!
* LILITH Eclipse ‘Wild’ LILITH in mid-LEO in T-square w. the Eclipse FM. Whoaaa, more ‘trouble’? And / or the opportunity for liberation from attachments, and return to our unconditioned Self – which is LOVE.
* Many names for this Full Moon (in May), in many earthly traditions: Flower Moon of May Thanks to the abundant blooming this month – very Taurean. Also known as (according to Farmer’s Almanac): Budding Moon / Egg Laying Moon / Frog Moon / Leaf Budding Moon (all according to Cree traditions), Planting Moon (Dakota, Lakota), Moon of Shedding Ponies (Oglala)
* and of course: Wesak (or: Vesak) Moon of the Buddha One of the most important festivals in Buddhist cultures. See special chapter about the astrological Wesak Moon in this article, below.
May the May Bloom Begin! – photo by moi
What a Time we live in! Change is the only certain – has always been… And nowadays ever more ‘in our face’. Things seem so out of control…
How can we be empowered and liberated, in – and through! – this challenging & changeful Time? Essential themes that this Eclipse Season (Hybrid TSE / ‘Ring of Fire’ ASE end of AR on Apr 19 / 20 in square w. PLUTO, and this PLE in SCO – TAU on May 5) brings out, from the back-/ under-ground, and into the light.
Eclipses themselves carry the Medicine of showing Shadow, and bringing the Light back, after an occultation ‘re-set’.
Let’s be easy and gentle in the intensity of it all, nurture & nourish what wants to be revealed, so that old sticky attachment / resistance issues & emotional pain points can move, and be set FREE!
Eclipses & the Lunar Nodes
We’re at the height of the first Eclipse season of 2023. This year’s first pair of Spring Eclipses (they always come in pairs) started with the Hybrid TSE / ‘Ring of Fire’ ASE end of AR on Apr 19 / 20 in square w. PLUTO, followed by this Wesak Moon PLE in mid-SCO – TAU, on May 5).
The Fall Eclipse season will peak on Oct 14 (American ASE / ‘Release Eclipse’ in LIBRA) / Oct 28 (PLE / ‘Seed Eclipse’ in TAU – SCO).
Eclipses are linked to the Lunar Nodal Axis. This Apr / May Eclipse season is the last one with the Lunar Nodes in SCO (SN = South Node) – TAU (NN = North Node), Dec 23, 2021. This Nodal / karmic / evolutionary dynamic extends until July 13, 2023. Big Time Purge. Back to Nature & to our Senses. EmBodying Freedom.
Not only do the Eclipses bring out these themes that are SO on now, for evolution (rather than devolution), but also (can’t miss it) for revolution, viaURANUS in TAU, close to the SUN & MERCURY retro (see chart below).
The PLE in SCO opposite URANUS / NN / SUN and M-r (until May 14) all in TAU triggers emotionally things that can be pre-cursors for what’s to come. Relating to hidden, private, secret, sexual (trans debate!), power, and control issues, and what needs to come out into the open about those.
Feeling HER Effects in You?
It really feels like a massive Birthing & Purging Process. The cosmic energies of & around the Eclipse confirm this.
What a Lunar Infusion – extending her effects for a while already!
The growing Full MOON in SCO will be exact on May 5 at 10:34 am PDT. The max. Eclipse will be at 10:23 am PDT, 19 min before the exact FM. TheEclipse mapshows where She has her strongest effects – quite multi-continental!
Such an intense polarity of the MOON in herdeepest – yet most potent – position of SCO, facing LOTS of planetary action in the field on the other side (of the Earth, during the Eclipse), esp. mid-AR to mid-TAU (4 Planets, the SUN, and the NN, see below in the Birth-ing chart)!
Plus, URANUS is also in the picture. A very URANian (exciting, electric, shocking, unpredictable, wake-up calls evoking, liberating) phase we’re in.
The PLE evokesTransformation of the Old & ‘Sticky’, and Regeneration of Creativity, Freedom, and Self-Radiance
Mother Earth provokes and evokes a RE-generation of SCORPIO, and strengthening of TAURUS themes:
* Don’t hide in the dark (and notice what in you takes you there…)!
* Re-connect with inner Magic, Essence, Soul Power!
* Live Life magically again!
* See through manipulation, power trips, ‘psychology’, and other (inner & relational) tricks! MERCURY currently retro helps with this too.
* Come (back) into your organic-creative strength, freedom and radiance (NN, SUN / M-r / URANUS, and soon JUPITER in TAU)!
* Be in consciously emBodied Freedom!
So much shadow has been cast on the Lunar / Yin / Feminine to be in Her strength – keeping Her rather ‘in the dark’ & oppressed. To clarify, I’m not talking generically about men and / vs. women, nor joining a gender identity debate here, but about the Inner Feminine IN all Beings. We (men, women, children) need to reconnect with our intrinsic & instinctive organic power!
The Yin Energy meets the Yang Energy in equality, and with her own intrinsic strength.
As an Eclipse (exact FM alignment of Moon – Earth – Sun), She’s a super charged & super charging & super changing Full Moon:
SO much is coming to fruition & harvest that’s now ripe for birthing!
SO much release of darkness, stuckness, disempowered situations!
SO much birthing out of the Old Matrix where fear & control rule, and into the New & yet unknown World.
A ‘Release Eclipse’ she is – aligned with the Lunar SN. Calling us to bring the shadow to light – for it to be released. Also supported / intensified via PLUTO, ruler of SCO, having just turned retro – a stationary focal point, currently. PLUTO is freshly in AQ, ruled by URANUS – which is also super involved in the Eclipse ‘happenings’.
Rather than dwelling on stuff / getting sucked into the ‘dark zone’ again, it’s better to do ‘interventions’ & experiments, by shifting habits, and getting out of the uncomfortable ‘comfort zone’. What brings more embodied Joy & Freedom??? URANUS in TAU, opp. the Eclipse helps with this.
Where could YOU start?
This Partial Lunar Release Eclipse Full Moon in mid-SCO complements the Partial Solar Release Eclipse New Moon in early SCO on Oct 25, 2022.
Whathas been revealed and energetically come to an end (since) then that’s now coming up for emotional / instinctive / somatic release?
TAURUS Themes are strong now
Fixed, earthy TAURUS (ruled by VENUS) is all about embodiment, enjoyment of Life-on-Earth, sensuality, food, assimilation, and gathering of value. A substance building energy.
Immersed in the realm of TAURUS, like in the full bloom of Spring, we celebrate the physical senses, comfort & pleasure, everything that creates security and grounding, and grows over time. Taurean energy takes roots, builds, cultivates, and conserves, like a gardener, farmer, and good custodian of the Earth. TAU likes to attract what’s pleasant, to experience it via the senses, to eat, assimilate, gather & accumulate, to settle and to claim ownership & territory. TAU slows down, after the fast and furious ARIES energy, and favours predictability and patience; therefore habits and routines are formed.
The Taurean orientation is very life affirming, yet can obviously lead to attachment to the known and comfortable, to the material & worldly plane in general, and to physical satisfaction, yet also hoarding, and greed. TAU has a strong resistance to change and to pain.
Presently, there’s a LOT going on in TAURUS, via: URANUS (since 2019), the North Node (since Dec 23, 2021, until July 13, 2023), the SUN (seasonally, until May 21), MERCURY (until June 11) now retro (Apr 21 – May 14), and also soon JUPITER (May 16, 2023 – May 26, 2024). What a TAUREAN energy field – polarized by the SCO SuperMoon!
Being calm, conscious, and creative – rather than just complacent / habitual, as well as standing our ground & communicating common sense (without getting stubborn and attached to a mind-set) are themes of SUN / MERCURY retro in TAU.
PLUTO freshly in AQ, squared by JUPITER, newly in TAU, on May 17: No point getting used to new ‘normalized AI’ / transhumanism take-over.We Humans are organic, nature-ALL Earth Beings (TAU).
URANUSthe shaker-upper / waker-upper, now (2019 – 2026) in TAU has been pointing to disruption of Nature, of the economy / the monetary system, of the comfortable, habitual consumer culture, and of our organic ways of being in physical contact w. each other.
Yet, URANUS help us to awaken from ‘convenience’ (incl. ‘convenient paradigms’) and to be more unconditionally free.
TAURUS & the Heart Torus
In 2020, I was wondering how the ‘6 ft apart’ physical (TAU) tactile / sense free distanceaffects our auric / Heart Chakra energy exchanges.
This Heart Math Institute image shows the electromagnetic (URANUS) energy field of the Heart – extending as a ‘doughnut like’ Torus shape (not to be mixed up with TAURUS – but hey, maybe there IS a connection…).
Let’s keep emitting Heart Energy!
May our Heart Toruses expand and connect! And may Heart Intelligence move us through all the predicaments that present themselves currently.
Consider yourself Heart Hugged!
SCO (ruled by PLUTO) carries Transformation Medicine
The fixed deep water (like a lake or pond) sign SCO,in contrast to the ‘above ground’ green & growing Taurean world, brings up emotionally intense, ‘ugly’, uncomfortable, and painful places in the ‘muck’ where hidden, and often covered or repressed emotional material sits.
Just as the leaves rot and go beneath the earth in late Oct – late Nov, the Scorpionic energy takes us to the ‘grand mystery’ of death & rebirth, and to processes that have nowhere to go but down & through, for alchemical processes to happen.
SCO penetrates the underground / underworld / underbelly, which can be a painful process (TAU – SCO also represent the pleasure – pain, and life – death axis). This is where transformational ‘digestion’ of what’s already dead happens, so that it can be purged and eliminated.
Our very ‘human humus’ and shadow can’t be just ‘gotten rid of,’ or ‘hidden away’. It needs to be processed to become a composting ‘fertilizer’ for renewal – the Alchemy of Life.
SCORPIO is for the MOON the most ‘challenging’ sign. While LUNA is considered ‘exalted’ in TAU, it’s trad. ‘in fall’ in SCO – since:
The MOON represents emotions, our instinctual mind (in a broad sense of body-mind, feeling-mind), and our needs and habits which by nature long for nourishment and sustenance.
Taurean energy provides such sustaining delivery & assimilation – intake through feeding & reliable presence… Whereas SCOrepresents necessary detoxifying elimination, often through painful processes. That’s not what our Lunar side (representing also our Inner Child) is most comfortable with… deep & difficult emotions come up.
Moonlight on Lake Ontario – photo by Diego T. Silvestre
Under a SCO MOON (whether we’re born with it, have it by astrological Progression for 2½ years every 29 years, or whether the MOON in SCO for 2½ days per month affects us), we’re instinctively sensitized towards the need to purge what’s toxic & outlived, what controls us, and doesn’t allow us to be free, in a deeper sense.
The process calls us to go into the ‘mouth of the monster’ and through its bowels even, while our head and ego might severely protest and resist. A SCO MOON experience can lead us to thedeepest abyss of our inner worlds, yet is an opportunity to take us through it, and be regenerated and transformed through the process.
Not ‘comfortable’ or ‘easy’ but so spiritually rewarding, and blessed by the Wesak Moon.
Uranian Intervention / Innovation / Liberation
Prometheus, mythological Archetype of URANUS, bringing the Fire of the Gods to Humanity – artist unknown
A LOT can shift and move quite suddenly and surprisingly, via the URANian involvement. Freedom comes in so many ways.
Wake-up calls from Mother Earth are striking. Let’s get out of our habitual comfort zone, and cut the energetic umbilical chord to an old outdated and exhausted model.
Balance is a key theme for the Eclipse opposition. A FM is the ‘Mother of Oppositions’, calling for Balance & Integration, in fairness, justice, and Right Relationship.
The essence & incentive of TAU (where the NN is now) is to be an emBodiment of Nature, to live life joyously, and in accordance with the Earth and our Earth Body.
Shadow expressions of SCO (current SN) are manipulation, power games, destruction, black magic, self-defeating psychology– to be revealed & released.
The Scorpionic Kali Moon Goddess / Death Doula
…holds spacefor it all to transform and come through.
Kali Ma – artist unknown
Below, you can find Her ‘Birth Chart’.
Hopefully, we can SEE Her in all Her glory (suspense-suspense, and no attachments, ha-ha)! Not here on the Pacific West Coast – but maybe in your part of the Earth? We sure FEEL Her already… even more once She enters SCO (tomorrow May 4 at 7:32 am PDT).
So much emotional intensity is UP these days – culminating with the SCO – TAU TLE onMay 5.
The tides are high. Things come to a culmination and to fruition (think: Full Moon – Harvest Moon, Full Birthing Belly), to be revealed, transformed and released.
Spiritually, the Buddha Moon supports it all…
Why is PLUTO relevant now?
Pluto – as seen by New Horizons Mission 2015
PLUTO rules SCO – the energy of the PLE SuperMoon. The FM energy can find an outlet via PLUTO, and vice versa.
PLUTO, now in early AQ, turned from direct-forward from Earth perspective toretro on May 1, hence a stationary focus mid-Apr to mid-May – calling us:
* Not to give power away / hide out with our Power / keep it hidden from ourselves.
* To regenerate, find empowered Soul Integrity from within, and walk with / in it – while being in empowered / empowering community.
TAURUS is ruled by VENUS – currently end of GEM, and feeding into the Eclipse, via sextile w. JUPITER in late AR & square w. Her ‘higher octave’ NEPTUNE in late PI – both on May 4, the day before.
Being brave / authentic and taking initiative, whether in writing, or communicating otherwise – esp. related to themes of love & attraction can reveal & unravel so much that’s been fuzzy and confusing – for whatever reasons. A breezy blend of wind & water – surf the waves of Love!
On May 7, VENUS goes over the ‘Nesting Point’, and enters CAN (until June 5) – Loving Gentleness & Care.
URANUS in TAU these years, and esp. this TAU season is a call to wake up, enJoy Life-in-Spring, be in Goddess Power. And to emBody Freedom as your True Nature!
Birth Chart of the SCO-TAU PLE &Wesak Moon
The Full Moon will be exact at 10:34 am PDT on May 5. Max Eclipse: 10:23 am PDT – 19 min before Fullness.
What a concentration of mid-ARIES to mid-TAU energies! Contrasted by the mid-SCO MOON, not far from the SN. The SoLunar polarity is T-squared by LILITH in mid-LEO.
The center of the fixed signs are extra fixed – concentrated energy – for better or worse. Here are the Festivals of Beltane – TAU, Lammas – LEO, and Hallowe’en – SCO – they represent ‘gates of power’. How do you use your powerof joy (TAU), and the power of change (SCO)?
JUPITERwill enter TAU on May 16 (until May 26, 2024). Which will be even more activated by the end-of-TAU New Moon on May 19. Gratitude for Mother Earth & Her Gifts, for Nature & everything natural.
JUPITER / the NN on the AR / TAU cusp are in square w. PLUTO freshly retro, on the CAP / AQ cusp. The square from JUPITER to PLUTO will be exact right after it enters TAU – on May 17, and is now building. What’s going on in the systems? How is Power ‘over’ Nature playing out, and what needs to be revealed and transformed?!
Stay tuned for the JUPITER in TAU article.
VENUS will enter CANCER on May 7 (until June 5) Loving Gentleness and Care. Astro~News article to come.
Protect Children and be there for your Inner Child! Supported by MARS now (until May 20) and VENUS soon (May 7 – June 5) in CAN & JUPITER / CHIRON in AR –Mama Bear protection & loving presence helps with healing old / early wounds…
Where in your birth (or relocation) chart is mid-SCO & mid-TAU?
That’s where deep, likely hidden / repressed emotional material comes up, with the Eclipse.
Shadow is being revealed to be processed, purged, and transformed into ‘compost’ (SCO) – for new grounding, nourishing and sustaining energy (TAU).
Which tends to show up in / via relationships (Full Moon) between opposing sides in ourselves, with others, with society, etc.
Maybe your SUN, MOON, Nodes, or Planets are there? Extra activation ‘markers’.
In any case, check out the SCO – TAU House Axis in your birth (or relocation) chart for this:
1st House Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House Your Values, your Body, what you own, literally & metaphorically, your Business
3rd House You in Your Local Environment
4th House You and Your Home, Origin, Ancestry
5th House Your Creative, Playful, Inner Child and Lover
6th House Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle
7th House Your Partners & Significant Others
8th House Your Involvement and Sharing with Others, Your Transformations
9th House What gives you Meaning, Your Wisdom, Inspiration, Path and Travels
10th House Your Purpose incl Career, Your Public Self
11th House Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends
12th House Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is.
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Let’s bring in the
Sabian Symbols for the Wesak Moon / PLE Energies
Starting with the MOON at 14º 58′ SCO – super central!
Vitruvian Man – by Leonardo da Vinci
“SCORPIO 15° CHILDREN PLAYING AROUND FIVE MOUNDS OF SAND
KEYNOTE Early steps in the development of a mind seeking to be attuned to the higher level of human evolution
This is a particularly cryptic symbol. It may be deciphered if one realizes that essential human destiny is to develop as a five-fold being, a Pentagram or five-pointed star.
Number 5 symbolizes mind in its most creative and penetrating aspect, while number 4 refers to the life processes operating at present within the Earth’s biosphere.
Our Western civilization has realized only the lower level of this vibration 5. I.e. mind contaminated by compulsive instincts & emotional involvement.
Some individuals, however, are born with a special potential for development of the higher, creative mind, and in social circumstances favoring this development. In most cases, they are still “playing around” with their unusual capacity. They are in the kindergarten stage of this higher mind development.
In this final stage of the forty-fifth sequence of five symbols, the transcendent possibilities of mental evolution, which require interpersonal communion in consciousness, are evoked. The free spirit of true scientific inquiry is only a foreshadowing of such a type of mind, which demands dedication to humankind as a whole. What is seen here is FUTURE-ORIENTED GROWTH.”
And for the SUN at 14º 58′ TAU – equally super central:
Braving the Storm – painting by Cara Frafjord
“TAURUS 15° HEAD COVERED WITH A RAKISH SILK HAT, MUFFLED AGAINST THE COLD, A MAN BRAVES A STORM
KEYNOTE The courage needed to meet the crises precipitated by social ambition
The man with the silk hat has seen some of his ambitious efforts bring him social success; but he learns that often “nothing fails like success.”
The storm may be within him, or it may attack his social status. He is ready to face it daringly.
This shows a willingness to accept crises and to go through them — and therefore great character, the soil upon which a higher kind of consciousness may develop.
This is the fifth and final stage of this ninth five-fold sequence of symbols. It implies a transition to a new level at which the individual who has learned from experience demonstrates a truly mature mind. What is revealed here is CHARACTER under adverse circumstances.”
What fascinating combination of symbols – At the very centre of the SCO – TAU axis. How might they be interpreted, in the context of the PLE / Wesak Moon?
So cool that the FM will be on 05/05, and the SCORPIO 15° with its “5 mounds of sand” emphasizes the “Number 5 symbolizing mind in its most creative and penetrating aspect”.
Plus the pentagram / five-pointed star.
Lots of ‘5’s here – which may also indicate, an opening to the ‘5th Dimension’ is available – which of course requires a Scorpionic transformation of consciousness – out of 3-D / 4-D (incl. time, ruled by CAP) consciousness. Remember my statement above, re: “Density issues” (= dimensionality)?
And certainly also implying a demonstration of “CHARACTER under adverse circumstances.” (TAURUS 15°).
Crises of consciousness are what Eclipses bring up – a gift in disguise, since emotional intensity (esp. with the SCO FM) present. Powerful stuff to work with – that’s otherwise ‘under the radar’ / part of the ‘comfort zone’.
Let’s take a look at the many facets of
The Wesak Moon of the Buddha
Buddhist Stupa – perhaps under the Wesak Full Moon – photographer unknown
In Buddhist cultures, the Full Moon in May traditionally marks the Wesak Moon, which falls this year on May 5, as the PLE – quite rare.
The Wesak Moon is celebrated by the Buddhist World Sangha (community), honouring the birth, enlightenment, and passing of Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha, who walked the Earth more than 2500 years ago, and set an example for the Living Buddha in all of us.
Only every 9 years does the Scorpionic Wesak Moon show up as a Lunar Eclipse (alternating as ‘Seed Eclipse’ and ‘Release Eclipse’ – as this time).
The SCO MOON – TAU SUN polarity that aligns astrologically with the Wesak Moon themes also connects with essential Buddhist teachings.
So many provoking and out-of-control situations are up… and the deep emotions they evoke can pull us into a pain-body loop. Staying with what-IS, being calm (TAU) & conscious (SUN), holding space for what’s going on deeply-emotionally (MOON) can bring us to the core (SCO) of the matter (TAU), and is being transformed (SCO) in this cauldron.
Sitting in the Buddha Heart Hub, with wisdom and compassion, in the Wheel of Life, saves the day and is the way / the pathless path.
PLUTO, ruler of SCO, and ‘undertaker’ and archaeologist Archetype, helps unearth our core essence & Soul Power.
PLUTO now at the beginning of AQ (with LIBRA undertone) prescribes / can bring out (while also showing extremes in that regard: The Power of our shared genuine Humanity, and World Community – also an antidote to isolation & alienation (shadow of AQ).
An essential question in Buddhist teachings: Why do we humans suffer / are we dissatisfied / discontent (‘dukkha’)?
It’s simple and ‘revolutionarily’ obvious to see it this way (why do we forget?!): Because of our attachments to what we desire, and their frustration – not getting what we want, and not being able (or: willing!) to get rid of the unwanted and painful. Which is… very TAU – SCO!
Whoaaa – has that ever been intensely playing out in these times, and even: last week!
What a contrast! Taurean Life-in-Spring, enjoyment, physical / material pleasure, eating, embodying, gaining, gathering, growing, having… And Scorpionic pain, death, loss, grief and the whole spectrum of emotional depth – which, if it doesn’t crush us, can bring us to the essence of where real Power within sits, and change us in our evolution, personally & collectively.
What does the Buddha say to this essential polarity in life?
There’s a difference between physical / emotional pain, and the human suffering coming from it.
Suffering – even though it may feel so appropriate and legit – has to do with the attachmentto the desire for what we want, and to the desire of getting rid of the unwanted and painful. It comes up in the ‘sticky’ fixed signs TAU – SCO, LEO (LILITH, in T-square w. the Eclipse) and AQ (PLUTO).
The Buddhists would suggest two ‘ways out’ of suffering:
* To be aware that nothing really lasts forever. Everything that has manifested is impermanent. This world of phenomena is in constant flux and change (SATURN & NEPTUNE in PI show us a lot about this too…). Realizing this, we better surf the ‘waves of change’, and become free from wanting it ‘our way’.
* To walk the ‘Middle Path’, a.k.a. to practice the Noble 8-fold Path (right speech, right livelihood, right action, etc.) whichbrings intrinsic happiness.
Awakening, and emBodying Freedom(URANUS, now also in TAU, 2018/19 – 2026 stirs it up!) is buddha-ful. Awakener URANUS is mega activated by the SUN in the Full Moon (the alignment will be exact on May 9)! Bright – clear – conscious – liberated – alive energyis available, on the other side of the SCO process…
I’ve been listening to Eckhart Tolle’s audio book (read by him) A New Earth, and find it so helpful / paradigm shifting / enlightening. It’s from 2005 – and timelessly and timely relevant, esp. the central piece about the ‘Pain Body’, and how to become free from it.
May the season of the Buddha’s Wesak Moon PLE bring golden opportunities ‘in the dark’, for realization & practice that set us FREE!
More Offerings for the Wesak Moon
The SCO / TAU Wesak Full Moon is a fully solar illumined (and most potent) SCORPIO MOON that reveals our deepest needs for transformation.
With our conscious Self (the SUN), we have to patiently stay & ‘sit with’ (TAU) what comes up from the depth, for the processing (SCO).
Bali Morning Prayer – photo by Helga Hendricks
In Buddhist tradition, the image of the peaceful Buddha floating on a (Taurean) Lotus flower that blossoms so purely & beautifully while rooted in the (Scorpionic) mud swamp, represents the enlightened quality, rooted in real-life human suffering, and evoking compassion.
* Where do your swampy roots show up, these days?
* Can you ‘sit’ with it all, open to the light of consciousness?
* Can you dwell in the Buddha hub of calm – within the tension between enjoyment and pain?
* Hold (fixed energy of SCO – TAU) as much spiritual energy as possible. And allow yourself to be held by it.
The Wesak Full Moon is a magnificent divine and meditative moment-in-time, when transformation (SCO) can be anchored (TAU).
Our attachment to desires and longing for what we want and don’t have, or ‘even’ to pain / suffering / complaining / to feeding those ‘hungry ghosts’ (TAU – SCO) that show up in obvious or subtle personal and collective / cultural addictions and compulsions (more consumption, information, work, entertainment, F.O.M.O., nothing’s ever enough, being pulled into the dark…) can be really UP and fully-ON, in these times.
Can you put these manifestationsof attachments into the bonfire of the Soul (SCO) so that the deep Alchemy can do its job?! Natural empowerment via intrinsic Soul connection comes from there. Supported by PLUTO having turned from direct-forward to retro on May 1: Finding Power within, and via intrinsic transformation.
Truth on all levels is being revealed through the process. Esp. as the MOON will move from SCO over the ‘Phoenix Point’ into SAG, on May 6 (exact at 1:04 pm PDT). The days after the Wesak Moon are considered ‘Days of Distribution’ of the Buddha Blessings – very apropos SAG MOON also.
The essence of timeless Tao Wisdom: Dynamic & interwoven Yin-Yang Balance
The YIN-YANG is a perfect symbol for balancing the Yin / Lunar and Yang / Solar influences in us, under each Full Moon. Especially under this astrologically potent (SCO – TAU PLE) Wesak Moon.
As above so below and within…. We ARE the field, and the catalysts for evolution & liberation…
In the light of the Wesak Moon….
…it’s good to sit a la TAU with what’s here-now, enJoy Life with all its blossoming expressions – without getting attached. As the smiling Buddha would.
URANUS, now in TAURUS – and super activated by the SUN & M-r & NN – brings: The wake-up call to EmBody unconditional Freedom.
How can we be free from what’s been stifling & stuck, from old fears that have proven redundant (many do), and the alike? And / or we might be drawn to new freedom for…
Yet: Real Freedom is unconditional Freedom. Or, as the spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti (his Taurean human birthday was on May 12) would point out brilliantly: It’s about Freedom without an opposite (as in: from / for), since otherwise it pretends to be Freedom but isn’t the real deal.
Similarly, again quoting K., and inquiring myself: What is Love that has no opposite?
That takes us full circle. A good place to hand it over to the Wesak Moon, and Her infusion…
Flower Power Buddha Blessings
May the ‘Power of the Dark’ be fully seen and released.
May re-grounding in emBodied Freedom be restored.
May we come out of the (esp. emotional) trials & tribulations stronger, re-empowered, and withour ‘wild’ and loving Heart.
May we remember our always FREE Buddha Nature!
Many Blessings now-as-always! Melanie
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Dear known or yet unknown Cosmic Friend, embodied on Planet Earth!
What a wild & chaotic world we’re in! So many shifts and changes!
Reflected by the cosmic weather which can guide us through the ‘storms’ – via awareness, and alignment on freer, more empowered levels of experience that being ‘caught up’ in the chaos.
There’ve been wild springy storms (up to 90 km/h today) stirring up the air, here on the PNW coast, as I’m writing this. Ironically, I’ve seen more often than not that storms show up as MERCURY goes into pre-retro ‘storm’ (where it IS now, since Apr 15).
What does this MEAN? Changing gears, slowing down, tapping from the intellectual overdrive into magic. More about this below…
MERCURY now in earthy TAURUS, since Apr 3 re-minds us to slow down and be mindful, paradoxically, as it seems(!), while things move soo fast, in the whirlwind – of the mind / perception.
Speaking of perception, as a TAU theme: The conditioned & habitual human mind with its ‘preferential filters’ can get attached to certain perceptions of ‘reality’ and attitudes based on those that reflect one’s values.
The mind tends to be frustrated and in resistance (call it stubborn) when one’s attitudes and concepts of reality are being jeopardized, and efforts to manifest based on those concepts or convince others appear futile. Which can happen more likely now under M-r in TAU – only to help us become aware of what the mind is doing (rather than ‘being the mind’).
Can we take back attachments we have set our minds to?
And re-connect with a purer Joy?
What do we truly value?
How do we value / what do we value in our relationship with Nature?
How do we value ourselves, our body and its senses, and: our lives?
How about shifting our food habits, experimenting, making new choices? Food on all levels, incl. mental food.
Food for thought… 😉
Speaking of values: The TAUrean themes (derived from values & security) of economy, money, food, and nature seem to be SO on people’s minds nowadays. Understandably.
MERCURY starts its retro journey in mid-TAU on Apr 21 very close toURANUS (since 2019 in TAU – mirrored in the cascade of disruptions & ‘reinvention’ of economy, biology, food, Nature, and, dare I say: reality.
MERCURY ends its retro journey on May 14 in early TAU, in wide square with PLUTO in early AQ, then (from May 1 on) retro. Interrelated systems go through a deep, irreversible transformation (controlled demolition?) that affects Humanity and human nature.
TAU & AQ, URANUS & PLUTO. MERCURY the Messenger linking these areas. Lots to think, read, talk, write about… ‘Random’ info / communication can lead to connect the dots, and also to self awareness. So M-r.
This article is about well-known
Winged Cosmic Player / Mischief Maker MERCURY…
Let’s take a breather, RE-flect, read what’s been shelved away / hidden / ‘lost & forgotten’. Let’s RE-connect with Spirit, and with people we haven’t been in touch for a while… check-check-check here…
Time totake it easy on attachments (that TAU thing) / be mindful of those patterns we get stuck in, be curious, ask new questions / ask old qu in a new way, commune & communicate– you never know where it leads!
Let’s invite & encourage the cosmic & inner Messenger to re-trieve lost-in-translation info & news.
Time to turn to / invite (nowadays un)common sense, comic / cosmic relief, and a good sense of humour.
Yep, obviously, these are all MERCURY retro ‘prescriptions’. One step at a time, and backtracking re-quired, says M-r.
Balinese Monkeys – as seen VERY retro (1980’s) – photo by M.
About time for another round of ‘good Trickster Medicine’.
MERCURY has been slowing down its speed from Earth perspective, to turn retro on Apr 21from mid (15°37′) to early TAU (back to 05°51′) on May 14. The Messenger of the Gods will be busy flying back & forth, yet not tooo fast.
I bet you already noticed early MERCURY retro symptoms…
…maybe even since the pre-retro ‘shadow’ (MERCURY crossed the point in the Zodiac from which it’ll go direct again on June 11) started, on Apr 7.
…and more likely since the pre-retro ‘storm’ (M has moved very slowly – less than 40′ per day – in ‘U-turn mode) since Apr 15.
I’m looking forward to re-discovery of everything slow & solid, to learning about plants and nature, and to being more in Nature, in this springy M-r phase. No attachments / expectations, though… 😉
To re-discover informational resources that haven’t been in good use (or not for a while). To intentionally-randomly strolling, and cruising around on my (Mercurial) bike, on old-new and not usually taken streets. One never knows what’s around the corner, and whom one sees and re-connects with…
Let’s invite & encourage the Messenger to re-trieve lost-in-translation signals, info & news! Cheers to all things enjoyably retro!
MERCURY / GEMINI Times in 2021 / 22/ 23 Flash-back & Current Vibes
Mercury Rules Gemini – painting by Johfra Bosschart
YES – MERCURY rules GEMINI. Lots of GEM going on in the last years.
These themes continued to process, as MERCURY was last year for an extended time in GEM (Apr – early July 2022), and started its Spring retro phasethere.
What a triple-whammy year-end, and start into 2023 it was, with MARS in GEM retro, and MERCURY, ruler of GEM retro in CAP (close to PLUTO), where MARS is ‘exalted’ (strongest position in the Zodiac).
Lots of re-curring – and circular thoughts, conversations, messages, information round war. The trapped / locked situation the world has gotten into, the apparent impossibility of ‘getting somewhere’ / coming to a conclusion, the horrific expenditure of resources and loss of lives, infrastructure and culture…
How could the Mercurial / Gemini Alchemist of Polarities help? What / who could be a ‘Messenger of the Gods’ – or divine intervention?
And now?! VENUS is in GEM (Apr 10 – May 7) while MERCURY is in TAU, i.o.w., they’re in ‘mutual reception’.
Yep, they’re in each others’ ruled signs (VENUS rules TAU, and MERCURY rules GEM), as long as VENUS is in GEM – which corresponds with pre- and most part of MERCURY retro.
These Archetypes stimulate each other – which can bring out lightness & joy, flirtatiousness, playful banter & tease, shopping & joy walks.
Yet, misunderstandings, lack of proper info / communication can happen, compliments MERCURY about to go retro (Apr 21 – May 14) – which in themselves can teach us about the nature of the mind, esp. re: TAUREAN issues – What do You Truly Enjoy & Value?
VENUS squared SATURN in PI, on Apr 14 – which brought serious vibes into the picture – check-check, re: Dalai Lama incident.
Time to come back to Love (VENUS), Compassion for everyone involved / affected (SATURN in PI) – and Mindfulness (M-r).
Some Tidbits for Newbies to MERCURY Retro (M-r)
Why does MERCURY even go retro?
Because of an ‘optical illusion’. MERCURY goes retro from Earth perspective, because ofits elliptic orbit around the Sun, in relation to the almost exactly circular orbit of the Earth around the Sun. We Earthlings are looking at the planetary moves geocentrically – even through, from the central Solar vantage point things would look differently – which is what astronomers critique about astrology… Astrologers in response: “No, we’re not at the centre of the Solar System, and well aware of this, lol. But hey, human life as we know it(!) happens on Planet Earth, our Home & vantage point”. And yes, a heliocentric astro chart is also available, btw.
Back to the M-r effect: From our terrestrial perspective, MERCURY hence appears to be alternating between going quite fast, going slow, and even ‘falling back’ (like two trains going at different speeds next to each other – looking out the window of the faster train the slower one seems to be going backwards).
MERCURY goes retro 3 x a year (about every 4 months) for about 3 weeks. The covered area in the Zodiac that’s covered by the retro motion is 10 – 15°. With that pattern, the retro phases are in each year in the same element/s, while ‘going backwards’.
The pattern goes also retro. M-r happens in EARTH signs in 2023
Dec 29 – Jan 18 in CAP Apr 21 – May 14 in TAU Aug 23 – Sept 16 in VIR
It shifts to EARTH-FIRE, starting Dec 12, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024 in CAP – SAG.
What’s the Cosmic Weather on Earth, during Mercury’s Retro Trip?
Quite a lot is going on in this mercurial season = From the beginning of the pre-retro ‘storm’ on Apr 15, to the end of the post-retro ‘storm’, on May 24 – which encompasses the whole TAU Season.
Here’s the line-up of the Highlights:
* ECLIPSE SEASON
* APR 19 / 20 Hybrid Annular (‘Ring of Fire’) / Total Solar Eclipse at the very end of AR
* MAY 1 PLUTO in early AQ goes retro (until Oct 10, back to CAP June 11)
* MAY 5 Wesak Buddha Moon & Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in mid-SCO – TAU
* MAY 7 VENUS enters CAN (until June 5)
* MAY 16 JUPITER enters TAU (until May 26, 2025)
* MAY 19 End-of-TAU New Moon
* MAY 20 MARS enters LEO (until July 10)
Sounds like the Mercurial Messenger has a lot of important, otherwise overlooked (or hidden ‘between the lines’) messages from these Planetary Gods (and Humans) to convey!!!
New important information / new dialogues are re-quired too – if things are under- or mis-communicated. And it’s time to pick up conversations where they’ve been left off – maybe from the previous M-r in Dec / Jan. Over-communication (often at the onset of M-r) needs to be re-balanced.
MERCURY close-up & magical
What you find in this extensive / never perfectly comprehensive MERCURY Retro article
* Going with the Flow & Magic of MERCURY retro…
* MERCURY Retro in TAU & its Connections w. other Planetary Players
* Where is MERCURY retro in TAU happening in Your Chart & Life?
And – going even deeper:
* 7-Phase Sequence of the MERCURY Retro Timeline
* Sabian Symbols of the Start & End Degrees of MERCURY Retro
* Timeless and Timely MERCURY Retro REminders
* My Seasoned MERCURY Retro Tips & Seasonal Tool Kit
Going with the Flow & Magic of MERCURY retro…
Mercury doing its retro somersaults again…
Technology, traffic / transport & communication glitches (or surprises!) sneaking in again lately, and calling for flexibility?
No way! Are you telling me…..?
YEP, the ‘inevitable’ is happening again: Another MERCURY Retro phase is ON!
All in TAU this time: From 15°37′ back to 05°51′ TAU, to be precise, from Apr 21 – May 14.
If you’ve read my MERCURY retro support REport (or even advocacy) over the years you know:
M-r isn’t necessarily ‘BAD’ news, as pop Astrology would have it. And hey – perhaps M-r is ‘even’ an overdue & cosmically well timed de-conditioning?!
During M-r, the MIND is operating differently / ‘unusually’, and tuned-up by the ‘New MERCURY’ (what’s that?!). T.b. revealed below…
Have you noticed?
Our good old messenger / trickster friend MERCURY has been already since Apr 7 in pre-retro ‘shadow’ (i.o.w., crossed the 05°51′ TAU mark from which it will go direct again at the end of M-r).
On Apr 15, MERCURY went into stationary (very slowly moving – even slower in TAU) ‘U-turn storm’.
And on Apr 21, first full day of TAU, MERCURY in TAU ‘officially’ starts its seasonal retro loop, which goes technically until May 14, and rolls out completely until end of May.
So, early Apr – late May (which include build-up time before and roll-out time after) are under M-r influence.
Take it easy on ‘plans‘, and don’t get wrapped up in ‘loops’ that are based on too much random info, not enough info, or simply: ungrounded confusion.
A good time to chill, go on a RE-treat, or simply more RE-laxation (esp of the bizzy mind), and to be open to unexpected info / intel / communication that can open your mind.
M-r is conducive for
* RE-viewing old patterns& habits (TAU) – what’s good about them and forgotten / may be picked up again, and what’s re-dundant / no need to hold on / revive.
* Perfect for springy decluttering, as well as writing & mind clearing. Purging outdated info& items – while surprisingly finding re-levant info ‘from the past’ (which can show where we were at mentally, at that time).
* Picking up lost & forgotten reading or writing projects we’ve been shelving for a while and which have been patiently waiting for our attention.
* Catching up with people we haven’t talked with in a while – and being surprised by synergistic conversations that can lead to much more than ‘expected’. TAU like-mindedness relates to shared interests & values about Nature, gardening, food…
* And a heightened time for info to leak, and communication to happen that’s usually under the radar (esp. with the MERCURY – URANUS / PLUTO connections at the beginning and end of the retro phase).
Could be also a good time to check in again astrologically. Astrology is by nature about aligning with Nature-all Laws, plus helps with accessing the bigger picture for ‘stuff’ we can easily get caught up in. Just get in touch if you feel it’s calling you.
Call-out to all MOMs: In May, I’ll have the yearly Mother’s Month of May Special on again, whereas all moms get 22% discount on all sessions (incl. gift sessions for Mother’s Day).
MERCURY Retro in TAU, and its Connections with other Planetary Players
…with suggestions for how to be in natural alignment with the energies
You might wonder, what stands out, re: MERCURY Contacts in the retro loop in CAP? Thankfully, not too many this time round – yay!
Specific Mercurial Alignmentsin the Retro Phase
APRIL 7 MERCURY in TAU connected w. the Lunar NN, and went into sextile w. MARS in CAN (# 1 of 2, again on Apr 23) Perfect time for home (& ‘Inner Home’) care, gardening, and enjoying life in Spring – so nourishing & energizing! Also: The pre-retro ‘shadow’ started. (MERCURY reached the degree from which it’ll go direct again, on May 14) Foreshadowing hunches showing what the retro phase may be about?
APRIL 15 The pre-retro ‘storm’ began (MERCURY goes extra slow, in ‘U-turn’ mode) Take it easy with communication, and allow for slow processing. Not a good time for rash conclusions / decisions / ‘planning’. Great for research. What does your body say???! Journey from the mind to the body intelligence…
APRIL 21 MERCURY goes retro at 15º 37′ TAU (only 2º away from URANUS – just slightly ‘out of reach’ – the contact / transit will happen on June 4) Let your body & your senses guide you to information. BE in Nature, learn from her, and let her set you free. Learn about what’s natural & organic. Whom do you feel called to talk with again – after finding out…? RE-connect with your Taurean friends.
APRIL 23 MERCURY freshly retro goes into 2nd sextile w. MARS in CAN Hidden mental patterns can become transparent – Esp. if we’re kind & self-caring when triggered.
MAY 1 – Beltane, and day of PLUTO going retro MERCURY retro meets & moves ‘past’ the SUN in mid-TAU – ‘Inferior Conjunction’ / ‘Day of Enlightening Insight’ Breakthroughs of Consciousness? Clarity about where the mind needs to go on the ‘back seat’ and let Spirit-in-Nature & body intelligence be in the ‘driver’s seat’?
MAY 12 MERCURY retro in TAU goes into sextile w. SATURN in PI (# 2 of 3 – once more May 18 – in fact, the transit is active throughout mid-May), and with VENUS in CAN Fluidity without attachment to a ‘position’. Listening to & conveying the voice of Nature & of our True Nature… What would Love say?What connects us in ‘all this’?
MAY 14 – Mother’s Day MERCURY goes direct at 5º 51′ TAU The organic, natural, ego / conditioning purged mind follows the Heart, and Mother Nature.
MAY 17 The MOON in early TAU welcomes JUPITER (in TAU from May 16 on!) and MERCURY stat. / direct SO much full-bloom goodness – let’s celebrate the Spring Goddess / Goodness!
MAY 18 MERCURY stat. / direct in TAU goes once more into sextile w. SATURN in PI (# 3 of 3 – the transit has been active throughout mid-May) Fluidity without attachment to a ‘position’. Listening to & conveying the voice of Nature & of our True Nature… All is interconnected & ONE. All IS.
MAY 24 MERCURY in TAU finally leaves the post-retro stationary ‘storm’ (this time extra long – 10 days) / comes out of the ‘U-turn’ loop and starts to move faster again – plus: GEM season will have started on May 21 Hope you took it easy, in the stormy integration phase (May 14 – 24). Has the calm or even no-mind taken you back to Nature and your True Nature? Feeling grounded, established in your values, and ready to ‘fly’?
JUNE 1 The post-retro ‘shadow’ ends (MERCURY leaves the degree which it went retro to) There’s been a lot to learn, by going inward-backward, and about the nature of the mind. Has it been regenerative for you?
Where’s MERCURY’s retro loop in TAU happeningin Your Chart & Life?
Retro Loop in the Sky What’s going on with that plane??? Nothing noteworthy to see here? photo by moi, a few years ago
The House in your (birth / relocation) chart that contains TAU is the ‘Scene of Affairs’.
(Always, esp. nowadays) good to check in what your body, senses, and common sense says, or would do.
MERCURY’s retro visitwill help connect the dots in these realms…
MERCURY is also associated with the Throat Chakra, and TAU rules the Throat & Mouth.Are you speaking your Truth, esp. in the realms related to your TAU House?
As you read this, maybe you have your SUN, MOON, AC, or Planets (MERCURY?) in TAU? You’re in for a a Mercurial treat (and tricks too, of course).
Do you know where TAU is in your chart, esp. House wise? Here are hints for how it makes itself known in your chart, and what MERCURY has to say.
1st House Your Presence and Sense of Self With TAU there: Calm, steady, slow, enjoyable With MERCURY (incl. retro) transiting through: Become more aware of, speak, write, let the world know about what you value and enjoy. Do you enjoy yourself / your life? Time to inquire and reflect.
2nd House Your Values. What you own, incl. metaphorically, your Business TAU: Solid and secure values matter to you. MERCURY Transit: A good time to surprisingly find old treasures (MERCURY – URANUS / PLUTO), or acquire something that increases in value (well, better after MERCURY is direct again). What gives you true security? Time to appreciate what you (already) have, and to brainstorm about organically building your business, based on your values.
3rd House Your Environment & Relatives TAU: Steady & there for one another, old fashioned / conservative MERCURY Transit: Notice your thinking about / interactions with them – and where your shadow might lay (MERCURY – PLUTO). Impatient? Dull vibes? And how to change your thoughts / communication….
4th House Your Home, Origin, Ancestry TAU: Garden – of Eden? Security & ownership themes? MERCURY Transit: Traveling home for a visit (uhhh – now?!)? Is it easier to be calm, patient, joyful? Enjoying a Nature retreat?
5th House Your Creative, Playful, Inner Child and Lover TAU: Play Zone, Sensual Delights MERCURY Transit: Creative garden magic time with kids (esp. with M-r and the URANUS / PLUTO contacts). Talk to your inner child. Cherish the time with your children.
6th House Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle TAU: Literally in the Garden / Nature / Food world? MERCURY Transit: Here’s your top season to serve & enjoy. And with M-r & the URANUS / PLUTO contacts: Be innovative, come up with cool co-creations.
7th House Your Partners & Significant Others TAU: People who calm & ground you. Shared pleasure is multiplied pleasure. Or are you / they territorial? MERCURY Transit: Reconnect with them. Or they may reconnect with you. What’s been unresolved? What haven’t you co-enjoyed in a while? Take time as needed.
8th House Your Involvement and Sharing with Others. Your Transformations TAU: You actually prefer stability to change and may stay too long in a situation / with people – maybe out of comfort, you you feel trapped, security wise. MERCURY Transit: A few surprises (a divorce?) / shocks / traumatic – or liberating? – experiences in the last years (URANUS in TAU since 2019)? Yes, you need to talk about those processes. Time to reflect… Don’t get stuck repeating patterns though.
9th House What gives you Meaning. Your Wisdom, Inspiration, Path and Travels TAU: Conservative world views / nature philosophy. Journeys to nature give you joy. MERCURY Transit: Having conversations about / collecting ideas & gathering inspiration for what you saw / see / believe in, or for your next journey?
10th House Your Purpose incl Career. Your Public Self TAU: No unnecessary effort / challenge, yet comfort / security MERCURY Transit: Have you experienced upheavals (compliments URANUS since 2019)? Time to reflect on re-inventing yourself in that area. Brainstorm, have conversations with people who model what you value.
11th House Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends TAU: Nature is your friend. And friends need to value nature too / you need to share joy & values with them – why hang out otherwise? MERCURY Transit: After all the social disruptions / separation (URANUS in TAU since 2019) – where are you at, in this ‘department’? Re-connect with / talk to your friends, and find out. Time for a new beginning? Or for a value check, in any case.
12th House Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is. TAU: Form & Formlessness. Ever interchanging and simultaneously present. MERCURY Transit: The Web of Life is your stability – esp. in all the recent upheavals (did you have premonitions?). Receive cosmic messages. Don’t be stingy – share the word (and stuff too) – easy & joyful!
That’s the ‘short-ish’ (LOL) version of my take on this upcoming MERCURY Retro phase.
Springy Rest – Medicine of these Calm Ones photo from last week by moi
If you’d like to dig (even) deeper, and go with the full menu, keep on reading:
7-Phase Sequence of the MERCURY Retro Timeline
APR 7 Pre-retro shadow started: MERCURY in the Epimethean phase
APR 15 Pre-retro stationary / ‘storm’ – started
APR 21 MERCURY goes technically retro
MAY 1 MERCURY half-way in retro meetsthe SUN – a ‘New Mercury’ is born, a.k.a. ‘Point of Enlightening Insight’ – Promethean phase starts
MAY 14 MERCURY goes direct again
MAY 24 Post-retro stationary / ‘storm’ ends
JUNE 1 Post-retro shadow ends
The first half of M-r (phases 1. – 4.) is the Epimethean phase. RE-minding us of ‘old stories’ – which doesn’t have to be a ‘bad thing’ to overcome, it can be an important RE-flection / correction inducer…
The second half of M-r (phases 4. – 8.) is the Promethean phase. New insights and connection with Spirit & Consciousness can lead to new inspired direction – a very auspicious time.
MERCURY went into so-called pre-retro ‘shadow’ on APR 7 (it passed for the first time the Zodiac point (05°51′ TAU) from which it will after the retro phase go direct / forward again, on May 14). Noticed ‘foreshadowing’ of themes that might come up during M-r ?
A good time to be fluid as quicksilver, RE-spond to higher intelligence, and trust the ‘messenger from the future’, via intuition & precognition.
Perhaps you already had inspired conversations with friends / in groups, about TAU themes (Values, Nature, Plants, Food, Money, Economy, Business…) to inform your view of things.
MERCURY Retro in the Starters
On APR 15, MERCURY entered its stationary ‘storm’ period (moving very slowly), i.o.w., went into ‘U-turn’ mode, in mid-TAU, close to URANUS.
A time to slowwwww down the fast & busy ‘modern mind’ that likes to jump from one topic to another (ADHD, anyone?), disrupt stability (‘boredom?’ / getting anxious?), and has difficulty staying with a topic / having patience.
With MERCURY retro, it’s about HOW we think & communicate, not (just) about the content – and ever more content, nowadays…
‘Regular’ / ‘normal’ communication affairs might have started to become ‘tricky’, ‘chaotic’, ‘complicated’, ‘messed up’… Only from the perspective of the ego that likes to seize control, via the mind.Yet also, synchronicities and magic might have kicked in…
MERCURY in ‘zigzag mode’ suggests: Being super adaptable, in flux & at ease, while swiftly, swimmingly / surfingly, changing course as necessary – leading to more auspicious outcomes than assumptions that the attached mind assumes are ‘the way’.
7-Circle Classical Labyrinth drawing by Helen Rowlands – reminds me of a brain
In the actual RETRO PHASE, from Apr 21 – May 14, the mind is geared to turn inward-backward.
Mental moves may be paradoxical, like in a labyrinth, or ‘far out’ / eccentric.
As always, the MERCURY retro cycle starts with the ‘Epimethean’ phase (first part – until May 1), where old epic stories, memories, and patterns show up for REasons yet unknown – which may REveal themselves in the journey with M-r.
With the TAU energy of the current M-r, it’s good to gain space and distance from the mind that can get stuck on things (which may be wants or resistance).
Don’t believe everything you (or: they!) think. Check where ‘your’ thoughts may come from, and why you’re attached to / loop around them!). Experiment with discussing with others, turn to other sources, for a more balanced view, informing your grounded common / reality sense.
Verify your thoughts & ideas in the ‘real tangible world’ with its practical implications. Invite unexpected insights, a world of synchronicities. Be open for new understanding, via / of hidden and overlooked info that gets our attention now, for a RE-ason.
At the approx. half-way point of the M-r phase (on May 1 – Beltane, this time!), MERCURY crosses paths with the SUN: A new ‘New Mercury’is born (like a New Moon in the monthly SUN – MOON conjunction) – which happens 3 times every year.
Let’s see what Epiphanies THIS ‘Point of Enlightened Insight’ reveals!
On the ‘New Mercury’ point, it’s time to REgenerate the mind (MERCURY), to become more conscious, follow Spirit & the Heart (SUN).
Prometheus surrounded by the Ring of the Zodiac – Rockefeller Ctre, NYC
The second part of M-r (May 1 – 14) is the ‘Promethean’ phase… …where new insights & new Consciousness can be more easily carried forward & expressed, in creative & innovative ways.
Sabian Symbols of the Start and Finish Degrees of the upcoming MERCURY RetroPhase
MERCURY goes retro on Apr 21 at15°37′ TAU.
Since MERCURY backs off before passing the 16° mark, let’s turn to…
Braving the Storm – painting by Cara Frafjord
“TAURUS 15° HEAD COVERED WITH A RAKISH SILK HAT, MUFFLED AGAINST THE COLD, A MAN BRAVES A STORM
KEYNOTE The courage needed to meet the crises precipitated by social ambition
The man with the silk hat has seen some of his ambitious efforts bring him social success; but he learns that often “nothing fails like success.” The storm may be within him, or it may attack his social status. He is ready to face it daringly. This shows a willingness to accept crises and to go through them – and therefore great character, the soil upon which a higher kind of consciousness may develop.
This is the fifth and final stage of this ninth five-fold sequence of symbols. It implies a transition to a new level at which the individual who has learned from experience demonstrates a truly mature mind. What is revealed here is CHARACTER under adverse circumstances.”
What a symbol for the ‘stormy’ onset of the M-r phase – next to also ‘stormy’ URANUS. Here, unpredictable circumstances challenge us to not get ‘blown over’ by adversity and our ‘wild’ mental reactions to those, but to retain inner stability – not in stubborn and inflexible, but in mature & conscious ways.
MERCURY ends its upcoming Retro Journey on May 14 at 05°51′ TAU.
Royal Gorge Cantilever Bridge
“TAURUS 6° CANTILEVER BRIDGE ACROSS A DEEP GORGE
KEYNOTE The conquest of separativeness through group-cooperation
The person who has suffered deprivation & loneliness can give new substance to their emotional life by participating in a collective project. All great evolutionary challenges imply the overcoming of basic difficulties. A step ahead must be taken, yet an abyss confronts evolving humanity. It is no longer a personal void – an ‘Open Grave’ (6° TAU) – but a chasm that is an integral part of the land upon which human evolution must proceed. A link must be built through the power of the collective mind of the group or of the community at large, on the basis of the legacy of the past, to make a bridge over the canyon.
This is the first stage of the eighth five-fold process of “Substantiation.” The man-made bridge built with collective skill gives substance to and demonstrates humanity’s capacity to CONQUER OBSTACLES and to achieve evolutionary continuity as well as expansion in space.”
Now, that’s an interesting symbol – and can easily be interpreted in direct response to the symbol for the start of the retro journey – which deals with the individual’s character demonstrated during crises and adversity.
To face and overcome the obstacles presented at this phase of human evolution, collaboration is needed, to ‘build bridges’ over chasms of polarization in humanity. And yes, we can all contribute to this ‘grand oeuvre’ of this time. It starts in our own mind.
Rather than being stuck in old polarizing ‘mind-sets’ that can burn bridges, let’s be open-minded, give old or new connections a chance, learn from one another, and do what serves a humane future. PLUTO is stationary / goes retro in its first phase in AQ on May 1 – while MERCURY is retro in TAU which ends its journey on May 14 in wide square w. PLUTO.
Timeless & Timely MERCURY Retro REminders
* Under M-r, ‘usual’ thinking and communication patterns are being questioned, and it appears at times as if there’s a trickster / little devil at play.
Actually, we have a chance now to SEE the inner mental trickster / saboteur that’s been there all along, camouflaging & going unnoticed.
* The challenge is, not to get frustrated when things don’t turn out the way YOU thought they ’should’, according to the ego.
* During M-r, let’s experiment with, practice, and hopefully also integrate for later, going with the flow of things, in an intuitive, heart sourced way.
* Feel free to change your mind when you get the impulse / intuition / signal for an alternative course that works better / is more aligned.
* Don’t let the mind run the show, and create more ‘mental karma’.
Be open to and curious about ‘creative detours’ that might lead to unexpected turns, and unusual connections, rather than going with comfort / routine / habits of your ‘Inner Muggle’.
Don’t get wrapped up with linear, habitual, and often self-limiting ways of dealing with information / communication channels & modes.
An ‘unorthodox’ approach, and maybe a random connection with someone can open up for serendipity, synchronicities, and magic.
Let’s mischievously ask ourselves (M-r):
* How can I get out of the busy conditioned & controller mind now, and shift to Openness for Change, Creativity, and Play?
* What would my Inner Magician / Wizard / Alchemist (yes, that’s what Mercury also is) suggest?
* Where’s the comic (and cosmic) relief in all this…?
Let’s stay as mobile (like quicksilver, the MERCURY metal), adaptable, and unattached to ‘plans’ / agenda as possible.
Coyote – Animal Spirit cards by Susan Boulet
MERCURY is a light, youthful, fresh, fun-loving punster and Coyote / prankster energy.
It looks at the fun & meaningful side of unusual twists & turns, and even likes to provoke those. Tuning into that less serious mode makes us happier and more at ease – not only – these days.
Come on board with these spontaneous twists, unintentional new-found puns, and creative fun realizations!
Laughing at ourselves is certainly part of the picture. Best kind of humour.
We sure need comic relief of all the seriousness these days / months / years(!) – what happened to satire? There’s a cool word in German: Realsatire. Meaning, reality provides lots of satire in itself.
M-r is about the meta level: Not so much about the content of the mind & its expressions but the nature of the mind, how and why we think and communicate. Not always so easy to notice how the mind is playing tricks on us all the time. In ‘insane’ times like these, under M-r, it can be more easily busted – esp. in comic relief ways – with ego alert, ha-ha! Great time for satire and comedy it is – and ‘real life s & c’!
When it comes to committing to something long-term – you prob. don’t have the intel yet to be ready. Yet you can be in a vibration that attracts what you need, and that you easily recognize & connect with.
Spiraling Time OUT!
SO – give yourself time. During M-r, new information streams in, which can alter our outlook on things.
Often, after the M-r phase we have more information which gives a different picture, based upon which a good avenue forward becomes clear.
If we commit prematurely and aren’t flexible to back off again easily, we might say, “If I only had known… I wouldn’t have… and didn’t have to untangle these complications now.”
As always with MERCURY retro, clarify / specify communication whenever possible:
*Say things several times,in different ways / even in a different language to make sure there’s no misunderstanding in a fast / distracted context – in our oh-so ADHD world.
*Talk in a way that’s not just a judgment / statement, but offers invitations for open discussion.
* Bepresent and genuinely curious & helpful (if you are!), rather than distracted (Mercurial shadow).
* Ask questionsthat instinctively / intuitively come up (esp. to clarify otherwise held assumptions!).
*Choose the most direct medium & tool available (meet and connectin person, or at least via online video call), which helps with clearer & more holistic communication, and body signals. So worth it, says TAU. More ‘channels’ are involved & signals are conveyed, by being face-to-face with the other person, rather rather than on the phone, or via mutual messaging / e-monologue – so ‘standardized’ & ‘normalized’ in the electronic age, and an even bigger deal since 2020.
M-r gives us the chance to take a break from it – at least make sure we SEE each other! And who knows what else might come up and be addressed when you take the opportunity to actually meet & talk?!
Are you a slave to technocracy (domination by technology) / techno-crazy?
If you become mercurially frustrated, maybe it’s because you needed to learn something about the nature of the human mind and its extensions: Technological equipment which now, more and in different ways than already, seems to have ‘a mind of their own’…
Consider MERCURY retro in an AI dominated world – crazyyy…!
Bottom like, with this aspect of M-r: You don’t want to become (well, maybe under M-r you see how much you could be) a stressed-out remotely controlled slave of coordination & communication, and of the technology that should(!) be here to serve us (which interests does it actually serve most?).
Computers, phones, and tech gadgets are / should be treated as ‘just’ tools. Their efficiency also depends on & responds to the (hopefully relaxed & detached, savvy & inventive) mind of their ‘owner’ (TAU). Which obviously nowadays begs more questions…
Have you noticed? The technical equipment can magically-morphically mirror the state of mind YOU’re in, even ‘simply’ by breaking down and being ‘on strike’ when we humans need ‘a break’ anyway?
Give your tools and tasks proper mindful and focused attention & care, one at a time, instead of attempting to multi task and ‘efficiently’ orchestrate everything simultaneously.
To keep the interface between the electromagnetic field of computers and the human mind smoothly operational, don’t impose any potential extra stress onto your nervous system – nor on your computer.
And how about: Turn the AI off, and your natural inner intelligence (NI) on.
Check in on signals showing you that you need to be relaxed & mindful. Assume nothing, and drop your (under M-r evident, otherwise under the radar) expectations & assumptions.
Trust the infinite Intelligence of the Bigger System aka Universe – ‘Even’ as it might temporarily take you on wild & ‘crazy’ journeys that you apparently haven’t signed up for. Notice how much your mental involvement affects your experience of ‘the trip’. Be ok with the impermanence…
Talk to people from the past who come to mind, and whom you haven’t heard from in a long time.
And to ‘new’ yet familiar like-spirited people whom you’ve just met & intuitively ‘clicked with‘ and feel comfortable (TAU) to be around.
M-r also tends to bring back unfinished communication business from the past, esp. from previous M-r phases (last one in Dec / Jan).
What also happens quite often under M-r:
* We receive / intuit a potentially interesting message for others that’s worth sharing & passing on – to whom it may concern.Go ahead, and ‘randomly’ (without your personal agenda) deliver / spread it to others, to whom that information & inspiration can be helpful.
* We’re prompted to connect two or more people with one another – because we can. Who knows what comes from it?
So, let’s keep collecting M-r communication karma cookies, by being the random messengers & connectors!
Back to Basics & Buddhists
Gibbons at Play – 1427 painting by Xuande Emperor
Rather than having the mind ueber full… Be mindful, and observe the phenomenon mind from a deeper level.
Like, by asking yourself: Why am I really saying this? Who’s the one thinking and talking here?
If we don’t do from time to time this ‘mental hygiene’our inner ‘devil’s advocate out-tricks us, subconsciously ‘sabotaging’ our plans, second guessing ourselves, and constellating circumstances that make us back off from our original intention.
So important to check what we’ve been doing with our brain – or rather, what the brain has been doing with us all along.
The Buddhists call the day-to-day mind that busies itself with all kinds of ‘chatting’ and inner stories, lists, and dialogues, the ‘Monkey Mind’. Like a monkey, the trickster mind jumps from one tree of interest and attachment to the next, and is never quiet, unless we observe the movement, and thereby naturally calm it.
My Seasoned MERCURY Retro Tips & Seasonal Tool Kit
The Thinker – by A. Rodin
1) Be easy on yourself, as you get into the groove of things
It usually takes a week or so to adjust to the different mode.
Hope you could take it it easy on the pre-retro shadow phase (since Apr 7)… Rather than being ‘pulled into’ the wild ‘storm’ (since Apr 15), or apparently stationary stuckness (can be either and both, in paradoxical trickster fashion).
2) Be mindful, and lead from what’s here-now
There’s a tendency for the mind to be distracted and all over the place, to loose and misplace things & thoughts that later have to be RE-trieved again, in your ‘inner house’. Avoid getting scattered and disorganized, collect the mind ‘pieces’, be present with any situation & function ‘at hand’, and don’t loose sight of what practically works, and matters most. The apparent priority of urgent ‘little’ things & ‘small stuff’ can easily be a distraction and waste of energy. Practice coming back to the Here-NOW.
3) Retro is an inwards / backwards oriented energy
M-r is a good time to RE-treat, and RE-connect with meditation and mindfulness. Also an excellent chance (if not necessity) to deal with ‘old unfinished business’, ‘loose ends’, and to clear communication themes from the past, often carried over from a previous M-r times (last ones May / June 2022, Sept / Oct 2022, and Dec / Jan 2022 / 23).
4) Every M-r phase is a great time for basically everything that starts with ‘RE-‘, esp. RE-sidual communication
Like: RE-assess, RE-align, REad, Re-search, RE-treat, RE-pair, RE-boot, RE-group, RE-consider, RE-arrange, RE-place, you name it…
One RE-ason for me pointing out all these RE-activities: During M-r (which also has a karmic undertone), we / they less likely get away anymore with being sloppy, and with procrastinating or neglecting RE-sidual communication issues with people from the past. They come up like a mirror. Talk about what RE-ally matters, esp. with friends and loved ones.
What do you think about – and want to (re?)discuss, esp. re: Nature, the body, food, economy, money, values...(all apropos TAU)
5) Choose the clearest & most direct mode of communication available
Phone rather than messaging / emailing. Meet and connect in person rather than via phone / text, to make sure an actual dialogue happens (rather than just your factual monologue, with the assumption you know what they think, or they know what you think).
Consider communicating in several ways & via different media, to make sure the message comes across. Keep in mind that because people’s minds can be all over the place now, communication might be scattered / incomplete, or prone to assumptions: “I thought you got my email!!!”, or actually a monologue: “Are you thinking out loud as you talk, or are you actually suggesting something to me?
6) Be mindful & compassionate in your communication with others
Compassionately put yourself in their position, and take ownership & responsibility for your part and mental processes, rather than blaming & judging (based on lack / deficiency / incompleteness of communication), manipulation, and the alike.
7) Be clear and precise with commitments & agreements
Double-check whether you’ve been understood correctly, and RE-peat / RE-phrase back to them too. Avoid signing an agreement with consequences, before you have all the necessary details / information (often only after MERCURY retro is over, or at least half-way, meeting the SUN = May 1).
8) MERCURY Retro RE-minds us…
…that direct connection with one another as an authentic & lively dialogue offers the opportunity to open up, speak freely, and touch on other subjects than the originally intended purpose / agenda of the communication. Which can eventually lead to an even more important outcome or purpose than anticipated. Check out in hindsight why you actually needed to talk to that person…
9) Under M-r, the odds for fabulous unexpected synchronicities are 99%
When we act more intuitively and out of the ordinary, we let the spontaneous intervention of the Universe show us our interconnectedness! So magical!
10) M-r is a good time to RE-connect with people you have lost sight of – and see them in a new light.
With theTAU flavour, get in touch with people whom you share values with / talk about values, enjoy Nature / food together, do tangible things with. Trust your intuition, and let yourself be surprised by what shows up when you speak to them – also re: whether you are (still? again?) on a wavelength or not. No assumptions… Allow yourself to get mentally un-stuck in conversation. Old communication themes might get triggered, yet now’s the chance to see them in context of the overall your & their evolution.
Be open to meet new people whom you heart-connect with, and feel you already know each other ‘from somewhere’.
11) The areas of life (partners, children, career, groups, etc.) that THIS retro phase brings up for YOU…
…have to do with Planet/s and House/s that M-r activates in YOUR personal birth chart, i.o.w. where TAU is situated (see above). I’m happy to check that out for and with you – as a quick hint, or in a focused (or longer) session if more is going on for you…
12) When ‘glitches’ occur, be fluid and flexible like quicksilver (MERCURY’s metal), think “shift happens”.
No need to go into resistance (a TAU thing). Turn resistance into rest-distance, lol. Turn the paradigm around: What could be the opportunity in this mishap? What’s ‘even’ actually funny about this?
RE-frame your way of thinking about things. Entertain the possibility of having subconsciously ‘arranged’ a wild alternative to the original ‘plan A’ which – who knows? – can lead to something new, better, and more fun than what the ‘normal’, ‘usual’, ‘regular’, and apparently most ‘efficient’ mind-in-rut-mode could have come up with?
13) Enjoy those unintentional puns, slips, and new connections in the mind, be creative and brainstorm – esp. together with your MERCURY Retro Friends.
14) Enlightened Insights, anyone…?
The Day of Enlightened Insight – when M-r meets the SUN on the exact half-way point of the M-r phase. In this M-r phase on MAY 1 – Beltane.
Check out what epiphanies & paradigm shifts occur round this day!
15) If you would like to know…
…whether you are a member of the RETRO CLUB (born under MERCURY Retro, as yours truly) …in which area of Life the MERCURY Retro Trickster in TAU would likely play tricks on / with you …how to consciously, creatively, and mindfully play WITH the energy…
…feel welcome to get in touch with your Astrologer.
Wishing you a blessed navigation in the retro- and interdimensional zone, in the Heavens as on Earth, with the Mercurial Mind currents – this time around in TAURUS!
Hope to SEE you again soon, in real life, or online – it’s all about REconnecting (as directly as possible)!
Mercur-elanie
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Just found this inspiring activation – from the Galactic Calendar site:
“The Galactic Frequency of this Year supports us to activate our next level thrival, and our next level service to life. Let us root to the reality that we are the Earth; we are the Universe. As human beings, the ancients say we are “Cosmic Vibratory Roots.”
As we are infinitely interconnected and interdependent with all universal life force, we realize that this Planet is our collective Garden to tend to, spiritually and materially. Together, we are undergoing a deep initiation of learning how to restore our multi-dimensional health and wholeness.
From this perspective, what seeds of love are you planting? What seeds of health, harmony, virtue, awakening, and generosity are you planting inside your own heart-mind? Into the field of our shared reality?
The essential question is: What brings you electric joy to be alive? If you don’t know yet, then investigate, be curious and receptive. When you feel subtle or strong callings of your soul’s activation, of your passion – follow that! Cultivate, nourish and root to that inner enlivened realm.
This is the time to consciously grow the gardens of our gifts, to spread our offerings, and to join forces with allies to further expand our service. Let us activate our higher-mind vision to guide our steps, day by day, that we may evolve in unfolding natural time. Let us consciously plant seeds of the new, that we may thrive together, as Divine Heirs of the Ancient Future Now!”
All this is also very apropos
StationaryURANUS in TAURUS – one of the main ‘Players’ of August
URANUS is now in very slow ‘direct-to-retro STORM’, since it turns retro on Aug 19 (until Jan 19, 2022)…with the themes:
Awakening from Within. Embodying Freedom. Anchoring the Light / Higher Frequencies. New Earth Consciousness. Planting Seeds of our Unique Gifts.
LIBERATION from Within
The URANIAN Turnaround (twice a year, retro to direct – these years in January, and direct to retro – these years in Aug) is a stand-still and ‘gear shift’ in a collective (outer) and transpersonal (inner) way.
URANUS in TAU has been (from Earth perspective) going direct since Jan 14 – right after theCAP New Moon withPLUTO (Jan 12 / 13).
Lots of external, collectively experienced, yet for many of us also very personal explosive, shocking wake-up calls since then. In URANian fashion, uniquely different for all of us.
Now we are shifting from primarily outward experiences with URANUS to inner ‘revolution’ and awakening.
Not to say there’s a guarantee for calm waters ‘out in the world’ – but the theme is more internalized.
It’s also a much-needed integration of the effects from ‘external URANUS’.
Let’s dedicate our energy towards embracing URANIAN Liberation from within – and be aligned.
You’re FREE. Have always been. But maybe NOW is the time to fully wake up to it.
All else can follow:
Embodying Freedom. Anchoring the Light / Higher Frequencies. New Earth Consciousness. Planting Seeds of our Unique Gifts.
Let’s look at the
SABIAN SYMBOL for the URANUS Turnaround Degree.
URANUS is now stationary, and will go retro on Aug 19 at 14°48’ TAURUS. Since it’s so close to 15° let’s take that degree. TAURUS Central.
Not so summery-joyfully, as the calendar season or general TAU energy might suggest…
TAURUS 15°: HEAD COVERED WITH A RAKISH SILK HAT, MUFFLED AGAINST THE COLD, A MAN BRAVES A STORM
Braving the Storm – painting by Cara Frafjord
KEYNOTE: The courage needed to meet the crises precipitated by social ambition.
The man with the silk hat has seen some of his ambitious efforts bring him social success; but he learns that often “nothing fails like success”.
The storm may be within him, or it may attack his social status. He is ready to face it daringly. This shows a willingness to accept crises and to go through them — and therefore great character, the soil upon which a higher kind of consciousness may develop.
This is the fifth and final stage of this ninth five-fold sequence of symbols. It implies a transition to a new level at which the individual who has learned from experience demonstrates a truly mature mind. What is revealed here is CHARACTER under adverse circumstances.”
Whoa – is this central TAURUS symbol ever so apropos the present ‘stormy’ URANIAN influence! We live in unprecedented and unpredictable stormy-wavy times.
I find there’s good encouragement in this message to be willing “to accept crises and to go through them”, show and further cultivate “great character, the soil upon which a higher kind of consciousness may develop”.
To ground the Uranian light, in the crisis humanity and communities go through. And in the up-coming retro phase, to further integrate and embody the light.
Prometheus, mythological Archetype of URANUS, capturing the Fire of the Gods for Humanity – artist unknown
URANUS is represented by Prometheus the Awakener, who brings the light of insight and freedom from the Gods to Humanity.
How pertinent for our time of crisis, where self-pronounced gods claim to decide over the fate of humanity, in the name of technological evolution:
Bio-tech, bio-engineering, engineered and modified seeds and food, bio-capitalism, human hubris over the Earth, neo-colonization of the Earth and our Earth Bodies, ‘transhumanism’… 5G, and other frequences and devices aiming to go under the skin…
All these are low / abusive expressions of URANUS – which also rules technology & innovation – in TAURUS – relating to Mother Earth, our biological, earthy bodies, food, and Nature.
Ever so important to cultivate the purer, natural, and truly liberating expression of the energy offered to the Earth and us Earthlings: A New and liberated Earth and EarthBody Consciousness – in our Shared Humanity.
A very outspoken, passionate, and soulful Uranian activist on all thesematters is Vandana Shiva. Well worth checking out her books, and a plethora of presentations, discussions, and interviews with her, like the quite moving one with Russell Brand.
Stationary URANUS is in almost exact square with the LEO New Moon on 08-08 – the Lion’s Gate! Surprising if not shocking – or liberating! – shifts of authority and status (LEO) can easily happen, with this constellation.
Stay tuned – ASTRO~News article, specially dedicated to this very special New Moon to come.
Bottom line theme for the SUMMER (and beyond), activated by URANUS:
Back to the Sacredness of Nature, to our Inner Nature, and staying open to transpersonal shifts and gifts that truly liberate and change us, from the inside-out.
Cosmo-terrestrial blessings for emBodied & liberated human beingness, dear Friends!
At the occasion of the 21st (yep!) anniversary of my professional Astrology practice, this month. Giving back to YOU, dear clients, with 11 – 22 – 33% discounts on ALL consults!
Serving you with astrological guidance and perspective, pointing you to Your ‘Inner Cosmic Compass’. I’d love to inspire you to be in alignment with, and smoothly ‘ride’, those ‘auspicious’ or ‘challenging’ waves of cosmic energies that present themselves at a given time, and, similar to climate and weather, affect our human energy field.
Which can lead to eye opening awareness, growth, healing, release, transformation, and you can feel more connected with yourself and with all-that-IS, in the bigger on-going evolution. Ultimately, you dwell in a witnessing place in the ‘Hub of the Wheel’ where you are less & less affected, more & more liberated, and self-realized.
I welcome you as a client who is not seeking an ‘old school reading’ from me (“What’s going to happen TO me?”, “What am I supposed to do?”), but to be supported in accessing your own wisdom source, especially in times of a challenging transition, stuckness, transformational crisis, for new perspectives at a crossroad or dilemma, and for important choices.
This is to empowered and liberating ways of working with the ancient and timeless gift of Astrology!
Feeling called to explore your own Cosmic Map, and how it can guide you on your Earthly Journey? Come over / let’s meet online, for Your private Astro session!
AUGUST is Client Appreciation Month – with fabulous discounts on ALL consults, at the occasion of the 21st anniversary of my professional Astrology practice.
ASTRO~EXPERIENCES via Courses, Workshops, and Embodied Astrology
Our experiential and embodied Astrology groups have over time (the 15 years I’ve been facilitating them) become quite potent and catalytic. The intimate Astro hubs (max 6 participants) are a treasured way of being personally seen and involved – more commitment, a personal sense of community, and deeper effects. Come join us, if deep synergy in a circle speaks to you! Find upcoming events on myAstrology for Self Realization FB Page.
DONATIONS
If you feel the Astro~News Blog with Astro~Weather & Astro~Medicine that I write about on-goingly has good value for you in your navigation with the cosmic currents, you’re welcome to offer a donation via e-transfer to my email addresslicht@islandnet.com. You can also donate directly viaPayPal here.
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