Uranus Pluto Square Round One

The tension is great.

I have been so busy wrapping up my son's school year that I have not been able to post as much as I have wanted for the last month.  But let me tell you even though I was piled in paperwork doing all my volunteer work, I still had an eye on weird events in the news, (Seriously, flesh eating zombie attacts?)    And as we are down to the last few days before the first square between Uranus and Pluto, clearly the news speaks to that planetary tension. 

As I have mentioned many times over the last couple years, we are in a planetary pattern now that last took place in the 1930's.   You remember that decade, the great depression, the rise of fascists, loud dictators and the guy with the weird mustache in Germany.   Yeah, a pretty effed up decade by all accounts.       And now it is our turn to take a ride with Uranus and Pluto. 

On Sunday (USA time) June 24th 5:12am (EDT) Uranus will square Pluto.    This is the 1st of 7 times these two will tangle up between now and 2015.  
#1 June 24, 2012
#2 September 19, 2012
#3 May 21, 2013
#4 November 1, 2013
#5 April 21, 2014
#6 December 15, 2014
#7 March 17, 2015


Now if you want a little astrology lesson from real life, last summer, Uranus and Pluto ALMOST squared each other.  For most of the summer they were within ONE degree of being exact.   And during that time there was complete gridlock in senate and congress when representatives were not going to vote to raise the debt ceiling.    The result of that debate was that the United States credit was downgraded.  

So, how surprised was I when I saw a blurb on the NYT before I went to bed last night that Moody's has cut the ratings of 15 banks-?  NOT surprised is the correct answer.  Yep, Uranus Square Pluto strikes again.     I think we should prepare for a rough Friday and Monday as the world responds to Sunday's square. 

Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings of 15 Big Banks

By PETER EAVIS and SUSANNE CRAIG

Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBig banks like Morgan Stanley have been under review by Moody’s since February.

10:33 p.m. |Update

Already grappling with weak profits and global economic turmoil, 15 major banks were hit with credit downgrades on Thursday that could do more damage to their bottom lines and further unsettle equity markets.

The credit agency, Moody’s Investors Service, which warned banks in February that a downgrade was possible, cut the credit scores of banks to new lows to reflect new risks that the industry has encountered since the financial crisis.

“The risks of this industry became apparent in the financial crisis,” said Robert Young, a managing director at Moody’s. “These new ratings capture those risks.”

Additionally,   This whole ride with Uranus began to take shape when it turned direct in December of 2010 and began to head for Aries.  Almost like clock work the bell was rung and North Africa responded.  The swell of uprisings in the Arab nations was broadcast on cell phones across the globe.  Social Upheavals by social networks, if that doesn't spell Uranus, I don't know what does.   How curious now we are a year and a half later when Uranus makes his first hard aspect since entering Aries we revisit Egypt with their first election since ousting Mubarak back during the Arab uprising.
This is where we stand today, two days before the square.


The military statement comes as tens of thousands rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square to support the Brotherhood's candidate for president, Mohammed Morsi. The protesters also denounced what they call the military's power grab that strips the next leader of much of his authority.
The generals last week issued a constitutional declaration that gave them sweeping powers, which undermine the authority of the newly elected president. International condemnation of the document followed and questioned the timing of the declaration.
The Brotherhood declared Morsi the winner hours after polls closed this weekend. Its claim was contested by Morsi's rival, Ahmed Shafiq, who was Hosni Mubarak' s last prime minister.

And by the way, Mubarak suffered a stroke earlier this week and has been reported as brain dead.  Pluto is all about death and rebirth.

And it goes without saying the tension this week between Obama and Putin at the G20 summit was palpable for anyone with eyes.  Clearly the cold war is a live and well in Cabo San Lucas or at least at the press conference between Putin and Obama on the subject of Syria.    Russians are taking a blind eye to Assad and his henchmen killing innocent children and women and everyone else.   Why?

Putin, a former KGB spymaster, is suspicious of US motives especially after the NATO-assisted ouster of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year, and he has offered little sign of softening his stance on Syria.

Though Washington has shown no appetite for a new Libya-style intervention, Russia is reluctant to abandon its Syrian ally, a longtime arms customer, and risk losing its last firm foothold in the Middle East, including access to a warm-water navy base.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/black-clouds-hang-over-obamaputin-g20-talks-20120619-20kqw.html#ixzz1yWtS93Ny


Can you feel the tension with Pluto?   


Clearly, it is going to be a long hot summer as we grind through these first two squares.  Sigh.

Kathy Rose New Moon Gemini

It is still Gemini New Moon. A few days ago I posted my article on it.
Now I have found a very nice video by Kathy Rose about the new moon.

I think you will enjoy it.

Go to LINK.

Solstice June 20 2012

Solstice
Around 7:09pm EDT The Sun will be somewhere over the Pacific Ocean gently moving into the sign Cancer marking the beginning of Summer.   Of course for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere the Winter Solstice commences.   The longest day of sunlight will be celebrated in beaches, pools and blenders all over North America while the shortest day will no doubt be punctuated with hot toddies in New Zealand. 

As much joy that summer brings to me personally, I have to say my soul responds more to the winter solstice probably because in the dark of the season, I am excited to know the days will be growing longer again.      But now I will get out the sunscreen and begin slathering.  I wish all of you up here with me in the nothern hemisphere a Happy Summer and to you down south a loving winter.

Here is a nice link to Lynn Hayes write up on the solstice.

Chart for the Summer Solstice, 2012

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Lynn Hayes

by Lynn Hayes
image by Visual Alchemy. The Summer Solstice (northern hemisphere) occurs in the tropical zodiac at the exact moment when the Sun enters the sign of Cancer. This coincides with the longest day of the year and the most fertile season in agrarian cultures in the northern hemisphere. (Of course for my Aussie and Kiwi friends as well as those in southern Africa the seasons are reversed and the Summer Solstice occurs in December with the entry of the Sun into Capricorn. If you’re curious about astrology in the southern hemisphere, check out this article.)

Gemini New Moon
June 19 11:02 am EDT

Today we begin our second new moon in Gemini.  Occassionally this will happen where one moon is so early in a degree of a sign that the very next month we get another new moon in the same sign.

I think it has been an interesting period.   Cool, unemotional, detached but still thought provoking and insightful.  Now we get another 28 day wave of cool thinking.  Our brains will be on overload but we can handle it.   Stay light on your feet and you'll be okay.


As always you will find my whole article on MargaretWendt website but here is a snippet.  Go to LINK for full article.

GEMINI NEW MOON   

New Moon Phase

June 19, 11:02am

28 Gemini 43

Recap of last Gemini Moon

Twenty eight days ago we had a Gemini New Moon at Zero Gemini and now here we are at 29 degrees and we get another Gemini New Moon!    It is strange to be at the final degree of a sign with a new moon, after all a new moon speaks to new beginnings and new opportunities and the 29^th degree speaks to wrapping up Gemini’s business.  What does this mean?  Simply said, for the last month we have gotten our butts kicked with issues pertaining to communication, siblings, and neighbors and of course the written word.  It was an overwhelming process as data was coming in from all corners.   How many times did your brain feel like it was short circuiting?   Did you get clarity on any issues?  Did you clarify stuff for others?  Do you feel like you are on the other side of some hurdles?   If not, then here is the good news, you get another Gemini new moon to elevate your communication skills and get your head screwed on right.  

Round Two

This cycle like the other Gemini New moon, puts the accent on what we say, why we say it and how we say it.   It is cycle where information will come to us in ways we could not have predicted.   We could be driving down the street thinking about something someone said to us years ago and have a whole new insight about it.  Our brains will be electrified.    And if there are lies being said (Gemini is dualistic) then what does our gut say ‘is the truth’?   If we are smart we will have ‘gut checks’ all month.    One thing different from the last month’s Gemini Moon is that this one will have a bit more wisdom (whether we know it or not) due to Saturn and Neptune who are both in trine to Sun & Moon.   Saturn speaks to us finding real concrete support and Neptune gives us hope.    With the Saturn influence we are strategic, we are conservative and we don’t have the luxury to waste our time or brain on thoughts that do not serve our lives or our future.    With Neptune in a supportive position bumps in our thinking could simply dissolve.   Do you ever wonder how small thoughts could keep you from your good?   This month Neptune could melt some that thinking.   We also will be inspired in new ways.    Of course, Gemini is changeable (we don’t call it mutable for nothing) and like the last new moon we should be ready to make changes at a drop of a hat.  We wake up in the morning prepared to do A and B but right away we realize we have to ditch A& B and instead prepare to do to Y and Z.     The next 28 days will be filled with us pivoting.   For those of us who find flexibility a difficult trait you would be wised to take deep breaths and then shift.  It will open you up to a world of change and plenty of good.   

Mars Squared

And if we are confused where we need to shift this cycle then we will have Mars to point the way.   Mars is in a tense aspect with Sun/Moon so we should expect to see conflicts exactly in the areas that need new approaches.   

This week is action packed

We start the week off with Last Quarter Moon plus a huge ol' move by Jupiter.  And when I say huge, I mean huge!  

   

June 11 6:41am

Let's remind ourselves of the dynamic of the last quarter moon:

Last Quarter Moon Phase

Last Quarter moon: Now we do the final adjustments to the seeds we planted on new. The final call, the final letters to send, we follow all the trails that came up that still make sense. And we let the other parts lay fallow. It is a time of action but wise action. It is a time for living “The serenity prayer”

God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change Courage to change the
things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.

Focus on: What actions are you taking that support your friends? What actions are they taking that support you? How would your resources benefit if you were with like minded individuals?  

June 11: Jupiter enters Gemini

Back in May I wrote the following about Jupiter's move into Gemini:

There will definitely be technology booms during this transition. In July 2000 right at the beginning of the last Jupiter in Gemini the Prius hybrid was launched in the United States. Talk about novelty and big ideas. And in the fall of 2001 just after Jupiter left Gemini Apple launched its first ipod. Now knowing as much as we do about Steve Jobs and Apple mentality we can assume that all those Apple technicians were brainstorming and working like mad scientists for the 12 months prior to launch which means their brains were in overdrive during the entire Jupiter in Gemini in 2000/01. What will the folks at Apple be busy working on during this pass of Jupiter in Gemini? I predict their AppleTV will be born shortly after this period. And in fact, the whole silicon valley will be in overdrive. Who will have the new Facebook idea? Somewhere in the world it will begin to germinate. I expect a bunch of ideas o emerge between now and the middle of 2013.

How fitting this morning when I turned on CNBC and saw all the technogeeky reporters in San Francisco at Moscone Center where Apple was announcing their latest iphone, ipad and other advancements they have planned at their Global Technology meeting.    If I believed in coincidences I would say, "Wow that is ironic that it is happening right now when Jupiter is moving into Gemini."   But I don't believe in coincidences so this is one perfect move of divine action in my mind.   I anticipate a lot to come out of house that Steve built and all the other silicon valley people in the next year or so. 

For those of us who are not techno what does Jupiter in Gemini mean? 

So, let’s go over the details.   Jupiter is in a sign for about a year and the last time we experienced him in Gemini was between the summers of 2000 and July 2001.    You may want to recall what was going on with you during that time and consider your way of communicating and thinking.  Did it change?   How were you connecting with others? How were you connecting dots?  Did it make sense but later turn out to be incorrect?   Or were you trying different communication approaches?  And how about your brain, was it full of ideas and creativity?  Were your sparks going off?   And who were you bothering to talk to and who were you just skipping because they weren’t worth it.   I know that sounds awful but let’s face it some people just don’t get you and why on earth are you hanging out with them?   And if you are forced to be with people who don’t ‘get’ you then shift your approach.   If they don’t get you and they are never going to get you then who cares?   Say what you want or don’t say it.   Remember Mr. Descartes.  

Later in the day on 6/11:

Mercury/Uranus : Chaotic thinking, disjointed communication, recklessness.

Mercury/Pluto: Challenging, browbeating, punitive thoughts.   Rough and tough.

Not only do we have Jupiter moving into Gemini on June 11^th, we also have a super snarky aspect between Mercury and Pluto and Mercury and Uranus.    Tension will be high that day, there will be arguing.   Pluto wants transformation and Uranus wants revolution and Mercury cannot talk to either of them.    There will probably be arguing and fighting or there will be a stalemate or a cold war and it might be a harbinger of the Uranus/Pluto square at the end of June.   But whatever is the beef, we can take the move by Jupiter to help shift our focus.   Prepare for something to come up around this day that gets your attention and makes you pivot.   Remember, Gemini is the great pivoter.   Is that a word?   And once again we are asked to process, breathe, process, breath, process..breathe you get the drift.

And then on 6/13:  

Sun/Saturn:  Great expectations with strong work ethic.  Accomplishments very possible.

On 6/15 the moon turns Balsamic and for three and half days we ----Release!

Balsamic Moon Phase

June 15 8:16am  

Balsamic:   We let go.  By releasing we can prepare for the new. 

Focus on   

We release greed.  We release control.  We release hanging on.  We release stubbornness.   We release over the top romance.  

 

This Week....Hold on to your hats!

We begin the week with our big ol' full moon in Sag (see previous post).   Is it getting cuckoo yet for you?  Information must be coming at you full volume, I know it is in my house!    What you do with the information says a lot about how you can pivot and maneuver in these somewhat turbulent days.   We all need to be adaptable and the full moon will certainly challenge us to pivot. 

Also on Monday 6/4 Neptune begins his retrograde motion.  Neptune will station at 4 degrees of Pisces and go back all the way to 1 degree of Pisces on November 11 where it will straighten out.   Since Neptune spends half of the year in retrograde he is pretty comfortable with a reverse course and he uses the time to his advantage.  Like a deep sea diver with a flash light he goes deep into our unconscious brain and finds the curious and weird stuff.  The stuff we never thought about before and perhaps how it may or may not impact us.

On Tuesday 6/5 Venus and Mars get into a tussle and there will be sparks and fighting words will be hard to avoid especially among lovers, neighbors and siblings.    And of course we are finally at the event I have been talking about for several months---The Venus Occultation!  

At the same time Venus will make her glorious transit in front of the Sun.  Check the news there will be some local astronomy club that will have their telescopes and the proper lens set up so you can see this majestic event.   We won't get it again for about 120 years!  

A Rare Transit of Venus Across the Sun on June 5, 2012 Will Catapult Consciousness

Posted by Ross Pittman_Featured_, SpaceSunday, June 3rd, 2012

A rare transit of planet Venus (it will pass between the Earth and the Sun) will occur on June 5-6, 2012, which will produce a powerful transmission of energy that will catapult human consciousness by enhancing perceptual awareness and unique states of creativity.
The transit of Venus “is among the rarest of astronomical events, rarer even than the return of Halley’s Comet every 76 years. Only six transits of Venus are known to have been observed by humans before: in 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874, 1882 and, most recently, in 2004…The beginning of the transit will be visible from all of North America, Greenland, extreme northern and western portions of South America, Hawaii, northern and eastern portions of Asia including Japan, New Guinea, northern and eastern portions of Australia, and New Zealand. The end will be visible over Alaska, all of Asia and Indonesia, Australia, Eastern Europe, the eastern third of Africa, and the island nation of Madagascar.” (Source: Scientific American, 12 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2012, January 2,2012)

Here is another write up (I've give you several over the last month) that I think you might like to read:

http://expertscolumn.com/content/mundane-astrology-venus-occultation-2012

http://www.enlighteningtimes.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/79-2012-venus-occultation

Then on Wednesday 6/5 there is an aspect between Sun and Venus which supports Gentleness, creative, artistic and clever decent communications

Disseminating Moon Phase

June 7 2:22pm

Disseminating: Share information; find a teacher or someone who has more knowledge. Perhaps there was a big ol’ blow out on the full and one feels in need of support and help, this is the phase to reach out to one who knows more. This is when we find a rabbi or a minister or therapist who gives us more insight.   And of course, you too may be ready to teach and share your own information. 

Focus on:      What information are you sharing with like minded others?   How are your friends supporting your knowledge?  Where are you brilliant and how are you sharing it with others?   What brilliance is being shared back to you?

Also on Thursday June 7

6/7:  Mercury in Cancer http://astrology.about.com/od/mercury/p/MercuryCancer.htm

6/7:  Sun/Mars:  Big ass fighting.   Thinking is weird and people are doubling down on their cuckoo insecurity. 

And finally on Friday 6/8: Mercury/Neptune aspect:  Inspired, hopeful, brains are seeking spirituality.  

Full Moon

June 4, 2012 7:11am EDT

Sagittarius Full Moon – Lunar Eclipse

14 Sag 13

This full moon in Sag has an extra potency since it is also a lunar eclipse. The emphasis is brain and intellect versus beliefs and knowledge.    With the Gemini Sun our brains are switched ‘on’ and we see opportunities and possibilities everywhere.   At the same time the moon in Sagittarius is asking you to look at what you believe.  Does it match the opportunities you see in front of you?   If you see some great possibilities does your belief system hold you back from those possibilities?   For example, if you hear of an interesting job possibility but it is a different size, shape or color than you saw for yourself (belief) you would be wise to take a moment and think about it.    What is going on with your beliefs, how do they limit you?    Or how have you been schooled?   When you were young your family schooled you, then it was your education that schooled you, your friends, your community and your religion have all educated you.    Now on this eclipse you have a moment to see if that ‘education’ is still serving you?  In the current Gemini cycle we are light on our feet, we are deft because we need to pivot quickly.  We move to the right, left, up and down we are twisting and turning quickly for a reason.   We have to shake things up because things are shaking us up.   Read that twice.   Be adventurous, find a new truth, be alive and watch your opinions.  Some of them are spot on and some are misguided—but don’t worry someone will you set you straight, after all it is an eclipse!