I was thinking about Mars and Saturn in square next week and thought it would be interesting to go take a look at
Ray Merriman's site and see what he is talking about these days.
A good read.
Short-Term Geocosmics
Monday,
September 9, starts a 24-day period in which nine important geocosmic
signatures will unfold. The first aspect to take place will be Mars in Leo,
square Saturn in Scorpio, on September 9. This aspect is usually not that much
fun. In fact, it is far too serious in most cases. It can be downright
depressive, repressive, and suppressive. You need to cancel all of your
appointments that day, avoid situations that can result in injury or disputes,
and catch up on the work you now find overwhelms you because you procrastinated
in completing it for far too long. This is “catch up” time. It is not the time
to advance some new and brilliant thought. No one cares. No one has sympathy
for you, now that you waited so long – too long, in their view, for now they
are critical of you - to do that which was necessary to have done long ago.
Still, it is a Saturn aspect, and our rule is that any market declining into a
Saturn aspect (+/- 1 day) is a candidate to buy.
On Wednesday,
September 11, Venus will leave the favorable confines of Libra (its home sign)
and move into Scorpio, its detriment sign. That is supposed to also signify a
shift from a favorable to an unfavorable climate, but having been born with
Venus in Scorpio, I can tell you that I think the ancients had it all wrong. I
like having Venus in Scorpio (but then, what Capricorn Sun would not?).
Nevertheless, the subjects of credit and debt come front and center again, when
Venus (money and credit) is in Scorpio (debt), September 11-October 7.
Next Saturday,
September 14 finds Mars trine Uranus and Venus trine Neptune. Trines are
generally considered favorable in the study of astrology, so maybe equities
(Venus) can continue their rally into this time, +/- 3 trading days. Let’s hope
so, because the following week finds Venus conjunct Saturn, and Pluto going
stationary direct. That becomes a little more serious, highlighting those
aforementioned “detrimental” qualities of Venus in Scorpio (Pluto rules
Scorpio).
Longer-Term Thoughts
“Ambition robs you of your
childhood.” John Irving
We start the new week with a
Mars-Saturn square, from Leo to Scorpio. Mars-Saturn hard aspects are more than
just a little stubborn when in fixed signs like Leo and Scorpio (think Bill and
Hillary). They are entrenched, and even if you clearly show how one’s position
is counter-productive, they exhibit classical qualities of deafness. They don’t
hear. They don’t want to hear anything that causes them to veer off their
already-made-up mind, even if it is shown to be troublesome. It is almost as if
they welcome a fight. They draw “lines in the sand,” and if you cross them, you
pay. With Mars in Leo present, the fight is usually to show who is in control.
However, more often than not, the battle that they fight and win usually turns
the tide of the larger war against them.
This is not a favorable time to be
the aggressor or to attempt to intimidate others with your strength and power.
Mars in Leo – actually, anything in Leo - is the eternal quest to be young and
innocent, to be the “hero” in the eyes of an adoring public. But in hard aspect
to Saturn, especially in Scorpio, blind ambition for power and control can
result in a major conflict, a struggle to achieve the ends that one thought
possible, but now discovers is not so easily attainable because the support
expected just isn’t there. You can’t force others to get behind your ideals if
they sense your ambition is tied to motives they don’t share or understand, or
even see. It is a classical aspect for a political disappointment if one acts
in haste or without listening to others who might disagree with the means to
your end, or even the purpose itself.
Loss of innocence and youth through
ambition is in the heavens all month. On September 25, Saturn and the Moon’s
North Node will be in conjunction in Scorpio. This is another signature of
ambition to control, with a large dose of vengeance possibly tied into one’s
actions. With so much Scorpio and Saturn involved this month, it will be a
challenge to come up with win-win decisions. This is more of a case of “winner
take all…” and then work like hell to hold onto it as others try to undo you.
Someone loses. That’s the usual outcome with Saturn in Scorpio. It was easier
when Saturn was in Libra just a couple of years ago, because at least everyone
shared in the pain and the gain, or at least they believed they did at the time
(think Arab Spring then; think Egypt and Syria today).
The Saturn-Lunar North Node
conjunction is approximately an 11-year cycle. The last time in happened was
June 6, 2002. World stock markets were falling into their 4-year cycle troughs,
in October 2002 in the USA and in March 2003 for the rest of the world. It was
also the time the United States was trying to build an international coalition
to bring down Saddam Hussein. The allegation then was that Hussein and Iraq
were stockpiling chemical weapons of mass destruction. You see these themes
repeating over and over again in Mundane Astrology and you wonder: why “they”
don’t see this. Probably because "... ambition robs you of your
childhood." Unfortunately, that ambition of some people robs a lot
of people – innocent people – of their childhoods, too.
There is more to come shortly, and
astrologers need to be thinking about this. Comet Ison is becoming visible in
the skies. Ison is being touted as the “Comet of the Century,” and it is just
passing Mars now. It will come closest to Earth (but not as close as it came to
Mars recently) in late November. Comets, to astrologers, are messengers of the
cosmos, or gods, if you will. They indicate the fall of leaders and a shift of
power. It is noteworthy that Ison comes into view as it passes Mars. This means
it will probably have a Mars-like impact upon the world in 2014.
Thank God, Neptune is in Pisces.
Not everything has to be war-like. There is a way out. John Lennon sang a song
about it 40 years ago. “Give Peace a Chance.” And hope that our leaders find
the right balance between their ambition and childhood, one that takes into
account the needs of those they were elected to serve, and not solely their
own.
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