This morning I had a very important chance encounter with my Astrology mentor and instructor Randy Wasserstram. I am gradually working my way into colleague status and certainly felt a great thankfulness to have the chance to talk to him today. The conversation ranged, but a large portion of it dealt with my Spiritual Awakening, which I am still deep in the middle of and, on some days, like today, just trying to survive. Randy knows my chart and he knows what it means when I say I have a good road of hoeing still in front of me thanks to tPluto squaring the Stellium of nEnergy Points in Aries while tUranus opposes nUranus and prepares to conjunct the very same Stellium during the same duration of time. Mercilessly tSaturn is 5d approaching nSaturn in opposition, which means, it, too, is lighting up my Aries Stellium. And last and certainly not least, tNeptune and tChiron (Aquarius) both square my nNeptune in an exact (0d separating) aspect. Oh, and just for shits and giggles, they are both Retrograde, which means they will form an exact square with Neptune yet again before moving on to form an exact square with my Ascendant! There are no atheists in foxholes!
Thanks to Retrograde motion, my Uranus opposition is also in a tight approaching degree (less than 2). Approaching and separating energy are very important and an element in beginning astrology often ignored. When you have aspects approaching, energy is building, and when you have aspects separating the energy is releasing. Retrograde motion can make certain transits particularly wearing because you get a 3/3 experience, 3 approaches and 3 separations, a really good "driving the point home" experience. I want to share my story because we all get some dose of what I'm getting. Hopefully most of you will not have the kinds of transits I'm having, but if you happened to have been born in 1968, then the outer planet to outer planet aspects are something we're all getting (such as the Uranus opposition along with the Neptune square and the Saturn opposition). How much it affects you depends on other Energy Points in your chart. I happen to have Neptune 2d separating from my Ascendant, so any aspect to my nNeptune have a profound effect on my Ascendant (my presentation of self and the perception people have of me). To say both are going through tremendous change would be putting things lightly!
So what happens when you look into your chart or a client's chart and you can see years of turmoil and struggle? Lots of choices abound and most of mine involve metaphors about "treading water", "holding on by my fingernails", and "battening down my hatches." You may be feeling some of those same feelings as well if you were born between 1967 and 1969. The lesson here, I believe, is perseverance and a deep appreciation for the mundane. My breakfast this morning, both company wise, food wise, and location wise was wonderful and deeply valued. I am happy to make it through another day, knowing that eventually the pressure from Neptune, Chiron, and Saturn will relent even if Pluto and Uranus have plenty in store for me for a while yet. 2012, when the first exact square between these two occurs, will mean my Stellium gets the double whammy. By then Jupiter will be helping me out and I should get some positive energy by conjunction.
In truth, Astrology has helped me immensely. Without it and the narrative it provides for the energy I am feeling day in and day out, I'm not sure I would be able to manifest a positive response. I am also thankful for the support I have in my life from my partner, Betsy, my parents, our new family living with us, and my wonderful friends and professional colleagues. Knowing is half the battle, the other half is the doing and learning. Hopefully as I write about the doing and learning, I will be helpful to others.
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