Ever Expanding ~ 06 September 2008


Before delving into this week’s actual theme, an interesting notation comes from the week’s politics here in the U.S. Senator John McCain has Mercury at 2 Libra 15, astonishingly close to the Super-Galactic Center at 2 Libra 4, long known for its soul mate yearnings. Last Sunday, with Mercury at 3 Libra and Venus at 1 Libra, he declared during an interview that his choice for Vice President, Sarah Palin, is a soul mate. How about that for proof of astrology working even on the non-believing! In the category of “oh, by the way,” former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney unwittingly invoked Eris when he said we needed to look for the Sun in the west, referring to Arizona and Alaska. When Jupiter and Eris conspired to right political wrongs, the Sun rose in the west. I have placed this notation in the “whoops,” file. And there is a Jupiter-Eris square just after our Presidential election. I have that notation in the “hmm” file.


Enough politics, but two notes on the mundane plane. Jupiter and Saturn now trine, with Jupiter returning direct in three days just short of the exact trine, remain in the trine formation into the third week of November when this pattern concludes with Jupiter square Eris. This is about the economy. While daily news thrusts over reacting investors this way and that, some cautious optimism suggests improvements can begin, reversing the course of recession. Let us hope. Also mundane and of potential economic impact, the line-up of Atlantic hurricanes was previously predicted in GT’s based upon the alignment of Saturn with the aphelion of Mars (6 Virgo, heliocentric) and it’s opposition to the Trans-Neptunian body, Typhon (typhoon as in noted for his ill winds). Given Jupiter with Saturn, if you reside in a potentially impacted zone, please do not underestimate the ability of the parade of hurricanes to render flood havoc.


Immediately following Jupiter’s reversal of motion, Mercury and Mars line up with the Sombrero Galaxy on the 8th and Venus meets up with it on the 10th. In this personal planet transit era, the future named dwarf planet EL61 is within minutes of the Sombrero Galaxy (13 Libra 45). The Sombrero Galaxy ranks high in importance in astronomical awareness. It was this galaxy that led Vesto Slipher of Lowell Observatory (Pluto’s discovery place) to conclude that there is such a thing as red shift (shifting of light because of motion), galaxies outside our own, and that the universe is expanding. Okay, and?


The sensation of the Sombrero Galaxy is like riding a bike down a steep hill with your feet off the pedals. If not careful, a runaway train effect results. With these transits, the sense of life circumstances sweeping you away becomes the norm. You could get swept away in economic worry or a spending frenzy if things turn about. You could ride the exhausting emotional surges of following political campaigns or tracking the end of the baseball season. You could be overwhelmed by the consideration of the recent declaration of the size of the black hole in the core of our galaxy. You might find yourself dismayed and motivated onto a path of accelerated action to do something about the melting polar regions, given the last Arctic ice breakaway.


More personally, if you do engage a new project, cause or pick up an exciting field of study, expect it to run away with you. EL61, interwoven in this mix provides two considerations. First, it’s all about you. This body’s closest contact with the Sun lies at 1 Aries 04 and its node weighs in at 2 Leo 02 (both heliocentric). Here we have the aspiration of developing soulful confidence, which occurs with the assignment of urgency to matters of self importance and matters important to the self. The south node, incidentally, connects with soul mate degree noted at the start of this GT. Next, withing the kindred spirit effect, EL61 travels in an entourage of five major icy objects that resulted from a collision the body endured many years ago at a place near our solar system’s edge. One of the priorities of this body is to define relationships that fit and those that do not. Traveling with companions of natures that do not agree with yours simply exhausts one’s energy.


Should you direct yourself on a new course and acquaintances demand you attend a swap meet, join in for a movie, have a leisurely lunch or whatnot, if the agenda does not fit your newest aspiration, respectfully decline. There’s only so much time, unless you get close enough to black holes to dilate time and only so many internal energy units a day available to burn. Keep your priorities sharp. Keep you awareness of energy drains crisp. There’s probably a reason that HBO’s new series True Blood, about vampires, premieres on September 7th.


While the plea of “stop the world I want to get off” fails to produce results, be vigilant of those things of increasing momentum that summon your effort. Pick and choose carefully. Options selected quickly become ever-expanding courtesy of the Jupiter-Saturn trine and the Sombrero’s tip of the hat to transiting planets.


Given Jupiter-Saturn, why not participate in the creation of the reality of economic improvement? As you can, check out my site’s Store. There’s that new Major Sky Magazine thing, the Galactic Trilogy CD and multiple options for getting answers to questions before the runaway energies blur the horizon.