My New Bumper Sticker ~ 14 September 2005

 

This past week I’ve gone through three phone headsets listening to the tales that people have to tell. Not one of the people I spoke with lives or lived on the Gulf Coast. These are average folks, trying to scratch it out, hanging on by bitten down fingernails and stressed to the max. It inspired me to get a custom bumper sticker made: Whiners Will Be Shot. Upon leaving the mall where I purchased the bumper sticker as well as a case of bittersweet chocolate bars, I decided to call my closest confidant and let go of my frustrations, since like most astrologers, I’m not immune to transits. When I got home I then had to call my insurance company regarding the replacement of the windows in my vehicle. It seems I took a few bullet holes as I swerved in and out of traffic while exuberantly reporting the conditions in my life. I’m not whining about the bullet holes. I’m just stating facts.


Several people have asked, “Why is it so intense right now?” Well, Mars and Sedna are aligned and more or less will be until January. This provokes the barely hanging on imagery as people feel their best efforts get ignored. Jupiter now moves beyond its opposition to 2003 UB313, but not fast enough for most of us. The new planet absolutely demands resetting life’s priorities so life once again feels fun and filled with a renewed vibrancy. To get there from here without weaving in and out of traffic, Jupiter urges a reassessment of belief systems and less than respectfully requests installation of a belief system that treats your best efforts fairly. That is to say, treat yourself fairly especially in stressful times. If you don’t treat yourself with dignity and fairness, why assign that job to a partner, mate or friend? Or your astrologer.


Should that not be enough, Jupiter, Mars and Pluto now form an adjustment-demanding pattern known as a Yod - or finger of God. “Which finger?” evidently is not the question to ask. Mars gets the short straw here, possibly looking for a camel to burden the draw. It comes back to action asserted, attitude with which the action gets asserted, and the amount of whining, blatant or otherwise, contained within the assertion. Neatly, Jupiter moves out of the formation, but we got a good ten days to enjoy the full pattern. Mars and Pluto stay in the adjustment oriented angle between now and just before Valentine’s Day, at which point, bittersweet chocolates are illegal to purchase for three weeks.


The notation between Mars and Pluto declares that you do your part without imposing it upon anyone else. Stay central in your efforts. Offer what you’ve got. People can deal with it or not. If you force your hand, you never get to relax. There’s always an outcome over which you must persistently attempt control.


Examine, though, that while all these planets grapple, each makes an angle to a very cool black hole system called, SS433. This goody at about 20 Capricorn carries the labels of being bizarre, shooting from the hip and burping. Most significantly, this black hole system displays an alternating blue shift and red shift within a larger period of 164 days and a shorter period of 13.1 days. Blue shift is coming at you; red shift backs up the truck. Each of the intrinsic periods subdivides neatly. The larger interval grants an outgoing, extroverted surge of applied, conscious energy (blue shift) lasting 82 days, followed by a more reserved, inward rendering (red shift) of 82 days. Short term, we find a 6.55 day burst of activity backed up by about a week of reclaim and regroup. Consider: Week on, week off.


All of us between now and Valentine’s Day benefit from pushing hard one week and throttling back to a serious, well-tuned idle the following week. During the pull back week, there’s time to nurture, yell into a pillow, get body work and make sure your mate loves up on you with added fervor. The planetary suggestion insists no one can proceed full bore between now and the time Mars and Pluto conclude their concert tour. That’s really the way it is. Also, according to the planets, there’s no point in whining. Contrary to the Administration’s demands here in the U.S. of A., there is finger pointing, the finger pointing of the planets. Do your part first hand: Exert and assess. Recover and reclaim your vitality. Exert and assess.


I just ordered a new bumper sticker. It reads, “Did that just happen or did you planet?”