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Now, the comment about the Sun above is a perfect set-up for what is happening within the next week or so, which in my mind proudly presents the previews of coming attractions.
Many now cringe in anticipation of the grand cross on or about April 20th. Mars will oppose Uranus, and simultaneously square the Jupiter-Pluto opposition. Many figure this to be a time of economic collapse (which has been rapidly predicted over the past four or five years) and subsequent global upheaval. Truly, the signature can be assigned a quality of international belligerence as Syria, Russia, North Korea and terrorists under a wide array of banners can personify.
Well before April 20th there is a significant set of patterns that will likely make the world seem nucking futs, and individuals walking the world edgier than normal.
The Aries New Moon barges in late next weekend in orb of a square to Jupiter and Pluto and roosts very close to the position of Uranus. Within hours of the lunation, the Moon will inflame reactions to Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto. The emotional reaction charge will run high and reactions fall into the realm of hair-triggered, ultra-impulsive, lacking forethought and frantic. Should one feel accused of being wrong, conventional, overly off the wall, power grabbing, controlling or greedy, the internal spring will likely sproing and reactions explode beyond the realm of expected combustibility.
Within days of the lunation, the Sun moves into square Jupiter, conjoin Uranus and square Pluto. In my mind, this pattern puts up more volatility than the April 20th interval. As the third week of April rolls around, Mars, operating reactively, will trigger the results of the celestial prompting that occurs between March 30 and the first few days of April... so in play from now and for about ten days.
Why is it more important? Because of the direct involvement with the Sun. Like Mars, the Sun is combustible, and is the source of light and warmth for all the planets. The Sun is superior in influence because of it’s massiveness and subsequent gravitational dictatorship over the solar system. With the Sun, ego reactions, pride, narcissism, and devotion to causes to which one has a personal and emotional investment take center stage and demand full attention. Any sense of being shunted, redirected, ignored, declared wrong or incorrect, blown off or misunderstood likely spawns intense reactions - often of the knee jerk, instinctive variety. The Sun insists upon its centrality, and in fact, all solar system objects are compelled to comply. How curious it must seem to Uranus in this time that his forced, compliant motion about the Sun is termed a revolution.
Later in April Mars retrogrades into a grand cross. This week the Sun fills in a potent T-square. The pattern declares the need for the greater amount of awareness and conscious attention to each and every matter of existence, mundane and spiritual.
If the world goes extra zany, what’s a body to do? How about applying the following tips:
New Moon in Aries
Take time out to recenter and reset.
Balance the ego with spirit by proclaiming all verified personal attributes, starting with the phrase, “I Am.”
Reboot your goals. Whether long-standing life objective or New Year’s resolutions, reaffirm the intent and soulful drive behind each and every goal. This effort should attract some favor from Pluto.
Set a delay line in your psyche such that any reaction is given ample time to settle before primal or instinctive response.
Sun square Jupiter
Reevaluate your beliefs. If your thinking is attached to an outdated concept, it makes sense to upgrade and install newer and clearer thinking. Be wrong if you have to, but then get right.
Purchase and install software, apps and get gadgets that directly contribute to goal accomplishment and simplify tasks. No toys, games or devices of distraction.
Delete the attachment to being right about the consul you offer others.
Create an option-oriented reality perspective. Find multiple options to all scenarios.
Sun conjunct Uranus
How can you be the odd duck you fancy yourself to be and still fit in with the flock? Can a counterculture renaissance being fit in with the middle of the Bell Curve?
Conform to long-standing rules, requirements and protocols long enough to become an insider. Then, you can consider what sort of rebellion may be appropriate.
Ponder how you might best make a difference in life. Find ways to make the world a better place and address those injustices that inflame your sensibilities.
Instead of bitching about “the way the powers that be” have it, document ways of indicating consensus reality - you know, valid polling - and influence the power brokers with overwhelming evidence.
Instead of protesting, engage in practical efforts to resolve problems. Work to load a truck with commodities may be more effective than carrying a sign that reads, “Stamp out hunger.”
Be cool. Locate your inner weird and find your personal non-ordinary reality. Then superimpose that onto the real world.
Sun square Pluto
Just today as the Moon in Capricorn aligned with Pluto, I saw a link on a news site that led to an article by Deepak Chopra, “Do not confuse money with wealth.” Perfect.
Remember that Pluto despised those who took from his domain without permission. While being the ultimate hoarder, he does not approve of mortals maintaining greedy stockpiles.
Figure out the magic number: How much money do you need such that you do not have to worry about having too little, or spend all your time obsessing over how to secure your wealth?
Work on eliminating greed, negative obsession, the urge to control or manipulate, lust for power... you know all downside of Pluto things.
Find a place within your inner resourcefulness that brings you absolute contentment.
In theory, the above suggestions will help a psyche be happy. Happy people seem to find effective solutions faster. Content people tend to make larger contributions to the psychic well-being of the planet.
Life and the world will roll by during the next week’s pattern. As it will on April 20th. The best one can do is to be real, grounded and uplifting to all they encounter.
On April 8th Mars opposes the Sun, marking the midpoint of his retrogradation by longitude. I’ll check back with you before then with more details.