Highlighted Aspects This WeekMON: Mars quincunx Chiron
TUE: Mars trine Uranus
WED: Mercury square Pluto
FRI: Sun opposite Chiron
SAT: Mercury semisquare Saturn, Sun quincunx Uranus, Solar Eclipse/New Moon 11:41pm PDT
WE ARE IN eclipse season now -- the previous lunar cycle is behind us, and two eclipses will occur in the next three weeks: the partial Solar Eclipse next weekend (either September 12 or 13, depending on your time zone) and the total Lunar Eclipse two weeks later (September 27 or 28).
In general, eclipses seem to have an effect similar to a Uranus transit -- unpredictable, often emotional, bringing change and expansion, with the accompanying need to leave some elements of the past behind. Eclipses occur when the Sun and Moon are within a certain range of the Moon's Nodes, and so emphasize both where we are headed (the North Node) and what must be shifted (the South Node) to support our advancement.
THE DAYS leading up to next weekend's Solar Eclipse provide both challenge and ease -- a lot like this past week, where some days we felt in balance and alignment and other days it felt like we were struggling to move beyond old response patterns.
Action-oriented Mars plays primary roles as we begin the week, first through a Mars-Chiron quincunx on Monday and then through a Mars-Uranus trine on Tuesday. The quincunx on Monday carries a sign that reads "attitude adjustment required" -- with Mars in Leo, we may be dealing with hurt feelings if we're not getting the kind of personal attention or acknowledgement that we were expecting. Chiron in Pisces provides the healing point for the wounded ego, as it reminds us that "what is essential is invisible to the eye." If we choose to move into compassion and forgiveness with this aspect, we will gain the sense that a much larger agenda is playing out, and that our job is to trust the process rather than get caught up in the drama.
OUR SUCCESS with embracing this alternate perspective then allows us to take some major steps forward on Tuesday, as Mars trines Uranus. This planetary combination is both inspirational and courageous. It supports us in stepping into new territory, guided by our intuitive knowing of right action. It also acts like a strong cup of coffee, so adrenalin junkies should be very happy with this influence.
We do, however, run into an obstacle on Wednesday, when Mercury squares Pluto. This aspect represents a challenge to our way of thinking or communicating -- or even to our roadways, since Mercury rules the type of short-distance journeys that we take as part of our daily routine. Pluto's involvement means we may have a stronger reaction than we might normally expect -- or that someone else responds to us in a way that feels out of proportion to reality. The tensions brought forward by this aspect may not be comfortable, but it is likely that they represent issues that have been brewing beneath the surface and need to be released.
Note, too, that because Mercury goes retrograde next week (on September 17 at 11:09am PDT), Mercury and Pluto will be square each other three times: on September 9 and 24, and on October 22. This means we can extend the themes related to this aspect throughout the next seven weeks or so: reactivity, tension and release, and perhaps the surfacing of facts that had been hidden or ignored.
ASPECTS involving the Sun that occur toward the end of the week are also woven into the fabric of the Solar Eclipse, which means their themes are woven into the current timeline in a larger way. The Sun-Chiron opposition, exact on Friday, establishes the need for us to find a balance point that incorporates both the solution-finding, results-oriented traits of the Sun in Virgo and the trusting, allowing, accepting qualities of Chiron in Pisces. And, because Chiron is involved, finding this place of equilibrium will involve healing a generalized lack of trust in the Universe that may compel us to micro-manage our life path.
The Sun-Uranus quincunx is exact on Saturday, and indicates the need for another attitude adjustment. With the Virgo Sun involved, we are again addressing some of that very human need to have things figured out ahead of time -- but Uranus in Aries has a much different, spur-of-the-moment, go-for-the-gusto agenda. Since change often occurs without prior planning on our part, the primary adjustment this aspect requires is greater flexibility in our expectations.
OUR SOLAR ECLIPSE next weekend is in Virgo, and occurs at 11:41pm PDT on Saturday. The Sun and Moon are both opposite Chiron and quincunx Uranus, so this eclipse will require us to find and maintain our balance, expand our ability to trust, and be flexible and adaptable as the landscape changes around us.
At first read, the Sabian symbol for the location of the eclipse seems fairly mundane, but it contains some intriguing imagery for us to consider as we work with the eclipse energies:
"A girl's basketball team: Physical training as a means to inculcate the feeling of participation in a collective culture."
As astrologer Dane Rudhyar explains in his interpretation of this symbol:
"The ego-consciousness (the ball) must be driven upward to a focal point that is ready to receive it. The players operate as a team -- with no reference to two teams and thus to the competitive character of the game. What should be stressed here is the formation of a group acting as an organic whole and training itself to operate in a social context ... It implies the training for a type of consciousness more specifically receptive to collective forces."
The parts of this abridged interpretation that stand out most to me are the first sentence and the last. They imply that this Solar Eclipse -- and this entire eclipse season -- are meant to focus our intentions and help us aim for a level of higher consciousness than ever before. They also tell us that these September eclipses offer yet another step in our process of becoming more receptive to universal energies and the unseen realms.
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