NorthPoint Astrology Journal:  Your guide to planetary energies for June 13 to 19, 2016 By Pam Younghans

 

NorthPoint Astrology Journal 
Your guide to planetary energies for June 13 to 19, 2016
By Pam Younghans

Highlighted Aspects This Week
MON: Neptune square Vesta, Neptune SR 1:42pm PDT, Venus square Chiron, Saturn opposite Vesta, Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto
TUE: Sun sextile Uranus
WED: Sun square Chiron
FRI: Venus enters Cancer, Saturn square Neptune
SAT: Mercury semisquare Uranus, Mars quincunx Uranus


LIFE MAY SEEM both unreal and too real this week, as we work with the influence of the Saturn-Neptune square that is exact on Friday. This planetary pairing is ultimately meant to help us view life from a more transcendent place (Neptune), but the route we must take to that mountaintop is through the challenges and limitations of the physical realm (Saturn).


We've been working with this planetary influence since last fall. The first of the three exact aspects (when the two planets are exactly 90 degrees apart) occurred on November 26, the second occurs this week, and the third will occur on September 10.


OUR BELIEFS are challenged with this square, as we must learn to find new, more flexible ways of interpreting events. Where we once found meaning in stability and predictability, we must now become more fluid and allowing. Where we have made our lives safe through judging others as wrong and ourselves as right, we must soften and become more accepting. We are learning to view our lives more and more from our Soul's perspective, and less through the limited lens of the personality.


At the same time, this aspect does not allow us to just drift off into an altered state. It continues to pull us back to the earth plane, through our responsibilities to all that we have created in this reality, including our physical bodies, our homes, our jobs, and our relationships.


THE ASTEROID VESTA is closely involved in the energies this week. On Monday, Vesta is square Neptune and opposite Saturn, creating a mutable t-square configuration between the three bodies.


Vesta adds the theme of spiritual dedication and commitment to any interaction; since she is now in Gemini, she asks us specifically to train our minds to be supportive participants on our inner journey.


With Vesta's involvement at this pivotal time in the Saturn-Neptune cycle, we can find our center in the midst of chaos through disciplining our minds and consciously focusing on the higher perspective. We may find the motivation to persist in this task when we realize that by keeping a more expansive view of reality present in our thoughts, we are being of spiritual service to the planet and all of her inhabitants.


NEPTUNE'S INFLUENCE is heightened now, since the planet is at a standstill in order to change directions on Monday. We can more easily enter a meditative or creative state when Neptune reigns, but it can be difficult to stay focused on the present moment and to get practical tasks accomplished. This fogginess is a tool Neptune uses to help us move beyond our attachment to the physical realm, and into a more elevated space.


Neptune also opens our hearts in compassion and understanding, which helps us see our commonalities more than our differences. As we absorb Neptune's wisdom, we begin to accept the truth of oneness and the interconnectedness of all that exists.


NEPTUNE will be retrograde for about five months, and will again go direct on November 19. Astrologer Bil Tierney writes that during this retrograde period:


"We can and should become more reflective in the area of our lives represented by the house that Neptune is transiting in our charts. By being more contemplative, we are better able to receive inner guidance ... Hopefully, retrograde Neptune enables us to feel more unified and whole from within, once we have wrapped up all loose ends internally. We are encouraged to dissolve those distorted impressions from our past that have become too crystallized. And in doing so, we are able to renew ourselves spiritually."


IT IS COMMON to feel a greater need for seclusion and privacy when Neptune's influence is strong. We are more introspective and more receptive to our inner voice now. We may also feel more emotionally vulnerable.


In usual circumstances, we might tend to float along without deriving much conscious benefit from Neptune, given that our focus is so diffused. However, with Saturn squaring Neptune this week, we are more apt to use self-discipline to schedule times to meditate or to be creative. At long last, a clearly positive benefit from a Saturn square!

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THIS WEEKEND I’ve been creating calendars for the next six months, that we will use in my June teleclass. Once I've completed the calendars (hopefully in the next day or two!), they will be sent to everyone who has registered for the class. We like to send them out ahead of time so that you can print them and use them for taking notes.
I'm calling this teleclass "Bridging Realities" because of this powerful transition time we're going through. It feels very much like we're crossing a bridge into a new phase of our lives, but sometimes our footing can feel uncertain, as if we are crossing a suspension bridge that moves and sways beneath our feet.


In the class, I'll share what's going on astrologically during the last half of 2016 and talk about how events such as the September eclipses might unfold. My goal is to provide insights and explain timing that will help you take advantage of the opportunities and navigate the challenges ahead.


If you can't attend the live teleclass on June 30, no worries! Everyone who registers will have access to the replay and the slideshow after the class airs, so you can listen, watch, and take notes at your leisure.


To read more about the class, please click on this link:
http://pamjune.eventbrite.com


Please note that when you register, you should immediately receive an email confirmation from EventBrite. This email contains important instructions for attending the teleclass and listening to the replay. If you don't find it in your inbox, please check your spam folder!


I hope you can join us!
Pam

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