Aspects of Note This Week
All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. For Greenwich Mean Time, add 7 hours.
MON: Mercury conjunct Vesta, Mars semisquare Eris
TUE: Uranus sextile Ceres, Mercury quincunx Jupiter
WED: Mars semisquare Pluto, Mercury conjunct North Node
THU: Mercury enters Cancer
FRI: Sun sextile Chiron, Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn, Sun square Ceres, Mercury quincunx Saturn
SAT: Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mars semisquare Jupiter
LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES – for many or perhaps for most of us – are
very uncertain right
now. The combined forces of Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto as they've
aligned in Capricorn have affected more levels of our shared
experience than we could have imagined, prior to the start of 2020.
Pluto's
dismantling of outworn systems continues to drill far deeper than the
sociopolitical realms. Strengthened by Saturn and amplified by Jupiter,
Pluto is touching nearly every aspect of what we have relied on to
create a sense of order in our lives. As a result, it is an ongoing
balancing act, as we shift our weight and try to find stable footing
while the foundation beneath us
goes through this process of transfiguration.
We've all known for a long time that deep changes are needed in how human beings cohabit and in how we inhabit planet Earth – we just didn't consider, perhaps, how our small corner of the world, our personal lives, would be transformed along the way.
IT IS UP TO
each of us, as we navigate so much disorder in the world around us, to
create internal coherence. That work is essential, but of course also
challenging when the chaos is at times as much within as without. Our
emotional and mental states these days tend to be in as much flux as the
world situation.
One
of the first steps in creating internal order is making a commitment to
a new way of thinking. This week, we have help in this regard from the
planet Mercury, which rules our mental processes. Mercury is exactly
conjunct (aligned with) the asteroid Vesta on Monday, and then conjoins
the North Node in Gemini on Wednesday.
Vesta
is not the largest, but she is the brightest object in the belt of
asteroids that is located between Mars and Jupiter. As Keeper of the
Sacred Flame, Vesta represents our capacity for devotion and commitment.
Her alignment with Mercury in Gemini early this week improves our
ability to concentrate and to direct our thoughts. And, since Vesta has a
natural proclivity for spiritual
work, we can more readily engage our minds as a helpful participant in
our enlightenment, rather than seeing them only as a hindrance.
THE NORTH NODE is a marker for our collective "next step" in evolutionary growth. Having just entered Gemini a few weeks ago, the North Node
is just beginning to bring forward the new themes that will be with us for the next 18 months.
As
Mercury aligns with the North Node this week, there is an emphasis on
many of these themes: on moving from judgment to acceptance, from
fanaticism to rationality, from self-righteousness to tolerance, and
from being thought-less to being thought-full.
This
is an important week for us to ask questions and to listen objectively
to the answers we receive. It is important to have a "beginner's mind,"
to be curious instead of judgmental. And yet, the inclusion of Vesta in
the mix reminds us to hold all "truths" up to the light of our spiritual
perspective. This step will help us know whether the information we
receive will enhance our own
growth into love and light, and or if we've simply been handed a letter
that isn't addressed to us.
THERE IS TENSION – no surprise – in the
coming days, manifesting through various hard aspects occurring
throughout the week. Most significant is that the planet Mars is at the
midpoint (halfway between) two dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris. Since
Pluto and Eris are currently square each other
(exact to the degree on June 14), that means Mars is semisquare both of
them.
Squares
and semisquares are aspects of conflict, and all three planetary
objects involved in this particular brawl are known to be
confrontational. It's not hard to imagine how anger and feeling
victimized (Mars in Pisces), feelings of not being seen or respected
(Eris in Aries), and issues of power and control (Pluto in Capricorn)
might emerge over the coming days. These energies
are strongest in the first half of the week.
OTHER ASPECTS this week are all "minor" aspects, but represent the ongoing shifting circumstances and unsettling energies. Here's a quick list of the ones I haven't yet touched on:
- Tuesday – Mercury quincunx Jupiter: Information overwhelm, communications coming from many sources, mental confusion, uncertainty of what to believe
- Friday – Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mercury
quincunx Saturn: Facing relationship and financial realities,
difficulties in thinking or communicating clearly, a tendency to
pessimistic thinking
- Saturday – Sun
sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mars semisquare Jupiter: Deep changes
challenge us to think in new ways and to rise above the feeling that
nothing we can do individually can make a difference
Keep
in mind, too, that we've just entered eclipse season, and that the
second Pluto-Jupiter alignment is only a few weeks away (on June 29). We
are reaching the midstream point in our crossing of this turbulent
river of 2020, so it is vital that we continue to do our inner work of
emotional balancing.
THE MORE WE consciously become
the frequency we most want to see manifest on this physical plane, the
more we will be contributing to the solutions instead of being stuck in
old paradigms – the former "reality" that is
rapidly disintegrating. This means not just believing that love is the
answer. It means BEING the love that is the answer, in every area of our
lives, as
much as we possibly can.
A
tall order for these human personalities. But we signed up for these
times because we were very sure we would, finally, succeed.
Just remember that this is a lot of work – divine
work, yes, but work nonetheless. Be gentle with yourself. These are
exceedingly stressful times, and the energies reaching the planet are
pushing us to evolve at a very quick pace. Rest, rest, rest. Love and
take care of yourself, on every level.
FOR THOSE
who are tracking important lunar aspects, here is this week's watch list, in Pacific Daylight Time:
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