All these debates. Certainly, Jupiter in Gemini is now in full swing. On both sides of the pond, head to heads have been happening, or perhaps better described as a face-off between candidates. There have been some shocks, surprises and disappointments on all sides. The question is, are these big debates telling us anything or are they telling us more of what we want to hear?
Meanwhile, astronomers (and astrologers!) await the nova about to erupt in the constellation of the Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown). The explosion will see a mass ejection of old material from a binary star system. This red and white dwarf travel close together, perhaps in the past a singular body split into two from some unknown cataclysm. Now the white dwarf sucks the life from the red giant, energy increasing and increasing until BOOM! The blaze star erupts into life in our skies, visible even without a telescope sometime this year – most likely by September.
But the magical paradox is that what we are waiting for has already happened because the Corona Borealis and this star system are 3000 light years away from us. It takes 3000 years for light to arrive from there into our eyes, for us to see what happened 3000 years ago. This is why I love the stars because all that we see now has happened before and all will happen again. Yes, channelling a tiny bit of Battlestar Galactica there. The stars remind us that much of what we are experiencing now is the result of actions seeded back in time. When this star blows, maybe we too will see a mass ejection of old material (concepts/people/ways of being) in order to bring our planet back into some kind of homeostasis.
Back on planet Earth, the freeing of Julian Assange was the big news of the week. Admittedly, I have been ducking most media sites with the wall-to-wall coverage of UK politics before our upcoming election, but this story slipped through. I haven’t followed this particular journey intensely, but I’m pleased to see he is finally free. The astrology captured my attention though as in Assange’s progressed chart, Juno has just reached the critical 29th degree of Virgo in his 9th house. The Ninth house is about publishing, the overseas and legal affairs so - talk about nailing down details to get an agreement! Sometimes astrology is just so eloquent! I imagine that Jupiter now transiting his 7th house helped. The 7th house too can figure in court cases and can symbolise those who represent or advise us. Jupiter tends to put people on our side.
Meanwhile, another reason I have been so preoccupied is that this is the week I gave up vaping. After almost 34 years of nicotine addiction, I quit cold turkey three days ago as I write, five days by the time I post. It was odd – I didn’t plan it, like you’re supposed to, although inevitably I had been thinking about it as any addict does from time to time. I just knew it was coming because Pluto is breathing down my neck, about to square my Sun for the second time; and the Devil card kept winking at me from my daily readings. So eventually I just gave in and gave up and right now…it’s oddly completely and utterly fine. I’m not tearing my hair out. I’m not crying. I’m not losing my mind – all things I thought might happen with varying degrees of catastrophising. Right now, I’m resolute in a way I have never been, calm in a way too that I have never been. It’s been a big week for spiritual revelations and support.
And for all of us this week coming, there will be explorations around what we might need to sacrifice moving forward as Neptune will station retrograde on the anaretic degree of Pisces. Neptune has been here since the beginning of May and I wrote more about this placement in a weekly post here.
Neptune’s general function is to spiritualise what it touches. Here says Neptune, God is here - deity, higher self, angels, miracles, the wonder of your imagination. Here is the inner cosmos, fairyland, the dream worlds, the places trodden by shamans and travellers. But sometimes we can delude ourselves, see what isn’t there, wish so much for things to be real that they become so. I wrote about this somewhere else recently and well, if I’m repeating myself, it bears repeating. Because now as Neptune stations retrograde, we begin a five-month journey of peeling back the veil, removing the beer goggles, coming down from the high, putting the shots away. Because as Neptune retrograde, he says, sorry my dear, that was never the dream I wanted for you. That was not yours to imagine. This does not have the meaning you’re looking for. And so, Neptune takes it back, dragging the misshapen dream back out to sea where it will dissolve like our tears and one day be the rain that brings life to new dreams.
As Neptune stations retrograde, we are in wobbly territory for sure, apt to hold on to the dream, the promise, the ideal, the thing that will make us happier than anything. But now it’s time to surrender and allow for the universe to do its work. Trust that if something is revealed as being less than ideal whilst Neptune is retrograde, a solution will appear by the time it is direct – most likely accompanied by a new dream to replace the old.
THIS WEEK’S MAJOR ASPECTS – Overview
01-Jul-24 Jupiter Semi-Square Chiron. Venus sextile Juno.
Talking about it isn’t the same as doing it. Commit from the heart to improve your immediate environment. Question what you have learned.
02-Jul-24 Neptune stations retrograde . Mercury trine Neptune and enters Leo. Sun square Nodes
Withdraw to find meaning. Creativity after contemplation. Feeling blocked when it comes to purpose. Align with the true self to find your centre. Don’t let history stand in the way of evolution.
03-Jul-24 Mercury opposite Pluto. Venus trine Saturn. Venus trine Pallas
A war of words. Mental manipulation. Speak the truth to dissolve the obstacle/fear. Relationships mature. Money matters stabilise. Creative energy available.
04-Jul-24 No major aspects
05-Jul-24 Mars trine Juno. Mars sextile Saturn. New Moon in Cancer.
Motivation and discipline get the job done. Feeling fired up about agreements. A new beginning on the home front.
06-Jul-24 Sun opposite Ceres. Venus square Chiron. Hygeia enters Taurus. Mars opposite Pallas. Saturn opposite Juno
Irritations. Know what feeds your light. Heal your heart. Carefully consider whether it’s brains or brawn that are required right now – or a little of both. Let your body be your healing guide. Set healthy boundaries.
07-Jul-24 Mercury conjunct Vesta
Supercharged focus on creative self-expression. Alternatively, giving your children full attention. Letting your inner child have their say.
Tarot Four of Pentacles (Radiant Rider Waite).
Insecurity. Trying to keep everything the same. Stifled growth. Hoarding. A need to allow for change. You are worth more.
Painting - Low Tide at Pourville by Claude Monet
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