Daily Transits - December 9-11, 2021

Venus in the 'Rapist' Alley 

The Venus Sun cycle forms a five-pointed Star in the Sky.
Nature reflects its beauty in many ways.

    During this Venus retrograde season that started at 11º♑️04' on November 18, 2021, is important to consider what she is doing in Capricorn. On the one hand, as she slows down (direct) she reviews security structures, fears, social conditionings and conventions, and all those social and political rules established to live harmoniously in society. Her nature is to find a good balance between what one desires and needs and the needs and desires of others. 

    Since Saturn (Lord of the Sign) is in Aquarius, there is an undercurrent of struggle for social freedom. People want to have their lifestyle preference respected, but because of the Saturn Uranus square, there is a strife between the need for constraint (pandemic times) and the need for independence. So, Venus has a tough task these days. 

    Considering that she's been out of bounds until just a couple of days ago (October 11 to December 7), matters related to her archetype have manifested wildly and intensely, in some instances, out of the norm. One example, is the women's rights now under legal scrutiny by the political powers. Issues that women had been taking for granted for so long are again disputed and fought for (Venus square Eris). 

    As I say, now Venus takes her time, she is down within the bounds, coming back to reason and taking stock of reality in a cold and austere Sign, where, in fact, she's not completely uncomfortable. For example, she likes her things to be stable. A good friend of Saturn, she likes serious committed love, stable finances, fair relationships (Libra), and durable values (Taurus). She likes the security (Capricorn) of having the things she needs to thrive (Taurus). 

    Today, though, she falls in the arms of the 'rapist' of the Zodiac, Pluto. However, this is not the first time, especially around the time of her Capricorn star point. On January 9, 2018, she had a similar embrace at the exact time of her cazimi at 18º (ungraceful if not disgraceful degree). Do you remember any event in your life related to Venus back then? 

    When Venus makes her first conjunction with Pluto, you may feel an obsessive desire to have something or someone. (I want a new laptop!) Someone else may try to manipulate or dominate you in some way, sexually, financially, emotionally. Be careful and pay attention. The perspective will certainly change when she comes back over Pluto and during the whole retrograde period (December 19 to January 29). And what you value now will have had a definite transformation once she exits the shadow zone in March. Make sure you don't get seduced by shiny promises and that you use discrimination when it's time to evaluate an offer or opportunity of any kind.

    Codependent, obsessive and possessive relationships reach now the climax of tension, despair and disgust. If the situation has been toxic for a long time, you now have the great opportunity to break the chains. Go for it! I already heard about a couple of such situations coming to a head in a traumatic and liberating way. You may need professional help or assistance from friends, family or the community, though. Make sure you seek protection if you are in danger. 

    In addition, Mercury sextile Jupiter, which makes you think with incredible optimism and be ultra enthusiastic about your ideas. However, the Sun square Neptune may make you even more vulnerable because it weakens your vitality. Not only could you be susceptible to the seasonal bugs (bacteria, virus, fungi, allergy), but to hypnotic suggestion, psychic disturbances that hinder your ability to make a good judgment. You may only see the good in people and get such wrong impression that you fall for something dangerous. You may also feel defeated, unable to enjoy yourself, doubting yourself. In a bad relationship, someone may try to make you believe you are wrong, mentally unstable or sick because you want to change things (deceptive manipulation).

Credit, Kat Ha, Helleborus

    The best way to use the Sun Neptune square is to dedicate time to express yourself with art, music, dance, render service to poor, sick, or vulnerable people, or go swimming. In fact, your creative expression could be your life saver these days. 

Have a great weekend! Sat Nam.

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Daily Transits - December 7-8, 2021

 Mars Activation of Eclipses

    Today, Mars enters the last few degrees of Scorpio. First, Mars square Jupiter, then hits the November 19 Lunar Eclipse 27º, and soon enough joins the South Node of the Moon in Sagittarius. 

    Your strong will goes overboard and may cause you to impulsively pursue your passionate goals with forceful actions. You may become so obsessed with your desire to win, that instead of openly ask for it, you rather manipulate your way towards it. Now you have a strategic plan, and you follow it with accuracy. However, the exaggerated confidence in your determination may actually fire back because your aggressive attitude may not be welcome by others in the 'game'.

    Mars Jupiter overbearing energy impacts the themes of the Lunar Eclipse. When you go back to the events that happened back then, or contemplate the Scorpio Taurus themes of your personal chart you may understand the significance of transiting Mars influence on them. 

    But at the mundane level, a subversive strategy, or a strategic discipline with an iron fist can be used in regards to fix something on the financial markets, currencies, state/countries solvency, national debt, and the distribution of goods and food. Stay tuned, changes in everything related to values in general and shared values in particular are on the table for all year 2022. This include currency, the banking system, but also how we evaluate, appraise, and appreciate everything in life. These themes will be worked out by the current Venus retrograde period in Capricorn, especially as she joins Pluto, since they are the respective rulers of the Taurus Scorpio axis and the upcoming Nodal Axis shift. 

Blessings, Sat Nam.

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Daily Transits - December 6, 2021

Mercury in Sagittarius 

Square Neptune in Pisces 

A Message in a Bottle, Who Will Get It?

Public commons image -
The message in a bottle, drawing by Edouard Riou,
included in Jules Verne's 1860s book In Search of the Castaways.

    Remember when Mercury conjoined Neptune in Pisces on March 29, 2021? Here comes the silver-winged Messenger God closing their synodic cycle in waning quarter square. Mercury is at odds once more with the Lord of the Oceans, where everything dissolves. Am I imagining this? Is this true? Is it or is it not real? Is this thought mine? The mind is foggy again, we don’t really know what exactly is going on. And you are right, we don’t know. More so considering that Mercury doesn’t account for the details in Sagittarius, the place for broader perspectives. The challenge presented by Neptune in his own home of Pisces is not only that of mystical visions, imagination and fantasy, but deception and avoidance. 

    Reviewing the headline news for the day of the Mercury Neptune conjunction I read that "WHO-China study says bats, not lab leak, likeliest coronavirus origin". People died in a flooding in Nashville. Biden calls for 'vaccine passports'. The Pope is quoted to have said, "The Devil is taking advantage of the crisis to sow distrust, desperation and discord". A ship was blocking the Suez Canal. It was the apogee of the vaccine rush. And Joe Biden was about to unveil his major infrastructure proposal that is still being debated now, especially because they don't agree on where to get the money to finance it. You judge for yourself how much of all of that is real or delusional, true or false, extremely hopeful or too good to be true. 

    As the cycle draws to a close, you are to do your own reckoning with your beliefs. As Mercury in Sagittarius thinks, reads, speaks, chats, communicates, and publishes about ideologies and convictions, he remembers that he was just eclipsed together with the Sun and Moon a few days ago, advising them to review and discard assumptions and postulations that are not based on facts and reality. Because, Mercury rules the North Node in Gemini after all! As such he's been gathering information all around the zodiac since his meeting with Neptune and now is ready to draw his conclusions about what he heard then.

    Nowadays, much is going on behind the scenes that the public doesn’t know. Only some highly developed intuitive, spiritual beings, can have the psychic discernment and enlightened vision of what is real and what is fake. They may receive insights from the collective unconscious (Pisces), if they apply themselves. Meditation is encouraged and very appropriate to develop such abilities.

Moon and Venus Square Eris

Eris Goddess of Discord and Strife, Art by Instagram: @CryscoPhotography

    The receptive energy gets feisty and proactive. Venus in Capricorn and close to Pluto may be empowering herself or being overpowered by the establishment. So the square to Eris acts as a catalyst of rebellion, discord and chaos. This Venus retrograde season, women and women's issues will give a lot to talk about, starting NOW. She first squares Eris, then conjoins Pluto, and in retrograde motion, first meets Pluto again, then rebels again with the second square to Eris. And the story repeats when Venus comes back direct next year. Of course, as predicted in my video about Venus Retrograde, finances will suffer as well as relationships. But most of all, our values are due for a bath of lava. Brace yourself!

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