Weekly Hello

Mid-September and the Astrology is beginning to gain stature. (You may have noticed that I’m very good at euphemisms.) There are other nouns I could use, but this one will work, particularly in light of Friday’s Mercury-Saturn opposition, which will be applying all week and exact on Friday. We acquire gravitas under Saturn. The tests we are put through and the way we handle them are the stuff of growth, and at some point on a Saturn transit we will receive a reward. Maybe that will happen this week. One of those trying situations we have thrown everything at but the kitchen sink will be resolved or in some other area of our lives we’ll experience a success. And this same process is also at work with global situations.

The United States natal Saturn is 14 degrees of Libra, and with transiting Saturn (retrograde) at 13 degrees of Aries, America is undergoing another Saturn opposition. (They come around every twenty-nine years or so.) Often on a Saturn opposition we as individuals experience failure and frustration; it can seem as though we have been unfairly treated by others and it’s not our fault that things have turned pear-shaped. However, blame is pointless. Even if it is justified. We just have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and figure out where we might have contributed to our dilemmas, perform a few mea culpas, and move forward, stronger and wiser. Humbled and wiser.

Saturn as the Lord of Time, brings more than an element of karma into the mix – what goes around comes around – so America is at a point where ancient or not so ancient wrongs need to be addressed. It is a time of reckoning but also a time when a new course of action based on the lessons to be learned can make the country stronger and more principled.

Venus has been working its way toward Pluto since the middle of last week and it will reach exactitude on Tuesday. Secrets are often revealed under Pluto and buried issues come to the surface – and with attitude. (See above: euphemisms.) This will be the first major aspect formed by Pluto to a personal planet since late July, so looking back to that point may prove enlightening. Maybe we’ll see the result, or at least a little shoot, emerging from actions and developments that took place then.

So, mes amies, let us go mindfully into the week ahead making sure we don’t incur more karma, unless, of course, it is the good stuff!