Mars in Scorpio trines Neptune in Pisces (6:54 am): This waning trine aspect suggests we have the wherewithal, creativity, and inspiration to strategically pursue our dreams and visions in such a way that also helps to release or alleviate the stranglehold of the past. This is very nice energy for transformation or rebirth, and also for unification, as prior barriers or boundaries seemingly become more porous now.
On the other hand, we also have Venus conjunct Pluto in Capricorn (10:16 am). This is a very emotionally intense aspect that can notably arouse our feelings, passions, and desires. Not only can this make us feel things very deeply, but we can also be very single-minded in pursuing our goals now, especially in the realm of relationships or perhaps concerning our career. Because we are so focused on what we want now it may actually help us to manifest our agendas, particularly if we are careful not to overstep our boundaries. On the shadow side, more challenging Venus-Pluto aspects can incline us to operate in a more manipulative or calculating manner.
After yesterday’s Full Moon in “busy, breezy, overthinking” it Gemini, which may have gotten a lot of us “stirred up,” we now end our Friday the 13th with Luna deposited in her ruling sign of Cancer the Crab, putting self-care back into the spotlight. The Moon will remain in home-loving, family-oriented Cancer for the next couple of days.
*All times EST.
Born On This Day: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. She’s turning 30 today!
“There’s more to life than dating the boy on the football team.”
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“Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate’s or children’s egos than our your own. You’re now a giver instead of a taker.” Sylvester Stallone
Moon continues in Peace-Loving Libra, alongside Planet of Desire, Mars, which is still harmoniously trined to Spiritual Neptune in Brotherly Love Aquarius. The Libra Moon is also trining Fantasy Neptune (11:57 pm EDT). Evangelizing Jupiter in Holy Pisces is conjunct Rogue Uranus.
Ideally now, we are seeking to connect with others in a more selfless way, mainly due to the activation of “Mars-Neptune,” which can do much to stoke our idealism and compassion for others. At its most noble expression, this planetary energy is best used to perform charitable work and “random acts of kindness.” Mars-Neptune also gives a tendency to sublimate our physical desires (Mars rule sex).
One pitfall with Mars-Neptune is the need to guard against self-delusion. Specifically here: Seeing ourselves as a “savior” to others, which can have dangerous ramifications for our egos and also for the people “we are saving.” Or, another manifestation of this energy: We can encounter someone wanting to assume the “savior role” in our lives. (In my household, my little shihtzu seems to want to naturally wear this hat.)
Historically, whenever the more “destabilizing” or “delusional” side of Neptune’s ray is activated, we often see more in the way of what could be described as “religious fanaticism” or “extremist views” manifesting, as Neptune has to do with spirituality and or the desire to merge with the divine or non-physical aspects of reality.
Too, there is always the risk, with any of our religious convictions, I guess, that they may periodically sprout on the more “bizarre side.” We simply get “too carried away” and lose sight of the more practical considerations of the “real world.” Or, for that matter, we simply don’t care what happens, we’re so “mesmerized” by our beliefs. Plus, we feel we have license, “from above,” to do whatever we want.
This “extremism” also seems to be the case, at least, with that pastor in Florida, of a tiny congregation, who was calling for the “burning of Korans” on September 11th. He has since canceled the event, in the face of heavy opposition, including pressure from the White House to call it off.
Mars is the “planet of war,” and with “Mars-Neptune” activated, we can feel galvanized to take aggressive action on our religious views. There’s certainly nothing wrong with standing up for one’s beliefs. What is often distressing and offensive, however, is the amount of intolerance that often seems to go “hand-in-hand” with the taking of these kinds of individual stands. Of course, it does not have to be this way, either. We can always choose to be tolerant.
Too, what makes this Mars-Neptune energy even more potent now, is the intense Jupiter and Uranus conjunction in Spiritual Pisces (which is also part of the ongoing T-Square with controlling Pluto and ambitious Saturn). Expansive Jupiter (which co-rules Pisces with Neptune) intrinsically tends to make us want to evangelize or convert others to our way of thinking anyway, and paired with loose cannon, rebel Uranus, who often wants to be a “law unto himself,” we can easily go overboard with carrying out our agendas. This would definitely be the “shadow-side” of Jupiter-Uranus.
Also, it’s just interesting how religion is dominating the headlines now, with all this stuff going on above us, isn’t it? It has also, predictably, even made it to the late night shows with comedians.
One other thing worth noting here: John Lennon made his famous “off-the-cuff” comment about the Beatles being “more popular than Jesus,” when Mars was square Neptune. That remark, which John later said was also ‘misconstrued,’ also set off a firestorm of criticism and led to some people, particularly in the southern United States, burning Beatles’ albums in the 60s, as well as radio stations banning their music. (So we see with John’s remark “about a savior,” there was somewhat of a variation on the Mars-Neptune energy that I described above. Too, maybe John was being delusional, thinking the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Although, maybe at the time, he was just simply telling the truth as he saw it, as the Beatles were really popular. He claimed afterwards that he never meant any offense to anyone’s religious views, and I believe him. I also mentioned in my blog yesterday that John Lennon had Mars conjunct Neptune, in his natal horoscope, so he did maybe see himself “as a savior” in many ways. And, in some ways, to many people, perhaps John “was a savior.”)
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“Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.” Milan Kundera
Moon leaves Verifiable Virgo for Idealistic Libra (5:02 am EDT). Love Goddess Venus is in the Private Parts of Scorpio. Sex Lord Mars is in Relationship Libra and forming an exact harmonious trine to Mystical Neptune in Let’s All Get Along Aquarius. Holy Jupiter and Humanistic Uranus are melodiously chanting away in Spiritual Pisces.
“All of a sudden, we are madly turned on by mystics, and finding celibate monks, very sexy.”
(Mars-Neptune can represent “platonic-type” relationships.)
On This Day in History: On September 9, 1971, John Lennon releases his “Imagine” album. Warrior Mars is stationing direct in Humanitarian Aquarius harmoniously trining Futuristic Uranus (ruler of Aquarius) in Peace-Loving Libra. “Mars-Uranus” in the air signs is all about ushering in a “new social order of the day.”
Mental Mercury is at 29 degrees of Entertaining Leo, a critical degree of creative self-expression, exactly squaring Expansive Jupiter at 29 degrees of Transformational Scorpio (another “turning-point” degree). Mercury was also squaring Dreamy Neptune, just one degree away from Jupiter, at 0 degrees of Optimistic Sagittarius. The intellectual milieu or mindset of this day (Mercury) was very ambitious and lofty (Jupiter conjunct Neptune). Concerned with focusing on the “unifying big picture.”
A Jupiter and Neptune conjunction is always, at its noblest, a very mystical, inspirational time, if not somewhat surrealistic, as Jupiter rules the urge for expansion and Otherworldly Neptune rules the expression of the divine. We are theoretically able to channel in “the most splendid way,” our higher impulses, when this particular aspect is in effect. Neptune also symbolically represents a “dissolution of all boundaries,” effectively “living as one,” which is what “Imagine’s” lyrics are, of course, centered around.
Needless to say, the energy in the sky, the day the “Imagine” album was released, was ideally very “conducive” for the manifestation of “peaceful conditions,” and for contemplating the “imagined dawning” of a new “brotherhood of man.” With the album released on that day in time, too, those energies of that time period will always be connected, or “celestially stamped,” with the “Imagine” album, similar to how a horoscope works for an individual.
Interestingly, the “Mars-Neptune” energy that we have today is similar to the energy that we had back then. It’s very transcendent and powerful in nature. Mars serves to aggressively activate and fuel the Neptunian portals of our imagination, and also provides us with a deep longing and desire for inclusion into the perceived “higher realms,” where we all purportedly live and move “as one.” This Mars-Neptune energy is also extremely creative, in addition to being very spiritual. Fascinatingly, John Lennon also had “Mars conjunct Neptune” in his personal horoscope and was born under the sun-sign of Libra, “the peacemaker.”
“You may say that I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.” John Lennon (Mars-Neptune)
NEWS UPDATE: With Warrior Mars exactly trining “Sea-Ruling” Neptune, U.S. Marines boarded and seized control of a German ship south of Yemen today, that had earlier been captured by Pirates. High adventure playing out on the sea!
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“By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.” George Carlin
COSMIC WEATHER:
Moon continues in Moneybags Taurus, during the day, forming more challenging aspects to the Lovebirds Venus and Mars in Conjugal Libra and Deceptive Neptune in ‘Hey, Rich Taurus Moon! Can You Spare A Dollar for Your Wayward Brother Aquarius?’
The Moon then departs Taurus, notably with its billfold missing, and enters Chatty Cathy Gemini (8:20 pm EDT). Once in Communicative Gemini, it will encounter a Sanitizing Virgo Sun. The Virgo Sun is already putting the Gemini Moon on notice that anytime the Moon utters a “dirty word,” the Sun will “wash its mouth out with soap.” Beware, Mel Gibson!
This Date in history: On August 31, 1987, Michael Jackson’s “Bad” video premieres on CBS-TV. Pioneering Mars in Perfectionist Virgo was harmoniously trine Imaginative Neptune in Ambitious Capricorn. At its finest, “Mars-Neptune” epitomizes a peak in creativity, often reaching “genius levels.”
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