“Self-consciousness kills communication.” Rick Steves
With mental Mercury squaring taskmaster Saturn today (at 1:28 pm) we may feel that it’s a bit harder to get our brilliant thoughts and ideas across to others. Part of the reason for this may be that we tend to be more highly critical or judgmental of ourselves and other people now and that resistance/unacceptance tends to impede the natural flow of things. There may also be more of a desire to want to nail down every last detail in projects as super-cautious Saturn never likes to leave anything to chance.
Generally, Mercury-Saturn aspects are excellent for any endeavors that call for focus or concentration, such as research, planning, budgeting, quality control, or editing. On the shadow side, there can be more of a tendency to worry or to let our fears predominate, which is why we may want to just concern ourselves now with living in the present moment, which is something we can always do something about. We can create in the present, but not in the future.
The Waxing Moon is also in protective Cancer making us more fixated on home, family, and security issues.
Born On This Day: American author Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird), in 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama.
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who are so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” H.L.
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“As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences everything gets distorted, language is just no damn good—I use it because I have to, but I don’t put any trust in it. We never understand each other.” Marcel Duchamp
COSMIC WATCH:
Retrograde Mercury square Saturn, Moon in Libra
The proverbial saying “silence is golden” may be an effective, diplomatic strategy (Libra Moon) to avail ourselves of today, particularly if we find that we’re in an awkward or difficult situation in which we’re just not mentally connecting with somebody, for whatever reason, and we intuitively sense that, no matter what we do or say, we’re likely to remain at an impasse (Saturn). It’s like one of the roads of the two-way conversation is closed, so what would be the point in trying to journey down it?
Also, it could be that if we’re willing to wait it out or redirect our focus, the road will re-open again shortly, and the conversational flow with be smoother. Too, often there’s great wisdom and reassurance in simply honoring the natural rhythm of things versus feeling that we must force issues in order to meet some arbitrary timetable or expectation of ours. “Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.” Henry David Thoreau
Who, to you, epitomizes the perfect communicator?
Famous February 19 Birthdays: Seal, Smokey Robinson, Lee Marvin, Victoria Justice
“We’re very physical creatures and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves.” Smokey Robinson
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“We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.” Santosh Kalwar
There is a second New Moon in “cerebral” Gemini today at 28 degrees (11:02 am EDT). The first one occurred back on May 20 at one degree of the sign. With this New Moon occurring near the end of Gemini, it seems that we have a chance for a graduated state of thinking and awareness on certain matters that maybe have been with us for a while. At least since the last New Moon. There may also be more of an urgency to communicate these potential new insights to others now, as it is Gemini’s intrinsic nature to impart ideas and information.
Too, if we have been experiencing inner turmoil or restlessness with our thinking, today may be the perfect time for us to hit the re-set button and re-do our mental programming. Allowing ourselves to gradually return to that natural state of stillness where enlightened new thoughts can once again begin to emerge and guide us to where our True self wants to go. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.”Douglas Adams
Mental Mercury, the ruler of this New Moon in Gemini, is also in “sensitive” Cancer now and applying to an exact square to sobering Saturn, which is exact tomorrow. This planetary alignment also tends to deepen our thinking, while simultaneously reminding us of the seriousness of our path. This configuration additionally challenges us to creatively supplant or replace any of our fear-based thoughts with ideas that are more uplifting and empowering. “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”Nora Ephron
What is the best thought that you can have now?
Happy New Moon blessings!
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Mental Mercury, at the end of practical Capricorn, squares cautious Saturn, this morning, before shifting into curious Aquarius later today. While Mercury-Saturn can add seriousness and depth of focus to our perceptions, it is an aspect that is often linked with more fear-based thinking and skepticism. One way to turn Mercury-Saturn into a “win-win” situation for us may be to simply ask ourselves, “What are our fears or more rigid views on matters trying to teach us now about ourselves?” Or, “What is the learning situation for us here?”
We may also want to challenge ourselves to look beyond our fears or blockages by asking, “How else can we think about things that would be more energizing and positive?” Fortunately, Mercury’s shift into airy, intellectual Aquarius (1:12 pm EST), where it will stay until February 14, makes it easier for us to cop a more detached mindset in which our options can be more neutrally weighed.
The Moon also leaves retiring Pisces for initiating Aries (1:29 pm EST), priming us for action and exciting adventure over the next couple of days.
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“Question reality, especially if it contradicts the evidence of your hopes and dreams.” ~Robert Brault
We have mental Mercury in vulnerable Cancer squaring off with stern, reality kingpin Saturn in balancing Libra. This is one of those days when we may need to earnestly strive to see the glass half-full, as naysayer Saturn tends to conjure up our doubts and fears. We begin to second-guess ourselves.
Not to worry, though. There is surely a patch of blue sky with sunshine around us somewhere. We just have to find a way to align our personal orbits so that they will eventually intersect with this more inspiring outcome. With Saturn’s narrowing ray stoked, it is often helpful to step outside of ourselves in a bid to gain wider perspective.
Also, we do have the Moon steeped in mystical, nirvana-seeking Pisces, which should be a blessing for us here. The Moon in Pisces also helps to inspire compassion in us. Too, we may want to remember to use some of this on ourselves now, as part of our own self-care.
In the Northern Hemisphere, it is also the day of the magical summer solstice (1:16 pm EDT), when the empowering Sun enters nurturing, nesting Cancer, where it will stay for the next month. This ingress also serves to sensitize our nature and gets us much more in touch with our feelings, as well as our nostalgic past. Our need to put down firm, stable roots, is very vital to us now, as we seek out activities or interests that make us feel more secure, with special emphasis centered on the home and family arenas.
“When you look at your life, your greatest happinesses are family happinesses.”Joyce Brothers
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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Albert Einstein
COSMIC WEATHER:
Goal-keeper Saturn, the only planet with a hit “reality show” that we all despise, but watch anyway because we have no choice in the matter, stations retrograde today (1:11 am EST) at 17 degrees of nuptials Libra. The plot thickens even more here because mental Mercury, also positioned in Saturn’s subdued, medicated Capricorn, is forming an exact square to the old fart. 🙂 (See my earlier blog on Saturn retrograde in Libra for more sizzlin’ details.)
What this may mean for all of us is that we could be in for a big “reality check” today with our thinking, especially if we’ve been drinking too much of Neptune’s delusional Kool-aid instead of doing our proper due diligence. Mercury-Saturn stands ready to show us the weakness and foolishness of our ideas, and is ready to send us back to the drawing board, if need be, for workable, “reality-based” solutions that take into consideration our tiny budgets and meager talents. We are empowered now by “facing the music” and recognizing the “folly” of our previous ways, and dutifully confessing our sins. No more profligate lifestyle. Only generic brands, generic prescriptions for us. We may still occasionally feast on pie, but no more pie ala mode. At least for a while. Saturn wants us to be “lean and mean” and to show a profit, at which time he will smile. Broadly.
Mercury-Saturn: “No, we cannot pass ‘Go.’ No, we do not get to collect $200. And, if we don’t come up shortly with some practical thought applications that appease authority figures, we could wind up in Monopoly jail doing hard labor, losing both Boardwalk and Park Place to foreclosure!”
In addition, the Moon is holed up all day long in deep, dark, foreboding Scorpio, making us feel totally like we’re in existential hell, with few choices or options around us. (This is not true, but Pluto-ruled Scorpio is always full of drama, angst, and darkness.) We’re forced to frightfully crawl into the tarantula infested caves for dubious shelter. Looking desperately for Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to assuage and soothe our Saturnian-induced pain and guilt, one more time. How about it, guys? Will you be the light at the end of the gloomy cave for us today, and help us to emotionally regenerate and heal? Pretty please?
“Are you sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” M.C. Escher
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“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination.” Jimmy Dean
Saturn, the taskmaster planet, who takes it upon himself to provide us with a “reality check,” whether we want it or not, turns retrograde in relationship Libra on January 26th (1:11 am EST) at 17 degrees. It will go direct again in mid-June at 9 degrees of Libra. It originally entered Libra in the fall of 2009, then retrograded out of it for a while.
Basically, we “review” or “revisit” matters during retrograde periods, and attend to “unfinished business.” Since Saturn denotes our goals, with the retrograde wrinkle, we are re-assessing our goals, reconfiguring our strategies to get ahead. Saturn also represents our resolve, hard work, self-discipline, and determination. With Saturn retrograde in Libra, the sign of “the other,” we are seriously eyeing and re-evaluating our long-term relationships, the next few months. In some cases, we may be firming them up. In other instances, there may be break-ups, or a parting of the ways.
Overall, Saturn in Libra is a period when we tend to “realize our goals” by working more in conjunction or collaboration with others. We also become more aware of how we get along with others, in general, on a one-to-one basis, as well as developing a greater awareness about what our relationships mean to us, and the corresponding work that they entail. Saturn stays in Libra until October of 2012.
Also, when Saturn first stations retrograde, and for a few days afterwards, our affairs often seem to come to a crawl or a standstill. This “slowing down period” may seem especially frustrating to us now, as expansive, optimistic Jupiter just moved into adventurous Aries and is ready to roll.
Additionally, mental Mercury is forming a tense square to Saturn, when it goes retrograde, which could result in misunderstandings or communication snafus. We may want to be more patient in our dialogue with others now, and perhaps take more time to listen to what is being said. Also, it’s a time when we are well-served not to make too many assumptions, or to rashly pass judgment. With Mercury-Saturn, we sometimes tend to expect the worst and our focus can be too narrow.
Of course, we will also want to take note of the particular house in our birth chart that Saturn is stationing retrograde in, for more insight on how this retro period may personally play out for us. For instance, if we have Saturn transiting through our second house of money, relationships involving money or possessions, may be most impacted. We may also be re-thinking our financial strategies. In the tenth house, our career relationships would be emphasized. We may also be re-evaluating, tinkering with our professional goals. And so forth.
Fascinatingly, Saturn is stationing retrograde exactly conjunct Oprah Winfrey‘s tenth house of career at 17 degrees of Libra now, as she gets ready to wrap up her daily television show this season, as well as continue with the fresh launch of her own television network (OWN). Saturn will cross back over into Oprah’s career house, in September of 2011, and will be exactly conjunct that house again, when she signs off her daily talk show for good, on September 9th.
Transiting Saturn on the tenth house often coincides with professional endings, as well as sometimes powerful new beginnings built upon our prior experience. It can also denote the “height of achievement” of a person’s life, in terms of notable success in the “outer world” which is Saturn-ruled. With Saturn (Lord of Karma) at the very top of her chart, Oprah is leaving behind her successful daily, top-rated talk show that helped to make her the richest woman in the world for her new focus with OWN. She is embarking upon an important new chapter in her life, while simultaneously being universally recognized by the world (Saturn) for her crowning achievement in broadcasting, a very rich “legacy” that Saturn and the tenth house are also associated with. The Saturn-ruled tenth house is our reputation, our standing in the community, and “the mark” that we leave on the world. During the retrograde phase now, she is likely going to be reflecting on all her 10th house accomplishments and also seriously re-assessing some things, perhaps deciding what to keep with her in her next phase at OWN, and what to release. Possibly cutting some relationship ties around her work, strengthening other ones. Intently focusing on, reconfiguring her business and career goals.
“Sometimes two people need to step apart and make a space between that each may see the other anew, in a glance across a room, or silhouetted against the Moon.” Robert Brault.
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“Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.” Christian Morganstern
COSMIC WEATHER:
Moon leaves Communicative Gemini for Homebody Cancer (5:50 pm EDT) activating a rare, historic, Cardinal Grand Cross in the sky. Connection Queen, Venus, leaves Virginal Virgo for Romantic Libra (11:48 pm EDT), assuming a place at the Grand Cross table as well. Eccentric Uranus is eyeballing perfectly coiffed Venus from across the table and smiling at her with spinach in his teeth. Ugh!!!
“We’re home alone.
In bed.
Late at night.
Under the covers
In our polyester pj’s.
Almost dozed off and starting to peacefully dream about George Clooney.
When the frickin’ dog barks and woefully scares away poor George.
Rats!!!
We then hear a loud noise downstairs.
And voices, and music playing.
We suddenly remember that we left the window open in the study, the place where we keep all our valuables.
Then we also remember that it’s the night of the Cardinal Grand Square activation, with weird things most likely happening on the home front. This is partly because Venus has that perfunctory, annual, “opposition date” with Quirky Uranus.
Whenever Venus gets with Uranus, her behavior becomes terribly erratic and her inhibitions fly out the window.
We don’t even want to begin to know what those two could be up to downstairs.
Done that. Been there before. Although I personally can’t recall which decade.
So we put on ear plugs and try to fall back to sleep.
Praying that George Clooney will reappear with us, one more time, under the bed sheets.
To protect us from the harsh, cruel world, and the likes of the volatile Cardinal Square, now reaching a climactic pitch – at least downstairs!
In the News:
The United States Senate Thursday confirmed the nomination of Elena Kagan as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. She will be sworn into office in a few days and, I believe, seated on the court in October.
Kagan (b. 4/28/60) is a pragmatic Taurus with a lighthearted, humorous Gemini Moon. She also has her Mental Mercury in independent thinking Aries trine her Uranus in Leo, giving her excellent originality in her thought processes, as well as drama, wit, and spontaneity. Her Mercury is also square to serious Saturn in cautious Capricorn, good for adding depth and concentration to her mental abilities.
Right now, Kagan has transforming Pluto sitting smack on her 3 degree Jupiter in governmental Capricorn, with Jupiter symbolically ruling judges. This will be Elena’s first experience as a judge, but something that her horoscope shows great potential aptitude for. Pluto is also exactly trining her natal Pluto at 3 degrees of employment Virgo, good for turning over a new leaf, career-wise.
Kagan’s confirmation to the Supreme Court comes just as Mars and Saturn, and later today, Venus, occupy the sign of matrimonial Libra which also rules justice and the courts. All three planets are caught in the crossfire of the Cardinal T-Square, a time of big changes for the collective, with many of those changes having long-term consequences. Also, on Wednesday, a federal judge overturned the same sex marriage ban in California. That matter may eventually end up in the Supreme Court with Elena Kagan one of the judges deciding whether gays should have a right to constitutionally marry in the U.S.
Kagan’s addition to the Supreme Court is precedent-setting as well as it marks the first time in history that three women have served on the Court at the same time. Kagan is also only the fourth woman ever to be nominated to the Supreme Court. Way to go, Elena! Congratulations!
Famous August 6th Leo Birthdays: Geri Estelle Halliwell (38), Michelle Yeoh (48)
Enjoy your Friday!
You may want to put steel plates in front of all the windows before you go to bed tonight, and sleep in combat fatigues in the bomb shelter in the basement. Just a precaution with the Cancer Moon in the volatile Cardinal Grand Square and Venus on that wild date with Uranus.
Also, don’t even think about getting fresh with George Clooney in your sleep tonight. If you do, you’ll regret it, and feel guilty as all get out when Uranus leaves Venus Saturday morning and Venus lands on Saturn’s judgmental lap on Saturday night.
Patrice Thompson
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“Momentum? Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” Earl Weaver
Patrice’s “Cosmic Word Of The Day”: Momentum
moh-men-tuhm
-noun plural 1) force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events
Origin: 1690-1700 < L momentum; see moment
Cosmic Weather: There is a definite momentum orbuild upin the energy around us leading up to the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on June 26th in the ambitious sign of Capricorn. The eclipse will put the finishing touches on the Grand Cross drama presently playing out in the sky.
Adding to thefeeling of momentum today is the emotional Moon in fiery, restless Sagittarius, eager to discover new horizons.
Thought-keeper Mercury, however, also receives some serious counsel from restrictive Saturn about real world responsibilities and obligations, curtailing a measure of the wanderlust.
Although, another trine from Mercury to idealistic Neptune beseeches Mercury to keep on dreaming. Neptune counsels Mercury: “You’re unstoppable now, kid! You’ve got momentum! Don’t listen to Saturn. His vision is myopic. We’ve been at each others throat for years. Just tune out the ole’ fart.”
“If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.” Holly Near
“Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.” Ikue Mori
“Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.” Bryant H. McGill
Famous June 24th Cancerian Birthdays: Sherry Stringfield (42), Mick Fleetwood (62), Liz Livingston (62) (fave friend)
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