~Long-Term Trends~
We have an unusual phenomenon: Venus turning direct on the same day that Mercury turns retrograde. The former, at 5:52 a.m. Eastern Time (U. S.) and the latter at 8:34 p.m. on Friday November 16. We might hypothesize that Venus's retrograde period had a lot to do with women's issues, since that planet turned retrograde on October 5, the very day that Susan Collins of Maine announced her deciding vote to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. Then women tried hard to gain ground in the midterms, and did. Now we have endless talk about Nancy Pelosi and whether she shall continue to lead the Democrats. The Venus-retrograde period was both disappointing for women and promising, indicating a reorientation in their political roles. Now that it is turning direct we shall ponder what happens.
Moon in Pisces-->Aries
/moon goes void-of-course at 0:05a PT | 3:05a ET | 8:05a UT
until it enters Aries at 7:57a PT | 10:57a ET | 3:57p UT
|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week continues until Tuesday
Trends discussed here during the previous week:
The current Mercury square Neptune aspect is important. We tend to notice the squares more than the trines and sextiles because they are pressure-aspects which make things happen, which force issues.
It will last for a long time--until November 28 while Mercury is slow and retrograde--and then again while Mercury is direct at Christmastime for the whole second half of December. So let's learn from C.E.O. Carter, that pioneering astrologer:
"This configuration usually indicates an astute and cunning type of person, capable of deep scheming and generally hardly able to avoid some degree of deception, though not necessarily for evil purposes. Sometimes the deception is of a quite innocent order." Now because Donald Trump has this aspect in his birth chart, we ought to learn from observing him. His supporters of course think that his "deception is of a quite innocent order." His detractors violently disagree. No one would deny that he is "astute and cunning, capable of deep scheming." How this might apply to your current situation, whether you are facing such people in your life or perhaps are taken to be one of them, is something for you to discover.
". . . delicate perceptions . . . enable the native to divine what others will do or try to do." This is one of Trump's trump cards. Maybe you have it also while this aspect lasts. "In negative types the same sensitiveness leads to a retired life, often combined with an amiable disposition." This may apply to us during this time, because Mercury is slowing down and goes retrograde on the 16th (Friday) and that denotes sometimes "retirement" or an inclination to the inner life. Sleep patterns might be unusual. "Sometimes it leads to easy discouragement and lack of self-confidence, because the native is too thin-skinned and worries unduly. Sometimes the same sensitiveness causes fierce outbursts of resentful anger. . . . Much will depend on [other factors in the chart]. Lack of real self-confidence may induce a person to resort to deceit."
Dr. Carter's final paragraph (I gave him the Ph.D.): "Active imagination and the insight into motives that results from sensitive perceptions may be invaluable to a man of genius or even a man of practical sense; but in the case of persons of weak judgment and understanding the same things may lead to all kinds of foolish and morbid fancies."
Do you wonder what will happen in the coming Mercury Retrograde cycle (this Friday, November 16 till December 6, three weeks)? Observe what is happening now and you will probably see. It "casts its shadow before" and while Mercury slows down and the Dark Hermetic Epoch lasts (it began October 29), we are in a different mode, a refocusing one. Observe for yourself, in your own life, and you shall see.
It can be confusing, maybe especially this time because Mercury is square Neptune for the whole period. Is something true or not? Is it best or not? You wonder. Faith and logic are seemingly at war (Neptune and Mercury), or at best they can find a reconciliation which is blissful and just right. So we dig into our beliefs and presuppositions, we gird up our faith (Neptune) with good thinking (Mercury) and perhaps gain remarkable insight. Meanwhile we might neglect some "stuff" which is necessary in the "material world" and get behind with some of it. Others also are doing this so we need to be patient.
It's my duty to point out the problems we face. I believe firmly in G*d and His (Her) goodness and that there is nothing really evil in our solar system or in the planetary motions. But some of them seem to make things difficult for us because we are imperfect human beings, not saints or angels. (And even saints have to bear the problems and sorrows of their devotees.)
I write both from observation of others and of myself. I feel today that the issue of the Dark Hermetic Epoch (this one from October 29 to December 24) is encroaching upon us and certainly I, and perhaps you, are feeling it. Mercury retrograde, at the center of that Epoch, begins Friday this week (tomorrow) until December 6. But its symptoms are here now: Things get hard. Delays. Backtracking. People give up or feel defeated and do not want to go on. They seek escape. They feel like quitting a job or a relationship or leaving home. "There must be something better for me elsewhere."
Are external things and people's behavior inimical at these times? It often seems that way. But I do not think so. It's more that people are turning to interior states and feelings and hopes and anxieties, brooding on the past or the seemingly hopeless future, and so they make more mistakes, forget things, or postpone things, procrastinating so that they fail others. That is usually why machines or computers seem to fail so often during these times.
Usually, there is nothing really to do but "keep on keeping on" or turn to prayer and meditation and faith to get us through. As aids, we might change our daily schedule somewhat, or shuffle it so we get some relief from drudgery; but to drop it completely could be ruinous. Yes, we may need extra rest or relief-giving recuperation. The trick is to get that somehow without totally losing control of one's situation.
I try to put the answer in words, but probably only experience, observation, and trial-and-error-and-re-trial can get it right. I wish you well with that.
We have an unusual phenomenon: Venus turning direct on the same day that Mercury turns retrograde. The former, at 5:52 a.m. Eastern Time (U. S.) and the latter at 8:34 p.m. on Friday November 16. We might hypothesize that Venus's retrograde period had a lot to do with women's issues, since that planet turned retrograde on October 5, the very day that Susan Collins of Maine announced her deciding vote to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. Then women tried hard to gain ground in the midterms, and did. Now we have endless talk about Nancy Pelosi and whether she shall continue to lead the Democrats. The Venus-retrograde period was both disappointing for women and promising, indicating a reorientation in their political roles. Now that it is turning direct we shall ponder what happens.
I cannot help thinking that the square between Mars and Jupiter is the "trigger" for the California fires, because it has always been known to astrologers as an incendiary aspect. Sometimes it indicates literal fire, sometimes accidents, sometimes warfare. For most of us it goes on at a mental-emotional rather than physical level, some sort of anger, or maybe just agitation which takes form in supporting or rooting for a cause or trying to forward something we believe in against the obstacles put up against it. Yet there is caution, for one realizes that one has to use intelligent judgment and avoid putting oneself at risk pointlessly. So the agitation or crusading or speculating may come out mostly at the mental level.
Finally, it is good to remind ourselves that Venus is trine Mars and that aspect, though wavering, shall continue until the middle of February, getting weaker in the first half of December but then recovering nine days before Christmas. Love is not absent although we may think so in our darker moods.
{Sunday} Current Long-Term Trends
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