~ "This too . . ." ~
Commentators are saying that things are "spinning out of control," with (a) the virus epidemic, (b) the stock market panic, and (c) the unprecedented, unpredictable state of the Democratic presidential primary. Add to this, from your own life, whatever is problematic for you. If you are not going through some mini-crises of your own, I would be surprised. I have been, on several levels. I am just doing my best to (a) not complain too much and (b) keep on keeping on. Plus (c) re-stoke my religious faith, which for me is more important than astrology, and not at all in conflict with it. Each supports the other. The Supreme Lord is both "higher than the heavens" and the Lord of Heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven is His.
I could make this short by saying, "The coming week may be not very much better than the previous one." That is, if we judge "worse and better" by the easiness of things. Both astrology and intelligent observation in general seem to point out that it is not attaining a trouble-free existence which is the secret of fulfillment---Harvey Weinstein and Michael Bloomberg both seemed to have accomplished that---but taking the troubles as waves to be surfed gleefully. Well, as gleefully as possible. I don't know anything which saves from anxiety like faith in the Supreme. Do you?
It is tempting to look for "it's getting better" indications in the coming week, and I shall do some of that. Or, we can look for clues about how to handle the "worse." I am grateful that in the past week some of the worst crises I was facing have receded and become harmless. Others have not, but seem on the way to improvement. What more can we ask?
The weekly chart (ruling from Saturday through Friday for reasons I shall not re-explain now) has a "bowl" shape, the planets in half the sky, and that could help because last week we had a "bundle" shape, which is lucky often, but with Mars in high focus the energy it provoked did seem to "spin out of control." The bundle type of chart is like a spinning top. This week's bowl-type chart is more stable, as if one could depend on one's own integrity and stability.
What remains the same which is difficult? First, the presence of four planets in Capricorn, which is not an evil sign but it is the sign of Saturn and Saturn is the Challenger, much of the time. We are forced to cut back to the bedrock, as in the stock market, with many finding that their gains of the past year are mostly wiped out. Ultimately, this is only delay, since the market will come up again, but delay is galling to the impatient. And with Venus in Aries, a sign of Martian impatience, square to the Capricorn planets, many feel seriously disturbed that their plans seem to be "on hold." That is also a sign of Mercury Retrograde, which was going on last week as well as this. So put together (a) Saturn in Capricorn as ruling all the other planets (except Neptune in Pisces) with (b) Mercury Retrograde, and you have a pretty clear picture. Don't freak out; it may seem to get worse before getting better; but all this is temporary. "This too shall pass" is one of the great lessons of astrology; but rather than just comforting us with that platitude, it shows us \when/ those things shall "pass." I would say, not this week, probably, but of course the other thing we learn from astrology plus life is that we change the meaning and experience of the aspects by our attitudes.
And so when does it get easier? I would say, "on our next Friday the 13th," because beginning March 13 a lot of things look better. Mercury will have turned direct (though the Dark or Slow Epoch remains), the square of Venus with Saturn will have passed, and Venus will be beginning a long-term trine with Mars (continuing through April and into the first week of May). You might want to make that a day of celebration, or if the Friday-13 thing worries you, have the party on the 14th.
The square of Venus with Saturn is exact this week. You may recall that I dub this the "nobody loves me" aspect. It can also be the "I don't like anybody"aspect because sensitivities are intense. Better, it can be the "loyalty" aspect. It's like this: You feel intensely the failures, lacks, crudenesses or peculiarities of the loved one. "Not that again." But the more you ponder the situation, the more you realize that this person you have taken on as a friend, lover or partner is "just the best there is at this point." And that "point" may go on for years! In other words, "I probably can't do any better than this, so just suffer it, and love through it, and let the problems be foils for the love, which might actually grow through this testing time and be stronger than ever afterward." Yes, it's something like that. Saturn is speaking, through me, to Venus (and males too are Venus in their love-nature). "Sorry dear, nothing I can do about it."
Maybe this is practice in understanding how hard it might be, sometimes, for G*d to love you? (And me.) (An item for exploration in "the theology of astrology." I probably could write a book on it. But you will get a lot of what would be in that book by pondering these reports.)
There seems to be a theme, in the week's chart, of "who owes what to whom" and "who is giving what to whom" and "who deserves more in return for her or his labor." Of course, this is a favorite theme of the presidential candidates and of politics in general. The reassuring part is that you might sense what it is that you are relying upon, and even that there is more you might rely on, some way of being more fully satisfied from your work or get better compensation for it. That is one answer. Another answer is just the obverse, that you can also enjoy giving more than you receive, if that is you soul-mission in some area in which you are good at helping or pleasing others.
It's a week of learning. May it be peaceful and serene for you.
{Week of February 29-March 6} ~ "This too . . ." ~
Cosmic Piper
The daily data:
Saturday 29 February 2020
Moon in Taurus
Sunday 1 March 2020
Moon in Taurus-->Gemini
/moon goes void-of-course at 7:53a PT | 10:53a ET | 3:53p UT
until it enters Gemini at 11:22a PT | 2:22p ET | 7:22p UT
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