Easter is a beautiful season of the year. It is not merely a day, it is rather a spiritual idea; indeed, it is an ideal -- as it were a breath of the soul of antiquity, which has come down to us, albeit distorted, from far past ages, this soul-breathing of antiquity arising in the inner spiritual life of man. By these words I mean that Easter represents an actual event which occurs annually in the spiritual life of man, because the events of man's spiritual life faithfully reflect the events that take place in the spiritual life of the world.

It is a fact, Brothers, that every great mystical event of the ancient religions and philosophies of the world was commemorated in a feast, in the ancient sense of this word -- in a festival such as Easter in Occidental lands now is, and such as was the European original and forerunner of the present-day Easter festival: the Ostara or Eastre, as it was called by different families of the early Germanic inhabitants of the northern European countries. In those lands it took the form of a celebration of the vital forces working in the springtime, when new life is surging through the earth and affecting all earth's children, when the trees begin to burgeon and the flowers begin to blow, and when a new hope is singing in men's hearts, representing in men, because derived from the spiritual realms, exactly what appears in the beauteous flowers that in those northern lands Nature then begins to bring forth. . . .

The initiatory cycle, my Brothers, contained the circling year as a symbol of the entire spiritual, intellectual, and psychical life cycle of a human being; and at the four cross periods, composing 'the cross of the universe,' as the divine philosopher Plato, the Greek, called it, there took place the four great initiation ceremonies of human existence, representing -- what? This first: the "birth" of the new man, of the initiate out of the personal man, the latter living, as Pythagoras put it, a living death, because living merely in the body and in the brain-mind, and usually entirely oblivious of the titanic spiritual forces that make a man really Man.

When the man was thus born, mystically speaking, i. e., when the inner man or initiate arose out of the dead person, he was mystically said to be 'born' when this occurred at the time of the winter solstice, which the Christians celebrate as their Christmas Festival. He then entered upon the first stage of his career as an initiate, one who had begun really to know and really to follow the path, that mystic, small, old path which, when faithfully followed, will lead you to the very heart of the universe; for indeed that pathway is your own spiritual being, the inner man of you, the source of all that is great and sublime in mankind -- that inner holy spiritual Thing -- our spiritual self by which we are linked intimately with the very gods; and it is thus that following this pathway of the spiritual self we enter into cognizance of and become acquainted with the realms and forces of the spiritual universe, which is the cause and the mother of our exterior, physical universe, just precisely as the spiritual man is the cause and the parent of the psycho-physical man. . . .

The first of these initiations, as I have already told you, which was called the birth, took place and takes place at the time of the winter solstice, December 21-22, which Christians now call the Christmas Festival of December 25; and when this new 'Birth' occurred, then men said: "Lo! the Christ in man is born"; or, "the inner Buddha is born from within the shell of the neophyte." As the man lived on, if he had the strength of will and the courage to proceed and to follow the path to the second initiatory stage -- no matter how many years this may have taken or now may take -- then came the "Easter" of his life, the second great initiation, when the Christ within him was -- not born, because that had already taken place -- but when the Christ "arose" and took his own stand as a fully developed master, teacher, guide, and leader, of men.

Then came the third stage, that which was commemorated mythologically by so many of the ancient peoples in the festival of the midsummer, of the summer solstice. On June 21-22 began the "trials" of this third stage, and they lasted for fourteen days, beginning at a time when the moon was new and culminating and ending for that period when the moon was full. So was it also at the winter solstice or Christmas Initiation beginning on December 21-22, when the moon was new and ending fourteen days afterwards, when the moon was full. So was it also during the springtime, the spring equinox, the second stage; and so was it again during the autumn period, September 21-22: each of these initiation ceremonies began when, according to the ancient, wonderful, mystical, true astrology, the sun and moon and planets were rightly situated. . . .

The personal man, my Brothers, must be "crucified," i. e., "slain" -- metaphorically speaking -- in order that the Christ within you may resurrect or arise. These are not merely pretty words, poetic tropes, quaint figures of speech: I tell you that within each one of you is a Buddha, or as some of the mystical Christians of today phrase it, within every human being there is the immanent Christos -- an actual fact. Why not ally yourself with your own inner divinity, with the divinity within you, the real spiritual and intellectual essence of yourself? There, verily, is the source of wisdom; there is the source of all knowledge. In becoming at one with this inner source you attain the great peace, you reach the great quiet, and mighty strength; you touch the vast reservoir where are stored up all the greatest forces of the universe; for the very heart of each one of you, is in actual fact the heart of the universe -- a heart which is not localized, which has no place, which is everywhere, but called the heart of the universe because it is the central focus of consciousness of every thing and every entity that exist anywhere. . . .

The pathway of beauty, the pathway of peace and strength, the pathway of the great quiet, is within you -- not within the material body, but within the inmost focus of your consciousness. This is the pathway that the great sages and seers of all the ages have taught. Follow that pathway; it will lead you to the heart of the sun, the master and guide of our solar system; and later if you follow it, it will conduct you to a destiny still more sublime. Yet that sublime destiny is only the beginning, only the beginning of something grander; for evolution, growth, expansion of consciousness, go on forever.

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Friday, April 06, 2007

Astrology certification - pros and cons

I found this article on Elsa's Astrology News feed from astrologer John Marchesella who equates the certification process with eating your spinach:

We could tell you in no uncertain terms that knowing the math by heart really does explain a lot of the astronomy of astrology. We can also assure you that a professional astrologer feels more solid with the chart, so to speak, when he or she knows where all the parts of it come from. (I heard Rob Hand once say that calculating the horoscope by hand is the astrologer’s “yoga” with the interpretation of it). And finally we can hope that the math will back up your performance with clients, especially the suspicious ones who like to pull the trivia quiz on the science of the chart.

That’s all true, but you know what? After all these years of learning, teaching and practicing, I really think it is about eating your spinach, and it’s the spinach that really counts in a good reading with a client. Call it character-building, call it grunt work, call it a lesson in compassion for your client’s hassles, or just call it the math of the chart. I say it’s spinach and it’s good for you.

I support the concept of certification in theory, but the idea of going back and learning how to cast a chart all over again after nearly 30 years is a daunting idea. I began studying astrology around 1980 which was long before computer programs were around, and I like everyone else learned how to cast a chart by hand. The process of casting a chart took about an hour, but by the time you were done you really understood the chart. I used to love drawing the symbols in the wheel, that may have been my favorite part! It felt so magical.

At least I had atlases and house tables; there was a time when even that information was not so readily available. Now anyone with an internet connection can download a chart thanks to the generosity of astro.com and other programs, a factor which has spawned a huge number of people calling themselves astrologers. Astrology is a Uranian field of study, and it is therefore difficult to apply a structured set of rules. Still, astrology is an art of infinite magnitude, and it benefits all of us to continue to study, take classes, and know how to cast a chart by hand. After all, if we are forced off the grid some day we may need to!

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Posted by Lynn Hayes :: 12:52 PM :: |

---------------oOo--------------- Rudy Giuliani - A sure road to 2012?

To Americans in the Heartland, Rudolph Giuliani was the mayor who led the people of New York through the difficult days after September 11 2001. While the President read a storybook to children and the Vice President fled into a bunker, Rudy Giuliani was the leader that all eyes turned to. To many New Yorkers, however, Giuliani was an arrogant and imperious mayor, who reduced crime by increasing police brutality and ironically failed to protect the city during the September 11 terrorist attacks by locating the Office of Emergency Management inside the World Trade Center, a move much criticized because of the previous attack against the World Trade Center. And few will soon forget the scandal over his announcement at a press conference that he was leaving his wife Donna Hanover for his lover Judith Nathan, an announcement not previously made to his wife. On September 10 2001, Giuliani's approval ratings had fallen to 37%. Still, conservatives admire Giuliani's tough stance on crime and his aggressive leadership style, as well as his encouragement of business and real estate development during his tenure as mayor.

So who is Rudy Giuliani really? Astrologically, his Sun is in the changeable sign of Gemini, the sign of flexibility, adaptation and communication. Gemini is driven to experience as many things as possible in one lifetime. Because of this, they are able to accomplish a great deal although they have a tendency to lose focus. Giuliani's Sun is conjunct the planet of radical rebellion, Uranus, suggesting that he is a natural born rebel. Sun/Uranus people resist authority and must do things their own way, they flout convention and tend to dislike emotional attachment. Giuliani's chart lacks the element of water that provides a conduit for the emotions, and this combined with the Sun/Uranus combination in the airy sign of Gemini indicates a lack of empathy and sensitivity. Giuliani is an idea guy, and the ideas are his own. Because Sun/Uranus is so independent of thought, there is an amorality inherent in this combination in that Giuliani does not subscribe to anyone's conventions of morals but his own.

The Sun/Uranus combination in Giuliani's chart is squared by Chiron, the planetoid that represents the wounded healer. A tight aspect of Chiron to the Sun indicates a painful wound (Chiron) to the essential Self (Sun) that occurred at an early age, often from the father who is represented by the Sun as well. It is well known that Giuliani's father, a tavern owner in Brooklyn, was known for using a baseball bat to keep rowdy customers in line. It is very likely that Giuliani himself was the brunt of that bat from time to time.

His Moon is in Leo where it gives him an emotional need for attention and admiration. Leo is generous and open-hearted, but there is a pact inherent in the generosity of Leo. As astrologer Stephen Arroyo says, "Let's encourage everybody to feel great! And then they'll love me for it." There is a powerful need to express the Self in a creative way with Leo. Because the Moon tends to show our secret emotional needs the craving for attention of the Moon is often masked by a false humility, but this is not the case with Mr. Giuliani. The Leo Moon in his chart conjuncts the expansive and confident planet Jupiter, identifying the source of his inner confidence and showing that he has a strong sense of justice and right and wrong. The confidence of the Jupiter/Moon combination, especially in Leo where like the Lion for which it is named, there can be a sense of royal entitlement, a stubborn and unyielding nature that can be more than a bit arrogant.

Mars in Giuliani's chart is also in Leo (Giuliani has four planets in Leo altogether which gives his chart a strong Leonine flavor). Mars is our drive and the way we express our physical energy, and in Leo there is a strong constitution and a powerful desire (Mars) for recognition and acclaim (Leo) as well as a hearty sex drive. Mars in Leo is ambitious and proud, and this is exacerbated in Giuliani's chart by a conjunction of Pluto to Mars. Pluto is the planet of power as well as being the instigator for transformative experiences that require a death of ego and regeneration. When Mars conjuncts Pluto, there is often an obsession with matters of personal power since Mars represents our individual power and Pluto is Power on a grander scale. This can be a potent placement for manifesting one's desires as well, if the higher self as represented by Pluto is integrated with the individual desires of Mars. In any event, most Mars/Pluto people are a force of nature and not easily manipulated or managed. During Giuliani's tenure as mayor he enjoyed demonstrations of the power that he held, such as undermining and effectively removing city officials such as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and others who shared the limelight for the city's successes in reducing crime.

Mercury in Giuliani's chart is in the fixed and placid sign of Taurus. Mercury in Taurus shows that his mental process is slow and deliberate, and once he makes up his mind it is virtually impossible to change it. Giuliani's temper is legendary, but it is not reactive as a more fiery Mars would be. His temper arises when he is blocked from doing things the way HE chooses (his Sun/Uranus) or when others attempt to thwart him and undermine his need to retain power (Mars/Pluto).

Giuliani has both positive and difficult planetary cycles coming up over the next two years, so it is difficult to predict whether or not he will be successful in his bid for the White House. In any event, he will be a formidable opponent and is likely to mount a rather ruthless campaign. With Pluto entering Capricorn in 2008, it's possible that the widely anticipated breakdown (Pluto) of our governmental structures (Capricorn) could begin with a rigidifying of those structures (I'll write more on that later as my thoughts gel). In this case, governmental entities would become more and more oppressive until the square from Uranus to Pluto in 2011 forces an eruption of revolutionary fervor. A Giuliani presidency could make George Bush seem like a card carrying ACLU member and resulting in the kind of oppression that would ripen our society for the 2012 events.

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Thursday, April 05, 2007

Pluto trine the Libra Full Moon - a new kind of diplomacy?:

I can't help but look at Nancy Pelosi's renegade trip to Syria in light of the recent Full Moon in Libra. Libra is the sign of diplomacy and relationship building, and the Full Moon, of which we are still basking in its shadow, made a trine to Pluto which generates transformation and powerful change.

The foreign policy of George Bush consists of ignoring nations that you don't agree with and bullying those that you do agree with, and most thinking people agree that this has not been an effective strategy. The contrast between Nancy Pelosi's trips to the Middle East, where she encouraged a dialogue between nations, and that of Condoleeza Rice which consisted more of bullying and criticism, was striking.

Also under the Full Moon, the British government quietly handed back to Iran a political prisoner in exchange for the release of British Sailors by the government of Iran. In my view, this was a lovely example of how a little give and take can solve an immediate issue and make everyone look like heroes.

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Posted by Lynn Hayes :: 2:50 PM :: |

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Riddles in Stone

Red Ice had a link to a series of videos on the esoteric founding of the United States called Riddles in Stone. [Update 4/8 - the video has been pulled, unfortunately but you may be able to download it here (I didn't test it).] David Ovason has a fascinating book called The Secret Architecture of America that details the connections of the architects of the US capital in DC to Freemasonry, and reveals the occult symbolism that pervades the city's layout and buildings. Most people are now aware that the "all-seeing eye" on the dollar bill is a Masonic symbol.

The film has some fascinating interviews and video footage, but unfortunately the film quality is not that great. I have read many books on this subject, but being able to see films that depict the symbolism in great detail is really quite compelling.

The connection of the location of the nation's capitol building and the Washington Monument to the star Sirius is fascinating. Albert Pike, Masonic historian, has said that Sirius was symbolized by the "Blazing Star," dating back to the Pentalpha of Pythagoras. The Egyptians symbolized Sirius with the five-pointed star, the half-circle and the obelisk. Pentagrams can be found all over the District of Columbia, and the half-circle is symbolized by the capitol building which is placed directly opposite the Washington Monument.

Masonic philosopher Manly P. Hall has written volumes on this subject. Last year, in an article on the Sibley chart that many astrologers (myself included) use for the US, I wrote:

According to Benson Bobrick's excellent work The Fated Sky, Sibley a Freemason was well practiced in the field of mundane astrology, known for his accurate political predictions regarding both the American and French revolutions. Sibley also predicted that America would one day "have an extensive an dflourishing commerce; advantageous and universal traffic to every quarter of the globe, with great security and prosperity amongst its people," and eventually be "a new Empire that shall soon or late give laws to the whole world. " This is rather startling considering the fact that Masonic historian Manly P Hall has reported that the US has a secret destiny: “Thousands of years ago, in Egypt, these mystical orders were aware of the existence of the western hemisphere and the great continent which we call America. The bold resolution was made that this western continent should become the site of the philosophic empire. Just when this was done it is impossible now to say, but certainly the decision was reached prior to the time of Plato, for a thinly veiled statement of this resolution is the substance of his treatise on the Atlantic Islands.” (from Manly P Hall's Secret Destiny of America).

Watch the video and see for yourself! I've just watched Part 1, and can't wait to watch 2 and 3.

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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

It's little ole me on the Matrix Software site!!

I am so grateful for the support of John and Susan Townley, founders of the terrific Astrococktail site that you have seen linked many times in these pages. John has been a widely published author for many years and popularized the composite chart technique that all astrologers now use. I've added some of his books to the bookstore (see the left-hand column).

John and Susan have honored me with the "Featured Astrologer" bio on the site that they manage for Matrix Software, one of the oldest astrology software companies in the world. They have a lot of exciting things planned for the site, so keep checking their site to see what they are up to!

And don't forget to visit Astrococktail, home of astrology news and some great astrology articles.

Thank you John and Susan!!

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---------------oOo--------------- It's a Brave New World

art by Scott Mills

A new study reports that 25% of all patients diagnosed as suffering with depression are actually just sad.

[Jerome] Wakefield and Allan Horwitz, a researcher at Rutgers University who studies the sociology of mental disorders, said their study, which was published in this month's issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, pointed out that sadness has increasingly come to be seen as pathological in the United States. They have written a book called "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder."

Pharmaceutical companies, the psychiatric profession and patient advocacy groups have all contributed to the phenomenon, Horwitz added. Companies stand to make more money from the one-size-fits-all approach, researchers find the cookie-cutter model of disease makes it easier to do studies, and psychiatry has come to think of itself as "the arbiter of normality," he said.

Patient groups, Horwitz added, think that the stigma attached to mental illnesses would be reduced if they were shown to be more common.

"The way in which people interpret their emotions is changing," Horwitz said. "People are starting to think that any sort of negative emotion is unnatural, that they can take medication and feel better. What that can also do is . . . make it less likely for people to make real changes in their lives that might be better than medications."

As someone whose Saturn/Neptune conjunction straddles my Sun and with Pluto conjunct my Moon, I am no stranger to depression. Many clients that I have seen who suffer from clinical depression have either tight Saturn or Pluto aspects or their chart is heavy in the fire element that is unable to find expression. Emotions are given to us for a reason - to induce us to evolve and make changes in our lives, as reported in this article, that will help us to mature as human beings.

This is not to say that periodic use of medication isn't helpful for people going through difficult times. But simply medicating ourselves because we're sad isn't going to help us get to the heart of the issue that is creating the sadness. Saturn cycles create depression and isolation, but the time spent alone in sadness that Saturn requires helps us to become stronger internally and better equipped to handle other difficult times. Pluto cycles can create depression at the loss of control we feel as our lives are turned upside down, but if we medicate ourselves we may miss the exhilaration of the regeneration that we are sure to experience on the other end.

Aldous Huxley's book Brave New World was widely read in the 1960s by those of us who were turning on and dropping out. In Brave New World, the Controllers dispense a drug called Soma to be given to all citizens so that they could remain euphoric at all times. There is no depth of feeling, no creativity, no individuality, and all citizens work so that they can create things that they can then consume. Our modern culture is becoming frighteningly similar to Aldous Huxley's conceptualization of the future from 1932.

The Brave New World is one that is highly controlled and consistent, but which lacks any real meaning. If we continue to allow ourselves to be medicated for every emotion that arises we are in danger of losing the richness of our humanity.

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Posted by Lynn Hayes :: 7:26 PM :: |

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Monday, April 02, 2007

Zen and the Art of Debunkery

Richard Nolle's Website of the Week page is a great place to hang out if you're looking for interesting reading. One recent selection comes from Daniel Drasin and exposes the Art of Debunkery:

Like all systems of truth seeking, science, properly conducted, has a profoundly expansive, liberating impulse at its core. This "Zen" in the heart of science is revealed when the practitioner sets aside arbitrary beliefs and cultural preconceptions, and approaches the nature of things with "beginner's mind." When this is done, reality can speak freshly and freely, and can be heard more clearly. Appropriate testing and objective validation can--indeed, *must*--come later.

Seeing with humility, curiosity and fresh eyes was once the main point of science. But today it is often a different story. As the scientific enterprise has been bent toward exploitation, institutionalization, hyperspecialization and new orthodoxy, it has increasingly preoccupied itself with disconnected facts in a psychological, social and ecological vacuum. So disconnected has official science become from the greater scheme of things, that it tends to deny or disregard entire domains of reality and to satisfy itself with reducing all of life and consciousness to a dead physics.

As the millennium turns, science seems in many ways to be treading the weary path of the religions it presumed to replace. Where free, dispassionate inquiry once reigned, emotions now run high in the defense of a fundamentalized "scientific truth." As anomalies mount up beneath a sea of denial, defenders of the Faith and the Kingdom cling with increasing self-righteousness to the hull of a sinking paradigm. Faced with provocative evidence of things undreamt of in their philosophy, many otherwise mature scientists revert to a kind of skeptical infantilism characterized by blind faith in the absoluteness of the familiar. Small wonder, then, that so many promising fields of inquiry remain shrouded in superstition, ignorance, denial, disinformation, taboo . . . and debunkery.

The article goes on to present a comprehensive list of techniques for t he expert debunker. The tongue may be in the cheek, but the arrow hits its mark.

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Posted by Lynn Hayes :: 6:33 PM :: |

---------------oOo--------------- Full Moon today!!

Photo by Beat Glanzmann from Corbis.com

The Full Moon in Libra today has a decidedly airy quality, making this an excellent time for visualization and the birthing of new ideas. Libra is the sign of relationships, but it is an air sign so it tends to focus more on the idea of relationships than the actual experience of bonding. The Libra Moon is opposed by the Aries Sun, so there is a duality present in this Full Moon between our partnerships (Libra) and the need for us to express our own needs (Aries). In the Full Moon period the Sun illuminates the Moon, offering an opportunity to balance the polarity and achieve greater wisdom.

Adding to the focus in air (the element of communication and ideas) of this lunation is a conjunction of Mercury (planet of communication and ideas) to Uranus (planet of radically new communication and ideas). You are probably beginning to see a theme here! Uranus is said to be the "higher octave" of Mercury, meaning that the processing of information occurs at a higher level and with more potential for transformation. We can be incredibly creative now, with uniquely individual (Uranus) ideas (Mercury). The need for independence is amplified by a square of Mercury to Jupiter which craves freedom to explore and develop one's own theology. There is a great deal of potential for arguments under this comination and the surety that one's position is the correct one.

Uranus tends to prefer to operate solo and independently, so our partnerships as illuminated by this Full Moon are more of a conceptual nature. While the focus of the Libra Moon is on achieving balance and harmony in relationships, this is accomplished by breathing fresh air into all of our partnerships and by celebrating the unique gifts of each individual. A square from Venus to Saturn adds a layer of loneliness and isolation as the efforts of Venus to forge connections are rebuffed by cool Saturn. Still, a trine from Chiron to the Full Moon opens the doorway to healing of any difficulties that arise; communication is the key to this Airy period and is facilitated by a trine of Venus to Mercury.

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Sunday, April 01, 2007

Skywatch is posted!

Here's the introduction, you can read the article in its entirety here.

As April begins, Pluto has just turned retrograde as it does every year, spending about five months in retrograde motion (meaning it appears to move backwards from our perspective here on earth). Pluto is in charge of breaking down old structures that no longer serve us and facilitating their rebuilding, a process that can be difficult and painful or exhilarating and liberating. Pluto is not stressed this year by any significant transits, so overall the process should be easier than most unless Pluto is running over a sensitive point in your own chart.

(Many of the baby boomer generation with Pluto in Leo are experiencing transits of Saturn over their natal Pluto point. Some astrologers dismiss the effects of a transit to Pluto as being "generational" because Pluto moves so slowly and a transit such as the one from Saturn to Pluto will affect a large number of people at one time. While this is true, it doesn't negate the powerful effect that Pluto has in the individual chart where it is constantly forcing confrontation in a particular area of our life as described by the house in the chart in which Pluto lives, and any aspects to Pluto in our chart which describe the way we face our darkest demons and overcome them. This transit of Saturn to Pluto that many of us have been experiencing over the past couple of years as Saturn has traveled through Leo has the effect of restructuring (Saturn) our power base (Pluto), something which requires a concentration of energy and resources. Like all Saturn transits we can feel tremendous restriction and limitation during these periods, but Saturn rewards us when we work hard at the task at hand, which in this case is releasing and rebuilding.)

Pluto's retrograde turn also means that it will again conjunct the Galactic Center, an event which remains a mystery but which may have significance for us as a species (follow the link for more information). Historical parallels suggest that each time Pluto has crossed the Galactic Center (from our perspective on earth) there has been a major shift in focus and fate.

As April begins, the waning opposition of Saturn and Neptune may still be of some effect, creating tension between the urge to create and build form and structure (Saturn) and the urge to dissolve and transcend form and structure (Neptune). Saturn wants us to live a reality-based existence; Neptune wants us to transcend the material world and experience divine bliss. The key to managing any stressful planetary combination is to link the two energies and allow both to have expression in your life. Linking practicality with mysticism is a key right now and through July when the final opposition dance takes place.

Also still in effect are a series of Jupiter aspects: Jupiter's square to Uranus occurred last month but it is still in effect and will continue through the month as Jupiter (adventure, theology, optimism) turns retrograde to pass back towards the square to Uranus (radical change, destruction of the status quo). You can see where a challenging combination of these two planets can be quite combustible - this is religious (Jupiter) revolution (Uranus) in its purest form. The urge for change is quite strong, particularly for those of us with planets in the mutable signs (Pisces, Sagittarius, Gemini and Virgo) that are directly affected. Smoothing this revolutionary fervor are harmonious aspects of Jupiter to both Saturn and Neptune, which opens up doors (Jupiter) to the dichotomy that the Saturn/Neptune opposition presents us. Jupiter is the planet of ideas and philosophy, and during this phase it helps us to better integrate the struggle between form and spirit that Saturn/Neptune presents.

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