July 22, 2005
Be Cool
Well, well, sorta well..... Several slam bang days start the week. We
just had a Full Moon; the bombs blew for that one. Then on the 22nd
comes the Sun entering Leo at 1:41 pm EDT, followed by Venus entering
Virgo at the Sphinx Point at 9:01 pm EDT and Mercury going retrograde
in Leo at 11:00 pm EDT (direct 8/15). The Sun conjuncts Saturn in early
Leo on the 23rd at 1:00 pm EDT.
This is actually a good chunk of reconfiguration. You may be spinning.
Emotions are running high, so high that you may be fogged or seemingly
inert. Mercury retrograde opposed to Neptune in Aquarius elicits
considerable spaciness modified by the fact that we now have two
planets in Earth signs. Your feet are on the ground, your head is in
the clouds, your heart is open and you can't find your ass. It's just
the mind. Strong polarization is setting up. We now have three of the
four Fixed signs with planets in them and this will last 'til mid
February 2006. Saturn is in Leo opposed to Neptune in Aquarius, both
square and generally T-crossed to Mars in Taurus. You can use this time
for clear focus. Go for it, despite how you feel/think and your
conditions. Go for it.
It's braveheart season. Passion players have plotted their plans. Now
comes the courage of their convictions, enough to scare lots of folks.
The drama dairy is beginning to be milked for all it's worth and will
keep one humping. Heat at every level is the theme. 'Til death do us
parch..... The heart of the matter has dried with little raisin for
being. Many things are squeezed. Power is on the sledge of oblivion
ready to hammer home its terrible point. Arrogance is fragrant. Wars of
the whirled ensue.
What's a person to do? Be with the ones you love but emphasize the
being. The stories of love are going to be unwound and that means
wounds come up. Let them come undone. The heart aches, happy or not. Go
ahead and be childish. Not irresponsible and narcissistic, but simply
playful. The weight has been heavy. The wait has been heavy. No rush,
no burden. Time has its own way during Mercury retrograde anyway. Don't
freeze up. Go ahead and get on with things. Being present allows you to
turn on a dime in the fourth quarter when your last nickel is on the
line for the big dollars. Spend some money on your self and some
attention on others. Everything will be ticketyboo.
Anxiety is running deep but there is also a kind of sweetness. One can
be anxious in dread and anxious in delighted expectation. Ahhh, the
projections. That's where all the suffering comes in. Be and see. You
are fine; things will be fine. Things and you may feel terrified at
times. Brits seem to be doing quite well with the bomblastic turns of
events. They are present with things much more than a lot of folks
would be. Cheers!
I see that our current days are holding space for a future peace in the
world that many of us may not live to see but that we are pregnant
with. No big deal. Nothing to do. Much that will undo. That's the point
of these years ahead. This world is shedding an old skin. Not a bad
time but a time in which much that was dead and done drops away. Put on
your old skins at your risk. Don't be silly. Be and sally through the
silly.
Sojourning with you,
Mark