The
ascendant of this chart is 13 degrees Gemini, making Mercury (the trickster-nearly
retrograde) the chart ruler, and Mercury lies at 26 degrees of Libra in the
fifth house of children, young people, gambling and speculation. Mercury is
days away from the fall retrograde and in the shadow period of the retrograde
in this chart, so Mercurial energy is changeable. It's depositor, Venus also
lies in the fifth house, and Venus and Mercury are in mutual reception, or each other's signs, and this shows us that
communication is important and Mercury and Venus will co-operate with each
other which should bode well for communication. It also shows a focus on
children and young people and speculative situations or gambling and creativity
which can take many forms.
Jupiter is prominent at 14 degrees of Leo in the 3rd house
forming a grand trine with Uranus in the 11th and Mars in the 6th. A grand trine is a positive flow of energy
between the houses it aspects.
This transit points to new inventions, medicines, even
events connected with spacecraft, aircraft and exploration. The third house
relates to roads, railways, communication of all types including social media,
schools, institutions, relations with neighboring countries and freedom of
speech, all of which should see an increase, while the sixth house rules
health, healthcare, public workers and the political institutions.
Jupiter will however start its square to Saturn after it crosses
Uranus the latter part of September, and the square shows up more in the
(winter) Capricorn ingress chart which can relate to economic downturns and
conflict between political parties and ideas/structures and is a significant
transit in the development-progress of the world.
Neptune is
retrograde at 6 degrees and lies in the 10th house of Government, and head of
government (the President) and is square Neptune in the 6th house. Mars-Neptune
transits are convoluted and indicate confusion, trickery, lack of clarity and
deception. Mars-Neptune can indicate chemical weapons, radiation and Neptune
also rules water and the sea. (there are reports the Syrian army is once again
using chemical weapons on the 'rebels.') Will they become a US partner now in the
war on ISIS and Congress has voted to arm and train them? American journalists James
Foley and Steven Sotloff are reported to have been handed over to ISIS
for beheading by 'moderate' Syrian rebels who were paid. Who is on whose side
here and why?
Propaganda, lies deceit and misguided direction are all the
realm of Neptune-Mars and it is easy looking at the players to see just how
convoluted the situation can become.
At the time
of this post the President is forming a world wide coalition to fight ISIS
among many countries. Will these countries deliver on their promises? That
remains to be seen. Astrologer June Cowell wrote, "Kind of a 'say what they want to hear then do what you want
secretly' ploy so typical in Politics and in human nature. Of course America
has been guilty of such duplicity as well with US natal Mars in duplicitous
Gemini, sign of multiplicity, one of the factors in the Pentagon's insistence
that 'of course we can fight
more than one war (Mars) at once'. But is it the sane and responsible thing to
do?, says our natal Saturn exalted in balanced Libra."
Deceptive Neptune in its own sign shows large groups of
displaced-disenfranchised people, as I wrote when Neptune entered this sign
several years ago. It rules the masses, and shows the masses may be deceived in
several ways this fall, and it also shows propaganda. Neptune signifies
religion, scandals, mysticism, spirituality of all types that includes
Islam-now on the front burner with the ISIS situation. Of course ISIS does not
practice true Islam but the issue could become muddled and this movement draws
the confused malcontents looking for something bigger than themselves under the
banner of 'religion,' which has happened in the world before.
At the time of this
post the powers that be say 'no ground troops,' in the war against ISIS. Will
the story remain the same once air strikes are in full force? Or will it be a
case of having to back up and change tactics.
With Neptune square Mars it is possible we are not being told the full
scope of the situation or it is unknown at this time.
Powerful Pluto goes direct 2 hours before the equinox and
the day after Mars squares Neptune. Pluto turning direct is a powerful force in
the world. Issues that have been buried
come to light, true motives are revealed, and
situations will escalate quickly throughout the rest of the year as the
other outer planets also turn direct. Mars-Neptune is muddled, discouraging and
ugly, not to mention deceptive.
As Mars lies in the sixth house we will see a continued
focus on contamination or contagion issues such as Ebola and EV-D68 that has
affected hundreds of children, or other viruses-diseases. The 6th house rules
public health and health care workers
especially, which are at risk this fall. As Neptune squares Mars we may not get
correct information about the situation from the top, the information could be
distorted, subject to propaganda or mis-information and we could see a spread
of disease, and-or confusion about other health related issues.
The moon of this chart lies at 17 degrees of Virgo in the
4th house showing the people and mood of the people and sextile Saturn shows
public support for the military. Virgo
is the most discriminating of signs and while there is support for the military
and government the public is in no mood to suffer fools gladly.
The ever present Uranus-Pluto square falls in the eighth
house of death, transformation and international finance to the 11th house of
large institutions and friendly countries. This is a war like configuration and
I expect the war on ISIS to escalate with all the ramifications of war.
Aries rules fire among other things and with the trine
between Jupiter and Uranus we may see massive wildfires that spread quickly
this fall.
October will bring two eclipses. The first lunar eclipse
October 8, falls at 15 degrees of Aries setting off the grand cross in this
chart in the 11th and 8th houses. Moon-Uranus will bring unexpected situations
that can involve women and square Pluto in the 8th deals with bullies in the
world, agendas, finance, and death.
The second eclipse is a solar eclipse on October 23 at 0
degree of Scorpio falling on the cusp of the 5th/6th houses of children and
young people, creativity, speculation and (6th house) health, healthcare
workers and workers of all types.
While the grand trine in this chart is positive and we may see
new inventions, ideas and approaches, Pluto in the 8th house is indicative of
war, death and financial issues. Pluto square Uranus in the house of friendly
countries indicates issues abroad, even among those countries and institutions
considered friendly, such as the recent terrorist arrest in Australia.
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