Transit of the day: Venus and Mercury “Zero for eyes”

The day is Dec 1st, of the year 2010.  Mercury and Venus both moved into new signs today: Mercury into Capricorn; Venus into Scorpio (the thunderstuck part of the zodiac where she began her retrogradation cycle, nearly two months ago).  They will be walking in this Sextile aspect (60 degrees of seperation) until Dec 10, 2010, when Mercury goes retrograde for his unique 4th (and last) time of the year, until just before New Years Eve, going Direct at 19 Sagittarius. So….oOo….what does it mean? Is it special? If so, how special? Why? And, of course: How does it apply to me…? Well……:

Venus uniqueness:

She began the beginning of her cycle on Oct 9, when she went Retrograde, passing the Sun in the process, beginning her Morning star phase, going Direct at 27 Libra on the 18h of November (don’t miss her at Sunrise).  Venus goes Retro evey 19 months, and is the beginning of her journy to the Underworld–relfecting, reevaluating, reconfiguring her entire set of values and what she considers beautiful and worthy in her life.  Relationships play a big part.  I’m sure–if it wasnt you, then it was someone close to you–who experienced relationship trauma during this cycle.  It’s a healthy symptom of the transit, it makes us stronger.  When Venus locks down in lotus, and begins her meditation, most often there is a realization about our partners, and how they arent meeting our Needs.  This is the root cause of all our Hearts turmoil in the past few months. Venus reflecting.  If you remained with your significant Other, there is no doubt–that right now–you are soaring in newer greater heights than before.  This is what happens when she turns Direct (Nov 19).  Her Needs become certain (….she stands, and blows out the candle).

…..Venus just entered back into Scorpio–the sign it all began in. Scorpio is the realm of unconscious energies (entities) who are attempting to take over our lives through our emotions.  They represent: hidden desires, emotional trauma, obsessions, unhealthy attachments, sex, debt, and death.  When working with the Scorpionic, it takes all we’ve got.  Courage. Fearlessness. An Open and watchful Heart. Now that she is back–returning from Libra (where our relationships were really tested)–she now sees with fresh, tear cleansed eyes.  Our Hearts have been re-awoken.  So, for all of you reading this, “Don’t worry….we don’t know enough to worry; everything is working out perfectly–with your Lovers and with Yourself.” The tides of Love and Love lost have crashed in.  You can now ready yourself for better days.  Days filled with moments pregant ecstasy. The Great Easter Sun…and Venus.

The Mercurial edge to this Story:

Mercury just moved into Capricorn–just two degrees away from the transiting North Node , and only 4 from Pluto.  Pluto conjunct the Northnode represents the core atomic power of destruction which has been happening in the world–inside and out of us–for nearly the past year.  This vital combination (Pluto/Nn) is challenging all life on planet earth to rebuild and rewrite the scripts of our lives.  Capricorn represents Society, the Man, and Integrity.  In a Big World way, this transit is what we are worried about: the Economy, the Enviroment, our Jobs.  In our day to day, they bring great change and emphasis on the structure of our lives.  I believe they are assisting all of us to be more Integral beings, filled with Honor and Strength.  No lies, no deciet, just living in accordance with Natural law–Divine law. And now, Mercury is involved, asking the questions. Hopefully, learning of all the best ways in which we can assist in this slow and steady Transformation on planet Earth.  Mercury will stay in Capricorn until Dec 10th (6 degrees Cap), then go retro until New Years, at  19 Sag, heading back towards where he Stationed Retrograde at 6 degrees Capricorn on the 18th of January. These are important days–revisting days. Ask the Big questions, learn what your heart and Spirit is longing for most, go after it. Make time! Mercury, the Messenger of Gods, the only planet with enough wit and cunning, to enter Pluto’s world and still return unscatched, is allowing us to enter the deepest, most hidden and profound areas of our Minds this month. He is gathering the information needed, and then soaring like a eagle across the Galactic Center of our Galaxy (27-28 Sag) throughout the Retrogradation, bringing to our Minds all we need to know.  Whether we pay attention is another matter.  This coming Mercury retrograde is going to be a psychedelic one–lets snot doubt that.  Meditate. Write. Read. Go deeper with Astrology.  Never a better time! Don’t miss the Signs–they are Everywhere!!!!

Together: (Venus/Mercury)

Having affirmed our Essential Needs throughout the Venus retro period, and with Mercury now in Hell’s playground (Pluto/NN Cap) soon to turn retro himself, the change we are waiting for has arrived.  The Sextile Venus and Mercury are making to eachother right now is Exciting, Informative, and no short of Inspirational.  It’s good for Art, its better for Love.  So create, do some practice, sit with yourself, and make sure you get some good lovin’! I believe the cosmos.  No timepeice could ever compare to the perfection and impeccable timing of the planets and stars.  Happy New Love my friends. You deserve it.

Wanna know how this Transit affects your chart…? Email me and we can set up a Reading….

Long days and pleasant nights…

namaste

sOma

www.holestoheavens.com

Kosmognosis@gmail.com

Art: Autumn Skye: Time Keepers

Our relationship to relationships

……………Right on, I’ve been invited to blog on aKosmic Mind.

So I’ve been thinking about when I’m going to fall in love (I’ve had so many dreams that it’s just around the corner). And so I’ve naturally been looking at my chart to find possible dates and time periods of when this will happen.

That’s a dangerous thing to do. We won’t talk about that now. I want to share with you some other things I’ve been thinking of about. In particular: How to understand our relationsihp to relationsihps through the natal chart.

The most basic starting point is Venus. Venus correlates to our inner relationship to ourself. It defines our self esteem, what we value, how we give ourself what we need; it’s our deep interior. Therefore, the outer side of Venus symbolizes the kind of people we will attract into our life as a natural reflection of how we relate to ourselves (inner side of Venus).

It’s a great thing to do. Take your natal Venus and see if you can recognize how that natal Venus describes your “inner ear” how to listen to your deepest needs. And then, notice how that impacts on the kind of relationship dynamics you have attracted into your life.

Beyond Venus I’ve been looking at some other very obvious relationship significators that most folks tend to ignore. This being the Decsendant. The descendant is who we become through intimacy- it naturally implies a lack of self knowing, as relationship is required in order to discover oneself. Therefore the DC (descendant) symbolizes who we become through intimacy. The more we cultivate a knowing of other, the more we will cultivate awareness of ours-elf- and that awareness will be a reflection of our dc. Think of it this way. Everyone talks about the ascendant right? Well the ascendant, naturally correlating to the Aries archetype, is all about how a soul individuates its very existence in life, on it’s own terms. The DC is the very opposite of that.

Another fun thing to note:

Did you know that any planet like Mercury, or Neptune, or the Sun can play a super significant role in your relationship to relationships? How so? Simply, the sign on your DC is, is ruled by a planet (i.e if your DC is Pisces, then Neptune is the ruler of your DC). And thus that planet is the facilitator for our relationships.

If we look to the ruler of our DC, we will understand the kind of people we will be interacting with- who we will attract into our life/be attracted to as a means to know ourselves more. . Therefore learning how to be emotionally grounded in yourself, so that you you can attract a partner that can actually give you what you need, would be an important first step towards attracting a partner.

Or, if you have Gemini on the DC and your Mercury is in the 9th house, you will attract a partner that you can learn with/ explore a wide range of ideas with. The nature of these ideas will be about understanding the inherent truths behind creation. You and your partner would likely learn (Gemini) by traveling, having big discussions about big things, explore practices/ share the same Guru. It’s also likely that you will seek a partner with whom who can teach, or publish (9th house) with etc…  The lesson to learn with this configuration would be to be committed to discern (Mercury) what is true and what isn’t true via your own direct experience (9th house) so that you and your partner can learn via direct exploration, and not have intellectual debates/arguments about who is right (Gemini via Mercury in 9th).

Ari