Unrealistic Expectations - Mercury Catches the Big Neptune Wave

Many friends are asking me what is wrong and looking for some understanding of why they feel so lost in a tunnel of darkness.  You will not understand what Saturn in Scorpio is until you are out of the tunnel and can see how much integrity you have gained by having to stand tall in the face of loss, until you can look back at the dark place behind you, and see the sign decorated with snakes, lizards and creepy arachnids that says “Scorpio.”  You will not believe me, I know, because I did not believe it when I first came to astrology.  You will not understand the need to push your own agenda, in the face of everyone doing the same damn thing, until Uranus passes into Taurus, the energy dissipates, and you can look back at the red flag, satisfied that you gave it your best, and see the past from the new present and say, “ohhhh that’s what they mean by Uranus in the sign of the head butting Ram.”  Nature is having its way with us.

Another post without a chart.  Mercury is almost caught up with Neptune in the beginning of Pisces.  Unrealistic expectations are being communicated.  Mercury is now in Pisces for good, which is like saying a yo yo is up for good, but really, this is Mercury’s complete annual passage through the sign of vision as compared to the little taste Feb 1-12.  Mercury the communicator prefers real data to hopeful/fearful anecdotes and wishful thinking.  But ya gotta do what ya gotta do.   This is the spring of the mind, and mine has certainly sprung.  I sent an email to Senator Warren today asking for her birthtime, from a document such as a birth certificate; so I have done my Mercury in Pisces duty and communicated an unrealistic request. 

Neptune is at nearly 6degrees Pisces, so these are very powerful years for the planet of persuasion, and now logistical minds are getting swept up in the current right and left.  Mercury today is 3degrees Pisces about to catch the big wave.  Whose perception of reality will roll with it, whose will get tubed in the crest, and whose will wipe out? 

I am working on a series of charts for March 30 when we will have 3 planets in Aries- Sun (1) and Moon (2), lined up with Uranus (3).  This is nothing like last year’s Sun lined up with Mars April 17, or the five planet pile up of April 3, 2011 when Uranus was just beginning its protracted occupation of Aries, and got a yearlong visit from Jupiter, a 5 week fist pump from Mars, along with the regular scheduled passage of the Spring Sun accompanied by a courageous new moon.  Check out the headlines for those dates to recall how planets in the Aries twelfth of heaven are experienced by folks on the ground looking up.

Back in 2011 Saturn was in Libra, so things were a lot more transparent and a lot more innocent.  Saturn entered Scorpio Nov 2012, coming under passive rule by the planet of war, so the aggression has gotten progressively more canny.  Sex, death and investment are all filed under the same sign in astrology; Scorpio.  If we didn’t die we wouldn’t need to reproduce.  We could just think of investment as putting vegetables up from the garden.  Since we’re talking about Saturn in Scorpio (instead of the Sun) we need to imagine these vittles stockpiled for a lean period of at least 10 years.  They can’t just be thrown in a baggie and tossed in the freezer; even Ball Jars are a bit dicey if those vegetables are really important. 

Saturn in Scorpio can be translated as Integrity spending 2 ½ years wandering around in the labyrinth wondering if it will ever again see the light of day. (Then when it does see the light of day in Sagittarius it must cope with the uncertainty of strange new territory.)  With Uranus in Aries the quiet of Saturn in deep dark places is laced with the muffled explosions of new life unfolding above.    

Saturn was in Scorpio from Aug 1983-Nov 1985, Nov 1953- Sept 1956; Daddy in the cave where he hides his secret weapons.  And then of course there were the years when Neptune was in Scorpio 1957-1969; Uranus Sept 1975-Jan 1981, and Pluto 1984-1994.  Astrologically, the years with outer planets in Scorpio are darker and more mysterious than the years of WW1 and WW2. 

One last thing, which I keep repeating because it is so important, Pluto in Capricorn is ruled by Saturn.  That is like the exile contracting with an official of significant rank.  But Saturn is in Scorpio, so the official with rank is not in power, but must answer to the warrior or hero.  This means Pluto is indirectly under the influence of the warrior/hero.  It adds up to 3 outer planets (Saturn, Uranus and Pluto) ultimately under the influence of Mars.  We are stuck in this highly militarized situation until Saturn enters Sagittarius Dec 24, 2014 for a 5 month taste of the ranking officer under the influence of Jupiter.  Jupiter is fun but not dependable.  Life is just so...... limited by circumstances.

Many friends are asking me what is wrong and looking for some understanding of why they feel so lost in a tunnel of darkness.  You will not understand what Saturn in Scorpio is until you are out of the tunnel and can see how much integrity you have gained by having to stand tall in the face of loss, until you look back at the dark place behind you, and see the sign decorated with snakes, lizards and creepy arachnids that says “Scorpio.”  You will not believe me, I know, because I did not believe it when I first came to astrology.  You will not understand the need to push your own agenda, in the face of everyone doing the same damn thing, until Uranus passes into Taurus, the energy dissipates, and you can look back at the red flag, satisfied that you gave it your best, and see the past from the new present and say, “ohhhh that’s what they mean by Uranus in the sign of the head butting Ram.”  Nature is having its way with us.