I have been experimenting
with ways to illustrate the concept of dividing degrees into minutes in the
astrological chart. Today’s Moon
conjunct Pluto gives an opportunity to try out a demonstration. Below is the chart for today less than an
hour after they were lined up along the ecliptic; they look a lot closer than they appear in the magnified single degree above. Here in Oak City they were not above the
horizon but since the Sun was up, we were out and about, or most of us at
least. That meant we were consciously interacting
with other humans while the monthly meeting of soul (Moon) and the distant one
(Pluto) was taking place.
Here’s a
chart for last month’s conjunction. It
was a busy time while Mercury was conjunct Sun, and Venus in Cancer put
caretaking as the top priority. At
midnight Aug 8 the Moon was still 2 ½ degrees behind Pluto.
That’s close
but who was up that late? And by the
time they actually lined up most of us in Raleigh were entering REM sleep.
This month’s
spiritually challenging conjunction took place in an atmosphere where kittens
just wanna have fun (Venus in Leo), the boss wants to get things right (Sun in
Virgo) and the messenger is saying something about what’s fair (Mercury in
Libra). All that with our eyes wide open
and Mars was rising just as the Moon was lining up with Pluto.
Here are
links to the posts about minutes in a degree. How the Ancients Fit a Map of the Solar System in One Small Circle and Fitting 60 Minutes in 1 Degree