The chart is for a few days from now, Nov 13. I did it for the exact time Venus stops in its retrograde track and turns direct. Like I've said so many times one of my favorite things about stationary planets, whether they're about to go direct or retrograde, is that we get so much extra time with a planet lingering in a certain area of the ecliptic.
This year Venus is kind of officially becoming our morning star at around 23 degrees Libra. It's already been quite lovely above the horizon at about 5:30am all this week. Mars and Jupiter are much higher in the eastern sky very near Regulus.
The chart might be confusing since it's for 7:28pm with Venus (highlighted in blue) well below the western horizon. Picture Venus (and Mercury, though, as usual it won't be visible) leading Sun in the daily cycle of 'Osiris' returning to the land of the living.
Venus the lesser benific rules actively in Libra. Jupiter, the greater benific is not strong right now in Leo, but no matter where it is, it is always the greater benific. Galileo raved about Jupiter's placement in the chart of one of the Medici's. He basically said, 'Everyone knows about the wondrous nature of Jupiter!' Notice I didn't use proper quotes there. I'm going from vague memory.
I highlighted Mars almost lined up with Galileo's celebrated planet in yellow. Every morning Mars is a wee bit closer to Jupiter. I guess I should say night since they are rising a couple hours after midnight.
My life is I suspect about to take a major turn career wise. It looks like I may be transitioning from housecleaning to elder care. It sounds so unlike what's really happening.
What's really happening is that I am saying goodbye to treasured customers: friendships that took years to develop will go to the back burner of my life.
If things keep going as they are.
But that's the thing with Mars approaching Jupiter, one of the etcetras of today's chart. With Mars we never know, we never know anyway, but with Mars we know we're not in control. We're on the front line of some struggle, and communication, even as Mars nears the God of profound insight, is severely compromised. We've got to strike out with our best shot and take it from there.
Mercury, yet another etcetera, goes direct right before Venus. It's all so intense for me.
But that Venus lingering around 23 degrees Libra is lifting me like the weight placed on the far side of a scale. I'm going back over moments of partnership with countless wonderful people, recalling lessons learned about life.
