Tomorrow
morning (1:04 pm in Greenwich, England) Mars will pass into Cancer, bringing an
end to the info mission. For more than a
month Mercury has had ultimate (not counting the unseen creator) rule over most
of the planets. While the Sun was in
Gemini, Jupiter in Leo came under the communicator’s influence and Saturn in
Sagittarius through Jupiter. Now that
the Sun is in Cancer, and Mars will be too, the pile of planets ruled by
Mercury will come under the aegis of the changing Moon. Aegis is one of my new words from reading
Greek mythology. It sounds like no one is
exactly sure what an aegis is; a goatskin shield, or a protective talisman, but
it was a must have for heroes on scary missions back in the day.
So beginning
tomorrow Mars will be wearing the image of the Moon goddess over its brave shoulder. To understand how things are going for the
one risking all we will look to the Moon, which moves into a new sign every 2 ½
days. This will be like a resident
physician making the rounds in training through all the different specialties
of medicine. The Moon will be at 3degrees
Libra so the first 2 ½ days will be in the diplomacy ward, followed by a stint
in the invisible spread of corruption ward, the philosophy and music ward and
then the Capricorn integrity ward. Participation
in each new sign will require consultation with a different ruling planet.
Planets,
because they stay in a particular orbit, each have a distinct cycle. Mercury’s cycle is close to the Sun and fast
and associated with communication, which is the principle activity of Gemini
and Virgo. Gemini and Virgo are two
steps in the unit cycle of the zodiac where the changes from one degree to the
next are minimal and take a keen, methodical eye to distinguish. It is ironic that they are called mutable
signs because they are the final steps toward a major change but are actually refinement
of significant changes that have already taken place. Gemini and Virgo are like taps on the putting
green after the wide arc line drives over the golf course.
The Moon’s
cycle is faster than Mercury’s and close to Earth instead of the Sun. It is a very small body, but because it is so close it has a visibly profound
effect on Earth. In the sign Cancer we see all
planets go from wax to wane. It
is the turning point in the zodiac where planets go from progressively more time above the horizon to less. So the Moon rules the sign
Cancer. The body of Luna rules the turning
point in the life cycle from receiving to giving.
Mars, the
blind hero, goes from sifting through the scattered pieces of a puzzle to
moving them around. Motherhood is a
process of trial and error. The needy
new organism sprung from the body is a mystery.
The nurturing blind hero has to try various strategies to support the
divine new creature in its path to the future.
Mars in Cancer. Heroic giving.
The last time Mars was in Cancer was July 14- August 28 2013.
