Venus Enters Sagittarius as the Sun Lines up with Saturn

By 2:04pm Raleigh time Venus will be finished with its term of nonendearment in Scorpio and beginning the frighteningly romantic passage through Sagittarius.  During this year’s period of rocketing adventure Venus is well grounded by Mars ahead in Capricorn and the Sun/Mercury pair being left behind in Scorpio.  The giant fire ball and its messenger linger a few more days with Saturn near the edge of the water before ascending further and leaving that last shred of comfort behind.  Such small still bodies of water offer little refreshment and after a few dips in them we are ready to move on up; almost ready for take-off, but not quite.  Mars has taken off and landed so Venus has someone small and strong waiting on the other side of the arc.  Venus bids farewell to dispassionate Saturn and gives thanks for the experienced company during the strange and beautiful process of shedding old skin.  

In our lives down here Venus is reflected in the plant more than any other life form. As material forms of life plants are subject to corruption.  Now what's left is the seed, free to begin anew.  

But let's take a look at what is happening in the heavens around us while things have been going to hell here on Earth.

 Link to Hel (being)  

 

Think of the planets as gods that we have to climb or descend to every day as we ride around on Earth’s big strong back.  Right now Jupiter in Leo is the first one we see as we start the climb from Cancer the Crab on the midheaven.  The Sun and its court is well ahead of Big J so we have to climb 4 more hours before they come into view.  

At 6:22am as Raleigh continues its climb, it steps out of heaven's shadow into the stream of radiation coming from the Sun.  We see its light pouring over the eastern horizon.  In an hour, Jupiter still high in the sky, will become invisible in the Sun's great light.

By 10:24am Raleigh was 2/3 of the way up in its daily climb and almost directly facing the group of planets hovering around 25 degrees Scorpio.  By 12pm we reached closest contact with Sun, then Saturn and finally Venus.  At that time Venus had not yet crossed into Sagittarius, we still saw it in the Scorpio section of the zodiac.

In the chart below for 2:04pm Raleigh is reaching the peak, where the vista is widening with every step upward.  As we crest and move toward contact on the MC with Pluto and Mars, Venus steps from Scorpio to Sagittarius.  We can see it slipping a bit to the west as we turn, but can we feel it crossing that ancient imaginary line on the ecliptic?

 

While Saturn still has time in Scorpio, enough to remove many more truckloads of  guano from the cave, Sun has less than a week in this awkward 12th of Earth's orbit.  What does a luminary wear when it's been working beside an old general in the deep dark mines?  Venus, only a few paces ahead of the pack, is free now, leading the way around the zodiac.  Every day we turn a little higher before we meet the god of flora eye to eye.  

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I was in a selfish funk yesterday and finally got done what I wanted to do.  Every time my son came home from school or the coffee shop I asked him when he was going to leave or wash the dishes.  I closed the door to my bedroom.  I told him I could not concentrate on my videos because he was here!

For the first time I can remember he did not make smart remarks about getting back to my astrology.  He did the dishes.  He said he wasn’t listening.  He left me alone.

I finished and uploaded the first video to YouTube.  It was a big step that was years in the making.  Years of figuring out just what the signs actually mean, and years of developing the technical skills to communicate that in a 5 minute video.  I should also mention years of learning how to treat my son with enough respect that he knew how to give that same respect to me when it really mattered.

Venus approaching Saturn in Scorpio.  Mars approaching Pluto.  It is a very serious time, but as I look on FaceBook today I am seeing some of the coolest videos posted by friends.  One of the peacock spider, well filmed with a great soundtrack and one of a woman in her 70’s or 80’s doing a beautiful routine on the parallel bars.  Someone had pizza delivered by an artist that created these incredible works.  Today is one of those days FB really rocks.

You would think the Moon is in Leo instead of Gemini, it feels that good.  But since Mercury is still in Libra, at the very end as I write this, we associate this lift with the Moon being disposited by the messenger in the sign of the harvest.  If that last sentence looks like a bunch of gobbled gook it’s because you are still not comfortable with the concept of dispositors.  Don’t worry.  One day you’ll skip over that chain of planets in their order of rank like a free child hopping from one stone to the next across the creek in their neighborhood.  

Meanwhile I hope these videos will help give a sense of the reality in heaven that the zodiac is meant to help us understand.  I know for myself there are many days that the so called meaning we read in the symbols feels like self deception.  I am suspicious of my own mind wanting to see something and imagining a reality that is not actually there.  On those days, this mechanical view of the zodiac gives me a direct connection to the ancients and reminds me that yes they were geniuses and no I am not wasting my time.

Venus approaching Saturn  is hard for Venus, but the tough job for Venus is a help for Saturn.  The discipline of Saturn, the necessity imposed by our limited existence in time, helps Venus take its work seriously.

This week I demanded more of my son and the children I help in school.   I pushed and stood firm and accepted no excuses.  My voice rose.  When the young 2^nd grader complained that he was tired I reminded him that both his mother and I would prefer to be resting instead of standing over him pushing him to sound out words.  I was disappointed in my own behavior.  But I was astonished at his progress.  He took intellectual leaps that required great courage.  He was challenged and he rose to the high level of expectation.

Venus in Scorpio is not pretty, and it is serious as hell when it gets near Saturn.  But the important work gets done, that’s for sure.