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| Larry Carlson, Astronomica 8, 2009. |
If anything is going to give me cause to lose my grip it's a Virgo Moon. I suspect this has something to do with my Pluto/Uranus conjunction in Virgo, which anyone born between 1964 and 1968 have as an aspect in their chart with varying degrees of intensity. I.e, the 44-48 year olds amongst us.
Pluto conjunct Uranus is needless to say, a fairly powerful combination; I'm glad that for me it's in the fairly safe hands of sensible Virgo. IME, Virgo Suns however, born within these years promise to be a force to be reckoned with and it's not necessarily for being Uber Virgoan. They can be Uber Plutonian, or Uber Uranian too, with all the calculated guile that a Virgo with these powerpacked buddies can orchestrate.
Intuitively or simply because of their names, I've always regarded the energies of these planets as being nuclear in effect, and undoubtedly I'm not alone in this regard. Although I'm not so sure it gives either of these planets the full credit they deserve for also being mercilessly unrelenting. Pluto doesn't have the sudden flash of Uranus, his is a slow-burn kind of meltdown.
The nature of Pluto is similar to that of the Hindu god Shiva, the creator and destroyer. Pluto usually begins by breaking down a structure; then it creates a new one in it's place. This entire cycle of death, destruction and renovation is accompanied by tremendous powers for Pluto is not a mild or even very subtle planetary influence. You can always see its effects very clearly-- from machines breaking down and needing repair to full-scale destruction or death. Decay at one level or another followed by new life from the old is typical of the Plutonian process. Robert Hand ~ Planets in Transit.
Exhibt A~ ⨁ Planet Earth, where Plutonic energies are a part of life, in fact instrumental to it.
It's the psychology of these energies that makes them so interesting or alarming.
There is no real 'handling' of a tough Pluto transit, becoming a creature of constant and renewed adaptation is the best you can hope for. Accepting the inevitability and living with as much conscious awareness as possible through the processes of death, destruction and renovation is the best you can do to ease the passage of this distant but heavy hitter.
Uranus is an interesting catalyst for Plutonic activity. In it's most helpful aspect (the one I'm primarily concerned with) the forces of Uranus manifest suddenly and without warning and jolt us into action thereby forcing change and hopefully through change or transformation--fingers crossed, the out-growth of something beneficial to all.
As with Plutonic energy, Uranian energy is difficult to control or suppress and so we are left again not quite helpless, but reminded that we need to be constantly transforming ourselves. The transformation of energy on the planet is a given. For humans it's what we transform these energies into that makes the world of difference.
Escaping the influence of the energies of the Moon is an easier proposition, by understanding that on a minute by minute basis we have the ability to choose our thoughts and with insight and experience many of our feelings, will give us a measure of objectivity on the impacts of the Moon. The moon governs our emotional lives, it ebbs and flows, waxes and wanes and as the fastest moving planetary influence (bearing in mind that it's not a planet as such). If we observe it's cycles we can wise up to it and exploit it's rhythmic regularity.
The thorough going through of Mars' extended stay in Virgo is setting us up to handle the next few years of the Uranus/Pluto Square that's going to change our lives forever.
The full Moon on the 8th of March, will be conjunct Mars (retrograde) in Virgo. I've got a hunch, this could be another 'big' Moon. Plan not to be inflated with nitpicking frustration. Use this full moon to illuminate not inflame. Mercury will be stationing retrograde in Aries a few days later on the 12th.
All is not as it seems and never a dull moment.
