The system (Pluto in
Capricorn) is breaking down and we have to find new ways to relate with each
other, to feed each other. (Cancer is the missing, essential element for
grounding in this change. More on that below) Saturn in Libra offers us
the discipline and authority to help us reach compromises and work together.
Saturn says, "If you're gonna play, play fair!' It begins with
knowing who you are, who you want to partner up with and how well you partner.
Strength and courage (Mars) along with grace and creativity (Venus) are needed
to engage in great partnerships, based on a deep commitment to a common
purpose.
As Venus and Mars move
through the beginning degrees of Libra in early August, they will connect to
all four of the major planets in the T-square. With Saturn in Libra, they
get a reality check what is the state of my relationships (Venus)? Am I being
fair and just to both myself and others (Mars)? Love (Venus) and desire
(Mars) are important components of any successful relationship, personal or
professional.
Venus and Mars also
oppose Uranus and Jupiter in Aries our new awakened sense of ourselves as
spiritual co-creators of life. Our love and desire natures can act on
this new awareness of who we are in all our relationships. And it is
through those relationships that we can incorporate the Aquarian vision of
equality and oneness (remember the big Neptune, Jupiter, Chiron conjunction in
Aquarius last year? The new vision we are coming to hold in common,
especially since the Gulf oil spill.).
Venus and Mars and
Saturn in Libra as well as Uranus and Jupiter in Aries are all squaring (90*)
Pluto in Capricorn, the great leveler who is rooting out corruption and decay
in the patriarchal system, both within and without. A square represents
an energetic crossroads, a need to turn a corner. We have to hold the
tension of opposites between our new identity and "all our relations' and
diplomatically find solutions together for our common problems. That's
the best way to handle the energies of the 5 squares to Pluto. Watch for
lots of transformation beginning in these next few weeks, especially for those
of you with planets in the beginning degrees of the 4 cardinal signs: Aries,
Cancer, Libra, Capricorn.
So, within this context, let's take a look at the New Moon in Leo. Leo is the sign of creative expression and Individuation. It's the sign where we can feel free to create like children create spontaneously, unselfconsciously, joyously with lots of laughter and play. Leo and children want to say YES to life. Leo calls us to the simplicity and exuberance of childhood. And yet, it is a grown-up wonder and creativity for Leo is the sign of our Individuation, our unique creative purpose.
Like the Tarot card of the Sun in the Rider-Waite deck, where a child rides a white horse under a big, shining Sun, Leo wants to feel rejuvenated and complete, innocent and wise. And she does this by expressing what's inside her in concrete ways. Leo wants others to see him because he has discovered a way to show people who he is. He becomes an example of creative self-expression.
Leo is also the
sign of the King and Queen, the sign of our royal nature. The ancient
purpose of kings and queens was to stand before the gods to represent their
people, and mediated between the powers of life and the good of their people.
It is Leo's unique personality which gives him the charisma to lead; it is
Leo's natural creativity which gives her the power to express herself.
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