Astro --- WD GANN hour.......... several of the dates mentioned below will mark time turning points as well as the eclipse can cause reversals in some markets and acceleration in other.....based on the other variables involved.
Astrology Now in April 2014 – Sun Opposed Mars
by Robert Wilkinson
Finally! This is the point in time where Mars is slowest in motion, and showing us polarized forces both within us and outside us. It’s testing the health of our natal Sun-Mars aspect.
This point in the Mars retrograde cycle is “the far point on the horizon” relative to the Sun, even though, as I recently noted, Neil DeGrasse Tyson states with authority that the horizon is an illusion, since it forever recedes as we approach it. So we move through a very polarizing illusion showing us how our Aries, Leo, Libra, and Scorpio energies are working together (or not!)
This opposition falls with the Sun at 19 Aries and Mars retrograde at 19 Libra. This “axis of awareness” brings the light of a technique of “a strife transcending and unattached outlook” on our industrial reality into exact opposition of the energy of a technique of seeing what’s unfair or out of balance, and moving toward some form of repair or reconstruction work. Given the widespread polarization currently creating massive tension throughout our world, this seems about right.
Wherever this falls in the chart, you can bet you’re seeing some things you never saw before, even if the pace is slow. This is also the first opposition to Mars retrograde, which will be followed by Mercury opposed Mars just after the extremely powerful Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 26 Aries-Libra at 0:42 am PDT, 8:42 am BST on April 15. That opposition will be a major factor in the Full Moon Eclipse effects that will last several months, and falls at 17 Aries-Libra.
Any opposition may create butting heads, pulling apart, seesawing back and forth, or some other form of polarization. Yet it is the aspect that brings us full awareness, whether of what opposes what, or how to exteriorize either pole of the opposition. So this is a time of polarized awareness.
That implies this is a time to externalize the light of the Sun through “right action/non-action” of Mars in Libra, or externalize the Mars focus through the light of the Sun. This should be a good time to moderate the impulsiveness of the Sun in Aries, or focus the “soft power” of Mars in Libra through illuminated action. And we are aided by the Moon in Leo quintile Mars and tredecile the Sun!
In any case, this is the slowest of the slow period, where we can all cool out a little while weighing and judging how we’re responding to the illuminated revolution brought to us during this New Moon in Aries time period (more here). I would think that moderated response would be a good phrase for this period of the Great Fracturing driven by the T-square. And of course, it could be a time to restore balance, justice, or at the very least homeostasis in life areas dominated by Aries, Leo, Libra, and Scorpio.
From here life begins to speed up again as we move into the time of the Great Fracturing. We have some very good aspects the rest of this week, so make the most of it!! By the time the Moon in Libra focuses the energies of fracturing on April 13-14, Mercury will have triggered the Cardinal T-square just before the coming Lunar Eclipse, throwing us all into the next phase of things falling apart.
Here I’ll remind you that this fracturing is absolutely part of the natural order of things. Sometimes old structures and approaches must fall apart so we can build something new. The fact that a thing can “fall apart” shows that it has reached the end of its structural integrity, and must be repaired and/or replaced by something more suited to the time.
At other times, we must leave the old ways and structures behind completely and forever (at least in this round of doing our Being) as we enter unknown zones of existence, building, or focus. In this respect, sometimes the comfortable hell we know must be left behind for the unknown heaven awaiting us. While leaving old slave systems may bring some insecurity, it also brings us freedom. And that’s a very good thing!
© Copyright 2014 Robert Wilkinson
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APRIL HOROSCOPE
By Marina Macario | March 30, 2014
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 The busy month of April starts with the Sun in a decan that it rules in Aries decan 2. Bold, heroic and shining in splendor. From April 1 – 9 we desperately want to shine and be respected. We want to reach the top of our fields, we can be quite ruthless in pushing aside those who stand in the way of the ultimate throne. This zone is hugely competitive. We will also have a horror of being chained down to anything, needing absolute freedom to fly where we will. Sun conjunct Uranus on April 2 will only emphasis this more. Sun square Pluto on April 3 will bring out ruthless ambition. This aspect is serious about secrecy and control and at armour plating its true emotions. We could feel we need to rule over our domain with an iron will and a steel fist. Sun moves into Aries decan 3 on April 10 ruled by Venus we start to feel the seasons sap rising as the rutting season takes hold. We need to make love not war now, or things can get very monstrous indeed. This is the swash-buckling section of Aries with pirates and sea monsters. Either we become vigilantes and take the law into their own hands or we become ardent lovers. If this huge libido is bottled up, it can become massively self-destructive. April 12 is one of those days when it would be much better to indulge in the art of seduction. The aspects are made for it, we have Venus conjunct dreamy Neptune and the Sun conjunct sexy Eris.
ECLIPSE SEASON The Lunar eclipse on April 15 is at 25º Libra on Spica. This is a double whammy in terms of the Virgo/Persephone archetype. Spica is the star on the sprig of wheat held by the Virgin. This one is extra pregnant with promise conjunct fertile Ceres. Some keywords: Duty to family, sticking with your “pack”, strength in numbers, teetering on the edge, triangular relationships, brilliance, the herd that turns, the “loser” wins, change at the 11th hour. The Sun moves into Taurus decan 1 on April 20 and we are ruled by Mercury. This period brings gifted orators and battles are fought with words, a time when the pen really is mightier than the sword and we love to learn from great conversations. This would be a perfect time to hold a dinner party with intelligent guests for stimulating and illuminating discussions. On April 21 Uranus square Pluto becomes exact. “Pluto’s transformation can fester underground forever, occulted, until Uranus’s lightening bolt hits it just at the right spot. The process is rather like the thunderstruck tower of the tarot. The rebuilding of that which has been devastated can a while. It is not a quick fix. Uranus and Pluto are uncomfortable bedfellows as Uranus craves sudden change while Pluto demands achingly slow and thorough transformation.” On the same day the Jupiter opposite Pluto arm of the grand cross perfects for the second time. The first time was back on January 31. “Power and religion can combine to make a fanatic. … this opposition can bring super success…it also can generate a lot of resentment because of the ruthless tactics used to get to the top…trouble with authorities and the law. Depending on which side is being activated, one can be the judge or the criminal. ” it can also be addiction to religions.
CARDINAL GRAND CROSS April 22 we have the prelude of what’s to come on with a thunderbolt passion of a quarter Moon at 2º Aquarius on Altair. On that day a brave Mars square Jupiter makes Zeus’s Eagle even more daring since this aspect is courageous, pioneering and busting with red-hot, sexual energy. April 23 is the Cardinal Grand Cross “My feeling is that this cardinal cross is a volcano ready to explode. There is a huge amount of energy being compressed and baked inside that square. The main problem is this circuit going into overdrive. The energy becomes frenzied as it whizzes around and around, slamming into each corner, desperate to break out.” On this day both Mars opposite Uranus and Mars square Pluto are exact, “But here’s the blessing, it will still be Mars retrograde, so he will be on the back foot and operating undercover… Malefic Mars here operates as the collective’s blackest shadow on the run. The fugitive has nowhere to hide..” The later half of the month is a spitfire indeed. April 26 is a bonanza of an aspect day. The dark goddesses take the stage with Sun square Lilith. This aspect creates incredibly strong-willed, feisty individuals who take it upon themselves to become spokespeople for the disadvantaged or for gritty, dark issues that are disturbing for the public in some way. The same day that Ceres opposes Eris, a Persephone aspect. This is a rite-of-passage, turning around the “victim” mentality through crowning and empowering oneself. April 27 the fairy tale aspect of Sun sextile Neptune paves the way for the mind-freeing Solar Eclipse at 8º Taurus on April 29. Mercury conjunct the Solar eclipse and trine Pluto emphasises the healing power of words. The word prescription comes from the same root as scribe. Some eclipse keywords: Mind-over-matter, spin masters, creative tale telling, sorcery, forbidden knowledge, re-membering ancient wisdom, connecting with the maat-erial world, martial arts. |
