October 2019 Astrolights

October 2019 Astrolights

Our most potent aspect is the conjunction of Saturn and the south node in Capricorn. This is the trigger for many things hitting the fan right now. These are personal and public. What is unfortunate is that there is also complete confusion in terms of what values should be dominating now by virtue of Jupiter in Sagittarius squaring Neptune in Pisces.  With Pluto turning direct in Capricorn on the third, the confusion is growing. People who support the means justifying the ends are meeting head to head with people who believe the ends justifies the means. Think about this and let it settle in. Does how we handle ourselves outweigh the ideals we’ve been trained to envision for ourselves or vice versa? Do we follow the expectations of others (the law) or our preferred narrative? Even so, everyone seems to have a different interpretation of what the law is, even at the governmental level regarding the Constitution itself.  Many of us are at odds with one another in both our public and private lives.  We appear to be at an impasse.

The United States is a Cancer country so families and businesses are of the utmost important to Americans.  These questions are being asked world-wide of course but they have become very personal for Americans.  The question boils down to who and what should we nurture in both our personal lives as well as in our nation?  Do we put ourselves and our survival first, or the belief that another’s welfare is more important than our own and our own family’s?

Saturn’s and Pluto’s opposition to our country’s Cancer Sun is driving this question home. These transits mark a turning point in the life of all Americans, and in the life of our Nation too.  We have a crisis in values because of a Jupiter/Neptune square that is also happening. Granted, we should be compassionate and kind to those in need, but even a lifeboat has its limits before it sinks under the weight of too many being rescued. Where do we draw the line? And we must draw the line.  That is the lesson of these transits. A nurse can only care for so many people for so long until she reaches burnout. Our country is that nurse. Individually each of us is experiencing the same issues in some area of our own lives.  We are all learning to say ‘no’.

The Sun in Libra is demanding the we rebalance ourselves within the limits of our circumstances before we are engulfed by them.   This month we are gaining clarity about where we must, ourselves, begin setting boundaries in order to regain our wholeness and balance.   

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