Sooooo July ended with the final Saturn – Uranus opposition. And look at the chaos: heat in Russia, Europe, (wheat prices already on the way up), a flood in Pakistan that has displaced more people than that great tsunami, and the second dip of the double dip recession just getting started. . . Well, well. Get back on your meditation mat, because we are just getting warmed up to August and another round of fireworks!
First, there is the always interesting Jupiter/Saturn opposition on August 16th. Jupiter in Aries, feeling oh so fiery and Saturn in Libra, feeling wonderfully judgmental. This opposition will test our economic recovery and the boundaries of monetary expansion and contraction. The attempted expansion of the world economic situation will feel a retraction as Saturn gets really comfortable in the test of the bailout and the creaking of world markets. How long can Germany keep the Euro afloat? Only the shadow knows. And oh, that’s right, Mercury is in the shadow of its retrograde that will be from August 20 to September 12th. The Mercury shadow, however is from August 1 – September 27. Got all the bases in August covered, including, the Jupiter/Pluto square which will be exact on August 21.The transformation grid of the Zodiac will be completely ramped up.
Astrology is always nothing if not a lesson in cycles and the cycles that moving through August are major. The cardinal transits just keep on churning and churning the cosmic soup here on planet Earth.
Yet there is an opportunity here, a real chance to face change, to be a part of a large transition we are all, as a global village, going through. Don’t take the high road, or the low road, take the road of little steps. Work on human kindness in your neighborhood, on the freeway, take the time to just work on spreading the expression of human self-worth and care. The big picture is too big, it has to be broken down into steps and the true first step starts at the door of our own hearts and our own actions. The old quote, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself,” is still the rock of hope for a better world.
In the face of all this, I am still telling my clients to do what they can day by day in those little things that can add up to quite a lot. . . and to keep strong in their meditation practice. It is by staying calm within that we can begin to move the inner peace out into the world.