Aspects for the week beginning 23 January 2011
With Jupiter jumping ship from Pisces and into the fire of Aries, it is off with the old (3 U.K. resignations – Alan Johnson, Andy Coulson and Brian Cowen) and on with the new: Ed Balls (with his Venus at the beginning of Aries) and gloriously clutzy Sagittarian Miranda Hart who received 3 trophies at the British Comedy Awards. Three is the number for Jupiter in numerology, so maybe these patterns are his calling card. Minor skirmishes before tea today, with Mars semi-sextile Pluto, but shortly afterwards diplomacy may reign with Venus sextile Saturn, enough to be able to sit at table and digest your meal. Any lessons of diplomacy learned to day can be profitably retained for use later in the week, namely on Wednesday (26th) as Saturn is stationary prior to turning retrograde, then square to Mercury bringing different lessons, but lessons equally about restraint and limitation. So soon after trying out our Jupiter in Aries wings? We have hardly got them off the ground. Saturn turning retrograde signals that we have reached a certain point in our learnings, and need to do some revision. We are being pinned down on something to define our truth, and have reached the point where we need to go back and review. The square with Mercury reflects the need to draw up documents, contracts, plans and schedules, but this may not be an easy time to put that into practice. Communicating your ideas may be equally fruitless. It is a good time to make notes, in preparation. It is a good time to observe what is going on, and to keep your counsel. Identify your fears, so that you can work with them. The next day, Jupiter squares the Mean Nodal Axis, and the urge for expression may become irrepressible. Where a planet squares the North and South Nodes, there is more likely to be karmic interaction on a wider scale than the personal, in that it affects members of a soul group for instance. So you have Ed Milliband’s hand being forced to allow back into the fold Ed Balls, undoubtedly a force in the current Labour Soul Group, who is already firing his opening salvos at the government economic policy. With Pluto now sextile his Sun, the regeneration of power is returning to Ed Balls. He also has Jupiter transiting his Saturn, the overcoming of a personal obstacle. The duel we have this week between Saturn and Jupiter plays out in our psyche as the duel between fear and courage. Jupiter in Aries is the courage of our spirit, and Saturn represents our fear and sense of lack and limitation. You need the enthusiasm and inspiration and illumination of Jupiter in Aries to take you through the experience of your fear and beyond it, recognizing the lessons as speedily as possible, and being at peace with them. Curiosity is one of the motivators you can use: the openness and willingness to understand what you need to understand, in order to let life play through you and take out the fear.
January 23rd, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Hello Lana,
A Happy New Year to you.
As always, a brilliant informative view on the week’s aspects.
Such a pleasure to read and gain knowledge from.
I always look forward to reading them each Sunday.
It’s good to start the week well informed.
Love & Best Wishes, Shirley.
January 23rd, 2011 at 6:07 pm
I’ve realised that without having made any resolutions, I am being propelled, gently, into the new. Or the same but with enhaced or slightly different ways of viewing things. I’m a bit excited. 3 is always a number that I respond to, although today it’s the warning light in my car coming on for a third trip to get mended at the garage. This also means a second postponent of an exciting trip planned, which will result in it being undertaken at the third attempt. Could be annoying, but makes sense to me now. Thanks Lana for this week’s insights, love Sarah
January 24th, 2011 at 9:55 am
Dear Shirley
Happy New Year to you too, and welcome back! Thank you for your kind comment. I blog the week to see myself through it astrologically, so am glad you find it informative. I then enjoy observing where I am right and where I am wrong! It has been a very educational four years.
Much Love
Lana
January 24th, 2011 at 9:58 am
Dear Sarah
Thank you for your comment! I think your car warning light was the Mars/Pluto semi-sextile. Hopefully you then reached a point of steadiness with Venus sextile Saturn. Glad though that you have caught the excitement of Jupiter entering Aries.
Love
Lana
January 24th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Hello again Lana,
I also keep checking your Blog during the week.
Wednesday looks interesting.
I’ll have to remember the number 3 connection to Jupiter.
I’m just getting used to our new computer, the old one packed up on us in October.
In between, I used our spare Laptop, not quite the same, it was too slow for me!
Have a good week, take care, Love Shirley.
PS Our eldest son is an Aries, I told him about Jupiter returning to his sign.
Think he’s quite excited about that!
January 24th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Thank you, Shirley
The midweek Mercury-Saturn square may be the reason why Sarah’s trip has been postponed this week.
That is exciting for your son, Jupiter returning to Aries! It is whizzing through in a few months (usually it takes a year at a slower pace). It enters Taurus on 5th June. If he is born at the beginning of Aries, he will feel the benefit soon, if born in the middle he will have it at the beginning of April, and towards June if his Sun is at the end of Aries. If he has planets sprinkled throughout Aries, then the next four months or so should be sparkling!
Love
Lana
January 24th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Thank you for all that info, Lana.
He was born on the 1st April, so hopefully he will feel the benefit soon.
Bye for now, Love Shirley.
January 24th, 2011 at 6:16 pm
Dear Shirley
The window of Jupiterian expansion for him is likely to be the week of 11th to 18th March.
Have a good week,
Love
Lana
January 25th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
For those with long memories (and still awake) today I had a return to the water meter saga. But, oh so happy. A wonderful helpful man, who clearly has a good brain and uses it. He found the meter and has marked the spot and shown me, he saw me and dogs leaving for afternoon walk so did paper work and then waited for our return, and even complimented me on the natural wild place I call the front garden (it is a bit flattened after the snow and ice and new growth not started yet). Earlier I had made a careful trip to the shops, and on starting the car to return, the problem light on dashboard went out. Garage man, Paul, also very helpful and says sometimes this happens, wait and see and only go to them if/when it comes back on. I wonder what tomorrow will bring. Love Sarah
January 25th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Dear Sarah
You deserve an award for monitoring every nuance of your week in the interests of astrological research! Can I ask you to note the timing of each individual appearance of the light on your car dashboard? Let me know if that is going too far…
Love
Lana