{"id":990,"date":"2011-03-27T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T11:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lanawooster.co.uk\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2011-03-27T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T11:16:12","slug":"aspects-for-the-week-beginning-27-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"Aspects for the week beginning 27 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There seems to be even more going on this week, and I am wondering how to pack it all into one little blog.\u00a0 Of course I can\u2019t contain it here\u2026Harry Hill may be able to manage the week\u2019s TV viewing in one little TV studio, but even the news broadcasters are having difficulty fitting in follow ups to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.\u00a0 They are however following the fate of the Nuclear plants in Japan, and this has sparked much debate in the U.K. about their viability, and given our only Green MP (Sagittarius) Caroline Lucas a platform in the media.\u00a0 She was on Question Time recently, and debated in the Guardian yesterday with (Aquarian) George Monbiot.\u00a0 Her argument is that \u201cThere are cheaper, faster, safer, more effective ways of getting our emissions down than going nuclear\u201d.\u00a0 If that is true, what is it that makes our governments gravitate to more self-destructive options?\u00a0 And why, in the face of the Japanese situation, is George Monbiot turning towards the nuclear option?\u00a0 Is it a case of denial, or cognitive dissonance, when he says: \u201cAs for the dangers, I\u2019m beginning to feel that there\u2019s as much nonsense talked about low-level radiation as there is about the undetectable health impacts that doctors can\u2019t see but homeopaths can\u201d.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the unrest in the Middle East is growing, with Syria and Yemen protest sprouting fast, seeded from the success in Tunisian and Egyptian, and despite the desperate situation in Libya.\u00a0 The anti-Gaddafi alliance is trying to pass the baton from the UN to NATO, while the issue of whether or not it is nobler to kill Gaddafi or not remains unresolved.\u00a0 Our UK newspapers this morning show pictures of our own protests in London, yesterday, about the cuts.\u00a0 All this is leading to the polarizing \u201cwhose side are you on?\u201d aspect of Jupiter opposite Saturn tomorrow, and more of that, later.\u00a0 Today we focus on love, particularly the idealistic kind, but any will do in the current climate.\u00a0 We start today with Venus conjunct Neptune, and then Venus enters Pisces which deepens the whole experience.\u00a0 We need to practice our unconditional and compassionate loving, for Neptune enters its own sign of Pisces next week, and we are all standing on the shore, waiting to plunge into the ocean of the collective unconscious.\u00a0 Some will be overwhelmed, but many who thought they couldn\u2019t swim will find that they can (more next week).\u00a0 Talking of Pisceans, I was very moved by the death of Elizabeth Taylor midweek.\u00a0 So much so, that I spent the second half of the week researching her life to write some sort of astrobiography, which would have to be serialized.\u00a0 I will probably be diverted next week on to something else, but really hope to fathom some of her unfathomable life.\u00a0 Pisces and its ruling planet represent charity, and her AIDS work was one of the most enduring of her legacies.\u00a0 So today\u2019s aspects form a focus on love and what it means to you and what it might mean to you in the future.\u00a0 Venus is leaving the detached and dispassionate but friendly and collective sign of Aquarius where it has established brotherhood between the oppressed populations, and now enters a sign where emotions are more involved.\u00a0 Tomorrow, Monday (28<sup>th<\/sup>) we start with a semi-sextile between Venus and Uranus, a nod to the citizen next to you standing up for freedom.\u00a0 Then the Sun squares Pluto, and the consequences of recent violence may hit home.\u00a0 The emotional if not the practical results of destruction need to be attended to.\u00a0 But the most important event of the week also takes place tomorrow \u2013 the opposition between Jupiter and Saturn, one which you may have felt coming.\u00a0 We all have contradictions in our make-up, and it is something that Astrologers, when describing a chart, have to find a way to explain in a way which doesn\u2019t make it look like they are neutralizing their own argument.\u00a0 If you know which houses in your chart this opposition takes place across, then you will have more idea of the issues involved for you, how to achieve the balance, or what is required.\u00a0 If not, then you need to look at those areas of your psyche which are opposed to each other, or out of balance.\u00a0 Societies are tearing themselves apart right now, and we need to be living harmoniously with ourselves.\u00a0 Identify your opposing Archetypes, perhaps, such as the Economist (Saturn) and the Spendthrift (Jupiter).\u00a0 Perhaps it is not too late for them to talk to each other, or the more freedom loving one could be getting very restless.\u00a0 On Tuesday (29<sup>th<\/sup>) Venus conjuncts Chiron in early Pisces, and it is time for you to confront your fears (good preparation for Neptune going into Pisces).\u00a0 Those of you, like me, who are not natural swimmers, may look at your past-life drowning scenarios, for instance.\u00a0 If you have fears about the world coming to an end in 2012, read the guest blog by Asia Haleem on why she thinks the Mayan Calendar ends in 2012, heralded by a transit of Venus.\u00a0 Some have a fear of Mercury Retrograde, and Wednesday (30th) provides an opportunity to get over it.\u00a0 Yes, it\u2019s come round again, and like Colin Firth in the King\u2019s Speech, if you practice clear communications over and over again, you get better, and you will have fewer problems, despite any Mercury Retrograde periods.\u00a0 Thursday (31<sup>st<\/sup>) has a semi-square between Jupiter and Neptune, when we will be required to get clear on our views on religion, spirituality and faith. On my census form I put \u201cUniversal\u201d for religion, for the record.\u00a0 I know quite a few people who were debating with themselves less orthodox entries for this question.\u00a0 On Saturday 2<sup>nd<\/sup> April there is a semi-sextile between Mars and Neptune, a similar debate but perhaps more slanted towards sexual orientation, which mercifully we weren\u2019t asked on the Census.\u00a0 Later, Mars enters Aries, and the militance turns more strident, and there is more certainty about sexual orientation, too.\u00a0 Finally, Venus sextiles Pluto, a fittingly solid end to a roller-coaster of a week.\u00a0 Money and Love issues seem to resolve more harmoniously.\u00a0 I leave you with a long quotation from Astrologer Linda Goodman in her book \u201cLove Signs\u201d about Elizabeth Taylor, which was written in 1978 so may no longer apply, but you may find intriguing if you are a fan of either of these women:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen the vibration of Pluto and Neptune rise to an intensely emotional level, the subject of death may enter the periphery of the relationship.\u00a0 It may touch them closely\u2026or distantly\u2026maybe manifesting simply in an involvement in reincarnational and other\u00a0 various matters generally pertaining to death.\u00a0 Only one example (and there are many) is the powerful bond between actress Elizabeth Taylor and actor Richard Burton, in which the death of Elizabeth\u2019s husband, showman Mike Todd, played a major and mystical karmic role of Destiny \u2013 a role they have not themselves yet fully realized or comprehended.\u00a0 I say this, not to invade their privacy, for neither of them has ever tried to keep the pride of their passion and\u00a0 the passion of their pride\u2026a secret from the public.\u00a0 A streaking comet cannot hide its blazing path from curious galaxies.\u00a0 Naturally death, in some form, will eventually touch any human association, not just that of Scorpio and Pisces.\u00a0 But the essence of death as created through the haunting and haunted blend of Neptune\u2019s and Pluto\u2019s combined pulsations is not an ordinary, but an extraordinary, kind of experience.\u00a0 It invariably contains an air of the compellingly mysterious and inexplicable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There seems to be even more going on this week, and I am wondering how to pack it all into one little blog.\u00a0 Of course I can\u2019t contain it here\u2026Harry Hill may be able to manage the week\u2019s TV viewing in one little TV studio, but even the news broadcasters are having difficulty fitting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astrology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}