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Newsletter
SQUARES AND T SQUARES Bad, bad planets! Most of my readers know that when Mercury goes retrograde life becomes somewhat disrupted. Well Jupiter has turned retrograde, he is normally the greater benefic. When he is retrograde his behavior is that of a magnified retrograde Mercury and as he moves slower, the disruption to our lives is longer and larger.
We are all recovering from the Cardinal Cross in the sky, during this time our energies have been scattered and we really have had to focus our energies before trying to make any actions.
This cross has shifted and we are now dealing with a Cardinal T Square. This is where two or more planets oppose each other 180 degrees apart, these planets are then squared by another planet, 90 degrees from both of them, making a geometric looking T.
It is called Cardinal as the planets are all in Cardinal signs, the most action driven signs of the Zodiac. When looking at the signs we have three modes, Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable. The cardinal sign describe action, after action we need time to expand the action and that describes the fixed signs, concentrated determination. Once we have completed manifesting the action the Mutable signs come in and give an energy of flexibility and changeability.
This Cardinal T Square is going to be with us for another Month or so, but will come and go until April 2011. During this time we and the world are likely to meet crisis head on, one crisis after the other. This particular T square is warning us that if we plunge ahead into action without balance and solid structure it will all amount to yet another crisis and a total waste of time and energy.
There is no quick fix now, the time for a quick fix is over, and we really need to bring balance and structure to the party. If the structure or balance is weak your action will fall apart. During a T square it is a period where motivation and the need to achieve are high. If this is done without the correct structures in place and things are imbalanced all your energy will be wasted and exhaustion will follow.
It is particularly challenging now as we have Jupiter retrograding, to the naked eye he looks like he is going backwards so he is behaving in a backward manner. He is one of the planets involved in the T Square so we need to understand that we are feeling stuff in a big way. He behaves like a large Mercury retrograde planet, so the little problems are not as little as we expected them to be. Take time out to fix your problems in a balanced structured way; everything is taking longer than is expected. This is a lesson in patience, do the repairs properly this time, remember no quick fix.
Jupiter as a planet rules expansiveness, law, money and investment, international affairs, religion, higher education and the media. Interesting that in all these areas we are seeing a lot of activity of late. In every case balance and structures are needed to enable things to move forward.
Mercury is also about to go retrograde and we are feeling the effects from Mercury now. Things are slowing down; we are feeling as if there is not enough time in a day. People will not remember appointments so its time to research controls one can put into place just to get things running more smoothly. Our memories will be challenged and so will others so be patient. There may be problems with your staff members and a need to put stronger controls in place. If you are working for a boss you may find that the boss will want to restructure your daily working systems. If you are your own boss it will be evident what systems are working and which are not. Any thing that is about to break will break, retrograde Mercury is a time when we get things fixed. Be careful of driving as accidents are more prevalent during a Retrograde Mercury.
Once again to deal with this particular Retrograde Mercury it will help if you revise your routines at work, play and watch your health. Return to the gym and all those good things. Now is the time to repair your routine at work and in your every day life. This will be gone by mid September where the loss of control in our daily routines and lives will start getting back to normal.
An unpleasant visitor Mars the planet of action, aggression and fire has joined in with the others in this T Square. He is very unhappy and unsettled as he hates balance and structure so tempers will flare during this period. Now if ever we need to practice what our mothers have taught us and count to ten before reacting.
Many a meeting has gotten out of hand and tempers have flared. An almost uncontrollable anger is erupting form large groups or gatherings of people. This is happening in families and with friends. The carnage on the roads is largely due to aggressive fast and imbalanced drivers. Gee, slow down people, speed kills, even in our daily lives fast living causes strokes and heart problem as well as burn out.
Hating and being angry with other people has a negative effect on your health. Try to forgive your enemy and estranged friends and family. All the anger and hatred is too tiring, name the problem and balance your feelings restructuring the situation and move on.
As Jupiter is the planet of investments and big money, not the money in our back pockets rather the worlds money, is retrograding we need to carefully have a relook at our investments. Things don’t look good; we have had a little up and now going through a down. Study the market look into past for trends and watch what is happening. Restructure the way you understand money, it is changing and it will recover mid November when the markets will once again regain their strength.
Jupiter or Money has been tied up in this T Square and the planets have been warning us not to rush ahead and do anything rash. Buying stock now until the second week in September is good as long as you are being guided with balanced structured advice from your investment brokers. September and October are good times to have a meeting with your brokers and relook at your profiles. The markets are going to settle after October till June 2012 where the floor will fall from under them again.
The other message we can take from the planets controlling us from their T Square is that rushing ahead without thought or plan will land you further in the soup. Messy and hot! Things are going to end and new plans have to be made, we have to make an action to survive, what was working before is not working any more. Take you time and reflect why things need to end, or have ended, then with a balanced attitude restructure a new path that is practical and can work.
The time of quick fixes and easy solutions have come to an end, the world has changed and is demanding restructuring in a balanced and practical way. Make the action but take time to do it properly. Stepping ahead in faith does not really cut it now, be practical and understand what you are stepping into, do the research, put in the correct structures, find your balance then with the help of the good Lord step ahead.
MEDICALLY SPEAKING
I have been very lucky to have just attended an informative Astrological Medical Conference where our speaker came to South Africa and he with several of our own local Astrologers shared ideas.
What is very interesting is that we are faced with the growing concern of continued antibiotic resistance. The era of antibiotics is ending naturally, we have to face facts and start taking responsibility for our health.
We need to tap into the basic elements and temperatures that make up our bodies, if they are balanced then we have less chance of falling ill. Remember illness is a reason why a person will get an infection, not the other way around.
Heat is life and when the heat is used up we get cold, cold attracts moisture and then the Sun dries up the moisture.
Our bodies are made up of hot and cold as well as wet and dry. Heat is energy and movement, cold regulates, dry stays the same as well as stops things moving and moist connects as well as assists with movement.
The Doctors and Medical people of the 16th century worked closely with the four Humors of their patients. They would find out if the patient was a Hot and dry, fire humor, or a cold and moist water humor, perhaps even a cold and dry earth humor or hot and moist air humor. Then look at the disease afflicting them, seeing what humor is not in balanced therefore making them ill and susceptible to infection. By correcting the balance using herbs and diet the body will get back into balance and the patient will get stronger.
Relating to my writings above we have become impatient and wanting of instant gratification these days. The quick fix is what is needed. Very well, do this to get over the acute phase then find out how you can balance all the elements in your body to maintain your health and prevent illness from becoming an infection.
The Cardinal T Square is Hot and Dry in nature and if we fall into its clutches we get too much heat and literally burn out leaving us feeling tired and listless. Herbs together with astrological rules and diet is how people were treated with great success in the past, we can do it again moving forward.
I will be studying the medicinal herbs so I can add this part of the information to treating illness. With a knowledge of my clients chart I will be able to recommend monthly treatment plans structured to maintain balance in their bodies.
As an example of how the planets and healing work we look at a patient who is depressed, this is a cold and dry melancholic illness. We need to treat them with heat and light, the Sun so the idea is to look for a Sun herb, St John’s Wart has a flower that looks like the Sun and is very effective in the treatment of chronic depression. The secret is to have the treatment during a Sun hour in the day. This will give the best results, but today we are very busy so Sunrise will do.
As this T square is so fiery and choleric we need to cool things down a bit like dandelion roots, they are cold and dry and the leaves are cold and moist ridding the body of excess heat. Some people have bodies that will try to do this itself, nose bleeds are a way of regulating the body’s heat and humor.
So my advice is that we all try and phase out the quick fixes in our lives as they seem to have long complicated repercussions. |
