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Adam Elenbaas

Moon/Jupiter and Mercury Getting Together with Venus

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Mercury is heading toward a conjunction with Venus in Sagittarius, and today the darkening Moon is moving through a conjunction to Jupiter in Scorpio. Here's what to watch for: * Support or success when and where it's needed * Finding allies or friends * Opportunism * Taking help from people who are below you in one way or another * Calling in favors * Wise delegations * Using your name, rank, status, or position to influence a situation * Approaching a person of higher rank, status or …

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A Few Things to Remember About Retrogrades

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Mercury is retrograde for the next week, and Uranus will be slowing down to station over the course of this month, turning direct again in the new year.A few things to remember about retrogrades:* When a planet is retrograde it starts moving along with the primary motion of the sky, rather than moving against the grain of the primary motion, as it usually does. The primary motion of the sky was symbolically related to the "one," by Plato, whereas the secondary motions of the planets were related …

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Jupiter Squaring the Nodes of the Moon

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Jupiter is moving into a square with the nodes of the Moon. Here are some things to think about: * The history and use of the nodes of the Moon in traditional astrology is not well known and not well represented in modern forms of astrology. Generally speaking, most astrologers in the modern era of astrology use the nodes as part of a paradigm that suggests that the soul is "evolving" and that the north node teaches us what we're supposed to be moving toward, whereas the south node represents …

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Mars Entering Scorpio

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Mars has just entered Scorpio where it will stay until late January. Here's what to watch for: * Whenever Mars enters Aries or Scorpio it is officially back in its home sign, which you can think of like the owner of a home or property returning after a time abroad. * Mars in its home sign is empowered in the same way that it's easier to manage the affairs of your own house from within it as opposed to being abroad! * When Mars is transiting through another sign of the zodiac it has to act …

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Saturn Entering Capricorn: Part Two

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 More today on Saturn's upcoming entrance into Capricorn: * Today we'll look at the elemental status of Capricorn. * Capricorn is a feminine/yin earth sign. The history of elemental theory in astrology is complicated by the fact that the four elements were used differently by different ancient philosophical schools of thought over time. * As a result, we have inherited and sometimes unconsciously assimilated a variety of contradictory ideas about the elements. For example, sometimes we …

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Saturn Entering Capricorn: Part One

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What does it mean that Saturn is about to enter Capricorn? Today we'll look at what it might mean that Saturn is entering a "tropical" sign, and then in days to come we'll explore the other various features of Capricorn that will define Saturn's upcoming transformation! Here are some things to think about: * Saturn entering Capricorn, first and foremost, means that Saturn is entering one of its two home signs. Capricorn is Saturn's feminine/yin home. Capricorn is an earth sign and it is a …

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Mercury Retrograde Conjoining Saturn

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With Mercury flowing backward into a conjunction with Saturn, you might be noticing the following themes: * The need to create more space and time * The need to shorten something * The need to tighten, reduce, or simplify * The feeling of limitation and constraint * Feeling mentally inept * Feeling like you can't communicate clearly or effectively * Feeling like your thoughts or words are either too rigid or not clear enough * Feeling hesitant to commit  * Experiencing or expressing extreme …

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Mercury Heading Back to Saturn

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Mercury is moving backward now to repeat its conjunction with Saturn, which will occur over the next few days. Today, a meditation from the I Ching in light of this transit: * The 37th hexagram of the I Ching is called "Family Duties," or sometimes "Clan" or "Family Life." * The judgment reads "Women's persistence brings reward." * The image is that of wind rising out of a hearth fire. * The image commentary says, "There is factuality in the speech of superior people, and consistency in …

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