Adam Elenbaas

A lot going on in the next week. Let's refresh on the Venus/Saturn square as Saturn is stationing to turn retrograde today.* In ancient Greek philosophy the concept of necessity, Ananke, and the planet Saturn (Kronos) were closely related. Astrological philosopher Robert Schmidt has often suggested that within the Greek conceptualization of fate there were several different "kinds" of fate. With ananke, or necessity, there were two notions in particular. On the one hand you have events that are …

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The Sun is approaching a square to Pluto...An I Ching lesson on the approach of the Sun into the t-square between Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto.* Hexagram 24 is often called "Return," and it depicts one yang line and five yin above it. Because the lines move from bottom to top, the hexagram is a picture of yang energy returning and climbing upward again.​* Hexagram 24 depicts the light returning after a period of darkness.* My favorite translated, Alfred Huang writes of hexagram 24 that "This …

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The Moon is just about to enter its home sign of Cancer, and tonight Venus will retrograde out of Aries and into Pisces...Here's what to watch for:* Venus is retrograding out of Aries and into Pisces by this evening, which means that Venus will begin a square to Saturn that will be in effect for the rest of April as Venus stations and slowly turns direct again.* Venus' square to Saturn brings up issues of trust and doubt in relationships. Venus in her exaltation wears down the doubt, mistrust, …

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Jupiter and Pluto are still in a tight square, but now just separating.Here's what to watch for:* Over the next two weeks the Sun in Aries will walk through the cross hairs of the t-square between Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto. The Sun in Aries is exalted, but every exaltation is closely related to its opposite condition, which we call "fall" or "depression." The exaltation of the Sun in Aries points to leaders, heads of state, rulers, powerful people, executives, those with the power to judge or …

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Jupiter and Pluto are exactly square today.An I Ching Lesson for today's transit:* The 56th hexagram of the I Ching is sometimes called "the Wanderer," and it has to do with being in a transitional or liminal state, a state of exile or departure, or a state of being an outsider or the foreigner.* Such positions indicate that whatever power we may have inside, it is not capable of being fully expressed outside because of the situation we find ourselves in.* When we aren't playing on our home …

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The Moon is about to enter Taurus today...Here's what to watch for:* Mercury is trine to Saturn. You are: thoughtful, serious, committed, focused, disciplined, strict, harsh, severe, limiting your words, careful with your thoughts, finishing or finalizing an agreement, trying to cut down or cut back on something, pruning or editing, speaking with conviction, arguing with a brick wall, thinking about age, death, and mortality, finding support from an elder or words of encouragement from someone …

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The new Moon in Aries is moving toward an opposition with Jupiter and square to Pluto today.Let's take a closer look at the Jupiter/Pluto square, which is tightening right now.* The last time that Jupiter and Pluto were square to one another from Libra and Capricorn it was between 1767 and 1768, during the time that the Townshend Acts were being passed in the American colonies. The Townshend acts were a new series of taxes levied on the colonies by the British Empire, and they were met with …

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Happy New Moon in Aries! The Sun and Moon conjoin this evening to begin the first new moon of zodiacal spring.What to watch for:* A few remaining sizzles and sparks from the electrical, dynamic, Mercury and Uranus conjunction. Watch for strange flashes, electrical surges, breakthroughs in communication, odd things happening with technology that reflect an inner epiphany or shift. Speaking up and out. Information that changes an entire situation.* Meanwhile, Jupiter and Pluto are square to one …

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The Moon is in Pisces today and Venus is just leaving the heart of the Sun (cazimi).Here's what to watch for...* When Venus is at the heart of the Sun it's as though she has died into a cauldron of fiery flowers.* She is being cleansed, healed, and purified.* She is being rarefied into a new oil, a new medicine.* Watch as relationships are cleansed, renewed, revitalized.* Breathe in the aroma of a new era in the way you love, relate, and create.* Sense and smell the lightest dawning of a new …

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The dark Moon is in Aquarius today...Here's what to watch for:* Mercury is triggering the t-square between Jupiter/Uranus and Pluto, just as Mercury is in the early days of emerging as the evening star.* Information comes to light that makes everything clear or obvious, the real dangers apparent, and the path forward is presented.* Technical issues, breakdowns in communication, unexpected changes in plans or important announcements.* Coercion, forceful communication tactics, aggressive …

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Venus is combust the Sun, moving through her retrograde into a conjunction with the Sun.What to watch for:* It's fascinating that as Venus is disappearing into the underworld, Mercury is appearing as the evening star. There are a number of images that come to mind.* An appearance dies, a messenger appears* Revelations appear as relationships break down* Speaking the truth, whistle blowing, calling something out, leads to a breakdown in diplomacy, trust, or negotiations* A failed attempt to …

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