As we’ve been looking at these challenging transits for the past week, they have grown more intense as they’ve come closer to perfection. Here’s a short list summarizing the themes again:
* Conflicts with authority, bosses, managers (Sun/Mars)
* Arrogance and conflict with people stuck on their own way (Sun/Mars)
* Having to tread or walk carefully through a precarious situation or when dealing with an awkward or dangerous person or subject (Sun/Mars and Venus/Pluto)
* Eruptions of love, romance, sexuality, sexual power (Venus/Pluto)
* Unconscious, hidden, or secretive insights or information being revealed in romantic relationships, partnerships, or friendships (Venus/Pluto)
* The death of love, sex crimes, sexual abuse, scandal (Venus/Pluto)
* Sexual perversion, coercion (Venus/Pluto)
* The embarrassment or humiliation of leaders or people in the spotlight (Sun/Mars)
* Benefiting from someone else’s loss or downfall (Venus/Pluto and Sun/Mars)
* Shock, awe, violence, temperamental conversations (Sun/Mars and Venus/Pluto)
* The negotiation, contract, agreement, or bond that is in part a sacrifice made for the sake of something bigger (Venus/Pluto)
* Being taken advantage of by, or taking advantage of, someone in authority
* Love and old age, love and death, love and decay (Venus/Pluto)
* The transformation of our relationships, sexual healing (Venus/Pluto)
* Ideological or philosophical warfare, being easily offended, reactionary futuristic thinking (Sun/Mars)
* The paranoia of intellectual self righteousness (Sun/Mars)
* Propaganda related to lofty or subversive ideas (Sun/Mars)
* Militarism hidden as progressivism (Sun/Mars)
Since I’ve been doing I Ching readings quite a bit lately for my clients I have many of the I Ching teachings on the brain. Two that come up for me today are “Treading on the Tail of the Tiger” and “Approaching.” Treading on the tail of the tiger is a hexagram from the I Ching that discusses the way to proceed when dealing with a dangerous or unreasonable person or situation…you have to proceed with great care, knowing the kind of response you might get from stepping on the tail of a Tiger. The hexagram “approaching” has to do with a powerful influence entering our lives that while powerful may become too powerful by the end. Both hexagrams suggest the influence of powerful people or dangerous situations that could get worse if we’re not very cautious and mindful. One has more to do with imminent danger and the other with approaching, long term influences that could subtly deteriorate the integrity of something healthy over time. It’s my feeling that we would be wise to act as though both of these hexagrams are in play at the moment and heed their advice!
Prayer: Help us to walk carefully around the tail of the Tiger, and help us to notice the approaching of powerful but corrosive influences
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