MAJOR TRANSITS in 2010
Saturn squares Pluto, January 31st, and August 21st,
Libra to Capricorn
Jupiter inconjuncts Saturn February 5th,
Pisces to Libra
Jupiter sextiles Pluto, February 6th,
Pisces to Capricorn
Uranus quincunx Neptune - April 13th
Pisces to Aquarius
Saturn opposes Uranus, April 26th and July 26th
Virgo to Pisces and Libra to Aries
Saturn inconjuncts Neptune, May 2nd, Virgo to Aquarius
Jupiter opposes Saturn, May 23rd and August 16th
Aries to Libra
Jupiter Conjuncts Uranus, June 8th in Aries and September 19th, and January 4, 2011 in Pisces
Jupiter squares Pluto, July 25th, August 3rd
Aries to Cap
The three most prominent aspects this year are Saturn squaring Pluto and opposing Uranus, and Jupiter moving away from Neptune and getting on the Uranus bandwagon, in Aries first, with a retro into Pisces.
Saturn opposes Uranus twice more, once in Pisces and once in Aries. Those who think within the box are not going to cotton to people who think outside the box....and so far outside the box most of us can't comprehend the genius (sort of like "Charlie (David Krumholtz) " on "Numb3rs"). The finiteness of Saturn wants to keep Uranus energy contained, and we know what happens then....Uranus energy is like a stick of unstable dynamite when it gets boxed in. Saturn/Uranus may have been more subtle in Pisces, but the last lash of the dragon's tail in Aries is bound to make that dynamite explode, finally filled up with the containment it's add to put up with for two years.
Saturn squares Pluto from Libra to Capricorn. It did so in November of 2009, and they set each other off twice more, January 31st and August 21st. Saturn and Pluto last met up opposing each other in 2001, now we see results from the square on 'the other side'. It depends on what planets they aspect in your life how intense it may or may not be. Pluto is all about domination and manipulation and the bully, while Saturn is rules and regulations and minding our p's and q's; the judge and the jury.
Lucky Jupiter moves into to conjunct Uranus on June 8th in Aries and September 19th and January 4th of 2011 in Pisces as the two do a dosey-do and retro back to Pisces for a bit. A lucky stroke of luck can come 'out of the blue'. We'll need it, with the heaviness of Saturn and Pluto this year. The planets are ever balancing and bring us something to pick up our spirits when Saturn/Pluto sit on us.
For you Gem:
Saturn opposes Uranus from the 4th house of home, family and mom, to the 10th house of career and dad. The 4th is also real estate, so prices won't be good to sell at this time for you probably. You could get in to it with your mom, and feel some sorrow later. Uranus in the 10th meanwhile, can see dad kicking up his heels, doing things he has never done or done in years, and you can feel shocked. If you're in a career position, and you're keeping your nose to the grindstone when you really want to leave...Uranus could help you do it.....so start making plans to do it yourself. When the two oppose in Libra/Aries for the last lash of the dragon's tail, it will be from your 5th house of kids/ love afairs/ avocations, to the 11th house of career & dad's money, friends, hopes and ambitions, plus a sibling one older. You can be torn between the two factions.
Saturn in Libra squares Pluto in Cap, from the 5th to the 8th> A new love may be hard to come by, or if you find someone, they may be critical and judgmental. You can also get into with your kids, so try to say yes when you can; you'll be tempted to say no just for the heck of it as its easier. Pluto in the 8th puts power trips on alimony or inheritances or just the money of your mate.
The bright shiny 'penny' in all this is Jupiter conjuncting Uranus this year. This will occur in your 11th house of friends, hopes and ambitioins, career money, dad's money, sibling one older. You can get a break thru or your older sibling. Don't be jealous, be happy if it happens for them. Then the two retro into Pisces and your 10th house of career. You get two shots at some nice things happening out of the blue that you hadn't anticipated. Don't just sit there and wait tho. You have to move on opportunities along the way so 'suddenly' it seems, it all comes together. Then they retro into Pisces and your 10th house of career, seeing some lucky break in your career area or some good news for your dad.
THE OUTLYING PLANETS
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are called the 'major' planets because they move slowly. They are the 'directors' of our play of life, and dictate the set and the scenery and outline the major direction of the play.....they would be the ones who write the 'bible' for soap operas - the long range direction of the stories. Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars, on the other hand, are the "personal" planets: they are the actors who trigger the events, and can also be looked at as the 'daily writers' of our individual soap opera who write the daily events. So, in astrology, we look to the outlying planets and see what they are doing to get a sense where the action is going to take place.
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Pluto Not a planet??? Puhleeeze! It has been decided by the astronomy community that Pluto is a dwarf planet...no, no, no....can't be a planet anymore. Hmmmmm, of all the planets I wouldn't mess with, it's Pluto. It has been discovered and designated a planet, and I wouldn't want to be the one to tell it to it's face!! It is generally conceded that before a planet is discovered, it's effects are subliminal; it's there, but isn't recognized as such. When it is discovered, it comes into light, into consciousness, and then we witness it in full bloom. Pluto was discovered in 1930, in Cancer, and then it moved thru Leo for 18 loooooong years, '39-57 (where the atom bomb was first exploded, the holocaust, etc., and we became the "I" generation), and then has been pretty generally a 12 year orbit in each sign since. Pluto is the planet who brings us our deepest transformations, puts us thru the fire, sees how much we can take. It creates diamonds out of our little clumps of coal, but in the process we are never the same.....and some astronomer is going to say it's no longer a planet? It would be nice by saying that, that the energy 'dwarfed' in size; that it no longer affected us so strongly and deeply, but I would think Pluto would just laugh at the thought, and shows us how much a planet "She" (because it is feminine energy) is. She's like Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada" - not anyone to mess with!!
(One way planets are tested for their validity is if they affect a void-of-course moon. A moon is void-of-course, when it aspects the last planet in line, and then has no other aspects til it enters the next sign. It was decided Chiron wasn't a planet for just this reason; Pluto certainly does. In fact, with Pluto at late degrees of Sag, and no other slow moving planet close, in 2006-2007, Pluto is the last planet the moon contacts nearly every month unless a fast moving planet slips in there periodically)
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Pluto in Capricorn - January, 2008 - March, 2023.
After 12 years, Pluto is changing signs. It moves into Capricorn on January 25, 2008 at 6:37 pm PST; its ever challenging energy forcing us to grow; challenging us to stand up to it....reaping rewards of empowerment when we do and succeed. Pluto takes 15 years to go thru Capricorn. It's starting to slow down again. It took 18+ years for it to go thru Leo in the 40s and 50s, and then it sped up and went 12 years thru Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sag...now it's going to slow down again in it's orbit. Actually, the planets have orbits that are not completely circular, so that they appear to be slowing down and speeding up; it's just the phase of the orbit they are in which creates the effect.
Pluto and Saturn are the taskmasters of the zodiac. They don't let us get away with anything. Saturn manifests the emotional blocks which keep us from moving forward, which Pluto triggered the in the past, which we sent underground, challenging us to grow, throwing us into the fires of transformation. When Pluto exits a sign, we are never the person who entered it....thru tempering and testing and transformation, we've grown, we're stronger, and we look at life from a far different perspective. The naive person who entered, emerges as a more empowered being....at least that's the potential.
This period will be best for the earth signs. Pluto conjuncts Capricorn, which will test but eventually bring empowerment for Caps....trine Taurus and Virgo, so all that they have endured so far will reap some rewards. Air signs find Pluto in their money houses, which can see a drop initially, but then a straight building up afterwards. Water signs are involved in communication and relationships, while Fire signs deal with family and mate. It's the cardinal grand cross, of Aries, Cancer and Libra - with Capricorn - who are going to have transformative changes in their lives. (Remember: if you are born at 20 degrees or later of any given sign, or rising, synthesize it with the house positions of the next sign, i.e., if you're a Libra, for instance, you'll still have some time with the house positions, but you're closer to Scorpio's house positions, so include them in your deliberations.)
For you, Gemini, Pluto spent 12 years traversing the 7th house. This related to mom's mom and dad's dad, who set up patterns of behavior (even if they were no longer living, but manifested in their children) about who you would marry. A lot of those patterns came to the fore when Pluto started thru this house of the shadow energy, and you may have played out "The War of the Roses" movie. Pluto going thru the 1st and 7th almost always engage our most intimate relationships. The yin person in the relationship, who gives way to the more masculine yang, now started to stand up for themselves and not take it anymore. The yang person found their covert threats and manipulations ultimately didn't work...the horse got out of the barn, and they couldn't get it back in.
Now, Pluto goes into the 8th house of sex, death and taxes as the old text says. It's more a house of mate's money, inheritances, with some influences left of the former. If the yin person has stood up in the relationship and a divorce incurs, there will be a power play on one side or the other. It's the 2nd house of mate's money if we 'turn the wheel', so your mate can come in to money as well, so you'd better make sure you want to pull the plug, as you may miss out. Your mate may have a break down in his/her job situation before a better job comes along and you pull yourself out of the money quagmire.
Pluto goes retrograde on April 6th and goes direct on September 14th.
NEPTUNE - in Aquarius - 1998-2012
Neptune is now in Aquarius. Combined with Uranus, it's been a bumpy ride the last 8-15 years. There have been upsets and jobs lost, as you've been encouraged to get out of the rat race and pursue more personal goals. The nebulousness of Neptune, has found carving a niche for yourself rather difficult. Now that it has followed Uranus into Aquarius (as Uranus moves into Pisces), the ride should be a little easier, as the energy is more to Nep's liking....Aquarius is a transcendent sign of higher vision much as its own sign, Pisces.
For you, Gem, being a mental sign, you've enjoyed Uranus being in your 9th house in Aquarius but now it's moved on... but it hasn't been as easy with Neptune there. Neptune is all about water, emotion, crying, sensitivity - all the things that you eschew as not being necessary. Neptune is here to heighten your awareness and allow a little sensitivity in.
Neptune goes retrograde on May 31st, and goes direct on November 7th.
URANUS - In Pisces - 2003-2011 | in Aries - 2010-2018
Uranus- On March 11, 2003, Uranus moved into Pisces after 8 years in Aquarius. It then retro'ed back to Aquarius on Sept. 16th,2003, and then back to Pisces by Dec. 31st to continue on it's way thru Pisces for the next 7+ years. Uranus rules Aquarius, which is an air sign, and Pisces, of course, is water. Water and air don't work too well together. Just as Uranus got 'stuck' in Capricorn, it dives into the unknown areas of emotion, and gets confused....that objective, logical air quality doesn't understand emotion, ala "Mr. Spock" and "Data" of Star Trek. Triggering emotional buttons can have Uranus moving into uncharted areas, and acting inappropriately, even for itself. As a friend of mine, the late actress June Ellis (herself an Aquarian) once said, "How can you predict Uranus, when it is unpredictable?" When Uranus enters a new house (new room, more specifically) it throws on the lights, and exposes all that is in that 'room' to be be cleaned out, pulling the rug out from under as it goes, forcing you to move forward in new directions.
In 2010, Uranus enters Aries for a brief stint, on May 27th - then goes Rx on July 5th, and Rx back into Pisces on August 14th. It goes direct on December 6th in Pisces, and then moves into Aries for the balance of it's 8 year stay on March 12, 2011.
Aries likes to be first, and Uranus is the genius inventor of the zodiac, so we can see many Arians moving us into a far reaching computerized future. The last time this happened was 1927-1935, when Neptune dumped us into a depression, so Uranus didn't help. This is bound to be a unique time in history, no matter how you look at it....think of Mars and Uranus together....short tempers, angry exchanges, anger welling up inside til it explodes. On the positive side, it will be a time of opening the world up to new innovations and inventions, as Aries gets kicked in the pants by Uranus, and if Aries energy has been backed up, this will cause it to move forward dynamically again. Certainly, as we've recently seen people packing guns at political events, the push for gun toting freedoms will clash with the eclectic energy of Uranus. Uranus is in the first house in the United States' chart and it certainly is all about "bombs bursting in air" and fighting for individuality and freedoms, yet there is a higher octave of Uranus that is purely cerebral and doesn't like guns....the two extremes will volly for position. Fortunately, as Uranus goes into Aries, it meets up with Jupiter a scant week or so later, so we have the two in Aries for part of the year, adding luck and expansion to the ornery two energies.
Uranus is at the late stages of Pisces and Gemini's 10th house - The mental sign in the watery, Neptunian sign of Pisces. Gems are going to have to stay strong and focused as this illusionary energy does its work. Geminis are "Dr. Spock" (Star Trek) type people, who are intelligent and always analyzing and rationalizing. It likes Aquarius energy because it is the 'higher octave' of communication - it opens Geminis to concepts they never would have been exposed to. In the 10th, you can get sudden advancements in your career....or be unceremoniously dumped so you can get on with a career that means something to you.
When Uranus moves into Aries for a spell on May 27, it'll move into your 11th house of dad's money, career money, radio and tv, along with friends, hopes and wishes and ambitions. Uranus is the ruler of radio and tv, so you might find yourself on tv the radio. You'd love that Gemini. And, since you have an almost photographic memory, it lends itself to tv as well. Many, many actors are Geminis or Gemini rising. If that's not your interest, you may come into some money suddenly from dad or the boss. ...or maybe they come into money and share it with you. You'll be attracted to new, eclectic friends who encourage you to try new things.
Uranus goes retrograde on July 5th, retroes back into Piscs on August 14th, and goes direct on December 6th.
SATURN - Enters Libra 10/30/2009 til 10/6/2012.
Saturn moved into Libra at the end of October in 2009. Libra is all about beauty for beauty's sake, but now, Librans become more practical. They don't want to spend just to spend, and in general, pull back on the 'disposable income' and start to save for something solid and practical that serves a purpose as well as being decorative. Saturn here sobers Librans, makes them stop and take stock in what has transpired in the past few years. Librans like to get along and defer to other signs, but now, their backbone stiffens and they realize they need to be more assertive.
Aquarius and Gemini will benefit the most from this transit, since Libra trines their sun signs. Saturn is in the 9th house for Aquarians, making gains in education, and taking solid steps to be ready for their career when Saturn goes into Scorpio. Geminis find they can bring in a mate who's solid, secure and enduring....but maybe a bit conservative and not too exciting. Capricorns, Aries and Cancers will be the ones tested with this energy, being in the square position. Keep your nose to the grindstone and don't try to grandstand, and you have a better opportunity to get thru it on a higher level. Virgos and Scorpios, Pisces and Taurus will feel 'adjustments' taking place ,as Saturn quincunx' (30 degrees) and inconjuncts (150 degrees) their signs. That leaves Leo and Sag in a sextile position to Libra, which will create 2 YODs pointing to Pisces and Taurus, respectively. When Saturn tests, your "answers" are in those houses....but it's up to you to figure it out.
For you, Gem,
Now that Saturn is in Libra, it's your 5th house of kids, love affairs, talents, creativity and avocations. You'll be more inclined to put your foot down.....or they with you! You could be more strict or too much of a disciplinarian with your kids and others now. "No" just eliminates a lot of stuff and seems to be easier, but it just creates a wall of animosity.....lighten up as much as you can and say ''yes' whenever possible, so that when a 'no' is necessary your kids will recognize its importance. You could draw in a romance now, if you try hard, but it could be someone who likes to criticize and judge.....so it may be better to wait a couple of years.
Saturn commences at 4 degrees of Libra, goes retro on January 13th at 4 degrees, retros back into Virgo on April 7th, goes Direct on May 30th, goes back into Libra on July 21st, and ends the year at 16 of Libra.
JUPITER in Aquarius: January 6, 2009 - January 18, 2010 | in Pisces January 18, 2010 - January 22, 2011
Jupiter, planet of luck and growth finishes up in Aquarius and moves into Pisces, where it will zoom thru the sign and slip into Aries on June 6th and then conjunct Uranus on June 8th...moves on til it retros on July 23rd. It goes back into Pisces on Sept 9th and stays in Pisces til January of 2011. Jupiter is a yearly transit that bucks up whatever house it moves thru; the problem is you tend to think that the luck that comes your way is going to stay, and unless you do something concrete, when Jupiter moves to the next sign, so does the luck. The key is to be like some salesmen - don't stay with one thing and try to make it work; go with whatever is 'selling' this year. After all, there is a pattern to this whole thing called life.
There is a negative side to Jupiter. While it is luck, it is also expansion, and that can be the 'expansion' of our waistline or seeing the forest for the trees, but Jupiter is dogmatic - while it brings luck, it also can bring an arrogant air and a blind denial of anything it doesn't like. The main thing Jupiter does this year is to finally leave the combo of Neptune/Chiron and by March we'll be able to delineate one from another, and then in June, Jupiter conjuncts Uranus! Yeah! Finally...clarity!...and some good fortune thrown in to boot! Being with Neptune for most of last year and into 2010, the expansion-without-consideration of Jupiter to the nebulousness of Neptune had us thinking that nothing could go wrong...and after all, Jupiter is also politics and Neptune is oil...and also spindoctoring. The mirage confused the whole health care reform issue....Jupiter's dogma joined with Neptune's spin doctoring creating a sow's ear out of a silk purse.
Jupiter in Pisces will be best for water signs, for it will conjunct Pisces, of course, and trine the other two; Cancer and Scorpio. Opportunities will start to open up and water signs will reap the rewards. Earth signs, Taurus and Capricorn find Jupiter sextiling, creating Yods to Libra and Leo respectively , while Virgo will find their mate bringing their luck home, or lucky in finding a new relationship. Air signs can use Jupiter to their advantage, but there are some adjustments to make. Fire signs: Aries, Sag and Leo too, will find they have to use the luck that pops up to make some changes.
For you, Gem, Jupiter is in your 10th house of career. Time for you to make hay while the sun shines! Opportunities open up to create the attainment of new career goals. Jupiter enters Aries for a month and a half in June-July, you'll start to see some monetary rewards for a job well done. Mark June 8th on your calendar for Jupiter to meet up with Uranus in Aries!
Jupiter enters Pisces on January 18th, enters Aries on June 6th, retrogrades on July 23rd, retros back into Pisces on Sept 9th, goes Direct on November 18th, Enters Aries again Jan 22nd 2011, and goes into Taurus, June 4, 2011.
By Pamela Leigh Powers, © 1999-2010 all rights reserved
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