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 Libra:
Saturn opposes Uranus from the 12th house of the hidden, to the 6th house of your work. The 12th is also the placement for your mate's job, so it could be a teeter totter effect from your job to his and vice verse. There may be an authority type working behind the scenes, while Uranus is shaking up your job arena with little earthquakes. Then they change signs and move into your 1st house of Self to the 7th house of mate. In a succesfful marriage you will need to allow your mate some leeway and find new ways to spice up the bedroom, not the time to be the sour puss holding back sexually, 'cause your mate may just be in the mood to experiment. Marriages that aren't so good can see you pulling the plug.
With Saturn in Libra and squaring Plutoin Cap, from the 1st house of self to the 4th house of family, you can become more judgemental of those around you in the coming 2 + years, and particularly when Saturn squares Pluto. You can have some run ins with mom or some other authoritative woman.
The bright light at the end of the tunnel is lucky Jupiter moving in to conjunct Uranus in Aries and your 7th house of mate. Yes, Saturn is in your first, and you want to be more solid, sober and secure, but your mate (mirroring your shadow issues) wants to kick up their heels and now, with a stroke of good luck, they'll want to include you, so get out of those oxford shoes and wool tartan vest and try to live it up a little. Your relationship will benefit from it. Then the two retrograde back to Piscesand your 6th house of work, bringing you some good news on the job.
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, Libra, Pluto spent 12 years in your 3rd house of communication, school, lower education, community and neighborhood, as well as the house of siblings and the first one in particular. You may have had a run in with the HOA running your complex, or you had to stand up to a teacher for your child, or you dealt with the beauracy of the city.
Now, as Pluto is residing in Capricorn, it moves into your 4th house, of home, family, and mom. It's at the bottom of your chart, shoring up your foundation, and re organizing the fundamentals of life that were taught to you as a child. Mom had the responsibility by word or deed to give you a positive foundation, but it was her achillees heel, so quite probably it went wanting. So now you have the opportunity to muck thru the emotions which have come down for generations and find answers. You'll probably draw in a powerful woman whom you need to stand up to, and/or you have a power struggle with your mom. It's a time where boys and young men will see their mother as a power figure and feel that whatever is said is a dictataorial command, even if it isn't.
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 transcendant sign of higher vision much as its own sign, Pisces.
For you, Libra, Neptune is in your 5th house of love affairs and kids. Uranus could have brought in a new relationship, being ahead of Neptune, but then Neptune comes in her gossamer fashion and can put a haze over the procedure. You want an ideal romance, and reality just never quite measures up. Keep it realistic and all will be well. Make sure you know what your kids are up to but don't rein them in too hard....they are the leaders of the future and they all know computers and the energy of this new millennium far better than we do. For all it's logical, linear math, many major programs have been issued during Pisces, showing the intuitive factor in the process.
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.
Librans found Uranus shaking up the 6th house of work, health and service. You could have been let go of your job, and felt it is the end of the world. But Uranus didn't want you to get into safe, little rut. It wanted you to expand your horizons. For you to be truly happy and healthy, you need to be in a job that supports you in who you are. Uranus did this to force you to change.
When Uranus moves into Aries in May of 2010, It will oppose your sun, in the 7th house of relationships - mates in general and the first one in particular, mom's mom, dad's dad, 2nd child, 3rd sibling after you. Any of these people will be breaking free and establishing themselves as new entities.They'll be chafing at the bit and wanting to become independent, so it's better if you let them and not stand in their way. Your mate can want to establish a new relationship with you. S/he may be tiring of the routine and seeking a higher level of intimacy. The 7th house is that of your shadow issues, so you'll be 'waking up' to truths about those issues you thought you had buried deeply. Allow them to come up safely, gently and easily......Uranus hates the mundane and ordinary so this will be a time of change and moving in new directions.....if you let it. If not, Uranus can dump you out of your complacency.
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, Libra, now that Saturn is in Libra and your first house of self, it's better to keep your nose to the grindstone and be sure to do your job well, so no one can find fault.....and they'll be trying to find fault! It can also act out as being even more critical of yourself. Saturn in Libra cautions you to question your key relationships - mom, dad, mate, and see what's missing. You may have to stand up for yourself now, and pave the way for a more positive future where you are more assertive and command the respect of those around you..........people in your life who are used to you being passive, are going to be surprised!
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.
The second eclipse occurs on July 11, 2010 at 3:41 pm, EDT in Washngton, D.C. The sun and moon are at 19 degrees of Cancer. those of you born in the middle of the sign will feel this most acutely. You're on the front burner now, it's your six month period to shine. How will you use this time? 