The opposition between Saturn (limits and laws) and Uranus (breaking boundaries) is exact today, but it's been building for sometime now, and will be active for a good while yet. To understand the energy of this planetary aspect there's a great Saturn opposite Uranus story at the moment, in the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand fiasco that has been running for weeks. It has a number of Saturn/Uranus style perspectives within it, as well as being a lovely bright spotlight that shines right at the heart of the Great British Public's warped sense of moral high ground.
Thumbnail sketch of story is that Ross and Brand made some joke phone calls to an actor about his granddaughter. It was immature stuff, sort of offensive, but nothing a heartfelt, head hung, ashamed schoolboy type apology shouldn't have put to rights (to the grandfather NOT the granddaughter!!!). Catch up with the story here and note the bizarre way it snowballs weeks later into something the whole country is supposed to end up tutting and shaking their heads at, including the Prime Minister for gawds sake.
Lest we forget, the girl at the centre of it all, who became the embodiment of moral outrage on behalf of all 'right-minded' citizens everywhere whose sense of public decency felt affronted, is a 'burlesque' dancer (which I thought was a stripper who was a bit snobby about the word stripper). Her troupe is named 'Satanic Sluts Extreme', and Extreme Slut Georgina, 23, unfortunately seems like one of those women for whom sex HAS to be linked to the devil, the darkness, and kissing other girls (only when men are looking though) in order to allow herself to feel sexually attractive. Each to their own of course, it's just I don't think in reality her grandad would have been ever so shocked and surprised to find that brouhaha of this news-story nature vortexes around her; it's just part of the process isn't it, if you think sex is a power trip, and female sexuality akin to a black pvc studded handbag packed to the zips with whips, chains and Anne Rice novels, which only has value when swirled nosily and heavily around in everyone's faces, then you are kind of leaving yourself open to be heckled by the Russell Brands of this world.
I know it seems I don't have a good word to say about this girl, it's just that linking sex to the devil and the darkside makes me all bored and fidgety (I'm not religious so satan has no meaning beyond comic books; like Batman or similar), but mostly am really, REALLY peed off that it's ended with Russell Brand not working for the BBC anymore. I now feel personally affected, outraged and offended by her hypocritical 'you must accept me unconditionally but I won't accept you unconditionally' perspective. I really like Russell Brand you see. He makes me laugh and so is very important to my life. Jonathan Ross also makes me laugh, and so is also important to my life. How some daft posh lass chooses to live and express herself via flimsy and unimaginative sexual imagery is utterly irrelevant to my life and it should have stayed that way: it should have been an inconsequential, private family argument where granddaughter felt a bit silly about her lifestyle choices once it was paraded in front of her beloved grandfather, but then ended up taking a rather defiant, admirable and responsible stance by soothing media frenzy with a 'sorry grandad I love you so much, but this appears to be the kind of anti-social, wacky, edgy, behaviour I inspire in others, being the corseted creature of the night I am'.
Anywho... it's a great story to see the energy of Saturn in Virgo opposite Uranus in Pisces at work though, in all sorts of ways...
here's some Saturn words to get the feel of the energy:
the past, conditional love, expectations, authority, tradition, limits, restriction, repression, rules, regulations, boundaries, laws, controls, society, status quo, shortage mindset, approval/disapproval, hierarchy, boss, grandad.
and Uranus:
the future, the maverick, rulebreaker, unconditional self, unconventional, uncontrollable, uncontainable, break-up, shocking, disruption, upheaval, unattached, independent, revolutionary, eccentric, alternative, urge for freedom, lawless, rebel, anti-social, unexpected, experimental, Self-respect,
So by mixing and matching the keywords of each planet:
- it's clear Georgina seems to have a foot in both planetary camps, as she's not too sure whether to be astonished at the antics of Brand/Ross, thereby courting approval (and cash) of gutter tabloid press, as well as prime ministers and grandads (all so very Saturn) or to go with the disruptive flow that her brand (sorry) of sexual rebellion stirred up in others (uber-Uranian).
- There's the BBC which is very Saturn, representing a long-standing tradition of middle of the road opinion and Saturday night family entertaiment, opposing rebel Uranian Jonathan Ross.
- But there's also Jonathan Ross as Saturn, BBC entertainment figurehead who 'should have known better' because of the size of his paypacket and blessed association with such an instution. Russell Brand is 'a bit more Channel 4' as some Daily Mail readers might say, which I would say means he's not easily controlled by the shame/blame tactics used in social order maintenance (Brand has been quietly getting away with offensive prank calls for some time now, it was only picked up by media because Jonathan Ross was involved and people have been looking for an excuse to find him guilty of not doing his job properly, which is very Saturn in Virgo).
- Finally there's the persepective of public opinion that was laughably slow on the uptake, but which eventually got round (as Noel Gallagher pointed out) to jumping on the complaining bandwagon. Saturn rules the herd instinct of collective consciousness, which is led by an appointed voice of authority, in this case the media, who claim to be expert on the nature of right and wrong in society and who get the sheep herded by implying that if you aren't agreeing with them you are part of 'what's wrong with society these days'.
I imagine there'll be a good few more stories of this nature before Saturn/Uranus is over, and people will be invited to make 'them and us' style choices, reflecting the polarising nature of the opposition aspect in astrology. The Virgo/Pisces axis speaks of guilt/redemption, the victim, the sacrifice, the critic and the dreamer. Jonathan Ross has long been seen as guilty of being overpaid, so now the sacrifice of three months unpaid suspension might ease a lot of people's troubled minds on that issue. Georgina wanted to be both femme fatal and poor victim which is where the Virgo/Pisces style contradictory fatal flaw showed up in her story. Hopefully there'll be some redefining of tired old victim scripts once Uranus really starts breaking Saturn boundaries.
And hopefully there'll be new things from Russell Brand as I could do with a laugh to get me through it all. Georgina has just announced that she is calling for Brand to be reinstated (story here), u-turning on her previous statement at being 'thrilled' that 'justice had been done'. She adds in her latest interview "all these modelling offers have come through which is quite interesting. I thought about doing modelling a few years ago but was told I was a bit too chunky for that, but now all of a sudden I'm not, so that's great".
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Update On 14th October UFO No Show
Blossom Goodchild is the lady that was convinced UFO's were going to show themselves on the 14th October (reminder here), and if you ever wanted to know how to recognise someone going through a major Pluto transit, and probably Neptune too... heck, may as well throw Uranus in there given the subject matter; this video update she made after the no show UFO says it all.
When I first read about this story last week I laughed and thought she was a nut, but after seeing her YouTube vids, reading her blog etc, she just seemed a nice lady, and the story for me wasn't about the UFO's but became about the human side of it. The hate mail she got was shocking, mostly from religious nuts, but she still kept to her belief that these aliens were going to come and show us all the meaning of life.
But they never showed up and now she is left with her crumbled belief system, and trust shattered. See how it's Pluto in Sadge: the promise betrayed, etc. So you have to be pretty hard hearted to not feel compassion for her in this video, though judging by the comments section that goes with it seems there's a few hard hearts out there with nothing better to do with their day.
Thing with Pluto is that it's the symbol of the Phoenix rising from the ashes, so she'll come through this, and be better for the experience, all reborn and renewed. I prefer her message now she's stopped saying we need people from other planets to show us what high vibrations are all about, "so they didn't come, so lets do it without them... " couldn't agree more, Blossom; we didn't need the buggers in the first place. Write a book about that instead.
When I first read about this story last week I laughed and thought she was a nut, but after seeing her YouTube vids, reading her blog etc, she just seemed a nice lady, and the story for me wasn't about the UFO's but became about the human side of it. The hate mail she got was shocking, mostly from religious nuts, but she still kept to her belief that these aliens were going to come and show us all the meaning of life.
But they never showed up and now she is left with her crumbled belief system, and trust shattered. See how it's Pluto in Sadge: the promise betrayed, etc. So you have to be pretty hard hearted to not feel compassion for her in this video, though judging by the comments section that goes with it seems there's a few hard hearts out there with nothing better to do with their day.
Thing with Pluto is that it's the symbol of the Phoenix rising from the ashes, so she'll come through this, and be better for the experience, all reborn and renewed. I prefer her message now she's stopped saying we need people from other planets to show us what high vibrations are all about, "so they didn't come, so lets do it without them... " couldn't agree more, Blossom; we didn't need the buggers in the first place. Write a book about that instead.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Run For Your Lives! UFO's Are Heading For 14th October Full Moon!
Apparently there's going to be a UFO visible for 3 days on the 14th October. How nice, on the day of the full moon in Aries. But there was nothing in the crop circles about this, was there? Who got the memo??
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
It's Not The End Of The World Then...
So that thing is switched on then, the collider thing in Switzerland. I was getting worried that all past efforts to save the world by only half-filling my kettle were in vain, especially after waking from an awful dream where I was standing with my mother at my parents house, watching this swirling vortex of energy rise from beneath the ground outside, which then turned into a huge mushroom shaped cloud. Green glowing gooey light started radiating off things, and I was saying to my mother 'that's radiation you know, I saw it on The Simpsons; they must have switched that particle thing on' (astrology buffs won't be surprised to learn that Pluto is transiting my 4th house at the mo).
But this is Pluto for you, it's all about the unknown, the uncontrollable, the invisible and what lies beneath the surface; and it's about how we react to the unknown and what we can't control etc, based on mindset and expectations. But Pluto is in Sagittarius and Sagittarius is all about keeping faith that there's always more to come, that it's safe to go Star Trek style where no-one has gone before, and how it's never the end of the world really. I hear they aren't smashing particles into each other until October, so till then I hope they are planning on saving the world by switching it off instead of leaving it on standby...
But this is Pluto for you, it's all about the unknown, the uncontrollable, the invisible and what lies beneath the surface; and it's about how we react to the unknown and what we can't control etc, based on mindset and expectations. But Pluto is in Sagittarius and Sagittarius is all about keeping faith that there's always more to come, that it's safe to go Star Trek style where no-one has gone before, and how it's never the end of the world really. I hear they aren't smashing particles into each other until October, so till then I hope they are planning on saving the world by switching it off instead of leaving it on standby...
Thursday, September 04, 2008
September Horoscopes
Aries
21st March – 20th April
There’s a strong focus on the relationship angle of your chart, in particular on how you’re not the only one who has priorities and preferences. It’s all about balance, which can be frustrating at times for the single minded Ram, but there’s such joy to be had when you find your flow of the sharing mode, especially around the 11th when your ruler Mars meets fair-minded Venus. Again frustratingly, when the planets are in this mood you end up wildly intolerant of anything that reeks of injustice, yet at the same time understanding how you catch more flies with honey.
Taurus
21st April – 21st May
There’s all sorts of planet action happening in the solution-seeking angle of your chart, which means don’t be surprised if there’s a flurry of hitches and glitches this month, but don’t doubt for a second you can’t sort them to your satisfaction. It’s because the planet vibe is fairness and justice, and in this area of your chart you aren’t willing to push aside any opportunity to bring more of that into your life. In amongst this your ruler Venus meets its planet match, Mars (strong around the 11th), which is astro-speak for a great love match and passion-fuelled relationships
Gemini
22nd May – 21st June
There’s a load of planets having a love-in in the matters of the heart angle of your chart all month, especially around the 11th when passionate Mars and love goddess Venus blend blissful vibes with your ruler, communication planet Mercury. A cosy sensation of bigger picture harmony and alignment is emphasised on the 21st and then there’s a new moon (new intention) of balance for all matters of the heart on the 29th. Mercury is retrograde from the 24th, which is always about going over old ground; but how nice to revisit all that ground you’ve been covering recently.
Cancer
22nd June – 22nd July
The sun is energising the communication angle of your chart and during the first week meets authority planet Saturn. It can obviously mean important talks are afoot, but it also means a chance to shine through your words by accepting you are the boss of your own message. Midmonth the full moon falls in this angle too, stirring up a restless and unpredictable side in you that encourages sudden shifts in points of view, both in yourself and others. However, all month there’s planets congregating in the comfort zone angle of your chart; a stabilising influence that softens harsh edges too.
Leo
23rd July – 23rd August
Since 1995, transformation planet Pluto’s journey has symbolised the complete overhaul of trusting where your heart lies. Though you are at the tail end of this story there’s still a couple of chapters left, one of which is the change of direction that Pluto is taking around the 9th. It recalls events last mid-December somehow, and involves a slow turnaround in your perspective that moves you forward more powerfully than you thought possible in recent months. Don’t underestimate the experience of recent months though; it was all part of the Pluto process.
Virgo
24th August – 22nd September
The sun is in your sign now, indicating it’s your turn in the zodiac spotlight and time for an annual boost of creative solar power. September begins at the end of a new moon in your sign, symbolising the fresh intentions now incubating for future fruition. Since last September serious Saturn has been drawing attention to limits and obligations, but all this month uplifting planet Jupiter is a softening influence on Saturn, pointing out a healthy side to pushing boundaries. It’s fab for an unsettled, freedom-seeking full moon on the 15th, which is not taking kindly to feeling fenced in.
Libra
23rd September – 23rd October
It’s all happening in your sign this month: your ruler Venus, your relationship ruler Mars and communication planet Mercury are close in your sign for much of the month, especially around the 11th, which symbolises how things are revolving around themes of balance, harmony, communication and bridge-building. As it’s right on the Libra wavelength, worry not if imbalance is the order of the day initially, it just means a situation is calling for what you do best in order to benefit from your sense of fairness and an objectivity much needed during a rather brusque full moon around the 15th.
Scorpio
24th October – 22nd November
Your ruler Pluto has been retrograde (appearing to move backwards) since mid-June and is about to resume forward motion on the 9th. It symbolises something similar going on in your current situation, particularly the feeling of things turning around or moving forward again (with a possible link to events around mid-December; maybe literally or maybe echoing themes of the time). Summer 2008 was the summer of reviewing what you intend to leave in the past and what to carry into your future, and the priority to pack is that hard won faith in yourself.
Sagittarius
23rd November – 21st December
Constructive planet Saturn helps your ruler Jupiter perfect the art of good timing this month while Jupiter ends its retrograde phase (appearing to move backwards) after the 7th. Like you, it has been going over old ground since early May, possibly with events around mid-February as the catalyst. But right now it’s all about changes in direction, and the desire to move forward; a feeling intensified by a turnaround in transformation planet Pluto at the same time. Pluto is back in the place it was at last mid-December, so think back to see how things have come full circle.
Capricorn
22nd December – 20th January
Your ruler Saturn is lined up in lovely aspect to uplifting planet Jupiter in your sign this month. Jupiter gives bags of confidence while Saturn understands the power of limits, so the harmony of the two means it’s easy to find yourself in the right place at the right time for the right reasons. It’s something to remember during an unpredictable full moon around the 15th, taking place in the communication angle of your chart, as you might have difficulty accepting how your uncharacteristic against the grain conversation fits your characteristic ‘time and a place for everything’ mentality.
Aquarius
21st January – 18th February
September has a big focus on faith and belief, with a number of planets energising this area of your chart all month. A recent crisis of confidence might have got you weighing up what’s what when it comes to what feels unfair; but second week of the month, especially around the 15th, when the strong full moon energy emotionally shifts and clears your mind, you’re in a better place to remember how soothing you find the idea that situations naturally seek their own balance, and how injustice is always a call for the perspective of the fair-minded.
Pisces
19th February – 20th March
The sun is moving through the relationship angle of your chart for much of the month, and meets limitation planet Saturn during the first week. Normally this clouds any vibrant sunny vibe, but faith-filled Jupiter is also involved, which spells a confident, creative and constructive ambience, perfect for a tense and unsettled full moon in your sign on the 15th. Full moons bring things to a head and this has been building for a while: it’s a conflict of no compromise on space and freedom issues, and how not to make freedom another word for alone.
21st March – 20th April
There’s a strong focus on the relationship angle of your chart, in particular on how you’re not the only one who has priorities and preferences. It’s all about balance, which can be frustrating at times for the single minded Ram, but there’s such joy to be had when you find your flow of the sharing mode, especially around the 11th when your ruler Mars meets fair-minded Venus. Again frustratingly, when the planets are in this mood you end up wildly intolerant of anything that reeks of injustice, yet at the same time understanding how you catch more flies with honey.
Taurus
21st April – 21st May
There’s all sorts of planet action happening in the solution-seeking angle of your chart, which means don’t be surprised if there’s a flurry of hitches and glitches this month, but don’t doubt for a second you can’t sort them to your satisfaction. It’s because the planet vibe is fairness and justice, and in this area of your chart you aren’t willing to push aside any opportunity to bring more of that into your life. In amongst this your ruler Venus meets its planet match, Mars (strong around the 11th), which is astro-speak for a great love match and passion-fuelled relationships
Gemini
22nd May – 21st June
There’s a load of planets having a love-in in the matters of the heart angle of your chart all month, especially around the 11th when passionate Mars and love goddess Venus blend blissful vibes with your ruler, communication planet Mercury. A cosy sensation of bigger picture harmony and alignment is emphasised on the 21st and then there’s a new moon (new intention) of balance for all matters of the heart on the 29th. Mercury is retrograde from the 24th, which is always about going over old ground; but how nice to revisit all that ground you’ve been covering recently.
Cancer
22nd June – 22nd July
The sun is energising the communication angle of your chart and during the first week meets authority planet Saturn. It can obviously mean important talks are afoot, but it also means a chance to shine through your words by accepting you are the boss of your own message. Midmonth the full moon falls in this angle too, stirring up a restless and unpredictable side in you that encourages sudden shifts in points of view, both in yourself and others. However, all month there’s planets congregating in the comfort zone angle of your chart; a stabilising influence that softens harsh edges too.
Leo
23rd July – 23rd August
Since 1995, transformation planet Pluto’s journey has symbolised the complete overhaul of trusting where your heart lies. Though you are at the tail end of this story there’s still a couple of chapters left, one of which is the change of direction that Pluto is taking around the 9th. It recalls events last mid-December somehow, and involves a slow turnaround in your perspective that moves you forward more powerfully than you thought possible in recent months. Don’t underestimate the experience of recent months though; it was all part of the Pluto process.
Virgo
24th August – 22nd September
The sun is in your sign now, indicating it’s your turn in the zodiac spotlight and time for an annual boost of creative solar power. September begins at the end of a new moon in your sign, symbolising the fresh intentions now incubating for future fruition. Since last September serious Saturn has been drawing attention to limits and obligations, but all this month uplifting planet Jupiter is a softening influence on Saturn, pointing out a healthy side to pushing boundaries. It’s fab for an unsettled, freedom-seeking full moon on the 15th, which is not taking kindly to feeling fenced in.
Libra
23rd September – 23rd October
It’s all happening in your sign this month: your ruler Venus, your relationship ruler Mars and communication planet Mercury are close in your sign for much of the month, especially around the 11th, which symbolises how things are revolving around themes of balance, harmony, communication and bridge-building. As it’s right on the Libra wavelength, worry not if imbalance is the order of the day initially, it just means a situation is calling for what you do best in order to benefit from your sense of fairness and an objectivity much needed during a rather brusque full moon around the 15th.
Scorpio
24th October – 22nd November
Your ruler Pluto has been retrograde (appearing to move backwards) since mid-June and is about to resume forward motion on the 9th. It symbolises something similar going on in your current situation, particularly the feeling of things turning around or moving forward again (with a possible link to events around mid-December; maybe literally or maybe echoing themes of the time). Summer 2008 was the summer of reviewing what you intend to leave in the past and what to carry into your future, and the priority to pack is that hard won faith in yourself.
Sagittarius
23rd November – 21st December
Constructive planet Saturn helps your ruler Jupiter perfect the art of good timing this month while Jupiter ends its retrograde phase (appearing to move backwards) after the 7th. Like you, it has been going over old ground since early May, possibly with events around mid-February as the catalyst. But right now it’s all about changes in direction, and the desire to move forward; a feeling intensified by a turnaround in transformation planet Pluto at the same time. Pluto is back in the place it was at last mid-December, so think back to see how things have come full circle.
Capricorn
22nd December – 20th January
Your ruler Saturn is lined up in lovely aspect to uplifting planet Jupiter in your sign this month. Jupiter gives bags of confidence while Saturn understands the power of limits, so the harmony of the two means it’s easy to find yourself in the right place at the right time for the right reasons. It’s something to remember during an unpredictable full moon around the 15th, taking place in the communication angle of your chart, as you might have difficulty accepting how your uncharacteristic against the grain conversation fits your characteristic ‘time and a place for everything’ mentality.
Aquarius
21st January – 18th February
September has a big focus on faith and belief, with a number of planets energising this area of your chart all month. A recent crisis of confidence might have got you weighing up what’s what when it comes to what feels unfair; but second week of the month, especially around the 15th, when the strong full moon energy emotionally shifts and clears your mind, you’re in a better place to remember how soothing you find the idea that situations naturally seek their own balance, and how injustice is always a call for the perspective of the fair-minded.
Pisces
19th February – 20th March
The sun is moving through the relationship angle of your chart for much of the month, and meets limitation planet Saturn during the first week. Normally this clouds any vibrant sunny vibe, but faith-filled Jupiter is also involved, which spells a confident, creative and constructive ambience, perfect for a tense and unsettled full moon in your sign on the 15th. Full moons bring things to a head and this has been building for a while: it’s a conflict of no compromise on space and freedom issues, and how not to make freedom another word for alone.
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