Weekend Astrology

“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms,
Numberless times,
In life after life, in age after age forever.
My spell-bound heart has made and re-made the
necklace of songs
That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in
your many forms.
In life after life, in age after age forever…

As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge
Clad in the light of a pole-star piercing the
darkness of time
You have become an image of what is remembered
forever.” Rabindranath Tagore

Uranus the planet of the unexpected is a very strong influence in the sky through the weekend. It is a favorable aspect to Mercury – indicating an opportunity for out of the blue insights and breakthroughs in the way you normally think about things. Be open to shake ups in normal perceptions.

It is a high energy, electrical time. They say when Uranus is close to the Ascendant in a person’s birth chart you can almost feel the buzzing and hear the crackling of their electricity when you are around them.

Uranus is also making a harmonious aspect to Venus – the planet of love. This aspect is associated with “love at first sight” occurrences. It is a good time to think of yourself as a force for love in the world and to think of resolving relationship tangles with an innovative approaches – such as entertaining the idea that these difficulties may have a past life or ancestral (inherited influences that come down through the bloodlines) origin to them or to the way you are handling them. If things aren’t going the way you would like consider alternatives.

It is also wise to factor in the fractious influences at play and remember that it will be easier to get engaged in arguments or disagreements that can escalate more quickly than usual. So it bodes well to practice patience and restraint.

 

 

This Week’s Astrology

“And it was at that age … Poetry arrived
in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where
it came from, from winter or a river…

and something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire..” Pablo Neruda 

Uranus the planet of the Higher Mind –  sometimes called the Great Awakener – is strong in the sky this week. It is forming a harmonious alignment with Mercury – the planet of the lower mind. Both planets are in fiery signs making this a high energy time when it bodes well to heed innovative thoughts and to seek innovative solutions. It can be a time of breakthroughs and sudden illuminations. Pay attention to your dreams and nudges from your intuition.

Uranus continues to form a stressful aspect to Mars, the planet of action and Eris – the planet of discord and conflict. It bodes well to proceed with patience and restraint as it continues to be a somewhat volatile time when nerves can be frayed and irritability and anger more easily triggered.

Plan to stay active this week and use the energy creatively.

One of the Sabian symbols associated with the Mercury/Uranus trine is,”Through imagination a lost opportunity is regained.”

 

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill’s, 360 Degrees of Wisdom