Jupiter Opposes Pluto

“Some beliefs are like blinders, shutting off the power to choose one’s own direction. Other beliefs are like gateways opening wide vistas for exploration.” Sophia Fah

In a recent lecture by astrologer and author Lynn Bell she described the dynamics of the powerful Jupiter/Pluto opposition now in play as “something has to die so that something else can grow.” The planetary alignment suggests that what has to die involves foundational philosophies or beliefs that have been carried to this point that need to be transformed – deepened by understanding and wisdom- and evolved. These beliefs can be ancestral in nature or be related to family, religious and cultural influences that can be seen as inauthentic or no longer true in your life.

David Whyte has written about this in his book The Heart Aroused, “So much of our experience is predicated on the consciousness with which we enter it – our future possibilities already mortgaged to past limitations.”

Saturn and the North Node are in close proximity now. It is as if we are at an important way station on a journey and it bodes well to use discrimination about which personal beliefs we are taking forward and which ones need to be left behind.

Sophia Fah Quote from her book “It Matters what you Believe”

The Full Moon, Mars and Saturn

One day the hero
sits down,
afraid to take another step,
and the old interior angel
limps slowly in
with her no-nonsense
compassion
and her old secret
and goes ahead.

“Namaste,”
you say
and follow.” David Whyte

In many fairy tales and archetypal stories there is a hero or heroine who as the result of difficult circumstances must set off on a journey alone. On this journey the seeker often encounters gatekeepers – people who will not let the seeker pass until they pay some kind of toll. Often this requires the seeker to stop and go back to find or procure whatever it is that is needed.
With Mars and Saturn retrograde now it is likely at times that you might feel like the seeker at the toll booth. It is wise to anticipate obstacles and delays, to minimize frustration over any that might occur and to practice patience.
One of the Sabian symbols for the approaching Full Moon on Virgo on 3/16 is, “ A butterfly emerging from a chrysalis.” It is best to remain undaunted and keep the focus on your evolutionary journey – your process of becoming.

David Whyte quote from his book,The Heart Awakened, Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America