Although the feel of tension has been building for a week, we are now fully in the stress zone that will continue through August 23. Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, and Pluto are all entangled in a knot of hard aspects in the coming days and likely to set off a series of significant and, at times, deadly events. It is important to remember, in the midst of the turbulence, that when Uranus is active, the underlying theme is to awaken and enlighten us, albeit sometimes suddenly and painfully, so that we may move forward and shed what is no longer useful. When Pluto is active, the underlying theme is to intensify things to such an extent that they implode, allowing a paradigm shift to occur. Thus, it will be useful to consider the coming days not so much for the specific content of whatever drama is being histrionically reported in the news, but for how the unfolding stories change the narrative on significant issues.
Already in the past week, the massive leak of secret Afghan reports from WikiLeaks has stirred up growing concern about the futility of our Afghan war policy and the unreliability of our allies there. In addition, a judge has now declared a moratorium on many of the most onerous parts of the Arizona immigration law, eliciting agitated demonstrations on both sides of the issue.
Mars is now within a degree of its opposition to Uranus (00Aries20), exact in the morning of July 30, and within a degree of its conjunction to Saturn (00Libra49), exact in the early hours of July 31. The transiting Moon conjunct Uranus will trigger both of these volatile aspects all afternoon on July 30, likely igniting explosive events in many parts of the world. With the Mars, Uranus, Saturn combination intensifying, we have already seen a plane crash in Pakistan (Mars at 00Cancer10), a building battle between the government and rebel forces in Yemen (Yemeni President’s Sun is 00Aries), and a military plane crash in Alaska.
Meanwhile, the Jupiter/Pluto square has been within a couple of minutes of exact since July 24, culminating on August 3 at 3Aries/Capricorn11, and expanding the fanatical and ideologically obsessive traits that are already in play (Pluto in a nearly two-year square to US Venus). Transiting Mars will move to oppose Jupiter and square Pluto from the morning of August 2 through very early on August 4, possibly unleashing some violent and/or dramatic circumstances that cause difficulty for President Obama and the US through August 23, as Saturn crosses the US Midheaven (1Libra53) and squares Obama’s Venus (1Cancer47) from July 31 through August 11, followed by the building Saturn/Pluto square in hard aspect to US Venus (3Cancer06) and minor hard aspect to Obama’s Ascendant (18Aquarius03) from August 14 through August 23.
While the coming weeks are likely to be grim, it is useful to consider the changing national narrative that events will engender that may ultimately prove to be crucial to moving forward. It is also helpful to remember that these planetary aspects will be waning by late August, with the exception of Pluto square US Venus, which continues through most of October. Thus, things should ease somewhat by September, at least for a while.
