2017 and Lessons to Learn from Astrology

Hello friends,

2017 brings to us a fresh perspective, a way to turn the page, start a new chapter, cleanse the human form, begin anew. Now that Mercury is moving full steam ahead, it feels to me that we have truly started a new year. In the United States, forces are polarized as we welcome (cough) the new president and take in the changes that will occur. Activism appears to be revitalized as we revisit civil rights issues of the 60's. Those of a certain age cry out, " I can't believe I have to march against this sh*t again!" and others plot their moves to Mexico or Canada.

In looking at the astrology of 2017, there are so many things that stand out. For example, the cardinal T-square between Jupiter in Libra, conversing with Pluto in Capricorn, conversing with Uranus in Aries. The aspect, called a square, can be though of as a conversation, and conversation can be clarifying, it can be upsetting, it can mend fences, or all of the above. Some people may dominate the conversation, talking over others, and some may feel unheard.

I feel that this conversation, this T-square, is holding a space for us, and at the moment it may feel like a space of tension. Have you ever walked into a room as two people were having an argument? The disconnection palpable? At times this energy offered by the planets may feel that way. But the gift behind it is the opportunity for new beginnings and for clarification. The path to clarification may not be easy, but it is worth it. I know when i have had a conversation that is clarifying, it may have taken discomfort to get there, but i am left feeling released, and more connected to both the other person and myself.

Cardinal signs are all about new beginnings, leadership, the start of things. If you think about it, Libra begins just as fall begins, Capricorn commences as winter commences, and Aries heralds the start of spring. Something has completed, and something new begins.

The missing cardinal sign in this alignment would be Cancer: there are no planets currently transiting this sign. I call it an "empty cell". What is not being said, the undercurrent in the conversations between Libra and Capricorn and Aries, is all things Cancer. This sign rules nurturing, family or those that we identify as family, self-care, loyalty. It is a fluid water sign but offers newness and leadership in it's own way. For some, it represents the scared feminine, the Goddess, and the world of feeling and emotion. I sense that in the coming year, this will be a great theme, spoken or unspoken.

Also adding to conversations this year will be the eclipses of February 2017 and August 2017, both of which portend more changes. This will be the focus of the next conversation...