Major Planetary Ingresses - 2008 to 12/21/2012

The following outline offers a brief overview with some basic themes that are being activated by the major planetary activity currently creating major inner and our shifts in society. I will elaborate more upon these themes in the next newsletter. In each section I offer a brief outline of the positive and the negative range of probability and possibility

Pluto ingress (enters) Capricorn in January 2008 and will remain there until 2023. Both Pluto and Capricorn are power signs so we can expect some major activity. Capricorn represents outer authority while Pluto is very much about inner power. Corruptions in Government emerging from the private sector and organized crime syndicates will face off. Unless the government represents the will of the majority, the private sector will continue to act purely for the sake of profit and this is no longer sustainable. =

• + Significant clean-up, change and transformations in governments and all ruling body structures.
• - Aggressive action and control due to resistance from clean-up process.

Neptune ingress Pisces in April 2011 – April 2025. Neptune is the ruling planet for Pisces which means that it is in honour. This rather auspicious placement at this crucial time in history is one of the clearest indications of the possibility of a mass spiritual awakening. On the other hand, Pisces is also about denial and deception. As ever, a planet in a sign invariably exhibits the full spectrum of possibility inherent in the archetype. Hoping the planetary energies will do for us what we feel is ideal (Neptune) is wishful thinking. Wishes are good and conscious co-creation is better. Prayers, visualizations, dreams and wishes can all be directed positively and can manifest quickly when there is s shared focus. Neptune is also linked to deep communion, compassion, forgiveness, selflessness, martyrdom, imagination and mysticism. New spiritual leaders, leadership and visions will emerge. =

• + Mass spiritual awakening due to new spiritual ideals, leadership and communal visions and co-creative focus and activity.
• - Mass deception and denial, wishful thinking, apathy, escapism, delusions, addictions, hysteria, inability to deal with changing realities...

Uranus ingress Aries May 30 – August 15th 2010 then March 13, 2011 – 2018. Uranus in Aries is a very dynamic combination indeed. Uranus is about sudden change, inventiveness, future oriented thinking, revolution and Aries is about pioneering action, assertion and aggression. Together this implies accelerated change, revolution, major beginnings, innovations, environmental laws and government reform. Where Neptune in Pisces indicates the great possibility of a major spiritual awakening, Uranus in Aries is more rugged, individualistic and expressive. At the opposite extreme of the selfless and deep spiritual potential of Neptune in Pisces, Uranus in Aries could, at worst, produce extreme selfishness. =

• + Rapid progress and positive social reform based on cooperative yet direct action towards a brighter future based on democratic ideals.
• Selfish attitudes, rebelliousness, revolution, aggression, war, martial law.

Saturn is about structure, organization, discipline and the establishment of new rules and laws and structures for the sake of realistic leadership, authority and government at all levels of society.

            Over the course of time that Saturn has been in Virgo we have witnessed the progressive rise of awareness of the dire state of the environment at governmental levels. Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” is a noted example of action and activation of this fundamental issue of our times. Many newspapers during this time have dedicated the entire issue to the environment. Much has probably been brewing behind the scenes in preparation for action that will be directed at resolving the environmental issues we face.

            When Saturn enters Libra in late October 2009, the commitment to create new laws will become more apparent on public levels. Of course, for the laws and changes to really succeed, the efforts will have to come from the international economic arena as well as from governments. It is worth noting that Saturn is considered to be exalted in Libra and therefore it suggests that the energies of Saturn will be at their best. This is where Uranus in Aries and Neptune and Pisces will have to play their own vital roles as well in awakening humanity and initiating a new spiritual ethic and sense of global communion.

            Over the course of the time between now and 2013, Saturn will have moved through Libra and have entered Scorpio in October of 2012. When this occurs, the changes based on endings, death and rebirth and deep transformation will enter into their more crucial stage.

Saturn ingress Virgo Sept 2007. =

• + Sober recognition of the plight of the environment. Humility and determination to give to the situation with earnest service and integrity.
• - Conservative attitudes, excessively independent action that has insufficient effect to produce the needed changes.

Saturn ingress Libra October 30, 2009 – October 6, 2012. =

• + New Laws based on necessity of economy and environment issues. Commitment to future. Initiative based on cooperative action and positive diplomatic activity to gain an international consensus to activate new laws.
•  - Social depression, less fun and frolic, duty and responsibility guided by cool and assertive action where the plea of individual needs and wants is pushed to the side. (Perhaps this is not such a bad thing given the needs of our times…)

Saturn ingress Scorpio Oct 6, 2012 – December 21, 2014. Saturn in Scorpio is akin to Pluto in Capricorn. At best this mutual reception (healthy exchange of energies) between Saturn in Pluto’s ruling sign and Pluto in Saturn’s ruling sign will produce very positive expressions of power. Perhaps we will see new qualities of leadership, integrity and power come forward. Often when I have done the charts of people with this position, there was a death of the father early on either literally or figuratively. In some cases it was a death and rebirth situation where father would leave for extended periods only to return again, and then leave again… Either way, Saturn in Scorpio symbolizes death and rebirth and metamorphic processes. The proverbial caterpillar entering the chrysalis (cocoon) to be transformed and emerge as a butterfly = higher state of consciousness and being based on liberation ordeal and process.

• + Major change and transformation, metamorphosis of governments and ruling bodies.  Emergence of new and more beautiful forms, reborn and fresh.
• - Dark night of soul. Death, darkness, despair, confusion, lack of financial flow.

Jupiter ingress Aquarius January 2009 – January 19, 2010. In and of itself this positive aspect points to a brighter future. Social interaction and optimism fill the air. Despite the lagging economy, this spirit of enthusiasm can be seen and felt so far. However, it should be noted that Jupiter formed a rare conjunction with Chiron and Neptune at 26 degrees of Aquarius in late May. This aspect is still active and will be all year. This rare alignment signals the healing of religious and spiritual wounds and rifts.

*PLEASE NOTE. Planetary conjunctions should be understood to be the seed beginning of a much longer and larger process. So, while this rare and dynamic conjunction aspect is exact this year, the implications of it will continue in phases and stages for many years to come. I am currently in the process of deciphering these dates for all planetary conjunctions that are in effect and will be in this present era. My aim is to have this outline complete for my next New Moon Newsletter in Virgo.

Jupiter ingress Aquarius January 2009 - January 2010 =

• + Emerging changes, social networks, future visions, innovations, idealism.
• – increased indifference and selfish detachment.

Jupiter ingress Pisces January 2010 – June 7, 2010 then September 10 2009 – January 20, 2011. Jupiter is the traditional ruler of Pisces and therefore can be said to be in a position of honour. Jupiter influences culture, philosophy, ethics, risk, faith, expansion, higher education and visionary attunement to the future. While in Pisces, Jupiter will contribute to raising the spiritual bar. People will turn to religious and spiritual attitudes. Ideally, the spiritual influences will rise above the religious as religion has the ironic tendency to divide people on the basis of conflicting convictions and beliefs. As much as Jupiter in Pisces can lend to creating a spiritual revolution, it can also lead to excess, fanaticism and irrational religious zeal =

Jupiter ingress Pisces January 2010 - January 2011

• + Increased spiritual interest, activity and awakening
• - Religious fanaticism.

Jupiter ingress Aries –January 2011 – June 2011. Jupiter is at its fastest rate of motion when in Aries. The effects of this transit will produce an accelerated shift and move towards exploring new territory. =   

• + New worlds to explore…? Increased focus on space exploration is likely. New culture and ways of living in general will be explored. Communal living is quite likely.
•  - Massive assertion, aggression, increases in selfish ambitions, reactions to spiritual and religious attitudes by those not so inclined.

Jupiter ingress Taurus June 2011 – June, 2012. This aspect indicates a return to nature, farming, communal living, peaceful activity, building and the activation of new economies, currencies and trade.

• + Back to earth movement + investments and land considerations.
• - Apathy, depression.