The Tower
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Passions are strong today, and there may be a powerful desire to express your sexuality, or your aggression in some way. Jealousy, sexual tension, territorial disputes, or obsessional thoughts may afflict you today. Inner tensions and imbalances may manifest in a conflict between instinctive responses and honorable behavior, and on the whole, you may feel rather unsettled emotionally today. Be aware however, that although things may not be flowing as you might wish today, that healing is occurring on a deep level at the moment. You could well be in some situation where deep change is stirring, in areas where the structures or traditions that have offered you safety in the past are nearing their end times. Although this may feel unsafe and threatening their removal will signify a new era of calm and peace. The self-destructive thoughts that may be plaguing you are a result of changes that you have withheld. Changes that has been resisted in the past, can often manifest as self destructive behavior, as the will, seeking some outward direction, is eventually forced in upon itself, and manifests as matters occurring in the outside world that are apparently “beyond your control”. Know that a re-balancing is currently occurring, and that on some level the rotten tooth is being extracted, and that although there may well be some necessary pain to be experienced, try to understand that the energies that are hard at work are part of the process that is necessary for the next stage.
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There is a return to the energies that were involved during our “Guided Stars” course. In my natal chart Pluto square Pluto/Sun conjunction in conjunction with Jupiter and Venus opposite Pluto… while Mars is squaring Mars/Uranus conjunction while sextiling Sun/Pluto conjunction… is pretty much this above layout. But as you say, something has shifted. As much as earlier this year stuff felt deeply intertwined and I felt everthing on a deep personal level, now it’s easier to allow those energies to be. This Mercury Rx already brought me back to where I started two years ago January, when the seed for that pattern that now is having a new turn, was sown. Not sure if those fruits will be sweet or sour, thus far it was bittersweet. 😉
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Jupiter expands everything it touches, and in that dance with Pluto that it has been doing since the end of last November, it has been expanding and contracting everything it touches. Tempering and refining, strengthening and testing. The pressure has been intense, but the worst is over. What has broken and yielded was not strong enough to stand the tests, and will be composted and removed from the situation. What remains will live to fight another day…. and the gift is the knowledge, and a structure that will withstand earthquakes. 🙂
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Ok. I take that. 🙂 …insightful, thank you. I do feel a stronger. I’ve found a great quote from the Toa Te Ching, that helps me a lot to get centered when too dense thoughts occur. I’m sure you like this one too:
“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.
There is no greater misfortune
than underestimating your enemy.
Underestimating your enemy
means thinking that he is evil.
Thus you destroy your three treasures
and become an enemy yourself.
When two great forces oppose each other,
the victory will go
to the one that knows how to yield.
The world belongs to those who let go.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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