Psychology, Philosophy, Psy Phi Astrology
The lies perpetuated by our politicians and the media are becoming more ridiculous as each day goes by. The fact that the system is working perfectly well for the 0.01% who truly benefit from it is becoming more obvious with each passing financial crash. Pluto square Eris is reflecting the chaos on our streets, the discord in our parliaments and the collapse of what we thought was normal.
This year – due to Mars slowing down and changing direction – Mars is square Saturn for around 8 weeks. Eight times longer than usual. Right now we are at the midpoint of that process. If you’ve been feeling tense, if you feel as though you’ve been banging your head against a wall trying to get something done, if it’s felt like the walls of the world are closing in on you, that’ll be Mars square Saturn.
Mars turns retrograde today. He will spend the next several weeks trekking backwards through his home sign of Aries. Mars retrograde is a piece of astrological symbolism that is easily experienced. This time around it’s triggering much of the big 2020 astrology. You didn’t think things were gonna ease up as we enter the final stretch of the year did you?
When a planet is retrograde the energy symbolised takes on a more inwardly focussed expression. Because Mars represents this very yang, very outward, forward moving expression of energy, when it reverses palpable. More so than Venus or Mercury.
Today’s Full Moon occurs in Aquarius and – in true 2020 fashion – is accompanied by a whole host of interesting astrology.
Today’s New Moon is the first event to bring Saturn into focus since retrograding back into Capricorn. The timing is apt, we are basically halfway between the heavy, constricting Saturn Pluto conjunction in January and the uplifting, constructive Jupiter Saturn conjunction coming in December.
This week feels a bit like a confrontation with our core selves, as if the ego sees through its own image and catches a glimpse of all the soul level tectonic movements that have been going on this year.
When Mercury stations direct it usually coincides with some information being revealed. Many of the frustrations and upsets associated with Mercury retrograde come down to the fact that we are not working with all of the available data. More often than not the missing pieces get revealed around the time when Mercury begins moving forward again.
Today was the final eclipse of the season, and what a season it’s been. In the early hours of this morning (Sunday) there was a partial eclipse of the Moon in Capricorn. The third and final eclipse of the summer of 2020, signalling a winding down of this concentration of...
How have your values have changed between May 15th and now? Our priorities have shifted. What is most important to us will have altered or taken on new depths. This process acts to colour our entire perception of reality as we lend our attention to different things, as we interact with the world with an updated system of values.
Welcome to Cosmic Triggers; a project that draws parallels between world events, personal development and astrological symbolism. Designed to be accessible to people with next-to no prior knowledge of astrology and an interesting perspective to those with.
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September 25, 2019
Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared of Retrogrades
April 10, 2020
Introduction to the Uranus – Eris Conjunction
April 18, 2018
November 21, 2019
Introduction to Mars Retrograde
August 24, 2020
Introduction to Pluto in Capricorn
October 7, 2019
Uranus in Taurus, An Introduction
May 1, 2020