Revenge of the Castrated Sky God

Before I get into the daily energy of the Chicchan trecena, I thought I’d look at Mars having moved into Cancer on the day before the Serpent trecena, joining the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter in the sign of the nurturer of the Zodiac with its focus on home and family, but also on using our feelings to determine if our outer world is in alignment with our inner world. This also brings an emphasis of the element of water with this stellium or group of planets in Cancer, along with Neptune in Pisces and Saturn in Scorpio, the other two water signs. Feeling, intuition and flow are themes from this watery alignment that will continue to affect us throughout the year, through Jupiter’s optimism, Saturn’s discipline, and Neptune’s spiritual connection, later Chiron will join the party merge the theme of healing with spirit. As these planets move through Cancer they form a grand trine from Jupiter on the 17th and Mars on the 20th, with Saturn in Scorpio and Neptune in Pisces. It’s interesting to see Neptune and Saturn “play” together, but I think working on creativity will be an excellent way to merge these energies. This is a very positive transit when these planets are between 4 and 5 degrees of Cancer. Later when the same planets approach 10 to 12 degrees Cancer they are opposed by Pluto and challenged by Uranus which continues the wave of transformation as it receives another series of pulses due to these planetary alignments. The Pluto Uranus square is activated by Mars during the last week of July. Cancer wants to feel emotionally secure and connected to a tribe, which with Jupiter in the sign will expand and restructure the role of family during the upheaval of the Uranus Pluto squares.

    At the beginning of the Serpent trecena, all the planets appear to move forward from our vantage point on Earth except Mercury, Chiron, Neptune and Pluto which appear to move retrograde or in reverse motion. As I’ve said before planets don’t really move in reverse in their orbits, but appear to move backward much like being in a car passing a slower moving car. There is a point where the slower moving car appears to be moving in reverse when compared to landmarks in the far distance. Mercury is retrograde until July 20th so it’s a good time to avoid signing contracts or other legal papers, making any major purchases, or even taking a new job. If you can postpone these types of activities the terms will be much clearer after Mercury is moving direct. Mercury retrogrades force us to slow down and pay more attention to our lives by making us focus on the details of our daily experience. The retrograde cycle provides information about a change or correction in our cosmic course. In the sign of Cancer, the themes of powerful feelings, emotional awareness, and intuition, guiding our adjustments within our homes and families will be particularly apparent and could have a profound effect on our lives. During the Serpent 13 day period Mercury is slowing down as it stops and turns direct at 13 degrees Cancer on the 20th. When a planet slows down to a stop from our perspective here on earth, that planet is considered to be at the peak of its power. Even folks who don’t follow astrology are aware of Mercury retrograde’s effect on communication, technology and travel. From the 15th to the 23rd is the most difficult energy of this retrograde cycle because as Mercury is at a standstill it is also within orb to opposing Pluto and squaring Uranus thus creating a T-square that people will feel as pressure that may lead to unexpected events. I’d realize that folks are more likely to pop, so use some caution and awareness when dealing with people who may feel stressed and don’t know why. This time before Mercury changes directions would be wise to pay closer attention to things that you say, instructions that you have to read, contracts that must be signed.

    Chiron retrograde in Pisces is about releasing stuck emotional energy, so that we can return to the natural flow of life. Retrograde Chiron has us reviewing our wounds so that they can be released, by having the courage to open our hearts to any fear or pain associated with our past. When Chiron is in Pisces people are willing to sacrifice their individual pain in hopes of finding bliss in Universal consciousness. At its worst this can manifest as folks justifying their victimhood as some form of martyrdom. This should be transcendence and surrender with losing ourselves in the experience. The retrograde aspect brings a longing for lost loves and the memories of our losses, encouraging us to return to look at our core wounds and bring them to the surface so they can be healed. Retrograde Neptune in Pisces is seeking transcendence through spiritual experiences. This will be a time to use spiritual practices to keep us grounded as we expand our intuition and consciousness. This will be important energy to nurture as we are in the middle of four years of the unexpected rebellion of the individual (Uranus in Aries) challenging the decaying power structure (Pluto in Capricorn). This will be a difficult time of upheaval, destruction, death, unexpected change, natural disasters, violence and war, so finding our own peace in our connection to spirit will be an important quality to cultivate now for the tumultuous road ahead. Neptune pushes us to transcend the physical world to connect with our higher purpose and spiritual transformation, but also encourages escapism as some will seek unconsciousness while others to awaken. With Pluto, the planet of transformation through a death and rebirth cycle, moving retrograde, which is about reviewing the past, and will require releasing anything from the past that is a burden to our new path. We can choose to let go or we can have it ripped from our hands, really all we have is the choice about how we want to react, but Pluto will take our baggage regardless of our attachment, if it doesn’t have a purpose in our rebirth. Pluto represents death, completion, and in Capricorn, the breakdown of structures, to bring about transformation.

    The big change of the Serpent trecena and the energetic that will require Chicchan’s flexibility, is Uranus in Aries slowing to a stop as it prepares to turn retrograde at 12 degrees Aries on July 17th. The “Sky Serpents” and the “Sky God” meet. When a planet is stopped it is said to be at the peak of its power, so Uranus at the peak of its power during July, is seeking to shake our very foundation through the unexpected rebellion of the individual. This can shock us to awaken and forces us to embrace our new way of living through reversals and unexpected events. It is best to embrace the changes when they occur, because they are removing the obstacles to our new direction. Obviously this will be a difficult time of upheaval, destruction, death, unexpected change, natural disasters, violence and war. Stationed Uranus in Aries will have people wanting to hurry the process of getting free. To push the river of revolution whether it be personal or governmental. This impulse may not be in the best interest of those acting on it, because with Pluto in Capricorn these changes and their consequences may be long lasting and very difficult to reverse. I think that this is the time of detaching (Uranus) to act as an unobstructed individual (Aries).When I think of the day Uranus changed sign moving from Pisces into Aries on March 11 2011, I always remember that was the day of the Japanese earth quake and tsunami which crippled the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants, which are  still unstable and spewing radiation to this day. And of course Uranus rules Uranium… Uranus in astrology forces us outside our comfort zone so we have to look for possibilities “outside the box.” This is about unplanned experiences that disrupt our perceived and planned life path in order to move us forward in our spiritual evolution, individually and globally. Edward Snowden and Julian Assange represent people having Uranus in Aries experiences in the public eye. This quote from Gandhi also describes this energy when he said, “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. We need not wait to see what others do.” It’s interesting that Gandhi led Indians in protesting the national salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930 when Uranus was in Aries. Gandhi certainly showed the impact one individual can have on the world.

    Uranus spends approximately seven years in a sign and leaves Aries for Taurus in 2018 then retrogrades back to Aries and finally departs for almost 80 years, March of 2019. These seven year cycles are about testing us to adapt to a new change, and we are currently experiencing the Aries test. Being an outer planet, Uranus creates events that we “respond” to. The inner planets effect us personally as individuals, but the outer planets change the landscape which effects us as a collective and as individuals within humanity. Which reminds me of this Krishnamurti quote “The only hope for humankind is in the transformation of the individual.” Uranus creates challenges according to the sign it’s in, so we may feel like we keep getting lessons in a theme over and over again. Uranus being the modern ruling planet of Aquarius, means that fairness is one of the topics, and often these events may seem unfairly set against us. I know I feel this with government and corporations conspiring to poison us with GMO food and starve us through austerity measures, oil and tar sand spills, fracking, chemtrails, geo-engineering, and manmade massive weather events, while the global elite eat organic food, build underground bunkers, and hoard seeds in arctic vaults. Which brings us to the theme of Aries: the self, the individual, the new beginning… This time particularly impacts people with personal planets in the signs of Cancer, Libra, Capricorn, and of course Aries, as these planets become doorways to something unexpected and yet authentic. Which sets the stage for the epic seven challenging squares with Pluto in Capricorn that we’ve been discussing since last year. As the individuals (Aries) revolting (Uranus) against the decaying power (Pluto) structures (Capricorn), which we can see this in almost every corner of the Earth as the individuals and groups protest oppression from the global elite. I believe the uprisings will be successful in overthrowing the old regimes and patriarchy, but it’s an uphill fight for some time to come. Interestingly, the last time there were Uranus Pluto squares, was 1932 to 1934, Uranus was in Aries as it is now, and as I have talked about before the Mercury retrograde cycles repeat every 79 years, so we are currently repeating the 1934 Mercury cycle which brings forward similar aspects that we see being played out in the event field. That was a time of great upheaval with events such as the Dust Bowl, which was caused by farming practices that stripped the soil, which when the weather changed destroyed the landscape. Also that was the time of the Great Depression with international power struggles, leadership changes, and financial adjustments, such as the New Deal programs, under F.D.R. in the U.S. from 1933 to 1936, as a safety net for the poor and unemployed, which are the same programs that the U.S government is currently trying to dismantle. And we see these themes being played out in many other countries at that time as well.

     In thinking of the many environmental events we are facing whether manmade or natural, I was reminded that Uranus was one of the original gods to the Greeks. He was the sky god and the husband of the earth goddess Gaia. He was born out of the primordial chaos, and came every night to cover the earth and mate with Gaia. Unfortunately he hated the children she bore him and killed or imprisoned most of them, until his son Cronus or Saturn ambushed his father, castrated him, and cast the severed testicles into the sea, which then became Aphrodite or Venus the goddess of love. After being disposed the sky no longer covered the earth at night and instead held its place above the earth. Which I guess was the beginning of being able to study the movements of the planets and stars in the night sky.

Scott Davis presents the 1- Chicchan (serpent) trecena spanning from July 14th to July 26th. Also see video here “Revenge of the Castrated Sky God“

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