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Cold Star Triggers

Writing in a super-storm with the southern Atlantic brewing mighty swells and cyclonic winds, it is frozen crisp and extra-cold. Behind the clouds Mars is moving fast towards unseen Uranus in the dawn sky and then onwards to Jupiter, currently bright with Aldebaran, star of strongest integrity. Earth lore like the wind, has the answers we need.

To be precise, Mars meets Uranus @26TAURUS19’ next Monday 15 July, mid-afternoon and Jupiter a month later on 14 August @16GEMINI40’, which happens to be the heliocentric north node of Venus. Perhaps this is the place of what SA’s favorite political commentary, ‘finding each other’ means.

Algol is measured to be 25TAURUS28’, so Mars will precede his hoek-up with change-maker, Uranus, with an Algol conjunction on Sunday morning. The shadow of the feminine is activated. This ‘eye-of-Medusa’ star linked to female passion and/or rage is a terribly important myth-meme to note continually morphing so as to be grasped in the here-and-now. I know of more than one woman currently exacting pay-back for years of zero child support, beware-be-aware.

Mars, Uranus and Algol in fixed earth Taurus take their cue from sign ruler, Venus. Just emerging in the evening sky after sunset and newly encoded as mid-point Gemini Venus-Star-Point, Her-Brightness is just into heart-fire Leo. What this means is that She will be in opposition to Pluto this Venus day, Friday, 12 July. Irrevocable changes in relating / power structure shape-shifts are driven by the need for more intelligent connection, more care, more love-in-action.

These powerful trigger points are emphasised by the 23July Sunrise opposition to Pluto just after Capricorn’s final degree full moon culmination. Initiated 3July when Mercury was opposite Pluto and 12July Venus opposite Pluto, this point comes alive later this year when retrograde warrior Mars takes on hidden forces. He will make 3 crossings with the dark lord AND be his brightest, strongest, red-eye self as midnight star @26CANCER12’ 16JAN25.

First challenge takes place 3NOV24 when Mars in fall is opposite Pluto @29CANCER45’ (with Moon at Antares, star of extremes). The second face-off on 3JAN25 has Mars retrograde opposite Pluto @1*08’ (Leo to Aquarius). Power struggles will resolve 27APR25 when Mars completes his opposition transit to Pluto @3*48’ fixed signs. Armies will have new leaders, as warriors are fuelled by the passions of their heart.

To understand the currencies of this Friday’s Venus-Pluto face-off deeper in your life, please check-in with zero Aquarius’ game-plan:

  • 21 December 2020: Jupiter-Saturn conjunction 0AQU28’
  • 6 March 2022: Venus-Mars conjunction 29CAP59’ – 0AQU06’
  • 1 JAN 2023: Venus-Pluto conjunction @27CAP39’ (Saturn-in-Aquarius)
  • 17 FEB 2024: Venus-Pluto conjunction @0AQU51’ (Uranus-in-Taurus)
  • 1 MAY 2024: Venus-Pluto opening square @2fixed06’ (Venus-in-Taurus – Uranus-in-Taurus)
  • 12 July 2024: Venus-Pluto opposition @1fixed07’ (Sun-in Leo – Uranus-in-Taurus)
  • 22 Sept 2024: Venus-Pluto closing square 29cardinal43’ (Venus-in-Libra – Saturn-in-Pisces)
  • 7 DEC 2024: Venus-Pluto conjunction @0AQU22’ (Uranus)

Natasha Rightford, Knysna, 9 July 2024

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