Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March August 7 – 13, 2026
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Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:
Last week, the focus was on the influence of the Lunar Nodes now in Aquarius and Leo, having completed their 18-month cyclic evolutionary process in Pisces and Virgo on July 27.
This week, the focus shifts to Eclipse season. It begins on Wednesday, August 12, with a New Moon Solar Eclipse at 20 Leo 02. Part two is the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on August 28 at 4 Pisces 54.
This year’s Eclipse season occurs in the context of a 4-planet stellium, (or grouping of 3 or more planets in a sign), including Mercury, Jupiter and the Sun and Moon. Jupiter in Leo especially was a principal indicator that summer 2026 was destined to be hot, both literally and figuratively.
The hot, dry weather patterns producing droughts in North America, the U.K. and Western Europe most notably have contributed to record-breaking amounts of wildfires, bringing tragedy and sorrow to so many people. The heart of humanity is again challenged to endure the pain of these tragedies, and our hearts go out to those affected.
It clearly is not a new crisis on the planet in the past decades. Specifically, forest fires began to escalate significantly around 2001, with data showing that they now burn more than twice as much tree coverage each year compared to that time. This increase is largely attributed to climate change and human activities. However, other suspicions as to their causes are also circulating as ‘conspiracy theories’ with emphasis on chemtrails and geoengineering, which can neither be idly ignored. Deepening the tragedy, notions of the causes are also the source of division among people.
Now, with a Solar Eclipse about to occur this week at 20 Leo, which shares direct association with Mars-ruled Aries, we are facing yet another prospective series of harsh events. The Moon at this degree can be understood as reactive and dramatic. Another indicator of the gravity of probable intensity is due to the position of Mars at 0 Cancer in the Solar Eclipse Chart, which I have provided for you here below.
Mars in Cancer can be deemed harsh and is especially so when positioned at 0 degrees. Because this is its status at the moment of the Solar Eclipse, it is featured in the context of it. Since Solar Eclipses can be understood to linger until the next Solar Eclipse, about 6-months from now, we all could be in for a pretty rough ride.
While there is more that can be said about this August 12th Eclipse, the gist of it is that it indicates a potent and harsh influence. Where it will occur and how, is the determination of deeper levels of destiny not so easily determined. The main point is that things are about to get more intense.
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The Moon’s Nodes changed signs on July 27, shifting from Tropical Pisces and Virgo to Aquarius and Leo. Travelling retrograde to the usual counterclockwise direction of the orbiting planets and Zodiac Signs, they constitute very significant features of Astrology.
Here is some brief background: The Moon and all the planets have a North and South Node. They are determined by where and when in their elliptical orbital cycle they cross the plane of the ecliptic. Interestingly, this is ancient knowledge and reaches back at least 5000 years ago!
This cyclic process, especially regarding the Moon, is directly related to solar and lunar eclipses. In turn, these are features of a much more complex cyclic process referred to as the Saros Cycle, which also finds its origins in the ancient world, based on astronomical knowledge shared back and forth, especially between ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India too.
The synchronistic manifestation of this process will effectively include the decline or disintegration of the themes associated with Leo due to the position there of the South Node. While the South Node was in Virgo for the last 18-months, at both individual and collective levels, the norm or habitual lifestyle rhythms and patterns, including their association with who and how one associates and engages in the various aspects of the business of life, have changed and have effectively been replaced with new patterns and rhythms.
For example, at a collective level, AI has become a veritable new norm. It is true that it has been around for years, but now, as if suddenly, it has emerged as a new norm. What also has occurred during this time, though many might not be aware and others refuse to admit it, is that the gap between science and spirituality has been narrowed. The work of Jason Padgett, which has gained much popularity during this period, presents a good example.
With the North Node now in Uranus-ruled Aquarius, and with Uranus in Gemini, the sign of communications, (the theme of which extends to all 3 Air Element Signs: Gemini, Libra and Aquarius), we can expect to see a significant acceleration of the influence of AI in the daily lives of people the world over.
The role of the South Node is that it effectively eliminates, extinguishes, purges or disintegrates the themes associated with it. Since it is now in Leo, where it will be for the next 18-months, we will all both experience and witness the disintegration of ego expressions, in accordance with our respective destinies, again at both individual and collective levels. Positively, this process could prove liberating for some, like losing unwanted weight. However, for some, it could amount to the noticeable disintegration of their overall status and role both in their personal and social lives.
While this process of ego-disintegration is a common aspect of life, it stands to prove extra noticeable, producing major waves of change through people’s lives and with collective ramifications as well.
The fact that Saturn in Aries turned retrograde on July 26/27 as well, adds to this overall dynamic. Positively, it will push people to double down for the sake of veritable reinvention, or what can be described as graduation, as they break free from the grip of stagnant and restrictive ego patterns of self-concept, perception, interpretation, attitude and approach in general.
Pluto in Aquarius will also get extra activated with the North Node entering Aquarius, as will Uranus. In turn, Uranus has been forming what is called an ‘Upper Trine’ (120 degrees) to Pluto since July 17. But that was just the first of 3 exact aspects between them, stemming from their conjunction in 1965/66! Yes, the roots of this dynamic are literally 60 years old, and deep… The second Trine will occur in late November 2026, a third in mid-June 2027, A fourth Trine around May 10, 2028, and although the final or 5th alignment will not be exact, it will come within 1-degree in late February through April 2029. So, the overall process associated with this dynamic theme of destiny will be with us for a few years!
An Upper Trine is symbolically associated with Sagittarius, the sign of the higher-minded pursuit of knowledge and truth. Philosophy, ethics and principles are core features of Sagittarius. On a more subjective level, Sagittarius is symbolic of self-honesty as a means of seeing through and beyond belief, biases, assumptions and prejudices. Positively, the Trine will inspire orientations to these at a collective level. Uranus is symbolically associated with critical, creative thinking and intuition and is described as the planet of illumination, but also of sudden events and unexpected, radical changes.
Near the end of this 18-month cycle, in late 2027 especially, the North Node will cross paths with Pluto. Among the main influences, it will effectively produce a strong pull on humanity as a whole to become more aware of the delicate ecology of our planet.
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Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March July 24 – 30, 2026
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“Hi Michael, I just listened again to the reading that you did for me last month. I just wanted to let you know that I think you are very good at what you do! Your reading was so bang-on, it’s kinda scary! Cheers, Renay.”
We are on the heels of the close alignment of 5 far planets including Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (each at 4 degrees of Leo, Gemini, Aries and Aquarius respectively), and Chiron hovering at the first degree of Taurus. This rare alignment did get some very excited. In last week’s issue, I asserted that it would not manifest in the dramatic way some purported, since the activation of major new turns occurs when planets are conjunct especially, and then when they form square and opposition aspects, or 90 and 180-degree angles, none of which occurred.
The deeper roots of these major themes stem as far back as 1892 when Neptune formed a conjunction with Pluto in Gemini. Upon reflection, it will be observed that this synchronized with the first recorded flight by the Wilbur brothers less than a decade later and the first gas station convenience stores at the same time, to name but a few developments that changed the world forever.
More examples can be provided, so I invite you to review last week’s Tip of the Week to learn more. I will say again that the most recent conjunction of Saturn and Neptune is the real deal, and it is indeed activating a reset of a significant aspect of the global balance of power, as with the war in Iran, and it will not likely end until that reset is fully achieved. Positively, the result of it will manifest as a decline of ongoing warfare and terrorism in the Middle East, in light of the volume of it for the past 80 or so years. However, this reset process may well escalate before it ends…
In the foreground, the Sun entered Leo on July 22 to begin its season, and Mercury turned direct on July 23 after 3-weeks retrograde in Cancer, which likely proved eventful for some with significant emotional impact.
The Moon waxes to full at 6 Aquarius 30 on July 29, less than a day after Venus and Mars form a hard square in Virgo and Gemini, respectively. This is likely to stir and agitate emotions and passions, especially with Mercury still in emotional, emotive, and moody Cancer and combined with the individuation process emphasized by the Full Moon.
Mars in the last decant (10-degrees) of Gemini is associated with Aquarius and is symbolic of alternative approaches supported by a rebellious and mischievous attitude to arouse a spirit of determination to have new experiences. So, it could prove troublesome as well.
Also on the same day of the full Moon on July 29, the Sun in Leo will form a conjunction with Jupiter. Now that will prove exciting and probably dramatic one way or another. While this conjunction does occur once every year, it does so in Leo only once every 12 years!
Although the Sun is the leading star of the show in Astrology by far, and as powerful as it is, it is not a far planet, so while the conjunction with Jupiter will likely prove eventful enough, it will not trigger major turning points for humanity, such as the Saturn/Neptune conjunction of February 20 is doing currently.
Ironically, the Sun is loosely categorized as a ‘personal planet’ in Astrology, so its impact, while energizing and inspiring at best, tends to be more personal. Given the exact degree of Jupiter, however, it could well trigger repressed emotions, especially anger, or other more pleasant passions. In any case, it is likely to prove colorful and could prove to be an exciting evening to go out and enjoy cultural events, even if it occurs in the middle of the week.
On July 26, Saturn will also turn retrograde to begin its 4-month retreat from 14 to 7 degrees of Aries and will turn direct again only on December 10. So, if you have planets in these degrees and especially in Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, you will experience its weight and pressure to be more sober, patient, disciplined and determined.
On a final note, when reading your Horoscopes, remember to read the 1 or 2 signs other than your Sun Sign. Doing so offers a more complex, layered and detailed reading. You can do this as well with the Horoscope for the Year, which includes long entries for each sign. If you don’t know which they are, send me your birthdate, year, place, and time and I will let you know with a reply by email, as long as you are a Member.
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As predicted, summer 2026 is a hot one. Record high temperatures tragically resulting in many dying from the heat is a literal testament, while the FIFA World Cup culminating on July 19 is more figurative. Tornadoes occurring in places where they rarely ever occur, and the ongoing war in Iran, are some of the more serious, literal dire dramas at play. These remind us that the game of life on Earth has a brutal aspect, doling out a steady stream of tragedies that will not cease.
Regarding larger current events, a rare alignment of far planets, including Jupiter in Leo, Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius, each at about 4 degrees of their respective signs, is a highlight feature of Summer 2026 and is especially active from July 20 to 24.
This configuration is getting some astrologers very excited, some even asserting that it constitutes a literal ‘reset of humanity’. Such sensational assertions do arise occasionally, yet the broader foundations, such as the timing of the Astrological Ages, tell the real story, and these events, rare and impressive as they are, should not be deemed the ’cause’ – but features of larger realities and evolutionary processes.
As well, it is the conjunctions of the planets involved in these alignments that reveal the deeper story. Trying to decipher the meaning of planetary alignments without determining the dates and date processes (due to both planets undergoing retrogrades), thus sometimes amounting to at least 3 conjunction events, and then investigating the deeper themes of these conjunctions reveals a lack of understanding of the core principles of Astrology.
Ironically, many so-called experts talking about this event are not bringing attention to these conjunctions and the anchor themes they represent, nor the bigger contextual background of astrological ages. So, the following brief outline will help to clarify the confusion.
In terms of Neptune and Pluto, their most recent conjunction occurred in 1892. Its core themes include the summons of heroism and heroes to serve and protect the welfare and dignity of humanity.
The challenge includes the likelihood that there will be disagreements about how to best achieve the higher objectives required, and this could be the source of conflict. Then, the larger collective will have to decide, possibly via edgy debates and even battles, what constitutes the genuine and integral leadership required.
In this regard, the outer manifestation is likely to indeed prove to manifest as significant trends, momentums, and events as the revolutions of evolution moving through narrow channels are indeed manifesting as rapids and turbulent currents. That the foundations of many of these are already underway, as with the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, should also be understood, especially in Iran.
The war in Iran synchronized with the recent, historic conjunction of Saturn and Neptune on February 20, 2026. The role of Uranus in this complex configuration, popularly referred to as a ‘basket,’ stems back to 1965 when the ongoing gender revolution was sparked by its conjunction with Pluto in Virgo.
The recent conjunction of Uranus and Neptune reaches back to 1993 and coincides with the internet becoming a public domain. Clearly, the world has never been the same since, and this event can be understood as foundational to the emergence of AI and robotics…
Jupiter’s conjunction with Pluto reaches back to 2020 when they met in Capricorn and was a lead-up event to the historic conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at 0 Aquarius on Winter Solstice 2020. That conjunction can be traced to the process of a steady rise in global inflation, which can be expected to continue for another several years yet.
Beyond this potent window of these far planets forming grinding contacts with each other, as it were, the Sun, newly in Leo as of July 22, will also make aspects to each, activating their destined roles at this time.
First, the Sun will form an aggressivesquare to slow-moving and thus potent Chiron on July 23 (the day Mercury goes direct), amounting to repercussions that will be felt close to home for us all, perhaps associated with more economic shifts with international, or even global implications.
Outwardly, the reality of the war in Iran and the ongoing troubles in the Middle East contribute to higher oil costs, the consequences of which invariably affect every aspect of the economies of every country in the world.
Although hovering at the first degree of Taurus, Chiron is newly in the sign of the bull as of June 19, (if for just a brief time since due to turning retrograde on August 3), then re-enters Aries on September 17. Chiron will then only re-enter Taurus in mid-April 2027. During its approximate 7-year transit, Chiron in Taurus will synchronize as what can be described as an operation on the realities of personal wealth.
This could well manifest the steady rise of digital currencies, I.D.’s, and perhaps even a global, basic ‘allowance’. The implication of this speculation is that there is an emerging global village principle underway that, around its core, is economics.
Then, on July 27, the Sun will form exact aspects to Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, a perspective that will be more fully examined next week, along with the Lunar North Node entering Aquarius on July 26 – the day of the New Year in Mayan Cosmology. The spotlight will be directed to these themes next week.
For now, the following offers some insight regarding the influence of the far planets in their respective signs, all of which are deemed ‘male’ or Yang, assertive signs, the influence of which will remain for many years, but will prove especially strong with Jupiter in Leo for the next 12+ months!
Transformational Pluto in revolutionary, future-oriented, and high-tech Aquarius began in 2023, and the transit will continue until 2043! It certainly is playing a major contributing role associated with the relatively sudden rise, at least for the greater collective, of AI and includes the now highly rationalized emergence of data centers…
Adding to this, Uranus, after its 7+ year tour of Taurus since 2018, (where it tends to manifest like a bulldozer pushing through large obstacles, and which can be attributed to laying the foundation of this AI acceleration), entered curious, communicative Gemini on April 25, where it will transit for the next 7 years.
Together with Pluto in Aquarius, Uranus in Gemini (both Air Element signs symbolically associated with communications), the transits will certainly synchronize with the digital world rising to new ever-higher levels encompassing every aspect of our daily lives and on a global scale.
Neptune and Saturn in pioneering, trail-blazing, and assertive Aries as of late January and mid-February 2026 are most certainly playing major roles as well. Again, especially associated with the recent Saturn/Neptune at 0 Aries on February 20, (the precise event of which has not occurred literally for 6,387 years), the entire world is undergoing a major reset, which should be best understood as a process. The war in Iran presents a, if not THE most obvious outer expression since the implications of it are closely associated with the global balance of power. Of course, the rise of AI cannot be underestimated.
Jupiter in dramatic Leo as of June 29, (the very day after Mars entered Gemini and Mercury turned Rx), is a major contributor to the dramatic heat of summer 2026, and its influence extends all the way through late July 2027! We should expect it to embolden key players on the world scene, both in public view and those hidden and nefarious networks of power as well.
All the while Mercury enters its completion stage of its 2nd Retrograde cycle of the year, thus ‘stationary’ or at a veritable standstill while in Cancer, one of its most challenging sign positions when retrograde. Have you been feeling it?
Mercury turns Direct again on July 23, the day the Sun forms a hard Square (90 degrees) to Chiron, newly in Taurus.
So, fasten your seatbelts, this week the overall dynamic is about to achieve an accelerated pace, and the ride could prove even bumpier yet.
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The late waning Moon will add to the downward pull of Mercury retrograde in Cancer for the better part of this week. The New Moon occurs on July 14, and it will host Mercury Retrograde, so its influence will have an echoing effect at least for the duration of this lunation cycle, until the next New Moon in Leo on August 12. As well, it can take a day or two to break free from its submersive grip, so while not entirely negative factors, they could feel like they have more of an autumnal feeling than that of the playful summer.
But don’t count summer out yet. In the larger background, Jupiter newly in Leo is advancing to complete a powerful alignment pattern including Uranus, Neptune and Pluto when it achieves 4 Leo, along with these three other far planets also at that degree. The destined peak of this charge will begin on July 19, which happens to be the day of the final match of the FIFA World Cup.
The peak point of this rare alignment can be expected to last for several days, and the follow-up to it is the Sun entering Leo on July 22. It will provide an added boost supporting the energy pattern to also linger, which will prove especially strong through to the Full Moon on July 29. Then it too will continue like aftershocks following a major quake. Hopefully, this will prove figurative and not literal. Also, how any planet alignment manifests is relative to the many fronts of reality, each hosting its own destiny and karma.
All such influences are relative due to their subjective experience. The generic influence is there to be observed, if one has the knowledge to do so, yet how any given ‘person’ (which in the whole sense extends to entire nations, states, provinces, cities, and any other legal entity referred to as a ‘person under the law’) experiences any given ‘influence’ is relative to their overall reality. The word ‘influence’ is highlighted because Astrology is not based on physics and the planets do not influence energetically but rather archetypally, the understanding of which is rare and is too much to explain in the detailed sense at this time.
Suffice to say that planetary positions and alignments ‘reveal’ archetypal principles, which in the deeper sense also indicate that we live in a conscious, intelligent, intentional universe that is founded on metaphysical principles and universal laws that transcend purely materialistic perspectives. Again, this understanding generally requires considerable background knowledge, which the average person has not been exposed to. If you are interested in learning more, begin by studying Holism and its associated root perspective on existence, referred to as Monism, both of which refer to the ultimate oneness of existence, or the protracted subjectivity of it.
The following section will provide an example of this understanding in context to current cycles and further examples associated with human psychology and the human condition.
So, referring to any given planetary position or alignment, otherwise referred to as a ‘generic influence,’ implies that the outer effect(s) are never purely objective. Ironically, or paradoxically, in terms of the ultimate oneness of existence, notions of objectivity in any absolute sense can be correctly categorized as relative illusions. In other words, notions of objectivity can be described as the illusion we share.
This perspective presents a good example of themes associated with Mercury Retrograde in Cancer. Briefly, when Mercury is retrograde, it tends to reverse the logical flow of perception, interpretation, and communication. Interestingly, it does so at quantum levels and beyond, based on the evidence that it is not just the communication between people, but between atoms, as with the breakdown of mechanical processes observed to often occur when Mercury is retrograde.
When in Cancer, which can be correctly understood as the most subjective sign of the entire Zodiac, the sign of roots, ancestry, origins, mothers, and so on, Mercury takes on an even more submersive tendency due to the watery, emotional, subjective characteristic of Cancer.
So, while Mercury is generally associated with the observation of facts, this ability can be deemed warped by the emotional and subjective feelings driving thought processes associated with watery, subjective Cancer.
In the most positive sense, this ‘interference’ with the usual fact-orientation of Mercury produces a more empathetic perspective, otherwise described as emotional intelligence.
For example, imagine a bridge that is crossed daily by thousands. One might assert that there is the bridge as an objective reality, which is true. Yet, the experience of the bridge is invariably subjective. So, the subjective experience of apparently objective reality qualifies as a paradox. This is why different people assert facts with great certainty and conviction, while others offer different facts that even counter or contradict the so-called facts shared. Naturally, the consequences are confusion, frustration, debate, division, conflict and sometimes war.
If we take this understanding to the level of society or politics, or social politics, we are quickly reminded just how much people disagree both about what ‘the facts’ are and, more importantly, what the facts mean, and what their implications suggest. Accordingly, a primary principle of semantics, or the study of linguistic meaning, is that ‘there is no it’.
The principle that there is no “it” in semantics refers to the idea that meaning is not inherent in words or phrases used to describe things and events but is derived from their use in context and the relationships between them. Semantics focuses on how meanings are constructed and understood rather than assuming a fixed reference for terms. This is why the assertion that ‘it is all relative’ is true. There is ever many angles of perspective associated with any aspect of existence or event.
Since facts without meaning can be understood to lack purpose or value, separating them from our experiences, interests, and concerns in life renders them inert, as it were. Since life is all about relationships, which paradoxically includes the relationship we each experience with our own subjectivity, our own body, mind, heart and soul, and experiences divorced from relationships also emerge as inert, we are brought back to our subjectivity.
Not surprisingly, the first principle of Neuroscience is that ‘all perception is subjective’, or it emphasizes that perception depends on neural processes and is influenced by individual awareness and context. Notice how neuroscience evolved out of semantics?
Sharing with others produces bonds of friendship and love, but at the end of the day, we each experience life individually. What this altogether amounts to is the fact that what you or I or anyone else deem to be ‘final facts’ is more fully a matter of opinion, reinforced not only by bias and belief, but by social conditioning.
The main source of this conditioning in our modern technological world is the media. Do you suppose that those who determine what is shared in the media know this? Of course they do. In other words, much of what we assume to think we think independently, are not even our own thoughts, but those ‘conditioned’ by the sources of information to which we each expose ourselves.
It is even true that while most people are able to process information, this is not to say they are able to actually think. Beliefs, assumptions, and information gathered from external sources comprise their notion of knowledge and what is factual and true.
The average person engages in both thinking and sharing learned information, but critical thinking involves actively analyzing and evaluating what one learns rather than simply repeating it. Critical thinking requires questioning assumptions, assessing evidence, and considering multiple perspectives before forming judgments.
What this generally amounts to is that most people are not really aware of what is factual and true, and perhaps not even interested, but rather in what equates to feeling secure. Feeling secure is technically an instinctual response, associated with the fight or flight of survival. In short, public opinion is molded by those invested in the distribution of information for the sake of their own advantage, which generally equates to wealth, power and control of others and situations, which is itself a protracted instinctual response.
A book written as long ago as 1988, with the title “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media” by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, outlines the evidence that the mainstream media is more fully a vehicle for propaganda than it is for the distribution of genuine facts and information associated with concern for others.
Consequently, people assume great conviction about their views, especially associated with social politics, and are generally not only unwilling, but literally unable to think otherwise, because the thoughts that they assume to be facts were actually placed there strategically. In this regard, our unwitting, or non-critically analyzed exposure to media sources generally includes the presentation of these facts by assumed sincere and honest people.
Referring to such thinking as ‘conspiracy theory’ has been clearly outlined to be itself a ‘planted perception’ to prevent people from thinking critically. The common assumption is that “the news” is the expression of objective, integral journalism. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Thinking critically begins by asking deeper questions about why one assumes that their notion of fact and truth, and what its source is. Few people will actually do this due in part because the ability to do so is actually a skill that requires sincere effort and determination to develop. In the meantime, we will continue to live in a world governed more by beliefs and assumptions than critically determined facts and truths.
So, what do you think you know and why do you think you assume to know it? Incidentally, this extends to self-awareness as well. So, who and what do you think you are and why do you think you assume to know?
In its deepest reaches, Astrology can profoundly help us know who and what we are beyond casual notions. The ‘what’ question includes that we are souls incarnate. Who we are as embodied souls with ego-personality constructs and what this knowledge implies in terms of how we engage with and co-create our reality is also open for discussion, review, and perhaps, qualitative adjustment based on the deeper levels of awareness towards a deeper feeling that we are indeed living our best life!
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Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March July 3 – 9, 2026
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As July gets underway, Jupiter, newly in Leo since June 29/30 is in the spotlight. Its orbital periods are an average of 11.86 years, yet due to its slightly elliptical orbit, it can take as little as 11 months or as much as 13 to complete its transit through a sign. While in Leo, the duration is just shy of 13 months, and it will enter Virgo on July 26, 2027.
Jupiter is deemed a Fire Element planet and is, accordingly, the ruling planet for philosophical, metaphysical, truth and principle-oriented Fire Sign Sagittarius. It should be noted that psychologically speaking, Sagittarius is more fully symbolic of socially conditioned beliefs and self-honesty, beyond all other notions of what is deemed to be ‘the truth’.
When Jupiter transits through another Fire Element Sign, whether its own, or Aries or Leo, its expression tends to be amplified. So, through Leo, it will increase the general emphasis on what constitutes higher truths beyond beliefs and convictions.
With the Lunar South Node about to enter Leo later this month, where it will undergo its next 18-month cycle, there will be a counter pull to the otherwise natural desire associated with Leo to gain attention. It will have the effect of unravelling habitual patterns, attitudes, and assumptions or dogmas that are pushed onto others without deeper consideration of their genuine truth.
A transit of a planet through any sign has many sub-stages as well, since each Sign can be understood to contain the entire Zodiac within it. This is not common knowledge, but is a core feature of Holism, or the paradigm within which Astrology exists.
Holism is the paradigm of nature, actually. Modern physics, especially that of Quantum Physics, has come to this clear realization, and mathematics and biology especially, as with the way in which the expression of the natural world reveals rhythmic patterns at every scale. Chemistry too yet reveals this symmetrical principle and innate intelligence, as well as with the intricate way in which DNA is formed.
Yet other branches of science have yet to catch up and remain restricted by the mechanistic model associated with the materialistic paradigm, and continue to assert notions of chance and randomness as source causes of life. This intellectual rigidity is just another one of the many ways that fundamentalism becomes established in the minds of people in many areas of society.
In short, Holism reveals intelligence at the very essence of life, and it therefore extends itself to deeper considerations that even transcend science, converging with both philosophical and metaphysical perspectives. After all, when the evidence of life transcends the limitations of mechanistic materialism, we are left to endeavor to understand it from different perspectives, and this is where Holism comes to the fore. As the story goes, it is the most ancient paradigm.
While any planet transiting any sign hosts myriad levels of influence and, subsequently, interpretation, the emphasis of Jupiter in Leo does at least include the question of origins, in part because Leo in Astrology is ruled by the Sun itself. Interestingly, we actually ‘live in the Sun’, in its energy field which encompasses the entire ‘solar system’.
While there is much to say about this principle of Holism, we can bring the focus down to more basic levels for practical application, as with how its transit through Leo is generally destined to influence each Zodiac Sign, which correctly understood, represent the respective divisions of a circle, the symbol of spheres and cycles.
PS: The Zodiacal Constellations are the projection of the divided circle or cycle. The fact that there are multiple systems of Astrology each hosting ‘different Zodiacs’ is testimony to this fact, yet the literalism of popular notions that the centaur Sagittarius, for example, was ‘discovered’ along the plane of the ecliptic, as opposed to representing a projection of a mythological figure, offers an example of popular assumptions supported by wide-eyed credulity and then defended by rationalized logic and then broadcasted on ‘tel-a-vision’ anchoring the conviction forevermore by susceptible viewers. As the world turns…
This week’s Horoscope will provide a summary overview of Jupiter in Leo for the next 13 months for each sign.
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