And here we are. The Cardinal Cross. Mars has moved into Cancer, which is usually a relatively peaceful place for Mars to hang out, but not when he is opposite Pluto, squaring Uranus and loosely squaring Saturn. No, not when he is perfecting a nasty little Cardinal Cross.
The energy is all about initiating change, but unfortunately it’s geared towards confrontation and conflict. This relationship between the shit-stirring planets across the cardinal signs has been playing out for the past two years, and really nails it next year. Geo-politics does appear to have been picking up on it too… Remember Egypt during the Saturn-Pluto square? London riots on the Saturn-Uranus opposition, and now again today? Poor poor Japan in the Pluto-Uranus square… The GFC and subsequent close calls, almost perfectly timed to each of these planetary configurations.
Nobody likes a Doomsday shrieking freak, so let’s not dwell on that stuff, but the idea is to learn from those geo-political examples in your own life. Right now, for example, while Mars squares everything is the worst time to be an authoritarian overlord bossing people around. You get nowhere fast, there will be (symbolic maybe) effigies of YOU burning in the streets in no time. Laying down the law, throwing your weight around and declaring war are all really ill-timed maneuvers at the mo.
Likewise, trying to re-brand and re-package bullshit is about as productive as polishing a turd right now. Mars-Pluto does not provide foundations for inauthentic structures. (Can someone please get the US government an in-house Astrologer?). An honesty overhaul of any relationships, projects, or systems in your life that are teetering is the only way out. For example, mortgaging your pretend money in order to borrow more pretend money from people who don’t have much pretend money is a Mars-Pluto house of cards waiting to fall, and Mars-Pluto really enjoys kicking things down. AND COULD WE PLEASE ALL REMEMBER THAT MERCURY IS RETROGRADE.
Keep it REAL. Take care. Take a chill pill. Take a holiday if you can…
Tags: Cardinal Cross, mercury retrograde
