Blessed Be Our Children ~ Transits for 16 February 2018

I had intended to write up a tarot reading for today, but joy was its premise and I didn’t think anyone was feeling particularly joyful given our recent tragedy. So I’m going to look at astrological transits instead. Pisces is strong today as is Sagittarius and Aquarius, but intuitive and emotional Pisces provides the strongest influence of the planets. Both Sagittarius and Aquarius bring in influences of vision and humanitarianism which will assist us in the days ahead. Assuming the negative forces will allow such change without a fight.

The Sixth Ray of Devotion and Idealism is dominating the Ray influences today with the Second and Fifth are also influencing bringing strength and endurance along with manifesting soul-centered awareness into our daily lives. In other words, the time is right to align ourselves with each other, to put our safety and security before personal concerns.

Another interesting factor is that there are five planetary bodies in the 12th House. Now, this House can indicate our own undoing, but if we’re smart about this, perhaps it can represent the undoing of old patterns and ideas that have created the world in which we now live. From a soul-centered, esoteric perspective, the 12th House brings awareness of the past in a way that we can transmute its negative effects into something more positive so that we’re no longer burdened by these tragic situations of our own making. The 12th House can actually work in our favor to bring an Aquarian sense of humanitarianism into play if we’re willing to push past the prison of personality into a more soul-centered focus.

So, Neptune, the Moon, the Sun, Venus, and Mercury all congregate in the 12th House today. Neptune brings compassion and intuition to bear although it can also suggest escapism, so use both tendencies to work behind the scenes to effect change. In esoteric astrology, the Moon itself is considered to veil either Vulcan, Neptune, or Uranus but in exoteric astrology, its effects on the personality are still considered. From a soul-centered or esoteric perspective, however, the Moon is considered a dead influence. Since Neptune is in the 12th House, we know that emotions and escapism are factors which align with traditional interpretations relative to the Moon.

The Sun is in Aquarius today and brings a sense of innovation and unconventionality to the day making this a good time to try out new ideas or revisit ideas that have been useful in the past. This can be a time of rebellion against outmoded thinking and given recent murder of innocents, this is welcome news indeed. Although freedom of expression is important, it cannot overshadow safety and security of our citizens. With the Sun in Aquarius and the 12th House, our time for change is now.

With Venus in Pisces and the 12th House, we want to bond with everything and everyone. So this may influence our commitment to each other at this time when negative, service-to-self forces are trying to remain in control of the narrative. In a sense, we’re experiencing on one level, the conflict between dark and light. We want our independence and freedom, but it can come at a cost. We learned of that cost the other day as a former student shot students and a teacher at a high school in Florida. The 5th Ray should help bring us back to a more soul-centered awareness of what our real choices are here.

Lastly, Mercury in both Aquarius and the 12th House will allow us to find our voice, to speak out about what needs to happen now. We possess the ability at this time to speak truth to power and we must do so for the sake of our children and their future. We can’t possibly want what we now experience. We can’t possibly believe that allowing war weapons amongst the general population is acceptable. Not after witnessing shooting after shooting, death after death.

It’s sad that we need to search for the right time to talk about gun violence in our country. Lawmakers are so beholden to the NRA that they quake in their boots at the thought of reenacting the Assault Weapons Ban or even additional background checks. The sad excuse that we now have as president actually removed the protections that were in place against seriously mentally ill persons from easily purchasing weapons. And apparently, the shooter from Florida may have purchased the assault weapon he used on the day the fool signed that removal into law. Of course, there was no photo op for that signing.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives believes it’s not the time to talk about gun violence or what to do about it. If something were to happen to both the President and the Vice President, he would be next in line to take the job. Let that sink in. Another asshole who can’t seem to find the words necessary to save our children would be in line for the presidency.

We have to stop doing this to ourselves.

Blessed Be our children. We are their only hope.