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SATURN, MERCURY and the MOON CONSIDERATIONS – FEB.28, 2022

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February 26, 2022

By Daniel Giamario

There is such a wonderful morning sky lineup! Not to be overlooked is the Mercury/Saturn conjunction to be exact on Wednesday Morning at 18Aquarius59 at 8:33AM PST. As of Monday morning Saturn and Mercury are a full 21degrees separated from the Sun, and relatively easy to see before dawn. The Moon conjuncts Mercury at 2:11PM PST on Monday, followed by exactly conjoining Saturn at 6:01PM. Tuesday morning just before dawn, will reveal a very old Moon (very thin crescent), just below Saturn and Mercury.

I consider this Moon/Saturn conjunction to be highly significant with regards to the unfolding drama of the United States Pluto Return. The US South Node is 6Aquarius35 and its Moon is 27Aquarius12. Putin’s North Node is 19Aquarius59 and IC is at 21Aquarius12. The start of the currently ongoing Russia/Ukraine conflict was 2/22/22, almost exactly the first exact Pluto conjunction with the US Pluto. Joe Biden is in his age 79 Mars synodic return. Biden’s Mars is 12Scorpio35, quite close to Putin’s Venus at 11Scorpio42. Transiting Uranus is opposing them at 11Taurus33 now. This will be explored in greater depth soon.

How to unpack all this? I believe that the analysis starts with a deeper understanding of Aquarius and of Saturn. These have been major themes of my research in the last few years. I think that both are tremendously misunderstood. The hijack of both in the last 2000 years has made their essence extremely hard to discern.

I see Saturn, over the larger course of 300,000 years of global humanity to be the operating manual of objective reality; how to survive in a dense 3D world. Only recently has it included judgment, shame, guilt, fear of deficiency, bad karma, or original sin. Saturn, does, of course, teach us how to grow, change and evolve via boundaries and limitations, but that can be quite helpful, and a requirement for any maturation process.

Meanwhile, what in the world is Aquarius? Is it air? Is it water? Is it actually about freedom and our unique individuality and personal sovereignty? Or is it majority (mob) rule and the control of the state, run by AI algorithms and a scientific elite? At its pinnacle, Aquarius can also be universal consciousness and the water of life. Human beings are more water than carbon, and certainly not silicon.

As the Turning of the Ages accelerates, and the United States enters deeper into its Pluto return, these questions have been engaging me deeply. Saturn’s role, being also one of the traditional “rulers” of Aquarius, will be crucial. Which Saturn will dominate? Will it be the hierarchical control of a technocratic elite exploiting Aquarian ideals and technology in the name of a fake unity? Or could we also see Saturn in a feminine identity, being also an ancient symbol of the Golden Age. Her guidance could inspire a deep commitment to reconnect with our spiritual essence, and connection to universal consciousness. This is quite a bit different than its fake facsimile in the “metaverse”. In this way, the Aquarian waters of life reanimate our actual “human nature”, including: empathy, compassion, the sacred, and the love of all life.

In the spirit of Shamanic Astrology, make sure to go out in the morning and hang out with the Moon, Saturn, Mercury, Venus and Mars, and see what transmissions you may receive.

Venus-Mars-Moon-Vesta-Pluto Stellium – February 27, 2022

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February 26, 2022

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By Erik M Roth of Inspiral Nexus

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February 27th is a potent day as part of a multi-week period with Mars, Venus, Vesta and Pluto in the sign of Capricorn because the Moon has joined the alignment. And it is all taking place the early morning sky.

This very rare alignment of planets and Vesta hasn’t taken place since 1955, but that was in the sign of Leo. The alignment didn’t take place at all the last time Pluto was in the sign of Capricorn. But there was a similar alignment of these planets (except for Vesta) back in 1791, when Pluto was in the sign of Aquarius, but that is the closest one (although Mars and Venus will conjunct in Aquarius on March 5/6 only about 2 degrees away from Pluto) to this time we currently live in. That was a time of the ongoing French Revolution and the implementation of the US Constitution.

The night sky in the early morning sky is the place to be! Venus rises about 2 ½ hours before the Sun, Mars follows soon after with the Moon and Saturn almost an hour before sunrise. Only Vesta and Pluto won’t be visible but the night sky map included with this post will give a good idea of where to look in the configuration complex of planets.

What does this mean, astrologically?

Capricorn is the overriding experience here and its all in how the planets “channel” it, energetically, with us. We can ask ourselves what is truly important? We can inquire about what it takes to sustain a comfortable life but not a life to excess. Where do our responsibilities fall upon? Are we taking responsibility for what we are aligned with in our soul’s journey? How will it benefit the livability of future generations (not just to live but to thrive)?

The Moon is conjunct Venus, Mars, Pluto and Vesta all on the same day of February 27th. It’s important for us to get clear with our practical sides, but also to detoxify the systems and structures within ourselves that have completed their stories and/or usefulness. Perhaps we have held on to them for too long or maybe we didn’t know they were there, buried deep within our psyche?

With Vesta and Pluto involved, we can include a hearty dose of the deep waters of surrender from Pluto and a sacred reverence of the initiation itself in Vesta. Meaning, this powerful and dynamic multi-week meeting of Mars and Venus takes on a new kind of wavelength with these other celestial bodies.

The recent attack on Ukraine by Russia illustrates the resistance to taking responsibilities for future generations and long-term sustainability by utilizing violence as a “resource”. It is showing (among other examples in the world) that humanity has a LOT of work to do to co-create healthy human structures and systems. Although, Pluto in Capricorn does represent a composting of structures and systems in very powerful ways.

Mars, Venus and Pluto have had many other “looser” conjunctions throughout the 20th century, but it has been over 24 years since Pluto, Mars and Venus have been together. However, another alignment very similar to the March 5/6 alignment will take place in February, 2024 in Aquarius, with Pluto in that sign as well.

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Mars-Venus Conjunctions in 2022

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February 23, 2022

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Mars-Venus Conjunctions in 2022

by Erik Roth

Feb 16, 2022

March 5/6, 2022

On February 16, the day of February’s Full Moon in Leo, Mars “catches up” with Venus in a conjunction at 16˚ 53’ in the sign of Capricorn and they move into conjunction again March 5/6 at 00˚ 01’’ in Aquarius. But this is only part of a much larger story between these two planets.

The larger story is a dance of these two planets called a “saga” in Shamanic Astrology. It recognizes the contributions to the masculine and feminine expressions throughout the ages from the ancient Mesopotamian Inanna-Dumuzi story to the Rapunzel-Prince story beginning in the 17th Century and into contemporary times. Daniel Giamario and I are facilitating a webinar about the Mars-Venus conjunctions right here.

This saga is called a Dumuzi-Rapunzel Saga and entered a new phase in early 2022 between January and April when Mars and Venus are within 10 degrees of each other for most of the period. This phase of the story now involves the Venus in Capricorn incarnation mixing with Mars from its original Aries overtone, but now meeting in the signs of Capricorn and Aquarius.

The story began when Mars began its synodic cycle on October 13, 2020, in the sign of Aries, at its opposition point with the Sun. It starts that way due to the red planet being at its closest point and hence brightest point when viewed from Earth. The cycle is experiential, symbolic and metaphoric in its nature.

Venus’ role is was originally defined when it rose in the morning sky (heliacal rise point) on June 10, 2020 in the sign of Gemini. Venus has this heliacal rise every 19 months (or more exactly 584 days).

The signs of each of those cycle beginnings come together. So, between 2020 and early 2022, it was about Gemini and Aries. But Venus completed its 19-month cycle and rose recently on January 15, 2022 in the sign of Capricorn.

During this 26-month Dumuzi-Rapunzel Saga, Mars and Venus had a rendezvous back in July, 2021 (in the sign of Leo) in the early evening sky before Mars dipped in the glare of the Sun in August. Venus continued to brighten and rise higher in the sky. Mars came out of the glare of the Sun (orbitally on the other side of the Sun from Earth) back on November 22, 2021 (hence in the hidden realm or underworld). Mars was only dimly seen in the early morning sky, but it has since brightened itself and has now joined Venus in Capricorn.

What does this period of time mean, astrologically?

For Mars, is a time of maturing wisdom and knowledge. This could be resisted of course by the masculine in those not able to grow and see beyond pride, profit and ego. However, the opportunity is there for an instinctual assessment of what once was and now is. It is a time to gather a full comprehension of the resources, systems and structures around to see what works and what doesn’t work. The result is an intention to choose something that is beneficial for long-term sustainability beyond just the bottom line or the profit-margins.

With Venus, it is about the grandmother wisdom and expertise to seed something from the chaos of our times. This can offer us patience and an obligation to manage our resources and knowledge in a more sustainable way. We can ask ourselves questions during this Capricorn period from late January to early March about what is truly important? We can an inquire about what it takes to sustain a comfortable life but not a life to excess. Where do our responsibilities fall upon? Are we taking responsibility for what we are aligned with in our soul’s journey? How will it benefit the livability of future generations (not just to live but to thrive)?

This alignment of planets is intending for the masculine and feminine working together side-by-side to accomplish something in the far future that is in harmony with Earth and humanity. In the larger story, a maturing Mars incarnation (rebirthed in November) is looking from a place of humility to seek a higher-level wisdom with the goddess Venus as a beacon of that higher-level wisdom.

This match of Venus and Mars contributes a reunion of the story love that goes beyond the initial attraction from their courtship of the conjunction in July, 2021 in the sign of Leo. At this phase, it blossoms into a deeper construct. Venus has metamorphosized from Gemini to Capricorn and Mars has evolved after its dark-night period hidden in the glare of the Sun from our eyes (what is called the underworld phase).

The pairing of Venus and Mars may be intending to create a sounder approach to relationship building through the practical and utilization of what is of greatest service to future generations.

The two conjunctions in February and March also involve Pluto and the asteroid Vesta in Capricorn and so include a hearty dose of the deep waters of surrender from Pluto and a sacred reverence of the initiation itself in Vesta. Meaning, this powerful and dynamic meeting of Mars and Venus takes on a new kind of wavelength with these other celestial bodies.

Another layer is activated when Mars and Venus move into the sign of Aquarius together on March 5^th. Mars ingresses into Aquarius first late on the 5^th (on the 6^th for most of the world) and Venus joins Mars only 7 minutes later! This Aquarius archetype introduces novel frequencies of innovation, experimentation and expansion of new ideas and consciousness itself. Revolutionary thoughts are in the air, but they pertain to the relationship between the masculine-feminine polarity, with a sense of the sacred too.

**The vertical yellow line is the devider between the seasonal signs of Capricorn and Aquarius**

Historically, these conjunctions of Venus and Mars at the same time with Pluto and Vesta only rarely. It was in August and September of 1955 when it happened last between the 4 celestial bodies. The last time Mars, Venus and Pluto were conjunct in Capricorn or Aquarius (or both) in an extremely close alignment was back in 1791 (with Mercury and the Sun), which was during the French Revolution.

Mars, Venus and Pluto have had many other “looser” conjunctions throughout the 20^th century, but it has been over 24 years since Pluto, Mars and Venus have been together. However, another alignment very similar to the March 5/6 alignment will take place in February, 2024 in Aquarius, with Pluto in that sign as well.

We can look up in the early morning skies and see Venus and Mars and the magic that is created, meditating ourselves on the potentiality of the relationships we have with the planets and each other. We are in one of the greatest times of for humanity’s transformation and Mars and Venus can play special roles in helping us deeply transform the larger story of the masculine and feminine beyond the limited roles we’ve had for many centuries. It can be unnerving and even scary but there is a sense of something greater evolving and it is up to us to embrace our higher truths and move consciously and thoughtfully into the this great unknown.

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Checking in on Mercury

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February 14, 2022

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By Daniel Giamario

With all rightful attention placed on the amazing union of Venus and Mars in these mornings, we may forget about Mercury. So we can check in on Mercury a bit here.

Mercury, these last few days, has been at its greatest morning sky elongation—over 26degrees! It is quite a good time to see this elusive planet.

On Monday at 1:54PM PST, Mercury moves from Capricorn into Aquarius, and remains in Aquarius until March 9^th, when Pisces is ingressed. This entire time-frame finds Mercury in the Apollo morning star phase of development. This particular Apollonian phase has an interesting feature. Stationary direct Mercury on February 3^rd initiated its current Capricornian synodic overtone that oversees this entire 120 day time-frame. Usually only two signs are found in this phase. But in this synod, Mercury will encounter Capricorn, Aquarius and even Pisces, before reaching the first of two “guardian of the threshold” phases on March 16^th. Soon after that Mercury will leave the morning sky and disappear behind the Sun to employ the psychopomp function. You can learn more about our schools unique understanding of the Mercury cycle HERE.

Quite likely, many of you found the recent Mercury retrograde to be quite challenging. There has been quite a string of left brain Mercury signs and overtones. In our current age, Mercury retrograde can be particularly hazardous to those relying on left brain logic, assumed objectivity, and order. That is not what the retrograde is for. Whilst Mercury in Capricorn and Aquarius are definitely rational and left-brained, the current and quite unique phenomena of “All Planets Direct” can be quite helpful to utilize a more trustable objectivity, and to be able to act with more confidence in making practical choices. There is the sense that such actions can have achievable results. You may be more able to both see the forest and the trees. Full speed ahead!

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The Dazzling Morning Sky and some Venus/Mars Considerations

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February 8, 2022

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By Daniel Giamario

There continues to be a dazzling planetary display in the morning sky with Mercury now visible. Look twelve degrees above Mercury and you will find a magnificently bright Venus, closely flanked by a 100 times dimmer Mars. Saturn will soon join them in the morning sky rising around February 16th.

There is also an amazingly beautiful lineup including the waning crescent Moon on Feb.27th and 28th. On the morning of Feb.9th, Venus will sparkle at her brightest (magnitude -4.65) for the entirety of 2022.

A week later, on the 16th, Venus will exactly conjoin Mars at 16Capricorn53. They arrived within 10 degrees of each other on January 25th, and remain within 10 degrees until April 13th.

My colleague Erik Roth and I will conduct a Zoom seminar on February 15th to explore this rather unique and interesting dance of Mars and Venus on February 15th. Details are here: https://shamanicastrology.com/2022-mars-venus-conjunctions-webinar. These two planets will stay close to each other in the morning sky all week (perhaps celebrating Valentine’s Day?),and will also be in a close relationship with the important star, NUNKI.

Nunki is the only named bright star that still retains its ancient Sumerian name. This star is the “vane” of the arrow of the Archer constellation; the upper left star of the Archer’s trapezoid asterism, with the direction of the arrow pointed towards the Galactic Center. Nunki is currently located at 12Capricorn41 with a brightness of +2.05.

Venus on the morning of the 8th is at 13Capricorn02, with Mars at 10Capricorn58. Though at nearly the same longitudinal zodiacal degrees, you will notice that they will be seen at a considerable number of degrees of declination from each other. Mars, just slightly brighter than Nunki, will still be out-of-bounds at -23S33, and quite South of Venus and Nunki. Venus is at -16S32(and so much brighter), and can be sighted way South of Nunki, at -3S27. Visually, even though they are all rising and setting nearly together, they can appear to be quite far apart from each other.

In “considering” all this (see note below), several things are worth noting. When the 9/11/2001 events transpired, Mars was conjunct Nunki, holding and directing the arrow of the celestial Archer towards Galactic Center. Galactic Center, as the Golden Gate, and also a large black hole, can be seen as a place of composting and dissolution; or alternatively, as a gate of Ascension and Enlightenment. Meanwhile, Venus, having recently risen as Morning Star, is now within the 7th Chakra portal.

On the one hand, this can be a time to remove any obstructions to the archetypal Feminine (in both women and men) with connections to the Higher Self and True Nature. Yet it also must be remembered that the Mayans and Aztecs saw the Morning Star rise of Venus as a “War Goddess or God”. I actually have a Mayan Codex entitled “Venus Regulated Warfare”, describing the use of the helical rise of Venus to time battle plans. As always in our paradigm, we must have the courage to recognize the possibilities inherent in all three worlds. Check out my article on our ThreeWorldsApproach HERE

Note: I have always loved the word “consider”. Back in the 1980’s, the etymology of the word indicated that it originally meant something like “arranging with the stars”, with clear roots back to astrology and astronomy. Much to my surprise, when I consulted the online resources out there now, this etymology origin has been expunged. But then, maybe I should not have been surprised at all, with the Orwellian alteration of so many other words going on now.

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