By Milky Way Maid
Experiencing
a Mars and Saturn conjunction this year was a first-ever event for
me. My ascendant is Scorpio, which is just where the conjunction was
to occur. I thought maybe there was some chance of an accident, but I
did not feel particularly fearful.
First
let's get some details out of the way.
The
Mars-Saturn conjunction was on August 25, 2014, at 17 degrees
Scorpio. The exact time was 3:30 pm Eastern. Coincidentally, there
was a New Moon that day: 2 degrees 19' of Virgo at 10:13 am. Mars and
Saturn sextiled Mercury earlier in the day. Also, four days later
(Aug. 29) the Sun opposed Neptune which was at 6 degrees Pisces.
None of
these points were conjunct any natal planets, but 17 degrees Scorpio
closely opposes my natal Sun and applies to my natal North Node –
the latter seems to be rather auspicious. The New Moon was sextile my
natal Ascendant and trine natal Mars. So the outlook seemed to be on
the whole pretty positive, even if I had trouble guessing what kind
of event might take place.
ALSO- 17
degrees Scorpio is exactly square my natal Chiron in Aquarius. Chiron
in Aquarius has accounted for some arthritis in the knees and other
ailments and injuries in that area. This time around, the square to
Chiron seems to indicate a surgical intervention of some kind, but I
thought some other transiting aspects referred to a series of
injections to the knees that started in August. Turns out, I was in
for some other surgeries besides those injections, even though they
were all quite minor. Minor, yes, but for me it was very unusual to
have such a cluster of medical interventions.
Online
articles on transiting Mars conjunct Saturn said things like “go on
a diet,” or “much energy spent putting out annoying brush fires.”
I have been trying to lose weight, but have been stuck on a plateau
for several months; we will see if this transit brings any success.
But the latter stuff about brush fires is true. I have had several
things happen, one of the most annoying was a package that went
astray and difficulty getting anyone to look into it.
Consulting
my trusty copy of “Transits In Reverse” yields many valuable
nuggets, such as: “You may run into all kinds of frustrating
irritations . . . and will be doubly frustrated because you'll have
little chance to vent any resulting anger,” be careful of sharp
tools, “not a day for risky ventures or investments,” low energy,
a lack of stamina.
But
nowhere did I run into mention of what actually happened that month.
I had two minor surgeries which are notable because of a near-total
lack of any previous surgical interventions other than assorted
biopsies.
It is
also interesting to note that the areas where the surgeries were
performed are those ruled by Scorpio: the reproductive organs and the
colon or excretory system. In both cases the items removed were
negative for cancer, so that would tie in with the positive contacts
to my natal chart.
The list
of Progressions also produced some hits to the 17th degree:
Progressed Sun was at 14 Cancer, Progressed Mercury was at 17 Cancer,
Progressed Ceres at 18 Gemini, Progressed Vesta and Progressed Part
of Fortune at 15 and 16 Aries (in the sixth house of health). That is
quite a list!
Looking
ahead, transiting Mars will conjunct natal Saturn in Sagittarius
about the end of September or beginning of October, so I will have to
keep an eye peeled for what transpires at that time. At any rate,
Mars has already moved out of my Ascendant sign Scorpio, and Saturn
will follow around Christmas of this year. So YAY, I will be glad of
that. A second Saturn return does not come till 2016, so I will not
worry about that right now.
I would
like to note once again that regarding good aspects for diets or
weight loss, one of the most remarkable in my experience was a
transiting Sun-Saturn conjunction for the day that I began a rather
physically-demanding job. I believe I lost about 30 pounds in the
first two months on that job. Of course I regained them much later,
but that's how it goes.
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LATE
DEGREES
– see
my popular article on late
degrees of all the signs.
Link:
http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2008/08/planets-in-late-degrees-what-do-they.html
POPE FRANCIS – I finally posted a little article on the new Pope Francis and also a kind of book review on a book that accidentally talks about ancient astronomy. The article on Pope Francis is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/a-look-at-the-new-pope-franciss-astro-charts/ And the article on the best book that both is and is not about ancient astronomy is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/the-best-book-about-ancient-astronomy-that-isnt-about-astrology-per-se/
COOL WEBSITES – In no particular order of importance: Check out Astrology.com – free lessons online. Watch astronomic animations at http://shadowandsubstance.com/. Go to http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ for a view of our solar system and nearby stars. This guy called the correct winner of the 2012 election, and he puts out a monthly column: http://www.howardbeckmanvedicastrologer.com/wordpress/
