Nourishing the "own pregnancy" - new Beginnings August 2025 update

Heliocentric sidereal Astrology and planetary cycles - the Universe is guiding us through our evolutionary paths.

What’s going on:

• Neptune transits over the South Galactic Pole, aligning with important stars

• Jupiter and Eris in their first Quintile

• Ceres conjoins Saturn and Neptune

• Mars conjoins Haumea

Mars conjoins Haumea

19th of August 2025 at Univ. Time 8:15 am - 7°8’5” sidereal Libra

Their cycles in general are very close to the previous one as Haumea got a 284 years orbit and Mars roughly 2 years orbit – yet, within her orbit she’s now just passed her most northern part of orbit and is relatively slow because of nearing aphelion (farthest from the Sun). 

They met last on 28^th of September 2023 – not long after Neptune was at 0° Aries.

Now, Neptune has just aligned with the Galactic South Pole (see further down) and Mars and Haumea meet again.

Coincidence or brilliant orchestration!!??

Mars and Haumea form like an “outlining geometry”, in this sense a “container” within which things develop. I have lately often thought about the “inside out creation” that then produces the container or structure by itself. Opposing, we could see the “definition” of a container and then trying to “squeeze” creation into that container… 

The Players

Mars is about the masculine, outside and action-oriented principle. It involves physical action, leadership qualities, strategic forward oriented thinking and planning, protective actions and behaviors, also involves willpower and of course, can, when imbalanced turn into aggression and destructive behavior.

Haumea is of fertile and guiding energy – understanding of the birthing and lineage principles are involved with her – she does work on a “higher level”, not just physical processes but the whole “essence” and principle involved from the beginning to end. This understanding may include bloodlines and genetics as well as how to transmute or “refresh” behaviors that are blocking natural and “pro-life” actions….

We can right away see, how this conjunction or cycles between the Two are of profound energy. It can be beautiful and insightful and yes, a “new start, blank page” etc.

We can all “lean” back and start to act according our inner guidance, a lot easier and smoother than to try to do it all exactly the way our “small human” has set it out.

Thing though is – the energies support more “instant manifestations” – “problem” is that not everything that looks beautiful from the outside is nice and not everything that looks ugly from the outside is bad - more understanding and differentiation is important here.

Mars and Haumea circled red are in

• Trine (120° angle) with Asbolus in the constellation Auriga marked by the blue angle line.

• Opposition with Mercury at the star Torcular of Pisces (“the wine/oil press – pressure cooker”). Mercury has just passed Chiron and Eris.

• Square with Pluto in earlier Capricorn.

• Semi Square (45° angle) with Vesta in sidereal Scorpio constellation Ophiuchus.

Mars and Haumea do disperse their energies through the angles, while same time being influenced by them.

• The Trine with Asbolus (the “seer”) is a “building one” (ideas and ideals - flowering) for Mars and a “discernment before harvest” type for Haumea. As Asbolus stands in a “psychic star area”, we should here take this seriously – Mars may need the guidance of the “elder” Haumea here.

  
  

• Their Opposition with Mercury means, that there’s an integration to take place (or offers that possibility). Mars and Mercury do have naturally a very “intimate or close” relationship. We might just become more aware of how this relationship (Mercury – Mars) functions within an individual life and may bring changes or the realisation of changes that have already happened.

  I think the term “xyz is mind blowing” (or similar expressions) might become more used and might even become a “new meaning” …  or, similarly “new expressions” are formed because what one experiences might not have enough “vocabulary” ….

  It might also just feel like we “naturally” change our ways of communication – maybe “more to the point”, less going around the bushes or hiding…

  
  

• The Pluto-Haumea square is a very important aspect of this time – it’s a very long-lasting aspect and one of a cycle, that is just not interested in “small affairs” but in the bigger picture of evolutionary tasks…

  The last time humanity was under a first square after a “5 pack conjunction set”, was in the year 44 AD – their placement the same but with VERY different angles and overall energies in the chart. Yet, the importance of that time almost 2000 years ago was maybe even less significant than the one we’re in now…

  
  

• The Semi-Square with Vesta is for Mars a last one, a “balsamic phase” and with Haumea a first 45°. Vesta is our inner fire, devotion and commitment, a “liberated” or “cleansed” energy that allows us to follow a “calling”.

  For Mars this means, he has to act on “wisdom” not “holding back” but also not “forcing” and Vesta on the other side, shall not jump to “hasty conclusions” but accept the guidance by just nourishing that “inner fire” as everything comes forth when it’s ready, especially the “mastery” (of whatever one wants to master – for some that means “healing” but can actually be anything).

  The Semi Square is part of an 8-pointed star (Octahedron) and has a lot to do with “timing”, preparation, radiation etc.

I’m writing this during the so called “Lion’s gate” time – I had just yesterday the realization, that certain fears I had, were gone, yeah, sometimes an echo in form of a worry can arise but not fear and the “worries”, I can see, are telling me, where I’m just at in this sense…

We’re all different, are with various forms of the same and so, I can only say – look beyond, feel beyond and notice what changes with yourself.

Mastery doesn’t come through “forcing power onto or over” something or oneself.    

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First part August 2025

To look at each “pin pointed” occurrence separately, doesn’t make much sense for the “triplet” Ceres, Saturn, and Neptune in early sidereal Pisces, aligning together under the Piscean circle (head of the westward swimming fish) and over at the influence of the South Galactic Pole.

 Ceres is sometimes named the “new ruler” of Virgo and speaks about mature feminine energies. How we nurture ourselves and others, or within “what” we can perceive nourishment.

More bout Ceres: 

In combination with Saturn and Neptune, she’s pushing us to accept a type of nourishment we might perceive as “contra intuitive” as it might be “hidden in plain sight”.

What can Saturn teach us?

• Authority, structures, order and law which includes societal structures, political structures and structures of our inner life

• Commitment, responsibility and to mature

• He reminds us, that we build our structures ourselves and need to take on the responsibility in order to live our sovereignty. 

  More about Saturn:

Especially as he’s approaching and within influence of the South Galactic Pole, but same time also the Earth-Sun Equinox axis (which is “equatorial”), we see here two distinct planes aligning.

Just as Saturn’s South Pole, shows a storm that resembles “earthly storms”, there’s also the center within that structure looking like an eye and his Northpole structure a clear hexagonal shape (6-pointed star outline – like a container).

So, we have that South Pole symbolism – a kind of “primordial soup” that might feel demanding, or “overwhelming” (like a baby or a puppy that cries to be fed) but is holding the “raw material” that wants to become. 

Besides, the equatorial plane is the “busiest” part, it’s where we have the “highest speed” and most rapid development (look at Earth’ equatorial regions, very rapid plant growth for example and the same we can see in the galactic equatorial plane, it’s what we see as the Milky Way, other regions look much less “populated” with stars, nebulae etc.)

This celestial equator alignment suggests, that we’re not just waiting for “better times”, but actively grounding and act from the “shifting awareness” or “inner eye of wisdom”. 

Neptune on the other hand, the ruler of water – any main sequence star (as our Sun) do fuse hydrogen in their cores – so, it’s like in our bodies a vital essence and fuel.

Water as well as Neptune (for some other reasons too), is associated with emotions and memory and the fluidity beyond time and space shown for example in dreams.

More about Neptune:

Main sequence stars haven’t been born as “main sequence”, they have been “infants” surrounded by the vast nebula and their “cocoon – placenta” filled with all the elements needed for the formation of that particular star or stars and yes, hydrogen is there too as it’s the most abundant and simplest atom in our Universe of which we know in such a physical sense. It’s also the element that has the capacity to bond with almost anything.

Questions arise:

• What emotional bonds have we created? What are they symbolizing in our lives, can we acknowledge their presence without getting lost within them?

• What type of “protective measures” will we take for the future?

• What do “daydreams” symbolize? Do they not speak a language?

• What stories are we telling ourselves?

I have heard a sentence not long ago, which was about Neptune and this time now - “we / humanity need to tell different stories”- I totally agree with that – especially to ourselves, culturally we already have started with many movies and series that are much better known than ancient mythologies.

Yet, we might need some that might now feel like total “Utopia” now, but can “become” just like some novels and movies already have.

It’s like “dreaming” or imagining a new script – if we put any emotional reaction to it, there’s a bond created…

In less “dreamy” words, we could say to have a “vision”, an idea or ideal for the future and hold that “close and dear” as a “container” or “framework” within which it can unfold.

It might feel chaotic and it seems to look as there’s a lot “crumbling” in the world – things or ways we thought stable show suddenly their “instability” and vulnerability – an opportunity unfolds, a shift is happening.

When observing what is going on in the world, it looks as we’re a species that is pregnant without knowing it and therefore interpret all the symptoms as an “illness” that needs to be “cured” or fought.

When though, the pregnancy is recognized, many changes happen and the perception of the “illnesses” is different as well as the approach of “cure” and “adaptation” ….

Just like in the change of "title" of this post - there's the shift from "nourishing the own castle" to "nourishing the own pregnancy".

This is meant to be translated as noticing the reflection of the self and the understanding, that each and everyone of us contributes to the whole through their own being - it's about the interconnectedness in diversity.

A chart and details:

• Saturn, Ceres and Neptune circled red.

• Ceres will reach Neptune exact on 16^th of August.

• Eris and Chiron are circled orange and not yet reached their conjunction, the energy is very potent and feelable.

• Uranus and Sedna are circled yellow – they too are in approaching conjunction and the energy already felt.

• Underlined in blue, the long ongoing dance between Pholus, Quaoar and Ixion.

• In Capricorn, underlined green, from Pluto at the beginning, the Earth/Moon system, then high up north Pallas, and then Mercury with Chariklo …. Mercury is fast and he’s now that I write this, approaching Pallas.

• Mars (black line) is approaching Haumea for their conjunction on 19^th of August but now opposing Eris and Chiron.

• Jupiter and Asbolus underlined in dark violet had their conjunction already (separate post), yet, Jupiter is exact quintile (72° angle) from Eris on 8^th of August (another separate post).

• Venus is “alone” in sidereal Aries (circled in pink) – she’s important here, as the Pisces mythology does refer to her strongly – not only in her “now name” but also with truly ancient “forms” of hers in star mythologies. She’s still south of the ecliptic, on her ascending path towards her Northnode in later sidereal Taurus.

  
  

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Nourishing the "own castle" - new Beginnings August 2024

17th of August 2024 Mercury at his most southern point at round 23° sidereal Capricorn

26th of August 2024 Hygiea meets Chiron in later sidereal Pisces

Hygiea meets Chiron at 25°25’4” sidereal Pisces

Both a little north of the ecliptic. Chiron is in descending phase of orbit and Hygiea in ascending phase of orbit.

They met last on 18th of September 2018 at 4°49’14” sidereal Pisces only a roughly 18 minutes apart in their northern latitude – as they were back then very close to the vernal point and above the Galactic South Pole, Earth was nearby already in sidereal Pisces too. They were engaged in many aspects as well – so, all in all, it was a very significant conjunction – one that connected many parts of life…

Their next conjunction will be on 1st of September 2030 in the middle of sidereal Aries – a 6 years cycle and “exploration” of the theme…  

Our new conjunction takes place in a very different part of sidereal Pisces and constellation of Pisces – it’s like we have taken this a step further in the evolutionary sense…

The Players – Hygiea and Chiron

Hygiea is about “hygiene” as the name suggests – yet, there’s also an element of purity and “maintenance” included. She doesn’t work only on the bodily or manifested level – there’s the hygiene of thoughts and emotions as well – to cleanse, maintain a certain “state” and even “resilience” in this sense….

More about Hygiea:  https://www.faempowerment.com/hygiea

Chiron is called the “wounded healer” and he’s a Centaur with different lineage though. He knows about pain and knows about healing but to heal himself, he gave up his immortality (immortality here means “reincarnation” which was his “problem”) for the freedom of someone else and then got a space between the gods (eternal, freedom of choice). So, he’s about the sacrifice to self….  like what you do to others, you do to yourself BUT it’s also what you do to yourself, you do to others…. He also talks about the “loops” we take in life – sometimes we tend to repeat the same patterns, these make us feel “limited” and “unable” – that’s “his wound” and that’s what heals by recognizing it/awareness and acceptance …. He’s also of bridging energy as he’s not only a Centaur but a “half god”, connecting realms…

More about Chiron: https://www.faempowerment.com/chiron

After reading this, I think it’s most obvious how they’re “kindred” in spirit – yet, different… the communication plays a huge role as well, as we have seen with Mercury’s most southern point of orbit…

Chiron – loops – you see, whatever one may believe or not – we’re much more and much “older” in essence than we may think… we carry the Human evolutionary path within us, ancestors, lineage but also the so called “karmic” stuff and on top of this, all our experiences and conclusions we made in this now life…

We make “loops” of repetitive behavior in families, in societies, in countries and civilizations and in our very own individual lives – do we need to stay within that?? Well, no, we do not – there’s no obligation – we can step away from these things if we want to…

I talked about the mind, the abilities, the communication, other realms and what science finds out in very fast updates over the last years… and that includes many theories that we suddenly find “proven” within our very own lives and that’s scary at times – to throw out, what we have thought to know, or what we have told to be true is all shaken up…. Where and who and what am I, what is this all – may all be questions that once in a while come up…

Especially when we’re scared, anxious, unsure etc. we have the tendency to seek comfort in the “known”, in patterns we know etc.

Yet, we’re in “new times”, as something has “shifted” there are new possibilities open – fantasy and imagination as parts of our creativity is heightened and can be accessed by everybody and anybody. These are traits which got nothing to do with the “intelligence factors”, the logic and alike… it seems to be a “different realm” in this sense – yet, I also have written about the interesting, observable correlation of great novels and movies that after a while seem to become like true – opens the question of “what or who is creating”!!??

People who are “meditating” or enjoying silent moments in nature or anything alike know, that the world looks different, when we kind of go “out of the mind”, the chatter, the worries, and so on… it’s like an “altered state” of being, or maybe our actual “natural” state of being…

Therefore, we can realize, that we often go through “loops” in our minds that got nothing to do with the reality of things – they might be just “old companions”, something we know and feel “familiar” with and know of how to react to them because we know them….

The chart with details about the Hygiea – Chiron conjunction

Hygiea and Chiron (circled red) stand in a trine (120° angle) with Pallas far north in the constellation Ophiuchus.

• Our pair stands not yet in orb of conjunction, yet, close to Eris  and so I think, as both, Hygiea and Chiron are approaching Eris for conjunction it’s important….

  
  

• Underlined orange, there’s Mercury approaching Neptune for conjunction under the head of the  westward swimming fish of Pisces… Interesting to note – they stand almost where Hygiea and Chiron had their last conjunction…

Eris adds her theme of revelations, eye opening to “reality” etc. whereas Pallas is our “creative problem solver”, Mercury the communication and Neptune the clarity or the veil…

Pallas near her most northern point of orbit (in ca. 1 month – so stay tuned for that), she’s of great influence in a “north polar sense”/ awareness of the axis of rotation…

We may have some “issues”, problems or stuff we want to solve, that we’re kind of “rotating” around, trying to find a solution and maybe we already had ideas and tried but somehow it did just not work…

Yet, on what level have we tried!!?? – I know, I have stated that often – it’s said, that already Albert Einstein said, “you can’t solve a problem from the same state/view point as it was created in” (maybe not in this exact words, but similar)…

The mind is part of our communication system, so maybe it’s time, to let the mind explore on the “other side” of that veil, the known, the comfortable (not necessarily nice) and in this sense “sacrifice” those “old states of being” to gain not only some clarity but also to “purify” or “cleanse”….  

I have written about this not so long ago, “sometimes less is more” – letting go of what isn’t serving anymore, or even building veils, blockages etc. … it’s cleansing, it’s liberating, it’s opening up space for health and wellbeing as well…

For example - people have had "miraculous recoveries" from extreme illnesses and they had literally "nothing left to lose" and that's exactly what kind of "healed" them... it's this "letting go" of the problem, to let go of wanting to apply a lot of power, to apply force... Besides, we have the power of the "nocebo effect" at hand and much more....

Yet, Chiron and Hygiea are not only talking about things directly related to physical health.

Therefore, remember – YOU are the most important one to yourself…

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Mercury is the “god’s messenger” – he’s pretty fast, not only in the physical appearance in the sense of orbit or our mind but on all levels – the less “resistance” there is, the faster it goes…

Messaging means “communication” and therefore there’s “more than one” in this sense.

Hmmm – contains the question, of who we’re talking to when “thinking” or “pondering” about something and “who or what” does perceive or “hear” it!!??

Mercury 7° South at 23°15’27” Capricorn close to the star Marakk

Most southern means, we’re now “birthing”/root growing something we have seeded over the last few weeks – Mercury’s orbit is the shortest of all the planets with only 88 days, therefore a “quarter”/square of orbit only 22 days…  Interestingly, his rotation around the own axis takes almost 59 days, so he makes 1,5 turns during one orbit – which gives us a 3 : 2 resonance in order for Mercury to “complete a turn” in full (means a sidereal day for Mercury is ca. 178 Earth days and a sidereal year for Mercury of ca. 176 Earth days) – this whole turn we do twice in one Earth year (2 x 178 = 356)….  This resonance we see in the “conjunction geometry” with Earth drawing very nice equilateral triangles, not “exactly” closing, allowing a spiral 😉 

Mercury is not only the “fastest” of all planets but also goes the most south or north of the ecliptic compared with the other inner solar system planets (Mercury to Neptune excluding the bodies in the Asteroid belt, Centaurs etc.) – in astronomical terms, these most southern and northern points are called the “inclination” to the ecliptic (the Earth’s orbit – therefore in relation to Earth).

Our mind operates on various levels – it’s not only our “human or incarnate” parts (several), yet also the “divine” parts and often we’re in “resistance” to one or another at least partly…

This gives us the problem of “translation” – a postman/woman for example just drops the letter or package and leaves, he/she will not translate it, too busy to deliver to other recipients. Therefore, we have to open the mail (receive), read it and understand it (perceive)…  very often though, we do not even know we “received mail” – yet, it’s there, it has been delivered – so where is it then….

The more we become aware of the “principles” at work, we can “relax”, sit down and read our mail… note – “emotions” are a “messenger system” as well…  

The Chart with Details about Mercury most South

Mercury stands at the southern star Marakk of Capricorn.

He’s in longitude “flanked” by Chariklo on the right and the Earth/Moon system on the left. I find it interesting, that the 3 are forming like a little “triangle” and in some ways demonstrating their individuality and connection….

Mercury will join Earth in cuspal Aquarius just ca. 58 hours after his most southern time…

You can see, that Hygiea is already in conjunction time with Chiron – yet, it’s the type of you know it’s there but “not yet” as well…

You might remember reading, that this conjunction will be exact on the 26th.

Interestingly, Mercury will be with Neptune during that conjunction and then move to his Northnode where he arrives on the 5th of September….

Marakk – Zeta Capricorni – is a binary star system.

The “nowadays” prominent star is a yellow supergiant barium star, probably on the “Horizontal Branch” in the evolutionary path. Whereas the other one is a “carbon-oxygen” white dwarf with a hydrogen rich atmosphere.

Marakk (traditional, not confirmed name) got roughly 4,5 times the mass of our Sun, 29 times the radius and roughly 560 times the luminosity…

What is really interesting in this system is, that it seems the white dwarf to be the more evolved one of the Two – it might be, that the white dwarf had transferred mass to the now primary one in the past (roughly 3 million years ago)…

That inspires some thoughts – I mean, we often hear about “Cannibal stars” and one depleting the other but when looking at this system it seems more like a “parent” that does “nurse” a child – I also wonder, if there are systems that would “turn around” in the sense of once the A feeds B and then B feeds A and maybe ongoing… well – nope that part was not scientific, just my very own imagination 😉

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What I also find interesting is, that Chariklo travels here north of the ecliptic, through an area which is part of the constellation Aquarius – this is therefore the “shared region” of sidereal Capricorn – with the constellation of Capricorn (called Capricornus) on and south of the ecliptic and Aquarius north… Chariklo stands near Albulaan, Nu Aquarii…

The Earth/Moon system logically travels along the ecliptic and is even so, very close to sidereal Aquarius, still in sidereal Capricorn and the constellation Capricorn… near it’s Delta star Deneb Algedi.

Please note – Earth is about to oppose Vesta exactly and that means, in geocentric view, Vesta would be at solar conjunction or the Sun approaching Vesta would be the better wording…

That “little triangle” – Chariklo, Earth and Mercury…

Chariklo is a Centaur with a pretty circular orbit, yet quite some “interrupting” with her relatively high inclination (north and south) of the ecliptic. She’s the mythological wife of Chiron (they both orbit not too far of each other, between Saturn and Uranus). Chariklo talks about discernment of potentials as well as about “sacred spaces”…

When we take the Earth as our “home of incarnation”, grounding place, playground etc. and Mercury as already talked about before, about communication, the mind etc. – we may see here an interesting teamwork. As “collaboration” is also a theme of Mercury, it fits “double”. Yet, a collaboration and a triangle does not necessarily mean, it’s an easy one…

This triangle has a “narrow” base and long connecting lines to Chariklo, if we would also take the “depth” (distance) into count… So, it’s a deep thing that’s going on here – a “coming back home” to base, to oneself and discern from there, to be able to perceive the messages we’re given from a place we may commonly think of as being far, when in fact it’s just in the middle of ourselves or our “cores”…

Furthermore, there’s Earth – she’s around for quite a while, right under our feet – how many times did she change the face of the surface, how many species did she see coming and going – how many civilizations, societies and stories did she witness throughout her life… there’s a lot of wisdom we can gain from her or our very own journeys…

Every moment holds “something” and therefore every experience, every situation – if nice or not – transformation takes place when we’re able to perceive that “whatever something” and transcend it into wisdom…

Remember – a problem can’t be solved from the same basis as it was occurring from/in… and this wisdom can be applied to most everything I think….

While we’re going through something we don’t enjoy, is difficult, heartbreaking etc. we usually can’t see anything “good” within it – yet, if one “knows” from inside out, that there’s for sure a “reason”, something “hidden”, a message, then it might calm us at least a little ….

Often though, it can happen that the “message” isn’t from this “realm” in some ways – it might go deeper than what we could logically explain – yet, somehow, we’re still able to at least translate it for ourselves and that’s what counts…

As horrible as it may sound – you’re the most important one to yourself 😉 

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Fran

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Credit/References: all charts are created using the free software by Astrodienst.com - choose "extended chart selections".... sidereal Zodiac (Galactic Equator Fiorenza)

Nick Anthony Fiorenza - lunar planer (website no longer available directly but in internet archives)

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Astronomy: Jim Kaler, Wikipedia, Universeguide and more...

Geometry and Physics: Adam Apollo, Nassim Haramein and others

Animal spirit meaning and stories: by Bernadette King 

My own researches, inspirations, intuition, experiences and dreams…

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New beginnings and more August 2023

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- Saturn and Eris last septile on 8th of August

(separate post - link under the connections/"just short" section)

- Vesta conjoins Sedna on 13th of August 2023 (ca. 4 years cycle)

- Jupiter and Saturn first sextile on 19th of August

(separate post - link under the connections/"just short" section)

- The "Pluto Grand trine" I discussed in last month's post is dissolving and forming anew with partly new members and with "gaps" active the whole month.

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Conclusions / write up....

One of the main themes for this whole month, is a kind of breaking free of old habits, beliefs or boundaries (self made) in a very natural way - it's possible to just grow out of old shoes smoothly or even "effortless" - it's forward oriented energy, by same time discerning the old, or being aware of that, seeing through it and in best case with an understanding of the "principles at work" ...

It can be surprising and out of the blue (channels of higher communication are wide open) and "big" for one personally, and/or just small things in every day life - like sudden moments of "ohh, why didn't I think of this earlier" or "ok this IS and what now" moments and FLASH "ohhh, ok, I see" answers.... these "flashes" may happen generally or about themes one is "dwelling on" for a while (may that now be something "nice" or not)....

It's also putting things into "concept"/bigger picture and maybe even an understanding in a wider form than before, a "missing piece" suddenly appears etc... yet, with such an insight or understanding, there also comes the need for acceptance and integration, a kind of "ordering" it etc.

Sometimes such processes can go for years, sometimes they can go for only minutes or even less.... and I think that "even less" is something very available right now....

I mentioned the "stability" before and that includes the term "coherence" - so we can have a lot of this and it can serve as a foundation for whatever to come/become.... especially if we include our "feminine" side, those "flashes, insights, aha-moments etc." and the limitless possibilities the Universe has to offer...

As I said earlier - we can "transition" smoothly, or not so much - the more coherent we are, the more "automatic", naturally or magically everything can "become"....

Yet, be aware that "coherence" doesn't care about the intention - it works in "love and fear", yet, one will in the end be freeing and the other entrapping... and that's what I call "self-fulfilling" ..... giggles - no worries, it's just the mechanism and we'll see it more clearly....

The foundational, stable etc. energy also translates in a different way, which I call "back to the roots"/essence type of energy - so for example - when I was young, I learned accounting (worked in this profession for quite many years) on paper, actually learning how it works... of course I also learned how to use the computer for it - yet, as I knew how it works, I knew what the computer does and it was therefore easy to find a mistake if there was a "difference, inequality outcome".... younger people, who later did only learn by computer, didn't have that same understanding....

There's also still all these "emerging" happening - may that now be in archeology, various fields of sciences, in public life but also from quantum physics to space-telescope and possible life wherever - all of it opens the gates for possibility, learning and understanding of "principles, essences and mechanics" on all levels and planes, yet also disbelief, resistance etc. - again on all planes....

It's like this breaking through the crust of earth in the life of a little plant - our consciousness as a species is evolving - for the little plant though, that also means that there's wind and weather to be "endured"..... and in this sense for us too, yet, a little rain may alter our appearance but hopefully not our inside ;-) ....

Exciting times we're in really - so much to witness, to experience, to create - trust and dare.

Much Love to you All,

Fran

Vesta - Sedna conjunction 2023 - 2027

They meet at 4°29’25” sidereal Taurus at the stars Furibundus and Althaur of Taurus.

The Players:

Vesta is our inner, sacred flame – so it’s our devotion but she’s also about “time sharing” in the mythology – how much are we going to “endure” in order to keep our flame burning, to find our “purpose”, inner knowing (also knowledge in general) and actually act on it. She’s also Saturn’s daughter and as such they share the theme “commitment” – for Vesta it’s even “devotion”.

Sedna is called “the emergence of the exiled feminine” (named by Nick Anthony Fiorenza). She’s showing where we were hurt and “left” and closing ourselves in fear of being hurt and betrayed. But reconnecting with what the feminine principle is about, makes space for re- opening and participation in life as a “whole”.

The Chart with aspects:

Vesta and Sedna are in trine with Pluto (Vesta in first trine and Pluto in last to Sedna)

Uranus at the star Botein of Aries is slowly coming closer to Sedna for conjunction.

Quite some Capricorn energy due to Earth/Moon system, Venus in conjunction and Chariklo between them and Pluto.

Pallas at the star Zavijava of Virgo is opposing Neptune (Pisces, under the circlet)

The Grand Trine (blue triangle) is active from roughly 16th of August to 7th of September...

The placement - meeting area including some brief mythological references:

On this longitude of Taurus, we “cross” southern Eridanus twice, come up through Taurus and right up to the head of Perseus – one of the few constellations, where we can actually see a resemblance of figure/picture in the outlining without consulting old drawings… At around 5° longitude, a little north of Taurus, there are the Pleiades (7 sisters) to observe…

There are several stories about Perseus and they all link to the story of Medusa as well as to Andromeda's story (including her parents Cepheus and Cassiopeia and the "sea monster" Cetus) – Andromeda and her parents span from Pisces over Aries and Cepheus (her father) even into early Taurus, yet far in the north – also in the south, we find Cetus, the “sea monster” spanning from Pisces to Aries…

Perseus did “trick” the Gorgoneas (Medusa) by using a mirror and then “slaying” her head off (slaying fears). It’s also said that it was Perseus who did free Andromeda from being devoured to the sea monster Cetus (collective/societal norms and conditions). Perseus and Andromeda did marry and funded a city from where prosperity and happiness spread (a marriage of the divine feminine and masculine maybe, forming a new "world together").

The Pleiades – 7 Sisters – are described in old mythology/history as the daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanic Queen Pleione. 6 of them were at times with some of the Gods, namely Zeus (Jupiter), Poseidon (Neptune) and Ares (Mars) and one of them with a mortal. It’s said, that the Hyades were more sisters or half-sisters – either way, the stories aren’t very nice and are talking about grief and loss… more about the Pleiades on Theoi:

That’s why it’s said, the Pleiades and the Hyades are bringing tears in the form of rain onto earth as rain (the Hyades additionally with a lot of “tantrum” – storms)- an emotional part of the heavens.

Nowadays the Pleiades are often called a system of “healers” - those who have found the way through the grief, the losses and pains…

South of the ecliptic, where our conjunction takes place, we see the star Furibundus (nu Tauri) at the right leg of the bull – Furibundus means “frantic, maddened or inspired” (quite a range of meaning, lol).

Further south, we see the stars Beid and Theemin both of Eridanus – yet, not in the same “loop” of it – Beid, near the “origin” flowing towards Aries and Theemin marking the turn back to Aries after it’s loop in Aries…

The river flows first in the “evolutionary” direction, with the precession, the stars and planetary / lunar nodes – yet the river takes a turn in Aries and flows back into Taurus with the direction of the planets, to then again here take a turn with Theemin….

Imagine this: from Zaurak the loop in Aries and back to Theemin looks like a “half heart” and if you imagine “lines” between Kursa to Rigel of Orion, down to Lepus’ stars and then to Theemin – we have a whole heart….

The picture I get here:

If we mirror the scary, the fears and worries, the losses and pains and trying to “slain” them, instead of facing them, understanding them and taking their scares away, we will remain in this kind of “victim consciousness” that requires “fight”… yes, we may not “turn to stone, freeze”, yet, we have “seen it” and may keep it somewhere within ourselves and so it may "re-emerge" (triggers)….

The fairytale "neverending story" matches perfectly again (it's on YouTube, easy to watch) - the little boy reads a story and goes through a process of "mirroring" as well, and suddenly understands through this process, that it's him who can safe all the life in Phantasia. He slams the book close and runs, yet, he comes back and says yes, to that "unknown" path....

Do you see yourself, or the world around in any way "mirrored" in these few sentences about the fairytale??....

Connections....

"Perfectly orchestrated" it is....

The Saturn and Eris cycle last septile is explained in detail...

The Jupiter and Saturn cycle first sextile is explained in detail ...

Just short:

While the Saturn - Eris cycle is in a part of cycle that connects to "left overs" to be used for "seeding" and connecting us to the infinite; the Jupiter - Saturn cycle is in a "pushing through" phase of "new quality" - therefore "using" up what the other cycle is seeding...

That of course does happens on all levels - there might be "stuff" we have carried with us for a while (may that now be literal stuff or otherwise), that suddenly "becomes" sense and some kind of "use" again (directly or for someone else, lol or both) .... it might also refer to ancestral themes or the connection to "galactic and universal" themes, to "essences"...

Because we have here "higher learning, connections, beliefs, structures, maturity" and so on connected in various ways, it can affect kind of everything and anything.... and don't forget Eris - if looking at her as a "primordial" energy as like the night, there are limitless possibilities, which pushes us towards the "Sedna" energy, who's an example that we can transform all the "bad" stuff into something new, a "new kingdom" or "castle"....

Whatever it is for one personally - a reminder about the fact, that energy is indestructible but transformable.... so be creative....

The Vesta-Sedna - Pluto trine and the "Pluto - Grandtrine"

Grandtrine energy feels "familiar, natural and stable", which can bring some "inertia" as of "it's enough and all good, why do more etc.", yet a Grandtrine can also bring the understanding (or lack of it) that what we individually find "natural", might not be so for others...

It holds very creative energy – either as in “ideas and visions” or as for “changes”/ adaptations or “upgrades” – it depends the state of the trines involved (first or last or both).

Furthermore can a Grand Trine bring coherence or a "self fulfillment" quality as well as a "messenger or communicative" aspect...

Pluto speaks about transformation, the process of death and rebirth and therefore he’s very powerful. Pluto as the “gate-keeper” of the inner-world, can bring us insights – the realization of our inner wealth and power – this realization is transformative, in which way though, is totally up to us. He's also about power, he's also about the misuse of that - just like nuclear power can be used in various ways…. More about Pluto:

During the Vesta - Sedna conjunction there's "only" this one trine active - yet, it holds both qualities/states within, which gives emphasis onto the "transformational" quality involved but also the power hold here (Pluto - all 3 planetary bodies hold the theme of "sacrifice and death" within too)... in some ways a "decision" to be made here.... do we see the "horror" of the past in the mirror or the fear of whatever or maybe even possibility....

The Grandtrine becomes active around the 16th of August - some people may feel it already though, depending ones sensitivity and, if it hits on personal placements....

It's Pallas, who makes the 3rd corner to become a stable triangle. I usually call Pallas our "creative problem solver", she's quite "mental", strategic and a "recycler" in the meaning that she can use anything as a "stepping stone"... she's also very able to put "the picture together"...

She's in last trine to Pluto and first trine from Vesta and Sedna (their conjunction is still active, yet in separating quality).

Pallas stands at the star Zavijava of Virgo in early sidereal Virgo. This area brings is a "conclusive" one, bringing the energies of "I have seen it and recognize"... In this sense like someone who was not only in the theater but also "backstage", understanding the concepts or intentions at work.... so kind of like "don't get fooled again" (good song!!)....

This is further "confirmed" by her standing in opposition to Neptune ("clarity" or "blinded" - depending ones choices)

The Grand Trine will dissolve around the 7th of September.... yet, another one will forming short after....

"jump link" to Vesta - Sedna conjunction

Much Love to you All,

Fran

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Nourishing the own castle - New beginnings August 2022

Ceres – Varuna conjunction

at the star Decapoda of Cancer

On 18th of August 2022 – next conjunction on 17th of April 2027

Varuna with his mean orbit time of 279 years is much slower than Ceres with her ca. 4,5 years.

Varuna is one of the dwarf planets of “Pluto’s realm” and thus speaking of more universal affairs. Those parts of ourselves, that are not bond to the mere physical realms…

Ceres is an Asteroid in the main belt, orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

As such, this conjunction links our personal experiences of those outer/inner worlds with the societal belief structure…

I've seen such "4" choreography before but haven't really found any definition for it yet - to me, as it's in the sum of the angles more than 360 degrees, it may talk about longer term goals or influences. Number 4 also symbolizes the cross, the main directions, creation, the elements and more...

Yet, 2 "points" are connected whereas 2 others are "single" in this sense - start and outcome?...

Let me know, what you get out of this "upside down" 4...

Varuna is the “all knowing creator God” of India and stands for the natural flow of life and its rhythms. Astrologically the influence of Varuna is one of more cosmic, galactic or “Soul level” – all these outer “Trans Neptunian objects” seems to me to “refine” the Astrology towards the inner life and less the mundane level. The discovery position in middle of Gemini, conjoining Alhena does also give a “grounding-force” to it – meaning that we should “ground” the natural, cosmic laws of life and creator-force into our daily lives without hesitation and for the for the betterment of all life on Earth.

More about Varuna:

Ceres is sometimes named the “new ruler” of Virgo and speaks about mature feminine energies. How we nurture ourselves and others - how we would like to be nurtured or how we receive nurturing. The theme of nurturing includes the energetics we take in as for example our environment, people, news and so on…. She also speaks about listening to our whole being, also the body – what do we need to feel well – a long hot bath, exercise, meditation…. The list is long…

More about Ceres:

Ceres meets Varuna at 10°42’57” sidereal Cancer close to the star Decapoda of Cancer a little north of the ecliptic and also of influence the star Asellus Borealis of Cancer… further north the constellations Ursa Major and Lynx are of influence as well as in the south the Hydra (it’s heads).

If we take the energies of the meeting point and the planets together, we get a clear picture of nourishing the inner self and to work and live from there in order to create an environment nourishing for metamorphosis to happen… that means also an inner teamwork that is needed and it may lead to the awareness of others needing to do the very same…

When it comes to “outer” tasks like sweeping in front of the house etc., we can “outsource” or do for others but generally the inner stuff we must deal with ourselves… When we stop looking for the solutions outside of ourselves, we get to know ourselves with all the “edges and corners” there might be… it also leads to the understanding that everyone else is living within the same “laws or principles” and judgments of people instead of actions are pretty destructive energies.

We “live where our attention is” – so if we stay all the time in the “shit from the past” (Scarabaeus the old Egyptian depiction of now Cancer does collect dung and transforms it into something new) we attract more of it or kind of “spiral with it” but one day, we have to actually make a decision of what to nourish – the old “same-same” or something new and maybe better… just like instead of “healing” looking for that which can nourish well-being and health… same principle about fear – love etc. – the Cancer-Capricorn axis can bring the dissolving of polarities in the meaning of them to be judged in an emotional way and with that separated.

The theme of “time” is somewhat included as it’s also part of focus/nourishment – what do we give a lot of time to… do we give time to the self, to knowing ourselves and our very own abilities and possibilities… can we actually give time to ourselves to “enjoy”, to enjoy the senses we to perceive the beauty within and around us…

Another theme of this placement is security, safety, and the home – as I said in another post or video “home is where the heart is”, so, how much safety do we need to open our hearts? In my opinion and experience (as a Cancer Sun and Mars), one feels safe when “knowing” and that’s something nobody else than yourself can give to you… - this is further confirmed by the opposition of Chariklo in Capricorn. She wants us to be discerning but also to create our own “sacred space” where we feel safe and cared for and from there, we can plan and practice… Her placement here indicates that there might be a lot coming up but we can always deal with it in various ways – it’s our decision, our choice… All in all – it’s the coherence that will bring the manifestation …

On the homepage of my website, you can read two sentences that are most important to me and my understanding of lessons… “Get empowered by the Universe and your own experiences” and secondly “focus on that which you want, like freedom, peace, love …”

With Ceres, we can replace the word focus with the term “nourishment” ….

As Varuna is a slow-moving planet, he’ll be in Cancer for a while, yet Cancer is a very small constellation and Varuna travels a bit north and will approach his “exact” conjunction with the star Alminhar (Arabic: Al Minhar al Asad = the Lion’s nose) … it will still be in the sign of Cancer, so it’s not “full blown” Leo-energy there as we traditionally know it, but we start to get a “fresh breeze” literally 😉

So, the 2027 conjunction will still be taking place in Cancer – yet, at whatever personal point of growth, understanding and decision making we might be – it never stops, there’s always “more” as the whole Universe is expanding, so do we 😉

Mercury – Hygiea conjunction on the same day at around 8°17’ sidereal Scorpio

Conjoining the stars at the Scorpion’s head

= they make their conjunction in a trine-aspect from the Ceres-Varuna conjunction

Mercury, the “god’s Messenger” is all about communication, in inner (neurological system for example) as well as outer ways, commerce, connecting the outer with the inner world or the gods with man, information, learning. He’s of airy, mental energies.

More about Mercury:

Hygiea is name giving for hygiene – she’s about maintenance of a state (like health), purity, clarity, cleanliness etc.

More about Hygiea:

The stars on the several degrees north and south of the ecliptic want to make us realize that we’re not victims to our surroundings but that all is part of the cosmic, natural laws including the “karmic” law of cause and effect. Once one starts the path of self-mastery and this realization is integrated, the whole life will change. This means the theme of taking responsibility for the own actions and therefore experiences we make. Victim consciousness = refusal to learn a lesson = repetition (also a Chiron theme) …. Once the lesson is learned, one may even become thankful to the lesson and everyone involved as the change opens doors to new and different experiences….

The head of Scorpio, speaks especially about the realization of the victim consciousness and marks the possibility for change, to “turn” the wheel and start the work and changes needed for a new, refined look at self and the world… As the “head”, we also talk about brain-functions, neurological aspects of life…

Scorpio does generally also get a lot to do with sexuality, or better said this creative row energy – it can be directed in many different ways…

Mercury does also get a lot to do with the neurological system and we may want to “improve” our own capacities for which we need inner communication and teamwork… Hygiea does bring the knowledge and capacity to maintain a “higher state” (not victim) and Mercury will communicate that within – bringing those neurological pathways into proper motion… We’re working on refinement here, to improve those pathways but for that the acknowledgment of the underlaying “problem” and the laws/ principles involved are of most importance…

This Mercury – Hygiea conjunction does stand also in a loose trine to Jupiter who stands right at the vernal point in Pisces…

In my opinion, this last Trine to Jupiter indicates that there’s the chance to growth in an evolutionary sense, an expansion that can be seen also in the outer world…

Yet, the “work” or decisions and focus described above needs to take place to bring forth a flow that is welcomed and in alignment with galactic consciousness….

Jupiter has in the last 2 months traveled over “primordial” energies at the cuspal area between sidereal Aquarius and Pisces – over the next years Neptune is following this path – since it is also the area that hosts the March equinox, it’s traditionally thought of the house of “new beginnings”, yet same time it’s also the house of most “public”, visibility, presence etc.

Even though not directly linked through aspects, this chart also presents us with another conjunction …

Mars – Chiron conjunction conjoining the star Linteum of Pisces

Mars represents our willpower, outwards action, physical activity, masculine energy, leadership and so on.

Chiron is called the “wounded healer” and is a Centaur yet from a “god’s lineage”. He knows about pain and trauma, yet couldn’t heal himself until he sacrificed those and therefore gained mastery… Breaking loops and repetitive behavior is often a theme with him, especially when he’s in the “loop phase” of his orbit (which he is now).

We can’t break “loops”, if we’re not aware of them or don’t know their deeper origin or meaning. Therefore a “higher” consciousness is needed to deal with such patterns once and for all…

Remember what I said about the “victim consciousness” – it’s one of those patterns that keeps us “low” and stuck in some ways until we recognize it and with that breakthrough … An interesting aspect of this is for example when we find excuses of “why” we have this or that “wound” or problem and with that give it “validation / permission” to stay… nothing will change, no matter how many pills or therapies or whatever one may undergo to try to get an “easy fix” ….

Well, the star Linteum of Pisces represents the theme of “uncovering” or “covering” – our decision – sometimes “covering” can be a good thing as it might help to protect – just like protecting furniture with some sheets or the caterpillar which hides in the cocoon – yet, that’s all a temporary state right … one day the butterfly can emerge … one day, we can take the covers off the furniture we have protected …

With Mars here and with Chiron, the next two years are talking about the process of uncovering. To be brave, willing, and self-leading in this process. Doesn’t mean we can’t ask for assistance, tips, and ideas, yet, Mars works best for us when we allow ourselves to listen to intuitive calls or the signs in our environment (synchronicities).

Earlier I was talking about “time” being a theme – well, “uncovering” is only possible when something got covered before right – so in this sense it deals with the past. There might be many “skeletons” buried somewhere within the collective but individually we can see through some portions of it and help to clean up that whole thing…

It’s necessary in order to start anew or to improve things – if we’re not aware, nothing changes.

Isn’t it beautiful how all these placements work wonderfully hand in hand…

I’m still amazed time after time 😊

Much Love to you All,

Fran