Astrology Tidbits: Mercury, Mars and Sun in Cancer opposing Pluto | July 19

Turn Towards The Feelings
planetwaves.com

With both Mercury and Mars in Cancer opposing Pluto, and the Sun in Cancer, too, the sky is emphasizing our emotions. That’s not always comfortable. In this article originally published by Charlie Glickman on his website Make Sex Easy, he offers some grounded tips on how to turn toward the feelings in ways that strengthen intimate relationships.

New Moon in Cancer
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To quote the old standard, “Somethin’s gotta give, somethin’s gotta give, somethin’s gotta give.” Let me tell you: It’s not going to be Pluto in Capricorn, so put that out of your mind. Use the power of water and find a work-around. Flow. Around. I have to say, it does bring out people’s sticking point. All this opposition and Venus still square Saturn, you’ll find out their best offer, their bottom line! You may even find out yours. Don’t sell yourself short. If you don’t like the terms, you’re not a commodity, flow around. It may be you tip the tables and wind up in the power position that they have to flow around.

The New Moon in Cancer Pt. 1 - What’s Happening in July-August 2015
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Over the next 4 weeks, the New Moon in Cancer introduces us to a time of personality integration on the emotional, social, and cultural level, with a challenge to find a way to materialize what we hold to be spiritual through getting a new creative challenge and making sure that our values and ambitions are on the same wavelength. This New Moon is the sixth in a sequence falling at the end of their signs, and it’s also the second New Moon with Saturn in back in Scorpio. This is the second of four New Moons with Saturn in Scorpio occurring between June and September 2015. This Lunation has a number of important aspects in play which I’ll discuss in part two. Among the most important are the Lunation trine Saturn and sesquisquare Neptune, Mercury semisquare Venus and conjunct Mars, and Jupiter square Saturn.

The Cancerian Factor
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Both the Sun and Mars are now in Cancer, and will be so for the next several weeks. (The Sun doesn't leave Cancer until Jul 22, while Mars remains through Aug 8). Therefore, the two main astro-events of this interval must 'report' (by planetary-ruler dispositorship) to the sign of Cancer—and its ruling luminary, the Moon—for their expression. This is an important detail for us to reflect on, considering it brings a potent emotional undercurrent to the corresponding developments we can expect to encounter.


Cancer New Moon: Tidying Up
bigskyastrology.com

At this month’s New Moon in Cancer, the Sun and Moon are in aspect to both Uranus and Pluto, the epic gods of change. Uranus is the gleeful god which, once unleashed, can get carried away with tossing aside almost anything. But Pluto demands deep, thorough, and lasting transformation, and Kondo’s approach to household organization has the ring of Pluto depth and ruthlessness about it.

Mercury/Mars Meets Uranus/Pluto: Sharp Confrontations
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What makes this union of Mercury and Mars even more noteworthy—and potentially stormy or hazardous—is the duo's simultaneous oppositions to Pluto in Capricorn on the same day (Jul 15). This aspect potently heightens the likelihood of full-on conflict, due to how it pits our willful words and emboldened efforts (Mercury/Mars) directly against some undaunted, unflappable power-player obstacle (Pluto)… whether an intimidating foe or the nastier side of someone we thought was a friend (or more), an inconvenient outer circumstance which cannot be dodged or an innocence-shattering encounter with our own shortcomings, or some attempted re-inscription of those very structural parameters we've been struggling to get beyond. Nothing, it seems, is as simple or straightforward as we might prefer.