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N O T 2 0 0 7 A L M A N A C N A T E R D R I E D : O T O H J U N E P ing. With the Sun in Gemini, the Earth siderable potency. It works as an agent V E N U S I N L E O is positioned such that we face into deep that creates effects far beyond what we M E R C U R Y R E T R O G R A D E space during the day, when looking at may observe or expect, and it serves as a the Sun, and into the heart of the Milky polarizing force as well. It will be inter- S A T U R N N E P T U N E O P P O S I T I O N Way galaxy at night, when we are look- esting to see what developments occur U R A N U S R E T R O G R A D E ing at the night sky. The Sagittarius in world politics during the first week of UNE can be had by the poorest comer. Moon, which sweeps past the core of June, as the Full Moon involves Jupiter In this month, which begins with the the galaxy, strives to resolve the duality and the Great Attractor, in addition to Jmutable sign Gemini, the spring season express themselves in one human body. of Gemini, which is difficult, and some- aspecting Uranus in Pisces and con- dissolves into summer (or autumn into In its essence, Gemini is the sign that times many steps in the process are juncting a variety of minor planets cur- winter in the Southern Hemisphere), as addresses the seeming difference skipped over as the mind tries to leap to rently in mid-Sagittarius, both of which seasonal transitions occur during all muta- between the mortal and immortal quali- what it perceives as its higher source. are beyond Pluto. ble signs. The new season officially com- ties of the human experience, a story mences when the Sun crosses one of its told in the myth of Castor and Pollux. angles — such as the solstice, which this There are two Full Moons this THE NODES ARE THE ASTRONOMICAL POINT ASSOCIATED WITH ECLIPSES, year occurs the 21st when the Sun enters month, one on the 1st and one on the Cancer. For this and other reasons, muta- 30th — a phenomenon called the Blue AND WHILE AN ECLIPSE CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH THE SUN AND MOON ble energies are those of both transition Moon. On the 1st, the Moon is full in and alternating between a fixed quality Sagittarius; on the 30th, in Capricorn. MAKING CONJUNCTIONS TO ONE OR BOTH OF THE NODES, A SQUARE TO (such as Taurus) and a cardinal quality The June 1 Full Moon makes a close (such as Cancer). square to the lunar nodes and is there- THE NODES IS SIGNIFICANT AND COMES WITH THE FEELING OF A TURNING Before solstice, we experience the fore arriving with some of the intensity majority of the Sun's trip through of an eclipse. The nodes are the astro- POINT OR MAJOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT. Gemini. This is no ordinary sign of the nomical point associated with eclipses, zodiac. Throughout the astrological and while an eclipse can only happen journey, the theme of dualism comes up with the Sun and Moon making con- again and again. Most of the signs have junctions to one or both of the nodes, a This Moon calls for grounding on Earth These include Ixion (a minor planet a dualistic property, whether it's the two square to the nodes is significant and — a factor provided by the solstice and that to me says 'anyone is capable of horns of the Aries ram, the two waves comes with the feeling of a turning by the next sign and the location of the anything') and Quaoar (a planet involved of Aquarius, the watery vs. airy quality point or major global development. next Full Moon, Capricorn. with our personal creation mythology of Aquarius (it's an air sign but the sym- We can add to this the fact that On the 5th, Ceres enters Taurus. The and with the early childhood family pat- bol is one of water), or the two fish of Mercury is still in early Cancer, moving Sun also opposes Jupiter, which is still terns that become part of our psycho- Pisces. Gemini is the place where the slowly toward its retrograde, and in a making a close conjunction to the Great logical, emotional and psychic makeup). dualism of human consciousness is close square to the Aries Point. Attractor. This is a deep space point When you project themes like this onto rooted in the astrological system. Two The Full Moon always occurs in the located on the other side of our galaxy, the whole of society, you have an expla- human beings are depicted, which sign opposite the one the Sun is transit- and which, as the name implies, has con- nation or at least a window into how it is 53 W W W . P L A N E T W A V E S . N E T N O T 2 0 0 7 A L M A N A C N A T E R D R I E D : O T O H J U N E P that humanity fights so many wars. nutrition. (Note, Kronos is one of the rises in Cancer (thus the time to plan equi- diversity of retrograde themes, which is Until we begin taking the subject of Uranian Points, those weird, hypothetical nox celebrations) is Friday morning. This another way of suggesting that the sum- warfare personally, it will be difficult to planets without bodies. Most astrologers is the first day of summer and the longest mer is an introspective time that may be change the patterns of the world; indeed, have a really hard time with these things, day in the Northern Hemisphere, and the focused on taking care of old business until we concede that we can and must but I would note that the Part of Fortune, shortest day and beginning of winter in rather than forging ahead at full speed. change our minds, it will be impossible to the North Node and the ascendants are the Southern Hemisphere. Mars enters Taurus the 24th and change the world-mind that seems to cre- also astrological factors that have no sub- It has been six months since the dark Mercury retrograde sextiles Ceres. On the ate these horror stories, seemingly irre- stance and much in the way of use.) The days of the winter solstice. In all that 30th, the Cancer Sun sextiles Ceres in spective of who we are or what we may Sun is sextile Eris, Mars and Saturn. Or, time, the days are about three hours Taurus. This is the day of the Blue Moon, feel, want or think is right. Humanity has you could say that Mars and Saturn are longer than they were at their shortest; that is, the Full Moon in Capricorn, which yet to learn the trick of cooperation, trine one another, with the Sun at the about 15 hours of daylight in New York, is across 8+ Cancer to 8+ Capricorn. This which is another way of saying putting midpoint. Saturn is closely trine Eris most 21 hours in Alaska, and the Sun shines Full Moon trines the lunar nodes rather mutual support above all other interests. of the month. The Sun is parallel Mercury Venus enters Leo on the 5th, one of on the 11th. On the 13th, the Sun trines the more interesting placements for this Neptune and sextiles Mars; and on the WE BEGIN THE SUMMER WITH A DIVERSITY OF RETROGRADE THEMES, sign. There is, as you might expect, an Gemini New Moon on the 15th, Mercury emphasis on pride and honesty, but the stations retrograde in a process that will W H I C H I S A N OT H E R WAY O F S U G G E S T I N G S U M M E R A S A N real gift when you mix feminine astrolog- take it back to the beginning of Cancer, ical factors with fiery ones, is a burst of therefore re-activating the Aries Point INTROSPECTIVE TIME AND MAY BE FOCUSED ON TAKING C ARE OF confidence when we may need it the with the Mercury station direct next most. month. OLD BUSINESS RATHER THAN FORGING AHEAD AT FULL SPEED. On the 9th, the Sun squares Uranus, On the 18th and 19th, the Moon emphasizing the surprise turning point, or makes occultations to Venus and Saturn the feeling of one; in effect, the Sun this respectively, therefore linking these two around the clock at the North Pole, which than squaring them. This is, however, a week sets off the Jupiter-Uranus square planets emotionally, intuitively and is pointed in the direction of the Sun. Full Moon very close to the Aries Point, that is currently holding to within three (because an occultation is similar to an Uranus stations retrograde the 23rd at suggesting yet another trigger for unusual degrees of orb, waiting for fast movers to eclipse) in the public consciousness. On 18 degrees of Pisces and 41 minutes. world news. —Eric Francis come along and spark it up. Imagine this the 19th the Sun opposes another Pluto, Uranus will retrograde back about four metaphor in life.