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Dear Friends,

Last week, my column was a long one, so this week, in honor of Saturn’s return to Libra on Wednesday, July 21st, I’ll be brief.  Well, relative to last week, anyway.

Libra is the sign we associate with the need for harmony and balance.  Notice I said “need for’” and not the “presence of” balance.  Many people misunderstand this sign and believe Libra to be intrinsically balanced, and this is not the case.  Libra is the sign opposite Aries, whose key phrase is I AM.  In Libra, we see the opposite, or WE ARE.  As we all know, balancing our own needs with the needs of the others in our lives is not easy, involving a constant give and take, ebb and flow, push and pull mechanism.  Libra represents the need to balance our own needs with the needs of others, and for this reason, Libra rules relationships.

Saturn is in the last of degree of Virgo until Wednesday, the sign he has occupied for over 2 years now.  Virgo represents the need for analysis and adjustment.  Virgo also represents health, routine, and service.  What may be healthy today, is not necessarily healthy tomorrow.  The routine we established five years ago may not be serving our needs today.  How we serve is a function of who we are and what we need in order to grow, so that as we mature and connect more deeply with the world around us, the ways in which we serve must necessarily change, as well.

While Saturn has been in Virgo, we have certainly gotten the message about where we need to make adjustments in our lives.  Financially, we must learn to live within our means, even if it means we cannot all have new iphones and big houses.  We must also take more responsibility for participating in the democratic process of government.  I get so tired of hearing people complain about how the government does this bad thing or that, without ever once emailing a Senator, writing a Congressman, or marching in protest.  As we know, most of these people don’t vote either.  Sorry, no sympathy from me.  If you let the bullies take over the playground, then you can expect to be bullied.  We also have been made very aware of the fact that we cannot sustain our dependence on fossil fuels.  There are many other examples on a national level.  On a personal level, we have all been made aware of other areas where we need to adjust, to be flexible, and to be practical, despite our fantasies of grandeur or invincibility.

The one thing that all of these areas have in common is the need to be more practical and responsible.  Capricorn is the sign that we most associate with responsibility.  Pluto entered into Capricorn in September 2007, promising a 17 year transformation in the Capricorn areas of our lives, especially with regards to our understanding of being practical and responsible.  In the Sibley US chart, Capricorn rules the second house of finances and resources.  We can certainly see how this is playing out on a national level.  Knowing where Capricorn rules your personal chart will tell you where you need to make this transformation on a personal level.  Even if you don’t know your chart, you should have figured it out by now.  If you haven’t, then email me!  You need to know, and sooner than later!

Saturn rules Capricorn, so for the entire time Saturn was in Virgo, the Plutonian emphasis on transforming Capricorn made us focus on adjusting and paying attention to the details of life, this is Virgo’s territory.  Now as the ruler of Capricorn moves into Libra, we can expect a backlash of sorts, a balancing of all that is still not balanced.  I am expecting even more financial difficulties, more government corruption and ineptness, more corporate greed to be uncovered (Pluto dredges up what is hidden), and more information about how we squander and misuse our resources to come to light.  The good news is that Libra is a cardinal sign,  which means that some action has to occur.  In the mutable sign of Virgo, is was all about reaction.  As an air sign, Libra will promote dialogue, although it will be heated.  Heated is fine, but lets keep it productive:  I am talking to you, Congressman and Senators!  Debate all you want, but I want to see some real communication, negotiation, and consensus.  Of course, that means we all have to light a fire under their collective asses, because we have seen what happens when we don’t: corporate lobbyist end up ruling our lives.  This country is supposed to be by the people for the people, not by corporate conglomerates. Heck, BP is calling the shots in the Gulf and they aren’t even a American company!  230 some odd years later, and we are still under British rule?  WTF?  It might take a while, but Pluto will clean house with the government and corporate structures, and my hope is that Uranus in Aries will awake the sleeping masses to the truth behind their sloven abdication of their own responsibility to direct their own lives, their own communities, and their own governments.

Saturn in Libra:  fasten your seatbelts folks, its gonna be a bumpy ride!

with love,

m

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