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photo by Patricia Herlevi First, Thomas Aquinas and I send blessings out to the followers of Whole Astrology.  Thank you for your support.  Next, Thomas and I are spoiling you this week with yet another post, but if this Grand Water Trine ushers in world peace then it is well worth our efforts. Besides, I'm an ambassador for Grand Water Trines since I was born with a trine with Neptune at the top.  And you all know how much I love Neptune, la, la, la Neptune.  Coincidentally, our spiritual buddy Neptune appears in the Grand Water Trine for June 2013 and so does his good pal Jupiter, also a spiritual fellow, along with Sun, Moon and Saturn, and no Saturn is not throwing a wet towel on the trine party.  He's bringing us discipline so that we can take advantage of these flowing energies.  Besides, Saturn and Neptune are retrograde at this time so Saturn is resisting his urge to control us. So here is the configuration: Moon conjuncts Neptune at 5 degrees in Pisces trinin

I have already explored the meaning of retrograde planets on this blog and Mercury RX in particular (RX is short for retrograde).  However, we have yet to explore Mercury RX in Cancer, especially when it's opposite sign and planet, Sagittarius/Jupiter also falls in Cancer at this time.  Now, it's our job to break this down into pieces and then synthesize those pieces into whole astrology.  That's what we do here on this blog. Okay, so that we don't give a bad reputation or rap to Cancer, let's first look at all the positive traits of the 6th Zodiac Sign (it's actually the 4th, but it represents the 6th and 7th months of the calendar year) which falls in the water element, opens the Summer Solstice (in the northern hemisphere) and is represented by both the Moon and the Crab, both which have a connection to the sea.  And as I say those words, The Waterboy's "This is the Sea" and "The Whole of the Moon" scramble in my thoughts. Michael

photo by Patricia Herlevi Happy Solstice!   This will be a wet summer if the water signs have anything to do with it.  Let's take a look at the planetary lineup for the next few weeks.  Neptune continues his long journey through Pisces, Saturn and the North Node remain in Scorpio, Jupiter moves into Cancer, along with the Sun.  Venus and Mercury travel in Cancer and on July 14, fiery Mars takes a dip into Cancerian water where he remains until August 29. The asteroids Chiron, Vesta, and Ceres also transit through water signs. As I write this post, I'm listening to a Putumayo Kids disk with nostalgic American folk tunes (how Cancerian is that?)  I just listened to a song with the lyrics, "blue skies smiling at me..." and for those of you with water signs, you'll feel like you're sailing through blue skies even if rain pours from black clouds.  With Jupiter in Cancer, Cancerians especially feel giddy with that nostalgic child coming out to play.  Pisces

Stelliums have played a larger role in 2013, starting with the Pisces stellium last February/March, then following through with stelliums of the personal planets in Aries, Taurus, and Gemini.  At the moment, Venus (June 4 - 26) and Mercury (June 1 - August 24) transit through Cancer, with Mercury going retrograde on June 26 at 23 degrees.  Mercury will go direct on July 19 when it reaches 13 degrees Cancer and it moves into Leo on August 24.  Other retrograde planets include Saturn, Neptune and Pluto with Uranus going retrograde on July 18 and Saturn going direct on July 8.  The asteroids Juno and Chiron are retrograde as well, for those of you who follow micro-astrology (which studies fixed stars and asteroids). The Sun moves into Cancer on Saturday June 20 or 21 (depending where you are in the world), kicking off the Solstice and Jupiter moves into Cancer on June 27 staying in the water sign for 12 months (moves into Leo next summer).  Mars (July 14 - August 29), moves into Cance

Jupiter, Wikipedia On June 27 , Jupiter rolls into Cancer and we will feel a shift in energy from chatty and detail-oriented Gemini (Jupiter/Sagittarius' opposite sign) to moody, mothering and nurturing Cancer.  While Gemini rules the lungs, hands, and arms, Cancer rules the stomach and the breasts, both seen as nurturing.  Gemini rules the Twins and Cancer rules the Mother Crab. We will feel less social over the next 12 months and more likely to hide out in our crab shells, which Jupiter will exaggerate because that's what Jupiter does.  We will spend more time in the home or reflecting on mothers and what it means to mother.  We will look at the different shades of mothering from smothering, abusive, to nurturing.  Food issues will take center stage with us reflecting on food that comforts us (maybe a little too much, watch the waistline) to food security.  We will reflect on agriculture, distribution of food and where our food comes from as far as distance.  We will ca

Marker for El Camino pilgrimage, Wikipedia Part One is at: http://wholeastrology.blogspot.com/2013/06/crosses-we-carry-transformation.html As promised, I will now present to you three astrologers experiences with T-Crosses which include, two women and one man, all over age 40.  I am particularly interested in astrologers over 40 for this article because it takes about 40 years to get a gasps of the energies played out in a T-Cross and astrologers speak the astrological language, making my job so much easier.  I will refer to the astrologers as Astrologers #1, 2, and 3 to protect their identities since I believe that revealing one's true self through an astrological chart places people in a vulnerable position and you can double that with online media.  And having said that, I'm always honored to learn about a person's astrological makeup. Astrologer #1 (Female, age 49, born on January 1, 1964), has a Fixed T-Cross involving Moon (Leo), Neptune Scorpio), and Saturn/

Southern Cross, Wikipedia When astrologers first told me I had a Mutable T-Cross in my chart, I just shrugged it off.  At that time, (I was in my early 20s), I had no idea about the purpose of a T-Cross in a natal chart and I certainly knew little, if anything about the planets involved with my T-Cross.  Ignorance is bliss, right? Wrong.  While a T-Cross isn't as challenging as a Yod, which gives a person little direction or the wherewithal to accomplish their strange missions in life, T-Crosses do take people with them through a process of self-understanding and transformation. First, let's look at the definition of a T-Cross that I'm working with.  Two or more planets oppose each other and another planet (or planets) square both of the opposing planets.  For anyone who has seen their natal chart printed out in color, the oppositions and squares are represented by red lines.  And similar to the red markings of an editor's pen on a manuscript, these red lines draw