Starcodes by Heather Roan Robbins

[WhiteTara]

http://www.roanrobbins.com/starcodes/stathswk/thwkfmst.htm

Hi All, Here's some insight for the coming week
Happy Groundhog Week, it’s time to ask the groundhog whether spring will come soon, a holiday which is a remnant of the old tradition to take animal auguries halfway through winter. We can also do our own modern version and notice the animals around us, listen to what they have to say, because we could use any extra wisdom that Lassie, Rocky and their animal friends choose to impart about this unpredictable world in a year full of wild cards.

The Sun is now in Aquarius, sign of the collective consciousness, and reminds us repeatedly that we handle challenge best when we work together. Let’s take this Aquarian lesson to heart and collaborate when the going gets tough, because our security may feel shaken and the way ahead can feel like a long hard road.

We get so much more done as a team than when we work alone or work opposed one another. And this week it can sure seem easier to rail and moan about mistakes made by others, to challenge anyone brave and foolish enough to try and solve a problem. Life can feel challenging as we’re called out of our comfort zone and need to incorporate real change. We may be forced to take a deep look at ourselves and those around us, or feel as if we're stepping into unknown territory as the Sun opposes Mars and Saturn moves into exact square with Pluto.

It is time to work our Saturn issues. Saturn speaks of our bones and teeth, the bones of our community, like architectural foundations as well as the chains of command and authority, and the rules we live by. Saturn symbolizes the work we do, both what brings in the daily food, and our life’s purpose, and when we are lucky, they are one and the same. Saturn stands for all our security issues, both the real ones of a solid stable tradition, and false ones of control. This Saturn Pluto square can send tremors through all our Saturn issues. But our life is a living pulsing whole, just like our planet; our life can shake and shift as it evolves and adjusts. And like an earthquake, these tremors can feel incredibly destructive, but that is not why they happen; the tectonic plates of our life just need to move sometimes. We can shift or get off the fault line.

Saturn first squared Pluto came into orb last November and continues through next August. It echoes some fundamental challenges we experiences last time these two squared in 1993 and again as they opposes in 2001, both years that the World Trade Tower was attacked. When these two square off, as they do every nine years or so, they ask us to reexamine how we use and abuse power, and tempt us to misuse ours because another has done so. But to do so always continues the cycle of retribution, Saturn demands that we do the right thing by all involved in order to lay down foundations for real security. Just think what we could do, as a team or as a country, if we stopped bickering amongst ourselves and got to work.

more here http://www.roanrobbins.com/starcodes/stathswk/thwkfmst.htm

[Chemical Bill]

1. She forgot something...

Saturn can bring structure/concreteness to Pluto's passions. This stuff works both ways.

Of course, Heather's so good I hate to be picky, but I'm good at it....

Bill