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November 5 is traditionally Guy Fawkes Day in Britain Guy Fawkes Day November 5 V for Vendetta Alan Moore JamesHarrison, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Participants in costume hold burning torches as they take part in one a series of processions during Bonfire night celebrations in Britain. The processions and bonfire mark the uncovering of Guy Fawkes’ “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the Houses…

I spent part of my time in the South when I was a kid, and still love the people there, the food and hospitality. Turns out a southern phrase “all over but the shouting” was made for tomorrow’s Spring Equinox. If you’re not familiar with it, it means something that’s so obviously over, with the outcome clearly defined, that there’s no mistaking it anymore.

The Sun and Moon will line up at 29 degrees of Pisces, the very last degree of this sign of mystics, dreamers, musicians and creators of all kinds. But also the sign of martyrs, saints, and those who don’t mind hanging on crosses if it means saving millions of lives to come.

To sum up, we’re exiting the time of suffering and loss brought about by the long-term Uranus-Pluto square of 2012-2015. No more do we need to sacrifice our own needs for a relationship, or collectives of any kind. No longer do we need to make deals with the devil.

Though it may signify a time of release for many, who still carry tears they’ve held in during this time, it’s a step in the right direction. Some of us may need to re-learn how to be without the worries and fear of the past few years, while others will re-adapt without issue. This equinox, in addition to heralding the onset of our season of growth and fertility, also bookends a time of preparation.

Between now and Jupiter’s flip on April 8th, we’re being asked to let go of any remaining fear, anger, pain, discomfort or other difficult emotions from 2012 to the present. It’s like we’re sitting in a catapult, and the universe is pulling us back as we do this, in preparation for our launch. For some, this may involve a new job, travel, relocation, a brand new relationship or something more.

If you’re into astrology, or maybe just have a more developed intuitive sense than most, you’ve probably noticed the sheer number of f*cked up events happening over the past few years. Though no time period is completely immune from this kind of stuff, it’s been heavier, faster and much more dense recently, whether we’re talking personal stuff going on in your own life, or life on the larger canvas around the world.

Part of the problem has been the very powerful and extremely volatile square between Uranus (intense short-term change) and Pluto (gradual longer-term transformation). It’s almost as if there’s been a giant war going on in the sky on and off since 2012. Here are the dates it’s been most powerful and prevalent. See if you can’t identify at least one of these, and perhaps more, as times of great loss or change in your own life:

June 6-July 9, 2012

September 18-October 1, 2012

May 15-Jun 1, 2013

Apex Point October 17-November 15, 2013

April 12-29, 2014

November 26-December 27, 2014

March 11-28, 2015

As you can see, this is the very last one of these we’ll ever have to deal with in our lives (unless you become a cyborg, and then you’re on your own). It’s exact Monday, March 16th and Tuesday, March 17th, separating until it’s out of orb by the 28th. I’ve been asking all of my clients to provide a little more self-care for themselves this weekend, and over the next few days, until this clusterf*ck of planets begins to dissipate.

It’s been a journey, Uranus-Pluto square. You’ve taught us a lot, forced us into uncomfortable situations, broken us apart and reunited us with the right people, and even asked us to deeply examine our lives and the choices we’ve made. You’ve made it tough, very tough, to feel like we’re making much progress toward our purpose, but somehow, you’ve educated us on what’s really important. Who the right people are to surround ourselves with. And ultimately, you’ve shined a light on the right paths ahead.

No offense, though, when I say: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. I’m not sorry, for myself or any of my beloved clients, that you won’t be around again in my lifetime. Once is enough, and hopefully we’ve all learned the important lessons we’re meant to internalize to move forward.

Though many have come to me this week in search of WTF? answers, it’s a relatively easy one, astrologically. Jupiter, planet of luck and creativity and faith that everything will work out in the end, just formed supportive, harmonious aspects with Uranus (sudden and unexpected good fortune) and then Venus (feminine energy, creativity) this week, helping seeds we planted a long time ago to grow and develop.

This week, Jupiter will form another supportive aspect with Mars (planet of masculine energy and self-assertion) before entering into a difficult relationship with the Uranus-Pluto square the following day.

So it breaks down like this …

Jupiter is retrograde until the first week in April. So though hardly any aspect to Jupiter is a bad one, considering it’s so lucky and loving, what you’re manifesting right now may be what you set out to achieve many months or even years ago. But you’ve changed as a person in the interim. If it’s not showing up exactly the way you want it to, be patient as the universe sorts this out. What you’ve been trying to do is coming into being. Allow it to have stops and starts along the way as it’s shaped and honed.

This may, however, have a birth pang or two. On the 11th, Mars conjuncts Uranus, and squares Pluto. Since Mars wants to press ahead no matter what, this could create impatience, frustration or even losing your temper. Mars-Pluto squares in particular are ripe for misunderstandings and raised voices. It may be a good time to make sure you have a few moments to meditate and take a few deep breaths before responding to any difficult people or circumstances.

Taken together, there’s a major shift happening in your life — this will, of course, be determined by how these planets affect your unique chart, as well as the other planets you have there. Jupiter trining Mars in 13 degrees of Aries is almost like double Mars (since Mars rules the sign of Aries). It may feel like you’re being catapulted in a certain direction (again, depending on where it’s hitting you), and you need to be ready not only to take advantage of opportunities that arise now, but to take concerted action steps to build on the momentum. Aries can be a little :”me first,” so there may be some of that going on either within yourself or outside, with other people. Regardless, make sure you remember not to take things personally, but instead learn to ride this wave.

The difficulty of the Mars with the Uranus-Pluto square is almost like a last little reminder of the past 3 years. It’s time to change and transform, the energy is saying. Revolution is here. That may be really small in your world, like eating less sugar so you can be healthier. Or it may be really, really big, such as moving across the world, or changing your career.

There's good news for coupled, separated twin flames but also those still searching for each other, according to a Lightworker & Channeler Anna Merkaba. In her recent blog post, she says about twin flames being re-balanced and masculine reaching out to feminine, a diamond grid frequency, new matrix, Vesica Pisces - 2 elements forming the 3rd - Oneness and souls merging which leads to a re-calibration and re-birth, together. If that's all true, it's definitely the most expected news of this year and also channeled by other Lightworkers.

This is actually one that, if you've been following the news or even just going onto Facebook, you're seeing it and feeling it play out.

The reason is that outer planet aspects like this, especially a square, are acted out on the collective and not just the personal.

Both Uranus and Pluto play a role in transformation of self and of culture. Pluto represents the underlying desire nature of the soul itself, and is a driving (sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious) force that is at play whether or not we want it to be. When we ignore Pluto, or run away from  Pluto, it can become shadow and manifest itself as crisis. But Pluto is also responsible for healing, great awakening, and transmutation - the phoenix from the ashes, the great transformations of consciousness. And Uranus symbolizes the collective urge for liberation through all types of freedom, new ideas, innovation, new ways of perceiving reality. There are two types of liberation at play here:

1. Liberation from something (Pros: quick change, effective. Cons: collateral damage, the "become what you hate" phenomenon)

2. Liberation itself (Pros: inspires new ways of thinking, elevates humanity as a whole. Cons: There are none, in my opinion, when this is a true experience. It has so much power and reaches far and wide and stands the tests of time. HOWEVER It is when someone is pretending this path to ignore the first step, and not actually being this path, that this is not really true liberation. It is when someone ignores reality as a form of transcending it, which is not transcendence at all.)

The square between Pluto in Capricorn and Uranus in Aries means that there are two forces forming tension:

1. Pluto in Capricorn: Desire nature to build structural reality. Crisis when these structures (Saturn/Capricorn) are not functioning or do not support the soul or collective's goals or life. If the pipes are broken, they're going to burst. Transformation of the structural reality. This is a heavy, strong energy. Giant towers. Impressive mountains. (And do giant towers crumble like  gently falling snowflakes? Nope. The building and the fall have that same, Saturn infused heavy energy. Pluto also represents cycles of life, death and rebirth.)

2. Uranus in Aries: Liberate through the instinctual nature. Being liberated or free through the impulses, yang outward and forward motion. Aries wants to move. Uranus likes to be brilliant. This is a fast, brilliant energy. Electric, independent but interconnected, zingy, sharp, quick.

For us filtering our experience of the Universe as people... This Uranus placement can agitate the Capricorn footholds and Capricorn's desire to stay solid, and the rigidity of structures will irritate or block Uranus's impulses, but Aries can be a battering ram, and Aries wants what it wants. Pluto in Capricorn signifies as well a desire to form structures based on the underlying truth and reality, so there is a call from deep within to build structures that actually work. In a beautiful way, Uranus in Aries is here to nudge and irritate and bother the parts of the Capricorn shadow. And the wisdom of Capricorn is here to give direction to the Aries shadow that is too impatient to build, and only wants to wage war. Squares present conflict AND opportunity. This is the tension. This is the gift. Structures are cracking, the debris is spreading, and what will happen next? Rebuilding. The consciousness revolution is happening, and it is graceful that it may be in tandem with the government and social revolutions, because if we're going to step out of vicious cycles, we'd need to try something new (Uranus in Aries - pioneering innovator!)

It's no coincidence that my Facebook newsfeed is a combination of political upheaval - the challenging of hegemonic values or systems, the exposure (Pluto) of underlying structural forms of inequality and injustice - and then - spiritual, "be here now", sacred geometry, and the like.

Each have their role, and they don't need to disdain the other. One of the biggest reasons I do astrology is to understand all different types of human experiences and to validate people to do what they are good at and what brings them happiness. The great thing about that is that we as humans are actually wired to be able to experience flow - complete, in tune, ecstatic joy - when we do what we're good at. And then the rest of humanity benefits from it as well, if we share it or are discovered somehow. I am filled with love for the activists and the protesters and the scientists looking for cures for illnesses and the guys living in cabins off the grid and the preacher who loves his work and shares good word and the chef who makes art with his ethical, love-filled food.