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ASTRO-FUTURE SHOCK

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Monday December 31  The closing act of year 2029 happens with a heavenly orchestral bang rather than a whimper.

 

Yes, many of you may be finding traction in the real world a little slippery since first Venus and then Mercury (both in Capricorn) in the last half of December appeared to go retrograde joining Saturn and Chiron in Taurus as well as radical-change agent, quirky Uranus in Gemini doing their apparent backflips in the zodiac.

 

However, as explained many times in the Cosmic Kalendar, we live in a heliocentric solar system and despite almost exclusively focusing on our Earth-centered horoscopes rather than enlarging the perspective to include Sun-centered birth charts (which are significant, real and profound), therefore no planets actually go retrograde. 

 

It’s an illusion and therefore much of what unfortunately newcomers to the vast subject learn about astrology is that celestial bodies seemingly in reverse are malfunctioning or need extra-care in watching as they may trip you up, etc.

 

The greater understanding is that when celestial orbs appear to be in reversal, they are actually more powerful in their influence, certainly in one main sense – they are temporarily exploring the great depths of their own meaning and archetypes by not following the always-forward moving direction of the Sun and Moon. 

 

Meanwhile, as you celebrate the passage of another 365-days on Mother Earth, recall that nurturing Ceres – the largest asteroid in the solar system – just entered empathic and psychic Pisces yesterday in a cycle lasting until March 20, 2030 when Ceres enters cardinal-fire Aries on the same day of the Equinox when the Sun enters Aries. 

 

Oddly, the Sun and Ceres will unite on the morning of March 20 at 30 degrees of Pisces and thus linking the end of the zodiac to the beginning of the zodiac via the maternal essence of Ceres – the key celestial body in the asteroid belt where there should be one main planetary orb rather than thousands.

 

Love-heart vibes and artistic ingenuity can thrive in the early hours thanks to the Moon in fixed-water Scorpio forming a supportive, 60-degree sextile with Venus in Capricorn (1:56am). 

 

Of the two main celestial headlines, the initial one arrives at 2:57am when the Moon in Scorpio makes its monthly rendezvous with usually enthusiastic Jupiter.

 

Higher educational projects and long-range goals may be in your mind-set, but a 15+ hour void lunar zone can zap your awareness. Fortunately, the Moon leaves the void uncertainty condition at 6:37pm to enter Jupiter’s ruling sign of mutable-fire Sagittarius.

 

From this lunar perspective, there is a boost for sports, games, adventures, literary and publishing projects, and hitting the bull’s-eye of your idealistic aims as 2030 dawns.

 

The second main celestial headline concerns the Sun merging with Mercury in its apparent reversal at 4:29am energizing 11 degrees of Capricorn.

 

Two pioneering and astute professional astrologers of the 20th century – Dr. Marc Edmund Jones and Dane Rudhyar – referred to this kind of Sun-Mercury Rx union as a “New Mercury” – similar to a New Moon, but occurring approximately every 4 months.

 

Their suggestion was that when this New Mercury happens – during an Earth, Mercury Rx and Sun line-up in the solar system, with Mercury between Earth and the Sun – “cosmic seed-ideas” become more plentiful, so that human souls can assimilate them on higher-mental levels and change the course of humanity via spiritually-enlightened discoveries.

 

As Monday night morphs into Tuesday morning and 2026 shapeshifts into 2027, be ready for visions of The Great Beyond as the Moon in Sagittarius makes a harmonious trine with Neptune in Aries (8:22am) while Mercury in Capricorn forms a tense but pragmatic square with Neptune, the great God of the Seas trident-ruling mythological deity (11:03am).

 

Be aware that Mercury will hold on to its apparent reversal in Capricorn until Thursday January 10 while Venus will do the same until Saturday January 26. 

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[Note to readers: All times are calculated for Pacific Standard Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]