Excellent post Maverick.
My own take on the coming Summer Solstice event is more along the lines of presages for the coming 18-19 months (and beyond in some global areas) as we enter into the new lunar nodal "era" of the Dragon's Head in Pisces, and the Dragon's Tail in Virgo from 22 June 2006 to 18 December 2007.
The strong Sun at 0-Cancer and Earth at 0-Capricorn on 21 June squares the Lunar Nodes presages an intense, and short summer season - while also announcing the end of the last era (Dec. 2004) and the coming new 18-19 month nodal era.
Within this stage we find the fixed cross positions of Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Chiron with Uranus and Neptune playing maverick roles. (Excuse the pun.)
The Yod from Mercury-Venus to Pluto signals many events that transcend on all levels throughout the world - personal, societal, cultural, and global.
On the personal level - those affected will see old situations coming to an end, and have to prepare toward transitions into new ones. Relationships that have served out their functions are now seeing people moving on. This is happening on the professional level as well, i.e., people changing vocations, careers, or positions, and moving into new ones, new jobs, new homes, etc. Students moving on to new schools, the roles within families maturing, people are ready to move on towards new things. It has been building for about two months leading to the nodal slide towards Pisces/Virgo, and will peak from June to September 2006 before the new situations are fully accepted, and people begin settling in to the new nodal era - the change to mutable quality function - North Node in Pisces and South Node in Virgo.
The problem this summer is the Mars-Saturn conjunction, and the Mars transit over the transiting Southern Lunar Node in Virgo (end of August, early September 2006.) These are violent summer transits, and the June 21 solstice marks this with the Mars/Vesta/Saturn conjunction.
It is important for those involved or witnessing personal relationships that could become violent to be keenly observant of the emotions of others, and negative situations in order to help prevent violent reactions by mid-to-late August, and especially the first ten days of September 2006. Mars touching the Dragon's Tail (South Lunar Node in Virgo) presages sad events that could involve deaths that could've been prevented with slight and simple assistance to others, such as helping a friend out, or having them not be where they should not. Helping people to avoid situations like these means pre-acting prior to transits such as the coming Mars transit to the transiting South Lunar Node.
Try to accentuate the "positive" early and repeatedly, so those who are fixed in thought/action (Mars/Saturn in Leo, Chiron/Aquarius, Jupiter/Scorpio) are able to ease themselves out of fixed, and mostly negative positions/views towards the the Lunar North Node in Pisces, where Jupiter (judgement/common sense, knowledge, justice and peace) allows the person (s) in trouble to see and experience this alternative route. Doing so greatly helps to sidestep the malefic Mars conjunction over the transiting South Lunar Node in late August and early September.
Mars, now "fixed" in tropical Leo, marks this presage with its conjunction to Vesta/Saturn on Solstice Day. This indicates the Mars energy throughout summer in the northern hemisphere. The strong violent energies here become displaced by the time Mars enters Virgo (23 July) and during its transit there through August, begins to conjoin the South Lunar Node at 25-Virgo at the end of August, and beginning of September. These are dangerous transits and should be noted ahead of time, and prepared for generally.
Fights, jealousies, and frustrations (refusal to accept closings of relationships through stubborness, possessiveness, headstrong, closed views, over-emotionalism, hot-headed impulsive actions) are common this summer. It is wise to note the emotional stabilities of others, and to calm situations down early. Many situations can get out of hand and some will erupt into violence this summer, especially at the end of August, into September.
Mars, especially in Virgo, is hard on the South Lunar Node in Virgo (ruled by Mercury) and can be highly stressful, nervous, and detail-oriented. This would be over over-emotional males who can become violent due to the harshness of what they would preceive as hostile, and picky communication (Virgo/Mercury). Mars in Virgo is noted for using weapons, guns especially, poor judgement around firearms, explosives, powerful firecrackers, etc. It would be wise to avoid and discourage use of these types of things during the entire Mars transit through Virgo (22-23 July to 10-11 September 2006).
What is also playing a strong role is Saturn and Neptune. In August 2006, they begin a year-long opposition from Leo to Aquarius. This is a malefic transit and does not bode well for the above-mentioned Mars contact with the South Lunar Node. Saturn-Neptune oppositions heightens problems in personal relationships, confusions, emotional depressive energies, painful memories, irrational fears, lack of trust, and poor attitudes, and sometimes neurosis. A nasty, and deceptive transit, it lasts for about one year - August 2006 to August 2007, off and on, overall, before Saturn pushes on, out of orb, and enters tropical Virgo in September 2007.
The best way to handle this Saturn-Neptune opposition is with Clarity. Try to avoid people who constantly blame others, and guard against depression, feeling down, and sticking too much to past situations, and relationships that have completed themselves. Using the coming change of lunar mode through Pisces can easily solve, and thus, resolve problems. Because Uranus has been transiting in tropical Pisces, look for the solutions to be "creative" and "alternative." However, for many, this will work well.
Those who fail to apply the North Node's transit here with fall strongly into the Saturn-Neptune square, which is touched off an on by Jupiter's square from tropical Scorpio. Time will be wasted on excessive brooding, drug use, oversleeping, and generally wasting transits worrying about matters that should have been transcended. Avoid people who seek to undermine one's movement forward.
There are also several ways to deal effectively with the events of late August and September 2006: One, is to note the activities of people who show the transit stress associated with things such as drugs, gambling, excessive and negative social behaviors, and stubborness through the summer months of June, July, to the days of August 11,12,13, and August 13 to 20, when Mars opposes a retrograde Uranus in Pisces. By that time, any forthcoming situation involving Mars within relationships, can be presaged as having a positive or negative outcome. The mutable "release" of negative energies will arrive at the end of August, and from September 1 to September 10.
Critical days are September 7-10 as Venus enters Virgo (Sept. 7) and Mars moves to southern declination September 10 in tropical Libra. Mercury follows to southern declination on Septembe 13. This is the end of summer in the northern hemisphere. Autumn arrives early this year, and so does winter.
Treating mid-August as the "end of summer" could help to disfuse many situations. Ending a vacation in mid-August, rather than late August, and taking the time to work quietly during the first 10 days of September, rather than participate in public events (where tempers are hot) and avoiding unstable, over-emotional people - is helpful.
Moreover, for that solstice date of June 21 - the Part of Fortune at 11-12 Leo (in sunrise charts) is most helpful and presages the ability to change negative, and violent events signalled by the Mars' transit, particularly, as stated, at the end of the month of August, and the first 10 days of September.
Personal relationships are highlighted overall as the nodes change quality from Aries (Mars) and Libra (Venus) to that of Pisces (Jupiter, Neptune) and Virgo (Mercury).
The positive change of the North Lunar Node to Pisces will be colored by the influence of Uranus, already transiting there. A unique time exists from June 2006 to December 2007 that, if used, and applied well, can help a person (s) throughout the hard years of the decade of the 2010s. The four years that remains until the start of the 2010s should be applied towards savings, economically, improving family situations, relationships, careers, and applying positive actions with new creative ideas.
The first seven-and-one-half years of the 2010s are difficult, and indicate economic recession, and depression in some global areas. Preparation between 2006 to 2010 overall can literally save lives, careers, families, etc., by being far-sighted and using the positive transits between now and then to prepare in advance.
Therefore, the Solstice of June 2006 is asking us to use this positive nodal transit through Pisces/Virgo, to look ahead, and to prepare accordingly, not allowing relationships, situations, jobs, etc., that have outlived their purposes to interfere. By making changes earlier, now, rather than in late summer, many situations can be resolved peacefully, with a smooth transition in the new nodal "era" of Pisces/Virgo.
More on this later...