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ASTROLOGICAL TRANSITS
MERCURY RETROGRADE – JUNE 15 JULY 10, 2007
By Theodore White, Classical Scientific Astrologer
The planet Mercury will turn stationary retrograde on Friday, June 15 at 11-degrees tropical Cancer, and will remain retrograde until turning direct on July 9/10 at 2-degrees Cancer. A planet is retrograde when it appears from the perspective of a person on Earth that the planet is moving backward in the Zodiac.
Mercury’s retrograde occurs three times a year, and often does so in the same element (earth, air, fire, water.) This year, Mercury’s retrogrades are in the element of water.
Mercury’s retrograde usually brings along disruptions in communications related to the element, and its position in the zodiac.
From June 15 to July 10, Mercury will be retrograde in the tropical constellation of Cancer, and after turning direct on July 9/10 will move slowly until picking up speed in late July, and early August 2007.
When Mercury is slow, people tend to have problems communicating. Slow responses, mistakes, poor scheduling, and major technical disruptions that affect travel, professional and personal progress.
Look for these areas to show unexpected disruptions, slowdowns, failures in negotiations, and overall frustrations ~
Ø Equipment breakdowns, computers, engines, telephones, technical disruptions, etc.
Ø Problems affecting the House, water, food, household appliances, the yard.
Ø Transportation problems, slowdowns, airlines, trains, vehicles, etc.
Ø Late shipments, misprints, production problems due to malfunction of small parts, etc.
Ø Slow decision making by others
Ø Mistakes in decisions, poor judgments
Ø Mail disruptions
Ø People constantly rescheduling, cancellations, etc.
Ø Illnesses related to food & drink
During times of Mercury’s retrogrades, expect slowdowns in communications with people often changing plans, being indecisive, unsure, that often that lead to widespread confusion. The results are missed appointments, loss of work and profit, and general frustration because things are not operating normally.
Because this particular Mercury retrograde takes place about a week before the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer season will start off disrupted, slow, with confusing situations developing as people allow themselves to be affected by the transit.
This has ramifications for the rest of summer and the fall season, when another Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, begins in October, causing more disruptions, especially economically, which carries over into the coming Christmas season.
Astrologically and practically, the best way to handle such problems is to take the time to avoid signing contracts and making promises one cannot keep during such retrogrades of Mercury. It is best to use the Mercury retrograde cycle to take the time to think over all the consequences of decisions and actions that are possible while not settling on a plan of action until after the retrograde is over.
These retrogrades sometimes can become blessings in disguise because it allows time for unresolved issues and decisions to be re-considered. Business and personal affairs can be carefully thought over while allowing for unfinished tasks that were started before the retrograde to be handled with more introspective and wiser action and thought ~ allowing for practical decisions to come to light.
The frustrations will come for those people in a rush, which is something that is not wise to do during these retrogrades. Those people on vacation can expect problems before and during travel. Expect delays with airline travel, lost luggage, and overall frustrations for those trying to get somewhere fast during the retrograde cycle throughout mid-June to the late July, overall.
Mercury’s retrograde in mid-June to July lasts throughout the entire month of July because right after Mercury heads stationary direct, the transit continues to be slower than normal. This will last to about July 24, when Mercury picks up speed.
Planetary transits are the reason for what we call Time. Without the motion of the Earth, Sun, Moon, planets and stars, time itself would not exist. The ticking of all clocks are Earth are timed to the rotation of the Earth according to the region one is located on our planet.
Astrological transits are more complex. There are the aspects formed between positions of the planets at any given time in relationship to the positions of other planets. These are mathematical aspects made from the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars relative to the Earth. These transits are always changing, always in motion, like the Earth.
Over the centuries, classical astrologers built up an extensive analogue database of observed influences in nature, and among humanity from astrological transits.
ASTRO-TRANSITS FOR 2007
A TRANSITION YEAR
World Transits for the new Astrological Year of 2007 show that this year is a major transition year leading to the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and the start of the second decade of the 21st Century.
Transition and change is the major theme for 2007 as global transits show a series of new planetary changes this year that will translate into strong transits during the years 2008-2011.
One such sign is the retrograde of Jupiter at 19-SAGITTARIUS earlier in April 2007, and the other is the recent direct motion of the planet Saturn (April 19) that will take Saturn into tropical Virgo in September 2007 for its long transit in the constellation as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close.
Transits from April to August 2007 continue to indicate a need to re-assess, and to prepare for the next decade. Economic and social matters are highlighted.
This summer is NOT the best summer to travel. Expect delays, higher gasoline prices, higher costs overall, generally stressful situations over the summer & autumn months.
Next spring & summer of 2008 have much better travel transits than the spring & summer of 2007.
At this time in April 2007, transiting Venus continue to rise and set after the Sun. Venus is in “evening star” cycle, helping those who seek to complete unresolved projects and issues since 2006.
By August 18, 2007, Venus will turn to ‘Morning Star” ~ at 24-LEO, retrograde, opening a new mini-era that is preceded by the direct motion of Jupiter (Aug. 6, 2007) and followed by the ingress of Saturn into tropical Virgo on September 2, 2007.
The year of 2007 shows a need to re-adjust to changes, resisting too much impulsive acts (Sagittarius) while looking ahead at the ingresses of Jupiter in Capricorn (December 2007) and Saturn’s ingress into Virgo (Sept. 2007) as signs to focus on PRACTICAL MATTERS, goals and objectives.
One of the major aspects taking place over Spring 2007 in the Northern Hemisphere, and Autumn 2007 in the Southern Hemisphere is the fire trine between a retrograde Jupiter in Sagittarius and a direct Saturn transiting tropical Leo.
This fire trine is useful for planning, and acting on future goals and objectives, using the months of April, May, June, and July to make changes that focus on what is practical and achievable. Those who use these transits well will experience success when Jupiter and Saturn translate into the Earth signs of Virgo (Saturn) and Capricorn (Jupiter) by January 2008.
The earth trine of Jupiter & Saturn in 2008 will cover the entire year, providing those who have used the transition year of 2007 to pre-act in several areas of life ~ mainly economics, and those things relating to housing, relocations, career, and relationships.
However, the transits of 2007 will be challenging to those who are not prepared, and it is advised for those who are aware of transits to carefully navigate the remaining months of the year 2007.
Reasons ~
The most challenging transits this summer and autumn of 2007 will be those involving Venus, Saturn, and the Dragon’s Tail, or the transiting South Lunar Node, now in Virgo.
Venus performs a retrograde (July 27 to September 6, 2007) in tropical Virgo and Leo that involves two conjunctions to the planet Saturn.
The first happens in the first week of July 2007 in Leo and the second conjunction of Venus/Saturn occurs in the third week of October 2007 in Virgo along with the South Lunar Node.
This is a mostly malefic transit, and can help bring about negative emotional and physical environments in society (Venus) due to the restrictive (Saturn) influences of this combination of transits.
Because of the Venus retrograde, summer in the northern hemisphere is extended through the traditional fall months, well into mid-November, when the cool of fall will arrive, but not mid-autumn, until the month of December 2007.
The Venus/Saturn conjunctions of early July, and again, in mid-October means that summer in the northern hemisphere will not be all that most people expect it will be. In fact, the summer months are extended deep into the fall months, meaning that many people will be unprepared for the holiday season of December, and the translation into the Earth signs of Jupiter and Saturn.
Venus/Saturn transits are not the best for positive environments. Moreover, the summer months of August sees the coming of a Mars-Jupiter opposition along the Gemini-Sagittarius axis. This begins in August 2007, and continues into September 2007, and influences increased worldwide impulsiveness that leaves many things unresolved, and sets a climate for the second Venus/Saturn conjunction with the Dragon’s Tail in October.
Conjunctions to the South Lunar Node can be mostly malefic. With Venus and Saturn in conjunction in early Virgo along with the Dragon’s Tail, it is wise to avoid heavy commitments in relationships and to not draw lines in the sand, so to speak, on those relationships.
The October 2007 conjunction of Venus-Saturn & South Lunar Node in Virgo calls to avoid confrontations, and to maintain a low profile while working through the summer and fall months to prepare for 2008. One way to discover what October’s events may be is to look at what is happening in early July 2007, when the first Venus/Saturn conjunction in Leo will take place.
Summer is extended in 2007, through autumn in the northern hemisphere. In many ways, 2007 is a strange year for many, as changes are forced on others not prepared for them because of complacency during 2004, 2005 and 2006.
However, Venus will turn from ‘evening star” to “morning star” on Saturday, August 18, allowing those who have used the spring months to plan to make changes ahead of time that will catch many others off-guard by October, and last into December, when the Lunar Nodes translate from mutable to “fixed” ~ from the constellational axis of Pisces/Virgo to that of Aquarius/Leo.
This is critical, because as the transiting Lunar Nodes translate from mutable water/earth to fixed air/fire on December 17/18, 2007 ~ the planet Jupiter will enter tropical Capricorn the same day and Saturn will retrograde at 8-VIRGO the next day.
This shows December 2007 as a change in “era” ~ and opens the transit doors to a new era that takes the world into the last two years of the first decade of the century, while forecasting more to come into the decade of the 2010s.
The translation of Saturn into tropical Virgo, and Jupiter into Capricorn, and their earth trines (exact in January/February 2008) and again (October, November, December 2008) reflect a new era that is practical, and goal-oriented. Expect a down-to-earth transit here that is highly active via trine aspect and can be of great use for those planning to make changes overall in their lifestyle.
It is also an excellent time for further planning for the decade of the 2010s, which are challenging because of the transits ~ mainly after the three (3) Jupiter-Saturn oppositions (2010-2011) and the long-running Uranus-Pluto square in that decade.
To navigate the spring, summer & fall of 2007, it is best to use the times in-between retrogrades of Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter to make the switch into the year that 2008 will become, according to transits. Those who do so successfully will be rewarded by the earth trine of Jupiter and Saturn in 2008.
Plan ahead for Christmas 2007 by purchasing during the summer months. Saturn’s influence is strong in the months leading to Christmas, and restrictive from its transit in tropical Virgo.
The best way to take advantage of these mundane transits is to buy months ahead of Christmas, looking for bargains, storing away, and wait for the fall season to pass by.
Jupiter rises ahead of the Sun, in early Capricorn, on the Full Moon day of December 23, 2007, with a Moon in Cancer, just coming off a conjunction with Mars in Cancer. Christmas 2007 is not all the great because of the drag on the economy. The year 2007 will have a been a mini-recession year, with housing a drag on the economy.
Moreover, the transiting Lunar Nodes will have translated into fixed signs by mid-December 2007 with the North Node entering Aquarius, and the South Node entering Leo. This era will last 20 months until August 2009, when the transiting lunar nodes translate into Capricorn/Cancer.
Key is to Navigate 2007
August 2007 – make changes, noting Aug. 7-18
August 2007 to November 2007 – low profile, focus on 2008
November 2007 – December 2007 – relax & resolve
December 18, 2007 – new era begins lasting to August 2009.
The Jupiter-Saturn 2008 earth trine has better opportunities for those who want to advance their goals and objectives, particularly in areas relating to economics ~ including housing and real estate.
For instance, expect national foreclosure rates to continue to expand because of the busting of the mortgage lending bubble, while housing prices continue to fall with housing starts numbers also continuing to decline over 2007.
The ability to reduce debt, while at the same time navigating through 2007 to get to 2008’s excellent transits, is best. Avoiding impulsiveness, and hasty actions can be helped by the retrograde of Jupiter (April to August 2007) using the transit of Saturn to look ahead and prepare for 2008 and beyond.
TRANSIT NOTES FOR 2007
Ø Restrict Travel Plans Over Summer/Fall 2007
Ø Stay Home, Plan for 2008, reduce debt
Ø Avoid too much socializing
Ø Wait to start new relationships until November 2007
Ø Maintain lower profile
Ø Use date of Venus’ Morning Star (Aug. 18, 2007) for new affirmations, planning, reaching goals.
Ø Monitor Financial Markets, Plan for 2008
Those who navigate the world transits well will be in prime position to utilize 2008’s transits towards achieving goals and objectives that are practically-based, and planned for in advance.
MERCURY RETROGRADE – JUNE 15 JULY 10, 2007
By Theodore White, Classical Scientific Astrologer
The planet Mercury will turn stationary retrograde on Friday, June 15 at 11-degrees tropical Cancer, and will remain retrograde until turning direct on July 9/10 at 2-degrees Cancer. A planet is retrograde when it appears from the perspective of a person on Earth that the planet is moving backward in the Zodiac.
Mercury’s retrograde occurs three times a year, and often does so in the same element (earth, air, fire, water.) This year, Mercury’s retrogrades are in the element of water.
Mercury’s retrograde usually brings along disruptions in communications related to the element, and its position in the zodiac.
From June 15 to July 10, Mercury will be retrograde in the tropical constellation of Cancer, and after turning direct on July 9/10 will move slowly until picking up speed in late July, and early August 2007.
When Mercury is slow, people tend to have problems communicating. Slow responses, mistakes, poor scheduling, and major technical disruptions that affect travel, professional and personal progress.
Look for these areas to show unexpected disruptions, slowdowns, failures in negotiations, and overall frustrations ~
Ø Equipment breakdowns, computers, engines, telephones, technical disruptions, etc.
Ø Problems affecting the House, water, food, household appliances, the yard.
Ø Transportation problems, slowdowns, airlines, trains, vehicles, etc.
Ø Late shipments, misprints, production problems due to malfunction of small parts, etc.
Ø Slow decision making by others
Ø Mistakes in decisions, poor judgments
Ø Mail disruptions
Ø People constantly rescheduling, cancellations, etc.
Ø Illnesses related to food & drink
During times of Mercury’s retrogrades, expect slowdowns in communications with people often changing plans, being indecisive, unsure, that often that lead to widespread confusion. The results are missed appointments, loss of work and profit, and general frustration because things are not operating normally.
Because this particular Mercury retrograde takes place about a week before the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer season will start off disrupted, slow, with confusing situations developing as people allow themselves to be affected by the transit.
This has ramifications for the rest of summer and the fall season, when another Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, begins in October, causing more disruptions, especially economically, which carries over into the coming Christmas season.
Astrologically and practically, the best way to handle such problems is to take the time to avoid signing contracts and making promises one cannot keep during such retrogrades of Mercury. It is best to use the Mercury retrograde cycle to take the time to think over all the consequences of decisions and actions that are possible while not settling on a plan of action until after the retrograde is over.
These retrogrades sometimes can become blessings in disguise because it allows time for unresolved issues and decisions to be re-considered. Business and personal affairs can be carefully thought over while allowing for unfinished tasks that were started before the retrograde to be handled with more introspective and wiser action and thought ~ allowing for practical decisions to come to light.
The frustrations will come for those people in a rush, which is something that is not wise to do during these retrogrades. Those people on vacation can expect problems before and during travel. Expect delays with airline travel, lost luggage, and overall frustrations for those trying to get somewhere fast during the retrograde cycle throughout mid-June to the late July, overall.
Mercury’s retrograde in mid-June to July lasts throughout the entire month of July because right after Mercury heads stationary direct, the transit continues to be slower than normal. This will last to about July 24, when Mercury picks up speed.
Planetary transits are the reason for what we call Time. Without the motion of the Earth, Sun, Moon, planets and stars, time itself would not exist. The ticking of all clocks are Earth are timed to the rotation of the Earth according to the region one is located on our planet.
Astrological transits are more complex. There are the aspects formed between positions of the planets at any given time in relationship to the positions of other planets. These are mathematical aspects made from the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars relative to the Earth. These transits are always changing, always in motion, like the Earth.
Over the centuries, classical astrologers built up an extensive analogue database of observed influences in nature, and among humanity from astrological transits.
ASTRO-TRANSITS FOR 2007
A TRANSITION YEAR
World Transits for the new Astrological Year of 2007 show that this year is a major transition year leading to the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and the start of the second decade of the 21st Century.
Transition and change is the major theme for 2007 as global transits show a series of new planetary changes this year that will translate into strong transits during the years 2008-2011.
One such sign is the retrograde of Jupiter at 19-SAGITTARIUS earlier in April 2007, and the other is the recent direct motion of the planet Saturn (April 19) that will take Saturn into tropical Virgo in September 2007 for its long transit in the constellation as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close.
Transits from April to August 2007 continue to indicate a need to re-assess, and to prepare for the next decade. Economic and social matters are highlighted.
This summer is NOT the best summer to travel. Expect delays, higher gasoline prices, higher costs overall, generally stressful situations over the summer & autumn months.
Next spring & summer of 2008 have much better travel transits than the spring & summer of 2007.
At this time in April 2007, transiting Venus continue to rise and set after the Sun. Venus is in “evening star” cycle, helping those who seek to complete unresolved projects and issues since 2006.
By August 18, 2007, Venus will turn to ‘Morning Star” ~ at 24-LEO, retrograde, opening a new mini-era that is preceded by the direct motion of Jupiter (Aug. 6, 2007) and followed by the ingress of Saturn into tropical Virgo on September 2, 2007.
The year of 2007 shows a need to re-adjust to changes, resisting too much impulsive acts (Sagittarius) while looking ahead at the ingresses of Jupiter in Capricorn (December 2007) and Saturn’s ingress into Virgo (Sept. 2007) as signs to focus on PRACTICAL MATTERS, goals and objectives.
One of the major aspects taking place over Spring 2007 in the Northern Hemisphere, and Autumn 2007 in the Southern Hemisphere is the fire trine between a retrograde Jupiter in Sagittarius and a direct Saturn transiting tropical Leo.
This fire trine is useful for planning, and acting on future goals and objectives, using the months of April, May, June, and July to make changes that focus on what is practical and achievable. Those who use these transits well will experience success when Jupiter and Saturn translate into the Earth signs of Virgo (Saturn) and Capricorn (Jupiter) by January 2008.
The earth trine of Jupiter & Saturn in 2008 will cover the entire year, providing those who have used the transition year of 2007 to pre-act in several areas of life ~ mainly economics, and those things relating to housing, relocations, career, and relationships.
However, the transits of 2007 will be challenging to those who are not prepared, and it is advised for those who are aware of transits to carefully navigate the remaining months of the year 2007.
Reasons ~
The most challenging transits this summer and autumn of 2007 will be those involving Venus, Saturn, and the Dragon’s Tail, or the transiting South Lunar Node, now in Virgo.
Venus performs a retrograde (July 27 to September 6, 2007) in tropical Virgo and Leo that involves two conjunctions to the planet Saturn.
The first happens in the first week of July 2007 in Leo and the second conjunction of Venus/Saturn occurs in the third week of October 2007 in Virgo along with the South Lunar Node.
This is a mostly malefic transit, and can help bring about negative emotional and physical environments in society (Venus) due to the restrictive (Saturn) influences of this combination of transits.
Because of the Venus retrograde, summer in the northern hemisphere is extended through the traditional fall months, well into mid-November, when the cool of fall will arrive, but not mid-autumn, until the month of December 2007.
The Venus/Saturn conjunctions of early July, and again, in mid-October means that summer in the northern hemisphere will not be all that most people expect it will be. In fact, the summer months are extended deep into the fall months, meaning that many people will be unprepared for the holiday season of December, and the translation into the Earth signs of Jupiter and Saturn.
Venus/Saturn transits are not the best for positive environments. Moreover, the summer months of August sees the coming of a Mars-Jupiter opposition along the Gemini-Sagittarius axis. This begins in August 2007, and continues into September 2007, and influences increased worldwide impulsiveness that leaves many things unresolved, and sets a climate for the second Venus/Saturn conjunction with the Dragon’s Tail in October.
Conjunctions to the South Lunar Node can be mostly malefic. With Venus and Saturn in conjunction in early Virgo along with the Dragon’s Tail, it is wise to avoid heavy commitments in relationships and to not draw lines in the sand, so to speak, on those relationships.
The October 2007 conjunction of Venus-Saturn & South Lunar Node in Virgo calls to avoid confrontations, and to maintain a low profile while working through the summer and fall months to prepare for 2008. One way to discover what October’s events may be is to look at what is happening in early July 2007, when the first Venus/Saturn conjunction in Leo will take place.
Summer is extended in 2007, through autumn in the northern hemisphere. In many ways, 2007 is a strange year for many, as changes are forced on others not prepared for them because of complacency during 2004, 2005 and 2006.
However, Venus will turn from ‘evening star” to “morning star” on Saturday, August 18, allowing those who have used the spring months to plan to make changes ahead of time that will catch many others off-guard by October, and last into December, when the Lunar Nodes translate from mutable to “fixed” ~ from the constellational axis of Pisces/Virgo to that of Aquarius/Leo.
This is critical, because as the transiting Lunar Nodes translate from mutable water/earth to fixed air/fire on December 17/18, 2007 ~ the planet Jupiter will enter tropical Capricorn the same day and Saturn will retrograde at 8-VIRGO the next day.
This shows December 2007 as a change in “era” ~ and opens the transit doors to a new era that takes the world into the last two years of the first decade of the century, while forecasting more to come into the decade of the 2010s.
The translation of Saturn into tropical Virgo, and Jupiter into Capricorn, and their earth trines (exact in January/February 2008) and again (October, November, December 2008) reflect a new era that is practical, and goal-oriented. Expect a down-to-earth transit here that is highly active via trine aspect and can be of great use for those planning to make changes overall in their lifestyle.
It is also an excellent time for further planning for the decade of the 2010s, which are challenging because of the transits ~ mainly after the three (3) Jupiter-Saturn oppositions (2010-2011) and the long-running Uranus-Pluto square in that decade.
To navigate the spring, summer & fall of 2007, it is best to use the times in-between retrogrades of Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter to make the switch into the year that 2008 will become, according to transits. Those who do so successfully will be rewarded by the earth trine of Jupiter and Saturn in 2008.
Plan ahead for Christmas 2007 by purchasing during the summer months. Saturn’s influence is strong in the months leading to Christmas, and restrictive from its transit in tropical Virgo.
The best way to take advantage of these mundane transits is to buy months ahead of Christmas, looking for bargains, storing away, and wait for the fall season to pass by.
Jupiter rises ahead of the Sun, in early Capricorn, on the Full Moon day of December 23, 2007, with a Moon in Cancer, just coming off a conjunction with Mars in Cancer. Christmas 2007 is not all the great because of the drag on the economy. The year 2007 will have a been a mini-recession year, with housing a drag on the economy.
Moreover, the transiting Lunar Nodes will have translated into fixed signs by mid-December 2007 with the North Node entering Aquarius, and the South Node entering Leo. This era will last 20 months until August 2009, when the transiting lunar nodes translate into Capricorn/Cancer.
Key is to Navigate 2007
August 2007 – make changes, noting Aug. 7-18
August 2007 to November 2007 – low profile, focus on 2008
November 2007 – December 2007 – relax & resolve
December 18, 2007 – new era begins lasting to August 2009.
The Jupiter-Saturn 2008 earth trine has better opportunities for those who want to advance their goals and objectives, particularly in areas relating to economics ~ including housing and real estate.
For instance, expect national foreclosure rates to continue to expand because of the busting of the mortgage lending bubble, while housing prices continue to fall with housing starts numbers also continuing to decline over 2007.
The ability to reduce debt, while at the same time navigating through 2007 to get to 2008’s excellent transits, is best. Avoiding impulsiveness, and hasty actions can be helped by the retrograde of Jupiter (April to August 2007) using the transit of Saturn to look ahead and prepare for 2008 and beyond.
TRANSIT NOTES FOR 2007
Ø Restrict Travel Plans Over Summer/Fall 2007
Ø Stay Home, Plan for 2008, reduce debt
Ø Avoid too much socializing
Ø Wait to start new relationships until November 2007
Ø Maintain lower profile
Ø Use date of Venus’ Morning Star (Aug. 18, 2007) for new affirmations, planning, reaching goals.
Ø Monitor Financial Markets, Plan for 2008
Those who navigate the world transits well will be in prime position to utilize 2008’s transits towards achieving goals and objectives that are practically-based, and planned for in advance.