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This week,
and the next several weeks, unfolds with increasing intensity, as the
pent up frustration born of the recent retrodrama collides with equally
strong resistance. Power plays pepper the days, egos go unchecked, and
a need to dominate motivates callous choices. You'll have to get out of
your own way to handle this stress effectively, so make every effort to
look beyond selfish concerns to find the self in all things. You don't
have to set the bar of daily life at a height only the sainted can reach.
But be aware, egocentric behavior is apt to backfire with serious repercussions.
Three key players—Pluto,
Saturn, and Mars—are the source of strife. When they negatively engage,
we do, too. Here's how their dysfunctional relationship plays out.
This week,
Saturn in Gemini, begins moving into an opposition with Pluto in Sagittarius.
This opposition is cold and hard, producing an unrelenting need to have
it your way-and your way only. Pluto is all about power. Saturn is all
about limitation. Pluto wants control. Saturn wants the last word. Don't
be surprised if you find yourself dictating demands. Also be prepared
for despotic stipulations from others. Everyone wants to rule the world,
and in lieu of establishing a universal domain, fiefdoms sprout up all
over the place. On a personal level, anticipate calculated attitudes averse
to even considering an opposing viewpoint. Also expect confrontations
with authority figures, real or imagined. Collectively, zealots of all
kinds thrive on the self-righteous discharge of this energy.
We're in
the throes of this opposition until May 2002, which means we've got plenty
of time to figure out how to transform this intensity into greater understanding
and awareness. And there are respites along the way. But this week is
the start of a ten-month astro enduro aimed at challenging egos of all
sizes.
Mars plays
a role in the first lap, as it continues to conjunct Pluto. This conjunction encourages ambition and doesn't hesitate to employ ruthlessness as a means
of achieving success. If you experience a need to vanquish your opponent,
instead of acting out, contemplate the source of your ire. Get in touch
with where you're feeling so ineffectual that you have to lash out at
another in order to
feel powerful.
This week,
and the coming weeks, won't be easy. The overwhelming intensity of the
Pluto-Saturn opposition tests character, and the influence of Mars makes
it all too easy to put your needs above all other. Yet it is possible
to embrace this challenge and move out of the petty and into the meaningful.
Fussing and fighting will only mire you in the mundane, so reach for a
touchstone capable of reminding you of what's important. Immerse yourself
in the transcendent and you'll deal with the temporal from a position
of strength.
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