Full Moon Sun 12˚ 48' Sagittarius
The Sunrises have been amazing, the sky was really red the other morning and I thought of the old saying, ‘red sky in the morning – shepherds warning’ and true enough we had very strong winds, apparently in Scotland the had 70mph gusts. The oak is still holding on to its leaves, nearly all the other trees are bare. I love this time of year – the Earth reveals itself and how much of the landscape you can see! When I first looked at the full Moon chart I felt like there was something happening that we weren’t being told about. Mercury features very strongly. We set the charts for London giving us the Virgo ascendant and Mercury being the chart ruler. Mercury is square Saturn. Mercury went retrograde squaring Saturn, colouring its retrograde period and on Monday the 4th of December Mercury turns once again to 24˚ Scorpio. Mercury is in the third house and Saturn is in the 11th. There are two T squares – Sun in Sagittarius opposite Moon in Gemini square Uranus in Pisces and Saturn in Leo opposite Neptune in Aquarius square Mercury in Scorpio. Mars sits on the Mercury Jupiter mid-point and the full Moon is across the Gemini Sagittarius axis. The mutable T square Sun opposition Moon square Uranus shows lots of unpredictable energy especially around communications. I think Uranus asks us to be true to ourselves. Ebertin in COSY (Combination of Stellar Influences) says ‘Mercury Jupiter is connected to businessmen, scientists and orators’ and he says ‘it can bring either success and give the gift of speech or failure through dishonesty. Mars equals Mercury Jupiter that action needs to be guided by commonsense.’ As I look at this chart and ask what is really going on, I am told by two of my friends on separate occasions about the Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, who fell ill on the first of November, four days after Mercury went retrograde and has since died – his inquest revealing he had swallowed a lethal quantity of polonium 210, which is a nuclear material – Mercury in Scorpio. On the 30th of November the Independent reported three BA aircraft being grounded in connection with the above incident. On the same day the Independent also ran an article about overcrowding in prisons called ‘Absurd. Broken. Chaotic.’ Saying the system is in meltdown after Tony Blair’s decade of failure on crime and punishment. One of the other headings used was ‘a justice system in shambles after too much meddling by ministers.’ Reflecting the Sun, Moon, Uranus T square and also the Saturn, Neptune, Mercury T square. Also, in the same paper was an article on an ancient Greek artifact. Scientists have studied the internal workings by using a sophisticated scanner, revealing it to be an astronomical computer a thousand years ahead of its time. The antikythera mechanism was rescued form a Roman ship-wreck at the turn of the last century, but its precise function was little understood because it was broken into eighty two pieces. Scientists were surprised to find that it acted as a long-term calendar for predicting Lunar and Solar eclipses and planetary movements. Professor Mike Edmunds says ‘this device is just extraordinary, the only thing of its kind. The design is beautiful, the astronomy is exactly right raising the question of what else were they making at the time’. The article goes on to say ‘ calendars were important to ancient societies for timing agricultural activities and fixing religious festivals’. In the article they say ‘the artifact had been submerged for two thousand years and dates to around 100BC and 150BC possible being made by the great Greek astronomer Hipparchos’. I think, Mercury Saturn reflects the information of the past and given time all will be revealed. There is so much happening its hard to know where to finish. So I leave you with a quote. ‘The sky is a compelling presence, a place for scientific explanation, a symbol of the infinite, a source of secrets yet to come. From the dawn of history, people have looked up at the sky, seeking there the answers to their questions’. The Sky Order and Chaos – Jean Pierre Verder. Blessing of the full Moon to you all Linda Day Mercury in Sagittarius at 12. And ho to Tina and Ceri for their beautiful calendars!
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