Feeding the Birds

Do you discover the give and take of human relationships difficult? Once I acquired married, the largest adjustment I confronted was getting used to operating issues previous one other particular person earlier than I took motion. I discover it troublesome to let others do issues for me. Working in teams is hard as a result of I’m inclined to maneuver at my very own tempo, and that tempo is often fairly quick. Plus, if I’m sincere, I identical to to have issues my very own means.

However I’m attending to that age while you start to consider what is going to grow to be of you while you get outdated and maybe don’t have any selection however to rely on the kindness of others. Will I deal with it gracefully? Or – the extra chilling query – will there be anybody who’s prepared to point out me these kindnesses? Will all these years of standing by myself come again to hang-out me once I can now not get up on my own?

This New Moon is a dramatic, whole Photo voltaic Eclipse in Aries (April 8, 2024, 11:20 am PDT), the signal of the lone wolf who asks no quarter of any man and who provides none. In our Aries selves we stand alone, unencumbered by attachments which may gradual our trajectory.

American tradition notably romanticizes this lone wolf superhero, one who lives and dies on their very own phrases, with different individuals supporting gamers, at greatest, within the nice drama. However that’s a slender view, one that means that you could’t be your individual particular person and nonetheless be a part of a society. As my clever and wise mom mentioned, “We’re all people. However when one among us falls, we raise him up.” I feel that perspective gave me the braveness to be extra unbiased. I took it without any consideration that there would at all times be somebody there if I failed, and when you understand that you’ve got a comfortable place to fall, you might be prepared to succeed in greater and dream greater.

These are scary instances to dream. The streets of main cities are stuffed with those that don’t have houses, who can’t afford life’s requirements. Even those that used to take it without any consideration that in the event you performed by the principles, you possibly can have an excellent job and a pleasant place to stay, are more and more discovering that easy dream nearly out of attain.

However this eclipse falls on the Sabian image 20 Aries, A younger lady feeding birds in winter. The heartfelt innocence and valor of Aries may be seen within the little one dashing to the help of creatures in want. Likewise, in our tiny, hand-picked communities, when somebody will get sick or suffers another tragedy it’s heartening to see others dashing to their support. It’s good to be reminded that for all our fierce independence, we haven’t utterly misplaced the knack of neighborhood; that we’re all family members, if we’ll simply let ourselves be. And that one of the best ways to make sure that you received’t ever should face the worst that life can provide you by yourself, is to verify nobody else has to, both.

The Succesful Warrior

Consider Mars shifting by the sky or your start chart as an aggravating issue. On the plus aspect, aggravation may be motivating. If we’re complacent and comfy, we received’t get a lot carried out. Mars symbolizes the galvanizing pressure that urges, “Let’s make one thing occur.” However when it comes along with Saturn, Mars initially triggers… Saturn. Inertia. Procrastination. Blockages.

Once you actually look below the hood of inertia, procrastination, and blockages, what you’ll discover is concern. And nothing could make you face that concern and get to the opposite aspect of it fairly like Mars.

When Mars in Pisces joins up with Saturn (April 10, 2024, 1:36 pm PDT, 14º40′ Pisces), it’s on the Sabian image 15 Pisces: An officer making ready to drill his males. What a chic picture of troopers (Mars) receiving the coaching and management (Saturn) essential to carry out their duties.

The types of battles that Mars leads us into fluctuate from talking up when somebody says one thing you disagree with, all the best way as much as the life and loss of life eventualities of precise fight. Wherever we face battle, regardless of the stakes, we now have to summon the braveness to behave, even when we’re afraid. Mars with Saturn speaks of the preparation and self-discipline that make us, at the least, succesful warriors – till braveness catches up and makes us impressed ones.

Information from Down the Block

Mercury turns retrograde when it’s reached its most distance forward of the Solar. Like a bit child hooked up to its mother and father by an invisible leash, it races again towards the Solar with information of what’s simply forward. A few of it’s vital, a few of it isn’t. “There’s a giant white canine about two blocks up the street!” and “The Wilsons are portray their home crimson!” spills out alongside “There’s a gaggle of scary wanting guys hanging across the bodega!” It’s probably not Mercury’s job to kind out the vital from the trivial; it’s all simply information.

When retrograde Mercury reconvenes with the Solar by conjunction (April 11, 2024, 4:03 pm PDT), we get to ask ourselves whether or not any of its information is vital to us, and the way a lot vitality we should always put into making ready for what lies forward. In the meantime, Mercury continues on its means backward by the previous couple of weeks of our journey, on the lookout for missteps. Did we neglect to pay a invoice? Overlook an vital web page on the doc we signed? Neglect to make a service appointment for the automotive?

What must be addressed? Begin with the issues that may put you in a greater place to take care of what you understand is simply across the nook. Pay the invoice. Get the automotive serviced. And it wouldn’t harm to take some canine treats together with you.

Writing and pictures © 2017-24 by April Elliott Kent

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