THE JULY TERRAIN

The forecast is prepared and written in luminous tiles across your retinas. May it shine forth upon all who meet your gaze. The words grow here slick and filthy and unhindered by enterprise.

In July we ride the great tides of change, though when it comes to the emotional weather, we’re in for agonizing showers of uncertainty. Why? Well, look at it this way: people are great at talking about how change is needed. And how they want it. But when the moment to change actually shows up? They whine like skinny puppies clammering for a spare teat to suckle… For I say unto you: it would be easier for a Pelican to assassinate the CEO of B.P. using a slingshot loaded with overcooked lima beans than it would be to miss the signs of the immanetizing eschaton, the Planetary mind is about to wake up, you can feel it! On the World stage the drama is tense… Who can look at pictures of oil soaked birds and not be moved to tears..and anger… See BP adding toxic chemical death into the mix (to hide the body of the victim from public view), hear the accounts of peace activists who’s fellow humanitarian aid workers where executed at sea by Israeli Zionist Pirates (with Nukes) who amongst us is not moved by this spectacle of sheer abject Terror? But, my fellow Immortals, this is nothing less than a collective Global Psycho-Spiritual Death-Rebirth Process (IAO) which we as a species must undergo in order that we might fulfill all of the prophesies in a way nobody could have foreseen and be reborn as One.


And so the Uranian change is upon us. Rest assured: the voluptuous terror you feel swiftly gives way to splendour. If we cooperate, participate and innovate, we will discover new ways to create gain. When we resist or insist on having things our way? Then Uranus signals disruption…even self-destruction. Being willing to flex when/where situations ask you to venture outside your comfort zones? That’s essential. Being honest enough to admit what you can do and don’t know how to do—also important. Rigidity and being closed off to new ways—that’s the enemy. Whatever calls you from outside the curtain can wait. You’re here now, and ready at last to open your eyes. When you do, you’ll see that Time is a soft jagged wave moving through you. As July begins, the Sun and Mercury in the second (emotional) decanate of Cancer signal emotional focus on basics. Meanwhile, Mars’ position in the (emotional) second decan of hard-working, function-oriented Virgo tells us that pragmatic productivity and the sensible approach pays off well. Things to avoid? Getting caught up in endless details or allowing yourself to get drawn off track. The person in charge of dispelling notions will be off duty during the hours of greatest morphic resonance, in order to provoke the gods.
Bearing in mind what your capacities and resources are is also important as Venus is just moving into the third decan of Leo (degrees 20-29) and plans already in the works now play out—a process which continues through July 10. During this time, expect to be aware of a need to move on to other things, too; with Uranus and Jupiter united in particularly proactive degrees of “I Am” sign Aries, there’s much to do—and many a plus and minus in play. A president, male or female, will be of little use. What we need is a good old-fashioned kick in the stomach, and this we would have received had the car doors not been locked. But such was our luck. How so? Well, Jupiter can represent happiness, learning/learning better and finding the path to a goal. But it can also symbolize the bull-headed need to be right, sometimes despite proof to the contrary! We could charm a snake from a cat’s vagina just by snoring. We could steer a tank with our diction even if you numbed our tongue with a lethartonic unguent. So when we put this with Uranus (the archetypal symbol of ongoing change) we can get innovation and cures—or anarchy and negative righteousness. Will you work to be free or manifest an urge to rebel? Will you accept the rights of others to be “different but equal”? Or try to inflict your preferences, foisting them on others, asking/forcing them to foot costs, literally or figuratively? Rights noble and ignoble now rise to the fore, producing brilliant insights and just as determined blindness. So expect as much promotion of universality as abandonment of social/societal responsibility. With Saturn is in late Virgo for most of the month, life now asks whether we will or won’t work to make things function or functional and whether we are thinking only personally or globally. There’s a lot of helplessness going around, but are we really helpless? Once Saturn moves into Libra towards the end of the month, fur will fly as people get called out on stuff. Things which have gone (pretty much) unnoticed will suddenly get big reactions and responses. Saturn in Libra can be the soul of responsibility. It can also symbolized getting called down on bad behavior. The good news is that since this is Saturn, and since with Saturn’s move into Libra will also come a time to repent, repair and change one’s ways, now is the time to recognize what needs changing. This “shift” begins getting stirred up (sort of like mud on the bottom of a pond) as Uranus goes retrograde at 0 Aries on July 5. As a degree, 0 Aries concerns the polarities of indignant righteousness against militant determination with the question being whether you’re working from a base of honor or ego. Getting away with murder (literal or figurative) is part of the figure as asteroid Lust passes through 2 Aries, a degree known for lack of follow-through. And just so you know—as a celestial object, Lust isn’t just sexual: this is more about obsession and fixation than relationships per se.
We are entering a time when the planets are at their most active. We feel the forward motion of the planets more than ever right now, and one of the results is a sense of urgency about completing old tasks so that we can create our new beginnings with a fresh slate. One of these revolves around the eclipses—the gathering of cosmic family units, also called tribes. It is as if a hidden voice is calling people to make connections that will be fulfilled in the coming months and years. This has been occurring since the eclipses entered Cancer-Capricorn (signs of family unity and structure) in July 2009. As we enter the final stretch of the 18 months when the eclipses fall in this sign axis, we instinctively want to complete the process to be ready for the next stage, when the eclipses begin to tap the energies of Gemini-Sagittarius in December. We passed a watershed moment on June 26, when the Lunar Eclipse brought to us many new connections and changes in awareness. As July opens, we are still feeling the new spin that these events have put on our lives. On July 11, we experience the Solar Eclipse, by which we plant seeds for what we want to grow for the rest of the year. Tactically, we are the proverbial dodo feather stuck between the crocodile’s teeth. our friends all think we are psychologically damaged from trying to please them, and indeed our behaviour bares all the earmarks of a cart-horse trained to suck ankles and yet even the slightest breeze seems to send us into a blazing legislative fury. Several significant planetary events occur to augment this process. Saturn re-enters Libra after a final 3-½ months in Virgo. In November through March, we got the call to whatever task(s) we are meant to fulfill under Saturn in Libra. The return to Virgo gave us the time to clean up the old before fully launching the new. This often involved Virgo tasks: reorganizing, cleaning up/clearing out, improving our health, and finding a more meaningful way to serve others. Now we return to Libra’s directive to create balance in our lives. This also focuses us on "right relationship"—ensuring that our relationships, especially our most intimate ones, are based in our authentic self rather than the ego. While Saturn is in Libra, ego-based relationships will be harder to maintain and will be nudged toward our zone of authenticity. When Saturn enters Libra, it immediately re-engages with Uranus, for the last of five times. These two planets have been interacting since mid-2008, juxtaposing the status quo and the need for innovation. As they complete their interaction, we get one more shot at reconciling these energies both inside us and in our outer lives. We will experience harmony to the extent to which we have learned to synchronize head and heart. Mars pierces these energies and brings action into our lives when it contacts Uranus and Saturn on July 30 and 31. Jupiter and Uranus have been "hot" since they entered Aries in early June. They have been partners all this year in a cosmic dance of creativity in response to startling events. This month they conspire to establish longer-term processes in our lives that will free us to live more authentically. This comes when Uranus begins its five-month retrograde period on July 5, and Jupiter starts its retrograde (lasting four months) on July 23. By the end of the retrogrades, we will have created new realities in our lives. For some of us, the place we end up will have nothing in common with where we are now, even though by now we have a good idea of where we’re headed and what form our new lives will take.Our process of self-understanding and expansion is deepened and intensified when Jupiter squares Pluto at the same time that it makes its station. We benefit if we can expand our consciousness to know what is true beyond what society teaches us. On July 20, Chiron re-enters Aquarius from Pisces. Once again, our healing process is directed toward the mind rather than the energy field as a whole. It also changes our focus back to what we’ve been working on for the past six years. Chiron also reconnects with Neptune to continue the healing of the Great Wound that we’ve been engaged in for the past three years.