URANUS IS EXACTLY SQUARE PLUTO ALL SUMMER LONG: tension, upheaval, eruption of violence, freedom from oppression. Some find themselves in the midst of socio-political uprisings and drastic weather; others put out fires. Tempers flare Caution advised while driving.
Major changes, often breakthroughs, whose time has come and which can no longer wait alter our course and throw our lives temporarily up in the air; some squalls are best endured, they will pass, others throw the past behind us, we suddenly discover ourselves in new beginnings we had perhaps imagined but not thought would arrive so quickly, so dramatically, so definitively.
When another planet ties into this volatile mix, we best pay attention. July 17 th to 22nd , Mars in Libra adds to the combustion and changes the square to a T-Square by opposing Uranus and squaring Pluto. Tonight and early tomorrow (USA) the Moon in Cancer completes the picture forming a Grand Cardinal Cross, a very potent if potentially explosive combination of forces. Staying centered helps prevent exhaustion. Venus continues to transit in Gemini in TRINE to transiting Saturn in Libra which fortunately softens ire and lowers the volume of outbursts through diplomacy and effective communication.
Mercury joins Uranus and Pluto as retrograde transits; energy turns inward, apparently slows down, an advantage, like shade on a hot summer’s day when wisely wielded.