This morning I woke to a pair of faboo email from my friend Daniel Miller. Dan and I (above circa 2000) lived on the same floor in the dorms of our undergrad (1985). We became good friends immediately. We later lived together for a couple of years. After college we circumnavigated America together in a van that only had one seat. He drove, I didn’t have a license at the time.
Dan was just down in SF after spending a couple months in Central America. He does volunteer work in Latin America every Spring. We hung out a little, though my schedule didn’t permit us as much time as we would have liked. But we did catch up and I told him about Disembody.
This morning Dan informed me he is investing $1,500 in Disembody. Which means that if we get the Durfee grant we can afford the architectural model, despite the bid being considerably higher than I had anticipated.
And, even better, he asked a friend to do my Astrology chart. I gave him all my data, including birth time and city. This morning he forwarded a very comprehensive chart to me, it is copied below. I think it bodes well:
Lee,
here is what my astrologer friend came up with based on your birth information, relating to the transits that are affecting you in this time period. I didn’t tell her anything specific about either you or your project, so that whatever she comes up with would just be based simply on the natal info. Whether any of it is of use to you, I don’t know, but its interesting anyway.
Dan
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Here it is. I ended up writing a lot more than I thought I would - my Virgo/Gemini getting carried away, I guess. I wrote about both the longer-term transits (to give the bigger context) and then the short-term transits happening in July. Please let me know if anything isn’t clear or you want elaboration. I’d be curious to know what your friend is working on.
Take care, Emily
Long-term Transits
Saturn square Moon, conjunct Mercury: 7/07-9/08 (exact 10/07, 3/08, 6/08, 8/08)
The Moon represents your emotions and Mercury represents your mind. In your birth chart these two planets form a challenging square aspect (90-degree angle), signifying a potential “feelings vs. intellect” inner conflict. You might tend to think through your feelings, perhaps try to talk yourself out of them if they don’t seem “rational.”
With Saturn now transiting these points, you have the opportunity to integrate these two parts of yourself. What your Gemini Moon and your Virgo Mercury have in common is the gift of communication. Saturn’s focusing energy brings more clarity about what exactly your message is and how you want to share it with the world. This is a time when your skills are being tested as you feel motivated or pressured to take action based on what you know - to prove yourself.
This period also involves a test to your mind, intelligence, self-expression, and ability to connect with the people around you and integrate into your environment. Saturn’s conjunction with Mercury signifies a rebirth of these parts of yourself - the completion of one 29-year cycle and the beginning of another.
Saturn conjunct Sun, 6/08-6/09 (exact 9/08)
The Sun represents your creativity, spirit and work in the world - how you shine your light. With your Sun in Virgo in the Third House, that’s likely to be through writing, teaching, storytelling or other forms of communication. Saturn’s transit to your Sun represents a rebirth of your identity and creativity - as with the above transit, this is the ending and beginning of a 29-year cycle. It’s worthwhile to consider what was going on 29 years ago in your life and to see if there are any similar themes. You might feel more drawn to exploring the past, or people from your past might come back into your life now, so you can heal any old wounds and move into the next cycle with a clean slate.
With 4 Virgo planets in your chart, letting go of guilt could be a strong theme.
This can be a “heavy” transit because Saturn works through pressure and the Sun rules your heart, joy and confidence - so you can feel heavy-hearted or more subdued than usual. But the purpose of the pressure is to help you go inward so you can clarify who you are and how you want to express yourself in this new cycle. This is a big growth period that calls for solitude, integration, self-definition and simplification. You have the opportunity now to build your self-confidence by taking small, pragmatic steps toward manifesting your creative vision.
Uranus opposite Pluto and Uranus, 1/07-2/09
Uranus opposite Uranus is the classic “mid-life crisis” transit - though it doesn’t always involve an actual crisis. It seems to be that when people really go for it and let themselves take risks and follow their instincts, there’s no need for crisis to come in. The only point of crisis during this time is to wake you up that it’s time to change. This is an accelerated growth period that can feel extremely creative, especially in the mental realm - you can get flashes of inspiration and insight, seemingly out of nowhere.
This transit is activating your Third and Ninth houses, bringing up the polarity between being connected in your daily life and being connected with higher consciousness or your version of god. This transit is likely to reverse the polarity - i.e., if you’ve been out of balance, too far involved in one area of life and neglecting the other, you’re now likely to put more of an emphasis on the opposite area. In this case, you may tend to be overly connected to your immediate environment - taking in a lot of information from multiple sources, saturating your mind so you don’t have the time/energy to connect with your higher self. During this period you might go to the opposite extreme to make up for lost time. Integrating these opposites involves bringing spirit into everyday life, communicating inner wisdom in a way that other people can understand, and bringing your higher vision down to earth.
For you, Pluto is also under the influence of this transit (since Uranus and Pluto are conjunct in your birth chart). This transit offers the opportunity to release core fears and step more fully into your power. Be open to the idea that this process can happen quickly – you’re ready for change.
Pluto square Saturn 10/05-10/08
Saturn represents your career and a transit from Pluto signifies a death and rebirth. You’re approaching the end of this transit, so you’re likely to be more in the “rebirth” part of this process (though you could still have a few months of letting go). You have probably gone through deep changes in your profession, maybe completely letting go
of a former work life and stepping into something new. Another possibility is that, rather than changing careers, you have transformed how you work.
Saturn is in Pisces in your birth chart, which is associated with careers in the arts, especially music, dance, film and photography.
Jupiter trine Mercury, Sun, Pluto and Uranus
June-September 08
Jupiter is now in Capricorn, forming a harmonious trine aspect (120-degree angle) with your Virgo planets and Taurus North Node. This “grand trine” in the Earth signs is a powerful time for giving real-world, pragmatic expression to your creative vision - for putting your ideas into practice.
Short-term Transits for Summer 08
* the influence is strongest for the days given, though can be felt at least a few days before and after
Venus conjunct Mars
July 20
Venus brings a beautifying, attracting and harmonizing influence to your Mars - your vitality and ability to assert yourself. With Mars in Leo, you feel most energized when you express your creativity (Leo is the sign of the Artist). Leo is particularly associated with drama and performance - this part of you loves to be center stage (even though your Virgo planets and Cancer Ascendant probably prefer to be behind the scenes). This is a time when you tend to feel good about yourself, and you receive the love and validation you’re looking for from your creative efforts.
Mars conjunct Mercury
July 20-21
Mars is an energizing influence to your Mercury - your power to communicate, whether through writing, speaking or other forms of expression. You might communicate more assertively during this time, or possibly aggressively.
Mars conjunct Sun
July 25-26
Now Mars energizes your Sun - your creativity. You are likely to feel more confident and compelled to assert yourself.
