Several of you have been asking about the novel coronavirus in regard to astrology. Of course, to understand the specific energies at play for an individual, your birth chart needs to be examined in terms of past life karmas, current health status and what tendencies are active in your current life situation. Nevertheless, by looking at the current positions of the slow moving planets, ie, Saturn, Jupiter and the nodes of the Moon, we can gain clarity as to humanity as a whole.
Those of you who have had readings with me know that the nodes of the moon are the most significant aspects of a chart. The South node reveals where we need awareness in our lives in order to become “unstuck” and experience more success and joy, while the North node reveals the conscious action that will bring that awareness.
Currently, the South node is in Capricorn, the sign that is fundamentally about a human being’s capacity to listen to the higher self. Without awareness, the South node indicates delusion, where, through tradition, habitual thinking, or wrong understanding about our true nature, we perceive the world in a way that is false. This falsehood creates fear and the actions we undertake are predominantly those we think will avoid what it is we fear. Opposite the South node in Capricorn is the North node in Cancer which represents those actions. Without awareness, our actions become an emotional reaction to what we fear.
In other words, current astrological indications are telling us that the tendency for human beings at this moment in time is to be deaf to the voice of their higher self, their voice of intuition and insight. This creates fear and shows up in the North node in Cancer as panic, hysteria, worry, etc.
This is further exacerbated by two events currently underway: Saturn leaving Capricorn and entering Aquarius and Jupiter’s transit of Capricorn which began last December. Saturn in Capricorn indicates the capacity to be grounded, real, unemotional and practical. Though it does well in Aquarius, too, in Capricorn Saturn indicates human beings have at least some foothold in stability. Jupiter, a planet of optimism and expansion, is constricted in Capricorn and the association with the South node means pessimism and overreaction.
By the end of April, the nodes leave their current signs. As astronomical points that move “backwards”, this means the South node will move into Sagittarius as the North node enters Gemini. This is significant for everyone on earth and will certainly indicate a change to the current situation. Sagittarius is the sign of purification and sacrifice indicating a need to let go of certain comforts and conveyances though most people will be resistant to sacrificing their comforts in order to bring about real change. Likewise, the North node in Gemini indicates a tendency to overuse logic and reasoning and to get lost in the details of a situation by losing sight of the whole picture. During this period, discriminating between what is real and unreal, between what is helpful and unhelpful, will be necessary to analyse available options in the most beneficial way.
In a nutshell:
Through April, our conditioned mind:
- Makes it challenging to hear the voice of our higher self, the one Consciousness
- This can lead to fear causing worry and panic
- Which leads to over-reactions and actions based upon fear
What needs to happen:
- Stay grounded, centred, organised and practical.
- The tendency will be to experience constricting emotions like fear, worry, panic. To counter this tendency, use the energy of emotion but direct it toward love, joy, compassion and gratitude and service. This can most easily be achieved by embracing the fundamental aspects of Cancer that includes the feminine, home and family and our natural inclination to nurture and comfort.
A word of caution: for those of you deeply attached to family, it can be challenging because you will tend to be in “survival mode” and make choices from feelings of limitation and fear. Everything you need to live a beautiful life is within you and for those of you that can experience a bit of space, you will more easily see what it is you need to do. The best path is to practice staying connected to your own sweetness… then serving your family and the world from that source within you.
Building strength through May and at least the end of the year:
- The conditioned mind tends to be unwilling to embrace sacrifice and disruption of conveyance and comfort
- This creates a tendency to “over-think”, losing the holistic perspective and getting lost in the bits and pieces of a situation
What needs to happen:
- Accept that life is asking you to let go of notions and attitudes that have been holding you back. This may happen through intensity but intensity embraced as an opportunity can lead to revelation and transformation rather than difficulty and suffering.
- Blind belief is not your friend during this time. Use your logic, reasoning and common sense to make decisions but fight the urge to overreact and focus on only the details. The answer lies in the details but only as part of the bigger picture. Details can be examined but they must be evaluated holistically.
This is very general but this is what all of humans are dealing with. Each individual will experience a certain “flavour” but the fundamental energies remain the same…
The coronavirus is an opportunity to “wake up”, an opportunity to ask ourselves if we, as individuals, or us, as a nation of the global community, are prepared to face events perhaps more challenging in the future. Reports are that many of these recent outbreaks have been caused by human and animals interacting in ways that is not natural or healthy, eg, eating bats and other wild animals. On another front, several top scientists are telling us that the “5G Rollout” is causing virus mutations and a host of other problems.
Are we willing to sacrifice money, power, and convenience for our health and the health of the world?
In the future, we may not have a choice.