Five of Pentacles
Anxious Arab leaders appealed publicly and privately on Saturday to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to rein in Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, increasing pressure on the Biden administration as it struggles to persuade Israel to reduce civilian casualties and allow in more humanitarian aid. Civilian deaths have fueled a crescendo of anger in the region and beyond, and an Israeli bombing of a convoy of ambulances drew condemnation from the United Nations, which said “nowhere is safe” in the territory.
The depth of feeling among the Arab nations was evident in a news conference in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday evening where the country’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, bluntly told Mr. Blinken, “Stop this madness.” The Egyptian foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, called for an “immediate cease-fire” in Gaza without conditions. Nov.4 https://tinyurl.com/5n8vtjc4
We first take a look at Blinken’s horoscope [1]. His natal asteroids/Sun positions are as below:
Hera[25cn]; Siva [26cn]; Sun [26ar]; Pallas [22ar]; Admetus [27ar].
These have been now triggered by:
(a) progressed solar arc Uranus [26li] opposite the Sun [26ar]
(b) Pluto[27cp] transit square the Sun [26ar]
Hera/Siva
There may be moments when people "rage" against a partner.
Pallas/Siva
Some--well, actually, a number of experiences are "designed" this year to "turn the corner" on doing things "for the sake of approval;" so some "people-pleasers" (and some willingness to do things FOR others--even at the cost of one's own integrity) are gonna' "crash and burn"! In other words, people are going to realize that some "politeness" and some approval-seeking is actually very destructive. (And the news tells us that the Arab world that were so far allies of the US are angry..and not willing to go along with their US pleasing behavior.)
Uranus (solar arc) opp. Sun/Admetus
People can resist change, or be in situations where planned changes can't occur because other things haven't fallen into place. And you may also be aware of "shunning" that occurs in connection with friends or a group. You may reduce your circle of friends now or find that fewer people understand the new directions that propose. And I hope it's clear that there will be angst, irritability and frustration over blocks to freedom or change. Parts of the year will be annoying either because you're resisting changes that are evolving-- or because changes you want seem to have to be put on the back burner or require more persistence than you're able to summon at the moment. All manner of things can come to A SUDDEN OR UNEXPECTED STOP.
Next we examine the chart for the Oct. 28 lunar eclipse which is very significantly angular in the Gaza strip, Tel-Aviv, Amman and other places close by. Moreover when progressed to Nov.4, the date of the Amman meeting, the eclipse axis completes a Grand Cross with the horizon triggering its meaning.
About this eclipse Gray Crawford writes:
When eclipses strike, everything can change with rapid fluidity and chaotic cacophony. During a lunar eclipse, Gaia casts her shadow upon Luna, the ultimate intermediary presence within astrology. What has been slumbering in shadow awakens with startling force. We become released by what has previously been binding with fixed attachment. The Taurus Lunar Eclipse on 28 October possesses a particularly potent cathartic force that will incite bold movement. The changes that emanate can ultimately be empowering but will feel stressful while dealing with associated challenges.
Taurus as the fixed sign of earth can be the most resistant to change, corresponding with the greater ease that comes from having stable and sufficient resources and the attachments we form with patterns and activities that sustain them. The volatility of a lunar eclipse in Taurus increases the potential for overturning old attachments and breaking fixed patterns in radical ways.
The Hellenistic text 36 Airs ascribed Charis to the first decan of Taurus, linking the Charites of mythology to the charity we can find in the image of the Five of Pentacles card and the meaning of the first face of Taurus.
As we will be collectively enduring a period ahead full of violent genocide, warfare, and economic inequities in current events, it will important to cultivate your inner agriculture of soul that will align you with the good graces. May the nurturance of your inner garden lead to a distribution of resources that can support and uplift those in need of your gifts.
[1] https://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Antony_Blinken
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