A Magic Pattern

Jupiter in Capricorn - high in the sky in the eleventh house of the Gondola - stands in opposition to the Moon in Cancer in the fifth house. 

What is the meaning of this?

The Moon reflects its faint light from deep below the keel of the Gondola in the water sign of Cancer. Cold and warmth, outer and inner, high and low, darkness and light...

Is there anything to reconcile the opposites? Perhaps even to bring them together in a higher and more fulfilling unity?

As the picture gradually becomes more clear there appears a beautiful and mysterious pattern in the chart of the Gondola - a pattern where all opposites (Jupiter-Moon and Uranus-Saturn) form diagonals in a "mystic rectangle".

The magic pattern - which also includes Chiron, the Healer, and the Lunar Nodes - in one stroke dissolves all potential trouble! The voyage of the Gondola is blessed and safe! What first seemed to be troublesome now appears to be a most beautiful and reassuring pattern of collaborating planetary aspects, an alchemical dance of the heavenly lights...

Your Galactic Gondolier

Troubled Voyage (In a Calm Weather)

The opposition between Uranus and Saturn - which has been active for a couple of years now - is perhaps the most diametrical of all polarities.

Uranus stands for new and unconventional ideas and the dismantling of old structures while Saturn on the other hand stands for the established and well-known order of things - everything that Uranus likes to destroy!

Therefore, perhaps it is not too surprising that the last time the two planets were in opposition to each other was during the tumultuous 1960s and all the assaults on the establishment of those days!

And the time before that was during the First World War and the Russian Revolution - another time of struggle and upheaval in the world.

The current opposition between Uranus and Saturn has been active during the last two years. And this sure has been - and still is - a time of upheaval and drama, especially as Pluto, planet of transformation, is now passing through Capricorn, sign of structure and establishment, and squaring the Uranus - Saturn opposition!

The Gondola - although peacefully traversing the silent starlit canals of Galactic Venice - may still reflect a stormy and tumultuous time in the world around...

Your Galactic Gondolier