Self-Healing Activations and Shaking Things Up with the Goddess of Discord

 

"Self-Healing Activations and Shaking Things Up with the Goddess of Discord" is an article available to Willow's Web Astrology patrons.  

Happy Equinox!

Suicide Prevention Through Astrological Awareness: Mars-Saturn Contacts

This is a Plutonic awareness article discussing suicidal tendencies associated with contacts between Mars and Saturn and particularly square aspects between those two bodies. This article will not be everyone's cup of tea, but as a Plutonic astrologer, I do think the exploration of this topic is valuable if done with love and respect.

I've been writing about Mars-Saturn contacts and the increased risk of suicide, particularly for men, since 2011. You can see all Mars-Saturn contacts articles here. 

Mars-Saturn contacts, and particularly the square aspect, indicate the potential for acute challenge and difficulty. If placements in the natal chart are being aspected, a person can feel as if he or she is being held or trapped within tremendously tough circumstances without a viable route through them. Pressure, frustration, and despair can build to extreme levels under these contacts, and this has been shown in the past to increase the risk of suicide. A permanent decision (Saturn) is made, perhaps impulsively (Mars), that cannot be taken back. This most permanent of decisions is made in an attempt to deal with difficulties that, no matter how complex or challenging, are most likely temporary in their acute severity.

Under Mars-Saturn contacts, and particularly a Mars-Saturn square, we can feel as if our forward-ho motion is being stalled, blocked, or restricted in despair-inducing ways. We can feel as if our will is being thwarted and our movement painfully restricted. There can be a feeling that any action taken is pointless or that it will not bring about the desired result. There can be intense fear related to taking any action at all, creating a feeling of being stuck in the circumstances or problems with no outlet or solution. Our responsibilities, obligations, and challenges can seem tremendously heavy and exhausting under these contacts to the point that we doubt our ability to deal with them successfully.

Saturn can convince us (erroneously) that our problems will be this tough forever, that we've made no progress, and that there is no way out, no solution. 

Mars-Saturn contacts, and particularly squares, have a tendency to stir "between a rock and a hard place" frustrations. It can seem as if any move we make will be inadequate. Extremely uncomfortable conditions can arise and be prolonged under these contacts. 

Mars and Saturn are the two malefic planets of the zodiac. They can be really nasty buggers. When Mars and Saturn form a 90-degree square aspect, the two bodies are interacting in a particularly frictional, tense, and potentially frustrating way. It may seem, under this aspect, that we've been stuck with the same set of problems for our entire lives, never able to gain satisfactory traction toward a long-term solution. We may be rubbing up against certain aspects of our circumstances in frictional ways, stirring feelings of anger, impatience, frustration, dread, fear, self-doubt, or defeat. 

Mars-Saturn contacts are an indicator that we’re being challenged to do things we don't really want to do, things we don’t feel we have the strength or energy to do at that moment. The feeling of being forced to make a move then kicks up anxiety, fear, and dread.  

Mars-Saturn contacts, particularly the square aspect, can indicate extreme or even intolerable frustration. These contacts can indicate restrictions being put on our ability to take action or our ability to achieve outward success within given conditions. The difficulties associated with Saturn - fear, dread, self-doubt, depression, low energy, lack of motivation, financial or career challenge - are inflamed, activated, and stirred up (Mars). There can be a feeling of not being up to the task at hand, of not being equipped to fulfill our obligations and responsibilities or the requirements of our public facades. 

In my observation, the Mars-Saturn square can be particularly harsh for men. It may be more difficult for men to talk about their challenges, especially with depression or mental/emotional health. Failure, especially career failure, may be an all-pervading fear and could lead to feeling like a failure as a person. 

Under transiting contacts, the most acute challenges are most often temporary, and things generally seem more difficult than they really are. Giving things more time is often a good strategy.

Saturn relates to fear and self-doubt, and the influence of Mars inflames or exacerbates these difficulties to a point where they might not seem manageable anymore.  

There is an intersection between anger (Mars) and depression (Saturn).

Of course, there are many beneficial elements to the Mars-Saturn contact, as well. It indicates the drive and the will (Mars) to tackle tough challenges step-by-step (Saturn), challenges that others might buckle under. Working through difficult emotions and learning new strategies for dealing with those emotions allow us to make solid progress that puts us in stronger long-term position. These are contacts that can help us to face our fears and take action in our lives. These contacts create the energy and the impetus to overcome even long-standing problems and obstacles. If the (sometimes extreme) difficulties of these contacts are worked with patiently over time, we can make very substantial and satisfying progress. We can come into a new level of authority, self-control, and self-mastery by meeting their challenges. Elements of our lives that seemed outside our control can slowly come under our personal dominion.

We experienced a prolonged square between Mars and Saturn in 2020 and early 2021. This coincided with "lockdown" restrictions around the world that put many people in very precarious financial and emotional/psychological territory. Suicides have been reported regularly throughout this period, but official statistics in most countries will not be available possibly for years. We will have to wait for the statistical data to see whether lockdown measures coincided with increased suicides (and related deaths like overdoses). Anecdotal evidence indicates that this is the case.  

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Article Links 2011 - 2021

Today is the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. I've been researching and writing about Fukushima since it began in March 2011. Here's a collection of links to some of those articles. You can see all the articles under the Fukushima nuclear crisis label.

March 8, 2021: An Astrological Review of Two Chiron in Pisces Ocean Disasters at their 10th Anniversaries: the Gulf of Mexico Oil/Corexit Disaster and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

March 11, 2020: So You're Woke AF? How Much Do You Know About the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster?

March 11, 2019: Chiron in Aries and Uranus in Taurus Mark the 8th Anniversary of the Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

August 5, 2018: Fukushima Tweet Storm August 11, 2018 for the New Moon in Leo Partial Solar Eclipse

July 28, 2018: Deconstructing the Worldwide Media Blackout on the Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: California Wine is Just the Tip of This Radioactive Iceberg

July 6, 2018: Chiron Retrograde in Aries/Pisces: Pulling Our Heads Out of the Radioactive Sand...or Bust!

March 1, 2018: Mars Square Chiron Marks the Seventh Anniversary of the (Ongoing) Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

March 8, 2017: The Six-Year Anniversary of the Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the Collapse of the Pacific Ocean Ecosystem

March 29, 2016: Sun-Mercury in Aries Stirs the Uranus-Pluto Square: Calling Out the Nuclear Gatekeepers, Shills, and Establishment Schmucks

November 11, 2015: Canada's Vested Interest in the Protection of the Nuclear Industry Via Continued Lies About Fukushima

September 8, 2014: Mercury Moves Into Potentially Volatile Territory: the Dangerous Job of Justice-Fighting on an Unjust Planet

June 17, 2014: First Fukushima-Irradiated Sailor Dies

May 21, 2014: If You Are Still Eating Pacific Ocean Seafood, Now is the Time to Stop

March 3, 2014: H.A.A.R.P. Homeopathy and the 3rd Anniversary of the Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster March 11

February 17, 2014: Keeping Our Heads Above Water During Another End-of-Era Pisces Season

December 31, 2013: New Moon in Capricorn: Fukushima, Gatekeepers, and the Big Responsibility of Thinking For Yourself

September 1, 2013: What You Should Know About the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima, Japan

March 11, 2012: Stationing Mercury Conjunct Uranus in Aries on the One-Year Anniversary of Fukushima and a Retrograde Over the Zero Aries/29 Pisces Point

June 14, 2011: The Law of Attraction, Fukushima-Style 

May 29, 2011: Ripple Effect Ceres-Pluto in Capricorn Themes and Radioactivity in Food

May 8, 2011: Canada Day Cardinal Grand Cross Eclipse: Well, Golly Gee Whiz. Look Who's Fuelling the Global Nuclear Industry

March 16, 2011: Uranus in Aries Ushers in an Era of Unnatural Disaster

 

Fukushima message board guild at Ruqqus

An Astrological Review of Two Chiron in Pisces Ocean Disasters at their 10th Anniversaries: the Gulf of Mexico Oil/Corexit Disaster and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

April 20, 2020 marked the 10-year anniversary of the British Petroleum/Deepwater Horizon oil gusher and Corexit disaster that poisoned and continues to poison the Gulf of Mexico and the plants, animals, and people living in the area.

March 11, 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster at Fukushima, Japan that poisoned and continues to poison the atmosphere, Pacific Ocean, and plants, animals, and people all over the world.

I've covered both disasters on this site:

Fukushima nuclear crisis

Gulf of Mexico oil spill

This article looks at astrological and thematic similarities between the two and illustrates how these are actually ongoing disasters.

As you can see in the charts below, both disasters occurred with tight conjunctions between Neptune in late Aquarius and Chiron in early Pisces. 

Wounded healer Chiron (wounds, injuries, health, healing, lessons) was just beginning its transit of Pisces (oceans, oil, dissolution, dispersion, the invisible) as these disasters were initiated. In both cases, we see tremendous harm to the health of the oceans and to all life connected to them.

Neptune, the ruling planet of Pisces, is the God of the sea. Neptune was in late Aquarius at the time of both disasters. Aquarius is associated with energy and electrical current, and both disasters involved the production of energy - oil in the case of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig and nuclear power in the case of the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Neptune in late Aquarius was in a mutual reception and tight semi-sextile aspect to Uranus in late Pisces in both charts. Mutual reception means each planet was inhabiting the sign ruled by the other at the time of the disasters. This intensifies the interplay and the inter-meshed themes between the two, including the element of instability and explosiveness, as well as the magnitude of the shocking or unexpected events involving the ocean.

Both disasters occurred at the time of a major ingress. The Deepwater Horizon explosion occurred on the day Chiron entered Pisces. The Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred as Uranus re-entered Aries. Note: Japan is 15 to 18 hours ahead of North America, so this event happened on March 11 in Japan, which was March 10 in North America. News broke in North America on March 11, as Uranus re-entered Aries. 

Deepwater Horizon explosion 

April 20, 2010 at 9:56 p.m. 

Neptune in late Aquarius conjunct Chiron in late Pisces

This event occurred on the day of the Chiron ingress of Pisces.

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Happy Lucky 13, Willow's Web Astrology blog!

  

Happy 13th birthday, Willow's Web Astrology blog! 

I hope life as a teenager is full of fun and adventure. 

Thank-you to my readers, patrons, and readings customers over the years.

The Saturn-Uranus Cycle 1988 to 2032 and the Closing Saturn-Uranus Square of 2021

 

"The Saturn-Uranus Cycle 1988 to 2032 and the Closing Saturn-Uranus Square of 2021" is an article available to Willow's Web Astrology patrons.

This article covers the 44-year Saturn-Uranus cycle, as well as the closing square between Saturn and Uranus that we experience in 2021. It also outlines some prominent future Gemini transits and aspects.

Uranus in Taurus and More Unexpected Economic Justice for Bayer-Monsanto - or Is It So Unexpected After All?

 

Early on in the transit of Uranus in Taurus, we saw what I called at the time "unexpected (Uranus) economic justice (Taurus)" for the crimes against humanity, animals, and nature that have been committed by corporations Bayer and Monsanto, which merged in 2018 into Bayer-Monsanto. 

 

Roundup Lawsuits

 

We saw this economic justice in the form of hundreds of millions of dollars awarded through California courts to people who said their cancers (specifically non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) were caused by exposure to Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup.

 

The awards were later lowered drastically by the judges. 

 

Dewayne Johnson, 48, was originally awarded $289 million for compensation for his terminal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This was later reduced to $20.4 million.

 

Edwin Hardeman, 71, was originally awarded $80 million for his Roundup-caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which was later reduced to $25 million. 

Alva and Alberta Pilliod, 78 and 75 respectively, were awarded $2 billion for their non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, later reduced to $86.7 million. 

 

There are more than 100,000 lawsuits against Bayer-Monsanto over Roundup-related cancer and illness. Unfortunately, many of the plaintiffs will be settling for far less than their injuries warrant. In early February, it was reported that Bayer has set aside $2 billion to settle claims, earmarking between $5,000 and $200,000 for each case. Class members will have the option of settling or suing. 

 

The hits just keep coming for ole Bayer, though. (Yes, please keep them coming.)

 

Shareholder Lawsuits

 

In late January, it was announced that two law firms are suing Bayer for damages on behalf of shareholders who say they should have been warned about the possibility of Roundup lawsuits at the time of the acquisition of Monsanto. The $63 billion takeover of Monsanto in 2018 has been called "disastrous" by one of the investor litigants. These lawsuits have the possibility of multi-billion dollar awards for shareholders.

 

Agent Orange Lawsuit

Bayer is also facing more litigation over Monsanto's production of Agent Orange, a chemical defoliant used widely by the U.S. government during the war against Vietnam. Agent Orange has caused terrible birth defects, miscarriages, still births, and lifelong health problems for people exposed to it - both the Vietnamese people and U.S. soldiers - and the effects of Agent Orange exposure continue to be passed on through their offspring.

Willow's Web Astrology Zine Pack + a Stop GM Alfalfa Bumper Sticker on Etsy

  

This Willow's Web Astrology zine pack includes eight zines and a Stop GM Alfalfa bumper sticker. It's available at the WWA Etsy Shop:

WWA Zine Pack

Titles:

- How to Spot Controlled Opposition

- Mercury-Black Moon Lilith Contacts, Censorship, and Reporting from the Fringes

- Dystopian Flames: The True Cost of Oil Production on the Canadian Prairies

- Nightmarish Tales of the Pharmaceuticals Industry’s Crimes Against Humanity! – Volume One

- Nightmarish Tales of the Pharmaceuticals Industry’s Crimes Against Humanity! – Volume Two

- The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Collapse of the Pacific Ocean Ecosystem

- Deconstructing New Age: The New Age Movement as a Spiritual Control Mechanism

- Stop Genetically Modified Alfalfa!  

Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius: Connecting Seemingly Disparate Elements, Revealing a Cohesive Whole

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If you regularly find Willow's Web Astrology valuable, please consider becoming a patron. Patrons receive in-depth astrological articles to their email inboxes that are not available on the public blog. Patronage supports the work produced by Willow's Web Astrology.

HOW YOU CAN HELP TO STOP/BAN 5G - a guide for activists or concerned people

Ban 5G Worldwide! Action Group at MeWe 

Stop 5G Global at Ruqqus

 

Please post your own actions and ideas, as well.

Because 5G is being rolled out top-down, it's vital that we galvanize active resistance from the local, grassroots level.

• LETTER FOR MAYORS AND TOWN OR CITY COUNCILORS: sample letter - feel free to copy and paste any of it for your own efforts

This action is most effective when multiple people send letters/emails. Also send this letter to Members of Parliament and other politicians.

Post the responses you get, even if they are pro-5G or even if you are completely ignored. Keep records so we can hold elected officials accountable. Public shaming for inaction on 5G can be very effective!

Questions to ask your mayor and city councilors. Get answers in writing. Keep records of correspondence, even if they slough you off or completely ignore you. This can be used to hold elected representatives accountable for their inaction in future.

What is the official stance on the 5G rollout from _________ City Council, including the response to the substantial evidence of 5G dangers and health harm?

Is City Council a proponent of 5G technology?

Is City Council planning to make ________ a "Smart City"?

How many 5G towers will be in operation in _________?

How many new towers will be added to the existing 4G infrastructure?

May we have a map of tower locations in the city?

Will these towers be erected near schools, daycares, hospitals, and senior citizen's housing?

What recourse do homeowners and renters have to block a tower from going in close to their dwellings?

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR OR TO OTHER LOCAL MEDIA: sample letter - feel free to copy and paste any of it 

This action is most effective when multiple people send letters/emails.

Post the responses you get, even if they are pro-5G or even if you are completely ignored. Keep records so we can hold media accountable for censoring this issue.

• POSTERING CAMPAIGN ON COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARDS: print Ban 5G graphics and put them up on community bulletin boards in your town or city. You can add the name of your local Stop 5G group to let people know how they can join in. These can also be posted in the windows of your home.
  

SIGNS AT EMF SAFETY NETWORK (Thank-you to artist Valerie Jacquemet.)

SIGNS AT 5G CRISIS (Click 'shrink to fit' to get them to print on standard paper)