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People's Astrology

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4
Month
June
Year
1971
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PEOPLE'S ASTROLOGY

BY GENIE PLAMONDON

This week there are a number of major movements in the sky to watch for. Jupiter has been retrograde in Sagittarius since March. When a planet is retrograde it appears to be going backwards in the sky because of its relative rate of movement compared with the other planets. The effects of this is to take the influence of the planet way down deep inside so that it isn't so readily apparent. Saturday the 5th Jupiter is going back into Scorpio retrograde. Jupiter was the god of the gods in mythology. Jupiter the planet rules the higher mind of wisdom; it also rules our state of health and prosperity. Scorpio has a great tendency to be intensely chaotic. It is generally the most intense of all the signs, and can be either intensely good, in order, directed and rejuvenating, or intensely chaotic, misdirected, stinging, backwards and deathly. Knowing this is what helps us direct it positively, if we are conscious and into self-determination. Jupiter will not go direct in Scorpio until late next month. We must be extremely careful with our health.

Mercury moves into Gemini on Monday the 7th. Mercury rules Gemini, it works very smoothly and easily here. Mercury was the messenger of the gods, with winged feet. It rules, communication, teaching the lower mind of facts, the central nervous system. Gemini is the twins, going from one extreme to the other. It can give broad scope to any planet that works through it, sometimes so broad it doesn't get anything done. Hopefully communications will be made a lot easier with Mercury in Gemini, and our interests and energies will be broadened to include alot of different ideas and things to do. It will also be a good time to get to the facts of any given situation and to pass them on, to learn and to teach. People can only act on the information made available to them -- the more correct information we have the more correctly we will be able to act.

Pluto goes direct on the 7th also. Pluto has been in retrograde in Virgo since the beginning of January. When a planet goes direct again it passes through the same points it went back wards through when retrograde; this has the effect of doubling the influence and making it super strong. Pluto was the god of the underworld. He wanted to destroy and bring everything to the surface. In one sense this can be very negative and ugly. But in another sense it can be a cleansing or purging in a good positive spirit, destroying the ugly and bringing things out into the open to be dealt with, making room for the creativeness so badly needed on our planet. Destruction and creation go hand in hand, you can 't have one without the other. Virgo is a good place for Pluto to be. Virgo is very discriminating and choosey, detailed and calculated -- which can be a drag sometimes when overdone -- hopefully with Pluto direct in Virgo again and strong we will be very conscious and thoughtful about bringing things to the surface to be dealt with in a positive sense.

The full Moon this month is on Tuesday the 8th in Sagittarius. This is a heavy place for the full Moon to be. Sagittarius is the sage or wise person. It is symbolized by the centaur (half-horse, half-human) shooting an arrow high in the sky. A horse is traditionally one of the most intuitive and sensitive animals of all; the Moon's influence is also very deeply intuitive and sensitive. Where the Moon is influences the way we react, to situations and people in particular and in general. The arrow being shot up into the sky represents the high goals that Sagittarius sets. The Moon also makes us restless and Sagitarrius makes us want to travel and gather experience to add to our knowledge. This month promises to be very far out.

I think I should also mention that on Sunday the 6th, the day of the first free summer concert in Diana Oughton Memorial Park, also a benefit for the John Sinclair Freedom Fund at the Grande in Detroit that night, the Moon will be in Scorpio. It will also be square to Mars and in opposition to Venus. As the planets move around the Zodiac at their different rates they form different angles with each other. Some of the angles make it very easy for planets to work together and some make it very hard, in fact can cause a lot of friction between planets. Unfortunately, squares and oppositions are two of the hardest and can cause the most friction between planets. With the Moon in Scorpio, (already pretty intense to deal with) and then square to Mars and in opposition to Venus also, we have to be very careful about the way we react to everything. Things could so easily fly right off into the zone.

That day also the Sun will be trine to Mars and Mercury will be in conjunction with Saturn. Trine and conjunction are two of the easiest angles for the planets to work together. The Sun trine to Mars will add an incredible amount of energy where there already is an incredible amount of intense energy with the Moon in Scorpio. Mercury in conjunction with Saturn could put real limitations on our ability to communicate, too. Hopefully we can balance it all out and put all the energy into postivie contexts; unfortunately there are people bent on doing just the opposite that we must be conscious and careful of.

Sisters find your sisters

Brothers find your brothers

People find your people

The Sun and Moon are with us

We will come together

The Rainbow is our spirit.