The Honeymoon’s Over
I saw this as a news headline somewhere–that President Obama’s ‘honeymoon’ period is over. I don’t know about Obama, but for the rest of us there’s a ring of truth to that.
Jupiter is now retrograde, as is Neptune and Chiron. These are the 3 placements that conjoined each other in May and June and half of July, giving us all a nice bump of unearned optimism and confidence. The time period has had its harrowing moments, at least partly due to energetic eclipse action, but the media’s relentless pushing of bad economic news eased up.
It was as though everyone forgot for a bit that we are in serious trouble and that our fundamental institutions need to be rebuilt.
Well now Jupiter’s zooming away from Neptune and our collective confidence is scheduled to wane. I know mine took a noticeable dip as soon as Jupiter went retrograde. If your confidence is waning a bit these days, there’s a reason for it.
And this is not necessarily a bad thing. We can all step back a bit. We can get more clear-headed with Neptune not fogging things up. We can prepare for what we need to do instead of jumping in all deluded. After all when the honeymoon’s over, the real marriage begins.
If you want to know in what areas of your life a dip in confidence or a need to step back might be indicated, look to see what house the sign of Aquarius represents in your solar chart (or natal chart if you know your rising sign). They are listed below. You can visit my other site Practical Astrology to see what the houses mean. (Scroll down the page.)
Aries: 11th house
Taurus: 10th house
Gemini: 9th house
Cancer: 8th house
Leo: 7th house
Virgo: 6th house
Libra: 5th house
Scorpio: 4th house
Sagittarius: 3rd house
Capricorn: 2nd house
Aquarius: 1st house
Pisces: 12th house
