Once again we see thunder associated with harmony, like we did back in Gemini season. And once again I find that a little oxymoronic, given that I find thunder always a little jarring, probably due to my inferior sensation function.
Hilary Barrett says in her translation of Hexagram 40: Liberation (Delivearance) of the I Ching* that “Humans do the work of thunder and rain through forgiveness.”
I love that image. One can liken it to what it feels like after a thunderstorm when the tension is over and the air feels cleansed. Because of the rain, there is fluidity, which is the best condition for forgiveness and the liberation that comes from it. In my experience, nothing is more liberating than forgiveness.
There’s a lot going on in Virgo right now. The Sun is there. Mercury is retrograde in Virgo for a couple more weeks and then will turn direct. Liberation is yours for the taking if you’ll have it.
This is all the more enhanced because the lightning-bolt effect of Uranus in Taurus is forming a trine to all that Virgo activity. Astrologer Rick Levine said in an interview that Uranus is about “the instantaneous resolution of irresolvable opposites” and that is its only job. I’m not sure about it being its only job, but during a recent transit of Uranus to the natal Moon in my chart, that was certainly a key dynamic.
If you have Virgo rising, Sun, Moon or other planets in Virgo, take note of this dynamic in the week ahead. If you don’t have natal Virgo planets, you will still feel it in the area of life that Virgo represents in your natal chart.
So with that in mind, here are some questions from Hilary Barrett that you may ponder if you so choose:
If nothing could bind you, where would you go?
Do you ‘have to [fill in the blank]’? Who says?
Which path leads to where you want to be?
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*The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, an ancient Chinese text, are arranged along the ecliptic (the celestial equator) in Human Design. In astrology there are 12 zodiac signs along the ecliptic, so there are 5.3 hexagrams per zodiac sign. I’m contemplating these hexagrams as a way to engage with astrology, the I Ching, and Jungian psychology.
References:
I Ching: Walking Your Path, Creating Your Future by Hilary Barrett
Rick Levine interview about Uranus on The Astrology Podcast
