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Transits of the Season
telescope to examine your fingernail , and we may exaggerate details and wind up mistaking minutia for the big picture . Yet we can also recognize the value of service , and the somewhat Spartan feel of Virgo can encourage that most un-Jovian of virtues , moderation . Health care reform in the U . S is likely to get a boost from Jupiter in the sign we associate with health . This is a topic that was prominent when Saturn was in Virgo ( around the 2008 presidential election ). Issues around the food supply , such as organic foods , GMOs , and factory farming are also likely to be amped up – although perhaps all sides of each of these debates will benefit equally from additional Jovian hyperbole .
Vesta , an asteroid closely associated with the sign of the virgin , turns retrograde in Aries on August 12th , just a day after Jupiter ’ s ingress . Vesta stations square to Pluto in Capricorn – an indication of activism against Big Agra , Big Pharma , and icons of corporate control over our health and wellbeing . Vesta ’ s station is likely to subtly color Jupiter ’ s time in Virgo .
The Virgo emphasis continues with a partial solar eclipse on September 13th , at 20 degrees of the sign . This was the degree of the second of five oppositions of Saturn to Uranus during the years 2008 – 2010 ( the first occurred on November 4 , 2008 , when Barack Obama was elected president in the U . S .). This degree also correlates with health care reform in the United States , so we may see some changes around that issue . Immigration is not especially Virgoan , but the focus of immigration in the U . S . is on Central Americans , who make up a large section of the undocumented labor force in the country , and that is an issue that falls under Virgo . Watch for news in these areas .
Mercury retrogrades from September 17th to October 9th , retracing his steps through the first half of Libra . With the Cosmic Messenger shifting the gears into reverse in Venus ’ home sign just after the goddess turns direct in Leo , we may be reviewing aesthetics as well as business practices . Where do we find harmony ? Where is cooperation as important as competition ?
With Mercury retrograde in Libra , Venus backpedaling through Leo , a solar eclipse
in Virgo and Jupiter entering the sign , a theme seems to be emerging . We appear to be moving towards a leaner , more practical aesthetic . More Lacinto kale and less Kobe beef , more Doc Martin ’ s and less Jimmy Choo , more Dr . Oz and less Keeping Up With the Kardashians . Although downsizing is a frightening idea in many contexts , we could be entering a period when sustainability becomes the keyword , and that ’ s likely to mean cutting back in some areas . With an economy run by the need for corporations to constantly grow and culture where even weight loss means acquiring a new product , this shift in thinking and values is likely to engender some blowback from the powers-that-be . Transits of the Season
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