Mercury Cazimi Sun, Square Pluto: Birthing Pains

Early on Friday October 20, Mercury, the god of communication will be “Cazimi” the Sun. This is a special moment that happens periodically that can bring insights around issues we have been struggling with. And boy have we been struggling lately. The crises on the world stage, in the U.S., and in our personal lives have been coming to a head with the intense energy of the past couple of weeks. Pluto, the god of the underworld has been in a square to all the planets moving through Libra, the sign of diplomacy, relationship, and balance. We also just had an eclipse in Libra squaring Pluto. Pluto brings up dark matters from our unconscious and can trigger our deepest fears, making us feel as if we are in a life and death struggle to survive.

On a positive note, the Cazimi chart promises that if we stay with the difficult emotions associated with the death of old ways of being, the birth of a new understanding may await us. In the days leading up to the Cazimi, the sky shows that we may experience the inevitable pain that comes with any birth; Mercury and the Sun both pass over the South Node of the moon emphasizing the fact that we will be dealing with the pain of letting go of old ways of understanding the world. Right after the Cazimi, Mercury and the Sun are in a tense aspect to Pluto suggesting that while we may struggle against the insights that await us, we will also experience the catharsis that comes with the birth of insight.

The story of this Cazimi ends on a positive note late on Saturday when Jupiter, the god of optimism and expansion makes a flowing aspect to Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. The impact of this transit is especially strong since Venus rules Libra, the sign that has been at the root of the difficult energy we’ve been experiencing recently. This final aspect feels a bit like the days after we give birth to something new. It reminds me of a parent after the birth of a child who looks back at the experience in wonder and awe at the birthing process and their ability to survive the experience. And, holding the child in their arms, they grasp the reality that they have been forever changed by the process.