Transits

The November transits : find your way, then implement it

Shantamo · October 29, 2022 ·

As a time of inner orientation comes to a close, energy to be creative and put projects in motion becomes available.

The tide is turning

The end of October brought a Venus transit behind the Sun, a strong New Moon in Scorpio, and a partial solar eclipse a day later. These are all signs that after a movement that took us deep inside, now the momentum swings. We are coming back to the world and giving form to the discoveries we have made. Because of the ongoing influence of Uranus, these can have a revolutionary, unorthodox flavor. Don’t be deterred, these are exactly what is needed right now. The challenge is how to implement them.

From a deep well

In the first ten days of the month, you may find yourself coming to terms with the fact that while you were in an inner process of mutation, the world did not stand still either. Sun, Venus and Mercury are moving closely together through Gates that help to find your bearing and fine-tune a new direction that is in alignment with your life purpose. If you’re open to the idea that the soul moves through many lives on its path of development, you can actually have insights how the current alignment fits in that bigger journey. The full lunar eclipse on the 8^th is the culmination of this process.

Transition days

From November 11-16 you have the opportunity to fully digest these insights. It’s like explaining them to yourself, so your own mind can understand and put them into concepts. Then, from Nov 17-27, there is an unusually long conjunction of Venus and Mercury. Wear your heart on your tongue and share your visions, hopes and dreams, with both enthusiasm and attention to detail. Meanwhile, Sun and Earth provide the energy to make things actually happen. At this time also Jupiter turns direct again, joining Pluto and Saturn. Progress becomes easier; it can feel like having the wind in your back.

The caveat

Yes, there is one. On October 30, Mars turns retrograde and stays like that until January 12. This slows things down. It’s like someone throws a spoke in your wheels. Rather than becoming frustrated and eat yourself up in anger – Mars retrograde keeps it all inside – accept that something in the energy is not yet ready for full manifestation. Use this time to become very clear about the actions you need to take to reach your goals.

Financial healing

From Nov 20 onward, Chiron and Mars activate the Channel of Money. This offers a chance to look at how you deal with the material world and learn from any mistakes you may have made in the past. In the time ahead, networking with the right people will be beneficial to establish a solid financial footing.

Explore the transits of September 2022

Shantamo · August 29, 2022 ·

In September all big planets are retrograde. They are like actors standing against the light. A good time to look at our role in the society, and at the feelings and thought patterns the global situation brings up.

A Time for Intimacy

On the fifth Venus enters in the sign of Virgo, in the Gene Keys this position corresponds to Gate 59, Intimacy. The New Moon on August 27 introduced this theme, which will be with us until the Full Moon on Sept 10. Whatever comes up in our relationships asks for our attention now. When we can look honestly at our own contribution to the situation and take full responsibility for it, Venus generously rewards us.

Mercury retrograde

On Sept 10 Mercury goes retrograde, until Oct 2^nd. Since this is a personal planet, we feel the effects directly in our life. Make sure to communicate clearly, double-check business deals, exercise patience with malfunctioning devices (and blabbering people).

The Dilemma of Judgment

A side effect of the retrograde movement is that Mercury is most of the month in Gene Key 18, with its keynotes of Judgment, Integrity, Perfection. In this Gene Key, we collectively use mental energy to judge ourselves and others. Nothing is ever good enough. The potential of the Gift of Integrity is to heal our mind from these patterns, which have developed as reactions to emotional wounds in the past.

When we can look at our judgments objectively, we discover that they are not personal. They are like bumps, or creases in the mental field, of which we are a contributing and receiving part. Our thoughts are not our own, they vibrate on the mental plane, constantly interacting there with a collective in space and time. What we heal in ourselves contributes to the healing of the field, thereby loosening the identification with judgment for everybody. The essential quality of Perfection arrives when all judgment has fallen away. Those who live within this quality wish that everyone can experience the same. Even if their own work is over, they stay around to support others. This Gene Key is connected to the tradition of the Bodhisattvas.

Power of Imagination

From Sept 10 to 22, Mars and Neptune activate Human Design Channel 35-36, Transitoriness. Be prepared for a rich and varies bouquet of experiences, with a common thread of the power of imagination to lighten up times of crisis. That comes from Neptune in Gate 36, whereas it serves Mars well to move forward gently. These are treacherous waters to cross.

The Channel of Money

The last ten days of the month bring gentler energies. On the 23^rd, the autumn equinox, make sure you are in a place and with people that feel right to you. On this day Mars changes Gate and activates the Channel of Money with Chiron. Now there is a beneficial influence to advance your material circumstances. Be clear about your boundaries, so that Mars’ energy does not feel held back or used. Then your initiatives are not only good for you, but can also benefit other people. Because the deeper purpose of this Channel is to create prosperous communities, you will feel fulfilled when that happens. The material flow may also increase, especially when Earth joins this Channel in the first week of October.

How best to live with less

Shantamo · June 28, 2022 ·

‘Less is more’ sounds kind of cool and New-Agey. But how is it to actually experience it in one’s own life?
For many of us living with less is becoming a reality. In response, I have found a way I can offer you more for less.

First the transits for July. After that we will look at how to best to live with less, including my contribution.

The two main energies this month are pressure and limitation.

Pressure

From July 1-12 the Sun goes through Gates in the Root Center. In the 2^nd week Mercury joins, and from the 21^st onward Venus traverses the same Gates. The Root gives the drive to do, to move, to love NOW. Do we have the space for that, or do we face constraints?

Limitation

Pluto sits firmly in Gate 60. The Gene Keys frequency bands here are Limitation, Realism, and Justice. This is divine justice, the flow of the Tao. On its journey into matter, the Tao encounters limitations. Seen from the essence, everything is as it should be. Even if it is resistant, matter finally flows with change. Understanding this brings the Gift of Realism. We get access to the hidden magic of reality and can bring it into our life.

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The main energies of pressure and limitation meet right away in Channel 3-60, with Mars and Pluto, from July 1 to 7. It’s called Mutation, and its deeper function is the organic renewal of structures. Gate 3, Beginnings, pushes against the Limitation of Gate 60 until it gives way. Then something in the structure of reality changes.

Pluto almost always remains in Gate (or Gene Key) 60 from the beginning of this year until Jan 2025. In this time, we can expect many limitations. Our financial freedom may be restricted, or we cannot live where we wish to (wars, refugees, immigration laws) or go wherever we want (lockdowns). On the longer term, Pluto prepares us for Gate 41, the start Codon in Human Design from where things come into being, and the developments that will come afterward.

Watch the video for more perspectives on the role of Pluto in the coming years and how you can use the New and Full Moon in July to your benefit

Ra Uru Hu has made a prophecy that humanity has entered into a Great Change of our collective consciousness and the way we live together. In my understanding Pluto is a major catalyst for this process.

The frequency levels of Gene Key 60 are Limitation, Realism, and Justice. This is divine justice, or the Tao in its flow. On its journey into matter, the Tao encounters limitations. Seen from the essence, everything is as it should be. Even if it seems fairly inert, matter finally flows with change. Understanding this opens you to the Gift of Realism. You can kind of look under the hood of what we call reality. You stop fighting with what you previously saw as limitations because you see that they are just the possibility that happens to actual right now.

Gate 60 is also involved with the question whether our human laws and structures reflect the divine order, which by nature expresses as a flow. That means that our human-created structures need to be adapted from time to time in order to remain relevant.

Consciousness cannot be stopped, even if those forces that want to hold on to old structures would start a nuclear war, or subject the world to a technologically controlled, ever-tightening set of restrictions. And, as far as I can see, the new generations are aligned to the new consciousness. The old ways no longer make sense to them. If you are young, take heart, trust in what you feel deep inside and go on living and sharing it. You have the future on your side.

Earth and Pluto

From July 19 to 24, Earth joins Pluto in Gate 60 and moves each day through one of its six Lines. It’s like a quick overview of the energies that Pluto will provoke the next years. The Lines also describe our responses to the perception of being limited. For instance, the first Line is about accepting restraints gracefully, whereas the third Line tends to deny any limits and goes ahead anyway. And then pays the price. It’s its way to learn the value of timely self-restraint versus self-indulgence.

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Uranus

Since April, Uranus stations in Gate 2, Receptivity, and will stay there for the remainder of this year. From July 25 to Aug 2, Mars traverses the same Gate. Neither of these planets is really at ease with being receptive.

They want to act or speak instantly, rather than wait and yield to some Higher Self. Until July 30, the desire to move and express is reinforced by positions of Sun, Mercury and Venus. If you can, insert a pause before moving outwards. Take a deep breath, become aware of your surroundings and inner climate. Right action arises out of it.

Did you feel kind of mental the last months?

That’s understandable. The Moon Nodes have been in Channel 23-43, which (sometimes obsessively) aims to bring insights from the mind into words and concepts. On the last day of the month the Nodes move into Gates 2 and 1, highlighting the potential of the individual to be a conduit for pure creativity.

Peace on the horizon?

From July 31^st into August, Earth in Gate 19 activates the Channel of Sensitivity with Saturn in Gate 49, 5^th Line. Opposing parties may find the opportunity to sacrifice (which is the Siddhi of Gene Key 19) some of their fixed standpoints to come together to find common ground.

We all share the same DNA, with minor variations. It makes me sad that we still seem to need wars to resolve our differences.

Living well with Less

Unlimited Supply

Perhaps good to remember that the supply of mindfulness, or consciousness, is unlimited. And this stuff satisfies in the moment you apply it. This is not against exploring the outer world, which is part of living on this beautiful, interesting planet. It’s about how you go about it: trying to fill up an inner void, or engaging with each situation as it unfolds, without insisting on a fixed outcome.

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The Dance of Covid and the Planets

Shantamo · November 5, 2020 ·

My dear colleague Marga has mapped the development of Covid-19 with the planetary transits. In this guest blog she presents her conclusions.

These are astrological notes that I took during the months of lock-downs and unlockings, originally published in June as facebook posts, in reference to the main facts and tendencies of Covid-19 pandemic all over the world. I also inserted links of relevant information excerpted from the media. I am now editing and integrating information for people who are not so acquainted with the HD system and also adding more references to facts and events.

It all started when, while reading an article, I realized that the beginning of the outbreak in Italy happened during the so called Incarnation Cross of Contagion, last February 14th.

Incarnation Crosses in Human Design are fixed configurations of the Sun/Earth binomial on the HD Zodiac wheel during the solar year. They’re calculated at the actual position of the Sun on a given day and at 88° of Solar arc – roughly 3 months before. Considering the Zodiac wheel, the Earth is always organically opposite to the Sun. So we have basically points in space-time that make a specific configuration for each moment of the solar year. The Crosses always occur more or less at the same time in the year, lasting 2 hours to 4 days (according to a fixed structure), and they bring a special climate, imprinting life with their peculiar energies. Each Cross happens 1, 2 or 4 times in a year, in the different seasons, with shifting of the reciprocal positions of the Sun and the Earth and following a predetermined pattern ruled by the motion of the Sun.
Another important observation I made it’s that on February 13th, one day before the Contagion Cross, planet Saturn had entered Gate 60, Limitation (26°22′ Capricorn to 02°00′ Aquarius), after 30 years, and it seemed particularly relevant in a moment in time when all the world was basically locked, limited, restricted… And even if I am not an expert of transits, I decided to go deeper into planetary positions, to see if they could really explain, or describe, what was – and still is – going on.

Marga Eleonora Scroppo is a Human Design reader, Life Coach, musician, and former professional poker player. She currently lives in India.

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So here is the timeline more or less as I originally presented it, with some clarifying notes.

Phase 1: China

17 November 2019: first case tracked down in Wuhan

We all know that word about a new disease, that was killing people in China, spread all over the world around December 2019, but of course it is pretty obvious that it often takes a while before a new virus gets isolated and identified. I did some research and from an article on The Guardian I learnt that, “The first case of someone suffering from Covid-19 can be traced back to 17 November, according to media reports on unpublished Chinese government data. The report, in the South China Morning Post, said Chinese authorities had identified at least 266 people who contracted the virus last year and who came under medical surveillance, and the earliest case was 17 November – weeks before authorities announced the emergence of the new virus”. (excerpted from Https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/first-covid-19-case-happened-in-november-china-government-records-show-report )

Emblematically, on this very date, we entered the Incarnation Cross of Contagion (17/11 to 20/11).

As of course a virus does not come out of the blue, I have been wondering if the previous Cross of Contagion – 18/8-21/8 2019 – could have been relevant, even though it was really impossible for me to retrieve such information. But, while looking for something else, I came across this headline:

“Virus might have emerged in august”

Https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/virus-may-have-emerged-in-august/article31798472.ece

So, there it was! Another little piece in the planetary puzzle, even though hypothetical…

We have 4 crosses of Contagion every year: February, May, August and November. They probably beat the clock of seasonal flues in different geographical areas with no much fuss, but this time something went differently. Maybe the interplay of Neptune in Pisces (63 cusp 22) and Mars surfing from Virgo (47) to Sagittarius (5 cusp 26)? Or the transit of Mars in Leo (29) during the August 2019 Cross of Contagion (29-30; 8-14), followed a few weeks later by the opposition to Neptune? Neptune, according to traditional astrology, is connected to viral and bacterial infections. And Mars is connected to immunity. Some astrologers do say that Neptune/Mars relationship (opposition in September 2019, square in January 2020) has played a role into it.

Another interesting event: on the 20th of January we had the Fixed Cross of Restriction (a fixed cross happens only once in a year), in Gate 60.4 and, 2 days later, the Chinese government enforced the lock-down in Hubei region.

Phase 2: Italy and the rest of the world

14 February 2020: first Italian (and European) cluster and acknowledgement of possible community transmission in Codogno, Lombardia. The rest is history, we all know what happened. Literally something that will be remembered in history books…

And on the very same day we entered the Incarnation Cross of Contagion (14/2 to 17/2) again… The day before, 13/2, Saturn had entered Gate 60, the Limitation or Restriction, reinforcing the climate set up by the Cross of Restriction on the 20th of January. Around this time restrictions started to take place everywhere, culminating in lock-downs and travel bans all over the world a few weeks later. On the 12th of March WHO declared Covid-19 a worldwide pandemic.

The thing that really struck me about this planetary position is what the traditional I-Ching hexagrams narrative – on which HD Gates are based – has to say about it:

Line 1: don’t go out of your home, not even to the courtyard.
Line 2: don’t go out of the door of your home: danger!
Line 3: the one who cannot restraint himself will complain.
Line 4: restriction fulfilled.
Line 5: better to sweeten up the restriction.
Line 6: bitter restriction: perseverance will bring disgrace.

Saturn slowly moved through these lines, pacing the different phases and moods of the lock-down, and became retrograde on the 11^th of May. Then it lingered on the 6^th line, “bitter restriction: perseverance will bring disgrace” with all the problems and conflicts that everywhere people were facing, tired and exhausted of being quarantined. Jupiter had entered Gate 60 on the 20^th of April, complicating a situation that was already becoming very tense. While Saturn is at home in 60, because it has itself an energy of restriction and limitation, Jupiter is at total unease, because it wants to expand and freaks out in restraint. It also gives a sense of confidence and optimism, that in this case can translate in the idea that it’s ok to let go of any kind of restraint, including mask and social distancing, creating a false sense of being safe, especially since it also turned retrograde on 15^th of May, at the same time when we entered the next Cross of Contagion (15/5-18/5), starting a “phase 3” of openings and increasing infections in the states of India who had, up to that point, limited the spreading of the virus, and of exacerbation of the situation in the Americas and in Russia.

Phase 3: India, Brazil, US, Russia

Between the Cross of Contagion of May and the following one in August (17/8-20/08) the countries who were very affected in Phase 2 saw less infections and restrictions. While US, Brazil, Russia and India took the stage with massive rates of infections, with different problems to face and different attitude of the people towards the issue of restraint (self-quarantine, mask, SD etc.)

This phase saw a temporary relief of Gate 60 with Jupiter moving out on the 6^th of June, retrograding in 61, and Saturn slowly stationing and retrograding on the 6th line of the Gate, detached and distracted enough not to take anything seriously about Limitations… with Jupiter, Pluto and Uranus screaming from the Channel of Awareness (61-24), and Neptune in Pisces stirring the waters of Information/Misinformation from gate 22. It was indeed a tough battle…

Phase 4: The Second Wave

Soon after the Cross of Contagion in August, on the 24th of the same month, Saturn too regressed to 61, leaving a long moment of interregnum, till it turned direct again on the 29^th of September, indicating that the climate of Limitation would return by the time it entered 60 again on the 4^th of November, pacing through 60 again and aligning with the last Cross of Contagion of 2020 on 16/11-19/11 and bound to make its final exit from 60 on the 3^rd of January 2021. Also Jupiter is bound to return to 60 on 2^nd of December and complete its tour of the Gate on the 28^th of the same month.

So I guess we will not be really free of restrictions and limitation – and of the virus – until the beginning of the new year, but if the dance of Saturn and Jupiter in and out of 60 and around the Crosses of Contagion provides indeed a description of what has happened, we can say it is likely that we will be free of it by the beginning of the new year, with a wake to the Cross of Contagion of February 2021 (13/2-16-2). Neptune will be lingering in Pisces for a long time, but it has made peace with Mars during the June conjunction and the fact that the sextile will be during the Cross of Contagion on February 13th makes us hope for the best. The next square from Gemini will be in April 2021, but it will be a wading square, probably just the wake of Covid-19… I am not a champion at predictions, but it all makes sense to me and we will all see how it will actually play out very soon…

Till then, the call is to caution, patience and wisdom… other strong Saturn themes…
After that, Saturn will move to 41.1, the start codon Gate, marking a completely new phase. The last time this shift from 60 to 41 happened was December 1991 that saw the end of the USSR after a whole 30 years of Restrictions that affected the whole world and that became so symbolically evident in 1961 with the building of Berlin Wall with Jupiter in 60 (barbed wire phase), soon followed by Saturn (cement and concrete phase). And the story of human Limitation can surely be traced back, analyzing all the 29-30 years cycles of Saturn starting in 60 and ending in… 60. But that’s, maybe, for another article…

Marga Eleonora Scroppo

Disclaimer: these are just notes and not an exhaustive analysis of the whole Human Design astrological picture during this time. I hope that someone more expert than me will take on the task and fill in the blanks.

Do the Transits favor one of the candidates?

Shantamo · October 20, 2020 ·

With the election campaigns in the US in full swing, I had a look at how the transiting planets affect the Human Design charts of each candidate. It’s a good video to watch if you like to know more how the passing planets influence a chart. It happens to all of us.

With the charts of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.