Astrologically Speaking with Sheri

 JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN FOR THIS WEEK’S PODCAST @ https://www.karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking which drops today May 1!CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES, TURN & FACE THE STRANGE CH-CH-CHANGES We know all Full Moons are when the Moon casts the light of the Sun directly back onto itself, thus revealing to the Sun its archetypal shadow side. In this case, today’s May 1 Scorpio Full Moon, which occurs when the 11’21” Scorpio Moon exact opposes the 11’21” Taurus Sun at 10:23 am PT & 1:23 pm ET on May 1, we’re being advised to let go of Taurus’s archetypal shadows. And those revolve around our tendency to stay stuck in the past, as the Venus-ruled Taurus’s shadow is known to be its stubborn resistance to change, & its attachment to its creature comforts—especially related to its value of physical & material resources.However, let’s remember first that this Scorpio Full Moon is part of this month’s longer lunar cycle which began with the Aries New Moon on April 17. And that at that time both the Moon & Sun were conjoined in Aries with wounded healer Chiron & dwarf planet of chaos, strife, & discord, Eris.This told us that our monthly mission was to plant seeds that lead to healing our wounded Aries energy. This podcast touches on how a wounded Mars-ruled Aries shadow is that it looks a lot like Libra archetypal energy: Indecisive &/or passive aggressive.This has clearly played out in American politics given the fact that by the first quarter lunar square of the Leo Moon to the Taurus Sun on April 23--just after the Venus/Uranus conjunction at 29’59” Taurus—Congress was still in limbo concerning funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS.)No surprise then, that as we approached this Scorpio Full Moon, the House finally let go of its stubborn resistance & passed the Senate’s March version of this funding bill—which excludes funding ICE & CBP—on April 30. It was the stubbornness of both sides of the aisle that left TSA, FEMA, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) unfunded for 76 days since February 14. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that Saturn had reentered Mars-ruled Aries February 13, indicating the kind of “banging one’s head against the wall” frustration felt by both Congressional Democrats & Republicans since. Now the GOP majority-ruled Congress still has to take up a separate reconciliation bill to pass any funding for ICE & CBP, which Democrats vehemently oppose without some major changes to those agencies. This is one example of the Scorpio Full Moon’s waxing influence on moving the nation out of limbo and into some kind of motivated action--the wound highlighted at the Aries New Moon conjunct Chiron & Eris. However, we’ve still got a long way to go when it comes to the U.S./Israeli waged war on Iran, as Congress continues to waffle on passing the War Powers Resolution Act codifying President Trump’s ability to wage war without Congressional consent. This Act, passed in 1973 as a direct result of then President Richard Nixon’s U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War without congressional approval—& despite many Americans’ opposition—illustrates the resistance of this Administration to adhering to both past law & the will of the people.SUPREME COURT GUTS VOTING RIGHTS ACT, RETURNING US TO VALUES OF THE PAST But first, America has an even bigger internal problem that’s related to its elections. On April 29, the Supreme Court took a step backward leaving us stuck in values of the past (Taurus Sun) that have already been proven not only unfair but that also position the U.S. even more firmly against the natural evolutionary process (Scorpio Moon.)And the latter is exactly what this Scorpio Full Moon is trying to tell us: That resisting change—by returning us to the values of the past such as the days of Jim Crow—is directly anathema to adapting to society’s more evolved values now.The negative side of Taurus doesn’t like change because it values its creature comforts. This archetype sees no benefit in changing its current way of life—where the American population is majority white—to accept adapting to the evolutionary trajectory it’s on now given the more recent changes in population statistics.This podcast explores how the U.S. Census Bureau—between 2010 & now—has changed its definition of “white” & thus relegated a shift in categorizing more of the Hispanic & Latino population as “non-white.”A large part of what this Scorpio Full Moon is trying to tell us here—given that the Supreme Court has now struck down any state electoral maps that insure that black & minority majority districts have fair representation—is that this impedes U.S. adaptation to Pluto-ruled Scorpio’s desire for change.PLUTO’S STATION RETROGRADE MAY 6 DREDGES UP ESSENTIAL TRUTHS THAT PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SOULPluto’s retrograde station occurs at 5’31” Aquarius on May 6 when the god of the underworld will plumb the depths of our subconscious from then until he’s once again direct at 3’04” Aquarius on October 15.Pluto transits make it impossible not to be honest, as Jungian astrologer Erin Sullivan explains in her book “Planetary Retrogrades, Traversing the Inner Landscape.” It’s there she notes that “Plutonian veracity has little to do with day-to-day honesty, but deals only with essential truth, life & death matters, the kind of truth that preserves the integrity of the soul. “It is part of the contract with Pluto, it seems” Sullivan continues, “that if one faces oneself willingly & unflinchingly, the reward is an unshakable integrity.“When Pluto undergoes its retrograde cycles”—particularly if it repeats its contact with a natal planet or angle—“it dredges deeper & deeper into the resources of the unconscious, bringing to light the most secluded aspects of one’s inner nature. “The process of loosening firmly entrenched & potentially annihilating characteristics in the depth of the psyche is active primarily during the retrograde period,” says Sullivan. It’s in the “rest phase of the transit [that] we relax the hold on the repressive function & allow transformation to occur,” she explains. When Pluto’s retrograde is part of a transit to a specific point in the natal chart, “poisonous aspects of oneself gather together silently & secretly, to emerge for elimination at the direct cycles,” she concludes.That makes this next six month period the perfect time to take Sullivan’s advice as the U.S. undergoes the longer-term evolutionary changes inherent in the already triggered U.S. Pluto return.PLUTO RETROGRADE PLUS URANUS NOW IN GEMINI UNTIL 2033: RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IS FUTILEWhat’s become clear now at this Scorpio Full Moon lunation, which is the apex of the Aries New Moon monthly cycle begun on April 17, is that there can be no indecisiveness when it comes to the evolutionary process of adaptation to long-term change.This podcast quotes astrologer Lynn Bell’s OPA article titled “The Wake Up Call” which describes the longer term potential for change given Uranus’s recent reentrance into Gemini from April 25 until 2033.Given the recent Supreme Court mandated shift in policy related to U.S. voting rights, it seems clear that what we need to wake up to now is how we must fight the overturning & denial of changes made by this nation since its inception. Uranus (change) in Gemini—which represents “siblings” & local neighborhood & community environment, among other things--has already brought sudden change to our local areas through the Trump Administration’s harsh racist tactics designed to purge this nation of those it deems “foreigners.” Many of whom are our family members, neighbors, employees, & coworkers.This is on top of the fact that the Supreme Court already ruled that women are not equal to men in terms of bodily autonomy in its infamous Dobbs decision four years ago already since June 24, 2022. This thus returned us to the misogyny of the original Constitution’s “all men”—but not all women—are created equal, in clear disregard for society’s gladly accepted changed values since.Meanwhile, Pluto’s shorter retrograde in Aquarius now until October asks us to explore the deeper more unconscious nature of topics like prejudice in this country—including racism against anyone who’s not white, male, or Christian, at least the way things are going now…Together, they ask us to awaken to the sad truth that the U.S.—rather than evolving in a forward thinking, all inclusive, progressively humanitarian direction--prefers to keep in power those wedded to America’s racist, misogynist, & gender discriminatory past. We’re already seeing glimmers of the answer to questions like: “How’s that been workin’ for you so far?” through the current policies of an Administration that takes us to war for inexplicable reasons & that ignores its negative impact on the daily decline in health & well-being of its own citizens.Resistance to this may well awaken another Uranus in Gemini historical association, which is to that of war. As American states become increasingly gerrymandered now due to this week's Supreme Court decision--as is already happening in places like Louisiana & Florida--the pending political, ethical, & moral split in values will become increasingly obvious.The upshot is the message that it’s now up to us. Meaning the people who--when we work together in groups exhibit much greater power than those who currently hold those reigns—can achieve the kind of evolutionary progress the heavenly bodies are waking us up to now...Join us for more Astro News You Can Use on all this & more today at https://www.karmicevoluti

TJOIN SHERI HORN HASAN AT KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM FOR A LOOK AT WHERE ALL THE PLANETS ARE NOW & WHICH ONES PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGE & WHICH RESIST! Plus, Mercury's direct & Jupiter's in Taurus now--do we expand plans for peace & harmony OR increase our desire to hog all the world's wealth? And what about Jupiter's alliance with morals, ethics, & the law since he squared Pluto May 17 & will be squared by Mars in Leo May 22 (after Mars opposes Pluto in Aquarius May 20!) Will we be warring still over the debt ceiling crisis here in the U.S. or will calmer heads prevail as the Sun moves into Gemini & sextiles Mars May 21?Join me May 19 at 11 a.m. PT & 2 p.m. ET when the latest podcast drops--or anytime!--for a look at all this & more Astro News You Can Use! And while you're there, don't forget to download your free "How To Keep Your Sun Sign Happy!" astrological advice from renowned astrologer Steven Forrest! You'll be happy you did! ;-) Namaste...#karmicevolutionastrology, #karmicevolution,

ERIN SULLIVAN, renowned Jungian astrologer, discusses the transit of Saturn through the chart on this week's replay while Karmic Evolution's on vacation this week! Tune in to hear what this insightful author of "Saturn in Transit" has to say about all sorts of things astrological! Namaste...