Right now we’re in a particularly strange time. Mercury’s transit of the end of Leo has brought a Yod with quincunxes to first Neptune at 26 Leo/Pisces and now Pluto at 28 Leo/Capricorn. We’ve been dealing with this “multiple expansion through sacrifice” energy for the past two days. Now we have Mercury activating the Grand Irrationality!

A Yod involves a sextile with a third planet at the inverse midpoint making quincunxes to the planets in sextile. Mercury’s done that for the past two days. Lots of adjustments and squeezing out of obsolete or unnecessary factors to achieve a closer focus in expressing the energy of the planet which is the nozzle of the configuration, in this case Mercury. (To note, anyone with a planet around 24-27 Leo has an ongoing Yod made by transiting Neptune and Pluto, and once Mars sextiles Neptune, those with planets around 24-26 Libra will be similarly affected.). If you want to know more about how Yods, or Fingers of God work, when you're done here please check out Astrology Class Review - The Yod, or Finger of God.

I’ve written extensively about the Grand Irrationality in countless articles since this column began. We had the First GI from about 1994-2017 when Neptune septiled Pluto; that gave way to the Grand Irrationality V.2, with Uranus septile Neptune which is still in play today. Any time a planet transits any of the 7 “hot zones” of this powerful evolutionary configuration, choices and changes are set into motion determining the future “destiny” of whatever is activated by these 7th harmonic aspects to Uranus and Neptune. You can find out the 7 active zones in the New Moon and Full Moon articles posted each month.

Mercury will transit 28 Leo through 2 Virgo in the immediate period ahead, and during this time it will triseptile Neptune and biseptile Uranus (and then Mars!) As Mercury is a “herald” because it is out in front of the Sun, we will get specific Mercurial information at this time of choices and changes which will become illuminated and/or “vitalized” when the Sun transits this part of Leo in a couple of weeks. Eventually when Venus transits this sector and activates the configuration a final time this year, we’ll get the appreciation or value of these changes.

So if you’re wondering why things are a bit strange right now, it’s because you’re getting signs and signals about releasing something, or taking energy and applying it in specific forms, or moving from “ruling” to “serving.” Have as much fun as you can in this weird time, since soon we’ll be dealing with Sun square Uranus and Mars square Saturn! As squares demand action, whether turning a corner or putting on the brakes, get ready to use your Fixed sign skills appropriately!

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