What is the role of psychotherapy during the many crises we are experiencing now? Robert Romanyshyn tackles this problem in this video entitled Psychotherapy during times of War, Climate Change, and Pandemic
Robert Romanyshyn is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute and the author of eight books.
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I am taking a second look at A Terrible Love of War, a book by James Hillman published in 2005. Most of us don’t want to read or think about war, but In Hillman’s book, he writes about Mars, the God of war. According to Hillman, the god of war is an archetype that needs to be acknowledged and honored. How do we do that without bloodshed? His book goes a long way to answering that question. And speaking about Hillman, Pacifica Graduate Institute is offering a course on Hillman presented by his friend, Thomas Moore. I’m really looking forward to this course. Here is the registration page. Registration closes on April 6.
https://retreat.pacifica.edu/legacy-of-james-hillman/
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This month Pluto will station at 28 degrees and slowly turn retrograde. Pluto is in the last degrees of Capricorn. He was joined by Saturn in 2019 until Dec of 2020 and Jupiter joined him in Dec 2019 until Dec 2020. He also had help from Venus and Mars, who joined him from Jan 22 until early March 22. He had some good buddies to help him hold onto the old guard and impose global control. He is all alone now in Capricorn, so his power may be weakening, but he is still a tough cookie and won’t totally let go until he moves into Aquarius the sign of revolution in April 2023. In four years, when he is in Aquarius, he will move into a conjunction with Russia’s Moon-- the Russian people. Because Pluto moves so slowly, we could start to foresee the change in the soul of Russia and its people as soon as April 2023. Stay tuned.
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Note to my Astrology Clients. Use your Planetary Placement and Ascendant Sheet to find if the following transits will have a major impact on you.
If you are a client, email me for a coaching session on how the April aspects will affect your chart.
Apr 1 – New Moon at 11 Aries. This is the first New Moon after the vernal equinox so it signifies the beginning of the year. Any intention you perform during this New Moon will be effective for the entire year. This New Moon is conjunct Mercury and in Aries, he is frank and forthright. Aries is about heroic action. It pushes forward without a care for the slower dreamy types. Anger could cause you to say something you will later regret. We could all become mentally active. People around you will do or say whatever they want. You could be on the receiving end or the pushy end. See where 11 Aries falls in your birth chart. That area of life should be included in your intention for the year. See the Meaning of the Houses here.
Apr 4 – Mars Conjunct Saturn at 22 degrees of Aquarius. This is a warlike aspect. We could see conflicts in the world. Mars wants to move ahead, be active, accomplish something, BUT Saturn puts on the brakes. So this is not a good time to travel or to make plans. Just stay home and do some work around the house especially if you have personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars) or the ascendant at 20 to 24 degrees of Aries or Libra.
Apr 5 – Venus Enters Pisces until May 2. Venus is exalted in Pisces. Pisces has no boundaries, she wants to dream and fantasize without interruption. Venus doesn’t like boundaries either; she wants to love whoever or whatever she wants. We could all end up in a sentimental, emotional mush pile during this time. Watch Virgos go nuts during this time as he tries to tell people to ‘get real.'
Apr 10 – Mercury Square Pluto at 28 Aries/Capricorn. Be careful because some underworld character can rip you off. Don’t go bragging about how you don’t trust the banks so you have a stack of money hidden in your underwear drawer. Keep mum about your plans. Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t someone out to get you. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 26 Aries to1 Taurus, you are too trusting, be careful. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 26 Capricorn to 1 Aquarius, you are paranoid already, so stop peering out the window.
Mercury enters Taurus until April 29. Mercury wants to flit around with the feathers on his ankles and visit one subject then read about another. He is the butterfly of the zodiac. Taurus is not into butterflies. He wants to live on the earth, dig into the earth, and feel he is on solid ground. Taurus is a fixed sign so during this time we may have trouble changing our minds even if the evidence is right in front of us that we are dead wrong.
Apr 12 – Jupiter Conjunct Neptune at 23 degrees of Pisces. Jupiter conjuncts Neptune every 13 years, but the last time they joined up in Pisces was in 1856. Jupiter is the traditional ruler of Pisces and Neptune is the modern ruler. Therefore this is a triple Pisces aspect. You could be disillusioned or disoriented. You could be abducted by fairies, so stay out of the woods and don’t travel to Ireland. I hear that is where they hang out. Culturally this could bring in a renaissance in music, film, and art. Look to the house in your birth chart for 23 degrees of Pisces. This is the area of your life where your creativity will soar. Pisces rules shamans and the other worlds. You could find out you are a medium and start talking to dead people. Culturally, we could be subject to mass hysteria or be deceived by the media more than usual. Neptune reveals things, and with Jupiter, there could be a big reveal. Maybe our media will start talking about the leak in the Swiss Bank. The biggest bank scandal the world has ever experienced. It happened on Feb 20, but this news was obscured by the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Watch the news. This aspect covers all of April and half of May. If you have a lot of Pisces energy in your birth chart use this energy to intuit your hidden talents. A very powerful transit if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 21 to 25 degrees of Pisces.
Apr 14 – Mars in Pisces until May 24. Just what we need, more Pisces. Mars rules a fire sign and Pisces is a water sign. If Mars wants to get anywhere, he has to swim. This aspect creates a drive to be charitable and compassionate. Mars could get activated to help the unfortunate in our society.
Apr 16 - Full Moon at 26 Libra. This will bring fulfillment or culmination of what was promised on the New Moon of April 1. A Full Moon covers two signs that have opposite energies. Our job is to reconcile them. Aries is the self, Libra rules others. We need to balance our need to be an individual with our need for relationships. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 24 to 28 degrees of Aries or Libra, the next two weeks is a time when you will be dealing with this issue.
Apr 18 – Mercury Conjunct Uranus at 13 degrees of Taurus. Expect the unexpected. Sudden, upsetting news could come in to cause you to make quick decisions. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 11 or 14 degrees of Taurus or Scorpio Your brain sparkles and you could have some ingenious, progressive ideas today.
Sun Square Pluto at 28 degrees of Aries/Capricorn. Someone is in direct conflict with you. Try to maintain harmony. That may take some self-control since the other person is a manipulative monster. Stay calm if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 26 Aries to 1 Taurus or 26 Capricorn to 1 Aquarius.
Apr 19 – Sun enters Taurus until May 20. This is a good month to attend to all of our practical issues such as your home and garden. It’s a beautiful time in nature as a lot of the spring flowers are blooming. The myth for Taurus is King Midas and who was a great rose gardener. He was also very materialistic and loved money, but as he got older he realized that the most valuable thing in the world is our environment, the earth. Prepare to celebrate Earth Day on the 22nd.
Apr 24 – Mercury Square Saturn at 23 degrees of Taurus/Aquarius. Mercury can get his feathers clipped today. He wants to flit around and talk to everyone about everything, but Saturn stops him and he has to think before he speaks. That is very frustrating for Mercury, but may be a good lesson. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 21 to 25 degrees of Taurus or Aquarius, be serious for a change.
Apr 27 – Venus Conjunct Neptune at 24 degrees of Pisces. This is a great day for creative expression and for envisioning a blissful future. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 22 to 26 degrees of Pisces or Virgo, watch your dreams, they may be telling you something important.
Apr 28 – Mercury Trine Pluto at 28 degrees of Taurus/Scorpio. Pluto comes in to help us think through some problems and also he helps us dig deep into what is bothering us. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 26 degrees of Taurus to 1 degree of Gemini or 26 degrees of Scorpio to 1 degree of Sagittarius, this would be a good day to go for some cognitive therapy.
Apr 29 – Pluto retrogrades at 28 Capricorn until Oct 8, 2022. Look for personal planets or the ascendant at 26 Capricorn to 1 Aquarius. You may want to dive deep into research or try to understand the psychotic people around you. Take your pick. Also, the area of life covered by the house in the birth chart that contains 28 Capricorn could go through a death and rebirth process.
Mercury enters Gemini until May 10. Mercury rules Gemini and is very chatty here. Everyone wants to talk and no one wants to listen. A good time for writing, learning, and teaching.
Apr 30 – Partial Solar Eclipse at 10 Taurus. This eclipse looks very good. The ruler of the eclipse is Venus (Venus rules Taurus) and Venus is conjunct Jupiter and the Eclipse is sextile Mars in Pisces and conjunct Uranus in Taurus. Wow. A great start, abundance, and exciting times ahead. I will write about how this eclipse will affect you personally in another report.
OUTER PLANET TRANSITS:
JUPITER moved into Pisces on Dec 2, 2021, and he will stay in Pisces until May 10, 2022. This month he will travel from 21 to 27 degrees of Pisces. Jupiter is the old traditional ruler of Pisces so he is happy here. Jupiter is about growth and expansion and rules travel and education. Also, the areas of your life ruled by the house in your natal chart that contains Pisces will be more joyful and good luck could come in around those areas. Jupiter in Pisces is about our spiritual life and about the fine arts, theater, and poetry. Pisces is a very creative sign and Jupiter is going to expand it. If you have personal planets or the ascendant between 19 and 29 degrees of Pisces expect expansion and blossoming in that area of your chart.
SATURN is in Aquarius until March 2023. He is moving from 22 to 24 degrees of Aquarius this month. Saturn rules our material world, and especially our career. Saturn is the old traditional ruler of Aquarius. So he is happy here. If you have the ascendant or any personal planets 20 to 26 degrees of Aquarius, you may be in store for some hard lessons around the issues ruled by the planet and the house the planet is in or rules. While Saturn is in Aquarius, he will run around trying to restrict all of the social media that he will call fake news. He hates to see freedom of expression which is what Aquarius is all about.
URANUS is in Taurus until Apr 2026. This month he moves from 12 to 14 degrees of Taurus. This is the time to break loose and make some radical changes in your life. I believe in ‘cooperating with the inevitable’. If you have Uranus in a challenging aspect to your ascendant or personal planets, (10 to 16 degrees of Taurus or Scorpio) go on a long vacation, preferably to somewhere you have never been before. Or make some major changes in your life. Taurus is the earth. Expect earth events such as earthquakes volcanos or major weather events during the period that Uranus is in Taurus.
NEPTUNE (creativity, sensitivity, escapism, dreams) is in Pisces until 2026. This month he moves from at 23 to 24 degrees. A lack of focus, a sense of drifting, or an inability to see a betrayal or disappointment until it's too late can be experienced by those of you with the ascendant or Personal Planets at 21 to 26 degrees of Pisces or Virgo. For the enlightened out there, Neptune can also bring artistic, musical, creative expression, increased dreams, and spiritual insights. Watch for some really inspired films to come out during the time Neptune is in Pisces.
PLUTO is in Capricorn until 2023. This month, Pluto stays at 28 degrees of Capricorn and turns retrograde on the 29th. Profound changes will be felt especially by those with the ascendant or personal planets at 26 degrees of Capricorn or Cancer to 1 degree of Aquarius or Leo. What needs to die in order to be reborn?
Have a great Month
Janet Kane
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