Cardinal Grand Cross, 2010

Cardinal Grand Cross, 2010
By Molly Hall, About.com Guide



Shake Downs

These oppositions between Saturn and Uranus – from November 2008 into this year – have prepped us to be stand alone (sovereign) beings. This might mean getting unstuck from things like stable but soul sucking jobs, by shocks or by breaking free ourselves. Or seeing the collapse of your industry, due to the foundational economic changes brought by the transit of Pluto (regeneration) in Capricorn (commerce). Each person has been initiated as real-life mystics, on the quest for a new kind of security in the midst of chaos.

It’s an important prelude to the Cardinal Climax, since that’s the launch pad with the Big X on it. We have had cosmic help stripping away what’s dead, healing and aligning with our life purpose. We can be guided by synchronicity, divine messages and keep working to make our body’s clearer vessels for cosmic energies. When we are secure in our bodies (Saturn Virgo), and connection to spirit (Uranus Pisces), we’re good to go. Carrying on with what we’ve learned, staying in top notch health, and continuing to open our hearts is vital.


Humanity Rising

As Uranus nears Aries (May 27th), there’s a surprising activation of the collective mindwaves. Any mind control programming starts to fail, and more are impulsed to think for themselves. A new defiance in the face of restricting power structures takes hold among the people. Jupiter jumps in the scene June 6th, and aligns with Uranus on the 8th, igniting the spirit of a new beginning.


Showtime

The T-Square with Saturn-Uranus-Pluto is ongoing through the summer. The cardinal energies are urgent, and we’re challenged to trust our instincts, while being actors in this divine struggle to birth the new.


Possible Themes:

More Earth changes and climate chaos.
Aggressive collective action that confronts the power structures.
A stimulation of the Youth that engages them to act a la the 60s but without the drugs (who needs them with the Uranus Aries hyper stimulant).


A personal coming out for individuals, to be Big and vocalize all the truths they’ve sensed in their gut.
More outing of the shadow government and its agenda of control.
The rise of moral conscience, with boycotts, divestments, and pursuit of justice for buried epic crimes like 9/11.
Earth people discovering their ancient and off-world cyclical history, with past cataclysm as part of it.
The original and authentic sprouts up, and tired, life-draining repetition is blown out (the end of the remake!)
People restore cyclical living and face aging with grace, and reinvigorate death as a life passage.


The Rise of Feminine Power

The Cancer energies are tidal, so its fitting that these lunar currents move in and out over the summer. A big date is June 26th, with the Full Moon in Cancer/lunar eclipse in opposition to the Sun-Mercury in Cancer. The Cancer corner completes the square with all four elements. Great Kali-level Mother energies (in men and women) are going to rise with fury and the drive to protect.

Women overcome eons of denigration of the Feminine to find their power through the heart, and use soul force to enact great change. They restore their place of reverence, as life-givers, as they rise up to defend Earth and its vulnerable creatures and living things.



It's Do or Die Time for Humans

As I write this, the Gulf oil volcano is gushing on and on, killing everything it touches. This is a lead-in to the intensity of the cardinal cross, as cosmic players are already moving into position. The real power -- a shadow government -- is being unmasked, for those with eyes to see. This is part of the unveiling or apocalypse, when hidden truths surface. With Pluto in Capricorn, the unchecked power and greed is out into the open.

As Uranus goes into Aries (May 27th), we'll see spontaneous surges of lifeforce, as people act on what's inside them. This has the potential to free us from the shackles of control. Uranus (mass awakenings) stays at the Zero point all summer (to August 14th). This gives freedom loving people a continuous buzz, high vitality, and courage to take action.

Saturn doesn't actually go into Libra until the 22nd of July. Until then, it's engaged in the cardinal cross at late degree Virgo, keeping us grounded in our bodies and Earthly realities. We react to all the change by being productive, detoxing, simplifying our finances, etc. Getting the most out of the day we can, sensing the urgency of the moment.

Maybe I'm biased as a Cancer, but I'm sensing that this is the wildcard and it has to do with women's activation. When the women of the world emerge, and act on what they know, everything could change. It has to do with restoring a cyclical attitude toward nature, with both life and death honored. We've been in the dark clutches of a death cult, whose hand can be seen in everything from music, to movies, video games, foreign policy, religion, domestic policy (agriculture), and on and on. When women take their rightful place as wise leaders, healers, and shapers of society, balance will be restored.