Wheel of Light by Rio Olesky - July 2017
In my May column, I focused on a trine between Saturn in Sagittarius and Uranus in Aries. The trine suggests a positive, harmonious flow of energy between the heavenly bodies. They tend to support each other in their manifestation. This aspect has continued since that time and will remain through this month, returning again in November. The reason that this transit is again the topic of the column is that another component has entered the energy dynamic. The north node of the Moon is transiting through the latter degrees of Leo, forming a Grand Trine with both Saturn and Uranus.
The nodes of the Moon indicate where eclipses take place. In fact, there is a very intriguing eclipse coming up in August that will be the topic of next month’s column. The Grand Trine will not be present at that time, however, so let’s address the north nodes significance in the context of its relationship to Saturn and Uranus.
In general, the position of the north node in a person’s natal chart can indicate a direction to pursue, or area of life to develop, in order to enhance potential for personal growth. We can anticipate opportunities, support and recognition coming to us as we activate the house (area of life experience) wherein our north node is located. If we have planets close to the north node, that task is easy and obvious – activate those planetary energies and positive results should follow. If there are no planets around the north node the situation may seem daunting. It’s not uncommon for a person to look at an isolated north node and assume that activating it is too hard. Often, however, by around mid-life the issue may seem less overwhelming and more enticing. Maybe a powerful transit occurs that activates the potential of the north node in a comfortable and seamless way. This month offers such a transit especially if your natal node is in late Leo. If not, we can still take advantage of the transiting Grand Trine by noting what house in our natal chart where the latter degrees of Leo are located. It is in that house that opportunities for support and growth lie.
The trine between Saturn and Uranus offers a unique opportunity to comfortably combine two energies that are usually somewhat antagonistic of each other. Uranus, especially in Aries, enjoys risk and can thrive on change and new beginnings. There is a strong current of independence and revolution in thinking and action. Saturn prefers doing things in methodical, cautious ways. By nature it is conservative and prefers things to follow a traditional pattern. Uranus is innovative. Saturn is practical. Uranus thrives on individuality; Saturn is hierarchical. During the course of the trine between them, which has been operative all year, the potential to integrate these two influences has been outstanding. It has afforded opportunities to ground our inspiration in ways that can be productive professionally, socially and politically. The latter, for example, could be one reason why the “Resist” movement has been so present, outspoken, spontaneous yet remarkably organized.
The addition of the north node enhances the planetary trine in several ways. First, it brings the third fire sign, Leo, into the picture. Leo is expressive, creative, spontaneous and playful. It has wonderful organizational and leadership potential while being generous and supportive to others. Remember that the north node indicates where positive opportunities and support may come our way. If we are looking at this collectively, we could assume that charismatic leaders could arise who capture the attention of the public. Individually, we should pay attention to three houses of our personal chart. One is the house where the latter degrees of Leo are located. This is the area where opportunities and support to be self-expressive, manifest your leadership or simply to have fun could take place. Second, note which house, or houses where the sign Aquarius is on the cusp. Saturn and Uranus are the co-rulers of Aquarius. Since they are trine at this time, it represents a period of harmonious, productive, creative activity in an area that may often be challenging.
One note of caution, however. As creative, dynamic, interesting and productive as this Grand Trine could be, sometimes energy flowing in this dynamic is too easy. There are no obvious or inherent challenges to the expression of the energy. This is especially true in fire signs because fire is not a receptive element, its nature is to radiate. This can create warmth, but can also burn. If we look at this aspect in the chart of Donald Trump, we see an example of someone for whom a Grand Trine could create problems. The north node is very close to a conjunction of his natal Mars and Ascendant. It doesn’t take much imagination to see him feeling the power and control (Saturn) he has in his office to perpetuate his spontaneous, usually inappropriate and damaging tweets (Uranus) while assuming that his minions will applaud either in awe of his magnificent brilliance and caring leadership (Leo rising) or out of fear of being fired or voted out of office or simply labeled “bad”. This type of arrogant opportunism and narcissistic sense of entitlement could lead him to do something so egregious that other people in power decide to remove him. Similarly, anyone could be guilty of having such an inflated sense of self-importance that this transiting Grand Trine could cause a person to be seen as offensive, arrogant or annoying by those who are feeling burned by an out of control ego.
