This week's Starcodes (just a little late)

[WhiteTara]

Heather was on time, I was just slow.
http://www.roanrobbins.com/starcodes/stathswk/thwkfmst.htm

There’s a whole lot of shaking going on. As Jupiter draws closer to Uranus transformation escalates in our personal lives and in the political and technological arena. We could feel this time coming in the fall of 2008 as Saturn first opposed Uranus; at that point change looked imminent, and the big shifts did begin, but that transformation appeared to be put on hold while we did some deeper foundational work, much to the frustration of many and the relief of some.

This momentum has resumed these last few months as Saturn and Uranus opposed again and unsettled the old ways, but now it really kicks into gear as change-master Uranus joins forces with expansive, abundant Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Now through next January this Jupiter-Uranus conjunction acts like graphite to lubricate a lock and open the doors.

These two conjunct every thirteen years or so and help us shift gears. They ran together in 1982-3 as the internet first came on line. Sometimes the changes begin with an advance in technology, like the internet, that triggers a social and financial shift in how we live and work.

But often the changes start with a problem; we learn to solve the problem or deal with its consequences and that process changes how we normally operate. We can expect the recent oil-drilling tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico to trigger major change in how we access and use fossil fuels, though it’ll take a while to see just how.

In our personal life, some small transformation or major change that’s been simmering behind the scenes soon picks up momentum. Our recent experiences have highlighted our vulnerabilities and we need to respond. The transformations may be triggered by a problem we need to solve, or our work may chance in response to new technology. We can embrace the change and integrate with it, or resist the change and feel less in control. While this transformation takes a year to fully roll out, this week we get clues to the new direction.

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