The Cardinal Drama peaks tonight

Last updated on: August 6, 2010 at 2:49 pm by Lynn Hayes

The Cardinal Drama peaks tonight 2010-08-06T14:49:33-04:00 Lynn Hayes

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As I’ve been writing and discussing on the radio show, this is the week that the second wave of the Cardinal Drama peaks (the Cardinal signs are the signs of action and initiation: Libra, Aries, Cancer and Capricorn). Saturn is now in Libra along with Mars opposite Jupiter and Uranus in Aries, Pluto is in Capricorn.

For a few hours tonight, after the Moon enters Cancer at around 6 pm EDT, the Moon will enter the fray, opposing Pluto (180 degree aspect) and forming a 90 degree angle (a square) to Mars and Saturn on the one end and Jupiter and Uranus on the other. This makes a big Cross, also called a Grand Cross.

Grand Crosses pack a mighty wallop since there is a lot of tension between the planets that demands resolution. But planets in Cardinal signs are all about taking action, they tend not to get stuck. So this is a time of change, but there there is little to be frightened of. There is a lot of energy building and moving and urging us to break through blockages, so it is mostly our resistance that causes problems during these periods.

The cardinal alignment has been building since May, and really peaked in June and July. At this point we have already integrated the energy and are ready to move on to the next cycle.

The lunar influence will last just a few hours and by Saturday morning (EDT) the Moon will be out of range and the Grand Cross will have gone back to a mere T-square (just three sides of the cross, without the fourth).

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