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LET’S SPILL THE BEANS ABOUT BARBAULT’S BASKET! MERCURY RETRO CAUSES SOME CONFUSION! ARE THEY OR ARE THEY NOT? GONE, THAT IS! WHAT’S COMING! CANCER NEW MOON, FOR ONE!

CANCER NEW MOON ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. BARBAULT’S BASKET ARRIVES! WHAT DOES IT HOLD? WE ARE ALREADY GETTING A PEEK! WOW!

Our week begins with something I mentioned a month or so back—that “loved ones” would be leaving. Remember, I mentioned some of the big names and also said that it doesn’t matter whether YOU loved them or not. Some of the big players are beginning to depart, even before the basket tips, and even before we receive that GI-NORMOUS Leo Solar Eclipse in August. The basket promises BIG changes and exchanges of power positions. I am seeing Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, and others in danger of the Big Bye-Bye. That solar eclipse in Leo, with Jupiter in Leo in the basket opposing Pluto promises more than a few downfalls. I include Iran in this mix. They will either get a new leader, OR they will get that big pay-off Trump promised them, and either way, they win. Yikes!  Well, let’s chat a bit.

Andre Barbault was a famous astrologer born in 1921. He died in 2019, just as COVID was coming in. He had predicted a pandemic back in the early 2000s, based on an index he devised that watched the slower-moving planets and how closely they huddle and when. Astrologers well remember the Capricorn lineup of the slow-moving planets at the end of 2019, and Barbault said that these glom-ups have, throughout many centuries, promised and produced epidemics. When they separate, as they have been doing lately, other more positive but still significant events occur. But positive for whom? Not for the rich guys! The promise of Barbault’s Basket is a balancing of resources.  The one-per-cent-ers get a comeuppance. We’re good with that, right? I don’t know any billionaire astrologers. Do you? I’m all in!

Barbault’s basket top has Jupiter in Leo (Sabian Symbol: Rock formations at the edge of a precipice) opposing Pluto in Aquarius (Sabian Symbol: A council of ancestors), all at 4 degrees. The sides of the basket have Pluto in Aquarius sextile Neptune in Aries (Sabian Symbol: A triangle with wings) and Jupiter in Leo sextile Uranus in Gemini (Sabian Symbol), all at 4 degrees. The bottom of the basket has Uranus in Gemini sextile Neptune in Aries. The Sabian symbols seem to tell the story. Perhaps the ancestors have the wisdom to wreak some karma upon those that deserve it. Barbault himself said that the basket was the second major configuration of this century, promising a balancing of resources and more equity. Sounds like karma to me! And big, slow-moving planets will do that.

Pluto in Aquarius is about a slow transformation involving revolution and the individual working for the group. Neptune in Aries is the Star Trek effect I talked about with our year’s earlier eclipses and planetary sign shifts. We have not been here before, and we don’t know where we are going or how we will get there. But idealism prevails. We gotta take risks.  Uranus in Gemini is unexpected messages, revolutionary ways of traveling and communicating. Jupiter in Leo is the release or rise of big leaders and new opportunities based on love and loyalty. Put these things together, added with the conjunctions of the smaller planets and a combust Mercury/Sun, and we have surprises galore! Expect the unexpected! BIG ONES! In addition, remember that Mercury is a psycho-pomp, something often overlooked by many. What’s a psychopomp? He ushers folks to Hades, and we have seen two go, VERY RECENTLY, and since those things often come in threes, let’s see who the third is. There have been suggestions that Russia was involved in these escorts to the Other Side, and I have to question: are they helping or hurting themselves if they are involved? I think there would be stupidity to get rid of guys who have helped the Orange One, who has been complicit with Russia throughout his two tenures, to maintain his position. Russia could bring him down so easily with kompromat; he is too easy to manipulate. Why remove his buddies, unless perhaps to prove a point to him about how easy it would be to send HIM in the same direction? Who knows? Nevertheless, look to Mercury completing his role as an escort to Darkness, particularly during the combust point, (Mercury with Sun) which is TODAY, by the way. He “done” his job, but is he DONE, yet? We will see. The next one between Merc & Sun will be in Virgo August 26. the day before a partial Lunar eclipse in Virgo. Mark your calendars. Mercury will have his full force then in that combust.

The other item to consider is the numerological element with Barbault’s Basket. All the major planets are at 4-degree points. In numerology, this indicates stability, home, family, Cancerian things, and the USA is a Cancer. So the basket seems to offer a new stability coming, one with some solid legs to stand on, like a four-legged chair. We could use some security right now, and remember, that's what Chiron in Taurus is about—monetary and earthly security. I hope we heal this. Of course, slow planets indicate OVER TIME, SLOWLY, but with some unexpected punctuation points. We certainly have received some of those in the last few weeks.

By the way, the handles of the basket will shift from MOON at 4 degrees Virgo (Sabian Symbol: A man dreaming of fairies) to Libra at 4 degrees (Sabian Symbol: A man teaching the true inner knowledge) to Scorpio at 4 degrees (Sabian Symbol: A massive, rocky shore). Sounds beautiful but perhaps a little challenging. We shall see!

Other aspects that occur this week: The T-square between the nodes/Venus with apex Sedna/Uranus, still holds. That said, practical Virgo Venus will try to express feelings with practical expressions and by trying to fix things. Don’t criticize her; she’s only trying to help, the best she knows how.

The New Moon in Cancer is at 21 degrees 59 seconds with the Sabian Symbol being: A woman awaiting a sailboat.  I think many of us would like to sail away somewhere, at this point! Not to worry, the ocean is going to come to us. All we have to do is sit tight! New Moon in Cancer is about doing new things with and for family and home. I find interesting the fact that the New Moon is only 1 minute away from being 22. 22 is called a master number and twos related to decisions and partnerships and love. The Sabian Symbol is: Meeting of a literary society. Well, guess what? My writers are going to have one tomorrow, and we’re even going to have a lunch for writers on the 31st, so woohoo!

Chiron the Wounded Healer in Taurus is tightening a square with Pluto, which will go on till late October, then will pull away in a retrograde motion until late next May. Pluto will want to bring security and stabilization of our money and our Mother Earth’s resources. I hope the next election will solidify that.

Venus in Virgo will be in a loosening square with Mars/Sedna/Uranus in Gemini. This is a reminder to be careful that the things you say and do unexpectedly could upset a loved one who is just trying to help. You may regret your words or actions. Apologies are not hard to make, y’all, when required. Try to keep the balance. Times are hard these days. Change iis always hard, especially during Cancer days. Those crab claws do not like to give up their ruts, their homes, their past. They grab on tighter than tighter. Sometimes crab claws have to get blown off before a luddite—or someone who loves their groove—is willing to make a change. Sometimes the world at large forces the change. Give them a break! The practical Virgo friend or loved one will be there to help, I promise. I’m a Virgo, and we are at your service! Cheers!