We are there, right here in the Mill Town, with old friends, old hopes and dreams crashed and basic skills rebuilding, rebuilding, rebuilding. Too old a goat to learn new tricks? Nope, goat sea-goat remembering how to swim after falling from the cliffs.

I can very much relate…working my ass off now, so it can pay me back later…Sure, things are scary right now, but man…I can almost smell the good things to come…to life, I say “bring it!”

Saturn in Libra, V-Day activity, isn’t it nice to be partnered with someone who knows when to scream “incoming” during this battle.

Thank-you Elsa, we all luv ya!

Saturn in Libra, V-Day activity, who better to be partnered up, someone who knows when to scream “incoming” during this battle.

Thank-You for ringing the air-raid siren, those of us who are in this battle knows it is not fear mongering. It is very real. Those of us who are being hammered, you know we luv ya.

This is as good a time as any to get cracking and face those fears with grace.

“the naked ambition to survive… and thrive”

That’s exactly right, and there is so much power behind it it’s awesome. It will not be stopped, so might as well go with it. It’s changing my life, that’s for sure.

I don’t find it frightening to read those words. I do look at my life and think, “Here are the small ways this applies.” I’m not seeing big ways. But small ways can hold great power, too. Small things can pack big punches later. *ponders*

(Also connects with a story I’m writing where there are big-time images of survival on a primal level, a slow, deep, slow-motion level.)

my partner’s got it all going on. aries sun/merc/chiron as well as jupiter/uranus in 1st libra.

I’ve never seen him thrive so hard.

he works out every day, he’s getting himself together. and that is new for him. he’s been a mess for a long time.

pluto square sun seems to be really working for him!

Thanks Elsa - I can relate as I am in that catagory too. I’m realizing with the Saturn/Pluto aspects it’s just about getting by day to day, and yet…there’s a real sense of being focused, alert, and intense about this time period. Maybe “hypervigilant”? It’s definitely raw, primal, and consumes my senses (draining too, I might add).

Anyway, with these energies coming in so heavy, some of us welcome a break. Even if it is in the form of the unexpected. Breaks the monotony, and as long as I go with the flow, I’m hoping for one hell of a ride!!!

There is a huge opportunity coming. For me it’s about helping other people to get through what will surely be some chaotic times. I am getting into the groove with the Mars retrograde too, which for me seems to be about waiting and planning for action. 29 degrees is about endings, zero degrees is about beginnings. This is really sinking in today.

I had a laugh to myself today as I thought about Neptune in Aquarius. With Jupiter pulling ahead things are becoming clearer.

Neptune in Aquarius is Aquamystic. With Jupiter involved it was Aquamystosis, or Aqualusional.

Thanks, ReikiHeart. What I was taught is that everyone fights for their life in the end so much smarter to fight while you still have a chance of winning..

Thank you so much Elsa for this post. Sort of confirms some very important things that have been brewing for me lately. Time to take action, although I feel that Ive be intense energy to improve or hone my skills, as you say. My Sun at 2 degrees Libra, rising at 5 degrees Cap, an Aries Moon, plus my mars in also in Leo. WTF! right?

However, all this chaos and intensity is actually asking (okay–CLAWING at) me to do what I have been avoiding doing this whole time: learn how to creatively and constructively focus my energy to my benefit, instead if letting it seep out via anxiety and petty concerns, negative associations, personal neglect, etc.

QUite a ride.

Thanks ((toni)) for the hugs…appreciate it!

thanks elsa, this is me as well, as i am being hit on all angles with cap asc at 4-5, saturn on dsc at 4-5 can, saturn conju my pluto at the top and mars sitting on the ic at 28 aries…. thank-you for writing and reaching out to those of us in the can crusher

To grrr: I agree that the old patterns are falling away - and it’s exhausting (i.e., raw, primal) to re-hash the old energies only to be bewildered by what will replace them (”hypervigilance”).