Daily Transit – 2/10/2024

Happy Lunar New Year! Today starts the year of the Wood Dragon and also hosts a Mercury square Jupiter transit which indicates some tension between ideas/communication and growth/expansion…this post digs deeper into its archetypal correspondences.

The Chinese zodiac is based on the cycles of Jupiter, so understanding what Jupiter and Mercury are telling us today may hold some good insight into the year of the Wood Dragon.

The Tarot Majors associated with the 9th degree (8-9°) of Aquarius/Taurus include double Empress energies (Venus Rules Taurus and the 1st decan of Aquarius), The Star (Aquarius), The Hierophant (Taurus), The Fool and the World (Co-rulers of Aquarius) and The Magician (Taurus decan 1 ruler).

The 2 Knights (the hasty/fast Knight of Swords for Aquarius decan 1 and the slow and steady Knight of Pentacles for Taurus decan 1) have opposing energies. The minors (5 of swords and 5 of pentacles) are both often regarded as challenging change cards.

The Sabians for Aquarius 9/Taurus 9 are A flag turned into an eagle/A Christmas tree decorated. James Burgess gives the keynote “Taking steps to realize the dream” to Aquarius 9. Rudhyar gives Taurus 9 the keynote “The ability to create inner happiness in dark hours”. Both are expression degree 4 Sabians which give us techniques or methods – in this case for turning our ideas into effective solutions for growth.

The I Ching associated with 8°23′ of Aqu/Taurus include Line 1 of Hexagram 24 (Returning – Earth over Thunder) and Hexagram 19 (Approach – Earth over Lake). Both hexagrams actually have this first Line (along with Line 2 for Hex 19) as the Host line (according to Huang’s Numerology of the I Ching). These Yang/firm lines at the bottom of the hexagrams are the expanding and advancing bases for growth to come.

Synthesizing this all together, I see this healthy tension/challenge transit as an opportunity and catalyst for abundant, effective growth of our ideals throughout the year of the Wood Dragon.