The crisis has passed, believe it or not.

For all you astrology enthusiasts, here is an overview of what's going on right now.

The last lunation was a moment of crisis, the word meaning crucial turning point, moment of decision.
When the moons are out of phase they form a quincunx, the aspect of crisis and health, with the 8th house on the natural wheel. This was Virgo/Aries. Surgery to the soma.

The Aries Full Moon brought the surgical lance, and now the drainage will begin. The last scandal did the Republicans in. You can't build a philosophy of government based on moral values and get away with this. And the preposterous War On Terror. The hypocrisy is far too glaring. Pluto in Sagittarius. Everything has a saturation point. The best thing to do now is face the hypocrisy in our own lives if we're really serious about a solution.

Great diseases are like this. The building to the crisis, then the purge or death. For many years these elements have been surfacing and now with Pluto just finishing its station, Jupiter deep into Scorpio and soon leaving, and a stellium of planets soon to be in Scorpio, it does appear to be the time of purge and elimination. Jupiter has also been in mutual reception with Pluto in Sagittarius. Quite a setup for moral, ethical, truthful issues, and quite an invitation to catharsis. Many people are sick as it should be. It will be huge relief to be free of this.

Jupiter is leaving the USA 12th house where for a year it's been magnifying these dishonesties and other problems, and when it comes into the first house there will be renewed faith and optimism, although with reservation as the pain went deep and will take time to process. The political change is only the beginning.

There is so much concentrated energy to achieve this now, this purge, on so many levels, and the more people participate consciously the more successful our society will be. It might even get a little easier. The agony can be shared, some even getting a skinnier slice. :-)