Midnight Hammer?

An old saying: “To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”

With Saturn and Neptune conjunct (within a four degree orb) in Aries, there’s lots of forceful, combative Mars influence just itching to get into action. Also notice Mercury in Cancer, which I would interpret as evidence of tremendous secrecy from the major players involved in the actions against Iran. But Mercury is at the last half of Cancer, being at 20 degrees, while – here comes the clincher – Jupiter arrived at 2 degrees in Cancer, obviously just entering that sign. And positioning itself square Saturn and Neptune. Heavy planets indeed.

You have the planet of expansion and benevolence (Jupiter) in a negative aspect (square) to Saturn (tremendous responsibility, hard tasks) and Neptune (nebulous and ephemeral, but dangerous under that placid exterior). Time to take a deep breath – or several.

Which course of action will win out? Expansive and expensive; duty and obedience, or a bit of daydreaming finally called to order. You’ll recall ‘the planets do not compel, they impel’ axiom which stresses free will and independent decision-making, regardless of planetary aspects.

Our participation will likely be held to holding good thoughts; sending peaceful vibrations and calm towards all participants in this tremendous event – it will stride the boards of the world stage for quite a while, in my estimation. With four mighty military forces (figuratively, one in each corner), the saber-rattling, blustering and posturing will soon grow tiresome to onlookers and we may expect a very firm push towards the combatants settling their problems diplomatically.

That would be a most welcome outcome. But the eventual resolution remains to be seen.