Sun-Rahu Conjunction
I keep thinking about this giant mutated dandelion I found and quickly dubbed ‘The Triple Dandy'. I saw it last month during the Sun-Rahu conjunction in Taurus (plus Uranus nearby). All of that was a lot of instability for the Sun, in a place like Taurus that is usually stable. I also found a double dandy nearby.
I found both flowers later in the week: They ended up being too top heavy, and instead of being able to shed their seeds in the wind, they fell down under their own weight unable to release their little seeds effectively.
This is a great example of how Rahu speaks of increase and confusion. More isn’t always better. Clearly the genetic plans of growth were confused and it didn’t work out in the flowers’ favor. Taurus speaks to a need for consistency in growing things effectively. That constistant rate of growth was not there. Not with Rahu pushing things too far, and Uranus scrambling the plans.
I’m taking this as a sign for how to consider Mars joining Rahu and Uranus ~July 27th through ~August 3rd 2022.
More is not always more.
Louder and bigger is not always better.
Confusion and lack of clear understanding makes these skies all the more challenging to navigate. Mars is actions and behaviors. Make sure you know all sides of a situation before you act as July turns into August.
Nodal Technical Notes
The lunar nodes are a fraught subject astrologers have argued about for a long time. I use the terms ‘Rahu’ and ‘North Node’ interchangeably, realizing that Rahu contains important myth and is treated like a planet in Jyotish tradition. This is contrasted with how the lunar nodes are conceptualized in contemporary “western” astrology - mathematical points where the Moon and Sun are at the same height/vertical plane and so can block each other out in events called eclipses. Both lenses offer valuable perspectives.
In my own use of lunar nodes in natal chart interpretation, I only speak firmly on them if they do not switch signs or houses between tropical and sidereal calculations (Jyotish uses sidereal calculations). If I do discuss Rahu, it is simply in terms of things that may increase or be insatiable to the person, or create confusion. And in my own life with my Moon conjunct Rahu by three degrees, this is indeed how I’ve experienced it.
Of course most astrology enthusiasts simply want to know “is it good or bad?” and like my answer for that question in every other astrological context: It Depends.
Traditionally, Rahu and Ketu are not auspicious, not fortunate for the native. It also depends greatly on if and which planet is conjunct the node in question. Significant nodal configurations in a birth chart are something to be managed with awareness and discipline. That being said, Rahu creates a desire to pursue aspirations/goals/things to a degree we might not otherwise. And that drive can push a person to great heights that can be perceived as “good”. In general the nodes, both South and North, are places along the ecliptic described as “precarious” by Demetra George in her book Ancient Astrology Volume I. She also makes a fine point about how in Western society we tend to see Increase as inherantly “good”. Cancer conditions and top-heavy dandelions are a good reminder against that bias.
Foot note:
For those more familiar with the Evolutionary Astrology perspective of past/future life with the nodes - I am not talking about that here. Per what I learned from George, as well as from Chris Brennan and Ronnie Gale Dreyer on the history of the lunar nodes, this view of nodes indicating past and future lives didn’t arrive on the scene until the Western Spiritualist movements at the turn of the 1900s. I play with this lens myself depending on the circumstance, but it’s not the first one I pick up, no disrespect to EA.