December 11 /12: Pallas and spiral galaxy M106 investigate the past and avoid dispersion, Venus and M21 fertilize the development of new projects

December11/12 : Asteroid Pallas is conjunct spiral galaxy M106, square to Mercury, trine Pluto. It is an excellent time to make strategies and put them to work, to do research, particularly in past issues. How so? Palas makes an ecliptic conjunction with M106, an interesting galaxy because it has a fossil arm where star formation has ceased, and old stars are witnesses of an earlier era of the universe. This gives a meaning of a past that is preserved in both the galaxy and our personal or collective memory. Pluto, meanwhile, with its depth coupled with Mercury's curiosity indicates a good time to investigate in the past, either in our individual lives through any kind of psychoanalysis, or in a more collective dimension, looking at family or historical roots. Most likely, a revealing and interesting information will emerge...

     Moreover, M106 has one of the densest concentrations of matter in the known universe, which is an indicator of pressure, sense of responsibility, commitment. Who knows, perhaps for this reason, Pallas and M106 are in square (90°) at a very unfocused Mercury in detriment in the sign of tropical Sagittarius and conjunct globular cluster M12, one of the most dispersed clusters of our galaxy. The tendency is to escape, towards distraction, with both freedom and chaos, so typical of M12... Luckily enough, the enormous gravity of M106 can help to counteract this. So, this mix of galaxies, planets, asteroids and clusters is ideal for structuring dispersed information, and deal dynamically with the resolution of pendings and accumulated work in our everyday life. Failure to comply with our commitments, though, can bring a significant amount of guilt...


     Venus makes a beautiful parallel to open cluster M21, and is contra parallel Jupiter and the Crab Nebula ( M1). This in itself is a continuation of the Sun /Jupiter contraparallel last week, which coincided with a large energy mobilization typical of the huge magnetic fields of Jupiter and the Crab Nebula (M1), which is nothing less than a supernova explosion in the constellation Taurus. The structures of our minds were shaken a few days ago, and in many cases this Sun/Jupiter/M1 combination marked the beginning of new projects or a new direction for the old ones. Supernovae like M1 accelerate our evolutionary process and force us to do things we normally wouldn't. Such is their astrological character...

     Now with Venus, this contra paallel with Jupiter/M1 ill start to bear fruit , and it is therefore important to invest time and resources in promoting recently-born projects, cutting-edge, fresh ideas, new people, talent and any emerging and promising strategies. It is essential to connect with the right people and invest time and resources to promote the development and care of the new growth as we take care of a small plant .. This is explained by Venus, which is in parallel with M21,  a very young cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. The baby stars in M21 symbolize baby new projects and ideas that need attention and an impulse to grow ... Let's take care of them.. .they willcetainly bear great fruit in the near future! What's more, Mercury joins the party in parallel to Venus and sextile Vesta. This implies a strong concentration on the forementioned babies and their integrity and protection.The general tendency is to concentrate the mind on productivity ....

      It is therefore an excellent week to develop new plans with Venus and M21, while the past is reviewed with the trend of Palas and M106.


     Have a very productive and revealing, research-focused week! As always, I invite you to see the Galactic Guide on Facebook, Twitter , where more feedback on astrological trends from deep space appear regularly :

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Carlos Duarte
Research Astrologer