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Venus in Leo and the Oxford Carnival



FESTIVAL fever will hit the city tomorrow as thousands of revellers pour into the heart of East Oxford. Merrymakers from across the county are expected to enjoy Cowley Road Carnival as it returns for another year.Organisers have said the free five-hour extravaganza will boast the most diverse and vibrant carnival line-up yet, with hundreds of performances planned. Creative producer Kyla Booth-Lucking said the fiesta will feature a host of new zones, offering festival-goers a little piece of peace and tranquility alongside the booming party atmosphere. http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/13370023.Get_ready_for_feast_of_fun_at_Cowley_Road_Carnival/








The ingresses of the Sun into the four cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are considered among the most important events in mundane astrology. The Sun has just moved into Cancer on June 21 and  the chart for the ingress drawn for Oxford is shown here.  Notice that the Venus-Jupiter combination  linked to indulgence and enjoyment is square the horizon. Additionally, the ingress Sun makes hard aspects to Venus [14le] and Saturn [29sc]. Although Venus and Saturn are connected by the traditional aspects, the interval between them is 105 degrees. Charles Jayne was particularly intrigued  by  the minor aspect of 105 degrees and he coined the term for it: "squine." Halfway between a square and a trine [1]. Whether or not we are willing to consider 105 an aspect, what is important here is that Sun aspects both Venus and Saturn and brings their energies together.







If we now progress the ingress chart to the date of the Oxford Carnival,June 5, the progressed Ascendant reaches a conjunction to Saturn triggering the Saturn-Sun-Venus  configuration. The Sabian symbols [2]  for Venus (135)  and Saturn (240) say it all!

PHASE 135 [LEO 15] : A PAGEANT, WITH ITS SPECTACULAR FLOATS, MOVES ALONG A STREET CROWDED WITH CHEERING PEOPLE.
Keynote: The more or less sensational release of energies in a form dramatizing the unconscious aspirations of man’s primitive and instinctual nature.

PHASE 240 [SCORPIO 30]: CHILDREN IN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES INDULGE IN VARIOUS PRANKS.
Keynote: The periodic outlets society furnishes within traditional limits to still-immature energies.



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