During the past weeks you probably have heard about the Barbault Basket, the rare astrological alignment consisting of the slow-moving outer planets Jupiter (growth and optimism), Uranus (liberation and sudden breakthroughs), Neptune (idealism and sensitivity), and Pluto (transformation). The planets in the pattern form a chain of three sextiles, and Jupiter in Leo and Pluto in Aquarius are opposing each other. Now the Full Moon – the opposition of the Sun and the Moon – aligns tightly with the Jupiter-Pluto opposition and activates the planets.

The basket configuration described above is also called a cradle pattern, where four planets are linked together by one opposition, two trines, and three sextiles. The tension of the opposition is balanced by the softer aspects. Astrologer Howard Sasportas (1948 – 1992) called Uranus, Neptune and Pluto as ”the gods of change”. Each planet works on its own distinctive way. He wrote: ”But no matter what specific kinds of conflicts, traumas, paradoxes or dilemmas they bring, these planets all have one thing in common: they don’t want to leave us the same way they found us.”

Perhaps this finally is a turning point in the war that has gone on for far too long in Europe. Ukraine’s position is now stronger than ever since the war began. Relations between president Zelensky and Trump have improved. They met yesterday before senator Lindsay Grayham’s funeral, and according to Zelensky they had a good meeting, where they also talked about restarting peace talks.

The Full Moon and Pluto are transiting in conjunction with president Zelensky’s Sun-Venus conjunction in Aquarius. The current Sun-Jupiter conjunction has just passed over Ukraine’s Chiron in early Leo. The trans-Neptunian peace planet Praamzius is now at 26+ degrees of Leo. It is transiting Ukraine’s triple conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus in Leo.

The slow-moving outer planets of change do not only bring conflict and trauma, but also offer potential for growth and development.

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