What is interesting is that Pholus is conjunct the Galactic Core. The "medicine" that's flowing through is galactic consciousness, whatever that means. My take is that the Galactic Core is the homing signal that we pine for. It's a direct spiritual calling in the form of a feeling tone or instinct.
The problem with Pholus is that it may come across as an overwhelming longing, or as nothing at all. Chiron, square the Galactic Core, is a reminder that this energy is coming from inside of us, rather than from the outside or some external thing. This, of course, is the ultimate spiritual lesson: that we each contain the healing power we need.
One last thought. Chiron in Pisces is describing a kind of highly-focused erotic sensation, and a calling for sexual healing, that's an answer to the mystical longing of Pholus in Sagittarius. This is another version of the need to integrate psychic experience (meaning mental and emotional) with physical experience.
How do you do this? Slowly and gently—but steadily and dependably. You don't need to "take it all on." You merely need to leave your awareness open enough to have a sense of what's going on around you.
Saturn square Neptune, with Mars involved (August 24, 2016, with an orb of 2015-2017). This is a real mash-up, between three entirely distinct kinds of planetary energies. We see another example of the physical and the psychic acting on one another with the Saturn-Neptune square. Saturn is the planet of form and structure; Neptune is the planet that dissolves forms and structures. Saturn is about practical, tangible reality; Neptune is what you dream, imagine or hallucinate.
We've been living with this tension all year, but it's so subtle compared to other factors that it's been lurking in the deep background. It's about to emerge into the foreground as Mars makes a conjunction to Saturn and a square to Neptune on August 25. Mars, a hot, sharp object, pushes Saturn-Neptune right to the front of consciousness, just as the general election season is getting up to full speed.
This aspect pattern describes circumstances that call for careful handling, because it describes something that looks explosive. If there are any actual large explosions around this time, they are symbolic of the pressure we are under, and are trying to release.
This is an aspect that says blow off as much steam as you can, in advance of its arrival. If you're facing an important decision, be mindful of that, and start to create options for yourself. Most of all, if you're in denial about something, open up that door before it's blown open for you.
Mars-Saturn-Neptune can be brilliantly progressive if you use it consciously. And that contains one of the keys about how not to go insane: Recognize your resources, and use them with awareness.
