Blogger's 7 year Itch

Blogger just listed all the dates involved in transferring from Old Blogger to Google's New Blogger. How kind. 7 years! Wow, that's the Itch. The 7 year itch. That's the Progressed Moon square, that's the transiting Saturn square, it's also known for the amount of years that it takes for Uranus to change signs. Well, Uranus is known for it's itch. Moon and Saturn are known for marking off major life changes. If the following were significant milestone years in your life then you know you're heavily affected by Progressed Moon and transiting Saturn aspects: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91, and so on for however long you live. Makes sense that it would coincide with a big corporate merger/and/or buyout.

Had to take a look. I've copied the significant dates of the transition down below. The Mercury Retrogrades coincide with some sort of malfunction end of October when Mercury went Retro, Thank God. Just imagine how Astrology would be considered a pseudo science if that hadn't happened. There was some kind of design flaw right off the bat that needed to be fixed, but with the Saturn-Neptune opposition hammering down on the chart the way it was they're lucky it wasn't worse. Saturn has been in Leo transiting over the Leo Stellium of the natal chart. It stationed retrograde on the Natal Venus on Dec. 6 and passed almost back to station direct at 19 Leo, almost making it back for a second conjunction to natal Mercury. Jupiter is now in Sagittarius along with Pluto and their conjunction later this year might bring a big change to publishing, maybe Blogger will be connected with this.

Unfortunately, the first post from Blogger's Birth date doesn't have a time. I'm assuming the place is San Francisco, that seems to be where Pete and his friends live with their girlfriends and cats. Wonder if they're gonna stick around now though.

Blogger
b. Aug. 23, 1999, San Francisco, CA

Sun 0 Virgo; Moon probably in Capricorn; NN 13 Leo.

The stars look great for the original chart. Sun is conjunct a late Venus in Leo. Virgo rules writing and technological writing, but Venus in Leo adds the creative element. Mercury is conjunct North Node in Leo and Uranus is conjunct the South Node in Aquarius. That's about as appropriate for an Internet Communication anything, let alone Journaling program. Uranus-Node is a very precocious little beast, isn't it? To reinforce this theme, Mercury-Uranus and the Nodes are also Parallel. And Sun is parallel Jupiter for Luck. Neptune in Aquarius, Uranus in Aquarius, and Pluto in Sagittarius indicate success in anything worldly, other worldly, and international. It shows the rapid spread of the Internet in these past few years across the globe. Everyone is linked. I don't know if people read anymore but we sure do share. Blogger is a great example of one of the most successful enterprises. Yet another example of this amazing phenomenon.

The Saturn-Neptune opposition has been on the Nodes-Mercury-Uranus opposition during the entire transition. This must have made it seem like a colossal hassle, but also contributed a lot of improvements to the original interface, much better for multi-media.

Natal Mars-Chiron in Scorpio were first hit by the Mercury Retrograde Oct. 29 to Dec. 26 through conjunction but Jupiter was there too. The next Mercury Retrograde squared Mars from Aquarius. Actually Mercury went Retrograde Feb. at 11 Pisces and then stationed on the square point on Mar. 8. It returned to 11 Pisces by March 29, 2007.

Here's the list quoted from the introductory page. I've added some astro notes in Italics.

"While old Blogger totters off to realize its dream of getting to level 70 in the Burning Crusade, let’s take some time to remember what it took to replace the old Blogger with the new.

14 August 2006: The new version of Blogger launches as a public beta

Transiting Grand square = restless energies. Pluto square NN = big changes. Mars opposite Uranus = relationships, technology

23 August 2006: Blogger’s 7th birthday

New Moon in Leo. 4 planets in Leo conjunct natal Leo Planets. Solar and Mercury Returns. Venus c. n.NN.

30 August 2006: Edit HTML added to beta’s Layouts

Sun c. Mercury in Virgo. That's great for editing and detail work.

2 September 2006: Login box fiasco solved

Moon c. Pluto in Sagittarius square Mars c. SN in Virgo. Venus Return.

5 September 2006: Beta Known Issues blog launched

T.Moon and Chiron c. n. Neptune in Aquarius

21 September 2006: Mobile posting added

New Moon in Virgo conjunct SN.

4 October 2006: Picasa support added

Sun c. Venus c. Mars in Libra (Visuals). T. Moon c. 1st n. Neptune, then transiting Neptune (photopraphy).

26 October 2006: Week of Old Blogger meltdowns

Huge stellium of planets moving into Scorpio = meltdowns. Mercury goes Retrograde c. n. Mars on Oct. 29. This retro squaring natal Leo Planets and t. Saturn-Neptune opposition.

2 November 2006: Beta declared “feature complete” with FTP support

Moon-NN in Pisces squaring Pluto. T. Saturn c. n. Venus. 5 planets in Scorpio. T. Jupiter c. n. Mars.

10 November 2006: All new accounts created on Blogger in beta

Still 5 planets in Scorpio (Phoenix rising from the ashes) trining t. NN in Pisces

12 November 2006: New mobile accounts created on Blogger in beta

T. Moon in Leo c. n. NN, Mercury, etc. T. Venus c. n. Mars.

11 December 2006: Team blogs allowed to switch to Blogger in beta

6 planets in Sagittarius. Go Team!

19 December 2006: New Blogger taken out of beta

New Moon in Sagittarius. Sun c. Pluto (self-reliance).

4 January 2007: BlogThis! added

T.Mars c. t. Pluto trining t. Saturn and natal Leo planets. t. Jupiter c. n. Pluto.

24 January 2007: Percentage of users required to switch to new Blogger
15 February 2007: All users required to switch to new Blogger on login

Full Moon and Lunar Return in Capricorn c. Mars. Moon = Public and Mars = I dunno, the energy to move them? Mercury-Uranus-NN conjunction in Pisces.

21 February 2007: FTP publishing reliability improved
4 March 2007: Performance problems with especially busy blogs resolved

Moon in Virgo. T. Mars c. n. Neptune. Sun c. Uranus-NN in Pisces. Technology.

28 March 2007: Offline process to move blogs from old to new Blogger begins
16 April 2007: 1000th Blog of Note

Moon conjunct Mercury in Aries and approaching new Moon in Aries filling out a Grand Trine with Saturn in Leo and Pluto in Sagittarius. Inspiration and Enthusiasm.

24 April 2007: All blogs moved off old Blogger, save [this] one

Sun c. n. Jupiter. Mars c. Uranus-NN.

26 April 2007: Blogger Buzz moves to new Blogger, turns off lights on its way out
27 April 2007: DNS change to point www.blogger.com to new Blogger
4 May 2007: Old Blogger physically dismantled

t. Moon c. n. Chiron squaring n. Sun-Venus. T. Sun-Mercury c. n. Saturn. Mars-Uranus-NN conjunction in Pisces.