Astrology of the Week Ahead: June 16th to 22nd — Major Outer Planetary Shift!

Hey everyone. This is Adam Elenbaas from Nightlight Astrology [https://nightlightastrology.com/].

Today we're going to take a look at all of the major astrological transits for the week ahead. It's a bit of a quiet week, but Jupiter, coming off from the square to Saturn, is now moving directly into the square with Neptune. That is a big deal.

The sun will enter Cancer, Mars will enter Virgo, and there's a couple of other aspects that we'll briefly take a look at. But the big news of this week, and the focus of the channel for the week really is going to be on the Jupiter-Neptune square.

We'll talk about it from an archetypal standpoint. We'll be tracking its history this week, maybe even doing some horoscopes—we'll see. So that is our agenda today.

We're going to give you the big-picture view, and we're going to take a look at horoscopes on the Angular houses for the mutable signs. Who have Mars entering your angle for the first time in a long time, going back to Mars through Cancer and Leo.

So we're going to take a look at mutable signs on the angles for our little horoscopes at the end today. Also, tell you what's on my altar for the week.

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Okay, bit of a lengthy promo section there. I apologize. A lot of things to go over here, as we're in our final week of enrollment. Let's see here.

Okay, let's take a look now at the transits for the week to come. So we start the week off here, June 16, and there are a number of things that are in the process of building this week, which we'll be spending a lot of time with next week, so it's kind of an exciting week of building momentum.

There are some transits this week that are perfecting as well, including one of the bigger transits of the year in the Jupiter square to Neptune. But next week we have a new moon in the sign of Cancer.

So this week is really about the winding down of our current lunation cycle, which brings closure and resolution to things that have been taking place since late May. So we're kind of in the process of that happening here, the winding down of the lunar cycle.

The other thing that's happening is, as you can see, the sun is drawing closer. Oh, we've got the big circle out. The sun is drawing closer to Jupiter.

So as the sun crosses into the sign of Cancer, this is, of course, at our summer solstice moment in the northern hemisphere. We're now going to see the upcoming cazimi and synodic reset of Jupiter and the sun, which I've spent some time talking about on my channel.

So here's their cazimi and that reset moment, June 24—that's next Tuesday. And then you can see that between Tuesday and Wednesday, we also have a new moon in Cancer that's conjunct very, pretty tightly conjoined to that Jupiter cazimi, that reset of Jupiter's synodic cycle with the sun.

So that's a major event astrologically, that is taking place next week. The other thing that's happening in the sky that's worth noting is Uranus is culminating at the 29th degree of Taurus, and is preparing in the next couple of weeks to enter the sign of Gemini, which it will do on July 7.

So we're also moving into an anaretic Uranus, meaning that culmination at the final degree of Taurus is taking place here. So a bunch of things that are in the process of kind of like in a process of development this week that we'll be talking about next week.

But the news for this week, Mars entering Virgo to start the week today. Now, the reason that I think this is pretty significant is when was the last time—or, excuse me, not today, tomorrow. Today is the 16th, Monday. Tomorrow's the 17th, Tuesday.

So Mars enters Virgo tomorrow, June 17. The reason I think this is a big deal is that Mars has been in Leo or Cancer, going all the way back to the autumn in the northern hemisphere of 2024.

So if I take Mars backward here from Virgo, where it's just entering, and I go all the way back to—gosh, let's see. Yeah, here we are. Mars is going to come into the sign of Cancer, and then we'll be either in the sign of Cancer or Leo from September 4 or 5 here, all the way up until June 17.

So that is a long time for Mars to be spending in those two signs. I think, on just the basic level of observing changes in Mars, we can forget—gosh, Mars has been in the same two signs forever, and all of a sudden we get a very different flavor from Mars, and Mars starts moving through new signs again, and it's like, oh yeah, Mars can change.

Mars isn't simply hammering the same old themes all the time anymore. For me, this is why we're going to circle back around at the end today to talk about our mutable signs horoscopes.

Because if you are a Gemini, a Virgo, a Sagittarius, or Pisces rising horoscope—where you listen to your sun sign horoscopes for those signs—you are going to have Mars now in an angular house for the first time, dating back to essentially last August.

So almost a full year since you have had an angular Mars. To me, this is worth talking about. So we're going to give you some things to watch for if you're one of those mutable sun signs or rising sign horoscopes.

But anyway, aside from that, I think it is interesting that we have Mars in a Mercury-ruled sign and then Mercury in Cancer. The two planets are sextile. So a pretty constructive combination of Mercury and Mars as Mars enters Virgo because they're configured together nicely.

So anyway, we'll be not spending any significant time on that this week outside of horoscopes later. But worth noting, Mars is changing signs.

Also, one thing we will be exploring down the line a little bit is Mars' conjunction with the south node of the moon. Mars is kind of on a collision course with that south node, which can be important when it comes to the evolutionary study of past-life karma.

In the school of evolutionary astrology, that encounter with Mars in the south node can really have us looking very deeply at old complexes or old unresolved desires, and maybe doing some work to recognize what is helpful, healthy versus destructive when it comes to our desires.

I think it's fascinating that as that conjunction takes place—this is around July 22 with the mean node—anyhow, Venus will also be squaring Mars later in July, from Gemini to Mercury-ruled signs.

And guess what? Mercury, the host of that Venus-Mars square, will have just turned retrograde and be departing in its visibility, in the beams of the sun.

So a very significant moment for Mars in Virgo a little further down the line, which we will be tracking. But right now, again, not—to me, this is not the biggest thing in the world that requires a ton of our attention this week, considering everything else that's going on.

Okay, when we get to midweek, this really is the story of the week, which we're going to spend a significant amount of time tracking.

If you're new to my channel and you notice, wow, we're looking at some of the same transits three or four times in a week, the main reason for doing that is because we're dealing with major outer planetary configurations—slow-moving planets making big aspects to each other.

Jupiter entering Cancer, Saturn entering Aries, Neptune entering Aries, Jupiter squaring Saturn—all of these kinds of dynamics are very important to spend a deeper, more focused amount of time with because they last a long time.

They typically have a deeper, more long-lasting impact on our lives in terms of what they're doing. That Jupiter-Saturn cycle is very important to unpack and track, so we're going to be doing a little bit more of that this week.

It's an exceptional year in that so many of these things are happening. The coverage on my channel is not always as concentrated and dense with certain aspects or transits, but they will be. It typically is like that, and this is another week where we have something like that to be looking at.

So Jupiter square Neptune will be a big part of this week's coverage. Now, I think it is important to mention that on Friday of this week, the sun will enter the sign of Cancer, which is officially the moment of the summer solstice.

Now that's happening here—this is Central Time—between, you know, 9 and 9:40 or 10:40 a.m. or p.m. On my clock, we're having our summer solstice gathering the next night here in Minneapolis on the 21st—close enough.

But there is the transition, and as soon as that happens, we'll be moving into the transit that's going to take a lot of our focus next week, which is that synodic reset with the sun and Jupiter, which is happening at the same time as a new moon.

Very powerful next moon cycle with lots of interesting dynamics, considering that cazimi that's there at the time of the new moon. So the sun entering Cancer again is sort of building towards something that's more potent next week.

Now, on the 22nd to close the week, we're going to be looking at a little sextile from Mars to Jupiter there in Virgo and in the sign of Cancer. These two planets configured through a sextile ought to be pretty constructive.

We'll mention that probably later in the week. We'll spend just a little bit of time with that alongside of the other major aspect of the weekend also taking place on Sunday the 22nd, which is the sun squaring Saturn.

Now, technically, the sun within 24 hours is going to move through a square to Neptune. So because those two planets are almost exactly conjoined, we're really looking at sun square Saturn and Neptune over the course of Sunday into Monday.

So the Mars-Jupiter sextile on Sunday and the sun square Saturn is something we'll look at at the end of the week. Give you some tips on what to watch for given those two planetary aspects happening on Sunday.

All right, so that's really the summary of the week. Now let's just go back through each one of these and mention some things to watch for.

I think, with Mars entering Virgo earlier in the week, like the main thing that I like about Mars in Virgo is the meticulous, careful, thoughtful, discriminating mindset. It's a very analytical and organizational Mars that can get things done, especially the busy work, the tidying, the taking care of things that are sort of at the margins.

That some people may look at and say, maybe you're being a little nitpicky. But sometimes it's time to be nitpicky, or sometimes—you know, it's one of those days where I feel like Mars in Virgo.

I always notice myself doing something like reorganizing my bookshelves and alphabetizing or categorizing my books or something. It's like a very good day for detail-oriented projects.

I could see something like developing or refining or even editing a talk or a facet of the curriculum in my programs. Mars in Virgo has this quality of just being executive, sort of has a sharp judging eye for things.

This is good. This isn't good. This needs help. That needs help. This isn't the right place. This isn't in the right place. It can be a little critical—like, this is a Mars that can be maybe a little puritanical or hyper-critical. So you have to watch for that edge.

But there's very productive, practical, useful kind of Mars that can get stuff done. It's a kind of like—I feel like it's like a landscaping crew that comes to your house and can beautify the yard in a day of hard work.

So I think it's a very nice—I like this kind of Mars for things like editing something I'm working on, or really getting into, again, the margins or the details of things. So anyway, watch for that with Mars on the 18th.

The Jupiter square to Neptune—there's so much to say about this. We're going to track its cycle and its history. But unlike the Jupiter-Saturn dynamic, that tends to be about the reconfiguring of structures as our understanding, our beliefs or our guiding principles or philosophies are evolving—especially as some things come to a place of ending or death or ineffectiveness.

Or we run up against the limits of something that has guided us, or systems, paradigms, and structures are sort of collapsing or failing and needing some kind of turn or revision—that's very Jupiter-Saturn.

Jupiter-Neptune is very different insofar as the two planets come together and often provide a sense of grand, all-encompassing visions or hope or buoyancy or optimism or faith.

It's that mystical, otherworldly, imaginative sense of inspiration. It's a little otherworldly. It can be prone to maybe exaggeration or maybe sometimes a lack of grounding.

I think Saturn's probably going to help out a little bit more because it's so closely configured to Jupiter still. But Jupiter-Neptune dynamics are really about the evolution of the creative vision or the spiritual, emotional inspiration that's guiding our lives.

Jupiter, when it contacts other planets, is always helping us evolve in our faith, understanding, philosophy—the way that we shape paradigms and structures to provide us some sense of coherence and direction and purpose in life.

When it hits Neptune, a lot of that is coming through what's inspiring us, or what—or maybe what we're feeling disillusioned with, and then where is the new inspiration?

These kinds of things are a big part of the Jupiter-Neptune dynamic, and all the more interesting when we track its history in the cycle, since this is also an opening square, and we can trace back to their conjunction, which we're going to do.

I'll have some stories to share that I think track pretty nicely as well. So anyway, then the sun enters Cancer. We have that summer solstice moment. I'm not going to say too much about that right now.

We get the Mars sextile Jupiter at the end of the week. I think that is really helpful when it comes to mobilizing resources, or whatever work you're trying to do, or whatever you're trying to get done—very practical, earthy things you're trying to build, shape, mold, tangible things that you're trying to create or accomplish.

The Jupiter in Cancer is very fertile, and as the new moon is coming through, it feels to me like a new set of resources that can accomplish some very practical things that we might get in touch with, given the sextile between these two planets right before the new moon.

Finally, on the same day, the sun square to Saturn—that, you know, some square to Saturns can be a little bit of a gut check. We can sometimes feel like there's—I like to describe it like, you know, Saturn's in the superior square.

In this case, we'll talk about this at the end of the week. But you're—this is a right before a new moon, right? So it's happening under a dark moon.

What are we letting go of? What harder limits or realities that maybe feel like a little temporary rain cloud, you know, kind of coming over the landscape of our lives?

What are we dealing with that sets the stage for this very fertile new beginning of the new moon in Cancer next week?

I could see there being a level of disillusionment or frustration or kind of a hard limit or barrier or boundary that we come up against over the weekend, which I do believe there's a lot of hope.

There's a lot of hopeful signs in the astrology of next week that suggests we'll be moving past this, but it is something that we have to sort of face or confront—a little bit of like a hitch in our giddyup, as they say, that we may have to kind of deal with right before that new moon, very fertile Jupiter and the cazimi comes through.

I feel like the encounters that the planets are having with Saturn and Neptune in Aries—in early Cancer, we had it with Mercury, the sun, Jupiter—these encounters are—there's something that maybe it provides a like a confronting or dealing with something that might feel limiting or blocking or frustrating.

But then how we move forward, given that encounter, is going to be a very important part of the new moon cycle that begins next week.

That new moon cycle also sort of heralds the entrance of Uranus into Gemini, which is a very creative placement. So whatever frustrations, limits, or kind of hard stuff we're meeting with Saturn and Neptune in Aries right now, a lot of reason to believe that we'll have the creativity, the sort of fertile energy to deal with it and to move forward in interesting ways.

But we're going to watch for that toward the end of the week—the sun square to Saturn over the weekend will be part of my coverage, probably going Friday, going into the weekend. So you'll have more on that then.

All right. Now, as promised, Mars enters Virgo. Let us take a look at whole-sign horoscopes for the rising signs. I'm going to eliminate quickly everything from my perspective on the screen, except for Mars, and then I'm going to show it to you.

Alright, here we go. So here you can see Mars entering on the 17th, so that's tomorrow, and then you're going to have Mars in Virgo all the way up until it enters Libra, and that will take us all the way till about August 5 into the 6th.

So, just so you kind of have a sense—those of you out there who are mutable sign sun sign horoscope or rising sign horoscope—of how long this is going to last.

But anyhow, let's begin by putting Gemini on the ascendant. Again, remember, for you mutable signs, this is the first time you've had Mars in an angular house, going back all the way to last August, at the very beginning of September, it changed into Cancer, and has been in Cancer or Leo ever since.

So for those of you Geminis out there, whether you're Gemini rising or sun sign, Mars is entering your fourth house—that points toward the god of action, as well as the god of conflict, god of frustration, as well as the god of courage and determination, entering the fourth house of home, family, land, your living environment, family or ancestral patterns and connections.

And so, you know, whether it's the work you're doing around the house, things that have to be repaired, or frustrations that you deal with in the living environment, or if it's a landscaping project, or if it's something to do with the ambitions and actions you're taking relative to the land you live on or that you're trying to acquire—this would all be really typical for Mars in earthy Virgo in your fourth house.

It's also about what kinds of conflicts are worth your time and energy, and maybe which are not, with respect to things like home or family.

And it's also about, you know, the inner life of—you know, kind of more of a private side of ourselves that we don't necessarily show to the world as readily or as easily. It's more of the inner private part of our psyches.

Mars in that sphere can be asking you how you deal with anger or aggression or competition, or how easy is it for you to be assertive or decisive. These kinds of things on a psychological level may also be important right now. So consider that for Geminis.

Let's move to Virgos. For Virgo risings—you or sun sign—you have Mars in your first house. Now, the best part about this god of action, determination, courage, perseverance, bravery is the initiatives or the actions that you may be taking on behalf of your own health or your own personal growth and development.

Mars in the first house—a keyword that's really good for that one is individuation. You know, how am I asserting myself, becoming myself, pushing myself, finding myself through active, energetic effort?

There's a kind of vigor to Mars in the first house that might have you hit in the gym or taking up a hobby that you've been putting on the back burner for too long.

Now it's time to do some of the things that give you joy or happiness—finding yourself, being yourself, standing up for yourself, asserting yourself—as long as you're not being a jerk to other people, right?

This is an important part of having Mars in your first house, really, all the way through the summer in the northern hemisphere here.

So Mars in the first house can also be about how you handle and manage anger, conflict, how you protect yourself, how you assert yourself. And it can also be about—it's a very inceptional planet in an inceptional place.

This is the birth line of the chart, and Mars is a planet that loves to start things. So what are you also initiating right now? What are you starting right now?

Could it have something to do with craft, skills, abilities, things that exist on the margins of your life that you're tightening up somehow? So watch for all of that, for Virgo sun or rising.

All right, let's go forth to Sagittarius. If you are a Sagittarius rising, this is in your 10th house—the place of career, the public sphere of life, reputation.

It's an art-of-house, which means it also has to do with the means by which you earn a living, support yourself in the world, pay your bills and so forth—the workplace, as well as the kind of skills or abilities that you are known for, that you have a reputation for.

This is all taking place in the 10th house. A lot of action and energy—energizing for Sagittarians in the career house right now.

If you're retired, this can be about the kinds of things that connect you to the greater civic, social arena. Maybe there's new things you're doing.

This can also be about your engagement with the civic, social, political arena. Also, I would say that new projects—again, Mars loves to initiate things.

So what kinds of things are you initiating—new projects or new elements of your work or career? This could also be about entrepreneurial endeavors, new businesses that you're launching.

And also the kinds of conflicts or power struggles that may or may not be worth your time or energy in the workplace, as well as maybe opportunities for leadership or stepping out or showcasing your talents and abilities.

Mars will sometimes say, "Hey, come on. Be courageous. Kind of show people what you've got. Step up, somehow."

All right, last but not least, Pisces—last mutable, double-bodied sign. This places Mars into your seventh house of love, relationships, intimacy.

It's a comma house related to happiness and pleasure—interpersonal pleasure, like marriage and romantic relationships, or any other kind of interpersonal dynamic, and the happiness derived from it.

Mars in this house can be saying—more passion, more energy, more action, more fun, more—you know, what are the kinds of things that energize you, that you can do with other people?

On the other hand, this is the god of conflict and war and hostility entering the seventh house—what kinds of meaningful power struggles, or what kind of—how are you exploring—let's call it power dynamics in relationships.

All of those things could be coming up right now. Mars in the seventh can be about the way that certain people energize you and build you up through the energy they provide, versus those people who drain you because maybe they cut you down or they criticize you.

And there may be a process of discernment or greater discrimination that you need in terms of who's worthy of your time, or who you need to be spending less time with.

Mars can bring discord into relationships in the seventh, but it can also bring energy and new directions or initiatives that are very creative.

When a couple decides to start a business together, or when they decide to take an adventure together, sometimes you'll see Mars in the seventh. So be creative and not—don't want to be too heavy or, you know, don't want people feeling like, "Oh, if you're a Pisces rising, there's just going to be conflict for sure."

And, you know, it's not necessarily the case, so be a little creative and watch for the presence of Mars in that house.

All right. Finally, what I want to do before we end for the day is tell you what is on my altar this week. So I am going to switch over to the view of my altar, show you what I've got there.

So first of all, check out the labradorite on the far right that I picked up. And in this other corner down here, you can see that kind of almost like a honeycomb-looking shaped stone. That's garnet.

These were a few that I picked up at a local gemstone place in my neighborhood called Jewelweed. Very cool—if you're in the Minnesota area, check out Jewelweed.

Anyhow, what's on the altar this week? I always like to show you what I'm offering to the many faces of the Divine that are part of my altar in the hopes that if it inspires you to develop an altar of your own or come up with an altar practice of your own, that you can either use this as a template or get creative.

But I think that having different aspects and faces of the Divine that we connect with—whether they're natural things like gemstones or icons from different faith traditions that you resonate with for whatever reason—this is a way of, as we note the planets in our lived experiences, and we have an altar practice that's also about making the connections between aspects and the sort of different faces of divinity—is the way I like to think about it.

Then an altar practice is just about being more intentional and remembering and making that connection more alive.

So on my altar this week, you'll see my little jug, my little pitcher, with stars on it. I've got a strawberry sitting on top of it, and inside is some almond milk.

That is a part of what I eat for breakfast every morning. I typically have a little bit of oatmeal and some fruit with a little bit of almond milk.

And so for me, this is a part of my focus right now in this altar practice—is really on offering things to the Divine that help me to remember its connection in basic everyday parts of my life.

If I can see the divine in how I nourish myself with my breakfast each morning—I also tend to have a little bit of leftover oatmeal for my pre-workout before I go to the gym.

And so, you know, a little bit of fruit, oatmeal, and almond milk—like now, when I have that as a part of my daily self-care, like my daily diet, I am going to remember that those substances are filled with divinity—the simple connection.

It's a—you know, and this is just kind of how I do things. But you can get so creative with what you put on an altar and why.

This week, with Jupiter squaring Neptune, I also wanted to pick something that's a little bit sweet, so like sweet strawberry and milky almond—almond juice, almond milk—to me, are sort of like—there's a sweetness in the air with Jupiter-Neptune that I also wanted to capture and connect that a little bit to something that I eat every day.

So people sometimes ask me, what do I do with it? So I don't let it sit for too long. Obviously, it's milk, so probably I put it in this morning. Within a couple of hours, I'll typically eat the strawberry, drink the milk after it's sort of been blessed by the altar.

That's a part of the bhakti tradition that is still very—I love it so, so anyway. But you can also just, you know, compost lovingly or whatever, and then refresh as often as you like.

All right. Well, that is it for today. Remember, you have just a few days left to register for the upcoming course that starts this weekend. So I can't wait to see some of you in class.

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