What a week of astrological transits we have in front of us...Here's what to watch for:* Over the next week + the Sun will oppose Jupiter, square Pluto, and conjoin Uranus.* Over the next week Saturn will station and turn retrograde* In a little over a week Venus will station and turn direct* In the next week Venus will exactly square Saturn and then station and slowly turn direct while Saturn is doing the same thing, making for a kind of ongoing standoff between the two planets all month.* It's …
A Long Venus/Saturn Square Coming
The Moon is just about to enter its home sign of Cancer, and tonight Venus will retrograde out of Aries and into Pisces...Here's what to watch for:* Venus is retrograding out of Aries and into Pisces by this evening, which means that Venus will begin a square to Saturn that will be in effect for the rest of April as Venus stations and slowly turns direct again.* Venus' square to Saturn brings up issues of trust and doubt in relationships. Venus in her exaltation wears down the doubt, mistrust, …
The Sun Enters the T-Square
Jupiter and Pluto are still in a tight square, but now just separating.Here's what to watch for:* Over the next two weeks the Sun in Aries will walk through the cross hairs of the t-square between Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto. The Sun in Aries is exalted, but every exaltation is closely related to its opposite condition, which we call "fall" or "depression." The exaltation of the Sun in Aries points to leaders, heads of state, rulers, powerful people, executives, those with the power to judge or …
Jupiter/Pluto: An I Ching Lesson
Jupiter and Pluto are exactly square today.An I Ching Lesson for today's transit:* The 56th hexagram of the I Ching is sometimes called "the Wanderer," and it has to do with being in a transitional or liminal state, a state of exile or departure, or a state of being an outsider or the foreigner.* Such positions indicate that whatever power we may have inside, it is not capable of being fully expressed outside because of the situation we find ourselves in.* When we aren't playing on our home …
Mercury Trine Saturn: The Wise Man Speaks
The Moon is about to enter Taurus today...Here's what to watch for:* Mercury is trine to Saturn. You are: thoughtful, serious, committed, focused, disciplined, strict, harsh, severe, limiting your words, careful with your thoughts, finishing or finalizing an agreement, trying to cut down or cut back on something, pruning or editing, speaking with conviction, arguing with a brick wall, thinking about age, death, and mortality, finding support from an elder or words of encouragement from someone …
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Power, Judgment, and Reform
The new Moon in Aries is moving toward an opposition with Jupiter and square to Pluto today.Let's take a closer look at the Jupiter/Pluto square, which is tightening right now.* The last time that Jupiter and Pluto were square to one another from Libra and Capricorn it was between 1767 and 1768, during the time that the Townshend Acts were being passed in the American colonies. The Townshend acts were a new series of taxes levied on the colonies by the British Empire, and they were met with …
A New Moon in Aries
Happy New Moon in Aries! The Sun and Moon conjoin this evening to begin the first new moon of zodiacal spring.What to watch for:* A few remaining sizzles and sparks from the electrical, dynamic, Mercury and Uranus conjunction. Watch for strange flashes, electrical surges, breakthroughs in communication, odd things happening with technology that reflect an inner epiphany or shift. Speaking up and out. Information that changes an entire situation.* Meanwhile, Jupiter and Pluto are square to one …
Venus at the Heart of the Sun
The Moon is in Pisces today and Venus is just leaving the heart of the Sun (cazimi).Here's what to watch for...* When Venus is at the heart of the Sun it's as though she has died into a cauldron of fiery flowers.* She is being cleansed, healed, and purified.* She is being rarefied into a new oil, a new medicine.* Watch as relationships are cleansed, renewed, revitalized.* Breathe in the aroma of a new era in the way you love, relate, and create.* Sense and smell the lightest dawning of a new …
Mercury Activating the T-Square
The dark Moon is in Aquarius today...Here's what to watch for:* Mercury is triggering the t-square between Jupiter/Uranus and Pluto, just as Mercury is in the early days of emerging as the evening star.* Information comes to light that makes everything clear or obvious, the real dangers apparent, and the path forward is presented.* Technical issues, breakdowns in communication, unexpected changes in plans or important announcements.* Coercion, forceful communication tactics, aggressive …
Mercury Lighting Up
Venus is combust the Sun, moving through her retrograde into a conjunction with the Sun.What to watch for:* It's fascinating that as Venus is disappearing into the underworld, Mercury is appearing as the evening star. There are a number of images that come to mind.* An appearance dies, a messenger appears* Revelations appear as relationships break down* Speaking the truth, whistle blowing, calling something out, leads to a breakdown in diplomacy, trust, or negotiations* A failed attempt to …
Zero Aries/Spring Equinox!
Happy Spring Equinox!!!Here's what to watch for as the Sun crosses the zero Aries point!* A rush or surge of energy, enthusiasm, forward motion, action, intention, motivation, charisma, power, and zeal.* The sudden feeling that you can do anything, starting now!* A powerful statement, the beginning or initiation of something.* Because Mercury is emerging from under the beams of the Sun just as the Sun is crossing the zero Aries point, we have the theme of messengers, messages, communication, and …
The Messengers of Spring!
It's last quarter Moon time, on the even of the Spring Equinox. Let's check in with the stars!What to watch for:* As Mercury is gradually emerging into the night sky as the evening star, his appearance signals information, communication, messages, and messengers arriving into the commons. The evening sky is the natural domain of the Moon (ruler of the crowd, the people, and the city). When Mercury emerges from under the beams of the Sun into the evening sky it's as though a messenger is …
