Venus is moving into an opposition with Uranus this week.Today an I Ching Meditation:* The 27th hexagram of the I Ching is called "Providing Nourishment," and the hexagram image is that of an open mouth.* The 27th hexagram offers a variety of teachings on what comes into and out of our mouths, bodies, and minds. The instruction is to provide nourishment for others we must provide nourishment for ourselves, or that the two are interchangeable. This is a classic teaching.* The 27th hexagram also …
Mars/Venus and the Radical 3rd
Mars is entering the sign of Libra today, the home sign of Venus.* Although sometimes we refer to any planet in the sign opposite its own as being it its "detriment," it was also classically said to be in its exile. The connotation of the word exile is completely different from the word "detriment," which sounds technical, dry, and negative to most people's ears.* Mars is in its exile in Venus' sign because Mars becomes the outsider, the wanderer, the foreigner, the stranger in a strange land, …
Venus Enclosed by Mars and Saturn
Both the Moon and the Sun are in Venus' sign this weekend as Venus moves into a square with Saturn.Here's what to watch for:* Challenges to women and women's health* Younger women approaching older men* Intergenerational love affairs* Ideological conflicts within relationships* Intergenerational dialogue, debate* The subject of beliefs and how they spark or dampen the flame of love, romance, friendship, etc.* Deepening commitment, fear of commitment, betrayal of commitments* Refining …
Venus, Pluto, and Jupiter: Real Joy, Real Enthusiasm
Venus is opposite to Pluto today and will also square Jupiter by Thursday.Some mornings while meditating prior to writing the horoscope of the day, I will consult with the I Ching and ask for further clarification regarding the previous day's I Ching reading. The I Ching readings are always geared toward better understanding a particular planetary transit or set of transits. This morning I asked for clarification about yesterday's reading, which was all about hexagram 58, called "Joy" (see …
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Mercury, Venus, and Neptune: Serving What We Desire
Mercury is opposite Neptune and about to turn retrograde, while Venus is trine to Neptune.An I Ching Meditation:* The 31st hexagram is called "attraction," but it is also called "influence," or "wooing," or "conjoining," or "influencing to action," or "seeking union," or "persuasion," or even "courting response."* The image shows a lake atop a mountain. The image is, therefore, one of joyful openness amidst unshakable firmness.* The teaching of the hexagram has to do with the kind of …
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Venus Trine Neptune and Sun Sextile Jupiter
As Mercury and Neptune are making an opposition, the Sun is making a sextile to Jupiter today, and Venus is moving into a trine with Neptune.Let's take a look:Mercury/Neptune and Venus/Neptune* What we say when we're not in our right mind* What is true when we're not in our right mind* The slow deterioration of the mind, the facts, the truth* A challenge to our perception* Messages from beyond* The boredom behind the glamour * The mundane realities of spiritual commitment* The true …
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Because Venus is in Cancer!
Venus is in Cancer...so you should...* Cuddle with your kids* Get near the water* Celebrate women and mothers* Keep a secret* Get over the top nostalgic about whatever you want, and don't apologize* Dream of life closer to the land* Take a daydreamcation* Imagine something better than what you're doing while you're doing something you love to be doing* Imagine the whole world is a set of very comforting breasts* Study something hidden, deep, ancestral, buried* Get lost in a library with a cup of …
Sun/Mars and Venus/Pluto
The Moon is in Scorpio this morning, applying to a sextile of Venus in Capricorn. Meanwhile the Sun is applying to a square with Mars, and Venus is applying to a conjunction with Pluto.As Mars is in an overcoming/superior square with the Sun he holds some power over the Sun in the approaching transit. Watch for outbursts of violence, passionate intensity, accidents or injuries, etc. We might especially look for Sun symbols to receive some form of injury or direct challenge. This might …