MONDAY - Mars into Leo
TUESDAY - Solar Eclipse (total) New Moon in Cancer (10 degrees)
WEDNESDAY - Venus into Cancer
THURSDAY - Saturn conjuncts the South Node
SUNDAY - Mercury stations retrograde
MONDAY - Mars conjunct Mercury (retrograde)
This is a huge CHANGE week with all three of our personal planets changing signs or directions and a total Solar Eclipse/New Moon in Cancer PLUS Saturn on the South Node - so powerful changes, beginnings and endings. The powerful changes that have been building for some time move into the next phase.
On MONDAY - Mars finally leaves emotional Cancer for fiery Leo. Last week, Mercury entered Leo and our words/thinking/ideas got bolder. Now, Mars follows and pulls our actions and what we have to do to get what we want into new territory.
If you are a Leo Sun (or other fixed sign - Aquarius, Taurus, Scorpio) this transit is going to wake you up. If you are an Aries rising or a Scorpio rising (your chart is ruled by Mars) this is going to wake you up. Everyone's natal Leo house is waking up BIG TIME!
We will all feel this one.
The great thing about Mars in Leo is that it not only provides that Martian kick off at the starting line, it also provides the Leo ability to stick with it once we get it started!
Leo is the sign of the lion - the king of the jungle. One of the best ways to understand the king of the jungle is to understand the little lions we keep in our homes - those creatures called cats.
Everyone who "owns" a cat knows what a misnomer this word is when applied to the feline species. Cats can't be "owned". We know it and they know it. It is perfectly natural for them to convey an attitude of comfortable superiority.
This energy, this "presence" is what Leo is all about.
Everyone has Leo somewhere in their natal chart - a space we are meant to feel "comfortably superior". Ruled by the Sun, this is an area of life (in addition to our Sun sign) we are meant to SHINE. We are all about to get a whole lot more shiny.
This is a great time to take action with something we are passionate about. Leo energy will not be ignored and doesn't like to wait, so if something needs to happen now - tomorrow's Eclipse will almost certainly force our hand with this.
If we need courage, if we need confidence, if we need attention - this transit will provide the fiery push to take the action we need to take. Mars will be in Leo until August 18th.
On TUESDAY - the Cancer Moon meets the Cancer Sun widely conjunct the Cancer North Node giving us a Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer (10 degrees). This is the first total solar eclipse since the "Great American Eclipse" of August 2017 and this is a New Moon - so bringing new opportunities and fresh beginnings and at the same time eclipsing something "out" of our life or out of our way.
HERE is the post about the eclipse.
On WEDNESDAY - Venus (love, money, values, resources, self-esteem, women, beauty) moves into Cancer until July 27th.
Cancer Suns and Cancer risings become more attractive - both able to attract what they want and easier on the eye. All of our Cancer houses become more attractive, too.
Venus themes will be emotionally tended to. We will require more emotional connection to feel safe and secure.
We will want (or feel the lack of) whatever feels like nurturing to us.
Home becomes a more valuable space. Family is a resource.
Our empathy increases along with our hurt feelings when we don't get what feels like "mom and apple-pie".
What we want (Venus) is to feel safe (Cancer).
The active feminine energy (Venus) connects with the responsive feminine energy (Moon). What we need (Cancer) meets what we want (Venus).
The fly in the ointment with Venus in Cancer is the kind of smothering/mothering that suffocates or we overindulge ourselves in some unhealthy way or we have an unrealistic expectation of someone else filling some childhood need. Watch for emotions that are "over-the-top" compared with what is actually happening. What are we storing that is triggering these emotions?
On THURSDAY - Saturn conjuncts the South Node at 15 degrees Capricorn. Saturn is retrograde, so this is a repeating aspect we first experienced back on April 30th. This is a MAJOR ENDING or turning point, but with Saturn retrograde this is happening slowly (we will be back here at the end of September). The clock is ticking down. This is also a time when results can come in from the work we did (or didn't do) in the past.
On SUNDAY - MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE. He/she stations in Leo and will move back into Cancer. We are rethinking our Leo house theme, rethinking what our heart wants, reworking our relationship to a child/children or to a creative project - expect delays, mechanical glitches, over reactions when things go wrong. People and situations from the past can re-appear. Maybe something from the past needs a second look. Read the fine print. Double check the email before hitting "send". Rushing ahead while Mercury is moving backward can trip us up, but there are powerful forces moving things forward now, so this transit will be extra tricky.
On MONDAY - (this is Monday the 8th, we are looking a little further ahead because this one is important and already in play anyway) Mars will meet up with Mercury (retrograde).
Here's where we are re-thinking our actions.
This whole thing will square Uranus so we need to be careful with impulsive decisions. BIG disruptions and battles can start with this energy, so proceed with caution. Add to this the fact we are in-between Eclipses AND this meeting is happening in fiery and ego-centered Leo makes this energy even more INTENSE. Patience and self control will be needed and in short supply. Arguments. Temper tantrums.
These planets hang close together until the middle July - this will increase our energy and focus, keep our mind and actions on the same page, but also increase the intensity and pressure. Keep in mind we need to be thinking/re-thinking things through, and yes, Mercury is retrograde, so this is challenging - think before acting - keep a cool head. We need to pick our battles carefully or we will be fighting over everything. Mars/Mercury will be trining (brakes off) Chiron so important (very deep and very old) hurting/healing is happening this month.
Be compassionate. Know that people who are over-reacting are people who are hurting. This is good energy to stand up for people (like children) who can't stand up for themselves.
July is challenging and a WILD CARD month.
The North Node in Cancer/South Node in Capricorn - the stuff that is climaxing when Saturn meets Pluto in January 2020 (Jupiter will be in Capricorn, too, by that time!) is IN PLAY big time.
The stuff we didn't do last summer, more likely the stuff we needed to let go of/change that we didn't take care of (when Mars was retrograde) will be kicking us in the ass.
If you read this blog, please read the eclipse post HERE.
This isn't about anyone else telling you what to do. You decide what you do. But knowing which way the wind is blowing and what tools may be available to you can be helpful ....
xo all
photo by the talented oprisco
No comments
Post a Comment