Some major aspects for this intense week ahead are:
MONDAY - Full Moon in Sagittarius
TUESDAY - Neptune sextile Saturn, Mercury conjunct Mars
WEDNESDAY - Mercury and Mars oppose Pluto (!)
THURSDAY - Mercury enters retrograde shadow
FRIDAY - Summer Solstice, Neptune stations retrograde
SUNDAY - Venus opposes Jupiter
On MONDAY we have a fiery Full Moon in Sagittarius as Jupiter (ruler of the lunation) squares Neptune. I wrote about it HERE. We could feel mentally overwhelmed. Dreams expand. Promises could be exaggerated. Stay optimistic, but don't bet the farm. Something is reaching/has reached a culmination/conclusion, but not the final, final conclusion.
The Moon will move into serious Capricorn at 12:13PM EDT turning our attention to work, career, authority issues, our responsibilities, our life in the world, our goals and ambitions. We feel nurtured by having our sh*t together. With the Moon in Capricorn (the sign of winter) we can feel more acutely what we don't have.
On TUESDAY, Mercury catches up with Mars (in Cancer) and we have the second (of three) Neptune/Saturn sextiles this year - the first was at the end of January, the last will be in November.
With Mercury/Mars together - words can be forceful, conversations can feel like competitions, information can incite our passions and anger. News stirs action. Fresh ideas are possible. In Cancer, this adds sensitivity and gives everything a greater emotional kick. Cancer is ruled by the Moon which will be in Capricorn when Mercury and Mars meet, adding a tone of seriousness to events and situations.
Neptune will sextile Saturn - the second of three sextiles - this time with Saturn retrograde. Our dreams meet the work and determination to make them real. Dreams are made real. Neptune/Saturn sometimes requires a sacrifice. We give up this to get that. We give up the high stress job for less stressful, but probably lower paying employment - so we have more time with our family, to write that book we need to write, etc.
On WEDNESDAY, we have Mars and Mercury (conjunct in Cancer) opposing Pluto (retrograde in Capricorn). The Moon (Mars and Mercury are answering to her now) is VOID. That Cancerian situation we are dealing with - either involving the theme of your natal Cancer house or the collective themes of home, family, home business, family business, mother, mothering, real estate, renovation is opposite the grim reaper. Maybe the bills come due. Maybe our tunnel vision/compulsion - we have been focused on this thing over here and that thing over there now hits us in the face - requires adjustment. There could be power struggles. The tension/crisis comes from outside of us (appears to). Like last week we need to be thinking about what we are thinking about - our thoughts could be obsessive, manipulative, jealous. Dial it back. So close to the Nodes of Fate - karmic situations are playing out.
Mars/Pluto is a BATTLEFIELD. Even a fight to the death. Toss in Mercury, Cancer and a VOID Capricorn Moon and things get even more dicey.
Let "this won't amount to anything" (our void Moon words of wisdom) be our mantra TODAY as things get heated. Keep a cool head. Neptune is squaring Jupiter - the reality of the situation is not exactly what we think it is. Stuff is being overblown. Other stuff is being hidden. We might not be able to avoid altercations, but we can act with integrity. Our natal Moon and its aspects will be a determining factor as to how we handle this week's crap. Keep in mind I am writing about things for the day when they are exact - we could get this Mars/Pluto earlier. Pluto is retrograde, so it won't be a brand new situation.
(Trump just had a birthday and his solar return chart, which impacts both him and the United States since he is the leader of the United States - includes the Mars/Saturn opposition - a war aspect - and he has Uranus, the planet of doing your own thing/the unexpected, in his first house of himself - a similar vibe to his natal Uranus/Sun conjunction, so that gets amplified now. We have this Iran situation, where almost certainly with the current astrology - everything is not quite as it appears, and the drums of war surely being beaten by Pompeo and Bolton as we head into eclipse season. Let's pray, Trump's "do his own thing" Uranus, keeps us from getting too entangled in this mess. Ugh!
The same thing we see playing out in the collective is playing out in our lives somewhere, too - the drumbeats for a battle - probably over something not totally real or at least exaggerated. We have the benefit of astrology - let's use it - let's find a better way than a fight to the death.)
On THURSDAY, the crazy energy should start to mellow out a bit. Mercury starts walking degrees he/she will walk two more times with her upcoming retrograde, so pay attention to what is going on because we are starting a long story. We should get a preview now of what will be slowing down/require a retrograde re-do. The Moon (remember the Cancer planets are answering to her) will move into Aquarius. The mood will lighten. Things will become more forward leaning and speed up. Keep in mind, the Aquarius Moon will square Uranus, so expect the unexpected.
FRIDAY is another BIG day with both the Summer Solstice (the chart impacts the season) and Neptune stationing retrograde, so we can revise/review this year's DREAM. Keep in mind the power of a planet at station - imagine your finger moving through a candle's flame and then your finger stops (ouch!). Everything is flavored by Neptune now. We are moving backward and forward at the same time. It is hard to know what is real. There is also powerful magic here. Pray, meditate, listen to music. Ask for answers. Your ancestors, and every good decision you've ever made in every life you've ever lived - is lined up to assist you through these times. Ask for help. We have another all-day Void Moon.
On SUNDAY, Venus (in Gemini) will oppose a retrograde Jupiter (in Sag). This transit can bring a certain lack of willpower and laziness. Plan for a lazy Sunday. Put the credit cards AWAY. Enjoy yourself, but not too much! Relationships/money/resource situations are INFLATED now. Good news is possible. Optimism is possible. Much ado about nothing is possible. A situation with a woman could go over the top!
Heads up that Venus will be where Mars/Mercury are now at the time of the eclipses in a couple weeks pulling our relationships/money/resources/self-esteem into the crazy. If there are any steps you can take now to stabilize anything with that, take them.
What a week - stay safe people. Stay in your magic!
xo all
During last month's Full Moon in Scorpio, post HERE - we talked about asteroid Sedna and what I saw as her connection to a devastating story in the news about the murder of a mother to steal her unborn child. Then the Sun met Mercury (this aspect was applying in the Full Moon chart) and the story was back in the news with the CNN headline that the baby, a little boy, was still alive. On Friday with Mars - which rules young men and co-ruled that Scorpio Full Moon, along with Pluto - in exact opposition to Saturn and opposing Pluto - endings/death - the little baby boy, whose mother had been so ruthlessly stolen from him, passed away .. such a sad and tragic story.
photo by the talented natalia drepina
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