Last week a new variant came to the world's attention just as Neptune (ruler of viruses) stationed direct in Pisces (the sign of viruses, but also other things we can't see like delusions and imagination) AND during a powerful and volatile Eclipse. This sounded like bad news, BUT, we also had benevolent Venus crossing the "time runs out/power is cemented" degree of January 2020 at THE SAME TIME and that Eclipse was the FINAL Sag/Gemini Eclipse (18 month cycle) - so, maybe Omicron (astrologically speaking Omicron is the name of a star in the constellation Pisces, also the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet and an anagram for moronic, not to be confused with ironic) can turn out to be a GOOD THING. Time will tell. Venus's journey through Cappy - since she has three meetings with Pluto is treacherous, yes - but Venus is BENEFICIAL/loving.
Her three-peat over 'time runs out' should be HELPFUL.
We'll talk about this as we move through it and in its own post.
We just have to keep in mind, the good from Venus's retrograde over that hot Cappy degree from 2020 is sort of tempered by/comes at the same time she, as us, is working through her three meet-ups with powerful Pluto, old man death himself. This is making me think about the way the caterpillar literally digests itself to become a butterfly - actually maybe let's not think about that - but, do we think that doesn't hurt?! Ouch.
Let's unpack this week since it's pretty loaded and then I'll get the Venus retrograde in Cappy post up and we'll iron out her/our journey - it's going to be BIG.
We start this week with a Mars/Pluto sextile, here is where taking action can pay off (probably over time, because Pluto is in Cappy). We just don't want to go overboard because this is a smooth/easy aspect - if we have to push we aren't in the flow of this - and Mars is going to square Jupiter next and that can increase any tendency we have to overdo things or over-promise or be overly optimistic. We have multiple aspects to Neptune this week that can bring confusion, exhaustion, amp up any delusion. This is also the week that Venus, walking her pre-retrograde degrees, makes her first conjunction with powerful Pluto (first of three) pulling us into powerful obsessions, jealousies, manipulations.
This is about INTENSE love and money situations.
There are opportunities at the same time for good news, expansive conversations, OPTIMISM.
Another important week.
MONDAY - Mars sextiles Pluto
TUESDAY - Mercury squares Neptune
WEDNESDAY - Mars squares Jupiter
SATURDAY - Venus conjunct Pluto (first of three), Mercury sextiles Jupiter and conjuncts the Galactic Center
SUNDAY - Sun square Neptune
MONDAY - Mars into Sagittarius, Mercury into Capricorn
MONDAY - Mars, at 25 degrees Scorpio sextiles Pluto in Cappy
This is quick moving but opportunistic. There is some kind of move we can make NOW. With Mars (Scorpio's ancient ruler) sextiling - smooth flow if we take action - Scorpio's modern ruler Pluto - this energy is uber Plutonian. What does that means? Well, we don't want to go all manipulative/obsessive ninja here, so think AUTHENTIC POWER. Mars in Scorpio is smart/focused action. Sometimes deadly. That Scorpian's stinger that comes out of nowhere. So this move, think-transformative here - could come through some sort of 'death'. With Pluto in Capricorn this might involve authority/responsibility/career/your Cappy house theme. Collectively we will be taking our finances seriously, so if there is a smart move you need to make this would be the time. Just keep in mind, Pluto is in Cappy and Scorpio is fixed water - changes need to be committed to/patience will be needed.
No half-assing it here.
Also read the rest of the week BEFORE any power moves.
(Here's an example that is pretty literal, most things won't be, but it illustrates the energy quite well, I think. A man hit a deer with his car on Sunday. Mars in Scorpio transiting his 3rd house - one of the things 3rd house rules is our transportation. The deer was pregnant - it was all terribly horrific. A very Scorpionic scene. And now that I am writing about this, I feel I should delete, but the way through Scorpio is not to look away, so let's keep going. Ugh. He is devastated, but physically ok. His car is totaled - major damage/not worth fixing - so on Monday, Mars/Pluto, he is going to need to buy a new car. He usually drives old cars, so this will be a major purchase for him. The killing of the deer and maybe the new car, too, will somehow be transformative - maybe change how he sees himself or how others see him. Transformative situations also have a clearly defined before and after to them. Pluto aspects, since Pluto rules merged monies, can also put us into or out of debt. He needs a new car, but he needs to be serious with his benjamins since we have Venus/Pluto and Mars square Jupiter encouraging him to go too big, but also encouraging action - he will probably quite like the idea of car shopping once he gets going, maybe will find himself obsessed with a certain vehicle that he will just HAVE to have - AND he needs to somehow not buy a lemon, thinking something looks better than it actually is - Mercury/Sun in challenges with Neptune. Normally this would be a time to put major expenditures on hold, but not for this fellow since he can't wait out the Venus retrograde. With the South Node's pending move into Scorpio we don't want to be taking on any unnecessary debt .... keep that in mind)
TUESDAY - Mercury, at 20 degrees Sagittarius, squares Neptune in Pisces
Squares to Neptune can be deflating/exhausting. Confusing. Our boundaries are porous, it is easier to catch a cold, a thought/idea/mood from that guy standing next to us, etc. Our thinking/plans can drift off course. With Mercury in Sag we can learn things that change our beliefs. On the other hand, blurry facts/information can make things seem bigger (or sometimes better) than they actually are. Not the time to take everything at face value. Mercury is not happy in Sag - the opposite sign of his beloved Gemini - so, our thinking/ability to focus isn't at its best now anyway. Get some extra sleep/vitamin C. It can be a good time to mentally step back from draining situations - the Moon will be in Aquarius helping us out with this.
People with mutable planets/points near 20 degrees (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) will probably feel this energy strongest as well as people with Mercury/Neptune natal aspects.
WEDNESDAY - Mars, at 26 degrees Scorpio, squares Jupiter in Aquarius
Mars/Jupiter will urge us to make a bigger move, do more, take some ACTION. This is part of this year's shake-up of the fixed signs. This can push us forward/move inflexible thinking/emotions, but here is also where we can make too big a move and fall on our ass.They might be cushy enough from all the quarantine to handle this, but maybe not, so don't take on too much now/exaggerate. Try to align focus/passion/determination with hopes/those greener pastures. Expect this to come through tension/frustration - the square.
People with fixed planets/points near 26 degrees (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) will probably feel this energy strongest as well as people with natal Mars/Jupiter aspects.
THURSDAY - Mercury, at 27 degrees Sagittarius, conjuncts the Galactic Center and sextiles Jupiter in Aquarius
Mercury (as us) is getting some new intel through the Galactic Center, seat of our Milky Way galaxy, and sextiling (opportunity) Jupiter - what's not to like here?
GOOD NEWS can come in. Increased optimism. Expansive conversations. Our confidence increases. Someone is getting lucky - why not us?!
Also, Thursday, Venus, primed to station retrograde on December 17th meets Pluto for the first of three meetings, so HEADS UP. Venus stations retrograde less frequently than our other planets, so her retrogrades are VERY strongly felt. She has an 8 year cycle - so what was happening in your life at the end of 2013/beginning of 2014? My life was totally changing.
This first meeting happening as Mercury sextiles Jupiter from the Galactic Center will help us with this three-peat, always good news when repeating aspects have a nice kick-off. Keep in mind whatever starts now will be subject to revisions, etc, as we work the Venus retro storyline.
A BIG post coming this week!
SUNDAY - the Sun, at 20 degrees Sagittarius, squares Neptune in Pisces. The Sun is following Mercury through the end of Sag, so here is more confusion, exhaustion, drifting off course. Maybe all the same thing from earlier in the week. More of our beliefs are dissolving. Get some extra sleep, take your vitamin C/D. Any contact with Neptune can make us more imaginative/spiritually attuned/connect us to ancestors/past lives/what is behind us. Good for prayer, meditation, making art and music. Keep in mind the growth comes through the tension/frustration though. These are mutable signs, so stay flexible.
This is also the day two planets change signs!
Mercury enters Capricorn. Capricorn is a serious sign. It rules the dead of winter and that
indomitable mountain goat who just puts one foot in front of the other
until he reaches the summit. With Mercury (thoughts, communication, ideas) moving into Capricorn today, our words will want to be taken seriously. Communications
will be fact-checked. Sentences will be properly punctuated and spell
checkers will be applied. Ideas will be more traditional. Words that are focused and precise are most effective now. When we take our words and ideas seriously other people will, too. We know in Cappy he will meet up with Venus and Pluto, so we will talk about this as we move through it. Mercury will be back and forth through Cappy until mid-February because of his January retrograde through Aquarius and Capricorn.
Mars enters Sagittarius until January 24th. He, as we, flies out of sharp focused Scorpio today and into big picture, sky's the limit, freedom loving Sagittarius. He's looking for action. Maybe he's even looking for a fight. Actually in Sagittarius he will probably be looking for a crusade. Our natal Sagittarius house, usually quieting down right about now as first Mercury and then the Sun make their exit is getting RE-INVIGORATED. Everything Mercury and the Sun did for the last month, well not quite everything, Mars will do over the next few weeks. There is lots of energetic support here to take action toward something very "big picture", and act in big and loving ways toward others - both my Sagittarius rising nieces give the BIGGEST hugs. We can use this energy to embrace all kinds of newness/optimism now. With Sagittarius the sky really is the limit. We are encouraged to set in motion anything that we would want to receive if we were on the receiving end.
That sounds about right.
xo all - hope something here is helpful, back with Venus's long journey through Cappy
artwork by Rosso Emerald Crimson
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