MONDAY - New Moon in Capricorn
TUESDAY - Pluto sextiles the North Node, Mercury trines Chiron
THURSDAY - Venus enters Pisces
FRIDAY - MARS RETROGRADE OPPOSES PLUTO
SUNDAY - Mars trines the North Node
The old year ends on a sober note and the New Year comes in with a bang.
This is the week of the SECOND Mars opposite Pluto (the first was during the United States election) - this time with Mars retrograde in Leo and Pluto direct in Aquarius. STAND OFFS, power struggles and BIG endings. Plus, a New Moon in sober, "let's get down to business" Capricorn.
The New Moon comes first, so if we can use this energy early in the week to 'tamp down' the STAND OFF stuff we can see coming, let's do that. Fresh moves for authority, new rules, new limits - might be needed. Think about workarounds BEFORE the sh*t hits the fan.
Mars retrograde in Leo can be extremely imbalanced. Maybe unrealistic. So if we are trying to get something for our ego/for ATTENTION - that probably won't work. Know what you want, and, most of all WHY YOU WANT IT.
Pluto direct in Aquarius will beat Mars retrograde in Leo - what is best for the group wins, what is best for the power structure wins, the more powerful person wins, the detached/intellectual energy wins, the unexpected wins, the Aquarian/Uranian person wins, etc.
Let's dive right in and unpack the chart!
MONDAY - The Moon catches up with the Sun at 9 degrees Capricorn, making a nice sextile with Cappy ruler Saturn. Next month's New and Full Moons look more challenging, so this is a good one to start something practical, career-oriented, public, sober. It brings stability - will pay off OVER TIME. What starts within the next couple weeks is NOT a casual thing. Keep in mind the applying and explosive Mars/Pluto opposition is baked right into this Moon - see Thursday.
We will talk about this in its own post!
TUESDAY - The North Node finishing up in Aries - we talked about the future of the nodes HERE - makes a sextile to powerful Pluto as the South Node in Libra gets the "brakes off" trine. Mercury trines Chiron.
With Mercury/Chiron - and this is a repeating aspect and the THIRD OF THREE. Words are healing. Speaking about what hurts, and being vulnerable, is helpful/well-received. Some will get good health news. Conversations around health/illness are HELPFUL. Progress with health situations is discussed.
If there is a way to circumvent Friday's Mars/Pluto "stand-off" opposition (which could break out at any time this week) - it will be with these aspects.
Pluto's trine to the South Node in Libra speaks of smooth flow, within our relationships and through civility, seeking balance and fairness - if the power is in your hands, BE FAIR AND JUST. At the same time Pluto is sextiling the Aries North - the way forward, especially within group dynamics or tech/future focused situations - is with action, masculine energy, AUTHENTICITY, steady power, intellect.
THURSDAY - Venus (art, beauty, women, values, money) moves into Pisces (imagination, dreams, compassion, connection) - the sign of her exaltation. She will be here for a few weeks and then be back here in a couple months with her upcoming retrograde, so instead of her usual three weeks in Pisces, Venus will be here - back and forth - until MAY!
Venus's retrograde will have its own post, too, when we get closer.
Pisces Sun people and Pisces rising people become more attractive now, (how have we never noticed how blue your eyes are or how deep your voice?). All of our Pisces houses become more attractive, too. And all of us attract what we want by working through Pisces - our Pisces natal house theme and through our ability to show compassion, create beauty, honor feelings, stay emotionally open, use our imaginations. In Aquarius it was our differences that attracted people and situations to us, in Pisces it is our ability to believe and honor our commonality.
Venus is exalted in Pisces. Her love/charm is endless. She can work her magic here. She expands relationships, money and self-esteem. Opportunities increase. Resistance dissolves.
The tricky part of Venus in Pisces is we need to know what we want now. We need to know our values. Our lines in the sand. Because the lines between us and other people, between acceptance and avoidance, between our money and their money, between love and 'what was I thinking' - will blur.
In Pisces, things that look too good to be true usually almost always are. And what flows in can flow right back out again. But if we set boundaries - what is ok, what is not ok - and release our expectations that outcomes must go a specific way - this is wonderful energy for more beauty, love and money to move into our lives. The irony with Venus in Pisces is that although we can attract more love and money those things often will feel less important now. Within the otherworldly realms of Pisces BIG magic is possible.
It is good news for us that Venus will be in Pisces as the North Node moves into Pisces in another week!
FRIDAY - Mars backs into 2 degrees Leo and opposes Pluto in Aquarius - part of 'the war comes home' series you can connect to at the bottom of my homepage.
We had this repeating aspect in cardinal signs back in the beginning of November. This time it comes through fixed signs, so we know people's POSITIONS WILL BE FIXED. If things are coming to a head, well ... here is the head. This is a WAR ASPECT.
If something is going to end in a HUGE EXPLOSION well here is where it does. Note we have this same aspect again on April 26th with Mars direct, so whatever this is, it isn't really over even though in some ways, because oppositions are endings, and Pluto says what is dead is dead, it is OVER.
With Mars retrograde in Leo right now and headed back into Cancer (the war about to come home/maybe we are licking our wounds) we want to be sure we are not acting from some need for attention/appreciation based on a lack of confidence or wanting something without being clear on why we are wanting it. We need to be honest with ourselves.
Mercury leaves shadow today, too, so we are moving on READY OR NOT.
SUNDAY - Mars retrograde in Leo now trines the North Node in Aries - something about this STAND OFF (that Mars, as us, has just lost) is making us more independent, more self-sufficient, more brave - is pointing us/sliding us right into a NEW FUTURE.
I hope something here is helpful.
xo all
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