TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2019
The Moon in relationship-focused Libra will sextile a retrograde Jupiter at 5:29AM EDT and then move on to square the Sun, Saturn, the Nodes and Pluto.
A good day for independent work, not so good for dealing with authority figures.
As the Moon reaches her first quarter we have the month's First Quarter Square between the Libra Moon and the Cancer Sun which speaks of relationship/balance/fairness issues - maybe involving that home/family/real estate situation we are dealing with.
We might be feeling something like - how do we get this ship back on an even keel/what is the right CHOICE?
Her square to the Nodes and Saturn/Pluto speaks of our need to FINISH SOMETHING. What is this thing that is hanging over our head? This dead thing we are dragging behind us?
What responsibility needs to be completed? What mess needs to be cleaned up?
These squares speak of frustration - adjustments. And with the Sun in Cancer and answering to the Moon - the Moon being stressed creates extra tension.
Adding to the pressure the Sun (our vitality, our energy, our ego) makes his annual opposition to Saturn (the wall).
We could hear a "no" or we might have to say "no". We might hit a limit or have to deal with some kind of burden.
Maybe a light shines on WHY we are being blocked and what obligations remain.
Maybe we are being pushed in a difficult direction.
Saturn/Sun can also limit self-expression or bring father/authority issues.
An opposition appears to come from something outside our control, but it pays to keep in mind what an opposition really is - we are projecting this energy onto an outside person/situation and then that person/situation is mirroring it back to us. If we are awake we can see the ways our own actions/in-actions/thinking/beliefs have set ourselves up here. There is really only one of us here!
This energy might not feel good. Saturn can be depressing because it is quite literally like a weight pressing down on us. Saturn zaps our energy - take this part seriously. Get enough rest ... but don't fall asleep on the job, not today - at least not until the Moon goes void - ha!
The Moon will go void off that square to Pluto at 3:36PM EDT
(watch for power plays, jealousy, manipulation, troubling memories, unresolved security issues, immature emotions that interfere with intimacy)
and stay void until she moves into Scorpio at 5:29AM EDT on Wednesday - heads up tomorrow morning should be easier than tomorrow afternoon (more squares, but entrenched/fixed ones tomorrow!), so get things done early if you want smoother sailing.
So, the vibe for today is kind of uncomfortable and likely exhausting, but we need to get through this. We are in the summer eclipse spin cycle with Mercury retrograde and building toward a VERY cold winter in 2020 - things are intense.
We can't go backward and we can't totally move forward yet either.
We have a powerful eclipse next week that will shake loose whatever doesn't shake loose this week. Staying stuck is not going to be an option, so we don't have to worry about that.
For now - stay in your integrity, take care of your physical self, finish that thing that needs to be finished, clean up that mess, there is a clock running out somewhere in your life.
This ticking clock (which might feel like a time-bomb and in some sense IS a time-bomb) is also a GIFT pushing us to get things set up BEFORE we move into the winteriest part of winter by January 2020. There won't be much we can do when we are stuck indoors with ten feet of snow outside. But right now there is. We can meditate. We can keep moving forward. We can do the "re's:". We can tie up those loose ends that are obviously loose - finish up that commitment.
Let's use Mercury retrograde to re-think, re-view, re-vise - we are back in the territory of last year's North Node - what does our heart want? What are we doing with our precious days on this amazing planet?
xo all
photo by the talented Silvia15
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MONDAY, JULY 8, 2019
This is an INTENSE day.
The Moon is now in Libra focusing us on our relationships/our need for balance and fairness. She will sextile Mars and Mercury (opportunities with words and action within relationships) and square Libra's ruler Venus (frustration/tension within relationships) all by lunchtime EDT.
The Moon is answering to Venus (in sensitive Cancer) who will also square Chiron - this speaks of a painful relationship, money, self esteem, resources, values, beauty, women situation with deep roots; maybe a situation where we don't get what we want or a stressful family/home situation.
Venus then moves into an opportunistic sextile to anything-can-happen/forward leaning and liberating Uranus. So, it's likely the painful situation where maybe we don't get what we are wanting brings us to the space of something NEW.
Maybe something more liberating. With Chiron in Aries we need to be self-sufficient. We need to be brave. This stuff isn't for sissies. With Venus in lunar-ruled Cancer and the Moon in Venus ruled Libra - both planets are strengthened now. We've got this thing.
We also have a retrograde Mercury meeting Mars in Leo. This is excellent energy for bold, assertive language. Maybe we are saying it AGAIN and this time we are being heard/seen. The downside to this duo is the potential for boastful talk or being so loud and proud (or angry) that we screw this potentially awesome energy up with an un-needed and unproductive argument, etc.
So, we need to be assertive/be seen/stand up for ourselves - but let's come from a space of our heart and not our ego.
If we come from our ego this week, there are planetary line-ups coming later in the week that will deliver us a walloping.
Even the Libra Moon can't make that pretty.
We are approaching our solar opposition to rule-making Saturn and powerful Pluto - expect road blocks and ego blows.
We can handle what the world throws at us - stay strong and heart centered. Choose your words with care. Choose the compassionate response and the high road. Hang on LOOSELY. With the North Node in Cancer - remember to prioritize self-care, home and family.
More in the weekly HERE
xo all
photo by the talented sollena fotagrafie
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Today's Lunar Forecast | nourished through organization, cleaning up the mess, practical action, committing to a new plan, keeping in mind some things don't need to be fixed and sometimes good enough is good enough
The Moon moved into practical Virgo late last night. We are nurtured through organization now. By crossing our t's and dotting our i's, by details and plans. For the next couple days our attention is drawn to what needs fixing, editing, cleaning and attending to in a rational manner. Our daily work, our health, our pets - the stuff that needs our action and attention on a day-to-day basis.
Our critical eye is keen and with Mercury in loud (and proud) Leo we probably don't want to be talking about everything we notice.
After her time in Leo and the 4th of July fireworks (whether or not you are in the U.S.), there is probably a mess to be cleaned up somewhere or something that was pushed aside in favor of something else that was more fun. I know it's Saturday, but with whatever is on our agenda now we will feel better if we organize it and get it "just right". Ahh. Being productive feels good, but avoid obsessing over too many details or you will ruin your weekend. Life is messy. Keep this in mind.
The Virgo Moon will sextile Venus (in Cancer) at 6AM EDT - excellent energy for home/family projects and then moves on to trine Uranus (in Taurus) at 10:23AM EDT - stay flexible, change is good. We might be committing (earth trine) to a new plan.
Her final aspect today is a trine to sacred Vesta (in Taurus) - the fire we are determined to keep burning. Here is where our focus on the details/the plan moves us into flow with our money/resources/self-esteem.
With Black Moon Lilith in early Pisces - the Moon will oppose her at some point which speaks of a need to let our hair down a bit. Go with the flow. There are things outside our control and things that don't need to be "fixed".
xo all
Mercury stations retrograde tomorrow - BACK UP THOSE FILES.
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Today's Lunar Forecast | chill out, nothing will come of it, unsure of how to proceed, an ego sacrifice, a day to follow your heart
FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019
The Moon in fun-loving and generous Leo went void late last night (2:24AM EDT) off a trine to expansive Jupiter.
She will be void ALL DAY (moving into Virgo at 12:25AM tonight). Expect some twists and turns and if stuff appears out of nowhere "much ados about nothing". If you are in the U.S. and have taken the day off for an extended 4th of July - you won't miss much. Stay flexible. Have some fun. Don't start anything brand new. With the Moon drifting, unaspected, through the last degrees of Leo, we will need to be following our heart.
After the Moon gets into practical Virgo tomorrow we will feel the impetus to get things organized and "back on track".
Venus (in Cancer) is semi-sextile Mars (in Leo) making us unsure of how to proceed. What we want and what we have to do to get what we want are not quite in sync. Venus in Cancer is emotional, so we could be feeling the gap.
At the same time we have Black Moon Lilith (in Pisces) inconjunct Juno (in Leo). This is a rock and a hard place between the other woman and the wife. Fire and water. The part of us that wants to keep the relationship/agreement together no matter what and the part that couldn't care less about blowing the whole thing up. Juno is about partnerships and the sacrifices we make to keep things running; to keep the partnership/agreement safe (including the ways we look the other way, but also the ways we fight to maintain what we have) and in Leo - there could be quite a bit of ego/pride involved and maybe that is where the adjustment comes in. A blow to our ego. BML in Pisces is even harder to pin down, but an inconjunct with a Pisces point/planet could involve a sacrifice.
Happy Friday everyone!
xo all
Mercury stations retrograde in 48 hours - BACK UP THOSE FILES.
photo by the talented Martin Stranka
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Today's Lunar Forecast | fun and games, time with children, a surprise, being ourselves, what needs to be finished up, facing our fear, father-issues, stop swimming against the tide, life is showing us our past and who we are right now, a road block
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019
The Moon in fiery Leo today will connect with Mars (1:41AM EDT) and then Mercury (5:50AM EDT), so we are taking action and talking about what we are doing/what we want to do - the doing will likely involve our Leo house theme or the collective Leo themes of children, romance, creative projects, fun and recreation.
The Leo Moon will square Uranus this morning (9:11AM EDT) so there is some challenging wild card energy today (expect the unexpected) around groups, technology, maybe an Aquarian person or possibly something unexpected and likely frustrating coming to our attention involving money, our values, resources or self-esteem. Squares to Uranus bring out a need to be ourselves; to not be boxed in. Ego clashes could make someone bolt.
Venus (love) in Cancer (patriotism, home country), the energy of this week's New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer and the Moon in fun-loving Leo could give July 4th celebrations extra oomph.
The big news today is we have the exact conjunction of Saturn (responsibility, limit, time, commitment) and the South Node (the past, the stuff we are stuck in now), which means he is opposing the North Node (our future). This is either bringing something to conclusion - likely something we have put alot of work/time into or bringing to our attention what we haven't done or some responsibility/commitment that is hanging over our head.
(Saturn on the South Node sounds like the Washington DC parade with tanks and military vehicles - see how strong/solid we are/used to be, and then that opposition to the North Node is asking does 'might make right' in the future? in the Age of Aquarius - the age of reason/the hive/science/technology?)
Saturn is retrograde and Saturn/South Node is a three time repeating aspect this year. We had this on April 30th and will have the final conjunction on September 28th - by which time you really need to have this thing wrapped up, maybe not all pretty with a big red bow, but life is moving forward then. This conjunction today (and events may not play out exactly today, but within a few days before or after) is the one where we are doing the "re's" - re-evaluating, re-vising, re-working, re-doing.
What needs to be finished? What obligation needs to lived up to? Debt paid back? Tradition put to bed? Father/authority issue re-worked?
Keep in mind we still have Saturn sextiling (opportunity) Neptune (the dream) - we have talked about this before. Working for the dream/maybe to solidify one thing we need to sacrifice something else. Another way this Saturn/Neptune sextile can come in handy is as an escape clause with this Saturnian responsibility.
Say, for example, you have an old tax situation hanging over your head or a student loan debt you haven't been paying - the Saturn/Neptune sextile can bring an ease to the situation when you face up to it. Maybe the bill that comes due isn't as bad or the process of straightening this thing out not as scary as you think it will be. You will have to sacrifice something (in these cases probably the cold, hard cash and maybe a few nights sleep), but then this thing will be done. The cord cut. You are free of this. Your children are free of this. Your future selves are free of this.
When I say your past life energy/your ancestors are lined up to help you with this - I am totally serious.
But we can't avoid the work. We have to face our fear with this thing.
Remember Neptunian dreams disappear as soon as we open our eyes in the morning - we wake in the land of Saturn. But if we only live in the world of Saturn we grow old and brittle - we need the Neptunian escape, too! We don't get these energies working together that often and we have this for much of this year.
Now, it's not easy to get these energies to work together because Saturn instinctively (like he did to Neptune, his son, in the myth) seeks to swallow Neptune.
To contain the dream.
We can see this in the immigrant situation vs the wall. This 'containment' doesn't have to be a bad thing (obviously the containment of people in cages is a bad thing), we need limits and perimeters and rules sometimes. Right? This is how Saturn keeps society from falling apart. But right NOW with this Neptunian sextile and Neptune's chameleon-like ability to change colors and blend in (something Saturn doesn't like - he likes things to change slowly over time, to be done right and by the book) we have the opportunity for everything to look very different. Neptune is the realm of God and the angels. We have the opportunity to act more God-like. To be closer to God.
This is happening in the collective, but in our own lives, too. Neptune is dissolving a wall/barrier that we have erected out of fear. Our internal Saturn, imprisoned by its own material framework, is being released.
We (maybe unconsciously) have waded into a river that will carry us to a vast ocean of opportunity if only we can stop swimming against the tide!
If you think there is nothing you can do about the immigration crisis, that isn't true - and keep in mind this whole thing became front page news when Saturn and Neptune were squaring a couple years ago. We have a sextile now and still think we have the square! What we CAN do is take steps to have Saturn/Neptune work more opportunistically within our own lives. We change the world by changing ourselves because there is only one of us here.
The piece of this in play now is Saturn/South Node while sextiling Neptune.
If you are reaching the culmination with something (a dream - maybe something where you had to sacrifice something else to get it) allow yourself the space to appreciate it - you are ahead of your time.
If you are in the process of wrapping up some long-term obligation - YOU ARE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
If there is some kind of responsibility/dealing with authority/obligation/commitment that you have been avoiding doing what you know you need to do and it is hanging over your head and needs your time/attention/resources - get on THAT.
(think symbolically, too - what is hanging over your head - is your attic a freakin' mess, is there something that hangs over your bed, ie over your head for many hours a night that needs to be changed - change that - is something in your life physically liable to crash down on your head? do you need a new hat? this may sound a little nutty, but symbolic shifts are magical and approved by Neptune)
And of course, through Saturn, the work stuff, the stuff that doesn't look so dreamy, is how we get to the dream now. This is how we stop swimming against the tide. This is how we get back in flow.
xo all
Saturn, this year on the south Node, and late this year into next year on Pluto - can create depression. We get depressed (if we have a tendency toward this) because we are literally getting pressed. The antidote for depression - at least partly - is Neptune. Think about how depressed sounds like "deep rest". Let's not grow old and brittle. Do your Neptune, too. Get enough sleep. Get near/into water. Hydrate. Make art. Listen to music. Dance. Watch that Netflix marathon now and then. Escape when you need to ....
photo by the talented Lidia Vives
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Today's Lunar Forecast | power plays and much ado about nothing, focusing on what's behind the curtain, the home/family situation gets some support, what we want becomes what we need, wanting to feel safe
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019
The Moon in emotional Cancer hits some hostile territory this morning with oppositions to Saturn (3:01AM EDT) and Pluto (10:24AM EDT) - watch out for home/work balance issues, clashes with authority, power plays, limits, purges and brick walls. In between, she will trine (brakes off) imaginative Neptune, thinning the boundaries between us and other people or us and reality (less likely with those squares!).
The Moon goes void for most of the day (through 11:19PM EDT), off that morning opposition to Pluto.
In her home sign of Cancer though she continues to carry on (not just a regular void Moon, but I wouldn't start anything important today if you do not have to) - just know our emotions might be pulled into some dark spaces. Or maybe we are focused on Plutonian issues - intimacy, secrets, other people's resources, taxes, loans, inheritances, "power" situations.
After the void she will move into Leo focusing us on creative projects, romance, children, fun and recreation for the next couple days.
The big news today is Venus moves into Cancer at 11:18AM EDT (through July 27th).
Beneficial Venus is good news for that home/family situation we have been dealing with - she brings beauty, enjoyment and ease. Venus loves being in Cancer and Cancerian things move smoother.
What we want and what we need become the same things.
With Venus moving into Cancer (answering to the Moon now) happening almost simultaneously with the Moon's opposition to Pluto taking the Moon void, it speaks of SUPPORT (the kind that makes us more attractive to what we want/need and makes us feel safe and loved) for the Cancer/Capricorn/Pluto situation.
From the weekly HERE - 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?
xo all
After Monday's Mars into Leo (did you feel the boost of that?!) and yesterday's New Moon Solar Eclipse - today's Void Moon in Cancer could feel a bit wonky. Maybe we feel tired. A little let down maybe. Give yourself permission to sit with stuff and process. Void Moons feel kind of like Mercury retrogrades - things don't always go the way we planned. Stay flexible. Late tonight/tomorrow's Moon into Leo will feel much better!
photo by the talented sollena fotografie
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Today's Lunar Forecast | stopping to smell the roses, nurtured by ease and comfort, bold and confident language and fresh ideas is where we begin the process of moving those mountains
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019
I am not sure what happened to my last two blog posts?! Ugh.
The Moon is in "let's get comfortable" Taurus now smoothly sailing past all those rough edges she had to face a couple days ago in Aries. Today she will trine (brakes off) Pluto and sextile (opportunity) Mars and Mercury.
With a Taurus Moon we are nurtured by our resources, by what we already have, by what we OWN, through good food, the touch that feels like love, comfort and EASE.
It's time to stop and smell the roses.
Mercury (in loud and proud Leo now) will trine Ceres (in Sagittarius). Mercury is pre-shadow, meaning walking degrees she/he will walk twice more due to his retrograde that starts next week (if you haven't backed up those files, do it now). We will be back here again in mid-July (with Mercury retrograde) and then again in mid-August when we wrap up whatever is starting NOW.
Mercury rules our communication, our thinking, writing, ideas, our local environment, siblings, neighbors, our transportation - which includes both our cars (that move us around) and our tech (that moves our ideas, words, etc). Ceres - this Mercury retrograde would be a good time to reread her story - rules nurturing, food, the seasons of our life, grief, loss of what we see as precious and innocent, loss of pets, complicated mothering situations, she sometimes shows up strongly when situations that are outside our control are activated.
Leo/Sag speaks of bold/proud statements/ideas that are outside our comfort zone. We are stretching ourselves, expanding our reach - through our words/our contracts. We have faith/wisdom with - what we are talking about/communicating. And we are talking about the stuff Ceres rules.
Keep in mind with Mercury's upcoming retrograde this stuff is at a jumping off point. July will require the re's - rethinking, reviewing, revisions - and then in mid-August the conversation/contract/idea moves FORWARD.
For now bold, confident language can begin the process of moving those mountains!
xo all
(in the collective Leo/Sag, Mercury/Ceres - will hopefully bring some new ideas - and things can get fiery because we are talking fire signs here - to the tragic immigration situation)
photo by the talented laura-makabrescu
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Today's Lunar Forecast | pressure, challenges from authority, fiery words, a repeating storyline opens up, preparing for next week's lift-off, back up your computer
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019
As the Moon moves through Aries today, she is going to trine Jupiter (brakes off) and square (frustration/crisis) the Saturn/Pluto conjunction in Capricorn. With Mars in lunar-ruled Cancer and the Moon in Mars ruled Aries - at least our Moon, not at her best in fiery Aries, has some access to her home-boy Cancer energy. And there is a sextile to social Venus this evening.
These squares are still challenging though.
There is pressure. Blocks to our actions. Maybe from authority/something outside our control. Power struggles. Personal challenges likely focused on career/our goals. With both Saturn and Pluto retrograde, this won't be totally new stuff.
With Mars in Cancer we are wanting to take action when we are uncomfortable, but with the Moon in Aries squaring off against this powerful stuff today - we might have to just be uncomfortable! Yes, we might feel vulnerable and like we need to DO something about it, but let's take a breath before doing/saying anything we might regret later.
Mercury is going to leave emotional Cancer for fiery Leo (courage!) and will offer some support, but he/she knows she will be stationing retrograde soon (we are walking degrees/a storyline we will be going back over two more times), so we are getting excited about something new and heart-centered, but at the same time some part of us is knowing there is a longer road ahead to walk with this than we wish there was!
(note retrograde starts on July 7th - BACK UP YOUR FILES)
With today's challenges and Mercury (an uber important inner planet which rules our communications AND our day-to-day situations) heating up - stuff can get blown all out of proportion. With our words on fire and coming from our heart - let's choose to speak GENEROUSLY. Let's keep our ego in check.
Knowing Mercury is going to station retrograde and we are walking pre-retrograde (shadow) degrees we will be re-walking - know the info you hear now isn't the final answer. We will have time to look underneath the pomp. We will be back where we are now in the middle of August - through that time we will be doing the re-vising, re-viewing thing ... but not just yet.
Our Moon is waning. Finish up what you can. Lock things down. A BIG New Moon Solar Eclipse is happening in 6 days asking us to create an inner security, to grow where we are PLANTED.
Clear some space for that.
xo all
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Today's Lunar Forecast | what we have to do to get what we want vs that family/home situation, an old hurt, pushing ourselves to get something done, appreciating newness, getting above the grief over what we are losing
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019
Our Aries Moon squares the Sun at 5:46AM EDT giving us this month's Third Quarter Square - the final lunar aspect with the Sun as part of the Moon's monthly cycle.
This is "me" and what I have to do to get what I want vs home and family.
Maybe this is us pushing ourselves to get something done with this home, family, mother, mothering, real estate, renovation, relocation, home business, family business situation.
Maybe this is tension/crisis between being strong and independent and being caring and vulnerable. Or we are trying to grow something too fast and that's where the obstacles/frustration come in. Cancer wants us to appreciate the "baby" stage and Aries wants to run with it.
Aries squares often represent new challenges.
At first glance it looked like the Moon (as us) is on her own today (other than this problematic, but predictable square), but when we add the minor planets into today's chart we see a Grand Fire Trine involving the Moon (Aries), Juno (Leo) and Ceres (Sagittarius) and of course, with the Moon moving through early Aries, we know she will meet Chiron (hurting/healing).
This is how life on planet Earth has gotten uber complicated (too much information).
In the old days, we would see the last quarter square and that would be it. And certainly just knowing your independent actions will meet some kind of familial obstacle would be helpful, but now we have all these other celestial bodies to deal with (astrological thought is that celestial bodies are discovered when we are ready to work with their energies and then synchronistically named).
So, we can maybe get a clearer picture, but maybe it just complicates everything and makes our head explode. This applies to all aspects of life in the Age of Aquarius.
Ok - back to Grand Trines - Grand Trines are complex aspects where three planets/points are each 120 degrees apart and forming a triangle. They share the same element - in this case Aries, Leo and Sag are our three fire signs.
Since the Moon is involved and moves quickly this won't be around for very long.
Fire adds intensity, passion, temper, initiative, irritation, action, ego. It heats stuff up and burns stuff down and it does not discriminate.
The players involved are our Moon - our emotional self, what we need to feel safe and secure, Juno (partnerships, agreements, contracts, things we don't want to look at - Juno was unfaithful Jupiter's long suffering, and sometimes angry, spouse) and Ceres (nurturing, the seasons of our life, painful endings, grief, situations that are outside our control).
Let's unpack it. Usually with a Grand Trine I break it into its parts - the various trines.
Ceres (in Sag) trine Juno (in Leo). Ceres in Sagittarius is wanting to move us into a season of life that offers greater FREEDOM. She is operating from a space of "the big picture" - ABOVE our grief over what it appears we are losing, ABOVE the energies that are outside our control, ABOVE the situations that do not feed us. We nurture and are nurtured by our beliefs now, by a sense of adventure, through our enthusiasm and optimism (you might notice with your current situation without a sense of adventure/optimism/faith in something larger, you might feel like you are in some pretty deep sh*t). She is answering to a retrograde Jupiter, so this isn't a new situation.
Juno is in Leo and wanting to bring romance, fun, pride and our heart into our closest relationships/into our contracts and commitments. Leo is ruled by the Sun, so the details of those contracts, maybe the stuff we do and don't do in an effort to stay SAFE and keep it all together - the stuff we maybe didn't want to look at before - come into the light (Juno answering to Leo's ruler the Sun).
This trine (and this is longer lasting than the Grand Trine, since it will only be today that the Moon is pulled into this) takes the brakes off these two energetics working together.
Now today the Moon passes through early Aries and connects into this energeic loop forming a triangle. The Moon in Aries is nurtured by taking action. Usually by independent action and time alone. And sometimes by getting royally pissed off. So all of this will temporarily energize the Ceres/Juno story and with the Moon meeting Chiron - something here triggers an old wound and hurts. Healing the hurt isn't the point here, learning to live with it and KEEP GOING is.
You will have to work all these word salads into your current situation. Tomorrow looks much more challenging - with power plays and a wet blanket to douse the fire (although Mercury into Leo WILL keep things hot and get things moving), so it's a use it or lose it kind of energy today.
Hope something here is helpful.
xo all
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Today's Lunar Forecast | plugging a leak, beauty and the beach, what we have/get vs the ideal, illusions and delusions vs clarity, disappointment, a costly escape, dissolving choices, making art and music, universal love and support
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2019
The Moon in dreamy/watery Pisces is having a nice day with an opportunistic sextile to Pluto at 7:17AM EDT, a trine to Mars at 1:21PM EDT and going void off a trine to Mercury at 7:10PM EDT. She will be void until 10:38PM when she moves into Aries.
The Moon's aspects would make this a good day to work with a Piscean theme - art, creativity, healing, meditation, prayer, spirituality, being near water -
and (Pluto) step into our own power, reach out to someone powerful for support/connection, dive deeply into a Pisces theme (or the theme of your natal Pisces house), clean up a mess, work on something we have procrastinated, purge, (Mars) take action and communicate about (Mercury) that home/family/real estate/mothering/home business/family business thing we have been dealing with.
Trines are times when the brakes are off. There is flow between diverse energies. Pisces trines really dissolve boundaries, so keep this in mind. Like instead of the brakes are off and we move forward, the brakes are off and we can't stop!
The fly in today's Pisces trifecta is Venus (our money, love, relationships, values, resources, beauty and self-esteem) squaring Neptune (ruler of our Pisces Moon), so everything is impacted by that square - an underlying tension/crisis.
There is tension/crisis/frustration between what we have/what we want and the ideal/dream.
Following yesterday's Jupiter/Neptune conjunction (still in play) - we don't want to be buying into some kind of illusion/fantasy now. Venus is in Gemini offering choices, but the square to foggy Neptune tells us not all these choices are real.
This could also be a time our bubble meets a pin. We might be disappointed.
Sometimes squares are quite literal and personal - if you are a Libra/Taurus person this could be tension with a Pisces/Piscean person (something that happened in our family during a Venus/Neptune square was a Taurus rising child having trouble with a swim instructor). This could also play out as a Pisces/Neptunian person having trouble with a woman.
Money/love/self esteem (Venus) can dissolve/end (Neptune). Maybe a lack of boundaries becomes evident now through a tense situation. Maybe a leak needs to plugged. And this can be a literal leak (plumbing issue that costs money to fix) or a different kind of leak - like where is your money going? Are you making too many sacrifices for someone else? Are you working at cross-purposes to your values? Are you accepting less than you should be? Self-deception is possible now, but the Pisces Moon is sextile Pluto - there is an opportunity to look deeper. The truth is in there.
Limits around money and spending can feel very much 'not real' right now, so this would NOT be the time to make a big or important purchase. Mercury (our thinking) will change signs in a couple days and this square will unwind. Sit on it a bit. If something looks too big, too spacious, to the point where it is almost uncomfortable - that would be the thing to sit with.
We don't want to to be resisting all the creativity and universal love today's trines are offering us though. Go back and reread that first paragraph.
And keep in mind Neptune is retrograde (longing for something we lost or never had?) so our energies today are best spent on things started before last Friday. Make art/music, write, journal, meditate, get into the water. The Moon in Aries tonight will get us moving/feeling more empowered!
xo all
photo by the talented nile-can-too
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Today's Lunar Forecast | celebrating a new season, light a candle, watch the sunrise, feeling unsure and unsafe, re-evaluating our dreams, feeling nostalgic and emotional, we can float or we can drown, a disorienting pressure, standing still
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019
Our Aquarius Moon trined Venus at 3:41AM EDT and then goes void off an opportunistic sextile to Jupiter at 10:02AM EDT and will be void through 10:01AM EDT tomorrow when she moves into Pisces.
This would not be a good day to start anything brand new. Expect some twists and turns and do-overs. Not a bad day to get an early start on the weekend!
Neptune has been slowing all week, turning retrograde today at 18 degrees Pisces (a space he hasn't occupied since the mid-1800's). He will get all the way back to 15 degrees by late November when he stations direct. So people with planets/points 15-18 degrees of the mutable signs - Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces - will feel this retrograde strongest. We are re-vising, re-viewing, re-miniscing, re-leasing, re-kindling, doing the re's with our dreams/fantasies/ Neptunian stuff.
Neptune rules what is hidden and put away, the ways we self-sabotage, escape, sacrifice, our addictions, our imagination, lack of boundaries, connection, compassion, charity, hospitals, prisons, the things we do last, the things we have forgotten, our distant pasts, water, sleep, illness, healing, spirituality.
When Neptune is retrograde we get to see the source of the pain we are trying to escape/the reasons we self-sabotage/the realities we haven't wanted to deal with. We can see more easily how we push the stuff we don't want to/can't look at in ourselves onto other people, and they mirror it back to us.
Keep in mind both this year's major repeating aspects - Jupiter square Neptune (tests of faith) and Neptune sextile Saturn (building the dream/sacrificing something to get something more longer lasting/secure) involve Neptune, so he is a major player now.
Having Neptune stationed this week (uber powerful) in his home sign - where he will be for a few more years, has made things even more emotional! Endings especially, more powerfully felt now. It has also made it harder to make a clear decision and separate reality from illusion/delusion, our feelings from someone else's. Neptune fogs things up and dissolves boundaries.
His station has made this week's pressures even more disorienting.
The best thing to do when Neptune is powerful is give Neptune something to do, so he doesn't have too much time on his hands to mess with us (dissolve our reality) - make art, listen to music, watch a movie, meditate, get in or near water - allow the escape. This is a very powerful time to connect with our pasts - childhood stories/emotions, our past lives, the lives of our ancestor's whose stories we carry forward.
That said, there is no controlling Neptunian energies.
With Neptune we can float or we can drown ...
The biggest news today - the Sun moves into Cancer at 11:54AM EDT - at 0 degrees Cancer we start the Summer Solstice (the southern hemisphere starts the Winter Solstice).
Cancer is the sign of the mother and the baby. Let's be kind to ourselves. Let's nurture ourselves. Know that any unsteady ground (instability) or unsure decisions will be exasperated now and trigger other times/spaces we didn't feel safe/sure.
This isn't something we have to think about. Gemini season (the mind) ends when Cancer season starts. This is something we have to feel.
Solstice means standstill: the Summer Solstice is the time when the sun halts its journey over the Tropic of Cancer on its tropical journey north - then after three days, turns in its tracks and begins its journey south. The time of symbolic marriage - we call this period Midsummer.
The Solstice is like a powerful full moon in its potent energy, but like a new moon with its clean energy for a fresh start - instead of walking in the moonlight it's time to get up early and absorb the sunrise - at least one of the 3 days if you can - there is much magic at play now.
Remember our DNA carries the energy of our ancestors who celebrated the solstice all over the planet for centuries. It is a powerful time.
Set your intention for the new season of your life. Light a candle and let it burn in the sunlight. This is the manifesting energy of fairy magic!
The Summer Solstice was once the BIGGEST celebration of the year.
The shifting of celebratory emphasis from Summer Solstice (Moon/Mother/Cancer) to the Winter Solstice (Saturn/Father/Capricorn - Christmas) reflects the dominance of the patriarchal paradigm of the last many centuries which we are currently evolving, so it is supportive of the emerging energies now for us to put our attention and intention on celebrating and enjoying this time of the year, too!
For today, lets appreciate the gift of a brand new season (summer or winter depending on where on planet Earth you hang your hat).
We are alive. We are heading into the eclipses. Life is changing for all of us.
Cancer is all about family and home and history and security - about having our needs met and meeting the needs of others we are close to. Family interactions will be sentimental. What we need and what other people need will be colored by our memories of how things used to be (or how we wished they had been). Comfort comes from people and situations that are familiar.
We could feel a bit lonely or nostalgic now.
Some of this is about vulnerability and how we deal with that. Can we see vulnerability as courage or can we only see it as weakness?
The Sun will shine a light on these areas as well as light up our natal Cancer house and its themes.
Cancer is ruled by the Moon. Her emotional nature comes from the fact she changes signs every couple days - contrast that with the Sun who moves through one sign a month or Neptune who sits in the same sign for fifteen years.
Can you imagine if the celestial body ruling our emotions stayed in the same place for fifteen years?
We wouldn't be moody anymore and certainly some people would be lucky enough to be smiling for over a decade, but we could be stuck in a bad mood through three presidents and two car loans. That's a whole lot of lemons, folks!
Looked at this way - the moody, changeable Moon is always our friend.
Feel whatever you need to feel now. Solstice means standstill - so stand still.
Get near water. Watch the sun rise if you can. Light a candle in the sunshine. Do that balance an egg thing.
And then let's be as gentle with ourselves as we are with that egg!
xo all
Cancer season is about home and family and with Neptune stationing retrograde as the season launches it wouldn't be surprising if we are gifted with a message from our ancestors. It would be a good time to pay them tribute with a space dedication in your home - be sure to include a photo of yourself as a child. Think about the ways your own story is woven in with theirs and how you carry your mother's emotional story and your father's physical story (and vice versa, too) forward.
photo by the talented Pandora Selezneva
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Today's Lunar Forecast | stuff lightens up, going with the flow, continue to avoid pushing and unnecessary confrontations, pay attention because we are stepping into Mercury retrograde's July storylines now, relationships grow through romance, fun and attention
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019
The Moon should have lightened things up last night when she moved into airy, quirky and progressive Aquarius at 10:01PM EDT - turning our focus to our groups and causes, the goals that bring us into connection with other people, technology, astrology, the internet, our friendships - for the next couple days.
We can be more emotionally detached now; more objective, more restrained by reason. The energies of the week (other than lunar) are still in play, but we are processing them differently. Still the yellow flag is out - no pushing, avoid unnecessary confrontations.
The Aquarius Moon will square (tension/crisis) revolutionary Uranus (Moon's ruler) at 8:56AM EDT bringing a surprise/something unexpected/change of plans/liberation to start the day. Stay flexible. After the disruption the Moon (our emotional needs) has some pretty clear skies for the rest of the day.
The Sun is at the very end of Gemini and Neptune is stationary/stopped turning retrograde tomorrow at the Summer Solstice. Endings are karmic now. Things are coming to a head to allow us to move in important new directions, but there is no need to rush.
Mercury hits 23 degrees Cancer today.
This is the degree she/he will station direct on July 31st, after her July retrograde, so the stuff we are dealing with now and over the next few days will clue us in to what we will be re-viewing, re-vising, re-vamping in July.
Pay attention.
Juno (relationships, partnerships, marriage, contracts) enters fiery Leo until August 23rd. Relationships can become more passionate (or any lack of passion more noticeable). More demanding of our attention (or any lack of attention more keenly felt). More playful. More romantic. Again, any lack of fun/romance will be felt more intensely.
Leo rules our 5th house where we have more of a tendency to roll the dice. With Juno here, our commitments (she was the long faithful wife of philandering Jupiter) and loyalties might be more "in play", especially if we (or a partner) aren't feeling the love, ie attention, fun, romance.
What also happens with Juno in Leo is our Leo natal house becomes a place of greater commitment and loyalty. It's naturally a more playful/attention seeking/heart-centered space for us, so now we are committing to something longer-term here even when everything isn't sunshine and unicorns. Even when other people let us down. Even when we have to fight to keep what we don't think we should have to fight for (Juno didn't exactly take Jupiter's transgressions lying down). In this area of life (where is Leo in our natal chart?) we go all in for the summer.
xo all
photo by the talented pholwises
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Today's Lunar Forecast | vicious and ambitious, power struggles, not making a mountain out of a molehill, avoiding confrontations especially with authority, speaking our truth while honestly caring about what the other person is hearing/feeling, keeping the long game in mind
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019
Today our Capricorn Moon is really feeling the heat.
She will oppose Mars (6:22AM EDT), conjunct Pluto (7:16AM EDT) and oppose Mercury (7:19AM EDT) all before breakfast and before going void for the rest of the day, when she (as us) will already need a break, which we are rather unlikely to get.
AND, to echo these emotional challenges this is also the day Mars and Mercury (in Cancer) are opposing Pluto (in Capricorn).
We could find ourselves (and other people) pushy and ambitious with our language and actions.
People (including us) might be demanding and domineering. Power struggles are possible. Our inner child will be fighting with their inner child. Words can be used as weapons now - as well as actual weapons being used as weapons. No dark alleys. No candy from strangers.
Drive carefully.
I have a family member with a Mars/Pluto opposition by transit and he told me when he gets off the phone he is only satisfied if he feels he has won the conversation.
In some way, and we will all be experiencing this through different situations - we are facing off against POWER. And by facing I don't really mean all steely-eyed across a table, but it might help to think of it like that and that power WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT BE MOVED BY THE LIKES OF US.
If we are thinking we can manipulate, cajole, destroy, change in some way - this powerful force we are up against - if we think this is going to be all sunshine and unicorns and smooth sailing - well, it looks like a big NO to that one.
It could be that "death" that has been postponed until fall when Pluto stations direct can no longer be postponed for some. What needs to end? Tomorrow, Mercury starts walking degrees he will walk two more times. If something can get wrapped up now, something you don't want to drag into July, here's your final curtain-call.
Mars, even with Mercury and the North Node tag-teaming him can't beat Pluto and Saturn especially with Saturn in his home sign and Mars weak in Cancer.
What Mars (as us) CAN do in Cancer (he'll be in Leo soon, hang in there) is remember he is the divine masculine. He can be consistently caring and consistently capable. He can stay focused on what really matters. He can be ambitious without being vicious. He can not go making any crazy power grabs right now because he knows he is playing a long game and his timing will be off - powerful enemies can be made now and stuff can backfire.
On the plus side of all this -
we have Mercury (our thinking) and Mars (our actions) hanging out together. We can think it and then do it, very, very quickly and yes, this might get us into trouble, but it can just as easily get us OUT of trouble. We are thinking on our feet now (the Mars/Mercury conjunction is going to drag into mid-July due to Mercury's upcoming retrograde).
AND we still have Neptune smooth-talking Saturn, so the ability to turn dreams into reality although we have to be willing to make some adjustments with this (maybe a sacrifice). The sunshine and the unicorns and the smooth sailing are too many things to ask for. Maybe we can have the sunshine and the unicorn, but the seas are rough and the unicorn keeps poking us in the ass. We adjust.
Keep in mind Neptune/Saturn can also create the illusion that we have to do something. So, if you are thinking I have to do this and I have to do that - stop and decide if you really do!
The Moon is void almost all day, so the stuff that is happening, other than anything that hits in the morning, isn't as important as it seems.
Don't make a mountain out a molehill. The situation will be forgotten long before any of our over-the-top ambitious/vicious cray-cray will be.
Avoid unnecessary confrontations, especially with authority/power. Honestly caring about the other person will move mountains. Try some of that.
We might have to defend someone less capable or more vulnerable. It is possible that "home, family, home business, family business, real estate, renovation, mothering" thing is facing a challenge. More is required of us now and we are probably going to have to dig deep and provide it. Some of our efforts will probably not succeed now, but Mars/Pluto will provide us with alot of stamina to power through. If something has to physically get done, especially tonight - that would be a good use of this energy.
Mars/Pluto always makes me think of date-rape, so BE CAREFUL.
Pluto dredges up the truth, but it's not always a pretty truth. If you are thinking you MUST speak your truth now, just know that stuff can get trampled and destroyed in the process.
Take a breath.
Proceed with caution.
xo all
photo by the talented oprisco
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Today's Lunar Forecast | building the dream, aggressive or defensive language, maybe your boss is lying to you, mouth avoid foot, walking our talk, our thinking is on fire, finding your flow, practical action with impractical stuff
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019
Today's Moon in serious and duty-bound Capricorn will hook up with Saturn at 11:53PM EDT and then sextile Neptune five minutes later, echoing today's Saturn/Neptune sextile (second of three this year).
At 7:40AM EDT, Saturn (in his home sign of Capricorn) will sextile Neptune (in his home sign of Pisces). This first happened back at the end of January and will happen again in November (there are multiple indicators now that point us back to January/winter - what did you have going on then? how does it connect to this week's situations?).
This adds structure (Saturn) to the dream (Neptune) or the voice of authority to a lie.
Watch for that one.
It's a good day for practical progress toward a vision/creative project/healing. Start a serious meditation/spiritual practice. Time is stretchy. It's a good day to take action on something we have postponed or thought we missed the boat with (Saturn is retrograde) or were previously overwhelmed with.
Around lunchtime Mercury and Mars meet at 21 degrees Cancer.
The time to walk (Mars) our talk (Mercury). Our words/thinking (Mercury) is on fire (Mars).
We are taking action with Mercurian themes regarding Cancerian stuff - so news, conversations, thinking, plans, agreements, offers and decisions (for some people Mercurian aspects often involve sibling situation, local neighborhood situations or transportation/technical equipment issues) regarding that home, family, home business, family business, real estate, renovation, relocation, mother, mothering situation.
Mars rules the "new", so try thinking FRESH START with this one.
Mercury/Mars speaks of aggressive language. In Cancer, this could be more passive-aggressive or defensive. We could feel defensive or we might have to defend something/someone now. Try to avoid taking things too personally. This combination loves a good fight/debate. The Sun is in Gemini so stick to the facts. Apply a lighter touch. We could say something we might regret - foot into mouth - or shoot out some words we can't take back.
Focus on what matters today. Tomorrow we have one of two all-workday Void Moons this week and that Pluto opposition, so use let's use today's supportive energies while we have them!
Our thinking and actions are working together. Our dreams and reality are working together. This doesn't mean there aren't obstacles. Mars/Mercury are staring them down right now. But there is definite FLOW today. You can make progress! Just be sure you are taking action on what you really want - don't scatter your forces too much because FLOW can be easily diluted into multiple directions (think water here) and then no one area gets enough. On the other hand we don't want to drown in good intentions either.
Ugh - let's not overthink this day. Walk your talk. Keep a cool head. Take practical (real world) action on slightly impractical (not real world) stuff.
Build that dream.
xo all
photo by the talented thefirebomb
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Today's Lunar Forecast | optimism and enthusiasm, casting our spell, thinking about the future, hearing or overhearing just the right words, connecting conversations, speaking from our gut, spotting a signpost
SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019
The Moon moved into big-picture Sagittarius at 5:03AM EDT - and we start our build-up to Monday's big Full Moon. Her only aspect today is an opposition to Venus (in Gemini) at 8:22PM EDT.
The Sag Moon will turn our attention to (and we will feel nurtured through) - exploration/adventure, travel, higher education, weddings, politics, legal issues, the media, publishing, foreigners, everything outside our comfort zone, exploration, our beliefs and higher thinking.
When the Moon moves from deep Scorpio into "the sky's the limit" Sag - our mood lightens up - we are more optimistic, more enthusiastic. We just need to check any impulse to sermonize or push anything too far (yesterday's Mars/Saturn is still in play, too - stay safe, live to fight another day).
Get outdoors. Do something that feels foreign. Explore a new location. Have some fun.
The opposition to Venus could mean an adjustment with our income/resources or a testy situation with someone else (likely a woman or a Gemini type) over these themes or love, relationships, beauty.
Also today we have Mercury, following in Mars' footsteps, meeting the North Node in Cancer.
We are thinking (Mercury) about the future (North Node). We hear/overhear/read something that points us in a new direction. Ideas are the low-hanging fruit now - reach out. Communicate with compassion.
We can better see where things are heading. We could hear just the right words now that point us in a new (although maybe uncomfortable) direction.
The correct use of today's energy (a focus on the future - talking about it, thinking about it, seeing it) is an especially powerful way to line us up with a new and improved timeline.
Use precise language. No babble. With every word we are casting our S-P-E-L-L.
We need to pay attention to today's conversations and think about what we are thinking about.
Let's not paint ourselves into a corner talking smack.
Talk about what you do want, not what you don't want. It's Gemini season - a time to be led by language and curiosity.
So many things are wide open this year, although it is sometimes hard to see the forest (and the blue sky) through these damn trees.
There are still a couple things standing in our way - the responsibilities/reality we haven't wanted to face (Saturn retrograde), that death that has been postponed/mess that needs to be cleaned up (Pluto retrograde) and the stuff that used to hold us up that is now holding us back (the South Node in Capricorn).
Keep in the mind the North Node is new territory and this is uncomfortable to a human body that literally craves familiarity (see the work of Candace Pert and others).
Mercury is opposing the South Node - our familiar past. So, we might have to speak in sort of uncomfortable ways now - language we aren't used to. Go to a new bookstore or a new bookstore section. Talk to someone you wouldn't normally speak to. Just listen.
The words could come through a Cancer person or family member. They may not feel like some big thing or they might feel like someone punched you in the gut.
Cancer rules mothers and babies. Call your mother. Or talk to your mother who has passed - she is closer than you think she is.
xo all
photo by the talented flowerpottt
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Today's Lunar Forecast | feeling what's underneath, something comes to a STOP, reality won't be ignored, trust your intuition, let go and let god, turn up the music
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019
Our Scorpian Moon is making all positive aspects today. She trined Mercury at 3:32AM EDT, trines Neptune at 8:53AM EDT, trines Mars at 9:12AM EDT, sextiles Saturn just a few minutes later and finally goes void off a sextile to Pluto at 3:45PM EDT. Then she is void until tomorrow morning.
Such an active Scorpio Moon will demand we look deeper/feel more, and not, as the Gemini Sun will have us more prone to do now, just scan over the details/the information. We need to actually read it. Understand it. There might be something underneath we don't want to know about, but we need to now. Watch for jealousy, compulsions, power plays.
Mars (in Cancer) and co-ruler of this Moon is uber active and uber uncomfortable. All these lunar aspects answering to Mars will give us courage/passion/initiative but Mars is facing off to ice-cold, steely Saturn. So we want to go, but we have to stop.
We might hit a roadblock - maybe in the form of an authority figure. This is not the time to be shirking our responsibilities. Reality won't be ignored. Reality is biting now. Hard.
Something could end in a less than satisfactory way. We are forced to STOP.
Mars is inconjunct Jupiter and trining Neptune. So Mars, housed in a most uncomfortable place for Mars - in Cancer, dealing with that home/family/real estate/mother/renovation/safety/security issue and co-ruling the Scorpio Moon (the Moon in Scorpio and Mars in Cancer will strengthen each other since they are in each other's signs) so dealing with financial issues, taxes, loans, other people's money, debts, inheritances, sex, divorce, fertility, intimacy issues ALREADY and now he is inconjunct (rock and hard place) Jupiter and trining (brakes off) Neptune, too!
Mars is put upon BIGLY - expect angry outbursts, passive-aggressive stances. Stay safe. No dark alleys. No candy from strangers.
I take the inconjunct to Jupiter as an indication that big, bold moves and promises aren't going to work. We go off half-cocked and make a mess of things. Or maybe our beliefs need to be adjusted - there is a give and take with something there. If you think it's your job to change someone else's mind/teach them a lesson - I can tell you right now - IT ISN'T.
The answer to today's dilemmas is two-fold.
First, the lunar aspects are looking pretty good.
A Scorpio Moon NEEDS to look under the hood, needs to know how this thing works/what is REALLY going on. There might be some kind of uncomfortable truth she needs to see/feel now. She needs to feel connected BIGLY. Intimacy will be important.
If nothing else is possible, pull out one of those 1000 piece jigsaws and get to work. As above, so below. Work the complicated puzzle into place - other parts of life will follow. They will have to.
Second, is that trine (brakes off) to dreamy Neptune.
Prayer, meditation, art, creativity, compassion, music, time spent in or near water - we might not be able to move a mountain - that inconjunct to Jupiter - but maybe we can TRANSCEND one.
Keep away from drugs or alcohol.
At risk of sounding like a wimpy coward - and Mars in Cancer is the divine masculine and NOT a wimpy coward - we might need to live to fight another day.
So, we do what we have to do/say what we have to say (keep in mind Mercury is right behind Mars) and then we walk away before it turns into a slug-fest. We release our need to win.
Something could happen in the collective that brings us to a point of collective compassion or forgiveness - maybe AFTER the anger. Whatever is happening in the news is important because Mars/Mercury are setting up next month's eclipses - so pay attention.
Mars (as us) isn't done for. Yes, he is facing the South Node, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn, but he has lots of help via the Moon (answering to him AND in mutual reception today) AND that trine to Neptune AND even that inconjunct to Jupiter is helpful since it speaks of adjustment and tells us what not to do (some big move that won't work) AND he has the North Node by his side - our collective path forward.
OK.
Know we are likely to feel frustrated/angry/maybe jealous today. Some kind of momentum may come to a sudden halt. Our head might meet our desk (wow, this thing is really freakin' hard - note to self - bring a pillow).
We'll get quiet - except for good music, we need good music now. We will listen to our heart/intuition/things we only think we have forgotten. In here somewhere is a deep knowing. Be patient. Ask for guidance from the universe. Your ancestors. Saturn may be "the man", but there are higher authorities than "the man". Let go and let God. Be creative/paint/listen to music. BE COMPASSIONATE. Make something. Meditate.
Bend, so you don't break. Live to fight another day. Breathe through it. Bigger hands than ours have got this thing.
xo all
photo by the talented ankazhuravleva
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Today's Lunar Forecast | intensity, a beneficial change/disruption, more options, deep and challenging connections, expect delays, prioritize self-care
THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2019
The Moon plunged into deep Scorpio late last night. For the next couple days our attention turns to Scorpio themes - intimacy, loans, taxes, inheritances, other people's resources, other people's income, the things we are merging with other people, the stuff that is underneath, the stuff we don't talk about at parties. We are nurtured through deeper connections, getting to the bottom of things, a need for power and control.
The Moon in Scorpio will amplify the Mars/Saturn stuff over the next couple days.
At 9:10AM EDT, the Moon opposes Uranus. Expect the unexpected today/this morning. This is transformative tension/crisis. A shock. The good news is a sextile (opportunity) between Venus and Chiron with rebel Uranus at the mid-point (yod). So it's likely the change/disruption is beneficial somehow. Venus in Gemini should provide a lighter touch and more options. Roll with it.
There is an inconjunct - rock and hard place - between the Sun (in Gemini) and Pluto (co-ruler of our Scorpio Moon) at 22 degrees. If this is touching your chart, it might make things look more dire than they actually are. Like nothing is working right and everything is falling to crap. Sometimes things have to fall apart, or seem to, before they can come together. Keep this in mind now. There is good energy today for deep, although challenging, connections to be made/cemented. Stay open and compassionate.
This week and next are going to be challenging for many people - we are building a new world and the old one is clinging to us by its rotting teeth. We don't want to kick it in the mouth - there are still a few good molars in there we may need later - but, something has to give, these bite marks are killing our booty.
Speaking of giving, Mars will trine Neptune around midnight tonight - this is in play all week - unseen support and assistance. Your ancestors are literally lined up to help you. So is every dream you've ever dreamed. Arm in arm with every good thing you've ever done. And there is a sh*tload. Trust me on this. Keep your eyes and ears cued toward open doors/windows and messages.
Also keep in mind Mars (our actions, passion, initiative) hitting ice-cold, steely Saturn - you could already be feeling this or it's just up the road a bit further. Multiple aspects this week are very tight, so things are kind of "meant to be" with alot of situations.
We need to do our best and then we need to know when our best is done. Any combination of Mars/Saturn is excellent for getting meticulous work done (note for later - if you need a job done well find a Mars/Saturn person, any combination really, and give it to them).
The North Node (active this week through Mars and Mercury) is in Cancer - prioritize self-care, prioritize home, prioritize family. Mars (in Cancer) is agitated - we need to avoid stuffing our feelings, pulling passive-aggressive crap on other people and going off on someone and appearing all mama-bear fruitcake.
That's alot to avoid. Do some stretches. Stay limber. Breathe.
xo all
photo by the talented BigboyDenis
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Today's Lunar Forecast | talking about what we value/love/money, getting it done early, doing something that feels good, feeling our way forward, finding our way home
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019
Our Libra Moon squared Mars while we slept and then moves on to square Saturn (5:11AM EDT - roadblock), sextile Jupiter (5:26AM EDT - expansion, more beautiful/more balanced) and trine the Sun (8:57AM EDT) before going void for the rest of the day at 11:15AM EDT off a square to a retrograde Pluto (power plays within relationships/things out of balance).
The early waxing trine (Gemini/Libra) is smooth, forward-leaning energy - good for relationship communications, socializing, talking about art or design, talking about the value of things, whispering sweet nothings, translating ideas/our thinking/choices in ways that are pleasing.
Get it done before lunch. Expect some twists and turns, and possible power plays/jealousy/intensity, during the long void and keep in mind this is not the day (after 11:15AM EDT) to start anything brand new if you want something "to come of it".
Venus, ruler of the Libra Moon, and in dualistic Gemini, is opposing Ceres (in Sag). This speaks of challenges through mothering/nurturing, what is outside our control, the seasonality of something/endings. With Venus in Gemini - there looks to be choices, but Ceres says not easy choices.
Keep in mind, and we talked about this yesterday and in the weekly HERE, Mars is conjuncting the North Node in Cancer.
This is our actions lining up with our future.
Doing what FEELS right, acting on our needs, allowing our FEELINGS to be enough of a reason to do something/not do something/make a change - we automatically step into something more authentic.
Mars is opposing the South Node now - we are moving past - past life contracts, current life obligations and the debts of our ancestors. The stuff we used to count on to make us safe can no longer be counted on either. Our bag of tricks is empty. The emperor has no clothes. We are all out of aces. Pick your metaphor.
Time to move in a new direction (and yes, there will be potholes, delays and pivots ahead - don't think too far ahead right now, just go with your instinct/intuition/gut). Take a step away from the past. Release a bad habit. Past restrictions are not indicators of what our future holds. All kinds of restrictive cords have been burned away - we think they were holding us up, and they sort of were, but they were also holding us back.
Find something that feels emotionally satisfying today and do that. Something new. It might not be totally comfortable because our bodies are made to crave what is familiar. Find a balance.
Mercury is set to meet the North Node this week, too - watch for signs, conversations, new thinking that points in a more authentic direction.
xo all
the North Node is in Cancer - take care of yourself
photography by the talented martin stranka
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Today's Lunar Forecast | a focus on relationships, bringing things into balance, seeking beauty, caught between a craving for what is familiar and a need for what comes next
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019
The Moon moved into harmonious Libra at 8:29PM EDT last night - we will be focused on (and nourished through) our relationships, a need for balance and justice and beauty for the next couple days.
She trined (brakes off) Libra's ruler Venus at 12:55 AM EDT and will move on to square Mercury at 5:02 PM EDT. Things should be mostly harmonious other than that dinnertime clash with Mercury - an argument/difference of opinion.
The Moon will go void tomorrow at 11:15AM EDT, off a square to Pluto - and will be void until midnight. So void for most of tomorrow while we deal with the power structure of our relationships. Sounds stressy. Just keep in mind the stuff that hits the fan during a void Moon (tomorrow) won't amount to anything in the long run.
The big news all week is an old out bounds (past the Sun and not following their traditional rules of engagement) Mercury and Mars (both in Cancer) approaching their meeting with the North Node and opposition to the South Node, Saturn and eventually Pluto.
Situations (possibly tense situations) are pointing us in a new direction. We have had it.
We can almost taste what it will feel like to be over there or to be past this or to have that. The problem with the North Node is since we haven't been there before, and our bodies are primed to crave what is familiar, we hesitate. Like a neglected child clinging for her life to an abusive parent we can't let go of what is, figuratively speaking (although with Pluto involved a literal translation will not be over the top for some people) - killing us.
And then, now that we have hesitated (a natural response to new territory) and 'now that' isn't the right wording here because we were always going to hit this roadblock, but my brain is working at half strength with this head cold - there is Saturn "the man" standing across from us, blocking our way. Mars/Saturn is stop and go.
We want the new, but we don't know how to leave the old.
Add the South Node and Pluto to Saturn's posse and we have what seems an unretractable GRIP on the old ways of doing things (which collectively might look something like working ourselves to death as we give our power away to old, crumbling structures). I know an awful lot of people right now who need to make career changes (Capricorn) and those changes are being activated through home/family situations (Cancer), but it will look different for each of us.
We have this incredible Jupiter/Neptune this year (plus Saturn/Neptune) telling us the way things were does not have to be the way things WILL be.
Once the Moon gets into Scorpio, early Thursday we start to move into a Grand Water Trine and we have that Neptune we talked about in the weekly HERE to help loosen things up and dissolve some of these boundaries.
It's not about changing/fighting the past - forget those guys across the road for a minute - this is about us, as Mars in Cancer, the compassionate warrior, the divine masculine - moving into new territory. Forget the collective. This is personal. This is about what we need to believe in order to KNOW that something else, other than what has happened to us in the past, is possible for us NOW.
Saturn isn't the same old Saturn. We moved past Saturn with the invention of the telescope, but we still don't GET that. Have you ever seen the devil card in tarot where it looks like the people are bound up, but then you look more closely you can see their ties are easily escapable.
It's no coincidence both Mars and Mercury head into this week out of bounds, past the Sun and not playing by anybody's rules.
We'll talk more about this as we move through the week.
xo all
Keep your eyes and ears open now and take care of your immune system.
photo by the talented Michele-Riva
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Today's Lunar Forecast | maybe needing to rest, fantasy vs reality, grounding our vision, opportunities for practical progress, unrealistic choices, a time of adjustment
SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2019
The Moon in practical and grounded Virgo sextiles Mercury at 7:32AM EDT and Mars at 8:45PM EDT. At 1:59AM EDT she will make her First Quarter Square with the Gemini Sun.
Efficient progress through communications and action and tension that requires we make adjustments.
We also have the Sun at 18 degrees Gemini squaring Neptune at 18 degrees Pisces. This is kind of the opposite of practical progress, but could provide inspiration if we're lucky and smart.
The Sun square Neptune will fog up the works. It can be hard to get moving. Gemini/Pisces is not good for decision making, so this isn't the time to make an important one. Choices will dissolve. People could deceive us or think we are deceiving them. It will be easier to catch a cold (or worse), so do whatever you do to prevent something like that.
The square to Neptune can dissolve our vitality making this a good day to rest. A good day for connecting with spirit and our muses.
And yes, I realize I have written practical progress and a good day to rest - see what energies you are resonating with. Neptune makes time and space kind of stretchy, maybe we can do both.
I have this aspect natally and could write a book about it. You will likely find when you have an aspect natally and the aspect is in play through a transit - not necessarily touching your chart - it will activate your natal aspect. I have been very tired all week - wondering if I needed a Lyme's test (if there is such a thing, since I had that tick bite last month, but no bullseye), but knowing it isn't a good time to get a solid diagnosis.
It's a day to fix what can be fixed (that Virgo) and surrender what is out of our control (that Pisces).
The solid Moon with multiple good aspects will definitely help, but since it's Sunday anyway it might be best to relax, daydream, meditate, paint, listen to music, see a movie, spend time in water - give Neptune something to do, so he doesn't have any time on his hands to create distracting problems for us.
It will be hard to separate fantasy from reality, so keep this in mind. The skies are very changeable now - maybe toss a few ideas at the wall and check back in a couple days and see what sticks.
We have a challenging week ahead which I will write about tomorrow. Get something done today AND give yourself a nice long Neptunian break, too.
xo all
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Today's Lunar Forecast | another fun day then things get more practical, options for love and money start to open up, the value of variety, wanting to talk about it
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019
The Moon in fiery and fun-loving Leo trined a retrograde Jupiter while we slept and goes void off a square to Venus at 5:23PM EDT (shortly before Venus exits Taurus for Gemini), so today - especially before the square - is more of the Leo fun - time with children, creative projects, fun, recreation, romance, our natural spotlight, the stuff we are proud of. Just check any need to maintain airtight control of anything and we should do fine.
The Moon is void just 22 minutes when she moves into Virgo at 5:45PM EDT, for the next couple days. We are nurtured through the practical now. Through getting stuff done. Through organization. Through our pets and taking care of our health. We will feel better (more grounded) when we stick to a schedule.
Venus, after a few weeks in her home turf of Taurus, moves into airy Gemini tonight.
Gemini Suns and rising signs get more attractive - both easier on the eye and able to attract what they want and need. Whatever house in our natal chart holds Gemini hosts a visit from Venus now - making it easier for all of us to attract what we need in that area of life.
We are most attractive (use our Venus) through Gemini (our mind). It's a good time (through July 3rd) to be talking and communicating with lots of different people about lots of different things.
Venus in Gemini is about variety. In the mutable air sign (Gemini) the themes Venus rules - love, money, value, self-esteem, women, beauty - get more light-hearted. There are quickly more options available. There is also more duality - this is the space where our heart is saying one thing and our brain is saying something else.
We could suddenly recognize a mismatch between what we have and what we want. Or what we thought we had (during Venus's time spent in resource-rich Taurus) could be up for grabs now.
With Venus in Gemini life becomes more of a flirtation.
Communications are more casual, more lively and humorous. It's a good time to set aside any existing constructs about what we like and what we don't like and stay open to new experiences, new people and new situations. Say YES to the things that sound like FUN now.
This isn't the best energy to make an important decision (regarding our Gemini natal house theme or Venus ruled love, money, self-esteem, values, women or beauty) or commit to something permanently.
We don't want to be asking these things of others either.
For example it's not the best time to ask clients to be tied into a long-term membership, but it's an excellent time to think outside the box about who would be up for a short-term trial period. People will be more open-minded about less important things. For the next three weeks, it's time to "flirt", it's not the time to "put a ring on it".
This doesn't just apply to romance.
There are more options for love and money now - so stay open to the possibilities!
xo all
photo by the talented this-is-tis
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Today's Lunar Forecast | exciting news, disruptive conversations, talking about what we are proud of, busy with children, words/thoughts can be painful, another chance to learn to live with an old pain, a bittersweet day
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019
Our Leo Moon will sextile (opportunity) the Gemini Sun at 7:46PM EDT.
We are busy (talks, meetings, communications, conversation, local trips) with that Leo theme - children, our creative projects, romance, recreation - something we can be proud of, something that our heart wants.
This is also good energy to promote something we are proud of.
We have Mercury (in Cancer) sextile disruptive Uranus (in Taurus). Another OPPORTUNITY (or enhancement of the Leo opportunity since Mercury rules Gemini. This time via a surprise/disruption/innovation most likely within a Cancer theme (home, family, mother, real estate, renovation, home business, family business, security, history). Change things up. Think outside the box. Say it another way. Get out and meet new or different people.
News is exciting.
Immediately after sextiling Uranus, Mercury moves into his/her square with Chiron. We talked about this in the New Moon post; that Mercury, ruler of this week's New Moon, was going to move into some hurting/healing tension with Chiron.
Words/thoughts can be painful. With Mercury in Cancer - this could relate to that home/family situation or something from the past.
Whatever this is it won't likely be bandaged up by us (or someone else) saying just the right thing - with Chiron learning to live with the pain is the healing.
Thinking about - "why do these words hurt? or "what is familiar about this" - here is another chance, via tension/frustration to work through and adjust to some, likely, very old family stuff.
An example might be something like the graduation of a child - where there are happy opportunities and a move toward the future - and at the same time sadness/hurt about change/what we are losing/being left behind.
All in all this day feels rather bittersweet to me ...
xo all
photo by the talented thefirebomb
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Today's Lunar Forecast | morning power plays, a nice wrap up to that home/family thingie, twist and turns and much ado about nothing, some late drama, last minute changes
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019
Our Cancer Moon opposed Pluto (power struggles/plays - we could carry into our morning) at 3AM EST and goes VOID off a lovely sextile to Venus at 10:10AM EDT. A nice closing aspect. Projects started a couple days ago with the Moon's move into Cancer - that home, family, real estate, home business, family business, mothering-thing should end well.
Wrap something up.
During the five hour void - through 3:16PM EDT when she moves into Leo - is NOT the time to start anything new. Expect twists and turns. Expect nothing much to come of any crisis that crops up. I usually find I can get alot of routine work done during the voids, but sometimes find the things I do have to be re-done later - almost like the void Moon is a mini retrograde!
Once in Leo, the Moon will turn our focus to our natal Leo house theme and/or the general Leo themes of - children, fun, recreation, heart-felt activities, creative projects, romance, sports, finding our most natural spotlight. We are nurtured through attention.
She will square Uranus, planet of the unexpected/chaos/genius - at 11:36PM EST. This feels like some dramatic hullabaloo - maybe it clears the air or maybe we are dealing with last minute changes and surprises.
Keep in mind I list times when things are most exact, but we could feel Uranus's square to the Moon (disruptive crisis) anytime after the Moon moves into Leo.
Other stuff happening, but I have to take my sister to the airport, so will keep this short and sweet and in tune with Gemini season focused on the immediate.
Back tomorrow.
xo all
photo by the talented thefirebomb
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Today's Lunar Forecast | moodiness, productive or pissed off, independent work, imagination, creativity, spirituality, nourished through connection, an emotional limit is reached, game over, the cable goes out
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019
Our Moon in Cancer will hook up with Mars at 10:47AM EDT, trine Neptune at 8:05PM EDT and close out this day with an opposition to Saturn at 9:27PM EDT (she will oppose the North Node and Pluto in the wee hours of Thursday).
With the Moon in sensitive Cancer we will be feeling whatever is happening. The conjunction with Mars TODAY will have us PUSHING for progress or something new within a Cancerian theme - either the theme of our natal Cancer house or the collective themes of home, family, home business, family business, renovation, real estate, mother, mothering. We could be productive or just pissed off.
Independent work is favored.
The trine to dreamy Neptune TONIGHT dissolves boundaries; adds imagination, creativity, magic, a connection with spirit. Our vulnerabilities and ability to be forgiving and compassionate link us with other people. Make/listen to music. We are nourished through connection (and alcohol/drugs so avoid these now). Maybe we go to a movie tonight or a concert, paint a painting or get lost in a Netflix marathon.
The opposition to Saturn ends the day/situation with a "no". Here's the wet blanket. A limit is reached. We hit a wall. We run out of time. Someone shuts down. Our emotions are spent. The cable zonks out - Netflix marathon over.
Maybe that Cancerian situation gets wrapped up.
So, the day is apt to be emotional. There will be moods.
Avoid passive-aggressive behavior, guilt-tripping/gas-lighting anyone.
If we can not take things too personally the day will move much smoother - and we can learn alot about ourselves - what we need/what we are asking for/taking from other people. With the Moon connecting with the North Node our emotional buttons around vulnerability/safety/mothering that are pushed will be pushing us forward, too. Keep in mind the Sun is in Gemini - there is always another option.
xo all
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Today's Lunar Forecast | words will be soothing or painful now, talking about the past, sitting with the uncomfortable silences, intuitive language, feeling what people are saying, call your mom
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019
The Moon in multi-tasking Gemini will go void off a hook up with ruler Mercury at 11:42AM EDT - this is a nice closing aspect so things will continue to produce during the void. Stuff started when the Moon moved into Gemini a couple days ago will end well.
She comes home to Cancer at 12:17PM EDT focusing us on Cancerian themes for the next couple days - security, our vulnerabilities, home, family, real estate, home business, family business, renovations, mom, mothering, our roots and history. We are nurtured through familial connections now.
The big news today is at 4:05PM EDT when Mercury (our thinking, communications, local environment, neighborhood, siblings, transportation issues) exits his/her home sign of Gemini and moves into the silence of the watery womb of Cancer.
We will be feeling what people are saying now.
Our own words will be impacting other people emotionally, too.
With Mercury in Cancer words come from the gut and are taken personally.
They can be soothing or they can be painful.
Mercury in Cancer keeps it "in the family". Our power lies within.
Since Cancer rules both the mother and the baby, Mercury (communication, ideas, thoughts) in Cancer could be a good time to talk (Mercury) about what we need (Cancer). This will require a certain degree of discomfort and vulnerability.
Curb any tendency to fill natural silences. Think of that crab making his way quietly along the sand. Think before you speak.
(Trump has his natal Mercury in Cancer - this is one reason his verbal word-salads, which annoy so many people, are equally comforting to other people. It doesn't matter what he says. It's how what he says makes the listener feel.)
For the next couple weeks we could be thinking/talking/writing about Cancerian issues more often - home, family, real estate, renovation, home business, ancestry, the past, mothers, country, safety, security.
With Mercury in Cancer we will need to step back now and then and ask ourselves - "am I feeling the actual situation or am I feeling my thinking about the situation?".
The difference - especially with the Sun challenged by the Neptunian fog and Mercury on course to oppose Saturn/Pluto and amp up our natural Saturnian potential to feel the pressure over the next couple weeks - could be a pretty WIDE GAP.
There will be times it will be best to think of that quiet crab on that quiet sand and just shut-up.
Mercury will be in Cancer until June 26th, and will return to Cancer in mid-July due to her upcoming retrograde. The ways we hold onto the past as a crutch, an excuse or justification will be one of this summer's Mercury retrograde themes.
xo all
photo by the talented Pandora Selezneva
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Today's Lunar Forecast | a focus on our emotional and financial security, being productive, getting results, making love and money, a green light from dad, committing to what we want, good timing, comfortable in our own skin
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019
The Moon moved into Taurus late last night (EDT) the sign of her exaltation. In Taurus our focus will turn toward (and we will be nurtured through) Taurus themes - the theme of our natal Taurus house and the collective Taurus themes of our money, income, resources, values, self-esteem, sensuality, the planet Earth.
She will conjunct anything-can-happen Uranus at 2:26PM EDT. She will make nice with both Saturn and Mars. We are productive. We get results. We make bank. Mars is in lunar Cancer - feeling like doing something is a good indication we should be doing it.
Keep in mind the Moon is wrapping up her monthly cycle, so it's more a time of rewards for a job well done than a time for starting something brand new.
The Sun is in Gemini - follow up via email, phone calls, etc. Home projects, renovations, real estate, mother, home business, family situations, family business - could be on the agenda.
Our focus is on our emotional and financial security now.
To further solidify today's energies we have Venus (ruler of that Taurus Moon) trining Saturn and sextiling Juno.
So, here is where yesterday's lovebirds get the green light from dad.
I could have written this yesterday, looked ahead to where the energies were headed (I admit I peeked and you did, too, if you read the weekly), but mostly things play out best when they are allowed to play out. Think about how knowing what is going to happen could change what we do and then we muck the whole thing up.
Imagine a quarterback on the field for an important play in an important game - the crowds are on their feet, the sweat is on his brow. Now imagine he already knows how the game will end. Whether he knows he will win or he knows he will lose we can see how this knowing wouldn't be very helpful during the game!
Here is where we commit to what we want.
Something solid and long-lasting. Something that will grow more lucrative over time. We want what makes sense/cents.
We have good timing now. We take our relationships/money/our creativity seriously. We are aging gracefully/more comfortable in our skin. We find pleasure within boundaries and structured activities. A May-December romance or mentorship moves forward - likely something from the past since Saturn is retrograde. We are beautifying our base. Venus trine Saturn.
If we have been wearing our big girl/boy pants and living up to our responsibilities and doing the work - this could be a time when the rewards - financial/emotional - come in.
There is nothing especially flashy in today's energy. Saturn tends to dampen any kind of excess.
There is that Moon/Uranus conjunction, so our emotions, and other people's emotions, could be unpredictable or we could flip that and be comfortable with something that might usually make us uncomfortable, there could be a surprise - or maybe we call it a week and make an early Friday afternoon bolt for the freedom of the weekend.
Mostly today is about solid progress, getting to keep what we have earned, committing to what we want, getting a "yes". It will be easier to move into our heart today and work from there.
xo all
photo by the talented Light Lana Skywalker
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Today's Lunar Forecast | good news that's maybe too good, the forest vs the trees, a resource from the past we can count on, a relationship or contractual limit is reached, an all day (almost) void moon
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019
The Moon in action-oriented Aries will square Saturn, trine Jupiter and square Pluto - all before 11:08AM EDT when she goes void for the rest of the day.
Adjustments around our responsibilities, goals, ambitions, commitments, maybe coming through dealings with an authority figure. A limit is reached, someone tosses a wet blanket. All these planets are retrograde, so we won't be dealing with brand-new issues, although the situations themselves could be new. The square to Pluto could color the day with power struggles, but also points to transformative tension.
The void all day Moon usually allows us to get alot of routine work done (not the day to start anything brand new unless you can get it going before 11:08AM EDT), but expect some twists and turns and do-overs.
Mercury (home in Gemini) reaches his exact opposition to a retrograde Jupiter (home in Sagittarius) tonight. This could bring good news, but also the chance the good news is over-estimated. We, or someone else, could be promising more than can be delivered. I would say 'check the facts', but with both planets squaring illusive Neptune (home in Pisces), the facts could be challenging to sort out.
Good energy for writing, promotion, combining the big picture and the small details, presenting information with confidence. Just deal more with facts than opinion for best success. Don't exaggerate. Don't get all preachy.
Venus (home in Taurus) is trining the South Node in Capricorn and sextiling Neptune. There is some thing/someone/some resource from the past we can count on now. The South Node is what we are releasing so it could be some kind of enabling situation not totally in our best interest in the future, but for now, especially with that opportunistic sextile to limitless Neptune, it could point to a way through.
Juno (in Cancer) moves into opposition with serious Saturn (in Capricorn). This could limit/end/strengthen a contract/commitment/relationship.
Just the other day she sat with the North Node and leaned into her future through committed relationships, so this brings to mind the picture of a newly engaged couple who meet the bride's father and pop says, "hold up a minute there buddy, you aren't marrying my daughter - the answer is NO". Which brings to mind the second question of why they are asking pops in the first place!
Maybe this is where the relationship/contract/commitment (so maternally nourishing in Cancer) meets some real-world situation that over-time and through hard work will stabilize it (if it doesn't end it now) - the kind of paternalistic nourishing that keeps the family fed and a roof over everyone's head, but brings to mind (why the hell do I keep typing 'brings to mind', I need coffee) questions about how and why we give our power away ...
Read more in the weekly HERE.
There is alot happening today, or alot that seems to be happening, keep in mind that LONG void Moon - that
xo all
Some things in these dailies will impact us (through our natal chart interactions) more strongly than others, but we have access to any of them. Lean into what sounds promising. Experiment. Venus sextile Neptune - unlimited resources, unending love. Mercury opposite Jupiter - the best news we could possibly hear, positive thinking, confidence. Venus is making her way, all comfy cozy in Taurus, toward trines to stabilizing Saturn and transformative Pluto and we have a New Moon in Gemini (fast change) in just a few days. When nothing is certain, anything is possible - let that be our axiom with all this mutable energy!
photo by the talented Alexanika
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Today's Lunar Forecast | getting moving on things we have been procrastinating, illusions and delusions, the facts at odds with the dream, negotiating between the details and the big picture, we don't have to go looking for a fight to find one, our bullshit detector needs new batteries
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019
Today the Moon in fiery Aries will sextile the Gemini Sun at 5:51AM EDT - this month's waning sextile - and later move on to square Aries ruler Mars (in Cancer) at 7:30PM EDT.
The Aries/Gemini waning sextile can offer fast (and new) opportunities through conversations, communications, choices, taking action on information.
Sextiles are like energetic handshakes. They create opportunities. Something new is available from these two planets being in these two particular places (picture two wheeler/dealers in a smoky backroom somewhere), in this case since it involves our fast moving Moon, for a very brief time. It is not a sure-fire success or an iron-clad contract but it could lead to these things because there is agreement here. There is a handshake.
Aries/Gemini can bring a kind of pressing insistence; an urgency to act or communicate, but keep in mind sextiles are gentle energetics. We just need to take some kind of action. Life can use whatever action we take to make use of these energies. This can get us moving on things we have been procrastinating. We probably don't want to be pushing anyone else though, although someone else could be pushing us or pushing back.
It might be hard to have an important conversation without some kind of passionate squabble.
At the same time Gemini's ruler Mercury (the facts/our thinking) is squaring Neptune (the dream/our brain on drugs).
So here's where the handshake maybe gets a bit shaky or maybe someone's hand is sweaty and the shake is more like a slide.
Squares indicate tension/frustration, maybe crisis. They are also the best energy we have to move things forward if we are flexible and smart enough to move past them in one piece (and we are, Sun and Mercury in smarty pants Gemini and all that).
Neptune encourages change and action through vision and imagination. We don't create vision (although there is creative tension here!) We receive vision. We shut up. We listen. We still our brain. We move our body.
The planet of our intellect (Mercury) at odds with the planet of our imagination and the ethereal realms (Neptune); both strong in their home signs - would be a time
it will be hard to separate the truth from the bullsh*t.
We won't have all the facts straight.
Or maybe reality is holding up the dream or the dream is holding up reality. Maybe an addiction/escape is an obvious interference. Or the facts are interfering with our planned Netflix marathon. There is also a semi-sextile from Mercury to Venus (also home in Taurus) - it could be hard not to take words to heart now.
It might not be the best time to make an important decision even though we might feel the pressure from the Aries/Gemini waning sextile to do just that!
Now, Mercury is going to move on to oppose Jupiter tomorrow. Both in the signs they rule (with Jupiter retrograde, so not a totally new situation, and both in each other's sign of detriment).
So we have the planet of the forest opposing the planet of the trees.
We are negotiating between the BIG picture and the facts/details this week.
Neptune can cloud things up and/or Neptune can bring generosity, compassion, idealism (an open line to the ethereal realms through meditation and prayer) to the situation.
Stay flexible. Stay open to new information.
Know everything you are hearing/reading, even saying, is not the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
An issue is being worked out. This isn't the time for definitive declarations.
Maybe the square to illusive Neptune gives us a peek behind the scenes, an intuition into other people's motivations or into a situation's machinations we hadn't seen/thought about before.
Just keep in mind there could be smoke and mirrors behind the smoke and mirrors, too. So stay frosty in case you need to fog up the glass yourself.
xo all
Tonight's Moon/Mars square (Aries/Cancer) could bring out our defensive (or protective) side. We won't have to go looking for a fight, for the fight to find us. And they are in each other's signs so more emotional/passive aggressive however this plays out. Use Mercury in Gemini to keep a cool head.
photo by the talented Surab Higupta Photo Art
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Today's Lunar Forecast | growing through relationship, deja vu, dreams of the future, the details are brought to our attention, differences of opinion, the other side of the story, mountains are being moved to help us get home
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019
The Moon in Pisces went void last night (12:21AM EDT) off a sextile to transformative, grounding Pluto (retrograde in Capricorn). She will be void until 2:32PM EDT (expect some twists and turns until then and if you take the morning off you shouldn't miss much) when she moves into Aries focusing us on - and nurturing us through - Aries themes for the next couple days - action, initiative, passion, anger, men, time spent alone, our physical body, a focus on ourselves.
In Aries, she won't make any aspects until she sextiles the Gemini Sun early tomorrow morning.
Today we have Juno conjunct the North Node and trining Neptune. Our future is being tied to our committed long-term relationships. The agreements we make now with others - even if they seem somehow illusory or dreamy (they could involve an ending/sacrifice) - are moving us HOME, either physically or back home to ourselves.
Maybe we meet someone and feel like we have known them before (because we have) - maybe the meeting/person/situation has a significant impact on our future.
We are growing through our relationships.
Ceres (retrograde in Sagittarius) is opposing the Gemini Sun at seven degrees.
Through Ceres we confront life's cycles/seasons, styles of nurturing/mothering, the things that are outside our control, sometimes powerful/emotional endings.
Ceres is retrograde, so this won't be a new situation. Maybe the Sun is shining a light on something outside our control. In Gemini, the Sun illuminates the other side of the story. With Gemini/Sag this will likely be the details of something vs the big picture/expansion. Maybe differences of opinion/belief are causing separation/strife now. Maybe the details/facts are coming at us from the outside and we want to stay safely cocooned in our big-picture thinking. A Ceres theme gets mired in the details/fine print.
Or it could be a Sag theme - either our natal Sag house theme or a collective Sag theme - foreign issues/situations/people, travel, higher education, weddings, publishing, media, politics, religion, our higher thinking - reaches a conclusion/culmination now. Through an opposition, something about this will be outside our control and likely won't feel so good.
This week, as we move toward the dark/balsamic Moon days and then the New Moon in Gemini (fresh ideas, new stories) is a time of endings/release.
The situations we are partnering with now/committing to - will grow. With Neptune hooking into the North Node - what isn't possible? We have assistance from the past/behind the scenes - our past, our ancestors, our past lives - mountains are being moved to help us get home.
The situations that have reached the end of their cycle will end (for now). Things outside our control will be discussed/brought to light. The Gemini Sun will bring our focus to the details - the fine print.
What we have to do to get where we want/need to be.
xo all
photo by the talented Anna1Anna
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Today's Lunar Forecast | innovative communication, new characters enter stage left, someone jumps ship (maybe us), choices, changes, detaching from what we own, wanting what is not available, wanting something else, the winds blow in
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2019
The Moon in clear-headed, but stubborn and detached Aquarius trined Mercury (strong in his/her home sign of Gemini) while we slept making this morning good for innovative communication, finding new options/solutions and connecting with unusual (or Aquarian/Uranian) people.
Take a step back from the situation and you might find you have more options than you think you do.
By lunchtime the Moon will be squaring Venus (strong in her home sign of Taurus) indicating some stress/tension/crisis.
This could be us wanting what we want and that could be to take the rest of the day off and get a jump on the holiday (if you are in the U.S.) weekend. This could be someone (maybe a woman) leaving. Freedom/liberation vs what we want/need/already have. Maybe we just want to ignore what is wrong with the Venusian situation - love, relationship, income, finance, resource issue - detach from it.
Again keep in mind Gemini season - there are more choices/options than we had last week in Taurus season. The winds are changing.
There are aspects with Vesta and Ceres today that indicate a need to focus on what we hold most sacred - our values, what we have right now, the stuff we have already committed to ...
Also keep in mind that Aquarius Moon - tight grips lose ships.
Heads up the Moon will be void all day tomorrow so expect some twists and turns and avoid starting anything brand new.
xo all
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Today's Lunar Forecast | rolling with the changes, keeping our cool, buttons are pressed, talking about what hurts but keeping the conversation light, add some humor, add some choices, use your inside voice, think things through
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THUIRSDAY, MAY 23, 2019
The Moon is void until 1:49PM EDT, so expect some twists and turns this morning. I sometimes find myself, like I did on Monday, doing things over again (cue Bill Murray and Groundhog Day) during long voids.
The Moon moves into Aquarius after the void where we might focus on Aquarius themes (or our natal Aquarius house theme) and will likely somehow find ourselves nourished through them for the next couple days - some time alone, time with groups and friends, our causes and groups, the internet (can we be nourished by the internet - probably yes, until we can't anymore), staying objective, giving tense situations a little distance, being able to be ourselves.
The Moon will trine the Sun at 6:48PM EDT offering up this month's waxing trine (brakes off) between the Aquarius Moon and the Gemini Sun. In air, communications and conversations are highlighted, our emotions are quieted, things are more cerebral. Say what you need to say in a cool efficient manner. Humor will help. Allowing other people choices will help - we aren't locked into the grounded earth of Taurus any longer. Again, approaching tense situations with an open mind and some detachment will help. Our minds open to innovative ideas even as the Moon begins to fade from view.
With the Sun in Gemini there are always more choices. Our brain is firing on cylinders that have been asleep for months (and yes, mixing metaphors is very Gemini, too).
We also have Mars (in sensitive Cancer) squaring Chiron (in not-so-sensitive Aries) at right around the same time. So, it will be hard to do anything that isn't hurting someone! We will all be easily triggered and apt to over-react. At the same time we have Mercury (home in Gemini) sextiling (opportunity) Chiron. Our words can help. The way we say what we say matters, too.
Keep in mind the Sun's trine to our independent Aquarius Moon - keep conversations cool (detached) and light, use humor, talk about options and possibilities.
It might seem that any move we make is painful now and we can't win, but keep in mind Mars in Cancer isn't about winning!
Not in the traditional sense where someone else has to lose. Maybe there are other ways to win. Maybe ways that allow us to get a good night sleep regardless of the outcome.
Gemini season always offers more options. Talk about it. Think about it. Write about it. Make a list. Do some research. Get your facts straight.
Some people will be dealing with other Mercurian situations - car trouble/choices, sibling or local neighborhood situations/choices, equipment issues/choices.
With Mars squaring Chiron and Mercury sextiling Chiron - we are painfully triggered (and easily able to trigger other people) - the pain brings out an opportunity to talk/think about deeper/older issues.
Chiron aspects trigger old wounds. And Mars in Cancer speaks of impulsive actions based on our childhood emotions. That guy in your face in the post office will actually be yelling at his controlling mother and you will actually be listening to your demanding brother. Everything will be taken out of context and relate back to something else. Powder kegs are hidden in the most unlikeliest of spaces now. Tread cautiously.
Stay cool and calm. Offer other people choices. Stay open minded. Add some humor.
xo all
photo by the talented laura makabresku
In my life, hubs has decided the best place for his about-to-be-homeless business (whose death, very appropriately with Pluto retrograde in this part of his chart, has been postponed until the fall due to some zoning issues) is in OUR BACKYARD. This move, which I am certain is quite illegal, will involve the cutting down of five trees (our last 5 trees, other than some pine trees I don't count, since Hurricane Sandy took so many out a few years back). So, he has changed course from planting hundreds of trees to turning our own yard into a tree-less lot (this is the same man who spent our grieving winter trying to nurse a dead houseplant/ficus tree back to life - a tree we were given when my mother died twenty years ago). This isn't going to happen, of course, (not in the way he is picturing right now at least) but I have to pick my battles in a most-unbattley manner because he is quite depressed over his business situation and this "plan" is the only thing that has perked him up for days and days. My plan is to use this Mercury sextile and Aquarius Moon to calmly and coolly and with a bit of humor (why does a rhino have so many wrinkles? because she is hard to iron - or something more in line with the situation, hopefully I can think on my feet) add some options to his thinking even as I realize I am pressing a very old survival wound of his (and mine).
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Today's Lunar Forecast | nurtured by our responsibilities, taking action on a home/family matter, compassion, forgiveness, creative solutions, leaning into something new, following our intuition, combing through the knots
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2019
The Moon in Capricorn did her monthly sextile to Neptune while we slept and meets Saturn (6:22 AM EDT), the South Node and Pluto (11:57PM EDT) before going void near midnight EDT until tomorrow afternoon.
With the Moon in Capricorn we will feel nurtured by responsibility, through opportunities to lead/support other people, "by the numbers adding up", the goal being met, by people doing what they are supposed to do, by people taking us seriously. The Moon ruled by Capricorn's polarity sign of Cancer, is in her detriment in Capricorn - things are not so warm and fuzzy.
The Moon in Cappy says - if daddy don't work, the kids don't eat - we need to grow up. Edges are sharp and the round corners (and holiday weekend for some) are still a couple days away. People will be feeling like if they have to be working - everyone else should be, too. Whip crack!
With the Moon in Capricorn meeting Capricorn's ruler the spotlight will likely be on our duties and responsibilities today. Good for dealing with authority and even better for stepping into our own (just don't expect any hugs of appreciation). Moon/Pluto could indicate an emotional power play or emotional transformation.
We also have Mars (in Cancer) sextiling Uranus at 4 degrees Taurus and Neptune (in Pisces) trining the Cancer North Node at 18 degrees. Both of these aspects are in play for a few days before/after and exact today.
Mars/Uranus speaks of changes and innovation regarding - our home, family, home business, family business, renovation, relocation, nurturing, mother. Cancer/Taurus doesn't rush, so there is no need for some giant risk right now, but to get the most from this opportunity we will need to take some kind of NEW action. In Cancer, Mars (as us) is listening to his instincts. Uranus is saying it is time to update our Taurean agenda - our values, our money, our resources. There is an opportunity here.
At the same time imaginative Neptune is trining our North Node (way forward).
Creative solutions/intuitive unfoldings - that move us toward something more authentic are possible now.
Today's energies are reminding me of this year's BIG Saturn/Neptune storyline - and the release/sacrifice, apology, forgiveness, compassion, ending - through which the NEW, lasting, and stable future, is being built.
The serious Cappy Moon, an active imaginative Neptune and Mars/Uranus - so much is at our fingertips now. What are we going to reach for? What is our vision? What do we want?
We can take a NEW action today. Our body knows what to do. Uranus will aid Cancer/Taurus in being a bit more spontaneous and innovative now. We will find the right words/actions.
We cannot neglect our responsibilities (we will feel like crap if we try with this serious Cappy Moon), but we aren't allowing ourselves to be drowned in them either.
Don't overthink things. Moon/Saturn can feel depressing, so take care of yourself. Lean into something new.
xo all
photo by the talented SAMLIM
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Today's Lunar Forecast | getting down to business, choices and challenges, news, information comes to light, a budding threat to our status, what we focus on expands, lucky when it matters, words are our fortune, time to get the word out
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019
The Moon moved into serious Capricorn early this morning. It's time to get down to business! She will oppose Mars at 10:35AM EDT in sensitive Cancer which could be indicate conflict and frustration.
Things will move forward in the afternoon when she trines Uranus at 11:42AM EDT (breaking the tension of that passive-aggressive Mars opposition) and then trines Venus (6:58PM EDT exalted in her home sign of Taurus) in the evening - tonight is good for money matters, relationships, socializing. So, the day looks like it ends better than it begins!
The big news today is the kick off to Gemini season. Time to GET THE WORD OUT.
See the weekly post HERE.
Information/an answer comes to light. Clarity. A choice is illuminated. Our mental faculties are ON FIRE. Time to talk about/promote the stuff we started/nourished during Aries and Taurus season. Imagine yourself a yellow dandelion, now one of those puffy wish-filled things and the wind carrying your seeds far and wide over the next few weeks.
The lights are flipped on. We will feel a difference in the days ahead as information and communications switch from turtle pace (fixed earth) to rabbit (mutable air).
Increased choices, conversations and ideas will start to flow.
We won't put everything to use, Gemini can be rather chatty, so some stuff will just move in and out, but the change in momentum will be noticeable. Keep in mind with Gemini there are more questions than answers and the information might at times be unreliable. We should be able to see more alternatives though.
With Mercury and the Sun moving into Gemini together and meeting exactly at 0 degrees Gemini - there is news, new information, choices, something coming to light (this could relate back to mid-March when they met up during that endless lala-land Mercury retrograde in Pisces).
They semi-square Juno (contracts, marriage, status, things we don't want to look at) in Cancer.
Semi-squares are budding squares - this one speaking of some sort of upset within a contract or with our status - maybe something we haven't wanted to talk about/think about that is now being talked about/coming into the light.
At the same time we have Neptune trining the North Node and Jupiter trining Vesta.
Whatever we have going on now is IMPORTANT.
It carries implications for our future.
Use that Neptune imagination/dream energy positively - we don't want to waste it in a trip to lala-land. The Cappy Moon should keep us grounded. Duties and responsibilities will be part of this.
Sun/Mercury can make us blinded by our own light - I sometimes have what I think is a brilliant idea that doesn't look quite so shiny a couple days out, so again no crazy leaps. Jupiter trining Vesta should allow us to expand on what is most important/make us lucky when it matters.
It feels to me like an indication the crisis situation we are working through leads us to something more authentic and REAL and liberating. There is opportunity here. With Jupiter retrograde it could be something from the past or something we overlooked. Maybe it is an opportunity to find our lost faith ....
The way something starts is uber important in astrology and Gemini season kicks off with implications that it will be impacting our future, so pay attention. We have the Cappy Moon to take things seriously even as Gemini creates a need to lighten things up.
xo all
photo by the talented Yesterdays-Paper
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Today's Lunar Forecast | confidence, enthusiasm, dreaming of the possibilities, a good day to call in sick and have an adventure, if we can avoid preaching, avoid starting anything brand new and can figure out when enough is enough (which might not be easy) we will love the hopefulness of this day
This is a day to allow our dreams and possibilities to come out and play.
We might be dealing with a Neptunian situation early in the day (in my case lack of sleep -ugh) - what is hidden or put away or done behind the scenes, secrets, spirituality, imagination, hospitals, addiction, healing, endings.
Let's get our work done early - good day for creative work, working with the public, media, weddings, publishing, traveling, higher education, foreign situations, legal issues - so we can enjoy an adventure in the afternoon - something today could connect to next Saturday when Jupiter themes are again activated.
Just avoid the "overs" - over-promising, over-spending, over-estimating, etc and any Sagittarius proclivity toward standing on a mountain and delivering a sermon.
The Sag Moon squaring imaginative Neptune and then meeting her lucky ruler Jupiter could make everything/anything seem better/bigger than it actually is, but SO WHAT - WE NEED THIS once in a while!
Just not too huge a leap, ok, the Cappy Moon will arrive soon enough to bring us back down to Earth.
See more in the weekly HERE
Keep in mind that void Moon from 1:04PM EDT through the end of the day - not the best energy to start anything brand new or to send anything out into the world we need "something to come of". I usually find I get alot done during void Moons though - time gets kind of stretchy.
xo all
This is the last day of Taurus season - get outside and ENJOY IT!
photo by the talented niimo
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Today's Lunar Forecast | feeling our way through the day, feeling other people's motivations, solving problems, intensity, those subway tiles cost too much or aren't available until July, the need to adjust/pivot/live up to a responsibility/rein in an expectation
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019
The Moon moved into Scorpio last night (the sign of her fall) waxing toward tomorrow's Full Moon focusing us on (and keeping us nourished through) the stuff that is underneath, the stuff that is hidden, the stuff we do in the dark, the stuff nobody wants to talk about, research, puzzles, intimacy issues, money issues, the truth.
We become more sensitive. More intense. The world gets a little darker and our eyes adjust to that. We are able to feel other people's motivations, which maybe makes us more private with our own. We play our cards closer to our chest. It could bring the feeling something has to be acted on RIGHT NOW because maybe (depending on our natal chart) we aren't used to this kind of emotional intensity. maybe something does, but just as likely we can allow these strong emotions to just move through us.
The Moon opposed Uranus at 12:03AM EDT (exhausted from an uber busy void Moon day, I slept like a rock after watching the first two terrifying episodes of Chernobyl on HBO), and is then pretty much unaspected all day. So, the Scorpio Moon is allowed to be the Scorpio Moon - we look under rocks, we notice things we missed, we solve problems, we are seeking intimacy and loyalty. If we are riding an emotional roller coaster today it is up to us if we want to toss our hands in the air and let our hair down or hold on tight.
The trine between Mercury and Saturn yesterday/today continues in play - we talked about that HERE - see the daily report for Thursday, May 16th.
We also have Vesta (at 20 degrees Aries) squaring Saturn indicating a roadblock with something we hold "sacred". It could be someone else (an authority/boss/older person maybe) isn't valuing what we value. With Saturn retrograde this won't be the first time we are dealing with this. Our focus is blocked somehow. Doing what we feel we have to do is limited in some way. Maybe something isn't worth what we thought it was. We spend weeks working on a project at work and now it isn't important somehow - the company doesn't need it/value it. Or maybe rigid routines, rules, fears are interfering with what we hold important.
Squares between Aries and Saturn can bring up issues around how we feel when we can't do what we want to do. The feeling of dad saying no. The feeling of being penned in by walls and rules. Squares require an adjustment. We have to pivot. Maybe we can't have this thing exactly the way we wanted it, maybe we need to revise our expectations somehow.
A quick example could be we are renovating our kitchen and financial issues or timing issues (Saturn) aren't allowing us to get what we had focused on for weeks via Pinterest (Vesta) - say, I don't know, specific subway tiles for the backsplash. We need to adjust. If the tiles are truly a non-negotiable maybe we need to cut out something else, or postpone the party we had planned for when this whole kitchen renovation was complete or maybe we decide they are not as valuable to us as all that and we find a less expensive or more available tile.
And of course something like this could be playing out through a situation more important than subway tiles!
Back tonight or early tomorrow with the rest of that Full Moon post - see part I HERE where we take a look at the landscape.
xo all
photo by the talented aleksandra88
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Today's Lunar Forecast | some adjustments this morning, our words have weight, thinking about the past, talking about boundaries, papers get signed, commitments are extra sticky, do you know what you are taking about? just the right words at just the right time
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019
I didn't get the chance to write the Lunar yesterday because we took a quick trip (10 hour roundtrip driving - ack!) to Brimfield, MA for the big flea market. My short term memory is so swiss-cheesy right now, one day away from the charts and I forget where the Moon is - maybe she really is made of cheese :)
Today, we have an all work-day Void Moon with the Moon in social Libra going void at 5:37AM EDT, off a square to a retrograde Pluto. She moves into Scorpio at 5:26PM EDT and we start building toward this weekend's Scorpio Full Moon.
Keep in mind there is alot going on this week and our words/actions matter.
Before leaving Libra the Moon will trine the Taurus Sun - this month's waxing inconjunct - probably indicating some kind of rock and a hard place between what we want and practical considerations this morning. There is a need to be flexible. A need to take other people needs into consideration now. Diplomacy. Cooperation. Let's use that Libran energy while we can!
This would not be the best day to start anything brand new. Stick to routine. Roll with a few twists and turns. Excellent day for writing!
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Mercury (in practical Taurus and answering to Venus) will trine both the South Node (19 degrees) and Saturn (20 degrees) in Capricorn.
We are talking about the past. Dealing with situations rooted in the past. Whatever we have previously committed to needs to be dealt with/completed now.
Opportunities come through careful planning and preparation as Mercury (communications, conversations, ideas, thoughts) trines serious Saturn (time, stability, hard work, authority) now.
There is a big fresh start coming for everyone, but in the meantime we have alot of loose ends to be tied up this summer (we don't want to be dragging these things too far into autumn AND we don't want to rush through them now either). There is a LONG GOOD-BYE in your life somewhere.
With Mercury trining Saturn (brakes off) our words matter. The papers we sign now matter. The commitments we make - to ourselves and other people - are extra STICKY.
We can hear just the right words at just the right time now.
At the same time Mercury is sextiling (opportunity) that North Node in Cancer. The answer is found within us. By moving into our heart. By allowing ourselves to be vulnerable within a conversation/communication. By going home. By taking care of our physical bodies. By lovingly discarding the tired shells we have outgrown.
Only make promises you know you can keep because you will be held accountable. If you say you are going to do something, you are actually going to have to do it or it is going to come back and bite you in the ass.
Avoid gossip. With Saturn being the king of karma and all that, it has a way of coming back around.
With Saturn retrograde the past is factoring into all of this.
Deliberate, thoughtful and sober words create the most impact. If we want to be taken seriously we need to take ourselves seriously. Conversations should be respectful. Do we know what we are talking about? If not, it's time to connect with someone who does. Lessons learned now stay with us, so what are we learning?
Communications and conversations with authority figures are helpful now. ANSWERS COME IN. Pay attention to what you are hearing. Be sure you are understanding what is being said and that you are being understood.
This aspect gives us the perseverance and concentration that creates stability and is good energy for paperwork that requires accuracy. We can focus on what is most important rather than what might at first appear most urgent.
It is perfectly alright to say, "no", "not yet" or "I have to think about it". We may hear these words now, too. That North Node sextile tells us, that even then, we can know we are moving in the right direction.
xo all
photo by the talented Zhivago86
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Today's Lunar Forecast | attracting what we want by choosing and taking action, stating our case, walking our talk, making a decision, reaching a tipping point, romantic encounters, cooperative language and action where we bring out the best in each other
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019
The Moon in Virgo works much of her magic while we sleep squaring Jupiter and trining the Capricorn pile-up (Saturn, North Node, Pluto) and the Sun (this month's waxing trine)
making this a very good morning for organization, making plans, doing the day-to-day kind of stuff that needs to be done. Fixing things that are broken. Solving problems. Improving things we've already started. Cleaning up. Doing our work. Taking better care of our pets and our health. We will be nurtured by knowing things are tidy and in their place.
Routine is our friend.
At 1:18PM EDT the Moon will go void off a square to Mars in Gemini - there could be some kind of dust-up around that time (news, action) and things might be wonky until she moves into diplomatic Libra at 2:51PM EDT - focusing us on (and keeping us nourished through) - other people, our relationships, social activities, balance, social graces, beauty and justice for the next couple days.
The BIG NEWS today is Venus at the very end of Aries sextiling Mars at the very end of Gemini. This is us attracting what we want through assertive language, making a choice, walking our talk.
Venus rules love, beauty, money, our resources, women, our values and self-esteem. Mars in Gemini is about passionate (maybe angry) conversations, talks, meetings, news, sales, teachings, writing, siblings, neighbors, local neighborhood, our transportation, our electronic gizmos. Make any kind of word salad that works for your situation. If you know the themes of 28 degrees Aries and Gemini in your natal chart toss those in here, too!
Venus in Aries wants what she wants (for now) - she is fast and passionate. Mars in Mercury has brought us lots of options - enabled us to try a little of this and a little of that over the last few weeks.
They (as us) have done their job, but before they move into new energies - BOTH change signs tomorrow - how unusual (!) - there is something these energies want to do TOGETHER as us.
Coupled with today's Waxing Trine (Virgo/Taurus - building something stable and quality) this would be an excellent time for us to take action on a decision/idea/conversation.
This doesn't have to be some big ginormous thing - life can use whatever action we take to get us what we want and get us where we need to go.
It does have to be us doing the doing though. We have to actually do it/say it. We might need to be brave.
There is no need to push too hard - something has lined itself up for us over the last few weeks. It's at a tipping point really. One little nudge and over we go!
This masculine/feminine energy merger is great for romance and friendships. Time to be out and about singletons! A Venus/Mars sextile with a waxing Taurus/Virgo trine sounds like the start of something real.
See more in the weekly HERE.
Keep in mind both these planets will change signs within hours of their sextile, so stay flexible.
Through cooperative language and action we can bring out the best in each other - today looks pretty damn fine.
xo all
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Today's Lunar Forecast | getting to work, practical power, standing tall and walking our talk, influencing, leading, confidence, having what it takes, tearing something down to build something better, they are putty in our hands, a second chance, a warning
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2019
The Moon is in Virgo focusing us on (and keeping us nourished through) Virgo themes until tomorrow afternoon - our day-to-day activities, our routine, work, co-workers, pets and our health.
She will trine Mercury at 10:47AM EDT (practical words are comforting, we are able to understand what someone means no matter what they are saying, good for getting stuff done), oppose Neptune at 7:14PM EDT (overly sensitive, good for creative work although there could be practical considerations that interfere) and trine a retrograde Saturn at 10:39PM EDT (another grounded earth trine, this one focused on the past - maturity, doing what needs to be done, taking care of business).
The Taurus Sun is busy - trining Pluto at 22 degrees Capricorn (in play for a couple days) and inconjuncting Jupiter in Sagittarius.
With both these planets retrograde - we could get another chance/opportunity at something now.
Whatever this is it won't be something entirely new. We have been here before.
This is reflective of major life changes. This is solid, practical power and transformation. This is us having the power/control over our own lives. Interactions with authority should go well. Taurus themes (love, money, values, self-esteem) and the theme of our natal Taurus house are empowered now. We can be bossy or we can be the boss.
The challenge here is the inconjunct to Jupiter - which acts as a rock and hard place situation creating a need to adjust/cooperate with two seemingly irreconcilable situations - maybe we are uncomfortable with this stretch, so we sabotage it somehow, exaggerating the problems or minimizing the rewards/our strengths/what we have to offer. Or, as is always possible with Jupiter something appears bigger/better than it seems.
The trine to Pluto speaks of us stepping into our own authority/our own power. We are taking control of our own lives. The truth is brought into the light and it is empowering. No one is going to do this for us - yes, we see this now. We are standing in our own shoes. And they are some powerful take-charge kick-assers.
The caveat will be taking something too far (too much kick-assing, being bossy vs being the boss) - power makes us too pushy/more self-destructive than empowered leading to us being humbled or maybe standing in these powerful shoes is so uncomfortable/scary we exaggerate any problems