April's Astrology Forecast for Creatives | THE MONTH AHEAD - motivation returns, green lights, fence sitting/preparation ends, decide, start, move your ass, take a risk, prepare for some challenges/twists later in the month

 

 

The first couple weeks of April we have some excellent MOMENTUM and motivation - no more fence sitting/gestating - it's GO TIME. 

 

Decisions must be made now. Things need to move. PUT TOGETHER AN ACTION PLAN. As we approach mid-month the energy is EXTREMELY OPPORTUNISTIC, and trust me, you do not want to miss this. If you have something to start, something you need to do/want to do - you had best be starting/doing it. This good fortune won't be around forever. 

 

The future belongs to the brave this month!

 

If you are starting a business/launching a new product, doing home renovations, etc (like I am, all of it) - the period from April 10th - 15th looks very promising (depending on what your chart ruler is doing will give you the best date - I will write a post specifically geared to this where we will add in the Moon and drill things down). If you are not ready for a full launch (try to be!), you will want to register a domain name/announce your intention/break ground in some way to get this energy into your project's DNA. This can also be something old (relationship, project, etc) done in a new way. LIFE IS LOOKING UP. 

 

By the third week of the month we start maybe slowing a bit, taking stock of what we have/where we are, then we might start hitting the challenging squares, Uranus shake-ups and power struggles. Pluto will be standing dangerously still. The energy shifts, opportunities tighten up/require more effort. Our Taurus security is shaken not stirred. The collective news might be INTENSE. There is a need to overcome a CHALLENGE. 

 

By the end of this month the retrogrades will begin and next month Eclipse season will roll in, so the first couple weeks of April are a MAJOR GREEN LIGHT - especially the energy near the New Moon in Aries. It's time to initiate something new, and small is BIG with the North Node in Gemini.

If you have been feeling unmotivated/tired - that will end! I promise!

Heads up - there is a major karmic story (a new one) going to start playing out here in the United States this month (and likely many other places) that we will talk about in the 2021-2022 big-picture posts and through the royalty/patriarchy series which is all the same astro-amazing stuff! We can't not change folks - it's written in the stars. 

FIRST WEEK - lean forward, get things moving, make decisions/solid plans, communication is key, relationships and money should be looking up, finish whatever you can that is going to be in your way of any New Moon fresh start at the end of the week

END OF FIRST WEEK AND SECOND WEEK - green light GO, GO, GO

THIRD WEEK - get grounded/practical/comfortable, things might slow a bit as we move into fixed earth, but they are also looking more solid, stock up

FOURTH WEEK - lighten your schedule, expect the unexpected and some challenges

And, please remember, this is COLLECTIVE, lists dates when aspects are most exact (they can be felt when applying/waning, too) and doesn't factor in the Moon. If you are a Cancer rising or more of a 'lunar person', the Moon's aspects will come into play in a more major way and we'll talk about them in some dailies as we move through the month - this post replaces the weekly and I am taking a blog break from the dailies this week, but will be back with an important ARIES NEW MOON post to kick off the lunar year!

For now - let's unpack the month -

APRIL 3RD - MERCURY ENTERS ARIES | crosses the Aries point, starts mutual reception with Mars in Gemini

 

Mercury finally gets out of the Pisces soup (a sign of his detriment) and begins a new cycle in fiery Aries. The conversation/our thinking changes/sharpens. New plans. New ideas. Mercury in Aries is so fast, she/he can solve problems before we even know we have a problem! This is going to be a fast transit (only through April 19th), but that's all we will need for our thinking/the conversation/ideas to SHIFT.

Our language and thinking becomes more focused, clear-headed and passionate. Mercury in Aries puts our instinct into words. Our mind gets faster. Our tongue gets sharper. Words get pushy. It is easier to speak up for ourselves and ask for what we want/need. We can also more easily pick an argument as language becomes more competitive. Mercury in Aries says, "I know what I think and THIS is what I think." The silence that was so golden in Pisces gets broken in Aries.

This is a fresh start/new year with Mercury themes - words, thinking, writing, learning, teaching, ideas, sibling issues, transportation, your local community. Also bringing fresh words and fresh thinking into our Aries house theme already smoking hot with the Sun and Venus. 

 

AND best of all with Mercury in Aries answering to Mars and Mars in Gemini answering to Mercury - both Mars and Mercury are empowered/stabilized. We can walk our talk, walk and chew gum at the same time, make better decisions, HAVE MORE MOTIVATION, get things moving.

APRIL 4TH - LAST QUARTER MOON | 14 degrees, Capricorn/Aries

The waning Moon at 14 degrees Capricorn (the sign of her detriment as ruler of Cappy's polarity sign of Cancer, but answering to Saturn strong in his home sign of Aquarius) squares an exalted Sun in Aries. This month's waning square - Cappy/Aries - hard to say who gets the home court advantage with this one.

 

This is tension/frustration between rules/limits/authority and independence/the new/what is starting. When is control too much control? Are stronger rules really needed or is initiative/courage/a boundless kind of newness the way forward? We are moving ahead, but now maybe patience is needed. 

 

The Moon (Cappy/authority) is waning and weak here. But answering to a strong Saturn in his home sign. The Sun (self/ego/independence) is exalted in Aries - STRONG. It could be time to circumvent the rules or authority a bit/take a risk (notice I am not saying - take  a break). If life during Aries season isn't a daring adventure or nothing at all (to quote the amazing Helen Keller) - then what the hell is it? Or maybe the reverse is true for you. You might need to take a breath, apply some wisdom/experience to the situation. Maybe something that looked promising, now looks like a whole lot of work or is getting old fast and you have to ask yourself if you are still wanting/willing to do it. In a few days Cappy's ruler Saturn is going to trine the North Node

 

Also keep in mind the Moon is waning, so, if some elbow grease needs to be applied to something that NEEDS FINISHING before next week's New Moon MAKE SURE IT IS. This can't be skipped. Independent work is certainly favored though.

APRIL 6TH - VENUS SEXTILES MARS | 19, degrees, Aries, Gemini

Here is what we want meeting up with the actions we need to take to get it. Set plans into motion. Send the email. Make the call. The girls and the boys are playing nicely. Venus is applying to her sextile to Jupiter, too, so, think - expansion/luck/optimism. Get those plans rolling!

 

APRIL 9TH - SATURN TRINES NORTH NODE (sextiles South Node) | 12 degrees, Aqua/Gemini, MARS SQUARES NEPTUNE | 21 degrees, Gemini/Pisces, MERCURY CONJUNCTS CHIRON | 9 degrees Aries

 

Maybe the facts/details are foggy. Maybe people don't get what we are saying or we aren't hearing things correctly. Maybe we are squared off with an ancestral story-line. We could be tired/need a rest. Even our best intended actions might drift off course. Men might be unreliable or lying or feel weak. Or maybe we are acting like a martyr.

 

The way through the Mars/Neptune is the Saturn/North Node trine. The trine is arguably the best aspect in astrology. Things fall into place. This is Aquarius/Gemini. Saturn/Mercury. Both strong now with Saturn in one of his home signs and Mercury in mutual reception with Mars, so gaining access to Gemini, his home sign. 

 

Stability/structure is the new black. Grown up words and conversations. Commitments to group goals. Stepping back and seeing the big picture/detaching from the emotions of the story a bit can help. Logical thinking. Logical/scientific language. Flashes of genius are possible now. Life can use whatever responsible or group/future oriented action we take now to move us along our best path/new timeline. Keep in mind as Saturn trines the North Node, he sextiles the South Node - this is the beliefs/hopes/greener pastures we need to release. Actions we take toward this will be smooth, too (will require some effort though - this is air, so probably through conversations, words, contracts, etc) - because remember the Moon is waning/winding down a story now, so as we move in one direction, another path/timeline begins to fray/come untangled.

 

Mercury/Chiron means words are wounding/healing. It is probably time to speak up about what is hurting. Writing/research is cathartic. 

APRIL 10TH - MERCURY SEXTILES THE NORTH NODE | 11 degrees, Aries/Gemini, MERCURY SEXTILES SATURN | 12 degrees, Aries, Aquarius, VENUS SEXTILES JUPITER | 25 degrees, Aries/Aquarius

Now, we are past (barely, but I'm counting it!) the Mars/Neptune square and look at these aspects! The Moon is in independent Aries - her only aspect a conjunction to wounded healer Chiron - repeating yesterday's Mercury/Chiron, so we are still dealing with whatever this is emotionally. 

 

There are MULTIPLE opportunistic sextiles. Air/fire. WHAT A DAY. And keep in mind this has been in play for a couple days and tomorrow's New Moon will carry the potency of this for weeks/even months/even the entire year. This isn't just about April 10th. Our words/actions are moving us smoothly into the future. Our money/love GROWS. The Jupiter sextile pulls in progress with legal/foreign issues.

Mercury is in Aries now, words and conversations are fast/blunt/to the point. Whatever we are talking about/thinking about TAKES US FURTHER, SO TALK ABOUT IT/think about it. The right words find their way to the right lips, eyes and ears. Words are powerful/adult/used responsibly, building us a newer/stronger world. Rules, limits, authority is supportive. At the same time Mercury is trining the South Node - old conversations can be put to bed. Mercury in Aries might just burn that sh*t down, but this time things are easier/smoother - no need for a match. Chiron/Moon in Aries. The fire is somehow healing. Keep in mind the North Node - way forward - is still Gemini, so keep words light/airy. Expect to be seeing/hearing double. If we are committing to something now we are actually going to have to do it. Maybe twice, so keep that in mind. Venus/Jupiter - there are financial opportunities here; the kind of luck that comes with some risk. Here is the smooth and easy expansion of something new. Jupiter is answering to Saturn, so there will still be work and limits, but they are more STRETCHY now.

APRIL 11TH - NEW MOON IN ARIES | 22 degrees conjunct Ceres, VENUS SQUARES PLUTO | 26 degrees, Aries, Capricorn

 

The lunar year begins! EXPECT A BIG NEW MOON POST. 

 

Actually, multiple posts because we will be talking about that 26 degrees Pluto - we haven't been here since the days of the American Revolution and before that the time of King Henry VIII and we'll be talking about that alot in April, too. The United States Pluto return will seem just moments away by the end of the month (something else in the collective news by then) and then, Pluto will station, retrograde, again, the death/transformation is postponed, so we can get it right this time! 

 

Also today, Venus, nearing the end of her days in Aries, squares Pluto in Cappy. Tension/frustration between this new thing we are loving/creating/our independence/our physical self and the fear of what we could lose/maybe are losing. How much do we want this? Maybe our heart breaks open. Maybe here is a breakthrough moment around our ability to love ourselves. 

 

Venus/Pluto an urge to 'feel the fear and do it anyway'. She kicks off the dead wood, connecting us to a more authentic "me and we".

Keep in mind, that fly in the ointment with what is started now is that Venus/Pluto - we want to avoid manipulations, obsession, jealousy, power struggles (the negative side of Venus/Pluto which is the love and passion mixed with the fear and taken too far), and, instead, use the powerful square energy of their friction to get that New Moon fire started!

APRIL 12TH -  JUNO STATIONS RETROGRADE | 24 degrees Sagittarius

 

Juno entered Sagittarius back on December 20, 2020, just days before the world 'started back up again' as Jupiter met Saturn. A very BIG player in 2020 (our relationships, partnerships, commitments), Juno was finally getting some blue skies and greener pastures. Our relationships were LOOKING UP/more optimistic and expansive. Or maybe we met a new mentor/teacher/embraced something or someone foreign. The challenges here would be if one partner was/is escaping or resistant to change/inflexible. She (as us) has gone (and some of this was through the square to Vesta in Virgo and Neptune in Pisces - THE PROBLEM we have been avoiding or over-focusing on, the need to fix it or forget it or forgive it or maybe all three) all the way to 24 degrees Sag. She is going to get all the way back to 8 degrees Sagittarius before stationing direct again on August 2nd and she won't get back to 24 degrees until around Halloween and start covering new ground, so this is and will be a very long relationship story-line. From now until early August is the part we will get the re-do's. Our relationships also become more of an inside job. We notice what we are mirroring and the way our partnerships are mirroring us. Notice this is conjunct the Galactic Center (our homing signal/seat of creation) and opposing Mars, so disagreements and challenges are built right into the process. If one partner is pushing to do something the other partner doesn't want to do or efforts are too aggressive or one-sided this will be felt now. Is compromise possible?

APRIL 13TH - SUN SEXTILES MARS | 24 degrees, Aries/Gemini

 

This is a boost of INITIATIVE/fire power. A light on our strengths. This is fire and air - our words are like rocket fuel/ideas catch fire. Here is the Sun (as us/our ego) in an opportunistic aspect with the Sun's ruler now - Mars, who, through mutual reception with Mercury is able to be more Mars-y/function almost like he would in his home sign! Mercury in Gemini pulls in the conversations, contracts, commerce, the words/ideas, maybe our siblings, local community, transportation/tech.

 

APRIL 14TH - VENUS INTO TAURUS  | her home sign

 

Venus is now out of her detriment in Aries and off that square to Pluto and into her home sign of Taurus. Whew! Venus loves (and rules) Taurus. After her weeks in Aries trying to be a lover and a fighter, she is quite content to settle into herself again.

Taurus suns and rising signs get more attractive (both physically attractive and more able to attract). Venus is Taurus will help us appreciate the finer things in life, what we already have and what is right in front of us. Taurus is a fixed sign, so things happen slowly. It can take some time for a person who is used to (because remember we are hardwired to crave what is familiar) seeing beauty in a lush green lawn, for example, to appreciate the magnificence of a dandelion. If you can't see the beauty in what you already have - look again.

(did you know the word dandelion comes from the Latin "lion's tooth" - dandelions are some of the honey bees earliest food, are reproductive superstars - an energy sorely needed now and have centuries of usages in food, drink and medicine)

The power and real beauty of Venus in Taurus is a deep seeded belief that everything we need is available to us. Either we have it, or we can attract it if we believe we are worth it. Venus will be in Taurus until May 8th. 

 

APRIL 15TH - SUN SEXTILES JUPITER | 25 degrees, Aries/Aquarius

 

An opportunity comes to light. This is Aries/Aqua. Initiative/passion/something new is EXPANDING. Making things better/more stable/more lasting. Luck that requires courage/some risk. Confidence. Keep in mind tomorrow's follow-up aspect -

APRIL 16TH - SUN SQUARES PLUTO | 26 degrees, Aries/Capricorn

So, the Sun takes the expansion/hope/opportunity from Jupiter in Aquarius and now moves into tension/frustration with Pluto in Cappy - power struggles, authority, limits, REALITY. Pluto is always about a death/fear. Maybe we are under pressure to do something, stand up, be ourselves. Look ahead to tomorrow and we see that Mercury is repeating the Sun's transits of the last two days and now we have Mars trining Jupiter. This week ends with the Sun meeting Mercury at the very, very end of Aries and then plunging into Taurus together. 

 

For now, the Sun square Pluto is power struggles. Fear of death/destruction/loss. It might feel like our ability to be ourselves/even to live is somehow threatened. This doesn't mean this will actually be the case, but this can be what challenges faced now will feel like. This is Aries/Cappy - the new vs the old. We have to be brave. We might have to fight (maybe not) and we could lose anyway (something will be gained though). We could be manipulated. This is us vs the man/power. Or maybe we are the power trying to control someone else. Either way be careful. Keep in mind, this will likely be felt strongest by people with planets/points near 26 degrees of the cardinal signs.

APRIL 17TH - MARS TRINES JUPITER | 26 degrees, Gemini/Aquarius, MERCURY SEXTILES JUPITER | 26 degrees, Aries/Aquarius, MERCURY SQUARES PLUTO | 26 degrees, Aries/Capricorn

Look at this day?! Do you have anything at 26 degrees?! I hope so! Mars trines Jupiter - our energy/enthusiasm/action expands. Makes us brave. Makes us lucky. Our words are our fortune. Make the call. Send the email. SAY YES.

 

Just keep in mind that Mercury square to Pluto possibility for power struggles/obsessive thinking, going too dark/the very real need to be walking our talk now. We will be talking about the 26th degree Pluto and its karmic possibilities -  in a big-picture post. We are dealing with old fear/powerlessness and now (past the point we always died before) transforming it/getting our power back. We are able to shift the energy across multiple timelines and for different lifetimes - yes, we are healing the ancestral woundings around power that we carry. 

APRIL 18TH - SUN CONJUNCTS MERCURY | 29 degrees Aries

Now, Mercury meets the Sun. This is excellent energy for communication. Our words are focused/fast. There could be a result now/a culmination/maybe an ending. Here is important information. A new idea. A voice to passion. A declaration. This is a good time for AFFIRMATIONS. This is the very, very end of Aries - a "hail mary play" degree. We start at the end/the very last moment. NOW WE KNOW. Then they (our heart/our brain) tumble together into the fertile fields of Taurus.  

Keep in mind, this is the mid-point of the Mercury/Sun cycle that started back on February 8, 2021. Kind of their 'full moon' moment, before their cycle starts waning.

APRIL 19TH - MERCURY INTO TAURUS, SUN INTO TAURUS

 

The Sun and Mercury move into Taurus TOGETHER. From cardinal fire to fixed earth. Our value appreciates. Our thinking and our willpower/force combined/in agreement. It's time to be practical, settle down, plant the seeds, take care of our resources/balance the books. We want things to make sense/cents. Our focus turns to practical things. The pace slows. The roses are noticed - will there be roses by mid-April? My dogwood trees are three weeks late this year. It's back to basics.  Taurus gets results through self-sufficiency, by bringing ideas and concepts 'down to earth', by being sensible. Also by valuing what we already HAVE.

This is not the time to enact complicated plans unless we want to make ourselves (and everyone else) crazy. Better to drill down to the fundamentals now. The month will start to change on us in a couple days, so don't get too comfortable, but find a comfort/a sweet spot/a soft shoulder. Mash the potatoes. Eat the pie.

 

Rushing through ideas, conversations and decisions won't work well now. Take the time to think things through and get it right - life will encourage/force this process, so fighting it is futile anyway. If a person or situation is pushing us to make a decision we are not ready to make, events will conspire to give us more time. If we can't decide - we should wait. If we are the one doing the pushing we will be frustrated during this transit. Mercury likes to move lightning fast, but Taurus likes to stop and smell the roses. The fly in the ointment with Mercury in Taurus is its fixed nature. One of the reasons for the information slowing down is that everyone becomes entrenched in their position and digs in. Compromise becomes a four letter word and there aren't alot of choices. The answer is either yes or no, there is no maybe with Taurus. Our resolve is strengthened though.

 

Keep in mind, this takes Mercury out of his/her mutual reception with Mars, so his access to his home sign of Gemini ends now. All good things must come to an end. We don't get to age three without knowing this. Mars is about to make his own move anyway. 

APRIL 20TH - FIRST QUARTER MOON | 0 degrees Leo, Leo/Taurus, VESTA STATIONS DIRECT | 6 degrees Virgo

 

This is an important First Quarter Moon - not only because it's the first real problem of our New Moon in Aries story, but because the Moon is opposing 0 Aquarius, where Jupiter and Saturn met back in December and restarted a more equal, socially responsible, science minded (and yes, more detached) new world. 

The Moon in Leo (as us) needs ATTENTION, love, children, our inner child, the center-stage, some heart-felt JOY. The Sun in Taurus is more practical, wants to be comfortable, wants to hold onto what we have. Maybe this is tension/frustration between our need to have fun and our need to be comfortable/not rock the boat/stick with what we know. This is fixed fire vs fixed earth. The earth can put the fire out, but is that what we really want?

Vesta moved into Virgo back on October 22, 2020. She came in like a freight train on a trine to Black Moon Lilith. She (as we) got all the way to 21 degrees when she stationed retrograde back on January 19, 2021. Now, we are moving forward - either having fixed the problems/or working on them - or using the Pisces oppositions we have had to release any unnecessary attention from that Virgo situation -  forgetting/forgiving the problem. This is one final pass through Virgo to tie up loose ends - to do the actual doing. We know what we need to do/focus on to keep the necessary fires burning.

 

APRIL 22ND - VENUS CONJUNCTS URANUS | 10 degrees Taurus

Uranus is all about change, something Venus-ruled Taurus resists. Resisting change can be a good thing, because not all change is good (no matter what the t-shirts tell us) BUT it can also be bad - lead to rust, depression, stagnant water that is unfit to drink. Our Taurus natal house, the place we are naturally inclined to 'leave well enough alone' has been anything BUT stable these last couple years.

 

Once a year, Venus (ruler of Taurus) comes along and meets up with Uranus - the one changing up her carefully orchestrated world. They first met in May 2019 at 3 degrees Taurus - here is where the changes with what we have/want/love/our values/our money started rocking and rolling, and they will meet every year until 2026 (at 29 degrees Taurus - they actually meet in BOTH July 2025 and April 2026 at 29 degrees, so our Taurus house will be totally changed by then!).

Their meetings accelerate change - things conspire to show us what we really value/love now, new ways to make/use/hold money, new beauty, new self-esteem. Venus in Taurus is slow, but Uranus change is fast, can happen in an instant, but isn't really something we couldn't see coming. They last met on March 8, 2020 - so likely what we wanted then has changed significantly from what we want now. If you have natal or progressed planets/points between 7-13 degrees Taurus, you will likely feel this conjunction the strongest. In general and collectively speaking, this is about changes with our values, money, resources and self-esteem. Your Taurus house themes will paint a more personal picture.

Venus's next aspect is a square to Saturn - reality check/limits - in a few days, so keep this in mind.

 

APRIL 23RD - MARS ENTERS CANCER

 

Mars is considered in his fall in Cancer. This is because Mars can't be all Martian - fired up and passionate and out in the world testing his courage, running onto the battlefield thinking only of himself and how good it will feel to swing that sword - when he has these pesky emotional Cancerian things to contend with.

Things like feelings (it's harder to take the instinctive action he needs to take when he has to feel his way through what he is doing instead of just doing it). And home and family and security (harder to be putting himself first when he has a family depending on him and harder to fight most effectively when he needs to stay alive to come home at the end of the day). This stuff can make Mars like a pot of hot water ready to boil over at any minute. Like the too-young father who wants to be out bar-hopping with his buds - he can feel trapped. On the flip side, Mars becomes more nurturing in Cancer. There's less chance of tossing the baby out with the bathwater now - because we love the baby (just look at those dimples)! Mars in Cancer is the daddy-bear protecting his cubs/any small growth that is easily trampled. Don't cross him.

Collectively we will be more security and safety conscious. Maybe more patriotic/clansy, but, certainly more home and family oriented. Our actions driven by our emotions (need for safety) or centered around home, family, mom, home business, family business, real estate, renovation, our natal and progressed Cancer house themes. Our natal Cancer houses will experience more initiative, action, passion and ANGER (remember this is Mars we are taking about, not the Easter Bunny). Where is Cancer in your natal chart? Wherever it is, Mars is not the usual way you deal with the things ruled by this house (unless of course, you have Mars there natally), so watch for defensiveness/moodiness/maybe an unusual antsiness around these themes. Mars will be in Cancer until June 2nd. 

 

APRIL 24TH - MERCURY CONJUNCTS URANUS | 10 degrees

 

Now, Mercury, following in Venus's footsteps, meets up with Uranus at that same 10 degrees. New/unexpected information maybe regarding money, our resources, what we value, that Taurus house theme. Stuck ideas and conversations will come unstuck, ruts will be jumped. Plans will change. There is the potential for shocking news. Also flashes of genius. Rebellious ideas. Maybe we find out something is more valuable/or less than we thought it was. Changes with our income are possible. Here is where the truth comes out - ready or not.

APRIL 25TH - VENUS SQUARES SATURN | 12 degrees, Taurus/Aquarius, MERCURY SQUARES SATURN | 12 degrees, Taurus/Aquarius, MERCURY CONJUNCTS VENUS | 13 degrees, Taurus

Venus and Mercury square Saturn TOGETHER. This has been building during the Uranus conjunctions. There are limits, responsibilities, reality checks. Freedom isn't free. Karmic endings. Our responsibilities, maybe especially to the future/the group/collective goals will not be avoided. With Venus and Mercury together it's probably time to say what we want. We might just get it after all (but there will be limits, rules, responsibilities). 

 

This smash-up is pulling us toward tomorrow's BIG Full Moon.

 

APRIL 26TH - FULL MOON IN SCORPIO | 7 degrees

 

This one has a 'Danger Will Robinson' feel to me. A Full Moon in Scorpio, answering to Pluto (standing strong and still and in a space he hasn't occupied since the American Revolution!) and opposite change-maker Uranus, trining a passive-aggressive Mars in Cancer. We are going to want to be careful here. Yes, we are facing our fears, this part can't be avoided, and we shouldn't try, but don't need to be an idiot about it. 

 

We will talk all about this in a BIG FULL MOON POST.

 

APRIL 29TH | MERCURY SEXTILES NEPTUNE | 22 degrees, Taurus/Pisces

 

Mercury has been uber busy in the last few days. AND he is stuck in the fixed earth of Taurus through all this. He met up with Uranus (surprising news), squared Saturn (reality check, limits) and then met up with Venus (good news, ka-ching maybe), now he moves into a smooth sextile with Neptune. This feels like a ping pong match.

Mercury/Neptune is a subtle influence, but considering all Mercury (as us) has been dealing with and Pluto standing still, this is likely to have more oomph. Good for visionary ideas and language. Imagination. Healing Prayer. Meditation. We might wake remembering our dreams. Our ancestors/past lives/ghosts are whispering to us. Ideas are AVAILABLE for the right person - the person who can make them REAL - to pick them like apples in an autumn orchard. This is good for learning something practical (Mercury) through osmosis (Neptune), so would be a good time to hang out with the smartest person you know. Compassionate (Neptune) language (Mercury) is helpful (sextile). Siblings may be illusive or confusing. But Mercury in Taurus is giving a Neptunian dream a structure to work with/build upon. Again this whole thing is subtle, but available. Talk to other people. The opportunity comes as one thought/conversation/idea drifts into another. People with planets/points near 22 degrees Taurus or Pisces will feel its influence most.

APRIL 30TH - SUN CONJUNCTS URANUS | 10 degrees, Taurus

The Sun meets Uranus - starts a new solar story. When a planet conjuncts another planet it's like a guest comes in from out of town and takes over. Maybe they put their feet on the coffee table, toss their coat on our favorite chair and polish off that bottle of wine we'd been saving. Maybe they clean the kitchen and cook us dinner. Either way, they are hard to miss.

Uranus is the planet of genius and rebellion and 'anything can happen' - charged with shifting us from point A to point B via the fastest possible route. Uranus jolts the fixed earth Taurus Sun with some unpredictable electricity. Something can come from out of nowhere - all the i's are not dotted and t's are not crossed now. Anything even slightly restrictive might feel like a dog collar - yes, the kind with the metal links that look like a medieval torture device. Wherever you think something is headed, expect something else. This is collective and personal shifting sands. Life changes. Again, this will probably be more dramatic for people with planets/points nearest 10 degrees of Taurus or the other fixed signs (Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius through squares and oppositions), but we will all be feeling this.

 

APRIL 27TH - PLUTO STATIONS RETROGRADE | 26 degrees Capricorn (and 48 minutes, so within spitting distance of the U.S. natal 27 degree Pluto)

 

Pluto has been standing still, preparing for today's station and let's just say he is, well, armed and  .. dangerous. I'd say no dark alleys for any of us, but we know that already. If you are quarantined, I will add - no dark hallways. Like seriously. Turn the light on, I fell last year and broke my foot. 

 

Pluto retrogrades are times we do deep inner work. Fear that is ripe for release will come up to be looked at/worked through/sometimes just survived. This year, we are working an energy that hasn't been worked since the American Revolution and before that the days of King Henry VIII - it's like we are all that woman who discovered another room behind her bathroom mirror. Very old power dynamics are shifting.

 

Fear can arise through uncomfortable or intense situations. Deep insights are possible while Pluto is retrograde. Worn out controls, rules and power systems are getting re-looked at, as well as the way we merge our resources (including our bodies and our money) with other people. Here is where we clean up the mess (sometimes an ancient/karmic one) as the external death/transformation process is postponed.

With Pluto stationing, the Sun on Uranus and Venus/Mercury squaring Saturn - we will keep in mind our 2021 maxim about chaos redistributing power. The end of the month looks pretty intense, so you'll want to set yourself up for a lighter load here. Don't over-schedule. Take care of yourself. Stock up on supplies just in case. Taurus season can bring food/weather/earth issues. 

BUT, PLEASE don't spend the first half of the month worrying about the second half. 

 

Just be prepared in a practical way. If something is scheduled for the end of the month and you can move it up then consider moving it up. If you can't, then it is what it is and will play out the way it needs to. Uranus stuff can't really be predicted and Saturn/Pluto mostly can't be avoided, so there is only so much we can do. 

 

The really lasting change always comes through the squares/challenges anyway and for anyone with very stuck situations they might be just what the doctor ordered! 

 

And Saturn's trine to the North Node is in play pretty much all month - ultimately our forward movement is stabilizing. Stepping into our responsibility and the goals that bring us into connection with other people is moving us forward.

 

NOW, PLEASE get going while the getting is GOOD!

 

xo all

artwork by the amazing Bo Bartlett

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, April 2nd, 2021 - a mixed bag emotionally, empowering words, making the dream real, our responsibilities pull us out of lalaland, a peek into April

 

The Moon in optimistic and (sometimes) bombastic Sagittarius faces a mixed and changing game today - she trined Venus at 1:56AM EDT, opposes Mars at 6:40AM EDT (tension, maybe feeling rushed, avoid unnecessary arguments, no preaching), squares Neptune at 1:41PM EDT (the fog rolls in), and finally sextiles ruler Jupiter (all's well that end's well?) at 5:17PM EDT. This isn't her last aspect in Sag (that's a testy square to Mercury at 1:23AM EDT tomorrow), but might help us end the day, if our day ends early enough, on the right note - luck/hope/adventure.

This is also the day Mercury's opportunistic sextile to Pluto reaches its exactness at 26 degrees. 

 

Pisces/Capricorn. The dream being made real/stable. With Pluto, maybe also more obsessive. The sacrifice/forgiveness/release required. This one needs a little action/effort on our part to do something with, but nothing overtly pushy. Words are powerful/connecting/healing/empowering. Authority, rules, limits, our responsibilities can PULL US out of the fog. This is Neptune/Saturn stuff which you know I LOVE (a tight Neptune/Saturn square in my natal and centaur/asteroid Pholus - the one with the Neptune/Saturn orbit - exact on my Sun). 

Working on a monthly for April, so I can spend April on the big-picture posts to prepare us for the upcoming challenges/opportunities. The first two weeks of April are mostly very positive - we have Mercury/Mars in each other's signs, so making them both way more stable and productive. We have a friendly New Moon to kick off the New Lunar Year mid-month. A couple days after the New Moon - right around primo launch time - the Moon will be in Taurus (exalted) and Venus will be in Taurus, too - a green light for projects. The end of April looks more challenging - things tighten up as the Full Moon in Scorpio squares the Aqua and Taurus planets. So, in January we had the explosions, February we kind of retracted, March things let up a bit, early April is a time of decisions/action, mid-April BIG GREEN LIGHT, then by the end of April things switch on us/challenges in the outer world and in our own world (especially for fixed planet people) are more likely. We can prepare for this to some degree. Be prepared to act by mid-month, DON'T wait until the end of April when things will be more challenging. Also, since this will be Taurus season, you might want to stock up on food/supplies over the next couple weeks, just in case.

 

Heads up I am switching to a monthly, rather than weekly format. 

 

I'll still do the New and Full Moons and update the monthly as we move through the month to add more daily info/the Moons. This will free up my time to write more big-picture stuff including the upcoming Eclipse season, finish the astro-amazing royalty series and the Saturn/Uranus, Battle for the Age of Aquarius, plus some Centaur stuff and Goddess Asteroid information that has come to me recently and is blowing my mind, all of which you should find very, very interesting and helpful as we move through the year and into 2022.

xo all

artwork by the amazing Daria Petrilli

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, April 1st, 2021 - the old fires up the new, choosing a new direction, what needs fixing, what needs forgiving/forgetting

 

 

The Moon is in lighter/brighter Sagittarius now. We are nurtured/nourished by adventure, widening our scope, optimism, faith. She will sextile Saturn at 8:52PM EDT and trine the Sun at 10:45PM EDT. 

The sextile is repeating our Venus/Sun theme this week - opportunities (some action is required and things proceed smoothly from there) for stability, opportunities for responsibility. Her trine to the Sun is this month's Waning Trine - Sagittarius/Aries. This is courage and confidence. While the Moon is trining the Sun, the Sun is trining the South Node. An old optimism/belief/confidence is reactivated/fired up. 

Now it's the Sun's turn (at 12 degrees Aries) to sextile the North Node at 12 degrees Gemini. This is a repeating aspect from yesterday (Venus) - we are pulled into the future/choosing a course of action. Decisions made now MATTER. By the end of the week, Mercury will be in Aries answering to Mars and Mars will be in Gemini answering to Mercury - this will stay in orb for a couple weeks and it will be MUCH EASIER (we will be clearer/more decisive) to be taking action/communicating/signing on the dotted line. This is really good news.

At the same time Pallas (in Pisces) has now moved into her exact opposition to a retrograde Vesta. We are either Pallas in Pisces - using our intuition, working with the past, our decision-making skills feeling fuzzy, maybe we are escaping/avoiding and then Vesta opposes us with a need to put our attention on THE PROBLEM - fix it. And she's retrograde, so this will be something that probably needed our attention a long time ago. Or maybe we are Vesta, so entirely focused on the problem/flaw that we can't see what the opposition to Pallas is offering -  a smooth release, a rest, ancestral assistance, using our imagination, prayer, connection, love, FORGIVENESS. Is our fixation on the problem helping? Is our avoidance of the problem helping? There is amazing energy this week to take action/make decisions that are helpful, use it or lose it. We will be back here with Vesta direct in the middle of July, so THIS IS A PROCESS.

xo all

painting by the talented Neivan-IV

Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - dialing into the details/facts, letting an old love go, moving toward new passions, making a different choice

 

 

The Moon in Scorpio is busy today, but mostly smooth aspects should make today (and tomorrow and most of Friday) easier to handle. She trines Neptune at 11:58AM EDT, squares Jupiter at 2:51PM EDT, trines Mercury at 4:35PM EDT and goes void at 8:28PM EDT off a trine to powerful Pluto.

This is also the day Venus sextiles the North Node and the Sun sextiles Saturn. 

Sun/Saturn is the empowering of the new. Structure. Stability. What are you starting? Take responsibility. Get sober/serious - things and thinks can slide right into place.

Venus/North Node - which means she is also trining the South Node (for smooth releases of what needs to end) speaks of a financial, relationship, values, women, beauty or self esteem issue that is moving FORWARD via a path of less resistance. 

 

If our attraction to something ends now, if money/resources are needed somewhere else, LET THEM GO. 

 

Keep in mind the North Node in Gemini - more than one way forward, dealing with facts (rather than blind hope), working on specifics, thinking local, communicating in a lighter way, making decisions that lean us, sometimes quickly, into something NEW.

The fly in the ointment - Mercury (ruler of the Sun, Venus and the North Node right now) at 23 degrees Pisces is squaring Juno at 23 degrees Sagittarius. Tension/frustration/challenges via a relationship or contract. Juno is making the relationship more optimistic/widening our focus, but Mercury is still cloudy/unfocused/maybe tuned out. The solution here - especially within relationships/with women is the Aries/Aqua sextiles - saying/doing something different, making a new choice, keeping things lighter but specific. Talking about the future.

 

Keep in mind, with Aries, sometimes the only way to get it done is to do it yourself. 

 

xo all 

 

more in the weekly HERE

artwork by the talented Dimitri King

Today's Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 - looking under the hood, coming unstuck, taking responsibility for something new, a path to more stable money and relationships

 

 

The Moon is in Scorpio now. We are nourished by power/collective resources/merging/purging/diving deep. Our emotions become more intense, situations can feel more "life and death". She opposes Uranus, inconjuncts the Sun and squares Saturn. Pressure.

The inconjunct to the Sun is this month's Waning Inconjunct, Luna's first aspect with the Sun since last weekend's Full Moon in Libra. 

 

Now we are looking under the hood/the covers. Walking with trembling knees down the shaky basement stairs like those B movies heroines (yes, I know we were screaming at the screen for her to "not go down there!", but where would the movie be without her daring/foolishness).

 

Aries/Scorpio are Mars ruled and co-ruled, and Mars is in Gemini answering to Mercury, so maybe something here now about words and conversations and information and the FINE PRINT. The intention of the Aries/Scorpio inconjunct could be to bend/break (through Scorpio's 8th house intensity of merging/purging) whatever was put in motion through Aries action/passion/initiative. Something surely gets complicated. Inconjuncts are rocks and hard places and require adjustments/flexibility. Maybe we won't get a win-win, but it doesn't have to be a lose-lose either. 

At the same time Venus reaches 11 degrees Aries and sextiles Saturn in Aquarius. 

 

Here is support/solid ground for our relationships, money, resources, values, self-esteem. This is Saturn, so work can be required of us. We are taking responsibility for what we want here. We probably have to COMMIT TO SOMETHING. There are built-in limits/rules that we will have to adhere to. Patience is required because the Saturnian goodies come over time. Good for May/December relationships/situations. We know Venus is going to sextile the North Node tomorrow, so our path ahead is being made more solid. 

If we are depressed, and many, many people are now, Venus followed by the Sun this week, aspecting Saturn in positive ways can help. The help comes through Aries - so TAKING ACTION (depression is all about BEING STUCK), moving our bodies (get some exercise), loving something new, doing something brave, moving in a NEW DIRECTION - remember life can use whatever we do to get us to where we need to go. The North Node is in flexible Gemini, nothing has to be one big/solid thing - there is more than one way through things and the way will change as we go. We don't have to have all the answers to move forward.

 

Saturn slows Venus in Aries down/grows her up. The intense Scorpio Moon is quite challenged today by change/the unexpected, the new and untested, limits/groups/tech/the future. We will probably be feeling the PRESSURE of this. 

The Moon requires an emotional commitment/deeper look at something (yes, it's dark in the basement, but we are going to have to go down there). Venus/Saturn in Aries/Aqua says TIME TO GET SERIOUS about what you want/are starting/the NEW. 

 

What action can you take to get unstuck? The Suez Canal container ship is freed up now - something in us is shaking loose this week, too. 

 

More in the weekly HERE.

xo all

artwork by the talented Fong Jun Xiang

Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Week of March 29th, 2021 - April 4, 2021 - healing old wounds, opportunities with love and money, our way forward gets shored up, our thinking/the story changes

 

 

MONDAY - Sun conjunct Chiron, Mercury conjunct Neptune

TUESDAY - Venus sextile Saturn

WEDNESDAY - Venus sextile North Node, Sun sextile Saturn

THURSDAY - Sun sextile North Node

FRIDAY - Mercury sextile Pluto

SATURDAY - Mercury into Aries

Look at all those sextiles (opportunities) folks! Let's unpack the week!

 

On MONDAY, the Sun meets Chiron at 8 degrees Aries, while Mercury meets Neptune at 21 degrees Pisces

 

We talked about Monday HERE - note, Monday is the day this is most exact, this has been building for a while and will spend some time unwinding. You probably want to read it.

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY - Venus, at 11 degrees Aries, sextiles (opportunity) Saturn, at 11 degrees Aquarius then moves on to sextile the North Node at 12 degrees Gemini, then following Venus's lead the Sun sextiles Saturn and then moves on to sextile the North Node.

The Venus/Saturn is OPPORTUNITY - here is where our NEW wants/love/resources become more stable/serious/in tune with the collective/in tune with the future. Yes, there are responsibilities and limits here, too, but with the sextile's smooth flow - this shouldn't be overly cumbersome and look what we are already dealing with! Aries/Aquarius sextiles are fire/air, so enabled through passionate words/language/ideas. Being independent, but acting collectively/maybe within a group. Yesterday's Mercury/Neptune is still in play, so something might be hidden or not quite as ideal as it could seem now, so keep that in mind - and our ideas/thinking/plans are subject to some changes at the end of the week as Mercury joins the Aries party, but there is something REAL here, too - something that will last/we can count on it.

As Venus is moving off her sextile to Saturn the Sun is moving into his sextile, as Venus moves off her North Node sextile, the Sun moves into his own sextile with the North Node. Here is our solar energy/our independent spirit in harmony with the group/our future as our path forward grows more solid.

 

Venus is not so strong in Aries and being this close to the Sun is burning her out, but the Sun is EXALTED in Aries and benefits from Venus. This period of time is a gift to us. Decide. Move forward. Commit. Firm something up. The Gemini North Node is flexible, can offer multiple ways forward - remember the Full Moon energy (in play now) HERE - starting from ourselves/our source and this giving us the ability to make any direction the right direction!

 

This is Venus (relationships, money, our resources, values, self-esteem, women) and the Sun (our ego, our fuel, ourselves, our father/authority) connecting with Saturn, strong in his home sign - so adding structure, longevity, stability, authority (and, yes, limits and responsibilities - we can't do/have everything) and then connecting with the North Node (our path forward). With Mercury in foggy Pisces we don't have to KNOW what we want. With Mercury in foggy intuitive Pisces we can feel what we want (it's what we've always wanted, what we all want) and Venus/Sun can give us the motivation, initiative, courage to make a move in a new direction. If something comes along - say YES.

On FRIDAY - Mercury at 26 degrees Pisces now, moves into her/his sextile with Pluto (in Cappy). 

The stage is set for honest communications, so here's where the conversation deepens/intensifies. Information is power. Our compassionate words are powerful. We can be more persuasive. Money talks. If something is fading to black, here are the final smoky wisps out the door. Pisces/Cappy is the idealistic dreamer and the practical, seasoned pro working together. Building the dream. Making a sacrifice for the goal. 

 

If the Mercury/Neptune has pulled us off course, here is where we might get a gentle reality check.

 

On SATURDAY - Mercury finally gets out of the Pisces soup (a sign of his detriment) and begins a new cycle in fiery Aries.

The conversation/our thinking changes/sharpens. 

 

New plans. New ideas. Mercury in Aries is so fast, she/he can solve problems before we even know we have a problem! This is going to be a fast transit (only through April 19th), but that's all we will need for our thinking/the conversation/ideas to SHIFT.

 

Our language and thinking becomes more focused, clear-headed and passionate. Mercury in Aries puts our instinct into words. Our mind gets faster. Our tongue gets sharper. Words get pushy. It is easier to speak up for ourselves and ask for what we want/need.

 

We can also more easily pick an argument as language becomes more competitive. Mercury in Aries says, "I know what I think and THIS is what I think."

The silence that was so golden in Pisces - gets broken in Aries.

 

The best use of this transit would be saying what we really think - and yes, this can get us into trouble, so we won't be an ass about it - keep in mind Aries' impulses can be either self-aggrandizing and immature or sparking a needed fire, solving a problem (fire brings fresh insights), initiating a new course of study and creating a bold, 'hot-off-the-press' plan. The choice is ours.

 

Think - fresh start with Mercury themes - words, thinking, writing, learning, teaching, ideas, sibling issues, transportation, your local community. Also bringing fresh words and fresh thinking into your Aries house theme already smoking hot with the Sun and Venus. AND probably best of all with Mercury in Aries answering to Mars and Mars in Gemini answering to Mercury - both Mars and Mercury are empowered/stabilized.

 

In another week, big-daddy Saturn himself will trine the North Node and we'll be looking at the New Moon in Aries - the kickoff for a new lunar year with lots of positive energy - it's going to be BIG. 

xo all

 

painting by the talented Joanna Wedrychowska 

Today's Astrology Forecast | Monday, March 29th, 2021 - something hurts, something heals, words dissolve/connect, a need for courage and transcendence, talking to ghosts

 

 

I will get the weekly up tonight, but didn't want to miss a daily for today since we have multiple important aspects perfecting!

The Moon continues her journey through Libra, the sign of partnership/balance. She trines (brakes off) Mars at 1:12PM EDT (14 degrees) and Jupiter at 2:01PM EDT (21 degrees) - good for conversations with partners, taking balanced action, multi-tasking, expanding, planning. At 8:07PM EDT she goes void off a square to Pluto before diving into Scorpio at 1:33AM EDT. That square to Pluto speaks of a power struggle.

 

The Sun meets Chiron at 8 degrees Aries, while Mercury meets Neptune at 21 degrees Pisces

 

The Sun's meeting with Chiron is a spotlight on a vulnerability/wound/weakness. Maybe something about how we weren't fast enough or brave enough or passionate enough. Maybe old ISSUES WITH ANGER, what we had to do to survive, with our ability to take care of ourselves. Maybe an issue with our physical body comes to light/needs attention now. Maybe we are required to do something we feel not prepared/not up to doing. Maybe we can see how our lack of motivation/action is impacting us.

 

Mercury/Neptune can add to our uncertainty/this feeling of exposure. And maybe it is someone's words/information that is painful, BUT Neptunian energy also has an anesthetic quality/the potential to soften the blow/pain. And this is all tempered by the proximity of benefic Venus. It's not comfortable, but it can be healing/rewarding, our wounds making us somehow more attractive to what we need. With Venus in Aries, what we need might be courage/independence, passion, action.

Chiron's wounds are old/familial. The sins of the father visited on the son. Chiron's pain rises from the archetypal battle between the light and the dark - someone must pay and quite often it is not the guilty, so Chiron's wounds are rooted in a sense of injustice/victimization. "Why me?" laments Chiron. Whether we believe in an orderly Universe, the will of God, karmic reincarnation/inheritances - on some level we might believe an orderly plan is being enacted. Chiron (an outsider in our galaxy with a disorderly orbit) says to us, "THIS will not feel just to you".

 

Mercury/Neptune repeats the theme of a very old story - ancestral/past-life - being told now. Except here the story is whispered/inferred. Mercury/Neptune removes mental resistance, connects us to the past/what is behind us. This can be a good thing or a slippery slope - this is up to us. It is wonderful energy for prayer/meditation/art/music. Talk to your ancestors/your guides/your higher self/God - the phone line is open. Information can be absorbed now.

 

We might say/hear words that are very profound now. We might feel very nostalgic. We might be grieving. Coming at the same time as the Sun/Chiron and with the Moon coming off her fullness in Libra and approaching that square to Pluto, this is excellent energy for intuitively connecting some very old and illusive dots.

 

The key to working with this is to be honest about the pain/our weakness/fear - it won't be hidden anyway. Speaking about it will help/connect us to others. Neptune heals by dissolving situations slowly/easing our pain as it changes the landscape a little bit at a time. This doesn't mean we get to avoid the pain though. What not to do now would be to escape into lalaland via lies or alcohol or misplaced idealism. Mercury will be leaving Pisces in just a couple days and things will be much clearer.

 

Aries WILL provide the courage we need and we have a hell of a week ahead of us with multiple opportunities to stabilize our life and line up with our best possible future. And today's Libra Moon has multiple smooth trines. We've got this thing!

xo all

painting by the talented Anna Lubchik

Full Moon in Libra | Sunday, March 28, 2021 - our need for other people, relationship eye-openers, a crossroads, resolving very old battles, wise decisions and a need for long-term planning

 

 

On March 28th, 2021 at 2:48PM EDT, the Libra Moon moves into her exact opposition to the Aries Sun giving us this month's Full Moon - our annual Full Moon in Libra. 

Full Moons are always a time of PEAK energy. There is a culmination, a completion. Something comes TO LIGHT. In general during a Libra Moon we might notice the ways our life/relationships have moved out of balance. Who/what we are attracted to now. Who/what we are withdrawing from or is withdrawing from us.

Back in 2019 we had TWO Full Moons in Libra - one at the Spring Equinox and then another one four weeks later. Two Full Moons in the same sign in the same year is unusual. Coming in the relationship focused sign of Libra with the "we vs me" polarity of the Libra/Aries axis - something here was really wanting our attention. From our older/wiser/"what the flying frig is going on here" vantage point two years later - we can see it was uber important that we got really, really clear on who (and what) we wanted to be with on this next leg of our journey. 

 

Because on the one hand, we were going to be stuck in the house with them ... for weeks/months in 2020 and 2021. And on the other hand, we were moving toward the kind of challenges that would be best met hand-in-freshly-washed-hand with the right person/people. By that second Full Moon we knew who had our back. We knew who we were on the same page with. 

 

We can't say we weren't warned. 

Move ahead to the Full Moon in Libra of 2020 - now Venus (ruler of Libra) was in Gemini, prepping for last year's long and tricky Venus retrograde. The Moon was just past her conjunction to Juno and opposing Eris. Relationships were getting complicated. The partnership/the contract - whatever we had going on in a committed way with another person - was moving away from the warm and fuzzies and toward a collision with some outside strife. This was also the day Mars was squaring Uranus, so I am sure plenty of straws were breaking plenty of camels' backs/tipping points were reached/there might have been sudden BREAKS.

THIS YEAR, as the Libra Moon moves into her fullness opposing the Aries Sun, we have Venus, conjunct that Sun along with hurting/healing Chiron. 

So, the ruler of the Full Moon (Venus, ruler of Libra) is opposing the Moon! And Venus's annual meeting with the Sun is happening DURING her Full Moon and conjunct Chiron (who is also having his annual meeting the Sun during this Full Moon)!

Libra rules our partnerships and our collective seventh house of other people/commitments/alliances - so there is likely a need now to watch for projections. We are responsible and in charge of our own feelings/our own needs. Something that could "come to light" now is how we project expectations on other people based on our own desires and then they fail to live up to our imagined plans for them and we get hurt/disappointed/angry. These are really feelings we are having with ourselves, but the other person gets to be our mirror here. We are the mirror for other people, too.

Libra also rules fairness and justice. The reason Libras can sometimes seem so indecisive is because they can see both sides of an issue - so maybe that is what is illuminated now - another point of view. Too much certainty assures we are shown the very things that will make us question ourselves/and others. Although, Full Moons are about endings, happening in the cardinal sign of Libra (cardinal signs usher in the new seasons) - there is a beginning here, too.

OK, let's dial into this particular Full Moon. 

Let's unpack the chart! 

 

The Moon is at 8 degrees Libra opposing the Sun, Venus (Libra's ruler) and Chiron ALL at 8 degrees Aries. The Moon is inconjunct Uranus at 8 degrees Taurus and semi-sextile Vesta at 8 degrees Virgo, also both EXACT - and what's up with all these eight's? 

 

Eight is a number of power/transformation. 

Hexagram 8 in the iChing is called - "seeking union", which feels perfect for a Libra Full Moon, so let's start with that. 

In the iChing "seeking union" begins with divination/inner questioning - we start at our source. It is important to know where we are coming from because when we know the source/who we are - we can flow out in any direction and meet up with the right choices and connections. We are born with this kind of innate navigation system, but over time our GPS gets hacked/glitches up/needs updating.

Thinking about these 8's in terms of starting with our source (notice the number 8 has no obvious starting point once it is fully formed, but in order to make one we have to start somewhere) is repeated by Libra's ruler Venus (the Moon is answering to her) being in independent Aries (the first sign of self) during this lunation  AND we can see how we've all been tossed back at ourselves (inner work) during the pandemic.

We start with ourselves. Our own natural affinities. This "seeking union"/connection thing is instinctive, but not intended to be just smooth sailing without any stress. On the other hand too much stress can be an indicator we have formed the wrong relationships/unions - probably formed out of fear/struggling - or maybe they were right for us at one time, but then we stayed connected to people and situations that had run their course. Eventually we cannot support a relationship if it means ignoring our own nature/our own source. 

If we cut off our source we will either die on the vine (8 being the number of death, too, via Scorpio and the 8th house) or maybe latch onto something living, like a vampire might do, and cling to that.

Ultimately we are going to have to know not only where we are coming from, but we will have to decide where we are going (Mars on the North Node). With all these 8's and with Venus in Aries (the first sign) - we will start with the idea of knowing who we are/where we stand as being something central to this Full Moon's energetic.

 

The ways we are connected to ourselves/our source, the extent to which we are able to receive love/love ourselves will be illuminated now and all the spaces this is lacking might be more sorely felt. 

The Full Moon trines Saturn and the Mars/North Node conjunction forming a Grand Air Trine. Grand trines are great gifts. The energy forms a powerful closed loop. This is your natal Libra, Aquarius and Gemini houses. We've talked about the Mars/North Node this week - making future focused choices/having conversations/getting information (sometimes uncomfortable, this could have been an argument/accident) and taking action - that sets our course. Now, Saturn in Aquarius pulls in some added structure, authority, responsibility, groups. Here is a smooth flow with our relationships, conversations, plans, ideas, the future. Saturn indicates this is about sticking to a long-term plan. Rome wasn't built in a day and whatever is started now won't be either. The trine to Saturn can indicate positive interactions with authority/older people. Things become more stable. That Mars/North Node choice/decision/move forward will have some built in limits/restrictions, but at the same time they are strengthening our RELATIONSHIP(S)

 

(and this building thing is likely to be happening on some rather rocky ground that has been tilled via a release, loss, forgiveness, compassion, sacrifice, a visible need to be more gentle with ourselves or someone else).

 

The Full Moon is semi-sextile Vesta (that old PROBLEM we need to fix or forget), inconjunct Uranus - in Taurus, so answering to Venus, too - and the Moon (in Scorpio by then) is going to oppose Uranus on Tuesday. The inconjunct is Taurus/Libra - both Venus ruled, both inclined toward making the world more beautiful/more profitable. Libra needs to partner, but also wants that partner at an equal distance doing equal kinds of things. Libra, being an air sign, doesn't want to be closed in. This equal distance thing would make Taurus crazy, being fixed earth. Taurus doesn't do 'partner' in the traditional sense/will do things independent of someone else, but can be inseparably attached to one or more people as in connected at the hip. Moon/Uranus aspects tend to create anxiety because they trigger our ancient/innate terror of life's unpredictability (evicted from the womb as we all were). This one is Venusian - our relationships, our money/resources, our values, self-esteem. A way through this inconjunct could be Uranus's sextile with Pallas (in Pisces) which forms a Yod pointed at the Full Moon. Pallas/Uranus - smart decisions/patterns interpreted or applied to unexpected events. This has already happened, so hopefully you have made some smart moves/plans! In Pisces, this is also about showing compassion, expressing grief, making a sacrifice, forgiving, dreaming, releasing, softening.

Ultimately this Moon will be somewhat uncomfortable because from Libra she is opposing the Moon's ruler, Venus (in Aries). 

 

Aries is not Venus's favorite place AND she is conjunct the Sun and Chiron. So, our Moon (as us) can feel out-manned here. The Libra Moon wants unity/fairness. Venus in Aries is willing to fight for what she wants. There has likely been some situation that involved some kind of challenge, struggle, argument, competition. With Chiron here - we are healing very old woundings around ANGER, what we had to do to survive, there could be a need to stand up for ourselves and take care of ourselves in a way that doesn't run the other party over or leave us with tire marks on our shirt. The Sun with Venus and Chiron at a Libra Full Moon is a HUGE relationship/partnership/open enemies story-line (starting and ending). Mars at the North Node - a turning point or movement forward. A conflict - that Mercury/Mars that is waning now - drives the last and first chapters. Our needs. Their needs. Keep in mind, our ESSENTIAL NEED to remain connected to our source - the 8's! Mercury is moving toward his/her meeting with Neptune on Monday - these are very old chapters we are re-enacting with modern twists. There could be confusion, even lies, but also connection and idealism. By the end of the first week of April, things should be much clearer. 

Bottom line - the Full Moon spotlights a CONFLICT. There are relationship (and financial) EPIPHANIES now. We have reached a fork in the road and must choose a new path. We have access to compassionate WISDOM. The path we choose (or are pushed/pulled toward) will have built in limits/responsibilities, but will be healing/balancing for OUR RELATIONSHIPS. LOVE can be re-awakened (including self-love). This Full Moon is excellent energy for RESOLVING VERY OLD BATTLE wounds.

And keep in mind all those 8's and the iChing's hexagram 8, "seeking union"  and how knowing who we are allows our energy to flow out from us in ANY direction and meet the right choices and connections! 

 

Don't forget to get out and walk in the Full Moon if you can. Her energy is very potent now whether we can see her or not.

xo all

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, March 26, 2021 - green light GO (remove/adjust to pebble then run with it), words now set out course

 

 

The Moon is in Virgo now - we are nourished/nurtured by organization, planning, being of service, routine, the creation of boundaries through the acquisition of knowledge and skills (being a part of something larger without losing ourselves). First, she inconjuncts the Aries Sun, then trines Uranus at 2:16PM EDT - change is good, here we are being more comfortable with the strange/unusual. She'll square Mars at 10:16PM EDT - and keep in mind, Virgo's ruler Mercury has been in square to Mars all week, so now Mars in Gemini is being hit from Pisces AND Virgo. So maybe just as the Pisces square is unwinding - that argument put to bed, feeling compassion/forgiveness - it gets re-energized through something related to Virgo (our Virgo natal house). Avoid reactivating an old argument (this might be a necessary part of a process, but maybe not) - get some exercise, take a cold shower, make something.

The BIG NEWS today and we'll talk about this more in the Full Moon post - the Sun meets Venus (Cazimi!) at 5 degrees Aries AND Mars meets the North Node at 13 degrees Gemini. 

 

And here's the crazy thing about this - last summer when Venus had her 40 days/40 night retrograde through Gemini - she met the Sun at 13 degrees on June 3rd. THAT meeting was the beginning of something and now here, as she meets the Sun again, at the Sun's superior conjunction, there is a development/conclusion/result (happening at 5 Aries) WHILE Mars is re-activating that 13 degrees Gemini where the Venus/Sun all started!! Amazing. Fated. We will talk about this more in the Full Moon post.

Taurus/Libras, especially the rising peeps, could find themselves in the spotlight. For all of us, here is a red hot spotlight on our love, values, relationships, self-esteem, beauty. With Virgo in Aries, our ability to receive love/love ourselves is made visible to us. There can be PROGRESS now with love/relationships/old anger issues/money. 

At the same time Venus is hanging with the Sun, Mars is reactivating that powerful 13 degrees Gemini (Venus Star Point from last June) - our actions moving us forward/conversation/news pulling us forward. 

 

THIS IS A BRIGHT GREEN LIGHT!

What we want for ourselves/what we are starting/maybe what we have had to fight for or fight our way toward (and this can somehow be connected to two things or two ways forward) - HERE is where movement is happening.

The fly in the ointment is today's Sun/Moon Waxing Inconjunct - the Virgo/Aries. With this weekend's Libra Full Moon approaching - here is this month's final challenge before that. The Moon puts our attention on a problem. Something needs fixing/tweaking. Some t's must be crossed and i's dotted. Maybe someone/something needs our assistance/skills. Remember we had Vesta bringing this to our attention earlier and she's retrograde, so this is probably something old that we have been avoiding/trying for too long to perfect/fix. 

 

With that bright green light GO - there is one fly in the ointment, something Virgoan, that needs to be taken care of FIRST. 

Inconjuncts are rocks and hard places that require adjustment. There is no perfect solution. This is Aries cardinal fire vs Virgo's mutable earth. Aries has no patience for the tedious details that Virgo is mired in. Virgo sees Aries as going off half-cocked/unprepared. The key is to use that practical Virgo to curb Aries impulsivity (somewhat, some impulsivity might be needed now - it's Aries season) without tossing dirt on the fire. And use Aries passion to curb Virgo's perfectionism/immersion in the pieces - without avoiding those tedious details/the problem that needs to be addressed/without scorching the earth.

This rock and hard place doesn't have to be some big thing. Here's the pebble that only leads us to the rock if we pretend we don't feel the pebble. We need to get that pebble out of our shoe!

Keep in mind the big picture message - the direction we are being pushed/pulled into now is THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

 

Venus is showing us what we want now/what we love and value now. There might be alot of financial stuff going on. A conversation/idea/information that comes in now can set our course. 

We'll talk more about this in the Full Moon post, but today is a good day for some kind of action/the stuff that comes to light to be mostly a good thing. It won't be long before the retrogrades will start and then Eclipse season - HERE is a time we are still mostly in control of what we can do, so HERE is the time to do it. 

 

It doesn't have to be some big thing, small is BIG.

(efforts later will require multiple stops and starts and sudden curveballs, why not take action now and avoid some of this stuff!)

xo all

artwork by the talented Valentina Remenar

Today's astrology forecast | Thursday, March 25, 2021 - all day void moon, a crossroads, challenged by our beliefs, sticking to the facts, nurturing the new, loving ourselves

 

 

The Moon in Leo goes void at 9:27AM EDT off an opposition to Jupiter. Our need to shine/have fun at odds with the group/group expansion/collective enthusiasm. Maybe some "me" vs "we". Expect some wonk, but challenges will tend toward "nothing comes of it" since the void Moon isn't interacting with any other bodies until tomorrow afternoon's trine to Uranus. That opposition to Jupiter will be felt though. This is a long void/all day - she doesn't get into practical Virgo until 11:26PM EDT. 

 

This is also the day Mercury, in intuitive/dreamy Pisces squares the Nodes (Gemini/Sag) at 13 degrees. This is a crossroads. A choice. 

 

A decision needs to be made, and with Mercury in foggy Pisces (and ruling the North Node) this might not be so easy. Lean into that Gemini - the facts/the local/your Gemini house theme. With Gemini, there might be more than one answer/more than one conversation/idea and with Mercury in Pisces we are using our intuition/collective intuition. We can't be in lalaland with any of this though. Facts trump hope here. Jupiter ruling the South Node (the past, where we are now) and challenging the Leo Moon today, is intending for us to feel what our Leo heart needs/wants (through the opposition). And keep in mind - and we'll talk about this in the Full Moon in Libra post next - Venus (in Aries) is moving toward the Sun - our ability to receive love/open our heart, love ourselves is spotlighted.

Hard aspects ask us to look for smoother/easier aspects as a way through -and today we have an opportunistic sextile from Mars in Gemini (12 degrees) to Ceres (in Aries). The opportunity comes through that Ceres/Aries - the nurturing of the NEW. The nurturing of the physical self. Mars in Gemini wants to move - quickly and sometimes in multiple directions at once - through action/words and this sextile is a FLASHING LIGHT pointing at our Aries house. Actions/conversations HERE are what is needed/our way through this.

With Mercury squaring the South Node we are unhooking ourselves from old beliefs/expectations. In Pisces, Mercury uses compassion/forgiveness/the soft dissolve. Whatever didn't work out, it's time to make a decision that points in a new direction. It's time for a new conversation that probably won't be totally comfortable.

xo all

 

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 - a need to roar without bringing down the house

 

 

The Moon is in Leo now - we are nourished through our creations/creativity, attention, pride, generosity. She has alot going on today. She trined the Sun at 12:53AM EDT, squares Uranus at 9:45AM EDT, opposes Saturn at 1:38PM EDT and finally sextiles Mars at 4:08PM EDT, so other than that trine, a bunch of challenging aspects and then an opportunity through action/words. 

The trine to the Sun is this month's Waxing Trine - Leo/Aries, so encouraging courage/bravado/initiative/passion. This is like 'here we are on our own center stage showing the world what we have to offer', unafraid of the tomatoes. The Moon's follow-up aspects - that square with Uranus (watch your wallet!) and opposition to Saturn (not a day to be taking on 'the man') look like some tomatoes might be flying though. That Uranus/Saturn - some rebellion/freedom/individuality that gets shut down. We are only going to get so far with these aspects. We can't skip work and go to the beach and not get caught.

 

The Leo Moon needs to roar, but if we are prideful/overbearing, bringing too much mama-drama, we will likely regret it. Hand slapped. Go stand in the corner until you can apologize.

On the other hand, and we always get at least two, there is that 'all's well that end's well, sextile to Mars at the end of all this clatter. Another day where we could live this week's (fight and make-up/clear the air thing we have going on) energy all rolled into one day. The tomatoes go into the sauce and onto the dough and, look we have some pepperoni in the fridge (does anyone actually have pepperoni in their fridge?) and we all have pizza.

Do your Leo, the Moon will require we stand out/up in some way/have some fun/be creative - but just don't take it too far - you can drive your flashy car, but you can't drive it to Vegas or speed past a police man. There could be some unexpected twists and turns, the need to not overspend/over-value, the need to work within limits (can't just play all day), not be a bragger and adhere to our social/collective responsibilities.

 

The sextile with Mars tonight - Leo/Gemini - good for standing out in a good way. Our words find the right ear. Our creativity the right avenue. There are multiple ways through this, we can see that now.

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 - get it done early, no dark alleys, stay flexible, no pushing, what you are fighting about won't really be what you are fighting about

The Moon, home in Cancer, goes void at 11:26AM EDT off an opposition to Pluto. She is void most of the day until she moves into fiery Leo at 5:36PM EDT. The void is best for routine work around your home or office, for purging/de-cluttering/elimination. 

Just before midnight EDT, Mercury (in Pisces) reaches her/his exact square with Mars (in Gemini). This has been in play since the Gemini Moon did the same thing last Friday and will be in play for a couple more days as they separate. 

The energy is ripe for arguments/accidents. 

 

Drive safely. No dark alleys. And I should say, some of this energy, and maybe most, may have already played out, this would be most potent while applying (I think I lived this entire week yesterday). 

 

Mars in Gemini will want to go/move/say it - spit it out. Mars will be antsy. We will say to ourselves, "I am not going to say anything/not going to fight/get mad" and then there we are blurting it all out. Mercury in Pisces will want to drift/take his time. We will say to ourselves, "I will rise above this" and then there we will be sulking/crying/feeling every single time (even those we can't remember) we have felt this way before. Conversations/getting to the facts might require patience/compassion. A square to Mars probably means there is something we NEED TO GET AROUND/GET THROUGH. A square to Mercury probably means there is something we NEED TO KNOW, SAY, HEAR that isn't going to be comfortable. 

 

The astrology tells us there is something we must move through here to get to that FORWARD MOVEMENT FEELING/pot of gold at the end of the week. The more we push this off, the more anxiety we will have to deal with. Once the conversation is had, the action taken, the decision made - we will start to feel better. Forgiveness/compassion/connection. This doesn't mean we push and shove though - this isn't going to work with Mercury in Pisces. We need to talk/move, but we have to allow this situation to unfold as it will to some extent. 

 

With a square to Pisces jumping in just twists an ankle. If life seems to pull us off course now - just go with the flow of that. 

 

The key to any mutable square is our ability to roll with things/stay flexible. And keep in mind both our North Node, our collective way forward (in Gemini) is in a mutable sign and the ruler of our North Node (in Pisces) is in a mutable sign. Flexibility/versatility is key. With Pisces, we can connect through compassion/forgiveness - letting go of the need for perfection/the need to fix something that isn't totally fixable. This doesn't mean stopping. What can be done? With Gemini, deal with the facts, but keep communications light. It won't take deep conversation/analysis to get things moving/back on track. 

 

And, keep in mind with Pisces, we are dealing with 12th house stuff - the stuff that is behind us. And the Nodes of Fate are triggered all week. The argument/the accident/the antsy move/words that DON'T WANT TO WAIT - whatever the tension/frustration is, this is somehow needing to happen now. Needing to be dealt with. The argument about the sticky coffee spoon won't really be about a sticky coffee spoon. The argument WILL MATTER. The way the argument ends WILL MATTER most.

 

Don't push, let the answers come in their own time. 

Think about - why would life be pushing you to GO (you have to get around that rock or you will be eaten by ZOMBIES or your boss or the IRS) AND giving you slippery roads/foggy skies/squishy brakes at the same time? And you have a hangover, have I said that? And the zombies are those fast bastards in the Korean and UK films, not the meandering American zombies. What would be the point? What would you be learning? Maybe your answer - which might not be my answer or anyone's else's answer - maybe your answer tells you something about what you need to know.

xo all

photo by the talented TheNightSheDied

Weekly Astrology Forecast | March 22nd - march 29th, 2021 - crossroads, tense conversations, fated transitions, healing very old woundings, the cracks are where the light comes in, but first something is probably gonna crack

 

 

Early Saturday morning EDT, the Sun crossed into Aries - a cardinal sign, initiating a NEW SEASON. In Aries, this is the START of the Astrological Year - we are that new growth breaking through the dry winter soil. Out of the ethereal waters of Pisces, we get back to the business of being human. This year's activation, already potent, forms an opportunistic sextile with, the still red hot, degree of 0 Aquarius where Jupiter met Saturn back in December and restarted the new world. So, HERE at the Aries Ingress, first day of Spring (in northern hemisphere), first day of the Astrological Year - is when we really start to feel the opportunity of this "new world".

 

Here is a LIGHT shining on the new. We are fueled by fire/our initiative now - able to be braver when we need to be. On Sunday, Venus followed the Sun across the Aries point and into Aries (the sign of her detriment, since she rules Aries polarity sign of Libra). Now what we want/our values/our new ideas about women and beauty and relationships and money catches up with our fresh start Sun - not only is a light shining on the new, but now we WANT something NEW, too!

 

It is through this lens of NEW we start this pivotal and important week!

MONDAY - Mercury conjuncts Hekate and then opposes Vesta - Mercury at 8 degrees Pisces meets Hekate and then opposes Vesta (retrograde) at 9 degrees

TUESDAY - Mercury squares Mars - Mercury at 11 degrees Pisces squares Mars at 11 degrees Gemini

THURSDAY - Mercury squares the Nodes - Mercury at 13 degrees Pisces squares the North and South Nodes at 13 degrees Gemini

FRIDAY - Sun conjuncts Venus, Mars conjuncts North Node - Sun at 5 degrees Aries meets Venus, Mars at 15 degrees Gemini meets the North Node

SUNDAY - Full Moon in Libra, Venus conjuncts Chiron - Venus at 8 degrees Aries meets Chiron, the Libra Moon opposes the Aries Sun at 8 degrees = Full Moon in Libra

 

Now, with all this talk of NEW, we have to keep in mind, Mercury (our conscious mind/information) is still drifting through Pisces - the sign of endings. Pisces rules what is behind us/in the past (and with the nodal activations this week we are dealing with old, even past-life/ancestral turning points), what we can't see clearly, secrets, lies, our self-sabotaging escape tendencies, our intuition, so there is still something back here - we are going to have to deal with THIS WEEK.

 

With Mercury/Mars both interacting with the Nodes there are FATED conversations (likely tense, maybe passionate or even angry), FATED turning points/choices, FATED words, FATED actions, FATED transitions and new beginnings. 

Despite the fresh Aries energy of the new season, Mercury (our words, thinking, conversations, sometimes sibling, local community or transportation situations, situations that show up in pairs), mired in the past, is running the show.

 

He/she starts the week with a conjunction to Hekate 

 

- the Goddess of the Crossroads, a way-shower and translator of the energy between the conscious and unconscious worlds. She is about a time of transition/those forks in the road and although having her here can’t help us see how it will all turn out, she does help us put away the old/the things that don’t belong with us anymore. She often shows up when we don't know where we are going and helps us to not fixate so much on the not knowing/the changes. Having seen it all and knowing the stuff behind us that we have consciously forgotten, she helps us onto the right path - not the easiest/smoothest path necessarily, but somehow the one that is MOST RIGHT - and helps us attract the right people.

 

When I realized asteroid Hekate was conjunct Mercury, who is not only uber-active this week, but rules Mars (our actions) AND the North Node (our best path forward), I was #surprised, #notsurprised. 

 

Because astrology is amazing. Always.

 

We talked about her HERE - and now, with Mercury in Pisces, we again stand at a crossroad faced with very old choices (even past-life/ancestral) - the road ahead of us splits - which road are we on THIS TIME? Mercury in Pisces is requiring us, by making the facts fuzzy, to use our intuition/allow things to fall where they fall in a sense.

 

Hekate is with us/in us, joined with Mercury - we can ask her to help guide our choices. She can see our past and which road ahead is somehow most right.

 

After moving past Hekate, Mercury's immediate opposition to Vesta (retrograde in Virgo) speaks of the need to stop avoiding what isn't perfect/the problem/the mistake. With Vesta retrograde, this isn't a new situation, we have been haunted by this before. Virgo/Pisces - fix it or forget it. This is a pivotal week, how is this Virgo focus not helpful? 

Then Mercury (as us) squares first Mars, followed by the North/South Nodes - here is challenging information, the need for a conversation, actions we have been avoiding, a need to work our way through verbal tension/even the need for an argument (but maybe with Gemini, we can keep things light and avoid the fighting part!), maybe still the need to release some kind of delusion/fantasy. This is tension/frustration. A problem we need to get past. With Mercury in illusive Pisces we probably won't have the full story/all the facts. These nodal aspects tell us this stuff is fated - WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE (or our ancestors have). 

Whatever we are agreeing to now, signing up for, saying/thinking/doing/fighting about - make no mistake - IT MATTERS. We are setting our course WITH OUR WORDS. They are our weapons AND our wands. Choose wisely. Lean toward smart Gemini - your Gemini house theme, the facts of the situation, what is local/light, maybe smaller/closer/quicker. More on the Nodes this year HERE.

 

Keep in mind the nature of Mercury/Mars and with Mars in Gemini - everything can seem to be happening twice or we could have two situations we are dealing with. Information might need to be balanced with our urge for action. WE MIGHT HAVE TO STOP AND TAKE A BREATH. If something comes up and can be pushed off until the end of the week - that might be easier. It might not be possible though. It feels like things are moving fast. Mercury/Mars squares can mean arguments/accidents. Expect some snafus with tech/transportation/your community/sibling situations. Drive safely. Stay frosty. Slow your roll as needed.

 

If we jump into something too quickly here, we could make a mistake, but also if we sit on our ass and try to avoid the unavoidable, so it's tricky - we are in between Eclipses now and a wrong move on our part will probably need to be ironed out - and 'ironed out' might be a little more gentle than how this could play out - when we get into the next set of Eclipses in late May through mid-June. Otherwise Eclipse season will build on what is chosen now, with some likely twists and turns ahead.

 

By the end of the week, the energy is SHIFTING - Mars meets the North Node in Gemini at the same time the Sun is meeting Venus in Aries. Here is where our actions/words are moving us forward - what have we chosen/decided/said/heard/learned? 

 

News/information/a conversation sets us on our course. 

 

We close the week with a BIG Full Moon in Libra (our relationships!) with ruler Venus, challenged in Aries, but conjunct the Sun AND Chiron. 

 

Here is where the light comes in through those cracks and we get some much needed healing on these very old woundings.

We will talk about this in a BIG post.

This is a pivotal week as we ride the waves between Eclipse seasons. Stay flexible.

Back with some dailies!

xo all

 

artwork by the talented Amelia Leonards

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, March 19, 2021 - taking responsibility for what we have made, avoiding arguments and accidents, a building desire for something new

 

 

The Moon is in Gemini now - we are nourished by conversation, walking and chewing gum at the same time, things that remind us of childhood/what feels local. She has squared Mercury while we slept (EDT) and meets up with Mars at 2:25PM EDT - good for putting out fires, but also starting them. By 4:49PM EDT she will be trining sober Saturn - good for ending the week on a smooth/positive note with authority/our responsibilities/the group. 

Tomorrow, the Sun will cross the Aries point (zero degree Aries) and launch a new solar year. We will look at the chart tonight! With the Moon in Cancer (the next day) and Venus triggering, too, I think we will feel it - the fire being lit/the desire for something NEW.

In the meantime, we get a little preview of late March/April's Aries/Aquarius trines as Saturn (at 10 degrees Aquarius now) moves into a smooth flow - brakes off - with mamabear Ceres in Aries.  

 

Saturn/Ceres is about us taking responsibility for what we have birthed/are nurturing/our nurturing. Maybe here is where the rules come in (by us/for us) - Ceres in Aries is about creating something new and newness needs structure/limits, so this won't be a bad thing/shouldn't feel so oppressive with that smooth trine. Things can fall into place with just a little 'stepping up' on our part. Aries/Aquarius is independent energy, can work well together. Think about a smart/detached Aqua dad and a fiery/independent Aries child or an independent/self-starting Aries mom and an individualistic/intelligent Aqua child - this (all other things being equal, and they aren't but you get the idea) will work. 

 

Note the Moon/Mars in Gemini, especially after that square to Mercury, can make us antsy/prone to arguments and accidents. Drive safely. Keep a cool head. Slow down as needed. Channel the Aqua/Aries - what can you do with that? Get ready to welcome the New Year.

xo all 

painting by the amazing Joseph Lorusso