Saturday Night Mystery | the astrology of an Attempted Kidnapping in Florida - asteroid Thereus, the hunter/stalker and how being vulnerable doesn't have to mean being afraid

 

We haven't done a Saturday Night Mystery in a while, so I thought I'd pop up a quickie. I promise to get back to the royals next weekend!

 

Here is a Saturday Night Mystery without any actual mystery since the quick thinking victim escaped physically unharmed and the bad guy was quickly arrested. I thought it might be good to look at a chart where we KNOW what happened and see if the astrology supports what we know. 

 

Here's the story - at approximately 7:00AM EDT, on May 19th, 2021, an 11 year old girl in Florida, is sitting alone on the ground waiting for the school bus when suddenly (and we see him circle around her first) a man with a knife rushes out of an SUV and attempts to abduct her. I will link to the video at the bottom of this post. 

She tries to run away, but he quickly catches her. They struggle and she is able to pull him to the ground or cause him to fall. She is also able to smear some of the blue slime she has been playing with at the bus stop on the perpetrator's arms (so police can find him later, she says - this amazing girl is a Law and Order SVU fan). With this not going according to his plans and most likely approaching traffic, he runs back to his car and flees. She grabs her books and runs off in the opposite direction. It's all over in less than two minutes.

A video camera from a local business (?) captures the whole thing, so we have an accurate time and accounting. Let's unpack the chart!

 

In this type of event chart, the victim is signified by both the Moon and the ruler of the Ascendant. 

 

The Ascendant is 15 degrees Gemini, so answering to Mercury, in Gemini. Before looking at the chart I wondered if Gemini was rising and it was. Mercury in his/her home sign gives the victim added strength, speed and cleverness. Mercury is conjunct Venus (in Gemini, too, so answering to Mercury) and the Ascendant. So we have a female (Venus) child (Gemini/Mercury) waiting for a school bus (Gemini/Mercury) able to escape a car (Gemini/Mercury) abduction in her local community (Gemini/Mercury) by using her agility, her wits and skills she learned by watching a TV show - all very Mercurian! With both Mercury and Venus currently out of bounds (ahead of the Sun/out of the control of the Sun and acting unreliably), she was able to quickly get out of the perpetrator's control. We have done these charts before where the perpetrator has the advantage of a void Moon or an out-of-bound planet to avoid capture, but this time the tables are turned. Gemini also represents duality and pairs, so probably he has either done this before or tried this before.

The Moon is the other significator (stand-in) for the victim. 

 

Here the Moon is in brave Leo (conjunct asteroid Thereus - we'll get back to him) answering to the Sun (in Taurus so answering to that out of bounds Venus - with Mercury again being the final dispositor). The Moon is on the IC/her physical self/home territory and in the 3rd house - Gemini's house of agility, quick thinking, our local community, transportation. If we could see this brave, young girl's chart we would probably see some activated Mars/Mercury. 

The perpetrator is signified by the ruler of the Descendant. 

 

Here we see Sagittarius - the archer/hunter. Textbook Sag physicality (not a Sag Sun sign) is a person who is kind of larger than life, with a well-proportioned body, might be tall, might be overweight, strong, brown hair or possibly bald, brown complexion, oval face, high forehead, handsome, well-spoken. Sagittarius rules what is foreign. I know he was a local person, but am not sure if he was foreign born or was pretending to be or planning to take her some distance away. Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter on the mid-heaven/the top of the chart at 0 degrees Pisces. Jupiter is strong in Pisces (and answering to Neptune in Pisces), but Pisces itself could show he is mentally ill/on drugs. 

 

Jupiter (the perpetrator) is opposing the Moon (the victim) and squaring the Sun (the victim here through Leo, but also in general - authority). Within a couple minutes of leaving the scene, the perpetrator calls his boss from his vehicle to say he will be late for work. He is Jupiter here, in the 10th house of career/authority, talking (all the Mercury/Gemini) to his boss (authority). He lies (Pisces) and says he had to drive his own child to school (more Mercury/Gemini). So, he is immediately pulling authority into the event and then authority (police) find him within hours. All visible in the event chart. Jupiter on the top of the chart - he comes to the attention of the public/into the hands of authority very quickly. 

 

His final dispositor is Neptune (22 degrees Pisces) which squares her final dispositor, Mercury (20 degrees Gemini). We always see a connection between victim and perpetrator in this kind of event chart if the chart is usable.

Missing an out of bounds Mercury/Venus acting through the young girl, this story could have gone another way. We tend to think of out of bound planets as trouble, but sometimes trouble is just what is needed. She was able to act unpredictably (to him).. she isn't playing by the rules. He thinks she will just get in the car with him (and we have seen that happen in events like this), but her mind and body are fast. She is one step ahead of him/stronger then he thinks. And he is that Jupiter at the top of chart/knows he only has a brief window before 'he will be seen'. He gives up and escapes (Neptune/Pisces), but not for long, in Saturn's (authority's) natural house. 

 

If he had been able to get her in the car and outside her familiar community, his Jupiter/Neptune would have had the upper hand. Thank God (and Goddesses), he didn't.

Asteroid Thereus popped up within a 1 degree orb of the chart's Moon (the victim), so let's take a look at him. 

 

There isn't much information out there about Centaur Asteroid Thereus. Like Pholus, he bridges Saturn and Neptune - the known and the unknown. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Thereus was spoken of as a centaur said to hunt bears and then drag them around alive and wounded. Since the story noted Thereus's cruelty as a hunter (also his boldness and strength dragging the large wounded animal around for all to see) he was deemed monstrous. There might also be something here about the hunter (the bear) becoming the hunted.

Alot can be gleaned about these new planetary bodies by studying their discovery charts

 

(see chart at right for the discovery of Thereus keeping in mind I had to chart this for noon since the actual time of day is not recorded, so we can't use the houses and the Moon may be a bit off).  

 

He was discovered on fixed star Fomalhaut (one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse stars, the bright red star that marks the winter solstice) said by Ptolemy to be of the nature of Venus and Mercury, but sometimes inclined toward malevolence. 

 

We see a Pluto/Mars/Chiron conjunction in Sagittarius - that powerful, cruel, traumatizing hunter/stalker. But also something here (with Pluto EXACT opposing Saturn) about protecting ourselves while we expand and maybe especially about protecting our real power; our vulnerability. Even something about our vulnerability (our wounds/Chiron) NOT making us less safe (which feels to me that it somehow fits this attempted kidnapping story).

 

Mars is co-ruling the chart, applying to a trine to the Leo Sun, retrograde in a fire sign AND out of bounds. Powerful Pluto opposes Saturn - Sag/Gemini. EXACT. This is the Pluto/Saturn square in 1990 that preceded last January's "time runs out" Pluto/Saturn conjunction EXACT in Thereus's discovery chart! What? How have I never noticed this Thereus fellow before?

 

Now we are going to go off-road a bit because I had to see what he was up to back in January 2020 when Saturn was meeting Pluto and "time was running out". Thereus was inconjunct the Pluto/Saturn/Sun/Mercury/Ceres 21-22 degrees Capricorn from 21 degrees Leo AND he was EXACTLY inconjunct the Jupiter/Saturn at 0 degrees Aquarius (the world starts up again, vaccines) in December 2020 from his perch at 0 degrees Virgo. WTH does this mean?! Also his glyph, I suppose designed to look like a bear paw, instead looks quite a bit like a CROWN.

 

Notice in his discovery chart we have Venus conjunct Jupiter/NN and Jupiter conjunct the North Node at 5 degrees Cancer EXACT (this was in August 1990). This is conjunct the January 2020 "time runs out" 8 degree Cancer North Node. Mercury opposes Uranus for impulsivity/chaotic thinking. If noon is anywhere near the actual discovery time, we see the chart has a Grand Fire Trine, with that powered up/chart ruling Mars trining both the Sun and the Moon. We'll have to get back to this guy!

 

For now, let's get back to our near kidnapping. 

 

The police released a birthdate for our perpetrator. He was born with Jupiter (remember he is Jupiter in the event chart) conjunct his mid-heaven, just like the event chart, and sextiling his natal Thereus placement. Transiting Pluto, at the time of his crime, is EXACTLY opposing his Jupiter. He has transiting Uranus conjunct his natal Mars (impulsive actions in his 7th house of other people) and transitting Mars on his natal Venus. He has a potentially nasty and abusive Pluto/Mars opposition in his natal with both planets activated. He has Mercury in Aquarius's natural house and Uranus (Aqua's ruler) in Mercury's natural house, combining the unusual with children and Uranus ruling his 5th house of children. The pile-up in Gemini right now is in his 8th house (sex, death). 

 

This is a very dangerous guy, having some very dangerous transits.

This brave young girl surely saved other lives beside her own. I read she went right back to school which is a good sign, I guess. I hope the people around her understand her need to heal from this and find the right process. She is being lauded as a hero (and she is) - she is also showing us the best use of out of bound planets - he thought he was taking her by surprise, but she didn't react the way he expected. He was the hunter/stalker, but then she turned the hunter into the hunted.

A big week ahead folks as Eclipse season roars back to life. 

 

A BIG story is ending, our view of WHAT IS POSSIBLE is set to morph. Are we ready?!

xo all

the attempted abduction video is HERE

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, May 21st, 2021 - a mixed bag kind of day, an evening to be out and about, optimism, confidence, expansion and exaggeration

 

 

The Moon is moving through Virgo now - we are nurtured/nourished by being of service, by being organized/taking care of the day-to-day details, taking care of our pets and our health. 

 

She squares Mercury at 7:47AM EDT, opposes Neptune at 9:24AM EDT and goes void at 3:55PM EDT off a trine to a retrograde Pluto. She will be void until 9:35PM EDT when she moves into partnership/balance focused Libra, where she will trine the Sun at 11:46PM EDT. 

 

The square to Mercury could bring tension/a disagreement. Lots of information, conversation, errands maybe. There might be something here about doing something quickly/spitting it out or taking some time with it/doing it well. Maybe some information comes in that upsets the order of things. There can be a world of space between our thinking/ideas and the practical utilization of what we do with them. Then the Neptune oppositions can bring confusion/we might drift off course. We have this thing all organized (or want to) and then something/someone comes along and ... fill-in-the-blank. That trine to Pluto looks empowering though/intimate/a smooth ending to the work week. All's well that ends well?

The Libra Moon tonight gives us this month's Waxing Trine. Libra/Gemini. Air, so lots of communications and information. Good for socializing. Bringing things into balance with other people/restoring peace. 

Today is also the day, and we talked about this in the weekly HERE, the Sun squares Jupiter at 0 degrees. This is Gemini/Pisces. All mutable/changeable energy. This is optimistic/can be over-the-top, but the Virgo Moon should help stabilize it. We can feel more confident/lucky. Just keep in mind, we can easily overdo this one. Not all information that comes in will pan out as expected, don't count those chickens before they hatch/don't over-promise. 

 

Jupiter squares expand, but they also exaggerate. 

xo all

artwork by the talented Andra Watson

Mercury Squares Neptune | in play for the rest of the month - there's a lie here somewhere, breaking things down into smaller pieces, merging a certain irrationality and magic into our lives

 

Mercury (in Gemini) moves into his/her exact square with Neptune (in Pisces) on Saturday, May 22nd. This is in play now and because Mercury is going to station retrograde and walk these degrees two more times, this square (tension/frustration) is going to be in play for two to three weeks.

 

This is kind of like our left brain challenged by our right brain. 

 

With Mercury squaring Neptune it will be hard to be certain. Hard facts won't be quite so hard. Our thinking can be fuzzy/information confusing. Conversations can drift off track. Sleep might be tricky. 

 

Sometimes this can play out in very literal 3D ways, but there is also a whole other layer with Neptune that is obscured/back in the past. It's not so easy to decipher why we are triggered/responding/reacting the way we are.

The good news - both planets are strong in their home signs and this will alleviate some of the challenges, but not all the challenges and this is a long transit, so let's take a look at the potential pitfalls first and then we'll look at some ways through this and some of the potential opportunities here.

For the last two years Mercury has retrograded in Pisces creating major confusion. This year I was happy to see we were lucky enough to get him/her retrograding in Gemini (her own sign), but then realized he is at the degrees he/she will be squaring Neptune (Pisces ruler) anyway! 

 

When I see Mercury square Neptune, I think THERE IS A LIE HERE SOMEWHERE. As my grandmother would say "something is fishy in Denmark" or maybe she would say rotten, but I can't bring myself to write that about Denmark. 

 

Something, at best un-grounded or misguided and at worst deceptive is in play.

Usually this is about self-deception. Maybe there is something we gloss over and don't want to look at too closely because we know something we badly want to add up, just doesn't. We can retreat into fantasy if the 'facts' of the situation don't line up with our dreams. If we don't actually try to make our dream into reality, we can rest knowing it is at least possible, right? Alot of energy/potential can be drained through this. We might find criticism particularly challenging right now.

 

Or maybe the lie is a misunderstanding. We say one thing and someone hears something else, or we are the ones with the faulty hearing. This is a good time to be speaking clearly and making certain the other person is understanding us. Say it twice. Write it down. Spell it out. We don't want to be making assumptions. 

 

With our everyday perceptions colored by the yearnings of Neptune, it might be hard to separate mundane overtures/casual contact (Mercury/Gemini) from something more intimate. People/situations can be tricky to read. It's like one eye is wearing our magnifying-readers and the other our rose-colored glasses. Choices/decisions could get confusing. Because all the choices are not 'real' anyway, there could be something here about making our decisions by the process of elimination.

It will be important to break things down into manageable pieces and focus on the moving parts, because focusing on the whole will lead us down the fantastical path (imagining things both better or worse than they actually are or we get overwhelmed and things never get off the ground at all). There will be a need to integrate the connection/idealism of Neptune into our daily lives (art, theater, music, meditation, prayer, being in water can help with this), but we will have to take practical steps, too, or opportunities/the days will just drift away.

 

Keep in mind though, some of this drift is intended. 

 

If we needed to be sharp as a tack right now, we would be. 

When we have hard aspects from Mercury to Neptune we might find ourselves curled up in our left brain, not wanting to make a move until we have the 'right' answer. And I know I said in the weekly to slow down and not jump the gun (because this is a repeating aspect - a process, not so much because of the aspect itself). Once we start moving through this transit and understand what is happening here, we are going to be most successful by merging a certain unreasonableness/irrationality/the mystical (Neptune!) into our lives. When we do the 'dreamy stuff' rather than just imagining we are doing it or just talking about it - we start to activate miracles. 

So, as we move through the decisions of the next couple weeks, instead of asking ourselves, "what is the right thing to do?" and getting hung up on that, because this 'right thing to do' will not be obvious and we can sit here growing cobwebs and wide asses

 

 - we are going to have to work both sides of this thing and merge our dreams and our current circumstances. We can't ignore either one. We are going to have to ask ourselves which decision gets us closer to our long term dreams coming true. We don't have to think too big with this because remember we are breaking things down into the moving parts. There will be a decision - and some of this will be a process of elimination - that is better. And we will start to move toward that.

With Mercury/Neptune there will be opportunities to learn by osmosis. To pull the right word/idea right out of the air just when we need it. To talk to ghosts. To connect with our intuition/our pasts/our ancestors in very practical ways. We'll talk about this more as we move through it, for now Mercury (out of bounds, so doing whatever he wants) and Neptune (who kind of always does whatever he wants) are applying to this square, so it's in play.

 

Keep the idea of balancing these two energies in mind and treat life as if Mercury retrograde has already started - double check emails before hitting send, read the fine print, be as certain as you can that you are being understood, don't make assumptions, don't gossip, yada yada. We might be more tired. Need more rest. Neptune squares can bring water problems/infestations/lack of boundaries.

 

This will probably be strongest felt by Gemini and Virgo risings (since Mercury rules your charts), Pisces risings (can be more challenged by facts), people with natal Mercury/Neptune squares and people with planets and points near 20 degrees of the mutable signs. 

 

We will ALL be feeling this though and we'll talk about it more as we move through it, but I wanted to write a heads up because this is a big part of the upcoming Eclipse season and Mercury retrograde season. Picture yourself merging the two halves of your brain. 

 

Hope something here is helpful!

xo all

artwork by the amazing Silvio Porzionato

Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, may 19th, 2021 - a mixed bag, time to take a little risk, time to commit/step into a responsibility, stressful conversations, tension within relationships

 

 

The Moon is in Leo now - we are nourished by our creative projects, children, romance, fun, risk, putting ourselves out there. She goes void off a square with the Taurus Sun at 3:12PM EDT - this month's First Quarter Square. She will be void until 4:59PM when she moves into practical/caring/organized Virgo. From Virgo, she will oppose Jupiter at 6:06PM EDT.

The First Quarter Square, which we talked about in the weekly HERE is Leo/Taurus. This is part of last week's New Moon story, their first square (tension/frustration/test) since they met in Taurus last week. This is a challenge between what has been stable/reliable and what is calling to our heart now/what we enjoy now. Security vs fun/risk. Our Taurus New Moon story grows stale/stagnant without a showy creative push now, without stepping onto the center stage of our own life. Holding onto what we have (Taurus) won't be enough. 

After the Moon gets into Virgo we will be nourished by practicality, service, getting the job done right. Her opposition to Jupiter tonight is optimistic, but can take things over-the-top. We might need to set boundaries/limits. The Moon in Virgo is answering to an out-of-bounds Mercury, strong, but unpredictable in Gemini - keep this in mind.

 

Mercury (at 20 degrees Gemini) opposes a retrograde Juno (in Sag) and squares Pallas (in Pisces). With Juno's square to Pallas perfecting yesterday - tension/frustration within our relationship/contracts over differing strategies - this is expanding that energy. Arguments/tense conversations/news. With Mercury in Gemini going to station retrograde and square wise/strategic Pallas two more times this summer - this is a process. Some of our choices will drift away. This is all mutable energy anyway, situations/people need to be able to change/change their mind - nothing is fixed/certain here.

This is also the day we get our best aspect of the week as Venus, and remember the Taurus Sun is answering to her, now has met the North Node (the future), sextiled Chiron (an opportunity for some healing of a very old wound around our ability to be ourselves/take care of ourselves) and here she trines - brakes off, and arguably the best aspect in astrology, although we sometimes miss it since things flow easily - 

 

a powerful Saturn in Aquarius, as he prepares to station. 

 

So, maybe here is an official confirmation. Maybe we commit to a solution in a financial, relationship, work, or group situation. Maybe here is a visible result/payoff. Venus/Saturn can also narrow our choices (helpful with all the mutable squares) ... in order to bring focus or for better long-term results.  

 

This speaks of success coming from hard work, time, the group, the internet, through authority or stepping into our own.

Very much a mixed bag sort of day. 

 

Venus and Mercury, today's big players, are out-of-bounds - out of the control of the Sun/not playing by the rules. Things that normally might not work, can work now and vice versa. People/situations can be less predictable. 

xo all

artwork by the amazing Catrin Welz-Stein

Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | May 17th - May 23rd, 2021 - important message for our future, choices, love and money, separating facts from fantasy, don't bet the farm just yet, daddy flies off to tahiti, restrictions/support lessens

 

A busy, interesting week ahead with some twists and turns as the Sun changes signs and Saturn starts moving backward. 

 

The beginning of the week looks especially EMPOWERING - pay attention to news and information/choices that can help set your course/heal/stabilize, especially around themes of money, relationships, values and self-esteem. At the end of the week, situations become less clear/might appear better than they actually are. With 3 planets in Gemini and Mercury walking degrees he will walk two more times (in Gemini!) - we'll need to stay flexible, light on our feet and just generally keep our wits about us.

 

Let's unpack the week!

 

MONDAY - Venus conjunct North Node, Sun trines retrograde Pluto

TUESDAY - Venus sextiles Chiron

WEDNESDAY - Venus trines Saturn, First Quarter Moon

THURSDAY - Sun into Gemini

FRIDAY - Sun squares Jupiter

SATURDAY - Mercury squares Neptune

SUNDAY - Saturn stations retrograde

 

MONDAY -  SUN TRINES PLUTO RETROGRADE | Taurus/Capricorn, 26 degrees | VENUS CONJUNCTS NORTH NODE | Gemini, 10 degrees

 

This is personal/ego empowerment/recognition, maybe based on old work or responsibilities. We might be empowered by a loss/merger/inheritance/loan. New ideas/conversations, more choices about how to make money, attract what we want/need/value, improve our relationships/career are possible now. Venus is following in Mercury's footsteps (the Sun gets to the North Node at the end of the month and we'll get the result of this then), so maybe we are working out the details now of something that came to our attention last week. Or maybe with Venus in Gemini, an important message/information comes in now that has POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR FUTURE. With Venus moving on to sextile Chiron and trine Saturn - this can be both healing and stabilizing.

 

TUESDAY- VENUS SEXTILES CHIRON | Gemini/Aries, 11 degrees

 

This is what we want connecting with 'what hurts'. Talking about what hurts/our vulnerabilities makes us more attractive. There is more than one way to say it/get what we want. Just keep in mind Gemini likes to keep things light/quick/tongue in cheek. This isn't about a heavy emotional interaction. Just know your wounds are not holding you back here - they are actually creating the opportunity. Speak up/keep it light.

WEDNESDAY - VENUS TRINES SATURN | Gemini/Aquarius, 13 degrees | FIRST QUARTER MOON | Leo/Taurus, 29 degrees

We get this month's First Quarter Square with the Sun and Moon at the very, very end of Taurus and Leo. This is part of last week's New Moon story - tension/frustration between what has been stable/reliable and what is calling to our heart now/what we enjoy now. Security vs fun/risk. With Venus, ruler of Taurus, trining a strong Saturn at the same time - we can look to Venus for a way through this.

Venus has met the North Node (the future), sextiled Chiron (an opportunity for some healing of a very old wound around our ability to be ourselves/take care of ourselves) and now she trines - brakes off, and arguably the best aspect in astrology - a powerful Saturn in Aquarius, as he prepares to station. And this is likely all the same thing in the beginning to middle of the week. So, maybe here is an official confirmation. Maybe a commitment to a solution in a financial, relationship, work, or group situation. Here is a visible result/payoff. Logic. Venus/Saturn can also narrow our choices ... in order to bring focus or for better long-term results. Trust this one.

THURSDAY - SUN INTO GEMINI

The Sun moves into Gemini today where he will hang his hat until June 21st (summer solstice). During Gemini season life gets busy - physically busy and mentally busy. We already have Venus and Mercury in Gemini, so the Sun is here playing catch-up.

Do you know which house holds Gemini in your natal chart? A light shines on that area of our life now. The stuff that got stuck in Taurus season, gets moving again in Gemini season. Gemini is the teacher who never stops learning - this is about the processing of information. Ruled by Mercury and ruler of our 3rd house of communications, thinking, ideas, early childhood education, our neighbors, local community, our siblings, transportation, short trips, our computers, sales, commerce.

Gemini is a mutable air sign/flexible. The energy goes wide rather than deep. Gemini wants to look at, and learn about, and talk about and do - a little of this and that and the other thing. Geminis are clever and very good with words. They can say one thing to one person and something else to someone else - they are changeable. Geminis can create the perfect blend of imagination, half-truths and logic making them sometimes less than totally truthful, but they are so freakin' fast and so freakin' funny we might not even notice. Their symbol is the twins and with Gemini duality, things/situations often come in twos. Also, everything has another side.
 

(My Sun is in my 3rd house (Gemini's natural house) in Aquarius ruled by Uranus (in my 10th house of career). With my "career" things almost always come in pairs. In my first job doing taxes I worked in two different offices. When I was in banking I managed two totally different departments at the same time. I once had carts in two different malls selling things in two different sizes and I have two websites and two different jewelry lines both of which carry items that come in two different sizes. I am currently writing two books at the same time (have been for awhile, Saturn in Aqua will likely force my hand with this if they are needed) and have renovated a vintage camper which I have in mind to house two different businesses (this got held up/is in flux due to covid, - so instead I added two more jewelry lines short-term that are less labor intensive). I could go on and on (but I won't, don't worry, I know you are busy now, Gemini season and all). This career "things come in pairs" thing hasn't translated into double the money - go figure.)

With the Sun's move into Gemini things will not be quite so black and white as they were in Taurus. It's a time to be curious. Ask questions. Try different things. We've been going deep and now we want to go wide. The North Node, our collective way forward, is in Gemini, so smart people are already doing this.
 

The Sun in Gemini is a good time to talk about what we are doing and what we are going to do. It's a good time to advertise. It's a good time to promote what we are doing. It's a good time to try something new/even two things, focused on where our heart is leaning. It's a good time to read, learn, write and teach about what we love. The fly in the ointment (yes, the fly, it's spring, the fly is back) is that in Gemini quantity can rule over quality as thoroughness/accuracy loses out to speed.

 

FRIDAY - SUN SQUARES JUPITER | Gemini/Pisces, 0 degrees

Mercury squared Jupiter back on May 3rd -  tension/frustration, maybe between traditional/entrenched ways vs new information/big ideas.  Back then, Mercury was in Taurus and Jupiter in Aquarius. So, now things have moved on. The Sun, freshly minted in inquisitive/information-rich Gemini squares Jupiter in emotional/connecting Pisces. A light is thrown HERE, but with Jupiter's tendency to enlarge/exaggerate and Gemini's tendency toward trickery/duplicity/endless words or choices - this can be tricky and not the best time to make an important decision because things can look better/bigger than they actually are. ONLY MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT MAKES SENSE AND IS CLEAR/TRUE. Double check information. There is a need here to separate facts from fantasy.

SATURDAY - MERCURY SQUARES NEPTUNE | Gemini/Pisces 22 degrees (first of three)

 

This is repeating yesterday's message at the powerful 22 degrees. Mercury (home in Gemini) moves into her square with Neptune (home in Pisces), so it could be tricky to separate the fantasy from the reality now. Keep that in mind with whatever you have going on. We could be dealing with Neptunian themes - hospitals, healing, things put away, things from the past, addictions, medications, meditation, spirituality, imagination, etc. This isn't the time to quickly run with some information that comes in unless you are very, very sure it is correct. It would be the time to speak with a conservative kind of caution (am I saying what I really intend to say, what I really feel, what I really KNOW to be true?). Listen the same way. Avoid gossip. Avoid rushing too far ahead with half thought-out decisions/ideas. Keep in mind, with Mercury's upcoming retrograde in Gemini, we will have this aspect two more times, so this is PART OF A PROCESS - this is only our first pass, treat it as such. 22 is a master number, but also a 'self-sabotaging' degree. Keep this in mind. ONLY MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT MAKES SENSE AND IS CLEAR/TRUE. Double check information. Drive safely/know where you are going. This doesn't stop the new ideas/conversations from happening, but gives us a protracted period to figure them out. Squares to Neptune are also asking us if we need to meditate, pray, rest.

 

There could be disappointing news now.

The Neptune square here is also asking us to have faith. Use our intuition. We can get really stuck in our heads with Mercury in Gemini, and maybe we need to release something here/go with the flow/let it go. This transit (Mercury retrograde) can be good for releasing negative thinking - maybe we are getting in our own way, avoiding opportunities, looking for reasons to say "no" when Gemini is asking us to be more spontaneous.

 

Retrograde season AND eclipse season has started, lots of stuff is going to change - there is no need to rush.

 

SUNDAY - SATURN STATIONS RETROGRADE | 13 degrees Aquarius

 

We can think of a retrograde as if we are pressing the wrinkles out of a shirt. We move the iron forward, then we slow down a bit and move backward being careful not to iron in any new creases. Then we make one final pass forward more forcefully before we move on. This is kind of how it goes.

 

Right now we are starting the backward swivel part where we try to avoid ironing in any new creases.

Generally the best use of Saturn retrogrades is going back over structural issues. Re-considering our commitments. Re-thinking our responsibilities. Re-assessing our goals and ambitions. Re-defining our boundaries. Re-valuing our time. Re-structuring our projects. Sometimes we get to see what is holding us up because it isn't holding us up anymore. Dad is on vacation folks. Some situations will halt/reverse course temporarily. Rules/limits/sometimes responsibilities can ease up.

What happens for us personally depends on our natal chart and our relationship with Saturn. If we have planets/points between 13 degrees Aquarius and 6 degrees Aquarius, (add a couple degrees on either side) we will feel his retrograde strongest. The ease-up thing is probably not happening for these folks. This can also apply to planets/points in the other fixed signs as he squares and opposes them. If we were born with Saturn retrograde, and so the need to face up to certain responsibilities in this lifetime that we, or our ancestors - think patriarchal line here -  have previously avoided, we will likely feel his retrogrades more intensely, too.

For everyone else and for all of us collectively Saturn's station will either:

1. ease restrictions/limits/traditions (daddy's on vacation) or

2. create delays/pull back support (again, daddy's on vacation). 

 

It just depends on which kind of "daddy" we have via our natal chart. Saturn retrogrades give us a second chance to get it right.  Wherever Saturn goes, so does our time and commitment. When planets are retrograde, more of the work becomes internal. He will station direct on October 10th and then - it's full steam ahead/report card time. 

 

xo all

 

artwork by the talented Asiza

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday and Saturday, May 14th - May 15th, 2021 - all day void Moon, dazed, confused, needing rest, intuitive/inspired thinking, stop-signs, getting comfortable with unusual things

 

 

The Moon is moving through the end of Gemini - we might feel rushed, alot to do/alot to say, our minds scattered. She goes void off a square to dreamy/confusing Neptune at 6:50AM EDT and is void until 9:30PM EDT when she moves into Cancer and then trines Jupiter 15 minutes later.

There is no limit to the mental connections we can make now, but with confusing Neptune, we might be connecting the wrong things. Good energy for unrealistic thinking and liars. Water issues. We might need more rest. Our boundaries are thin, so it becomes easier to catch a cold or feel what someone else is thinking/feeling and take it on as our own. It might be challenging to get a precise message across, but good for inspired work - meditation, creative writing, painting, music. If we have something we need to do/communicate, the Neptunian square and the Void Moon could pull things off in unintended directions, so if possible, save important conversations for after the void when things will be more emotional, but also more healing. 

 

Note today's Moon isn't interacting with other planets (and she needs to be to 'make things happen') - not a good day to start anything new if you need something to 'come of it'. I often find when I have to do important things during a long Void Moon, I end up doing them all over again later anyway. Best for routine work we do all the time. Roll with the twists and turns which will be all about nothing in the end. If you take today off you won't miss much.

Tonight, once the Moon gets into Cancer, her home sign, and starts trining Jupiter (brakes off) there will be a shift from busy/disorderly to something more mom and apple pie/safe/comforting. Cancer/Pisces will be emotional, but connecting. 

SATURDAY'S MOON in Cancer (nourishing us through home, family, real estate, renovation, home business, family business, our tribe, mother, mothering) will be sextiling Uranus - making us more comfortable with the new/unusual/the future and there is an inconjunct from Mars to Saturn (Cancer/Aquarius) 

from the weekly for SATURDAY:

"Mars, at 13 degrees Cancer, inconjuncts Saturn at 13 degrees Aquarius. Here is where our individual efforts, maybe centered on home/family/renovation/home or family business/mom/mothering are at odds with the group/the rules. This is a rock and hard place. Adjustments are needed. This can also be something about Cancer's tendency toward possessiveness coming up against Aqua's detachment/need for freedom. A child vs an adult perspective. Cancer, may be emotional, but the energy is also able to make hard choices which can bring out the intelligence of Aquarius (maybe one way to make this work?)." 

 

Mars/Saturn also speaks of stop signs from limits/authority or impulsive actions that might undermine our efforts to be responsible. Passive-aggressive action/anger. The new vs the old. The Moon's sextile to Uranus on Saturday will help - do something else, detach a bit from overly emotional scenes. Spend time with family out in nature or in new spaces. Spending 'future-focused' time/money on what you love. It won't totally alleviate the Mars/Saturn tension (which requires the need to adjust and know there is no real answer here), but can provide a smoother way through the tangles.

 

xo all

artwork by the talented Andrea Kowch

Jupiter into Pisces | 2021 through 2022 - more compassion, connection and forgiveness, emotional healing, santa claus gets back to the north pole, this unstoppable movement toward a more detached future begins some much needed unraveling

 

On May 13th, 2021 at 6:36PM EDT, for the first time since 2010, expansive/lucky/confident Jupiter enters magical, mystical Pisces!

 

Jupiter's role is expansion; to create the BIG PICTURE. 

 

Jupiter is huge, but not solid. He grows whatever he comes in contact with, then, through contact with the other planets, this unchecked growth gets form/structure/limits. 

 

Considered the greater benefic (as Zeus he was king of the Gods), he promotes abundance, wisdom, our ability to stretch outside our comfort zone. As ruler of the South Node, his move into Pisces will change our current circumstances and the way we are releasing/letting go of the past.

There is ALOT of good news here AND a few caveats/buyer-beware notifications. 

 

As the ancient ruler of Pisces (before the discovery of Neptune), Jupiter is uber comfortable/powerful in Pisces. That's good news. Leaving Aquarius detachment/logic for Piscean emotional attachment - takes Jupiter out of serious Saturn's domain for the first time in a COUPLE YEARS. Think, Santa Claus gets out of Scrooge's sweatshop and back to his merry band of elves. So, more good news. 

 

This is the planet of expansion/luck/that greener grass over there in the sign of unlimited magic/unlimited everything. 

 

Sound good?! You bet!!!

 

We just want to keep in mind the nebulous nature of Jupiter/Pisces/magic. The whole 'not counting our chickens before they're hatched' thing will apply for the next few weeks. Not everything that flows in (between now and June 20th) will be quite as big/good as it seems. 

 

Sometimes with Jupiter things get too big to get finished. We can get overwhelmed. If more is good, then even more is better ... until it isn't. Things can grow in unintended ways. Taurus season will keep some of this in check, but Gemini season will be here soon (and Taurus ruler, Venus, is already in Gemini) and this 'more, more, more' thing can really escalate.

 

Still, after two years with our expansive planet of 'hope and luck' answering to sober/stingy Saturn, having Jupiter in his old stomping ground, even for just a few weeks, has to be a good thing!

With Jupiter in Pisces - our Piscean spaces will EXPAND. Our intuition INCREASES. We are more able to feel/offer compassion and forgiveness. Our ability to connect with those around us increases. Those hard edges we have developed in logical/detached Aquarius will soften/our borders relax. 

 

Dreamers will dream BIGGER. Escapists will run FARTHER. Victims and martyrs will play out some endless saga we will all have to hear about. Saviors will march into action. Seekers will look within - the gold mined here now will be HUGE. Artists will make MORE and better art. Drifters may drift a little more/or alot more off-course. 

 

Our Pisces natal house, where our boat is only lightly tethered to the dock anyway could be pulled out to sea ... and maybe this could get us into real trouble or maybe this is just what we need right now. And probably both is happening at the same time.

Big picture - Jupiter in Pisces will show us our need for emotional healing. We are a burned out species, largely unaware of how the past is impacting our present. The Cappy self-destruct button/end-game, the Aquarius rescue plan - has been exhausting. We need the masculine Aqua detachment/over-thinking/logic to move into the more receptive/feminine mutable waters of Pisces. This unstoppable movement toward 'progress, the future, tech titans and 'trust the science' will dissolve a bit now as our boundaries loosen, we move a little closer, check each other's pulses, connect/offer compassion/love. Feel instead of think.

 

See what expands in your life. 

 

We get a little preview until June 20th when Jupiter stations retrograde and the expansion will retract/there will be some kind of reality check. We'll be back in Aquarius in a New York minute (end of July until the end of the year), older and wiser, so let's enjoy this. 

Here is a quick look at the signs. If you know the house in your natal and progressed charts of 0-2 degrees Pisces, check by house, otherwise check by rising sign and you can always pull your Sun into the first house and check your Sun sign. Aries applies to Aries, of course, but is also the collective influence. You are probably already feeling this ....

ARIES | Aries Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 12th house - this is happening in your 12th house of what is hidden or put away or done behind the scenes, art, music, relaxation, meditation, water, compassion, forgiveness, secrets, the ethereal realms, imagination, hospitals, spirituality, addiction, healing. Something here EXPANDS. Your intuition increases. Your dreams get bigger. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE.

TAURUS | Taurus Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 11th house - this is happening in your 11th house of the collective - your friendships, your tribe, groups, causes, the internet, the public, the goals that bring you into relationship with other people, your advancement, technology. Something here EXPANDS. Your confidence/optimism in social situations grows. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE.

GEMINI | Gemini Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 10th house - this is happening in your 10th house of your career, your calling, your achievements, goals, your father/paternal story, business, authority, responsibility. Something here EXPANDS. This could be about a change of career, recognition or the beginning of a dream/the confidence to explore something in a bigger way. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE.

CANCER | Cancer Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 9th house - this is happening in your 9th house of travel, higher education, weddings, politics, legal issues, the media, publishing, foreigners, everything outside your comfort zone, exploration, your beliefs and higher thinking. Something here EXPANDS. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE. This is Jupiter's natural house, so should be a good thing!

 

LEO | Leo Rising, 0 degrees Pisces, 8th house - this is happening in your 8th house of other people's resources, other people's values, intimacy, other people's money, spouse's income, loans, debts, taxes, inheritance, death, rebirth, sex, reproduction. Something here EXPANDS. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE. 

VIRGO | Virgo Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 7th house - this is happening in your 7th house of partners and partnerships. Something here EXPANDS. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE. A new/idealistic person could enter your life or a partner could become more dreamy/soften. You will experience Jupiter in Pisces through your relationships/other people. This could speak of the ending of a relationship in which case it probably wouldn't be a sudden break, but more of a drifting apart. Maybe partnership limits soften as one or both partners desire more freedom. Worst case a partner takes this Pisces magical energy too far/checks out. Best case the relationship grows in optimism/faith.

LIBRA | Libra Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 6th house - this is happening in your 6th house of your day-to-day activities, your routine, work, co-workers, pets and your health. Something here EXPANDS. Take care of your health. This house can get tricky, so you want to keep things in balance/avoid burnout/growing the wrong things. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE. 

SCORPIO | Scorpio Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 5th house - this is happening in your 5th house of creative projects, your self-expression, what you give birth to, children, romance and recreation. Something here EXPANDS. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE.  Enjoy this one Scorpio!

SAGITTARIUS | Sagittarius Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 4th house - this is happening in your 4th house of home, family, your roots, mother, mothering, your ancestry, real estate, renovation or a home business. Something here EXPANDS. Jupiter is your ruler, so you will feel this one - his move from fixed air to mutable water. With the South Node in Sag and Pisces ruling endings, something from the past could come back around for healing.

CAPRICORN | Capricorn Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 3rd house - this is happening in your 3rd house of communication, information, writing, siblings, transportation or your local neighborhood. Something here EXPANDS. Jupiter's move from over-thinking Aqua into 'live and let live' Pisces can help you settle your over-active mind by expanding your optimism/faith. Your mental health or communication could become a top priority under this transit and you will find ways to improve it. A good transit to learn something new, write, talk, grow in your local environment.

AQUARIUS | Aquarius Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 2nd house - this is happening in your 2nd house of your money, your values, your resources and self-esteem. Something here EXPANDS. This transit can increase your income/expenses which can be a good thing or maybe not, so keep an eye on the bottom line Aqua and focus on increasing what you really value/need/want to keep.

 

PISCES | Pisces Rising, 0 degrees Pisces 1st house - this is YOUR TRANSIT Pisces and is happening in your 1st house of yourself. Faith. Luck. Confidence. The desire for MORE. You can physically take up more space during this transit/stand taller/get noticed (just watch that one donut doesn't turn into the whole dozen). Just keep the more, more, more thing in balance and know this is a sneak peak of what you can expand during the first half of 2022. Life is good Pisces!

 

With Jupiter ruling the South Node of what is ripe for release and Pisces connecting us back to our ancestors/past-lives, some things will only make sense intuitively and that is OK/how it should be now. We are going to feel our way through this one. With Jupiter in Pisces opposing our Virgo planets, we want to watch for excesses that impact our work/health/day-to-day/pets.

 

For everyone, note Jupiter is just getting his big toe wet in Pisces in 2021. He will reach 2 degrees Pisces, stop, station retrograde on June 20th and start backtracking. He will be back in Aquarius by July 28th to finish up there and then back in Pisces at the end of December to plow through the rest of the sign through May 2022.  

So, from now until June 20th we get a preview of this energy/a chance to learn how to work with it. If things expand we are not so happy with, we will have a chance to re-structure/re-vise before he comes blasting back here at the end of the year. If things expand nicely - greater optimism/connection/relaxation maybe - just know we have six more months of Jupiter in Aquarius to finish up later in the year. Don't count those chickens just yet! But, DO allow yourself to feel/explore this new growth/hope. We'll talk more about this transit as we move through it.

xo all

artwork by the talented Gareth Lloyd Ball

Today's Astrology Forecast | Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 - New Moon in taurus, detaching from mommy/nurturing/food issues, keeping a cool head, focusing on the future

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This is the day the Taurus Moon meets the Sun (2:59PM EDT) and sextiles Neptune (5:26PM EDT). We talked about the New Moon HERE.

This is also the day Mars, at 11 degrees Cancer, squares Chiron and sextiles Uranus.

 

With Mars in Cancer and the Sun/Moon in Taurus, we want to be comfortable/nurtured. 

 

As Mars moves into his square with hurting/healing Chiron wounds from the past are reactivated. Old times we weren't safe/comfortable/nurtured/fed will be stirred up by new situations/encounters. 

 

With Chiron in Aries, the situation might be something about trying to care for/protect someone that doesn't want our care or maybe we are wanting someone to take care of us in ways we need to be providing to ourselves now.

 

With the Sun/Moon on Black Moon Lilith, old memories of being cast out/not fitting in can surface. Our actions will probably revolve around staying safe and the ways we 'stay safe' via Chiron's journey through independent Aries are changing. We are all grown up now. Do we really need mommy or a seat at the cool kids table? No one had the perfect mother/nurturing. No one had the 'cool kid' table security, not even the cool kids.

 

Mars/Chiron here can also energize old familial anger, and with Mars in Cancer, it might come out in passive-aggressive or unhealthy ways. Notice when you are triggered - feelings are out of proportion to the situation - know this is activating an old story (likely through our maternal heritage) that you may or may not remember, but are still carrying. Emotional wounds are ONLY incomplete cycles of experience. Nothing more. Nothing less. If something, again that is out of proportion to the situation at hand, is producing anxiety know this thing you are fearing HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

Mars sextile (opportunity) with Uranus speaks of a way through the pain. 

 

Focus on the future. Detach emotionally from the situation - step back, use logic. Note - this isn't about running away, but fight or flight aren't really our only two options. Do something else. Uranus in Taurus is changing our values/the ways we acquire and hold onto the things we need. This is tricky stuff, but something to keep in mind. We might be fighting to hold onto stuff we don't even want/need anymore.

Take care of yourself. Eat foods that came from the earth. Take care of your gut/digestion.

 

Gabor Mate has many youtube videos about detaching from emotional triggers that might help if you are especially activated now.

Breathe deeply into your precious life on this beautiful planet. Let the New Moon work her magic.

xo all

artwork by the amazing Catherine Graffam

Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Week of May 10th - May 16th, 2021 - important information & conversations about our future, uncomfortable action in a new direction, healing generational wounds, New Moon, something firms up, requires some give and take

 

 

This is a BIG week with alot going on. 

 

Pay attention to news/information/conversations that point you in a new direction or might open a new door (this might have already happened, but is exact on Monday). We will be dealing with some very old wounds this week - let's not be careless with ourselves or other people now - we are all dealing with generations and generations of procrastinated rubbish. 

 

There's a powerful New Moon (we talked about her HERE) and the Sun will sextile Neptune (opportunity) at the same time Jupiter comes home to Pisces (expect a BIG post). 

 

What a week! 

 

Mercury and Mars are big players this week. They are personal planets, so this is playing out in our personal lives as well as the collective. Mercury meets the North Node - the information/conversation comes in that leans us toward the future, PAY ATTENTION, also there is something healing here, maybe around our ability to take care of ourselves/be ourselves. Next Mars (as us), maybe based on the information, conversation, idea, needs to take uncomfortable action that is future focused/liberating/maybe around a values/resources/financial situation. Then Mercury trines Saturn, so news comes in/or maybe a conversation with authority firms things up or limits our choices in a way that is a stabilizing/focusing thing. Finally, Mars inconjuncts Saturn, so some kind of give-and-take/rock and hard place with whatever this 'new' is. Something will play out kind of like this, but whether it is an important something or not so much for you, will depend on your natal and progressed charts' relationships to these aspects.

Know I am writing about aspects when they are most exact - you might feel them strongest as they are applying (earlier) or even waning (a bit later) depending on how they are interacting with your chart!

 

MONDAY - MERCURY CONJUNCTS NORTH NODE | Gemini, 10 degrees | MERCURY SEXTILES CHIRON | Gemini/Aries, 10 degrees

Mercury, at 10 degrees meets up with the North Node of Fate. With Mercury, strong and stable in his/her home sign, conjunct the North Node information could come in/a comversation happens that points us in a new direction (or confirms our course). Maybe it draws our attention to something we need to follow-up on. PAY ATTENTION. Be out and about. Talk/keep things light. There could be more than one idea/more than one offer/more than one way forward here. Note in two days Mercury is going to meet up with Saturn in a smooth aspect, so this might be when something firms up or a conversation with authority happens. This could also be when today's choices get limited (the limiting will be a good thing). At the same time, Mercury is sextiling Chiron, so this will all likely be part of the same thing - news/information/conversations/words (this can also be about a local community, sibling, transportation or tech issue) are healing very old wounds. We can feel better about our vulnerabilities.

 

TUESDAY - MARS SQUARES CHIRON | Cancer/Aries, 11 degrees | MARS SEXTILES URANUS | Cancer/Taurus, 11 degrees | NEW MOON IN TAURUS, 21 degrees

This is the day of our big NEW MOON - the post is HERE. This is also the day, and this is, of course, part of the New Moon's story - Mars in Cancer squares Chiron at 11 degrees Aries at the same time sextiling Uranus at 11 degrees Taurus. 

 

So, maybe here is where, although quite uncomfortable for us with Mars in sensitive Cancer, we need to stand up for ourselves/be ourselves/do it ourselves in order to break free of constraints/fixed situations or in order to create new financial opportunities for ourselves/our family. Happening at the time of a powerful New Moon in stabilizing Taurus conjunct independent Black Moon Lilith will help, but can also activate feelings of being like an outcast/not fitting in. This might be about the need for us to take new/uncomfortable action about the news/conversation/information from yesterday. 

 

Mars/Chiron here can also energize old anger, and with Mars in Cancer, it might come out in passive-aggressive or unhealthy ways. Notice when you are triggered - feelings are out of proportion to the situation - know this is activating an old story (likely maternal) that you may or may not remember, but are still carrying. Emotional wounds are ONLY incomplete cycles of experience. Nothing more. Nothing less. If something, again that is out of proportion to the situation at hand, is producing anxiety know this thing you are actually fearing HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Take care of yourself. Take new or liberating action. Breathe.

WEDNESDAY - MERCURY TRINES SATURN | Gemini/Aquarius, 13 degrees

 

Mercury at 13 degrees Gemini  - yes, at 13 degrees already, he's in his home signs and he's flying! He will station retrograde here later in the month and we get to do this Merc/Gemini thing all over again (this will be our only pass over 13 degrees though) - trines Saturn at 13 degrees Aquarius. Here are quick and smart conversations/words/ideas in smooth flow with authority/the future. Mercury in Gemini can have us all over the place, but here is a nice trine to settle us down/maybe limit our choices in a way that makes things easier. This can also be some kind of official confirmation of what Mercury/North Node earlier in the week brought to our attention.

THURSDAY - SUN SEXTILES NEPTUNE | Taurus/Pisces, 22 degrees| JUPITER INTO PISCES!!!

The Sun sextiles Neptune on the day Jupiter moves into Neptune ruled Pisces. The Sun sextile Neptune shines a light on a dream/ancestral story-line (likely through father's lineage). Our intuition is strong. Fixed earth and mutable water =  making the dream real. Neptune in Pisces has been showing us how we numb out, escape, dream our life away, avoid reality. Also how to create through our imagination, love without boundaries, connect with others, connect with our ancestors/higher power/God. Neptune in connection with earthy Taurus brings repressed/ancestral emotions into our consciousness/into our physical bodies and lives. The Sun sextile Neptune as Jupiter starts his journey through Pisces is a good thing - good for manifesting a dream/something that requires us to unlimit our thinking using a practical/solid process.

 

Expansive/hopeful Jupiter, finally getting out from under the thumb (at least temporarily) of serious-as-a-heart-attack Saturn, moves (until mid-summer) into Pisces - his ancient rulership where he, too, is very strong - for a preview of next year's journey. Expect a BIG post!

 

FRIDAY - MARS INCONJUNCTS SATURN | Cancer/Aquarius, 13 degrees

Mars, at 13 degrees Cancer, inconjuncts Saturn at 13 degrees Aquarius. Here is where our individual efforts, maybe centered on home/family/renovation/home or family business/mom/mothering are at odds with the group/the rules/the future. This is a rock and hard place. Pushing just ensures we hit a brick wall. Adjustments are needed. Re-calibrate. This can also be something about Cancer's tendency toward possessiveness coming up against Aqua's detachment/need for freedom. Cancer, may be emotional, but the mama-bear energy is also able to make hard choices/tough decisions which can bring out the intelligence/logic of Aquarius (maybe one way to make this work?).  

 

xo all

 

artwork by the talented Valeria Feliu

the astrology of the New Moon in Taurus | May 11th, 2021 - building the new earth

 

 

On Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 at 2:59PM EDT, the Taurus Moon meets the Taurus Sun at 21 degrees giving us this month's New Moon - our annual New Moon in Taurus. 

As with all New Moons, the skies are dark. It is the time of beginning. The seed goes into the ground. The sperm goes into the egg. The idea goes onto the paper. The nail into the wood. And specifically this is a Taurus New Moon, so collectively about a fresh start with our values, our self-esteem, our finances, our resources, our earned income. 

 

Taurus likes comfort and ease and stopping to smell the roses. But this energy isn't about being lazy. This is about our ability to savor. And to put down roots. The New Moon in Taurus always makes me think about stewardship - the responsible care we take of ourselves, our families, our businesses, our planet.

Let's unpack the chart!

The Moon is conjunct the Sun at 21 degrees Taurus. This trines the 'time ran out' mega-planetary merger back in January 2020. She is sextiling Neptune (in Pisces) and trining Pluto (in Capricorn). She squares the midpoint of Saturn and Jupiter in Aquarius. She inconjuncts Juno (in Sagittarius) EXACT. She sextiles Pallas (in Pisces) and conjuncts Black Moon Lilith. The ruler of this lunation is Venus. She is at 3 degrees Gemini answering to Mercury (also in Gemini and conjunct the North Node). Mars is sextile Uranus EXACT.

The Moon/Sun are trining Pluto - brakes off - this is about inhaling authority, making adult decisions - being EMPOWERED, knowing our own value because we are talking about a trine to Taurus, and not being afraid of empowering others (understanding this doesn't really cost us anything, there is no dearth of abundance on this planet) and this all just happening rather effortlessly as we step into our own shoes/boots- covered in top soil as they are. With Pluto retrograde, this speaks of past inheritances/resources owed. Old mergers and intimacies. "Re"production. Pluto rules what we do in the dark and what we've been encouraged, through culture, to keep hidden. With Pluto in our Cappy house of career/goals/achievement, this New Moon is good for solid, long-term growth here from anything started over the next two weeks.

The Sun and Moon are sextiling Neptune. This is applying - the Moon moves into her exact sextile within hours, the Sun on Thursday which is also the day Jupiter moves into Pisces and starts answering to Neptune! Fixed earth and mutable water. Making the dream real. Neptune in Pisces has been showing us - for years - how we numb out, escape, dream our life away, avoid reality. Also how to create through our imagination, love without boundaries, connect with others, connect with our ancestors/higher power/God. Neptune in connection with earthy Taurus brings repressed/ancestral emotions into our consciousness/into our physical bodies and lives. Neptune rules our collective 12th house of 'what is behind us'. We are formed from everything/everyone that has come before us, but from our perch in the first house, we can't see behind us. But we can feel/sense what is back there. So now, the stuff back there is touching our physical life. Mystical experiences are possible. The sextile is an opportunity to either ground the past in the present or release the past through the present. There is healing here - opportunities through our creativity/art/music/spirit. Taurus/Pisces also speaks about security/comfort through escape/relaxation.

 

There is something at this New Moon, contacting both a retrograde Pluto and Neptune in his home sign, about the re-owning/re-claiming of our old ancestral stories. And other storylines that have outgrown their usefulness will come to our attention eager for release.

The New Moon is squaring the Aqua midpoint between Saturn and Jupiter. Our responsibilities to the group/the future. Some tension/frustration with limits/rules/authority built into this new beginning or maybe the new beginning flows from these challenges. The square to Saturn is waning and the square to Jupiter not culminating until the Moon (and then Sun) get into Gemini with Jupiter in Pisces - so the fixed nature of this square will become more mutable/changeable - there will be more options later than we can see from under these dark skies.

The ruler of this lunation is Venus in Gemini - answering to Mercury in Gemini conjunct the North Node. Venus in Gemini is about sharing our ideas/thoughts. What we need/love/want is flexible/kept light because it is subject to change. The theme of duality is emphasized with Venus here - more than one way to value ourselves, own things, make/have money. Maybe more than one seed goes into the ground now. Multiple things may be starting. 

 

With Mercury conjunct the North Node of Fate (exact on MONDAY) information could come in/a conversation happens - that points us in a new direction, confirms our course or draws our focus to something we need to follow up with. PAY ATTENTION. Be out and about. Talk/keep things light. There could be more than one way forward here.

 

The Moon/Sun inconjuncts Juno. This is exact, so worth paying attention to. Juno is about our relationships/contracts (also the way we look the other way to preserve the status quo or our own status). After being a major player this past year as our relationships/partnerships bucked and swayed, she is in Sag now offering us more hope/optimism/greener pastures. Today, she is in a rock and a hard place with the New Moon. This is Sag vs Taurus. Sag energy is more easy come/easy go, able to take risks, money/resources want to circulate. Taurus is more cautious/holds down the fort, more about security and personal comfort, money/resources want to accumulate. So, some kind of give and take is needed here. Nobody really wins, but if handled correctly no one has to feel like they are totally losing either. Responsibility is actually a necessary partner to freedom. Adjust. 

The Moon's sextile to Pallas in Pisces speaks of smart decisions/choices made with our intuition/through ethereal connection/help from our ancestors/guides. This is separating so likely this decision has already been made/news already been dealt with. The Moon/Sun is conjunct Black Moon Lilith. This one is applying, so still to come. This is in Taurus, the lush garden from which BML was unceremoniously tossed. Something about us that has been abandoned/kicked out/called unacceptable is allowed/required to take root here, too. We can't grow whatever it is we are planting any other way than our own. 

 

Mars is exactly sextiling Uranus and the New Moon is just past her own conjunction to Uranus - so maybe something unexpected/sudden has come out. Possibly the day before the New Moon or maybe sometime quite a bit earlier depending on our relationship with Uranian energy. Now, at the New Moon, with Mars sextiling, here is an OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ACTION ON SOMETHING NEW. Mars is in home/family/security focused Cancer, so something about this could be driving our actions/decisions now. The New Moon in Taurus happening at the same time will give whatever this is more stability and staying power.  

 

Keep in mind everything is happening with Jupiter at the 29th degree of Aquarius, so something has been thought about/analyzed/detached from ENOUGH. Tired of facts and figures and logic, he (as we) will be in Pisces - his ancient kingdom - in just a couple days and can feel the pull of those warm, soothing, emotional waters. Also keep in mind, this New Moon ushers us into Eclipse season, culminating as it does in two weeks with the first Eclipse of 2021 - the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse - a total - in Sagittarius. So, here is kind of our last solid ground for a while. This isn't a good thing or a bad thing. It just is what it is. Some practical steps need to be taken.

 

As for the Moon herself, if we simply follow her story through Taurus we get a good overview of the New Moon story. 

 

The Moon sextiles Mars - our new storyline with its roots in home/family/mothering. She meets up with Uranus - here is the surprise/unexpected. So, yes, maybe what we thought was stable won't be quite so stable - but keep in mind - what we thought was impossible will not be quite so impossible either. This could indicate a heightened concern or attention to finances/resources/income or we might feel this as a desire to break free of constraints/fixed situations. The Moon squares Saturn - here is the tension/frustration with limits/group dynamics or responsibilities/authority. She meets the Sun - the new story officially begins, the seed goes into the ground. She inconjuncts Juno - the partnership/contract - the rock and a hard place, the circulation vs the accumulation, an adjustment. She sextiles Neptune - mystical experiences/ancestral timelines pulled into our physical life, the dream meets the practical tools to make it work. The Moon trines a retrograde Pluto - old karma/inheritances, merged finances and physical mergers - this is smooth energy, earthy, practical, no pushing will be necessary, empowerment through KNOWING OUR WORTH. Her final aspect a bigger-is-better/over-the-top square to Jupiter at the very, very edge of Aquarius (about to move into something less logical/detached and more emotionally connective). So, could the challenge presented by the Uranus "surprise", the Saturnian reality check and Juno's partnership/contract snafu be an OPPORTUNITY in disguise?! That's what it looks like!

And, keep in mind, Venus in dualistic Gemini (ruler of the Moon) - more than one answer/way forward, information that points us in a new direction, following up on leads, talking, listening, keeping things light, staying flexible and able to CHANGE OUR MIND.

This Moon looks like a keeper to me. 

 

This is the way we are building the New Earth, folks - one Moon, one month at a time. 

NEW MOON INTENTIONS 

This new moon in Taurus is an excellent time to begin a grounding practice, make affirmations and set intentions about Taurean ruled themes (especially the theme of your natal Taurus house): love, money, contentment with what we already have, patience, self-worth, releasing stubbornness, health issues regarding our neck, throat and voice in the world.

AFFIRMATION TIPS: get into a happy, contented frame of mind - HUG A TREE (she needs you, too!) - always make affirmations from a positive place, and both definitions of positive apply here - happy and certain. Write your affirmations down by hand in script, speak them out loud - then release your attention from these things knowing that your intention is known.  
 

Know these things are already yours.

Also remember affirmations are action -  they set the energy in motion and by working with the right things at the time of the New Moon we are literally creating the affirmation within the energy that is needed to bring our words to life.
 

Words are not just words and now we have Venus - ruler of the New Moon - in Gemini and answering to Mercury - the God of language whispering into the ears of the North Node of Fate, this makes our words even more powerful. 

If done properly, in the right frame of mind and heart-felt, our intentions line us up energetically with the thing we are seeking. 

In Taurus, the stuff we start now will stabilize us and pay off for us later.

xo all

10-05-2021 17:11:48 mo Sextile ⚹ ♂ Mars ♋ ♉ Taurus 10°34' 10-05-2021 18:35:19 mo Conjunction ☌ ♅ Uranus ♉ ♉ Taurus 11°15' 10-05-2021 22:55:12 mo Square ☐ ♄ Saturn ♒ ♉ Taurus 13°23' 11-05-2021 14:59:43 tu Conjunction ☌ ☉ Sun ♉ ♉ Taurus 21°17' 11-05-2021 17:46:53 tu Sextile ⚹ ♆ Neptune ♓ ♉ Taurus 22°39' 12-05-2021 02:06:52 we Trine ∆ ♇ Pluto ♑, R ♉ Taurus 26°45' 12-05-2021 08:23:08 we Square ☐ ♃ Jupiter ♒ ♉ Taurus 29°50'

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Today's Astrology forecast | Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 - relationship/contract releases and re-alignments, repressed emotions come up, growing/going on faith

 

The Moon continues her journey through imaginative/healing Pisces. She squared Mercury at 1:54AM EDT, trines Mars at 12:07PM EDT and sextiles Uranus at 6:56PM EDT. That Mars trine is good for promoting/taking action on a creative project or doing something creative/inspiring with family or to our home. Good for meditation/making art at home. Tonight's sextile with Uranus speaks of opportunities through something different/unpredictable, spirituality/creativity merging with tech/groups. 

 

The Moon in Pisces sextiling Uranus is the merger of our emotions (sometimes old trapped emotions) and our higher level mind - we might be ready for this and we might not. We have alot of Pisces/Neptune right now and can feel ungrounded - if that's happening, we can reach for the Taurus - hands in the dirt/practicality/scrub the floors. Have a good cry. Go to sleep.

This is also the day Juno retrograde squares Neptune in Pisces (22 degrees and yes, more, Pisces) - this is the second of three repeating aspects. We got the first square back on March 4th and the final square will be on October 17th. 

 

This is a releasing/letting go aspect - this middle hit, the one with the retrograde Juno (partnerships/agreements) is where we are doing the internal work/the review/re-do/renovation of the situation. Neptune contacts can bring repressed emotions (even past-life/familial DNA) back into our consciousness. Our boundaries thin and we are open to connecting to these very old streams. The square to relationship/contract/commitment focused Juno might bring our attention to areas where one partner is more hopeful than the other or beliefs are out of sync. Maybe one partner is escaping/numbing out - generally avoiding. Some contracts/relationship agreements can be dissolving and this square is part of that process. Both Pisces and Sag can be too much and pull things out of alignment. What needs to be reviewed/reworked here?

 

This is a mutable square, so adjustments/change is needed.

Looking for a better aspect to see our way through this square, we have Jupiter sextiling Ceres. 

 

Jupiter rules Sagittarius so Juno is answering to him (yes, her philandering hubby in Aquarius). Ceres is in Aries, so a focus on SOMETHING NEW WE ARE NURTURING can help. The Juno square is a long story and with Juno retrograde there isn't any quick fix. Just work the process. If this is a romantic partnership - nurturing something new together - a new plan/project, might be helpful. Ceres in Aries is about a new season of life, so the Jupiter sextile is expanding something here - we can see/connect with - the greener grass over there. This is Aries/Aquarius so this is an independent/nonconforming connection.

 

Life/love/independence/the wee beginning grows through faith/hope/enthusiasm.

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | TUESDAY, May 4th, 2021 - liberation vs stability, the meaning of progress, optimistic or restless we drift into the night

 

The Moon is in Aquarius now - we are nourished through our intellect, through tech, structured logic, astrology, science, groups, friendships. She squares Venus at 11:49AM EDT and goes void off her conjunction with Jupiter at 8:05PM EDT. She is void until 10:08PM EDT when she drifts into Pisces.

 

The Moon's square to Venus can trigger a disconnect between what we have/our resources/finances and our future. Freedom vs stability. The square is tension/frustration, but also an active aspect that creates CHANGE. 

 

(we are cutting down 2 trees today - the one tree is dead, the other dying/maybe dangerous, but alive and it hurts me to do this. They are coming down to make room for a garage that hubs and I are divided over anyway - the literal manifestation of Taurus vs Aquarius - something alive/fixed vs making way for the future, a woman blocking 'progress')

 

As the Moon moves toward Jupiter, we should feel greater optimism/expansion or maybe our discontent with what is now just increases. We might feel restless/not wanting to conform. Focus on the positives here with whatever is happening - something is GROWING. With the Moon void, the expansion isn't focused on goals/achievement, so can feel good without the pressure if we allow ourselves to feel this. 

 

(we might get a little preview of Jupiter into Pisces today/maybe a vision of the future)

Once the Moon gets into Pisces we relax/let go. Discontent over resources ease. Aqua problems are less pressing. Let yourself flow into what comes next without forcing the issue. We can just feel without analyzing something to death. Listen to/make music. Meditate. Pray. Paint. Talk to ghosts.

xo all

 

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Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | May 3, 2021 to May 9, 2021 - the conversation changes, a reality check, what we want intensifies, recognition and ka-ching for old work, flexible is the new black

 

 

OK, let's take a look at the week ahead - we'll fill in the Moons with some dailies - and then at the end of this post we'll take a quick look ahead at the rest of May! 

 

Monthly post will be out this week plus back to the royals!

MONDAY - MERCURY SQUARES JUPITER | Taurus/Aquarius, 28 degrees | SUN SQUARES SATURN | Taurus/Aquarius, 28 degrees | MERCURY INTO GEMINI

Mercury in resource-focused Taurus squares Jupiter in Aquarius. Keep in mind, Mercury trined Pluto yesterday. So we get the intensity/transformational words/conversations - the trine - followed by the optimism/enthusiasm/bigger-is-better of the Jupiter square. Just keep in mind Jupiter's gaseous structure - some words/ideas could be exaggerated, not everything will pan out. Don't over-promise.

 

This is Taurus which rules our money, so keep an eye on your wallet. 

This is also the day the Sun squares Saturn - again Taurus/Aquarius at 28 degrees. Limits. Restrictions. Authority. Responsibility. Sometimes a hard "no". The Sun is going to trine Pluto next week, so don't give up, but don't bang your head against the wall either because the wall ain't going anywhere. We'll need patience. This is basically a reality check. Situations conspire to make us aware of the rules, the effects of time, our responsibilities, restrictions.

Note these aspects may have played out on Friday or over the weekend as they were applying.

 

Mercury (communication, ideas, local life and travel, transportation, sibling issues) moves into his/her home sign of Gemini. We will feel a difference in the days ahead as information and communications switch from turtle pace to rabbit. Increased choices, conversations and ideas will start to flow. We can CHANGE OUR MIND, SO CAN EVERYONE ELSE. 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 be sometimes too quick and unreliable. But easy, adaptable conversations, suitable for the moment, can pull everything forward now. 

 

With his/her upcoming retrograde Mercury will be in Gemini until July 11th. He/she is going to start walking shadow degrees (the degrees we will cover three times - back and forth) on May 14th, so if there are things you can finish up before then, try to get them finished up. After that, especially with Mercury in his home sign of Gemini, technical/paperwork/communication/transportation whatever we have going on will be subject to this back and forth kind of REVIEW, it won't be a one and done. Mercury will be retrograde from May 29th through June 22nd.

 

THURSDAY - VENUS TRINES PLUTO RETROGRADE | Taurus/Capricorn, 28 degrees | NORTH NODE SEXTILES CHIRON | Gemini/Aries, 11 degrees

 

This is the best day of the week - we also have the Pisces Moon sextiling the Sun in Taurus for some extra magic. Making the dream real.

 

Venus in Taurus trines a retrograde Pluto in Capricorn. We are attracting power/attractive to power. This speaks of recognition/money for old work. Inheritances. Financial empowerment. Professional green lights. This aspect can intensify what we want, YES, WE WANT THIS. Keep in mind, Venus is in Taurus, so this is about greater comfort/security. We are empowered by our values/what we have/what we earn. Good for dealings with authority figures. Keep in mind Taurus/Cappy practicality. 

At the same time the North Node moves into an opportunistic sextile with Chiron, the South Node a smooth trine. This is Gemini/Aries. Old beliefs about not having what it takes to be ourselves/stand up for ourselves/take care of ourselves are being released, replaced by new words/conversations/ideas that move us onto our new path. Words are healing. Changing our mind is healing. Seeing another way forward is healing. This also speaks of a way forward through our vulnerabilities/wounds - not hiding them.

 

SATURDAY - VENUS SQUARES JUPITER | Taurus/Aquarius, 29 degrees | CERES INTO TAURUS | VENUS INTO GEMINI

Now, Venus is doing what Mercury was doing on Monday. These are our two beneficial planets, so even the square can only be so bad/only be a problem if we take something too far. Or if we have something serious going on that we are not taking seriously. With Venus in Taurus - don't overspend.  Purchases could disappoint us later. For the most part though, this is happiness/optimism. Enjoy it.

 

Now beneficial Venus moves into Gemini - Gemini Suns and rising signs get more attractive - both easier on the eye and able to attract what they want and need. Our natal and progressed Gemini house themes get more attractive, too. We are most attractive (use our Venus, think magnetic here) through Gemini (our mind, being flexible). It's a good time (through June 2rd) 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, our values, our resources, 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 in resource-rich Taurus) could be up for grabs a bit. 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.

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 long-term. 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.

 

Now Ceres replaces Venus in Taurus (a sign she should at least co-rule if not rule - Venus will still have Libra). Back to her garden. The good news - this is Ceres in Taurus. Great for planting. Great for procreation. If you are trying to get pregnant/move into a new season of life, Ceres in this fertile territory will help. The bad news - she's going to move through all the pesky fixed squares the Sun, Mercury and Venus just did. Her first big aspect will be her conjunction to Uranus on June 11th, so we might expect some surprises involving Ceres/Taurus themes then - mothering, seasons of life, things outside our control, compromises, weather/earth situations. 

 

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REST OF THE MONTH - there is ALOT going on. The first couple weeks are mostly good aspects - things are moving forward. We have a New Moon in Taurus (New Earth folks) in the middle of the month. I haven't looked at that one yet. We have Jupiter leaving Aquarius for his ancient home sign of Pisces just before that New Moon - our Pisces natal house expansion will get a summer preview - before he slips back into Aquarius later in the year! In Pisces, Jupiter will finally get some distance from Saturn which should help us feel better. And with Mercury and Venus in Gemini - those Aquarius squares from last month (tension, frustration) turn into smooth air trines - good news. The Sun still has some work to do in Taurus including meeting Pluto toward the end of the month - personal empowerment. The third week of the month we get some challenges and Saturn stations retrograde. By the fourth week we enter eclipse season with - a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius (Sag house culmination, possible Sag house loss), followed by Mercury stationing retrograde, so expect some twists and turns. We'll hash all this out in the monthly. 

 

There is some good stuff brewing this week, we just have to get through the reality check early in the week (and we certainly could have had this already - late last week or over the weekend as this aspect was applying) and not get too carried away with the Jupiter squares as we move through the week. With multiple planets changing signs - EXPECT CHANGE THIS WEEK. Keep your eye on the calendar for Mercury's shadow degree date (May 14th) - we want to get Gemini stuff taken care of before that date, if possible, so we don't have the Merc retro delays and reviews if we don't need to! And keep the other eye on your wallet, your values and your resources this week with those Taurus squares.

xo all

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TODAY'S ASTROLOGY FORECAST | Sunday, May 2, 2021 - intense emotions, powerful language, transformation, practical magic, creative opportunities, talking to ghosts, thoughts become things

 

 

The Moon continues to move through sober/ambitious Capricorn - she trined Venus at 12:41AM EDT, sextiled Neptune at 2:15AM EDT, meets up with a retrograde Pluto at 9:53AM EDT (intense emotions over old matters) and goes void at 10:37AM EDT off a trine to Mercury. She will be void until 3:31 when she moves into Aquarius. In Aqua over the next couple days we get those squares to the Taurus planets, so probably some tension/stress.

Today is the day Mercury trines Pluto and Venus sextiles Neptune. Both smooth aspects - with Mercury/Pluto our words are empowering/even transformational. This is a nice, solid earth trine - building something REAL. Pluto is retrograde now, so this might involve an old situation, might speak of some kind of do-over. As the compulsion/obsession/manipulation/power struggle eases up, those practical ideas/words in Taurus will flow easily/promote growth. Thoughts become things.

 

In some cases Mercury/Pluto enables a kind of dark or compulsive thinking, so if we find ourselves going back over already mined territory see if there is anything practical that can be dug up this time around.

Venus's sextile to Neptune - both powerful in their home signs - speaks of practical magic. Physical healing. Compassion. The sensual touch that feels like love. This is a creative opportunity. More 'making the dream real' stuff. Endless love. Money comes in or floats on out the door to someone else. We might drift off course/dream the day away.

 

Our boundaries are thin here, and with Pluto and Neptune both activated, we are working some very old (familial/past-life) and very important story-lines. Things are more than they appear to be (why we are saying/doing what we are doing/why what is happening is happening) - how deep we go with this is up to us. We might dig up a few skeletons, but also some BURIED TREASURE.

Just avoid that Void Moon period for anything important. 

 

Tomorrow is that Sun square Saturn (stop sign/reality checkpoint) and Mercury square Jupiter and Mercury moves home to Gemini, so definite changes in store for Monday. 

 

Back with a weekly tonight - can't get the whole monthly up, but will write a monthly overview with the weekly - BIG MONTH!

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | saturday, May 1, 2021 - getting our ducks in a row

 

The Moon is in serious Capricorn now - we are nourished by stability, having a plan/a few bucks in the bank/pulling ourselves up by our boot straps. 

 

The Moon, as ruler of Cappy's polarity sign of Cancer, is considered in her detriment in Capricorn. Today's aspects look pretty good though. She trines Uranus at 6:12AM EDT (breaks with tradition/change is good) and trines (brakes off) the Sun at 7:1AM EDT.

 

The Moon's trine to the Sun is this month's Waning Trine - Taurus/Cappy. Solid earth. Practical action feels good. Stepping into our responsibilities feels good. Our money, values, resources are stabilized through hard work/setting goals. Short cuts won't work. Cappy/Taurus won't be fast acting, but it can be long-lasting. This is all quite common sense, but sometimes needs to be said, and sometimes this 'common sense' stuff works better than other times and this would be one of those times.

 

Yes, it's a Saturday, but we can still make use of this energy. 

 

Working on a monthly and the month looks action packed! Hopefully that will be the next post, otherwise I'll pop up a daily for tomorrow because tomorrow's aspects look EXCELLENT.

xo all

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