Weekend Astrology Forecast for Creatives | plus the Parkland shooting, the eclipse, Trump and the legacy of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Come see inside my bones by Natalia Drepina

FRIDAY just looks like a complete mess.

The Moon (in versatile, communicative Gemini) will:

1. square the Sun - giving us our First Quarter Moon. The First Quarter Moon is the first crisis point for whatever was seeded at the New Moon last week. In Gemini, our minds will be busy. We need to be flexible. We may need to be able to pivot. The square to the Pisces Sun tells us that maybe something is not being said here. Maybe important words/information is hidden/missing. A decision/choice might need to be made now in order to obtain the results we want at the Full Moon next week. We could be mentally frustrated.

2. square Mercury - this is kind of the same energy. Communications break down. We want to escape from the conversation. Our logical mind is challenged by our gut instinct.

3. square Neptune - disappointment maybe or feelings of being adrift, confusion, being vulnerable to deception. Keep in mind our silence might be taken for agreement and the same could be said of other people.

4. square Venus - emotional interactions with others, emotional money issues, not good for socializing, partnership stuff. Not a good date night. Probably best to postpone any meetings or interactions that require a need for cooperation or tact.

5. inconjuncts Saturn - trouble with an authority figure, pressure to conform or create a limit, criticism, responsibilities put us between a rock and a hard place

6. oppose Mars - anger, volatile emotions, spicy food is not a good idea for our digestion Friday night, just sayin'

With the Moon in Gemini, Friday will probably be a busy day - lots of communication, going here and there, but all these troublesome aspects (and lack of positive aspects) could create disconnect and lots of tension, stress and challenges. Information that comes in now might not be the complete picture or might not be true. Keep this in mind. 

Plan light. Drive safely.

Juno (contracts/commitments/relationships) will move into Pisces. This speaks of fated commitments and spiritual bonding. Also more rose colored glasses, this time concerning agreements - you know we haven't put those away yet, right? So maybe the vibe is so 'high' it feels almost wrong to 'get it in writing' (Juno will be in Pisces through April 28th) - but be aware of Pisces tendency to drift off course - better get it in writing! We will talk more about this transit as we move through it.

On SATURDAY, the Moon continues in Gemini until going void at 2:58PM EST. Maybe the morning is spent finishing up the stuff we didn't get to yesterday or trying to untangle whatever got tangled up.

The Moon will inconjunct both Pluto and Jupiter on his journey out of Gemini - this could bring up intense, moody emotions, maybe an overbearing need to share something. More rocks and hard places. The Moon's last aspect before the void is a sextile to Uranus maybe leaving us more open to change and chance encounters. Women (especially mothers) could provide excellent insight now. Our mood will be in flux.

By the time the Moon moves into Cancer at 10:06PM EST we will all be wanting to call it a night, especially after the last two stressful days, and snuggle up at home. Have some comfort food in the house, everyone is going to need it.

On SUNDAY, the Moon continues in sensitive, home and family focused Cancer.

Mars (in Sagittarius) is squaring Venus (in Pisces). This is tension between what we want (Venus) and what we have to do to get what we want (Mars). Men vs. women - we could probably either stay in bed and work this one out or get some boxing gloves and fight it out. People could be confrontational and think they know-it-all or more aggressively go after what they want.

Mercury conjuncts Neptune at 11 degrees Pisces (same degree Venus met Neptune earlier in the week so there could be a connection to that). Our thinking becomes more intuitive. But details are foggy and unclear. Conversations drift off course. We don't know what to believe. Not good energy for detailed work, but excellent for bigger picture thinking, meditation, art and healing. Words of compassion and forgiveness are possible now. Lies and deception are possible now, too. Information isn't quite as good (or maybe quite as bleak) as it is presented to be. Conspiracy theorists will be down even more rabbit holes if that is even possible anymore. Not a time to make an important decision. Good day to make a vision board.

The Sun (in Pisces) will sextile (opportunity) Saturn (in Capricorn). This is our dreams and sweat equity working together to produce real results.

Let's not lose sight that despite all the chaos and fog, it is PISCES SEASON - we pretty much just need to have a dream and show up (this showing up part is important), then magic wands start waving all over the place!

So unlike the Mercury/Neptune this aspect is practical, good for hard work and attention to details and unlike the Mars/Venus this aspect is opportunistic and agreeable - making Sunday a bit of a mixed bag depending on what is hitting what in your personal chart!

The Moon will trine Neptune at night making us feel sensitive and vulnerable. Maybe sad/melancholy. Good meditation energy. Good time to thank our ancestors. What a week!

xo all

You might remember when Trump took office he got busy dismantling Obama's second term (which having kicked off on a Void Moon was ripe for "nothing to come of it").

On February 15, 2017, Congress passed the one piece of gun legislation Trump has put forth so far and undid Obama's restrictions (which maybe weren't much anyway, but were something) aimed at mental illness.

The Sun was at 26 degrees Aquarius. The next time the Sun was at 26 degrees Aquarius was during the Parkland, Florida shooting on Valentine's Day 2018, one year later.

The Sun moved to meet the Moon at 27 degrees triggering the New Moon Solar Eclipse hours later, which you might remember had that aspect to Juno (contracts/what is worth keeping at all costs) - actually at the exact moment a heart-broken Florida mother was screaming at the cameras and pleading with Trump for help the Sun was being eclipsed by the Moon.

(our ancestors thought solar eclipses brought the death of the king as the Moon - the people, blocked out the Sun's rays -the king).

We know eclipses are very powerful and this one is tied into this shooting. There is powerful energy for change here.

That legislation was signed into law by Trump when the Sun was at 9 degrees Pisces. The Sun will return to 9 degrees Pisces next Wednesday just hours before the Full Moon in Virgo. Let's see what happens with this energy over the next week. And then what all of us do over the next 6 months as the eclipse energy plays out.

Trump probably has a greater ability to get something done with this issue than either Clinton or Sanders would have had with our current Congress and his supporters. His Gemini Sun gives him the ability to pivot. His Gemini North Node gives him a mandate to pivot

(yes, if you have a Gemini North Node - you come into this life knowing 'everything' and then find out there is a hell of alot you don't know).

His Uranus sitting right beside them tells us there is never a way to know what the hell he is going to do - but Uranus was the ruler of the eclipse and sextiling (opportunity) the eclipse and we had that semi-sextile to hurting/healing Chiron. Maybe any move he makes can have a 'tipping point' effect.

My most heart-felt dream here is that he pivots away from the NRA and alot of well-meaning, but entrenched people pivot with him. Either way, the issues arising from this shooting (and the opposition from Aquarius - the people, toward Leo - the king, and Trump is a Leo rising) will be a story over the next few months.

My first astrology teacher was fascinated by the way our charts continue to be activated after we die. She had charts going back several generations in her own family and her findings were amazing.

I noticed the school in Parkland Florida was named after a woman born in 1890 named Marjory Stoneman Douglas so I googled her.

I can't tell the houses of her chart without a birth time, but we can see just from the date that she was born when Mars (action, war, anger, violence) was at 11 degrees Sagittarius (education, media, politics) the EXACT position of Mars during the Parkland shooting on Valentine's Day

(note there are 360 positions where Mars could be ♂)

AND transitting Uranus (sudden, explosive) at 25 degrees Aries (Mars ruler) almost exactly opposing her natal Uranus at 24 degrees Libra

(again there are 360 positions where Uranus could be ♅)

AND if you read her Wikipedia profile - which you must - she was a conservationist, journalist and women's suffrage advocate (does anyone sound more like someone Trump would have trouble with) and worked in defense of the Florida Everglades and fought against those who would "drain the swamp". I'm not kidding.

And, yes, I know I am down a rabbit hole myself here.

What does all this mean?

Other than the fact we live in a magical, synchronistic universe (or I am losing my mind and connecting dots that should never be connected) I have no idea (although I guess anything that clarifies that for anyone should be enough - the magical universe part, not the "Cat is losing her mind" part).

But I do think Trump may have met his match in Marjory. And her story isn't over. xo again

Venus Conjunct Neptune | swept off our feet

Us by goodmusicgoodpeople

We wake up this morning with Venus (love, money, women, beauty, our values and self-esteem) conjunct dreamy, boundless Neptune at 13 degrees Pisces.

This is excellent energy to fall head over heels in love. Also to be swept off our feet and carried away by whatever catches our fancy now.

This is a a magical energy for attracting (Venus) our dreams (Neptune).

Keep in mind with this happening in Pisces there is a good deal of idealization going on. Our rose colored glasses will have ordered their own rose colored glasses from Warby Parker ... and we will be wearing both pairs. Things can seem way better than they actually are.

This energy could make us prone to daydreaming.

Drugs and alcohol will have a heightened effect - I am sure even cold medicine, so be careful. If you know someone prone to drifting off course via some kind of external intoxication maybe check in with them. Make sure they are ok. Don't take on their problems! But maybe just send a "thinking of you" text. Then they can call you if they need to touch base.

We also have Mercury (words, conversation) sextiling Saturn (authority, responsibility) this afternoon, so compassionate language will provide serious and stabilizing opportunities today. Also language of forgiveness.

Be aware we are stepping into a portal (and another page of this month's Venus chapter - which I wrote about somewhere on here, but can't find now) where realities merge, identities dissolve. Very high frequencies can be experienced. But Neptune is tricky AND always well-equipped to prove to us that we neither know everything nor are we even up to the task of providing a complete list of things we should be wanting to know about. Existence is simply bigger than we are. So is Neptune.

Keep in mind Venus also rules our money and our values and we probably don't want these things to be swept out to sea. Purchases, investments - could seem way better than they actually are, too.

Let's enjoy the healing potential of releasing and dissolving all that has built up, but not to the degree of our own injury- Pisces does rule the 12th house of self-sabotage. Things could get lost here.

It will be easy to forget things. People with strong Neptunes have usually forgotten most of their childhoods, so our car keys may not stand much of a chance on making it to the wall hook. Make an effort to be mindful.

Another possibility, I have a close family member with Neptune (on her ascendant) opposing Venus, and have seen this play out many times - is that our Venus makes us very attractive to every victim story we come in contact with. We will be attracted (Venus) to people's secrets, their woundings, their grief. Caring for other people will feel really good. There is the potential for a great deal of healing here. And also for great disillusionment and heartache.

This doesn't mean we armor up - our armor has been put away until the Aries New Moon (Vernal Equinox, first day of Spring). March will flip around this year and come in like a lamb and go out like a lion! We need to feel what we need to feel. Since Neptune came home to Pisces in 2011 - we have all been living in a kind of unreality reality anyway. Just keep in mind we are certainly all more vulnerable now.

People could lie to us (we could lie, too) - this can also happen this weekend when Mercury hits this same degree. Relationships (Venus) could be confusing (Neptune). The Moon is in fixed Taurus and everyone will be stubborn.

Of course, this is EXCELLENT energy for art, for spiritual work, for healing, for creativity, to release a boundary, to dream.

Our ability to attract (Venus) is boundless (Neptune). Just know there is a great deal of illusion and glamour being projected here.

Marilyn Monroe was born with Neptune trine Venus, Brigitte Bardot with Neptune conjunct Venus (today's aspect) and Pamela Anderson with Neptune square Venus.

Another person born with Neptune conjunct Venus (illusion, glamour) was Andy Warhol who once said, "art is what you can get away with", "if you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right", "if you want to know all about Andy Warhol just look at the surface of my paintings and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind that."

That about sums up this energy - enjoy it - but use your astrology knowledge to stay safe with it, too.

xo all

Note - this is the same degree of Pisces Mercury will conjunct Neptune next weekend, so something from today will likely lead to a conversation, information, a decision, etc. Our thinking won't be any clearer THEN. Keep this in mind.

Mars Trine the North Node | the strength to keep going, where there is a will there is a way, fighting for what we believe in, what we seek is seeking us

Medieval War XI by deex-helios

Today we have Mars (in Sagittarius) trining (brakes off) the North Node (in Leo) at 14 degrees.

This is us taking action toward the unknown, untraveled horizon of our future.

It is time to believe (Sagittarius) in our dreams (that Pisces stellium!) and move toward what our heart wants. 

Let's take some action today toward what we want. Life can use whatever action we take to get us where we need/want to be. Trust this.

With five planets in Pisces (plus with Mars trining the North Node he is sextiling the South Node) there is a whole lot of energy on releasing. But then there is our Mars here. Lagging behind the group to keep the fire in us burning. We have the ambition/the passion/the optimism to move something BIG forward here. BIG as in BIG results, the action itself can be quite small.

So, although we might be tired or sad or processing some kind of loss or needing some quiet time - we also have this active energy pulling us forward today.

Asking us to be brave (Mars!) Asking us to believe we can do this thing (Sag!) Asking us to follow our heart and take the center stage in our own life (Leo!). This could again be connecting us back to last August's (7th-21st) eclipse window.

Actions taken now could have far-reaching consequences.

Remember we don't have to build a house (unless we are actually building a house!) - we just need to take an initiating action. We are putting what we want out there. Voice it. Move something forward. We are setting up a marker. We might drift a bit off course later in the week, but the marker will still be here. We are lining ourselves up energetically with the thing we are seeking (Leo, our heart) - which is seeking us right back.

I just wanted to toss up this quick post because most of the weekly is so different from this energy and I don't want us to miss it.


xo all

NOTE - Mars sextile to the Aquarius South Node tells us the OPPORTUNITY (sextile) comes through the Aquarian release - releasing the detachment (step in, get involved, connect your heart with someone/something), the distractions that are wasting our time/energy (what are we avoiding by needlessly checking Facebook every hour - THAT is what needs our attention), the fear of alienation that is holding us back, the over-emphasis on technology.

Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Week of February 19th - slow down, allowing instead of controlling, being instead of doing, love and light, waves of sadness, release, building an ark, water is everywhere but let's keep our feet on solid ground anyway, the end of the year

Dawning of a New Day by RaphaelleM

On Sunday, the Sun moves into Pisces joining Mercury, Venus, Chiron and Neptune and officially kicking off Pisces season (through March 20th).

Even though the Moon is waxing (growing) and all the planets are full steam ahead (for only a couple more weeks!) - which sounds very much like a "GO" energy, this stellium of planets in mystical Pisces complicates action by coaxing us into more dreaming than doing.

This much Pisces tells us to slow down, "be" instead of "do", and allow instead of control. If there is a choice between taking action and not taking action - other than Monday morning - I would cast my vote for letting things untangle themselves without any of our usual pushing and manipulations. When you have to step in, step in, but see what happens if you let the situation unwind itself a bit first. This may be simple, but it is far from easy.

What is out of our hands is probably out of our hands now anyway.

This much water could make us (especially those inclined toward appreciating B following A) feel unsteady as situations/our thinking, etc, tend to drift off course or toward a conclusion, in its own drifting way.

We may need to just stop sometimes and come up for air. We may need more sleep. We may need to cry. We may need to get lost in a movie and forget about everything for a few hours.

When you start to study/appreciate astrology you will find it gets harder and harder to see the year as beginning in the dead of winter. We can be very productive and ambitious during Capricorn season (January), but the reason our enthusiasm/energy seems to run out rather quickly is that Capricorn actually kicks off the final season of the year, not the first.

We need that ambition and production to survive the winter, but it can fizzle out fast!

With the Sun ingressing into Pisces we enter the final month of the astrological year - we might feel like old men now, like the winter trees tired of carrying the burden of snow - we might feel tired.  

Our energy is draining. Our reserves are low. With all this water, we will be more emotional. 

This is normal. 

We are facing a HUGELY busy spring and summer including the move of Uranus into Taurus - a stable space in everyone's chart that has never in our lifetime (unless you are 84 or older) held such an unpredictable energy. We are all headed into uncharted territory!

If you have any chance for rest or retreat now, I say take it!

With five planets in Pisces it could be better to allow things to move (and to not move) without trying to control everything. Not just because we are tired (although we might be, especially if we have worn ourselves out trying to control everything) and not because it is easier this way (although it is certainly simpler), but because our most vigorous and active machinations will probably not produce very much at the end of the day. Situations/people - things are going to go where they are going to go. Our attention and intentions will wander - and so will everyone else's.

In some area of life we will be left holding precisely what we need - nothing more, nothing less. Not an extra glove. Not an extra sock. Pisces is heaven and we can't take it with us.

We can dream big now and be idealistic about whatever all this Pisces is lighting up for us, but let's try to keep our feet (which Pisces rules) on the ground, too. Boundaries will be thin. Facts can be fuzzy. Slippery slopes are extra icy. We will all be wearing rose-colored glasses. Addictions will be oh so very enticing.

Think about the astrological pie chart for a moment. Pisces opposes Virgo (its polarity sign). Pisces squares Sagittarius and Gemini (the other mutables). Pisces trines (brakes off) Cancer and Scorpio (the other water signs). Pisces sextiles (opportunity) Capricorn and Taurus. This could give you a bit of a feel for how this Pisces stellium is interacting with your natal planets.

This is EXCELLENT energy to make art, to write poetry and create, to make music, to meditate and pray, to heal, to forgive, to be charitable and compassionate, to work with our ancestral inheritance, to look behind us. Just remember you wouldn't build a house with a paintbrush, so don't build a house now (don't take on too much). You will have put in way too many windows and forgotten about the doors. Plus there is the whole "hammering with a paintbrush" thing you would have to figure out.
 
On MONDAY, the Moon is in independent and energetic Aries and makes nice with Aries ruler Mars. You will be thinking to yourself, "what the hell is Cat writing about with all this dreamy Pisces - I am on fire! I can do this thing!". If you need to get something started this week Monday morning is the time to act. Don't sleep in.

Venus, at 11 degrees Pisces, will sextile Pallas (Taurus) and Black Moon Lilith (Capricorn). That's alot of female energy to get stuff done, too. Make a plan. Strategize. Take that 'outsider' energy and bring it into the boardroom - use Venus to prioritize compassion and love. The Moon will square Pluto in the evening - there could be an issue with an authority figure/goals/career or a power/control situation that is heating up. Things could get emotionally intense tonight.

On TUESDAY, the Moon is void until 2:12PM EST - don't start anything new or launch anything into the world that you would like "something to come of" during the Moon's void. The Moon met up with Uranus at the end of Aries while we slept so there could be something unexpected during the night or in the morning we have to deal with. After the Void, the Moon moves into comfortable Taurus where she is exalted. We will be seeking stability and focusing in on our resources, our finances, and what we have rather than working with something new. Today and tomorrow would be great days for a massage or to cook a good meal, take a long bath, etc. Anything that isn't totally comfortable is going to feel like we are walking on nails.

On WEDNESDAY, the Moon continues in comfortable Taurus.

This is a big day with Venus (women, love, money. beauty) meeting up with Neptune in Pisces. This is the 'dreamiest' energy we have had in a long time. 

This is love (Venus) and light (Neptune) - lots of light. 

It's transcendental energy. Rose colored glasses on top of rose colored glasses.

This is a delusional (Neptune) relationship (Venus). This is fantasy (Neptune) art (Venus). This is our money (Venus) slipping through our fingers (Neptune). This is our values (Venus) slipping through our fingers (Neptune). This is escaping (Neptune) into a love affair (Venus). This is soul (Neptune) love (Venus). This is money (Venus) that really does grow on trees (Neptune). This is love (Venus) without limits (Neptune).

Just don't run off with a stranger to Vegas and get married. Don't invest all your money in that stock your brother-in-law told you about - whatever sounds too good to be true now will be. But let's not miss this energy by sleeping through it - which will be very easy to do! Maybe we can run off to Vegas - just don't get married. Maybe we can toss a few bucks at that pie-in-the-sky financial deal because you never know, but nothing we can't afford to lose because we just might. Do something beautiful today - whatever that means to you. It will be hard to stay on task now. Your right brain is pulling your left brain over to the dark side. Just allow yourself to have the experience. I have a feeling this could bring up sadness for many of us (raises hand). We'll allow ourselves to sit with that, too.

On THURSDAY, the Moon is void during the entire workday. This could help to extend yesterday's "living the dream". Although maybe with the Moon's final aspect an opposition to Jupiter, we shouldn't count on it. The Moon enters Gemini at 7:07PM EST so we could have a mentally busy night, lots of conversations or errands - could be harder to get to sleep.

On FRIDAY, the busy Gemini Moon will be squaring just about everything.

It could feel like when Mercury goes retrograde for three weeks all rolled into one day. Double check stuff. There will be things we can't get a grip on or see clearly or stuff from the past or that we have lost. Isn't there a song about the "stars being stacked against you, so get back in bed". Yeah, well something like that. Except Gemini will be sure we are busy. Our bed will be empty. This would be a challenging date night unless you are looking for a "no holes barred" game of bingo or mini-golf followed by some arm wrestling.

The weekend is going to need its own post, so I will be back!

xo all