Astrology Forecast for Creatives | the rest of the week as we build toward the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse - letting go, looking at our roots and the ties that bind, this is how power structures crumble, secrets, power plays, what is being unearthed, more merging and purging, back to August 2017

Jelly fishes by ankazhuravleva

This is a really HUGE week and I do everyone a dis-service by writing about it in a daily/piece-meal kind of way, so I'll push my clogged head to look a bit further this morning.

All week we've had our Capricorn Sun moving toward the South Node (exact on Thursday, but events don't always transpire when energies are exact, so this is in play all week - major endings, major decisions, forces that have previously stabilized us exiting stage left) and then when the Sun finally, finally gets the hell out of Capricorn and takes his first breathe of Aquarian air he (as we) gets hit with the Full Moon Solar eclipse (on Monday EST) squaring Uranus. Wham. Bam. No thank you ma'am.

Let's start with WEDNESDAY - the Moon is in comfort seeking Taurus doing her best to provide us with some kind of grounding. We have to meet her halfway here by taking the time to breathe through whatever we have going on. Get out in nature. Eat some roots vegetables. Take a bath. You know the drill. Before her Void at 1:34PM EST - get things done early today, folks - she will trine Pluto and then the Sun, so something can fall into place here - steady and solid, not fast though since Taurus is fixed earth, PROGRESS.

Having the Moon in Taurus the last couple days has been a HUGE help to us.

Her trine (brakes off) this afternoon from her perch in Taurus to the sober Sun in Cappy will grant us the ability to make some progress - especially after any obstacles of the last couple days - keep in mind Taurus is all about our existing resources (time, money, valuables, beauty, self-esteem). We are working with what we own here. Whatever we have going on is building on the solid structures we already have, the trine assures that even in the most shaky situations, there is solid ground to be found here.

By THURSDAY - the Moon will be in busy, communicative Gemini for the next couple days - in Gemini she is going to oppose Venus (in Sag), sextile Mars (in Aries), square Neptune (in Pisces) oppose Jupiter (in Sag) and sextile Uranus (in Aries). You can see how by just following the Moons you can know so much about everyday and week! And you can also see how your Taurus planets - which had all smooth aspects when the Moon was there - are having an easier time of it than your Gemini planets right now, where things are more up and down. This also indicates that until the Moon goes Void on Friday night at 8:32PM EST and then slips into family/home centered Cancer at 10:44PM EST Friday night - things could be very up and down (emotionally) for us, too.

The Sun will conjunct the South Node at 26 degrees Capricorn - this is one of the reasons our leaders and governments (all Capricorn ruled systems) are breaking down! And the reasons the structures in our lives - something we counted on - is shifting now. The Sun is also under all kinds of other stress, too. Now, that Cappy South Node also rules limits and boundaries, walls and rules. When the structure goes (didn't you want to topple the patriarchy?!), so do the roots of the structure. These things, in the world, and in our own lives, these ties to the past are illuminated now. Not everything is being tossed on the trash-bin, but it might feel like it is. Our bodies are well-trained to crave what is familiar so these transits don't always feel so good. We are seeing/experiencing what needs to go and depending on what it is we feel we are losing (it's obviously easier to lose your favorite tattered chair than a job you hate but that has stabilized your income or God forbid an actual person) and our own native tendencies toward collection and maintaining things the way they have always been and greed (yes, there is greed here tangled up in our Cappy roots) - this will be as painful and complicated as it needs to be.

And we are still in the energy of that karmic South Node Solar Eclipse from January 5th and headed toward an even bigger one - which may have already played out for you, but still likely has some twists and turns ahead with its Uranus square!

Hang in there the Sun is set to move into humanitarian-fueled Aquarius in just a couple days, and keep in mind, this entire time period is a pre-cursor to the BIG energies of 2020, after which BIG (and more lasting) shifts into the Aquarian energies are coming!

On FRIDAY the energies are all over the place. Mercury meets Pluto so some information is dug up. There are power plays. Secrets. Conversations/communications/words are powerful and matter. Life and death conversations. Wills. Money talks. You can imagine how all of this is going to play out in the collective news!

And we have Venus (our feminine energy wanting, wanting, wanting in the sky is the limit Sagittarius) finally making nice with our pushy and aggressive Mars in Aries (masculine energy). Maybe this is where Nancy - with her eyes on a sky without walls - and Donald with his Mars/Ascendant always needing someone to "fight" can come to some kind of agreement - let's hope before the Eclipse! Of course the Sun will be squaring Neptune so some things will be happening behind the curtains folks.

All of which sounds good for relationships seeking a deeper level of intimacy.

I will still do some dailies this week, but wanted to get something a little more "big picture" up.

And keep in mind we are building toward a big LUNAR ECLIPSE - the FINAL Leo/Aquarius eclipse and remember this cycle started with the Great American Eclipse back in August 2017 (!) that hit Trump's chart BIGLY (!), so we are headed back there.

What was going on in your life in August 2017?

HERE and HERE are the posts on that if you want a reminder.

xo all

An exalted Moon and the Sun squares Pallas | wonderful lunar aspects today and we try a new tactic with that authority/responsibility/limit thingie

Bonnie and Clyde 6 by Natalia Ciobanu

The Moon is in Taurus today and she makes multiple good aspects. In Taurus she turns our attention to what we need to feel comforted. Our income, resources, our values and self-esteem, the important things money can buy and the important things it can't, are highlighted. It's a good time to take the time. In Taurus, she will trine Saturn, sextile Neptune, trine Mercury and Pluto then finally our Capricorn Sun. All good aspects today.

She will be in Taurus only until tomorrow afternoon (1:34PM EST) when she goes void (until 8PM EST) off that lovely trine to the Sun. After the Void she moves into busy and communicative Gemini, so if you need some space to catch your breath before then - do that now. There are some great aspects today that greatly increase our chances for success you won't want to miss though.

Keep in mind she is waxing (growing) toward Monday's Full Moon Lunar Eclipse which is going to square Uranus, so outcomes with whatever we have going on/growing now will tend toward the "unpredictable".  

Liberation would be an appropriate goal when we see Uranus coming!

The challenge today is a square between our Sun, nearing the end of Capricorn, and Pallas (Athena) in Libra at 25 degrees. Squares are stress/tension. This feels somewhat similar to yesterday's Aries/Capricorn battle since Pallas is our warrior Goddess energy. In Libra though, and being the extremely clever feminine energy she is, she (as we) will likely try a different tactic.

Maybe something along the diplomatic lines of "more flies with honey". That stubborn Cappy Sun (the rules, the limit, authority, the line in the sand) still feels rather unmoved toward compromise and Pallas, smart as she is, isn't quite the beguiler as, say Venus.

Still we strategize. We seek toward collaboration.

The win-win Pallas seeks in Libra probably isn't going to work out today though and keeping the peace at any cost is surely a lose-lose.

We can do better. Maybe just not right now.

 (although the Moon's trine to Saturn in the early afternoon is helpful and could prove me wrong - the Moon IS answering to Venus after all and the Sun to Saturn!)

xo all

Take the time to enjoy that Taurus Moon - she is exalted and fleeting. Get out in nature. Take a hot bath. Get/give a massage. Eat a warm meal with foods grown from the ground.

Mercury sextile Neptune, 1st Quarter Square Moon - courage vs clout, the rules, the way we've only done it, going for what you want and are passionate about, visionary language, ideas are in the air and can be picked like apples, thoughts become things, the eclipse spin cycle

pillow-fight-by-sliwka

I was sick again yesterday (damn you unending sinus thingie), so we'll have to muddle through the week without the weeklies.

Some aspects are:

SUNDAY - Jupiter square Neptune, Mercury conjunct Saturn
MONDAY - Mercury sextile Neptune
THURSDAY - Sun conjunct South Node and opposing North Node
FRIDAY - Mercury conjunct Pluto, Venus trines Mars, Sun squares Uranus
SUNDAY - Sun into Aquarius, Venus squares Neptune

We are in between eclipses now. The Lunar Eclipse on January 21st is one of the biggest of the year and finishes up the Leo/Aquarius cycle. This is a Super Full Moon with the Moon closest to the Earth. The Sun will be sitting with the South Node, Pluto and Mercury and squaring Uranus (this eclipse is  another major "cheese stands alone" moment for Trump ie Uranus - who shut down the government on December 21st, exactly one month earlier. Eclipse events often happen almost exactly one month to the day before or after the actual event). Mars will be squaring Saturn. Things are volatile.

On MONDAY the Moon is void until 1:31PM EST this afternoon when she moves into Taurus - the sign of her exaltation.

Today's Mercury sextile Neptune is subtle. This is good energy for storytelling - for using our imagination. Good for visionary ideas and language. We might wake remembering our dreams. Ideas are AVAILABLE for the right person - the person who can make them REAL - to pick them like apples in an autumn orchard. This is good for learning (Mercury) through osmosis (Neptune), so would be a good time to hang out with the smartest person you know. Compassionate (Neptune) language (Mercury) is helpful (sextile). Siblings may be illusive or confusing. But Mercury in Capricorn is giving a Neptunian dream a structure to work with. Again this whole thing is subtle, but available. Talk to other people. The opportunity comes as one thought/conversation/idea drifts into another. People with planets/points near 14 degrees Capricorn or Pisces will feel its influence most.

While we slept the Aries Moon squared the Capricorn Sun at 23 degrees - the First Quarter Square; our monthly call to action. We'll likely feel its influence greatest until the Moon moves into Taurus at 1:31PM EST.

(or we could be feeling the Void Moon's call to rest!)

This is the young man with his fresh approach stonewalled with "this is the way we've always done it" or these are the rules. Young vs. old. Inexperienced vs tried and true. Courage vs clout. Anger/passion vs self-control. The young masculine energy fights with his father. The thing standing in our way is the thing that has always been standing in our way. Squares are tension/stress and so they make us uncomfortable. It is this very discomfort though that pushes us through.

We are past Mercury's meeting with Saturn - some things have already been decided.

Although Mercury is meeting Pluto at the end of the week, so who knows, time to push for what we want/are passionate about I think!

Aries/Capricorn is actually a love fest that only looks like a boxing tournament. After the fight is over - Aries bloodied and battered and Capricorn with tie askew and pockets picked clean - they always hit the pub for a beer.

And I guess that's where the Mercury/Neptune can come in .....

xo all

The Moon's move into comfy/cozy Taurus this afternoon should feel good!

the Sun conjunct Pluto | will-power, the truth comes to light, the ability to influence our outcomes, let go and let God, the urge to purge, the urge to merge

parallels by Natalia Ciobanu

The Moon is void today from 9:25AM EST until midnight. This is not the day to start anything brand new or push anything into the world we need "something to come of".

The Moon magic from yesterday continues as she goes void off a sextile (opportunity) to the Sun, followed by a sextile to powerful Pluto.

The Sun meets Pluto at 20 degrees Capricorn. This has been happening annually in January since Pluto moved into Capricorn in 2008. Pluto starts a new cycle.

So, we have the Moon in Pisces - answering to a powerful Neptune, home in Pisces - sextiling Pluto and the Sun conjuncting Pluto. This is powerful energy. Self expression. Personal authority. Will-power. This transit can increase our ability to influence our outcomes. It can also feel heavy. We can come on too strong and rock the boat. On the other hand, someone is going to come on strong - it's OK to be that someone sometimes! Just be standing in your own truth, so you are still standing when the boat quakes. And if you are not still standing, know this is exactly the energy that allows us to get up again.

The Sun/Pluto shines a light on what is buried including complex relationship issues.

The truth comes to light. Our will (the Sun) unites with deep power (Pluto) or, if we are projecting this instead of owning it,  we meet this power outside ourselves in the form of a potential slap-down/manipulation. The lunar sextile lets us know there is opportunity from the actions we take with whatever comes to light now. It's not the time to hide from what is happening.

If something upsetting is going on - keep in mind, Pluto rules death and rebirth - and as the Sun moves off Pluto -

WE START A BRAND NEW CYCLE.

That sextile to the Moon in Pisces is saying - let go and let God. Make art. Listen to good music. Meditate. Pray. Start a spiritual practice. Rest. Heal.

This is excellent energy for purging, for eliminating the dead wood. Clear out your inbox. De-clutter. Eliminate manipulations/obsessions/compulsions. Just stop. Turn your attention to what you want and not what you don't want. Great energy for deep research. There is great energetic support right now for a clean up and fresh start.

I double dog dare you (yes, here is a manipulation to get things started!) to watch an episode or two of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and not be inspired to get rid of something.

xo all

Note the stuff that is happening in your own life and in the collective is a precursor to the huge 2020 energies (and the government in the U.S. is shut down and 800,000 people are out of work). There is a little bit of wiggle room here ... for now. What needs to be wiggled?