WEDNESDAY - Sun trines Jupiter and inconjuncts Saturn
THURSDAY - Venus trines Jupiter and inconjuncts Saturn
SATURDAY - Sun inconjunct Neptune
SUNDAY - Jupiter stations direct, Uranus stations retrograde and Mercury returns to Leo (!)
What a week for soothing our Eclipse weary summer souls!
Two of the best astrological aspects are happening in the same week WITH Jupiter (
a big part of why the aspects are so positive) stationing direct!
On
WEDNESDAY the Sun trines a retrograde Jupiter (
one of the best aspects in astrology) AND this is happening with Jupiter in his home sign and strong and still - ready to turn direct in just 4 days - AND the Sun in his home sign of Leo.
This is protection, guidance, luck and the more we use our natural gifts and talents - work from the space we are meant to SHINE/be BRAVE/use our HEART, put ourselves OUT THERE - the luckier we get.
The fly in the ointment here
(
yes, I know, there is always a freakin' fly, but keep in mind smooth aspects in astrology are easy to miss because we just kind of glide through them, it's the more difficult aspects that push us/challenge us and actually create the stress/tension the smoother aspects need!)
is the Sun inconjunct Saturn
. There are many ways this could play out and it will pay to be aware of them. Maybe a pessimistic or critical attitude is holding us back. Or maybe with Saturn retrograde a commitment from the
past is holding us back. We might need to be economical without being miserly. We might need to be patient with what is
delaying us.
On the same day the Scorpio Moon squares the Leo Sun giving us this month's First Quarter Square - here is where the first glitches and problems from the fiery Leo New Moon last week may hit. Leo always wants to play and have fun, but with Scorpio we need to go
deep. Things get more serious. We research. We narrow our focus. We merge important stuff with other people. Issues could be complex and with Scorpio be aware there is always the chance we could be dealing with power plays/manipulations.
FOCUS ON THE TRINE - what is naturally falling into space?
Believe in yourself.
Say YES.
On
THURSDAY/FRIDAY, Venus trines a retrograde Jupiter and then inconjuncts a retrograde Saturn. Venus is following in the Sun's footsteps and doing exactly what the Sun did yesterday!
If yesterday's Sun trine Jupiter is ONE of the best aspects in astrology, Venus trine Jupiter might be THE BEST aspect.
And remember although I am listing the days aspects are most exact - this is pretty much all happening at the same time - we have this energy all week!
This is ease, comfort, prosperity, love, luck, protection. Again this is followed by an inconjunct (
rock and hard place) to a retrograde Saturn a few hours later - this could be where any lack of self-esteem holds us back. Or maybe we are caught between the need to be liked and the need to be respected. Cost vs quality. Maybe we feel too
old to do something. Or flip it and maybe we think we don't have the
credentials. Social passivity/awkwardness can hold us back - we need to balance responsibilities with a need to relax and enjoy life. Maybe Venus/Jupiter wants to GO and sober Saturn is like, hold on a minutes, there is something over here you haven't
finished.
Again FOCUS ON THE TRINE - what is naturally falling into place?
Believe in yourself.
Say YES.
We are going to need to work with and respect Saturn this week WITHOUT MISSING our superpower trine benefits (
the growth of something we want).
It is important to keep things honest and above-board now because we don't want to get bit in the ass later when Saturn stations direct! There are likely defined rights and wrongs here, responsibilities and commitments, limits that MUST be attended to, also.
SATURDAY - the Sun inconjuncts Neptune. Maybe we are reassessing our dreams. We could face confusion/doubt. Our confidence could be undermined now. Maybe we need to balance the need to escape/dream with the need to show up and PERFORM. If we are seeing something through rose-colored glasses here is where some clear light is thrown on the matter. Elevating something from 'all about me' to something that serves a higher purpose would be a good way to balance this energy. Release the need for
applause. Do we really need another thumbs up?
SUNDAY - this is a big day as Jupiter stations direct!
We have just a few more months of Jupiter home in Sagittarius folks, not to be back here for twelve years - what are we going to do with them?!
After a narrow, more inner-directed focus when our faith is tested (
what do we believe? can we still believe in a benevolent universe when things don't appear to be going our way? can we still believe in ourselves?) we turn outside ourselves again. Expansion. Optimism.
This is the same day a recently direct Mercury gets back into Leo - so a push forward for that New Moon Leo agenda, too! We were last at 0 degrees Leo on June 26th, so something from that time period that stalled/slowed should get moving.
Here is
a TURNING POINT for our hopes/the expansion of our reach.
Time to use our voice. The review of going back over what we previously learned, a legal issue, the truth of the matter (
the truth about something can come out now), revisiting an old opportunity (
still in play because Jupiter is re-walking old degrees for the 3rd time), our beliefs - is ending.
None of our stories, lies, beliefs that are no longer needed, options that are just distracting us from what we really need to do - none of these paradigms are moving forward with us. Ideas, conversations, who we used to be, who we never were - whatever doesn't work anymore has to go. We are done with it.
It's time to STOP grieving for whatever it is we haven't done/didn't get.
From this space we move forward with confidence.
Now remember what Jupiter's retrograde has looked like - he stopped, he moved backward, now he stops, he moves forward - he is covering this ground for the THIRD time.
And you know what they say about third times! Are you feeling third time lucky or three strikes you're out?
Look at the rest of this week's energy - we are lucky dammit!
If we are going back to something that didn't work before and thinking we can make it work now - we probably CAN'T. We might find this out now or in the fall and by then certain timelines won't be available anymore. Some trains will have left the station.
Faith (
and confidence - Leo!) moves mountains. Look AHEAD. Step Up.
Also on
SUNDAY - Uranus stations retrograde. Change is intensified or something changes
course/slows. If we have been hit by a curve-ball recently things may
smooth out a bit. For people being directly hit the changes may
intensify. Life is electric.
The best way to work with Uranus is to
loosen our grip on things. Stay open to changing our mind and direction.
Expect the unexpected. Maybe what seems totally crazy right now, will make sense
later on.
Keep in mind Uranus is retrograde for five months of every year
and for most people it is like background noise. We don't really notice unless
he is touching our charts directly or he is an uber important part of our natal chart (
I'm taking to you Aquarius/Aquarius rising). And if he is, this retrograde might
amp things up (
appear to get worse or more urgent), but what is really happening is we are being FREED UP for better and newer opportunities.
Collaborate with the inevitable.
If his station hits your chart directly (
planets/points in the early degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Aquarius and Leo)
creating chaos and disorder - this might seem to overwhelm the other stuff that
is happening. We STILL have the positive Jupiter aspects though which
can make the changes easier to deal with or provide creative outlets in another area of life and assures us of better, more positive outcomes whichever way the wind blows!
Uranus stationing retrograde could put some major changes (that hit unexpectedly) in our life on hold until next January.
So, how are we going to use this week??
Time to start something NEW. Show up. Put yourself out there. If you are work-weary exhausted - have some fun. The benefits of whatever we do will be MAGNIFIED. What house does Leo rule in your natal chart? What is the theme of that house? Contact me if you don't know.
THAT is where you want to put your energy now (
plus that Sag house!).
Collectively Leo rules - creative projects, children, romance, risk, recreation, games, our heart, following our heart, our natural "stage", the space we are meant to shine, confidence, ego, charisma. Collectively Sag rules travel, foreign people and issues, legal issues, weddings, religion, the media, higher education, publishing, our big-picture beliefs, expansion.
xo all
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