Today's Astrology Forecast | August 11, 2019 - changing direction, moving forward, creative ideas, bold words, mining for missed gold, learning more, expanding our reach, some changes put on hold

Today we have a MAJOR re-alignment of energies.

Uranus (in Taurus) stations retrograde (through January 2020), Jupiter stations direct (in Sagittarius through December 2019) and Mercury returns to Leo (our third time at zero degrees Leo).

Let's unpack this and start with Mercury.

Mercury first entered Leo back on June 26th then she/he turned around a few days later (stationed retrograde) moved back through the early degrees of Leo and then back into Cancer then stopped again (stationed direct). We are back at 0 degrees Leo late this afternoon. We won't be covering totally new ground for a few more days - but back into Leo means our Leo story - our creative projects/ideas, bold/courageous words, Leo themed situation (or the theme of your Leo or Sun house in your natal chart) moves forward - children, romance, love, creativity, recreation, the space of our natural spotlight, our heart, what our heart wants. Something will pick up where it came to a stop/pivot back in late June.  

It's time to be moving forward.

Jupiter, in his home sign of Sagittarius for ONLY a few more months (through December 2nd), has been retrograde since April 10th. He now stations direct (starts moving forward) from 14 degrees Sag. That Sag theme (what is foreign, high education, media, weddings, our beliefs, legal issues religion, travel) - or maybe more likely the theme of the Sag house in your natal chart or the theme of the house ruled by Jupiter in your natal chart - changes course. Interacting with Mercury just before Mercury changes signs - this could be the time we get an unexpected/sudden piece of information we need to move forward. Maybe we see (Mercury) an opportunity to expand (Jupiter). If we have been wronged, here is the energy to get us justice (just don't spend too much energy looking for it because other people's justice may not be visible to us - an example would be Epstein's suicide which will likely, coming at this time, expand this story in ways it couldn't if it stayed focused on him). If an area of expansion shut down last spring here is where the wheels start spinning again. An opportunity, that seemed lost, can come back around. There could be an opportunity to learn more/connect with something that expands our reach/get lucky. Jupiter in his home sign only happens once every 12 years - there is alot of other stuff greedy for our attention, but we don't want to miss THIS.

Stuck stuff gets going. It's time to be moving forward.

Uranus, from 6 degrees Taurus, stations retrograde until January 2020. What is the theme of your Taurus ruled house? What is the theme of the house Uranus rules in your natal chart? If you don't know,  ask me and I will check your chart. Collectively Taurus rules our money, our resources, what we have earned, our values, our self-esteem, the planet Earth. There is a change of direction here. Uranus is unpredictable - any unexpected lightning strike could take us in a bold new direction or remove all the excitement/energy from a forward-leaning project/situation. For some people changes that hit unexpectedly over the last few months will slow down or be put on hold. If we are directly impacted by Uranus's back and forth over a sensitive planet or point in our natal chart - changes could intensify. For most people changes move from the outer to the inner realms.

The Moon moved into serious and goal-oriented Capricorn last night. She will trine (brakes off) a strong and still Uranus today at 1:36PM EDT - expect the unexpected. This is practical creative energy and will help us ground these changes in the real world. This is a good time to re-launch something or move something into a NEW PHASE.

We have an amazing week ahead with Venus meeting the Sun and a Full Moon in Aquarius! Expect a post tonight or Monday morning.

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | August 9, 2019 - nourished by a sense of adventure, date night, an emotional gamble, reality check, transformed by what we hold sacred, shaping the energies of our quest

The Moon, in high-flying Sag, will hook up with a retrograde Jupiter at 7:24PM EDT

(mountains out of molehills, self-righteous feelings, feeling optimistic or maybe nourished by a Sag themes - travel, something or someone foreign, the media, our beliefs, religion, education), maybe it's time for an emotional (Moon) gamble (Jupiter),

and then trine loving and social Venus (in creative Leo) at 10:18PM EDT. The Moon is feeling good today!

Mercury is at the end of emotional Cancer - for the third time - some might be feeling the melancholy of this. The past. That home/family/real estate situation. Mothering regrets or regrets around mothering. The ball and chain we can't slip off ... just yet.

At the same time we have Venus inconjunct Saturn (rock and a hard place) and Pluto trining Vesta.

The Venus/Saturn requires us to make some kind of adjustment to what we want.

Saturn aka "the reality police" dulls our shine just a bit now. Retrograde, he is holding our feet to the fire via an old obligation/commitment/contract. Enforcing a limit/boundary/requirement. Delays.

Pluto/Vesta is an intense focus on what we hold sacred. In earthy Taurus, Vesta is bringing our attention to our resources, our money, our values or self-esteem. Pluto brings powerful change. Transformation (Pluto) of sacred cows (Vesta). Powerful (Pluto) commitments (Vesta). The brakes are off something now.

In a couple days Jupiter is going to station direct and Uranus is going to station retrograde and Mercury will be back in Leo. Something is turning around. Are we ready? probably not!

Leo is a proud and fixed sign, so we need to stay flexible. The Sun (Leo's ruler) is mirrored in our physical bodies through our heart and our solar plexis. Priority should be given to both now. Heart health - diet, exercise, opening our heart to love, compassion, empathy, moving out of our ego, being easier on ourselves and others - more loving. Our solar plexis (our gut) - diet, exercise, breath work, are we feeling empowered? can we trust our gut? or are we more often feeling bloated, "butterflies in our stomach" or "kicked in the gut" - maybe this area needs strengthening.

The midpoint of the Sun's journey through Leo (the sign he rules) is sometimes called the Lion's Gate. This annual portal opening - around 8/8 - is a time of increased consciousness about our soul mission/the ways and spaces we are intended to have confidence and courage and shine in this lifetime. Sirius (the dog star), a fixed star located at 14 degrees Cancer is associated with the Lion's Gate. The brightest star in our sky when visible, Sirius is 25 times brighter and double the size of our Sun. This is the time of year (the time of harvest/abundance - the "dog" days of August is a reference to more than the temperature) the ancient Egyptians could view Sirius rising above their pyramids and they believed there was a special maternal link between Sirius and life on Earth.

This year the North Node (our collective way forward) will conjunct Sirius from late August until late September for the first time in more than 18 years. This will support our North Node in Cancer agenda - clearing out expired maternal contracts/patterns, moving toward what feels like home/nurturing, a need to mother and be mothered, an increased ability to show vulnerability and not see this as a weakness, but instead as a crucial piece of our journey toward a more authentic state of person-hood.

We'll talk more about this as we move through it.

For today, it's Friday, the Moon is in optimistic (and sometimes preachy and bombastic) Sag and supported by Sag's ruler (Jupiter) and Venus - our two most beneficial planets. Find something to enjoy about today.

We are shaping the energies for the quest ahead of us.

Share something. Get outdoors. Embrace the magic.

Where could our life use a little more adventure?!

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | August 8, 2019 - attracting what we want, an opportunity comes back around, that thing you thought about and didn't do maybe needs a second look, how lucky can we get, follow up, wanting something that wants us right back, buy a lottery ticket

Our Scorpio Moon goes void at 10:58AM EDT off a trine with Mercury. She flies into Sagittarius at 4:35PM EDT (so void for most of the work-day, most likely nothing will come of any kerfuffles that come up, not the time to launch something you want 'something to come of') where she hooks up with Jupiter at 7:24PM EDT (!) and finally trines Venus at 10:19PM EDT (!).

This is the day Venus (in Leo) trines a retrograde Jupiter at 4:27PM EDT - just what the Sun did yesterday, except Venus's inconjunct with Saturn (fly in the ointment) isn't exact until tomorrow.

For TODAY - we have the Moon (in Sagittarius so answering to Jupiter) conjuncting Jupiter and trining Venus AND Venus (in Leo, so answering to the Sun, who did this two-step yesterday) trining Jupiter. Mars is also sextile Pallas in Libra, so we get some air.

With Jupiter retrograde this could be an old opportunity that comes back around, some gold we missed the first time through (Jupiter will station direct on Sunday, so this could kick off closer to that time). This could also be something we previously thought about/heard about, but didn't act on.

Smart action (Mars/Pallas) expands our reach. Gets us more. This is all easy energy. We just need to grab on to what is offered to us. Take some action. We don't have to push and pull. A little spit and elbow grease is all it will take.

There is always the possibility, if we are un-grounded or ignore all boundaries, to take something too far because there isn't anything stopping these energies. Watch for over-spending. Jupiter is still squaring Neptune so alot of stuff is still hidden.

Watch that we aren't (with Venus approaching the inconjunct to Saturn and the South Node) trying to hold onto something that is over/dead. We DO have to keep taking care of old business for a while longer though - there will be a cleaner break-up point in a few months. A more final point. We aren't rushing out the door and leaving our mess behind. Staying the course will pay off come October.

But NOW is a time of very important choices.

If we don't love something we used to love THIS IS THE TIME to make changes. Venus in Leo is the Queen. She is trining - brakes off - Jupiter (the King) today. She is going to met the Sun on the 14th and kick off a whole new Venus cycle in Leo - what our heart wants, getting what we want, what we want wanting us right back. We are on the road to that. The reason there isn't much air in the skies these days is we aren't supposed to be in our heads now. What does our heart want?

Venus rules love, our relationships, our money, our resources, beauty, women, our values and self-esteem.

Life wants to give us love and money! Get out and about now. Talk to people. Take some action on what you want. If you don't know what you want, you probably know what you don't want - withdraw your attention from that. Have some fun. Be kind. With luck (Jupiter) meeting our money (Venus) - buy a lottery ticket. Even if we don't win, we win, because we have stated our desire of greater financial abundance and EASE. Go out with friends. What are the themes of your Leo and Sag houses? The time just after 4:35PM EDT could be especially potent.

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | August 7, 2019 - turning our attention to what we want to expand, confidence, focus, playing by the rules, seeing the gold, seeing what lies between us and the gold, moving forward

The Moon is in powerful Scorpio. She squares Venus at 10:01AM EDT and then the Sun at 1:30PM EDT. This could be tension/frustration around joint resources, someone not feeling seen/heard, who's got the upper hand/the bigger thingamajig.

Half-assed measures won't cut it.

The rest of the lunar day fares much smoother as the Scorpio Moon sextiles a retrograde Saturn at 2:01PM EDT (good for working with authority, handling responsibilities), then trines Neptune at 7:15PM EDT (escape, peace, spirituality, dreaming, healing) and finally sextiles Pluto at 12:52AM EDT.

The big news today is we have the Sun trining Jupiter while inconjunct Saturn. Sun trine Jupiter is very shiny. Confidence, optimism - this is what gives Jupiter his "lucky" reputation. Jupiter is going to station direct on this same degree on Sunday.

The Sun will have moved on, but a super-charged Jupiter will be just getting started!

Turn your attention to what you would like to EXPAND.

There is an opportunity in here somewhere. More gold to be mined. We could be in the middle of the gold mine right now or just beginning to sense its presence OUT THERE. Grab opportunities that come along now with both hands.

The fly in the ointment here (obstacle) is the Sun's inconjunct (rock and a hard place) with sober Saturn. There is an old responsibility that must be lived up to or put to bed, an old limit we need to work with, some kind of shackle we need to figure our way around or credentials we need to obtain before we can claim our bounty.

With the Sun in Leo maybe this is a stop sign to our EGO. Authority/the rules/the guy with the bigger thingamajig saying "not so fast" buddy.

If this is our inner authority ("you are not ready! you are not good enough!") we can hear it out, adjust what needs adjusting and keep moving forward.

Remember the Scorpio Moon is sextiling (opportunity) Saturn!

So we know this limit/stop sign is needed somehow. It can stabilize a situation that has leaned too far in one direction. Maybe it creates focus. Shows us what we need to do next.

This is a day to move ahead with whatever is requiring our confidence and focus (we will have access to BOTH!).

And buy a lottery ticket! Then buy another one tomorrow.

xo all

photo by the talented Natalia Drepina