Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Week of March 23, 2020 - our new normal continues, breakdowns, breaking points and breakthroughs, sensitive to being a human being on this planet, responsibilities toward the group, some financial assistance

Here we go with another BIG week. It will be fast-moving with alot going on!

A MEGA change we didn't have last week - Saturn is in Aquarius now - so all the Cappy planets/energies - Mars, Pallas, Pluto, Jupiter and Pholus PLUS Saturn and Ceres are answering to anything-can-happen Uranus and by virtue of disposition (Uranus in Taurus) also to a resource rich Venus in her home sign of Taurus.

We'll talk about this more in a 2020 post this week and we'll take a look at what is happening in Italy

(Italy had the January Saturn/Pluto conjunction oppose their natal Venus/Saturn conjunction, so that's huge, hopefully Mars getting past Pluto this week will help them - we'll unpack their chart).

With Mars meeting Pluto early in the week expect the fear-mongering/death anxiety/fear-based hoarding to possibly reach a new level and many tempers to reach breaking points.

But keep in mind as ripe as the energy is for breakdowns it is also ripe for cutting edge breakthroughs and the end of the week shows something sliding into place with our relationships, our finances, beauty, our values or resources (all Venusian and with so many energies hitting a "the buck stoops here" deal with Venus, this should give us multiple areas of flow).

So, the week should get better - hang in there.

Note the dates are when aspects are exact, but other than the Moon, we will feel these energies in the days before and after as they build and unwind, too. We'll also flesh out the dates with some dailies, as we move through the week and add in the Moons.

SUNDAY - Mercury sextiles Uranus, Venus sextiles Neptune
MONDAY - Mars conjuncts Pluto
TUESDAY - New Moon in Aries, Sun/Moon square Nodes of Fate
THURSDAY - Sun conjuncts Chiron, Jupiter conjunct Pallas squares Eris (and the Moon)
FRIDAY - Venus (conjunct Moon) trines Jupiter, Pallas and Pluto

SUNDAY - we have Mercury (in Pisces for his third trip over these early Pisces degrees) sextiling Uranus at 4 degrees Taurus. We are talking/communicating/going over information about disruptions to our security/finances/resources. Innovation creates opportunities. We have Venus (home in Taurus) sextiling Neptune - our love is compassionate/our values are spiritual. Art, music, meditation, movies, escaping into our imagination is stabilizing.

Venus in Taurus is about appreciating and valuing what we already own, but Neptune says nothing is real/there is no "own"/there is only one of us here - so maybe there is some kind of middle ground happening here with this. We can take/hold onto what we need without infringing on anyone else. We know when enough is enough/what we need and when to stop pouring water into an already full glass

(or stocking an already overflowing refrigerator).

MONDAY - is a big day with Mars meeting Pallas and mega-energy PLUTO at 24 degrees Capricorn - this is a push of powerful ambition with a focus on authority/career/our goals. This can bring tremendous courage or impulsive destruction. Maybe authority/control on steroids. Courage. Passion. Ambition. Mars is exalted in Capricorn (his youthful/passionate/warrior tendencies most controlled and focused) and can usually act on instinct wisely. With Mars/Pallas here are solid strategies/initiatives/moving ahead with a game plan. Big money initiatives. Actions will feel like life and death and have a "before and after" quality to whatever they bring forth. Productive and transformative movement. Paring down to what is necessary. Mars/Pluto is a "war aspect" and this worldwide disease has given us a common enemy - just what we have always needed to come together, right?!

TUESDAY - we have the Aries Moon meeting the Aries Sun at 4 degrees, giving us this month's NEW MOON and kicking off a new lunar year. The Moon will be conjunct Chiron and Black Moon Lilith. Squaring the Nodes of Fate we are facing a collective karmic "skipped step" through what transpires over the next couple weeks. We have reached another of March's MAJOR pivot points.

See the New Moon post HERE (will link when up tomorrow).

THURSDAY - the Aries Sun conjuncts Chiron - we are sensitive to what it means to be a human being on the planet at this time. A light is shining on old/deep wounds around our ability to be safe and take care of ourselves.

At the same time expansive Jupiter reaches his exact conjunction to wise Pallas (thank God and Goddess for the strategy and wisdom of Pallas in Capricorn right now) and squares disruptive Eris. There is a need to adjust/pivot. We might hope Eris is outnumbered/out-manned here because this "outsider" energetic can really bring out the worst in everyone. Eris doesn't play and shows/demands an absolute life and death (she is set to square Pluto himself three times this year and twice next year) need to bring everyone to the table.

We are all in this together. AND we are all facing this alone, as individuals, too.

FRIDAY - here is the BEST ENERGY of the week - we have a strong Venus, at home in Taurus, trining (brakes off) an abundant and lucky Jupiter, a smart and strategic Pallas and a powerful and transformative Pluto. Financial security. Success. There just has to be something good here!

Note - MONDAY has an almost all-day void Moon (10:51AM EDT through  8:58PM EDT) before she moves into Aries and we make hay toward Tuesday's big New Moon!

Back with the New Moon post and a big picture.

xo all - hang in there everyone!

photo by the talented incredi

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, March 20, 2020 - all day void Moon, a focus on what's most important, serious actions, bold moves, a reason to be optimistic

The Moon goes void at 5:00AM EDT off a square to Venus - this is Aquarius/Taurus, so something like freedom vs security or the group needs vs our personal resources/personal values

(keep in mind all sides/points of view/people must be brought to the table now, so know there will be adjustments needed around these subjects and your personal Aquarius/Taurus house themes).

The Moon is void for the rest of the day.

Time gets stretchy. It's not a time for anything brand new because you will find yourself having to do it all over again later. Stick to routine actions. Don't freak out over whatever comes up today - it will be much ado about nothing.

Mars meets Jupiter tonight and we have Vesta moving into a trine with Saturn.

Mars/Jupiter is BIG action, big energy. We talked about this in the Aries ingress post. Ambitious moves are favored. Confident action. Happening in Capricorn this will be about your Cappy house theme, your career, work in the world, your goals. For the collective this could show up as authoritative actions designed to get current situations under control. This will produce tension/stress as indicated by the Moon/Venus square in Aquarius/Taurus.

At the same time Saturn is trining (brakes off) Vesta in Taurus. The rules/limits will allow us to focus in on what is most important/valuable.

So today is all Cappy and Taurus (solid, grounded earth, steady movement forward) and some untethered and maybe a little numbed out Aquarian air. Just keep in mind that void moon.

Howling at it won't be very effective today ...

*****

Some Covid19 news - when we looked at the China chart for the Saturn/Pluto conjunction and talked about it HERE, we noted the importance of March 20th in China's natal chart:

I wrote - "If we move their chart ahead to March 20th, 2020 when Mars (action, military, impulsivity) meets Jupiter, making something bigger, maybe more explosive - at the HOT degree of 22 Capricorn - they are having their Jupiter return (Jupiter back to where he was at their country's birth) - hopefully that Jupiter return brings them some luck/optimism instead of a possibly abrupt expansion of the problem (!)."

Well, yesterday China announced their first day with no new local infections, so after putting in the hard work/limits - because this is all Cappy - they got the Jupiterian luck and optimism. Since this virus was easiest to see in the China start, and it makes sense that is where it started, this is GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE!

Especially with Mars meeting Jupiter now - our sober actions and working with limits can make us optimistic and LUCKY!

xo all

back with a big picture Saturn into Aquarius post

photo by the talented oO-Rein-Oo

The Spring Equinox | Thursday, March 19, 2020 - a new jumping off point, fueled by home and family, increased action and initiative, no one can sit this one out, big moves by authority, group responsibilities, karma with trauma

The Sun moves into Aries at 11:50PM EDT giving us the Spring Equinox (or Autumn equinox depending on where you live) - start of a NEW astrological year. The life of everything is told in its "seed", so let's look at the Aries ingress chart.

This chart is set for Washington D.C.

I added the asteroid Hygiea to this one (health/hygiene) and then used our usual cast of characters plus the asteroids/celestial bodies we have found to be important in the Moon charts over the past year. I am likely muddying the water with this, but things feel a bit muddy right now anyway, and we all have plenty of soap (I hope).

Let's unpack the chart!

The chart has Scorpio Rising, this is a fixed sign, so this chart is in play for the entire astrological year. A Scorpio first house shows the "death anxiety" we are dealing with and also the death/rebirth "transformation" available to us as we move through the year - think caterpillar to butterfly with this one. The way we merge/purge (maybe we actually will run out of toilet paper - ha!). Scorpio is ruled by Pluto (ancient ruler Mars) and they are both in the second house determined to "transform" us through our financial systems - our money, resources and values and our relationship to what we "own". Answering to Saturn, still in Capricorn (so also that 2nd house) this is a pretty tight little loop. Notice Jupiter in the mix, sandwiched between Mars and Pluto - he can expand challenging issues, but also bring a kind of optimistic confidence and FAITH that makes us lucky.

The Sun is in the 4th house of home, family, mothering/nurturing, our safety/security, home business, family business - here is where our energy is focused. We are fueled by this. This makes sense during this time when so many people are confined at home. Our energy/our heart goes here. The Sun is sextiling Saturn, so authority will bring both increased stability and increased limits/rules. The Sun is squaring the Nodes, so an indicator we are in karmic times, working out skipped steps from old lives/actions.The Sun shows the leadership of the United States, so in the 4th house - which is Cancer's house and born on the 4th of July we are a Cancer country - focusing on the people "staying home" as a primary solution.

We have Chiron (our very old, very deep wounding) exactly conjunct Lilith (our outside energy) in here with us.

Chiron (in Aries and squaring the Nodes) is a BIG player in the collective fear/death anxiety we are all experiencing.

Most of us have very deep soul memories of abandonment, lack of roots, not being able to take care of ourselves, being an outsider, terrifying endings (the 4th house also rules the end of the day).

There is a need to confront these energies. This is all being triggered now. We have postponed this confrontation for lifetimes and now face the impossibility of running away from this stuff. There is nowhere to run. Keep in mind the big picture - we are building a bold new world, the fear that keeps us riveted in place will not be allowed to be part of this new structure.

We have Neptune (Pisces) in the spare bedroom fogging up the place with his funny cigarettes, dissolving our boundaries within the home (we can connect with the other people in our home/and people we reach from our home in more intimate/unguarded ways now) and also offering our home angelic PROTECTION - a direct pipeline to God/your higher self/the universe.

Nessus is on the couch - he was the centaur entrusted to carry Hercules wife (his precious cargo) to safety, even though if we unpack this myth we can see Hercules would have known better than to trust this guy. This, coupled with Sedna's connection to Vesta, in the house holding Hygiea (health) makes me think there is something here about trusting something precious to someone untrustworthy and with Sedna on the descendant (Sedna was done in by something appearing too good to be true and the betrayal of her father), maybe untrustworthy partnerships/others. This speaks of the "danger from outside ourselves/danger from others" this is all bringing up.

The planets are mostly grouped together at the bottom of the chart - our inner world/our family. We are focused on our safety/our security/the root of the matter.

Aries is ruled by Mars who is exactly conjunct Jupiter in Capricorn. Fortune favors the bold here. This is a good representation of the abundance (Jupiter) of caution (Capricorn) we are exercising (Mars) now. It can also represent authority going overboard in their actions - so there could be increased rules/restrictions and enforcement of the larger-than-life rules, maybe even by the military. We are forging ahead - maybe not looking where we are leaping, but still action is focused on security/safety. Mars in Capricorn will have us focused on our careers/our work/our security in the world - this is feeling the squeeze.

Mars is conjunct Pallas - wisdom, recognizing patterns, making smart and strategic moves in battle. Personally, we need to be thinking about our smartest move right now. What would warrior Pallas do?

Mercury (our thinking, communications, ideas) is in foggy, and also imaginative, Pisces, and making his way toward his third conjunction with Pisces ruler Neptune. So, at the time of this chart and remember this is the "seed" of the New Year and the next twelve months - we are moving toward new ideas/new information - not all of which can be trusted as facts, of course, because this is Pisces, but the good news is increased clarity is coming. There is also protection with that strong Neptune in his home sign.

We are actually prepared, from lifetimes of chaos, for exactly this moment, even if we feel totally unprepared. Part of us KNOWS THIS and can be accessed when we need it.

The Moon is in detached, group-focused and forward leaning Aquarius and moving toward Ceres who was a HUGE player in the January charts that launched this time period - she rules season of life issues, things outside our control, mothering, the Planet Earth. The Moon in Aquarius in this "seed" chart tells us we can step back, see the bigger picture. The Moon in a mundane chart represents the people - in Aquarius emotions can get a bit numbed out, but again Aquarius is a trauma signature, so we are dealing with karma here. The Moon in the third house will have us focused on our local environment/community, education/teaching/learning, on communications, the movement of ideas, how we are getting from one place to another.

And of course, we have that pile-up of planets in Cappy in the DC second house of money/resources/values driving the train. But we can see Capricorn and thereby Saturn (our leadership) doesn't actually rule any of the houses in this chart which makes me think the leaders don't really know what they are doing right now. We see Pholus (the cork out of bottle centaur) is in this Jupiter ruled house and we can see the media's (ruled by Jupiter) 'the sky is falling' spin pushing everything with our money/resources. Pholus is exactly conjunct the South Node - showing us the fast change in our reality has a strong connection to the past/what we need to release/our karma.

Saturn is at the very powerful end of Cappy and making his move into Aquarius. We are moving toward greater personal responsibility (Saturn) for the group (Aquarius) as well as increased governmental responsibility - at least in terms of that second house finances/resources - for the people. Social (Aquarius) rules (Saturn). Karma (Saturn) with trauma (Aquarius). BUT in this chart Saturn is still strong in Capricorn (the deaths from the virus will likely continue to be predominately old people - Saturn/Capricorn). He has crossed Pluto - this happened back in January (the date the first death from the corona virus was reported to the WHO), so that was when "time ran out", the death/the mess could no longer be postponed/needed to be cleaned up.

Asteroid Hygiea (health) is in the 7th house (other people, balance) in the ingress chart and we still have Juno in Libra (all alone so we know this is important) - there is a focus on our relationships here - and our country's relationship with other countries - and with Hygiea in fast-moving Gemini (virus spreading quickly) and answering to Mercury (ruler of our health since he rules Virgo) in Pisces, the Mercury in Pisces storyline is important to what is happening with the virus story - although the chart story quickly moves to a focus on the money/authority/financial aspects with Mars in Capricorn.

Let's bottom line this baby a bit.

The Aries ingress (Sun into Aries) is a day when the hours of light and dark are balanced. Aries opposes Libra, so whatever is not in balance will require more Aries. Increased passion, action, initiative.

We start a NEW CHAPTER fueled by our home/family/security. Very old woundings around other times we were not safe (our early life, our other lives/our ancestor's lives) are being strongly triggered - this will be different for everyone, so let's be gentle with each other. We don't know other people's old chapters and dust covered volumes.

BIG moves (by authority, by us stepping into our responsibilities for the group and as our karma with trauma plays itself out) are coming in this chapter.

With Mars exactly conjunct Jupiter - they will come right now it seems!

Some actions will likely be overblown, but confidence/courage/faith IS needed and 'over-doing' often comes along for the ride with this. With Mars in that 2nd house (of the United States chart) financial matters/our values are driving the train.

The chart speaks to me that Mercury's journey through Pisces will have alot to do with the spreading of the virus itself (Hygiea in Gemini/Neptune in Pisces) in the United States. So, we get a big turning point now and over the next few days, then Mercury will start covering new ground in Pisces on March 29th, so we will have another big turning point at the end of the month. Then we have Jupiter meeting Pluto (first of three) on April 4th - another turning point. And then Mercury moves into Aries on April 11th, another turning point. And in May, the Nodes change, which will be very important.

We can't really look too far ahead. I am sorry there are not real answers here about time frames, etc.  The next few days are uber powerful and likely stressful, we talked about them HERE.

Take care of yourself. If the news stresses you out, turn it off.

It is good news we get an Aries ingress chart right now, even if it is a challenging chart. This will strengthen our physical bodies and we will all feel more energized and ready for action!

Back with a big-picture post and some things we can do as we move through this ....
Keep in mind we are witnessing the final machinations of Saturn in Capricorn waking us up so we can build a new and better world that serves everyone and eases the burden on the planet! Allow the Aquarius Moon to provide you with a little space to detach emotionally from what is happening and don't look too far ahead. There are many, many opportunities for personal and collective situations to pivot in the coming days, weeks and months ahead - CHANGE IS COMING!

xo all

Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - the greater good, a tightening of the rules, the stage is set, doing the hard thing, together in our aloneness

This could be an emotionally intense day as the Moon crosses over the Cappy planets, (with Saturn at the powerful 29th degree), moves into her dark balsamic phase and pulls us toward a couple of the most cray-cray days of the year.

Please, keep in mind Mercury is in Pisces and has been for weeks and weeks - we can't possibly know the truth right now and can't sit in front of CNN and believe everything we are seeing/hearing and freak ourselves out.

Where I live here in New Jersey the news is all over a story of a five year old girl with the corona-virus. You have to dig very deep into the story to find out she was only tested because her dad works in an area with a rising number of cases (cases of the virus, not deaths from the virus and keep in mind if there are zero deaths and then there is one death the news will report this as 'dramatically rising death rates' which will be, yes #true, and, also yes, #not true). Anyway, because of where her dad works he was tested and he tested positive, so they tested his wife and child and they are positive. They are quarantined to their home which would indicate their symptoms are either minor or they have none. Yet all most people are hearing is "5 year old girl" "corona-virus" and freaking out, accepting an 8PM curfew (greater good off the charts with this Cappy to Aquarius transition period) and the closing of parks, etc. With Mercury in Pisces - we are feeling the information instead of processing it like we normally would. With Mars and the South Node back where they haven't been since September 11, 2001, we are in a perfect storm situation for our personal liberties to slip quietly away, actually they won't slip away, we will just toss them at "authority", so they can decide what is best for us as we march in formation - "safety at all costs" - toward a "greater good" brand new world.

Yes, we have to be cautious with our personal safety and think about the safety of other people, but this virus is going to lose its front-page status eventually,

keep in mind what happened when this energetic was launched in mid-January (Trump's impeachment, Iran, your own life) - things happening to scare the sh*t out of us and then the thing disappearing, not exacting ending, because it might need to be pulled back out later to scare the sh*t out of us again. And I am not saying this as some kind of conspiracy theorist - things are just not going to be settled with these energies, so likely even when this virus is put to bed, there will be some sloppy corners that are not quite tucked in.

OK, enough rant - let's look at today's Moon. She will pass over Mars and Jupiter while we sleep - this launches the impetus for BIG ACTION, the need to get something UNDER CONTROL. At 10:53AM EDT the Cappy Moon meets up with Pluto - power, transformation, purging. Then she sextiles the Pisces Sun at the very end of Pisces - so maybe something is going to feel like the end of the world/end of the line here - KEEP IN MIND - yes, with that mind that is frying on the sidewalk like an over-easy egg - IT'S NOT.

Cappy/Pisces sextiles are opportunities for limits/rules/solid structures that kind of corral Pisces limitlessness. This can be a good thing. But keep in mind that cold Cappy Moon's need to control the situation/put a line in the sand can pull us into some dark waters.

Finally, she goes void at 8:47PM EDT off a conjunction to big-daddy Saturn. We harden our hearts. We do as we are told. We do what we have to do. Oh my.

After a short void she moves into Aquarius (9:16PM EDT) - we step back a little bit. We think about the future. Maybe we feel good because someone/or us has drawn that line in the sand or maybe we are feeling more restricted/more nervous.

At the same time we have the Sun approaching the Aries point (tomorrow) so our collective attention will all be on the same thing and the Sun will sextile Saturn, so more of the established power bailing itself out I would imagine.

For now - get what is within your control to control under control. You will feel better if you do.

Then let the rest go.

There are bigger hands than ours steering this ship. There is a reason Neptune is in Pisces from 2012-2025 - there is good here, there is behind the scenes help - there is always behind the scenes help.

If the good energies are letting the bad energies think they are winning, there is a reason for this we have to trust - and I don't mean to classify the energies as good or bad, because they are not, but from a human perspective at this time in our history I think you can know what I mean.

There are twists and turns ahead and moves to be made the bad guys won't see coming. The long game is the only game in town and the good news is this is the one game we can win.

We all win the long one.

Hang in there. We are transforming a toxic culture and it's all hands on deck time. At least ours are washed, some might even say scoured these days, and ready for use!

xo all

another photo by the amazing oprisco