Weekend Astrology Forecast | Saturday, June 13, 2020 - Sunday, June 14, 2020 - Mars/Neptune start a new chapter, merging our actions with what the world needs, a wet spark is better than no spark, watch your boundaries

We are between Eclipses (next Eclipse June 20th/21st), between powerful outer planet transits - January 2020's Saturn/Pluto conjunction and December 2020's Jupiter/Saturn conjunction, and throughout the year dealing with the powerful three-peat of Jupiter/Pluto (next up June 30th). Any of these would be BIG and having everything happening at once is earth/life-changing, hence our troubled minds and nervous bellies.

I didn't get a post up yesterday, but we had an overload of Pisces/Neptune -  the Moon (in Pisces) trined Mercury in the morning and met up with first Mars and then Neptune last night. That was a whole lot of water/emotion and this continues into Saturday.

For many of us this could be way too much Neptune/Pisces for our mental health at this point.

We may need to find some solid ground here. Maybe physical work/activity. And give Neptune his due with some time spent with art, music, in water, extra sleep, relaxation, meditation, prayer. Use both. Balance.

Our intuition will be high now (unless we are clouding everything up with addictive substances like sugar) - movements/actions where we come from a HIGHER PLACE are supported - ie forgiveness, compassion, making art, making music, making space for something bigger/connecting to come into your life, making amends, wanting to do the right thing because it is the right thing and not needing credit, reaching toward God/our higher self/our ancestors.

Doing stuff out of guilt, playing a victim/martyr, self-sabotaging addictive behaviors, disappearing/hiding escapist actions - this is the stuff that will blow us off course in these drifting waters because this stuff is supported too, in the sense there is nothing here to stop us, and I know it's the weekend and some steam must be blown off - just use some common sense when navigating all this.

Mars meets Neptune every couple years and ends/kicks off a cycle - so what do you want to do with this? How can we merge our actions/what we do to get what we want with something greater than ourselves/with what the world needs/with what we came here to do? With our Pisces natal house theme?

We talked about Saturday and Sunday in the weekly:

"SATURDAY - Now, we're at the Quarter Square Moon already - Sun in Gemini, Moon in Pisces.

This is the pressure point in between last week's Lunar Eclipse and next week's Solar Eclipse. Maybe we are rethinking information/decisions. Things will not be so cut and dried/black and white now. Questions will just produce more questions. There won't be just one way forward/one answer that will fix everything. With Pisces, sometimes we have to just let go and trust bigger hands than ours are steering this ship.

This is also the day Mars, making his way through foggy Pisces, catches up with Pisces ruler Neptune.

Mars (from Sagittarius) squared Neptune back at the end of January. Something here might connect back to then.

Maybe we are taking action on our dreams. Men (Mars) could be transcending (Neptune) what it means to be masculine - this is the potential for some spiritual warrior high vibe stuff to be happening.  

We might need to turn the other cheek/fall on our sword. 

Sometimes when Mars meets Neptune our actions just kind of dissolve into nothing.

Or we might kind of float into a situation that is dis-empowering. We are diluted by foggy thinking, indecision, our escapist tendencies. We could be self-sabotaging, self-sacrificing. The victim. With Mars in Pisces we can't push, but the Sun's in fast moving Gemini, so we can't move like a slug either.

What house does Pisces rule in your natal chart? What is the 'theme' of that house?

Keep in mind this is a space where your boat is not so tightly anchored to the dock anyway/where it has always paid for you to go with the flow. Now here comes fiery Mars (although he feels a bit exhausted to me) to help you reach for higher ground. Tippy toes. Fingers toward the skies.

Mars may be tired (and a little wet), but he's always got his spark.

And a spark will get us farther than no spark.

Just keep your personal boundaries and prioritize your mental health with this.

And SUNDAY - The Sun in Gemini is semi-squaring Uranus and inconjunct Pluto.

So, we are alerted to some potential future problem as we move the conversation/our ideas (for some people this could be about a local community or sibling or transportation situation) toward something new and maybe liberating and at the same time we have this rock and hard place with a retrograde Pluto - so trouble with authority/power. Maybe someone else is trying to manipulate/put us in our place through information/words. Maybe our choices/decisions are blocked by someone/something more powerful. Pluto always creates the feeling of life and death, so this could be stressful. Try to keep a lid on any words/conversations that might be too far out there and could kick you in the ass later. Be willing to adjust."

Go with the flow, but don't let yourself get lost at sea. You still have that compass your grandpa gave you for third grade Girl Scouts for a reason. Venus is retrograde - we don't even know what we want yet, let alone know what actions to take to get it/get there. Mars in Pisces can't push without just floating away from his intended course, so, of course results that come in now will be hard to pin down. There is right timing with all of this that we just can't see yet. Have faith.

Back with the Saturday Night Mystery - looking at the Madeleine McCann case (recently back in the news), and, also looking at its connections to another case - a missing little girl named Inga in Germany.


xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, June 11, 2020 - confusion, what we used to love, feeling our way through this, healing conversations, what do we value now, a need to rest and recharge

The Moon is in mystical/magical "I need a nap" Pisces now, turning our focus to less practical pursuits - artistic, spiritual, compassionate/charitable, endings, healing, the past, rest. She will square a retrograde Venus at 10:34PM EDT (avoid things like constructive criticism, passive/aggressive language) and then, if you are still awake, change things up when she sextiles Uranus at 11:20PM EDT.

The big news today, with themes that echo, as important themes often do - we have the Sun squaring Neptune (Gemini/Pisces, 20 degrees) and Venus sextiling Chiron (Gemini/Aries, 9 degrees).

Sun/Neptune can be exhausting, especially if we have been busy/dealing with information over-load. Neptune is like the Sun is seeing through water - so nothing is clear and crisp. Information can be uncertain. This is not the best energy to make a clear-headed decision. Squares are tension/frustration - the necessary kind that causes the energies to wrestle and shift.

Keep an open mind if you are espousing magic to muggles or the nitty-gritty details of something to wizards. And this could be happening inside us - some right-brain/left-brain fighting or fatigue.

The good news, Venus (retrograde) is making her second healing sextile (opportunity) to Chiron.

This is a repeating aspect and Venus is at her second pass here (two of three), so, we are going back to something from mid-April for another look/feel. Maybe we are talking/thinking again about a Venusian issue - love, our money, our resources, our values, beauty, women/a woman, or our self-esteem.

The stuff we are still corded to from the past is pulled back into our life via a conversation/situation/interaction.

Maybe we are reconciling with someone/something we used to care about or maybe an idea from the past resurfaces now to see if it can catch our attention/our heart through better timing.

Just keep in mind tonight's lunar square and keep any conversations/communications light and loving. Venus in Gemini is not looking for a deep commitment now, and we have one more pass at this left in mid-July.

Also keep in mind, with Sun/Neptune there aren't any flashing green lights (well, there could be, but we probably can't see them clearly either) - we can't see how this will all work out/or maybe how to make it all work out, but we know (!) any delays will only prove helpful.

Like fog or heavy rain on a road trip that requires the stop at a diner for a cup of coffee and then we miss the ten car pile-up.

The ways through a Neptune square are - forgiveness, compassion, time/patience (the way water erodes rock), going with the flow, letting go, waiting things out/rest, creative outlets, art, music, meditation, prayer (God, our muses, our ancestors, our past life superpowers are standing by).

Neptune may make facts and details confusing now, but our intuition/creativity is operating at a level something like Superman's x-ray vision. On the other hand, if we are just feeling the wipe-out part of Neptune, and not so much the inspiration - the healing will come through rest and letting things go now. Hydrate. Get in or near water.

Either way, let's be kind to ourselves and each other. We really are all in this together.



xo all

photo by the talented GretaTu

Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - liberating words, brainstorms and hare-brained ideas, everyone gets a seat at the table, twists and turns, all day void moon

Get it done early!

The Moon, in freedom-loving and unconventional Aquarius goes void at 10:35AM EDT off a trine to the Sun - our monthly Waning Trine, this month Aquarius/Gemini.

This speaks of moving forward/into the future with an open mind and by allowing all voices to be heard. It's a time for liberating language and surprising connections. As long as we don't expect ideas/communication/the information to be settled just yet, and understand this is part of a process, headway can be made now.

Think both brainstorms and hare-brained ideas here. No one can tell which-is-which right now, so everything/everyone gets a VOICE.

Just keep your words thoughtful/intellectual. Focused on facts/ideas and not emotions. Keep it short and sweet - well, it doesn't have to be sweet - but know attention spans will be short. It's a time to share new concepts and objectives (out-of-the-box stuff), voice your opinion AND allow other people to voice theirs. Skip that final part and you'll have a real mess to clean up later.

Keep in mind yesterday's admonition about the baby and the bathwater and don't allow yourself to speak in a way that derides the people you don't agree with or who don't agree with you.

After talking to the Sun, the Moon will be void ALL DAY, so stick to routine matters and don't launch anything into the world you want "something to come of". Do the stuff you do over and over anyway or work with something that already exists for best results and you will find the void most stretchy and productive. No impulsive purchases. Roll with any twists and turns since nothing will come of them either.

We are in the Eclipse spin cycle and it's a long one this month - stay flexible. Seek variety. And smart, unusual company.


xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Tuesday, June 9, 2020 - roll with any unexpected changes, seeing the benefit in any crisis, giving both the wise old general and the smart newbie their due, nourished through change and being ourselves

 
Our Moon moved into Aquarius last night wanting to focus on groups, causes, friendships, internet situations, change, liberation, the goals that bring us into connection with other people, being ourselves - we get a little more detached from our feelings/are able to take a step back and see emotional situations from a little more distance.

This a good day to do something DIFFERENT.

Interact with different people. Think about different ways to make money/use our resources.

The Moon will square Uranus at 1:29PM EDT bringing something unexpected/disruptive (maybe involving money, women, our values, resources, self-esteem, purchases), but it should all settle down smoothly/quickly, or maybe we'll see the benefit in the change/crisis turned opportunity here - as she moves on to a nice trine to a retrograde Venus at 3:14PM EDT. 

If we have something we don't want to do today, we really won't want to do it now! The Aquarius Moon can help us disconnect from the things we are not really that attracted to and that trine to Venus help us move toward what we are.

In the meantime, Pallas, recently retrograded back into Capricorn is inconjunct the North Node in Gemini at 29 degrees. Old strategies, ways of seeing the world are not going to work right now. They don't allow us to 'do our Gemini' - stay small/flexible, talk, think, listen, have a lively conversation, do the multiple things at the same time Gemini demands of us. The old rules and limits need to be adjusted. AND the new words/thinking needs to take into consideration the old rules/limits. A give and take is required to get anywhere, and, yes, no one is going to feel like they get exactly what they want, but this should be small and flexible adjustments, not some big thing.

Don't toss the baby out with the bathwater (babies don't like that so much and you'll probably toss your back out, too).

With Pallas here, we can think like a general, plan two moves ahead, but Cappy can also get us too focused on what isn't working or the dragons around the next bend (which may or may not even be there by the time we get there). The Gemini North Node just wants to move and explore different things - focused on the facts as we know them, yes, but not so deeply focused that we take too long for the small, fast moves and lane changes Gemini is requiring of us.

We are coming down from that Full Moon in Sag square Neptune/Mars so we may have thought something was going to be better/bigger than it was.

Just make the small adjustments between the old/safe and the variety. Give Saturn, ruler of Capricorn (the old devil) his due, as the reality checks happen, but keep an eye/attention on those new opportunities - that variety - that we need to stay sane and involved as we move through this time.

Does that make sense?


xo all

photo by the talented Rose Onyxis