New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer | June 20th -21st, 2020 - where do we belong, where is home now, social restlessness, beginnings and endings, starting something that will last if we can get through the problematic beginning

On June 21, 2020 at 2:41AM EDT - the Cancer Moon meets the Cancer Sun at 0 degrees giving us this month's New Moon, happening so close to the Moon's Nodes and on an Aries point gives us a collectively focused Annular Solar Eclipse. Happening on the Summer (or Winter for those down under) Solstice gives us an even more powerful new beginning!

So we've got a beginning, an end and a beginning again all at one time. 

Maybe the question, first asked by some smart chicken somewhere probably not in any hurry to cross the road - can we peck our way out of our crumbling structure or is someone going to have to crack us on the griddle? 

If we need to stop doing what we have been doing, then let's go ahead and stop. If we need to begin something new, here is a space for a fresh start. Trust it and by "it" I mean yourself. 

We can't just call this a New Moon because it may as well be a new world. Keep in mind in Cancer what begins might begin very personally/in secret/in private/within the family/within our shell.

But it's surely the start of something and also the ending.

The Moon/Sun are again aspecting asteroid Hygie (our health practices/hygiene - our focus still here) and we have an exact inconjunct to a retrograde Saturn who has just backed into 0 degrees Aquarius on his return visit to Capricorn. Cancer's ruler is the Moon, so this is HER lunation. Mercury is retrograde in Cancer, answering to the Moon and Venus is retrograde in Gemini answering to Mercury who's answering to the Moon.

Have I said this is going to be emotional? This is going to be emotional.

Cancer New Moons - and this one is powered up by its position at 0 degrees, the Solar Eclipse AND the Solstice - are about collective Cancer themes

(so, this theme is applicable to all of us both individually and collectively and then the theme of our personal natal Cancer house will come into play, too - see the themes by sign below).

So, what are we being asked to begin?

Cancer rules home, family, our roots, mother, mothering, our ancestry, real estate, country, patriotism, home business, family business, our need for safety and security, our moods and emotions, the root of the matter, what is home, where do we belong, who are our family

and because Cancer opposes Capricorn where we do what we have to do and push ourselves through no matter what, it also rules the care we take of our physical body (so make it a rule now to take as excellent care of yourself as you are able), the way we feed ourselves/nurture ourselves and others and the wee beginnings of things that we sometimes rush through on our way to the top of that mountain (or bottom of that pile of "things to do") - somewhere in here is where we get the new beginning (or two),  

and, because, remember a Solar Eclipse is the eclipsing of the Sun (our life-force) - the beginning can come through a powerful ending (if something/someone is leaving, it is already gone - keep this in mind). Sometimes a masculine energy/father figure leaves.

With a retrograde Saturn inconjunct (there is some old and frustrating incompatibility with this new start) the New Moon will have to have patience and make adjustments to rules and limits. Maybe maintain a stiff upper lip at times because unless we are an actual blubbering baby we probably don't want to behave as one.

Let's look at some potential themes by sign.

I was going to write a different kind of post, but fractured my foot jumping off a swing and THEN not wearing the boot at the moment I most needed it, fell down the stairs, hurting, what feels like it just might be, everything else. The good news, I don't notice the pain from the fractured foot anymore (textbook Mars/Pisces and my natal Mars is in Leo, so some fiery - sometimes rash - action on my part always setting off an injury when I do have one - ugh).

Anyhoo - let's look at this by sign for some potentials to think about.

Please remember "by sign" is kind of a guideline. We are all under the energetic of the Aries themes - because Aries rising, Aries in his natural 1st house - in a whole sign house system (which I don't use for personal charts, but I must use for these kind of mundane forecasts) is a collective theme.

Sometimes we find the theme of our Sun sign - regardless of house - at play and other times our Rising sign (sign on the cusp of our first house) theme fits better. Of course, just because you are a Taurus rising, doesn't always mean you have Cancer ruling your 3rd house, etc, so if you know the actual house check that first and you might have to feel your way through this.

Depending on your individual chart (if you have planets or points near 0 degrees of the cardinal signs this will be stronger for you) you may feel this Eclipse to a greater or lesser degree, but all of us get eclipsed.

The energy we carry for the collective - the energetic lineup when we drew our first breath - shifts.

We change and then we attract changing circumstances - and because there is no time and eclipses somehow work backwards, too - these changing circumstances can precede the actual eclipse!

ARIES/Aries Rising - (Cancer 4th house/Aquarius 11th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 4th house of home, family, your roots, mother, mothering, your ancestry, real estate or a home business, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct from your 11th house of your friendships, groups, causes, the internet, the public, the goals that bring you into relationship with other people, your advancement, technology, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

TAURUS/Taurus Rising (Cancer 3rd house/Aquarius 10th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 3rd house of communication, information, ideas, writing, siblings, transportation or your local neighborhood, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct from your 10th house of your career, your calling, your achievements, your achievement goals, dad, business, authority, responsibility, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

GEMINI/Gemini Rising (Cancer 2nd house/Aquarius 9th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 2nd house of your money, your values, your resources and self-esteem, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct from your 9th house of travel, higher education, weddings, politics, legal issues, the media, publishing, foreigners, everything outside your comfort zone, exploration, your beliefs and higher thinking, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

CANCER/Cancer Rising (Cancer 1st house/Aquarius 8th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 1st house of yourself, so a new chapter is kicking off for you. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct this from your 8th house of other people's resources, other people's values, intimacy, other people's money, spouse's income, loans, debts, taxes, inheritance, sex, reproduction, the resources you share with other people, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

LEO/Leo Rising (Cancer 12th house, Aquarius 7th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 12th house of what is hidden or put away or done behind the scenes, secrets, the ethereal realms, imagination, hospitals, spirituality, addiction, healing, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct this from your 7th house of your relationships so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

VIRGO/Virgo Rising (Cancer 11th house, Aquarius 6th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 11th house of your friendships, groups, causes, the internet, the public, the goals that bring you into relationship with other people, your advancement, technology, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct this from your 6th house of your day-to-day activities, your routine, work, co-workers, pets and your health, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

LIBRA/Libra Rising (Cancer 10th house, Aquarius 5th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 10th house of your career, your calling, your achievements, your achievement goals, dad, business, authority, responsibility, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct this from your 5th house of creative projects, your self-expression, what you give birth to, children, romance and recreation, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

SCORPIO/Scorpio Rising (Cancer 9th house, Aquarius 4th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 9th house of travel, higher education, weddings, politics, legal issues, the media, publishing, foreigners, everything outside your comfort zone, exploration, your beliefs and higher thinking, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn from your 4th house of home, family, your roots, mother, mothering, your ancestry, real estate or a home business, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

SAGITTARIUS/Sag Rising (Cancer 8th house, Aquarius 3rd house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 8th house of other people's resources, other people's values, intimacy, other people's money, spouse's income, loans, debts, taxes, death, inheritance, sex, reproduction, the resources you share with other people, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct from your 3rd house of communication, information, ideas, writing, siblings, transportation or your local neighborhood, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

CAPRICORN/Capricorn Rising (Cancer 7th house, Aquarius 2nd house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 7th house of partners and partnerships so something here is BEGINNING/new. Saturn is inconjunct from your 2nd house of your money, your values, your resources and self-esteem, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

AQUARIUS/Aquarius Rising (Cancer 6th house, Capricorn 12th house) daily activities, your routine, work, co-workers, pets and your health, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct from your 1st house of yourself, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

PISCES/Pisces Rising (Cancer 5th house, Aquarius 12th house) the Sun and Moon are meeting in your 5th house of creative projects, your self-expression, what you give birth to, children, romance and recreation, so something here is BEGINNING/new. A retrograde Saturn is inconjunct from your 12th house of what is hidden or put away or done behind the scenes, secrets, the ethereal realms, imagination, hospitals, spirituality, addiction, healing, so something here - and this part won't be a new thing - is frustrating/incompatible and somehow must be integrated with the fresh start.

There is also a wide square to Mars, that we discount at our own peril because keep in mind Mars is uber uncomfortable in Pisces and rushing to get home to Aries (June 27th) for the REST OF THE YEAR. He is going to square this Eclipse point as he enters Aries and THAT might be when we see/feel the ramifications of THIS or when something gets moving.

So, factor that in to the above "by signs" - the action coming through your natal Aries house!

This Eclipse is hitting the United States Venus/Jupiter conjunction, so this might not be pretty for us (finances/expansion and ruling (through Venus) 6th house health/work, 10th house worldly reputation/career and (through Jupiter) the 1st house of the country itself/our spirit - but keep in mind Eclipses also work backward and we can see the virus forcing a focus on safety/home (also continue to keep your pantry stocked), financial and health challenges and the government restrictions that can be at the same time frustrating and also inadequate and with this stuff being emphasized at the Solstice this is going to continue to have a lasting impact. With Mercury nearby this also means we can't believe everything we read in the news/media - but we know this already. The square from Mars; the protests that seemed to come out of nowhere, but have been brewing for centuries - and are, yes, going to be more lasting and effective in provoking change/newness.

Big news and events coming next week.

There are multiple "war" aspects now, and we had a similar Eclipse the summer before 9/11 - but let's hope the "war" is the war on this virus and the protests war on police brutality and second class citizenship and not an actual "war" as it has historically been born out. Trump's natal Mercury (which squares his delusional, but also psychic Neptune) is in the line of fire here, so it's anyone's guess what he could say now. Hopefully he is taking care of his health/safety.

If you find yourself getting lost in all of this, keep in mind always our North Node in Gemini now - we talked about it HERE (Part I and Part II are both in this post).


xo all

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, June 19, 2020 - needing peace and beauty, a light shines on the road ahead, a short primer on these collective Pluto transits, 3D to 5D

The Moon in communicative/multi-tasking Gemini now - reporting to a retrograde Mercury - met up with a retrograde Venus at 4:39AM EDT. Moon/Venus (even in curious and easily stimulated Gemini) could favor us with some emotional harmony, artistic sensitivity - we need love, security, peace, beauty, women. Affirmations can be particularly potent now. We could be talking/thinking about the past and the future.

The Moon cruises through the rest of the day (tomorrow she will hit squares to Neptune and Mars) and the Mars/Pluto sextile from yesterday is still in play, especially this morning - so use that to get things done.

The Sun meets the North Node (29 degrees Gemini). We talked about this in the weekly:

"Now a light (Sun) is thrown on our best path forward (North Node).  

It could be a bright spotlight we can't miss or maybe it's a tiny flicker that catches our eye and pulls us over to investigate a new direction. We might receive some confirmation we are on the right path or a gentle shove (or maybe not so gentle with the Solstice and Eclipse this week) in a new direction if we aren't. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, who has just stationed retrograde, so this could be something from the past or with a connection to the past. Get out and about. Talk to other people. They want to say yes."

Keep in mind this is happening opposite the Galactic Center - our homing signal, magnifying its significance. In Gemini - the other side of a situation/person could be exposed under the Sun's bright light. Maybe our thinking shifts. A decision might be made now that we can only see the significance of later. 

For some people, Gemini situations show up through the local community, transportation or technology situations and siblings. 

I wanted to get a big picture up, but still need to write a Solstice/Eclipse post for the weekend, so will just say this.

The planet (Age of Aquarius) has moved from 3D consciousness to 5D consciousness. The January Saturn/Pluto conjunction (which included Mercury and Ceres) was like a shut off point after the 2012 activation that was itself a kind of shut off point after the Harmonic Convergence.

Time ran out. Cords were cut. It used to be easier to stay in our old/unresolved stories because we were corded to them. Now, all the stuff that can't exist in 5D is being purged. It actually doesn't even exist anymore, but in another sense, because we are still imagining it there, it does.

This is manifesting as a collective Pluto transit and if you have ever had a Pluto transit/an awakening you will know it happens in stages - now, I don't mean to generalize because not all people get all stages, but in general it goes something like this -

sometimes, not always, there is a catalyzing event (ie break-up, job loss, illness, death, etc and obviously not everyone who has this happen is having a Pluto transit), then a brief period of euphoria/happiness/power surge usually lasting a couple/few days - cords cut/lightness. Then the dark night of the soul stage - this is kind of an emptying. Sometimes a humbling. Some will feel this as depression. Then a stage of 'void' where we aren't connected to the old world anymore, but the new world hasn't started.

The dark night/void stages can last a few months to a couple years depending on whether Pluto is retrograding over the point in our chart he is activating

(I had a one pass Pluto transit over my Venus which is on the Galactic Center and though challenging it was still much harder to have the three-pass over my Mercury that lasted over two years and is just completing).

This is followed by a kind of reality/grounding and then finally a reintegration into a new/transformed life.

This is how we wake up and it's also how we die. So a Pluto transit is basically what happens when we die, except we don't actually die.

Now we have these transits personally based on our natal charts (ie our blueprints) and we have these transits collectively, too - the Saturn/Pluto was a one pass transit (thank God!), so all this stuff was sped up and we are all in various places in our lives dealing with its fallout.

We also have, and are in the middle of, a three-peat Pluto transit which is Jupiter/Pluto, so the reason it feels like multiple things are happening is because, YES, multiple things are happening. We had the first pass of Jupiter/Pluto in April and we have the second pass at the end of this month and the final pass the end of the year. We could look at the three passes as - devastation, the void and grounding/rebirth. Collectively, things get more complicated because we are dealing with many other shifts at the same time.

But the real backstory here is a shift from 3D (Age of Pisces, life on planet Earth followed by afterlife followed by life on planet Earth) to 5D (Age of Aquarius - which might relate somehow to 5G to people still living in 3D, but it's hard to see this yet) for the planet.

Now, some souls are choosing to stay in 3D and keep playing this game for a while longer and some are 'waking up' in 5D (a new game, I guess), so how this split is going to actually work no one knows!

We can't see what's around the corner because we 'see' what we think we are going to see and that won't work with this shift. We don't get to know our next step. We'll know our next step when we are taking it. Sounds confusing, right? Yes. That's why there are no easy answers/fixes right now to our 3D problems. I hope this is making some kind of sense.

And obviously I could be totally wrong here because we can't really know. And I may be crazy, but not crazy enough to say that I do!

Maybe this increased polarization is us leaning into our authentic/individuated selves - we agree with each other here/we disagree with each other there - and of course, the rising energies for an age of equality (not patriarchal or matriarchal) - which whether this will be a utopia or dystopia or maybe something in between, is still being decided based on our choices/actions/beliefs as we move through this.

We will talk more about this in a bigger post.

Let's get through this next Eclipse.

In the meantime, for today, there is that lovely Moon/Venus - we have to appreciate all the lovely now - and the Sun/North Node - an opportunity to see/think/decide a bit ahead, so pay attention.

Back with the Eclipse post.


xo all


photo by the amazing thefirebomb

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, June 18, 2020 - not trying too hard, going with the flow, taking intuitive action, clarification, empowerment, in between eclipses and in the dark of the moon

The Moon, exalted in comfort-loving Taurus, trines a retrograde Pluto at 6:00AM EDT and then goes void off a trine to a retrograde Jupiter at 8:05AM EDT. She will be void until 5:00PM EDT when she moves into Gemini, and then trines a retrograde Saturn at 6:34PM EDT.

Although void most of the day and in her balsamic phase, in Taurus, the sign of her exaltation, she continues to perform. 

Just keep efforts focused on things started before Mercury started walking his/her shadow degrees (June 1st) because while we slept EDT, Mercury (communication, ideas, thinking, fast moving gizmos, transportation, siblings, our local neighborhood) stationed retrograde at 14 degrees Cancer.

She/he will be sitting on this degree for the rest of the week - so prepare for more gears to shift, things to slow down/get more intense maybe. A sitting Mercury can be very dangerous. Drive safely. Keep a cool head.

With Mercury in Cancer - we will be re-vising, re-doing, re-viewing, situations related to our natal Cancer house theme and the collective themes of home, family, mother, mothering, real estate, renovation, our security, safety, history, ancestry, patriotism, early-early childhood, how and where we belong. There are also themes here about appreciating the wee beginnings of things, the times and spaces in between, the times we "don't know what is ahead", also taking care of our physical bodies. Cancer naturally rules the 4th house of where we begin and where we end up.

From the weekly:

"With many re-strictions lifting, people will be re-connecting with family members they haven't seen in a while. We could find familial dynamics have shifted over the past few months. They say you can't go home again (astrology says we ALWAYS go home again - of course, we won't be the same people when we get there) - maybe this transit is when we find out.

This retrograde will also be about our roots and security/what we need to feel safe. "Re"thinking where we come from/how and if we belong where we are.

As always with Mercury retrograde - expect delays, mechanical glitches, over reactions when things go wrong. People and situations from the past can re-appear. It's a good time to read the fine print. Twice. And double check that email before hitting "send"."

Use clear language - we need to be doubly sure people are understanding what we are saying (with this prolonged period of Mercury in Cancer, they will surely be feeling what we are saying) and that we are understanding other people, because wires get crossed now. In Cancer, emotional wires, too.

I am going to do a post tomorrow with the big picture - this collective Pluto transit/our 5D planet pulling us up along with her - and gather some of this together.

It used to be evolution was slow - one life at a time. We would be born (3D), forgetting what has come before this life, evolve through living, then die (4D), process and repeat. With the Earth in 5D now, everything is happening faster. All the stuff we are holding onto that literally can't/and doesn't exist in 5D makes this process painful. It doesn't have to be painful - but like most Plutonian growth (called the dark night of the soul transit, but it's actually a multi-step process - that is just the step we remember most!) there is often pain and almost always a time of "void" involved.

We are not going crazy (the world isn't either) - we are being collectively humbled - we are WAKING UP! And like chess pieces on a board game, we are exactly where we intended to be when this happens.

OK - back to today, so we have Mercury retrograde now - that means Mercury, Venus (but just for a few more days), Saturn, Jupiter, Pallas and Pluto - are all retrograde. Mars is direct. Uranus is direct. Neptune is direct, but standing still and preparing to station retrograde next week.

Trying to push through our plans/agendas with all this backward pull - would take a "Herculeon effort" unknown even to Hercules.

That said - we have some nice momentum today - despite the Void Moon (because it's in Taurus and had some powerful aspects) and a retrograde/still Mercury - because we have Mars sextiling Pluto. So, we had the Moon trine Pluto and then Mars sextile Pluto. Keep in mind here that Pluto is retrograde, so moving backward, from our view here on Earth, very, very slowly. 

Now, Mars is in Pisces, not his favorite place, but if we can take action in Piscean ways - this sextile to powerful Pluto can be very, very helpful.

Piscean action looks like - compassion, forgiveness, let go and let God, meditation, art, imagination, music, going with the flow. We can empower ourselves (Pluto) without having to push/manipulate/dominate the situation or other people. This can be a real and permanent (having a before and after quality) transformation.

With Pisces, action can take on a life of its own - think of the way water moves when acted upon - so we make a move and it impacts other people/situations and KEEPS GOING.

Pluto, in a smooth aspect like today, can be clarifying, empowering, sustaining and rewarding!

So, take some intuitive action today (no pushing, no manipulating) - especially good for things started before June 1st.


xo all


The Solstice is approaching and that is a good time for a vision board, but in the dark of the Moon and with all this Pluto, I am feeling the need to make a box. A strong box and fill it with things - a time capsule kind of thingie - and put it in the ground. Deep. Maybe you are, too?

photo by the amazing emptyredhead

Today's Astrology Forecast | Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - limits, change, re-balancing our partnership agreements, valuing ourselves, caution with rushed decisions or over-doing, back up those files

The Moon comes into Taurus at 5:35AM EDT, the sign of her exaltation.

Our focus turns to our resources, our money, our products, what we value, stability/security, where we turn for comfort, what grounds us, maybe the literal ground beneath our feet. Her only aspect, a square (tension/frustration) to a retrograde Saturn in Aquarius at 7:28AM EDT.

Do we feel seen/heard? Are we valuing our resources? Using our money wisely? If not, we could feel it now via a Saturnian reality check. This could also be about a challenge with a friend or group or actual Aquarius person (strong Uranus). Or maybe a social obligation needs an adjustment. This is Taurus/Aquarius and fixed squares don't like to budge.

(there is also a conjunction to change-maker Uranus at 12:15AM EDT - so maybe we figure out a way around this Saturn in Aquarius through change/leaning into the future?!)

How are the bonds we are tangled up in, especially the unspoken obligations, affecting our values? Our security/money/resources? Our happiness/comfort? Our physical health?

This is also reflected (remember repeating patterns/archetypes are especially important to pay attention to) in a retrograde Venus making her second trine to Juno (first was mid-April) - so we are revising our agreements, especially partnership agreements. Bringing something into greater balance - this should go smoothly as long as we keep conversations light/not heavy or overly emotional and we focus on being fair.

What else? The Sun nears the end of his days in Gemini where he (as us) has been collecting and scattering energy - so much to do, but so little focus. The Sun in Gemini is answering to Mercury who is strong and still at the degree of her/his retrograde station (Thursday) - have you backed up your files? checked your oil? called your sister?

Mercury will bring us back over the news/information (in Cancer maybe private family or home related conversations) of the past two weeks again and then station direct on July 12th and we will go over this stuff again when it will be decided/finished.

Eris is still exactly squaring Pluto - anyone feeling left out, or any part of us feeling left out, is going to be acting out BIG time against oppressive systems.

This will be exact until about July 7th (in play through the rest of the year though), when Pluto finally backs off that 24th degree of Capricorn.

The last time Eris squared Pluto exactly was in January 1909 - we had the first women suffragette hunger strikes in prisons, the first International Women's Day and the formation of the Women's Tax Resistance League - their slogan "No Vote. No Tax". 

Kind of the last century's equivalent of "No Justice. No Peace". Interesting, right? Note - women didn't actually get to vote in the United States until 1920.  Also note, white men had been voting for 150 years by that time and black men for 50.

This is also the day the Sun inconjuncts Jupiter. We talked about that in the weekly:

"the Sun inconjuncts (rock meet hard place) Jupiter. We don't want to over-promise or stretch the truth or get too preachy. Time to think twice before we get on our soapbox ... or hit send."

This is also a need to pay attention to the details and accuracy and think through what we are doing - maybe especially with our work ... and, of course, our words. Note Jupiter's tendency to make everything appear bigger (sometimes better) than it actually is.

Choose carefully. 


xo all


photo by the talented LichtReize