TODAY'S ASTROLOGY FORECAST | Sunday, May 2, 2021 - intense emotions, powerful language, transformation, practical magic, creative opportunities, talking to ghosts, thoughts become things

 

 

The Moon continues to move through sober/ambitious Capricorn - she trined Venus at 12:41AM EDT, sextiled Neptune at 2:15AM EDT, meets up with a retrograde Pluto at 9:53AM EDT (intense emotions over old matters) and goes void at 10:37AM EDT off a trine to Mercury. She will be void until 3:31 when she moves into Aquarius. In Aqua over the next couple days we get those squares to the Taurus planets, so probably some tension/stress.

Today is the day Mercury trines Pluto and Venus sextiles Neptune. Both smooth aspects - with Mercury/Pluto our words are empowering/even transformational. This is a nice, solid earth trine - building something REAL. Pluto is retrograde now, so this might involve an old situation, might speak of some kind of do-over. As the compulsion/obsession/manipulation/power struggle eases up, those practical ideas/words in Taurus will flow easily/promote growth. Thoughts become things.

 

In some cases Mercury/Pluto enables a kind of dark or compulsive thinking, so if we find ourselves going back over already mined territory see if there is anything practical that can be dug up this time around.

Venus's sextile to Neptune - both powerful in their home signs - speaks of practical magic. Physical healing. Compassion. The sensual touch that feels like love. This is a creative opportunity. More 'making the dream real' stuff. Endless love. Money comes in or floats on out the door to someone else. We might drift off course/dream the day away.

 

Our boundaries are thin here, and with Pluto and Neptune both activated, we are working some very old (familial/past-life) and very important story-lines. Things are more than they appear to be (why we are saying/doing what we are doing/why what is happening is happening) - how deep we go with this is up to us. We might dig up a few skeletons, but also some BURIED TREASURE.

Just avoid that Void Moon period for anything important. 

 

Tomorrow is that Sun square Saturn (stop sign/reality checkpoint) and Mercury square Jupiter and Mercury moves home to Gemini, so definite changes in store for Monday. 

 

Back with a weekly tonight - can't get the whole monthly up, but will write a monthly overview with the weekly - BIG MONTH!

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | saturday, May 1, 2021 - getting our ducks in a row

 

The Moon is in serious Capricorn now - we are nourished by stability, having a plan/a few bucks in the bank/pulling ourselves up by our boot straps. 

 

The Moon, as ruler of Cappy's polarity sign of Cancer, is considered in her detriment in Capricorn. Today's aspects look pretty good though. She trines Uranus at 6:12AM EDT (breaks with tradition/change is good) and trines (brakes off) the Sun at 7:1AM EDT.

 

The Moon's trine to the Sun is this month's Waning Trine - Taurus/Cappy. Solid earth. Practical action feels good. Stepping into our responsibilities feels good. Our money, values, resources are stabilized through hard work/setting goals. Short cuts won't work. Cappy/Taurus won't be fast acting, but it can be long-lasting. This is all quite common sense, but sometimes needs to be said, and sometimes this 'common sense' stuff works better than other times and this would be one of those times.

 

Yes, it's a Saturday, but we can still make use of this energy. 

 

Working on a monthly and the month looks action packed! Hopefully that will be the next post, otherwise I'll pop up a daily for tomorrow because tomorrow's aspects look EXCELLENT.

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, April 30th, 2021 - detaching from old values/money/resources, a change of seasons, financial change, compromise, noticing to what and to whom we are tethered

 

The Moon continues to move through Sagittarius - greener pastures, feeling more optimistic, preachy/reckless if we go too far. She goes void off a nice sextile with Sag ruler Jupiter this morning (9:26AM EDT), moving into more serious/goal-oriented Capricorn at 12:16PM EDT. She will oppose Mars (in Cancer) at 7:50PM EDT which could present a home vs work kind of thing. Although they have a kind of mutual reception going on, so it shouldn't be too hard to resolve. The Cappy Moon will make some nice aspects this weekend, so we could get alot done.

 

The BIG news today as we close out April - the Sun meets Uranus at 10 degrees Taurus.

This is about a light (Sun) being thrown on something unexpected (Uranus). This is a strong urge (Sun) to be free (Uranus). This is a flash (Sun) of genius (Uranus). This is shock (Uranus) and awe (Sun).

This aspect will often show us to what and to whom we are tethered. Sometimes by breaking the cords.

This might be shown to us in a way that doesn't feel so good. But not necessarily. Uranus (the conductor of our fastest route from point A to point B) uses what works and sometimes the stick works better than the carrot. Sometimes we are not hungry enough to even notice the carrot. But, maybe we are. Hungry, I mean.
 

Uranus is an outer planet - our hive-mind, genius, nonconforming, techno-centric God of (don't kid yourself this isn't true) - CHAOS. He wants change, by whatever means necessary. We can see the uber collective nature of Uranus - he co-rules the sign (Aquarius) which is opposite Leo, the sign the Sun rules. Leo is solar/ego/individual expression. Aquarius is group/collective energy. Unconventional, eccentric, yes, most likely, but not individualistic because life is viewed from a distance/through a wide-angle lens.

 

Sometimes people confuse Uranus with Aquarius and glamorize us 'being ourselves' in the New Age, which is kind of ridiculous. Highly Uranian people (think of Trump with his Sun/Uranus/North Node/10th house) are not at all individual in the solar sense and they often have little awareness of personal values and personal identity. This is why Aquarius needs reality-police/grounded Saturn, too. The whole 'greater good' thing is highly Uranian. And it can go sour quickly, when we lean too much in a 'what's best for the collective' mentality (and what better than a pandemic to push us in this direction very quickly). What is 'good for the group' can be sometimes good and sometimes necessary, but we can lose touch with what is nourishing/creative (solar) on an inner level and many important aspects of personal life may be unwittingly crushed. Maybe because I have a stellium in Aquarius, I do not glamorize it. Uranus is about change at any cost (why sober and time-honoring Saturn's co-rulership is necessary). Change is often good, but change just for the sake of change may not be. And Uranus is usually quite bad at respecting the individual when change is required.

So, today we have the Sun (ruler of Leo) meeting Uranus (ruler of Aquarius). They meet in Taurus, where Uranus has been busy detaching us (since March 2019) from what we once loved/valued/needed. They come together; the conjunction is kind of like a Full Moon. A light is tossed on their story. 

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.

This could be about an abrupt CHANGE/new start. 

With both planets in Taurus - there might be a change in what we value/our money/earnings. An unexpected expense/purchase (purchases now will create great change/speak of what you value NOW). Maybe some #unexpected #notunexpected money will come in. Buy a lottery ticket. Something might DAWN ON US now - maybe about something we previously valued, but now can see we have wasted time/money/resources. Uranus in Taurus is detaching us from what has been keeping us stuck. New values/new beauty/new ways to make money and work with our resources are needed. People born with this aspect (Sun/Uranus) can feel a little like "the rules don't apply to me" and we might feel a little like this now. We could also feel a little "rebel without a cause". 

 

This energy is designed for BREAK-UPS, BREAKDOWNS and most importantly BREAKTHROUGHS. 

 

Two things are happening here - Uranus - the future, technology, change, chaos - gets a little more solar/things get more PERSONAL "do I believe in this with my heart as well as my head" and the Sun becomes more Uranian (not really of course, but it can feel like this) - more hive-minded/we are detached from here, so we can look over THERE. Especially if we are trying to keep something going that is already dead/barren - think of Taurus holding on too long. The bull, standing in the empty field where he has already eaten all the grass. If something breaks apart now, know it was threadbare/fragile already.

 

This transit will be strongest felt by people with planets/points near 10 degrees Taurus (and the other fixed signs) and anyone with a natal/progressed Sun/Uranus aspect. Possibly Sun in Aquarius people, Sun in 11th house people, too. Maybe.

 

At the same time we have Ceres (at 26 degrees Aries) squaring a retrograde Pluto in Cappy. These two are ancient enemies who worked out a compromise. Ceres is about season of life situations (nothing lasts forever) and squaring the God of the Underworld (death) is kind of reinforcing the Sun/Uranus. 

 

A season has ended - remember depression comes from too much sitting still! - a new season is beginning. With Ceres in Aries, something brand-new is most assuredly HERE - and maybe we know what this is, but maybe not yet, because this is Taurus season and think of the way plants grow underground before we can see those early shoots. 

 

Maybe we have this fear of letting go of the old, again, the things that used to support us/stabilize us. Old goals that no longer matter. But when we can't seem to get ourselves to count those cans of beans in the cupboard, one ... more ... freakin ... time, something has to change.

Keep in mind both of today's aspects are pointing us toward the NEW. 

 

If you have something new going on, lean in that direction, and, keep in mind, there could be some room for compromise now.

 

If nothing new is visible - maybe try this  - most people plant little plants/seedlings instead of actual seeds. They want to see what they have/are going to get before they INVEST. This might work just fine, but sometimes this is skipping a step we don't want to skip - if you are stuck, plant some actual seeds in some actual soil, tend them, have patience - you have given life and life will be given to you.

Taurus season will yield to Gemini season soon enough, and multiple planets will start to go retrograde including Mercury!

We've had Venus/Mercury/Uranus plus a BIG Scorpio Full Moon open this chapter last week/the week before - there was a SHOCK. The liberating change/loss might have already happened. Keep in mind the Sun is going to square Saturn in a couple days, so there will be challenges/limits/our responsibilities to the group. With Saturn in Aquarius this can also be about technology getting in the way - are we distracting ourselves/wasting the most valuable of resources, TIME, online? Eventually we get to a smooth trine between the Sun and Pluto - personal power. 

 

But we have to work the process before we get there. 

 

For today, choose differently. This is an excellent time to drop a bad habit like a hot potato, by focusing on SOMETHING ELSE.

xo all

 

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 - better vibes, optimism, a second chance is opening up, an opportunity that smells like sweat

 

 

The Moon in Scorpio sextiles a retrograde Pluto at 6:38AM EDT, then goes void off a square to Jupiter at 8:31AM EDT. She is void for a New York minute - well, 4 of them - moving into fiery and optimistic Sagittarius at 8:35AM EDT. The intensity/bigger-is-better, but almost too much, and probably, yes, too much, will be much easier to handle once the Moon gets into wide-open Sag and immediately sextiles Saturn. 

 

So, we are pushed or maybe we slide, ready-or-not, into something BIGGER (maybe even overwhelming), but it should settle down a bit/stabilize/create greater security. Good things come over time with Saturn.

 

We will have to be stepping into our responsibility though, and with the Moon's next move a square to confusing Neptune, very late night, keeping our feet on the ground/maintaining our boundaries and sobriety/avoiding our usual escape maneuvers/having decided, now deciding to not look back, may all be necessary. 

 

Don't kid yourself - this IS an opportunity, but this IS going to be a whole lot of work/responsibility/pressure.

In other parts of the skies, we have Venus and Mercury edging away from their square (tension/frustration with rules/limits/responsibilities) to Saturn and toward their trine (smooth flow) to powerful Pluto. The Sun, following in their Taurus foot prints is set to meet Uranus (surprise/breakthrough), square Saturn (the stop sign/limit/new rules) and then make his own trine to Pluto (personal power), 

 

so something here almost feels like A SECOND CHANCE. 

For today, things should lighten up with the Moon's move into Sagittarius. 

 

Our optimism/hopefulness increases even with this heaping plate in front of us (which I hope for all our sakes isn't loaded with carbs and sugar, America's metabolic problem certainly a huge driver of virus excesses here) - which probably smells like opportunity, but looks like work or, maybe, vice-versa. The Full Moon happening AFTER Venus/Mercury met Uranus and squared Saturn and BEFORE the Sun does, and nobody reaching that smooth trine to Pluto before he stationed retrograde is the whole story in a nutshell. 

We'll talk about that next post.

xo all

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