Today's Astrology Forecast | Saturday, May 29th, 2021 - mercury stations retrograde, our Venus story-line needs some review, going backward to go forward, focusing on something else

 

 

The Moon is in serious/sober Capricorn now. She will oppose Mars at 10:35AM EDT (home vs work, mom vs dad, issues about our security/stability. personal/emotional actions vs goals - people might feel more sensitive/appear more pushy - this opposition could slow down a commitment and that might be a good thing), sextile Neptune at 12:13PM EDT (opportunities to feel better via art, music, our imagination, healing, spirituality, being near water). Finally she goes void off a conjunction with powerful Pluto (good for stepping into responsibilities/power, dealing with authority) at 6:14PM EDT. She will be void for the rest of the night.

This is also the day, and we tallked about this in the weekly HERE (check tomorrow also), Venus meets Mercury and then Mercury stations retrograde. 

This could be about a heart-to-heart talk (more mind than heart though). We probably won't come to any solid decisions/answers, even if we think we do, because Mercury immediately stations retrograde, so we are going back over things - need to re-think, re-view, etc. 

 

This could also be about financial information/situations. 

 

With Mercury and Venus in Gemini (24 degrees) there could be more than one way through here or multiple steps/phases needed. Think small. Think local.

 

With both planets squaring a confusing Neptune in Pisces (and we've never had Neptune at his current degree in our lifetime - our lack of familiarity with this will pull in older stories, ancestral/past-life) - it will be hard, impossible, to be certain, and we don't want to be lying to ourselves/being lied to/in lalaland with something.

 

Stay flexible and keep in mind this Neptunian energy cuts both ways. When nothing is certain, much, much more is possible. We DON'T KNOW (because, as I've said before we can't know yet), so we'll keep as many doors and windows open as we can. Next week Mars will oppose Pluto and the following week the Sun will meet Mercury (on the Solar Eclipse!), so some things are set to be demolished/others to come to light as a new story kicks off and an old story ends.

 

In the meantime, Mercury stations retrograde, in his home sign of Gemini, conjunct Venus and squaring Neptune - at 6:34PM EDT. Mercury will be retrograde until June 22nd (hours after the summer solstice).

Time to re-think, re-examine, re-visit, re-vise whatever value/attraction/information Venus has brought us. 

We ignore Mercury retrograde at our own peril. Trying to plow ahead re-gardless will not work. It also won't work to stand still and try to wait Mercury out. We must move our ideas, projects, etc through the process of the retrograde period. We are going backward to go forward now!

So talk/think, make plans, today is an important day and with the Moon in Cappy, we can put on those big girl/boy pants with this stuff. Be less emotional (after the morning Mars opposition) and more pragmatic, which is obviously what is needed because it is what life is offering us.

 

Just keep things flexible. We are in between Eclipses folks! Still in that washing machine's spin cycle.

A way through this thing - Uranus is trining (brakes off) Vesta today for the third and final time. Taurus/Virgo at 12 degrees. Being practical/focused AND open to change/the future. And conversely the new and innovative being the practical thing. Innovation/doing it differently, but with a specific focus. A new fix. We have been here twice before since the end of November 2020. Vesta has had multiple oppositions to Neptune as we were called via tension/frustration to fix it or forget it AND she has had multiple trines (smooth flow) with Uranus as we are called to focus on the future/change/something different! 

 

What is keeping you up at night? What are the themes of your Taurus and Virgo houses? What do you value NOW?

 

xo all

artwork by the talented M&I Gamash

the meaning of the Sagittarius Full Moon Lunar Eclipse | May 26th, 2021 - ancestral healing, letting go, living in the crack between the chapters, divine wisdom, fate, going backward to go forward, allowing ourselves the space to get lucky

 

 

 

On May 26th, 2021 at 7:13AM EDT, the Sagittarius Moon opposes the Gemini Sun giving us our first Eclipse of the season (the next is in two weeks) - a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius. 

Full Moons brings things to light, to a conclusion or point of fullness. 

 

Lunar Eclipse Full Moons are different than regular Full Moons because they are happening on the Moon's South Node - the Moon is full but the Sun's light is blocked by the Earth. So although things are still concluding and 'coming to light' other stuff is hidden, too. Nothing is exactly as it seems. Sometimes we think we have failed and then something flips on us. Or we are patting ourselves on the back for a big win and the client calls with revisions that require many hours work. Sometimes bigger, more important things are obscured in the shadows.

Eclipses are cosmic course corrections. Things get eclipsed out or out of our way. Like a computer being rebooted after a change to its operating system - we get a re-set.

Eclipse events do not usually happen exactly on the date of the eclipse - although we will usually feel the 'emotions' of the Eclipse on the Eclipse date. The eclipse sets up an event chart - a kind of marker in the heavens and as planets hit that point - or the exact opposite polarity point (5 degrees Gemini) - via transit THAT is when events happen. And somehow with an eclipse prior events factor in, too. I have often seen events happen almost exactly a month to the day before the Eclipse. Then the changes brought about by the 'eclipsing' unfold over the next six months or so. 

 

Eclipses come in sets. Having the Lunar Eclipse before the Solar Eclipse - the Full Moon before the New Moon in a way, tells us the ending now/the clearing out/the making space is needed, so the NEW can take root in more fertile ground. In two weeks, at 20 degrees Gemini, we will have a New Moon Solar Eclipse. The time in between the two eclipses is kind of like being in our washing machine spin cycle. It's not the time to take out the wash unless we want a soggy mess. Stuff isn't finished. We have to let the machine (the set of eclipses) do its work.

So, if you can, save the big-bodacious moves until after that second eclipse in two weeks. Let things unwind a bit. Gemini's ruler Mercury will be retrograde and conjunct the next Eclipse, so that should be interesting - going backward to go forward?! Let's let the Eclipses work their magic first. See where the washing machine spits us out and what we have to work with. Plus we'll be clean and smell like fabric softener sheets. 

Now, let's unpack the chart!

The Moon, at 5 degrees Sagittarius, opposes the Sun at 5 degrees Gemini. The Moon trines Chiron. The Moon and Sun square Jupiter at 1 degree Pisces. Jupiter is the ruler of Sagittarius and ruler of this lunation, so this is even more significant. Jupiter is in Pisces answering to Neptune who is EXACTLY conjunct Pallas and Neptune/Pallas are squaring the Venus/Mercury conjunction in Gemini and trining Mars in Cancer (answering to the Moon). 

 

(we had an Eclipse very near this one on 5/25/13 and before that on 5/26/02 and 5/25/94, similar, although not exactly the same themes might apply)

This Lunar Eclipse is all mutable energy. This is about CHANGE. A need to adjust. 

 

The squares to Sag ruler Jupiter in Pisces, tells us these changes are good changes/for the better, even if we can't see that just yet. Pisces makes things uncertain/unclear. With Gemini/Sag, we want to make a plan, get our ducks in a row and Jupiter in Pisces - and keep in mind he is heading back into Aqua to finish up - tells us, this is a PROCESS. We aren't going to KNOW right now because our knowing would just muck it all up.

(imagine being the quarterback in a big game, it's the final play and the crowd is on their feet, it's all up to you - now imagine, that you already know the game's outcome - how that would affect what you do/how you play)

 

The Moon is applying to a conjunction to the South Node. The Moon crosses over the South Node (where we are and what we are releasing) every month, but only once a year during a Full Moon. This allows for a bigger activation of these 'closing out' energies. There IS something here we are ready to release. We have taken something as far as it can go. We have been there/done that. Talked/thought that out and it is OVER. In general this can be about Sag themes - our beliefs, religion, politics, foreign situation/travel, legal situations, publishing, media, weddings. This might mean something to you personally or you might need to look to the theme of the house holding 5 degrees Sagittarius in your natal chart and also to the house ruled by Jupiter (if these are two different houses). With a lunar eclipse sometimes a woman leaves or she relays news of an ending, often we are working through a situation that has its roots in our home/family/maternal line. The Moon's trine to Chiron speaks of healing very old wounds now. 

The square to Jupiter, which can feel over-the-top, is actually helping us - maybe by making something feel so big, we can't act just yet. It can also show us any lalaland thinking we are deceiving ourselves with. In Pisces it can connect us to ancestral story-lines we are working out. Squares work through tension/frustration. Choices that come up now are choices we have called to ourselves - this stuff has been in play for awhile. With Mercury being debilitated by Neptune mental efforting is probably not going to work here. The square from Gemini's ruler Mercury (our mind/thinking cloudy) to Neptune/Pallas as Sag ruler Jupiter answers to Neptune in Pisces tells us the answers are Neptunian/Piscean. 

Invisible. Intuitive. Not of this world. Sometimes just not available yet. Pallas in Pisces offers us DIVINE WISDOM. Inspiration. The caveat with Pallas here is seeing patterns where none exist, but she is also helping us connect very old dots through flashes of insight. Neptune can also help things dissolve in a less painful way - provide some needed anesthesia! 

We are still living the crack between the chapters folks. Hang in there.

 

We don't have to KNOW what all of this means, we just have to TRUST that this is happening. That simply by having the experiences we are having right now, we are untangling some very old knots. 

 

Jupiter/Neptune/Pallas speak of positive forces behind the scenes working through us to BRING GOOD FORTUNE/EXPANSION.

I hope something here is helpful. 

 

Also note, 5 degrees Gemini (where the Sun is now with the Moon opposing) is the degree Venus reached her retrograde shadow (April 19th, 2020) and then stationed direct (June 25th, 2020) last summer during her Gemini retrograde. This was all about changing relationships, values, the way we make money and hold onto resources. And THAT journey - via the Venus Star Point- pulled us back to 2012. So, now we are kind of back where we were last summer, older and wiser/coming at this from another angle, and the NEXT Eclipse in two weeks at 20 degrees Gemini will be conjunct (21 degrees Gemini) the degree of her actual stations (May13th/July 29th, 2020) - here is a post about THAT. Note Venus is conjunct Mercury NOW and so part of this story, too - our relationships, money, our values, beauty, women and self-esteem. 

We'll give Jupiter his due with our faith/enthusiasm. Give Neptune his due through music, art, meditation, prayer. The empty leg of the Mutable T-Square is Virgo, so some practical action to ground ourselves will help, too. Hold on loosely.

xo all - make sure to get out and walk in this one!

Today's Astrology Forecast | Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 - going deep before going wide

 

The Moon is in deep Scorpio now. We are nourished/nurtured through intensity, getting to the bottom of things, research, intimacy, psychology, power. Our focus might be on Scorpio themes - finances, merged monies, reproduction, sex, birth/death, secrets, mysteries/crime, third party situations. 

 

She trines Mars at 6:00AM EDT (brakes off), Neptune at 11:00AM EDT and goes void at 5:19PM EDT off a sextile (opportunity) to Pluto. She is void until 10:39PM EDT when she comes out of the Scorpian depths into the bluer skies of Sagittarius.

 

Today's Scorp intensity is a prelude to tomorrow's BIG Lunar Eclipse and with the Moon touching both Scorpio's ancient and modern rulers in smooth/easy aspects, should be productive/opportunistic.

 

Scoprio rules secrets and the stuff we've stuffed and don't want to look at/feel. There are opportunities for real intimacy here if we can let go of our need to control/manipulate whatever we have going on. If we, or other people, are dealing with emotions that are out of proportion to the situation - don't judge this. Know we are actually interacting with the energies of older/deeper storylines we are accessing through this Eclipse portal. These triggers are karma - which are simply the energetic consequences of our prior thoughts/actions/experiences. We don't have to completely understand what is happening (although truths could be revealed now), to allow the energies to move through us/release these stories/cords from our bodies. 

Allow this day to flow and notice the Moon's move into Sagittarius tonight - see if you can feel the optimism/hopefulness/confidence/wisdom of THAT regardless of your external circumstances right now.

xo all

artwork by the amazing Lin Jinfu

weekly astrology forecast | week of may 24th - May 30th, 2021 - a lunar eclipse - a story ends, a door closes, a woman leaves, our beliefs shift, good news comes in, we change our mind, mercury stations retrograde

 

Buckle up - this is a really BIG week!

 

We have the first Eclipse of the year - a total Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius, Mercury stationing retrograde and an uber active Venus. ALL the personal planets are out of bounds now - Mercury, Venus and Mars. With none of the inner planets abiding by the Sun's rules and the Moon being cut off from the Sun's light - 'anything can happen'.

 

A timeline shifts. Into the Eclipse spin cycle we go!

Remember what we said about Gemini season - we must stay flexible, light on our feet, expect minds and situations to change - ours just might this week!

WEDNESDAY - Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse

THURSDAY - Venus squares Neptune

SATURDAY - Mercury conjuncts Venus, Mercury stations retrograde

SUNDAY - Venus inconjuncts Pluto retrograde

 

MAY 26TH - FULL MOON TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE | Sagittarius, 5 degrees 

 

The Sag Moon opposes the Gemini Sun at 5 degrees giving us this month's Full Moon, our annual Full Moon in Sagittarius - happening so near the Moon's nodes makes this one our first eclipse of the year - a total Lunar Eclipse. Like a computer being turned off and on - we get a cosmic rest! This is a releasing eclipse on the South Node - a culmination, an ending, maybe BIG over-the-top results.

 

A DOOR CLOSES. An old story ends. A woman might leave. Our beliefs can change ... just ...like ... that - SNAP!

Maybe, and almost certainly a yes to this - we LEARN something.

Could be we wake up Thursday morning a totally different person than went to bed on Wednesday night (it's happened to me) or maybe the 'new you' comes two weeks from now with the Solar Eclipse in Gemini or maybe because Eclipses work backward, too - this has all already happened!

 

(and yes, that's alot of maybes - it's Gemini season this is how life works now)

Expect a BIG post by sign and house!

 

MAY 27TH - VENUS SQUARES NEPTUNE | Gemini/Pisces, 22 degrees

 

Venus/Neptune wants the fairy-tale/the happy ending. So maybe this is tension/frustration between what we attract (which might be multiple things with Venus in dualistic Gemini) and 'the dream'. The 'facts' vs the illusion. With Venus in Gemini we might make a choice/decision that looks better than it actually is. Are our expectations too high? Are we in love with 'possibility'? Is this relationship all in our head? Confusing information about money, relationships, our values and self-esteem are possible. Sometimes squares to Neptune can bring endings as things slowly drift off course/fade away. This aspect can bring a certain disconnect from what used to give us joy. We might be disappointed in other people/maybe we think someone has let us down. This is also a time to watch our wallet.

 

Keep in mind with squares, that although they are considered a 'hard' aspect, not so easy/smooth as a trine or sextile, they actually encourage/show us a kind of 'discontent' that pushes things to change. 

MAY 29TH - MERCURY CONJUNCTS VENUS | Gemini, 24 degrees | MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE | Gemini, 24 degrees

 

So now Mercury meets up with lovely Venus - here is "good news", good for social interactions, letting someone know we love them. Peaceful settlements are reached. The fly in the ointment is Mercury immediately stations retrograde, so if this news is so good - why are we now looking backward? Here is an indication that the "news/information/conversation" is subject to revisions. Some things will need to be ironed out via a back and forth. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but just keep this in mind. This can also be about an old opportunity/something or someone we once loved coming back around, too.

This can also be about us CHANGING OUR MIND - and we might change it more than once!

 

MAY 30TH - VENUS INCONJUNCTS PLUTO RETROGRADE | Gemini/Capricorn, 26 degrees

 

Venus (through us) is a busy girl. 

 

She has been through the hall of mirrors with Neptune, met up with Mercury just before he turned around (hopefully we got some good news) and now she lands between a rock and a hard place with Pluto (in Capricorn).

 

Venus in Gemini has nothing in common with Pluto in Capricorn. Venus wants to go from this to that in Gemini - flirt/spend some money. She is quick and smart, but doesn't like a narrow agenda. Pluto in Cappy is all business/power. Capricorn just pulls up his bootstraps/puts on a stiff upper lip and doesn't understand Gemini's loss of motivation/interest/inability to settle down. This aspect might show up as an intractable issue with authority. A need to take something more seriously than we want to. Love can be controlling. We might try to control someone via a demand for attention. Money can come with strings attached. Manipulations. Maybe the question is how do we get more freedom/variety and still be able to reach our goals/pay our bills? As always with the inconjunct some give and take is needed along with the knowledge there isn't a quick fix here. 

 

Back with the Eclipse post - hold on loosely!

 

xo all

artwork by Vladimir Kush