The Second Full Moon in Aquarius | August 22, 2021 - second chances, BIG endings and results, wrapping up loose ends before we move on, faith and optimism for a better future

 

On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 8:02AM EDT, the Aquarius Moon opposes the Leo Sun at 29 degrees - giving us this year's SECOND full Moon in Aquarius. 

The 29th degree (last degree) of any sign is associated with a 'sense of urgency'. We've reached the end of the line with something. We might feel this pressure to make a move/decision right NOW. Sometimes we make poor decisions or regret decisions made with 29 degree planets because we make kind of 'blind leaps' even with things we have been mulling over for a long time (maybe especially with those things) and once in a while they bring us 'Hail Mary' type last minute saves. 

 

Anyway you slice it the degree itself is rife with tension. 

 

Full Moon bring situations to a result, to an end, to light. 

 

This is the second Full Moon in Aquarius this summer; a rare occurrence. The first one happened at the very beginning of the sign, so this one at the end brings us a second chance with whatever event/situation the Moon is stimulating. 

 

The Moon in Aquarius is answering to modern ruler Uranus - retrograde at 14 degrees Taurus, and ancient ruler Saturn - retrograde at 8 degrees Aquarius. The two planets in some stage of a square with each other for most of this year. Aquarius Full Moons, because this intellectual sign leans toward detachment, sometimes bring us what we NEED to feel.

 

Let's unpack the chart.

The Moon opposes the Sun and is conjunct a retrograde Jupiter. Ruler Uranus (retrograde) is trine Mars EXACT and is also trining Mercury. Ruler Saturn (retrograde) is trining the North Node and sextiling Chiron. The Moon is biquintile Venus, Uranus is biquintile Venus and Saturn is trining Venus.

The conjunction of the Moon with a retrograde Jupiter speaks of the OLD GOLD WE MISSED THE FIRST TIME THROUGH HERE/OLD OPPORTUNITIES. So there is something about this Full Moon's illumination/result/ending that brings a second chance. With this 'second chance' echoing (remember in astrology we are always looking for repeating aspects) the "second Full Moon in Aqua" - something here will bring a SECOND SHOT or be repeating (although differently) something that already happened. Jupiter's opposition to the Sun - which was exact earlier this week - shone a bright light on a RESULT that change or our avoiding change - has brought us. Both Aqua rulers being retrograde is further confirmation this Full Moon event/situation will not be brand new, but will provide, over time, an opening for something NEW.

(the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is a zeitgeist of this Moon, but we all have something like this happening in our lives, especially if this Moon is touching our chart - we are 'forced' to make some move that we have put off (the second 29th degree Moon) - probably the 'putting off' is more the problem than the actual move. The move/ending/whatever this is brings CHAOS - this is Aquarius after all - BIG chaos with Jupiter involved, but still this thing probably needs doing - that Saturn trine to the North Node. Aquarius isn't the best energy for 'good timing', timing is often off because we are overthinking/thinking too far ahead or think we know things we don't know. Uranus trine with Mars will bring smoothness to abrupt/impulsive moves which could just make them more abrupt/impulsive - nothing stops us! The thing we have been delaying almost just kind of HAPPENS.)

 

So, there are a couple 'for sures' here. 

One - there is something reminiscent of Groundhog Day going on - the movie with the repeating storyline not the six more weeks of winter. 

 

(If we go back to the Afghanistan situation - we have the United States having another Vietnam moment, Afghanistan getting something similar to the Soviet withdrawal back in the 1980's and the Taliban getting a second shot at power.) 

Two - there is something liberating/freeing/future focused here. 

And three - even if the Jupiter conjunction expands/exaggerates something we are not so happy about we can see from the other aspects it will be a GOOD THING IN THE END - Saturn trines the North Node, Mars trines Uranus and Venus, strong in her home sign (so strengthening partnerships/resources) trines both Saturn and the North Node (Grand Air Trine) PLUS she has those biquintiles - the gift interacting with another gift - from the Moon and Uranus. And she's Venus, dammit!

Now Mars is in Virgo, so our next move after this BIG ending/result or whatever this is, doesn't have to be some big thing. It will more likely just be the 'next thing' or a kind of 'fix'. BUT it will have to be different, so even though it will be connected to the past, something about it must be NEW. Liberating. Forward-leaning. We didn't get two Full Moons in Aquarius in 2021 - the year when Aqua's rulers battle it out all year, collective responsibility vs personal freedom BOTH needing to be heard - for us to remain seated.

 

If you get a second chance at something now, I think you might want to take it.

xo all

the astrology of the disappearance of summer wells | part II - saturday night mystery

 

In Part I we talked about the events leading up to five year old Summer Wells' disappearance on June 15, 2021 in Rogersville, Tennessee. We looked at the natal charts of Summer, her mother and a suspect I found when searching the registered sex offender data base in her area. 

 

Now let's see what the 911 call chart can add to the picture.

 

Part I is HERE.

 

This is the chart for the time Summer's mother, Candus, after frantically calling her husband, Summer's father Don at work, calls 911 to report Summer missing. It's unclear how long Summer has been missing/how long Summer's mother and brothers have been searching, but Candus says only minutes have gone by.

Let's unpack the chart (I have added the asteroids that very tightly conjunct the angles and dispositors).

 

The chart has a 25 degree Scorpio rising - a late degree/possibly too late/something's already happened/already decided/already done. We know Algol (at 26 degrees Taurus and to the ancients considered the most malevolent star in the galaxy) will be conjunct the DC. 

 

Scorpio is the sign of secrets, obsession, what is buried, sex, intimacy, merged money. Scorpio has both a modern and an ancient ruler. His ancient ruler is Mars - here at 2 degrees Leo in the 9th house, conjunct EXACT asteroid Hera and asteroid Aphrodite (also exact on Summer's natal Aphrodite). In Leo, Mars is answering to the Sun in Gemini in the 7th house of other people/partners/enemies. Gemini rules children, siblings, communication (remember this is the 911 call chart and everything ends with Mercury here) the local area and transportation. Mercury, the ruler of Gemini is conjunct the Sun, combust, so not playing by the Sun's rules, strong enough in his home sign, but nonetheless indicating danger here. Scorpio's modern ruler is Pluto. Here, at 26 degrees Capricorn EXACTLY trining the DC's Lilith/Phaeton conjunction. Asteroid Ceto (think of a monster rearing its head, and in particular a sea-monster) is conjunct the Ascendant. The 1st house also shows where the victim is at the time of the crime and Scorpio rather well illustrates her going down into the basement to play with her toys.

Another stand-in for Summer is the Moon - Summer's middle name is also Moon, so I feel most comfortable with this significator for Summer. The Moon is near the top of the chart, at 27 degrees Leo in the 9th house. The Moon squares the IC/DC (along with asteroids Ceto, Lilith and Phaeton) and is tightly conjunct asteroid Thereus (the stalker/kidnapper we talked about in THIS post). The 9th house rules things at a distance, what is foreign to us, the outdoors/churches, higher education, among other things. The Moon is answering to the Sun in Gemini, so pulls us back into that 7th house of the perpetrator and that unpredictable Mercury. So, for the Moon we have a loop from the 9th house to the 7th.

The 7th house represents our perpetrator (among other things) and here we have 25 degrees Taurus, conjunct malevolent fixed star Algol and the chart's Lilith/Phaeton conjunction. We talked about Phaeton HERE - the son who flew his father's chariot dangerously and crashed to Earth and we all know the story of Lilith, Adam's first wife, running away from the garden. So, is this Summer running away from the garden and getting lost/hurt/falling to Earth, remember this all ends in an out-of-bounds Mercury (child not playing by the father/the sun's rules)? Or are we seeing a rebellious/outcast/malevolent perpetrator, not playing by society's rules, stealing Summer away in a vehicle (Phaeton of the fast-flying chariot can also represent cars/vehicles in charts). 

 

The ruler of Taurus is Venus - here at 16 degrees Cancer in the 8th house of sex/death/transformation - the ruler of the 7th in the 8th is not a good sign for Summer. 16 degrees Cancer is Summer's natal Thereus placement (the stalker/kidnapper) and conjunct Candus's natal North Node (fate). Taurus on the DC might also speak of injuries to the throat/lust based crimes. A Taurus physicality, remember this is our perpetrator's house - might be of short or thick stature, if male - a broad man with a beard, high forehead, dark hair. The Descendant's loop is 7th house, 9th house and 8th house.

What else can this chart tell us? That 6th house (the day-to-day life/health) Uranus/Ceres might speak of an accident in nature. Also daily living in a volatile/chaotic place in nature. Also a detached/maybe unpredictable mother. Also a traumatic maternal inheritance. The 4th house (home, the end of the matter) Pisces speaks of a kind of unfocused home life, maybe drugs/alcohol/lies/mental illness - there are other things this might be about, but we can see this in the parent's interviews. The 'end of the matter' in Pisces might indicate water as a final resting place, the story continuing a familial/karmic story-line or maybe we never find out what happened here (I hope not!). The 7th house Sun - remember the 7th house is the perpetrator's house, but also the house of partners and this is the chart of the 911 call to the police, not a last seen chart - might speak of the father or another older man, and this will also be about the call pulling the police (authority) into the story. Hera (jealous wife) conjunct Aphrodite (beautiful young woman/girl) exact on Mars (ruler of the chart and a stand-in for Summer) along with Summer's natal Saturn/DC conjunction makes me think she is a 'daddy's girl' which can sometimes engender some mixed feelings in a mother, although remember we saw in Candus's natal chart her own focus on Summer. The 911 chart is a mixed bag.

 

The followers of the missing person group I originally did these charts for are very focused on the parents and we can see the parents issues in this chart (I don't have the father's birth date to look at his chart), so it's a possibility, but I am just not leaning in that direction. I should add the other children have been removed from the home ... so maybe the police are.

 

There is no way to know what happened from these charts. 

 

I think with Candus we are seeing this mother/daughter karmic trauma - lost daughters - (Candus's own mother lost a grown daughter who has never been found) and not her actual involvement (the perpetrator's Taurus ruler is in Cancer the sign of the mother). The Moon in this chart is also the mother, and at the top of the chart, the spotlight turns to her. The Moon's squares to the angles also makes me think she doesn't know what happened, but we would need birth times and not just dates to see houses for more clarity. 

Keep in mind everything in a chart is never just one thing.

To link back in to my suspect's chart - he has a natal Thereus/Ceto conjunction (stalker/kidnapper/monster) in the middle of Taurus. I can't see the house without a birth time, but natal aspects are activated by transit and at the time of Summer's disappearance transiting Thereus and Ceto were squaring each other (so activating his opposition) and the transiting Uranus/Ceres conjunction was on his natal Thereus/Ceto. His natal Phaeton is exactly conjunct Candus's natal Venus and remember transiting Venus was exact on Summer's natal Thereus and conjunct Candus's North Node of Fate. And our suspect had transiting Pluto (king of the underworld) on his natal Venus which was conjunct Summer's natal Tantalus (desires connected to heinous crimes). His natal Aphrodite was conjunct Summer's so was also being hit with the transiting Mars/Aphrodite/Hera and he has a natal Hera/Mercury (Hera exactly conjunct the Ascendant of this chart) in Scorpio. 

 

Of course, I don't know that this guy did anything. There is alot of potential in charts that is never activated/acted upon. There are many ways this story - that seemed determined to play itself out - could have played itself out. We can line up with all kinds of things we do not actually experience. That said though, hopefully the police do look into him.

A friend has emailed me some ideas to add locational astrology to these mysteries, so I might add that to this post at a later date if it shows anything. We can see the chart has alor of 2's and 20 something degrees, so maybe 2 -2.7 miles connecting to the case? I don't know. 

 

In the meantime, Asteroid Diana keeps coming up for me, so I think it's time to get back to the royals. And for a big picture post about the rest of 2021 and what all the 22's in 2022 might be showing us!

Enjoy your night - back with the weekly tomorrow.

xo all

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, August 19th, 2021 - BIG result. Here is the outcome of the changes we have been making or the outcome of our avoiding making the changes!

 

 

The Moon is in sober and winter-ruled Capricorn now - we are nurtured by rules and boundaries and our goals and how many cans of peas we have lined up in our cupboard. She trines Uranus at 2:58AM EDT (getting comfortable with change/the unusual) and sextiles a retrograde Neptune at 3:58PM EDT (this is Saturn/Neptune manifestation energy - making our dreams real). She goes void off her meeting with a retrograde Pluto at 7:59PM EDT. She is void for the rest of the night. 

 

This is also the day the Sun opposes Jupiter (retrograde) and Uranus stations retrograde. 

 

The Sun met up with Jupiter back on January 28th, 2021 kicking off a new story - here's the high-noon chart for that. Something coming to light/results/BIG culminations or maybe a second chance - do you feel lucky? - with something from that time period. 

 

This opposition is also about the push/pull between what we want to do and what we think we should do - the BIG 2021 story-line of personal freedom vs collective responsibility.

 

Happening with Jupiter at 27 degrees Aquarius, EXACT on the United States birthchart's Moon, the people - and, also conjunct the 21 degree Uranus in Aquarius from October 7, 2001 when the U.S. led coalition first bombed the Taliban in Afghanistan a few weeks after 9/11 - and just as Aqua's ruler Uranus stations retrograde. 

 

(back in October 2001, the North Node was also in Gemini, the Sun was EXACT on the U.S. natal Saturn. Saturn was opposing Pluto and Mars was opposing Jupiter)

 

With Uranus stationing retrograde today and the Sun/Jupiter in Aqua answering to him, there could be a quick pulling back, revisions/re-thinking (in the case of the U.S. in Afghanistan this week's aspects coupled with this weekend's second Full Moon in Aquarius ensured a BIG result - Jupiter/Sun is opposing Biden's natal Chiron, so he is certainly feeling this one and not in a good way).

 

So, maybe we reach this RESULT/illumination and something changes direction (an unexpected change although not totally unexpected) or this 'result' is somehow liberating or we get a recess/rest as recent changes settle in and dealing with them becomes more of an 'inside job'. Rewards might come in now and/or we might have to adjust any overly-inflated expectations. Uranus is in Taurus so we will be collectively reviewing/revising/rethinking our values, our resources, our income, our money, our self-esteem. Jupiter was at this same degree back at the end of April, so something now could tie into something then. Uranus will be retrograde until January 18, 2022.

More about Uranus retrograde in the weekly HERE.

 

xo all 

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Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | August 16th - 22nd, 2021 - BIG results, hope and optimism, change, change, change, second Aquarius Full Moon brings back old opportunities, expansive results and real progress with what is right in front of us

 

Let's unpack this BIG powerful week!

 

We've got some prickly inconjuncts, yes, and a square that could bring some relationships tension/contractual squabbles and power struggles as the week starts, but look toward the end of the week - multiple trines - arguably the best aspect in astrology, the Sun opposing Jupiter (BIG results), a second Aquarius Full Moon, this time conjunct Jupiter and answering to a powerful stationing Uranus! And Mercury meets Mars mid-week for the first time in two years. Turning points. Progress with what is right in front of us. Change is coming. Change is HERE.

MONDAY - Mercury squares Juno then inconjuncts Saturn, Venus enters Libra

TUESDAY - Sun inconjunct Pluto

WEDNESDAY - Mars and Mercury inconjunct Chiron, Mercury meets Mars

THURSDAY - Sun opposes Jupiter, Uranus stations retrograde

FRIDAY - Mercury trine Uranus

SUNDAY - Venus trine North Node, Mars trine Uranus, Full Moon in Aquarius, Sun into Virgo

MONDAY - Mercury @ 8 degrees Virgo squares Juno (in Sagittarius), then inconjuncts (9 degrees) Saturn in Aquarius

This could show up as contractual issues/relationship disagreements, problems with the details vs the big picture. The inconjunct to Saturn could pull in rules/authority/maybe group dynamics. The good news - this is also the day Venus, ruler of relationships/balance/compromise - comes home to Libra.

 

After being cramped up in tidy Virgo, she can breathe again in her home sign of Libra and now there is room for other people. Venus in Libra is about love and partnership, collaboration and compromise. Venus in Libra is about balance.

 

This transit (until September 10th) makes Libra Suns and Risings, who are already naturally attractive, even more so - both physically attractive and more able to attract what they want/need. Everyone's Libra house gets more attractive, too (what house was Libra in when you were born? where is it in your progressed chart?).

We will be attracted to what we find 'beautiful'. We will be attracted to what we find 'just'. We will be attracted to what we find 'peaceful'. And these are the qualities people will find attractive in us and our work in the world. These are the qualities we'll want to bring to the table (and yes, flowers that would be a good thing to bring to the table now, too) to attract whatever we are wanting to attract now, particularly in the area of life housing your natal (and progressed) Libra.

The potential for peace increases as we (the collective) move from critic (Virgo) to diplomat (Libra).

The potential for people pleasing increases, too. Balance is the key now. Making life too much about the other person is Libra's shadow side. It's easier for some to just give in to something to have "harmony" than to work out the tough win-wins, but we need to honor ourselves as well as the other person.
 

In Libra, there is power in groups and alliances - but the emphasis (for now) is on the shared human experience of connection rather than on what might emerge later. It's not the time for thinking about how it will all play out, what we are getting or giving. It's just the time for the experience. 

 

We come into real harmony when we can see each other clearly. We don't have to always agree with each other.

TUESDAY - the Sun @ 24 Leo inconjuncts a retrograde Pluto in Capricorn. Our need for attention/appreciation/to 'show 'em what we've got' is somehow in conflict with authority/the rules/our security. This is our ego vs power/control. The Sun is strong in Leo, but Pluto still brings the feeling of life and death. We might lose some power/standing. Some will go down fighting. Loosen your grip and you won't be down for long. Maybe something has to go to make room for something BETTER. The Moon will be in Sagittarius, trining the Sun and sextiling Sag ruler Jupiter - hope/optimism/thinking BIGGER will be our way through this one.

WEDNESDAY - Mercury meets Mars @ 12 degrees Virgo and both inconjunct Chiron. Our thinking/ideas/communications/the FACTS and our actions are working together - in Virgo, we are being practical, efficient, organized. They last met in September 2019, so that story folds up and a new one begins.

 

Maybe there is a specific "correct/right" thing we have to do/say/fix. We will know what this is - what to say, what to do.

The two planets are in an uncomfortable inconjunct to wounded healer Chiron, so maybe we need to have an uncomfortable conversation or take an uncomfortable action to get this new story started.

Bottom line for this merger - we want to be walking our talk now. We want our words aligned with our actions. We want our actions to be in line with what we are thinking about/talking about for best results. And this is Virgo - so think practical fixes.

THURSDAY - Uranus stations retrograde at 14 degrees Taurus. Change/a need for progress or freedom is intensified or something changes course/slows. If we have been hit by a curve-ball recently things may smooth out a bit. For people being directly hit - the changes may intensify. If we have been considering a change this might be the week we make it! 

Happening in Taurus - collective ruler of our second house this might bring financial changes, an income source might dry up and we are going to have to innovate! Uranus in Taurus is also impacting our resources/food/supply chains, Earth changes (weather) and our personal freedom.

The best way to work with Uranus/chaos/disorder/CHANGE is to loosen our grip on things. Stay open to changing your mind and direction. Expect the unexpected. Maybe what seems totally crazy right now, will make sense later on.

Keep in mind Uranus is retrograde for five months of every year and for most people it is like background noise. We don't really notice unless he is touching our charts directly or he is an uber important part of our natal chart (I'm taking to you Aquarius/Aquarius rising). And if he is, this retrograde might amp things up (appear to get worse or more urgent), but what is really happening is we are being FREED UP for better and newer opportunities. 
 

If his station hits your chart directly (planets/points around 14 degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Aquarius and Leo - like ME) creating change/chaos (ultimately liberation) - you are probably already feeling this! If something is impeding our progress (remember Uranus rules the future) it has to go.

 

At the same time the Sun @ 27 degrees Leo opposes a retrograde Jupiter in Aquarius. This can bring a BIG result. Here is the outcome of the changes we have been making or the outcome of our avoiding making the changes! 

FRIDAY - Mercury @14 degrees Virgo trines that retrograde Uranus (in Taurus) - here is REAL OPPORTUNITY for practical/focused CHANGE. Say it again. Say it differently. Ask again. A new idea can pop right into our head. Be out and about. Prime the pump. Talk about change/the new. Change is smooth. Things fall into place. The future is RIGHT HERE NOW.

SUNDAY - A BIG Full Moon - the second in future-focused Aquarius - conjunct a retrograde, but expansive/optimistic Jupiter (old opportunities coming back around, a second change to change our beliefs, internal expansion), then the Sun moves into Virgo and says - enough partying (has anyone been partying?) - it's time to get healthy/get to work. Mars will be trining (brakes off) Uranus, Venus will be trining (brakes off) the North Node - I like this one ALOT!

Back with a BIG Full Moon post! And some other posts to add in our emotional week through Luna (plus we'll get back to last week's Saturday Mystery with Part II as we look at some other possibilities via the 911 call chart).

xo all

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