the astrology of the invasion of ukraine | echoes of february 2014, the west's self-created mess? ceres lays waste to the land to get her daughter back pitching a dying world off her axis

 

 

At 5:07AM EET on February 24, 2022, Russian troops invaded their neighboring country of Ukraine. We've talked briefly about connections to the charts of Russia, Putin, the United States, Biden and Ukraine HERE and HERE.

 

Let's look at the event chart for the moment the invasion began and see if we can get any ideas for where this might go.

 

This invasion started with Pluto within one second of the United States natal Pluto, which is rather insanely EXACT. The U.S. Pluto return - Pluto returning to his natal position for the first time since the Declaration of Independence was signed - is a BIG deal. And not just for the United States. Note we have two more exact dates in 2022, one in July with Pluto retrograde and the final exact date in late December. Both dates could relate to this conflict among other things. This doesn't mean, as some people worry, that the Russia/Ukraine conflict is bringing the world to a World War, but it is an ominous starting point. 

 

The previous two World Wars (also the Vietnam War, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, the Falklands War) started with Saturn/Pluto aspects. Although 2020's exact Saturn/Pluto conjunction is no longer in play (thank God), this invasion started just as Mars reached 22 degrees Capricorn, which is where Saturn met Pluto (and the Sun and Mercury and Ceres) back in January 2020. I call this the "time runs out, power is cemented" degree (this is also the degree of China's natal Jupiter, so we'll keep that in mind, too). 

 

Mars often acts as a TRIGGER when he reaches HOT degrees, triggering activations of old energetic signatures. He kind of pulls that Saturn/Pluto back into play. Not a good thing.

 

On February 24th, Mars had just barely eked past Venus (she was at 21 degrees Capricorn at the time of the invasion, Mars at 22) and was conjunct Vesta (sacred focus/what keeps us up at night) and asteroid Lachesis (one of the three "fates" and daughters of Zeus whose name means 'to obtain by fate, lot or divine will'). Note Zeus sits between Jupiter and the Sun in the invasion chart.

Venus will meet up with Mars again and pass Mars in early March - this might indicate peace talks/cooperative dealings coming pretty quickly (this might happen after we get past the Venus/Uranus on March 22nd or when she meets Saturn on the 28th). Mars and Venus will move into Aquarius TOGETHER and meet Ukraine's natal Saturn, at 1 degree Aquarius. The President of Ukraine, Zelenskyy, has a natal Sun/Venus conjunction at 5 degrees Aquarius and a natal Sun/Venus to Mars in Leo (showing courage) opposition being equally triggered. His chart is on fire/strongly challenged over the next couple weeks. 

(the Full Moon in Leo, we talked about HERE "how kings fall" was tightly conjunct Zelenskyy's natal Saturn/authority and rules his 8th - death, 9th - foreign affairs and 10th - career houses)

 

Symbolizing the Aquarian fate playing out, the future/chaos/trauma/new leadership and also that whatever is 'put together' now, if something is - some kind of neutral status/non NATO being firmly established for Ukraine? some leadership of some part of Ukraine switching to Russia/Putin? - might once again 'die/transform' when Pluto moves into Aquarius in March 2023 and/or when Pluto reaches 1 degree Aquarius in March 2024. 

 

Either way, I am sorry to say :( upcoming transits to their natal chart for 2023 look like it might be pretty challenging for Ukraine to remain Ukraine.

 

(Venus/Mars move into Aquarius could also indicate the battle moves into cyber warfare, but hopefully it speaks of cooler heads and new ideas.)

With Mars as a trigger rather than this happening on the Saturn/Pluto itself, maybe we are looking at something - the actual fighting/bombing/guns - of a short duration. The first few days of March when Mars is applying to and then hits Pluto - look especially dangerous.

 

This event chart, looks like the aggressor/starter has the advantage, although we know Putin's personal chart does not look satisfied, so what winning means here is uncertain. 

The North Node on Algol (malevolent fixed star) speaks of leadership changes 'off with their head' among other things. The North Node's conjunction to Ceres (Mother Earth) - the North Node was also conjunct Ceres when Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 - speaks of land issues, the opportunity to make complicated concessions/to work out challenging compromises, maybe 'Mother Russia' herself with her natal Sun conjunct Ceres. In the myth, the Ceres/Pluto compromise deal was brokered by Jupiter - maybe China with that 22 degree Cappy Jupiter or the U.S. since she is a Sag rising country (ruled by Jupiter) can broker a compromise here.

 

Biden's North Node is exactly conjunct Ukraine's Sun, so this could somehow shine a light on his 'purpose' or indicate his fate is tied to Ukraine. Happening as the U.S. Pluto's clock strikes twelve, might indicate whatever is happening could further align Russia with China - maybe strengthening them and weakening the U.S. and allies. Surely what is happening is one result of America's changing power on the world stage, and at home, which is fated through the U.S. Pluto return. We'll talk more about some possibilities for this in part ll this week.

 

Putin certainly seized the moment.

Although keep in mind this whole 'who looks stronger/who looks weaker' hierarchy thing is part of the dying Cappy/old world order paradigm and thinking like this just keeps us mired in this dead zone. 

(note China also has a big Pluto transit with transiting Pluto bearing down on their Ascendant and eventually their Moon - the people. Like the United States they also have an Aquarian Moon, China's Moon is an early degree, will be impacted years before the U.S. Moon. These Pluto transits will change the way they express in the world, their relationship with power, their relationships with allies and enemies and the status of those allies and enemies. Aspects within and secrets they have tried to suppress will come out. They could become more powerful or less, etc.)

 

The chart's activated Pluto speaks of everything from Plutocracies to Plutonium (Chernobyl is back in the news as well as European countries speaking of the need to maintain nuclear power plants. Pluto, ruler of 'everything buried' also rules oil, natural gas). Pluto is conjunct asteroid Amycus. Amycus connects to two characters in mythology. He was a brutal ruler with huge strength who left his enemies 'at the absolute disposal of the winner'. And he was a centaur of a similar ilk. In Asteroid Amycus's discovery chart he was in Aries opposed to the Libra Sun, so kind of a martial and likely dangerous lone wolf. Pluto/Amycus sounds very Putin-like.

The ruler of the event chart is Saturn (ruler of Capricorn and 'authority') - Saturn, the aggressor, is Russia here. Strong in the Aquarius 1st house, a sign he co-rules/ancient ruler with the Cappy planets - and Aquarius planets - answering to him. 

 

The ruler of Ukraine is the Moon (ruler of Cancer and 'the people'). The Moon in the 10th (Saturn's natural house) is not so strong, is alone there in Sag - the house of foreigners, maybe put in this situation by foreigners or (Sag being a fire sign) armed by foreigners or even ending up as foreigners as some flee/emigrate. She trines Mercury - aided by press/communication/tech/the local environment. The Moon in fiery and hopeful Sag is answering to Jupiter, strong in Pisces. Ukraine gets some foreign (Jupiter) or legal help and strength from other countries. This will also be about compassion, charity, prayer, universal love, Piscean help - all will be important now. The Moon near the mid-heaven gives Ukraine strength, brings her situation to the world's attention. People around the world will feel what Ukraine (that 10th house Sag Moon) is feeling.

 

But Russia here, as Saturn, with all those Cappy planets answering to him looks hard to beat. Russia's natal Sun/Ceres making them a kind of 'Ceres' country (think of Mother Russia - that mama bear with a sickle) with transiting Ceres on the North Node also helps them here with timing.

The reason for the invasion can be seen through both the ascendant and MC. The ascendant in Capricorn speaks of tradition, things that are old (Ukraine was Russia), power, authority, things that are planned over time, property and land, the desire to leave a legacy, certainly the NATO/control issue for Putin, likely his desire for Russia to remain a 'super-power'. The MC is Scorpio - ruled by powerful Pluto - speaks of power, secrets, money, shared resources like oil/natural gas. Cappy and Scorpio are powerful signs - arguably the most powerful signs. 

The question with Ukraine as the Moon (Ukraine in Sag and Sag ruler Jupiter in Pisces) is - how does how much the world cares about Ukraine compare to how much Russia/Putin cares about Ukraine?

That pile-up in the first house supports Russia, BUT Saturn being blown out by the Sun (widely conjunct Sun) speaks of Russia's leader's weakness (Putin) or maybe his invisibility (this is also repeating Russia's natal Sun/Saturn, so probably not so bad for them). Putin has a lonely 12th house natal stellium in Libra - the isolation from the Saturn/Pluto (virus) would contribute to his actions here. 

 

And Putin has a natal 22 degree Pluto conjunct his South Node in Leo - an old life as a king/tsar/emporer, probably in Russia maybe in China, that he is powerfully re-enacting, possibly to his own detriment (the 22 degree master number is very powerful but has a self-sabotage possibility and we are in a lunar cycle connected to self-undoing), but almost certainly he would feel this as his destiny/fate.  And keep in mind that 22 is a master number and Pluto is arguably the strongest planet - it doesn't have to self-destruct.

Putin's natal Pluto is conjunct his own South Node, China's Pluto and Russia's Mars. When I say Putin is playing Pluto I am not kidding!

 

Asteroid Gonggong (the Chinese monster/hero God conjunct the event chart's Sun and Ukraine's natal Moon) also pulls China into the mix. Gonggong's myth speaks of a kind of emotionally driven combativeness - Gonggong was ashamed to lose a fight and then pitched a fit that threatened to toss the world off her axis. Sounds a bit like an echo of the Ceres/Russia energy and all repeating patterns are what we need to be paying attention to. 

This is a quick look. We would really need to dive into the natal charts and progressed charts and transits and solar arcs to see everything we need to see. 

Maybe when Venus passes Mars in early March or after whatever blow-ups Mars/Venus/Uranus bring mid-month, so after the 22nd - some kind of peace/agreements can be reached. All the inner planets are on a direct path to Saturn over the next few weeks (Saturn here being Russia, but also stability, sobriety, authority, rules, boundaries) which could help things stabilize, too, although likely at a cost - because in this chart, Saturn is Russia.

 

After Saturn, 'the cement is poured', events/deals will not be so easily undone. We are married to the future. Uranus squares will provide some twists and turns mid-March, but hopefully after Venus pulls ahead of Mars for in March, this will bring some kind of truce/peace/easing (Venus ruling the 4th house - end of the matter).

 

The U.S. Pluto return, and this invasion is clearly part of that, plays out throughout 2022, is designed to transform the United State's (AND THE WORLD'S) relationship with power and isn't so quickly wrapped up.

Russia will have the upper hand, but monetary sanctions, etc, will hurt them, note the charts 2nd house (money house) Chiron -  wounding, and Neptune - dissolving funds and resources.

 

Looking back at the Crimea invasion chart on February 22, 2014, when Russia began their piece-meal take-back of Ukraine - ALMOST EXACTLY 8 years to the day of this invasion - we see MANY similarities. 

 

Back then we had the Pluto/Uranus square of 2012-2015. On the day of the Crimea invasion we had Jupiter forming a tight T-Square (exact with Uranus) with the open leg filled in with Putin's Sun. We had Ceres/North Node on the MC just like we have now. In 2014 they were joined by Vesta and Mars. Asteroid Gonggong was once again tightly conjunct the chart's Sun. Venus was again at 21 degrees Capricorn - an uber powerful degree in history. She was squaring Mars and Mars was squaring EXACT the U.S. Pluto (so this event in 2014 would be connected to the U.S. Pluto return/likely loss of power, too). Jupiter, during the Ukraine invasion was conjunct Chiron in the Crimea chart. Chiron, during the Ukraine invasion was conjunct Uranus in the Crimea chart. We had a Pluto/Uranus then, we have a Saturn/Uranus now. Saturn was on the Moon in the Crimea chart. He is on the Ukraine natal Moon in this week's chart. Lots of connections.

 

The 2014 Crimea/Russia conflict ended with Russia annexing Crimea about a month after the invasion. Something like this is possible now, too.

 

But Putin doesn't have his Grand Cross this time and the karmic U.S. Pluto return is exact ... 

 

(the extent to which this mess has been created by the U.S, in particular, but also her allies in the west/NATO will have a role in the outcome, too, as fate, via the Pluto return of the U.S. plays its hand).

xo all

Keep in mind this is my look at the archetypes/patterns of the event chart through my own lens, nothing more or less than that. Event charts like this are probably not as reliable as some other charts - birth charts for example - because it can be hard to know when an event actually started .. but they can be a useful tool. (post edited 3/4 for a date correction)

the united states pluto return | february 22, 2022 | part I - the narcissistic wound is where the light gets in, Putin plays Pluto

 

I wanted to write about 2/22/22's, 22 degree Neptune sextile a 22 degree Vesta (the dream being made real through our sacred FOCUS and commitment or maybe our focus lightens up a bit and that's a good thing) and also our high-minded Mercury making his third of three meetings with Juno (partnership agreements, successful/future-focused conversations with partners, negotiating without taking things too personally) and I guess, there, I just did write about it :) but am pulled to finally look at the U.S. Pluto return, a repeating aspect with its first of three exact hits TODAY. 

 

And, of course, the Neptune/Vesta and the Mercury/Juno, coupled with a Pluto ruling Scorpio Moon whose closing aspect tomorrow is an opportunistic sextile to Pluto himself adds some good and interesting insights into today's Pluto return event chart.

Let's dig in!

 

On February 22, 2022 Pluto will, for the first time, return to its natal position in the United States birth chart. He will be back here again on July 11th during his summer retrograde and then for a final pass, moving direct, on December 28th. I think with the United States playing such a powerful role in the world, this will have a global significance.

 

The U.S. birth chart, also known as the Sibley chart, was charted by Ebeneezer Sibley (with a name like Ebeneezer Sibley I somehow have a hard time doubting his thoroughness), a British astrologer and Freemason back in 1776 when word of the signing of the Declaration of Independence reached Britain. It is set for July 4, 1776 at 5:10PM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is universally used and I have used it for research on multiple important events in United States history and it hasn't let me down.

 

Astrological knowledge almost certainly went into the time the document was signed. The U.S. forefathers crafted a beautiful chart (with interesting connections to editor Benjamin Franklin's own chart, including the U.S. Pluto - which they couldn't see - exact on Ben Franklin's natal Sun). Since Pluto returns to his natal position about every 247 years (one orbit around the Sun), we won't live to see our own Pluto returns, although I would suspect strong ancestral connections/past life story-lines that connect now to our lives/familial lines in the 1700's, 1500's etc. 

A planet's return to his natal position resets/triggers the role that planet plays in the blueprint of the event chart or birth chart. For example every year every person has a Solar Return, when the Sun returns to the position (degree/second of the zodiac) he occupied when we were born - this will be within a day or so of our birthday. This resets/triggers/influences our new year. Sometimes people familiar with astrology and not liking their Solar Return chart will travel on their birthday into a different time zone to get something they see as more favorable 

 

(I am not such a fan of this idea, but was strongly tested this year with a Sun/Saturn exact conjunction in the 12th house in my solar return chart (!) - I think better to work with what we have, since it's nearly certain the energies that created our blueprints know more than we do and we might avoid something that mucks up the future .. you get the idea).

 

Usually with a triple hit - like this one in the United States, because Pluto due to his retrograde will walk this degree multiple times - the first pass is the big whammy, although when we look at the transits for these specific days, that summer hit with Mars on the U.S. natal Uranus, looks pretty explosive. Another near date to watch for is when Mars (always a trigger) crosses 27 degrees Capricorn (with Venus - she is undoubtedly helping) on March 4th. 

 

Pluto rules Scorpio, our collective 8th house and such themes as life/death, power, big finances, nuclear energy, Plutocrats, sex, fertility, our sexual organs, bowels, elimination, third party situations, secrets, things that are hidden, the stuff we don't want to look at/talk about in polite company. Pluto transits bring transformational changes, death and rebirth and situations that activate 'before and after' life altering circumstances. Even if we want to go back to the way things were before the Pluto transit, we can't, the 'back there' isn't back there anymore.

 

You can understand why, unlike astronomers, astrologers can see there is no 'demoting' Pluto. 

 

Power and how we deal with power is a MAJOR Plutonian issue for us at both an individual and a group level. 

Pluto, God of the underworld, rules the stuff we have stuffed. The shadow self - the real self we buried to survive. His themes include guilt, resentment, control, revenge, manipulation, jealousy, etc. There is often a kind of 'horror story' connected to our personal natal Pluto placement AND the stuff we carry in our 8th house. It's a childhood story, yes, but the reason we magnetized it to us in childhood in the first place is because of an even deeper ancestral/past life horror story. The same energy of a 'horror story', which might sound too harsh, but I'm thinking maybe it isn't, applies to the birth charts of countries, too. 

 

Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930 - a somber decade that began with the Great Depression and ended with World War II. Pluto speaks of karma and his return speaks of the death/birth of karmic cycles. With a second house 27 degree Pluto in Capricorn answering to Saturn in the 10th, we would most likely be looking at major changes in government structure, U.S. power in the world, finances, resources, values and self-esteem.

Although we are taking about specific dates, transits are tricky to time and impossible with such a slow moving planet as Pluto. There is probably no exact 'date' the United States Pluto return starts/happens (that's not to say something very important cannot happen near or on the exact dates, they likely will). 

 

We could say this started when the Declaration of Independence was signed. We could say this got moving when Pluto was discovered in 1930. We could say this clicked into gear in 2008 when Pluto moved into Capricorn. We could say this kicked into HIGH gear in 2020 when Pluto moved within orb of the United States natal Pluto.

 

Pluto is in the United States second house which rules - money, our values, our self-esteem. In Capricorn, he is answering to Saturn in the United States 10th house and Saturn in Libra is answering to Venus in the 7th in Cancer, pulling in the United States Aquarius Moon/Uranus on the descendant. Pluto opposes the U.S. natal Mercury who rules that Uranus in Gemini and is answering to the Moon. So, we've got the 2nd house (money, values, self-esteem), 10th house (career, public life, reputation), 7th house (partners, open enemies), 8th house (death, big money, power, transformation), 6th house (health, work) all connected via these dispositors. I think with Libra/Venus ruling the U.S. prominent 10th house and both Venus's (collectively ruled) houses activated - the 2nd and 7th - a general theme of women/feminine energy and balance is also pulled into the mix.

 

The United States is also having a natal Neptune opposition at the same time. 

 

Transiting Neptune at 22 Pisces is opposing the United States natal Neptune at 22 degrees Virgo AND this makes a T-Square with the U.S. natal Mars in Gemini. Transiting asteroid Narcissus is at 22 degrees Libra exactly squaring the U.S. natal Narcissus at 22 Capricorn right now (yes, of the time runs out/power is cemented' January 2020 astro infamy). 22 is a powerful master number/THE powerful number of mastery and the Neptune opposition is an 82 year cycle and brings us back to the United States Civil War (and a time when people were saying the telegraph was "too fast for the truth").

 

This Neptune opposition was always going to be a HUGE deal and happening at the same time as the U.S. Pluto return really amps things up!

 

We have to start somewhere, so we'll go back to the end of 2008, when Pluto moved into Capricorn for the first time since the 1700's 'waking up' the U.S. natal Pluto. It was November, we had just elected Obama to his first term here in the United States. The world economy was collapsing under the weight of the housing crisis. Obama's 27 degree Capricorn natal Narcissus starts triggering the U.S. natal Pluto, which remember is also at 27 degrees Capricorn (this is also the degree of Abraham Lincoln's Moon).

We will talk about this in Part II along with Obama, Trump, covid, Biden, the asteroids including Narcissus and Icarus  - all part of the U.S. Pluto return. And the U.S. Pluto return is part of our collective journey into the Age of Aquarius. It is hard to separate these things from each other right now. The U.S. has a 27 degree Moon in Aquarius (the people - exactly semi-sextile Pluto). Before Biden, we had 28 years in a row of Presidents with tight natal North Node (fate)/Uranus (Aquarius) conjunctions (Biden has a tight North Node/Chiron - wounded healer - conjunction).

Based on the current news - keep in mind the U.S. Mercury opposes the U.S. Pluto - someone else who appears to be playing a major role in at least this first leg of the U.S. Pluto return is Vladimir Putin. 

 

(It wouldn't be hard to imagine Putin releasing an incorrect public birth-date, maybe to throw off astrologers, maybe to make himself younger than he actually is and I used to wonder about his Scorpio rising chart, which seemed off for someone with such an unchanging face - Scorpio risings, and the other water signs to some degree, often look quite different from one photo to the next - although it's very early degree, the invention of Botox and how scrupulously he maintains his image of invincibility could be impacting this. He does seem like a Pluto/Mars ruled kind of guy. Comparing his chart and events in his life it does seem possible to me that it is accurate and it's all we have, so we'll take a look.)

 

Putin (a close-ish anagram for Pluto with a similar pronunciation) has a chart-ruling Pluto, tightly conjunct his South Node (past life/strong affiliation with Plutonian/forceful power) with the conjunction situated on his mid-heaven in Leo. He comes off as quite a Plutonian character with a secretive/deadly serious/'king of the underworld' kind of vibe. In Leo, Pluto is answering to his Libra Sun which, along with his Saturn, bookends the U.S. natal 10th house Saturn (world authority). His Sun is answering to his first house Libra Venus conjunct asteroid Icarus and trines his Uranus (his chaos/trauma planet conjunct the U.S. Sun). Putin's powerful Mars is conjunct the Galactic Center and trines his natal Pluto. His Pluto is at master number 22 degrees and inconjunct the U.S. natal Narcissus and transiting Neptune and sextiles the U.S. natal Neptune. 

 

Maybe making Putin a kind of human linchpin pulling the U.S. Pluto return and Neptune opposition together. But with Neptune (and Putin) it's hard to know what is real here. We talked about the Russia, Ukraine, Biden charts in the Full Moon in Leo/how kings fall post HERE.

 

Back with Part II on Friday and we'll pull in the other pivotal characters and see where all this might be heading. 

xo all

artwork by the talented Valentina Remenar

weekly astrology forecast | February 21st to 27th, 2022 - making the dream real, healing words, our thinking and the conversation changes, disruptive information, breakthroughs

 

 

Let's take a quick look at the week ahead which is preparing us for next week's BIG energies!

WEDNESDAY - Mars sextiles Neptune

THURSDAY - Venus sextiles Neptune, Mercury sextiles Chiron, Mercury exits shadow, Mercury squares Uranus

On WEDNESDAY, Mars (at the HOT 22 degrees Cappy) sextiles Neptune at 22 degrees Pisces. This is BIG time "making the dream real" energy. Ambition meets inspiration. Serious/goal oriented action (Mars in Cappy) is creating an opportunity with Neptune's boundless world of creative imaginings, compassion, forgiveness, healing, spirituality and connection. Mars is firing Neptune up before Neptune meets Jupiter in April. Take creative/gentle action.

On THURSDAY, Venus, just hours behind Mars, moves into her own sextile with dreamy Neptune. This is her third (of three) sextiles, due to her Cappy retrograde. Once again this is merging reality/money/beauty/our values/self-esteem with dreams and fantasy. Pay attention to what you want. Venus in Cappy has been showing us what we need to feel loved/to feel stable. Sometimes Cappy, the cold sign of winter, shows us what is missing. If we aren't happy with what we have/where we are - here is another chance to move beyond the reality of our situation. We were last here on January 5th (that was the 'revising' part), so maybe we are returning to a situation that requires some Neptunian assistance - dissolution, forgiveness, compassion, impersonal love.

This is a BIG day for Mercury. First. Mercury in Aquarius sextiles Chiron - heaking via a vulnerability, forgiveness, maybe we need to apologize or in Aquarius not take things so personally. After Mercury's healing words - don't expect roses and chocolates, this is logical Aquarius we are talking about - Mercury exits the shadow of his/her own retrograde and starts covering new ground. Mercury retro, and whatever we have been going back and forth over, is officially OVER.

 

YAY! 

Mercury immediately moves into a square with chaotic/future-focused/liberating Uranus. Ouch. Plans change. Our thinking changes. New information comes in. A disruption. An unexpected announcement. Accidents. Breakthroughs. Since Uranus is pulling the future back to meet us at an alarming speed, some Uranian types will have had this happen LAST WEEK. 

People with planets/points nearest 10 degrees of the fixed signs will be feeling this strongest. Again, the change comes from our Taurus house - yes, the area of life we once counted on to run on auto-pilot, but the past couple years hasn't been so easy! 

This aspect also speaks of difficult Uranian circumstances - ie innovation, rebellion, individuality, pressure through group circumstances. Whatever the monkey-wrench is, it isn't totally out of left field since Mercury (as us) has been here before. It still indicates tension/frustration - surprise/disruption, and coming after Mercury leaves his/her shadow - there is something brand new here, too. For some people Mercury tangles show up as transportation/tech glitches. Drive safely. Make sure files are backed up.

This is all part of Mercury's long/drawn-out journey toward reality-check Saturn on March 2nd, the change needed now BEFORE THE CEMENT GETS POURED then. 

Hope something here is helpful. 

Back with Part I of the U.S. Pluto Return 2022 series

xo all

heads up the Moon is in Scorpio on Monday and Tuesday, which means she will be moving over the South Node - newly minted in Scorpio last month - we can get some hints now about what to expect from the upcoming Scorpio/Taurus Eclipses (April and October). Scorpio is a serious sign, so pay attention.

artwork by the talented Valentina-Remenar

Today's astrology forecast | Friday, February 18th, 2022 - sun into pisces

 

We have moved on a bit from that Leo Full Moon (although it will play out over the next couple weeks and more fully over the next year). 

 

The Moon is in Virgo now - we are nourished/nurtured by being of service, dotting our i's and crossing our t's, a well organized closet, being helpful, being practical, being right/critical (ouch, let's avoid this one), taking care of our physical body/focusing on wellness, taking care of our pets, taking care of our employees/co-workers, prioritizing quality over quantity, doing good work, fixing something (sometimes, yes, broken or not). 

She's busy today - trines Venus, then Mars, opposes Neptune and goes void off a trine to Pluto at 6:19PM EST. Mostly smooth flow with some Neptunian agitation - maybe some wet weather, a tendency to drift off course, some delusion/illusion, exhaustion. Still, that Virgo Moon has so much Capricorn support - we can be productive/get things done. She is then void until 10:51PM EST when she moves into Libra.

 

As soon as she gets into Libra she moves into an awkward inconjunct with the Sun who has just moved into Pisces. This month's Waning Inconjunct - Libra/Pisces. Kicking off Pisces season with a bit of a 'rock and a hard place' is actually not such a bad thing. The Moon here is reminding us of our partnerships/one-on-one relationships/the importance of balance before we get too swept away in the Piscean waters. 

The big news today, of course, is the Sun's movement into Pisces currently home to both Pisces modern and ancient rulers - Neptune and Jupiter, so locked and loaded. I have known alot of Pisces people and noticed Pisces are particularly proud of their Sun signs. I have never known a Pisces who would rather be anything else. Maybe it's because they are the last sign, I don't know, but Pisces really seem to like being Pisces. This time of year when the Sun moves into Pisces, we all start burning Pisces fuel, feel a little bit of what it's like to be a Pisces - we get more sensitive, more intuitive, more imaginative/artistic, more spiritual/connected, hopefully more compassionate. Sometimes less focused, more lazy, lose our boundaries - keep this in mind. Often we need more rest, to take a break. It's like we all get a taste of a 12th house Sun for a while and need to find ways to rejuvenate 

 

 (we are also more likely to have childhood memories pop up to deal with and past life memories, if you resonate with that, any addictions/escapist tendencies can get our attention now, too). 

Of course, we still have our natal (and progressed Sun signs) running the show, but we get a little high-octane Pisces magic in our tank, too. 

 

It will start to be easier now to connect to other people, to see the hands of a loving universe at work in our lives. 

xo all

back with the U.S. Pluto return post this weekend

artwork by the talented Melanie Delon