the astrology of Jupiter meeting Neptune in Pisces | April 12th, 2022 - a cosmic baptism

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On April 12th, 2022 at 10:42AM EDT, Jupiter's conjunction with Neptune at 23 degrees Pisces becomes exact. We have both the ancient and modern rulers of Pisces together in their sign for the first time since 1856. They start a new 12 year story and also a new 165 year story. 

 

Neptune dissolves boundaries and Jupiter expands whatever he touches. This is excellent energy for deep healing/cleansing, unlimited imagination, unlimited love and compassion - also, because the shadow side of anything is really just the positives taken too far - for our addictions/illusions/escapism to drift us quietly, and maybe swiftly, out to sea.

 

When Jupiter and Pisces meet in water signs, it ensures whatever is happening we will feel it - our emotions will be fully engaged.


The North and South Nodes of Fate (Taurus/Scorpio) are also at 23 degrees creating some opportunistic trines and sextiles. People with planets/points near 23 degrees of Pisces, Taurus and Scorpio, people with natal Neptune/Jupiter contacts and Pisces rising/Sag rising charts will probably feel these energies strongest, but EVERYONE'S chart/future is impacted. 


Jupiter brings luck, good fortune, expansion, optimism, confidence and growth. Neptune is the powers of our imagination and our intuition, our music, our art, our spiritual healing. 


Jupiter brings growth to Neptunian themes, makes things more far-reaching/hopeful/BIGGER. Neptune brings healing/connection/dissolution/imagination to Jupertarian themes, makes things less solid/more ethereal which can be good because certain practical limits are erased and also bring challenges for pretty much the same reason.

 

Happening in Pisces, the last sign of our collective 12th house - there is alot here about what is behind us. 

 

What we can't see from our perch in the first house, including our ancestral/past life inheritances (rewards/debts), the stuff we have accumulated that is trailing invisibly in our wake. So, with Neptune/Jupiter here - think mega-water - the debris that is ready to be sloughed off (released) or brought into our conscious awareness at this time is. This is more of a 5D thing, but 3D events could also correspond. We lose grandma's traditional wedding ring and also her propensity to judge the unusual/different as 'less'. Family curses cede tired ground (think of a flood clearing land here) to make room for more neutral territory, so what is the family energetic (ie us) going to build here THIS TIME? 

 

Unconscious baggage comes to the surface through miraculous events that might seem ordinary.

 

Latent talents can emerge - something that existed only as a possibility before (interesting these words are anagrams). Something we or someone who came before us put in our chart/spiritual bank account/DNA chain. Spiritual subsidies. Emotional, artistic, spiritual expression. The kind of 12th house genius that gives us and others - art, healing, music, charity, compassion, psychic abilities. This can happen suddenly or, maybe more likely, take root over time and come to fuller bloom when Saturn moves into Pisces next year and Jupiter is in Aries.

 

Some Jupiter/Neptune word salads might provide some collective clues of what to expect over the next 12 years - a flood of hope, a flood of refugees, mass deception/hypnosis, expansion of healthcare, more drugs, ocean spills and clean-ups, water crisis, wet weather, oil and gas crisis, viruses, martyrs/victims, chemical spills/exposures, wars at sea, wealth/expansion through art/music, turning to God, spiritual pride/arrogance, expansion of escapism, benefits from our imagination, UNLIMITED LUCK. There are certainly some troubling possibilities, but also, just as strongly the possibilities for true MIRACLES. Some will become enlightened (more light coming in), others more paranoid/mistrustful. Empathic people will need some solid spiritual practices (yoga, breath-work, prayer, etc) to avoid picking up unconscious/shadow energies. 


2022 is a BIG year. All the 2020's will be big years.

 

The fixed signs via the upcoming eclipses and ongoing Saturn/Uranus square, are being shaken out of their comfort zones - changes to our fixed signs create REAL change because they are the ones holding everything together. This is Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.

 

The cardinal signs via Venus's retrograde through Capricorn are re-evaluating their lives/values/relationships/finances, figuring out what is still standing/what new starts are needed since they have taken on much of the collapse/humbling of the last few years. This is Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. 

 

And now the mutable signs - Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces - have this incredibly rare, once-in-a-generation opportunity to make a LEAP forward in their creativity, intuition, spirituality, hope/optimism and escape repressive limits/old curses. They will also be heavily dealing with Mars in Gemini for seven months starting later this year.


We ALL have all these energies in our charts, but some people are more directly impacted and some will be activated this year more than others. And, although on Tuesday morning EDT we will have these planets together on the same degree down to the exact second, this has been building for long enough we are likely already feeling the effects of this. When Mars reaches 23 degrees Pisces on May 16th, these energies will be triggered. Look to not only the house in your chart where 23 Pisces is located (and its themes), but also to the houses that Jupiter and Neptune rule - your Sag house and your Pisces house for some idea of how this might impact you personally. 

 

This is all amplified by Venus in Pisces - and Mercury and Uranus answering to her AND Mars entry into Pisces by the end of the week. So we will have Jupiter, Venus and Mars all answering to Neptune PLUS Mercury and Uranus answering to Neptune through Venus! That's alot of water! 

 

Once Jupiter moves past Neptune, activating our new 'dream' - he will keep going, crossing the Aries point/made new and entering the first sign of Aries in mid-May. The fire will be lit under all of us!

 

If Saturn/Pluto was 'time runs out' in January 2020 and Jupiter/Saturn on the December 2020 solstice started the physical world back up again, Jupiter/Neptune in April 2022 is starting our spiritual/co-creative world back up again. The tides pull us past the trauma and fear - past the death. Not because the world is perfectly safe, but because we figure out/REMEMBER we don't really die.


For now, prayer/meditation/breath-work will be extremely helpful/healthful. Make art. Listen to music/your muses. Clear the slate a bit and allow the Pisces cleansing waters to impact you in all the ways you are wanting/needing. Jupiter/Neptune is bringing God/spiritual connection into all these spaces in our physical bodies and physical lives where he/she has been missing. 

 

Imagine yourself at the shoreline being washed clean/forgiven by a warm, SAFE flood of water. Think - cosmic baptism, tides turning. 

 

Just remember to come up for some air now and then.


xo all


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weekly astrology forecast for creatives | April 11th to april 17th, 2022 - a need to dial down the noise, from mountains to miracles

 


 

This year's BIG aspect perfects this week - the miraculous meeting of Jupiter and Neptune in Pisces for the first time since 1856. 

 

Coming on the heels of last week's pressure-cooker Mars/Saturn and with daddy-Saturn squaring the Nodes of Fate this week, the fear/foreboding/reality checks are coming at us so fast and so furious, it's almost as if forces are hard at work to keep our attention over here while the miracle-making elixir is being handed out over there.

 

And, of course, this makes sense in a free-will system always seeking balance, but also means -

 

WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DIAL DOWN THE NOISE/DISTRACTIONS THIS WEEK.

 

We are beyond the limits of time and space here, bending reality, going where no man/no woman has gone before (well, at least not since 1856) - let's not waste this entire week doing our taxes. Of course, taxes will be done, yada, yada, but if our focus is ONLY on the mountains/obstacles we might miss the first gentle stirrings of the MIRACULOUS NEW BEGINNING the Jupiter/Neptune is ushering in. 

 

Although this conjunction MIGHT best be appreciated in hindsight (over the next 12 years), it will be our inspirations/dreams/optimism now that create that heavenly view from our rear-view mirror later - keep this in mind. 

 

Allow time this week for inspiration, prayer/meditation, music, art, compassion, visioning, healing, nostalgia.


Let's unpack the week!

 

The BIG astrology this week includes our annual Libra Full Moon and, of course, this year's, once in our lifetime, Jupiter/Neptune conjunction in Pisces - a new story kicks off in our Pisces house with UNLIMITED POTENTIAL. There are also quite a few inconjuncts and semi-squares, so just know there will be some inconveniences. We will need to be flexible, able to adapt/adjust, see some things coming before we can actually see them coming and even then things will probably not be exactly what we are wanting.

 

That's OK. Life is a process and we are somehow miraculously right on schedule and exactly where we should be. 

 

All of us. Together.


MONDAY - Saturn squares the Nodes of Fate

TUESDAY - Jupiter conjuncts Neptune, Sun sextiles Saturn

THURSDAY - Mars enters Pisces

SATURDAY - Full Moon in Libra

 

SUNDAY - Mercury, at 28 degrees Aries (damn he is flying!) squares Pluto in Capricorn. I am repeating last week's closing aspect in this week's posting, since it might just bleed into the beginning of the work week. Tension/frustration. Secrets come out. Arguments can come out of nowhere with this one. Information can be scary/feel like 'life and death'. This might also speak of power struggles/manipulations/merged financial stresses and complicated third party situations. Our focus narrows. 

 

Later this same day, Mercury moves into Taurus, so our words/conversations may turn to our personal finances, resources, stability. We are thinking about and talking about what really matters/what we value/what we need. Communication, the flow of information can slow down and become about more practical things. This is fixed earth, so people can become more stubborn/less inclined to change their mind for the next few weeks. 

 

Note - Mercury's move into Taurus quickly follows the tension of that Pluto square - this can be an abrupt change of conversation/focus. Take care of yourself, focus on what really matters, let the rest go.

 

MONDAY - Saturn, at 22 degrees Aquarius squares the North and South Nodes of Fate, Leo Moon trines the Aries Sun at 22 degrees

 

Saturn square the Nodes (more 22 degrees!) is a crossroads/decision point. Saturn squares are reality checks, best dealt with using a grown-up voice and big-girl/boy pants. We might feel stuck/limited/challenged by authority. Keep in mind, Saturn requires hard work and patience. The way through this - besides hitching our wagon to the Taurus North Node  (SOMETHING MORE SIMPLE/PRACTICAL and less complicated/obsessive/dramatic) is that Lunar Waxing Trine - being brave/confident, following our heart, standing out by standing up and stepping into our responsibilities.

 

The Moon's trine to the Sun is this month's Waxing Trine on our way to this week's BIG Full Moon in Libra. This is about following our heart/allowing ourselves to shine. The Sun in Aries is conjunct Pallas, here is wisdom, winning strategies, direct action. Leo/Aries is brave/firey energy. Happening at master number 22 degrees as Saturn in Aquarius squares the Nodes really powers this one up. Something independent and individualistic is falling into place - take action and focus on personal goals and ambitions. Keep in mind that Saturn square, although we likely won't be able to miss it.


TUESDAY - Jupiter, at 23 degrees Pisces conjuncts Neptune, the Sun, at 23 degrees Aries sextiles Saturn


The modern and ancient rulers of Pisces meet for the first time since 1856 in the sign to start a new 12 year and 166 year cycle (yes, your dreams/inspirations now will be impacting your grandchildren!). Neptune dissolves boundaries and Jupiter expands whatever it touches, so this is UNLIMITED POTENTIAL. Magic. A mystical start. Healing. Having faith in our dreams. Reaching beyond our material circumstances. Jupiter brings luck, good fortune, expansion, optimism, confidence and GROWTH. Neptune is the power of our imagination, our intuition, our collective consciousness. The natural ruler of our 12th house/last house, Neptune is about everything that is behind us. What we can't see, what we've already done including our ancestral/past life inheritance, for reward or challenge. Things can also get all blown out of proportion with this aspect - anything that seems too good to be true or totally insurmountable would apply here. Keep an eye on what is expanding for addictive/escapist/overly idealistic clap-trap. Expect a BIG post


On the same day, the Sun moves into an opportunistic/creative, future-focused sextile to serious Saturn, also at 23 degrees (the degree of all those New Moons last year interacting with Eris in Aries). Bringing fire/air and stability/sobriety, this is the perfect follow-up aspect to the Jupiter/Neptune and happens within hours! A little bit of effort/fire goes a long way with this aspect - take action and things will fall in line. This speaks of a new goal, new course of action supported through structure/limits/authority/maybe groups. Saturn requests a serious attitude, some elbow grease and patience. Aries/Aqua speaks of individuality/independence - the new/the future.


THURSDAY - Mars enters Pisces  - at 11:05PM EDT, Mars joins the Pisces party. Mars hasn't been in Pisces in two years and should help energize our dreamy Pisces house! 

 

With all this Pisces we are going to need to rest when we can rest. Mars is kind of drifty in Pisces so we need to watch for self-sabotaging actions - drifting off purpose, losing our boundaries, escaping with another glass of wine or another Netflix marathon, taking action based on what we are seeing through our rose-colored glasses. We will muster whatever reserves we have to stay on top of things AND we are going to prioritize rest and escape somehow, too. Mars in Pisces is a good time to put energy into old things/what we have previously overlooked/not seen.
 

Keep in mind we are NOT going to be able to just push things through/do business as usual because Mars in Pisces can't push. It will be like pushing jello up a hill - nice for the guy behind us who isn't pushing and gets a delicious strawberry dessert tossed at him that he didn't have to work for - but not so nice for us; the ones doing all that PUSHING. On the other hand Mars in Pisces is excellent energy to go within, to meditate, to make art, to heal, to work with our intuition, to work with our dreams - this is the energy of the spiritual warrior, and if worked properly ie intuitively and creatively, having this active energy joining Venus and Jupiter and Neptune in miraculous Pisces is a wonderful gift for all of us at this time.


SATURDAY - Full Moon in Libra at 26 degrees


An important Full Moon focused on our relationships, fairness, balance, peace. T-Squaring Pluto in Cappy and Eris in Aries - speaks of intensity/tension/situations that feel like 'life and death', powerful endings. Secrets/what has been repressed/unconscious can come out to be SEEN. The good news with this one, Libra's ruler Venus exalted in Pisces and sextiling Mercury/Uranus. Expect the unexpected. Expect a BIG post!


xo all

 

Hope something here is helpful - back with the Jupiter/Neptune post that I have been procrastinating the hell out of  - which sort of makes sense now that think of it, plus I have a natal Jupiter/Neptune trine impacted now, really fighting the tides to sit down and write :)


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today's astrology forecast | Friday, April 8th, 2022 - fresh words, new ideas and brave conversations help seal the deal, expanding on that new thing, nurtured by home and family

Quietude VI

 

 

The Moon is home in Cancer now - we are nurtured/nourished by home, family, real estate, mom and apple pie. Her only aspect comes at 2:27PM EDT when she sextiles (opportunity) Uranus in Taurus - change is good.


This is also the day Mercury, at 25 degrees Aries sextiles Mars and Juno (who have their exact conjunction on Saturday). Mercury in Aries speaks of passionate, maybe courageous language/fresh conversations/new news regarding relationships/contracts. The sextile is opportunistic so the conversations/information is moving things FORWARD/encouraging productive action.


At the same time Jupiter in Pisces, on his way to his historic meeting with Neptune next week, is sextiling the North Node and trining the South Node. It will be easy/comfortable to stay stuck in the same old drama/obsessive intensities/third party situations, but much more OPPORTUNISTIC - that sextile to the North Node of our best path forward - to choose something NEW, more simple, solid, practical and stabilizing. Either way Jupiter gets lucky through stretching outside our comfort zone/faith/optimism. The North Node is in Taurus. What makes the most sense/cents here?


The fly in our ointment today is Vesta's square with Uranus in Taurus from 13 degrees Aquarius. This is tension/frustration, something that may unexpectedly disrupt our focus/what is keeping us up at night and bring our attention to something else - maybe a financial/relationship/resource situation. With the Cancer Moon making a smooth sextile to Uranus, we might benefit from more attention to the home/family/our personal self-care/our emotional well-being/the here-and-now rather than the future/the group/the impersonal big picture. Whatever this is, something NEW is brought to our attention/maybe added to our plate.


Hope something here is helpful today! 

 

Back with the Jupiter/Neptune post this weekend!


xo all


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today's astrology forecast | Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 - stay flexible, communicate, split one big or complicated thing into two smaller things, here's more choices


 

 

The Moon is in versatile/communicative Gemini now. We are nourished/nurtured through conversation, information, having lots of irons in the fire/balls in the air. We might be focused on writing/reading/learning, children's school issues, sibling/local community/transportation situations. 

 

The Moon is uber busy today, we probably will be, too. She sextiles the Sun at 8:31AM EDT, sextiles Mercury at 5:56PM EDT, trines Saturn at 8:25PM EDT, squares Jupiter at 8:41M EDT, squares Neptune at 10:53PM EDT and finally goes void at 11:14PM EDT off a trine to Mars. 

 

Whew! Not sure if I've seen this many lunar aspects in a day before - how appropriate for multi-tasking Gemini.

 

The sextile to the Sun is this month's waxing sextiles - Aries/Gemini at 16 degrees. This is an excellent energetic portal - we take the Aries vibrancy/ambition/courage/need for action and, through that Gemini Moon get an opportunity to bring our New Moon story forward. 

 

The best use of today's opportunistic sextile - communicate, ask questions, keep your mind open, try new ideas, split one thing into two separate things, give people/yourself more choices, add humor/lighten things up.

 

We will all need some mental stimulation. The rest of the day's energies will all fall in line around this. Notice how the Moon steps into the Mars/Saturn challenges and through the versatile energies of Gemini - pulls in some fresh choices/words/ideas, lightens things up. Stay flexible. 

 

The squares in the P.M. (EDT) might make us prone to making a mountain out of a molehill/taking on too much or just drifting off course - here is where you give yourself a break. That final trine to Mars, Aries ruler and so ruler of this lunation, is a very good sign what we started under this Gemini Moon will have some wind at its back, maybe particularly Aquarian fueled situations - friends, groups, goals, tech, and anything where we are stepping into our individuality/responsibility.

 

Notice on Wednesday night (check your time zone), when the Moon in Gemini squares Jupiter and then Neptune - how you are feeling, what might feel stuck/clogged, if something feels overwhelming - because, this is where next week, Jupiter is going to meet Neptune and a tidal wave is going to move through all of us. We could get a cosmic heads up, maybe via tension/frustration, that gives us some information about that.

 

Note - the weekly forecast is in the April monthly part I HERE


xo all


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