Today's Astrology Forecast | Monday, December 7th, 2020 - tending to what needs care and connection, health situations, work situations, tension between the big picture/optimism and the practical details

 

The Moon is in practical Virgo now. Today brings the challenges to this. Tomorrow the easier energies.

She trined a retrograde Uranus while we slept (3:45AM EST), squares Virgo ruler Mercury at 6:24AM EST, squares the Sun at 7:36PM EST and finally opposes Neptune at 10:45PM EST. All in a day's work for our girl in Virgo - plan for a hot bath and cup of hot cocoa tonight, folks! We will need it.

The Moon in Virgo tends to analyze what we are feeling. That square to the Sun is our monthly Last Quarter Square. A final adjustment to last week's Full Moon Lunar Eclipse before next week's New Moon Solar Eclipse. 

 

Sag/Virgo - mutable fire vs mutable earth. The big-picture good feels vs the actual details of the situation. We need to take care of what we have to take care of here - the daily stuff/our health/our work - the Virgo - and this is somehow challenging to the Sagittarius enthusiasm/or our beliefs. How do we feel about our service/health/our work/daily routine in relation to our Sagittarius (ie Sag house theme, hope, enthusiasm, foreign, travel, beliefs, religion, legal) objectives/intents? Or maybe there is something here we have glossed over/been TOO hopeful and now we have to take care of it in a more practical way.

 

At the same time we have the Venus/North Node inconjunct we talked about for Monday HERE with a kind of similar feel to it.  

 

By tomorrow our practical Moon will be all smooth trines and sextiles, but today's tension/frustration cannot be avoided. It's needed to GET us to the smooth trines and sextiles (opportunities). Looking for a way through today's struggles, we see Ceres is sextiling Black Moon Lilith. So there is an opportunity here to heal an old situation we maybe haven't wanted to deal with. Pray. Connect. Meditate. Tend to what needs care and connection.

 

xo all

photo by the talented MATZU

Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Week of December 6th -13th, 2020 - the Eclipse spin cycle continues! BIG karmic endings/lessons, BIG karmic beginnings, old issues getting sorted out, opportunities abound now, take action

 

MONDAY - Venus inconjunct North Node

WEDNESDAY - Sun square Neptune

THURSDAY - Venus sextile Pluto

FRIDAY - Sun trine Mars and oppose the North Node

SATURDAY - Mars sextile the North Node

SUNDAY - Mercury square Mars

The Eclipse spin cycle continues! Between the Lunar Eclipse in Gemini (November 30th) and the Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius (December 14th) - life is determined to spit us out in quite a different state than when we went in. 

 

What is happening in your life? I would guess it is something BIG. 

 

Old issues have a way of coming back around during Eclipse cycles to be sorted out/put to bed. New situations arrive with big ramifications. Some of these old issues are childhood/familial DNA/past lives, so we may or may not be totally aware of the importance of what is happening now. Old debts are coming due/being marked paid in full, so we can MOVE ON. An old life is fading to black.

People are often telling me about the things that are falling apart, but the truth is whether something is falling apart or coming together DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING. If you are looking at the old structures/what used to support you/maybe even who you used to be - you are going to see what is falling apart. 

But isn't there some place else you can be looking? We are in Sagittarius season. I think there is!

 

MONDAY - Venus, at 19 degrees Scorpio, inconjuncts the North Node at 19 degrees Gemini. 

 

Scorpio/Gemini. Gemini is our mutable air sign - it stays detached from the information it gathers, so it can move from this thing to that thing quickly. This way of going through life is unavailable to intense Scorpio (our fixed water sign), so seems unimportant/frivolous to Scorp. It's really the nuts and bolts of things (we have a real appreciation of the little things that make up our lives now, don't we?), and, of course, Scorpio makes things a little more real than Gemini actually wants to deal with. These energies form a rock and a hard place. We need to adjust. On the one hand here is this really important thing I want/want to do/be there for and on the other hand here is the stuff I have to do/where I need to be/these errands/this small stuff. We have to balance this stuff out today. Do our best with it.

WEDNESDAY - the Sun at 18 degrees Sagittarius squares Neptune at 18 degrees Pisces. 

 

This aspect can bring about confusion/deception/rose-colored glasses. Maybe our addictions/escape mechanisms/self-sabotaging avoidances are on display. This might be our Sag house being undermined by our Pisces house. Squares to Neptune can make us tired/sad, keep this in mind. BUT happening pretty much right on top of the South Node (what is releasing) and during an Eclipse cycle, the stuff that Neptune is impacting - dissolving/fading - can be exactly what needs to GO. We have to trust this because it may or may not be so easy to see this. 

 

Keep in mind the Sun is going to trine Mars this week and Mars is going to sextile the North Node, so we need to keep our focus on reality/what we have to do or can do right now. MARS in ARIES is what is driving this train. 

 

BIG karmic endings and BIG karmic beginnings are happening ALL MONTH.

THURSDAY - Venus, at 23 degrees Scorpio now, sextiles Pluto at 23 degrees Capricorn.

 

Remember Venus is deep in Scorpio, a sign of her detriment since she rules Scorpio's polarity sign of Taurus. But, now OPPORTUNITY as she sextiles Scorpio's ruler Pluto, deep in practical/realistic Capricorn. This is intense. Here's our power. I was wondering where I put my power?! Stepping into our authority. Our goals. Committing.

FRIDAY - the Sun at 19 degrees Sagittarius trines Mars at 19 degrees Aries and opposes the North Node at 19 degrees Gemini

The Sun is sitting on the South Node now and trining a brave/new Mars in Aries - a great big spotlight on what has ended/is ending and how that ending has brought us to where we are right now. We are releasing the old story/beliefs - whatever has completed - and moving smoothly/easily into our next right actions.

SATURDAY - now Mars, at 19 degrees Aries sextiles the North Node at 19 degrees Gemini

Our actions are lining us up with the future. If an opportunity comes along now grab it. Be brave. Take action. WE ARE MOTIVATED TO MOVE ON!

SUNDAY - Mercury reaches 18 degrees Sagittarius and squares Neptune

So, we end the week with Mercury doing what the Sun did at the start of the week. Maybe here is the information/the facts that doesn't line up with the illusion/delusion. Plans might not materialize exactly as we had hoped. There is some possibility of disappointment here. AND because Mercury rules the North Node, there is a deeper/subplot that is really the actual plot, but everyone won't be able to see it. Again karmic releases. Whatever is leaving has to leave. Whatever doesn't work out isn't meant to be right now. For many people the stuff that is leaving is already gone, maybe even long gone. The vacuum that has been created by the emptying is activated. Squares are tension/frustration. This won't be comfortable, but with Mercury ruling the North Node, getting real about this stuff is necessary.

I'll be back to add in the Moons and we'll talk about the MEGA Solar Eclipse on December 14th in Part II of December 2020!! 

 

It's an incredibly important week as we build toward the Solar Eclipse - even the little things we are doing/thinking/saying can make major ripples/cut very old cords that are holding us back. Past life PTSDs getting cleared up. Almost everything we are running into/dealing with - is karmic now. Be brave. Hold on loosely. Intend for what you need to go to be finished with you.

xo all

photo by the talented MilliganVick

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, December 4th, 2020 - courage and risk, knowing your value, healing words, looking into what you've been avoiding, making time for some fun

 

 

The Moon in Cancer makes the rest of her oppositions in the early A.M. EST opposing first Jupiter (1:52AM) and then Saturn (5:29AM). We won't have a Moon at home in Cancer opposing a Saturn at home in Capricorn for 28 years after this morning! Here's to that! She goes void off that Saturn opposition and will be void until 7:53AM EST when she moves into Leo. 

 

Our focus shifts to creative projects, romance, children, recreation, fun, our need for courage, what our heart desires, our natural white-hot SPOTLIGHT. 

 

From Leo she will trine (brakes off) Mercury in Sagittarius at 4:51PM EST - this is good news/maybe even something to celebrate. There is a square to a retrograde Uranus at 9:37PM EST, so there could be something unexpected and potentially frustrating to close out the day.

 

This is also the day Mercury trines Chiron. Words/information that is healing. Chiron is retrograde so this conversation/news could have its roots in an old situation. Maybe words we once needed to hear, but didn't, we are hearing now (maybe not from the same person/situation). With Mercury squaring Ceres at the same time, words that are preachy/pushy/overly enthusiastic will not be helpful. 

 

Use the trine to Chiron for a brave conversation or to look into information you have been avoiding.

 

This aspect can also produce a sudden epiphany - now, we get it. Here is why XYZ had to happen. To get us here.  

 

Old hurts can be healed if we allow it. 

 

Maybe through a process of discovery. Or maybe even sometimes - Just. Like. That (snaps fingers).

 

This probably won't be totally comfortable and Sag/Aries (not to mention that Leo Moon) requires some courage/some risk! Be confident.

 

Also have some fun this weekend - a Sag Sun and Leo Moon (the last before our monthly Leo Moons start opposing Saturn and Jupiter in Aquarius - those Cappy planets have to go somewhere!) - demand some fun!

 

xo all 

 

photo by the amazing Natalia Ciobanu

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, December 3, 2020 - feeling testy, needing a break, challenged by stuff outside our control, taking care of ourselves

 

 

Today is all about our Cancer Moon. She will square Mars (in Aries) at 8:28AM EST, trine Neptune at 9:32AM EST and finally oppose Pluto at 7:21PM EST. 

 

That square to Mars makes us testy/uncomfortable. Irritable. Moody. Get some exercise. The trine to Neptune might feel good, but could also make us tired/lazy/tend to drift off-course. Meditate. Pray. The opposition to Pluto speaks of a power play. Feelings of insecurity are triggered as something outside our control is upsetting our apple cart. How many apples get spilled may depend on how well we are handling our responsibilities/taking care of business or if we have been abdicating/projecting our authority onto someone/something else.

Tomorrow the Moon moves on to oppose Jupiter and Saturn for one final time from her home sign in Cancer. Next time the Moon is in Cancer, Jupiter and Saturn won't be. It will be the first time in almost three years we will have a Moon in Cancer (next month) without these powerful oppositions. 

 

Home will start to feel like home again. Let that sink in.

 

For now, we need to be taking care of ourselves. 

 

Prioritize nurturing, self-care, our close relationships and commitments. A little escape through that Neptune trine may be needed. 

 

With the Sun in Sagittarius and the Moon in Cancer (a natural inconjunct) it is possible to keep our feet on the ground and our hands in the air without taking off or falling over, but it will take a little efforting. Keep in mind the dance between Cancer's need to keep us safe at any cost and Sag's need for a bigger bite of that apple. Also keep in mind with today's lunar squares and oppositions we are attracting problems/challenges in keeping with the abilities of our natal Moon which might not be (and probably isn't) in Cancer. Where is your natal/progressed Moon and how are you feeding her?

xo all

photo by the talented Alt-Beauty

the Astrology of December 2020 | part I - the king is dead, long live the king, past the point we always died before, it's a whole new world

 

 

The dailies are a bit tricky for me right now since I am like that sleepless bread maker these days, although working with metal instead of yeast (trying to not burn my house down since we lost the shop), but still without much time for my fun-stuff like this blog. December is a HUGE month though, so let's look a bit ahead and I will pop in here with new posts as often as possible!

 

December launched on the back of November 30th's lunar Eclipse at 8 degrees Gemini. We talked about it HERE. 

 

Decisions, ideas, information. Mercury (ruler of Gemini) was deep in Scorpio and sextiling both Pallas and Saturn. We need to be doing the wise/practical thing now. A sextile here to healing Chiron. An awkward inconjunct between the Sun (in Sag) and future-focused/chaotic Uranus (in Taurus). Sagittarius brings the optimism/adventurous spirit - it gets things moving/gets us looking ahead. We need Taurus, determined to hold onto what he has, to understand what can be gained from these activities AND still manage, being Taurus and all, to hold the reins in such a way as to prevent extreme action, just yet. It takes us knowing there is SOMETHING around that blind corner (which we can't yet see because ... well, because it's a blind corner) coupled with the self-discipline (to not dig our heels into something dead and mushy that we somehow think we need even though it won't support us anyway) to make these energies work.

Then Mercury comes up from Scorpio and enters Sagittarius. So now we have the Sun and Mercury in the sign of the archer. There is some kind of hopefulness here. Something greater. We talked about this HERE.

On DECEMBER 4TH - Mercury, in Sagittarius now, so more optimistic/thinking BIGGER, trines Chiron in Aries. Collectively Mercury is activating Sag issues - expansion, that greener grass over there, our big-picture beliefs, what is foreign to us, travel, politics, religion, the media, publishing, weddings, legal issues. Something here, maybe a conversation or some information is healing. We are now thinking we can do this thing/take care of ourselves/be ourselves. Or maybe a vulnerability triggers a healing conversation - we don't have to have all the answers. What a relief. We'll leave that to Google. 

On DECEMBER 5TH - Venus in Scorpio is trining Neptune in Pisces. Venus is exalted in Pisces, so she likes any contact and particularly a powerful trine. She (as we) can work her magic here. She expands relationships, money and self-esteem. Opportunities increase. Resistance dissolves. The tricky part of Venus with Pisces is we need to know what we want now. The lines between us and other people, between acceptance and avoidance, between our money and their money, between love and 'what was I thinking' - will blur. If that Lunar Eclipse brought/brings losses, this aspect can soften the blow. 

On DECEMBER 8TH - we get the last quarter Moon of the cycle - the Moon in Virgo squaring the Sun in Sagittarius. The Moon in Virgo wants to organize/keep things smallish and tidy. The Sun in Sag wants to 'go big or go home'. This is the big-picture vs the pesky little details. Or we might say the important details vs the 'lalaland possibilities'. Squares are tension/frustration. How do we make this work?

On DECEMBER 12TH - Mars (direct in his home sign of Aries now) sextiles the North Node. Here is where we need to be taking action toward our future. Mars requires it. That sextile to the North Node speaks of opportunities/lining up with our best/brightest future (the best we can line up with from where we are currently parking our ass if you see what I mean). Aries action can sometimes look a little/or a lot selfish. Take it anyway. At the same time, Mercury gets ahead of the Sun - moves out of the bounds of the Sun. He/she isn't playing by the rules and there aren't many rules in Sagittarius to start with! We could say/think almost anything now. So can everyone else. He doesn't come back into bounds until the first week of January, so keep this in mind. 

On DECEMBER 14TH - here's the BIG Solar Eclipse New Moon in Sagittarius - we will talk about this in Part II. 

 

This one is at 23 degrees (symbolically past that 22 degree transformation-zone, so past the death - and what do you know, here we are still ALIVE, and there will be more and more days when we feel this way) conjunct the Galactic Center and the South Node (huge karmic releases), with Pluto at 23 DEGREES, too, now and Venus exactly on Juno (in Scorpio, people!) - here's what this year has brought us to with our relationships/contracts - this thing is merging or this thing is purging. And here is Jupiter breathing down Saturn's neck. Santa Claus right down Santa Claus lane. 

 

I will cover this thoroughly in Part II

Then in Part III we will tackle the New World that starts on December 21, 2020 at 2:21PM EST when Jupiter and Saturn connect at 0 degrees Aquarius. The king is dead, long live the king.

 

In Part IV we will look at both the Cancer Full Moon at the end of the month - the first in how many years now, without the pressure of Saturn and the Nodes AND the HUGE January 13th New Moon in Capricorn at, what else? - 23 degrees Capricorn. With Pluto at 24 degrees Cappy and Mars squaring Saturn (the chart drawn for Washington DC is on FIRE). Neptune still squaring the Nodes of Fate. And you know who has been at 23 degrees this whole time? Eris in Aries - everyone gets a seat at the table or the table gets flipped.

 

Hang in there everyone. 

 

It is hard for me to write too far ahead during the Eclipse spin cycle because we aren't really sure where we will be spit out. Which really just depends how far off course we are/where we are needed now and where we need to be. Personally I was hoping for a warm wash set to delicate followed by a light ironing, but this doesn't seem to be the case ...

Solar Eclipse post next! Mid-December will be rocking!

xo all

 

photo by the amazing anyaanti

Did Project Runway accidentally thought-seed a pandemic | a quick hop down the rabbit-hole

 

Since we are in the Eclipse spin-cycle with Neptune squaring the nodes - why not jump fully into the rabbit-hole for a quick astro adventure. 

 

It's warm down here, there are friendly bunnies and chocolate, I wouldn't let us down and forget that 

 

(and don't worry I have tossed us an escape line to get us out of here - just hit that X in your browser bar for less lunacy somewhere else - the bunnies are awfully cute though, you won't want to miss them).

On March 28, 2019, yes, one year BEFORE the infamous March 2020 lock-downs - a contestant on the reality/design competition show Project Runway - a designer named KOVID - introduced his mask-matching outfit to the judges. The next day he posted an Instagram pic of his creation by saying he was "killing it".

 

Let's take a brief look at the chart!

 

 

I've added my tested stand-ins for the virus - Pandora (pandemic), Pan (the panic) and Wuhan. Keep in mind Pandora and Wuhan are conjunct on Algol (considered by the ancients to be the worst of the worst of the fixed stars) in the U.S. Sibley chart - we talked about that HERE.

So, as this episode was airing (I would assume, since this is a fairly popular international show on Bravo TV that has been on for a few years - a sizeable audience was watching) we have the Sun conjunct asteroid Pandora (6th house health). We have Uranus (chaos/the unexpected/the future) conjunct Asteroid Pan (on the DC). We have chart ruler Venus in Pisces (the sign of viruses/no boundaries/pandemics) as well as Mercury and Neptune who are EXACTLY conjunct. Mars (always a trigger) is conjunct fixed star Algol. Pluto sits at the 22 degrees where "time runs out" and Asteroid Wuhan exacting trining (brakes off) the North Node of Fate - we know this doesn't end well!

 

(although maybe it did for Kovid that night, I'm not sure)

 

The infamous 2020 meetup of Saturn and Pluto hasn't happened yet, but here they are both direct with Saturn (reality) on a collision course with Pluto (death). BUT first Pluto and then Saturn stations retrograde - delaying their meeting/the"death postponed". Until 2020.

Reminiscent of the Simpson's announcing Trump's Presidency (among other things and maybe I should look at that astro), I thought it might be interesting to think about what this could mean (and how I might get Heidi Klum to talk about me winning the lottery). But maybe let's not think too hard or too long on a cold Tuesday night if thoughts of a holographic universe (life as an illusion) or glitches in the matrix or maybe just our very human ability to see what we are looking for (although there are 360 places/degrees these celestial bodies could be, so it is more than a little interesting where they show up here) - might just leave us tossing and turning ....

xo all