TODAY'S ASTROLOGY FORECAST | Sunday, May 2, 2021 - intense emotions, powerful language, transformation, practical magic, creative opportunities, talking to ghosts, thoughts become things

 

 

The Moon continues to move through sober/ambitious Capricorn - she trined Venus at 12:41AM EDT, sextiled Neptune at 2:15AM EDT, meets up with a retrograde Pluto at 9:53AM EDT (intense emotions over old matters) and goes void at 10:37AM EDT off a trine to Mercury. She will be void until 3:31 when she moves into Aquarius. In Aqua over the next couple days we get those squares to the Taurus planets, so probably some tension/stress.


Today is the day Mercury trines Pluto and Venus sextiles Neptune. Both smooth aspects - with Mercury/Pluto our words are empowering/even transformational. This is a nice, solid earth trine - building something REAL. Pluto is retrograde now, so this might involve an old situation, might speak of some kind of do-over. As the compulsion/obsession/manipulation/power struggle eases up, those practical ideas/words in Taurus will flow easily/promote growth. Thoughts become things.

 

In some cases Mercury/Pluto enables a kind of dark or compulsive thinking, so if we find ourselves going back over already mined territory see if there is anything practical that can be dug up this time around.


Venus's sextile to Neptune - both powerful in their home signs - speaks of practical magic. Physical healing. Compassion. The sensual touch that feels like love. This is a creative opportunity. More 'making the dream real' stuff. Endless love. Money comes in or floats on out the door to someone else. We might drift off course/dream the day away.

 

Our boundaries are thin here, and with Pluto and Neptune both activated, we are working some very old (familial/past-life) and very important story-lines. Things are more than they appear to be (why we are saying/doing what we are doing/why what is happening is happening) - how deep we go with this is up to us. We might dig up a few skeletons, but also some BURIED TREASURE.


Just avoid that Void Moon period for anything important. 

 

Tomorrow is that Sun square Saturn (stop sign/reality checkpoint) and Mercury square Jupiter and Mercury moves home to Gemini, so definite changes in store for Monday. 

 

Back with a weekly tonight - can't get the whole monthly up, but will write a monthly overview with the weekly - BIG MONTH!


xo all


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Today's Astrology Forecast | saturday, May 1, 2021 - getting our ducks in a row


 

The Moon is in serious Capricorn now - we are nourished by stability, having a plan/a few bucks in the bank/pulling ourselves up by our boot straps. 

 

The Moon, as ruler of Cappy's polarity sign of Cancer, is considered in her detriment in Capricorn. Today's aspects look pretty good though. She trines Uranus at 6:12AM EDT (breaks with tradition/change is good) and trines (brakes off) the Sun at 7:1AM EDT.

 

The Moon's trine to the Sun is this month's Waning Trine - Taurus/Cappy. Solid earth. Practical action feels good. Stepping into our responsibilities feels good. Our money, values, resources are stabilized through hard work/setting goals. Short cuts won't work. Cappy/Taurus won't be fast acting, but it can be long-lasting. This is all quite common sense, but sometimes needs to be said, and sometimes this 'common sense' stuff works better than other times and this would be one of those times.

 

Yes, it's a Saturday, but we can still make use of this energy. 

 

Working on a monthly and the month looks action packed! Hopefully that will be the next post, otherwise I'll pop up a daily for tomorrow because tomorrow's aspects look EXCELLENT.


xo all


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Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, April 30th, 2021 - detaching from old values/money/resources, a change of seasons, financial change, compromise, noticing to what and to whom we are tethered


 

The Moon continues to move through Sagittarius - greener pastures, feeling more optimistic, preachy/reckless if we go too far. She goes void off a nice sextile with Sag ruler Jupiter this morning (9:26AM EDT), moving into more serious/goal-oriented Capricorn at 12:16PM EDT. She will oppose Mars (in Cancer) at 7:50PM EDT which could present a home vs work kind of thing. Although they have a kind of mutual reception going on, so it shouldn't be too hard to resolve. The Cappy Moon will make some nice aspects this weekend, so we could get alot done.

 

The BIG news today as we close out April - the Sun meets Uranus at 10 degrees Taurus.


This is about a light (Sun) being thrown on something unexpected (Uranus). This is a strong urge (Sun) to be free (Uranus). This is a flash (Sun) of genius (Uranus). This is shock (Uranus) and awe (Sun).


This aspect will often show us to what and to whom we are tethered. Sometimes by breaking the cords.

This might be shown to us in a way that doesn't feel so good. But not necessarily. Uranus (the conductor of our fastest route from point A to point B) uses what works and sometimes the stick works better than the carrot. Sometimes we are not hungry enough to even notice the carrot. But, maybe we are. Hungry, I mean.
 

Uranus is an outer planet - our hive-mind, genius, nonconforming, techno-centric God of (don't kid yourself this isn't true) - CHAOS. He wants change, by whatever means necessary. We can see the uber collective nature of Uranus - he co-rules the sign (Aquarius) which is opposite Leo, the sign the Sun rules. Leo is solar/ego/individual expression. Aquarius is group/collective energy. Unconventional, eccentric, yes, most likely, but not individualistic because life is viewed from a distance/through a wide-angle lens.

 

Sometimes people confuse Uranus with Aquarius and glamorize us 'being ourselves' in the New Age, which is kind of ridiculous. Highly Uranian people (think of Trump with his Sun/Uranus/North Node/10th house) are not at all individual in the solar sense and they often have little awareness of personal values and personal identity. This is why Aquarius needs reality-police/grounded Saturn, too. The whole 'greater good' thing is highly Uranian. And it can go sour quickly, when we lean too much in a 'what's best for the collective' mentality (and what better than a pandemic to push us in this direction very quickly). What is 'good for the group' can be sometimes good and sometimes necessary, but we can lose touch with what is nourishing/creative (solar) on an inner level and many important aspects of personal life may be unwittingly crushed. Maybe because I have a stellium in Aquarius, I do not glamorize it. Uranus is about change at any cost (why sober and time-honoring Saturn's co-rulership is necessary). Change is often good, but change just for the sake of change may not be. And Uranus is usually quite bad at respecting the individual when change is required.


So, today we have the Sun (ruler of Leo) meeting Uranus (ruler of Aquarius). They meet in Taurus, where Uranus has been busy detaching us (since March 2019) from what we once loved/valued/needed. They come together; the conjunction is kind of like a Full Moon. A light is tossed on their story. 


EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.


This could be about an abrupt CHANGE/new start. 


With both planets in Taurus - there might be a change in what we value/our money/earnings. An unexpected expense/purchase (purchases now will create great change/speak of what you value NOW). Maybe some #unexpected #notunexpected money will come in. Buy a lottery ticket. Something might DAWN ON US now - maybe about something we previously valued, but now can see we have wasted time/money/resources. Uranus in Taurus is detaching us from what has been keeping us stuck. New values/new beauty/new ways to make money and work with our resources are needed. People born with this aspect (Sun/Uranus) can feel a little like "the rules don't apply to me" and we might feel a little like this now. We could also feel a little "rebel without a cause". 

 

This energy is designed for BREAK-UPS, BREAKDOWNS and most importantly BREAKTHROUGHS. 

 

Two things are happening here - Uranus - the future, technology, change, chaos - gets a little more solar/things get more PERSONAL "do I believe in this with my heart as well as my head" and the Sun becomes more Uranian (not really of course, but it can feel like this) - more hive-minded/we are detached from here, so we can look over THERE. Especially if we are trying to keep something going that is already dead/barren - think of Taurus holding on too long. The bull, standing in the empty field where he has already eaten all the grass. If something breaks apart now, know it was threadbare/fragile already.

 

This transit will be strongest felt by people with planets/points near 10 degrees Taurus (and the other fixed signs) and anyone with a natal/progressed Sun/Uranus aspect. Possibly Sun in Aquarius people, Sun in 11th house people, too. Maybe.

 

At the same time we have Ceres (at 26 degrees Aries) squaring a retrograde Pluto in Cappy. These two are ancient enemies who worked out a compromise. Ceres is about season of life situations (nothing lasts forever) and squaring the God of the Underworld (death) is kind of reinforcing the Sun/Uranus. 

 

A season has ended - remember depression comes from too much sitting still! - a new season is beginning. With Ceres in Aries, something brand-new is most assuredly HERE - and maybe we know what this is, but maybe not yet, because this is Taurus season and think of the way plants grow underground before we can see those early shoots. 

 

Maybe we have this fear of letting go of the old, again, the things that used to support us/stabilize us. Old goals that no longer matter. But when we can't seem to get ourselves to count those cans of beans in the cupboard, one ... more ... freakin ... time, something has to change.


Keep in mind both of today's aspects are pointing us toward the NEW. 

 

If you have something new going on, lean in that direction, and, keep in mind, there could be some room for compromise now.

 

If nothing new is visible - maybe try this  - most people plant little plants/seedlings instead of actual seeds. They want to see what they have/are going to get before they INVEST. This might work just fine, but sometimes this is skipping a step we don't want to skip - if you are stuck, plant some actual seeds in some actual soil, tend them, have patience - you have given life and life will be given to you.


Taurus season will yield to Gemini season soon enough, and multiple planets will start to go retrograde including Mercury!


We've had Venus/Mercury/Uranus plus a BIG Scorpio Full Moon open this chapter last week/the week before - there was a SHOCK. The liberating change/loss might have already happened. Keep in mind the Sun is going to square Saturn in a couple days, so there will be challenges/limits/our responsibilities to the group. With Saturn in Aquarius this can also be about technology getting in the way - are we distracting ourselves/wasting the most valuable of resources, TIME, online? Eventually we get to a smooth trine between the Sun and Pluto - personal power. 

 

But we have to work the process before we get there. 

 

For today, choose differently. This is an excellent time to drop a bad habit like a hot potato, by focusing on SOMETHING ELSE.


xo all

 

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 - better vibes, optimism, a second chance is opening up, an opportunity that smells like sweat


 

 

The Moon in Scorpio sextiles a retrograde Pluto at 6:38AM EDT, then goes void off a square to Jupiter at 8:31AM EDT. She is void for a New York minute - well, 4 of them - moving into fiery and optimistic Sagittarius at 8:35AM EDT. The intensity/bigger-is-better, but almost too much, and probably, yes, too much, will be much easier to handle once the Moon gets into wide-open Sag and immediately sextiles Saturn. 

 

So, we are pushed or maybe we slide, ready-or-not, into something BIGGER (maybe even overwhelming), but it should settle down a bit/stabilize/create greater security. Good things come over time with Saturn.

 

We will have to be stepping into our responsibility though, and with the Moon's next move a square to confusing Neptune, very late night, keeping our feet on the ground/maintaining our boundaries and sobriety/avoiding our usual escape maneuvers/having decided, now deciding to not look back, may all be necessary. 

 

Don't kid yourself - this IS an opportunity, but this IS going to be a whole lot of work/responsibility/pressure.


In other parts of the skies, we have Venus and Mercury edging away from their square (tension/frustration with rules/limits/responsibilities) to Saturn and toward their trine (smooth flow) to powerful Pluto. The Sun, following in their Taurus foot prints is set to meet Uranus (surprise/breakthrough), square Saturn (the stop sign/limit/new rules) and then make his own trine to Pluto (personal power), 

 

so something here almost feels like A SECOND CHANCE. 


For today, things should lighten up with the Moon's move into Sagittarius

 

Our optimism/hopefulness increases even with this heaping plate in front of us (which I hope for all our sakes isn't loaded with carbs and sugar, America's metabolic problem certainly a huge driver of virus excesses here) - which probably smells like opportunity, but looks like work or, maybe, vice-versa. The Full Moon happening AFTER Venus/Mercury met Uranus and squared Saturn and BEFORE the Sun does, and nobody reaching that smooth trine to Pluto before he stationed retrograde is the whole story in a nutshell. 


We'll talk about that next post.


xo all


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the astrology of the Full Moon in Scorpio | April 26th, 2021 - a light on our insecurities/unstable resources, control issues, the need to step into our responsibility, a journey to personal power, more sons who fall from the sky

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The first Super Moon of 2021 -the Full Moon in deep Scorpio answering to a MEGA-POWERFUL stationing Pluto with the Sun headed toward his annual pow-wow with change-maker Uranus - this week looks INTENSE!

 

On Monday, April 26th, 2021 at 11:30PM EDT the Scorpio Moon opposes the Taurus Sun giving us this month's Full Moon, our annual Full Moon in Scorpio.


Full Moons (the part of the monthly cycle when the Moon is opposite the Sun) bring things to light or to a peak or to a culmination. Scorpio, in the northern hemisphere, rules late autumn. The wind is blowing the leaves from the trees, the landscape is becoming barren, death is expected - there is a sense of being cut off, a sense we are on our own. Taurus, where the Sun is now, rules late spring in the northern hemisphere. The world is fertile. There is the expectation of life/growth. Taurus/Scorpio is the polarity of life and death.
 

Both Scorpio and Taurus are fixed signs and want what they want (one energy isn't "good" and the other "bad" - neither could exist without the other - they are really two sides of the same coin). So, we have this polarity - Scorpio beckoning us "come over to the dark side" and not because there are cookies (although there might be) but because there really isn't anything to fear here. Scorpio energy embraces complication. There is no fear of what we might find when we go digging around in the dark because Scorpio knows the negative thought or feeling is only an aspect of personality we have sacrificed to help us survive and "fit in". It's all just us.
 

(and it is up to us to be humble enough, and astrology is helpful here, to find the context for such thoughts and feelings and give them credibility by trusting ourselves and knowing they are there for some good reason)
 

Taurus is equally adamant that we should "stay where we are - it's comfortable and working out just fine". This is the garden for f*ck's sake. Of course there could be a life that is better than "comfortable" if we are willing to take those steps in the dark to find it. But, then again, maybe there isn't. Taurus energy embraces peace and comfort.


With Scorpio we have the shadow of control and jealousy and taking on too much that can fuel greed. With Taurus; stubborn resistance to change and resistance to anything that is complicated - an attachment to the familiar that is also a form of greed.

 

Scorpio is always reminding us that getting caught up in the ego's preoccupation with conventional morality and what it means to be "good" can rob us of our spontaneity and trustworthiness. We can confuse "being positive" with being authentic. Without any journeying through Scorpio, Taurus "peace and comfort" is just pouring pink paint over our problems and calling them cotton candy.

 

Now, let's unpack the chart!

 

The Moon, at 7 degrees Scorpio, opposes the Sun at 7 degrees Taurus. The Sun is conjunct Uranus (the Moon opposes). Everyone is squaring Saturn, strong in Aqua. The rulers of Scorpio are the rulers of this lunation - Pluto (modern ruler) at 26 degrees Capricorn for the first time since the year before the Declaration of Independence signing and pre-American Revolution (so we can kind of imagine what was going on then) and Mars (ancient ruler) uncomfortably housed in Cancer. The good news though - with the Moon in Mars' sign and Mars in the Moon's sign - they are in mutual reception, so both have access to their home space/energy. Mars is sextiling the Sun and trining the Moon. Mars is also trining Jupiter (exactly conjunct asteroid Hybris). The other asteroids in play here are - asteroid Apollo opposing Jupiter/Hybris (exact) and asteroid Phaethon conjunct the Sun (exact). The Moon sextiles Vesta and the Sun trines her.


Pluto, the modern ruler of Scorpio, is going to station retrograde within hours of the Full Moon, so he is very strong and very still here. Dangerous. Pluto retrogrades are a time to re-think/re-view our use of power. Fated situations transpire that show us how we are controlling/being controlled.

 

Plutonian obsessions/manipulations/jealousies can TURN AROUND. 

 

The death is postponed. 

 

(hopefully Pluto retrograde will ease pandemic mortality, and then in late May and early June, Mars will oppose last year's Saturn/Pluto degree which could also be a turning point - whatever happens in 2021 and 2022, when Pluto finally gets into Aquarius in 2023, this pandemic should be behind us and we will be living in a very different - Age of Aquarius - world, hang in there).

 

Pluto retrograde in Cappy is a really good time to clean up any mess that has the potential to come back and bite us in the ass later - purging is especially helpful - what needs to go? Secrets can come out and alternatively things can go into hiding to come out later. Pluto is retrograde for about five months every year. People who were born with Pluto retrograde, and this is almost half the people on the planet, might spend their entire lifetime dealing with old (familial, karma/DNA, past-lives) power/control story-lines. 

 

The other ruler of Scorpio - the ancient ruler - is Mars and Mars is holed up in Cancer. Not his favorite place (although the mutual reception with the Moon in Scorpio, giving him a pathway to Scorpio energy through the Moon will absolutely help). With Mars in Cancer, there is anger here that is rooted in family history (also nationalistic history), so it's tricky/painful sometimes passive/aggressive. We are also feeling our actions which can be quite uncomfortable depending on what it is we are doing/not doing/might have to do. Mars in Cancer is the mama-bear energy that protects what is weaker/younger, there is alot of good stuff here, yes, but it can come out (and we can attract it from the outside) in awkward ways. We might feel more vulnerable now/want to hide in our shell, because remember Cancer is the mother and the baby. 

 

The Moon/Sun are squaring Saturn (in Aquarius). The squares are applying. The Moon will get there within a few hours, the Sun a few days (May 3rd, this is also the day Mercury will be squaring Jupiter, so a heads up on this one). This indicates limits/responsibilities/hard work/authority tension. A square to Saturn from Scorpio speaks of power struggles/control issues. This is heavy/intense. With Saturn in Aquarius, our responsibilities to the group/new rules - will be felt. With the Sun/Uranus in Taurus - weather events can be heavy/unexpected, earth changes can come to light, too, and we have Ceres sitting with Eris for added impact.  

 

Remember this Full Moon story plays out over the next two weeks as the Moon wanes toward the New Moon in Gemini.


If you look at the chart, the Moon is all alone in those dark Scorpian waters. After she opposes the Sun, she will move on to oppose Uranus, then Venusp and Mercury. And the entire time she is squaring sober Saturn. THIS IS INTENSE. The Sun is going to meet Uranus on the 30th, and this is the unexpected/a disruption. A LIGHT ON THE NEW. Our values/money/resources are changing. There is also something liberating here, but with Scorpio, liberation can come through WHAT HAS BEEN LOST. This might indicate a specific event or maybe something about the change/loss/future just DAWNS ON US. Heads up - on May 3rd, Mercury will square Jupiter (hopeful/enthusiastic news/information, but there could be exaggeration here) AND the Sun will have moved into his square to Saturn - so the "no", the roadblock, the responsibility. The good news - this all lands with the Sun's trine to Pluto - PERSONAL POWER. 


Let's take a look at the asteroids and see what they bring to the chart. 

 

Mars (co-ruler of this lunation) is trining (brakes off) Jupiter and Jupiter is conjunct asteroid Hybris (exact). Hybris/hubris is an asteroid that seems to call us to account for stepping beyond the boundaries of the Gods. I've also seen her relate to our expectations about what we will achieve in life, and the possibility of our banking too much on it.

 

Asteroid Phaethon is conjunct the Sun (exact). Phaethon was another son (son of Sun God Apollo who is exactly opposing the Jupiter/Hybris conjunction) who fell from the sky - and, yes, the asteroids at the Scorpio Full Moon, seem to be somewhat echoing our Taurus New Moon story from two weeks ago. Phaeton's mythology story goes something like this - born of the sea-nymph Clymene and the son God Apollo (Phoebus), Phaeton grew up never knowing his father, being teased by peers regarding his father-less upbringing, but with his mother telling him of his famous paternity. Phaeton finally tracks down Apollo to confirm his heritage and Apollo says, something, like, "yes, Luke, I am your father" without the "Luke" part (and no dramatic Star Wars music). Phaeton asks Apollo for some kind of proof to bring back to his local frenemies - he couldn't just snap a quick pic for Facebook in those days. Apollo promises to give him whatever he wants, and Phaeton wants to drive Apollo's chariot for the day - I guess cruise across the sky for all his buds to see. Apollo sensing big trouble ahead begs him to reconsider. Phaeton refuses, and, the promise being unbreakable, Apollo turns over the reins to his inexperienced son. 

 

Things go OK for a New York minute and then, the fiery steeds, sensing no God at the helm, crash across the sky, flying dangerously close to the Earth (scorching the land and creating the Sahara desert) until Jupiter (Zeus) begged by Gaia (Earth) to intervene, tosses a thunderbolt, and Phaeton crashes from the sky to his death. So, what can we make of this - absent father making promises he shouldn't be making, impulsive son assuming responsibilities he isn't ready to handle. This story always makes me think of the high school kid with the powerful/workaholic dad driving that fast sports car and crashing on prom night (and Phaeton in charts has been known to speak of racing cars/racing out of control). 

 

So, let's kind of keep that "falling from the sky"/hubris/reckless thing in our heads for the next couple weeks - again, we don't want to be the ones struck by the thunderbolt. DRIVE SAFELY, TOO.


The real meat and bones of this lunation is the Moon's opposition to the Sun/Uranus conjunction with everyone squaring Saturn. This year's big repeating aspect is the Sun/Uranus square, activated here. We want to be free/liberated/doing this new thing and here's that wet blanket/rules/hard work/limits raining on our parade. This Moon speaks of power struggles - maybe we are struggling to hang onto control (maybe hold onto resources) in view of what has COME TO LIGHT or is reaching a PEAK/CULMINATION (and since we had Venus and Mercury doing all this last week, some of this may have already happened). 

 

The key to this whole thing is somehow blending our need for authenticity/the future (our new values, new resources) with our responsibilities.  

 

Keep in mind this is Super Moon energy - and can be mentally, physically taxing. With Scorpio, situations can feel more 'life and death' than they usually are. We need to be standing in our authority/stepping into our responsibility, but some things are going to be out of our hands here. 


Some ways through this thing? 


Well, let's look for smoother aspects. The Sun/Moon are in smooth flow with Vesta (direct now and on her third and final pass through Virgo). Work the problem. Focus on the details and WHAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF. Small is big. Our health is our wealth. Make a list. Get organized. Stay practical. 

 

The Mercury/Venus conjunction that is activating this year's BIG Saturn/Uranus battle/dance are sextile Pallas in Pisces - another smooth aspect.


So, here we are taking the practical Taurus stuff and allowing it to combine/connect with the dreamy Pisces. Meditation. Prayer. Art. Music. Ancestral assistance. This stuff will make you feel better. And, in reverse any confusion/escape/exhaustion/lalaland can be righted with some hands in the dirt time. Keep in mind this is Venus (love, relationships, money, resources, value, self-esteem) and Mercury, so conversations, words, ideas, our thinking, maybe sibling/transportation/local community/tech issues all aided by Pallas in Pisces ability to connect, allow wisdom to be compassionate, feel the way the pieces need to go together. 


The Moon/Sun are also in good flow with Mars (their ancient ruler!) in Cancer. Actions around home, family, real estate, renovation, mother, mothering, home business, family business can go well. Your Cancer natal house themes, too.


I am going to work on a May post tonight, so we can get a jump on things!

 

The April monthly is HERE.

 

We have the Sun meeting Uranus at the end of this week - a sudden change, a light on the future - followed by a square to Saturn - a stop sign/pivot. I wished these were happening in reverse, THEN I noticed the whole thing concludes (only in my head, nothing is really concluding) with a nice trine from the Sun to a retrograde Pluto (in Cappy - our security, structure, goals, authority). By mid-May Jupiter is going to move into Pisces until he pops back into Aquarius later in the year. I think his move into Pisces will help us feel good. He won't be sidelined by Saturn like he has been for the last couple years and Jupiter is the ancient ruler of Pisces. Later in May, eclipse season will kick off and we will need to stay flexible. Keep in mind the 2020's were always going to be a time of great change - we either learn to 'go with the flow' in which case we will THRIVE or we'll be thrashed about on the rocks for years. Personally, my fixed planets are screaming, demanding some state of permanence/rock-solid reality I cannot provide, no matter what I do. Stuck for centuries, it's bend or break time. I was never a 'bendy/back-bend' kind of girl, but I always admired that sort - time to loosen up.


xo all


And again, keep in mind the whole falling from the sky thing - this time maybe more around the themes of taking on something important we are ill-equipped to handle (do we need someone who knows more/has more experience than we do?), risking ourselves or our safety/security to somehow fit in or 'show them', making promises we shouldn't be making, turning over the reins to someone else too soon - whatever else the asteroid stories spoke to you about. I see the mythological stories and the asteroids that are synchronistically named after their protagonists as fragments of culture stored in our DNA and the place we create culture through the way our own personal stories intersect with our cultural beliefs the stories energize, so what YOU SEE/hear in the story will be what is there for you to find/what you need to see in a sense.

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, April 22, 2021 - a focus on the details and solutions, the week of the change that changes everything


 

 

The Moon has a short void from 8:05AM EDT to 9:08AM EDT and then moves into Virgo. Now we are nourished/nurtured by taking care of the details, the day-to-day, our pets, our health, our service, our work. The void was off a sextile to Mars, so should still be productive. 


In Virgo, she's out of the challenging fixed squares of the last couple days, so although I can't see your personal chart, collectively, things should go smoother. The Moon trines (brakes off) the Sun at 2:05PM EDT and then Mercury at 10:47AM EDT. 


The Moon's trine to the Sun is this month's Waxing Trine - Virgo/Taurus. Both practical earth, solid, realistic. The trine moves our New Moon story forward - with Virgo, we are fixing problems, attending to details, making things BETTER. 


The Moon is in good stead with Mercury, too, words/contracts/conversations are moving things forward. Transportation, local community situations can be attended to now. Mercury is also trining Vesta (in Virgo) - an important focus/maybe something that has been keeping us up at night is being attended to. Here's our decision/answer/solution.

 

(one thing to keep in mind because we know Mercury is meeting up with Uranus in a couple days, THINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, stay flexible, this could also be saying the decisions we are making now/the details we are attending to - will change things, move us into the future)

 

This is also the day, and here is where things maybe get trickier (keep in mind through the Virgo trines are supporting the change), Venus meets up with Uranus. Something UNEXPECTED with our love, money, our resources, our values. Maybe we used to want this and now we want that. We used to love this/them and now that spell gets BROKEN. We could be spending a large sum of money now or there could be a disruption/change through what we own/earn. Our self-esteem might take a hit if it based on something we are not meant to hold onto. This also speaks of our relationships/money moving us into the future. A new story is started - new money, values, love - grown over time.


Venus's conjunction with Uranus is followed in a couple days with Mercury's conjunction with Uranus and in between Venus and Mercury meet each other. This is a memorable week. Surprises. Twists and turns. Values change. Money changes hands. Here is the future. This is all happening in Taurus with a HUGE pile-up of planets. If you know your Taurus house theme you are one-step ahead - collectively this is 2nd house - so money, our income, resources, self-esteem, values. Your natal and progressed house and placements will apply, too, tell a richer story. For example, if you are a SCORPIO RISING - this is happening in either your 6th or 7th house - which could indicate a sudden health situation that changes your day-to-day life, or maybe a new pet or sudden changes with your work (6th) or maybe the sudden change is experienced through a partner (7th house). 


Conjunctions are BIG deals and with two of our inner planets meeting change-maker/hive-mind Uranus - starting a new story - IMPORTANT CHANGES are happening. With Uranus there can be sudden breaks. They won't really 'come out of the blue', but they will feel like they do. Anything even slightly restricting can feel like a dog-collar to some people. Other than an opposition to Neptune late tomorrow night (EDT), the Moon has good aspects through Sunday - helping us emotionally deal with/make sense of everything. Our emotions can stay practical (Virgo) and then loving/connecting/partnering/focused on the beauty in whatever is happening (Libra). 


Keep in mind the Saturn/Uranus squares of 2021/2022 battles for the soul of the Age of Aquarius - the dance (yes, maybe the kind of dance where we kind of toss each other around a bit, but these planets are partner planets as they rule Aqua, so it's a battle AND a dance, which sounds pretty much like everyone's marriage in 2020) between the old and the new as power gets re-distributed. This is happening in the outer world, in our own lives and in our heads and hearts. This process of moving into a new age is no joke (it's the one thing the "Q" addicts have right). Think about the way tech helps us, but also hurts/fragments us. The future is being ironed out. We are all being asked/required to raise our energy and given the opportunities/challenges to do this. Whatever you have going on this week - because Venus/Mercury meeting Uranus is activating the Uranus/Saturn stuff - it MATTERS. It is important.


If you appear to lose something now, know much more/more valuable will be gained over time. Trust this. 



xo all


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