applying the weekly mundane forecasts to your own life | astro tip of the week

This is quick, but rather than add this to a post where it could get lost in the sauce, I will make this its own post. 

 

Maybe we will have a weekly tip in 2022.


When reading the weekly forecasts, because they will have a collective bent, it can pay off to give special attention to what your CHART RULER is doing. For this you will need to know your rising sign and which planet rules your rising sign (if you do not know email me and I will check for you).


Looking at this week's forecast (and I skipped inconjuncts and smaller aspects this week because we have so much going on) you will see:

 

TUESDAY - Jupiter enters Pisces

WEDNESDAY - Mercury conjunct Venus, Sun square Chiron, Mars sextile Saturn

THURSDAY - Mercury conjunct Pluto

SATURDAY - Sun trine Uranus

SUNDAY - Mercury enters Aquarius, Mercury trine North Node, New Moon Capricorn

 

Here are a couple examples.

 

If you are a Virgo rising, you look for Mercury. 

 

He is VERY active and you probably will be, too. First note he is direct and in serious Capricorn. Your actions should be straight forward and sober. He meets Venus (now remember YOU are Mercury here), so this could be about a meeting with a Venusian person, a woman, a situation about a financial matter, a relationship situation or self-esteem/beauty issue. Venus is in Cappy, too, and she is retrograde so pulling in career/goal situations and you have 'been here before' in some way or dealing with 'unfinished business'. Then Mercury meets Pluto - this is YOU/Mercury stepping into power/responsibility (this is still stable Capricorn) or dealing with powerful people (maybe manipulative people, so stay practical/balanced), third party situations, other people's money, mergers, intimacies, reproduction, sex. Pluto reveals deep truth, so you, of all signs, especially need to be looking under the hood, asking important questions. Finally Mercury is going to change signs - you move into air - your intellect comes into the situation, you can detach a bit from whatever is going on. Remember, one way to think about this is that you ARE Mercury here. So you move out of serious-as-a-heart-attack Cappy and rise above that situation. Just as you detach/apply "air" you move into a smooth trine with the North Node - your future. In Gemini, so this will be about a decision, choice, commercial interaction, sibling interaction, something within your local community, etc. Whatever this is will have multiple moving parts.


If you are a Taurus rising, you look for Venus. 

 

Venus is retrograde, and she is retrograde less frequently than any other energy, so you are not as used to this backward dance as some other people. She is in serious Capricorn, too, the sign of winter, so you need to be taking care of your physical self. Her only aspect this week is her meeting with Mercury. Now remember YOU are Venus, so this isn't necessary about a "Venusian matter" for you. This will be about the information, conversation, communication, sibling situation, transportation/local community/tech issue that Mercury is activating. And, in some way, because you are repeating these degrees YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. 


To make the most accurate use of looking at your chart this way, you need to factor in the Moons, but it can still be helpful to add extra emphasis to your chart ruler's story-line as you read the weekly forecast.


I hope something here is helpful.


xo all


we are going to make this easier and just use the modern rulers, if you want to go 'old school' also check Mars for Scorpio, Saturn for Aquarius and Jupiter for Pisces:


ARIES Rising - Mars

TAURUS Rising - Venus

GEMINI Rising - Mercury

CANCER Rising - Moon (the Moon makes alot of aspects, so don't try to calculate each one, just look at the signs the Moon is in for the week ahead and they will give you the general feel of what you need to feel nourished/nurtured and whether you are dealing with mostly challenging or smooth aspects on any given day)

LEO Rising - Sun

VIRGO Rising - Mercury

LIBRA Rising - Venus

SCORPIO Rising - Pluto

SAGITTARIUS Rising - Jupiter

CAPRICORN Rising - Saturn

AQUARIUS Rising - Uranus

PISCES Rising - Neptune

Weekly astrology forecast for creatives | December 27, 2021- January 2, 2022 - a big week to end 2021 and launch 2022



Huge week folks. 


There looks like a little breathing room the first couple days to unclutter, etc, (although Tuesday's Moon in Libra is making some testy squares, so relationship energies will be tricky) and then we are IN IT. 

 

TUESDAY - Jupiter enters Pisces

WEDNESDAY - Mercury conjunct Venus, Sun square Chiron, Mars sextile Saturn

THURSDAY - Mercury conjunct Pluto

SATURDAY - Sun trine Uranus

SUNDAY - Mercury enters Aquarius, Mercury trine North Node, New Moon Capricorn


On TUESDAY, Jupiter re-enters Pisces, the sign of his ancient rulership, so he is plenty powerful here. Jupiter first entered Pisces last May 13th, then stationed retrograde and moved back into Aquarius on July 28th. So, in some way we are getting a second chance/re-do with whatever we had going last May, June and July. This is an opportunity to apply what we have learned and expand in a better way. Jupiter's transit of Pisces is going to be VERY FAST. 


He will be in Aries by May 10, 2022 and then return to Pisces at the end of the year during his retrograde for a two month squat on the final degrees of Pisces (which are also the final degrees of the entire zodiac, so October/November 2022 are going to be a very spiritual and important wrap-up/gift of some kind, heads up).  


Jupiter brings expansion and luck via confidence, faith and risk. 


In Pisces, this energy will be expanding the collective Piscean themes of connection, compassion, gratitude, creativity, imagination, art, music, spirituality, rest, healing. As always the things to look out for - the shadow energies - are these themes taken too far. Things like - escapism, addiction, self-sabotage, self-sacrifice, lack of boundaries (viral spread including thought viruses), delusion, etc.  


The entirety of Jupiter in Pisces is an excellent time for creative projects (that feel guided by a higher power) - poetry, writing, art, music, photography, films, meditation, prayer, etc. Our Pisces natal house, a space we are already not totally rational, expands. This is good news until we take something too far, so stay frosty with this. If you have planets/points in Pisces you will want to be aware of what days in 2022 Jupiter is meeting up with those planets because with such a fast-moving transit the luck/expansion that comes through confidence/faith/risk will be fast-moving, too. 


On WEDNESDAY, we have all our inner planets uber active with each other, so by mid-week things will really start to heat up. Mercury meets up with a retrograde Venus, Mars sextiles Saturn and the Sun squares Chiron.


The Sun's square to Chiron is a light on a vulnerability/wound. We might feel less than up to handling whatever situation this is stirring up. With Mercury (communication, conversations, information) connecting with a retrograde Venus in Cappy - this could bring up a similar situation to something we have faced before especially regarding career, work in the world, reputation or goal or a Venusian theme involving finances, relationships or self-esteem. Maybe what we want is put into words. Supply chain issues might be talked about. It's Cappy season and Uranus is in Taurus - stock up without hoarding. The way through is today's Mars sextile to Saturn. Mars is in Sagittarius - think action/QUEST/courage/bringing our "A' game/staying optimistic. Saturn is in Aquarius, so think about stability with a future-focus, new rules, security within a like-minded tribe or through our own individuality/freak flag. 


The Moon is waning - what needs to go?


On THURSDAY - Mercury, fresh off his/her meeting with a backtracking Venus, meets up with powerful Pluto. Words are powerful (can cut like a knife, so be strong AND kind). Important conversations are happening. Truth can come out. Look under the hood. Ask hard questions. Power is cemented through language/information. This is happening where Venus stationed retrograde pulling Venusian themes into the mix 


(and maybe collective omicron information - keep in mind with Jupiter in Pisces, there is likely to be talk about more spread, maybe, with any luck, here is where we are also hearing the spread isn't producing correlating serious disease/hospitalizations or maybe we get some information about treatments/vitamins, etc that is important- notice which side of the equation you are giving your attention to/choose what feels most empowering).


On SATURDAY - what better aspect for the first day of a new calendar year! - the Sun trines Uranus. 


Uranus is still retrograde until January 18th, so this isn't totally new/new, but here is a WAY FORWARD. A powerful portal is opened between our Capricorn and Taurus houses. We won't have to push for whatever we have lined up here, if something is intending to come in, it will. These are earth signs. Take practical action. Keep in mind one of these energies is Uranus - chaos - something might feel shaky/uncertain, but trust whatever flows/grows here. This is about NEW authority/new status. New rules. This is great energy for making physical changes to structures/kicking off 2022.


SUNDAY - needs its own post. 


The New Moon in Cappy on January 2nd will really get 2022 started! 


With Mercury switching signs and trining the North Node on the same day - we know our thinking/the conversation/information is CHANGING, too. The end of the week into next week is BIG.


xo all - back with the New Moon post and the nodal shift!


artwork by the talented BisBiswas


Venus retrograde in capricorn on pluto | part II - the fear and intensity around something we don't want to have to face again when we have to face it again


 

 

Part I is HERE.


Probably the most important aspect of Venus's retrograde through Capricorn is her three-peat conjunction to powerful Pluto. 

 

Pluto brings up hidden fears/old karmas (unbalanced energies). 

 

With Venus retrograding over Pluto there is something here about what we thought we were past/thought we were over with, coming back around. This is something like, "I thought I was done with this. I don't want to have to deal with THIS again". 

 

We need to be gentle/kind with ourselves now and understand we are not back where we were before. This is Capricorn. We can age in dog years here. We are older and wiser. 


Know that things that feel like life and death, most likely will not be. Things can have an irrational intensity and be based on older situations we might not even remember. Also keep in mind this is Venus we are talking about. This isn't like when Saturn met Pluto. This is our most benevolent energy.

 

So what happens? Venus meets Pluto, she stations retrograde, starts moving backward and quickly she meets Pluto again - this all happens within a couple weeks - then she continues to move backward for another month, stations direct and meets up with Pluto for the final time a few weeks after her direct station. I am not going to fill this post with dates - see part I for that - but as I write this we are approaching her second meeting with Pluto (the one where Venus is backtracking).


So, she, as we, gets past Pluto (death!) in the exhausting sign of Capricorn, she can almost see Aquarius from here/breathe that fresh detached air - it is R-I-G-H-T THERE. We can almost touch it. We can almost taste it (FREEDOM!) and then .. hold up a minute Venus ... this Cappy mountain ain't climbed yet sister. She (as we) is going back.

 

Now, it may not play out exactly like this for us personally and we might not remember the last time we were in this situation, we might just feel this kind of irrational intensity. And everyone's chart will NOT be deeply impacted, sometimes we are affected through other people or collective happenings. But, the story is the story, and it will apply to MULTIPLE situations at the same time. Nothing is ever just one thing, but sometimes when BIG collective things are going on it is easier to connect the dots. In our personal lives and collectively, because Venus is a personal planet, her retrograde through Cappy will have repercussions - the situations will be different, but the story-line, this back and forth climb of the mountain, past death/the intensity again and again, will somehow be the same.


For now, let's focus on their second meeting. Have I said this is happening on Christmas Day? Maybe I haven't - this is happening on Christmas Day (timing is a little loose with planets other than the Moon, we might feel this more in the build-up).


Here's the chart:


We can easily see that pile-up in Capricorn.


Cappy is the sign of winter. A sober season where people die if they don't take things seriously. Cappy is a cardinal sign - something wants to start. Yes, even with that ice cold ground. And it's the last cardinal sign - the something that wants to start is in a way a final start. A last chance, sort of.

 

Now what else do we see? 

 

Venus is conjunct Pluto at 25 degrees. They are both conjunct asteroid Astraea EXACT. Venus in Capricorn is answering to Saturn in Aquarius who is conjunct asteroid Asclepius. 

 

Saturn in Aquarius is answering to Uranus in Taurus who is answering to Venus - so Venus can get back to herself through Saturn - the old and responsible - but she has to go through Uranus, too - the new and liberating - and have I mentioned they are squaring each other. This whole two-step 'mutual reception' which I might have just made up - is there such a thing? maybe not, but it makes sense - is repeating the chart's Saturn/Uranus square. The old vs the new. Tradition vs the future. Responsibility vs freedom. And we are all working both sides of this square at the same time. There isn't a right vs wrong here.


Two important asteroids are pulled into the Venus/Pluto story, so let's take a look in that direction.

 

Astraea was discovered in 1847 by a German amateur astronomer named Hencke. At the time, the four Goddess asteroids – Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta – were still called PLANETS. Astraea’s discovery announced there were likely many more asteroids in that asteroid belt, and the four planets/Goddess energies were demoted to asteroids (kind of like what Eris recently did to Pluto). I think of these asteroids as the feminine energy placeholders (probably something like our junk DNA) for the discarded Goddesses during the patriarchal twist (the one son/sun shift where the power moved to the churches/governments) unleashed during the Cappy time-frame of the Age of Pisces (now ending). Imagine the world we would be living in if these celestial bodies had remained planets! If everyone knew their names! Sniffle ..

 

Astraea is the Goddess of service, peace and justice who became part of the constellation Virgo/Libra when she was the last Goddess to leave the Earth after Pandora's box was opened at the end of the Golden Age/Silver Age. She was said to return at the time of the New Earth/New Golden Age and thought to represent (in our charts) both this new awakening energy - where we come back to ourselves - and the part of us that might stay too long/have trouble letting go of things that are no longer good for us.


She joins Venus and Pluto at this second conjunction, so we've got Venus, Pluto AND Astraea at 25 degrees Capricorn. Past the point we've always died before. Bringing in this new awakening energy AND something about us staying too long at the show.


(and this is going to be a big theme with the upcoming South Node in Scorpio, which is really already in play, a need for the pruning of these complicated life/death intense situations that are no longer needed for our growth, noticing what pay-off we are getting from all this Scorpian drama and letting it go by turning toward something more nourishing - we will talk about this in the Taurus/Scorpio nodes post next)


Saturn, because remember Venus is answering to him, so he is a major player here as ruler of Capricorn, is conjunct asteroid Asclepius.


Asclepius is the God of Medicine (born a mortal), son of the sun God Apollo and the mortal Princess Coronis and father of the healing Goddesses including Hygeia. Chiron taught Asclepius the art of medicine/healing and he is said to have been able to cure people through their dreams and BRING PEOPLE BACK FROM THE DEAD. This earned him the ire of Zeus, who was afraid he would soon have all these immortal mortals running around and how would that work for the Gods, so he killed Asclepius with his thunderbolt. Apollo, the sun God and pissed off daddy then killed the cyclops who made Zeus's lightning bolts which got Apollo evicted from Mount Olympus. Later Zeus regrets his hastiness and awards Asclepius eternal life as a God and he is placed in the sky as the serpent bearer at the end of the constellation Scorpio/beginning of Sagittarius (right where the South Node and Mars are now). The serpent represents the kundalini and the double helix of DNA.

 

Sooo, what does this mean? "Mean" is a bit loaded and has many definitions none of which I am particularly fond of, but I will tell you what I see and mostly let you ponder this out for yourself and see how you might apply this personally and collectively. This is really a time when we want to be thinking for ourselves.


As Venus crossed "time runs out/power is cemented" the degree Saturn met Pluto (and the Sun and Ceres and Mercury back in January 2020), the FIRST time earlier in December while applying to her first conjunction to Pluto, South Africa announced their discovery of the Omicron virus. So, the virus is part of the Venus retro story-line for us, at least collectively. Again, Venus is our most benevolent planet. She isn't her strongest in Capricorn, but she is still bringing something BENEFICIAL to the situation. Keep in mind though, just as she is impacting "time runs out/power is cemented", this energy is influencing her. We might feel weakened/tired. She crosses Pluto. Now she is 'past the death', but she is drained and forced to change course. Believe me, Venus would have liked to just keep on keeping on, but somehow her job (our job) isn't done here yet.


Now, it's two weeks later and Venus is back to face off with Pluto (death/transformation) AGAIN joined by Astraea, the Goddess who speaks of staying too long in difficult situations and is a symbol for a new golden age - the re-integration of the discarded Goddess energy in all of us both women and men. And, Saturn, is with Asclepius, the healing student of Chiron who becomes a great healer. Bringing people back to life. Through their dreams. It is not a coincidence this is happening at Christmas our most magical and holy season, as Jupiter finishes up in Aquarius and as the Nodes finish up in Gemini/Sagittarius. 

 

At the same time Mars is conjunct the South Node (separating) and trining Asclepius's teacher - Chiron. There is healing here, of very old/very deep wounds, if we are willing to work this Mars in Sag on the South Node in a positive way. Through the Nodes - not 'make a mountain out of a molehill', not think we know it all, make some new choices, have some new conversations, talk to some new people, ask questions. And Mars in Sag himself - expand in some way/have faith/stay optimistic. 


When you think Mars in Sag - think QUEST. 


This is a great QUEST that only looks like something has totally f'd with our holidays. 

 

Think about the asteroid energies activated in this chart. What are they saying to you? Think about beneficial Venus. She's a winter Venus here, a practical/all-business Goddess because winter can be deadly and she's got to truck her ass up this snowy mountain. She can't 'beat' Pluto, but we can see in the weeks ahead she IS going to get past him and so will we. 

 

By the time we get to the end of January, Venus will be direct and the North Node (our path forward) will be in Taurus and answering to her. Things will look quite different. AND as early as next week Jupiter leaves Aquarius for Pisces, the sign of his ancient rulership and gets out from under Saturn's thumb for the first time in 3 years.


I can't say exactly what's going to happen, because there isn't a ''thing that is going to happen". There are multiple ways this can all play out depending, for us personally what we do about what we feel/the situation (keep in mind this is the retrograde part where we are re-evaluating) and what we do as a group/collective and, of course, the karmas  playing out. We also have the whole Uranus/Saturn square that will start unwinding after Christmas Eve, but is still in play next year. 


I hope something here is helpful. Life is a transit folks. Everything passes. With Venus retrograde we have the opportunity/gift to approach something in a HIGHER way. Let's be kind to each other whether or not we agree with each other. We don't need everyone to agree even when it looks like we do. This is a planet of duality and this 'ending of duality' isn't something we want to be rushing through, less we get this wrong and end up with something quite different than what we are hoping for. 


Have a lovely holiday week everyone. 


Back with that nodal shift post I keep promising!


xo all


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Today's astrology forecast | Wednesday, December 22, 2021 (and a look at tomorrow) - take early action, serious words and following our heart lead to healing and connection, stay flexible tomorrow

 

 

The power of master number 22, along with Saturday's Full Moon and yesterday's Solstice surely is powering everything up! 

 

The Moon in Leo over the next couple days is activating the final Saturn/Uranus square at the end of the week, so we are kind of 'in it' now. The old vs the new. Tradition vs modernity. Limits/responsibilities vs freedom/individuality. This isn't about right and wrong - keep that in mind. Ask yourself - what traditions are worth keeping and what needs to change? 

 

(Keeping things the same/not taking any risk isn't life affirming, it creates depression/makes us brittle AND too much change too fast/not holding to any traditions/responsibilities creates anxiety/makes us brittle - these are fixed signs - Aquarius/Taurus - and don't want to give. And now the Leo Moon pulls in our egos! We can let all this Cappy energy right now scare the hell out of us, whichever side of the fence we are sitting or detach (Jupiter in Aquarius for just a few more days, use it or lose it!) and realize we are all in this together despite making different choices - North Node in Gemini, different choices are OK, really, truly - this ship is steered by bigger hands than ours). 

 

The Moon moved into fiery Leo tomorrow afternoon. We are nourished/nurtured by our heart, the spotlight, children, creative projects, romance, recreation, fun. After a smooth trine to Mars this morning (good for taking action), she will oppose Saturn at 2:28PM EST (maybe challenges with limits/rules/authority) and will square a retrograde Uranus 20 minutes later (so also challenged with freedom/individuality/change). 

 

Looks like multiple frictional alignments (might be felt as little blows to our ego) that continue into tomorrow, so we might not get exactly what we want now (especially if what we want is attention/appreciation/a heartfelt response/that center stage, to have some fun - and who doesn't, right?). 


We also have Mercury (in sober Capricorn) meeting up with Juno and then sextiling Pallas.


Mercury's meeting with Juno speaks of contractual agreements or formal commitments/sometimes endings, especially within partnerships. Agreements/conclusions are reached. Note, Capricorn makes this stuff lasting/stabilizing, but Mercury's immediately sextile to wise Pallas in imaginative/drifting Pisces makes me think some of the rules/limits with whatever Mercury/Juno is looking to cement will be a bit more flexible than we think they are. Boundaries thin. Mergers transcend earthly realms. Maybe a business partnership enables a spiritual connection or karmic wrap-up. Mercury's meeting with Juno (like all conjunctions) starts a new story, so keep in mind, with whatever is starting now, whatever you are 'giving your word to', it could later drift off course a bit as new strategies/patterns develop. And that's OK.


The trine to Mars - get things done early - and the sextile to Pallas - opportunity through connecting elusive dots, creativity, spirituality, letting things GO (remember the Moon is waning now) - are the ways through this day. Also with Leo trine Aries there must be a trine to Chiron in here somewhere today that I missed, so whatever we have going on is healing some very old/very wounded masculine energies.


Tomorrow our Leo Moon (as us) will face multiple inconjuncts/rocks and hard places. 

 

The Moon isn't uber comfortable in Leo anyway, since it is the Sun's sign. The inconjuncts to Neptune, Pluto and a retrograde Venus (bringing up uncomfortable stuff from the past) speak of the need to be flexible, know since this is the Moon 'this too shall pass'. And quickly!

 

Remember we are walking through the Full Moon story-line - see the post HERE, where we've got an ace in the holes/the better coming from the disappointments if we expand/take some risk. We've got the Saturn/Uranus square building, so there's a little 'anything-can-happen' in the air now. And with Venus retrograde we won't only be feeling what we don't have, but every other time we didn't have it! Again, life on planet Earth - not for sissies. And obviously we're not sissies because here we ARE (even if we are a sis still called sissie, so yes, an actual sissie like me).

 

Once the Moon gets into Virgo on Friday morning and starts trining the Sun, see if things feel better.


xo all


artwork by the amazing Tijana Lukovic