NEW MOON IN GEMINI The New Moon will occur at 9°03’ Gemini (antiscion 20°57’ Cancer). This restless Moon has a preponderance of planets in the Earth element with only Neptune in the Water element, this gives a very practical stance with the 3 planets in the Air element allowing us to look ahead as we plan. The Modalities are well balanced. This is a very inquisitive, intellectual Moon, hard to pin down emotionally due to its constantly changing feelings caused by its tendency to over-rationalise everything. Under pressure this Moon is not very reliable and commitment issues may [...]
VENUS ENTERS TAURUS I’m sexy and I know it….. Venus the planet of love, comfort, finances and self-worth enters one of her home signs on the 28th of May. Taurus is a sign known for its down-to-earth practicality and love of tactile sensations. It’s a Fixed, Earth sign which is very steadfast, stubborn and unable and unwilling to accept change and for the above reasons Taurus is known as a very dependable sign always arriving at its prefixed goals with its slow and steady attitude. Venus in Taurus is naturally seductive and sensual with a strong capacity for devotion which [...]
MARS ENTERS ARIES …no stopping me now! Mars will enter its home sign of Aries giving us all a hands-on, get-out-there-and-do-it energy. In the natal theme Mars represents our basic drive, our energy, the way we act thus our assertiveness and our anger. We experience our first Mars return at age 2 years and this is when we learn to assert ourselves by saying “NO” to everything and everyone. It is at this age that we learn how to control our Mars function, or not, if no-one is there to direct our assertiveness into the right channels. If for some reason we are unable to [...]
MARS CONJUNCT NEPTUNE IN PISCES Are we all living in a yellow submarine?* Mars and Neptune will conjoin at 24°59’ Pisces (antiscion 5°01’ Libra) on 17-18 May depending on whereabouts in the world you find yourselves. Mars isn’t totally defenceless in Pisces, here he enjoys triplicity and term, Neptune is the modern co-ruler of Pisces. A Mars-Neptune conjunction could hint at a victims (Neptune-Pisces) of violence (Mars) theme or at the illusion (Neptune) of strength (Mars) as well as being guided by a higher power (Neptune) in all our actions (Mars). Mars-Neptune [...]
FULL MOON AND TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE IN SCORPIO On May 15-16th (depending upon where you are in the world) there will be a Full Moon at 25°17’ (antiscion 4°43’ Aquarius) in the Fixed, Water sign of Scorpio. At last, after many, many months, we have a lunation where both the Elements and the Modalities are well balanced. Both the Moon and the Sun form a Fixed modality T-square to Saturn. The Establishment wants lasting security and once more may try to obtain this through exercising tight controls over people and situations. However, the luminaries also both make harmonious [...]
JUPITER MOVES INTO ARIES tolerance becomes difficult From cold and moist to hot and dry, on 10th May Jupiter moves out of Pisces where it has rulership, for a 5-month foray into Aries where it will remain until 28 October, stationing retrograde at 8°43’ Aries (antiscion 21°17’ Virgo) on 28th July. Jupiter being hot and moist and Pisces being a cold, wet sign could have brought rains and floods in some parts of the world as the planet transited Pisces but Jupiter in Aries seems better fitted to wild fires, droughts and extreme heat some of which have already appeared on the [...]
MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE A good time for the monkey minds to re-organize their thoughts Mercury stations retrograde at 4°51’ Gemini (antiscion 25°09’ Cancer), one of the signs that it rules together with Virgo. The Mercury station occurs only 12 hours before Jupiter enters into the sign of Aries. The retrograde period will end on 3rd June when Mercury stations direct at 26°05’ Taurus (antiscion 3°55’ Leo). The last time Mercury was retrograde in Gemini was between May and June 2021. What was going on in your life then? Mercury entered Gemini on the 29th April so[...]
VENUS ENTERS ARIES Venus, the planet of values (what WE value and desire), love and finances, enters the sign of Aries on the 2nd of May. In Aries, Venus is in her mythical lover’s daytime den (her night cave is in Scorpio, the other Mars’ ruled sign). Venus in Aries is full of bravado, actually she always gets what she wants in any sign, but she’s more open and adventurous in Aries, sexual, but perhaps not sensuous, and certainly not “comfy” here. Aries and Scorpio are in fact the signs where Venus is in her detriment, where she is at least at ease in her surroundings. [...]