MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT Let’s move forward with optimism… After a twenty-two-day period of retrograde motion, first in the Earth sign of Capricorn and then in the Fire sign of Sagittarius, Mercury now stops in his tracks at 22°11’ Sagittarius (antiscion 07°49’ Capricorn) before slowly picking up speed and moving forward to re-enter Capricorn on the 23rd January. As the late Erin Sullivan so eloquently wrote in her book “Retrograde Planets”: “Mercury retrogrades in Fire signs often test our ability to respond to life with spontaneous energy and to be more creative [...]
Hi all, here’s quick overview of the main astrological events taking place in 2024. The astrological highlights of this year put the focus on the last degrees of Capricorn and the very first degrees of Aquarius as Pluto dodges back and forth between the signs before entering Aquarius for its definite stay on the 19th of November until year 2043. Many of the those with planets in the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) have had trying times since the planet entered the sign in 2008 and this final 3-hit aspect over the last degrees again in the coming year has and will continue[...]
JUPITER STATIONS DIRECT “Life doesn’t get much better than this.” – Stanford Wong Jupiter stations direct at 05°34’ Taurus (antiscion 24°26’ Leo), the same degree as the Lunar Eclipse in Taurus at 5°09’ on the 28th of October and will thus be activating the eclipse. This is what I wrote about the eclipse at the time: “This is the fourth and final eclipse of this year. The Moon is approaching a conjunction to Jupiter R and applying an opposition to Sun, Mercury and Mars. Our emotions (Moon) could be very entangled with holding on to our material comforts (Jupiter [...]
VENUS ENTERS SAGITTARIUS After an almost 4-week stay in Scorpio’s murky waters Venus now enters the more free-wheeling sign of Sagittarius. Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter and this rather over-optimistic planet might induce Venus to yearn ecstasy in some form. Rules often also mean a lot to Venus in this sign, inviting others to follow our rules as we preach what we often don’t practice may therefore be another way of expressing itself...this trait may also show itself up in relationships where the “do as I say” becomes more important than the “do as I do” and infidelity [...]
OOB FULL MOON IN CANCER the mooniest Moon…. The Full Moon occurs at 4°58’ in the sign Cancer, a Cardinal, Water sign. The antiscion point is 25°02’ Gemini. The most motherly of Moons opposes the sternest and most fatherly of Suns. The OOB Moon is separating from an easy trine aspect to Saturn in Pisces and applying a sextile to Jupiter R in Taurus, likewise the Sun is separating from a sextile to Saturn and applying a trine to Jupiter R. The time for a little bit of introspection (Moon separating from a sextile to Saturn) in order to channel our energies towards our goals (Sun[...]
MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE Just in time for the holiday season Mercury stations to retrograde on the 12-13th December at 08°29’ Capricorn (antiscion 21°31’Sagittarius) and will station to direct on the 1-2 January 2024 at 22°10’ Sagittarius (antiscion 07°50’ Capricorn). These are the same degrees as the Mercury station direct at the beginning of this year. At the moment of station to retrograde Mercury is also OOB until the 15th of December. Mars, Sun, Pluto and Mercury are all parallel at this moment. Hopefully only verbal violence dictated by power struggles between [...]
OOB NEW MOON IN SAGITTARIUS ……it’s just an illusion…or is it? There will be a New Moon at 20°40’ Sagittarius (antiscion 09°21’ Capricorn) on December 12th. This is the 2nd New Moon of a series of 5 on the 20th degree of their respective signs. This is a pretty buoyant New Moon, by all means be optimistic but don’t get too taken away because it could be an illusion! One of the peculiarities of this lunation is the fact that we have a very forceful combination of Mars, Pluto and Sun all parallel each other by declination at 23° South and [...]
NEPTUNE STATIONS DIRECT IN PISCES The fog will lift…but the lies may continue Neptune turns direct on the 6 December at 24°53 Pisces (antiscion 5°07’ Libra). This means that uncertainties or lack of clarity that you have been internalizing and that may have surfaced from the past, finally start to lift as the fog clears (look to the house where you have Pisces on the cusp to see where the fogginess may have been manifesting for you as well as the sign/house/aspects of your natal Neptune). Neptune transiting through the houses has the effect of “dissolving” the matters [...]