PLUTO STATIONS RETROGRADE IN AQUARIUS After just over a three-month stay in Aquarius, Pluto stations retrograde at 02°06’ Aquarius (antiscion 27°54’ Scorpio) and will backtrack until 11-12 October when the planets stations direct at 29°38’ Capricorn. The planet will remain at 29° Capricorn the “all-or-nothing” degree from beginning September to mid-November this year. The retrograde period will affect those persons with planets and/or angles in the Fixed signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius between 0-4° and the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn [...]
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. Mars enters Aries the day after Venus enters Taurus and they find themselves tied together by reception in mutual detriment however they will have little to share (for better or for worse) since being in adjacent signs they can’t see each other! 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 [...]
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. 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 also endures romantic situations that most others would have already abandoned. Venus in Taurus is [...]
MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT Time to move forward again Mercury stations direct at 15°58’ Aries (antiscion 14°02’Virgo) on the 25 April. Interesting to note that Mercury was the term ruler during the recent Solar Eclipse at 19°24’ Aries and thus activated the eclipse degree on the 4th March, 16th March (R) and will do so again on the 5th May. Gemini and Virgo, both ruled by Mercury, may respond differently to the signs their ruling planet moves through on its journey backwards. Virgo, being an Earth sign, doesn’t take too kindly to Fire signs finding them a little too [...]
FULL MOON IN SCORPIO There will be a Full Moon at 04°18’ in the Fixed, Water sign of Scorpio (antiscion 25°42’Aquario). The dispositors of the Moon in Scorpio are Mars (traditional) and Pluto (modern). The lunation is in a separating T-square with modern ruler Pluto. A T-Square in the Fixed signs with a Pluto apex indicates that our head (Sun - leaders) and our heart (Moon - people) are both pulling in opposite directions and Pluto squaring both these planets implies a dilemma between the wilfull desire to obtain the desired goals through sheer force (our leaders) and the need to [...]
JUPITER-URANUS CONJUNCTION This present article is an extract from a longer talk on Jupiter in Taurus that was presented at the annual general meeting of the Association of Professional Astrologers International (APAI) in April 2023. Jupiter and Uranus have been in a continuous orb of each other (max 10°) since late July 2023 and will continue to be so until Jupiter enters Gemini on 26 May 2024. However, the two planets will conjoin only once at 21°50’ Taurus (antiscion 08°10’ Leo) on the 20-21st April (less than 1° away from the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction at 22°43’ Taurus in [...]
SOLAR ECLIPSE IN ARIES 8 APRIL 2024 There will be a New Moon and a total Solar Eclipse at 19°24’ of Aries (antiscion 10°36’ Virgo), a Cardinal, Fire sign on the 8th of April. The Sun, on its exaltation degree in Aries, is particularly strong. This eclipse path intersects the path of the 2017 great American eclipse which took place on the 21st August at 29° Leo, also in a Fire sign just like the upcoming one. Around that time there were huge floods in the Miami area due to Tropical Storm Emily, US congress pushed through sanctions against Russia, President Trump announced a new [...]
VENUS ENTERS ARIES 4-5 APRIL 2024 love at first sight.... Venus, the planet of values (what WE value and desire), love and finances, enters the sign of Aries on the 4-5th of April (depending where you find yourself in the world at that moment). In Aries, Venus is in her mythical lover’s den (one of them, the other being in Scorpio). 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[...]