VENUS ENTERS PISCES On 2-3 January, Venus, the planet of love, romance, harmony and values, glides into the sign of Pisces, where it is exalted. Pisces is ruled by Jupiter (traditional) and Neptune (modern). So, we may be lost in a realm of fantasy, washed over by feelings of love and happiness, dreaming of a lottery win, happy in the company of all and capable of seducing all, not really in tune with reality. Relax whilst you can! Venus will make the following aspects during its stay in Pisces: 14 January: square Jupiter R (11°59’ Pisces-Gemini) – don’t spend all your money[...]
OOB NEW MOON IN CAPRICORN How much longer must we cling to the past? The OOB New Moon at 09°44’ Capricorn (antiscion 20°26’ Sagittarius) is the 2nd of a series of 5 on this degree of the relative consecutive signs. This is the last New Moon of 2024. The lunation chart is rather interesting for its paucity of longitudinal aspects. The New Moon in fact stands alone, without aspects to the other planets. The King and the Queen of the chart (or the leaders and the people) together, on-lookers at the state of the world. Maybe it’s a WTH moment, wondering what’s happened or [...]
MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT Let’s move forward with optimism… After a period of retrograde motion in the Fire sign of Sagittarius, Mercury now stops in his tracks at 06°24’ (antiscion 23°36’ Capricorn) before picking up speed and moving forward. Wherever Sagittarius is in your chart you’ve been invited during this time to re-evaluate the matters of that house and do so with responsibility since Mercury has already been twice in a square aspect with Saturn and will make a third pass on 27 December. This, for some, may involve purchasing that new phone, computer, car or [...]
FULL MOON IN GEMINI …focus is what we need There will be a Full Moon at 23°53’ Gemini on the 15th of December (antiscion 06°07’ Cancer) only eleven hours before Mercury in Sagittarius stations direct, thus in opposition by sign (not degree) to the Full Moon and in Mutual Reception by dignity (each in one another’s sign) as well as being in opposition to Jupiter R (by degree) which is presently transiting the sign of Gemini. As we all know, full moons are when matters that have been simmering under the surface emerge to be dealt with. This lunation occurs on the 3rd-9th house [...]
VENUS ENTERS AQUARIUS After a spell in serious, practical Capricorn, Venus enters the cool, collected and independent sign of Aquarius. In this sign Venus wants the liberty to come and go as it pleases but this doesn’t necessarily mean unfaithfulness, just that equal rights and a seemingly no-strings-attached attitude need to be maintained for relationships to function. It’s the Venus placement par excellence for bed-buddies in a mix-and-match of friends becoming lovers and vice versa since Venus here is rather emotionally distant and has an attitude for open and unconventional [...]
NEPTUNE STATIONS DIRECT IN PISCES The fog will lift…but the lies may continue Neptune turns direct on the 07-08 December at 27°08’ Pisces (antiscion 02°52’ 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 [...]
MARS STATIONS RETROGRADE After a short stay in Leo, Mars stations retrograde at 06°10’ Leo (antiscion 23°49’ Taurus) returning to the sign of Cancer on 06 January 2025 but going OOB on the 30-31 December until 07 April 2025. The retrograde period will end on 23 February at 17°01’ Cancer (antiscion 12°59’ Gemini). The last time Mars stationed retrograde in Leo was from December 2009 to March 2010 and the last time the planet was retrograde in Cancer was from mid-November to end December 2007. What was happening in your life then? During a Mars retrograde period we may feel [...]