LUNAR NODES ENTER ARIES-LIBRA AXIS The transiting nodes are reality checks on our soul path… On July 17th, the Lunar Nodes will enter the Aries/Libra axis after having been in the Taurus/Scorpio polarity since January 2022. So, the modality will change from Fixed (Earth-Water) to Cardinal (Fire-Air). With the North Node transiting the sign of Aries this could be a good moment to learn about standing up for yourself and being more self-sufficient (in the area of your chart affected by the transit). You may fear that your own happiness depends on the happiness of those around you (SN [...]
MERCURY ENTERS LEO respect my opinion After a short stay in the homely sign of Cancer, Mercury now enters flamboyant Leo. In Leo, all planets want to be respected according to their nature. Mercury in Leo wants to be respected for his opinions and views and in desiring this, self-confidence often turns into bravado and presumption. Mercury will make the following aspects: 17 July: square Jupiter (11°53’ Leo-Taurus) – optimism is great but don’t be sloppy! 23 July: square Uranus (22°32’ Leo-Taurus) - great ideas and innovative plans some of which will be worthwhile [...]
MARS ENTERS VIRGO a mechanical housewife? After swaggering its way through Leo during the last six weeks or so Mars now enters the more modest and service-orientated sign of Virgo. Mars has a two-year orbit which means that it was in Virgo approximately two years ago. Mars in Virgo adds energy to the Virgoan characteristics. Virgo obviously loves being of help and service and Mars could take the upper hand making some of us become too helpful without that assistance actually being asked for! Mars here could also make us get easily angry over little things like the faulty [...]
OOB FULL MOON IN CAPRICORN “If you own this story you get to write the ending.” Brené Brown On July 3rd there will be a Full Moon at 11°19’ Capricorn (18°41’ Sagittarius), a Cardinal Earth sign and the sign of the Moon’s detriment where it is at its least at ease. This is a Full Moon with a huge potential for change and for acting out of the ordinary since the Moon is OOB. The Moon in Capricorn is in its detriment, where it feels least at home and is emotionally “cold”, it is just separating from a trine to Jupiter and a sextile to Saturn R (dispositor of this Full [...]
NEPTUNE STATIONS RETROGRADE “Intuition is seeing with the soul.” Dean Koontz Neptune starts his yearly 5-month long retrograde season at 27°41’ in his home sign of Pisces (antiscion 02°19’ Libra) where he has been transiting since 2011-2012. This transit will activate planets or angles between 30-25° of the mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces). When Neptune turns retrograde, the inner structures that are undergoing dissolution and change are more easily brought to the attention of our mind allowing us to review our blind-spots and uncover more hidden [...]
OOB MERCURY ENTERS CANCER OOB until the 7th of July, Mercury enters the nurturing sign of Cancer on the 26-27 June. Mercury is a little out of sync in Cancer, finding some minor dignity only between 10-20° of the sign. Being a Water sign, Cancer is far too emotional for “all-in-my-head” Mercury and with the planet being OOB for the first part of its stay there may mean that we have an overflow of rationality when it comes to sentiments and feelings or, our poetic vein and story-telling could reach new heights! Mercury will make the following aspects during its passage through [...]
NEW MOON IN GEMINI watch your words… This New Moon will occur at 26°43’ of the mutable, Air sign of Gemini (antiscion 03°17’ Cancer). 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 surface. The Moon is OOB giving it an extra punch, Moon and Sun are applying a square to Neptune in Pisces, matters, plans and thoughts may not be as they initially seem. So, despite our best intentions [...]
SATURN’S 5-MONTH RETROGRADE PERIOD STARTS ON 17 JUNE 2023 Sorting out the possible from the impossible…. Saturn will station retrograde at 07°12’ Pisces (antiscion 22°48’ Libra) on the 17th of June to station direct at 00°31’ Pisces on 4th November. Saturn is the planet of restriction and order which rewards hard work and perseverance. Pisces is known for its fervid imagination and intuitive compassion, it is also the sign of being gullible and goal-less, these two qualities being totally at odds with Saturn themes. Pisces brings to mind the victim and the martyr [...]
MERCURY ENTERS GEMINI AND GOES OOB Mentally instable? Mercury enters one of the signs that it rules on the 11th June and goes OOB on the 24th remaining in this condition until the 7th July. Mercury is obviously in his element here, a rational and agile thinker open to new ideas and experimentations, puns and intellectual flexibility are also part of the game although Mercury is also the prankster of the zodiac and here words could be used to alter the truth in some way! The OOB status could make this planet very versatile indeed with great curiosity and a real talent for the [...]
VENUS ENTERS LEO Venus, the planet of values, love, and finances, enters the sign of Leo where it is in for a very long stay (just over 4 months) due to its retrograde period which begins on 22-23 July and ends on 04 September entering Virgo on the 09 October. In Leo, Venus feels courted and pampered (after all Leo is the King and she is the Goddess!), she hates to be ignored and seeks attention, which isn’t difficult for her since she adds her own talents to Leo’s natural penchant for passion, generosity and warmth towards others. Venus rules the sign of Taurus (her more practical [...]