JUPITER STATIONS RETROGRADE Intolerance, after all, may not pay Only a few hours after the New Moon in Leo, Jupiter stations retrograde at 08°43’ Aries (antiscion 21°17’ Virgo), the planet is also c/parallel Neptune (unrealistic dreams when reality is blindfolded). It is the 4th planet to turn retrograde (Pluto, Neptune and Saturn are already retrograde). Jupiter will re-enter its home sign of Pisces on 28th October and station direct on the 23rd November at 28°47’ Pisces (antiscion 01°13’ Libra). From my Jupiter in Aries article dated early May this year: “Jupiter [...]
MERCURY ENTERS LEO All I'm askin', is for a little respect when you get home (just a little bit)”* 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 during its stay in Leo: 23 July: trine Jupiter (8°40’ Leo-Aries) – don’t brag, it gets on people’s nerves! 26 July: square Mars [...]
VENUS ENTERS CANCER The caring partner or the stingy lover? The most motherly of signs welcomes the most loving of planets and it looks like we’re in for just over three weeks of tender, caring love or are we? One of the images of Venus in Cancer is certainly that of the romantic figure forever in love with Prince or Princess Charming. Venus, of course, doesn’t rule only love, it also covers, among many things, finances, self-esteem and all the things that gratify us. Venus responds to everything that makes us feel good, comfortable and happy. In traditional astrology Venus is [...]
CAPRICORN FULL MOON being responsible is part of the game… This Full Moon will occur at 21°21’ Capricorn (antiscion 8°39’ Sagittarius). This is a Full Moon with a huge potential for change. The Moon in Capricorn, in its detriment, where it feels least at home and is emotionally “cold”, is conjunct Pluto, both are opposing the Sun in Cancer to which a peregrine OOB Mercury is applying a conjunction and is already combust. On one hand we have the power to really transform our emotional set-up regarding our responsibilities (to ourselves and others) and on the other [...]
MERCURY ENTERS CANCER Only minutes after Mars leaves its sign of rulership to enter that of detriment, Mercury leaves its home sign of Gemini to enter the sign of Cancer and goes OOB on the 6th of July until the 13th. 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 most 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 [...]
MARS ENTERS TAURUS Mars is leaving his home sign of Aries to enter his detriment in one of Venus’s home signs. From daredevil and impossible to sensual and possessive. Mars in Taurus thrives on security, safety, routine and organization, slow to warm up but super passionate once the fire is lit. Mars is in his detriment in Taurus, he’s not his usual self so anger tends to fester and boil but when it explodes the devastation is usually total and irreversible. On the plus side no one resists and perseveres longer than Mars in Taurus in any endeavour he undertakes. During the [...]
MARS SQUARE PLUTO There is an important Mars square Pluto event at the beginning of July this year, the two planets will square each other at 27°46’ (Aries-Capricorn). The square occurs in the Cardinal signs which are very much “get up and go”, Mars is in his own sign and exalted in the sign of Capricorn. Squares are aspects which don’t usually produce events caused by you personally but are nevertheless events which require your immediate attention to resolve since they cause a lot of friction. Imagine the energy building up for release between a supercharged Mars and Pluto [...]
NEW MOON IN CANCER heading home...right? The New Moon will occur in the maternal sign of Cancer at 7°22’ (antiscion 22°38’ Gemini) on the 28th or 29th of June depending on where in the world you find yourself. Being in its own sign this is obviously a very dignified Moon, loving and caring, or perhaps not since the Moon is also very OOB and still heading North. OOB Moons are known to have a very personal idea of what mothering might mean. The New Moon is separating by only a few minutes of arc from a square aspect to Jupiter in Aries, optimism and well-being are still a big[...]
NEPTUNE STATIONS RETROGRADE “Intuition is seeing with the soul.” Dean Koontz Just hours before the New Moon in Cancer, Neptune starts his yearly 5-month long retrograde season at 25°26’ in his home sign of Pisces (antiscion 04°34’ Libra) where he has been transiting since 2011-2012. This transit will activate planets or angles between 29-22° 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 [...]
VENUS MOVES INTO GEMINI From Earth to Air, from sensual to frivolous…it’s party time! Venus in Gemini is known for being flirty and also for its refined social skills although it dislikes commitment both sentimentally and financially. Venus in Gemini enjoys a lot of mental fertility and it reflects a lot on matters of the heart (usually deciding that single is better than partnered) since it is far too rational to be interested in steady love unions. It could also be a spendthrift as far as intellectual pursuits are concerned (books especially) since it values communication and [...]