MERCURY ENTERS SAGITTARIUS Mercury rides into Sagittarius, goes OOB and retrograde…. Here we are again on the brink of another Mercury retrograde period, the third and final one of this year. Mercury will enter the optimistic sign of Sagittarius on the 2nd November, stationing retrograde at 22°40’ (antiscion 07°20’) on the 25-26th November and will also be out-of-bounds (OOB)***from 6th to 30th November. The planet stations direct on 15th December at 06°23’ Sagittarius (antiscion 23°37’ Capricorn). Mercury in Sagittarius is playful and best suits his prankster fame, I[...]
NEW MOON IN SCORPIO Will confusion trump obsession? The New Moon will occur at 09°35’ Scorpio (antiscion 20°25’ Aquarius) and will be the 1st of a series of 5 at that degree of the relative ensuing signs. New Moons are the time when we are encouraged to set our intentions for the month to come regarding the house where it falls in our natal charts. The New Moon is applying a trine aspect to a retrograde Saturn in Pisces, emotions won’t be easy to keep under control this coming month. Mars and Pluto (traditional and modern dispositors of the lunation) are in exact [...]
VENUS ENTERS SAGITTARIUS After approximately twenty-days 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, especially during the days when it will be in a square aspect to transiting Neptune R in dreamy Pisces (09 November 27°21’ Sagittarius-Pisces). 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 [...]
FULL MOON IN ARIES a battle never won? There will be a Full Moon at 24°35’ Aries along the Aries/Libra axis (antiscion 05°25’ Virgo along the Virgo/Pisces axis). This Full Moon in the Cardinal signs will form a Grand Cross with Sun, Moon, Mars and Pluto. A Grand Cross involves two oppositions (Moon-Sun and Mars-Pluto and squares between the four planets too). Cardinal signs are always on the move, impatient and assertive, this sometimes leads to taking hasty but poorly prepared action and staying power is often lacking after the initial momentum. The oppositions require [...]
MERCURY ENTERS SCORPIO the great revealer…. A lot of secrets could come out when Mercury transits the enigmatic sign of Scorpio. Mainly because Mercury in Scorpio is a great detective, uncovering things that some or most of us would rather pull the carpet over and even more so on the 30th of October when Mercury opposes Uranus R in Taurus (25°56’) and some surprising information might leak out. Mercury might also go overboard in insults when and if perceiving wrong-doing and ideas and thoughts could get very fixed and obsessive too. On the plus side with this [...]
PLUTO ENDS HIS FINAL RETROGRADE PERIOD IN CAPRICORN ….the soul-searching is over, time to transform! Pluto will station direct for the final time in Capricorn at 29°38’ (antiscion 00°22’ Sagittarius) after just over 5 months of being retrograde and will enter Aquarius for the long haul on 19 November. Persons with planets or angles between 26-30° of the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) will be most affected by this station. It’s the final trial for those with planets or angles in the final degrees of the Cardinal signs….what a ride this has been! Want to[...]
JUPITER IN GEMINI STATIONS RETROGRADE 8-9 OCTOBER 2024 Jupiter entered Gemini on 25-26 May this year and will now station retrograde at 21°20’ Gemini (antiscion 08°40’ Cancer) on 08-09 October to station direct on the 04 February 2025 at 11°16’. I mentioned in a previous post that Jupiter would remain exclusively in the sign of Gemini during its entire transit ad that is because a continuous stay in a sign however is not a given for any planet. Nonetheless, as in all things astrological there is a pattern to these continuous stays in the sign transited and each planet has its [...]
NEW MOON AND ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE IN LIBRA “All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.” Cyril Connolly There will be a New Moon-Annular Solar Eclipse at 10°04’ Libra on the 2nd October (antiscion 19°56’ Pisces). Being in Libra, this will be all about relationships and fairness. And being a New Moon-Annular Solar Eclipse of course it could be the start of a new relationship for some or a new beginning in an existing or ex relationship for others but it could also be about any kind of relationship depending [...]
MERCURY ENTERS LIBRA “That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.” C. Buckle In the sign of Libra, Mercury finds its more tactful side, eager to please (or rather eager not to have to discuss/argue) it is at its complacent best here. A master of playing with words but even when critical never seems to be offensive. On the downside, Mercury in Libra finds it difficult to reach a conclusion to any matter on hand. Fearful of what others might say or think, eager to please and seemingly wanting to do the best for both sides yet with the nagging [...]
VENUS ENTERS SCORPIO Seductively passionate…. After a stay in flirtatious Libra, one of its home signs, Venus, the planet of values (what WE value and desire), love and finances, enters the “still waters run deep” sign of Scorpio. In Scorpio, Venus is in her mythical lover’s den (one of them, the other being in Aries). Venus in Scorpio can lend itself to uncanny ways of seduction with psychological abuse and mental cruelty not being unknown. On the other hand, it’s powerfully attractive and very passionate. Venus in Scorpio, as in Aries, is in her detriment where the [...]