MERCURY ENTERS ARIES After dreaming his way through Pisces, meeting up with the two rulers of the sign (Jupiter and Neptune) it’s now time to get argumentative. Forget those sweet words and dreamy thoughts now it’s time to defend our views and follow through with our plans in a “no holds barred” manner. Mercury in Aries just loves to talk and discuss, usually being over-concerned with himself and his views and easily getting combative and argumentative so don’t let temper and sarcasm interfere with common sense and politeness! “He who establishes his argument by [...]
ARIES INGRESS FOR ROME As the start of the new astrological year the Aries ingress sets the general tone for the year to come. This is the ingress for Rome, Italy. A quick overview: Chart ruler Mercury is in detriment and fall in Pisces in the 7th house of allies and public enemies (our allies could actually become our enemies too if we fail to get our debts in order) and in tight conjunction with Jupiter ruler of allies and homeland. We need the former to save the latter and both planets are applying a conjunction to Neptune so rumours, fake news and unfilled promises could be blown [...]
FULL MOON IN VIRGO An anxiety-ridden Moon The Full Moon will occur at 27°40’ Virgo (antiscion 2°20’ Aries). Another lunation with no Fire element and only Pluto in a Cardinal sign. We may have plans to move ahead but it seems that we have no mojo left to actually get things moving. Except for the Moon all the other planets are closed in between the lunar nodal axis, we (the people) are actually looking to them (our governments) to sort matters out since they are the ones who have our destiny in their hands. A Virgo Moon tends to be very critical and wants things to be done in [...]
MERCURY ENTERS PISCES Fantasy becomes reality and authenticity waivers…. Mercury isn’t at his best in Pisces, he’s actually in his detriment and fall which obviously doesn’t help him feel good, or on the ball either for that matter. Mercury here tunes in his antenna, he’s the receiver of the word and thought but he has some difficulty in articulating his actual speech and sentences often come out confused and of dubious or multiple meaning. In other words; confusion reigns! This is due to the fact that being on the receiving end means he’s churning out whatever [...]
NEW MOON IN PISCES don’t quit your daydreams…. There will be a New Moon on the 2nd of March at 12°06’ Pisces, a mutable, Water sign ruled by Neptune (modern) and Jupiter (traditional), let’s also take into consideration its antiscion point at 17°54’ Libra. Both Jupiter and Neptune are transiting the sign of Pisces so the New Moon is in the company of its dispositors. Sun, Moon and Jupiter are all separating from a recent sextile to Uranus in Taurus. Although still very unpredictable, the future nevertheless seems much brighter now, however, Jupiter is burnt by the[...]
VENUS CONJUNCT MARS IN AQUARIUS First Mars, then 7 minutes later Venus, enter Aquarius on the 5th or the 6th March depending on where in the world you live and less than an hour later they conjoin at 0°01’ of the sign. The same degree and the same sign as the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in December 2020 thus activating the Grand Conjunction. Mars in Aquarius...unusual, eccentric, crazy and revolutionary Having left the sign of its exaltation to find itself peregrine, in Aquarius we could find Mars fighting for the masses or fighting to impress since he has a strong sense of [...]
MERCURY RE-ENTERS AQUARIUS On Valentine’s Day! Abstract thinking or unusual facts? Mercury will remain in Aquarius until the 9th of March. In Aquarius, a sign co-ruled by Saturn (traditional) and Uranus (modern), Mercury is even more thirsty for knowledge, always in search of new ideas and technologies but ready to reject or even abandon them as soon as new (Uranus) becomes normal (Saturn). Mercury in Aquarius will give us new visions, make us aware of new possibilities, allow us to envision an ideal world or society, which might be great as a theory, but much less so as a [...]
FULL MOON IN LEO The show must go on… The Full Moon will be at 27°59’ Leo (antiscion 2°01’ Taurus). A Full Moon in Leo could also give us a transient emotional mood for extravagance or for showing off!! This drama queen Moon sits all alone on the other side of the lunation chart like an entertainer doing a solo act with all the other planets inside the nodal axis hopefully ready and willing to applaud. Leo is a Fixed, Fire sign. In traditional astrology Leo governs the 5th house, so this Full Moon operates on the 5th-11th house axis (Leo-Aquarius): the things we create [...]
MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT IN CAPRICORN A bit more time for some serious thinking Mercury’s retrograde period will end on 3rd-4th February when Mercury stations direct at 24°22’ Capricorn (antiscion 05°38’ Sagittarius). For me, as a Gemini, this period has been fraught with “irritations”, errors and setbacks of all kinds. How about you? This retrograde period started when Mercury was in Aquarius, a sign in which the planet will re-enter on the 14th of February. Gemini and Virgo, both ruled by Mercury, may have responded differently to the signs their ruling planet moved [...]
NEW MOON IN AQUARIUS Independently united. There will be a New Moon at 12°19’ of Aquarius, a fixed, Air sign (antiscion 17°41’ Scorpio). This is the fourth in a series of five New Moons in a row at 12° of the relative monthly sign. This lunation has all the planets enclosed within the Taurus-Scorpio nodal axis perhaps indicating that our destiny is in our own hands. Yet another lunation chart with a heavy Earth element to it and no Fire. Could it be that the practicality of our plans (whatever they may be) is bogged down by the retrograde motion of Mercury which is however [...]