VENUS STATIONS DIRECT Venus terminates her (apparent) retrograde motion and stations direct at 11°04’ Capricorn (antiscion 18°56’ Sagittarius). Venus can now be seen in the sky as a morning star. Venus in Capricorn is “proper” as well as ambitious and perhaps even calculating. Social propriety and etiquette, at least on a public level, mean a lot to this rather ambitious placement for Venus, less so perhaps in the bedroom, but that is a side that Venus Capricorn would prefer to keep private! Venus’s contours are finely chiselled and with a distinct “no frills attached”[...]
OOB MARS ENTERS CAPRICORN The marathon runner... Mars is still OOB as it enters Capricorn, the sign of its exaltation, it will remain OOB until the 10th of February when it will be at 12° 43’ Capricorn. “Pure” Mars in Capricorn characteristics include ambition, discipline, persistent and even patience which is usually a feature not associated with this planet. On the harsher side it can show lack of empathy, recklessness as well as rigidity and inhibition as it sometimes struggles to contain itself. The OOB status brings out the best and the worst of Mar’s characteristics.[...]
LUNAR NODES ENTER TAURUS-SCORPIO AXIS The transiting nodes are reality checks on our soul path… On January 18th, the Lunar Nodes will enter the Taurus/Scorpio axis after having been in the Gemini/Sagittarius polarity since May 2020. So, the modality will change from Mutable (Air-Fire) to Fixed (Earth-Water). With the North Node transiting the sign of Taurus there could be potential talents for handling finances as you learn new value systems which also include those revolving around your relationships with loved ones, friends and associates since your emotional security will probably [...]
OOB FULL MOON IN CANCER On the 17-18 January (depending on where you find yourself in the world) there will be an OOB Full Moon at 27°50’ Cancer (antiscion 2°10’ Gemini), nurturing qualities could be at their best or, on the contrary, at their worst. The Full Moon will occur only a few hours before the direct station of Uranus and the entrance of the Lunar nodes on the Taurus-Scorpio axis. Full Moons are when matters climax, they are “now or never” moments regarding any projects we have initiated or intentions we have set at the preceding New Moon fourteen days ago. The Sun [...]
URANUS STATIONS DIRECT The road ahead seems quite bumpy…. Uranus ends its yearly, five-month retrograde period at 10°49’ Taurus (antiscion 19°11’ Leo) on the 18th January and finds itself immediately in a sesquiquadrate aspect with Mars (25°49’ Sag- 10°49’ Taurus) a friction that needs to be acted upon with enthusiastic Mars tending towards a Sagittarian over-achievement and Uranus wanting to enjoy life within the limits imposed by Taurus. Just three hours later the Lunar nodes also enter the Taurus-Scorpio axis (more about that in another post). So, what might we [...]
MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE IN AQUARIUS Time to rethink plans on a more humanitarian basis Mercury makes its first retrograde station of the year at 10°20’ Aquarius (antiscion 19°40 Scorpio), over the last 12 days (since it entered Aquarius) we should have gotten used to this rather aloof, Air sign Mercury. The retrograde period will end on 3rd February when Mercury will be at 24°22’ Capricorn (antiscion 05°38’ Sagittarius). When the retrograde period of Mercury occurs in an Air sign, rationality reigns as we may feel the need to examine our relationships from a less [...]
NEW MOON IN CAPRICORN The New Moon, which is also OOB, will occur at 12°20’ Capricorn (antiscion 17°40’ Sagittarius). This is the 3rd consecutive New Moon at 12° of the relative signs. Capricorn is a Cardinal, Earth sign, so persons with planets or angles of the natal chart at 09-15° of Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and Libra will be particularly affected by this lunation. This is the first new Moon of the year and new Moons are notoriously the best moment to set fresh intentions for the month ahead, the OOB status could lend to over-the-top intentions too. With Capricorn involved,[...]
MERCURY ENTERS AQUARIUS Abstract thinking or unusual facts? Mercury will stay in Aquarius until the 9th of March due to its retrograde period which starts January 14th at 10°20’ (it will re-enter Capricorn also during this time). 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 [...]
JUPITER ENTERS PISCES Jupiter enters its night-time sign just a few days before the New Year dawns. Jupiter is the traditional ruler of Pisces and in later times Neptune was also assigned as co-ruler of Pisces. Jupiter is the truth-seeker, it uses knowledge to expand its horizon, both on an earthly and spiritual level. Neptune wants to understand the unknown, the untouchable, the unfathomable. Jupiter will be rushing through Pisces and bursting into Aries on the 11th of May 2022 to then retrograde back into Pisces on the 27th of November until the 21st of December when it once more [...]
SATURN-URANUS SQUARE “You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” Malcolm X This will be the last of three upper waning squares between the two planets and it will occur at 11°05’ with Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus retrograde in Taurus (antiscion points respectively 18°55’ Scorpio and Leo. The Saturn-Uranus cycle repeats itself approximately every 45 years with the most recent conjunction taking place in the sign of Sagittarius in 1988 followed by the lower waxing square between the years 1998-2001 (5 passes) when Saturn[...]