VENUS STATIONS RETROGRADE Just six hours after the Full Moon in Gemini, Venus stations retrograde in Capricorn at 26°29’ (antisicion 3°31 Sagittarius), its retrograde period ends on the 28th January 2022 at 11°05’ Capricorn. Venus in Capricorn is “proper” as well as ambitious and perhaps even calculating. Now it’s time to re-address our Venus traits and those of the house in our chart where Venus is transiting and also those houses ruled by Venus. What might we expect during this retrograde period when Venus goes under-cover, so as to say? Venus retrograde could [...]
FULL MOON IN GEMINI ….“The Storyteller’s Moon” The Full Moon will occur at 27°28’ Gemini (antiscion 2°32’ Cancer) on the 18th or 19th December depending upon where you find yourself in the world. Gemini Moons are by nature restless and have the innate curiosity typical to Gemini, however the lunation chart itself has a preponderance of planets in the Earth signs with only one planet in the Water signs. Fidgety needs to be grounded. The Modalities are evenly distributed so at least there we should find some kind of balance. The Moon is OOB adding even more [...]
MERCURY MOVES INTO CAPRICORN ….a suddenly serious mood Only eight hours after Mars enters Sagittarius, Mercury barges out of Sagittarius with the usual bluntness and awkwardness that often characterises his sojourn there and bounces into Capricorn. After fun-loving Sagittarius this will certainly hit him with force, dampening his mood and deepening his thoughts and encouraging all of us to think, plan and talk in a much more serious fashion. Mercury will touch the following planets during his stay in Capricorn: 20 December: trine Uranus R (11°10’) – a wake up call to get [...]
MARS ENTERS SAGITTARIUS …and it’s time to take that leap of faith After just over six weeks in the sign of Scorpio, which it rules together with Pluto, and perhaps a little worse for wear, at least from a psychological point of view, Mars takes on the clothes of the philosopher (and sometimes as the self-righteous prig) as he enters the optimistic, truth-loving sign of Sagittarius where he will stay until the 24th of January when he enters Capricorn. Here in Sagittarius he will be able to express his energy in a more open way with less emphasis on the psychological battle field.[...]
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN SAGITTARIUS There will be a total Solar eclipse at 12°21’ Sagittarius (antiscion 17°39’ Capricorn) on the 3-4 December, depending upon where you are in the world. It will be visible in Antarctica, South America, South Africa and Australia. This is the last of the eclipses in the Mutable signs, next year (as per the Nodes) the eclipses will be in Fixed signs. The Moon will be perigee (closest to the Earth thus having more pull (effects) on tidal and seismic activity). Dispositor of the eclipse is Jupiter, peregrine in Aquarius, a hot moist planet in a hot[...]
NEPTUNE STATIONS DIRECT IN PISCES The fog will lift… Neptune turns direct on the 1 December at 20°24’ Pisces (antiscion 9°36’ Libra). This means that uncertainties or lack of clarity that you have been internalizing and that may have surfaced from the past, finally starts to lift as the fog clears (look to the house where you have Pisces on the cusp to see where the fogginess may have been manifesting for you as well as the sign/house/aspects of your natal Neptune). Neptune transiting through the houses has the effect of “dissolving” the matters concerning that particular [...]
MERCURY ENTERS THE SIGN OF SAGITTARIUS During its stay in Sagittarius, Mercury will become OOB on 3rd December (GMT) at 12°59’ Sagittarius returning in bound on the 28th December at 23°16 Capricorn. Mercury, ruler of Gemini (collects information about whatever, whenever it can) and Virgo (only interested in information that can be used in a practical way) enters the sign of its detriment. Mercury in the sign of the archer has the tendency to overlook and discard generalised information (Gemini) and practical details (Virgo) placing attention on the bigger picture and thus [...]
LUNAR ECLIPSE IN TAURUS Another difficult lunation with the added oomph of being a Lunar Eclipse. The Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse will occur at 27°14’ Taurus (antiscion 2°46’ Leo). The last lunar eclipse at 28° Taurus took place on the 28th November 2002. Can you remember what was happening in your inner and/or outer life then? Again, another lunation chart with a huge emphasis on the Fixed modality (7 planets) and no Fire element and little Air. Stubborn, a good mix between practical and empathic but with little care for the “what next” and no intuition and energy to get [...]
MERCURY ENTERS SCORPIO the great revealer…. Just 12 hours after Venus enters Capricorn, Mercury also makes a move. 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. 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 transit…nothing, absolutely nothing, will be taboo (conversation-wise)! Some [...]
VENUS OOB ENTERS CAPRICORN From frivolous and gaudy to self-possessed and distinct. 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” attitude in this serious sign. Ambition is often part of the picture too. Venus will remain OOB until 7th December, the wild-card effect could be quite marked during this period and due to its retrograde[...]