Chatterbox…. Mercury will station direct at 11°01’ Aquarius (antiscion 18°59’ Scorpio), Moon in Gemini will be in a trine aspect to Mercury for most of the day, what kind of news might we expect? Could be only pure gossip with Gemini involved but sometimes gossip is half-truth anyway and the need to talk may be overwhelming! These last twenty days have certainly provided an opportunity to rethink future plans and now is the time to put those plans in action. In Aquarius, a sign co-ruled by Saturn (traditional) and Uranus (modern), Mercury is even more thirsty for knowledge, [...]
“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 first of three upper waning squares between the two planets and it will occur at 7°13’ with Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. The other two squares will occur on 15th June (13°06’) when Saturn is retrograde and 24th December (11°05’) when Uranus is retrograde. 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 [...]
If you dig in your heels too deep you could break your leg The New Moon will occur at 23°16’ Aquarius (antiscion 6°44’ Scorpio) joining the 5 planets already in that sign making this lunation one of the most important of the year for its singular focus on the signs of the Fixed modality. New Moons are excellent moments to do a reality check, asking ourselves where we are at the present moment in time and where we would like to go, particularly regarding the matters of the house where the New Moon falls in your chart and thus set our relative intentions for the month ahead. The [...]
Venus enters the cool, collected and independent sign of Aquarius and joins the rendezvous with the other 4 planets already in Aquarius (Saturn, Jupiter, Sun, Mercury). On the day of the New Moon, the 11th February, there will be 6 planets in Aquarius, 2 in Taurus (both fixed signs), 1 in Capricorn and 1 in Pisces. With the Aquarius-Taurus square this is a very shake, rattle and roll energy so expect unruliness, events of force majeure and shocking news coming in from around the world during this period from 1st to 20th February. In this sign Venus wants the liberty to come and go as it [...]
Time to rethink plans on a more humanitarian basis Mercury makes its first retrograde station of the year at 26°29’ Aquarius (antiscion 3°31’ Scorpio), over the last 20 days we should have gotten used to this rather aloof, Air sign Mercury. The retrograde period will end on 20th February when Mercury will be at 11°01’ Aquarius (antiscion 18°59’ Scorpio). 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 emotionally-involved perspective. Gemini and Virgo, both ruled by Mercury, may [...]
Me? Or should I say we? The Full Moon will occur at 09°05’ Leo (antiscion 20°55’ Taurus). 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 for our own personal satisfaction (including our children) vs our group efforts, the artist vs the scientist, the autocrat vs the democrat etc. The lunation chart itself will have a heavy Earth/Air elemental sense to it (4 planets in each element) together with a feeling of being stuck (7 planets in Fixed signs). Practical [...]
A volatile conjunction at 6°44’ Taurus (antiscion 23°16’ Leo) hinting normally at a sudden explosion of energy. The conjunction takes place in the Fixed Earth sign of Taurus so let’s try and put the sign into the equation. Some interpretations of this aspect could include: Tremendous persistence (Taurus) in committed (Mars) cooperation (Uranus). Erratic (Uranus) yet determined (Taurus) action (Mars). Utopian (Uranus) desire (Mars) to keep calm (Taurus). Self-indulgent (Taurus) obsessive (Uranus) passion (Mars). Need for freedom (Uranus) releases pent-up anger (Mars[...]
Jupiter-Uranus contacts are often considered as “lucky breaks” or unexpected windfalls. Taking into consideration the signs that these planets are presently transiting and the square aspect between them (6°44’ with Uranus stationary) there could be other manifestations that we might like to consider: Fanatical (Aquarius) nationalism (Jupiter) forces (square) sudden (Uranus) practical (Taurus) action. Humanitarian (Aquarius) optimism (Jupiter) leads to (square) social (Uranus) calm (Taurus). Impartial (Aquarius) luck (Jupiter) results in (square) unexpected (Uranus) [...]
The road ahead seems quite bumpy…. Uranus ends its yearly, five-month retrograde period at 06°43’ Taurus (antiscion 23°17’ Leo) on the 14th January. So, what might we expect by taking Uranus at face-value in Taurus now that it is about to move direct once more? On a mundane level, the disruption and innovation of monetary values as we now know them – Bitcoin and virtual money have rocketed, we are being invited and coaxed to use electronic payments in lieu of cash and thus getting involved in yet another way of having our spending habits controlled. A completely new way of [...]
Obey… The New Moon will occur at 23°13’ Capricorn (antiscion 6°37’ Sagittarius) and will be OOB. The Moon's transit through the declinations will cycle between nominal highs and extreme highs over a period of about 18 years. The last cycle of extreme highs ended in 2011. The present cycle of extreme highs began in April 2020.* Capricorn is a Cardinal, Earth sign, so persons with planets or angles of the natal chart at 21-26° of Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and Libra will be particularly affected by this lunation. New Moons are notoriously the best moment to set fresh [...]