FULL MOON IN AQUARIUS One for all and all for one…or is it? This Full Moon occurs at 06°30’ Aquarius (antiscion 23°30’ Scorpio), a Fixed, Air sign ruled by Saturn (traditional ruler) and Uranus (modern ruler). Full Moons are times of harvest and completion when things concerning the house in the natal chart with Aquarius on its cusp can’t possibly get any better nor any worse for that matter. Aquarius is the sign of friendship and group activity it’s about being independent and inventive whilst being part of a larger group of like-minded people as we work towards a [...]
MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT IN CANCER Thoughts, plans and emotions should now be disentangled Mercury stations direct 23 July at 16°25’ Cancer (antiscion 13°35’ Gemini). Cancer, being a Water sign, is all about feelings and emotions and, being ruled by the Moon, how these fluctuate in time. Mercury is a little out of sync in Cancer, finding some minor dignity only between 10-20° of the sign. Being a Water sign, Cancer is far too emotional for “all-in-my-head” Mercury. Retrograde planets seemingly interfere with the normal ongoing flow of activities represented by that [...]
PLUTO’S DANCE IN AND OUT OF BOUNDS IN SOUTHERN DECLINATION Last year in August, Pluto went in and out of bounds for the first time after seventy-two years, the last time it was in and out of bounds in this manner was from February 1938 to May 1953 during the planet’s stay in Leo and it was an OOB in Northern declination. Over the last century several astrologers have attempted to diversify and delineate the differences between Northern and Southern declination (for more info on this please read Paul Newman’s excellent book “Declination in Astrology” published by the Wessex [...]
OOB NEW MOON IN CANCER heading home...right? The New Moon will occur in the maternal sign of Cancer at 21°59’ (antiscion 08°01’ Gemini). Being in its own sign this is obviously a very dignified Moon, loving and caring, or perhaps not since the Moon is also OOB. OOB Moons are known to have a very personal idea of what mothering might mean. The New Moon is separating from a retrograde Mercury so communications and travel plans might have been chaotic and confusing in the hours prior to the lunation. Whilst the infamous conjunction between Mars and Uranus is now separating, I [...]
VENUS ENTERS VIRGO Miss Modesty Venus in Virgo intellectualises love and intimacy and is also pretty good at maths when it comes to managing finances so keeping a check on over-spending could be a welcome (and necessary for some of us) break after the Leo extravagance. This rationalisation or intellectualisation of what we most treasure takes away something from our intrinsic affectional make-up thus making us appear “cold”, irritable and highly strung. Virgo needs to express love in a practical way so how about cooking something delicious for our loved ones or treating [...]
NEPTUNE STATIONS RETROGRADE IN ARIES Neptune is said to be the higher octave of Venus and a couple of days after Neptune stations, Venus will enter the sign of Virgo (where Aries has its antiscion). Neptune will begin its annual 5-month retrograde period on 7 July at 04°25’ Aries (antiscion 25°35’ Virgo) and will turn station to turn direct on 12 December at 01°37 Aries. The chart for the station (London 10.55 GMT 7 July 2026) has Neptune partile sextile Uranua in Gemini and Pluto in Aquarius with Uranus and Pluto in a partile trine aspect. This formation has been discussed [...]
MERCURY RETROGRADE IN CANCER Thoughts, plans and emotions are all entangled Mercury stations retrograde on 29 June at 26°15’ Cancer (antiscion 03°45’ Gemini). Cancer, being a Water sign, is all about feelings and emotions and, being ruled by the Moon, how these fluctuate in time. Mercury is a little out of sync in Cancer, finding some minor dignity only between 10-20° of the sign. Being a Water sign, Cancer is far too emotional for “all-in-my-head” Mercury. Retrograde planets seemingly interfere with the normal ongoing flow of activities represented by that planet in [...]
JUPITER IN LEO 29-30 JUNE 2026 So many things can be said about the year we are now in. The outer planets have all moved and there has been the Saturn-Neptune conjunction. Jupiter was last in the sign of Leo from 16 July 2014 to 11 August 2015, its stay there was continuous with no back and fro between previous or subsequent signs. The same pattern will occur this time too with the ingress of Jupiter into Leo on 29-30 June and its departure on 26 July 2027. What was happening in your life during the last transit of Jupiter in Leo? As with all planets Jupiter too has a pattern of [...]
MARS IN GEMINI mental overdrive…. Mars will enter Gemini on 28 June. After being rather uncomfortable in Taurus, the sign of his detriment, where sensuality and stubbornness perhaps added to the planet’s allure, Mars is now ready for mental rationality, quick thinking, dexterity and perhaps even some maverick moves. Mars in Gemini is rather unleashed and free to prank around as and if he pleases, Gemini is, after all, a smart-ass sign that nearly always manages to have the last word, well, sometimes, all the words, since the gift of the gab certainly is part of this socialite [...]
OOB FULL MOON IN CAPRICORN The Full Moon will occur at 08°15’ in the serious, ambitious sign of Capricorn (antiscion 21°45’ Sagittarius) and has the flavour of the 4th-10th house axis (Cancer-Capricorn), the intimate versus the public, home versus work/career, fluidity versus rigidity etc. An emotionally dry Full Moon in Capricorn with its dispositor Saturn in fall in Aries in a separating trine with Venus, and an approaching square from Moon and Sun. The OOB status will only highlight the Moon’s inability to function normally. The lunation itself is separating from a Cardinal [...]