VENUS STATIONS DIRECT ON 3-4 SEPTEMBER 2023 The direct station takes place at 12°12’ Leo (antiscion 17°48’ Taurus) only 12 hours before Jupiter stations retrograde.
JUPITER STATIONS RETROGRADE ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2023 …look inside, you’ll find the answer there Jupiter stations retrograde at 15°35’ Taurus (antiscion 14°25’ Leo). The antiscion point is very near the Venus station direct degree (12°12’) which occurs 12 hours before.
FULL MOON IN PISCES 30-31 AUGUST 2023 I feel you…… There will be a full Moon at 07°25’ Pisces (antiscion 22°35’ Libra). This is the second Full Moon in August an uncommon but not rare event.
MARS ENTERS LIBRA ON 27 AUGUST 2023 the diplomat…. Mars isn’t particularly happy in the sign of Libra, the sign of its detriment. It’s one of Venus’s home signs and of course fiery Mars can’t possibly be content with all that “harmony and goodwill to all” crap.
URANUS STATIONS RETROGRADE …… can we cope with surprises? Uranus starts his yearly, five-month retrograde period at 23°04’ Taurus on 28-29 August (antiscion 06°56’ Leo) which lasts until 24 January when it stations direct at 19°05’ Taurus.
MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE IN VIRGO Let’s endeavour to discern the useful from the useless… Mercury stations retrograde at 21°51’ Virgo (antisicion 08°09’ Aries) to station direct at 08°00’ Virgo on 15 September. This Mercury retrograde in an Earth sign could involve re-thinking what tangible results we have so far obtained in life, if our basic needs are being met, if we feel safe in our environment. So, we may find fault with our actual status quo and ask ourselves what we might be able to do to change things.
NEW MOON IN LEO 16 AUGUST 2023 A time to shine but not for all….. There will be a New Moon at 23°17’ Leo (antiscion 06°43’ Taurus). New Moons are times when the Sun and Moon are conjoined in the identical degree of the same sign and this causes the Moon to remain hidden from our view.
FULL MOON IN AQUARIUS …the friendship Moon The Full Moon this month falls at 09°15’ of the sign of Aquarius (antiscion 20°45’ 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 or any worse for that matter. This Full Moon has 5 planets in the Fixed modality and 5 in the Earth element, matters should be practical and rather at a standstill also confirmed by this lunation chart [...]
MERCURY ENTERS THE SIGN OF VIRGO …..and nit-picky and worrisome come to my mind Mercury enters Virgo, one of the signs it rules and it will remain there an unusually long time, well over the month that it habitually stays in one sign. It will in fact leave Virgo on the 4-5th October this year. During that time it will also make the third of its annual retrograde periods which this year all take place in the Earth signs (SR 23/08 at 21°51’, SD 15/09 at 08°00’). I will be writing more in detail about this nearer the time. Mercury in Virgo is very analytical and rather [...]
VENUS RETROGRADE IN LEO FROM 22-23 JULY TO 4 SEPTEMBER 2023 Venus, the planet of values, love, and finances, entered the sign of Leo on the 5th of June this year. Venus usually spends approximately 24-26 days in each sign but due to its 42-day retrograde period it will actually be in Leo until the 9th of October 2023. The planet will backtrack from 28°36’ (antiscion 01°24’ Taurus) to 12°12’ Leo (antiscion 17°48’ Taurus), stationing direct on 4th September.