Taking a cue from astrologer Patrick Watson, we could say that Saturn thwarts Pluto just as Pluto hypes up the fear factor inherent to Saturn. In January 2020 there will be the much-announced conjunction between Saturn and Pluto at 22°46’ Capricorn (antiscion 7°14’ Sagittarius), a Cardinal Earth sign. These two planets have been conjoined by parallel of declination for most of 2019 and this aspect will dissolve only in Spring 2020: we’ve already been experiencing this energy over the last year and many astrologers, myself included, believe the parallel conjunction to be much [...]
…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 16th of February 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. On a global level we [...]
….a suddenly serious mood On the 29th of December an out-of-bounds (23rd December-11th January 2020) Mercury barges out of Sagittarius with more than the usual bluntness and awkwardness that often characterises his sojourn there and lands in 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 in Capricorn is a serious, sensible version of Mercury, very determined and with great concentration which will serve us well as we[...]
The New Moon at 4° 07’ Capricorn is the 3rd of a series of 6 on this degree of the various signs and also the last Solar Eclipse of this decade (antiscion 25°53’ Sagittarius). The eclipse path will cover the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, southern India, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines and Guam. ... It will also cover small parts of Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North/West Australia, East Africa, the Pacific and Indian Oceans (1). According to Bernadette Brady this eclipse belongs to the Saros series “3 South” and concerns “sudden endings of associations with an emotional component [...]
ASTRO TRANSIT CALENDAR 2020 Mars – enters Aries 28/06 leaves Aries 07/01/2021 (retro 09/09 at 28° Aries to 13/11 15° Aries) Jupiter - 6° Capricorn to 2° Aquarius (retro 27° - 17°) Saturn - 21° Capricorn to 1° Aquarius (retro 2° - 25° Capricorn) Uranus - 2°- 6° Taurus (retro 6°-10°) Neptune – 16°- 18° Pisces (retro 20° - 18°) Pluto – 22° - 24° Capricorn (retro 24° - 22°) January 03/01 Mars enters Sagittarius 10/01 Full Moon and Annular Lunar Eclipse 20°00’ Cancer 12/01 Saturn conjunct Pluto 22°46 Capricorn 14/01 Venus enters [...]
Just in time for the festive season, and less than 24 hours before the Winter solstice, Venus enters the cool, collected and independent sign of Aquarius. In this sign Venus wants the liberty to come and go as it pleases but this doesn’t necessarily mean unfaithfulness, just that equal rights and a seemingly no-strings-attached attitude need to be maintained for relationships to function. It’s the Venus placement par excellence for bed-buddies in a mix-and-match of friends becoming lovers and vice versa since Venus here is rather emotionally distant and has an attitude for open and [...]
…focus is what we need There will be a Full Moon at 19°51’ Gemini on the 12th of December (antiscion 10° 08’ Cancer). As we all know, full moons are when matters that have been simmering under the surface emerge to be dealt with. This lunation occurs on the 3rd-9th house axis (Gemini-Sagittarius) in traditional astrology; how I think vs how they think, short trips vs long journeys, reason vs intuition etc. Both signs are concerned with gathering and spreading knowledge as well as education and travel. This is a restless, mentally active Full Moon, the last plenilune of this year,[...]
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” Plato The planet of expansion enters the sign of restriction and width becomes once more proportionate to height. After a whole year of jubilance in its own sign of Sagittarius, Jupiter now meets the real world where growth and magnificence have little or no space or are at best held under tight control. Needless to say, Jupiter is in its fall in Capricorn. The transit will begin on 2nd December 2019 and end on 19th December 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will then be conjoined at 0° Aquarius on 21st December (an event happening approximately [...]
Neptune turns direct on the 27th November at 15°55’ of Pisces, its own sign. This means that uncertainties or lack of clarity that you have been internalizing and that may have surfaced from the past, finally start to lift as the fog clears (look to the houses 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 house even though the process is usually very long it is nevertheless [...]
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. This doesn’t seem to be the best placement for a pre-festive period Venus but it will prep us for the planet’s next stay in Aquarius (from 7th December) [...]