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New Moon in Libra

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Current SIDEREAL placements. Sidereal is different than traditional tropical astrology because it’s based on where the planets actually ARE in the constellations:

Sun at 15 Libra (in it’s Fall, no Sun magick)
Mercury DIRECT at 3 Scorpio
Venus at 23 Scorpio (detriment, no Venus magick)
Mars at 4 Cancer (Fall, no Mars magick)
Jupiter at RETROGRADE 25 Taurus
Saturn RETROGRADE at 17 Aquarius (rulership)
Uranus RETROGRADE at 0 Taurus
Neptune RETROGRADE 2 Pisces (rulership)
Pluto at 4 Capricorn
North Node at 11 Pisces

Friday we had a New Moon at 15° Libra sidereal. It’s a new beginning for our relationships, friendships, and creative pursuits. New Moons turn the page and give us an opportunity to start over and set new intentions. The new lens for this month is a focus on relationships of all kinds. Maybe you need to reconnect with people you haven’t seen in awhile, or maybe you need new friends. You can reset things now and change your focus.

If you’ve never had your true chart done using sidereal astrology, you can book a reading with me here.

Venus rules the sign of Libra, and unfortunately she’s not in a great position in the sign of Scorpio. In fact, most of the planets are in challenging signs OR retrograde, so now is a time to get organized rather than doing planetary Magick.

Mars and Pluto are in perfect opposition too at 4° Cancer/Capricorn. This means confrontation and potential violence. I don’t want to overly alarm anyone, BUT it’s best right now to turn the other cheek and avoid trouble with other people. This will be happening through the election and for much of November. On the good side, Pluto demands evolution and reformation, so you can rebirth yourself powerfully. Mars opposition to Pluto can move mountains and help you do the impossible, calling upon inexhaustible resources of energy. As an evolutionary planet, Pluto ultimately demands evolution and this may be a key theme over the next four weeks.

New Moon eclipse in Virgo

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Current SIDEREAL placements. Sidereal is different than traditional tropical astrology because it’s based on where the planets actually ARE in the constellations:

Sun at 14 Virgo
Mercury DIRECT at 15 Virgo (exalted)
Venus at 15 Libra (rulership, good for Venus magick)
Mars at 20 Gemini
Jupiter at 26 Taurus
Saturn RETROGRADE at 19 Aquarius (rulership)
Uranus RETROGRADE at 1 Taurus
Neptune RETROGRADE 3 Pisces (rulership)
Pluto RETROGRADE at 4 Capricorn
North Node at 11 Pisces

We have moved into October, placing us firmly in harvest season! TODAY we have a New Moon Solar Eclipse at 15° Virgo. If you have any planets in your chart near 15° Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces, they are being activated in a big way. If you’ve never had your true chart done using sidereal astrology, you can book a reading with me here.

Mercury is there too, conjunct the Sun at 15° Virgo. This is an exceptionally “Airy” new moon. All the energy is focused on language, the Mind, communication, honesty, truth, writing, community and focus. However, because it’s an ECLIPSE, the energies can be blocked. We need to take a step forward in a brand new direction today to access the gifts of this cycle. With the energy happening in Virgo, organizing our lives, rolling up our sleeves and getting to work are the best uses of our time.

Mars in Gemini is also throwing immense energy into the mix, since Mars is “drive” and Gemini is another Air sign. In Gemini, Mars lets go of his armor and becomes a social butterfly, focusing on communication, solving puzzles and battles of strategy. People with anxiety might need extra support during this time, because Mars adds electricity to our nervous system. A good place to focus your attention is on freedom and liberation. Where do you need to set yourself free? Let yourself off the hook? Have some FUN and adventures? This transit is spectacular for studying a new subject, or applying your mind to solve any type of challenge.

Full Moon in Pisces

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Current SIDEREAL:
Sun at 2 Virgo
Mercury at 22 Leo
Venus at 0 Libra (in rulership! Lots of Venus Magick now!)
Mars at 13 Gemini
Jupiter at 25 Taurus
Saturn RETROGRADE at 20 Aquarius (rulership)
Neptune RETROGRADE at 3 Pisces (rulership)
Pluto RETROGRADE at 4 Capricorn
North Node at 11 Pisces

On Tuesday we had a Full Harvest Moon/partial eclipse at 1 Pisces. This is an intense couple of weeks because the Universe is insisting we let go of the past, so we can move onto a new path in life. This week’s Full Moon in Pisces dramatically activates our commitment to our new life too, because we have to face obstacles and limitations.

Along with activating a new life path, the Full Moon in Pisces brings peak experiences to our spirituality, inherent gifts, and progress. What are your priorities, and where do you really want to go?

The nature of Pisces is intuition, music, the ocean, creativity, and humanity, and these things will be at their highest within each of us.

Redefine yourself, but put yourself in alignment with the true essence of who you are.

Week of July 21st: Full Moon at 5 Capricorn

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Sun at 5 Cancer
Mercury DIRECT at 1 Leo
Venus at 17 Cancer
Mars at 5 Taurus
Jupiter at 17 Taurus
Saturn RETROGRADE at 23 Aquarius (rulership)
Neptune RETROGRADE 4 Pisces (rulership)
Pluto RETROGRADE at 5 Capricorn
North Node at 14 Pisces

The full Moon yesterday was conjunct Pluto, and it demands we connect with our shadow sides. It’s an earthy, Saturnian, Capricorn Full Moon conjunct Pluto, which has us drill down and get honest about our lives. This powerful event is likely to expose uncomfortable truths and bring up unprocessed pain from our past that is now ready to be felt and acknowledged. What’s the reality of your life, and what needs tending to? Is something blocking you from moving forward?

If it sounds heavy, it is. Capricorn is a disciplined sign, and there’s no goofing off. It demands hard work in order to earn rewards. This is the fruition of what’s been building this month, and it engages Pluto: the planet of shadow and transformation. We will end the month in a different place than where we started. The energies of this Full Moon will unfold over the week ahead as well as the next six months. We will have peak experiences with our ambitions, career, and personal story.

The Capricorn Full Moon is especially relevant for those of us born with planets in the early degrees of Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn). This Moon gives opportunities to recognize the deeper lessons behind repetitive cycles and patterns we continuously get caught in, bringing the spotlight on unprocessed past pain that needs their presence and attention.

Also, the Moon is in her detriment here – uncomfortable, heavy, and unable to express herself. Authorities will be rigid and uncaring. Energy is hard to get off the ground, control issues arise along with power struggles.⁠⁠

image: Around midnight, you’ll see a huge star pattern above the full moon called the Summer Triangle, which includes the stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb

Week of July 15th: Mars conjunct Uranus

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TODAY, July 15th, 2024 we have a conjunction between Mars and Uranus, just 1/2 a degree apart, at 0° Taurus.⁠ This is a significant aspect that last occurred in 1936! Because it’s at the start or seed of Taurus (0°), current developments will set the tone for awhile.

We are finally getting “unstuck”, and energy is opening up! If you’ve been in limbo in some corner of your life, you’ll find renewed energy and clarity about how to move forward.

This aspect could lead to sudden changes and shifts, especially in areas related to Taurus, such as money, values, and environment.

Thus in fear and trembling the Superior person sets their life in order and examines themself.~ The I Ching (hexagram 51) 

⁠⁠This conjunction gives us the courage to stand up and stand out; to demand the freedom to live your own life. It is a restless and excitable aspect. In an atmosphere in which many are feeling stuck, Mars/Uranus can be the catalyst to get us un-stuck, and to see things in a whole new light.  

Week of July 8th: New Moon in Gemini

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Current Sidereal Placements:
Sun at 22 Gemini
Mercury at 14 Cancer
Venus at 0 Cancer
Mars at 25 Aries (rulership)
Jupiter at 14 Taurus
Saturn RETROGRADE at 24 Aquarius (rulership)
Uranus at 0 Taurus
Neptune RETROGRADE at 4 Pisces (rulership)
Pluto RETROGRADE at 6 Capricorn
North Node at 15 Pisces

We had a New Moon at 20 Gemini last Friday. Every New Moon is a new beginning, and this one brings a change in attitude. The urge to get out and socialize will be strong, but a trine with Saturn asks us to keep our boundaries and practice self discipline too. This New Moon is great for activities requiring mental fortitude – especially study. Focus on simplifying your life.

The difficult news, is Mars traveling through the end of Aries and burning us all up in the process. This transit brings extreme heat, fires, battles, explosions, eruptions, and general drama. I’ve never experienced this current two week long heat wave before in my life. Every day we have temperatures over 105° and it’s overwhelming. I’m sad for the future of our society and planet.

There are some lovely sextiles happening this week. The first, between Mercury at 14 Cancer and Jupiter at 14 Taurus. While Mercury isn’t happy slogging through Cancer, we can focus our attentions and communication to our financial security during this time. The most interesting sextile, is the one between Venus and Uranus both at 0° Cancer and Taurus respectively. This is a complete reset in our relationships and friendships; but with Uranus in the mix, some events could take us by surprise. Be thoughtful and speak sincerely.

Astrology Week of June 10th

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Mars enters Taurus today, bringing a refocus on our work, love, animals, and living arrangements. Slow down, take stock of your life right now, get grounded, and spend time with nature. This is also a lovely romantic transit.

Venus, the planet of Love and Creativity, is still traveling close with the Sun and going through a transformation, emerging as the morning star in the next few weeks.

Mars is squaring Pluto over the next few days, which brings tests to our evolution and life path. Be present with anger, and avoid battles with others because they can escalate with this transit. Mars through Taurus continues with a sextile to Saturn in Pisces (July 10th), and a conjunction to Uranus (July 16th) and ends with sextile to Neptune on July 24th. In this month Saturn and Neptune are also stationing retrograde adding to the need for careful and well considered moves.


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Venus Conjunct Uranus

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by Lisa Lennon

Venus Conjunct Uranus May 18, 2024

Uranus conjunct Natal Venus Transit: Impact on Houses

When Uranus conjuncts your natal Venus in a transit, it signifies a period of significant and often unexpected changes in your love life, relationships, and personal values. Uranus is the planet of innovation, unpredictability, and liberation, and its conjunction with Venus, which represents love, relationships, and aesthetic preferences, can bring about a range of effects. Here’s a general overview of what this transit might entail:

Sudden and Unexpected Love: One of the most common manifestations of Uranus conjunct Venus is the sudden onset of romantic feelings or relationships. You may find yourself attracted to someone unexpectedly, and this connection can be intense and electric.

Liberty in Love: This transit encourages you to seek more personal freedom and independence within your relationships. You may question traditional relationship structures and seek to redefine the way you express love and affection.

Unconventional Partnerships: Uranus encourages you to embrace unconventional partnerships. You might be attracted to people who are unique, eccentric, or have a non-conformist approach to life. Existing relationships may undergo changes to accommodate new and innovative dynamics.

Personal Values and Desires: Your personal values and desires may undergo a transformation. You could find yourself drawn to new interests, hobbies, or forms of self-expression that challenge your previous preferences. This is a time of personal evolution and self-discovery.

Breaking Free from Restriction: Uranus conjunct Venus often signifies a desire to break free from any restrictions or limitations in your love life. This could involve ending relationships that feel confining or taking bold steps to pursue the kind of love and pleasure that aligns with your authentic self.

Artistic and Aesthetic Innovation: Venus also represents art and aesthetics. During this transit, you may explore new and avant-garde forms of artistic expression. Your taste in art and beauty may evolve, and you may appreciate unconventional aesthetics.

Financial Changes: Venus is associated with finances, so this transit can also bring unexpected financial changes. Be prepared for financial surprises, both positive and negative, and consider making adjustments to your financial strategies.

Social Transformation: Your social circle may undergo shifts as you gravitate toward people who share your progressive views on love and relationships. You might lose connections with those who resist your newfound sense of individuality and independence.

Embracing Self-Love: Uranus conjunct Venus can prompt you to explore self-love and self-acceptance on a deeper level. You may come to appreciate your own uniqueness and prioritize your personal happiness and fulfillment.

Rebellion in Relationships: Some relationships may experience tension or conflict as you assert your desire for independence and non-conformity. Open and honest communication will be essential in navigating these challenges.

New and Exciting Experiences: This transit can lead to exciting and stimulating experiences in your love life and personal relationships. You may engage in adventurous activities and experiment with new forms of romance and intimacy.

Embracing Change: Overall, Uranus conjunct Venus encourages you to embrace change and personal growth in the realm of love and personal values. While the unpredictability of Uranus can be unsettling, it also offers opportunities for greater authenticity, excitement, and fulfillment in your relationships and personal life.

by Talon Abraxas

Spring Equinox 0° Aries

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Persephone Awakening’, by Jesper Alvermark, aka Zabani

What houses will both of the eclipses be transiting in your chart? That’s the area of life that will likely be affected.

5° Libra

19° Aries

I want to share the Sabian Symbol for Sun entering Aries, and the start of Spring. Today is the real New Year – when the Sun moves to 0 degrees Aries. Here’s Dane Rudhyar‘s insight into what this day means! Happy Spring:

“PHASE 1 (ARIES 1°): A WOMAN JUST RISEN FROM THE SEA. A SEAL IS EMBRACING HER.  

KEYNOTE: Emergence of new forms and of the potentiality of consciousness.

This is the first of the 360 phases of a universal and multilevel cyclic process which aims at the actualization of a particular set of potentialities. These potentialities, in the Sabian symbols, refer to the development of man’s individualized consciousness — the consciousness of being an individual person with a place and function (a “destiny”) in the planetary organism of the Earth, and in a particular type of human society and culture.

To be individually conscious means to emerge out of the sea of generic and collective consciousness — which to the emerged mind appears to be unconsciousness. Such an emergence is the primary event. It is the result of some basic action: a leaving behind, an emerging from a womb or matrix, here symbolized by the sea.

Such an action is not to be considered a powerful, positive statement of individual being. In the beginning is the Act; but it is often an imperceptible, insecure act. The small tender germ out of the seed does not loudly proclaim its existence. It has to pierce through the crust of the soil still covered with the remains of the past. It is all potentiality and a minimum of actual presence.

In the symbol, therefore, the emergent entity is a Woman; symbolically speaking, a form of existence still close to the unconscious depths of generic biological nature, filled with the desire to be rather than self-assertion. The woman is seen embraced by a seal because the seal is a mammal which once had experienced a biological, evolutionary but relatively unconscious emergence, yet which retraced its steps and “returned to the womb” of the sea. The seal, therefore, represents a regressive step. It embraces the Woman who has emerged, because every emergent process at first is susceptible to failure. This process is indeed surrounded by the memory, the ghosts of past failures during previous cycles. The impulse upward is held back by regressive fear or insecurity; the issue of the conflict depends on the relative strength of the future-ward and the past-ward forces.

The possibility of success and that of failure is implied throughout the entire process of actualization. Every release of potentiality contains this two-fold possibility. It inevitably opens up two paths: one leads to “perfection” in consciousness, the other to “disintegration” – the return to the undifferentiated state (the state of humus, manure, cosmic dust – i.e. to the symbolic “great Waters of space,” to chaos) 

This symbol characterizes the first of five stages which are repeated at three levels. This stage represents the initial statement, or theme, of the five-fold series which refers to the first level: IMPULSE TO BE.”

Year of the Wood Dragon

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The Year of the Dragon begins with the New Moon on February 9, 2024 at 2:58 p.m. PST.  These links cover different perspectives — symbolism, cultural relevance and predictions — for the Dragon, considered the grandest and most charismatic of the all the Chinese signs. Most are about 10 minutes long; the few longer, in-depth presentations are marked as such.

Here’s the Most Important Thing You Need to Know for 2024, Year of the Wood Dragon & Year of Action Elizabeth Pyjov speaks to the inner opportunities and optimal point of view for the year: “I am going to enjoy this life no matter what it throws at me. ..Let everyone else be as they are…Learn to look at life with approval and interest and warmth.”

AnandaShree Astrology speaks on the February Fiery New Moon Year of the Dragon, integrated with ideas from Vedic Astrology. The Dragon is a mythical animal which is vast, powerful and brings huge transformations. The New Moon is in the Dhanishta Nakshatra, connected to wealth and “the star of symphony.” On this New Moon she recommends to “take a vow to speak only what is necessary.”

Chinese Year of the Dragon + All Animal Signs
U.K. astrologer Patrick Arundell describes the dragon symbolism in China and considers 1964, the last Wood Dragon year — the Civil Rights Act was passed and Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He also briefly looks at the horoscope for China in his video.

US Postal Service has Year of the Dragon forever stamps

Year of the Dragon: Revealing Mysteries, Power, Fortune and Intrigue in the Chinese Zodiac
“Delve into the enigmatic realm of the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of the Dragon, unveiling its profound significance, power, and fortune. Explore the dragon’s charismatic traits and the transformative energies it brings to this auspicious year. Discover the cultural richness and intriguing legends surrounding this revered zodiac sign, inviting you on a journey of wisdom and mystique.”

Why the Dragon is Central to Chinese Culture is a short educational video. “Beautiful in their strength and otherworldliness,” the dragon is inseparable from the history of the Chinese people.

Take a 4-minute break and Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with Chinese Calligraphy

The Wood Dragon: Pluto in Aquarius and Predictions for 2024
Donna Stellhorn at Kepler College offers a 90 minute presentation on Chinese astrology and its intersection with Western astrology. She explains the building blocks of Chinese astrology (i.e., the heavenly stems and earthly branches), the Five Elements and their interconnections, and delineates specific predictions for each of the 12 Chinese animal signs. Next, she combines the Dragon year energies with Western astrology. (Time stamps so you can bump ahead to your animal year for the predictions.)

Pantheon Mythology hosts a 20 minute video: Who are the Dragons of Chinese Mythology?
“These mythical creatures are revered in Chinese mythology as symbols of power, strength, and good fortune. Unlike their Western counterparts, often portrayed as vicious and violent, Chinese dragons are seen as benevolent and protective creatures that bring rain and control floods, crucial aspects of agriculture in ancient China.”

Astrologer and historian Christopher Renstrom at The Astrology Hub presents an hour on Exploring the Chinese Lunar New Year and the Year of the Wood Dragon. He provides a “deep examination of the symbolism and cultural beliefs surrounding the Chinese Lunar New Year and its correlation with Chinese Astrology. He emphasizes the fundamental difference between Western and Chinese astrology, and also delves into the significance of the animals and elements in Chinese astrology, especially with regards to the Year of the Wood Dragon.” He also tells a story from the Han Dynasty, “which ties back to the central theme of wisdom and enlightenment. This year is one that encourages seeking wisdom and understanding beyond immediate fulfilment or gratification.”

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