This Monday, April 15th, isn't just the Cancer moon squaring up to the Aries sun for our first quarter moon choice point, it's the second out of three conjunctions between Mercury (the mind and messenger) and Chiron (the wounded healer) in Aries, sign of self.
This is our first in a series of major healing alignments that are taking us right into the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus on April 20th, a very cathartic Scorpio full moon on April 23rd, Mercury direct on April 25th, and then finally, the stabilizing Taurus new moon on May 7th. If there's healing still to do around this Chiron and north node in Aries theme for you, you're going to be feeling this. The depth and level of healing work left to be done around this will determine how you experience this astrology.
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PAY ATTENTION TO EMOTIONS & OLD WOUNDS COMING UP THIS WEEK....if it's coming up, it's time to heal it. This is beginning the evening of Sunday April 14th and then building into Monday the 15th as Mercury retrograde conjuncts Chiron, the wounded healer, in Aries for the second of three times, and the Cancer moon squares the Aries sun for the first quarter moon choice point.
With major healing vibes happening, and the moon, our subconscious and emotions and need for emotional security and belonging in a hard aspect to the sun, conscious will and ego in the sign of self, Aries, we are likely to really be feeling resistance or emotions coming up Monday, and if its coming up, it needs our attention so it can be healed. But it doesn't stop there - by Wednesday, 4/17, Venus is conjunct the north node of soul growth, meaning in opposition to the south node of karma, past, and release. Venus is the ruler of Libra and relationships, and the ruler of that major full moon eclipse we had on March 25th - the one that likely brought any unhealthy relationships or dynamics and patterns in relationships to a head for release or transformation. Venus' alignment with the north node in Aries on Wednesday is like us coming full circle from that 3/25 full moon eclipse - if there's any loose ends still left hanging out there, this is likely the time things are going to be settled one way or another. It's also likely to open any old wounds that need healing now so we can fully move forward. This is happening with the north node of soul growth in Aries, so the direction here is moving towards a healthier sense of self value and worth. Then on Fri. 4/19, Venus aligns with Mercury retrograde - again this is about bringing up any issues that need healing that would keep us from a healthier perception of ourselves. On Sun. 4/21, Venus moves into a conjunction with Chiron, again about healing the wound of self that would have us playing small, abandoning ourselves, people-pleasing, etc. Don't be surprised if it feels intense, because on that same day, Sun. 4/21, the Taurus sun will be forming a growth aspect to Pluto in Aquarius just before the moon opposes it for the Scorpio full moon 4/23. All of this is leading us right up to a major emotional catharsis. The more you can lean into whatever discomfort comes up this week as Venus brings her healing balm to the Aries line up, the easier the powerful Scorpio full moon will likely be. It's all supporting you in crafting more love in your life, and getting the love you want. It starts with you - within you. As within, so without. If you'd like my blueprint for getting you from where you are now to getting the love you want, just CLICK HERE to message me - let's chat! The moon lands in its own sign of Cancer Saturday, April 13th at 13:44 ET and will remain there until Monday the 15th at 22:23 ET, and its helping us tune into our emotional body and the past to prepare us for a week (or two even) of deep healing beginning Monday April 15th moving us right through the 4/23 Scorpio full moon. Don't be surprised if things get a little moody from midday Saturday through Monday evening.
This is because the moon will be strong in its own sign of Cancer, carrying us right into Monday's first quarter moon square (the halfway point between the Aries new moon eclipse and the upcoming cathartic Scorpio full moon). First quarter moons are always times when internal conflict brings us to a "choice point," as the moon, ruler of our inner world, subconscious, and need for belonging and emotional security comes to an intersection with the sun, our ego, personality, and conscious will. This one just happens to be coming on the heels of last Monday's major Aries new moon eclipse, just before we move into a week of major transformation and healing featuring tons of action in Aries centered around Mercury retrograde there making alignments with Chiron, Venus, and the north node as Venus moves through the Aries line up crossing paths with Mercury backtracking. Make no mistake, whatever comes up now is coming up for healing, and your emotions are the messengers. You have to feel it to heal it. The coming week, the cosmos is offering you incredible support in healing those old wounds of your heart, those wounds to self that keep you holding back, stuffing down, doubting, and playing small once and for all, but at first, it might feel like all the pain is being reactivated. Those wounds have to be stirred and brought to the surface to be healed and released. The healing can happen when you choose to react and handle things differently when they come up this time, when you stay in the present moment, in your power, in your inherent value and worth, and don't go on the ride and get trapped in that painful past dimension. And Cancer moons have a reputation for taking us down memory lane. Remember that the moon and Cancer are about connection, belonging, and creating emotional security, and all of this astrology is building towards the April 23rd Scorpio full moon square Pluto - catharsis that will fully clear out what's been up since the 3/25 Libra full moon eclipse. This is about letting go of the past and stepping into a new energetic dimension - one where you are shining that heart light bright in full authenticity with an unshakable sense of self, value, and worth. The good news is, I have a blueprint for getting you from where you are now to that new energetic dimension, and I'd love to share it with you. If this sounds good to you, let's chat! Just CLICK HERE to message me and we'll find a time that works for both of us to hop on a call. Here's what's so special about this February.... The middle two weeks of February are pivotal. Running in the background, we still have Saturn in Pisces (think making dreams reality) aligning with Jupiter, planet of abundance, growth, and expansion, in Taurus, as Saturn officially clears the post shadow of its retrograde this week on the 14th. That means Saturn is getting a real fortunate and optimistic boost as it finishes its third and final pass of its retrograde territory from 2023. We are truly moving forward now, and since Saturn is the planet that makes things real, Pisces is the sign of dreams, Jupiter is the planet of good fortune and opportunity, and Taurus is the sign of earthly abundance, this is all good news. At the same time, we have the north node of soul growth moving with Chiron, the wounded healer, in Aries. This brings healing and soul growth, specifically through the energetic prism of Aries, the sign of the self. This alignment is supporting us in healing any old wounds to self and identity that may have kept us doubting ourselves, playing small, and not going after what we desire. While this is ultimately a really beautiful thing, remember that this is growth - specifically soul growth - it may not feel comfortable. Those old scars might be itching up a storm about now, reminding you they are there. On top of all of that, this week and next week, from the 12th to the 22nd, we have a spectacular line up that really takes the cake as Mars, then Venus join Pluto in Aquarius this week and then meet up with each other next week on the 21st. With Pluto sitting at 0° Aquarius, this week's powerful Mars-Pluto conjunction and Venus-Pluto conjunction are happing at the exact same degree as the Great Conjunction (Jupiter-Saturn) from solstice 2020. A seed was planted then - now you're starting to see the fruits of it. The way this is occurring, it's like Mars and Venus each will have their own private session with Pluto before they meet up with each other next week on the 21st. This week, we are unearthing some valuable information that will be very relevant next week. Mars is the divine masculine, the warrior, and our motivation and drive to go after what we want. Venus is the divine feminine, the law of attraction, and our ability to attract our desires by energetically aligning with them, which at the heart of the matter whether we are taking about relationships or resources, is self-value. This is all happening through the energetic prism of Aquarius, with Pluto just beginning a new 20 year cycle there, so whatever new beginning is hatching in your life, it needs to be fresh and unprecedented. Look to what feels unfamiliar, exciting, and inventive. If you have a choice between "safe" and "status quo" and something entirely new, take the new. Why this is an even bigger deal for those born between 1971 & 1984.... Did you know that if you were born between 1971 & 1984, that you are part of a generation here to transform relationships and redefine them on your own terms, and that makes this February extra BIG for you? If you were born between 1971 & 1984, you are part of the Pluto-in-Libra generation. Pluto in Aquarius means at some point in the next 20 years, Pluto will trine your natal Pluto, and this is a big gift of empowerment enabling you to create a more fulfilling life - on your terms. It's a far cry from the extremely challenging Pluto square Pluto transit that you likely experienced in your mid- to late 30's while Pluto was in Capricorn, forcing you to let go and evolve in likely a painful way. Think about it - in the U.S., women only got the right to have bank accounts, bank loans, and credit cards without a husband in 1974. You've grown up with this right, but you may still FEEL like it's not safe, because of the limiting beliefs that were handed down to you, what you were modeled, and your life experiences. It all may seem confusing. Like you are supposed to do something that you aren't really allowed to do. You might be the first woman in your family, or the first person even, to get a degree or start a business, or be successful. You might have experienced relationships where everyone was confused about the roles and felt a need for freedom and independence but also resentment and insecurity. Maybe men don't feel like they should be the "sole providers" for the relationship/family, but also still don't want to help around the house and get sideways when you are busy because of work or have your own money. Know that part of your energetic signature in this life is to transform relationships and redefine them on your own terms, and draw a clear line between the "me" and the "we," and that this necessarily makes you a contract worker for your lineage, cleaning up all the old limiting beliefs and fears as you work through your own blocks and step into this more authentic and powerful way of being. We've already discussed in January how this is a big theme of 2024 anyway, with the north node in Aries and the south node in Libra, meaning our eclipses - the spring and fall change-bringers - will be about these themes. But February is a pivotal month in this regard too, as Mars, ruler of Aries, and Venus, ruler of Libra, come together first one by one with Pluto in Aquarius and then have a special rendezvous of their own. This is a new beginning in love, relationships, creativity, and even enterprise that is positively revolutionary.
Pluto moves into Aquarius on January 20th, with the sun illuminating the way. This begins a new twenty year era, as Pluto will be in Aquarius all the way until 2044.
If you know what to pay attention to moving through January, you will get a good idea of the energetic nature of what this shift of Pluto from Capricorn into Aquarius is all about for you personally - what is the nature of the past (Pluto in Capricorn) and what is the nature of the future (Pluto in Aquarius). People-pleasing, indecisiveness, over-explaining, poor boundaries, endless questioning, self-doubt, unexplained anger, anxiety, or depression...all of these point to the same root issue: the relationship between self and other in your life is out of balance. This is important, because one of the main energetic signatures over 2024 - the focus of our eclipses - will be around bringing karmic rebalancing to our relationships.
This means that wherever your relationship with anything outside of you is out of balance, events will be occurring to bring that into balance over the coming year, especially with the spring and fall eclipses. MERCURY RETROGRADE 12/13 to 1/1 is your final opportunity to prepare for 2024. This retrograde is bringing MAYHEM & MAGIC, but ultimately, this final preparation for 2024 is about tuning into your personal truth, belief, and core values and desires, so you are moving into 2024 in a soul-aligned way, upon the throne of your heart, in your full creative power. 2023 is a "7" year, and "7" years are times of transition and doing the inner alignment work that prepares us for stepping into our power to claim the abundance that's available for us in the "8" year that follows. That "8" year is 2024. This Mercury retrograde is strongly connected with Jupiter in Taurus as well as the 12/12 Sagittarius new moon, and ultimately is bringing good things. Mercury Cazimi & Solstice
Your "aha moment" comes just after solstice as Mercury meets up with the sun still sitting at 0° Capricorn. Count late in the evening on 12/21 through the 23rd, as the sun arrives in Capricorn marking solstice late on the 21st, Mercury meets up with the sun on the 22nd, and then backs into Sagittarius on the 23rd as magical. Turn inward, connect with your inner and higher guidance, and tune in to soul direction and desires over these days for rad results. After two solid weeks of "growing pains" in November, on December 5th, we turn the corner collectively with the last quarter moon towards our final weeks of 2023 that might just prove to be, well, magical.
Technically this has two parts: 1) the December 5th last quarter moon until the December 12th new moon at 20° Sagittarius next Tuesday and Mercury retrograde December 13th, and 2) Mercury retrograde from 8° Capricorn December 13th until it stations direct on January 1st at 22° Sagittarius. Mercury is the magician, and if you just noticed that Mercury is stationing direct just 2° away from next week’s Sagittarius new moon, you’re onto something! Note also that Mercury stations retrograde Wednesday, December 13th, in supportive aspect to Venus, meaning this Mercury retrograde kicks off with Venus’ blessings. In the wee hours of Monday, November 27th (in North America at least) we reach the energetic climax of the Gemini full moon.
On it's own, this full moon is the culmination of whatever began six months ago at the Gemini new moon back on June 18th. That happened just as Saturn was stationing retrograde in fellow mutable sign Pisces, meaning it was at a square to the June lunation in Gemini by whole sign, just as this Gemini full moon is again in square to Saturn. And we have Mars in the mix yet again this time too. This sets the stage for a "Saturn smackdown" from when the Gemini sun first squared Saturn back on November 23rd all the way through when the full moon is exact on Monday, as sun, Mars, then moon all square up to Saturn on their way to the full moon event. As we turn the corner with the first quarter moon today towards the Gemini full moon exact 11/27, we're headed towards a "Saturn Smackdown" that goes from the 23rd right through the 27th lasting the entire weekend. This is quite the speed bump, and there are 4 non-negotiables to successfully navigating this astro. There are 4 non-negotiables you need to be aware of moving through this weekend. This is "Saturn smackdown" territory, and especially coming off of the sun and Mars alignments with Pluto Sunday and today getting us fired up with desire for reaching our goals and achieving success, it's not going to feel good. Rest assured, this is a speed bump - a planetary traffic jam, really - it's just a little slow down over this weekend as Sagittarius season kicks off and we roll through the Gemini full moon - and it is a test of character. So it's incredibly important to stay calm and keep showing up through this weekend, even if it feels like someone just yanked on the emergency brake as you throttled down the highway. Composure and patience equal points in the bank now. Be the energy you wish to cultivate no matter what anyone else is doing - set the energetic example - it begins and ends with you. This is all caused by sun, moon, and Mars coming into square aspect with Saturn just as they move into Monday's full moon formation. As with any challenge from Saturn, it's likely to feel hard. The sun square Saturn is an ego blow and possibly challenges with authority. The moon square Saturn has us feeling rejected and depressed. Mars square Saturn brings up the frustration and even anger. Proceed with caution. You've done so well. This is only a test. It's just passing through. Don't crystallize it with your reactions. PS - after December 5th, things open up, and you're in for an inspiring Sagittarius season and magical solstice and Capricorn season, so don't let these few days throw you! The 4 Non-Negotiables for Wed. 11/22 through Mon. 11/27 This is growth astrology - it's a trick bit of business over the Thanksgiving holiday, but it's here as a little checkpoint before we get into the really good stuff that's on its way even now. Here's what you're going to do:
At the time of this full moon, we have Mars on 11/25, then the moon on 11/26 at odds with Saturn. This creates an ego blow and also feeling emotionally isolated. Mercury square Neptune creates distortion of mental perceptions and confused thinking and misunderstandings (exact with the full moon on 11/27) while Mars immediately begins applying a square to Lilith, bringing up feelings of inadequacy, powerlessness, and unwantedness - for us to triumph over once and for all. Like I said, this is growth astrology. The pressure results in growth, and that growth is necessary for what comes next. And you WILL be triumphant.
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