Sunday, November 26, 2017
This morning, we wake up
under a Pisces Moon and meet with the “push” of the first quarter
by noon. This square between Sagittarius and Pisces occurs at 4
mutable 38. In traditional terms, both the Sun and Moon answer to
Jupiter here.
Typically First Quarter
Moons call us toward action directed at the intentions we may have
declared at the previous New Moon. Often the energy is crunchy and
comes with challenges or obstacles we are tasked with dealing with in
some way. Yet, between the signs of Sagittarius and Pisces, this may
be more of an imaginative and dreamy affair more than one that calls
for physical exertion or any kind of “muscling” our way through.
This looks more like surrendering thyself to the “ethereal powers
that be” for assistance than taking up the reigns ourselves. That
“surrendering to the power that be” is going to be a theme
through the entirety of this week and not many are going to like
being pointed to that end.
Questions emerge. With
Mercury slowing down in Sagittarius and preparing to turn retrograde,
the answers to those questions may be elusive for awhile. In that, we
are called to faith to deal with the “what if's” that may arise
in our brains. This means, we don't have the entire puzzle yet. Still
we are called to do the best that we can in the present time while
having faith that the rest will work itself out as we move forward.
It all very much echoes the advice from our recent New Moon in
Scorpio delivered by the 9 of Wands. Know when to quit, when to
surrender, when to pray and when to gather all your faculities and
fight on. This is not likely the week in which “fighting on”
holds much success. My suggestion is to surrender to the flow of the
energy early and reserve your strength. But, many will have to bloody
their heads a few times before they come to that conclusion on their
own. There is just not a lot of room for straight line production,
here. There is more chance at our efforts being frustrated or
completely washed out.
The ability to merely deal
the best you can with what you have in front of you while
surrendering the rest to faith, does meet with a certain innate sense
of “knowing” as the Moon trines Jupiter in Scorpio later this
evening (10:52 PM EST). It's just very hard to get traction within
this day in which there also pressure to perform. That can end in
frustration, of course. The potential confusion and uncertainty that
comes with that could make for an uncomfortable day especially for
those overly productively inclined. But, this is one big blurry and
confusing Full Moon we have coming in. We might as well accept that
and realize there is going to be a great many things in the logical
body that shall blur, be misconstrued, confused or uncertain for a
bit. That being said, in foggy or rainy conditions, we are advised
not to out drive our headlights. Thus, again, pulling our focus into
what is right in front of us. Asked to take things slow and one
little bit at a time. Inching forward if we need to or even pulling
over to the side of the road until conditions can improve.
Meanwhile, Venus in Scorpio
meets with Chiron by trine at 4:22 PM. To me, this looks like a
soothing balm applied over a sore spot. It's as if you have this deep
source of wounding that, in a way, may cause feelings of lack or even
self-loathing. But, Venus in Scorpio understands this. Sees the
beauty underneath the scars and pain. Venus in Scorpio does not shy
away such. Instead, she stands steadfastly by in a protective stance
near this pain...loving us through it. Then, as tomorrow dawns, and
Venus moves in to form an inconjunct with Uranus, we may be able to
rise above some of these more swampy waters and release our...almost
masochistic addiction to these deeply felt thorns. Yes. We can let
them go when we allow ourselves to self-love in spite of them or when
we find someone else who can see beyond the pain and support our
healing. The main call is toward self-acceptance and deep soul
nurturing before we go off trying to find someone to see us past our
scars. We have to be able to do that ourselves, first. Essentially,
Venus trine Chiron asks us to look at ourselves and others from the
heart. Not the eyes. There is deep soul healing potential here. But,
it's not going to come in the face of continual self rejection. It
comes as a result of loving yourself, all the experiences and all the
scars you've gleaned on a level way below the surface. Healing coming
from the inside and trickling out. Gently. Slowly. Like honey
dripping from a pot, sweetening, warming and enveloping our sore
spots.
Overnight, the Moon will
conjunct Neptune allowing us to delve deeply into restorative sleep
efforts and very likely bringing punctuation to dreams. Keep your
dream diary handy to jot down symbolism. But, know the answer to
today is 1) forgive yourself for not having the answers to everything
(no one does at this time I don't care how good of a front they are
putting up) 2) deal with what is right in front of you (don't out
drive your headlights) and 3) self-care, self-love, self-accept and
aim to nurture your soft, sore or uncertain spots.
Monday, November 27, 2017
Today is largely uneventful
in the realm of astrology. The Moon remains in Pisces as Venus
inconjunct Uranus wakes us up. The Moon sextiles and is restored by
Pluto at midday which helps to deepen our resolve and bring a bit of
productive traction. However, we've the fact that Mercury is ever,
ever so very slowly creeping up on a conjunction with Saturn. Again,
his first of 3 total during this retrograde. It's just, that in this
instance, it could feel like we are standing on our own tongues. As
if the mental gears grind to a halt and self-censorship or a feeling
of “not being able to say a damn thing the right way” casts a
dark cloud over us. It's heavy and we are at danger of veering toward
negative speech or thinking.
The day is actually best met
in quiet which may rub against the grain of our gregarious
Sagittarius Sun. But, this is a time frame in which a lot of highly
personal things have a tendency to surface within our psyche. So, to
the outside world it may appear as “business as usual.” But, in
the internal sphere there are a lot of things coming to surface that
we would just rather not talk about or cannot find the right words to
talk about right now.
The condition of Mercury may
make it seem like time is at a stand still and we are trapped within
that. There is a very slow drag that accompanies the turn around of
Mercury. His conjunction to Saturn exacerbates that. It's like we may
want to escape these mentalities but in a way we are frozen within
them right now.
In the end, this spells
potential frustration in a lot of ways. But instead of continually
slamming our heads against the wall trying to speed things along or
rush ourselves to conclusion, the answer lies largely in allowing
ourselves the time and patience to sit in that place of discomfort
and discontent. Allowing the heaviness of Mercury/Saturn to drape
over us like a weighted anxiety blanket. Wait it out. Surrender your
solutionless worries. There is plenty of pressure to be had from the
outside world, there is no need to compound that upon yourself.
This mental crunch and
pressure does trickle over into our tomorrow. But there is still
flowing waters of creativity below the surface that can be tapped in
an effort to forgo the mental blockages. The Moon trines Venus in
Scorpio at 4:42 AM tomorrow before the Moon moves on to square both
Saturn and Mercury right at dawn. It's not the screwed up logic that
needs our attention as much as our softer bodies and paying heed to
how we feel while making effort at nurturing any underlying sickness.
In other words, it's not what is said so much as what is not
said...what vibes from the heart spaces overflows and cleanses the
blockages of the mind. This is a time in which following your
intuition is favored over laboring in the brain.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
After the Moon squares
Saturn and Mercury this morning, she is void until entering Aries at
11:31 AM. From here, the mood dries out a bit. And, that is mainly
what the day allows for us to do. Dry out. The only major aspect that
comes in happens at midnight involving a fire trine from the Moon to
the Sun.
We are a little more active.
A little less wounded and a little less waterlogged here. Gentle
progress is favored as well as light physical activity. Ease back
into motion while remembering the logical/mental situation may still
feel a little stuck and cumbersome.
Wednesday, November 29,
2017
The Moon remains in Aries
today making minor aspect to both Jupiter and Venus in our morning
hours. These minor aspects kick start an elusive craving or hunger.
Something for our Aries Moon to be inclined to chase after.
Then, as evening dawns, the
“yearning” becomes quite strong as the Moon squares Pluto. There
is temptation to go to subservient means (desperate measures) in an
effort to nab our pleasure or the object of our desire. There is
potential for fixation on this thing or even potential for someone to
manipulate us with our desires. I liken it to deciding to rob a bank
in an effort to get enough cash to bail oneself out of debt. Yeah.
Probably not the best route to go, you know? The logic that leads to
a “solution” such as that is all mucked up. No need in making
things even worse.
Keep all your motives above
board and try to recognize when you may be overly fixated on things
like the material or a desire to control. Do know, though, there will
be some who steam roll in this day with a sheer force of
determination only to be burned to a frazzle or perhaps creating
malefic circumstances for themselves in the process. Steam rolling is
not the answer. Due diligence and mindful self control of
overwhelming desires backed with a backbone of maturity is what is
called for. But, many may be tempted to bully their way toward their
desired end. Merely side step and let those speeding trains fly by
while refusing to pressure yourself to that end. Spare yourself the
frustration that is due to come from that. Mars will meet with Chiron
by inconjunct overnight which is going to feel a lot like someone
stepping on their own dick or shooting themselves in the foot. You
don't want to be that person. Be reasonable and diligent in your
efforts without feeling the need to compete with your neighbor. Suss
out the real reasons behind why you are craving what you are craving
and find healthful ways to soothe those desires. Do not allow
yourself to be manipulated (enchanted into doing something you may
feel is “not right” otherwise) with promises of baubles, power,
love or charms.
I just don't see a whole lot
of things going as originally intended during this week. I see a lot
of frustrated efforts. A lot of mental blocks. I see a lot of things
back firing and calling us to second or third efforts as themes from
the incoming Mercury retrograde continue to introduce.
These are going to be things
that folks feel really pressured to deal with under an additional
sense of “urgency.” But, there are a lot of things that go on in
the mix of the problem emerging and finally reaching a viable
solution. Those viable solutions are crafted in a mind space with
information we don't have yet. All that funnels into first efforts
that fall flat as Mars waxes into wild opposition with Uranus which
could have us resorting to spiteful or self-destructive acts.
It is the element of water
that we should be attempting to lean into that runs underneath all
this muck on the surface that has us stuck in place. If you heed the
water bodies, your intuition, your emotional system etc, you will
find this whisper of “wait...wait this out...float on the waters
you are on and give this stuff time to unfurl.” None of that is
comfortable or in line with our cultural conditioning that would have
us being all gung ho and brazen in our efforts. But, it is in
tempering all that from the inside out that marks the difference
between slowly coming to a self-respectful place of solution versus
continually being set back on our rears further frustrating our
efforts. Patience. Something that Mars opposed to Uranus is terrible
with. Yet, necessary in these days. We will receive prelude to this
“angsty” energy in our tomorrow while also being tasked to
breathe through it. But, we will likely be very tempted to just blow
up everything around us which will only make the mess we have to
clean up in the end that much bigger...even if it does relieve some
pressure “in the moment.” Take your claws out of it. Let it lay
broken for a bit. Deal with what is happening inside of you instead
of distracting yourself with all these unfixables.
Honestly, my advice for the
entirety of this week is to notice what is breaking down and deal
with what you can while surrendering the rest to a higher power. “Let
go and let God?” A triggering statement for many, I'm sure. But,
I'm being 100% serious. Faith. Surrender. Knowing when to stop trying
to force things...all this is wrapped up in our lesson plan for this
week. You can take that on voluntarily or have it force fed to you.
Your choice. You learn either way. Ironically, you kind of end up on
your knees either way, too. So, choose your path wisely to that end.
Thursday, November 30,
2017
It's itchy twitchy this
morning as the Moon passes through the Mars/Uranus opposition. We are
torn between what we feel we need to do and the expectations of
others. Then, as the Moon zaps against Uranus we may be inclined to
say, “Today, Piglet, is the day we burn this bleepity bleep bleep
to the ground.” There is great potential for cutting ones own nose
off to just to spite our faces or taking rash, impulsive or even
extreme action that ends up resulting in self-harm or just making a
big mess. We do not like being held to expectation and we do not like
this feeling of being stuck. But, the answer to all that is to
breathe through the adrenaline surge and maintain our pace on one
step at a time while avoiding the tendency to push with brute force
through the obstacles we encounter.
At midday the Moon does
stabilize with a trine to Saturn and Mercury in Sagittarius helping
us to settle down and regain perspective and perhaps be a little more
inclined to say, “Ok, this may not be something I can handle on my
own.”
Following the trine with
Mercury the Moon is Void until entering Taurus at 3:39 PM. Talk about
stuck and stubborn then. You betcha. Make sure you are comfortable in
the place you dig your heels into.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Well. Here we are. Under our
steadfast Taurus Moon whose ruler has just moved into Sagittarius
this morning right before the Universe grabs her cattle prod of Mars
in opposition to Uranus. We are shaky and nervous cows. But, at the
same time, the shift of Venus does help bring a bit of optimism to
the equation. The physical body is just not comfortable. We are
potentially reactive and have an itchy trigger finger to boot. Just
not an ideal situation for Taurus energy. Yet, something we kind of
need to start getting used to.
I both look forward to and
dread Uranus in Taurus. I realize that our fixed signs fall in
malefic ruts and Uranus will help bust some of those up. At the same
time, I'm not looking forward to a lot of startled and potentially
irate cows. Know how you soothe an irate cow? You don't. You get the
hell out of the way...that's what you do. Unless you enjoy being
trampled. I do not.
All this “angst” builds
overnight and crests before daylight today. Then, by 10:08 AM the
Moon opposes Jupiter bringing to light, probably, some very deeply
seeded fears of insecurity and lack. Panic over lack of resource or
just a very strong yearning for what it is we want but don't have
yet. Ensure to keep things in proper perspective. Train your eyes on
the what simple blessings exist rather than what is not falling right
into place.
Shortly after the
Moon/Jupiter opposition, Luna waxes into a potentially relaxing
sextile with Neptune that says, “Stressed is just desserts spelled
backward. Why can we not just take a nap?” And, you know, easing up
on yourself is exactly the way to go. Taketh thine foot off of the
gas. Still, we are tasked with dealing with our discomfort and
maintaining an air of patience and faith as the story unfolds.
However, there is room for some of the angst to leave us (if we are
willing to take our claws out of it) as the day moves forward.
By nightfall the Moon is in
sturdy and gritty Earth trine with Pluto in Capricorn giving us the
power of emotional restoration, fortitude and an ability to stare
down these inner demons and bring them under compliance. Again,
though, the tides to continue to ride even if we have a bit of a raft
to float on with this Earth trine. Jupiter steadily waxes into trine
with Neptune in Pisces again punctuating the element of water
throughout our tomorrow. That washes us straight into Mercury's turn
around point that precedes our Full Moon on Sunday. Expect nothing to
make sense. Because that just isn't likely. Leaning into your softer
bodies for guidance (intuition, creativity, emotions) more than your
logical/physical ones is where the sweet spot lies...learn to read
and trust that language and keep giving those “unsolvable and
insurmountable” problems over to a higher energy with faith in both
that higher power and yourself.
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