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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
The full moon is also right on Mars, making something that we call a conjunction in astrology. This is a bit of an angry or in-your-face placement for Mars, like someone, out of no where, telling you how they really feel. And seeing how Mars is retrograde, we have something to work out from the past.
Happy birthday, Gemini! You’re the sign of ideas, communication, movement, thinking, learning, and writing. You teach us the power of choice . . . and sometimes the chaos that comes with wanting all the choices — in every color and flavor.
Today we’re wrapping up Taurus season, saying goodbye for another year to the earthy sign of pleasure, abundance, fertility, loyalty, and value. Taurus is known for its meandering pace, but come tomorrow, when the Sun arrives in Gemini, we’ll be starting a new zodiac month off with a bang.
Let’s talk about Mars. As I mentioned yesterday, Sagittarius is a sign that’s been getting a lot of play lately. That’s because Mars has been in the sign of faith and truth since the beginning of March — that’s a long time for Mars to be in one sign.
Although life’s been moving at a leisurely pace with the Sun and Venus in Taurus plus retrograde planets, we’re in the build up to Saturday’s fiery full moon in Sagittarius — a sign that’s been getting a lot of play lately between Mars and Saturn. As a result we’ve been deeply working through themes of faith and truth. What does it all mean? How do we use philosophy to construct our world view?
Happy Monday! We’re in the last few days of Taurus season, a time when we look to nature, fruit, sensuality, and the bounty of life. Of course Taurus encompasses other expressions — loyalty, value, the things we own — but we need to understand its place within the 12 zodiac signs. If Aries is the spark of life, then Taurus, the following sign, shows how that spark is impregnated into the fertile earth.
Today Mercury and Pluto harmonize, giving us an opportunity to get to the heart of something. Pluto has a habit of showing us uncomfortable truths. Like a light in the dark, use today as well as the next couple of days to take a deep look at value, worth, and how our choices sabotage stability and security.
What does love mean to you? Relationships? Beauty? Harmony? Charm? Cooperation? We all have different reference points for these words. Maybe we’ve struggled with love. Maybe we don’t feel beautiful? Or maybe cooperation is our superpower and we can charm our way through anything.
What is pleasure? Sensuality? Abundance? Today Venus in Taurus harmonizes with Jupiter in Virgo, an aspect that is said to denote good fortune and opportunity. If Taurus is seeds planted in the fertile earth, then Virgo is the skill and work needed to bring them to harvest.
Jupiter turns direct today! In case you didn’t know, we had five planets in retrograde motion. It’s not uncommon to have four retrograde planets at a time, but what made this period a little unusual is that both Mercury and Mars, two personal planets, were retrograde.
New moons are new beginnings. They open up a lunar month that will unfold according to the archetypes seeded in the new moon. And what’s Taurus about? Sweetness. Pleasure. Sensuality. Taurus takes it slow. It enjoys every flavor, smell, and bite.
Friday’s Taurus New Moon will open up a lunar month seeded with the energies of fertility, sweetness, abundance, harvest, power, and rebirth. There’s a potential over the coming four weeks for a powerful reset. All the retrograde planets hint that there are many components that are both out of our control and remnants of our past.