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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
As a mentioned a couple of days ago, the marquee event this week is Saturn Retrograde. Maybe you’re feeling it, this weight, this sobering look at your life and the road ahead. Saturn is the planet of time. We’ve got some serious things to figure out.
Mars in Taurus picks up support from Pluto today, a powerhouse combination that favors rank and the accumulation of wealth. Figure out what you need to take your life to the next level. Mars and Pluto will open a door.
One of the features of April’s astrology is that four planets will change directions. Venus will turn direct while Mercury, Saturn, and Pluto turn retrograde. In short, different areas of our lives will switch gears in a four week span of time.
Venus, coming to the last leg of its retrograde journey, dipped into Pisces, a sign that it’s much more comfortable in than Aries. In Pisces, Venus marries charm and with Pisces’s sensitivity and magnetism. But Venus is retrograde. Everything has to be revalued.
After a short sprint through Aries, Mercury, the planet of communication and travel, arrives in Taurus today, a sign where it learns to slow down. Taurus is earthy, experiential. It likes to touch, taste, and enjoy life’s simple pleasures. In Taurus Mercury gathers.
Jupiter and Pluto square off today, one of three contacts that began in November and will end in August. If Jupiter is the planet of faith, belief, education, and other cultures, then Pluto holds a mirror. In it we see the shadow of our faith, our belief.
Mercury, the planet of choice, is coming out of a rough and tumble week with Pluto, Uranus, and Jupiter. Needless to say we all had to reevaluate our choices. As a result, maybe we’re feeling a little older, a little wiser, our choices a little starker.
We’re in the dark of the Moon today, just hours away from an Aries New Moon. As we wrap up one lunar month and prepare for the next, it’s a time to get quiet and reflect, especially since we’re coming off of last month’s solar eclipse. What ended? What began?
Mercury, the planet of choice and communication, just got knocked by Pluto and will tangle with Jupiter and Uranus into the weekend. If Pluto holds a mirror to a planet, then we’ve had to take a unflinching look at not only how we think, but what we choose.
We’re nearly half way through Venus Retrograde, a time when we’re called to take a step back and examine how we relate to one another. The beauty of retrogrades, often overlooked, is that they allow us to reevaluate an area of our lives and make adjustments accordingly.
As the Moon winds its way through Capricorn, a sign ruled by the planet Saturn, we’re reminded of time. We feel the clock ticking. And Saturn is setting us down, taking a critical eye to our plans and our choices. We’ve got work to do today.
Moon in Capricorn day, a time in the lunar calendar when we nourish ourselves with the energy of achievement, success, and responsibility. Capricorn is the sign that teaches about carving out a place for ourselves in the world. Here we master the material.