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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
What can we expect from a Virgo solar eclipse? New beginnings in health, how we take care of our body, our diet. We may need to purify our life, bring in new rituals, get sober, and get real.
We’re in the gate for tomorrow’s solar eclipse at 9 Virgo. Not only are we starting a new lunar month, one steeped in themes of order, service, purity, and pragmatic details, but we’re opening a bigger chapter that will hinge on the Virgo archetype.
Mercury stationed retrograde today. You know the drill. Just be chill, go with the flow, and integrate. Mercury Retrograde is a time when we’re looking back instead of moving forward. We don’t have all the details. Double check everything. It’s going to be fine.
Venus arrives in Libra today, a sign that marks a homecoming. And Libra is a sign that helps us to understand others. As a result, Venus will help us connect to the energies partnership and balance as well as beauty, grace, and charm.
Yesterday we talked about Neptune and its supporting role not only in the astrology of this year — Saturn and Neptune have been in a long dance with each other — but how Neptune has been playing off of Mars as well. As a result, we’re diving deep into an existential crisis.
Yesterday we had a major line up of Mars and Saturn, a conjunction of planets that happens every two years. Their rendezvous is a start of a new chapter, one focused on achievement and action as well as the karma we need to work through.
When I was in Spain a few weeks ago, the evening sky devoid of city light, you could clearly see Mars and Saturn. Both were bright, unblinking. Hovering nearby was the star Antares, forming a triangle in the night sky that was hard to miss.
Now that it’s Virgo season, we’re coming up on the next round of eclipses. Eclipses, arriving every six months, mark a new chapter or a new hour, a time when collectively we all step into a new season. The solar eclipse on September 1 will arrive in Virgo.
With the Sun teetering on the edge of Leo today, we’re saying goodbye to the season of creativity, playfulness, art, performance, and expression. Leo was fun while it lasted, but now it’s time to get our Virgo on. PS — there are no such things as cusps!
Today’s Pisces Moon is a reminder to feed ourselves with the quiet, the compassionate, the sublime. After all, Pisces is a sign that connects us to art, music, intuition, and dreams. It also teaches us about forgiveness, and redemption.
Happy Full Moon in Aquarius! This is the time of the year when we turn the spotlight on humanity as well as issues that impact the collective. Aquarius is community, friendships, technology, and the future.
The Moon’s arrival in Sagittarius this afternoon is another reminder that we’re deep in the work of faith and belief this week. As I mentioned previously, Saturn is activating this big story we’ve been unfolding since last September.