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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
This week we’re coming up against a boundary, we’re feeling our age, we’re pushing against the odds, we’re reaching for a major milestone or achievement. There’s a sobriety to Saturn that cuts across illusions. It forces the issue. We know what we have to do.
Hey guys, it’s June. It’s also Gemini season. This month has a bit of a serious feel to it thanks to the influence of Saturn, which is in contrast to Gemini’s tendency to play it fast and loose. As a result, many of us will be at a crossroads in June. Which direction will we go?
When Neptune is a strong influence in the astrology of the present moment — or even in a natal chart — you can’t do ego, you can’t do will, you can’t power your way through a Neptune transit. All you can do is surrender and let the current take you.
In many ways June is the month that we get real, the month we grow up a little more. True, June is Gemini season, a sign that likes to keep things light, fast, and loose. But it’s also a sign that’s been under a fair bit of scrutiny from Saturn. We’ve got a big choice to make.
Mars is back into Scorpio, a sign it previously visited from January 3 to March 5. In fact, Mars will be back to the same degrees it was at from February 18 to the beginning of March. We will be revisiting something from that two week time period. Get ready.
As of this morning Mars is back in Scorpio. If Mars is action then Scorpio is power, invoking the forces of life and death, chrysalis, and resurrection. Scorpio is a look into the dark underbelly of life as well as the darkness within.
Let’s talk Jupiter and Saturn. In astrology these two planets help regulate our causal reality — aka cause and effect, aka karma. Jupiter is law, Saturn is order. Yes, we’re talking about abstract stuff here; we’ve gone way beyond the personal level, which is the dominion of the Sun and Moon.
Normally Gemini season is light and playful. It’s a youthful sign. But ever since Saturn moved into Sagittarius back in September, there’s been increased pressure on Gemini get serious. As we head into June, we’ll feel this pressure from Saturn to take a step up even more.
After four weeks of enjoying life’s simpler pleasures, Venus moves into Gemini today! In astrology, Venus reveals what we’re attracted to, how we interact with others, what we value, and how we find compromise. Venus in Gemini is a bit of a flirt. She enjoys playfulness, variety, friendly debates, and spontaneity.
Falling in the sign of Sagittarius, Saturday’s powerhouse full moon may have brought matters to a head around faith and truth. Sagittarius is the sign that helps us formulate our worldview, which is why it rules such things as philosophy, religion, law, and foreign travel.
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.