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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
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.
Feeling emotional? The Moon’s been in sensitive Pisces since Sunday, a sign that touches on feeling and empathy as well as universality, spirituality, inspiration, and the cosmic ocean. But come this afternoon the Moon will arrive in Aries, a sign that couldn’t be more different than Pisces. Think action, spark, leadership, drive.
Happy Monday! Two things to keep on your radar this week. One, we’re five days away from the Taurus New Moon. This means that we’re in the end of the lunar cycle, a time that tends to be quieter and reflective as we prepare for the next lunar month — […]
Today Venus arrives in Taurus! After spending the last four weeks in Aries, a sign that’s not familiar territory, Venus will underscore themes of fertility, pleasure, bounty, earthiness, and the good life. In astrology we say that Venus is in dignity as Taurus is a sign that Venus rules. Not […]
While Mercury Retrograde is a time to reexamine our choices, the retrograde in Taurus will prompt us to look at what we value as well. What are we choosing? Is it in alignment with our values? Have we gotten away from our values?
You may have heard that come Thursday, five planets will be retrograde. As disconcerting as this may sound, it’s not uncommon for four planets to be in retrograde and the outer planets spend 4-5 months of the year moving backward. So it’s normal. I think what’s a little unusual about this one is that both Mars and Mercury are retro, two personal planets.
It’s almost that time of year again — Mercury Retrograde. Don’t panic. Srsly. We go through this three times a year, sometimes four. Mercury Retrograde is a time when we have to take a step back, reflect on our karma around our communication, ideas, and movement. The tide can’t always push out; it has to come back in. And with Mars already retrograde, we’re doing extra work on our words and actions.
How was the Scorpio Full Moon for you all? Did you have more than a few uncomfortable revelations? Did life touch on themes of secrets? Trust? Betrayal? Did the full moon push you to be more vulnerable? Let your guard down? Did you take a hard look at your demons? Your mortality as well as the mortality of others?
Full moon are decisions, a turning point, and a time when we see things for what they really are. Full moons are in our faces. There may even be a crisis. And with the full moon in Scorpio there is no pretense; whatever decision we’re making we’re seeing it from every angle.
Scorpio is the sign that teaches us that all things must come to an end. For life there must be death, light must be dark. Everything exists in polarity; one cannot exist without the other. There are times in life when we must struggle, experience loss, and gaze into the dark. Scorpio is the sign that takes us by the hand and ferries us to new states of consciousness.