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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
There are days throughout the year that a planet appears to move backward and forward in orbit, not unlike the gears on the cosmic clock shifting into a new hour.
Just a friendly reminder that Mars is still retrograde. I’ve heard from a few of you and you’ve mentioned that things are a little sluggish or unresolved. Keep in mind that Mars is fire. It’s action, command. Any planet in retrograde doesn’t have the same energy.
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.
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.
Between Mercury’s line up with Pluto in Capricorn and a face off with the Cancer Moon, we’re in the middle of an energetic storm today. Things have been getting kicked up — old stories, patterns, emotions, some things we’d rather not even see. Here are some things to keep in […]
Are you a Gemini or Virgo or have major planets or angles in those signs? Just a heads up — Mercury will be passing through a rocky part of the zodiac over the next week and a half. If you recall, Mercury has been retrograde in Capricorn since early January. […]
My oh my, there’s a lot of stuff going on in the sky today. And it’s all pretty big deal. First, let’s get Mercury Retrograde out of the way. Yes, the planet of communication, travel, thinking, ideas, and movement turns retrograde today and will trace a path from 1 Aquarius […]
This is Saturn season, the time of the year when the Sun spans the signs of Capricorn and Aquarius — both Saturn ruled. Capricorn is the descent of spirit into matter; Aquarius is the ascent of matter back to spirit. When we’re working through these two signs, it’s all about the physical […]
After all the planetary shifts over the past six weeks, we’re definitely in new territory this month. Can you feel it? On top of that, October is Libra season, a time when we look at themes of balance and harmony. As a result, we may be taking a look at what needs […]
Yesterday marked the half way point of Mercury Retrograde, which began on September 17. I haven’t talked much about it because, honestly, there’s just been so many other things going on. Like Saturn in Sagittarius, a solar eclipse in Virgo, and a lunar eclipse in Aries — all marquee astrological […]
May is Taurus season, the time of the year when we celebrate the bounty of the physical world, from wealth and resources to the earth in full bloom — especially for those here in the northern hemisphere. May also aligns with the ancient festival of Beltane or May Day. Think […]