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| Bicycle Fence Catherine Al-Meten |
As the week begins, the following indicates where the Sun, Moon, and planets are as I write.
Sun in Aquarius, Moon in 18 degrees of Aries, Mercury in Aquarius until March 23
Mercury Retrograde began on January 21 and lasts until February 11. Venus is in Aquarius until January 27, then moves into Pisces until February 20.
Mars is in Pisces until February 19, Saturn is still in Sagittarius, Jupiter is Leo where it remains until August 11 of this year. Uranus is in Aries where it began it’s 14-year cycle on March 11, 2011. Neptune is in Pisces as is Chiron.
Astrologically, this next week is a busy week. The Moon is in Aries all day today, making us feel like moving and taking more risks than usual. The Moon made a conjunction with the transiting Uranus this morning—evident in dreams and in feelings as you arose. The urge to move, shake things up, or the information coming into you on an emotional and metaphysical level, is triggering feelings that may make you feel a bit edgy or tense. Movement helps get this energy channeled, and sets up the scene for the aspects Uranus makes later in the day.
Tonight at 6:18 P.M. PST/9:18 EST, Venus forms a semi-square to Uranus, bringing sudden and unusual types of attractions. The pull with this aspect is between our desires and our needs. We seek freedom, independence, or release from binding situations. We desire connection and feel restless with unmet needs in relationships and romance, in particular. We meet with resistance in relationships, and feel a need to escape. We may also be caught off-guard in romance, relationships, or new interests. Exercise restraint and practice a bit of caution regarding impulse shopping. Whatever awareness you have with this aspect, can be held in abeyance to be thought over and acted out after some discernment. Look to the past to see how you have made changes. Change may be needed, but avoid moving from the proverbial frying pan into the fire under this influence. Ask yourself what you learned about how you make changes and how you have learned to avoid doing more harm to yourself than is needed.
The first part of Monday, the Moon remains in Aries, and then shifts into steady, grounded Taurus. That helps calm us emotionally as we meet the challenge of the Venus in Aquarius semi-square to Pluto in Capricorn.This aspect is pretty potent, and probably has a hidden agenda involved in relationships and romance. Jealousy, fear of loss or abandonment, and disappointments in romance and relationships, may result in manipulation and power plays on the part of partners and other close relationships. Because this aspect is so deeply rooted in both our intuitive and visceral experience, we will pick up the hidden dangers, heat, and anger brewing beneath the surface of all types of communications.
Be aware of where you are not getting what you want and need, and how this is affecting your life. What is rising up in others’ reactions to you, that is really all about your own needs? Pay attention to what you need to do to make changes in your own life. Notice how not moving forward on your true path, creates conflict, jealousy, and distrust in current relationships and experiences. We can learn a lot at this time about how we are meeting our needs in the choices we have made. Jealousy and disappointment are indicators of being in the wrong place, trying to make something work that isn’t. Since Venus is in the final, anaretic degree of Aquarius, things are coming to a head and endings occur and decisions are made.
On Tuesday, Venus enters Pisces around 7 A.M. PST. When Venus enters Pisces, boundaries are blurred as Pisces’ view of love does not acknowledge limits or boundaries. Compassion may be mistaken for true love, and empathy for compatibility. We also are more likely to forgo meeting our own needs as we try to be all things to all people, animals, and causes. The open-heartedness of Venus in Pisces is something wonderful, provided we do not undo all the recent changes we have made in our relationships and our awareness of our own soul growth. One characteristic of Venus in Pisces is to avoid anything sticky or difficult. This happens as we are picking up so much from so many different areas that we naturally pull back to avoid getting overwhelmed. We become more aware of how deep our passions, needs, and the breadth and depth of our compassion goes. Because we can understand or sympathize with everyone and everything, does not mean we are meant to allow ourselves to become the door mat or target of another’s obsessions or demands. It also does not mean that just because we can understand someone’s needs that we are the right person to meet those needs. During this transit, we may find ourselves challenged to learn how to discern and protect ourselves better in our romances, relationships, marriages, and partnerships. Also in how we use and participate in our search for and expression of beauty.
Closer to next weekend, January 29-30, Venus squares Saturn, making us feel distant from those we love, abandoned (emotionally or physically), and unloved and dissatisfied. Negative situations, feelings, or emotional upset tends to highlight the areas where we have not yet learned how to make choices that are in our best interests. Saturn, the Great Teacher, has been showing us, over and over, where we ignore our needs and passions. Venus in this aspect, spurs us to action to make the changes we need to make to end the discomfort, sorrow, and lack that we feel in the area of relationships, love, and any type of partnership related to the Venus-ruled areas of our lives. In other words, if you are miserable and unhappy, it’s time to do something about it.
On Sunday, February 1, Venus moves into conjunction with Neptune in Pisces. Neptune has been sending signals on the subconscious and intuitive levels. When they conjunct on Sunday, new beginnings are in the forecast in the areas of romance, pleasure, and beauty. If through the week you have been paying attention to the energy being generated by Venus, and if you have been courageous enough to make necessary changes or to see ‘the light’, so to speak, you may open the door or find someone knocking at yours. The promise of a magical new beginning is right on the horizon. Listen to what is going on beneath the surface. Watch the tenor of your dreams, and pay attention to that inner knowing that lets you see the truth clearly. It should be very accurate at this time. Trust that you know.
Mercury sextile Uranus late Tuesday on the West Coast, and just past midnight on the East, signals a good time to communicate with others. Since it occurs after business hours for North America, it may be more likely to be good communication in personal relationships, enlightening dreams, or insightful meditations. Prayers and intuitive communication may now be where this energy is best available. Others may be thinking of you, and/or working on and sending you messages that are going to help you make break throughs (especially scientific or technological). Be open to innovative ideas you have at this time, and be prepared to hear from someone about an idea that has been on the back burner for a while. Good news is on its way with Uranus sextile Mercury. We have some great “ah hah!” moments under this aspect. Problems are solved, doors are opened, situations are unscrambled, and puzzles are figured out.
Thursday, with the Moon in Gemini all day making aspects to a number of the planets and the Sun, we feel energized and highly attuned to movement, communications, and our emotional and intuitive knowledge.
Friday, just past midnight on the West Coast and 3:24 A.M. on the East, the Venus square to Saturn takes place. (noted earlier). Mars in Pisces sextiles Pluto focusing our intentions and attention on getting down to business. Our goals become clear, we take definitive action, and we move forward. If you are not clear about what this means, clean up whatever areas of our lives are out of focus, in a mess, or have been neglected for too long. Clean out the car, declutter the closets, or do a thorough reorganization of your office space or some other area of your home. Through the physical act of doing this, you will seek things in other areas of your life in greater clarity, and the energy will shift.
Mercury also conjoins the Sun on Friday, bringing things into clarity. Good for all forms of communication, communicating, and dealing with ideas.
On Saturday night, after a long, busy, and active week, Mars in Pisces conjoins Chiron. The planet of action and relationships with men and the masculine aspect of our own being, is in direct alignment with Chiron the Wounded Healer. We become deeply and emotionally aware of how we are healing from our own woundedness and bringing ourselves into a deeper connection to our true soul selves. Many blessings as your enter a week full of promise, action, insight, and opportunities to set your sails for the future.
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