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Weekly Starcodes—Planetary Aspect Interpretations & PredictionsHeather Roan Robbins is a practical, intuitive, choice-oriented astrologer, writer, celebrant, and spiritual counselor. Active for 30 plus years, she practices in St. Paul, Santa Fe, and New York City - 914.315.5001 Email Heather. |
Honor our First Mother
Mother’s Day weekend brings the peak of sensuous Taurus season. We can honor our first mother, the earth itself, as flowers explode, feeling our senses with color, scent, and the buzz of pollinating bees. The sun, Venus, Uranus, and Jupiter are all now close together in the earthy sign of Taurus; the earth can steady us as the Sun shoots off solar flares and conjuncts change-master Uranus to excite history and throw us some wild cards.
Venus and Mars are now in their own signs. Venus, in earthy Taurus, encourages emotional stability and the compassionate sensuality of this earth. It can also help us appreciate beauty and feel possessive towards the people and things we love. Mars in reactive Aries brings out our bravery and a feisty warrior archetype. While this can be great for spring fever and bring a spark to new relationships, it can also underline gender stereotypes unless we remember we each hold Venus and Mars within.
This week brings three irritating semi-squares between the planets which can make it tricky for us get our horses heading in the same direction-- or get out of the barn door at the same time without jamming one another. It can be hard to balance conflicting needs! The weekend begins as Mars semi-squares Uranus and stirs up tempers, occasional wild weather, and technical irritations. Venus semi-squares Neptune, which can be sweetly sentimental one minute, but could also inject awkward moments. It will be important to let go of dreamy expectations and look to see the wonders of what we really have. Use that Taurus steadiness and attention to garden life.
Weaver © Colleen Clifford 2022
Tend Home and Family
Over the weekend a sentimental Cancer Moon encourages us to tend home and family, though it can leave us sensitized to slights and painfully aware of who’s missing in our life. It’s a wonderful weekend to garden or wander amongst the spring glories as waxing Cancer Moon is a fertile time to plant in the garden and in the family’s hearts.
It could also be an unsettled time as the Sun conjuncts change-inducing Uranus, a time to move furniture or deal with questions around home, relocation, or domestic reorganization. We could find an unexpected turning point that eventually leads to a healthy new outcome. On Mother’s Day, consider breaking tradition to try something both unusual and comforting with the family or with our mother earth.
Our attention snaps back to ourselves and our direction early in the week under the Leo Moon. We can expect some grandstanding in the headlines, but on a more personal level it will be good to show appreciation to our allies. On Wednesday we enter a more pragmatic if stubborn time as thoughtful Mercury enters earthy Taurus, approaches a square to Pluto, and the Moon enters industrious Virgo. Together they can help us confront some difficult decisions; it will be important for us not to get discouraged but stay on track and work towards that next step.
Day By Day:
Friday, May 10: Let’s say what we mean, not what we don’t under this nervy verbal Gemini Moon. Underlying worries can funnel tension into our words but not towards the people who deserve it as Mars semi-squares Uranus and Venus semi-squares Neptune. Speak to the real problem and don’t take anxiety out on safe people. Late night calls for comfort and cozy food as the Moon enters Cancer.
Moon sextile Mercury 11:13 AM, Mars semi- square Uranus 6:21 PM, Venus semi-square Neptune 6:27 PM, Moon square Neptune 7:48 PM, Moon enters Cancer 9:12 PM.
Saturday, May 11: We could all use time to make home feel more like home, or our garden feel more like a garden under this domestic Cancer Moon; plant seeds in the garden and in hearts. Midday could bring motivation or irritation as the Moon squares Mars; let the irritation motivate and tackle a problem. Turn the soil and avoid telling people what to do, let them find their own rhythm.
Moon square Mars 12:36 PM.
Sunday, May 12: Look for the loveliness in this day; let it be what it is, potentially inconvenient, but full of the potential for new routines and traditions. Release expectations about what should happen and appreciate what the day brings as the Cancer Moon sextile Sun, Uranus, and Mercury. Late-night can get crabby as the Moon squares Mercury, don’t let the mind on the hamster wheel of worry, consider going to sleep early.
Moon sextile Venus 1:57 AM, Moon trine Saturn 5:10 AM, Moon sextile Sun2:34 PM Moon sextile Uranus 3:28 PM, Moon sextile Jupiter 10:52 PM Moon square Mercury 10:56 PM.
Monday, May 13: An unexpected day: it can be easy to be stuck in our own experience and ignore what others are going through as the Moon shifts into Leo in the Sun conjuncts Uranus, but most of us are going through some change or shift in our reality. Be both open to what arises and be there for old friends as Venus sextile Saturn. Consider releasing an element of the past while holding on to a deeper level of security and adventure.
Trine Neptune 3:12 AM, Sun conjunct Uranus 3:13 AM, Moon into Leo 4:36 AM, Moon opposes Pluto 8:34 AM, Venus sextile Saturn 1:45 PM.
Moonbow © Pearl Coburn 2019
Tuesday, May 14: Follow through on work in progress. To feel the love, give the love; when we talk to someone, let them be the center of our world for that minute and imagine what it’s like to be them. Then let’s come back to ourselves and take care of business. After a productive day, conflicting needs around dinnertime make it important that we take responsibility for our own emotions.
Moon trine Mars 12:48 AM, Moon square Venus 5:47 PM.
Wednesday, May 15: Pay attention to avoid unnecessary minor collisions and ego difficulties this morning as the Leo Moon squares Uranus, the Sun, and Jupiter, and Mercury enters Taurus. Hold ground when necessary, but examine whether or not stubbornness is the most appropriate response. Move towards practical solutions and away from personality disputes. Facts and details matter more this afternoon as the Moon enters Virgo and trines Mercury. Listen for information about a new agenda arising.
Moon square Uranus 1:58 AM, Moon square Sun 5:47 AM, Moon square Jupiter 10:41 AM, Mercury enters Taurus 11:05 AM, Moon enters Virgo 3:32 PM, Moon trine Mercury 4:03 PM.
Thursday, May 16: We feel changes arising and can anxiously catastrophize things to be worse than they are as Mercury approaches a square to Pluto and the Moon approaches a square to Saturn. Stay present, do not generalize, but do not underestimate the work needed. Over the next few weeks many of us approach a fork in the road and need to let go of one path in order to pursue the other.
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Astrologers predicted this spring would be as restless as the incoming tide on a stormy full Moon, while the Sun shoots off solar flares creating breathtaking aurora borealis and expansive Jupiter conjuncts change-inducing Uranus. These patterns stir the cauldron and echo the late 1960’s with its political, social, psychological, and spiritual resistance and transformation. The weather is as unsettled as our campuses, the world is stirred up and searching for new answers, reaching for fresh potential. All this while Pluto retrogrades in Aquarius and calls for a few decades of societal transformation.
Along with these big picture changes, spring is often the season for revolution. First, we feel the complexity of the world’s woes while the Sun is in Pisces. The Aries Sun inspires us to become more action-oriented, brave enough to start over again, less willing to put up with what we perceive as disfunction. We then tend to dig in our heels and work the garden of our imagination under the Taurus Sun. This week the Sun, Venus, Uranus, and Jupiter are all in grounded, stubborn, earthy, sensuous Taurus, with a most fertile new Moon on Tuesday night. What we plant will grow, so let’s be very careful what seeds we plant for our future karmic harvests.
Trouble can arise if we think we have a simple answer. Mercury, Mars, and Chiron now in Aries long for a clean black and white answer, clear good guys and bad guys, but can leave us low on complexity and introspection. Saturn and Neptune now both in subtle Pisces remind us our situation is probably far more complex and nuanced than it appears, with greater historic depth. What looks like a clear way forward may stumble us into the very problems we resist. If we think we have the truth about a person, place, or situation, let’s look with fresh eyes, look under the next layer, empathize with all sides, and search for the truth within.
Pink Starfish & Her Bubble © Shelley Irish 2013
With Mercury conjunct in Chiron in Aries this week, listening could be difficult; we may want to scream our point of view. But the worst we can do in any situation is to leave any people, any side, feeling unheard. Suppression can create an explosion, whereas honest listening helps us see what needs to be done. The Sun conjuncts Uranus and Jupiter in Taurus over the next few weeks and pushes us to make tangible changes in our resources (our property, our land, our physicality, our investments and material support), all things earthy, but we need to guide the process.
As we move forward this spring it is essential that we walk our talk, look at all sides of our problem, and make the essential changes necessary without generalizing or overshooting the mark until the dust truly clears.
Weather and awkward water problems could continue to be an issue through the year as Saturn approaches Neptune, and particularly this weekend as the Sun semi-squares Neptune. Just keep an eye out for spills, floods, obfuscation; confirm all facts.
Day By Day:
Friday, May 3: The vibe is empathetic, determined, but easily confused. We’re called to action as Mars sextile Pluto, but we could feel doubts complicating the situation under a sensitizing Pisces Moon. Don’t get on a high horse about an assumed problem, take it one step at a time. More complex issues weigh heavily as the Moon conjunct Saturn late afternoon, the Sun semi-squares Neptune and can make it hard to see how to move forward. Empathize, feel, but only move forward where the path is clear. Drop the seriousness later in the evening and offer each other sincere empathy and a chance to unwind.
Mars sextile Pluto 3:05 AM, Moon sextile Sun 11:54 AM, Moon conjunct Saturn 5:04 PM, Sun semi-square Neptune 5:50 PM.
Saturday, May 4: Start the day slow and dreamy while the Moon conjuncts Neptune. Then look for a potential new beginning as the Moon enters action-oriented and argumentative Aries around 2:40 PM MDT. We become more action-oriented and enthusiastic. Rebellion and adventure seeps in. Evening can be funny, adventurous, or explosive as the Moon conjunct Mars in Aries at 8:17 PM; consider consequences before acting on a sudden impulse. That edge softens late evening and we can grow more thoughtful, speculative.
Moon sextile Uranus 2:28 AM, Moon sextile Jupiter 6:22 AM, Moon conjunct Neptune 1:06 PM, Moon enters Aries 2:40 PM, Moon sextile Pluto 6:07 PM, Moon conjunct Mars 8:17 PM.
Sunday, May 5: The four Taurus planets want practical solutions, embodiment, earthy deliciousness, but there could be major shakeups in our structure and security or a challenge to personal authority as the outspoken Aries Moon conjuncts Mercury while Saturn approaches a semi-square to powerful Pluto. Neither overgeneralize nor sling blame; make progress and stay liberatingly self-responsible.
Moon conjunct Mercury 11:57 PM
Monday, May 6: This could be a day for tough love. A potentially difficult morning with logistical questions can leave us feeling old, limited, or bring challenges with the chain of command as Saturn perfects its semi-square to Pluto. But really the power is in our hands; use all tests as a way to strengthen personal responsibility and personal authority. Don’t go over the past as an excuse to punish! Scan back over recent problems for important information about how to improve the course of our future as the Moon enters Taurus, Mercury conjunct Chiron, and the Sun sextile Saturn tonight.
Saturn semi-square Pluto 5:47 AM, Moon enters Taurus 3:42 PM, Moon square Pluto 7:08 PM, Mercury conjunct Chiron 8:26 PM, Sun sextile Saturn 11:42 PM.
Tuesday, May 7: Our senses need feeding on this stubborn, potentially delicious and tactile day. Let’s prepare our garden, our proposals, and prepare for the next chapter. The waning Moon in Taurus conjuncts Venus this morning, then conjuncts the Sun tonight. Prepare the ground -in all its metaphors- as tomorrow is a most fertile day to garden the future. Possessiveness and territoriality can make us difficult unless we remember that the earth truly holds us all.
Moon conjunct Venus 8:04 AM, Moon sextile Saturn 8:01 PM, Moon conjunct the Sun 9:21 PM.
Wednesday, May 8: Plant on this most fertile new Moon in Taurus. It is a day to make a tangible change for the better, put pragmatic effort into some practical new process that will make us feel more comfortable in our bodies and our lives. What is planted will grow, whether seeds of prosperity or rancor, of revenge or mutual support. Fertilize relationships with kind wisdom and practical help. Enjoy good food and being embodied. Talk it over as tonight as the Moon enters verbal Gemini.
Moon conjunct Uranus 5:18 AM, Moon conjunct Jupiter 10:30 AM, Moon sextile Neptune 3:55 PM, Moon conjunct Gemini 5:20 PM, Moon trine Pluto 8:52 PM.
Thursday, May 9: Communication is essential for the next few weeks. Negotiate while the Sun approaches Uranus today and encourages us to explore different possibilities. Make practical adjustments, but don’t overshoot the mark. Morning brings action and potentially productive arguments as the Gemini Moon sextiles Mars. We get more serious, maybe easily tired, but can nail down some specifics tonight as the Moon square Saturn.
Moon sextile Mars 4:47 AM, Moon square Saturn 11:02 PM.
