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Weekly Starcodes—Planetary Aspect Interpretations & Predictions |
Let the next couple of weeks be true summer. Although we’ll probably be busy, there is no point in rushing or starting new long-term efforts, we’ll do best living in this moment as Mercury is retrograding until June 24th, so it’s time to put all Mercury retrograde surviving and thriving skills into place. Major transits are lining up for big cultural and political change in the background and we need to participate, but our daily life will flow easier if we keep life simple and forgiving.
Mercury retrograde time is good all those re-words; renew, review, remember, and revisit. Pull out an old project, a script or quilt, and work on it with fresh eyes. Reconnect with old friends, places, or traditions. Introspect on retreat. Fix old problems, find what's missing as items float back up from the shadows. Identify and correct misunderstandings.
Ordinary things that involve Mercurial communication, transportation, or forging ahead could take extra patience. Major declarations made now could be reversed, withdrawn, or regretted, so hold on to those, and watch the ones that show up in the headlines.
This particular Mercury retrograde can help us speak up honestly, as Mars and Uranus run close together in Mercury-ruled Gemini and add extra power to our words, making it tempting to make those declarations, but that conjunction also add extra snafus when we rush. If a sudden risky impulse arises, breathe deep and think it through. Keep an eye out for road closures, fires, or falling buildings and stay flexible about timing. Try not to drop the phone in a river, like I just did.
Weaver © Colleen Clifford 2022
If looking for a job, now is the time to reconnect with old contacts, review jobs done in the past, or look for short-term projects, particularly ones where people need help with an emergency. Or take a break, review the resume, and launch again at the end of the month. This fall there will be much shifting of personnel that could open up new possibilities or require some to retool and redirect their careers.
The Moon in peripatetic, talkative Gemini over the weekend can make for some great short trips, retreats, the healing power of real conversations and social connections. The waning Moon enters Cancer on Sunday, conjuncts the Sun early Tuesday, and asks us to come back to ourselves. Touch base with family, assess what keeps us safe and strong, what makes us feel at home. But do go gently around any form of critique, Mercury retrograde can set up misunderstandings which we take personally and trigger our delicate defenses. Expect automatic rhetoric around patriotism or team loyalty and read it not as logical as a reality but a need to belong.
Midweek, a more sociable Leo Moon conjunct Jupiter, beautifully visible in the west just after sunset; it can bring and stir up some ego clashes or lighten our heart. Choose a most generous yet centered response to events, but be honest, don't be generous as a manipulative way to get something in return.
The whole world is in metamorphosis this month as Jupiter opposes Pluto and they both form trines and sextiles to Uranus and Neptune. This week Uranus and Neptune perfect the first of three trines this year. This extremely unusual pattern peaks next week but resonates all year, it will catalyze change, change we can use to evolve our world in the long run, but could leave us tossed in a blanket, disoriented, in the short term.
Jupiter can both expand and liberate; opposed Pluto it synchronizes both with the expansion of abusive power or could liberate us from abusive patterns. We could be confronted with the way people die, this opposition synchronized with the last few Ebola epidemics, or we find a way to break these tough cycles. Let’s hold in our heart what we want the world to look like on the other side and keep our eyes open for opportunities for us to further the healing and evolution of our world, on any level.
Friday, July 10: Pay attention to what grounds and heals this morning as Venus trines Chiron under a slower, earthy Taurus Moon. Consider a good breakfast and a walk on the land. Watch for undertones of possessiveness or territoriality midday and find a way to offer reassurance without encouraging bad behavior. The conversation picks up this afternoon, engage inclusive dialogue as the Moon enters communicative Gemini. Let’s say what we mean- and make sure we hear what was said; watch for misconceptions hidden in glib humor. Stay honest and keep it real.
Venus trine Chiron 12:17 AM MDT, Moon sextile Mercury 4:13 AM, Moon enters Gemini 4:41 PM, Moon square Venus 7:04 PM, Moon sextile Jupiter 8:30 PM, Moon conjunct Uranus 11:30 PM, Moon sextile Neptune 11:51 PM.
Saturday, July 11: Morning is potentially talkative and active as the Moon conjuncts Mars in Gemini, but let’s pace ourselves; people can get irascible and accidents arise when we’re impatient. If people remind us of difficult personalities from our past, let’s take this as a warning to approach this round differently; don’t project on them an inevitable story. Give it a breath and turn this into a chance to explore possibilities. Review the past, both personal memories and history or traditions, not to relive, but for wise and fertile compost to enrich the present moment. Some patterns of our life are loosening, our inner clutch is activated, let’s carefully choose our next gear. Tonight calls for stories, history, humor, and shared wisdom.
Moon trine Pluto 12:14 AM MDT, Venus conjunct south lunar node 7:09 AM, Moon conjunct Mars 7:15 AM, Moon sextile Saturn 4:11 PM.
Sunday, July 12: This morning the mood could be energized but scattered, easy to connect and converse, but hard to scrape our focus together. It will be all too easy to get distracted and leave things or people behind. Track important items carefully. This afternoon we’ll tend to feel emotionally over-extended and need quiet, a place to pull in our antennae and drop expectations as the waning Moon enters domestic Cancer. Let minds drift in the imaginative wind. Rest up, put feet in the creek or mind in the dreamworld as the Moon squares Neptune tonight.
Moon enters Cancer 4:46 PM MDT, Sun conjunct Mercury 7:25 PM, Moon sextile Venus 10:53 PM, Moon square Neptune 11:45 PM.
Moonbow © Pearl O'Byrne 2019
Monday, July 13: Recent events or experiences can inspire a change or change of scene as Venus squares Uranus. Let's not just run away but run towards something wonderful. If we feel the need to stay safe, we can crawl into our hermit-crab shell and nurture ourselves. If, instead of rest and retreat, we want to take action, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater nor throw away a relationship or project that just needs work; instead, be willing to reassess, consider the essence of what is needed, and reorganize efforts. Think what modifications would actually improve the recipe for food or life.
Venus square Uranus 8:26 AM MDT, Moon square Saturn 3:57 PM.
Tuesday, July 14: This morning’s new Moon in Cancer can bring high tides of feeling and begin a new cycle of hope and action. Explore what Cancerian skills are required here, do we need to protect ourselves, nurture ourselves deeply, or garden, care for one another and our surroundings. Explore the concepts of home and homeland on a more vast, spacious, and sustainable level. Just after sunset, visible in the western skies, the crescent Moon, now in charismatic Leo, conjuncts expansive Jupiter and opens possibilities. Late night shifts towards thoughtful poignancy as the Moon opposes Pluto.
Moon conjunct Mercury 12:26 AM MDT, Moon conjunct the Sun 3:43 AM, Moon enters Leo 4:34 PM, Moon conjuncts Jupiter 9:48 PM, Moon sextile Uranus 11:38 PM, Moon trine Neptune 11:41 PM, Moon opposed Pluto 11:57 PM.
Wednesday, July 15: Look for the subtle clues of a profound shift as Uranus forms a gentle sextile to Neptune, first of three passes this year. A sextile can be gentle, an opening. Explore a shift of perception, expand philosophical constructs. But watch for the self-justifying aspects of that Leo Moon and ask if this shifted perspective supports an easier, healthier and more profound life just for ourselves- or for all sentient beings. Consider our local responsibilities to one another and our bigger responsibilities as humans as the Moon trines Saturn this afternoon.
Moon sextile Mars 11:58 AM MDT, Uranus sextile Neptune 2:31 PM, Moon trine Saturn 4:26 PM.
Thursday, July 16: A day when anything and nothing can happen. This month’s big aspects glow; changes are real in the distance, but minor aspects disperse that energy close to home and our daily life can feel stuck, spinning in place. Drop the cranky anxiety and look for kindness. Find it deep within. Tonight the mood grows more analytical as the Moon heads into Virgo and brings a potentially wonderful. self-deprecating, edgy humor. We could suddenly feel the edges of deadlines and worry about all that needs to be done, but feels on hold, let’s be self-assessing, but forgiving, laugh at ourselves and let that humor ease our prickly edges.
Moon enters Virgo 6:08 PM MDT, Moon trine Chiron 7:20 PM.
Pink Starfish & Her Bubble © Shelley Irish 2013
