by Robert Wilkinson
Coming after yesterday’s Cosmic exploration, this may seem anticlimactic, yet hopefully it will help you navigate the local crosscurrents going on this next week. We have some major aspects happening through the end of the month!
First up, the next 12 hours feature the Moon in Gemini square the planets in Pisces and opposed Mars, creating a powerful Mutable T-square throwing the void into mid-Virgo. Take care of everything you can while not getting too spread out, and try not to fuss or nitpick. If driving, take an extra look in all directions before pulling out into traffic and be a bit careful how you say what you say, since Gemini makes it clear there are always several ways to take what someone says.
While this passes quickly, we then ride into Venus square Mars in effect through Monday. Try not to get deflected by random distractions, and make sure you’re using the right means to get to your ends. Think of it as the planet ruling our likes and social graces is in conflict with an agitated force that wants to ride off in many directions at the same time!
This occurs from 19 Pisces to 19 Sagittarius, bringing us wisdom that helps us reorient in terms of what we consider a healthy environment. There are gateways to seed knowledge and “cooperative competition” if you don’t get spun out considering too many things.
This Sunday also features Mercury conjunct Neptune, important because the Moon in Cancer makes an opposition to Saturn with a friendly sextile and trine thrown by the Sun, creating a very favorable void in early Virgo. Add the Lunar trines to Mercury and Neptune, and it’s a great weekend for learning and practicing emotional intelligence and fluidity, as well as getting glimpses of Cosmos via Mercury giving us Neptunian signals! Open to a more personal experience of our universal relatedness, and you will feel nourished in deep ways.
By Monday, Venus is moving into a very tight sextile with Pluto, helping us get to the core of many things that will soon end, and then Mercury takes center stage at 21 Pisces, forming a square to Mars and sextile to Pluto. Obviously these evolving squares from Pisces to Sagittarius will impact everyone with a planet or sensitive point between about 17-23 degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. It may be helpful to see this as a time to cut some things loose with compassion and forgiveness, and remember that what we no longer need will only hold us back as we embrace this turning point in our quest.
The sextiles with Pluto favor economy in seeing clearly what matters and what doesn’t, as well as the truth of the seeds in anything. Mercury square Mars is always an agitated time, especially if you’re traveling. Again, be extra careful when in transit somewhere, and remember that people will be very agitated with this aspect, so be a peacemaker!
Also, since Mercury square Mars follows the Venus square Mars, pay attention to the Venusian crosscurrents or turning points over the weekend, since they will yield insights, communications, or understanding of some sort when Mercury squares Mars. It doesn’t mean these are necessarily calming, since squares can be jarring from time to time, but they are simply what we confront at the turning point of this emergent cycle of planets in Pisces to a planet in Sagittarius.
Even though those with Mutable signs will be subject to dynamic integration events and opportunities to pull things together and release powerful tensions, this period is also very favorable for those with planets in the first half of Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces, because of the sextiles and quintiles going on. So while there are crosscurrents, there are also gifts to be demonstrated during a time of agitated productivity. Just stay on track, flow as best you can, and prepare for Aries to come early, with Mercury retrograde right around the corner!
PS. - If you have a few moments, please consider taking another look at Wednesday's article Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto Pulses Define the 3-Fold Spiritual Field and Our Path to Liberation, since I've gotten a lot of feedback from people excited that they're getting more realizations each time they read it!
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