The Sun and Mercury are doing the tango together to start off this week and in effect are conjunct all week in Aquarius perfecting on Tuesday. The biggest problem when these two are conjunct is to seriously over-identify with our egos this week and get our tongues wagging in extremely subjective/self-centered ways. In Aquarius, we can really cop a self-righteous attitude of “my way or else”, or just stubbornly refuse to let any other’s perspective in. However, this does make the mind very sharp/acute and will give us the chance to merge our ideas/ideals with others who have similar ones. This will be a week full of networking and is good for starting new ventures, travel, and making plans. This energy will get jump started on Monday when they both semi-square Uranus. This could be a day of odd thoughts and encounters. It could end up easily wiring our nervous systems to overload and getting us irritated and agitated mentally. This could end up being a day where everything comes at us too fast to really get a handle on anything solid, so we may waste a lot of time chasing our tails. The Moon in Leo’s trine to Uranus and square to Jupiter will add to this expansive/overloaded energy. By the end of the day, what seemed like much promise, may leave you just scattered or feeling half-empty, like you missed something important but could never quite get a grip on what it was. There may be points during this day when we may just rebel against it all and strike off in some independent way. This could also be a day of technological issues/problems also.
Tuesday is when the Sun/Mercury conjunction perfects and the Moon opposes them (a Full Moon in Leo). Here, we must examine the emotional need to display ourselves in some way – to get some individual recognition so that we feel good about who we are, to be inspired from our heart, versus the need to be part of a group working together towards one common goal with the power of the mind. Thus, the challenge is to align these two disparate needs – the heart versus the head, you versus us, and to be sure that everyone’s unique talents/light can shine and be added to the Collective for the benefit of all in equal ways. With Mercury involved too (and Mars opposite Vesta), there can be many long heated conversations/discussions/arguments on how to proceed, and many decisions may have to be made now despite them putting you possibly into uncomfortable territory. Look to which 2 houses this Full Moon falls into in your chart to see what areas of life will be most challenged for you personally by it. Saturn in Libra also makes its annual retrograde turn on Tuesday and it will remain so until June 25th giving us time to once more re-assess imbalanced relationships and how they cause inequality/disharmony/injustice, and what we need to get down to seriously to correct these imbalances both in our personal lives and in society. Venus also gets into the act on Tuesday as the Goddess of Love zips off into Aries where she can be much more assertive/aggressive in her pursuits of love, relationships, and self-expression through creative endeavors. People can get sassy when Venus is in Aries and desire their own freedom in relationships, yet at the same time attempt to “pursue and capture” others. There is a certain roguish charm that we can exude now too that is attractive to others. But before, she can get really going, she will have to first deal with a quincunx to stationary Saturn, who will be wagging a finger at her, reminding her to be responsible within relationships and think of others too. Relationships may just be difficult today between others’ disapproval of your approach, or perhaps your own inner feelings of unworthiness or an awkward mixture of both. This could also be a day where duty must just trump pleasure and that’s the way it is, period.
The residuals of this bumpy ride are likely to continue on Wednesday as Mercury quincunx Mars. This is usually an indicator that our nerves are stretched thin and could easily snap into some off-kilter verbal barrage against unsuspecting (or perhaps not so much so) victims. Try to slow yourself down and think before talking or you could do some damage today. It’s almost as if you are looking/daring someone to disagree with you today, so you can just go off on someone – if you need to, find someone who understands and won’t take it personally or will listen willingly. I’d say the best use for this energy is to tackle some mental work/paperwork/etc.
Venus can really light a fire under our butts on Thursday when she conjuncts Uranus. This is the ultimate freedom seeking urge within relationships. It will test any existing relationship that you are feeling constrained under. You could easily be attracted to someone new and different than your normal crowd. Relationships started under this aspect are short lived and action packed and quite possibly eccentric. You may also have the urge to buy some odd new piece of art or item that is out of the ordinary for your normal likes/habits. New forms of pleasure are exciting/inspiring. This is also a day you could gain or lose a lot of money based on some risky venture.
Sun quincunx Mars on Friday shows our actions may be off target today. Our energy may come in impulsive fits and bursts and may go askew when it does. We can be very out of control with our will under this energy and easily get others angered at us or others can act like this towards us. This is a “think before you act” aspect. Be careful of overstressing body or repressing anger and getting ill or in an accident as a result. Mercury semi-square Pluto today also can give the mind a sharp edge that nothing/no one can get over on – you can see the real meaning/hidden meaning behind the words. Unfortunately, today, that may just irritate you with others and their ways, and it will be easy to intellectually rip them apart and leave everyone walking away with a bad taste in their mouths. It’s best to use this energy on doing some real focused mental work or plumb the depths of your own mind/psyche, or to study the occult/psychology/other depth subjects. This is the compulsive/obsessive disorder mind kind of day!
Saturday, the Asteroid Goddess, Pallas Athene, ingresses into Pisces, where she will immediately conjunct Neptune . These two have a history together and it’s not a good one! In the Greek mythology of Medusa and Poseidon (Neptune), these two lovers were caught by Pallas Athene, a goddess of chastity, having defiled her sacred temple on Crete through a night of ecstatic love making. Poseidon basically ran away and allowed Medusa to face the wrath of the enraged goddess alone, who cursed her by turning her long beautiful hair into a nest of serpents. Last week’s blog explained how Neptune is very similar in energy to Pisces – that is why it co-rules the sign. Pallas, being a very intellectual/mental/logical/the good daughter type archetype feels quite uncomfortable in the water and emotions of Pisces. However, relationships between humans have a way of allowing emotions to creep in despite our best efforts to sometimes keep things purely mental/intellectual. This may be a time when those boundaries are tested. One area perhaps where Pallas would feel comfortable in Pisces is spiritual/religious ritual, so perhaps that will be another area of life that will be deepened/enriched now by the confluence of intellectual genius/idea and emotional depth it may illicit. Another danger here would be the warrior archetype that Pallas sometimes displays also stoking the religious/idealistic fervor of Neptune/Pisces I blogged about last week here.
Sunday, the Sun, now slightly behind the speedy Mercury, semi-squares Pluto. In a way, this is a continuation of the Mercury/Pluto energy I wrote about above. We may add to that possible frustrating power struggles/stand offs today that may be temporarily without resolution. Some minor conflicts with others this weekend may just be inevitable. This is a good weekend to actually assess what your own part is in holding yourself back, as it’s there to access near the surface. Old behaviors need re-hashing – think it over – what can be purged? Issues with those in power can be quite irritating too. Mechanical issues may arise also this weekend.
Next week Mercury enters Pisces and catches up to Neptune and Pallas adding to that storyline and then the Sun follows suit by end of week. Meanwhile, Venus continues her ventures with the Uranus/Pluto square.
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