Many people this past week told me of their current Mercury
retrograde experiences being pretty tough ones – we are indeed in the depths of
it in Cancer. All three Mercury retrogrades this year are in water signs – the
element the Winged Messenger is most uncomfortable in as his wings are useless
in water and emotions interfere with clear intellectual thinking and doing and
communicating. Many people have been experiencing issues with water around
their homes or businesses, or highly charged emotional turmoil with family
members, both signatures of Cancer’s effect. In the mundane world, we have seen
much heavy rain and flooding this week in the USA, a crashed jetliner, a
runaway train, more secret documents released, etc. – all signs of the
Trickster in action.
Speaking of water, that will be the dominant element in this
week’s astrological forecast again, as a Grand Trine in Water perfects among
Mars/Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio, and Neptune in Pisces. In effect,
the Grand Trine is in orb already, but it will peak on Tuesday (when the Moon
in Scorpio conjuncts Saturn and thus also locks into it) right on through
Sunday, so we will have all week to work with this extremely harmonious, potent
energy! Grand trines can unleash natural talents/skills so that they can be
used to maximum effectiveness. This Grand Trine in Water will stress empathy/sympathy/unconditional
love for others and will be felt deeply on the emotional level. We may find our
emotional selves filled to the brim and overflowing to the point of tears of
both joy and sorrow. We will be moved to want to build some structure that
helps heal others and self. There is a beautiful combination of balanced expanded
energy/action that wants to lay down long lasting foundations to a more ideal
world of unconditional love, honored creativity, and expanded consciousness. There
is a perfect balance between expansion and contraction energy wise that is
infused with future thinking. Things that have been building up in your life
are ready for a graceful release now – it is time of letting go, letting flow,
trusting the current of life and where it will take you. Look to the signs in
the people and places around you now – you may have healing energy to share
with each other. Trust your intuition to who/what/where is drawn to you to help
find some answers this week. There is much tension from the Uranus/Pluto square
these days that will fuel the desire to use this energy now – to not let the
chance slip away and let what might have been decay. What we do start now can
have long lasting results into the future. This week can set you on a path of
the discovery of true beauty! I urge you take it if it appears!
Monday’s main event is a 1st Quarter Square of
the Moon in Libra to the Sun in Cancer. Here the emotional side wants to take a
chance with connecting with (an)other(s), while the will/ego side would prefer
to stay in its shell at home, as cross purpose reactions to what is going on
around each of us today battle it out inside and out. Security concerns could
make us indecisive/challenge our decision making processes.
Tuesday is the beginning of the peak of the Grand Trine energy
above as the Moon in Scorpio joins in.
Jupiter perfects its trines to Saturn/Neptune on Wednesday
continuing the peak of the Grand trine. However, there are three other events
affecting the day. The biggest is Uranus turning retrograde until December 18th.
The revolution turns to the inside – we must change our own lives first before
we can expect the world around us to change. In the mundane world, recent
disasters of the past may need to be re-visited/re-assessed to do damage
control (like the recent spike in nuclear readings in the ocean off of Japan
post nuclear meltdown!). Saturn’s square to Vesta May put us at odds with
groups or we may feel restricted within group settings somehow. We may feel we
are giving too much to certain others, may be overwhelmed by work, stifled
sexually, or overcommitted also. Finally, there’s a late night Venus/Pluto
sesiquadrate, which can speak of an obsession that is not being satisfied. The manifestation
of desire may have to wait for some other time. You may end up in some intense emotional
battle with someone that has no resolution at the moment. Weak relationships
can breakdown. We can also get involved in frustrating games of manipulation.
Thursday is quieter and the Grand Trine flows on while the
Sun trines Moon also making this a particularly sweeter day. Moon/Neptune
square at night may find us worn out, tired, or ready to get inebriated/escape
somehow.
Friday is the 3rd and final exact hit of the
trine between Saturn and Neptune that has been in effect all year and that I
have blogged on multiple times before. It will keep the Grand Trine highly
potent today too.
Saturday is a very active day astrologically. First off,
Mars exact trines to Saturn and Neptune occur, once again keeping the Grand
Trine absolutely humming along. In fact, a Kite forms this day also as the Moon
in Capricorn opposes the Mars/Jupiter conjunction and sextiles Neptune and Saturn
turning the Grand Trine into a Kite! Yahoo! Why the celebration? Because the
opposition will spur us to do great things/be confident/take a leap with the
inherent talent/gifts of the Grand Trine, while the two sextiles will provide
us with the opportunities to do so. This is the most potent day of the week for
this energy. Spend it well! Take the bull by the horns and watch it become
mastered beneath your touch!
Mercury also goes direct on Saturday (yay again!). It will
remain in its retrograde shadow until August 4th however, so all
Mercurial things will slowly return to normal speed by then. Still, the
breakdowns, communication issues, delays, issues with family/home/security will
begin to ease off now. Venus sesiquadrate Uranus shows we’d like to have some
exciting/stimulating/flirtatious times socially, but we may overdo it and get
in some awkward/bumpy situations. Sun sesiquadrate Chiron may link to the
Venus/Uranus sesiquadrate, as we may find ourselves off balance/kilter somehow
and perhaps even damage our reputation in some other’s eyes. It will be
difficult to reset and old wounds could resurface and feel quite sore. A night
time Mercury/Venus semi-square will stimulate socializing and is a good time to
express love/affection to another.
Sunday morning we may wake up ornery as the Moon in
Capricorn makes its weekly hard aspects to the Uranus/Pluto square and opposes
stationary Mercury – sounds like the recipe for an early morning argument that
could set the day off on the wrong foot – be aware! Pallas Athene ingresses
into Cancer – this will add to the energy of the emotions influencing thought/intellect/perceptions.
This can bring healing through providing basic needs and is a good time to make
your home a more comfortable space for you. This can also ramp up the energy of
patriotism or defending what’s your and your family’s or country’s. Others may
fight for the disadvantaged now.
Tap into this Grand Trine energy while you can this week
because next week gets much more intense as Mars locks into a T-square with
Uranus/Pluto by the end of the week, and there’s also a Full Moon in the 1st
degree of Aquarius – we may be entering a time of some hard new lessons as a
Collective.
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