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Venus, the planet of love, attraction, creation, and creativity, is now in Virgo, where it will reside until November 8. Bring healthy Earth element grounded balance and care energies to the garden in which you live your life now. Bring those same energies to how you love in your life. Consider whether you have been reckless in who you love. Consider whether you have been unhealthy in your desires.
Are there things you need to detach from now? Behaviors? Patterns? Are you attracted to toxicity, chaos and dysfunction? Is that because it may feel familiar and there is comfort in the familiar? Do you focus too much on the needs of others and not enough on your own? Or are you too self-focused and selfish and frequently manipulate people? Do you use people? Do you allow yourself to be used? Do you see life and other people through an overly-critical, negative and judgmental lens? Do you have an inability to commit? Do you sabotage relationships to prevent yourself from being abandoned? Venus in Virgo is an opportunity to develop new insight into your relationship life, into your part in things, into why you think and act the way you do, and to do inner reset work that will lead to better experiences and results in your love life. The quality of your life in the world is always a direct reflection of your own inner state of being. Tend to your inner self now, and also put energy into tending to the garden you live in and to the greater community around you. It is the responsibility of each one of us to contribute positively to the health and well-being of the physical and human community in which we reside. Saturn compels us to examine, to scrutinize, specific areas of our life. Saturn also brings inevitable results and conclusions, and Saturn delivers karmic consequences of actions and of non-actions, even more so when it is retrograde. Saturn is in Pisces now. Saturn moved out of Aquarius and into Pisces on March 7 of this year, and the full Saturn transit through Pisces will last until February 13, 2026. Saturn is retrograde now. This retrograde cycle began June 17 and will last until November 4, 2023. Which House in your Natal Chart is ruled by Pisces? Which areas of life will be affected most by this Saturn retrograde and Saturn transit for you?
Duncan de la Montagne Wednesday June 7 at 4:42 AM EDT the Moon moved into Aquarius, creating the most Air Element intensive period of Gemini Season 2023. Solar and Lunar energies are aligned and balanced now. Calm Aquarius grounds more volatile Gemini and helps to focus it, creating a sustainable and harnessable energy source. Furthermore, Mars and Venus in Leo are well-supported by this Air energy. This is an excellent energy window for creativity, for attraction and for communication. It is not necessarily social energy though, in fact quiet time alone to reflect and consider may hold strong appeal for many at various points over the next two days. However problems can certainly be solved now and accords reached. Aquarius, Gemini and Leo ruled Houses in Natal charts benefit greatly from these focused cerebral energies. This holds true until Friday, when the Moon transits into Pisces. The Moon/Pluto interaction on Wednesday morning may spark visions of future change, both desired and necessary. One cautionary note, with the inner planet and luminary energies tilted so strongly toward Air and Fire, Water element people may find the current cosmic energy combo unsettling to some degree. More meditation and more yoga for them.
Duncan de la Montagne (for daily astrology reports follow me on Instagram and check the story section) The Moon transited into Capricorn at 3:30 AM EDT Monday morning. This Air element/Earth element combo works, Gemini and Capricorn can get things done together. Projects of all sorts can move forward now; focus forms, commitments can be made and the means for overcoming obstacles can be found.
Venus enters Leo on June 5th. Venus, however, is opposite Pluto in Aquarius on Monday, which can reveal hidden issues or spark ego based drama. In situations of conflict be willing and prepared to hold your ground and maintain your boundaries, also remember to be respectful of those others. Overall, these are big, passionate, positive, revitalizing, attracting, performance-oriented energies that will benefit most people throughout June and July. For more personal specifics, look to the Leo-ruled House and the areas of life governed by it in your own Natal Chart. Also, consider any planets you may have in Leo. Even the late summer retrograde of Venus, July 22 to September 3, holds potential positive properties for folks, though mostly likely that would occur in the form of lessons. Duncan de la Montagne (for daily astrology reports follow me on Instagram and check the story section) Thursday April 20 at 00:12 EDT there is a New Moon in Aries with a Solar Eclipse, which forms a square with Pluto. Watch your rivals. Keep an eye out for any chaos unfolding around you. Obstacles may appear in your path now, likely they were already present in some form though. Extreme emotion will be very difficult to contain now. Be patient if triggered. Avoid acting on impulse. Damage and destruction can occur easily under these energies. At the same time great power to make significant change can be summoned and directed now.
The Moon will move into Taurus at 00:30 EDT Thursday. The Sun will join the Moon in Taurus at 4:13 AM EDT Thursday, kicking off Taurus Season 2023. Many will be drawn toward what makes them feel secure on Thursday and Friday. Mercury goes retrograde in Taurus on Thursday. As per usual, people with Taurus personal planets will be impacted most by this three week retrograde. Try to stay out of the past. Avoid misplaced nostalgia. Manage expectations. Be patient with slowed progress. Plan for delays, interference and obstacles. Taurus Season itself is a physical and material security oriented season. A strong practical energy sets the overall tone of the season and directs our building and maintaining actions. That being said, the Taurus Sun brings awareness of the important role pleasure plays in life, and its energy encourages us to indulge ourselves. Commitments have great appeal during Taurus Season, even to the more choice challenged folk among us. Many successful marriages occur during Taurus Season. The 10 of Pentacles in the Tarot is the Earth Element marriage card, and it suggests connection, alignment, shared values, fertility, longevity and abundance in a love partnership. Duncan de la Montagne Revelations of all sorts occur during Full Moons, and a fundamental truth about your relationship life may well be what is revealed during this Libra Full Moon, occurring Thursday April 6 at 00:34 AM EDT. With the Chiron and Jupiter influence on the Aries Sun, awareness of authentic needs in relationship life can form now. Key elements of the Libra Moon are fairness and consideration, which may elicit confessions from others now or stimulate some from you. However, if you are going for complete accountability, you must be prepared to accept and deal with whatever consequences arise. Also, keep awareness of the spiritual creed 'Do No Harm'. If, for example, you run into an old partner from years ago whom you cheated on, they likely don’t need to hear about it at this point in time, and in fact you would just be unburdening your own guilty conscience at their emotional expense, which is not cool. Full Moons are ideal times for meditative Tarot readings, and this Full Moon especially so. Pull out your own Tarot deck as part of your Full Moon ritual and see what the Universe has to say to you.
Saturn moves into Pisces today. This new transit will affect the cosmic energy mix for the next three years. This Saturn in Pisces transit will inspire a shift away from the extreme emotional reactivism of recent years and toward a more rational and balanced mode of expression and engagement. The result will be the creation of cohesive spaces where constructive communication and subsequent productive progress and fair results can occur. Saturn in Pisces will spark deconstruction of dogma by individuals, be it religious dogma, ideological dogma or political dogma, and an examination of what substance actually lies beneath the rhetoric. Many people will feel drawn to spirituality during this period and will discover spiritual principles and develop daily spiritual practices that help them live better inside of themselves and out in the world. This new spirituality will help to eliminate divisive and often hateful judgmental energies and stances, will foster inclusiveness, and will ultimately serve to facilitate real healing in our communities. Pisces Sun people should take a hard look at themself over the next few days and see what needs to be moved on from within themself and in their life. Saturn in one’s Sun sign brings lessons, tests and, where applicable, consequences. Duncan de la Montagne Monday February 20th at 2:06 AM EST we have a New Moon in Pisces. From a magickal perspective new moons are times to plant seeds of intent, seeds that you will then nurture and nourish with energy and action. The Pisces Mutable Water New Moon is a particularly magickal new moon, as Pisces is a spiritual sign that is seen as a portal to other realms and other states of being. This year the Pisces New Moon occurs during a lunar conjunction with the planet Saturn, boosting the strength of the energies and bringing a more serious tone to the cosmic mix overall. Certainly, this is a time to meditate, to connect with your core so that you can become aware of your true needs in situations and in life overall. As this is a Pisces New Moon, areas of life you should focus on in your ritual include strengthening your own spiritual practice, improving your love life and/or relationship, shoring up emotional health and well-being, and finding new ways to increase financial abundance in your life. Pay close attention to your dreams now, messaging can be strong when the Sun and Moon meet in Pisces.
Duncan de la Montagne Sunday the Full Moon in Leo, which occurs at 1:28 PM EST, is going to seem more like a solar flare up than a lunar event due to the T Square it forms with Uranus. The typical Full Moon climax of energies will be particularly intense, big feelings and big emotions will be on full display. Be careful you don’t go too far when putting whatever you feel you need to ‘put out there’ out there now. The next 48 hours would have to be seen as an unlucky time to launch a venture or project. Be careful who you invite into your life now. Bring humility and a sense of humor if you have a performance scheduled or a presentation to make. Make no big life decisions under the energies of this Leo Full Moon. You are likely to encounter drama now, hopefully you will not be the drama.
Duncan de la Montagne After a relatively calm week astrological energies intensify with the formation of a Sun/Uranus square on Friday. Energies are volatile and unpredictable going into the weekend. An unreasonable stubbornness can take hold in some or an unreasonable insistence on being right and ‘winning the conversation’. Conflict can spark easily under these energies. Exercise caution, accident or misadventure are far more likely now. What can go wrong is indeed likely to go wrong. This is no time for foolish risks. These chaotic Sun/Uranus energies extend right through the weekend.
Saturday energies amp up further as the Moon transits in Leo at 3:49 AM EST. If you are going to make an ass of yourself during Aquarius Season this year Saturday is the day you are most likely to do it. Certainly people will be much more in their ego on the weekend, which can make them more sensitive to criticism, real or perceived. Try to avoid going too deep into ‘all about you’ mode now. Be sure to blend awareness of the needs and rights of others in your interactions and communications. Duncan de la Montagne |
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