With the Moon in Leo where it forms a perfect sextile blend with the Gemini Sun this is the most festive weekend of Gemini Season 2022. These are very social energies designed to get us out
in the world having fun with our friends and our families. The only real risk now is getting caught up in the moment and going too far. Well, okay, awkward over-sharing or bad late-night karaoke could also be pitfalls for some today. Saturn stations retrograde in Aquarius at 5:47 EDT PM this evening. Don't let that put a damper on your weekend though, it will take a while to see and feel the effects of these slow somewhat limiting Saturn energies. This retrograde transit will affect your Aquarius planetary placements and the areas of life governed by the House Aquarius rules in your Natal Chart over the next five months. This may take you into your past or bring the past into your present or bring confrontation with power be it a person or an institution. Change may be forced upon you but if that is the case it will be for the best, though it may take a while for you to realize it. Duncan de la Montagne Retrograde days of Mercury influenced confusion, chaos, disruptions and delays are over and things begin to flow more smoothly as Mercury goes direct in Taurus today. Those Sun and Rising Sign folk
from the first five degrees of Gemini to the last five of Taurus and corresponding points in other Fixed and Mutable signs will be the most appreciative of this transition as they were the ones impacted worst by the retrograde. The Moon transits into Leo today at 2:38 PM EDT bringing energies of passion and expression into the cosmic mix and putting many in a celebratory mode for the weekend. This is the most festive period of Gemini Season this year. If you can’t have fun this weekend then you just don’t know how to have fun. Leo is the sign of the life-giving Sun, viva la vita. Duncan de la Montagne The New Moon in Gemini (exact at 7:30 AM EDT) is a time for the planting seeds of our June dreams and desires and for our bigger picture summer explorations and ambitions. With both the Moon and the Sun in the sign of Gemini now this is the most Gemini time of Gemini season this year and as such there is a focus on information and communication. We are curious and seek fresh knowledge and we desire exchanges of viewpoints with others. Sunday’s Mars/Jupiter conjunction in Aries boosts the Mutable Air lunar energies, stirring restlessness and stimulating creativity in many. Cast your gaze to the horizon now, consider which new frontiers you wish to explore.
Duncan de la Montagne The Moon transited into Taurus at 2:23 AM EDT Friday setting a strong comfort oriented Earth tone to the cosmic energy mix for the next couple of days. Saturday at 10:46 AM EDT Venus enters Taurus, bringing an indulgent, sensual pleasure seeking quality to the weekend. The planet of love and art is focused and productive in Taurus one of the two signs it rules. For the next three and a half weeks Venusian energies will be about committed sexual romantic relationships and about helping us find platforms and markets for the art and the crafts we produce. Some existing relationships may experience stress during this transit as the more security oriented partner may seek greater commitment from the other person. This transit by Venus is conducive to taking the first steps toward the creation of a family and/or making a long term home commitment.
Duncan de la Montagne The revelatory, transformative trine Mercury retrograde and Pluto retrograde currently form remains strong through to the beginning of the weekend. Strata from your core being continues to be shaken free, revealing key information about your past and about yourself. In addition a more challenging aspect is forming now between Venus and Pluto, which will have strong influence through to very late Friday night. The Venus square Pluto retrograde energies will reveal information about your romantic past. This of course can be helpful in reconciling difficult relationship experiences, finding inner peace and letting go. Present day relationships where there are core flaws or vulnerabilities can experience heavy stress now. This is a breakup aspect, so be sure you mean what you say now. It will be very difficult to walk things back under these energies. However if breaking up is what you want to do the energies of this aspect may be just what you need to free yourself. Your sexual past may also reappear in the present now, most likely in some awkward, uncomfortable or unwelcome way. And of course as with every Venus/Pluto square scandals will be uncovered and secrets revealed now. Infidelity or high risk sexual behavior would be most unwise under these energies.
Duncan de la Montagne Transformation is difficult. They don't call them growing pains for nothing. The trine retrograde Mercury forms with retrograde Pluto today takes each of us into our past. You may not like what you find deep in the chambers of your own personal mythology. Likely it will not feel comfortable. However it will serve your greater purpose, that being a better state of being inside of yourself and a better life out in the world. Both Mars and the Moon moved into Aries last night, bringing a useful restlessness to the energy mix. Over the next six weeks Mars will bring courage and a strong proactive energy to the cosmic blend as it transits Aries. This will help you move forward in your life. There is a combustive quality to this planet/sign combo however, which is most likely to show up when the Moon is also in a Fire sign. Therefore those with core anger or anger issues should be aware that aggression can lead to destructive conflict today and tomorrow.
Keep it spiritual. And find healthy frameworks for conflict resolution. Also, focus on becoming a better advocate for yourself in your day to day life. Duncan de la Montagne Mars in Pisces forms a sextile with Pluto Sunday and the Moon transits into Pisces at 11:50 AM EDT. This expansive and transformative spirituality and creativity oriented Mars/Pluto aspect can have us embarking on new projects and pathways that are aligned with our own true core values in the coming days. The Moon in Pisces supports this energy. Consequential events occur now. Our beliefs can change. We see a bigger picture, or more of the picture. Intuition is strong and we should follow where it leads. On the social level spending time with small groups of very close people is probably what will feel best. Anything too demanding will feel draining. Sweet and easy is the tone of the day. Pay close attention to your dreams. Journal throughout the rest of the long weekend. Meditation and observation can bring us to new higher path ambition and purpose in life.
Duncan de la Montagne Friday morning at 8:53 EDT the Moon moves into Aquarius, setting an independent Air element tone for the day. We feel the need for space when the Moon is in Aquarius and we feel best when we are immersed in our own thoughts and projects. At 9:22 PM EDT the Sun enters Gemini. For the next four weeks the focus is on indulging curiosity, exploration, innovation, learning and travel. This is a more social astral season than home life and work focused Taurus Season and as such we will want to attend group gatherings and events where we can mingle with and meet other humans outside of our core circle. This is also a time when we can feel compelled to chronicle our life experiences either in a journal or via video mediums and platforms. Caution though against oversharing, or in being overly judgmental or engaging in insensitive communication modes during Gemini Season. Friday is the most social day of the week, but in a hang out with friends kind of wayand not a date way.
Duncan de la Montagne Mars is conjunct Neptune in Pisces today and the Moon is in Sagittarius. The combined energies
of Mars and Neptune in Pisces take us inward to deeper levels of consciousness and they connect us with the spiritual plane. This is a day of insight and awareness which can lead to inspiration toward loftier goals and finding higher purpose in life. Beyond being a day of spiritual inspiration this is also a day of artistic inspiration. In either follow wherever feeling and intuition lead. The energies of the day stir compassion within us. This can help defuse stressful conflict, both externally and internally. This can have us reaching out to those around us who are struggling. With the Moon in Sagittarius there is a predominantly Mutable quality to day and things should feel smoother than they did the past couple of days. Just remember to takes things slow and to not be so much in your thoughts and daydreams that you put yourself at physical risk due to distraction at key moments. Duncan de la Montagne The Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio (May 16, 00:14 EDT) takes us deep into our fears, forcing us to face them. Then it takes us even deeper to the root cause of those fears, the shadows of early life experience, our personal trauma history. This is core identity and experience stuff. Ultimately wisdom and transformation await us at the other end, but the journey we take through our darkness
will be draining and exhausting. Revelations regarding our relationship patterns and our attachment style occur now. The late decan 3 Scorpio South Node placement wants us to scrub our life, to remove the residue of betrayals past and present. The square formed with Saturn in Aquarius may spark a strong hunger and desire for revenge. Think twice. The energies are volatile and just as likely to turn that darkness against us now. Visualize a version of you now who is no longer haunted by the past. A version who is liberated and free to live the full of their passion out in the world. Then open yourself to the process of letting go. Duncan de la Montagne |