This Week’s sky - 09/09/24
Carnal-Val
Sep 09 through SEP 15
You can enhance your understanding by applying the Houses these signs and Planets are falling into in your Natal Chart. I am happy to help you with figuring that out, at no cost to you— just shoot me an email!!
From Last Week:
Saturn Opposition Sun: The Sun has moved past the peak of the aspect, but we feel the residual energies. The initial event of some form of obstruction to your solar vibrancy is integrated and the expectations have been shifted accordingly.
This Week:
Mercury enters Virgo: This planet of swiftness makes its way into its Mother Home of Virgo; 2:51 AM EST. Mercury’s feminine expression. Mercury and its signs are impartial, logical. The Greek Myths of Mercury’s signs Gemini and Virgo are stories which equalize the ego; deflating and inflating them accordingly; in a way they are judicious. Virgoan process as the feminine expression is more responsive and passive. We experience loss so that we might truly receive it. We give way to the wills of nature in Virgoan process, learning devotion, healing from the wounds of perfectionism. This function of Mercury operates well now. Become aligned, as the shadow sign Pisces with its water; path of least resistance meets effort and work.
Mars approaches the bends of the Lunar Nodes: Mars entering Cancer immediately makes a strong Square angle (90˚; ±10˚) to the Eclipse points in Aries and Libra. The Eclipse points move in the opposite direction as the planets. So they are moving toward 0˚ of Aries and Libra and will soon enter the signs before them, Pisces and Virgo.
Mars rules Aries and thus creates a strong connection to this particular tension, which although stressful, helps the energies interact, hopefully preventing the situation getting stuck. The messier and more emotionally driven instinctive operation of Mars in Cancer, and the attention to the Cancer House must reconcile with the drive toward Self-assertion, independence and freedom. Consider where you feel a conflict between what you want to protect and what you want to be unhindered from? Then in the Libra House, where are you generally conflict avoidant? The emotional outbursting of Mars in Cancer makes it harder to be demure, socially refined, and proper in the Libran House.
So the final Cardinal sign is Capricorn, a missing energy, a fourth leg to the table. To balance the situation we need to exist in truth and practical decision making. Capricorn knows some Libran values are pretentious but appreciates its tact. Capricorn lives to create that stable space for the emotionally shifting Cancer and will call out victimhood. Capricorn holds Aries to a standard in exchange for feeding off its momentum.
Your responsibilities can ground you in this situation. Though you must be truthful for the outbursting of your desire for some form of freedom will erupt. Should we continue to bottle, these forgotten ambitions become resentment, health complications, and our children’s problems.
There is not the attention of Capricorn here, so we may have to accept the shifting of our structures in order to be brave. Cancer is needy, Mars is impulsive. Allow those energies to come together with only as much decorum as allows you to still be open and honest.
This aspect really hinders on relationships. Sexuality, leadership, politics, home life, infrastructure, and business can all be deeply affected here. Though reviewing your relevant Houses will be good. I’ve added an image below to help. Sagittarius Rising with Cancer 8th house (Transformation), Libra 11th (Social spheres), Aries 5th (Creativity), Capricorn 2nd (Resources); these are called the Succedent Houses, they correlate with the Fixed Signs, and have aims for stability. Kinda tough for y’all honestly, but you’ll keep that optimistic face as usual.
Jupiter Square Sun: This aspect peaks on September 12th, though it has been building. Jupiter’s vivacious hunger for experience and growth, stifled in the objective minded Gemini, imbuing the Sun in finicky Virgo with its optimism. It makes me think of a rocket scientist and a software engineer getting hyped about Science news most people wouldn’t even be able to understand. There is energy here, it’s just not quintessentially hyped. Then, Saturn in Pisces is still there casting delays and obstruction.
On a real note, a tense novel experience in a small situation demands some amount of service from us, due to an obstruction caused by some Piscean matter in which something is missing in the fog, victimized, etc.
Sun opposition Neptune: This aspect begins to build this week. The Retrograde Neptune’s reconsideration of the direction of the collective’s emotional and spiritual development is illuminated and made more consciously aware for this time. We may notice how our artistry reflects our feelings in a big moment. Projection and reflection becomes easier with this kind of light. We will draw inspiration from the energetic exchanges of everyday life. Victims will be called out. This situation will be a rude awakening for the victim; criticizing energy from the Sun in Virgo with Mercury close by. It will be good to consider the Pisces Area of your life and get those ducks in a row.
Uranus Trine Sun: Occurring very close with the Neptune Sun opposition, though the strength of this energy builds a bit faster. Uranus offers its restless and mentally liberating energy to the Sun in a flowing trine. So we feel the energy without tension. Creative genius by way of Earthy matters, like restructuring the use of resources or new pleasures. The expression of the Sun becomes harder to hinder with Uranus in this testimony, and the Virgo energy will feed off of that.
Venus Opposition Chiron: At this time, Venus’ strong harmonizing energy can offer a healing, heartfelt, and receptive space to the healing of Chiron in Aries. Chiron in Aries needs to accept old wounds for trusting instincts, feeling enough, affirmation of the identity, and sexual confidence. There is an opportunity to open up our Aries nature to an accepting space.
This is still a time in which wounds are made vulnerable, and whether that is to a healing or harming environment demands your awareness. Again, Mars in Cancer does not support Martian expression of bravery and decisiveness, but it does promote tenderness and healing. An example, this might look like exploring sexuality with this intention of having to work through emotions in the midst of it.
Mercury Opposition Saturn: This aspect just begins to build this week, and will peak next week. Mercury comes into play in the Mutable T-Square energies that continue over these last few weeks. Though with this aspect, speech becomes more refined, stifled, but our words are efficiently used. A seriousness to the vocal tone precedes. Much of the aspects this week speak to outbursts, creating openness, criticisms, liberating. So by the end of this week and especially next week, the communication may dry out, so do not wait. Mercury here does not mean no communication though. The communication will be out of necessity. We may be a bit colder, hiding heat under our tongue. You may find the more seriously you take your own instincts and emotions the more you suddenly feel qualified to say.
Venus Square Pluto: This aspect builds this week and aids in the opening of the expression. This aspect, which becomes stronger next week, can see that our deeper desires are tempted. This could be greed, arousal, or exposing curiosities.
Jupiter Trine Venus: As Venus moves into the later degrees of Libra it picks up on more energy from Jupiter. This will also imbue a desire for new experiences in smaller contexts, for the sake of Venusian pleasure, possible manners of making money.
*The date ranges reflect the Moon being a majority in the given sign during a 5am-11:59pm EST range. Moon Signs naturally set each other up for a successful procession through life's subtle developments. The Moon functions as a catalyst and distributor of the energies from the other Celestial bodies.
The Moon in Scorpio - Sep 9: The Moon is here for about half the day, and will be opposite Uranus giving some heat and electricity to the emotions. They say speak your mind; this says speak your heart.
The Moon in Sagittarius - Sep 9-11: These days will put a voice in Sagittarius, completing the Mutable T-Square with that Sagittarius energy. The philosophical, domineering, the legislative committee. The pieces may come together for conversation, emotional shift, or spatial shift. The Emotional center seeks optimism and stimulation.
Moon in Capricorn - Sep 11-13: Early in this cycle the Moon will be opposite Capricorn, warranting some inflammation within interpersonal space. This Moon is colder and seeks long-term stability.
Moon in Aquarius - Sep 14-15: The first day will be more idle and not much will get done. Then the Moon will aspect Venus and Jupiter in Air Signs creating much more neurological movement, likely idealizing, and desire for communication.
This week really makes it hard to keeps this down and next week will hardly be different. This week is better for having conversations and next week is better for following up on the plans made; those vocal contracts and voiced opinions. Your experience may be more erotically, ambitiously, or professionally focused. This is a good week to find something to ground your thoughts into. Journaling, creating, or just find someone you can vent to.
