Thursday 2nd February 2023

Lunar pressures are rising as Sunday's Full Moon approaches. With this emotional tides are also ebbing as the Moon in Cancer casts a needful glow on our souls. The Sun in Aquarius is applying in square aspect to Uranus, exact early (GMT) Saturday. Unsettling vibrations ensue. 08.56 The very slowly waxing gibbous Moon at 6 Cancer waxing square Jupiter at 6 Aries 12.15 The Moon at 8 Cancer waxing trine Venus at 8 Pisces 13.18 The Moon at 8 Cancer waxing sextiles her node from north of the equator 18.50 The Sun at 14 Aquarius waning novile Neptune at 24 Pisces 21.51 Venus at 8 Pisces waning sextile the lunar node at 8 Taurus

Friday 3rd February 2023

The Sun is almost square Uranus. The Moon is almost Full. We are almost half way between Solstice and Equinox. All in all a special day is in store. 00.13 The very slowly waxing gibbous(heavily pregnant) Moon at 14 Cancer quincunx The Sun at 14 Aquarius 02.28 The Moon at 15 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 15 Taurus 03.06 Venus at 9 Pisces waxing novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 12.10 The Moon at 20 Cancer opposition Mercury at 20 Capricorn 20.03 The Moon at 24 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 24 Pisces 20.20 Mercury at 20 Capricorn waning decile Saturn at 26 Aquarius

Saturday 4th February 2023

Sun square Uranus

01.10 The Moon at 26 Cancer waxing quincunx Saturn at 26 Aquarius 02.43 The Sun reaches exactly 15 degrees Aquarius. We are at the midway point between the Capricorn Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. In the southern hemisphere high summer is ending. In the north it is the start of the stirring of spring. Seasons they change. 02.51 The Sun at 15 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 15 Taurus 06.20 The Moon at 29 Cancer opposition Pluto at 29 Capricorn, moon void 08.50 The Moon enters Leo 08.57 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 09.12 The Sun at 15 Aquarius waning septile Jupiter at 7 Aries 22.35 The Moon at 7 Leo waxing trine Jupiter at 7 Aries

Sunday 5th February 2023

Full Moon in Leo

Venus square Mars

01.41 The almost Full Moon very slowly waxing at 8 Leo squares her node from north of the ecliptic. 03.29 Venus at 11 Pisces waning square Mars at 11 Gemini 07.36 The Moon at 11 Leo waxing sextile Mars at 11 Gemini 07.59 The Moon at 11 Leo waxing quincunx Venus at 11 Pisces 15.09 The Moon at 15 Leo waxing square Uranus at 15 Taurus 18.29 Moment of FULL MOON

Today's Full Moon is the 3rd Full Moon following the Total Lunar Eclipse at 16 degrees Taurus on November 8th 2022 and also the 3rd Full Moon before a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on 5th-6th May 2023 at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, and trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Today's Full Moon is square Uranus. Venus squares Mars. This is rather a difficult lunation. Today's Full Moon directly hits the Saturn of Israel and Japan, the Mars and Pluto of China, the Pluto of both Koreas, the Mercury of Oman, the Venus of Brazil, the Jupiter of Denmark, the Ascendant of Libya. It also hits King Charles' Pluto, Greta Thornberg's Jupiter, Facebook's Ascendant, Lisa Nandy's Sun, Jeremy Clarkson's Uranus, Stephen King's Saturn and Paul McCartney's Moon.

Monday 6th February 2023

Mercury sextile Neptune.

Caution - Full Moon wake turbulence. Possibly a tricky ride today. A 'finger of fate' yod pattern is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Neptune 07.00 to 09.00. 07.37 The slowly waning full Moon accelerating at 23 Leo quincunx Mercury at 23 Capricorn 08.44 The Moon at 24 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 24 Pisces 14.16 The Moon at 27 Leo opposition Saturn at 27 Aquarius. The Moon is void of course for 7 hours 18.27 Mercury at 24 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 24 Pisces 18.56 The Moon at 29 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 20.33 The Sun at 18 Aquarius waning decile Neptune at 24 Pisces 21.16 The Moon enters Virgo, a new broom sweeps clean and two days of serious attention to detail ensue. STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 17 degrees Aquarius. Saturn is also in Aquarius. Mercury and Pluto are in Capricorn. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 43 days to the Vernal Equinox. We have past the midway point between eclipse seasons. Mercury is now a direct morning star in Capricorn. Mercury is residing in this sign for a steady 67 days. This is essentially a straightforward residence with favourable aspects. His final sextile to Neptune, after recent retrograde motion, is today. Mercury leaves his shadow tomorrow. He is conjunct Pluto at 29 Capricorn on Friday and he finally takes leave of Capricorn on Saturday. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus resides in Pisces as an 'evening star' for a brief 24 days. Venus squared Mars on Feb 5th, we are still in this 'vibration', and she sextiles Uranus on Wednesday of this week, which generates stimulation and sensation. Venus is conjunct Neptune on Feb 15th at 24 degrees Pisces, the highlight of the residence inducing deep love and inspired artistry. Venus sextiles Pluto on Feb 19th, evoking regenerative love experiences. Venus enters Aries on Feb 20th and moves on to conjunct Jupiter in that sign on March 2nd. This is a pleasant residence especially once the rather calamitous Full Moon on Feb 5th with its accompanying Venus square Mars is over. Mars entered Gemini on Aug 20th 2022 and is now direct after recent retrograde motion. Mercury trines Mars on Feb 22nd. Venus sextiles Mars on March 11th, Mars squares Neptune for the 3rd time on March 14th. Mars leaves his shadow on March 15th. The Sun squares Mars on March 16th, Mercury squares Mars on March 17th, Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer on 25th March 2023, after this very long residence. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is now direct in Aquarius. Saturn leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces on March 7th 2023. This ingress is very close now. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is direct at 28 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto is headed for his first foray into Aquarius which occurs on March 23rd 2023. This will be the start a welcome major trend ahead of us. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witness Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future next year. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The American Annular eclipse will be an appetizer for the spectacle of a total solar eclipse crossing the United States just 177 days later on April 8, 2024 and conjunct the USA Chiron. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 7th February 2023

'Full Moon Wake Turbulence' following a difficult Full Moon. We now stand aghast and dismayed by the calamity and suffering brought on by a terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria which occurred just 8 hours after the exact moment of Full Moon. Sunday's Full Moon chart relocated to the earthquake's epicentre does not indicate disaster, nor does the previous New Moon Chart (Jan 2023), nor the Winter Solstice Dec 2023. However the chart of the next Lunar Eclipse on April 6th 2023 does have Uranus rising at the epicentre. There is a strong connection between last November's Lunar Eclipse and the earthquake. The following is from Marjorie Orr. A massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake and a string of aftershocks have killed hundreds, possibly thousands, and caused catastrophic damage in south-east Turkey and Syria. Only three earthquakes of magnitude 6 or larger have occurred in the area since 1970. This one set off a string of tsunami warnings across the Mediterranean, from Greece to Italy, where people have been warned to stay away from coastal areas. The epicenter region is home to millions of refugees and displaced persons, many of whom live in tents and makeshift structures. On the Syrian side of the border, there are more than 4 million people displaced by the civil war. The quake occurred just a few hours after the Leo Full Moon square Uranus which is significant since it triggered and repeated positions of the recent Lunar Eclipse chart of 8 November 2022. The Eclipse had a Taurus Full Moon conjunct Uranus with Saturn square-so it was an indication of turbulence ahead. Located to Maras, Turkey, the epicentre, the quake chart puts Saturn on the Eclipse Ascendant and Mars on the Eclipse IC-planets on the axis are always deemed to be indicators of major events. And it sparked off other Eclipse positions as well. Often Eclipse charts 'produce' effects or rather point to their timing months after the Eclipse date. Later New and Full Moons can be a trigger. Lunar Eclipses are often more descriptive than Solar Eclipses. The recent Lunar Eclipse of Taurus Moon Uranus opposition Sun square Saturn also rattled up the Venus in Scorpio on the Turkey chart for an emotionally upsetting time. Today- 06.22 Venus at 14 Pisces waxing semi-square Pluto at 29 Capricorn 11.52 The slowly waning full Moon accelerating at 7 Virgo waxing quincunx Jupiter at 7 Aries 13.40 The Moon at 8 Virgo trines her node from north of the ecliptic. A mutable T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Mars 21.00 to 04.00 21.06 The Moon at 12 Virgo waxing square Mars at 12 Gemini Venus sextiles Uranus tonight (exact early tomorrow GMT) administering some loving comfort.

Wednesday 8th February 2023

Venus sextile Uranus

It's time to really push ahead with new projects now. All the planets are direct. Jupiter is trail blazing through Aries and Mercury is in new territory. Project yourself with impunity, and today with diligence and practicality. 01.08 Mercury, now out of his shadow after recent retrograde motion, at 25 Capricorn waning quintile Jupiter at 7 Aries 03.02 The waning full Moon accelerating at 15 Virgo opposition Venus at 15 Pisces 03.17 The Moon at 15 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 15 Taurus 05.30 Venus at 15 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 15 Taurus 11.59 The Moon at 19 Virgo waning quincunx The Sun at 19 Aquarius 20.41 The Moon at 24 Virgo opposition Neptune at 24 Pisces

Thursday 9th February 2023

The dominant planetary aspect now forming in the sky is Mercury conjunct Pluto at 29 degrees Capricorn which peaks tomorrow. There is some very deep and usefully realistic thinking associated with this one. Real problem solving brain work is to the fore. 02.31 The waning full Moon accelerating at 27 Virgo waning trine Mercury at 27 Capricorn 02.32 The Moon at 27 Virgo waning quincunx Saturn at 27 Aquarius 02.49 Mercury at 27 Capricorn waning semi-sextile Saturn at 27 Aquarius 06.41 The Moon at 29 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.1 hours 07.21 Mercury at 27 Capricorn waning tri-decile Uranus at 15 Taurus 08.48 The Moon enters Libra 13.23 Mercury at 27 Capricorn waning sesuiquadrate Mars at 12 Gemini 20.08 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase

Friday 10th February 2023

Mercury conjunct Pluto

Serious, penetrating realistic thinking with Mercury conjunct Pluto today. A delicate balancing act. The Sun is in 'free' Aquarius. The Moon in 'fancy' Libra. So 'Fancy Free' combined with purposeful thinking. Next Wednesday Venus and Neptune align within 0.01 degrees in Pisces. This is the tightest planetary conjunction in 2023. Full bloom sensitivity and love impression. 00.03 The disseminating Moon accelerating at 8 Libra opposition Jupiter at 8 Aries 09.26 The Moon at 13 Libra waxing trine Mars at 13 Gemini A weak 'finger of fate' yod is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Uranus 14.00 to 20.30 14.09 The Moon at 15 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 15 Taurus 17.16 Mercury conjunction Pluto at 29 Capricorn 20.19 The Moon at 18 Libra waning quincunx Venus at 18 Pisces

Saturday 11th February 2023

03.39 The accelerating disseminating Moon at 22 Libra waning trine The Sun at 22 Aquarius 07.05 The Moon at 24 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 24 Pisces 11.24 Mercury enters Aquarius as a 'Morning Star', joining the Sun and Saturn in this sign. He resides here for just 19 days. Mercury sextiles Jupiter on Feb 18th, with great positivism and future looking optimism. He squares Uranus on Feb 21st, a shock to the system, just after the Pisces New Moon. Mercury trines Mars on Feb 22nd, mind and muscle in sync. Mercury is conjunct Saturn at 29 Aquarius on March 2nd, the same day as Venus conjunct Jupiter, something of a red letter day. Mercury leaves Aquarius for Pisces on that same day. This residence is clear and refreshing. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023 13.08 The Moon at 27 Libra waning trine Saturn at 27 Aquarius 16.42 The Moon at 29 Libra waning square Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for just under 2 hours. 18.36 The Moon enters Scorpio 19.27 The Moon at zero Scorpio waning square Mercury at zero Aquarius

Sunday 12th February 2023

Venus and Neptune in Pisces are approaching an almost exact alignment on Wednesday. Something deeply mystical, subtle and subliminal is building up. This is the next astrological event, a good one for artistic creation. The Moon today is accelerating towards her (fixed) last quarter phase. We have a couple of days with 5 bodies in Fixed signs, this means 'little give', folks standing their ground with minds made up. Intransigence. 06.50 The Sun at 23 Aquarius waning semi-square Jupiter at 8 Aries 09.29 The Moon at 8 Scorpio opposition her node at 8 Taurus 10.07 The Moon at 8 Scorpio waning quincunx Jupiter at 8 Aries 12.31 Venus at 20 Pisces waxing septile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 19.28 The Moon at 13 Scorpio waxing quincunx Mars at 13 Gemini 22.43 The Moon at 15 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 15 Taurus 23.37 The Sun at 24 Aquarius waning semi-sextile Neptune at 24 Pisces

Monday 13th February 2023

Last quarter moon Monday. Crisis in consciousness. Fixity dominates. A 'love drenched' Venus applies to Neptune over the next 3 days. The Sun enters Pisces next Saturday. The New Moon in Pisces is next Monday. 02.49 Mercury at 2 Aquarius waning bi-septile Uranus at 15 Taurus 07.42 Mercury at 3 Aquarius waning septile Neptune at 24 Pisces 10.17 The accelerating waning Moon at 21 Scorpio trine Venus at 21 Pisces 14.49 The Moon at 24 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 24 Pisces 16.01 The Moon at Last Quarter 20.54 The Moon at 27 Scorpio waning square Saturn at 27 Aquarius 23.53 The Moon at 29 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.7 hours. STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 25 degrees Aquarius. The Sun enters Pisces on Saturday. The Moon is New in that sign one week today. Mercury and Saturn are also in Aquarius. Venus and Neptune are in Pisces approaching an almost exact alignment on Wednesday. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 35 days to the Vernal Equinox. We have past the midway point between eclipse seasons. Mercury is now a direct morning star with the Sun and Saturn in Aquarius. He resides here for just 19 days. Mercury sextiles Jupiter on Feb 18th, with great positivism and future proof optimism. He squares Uranus on Feb 21st, a shock to the system, just after the Pisces New Moon. Mercury trines Mars on Feb 22nd, mind and muscle in sync. Mercury is conjunct Saturn at 29 Aquarius on March 2nd, the same day as venus conjunct Jupiter, something of a red letter day. Mercury leaves Aquarius for Pisces on that same day. This residence is clear and refreshing. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus resides in Pisces as an 'evening star' for a brief 24 days. Venus is conjunct Neptune on Feb 15th at 24 degrees Pisces, the highlight of the residence inducing deep love and inspired artistry. Venus sextiles Pluto on Feb 19th, evoking regenerative love experiences. Venus enters Aries on Feb 20th and moves on to conjunct Jupiter in that sign on March 2nd. Mars entered Gemini on Aug 20th 2022 and is now direct after recent retrograde motion. Mercury trines Mars on Feb 22nd. Venus sextiles Mars on March 11th, Mars squares Neptune for the 3rd time on March 14th. Mars leaves his shadow on March 15th. The Sun squares Mars on March 16th, Mercury squares Mars on March 17th, Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer on 25th March 2023, after this very long residence. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Aquarius. Saturn leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces on March 7th 2023. This ingress is very close now. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is direct at 28 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto is headed for his first foray into Aquarius which occurs on March 23rd 2023. This will be the start a welcome major trend ahead of us. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witness Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future next year. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The American Annular eclipse will be an appetizer for the spectacle of a total solar eclipse crossing the United States just 177 days later on April 8, 2024 and conjunct the USA Chiron. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 14th February 2023

The static inertia of the last couple of days now gives way to racier prospects. Venus is moving to an alignment with Neptune tomorrow. Steamy eventualities over the next couple of days.. 01.33 The fast and accelerating last quarter Moon enters Sagittarius 03.28 The Sun at 25 Aquarius waning bi-novile Uranus at 15 Taurus 08.40 The Moon at 4 Sagittarius waning sextile Mercury at 4 Aquarius 16.57 The Moon at 9 Sagittarius waning trine Jupiter at 9 Aries

Wednesday 15th February 2023

Venus aligns to Neptune

Although Venus aligning to Neptune is the main 'astro event' today. Mars too is having a busy day. He opposes the Moon and makes a variety of minor aspects to Neptune, the Sun, and Pluto. An auspicious day may be in store. Monitor your own story. Catch the world news. See how 'what is above' corresponds to 'what is below'. On Earth as it is in Heaven. 00.08 Mars at 14 Gemini waxing bi-novile Neptune at 24 Pisces 01.01 The Sun at 26 Aquarius waning tri-decile Mars at 14 Gemini 02.07 The Moon at 14 Sagittarius opposition Mars at 14 Gemini During these hours the Moon, her Node and the Sun occupy 3 points of a pentagon. Heart, soul and powerful destiny. 04.00 The Moon at 15 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 15 Taurus 04.10 Mars at 14 Gemini waxing sesuiquadrate Pluto at 29 Capricorn 06.16 Venus at 24 Pisces waning septile Uranus at 15 Taurus 12.26 Venus conjunction Neptune at 24 Pisces 12.26 Closest conjunction of Venus and Neptune 0.01 degrees. Closest planetary conjunction all year. 16.19 Venus at 24 Pisces waning bi-novile Mars at 14 Gemini 19.07 The Moon at 24 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 24 Pisces 19.43 The Moon at 24 Sagittarius waning square Venus at 24 Pisces

Thursday 16th February 2023

Sun conjunct Saturn.

00.04 The rapidly waning Moon at 27 Sagittarius sextile The Sun at 27 Aquarius 01.06 The Moon at 28 Sagittarius waning sextile Saturn at 28 Aquarius. The Moon is void of course for just under 4 hours. 05.01 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign. 16.49 The Sun conjunction Saturn at 28 Aquarius 17.45 The Moon at 8 Capricorn trines her node from south of the ecliptic 18.40 Jupiter at 9 Aries waning decile Uranus at 15 TaurusThe Jupiter Uranus cycle is all about consciousness expansion. In the 13 year synodic cycle of these 2 planets the current cycle started in 2010-2011 in Pisces and ends on the 21st April 2024 in Taurus,(just 2 weeks after the American Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th 2024). The opposition occurred in 2016-2017. Today's single, rapidly passing, waning decile aspect symbolises 'a seed amid the harvest of the closing cycle' and carries the potential continuation of realized qualities and opportunities. This is 'another chance for the redemption of past shortcomings'and it is 'the ultimate creative activity' of this Jupiter/Uranus consciousness expanding cycle. A good one. 20.11 The Moon at 9 Capricorn waning square Jupiter at 9 Aries 21.36 Mercury at 8 Aquarius waning square the lunar node at 8 Taurus

Friday 17th February 2023

Today is last full day of the astrological month of Aquarius. The Sun enters Pisces tomorrow. 02.35 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase The procession to Monday's Super New Moon in Pisces now starts in earnest. 05.13 The rapidly waning Moon accelerating at 15 Capricorn waning quincunx Mars at 15 Gemini 05.56 The Moon at 15 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 15 Taurus 20.16 The Moon at 24 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 24 Pisces 20.48 Mercury at 9 Aquarius waning semi-square Neptune at 24 Pisces

Saturday 18th February 2023

Mercury sextile Jupiter

 

Old Moon weekend ahead. Most of Saturday sees the Sun and Moon with Mercury and Saturn all in Aquarius. There is very much a 'wait and see' flavour in the atmosphere. The Sun slips unnoticed into Pisces at the end of the GMT day. 01.07 The very rapidly waning balsamic Moon at 27 Capricorn sextile Venus at 27 Pisces 02.14 Mercury at 9 Aquarius waning sextile Jupiter at 9 Aries 03.23 The Sun at 29 Aquarius waxing semi-sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 04.18 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void for 1.3 hours 05.36 The Moon enters Aquarius joining the Sun, Mercury and Saturn in this sign 12.34 The Sun at 30 Aquarius waning novile Jupiter at 10 Aries 14.51 Mars at 15 Gemini waxing semi-sextile Uranus at 15 Taurus 16.32 Venus at 28 Pisces waxing semi-sextile Saturn at 28 Aquarius 17.39 The Moon at 8 Aquarius squares her node from south of the ecliptic. 20.52 The Moon at 10 Aquarius waning sextile Jupiter at 10 Aries 22.36 The Sun enters Pisces, joining Venus and Neptune in this sign, and a new astrological month begins. During this month the most significant astrological event is Saturn leaving Aquarius and entering Pisces (March 7th 2023).

22.36 The Moon conjunction Mercury at 11 Aquarius

Sunday 19th February 2023

Venus sextile Pluto

This is the day before the Super New Moon in Pisces. Venus sextile Pluto graces the day and human relationships with strength and intimacy. 05.42 The very fast ancient Moon at 15 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 15 Taurus 06.02 The Moon at 15 Aquarius waning trine Mars at 15 Gemini 09.07 Moon at perigee. Closest to the Earth all month and fastest moving. 17.05 Venus at 29 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn

Monday 20th February 2023

Super New Moon in Pisces.

The Moon, Saturn and the Sun form a triplet on the Aquarius/Pisces cusp. 02.01 The Moon at 28 Aquarius conjunction Saturn at 28 Aquarius. The Moon is void of course for nearly 3 hours. 04.58 The Moon enters Pisces joining Neptune in this sign. 07.07 Moment of NEW MOON

The New Moon separating from Saturn is quintile Uranus and makes a very wide applying square to Mars. It smacks of tribulations passed and an inspired opportunity for service and sacrifice ahead. Today's New Moon is the 4th New Moon following the Partial Solar Eclipse at 2 degrees Scorpio on October 25th 2022 and the penultimate New Moon before a Hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th 2023 at 30 Aries. At this time Venus sextiles Pluto, Mercury squares Uranus, but sextiles Jupiter and trines Mars. Water and Mutability predominate. All is in flux with this lunation, submission to a greater power, adaptability and faith are strongly woven into the time. Today's New Moon hits the the UK's Pluto, Japan's Mercury, Bosnia's Moon, Kim Un Power Transfer Moon, Bit Coin's Venus, Texas' Uranus, Saudi's Venus and Chile's Ascendant. It opposes Ukraine's Sun and Poland's Sun. It also hits Kamala Harris' MC, Prince Andrew's Sun, Rhianna's Sun, the UK Premier (Football) League's Sun, Nigel Farage's Saturn. It opposes Donald Trump's Ascendant, Rishi Sunak's Mars and Jupiter, Keir Starmer's Uranus, and E.Macron's Saturn. At the moment of New Moon the Sun, Mercury and Saturn rise over the UK. With the New Moon hitting the UK Pluto and hits to Sunak and Starmer it maybe that the UK is starred for important events this month. The Moon is rising over Western Europe. Mars rises at Moscow and at Kabul. The lunar Node rises at Kiev, Jupiter rises at Budapest, Neptune rises at Munich and Copenhagen, Pluto sets at Beijing, the Sun and Moon culminate at New Delhi, the Sun and Saturn set over North island New Zealand where Mars culminates. This is very interesting New Moon. 07.57 Venus enters Aries joining Jupiter, and Chiron in this sign. 13.43 Venus at zero Aries waning semi-square Uranus at 15 Taurus 16.52 The Moon at 8 Pisces waning sextile the lunar node at 8 Taurus

STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 2 degrees Pisces. The Moon and Neptune are also in Pisces. Mercury and Saturn are in Aquarius. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 28 days to the Vernal Equinox. We have past the midway point between eclipse seasons and we are 58 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar Eclipse. Mercury is a direct morning star with the Sun and Saturn in Aquarius. He resides here for just 19 days. Mercury squares Uranus tomorrow, a shock to the system. Mercury trines Mars on Feb 22nd, mind and muscle in sync. Mercury is conjunct Saturn at 29 Aquarius on March 2nd, the same day as Venus conjuncts Jupiter, something of a red letter day. Mercury leaves Aquarius for Pisces on that same day. This residence is clear and refreshing. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus enters Aries today Feb 20th as an 'evening star' and moves on to conjunct Jupiter in that sign on March 2nd. Mars entered Gemini on Aug 20th 2022 and is now direct after recent retrograde motion. Mercury trines Mars on Wednesday. Venus sextiles Mars on March 11th, Mars squares Neptune for the 3rd time on March 14th. Mars leaves his shadow on March 15th. The Sun squares Mars on March 16th, Mercury squares Mars on March 17th, Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer on 25th March 2023, after this very long residence. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Aquarius. Saturn leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces on March 7th 2023. This ingress is very close now. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is direct at 28 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto is headed for his first foray into Aquarius which occurs on March 23rd 2023. This will be the start a welcome major trend ahead of us. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witness Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future next year. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The American Annular eclipse will be an appetizer for the spectacle of a total solar eclipse crossing the United States just 177 days later on April 8, 2024 and conjunct the USA Chiron. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 21st February 2023

Mercury square Uranus

Venus in now in Aries for a brief 24 days as a bright evening 'star' joining Jupiter and Chiron in this sign. Venus is conjunct Jupiter on March 2nd, the highlight of the residence, symbolic of a wealth of trail blazing affection and ardor. Venus is conjunct Chiron on March 3rd, one to watch-the healing feeling, and she sextiles Mars on March 11th, passionate and fun loving. Venus squares Pluto on March 16th, verging on the wanton. Venus enters Taurus on that same day March 16th. Venus in Aries can be a lot of fun. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper. Today could have an unsettling twist at the end of it(GMT) as Mercury squares Uranus. 05.20 The baby new Moon at 15 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 15 Taurus 05.56 Mercury at 14 Aquarius waning novile Neptune at 24 Pisces 06.44 The Moon at 16 Pisces waning square Mars at 16 Gemini 17.38 Mars at 16 Gemini waxing tri-decile Saturn at 28 Aquarius 19.53 The Moon at 24 Pisces conjunction Neptune at 24 Pisces 22.23 Mercury at 15 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 15 Taurus

Wednesday 22nd February 2023

The child Moon conjuncts Venus and Jupiter in Aries.

Mercury trine Mars

Motivation and infectious urgency take hold of our spirits for the next two days. A surge of Aries energy arises and Mercury and Mars are in harmonious aspect. Mind and muscle working together. We are 8 days from the simultaneous conjunctions of Venus and Jupiter in Aries and Mercury and Saturn in Aquarius. Thursday March 2nd is the day set for this cosmic tasty treat. 04.06 The fast young Moon decelerating at 29 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.1 hours 05.15 The Moon enters Aries joining Venus, Chiron and Jupiter in this sign. 06.01 The Sun at 3 Pisces waning quintile Uranus at 15 Taurus 09.26 The Moon conjunction Venus at 3 Aries 18.46 The Sun at 4 Pisces waning bi-septile Mars at 17 Gemini 20.14 Mercury at 17 Aquarius waning trine Mars at 17 Gemini 22.49 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 11 Aries

Thursday 23rd February 2023

The young fast moving Moon, Venus and Jupiter are all in Aries for the 2nd day . A refreshing astrological atmosphere of urgency, vibrancy and optimism prevails. 09.45 The Moon decelerating at 17 Aries waning sextile Mars at 17 Gemini 11.04 The Moon at 18 Aries waxing sextile Mercury at 18 Aquarius 13.42 The Sun at 5 Pisces waning decile Jupiter at 11 Aries 14.28 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase 20.49 Mercury at 18 Aquarius waning decile Neptune at 24 Pisces

Friday 24th February 2023

The waxing crescent Taurus Moon reveals to us a steadier softer astrological atmosphere over most of the following weekend, in keen contrast to the pugnacious nature of the past two days. Bright evening star Venus is now 5 degrees from Jupiter in Aries. Morning star Mercury is some 9 degrees from Saturn in Aquarius. Lavish trail blazing affection and Both conjunctions occur next Thursday March 2nd, something of a red letter day. 02.23 Venus at 5 Aries waxing decile Saturn at 29 Aquarius 06.06 The 'nursery rhyme Moon, (the one the cow jumped over), decelerating at 29 Aries waxing sextile Saturn at 29 Aquarius 06.22 The Sun at 5 Pisces waxing decile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 07.23 The Moon at 29 Aries waxing square Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 68 mins. 08.31 The Moon enters Taurus joining Uranus in this sign. Steady as she goes. 13.20 Mercury at 19 Aquarius waning septile Jupiter at 11 Aries 17.29 Venus at 5 Aries waning novile Uranus at 15 Taurus 18.50 Venus at 5 Aries waning quintile Mars at 17 Gemini 19.02 The Moon at 6 Taurus waxing sextile The Sun at 6 Pisces 21.34 The Moon conjunction her ascending node at 7 Taurus

Saturday 25th February 2023

The waxing crescent Moon decelerating in Taurus aligns to Uranus today. 11.43 Closest conjunction of the Moon and Uranus 0.09 degrees 12.25 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 15 Taurus This is the last of 15 consecutive monthly lunar occultations of Uranus. The next set of these Uranus lunar occultations starts on Sept 2nd 2029.

Sunday 26th February 2023

00.16 The waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 22 Taurus waxing square Mercury at 22 Aquarius 02.51 The Sun at 7 Pisces waning sextile the lunar node at 7 Taurus 05.16 The Moon at 24 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 24 Pisces 11.13 Mercury at 23 Aquarius waning semi-square Venus at 8 Aries 13.46 The Moon at 29 Taurus waxing square Saturn at 29 Aquarius 14.43 The Moon at 29 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for just over an hour. 15.49 The Moon enters Gemini joining Mars in this sign. 16.12 The Sun at 8 Pisces waning semi-sextile Venus at 8 Aries

Monday 27th February 2023

This coming week is all about Venus conjunct Jupiter in Aries. You'll be able to see the planets approaching each other with the naked eye every evening for the next week with an optimal view on Wednesday evening March 1st, when Jupiter and Venus will appear closest to each other. The planets will appear to join together on Wednesday at 6.45 pm local time. Jupiter will be blazing twice as bright as Sirius. Venus will gleam six times brighter than Jupiter. 02.14 Jupiter at 11 Aries waxing quintile Pluto at 29 Capricorn The current 13 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Pluto, symbolising 'power plays' started on Nov 12th 2020 in Capricorn. At that time we witnessed a worldwide rampant and escalating covid-19 virus, the appearance of vaccines and the US president refusing to concede electoral defeat. Today's single waxing quintile aspect gives an element of the capacity for bringing new manifestation of 'power shifts' into this current cycle. The cycle reaches it first quarter square phase in May 2023 (after the binovile aspect in early April), climaxes with the opposition across Leo/Aquarius in July 2026 and ends in Feb 2033 in Aquarius. The Jupiter Pluto cycle represents 'big time power shifts'. 08.06 The 'busy buzzy chatty' decelerating Moon in Gemini is at First Quarter 08.25 The Moon at 9 Gemini waxing sextile Venus at 9 Aries 14.08 The Moon at 12 Gemini waxing sextile Jupiter at 12 Aries 16.03 Mercury at 25 Aquarius waning semi-sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces 17.12 Venus at 9 Aries waxing novile Saturn at 29 Aquarius STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 9 degrees Pisces. Neptune is also in Pisces. Venus and Jupiter are closing in Aries. Mercury and Saturn are closing in Aquarius. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). We are 3 days from the simultaneous conjunctions of Venus and Jupiter in Aries and Mercury and Saturn in Aquarius. Thursday March 2nd is the day set for this cosmic tasty treat. There are 21 days to the Vernal Equinox. We have past the midway point between eclipse seasons and we are 51 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar Eclipse. Mercury is a direct morning star with the Sun and Saturn in Aquarius. He resides here for just 19 days. Mercury is conjunct Saturn at 29 Aquarius on Thursday March 2nd, the same day as Venus conjuncts Jupiter, something of a red letter day. Mercury leaves Aquarius for Pisces on that same day. This residence is clear and refreshing. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus in now in Aries for a brief 24 days as a bright evening 'star' with Jupiter and Chiron in this sign. Venus is conjunct Jupiter on Thursday March 2nd, the highlight of the residence, symbolic of a wealth of trail blazing affection and ardor. Venus is conjunct Chiron on March 3rd, one to watch-the healing feeling, and she sextiles Mars on March 11th, passionate and fun loving. Venus squares Pluto on March 16th, verging on the wanton. Venus enters Taurus on that same day March 16th. Venus in Aries can be a lot of fun. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper. Mars entered Gemini on Aug 20th 2022 and is now direct after recent retrograde motion. Venus sextiles Mars on March 11th, Mars squares Neptune for the 3rd time on March 14th. Mars leaves his shadow on March 15th. The Sun squares Mars on March 16th, Mercury squares Mars on March 17th, Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer on 25th March 2023, after this very long residence. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Aquarius. Saturn leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces on March 7th 2023. This ingress is very close now. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is direct at 28 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto is headed for his first foray into Aquarius which occurs on March 23rd 2023. This will be the start a welcome major trend ahead of us. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witness Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future next year. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The American Annular eclipse will be an appetizer for the spectacle of a total solar eclipse crossing the United States just 177 days later on April 8, 2024 and conjunct the USA Chiron. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 28th February 2023

01.43 Venus at 10 Aries waning decile Uranus at 16 Taurus 04.21 The Moon conjunction Mars at 19 Gemini The Moon and Mars are quintile Venus and Jupiter, quintile Pluto 04.59 Closest conjunction of the Moon and Mars zero degrees This is a lunar occultation of Mars. (4 such events in 2023 Jan, Feb, Oct and Nov.) 06.39 Mercury at 26 Aquarius waning bi-novile Uranus at 16 Taurus 08.28 The Sun at 9 Pisces waxing novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 15.46 The Moon at 25 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 25 Pisces 19.28 The Moon at 26 Gemini waxing trine Mercury at 26 Aquarius

Wednesday 1st March 2023

Today starts with the slowly waxing Moon entering Cancer trine a Mercury Saturn conjunction at the end of Aquarius. Jupiter quintiles Pluto. Special times are at hand. The month ahead is astrologically very significant with Saturn making his ingress into Pisces on March 7th and Pluto making his first 'exploratory foray' into Aquarius on March 23rd. 01.08 The Moon at 29 Gemini waxing trine Saturn at 29 Aquarius. The Moon is void of course for nearly 1.5 hours 01.40 The Moon at 29 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 02.40 Mercury at 27 Aquarius waning semi-square Jupiter at 12 Aries 02.42 The Moon enters Cancer setting an emotional backdrop to the next couple of days. 16.50 The Moon at 7 Cancer sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic. 17.11 Venus at 12 Aries waxing quintile Pluto at 30 Capricorn All is now set for tomorrow's two simultaneous planetary conjunctions

Thursday 2nd March 2023

Venus conjunct Jupiter. Mercury conjunct Saturn

The Moon squares the Venus Jupiter conjunction. Mercury conjunct Saturn. Potential red letter day 01.11 The Moon at 11 Cancer waxing trine The Sun at 11 Pisces 02.51 The Moon at 12 Cancer waxing square Venus at 12 Aries 03.05 The Moon at 12 Cancer waxing square Jupiter at 12 Aries 05.05 Closest conjunction of Venus and Jupiter 0.48 degrees 05.37 Venus conjunction Jupiter at 12 Aries 10.04 The Moon at 16 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 16 Taurus 14.35 Mercury conjunction Saturn at 29 Aquarius 16.22 Mercury at 30 Aquarius waxing semi-sextile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 22.54 Mercury enters Pisces as a fast moving morning star joining the Sun and Neptune in this sign. He resides in this sign for a brief and soulful 17 days. Mercury sextiles Uranus on March 11th, with positive communications. He is conjunct Neptune at 25 Pisces, on March 16th, a dive to the depths of imagination and inspiration. He squares Mars on March 17th and then 6 hours later on that same day is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun at 27 degrees Pisces. Both Mercury and the Sun are dangerously square Mars at that time. Two days later on March 19th and now an evening star, Mercury sextiles Pluto, with insight and wisdom, and within 2 hours leaves Pisces for Aries. This residence is a rapidly changing pantomime of emotional intelligence. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023.

Friday 3rd March 2023

04.24 The very slowly waxing and decelerating Moon at 25 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 05.40 The Sun at 12 Pisces waning semi-sextile Jupiter at 12 Aries 10.21 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase The procession to next Tuesday's Full Moon now starts in earnest. 14.19 The Moon at 30 Cancer waxing quincunx Saturn at 30 Aquarius 14.23 The Moon at 30 Cancer opposition Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for just under an hour. 15.17 The Moon enters Leo 18.02 The Moon at 1 Leo waxing quincunx Mercury at 1 Pisces 18.02 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 22.25 Saturn at 30 Aquarius waxing semi-sextile Pluto at 30 Capricorn The Saturn Pluto cycle correlates with the transformation of power structures, economic contraction, natural disasters, epidemics, and war. The cycle lasts 33-38 years. The current cycle started in late Capricorn on 12th Jan 2020. Today's waxing semisquare is the first since then. This is a single hit. Emerging from a condition of almost pure potentiality, the 'seed of future power changes' stirs.

Saturday 4th March 2023

The burgeoning Leo Moon guarantees us a weekend geared to recreation and creativity. 05.15 The very slowly waxing gibbous Moon at 7 Leo squares her node from north of the ecliptic 06.01 Venus at 15 Aries waxing semi-square Saturn at 30 Aquarius 09.45 Mercury at 2 Pisces waning tri-decile Mars at 20 Gemini 12.04 Mercury at 3 Pisces waning novile Jupiter at 13 Aries 16.57 The Moon at 13 Leo waxing trine Jupiter at 13 Aries 19.28 The Moon at 14 Leo waxing quincunx The Sun at 14 Pisces 22.28 The Moon at 15 Leo waxing trine Venus at 15 Aries 22.54 The Moon at 16 Leo waxing square Uranus at 16 Taurus

Sunday 5th March 2023

01.57 Mercury at 4 Pisces waning quintile Uranus at 16 Taurus 02.47 Venus at 16 Aries waning semi-sextile Uranus at 16 Taurus 09.27 The very slowly waxing gibbous Moon slowly accelerating at 21 Leo waxing sextile Mars at 21 Gemini. 11.15 The Sun at 15 Pisces waxing semi-square Pluto at 30 Capricorn 17.07 The Moon at 25 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces

Monday 6th March 2023

Sun sextile Uranus.

A practical 'busy bee' day is in store today. Much to make and mend and much 'splitting of hair' and fussiness. Flashes of discovery are probable with the Sun sextile Uranus. Lunar pressures are rising- rather full on. The moment of Full Moon is 12.42 GMT Tuesday at 17 degrees Virgo. (It will be separating trine Uranus and applying square to Mars). Always a tense one the Virgo Full Moon-this one pushes for room and movement. It chooses and refuses. Best not to be at the receiving end. 02.54 The Moon at 30 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 30 Capricorn 03.19 The Moon at 30 Leo opposition Saturn at 30 Aquarius. The Moon is void of course for 21 mins. 03.40 The Moon enters Virgo 04.55 Mercury at 6 Pisces waxing decile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 13.42 The Sun at 16 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 16 Taurus 16.33 The Moon at 6 Virgo opposition Mercury at 6 Pisces 17.08 The Moon at 7 Virgo waxing trine the lunar node at 7 Taurus 20.27 Mercury at 7 Pisces waning sextile the lunar node at 7 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 16 degrees Pisces. Mercury and Neptune are also in Pisces. Venus and Jupiter are now separating in Aries. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 14 days to the Vernal Equinox. We have past the midway point between eclipse seasons and we are 44 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar Eclipse. The Full Moon in Virgo is tomorrow. Mercury is a direct morning star in Pisces with the Sun and Neptune in this sign. He resides in this sign for a brief and soulful 17 days. Mercury sextiles Uranus on March 11th, with positive communications. He is conjunct Neptune at 25 Pisces, on March 16th, a dive to the depths of imagination and inspiration. He squares Mars on March 17th and then 6 hours later on that same day is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun at 27 degrees Pisces. Both Mercury and the Sun are dangerously square Mars at that time. Two days later on March 19th and now an evening star, Mercury sextiles Pluto, with insight and wisdom, and within 2 hours leaves Pisces for Aries. This residence is a rapidly changing pantomime of emotional intelligence. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus in now in Aries for a brief 24 days as a bright evening 'star' with Jupiter and Chiron in this sign. Venus sextiles Mars on March 11th, passionate and fun loving. Venus squares Pluto on March 16th, verging on the wanton. Venus enters Taurus on that same day March 16th. Venus in Aries can be a lot of fun. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper. Mars entered Gemini on Aug 20th 2022 and is now direct after recent retrograde motion. Venus sextiles Mars on March 11th, Mars squares Neptune for the 3rd time on March 14th. Mars leaves his shadow on March 15th. The Sun squares Mars on March 16th, Mercury squares Mars on March 17th, Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer on 25th March 2023, after this very long residence. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Aquarius. Saturn leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces tomorrow. (see above). Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is direct at 29 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto is headed for his first foray into Aquarius which occurs on March 23rd 2023. This will be the start a welcome major trend ahead of us. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witness Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future next year. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The American Annular eclipse will be an appetizer for the spectacle of a total solar eclipse crossing the United States just 177 days later on April 8, 2024 and conjunct the USA Chiron. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 7th March 2023

Saturn enters Pisces

Full Moon in Virgo

An auspicious day. Saturn enters Pisces as the Full Moon climaxes.

03.01 Morning star Mercury at 7 Pisces waning decile Jupiter at 13 Aries 06.01 The almost Full Moon at 13 Virgo waxing quincunx Jupiter at 13 Aries 09.19 Mars at 22 Gemini waxing decile Uranus at 16 Taurus 10.52 The Moon at 16 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 16 Taurus 12.42 Moment of FULL MOON
The Full Moon is trine Uranus and applies square to Mars. Mars squares Neptune. Venus sextiles Mars. The Moon and the Sun align to the Mercury/Neptune midpoint. Today's Full Moon is the 4th Full Moon following the Total Lunar Eclipse at 16 degrees Taurus on November 8th 2022 and the penultimate Full Moon before a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on 5th-6th May 2023 at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, and trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. At this time mutable Earth and Water predominate. This Virgo Full Moon is characteristically tense, practical, but can't see the wood for the trees, and is over-critical. It offers opportunity for constructive and realistic change, but there is the possible manifestation of 'pushes for room and movement' as the Moon applies square to Mars. It chooses and refuses. Best not to be at the receiving end, dot the i's cross the t's, check the small print. This Full Moon hits the Sun of North Korea, the Sun, Uranus and Pluto of Bashar Assad, the Moon of the Phillipines, the Venus and Pluto of Kamala Harris, the Saturn of Northern Ireland, the Saturn of England (1066 chart), the Uranus and Pluto of Dmitry Medvedev, UK DJ Chris Evans and Mike Tyson, the lunar node of Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Cyprus, Iran, Central African Republivc, and the Neptune of King Salam. It opposes the MC of Turkey, the Saturn of Pope Francis, the Jupiter of Greece, the Mercury of Prince Andrew. It squares the Mars of Twitter. 13.37 Saturn enters Pisces. A momentous astrological event of 2023, second only to Pluto's first foray into Aquarius on March 23rd. Saturn enters Pisces 51 minutes after the Full Moon in Virgo climaxes today, (joining Neptune in this sign which it will meet up with in 2026 in Aries). Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Mary Poppins film, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. 16.54 The Moon at 19 Virgo waxing quincunx Venus at 19 Aries A mutable T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Mars and Neptune 23.00 to 04.30 23.07 The Moon at 22 Virgo waxing square Mars at 22 Gemini

Wednesday 8th March 2023

The Full Moon has passed. We are now in its wake. This is very much a day to 'tidy up loose ends' until 14.46 GMT at which point the Moon sails into Libra and a degree of balance and poise can be secured. The 'soft and inert' combination of the Sun in Pisces and Moon in Libra stays with us right up to the start (GMT) of Saturday. That day has a couple of interesting sextile aspects which will serve to 'jiggle things up' a little, after 2.5 days of relative planetary quietude. 04.39 The slowly waning and accelerating full Moon at 25 Virgo opposition Neptune at 25 Pisces 05.50 Mercury at 9 Pisces waning bi-septile Mars at 22 Gemini 10.00 Venus at 20 Aries waxing bi-novile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 11.35 Mercury at 10 Pisces waxing novile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 14.08 The Moon at 30 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 38 mins. 14.46 The Moon enters Libra 14.46 Mercury at 10 Pisces waning novile Venus at 20 Aries 14.59 The Moon at zero Libra waning quincunx Saturn at zero Pisces

Thursday 9th March 2023

13.10 The waning full Moon accelerating at 12 Libra waning quincunx Mercury at 12 Pisces 17.28 The Moon at 14 Libra opposition Jupiter at 14 Aries 21.15 The Moon at 16 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 16 Taurus

Friday 10th March 2023

The Sun, Mercury, Saturn are in currently Pisces. We are living in exceptionally soulful times right now. There is a rich stratum of deeply emotional experience manifest, and a heartfelt universal connection with the poignancy of our human predicament. This stratum of piscean energy is uniquely and specially complemented with Venus, Jupiter and Chiron in Aries, and an almost equally strong connection to a trail blazing, forward looking, collective spirit. Pisces-I encompass, I feel and I believe. Aries-I am, I will and I advance. 00.32 Venus at 22 Aries waxing septile Saturn at zero Pisces 03.52 The waning full Moon at 19 Libra waning quincunx The Sun at 19 Pisces 09.07 The Moon at 22 Libra opposition Venus at 22 Aries 11.01 The Moon at 23 Libra waxing trine Mars at 23 Gemini 14.31 The Moon at 25 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 22.05 Mercury at 14 Pisces waning semi-sextile Jupiter at 14 Aries 23.37 The Moon at 30 Libra waning square Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 30 mins.

Saturday 11th March 2023

Venus sextiles Mars

Mercury sextiles Uranus

An interesting day is in store. A couple of simultaneous benevolent planetary sextiles ripple out. The Scorpio Moon adds her customary emotional intensity. 00.07 The waning and decelerating Moon enters Scorpio 00.52 The Moon at zero Scorpio waning trine Saturn at zero Pisces 06.06 Mercury at 15 Pisces waxing semi-square Pluto at 30 Capricorn 10.33 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase 12.19 The Moon at 7 Scorpio opposition her ascending node at 7 Taurus 15.05 Venus at 24 Aries waning sextile Mars at 24 Gemini 21.05 Mercury at 16 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 16 Taurus 23.11 The Sun at 21 Pisces waxing septile Pluto at 30 Capricorn

Sunday 12th March 2023

Over the next 5 days a 'tricky to handle' astrological wave approaches. The Sun and Neptune will square Mars, and Mercury applies to them. This potentially assertive and confusing vibration colours events and experiences in the week ahead. Right now we are just 2 days from Mars square Neptune, which is the really crazy one. 01.15 Mars at 24 Gemini waxing biquintile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 02.56 The disseminating Moon accelerating at 14 Scorpio waning quincunx Jupiter at 14 Aries 05.43 The Moon at 16 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 16 Taurus 07.08 The Moon at 17 Scorpio waning trine Mercury at 17 Pisces 16.32 The Moon at 22 Scorpio waning trine The Sun at 22 Pisces 19.09 Venus at 25 Aries waxing semi-sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces A tight finger of fate is manifest involving the Moon, Mars and Venus 20.00 to 23.30 today 20.44 The Moon at 24 Scorpio waxing quincunx Mars at 24 Gemini 22.19 The Moon at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 22.37 The Moon at 25 Scorpio waning quincunx Venus at 25 Aries

Monday 13th March 2023

06.59 The Moon at 30 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 23 mins. 07.22 The Moon enters Sagittarius 08.34 The Moon at 1 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 1 Pisces The Moon makes no further aspects today. She simply makes a long application to a trine aspect with Jupiter exact tomorrow 09.57 GMT. However Mars is nearly square Neptune (exact tomorrow) so today is strongly under the influence of the rather disconcerting and confusing influence of this aspect. Judgments, actions and responses all potentially confusing today. (Pinch of salt at the ready.) STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 23 degrees Pisces. Mercury and Neptune are also in Pisces. Venus and Jupiter are now separating in Aries. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 7 days to the Vernal Equinox. We have past the midway point between eclipse seasons and we are 37 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar Eclipse. Over the next 4 days a 'tricky to handle' astrological wave approaches. Mars squares Neptune tomorrow. The Sun and Neptune will square Mars and Mercury applies to them. This slightly crazy vibration colours events and experiences in the daze ahead. Mercury is a direct morning star in Pisces with the Sun and Neptune in this sign. He resides here for a brief and soulful 17 days. Mercury is conjunct Neptune at 25 Pisces, on March 16th, a dive to the depths of imagination and inspiration. He squares Mars on Friday March 17th and then 6 hours later on that same day he is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun at 27 degrees Pisces. Both Mercury and the Sun are dangerously square Mars at that time. Two days later on March 19th and now an evening star, Mercury sextiles Pluto, with insight and wisdom, and within 2 hours leaves Pisces for Aries. This residence is a rapidly changing dramatic pantomime requiring a measure of emotional intelligence to handle it. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus in in Aries for a brief 24 days as a bright evening 'star' with Jupiter and Chiron in this sign. Venus squares Pluto on March 16th, verging on the wanton. Venus enters Taurus on that same day March 16th. Venus in Aries can be a lot of fun. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper. Mars entered Gemini on Aug 20th 2022 and is now direct after recent retrograde motion. Mars squares Neptune for the 3rd time on March 14th. Mars leaves his shadow on March 15th. The Sun squares Mars on March 16th, Mercury squares Mars on March 17th, Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer on 25th March 2023, after this very long residence. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Mary Poppins film, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is direct at 29 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto is headed for his first foray into Aquarius which occurs on March 23rd 2023. This will be the start a welcome major trend ahead of us. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witness Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future next year. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The American Annular eclipse will be an appetizer for the spectacle of a total solar eclipse crossing the United States just 177 days later on April 8, 2024 and conjunct the USA Chiron. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 14th March 2023

Mars square Neptune

Be aware that we are in the midst of an astrologically tense week. The Sun, Mercury, Mars and Neptune are the main actors in the play. Venus and Pluto have a sub plot to act out. It all results in tension, confusion, changes and adjustments. Stay cool. The fiery Sagittarius Moon joins in with the party today. 09.57 The disseminating Moon accelerating at 15 Sagittarius waning trine Jupiter at 15 Aries 11.50 The Moon at 16 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 16 Taurus 15.51 Mercury at 21 Pisces waxing septile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 18.35 Mercury at 21 Pisces waning decile Venus at 27 Aries A significant mutable T-square is manifest involving the Moon in Sagittarius, Mars in Gemini with Mercury, the Sun and Neptune all in Pisces 21.00 to 04.00. This is climax of tension, of sorts, resulting in movement and change 21.39 The Moon at 22 Sagittarius waning square Mercury at 22 Pisces 23.39 Mars at 25 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 25 Pisces

Wednesday 15th March 2023

Sun conjunct Neptune.

Strange days are here again. The GMT day starts with the rapidly waning Sagittarian Moon, the Sun, Mars and Neptune in the throes of a dynamic Mutable Cross which started 21.00 GMT yesterday. 02.09 The Moon is at Last Quarter 03.38 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces 03.46 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius opposition Mars at 25 Gemini The Mutable Cross dissolves and the Moon moves on to make just one harmonious aspect. 08.51 The Moon at 28 Sagittarius waning trine Venus at 28 Aries. The Moon is then void of course for nearly 3 hours. 11.49 The Sun at 25 Pisces waning septile Uranus at 16 Taurus 12.07 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign. The atmosphere changes. (Things become more grounded, for better or worse). 13.42 The Moon at 1 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces 22.50 The Moon at 6 Capricorn trines her node from south of the ecliptic. 23.40 The Sun conjunction Neptune at 25 Pisces More 'high jinx' planetary dramas tomorrow.

Thursday 16th March 2023

Mercury conjunct Neptune

Sun square Mars

Venus square Pluto

The Sun, Mercury and Neptune are forming a tight triplet, square Mars. Testing days these. 11.19 Mercury at 25 Pisces waning septile Uranus at 16 Taurus 14.17 The rapidly moving post last quarter Moon at 15 Capricorn waning square Jupiter at 15 Aries 15.22 The Moon at 16 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 16 Taurus 17.13 Mercury conjunction Neptune at 25 Pisces 17.30 Closest conjunction of Mercury and Neptune 0.38 degrees 18.10 The Sun at 26 Pisces waning square Mars at 26 Gemini 19.59 Venus at 30 Aries waxing square Pluto at 30 Capricorn 22.36 Venus, a bright evening star, enters Taurus joining Uranus in this sign and resides here for a brief 26 days enjoying a favourable situation. Venus sextiles Saturn on March 17th, a measure of commitment, value and sincerity. She is conjunct Uranus at 17 degrees Taurus on March 30th, awakening love, the highlight of the residence. Venus sextiles Neptune on April 7th, with beauty, sensation and art. Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini on April 11th. This is a pleasant residence and represents a period of gentle an conscientious and stable affection. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper.

Friday 17th March 2023

Mercury at Superior Conjunction square Mars

Venus sextiles Saturn

The Sun, Mercury and Neptune triplet at its tightest, square Mars. 04.49 Mercury at 26 Pisces waning square Mars at 26 Gemini 06.27 The Moon at 25 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces 06.42 Mars at 26 Gemini waxing novile Uranus at 16 Taurus 08.05 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waning quincunx Mars at 26 Gemini 08.28 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waning sextile Mercury at 26 Pisces 08.38 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waning sextile The Sun at 26 Pisces 10.45 The Superior Conjunction of Mercury and the Sun at 27 Pisces The universal mind's full illumination. 14.14 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is then void of course for 13 mins. 14.27 The Moon enters Aquarius . 15.51 The Moon at 1 Aquarius waning square Venus at 1 Taurus 22.16 Venus at 1 Taurus waxing decile Neptune at 25 Pisces 22.26 Venus at 1 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces

Saturday 18th March 2023

00.33 The very rapidly waning Moon at 6 Aquarius squares her node from south of the ecliptic. 10.59 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase 16.27 The Moon at 16 Aquarius waning sextile Jupiter at 16 Aries 16.51 The Moon at 16 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 16 Taurus

Sunday 19th March 2023

The Sun, Mercury and Neptune triplet now sextiles Pluto. Mars is inconjunct Pluto. 03.24 Mercury at 30 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 04.26 Mercury enters Aries as an evening star. Mercury 'flashes' through this sign in a brief 16 days. He only make one aspect, a fiery conjunction with Jupiter on March 28th at 18 degrees Aries. Pluto will have entered Aquarius 5 days before. Quite an interesting and mind expanding conjunction. He leaves Aries for Taurus on April 3rd. This is a very impulsive residence. Plenty of leaping before looking. A great time for motivational communications, but watch out for 'flashes in the pan a plenty'. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. 10.34 The very rapidly waning old Moon at 27 Aquarius waning trine Mars at 27 Gemini. The Moon is void of course for 4.7 hours 15.14 The Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign 15.17 Moon at perigee. Closest to the Earth all month and fastest moving. 17.28 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 1 Pisces 19.16 Mercury at 1 Aries waning semi-square Uranus at 16 Taurus 20.55 The Moon at 4 Pisces waning sextile Venus at 4 Taurus 21.31 Mercury at 1 Aries waxing semi-sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces 22.07 Jupiter at 16 Aries waning semi-sextile Uranus at 16 Taurus

Monday 20th March 2023

Vernal Equinox

Sun sextile Pluto

Welcome to a very special week. The Vernal Equinox is today. The New Moon in Aries is tomorrow. Pluto enters Aquarius on Thursday. Mars enters Cancer on Saturday. 01.02 Today the fast ancient Moon at 6 Pisces sextiles the her node from south of the ecliptic. 17.34 The Moon at 16 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 16 Taurus 20.13 The Sun at 30 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 21.26 The Sun crosses the Celestial Equator and enters Aries joining Mercury and Jupiter in this sign. There are 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light everywhere on Earth. The seasons are in balance. Spring begins in the North, Autumn in the South. At this moment the very old and fast Moon in Pisces is applying 7 degrees from Neptune. Venus is conjunct the lunar node in Taurus. Saturn is newly arrived in Pisces. Pluto is on the verge of entering Aquarius (next Thursday). Mars, after a very long residence in Gemini, is shortly to enter Cancer (next Saturday). This moment in time holds the secrets to the next 3 months. It portrays us on the eve before a new adventure,a new journey and a new experience. The tides of fate are high. The sky is full of new promise and substantial potential. At the exact moment of equinox today it is Sunrise at Darwin. Sunset is over Greenland. Moonrise is at Seoul. Moonset is over Bermuda. It is High Noon over The N.E.Pacific. True midnight is at Mecca. Venus and the lunar node rise at Wellington, set at London, and are at lower culmination at Mumbai. The Moon is at lower culmination at Kiev, Neptune is at lower culmination at Moscow. Saturn rises at Singapore and sets at Atlanta and at Chicago. Mars sets at Nairobi, Djibouti and at Cape town.

STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches zero Aries. Mercury and Jupiter are also in Aries. The Moon and Neptune are in Pisces. Venus and Uranus are in Taurus. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 90 days to the Solstice. We are 30 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar eclipse. Mercury is a direct evening star in Aries. Mercury 'flashes' through this sign in a brief 16 days. He only make one aspect, a fiery conjunction with Jupiter on March 28th at 18 degrees Aries. Pluto will have entered Aquarius 5 days before. Quite an interesting and mind expanding conjunction. He leaves Aries for Taurus on April 3rd. This is a very impulsive residence. Plenty of leaping before looking. A great time for motivational communications, but watch out for 'flashes in the pan a plenty'. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus, a bright evening star, is in Taurus with Uranus in this sign, residing here for a brief 26 days and enjoying a favourable situation. She is conjunct Uranus at 17 degrees Taurus on March 30th, awakening love, the highlight of the residence. Venus sextiles Neptune on April 7th, with beauty, sensation and art. Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini on April 11th. This is a pleasant residence and represents a period of gentle an conscientious and stable affection. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper. Mars entered Gemini on Aug 20th 2022 and is now direct after recent retrograde motion. Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer on 25th March 2023, after this very long residence. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We will experience a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature rises with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Mary Poppins film, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is direct at 29 Capricorn. He has been in Capricorn since 2008. Pluto is headed for his first foray into Aquarius which occurs on March 23rd 2023. This will be the start a welcome major trend ahead of us. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witness Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future next year. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The American Annular eclipse will be an appetizer for the spectacle of a total solar eclipse crossing the United States just 177 days later on April 8, 2024 and conjunct the USA Chiron. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 4 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 21st March 2023

New Moon in Aries

08.20 The fast moving very old Moon conjunction Neptune at 25 Pisces 08.42 Venus at 5 Taurus waxing novile Neptune at 25 Pisces 09.27 Jupiter at 17 Aries waxing semi-square Saturn at 2 Pisces (Final hit of 3) The current 20 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Saturn started at the start of Aquarius on the day of the Northern hemisphere Winter Solstice Dec 21st 2000. The cycle climaxes with the opposition, across Gemini/Sagittarius in 2030-2031, and ends in 2040 on Halloween Day, 31st Oct 2040, in Libra. This cycle of Jupiter and Saturn represents a positive, focused attitude, a definition of goals, ambition and development. The significance of the Aquarius influence is to connect this development to global integration. This waxing semi-square (45 degree) aspect occurs 3 times, the dates being July 21st 2022, Sept 21st 2022 and Mar 21st 2023. It symbolises 'pushing forward and meeting restriction'. This rather new 20 year cycle of goals, ambition and development now has an emotional impact. 12.55 The Moon at 28 Pisces waning square Mars at 28 Gemini 15.59 The Moon at 30 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for just 4 mins. 16.03 The Moon enters Aries joining the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in this sign.

17.24 Moment of NEW MOON Today's New Moon is the 5th New Moon following the Partial Solar Eclipse at 2 degrees Scorpio on October 25th 2022 and it is the ultimate New Moon before a Hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th 2023 at 30 Aries. With its passing we are indeed in the foothills of a new eclipse season. The New Moon is conjunct Mercury and separates from Neptune. It squares Mars and is sextile Pluto. This New Moon (conjunct Mercury in Aries) brings new messages. It is a time of urgency, forcefulness and vigour. It is also a time of new beginnings, initiation and launch. Today's New Moon hits Twitter's Sun, The FBI's Sun, Brazil's Pluto, Syria's Mercury, Kim Un power transfer Uranus, Palestine's Mars and John Cleese's Jupiter, 21.45 Venus is conjunct the lunar node at 6 Taurus

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

01.35 The infant baby Moon conjunction Mercury at 6 Aries 05.44 The Sun at 1 Aries waning semi-square Uranus at 16 Taurus 08.27 Mercury at 6 Aries waning novile Uranus at 16 Taurus 13.15 Mercury at 7 Aries waning semi-sextile Venus at 7 Taurus 15.00 The Sun at 2 Aries waxing semi-sextile Saturn at 2 Pisces 20.18 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 17 Aries

Thursday 23rd March 2023

Pluto first enters Aquarius

01.26 Mercury at 8 Aries waxing decile Saturn at 2 Pisces 03.09 Venus at 7 Taurus waning septile Mars at 29 Gemini 16.18 Mars at 29 Gemini waxing quintile Jupiter at 17 Aries 15-20-16.44 Pluto enters Aquarius. Well this is a big one. Pluto takes his first tentative steps into the sign of the Water Bearer. We stand today at the gateway to a new future. Before us is a time of great technological and humanitarian revolution. Much that is corrupt and decayed will quickly pass away. The global power base will shift from plutocracy to the universal. Democracy will have room to flourish. No rapid change here-just a taste from today. With Pluto are dealing with a very slowly moving celestial body. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. 17.14 The infant Moon at 29 Aries waning sextile Mars at 29 Gemini. The Moon is void of course for 1.5 hours 18.00 Mercury at 9 Aries waning bi-novile Mars at 29 Gemini 18.43 The Moon at zero Taurus waxing square Pluto at zero Aquarius 18.44 The Moon enters Taurus joining Venus and Uranus in this sign. 21.57 The Moon at 2 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 2 Pisces

Friday 24th March 2023

04.57 The young and slender Moon conjunction her ascending node at 6 Taurus 09.09 Mercury at 10 Aries waning decile Uranus at 16 Taurus 10.31 The Moon decelerating at 9 Taurus conjunction Venus. 23.52 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 16 Taurus.

Saturday 25th March 2023

Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer

00.50 Closest conjunction of the Moon and Uranus 0.45 degrees 03.47 Mercury at 12 Aries waxing novile Saturn at 2 Pisces 04.09 Mercury at 12 Aries waxing quintile Pluto at zero Aquarius 04.59 The decelerating Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase 11.47 Mars enters Cancer. Mars has been in Gemini since Aug 20th 2022. So today sees a distinct change in the way people act. Expect defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays. Expect the tendency to dwell on the past. Expect tenacity, touchiness, toughness and tantrum. Expect protectionism and thrift. Mars 'water trines' Saturn on March 30th, which is constructive and caring. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in Cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars sextiles Uranus on April 29th, with flair and refreshing originality. Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. 13.34 Mars at zero Cancer waxing quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius 16.11 Venus at 10 Taurus waxing semi-square Neptune at 25 Pisces 16.20 The Moon at 25 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 8.4 hours

Sunday 26th March 2023

In France there have been weeks of strikes and protests against the proposals to reform France's retirement system, culminating in outbreaks of violence in some cities during Thursday's national day of action. The French First Republic Chart has a Progressed New Moon today March 25th-and a very harsh chart it is too. The progressed New Moon is conjunct Mars, square Uranus, square Pluto and Mercury opposes Neptune. This represents a very challenging start to the new 28-29 year progressed lunation cycle for France, A difficult birth. Today... 00.43 The decelerating waxing crescent Moon enters Gemini 00.47 The Moon at zero Gemini waxing trine Pluto at zero Aquarius 04.39 The Moon at 2 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 2 Pisces 11.04 The Moon at 6 Gemini waxing sextile The Sun at 6 Aries 23.31 The Sun at 6 Aries waning decile Venus at 12 Taurus

Monday 27th March 2023

Two planetary aspects of note this week- Mercury conjunct Jupiter in Aries tomorrow. A fiery combination invoking a combustable surge of ideas and communication. Venus is conjunct Uranus in Taurus on Thursday, a day of potential wealth of love and pleasant fortune. Today is 'Moon in Gemini' fast moving and busy. 07.40 The waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 16 Gemini waxing sextile Mercury at 16 Aries 10.46 Mercury at 17 Aries waning semi-sextile Uranus at 17 Taurus 10.58 The Moon at 18 Gemini waxing sextile Jupiter at 18 Aries 12.37 The Sun at 7 Aries waning novile Uranus at 17 Taurus 17.26 Venus at 13 Taurus waxing bi-septile Pluto at zero Aquarius 19.20 Mercury at 17 Aries waxing semi-square Saturn at 2 Pisces STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 7 degrees Aries. Mercury and Jupiter are also in Aries. Venus and Uranus are in Taurus. Mars is now in Cancer. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 83 days to the Solstice. We are in the foothills of an eclipse season and 23 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar eclipse. Mercury is a direct evening star in Aries. Mercury 'flashes' through this sign in a brief 16 days. He only make one aspect, a fiery conjunction with Jupiter tomorrow at 18 degrees Aries. He leaves Aries for Taurus on April 3rd. This is a very impulsive residence. Plenty of leaping before looking. A great time for motivational communications, but watch out for 'flashes in the pan a plenty'. Mercury's next retrograde phase is in the sign of Taurus from April 21st to May 14th 2023. Venus, a bright evening star, is in Taurus with Uranus in this sign, residing here for a brief 26 days and enjoying a favourable situation. She is conjunct Uranus at 17 degrees Taurus on Thursday, awakening love, the highlight of the residence. Venus sextiles Neptune on April 7th, with beauty, sensation and art. Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini on April 11th. This is a pleasant residence and represents a period of gentle, conscientious and stable affection. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars has been in Gemini since Aug 20th 2022 but he now is in cancer since Saturday. We can now expect defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mars 'water trines' Saturn on March 30th, which is constructive and caring. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once on on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars sextiles Uranus on April 29th, with flair and refreshing originality. Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are/were all conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We are experiencing a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature is high with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Mary Poppins film, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

Tuesday 28th March 2023

Mercury conjunct Jupiter

The Moon decelerating towards first quarter conjuncts Mars trine Saturn. Productive and cost effective. 01.40 The Moon at 26 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 26 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 8.75 hours 06.51 Mercury conjunction Jupiter at 18 Aries 10.24 The Moon enters Cancer joining Mars in this sign 10.33 The Moon at zero Cancer waxing quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius 13.20 The Moon conjunction Mars at 1 Cancer 15.04 The Moon at 2 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 2 Pisces 20.41 Mars at 2 Cancer waxing semi-square Uranus at 17 Taurus 21.29 The Moon at 6 Cancer sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic. 23.13 Venus at 14 Taurus waxing quintile Saturn at 2 Pisces

Wednesday 29th March 2023

Venus is applying to Uranus, exact tomorrow. Both planets are square Israel's hard line 10th house Saturn in Leo. Next year Uranus is conjunct Israel's natal Taurus Sun. Unprecedented protests and strikes are gripping Israel after months of dissent over the government's plans to strip power from Israel's judges. Next year looks to be really revolutionary. A 'tooth and claw' couple of days are in store with the first quarter Moon and recently arrived Mars tenaciously working through Cancer. Mars is trine Saturn tomorrow. 01.27 Evening star Mercury at 20 Aries waning quintile Mars at 2 Cancer 02.33 The decelerating Moon is at First Quarter 05.50 Mercury at 20 Aries waxing bi-novile Pluto at zero Aquarius 10.04 The Sun at 8 Aries waxing decile Saturn at 2 Pisces 16.50 The Moon at 15 Cancer waxing sextile Venus at 15 Taurus 19.40 The Moon at 17 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 17 Taurus 23.35 The Moon at 19 Cancer waxing square Jupiter at 19 Aries

Thursday 30th March 2023

Venus conjunct Uranus

Mars trine Saturn

Quite an important day. The focus is on the economy and finance. 06.31 The decelerating first quarter Moon at 22 Cancer waxing square Mercury at 22 Aries 13.46 The Moon at 26 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 26 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 8.8 hours 19.04 Mars at 3 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 3 Pisces 22.26 Venus conjunction Uranus at 17 Taurus 22.33 The Moon enters Leo 22.47 The Moon at zero Leo opposition Pluto at zero Aquarius

Friday 31st March 2023

03.52 The very slowly waxing Moon at 3 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 3 Pisces 04.13 Venus at 17 Taurus waxing septile Neptune at 26 Pisces 07.03 Mercury at 24 Aries waxing septile Saturn at 3 Pisces 09.36 The Moon at 5 Leo waxing squares her ascending node from north of the ecliptic 11.19 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 18.41 The Sun at 11 Aries waning decile Uranus at 17 Taurus 20.30 The Moon at 11 Leo waxing trine The Sun at 11 Aries

Saturday 1st April 2023

Former President Donald Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in a Thursday indictment from a Manhattan grand jury. It's the first time in US history that a current or former president has been criminally charged. Trump is expected to appear in court Tuesday afternoon for his arraignment. He has transiting Neptune exactly trine his natal Venus at the moment and a series of reasonably favourable Jupiter transits in the weeks ahead. Astrologically it seems the immediate sensation forming around this event may well be to his initial advantage. Transiting Uranus (and Jupiter) pass over his natal MC next year and into 2025. There's a lot more to follow in this man's life story in the two years ahead. 02.41 Venus at 18 Taurus waxing tri-decile Pluto at zero Aquarius 05.40 Mercury at 26 Aries waxing semi-sextile Neptune at 26 Pisces 06.45 Venus at 18 Taurus waning semi-square Mars at 3 Cancer 08.31 The waxing and accelerating Moon at 17 Leo waxing square Uranus at 17 Taurus 12.07 The Moon at 19 Leo waxing square Venus at 19 Taurus 13.26 The Moon at 19 Leo waxing trine Jupiter at 19 Aries

Sunday 2nd April 2023

Lunar pressures are starting to rise. The Full Moon in Libra climaxes early (GMT) Thursday. I always think of the libran Full moon as the lovely one. This one is opposite Jupiter. It is the 'grand design' full Moon. 02.29 The Moon at 26 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 26 Pisces 03.58 The Sun at 12 Aries waxing quintile Pluto at zero Aquarius 04.19 Venus at 19 Taurus waxing semi-sextile Jupiter at 19 Aries 05.24 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase 06.04 The Moon at 28 Leo waxing trine Mercury at 28 Aries. The Moon is void of course for 4.9 hours 10.59 The Moon enters Virgo 11.17 The Moon at zero Virgo waning quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius 16.45 The Moon at 3 Virgo opposition Saturn at 3 Pisces 19.08 The Moon at 4 Virgo waxing sextile Mars at 4 Cancer 21.36 The Moon at 5 Virgo waxing trine the lunar node at 5 Taurus 22.43 The Sun at 13 Aries waxing novile Saturn at 3 Pisces

Monday 3rd April 2023

Mercury square Pluto

A practical Monday is in store. The nearly full Virgo Moon 'gets things sorted' but Mercury adds a touch of 'Manic Monday' as he squares Pluto. We are venturing into the new eclipse season, so start getting mentally prepared for the possible changes ahead. The main event this week however is the Pink Full Moon early Thursday. 12.15 Mars at 4 Cancer waxing tri-septile Pluto at zero Aquarius 13.49 The waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 14 Virgo quincunx The Sun at 14 Aries 16.24 Mercury enters Taurus as an evening star joining Venus and Uranus in this sign. Mercury's retrograde phase occurs while he is in this sign this year. He resides a lengthy 69 days here and oversees the entire current eclipse season. The retrograde loop is dominated by a triple sextile to Saturn which inputs sound organisation and strong structure into the period. Mercury also sextiles Mars 3 times, although the 3rd hit occurs after he has entered Gemini. This infuses positive action into the period. This is in the main a favourable residence. Much progress and consolidation will be evident. Mercury however squares Pluto today, with specific teething troubles. He sextiles Saturn for the first time on Apr 5th. Mercury enters his shadow on April 7th. He sextiles Mars on Apr 8th. Mercury turns retrograde on April 21st at 16 degrees Taurus. He sextiles Mars a 2nd time on April 24th. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun, a 'new Mercury' and the start of a new chapter in the story, at 5 degrees Taurus on May 1st. Then as a 'morning star' Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on May 12th. He sextiles Venus on May 13th, with merry harmony. Mercury turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus on May 15th. He sextiles Saturn a final time on May 19th. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. These 10 weeks will be full of realistic practical productive and fertile communications. Mercury is next retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. 18.56 Mercury at zero Taurus waxing square Pluto at zero Aquarius 20.29 The Moon at 17 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 17 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 14 degrees Aries. Jupiter is also in Aries. Mercury, Venus and Uranus are in Taurus. Mars is now in Cancer. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 76 days to the Solstice. We are in the foothills of an eclipse season and 16 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar eclipse. Mercury is a direct evening star leaving Aries for Taurus today. See above. Venus, a bright evening star, is in Taurus with Uranus in this sign, residing here for a brief 26 days and enjoying a favourable situation. Venus sextiles Neptune on April 7th, with beauty, sensation and art. Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini on April 11th. This is a pleasant residence and represents a period of gentle, conscientious and stable affection. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is in Cancer. We now experience defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in Cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once on on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars sextiles Uranus on April 29th, with flair and refreshing originality. Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are/were all conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We are experiencing a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature is high with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 4th April 2023

The Pink Full Moon approaches infusing our souls with the power of choice. 02.12 The waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 20 Virgo waxing quincunx Jupiter at 20 Aries 06.05 The Moon at 22 Virgo waxing trine Venus at 22 Taurus 13.51 The Moon at 26 Virgo opposition Neptune at 26 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for nearly 8 hours 19.42 Mercury at 2 Taurus waxing decile Neptune at 26 Pisces 21.53 The nearly Full Moon enters Libra 22.14 The Moon at zero Libra waning trine Pluto at zero Aquarius

Wednesday 5th April 2023

Mercury sextile Saturn

The sweet Full Moon in lovely Libra approaches. Not all smooth though, as it opposes Chiron and Jupiter, climaxing in the early hours (GMT) of tomorrow morning. This configuration represents a challenge of power, integrity and well being. Beautiful spring time is manifest in the northern hemisphere, it is 'harvest Moon' in the south. Behind these seasonal events a drama of decision making and consequence is being acted out. This is the 'grand design' lunation. 00.30 Mars at 5 Cancer waxing sextile the lunar node at 5 Taurus A finger of fate is manifest involving the Moon, Saturn and Mercury conjunct the lunar node 02.00 to 04.00 tribulations on the journey. 02.16 The waxing gibbous almost Moon at 2 Libra waxing quincunx Mercury at 2 Taurus 03.55 The Moon at 3 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 3 Pisces 08.12 The Moon at 5 Libra waxing square Mars at 5 Cancer 08.56 Venus at 23 Taurus waxing bi-novile Saturn at 3 Pisces 11.27 Jupiter at 20 Aries waxing bi-novile Pluto at zero Aquarius> The current 13 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Pluto, symbolising 'power plays' started on Nov 12th 2020 in Capricorn. At that time we witnessed a worldwide rampant and escalating covid-19 virus, the appearance of vaccines and the US president refusing to concede electoral defeat. Today's single waxing bi-novile aspect symbolises emergent new qualities claiming a field for growth, a field of their own, into this current cycle. The cycle reaches it first quarter square phase in May 2023. It climaxes with the opposition across Leo/Aquarius in July 2026 and ends in Feb 2033 in Aquarius. The Jupiter Pluto cycle represents 'big time power shifts'. 13.20 The Sun at 15 Aries waning bi-novile Mars at 5 Cancer 16.21 Mercury at 3 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 3 Pisces The Moon is Full tonight.

Thursday 6th April 2023

04.35 Moment of FULL MOON This Full Moon is tightly opposite Chiron, quincunx Uranus and is applying in opposition to Jupiter. This is the 'grand design' Full Moon. Today's Full Moon is the 5th Full Moon following the Total Lunar Eclipse at 16 degrees Taurus on November 8th 2022 and the ultimate Full Moon before a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on 5th-6th May 2023 at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, and trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. With it's passing we are truly in a new eclipse season. The next New Moon on April 20th is a Total/Hybrid Eclipse. Today's Full Moon hits Trump's Jupiter, Netanyahu's Neptune, King Charles' Venus, Macron, Desantis and Zelensky's Pluto, USA and Putin's Saturn. At the moment of Full Moon 04.35 GMT Uranus rises Kiev, Saturn rises over the UK, Jupiter culminates over Bejing. 06.22 The Moon at 17 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 17 Taurus 12.43 The Moon at 20 Libra opposition Jupiter at 20 Aries. The Moon is void of course for nearly 18 hours. A tight yod 'finger of fate' is manifest 21.00 to 23.00 involving the Moon, Venus and Neptune. 21.07 The Moon at 25 Libra waxing quincunx Venus at 25 Taurus 22.58 The Moon at 26 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 26 Pisces 23.33 Mercury conjunction the lunar node at 5 Taurus

Friday 7th April 2023

Venus sextile Neptune

Mystery, imagination and enchantment are to the fore today as Venus sextiles Netune. 04.43 The Sun at 17 Aries waning semi-sextile Uranus at 17 Taurus 06.31 The accelerating waning full Moon enters Scorpio 06.54 The Moon at zero Scorpio waning square Pluto at zero Aquarius A momentous 'planetary kite' is manifest today 12.30 to 19.00 involving the Moon, Saturn and Mars, focused on the Moon opposite Mercury and the Lunar Node. 12.45 The Moon at 3 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 3 Pisces 13.55 Mercury at 6 Taurus waxing novile Neptune at 26 Pisces 15.52 The Moon at 5 Scorpio opposition the lunar node at 5 Taurus 17.54 The Moon at 6 Scorpio opposition Mercury at 6 Taurus 17.59 Venus at 26 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 26 Pisces 18.43 The Moon at 7 Scorpio waxing trine Mars at 7 Cancer

Saturday 8th April 2023

We are moving at the start of eclipse season towards the Hybrid Solar Eclipse in just 12 days. The eclipse is in late Aries close to Jupiter and applying square to Pluto. The event is a bit of a devil. 06.29 Mercury is now in his shadow and just 13 days from his station. Today he is at 7 Taurus and makes a waning sextile Mars at 7 Cancer Today's aspect is the first of three. Certainly this one is a cerebral shot in the arm, and gets things moving first thing today. 13.56 The waning full Moon decelerating at 17 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 17 Taurus 14.10 Venus at 27 Taurus waxing decile Jupiter at 21 Aries 14.20 The Sun at 18 Aries waxing semi-square Saturn at 3 Pisces 16.27 The Moon at 19 Scorpio waning quincunx The Sun at 19 Aries 17.49 Venus at 27 Taurus waning novile Mars at 7 Cancer 20.51 The Moon at 21 Scorpio waning quincunx Jupiter at 21 Aries

Sunday 9th April 2023

EASTER

05.50 The waning full Moon accelerating at 26 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 26 Pisces 09.10 The Moon at 28 Scorpio opposition Venus at 28 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for 3.8 hours 12.58 The Moon enters Sagittarius. Arrows of desire. 13.24 The Moon at zero Sagittarius waning sextile Pluto at zero Aquarius 19.22 The Moon at 4 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 4 Pisces 21.25 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase

Monday 10th April 2023

02.38 to 03.38 Minor lunar occultation of star sigma Scorpio observable from mid UK locations A tight yod 'finger of fate' is manifest 02.30 to 05.30 involving the Moon, Mars and Mercury. 02.52 The disseminating and accelerating Moon at 8 Sagittarius waxing quincunx Mars at 8 Cancer 05.24 The Moon at 9 Sagittarius waning quincunx Mercury at 9 Taurus 09.28 The Sun at 20 Aries waxing bi-novile Pluto at zero Aquarius 19.30 The Moon at 17 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 17 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 21 degrees Aries. Jupiter is also in Aries. Mercury, Venus and Uranus are in Taurus. Mars is in Cancer. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 69 days to the Solstice. We are in an eclipse season and just 9 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar eclipse. Mercury is in his shadow in Taurus as an evening star. Mercury's retrograde phase occurs while he is in this sign this year. He resides a lengthy 69 days here and oversees the entire current eclipse season. The retrograde loop is dominated by a triple sextile to Saturn which inputs sound organisation and strong structure into the period. Mercury also sextiles Mars 3 times, although the 3rd hit occurs after he has entered Gemini, the first of these was last Saturday. This infuses positive action into the period. This is in the main a favourable residence. Much progress and consolidation will be evident. Mercury turns retrograde on April 21st at 16 degrees Taurus. He sextiles Mars a 2nd time on April 24th. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun, a 'new Mercury' and the start of a new chapter in the story, at 5 degrees Taurus on May 1st. Then as a 'morning star' Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on May 12th. He sextiles Venus on May 13th, with merry harmony. Mercury turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus on May 15th. He sextiles Saturn a final time on May 19th. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. These 10 weeks will be full of realistic practical productive and fertile communications. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in Taurus with Uranus in this sign, residing here for a brief 26 days and enjoying a favourable situation. Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini tomorrow. This is/has been a pleasant residence and represents a period of gentle, conscientious and stable affection. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is in Cancer. We now experience defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in Cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once on on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars sextiles Uranus on April 29th, with flair and refreshing originality. Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are/were all conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We are experiencing a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature is high with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 11th April 2023

Venus trine Pluto

Sun conjunct Jupiter

Today is a day which opens doors to new events and realities. Interesting developments are in store. 01.49 The disseminating Moon accelerating at 21 Sagittarius waning trine The Sun at 21 Aries 02.56 The Moon at 22 Sagittarius waning trine Jupiter at 22 Aries 04.49 Venus enters Gemini. Venus resides in this sign as an evening star for a brief 27 days. She 'air trines' Pluto today inciting a new experience. Venus squares Saturn on April 14th which in contrast is somewhat dour. She squares Neptune, with beguilement and glamour, on May 4th. Venus sextiles Jupiter on May 5th, a bountiful experience and then enters Cancer on May 7th. There is sparkle, wit and delight woven into this planetary placement. 10.15 Venus at zero Gemini waxing trine Pluto at zero Aquarius 10.48 The Moon at 26 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 26 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 6.8 hours 17.35 The Moon enters Capricorn 18.31 Mars at 9 Cancer waxing septile Uranus at 17 Taurus 18.44 The Moon at 1 Capricorn waning quincunx Venus at 1 Gemini 22.08 The Sun conjunction Jupiter at 22 Aries 23.27 Mercury at 11 Taurus waxing semi-square Neptune at 26 Pisces

Wednesday 12th April 2023

Oct 12th 1977 the day of a Solar Eclipse. When she disappeared transiting Neptune was opposite her natal Venus. A diving team has been seen in the water not far from a weir and downstream from a bench where police believe Ms Bulley, 45, went into the water in St Michael’s on Wyre,Lancashire, on January 27 2023.Lancashire Police said in a statement: 'We can confirm we are carrying out some work on the direction of HM coroner.'

Eight days to a potentially transformational Solar Eclipse. The eclipse belongs to an unwieldy untamable Solar Saros Series 129 which is gathering 'fateful momentum' at its current stage of evolution. 00.08 Today the rapidly disseminating Moon accelerating at 4 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 4 Pisces 01.55 The Moon at 5 Capricorn trines her node at 5 Taurus 07.48 Mars at 9 Cancer waxing bi-septile Neptune at 26 Pisces 09.04 The Moon at 9 Capricorn opposition Mars at 9 Cancer 13.36 The Moon at 12 Capricorn waning trine Mercury at 12 Taurus 21.51 Venus at 2 Gemini waxing novile Jupiter at 22 Aries 23.24 The Moon at 17 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 17 Taurus

Thursday 13th April 2023

There are seven days to the Hybrid/Total Solar Eclipse. This eclipse is a powerfully strange one. We are already in its 'pre-shadow'. Mercury stations retrograde 28 hours after the moment of greatest eclipse. 07.20 The rapidly waning Moon accelerating at 22 Capricorn waning square Jupiter at 22 Aries 09.12 The Moon at Last Quarter 14.15 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 26 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 6.5 hours 20.44 The Moon enters Aquarius 21.12 The Moon conjunction Pluto at zero Aquarius

Friday 14th April 2023

Venus square Saturn

There are six days to the Hybrid/Total Solar Eclipse. The eclipse season is intensifying. 02.24 The rapidly waning post last quarter Moon accelerating at 3 Aquarius waning trine Venus at 3 Gemini 04.42 The Moon at 5 Aquarius squares her node from south of the ecliptic 09.37 Mercury at 13 Taurus waxing bi-septile Pluto at zero Aquarius 13.48 The Moon at 10 Aquarius waning quincunx Mars at 10 Cancer 16.39 Venus at 4 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 4 Pisces 19.16 The Moon at 13 Aquarius waning square Mercury at 13 Taurus 19.56 Mars at 10 Cancer waxing quad-novile Pluto at zero Aquarius 22.42 Venus at 4 Gemini waning decile Mars at 10 Cancer

Saturday 15th April 2023

 

ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 14:14 CEST on 14th April. The successful launch marks the beginning of an ambitious voyage to uncover the secrets of the ocean worlds around giant planet Jupiter. Following launch and separation from the rocket, ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, confirmed acquisition of signal via the New Norcia ground station in Australia at 15:04 CEST. The spacecraft's vast 27 m long solar arrays unfurled into their distinctive cross shapes at 15:33 CEST, ensuring Juice can travel to the outer Solar System. The completion of this critical operation marked the launch a success. 



Timeline of JUICE mission

April 2023 Launch of JUICE satellite

August 2024 Lunar-Earth flyby

August 2025 Venus flyby

September 2026 Earth flyby 1

January 2029 Earth flyby 2

July 2031 Arrival at Jupiter

December 2034-September 2035 Ganymede orbit 

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is being sent to the largest planet in the Solar System to study its major moons - Callisto, Ganymede and Europa. These worlds are thought to retain vast reservoirs of liquid water. Scientists are intrigued to know whether the moons might also host life. The search for life elsewhere in the universe is the burning question right now for science. The astrology chart above is for the launch of Juice from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Fittingly Jupiter is due East, (6 degrees above the horizon) and is conjunct the Sun in Aries. This mission seeks to find answers to the vital human question-Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Saturn is culminating applying square to Venus. The waning Moon applies quincunx Mars. This is not an easy chart. The Venus Saturn square dominating the chart, reflects the cost and the importance of this mission. Saturn conjunct the MC in Pisces really symbolises a spiritual search. The Moon and Pluto in Aquarius reflect the scientific perspective and the search for knowledge and understanding. Looking at the timeline of the mission- Transiting Saturn sextiles 'launch Uranus' in Aug 2024, the time of the Lunar-Earth flyby, 'slingshot' is the word here, using gravity to gain energy. The Venus flyby one year later in 2025 coincides with transiting Uranus square launch MC, a critical time, I guess. Jupiter sextiles 'launch Mercury and Uranus' at the same time. Earth flyby 1 sees transiting Jupiter square 'launch Mercury and Uranus'. Transiting Pluto applies in conjunction to the 'launch Moon' in Jan 2029 during the 2nd Earth flyby. Maximum power and purpose at this stage. Transiting Uranus sextiles 'launch chart Sun' as Juice arrives in orbit around Jupiter in July 2031. A marker of success hopefully. From Dec 2034 to Sept 2035 when Juice arrives in Ganymede Orbit we see, amazingly, transiting Uranus conjunct 'launch chart Mars', transiting Jupiter and Neptune are at the same time conjunct 'launch chart Sun'. Jupiter is conjunct Neptune from Earth's view at 21 Aries on March 24th 2035. This is the most fitting astrological symbolism for 'uncovering the secrets of the ocean worlds around giant planet Jupiter'. God speed. There are five days to the Hybrid/Total Solar Eclipse. 02.08 The rapidly waning Moon at 18 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 18 Taurus 10.37 The Moon at 23 Aquarius waning sextile Jupiter at 23 Aries 15.16 The Moon at 25 Aquarius waning sextile The Sun at 25 Aries. The Moon is void of course for 7.7 hours 17.54 The Sun at 26 Aries waxing septile Saturn at 4 Pisces 22.58 The Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign.

Sunday 16th April 2023

There are four days to the Hybrid/Total Solar Eclipse. 02.24 The Moon is at perigee. Closest to the Earth all month and fastest moving. 05.58 This rapidly waning old Moon conjunction Saturn at 4 Pisces 06.41 The Moon at 5 Pisces sextiles her node at 5 Taurus from suth of the ecliptic. 08.59 The Moon at 6 Pisces waning square Venus at 6 Gemini 12.43 The Sun at 26 Aries waxing semi-sextile Neptune at 26 Pisces 17.49 The Moon at 11 Pisces waning trine Mars at 11 Cancer 18.08 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase The procession to Thursday's Solar Eclipse now starts in earnest. 23.25 The Moon at 15 Pisces waning sextile Mercury at 15 Taurus 23.42 The Sun at 27 Aries waning novile Venus at 7 Gemini

Monday 17th April 2023

A power struggle between Sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country, with more than 50 civilians reported dead. Residents dodged gunfire in the capital, Khartoum, as rival forces battled over the presidential palace, state TV, and army headquarters. The clashes erupted after tensions over a proposed transition to civilian rule. The Sudan astrological chart is hit by both upcoming eclipses. Thursday's Solar Eclipse square transiting Pluto forms a 'planetary grand cross' with the Sudan chart's Uranus square Neptune. Furthermore the Penumbral Lunar eclipse on May 5th is almost exactly conjunct Sudan's MC. 04.25 The rapidly waning old Moon at 18 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 18 Taurus 18.58 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 26 Pisces, moon void. STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 28 degrees Aries and enters Taurus on Thursday. Jupiter is also in Aries. Mercury and Uranus are in Taurus. Venus is in Gemini. Mars is in Cancer. All the planets are direct in motion (till April 21st). There are 62 days to the Solstice. We are in an eclipse season and just 3 days from a Total/Hybrid Solar eclipse. Mercury is in his shadow in Taurus as an evening star. Mercury's retrograde phase occurs while he is in this sign this year. He resides a lengthy 69 days here and oversees the entire current eclipse season. The retrograde loop is dominated by a triple sextile to Saturn which inputs sound organisation and strong structure into the period. Mercury also sextiles Mars 3 times. This infuses positive action into the period. This is in the main a favourable residence. Much progress and consolidation will be evident. Mercury turns retrograde on April 21st at 16 degrees Taurus. He sextiles Mars a 2nd time on April 24th. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun, a 'new Mercury' and the start of a new chapter in the story, at 11 degrees Taurus on May 1st. Then as a 'morning star' Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on May 12th. He sextiles Venus on May 13th, with merry harmony. Mercury turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus on May 15th. He sextiles Saturn a final time on May 19th. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. These 10 weeks will be full of realistic practical productive and fertile communications. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in Gemini. Venus resides in this sign as an evening star for a brief 27 days. She squares Neptune, with beguilement and glamour, on May 4th. Venus sextiles Jupiter on May 5th, a bountiful experience and then enters Cancer on May 7th. There is sparkle, wit and delight woven into this planetary placement. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is in Cancer. We now experience defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in Cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once was on on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars sextiles Uranus on April 29th, with flair and refreshing originality. Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are/were all conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We are experiencing a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature is high with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 4 eclipses in 2023. A hybrid Total Solar Eclipse on April 20th at 30 Aries separating from Jupiter and square Pluto. (A hybrid eclipse is quite rare, only seven hybrid eclipses occur this century, with the three closest in time being 2013, 2023, and 2031. A hybrid eclipse results when the tip of the Moon's dark umbral shadow touches Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the surface at one or both ends of the eclipse centerline). A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 18th April 2023

Two days to the eclipse. The last two days have been pretty dreamy and 'drifty'. Today is more direct, forceful, urgent and has greater impact. 01.11 The rapidly waning Moon enters Aries joining the Sun and Jupiter in this sign. 01.42 The Moon at zero Aries waxing sextile Pluto at zero Aquarius 08.46 Venus at 8 Gemini waxing semi-square Jupiter at 23 Aries 09.18 Venus at 8 Gemini waxing quintile Neptune at 26 Pisces 15.47 The Moon at 9 Aries waning sextile Venus at 9 Gemini 22.17 The Moon at 12 Aries waning square Mars at 12 Cancer

Wednesday 19th April 2023

This final day before the eclipse is favoured by a near alignment of the fast moving decelerating ancient balsamic Moon and Jupiter in Aries. This is a fateful day of pre-eclipse karma, and one providing opportunity to face possible futures. Hold steady and be alert. 06.28 Saturn at 4 Pisces waning sextile the (mean) lunar node at 4 Taurus. This adds the stratum of 'shared destiny'. 17.27 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 24 Aries 18.54 Closest conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter 0.08 degrees

Thursday 20th April 2023

Hybrid/Total Solar Eclipse

Sun enters Taurus.

Sun square Pluto.

Annular/Total Solar Eclipse 30 degrees Aries 04:17 GMT. The path of this eclipse touches western Australia and passes north to the East Indies.

01:34:16 Eclipse-1st Penumbral contact 02:26:56 Eclipse-1st Umbral contact 04.13 Moment of NEW MOON, The Eclipse is conjunct Jupiter square Pluto The moon is then void of course for 18 mins. GREATEST ECLIPSE 04:16:37.5 04.31 The Moon enters Taurus The Sun, Moon, the lunar node, Mercury and Uranus are now in Taurus for 2 days. 05.05 The Moon at zero Taurus waxing square Pluto at zero Aquarius 05:56:23 Eclipse-last Umbral contact 06:59:13.5 Eclipse-last penumbral contact Today's eclipse is the 52nd eclipse (of 80) of the Solar Saros Series 129. This series started on October 3rd 1103. The chart for the moment of greatest eclipse of this first event is shown below. I believe it shows the quality of the entire 1424 year series. The series began with 20 partial eclipses, the first of which was on 1103 Oct. 03. The first annular eclipse occurred on 1464 May 06. The series continued to produce annular eclipses until the hybrid eclipse of 1987 Mar 29, and the most recent eclipse in this Saros Apr 8th 2005. The following events will all be total eclipses. The series ends with 19 partial eclipses, the last of which occurs on 2528 Feb. 21. A hybrid eclipse is a unique type of central eclipse where parts of the path are annular while other parts are total. This duality comes about when the vertex of the Moon's umbral shadow pierces Earth's surface at some points, but falls short of the planet along other portions of the eclipse path. The curvature of Earth's surface brings some geographic locations along the path into the umbra while other positions are more distant and enter the antumbral rather than umbral shadow. In most cases (like in 2005), the hybrid eclipse begins annular, changes to total for the central portion of the path, and then converts back to annular towards the end of the path. However, some hybrid eclipses may be annular only at the beginning (e.g. - 2013 Nov 03) or at the end (e.g. - 2386 Apr 29) of the path. The chart for Solar Saros 129 has a planetary stellium in Libra, a powerful warlike opposition of the Sun to Pluto in Aries, a separating opposition of Saturn and Uranus, a Neptune-Pluto fire trine and the eclipsed Sun and the Moon applying in sextile to Neptune. Jupiter sextiles Saturn and Mars sextiles Uranus. This moment in October 1103 coincided with the first Crusade and its aftermath well underway. It seems to be a chart which consolidates war. It is a strongly Cardinal and Fixed chart of Air and Water, so we have a 'dynamo effect' and 'concentration of energy' which are carried off by a hot wind of ideals and emotion. This chart is a very heady combination of astrological energy. The Saros does have also a measure of favourable energy, 'hot light winds' to be precise, a mixture of Aries, Leo and Libra, with corresponding light art form creations as a spinoff. The series ends in the year 2528. Today's eclipse is strongly square Pluto so the fundamental Sun Pluto vibration has a powerful resonance with today's event. Fasten your seat belts brothers and sisters. This Saros goes 'fully total' with the next eclipse in the series on April 30th 2041. Today's eclipse the last of 3 hybrids. This saros peaks with the longest Total Eclipse in the year 2131. Solar Saros 129 has 'found its feet' and is pushing forward with increasing energy. The tides of fate are riding high with this one. The last eclipse in the saros, April 8th 2005 oversaw the death of Pope John 2nd, his funeral on the actual day of the eclipse, and the marriage of Charles and Camilla. The USA were embroiled in Afghanistan at the time. The 1987 eclipse was a real 'purification by fire' from my personal perspective. It occurred 23 days after the Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Herald of Free Enterprise). The 1969 eclipse witnessed Golda Meir enrolled as the first female Prime Minister of Israel, the Apollo Space program intensifying and John an d Yoko's 'Bed In'. The 1951 eclipse witnessed the first Rock and Roll recording, the birth of 'Dennis the Menace' and Operation Ripper in the Korean War. The 1933 eclipse witnessed Hitler's defiance, the Reichstaf Fire, pivotal in establishing Nazi Germany, the start of recovery from the depression and FD Roosevelt being sworn in. The 1915 eclipse oversaw World War 1 intensifying. Germany declared the UK sea areas as a U-boat war zone. The Palestine Locust infestation started. Today's eclipse at the end of Aries directly hits the natal Moon of Joe Biden, King Charles, Australia, Yemen, Brexit(34/1/2020) and the Biden/Harris inauguration chart. It hits the Jupiter of Kim Un's power transfer chart, the Saturn of Ayatollah Khamanei and Henry Blofeld, the Uranus of the FBI and Extinction rebellion, the Mercury of Mark Zuckerberg and the lunar node of Michael Gove. Just 1.25 hours then ensue after the end of the eclipse sequence before the Sun enters Taurus. 08.15 The Sun enters Taurus and a new astrological month begins. 12.13 The Moon conjunction the lunar node at 4 Taurus 12.31 The Moon at 5 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 5 Pisces. 13.52 Uranus at 18 Taurus waxing septile Neptune at 26 Pisces. This is the final of 5 hits of this aspect in the 2021-2023 period. Dates July 21st 2021, Nov 29th 2021, June 10th 2022, Jan 29th 2023, April 20th 2023. The current synodic cycle of Uranus and Neptune started in 1993 in Capricorn, climaxes with the opposition in 2078-2081 across Cancer/Capricorn and ends in 2165 in Aquarius. This waxing septile aspects precedes the sextile aspect in 2025-2027. The Uranus/Neptune cycle is concerned with global and spiritual awakenings, new religious movements, and cultural renaissance. It invokes philosophical, political and religious change. It is the cycle of discovery, vision and understanding. The waxing septile aspect gives this renaissance unexpected opportunities, possibilities, and realisations. This is a profoundly mystical and very creative aspect. 16.27 The Sun at zero Taurus waxing square Pluto at zero Aquarius

Friday 21st April 2023

The Hybrid Eclipse is over (Unfortunately Yemen has been badly hit as was indicated), and the eclipse season continues. The Sun and Moon are now in Taurus. The tenor of the flow time has changed. Better watch out for the skin deep. Mercury tuns retrograde today. 04.37 The 'new baby' Moon at 14 Taurus waning sextile Mars at 14 Cancer 08.06 The Moon conjunction Mercury at 16 Taurus 08.29 MERCURY TURNS RETROGRADE 12.10 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 18 Taurus

Saturday 22nd April 2023

Mercury is now retrograde. He is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at 11 degrees Taurus on May 1st. Mercury turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus on May 15th. We are deeply immersed in an eclipse season on the road to a penumbral lunar eclipse (in Scorpio opposite the trickster Uranus) on May 5th. Indeed an eclipse season running alongside a retro-Mercury is a recipe for twists, tricks and turns. Dizzying days are ahead. 03.42 The infant Moon decelerating at 26 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 26 Pisces. The Moon is now void for 6.5 hours 06.08 Mars at 14 Cancer waxing bi-novile Jupiter at 24 Aries 10.13 The Moon enters Gemini joining Venus in this sign. Lighter and shallower astrological waveforms manifest. 10.49 The Moon at zero Gemini waxing trine Pluto at zero Aquarius 16.25 Mars at 14 Cancer waxing tri-decile Neptune at 26 Pisces 19.00 The Moon at 5 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 5 Pisces 21.12 The Sun at 2 Taurus waxing decile Neptune at 26 Pisces

Sunday 23rd April 2023

(We still remember, we who dwell in this far land beneath the trees, the starlight on the western seas). 02.45 The Sun at 3 Taurus waning quintile Mars at 15 Cancer 11.41 Closest conjunction of the young decelerating Moon and Venus 0.47 degrees 12.44 The Moon 'sweet conjunction' Venus at 14 Gemini 20.43 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase

Monday 24th April 2023

Several countries have evacuated diplomats and citizens from Sudan's capital as fierce fighting continues to rage in Khartoum. Sudan has been hit hardest of all countries so far by the eclipse season. The Lunar Eclipse ahead of us on May 5th is conjunct Sudan's MC. 03.20 retro-Mercury at 15 Taurus waning sextile Mars at 15 Cancer 08.49 The waxing crescent Moon at 25 Gemini waxing sextile Jupiter at 25 Aries 09.05 retro-Mercury at 15 Taurus waning semi-sextile Venus at 15 Gemini 12.16 The Moon at 27 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 6.75 hours 12.23 Venus at 15 Gemini waxing sesuiquadrate Pluto at zero Aquarius 15.11 The Sun at Taurus conjunction the lunar node at 4 Taurus Mid eclipse season marker. 16.51 Venus at 16 Gemini waning semi-sextile Mars at 16 Cancer 19.00 The Moon enters Cancer joining Mars in this sign 19.40 The Moon at zero Cancer waxing quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 4 degrees Taurus. Retro-Mercury and Uranus are in Taurus. Venus is in Gemini. Mars is in Cancer. There are 56 days to the Solstice. We are in an eclipse fortnight. Mercury is retrograde in Taurus as an evening star. He is residing a lengthy 69 days here and overseeing the entire current eclipse season. The retrograde loop is dominated by a triple sextile to Saturn which inputs sound organisation and strong structure into the period. Mercury also sextiles Mars 3 times. This infuses positive action into the period. This is in the main a favourable residence. Much progress and consolidation will be evident. Mercury turned retrograde on April 21st at 16 degrees Taurus. He sextiles Mars a 2nd time today. He is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun, a 'new Mercury' and the start of a new chapter in the story, at 11 degrees Taurus on May 1st. Then as a 'morning star' Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on May 12th. He sextiles Venus on May 13th, with merry harmony. Mercury turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus on May 15th. He sextiles Saturn a final time on May 19th. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. These 10 weeks will be full of realistic practical productive and fertile communications. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in Gemini. Venus resides in this sign as an evening star for a brief 27 days. She squares Neptune, with beguilement and glamour, on May 4th. Venus sextiles Jupiter on May 5th, a bountiful experience and then enters Cancer on May 7th. There is sparkle, wit and delight woven into this planetary placement. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is in Cancer. We now experience defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in Cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once was on on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars sextiles Uranus on April 29th, with flair and refreshing originality. Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are/were all conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We are experiencing a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature is high with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 3 eclipses remaining in 2023. A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 25th April 2023

The Sun sextile Saturn

The Sun is in Taurus and the Moon is in Cancer. There is no greater concentration of 'domestic, traditional, nurturing, sustaining, home cooking, thrifty, home grown, retentive, family orientated protective' energy than this solar/lunar combination. Just cherish. 03.06 The slowly waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 4 Cancer waxing sextile her node from north of the ecliptic. The Sun is now conjunct the Moon/Saturn midpoint sextile both. 04.11 The Moon at 5 Cancer waxing sextile The Sun at 5 Taurus 04.40 The Moon at 5 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 5 Pisces 09.10 Venus at 16 Gemini waxing septile Jupiter at 25 Aries 10.49 The Sun at 5 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 5 Pisces The peak 'consolidating' vibration of this day. 14.02 Venus at 17 Gemini waxing bi-novile Neptune at 27 Pisces 23.47 The Moon at 15 Cancer waxing sextile Mercury at 15 Taurus The Moon applies to Mars as the (GMT) day ends.

Wednesday 26th April 2023

I have and hold, and I hang on for dear life. (Sun in Taurus, Moon in Cancer) 03.09 The waxing and decelerating crescent Moon conjunction Mars at 16 Cancer 06.46 The Moon at 18 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 18 Taurus 19.17 Venus at 18 Gemini waxing bi-septile Saturn at 5 Pisces 21.10 The Moon at 25 Cancer waxing square Jupiter at 25 Aries 23.41 The Moon at 27 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is then void of course for 6.8 hours

Friday 28th April 2023

Now we are on the 7 day countdown and build up to the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio which occurs next Friday. An intense experience awaits us. Mars in Cancer is sextile Uranus tomorrow. A wave of ingenuity and application of effort is underway. 06.00 retro-Mercury at 14 Taurus waning decile Venus at 20 Gemini 06.45 The first quarter Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 09.45 The Moon at 14 Leo waxing square retro-Mercury at 13 Taurus 19.27 The Moon at 18 Leo waxing square Uranus at 18 Taurus 21.44 retro-Mercury at 13 Taurus waxing bi-septile Pluto at zero Aquarius 23.42 The Moon at 20 Leo waxing sextile Venus at 20 Gemini

Saturday 29th April 2023

10.53 The First Quarter Moon at 26 Leo waxing trine Jupiter at 26 Aries. The Moon is void of course for 8.1 hours 12.21 The Moon at 27 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces 19.01 The Moon enters Virgo 19.44 The Moon at zero Virgo waning quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius 20.05 Mars at 18 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 18 Taurus 21.51 Uranus at 18 Taurus waxing tri-decile Pluto at zero Aquarius This is the final of 5 hits of this aspect. The dates are July 3rd 2021, Nov 9th 2021, June 1st 2022, 22nd Dec 2022 and 29th April 2023. The current 139 year synodic cycle of Uranus and Pluto started in 1965-1966 in Virgo. The first square occurred 2012-2015 and the waxing trine, in Air signs, occurs 2026-2028. Opposition occurs 2046-2048 across Virgo Pisces. The cycle ends in 2104 in Taurus. The principle of Uranus and Pluto is an extreme push for freedom and for change with complete and drastic revolution with the deepest urge for change. The waxing TriDecile aspect reveals maturing new qualities of being, participating creatively in a larger scheme, catalyzing outward activity. Put this all together and you have large scale freedom movements. Such is the nature of the time.

Sunday 30th April 2023

Material practicality rules these next two days 02.48 The Moon at 4 Virgo trines her node from north of the ecliptic 05.42 The Moon at 5 Virgo opposition Saturn at 5 Pisces 14.09 retro-Mercury at 12 Taurus waning novile Venus at 22 Gemini 15.00 The Moon at 10 Virgo waxing trine The Sun at 10 Taurus 19.06 The Moon at 12 Virgo waxing trine Mercury at 12 Taurus

Monday 1st May 2023

Quite an interesting month is ahead of us. An intense penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 5th. A Fixed T-square involving Mars in Leo (from May 20th), Jupiter (entering Taurus on May 16th) and Pluto retrograding in early Aquarius dominates the end of the month. Uncompromising big time power shifts and material consolidation are inevitable with this one. Jupiter applies in conjunction to the lunar node which peaks early June. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people. Mercury is retrograde until May 15th, so hang fire with decision making. Pluto starts to square the lunar nodal axis which lasts well into November and symbolises powerful changes in the world of finance, banking and shared resources including food production. This is all starting off this merry month of May. 07.39 The Moon at 18 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 18 Taurus 08.08 retro-Mercury at 12 Taurus waxing semi-square Neptune at 27 Pisces 09.09 The Moon at 19 Virgo waxing sextile Mars at 19 Cancer 13.43 PLUTO TURNS RETROGRADE until Oct 10th 16.45 Venus at 23 Gemini waxing tri-decile Saturn at 5 Pisces A mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, Venus and Neptune 17.00 to 24.00 17.32 The Moon at 23 Virgo waxing square Venus at 23 Gemini 23.01 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase 23.28 Inferior Conjunction of Mercury and The Sun at 11 Taurus a 'new Mercury' and the start of a new chapter in the story. 23.31 The Moon at 27 Virgo waxing quincunx Jupiter at 27 Aries 23.53 The Moon at 27 Virgo opposition Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 6.3 hours STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 11 degrees Taurus. Retro-Mercury and Uranus are also in Taurus. Venus is in Gemini. Mars is in Cancer. There are 49 days to the Solstice. We are in the depths of an eclipse fortnight. Mercury is retrograde in Taurus as a morning star. He is residing a lengthy 69 days here and overseeing the entire current eclipse season. The retrograde loop is dominated by a triple sextile to Saturn which inputs sound organisation and strong structure into the period. Mercury also sextiles Mars 3 times. This infuses positive action into the period. This is in the main a favourable residence. Much progress and consolidation will be evident. Mercury turned retrograde on April 21st at 16 degrees Taurus. He is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at 11 degrees Taurus today May 1st. As a 'morning star' Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on May 12th. He sextiles Venus on May 13th, with merry harmony. Mercury turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus on May 15th. He sextiles Saturn a final time on May 19th. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. These 10 weeks will be full of realistic practical productive and fertile communications. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in Gemini. Venus resides in this sign as an evening star for a brief 27 days. She squares Neptune, with beguilement and glamour, on May 4th. Venus sextiles Jupiter on May 5th, a bountiful experience and then enters Cancer on May 7th. There is sparkle, wit and delight woven into this planetary placement. Looking ahead Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is in Cancer. We now experience defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in Cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once was on on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Venus, Mercury and the Sun are/were all conjunct Jupiter in March and April 2023, a time of invigoration and pushing forward, and Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We are experiencing a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature is high with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. PLUTO TURNS RETROGRADE today until Oct 10th Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 3 eclipses remaining in 2023. A penumbral Lunar Eclipse occurs on 5th-6th May at 15 Scorpio opposite Uranus, trine Mars, visible from SE Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 2nd May 2023

Lunar pressures are rising. We are 3 days from an intense Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio. Jupiter in late Aries makes single minor aspects to both Saturn and Neptune in the next 2 days. World events appear to be 'heating up'. The situation in Sudan has deteriorated since fighting broke out on April 15, the day of the Total Solar Eclipse, leaving hundreds dead and tens of thousands fleeing to neighbouring countries. Russia has launched a series of missiles at Ukrainian cities in the second pre-dawn attack in three days. The most significant damage was in Pavlohrad, a city in Ukrainian-held territory around 70 miles from the frontline. Pictures posted on social media showed a massive blaze. Britain prepares for a coronation. 06.11 The waxing gibbous Moon gaining speed, enters Libra. Sun in Taurus, Moon in Libra. Strong will, high principals, undeniable beauty. 06.52 The Moon at zero Libra waning trine Pluto at zero Aquarius 10.25 The Sun at 12 Taurus waxing semi-square Neptune at 27 Pisces 12.17 Venus at 24 Gemini waxing biquintile Pluto at zero Aquarius 15.40 Venus at 25 Gemini waxing decile Uranus at 19 Taurus 16.47 The Moon at 6 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 6 Pisces 22.04 Jupiter at 27 Aries waxing semi-sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces This is a single waxing semi-sextile in the 13 year synodic cycle of these two planets which began on April 4th 2022 in Pisces. Jupiter-Neptune symbolises the rise or decline of political, social orders and ideologies. This waxing semi-sextile aspect symbolises 'emerging from a condition of almost pure potentiality'. A new 'social ideology seed' is stirring.

Wednesday 3rd May 2023

Pre-lunar eclipse days these. It is especially interesting to observe news stories at this time. A man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI) has quit his job, warning about the growing dangers from developments in the field. Geoffrey Hinton,(Sun sign Sagittarius), 75, announced his resignation from Google in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regretted his work and that some of the dangers of AI chatbots were 'quite scary'. This is a major issue right now it seems. In Sudan, civilians are facing catastrophe as 100000 flee fighting. Some sort of peace treaty is required there. We may see both of these issues undergo changes in the next few days. Sudan is very strongly targeted by this eclipse and this Saros. 02.26 The waxing gibbous pre-eclipse Moon at 11 Libra waxing quincunx retro-Mercury at 11 Taurus 06.10 The Moon at 13 Libra waxing quincunx The Sun at 13 Taurus 10.23 Retro-Mercury at 10 Taurus waning semi-square Venus at 25 Gemini 12.12 Jupiter at 27 Aries waxing septile Saturn at 6 Pisces The current 20 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Saturn started at the start of Aquarius on the day of the Northern hemisphere Winter Solstice Dec 21st 2000. The cycle climaxes with the opposition, across Gemini/Sagittarius in 2030-2031, and ends in 2040 on Halloween Day, 31st Oct 2040, in Libra. This cycle of Jupiter and Saturn represents a positive, focused attitude, a definition of goals, ambition and development. The significance of the Aquarius influence is to connect this development to global integration. Today's waxing septile aspect is a single hit. It symbolises 'a transcendent sense of affirmation realised in the endurance of a crisis of growth and its tests of allegiance. Unexpected opportunities, possibilities, and realisations now manifest'. 17.27 The Moon at 19 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 19 Taurus 21.11 The Moon at 21 Libra waxing square Mars at 21 Cancer 22.16 The Sun at 13 Taurus waxing bi-septile Pluto at zero Aquarius 22.20 Mars at 21 Cancer waxing sesuiquadrate Saturn at 6 Pisces

Thursday 4th May 2023

 

Pre-eclipse events fill the newsreels. The most significant yesterday reported Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denying that his country had carried out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, which Russia says was an attempt on President Vladimir Putin's life. Unverified footage circulating online shows smoke rising over the Kremlin early on Wednesday. A second video shows a small explosion above the site's Senate building, while two men appear to clamber up the dome. Today intensifies. 00.59The Sun at 13 Taurus waning novile retro-Mercury at 10 Taurus 07.55 The almost full and pre-eclipse Moon accelerating at 26 Libra waxing trine Venus at 26 Gemini 08.44 The Moon at 27 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces A dissociate T-square manifests involving the Moon, Jupiter and Pluto 09.00 to 15.13 09.17 The Moon at 27 Libra opposition Jupiter at 27 Aries. The Moon is then void of course for 5.3 hours 14.34 The Moon enters Scorpio 15.13 The Moon at zero Scorpio waning square Pluto at zero Aquarius 17.41 Venus at 27 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 27 Pisces 21.12 The Moon at 4 Scorpio opposition her ascending node at 4 Taurus Lunar Eclipse tomorrow.

Friday 5th May 2023

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio

Venus sextile Jupiter

00.54 The burgeoning Full Moon at 6 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 6 Pisces 04.01 retro-Mercury at 9 Taurus waning quintile Mars at 21 Cancer 04.03 Venus at 27 Gemini waxing sextile Jupiter at 27 Aries 07.16 The Moon at 9 Scorpio opposition Mercury at 9 Taurus 15:14:10 START OF THE ECLIPSE 17:24:05 MOMENT OF GREATEST ECLIPSE 17.35 Moment of FULL MOON 19:31:41 END OF THE ECLIPSE

Today's lunar eclipse in Scorpio is opposite Uranus. This confers a tense and intense quality to the event. There are emotional shocks and experiential surprises to assimilate. Venus in late Gemini sextiles Jupiter and squares Neptune. This smacks of big winners and big losers. Retrograde Mercury sextiles Saturn, dropping, missing and picking up stitches. Jupiter applies square to Pluto and invokes great power shifts. This is a deeply emotional event. Great changes are possible.

Lunar Saros 141

Today's eclipse is member 24 of the 73 eclipses which makeup Lunar Saros 141. The Saros started in 1608. Today's eclipse is the last of 24 Penumbral eclipses in the waxing half of this Saros. The next eclipse in the family on May 16th 2041 is the 1st of 7 Partial eclipses. Then follows the first total Eclipse in the Saros is in the year 2167. The longest Total Eclipse is in 2293. the Saros ends in the year 2888. So this Saros is still young. This particular eclipse is special. The Saros is 'coming of age'. It is gaining 'karmic traction'. The chart above is for the moment of greatest eclipse on the first eclipse in Lunar Saros Series 141, set for London. It's tenor defines the quality of the entire Saros. The chart is dominated by a mutable cross involving the Sun, Moon, Uranus and Chiron. This is the cross of the repentant thief. With an emphasis on Earth and Mutability we see a Virgo Sun and an eclipsed Pisces Full Moon sextile Pluto. This Saros is a refined beast with deep faith and the power for healing and betterment. Jupiter is trine Neptune in Earth signs. It evokes art works of substance. Mars is trine Uranus in Air signs. It has a versatility of spirit. Mercury 'earth trines' Saturn, practical and consolidating. Uranus in Gemini applies in a wide mutable square to Neptune. A substantial challenge is offered here. Intellectual science is pitted against the the hidden spiritual reality. The eclipse directly hits Sudan's MC, Zelenski's Uranus, Boris Johnson's Neptune, the Gaza strip's Sun, Yemen's Pluto, the Dow Jones and FTSE Saturn, and Bashar Assad's Mars.

Saturday 6th May 2023

The Sun is at 15 degrees Taurus. We are midway between Equinox and Solstice. In the northern hemisphere we enter the lightest quarter of the year. In the south the darkest quarter is beginning. We are in the wake of yesterday's lunar eclipse. Sensitive hours are at hand. Remain attuned. 00.14 The waning full Moon accelerating at 19 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 19 Taurus 05.51 The Moon at 22 Scorpio waxing trine Mars at 22 Cancer 10.58 Venus at 29 Gemini waxing novile Uranus at 19 Taurus 14.38 The Moon at 27 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is dangerously void of course for 5.5 hours A yod 'finger of fate' is manifest 16.00 to 18.30 involving the Moon, Venus and Jupiter. 16.00 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waning quincunx Jupiter at 28 Aries 18.29 The Moon at 29 Scorpio waxing quincunx Venus at 29 Gemini 20.06 The Moon enters Sagittarius 20.42 The Moon at zero Sagittarius waning sextile Pluto at zero Aquarius

Sunday 7th May 2023

04.41 retro-Mercury at 8 Taurus waning septile Venus at 30 Gemini 06.13 The rapidly waning full Moon accelerating at 6 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 6 Pisces 09.59 The Moon at 8 Sagittarius waning quincunx Mercury at 8 Taurus 14.26 Venus enters Cancer, joining Mars in this sign (for 13 days) residing there herself for 39 days. She has a mild and favorable time there. A mainly pleasant residence. Venus sextiles retro-Mercury and trines Saturn on May 13th, a potential eventful day. She sextiles Uranus on May 26th, with home improvements. She trines Neptune on June 2nd, with measures of tastefulness. Venus enters Leo on June 15th where she will remain until Oct 9th. 22.11 Venus at zero Cancer waxing quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius

Monday 8th May 2023

Venus and Mars are now in Cancer for the next 12 days.

Mercury turns direct in 7 days time.

01.50 The very rapidly waning full Moon still accelerating at 17 Sagittarius waning quincunx The Sun at 17 Taurus 04.35 The Moon at 19 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 19 Taurus 11.55 The Moon at 23 Sagittarius waxing quincunx Mars at 23 Cancer 18.23 The Moon at 27 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 27 Pisces 18.59 The Sun at 18 Taurus waxing quintile Saturn at 6 Pisces 20.29 The Moon at 28 Sagittarius waning trine Jupiter at 28 Aries. The Moon is void of course for 3.1 hours. 23.35 The Moon enters Capricorn setting a resourceful, pragmatic and shrewd backdrop for the next two days and oversees the financial implications of the Sun conjunction Uranus aspect tomorrow.

STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 18 degrees Taurus. Retro-Mercury and Uranus are also in Taurus. Venus and Mars are in Cancer. There are 42 days to the Solstice. We are slowly drawing out of an eclipse season. A Fixed T-square involving Mars in Leo (from May 20th), Jupiter (entering Taurus on May 16th) and Pluto retrograding in early Aquarius dominates the end of May. Uncompromising big time power shifts and material consolidation are inevitable with this one. Jupiter applies in conjunction to the lunar node which peaks early June. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people. Mercury is retrograde until May 15th, so hang fire with decision making. Pluto starts to square the lunar nodal axis which lasts well into November and symbolises powerful changes in the world of finance, banking and shared resources including food production. This is all starting off in this merry month of May. Mercury is retrograde in Taurus as a morning star. He is residing a lengthy 69 days here and overseeing the entire current eclipse season. The retrograde loop is dominated by a triple sextile to Saturn which inputs sound organisation and strong structure into the period. Mercury also sextiles Mars 3 times. This infuses positive action into the period. This is in the main a favourable residence. Much progress and consolidation will be evident. Mercury turned retrograde on April 21st at 16 degrees Taurus. He was at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at 11 degrees Taurus on May 1st. As a 'morning star' Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on May 12th. He sextiles Venus on May 13th, with merry harmony. Mercury turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus on May 15th. He sextiles Saturn a final time on May 19th. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. These 10 weeks will be full of realistic practical productive and fertile communications. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in now in Cancer. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is in Cancer. We now experience defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mercury sextiles Mars twice (while Mars is in Cancer), bringing a measure of adept intervention, once was on on April 8th and again on 24th April, with Mercury in retrograde mode, (the 3rd sextile is not till June 21st when Mars is in Leo.) Mars 'water trines' Neptune on May 15th, with favourable overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus on May 16th 2023. Jupiter in Aries evokes ground-breaking trailblazing energy. We are experiencing a surge and a shift to proactive, taking up the reins, innovative,'fight for what is right' experiences. The astrological temperature is high with Jupiter in Aries. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 9th May 2023

Sun conjunction Uranus.

Very caring and nurturing vibrations engulf us now with both Venus and Mars in Cancer. This is an emotionally precious time period of care and love. Dosen't happen all that often. Since the year 2000 it happened for 9 days in June 2021, one day only 25th-26th Aug 2009, form 28th May to 14th June 2002 and from 18th June to 13th July 2000. Make the most of the next 11 days. 02.20 The very rapidly waning Moon at 2 Capricorn opposition Venus at 2 Cancer 04.12 The Sun at 18 Taurus waxing septile Neptune at 27 Pisces 05.13 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase 05.20 The Moon at 3 Capricorn trines her node from south of the ecliptic 05.25 The Sun at 18 Taurus waxing tri-decile Pluto at zero Aquarius Saturn is on the Moon/Mercury midpoint sextile both. 09.39 The Moon at 6 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 6 Pisces 11.28 The Moon at 7 Capricorn waning trine Mercury at 7 Taurus 15.49 retro-Mercury at 7 Taurus waxing novile Neptune at 27 Pisces 19.57 The Sun conjunction Uranus at 19 Taurus

Wednesday 10th May 2023

The tender vibration of Venus and Mars both in Cancer continues for 10 more days. Mercury turns direct in 5 days time, after which a few important decisions can be made with a degree of confidence. A 'sure footed' down to earth pragmatic (even quiet) day is on the cards for today. Saturday looks astrologically interesting, and is the start of a very dynamic 2nd half of May 2023. 07.33 The very rapidly moving disseminating Moon at 19 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 19 Taurus 08.21 The Moon at 19 Capricorn waning trine The Sun at 19 Taurus 15.40 Venus at 3 Cancer waxing sextile the lunar node at 3 Taurus 16.39 The Moon at 24 Capricorn opposition Mars at 24 Cancer 21.04 The Moon at 27 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces 23.53 The Moon at 29 Capricorn waning square Jupiter at 29 Aries. The Moon is void of course for 2.25 hours.

Thursday 11th May 2023

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired almost 300 rockets at Israel and the Israeli military says it has hit 50 Islamic Jihad targets, in the heaviest fighting in nine months. Last week's lunar eclipse strongly hit the Israeli chart, falling across the Israeli lunar nodal axis and squaring Israeli natal Saturn and Pluto. This eclipse also was conjunct the Gaza natal Scorpio Sun. This is obviously an eclipse related phenomenon. Hopefully a ceasefire will be brokered soon. 02.07 The rapidly waning Moon enters Aquarius The Sun and Moon are now both in fixed signs for the next two days, resulting in firm resolution. There will be a resistance to change and not much give. 02.41 The Moon conjunction Pluto at zero Aquarius 04.49 Moon at perigee. Closest to the Earth all month and fastest moving 06.42 Venus at 4 Cancer waxing semi-square Uranus at 19 Taurus 07.39 The Moon at 3 Aquarius squares her nodes from south of the ecliptic. 09.02 The Moon at 4 Aquarius waning quincunx Venus at 4 Cancer 12.46 The Moon at 6 Aquarius waning square retro-Mercury at 6 Taurus 20.09 Venus at 5 Cancer waxing tri-septile Pluto at zero Aquarius

Friday 12th May 2023

Mercury sextile Saturn

Clear future orientated thinking is the hall mark of today. Both Mercury and Venus are currently making favourable aspects to Saturn. 08.42 retro-Mercury at 6 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 6 Pisces Mercury's current retrograde phase (April 21st to May 15th) has been dominated by a triple sextile to Saturn which has/is inputting sound organisation and strong structure. The final hit of this sextile is next Friday. This constructive thinking 'wave' is especially active over the next 7 days. A good time to 'think out' and sort out personal goals for the future. Don't act yet, simply ponder with purpose. 10.13 The Moon at 19 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 19 Taurus 14.29 The Moon at Fixed Last Quarter 21.13 The Moon at 26 Aquarius waning quincunx Mars at 26 Cancer

Saturday 13th May 2023

Mercury sextiles Venus

Venus trine Saturn

There is a lot going on all of a sudden. The remainder of this month is astrologically dynamic and demanding. A Fixed T-square involving Mars, Jupiter and Pluto starts today, peaks on May 19th-20th and ends on 28th. This one really will become hot as Mars in Leo opposes Pluto in 8 days time. Mars trines Neptune whipping up oceanic emotional currents this weekend. Today the Moon and Saturn sextile Mercury, Jupiter and the lunar node, and they trine Venus. The astrological itinary for the eventful 10 days ahead is as follows. Fri-Sat May 12th-13th Mercury Venus and Saturn harmoniously arrayed-clear thinking. Mon May 15th Mercury stations direct and Mars trines Neptune. Tues May 16th Jupiter enters Taurus. Thurs May 18th Jupiter squares Pluto and the Sun sextiles Neptune. Fri May 19th Mercury sextile Saturn, last of 3. New Moon in Taurus. Sat May 20th Mars enters Leo. Sun May 21st Mars opposes Pluto. The Sun enters Gemini. The Sun trines Pluto. Mon May 22nd The Sun sextiles Mars. Tues May 23rd Mars square Jupiter. That will do to be going on with although there is more to follow. 02.44 retro-Mercury at 6 Taurus waning sextile Venus at 6 Cancer 03.16 The Moon at 29 Aquarius waning sextile Jupiter at 29 Aries. The Moon is void of course for just 85 mins. 04.41 The Moon enters Pisces joining Neptune in this sign 06.58 Venus at 6 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 6 Pisces 10.04 The Moon at 3 Pisces waning sextile the lunar node at 3 Taurus 12.05 retro-Mercury at 6 Taurus waning bi-novile Mars at 26 Cancer 14.44 The Moon at 6 Pisces waning sextile Mercury at 6 Taurus 15.12 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 6 Pisces 15.51 The Moon at 7 Pisces waning trine Venus at 7 Cancer

Sunday 14th May 2023

13.23 The fast moving last quarter Moon decelerating at 19 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 19 Taurus 21.17 The Moon at 24 Pisces waning sextile The Sun at 24 Taurus

Monday 15th May 2023

Mars trine Neptune

Today Mercury stations direct and Mars trines Neptune. The day is brimming over with emotion and activity. 02.31 The rapidly waning Moon decelerating at 27 Pisces waning trine Mars at 27 Cancer 03.11 MERCURY TURNS DIRECT 02.57 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 27 Pisces,. The Moon is void of course for 5 hours 07.57 The Moon enters Aries joining Jupiter in this sign 08.30 The Moon at zero Aries waxing sextile Pluto at zero Aquarius 13.34 Saturn at 6 Pisces waxing decile Pluto at zero Aquarius The Saturn Pluto cycle correlates with the transformation of power structures, economic contraction, natural disasters, epidemics, and war. The cycle lasts 33-38 years. The current cycle started in late Capricorn on 12th Jan 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. It reaches its first quarter crisis in 2028-2029 and arrives at its climax, Saturn opposition Pluto, across Leo/Aquarius in 2035-2036. The cycle completes in 2053-2054 in Pisces. Today's waxing decile is the 1st of three, dates May 15th 2023 , Aug 18th 2023 and Jan 30th 2024. This aspect reveals a new quality of being to be actualised through the natural cyclic process. We get a glimpse now of what new power structures and 'tempering experiences' are to be. 13.45 Mars at 27 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 27 Pisces 23.42 The Moon at 9 Aries waning square Venus at 9 Cancer STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 25 degrees Taurus. Retro-Mercury and Uranus are also in Taurus. Venus and Mars are in Cancer. There are 35 days to the Solstice. We are slowly drawing out of an eclipse season. A Fixed T-square involving Mars in Leo (from May 20th), Jupiter (entering Taurus on May 16th) and Pluto retrograding in early Aquarius dominates the end of May. Uncompromising big time power shifts and material consolidation are inevitable with this one. Jupiter applies in conjunction to the lunar node which peaks early June. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people. Mercury is retrograde until May 15th, so hang fire with decision making. Pluto starts to square the lunar nodal axis which lasts well into November and symbolises powerful changes in the world of finance, banking and shared resources including food production. This is all starting off in this merry month of May. Tomorrow Jupiter enters Taurus. Thursday sees Jupiter square Pluto and the Sun sextile Neptune. Friday sees Mercury sextile Saturn, last of 3, and the very positive New Moon in Taurus. Mars enters Leo on Saturday. Next Sunday (May 21st) Mars opposes Pluto, The Sun enters Gemini and trines Pluto. A very eventful week lies ahead of us. Mercury is in Taurus as a direct morning star. He is residing a lengthy 69 days here and overseeing the entire current eclipse season. Mercury today turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus. He sextiles Saturn a final time on May 19th. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in now in Cancer. Venus is residing here herself for 39 days. She has a mild and favourable time there. A mainly pleasant residence. She sextiles Uranus on May 26th, with home improvements. She trines Neptune on June 2nd, with measures of tastefulness. Venus enters Leo on June 15th. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 15th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is in Cancer. We now experience defensive reactions and bursts of emotional displays, the tendency to dwell on the past, tenacity, touchiness, toughness, tantrum, protectionism and thrift. Mars 'water trines' Neptune today, with favourable emotional overtones. This is a relatively smooth flowing residence. Mars enters Leo on May 20th and is immediately opposite Pluto in Aquarius on the next day May 21st, which is more of a shock to the system. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter re-entered Aries on Dec 20 2022. Jupiter leaves Aries and enters Taurus TOMORROW. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 16th May 2023

Jupiter enters Taurus

An eventful week is underway. Jupiter entering Taurus today is occultated by the Moon tomorrow and is then squared by Pluto early Friday.. 01.12 The fast but decelerating Moon reaches her balsamic phase The procession to Friday's New moon now begins in earnest. 17.22 Jupiter enters Taurus Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. It starts with a lunar occultation by the old Moon on Wednesday 14.00 GMT,a single event and an incisive start to the year long residence during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter squares Pluto on Thursday of this week. This is a major 'power play' event on many levels. Turkey, Donald Trump, Boris Johnson- it's all in there. Jupiter conjuncts the lunar node on June 1st. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people .Jupiter sextiles Saturn on June 19th. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. 20.18 Venus at 10 Cancer waxing bi-septile Neptune at 27 Pisces

Wednesday 17th May 2023

Lunar occultation of Jupiter

Mercury has turned direct. Jupiter has ingressed Taurus. There is a lunar occultation today. Tomorrow Jupiter squares Pluto. Big changes are underway. You must keep up to speed! On the morning of May 17th 2023, the waning crescent moon will occult Jupiter. When the pair rises around 4:30 a.m. (USA local time), Jupiter will lie off the old moon's illuminated limb. As the morning proceeds, the moon will move closer to Jupiter, covering it as viewed from some locations. These areas include northern Central America, northern Caribbean, most of North America, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, northern British Isles, Scandinavia and northwest Russia. However, for most of these locations, the occultation occurs during daylight hours 03.07 Venus at 10 Cancer waxing quad-novile Pluto at zero Aquarius 09.10 The Moon at 28 Aries waning square Mars at 28 Cancer. The Moon is void of course for 3.3 hours 12.29 The Moon enters Taurus joining the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and the lunar node. 12.29 Venus at 11 Cancer waxing septile Uranus at 19 Taurus (A transcendent affirmation of value and surprise). 12.48 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at zero Taurus 13.01 The Moon at zero Taurus waxing square Pluto at zero Aquarius 14.00 Closest conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter 0.04 degrees 14.04 The Sun at 26 Taurus waxing bi-novile Saturn at 6 Pisces 17.45 The Moon conjunction her ascending node at 3 Taurus 23.28 The Moon conjunction Mercury at 6 Taurus 23.58 The Moon at 6 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 6 Pisces

Thursday 18th May 2023

The Sun, the Moon, Mercury Jupiter, Uranus and the lunar node are all in Taurus.

Jupiter square Pluto.

Sun sextile Neptune.

A positive New Moon blesses us tomorrow amid the current turbulant planetary conditions. Real deep rooted grounded energy is manifest right now. River deep mountain high. Houses of the holy. 01.10 Jupiter at zero Taurus waxing square Pluto at zero Aquarius The current 13 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Pluto, symbolising 'power plays' started on Nov 12th 2020 in Capricorn. At that time we witnessed a worldwide rampant and escalating covid-19 virus, the appearance of vaccines and the US president refusing to concede electoral defeat. Today's single waxing square aspect symbolises maturing new qualities demanding freedom from the past and its compulsions. The cycle climaxes with the opposition across Leo/Aquarius in July 2026 and ends in Feb 2033 in Aquarius. The Jupiter Pluto cycle represents 'big time power shifts'. 09.00 The Sun at 27 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces 09.19 The ancient Moon decelerating at 12 Taurus waning sextile Venus at 12 Cancer 23.29 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 19 Taurus

Friday 19th May 2023

New Moon in Taurus

The Fixed T-square involving Mars, Jupiter and Pluto peaks today and tomorrow 06.37 Venus at 13 Cancer waxing quintile Jupiter at 1 Taurus 06.40 Mercury at 7 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 7 Pisces 13.40 The ancient Moon decelerating at 27 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces 15.54 Moment of NEW MOON

The New Moon trines Pluto, sextiles Mars and Neptune. Today's New Moon is the 1st following on from the Hybrid Solar Eclipse at 30 degrees Aries on April 20th 2023 and is the 5th before the American Annular Solar Eclipse at 21 degrees Libra on October 14th 2023. By itself this New Moon is a favourable event initiating positive changes for the better and offering experiences of enhancement and support. However dominating this current period we are witness to the building up of a planetary T-square of Jupiter at zero Taurus, Pluto at zero Aquarius and Mars shortly to be at zero Leo. We stand at the brink of a significantly powerful planetary event so this New Moon is herald to something much more transformational underway. 17.51 The Moon at 29 Taurus waning sextile Mars at 29 Cancer. The Moon is void of course for 58 mins.

18.49 The Moon enters Gemini 19.20 The Moon at zero Gemini waxing trine Pluto at zero Aquarius

Saturday 20th May 2023

Mars enters Leo

The new infant Moon is now in Gemini. Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Taurus. The Sun enters Gemini tomorrow. Mars enters Leo today ensuring a tempestuous 50 days ahead, and to prove a point, he is applying in opposition Pluto right now. 06.58 The young fresh infant Moon decelerating at 7 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 7 Pisces 15.33 Mars enters Leo. Mars spends a thunderous 50 days in this sign. He is opposite Pluto tomorrow, (potentially violent and explosive). Care advised. The Sun is sextile Mars on Monday, injecting 'energy and will', in a positive manner. Mars squares Jupiter on Tuesday enendering 'lavish'. (Really over the top). Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, sharp shooting and direct communications. Mars squares Uranus on June 26th, bolts of fire out of the blue, quite shocking. Going to need a lot of gentleness to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th.

Sunday 21st May 2023

MARS OPPOSES PLUTO

The Sun enters Gemini and trines Pluto

 

03.12 Mars at zero Leo opposition Pluto at zero Aquarius 04.58 Mercury at 7 Taurus waxing novile Neptune at 27 Pisces 07.11 The Sun enters Gemini and a new astrological month begins. 13.59 The Sun at zero Gemini waxing trine Pluto at zero Aquarius 17.27 Mars at 1 Leo waxing biquintile Saturn at 7 Pisces 19.56 Venus at 15 Cancer waxing tri-decile Neptune at 27 Pisces 22.12 The decelerating infant Moon at 27 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 5.3 hours.

Monday 22nd May 2023

We are now in the astrological month of Gemini. 03.30 The young decelerating Moon enters Cancer joining Venus in this sign. 04.00 The Moon at zero Cancer waxing quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius 05.54 The Moon at 1 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 1 Taurus 05.57 The Sun at 1 Gemini waning sextile Mars at 1 Leo 08.45 The Moon at 3 Cancer waxing sextile the lunar node at 3 Taurus 16.24 The Moon at 7 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 7 Pisces 16.56 The Sun at 1 Gemini waxing semi-sextile Jupiter at 1 Taurus 19.08 The Moon at 8 Cancer waxing sextile Mercury at 8 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 1 degree Gemini. Mercury and Uranus are in Taurus. The Moon and Venus are in Cancer. There are 29 days to the Solstice. We are now exiting the recent eclipse season. A Fixed T-square involving Mars in Leo, Jupiter in Taurus and Pluto retrograding in early Aquarius dominates the end of May. Uncompromising big time power shifts and material consolidation are inevitable with this one. Jupiter applies in conjunction to the lunar node which peaks early June. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people. Pluto starts to square the lunar nodal axis which lasts well into November and symbolises powerful changes in the world of finance, banking and shared resources including food production. Mercury is in Taurus as a direct morning star. He is residing a lengthy 69 days here. Mercury on May 15th turned direct at 6 degrees Taurus. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in now in Cancer. Venus is residing here herself for 39 days. She has a mild and favourable time there. A mainly pleasant residence. She sextiles Uranus on May 26th, with home improvements. She trines Neptune on June 2nd, with measures of tastefulness. Venus enters Leo on June 15th. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 15th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is now in Leo. Mars spends a thunderous 50 days in this sign. He opposed Pluto yesterday. The Sun is sextile Mars today, injecting 'energy and will', in a positive manner. Mars squares Jupiter tomorrow engendering 'lavish'. (Really over the top). Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, sharp shooting and direct communications. Mars squares Uranus on June 26th, bolts of fire out of the blue, quite shocking. Going to need a lot of gentleness to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter conjuncts the lunar node on June 1st. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people .Jupiter sextiles Saturn on June 19th. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Mars square Jupiter

Venus and the Moon in Cancer.

05.13 Mars at 1 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 1 Taurus 12.46 The slowly waxing young Moon decelerating at 17 Cancer conjunction Venus. 13.02 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase 16.20 Mars at 2 Leo waxing quintile Uranus at 20 Taurus 18.08 The Moon at 20 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 20 Taurus

Wednesday 24th May 2023

The Fixed T-square of the past week involving Mars, Jupiter and Pluto starts to conclude today as the Moon conjuncts Mars. 09.13 The slowly waxing crescent Moon at 27 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 5.4 hours 14.36 The Moon enters Leo joining Mars in this sign. 15.05 The Moon at zero Leo opposition Pluto at zero Aquarius 18.13 The Moon at 2 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 2 Taurus 19.22 The Moon conjunction Mars at 2 Leo 19.47 The Moon at 3 Leo waxing squares her node from north of the ecliptic 21.32 The Moon at 3 Leo waxing sextile The Sun at 3 Gemini

Thursday 25th May 2023

Mars and the Moon in Leo.

03.21 Mars at 3 Leo waxing square the lunar node at 3 Taurus 04.10 The very slowly waxing crescent Moon at 7 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 7 Pisces 09.06 The Sun at 4 Gemini waning semi-square Venus at 19 Cancer 10.12 The Moon at 10 Leo waxing square Mercury at 10 Taurus Venus in Cancer is now applying sextile to Uranus, exact tomorrow, evoking a touch of sweetness to a day of surprising fancy.

Friday 26th May 2023

Venus sextile Uranus

01.40 The waxing crescent Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 06.39 The Moon at 20 Leo waxing square Uranus at 20 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for 20.5 hours 07.37 Venus at 20 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 20 Taurus 21.46 The Moon at 27 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces

Saturday 27th May 2023

We have before us two very gritty,'called to account' days, with a first quarter Virgo Moon and the Sun squaring Saturn. A practical challenge, a sobering test, a difficult development in focus. 03.07 The very slowly waxing Moon enters Virgo 03.32 The Moon at zero Virgo waning quincunx Pluto at zero Aquarius 07.54 The Moon at 2 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 2 Taurus 08.03 The Moon at 2 Virgo trines her node from north of the ecliptic. 14.30 Jupiter conjunction the mean lunar node at 2 Taurus (Jupiter conjuncts the true lunar node on June 1st. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people). A tight mutable square is manifest involving the Sun, the Moon and Saturn 15.00 to 17.00 (Exacting and precise punishment.) 15.23 The Moon at First Quarter 16.53 The Moon at 7 Virgo opposition Saturn at 7 Pisces

Sunday 28th May 2023

Sun square Saturn

03.08 The slowly waxing and accelerating first quarter Moon at 12 Virgo waxing trine Mercury at 12 Taurus 06.38 Venus at 22 Cancer waxing sesuiquadrate Saturn at 7 Pisces 10.47 The Sun at 7 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 7 Pisces 14.41 Mercury at 12 Taurus waxing semi-square Neptune at 27 Pisces Venus is conjunct the Moon/Uranus midpoint sextile both. 19.13 The Moon at 20 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 20 Taurus

Monday 29th May 2023

The week ahead sees a slow build up to the Full Moon in Sagittarius early (GMT) next Sunday. This Full Moon is applying quincunx to a conjunction of Mercury and Uranus in Taurus. It has a 'disconnect' quality. There is a serious mismatch between rhetoric and reality. 00.20 The slowly waxing and accelerating first quarter Moon at 23 Virgo waxing sextile Venus at 23 Cancer 04.37 Venus at 23 Cancer waxing bi-novile Jupiter at 3 Taurus 07.32 Mercury at 13 Taurus waxing bi-septile Pluto at zero Aquarius 09.46 The Moon at 27 Virgo opposition Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 5.1 hours 14.52 The Moon enters Libra 15.13 The Moon at zero Libra waning trine Pluto at zero Aquarius 20.34 The Moon at 3 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 3 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 8 degrees Gemini. Mercury and Uranus are in Taurus. There are 22 days to the Solstice. We have exited the recent eclipse season. Jupiter applies in conjunction to the lunar node which peaks early June. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people. Pluto starts to square the lunar nodal axis which lasts well into November and symbolises powerful changes in the world of finance, banking and shared resources including food production. Mercury is in Taurus as a direct morning star. He is residing a lengthy 69 days here. Mercury leaves his shadow on June 1st. Mercury is conjunct Uranus at 20 degrees Taurus on June 4th, with interesting developments. He sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus, a bright evening star, is in now in Cancer. Venus is residing here herself for 39 days. She has a mild and favourable time there. A mainly pleasant residence. She trines Neptune on June 2nd, with measures of tastefulness. Venus enters Leo on June 15th. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 15th and turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is now in Leo. Mars spends a thunderous 50 days in this sign. Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, sharp shooting and direct communications. Mars squares Uranus on June 26th, bolts of fire out of the blue, quite shocking. Going to need a lot of gentleness to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter conjuncts the lunar node on June 1st. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people .Jupiter sextiles Saturn on June 19th. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (which occurred on March 23rd 2023). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 30th May 2023

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters celebrated well into the night after Turkey's long time president secured another five years in power. For all the celebrations, the idea of unity in this polarised country seems farther away than ever. Erdogan has transiting Saturn currently conjunct his natal Pisces Sun. Often seen by astrologers as a hallmark of disappointment and delay we see it here as the significator of electoral success. Natally his Sun and Saturn are in trine aspect. Transiting Uranus opposes his natally tight Moon Mars conjunction in Sagittarius in 2027. 01.22 The slowly waxing and accelerating Moon at 5 Libra waxing sextile Mars at 5 Leo 04.18 The Moon at 7 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 7 Pisces 07.39 The Moon at 9 Libra waxing trine The Sun at 9 Gemini 18.50 The Moon at 15 Libra waxing quincunx Mercury at 15 Taurus 19.28 The Sun at 9 Gemini waxing decile Jupiter at 3 Taurus

Wednesday 31st May 2023

Vladimir Putin has responded to Tuesday's drone attacks on the capital Moscow, accusing Ukraine of trying to frighten Russians. He said civilians were targeted, but air defences dealt satisfactorily with the threat. The defence ministry said at least eight drones caused minor damage, but Kyiv has denied responsibility. This is the first time the city has been targeted by multiple drones since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Saturn culminates over Kiev at the moment of the next Full Moon on Sunday. Transiting Saturn is conjunct Putin's 'Special Military Operation' natal Sun on May 1st 2023, Aug 4th 2023 and Jan 21st 2024. Putin has his progressed New Moon conjunct progressed Mars on 31st July 2023 (assuming 7/10/52 09.30 BGT birth). The war seems to be ongoing and long lasting but significant developments may be close at hand. Lunar pressures are increasing as we approach Sunday morning's (GMT) Full Moon in Sagittarius. 02.48 The Sun at 9 Gemini waxing quintile Neptune at 27 Pisces 05.29 The Moon now gaining light and motion at 20 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 20 Taurus 14.20 The accelerating Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase 14.54 The Moon at 25 Libra waxing square Venus at 25 Cancer. The Moon is void of course for nearly 9 hours 19.03 The Moon at 27 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces 23.47 The Moon enters Scorpio

Thursday 1st June 2023

Nasa is holding its first public meeting on its study of UFOs, before a report on its findings is released. The panel set up last year has been looking at data on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). UAP is defined by Nasa as 'observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena from a scientific perspective'. The NASA chart (July 29th 1958) has transiting Jupiter conjunct its natal Mars on June 9th 2023. Another astrologically eventful month. Fixity is the issue. Mars, and from next Monday, Venus, in Leo, Jupiter the lunar node and Uranus in Taurus, Pluto in Aquarius. A Fixed T-square is manifest today involving the Moon, Jupiter, Pluto and the lunar node 00.00 to 06.04 Mars is involved later 00.03 The now much faster moving waxing gibbous Moon at zero Scorpio waning square Pluto at zero Aquarius 03.47 The Moon at 2 Scorpio opposition her ascending node at 2 Taurus 06.04 The Moon at 3 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 3 Taurus 06.05 Jupiter at 3 Taurus waxing decile Neptune at 27 Pisces This is a single waxing decile in the 13 year synodic cycle of these two planets which began on April 4th 2022 in Pisces. The cycle reaches its first quarter phase on 19th June 2025, and culminates with the opposition across Libra/Aries on 28th Sept 2028. The cycle ends in Aries on 24th March 2035. Jupiter-Neptune symbolises the rise or decline of political, social orders and ideologies. This waxing decile aspect symbolises the revealing of a new ideology and it being actualised through the cyclic process. A taste of what is to be. 12.12 The Moon at 7 Scorpio waxing square Mars at 7 Leo 12.30 The Moon at 7 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 7 Pisces 19.32 Mars at 7 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 7 Pisces 19.50 The Moon at 11 Scorpio waxing quincunx The Sun at 11 Gemini

Friday 2nd June 2023

Venus trine Neptune

A momentous 'planetary kite' is manifest today and tomorrow, involving the Moon in Scorpio, Venus in Cancer and Neptune in Pisces, focused on Venus opposite Pluto. This is a powerfully emotional event has it has a correspondence with personal affections. The Scorpio Moon today opposes an applying conjunction of Mercury and Uranus. Some shocks and surprises are possible over the next few days as we approach the Full Moon. Today however has a 'loving vibe' with Venus in Cancer trine Neptune. 06.41 Mercury at 17 Taurus waning bi-novi le Mars at 7 Leo 06.53 The rapidly waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 17 Scorpio opposition Mercury at 17 Taurus 12.11 The Moon at 20 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 20 Taurus 22.43 Venus at 27 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 27 Pisces

Saturday 3rd June 2023

00.02 Mercury now out of his shadow at 18 Taurus waxing tri-decile Pluto at zero Aquarius 00.43 The rapidly waxing gibbous Moon at 27 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 27 Pisces 00.52 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waxing trine Venus at 28 Cancer. The Moon is void of course for 4.2 hours 05.05 The nearly Full Moon enters Sagittarius 05.17 The Moon at zero Sagittarius waning sextile Pluto at zero Aquarius 11.49 The Moon at 4 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 4 Taurus 13.48 Mercury at 19 Taurus waxing septile Neptune at 27 Pisces 17.08 The Moon at 7 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 7 Pisces 18.05 Mercury at 19 Taurus waxing quintile Saturn at 7 Pisces 19.00 The Moon at 8 Sagittarius waxing trine Mars at 8 Leo

Sunday 4th June 2023.

Full Moon in Sagittarius

Mercury conjunct Uranus

03.42 Moment of FULL MOON Today's Full Moon is the first Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 15 Scorpio on May 5th and the 5th Full Moon before the Partial Lunar Eclipse at 5 degrees Taurus on October 28th 2023. The Full Moon is applying quincunx to a conjunction of Mercury and Uranus. This lunation is characterised by a serious and shocking disconnect manifest and operating 'beneath' a blast of Sagittarian Full Moon 'joie de vivre'. The Full Moon today applies in a quincunx aspect to an emphatic conjunction of Mercury and Uranus in Taurus. The train collision in India's eastern Odisha state on Friday evening, the country's worst this century, involved two passenger trains and a freight train. At least 288 people were killed and 1,000 injured. 'Around 7 p.m. local time', on June 2nd 2023, some 54 hours before the climaxing Full Moon, 12841 Coromandel Express, which runs between Shalimar and Chennai, around Balasore, 10 to 12 of its coaches derailed and tossed over to the opposite track. 'After some time', another train, which runs between Yesvantpur and Howrah, dashed into those derailed coaches, which resulted in the derailment of its three to four coaches. Today's Full Moon chart relocated for Balasore, Odisha State, (chart above) shows Mars rising, quincunx Saturn and square the the local MC. The chart set for the reported start of the calamity (below) shows the Scorpio Moon opposite Uranus. The 'disconnect' I mention is attributed to the quincunx aspects involved in this event. The Full Moon occurs as the Jupiter Lunar Node conjunction peaks. 15.12 The Moon at 20 Sagittarius waning quincunx Mercury at 20 Taurus 15.36 The Moon at 20 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 20 Taurus 19.50 Mercury conjunction Uranus at 20 Taurus

Monday 5th June

Venus opposes Pluto

Venus opposes Pluto today. Polarisation of affection and transformation. A dissociate turning Fixed T-square is manifest involving Venus, Pluto, Jupiter and the lunar node from today, for 5 days. A little run of planetary sextiles occur during this period, namely Jupiter Saturn (June 19th), Mercury Neptune (June 9th) and (as 'ever' Neptune Pluto). This post Full Moon period has the potential for significant events resulting in shifts of allegiance. 03.24 The rapidly waning full Moon at 28 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 28 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 4.2 hours 04.26 The Sun at 14 Gemini waxing novile Jupiter at 4 Taurus 07.05 The Moon at 30 Sagittarius waxing quincunx Venus at 30 Cancer 07.33 The Moon enters Capricorn 10.47 The Moon at 2 Capricorn trines her node from south of the ecliptic 13.48 Venus enters Leo. See below. 14.44 The Moon at 4 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 4 Taurus 16.05 Venus at zero Leo opposition Pluto at zero Aquarius 19.12 The Moon at 7 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 7 Pisces 23.01 The Moon at 9 Capricorn waxing quincunx Mars at 9 Leo STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 15 degrees Gemini. Mercury and Uranus are in Taurus. Venus (from today) and Mars are in Leo There are 15 days to the Solstice. We have now fully exited the recent eclipse season. Jupiter is conjunct the lunar node. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people. Pluto starts to square the lunar nodal axis which lasts well into November and symbolises powerful changes in the world of finance, banking and shared resources including food production. Mercury is in Taurus as a direct morning star. He is residing a lengthy 69 days here. Mercury left his shadow on June 1st. Mercury sextiles Neptune on June 9th, with a wave of sensation. Mercury finally trines Pluto, then in late Capricorn and leaving a positive stamp on proceedings, and leaves Taurus for Gemini on 11th June. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction on July 1st at 9 degrees Cancer. Mercury is also retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is from today in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus enters Leo on June 5th and opposes Pluto. Venus squares Jupiter on June 11th, the final component of the ongoing Fixed T-Square. Mercury in Gemini sextiles Venus, amid some merriment, on June 17th. Venus turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is now in Leo. Mars spends a thunderous 50 days in this sign. Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, sharp shooting and direct communications. Mars squares Uranus on June 26th, bolts of fire out of the blue, quite shocking. Going to need a lot of gentleness to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter was conjunct the lunar node on June 1st. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people .Jupiter sextiles Saturn on June 19th. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is direct in Pisces, turning retrograde at 7 Pisces on Junr17th. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces, turning retrograde on June 30th at 28 Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto is making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th). This is the start a welcome major trend. Pluto in Aquarius will dominate the next 22 years. The changes, progress, revolutions and inventions it will bring will come on slowly but surely. It will not be a 'golden age', but certainly it will be a period of human advancement. 2023 will witnesses Pluto taking his first steps into Aquarius. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We get a taste of this future now. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 6th June 2023

'Grist for the grind' sort of day-but not without effort, as would be expected with a Capricorn Moon. There's never a dull moment with both Venus and Mars now in Leo. Majestic and resplendent vibrations are underway. Also, Venus in Leo, Pluto in Aquarius, the lunar Node and Jupiter (both in Taurus) are engaged in a Fixed T-square overseeing all events and experiences this week. People will seem very sure of themselves. This is a very good time to 'give ground' if you can. 'Bend like a reed in the wind' is the saying. The final component of this T-square namely Venus square Jupiter, a lavish abundance of creativity, indulgence and recreation, rings out on Sunday. 00.28 The Sun at 15 Gemini waxing sesuiquadrate Pluto at zero Aquarius 08.51 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 15 Capricorn quincunx The Sun at 15 Gemini 17.11 The Moon at 21 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 21 Taurus 17.59 Venus at 1 Leo waxing biquintile Saturn at 7 Pisces 21.34 The Moon at 23 Capricorn waning trine Mercury at 23 Taurus 23.09 Moon at perigee. Closest to the Earth all month and fastest moving.

Wednesday 7th June 2023

The Moon will appear at quite low altitudes in northern hemisphere skies today. (We are undergoing a 'lunar standstill' over the next 2 years as the lunar node is soon to enter Aries. We can expect extreme highs and lows in the Moon's altitude at certain times over this period). 04.40 The Moon at 28 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 28 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for just over 4 hours. 08.43 The very rapidly waning Moon enters Aquarius 08.49 The Moon conjunction Pluto at zero Aquarius 11.06 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase 11.39 The Moon at 2 Aquarius opposition Venus at 2 Leo 11.45 The Moon at 2 Aquarius squares her node from south of the ecliptic. 13.10 Venus at 2 Leo waxing square the lunar node at 2 Taurus 16.35 The Moon at 5 Aquarius waning square Jupiter at 5 Taurus 22.47 Mars at 11 Leo waxing bi-novile Uranus at 21 Taurus

Thursday 8th June 2023

02.12 The fast moving disseminating Moon decelerating at 11 Aquarius opposition Mars at 11 Leo 08.11 Venus at 3 Leo waxing quintile Uranus at 21 Taurus 13.30 The Moon at 18 Aquarius waning trine The Sun at 18 Gemini 14.21 The Sun at 18 Gemini waxing bi-novile Neptune at 28 Pisces 18.38 The Moon at 21 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 21 Taurus

Friday 9th June 2023

Mercury sextile Neptune

04.24 The rapidy disseminating Moon decelerating at 27 Aquarius waning square Mercury at 27 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for 5.7 hours 10.08 Mars at 11 Leo waxing tri-septile Saturn at 7 Pisces 10.16 The Moon enters Pisces joining Neptune in this sign 13.11 The Moon at 2 Pisces waning sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic. 14.47 Mercury at 27 Taurus waxing bi-novile Saturn at 7 Pisces 16.42 The Moon at 4 Pisces waning quincunx Venus at 4 Leo 19.03 The Moon at 5 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 5 Taurus 21.15 Mercury at 28 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 28 Pisces 22.16 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 7 Pisces

Saturday 10th June 2023

Two world stage players of recent years Johnson and Trump, both sun sign Gemini, simultaneously incurred criminal charges yesterday. In the UK Boris Johnson is stepping down as an MP with immediate effect after receiving the Party gate report. He accused the Commons investigation into whether he misled Parliament of trying to 'drive me out'. His resignation will trigger a by-election in his west London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Donald Trump is facing 37 criminal counts over retaining national defence information, nuclear secrets, and obstruction A document which details the charges,known as an indictment, has been unsealed by the US Department of Justice. The former president, campaigning to return to the White House, says he is innocent and the indictment is 'election interference'. 06.21 The waning and decelerating Moon at 12 Pisces waning quincunx Mars at 12 Leo 19.32 The Moon is at Last Quarter 21.21 The Moon at 21 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 21 Taurus

Sunday 11th June 2023

Venus squares Jupiter

Pluto retrogrades into Capricorn.

Mercury trines Pluto

Mercury ingresses Gemini

This day is dominated by Venus squaring Jupiter invoking all manner of indulgences. 04.37 The Sun at 20 Gemini waxing bi-septile Saturn at 7 Pisces 08.52 Mars at 13 Leo waxing sesuiquadrate Neptune at 28 Pisces 09.10 The decelerating last quarter Moon conjunction Neptune at 28 Pisces also conjunct the Mercury/Pluto midpoint, sextile them both. The Moon is void of course for 4.2 hours 04.34 to 09.35 Pluto re-enters Capricorn. Pluto first entered Aquarius from March 23rd to June 11th 2023. He now slips back into Capricorn. His second foray into Aquarius is from January 21st to September 1st 2024. He will enter Aquarius for 'good' on November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043. 11.24 Mercury trine Pluto 10.28 Mercury enters Gemini as a morning star. He speeds through this sign in just 16 days, a real whiz. Mercury squares Saturn on June 15th, brief solemnity amid the plethora of mental input. He sextiles Venus on June 17th, with merriment. Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, keen,sharp mental and physical gymnastics. Mercury squares Neptune on June 25th, mental sea fog. Mercury leaves Gemini for Cancer on June 27th. This residence is a fast moving flurry of light but potentially vampish communications. Lots of verbals on offer. Nothing too substantial. 13.22 The Moon enters Aries 15.40 Venus squares Jupiter 23.41 The Moon trine Venus

Monday 12th June 2023

00.58 Mercury at 1 Gemini waning quintile Mars at 13 Leo 12.36 The decelerating post last quarter Moon at 13 Aries waning trine Mars at 13 Leo STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 21 degrees Gemini. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Venus and Mars are in Leo. There are 9 days to the Solstice. We are now residing between eclipse seasons. Pluto is retrograde and back in Capricorn. Saturn turns retrograde next Saturday. Mercury is now in Gemini as a morning star. He speeds through this sign in just 16 days, a real whiz. Mercury squares Saturn on June 15th, brief solemnity amid the plethora of mental input. He sextiles Venus on June 17th, with merriment. Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, keen, sharp mental and physical gymnastics. Mercury squares Neptune on June 25th, 'mental sea fog'. Mercury leaves Gemini for Cancer on June 27th. This residence is a fast moving flurry of light but potentially vampish communications. Lots of verbals on offer. Nothing too substantial. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on July 1st at 9 degrees Cancer. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Mercury in Gemini sextiles Venus, amid some merriment, on June 17th. Venus turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is now in Leo. Mars is spending a thunderous 50 days in this sign. Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, sharp shooting and direct communications. Mars squares Uranus on June 26th, bolts of fire out of the blue, quite shocking. Going to need a lot of gentleness to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter was conjunct the lunar node on June 1st. This conjunction occurs every 7 years, but has not happened in Taurus since May 1929. It seems to engender karmic financial experiences with groups of people .Jupiter sextiles Saturn on June 19th. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is direct in Pisces, turning retrograde at 7 Pisces on June 17th. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. This time around Jupiter in Taurus sextiles Saturn in Pisces on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of sprit and fortune'. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces, turning retrograde on June 30th at 28 Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 13th June 2023

In the run down to and beyond the New Moon in Gemini next Sunday we have--Fast talking, fast driving, rapid connections quick changes, all part and parcel of the Sun and Mercury in Gemini. Self assurance, sincerity, loyalty, playfulness, resplendence and recreation all due to Venus and Mars in Leo. Accumulation of material wealth, style, adornment and luxury, attributed to Jupiter, Uranus and from 18.33 GMT today, the Moon, all in Taurus. Such are the signs of the current time. Above all of this right now we see Jupiter in Taurus sextile Saturn in Pisces, exact on June 19th 2023, an influence involving 'wealth of spirit and fortune'. 04.00 The waning and decelerating Moon at 22 Aries waning sextile The Sun at 22 Gemini 10.00 Venus at 7 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 7 Pisces 18.27 The Moon at 30 Aries waxing square Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for just 7 mins 18.33 The Moon enters Taurus joining Jupiter and Uranus in this sign 21.10 The Sun at 23 Gemini waning semi-square Venus at 8 Leo 21.17 The Moon conjunction her mean ascending node at 2 Taurus 23.17 The Sun at 23 Gemini waning septile Mars at 14 Leo A new Supernova was discovered in the Pinwheel Galaxy,21 million light years from Earth,in the Ursa Major constellation,(the Big Dipper) on May 19th by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki of Japan. One of the brightest supernovas in years. Ecliptic coordinates:- 23.6 degrees Virgo.

Wednesday 14th June 2023

A steadier day. Stepping stones amid a bubbling stream to be crossed. 05.02 Close conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter 0.31 degrees 05.41 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 6 Taurus 07.36 The Moon at 7 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 7 Pisces 09.08 The Moon at 8 Taurus waning square Venus at 8 Leo 09.13 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase 21.16 The Moon at 15 Taurus waning square Mars at 15 Leo

Thursday 15th June 2023

Mercury square Saturn

Mercury squares Saturn on June 15th, brief solemnity amid the plethora of mental input. 04.25 Morning star Mercury at 6 Gemini waxing semi-sextile Jupiter at 6 Taurus 06.30 The Sun at 24 Gemini waxing biquintile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 08.56 The dcelerating old Moon conjunction Uranus at 21 Taurus 16.10 Mercury at 7 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 7 Pisces Grinding brakes. 21.20 The Moon at 28 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 28 Pisces

Friday 16th June 2023

 

We are less than 50 hours from a muddlesome New Moon in Gemini square Neptune. We then enter a special (holy) 3 day long interlude between New Moon and Solstice. The Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice is next Wednesday. It looks to be a high octave resplendant affair with an energetic young Moon joining Venus and Mars in Leo. 01.37 The Moon at 30 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 10 mins 01.47 The slow and ancient decelerating Moon enters Gemini joining the Sun and Mercury in this sign 14.36 The Sun at 25 Gemini waxing tri-decile Saturn at 7 Pisces 15.20 The Moon at 7 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 7 Pisces 19.13 The Moon conjunction Mercury at 9 Gemini 20.58 The Moon at 10 Gemini waning sextile Venus at 10 Leo

Saturday 17th June 2023

Mercury sextile Venus

Day of the old slow Moon. The New Moon is early (GMT) tomorrow. Mercury is sextile Venus today. Some merriment and lightness of spirit is available. 00.07 Mercury at 10 Gemini waxing quintile Neptune at 28 Pisces 08.15 The ancient Moon decelerating at 16 Gemini waning sextile Mars at 16 Leo 15.30 Mercury at 11 Gemini waning sextile Venus at 11 Leo 15.54 SATURN TURNS RETROGRADE at 7 Pisces. 23.03 Venus at 11 Leo waxing bi-novile Uranus at 21 Taurus

Sunday 18th June 2023

New Moon in Gemini

04.38 Moment of NEW MOON Today's New Moon is the 2nd following on from the Hybrid Solar Eclipse at 30 degrees Aries on April 20th 2023 and is the 4th before the American Annular Solar Eclipse at 21 degrees Libra on October 14th 2023. The New Moon at 27 degrees Gemini is square Neptune, and applies in a long trine to Saturn. It is conjunct the 'creatively successful' Mars/Jupiter midpoint. However the square to Neptune makes this a muddlesome New Moon. Degrees of confusion and uncertainty taint a largely vibrant event. The New Moon is conjunct Volodymyr Zelensky's Jupiter, opposite Vladimir Putin's Mars, it sextiles Ukraine's Mercury and Jupiter. It trines Bashar Assad's Venus, conjunct Boris Johnson's Sun and sextiles Donald Trump's Mars. 06.25 The infant Moon at 28 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 28 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 4.6 hours 10.42 Venus at 11 Leo waxing tri-septile Saturn at 7 Pisces 10.44 The Moon at 30 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 30 Capricorn 10.59 The Moon enters Cancer. Homing instincts take over. 13.27 The Moon at 1 Cancer sextiles her node from north of the equator. 14.46 The Sun at 27 Gemini waxing decile Uranus at 21 Taurus 19.22 Mercury at 13 Gemini waxing decile Jupiter at 7 Taurus

Monday 19th June 2023

Sun square Neptune

Jupiter sextile Saturn

00.46 The slow and decelerating infant New Moon at 7 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 7 Taurus 01.00 The Moon at 7 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 7 Pisces 03.54 The Sun at 28 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 28 Pisces 04.46 Mars at 17 Leo waxing quad-novile Saturn at 7 Pisces 15.54 Jupiter at 7 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 7 Pisces The current 20 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Saturn started at the start of Aquarius on the day of the Northern hemisphere Winter Solstice Dec 21st 2000. The cycle climaxes with the opposition, across Gemini/Sagittarius in 2030-2031, and ends in 2040 on Halloween Day, 31st Oct 2040, in Libra. This cycle of Jupiter and Saturn represents a positive, focused attitude, a definition of goals, ambition and global development. The significance of the Aquarius influence is to connect this development to global integration. Today's waxing sextile aspect is a single hit. It represents a distinctly positive phase in the cycle. Elements of context and meaning integrate with the environment. This is a future oriented aspect. 17.38 Mercury at 15 Gemini waxing sesuiquadrate Pluto at 30 Capricorn 20.36 Venus at 13 Leo waxing sesuiquadrate Neptune at 28 Pisces STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 28 degrees Gemini and is square Neptune. The very young, very slow Moon is in Cancer. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Jupiter is sextile Saturn. Venus and Mars are in Leo. There are 2 days to the Solstice. We are now residing between eclipse seasons. Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury is now in Gemini as a morning star. He speeds through this sign in just 16 days, a real whiz. Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, keen, sharp mental and physical gymnastics. Mercury squares Neptune on June 25th, 'mental sea fog'. Mercury leaves Gemini for Cancer on June 27th. This residence is a fast moving flurry of light but potentially vampish communications. Lots of verbals on offer. Nothing too substantial. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on July 1st at 9 degrees Cancer. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Mars is now in Leo. Mars is spending a thunderous 50 days in this sign. Mercury sextiles Mars on June 21st, sharp shooting and direct communications. Mars squares Uranus on June 26th, bolts of fire out of the blue, quite shocking. Going to need a lot of gentleness to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now direct in Pisces, turning retrograde on June 30th at 28 Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 20th June 2023

04.34 The slow young Moon at 21 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 21 Taurus 05.13 The Sun at 29 Gemini waxing septile Jupiter at 7 Taurus 17.24 The Moon at 28 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 28 Pisces A dissociate T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Pluto and the lunar node 17.24 to 00.23 21.44 The Moon at 30 Cancer opposition Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 22 mins. 22.06 The Moon enters Leo joining Venus and Mars in this sign and setting an impressively creative backdrop for tomorrow's Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice.

Wednesday 21st June 2023

Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice

The Moon, Venus and Mars in Leo

00.23 The very slowly waxing young Moon at 1 Leo waxing squares the her node from north of the ecliptic. 01.18 Mercury at 17 Gemini waxing novile Jupiter at 7 Taurus 03.33 Mercury at 18 Gemini waxing bi-novile Neptune at 28 Pisces 10.20 The Sun at 30 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 30 Capricorn 12.31 The Moon at 7 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 7 Pisces 13.15 The Moon at 8 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 8 Taurus 14.58 The Sun reaches maximum declination north above the celestial equator and enters tropical Cancer. The season turns. Summer commences in the North. Winter commences in the South. It is the longest day in the North and the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere. In the North we witness nature's climax. In the South it is the Winter Solstice. Esoterically with the solar ingress into Cancer the gates of incarnation stand wide open. The whirlpool of the past is unleashed. Today we 'live and breathe and have our being' amid the glory of solstice energy. The Cancer Solstice this year has a colourful and resplendent character brought about by the the young Moon, Venus and Mars all in Leo. The Moon applies to Venus. Mercury is sextile Mars. This is an astrologically favourable event. 15.23 Mercury at 19 Gemini waning sextile Mars at 19 Leo

Thursday 22nd June 2023

The Moon, Venus and Mars in Leo.

The year has turned and we are now in the first day of the astrological month of Cancer. Today carries over the strongly Leoine energy of the Moon, Venus and Mars in the sign of the Lion. We can spiritually bask in the 'astrological heat' of the day. 01.47 Jupiter at 8 Taurus waxing novile Neptune at 28 Pisces This is a single waxing novile (40 degree) aspect in the 13 year synodic cycle of these two planets which began on April 4th 2022 in Pisces. The cycle reaches its first quarter phase on 19th June 2025, and culminates with the opposition across Libra/Aries on 28th Sept 2028. The cycle ends in Aries on 24th March 2035. Jupiter-Neptune symbolises the rise or decline of political, social orders and ideologies. This waxing novile aspect symbolises the growth and cultivation of the nascent qualities and possibilities of these new ideologies. They now start to achieve substance and momentum. 03.09 The very slowly waxing young Moon conjunction Venus at 14 Leo 05.23 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase 07.42 Mercury at 20 Gemini waxing bi-septile Saturn at 7 Pisces 12.42 The Moon conjunction Mars at 19 Leo 15.52 The Moon at 21 Leo waxing sextile Mercury at 21 Gemini 17.01 The Moon at 21 Leo waxing square Uranus at 21 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for just over 17 hours. 17.34 The Sun at 1 Cancer waxing sextile the lunar node at 1 Taurus 18.32 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 22.38 Mercury at 21 Gemini waxing semi-sextile Uranus at 21 Taurus

Friday 23rd June 2023

00.41 The Sun at 1 Cancer waxing novile Uranus at 21 Taurus 05.53 The Moon at 28 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 28 Pisces 10.08 The Moon at 30 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 30 Capricorn 10.37 This slowly waxing crescent Moon, now accelerating, enters Virgo 12.11 Mars at 20 Leo waning quad-novile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 12.39 The Moon at 1 Virgo trines her node from nort of the ecliptic. 14.25 The Moon at 2 Virgo waxing sextile The Sun at 2 Cancer 17.29 Mercury at 23 Gemini waxing semi-square Jupiter at 8 Taurus

Saturday 24th June 2023

Venus and Mars, both in Leo, are now applying in a brittle and agitated 'fixed square' aspect to Uranus. Mars squares Uranus on Monday morning (GMT). Venus squares Uranus 3 times during her residence in Leo, the first being on July 2nd. This weekend is subject to the provocation and challenge of the impending Mars square Uranus. Also Mercury squares Neptune on Sunday, injecting degrees of confusion into proceedings, and the gritty Virgo Moon could contribute a measure of meanness. Bat carefully. 01.08 The slowly waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 7 Virgo opposition Saturn at 7 Pisces 02.27 'Morning star' Mercury at 24 Gemini waxing biquintile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 02.54 The Moon at 8 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 8 Taurus 16.13 Mercury at 25 Gemini waning septile Venus at 16 Leo 18.25 Mercury at 25 Gemini waxing tri-decile Saturn at 7 Pisces

Sunday 25th June 2023

Mercury square Neptune.

Mars is square Uranus. Mercury is square Neptune. Tricky vibrations. This current Mars square Uranus aspect peaking this weekend has set off the Fixed T-square in the Russian 1917 astrology chart. The Russian president is facing the most serious threat to his hold on power in all the 23 years he's run the nuclear state. The next 48 hours may be critical. 05.54 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 21 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 21 Taurus 16.53 Venus at 17 Leo waxing quad-novile Saturn at 7 Pisces A tight mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, Mercury and Neptune 17.00 to 18.30 17.26 The Moon at 27 Virgo waxing square Mercury at 27 Gemini 18.21 The Moon at 28 Virgo opposition Neptune at 28 Pisces 19.55 The Sun at 4 Cancer waxing tri-septile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 20.17 Mercury at 27 Gemini waxing decile Uranus at 21 Taurus 22.25 The Moon at 30 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.6 hours 22.36 Mercury at 28 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 28 Pisces 22.59 The Moon enters Libra 23.19 Mars at 21 Leo waxing bi-septile Jupiter at 8 Taurus

Monday 26th June 2023

Mars square Uranus

Awake to Mars exactly square Uranus. Then move on. As June 2023 ends and July begins (on Friday) we will then experience the Sun and Mercury in Cancer at Superior Conjunction, both trine Saturn and sextile Jupiter which is a mature and sensible start to the month. Venus squares Uranus on July 2nd, which is disjointed but is quickly followed by a resourceful and supportive Full Moon in Capricorn sextile Jupiter on July 3rd, one week from today. Keep it together. 07.50 The accelerating Moon in Libra is at First Quarter 09.23 Mars at 21 Leo waxing square Uranus at 21 Taurus A fairly tight yod 'finger of fate' is manifest 13.00 to 16.00 involving the Moon, Venus and Neptune. Vagueness and indecision. 13.04 The Moon at 7 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 7 Pisces 15.45 The Moon at 9 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 9 Taurus 16.48 Mars at 22 Leo waxing biquintile Neptune at 28 Pisces 21.08 Mercury at 30 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 30 Capricorn 23.27 Mercury at 30 Gemini waxing septile Jupiter at 9 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 5 degrees Cancer. The first quarter accelerating Moon is in Libra. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Venus and Mars are in Leo. There are 89 days to the Libran Equinox. We are residing between eclipse seasons. Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury as a morning star is in his last day in Gemini. He has raced through this sign in just 16 days, a real whiz. Mercury is square Neptune, 'mental sea fog'. Mercury leaves Gemini for Cancer tomorrow. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on July 1st at 9 degrees Cancer. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squares Uranus (the 1st of 3) on July 2nd. Venus turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Retro Venus squares Uranus again on August 9th. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is now in Leo. Mars is spending a thunderous 50 days in this sign. Mars squares Uranus today, bolts of fire out of the blue, quite shocking. A lot of gentleness is needed to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is direct in Pisces, turning retrograde on June 30th at 28 Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have/will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 27th June 2023

00.25 Mercury enters Cancer as a fast moving 'morning star' joining the Sun in this sign. Mercury resides for a brief 15 days here. Except for a parting shot from Pluto on July 10th this is a reasonably favourable residence. The emphasis is on thrifty circumspection and shrewd intuition. Mercury trines Saturn on June 30th, immensely sensible. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on July 1st at 9 degrees Cancer. On that day Mercury and the Sun sextile Jupiter so that is a bit of a red letter day. A positive note rings out. Then as an evening star Mercury sextiles Uranus on July 7th, a dash of inventive thinking. Mercury is trine Neptune on July 7th, creative thinking (within budget). Finally Mercury opposes Pluto on July 10th, Manic Monday. Mercury leaves Cancer for Leo on July 11th. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August,(at 22 Virgo), to 15th September and from 13th December to 1st January 2024 07.14 Mercury at 1 Cancer waning septile Mars at 22 Leo 09.23 Mercury at 1 Cancer waxing sextile the lunar node at 1 Taurus 10.57 The Moon at 18 Libra waxing sextile Venus at 18 Leo 16.59 The Moon at 22 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 22 Taurus 17.38 Mercury at 2 Cancer waxing novile Uranus at 22 Taurus 18.26 The Moon at 22 Libra waxing sextile Mars at 22 Leo

Wednesday 28th June 2023

04.35 The Moon 'gaining in light and motion' at 28 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 28 Pisces A dissociate T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Pluto and the lunar node 08.00 to 10.30 08.19 The Moon at 30 Libra waning square Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void for 38 mins. 08.57 The Moon enters Scorpio. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Saturn and Neptune are now in water signs. Emotionally intense overtones henceforth for a couple of days. 10.21 The Moon at 1 Scorpio opposition her ascending node at 1 Taurus 12.52 The Sun at 7 Cancer waxing semi-square Uranus at 22 Taurus A momentous 'planetary kite' is manifest today 15.30 to 02.30 (tomorrow) involving the Moon, the Sun, Mercury and Saturn, (in water) focused on the Moon opposite Jupiter. 15.33 The Moon at 4 Scorpio waxing trine Mercury at 4 Cancer 19.59 Mercury at 4 Cancer waxing tri-septile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 21.50 The Moon at 7 Scorpio waxing trine The Sun at 7 Cancer 22.07 The Moon at 7 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 7 Pisces

Thursday 29th June 2023

Sun trine Saturn.

Continuing with the intense Scorpio Moon of yesterday, we also experience the more favourable configuration of Mercury and the Sun making a trine aspect to Saturn over the next two days. There is the potential for sound intuition and sensible decision making. There is constructive progress and shrewd thinking amid a battlefield of emotion right now. 01.29 The fast moving Moon 'gaining in light and motion' at 9 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 9 Taurus 01.43 The Sun at 7 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 7 Pisces 02.26 Mercury at 5 Cancer waning semi-square Venus at 20 Leo 06.37 Venus at 20 Leo waning quad-novile Pluto at 30 Capricorn A Fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus, Mars and Uranus 21.30 to 04.06 21.33 The Moon at 20 Scorpio waxing square Venus at 20 Leo

Friday 30th June 2023

Mercury trine Saturn

00.23 The waxing and accelerating 'full on' Moon at 22 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 22 Taurus 01.48 Mercury at 7 Cancer waxing semi-square Uranus at 22 Taurus 02.56 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase. The procession to the Monday morning (GMT) Full Moon now starts in earnest. 04.06 The Moon at 24 Scorpio waxing square Mars at 24 Leo 06.24 Mercury at 7 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 7 Pisces 10.59 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 28 Pisces 14.21 The Moon at 30 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 40 mins 15.01 The Moon enters Sagittarius. (Race with the devil.) 15.08 NEPTUNE TURNS RETROGRADE at 28 Pisces. (Pluto and Saturn are currently retrograde.) So ends June 2023.

Saturday 1st July 2023

Mercury sextile Jupiter.

This weekend sees the Full moon approaching. Lunar pressures infuse our spirits. This is a 'free wheeling' weekend with 'Moon in Sagittarius' fun, to be enjoyed. Venus squares Uranus tomorrow, which is disjointed but is quickly followed by the resourceful and supportive Full Moon in Capricorn sextile Jupiter on July 3rd. Venus and Mars are 3 degrees apart in Leo and closing. This normally a pleasant application, however Uranus squaring them both currently, adding slightly bizarre potentials, and of course Venus turns retrograde on July 23rd before any conjunction can be perfected. The next Venus Mars conjunction is in Feb 2024 at 8 degrees Aquarius. 03.09 The fast moving waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 7 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 7 Pisces 05.06 Mercury as Superior Conjunction with the Sun at 9 Cancer. A 'Full Mercury'. Climax of the universal mind. 06.48 The Moon at 9 Sagittarius waxing quincunx The Sun at 9 Cancer 06.59 The Moon at 9 Sagittarius waxing quincunx Mercury at 9 Cancer 07.01 The Moon at 9 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 9 Taurus 07.11 Mercury at 9 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 9 Taurus 08.51 Mercury at 9 Cancer waning semi-square Mars at 24 Leo 10.11 Mercury at 10 Cancer waxing quad-novile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 10.27 The Sun at 9 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 9 Taurus 16.33 The Sun at 10 Cancer waxing quad-novile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 20.31 Mercury at 11 Cancer waxing bi-septile Neptune at 28 Pisces 21.53 The Sun at 10 Cancer waning semi-square Mars at 25 Leo

Sunday 2nd July 2023

Venus square Uranus

The France First Republic Chart has Uranus opposite Pluto across Leo/Aquarius. Currently transiting Uranus is exactly square this very tight opposition. Spot on right now as extra police have been sent to the French cities of Marseille and Lyon as fears grow of a fifth night of riots following the police shooting of a teenager. The transit happens again in late October 2023 at the time of of a lunar eclipse and finally in mid April 2024. Touches of excitement today as Venus in Leo squares Uranus. Unorthodox, eccentric, kinky. 03.22 The almost Full Moon very rapidly waxing at 21 Sagittarius waxing trine Venus at 21 Leo 03.48 The Moon at 22 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 22 Taurus 08.21 Mercury at 12 Cancer waning novile Venus at 22 Leo 09.19 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius waxing trine Mars at 25 Leo 11.10 Venus at 22 Leo waxing biquintile Neptune at 28 Pisces 13.34 The Moon at 28 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 28 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 3.8 hours 14.34 Venus at 22 Leo waxing square Uranus at 22 Taurus 16.19 The Sun at 11 Cancer waxing bi-septile Neptune at 28 Pisces 17.05 Mars at 25 Leo waning tri-septile Pluto at 30 Capricorn 17.22 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign. 18.12 The Moon at 1 Capricorn trines her node from south of the ecliptic The Moon is Full tonight.

Monday 3rd July 2023

Super Full Moon in Capricorn

01.10 Mercury at 13 Cancer waxing septile Uranus at 22 Taurus Saturn in on the Moon/Jupiter midpoint sextile them both 04.44 The Moon at 7 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 7 Pisces 09.03 The Moon at 10 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 10 Taurus 11.39 Moment of FULL MOON

Today's Full Moon is the 2nd Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 15 Scorpio on May 5th and the 4th Full Moon before the Partial Lunar Eclipse at 5 degrees Taurus on October 28th 2023. The Full Moon is opposite Mercury and trine Jupiter. This event is a resourceful and supportive Full Moon. Earth and Water predominate. No planets are in Air. Venus is square Uranus. There is sound organisation, robust planning and fiscal structure inherent with this lunation. This Full Moon at 11 Capricorn hits the natal Suns of many countries including the UK, Myanmar, Germany, Haiti, Sudan, the EU and Cameroon. It hits the Uranus of Ukraine. The Saturn of DR Congo, Cyprus, Nigeria, the Central African Republic and Nigeria. Pope Francis' Mercury and his (Vatican Smoke) Pluto are starred. Prince Harry's ascendant, Greta Thornberg's Sun, the LHC at Cern Jupiter, Giogia Meloni's Mars, Andy Burham's Moon and Venus and the FTSE Sun are all hit. At the exact moment of Full Moon, Mars culminates at Tehran and the Moon is square the Iranian Sun. The Sun and Mercury rise and the Moon sets at Lima, and the Moon is quincunx the Peru chart. 16.50 The Moon at 15 Capricorn opposition Mercury at 15 Cancer STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 12 degrees Cancer. The Moon is fast and Full in Capricorn. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Venus and Mars are in Leo. There are 82 days to the Libran Equinox. We are residing between eclipse seasons. Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury is an evening star in Cancer with the Sun also in this sign. Mercury resides for a brief 15 days here. Except for a parting shot from Pluto on July 10th this is a reasonably favourable residence. The emphasis is on thrifty circumspection and shrewd intuition. Mercury was at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on July 1st at 9 degrees Cancer. Mercury sextiles Uranus on July 7th, a dash of inventive thinking. Mercury is trine Neptune on July 7th, creative thinking (within budget). Finally Mercury opposes Pluto on July 10th, Manic Monday. Mercury leaves Cancer for Leo on July 11th. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squared Uranus (the 1st of 3) on July 2nd. Venus turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Retro Venus squares Uranus again on August 9th. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is now in Leo. Mars is spending a thunderous 50 days in this sign. A lot of gentleness is needed to cope with this residence. Mars enters Virgo on July 10th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 4th July 2023

The climaxing Full Moon coincided with Israel launching a large scale military operation against Palestinian militants in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Transiting stationary Neptune is exactly square Israel's 3rd house (neighbours) Jupiter. Monday's Full Moon squared Israel's natal Neptune. Transiting Uranus is conjunct Israel's natal Sun in 2024 and early 2025. Not much relief there, I'm afraid. 03.38 Venus at 23 Leo waxing bi-septile Jupiter at 10 Taurus 04.30 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 22 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 22 Taurus 05.36 Mercury at 16 Cancer waxing tri-decile Neptune at 28 Pisces 05.56 The Moon at 23 Capricorn waxing quincunx Venus at 23 Leo 11.43 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waxing quincunx Mars at 26 Leo 13.49 The Moon at 28 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 28 Pisces 13.52 Mercury at 16 Cancer waning novile Mars at 26 Leo 16.46 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 30 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 46 mins. 17.32 The Moon enters Aquarius 18.11 The Moon at zero Aquarius waning squares her nodal axis from south of the ecliptic. 21.29 Mercury at 17 Cancer waning decile Venus at 23 Leo 22.29 The Moon is at perigee, fastest all month and closest to the Earth.

Wednesday 5th July 2023

Sun in Cancer. Moon in Aquarius. Very much 'care in the community'. Quieter astrology now. 09.29 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 10 Aquarius waning square Jupiter at 10 Taurus 12.06 The Sun at 13 Cancer waxing septile Uranus at 22 Taurus 14.46 The Moon at 13 Aquarius waning quincunx The Sun at 13 Cancer 23.17 The Sun at 14 Cancer waning novile Venus at 24 Leo

Thursday 6th July 2023

The only planetary aspect seriously applying right now is Mercury sextile Uranus, exact early (GMT) tomorrow. Because of this, today has 'freedom of thought' and waves of wild ideas. 00.37 The rapidly waning but now decelerating full moon at 20 Aquarius waning quincunx Mercury at 19 Cancer A Fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus, Mars and Uranus 04.30 to 13.42 04.31 The Moon at 22 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 22 Taurus 07.38 The Moon at 24 Aquarius opposition Venus at 24 Leo 13.42 The Moon at 28 Aquarius opposition Mars at 28 Leo. The Moon is void of course for nearly 4 hours 15.48 Mars at 28 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 28 Pisces 16.31 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase 17.34 The Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign, casting a soulful aura over the next couple of days. 18.04 The Moon at zero Pisces waning sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic.

Friday 7th July 2023

Mercury sextile Uranus

The Sun and Mercury are in Cancer with the Moon, Saturn and Neptune in Pisces. It's deeply emotional and profoundly soulful right now. Venus and Mars are in Leo. There is no compromise or let up with this, it's full on. This day starts with Mercury sextile Uranus which throws up surprises. 04.15 'Evening star' Mercury at 22 Cancer waxing sesuiquadrate Saturn at 7 Pisces 04.48 The fast moving but decelerating disseminating Moon conjunction Saturn at 7 Pisces 04.55 Mercury at 22 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 22 Taurus 05.41 Mercury at 22 Cancer waning decile Mars at 28 Leo 09.28 Mercury at 22 Cancer waxing quintile Jupiter at 10 Taurus 10.28 The Moon at 10 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 10 Taurus 18.49 The Moon at 15 Pisces waning trine The Sun at 15 Cancer 21.59 Mars at 28 Leo waxing tri-decile Jupiter at 10 Taurus

Saturday 8th July 2023

01.28 The Sun at 16 Cancer waxing tri-decile Neptune at 28 Pisces 05.49 The fast disseminating Moon decelerating at 22 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 22 Taurus 09.56 The Moon at 24 Pisces waning trine Mercury at 24 Cancer 10.43 The Moon at 25 Pisces waning quincunx Venus at 25 Leo 15.22 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 28 Pisces 16.46 Mercury at 25 Cancer waning semi-sextile Venus at 25 Leo 17.31 The Moon at 29 Pisces waning quincunx Mars at 29 Leo 18.23 The Moon at 29 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The moon is void of course for nearly an hour. 19.21 The Moon enters Aries 22.49 Venus at 25 Leo waning tri-septile Pluto at 29 Capricorn

Sunday 9th July 2023

Mercury trine Neptune

The Mercury trine Neptune aspect today evokes imaginative thinking and enhanced communications. However a T-square is manifest involving Pluto, the lunar node and Mercury from today for 3 days. The Pluto Node component symbolises a 'turning point' in our lives together with some sort of political, economic or social change. Pluto square the lunar node is a major feature of 2023. Mercury opposite Pluto injects 'fateful compulsion' into the mix. The next few days could be important. Mars quincunx Pluto today forces issues. Care advised all round. The waning Moon decelerating towards last quarter in Aries makes no aspects today. 12.54 Mars at 29 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 23.58 Mercury at 28 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 28 Pisces

Monday 10th July 2023

Mercury opposite Pluto.

Mars enters Virgo.

The Moon joins in with the Cardinal T-square mentioned yesterday. 01.48 The Moon at Last Quarter 11.42 Mars enters Virgo and resides there for 48 days. Despite opposing both Saturn and Neptune in Pisces which are both challenging aspects to be reckoned with, this residence represents a useful, practical, constructive and dextrous period with this 'useful' Mars making three favourable trine aspects.. Mars opposes Saturn on July 20th, 'start-stop', brakes overheating, restriction. Mars trines Jupiter on Aug 1st, just as the Moon is reaches the Full, optimistic freewheeling. Mars is trine Uranus on Aug 16th, invigorating a New Moon, this time, with freedom and action. Mars is opposite Neptune on Auh 22nd, tinges of suffering and unwholesome potentials. Mars is trine Pluto on Aug 25th, onwards and upwards. Mars leaves Virgo for Libra on Aug 27th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. 15.57 Mars at zero Virgo waxing trine the lunar node at zero Taurus 16.35 The Moon at 26 Aries waning trine Venus at 26 Leo 20.48 Mercury at 29 Cancer opposition Pluto at 29 Capricorn 22.50 The Moon at 29 Aries waxing square Pluto at 29 Capricorn 23.12 The Moon at 30 Aries waning square Mercury at 30 Cancer, moon void 23.57 The Moon enters Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 19 degrees Cancer. The Last Quarter Moon is slowing down in Aries. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. There are 75 days to the Libran Equinox. We are nearly at the midway point between eclipse seasons. Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury is an evening star in Cancer with the Sun also in this sign. Mercury has resided for a brief 15 days here. Except for a parting shot from Pluto today July 10th this has been a reasonably favourable residence. The emphasis has been on thrifty circumspection and shrewd intuition. Mercury leaves Cancer for Leo tomorrow July 11th. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squared Uranus (the 1st of 3) on July 2nd. Venus turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Retro Venus squares Uranus again on August 9th. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars enters Virgo today July 10th. See above Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces. The next Lunar Standstill is in 2024-2025. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024. Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 11th July 2023

The Moon is in Taurus with Jupiter and Uranus. 00.06 The decelerating and waning last quarter Moon conjunction her mean lunar node at zero Taurus 00.31 The Moon at zero Taurus waning trine Mars at zero Virgo 04.13 Mercury enters Leo as an evening star joining Venus in this sign. Mercury whizzes through this sign in just 17 days. Mercury in Leo is a time of bold communications, confidence of delivery, theatrical oration, good humour and generosity of expression. Mercury squares Jupiter in Taurus on July 17th. Mercury squares Uranus in Taurus on July 23rd. Both of these aspects represent tests of judgment and adaptability. Mercury is conjunct retrograde Venus at 28 degrees Leo on July 27th. Head rules the heart with this one this time, but 'merriment' is the keyword here. This I guess is highlight of the residence. Mercury then enters Virgo on July 28th. Mercury has his retrograde phase and resides in Virgo 'till October 5th. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. 05.09 Mercury at zero Leo waxing square the lunar node at zero Taurus 11.37 Mercury at 1 Leo waning semi-sextile Mars at 1 Virgo 12.12 The Moon at 7 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 7 Pisces 13.24 Mercury at 1 Leo waxing biquintile Saturn at 7 Pisces 16.52 Mercury at 1 Leo waxing bi-novile Jupiter at 11 Taurus 20.05 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 11 Taurus

Wednesday 12th July 2023

Steady as she goes day. The Sun is in Cancer. The Moon, Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Domestic bliss. Traditional home cooking. Having and holding. 12.31 The waning and decelerating Moon at 20 Taurus waning sextile The Sun at 20 Cancer 16.42 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 22 Taurus

16.54 The Mean Lunar Node enters Aries. This momentous ingress heralds the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn.

Thursday 13th July 2023

01.25 The waning decelerating Moon at 27 Taurus waning square Venus at 27 Leo 03.00 The Moon at 28 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 28 Pisces 06.11 The Moon at 29 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 77 mins. 07.28 The Moon enters Gemini 08.13 Mercury at 4 Leo waxing quintile Uranus at 22 Taurus 10.52 The Moon at 2 Gemini waning square Mars at 2 Virgo 15.36 The Sun at 21 Cancer waning decile Venus at 27 Leo 15.45 Mars at 2 Virgo waxing tri-septile Neptune at 28 Pisces 16.41 The Moon at 5 Gemini waning sextile Mercury at 5 Leo 19.06 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase The slow procession to next Monday's 'cherishing' New Moon in Cancer now starts in earnest. 20.07 The Moon at 7 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 7 Pisces

In the UK Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images. The scandal has been dominating UK news headlines for the past week. The chart below is his 'noon chart'. Suffice to say transiting Pluto is exactly conjunct his natal Jupiter today.

Friday 14th July 2023

Sun sextile Uranus.

The old and slow balsamic Moon in Gemni is decelerating towards her New Moon phase in Cancer on Monday. The Sun sextiles Uranus today invoking a day with unlooked for potentials. 07.45 The Sun at 22 Cancer waxing sesuiquadrate Saturn at 7 Pisces 15.18 Mercury at 7 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 7 Pisces 23.03 The Sun at 22 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 22 Taurus Old Moon weekend ahead.

Saturday 15th July 2023

A yod 'finger of fate' is manifest 12.00 to 24.00 involving the old slow Moon, Pluto, Venus and Mars. The Moon squares Neptune at the same time Social and sexual whirlpools. Plenty to discuss. Turns more emotional as the day progresses. 12.28 The Moon decelerating at 28 Gemini waning sextile Venus at 28 Leo 12.36 The Moon at 28 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 28 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 4.7 hours 15.50 The Moon at 29 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 16.55 The Moon at 30 Gemini waxing sextile the lunar node at 30 Aries 17.15 The Moon enters Cancer joining the Sun in this sign 18.43 Venus at 28 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 28 Pisces 23.49 The Moon at 3 Cancer waning sextile Mars at 3 Virgo

Sunday 16th July 2023

06.07 The slow and ancient decelerating Moon at 7 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 7 Pisces 08.15 The Sun at 24 Cancer waning novile Mars at 4 Virgo 12.44 The Sun at 24 Cancer waxing quintile Jupiter at 12 Taurus 16.23 The Moon at 12 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 12 Taurus 22.20 Mercury at 11 Leo waxing tri-septile Saturn at 7 Pisces

Monday 17th July 2023

New Moon in Cancer

Mercury square Jupiter.

12.49 Mercury at 12 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 12 Taurus 13.22 The Moon at 22 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 22 Taurus 18.33 Moment of NEW MOON
Today's New Moon occurs as Mars applies in opposition to Saturn, exact on Thursday. This applying aspect suggest a time with difficulties ahead. However within this constraint, today's New Moon is trine Neptune, sextile Uranus, quintile Jupiter and opposite Pluto. This is an emotional, cherishing and benevolent New Moon with tinges of universal acceptance and enhancement. The troublesome 'opposition Pluto' manifests through not accepting the divine will working out in our life stories. At this time Mercury squares Jupiter, there are no planets in an Air sign and only 2 planets in positive signs. We are in the midway period between eclipse seasons. Today's New Moon is the 3rd following on from the Hybrid Solar Eclipse at 30 degrees Aries on April 20th 2023 and is the 3rd before the American Annular Solar Eclipse at 21 degrees Libra on October 14th 2023. At the exact moment of New Moon today the Moon and Pluto straddle Moscow and Tripoli. The Sun and New Moon are conjunct the MC at Dallas Texas. Mars culminates at Buenos Aires. Today's new Moon directly hits J.Biden's Jupiter, the USA Mercury, D.Trump's Venus and Saturn, Israel's MC, Ayatollah Khmenei's Sun, Ukraine's Mercury, Dalai Lama's Pluto, Julian Assange's Mercury, Nicola Sturgeon's Sun and Ben Stokes'(English cricket captain) Chiron. 19.01 Mercury at 12 Leo waxing bi-novile Uranus at 22 Taurus 22.34 Mercury at 13 Leo waxing sesuiquadrate Neptune at 28 Pisces 23.53 The Moon at 28 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 28 Pisces STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 25 degrees Cancer. The Moon is New in Cancer. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. There are 68 days to the Libran Equinox. We are in the midway period between eclipse seasons. Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury is in Leo as an evening star with Venus in this sign. Mercury whizzes through this sign in just 17 days. Mercury in Leo is a time of bold communications, confidence of delivery, theatrical oration, good humour and generosity of expression. Mercury squares Jupiter in Taurus today. Mercury squares Uranus in Taurus on July 23rd. Both of these aspects represent tests of judgment and adaptability. Mercury is conjunct retrograde Venus at 28 degrees Leo on July 27th. Head rules the heart with this one this time, but 'merriment' is the keyword here. This I guess is highlight of the residence. Mercury then enters Virgo on July 28th. Mercury has his retrograde phase and resides in Virgo 'till October 5th. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squared Uranus (the 1st of 3) on July 2nd. Venus turns retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Retro Venus squares Uranus again on August 9th. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is in Virgo and residing here for 48 days. Despite opposing both Saturn and Neptune in Pisces which are both challenging aspects to be reckoned with, this residence represents a useful, practical, constructive and dextrous period with this 'useful' Mars making three favourable trine aspects.. Mars opposes Saturn on July 20th, 'start-stop', brakes overheating, restriction. Mars trines Jupiter on Aug 1st, just as the Moon is reaches the Full, optimistic freewheeling. Mars is trine Uranus on Aug 16th, invigorating a New Moon, this time, with freedom and action. Mars is opposite Neptune on Auh 22nd, tinges of suffering and unwholesome potentials. Mars is trine Pluto on Aug 25th, onwards and upwards. Mars leaves Virgo for Libra on Aug 27th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 18th July 2023

New Moon energy grips our souls. This day is geared to recreation and creativity. A tight cardinal T-square is manifest involving the very slow new infant Moon, Pluto and the lunar node 03.00 to 04.05 03.07 The Moon at 29 Cancer opposition Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.5 hours 04.05 The Moon at 30 Cancer waxing squares the lunar node from north of the ecliptic. 04.41 The Moon enters Leo joining Mercury and Venus in this sign. 17.37 The Moon at 6 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 6 Pisces 18.24 Jupiter at 12 Taurus waxing bi-septile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The current 13 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Pluto, symbolising 'power plays' started on Nov 12th 2020 in Capricorn. At that time we witnessed a worldwide rampant and escalating Covid-19 virus, the appearance of vaccines and the US president refusing to concede electoral defeat. Today's waxing bi-septile aspect is the 1st of 3, dates July 18th 2023, Oct 31st 2023 and March 18th 2024. It gives elements of 'creative will shaping the character of future power-plays'. Substantial ramifications of power structures will surface on the world stage. Watch closely. The cycle reached it first quarter square phase in May 2023, climaxes with the opposition across Leo/Aquarius in July 2026 and ends in Feb 2033 in Aquarius. The Jupiter Pluto cycle represents 'big time power shifts'.

Thursday 20th July 2023

MARS OPPOSES SATURN

Sun trine Neptune

The very slowly waxing young Moon, almost stationary Venus and Mars all stand opposite Saturn 01.52 The Moon at 22 Leo waxing square Uranus at 22 Taurus 03.03 Mercury at 16 Leo waxing quad-novile Saturn at 6 Pisces 06.48 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 12.19 The Moon at 28 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 28 Pisces 13.07 The Sun at 28 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 28 Pisces 14.09 The Moon at 28 Leo conjunction Venus at 28 Leo. The Moon is void of course for 3.1 hours. 15.31 The Moon at 29 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 16.22 The Moon at 30 Leo waxing trines her node from north of the ecliptic. 17.14 The Moon enters Virgo joining Mars in this sign. 20.40 Mars at 6 Virgo opposition Saturn at 6 Pisces

Friday 21st July 2023

06.03 The very slowly waxing young Moon now accelerating at 6 Virgo opposition Saturn at 6 Pisces 06.37 The Moon conjunction Mars at 7 Virgo 13.40 The Sun at 29 Cancer waning semi-sextile Venus at 29 Leo 18.31 The Moon at 12 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 12 Taurus 18.47 Mercury at 19 Leo waning quad-novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 21.21 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase

Saturday 22nd July 2023

Sun opposite Pluto

'Bits and pieces'. Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Cancer. The Sun enters Leo tomorrow. Complex astrological geometry is now manifest in the skies of Earth for at least 2 days. The Sun opposes Pluto, the Moon opposes Mercury. Pluto squares the lunar node, Mercury squares Uranus. Anything and everything is going off today. 03.53 The Sun at 29 Cancer opposition Pluto at 29 Capricorn 11.47 Jupiter at 13 Taurus waxing semi-square Neptune at 28 Pisces. This is the first of 3 'waxing octile' aspects in the 13 year synodic cycle of these two planets. The dates are July 22nd 2023, Nov 5th 2023 and March 4th 2024. The Jupiter Neptune cycle began on April 4th 2022 in Pisces. The cycle reaches its first quarter phase on 19th June 2025, and culminates with the opposition across Libra/Aries on 28th Sept 2028. The cycle ends in Aries on 24th March 2035. Jupiter-Neptune symbolises the rise or decline of political, social orders and ideologies. This waxing semi-square aspect represents a pushing forward of new and social ideologies and meeting restriction. This experience has an emotional impact. 12.46 The Sun at 29 Cancer squares the mean lunar node at 29 Aries. We are exactly midway between eclipse seasons. 14.49 The Moon at 23 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 20.02 Mars at 8 Virgo waxing quad-novile Neptune at 28 Pisces

Sunday 23rd July 2023

VENUS TURNS RETROGRADE

Sun enters Leo

Mercury squares Uranus.

01.00 The Moon at 28 Virgo opposition Neptune at 28 Pisces 01.31 VENUS TURNS RETROGRADE 01.52 The Sun enters Leo and a new astrological month begins. 04.07 The Moon at 29 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.8 hours 05.56 The Moon enters Libra 06.16 The Moon at zero Libra waxing sextile The Sun at zero Leo 06.43 Mercury at 22 Leo waxing biquintile Neptune at 28 Pisces 07.19 The Sun at zero Leo waxing biquintile Saturn at 6 Pisces 18.18 The Moon at 6 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 6 Pisces 21.40 Mercury at 23 Leo waxing square Uranus at 23 Taurus

Monday 24th July 2023

07.25 The waxing and accelerating crescent Moon at 13 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 13 Taurus. This is the omly aspect today, but big wheels are turning. STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 2 degrees Leo. Venus and Mercury are also in Leo. The Moon in Libra is approaching First Quarter. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 61 days to the Libran Equinox. We are in the midway period between eclipse seasons. Venus Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Tomorrow the first quarter Moon forms a Grand Cross with the Sun, Pluto and the lunar nodal axis. Mercury is in Leo as an evening star with Venus and the Sun in this sign. Mercury whizzes through this sign in just 17 days. Mercury in Leo is a time of bold communications, confidence of delivery, theatrical oration, good humour and generosity of expression. Mercury is conjunct retrograde Venus at 28 degrees Leo on July 27th. Head rules the heart with this one this time, but 'merriment' is the keyword here. This I guess is highlight of the residence. Mercury then enters Virgo on July 28th. Mercury has his retrograde phase and resides in Virgo 'till October 5th. Mercury is retrograde from 23 August to 15 September and from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus still a bright evening star, is in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squared Uranus (the 1st of 3) on July 2nd. Venus turned retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus at 28 Leo on July 27th, potentially eventful. Retro Venus squares Uranus again on August 9th. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is in Virgo and residing here for 48 days. Despite opposing both Saturn and Neptune in Pisces which are both challenging aspects to be reckoned with, this residence represents a useful, practical, constructive and dextrous period with this 'useful' Mars making three favourable trine aspects.. Mars trines Jupiter on Aug 1st, just as the Moon is reaches the Full, optimistic freewheeling. Mars is trine Uranus on Aug 16th, invigorating a New Moon, this time, with freedom and action. Mars is opposite Neptune on Aug 22nd, tinges of suffering and unwholesome potentials. Mars is trine Pluto on Aug 25th, onwards and upwards. Mars leaves Virgo for Libra on Aug 27th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 25th July 2023

GRAND CROSS involving The Sun, The First-Quarter Moon, Pluto and the Lunar Nodal Axis.

02.36 The waxing and 'accelerating towards first quarter' Moon at 23 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 23 Taurus 06.40 The Moon at 25 Libra waxing sextile Mercury at 25 Leo 08.09 Mercury at 25 Leo waning tri-septile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 12.11 The Moon at 28 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 28 Pisces 14.01 The Moon at 28 Libra waxing sextile retro-Venus at 28 Leo A 'grand cross' is manifest involving the Moon, the Sun, Pluto and the lunar nodal axis 15.00 to 22.07 15.06 The Moon at 29 Libra waning square Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.6 hours 15.37 The Moon at 29 Libra opposition her ascending lunar at 29 Aries 16.57 The Moon enters Scorpio 22.07 The Moon is at 'Fixed First Quarter'

Wednesday 26th July 2023

Mercury is approaching retrograde Venus. These two planets are conjunct once only in 2023, tomorrow at 28 Leo. They meet again on 3 occasions next year 2024, April 19th, June 17th and August 11th. Often a merry meet. Always eventful. 01.36 Mercury at 26 Leo waxing bi-septile Jupiter at 13 Taurus 04.28 The accelerating first quarter Moon at 6 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 6 Pisces 06.04 The Sun at 3 Leo waxing bi-novile Jupiter at 13 Taurus 11.32 The Moon at 10 Scorpio waxing sextile Mars at 10 Virgo 17.39 The Moon at 13 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 13 Taurus

Thursday 27th July 2023

Mercury conjunct retro-Venus.

04.00 Mercury at 28 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 28 Pisces 11.11 The post first quarter Moon 'gaining in light and motion' at 23 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 23 Taurus 15.16 Mercury conjunction retro-Venus at 28 Leo These two planets are conjunct once only in 2023, today at 28 Leo. They meet again on 3 occasions next year 2024, April 19th, June 17th and August 11th. Often a merry meet. Always eventful. 19.56 The Moon at 27 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 27 Pisces 19.58 Mars at 11 Virgo waxing tri-decile Uranus at 23 Taurus 21.06 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waxing square Venus at 28 Leo 21.54 The Moon at 29 Scorpio waxing square Mercury at 29 Leo 22.37 The Moon at 29 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.8 hours 22.41 The Sun at 5 Leo waxing quintile Uranus at 23 Taurus

Friday 28th July 2023

00.26 The Moon 'gaining in light and motion' enters Sagittarius 03.30 The Sun at 5 Leo waning decile Mars at 11 Virgo 04.25 Mercury at 29 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 07.36 Mercury at 29 Leo trines the lunar node at 29 Aries 09.23 The Moon at 5 Sagittarius waxing trine The Sun at 5 Leo 10.52 The Moon at 6 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 6 Pisces 20.10 The Moon at 11 Sagittarius waxing square Mars at 11 Virgo 21.33 Mercury enters Virgo as an evening star joining Mars in this sign. Mercury's retrograde loop occurs during this residence resulting in a lengthy 69 day stay in this sign. (Mercury will not be conjunct Mars 'till Oct 29th in Scorpio). This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights, repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury opposes Saturn Wednesday Aug 2nd, just after the Lammas full Moon, testing resources and systems to their limit, a tough one. Mercury enters his shadow at the end of Aug 3rd. Mercury trines Jupiter, the first of three hits, on Aug 10th. Mercury turns retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. On Sept 4th retro-Mercury trines Jupiter a second time. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in virgo Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. As a morning star Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd, putting things to right. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. 23.45 The Moon at 13 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 13 Taurus

Saturday 29th July 2023

05.38 The Sun at 6 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 6 Pisces 13.03 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase The procession to the Lammas Full Moon on August 1st now starts in earnest. 15.35 The Moon gaining in light and motion at 23 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 23 Taurus 22.36 Mercury at 1 Virgo waxing tri-decile Jupiter at 13 Taurus 23.33 The Moon at 27 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 27 Pisces 23.52 The Moon at 28 Sagittarius waxing trine Venus at 28 Leo. The Moon is void of course for 3.9 hours

Sunday 30th July 2023

A dissociate grand trine is manifest involving the 'void of course' Moon, Mercury and the lunar node 02.00 to 07.00 02.14 The waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 29 Sagittarius trines her node from south of the ecliptic. 03.40 Mercury at 2 Virgo waxing tri-septile Neptune at 27 Pisces 03.46 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign. 06.56 The Moon at 2 Capricorn waxing trine Mercury at 2 Virgo A yod 'finger of fate is manifest 13.00 to 15.36 involving the Moon, the Sun and Saturn. 13.16 The Moon at 6 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 6 Pisces 15.36 The Moon at 7 Capricorn waxing quincunx The Sun at 7 Leo 16.25 retro-Venus at 27 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces

Monday 31st July 2023

Lunar pressures are rising. The 'Lammas' or 'Sturgeon' Super Full Moon is tomorrow. The Moon today generally has a good ride. Mars is applying trine to Jupiter, both in earth signs. This is a constructive day. A tight Earthy Grand Trine is manifest involving the Moon, Mars and Jupiter 00.00 to 02.00 00.19 The Moon at 13 Capricorn waxing trine Mars at 13 Virgo 01.52 The Moon at 14 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 14 Taurus 16.29 The Moon at 23 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 23.18 The Moon at 27 Capricorn waxing quincunx Venus at 27 Leo 23.55 The Moon at 27 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces STATE STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 9 degrees Leo. Retrograde Venus is also in Leo. Mercury and Mars are in Virgo. The Moon and Pluto are in Capricorn. The Moon is Full tomorrow. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 54 days to the Libran Equinox. We are in the midway period between eclipse seasons. Venus Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury is in Virgo as an evening star. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. Mercury's retrograde loop occurs during this residence resulting in a lengthy 69 day stay in this sign. (Mercury will not be conjunct Mars 'till Oct 29th in Scorpio). This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights, repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury opposes Saturn Wednesday Aug 2nd, just after the Lammas full Moon, testing resources and systems to their limit, a tough one. Mercury enters his shadow at the end of Aug 3rd. Mercury trines Jupiter, the first of three hits, on Aug 10th. Mercury turns retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. On Sept 4th retro-Mercury trines Jupiter a second time. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in virgo Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. As a morning star Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd, putting things to right. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a retrograde evening star in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squared Uranus (the 1st of 3) on July 2nd. Venus turned retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Retro Venus squares Uranus again on August 9th. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is in Virgo and residing here for 48 days. Despite opposing both Saturn and Neptune in Pisces which are both challenging aspects to be reckoned with, this residence represents a useful, practical, constructive and dextrous period with this 'useful' Mars making three favourable trine aspects.. Mars trines Jupiter on Aug 1st, just as the Moon is reaches the Full, optimistic freewheeling. Mars is trine Uranus on Aug 16th, invigorating a New Moon, this time, with freedom and action. Mars is opposite Neptune on Aug 22nd, tinges of suffering and unwholesome potentials. Mars is trine Pluto on Aug 25th, onwards and upwards. Mars leaves Virgo for Libra on Aug 27th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 1st August 2023

Lammas Super Full Moon

Mars trine Jupiter

Although starting on the day of the Full Moon a quieter month than of late then ensues. 02.13 The rapidly waxing, still accelerating, almost Full Moon conjunction Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.8 hours 02.21 The Moon at 29 Capricorn squares her node from south of the elliptic 03.59 The Moon enters Aquarius 11.37 The Moon at 5 Aquarius waxing quincunx Mercury at 5 Virgo 12.03 Mercury at 5 Virgo waning biquintile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 18.32 Moment of FULL MOON Today's Full Moon is the 3rd Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 15 Scorpio on May 5th and the 3rd Full Moon before the Partial Lunar Eclipse at 5 degrees Taurus on October 28th 2023. The Full Moon is square Jupiter. Mars trines Jupiter, Mercury opposes Saturn, Venus squares Uranus, all applying aspects. This is a lavish Full Moon. 'No don't stop the carnival', type of energy. The square to Jupiter is indulgent and exuberant. 5 planets are in Earth signs, 5 are in Fixed signs. This one pushes forward with enthusiasm and degrees of risk taking, going it alone if necessary, and seeking sensation. At the exact moment of Full Moon today, The Moon is shortly to rise at Minsk, the Sun culminates at Dallas Texas, Jupiter culminates over New zealand, Saturn rises at Odessa and at Istanbul, Mercury sets at Rhodes, Jupiter sets at Cincinnati, Mars sets at Moscow and at Ankara. This Full Moon directly hits the Sun of King Abdullah of Jordan and Phill Collins, the Mercury of Putin's 'special military operation' chart, Sudan's Venus, Saudi Arabia and the BBC Mars, the Saturn of Afghanistan (2021 chart), Netherlands, and Tom Cruise, the Neptune of Greta Thornberg, the Pluto of Thailand, the node of the Bit Coin chart, the MC of Jamaica, Ivory Coast and Miley Cyrus. It opposes Donald Trump's Pluto. 20.45 Mars at 14 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 14 Taurus

Wednesday 2nd August 2023

Mercury opposite Saturn

00.29 retro-Venus at 27 Leo waxing bi-septile Jupiter at 14 Taurus 00.29 Mars at 14 Virgo waning sesuiquadrate Pluto at 29 Capricorn 01.39 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 14 Aquarius square Jupiter at 14 Taurus 01.49 The Moon at 14 Aquarius waxing quincunx Mars at 14 Virgo 02.04 Mercury at 6 Virgo waxing bi-septile Uranus at 23 Taurus 02.18 Mercury at 6 Virgo opposition Saturn at 6 Pisces 05.53 The Moon is at perigee, fastest all month and closest to the Earth. 10.44 The Sun at 10 Leo waxing tri-septile Saturn at 6 Pisces A loose Fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Uranus 15.45 to 21.16 15.45 The Moon at 23 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 23 Taurus 21.16 The Moon at 26 Aquarius opposition retro-Venus at 26 Leo. The Moon is void of course for 5.8 hours

Thursday 3rd August 2023

Sombre vibrations today as the Moon and Saturn in Pisces oppose Mercury in Virgo. Mercury (shyly) enters his shadow late (GMT) tonight. He remains in his shadow till September 30th. 01.19 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 29 Aquarius sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic. 03.07 The Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign. 11.53 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 6 Pisces 11.59 Mercury at 7 Virgo waxing quad-novile Neptune at 27 Pisces 15.03 The Moon at 8 Pisces opposition Mercury at 8 Virgo 20.59 The Moon at 11 Pisces waning quincunx The Sun at 11 Leo

Friday 4th August 2023

The Moon, Saturn and Neptune in Pisces.

Absorbing the sensation and the suffering of recent events, this day feeds forgiveness and faith. Blessed are the merciful for they shall be shown mercy. 01.20 The rapidly waning Moon at 14 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 14 Taurus 03.15 The Moon at 15 Pisces opposition Mars at 15 Virgo 15.36 The Moon at 23 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 23 Taurus 19.49 The Moon at 25 Pisces waning quincunx Venus at 25 Leo 22.54 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase 23.00 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 27 Pisces. Soulful.

Saturday 5th August 2023

00.25 The Sun at 12 Leo waxing sesuiquadrate Neptune at 27 Pisces 00.54-01.35 Minor lunar occultation of star 27 Pisces (a double giant star) observable from mid UK locations 01.21 The disseminating and decelerating Moon at 29 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void for 2 hours. 03.21 The Moon enters Aries A DIFFERENT VIBRATION, wake up to impetus and activity. 12.22 The Sun at 13 Leo waxing bi-novile Uranus at 23 Taurus 20.14 The Moon at 10 Aries waning quincunx Mercury at 10 Virgo

Sunday 6th August 2023

The Leo Sun is applying square to Jupiter, exact at the very start of tomorrow. Today is full of 'over reaction' and 'wide of the mark'. There is fun to be had, I guess, but the advice is to proceed carefully. 01.41 The disseminating decelerating Moon at 13 Aries waning trine The Sun at 13 Leo 07.04 The Moon at 17 Aries waning quincunx Mars at 17 Virgo 11.28 Mercury now in his shadow at 11 Virgo waxing tri-decile Uranus at 23 Taurus 16.29 retro-Venus at 24 Leo waning tri-septile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 20.35 The Moon at 24 Aries waning trine Venus at 24 Leo

Monday 7th August 2023

Sun square Jupiter

The Sun in Leo reaches the midway point between Solstice and Equinox today. The seasons are changing. Mercury in Virgo is now in his shadow and will station retrograde in 16 days time. Time for serious consideration. Retrograde Venus in Leo is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun in 6 days time. A new old love story ahead. 00.04 The Sun at 14 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 14 Taurus 04.03 The Moon at 29 Aries conjunction the lunar node at 29 Aries 04.13 The Moon at 29 Aries waxing square Pluto at 29 Capricorn, moon void 06.26 The Moon enters Taurus 13.37 The Sun at 15 Leo waning biquintile Venus at 24 Leo 13.37 Mercury at 12 Virgo waning biquintile Venus at 24 Leo 15.46 The Moon at 5 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 5 Pisces 18.23 The Sun reaches 15 degrees Leo. We are midway between the Cancer Solstice and the Libran Equinox. In the northern hemisphere Summer is ending. In the south Spring is starting to stir. Astrological Lammas. STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 15 degrees Leo. Retrograde Venus is also in Leo. Mercury and Mars are in Virgo. The Moon approaching last quarter, Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 47 days to the Libran Equinox. We are in the midway period between eclipse seasons. Venus Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury is in Virgo as an evening star and is in his shadow. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. Mercury's retrograde loop occurs during this residence resulting in a lengthy 69 day stay in this sign. (Mercury will not be conjunct Mars 'till Oct 29th in Scorpio). This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights, repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury trines Jupiter, the first of three hits, on Aug 10th. Mercury turns retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. On Sept 4th retro-Mercury trines Jupiter a second time. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in virgo Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. As a morning star Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd, putting things to right. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a retrograde evening star in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus turned retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Retro Venus squares Uranus again on August 9th. Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on August 13th at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Venus is then a morning star. Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is in Virgo and residing here for 48 days. Despite opposing both Saturn and Neptune in Pisces which are both challenging aspects to be reckoned with, this residence represents a useful, practical, constructive and dextrous period with this 'useful' Mars making three favourable trine aspects.. Mars is trine Uranus on Aug 16th, invigorating a New Moon, this time, with freedom and action. Mars is opposite Neptune on Aug 22nd, tinges of suffering and unwholesome potentials. Mars is trine Pluto on Aug 25th, onwards and upwards. Mars leaves Virgo for Libra on Aug 27th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 8th August 2023

The Moon, Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus

The Moon and Jupiter in Taurus trine Mercury and Mars in Virgo. Steady application of effort and craftmanship. A very constructive and practical astrological atmosphere. 00.42 The Sun at 15 Leo waxing quad-novile Saturn at 5 Pisces 05.10 The Moon at 13 Taurus waning trine Mercury at 13 Virgo 08.12 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 14 Taurus 10.29 The decelerating Moon is at Last Quarter 14.47 The Moon at 18 Taurus waning trine Mars at 18 Virgo 23.51 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 23 Taurus

Wednesday 9th August 2023

Venus square Uranus

00.21 The last quarter Moon decelerating at 23 Taurus waning square Venus at 23 Leo 04.30 Mercury at 14 Virgo waning sesuiquadrate Pluto at 29 Capricorn 08.01 The Moon at 27 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces 10.39 The Moon at 29 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.5 hours 11.09 retro-Venus at 23 Leo waxing square Uranus at 23 Taurus. Venus in Leo squared Uranus (the 1st of 3) on July 2nd. On this day the climax occured of a series of civil disturbances in France which began on 27 June 2023 following the fatal shooting of 17 year old Nahel Merzouk. On 2 July, the home of the mayor of L'Hay-les-Roses, Vincent Jeanbrun, was attacked in the suburbs south of Paris. Today's aspect is the 2nd hit. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. The energy associated with this aspect I would describe as 'agitated imbalance'. 13.07 The Moon enters Gemini. 22.46 The Moon at 5 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 5 Pisces

Thursday 10th August 2023

Mercury trine Jupiter

A light and possibly shallow day is in store. 00.48 Mercury, (in his shadow and 13 days from his retrograde station,) at 15 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 15 Taurus 18.03 The waning and decelerating Moon at 15 Gemini waning square Mercury at 15 Virgo 23.38 The Moon at 18 Gemini waning sextile The Sun at 18 Leo

Friday 11th August 2023

Yesterday Hawaii wildfires left 36 dead. It has been declared a major disaster. The historic and popular town of Lahaina has had the brunt of the flames, and aerial footage shows it has been turned into a smoking ruin. The Hawaii statehood chart (21 August 1959 at 10:12) is undergoing its Mars return. At the moment of the Full moon on Aug 1st 2023, transiting Mars right on the Hawaii state chart Venus was on the horizon, rising over Hawaii. Mars rules fire. 02.28 The waning and decelerating Moon at 20 Gemini waning square Mars at 20 Virgo 06.53 The Moon at 22 Gemini waning sextile Venus at 22 Leo 13.49 The Sun at 19 Leo waning quad-novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 17.28 The Moon at 27 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 5.4 hours 19.45 The Moon at 28 Gemini sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic 20.13 The Moon at 29 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 22.54 The Moon enters Cancer

Saturday 12th August 2023

05.49 retro-Venus at 21 Leo waxing biquintile Neptune at 27 Pisces 07.28 The decelerating Moon, waning quite slowly, reaches her balsamic phase 08.38 The Moon at 5 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 5 Pisces

Sunday 13th August 2023

Inferior Conjunction of Venus

00.15 retro-Venus at 21 Leo waning semi-sextile Mars at 21 Virgo 04.07 The slow balsamic Moon decelerating at 15 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 15 Taurus 09.26 The Moon at 17 Cancer waning sextile Mercury at 17 Virgo 11.16 Inferior Conjunction of Venus and the Sun at 20 Leo A 'New Venus'. 16.57 The Moon at 21 Cancer waning sextile Mars at 21 Virgo 20.31 The Moon at 23 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 23 Taurus

Monday 14th August 2023

04.58 The old and slow balsamic Moon decelerating at 27 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 27 Pisces 05.16 The Sun at 21 Leo waxing biquintile Neptune at 27 Pisces A tight cardinal T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Pluto and the mean lunar node 07.00 to 08.00 07.09 The Moon at 28 Cancer waxing squares her node from north of the ecliptic 07.47 The Moon at 29 Cancer opposition Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.9 hours 10.38 The Moon enters Leo joining the Sun and retro-Venus in this sign. 20.13 The Moon at 5 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 5 Pisces STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 22 degrees Leo. Retrograde Venus and the Moon are also in Leo. Mercury and Mars are in Virgo. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 40 days to the Libran Equinox. We are in the midway period between eclipse seasons. Venus Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury is in Virgo as an evening star and is in his shadow. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. Mercury's retrograde loop occurs during this residence resulting in a lengthy 69 day stay in this sign. (Mercury will not be conjunct Mars 'till Oct 29th in Scorpio). This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights, repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury trined Jupiter, the first of three hits, on Aug 10th. Mercury turns retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. On Sept 4th retro-Mercury trines Jupiter a second time. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in virgo Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. As a morning star Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd, putting things to right. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a retrograde morning star in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus turned retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus was at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun yesterday at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) on Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is in Virgo and residing here for 48 days. Despite opposing both Saturn and Neptune in Pisces which are both challenging aspects to be reckoned with, this residence represents a useful, practical, constructive and dextrous period with this 'useful' Mars making three favourable trine aspects.. Mars is trine Uranus on Aug 16th, invigorating a New Moon, this time, with freedom and action. Mars is opposite Neptune on Aug 22nd, tinges of suffering and unwholesome potentials. Mars is trine Pluto on Aug 25th, onwards and upwards. Mars leaves Virgo for Libra on Aug 27th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 15th August 2023

The Sun, old Moon and retro-Venus all in Leo.

05.10 The Sun at 22 Leo waning semi-sextile Mars at 22 Virgo 16.45 The very slowly 'fading out' ancient Moon at 15 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 15 Taurus 17.05 Mercury, 8 days from his station and retrograde motion, at 19 Virgo waxing semi-sextile Venus at 19 Leo The New Moon is tomorrow.

Wednesday 16th August 2023

New Moon in Leo

Sun square Uranus

Mars trine Uranus

00.44 The very old and very slow Moon conjunction retrograde Venus at 19 Leo 02.35 The Sun at 23 Leo waxing square Uranus at 23 Taurus 09.05 The Moon at 23 Leo waxing square Uranus at 23 Taurus 09.39 Moment of NEW MOON. (The Moon is then void of course for nearly 14 hours). Today's New Moon is the 4th following on from the Hybrid Solar Eclipse at 30 degrees Aries on April 20th 2023 and it is the penultimate before the American Annular Solar Eclipse at 21 degrees Libra on October 14th 2023. The New Moon is conjunct retro-Venus, square Uranus and conjunct Black Moon Lilith. The astrological situation at this time has a preponderance of Earth and Fixed signs. Zero bodies in Air. Mars trines Uranus. This 'fiery' lunation has a ruthless quality, a fierce and uncompromising direction, loyal and steadfast. Military resolve and confident advancement are its hall marks. At the exact moment of New Moon today, the Sun and Moon culminate over Moscow, set over Japan and at Perth (Aus). The Moon rises near Boston (Mass) and at Brasilia. Pluto rises at Saigon. Uranus culminates at Buenos Aires .Jupiter sets at Cyprus Mars sets at Sydney. This New Moon hits the UK Saturn, the Iran Ascendant, The Sun of Cyprus and the Jupiter and ascendant of Morocco. It opposes the Ukraine Moon, the Sun of Chile and the Sun of Japan. It hits Putin's Pluto, Madonna's Sun, South korea's Sun, Myanmar' Saturn and Erdogan's Pluto. The New Moon squares Donald Trump's MC. 11.56 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 13.54 Mars at 23 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 14.22 Venus at 19 Leo waning quad-novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 17.27 The infant Moon at 27 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces 19.29 The Moon at 28 Leo trines her node from north of the ecliptic 20.17 The Moon at 29 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 23.16 The Moon enters Virgo joining Mercury and Mars in this sign

Thursday 17th August 2023

The New Moon, Mercury and Mars are all in Virgo for 2 days.

We are gripped by New Moon energy now expressing itself in a discerningly practical manner. Two very good days for work are ahead of us. Making, mending, repairing, tidying, pruning, cutting, perfecting. 08.33 The very slow and very young Moon at 5 Virgo opposition Saturn at 5 Pisces 09.30 The Sun at 24 Leo waning tri-septile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 20.06 retro-Venus at 18 Leo waning decile Mars at 24 Virgo

Friday 18th August 2023

The young Moon, the almost stationary Mercury and Mars are all in Virgo and are trine Uranus and opposite Neptune. 05.49 The Moon at 15 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 15 Taurus 10.21 Saturn at 5 Pisces waxing decile Pluto at 29 Capricorn Saturn at 6 Pisces waxing decile Pluto at zero Aquarius The Saturn Pluto cycle correlates with the transformation of power structures, economic contraction, natural disasters, epidemics, and war. The cycle lasts 33-38 years. The current cycle started in late Capricorn on 12th Jan 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. It reaches its first quarter crisis in 2028-2029 and arrives at its climax, Saturn opposition Pluto, across Leo/Aquarius in 2035-2036. The cycle completes in 2053-2054 in Pisces. Today's waxing decile is the 2nd of three, dates May 15th 2023 , Aug 18th 2023 and Jan 30th 2024. This aspect reveals a new quality of being to be actualised through the natural cyclic process. We get a glimpse now of what new power structures and 'tempering experiences' are to be. 17.10 The Moon conjunction Mercury at 21 Virgo 21.16 Mars at 24 Virgo waning quad-novile Saturn at 4 Pisces 21.52 The Moon at 23 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 23 Taurus

Saturday 19th August 2023

Hideo Nishimura of Japan, was photographing the night sky on August 11 and 12, 2023, when he captured a new comet that now bears his name. Comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura is currently moving in front of the constellation Gemini (tropical zodiac 15 degrees Cancer). By next month, it might be bright enough to see with the unaided eye. Some estimates already put the comet at magnitude 10.4, which means people using six-inch telescopes or larger in a dark sky can spot it. Other observations report that the comet's tail is eight arcminutes long. The comet should continue to brighten and the tail to grow as it nears the sun. The comet will be at its brightest in mid-September when it's closest to the sun and Earth. Graphic below shows position of the comet on Aug 20th.

The chart below is that of Nurse Lucy Letby who has been found guilty yesterday of murdering seven babies who were being looked after on a neonatal ward in the UK. The murders happened at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. Letby, 33, is the UK's most prolific killer of babies in modern times. She has also been found guilty of attempting to murder another six babies, and will be sentenced on Monday Her noon astrology chart shows the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in Capricorn opposite Chiron in Cancer. Beverly Alitt, a previous child killing nurse is now in prison also has Sun opposite Chiron (11 degree orb however) in her chart. She was diagnosed with 'Munchausen syndrome by proxy'. Letby seems to display similar symptoms. A truly tragic affair all round. Very sad.

00.58 The young, slow but accelerating Moon conjunction Mars at 25 Virgo 06.02 The Moon at 27 Virgo opposition Neptune at 27 Pisces 08.51 The Moon at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3 hours 11.55 The Moon enters Libra 20.44 The Moon at 4 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 4 Pisces

Sunday 20th August 2023

A state of emergency has been declared in Canada's western British Columbia province, as a fast-moving wildfire threatens to destroy more homes in the area around the city of West Kelowna. A massive blaze is threatening Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories capital city. The chart below is for the preceding New Moon on Aug 16th relocated to Yellow Knife. Notice Mars conjunct the IC. The Canadian National chart, July 1st 1867, has Mars 5 Virgo opposition Jupiter 7 Virgo. Currently transitting Saturn opposes the Canadian Mars. The next Full Moon on Aug 31st is opposite the Canadaian Jupiter.

Today with the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Libra we have convivial potentials. Mercury turns retrograde in 3 days time, so 'about turns' are ahead of us. The astrological month of Virgo starts the same day. This northern hemisphere 'cruel summer' is approaching its end. 07.41The Sun at 27 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces 12.24 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase 18.19 The Moon accelerating at 15 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 15 Taurus 20.08 The Moon at 16 Libra waxing sextile Venus at 16 Leo

Monday 21st August 2023

The Sun, Moon Pluto and the lunar node are tied into some dynamic astrological geometry today. 'Simple twists of fate', not really that easy. Complications abound. 04.55 The Sun at 28 Leo waxing trine the lunar node at 28 Aries 04.56 retro-Venus at 16 Leo waning novile Mars at 26 Virgo 09.47 The Moon at 23 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 23 Taurus 09.56 The Sun at 28 Leo waxing bi-septile Jupiter at 15 Taurus A yod 'finger of fate' is manifest 17.00 to 20.32 involving the Moon, the Sun and Neptune. 17.35 The Moon at 27 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 27 Pisces 18.08 The Sun at 28 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 18.38 Mercury almost stationary at 22 Virgo waxing decile retro-Venus at 16 Leo 19.15 The Moon at 28 Libra opposition her ascending node at 28 Aries 20.20 The Moon at 28 Libra waning square Pluto at 28 Capricorn 20.32 The Moon at 29 Libra waxing sextile The Sun at 29 Leo. The Moon is void of course for 2.9 hours 23.24 The Moon enters Scorpio STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today ia at 28 degrees Leo and enters Virgo on Wednesday. Mercury, 2 days from stationing retrograde, and Mars are in Virgo. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 43 days to the Libran Equinox. We have passed the midway point between eclipse seasons. Venus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn are retrograde. Mercury turns retrograde on Wednesday, Uranus does the same on Aug 28th. We are heading into an intense planetary retrograde period. Mercury is in Virgo as an evening star and is in his shadow. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. Mercury's retrograde loop occurs during this residence resulting in a lengthy 69 day stay in this sign. (Mercury will not be conjunct Mars 'till Oct 29th in Scorpio). This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights, repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury trined Jupiter, the first of three hits, on Aug 10th. Mercury turns retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. On Sept 4th retro-Mercury trines Jupiter a second time. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in virgo Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. As a morning star Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd, putting things to right. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a retrograde morning star in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus turned retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus was at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun yesterday at 20 degrees Leo, (a New Venus-start of a new chapter of love in the story of our lives). Retro-Venus squares Jupiter (2nd time) tomorrow Aug 22nd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars is in Virgo and residing here for 48 days. Despite opposing both Saturn and Neptune in Pisces which are both challenging aspects to be reckoned with, this residence represents a useful, practical, constructive and dextrous period with this 'useful' Mars making three favourable trine aspects.. Mars is opposite Neptune tomorrow Aug 22nd, tinges of suffering and unwholesome potentials. Mars is trine Pluto on Aug 25th, onwards and upwards. Mars leaves Virgo for Libra on Aug 27th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have and hold. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planets of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evoke the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witness the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn on July 20th 2023, a testing challenge. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is direct in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has making his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 22nd August 2023

Venus square Jupiter

Mars opposite Neptune

Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Leo. The Sun enters Virgo tomorrow. Mercury stations and turns retrograde also tomorrow. Venus and Mars are both suffering difficult aspects today. A somewhat intense day is in store. 07.33 The waxing and accelerating crescent Moon at 4 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 4 Pisces 12.17 Retro-Venus at 15 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 15 Taurus This is the 2nd of three of these. The first was on June 5th. (The Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine was breached in the early hours of 6 June 2023,causing extensive flooding along the lower Dnieper river. The dam was under the control of the Russian military, which had seized it in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine). The final Venus Jupiter square is on Sept 17th. 20.34 Mars at 27 Virgo opposition Neptune at 27 Pisces Insecurity, worry and subterfuge is associated with this one. Its been building up for a while. Soon to pass.

Wednesday 23rd August 2023

03.46 The Sun at 30 Leo waning sesuiquadrate retro-Venus at 15 Leo A very tight Fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Jupiter 04.00 to 04.49 04.10 The Moon at 15 Scorpio waxing square Venus at 15 Leo 04.49 The Moon at 15 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 15 Taurus 09.03 The Sun enters Virgo and a new astrological month begins.

17.04 The Moon at 22 Scorpio waxing sextile Mercury at 22 Virgo 19.20 The Moon at 23 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 23 Taurus 19.54 MERCURY TURNS RETROGRADE. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in Virgo, September 15th 2023, Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo.

Thursday 24th August 2023

Five planets (including Pluto) are now retrograde until Sept 4th. Uranus stations on Aug 28th becoming the 6th. 6 retrograde bodies is a rare phenomenon. During the 3000 years from 500 BC to 2500 AD these particular 6 bodies being retrograde occurs on only 20 occasions. There has been a little cluster of 4 such events in the last 73 years. It won't happen again till Oct. 2349 AD. It did not happen at all between 1494 and 1950, but did occur for a 23 day period in June 1988. Geocentric planetary systemic reconsideration. Major review of all options. 02.34 The waxing and accelerating Moon at 27 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 27 Pisces 04.10 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waxing sextile Mars at 28 Virgo 05.11 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 3 hours 08.09 The Moon enters Sagittarius A mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, the Sun and Saturn 09.30 to 15.30 09.58 The Moon at First Quarter 15.30 The Moon at 4 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 4 Pisces 15.57 The Sun at 1 Virgo waxing tri-septile Neptune at 27 Pisces The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from the Contiguous United States, Mexico and Canada.

Friday 25th August 2023

Mars trine Pluto

00.23 Mars at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn 09.27 The first quarter Moon accelerating at 14 Sagittarius waxing trine Venus at 14 Leo 11.50 The Moon at 15 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 15 Taurus 15.58 retro-Venus at 14 Leo waxing quad-novile Saturn at 4 Pisces 20.05 retro-Venus at 14 Leo waning semi-square Mars at 29 Virgo 22.44 The Moon at 22 Sagittarius waxing square retro-Mercury at 22 Virgo

Saturday 26th August 2023

The Sun is almost in opposition to Saturn. (A Full Saturn). Problems and limitations are laid bare and are clearly understood. Stark reality. This is a time to reconsider the way to work with them. Today is a 'tale of two cities'. The first half of the GMT day under the influence of a mutable T-square is potentially 'Crazeville'. The remainder of the day, after the Moon grinds into Capricorn, suggests 'We built this city on rock and roll'. At the very least we built it. 01.13 The waxing and accelerating Moon,(only gaining very low altitudes in northern hemisphere skies for the next few days-lunar major standstill phenomena), at 23 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 23 Taurus A mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, Mars and Neptune 07.00 to 12.00 Aberrations abound! Not an easy few hours. 07.50 The Moon at 27 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 27 Pisces 09.04 The Moon at 28 Sagittarius trines her node from south of the ecliptic 11.57 The Moon at 29 Sagittarius waxing square Mars at 29 Virgo. The Moon is void of course for 1.2 hours 13.07 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign .'Just deserts.' 18.39 The Moon at 3 Capricorn waxing trine The Sun at 3 Virgo 19.40 The Moon at 4 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 4 Pisces 21.46 Mars at 30 Virgo waning tri-septile Saturn at 4 Pisces 23.08 The Sun at 3 Virgo waxing tri-decile Jupiter at 15 Taurus

Sunday 27th August 2023

Sun opposite Saturn.

Mars enters Libra

08.29 The Sun at 4 Virgo opposition Saturn at 4 Pisces 11.28 The waxing accelerating Moon now moving quickly, but at remarkably low altitudes in northern skies, at 13 Capricorn waxing quincunx Venus at 13 Leo 13.22 Mars enters Libra. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars opposes Chiron on Sept 24th and he squares Pluto on October 9th. That's all. It will be good to have a planet in an air sign for a change. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play, equality and social involvement. Good grace can accompany his actions actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rules the roost. Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. 14.58 The Moon at 15 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 15 Taurus. The high point of the day. 20.37 The Sun at 4 Virgo waning biquintile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 21.19 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase and the procession to Thursday's Full Moon in Pisces starts in earnest. The Full Moon separates from Saturn. It carries the weight of recent trials and tribulations and seeks escape. This is the Full Moon now approaching.

Monday 28th August 2023

An Earthy Grand Trine is manifest involving the Moon, retro-Mercury and Uranus 00.00 to 03.23 00.01 The rapidly waxing gibbous Moon at 21 Capricorn waxing trine Mercury at 21 Virgo 03.23 This Moon, gaining significantly low altitude in northern hemisphere skies, (impending major lunar standstill phenomena), at 23 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 07.52 Mars at zero Libra waxing sesuiquadrate Jupiter at 15 Taurus 09.30 The Moon at 27 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces 10.34 The Moon at 28 Capricorn squares her node from south of the ecliptic 11.00 retro-Venus, one week from her stationing direct, at 13 Leo waxing bi-novile Uranus at 23 Taurus 11.50 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.7 hours 14.33 The Moon enters Aquarius 15.40 The Moon at 1 Aquarius waxing trine Mars at 1 Libra 23.09 The Moon at 5 Aquarius waxing quincunx The Sun at 5 Virgo 23.22 URANUS TURNS RETROGRADE. So, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are now all retrograde for 7 days. Very rare. Reconsideration of everything. STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 5 degrees Virgo. The Moon is Full in Pisces early on Thursday. Retrograde Mercury is also in Virgo. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 36 days to the Libran Equinox. We have passed the midway point between eclipse seasons. Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn and from tonight Uranus are retrograde. We are in an 'intense planetary retrograde period'. Six planets (including Pluto) are now retrograde until Sept 4th. 6 retrograde bodies is a rare phenomenon. During the 3000 years from 500 BC to 2500 AD these particular 6 bodies being retrograde occurs on only 20 occasions. There has been a little cluster of 4 such events in the last 73 years. It won't happen again till Oct. 2349 AD. It did not happen at all between 1494 and 1950, but did occur for a 23 day period in June 1988. Geocentric planetary systemic reconsideration. Major review of all options. Mercury is a retrograde evening star in Virgo. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. Mercury's retrograde loop occurs during this residence resulting in a lengthy 69 day stay in this sign. (Mercury will not be conjunct Mars 'till Oct 29th in Scorpio). This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights', repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury trined Jupiter, the first of three hits, on Aug 10th. Mercury turned retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. On Sept 4th retro-Mercury trines Jupiter a second time. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in Virgo Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. As a morning star, Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd, putting things to right. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a retrograde morning star in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus turned retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Venus remains retrograde until Sept 4th when she turns direct at 12 Leo. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Mars entered Libra, yesterday, Aug 27th. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars opposes Chiron on Sept 24th and he squares Pluto on October 9th. That's all. It is good to have a planet in an air sign for a change. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play and social involvement. Good grace can accompany actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rule the roost, Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is now (from tonight) retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 29th August 2023

Lunar pressures are rising. The Moon climaxes Full in Pisces, separating from Saturn, early Thursday. Mars now gliding through Libra. Six planets are retrograde. Thousands of air passengers suffered long delays and cancellations yesterday after a 'technical issue' hit UK air traffic control systems...(Mercury retrograde). 10.57 The very rapidly waxing gibbous Moon at 13 Aquarius opposition retro-Venus at 13 Leo 12.39 The Sun at 6 Virgo waxing bi-septile Uranus at 23 Taurus 15.12 The Moon at 16 Aquarius waning square Jupiter at 16 Taurus 22.18 The Moon at 20 Aquarius waxing quincunx Mercury at 20 Virgo

Wednesday 30th August 2023

Full Moon fever is gripping our souls. The Full Moon in Pisces conjunct Saturn and then Neptune dominates today and tomorrow. Not an easy one this. 03.05 The almost Full Moon very rapidly waxing at 23 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 23 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for near on 11 hours 09.54 The Moon at 27 Aquarius waning sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic 10.28 The Sun at 7 Virgo waxing quad-novile Neptune at 27 Pisces 13.58 The Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign. 15.52 The Moon is at perigee, fastest all month and closest to the Earth. 17.08 The Moon at 2 Pisces waxing quincunx Mars at 2 Libra 19.34 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 4 Pisces. This aspect greatly colours tonight's Full Moon with somber shades.

Thursday 31st August 2023

01.36 Moment of FULL MOON Today's Full Moon is the 4th Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 15 Scorpio on May 5th and the penultimate Full Moon before the Partial Lunar Eclipse at 5 degrees Taurus on October 28th 2023. The Full Moon separates from Saturn. It carries the the heavy weight of recent trials and tribulations and seeks escape. Planets in mutability and Earth signs dominate. Retrograde Venus hovers square Jupiter. Retrograde Mercury is trine Jupiter and Uranus. The Full Moon opposes the Venus/Mars midpoint. We are dealing here with energies of 'reconsideration', 'revisiting', 'regret' and reappraisal. Relationships are in the spotlight. This is a Full Moon of dreamscapes, fantasy and imagination. 'I suffer therefore I am' is to the fore. The Full Moon directly hits Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Sun, and maybe, (date and time of birth not verified) Kim Jong Un's Moon, Chile's Saturn, Tunisia's Mars and Canada's Jupiter. It opposes Iran's Saturn square her Moon, and opposes Cyprus' Venus and Pluto. It hits Lady Gaga's, Keir Starmer's and Leonardo Dicaprio's Jupiter. Birthdays at this time include Alexander Lukashenko, Cameron Diaz, Richard Gere, Tsai Ing-Wen and Mohammed bin Salman. Expecting a climatic year ahead for these folk. At the exact moment of Full Moon Mars and Pluto are angular at London. 03.12 Jupiter at 16 Taurus waxing quintile Saturn at 4 Pisces The current 20 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Saturn started at the start of Aquarius on the day of the Northern hemisphere Winter Solstice Dec 21st 2000. The cycle climaxes with the opposition, across Gemini/Sagittarius in 2030-2031, and ends in 2040 on Halloween Day, 31st Oct 2040, in Libra. This cycle of Jupiter and Saturn represents a positive, focused attitude, a definition of goals, ambition and global development. The significance of the Aquarius influence is to connect this development to global integration. Today's waxing quintile aspect is the first of 3 hits. Dates are Aug 31st 2023, Oct 16th 2023 and May 28th 2024. This aspect represents the capacity for bringing new qualities of global development into manifestation. It poses the question: 'to what use'? 09.33 The Moon at 12 Pisces waning quincunx Venus at 12 Leo 14.25 The Moon at 16 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 16 Taurus 19.29 The Moon at 19 Pisces opposition Mercury at 19 Virgo

Friday 1st September 2023

In the wake of yesterday's Full Moon a quieter start to September is forecast. Venus turns direct on Monday but Mercury with 5 other planets are then retrograde, and the politically auspicious 'Jupiter quintile Saturn' aspect is in sway, an aspect of social development. Happy September everyone. 02.21 The very rapidly waning full moon Moon decelerating at 23 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 23 Taurus 07.54 retro-Mercury at 18 Virgo waxing decile retro-Venus at 12 Leo 08.14 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 27 Pisces 10.36 The Moon at 28 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 3 hours. 13.26 The Moon enters Aries 18.50 The Moon at 3 Aries opposition Mars at 3 Libra 21.02 Mars at 3 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 3 Pisces

Saturday 2nd September 2023

04.47 The rapidly waning full Moon decelerating at 9 Aries waning quincunx The Sun at 9 Virgo 07.12 retro-Venus at 12 Leo waning septile Mars at 4 Libra 09.20 The Moon at 12 Aries waning trine retro-Venus at 12 Leo 17.26 The Moon at 17 Aries waning quincunx retro-Mercury at 17 Virgo

Sunday 3rd September 2023

07.28 The decelerating Moon reaches her disseminating phase 10.15 The Moon conjunction her mean node at 27 Aries 11.57 The Moon at 28 Aries waxing square Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for just over 3 hours. 15.01 The Moon enters Taurus joining Jupiter and Uranus in this sign. 19.57 The Sun at 11 Virgo waxing tri-decile Uranus at 23 Taurus 20.36 The Moon at 3 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 3 Pisces 23.11 The Moon at 5 Taurus waning quincunx Mars at 5 Libra

Monday 4th September 2023

An auspicious day. Matters moving forward with some success. This is still very much a time of reconsideration, however. This is a day to 'take stock'. 01.10 VENUS TURNS DIRECT at 12 degrees Leo. Venus turned retrograde at 29 degrees Leo on July 23rd. Personally I have found this a tough ride. Venus turning direct this morning is welcome. 10.30 retro-Mercury at 16 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 16 Taurus 11.13 The Moon at 12 Taurus waning trine The Sun at 12 Virgo 12.09 The Moon at 12 Taurus waning square Venus at 12 Leo 13.26 JUPITER TURNS RETROGRADE 17.36 The Moon at 15 Taurus waning trine Mercury at 15 Virgo 18.06 The Moon conjunction stationary Jupiter at 16 Taurus trine the Sun and Mercury. Jupiter is quintile Saturn. STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 12 degrees Virgo. Retrograde Mercury is also in Virgo. The Moon, Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 18 days to the Libran Equinox. We are well past the midway point between eclipse seasons. A new one is ahead of us. From today Mercury, Jupiter Neptune, Pluto and Saturn and Uranus are retrograde. Mercury is a retrograde evening star in Virgo. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. Mercury's retrograde loop occurs during this residence resulting in a lengthy 69 day stay in this sign. (Mercury will not be conjunct Mars 'till Oct 29th in Scorpio). This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights', repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury trined Jupiter, the first of three hits, on Aug 10th. Mercury turned retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. Today Sept 4th retro-Mercury trines Jupiter a second time. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon in Virgo Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. As a morning star, Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd, putting things to right. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is from today a direct morning star in Leo. Venus has a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence will be a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. (Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper). Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. Mars entered Libra on Aug 27th. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars opposes Chiron on Sept 24th and he squares Pluto on October 9th. That's all. It is good to have a planet in an air sign for a change. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play and social involvement. Good grace can accompany actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rule the roost, Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde from today. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 5th September 2023

00.42 The Sun at 12 Virgo waxing semi-sextile Venus at 12 Leo 03.52- 05.02 Minor lunar occultation of star delta Aries observable from mid UK locations 07.28 The disseminating decelerating Moon conjunction Uranus at 23 Taurus 14.00 The Moon at 27 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 27 Pisces 16.47 The Moon at 28 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3.4 hours 20.08 The Moon enters Gemini

Wednesday 6th September 2023

Inferior Conjunction Of Mercury

You may notice over the next few days how the Moon now gains seriously high altitudes in northern hemisphere skies. The swing from low altitudes to high altitudes in the course of 2 weeks (and vice versa in the south) is a manifestation of the approaching 'Major Lunar standstill' over the next couple of years. Collective universal emotions swing in time with the lunar oscillation. Even if you don't see the Moon you will be aware of the the 'movement and buzz' in the society around you, over the next couple of days, as the Moon approaching 'mutable last quarter' resides in Gemini. 00.10 The Sun at 13 Virgo waning sesuiquadrate Pluto at 28 Capricorn 01.50 The disseminating Moon decelerating at 3 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 3 Pisces 07.45 The Moon at 6 Gemini waning trine Mars at 6 Libra 11.10 Inferior Conjunction of the Sun and Mercury at 14 Virgo A new chapter in the story. A 'New Mercury'. 19.07 The Moon at 12 Gemini waning sextile Venus at 12 Leo 20.47 The Moon at 13 Gemini waning square retro-Mercury at 13 Virgo 21.52 Saturn at 3 Pisces waning bi-novile Uranus at 23 Taurus This is the 2nd of three hits of this minor aspect in the 44 year synodic cycle of Saturn and Uranus. Dates Jan 24th 2023, Sept 6th 2023 and Nov 21st 2023. The Saturn Uranus cycle in astrology represents the conflict between the establishment and the revolutionary. Times manifest when change is unavoidable. The current cycle began in 1988 in Sagittarius, culminated with the opposition (5 times) 2008 to 2010 and completes in 2032 in Gemini. (The 2021 last quarter phase induced drastic political, financial and social changes). Now we encounter the waning bi-novile aspect which represents a refinement, deployment, and establishment of a new set of values and ideals which serve as a model for collective and individual living. This is an opportunity to attain creative fullness. Yet whatever resists integration faces a downward spiral of disintegration. This aspect offers opportunity to embrace the difficult energy of Saturn and Uranus by providing a route to navigate around problems on the world stage. There is a note of hope for 2023 contained within this aspect. 22.22 The Moon is at Last Quarter 22.34 Retro-Mercury at 13 Virgo waning sesuiquadrate Pluto at 28 Capricorn

Thursday 7th September 2023

16.18 retro-Mercury at 12 Virgo waxing semi-sextile Venus at 12 Leo 22.22 The slowly waning last quarter Moon decelerating at 27 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 6.7 hours 23.06 The Moon at 27 Gemini sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic

Friday 8th September 2023

Sun trine Jupiter

A 'touchy feely' couple of days are ahead with the Moon slipping into Cancer and drawing out an emotional response. A very cautious painstaking combination this, the Moon in Cancer and the Sun in Virgo. The Sun trine Jupiter today bestows measures of good fortune, where deserved. 01.23 The last quarter Moon waning and decelerating void of course at 28 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn. 01.27 to 02.11 Minor lunar occultation of star 136 Taurus observable from mid UK locations 05.01 The Moon enters Cancer 10.44 The Moon at 3 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 3 Pisces 11.13 The Sun at 16 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 16 Taurus 20.34 The Moon at 8 Cancer waning square Mars at 8 Libra

Saturday 9th September 2023

A home and hearth weekend. The old Moon in Cancer casts a domestic glow onto events. The immediate days ahead are leading us to a 'solution finding New Moon' early (GMT) next Friday which is trine Uranus, trine Pluto and opposite Neptune. Mercury turns direct later that day. 02.58 The decelerating and waning Moon at 11 Cancer waning sextile retro-Mercury at 11 Virgo 07.04 Mercury at 11 Virgo waxing tri-decile Uranus at 23 Taurus 11.39 The Moon at 16 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 16 Taurus 13.49 The Moon at 17 Cancer waning sextile The Sun at 17 Virgo 19.22 Venus at 13 Leo waxing quad-novile Saturn at 3 Pisces

Sunday 10th September 2023

02.35 The slow ageing Moon decelerating at 23 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 23 Taurus 04.41 Mars at 9 Libra waning biquintile Saturn at 3 Pisces 09.37 The Moon at 27 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 27 Pisces A Cardinal T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Pluto and the lunar node 09.00 to 13.00 Emotional impacts. 10.15 The Moon at 27 Cancer squares her node from north of the ecliptic 12.48 The Moon at 28 Cancer opposition Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 4 hours 14.15 Venus at 13 Leo waxing bi-novile Uranus at 23 Taurus 14.39 The Sun at 18 Virgo waning quad-novile Mercury at 10 Virgo 16.38 The Moon enters Leo joining Venus in this sign 22.10 The Moon at 3 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 3 Pisces 23.35 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase. The procession to the Virgo New Moon early (GMT) on Friday now starts in earnest.

Monday 11th September 2023

The Moon and Venus in Leo for 2 days..

MOROCCO EARTHQUAKE see MARJORIE ORR The four days ahead lead us through a slow run down to the 'solution finding New Moon' early (GMT) on Friday which is trine Uranus, trine Pluto and opposite Neptune. Mercury turns direct later that day. 06.37 Mars at 10 Libra waxing biquintile Jupiter at 16 Taurus 07.22 retro-Mercury, 4 days from his direct station, at 10 Virgo waning semi-sextile Mars at 10 Libra 12.06 The slow old balsamic Moon decelerating at 10 Leo waning sextile Mars at 10 Libra 19.32 The Moon conjunction Venus at 13 Leo 23.55 The Moon at 15 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 15 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 19 degrees Virgo. Retrograde Mercury is also in Virgo. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 11 days to the Libran Equinox. We are well past the midway point between eclipse seasons. A new one is ahead of us, the foothills of which start after the New Moon in Virgo on Friday. (On October 14th is the 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra). Mercury, Jupiter Neptune, Pluto and Saturn and Uranus are retrograde. Mercury is a retrograde morning star in Virgo. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. This is mentally a very diligent and productive period. A triple earth trine to Jupiter encourages 'putting things to rights', repairing, mending, making a situation better. Quite a few stitches to pick up here. Mercury turned retrograde at 22 Virgo on Aug 23rd. Mercury was at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on Sept 6th at 14 degrees Virgo. On the day of the New Moon Sept 15th Mercury stations direct at 8 degrees Virgo. Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the Aries Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a direct morning star in Leo. Venus is having a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squares Jupiter (3rd and final time) on Sept 17th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence has been a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. Mars entered Libra on Aug 27th. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars opposes Chiron on Sept 24th and he squares Pluto on October 9th. That's all. It is good to have a planet in an air sign for a change. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play and social involvement. Good grace can accompany actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rule the roost, Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 12th September 2023

3 days to a 'solution finding' New Moon in Virgo. 03.51 Mars at 10 Libra waning tri-decile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 13.55 The Sun at 20 Virgo waxing decile Venus at 14 Leo 15.06 The very slowly waning balsamic old Moon at 23 Leo waxing square Uranus at 23 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for 14.3 hours 15.44 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 22.08 The Moon at 26 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 26 Pisces 22.38 The Moon at 27 Leo trines her node from north of the ecliptic.

Wednesday 13th September 2023

A couple of old moon days are upon us. Clear out the clutter. 01.24 The very slow but now accelerating ancient Moon at 28 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 05.20 The Moon enters Virgo joining the Sun and Mercury in this sign. 10.31 The Moon at 3 Virgo opposition Saturn at 3 Pisces. Bit of a testy few hours but sharp and to the point. What follows is refinement, pruning and careful choice. 22.05 The Moon conjunction an almost stationary Mercury at 8 Virgo

Thursday 14th September 2023

LIBYA see MARJORIE ORR Day of the old Moon in Virgo. A 'throw the money lenders out of the temple' kind of day. 12.28 The slow and very ancient Moon at 15 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 15 Taurus. She accelerates towards her new phase, early GMT tomorrow.

Friday 15th September 2023

New Moon in Virgo

> 01.40 Moment of NEW MOON Today's New Moon is the 5th following on from the Hybrid Solar Eclipse at 30 degrees Aries on April 20th 2023 and it is the ultimate New Moon before the American Annular Solar Eclipse at 21 degrees Libra on October 14th 2023. With its passing we enter the foothills of a new eclipse season. This New Moon is followed 18.5 hours later by Mercury turning direct and is thus an auspicious event. The 'solution finding', 'stagnation clearing', 'vivacious', 'materially indulgent' and obsessive New Moon is trine Uranus, trine Pluto and opposite Neptune. Earth and Mutability predominate. Venus squares Jupiter. the New moon opposes the Jupiter Pluto midpoint 'nudging' power plays. Today's New moon squares Donald Trump's Sun Moon opposition, hits the USA Neptune, Bit Coin Saturn, Syrian Sun, Ron Desantis Sun, Grant Shap Sun and Pluto, Russian (1917) Ascendant, Suella Braverman Saturn, BBC Moon, Kim Yo Jong (Kim Un's sister) Mars, Brazil Mercury, Angela Raynor Saturn, Rishi Sunak's Sun. At the moment of New Moon Mercury rises at Moscow and culminates at Tokyo, Pluto culminates at Quito, Saturn culminates at Rio De janeiro, Jupiter rises at Asuncion. 03.38 The Moon at 23 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 10.31 The Moon at 26 Virgo opposition Neptune at 26 Pisces 12.45 The Sun at 22 Virgo waning quad-novile Saturn at 2 Pisces 13.50 The Moon at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn, moon void 17.46 The Moon enters Libra joining Mars in this sign 20.12 MERCURY TURNS DIRECT 22.33 The Moon at 2 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 2 Pisces

Saturday 16th September 2023

Daylight Lunar occultation of Mars over North America.

LIBYA see MARJORIE ORR 01.24 The Sun at 23 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 19.53 The slow but accelerating infant Moon conjunction Mars at 13 Libra The very young Moon passes in front of Mars during a daylight occultation Sept 16th, visible across the U.S. The timing of the event varies with location. It's mid afternoon for the Eastern Seaboard (in Miami, Mars disappears around 3-25 p.m. EDT), and early afternoon for Midwestern states (12-26 p.m. MDT in Denver). Mars misses the southern limb of the Moon for observers along the West Coast except in the extreme northwest (e.g, Portland). By evening, you (in the US) can spot Mars nearly 2 degrees west of the very thin, two day old Moon. The Red Planet soon dips out of view as it heads for the Sun. 23.58 The Moon at 15 Libra waxing sextile Venus at 15 Leo

Sunday 17th September 2023

Venus square Jupiter

00.13 The slow young Moon accelerating at 15 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 15 Taurus 06.11 Venus at 15 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 15 Taurus 15.09 The Moon at 23 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 23 Taurus 21.48 The Moon at 26 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 26 Pisces A Cardinal T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Pluto and the lunar node 22.00 to 01.07 22.03 The Moon at 26 Libra opposition the lunar node at 26 Aries

Monday 18th September 2023

01.07 The young and slow but accelerating Moon at 28 Libra waning square Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 4 hours 05.00 The Moon enters Scorpio 09.19 The Moon at 2 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 2 Pisces 21.53 The Moon at 9 Scorpio waxing sextile Mercury at 9 Virgo STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today reaches 26 degrees Virgo. Mercury is also in Virgo. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 4 days to the Libran Equinox. We are in the foothills of a new eclipse season. (On October 14th is the 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra). Jupiter Neptune, Pluto and Saturn and Uranus are retrograde. Mercury is now a direct morning star in Virgo. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. After recent retrograde motion Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time on Sept 25th. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the next (Aries) Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a direct morning star in Leo. Venus is having a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence has been a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. Mars entered Libra on Aug 27th. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars opposes Chiron on Sept 24th and he squares Pluto on October 9th. That's all. It is good to have a planet in an air sign for a change. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play and social involvement. Good grace can accompany actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rule the roost, Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 19th September 2023

Sun opposite Neptune

02.01 The accelerating Scorpio Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase A resolute Fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Jupiter 10.00 to 12.30 10.16 The Moon at 15 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 15 Taurus 11.18 The Sun at 26 Virgo opposition Neptune at 26 Pisces 12.30 The Moon at 16 Scorpio waxing square Venus at 16 Leo 15.40 The Sun at 26 Virgo waxing novile Venus at 16 Leo 21.08 Mars at 15 Libra waning bi-septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 22.48 Mars at 15 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 15 Taurus

Wednesday 20th September 2023

00.47 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 23 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 23 Taurus 4 points of a planetary hexagram are manifest involving the Sun, Moon, Neptune and Pluto 07.00 to 11.00 (Uranus is close to being the 5th point. The missing point is 26 degrees Cancer). It all makes for an interesting few hours. 07.07 The Moon at 26 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 26 Pisces 08.47 The Moon at 27 Scorpio waxing sextile The Sun at 27 Virgo forming a yod with the lunar node at this time. 10.22 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn The Moon is void of course for 1.8 hours 14.08 The Moon enters Sagittarius 17.58 The Moon at 2 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 2 Pisces

Thursday 21st September 2023

Sun trine Pluto

Two days from the Libran Equinox. Today the Sun trines Pluto. Transformatory energy. The Moon is in Sagittarius. Degrees of optimism and betterment colour this day. 00.21 The Sun at 28 Virgo waning tri-septile Saturn at 2 Pisces 05.21 The Sun at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn 09.13 The waxing crescent Moon at 10 Sagittarius accelerating to her first quarter phase squares Mercury at 10 Virgo 12.16 Mars at 16 Libra waning quad-novile Neptune at 26 Pisces 17.47 The Moon at 15 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 15 Taurus 20.13 The Moon at 16 Sagittarius waxing sextile Mars at 16 Libra 22.05 Mercury at 11 Virgo waxing tri-decile Uranus at 23 Taurus 22.26 The Moon at 18 Sagittarius waxing trine Venus at 18 Leo

Friday 22nd September 2023

07.41 The Moon accelerating towards her first quarter phase at 23 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 23 Taurus 10.43 Mars at 17 Libra waxing biquintile Uranus at 23 Taurus 11.30 Venus at 18 Leo waning quad-novile Pluto at 28 Capricorn A mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, the Sun and Neptune 13.30 to 19.40 A muddle. 13.38 The Moon at 26 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 26 Pisces 13.39 The Moon at 26 Sagittarius waning trine the lunar node at 26 Aries 15.23 Mars at 17 Libra waning sesuiquadrate Saturn at 2 Pisces 19.32 The Moon at First Quarter. The Moon is void of course for just 50 mins 20.22 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign and setting a constructive and ambitious backdrop for the moment of Equinox some 10.5 hours later. 23.45 The Moon at 2 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 2 Pisces

Saturday 23rd September 2023

Northern Hemisphere Autumn Equinox

 

06.49 The Sun at 30 Virgo waxing sesuiquadrate Jupiter at 15 Taurus 06.50 The Sun enters Libra joining Mars in this sign. In the Northern hemisphere it is the moment of Autumn Equinox. In the south it is the Spring Equinox. Day and night, light and darkness are balanced world wide. The Sun is directly overhead at noon at the equator. The first quarter Moon 'gaining in light and motion' is in constructive Capricorn and is making long favourable Earth trines to Mercury (not quite up to speed yet but at least moving in the right direction), Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto. The Moon will square Mars amidst all that but these are beneficial and positive signs . This is an 'Earthy Equinox'. The moment is practical, resourceful and resilient and this potentially sets the scene globally for an auspicious and hopeful quarter year ahead. Let's make the most of it. Wishing all Daze readers a Happy Autumn Equinox from the UK.

An Earthy Grand Trine is manifest involving the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter 18.00 to 22.13 18.25 The Moon at 13 Capricorn waxing trine Mercury at 13 Virgo 22.13 The Moon at 15 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 15 Taurus 23.16 Mercury at 13 Virgo waning sesuiquadrate Pluto at 28 Capricorn

Sunday 24th September 2023

A Sunday conducive to rest, taking stock and recharge. We are in the midst of a special few days between Equinox and Full Moon. The week ahead sees an accelerating build up to this 'wild and wilful' Full Moon in Aries on Friday accompanied by Venus squaring Uranus for the third time from Leo. Never a dull moment with this one. 03.18 The first quarter Moon accelerating at 18 Capricorn waxing square Mars at 18 Libra 05.04 The Moon at 19 Capricorn waxing quincunx Venus at 19 Leo 11.28 The Moon at 23 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 16.59 The Moon at 26 Capricorn squares her node from south of the ecliptic 17.03 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 26 Pisces 20.06 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3.4 hours 23.31 The Moon enters Aquarius

Monday 25th September 2023

Mercury trine Jupiter

Ahead of us is a 'rush of a week' building up to the Full Moon in Aries on Friday. 02.27 The waxing, accelerating and now fast moving Moon at 2 Aquarius waxing trine The Sun at 2 Libra 03.11 The Sun at 2 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 2 Pisces 12.10 Mercury at 15 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 15 Taurus 21.33 Mars at 19 Libra waxing tri-septile Jupiter at 15 Taurus 23.03 Venus at 20 Leo waxing biquintile Neptune at 26 Pisces 23.50 The Moon at 15 Aquarius waning square Jupiter at 15 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 2 degrees Libra. Mars is also in Libra. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. The Moon and Pluto are in capricorn. There are 88 days to the Northern hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are in the foothills of a new eclipse season. (On October 14th is the 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra). Jupiter Neptune, Pluto and Saturn and Uranus are currently retrograde. Mercury is a direct morning star in Virgo. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. After recent retrograde motion Mercury trines Jupiter for the final time today. Mercury leaves his shadow on Sept 30th, just after the next (Aries) Full Moon. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' on Oct 2nd. Mercury trines Pluto on Oct 3rd. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a direct morning star in Leo. Venus is having a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus squares Uranus for the final time on Sept 29th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence is one of the hallmarks of 2023. The influence of this lengthy residence has been a strong surge in creativity, gambling, parties, festivals, recreation, drama, the lavish, art, loyalty, warmth and leadership. Venus's repeated squares to Jupiter and Uranus add 'excesses' in the first instance and 'agitated imbalance' in the later. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. Mars entered Libra on Aug 27th. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars squares Pluto on October 9th. That's all. It is good to have a planet in an air sign for a change. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play and social involvement. Good grace can accompany actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rule the roost, Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. On 14 October 2023 there is the Great American Annular Solar Eclipse. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 26th September 2023

01.03 The fast moving Moon at 16 Aquarius waxing quincunx Mercury at 16 Virgo 04.45 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase. The climatic procession to Friday's Full Moon now begins in earnest. 07.13 The Moon at 19 Aquarius waxing trine Mars at 19 Libra A Fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus, and Uranus 08.30 to 12.40 (Four hours 'verging on the bizarre' followed by 12 hours of drift). 08.48 The Moon at 20 Aquarius opposition Venus at 20 Leo 12.39 The Moon at 23 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 23 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for nearly 12 hours. 17.51 The Moon at 26 Aquarius sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic.

Wednesday 27th September 2023

Waxing gibbous Moon, Saturn and Neptune in Pisces.

Two days from the Full Moon and lunar pressures are indeed rising. Swirling nebulous distractions and sensations abound under this sky. As well as the Full Moon approaching we also have to contend with Venus slowly, and almost defiantly, applying in square aspect to Uranus. A wave of independent defiance and wilfulness accompanies the climaxing lunation. Fasten safety belts. 00.20 The very fast moving waxing gibbous Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign 03.01 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 2 Pisces 06.34 The Moon at 4 Pisces waxing quincunx The Sun at 4 Libra 23.47 The Moon at 15 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 15 Taurus

Thursday 28th September 2023

Almost Full Moon, Saturn and Neptune are all in Pisces

01.06 The almost Full Moon is at perigee, fastest all month and closest to the Earth. 06.19 The Moon at 19 Pisces opposition Mercury at 19 Virgo A finger of fate is manifest involving the Moon, Venus Mars and Uranus 09.00 to 13.00 09.31 The Moon at 21 Pisces waxing quincunx Mars at 21 Libra 11.06 The Moon at 22 Pisces waning quincunx Venus at 22 Leo 12.36 The Moon at 23 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 23 Taurus 17.55 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 26 Pisces 20.58 The Moon at 28 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for hours 3.3 hours 21.49-22.55 Minor lunar occultation of star 27 Pisces observable from mid UK locations

 

Saturday 30th September 2023

Mercury trine Uranus

The wave of a 'sharp' Aries Full Moon has crashed onto the shores of our being. But thou art not dead; thou livest and abidest for ever, For in thee we live and move and have our being. 00.29 Mercury at 22 Virgo waning quad-novile Saturn at 2 Pisces 08.36 Mercury at 22 Virgo waning semi-sextile Mars at 22 Libra 12.20 The Moon at 22 Aries opposition Mars at 22 Libra 12.37 The Moon at 22 Aries waning quincunx Mercury at 22 Virgo 14.09 The Moon at 23 Aries waning trine Venus at 23 Leo 16.56 Mercury at 23 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 23 Taurus 18.15 The Moon at 26 Aries conjunction the lunar node at 26 Aries 21.50 The Moon at 28 Aries waxing square Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3.5 hours. 21.59 The Sun at 7 Libra waning biquintile Saturn at 1 Pisces

Sunday 1st October 2023

Stoneground words. 01.20 The rapidly waning and decelerating full Moon enters Taurus joining Jupiter and Uranus in this sign. 01.38 Venus at 24 Leo waning tri-septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 01.49 The Sun at 8 Libra waxing sesuiquadrate Uranus at 23 Taurus 03.46 The Moon at 1 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces 04.39 Mars at 23 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 23 Taurus 11.39 Mercury at 24 Virgo waxing semi-sextile Venus at 24 Leo 15.05 The Moon at 8 Taurus waning quincunx The Sun at 8 Libra 19.35 The Sun at 8 Libra waxing biquintile Jupiter at 14 Taurus

Monday 2nd October 2023

Mercury opposite Neptune

Today is full of potential but not without 'a measure of a muddle' as much that happens is influenced and dominated by Mercury opposite Neptune. 01.38 The rapidly waning full Moon conjunction Jupiter at 14 Taurus A momentous 'planetary kite' is manifest today 15.00 to 01.20 (tomorrow) involving the Moon, Uranus, Mercury and Pluto, focused on Mercury opposite Neptune. 15.35 Mercury at 26 Virgo opposition Neptune at 26 Pisces 15.58 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 23 Taurus 17.51 The Moon at 24 Taurus waning quincunx Mars at 24 Libra 19.00 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase 20.08 The Moon at 25 Taurus waning square Venus at 25 Leo 21.47 The Moon at 26 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 26 Pisces 22.42 The Moon at 26 Taurus waning trine Mercury at 26 Virgo STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 9 degrees Libra. Mars is also in Libra. The Moon, Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 81 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are in an eclipse season. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra is on October 14th followed by a partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune, Pluto and Saturn and Uranus are currently retrograde. Mercury is a direct morning star in Virgo and is back up to speed and out of his shadow, after recent retrograde motion. Mercury entered Virgo on July 28th. Mercury opposes Neptune with 'a measure of a muddle' today. Mercury trines Pluto tomorrow Oct 3rd. Mercury finally leaves Virgo for Libra on October 5th. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a direct morning star in Leo. Venus is having a very long (125 day) residence in Leo this year. Venus entered Leo on June 5th. Venus finally leaves Leo on Oct 9th. This residence has been one of the hallmarks of 2023. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. Mars entered Libra on Aug 27th. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars squares Pluto on October 9th. That's all. It is good to have a planet in an air sign for a change. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play and social involvement. Good grace can accompany actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rule the roost, Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 3rd October 2023

Mercury trine Pluto

Once today gets going the astrological atmosphere is lighter and more free than the last few days have been. Positive communications should manifest. 01.20 The disseminating and decelerating Moon at 28 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3.75 hours 05.05 The Moon enters Gemini 07.29 The Moon at 1 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 1 Pisces 07.47 Mercury at 27 Virgo waning tri-septile Saturn at 1 Pisces 09.12 The Sun at 10 Libra waning tri-decile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 13.18 Mars at 24 Libra waxing quad-novile Jupiter at 14 Taurus 16.07 Venus at 26 Leo waxing trine the lunar node at 26 Aries 19.20 Mercury at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn

Wednesday 4th October 2023

Today continues in light mode. Banter and 'rapid connection' the hallmarks. 00.04 The disseminating Moon decelerating at 11 Gemini waning trine The Sun at 11 Libra 00.21 Venus at 26 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 26 Pisces 12.07 Mercury at 29 Virgo waxing sesuiquadrate Jupiter at 14 Taurus

Thursday 5th October 2023

00.10 Morning star Mercury enters Libra joining the Sun and Mars (for 7 days) in this sign. He resides here for only 17 days making just 2 aspects. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on Oct 20th at 27 degrees Libra. Then as an evening star Mercury squares Pluto on Oct 21st. Mercury enters Scorpio on Oct 22nd. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Mercury in Libra denotes a time of 'a need for justice and fair play'. It is also a time of weighing matters in the balance, determining what is to live and what is to pass on. Diplomacy, good grace and indecision abound. Between now and the Annular Solar Eclipse on Oct 14th, and after a potentially tricky Sunday, Mars squares Pluto just after midnight (GMT) on Monday Oct 9th with uncompromising consequences. One hour later Venus enters Virgo, and 30 hours later, and exactly as Pluto stations direct, Venus opposes Saturn on Tuesday Oct 10th, with possible serious consequences. Mars ingresses Scorpio on Oct 12th, cranking up the intensity, and then with the Solar Eclipse almost upon us, Mars trines Saturn on Oct 13th, with deliberate application. This is all in all an 'astrologically colourful' build up to the American Eclipse. 4 points of an astrological hexagon are manifest involving the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the lunar node 00.00 to 12.00 03.33 The disseminating decelerating Moon at 25 Gemini waning trine Mars at 25 Libra 04.02 The Moon at 26 Gemini waxing sextile the lunar node at 26 Aries 04.38 The Moon at 26 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 26 Pisces 06.35 The Moon at 27 Gemini waning sextile Venus at 27 Leo. The Moon is void of course for 6 hours 07.27 Venus at 27 Leo waxing bi-septile Jupiter at 14 Taurus 08.32 The Moon at 28 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 11.56 Mars at 26 Libra opposition the lunar node at 26 Aries 12.33 The Moon enters Cancer 14.34 The Moon at 1 Cancer waning square Mercury at 1 Libra 14.55 The Moon at 1 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 1 Pisces 17.04 Mercury at 1 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces

Friday 6th October 2023

We are 8 days from an Annular Solar Eclipse. The next astrological event is Mars square Pluto just after midnight (GMT) on Monday Oct 9th. This aspect is starting to build and may colour the next 3 days with something of a 'red mist'. 03.14-04.06 Minor lunar occultation of star 49 Auriga observable from mid UK locations 12.50 Venus at 28 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 13.48 The decelerating Moon is at her Last Quarter phase 15.30 The Moon at 14 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 14 Taurus

Saturday 7th October 2023

One week to the Annular Solar Eclipse. We have on our hands a weekend of Mars applying square to Pluto. We may well see a manifestation of that difficult aspect at work today as the Moon and her node hook into the potentially violent aspect. 08.18 Mars at 27 Libra waxing tri-septile Uranus at 22 Taurus 08.23 The decelerating last quarter Moon at 22 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 22 Taurus 09.05 The Sun at 14 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 14 Taurus A Cardinal Cross is manifest involving the Moon, Mars, Pluto and the lunar node 14.00 to 19.12 14.13 The Moon at 25 Cancer squares her node from north of the ecliptic 14.59 The Moon at 26 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 26 Pisces 17.26 The Moon at 27 Cancer waning square Mars at 27 Libra 19.12 The Moon at 28 Cancer opposition Pluto at 28 Capricorn...Ouch! The Moon is void of course for 4.2 hours 19.27 Mercury at 5 Libra waxing decile Venus at 29 Leo 23.26 The Moon enters Leo joining Venus in this sign.

Sunday 8th October 2023

Mars is applying square to Pluto exact early (GMT) tomorrow. A 'red mist' is rising. Yesterday a cardinal cross involving the Moon, her node, Mars and Pluto manifested in the sky. Hamas claimed to have fired 5,000 rockets against Israel in what it has called 'Al-Aqsa Storm.' Dozens of Israelis are believed to have been captured by Palestinian militants in an unprecedented assault into Israeli territory. 'We are at war,' said Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Mars is opposite Saturn in the Israeli/Palestinian relationship chart and is square the Israeli MC. 01.41 The Moon at 1 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces 11.48 The Moon at 6 Leo waning sextile Mercury at 6 Libra 13.18 The Sun reaches 15 degrees Libra. We enter the 'darkened way' (in the northern hemisphere) which leads us, of course, to the month of Scorpio. 14.12 The Sun at 15 Libra waning bi-septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn

Monday 9th October 2023

We are 5 days from a Solar Eclipse and in the midst of a difficult planetary situation. Mars squares Pluto and Venus applies in opposition to Saturn. Manic Monday. 00.22 Mercury at 7 Libra waning biquintile Saturn at 1 Pisces 01.05 Mars at 28 Libra waning square Pluto at 28 Capricorn 01.12 Venus (at last) enters Virgo as a morning star after a 125 day residence in Leo. She resides in Virgo for a modest, but eventful, 30 days. Venus opposes Saturn tomorrow Oct 10th. This is actually a very tight almost exact linear alignment of Venus, Earth and Saturn. Quite important. Sobering and serious issues manifest. Venus 'earth trines' Jupiter on Oct 22nd, which is warm abundance. Venus 'earth trines' Uranus on Oct 31st, which is especially and unusually inspiring. Venus opposes Neptune on Nov 3rd with beguiling mists of confusion. Venus 'earth trines' Pluto on Nov 6th, demonstrating the power of earthly love. Venus leaves Virgo for Libra on Nov 8th. 02.02 Venus at zero Virgo waxing tri-septile Neptune at 26 Pisces 02.56 The decelerating and waning last quarter Moon at 14 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 14 Taurus 04.39 Mercury at 7 Libra waxing sesuiquadrate Uranus at 22 Taurus 07.08 The Moon at 16 Leo waning sextile The Sun at 16 Libra 07.12 The Sun at 16 Libra waning quad-novile Neptune at 26 Pisces 07.48 Mercury at 8 Libra waxing biquintile Jupiter at 14 Taurus 15.09 The Sun at 16 Libra waning sesuiquadrate Saturn at 1 Pisces 20.37 The Moon at 22 Leo waxing square Uranus at 22 Taurus 22.54 The Sun at 16 Libra waxing biquintile Uranus at 22 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 16 degrees Libra. Mercury and Mars are also in Libra. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 74 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are in an eclipse season. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra is on October 14th followed by a partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune, Pluto and Saturn and Uranus are currently retrograde. Mercury is now a fast moving direct morning star in Libra with the Sun. Mercury is residing here for just 17 days making just 2 aspects. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on Oct 20th at 27 degrees Libra. Then as an evening star Mercury squares Pluto on Oct 21st. Mercury enters Scorpio on Oct 22nd. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Mercury in Libra denotes a time of 'a need for justice and fair play'. It is also a time of weighing matters in the balance, determining what is to live and what is to pass on. Diplomacy, good grace and indecision abound. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Venus is a direct morning star in Virgo. See above. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. Mars entered Libra on Aug 27th. He resides in this sign for 45 days, making no aspects to the inner planets. Mars squares Pluto today. That's all. Mars in Libra seeks a smooth course. He pushes for fair play and social involvement. Good grace can accompany actions. There is a tendency not to face up to serious issues, but diplomacy and social cohesion rule the roost, Mars leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars is conjunct the Sun on Nov 18th 2023 at 26 Scorpio. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is retrograde until Oct 10th. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (not all the fuss about AI) earlier in 2023. Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. There are 2 eclipses remaining in 2023. On October 14th is the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra conjunct Mercury in a yod pattern with Uranus and Neptune. The final eclipse of 2023 is a climatic partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia at 5 Taurus conjunct Jupiter and opposite a punchy Mercury conjunct Mars. This annular eclipse is the second of three notable solar eclipses viewable from the US. It follows the US total eclipse of August 2017, and comes six months before the Mexico US Canada total eclipse of April 2024. Annularity, where the Sun forms a ring of fire around the Moon, is visible along a narrow path that crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. It then passes over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, plus parts of Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Elsewhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina, a partial eclipse will be visible. This eclipse is at 21 degrees Libra, conjunct Mercury. Mars in Scorpio at the time is trine Saturn in early Pisces.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 10th October 2023

Venus opposite Saturn (an almost exact linear alignment)

 

4 days to the eclipse. Middle Eastern Tensions are high. Israel's defence minister has ordered a 'complete siege' of the Gaza Strip and the cutting off of food, fuel, electricity and water supplies. It comes two days after shock attacks in Israel by Hamas militants left hundreds of civilians dead 02.27 The decelerating and very slowly waning Moon at 25 Leo trines her node from north of the ecliptic 03.21 The Moon at 26 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 26 Pisces 03.43 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 06.11 Venus at 1 Virgo opposition Saturn at 1 Pisces THIS IS A VERY TIGHT (almost exact within 4 minutes of arc) LINEAR ALIGNMENT of VENUS, EARTH and SATURN. 07.46 The Moon at 28 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 09.37 The Moon at 29 Leo waning sextile Mars at 29 Libra, moon void 12.03 The Moon enters Virgo joining Venus in this sign. Both bodies oppose Saturn. 14.07 The Moon at 1 Virgo opposition Saturn at 1 Pisces 14.18 Mercury at 10 Libra waning tri-decile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 14.46 The Moon conjunction Venus at 1 Virgo 16.17 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase 18.28 Venus at 1 Virgo waxing tri-decile Jupiter at 13 Taurus 18.42 PLUTO TURNS DIRECT

Wednesday 11th October 2023

Three days to the Annular (American) Solar Eclipse. 07.11 The Sun at 18 Libra waxing tri-septile Jupiter at 13 Taurus 15.07 The very slowly disseminating Moon at 13 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 13 Taurus

Thursday 12th October 2023

Mars enters Scorpio

04.06 Mars enters Scorpio. Mars resides in this sign for a penetrative 43 days. He trines Saturn, harnessing strength and determination, on Oct 13th. He is closely conjunct Mercury, mind and muscle in action, at 12 degrees Scorpio on Oct 29th. (This is the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3.5 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mars opposes Uranus, with shocks and disturbances, on Nov 11th. Mars is conjunct the Sun, with supreme will and purpose, at 26 degrees Scorpio on Nov 18th. Mars enters Sagittarius on Nov 24th. 05.25 Mercury at 13 Libra waxing novile Venus at 3 Virgo 09.02 The old slow but now accelerating balsamic Moon at 22 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 22 Taurus 12.33 Mercury at 13 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 13 Taurus 15.43 The Moon at 26 Virgo opposition Neptune at 26 Pisces 20.11 The Moon at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 4.2 hours.

Friday 13th October 2023

Mars trine Saturn

Two days to the American Annular Solar Eclipse. Mars newly arrived in Scorpio today trines Saturn with a rich stratum of purpose, organization and progress. 00.24 The old slow and accelerating balsamic Moon enters Libra joining the Sun and Mercury in this sign. 02.14 The Moon at 1 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces 11.35 Venus at 4 Virgo waning biquintile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 12.29 Mercury at 15 Libra waning bi-septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 12.30 Mars at 1 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 1 Pisces 20.31 Mercury at 16 Libra waning quad-novile Neptune at 26 Pisces

Saturday 14th October 2023

AMERICAN ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE

Annular Solar Eclipse 21 degrees Libra visible from the USA, central America, and northern South America 17:59 UT

The Saturday Oct 14th 2023, annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. It will be visible in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries in South and Central America. In the U.S. this Annular Solar Eclipse begins in Oregon at 9:13 a.m. PDT and ends in Texas at 12:03 p.m. CDT.

The eclipsed Sun is conjunct separating from Mercury and applying conjunct Mars. Mars in Scorpio is trine Saturn. We can work it out. The libran focus of this eclipse is on relationships and eventual agreement. 00.15 Mercury at 16 Libra waning sesuiquadrate Saturn at 1 Pisces 02.17 The Moon at 13 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 13 Taurus 05.05 Mercury at 16 Libra waxing biquintile Uranus at 22 Taurus 08.58 The Moon at 17 Libra conjunction Mercury at 17 Libra 13.03 Mars at 2 Scorpio waning biquintile Neptune at 26 Pisces TIMINGS OF THE ECLIPSE 15:03:38 First Penumbral contact. Eclipse sequence starts. 16:09:59 First Umbral contact. Greatest eclipse at Eugene Oregon 16.18 Greatest eclipse Alturas California 16.20 Greatest eclipse Battle Mountain Nevada 16.23 Greatest Eclipse Richfield Utah 16.28 Greatest eclipse Albuquerque New Mexico 16.35 Greatest Eclipse San Antonio Texas 16.54 17:36:29 Geocentric Conjunction 17.56 Moment of NEW MOON 17:59:21 Moment of Greatest Eclipse 19.01 Venus at 5 Virgo waxing bi-septile Uranus at 22 Taurus 19.46 Mercury at 17 Libra waxing tri-septile Jupiter at 13 Taurus 19:48:54 Final Umbral contact. 20.04 The Moon at 22 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 22 Taurus 20:55:07 Final penumbral contact. Eclipse ends. SOLAR SAROS 134 This is the 44th eclipse of the 71 eclipses which make up Saros series 134. The series began with the first of ten partial eclipses on 1248 Jun. 22. The first eight central eclipses were total, which were then followed by sixteen hybrid events. The first purely annular eclipse occurred on 1861 Jul. 08. After the last of thirty annular eclipses (on 2384 May 21), the series will produce seven more partial eclipses before ending on 2510 Aug. 06. The last eclipses in this Series occurred in September 1987 and on Oct 3rd 2005. We are dealing here with a Saros Series which is still very much in the throws of its most potent phase. It has a reputation for being destructive. The chart below is set for the moment of greatest eclipse of the first eclipse in the series. This chart has Mars square Pluto which strongly resonates with today's eclipse as Mars was square Pluto last Monday, and Venus is square Uranus. Saturn and Pluto in Scorpio square Mars. This is a tough Saros. The last eclipse of this series was on Oct 3rd 2005. Hurricane Katrina occurred 38 days prior to the eclipse and five days after the eclipse the Kashmir Earthquake occurred which killed 86,000. The September 23rd 1987 eclipse occurred 35 days after the Hungerford massacre in the UK which was a spree shooting in Wiltshire and Berkshire, United Kingdom, and occurred on 19 August 1987 when 27-year-old Michael Ryan shot and killed sixteen people, including an unarmed police officer and his own mother, before shooting himself. The eclipse was 22 days before the Great Storm in England. The 1969 eclipse occurred 26 days after the Woodstock Music Festival. One ray of hope amid a whole saros series of mainly woeful episodes. The 1951 eclipse seemed to fan the flames of the Korean war. The 1933 eclipse was followed 4 days later by the Diexi earthquake in China which killed 9000. That eclipse also oversaw 'Holodomor' the Ukraine genocide artificial famine. The 1915 eclipse stirred up the 1st world war. The 1897 eclipse was surround by Earthquakes and Hurricanes. The 1879 eclipse was preceded by 18 days with the 'Gansu' earthquake in China. The 1861 eclipse fuelled the American Civil war and so it goes on. Today's eclipse has its roots in a difficult Saros but in its libran nature there is always hope for peace. HITS Today's eclipse directly hits Israel's Ascendant, Palestine's Venus, Gaza strip's Part of Fortune (!), Japan's Uranus, X1 Jinping and Tony Blair's Saturn and Neptune, Putin's Neptune, Taiwan's Mars, the FBI Mars, Syria's Jupiter, Iraq's Jupiter, the Sunak Government's Mercury, Joseph Kennedy's Pluto, the ISIS Sun, Kate Middleton's Saturn, Princess Charlotte's Moon, Guinea's Node, New York Stock Exchange's Jupiter, Robert Plant's Mars (trine Jimmy Page's Saturn). 22.27 The Sun at 21 Libra waning tri-septile Neptune at 26 Pisces

Sunday 15th October 2023

New Moon conjunct Mars in Scorpio

A Cardinal T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Pluto and the lunar node 01.00 to 07.02 01.27 The Moon at 25 Libra opposition the lunar node at 25 Aries 02.35 The Moon at 26 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 26 Pisces 07.02 The Moon at 28 Libra waning square Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for just over 4 hours 08.08 Venus at 6 Virgo waxing quad-novile Neptune at 26 Pisces 10.15 Mars at 2 Scorpio waxing quad-novile Uranus at 22 Taurus 11.06 The Moon enters Scorpio joining Mars in this sign. 12.42 The Moon at 1 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 1 Pisces 15.36 The Moon conjunction Mars at 2 Scorpio 19.44 The Sun at 22 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 22 Taurus 22.52 The Moon at 6 Scorpio waxing sextile Venus at 6 Virgo

Monday 16th October 2023

11.09 The Sun at 23 Libra waxing quad-novile Jupiter at 13 Taurus 11.32 The infant Moon accelerating at 13 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 13 Taurus 15.11 Jupiter at 13 Taurus waxing quintile Saturn at 1 Pisces The current 20 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Saturn started at the start of Aquarius on the day of the Northern hemisphere Winter Solstice Dec 21st 2000. The cycle climaxes with the opposition, across Gemini/Sagittarius in 2030-2031, and ends in 2040 on Halloween Day, 31st Oct 2040, in Libra. This cycle of Jupiter and Saturn represents a positive, focused attitude, a definition of goals, ambition and global development. The significance of the Aquarius influence is to connect this development to global integration. Today's waxing quintile aspect is the 2nd of 3 hits. Dates are Aug 31st 2023, Oct 16th 2023 and May 28th 2024. This aspect represents the capacity for bringing new qualities of global development into manifestation. It poses the question: 'to what use'? STATE OF THE SKY:- THE SUN

The Sun today is at 23 degrees Libra. Mercury is also in Libra. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces. There are 67 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are deeply immersed in an eclipse fortnight. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra was on October 14th and what follows is a partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune and Saturn and Uranus are currently retrograde. The Sun enters Scorpio one week from today, proceeded by Mercury entering Scorpio on Sunday. MERCURY Mercury is now a fast moving direct morning star in Libra with the Sun. Mercury is residing here for just 17 days making just 2 aspects. Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun on Friday Oct 20th at 27 degrees Libra. Then as an evening star Mercury squares Pluto on Oct 21st. Mercury enters Scorpio on Oct 22nd. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Mercury in Libra denotes a time of 'a need for justice and fair play'. It is also a time of weighing matters in the balance, determining what is to live and what is to pass on. Diplomacy, good grace and indecision abound. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Virgo. She is residing in Virgo for a modest, but eventful, 30 days. Venus 'earth trines' Jupiter on Oct 22nd, which induces warm abundance. Venus 'earth trines' Uranus on Oct 31st, which is especially and unusually inspiring. Venus opposes Neptune on Nov 3rd with beguiling mists of confusion. Venus 'earth trines' Pluto on Nov 6th, demonstrating the power of earthly love. Venus leaves Virgo for Libra on Nov 8th. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars resides in this sign for a penetrative 43 days. He trines Saturn, harnessing strength and determination, on Oct 13th. He is closely conjunct Mercury, mind and muscle in action, at 12 degrees Scorpio on Oct 29th. (This is the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3.5 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mars opposes Uranus, with shocks and disturbances, on Nov 11th. Mars is conjunct the Sun, with supreme will and purpose, at 26 degrees Scorpio on Nov 18th. Mars enters Sagittarius on Nov 24th. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favorable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES There is one eclipse remaining in 2023. On Oct 28th there is a small Partial Lunar Eclipse in Taurus, fully observable from Europe, Africa and Asia. This eclipse is accompanied by a punchy Mercury Mars conjunction opposite Jupiter. March 25th 2024. A Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra 07.13 GMT. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclise at 19 Libra 18.17 GMT. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Anannular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far souther Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 17th October 2023

02.39 Mercury at 21 Libra waning tri-septile Neptune at 26 Pisces 05.02 The young Moon, 11 days from a partial eclipse, accelerating at 22 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 22 Taurus 11.21 The Moon at 26 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 26 Pisces 14.49 Mercury, approaching Superior Conjunction with the Sun in 3 days time, today at 22 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 22 Taurus 15.44 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for almost 4 hours 19.38 The Moon enters Sagittarius 21.02 The Moon at 1 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 1 Pisces 22.09 Mercury at 23 Libra waxing quad-novile Jupiter at 13 Taurus

Wednesday 18th October 2023

A Cardinal T-square is manifest involving the Sun, Mercury, Pluto and the lunar node which lasts until Sunday, as and when the Moon conjuncts Pluto. The Sun and Mercury are square Pluto on Saturday. This all adds up to a certain mental and emotional tension to the remainder of this week. 09.11 Mercury at 23 Libra waxing semi-square Venus at 8 Virgo 11.16 The waxing and accelerating (almost) crescent Moon at 9 Sagittarius waxing square Venus at 9 Virgo 11.22 The Sun at 25 Libra opposition the lunar node at 25 Aries Eclipse season marker. 12.58-14.10 Lunar occultation of star Antares. See map below. The Moon occults Antares every month from July 2023 to Aug 2028. Today's event is the only one directed on the UK other than a grazing occultation on July 4th 2028. 13.50 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase 18.36 The Moon at 13 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 13 Taurus

Thursday 19th October 2023

The deadly blast at the crowded Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City is feared to have killed hundreds of people. The Hamas-controlled Palestinian authorities in Gaza immediately blamed Israel, claiming it was a deliberate air strike. Israel has denied involvement. Amid the claim and counter-claim, getting to the truth is harder than ever. The explosion at the hospital happened at around 19:00 local time on Tuesday. The Sun and Mercury are applying square to Pluto, climaxing over the weekend ahead. Planetary tensions are increasing. This may well result in enforced and unwelcome adjustments being required. Transiting Jupiter is currently exactly square the Israeli Pluto and exactly opposite J.Biden's Mars. 03.40 The Sun at 25 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 04.15 Mercury, a day away from Superior Conjunction, at 25 Libra opposition the lunar node at 25 Aries 11.46 The rapidly waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 22 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 22 Taurus 14.12 Mercury at 25 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 16.36 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius trines her node from south of the ecliptic. 17.53 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces 18.25 The Moon at 26 Sagittarius waxing sextile Mercury at 26 Libra 19.03 The Moon at 26 Sagittarius waxing sextile The Sun at 26 Libra. The Moon is void of course for almost 7 hours 23.51 The Sun at 26 Libra waxing tri-septile Uranus at 22 Taurus

Friday 20th October 2023

Superior Conjunction of Mercury

A lovely lunar/planetary Earth Grand Trine rings out later today but it is seriously countered by the impending square of the Sun and Mercury, (at Superior Conjunction), square Pluto tomorrow. It's all down to Venus trine Jupiter versus this Pluto square today. "The sky is full of good and bad, that mortals never know." 01.28 Venus at 10 Virgo waxing tri-decile Uranus at 22 Taurus 01.56 The rapidly waxing and accelerating crescent Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign 02.10 Mercury at 26 Libra waxing tri-septile Uranus at 22 Taurus 03.11 The Moon at 1 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces 05.39 The Sun at Superior Conjunction with Mercury at 27 Libra A 'Full Mercury'. A climax of the universal mind. 11.55 The Moon at 6 Capricorn waxing sextile Mars at 6 Scorpio A very sweet Earthy Grand Trine is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Jupiter 22.00 to 03.23 21.00 The Moon at 11 Capricorn waxing trine Venus at 11 Virgo 23.31 The Moon at 12 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 12 Taurus

Saturday 21st October 2023

Sun and Mercury square Pluto

Sun and Mercury are square Pluto. It smacks of intense experiences. 00.51 Mercury, now an 'evening star' at 28 Libra waning square Pluto at 28 Capricorn 14.10 The Sun at 28 Libra waning square Pluto at 28 Capricorn 16.22 The rapidly waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 22 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 22 Taurus 20.56 The Moon at 25 Capricorn squares her node from south of the ecliptic 22.18 The Moon at 25 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces Venus is now trine Jupiter. Hope and optimism take over.

Sunday 22nd October 2023

 

Venus trine Jupiter

Mercury trines Saturn

Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Libra. The Sun enters Scorpio tomorrow. Deep in an eclipse season six days from a lunar eclipse and we find ourselves about to experience a modulation in the astrological weather towards fixity. Mercury enters Scorpio and the first quarter Moon sails into Aquarius today and Scorpio season starts tomorrow. Mars, Jupiter and Uranus are already in fixed signs. Fixity results in concentration of will and resolve. 02.34 The Moon gaining in light and motion conjunction Pluto at 28 Capricorn 03.30 The Moon is at Cardinal First Quarter 04.33 Venus at 12 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 12 Taurus 06.01 The Moon at 30 Capricorn waxing square Mercury at 30 Libra. The Moon is void of course for just 7 mins. 06.08 The Moon enters Aquarius 06.50 Mercury enters Scorpio as an 'evening star', residing here for a brief 19 days, joining Mars in this sign and beckoning the Sun to follow him, which he will do tomorrow. Mercury is trine Saturn today which is a 'mentally constructive' start to the residence. On October 29th, the day after the forthcoming lunar eclipse, Mercury opposes Jupiter and 12 hours later is closely conjunct Mars. (This is the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3.5 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). October 29th is something of a red letter day. Mercury opposes Uranus on Nov 4th, shattering illusion. Mercury trines Neptune on Nov 7th, inducing new vision. Mercury sextiles Pluto on Nov 9th, planning for change and enters Sagittarius on Nov 10th. A mixed blessing, this brief residence. 16.13 Mercury at 1 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 1 Pisces 18.22 The Moon at 7 Aquarius waxing square Mars at 7 Scorpio

Monday 23rd October 2023

00.22 Venus at 13 Virgo waning sesuiquadrate Pluto at 28 Capricorn 02.28 The rapidly waxing and accelerating first quarter Moon at 12 Aquarius waning square Jupiter at 12 Taurus 03.13 Mercury at 1 Scorpio waning biquintile Neptune at 25 Pisces 04.18 The Moon at 13 Aquarius waxing quincunx Venus at 13 Virgo 10.37 Mercury at 2 Scorpio waxing quad-novile Uranus at 22 Taurus 16.22 The Sun enters Scorpio and a new astrological month begins.

19.05 The Moon at 22 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 22 Taurus. The Moon is void of course for 13.3 hours 19.50 Mars at 8 Scorpio waning bi-novile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 23.28 The Moon at 25 Aquarius waning sextile the lunar node at 25 Aries STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at zero degrees Scorpio. Mercury and Mars are also in Scorpio, they are applying in conjunction, at 12 degrees Scorpio, exact next Sunday. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they too apply in conjunction,exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 60 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are in an eclipse fortnight. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra was on October 14th and what follows is a partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October, at 5 Taurus). Jupiter Neptune and Saturn and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is now a fast moving direct evening star in Scorpio with the Sun and Mars, residng here for a brief 19 days. On October 29th, the day after the forthcoming lunar eclipse, Mercury opposes Jupiter and 12 hours later is closely conjunct Mars. (This is the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3.5 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). October 29th is something of a red letter day. Mercury opposes Uranus on Nov 4th, shattering illusion. Mercury trines Neptune on Nov 7th, inducing new vision. Mercury sextiles Pluto on Nov 9th, planning for change and enters Sagittarius on Nov 10th. A mixed blessing, this brief residence. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Virgo. She is residing in Virgo for a modest, but eventful, 30 days. Venus 'earth trines' Uranus on Oct 31st, which is especially and unusually inspiring. Venus opposes Neptune on Nov 3rd with beguiling mists of confusion. Venus 'earth trines' Pluto on Nov 6th, demonstrating the power of earthly love. Venus leaves Virgo for Libra on Nov 8th. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars resides in this sign for a penetrative 43 days. He trines Saturn, harnessing strength and determination, on Oct 13th. He is closely conjunct Mercury, mind and muscle in action, at 12 degrees Scorpio on Oct 29th. (This is the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3.5 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mars opposes Uranus, with shocks and disturbances, on Nov 11th. Mars is conjunct the Sun, with supreme will and purpose, at 26 degrees Scorpio on Nov 18th. Mars enters Sagittarius on Nov 24th. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favorable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES There is one eclipse remaining in 2023. On Oct 28th there is a small Partial Lunar Eclipse in Taurus, fully observable from Europe, Africa and Asia. This eclipse is accompanied by a punchy Mercury Mars conjunction opposite Jupiter. March 25th 2024. A Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra 07.13 GMT. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclise at 19 Libra 18.17 GMT. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Anannular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far souther Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 24th October 2023

Moon, Saturn Neptune in Pisces, Sun Mercury Mars in Scorpio.

Sun trine Saturn

The Sun Mercury and Mars all in Scorpio are trine the Moon and Saturn in Pisces. Emotion and restrained passion will manifest. The Sun is trine Saturn. This facilitates a harnessing of will, resolve and hopefully restraint, right now. 07.14 The Sun at 1 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 1 Pisces 08.35 The very rapidly waxing Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign. 09.35 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 1 Pisces 09.45 The Moon at 1 Pisces waxing trine The Sun at 1 Scorpio 14.57 The Moon at 4 Pisces waxing trine Mercury at 4 Scorpio 22.58 The Moon at 9 Pisces waxing trine Mars at 9 Scorpio

Wednesday 25th October 2023

Moon, Saturn Neptune in Pisces, Sun Mercury Mars in Scorpio.

01.19 The Sun at 1 Scorpio waning biquintile Neptune at 25 Pisces 03.57 The very rapidly waxing Moon, 3 days from a lunar eclipse, at 12 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 12 Taurus 09.52 The Moon at 15 Pisces opposition Venus at 15 Virgo 12.22 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase The procession to the Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse now starts in earnest. 12.41 The Sun at 2 Scorpio waxing quad-novile Uranus at 22 Taurus 20.35 The Moon at 22 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 22 Taurus

Thursday 26th October 2023

Mercury is within 3 degrees of Mars in Scorpio. They form a tight conjunction opposite Jupiter in Taurus on Saturday, the day of the Partial Lunar Eclipse. Consequentially we have before us, within the next 80 hours or so, an astrological event of note. Fortify and prepare yourself for possible corresponding events in your world which may require a response from you. 02.23 The very rapidly waxing gibbous Moon, 2 days from a lunar eclipse, conjunction Neptune at 25 Pisces 02.54 The Moon is at perigee, fastest all month and closest to the Earth. 06.40 The Moon at 28 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn The Moon is void of course for 3.7 hours 10.03 The Moon enters Aries 14.51 The Moon at 3 Aries waxing quincunx The Sun at 3 Scorpio 22.37 The Moon at 8 Aries waxing quincunx Mercury at 8 Scorpio

Friday 27th October 2023

The day before the eclipse. Mercury and Mars in Scorpio oppose Jupiter in Taurus for the remainder of October starting today, as a climatic Eclipse and Full Moon approach. Ardent and intense challenges. Mars opposite Jupiter fades by month's end but between now and then there may be hell to pay. 02.50 The very rapidly waxing gibbous Moon now decelerating at 10 Aries waxing quincunx Mars at 10 Scorpio 03.22 Mercury at 8 Scorpio waning bi-novile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 07.21 Mars at 10 Scorpio waning sesuiquadrate Neptune at 25 Pisces 15.01 The Moon at 18 Aries waning quincunx Venus at 18 Virgo 21.47 Mercury at 9 Scorpio waxing septile Venus at 18 Virgo

Saturday 28th October 2023

Partial Lunar Eclipse in Taurus

Mars opposite Jupiter

There's a chance peace will come in your life, please buy one. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 'Israel says its ground forces are expanding operations tonight and strikes being intensified as large explosions are seen in the Gaza Strip.' 02.14 The pre-eclipse 'wounded' Moon conjunction the lunar node at 24 Aries 08.20 The almost full Moon at 28 Aries waxing square Pluto at 28 Capricorn, long time coming. The Moon is void for 3.4 hours 11.46 The Moon enters Taurus joining Jupiter and Uranus in this sign. 12.41 The Moon at 1 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces 14.16 Mercury at 10 Scorpio waning sesuiquadrate Neptune at 25 Pisces 16.04 Mars at 11 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 11 TaurusOuch ouch ouch!

The Eclipse is conjunct Jupiter and opposes Mercury and Mars. Mercury and Mars are closely aligned tomorrow in Scorpio tomorrow. This adds a punchy and climatic component to what is essentially a 'favourably fertile' if not 'a little over the top' eclipse. The Moon will pass through the Earth's shadow between 19.36 and 20:53 GMT, creating a small partial lunar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible from the UK, Asia, Russia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, Antarctica and Oceania. TIMINGS OF THE ECLIPSE Start of the penumbral eclipse 18:01:47 Start of Umbra eclipse 19:35:18 Greatest Eclipse 20:15:17.6 20.25 Moment of FULL MOON End of Umbral eclipse 20:52:39 End of Penumbral Eclipse 22:24:20 LUNAR SAROS 146 Today's eclipse is the 11th of 72 eclipses of Saros Series 146. It is a young member of this family of eclipses.

This Saros began with a penumbral Lunar eclipse in 1843 on Jul 11 at the North Pole. Maximum eclipse for this first one was at 16:49:47 UT. The astrological chart set up for at London for this moment (above)shows a laboured eclipsed Moon in Capricorn applying in conjunction to Saturn and square Pluto. This is a rather grim situation. However Mercury and Venus are conjunct in Gemini and are both trine Jupiter which complements the essential harsh nature of the Saros family with touches of gaiety, and merriment. A real heady and combustible mixture. Lunar eclipses of Saros series 146 all occur at the Moon's ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series will end with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 3123 Aug 29. The total duration of Saros series 146 is 1280.14 years. The Saros will 'go Total' with First Total Eclipse on May 25 2366 The Saros reaches its height with Longest Total Lunar Eclipse (in Aquarius) on Aug. 8th 2492 The previous three eclipses in this Saros occurred on:- Oct 17th 2005 in Aries. Sept 15th 1951 in Pisces, Sept 25th 1969 in Aries, Oct 7th 1987 in Aries. Today's eclipse is the second 'partial' eclipse in the Saros series following the first nine penumbral eclipses. I have already made a connection between the 2005 eclipse, the first eclipse in its Saros cycle, and the Full Moon two months before the 2005 eclipse, with the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans area in late August 2005. I repeat below what I first wrote at the time. 'let us look back on the last Full Moon on August 19th 2005. That Full Moon was the penultimate one before a Partial Lunar Eclipse on October 17th this year. At the exact moment of Full Moon on August 19th it was almost exactly local noon in downtown New Orleans. The Moon and Sun at the moment straddled the MC/IC axis of the city, our attention (or that of a machine) might have been drawn to that region of the Earth. Had we looked (forward) to the (nearest) Lunar Eclipse chart (October 17th 2005) we would have observed that at the moment of central eclipse it will be almost exactly Sunrise at New Orleans and that the partially eclipsed Moon will be setting on the horizon of the city, the eclipse will be straddled across the local horizon of the city. Our (or the machine's) attention might have been further enthralled. Had we then looked at the moment of central eclipse of the original eclipse of the Saros Series to which this lunar eclipse belongs (16:50 GMT July 11th 1843 GMT) we may have been struck by the fact that at New Orleans the Lunar Nodal Axis straddled the prime meridian, the Descending Node or 'Dragon's tail conjunct the MC of the self same city, and Uranus was exactly setting there due west. We could conclude that a repetitive significant and pertinent astrological influence might be involved there, and that further examination of probabilities and possibilities might have been warranted. The mechanism involved in the diagnosis would have been essentially Lunar and Saros. If there is a significant connection between Katrina's rape of New Orleans and the 2005 eclipse it would be well not to underestimate the power of what to the astronomical community is a minor astronomical event.' HITS Today's eclipse at 5 degrees Taurus directly hits Germany's Moon, J.Biden's Inauguration Mars and Uranus, India's \moon, Sierra Leone's Sun, Togo's Sun, Melania Trump's Sun, North Korea's node, South Sudan's Jupiter, Aung Sun Sui Kyi's Mars, Facebook's Moon and MC, Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama's Uranus, Northern Ireland's Mercury, Madagascar's Mars (opposite Neptune), Nasa's Mars, King Charles node (opposite Mercury square his ascendant, trine his Saturn),conjunct Johnny Depp's MC and Boy George's Venus and ascendant. It squares Twitter's Saturn, opposes Turkey's Sun, opposes the EU's Neptune, square Israel's Moon and sextiles Gaza Strip's Pluto.

Sunday 29th October 2023

Mercury conjunct Mars

Mercury opposite Jupiter

(So long ago so clear.) Today as we take leave of yesterday's eclipse experience Mercury aligns with Mars opposite the Moon and Jupiter.The planetary heat remains on. 03.45 Mercury at 11 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 11 Taurus 06.37 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 11 Taurus 07.01 The Moon at 11 Taurus opposition Mercury at 11 Scorpio 07.31 The Moon at 12 Taurus opposition Mars at 12 Scorpio 14.23 Closest conjunction of Mercury and Mars 0.33 degrees. The 2nd closest planetary conjunction all year. 14.23 Mercury ecliptic conjunction Mars at 12 Scorpio 21.33 The Moon at 20 Taurus waning trine Venus at 20 Virgo 23.16-00.25 Minor lunar occultation of star Delta Aries observable from mid UK locations

Monday 30th October 2023

00.36 The waning and decelerating full Moon conjunction Uranus at 22 Taurus 06.51 The Moon at 25 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces 11.36 The Moon at 28 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3.5 hours 12.14 Venus at 21 Virgo waning quad-novile Saturn at 1 Pisces 12.24 Mars at 13 Scorpio waning tri-decile Saturn at 1 Pisces 15.09 The Moon enters Gemini 16.05 The Moon at 1 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 1 Pisces STATE OF THE SKY:-

THE SUN The Sun today is at 6 degrees Scorpio. Mercury and Mars are also in Scorpio. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 53 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We have just left an eclipse fortnight. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra was on October 14th and a partial Lunar Eclipse on was 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune and Saturn and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is now a fast moving direct evening star in Scorpio with the Sun and Mars, residing here for a brief 19 days. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This is the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3.5 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mercury opposes Uranus on Nov 4th, shattering illusion. Mercury trines Neptune on Nov 7th, inducing new vision. Mercury sextiles Pluto on Nov 9th, planning for change and enters Sagittarius on Nov 10th. A mixed blessing, this brief residence. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Virgo. She is residing in Virgo for a modest, but eventful, 30 days. Venus 'earth trines' Uranus tomorrow, which is especially and unusually inspiring. Venus opposes Neptune on Nov 3rd with beguiling mists of confusion. Venus 'earth trines' Pluto on Nov 6th, demonstrating the power of earthly love. Venus leaves Virgo for Libra on Nov 8th. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars resides in this sign for a penetrative 43 days. Mars opposes Uranus, with shocks and disturbances, on Nov 11th. Mars is conjunct the Sun, with supreme will and purpose, at 26 degrees Scorpio on Nov 18th. Mars enters Sagittarius on Nov 24th. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is retrograde in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Libra 18.17 GMT. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 31st October 2023

Venus trine Uranus

04.23 The waning full Moon decelerating at 7 Gemini quincunx The Sun at 7 Scorpio 12.52 Venus at 22 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 22 Taurus High spot of the day. Originality and value. 14.49 The Moon at 13 Gemini waning quincunx Mars at 13 Scorpio 16.03 Jupiter at 11 Taurus waxing bi-septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn The current 13 year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Pluto, symbolising 'power plays' started on Nov 12th 2020 in Capricorn. At that time we witnessed a worldwide rampant and escalating covid-19 virus, the appearance of vaccines and the US president refusing to concede electoral defeat. Today's waxing bi-septile aspect is the 2nd of 3, dates July 18th 2023, Oct 31st 2023 and March 18th 2024. It gives elements of 'creative will shaping the character of the future power-plays'. Substantial ramifications of power structures will surface on the world stage. Watch closely. The cycle reached it first quarter square phase in May 2023, climaxes with the opposition across Leo/Aquarius in July 2026 and ends in Feb 2033 in Aquarius. The Jupiter Pluto cycle represents 'big time power shifts'. 16.46 The Sun at 8 Scorpio waning bi-novile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 18.31 The Moon at 15 Gemini waning quincunx Mercury at 15 Scorpio

Wednesday 1st November 2023

02.52 Venus at 22 Virgo waning septile Mars at 14 Scorpio 04.32 Mercury at 16 Scorpio waning quintile Pluto at 28 Capricorn A mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, Venus and Neptune 07.00 to 12.37 07.26 The Moon at 22 Gemini waning square Venus at 22 Virgo 09.49 The decelerating Moon reaches her disseminating phase 10.31 The Moon at 24 Gemini sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic 12.37 The Moon at 25 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 25 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for nearly 10 hours 17.48 The Moon at 28 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 21.32 The Moon enters Cancer 22.29 The Moon at 1 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 1 Pisces

Thursday 2nd November 2023

Venus applies in opposition to Neptune. Jupiter applies in opposition to the Sun. Relationships and finance issues manifest. Confusing and deceptive influences are at work. Stark discoveries. Both aspects peak tomorrow. Also the Sun and Moon in water signs right now confer an emotional aura upon proceedings. 05.56 Evening star Mercury (Hesperus) at 18 Scorpio waning bi-septile Saturn at 1 Pisces 16.23 The decelerating and disseminating Moon at 10 Cancer waning trine The Sun at 10 Scorpio 17.31 The Moon at 11 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 11 Taurus 21.34 The Sun at 10 Scorpio waning sesuiquadrate Neptune at 25 Pisces

Friday 3rd November 2023

The Sun opposes Jupiter

Venus opposes Neptune

 

An interestingly confusing day. 02.02 The disseminating and decelerating Moon at 15 Cancer waning trine Mars at 15 Scorpio 05.03 The Sun at 11 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 11 Taurus 10.50 The Moon at 20 Cancer waning trine Mercury at 20 Scorpio 14.36 The Moon at 21 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 21 Taurus 19.27 The Moon at 24 Cancer squares her nodal axis from high north of the ecliptic The Moon, Venus, Pluto and the lunar node form a trapezium pattern, with additional astrological geometry, briefly as the Moon sextiles Venus. 21.50 The Moon at 25 Cancer waning sextile Venus at 25 Virgo 21.51 The Moon at 25 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 22.06 Venus at 25 Virgo opposition Neptune at 25 Pisces

Saturday 4th November 2023

Mercury opposite Uranus

An eventful weekend is ahead of us once Saturday gets going. This morning Saturn stations direct, a testament to the significance of the time, and Mercury opposes Uranus today invoking disturbing mental waves. The Moon in Leo will be at 'fixed last quarter' tomorrow and then forms a 'Fixed T-Square with Jupiter and the Sun. This represents an intense ramification of recent power plays. Our experience this weekend serves as a prelude to more serious astrological energy ahead. The Sun and Mars are conjunct in Scorpio on Nov 18th and they both oppose Uranus on Nov 11th-13th, (next weekend). The New Moon in Scorpio is on November 13th and is emphatically hooked into this explosive and shattering Mars opposite Uranus aspect. It is to be hoped that Venus's role in all of this planetary turbulence, by trine aspect to Pluto on Monday followed by her ingress into Libra on Wednesday, is to grace the current situation with a measure of 'love wisdom' followed by a sense of balance and humanity. 02.46 Venus at 25 Virgo waxing sesuiquadrate Jupiter at 10 Taurus 03.28 The slowly waning decelerating towards last quarter Moon at 28 Cancer opposition Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 4 hours. 05.38 SATURN TURNS DIRECT at 1 degree Pisces 07.23 The Moon enters Leo 08.23 The Moon at 1 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces 13.50 Mars at 16 Scorpio waning quintile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 'Active spirit is given living and transforming reality with this one'. 16.08 Mercury at 21 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 21 Taurus 21.43 Venus at 26 Virgo waning tri-septile Saturn at 1 Pisces

Sunday 5th November 2023

A Fixed T-square is manifest today involving the Moon, the Sun and Jupiter 03.40 to 08.40 03.46 The Moon at 10 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 10 Taurus 05.07 The Sun at 13 Scorpio waning tri-decile Saturn at 1 Pisces 08.37 The Moon is at Last Quarter 17.01 The Moon at 17 Leo waning square Mars at 17 Scorpio 21.05 Jupiter at 10 Taurus waxing semi-square Neptune at 25 Pisces. This is the 2nd of 3 'waxing octile' aspects in the 13 year synodic cycle of these two planets. The dates are July 22nd 2023, Nov 5th 2023 and March 4th 2024. The Jupiter Neptune cycle began on April 4th 2022 in Pisces. The cycle reaches its first quarter phase on 19th June 2025, and culminates with the opposition across Libra/Aries on 28th Sept 2028. The cycle ends in Aries on 24th March 2035. Jupiter-Neptune symbolises the rise or decline of political, social orders and ideologies. This waxing semi-square aspect represents a pushing forward of new and social ideologies and meeting restriction. This experience has an emotional impact.

Monday 6th November 2023

Venus trine Pluto

There's always hope around when Venus is in trine aspect to Pluto. A Fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Mercury and Uranus 02.00 to 07.30 02.12 The very slowly waning last quarter Moon at 21 Leo waxing square Uranus at 21 Taurus 07.09 The Moon at 24 Leo trines her node from north of the ecliptic. 07.26 The Moon at 24 Leo waning square Mercury at 24 Scorpio. The Moon is void of course for 12.25 hours 09.49 The Moon at 25 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 14.39 Venus at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn 15.44 The Moon at 28 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 19.41 The Moon enters Virgo joining Venus in this sign. 20.43 The Moon at 1 Virgo opposition Saturn at 1 Pisces 21.51 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 21.55 Mars at 18 Scorpio waning bi-septile Saturn at 1 Pisces STATE OF THE SKY:-

There is serious astrological energy ahead. The Sun and Mars are conjunct in Scorpio on Nov 18th and they both oppose Uranus on Nov 11th-13th, (next weekend). The New Moon in Scorpio is on November 13th, one week from today, and is emphatically hooked into this explosive and shattering Mars opposite Uranus aspect. It is to be hoped that Venus's role in all of this planetary turbulence, by trine aspect to Pluto on Monday followed by her ingress into Libra on Wednesday, is to grace the current situation with a measure of 'love wisdom' followed by a sense of balance and humanity. The Sun today is at 13 degrees Scorpio. Mercury and Mars are also in Scorpio. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 46 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are now starting to pull out of the eclipse season. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra was on October 14th and the partial Lunar Eclipse was on 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is now a fast moving direct evening star in Scorpio with the Sun and Mars, residing here for a brief 19 days. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This was the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mercury trines Neptune tomorrow Nov 7th, inducing new vision. Mercury sextiles Pluto on Nov 9th, planning for change and enters Sagittarius on Nov 10th. A mixed blessing, this brief residence. Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Virgo. She is residing in Virgo for a modest, but eventful, 30 days. Venus 'earth trines' Pluto today, demonstrating the power of earthly love. Venus leaves Virgo for Libra on Wednesday. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars resides in this sign for a penetrative 43 days. He trines Saturn, harnessing strength and determination, on Oct 13th. Mars opposes Uranus, with shocks and disturbances, on Nov 11th. Mars is conjunct the Sun, with supreme will and purpose, at 26 degrees Scorpio on Nov 18th. Mars enters Sagittarius on Nov 24th. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is now direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Libra 18.17 GMT. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 7th November 2023

Mercury trine Neptune

Meticulous vibrations today. The Moon and Venus in Virgo. Curiouser and curiouser. 01.37 Mercury at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 15.44 The very slowly waning post last quarter Moon at 10 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 10 Taurus 16.36 The Sun reaches 15 degrees Scorpio. We at the midpoint between the Libra Equinox and the Capricorn Solstice. This is a Cross Quarter day. In the northern hemisphere we enter the darkest quarter of the year. In the south the lightest quarter and with it early summer begins. Seasons they change.

Wednesday 8th November 2023

02.54 The slow but now accelerating waning Moon at 15 Virgo waning sextile The Sun at 15 Scorpio 09.30 The Moon at 19 Virgo waning sextile Mars at 19 Scorpio 09.32 Venus enters Libra as a very bright morning star. She resides in this sign and graces our lives for a brief 26 days. Her time here is fairly uneventful, planetary speaking, making just two aspects. Venus is sextiled by Mercury (in Sagittarius) on Nov 15th, invoking a measure of pleasant conviviality, and she squares Pluto on Dec 3rd, which is somewhat more lascivious. She leaves Libra and plunges into Scorpio on Dec 4th. Venus in Libra strives for fair play and evenhandedness. 14.41 The Moon at 21 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 21 Taurus 18.43 The Sun at 16 Scorpio waning quintile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 21.14 Venus at 1 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces 22.21 The Moon at 25 Virgo opposition Neptune at 25 Pisces

Thursday 9th November 2023

Lunar occultation of Venus in Libra.

Mercury sextile Pluto

 

A very interesting lunar occultation of Venus in Libra occurs this morning (GMT). Very much a 'felt but not seen' event. It represents a 'blip' and a readjustment in the flow of human attachment and value. 00.17 Mercury at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 04.21 The Moon at 28 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn 04.56 The Moon at 28 Virgo waning sextile Mercury at 28 Scorpio. The Moon is void of course for 3.25 hours 08.10 The waning and accelerating Moon enters Libra joining Venus in this sign. 09.13 The Moon at 1 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces 09.45-10.47 Daylight lunar occultation of Venus observable telescopically from Europe including the UK and the area shown on the map below. 10.16 Closest conjunction of the Moon and Venus (from the UK). 10.24 The Moon zodiac conjunction Venus at 1 Libra 11.44 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase 23.57 Mercury at 30 Scorpio waning quad-novile Jupiter at 10 Taurus

Friday 10th November 2023

Mercury enters Sagittarius and squares Saturn

Mars in Scorpio is applying in opposition to Uranus and is applying in conjunction to the Sun. Serious astrological energy is immediately ahead. The Sun and Mars are conjunct in Scorpio on Nov 18th and they both oppose Uranus on Nov 11th-13th, (this weekend). The New Moon in Scorpio on Monday is emphatically hooked into this explosive and shattering Mars opposite Uranus aspect. Today however the 'talk of the town' revolves around Mercury entering a long stay in Sagittarius. 03.06 The balsamic Moon accelerating at 10 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 10 Taurus 06.27 Mercury sprints into Sagittarius, raising hopes and spirits somewhat. He is not clear of this sign 'till Jan 14th because of his retrograde motion ahead. He resides in Capricorn from Dec 1st to Dec 23rd. Mercury squares Saturn later today which might be something of a 'dampener' at the start of the weekend. Mercury sextiles Venus on Nov 15th, representing a touch of merriment. Mercury enters his shadow on Nov 25th, prior to his retrograde motion. Mercury squares Neptune for the first time on Nov 27th, the day of the Full Moon in Gemini. Mercury leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Dec 1st. Mercury sextiles Saturn on Dec 2nd, for the first time. Mercury trines Jupiter for the first time on Dec 8th. Mercury sextiles Venus again on Dec 11th. Just after the New Moon on Dec 13th Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time on Dec 18th. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, and does this again on the day of a Full Moon! Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. Mercury sextiles Saturn a final time on Jan 18th. Mercury trines Jupiter a final time on Jan 19th. Mercury comes out of his shadow on Jan 24th, the day before the Full Moon in Leo. Mercury leaves Capricorn on Feb 5th 2024 and is immediately conjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The 3 repeated mutable squares that Mercury makes from Sagittarius to Neptune in Pisces, two on Full Moon days, infuse this period with waves of (potentially) crazy uncertainty. The 3 repeated 'Earth trines' that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Jupiter in Taurus present opportunity for substantial progress and advancement. The 3 repeated sextiles that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Saturn in Pisces offer consolidation and harness. 08.54 The Sun at 18 Scorpio waning bi-septile Saturn at 1 Pisces 15.08 Mercury at 1 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 1 Pisces

Saturday 11th November 2023

Mars opposes Uranus

The Sun and Mars in Scorpio oppose Uranus. This dynamic, potentially destructive and shattering aspect acts from today over the New Moon period (Monday) and lasts up to Nov 18th. An intense manifestation of strong willful actions, breakages and violent challenge are on the cards. Greatest care is required. 01.44 The Moon at 21 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 21 Taurus 06.20 The Moon at 24 Libra opposition her ascending node at 24 Aries 09.13 The Moon at 25 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 11.51 Venus at 3 Libra waxing biquintile Jupiter at 9 Taurus 15.06 The Moon at 28 Libra waning square Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3.6 hours. 18.41 The Moon enters Scorpio joining the Sun and Mars in this sign. 19.44 The Moon at 1 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 1 Pisces 21.12 Mars at 21 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 21 Taurus

Sunday 12th November 2023

Day of the old Moon in Scorpio.

The Sun, Moon and Mars are in Scorpio.

12.10 The ancient and slow Moon accelerating at 9 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 9 Taurus The Moon is New in Scorpio tomorrow.

Monday 13th November 2023

New Moon in Scorpio

09.28 Moment of NEW MOON Today's New Moon is the first New Moon following the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra on October 14 2023, and the 5th New Moon before the 'American Total Solar Eclipse' at 19 Aries on April 8th 2024. Today's potent New Moon in Scorpio conjuncts Mars opposes Uranus and trines Neptune. Around 4,000 people have been evacuated overnight from an Icelandic town after hundreds of tremors were felt from a volcanic eruption, as the nation declares a state of emergency.Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption near Sundhnjukagigar, some 1.86 miles north of the town of Grindavik. Here's today's New Moon chart set from Jerusalem. Notice the striking alignment of the Sun, the Moon and Mars to the local Midheaven opposite Uranus. 10.06 The accelerating infant Moon at 21 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 21 Taurus 11.49 Mercury at 5 Sagittarius waning tri-septile Jupiter at 9 Taurus 12.19 The Moon conjunction Mars at 22 Scorpio 17.21 The Moon at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 17.21 The Sun at 21 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 21 Taurus 21.34 Venus at 6 Libra waxing sesuiquadrate Uranus at 21 Taurus 23.04 The Moon at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3.4 hours STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun and Mars in Scorpio oppose Uranus. This dynamic, potentially destructive and shattering aspect acts from Nov 11th to Nov 18th. Manifestation of strong wills and breakages are on the cards. The Sun today is at 20 degrees Scorpio. Mars is also in Scorpio. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 39 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are now pulling out of an eclipse season. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra was on October 14th and the partial Lunar Eclipse was on 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is now a fast moving direct evening star in Sagittarius. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This was the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Mercury sprints into Sagittarius, raising hopes and spirits somewhat. He is not clear of this sign 'till Jan 14th because of his retrograde motion ahead. He resides in Capricorn from Dec 1st to Dec 23rd. Mercury sextiles Venus on Nov 15th, representing a touch of merriment. Mercury enters his shadow on Nov 25th, prior to his retrograde motion. Mercury squares Neptune for the first time on Nov 27th, the day of the Full Moon in Gemini. Mercury leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Dec 1st. Mercury sextiles Saturn on Dec 2nd, for the first time. Mercury trines Jupiter for the first time on Dec 8th. Mercury sextiles Venus again on Dec 11th. Just after the New Moon on Dec 13th Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time on Dec 18th. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, and does this again on the day of a Full Moon! Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. Mercury sextiles Saturn a final time on Jan 18th. Mercury trines Jupiter a final time on Jan 19th. Mercury comes out of his shadow on Jan 24th, the day before the Full Moon in Leo. Mercury leaves Capricorn on Feb 5th 2024 and is immediately conjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The 3 repeated mutable squares that Mercury makes from Sagittarius to Neptune in Pisces, two on Full Moon days, infuse this period with waves of (potentially) crazy uncertainty. The 3 repeated 'Earth trines' that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Jupiter in Taurus present opportunity for substantial progress and advancement. The 3 repeated sextiles that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Saturn in Pisces offer consolidation and harness. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Libra. She resides in this sign for a gracefully brief 26 days. Her time here is fairly uneventful, planetary speaking, making just two aspects. Venus is sextiled by Mercury (in Sagittarius) on Nov 15th invoking a measure of pleasant conviviality, and she squares Pluto on Dec 3rd, which is somewhat more lascivious. She leaves Libra and plunges into Scorpio on Dec 4th. Venus in Libra strives for fair play and evenhandedness. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars resides in this sign for a penetrative 43 days. Mars opposed Uranus, with shocks and disturbances this last weekend. Mars is conjunct the Sun, with supreme will and purpose, at 26 degrees Scorpio on Nov 18th. Mars enters Sagittarius on Nov 24th. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is now direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Aries. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 14th November 2023

A finger of fate is manifest over the next 2 days involving Mercury Venus and Jupiter. I am reasonably optimistic about this one. 02.25 The Moon enters Sagittarius joining Mercury in this sign and confers a more cheerful disposition upon proceedings, once it clears a square aspect to Saturn in the first hour of its residence. 03.29 The Moon at 1 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 1 Pisces 09.22 Venus at 7 Libra waning biquintile Saturn at 1 Pisces 14.05 The Moon conjunction Mercury at 6 Sagittarius 14.45 The Moon at 7 Sagittarius waxing sextile Venus at 7 Libra 18.32 The Moon at 9 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 9 Taurus 18.38 Mercury at 7 Sagittarius waning septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 22.52 Mercury at 7 Sagittarius waning tri-decile Neptune at 25 Pisces

Wednesday 15th November 2023

Mercury sextile Venus. Both planets applying quincunx to Jupiter. A finger of fate pointed at benevolence.

12.49 Mercury at 8 Sagittarius waxing sextile Venus at 8 Libra 14.23 The Sun at 23 Scorpio semi-square Venus at 8 Libra 15.53 The accelerating infant Moon at 21 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 21 Taurus 20.00 The Moon at 23 Sagittarius trines her node from south of the ecliptic. 22.58 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for nearly nine hours

Thursday 16th November 2023

A couple of days conducive to work,(Moon in Capricorn), finesse,(Mars and the Sun trine Neptune), construction and application of effort to substantial effect, (Sun and Mars in Scorpio), are upon us. Use them well. 03.36 Mercury at 9 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 9 Taurus 07.43 The young accelerating Moon enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign 07.49 Venus at 9 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 9 Taurus 08.49 The Moon at 1 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces 22.49 The Moon at 9 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 9 Taurus 23.59 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phase

Friday 17th November 2023

The Sun and Mars trine Neptune.

An invigorating and productive day is in store. 00.17 The rapidly waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 10 Capricorn waxing square Venus at 10 Libra 08.36 Mars at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 10.13 Mercury at 11 Sagittarius waning bi-novile Saturn at 1 Pisces 12.21 Venus at 10 Libra waning semi-square Mars at 25 Scorpio (Venus is conjunct Mars in Aquarius on Feb 22nd 2024.) 14.08 Mercury at 11 Sagittarius waning quad-novile Uranus at 21 Taurus 14.52 The Sun at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 15.08 Venus at 10 Libra waning tri-decile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 19.52 The Moon at 21 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 21 Taurus 23.50 The Moon at 23 Capricorn squares her nodal axis from south of the ecliptic.

Saturday 18th November 2023

Sun conjunct Mars

02.53 The rapidly waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 25 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces 03.49 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waxing sextile The Sun at 26 Scorpio 03.52 The Moon at 26 Capricorn waxing sextile Mars at 26 Scorpio 05.42 The Sun conjunction Mars at 26 Scorpio 08.28 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 3 hours. 10.15 Mercury at 12 Sagittarius waning bi-septile Neptune at 25 Pisces 11.29 The Moon enters Aquarius

Sunday 19th November 2023

The Sun and Mars now apply in square aspect Saturn. This is something of a 'cosmic bite', strong and tenacious. The aspect is tightest on Nov 25th and then follows on to, and becomes very much a part of, the hard hitting Full Moon in Gemini on the morning (GMT) of November 27th. 01.51 The rapidly waxing and accelerating crescent Moon at 8 Aquarius waning square Jupiter at 8 Taurus 05.00 Mercury at 13 Sagittarius waning semi-square Pluto at 28 Capricorn 08.13 The Moon at 12 Aquarius waxing trine Venus at 12 Libra 10.39 The Moon at 14 Aquarius waxing sextile Mercury at 14 Sagittarius 18.02 Venus at 13 Libra waxing tri-septile Jupiter at 8 Taurus 22.34 Mercury at 14 Sagittarius waning biquintile Jupiter at 8 Taurus 22.54 The Moon at 21 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 21 Taurus

Monday 20th November 2023

Sun sextile Pluto

02.47 The very rapidly waxing Moon accelerating at 23 Aquarius sextiles the her node from south of the ecliptic. 09.39 The Moon at 27 Aquarius waxing square Mars at 27 Scorpio 10.51 The Moon is at First Quarter. The Moon is void of course for 3.8 hours 14.31 The Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign 15.46 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 1 Pisces 19.34 The Sun at 28 Scorpio waning quad-novile Jupiter at 8 Taurus 21.27 The Sun at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 27 degrees Scorpio and he enters Sagittarius on Wednesday. Mars is also in Scorpio. The Sun and Mars are applying in square aspect to Saturn. This is something of a 'cosmic bite', strong and tenacious. The aspect is tightest on Nov 25th and then follows on to, and becomes very much a part of, the hard hitting Full Moon in Gemini on the morning (GMT) of November 27th. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 39 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are now pulling out of an eclipse season. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra was on October 14th and the partial Lunar Eclipse was on 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is now a fast moving direct evening star in Sagittarius. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This was the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Mercury sprints into Sagittarius, raising hopes and spirits somewhat. He is not clear of this sign 'till Jan 14th because of his retrograde motion ahead. He resides in Capricorn from Dec 1st to Dec 23rd. Mercury enters his shadow on Nov 25th, prior to his retrograde motion. Mercury squares Neptune for the first time on Nov 27th, the day of the Full Moon in Gemini. Mercury leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Dec 1st. Mercury sextiles Saturn on Dec 2nd, for the first time. Mercury trines Jupiter for the first time on Dec 8th. Mercury sextiles Venus again on Dec 11th. Just after the New Moon on Dec 13th Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time on Dec 18th. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, and does this again on the day of a Full Moon! Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. Mercury sextiles Saturn a final time on Jan 18th. Mercury trines Jupiter a final time on Jan 19th. Mercury comes out of his shadow on Jan 24th, the day before the Full Moon in Leo. Mercury leaves Capricorn on Feb 5th 2024 and is immediately conjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The 3 repeated mutable squares that Mercury makes from Sagittarius to Neptune in Pisces, two on Full Moon days, infuse this period with waves of (potentially) crazy uncertainty. The 3 repeated 'Earth trines' that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Jupiter in Taurus present opportunity for substantial progress and advancement. The 3 repeated sextiles that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Saturn in Pisces offer consolidation and harness. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Libra. She resides in this sign for a gracefully brief 26 days. Her time here is fairly uneventful, planetary speaking, making just two aspects. Venus squares Pluto on Dec 3rd, which is somewhat lascivious. She leaves Libra and plunges into Scorpio on Dec 4th. Venus in Libra strives for fair play and evenhandedness. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Scorpio on Oct 12th. Mars resides in this sign for a penetrative 43 days. Mars enters Sagittarius on Nov 24th. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun Nov 3rd. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is now direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Aries. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 21st November 2023

Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Scorpio. The Sun enters Sagittarius tomorrow. 01.44 Saturn at 1 Pisces waning bi-novile Uranus at 21 Taurus This is the last of three hits of this minor aspect in the 44 year synodic cycle of Saturn and Uranus. Dates Jan 24th 2023, Sept 6th 2023 and Nov 21st 2023. The Saturn Uranus cycle in astrology represents the conflict between the establishment and the revolutionary. Times manifest when change is unavoidable. The current cycle began in 1988 in Sagittarius, culminated with the opposition (5 times) 2008 to 2010 and completes in 2032 in Gemini. (The 2021 last quarter phase induced drastic political, financial and social changes). Now we encounter the waning bi-novile aspect which represents a refinement, deployment, and establishment of a new set of values and ideals which serve as a model for collective and individual living. This is an opportunity to attain creative fullness. Yet whatever resists integration faces a downward spiral of disintegration. This aspect offers opportunity to embrace the difficult energy of Saturn and Uranus by providing a route to navigate around problems on the world stage. There was a note of hope for 2023 contained within this aspect. The Sun and Mars are both applying slowly and inexorably towrds a square to Saturn which perfects at the Full Moon next Monday. The week ahead witnesses our souls being gripped by this planetary configuration. 04.20 The very rapidly waxing first quarter Moon at 8 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 8 Taurus 10.24 Mercury at 16 Sagittarius waning tri-septile Uranus at 21 Taurus 14.34 Venus at 15 Libra waxing biquintile Uranus at 21 Taurus 15.32 The Moon at 15 Pisces waxing quincunx Venus at 15 Libra 18.07 Mars at 28 Scorpio waning quad-novile Jupiter at 8 Taurus 18.42-19.51 Daylight lunar occultation star Psi Aquarius observable from mid UK locations 19.04 Venus at 15 Libra waning quad-novile Neptune at 25 Pisces 19.16 The Moon at 17 Pisces waxing square Mercury at 17 Sagittarius 21.04 The Moon is at perigee, fastest all month and closest to the Earth.

Wednesday 22nd November 2023

Mars sextile Pluto

01.18 Mars at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 01.36 The Moon, 'gaining in light and motion' at 21 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 21 Taurus 05.52 Venus at 15 Libra waning bi-septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 08.46 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 25 Pisces 13.01 Venus at 16 Libra waning sesuiquadrate Saturn at 1 Pisces 14.04 The Sun enters Sagittarius and a new astrological month begins This Sagittarius Sun and Mars-still in Scorpio, are trine the Moon and Neptune and sextile Pluto. Pluto himself is on the midpoint of these two conjunctions. An exciting day reveals itself. 14.30 The Moon at 28 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 15.10 The Moon at 29 Pisces waxing trine Mars at 29 Scorpio. The Moon is void of course for 2.2 hours 17.21 The Moon enters Aries 17.35 The Moon at zero Aries waxing trine The Sun at zero Sagittarius 18.02 Mercury at 18 Sagittarius waning novile Pluto at 28 Capricorn

Thursday 23rd November 2023

Sun square Saturn

A 'get organised and try and have some fun' kind a day, 02.27 Mercury, who enters his shadow on Saturday, at 19 Sagittarius waning quintile Saturn at 1 Pisces 09.48 The Sun at 1 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 1 Pisces 21.04 The very rapidly moving Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase The procession to Monday's Full Moon in Gemini now starts in earnest. 22.58 The Moon at 17 Aries opposition Venus at 17 Libra

Friday 24th November 2023

03.53 The rapidly waxing gibbous Moon decelerating at 20 Aries waxing trine Mercury at 20 Sagittarius 07.04 Venus at 18 Libra waxing quad-novile Jupiter at 8 Taurus 08.16 The Moon conjunction the mean lunar node at 23 Aries 09.28 Mercury at 21 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 21 Taurus 10.17 Mars enters Sagittarius joining Mercury and the Sun in this sign. He resides here for 41 days. Mars squares Saturn tomorrow Nov 25th, a tight grip. Mercury conjuncts Mars (the 2nd of 3) on Dec 28th at 24 degrees Sagittarius, very energetic, Mars squares Neptune on this same day, crazy scenes. Mars leaves Sagittarius on Jan 4th. This is a riotous, freewheeling and 'moving upwards' period. 17.41 The Moon at 28 Aries waxing square Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.8 hours 20.30 The Moon enters Taurus joining Jupiter and Uranus in this sign. 21.02 The Moon at zero Taurus waxing quincunx Mars at zero Sagittarius 22.00 The Moon at 1 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces

Saturday 25th November 2023

Mars squares Saturn.

Mercury enters his shadow today.

The Sun, Mercury and Mars are in Sagittarius. The Sun is the first to leave, on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. The Moon, Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus. The Moon leaves first thing (GMT) on Monday.

This weekend is a full blown 'build up' to a dynamic and challenging Full Moon in Gemini opposite Mars and square Saturn, which peaks on Monday morning (GMT). Lunar pressure are indeed rising. The Moon however is in Taurus conferring a robust and 'steady as she goes' aura on all events and experiences today and on Sunday. Mars now in Sagittarius with Mercury and the Sun conspire together to infuse our spirits with fortitude and outspokenness. 00.44 The rapidly waxing gibbous Moon decelerating at 2 Taurus waxing quincunx The Sun at 2 Sagittarius 09.43 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 8 Taurus 16.19 Mercury at 22 Sagittarius waning decile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 16.58 Mars at 1 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 1 Pisces 20.41 Mercury at 23 Sagittarius waning sesuiquadrate Jupiter at 8 Taurus 21.33 The Sun at 3 Sagittarius waning tri-septile Jupiter at 8 Taurus 23.19 Mercury at 23 Sagittarius waning trine the lunar node at 23 Aries

Sunday 26th November 2023

Full Moon tomorrow morning (GMT). 07.19 The waxing gibbous Moon at 20 Taurus waning quincunx Venus at 20 Libra 08.03 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 21 Taurus 13.22 The Moon at 24 Taurus waxing quincunx Mercury at 24 Sagittarius 15.43 The Moon at 25 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces 15.50 Venus at 21 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 21 Taurus 17.55 Venus at 21 Libra waning tri-septile Neptune at 25 Pisces 21.52 The Moon at 28 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 28 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 3 hours

Monday 27th November 2023

Full Moon in Gemini

Mercury square Neptune

00.42 The almost Full Moon enters Gemini 02.23 The Moon at 1 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 1 Pisces 04.08 The Moon at 2 Gemini opposition Mars at 2 Sagittarius 09.17 Moment of FULL MOON



The Full Moon is opposite Mars and square Saturn. Today's Full Moon is the first following the partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October, in Taurus, and the fourth before a Penumbral lunar Eclipse on March 25th 2024 at 5 degrees Libra. This is not an easy lunation. The Full Moon is subject to a direct and forceful opposition from Mars, and to a retraining, limiting and painful square from Saturn. Also it is accompanied by Mercury square Neptune adding degrees of craziness, confusion and lack of clarity to proceedings. Today's Full Moon directly hits the natal Sun of Jordan, Bob Dylan, Jamie Oliver, Michael Portillo, the Dow Jones Share Index and Jeremy Corbyn, the natal Moon of Libya, Tonga and Zimbabwe, the Mercury of Morocco, the Venus of Victoria Beckham, the Mars of Tony Blair, Melania Trump, Lily Allen and the Mars Uranus conjunction of Jimmy Page, the Jupiter of Brazil, and of Palestine, the Saturn of Qatar and Dominic Cummings, the Uranus of Joe Biden, the Pluto of Japan and the MC of the Philippines. 13.28 Mercury at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces STATE OF THE SKY:-

The Sun today is at 5 degrees Sagittarius. The Sun and Mars are in square aspect to Saturn. A cosmic maw, strong and retentive. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 25 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are now clear of the eclipse season. (The 'American Annular Eclipse' at 21 Libra was on October 14th and the partial Lunar Eclipse was on 28th-29th October, in Taurus). Jupiter Neptune and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is a direct evening star in Sagittarius now in his shadow prior to his retrograde station on Dec 13th. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This was the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mercury is next retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Mercury sprints into Sagittarius, raising hopes and spirits somewhat. He is not clear of this sign 'till Jan 14th because of his retrograde motion ahead. He resides in Capricorn from Dec 1st to Dec 23rd. Mercury entered his shadow on Nov 25th, prior to his retrograde motion. Mercury squares Neptune for the first time today. Mercury leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Dec 1st. Mercury sextiles Saturn on Dec 2nd, for the first time. Mercury trines Jupiter for the first time on Dec 8th. Mercury sextiles Venus again on Dec 11th. Just after the New Moon on Dec 13th Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time on Dec 18th. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, and does this again on the day of a Full Moon! Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. Mercury sextiles Saturn a final time on Jan 18th. Mercury trines Jupiter a final time on Jan 19th. Mercury comes out of his shadow on Jan 24th, the day before the Full Moon in Leo. Mercury leaves Capricorn on Feb 5th 2024 and is immediately conjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The 3 repeated mutable squares that Mercury makes from Sagittarius to Neptune in Pisces, two on Full Moon days, infuse this period with waves of (potentially) crazy uncertainty. The 3 repeated 'Earth trines' that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Jupiter in Taurus present opportunity for substantial progress and advancement. The 3 repeated sextiles that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Saturn in Pisces offer consolidation and harness. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Libra. She resides in this sign for a gracefully brief 26 days. Her time here is fairly uneventful, planetary speaking, making just one aspect ahead. Venus squares Pluto on Dec 3rd, which is somewhat lascivious. She leaves Libra and plunges into Scorpio on Dec 4th. Venus in Libra strives for fair play and evenhandedness. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Sagittarius on Nov 24th, joining Mercury and the Sun in this sign, residing here for 41 days. Mercury conjuncts Mars (the 2nd of 3) on Dec 28th at 24 degrees Sagittarius, very energetic, Mars squares Neptune on this same day, crazy scenes. Mars leaves Sagittarius on Jan 4th. This is a riotous, freewheeling and 'moving upwards' period. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is now direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Aries. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 28th November 2023

11.48 Venus at 23 Libra opposition the lunar node at 23 Aries 16.53 Mars at 3 Sagittarius waning tri-septile Jupiter at 7 Taurus 17.21 The Moon at 23 Gemini waxing sextile her node from north of the ecliptic 17.46 Mercury at 26 Sagittarius waning biquintile Uranus at 20 Taurus 17.55 The Moon at 23 Gemini waning trine Venus at 23 Libra A mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, Mercury and Neptune 21.30 to 01.04 21.30 The Moon at 25 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 25 Pisces

Wednesday 29th November 2023

01.04 The waning and decelerating full Moon at 27 Gemini opposition Mercury at 27 Sagittarius. The moon is void of course for 4.7 hours 01.08 Venus at 23 Libra waning novile Mars at 3 Sagittarius (the 'consolidating the harvest' aspect) (Venus is conjunct Mars on Feb 22nd 2024). 04.04 The Moon at 28 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 28 Capricorn 05.13-06.15 Lunar occultation of fixed star 1366 Taurus observable from mid UK locations 06.55 The Moon enters Cancer. 08.52 The Moon at 1 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 1 Pisces 09.53 The Sun at 7 Sagittarius waning tri-decile Neptune at 25 Pisces 13.17 The Sun at 7 Sagittarius waning septile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 13.44 The Moon at 4 Cancer waning quincunx Mars at 4 Sagittarius 17.38 The Sun at 7 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 7 Taurus A very tight quick finger of fate is manifest involving the Sun, Moon and Jupiter 20.00-21.00 with the focus (and discovery) on the sagittarian Sun 20.22 The Moon at 7 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 7 Taurus 20.37 The Moon at 7 Cancer waning quincunx The Sun at 7 Sagittarius

Thursday 30th November 2023

In the northern hemisphere we are now in the 45 darkest days of the year. The Winter Solstice is 3 weeks away. Today Venus in late Libra makes minor aspects to both Uranus and Neptune. Subtle refinements and re-balancing within personal relationships are underway. This is a good day to reveal your allegiances. 05.39 Venus at 25 Libra waxing tri-septile Uranus at 20 Taurus 08.35 Mercury in his pre-retrograde shadow at 28 Sagittarius waning semi-sextile Pluto at 28 Capricorn 10.13 Venus at 25 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 21.20 The waning and decelerating full Moon at 20 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 20 Taurus

Friday 1st December 2023

The next astrological event is Venus squaring Pluto tomorrow and then on Monday she slips into Scorpio. A wave of secret long held desire manifests. Something naughty, something significant. Today sets the scene for the 'games' ahead, with some serious decision making. 01.29 The waning and decelerating Moon at 23 Cancer squares her node from north of the ecliptic. (High high Moon in northern skies). 03.42 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase 06.05 The Moon at 25 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 25 Pisces A Cardinal T-square is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Pluto 08.00 to 13.07 Passionate and emotional, planning daring escapades. 08.10 The Moon at 26 Cancer waning square Venus at 26 Libra 13.07 The Moon at 29 Cancer opposition Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 3 hours 14.33 Mercury in his shadow and 12 days from retrograde motion enters Capricorn joining Pluto in this sign. Mercury sextiles Saturn on Dec 2nd, with reservation and consideration, for the first time of 3 over his retrograde phase. Mercury trines Jupiter for the first time on Dec 8th, with conviviality a 'feel good factor'. Mercury sextiles Venus again on Dec 11th, setting a potentially pleasant vibration for the New Moon the following day. Just after this New Moon on Dec 13th Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time on Dec 18th. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. We have just 23 days of this pragmatic and circumspect mental atmosphere with more than a tinge of optimism. Reasons to be cheerful. 16.02 The Moon enters Leo, turning up the astrological volume. 16.02 to 18.18 A finger of fate 'yod' pattern manifests involving the Moon, Mercury and Saturn. Serious and uncompromising decisions. 16.11 The Moon at zero Leo waning quincunx Mercury at zero Capricorn 18.18 The Moon at 1 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces

Saturday 2nd December 2023

Mercury sextiles Saturn.

Venus applies in a salacious square to Pluto. Mercury in Capricorn sextiles Saturn in a very constructive and realistic mode. The Moon in Leo adds creativity, playfulness and pleasure seeking. Let's get this party started. 02.48 The decelerating and slowly disseminating Moon at 5 Leo waning trine Mars at 5 Sagittarius 05.45 The Moon at 7 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 7 Taurus 11.45 The Moon at 10 Leo waning trine The Sun at 10 Sagittarius 15.28 Mercury at 1 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 1 Pisces 18.12 The Sun at 10 Sagittarius waning quad-novile Uranus at 20 Taurus

Sunday 3rd December 2023

Venus squares Pluto (before entering Scorpio)

08.13 The very slowly disseminating and decelerating Moon at 20 Leo waxing square Uranus at 20 Taurus 12.29 The Moon at 22 Leo waxing trines her node from north of the equator. 13.30 Venus at 29 Libra waning square Pluto at 29 Capricorn. Venus enters Scorpio tomorrow. 17.03 The Sun at 11 Sagittarius waning bi-novile Saturn at 1 Pisces 17.31 The Moon at 25 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 23.20 Mars at 7 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 7 Taurus

Monday 4th December 2023

00.58 The very slowly disseminating and decelerating Moon at 29 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 01.23 Mars at 7 Sagittarius waning tri-decile Neptune at 25 Pisces 02.12 The Moon at 29 Leo waning sextile Venus at 29 Libra,. The Moon is void of course for 1.7 hours 03.52 The Moon enters Virgo 06.27 The Moon at 1 Virgo opposition Saturn at 1 Pisces An Earthy Grand Trine is manifest involving the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter 10.00 to 17.33 10.13 The Moon at 3 Virgo waning trine Mercury at 3 Capricorn 10.21 Mars at 7 Sagittarius waning septile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 11.26 The Sun at 12 Sagittarius waning bi-septile Neptune at 25 Pisces 17.33 The Moon at 7 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 7 Taurus 18.44 The Moon is at apogee, slowest all month and furthest from the Earth. 18.52 Venus enters Scorpio as a very fast moving morning star. She resides in this sign for a brief but passionate 25 days. Venus trines Saturn tomorrow, with true and intense commitment. Venus opposes Jupiter on Dec 10th, invoking excesses of all kinds. Venus sextiles an almost stationary Mercury on Dec 11th, a brief and curious dalliance. Venus opposes Uranus on Dec 21st, with pre-solstice excitement. Venus trines Neptune on Christmas day, full of festive enchantment. Venus leaves Scorpio for Sagittarius on Dec 29th. This is an eventful residence. Emotions and passions will be high. 18.53 The Moon at 7 Virgo waning square Mars at 7 Sagittarius 23.07 Venus at zero Scorpio waxing quad-novile Uranus at 20 Taurus The Sun today is at 12 degrees Sagittarius. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 18 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are now clear of the eclipse season. Jupiter Neptune and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is a direct evening star in Capricorn now in his shadow prior to his retrograde station on Dec 13th. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This was the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mercury is retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Mercury trines Jupiter for the first time on Dec 8th. Mercury sextiles Venus again on Dec 11th. Just after the New Moon on Dec 13th Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time on Dec 18th. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, and does this again on the day of a Full Moon! Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. Mercury sextiles Saturn a final time on Jan 18th. Mercury trines Jupiter a final time on Jan 19th. Mercury comes out of his shadow on Jan 24th, the day before the Full Moon in Leo. Mercury leaves Capricorn on Feb 5th 2024 and is immediately conjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The 3 repeated mutable squares that Mercury makes from Sagittarius to Neptune in Pisces, two on Full Moon days, infuse this period with waves of (potentially) crazy uncertainty. The 3 repeated 'Earth trines' that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Jupiter in Taurus present opportunity for substantial progress and advancement. The 3 repeated sextiles that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Saturn in Pisces offer consolidation and harness. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Scorpio. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Sagittarius on Nov 24th, joining Mercury and the Sun in this sign, residing here for 41 days. Mercury conjuncts Mars (the 2nd of 3) on Dec 28th at 24 degrees Sagittarius, very energetic, Mars squares Neptune on this same day, crazy scenes. Mars leaves Sagittarius on Jan 4th. This is a riotous, freewheeling and 'moving upwards' period. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is now direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now retrograde in Pisces, turning direct tomorrow. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Aries. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 5th December 2023

Venus trine Saturn.

Venus now in Scorpio makes a 'constructive engagement' trine aspect to Saturn. The Virgo Moon adds the detail. Events and experiences 'move us on' today. 03.47 The Sun at 13 Sagittarius waning biquintile Jupiter at 7 Taurus 05.50 The very slowly waning Moon is at Last Quarter 12.59 Venus at 1 Scorpio waning biquintile Neptune (who stations and turns direct tomorrow) at 25 Pisces 20.46 The Moon at 20 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 20 Taurus 22.52 Venus at 1 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 1 Pisces

Wednesday 6th December 2023

01.02 The Sun at 14 Sagittarius waning semi-square Pluto at 29 Capricorn 05.21 Mercury, one week from his retrograde motion, at 5 Capricorn waning bi-novile Neptune at 25 Pisces 06.17 The slowly waning but now accelerating post last quarter Moon at 25 Virgo opposition a stationary Neptune at 25 Pisces 08.16 NEPTUNE TURNS DIRECT 12.26 Mercury at 5 Capricorn waning sesuiquadrate Uranus at 20 Taurus 13.51 The Moon at 29 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.75 hours 16.36 The Moon enters Libra 19.26 The Moon at 1 Libra waning quincunx Saturn at 1 Pisces

Thursday 7th December 2023

Mercury in Capricorn approaching his station (on Dec 13th) is today applying in an earthy trine aspect to Jupiter, the first of three such aspects over the next few weeks. A bucketful of optimism is unleashed, if I may be so bold to report. 04.01 The slowly waning and accelerating Moon at 6 Libra square Mercury at 6 Capricorn 05.43 The Moon at 7 Libra waxing quincunx Jupiter at 7 Taurus 11.17 The Moon at 9 Libra waning sextile Mars at 9 Sagittarius 21.06 Venus at 4 Scorpio waning decile Mars at 10 Sagittarius 23.37 The Moon at 16 Libra waning sextile The Sun at 16 Sagittarius

Friday 8th December 2023

Mercury trine Jupiter

04.10 Mercury at 6 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 6 Taurus 04.36 The Sun at 16 Sagittarius waning tri-septile Uranus at 20 Taurus 08.25 The slow but accelerating and waning Moon at 20 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 20 Taurus 11.29 Mars at 10 Sagittarius waning quad-novile Uranus at 20 Taurus 12.23 The Moon at 22 Libra opposition her mean ascending node at 22 Aries 17.45 The Moon at 25 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces

Saturday 9th December 2023

The 'Moon and Venus in Scorpio' weekend

Venus (and the old Moon) in Scorpio are opposite Jupiter this weekend. This casts an intense pleasure seeking atmosphere, with the potentially to excess. 01.06 The almost balsamic Moon accelerating at 29 Libra waning square Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.5 hours 03.36 The Moon enters Scorpio joining Venus in this sign 06.34 The Moon at 2 Scorpio waning trine Saturn at 2 Pisces 07.12 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase The procession to New moon in Sagittarius now begins in earnest. 14.24 The Moon conjunction Venus at 6 Scorpio 15.42 The Moon at 6 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 6 Taurus 17.47 The Moon at 7 Scorpio waning sextile Mercury at 7 Capricorn

Sunday 10th December 2023

Day 2 of the 'Moon and Venus in Scorpio' weekend

Venus opposite Jupiter

03.36 Venus at 6 Scorpio opposition Jupiter at 6 Taurus 15.11 Mars at 12 Sagittarius waning bi-novile Saturn at 2 Pisces 17.04 The balsamic Moon accelerating at 20 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 20 Taurus

Monday 11th December 2023

Today is the day of the old Moon. The New Moon 23.32 GMT on Tuesday occurs 7 hours 28 mins before Mercury turns retrograde. As such the advice must be to hold back on imminent plans. Expect new developments to arise during the week ahead. 01.59 The old balsamic Moon accelerating at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 02.12 The Sun at 19 Sagittarius waning novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 04.26 Mars at 12 Sagittarius waning bi-septile Neptune at 25 Pisces 08.58 The Moon at 29 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2.25 hours 11.12 Mars at 12 Sagittarius waning biquintile Jupiter at 6 Taurus 11.13 The Moon enters Sagittarius joining the Sun in this sign 14.14 The Moon at 2 Sagittarius waning square Saturn at 2 Pisces 19.17 Mercury at 8 Capricorn, 2 days from his retrograde station, waxing sextile Venus at 8 Scorpio 22.16 The Moon at 6 Sagittarius waning quincunx Jupiter at 6 Taurus The Sun today is at 19 degrees Sagittarius. The 'blue blue electric blue' New Moon in Sagittarius is tomorrow. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in 'consciousness raising' conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in 'test of faith' conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. There are 11 days to the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. We are now clear of the recent eclipse season. Jupiter and Uranus are currently retrograde. Mercury turns retrograde on Wednesday. MERCURY Mercury is a direct evening star in Capricorn now in his shadow prior to his retrograde station on Dec 13th. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This was the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Mercury is retrograde from 13 December to 1 January 2024. Just after the New Moon on Dec 13th Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time on Dec 18th. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, doing this again on the day of a Full Moon! Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. Mercury sextiles Saturn a final time on Jan 18th. Mercury trines Jupiter a final time on Jan 19th. Mercury comes out of his shadow on Jan 24th, the day before the Full Moon in Leo. Mercury leaves Capricorn on Feb 5th 2024 and is immediately conjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The 3 repeated mutable squares that Mercury makes from Sagittarius to Neptune in Pisces, two on Full Moon days, infuse this period with waves of (potentially) crazy uncertainty. The 3 repeated 'Earth trines' that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Jupiter in Taurus present opportunity for substantial progress and advancement. The 3 repeated sextiles that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Saturn in Pisces offer consolidation and harness. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Scorpio. Venus entered Scorpio on Dec 4th. She resides in this sign for a brief but passionate 25 days. Venus sextiles an almost stationary Mercury today, a brief and curious dalliance and Venus opposes Jupiter in hardcore excesses. Venus opposes Uranus on Dec 21st, with pre-solstice excitement. Venus trines Neptune on Christmas day, full of festive enchantment. Venus leaves Scorpio for Sagittarius on Dec 29th. This is an eventful residence. Emotions and passions will be high. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Sagittarius on Nov 24th, joining Mercury and the Sun in this sign, residing here for 41 days. Mercury conjuncts Mars (the 2nd of 3) on Dec 28th at 24 degrees Sagittarius, very energetic, Mars squares Neptune on this same day, crazy scenes. Mars leaves Sagittarius on Jan 4th. This is a riotous, freewheeling and 'moving upwards' period. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is now direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Aries. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 3 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 12th December 2023

New Moon in Sagittarius

01.11 The Sun at 20 Sagittarius waning quintile Saturn at 2 Pisces 05.02 Venus at 9 Scorpio waning bi-novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 06.22 The Sun at 20 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 20 Taurus 10.06 The almost New Moon conjunction Mars at 13 Sagittarius 22.15 The accelerating Moon at 20 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 20 Taurus 23.33 Moment of NEW MOON

The New Moon separates from a quincunx aspect to Uranus, is quintile Saturn and applies in square aspect Neptune. This New Moon conjures up sudden shifts of fate and fortune with beguiling beginnings. Mercury hovers almost stationary and in trine aspect to Jupiter, and we too hover on some semblance of a grand dream with fervent wishes. Venus is opposite Jupiter, still bathing in sensory excess. Earth and mutability predominate, shifting sands. This is a disjointed, fast moving blast of new energy. Today's New Moon is the second New Moon following the American Annular Eclipse at 21 Libra on October 14 2023, and the 4th New Moon before the 'American Total Solar Eclipse' at 19 Aries on April 8th 2024. This New Moon directly hits The Gaza Strip Ascendant, Hamas' natal Sun, Egypt's ascendant, Iran's Neptune, Iraq's Saturn, Sri Lanka's Jupiter, Donald Trump's Moon, Suella Braverman's and Rishi Sunak's Neptune (square his Saturn), King Charles Mars, CNN's Neptune, Alice Cooper's Moon, Jupiter and Uranus, Judi Dench's Venus and Vesta, Andrew Flintoff's Sun, Lady Gaga's Uranus, Emmanuel Macron's venus, Venezuela's Saturn, the EU's Saturn, Ursula Von der Lyon's Saturn, Twitter's Moon.

Wednesday 13th December 2023

Today 'New Moon in Sagittarius' energy infuses our spirits. Mercury turns retrograde, invoking changes of mind and the Moon rushes into Capricorn tipping the astrological balance to a more steadfast standpoint for a short while. 01.37 The fast moving infant Moon at 22 Sagittarius trines her node from south of the ecliptic 03.35 Venus at 10 Scorpio waning sesuiquadrate Neptune at 25 Pisces 06.49 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 8.7 hours 07.01 MERCURY TURNS RETROGRADE Mercury turns retrograde at 8 degrees Capricorn. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd and re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. 10.04 The Sun at 21 Sagittarius waning sesuiquadrate Jupiter at 6 Taurus 15.16 Mars at 14 Sagittarius waning semi-square Pluto at 29 Capricorn 15.33 The Moon enters Capricorn joining retro-Mercury and Pluto in this sign 18.40 The Moon at 2 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 2 Pisces

Thursday 14th December 2023

The Moon, retro-Mercury and Pluto are in all Capricorn. This is an eminently favourable and practical day. The Moon in Capricorn is well aspected. Make no major plans or make important decisions, just get stuck in with useful work. 01.51 The rapidly waxing infant Moon at 6 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 6 Taurus 02.41 The Sun at 22 Sagittarius waning trine the lunar node at 22 Aries 05.47 The Moon conjunction retro-Mercury at 8 Capricorn 10.56 The Moon at 11 Capricorn waxing sextile Venus at 11 Scorpio

Friday 15th December 2023

01.00 The very rapidly waxing young Moon at 20 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 20 Taurus. 03.09 The Sun at 23 Sagittarius waning decile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 04.13 The Moon at 22 Capricorn squares her node from south of the ecliptic 09.28 The Moon at 25 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces 16.04 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.9 hours. 17.58 The Moon enters Aquarius 23.51 Mars at 16 Sagittarius waning tri-septile Uranus at 20 Taurus

Saturday 16th December 2023

We are now less than 6 days from the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. The Solstice itself occurs at a time when six bodies reside in Earth signs, conferring great substance, practicality and resourcefulness onto the occasion and onto the 3 months ahead, and coloured by Venus in Scorpio opposite Uranus, casting unusual hues of pleasure seeking onto the time, Mercury at Inferior Conjunction in Capricorn, highly significant and symbolic of a 'new chapter in the story' in all of our lives, and both the Sun and Mercury both sextile Saturn, with 'the power to harness and withstand'. Mars in Sagittarius then applies square to Neptune, whipping up a frenzy of craziness, exact 24 hours after Full Moon in Cancer on Dec 27th. Today the Sun is in forthright Sagittarius, the fast Moon is in detached and cool Aquarius, Mercury is retrograde and starting to flounder, Venus in Scorpio and starting to oppose Uranus is more than a little kinky, Mars also in Sagittarius-'onwards and upwards'. 03.53 The very rapidly waxing young Moon at 6 Aquarius waning square Jupiter at 6 Taurus 09.09 The Moon reaches her waxing crescent phaseVenus at 14 Scorpio waning tri-decile Saturn at 2 Pisces 17.33 The Moon at 14 Aquarius waxing square Venus at 14 Scorpio 18.54 The Moon is at perigee, fastest all month and closest to the Earth. 20.53 The Moon at 16 Aquarius waxing sextile Mars at 16 Sagittarius

Sunday 17th December 2023

Sun square Neptune

02.54 The very rapidly waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 20 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 20 Taurus 03.44 The Sun at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces 06.02 The Moon at 22 Aquarius sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic 12.04 The Moon at 25 Aquarius waxing sextile The Sun at 25 Sagittarius. The Moon is void of course for almost 8 hours. 16.41 retro-Mercury at 7 Capricorn waxing septile Venus at 15 Scorpio 20.00 The Moon enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune in this sign 23.29 The Sun at 26 Sagittarius waning biquintile Uranus at 20 Taurus 23.32 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 2 Pisces. This conjunction is on the Mercury/Jupiter midpoint sextile both. Mercury trines Jupiter. Serious reappraisals.

Monday 18th December 2023

Retro-Mercury trine Jupiter (2nd hit of 3)

Tel Aviv and Kiev dominate world headlines. Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza were shot dead while holding a white cloth. Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russia's occupying forces ground to a halt at the start of winter, and there are fears that the Russians could simply outgun Ukraine. Retrograde Mercury trines Jupiter today, for the 2nd of 3 hits this season, offers some hope to both war situations. Mercury is quincunx the Israeli progressed Sun in Leo today and trine the Israeli progressed (last quarter) Moon in Taurus. This sets off a crisis in consciousness experience for the Israeli nation. Transiting Neptune is affecting the Ukraine chart and has been for most of 2023. He is hovering opposite the Ukraine Mars this month and contributing to the 'middle of nowhere' situation there now. This transit moves on in the new year. 05.50 The rapidly waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 6 Pisces waning sextile Jupiter at 6 Taurus 06.21 The Moon at 6 Pisces waxing sextile retro-Mercury at 6 Capricorn 10.42 The Sun at 26 Sagittarius waxing novile Venus at 16 Scorpio 14.29 retro-Mercury at 6 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 6 Taurus STATE OF THE SKY:- The Sun today is at 26 degrees Sagittarius. Jupiter and Uranus are in Taurus, they apply in 'consciousness raising' conjunction, exact April 24th 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces, applying in 'test of faith' conjunction, exact Feb 2026 at 1 degree Aries. We are now less than 4 days from the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. The Solstice itself occurs at a time when six bodies reside in Earth signs, conferring great substance, practicality and resourcefulness onto the occasion and onto the 3 months ahead, and coloured by Venus in Scorpio opposite Uranus, casting unusual hues of pleasure seeking onto the time, Mercury at Inferior Conjunction in Capricorn, highly significant and symbolic of a 'new chapter in the story' in all of our lives, and both the Sun and Mercury both sextile Saturn, with 'the power to harness and withstand'. Mars in Sagittarius then applies square to Neptune, whipping up a frenzy of craziness, exact 24 hours after Full Moon in Cancer on Dec 27th. We are clear of the recent eclipse season. Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus are currently retrograde. MERCURY Mercury is a retrograde evening star in Capricorn, retrograde from Dec 13th to Jan 2nd. On October 29th Mercury was closely conjunct Mars. (This was the first of 3 Mercury Mars conjunctions over the next 3 months,- the second is on Dec 28th at 24 Sagittarius when Mercury is retrograde, and the final one, the tightest of all, is on Jan 27th 2024 at 17 Capricorn). Retro-Mercury trines Jupiter for the 2nd time today. Retro-Mercury sextiles Saturn for the 2nd time on Dec 21st. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at one degree Capricorn on Dec 22nd. As a morning star retro-Mercury re-enters Sagittarius on Dec 23rd. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, doing this again on the day of a Full Moon! Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. Mercury sextiles Saturn a final time on Jan 18th. Mercury trines Jupiter a final time on Jan 19th. Mercury comes out of his shadow on Jan 24th, the day before the Full Moon in Leo. Mercury leaves Capricorn on Feb 5th 2024 and is immediately conjunct Pluto in Aquarius. The 3 repeated mutable squares that Mercury makes from Sagittarius to Neptune in Pisces, two on Full Moon days, infuse this period with waves of (potentially) crazy uncertainty. The 3 repeated 'Earth trines' that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Jupiter in Taurus present opportunity for substantial progress and advancement. The 3 repeated sextiles that Mercury makes from Capricorn to Saturn in Pisces offer consolidation and harness. VENUS Venus is a direct morning star in Scorpio. Venus entered Scorpio on Dec 4th. She resides in this sign for a brief but passionate 25 days. Venus opposes Uranus on Dec 21st, with pre-solstice excitement. Venus trines Neptune on Christmas day, full of festive enchantment. Venus leaves Scorpio for Sagittarius on Dec 29th. This is an eventful residence. Emotions and passions will be high. Venus' next retrograde period is from 2nd March to 14th April 2025 in Aries and Pisces. MARS Mars entered Sagittarius on Nov 24th, residing here for 41 days. Mercury conjuncts Mars (the 2nd of 3) on Dec 28th at 24 degrees Sagittarius, very energetic, Mars squares Neptune on this same day, crazy scenes. Mars leaves Sagittarius on Jan 4th. This is a riotous, freewheeling and 'moving upwards' period. Mars is next retrograde from Dec 6th 2024 to Feb 24th 2025 being at opposition to the Sun at 26 degrees Cancer on Jan 16th 2025. JUPITER Jupiter is now in Taurus and is retrograde. Jupiter spends a year in this sign. Jupiter in Taurus boosts our awareness of establishing ourselves and building upon what we have and hold. It fosters stability, security and provision. The year long residence is a time during which we can establish and ground ourselves, building on what we have. Clear goals, robust plans and tangible results are the qualities of this placement. Jupiter is conjunct Uranus on April 21st 2024 at 22 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the year long residence and has a nurturing, productive and consciousness raising quality, a good one. Jupiter sextiles Neptune on March 23rd 2024. This is a very creative and artistic vibration. Jupiter leaves Taurus for the sign Gemini on May 25th 2024. This next year looks favourable in many ways. SATURN Saturn is now direct in Pisces. Saturn in Pisces is all about endings, karma, suffering, forgiveness, massacre, peace protests, ocean and sea-going matters, mathematical discovery, imaginative art forms, renunciation and 'moving on' (as this is the last sign in the zodiac, symbolic of a chapter reaching completion). When Saturn, planet of structure and boundaries, moves through this dreamy and transcendent zodiac sign, it evokes the creation of 'distancing from the past and an embrace with what the future holds'. Things can get weird at times. The three-year Saturn in Pisces cycle, which lasts until February 14, 2026, (minus the interval 25/5/25 to 1/9/25) will morph the tangible into the virtual. You can gain insights into this 'difficult to fathom' energy by reviewing previous Saturn in Pisces periods. The April 1905 to March 1908 residence saw the publishing of Einstein's Special Relativity theory. The Feb 1935 to April 1937 residence witnessed the consolidation of Hitler's power and German rearmament, Stalin's great purge, Edward 8th's abdication, and the Spanish Civil War. The March 1964 to March 1967 residence saw the Beatles, Radio Caroline, the Vietnam War, the Indian/Pakistani war, the Wilson Government (UK), the Cultural Revolution in China, and 'Sergeant Pepper'. The most recent residence May 1993 to April 1996 witnessed the Channel Tunnel opening, the advent of the Play Station, and the Srebrenica Massacre. Mars is conjunct Saturn at 15 Pisces on April 10th 2024, 2 days after the great American Total Solar eclipse. Jupiter in Gemini, squares Saturn on Aug 19th 2024 and on 24th Dec 2024, (also a 3rd time in June 2025 when Saturn has entered Aries), challenging times when 'growth' manifests with compassion a little thin on the ground. Saturn in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus on April 4th 2025, a positive vibration of solid progress and invention. Saturn is conjunct the mean lunar node at 27 Pisces on April 23rd 2025. URANUS Uranus the planet of inspiration and revolution is retrograde in Taurus, the sign of enduring institution and banking. Uranus remains in Taurus from 2019 for 7 years. Massive changes in the world of finance, currency, resource and ownership are taking place. The last time Uranus resided in Taurus was between 1934 and 1941 and before that 1850 to 1859 the time of the Industrial Revolution. NEPTUNE Neptune is now direct in Pisces. He has been in this sign since 2011. Neptune in Pisces is symbolic of the greatest watery immersion in the deepest subliminal and spiritual ocean. Neptune is in its own sign of Pisces, a transit that only occurs every 165 years. Neptune rules Pisces and also rules the deepest realms of the subconscious mind. The oceanic vibration of love is flowing with a deeper and higher frequency. Our human mission is to flow with it. Art, music and science are enhanced with the progress of this residence. Neptune enters Aries on March 30th 2025. PLUTO Pluto has made his first foray into Aquarius (March 23rd 2023 to June 11th) and is now back in Capricorn. He has unfinished business to attend to. Pluto is now direct. After hovering for a while around the cusp of Aquarius, Pluto will settle into the sign from Nov 19th 2024 till the year 2043. There will be gigantic changes brought about by this 20 year residence. The life we have known will be transformed. There will be a manifestation of the full potential of technology, a new revolution is ahead of us. We had a taste of this future (note all the fuss about AI earlier in 2023). Pluto in Aquarius 2023 to 2044. Dates:- March 23rd 2023 to June 11th 2023 January 21st 2024 to September 1st 2024 November 19th 2024 to March 9th 2043 September 1st 2043 to January 19th 2044 Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. He entered Capricorn on Jan 26th 2008 Uranus in Gemini will air trine Pluto from 2026 to 2028. This is the most exciting time, astrologically speaking. Saturn in Aries will sextile Pluto in 2026 and square Pluto 3 times during 2028-2029. Saturn in Gemini will air trine Pluto once in 2031 and oppose Pluto from Leo three times during 2035-2037 . Saturn in Libra will trine Pluto once in 2041. Jupiter will conjunct Pluto just once at 15 degrees Aquarius on April 2nd 2033. Jupiter will oppose Pluto once on July 20th 2026 and then three times in the period 2038-2039. There will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun on Jan 26th 2028 within a degree of Pluto at 6 degrees Aquarius. There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Aug 7th 2036 at 15 degrees Aquarius just 4 degrees from Pluto. UPCOMING ECLIPSES The next eclipse is on Monday (morning GMT) March 25th 2024 and is a Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 5 Libra with greatest eclipse at 07.13 GMT. This is a very deep penumbral eclipse fully observable from the Americas and visible as the Moon sets from the UK and Western Europe. The eclipsed Moon is trine Pluto. April 8th 2024. The American Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Aries. Sept 18th 2024. A small partial lunar eclipse at 26 Pisces, observable from the UK. 02.44 GMT Oct 2nd 2024. Annular solar eclipse at 10 Libra, visible from the southern tip of south America, 18.45 GMT Friday March 14th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 Virgo, visible at Moonset over the UK. 06.59 GMT March 29th 2025. A Partial Solar Eclipse at 9 Aries, visible from the UK. 10.47 GMT Sunday Sept 7th 2025. A Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces, visible at Moonrise UK. 18.12 GMT Sept 21st 2025. A partial Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo visible from the far southern Pacific. 19.42 GMT THE LUNAR STANDSTILL.

The Lunar Node is now in Aries. We are at the start of Major Lunar Standstill. This is a period lasting for three years within the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle. The last major lunar standstill centred on June 2006, and this new one centres in January 2025. During the next 3 years we will observe extreme northerly and southerly lunar rising and setting points on the local horizon when the Moon is in tropical Gemini/Cancer or Sagittarius/Capricorn. A 'standstill Full Moon' occurs on the day of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, June 21st 2024.

OUTER PLANET INGRESSES Over the next 2 years all 3 outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto will enter new signs. Pluto enters Aquarius 2023-2024. Neptune enters Aries and Uranus enters Gemini 2025-2026. This mass modulation from negative to positive energy, earth to air, water to fire, will inaugurate significant changes and accelerate 21st century evolution.

Tuesday 19th December 2023

00.30 The fast moving waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 17 Pisces waxing trine Venus at 17 Scorpio 01.26 Venus at 17 Scorpio waning quintile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 01.59 The Moon at 18 Pisces waxing square Mars at 18 Sagittarius 05.15 The Moon at 20 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 20 Taurus 11.15 retro-Mercury at 5 Capricorn waning bi-novile Neptune at 25 Pisces 14.08 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 25 Pisces 16.07 Mercury at 5 Capricorn waning sesuiquadrate Uranus at 20 Taurus 18.40 The Moon at First Quarter 21.04 The Moon at 29 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.6 hours 22.48 The Moon enters Aries

Wednesday 20th December 2023

 

Venus applies in opposition to Uranus, exact tomorrow. Oil giant BP has paused all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels. The firm blamed the 'deteriorating security situation' in the region as Iran-backed Houthis target ships they believe are bound for Israel. Many freight firms have suspended journeys as the attacks continue.The Houthi rebels are targeting ships traveling through the Bab al-Mandab Strait - also known as the Gate of Tears - which is a channel 20 miles wide, and known for being perilous to navigate. This current flash point is indicated in Friday's Solstice chart. The Sun and retrograde Mercury are exactly rising over the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the moment of Solstice. Mars is rising further north up the Red Sea. 05.43 The first quarter Moon decelerating at 4 Aries waxing square Mercury at 4 Capricorn 12.05 retro-evening star Mercury at 4 Capricorn is semi-square morning star Venus at 19 Scorpio 18.09 Mars at 19 Sagittarius waning novile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 18.39 Venus at 19 Scorpio waning semi-sextile Mars at 19 Sagittarius

Thursday 21st December 2023

Venus opposite Uranus

Day before the Solstice. The day starts with Venus opposite Uranus casting an unorthodox influence on money markets, values and affections. Retrograde Mercury sextiles Saturn and Mars is quincunx Uranus. The former aspect adds realism and strategy onto the day, the latter coupled with the Aries Moon, as she is in the morning (GMT), invokes 'the Wild Bunch'-take care. 03.55 Venus at 20 Scorpio waning bi-septile Saturn at 2 Pisces 04.40 The Sun at 29 Sagittarius waning semi-sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 07.05 Venus at 20 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 20 Taurus 08.24 The Moon at 19 Aries waxing trine Mars at 19 Sagittarius 08.55 The Moon at 20 Aries waxing quincunx Venus at 20 Scorpio 11.51 The Moon conjunction the lunar node at 21 Aries 12.34 retro-Mercury at 2 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 2 Pisces 14.45 Mars at 20 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 20 Taurus

Friday 22nd December 2023

Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice

01.11 The Moon at 29 Aries waxing square Pluto at 29 Capricorn 02.48 The Moon at 30 Aries waxing trine The Sun at 30 Sagittarius, moon void 02.52 The Moon enters Taurus 03.29 The Sun enters Capricorn In the northern Hemisphere it it is the Winter Solstice. The darkness is at its height and the return of the light occurs. In the South it is the Summer Solstice and the splendorous climax of the light. This Solstice itself occurs at a time when six bodies reside in Earth signs, conferring great substance, practicality and resourcefulness onto the occasion and onto the three months ahead. It is also coloured by Venus in Scorpio opposite Uranus, (exact yesterday and now waning), casting unusual hues of pleasure seeking onto the time, Mercury at Inferior Conjunction in Capricorn, (occurring 15 hours after this solstice moment) is highly significant and symbolic of a 'new chapter in the story' in all of our lives, and both the Sun and Mercury both sextile Saturn, with 'the power to harness and withstand'. Mars in Sagittarius now applies square to Neptune, whipping up a frenzy of craziness, exact 24 hours after Full Moon in Cancer on Dec 27th. I wish all Daze readers a very Happy Solstice. 05.22 The Moon at 1 Taurus waxing trine Mercury at 1 Capricorn 07.08 The Moon at 2 Taurus waxing sextile Saturn at 2 Pisces 11.28 Mercury at 1 Capricorn waxing novile Venus at 21 Scorpio 12.54 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 6 Taurus 17.45 Mars at 20 Sagittarius waning quintile Saturn at 2 Pisces 18.55 The Sun Inferior Conjunction of Mercury at 1 Capricorn

Saturday 23rd December 2023

Moon, Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus.

Mercury rerogrades back into Sagittarius.

00.54 Mars at 21 Sagittarius waning sesuiquadrate Jupiter at 6 Taurus 06.19 Retrograde (morning star) Mercury re-enters Sagittarius joining Mars in this sign, residing there for 22 days. This is a time for reappraisal and direct challenge of ideas. Retro-Mercury squares Neptune for the 2nd time on Dec 27th, whipping up hazy mists of distorted thinking and doing this again on the day of a Full Moon. Mars overtakes retro-Mercury at 24 degrees Sagittarius on Dec 28th, very racy stuff. Mercury turns direct on Jan 2nd at 22 degrees Sagittarius. Mercury squares Neptune a final time on Jan 9th. Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 14th. 07.30 The Moon reaches her waxing gibbous phase 13.34 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 20 Taurus 16.23 The Moon at 21 Taurus waxing quincunx Mars at 21 Sagittarius 19.05 The Moon at 23 Taurus opposition Venus at 23 Scorpio 20.56 Mars at 21 Sagittarius waning trine the lunar node at 21 Aries 21.52 Mercury at 29 Sagittarius waning semi-sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 23.13 The Moon at 25 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 25 Pisces

Sunday 24th December 2023

Sun sextile Saturn

00.41 retro-Mercury at 29 Sagittarius waxing decile Venus at 23 Scorpio 05.51 The waxing gibbous Moon decelerating at 29 Taurus waxing quincunx Mercury at 29 Sagittarius 06.40 The Moon at 29 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.6 hours 08.16 The Moon enters Gemini 12.38 The Moon at 2 Gemini waxing quincunx The Sun at 2 Capricorn 12.59 The Moon at 3 Gemini waxing square Saturn at 3 Pisces 17.29 The Sun at 3 Capricorn waning sextile Saturn at 3 Pisces

Monday 25th December 2023

Christmas Day

Enchanting hues this Christmas day for many as Venus trines Neptune. The waxing gibbous Moon in Gemini however slowly applies in opposition to Mars all day. The tendency may be to push too hard. Gentleness the best policy. 17.16 Venus at 25 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 22.56 The Moon at 21 Gemini sextiles her node well north of the ecliptic.

Tuesday 26th December 2023

A 'full on day' with the Full Moon peaking first thing GMT tomorrow. Lots going on. A mutable T-square manifests involving the almost Full Moon, retro-Mercury, Mars and Neptune 02.00 to 08.00 02.09 The Moon at 23 Gemini opposition Mars at 23 Sagittarius 05.42 Venus at 26 Scorpio waning quad-novile Jupiter at 6 Taurus 05.58 The Moon at 25 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 25 Pisces 07.16 The Moon at 26 Gemini waning quincunx Venus at 26 Scorpio 07.56 The Moon at 26 Gemini opposition Mercury at 26 Sagittarius. The Moon is void of course for 7.4 hours 10.13 Mars at 23 Sagittarius waning decile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 11.18 retro-Mercury at 26 Sagittarius waxing semi-sextile Venus at 26 Scorpio 13.45 The Moon at 29 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 13.50 The Sun at 5 Capricorn waning sesuiquadrate Uranus at 20 Taurus 15.17 The Moon enters Cancer. The homing instinct kicks in. 20.08 retro-Mercury at 26 Sagittarius waning biquintile Uranus at 20 Taurus 20.30 The Moon at 3 Cancer waxing trine Saturn at 3 Pisces

Wednesday 27th December 2023

Full Moon in Cancer

Sun trine Jupiter

Mercury square Neptune.

00.34 Moment of FULL MOON Today's Full Moon is the second Full Moon following the partial Lunar Eclipse on 28th-29th October, in Taurus, and the third before a Penumbral lunar Eclipse on March 25th 2024 at 5 degrees Libra. The 'homing instinct' feature of this Full Moon is strong. This also is family orientated, favouring domestic gatherings. There is general optimism and exploration, nostalgia and grace. Mercury squaring Neptune at this time whips up fantasy creation and media spells. There is care and comfort to be found at this time. Mars squares Neptune tomorrow and colours this lunation with a measure negative energy involving suspicion and scandal. Best to avoid negative influences and environments. At the exact moment of Full Moon Saturn culminates at Tehran, Pluto rises at Seoul and the Moon rises at San Francisco. This Full Moon directly hits the Pluto and South Lunar Node of the Gaza Strip chart, the Venus of Israel, the Uranus of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Jupiter of Poland, the Jupiter of the USA and the Uranus of China. It also hits the Moon of Prince William, the Saturn of Eric Clapton, the MC of Bill Clinton, the Sun and Venus of Madagascar and the Sun of Ariana Lagrande. 01.33 The Sun at 5 Capricorn waning bi-novile Neptune at 25 Pisces 01.46 The Moon at 6 Cancer waxing sextile Jupiter at 6 Taurus 07.43 Mercury at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces 15.29 The Sun at 6 Capricorn waning trine Jupiter at 6 Taurus

Thursday 28th December 2023

Mars (and Mercury) square Neptune

In the wake of the climaxing Full Moon, retro-Mercury and Mars are in conjunction at 25 Sagittarius square Neptune. A whirlpool of 'war frenzy' is unleashed. Hamas, Ukraine, Israel, USA and Russian astrological charts all have bodies or points in mutable signs around this degree. 00.32 Mercury conjunction Mars at 24 Sagittarius 04.04 The slowly waning full Moon at 19 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 19 Taurus 07.09 The Moon at 21 Cancer squares her node from far north of the ecliptic 12.40 The Moon at 24 Cancer waning quincunx Mercury at 24 Sagittarius 14.18 The Moon at 25 Cancer waning quincunx Mars at 25 Sagittarius A watery grand trine is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Neptune 14.45 to 22.13 14.46 The Moon at 25 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 25 Pisces 22.13 The Moon at 29 Cancer waning trine Venus at 29 Scorpio 22.16 Mars at 25 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 25 Pisces 22.58 The Moon at 29 Cancer opposition Pluto at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 1.5 hours

Friday 29th December 2023

Venus sextile Pluto

00.25 The decelerating and waning full Moon enters Leo 06.01 Venus at 29 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 06.15 The Moon at 3 Leo waxing quincunx Saturn at 3 Pisces 11.18 The Moon at 6 Leo waxing square Jupiter at 6 Taurus 11.30 Mars at 25 Sagittarius waning biquintile Uranus at 19 Taurus 11.31 retro-Mercury at 23 Sagittarius waning decile Pluto at 29 Capricorn 15.19 The Moon at 8 Leo waning quincunx The Sun at 8 Capricorn 20.25 Venus enters Sagittarius as a morning star joining Mercury and Mars in this sign, residing here for a brief fling of 25 days. In a defiantly jovial mood she only makes two aspects. Venus squares Saturn on Jan 1st, a bit of a hang over aspect, and squares Neptune, also somewhat intoxicated on Jan 19th. Venus leave Sagittarius for Capricorn on Jan 23rd. Short and bitter sweet this one. Venus is chasing Mars. Both are in Sagittarius, a real swing for 6 days. They eventually meet on Feb 22nd at 7 Aquarius.

Saturday 30th December 2023

Venus, Mars and Mercury all in Sagittarius for 5 days.

With all three personal planets Mercury, Venus and Mars now in Sagittarius for nearly a week, we may witness degrees of joviality and optimism over the new year period. 14.40 The slowly waning full Moon at 19 Leo waxing square Uranus at 19 Taurus A Fire Grand Trine is manifest involving the Moon, retro-Mercury and the lunar node 17.43 to 21.01 17.43 The Moon at 21 Leo trines her node from north of the ecliptic 21.01 The Moon at 23 Leo waning trine Mercury at 23 Sagittarius 22.02 Venus at 1 Sagittarius waning tri-septile Jupiter at 6 Taurus 23.52 The Moon reaches her disseminating phase

Sunday 31st December 2023

01.42 JUPITER TURNS DIRECT and recommences an exciting journey in Taurus making a 'consciousness raising and material' conjunction Uranus on April 21st, sextiling Neptune on May 23rd, conjuring up inspiration, and entering Gemini on May 25th 2024, opening up a new flow of information and communication, residing there for a year. He then makes a momentous 'air trine' with Pluto on June 2nd, one of the optimistic hallmarks of 2024. He makes the first of 3 'tackling problems head on' squares to Saturn on Aug 19th. Jupiter then turns retrograde on Oct 9th at 21 degrees Gemini. 01.58 The very slowly disseminating Moon at 25 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 25 Pisces 05.19 The Moon at 27 Leo waning trine Mars at 27 Sagittarius. The Moon is void of course for 6.6 hours 10.34 The Moon at 29 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 29 Capricorn 11.55 The Moon enters Virgo A tight mutable T-square manifests involving the Moon, Venus and Saturn 16.00 to 18.30 16.24 The Moon at 2 Virgo waning square Venus at 2 Sagittarius 18.24 The Moon at 3 Virgo opposition Saturn at 3 Pisces 23.11 The Moon at 6 Virgo waxing trine Jupiter at 6 Taurus Happy New Year. Stay with The Daze in 2024