As we enter the cosmos of a new week, we find ourselves navigating some fascinating astrological shifts! Picture this: early Monday morning, the intersection of retrograde Venus in dreamy Pisces and steadfast Saturn is not just a cosmic coincidence—it’s an invitation. An invitation to rummage through our metaphorical bags of tricks. What treasures lie hidden inside? Oh boy, what if the missing puzzle piece has been there all along, just waiting for the right moment to shine? With Mercury also stationing direct, it’s the perfect backdrop to reflect on where we can consolidate resources and rearrange our priorities.
Surprise! Just as you think you’re grasping the reins on your desires, the universe might just surprise you with something more valuable than you expected. It’s all about keeping an open mind because, let’s face it, life rarely hands us exactly what we want. Instead, it offers us something better—eventually! So, as we dive into this thrilling week filled with emotional highs and a bit of creative chaos, let the enthusiastic vibes of the Leo Moon fuel your passion and zest for life. Ready to explore what’s in store for you? Buckle up and join me on this astrological adventure! LEARN MORE.
Early Monday, retrograde Pisces Venus conjoins direct Saturn, and Pisces Mercury stations direct. Pause to consider… shrinking resources; where can I consolidate, reassign value, reconnect to a former resource? Pause to reflect: what is already in my magical bag of tricks? Commit to having faith in a slower, more diffuse type of abundance. It’s in there somewhere. Shake the bag and look again. You’ve made it this far. Believe.
Retro Venus sextiles Taurus Uranus into the night. What you find in that bag won’t be what you expect. Surprise! It may be a brand new configuration of something you’ve carried with you all along, or it may be an opportunity you’ve rejected in the past — now valuable in a different light. When it seems like you won’t get what you want, something different pops in to fill the gap. Better? Probably. If not now, consider that it might be, in time.
Monday’s Sun-ruled Leo Moon sextiles Gemini Jupiter in the morning. It then goes on to trine the Aries Sun and Chiron, and square airy Uranus. The collective mood is thrilling, exuberant, proud. We don’t just want to have faith, we’re inclined to go out and grab it by the shirt front for a kiss! Options open up, but take your time to pivot in your thinking. As the day progresses, the road un-traveled rolls right out in front of you, and there’s plenty of space to showcase your smooth new moves (even if they’re a little jerky at first — work through it). As the Aries Sun heads into conjunction with Chiron all week, mistakes and missteps are redeemed for mastery.
On Tuesday, the Moon finishes up in Leo then moves into Mercury-ruled Virgo — onto and through the point of a yod from the Neptune-Pluto sextile. Mercury is slowing moving forward again through Pisces and back into conjunction with the north node through Thursday. Take your own time (step out of time if need be) to consider what you’re building on, building with: castles of air, theoretical volcanos? The nuts and bolts rule the mood, but finding balance where there is none means micromanaging your attitude and altitude. Sounds stressful? It doesn’t have to be. Some folks do it for fun.
Wednesday the Virgo Moon squares Jupiter in Gemini with Mercury slowly pulling ahead of its unrealized trine to Mars. It could feel like the opportunity to act pulling away, but that’s not quite it. There are so many options and none of them are perfect. It’s likely we’ve idealized some and demonized others. The challenge here is to look at them clearly and assess them for their practical possibilities. That’s hard! And it’s emotionally activating. But the sense of accomplishment is divine.
All week long, retrograde Juno in Sagittarius moves in trine to Neptune on the first degree of Aries. Passion locks into action and meaning may morph. Consider where you’d rather get ahead than suffer. Isn’t that worth something? Rivalries and seemingly daunting nemeses (nemesisses?) may magically give way to alliances. Bippity boop! What turned your crank in anger before may fire you up for justice when your aims align. Practical meets magical. In any case, it’s not about grudges. It’s about the plot twist.
On Thursday, the Moon in Virgo is BUSY with connections as it pages through oppositions to retro Venus and Saturn, a trine to Uranus, a sextile to Mars, and opposition to sign-ruler Mercury. The mood is healthily brisk in response to a push, a live-wire charge, a shift into gear, and a download of dreamy data. Creativity is the undercurrent, and the Virgo mood can absolutely make this baby RUN. The evening’s shift to a Venus-ruled Libra Moon introduces an opposition to Neptune, a sextile to Juno, and a trine to Aquarius Pluto overnight. Active sorting leaps like fire through air: realistic from unrealistic. However hopped up we are for something to work, it has to have the possibility of succeeding to proceed. It has to be WORTH it. Put it all in your head and sleep on it. You’ll feel what must go and what’s worth fighting for, what makes sense for the future.
Friday’s Libra Moon spends the day moving into trines with Jupiter in Gemini and Pallas Athena in Aquarius. As Venus nears its final day of retrograde, the mood reflects a desire for having it all that also encompasses a need to do it intelligently and for the good of all — and to do it together. That’s a grand order, but we’ve also had the benefit of hindsight and of tasting the nostalgia-tinged spoon of what’s possible. A full moon at the crossroads of action and stasis is coming on Saturday, but for Friday the focus is on sussing out what will satisfy and gratify. Look for the patterns, and level up your desires.
A Libra full moon is lining up for 23 degrees on Saturday night as Moon sign ruler Venus stations direct in Pisces. What dreams have you tasted lately? Where will the full moon test your capacity to balance desires with what’s possible?