Approaching the Scorpio Full Moon and lunar eclipse on May 5, with Mercury retrograde in Taurus and Uranus aligned with the eclipse, we've been in a process of reviewing and releasing what has been mindlessly habitual to create the space and capacity for who you are becoming. What can you do to align with that, no matter how unexpected it feels?
Between the current eclipses, chances are you'll begin getting a clearer sense of how to move toward what you desire and align your steps better with your intention, and new options will emerge. Throughout Taurus season, your body and emotions could be quite informative, even if your mind feels like it's playing tricks on you.
Taking a walk Monday, I encountered several water striders zipping about the surface of a stream pool. As I watched, I had a fleeting thought about the concentrated burst of astrological activity arriving in about a week and a half. Something about the shadows, ripples, and reflections called to mind the upcoming Mercury retrograde and pair of eclipses, as well as ideas about how to move through them.
Some Full Moons announce themselves with a major confrontation flooding us in emotional intensity, then wash away in an ebb tide of resolution. This one might feel more like standing in the middle of a teeter-totter on a playground, trying to keep it level while potential playmates on either end keep changing their mind about sitting down.
I had wonderful intentions of writing a post last week about this week’s busy astrology, what with the equinox and the Aries New Moon on the same day, and Pluto changing sign a couple days after that, and Mars finally leaving Gemini after about seven months… but life often reflects astrology on both macro and micro levels. In other words, I got too busy — preoccupied with the process of transitioning out of a job (amusingly apropos of Pluto leaving Capricorn) and preparing for a trip to a new sea (echoing Mars entering Cancer). Sometimes all you can do is just keep swimming, no matter what's going on in the skies!
I've been thinking in recent weeks about Pluto leaving Capricorn (where it's been since 2008) and entering Aquarius next week on March 23. Pluto has been nicknamed "the irresistible force" and it compels us to change at very deep, fundamental, foundational levels...
If Saturn signals growth and maturity, and Pisces is the ocean, what would it mean to put what we've learned to work for the collective health of our water and ourselves?
Do you feel called to "stop the buck" on anything relating to your spiritual, mental, emotional, or energetic health? A need to get something in tangible order and to (re-)focus priorities? A sense of something interrupting the way things have been going for a while -- kind of like an intervention?
The energy generated from this week's astrological friction could translate into good luck with some well-considered action...
I find it a little incongruous to be finishing the astrological cycle nearly two months into the civil calendar's "new year." Yet maybe there's something about this timing that actually works in our favor, especially this year as the Sun enters Pisces.