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This is the week to get things in motion. Yes, Jupiter is Retrograde, but Monday morning the Sun is trine Jupiter and sextile Uranus. So this week kicks off the upcoming Jupiter-Uranus sextile (exact on May 21), with a blast!

The good feelings you have now may start to seem like an illusion as the Sun squares Neptune Wednesday morning. However, your intuition is giving you a real glimpse into what is possible, a sudden AHA!

Even if you start to question and doubt what your higher awareness is trying to bring to your attention, you already have the message and possess the awareness. Refining it may need more work, but new ideas are already in circulation– all you have to do is plug into the current. This is social networking used to the highest benefit of the planet and the new consciousness that is rising. This is just the closing bell to get on board with new social technology and ideology.

And the positive aspects to the Sun on Monday show us how each of us, how, as individuals, can contribute our unique talents, interests, and ingenious ideas to the groupmind. This is a time when our world understanding is going through a major shift. It’s not a painful shift, but it is obvious. At the Full Moon on May 19, the Jupiter-Uranus sextile will be quickly approaching (exact on May 21), along with a Mercury Retrograde station (starting May 26). The new awareness can open and change minds. Quickly.

With Jupiter Retrograde and Mercury entering the retrograde shadow (May 11), there can be some backsliding over the next few weeks, and also more minds getting more information and making changes. We are receiving the awareness that we need to be more open to change on a social, ideological, religious level, and while many of us are excited by the opportunity, many of us are afraid of what the future may bring and are holding on to the past by using social issues to make political decisions. Will our fears and prejudices guide our thoughts and decisions? Or are we ready to break through to a more positive perspective, to take a leap of faith that together, with a serious commitment, we can create real change.

When you choose to see life in a positive perspective, anything starts to be possible. Things are exciting. Yet, instead of tensing up, you can relax and think calmly. And from a calm state of mind you can think of better solutions to real problems. This is not the time to keep your great ideas and solutions to yourself. Share, publish, video, network, publicize, and proudly promote your evolutionary ideas, online and offline.

On Mother’s Day, the Moon, which represents MOTHER in astrology, is in Leo and prominent in the chart.

There is a First Quarter Moon, which occurs when the Sun and Moon are square, or 90 degrees apart. At the time of the Quarter Moon, the Moon is at 21 Leo 48, the Sun at 21 Taurus 48. This is a Taurus-Leo First Quarter Moon.

And that’s not all that’s at 21 degrees of the signs.

Uranus is at 21 Pisces 50 and Jupiter is at 22 Capricorn 21 and moving Retrograde, towards 21 degrees.

So at the First Quarter Moon, the Sun squares the Moon AND the Moon is at the focal point of a yod, quincunx Jupiter and Uranus, which are approaching a sextile (exact on May 21).

How much is too much? During a Taurus-Leo Quarter Moon, nothing is too much. Lovely things can make you feel proud and adored. Yet, in the current economic climate, your practical side may be at odds with your love of luxury, which can feel the need to be indulged a bit, at least today, on Mother’s Day! Yet, breaking your budget on bling is a choice that can effect your bank account and your self-esteem.

While you may be busy and social, there can be a part of you that feels sensitive and judged unfairly. And since you may not be willing to share how you feel readily, it can also be harder for you to know how you feel as you keep your feelings strictly private.

And since this Moon is in Leo, a fixed sign, you may be too proud to share and explore your feelings, which can take the fire out of relating and make you feel smothered instead of mothered (or you can smother instead of mother).

Today can bring up what makes it hard for you to show and share your love, whatever makes it hard for you to feel close to others. And while this can seem harsh on Mother’s Day, it can also serve to unblock whatever is preventing you from feeling nurtured by social interactions, and sometimes by the ones you love.

Past limitations can be seen through as what you needed in another time of your life to feel safe and secure, and from that perspective, you can let them go. A barrier that you may have previously assumed would last lifetimes, can change in a heartbeat or less. A stronger YOU can do wonders to help others who could use your guidance and care.

At the bass of today’s Yod to the Moon is the approaching Jupiter-Uranus sextile (this is the 2nd pass, the first was on March 28, this one is May 21, the last is November 13). This is a time of growing conscious awareness that is taking place on a global level, and will get a big boost of energy in November. Our associations with large groups can help the cause. As you lend your talents to help the group, you also receive opportunities and blessings in the form of lucky breaks, great press, and expanded intuition.

So send out that press release! Mercury may be stationing Rx and Jupiter is already Rx, yet Jupiter and Uranus are sextile and it’s a good time to add your insights into the mix.

More on Jupiter-Uranus as the insight flashes;;;;

Outer planet aspects usually bring some kind of large-scale change, and this can be especially exciting when they involve expansive Jupiter and changeable Uranus. And since Venus, Vesta and Uranus are conjunct, this also means Venus (and Vesta and Uranus) sextile Jupiter. This can be an ideal time to step out and try something new. To achieve your goals and remain centered despite whatever happens around you, approach life from a new perspective.This is the time to think positively and get things done without thinking about why not. You can worry again starting Sunday when Sun and Mars are exactly square and will be through the approaching New Moon in Aries on April 5. That’s a lot of impatient energy and that’s significant “because Mars rules Aries, which is where the Sun is now. Why so impatient? Because everyone is telling you to hurry up and get it done yesterday. Of course that is going to make you feel more anxious!

While the Sun and Mars are square, the Sun is also semisquare Neptune. So the anger or irritation you feel can be an illusion. The old adage that it’s never about what gets you angry is especially true this weekend. If you are disappointed or dissatisfied, check out the reality of your expectations before you blow off steam on someone undeserving. Things may not be what they seem! The resistance you encounter is not coming from “them”, it’s coming from you (Sun aspects Mars and Neptune). We continue to blame others until we give ourselves permission to go beyond our resistance and make actual changes.

Read more about Jupiter sextile Uranus in the blog piece on Saturday’s Last Quarter Moon (also on this blog).

This is Jupiter sextiles Uranus from the StarLight Solutions Forecast:
Mar 28, 2008 (Mar 17, 2008 to Apr 2, 200 Jupiter Sextile Uranus

“You are open and eager to have new experiences, ideas, and people in your life, and thus draw them to you. A series of unusual events or coincidences may bring unexpected good fortune. Unbidden changes work out in your favor and allow you more freedom and room to move - like being “bumped up” from coach to first class.

This is an exciting and stimulating time, an excellent period to begin a new venture or attempt something unprecedented.

Working with groups or collectives can be a very positive experience now, especially if you feel that your freedom, individuality, and room to move is encouraged. Other people stimulate you to new ways of thinking and being, and you do the same for them.

Positive Potentials:

Increased optimism, confidence, and willingness to try a radically different approach. Cross-cultural experiences that expand your understanding. Unexpected positive developments socially and professionally.

Negative Potentials:

Very few, or none.

Remedies and Suggestions:

Begin asking for what you want, put out clear intentions and goals, and you’ll attract positive responses. Carpe diem!”

And this is Jupiter sextiles Uranus from the Advanced Astrology Forecast:
Mar 28, 2008 (Mar 17, 2008 to Apr 2, 200 Jup Sxtil Ura

“Your life is very upbeat and progressive now. You enjoy jovial, spirited get-togethers and parties, and you feel optimistic and enthusiastic. Associates, co-workers, and other businesses that you conduct business with are now ready and willing to talk to you about making progressive changes. Contracts or agreements signed at this time tend to be fortunate, although they do lead to progressive changes that make people who want to hold onto the status quo unhappy.

You become very interested in progressive options in all phases of life, and you take an active interest in new ideas and inventions. You may also participate in social change which, perhaps surprisingly to you, is met with little resistance and considerable interest from the public.”

If you read my series on Venus is Happy, that was last month when Venus was making lots of happy aspects. That’s not what’s happening this week. And it’s showing in the economy and the polls, and maybe in your life.

Venus, planet of attraction, is having a tough time. Venus started the week by squaring Saturn (1/7), and went on to square Vesta (1/9) and will square Uranus (1/12).

However, Venus is NOT ALONE!! She has SUPPORT through her commitments to LOVE and relationship. Venus is also conjunct Juno (1/7), putting Venus and Juno at the focal point of a T-Square, and highlighting the Saturn-Uranus opposition (which will be exact on Election Day in the USA). No wonder Hillary didn’t win in Kansas. Women are NOT favored this week! Not at all. And especially a woman known to the world as a famous wife as well as a strong woman on her own. That goes not only for Hillary, but for all strong, married women.

Yet, the conjunction of Venus to Juno shows that by having faith (Sagittarius) in relationship (Juno-Venus), you can prevail against challenges. And more surprises are coming…? Venus will square Uranus (politics) on Saturday, so no story is written in stone right now.

While Venus is making pleasant aspects and encouraging us to socialize and shop, we may also have inner doubts about our real-life progress and stability.

The Sun and Mercury, planets of inner centering and knowledge gathering, are square Saturn and Uranus from Thursday, December 6 [Mercury squares Saturn] href=”http://www.artcharts.com/aspects/mercury/sqUranus.html”>Mercury squares Uranus. The Sun squares Saturn on November 30 and Uranus on Friday, December 7. [Although the Sun-Saturn square was Friday, November 30, the energy carries over through the T-Square.]

The Sun and Mercury are at the focal point of a MUTABLE T-square. This means there is PRESSURE on each of us to be credible, authentic, and responsible– and make changes if we’re not. If you need credentials to do the work you know you want to do, this is the time to make plans and make it happen. To the extent that you doubt your own ability and commitment, it may be questioned by someone, whether it’s a friend, neighbor, coworker, or relative, who can all point out just how impossible and challenging your goal really is. And this can, in turn, find you questioning yourself. ARE you goals realistic? What are your PLANS to fulfill them? Good wishes and inspiration are a great start, but if that’s your entire strategy, you are thinking more magically than realistically. And this can start to make you feel frustrated and very impatient if you’re not making progress or doing any of the things you feel CALLED to be doing in your life. The square from Saturn and Uranus to the Sun can create self-doubt, and the square from Mercury can make that doubt seem to come from everyone.

This configuration of Sun-Mercury with Saturn and Uranus can make us feel COMPELLED to do whatever we can to improve ourselves. In Sagittarius, it can seem there is NOTHING you can’t do and you can set your goals at a very high bar. Instead of dabbling, you may decide to pursue a focused course of education.

And if you haven’t considered it before, making a commitment to your future can be just what you need. How will bring out the best in yourself so that you SHINE?

The message in this configuration is to take the time to LISTEN. If it’s you doing all the talking, you may not be receiving information you need. This is a good time to consciously calm your racing mind. You may be 10 steps ahead of yourself, planning the next few weeks as well as thinking about BIG steps to take in the year ahead, so breathing and centering can do wonders to keep you on schedule without feeling hectic or overwhelmed. And as Jupiter and Pluto conjunct in late Sagittarius (before they both enter Capricorn over the next month and a half), this IS a time to think BIG.

This is the time to figure out what you can do to add your wisdom to your community, your environment. By encouraging others, you can lead the way as Mars sextiles Saturn on the Sagittarius New Moon. More on that in the next newsletter, coming this Sunday.

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Venus and Mars are at it again! They are making square (90 degree) aspect on Monday, November 19.

This Venus-Mars square offers a way through the tensions of relationships, so your tango doesn’t get tangled in relationship goo.

If you feel like your giving OR receiving is out of balance, you can feel unappreciated, which can drain your energy and intensify any feelings of conflict. Before you end a romance, this SQUARE calls on each of to give more thought to WHY our relationships get out of balance. Are you both able to give? to receive? It’s not as simple as it seems. Both giving and receiving require being open to the other person and to your own heart. If you exist in a shame-based blaming relationship, you are not giving or receiving, you are staying closed-off by blaming the other person. Though joyless, this kind of lifestyle can seem very comfortable. Being open to giving OR receiving requires great strength AND great sensitivity. And that’s the balance Venus-in-Libra square Mars can show you this week.

Mars, currently stationing Retrograde, is part of a Grand Trine that also includes Uranus (and the Moon on Monday) and Mercury in the guest co-host seat for this week only, as Mercury trines Mars on Monday and Uranus on Wednesday. This is the 3rd and last time. Mercury made a trine to Mars before the last Mercury Retrograde station (September 26), during Mercury Retrograde (Oct 17), and this week (Nov 19) for the final time.

You can make fast progress now if you communicate your needs and ideas. If you leave your happiness to whether or not someone can read your mind, you can find yourself in a continuous disappointment loop. But this week, your ability to communicate can be exceptionally clear and persuasive. You can get things done quickly— just by using the right words.

Step one is to write. When you write, you clarify your thinking. If there is something you want, if you have a goal you would like to achieve, write it down. Thinking about it is a good start, but if you want to make it happen, start writing. Writing and communicating can help to balance you emotionally. Sharing is not required, but if you feel that you want to reach out, make new friends, and share more of yourself so you can grow, Mars-Mercury-Uranus in trine formation this week is the PERFECT time to start your blog or social-network page. Join an online group, participate in community events, join with like-minded locals. And if you’re not ready for that, start reading more, leaving comments, writing profiles, sending messages. Express yourself, make suggestions to the group. Don’t think everyone will agree with everything you say and think. They won’t. Yet, when you are yourself this week, magical things can start to happen, like your intuition can open up and give you just the right words of wisdom.

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On Wednesday, November 7, the Sun trines Uranus, filling in the 3rd leg of the Grand Trine— Sun trines Uranus trines Mars. There’s a post about the Grand Trine below. Just reminding everyone that today, Wednesday, its influence can increase in a personal way. It can remove stress and make you feel electrified! This is where you get an opportunity to put some personality into what you’re doing, expose something personal, or find it exposed on UTube! Be wild, have an adventure, do something ON YOUR OWN– because YOU thought of it! It’s a great time to be spontaneously creative– you just may discover something very interesting!

Here’s Destiny & Decisions on
TRANSITING SUN TRINE URANUS–The Sun illuminates you and the world around you and this transit encourages self-discovery. There will be an air of excitement and suddenness with a heightened level of understanding about yourself and the world around you. It is a good time to expand your horizons and for the study of any technical discipline, such as astrology, mysticism and psychic phenomena. Very little that affects you is hidden from you during this transit, and you can be very much aware of who you are. You will be energetic and restless, so it is not a good time to relax. Use the energy to expand your life with new experiences and new encounters.

And here’s Sun trine Uranus from Starlight Solutions:
Creative license, spontaneity, improvisation, and discovery are stimulated now. This is a good time for any activity that requires you to experiment and think outside the box. Your freedom to express yourself in your own way is quite important to you at the moment.

This Grand Trine is created by the transits of the SUN, URANUS, and MARS. Since the Sun travels more rapidly than Mars or Uranus AND Mars will station Retrograde on November 15, the Trine between Mars and Uranus will not actually become EXACT until April 2008, yet Mars-Uranus will have an influence through Spring 2008. When any personal planet occupies the 3rd point, a Grand Trine will activate. More on that as Mercury (Nov 19-21) and then Venus (Dec) approach that point.

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The Sun is forming a Grand Water Trine with Uranus and Mars. Uranus and Mars will be trine through Spring 2008, and the Sun trining both Mars and Uranus can switch ON this stimulating long-term trine. How do you connect with others? how do you connect to the public?

Astrology books describe Grand Trines as endless tape loops. You just keep doing what comes easily, and often fail to make real progress. Grand Trines can indicate a tendency to do avoid things that are hard. But what’s wrong with leaning into what comes easily and makes you feel better? The Triangle in sacred geometry represents the balancing of physical and mind with spirit.

It can feel like it’s time to strike out on your own, yet making an impulsive move may not create any real change– at least until till next Spring. If your work brings joy and creativity to the world, shamelessly self-promote. But don’t get concerned if a seemingly strong tide of publicity starts to disappear as Mars slows in its orbit, preparing for a Retrograde station on November 15. What felt like a strong current fulling you forward can seem to subside— before it returns full force in April. Meanwhile, it’s time to give more thought to packaging, presenting, promoting, and publicizing your work. This long-term trine can help you to connect your ideas with the public. Do you connect or is your ego getting in the way? The goal is to feel confident when you get noticed by the public.

Mars and Uranus will be trine through April 2008. This is the winter to create networks within and without. If you want to connect more effectively with others, make the space within to allow yourself to receive and access subtle energy, instead of blocking it off with negative thoughts and emotions. Holding onto beliefs and emotions that make us feel worthless or hopeless is really not about what “she” said or “he” did, but about our own fears that come up when we think about how to go on, what to do next, how to solve a problem, how we can avoid a risk that is unavoidable. The trine of Mars-Uranus-Sun is about increasing courage, without bravado or ego, and for the greater good.

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[ArtCharts Express] New Moon edition

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Jupiter squares Uranus: October 8
Libra New Moon: October 11 @ 1:01 am edt
Mercury Retrograde: October 12 @12:00 am edt

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Libra New Moon: Slow dancing

The New Moon in Libra, the sign of the scales, is the time to create balance.
When you are in balance, you can harmonize with others and enjoy your relationships. Whether you are relating to a person, a pet, something you are doing, or a work of art, you are relating and creating balance and harmony, using the appropriate words, images, colors, tones, gestures, feelings.

To create harmony with others, you need to be diplomatic and able to compromise. If you focus on keeping the peace, your own needs can become less of an issue and you may even overlook something personally important to avoid conflict. There is also a balance between compromising until you lose your integrity and being yourself at all costs.

At the time of the New Moon, the Sun and Moon are conjunct in Libra. Libra is ruled by value-conscious Venus. And Venus is making a semisquare to the Sun and Moon and a conjunction to Saturn– all of this can heighten any gap that exists between what you want and the habits you enjoy that keep you from achieving it.

On this Libra New Moon, Venus conjuncts cautionary Saturn, while Mercury is stationing Retrograde in Scorpio (and will Retrograde back into Libra on October 23, also the day the Sun enters Scorpio). The message is slow down. Something needs to be unraveled and it can’t be done at high speed.

How do we get OUT of balance? By letting the opinions of others limit our reality. And we let ourselves be limited so we can remain at a familiar comfort level. No wonder we’re frustrated! Following someone else’s path is a sure way to get lost, or out of alignment with your Self, your flow, your dream.

Seeking approval is a quick way to feel unsettled and lose your balance. If you are (unconsciously) chasing after approval, this New Moon is an opportunity to release that need. If you are always accommodating others to be fair and stable, you’re not really keeping the peace or creating balance if YOU are out of balance by only giving and not allowing yourself opportunities to receive. You may create peace and harmony, but also lose personal integrity as you put aside what you KNOW is important so you can satisfy the expectations of another person or society in general.

Libra is ruled by Venus and Venus is conjunct Saturn, so it may not be easy to express your feelings and you can be more calculating than unconditional in your feelings towards friends and lovers. You may be socializing more, but it may be more out of work or obligation than enjoyment.

It may seem that people don’t appreciate you. And you may feel that you are not loved for yourself, but for the functions you perform, the financial support you provide, or the work you do. If your commitment to your family usually comes before your career, it can seem that others are far ahead of you.

Releasing the need for approval is a challenge because it means accepting your own less-than-perfect tendencies; your own darkness. It’s hard to accept yourself FULLY. You don’t always approve of yourself or not all your impulses that are nice or friendly or harmonious, and some are uniquely personal.

Venus and Saturn conjunct in early Virgo can magnify any resistance to love. And affection can be harder to demonstrate. Yet, in Virgo, the message is that being a partner in a happy, fulfilling relationship can be taught and learned.

How do you get clear — right NOW– which is the only time there is!? The New Moon (Sun and Moon is trine Neptune and sextile Jupiter. The key is to have a vision. And you can get your vision by meditation, visualization, prayer, creativity, dreamwork, journaling. Let your subconscious have its voice. Open and give yourself inner access, whether that’s by listening, feeling, sensing, or visualizing. However it comes to you, be open and let yourself see beyond what seems to be reality. Singing, dancing, and music can help you channel your sensitivity, and talent is NOT necessary (and may hinder the process if you automatically edit your every impulse). You can change your aura by listening to music, and you can get inspired by watching a movie or reading a book.

Pay attention to your feelings, allow them to be present. And then allow yourself to release hurts and forgive, starting with yourself. This can free up energy that is frozen in position by holding onto hurt that causes you pain. There is always something you get from every experience and once you can realize what that is, you can release any hold that experience may have on you. If you can’t meditate and release by yourself, guided meditation can help you learn to sit silently with yourself, which can take practice. If you don’t have a space that feels sacred and inspiring, this New Moon is the perfect time to create one. It doesn’t have to be large, any space will do. It’s not the size, it’s what you bring to it, the way you decorate and give it personal meaning.

Mercury stationing Retrograde on a New Moon suggests that to get something NEW you may have to rethink something you are obsessing on (Mercury in Scorpio)
This is a message to SLOW DOWN. This is a balancing act that can be done– slowly.

Thoughts are flying fast. Mercury will trine Mars 2 more times (Retrograde on Oct 17 and Direct on Nov 19), and they are both sextile Saturn (Mercury/Mars=Saturn, or Saturn is at the midpoint of Mercury/Mars). This is the time to use your mental energy to make clear and practical decisions. Libra, the Scales, is about balance. To achieve balance on the scale of this New Moon, you will need to tip the scales slowly and cautiously.

If you are experiencing a lack of energy, feeling stuck, apathetic, ashamed, or embarrassed, afraid, anxious, or depressed, you cannot just instantly expect yourself to move to an ecstatic state of pure joy. But– just making the slightest push towards feeling better or shifting your perspective slightly can cause a major turnaround this Autumn. You don’t need to PUSH, just a PING! of encouragement (New Moon - Sun and Moon sextile Jupiter) is enough to set a positive change of direction in motion.

While Mercury is Rx in Scorpio, we may be trying to figure out major, profound problems we recently raced past. While Mercury stops and travels backwards in Scorpio, we may be anxious about what we are sensing, and not ready to get drawn deeper into understanding a mystery. There are still lessons to be learned before we can dive deeper. Perhaps we don’t really know what we want. Or we think about something and immediately negate the possibility that it could happen. During Mercury is Rx in Scorpio we get opportunities to rethink recurring negative thoughts. It’s a great time to slow down your thoughts by journaling or meditating.

If you want to release but you are resisting, what new ideas are you resisting? Jupiter square Uranus symbolizes tradition interfacing with new ways of thinking. And since Uranus rules groups, we are not sure the new vision is aligning with tradition in a way that can create a mindset shift– as a society. Yet old walls and ways are slowly changing and breaking down.

Resistance can even take the form of exuberant enthusiasm. When Jupiter is square Uranus, too much optimism can be unrealistic and encourage you to overdo something, overshoot your goal, thereby missing the mark. Perhaps you think you’re best is never good enough, so you continue to work, polish, edit, do more, and more and more and it’s still not good enough. You can create your own resistance by continuing to do too much, when your first impulse was fine.

From Libra to Scorpio
The Sun enters Scorpio on October 23

While the Sun transits through Libra, it’s time to find balance — the state when body, mind, emotions are aligned. And once we feel this balance, we are in an aligned state of body, mind, emotion with what we want, or our spiritual purpose. And then we are ready to move into a deeper or more spiritual perspective, which is Scorpio.

Buddha: “don’t just DO something, sit there!”

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SECTION 2. Using Astrology for Your Greatest Benefit
Libra is the sign of love and relationships. The New Moon is the time to think about how you relate to others, because this is also the time you can DO something about your relationships. You can change the way you look at others and how you feel about your interactions. How DO you react to insulting or negative comments? To love and affection?

The Love Forecast gives you invaluable insights into how you approach love, using the transits of Moon, Venus, and Pluto. Be ready, because this forecast discusses everything and holds back nothing.

The Relationship Potential Report looks at how you approaching relationships, using your 7th house cusp, or the Descendant to describe your relationship to Relationship. If the same problems resurface in your relationships, it can be invaluable to look at what you expect and what you bring to your relationships.

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If you subscribe to artcharts newsletter, which is 100% free, you probably remember that action planet Mars is very active right now. Just as Venus is hanging stationery in orbit, hardly moving at all as she prepares for a RETROGRADE station this coming week. What can THIS do to your love life, nevermind your cash flow???

Before you think about love and money, Mars has a message for your ego.

Mars is sextile Uranus right now. This means there is more available energy— for certain purposes! It’s a good time to take initiative to connect with your goals, friends, groups, astrologer! Have a plan of action? It’s time to TAKE action. Ask a favor. Connect with other individuals or groups doing similar work, find ways you can integrate your individual intentions with what the group is working to accomplish. Perhaps there’s an opportunity if you’re willing to pool your resources, cash, information, discoveries, you may be pleasantly surprised at the potential for a win-win outcome.

But in astrology, one aspect is never the whole story. It’s part. But it’s not the whole picture.

Monday, July 23, Mars is square Neptune, while Venus is stationing Retrograde (July 27). What you stand up for and demand to have NOW may be exactly what works against you most. You could expend a lot of energy for something that is really not what you want, need, or will be satisfied with. And if you’re really pushy and refuse to live in harmony with the rest of the planetary citizens, you can actually wind up with more of what you DON’T want. Have you really won? What? Do you thrive on the constant drama of increased tension, or are you able to be open to the harmony of the universe, willing to work cooperatively for a greater good?

Maybe not. Maybe you have to have your way, and maybe you’ll get it. But you may not be happy with what you get as Mars squares Neptune and Venus stations Retrograde. If you’re feeling discouraged, who did you hope to discourage? cut off?negate? deny? reject? What or who are you trying to control? How are you focusing your energy on others that could be re-focused on yourself? Where do you HAVE to be right? There’s your potential energy leak.

Mars square Neptune can encourage actions that show your inner truth, even if you would rather keep it hidden so you can appear to be what you fear you’re not. Ironically, the more you try to hide your subconscious, the more obvious it can become to others– especially now. How much energy do you expend making sure you keep certain parts of yourself hidden so you get approval? Maintain control? Feel superior? Does that extend to telling others why they can’t possibly succeed? Besides all the ENERGY your disapproval takes away from you, it also deposits layers of guilt, layers that only add to your own bad feelings about yourself, dramatically decreasing your available energy AND making relationships more treacherous than loving. So ill wishes really wind up as stumbling blocks on your own doorstep, or disguised as bad karma. This is how your disapproval zaps your energy.

Trying to pretend none of this is true is only going to make it more true. It happens to all of us in all our relationships. What to do? Let it go! Paint your own world, make it easy to succeed. Sabotaging others is sabotaging yourself. Look directly at your bad wishes. Don’t try to escape them. Accept them. Then you can let them go. Maybe while Venus is Retrograde.

This is not about denying more, it’s about being open and letting it go so you can increase your energy and make life fun, again.

Get your ego out of the way, and watch your conflicts dissolve!

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Lauren

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