Episode 177 | Mercury Turns Direct: Let’s Dance!
This week, the Solar’s annual conjunction to Uranus provides liberation; the Aquarius Final Quarter Moon helps us full our Aries New Moon adventures; Venus and Saturn carry emotional dedication, aided by Mercury in Taurus’ commonsense mediation; Mercury turns direct (to riotous applause); and April solutions a listener query concerning the Tropical versus Sidereal zodiac methods. Plus: A brand new you, the wobbly Earth, and getting right down to brass tacks!
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[1:10] The Solar makes its annual conjunction with Uranus (Could 9, 12:56 PM PDT) at 18°56’ Taurus, on the Sabian image 19 Taurus, A newly shaped continent. Right here’s a possibility to query who you’re and who you could be.
[3:42] This conjunction begins a year-long cycle between the Solar and Uranus. Delicate factors on this cycle are across the center a part of the Solar’s journey by way of the fastened indicators Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.
[4:32] Three’s Firm, Astro Version! On Could twelfth, Mercury the Messenger sextiles Saturn (1:42 AM PDT) and Venus (7:44 PM PDT). Then Venus trines Saturn at 06°11’ Most cancers and Pisces (11:57 PM PDT).
[5:49] Contemplate Mercury’s sextiles to Venus and Saturn as a possibility to contemplate the monetary dimensions of the Venus/Saturn trine. Overview, reorganize, and follow monetary restraint.
[6:23] Slightly bit extra on that Venus/Saturn trine Could 12, 11:57 PM PDT, 06°11’ Most cancers and Pisces). When the planet of relationship comes along with the planet of maturity and accountability, we now have a possibility to commit ourselves in a deeper solution to somebody or one thing for the lengthy haul.
[7:43] Moon Report! On Could twelfth (7:28 AM PDT), the Final Quarter Moon at 21°36’ Aquarius options the Solar-Uranus conjunction in a sq. facet with the Moon. That is the ultimate push to the end line from that intense New Moon Photo voltaic Eclipse on April 20, 2023.
[8:38] Essential dates within the present lunar cycle: April twenty seventh (First Quarter Moon) and Could fifth (Full Moon Lunar Eclipse).
[9:30] That is additionally the Final Quarter Moon in a Lunar Section Household Cycle that started on the Feb. 11, 2021 New Moon in Aquarius. The First Quarter Moon in that cycle was November 11, 2021 and the Full Moon was August 11, 2022.
[10:21] Void-of-Course Moon (VOC) intervals. On Could eighth, the Moon in Sagittarius trines Jupiter in Aries (1:28 PM PDT) and is VOC for almost three hours earlier than it enters Capricorn (4:33 PM PDT). “Are you asking sufficient of your life? Is it time for a grander journey?”
[12:06] On Could tenth, the Moon in Capricorn squares Jupiter in Aries (4:52 PM PDT), then is VOC for just a little over two hours earlier than it enters Aquarius (7:05 PM PDT). It’s nice to have an enormous plan and to have an enormous journey in thoughts, however what can we truly must do to make it occur?
[12:41] The Moon in Aquarius sextiles Jupiter in Aries on Could twelfth (8:15 PM PDT). It is going to be VOC for about 1 ½ hours earlier than coming into Pisces (9:39 PM PDT). Take note of messages that come throughout your path. They may assist you determine the larger image.
[13:37] Hip! Hip! Hooray!!!! Mercury stations direct on Could 14th (8:17 PM PDT). It turned retrograde on April twenty first. Mercury will take a while to maneuver ahead till it reaches Gemini on June eleventh.
[13:50] Mark August 23 – September 15, 2023 in your calendar. This shall be Mercury’s subsequent retrograde interval, in earthy Virgo.
[14:40] Listener Angela asks about Tropical versus Sidereal zodiac methods. The reply is easy, however the mechanics take some explaining.
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