TRANSCRIPT Ep. 276 (2.3.25)
Venus enters Aries: The Thrill of the Chase!
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Hi there, Invisible Buddy, April right here, and the date as we speak, if you happen to can consider it, is February third, 2025. Welcome to Episode 276 of the Huge Sky Astrology Podcast.
This week, Mercury’s elements to the Solar and Jupiter deliver optimism, hope, and breakthroughs. Venus enters spicy Aries for a very good lengthy keep and enters an intense dialogue with Pluto. Jupiter stations direct, the Taurus First Quarter Moon encourages sensible motion towards New Moon objectives. Neptune conjoins the North Node for fateful encounters, Mars makes a really productive trine to Saturn, and I reply a listener query about trine elements. Is their lucky fame deserved?
Mercury trine Jupiter (Feb. 3, 2025, 1:51 pm PST)
Because the week begins, Mercury trines Jupiter on February third at 1:51 pm Pacific Time at 11º16’ Aquarius and Gemini. This transit generally is a little bit like an inverted funnel: There are such a lot of concepts and impressions coming your means from Jupiter that you simply really feel as if they’ll’t presumably squeeze via the tiny aperture that results in your mind!
It’s an inspiring mixture for brainstorming and for dreaming up your future. Seize a pen and write all of it down. Mercury and Jupiter additionally each get pleasure from a change of surroundings, so see if you happen to can take a day journey to a park or to the seaside and clear your head.
The draw back of this mixture could be the tendency to cherry-pick info that helps your beliefs. Mercury’s Sabian image is 12 Aquarius, Folks on stairs graduated upwards and it reminds us that we’re not all at an equal degree, at the least not when it comes to life expertise. Jupiter’s Sabian image, 12 Gemini, is A slave lady calls for her rights of her mistress and it’s about claiming our proper to be revered, no matter degree we’re at. So to be able to get that respect, be keen to look at your biases and your shortcomings and be keen to work on bettering your self.
Venus enters Aries (Feb. 3, 2025, 11:57 pm PST)
Venus enters Aries on February third at 11:57 pm Pacific Time – so, it’ll be February 4th virtually all over the place else. It’ll be on this signal via June fifth.
This can be a lengthy journey via Aries for Venus as a result of it features a retrograde interval between March 1st and April twelfth. Whereas Venus is retrograde, she’s going to sneak again into Pisces between March twenty seventh and April thirtieth, after which she reenters Aries and is there via June fifth.
Now, Venus struggles slightly bit to do her work when she’s in Aries, just because it’s Venus’s job to create concord, and Aries’ job is to claim our personal wishes. Venus’s signal will symbolize main themes in relationship, cash, safety, stability, and cooperation. When Venus is in Aries, we may be slightly extra inclined towards impulsive purchasing and spending, and really passionate, romantic connections that start in a short time after which finish nearly as quickly as they start. For Venus in Aries, the joys is within the chase.
However the optimistic facet of Venus on this signal, which is targeted on individualism, is that it’s a good time to concentrate to ourselves and our personal wants, and infrequently that will get placed on the again burner. Now that is very true throughout Venus’s retrograde interval, and we’ll discuss a bit extra about that after we get nearer to that station.
Jupiter stations Direct (Feb. 4, 2025, 1:40 am PST)
On February 4th at 1:40 am Pacific Time, Jupiter stations direct at 11º16’ Gemini. Jupiter has been retrograde since October 8th, and it is going to be direct till November eleventh, 2025. In June, it’s going to enter the signal of Most cancers.
Gemini is related to the gathering of data in addition to with communication and short-distance journey. When Jupiter is on this signal, it tends to amplify all the things associated to those themes, for good or for unwell. Proper round this date, there’s prone to be a lot info flying round, that it may be actually troublesome to determine what’s price being attentive to. It’s a good time to socialize, however be cautious of gossip. Jupiter can get the perfect of us on this signal, and earlier than we all know it, we are able to discover ourselves saying the fallacious issues to the fallacious folks. It’s additionally a very good time to talk up for your self, as we see in Jupiter’s Sabian image, 12 Gemini, A slave lady calls for her rights of her mistress and in that, we see the will to be taken significantly.
Taurus First Quarter Moon (Feb. 5, 2025, 12:02 am PST)
And now for the Moon Report. And it begins with the Taurus First Quarter Moon on February fifth at 12:02 am Pacific Time at 16º46’ Taurus and Aquarius. The First Quarter Moon is “go time” for the entire intentions that you simply set at that New Moon in Aquarius on January twenty ninth. However the Solar and Moon are each in fastened indicators, which don’t transfer too shortly, so we are able to anticipate it to take a day or two to begin to achieve some momentum.
This is likely one of the Moon’s happiest indicators. The Moon as a logo is taken into account inconstant as a result of it strikes so shortly and it adjustments indicators and phases so typically. However the signal of Taurus is sort of a calm, blissful pasture the place the Moon can really feel protected and relaxed. On this First Quarter Moon chart, the Moon additionally makes productive elements to Mars and Saturn, and it’s comparatively near Uranus, so the stability of Taurus is modified slightly bit, perhaps goosed up slightly bit, by some planetary elements that encourage motivation and productiveness, which Taurus can generally discover slightly bit difficult.
Throughout this First Quarter part in Taurus, work to translate your Aquarius New Moon objectives into monetary achieve. Get pleasure from being in your physique. Eat and drink scrumptious issues. Get a therapeutic massage or a facial. Join with nature. Exit and feed the wildlife. Right here within the Northern Hemisphere, it’s winter, and for some animals, meals is scarce.
The Sabian image for the Moon at this First Quarter is 17 Taurus, A battle between the swords and torches. There will probably be some issues which can be price combating for, or at the least debating about round this lunar part, however the Solar is on 17 Aquarius. The image for that’s a watchdog standing guard, so we will probably be nicely ready to guard ourselves.
Lunar Part Household Cycle
That is the First Quarter part in a lunar part household cycle that started with the New Moon on Could seventh, 2024. That New Moon was very near the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction that was precise on April twenty first, I consider it was and that carried over to this New Moon chart.
I keep in mind trying again at my notes for that New Moon and seeing that at the moment I used to be feeling very overbooked with lectures and consultations as I used to be getting ready for a talking journey. And that’s the power of that New Moon, rather a lot coming in as a result of it was so near Jupiter, which amplifies, and Uranus, which is at all times bringing new and attention-grabbing alternatives.
That is the First Quarter from that New Moon, and we are able to start to implement a few of these many Jupiter-Uranus concepts and alternatives that got here our means on the Could 2024 New Moon.
The Full Moon on this part household will come on November fifth, 2025, and the Final Quarter is on August fifth, 2026. At that Full Moon part in November, we’ll get a greater perspective on the issues that we selected to implement from these many New Moon alternatives and on the Final Quarter in August of 2026. We are able to resolve how we need to fine-tune, what it’s that we’ve been implementing, so we are able to take it to the end line and see some success within the conclusion of this part cycle.
Void-of-Course Moon intervals
Let’s take a look at the Void-of-Course Moon intervals for this week. These are the instances when we’ve a chance to interrupt previous habits that aren’t actually working nicely for us, and presumably taking some steps in direction of implementing more practical and more healthy habits.
On February 3th, the Moon in Aries sq. Mars at 2:19 am Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for a whopping 17 hours and 14 minutes. This can be a very lengthy Void-of-Course Moon interval! After which the Moon enters Taurus at 7:33 pm.
Once we see a Void-of-Course Moon start with the Moon sq. one other planet, we all know there’s the potential of battle or one thing that we’re attempting to beat. Once we see the Moon with Mars, we are able to assume that tempers will probably be fast. Folks could also be slightly extra illiberal than normal, and this contains you.
This, as I mentioned, is a really lengthy, Void-of-Course interval, so there’s loads of time to work on altering a behavior, and on this case, it’s about practising emotional regulation and creating intentional and sensible methods to handle anger and frustration particularly. One technique that works rather well with Aries and with Mars is vigorous train and any recreation that you simply’re doing that could be very aggressive is superb for these two symbols.
On February fifth, the Moon in Taurus sextiles Neptune at 7:29 pm Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for 3 hours quarter-hour after which enters Gemini at 10:44 pm. Anytime we see the Moon sextile one other planet because it goes Void-of-Course, there is a chance or an invite that comes our means. And anytime the Moon and Neptune join, instinct will probably be stronger than normal and creativity will move. Right here on the West Coast, this can be a good night for doing one thing artistic somewhat than simply parking your self in entrance of the TV.
There’s a saying that there aren’t any errors, solely discoveries and that’s a good way to consider this planetary mixture.
This side is precise round supper time, perhaps, right here on the West Coast. It may be a very good time to ascertain a behavior of making pretty dinners for you and your family members. Particularly since Taurus is a pure prepare dinner. The side to Neptune may imply that just a few issues go fallacious alongside the best way, however you possibly can at all times repair it subsequent time you make the identical dish. Use a timer! My Taurus Moon husband is an incredible prepare dinner, however he received distracted the opposite day and burned a pan of lentils so severely that the home nonetheless smells smoky days later!
On February seventh, the Moon in Gemini squares Neptune at 11:52 pm Pacific time. It’s Void-of-Course for 3 hours and 12 minutes and enters Most cancers on February eighth at 3:04 am.
The battle on this sq. is that you simply’re gonna have to wash that pan that you simply burned up since you didn’t use a timer! The Moon in Gemini is often fairly good at multitasking, however when it’s sq. Neptune, we could be taught the onerous means that we have to focus slightly extra intently on one job at a time.
Neptune conjunct North Node
On February sixth at 10:11 pm Pacific Time, Neptune makes a conjunction with the North Node at 28º09’ Pisces. The final time this transit occurred in Pisces, it was 167 years in the past in January 1858.
Pisces is related to minorities and one notable occasion that occurred inside a few months of that conjunction was the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling within the Dred Scott case, which declared that African Individuals, whether or not free or enslaved, couldn’t be U.S. residents, and that Congress had no energy to ban slavery within the U.S. territories. So, it could not be shocking to listen to about citizenship within the information round this conjunction, which I believe we’ve been listening to slightly bit about already.
For people, this conjunction represents a selection between floating together with what’s protected or actively crusing your ship into unknown waters. There is no such thing as a means to make certain ever, after we’re doing one thing new, that it’s going to work out. However it will really feel precisely like the correct path to take. Religion will probably be our best ally.
The Sabian image for the conjunction is 29 Pisces, A Prism. This implies that to be able to actually see the reality in its entirety, we have to take a look at issues from all angles and factors of view, after which in the end, we do a little bit of a intestine examine on what’s actual.
Venus sextile Pluto (Feb. 7, 2025, 4:14 am PST)
Venus sextiles Pluto on February seventh at 4:14 am Pacific Time, at 2º15’ Aries and Aquarius. This is a chance to guage your relationship with cash and with different folks, each dominated by Venus. Pluto calls for full and complete honesty and integrity. So, if we’ve been chopping just a few corners in {our relationships} or with cash, now could be the time to alter that conduct.
Your future self will thanks prematurely and you may be rewarded with higher and stronger relationships and better monetary stability. Additionally, this can be a good time to get out and mingle, as a result of you possibly can meet some actual energy gamers in your community and people connections may deliver you one thing helpful going ahead.
Mercury conjoins the Solar (Feb. 9, 2025, 4:08 am PST)
Mercury makes a conjunction with the Solar on February ninth at 4:08 am Pacific Time at 20º59’ Aquarius. Which means Mercury will probably be cazimi, which refers to that second when it’s very near the Solar, when Mercury turns into very highly effective. Try the listener query from Episode 259, and we are going to hyperlink to that within the present description, for a evaluation and a recap of what it means when a planet is cazimi and the way we’d see it expressing itself.
Principally, Mercury experiences a second of energy and readability when it’s inside 17 minutes of arc. That’s not 17 minutes on the clock, however 17 minutes of arc of a conjunction with the Solar. This specific cazimi will final between 7:09 pm on February eighth and 1:03 pm Pacific Time on February ninth. So, take this chance to unravel an issue or give attention to a breakthrough, as a result of the thoughts could be very sharp at the moment, particularly in Aquarius.
Mercury with the Solar additionally emphasizes efficient communication and don’t neglect that listening is 50 p.c of excellent communication. Focus much less on what you need to say and extra on what’s being mentioned to you.
Mars trine Saturn (Feb. 9, 2025, 5:15 am PST)
And on February ninth at 5:15 am Pacific Time, Mars trines Saturn at 18º22’ Most cancers and Pisces. As an individual with this side in my delivery chart, in Earth Indicators, I can say that that is one in all my delivery chart’s finest buddies. It’s the side that I’ve to thank for my drive and my productiveness as a result of when Mars connects with Saturn it merely won’t cease till it has completed the job.
On this week’s Trine, Mars and Saturn are in water indicators and the Sabian symbols are relationship-oriented. Mars is on 19 Most cancers, A priest performing a wedding ceremony and Saturn is on 19 Pisces, A grasp instructing his pupil. With these Sabian symbols, the Mars-Saturn mixture speaks to fidelity in relationships, making a critical dedication and studying what we have to be taught, which is the grasp instructing his pupil, particularly on an emotional degree, as a result of these are water indicators.
You may have a selection of what lesson to remove from this transit. You may both work on controlling and having self-discipline over your mood, your impulsiveness, your bodily drives of Mars, or indulging in power rage in opposition to authority figures in your life. Convey all your power to organizing your life in such a means that you’ll transfer ahead to a stronger platform. And most of all, chorus from damaging self-talk as a result of Saturn can actually take us down that street if we’re not cautious.
Listener Query: How Nice are Trines, Actually?
On this week’s listener query, listener Trine Away writes, “I’ve a natal chart that’s heavy on squares and lightweight on trines. The factor is, when trines by transit come up, or a transiting planet trines a natal planet, I really feel a bit blocked. I’ve been fortunate right here and there like everybody, however trines simply don’t appear to compute for me.
An enormous trine did ship a reward as soon as. However solely after bone-bending work. Weirdly, I appear to make use of trines to do but extra main work. For me, trines appear to symbolize lower-than-average or lengthy overdue paychecks for onerous labor, probably not presents. In your guide, you discuss how the chart for 9/11 was loaded with trines, so that they’re not at all times good.
May you go into extra depth about what trines do, how they work, and the way we should always use or get pleasure from them? When are trines dangerous? I really feel like the one child who doesn’t perceive birthday events or one thing, and I need to.”
Nicely, thanks for the query, listener Trine Away. It’s a very good one, and it offers us the chance to discover the trine side past its fame as being sort of the Jupiter of elements, bringing us nothing however presents.
A trine, to start with, is a 120-degree side between two planets. When it’s precise, it implies that these planets are in the identical ingredient. So, Aries could be trine Leo and Sagittarius, who’re additionally fireplace indicators. However what a trine does is facilitate a dialog between two planets that’s flowing.
Take a trine between, say, Venus and Pluto. Simply by their nature, the goddess of concord and of gracious dinner events with pastel desk linens, and Pluto, the god of caustic dinner dialog, adopted by burning down the eating room, are going to be odd bedfellows each time there’s a side of any type between them.
But when they’re in, say, a 90-degree side, a sq., which speaks of friction and battle, they might most likely come to an settlement about the best way to deal with their very completely different approaches to socializing. As a result of they might struggle it out, they might yell, they might air their emotions and are available to a compromise.
However a trine is a side of non-interference. And with a trine, these two planets would merely maintain very bizarre dinner events with out actually tempering one another’s excesses in any respect. They received’t struggle, however they received’t essentially develop both.
When you’ve got a whole lot of squares in your chart and never a whole lot of trines, you consider in wrestle and mistrust ease. You know the way to deal with battle, however don’t essentially know the best way to simply drift. And when a transiting planet comes alongside and trines a planet in your chart that’s concerned in a number of squares within the delivery chart, it encourages and allows these struggles. As you set it, “Weirdly, I appear to make use of trines to do but extra main work.” Sure, as a result of trines make it straightforward to do the onerous work of the squares and it makes you are likely to do an increasing number of of it!
Equally, people who find themselves born with numerous trines of their chart and only a few squares, actually can wrestle after they come up in opposition to a tough sq., say, from a transiting planet. As a result of typically, they merely haven’t developed the muscle mass to beat these sorts of hardships and to develop tenacity.
I’d say you’re in a greater place than any person who has a whole lot of trines of their delivery chart as a result of your first intuition is to do the work, regardless of the work is. However if you happen to’re not experiencing trines as bringing any sorts of presents, it may be since you’re merely not wired to calm down and let issues be as they need to be and go together with the move. It doesn’t imply there’s something fallacious with you as an individual, however think about considering of it that means and considering of the way you can acknowledge and embrace the moments of ease that trines can deliver your means.
Listener Trine Away, I hope that that helps and you can be taught to embrace your trines!
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