True Wealth

Once I was younger, my household had been pretty poor. However every summer time, my mom would scratch collectively some cash to take us on a highway journey to go to one of many nationwide parks. “We personal this,” Mother would remind us, gesturing towards some ravishing pure surprise. One cause I assist the Nationwide Park Basis to at the present time is that so long as we had been visiting one among these parks, I by no means felt poor.

The curious Gemini Full Moon (Nov. 27, 2023, 1:16 am PST, 4º51’ Gemini) opposes the Solar and Mars in adventurous, outdoorsy Sagittarius, with all three sq. Saturn in Pisces. We could also be feeling the monetary pinch from Saturn headed into the vacation season. However this freedom-loving, road-tripping Full Moon is a reminder {that a} curious Gemini spirit, a wild Sagittarius nature, and an empathetic, ecstatic Pisces coronary heart are our true wealth, and the very best items we might hope for.

The Battle for Readability

When any planet connects with Neptune, you would possibly assume that its ventures are doomed to failure, victims of a scarcity of readability and a surplus of deception. Mercury’s sq. side to Neptune, particularly, was vilified in most the astrology books I learn early in my journey.

Possibly the truth that I’ve this side in my beginning chart muddles my judgement and proves the very fable that I’m attempting to dispel, however I actually like this side. Squares power us to reconcile totally different sides of our nature. When it goes up towards Neptune, Mercury fights towards fog and confusion – and alongside the way in which, learns to articulate Neptune’s poetry and sensitivity.

As Mercury squares Neptune this week (Nov. 27, 2023, 5:28 am PST), do your half to provide Neptune a voice. Sing. Create artwork. Make magnificence. Take heed to those that are hurting. It’s a fast side for many of us, not more than a few days; however for individuals who are born with it, it’s a life’s work.

Storehouse

Jonny stopped by an property sale down the block that he stated was not like something he’d ever seen. Unassuming from the surface, the 3500-square-foot home was packed, flooring to rafter, with stuff of each description. Constructing supplies and instruments lay cheek-to-jowl with furnishings, clothes, and a stunning wealth of lightbulbs. Fascinated by the sheer breadth of choices, he browsed for almost an hour earlier than in the end coming dwelling empty-handed. “All of it appeared helpful, however I couldn’t use it,” he stated.

That sounds quite a bit just like the Moon’s South Node. It’s a storehouse of useful expertise and information that we’ve collected, that are solely actually helpful if we use them to pursue the North Node path to development.

When planets transit over this level, we get a chance to top off on a few of that wealth. This week, Venus (Nov. 29, 2023, 9:16 am PST) conjoins the Libra South Node, which is nicely stocked with expertise that assist us get together with others and make the world a extra gracious place. Venus in Libra is sort of a girl who left her dwelling city way back for the large metropolis, who has come again dwelling for a protracted weekend to drink on the South Node nicely of ease, grace, and gentility. She will be able to’t keep lengthy, however by the point she leaves the place that created her, steeped within the good manners and social graces which might be her birthright, she feels stronger and rejuvenated, and able to tackle the tough and tumble of the town.

Utilizing What You’ve Acquired

Years in the past, I watched an entertaining television sequence referred to as Take Residence Chef. The premise had an expert chef approaching buyers in a grocery store and providing to cook dinner dinner for them utilizing solely what that they had available of their kitchen. It was loads of enjoyable watching him whip up gourmand meals utilizing offbeat components and humble kitchen implements.

Mercury enters Capricorn (Dec. 1, 2023, 6:31 am PST) this week, putting the planet of the magician within the signal of the resourceful pragmatist. Capricorn will at all times discover a means; even when it lacks the best instruments or components, it’s at all times squirreled one thing away that may get the job completed.

Mercury has two faces, the witty, mental, conversational, Gemini face; and the earthy Virgo face that is aware of the right way to deal with the bodily world. That’s the face he’ll be displaying us throughout his protracted keep in Capricorn (by way of Feb.4, with a retrograde interval Dec. 12-Jan. 1, and a revisit of Sagittarius Dec. 22-Jan. 13). As you strategy a brand new calendar yr and start to formulate new plans, check out what you’ve already obtained available, and take into consideration what you can also make from it.

One thing That Lasts

This week, Mercury makes the primary of three sextile points to Saturn (Dec. 2, 2023, 7:27 am PST) that may unfold throughout the vacation season. (The opposite two are on Dec. 21, when Mercury is retrograde, and on Jan. 18, 2024).

Approaching the heels of Mercury’s jubilant stomp by way of boisterous Sagittarius, Mercury’s Capricorn season is rather more subdued. Mercury in Capricorn usually dislikes small discuss and prefers to talk solely when there’s one thing necessary to say. It’s a serious-minded Mercury, wonderful for creating one thing lasting of these Mercury in Sagittarius concepts.

At this primary sextile to Saturn, which rejoices in planning and technique, formulate a step-by-step plan to make a kind of concepts a actuality. And preserve the main points personal in the interim, till you’re able to launch your venture within the new yr.

Price

A good looking heiress is launched to a person who refuses to deal with her within the worshipful, deferential fashion to which she’s accustomed. Her magnificence and standing mechanically open most doorways for her, and she or he’s first startled after which outraged to be teased and mocked by a person who refuses to acknowledge her as a goddess. The more durable she tries to bend him to her will, revealing glimpses of mood and steely resolve beneath the cotton-candy façade, the extra amused he turns into. What she doesn’t understand is that he’s already fallen for the true girl beneath the regal exterior.

As Venus squares Pluto (Dec. 3, 2023, 5:29 am PST), the query is, what am I price? In case you’ve fallen into the behavior of relying in your previous accomplishments, social connections, standing, or attractiveness, this side can summon an individual or state of affairs that calls you out on it. When you may not relaxation in your laurels, it’s time to recollect – and to domesticate – your true and beneficial self.

Writing and pictures © 2017-23 by April Elliott Kent

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