We’ve made it to Venus not only direct but back into Aries along with Mars. My energy levels are starting to return to normal and hopefully some much needed balance will return to my life. I really, truly did not enjoy this past six weeks or so at all. Stress levels were very high, mostly due to living with an under-employed, unhappy Aries stomping around.
The triple conjunction of Neptune, Jupiter and Chiron in Aquarius will give us all an excuse to take a break from reality but with Pluto in earthy Capricorn it’s a good idea to keep both feet planted firmly on the ground. As someone who has no earth except the Midheaven in my chart, I usually overcompensate by being very practical and pragmatic. My intuitive sense is if we have dreams we want to manifest, we are going to have sweat for them. The Pluto in Sagittarius credit train has left town for good.
Those of you who enjoyed Pat Paquette’s wonderful posts on her old blog will love her latest post on Real Astrologer’s Saturday Extra about Susan Boyle. Please stop over, read it and leave comments encouraging her to continue sharing her uniquely Aquarian point of view!
I took advantage of all the Taurus in the sky yesterday to do transplant cabbage, broccoli, basil and some cosmos starts up one stage. Bet I end up moving them out into the garden around the Full Moon in Scorpio – another lunation very beneficial for gardening. I keep seeing items on the news about more people growing veggies, and I predict they will love eating the fruits of their labors. We sure do.
Yesterday saw Mercury in Taurus square Neptune in Aquarius for the first of three passes. Since Neptune & company are sitting in my third house, it is no surprise I was screwing up all over the place lately. Bleh! The second Mercury-Neptune square is May 20 during the next Mercury Rx with the final one on June 10. Maybe we better be prepared for some locked horns . . . LOL
I took this photo last year at this time but it shows all the lovely delicate spring greens very well.
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Haha I really felt all the shifting energy as well. Neptune&co are in my third house as well and venus rules both my 6th and 10th house, so work was really suffering lately. beautiful picture by the way!
Punarvasu
Hi Neith! Hope things improve for both of you, and the stress eases. The gardening should help.
Neptune & Co very much present in my 7th house square my Mars (with Mercury on my Mars this weekend)! Things have been rather lovely and romantic. I suppose after the tension of Saturn and Uranus hitting my Sun and Saturn, I'm due for this. But I have 5 earth planets, and Saturn still hanging around my Sun through the summer, so that seems to be keeping my feet on the ground (at least not dug in, though!).
Welcome Punarvasu!
Neptune&co are in my third house as well and venus rules both my 6th and 10th house, so work was really suffering lately.Great observation about 6th house because I have Taurus on both the cusp of my 6th & 7th houses. And since I work at home, having a regular daily routine is very, very important to getting my work done. That's not been the case during the Venus Rx.
Sobering thought: Venus won't be back to the degree it went Rx until about May 21.
Hey leslee!!
Neptune & Co very much present in my 7th house square my Mars (with Mercury on my Mars this weekend)! Things have been rather lovely and romantic. Wonderful!! Enjoy every minute while you can!!
turns out this guy (the re-date) lied about his age (is actually 12.5 years older than me, not 8.5). I suppose one should expect this with Neptune transiting my 7th (and I suppose with Internet dating, 'nuff said). Sigh.Yes, it is very common. A friend of mine did a lot of online dating after she was divorced in her late forties. Very, very frustrating for astrologers . . . :-)
Is the synastry better or worse with the true birth data?
Is the synastry better or worse with the true birth data?Yes, actually it is a lot better! Especially the exact trine from his Venus in Taurus to my Sun. Which makes it also exactly square my Moon, but I understand that any Venus-Moon contact is still pretty good! Has some other nice aspects. Alas, inconjunct Mercurys, but I guess you know how that is with your SO!
Yes, actually it is a lot better! Especially the exact trine from his Venus in Taurus to my Sun. Which makes it also exactly square my Moon, but I understand that any Venus-Moon contact is still pretty good! Has some other nice aspects. Alas, inconjunct Mercurys, but I guess you know how that is with your SO!Another gold star for astrology. :-)
Moon-Venus aspects along with Jupiter aspects in synastry are always good to see. I think of them as the "friendly" aspects. Laughter and affection are both very important for enjoying someone's company. I'm going contrary to other opinions here and am willing to say these can be more important than good sex. We can have a powerful sexual attraction for people we find irritating as all get out. But someone who remembers to pay a well thought out compliment and makes us laugh?! as they say in that commercial . . . Priceless!
Leslee - as one nears one's birthday, what change/shift in energy should one expect?
For some reason, I feel more stressed and down right now than in the last few weeks. It's probably Saturn draining every last bit of Saggitarian me.
I could do with some gardening.
Neptune & Co. (hah! I like that) are in my 8th house. Very interesting. I don't have any Aquarius in my natal chart, so it's been kinda good. I think. Now that Venus is direct, it's beginning to dawn on me that my relationship really is over; that I may not be very well-equipped to handle relationships at all; and other relationship issues. I'm feeling sad but not a despondent kind of sad. Just the sadness of knowing that something is over and that it's nobody's fault, not really. Because he was a very empowering force in my life but we're not really compatible in the long run.
Hey Neith!
Thanks for welcoming me :) I can see that you must have struglled as well according to what you wrote! Yes scattering thoughts and lack of discipline were a problem for me as well! I was living more in my head then outside it or so it seemed..lol.
Neptune&co are in my 3rd house trining chiron (7th house), sextile jupiter(cusp of my 4th/5th house) and uranus (1st house) and quincunx to my venus/sun-moon midpoint (which conjuncts my sun and moon in 8th house). Also, since I'm early leo, the cluster of planets fall in my 7th house according to my sunsign. Any interesting thoughts on that?
Thanks and take care!
Punarvasu
By the way I just read your post on 'the vertex', an interesting point that I have been using for some years now. And I also have my vertex in cancer in my eight house, in which all my personal planets are lined up, conjuncting each other. Wouldn't surprise me if i will be another one of your blog readers who's personal planets aspect your vertex.. lol.
Punarvasu
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For some reason, I feel more stressed and down right now than in the last few weeks. It's probably Saturn draining every last bit of Saggitarian me.Didn't help having Mars in Pisces either - always tough for someone with as much Aries as yourself. Maybe Mars in your first will give you an energy boost.
Hey Eme Kah,
Now that Venus is direct, it's beginning to dawn on me that my relationship really is over; that I may not be very well-equipped to handle relationships at all; and other relationship issues. I'm feeling sad but not a despondent kind of sad.Melancholy maybe? Or sorrow? That's what i consider sad without being pissed off at the same time, without resentment or blame. Actually a pretty cool realization, sweetheart! From that place it's possible to move on in a healthy way.
something that's not discussed much is it's OK to be a solitary person. Not everyone has to be part of a couple . . . well, maybe Libra. :::grin:::
By the way I just read your post on 'the vertex', an interesting point that I have been using for some years now.The Vertex was brought to my attention by Pat Paquette and once i started using it in synastry, it was surprising how important it was. Calculated points like that are fun to play with.
Punarvasu, if you wish, send me your birth data. That makes it easier for me to respond to your questions! Thanks!
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ooh, wee...11 inches of rain last night. seriously. 11 inches on my house. guess the drought is broken.
Thank you Neith, I will do so!
Here we deal with changing weather in many senses. After rain comes sunshine, but a combination of both can create a rainbow.. which just happened here :)
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something that's not discussed much is it's OK to be a solitary person. Not everyone has to be part of a couple . . . well, maybe Libra. :::grin:::"
Right. Too bad I have a Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Libra square that Venus! That is very hard to integrate, you know? Either way, it hasn't been too bad. I feel liberated. Ah, everything's so complicated.
so...moon was in Aquarius yesterday morning? Yesterday at 3:30 a.m., the entire west side of Houston woke up and went to their windows. And watched for three hours as the rain poured like a waterfall and the strobe lightning gave everything an eery feeling. A deja vu feeling. And by 6:30, when people were supposed to be leaving for work, the streets had 3 feet of water in them. The underpasses had 10' of water in them. The feeders were closed. The tollway was closed. And many people who have never had water in their houses suddenly were standing in thigh-high water. In their living rooms. With all the attendant fire ants and snakes and other critters that can swim.
And then we all did what we always do when there's a flood. We turned to our TVs and watched the fun begin. Cuz there's ALWAYS people who think they REALLY need to get to work. Even when there's no way to get there. I've heard that Los Angeles shuts down when there's a car chase and everybody is glued to the tube. In Houston, it's the floods.
Fortunately, the water only lapped at the flower beds and nobody drove through my yard this time. But a lot of people have a big clean-up. It's enough to make you never buy carpet. Tile. Tile is good. Wood warps. Tile just seems to be indestructible. You mop up the water and it's still good.
Today, the water has receded and we're all back at work. But we're still expecting rain. For the rest of the week.
We went into April 15" behind the annual rainfall. Hee. We've more than caught up.
So, the Waterbearer -- he brought water.
BTW, Houston is a Virgo (September 6th) city. 1832, I believe.
We are also the city of bayous and trees. Yesterday, the bayous were out of their banks.
OMG, Casey!! I can't even wrap my mind around how much water 11" of rain is! That's a heck of a lot more water coming into the drainage system than going out . . .
And many people who have never had water in their houses suddenly were standing in thigh-high water. In their living rooms. With all the attendant fire ants and snakes and other critters that can swim.ICK! All we get is silt all over from flooding here. heh, tile is definitely the way to go for frequently flooded floors. That was what my folks ended up with after having the carpet soaked twice in four months.
I'd be right there on the couch watching the flooding too! :-)
Hey Neith, I think you've said you garden by moon signs. If so, what kind of calendar do you use? It's frustrating to me because everyone seems to use a different system and different books and guides and calendars show the Moon in various signs. I can't find any two that agree with one another. Any thoughts?
Hey Joe,
I use a simple rule of thumb for gardening by the Moon. Root development = waning Moon, foliage = waxing Moon. Water & earth signs are always better for encouraging growth and fertility than air & fire.
And if the wind is blowing a cagillion miles an hour with an evaporation rate of 1/2" a day, I don't transplant anything, no matter where the Moon is! In other words, apply a generous dose of common sense which I know you have lots of. :-D
There are some days when I feel so incredibly disheartened by relationships. I mean all relationships with people, friendships, family ties, etc. I feel as if there were a huge door that I keep throwing myself against so that it would open and everyone else has gotten a key but me. That's how I feel about relationships. This Moon/Venus/Pluto t-square is just hideous. It's hideous and I'm tired, dammit. I'm so tired of it. I'm sitting here and I'm sobbing and it has nothing to do with men or with romance. It's about how much heartache other women, supposedly my friends, have caused me. No one ever talks about how much heartache friendship can bring, sometimes just as much as sex and love. No, friendship is always supposed to be sweetness and light. It's not. And when it's not, the world somehow feels more dangerous than when a lover betrays you.
~Marly
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No one ever talks about how much heartache friendship can bring, sometimes just as much as sex and love. No, friendship is always supposed to be sweetness and light. It's not. And when it's not, the world somehow feels more dangerous than when a lover betrays you.It's possible we are better prepared for betrayal from lovers because it's an extremely common theme in entertainment media and has been for centuries.
The underlying factor is expectations! Your natal t-square with the Moon, Pluto & Venus pretty much demands you learn about the hazards of misplaced expectations . . . regretfully. The only way I know to deal with this is to carefully review your internal dialogue about your friends/lovers, and ruthlessly (Pluto) remove anything that remotely looks like an expectation.
Some questions to consider asking yourself:
What behaviors do you expect from yourself and your friends? Are these based in reality?
And don't you forget for a minute, your Leo self is warm, loving and lovable, extremely talented and caring . . . big, big cyber-hug!
Yes, I see what you're saying. My expectation is that if I confide in someone about a weakness and vulnerability, that person is not going to use it against me to hurt me. It's a stupid expectation. I've learned my lesson. My other expectation is that if I state that something bothers me, that person is going to take it seriously and listen to me. But that seems to be another stupid expectation. What ends up happening is that I'm often told how I shouldn't feel that way, how I should change my attitude, how things are not that bad, etc. My feelings are totally not important.
I'm beginning to feel like a fool for trusting these few women friends. I should know better.
~Marly
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