As a new student of astrology, I'll be doing occasional astro readings and daily forecasts to help develop my skills and intuition for interpreting the planets and their relations to our lives.
Grab a journal and take some notes or journal along your feelings to what I've said. I ask a few questions to help you reflect and figure things out if you are Going Through It right now. Right now there are many energies at play, and finding your personal route through them will help you in the long run. Life is a long journey, and knowing yourself deeply is your most important tool. That is why I advocate journalling through your thoughts and feelings on a regular basis to firmly root yourself in your truth, casting out all that is not true to your unique being.
Sun CONJUNCT Mercury in 12th house
The outer expression of self and your communication with others is blended into one confusing ball of energy at this time. Your vision of yourself is tied to how you communicate with others and relate to your outer environment, which can create some wonderful harmony, allowing you to go with the flow. But if you become too lax in this department and don't consider who or where your information comes from before speaking about it to others who have done their homework, you could come off as easily influenced or even gullible. The lesson here is to check your sources and consider all perspectives before cementing your beliefs.
All of this is happening in the 12th house, which is the realm of the unconscious, which means you could be not taking your inner mind and subconscious thoughts and behaviors into play when looking out onto situations in the world. Consider your own contributions through though, word, and action, before making judgments. Look and learn. How could you better yourself to meet the high standard that you want to hold others to?
Communication could be stifled if it does not blend or match with who each party sees themselves as. You may be keeping up an image, not wanting your own image to be negatively impacted by what you may think or have to say. This is an understandable tool for self-preservation, but could be causing a detriment to the relationship at large and successful communication if you are purposefully or unconsciously holding back. Truth is key, especially getting to the truth behind your own words and actions.
Sun, Mercury SQUARE Moon
There is something under the waters here. Something in the unconscious/subconscious mind not translating into the conscious mind or the physical realm. These could be feelings that you are refusing to acknowledge, or a deeper root cause, a trigger, that you need to uncover and dive into.
Because of the conjunction of the Sun and Mercury, holding back can cause negative, overemotional, and touchy reactions when communicating with others, especially about your own feelings. Dig deep and know yourself first, so that you can accurately and effectively communicate your feelings and needs with others.
Don't hold on to any negative feelings. That's not to say to shove them down and not feel them. Feelings exist to be felt. They are the sharp trigger to show you what you immediately think of a situation, and should be accepted as your own personal truth. After this acceptance, dig to the root. Why are you feeling this way, whether good or bad? Are there adjustments you can make in the physical, in your communication, in your ego to balance and harmonize with these feelings? How can you take a feeling, even a negative one, and use it as a tool for positive and effective expression?
The Moon is in the 9th house at this time, meaning these touchy topics can include religion, spirituality, higher education/studies, travel, and matters of the law.
Use your intuition. If your thoughts and feelings are communicated clearly, responses are more likely to be compassionate, truly caring, and sympathetic. Guide yourself to respond in this way to others who open their heart to you at this time as well. Foster a relationship that is mutually beneficial and set on a foundation of clarity, being upfront, and communicating through compassion.
Sun TRINE Mars
Mars is in a good place, especially when seeing family. Normally rash, assertive, dominant, and competitive, in Aquarius, these tendencies are subdued for a very pleasant and well-mannered interaction.
Supporting one another, Sun and Mars allow your true self, your subconscious thoughts, and your relationship with family to flow naturally for a good visit.
Sun SQUARE Saturn, Pluto
Your ego is getting in the way of your own self-transformation. It is getting in the way of your career success, following your dreams. Or rather it has high potential to, but it could also BOOST yourself into this path and this journey.
Use your perception of self and self-worth to FUEL you, act as the GLUE to set you steadily on this path toward your goals.
Sun OPPOSING Chiron
Your ego and your unconscious are also getting in the way of your healing. You may be too consumed with logic and ideals that you are neglecting to check yourself, which allows you to fall into following those ideals as an escape from what you truly have to deal with. You are ignoring your wound, covering it up, and acting as if it is healed.
The way around this is to act compassionately toward yourself, and doing this means not believing your own bullshit - your fears, insecurities, and short-comings. Confront this head-on in order to set yourself on a better path toward healing. This may be painful, as it could mean addressing issues or wounds concerning your health, your service to your community, work, and your routines. Find out what isn't working, and start working on it. You don't have to totally transform this habit or resolve this issue, but start to be real with yourself and set your mindset straight. Once you aren't subconsciously sabotaging your healing in this area, you will start to see real, true, positive changes in your life. Again, the most compassionate and loving thing you can do for yourself is calling yourself out on your own detrimental beliefs and practices.
Moon SQUARE Ascendant (Libra)
How you present yourself at this time as being diplomatic, charming, easy going, sociable, idealistic can have a negative shadow side of being indecisive, gullible, easily influenced, and self-indulgent. Be aware of how this balances in your life.
Because of the sparring energies between your inner emotions and your outer expression, this can affect how you see yourself and act within your spirituality and studies. It can cause good or bad emotions, depending on how you act. If you check your facts and present yourself with even, well-sourced data and information, you will be golden. If you become touchy and over-emotional to criticism, pining to be right and not accepting challenges or questions, then your outer expression to others will seem rash, unqualified, and gullible.
Moon TRINE Venus, Neptune
Your spiritual and creative energy is in a wonderful place in Pisces, allowing you to tap into the emotions and energies around you. Don't allow yourself to be sucked in, whether good or bad energies, but balance with your emotions. Allow the intuition of the Moon to guide you in your pursuits.
Love, self-love, love of life. You might be trying too hard in these areas. Chill. Let it flow. Follow your feelings, not your schedule. While it may be helpful in getting shit done, what you need to focus on now is flow. Life flow. Love flow. Creative flow. If you become forceful, you'll end up envying others and becoming resentful that you couldn't make it work like others or even like you had imagined. Come down out of your clouds, out of your head, and go with the flow.
Moon OPPOSING Saturn, Pluto
Your emotions can, and probably are getting the best of you in terms of following your own path. If you are following your feelings, you may be led astray, focusing on small, momentary matters and not seeing the big picture, the grand scheme of things. A current obstacle is small in comparison to the mountain path you are heading toward, self-transformation and successes along the way. Keep your focus. Learn to differentiate between a feeling in the moment and a deeper intuitive hit.
Are you focused on the immediate results of an action, good or bad, that may be working the opposite way in the long run? A decision that seems good in the moment, but the immediate gratification throws you off track, or a task or decision that you really don't want to go for in the moment that will pay you back ten-fold in the future may be what you have in front of you today.
Do what you gotta do to stay on track and keep your in-the-moment emotions in check. Your future self will thank you.
That being said, do not ignore these emotions. You are feeling them for a valid reason, so feel them. But when you are done, step back and asses what you need to do now. What will get you the farthest? What will ultimately lend you no success or progress? Where will you focus your energy in the long run?
Mercury SQUARE Pluto
Don't allow shoddy communication to throw you off your own transformational journey! Or rather, don't let yourself to come off your own journey if not-so-great communication is occurring. It's your responsibility to determine how you react to a given situation after all.
You may feel at odds, but this push can push you to dive deeper into your relationship with siblings, your studies, or your local community. Communication is key here. You can't transform if you can't be real with those around you, and express yourself in a productive manner. Luckily, Libra is a straightforward sign. By tapping into this diplomatic and sociable energy you can work to benefit your relationships with others and strengthen your roots in your own journey.
Jupiter SQ Neptune, Chiron
Governing our relationship to they physical - possessions, money, materials, and livelihood - is the compulsive and passionate energy of Scorpio coming through the expansive filter of Jupiter. This energy around our physical attachments is already being challenged by our cravings for higher consciousness and true purpose in life. Although, if not framed correctly, this fixation on the spiritual as opposite the material can cause untrue repulsions and connotations concerning the physical and money matters. Physical and metaphysical are not opposites. They are simply two parts of a whole.
Inspect how your physical realm interacts with your health and wellbeing, your balance of work and connection, in order to get new insight into healing that should take place. Do focus on material matters help or hinder your growth and healing? In what ways? Remember, they can do both, in different ways. The trick is using the right connections and tools along your personal journey, and they may not be the ones you are comfortable or experienced in using.
This connection to the physical and to money comes into play with your creativity, romance, and how you choose to entertain yourself as well. If the scale is tipped too far to the side of the material, the topical, the surface, our relationship to these areas can feel empty. Take a look at where your energy is going. Is it beneficial? What can you do to feel a more real connection on a mental, emotional, or spiritual level instead of just immediate gratification? Is it time to divorce your phone for a few days? Is there a physical focus you are pouring too much of your energy toward, that will ultimately just leave you pining for more, never satisfied, and empty handed? Use this time of introspection to refocus your finances, declutter belongings that are giving you feelings of guilt for buying and not using, clear your workspace and keep only the essentials around.
Just as the energy we receive from Sun opposing Chiron, it is a time to call yourself on your bullshit and re-align yourself with your truth and what makes you happy. Take this time to heal your relationship to both the material and the spiritual, as these paths are equal. Neither is more important than the other, neither is false, both are true. You need a healthy relationship with both in order to live a lovely life that follows the path that is true for you and only you.
True Node TRINE Chiron
You will find fulfillment and success in your work and your play at this time. Live and work with open arms, allowing yourself to become immersed in the moment. It will open the doors of great healing for you.
Look to where your True or North node lies in your birth chart to determine how and in what area of your life you should consider integrating this loving and accepting energy in order to heal and keep you well on your path throughout your life.
(Mine is in my 10th house in Scorpio, which means I'm often forceful and passionate in matters concerning career and social life. This passion and force can often backfire on me and stir up feelings of jealousy, resentment, compulsion, and obsession if I fall short of what I think i "should" be doing or where I "should be at. To combat feelings of lack and inadequacy, I am accepting where I am and allowing myself to work and play in flow, not determined by schedule, to allow myself to rejuvenate and regain the passion and love for what I am moving toward.)
