Astrology

Theme:   The Lion’s Mane

Today could be a little tricky to navigate. The Moon moves into Leo with a roar and opposes Pluto dredging up subconscious feelings that can lead to emotional conflict and influence our perceptions.
Although with Sun square Mars it will be a struggle to keep out of arguments and over assertive with opinions, the antidote to this is to channel your energy into hard physical activities like digging and gardening or sports of some kind. Be careful of injuries and accidents at this time.
“ Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.”     Albert Einstein

Theme:   Passing Clouds
You may feel a little bump in the road for a couple of hours today as Moon conjuncts the Sun in Cancer in the middle of the day. This can bring on some irritability and defensiveness but if you wait a while for your reactiveness to die down, the day will improve vastly. Venus, Mercury and Saturn will  bring you closer to others, allowing you to share and listen to them.
Saturn will also help to stabilize emotions, deepening your level of patience and enabling you to endure any stress that arose previously.
“ Working with difficulties in a compassionate way doesn’t necessarily mean we can resolve them.”
Dzigar Kongtrul

The Moon is Void of Course from 6.54pm until 12.34am EDT. Do not make any major decisions during this time period.

Theme:  Finding Solutions
Today there may be some challenges to the structure of daily life, affecting routines. It’s important to pay attention to any subconscious tensions arising as Moon is square the Sun.
Mars is also trine Saturn, Venus and Mercury giving us patience and the willingness to focus on exacting work. Communications are favorable and negotiations with others could really bear fruit over the next few days. It will be easy to find creative ways to solve any current conflicts you are having. Perseverance is the key.
“ The ground of practice is your direct experience – regardless of its content.”
Dzigar Kontrul

Tuesday by Wangmo

Theme: Talking through things

The Moon moves into Gemini today bringing a lighter touch to communications generally. Mercury’s proximity to Jupiter expands your understanding of the wider world you inhabit. However, Jupiter can be over-expansive too: avoid overdoing it tomorrow in particular. Examine how good communication skills and beneficial relationships go hand-in-hand. Everyone is finding their way with the movement of Neptune into Aries. Expect some initial upheavals with this first period of Neptune into Aries.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold. ― Turkish Proverb

The Moon is Void of Course from 1.43pm until 4.26pm. Avoid signing contracts during this time. Instead, seem small as beautiful and set up achieving small tasks and spend time in contemplation.

Monday by Wangmo

Theme: Finding stability

Neptune has moved into Aries for the first time since 1865 – ushering in a period of instability in the wider world as the tension between systemic constraints and freedom becomes more evident. On a daily level the Moon in Taurus brings grounding and stability to the day, notwithstanding that later in the day the Moon closes in on Uranus bringing some unexpected change – as opposed to predictable change. Venus is exactly conjunct the north node bringing alignment in relationships, including ushering in new connections that are a more in in-keeping with where you are heading. These new connections are not your habitual connections but completely new connections.

Where there is love and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.~St Francis of Assisi

Theme:   Awakening

Neptune moves into Aries today. The last time that happened was 1860. Many changes are happening and many are unfolding. This can feel overwhelming, confusing and chaotic.
We are now waking up from the long sleep of Neptune in Pisces where our world view may seem more like a fairy tale retrospectively. This may be disorienting for some as world views collide and Neptune brings a deep yearning for transcendence of human suffering through erasing boundaries of self and other. Neptune is a higher vibration of Venus and brings great compassion through the dissolving of ego.
Neptune in Aries will bring action to our dreams of a new world and our challenge will be to work with others whose dreams appear to be our nightmare.
Neptune will remain in Aries until May 2038 aside from going retrograde from 10/23/25-1/27/26 for a short revisit to Pisces.

“ We adopt the means of nonviolence because our end is a community at peace with itself. We will try to persuade with our words, but if words fail, we will try to persuade with our acts.”
Martin Luther King

The Moon is Void of Course today between 5.18am and 4.16pm EST. Do not make any major decisions during this time period

Theme:  The Dawning –  Aries Solar Eclipse
Between 6.49am to 7.04am EST in MD, there will be a partial eclipse of the Sun at 9 degrees of Aries, bringing light in unexpected ways to those who have a natal planet around this degree in Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.
This effect lasts for 6 months and can illuminate areas in your life that need to change. The Aries energy gives the courage to break out of habitual patterns that have held you back. Mercury and Venus retrograde offer opportunity to revisit unresolved matters in ways of thinking and communicating, relationships and values. The North Node places emphasis on spiritual solutions, allowing delusion to dissolve and focus on what is truly meaningful.
“ May I clearly perceive all experiences to be as insubstantial as the dream- fabric of the night, and instantly awaken to perceive the pure wisdom display of every phenomena.”
Chagdud Tulku

Theme:  The Night Sky

Tonight will bring a line-up of the majority of planets that you can actually see with the naked eye. A very unusual occurrence and as we know, we are experiencing unusual times. Neptune is in its last days of Pisces and is tightly woven with Sun, Saturn, Moon, Venus, Mercury and North Node.
Everything is very chaotic and truth is hard to find. It is a time of questioning long held beliefs.
For some it will bring a spiritual renewal based on compassionate idealism. Mars trine Saturn will assist in having the willingness and patience to attempt difficult and exacting work. Some will feel pessimism and depression with the turbulent uncertainty.
If possible reach out to others as Venus is also strongly placed today.
“ Only in darkness can I see light, only in mud can I find a lotus, only in defilement can I see Buddha.”
Dzongsar Khentse Rinpoche

Wednesday by Wangmo

Theme: Forthright

The Sun, Venus, Mercury and Chiron are all in Aries, focusing attention on actions and moving forward. Aries is not a contemplative sign. Courage to face difficulties are what enables Aries movement forwards. As one of the cardinal signs it’s signature saying is that ‘actions speak louder than words’. It’s the sign of the warrior and at a higher level it represents the noble Bodhisattva Warrior who undertakes actions on behalf of all beings in spite of challenges and difficulties.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.~Anais Nin

The Moon is Void of Course between 6.15am and 3.31pm. Focus on inner goals. Take time for contemplation and avoid signing major contracts.

Tuesday by Wangmo

Theme: Meaningful conversations

With Mercury and Venus close, on-to-one conversations are particularly illuminating and enlivening. Turbulent waters of the mind can be calmed with this aspect. The North Node sits between Neptune and Saturn acting as a fortuitous bridge in bringing these two very different energies together. A new way of integrating the spiritual and material is offered with this aspect.

A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.~Zhuangzi