Mercury Stations Direct April 25, 5:54am PDT

 

4/ 25/5:54am PDT     Mercury station direct 15 Aries 58 

5/13/2:02am PDT      Mercury leaves shadow 27 Aries 13 

Mercury stations direct on April 25 (5:54am PDT).  We will probably be feeling a lot less angry and mouthy.   What we learned this retrograde will be helpful on connecting to our authentic nature for 2024.   If we have been hanging out in old thinking that we are this person or that person, we may have outgrown it.  Or pondering what we look like that feels fresh and more independent.     Once Mercury turns direct reflect on what you have learned this cycle and how it connects to a more honest you.  

Treasure Map -- You can still get it done

 

Friends---it is Sunday 4/21-- 5pm  Los Angeles Time. 

If you have not made your Treasure Map you still have time. 

You have up until April 23 at 4:48pm PDT. After that point the waxing moon will have concluded and the end of the time to make a map.  

I want to encourage all of you who are still on the fence --go for it! 

I get it. The astrology we are swimming in is complicated. I think some of you may be feeling overwhelmed. If you are here, you probably have a pretty healthy intutive side. There is something your intuition wants and needs. Take some time between now and full moon to go for it. Make your map. If you are really struggling at the very least get a piece of paper and write down what you want.  Please use affirmations that start with  "I am...."

Mercury conjunction Chiron: April 15

 

Mercury (r) conjunction Chiron 

19 Aries 49 

April 15, 2024  

8:22am PDT

Once a year Mercury forms a conjunction with Chiron, unless Mercury is retrograde and then it will form three conjunctions.   Such is the case in 2024.   On  March 20th Mercury joined Chiron, today (April 15th) it forms the second conjunction and finally on May 6th we have the last contact.     

Mercury rules communication and thinking.  It is quick.  It darts in and out of big and small hurdles.  A bit of this and a bit of that is Mercury's jam.   While it can get a bad wrap as being shallow, Mercury is capable of getting our attention, even super heavy stuff and then moves on.  Perhaps because Mercury flits is the very reason why the heavy can get our attention.   We do not feel overwhelmed but we do feel informed.   

Chiron is deep.   Think of a tooth ache deep.   A migraine headache deep.  A dream that makes you shake when you wake up deep.    Having Mercury contact Chiron is an opportunity for a message from our psyche (where Chiron likes to hang out) which may get our attention through a 'random' thought which is perfect Mercury.  

Take note if you have a thought today that is perhaps negative about a; person, place, memory, action or behavior.   It may be a fleeting thought but it could provide insight into your motivations.   Consider how that thought is baked into your impulses.   How is that fleeting thought informing why or how  you get fired up?    Is it buried in a wound?    Take note if your psyche is pondering the motives behind your actions.   

See if you think about it all again around May 6th.   

These thoughts can be the peroxide to our old wounds.  

Jupiter conjunction Uranus

 

Image from www.astro-seek.com

Jupiter conjunction Uranus

April 20, 2024, 7:27pm PDT

21 Taurus 50

 

 

Arguably, the most celebrated aspect of the year and one of the highlights of the decade is the Jupiter and Uranus conjunction in Taurus on April 20.   It’s juicy and good.    There could be something full of solid pragmaticism that rolls into the world or in personal lives that has all of us saying, “Wow”.    These could be opportunities that are not on anyone’s radar.  It could be weird and brilliant (Uranus) it could be foreign (Jupiter) but it has solid practical (Taurus) application.   I say, how about a solid solar power car!  Whatever it is, expect something big.    

 

Speaking of big, a bit of caution. Jupiter can be mega big and super righteous and Uranus can be a rebel without a cause.   There may be examples in the news of extreme opinions, that are just outrageously strange.   Hopefully the calmness of Taurus will soften the extreme wackiness.   Putting all that aside there will be some solid opportunities that some people will run with and find rewarding.   Let’s all go out and buy a lottery ticket.  Anyone with planets near 21 degrees of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius will feel the aspect.  Remember if you are too rigid about anything you may feel the need to crack the rigidity and stubbornness to benefit from process.   

A lightning bolt of genius could pop up in personal landscape.   

 

Astrology for April 15 - 21

 

First Quarter Moon 

April 15, 2024

12:13pm PDT  

 

 

First quarter: We do more actions based on the information that we just received.  Or we feel our instincts guide us on something.  We pursue again.  We make another call, or we see someone. We mail something.  We stir the pot again.  This can be a time when we realize that the goals, we planted on new need more action from us, perhaps actions that involve breaking away.   Are there people who say they have our best interest in heart but fear us growing away from them?  Maybe we need to get help from others not the usual suspects.  Some independence may need to be exerted. 

 

 

Focus on:   What actions that you started on new moon reconnect with your emotions now?   How do you navigate needs that speak to your independence and the needs that connect to your family?   What actions are you doing that impact your home?  

 

 

Special Note

4/17: Venus conjunct North Node.   Love of independence.  Love of finding our own way.   Love of a battle.   Love of bold and the fierce. 

4/19:Venus conjunction Mercury.  Thoughts of love.   Are we loving someone for who they are?  Are they loving us for who we are?  Is there space for more authenticity?  

4/19: Mars sextile Jupiter.  Big actions that are spiritual and practical.   Synchronistic moments and actions are big.   

 

Gibbous Moon

April 19, 2024  

2:14pm PDT   

 

 

Gibbous:

We refine our information.  We pick and choose, we discriminate, and we organize to be ‘Virgo’ like.  We sort through details.  Have we missed something?  How are we sifting through the information?  Go back and make sure something hasn’t been neglected.  Refine our actions.  

 

Focus on:  How are you refining your schedule?  How are you refining your daily activities?  How are you refining your diet and better health routines?   What are you learning about your health matters and how does it impact actions you planted on Aries new moon?  

 

Special focus

4/19: Mars sextile Uranus.  Actions that are unusual and spiritual.  Pragmatic but weird.   Solutions to problems that may suddenly appear.  

4/20: Jupiter conjunction Uranus 21 Taurus 51 (See separate post)

4/21 : Venus conjunction Chiron.  Fears around being alone and independent are exposed.  Fears of being unloveable if authenticity is presented.   Healing may look loving and clumsy.   

4/21 : Sun square Pluto 2 Aquarius 05.  The first square between the Sun in Taurus.   How is the rigidity and stability of Taurus in need of new novelty, ingenuity and how does it connect to the groups in our life? 

 

Mars conjunction Saturn - A New Cycle

 

Mars conjunction Saturn

April 10 at 1:36pm PDT 

14 Pisces 41

 

Mars the relentless warrior tangles up with Saturn every two years.     A conjunction between these planets can be very productive.  Mars likes to work and so does Saturn.  Although, Saturn prefers the role of boss over Mars.   Mars is a solid warrior and in Pisces he is still his pushy self, but it looks and feels different.   He can be a warrior for peace.  Which of course is funny.   How can we be a warrior for peace?  That conundrum could manifest through a cause.   Around April 10, look to see what events get our attention.  It could be something that taps faith, spirituality, intuition, creativity, humanitarianism and all the things that rumble in our psyche.  If something seems wrong, Saturn will point it out and Mars will say, “Let me fix it”.  It might be a kinder, more muted Mars but there is still action.  

 

On a personal level, if our plans seem to fall apart, consider that the timing is not right, and Saturn knows why.   Trusting the process of Saturn’s divine timing could be hard but having Mars there suggests we do it anyway.  

 

In March of 2023 Saturn began its trek in Pisces where it will be until 2025.  When Saturn moves into a sign, the first thing it says is, “Let’s clean up this joint.”  Saturn who loves to construct can be very effective in Pisces.   Dreaming something and then putting those dreams into concrete results is the difference provided by Saturn in Pisces.   Neptune the ruler of Pisces continues to trek in Pisces dissolving boundaries.  Now with Saturn and Mars, there could be skirmishes as everyone tries to figure out who belongs where.   Pisces is associated with the arts, in particular, music, films, and dance.   The Mars Saturn conjunction is a fabulous aspect to work on a creative project.  The legendary reclusive, hide-from-the-world Pisces is also speaking to Saturn.   The need for good old fashion, Saturn breaks, may have become more apparent in the last year.   Going in the bedroom and getting lost in a movie can be the needed respite for many of us.  Or leaving the house and going to a beach or park and walking in nature is a good Saturn break.    Additionally, some people have possibly been picking up on the darker moods of Pisces which includes depression, ennui, and delusion.  If you feel drawn to extreme feelings or chaotic actions, remember that Pisces gains strength by focusing on grey not black and white.   Invite in grey.  Meditate on the space that is not extreme. Find the gentle.  There will be many people reaching out for therapy or support during Saturn’s trek in Pisces.  Many will also deepen their spiritual practices with Mars Saturn in conjunction.   

 

Starting on April 10 we begin the Mars and Saturn two-year cycle. You may launch something around the conjunction or maybe something shows up.   Watch the following dates to see if there is movement that speaks to the actions started around April 10.  

 

April 10^:  Mars conjunct Saturn.  

July 5:  Mars sextile Saturn.   Opportunity and ease. 

Aug 14: Mars square Saturn. Hurdle and recommit new actions.  

Sept 29: Mars trine Saturn. Opportunity and ease. 

 

2025

Feb 9: Mars trine Saturn. Opportunity and ease. 

April 4: Mars trine Saturn. Opportunity and ease. 

Aug 1: Mars oppose Saturn.  Hurdle and recommit with new actions.

Oct 29: Mars trine Saturn. Opportunity and ease. 

Dec 8: Mars square Saturn. Hurdle and recommit with new actions. 

 

2026

Jan 19 Mars sextile Saturn.  Opportunity and ease.   

New cycle begins 

April 19 Mars conjunct Saturn (0 Aries).  New 

 

 

Aries New Moon Total Solar Eclipse. Wow on Wow.

 

Image Yahoo News 

April 8, 2024 

19 Aries 24 

Next week's eclipse is of course, the Aries New Moon.    This is the second eclipse at the Aries New Moon in this two year cycle and the final one will be next March.    This is by any measure a powerful new moon and I would say the most signficant new moon of the year.  And I say this as an astrologer who loves every new moon.   But between Chiron and Mars and Saturn and all kind of astro whatnot this New Moon and 29 Day lunar month will be big.   Not sure what we are all going to look like by the time we get to Taurus New Moon in May but there is a lot of opportunity in the Aries New Moon and eclipse to mix things up and find a new authenticity that can be rewarding for the whole year.    

Don't forget to make your Treasure Map, too.     

You will find my Astro Report at Margaret Wendt Spiritual Journalist website.  

Enjoy this 29 day journey.