There’s a lot going on in the next week or two astrologically. Today, there’s a New Moon in Aries. Venus will go into Gemini. Mercury stations direct today. Those transits involve inner planets, which move fast. Mercury typically goes retrograde 3-4 times a year. Venus moves from planet to planet every few weeks. And the moon enters a new sign every month. The outer planets are slower moving planets – Pluto, Uranus, Saturn, typically. And because they move slower, their energy is heavier and often more profound.
Saturn will go retrograde for approximately five months starting April 17. He’s in Capricorn right now. Saturn is all about karma. So when he goes retrograde, it can sometimes indicate a double dose of karma. Good or bad. It’s also a time of shifting our focus from the outside or the external to the internal. Not the outside stuff that is affecting us or causing change in our lives, but how we’re handling it on the inside. Or the shifts going on internally that are creating larger changes in our lives.
It can also be a time of “letting up” a bit. A little more freedom perhaps. Or the feeling of not being quite so restricted. Of course, it depends on which house this transit is happening for you – that will indicate the area of your life where you may be experiencing the most change.
Pluto also goes retrograde for about five months starting April 22. Pluto is about death and rebirth. It’s also about control and power. So we are all going to be asked to go within and really look at our relationship with power and control. And fear. Fear is often what precedes control. What area (or areas, plural) are we trying to control in our lives? Or what people? Why? What are we afraid of? If we don’t have control over these things, what are we afraid will happen? How will that affect us?
For the next five months, we may all be going through some experiences that are going to highlight karma in our lives and power and control. These aren’t really spaces we want to investigate. We’d much rather focus on Venus in Gemini and flirty conversation. That’s light and easy and fun. But karma and power and control…those are a lot heavier. A lot more serious. A lot more profound. And they should be. Life is always about duality. Light and dark. Good and bad. Male and female. Yin and yang. It all can’t be flirty banter. We need the deeper, darker aspects of ourselves to balance that out.
Don’t be afraid to spend some time with these aspects of yourself. Growth and evolution of your soul mandate it.
Be open to what calls you…
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