Neptune rules Pisces (along with Jupiter). It has a 165-year orbit around the sun, spending 12-14 years in each sign. The last time Neptune was in Aries was from 1861 until 1875.

It was an incredibly eventful time period. Multiple wars occurred, including the American Civil War, social structures changed dramatically worldwide, and leaps in technology and art abounded. Including, for purposes of this writing, the legendary book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. (The story was first told by Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson] to Alice Liddell on July 4, 1862; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published with illustrations by John Tenniel in 1865.) He had an unaspected Neptune in Capricorn in his birth chart (born January 27, 1832), signifying an exceptionally vivid imagination, offering the potential to bring visionary ideas to life, yet it can also amplify the shadow side of this planet if not grounded and tethered to reality.

There are lots of planetary shifts happening in the next several weeks that will be affecting us that we should be aware of. The basic information is in the calendar below, and I will explain each transit in bullet form after that. All times are in EST.

Happy New Moon in Sagittarius!

Sagittarius, the sign of wisdom, enlightenment, and experience-seeking, is also known just as much for its tendency to go overboard, to be loquacious, grandstanding, self-righteous, irresponsible, impulsive, and reckless. Such is the nature of the higher and lower expression of signs and planets in astrology. This New Moon (exact December 1, 2024, at 1:20am EST) is conjunct fixed star Antares, the Watcher of the West…

On September 17, 2024, at 10:33 pm EDT, we will experience a partial lunar eclipse that takes place at 25°40’ Pisces opposite the Sun at 25°40’ Virgo. 

Eclipses only occur when the Moon is near the Nodes of the Moon, the North Node (indicating the direction of soul growth) or the South Node (indicating what needs to be left behind or integrated for the evolution of the soul). The closer the lunation is to the nodes, the more complete the eclipse is. This one is 10°57’ away from the nodes, so it is only a partial eclipse.

As with any chart we study, be it a natal, synastry, mundane, etc., we have to take into account the full picture of the placements and aspects involved to get the whole story.

As I often write about difficult transits or natal chart aspects, I realize that having assistance in working through difficult feelings and traumas these situations unearth would be beneficial. The following are some tips for transmuting painful energy into loving, productive energy that helps us grow and become more authentic, healed, and whole, offered in loving kindness.

From June 2 – 6, 2024 (exact on June 4), we will experience what is known as Venus’ Superior Conjunction to the Sun, an important part of the Venus Synodic Cycle and completion of one of the points of the 5-pointed star that Venus’ path makes in our skies from our viewpoint on Earth. If you are a Venus-dominant person – if you are a Taurus or Libra Sun, Moon, Rising, Venus, or Signature Sign person, or if your natal Venus is conjunct your Sun or Ascendant – these Venus transits will be very important to your activities and development.

On Monday, March 25, 2024, at exactly 3:00 am Eastern Daylight Time, we will experience the first eclipse of 2024 – a penumbral lunar eclipse – which will occur at 5° 07’ Libra, opposing the Sun at 5° 07’ Aries. Eclipses are full moons (lunar eclipses) or new moons (solar eclipses) that are conjunct the Nodes of the Moon, also known as the Nodes of Destiny or Fate. Eclipses mark endings and beginnings, with the lunar eclipses being more focused on endings and the solar eclipses focused more on beginnings – just like full and new moons are – but they are extra. Whatever is not aligned with our destiny, future, or higher self will be sometimes ripped out from under us, ready or not, and our better direction shoved in our faces.

Squares to the Nodes in the natal chart often indicates something we need to heal within ourselves, and perhaps even within our ancestral lineage, and sometimes these lessons and experiences can be harsh, even traumatic.

Compulsively Repulsive: A case study in astrological Thor’s Hammer configurations in the natal chart

Butterfly Lovers, Carrie Ann Baade

The Parent Trap, movie, 1998, starring Lindsay Lohan

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