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Tune in to the wisdom of the universe and discover what is happening in the skies right now. Astrology can help ups make the most of the upcoming opportunities and anticipate challenges. It’s a tool for living more fully and more consciously in on planet Earth.
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Sun enters Scorpio 23rd October at 17.21 BST ‘The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for a badly managed past.’ Sylvia Plath Scorpios possess the powerful imagination of all Water signs. Sensitive and capable of deep compassion, they will…
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Mercury enters Scorpio 22nd October 2023 at 07.49 BST It’s time to speak your truth. During yesterday’s Sun/Mercury cazimi minds were attuned to Libran words such as peace, compromise, negotiation and relationship. This time has passed and there’s no longer room for equivocation. Mercury in Scorpio will say it how it sees it without pausing…
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Mars enters Scorpio, 05.04 BST Thursday 12th October 2023, Pluto turned direct in Capricorn Wednesday 11th October 2023 Mars entering Scorpio from Libra indicates a shift from active negotiation to slow burning strategy and persistence. Scorpio Mars is focussed, deeply committed and not easily distracted from the line it is steadily engraving towards its goal. This is…
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Venus enters Virgo on Monday 9th October at 2.10am UTC After an extraordinarily long summer in warm-hearted, self-expressive and ever-so-slightly self-obsessed Leo, our planet of love, beauty and personal values moves into Virgo. Time to put those bright summer clothes away. You’ll feel instantly more understated, turning instinctively to autumn colours and more muted palettes.…
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The Full Moon on Friday 29th September 2023 falls at 10h57 UTC exactly on 6 degrees Aries. Just hours later Venus completes her final square to Uranus. Whether consciously or unconsciously, something is culminating here. Perhaps a decision will be made or a situation moved forward? Quite possibly a curveball will arrive from left of field…
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On Saturday, 23rd September 2023 at 07.50 BST, the Sun enters Libra and begins its descent into the underworld. Early autumn days have a poignant beauty as we leave summer behind and the shadows begin to lengthen. Equinox means ‘equal night’. It describes a moment of balance between light and darkness, no less important for…
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Mercury turns Direct New Moon at 21 deg 58’ Virgo 02h40 BST Mercury turns Direct at 8 deg Virgo at 21h21 BST This New Moon is beginning of a new Virgo cycle which will culminate with the Virgo Full Moon around the same degree on 15 March 2025. Pay attention to what may be beginning…
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Jupiter turns retrograde at 15h11 BST at 15 deg 34’ Taurus on the same day as Venus turns retrograde. Jupiter in Taurus has been about shoring up our finances and finding meaning and stability in nature and the sensual world. Recently, an ongoing challenging aspect from Venus in Leo may have made it difficult to…
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Venus turns direct at 12 deg 12 ‘ Leo at 02.20 BST on 4th September 2023 Our 40 days and 40 nights of reflection come to an end early on Monday morning when Venus turns direct and her expansive and generous heart turns outwards once more. As early risers will know, she is now resplendent in…
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Full Moon at 7 deg 25’ Pisces, 31st August 2023 at 02h36 UTC This Harvest Moon in Pisces is a compassionate, emotional and imaginative Moon which seeks to escape from tiresome practicality, from the daily grind of living in the mundane world. It longs to submerge itself in the watery depths of the sea to…
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Mars enters Libra at 14.20 BST on 27th August 2023 Leaving Virgo, where Mars was precise and hard-working but, let’s be honest, often a bit angsty, our planet of drive and desire enters balanced Libra where it’s traditionally in detriment. Less adaptability than Virgo, more inclination to compromise However, it can perform very effectively here.…
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Wednesday 23rd August at 20.59 BST, Mercury, our communication planet, turns Retrogade at 21 deg 51’ Virgo. The Sun, so newly entered into Virgo, now pauses as ruler Mercury turns and begins to track back. Are things moving forward or not? Good question. This promises to be a somewhat confusing few weeks of two steps…
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Sun enters Virgo 23rd August 2023 at 10.21 BST. Virgo is Mercury-ruled but this is the Mercury of the sorting hat, organised Mercury, not the Gemini one that flits around in search of the latest story. This is the time of harvest when we are surrounded – if we’re lucky – by the abundance of nature.…
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New Moon on Wednesday 16th August at 10.38 BST 23 deg 17’ Leo We usually only get one New Moon per year in each sign and the Leo New Moon is all about you. That thought might be uncomfortable for a lot of people. Aquarians for instance, who prefer to have the focus on the…
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This Full Moon at 9 deg 15’ Aquarius is friendly and humane opposite a fiery, expressive Leo Sun. At this moment of high summer, when we are possibly at our most self-indulgent with the Sun basking in Leo, take a moment to reflect on what you bring to your friendship group? What is your role?…
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