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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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Mercury turns direct at 21 deg 24’ Leo on 28th August 2024 at 22h14 BST Our planet of thought and communication pauses in Leo and turns direct. Communications should now begin to improve and we may start to get answers to emails and letters that we thought were lost in the ether. Mercury in Leo…
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Sun enters Virgo @15h55 BST on 22nd August 2024 The Sun is beginning to set on summer and the pace changes. Leo is a Fixed sign. It moves steadily with focus on the bigger picture. Virgo is busy, bustling, managerial, paying attention to all the details, adapting to new situations and making sure things get…
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Full Moon in Aquarius
Aquarius · astrologer · astrology · Astrology forecast · Full Moon · learn astrology · Leo · Planets · Retrograde · Sun · UranusFull Moon in Aquarius at 27deg 15’ Aquarius at 19h26 BST A Full Moon in Aquarius signifies the oppposition between ideals and independence (Aquarius) and self-expression (Sun in Leo). A challenging aspect to Uranus in Taurus adds issues of radical change to our material security. Security must be smashed for freedom and change to occur.…
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Jupiter square Saturn
Aquarius · astrologer · astrology · Astrology forecast · beginners astrology · Gemini · Jupiter · learn astrology · Mercury · Pisces · Relationships · Saturn · VirgoJupiter/Saturn square across Gemini/Pisces at 17deg 27’ at 22h47 BST on 19th August 2024 This week is building to two important astrological events, both happening on 19th August; the Full Moon in Aquarius (more on that in a separate post) and the challenging square between Jupiter and Saturn. The square aspect had its seed moment…
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Mercury turns retrograde
astrologer · astrology · Astrology forecast · beginners astrology · Gemini · learn astrology · Mercury · Planets · Retrograde · VirgoMercury turns retrograde at 4 deg 6’ Virgo on 5th August 2024 at 05.56 BST Our planet of thought and communication turns retrograde three to four times year. This time it’s in the Mutable, Earth sign of Virgo, a sign which it rules, along with Gemini. Those of us with these two signs prominent in…
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Venus enters Virgo
astrologer · astrology · Astrology forecast · beginners astrology · learn astrology · Mercury · Planets · Venus · VirgoVenus enters Virgo at 03.23 BST on 5th August 2024 🌟 💃 Venus, who has been working on herself and her own creative projects in Leo, now moves into Virgo where she is thinking more about how to be useful to others. In Virgo, she has work to do. Organisation and adaptability are required. 💫 For Venus, our…
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New Moon in Leo
astrologer · astrology · Astrology forecast · beginners astrology · Gemini · Jupiter · Leo · New Moon · PlanetsNew Moon 12 deg 34’ Leo, at 12.14 BST on 4th August 2024 Every New Moon is the start of a new cycle. In Leo the New Moon is about finding courage to express who you are away from your tribe. The Moon has left its own sign where it was comfortable and is being asked…
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Mercury enters Virgo at 23h42 BST on 25th July 2024 Happy Hermes/Mercury wings his way home after overheating in Leo. Now he can display all his best qualities. He can think about how to be of service, for one thing, how to be useful and practical. He can manage our affairs and ensure everything is…
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Sun enters Leo
astrologer · astrology · Astrology forecast · beginners astrology · learn astrology · Leo · Planets · Sun · WildlifeSun enters Leo, 08.44 BST, 22nd July 2024 When the Sun moves into Leo on 22nd it immediately opposes Pluto in Aquarius. Here we have the image of the individual struggling to express and fulfil herself against the weight of a powerful society or social group. Both Leo and Aquarius can be determined and opinionated…
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Full Moon in Capricorn
astrologer · astrology · Astrology forecast · beginners astrology · Cancer · Capricorn · Full Moon · Gemini · lunation · Mars · Pisces · Planets · Retrograde · Saturn · SunFull Moon on 21st July at 11h17 BST at 29 deg 6’ Capricorn This second Capricorn Full Moon of Cancer season is about the past (Cancer) and the future (Capricorn). It’s intensity is heightened by falling the last, anaretic or ‘crisis’, degree of the sign, emphasizing the theme of concluding a cycle. Capricorn is about…
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Venus enters Leo at 17h19 BST, 11th July 2024. In Cancer she was sensitive, emotional and just a little cagey. In Leo, Venus is whole-hearted, exuding warmth and ‘look at me’ confidence. This is a Fixed, Fire sign and here the planet of love, desire, relationship and value is warm, generous and desirous of attention.…
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A New Moon at 14 deg 23’ Cancer at 23.57 BST on 5th July 2024 This New Moon is exactly conjunct Sirius, also known as the ‘Dog Star’. Sirius is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis (Dog) Major, which, from 3rd July to 11th August, rises and sets with the Sun. The Romans…
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Neptune turns retrograde 11h40 BST 2nd July – 7th December 2024 🌊 The God of the Oceans has been treading water in the last, powerful, anaretic, degree of Pisces, for a while now, as if unwilling to leave the sign where he is in rulership. Understandably, as he won’t return home for around 150 years. Neptune…
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Saturn turns Retrograde at 19deg 25’ Pisces at 20h15 BST on 29th June 2024 Our planet of structure and boundaries has been treading water in Pisces for the last few days as it prepares to turn and trek backwards from our viewpoint on the Earth. If you have planets or angles around 18 – 20…
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Full Moon in Capricorn
astrology · Astrology forecast · beginners astrology · Cancer · Capricorn · Full Moon · learn astrology · lunation · Neptune · Planets · Sun · VenusFull Moon at 1 deg 7’ Capricorn at 02.08 BST on 22nd June 2024 This is first of two Full Moons in ambitious, business-like and quietly shamanic Capricorn. The second falls on 21st July at the very end of the sign. Both are opposed by the Sun across the sky in Cancer. This is unusual…
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