The Sun and Mercury enter Aquarius this week, doing their part to break up the mega Capricorn stellium in the sky. (A stellium is a cluster of 4 or more planets in a sign, conjoining each other.) We can feel this accordingly as a lessening of pressure, feeling literally more airiness in our consciousness – the capacity to think of an ongoing issue differently, the capacity to entertain new ideas, or the capacity for revelatory insight. If Pluto’s sojourn through Capricorn, and more recently Saturn’s journey through Capricorn, has revealed to us deep fundamental changes that need to be made personally and collectively, the transition into more Aquarian energy (even just of the Sun and Mercury) can help us access intelligence on how to design these needed changes.
In case this is your first time here, I’m Sabrina Monarch and I’m a soul-centered astrologer. I love providing perspectives on the opportunities of transits and putting into words what the vibe may feel like at this moment in time, to support you on your path & open a dialogue between us and the cosmos. If you would like to receive these weekly forecasts to your inbox, sign up for my mailing list here.
Here’s our week, after a few announcements!
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January 15, 2020
Venus in 2 Pisces sextile Uranus in 2 Taurus: 3:18 PM PST
(Image: The Secret Garden, 1993)
- There is a common quandary that people face that goes something like this: “Am I supposed to create my life, or will things happen for me?” Or “Am I supposed to create my destiny, or will Source guide me or show me what to do?” Usually, the answer is not going to be either/or. So how would they combine?
- Among artists who develop a particular craft, the muse speaks to them in an according language. Painters get visions of paintings, musicians catch a song, a novelist gets a story idea downloaded to them, and so on. What if inspiration is seeking a vessel? If we want deeper guidance on how to be moved in life, or how to be better supported in our endeavors, why not set up shop in the realm of our genius? When we make the space to create and we have some practice or consistency with showing up, we actually strengthen our channel, our creative frequency. Consider another example, of the person calling in partnership. What practices strengthen their channel of relatedness? There are higher forces (whether you relate to them as guides, angels, gods, etc.) that want to collaborate with us. What symbolic acts and practices signal to these forces that we’re asking for support?
- Venus-Uranus contacts can relate to sparks and chemistry, and spontaneous connections with others. The more uniquely expressive we are, the more innately we can be seen or mirrored by others, and life itself. Venus-Uranus can relate to the groundbreaking, shocking levels of joy we feel when we feel seen as who we are, in our weirdness, in the places we imagined we might always be isolated. There is also a degree to which Venus beautifies the weird – the weird is made alluring, instead of repelling, and often through a core ownership and self-love element of the one expressing their weirdness.
January 16, 2020
Mercury enters Aquarius: 10:31 AM PST
Mercury will be in Aquarius until February 3.
- Aquarius is often mistaken as a water sign by people who are newer to astrology because of Aquarius’ symbol as the water bearer. But Aquarius is an air sign. The water connection, however, can be seen in the process by which running water conducts electricity in a different fashion than still pools of water. In the shower, or if we watch a river, we can often not help but to feel steams of ideas and visions pouring through us. Many people say their best ideas come to them in the shower. Funny, then, that Aquarius should also relate to epiphany, revelation, and lightbulb moments! At a very mundane level, consider putting some attention into being hydrated & what that offers your quality of mind.
- We may also consider during this transit what connects (Mercury) us to genius and information that is revelatory (Aquarius). These moments of insight can be plentiful with Mercury in Aquarius, too!
- Mercury in Aquarius can also relate to systems thinking, and the capacity to understand how things are interconnected within a network structure. “Disruption” has become such a popular buzzword in the context of people “disrupting” industries by introducing something new and groundbreaking. We might look at disruption as a quality of something new or foreign entering an existing system and that existing system having to adapt. Prometheus disrupted the evolution of humanity by sharing fire with the humans. Unusual people tend to disrupt culture just by being themselves. How creative can we get with “disruption” without creating unnecessary trauma? What dose of disruption is medicinal? If we were to consider our lives “systems”, what added or subtracted elements would beneficially disrupt the system? The person “stuck in their head” dances more, another person eliminates an allergen from their diet and experiences boosted energy levels, another person may get a reiki healing and feel stuck energy move, and so on.
January 18, 2020
Mercury in 2 Aquarius square Uranus in 2 Taurus: 12:32 AM PST
(Image: Michael Whelan)
- One of the story arcs of both Aquarius and Uranus is moving from isolation to connection – which can be assisted by communicating and putting out a signal, instead of feeling it is too futile to try (which, actually, is a thing that keeps people back).
- To feel as though are signal is received or picked up, it involves our own ability to transmit the message as we mean it, but also our capacity to empathize with how others will interpret it. We may experience trial and error, experienced as miscommunication. Working through edges in communication, and things getting lost in translation, may occur but can also bring about greater cohesion and understanding.
January 20, 2020
Sun enters Aquarius: 6:55 AM PST
- For anyone who has felt exceptionally heavy with the Capricorn stellium of planets (during the Saturn-Pluto conjunction on Jan 12, Sun, Mercury, Ceres, Saturn, Pluto and the South Node of the Moon!), the Sun in Aquarius opens up a shift of energy and a breaking-up of some of that heavy mood. We’re moving from an Earth Sun season to an Air Sun season, and air is less dense than earth. Earth energy helps us be aware of what’s happening on the ground, and our pragmatic affairs on the ground, and how we are concretely materializing goals or plans. With the Sun entering Aquarius, our mind may begin to travel a little more past the bounds we had just been allowing it to – beginning to think more of abstract ideas. Can we also imagine how to implement them? Can we picture a blueprint that takes the vision that far?
- Aquarius Season can highlight our friendships and community, and how alive and lit up this area of our lives feels. Similar to one-on-one relationship and partnership having various accompanying skillsets, building friendship and building community also has its accompanying skillsets and teachings. Community doesn’t just happen magically – so what are its constituent parts? Coming back to systems thinking, a whole system is more than the sum of its parts – a social gathering is more than the people, the ambiance, the food, the activities, and so on – it’s the unique aura and synergy that emerges from those parts. The magic of elements coming together is not something we ourselves have to create or force. Our genius in the situation, perhaps, is discovering what to bring to the table, so to say – and watching how chemistry unfolds in the system/environment.
- This can also be a beautiful season to experiment with how we express our uniqueness – how we come out of hiding in our attempts to be “normal”, and our very unique process for doing that. What kinds of circumstances, environments, healing work and inner-developments empower us to individuate? See if these opportunities catch your attention this solar season.
Thank you for meditating on the planets with me this week! I really appreciate you being here with me as I know that if you connect to this writing we have likemindedness and that is so special. Please share this article with a friend who you think would resonate!
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