PLUTO STATIONS RETROGRADE IN AQUARIUS 2 MAY 2024 PLUTO STATIONS RETROGRADE IN AQUARIUS After just over a three-month stay in Aquarius, Pluto stations retrograde at 02°06’ Aquarius (antiscion 27°54’ Scorpio) and will backtrack until 11-12 October when the planets stations direct at 29°38’ Capricorn. The planet will remain at 29° Capricorn the “all-or-nothing” degree from beginning September to mid-November this year. The retrograde period will affect those persons with planets and/or angles in the Fixed signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius between 0-4° and the Cardinal signs of Aries, Ca ..read more

VENUS ENTERS TAURUS 29 APRIL 2024 VENUS ENTERS TAURUS I’m sexy and I know it… Venus the planet of love, comfort, finances and self-worth enters one of her home signs. Taurus is a sign known for its down-to-earth practicality and love of tactile sensations. It’s a Fixed, Earth sign which is very steadfast, stubborn and unable and unwilling to accept change and for the above reasons Taurus is known as a very dependable sign always arriving at its prefixed goals with its slow and steady attitude. Venus in Taurus also endures romantic situations that most others would have already abandoned. Venu ..read more

MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT 25  APRIL 2024 MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT Time to move forward again Mercury stations direct at 15°58’ Aries (antiscion 14°02’Virgo) on the 25 April. Interesting to note that Mercury was the term ruler during the recent Solar Eclipse at 19°24’ Aries and thus activated the eclipse degree on the 4th March, 16th March (R) and will do so again on the 5th May. Gemini and Virgo, both ruled by Mercury, may respond differently to the signs their ruling planet moves through on its journey backwards. Virgo, being an Earth sign, doesn’t take too kindly to Fire signs finding the ..read more

FULL MOON IN SCORPIO 23-24 APRIL 2024 FULL MOON IN SCORPIO There will be a Full Moon at 04°18’ in the Fixed, Water sign of Scorpio (antiscion 25°42’Aquario). The dispositors of the Moon in Scorpio are Mars (traditional) and Pluto (modern). The lunation is in a separating T-square with modern ruler Pluto. A T-Square in the Fixed signs with a Pluto apex indicates that our head (Sun – leaders) and our heart (Moon – people) are both pulling in opposite directions and Pluto squaring both these planets implies a dilemma between the wilfull desire to obtain the desired goals through sheer force (our ..read more

JUPITER-URANUS CONJUNCTION 20-21 APRIL 2024 JUPITER-URANUS CONJUNCTION This present article is an extract from a longer talk on Jupiter in Taurus that was presented at the annual general meeting of the Association of Professional Astrologers International (APAI) in April 2023. Jupiter and Uranus have been in a continuous orb of each other (max 10°) since late July 2023 and will continue to be so until Jupiter enters Gemini on 26 May 2024. However, the two planets will conjoin only once at 21°50’ Taurus (antiscion 08°10’ Leo) on the 20-21st April (less than 1° away from the Jupiter-Saturn conj ..read more

SOLAR ECLIPSE IN ARIES 8 APRIL 2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE IN ARIES 8 APRIL 2024 There will be a New Moon and a total Solar Eclipse at 19°24’ of Aries (antiscion 10°36’ Virgo), a Cardinal, Fire sign on the 8th of April. The Sun, on its exaltation degree in Aries, is particularly strong. This eclipse path intersects the path of the 2017 great American eclipse which took place on the 21st August at 29° Leo, also in a Fire sign just like the upcoming one. Around that time there were huge floods in the Miami area due to Tropical Storm Emily, US congress pushed through sanctions against Russia, President T ..read more

VENUS ENTERS ARIES 4-5 APRIL 2024 VENUS ENTERS ARIES 4-5 APRIL 2024 love at first sight…. Venus, the planet of values (what WE value and desire), love and finances, enters the sign of Aries on the 4-5th of April (depending where you find yourself in the world at that moment). In Aries, Venus is in her mythical lover’s den (one of them, the other being in Scorpio). Venus in Aries is full of bravado, actually she always gets what she wants in any sign, but she’s more open and adventurous in Aries, sexual, but perhaps not sensuous, and certainly not “comfy” here. Aries and Scorpio are in fact th ..read more

MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE 1 APRIL 2024 MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE …slowing down is a must After a period of retrograde journeys in the Earth signs, Mercury starts its first retrograde period of the year in the Fire sign of Aries at 27°13’ (antiscion 2°47’ Virgo) and backtracks to 15°58’ Aries (antiscion 14°02’Virgo) where it again stops in its tracks on 25th April to station direct. The most recent times that Mercury retrograded in Aries was in April/May 2017 and April 2018. Aries gives us a rather noisy, quick-thinking, discussion-loving version of Mercury, here intuition must be accounte ..read more

MARS ENTERS PISCES ON 22 MARCH 2024 MARS ENTERS PISCES  and tired is the new normal… Although in its own triplicity in Pisces, Mars tends nevertheless to lose itself a little in this sign. Energies are scattered and vitality is often low which might lead to a tendency to brooding and introspection. On the other hand, Mars in Pisces is often gifted with an unusual intuitive accuracy but frequently prefers to win by yielding itself to the other as it moves from one mood to another with great ease thus creating confusion in the adversary. Helplessness is often used as a weapon “poor me” in ..read more

VENUS ENTER PISCES 11 MARCH 2024 VENUS ENTER PISCES In love with love On the 11th of March, Venus, the planet of love, romance, harmony and values, glides into the sign of Pisces, the sign of its exaltation, ruled by Jupiter (traditional ruler) and where Neptune, modern co-ruler of Pisces, has been transiting since April 2011. Venus will join Saturn, Sun and Neptune already in the sign of Pisces. Venus in Pisces may well be capable of endless devotion and self-sacrifice but here the planet may also be gullible to illusions and thus easily exploited and turning into the victim. Venus will make ..read more