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Mercury in Gemini Square Neptune in Pisces | 29º52’ | June 17, 2024 | 0:40 PST|
The AstroWeathers of this week start out with a tense transit between Mercury in Gemini and Neptune in Pisces. This Square Aspect has questions, so many tough questions. Questions that either won’t make sense or will go way too deep.
Notice what questions were popping up for you over the last week/weekend; don’t dismiss them because they were weird or didn’t really make sense at the time. To really connect with those queries you may want to spend time reflecting on the weirdness or opening up to your unconsciousness before bed on Sunday night. You may also want to have your dream journal ready for when you wake up Monday morning as all your dreams might be wiiiiild and filled with big messages.
Mercury is the planet of communication, travel, and systems. Neptune is the planet of creativity, imagination and confusion. When they are both in Mutable Signs (Gemini & Pisces) we have so many opportunities to fuck with imperial systems because they hate, hate, hate anything that causes disconnects, disillusionment, or distractions from the grind. We must use this energy to engage with our Imagination Magic… oh wait, what’s Imagination Magic you ask…?
Imagination Magic is one of the Magical Gifts & Tools stolen from us by the imperial machine. It’s why we all say, “Well, there’s nothing one person can do so I guess I’ll just do nothing”. It’s also why we can’t imagine what the world would be like without a government control and capitalism and war. We need to reclaim our Imagination Magic and this week’s weathers are prime for doing just that.
Take time to let your mind wander and see what your Imagination brings forward. You could also consider these questions…. How do you express your Imagination Magic to the collective? Do you think that WeRk is valuable or did someone tell you it wasn’t? Who told you that? What if that wasn’t true? What if your Imagination Magic was the one that could save the world? Could you imagine that?!?
What comes thru when you sit and listen to the the Universe inside of you? How willing are you to follow these threads and maybe even act on them? These weathers open up space for you to ponder these questions and use them as prompts for some journaling… but move fast because Mercury will move into Cancer just two short hours after this Square exacts and then Mercury and Venus will join together in Cancer a few hours after that.
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Mercury Enters Cancer | June 17 | 2:06 PST | Mercury will be in Cancer until July 11, 2024
When Mercury enters Cancer we typically find it difficult to communicate. This is not because Mercury in Cancer in Astrology struggles with communication; this is because when the patriarchy broke Emotion Magic and our Intutions it told everyone that feelings were worthless and shameful and that expressing them could be punishable by violence and death. It scared us away from our own intuition and worked hard to severe our instincts and our empathy. Mercury’s annual cycle in Cancer is intended to bring us into a deeper understanding of our emotions and our intuition. When we have this connection we’re able to reset our boundaries around our basic needs for safety and nourishment without causing harm to others basic needs for safety and nourishment. We strive to build systems that tend to everyone’s needs like a healthy motherly or nurturing being would do.
During the transit of Mercury in Cancer we have the opportunity to heal this severing and listen with our Emotions and Intuition. We can tap into what is often called our “sixth sense”. This kind of ‘knowing’ is super powerful and that is why we were intentionally severed from it. How can you listen without your eyes and ears? How can you understand with our your sense of smell, taste or touch? What do you need to know you know, ya know? Let yourself FEEEEEEL you way thru things while Mercury is here and you’ll learn a lot (you’ll also fuck with the systems when you remember how to KNOW your self this well).
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Mercury Conjunct Venus in Cancer | 0º2’ | June 17 | 5:42 PST |
When Mercury and Venus come together we’re being called to express our values. We need to talk about what’s what and why and is it still working for everyone? Is it fair and just and a fucking delight or are there struggles and edges that need to be tended? The communication & systems planet joining the planet of values, relationships & integration asks us to examine our values and make sure they’re aligned with who we are and what our collective needs. When this happens in Cancer it can be tricky because this is THEE emotional sign. It’s likely this transit is going to ask us to pick apart where our thoughts and feelings come together and pull apart. What do you feel about it? What do you think or know about it? Do you know how others in your life think and feel? Do you care about that? Are you making room for that or talking about It? Ahhhhhhh it’s a lot of feelings for a culture that really fucking hates fucking feelings. Like, yuck.
This is where we can ponder on Emotion Magic. What is that Magical Gift & Tool for? What would be the purpose of taking that connection away from us? Why does colonization want us to be confused about what a thought and feeling is and why?
We’re gonna talk about your feelings and the value of our feelings and since Monday is The Moon’s day you can expect it to be filled with thoughts and emotions that move and change quickly. It’s gonna be extra babes so be ready. It’s okay to cry and you probably will.
The energy quiets down for the last few days of Gemini Season and then on June 20th The Sun in Gemini sends its final aspect of the season at Neptune in Pisces. This Square connects to the Mercury/Neptune Square on Monday so those themes may return but this time with a bit more clarity or at least illumination on ‘em.
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The Sun in Gemini Square Neptune in Pisces | 29º54’ | June 20, 2024 | 11:12 PST|
Did you take some time to ponder all those questions early in the week? Do you see any of those thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and/or feelings, emotions, or wounds popping up again? Can you see them more clearly or do you feel more confused? This transit is shining a very, very bright light on whatever this annual transit is trying to show you. Chances are there is or has been a point of confusion in this part of your life for the last few years. Checking to see which House holds Gemini and Pisces energy may help you decipher more details about what’s trying to come thru here… if it’s not clear yet, don’t worry you’ll get more chances to WeRK with this energy.
But, not much more time today because about two hours after this transit is exact, The Sun moves into Cancer and Summer begins!!!
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The Sun Enters Cancer | 13:50 PST
Summer Solstice | The Full Sun Phase | Cancer Season 2024
The most motherly thing I can do for y’all is warn you to be ready for a shit show. Once we all go splish, splash, and take a bath in the emo waters of the crab it’s gonna be extra. We’re gonna feel it all again, everything we were sorta able to push down during the Spring quarter (no Water Signs in Spring y’all!), it’s all gonna come back in a big, overwhelming wave. Grab your bouy, your floaties, your pontoon… and remember that feeling your fucking feelings is an act of revolution. It is Sweet Disruption to own your feelings. It is Sweet Disruption to have feelings around other people and not give a fuck how it makes THEM feel to witness it. It is Sweet Disruption to let another person have their feelings and not try to shush or restrict them. Sweet Disruption is hard babes. And these AstroWeathers are going to ask us to DO IT.
The opportunity to have feelings about it is going to come up. For you and everyone else. So, what can you do TO DO that differently? How can you hold space for others to do it differently? In what way can you reclaim Emotion Magic and use it as a tool for Sweet Disruption?
This weekend may open up some portals for you to do just that. And likely a lot of other disruptive things too. Mercury will Square the North (in Aries) and South (in Libra) Nodes on Saturday and this will cause our minds bend and expand in big ways. These ways may be uncomfortable or event scary or challenging. This transit also connects closely with the AstroWeathers of October 7, 2023 so there is a Magical portal for moving information around the collective. Notice the big news or bigger lies told today. Use your voice to shout into new spaces and spark a conversation that needs to be had.
Topics on the collective mind may be about “the facts” and “the data” when it really needs to be about the feelings and relationships. We should ask questions like, Without the facts, how do you know? What do you know that doesn’t require facts? and, propaganda works because?
We can do some big research into the history of propaganda and how it’s been used to manipulate the collective path towards more violence and oppression. This is especially true in regards to war, identity politics, and nationalism. These are all themes of the polarity of Aries and Libra, especially with Chiron and The Nodes traveling through these Signs now. We’re being pushed and pulled and pulled and pushed to choose sides in every area of our lives -and that, is intentional. While we are arguing over pronouns, bodily autonomy, and the right to defend made-up borders & boundaries a few very, very bad people are sucking the earth dry. Those folx are the real enemy and most of us don’t even see them.
It’s gonna be an intense week but it’s also a Full Moon Week so there is a huge opportunity to see things in a new way. To face things that scare you and really see what the issue is. The power to reflect is so overlooked and neglected. The Full Moon is NOT a time to release, it is a time to SEE SHIT and decide if you’re grateful for it or fucking done with it.
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The Full Moon in Capricorn | June 21, 2024 | 18:07 PST | 01º07
This Full Moon is in Capricorn. We will actually be in a Blue Moon Season this Cancer Season with TWO Full Moons in Capricorn happening in one season. This first one is on June 21st at 18:07 PST. The next one will be on July 21st. This is such a powerful energy for WeRKing with Emotion Magic, which might sound surprising since The Moon is in detriment in Capricorn, but it shouldn’t be. Capricorn is the container that holds all of Cancer’s fucking feelings. It is an anchor for all that water. It uses that information to build the structures, the boundaries, and the walls. (Yep, those walls!) THIS is why we often find our emotional triggers and coping mechanisms in our Capricorn Houses. Capricorn is using Cancer as a blueprint for how you operate in a crisis or a collective (which is sometimes both). Capricorn seeks safety, stability, and law & order. Its Shadows are nativism, nostalgia, holding massive grudges, and getting stuck in the past or in traditions or habits that are harmful but “status quo”. When Capricorn is out of alignment it becomes a cop. When it’s in alignment it is the best spiritual guide, leader, and teacher ever.
Since this Full Moon will make oppositions with The Sun (duh), Mercury and Venus in Cancer we’re really being asked if our boundaries and coping mechanisms are operating for our benefit or for our harm. Do we still need those walls there or are they blocking out opportunities? What is being built out of fear and what is being built out of love? Our traditional values or typical mindsets will likely be challenged, as they have been the last few years, but with an intensity of TWO Full Moons shining on them in one solar cycle. These are the best kind of AstroWeathers for UN/RE learning. You may want to look at your Capricorn House themes as a guide for where you can really make this big opportunity count!
That’s the week ahead MoonBeams according to me & my guides! It’s been really healing to get back into writing these. I hope to keep it up and eventually make these a subscription here on Substack. You can also check out my website for even more Astrology and Magic content.
ALSO…I would love to hear what you think and be in ComMOONity with you. If you have any questions or insights please share! Have a Magical week and lean into those uncomfortable opportunities!
As always, Free Palestine, LandBack & Abolish IsNOTreal!
Love you!
xo.d