WAXING QUARTER MOON DECEMBER 8 to DECEMBER 15

WHEW! Well I hope you all made it through last week OK. With MERCURY retrograde, MARS retrograde we all may have felt a bit discombobulated and accident prone. Shit happens. This week MARS Rx is beginning its swing back towards a second potent opposition to PLUTO  which aligns in early January. VENUS separates from its recent conjunction with PLUTO. MARS Rx opposes VENUS. SATURN trines a JUNO-LILITH Rx conjunction while it builds towards a square with JUPITER Rx. The SUN trines CHIRON Rx. MERCURY will go direct at the end of the week on the FULL MOON.

The dual retrogrades of MARS Rx and MERCURY Rx are certainly putting a damper on progress and testing our non-attachment to the pace. Not easy with so much to do and accomplish as we close out the year and prep for 2025. Still, it gives us an opportunity to slow down, check ourselves and where we are heading before we fully hit the gas again as MARS goes direct in late February, when almost everything is direct. Just hang in there and contemplate well your course.

NEPTUNE stations direct on the 8th which may lift some of the swirling fog of internal negativity, self-pity, anxiety, exaggerated fears and harsh but necessary reality checks we have been experiencing since July. Now we may begin dreaming outward again and guiding ourselves with true intuitions. We always need to remember our minds are prone to chasing mirages and self-created delusions especially negative ones. NEPTUNE rules these things and is reminding us to give a portion of our trust to the enchanted and mystical flow of the Universe. The biggest big picture doesn’t always align with pure logical and materialistic thinking, no matter what the militant muggles think.

JUPITER Rx is separating from its opposition to the SUN which may have exacerbated our self-doubts or tempted us into overstepping boundaries with unfortunate consequences last week. Repair is key in all relationships (with the self and others). This will be facilitated this week by the SUN’s trine to CHIRON Rx on and around December 10th. Meanwhile, JUPITER Rx is approaching its square stodgy SATURN which will be expediting a sense of wise restraint, if not frustrating obstructions, well into January. Don’t try to cut corners this month, steady and responsible will get it done eventually.

JUNO and LILITH Rx bump into each other again around the 12th while trine to SATURN. It looks like SATURN will be the arbitrator in any conflicts or concords between our freedom seeking side and our desire for a cozy home. It is likely to lead to some needed renovations in our relationships. Endeavor to make it a win-win if at all possible.

VENUS will be opposite to MARS Rx too around that time, further stirring the pot in our relationships. Passions and sensuousness may flare that are not limited to just relationships. Creative inspirations and shopping sprees (and overspending!) may be on the agenda. This all will be especially compelling as the SUN makes a simultaneous semisquare to VENUS and sesquisquare to MARS Rx on the 12th.

By the FULL MOON in GEMINI on the 15th, MERCURY stations direct while trine to MARS Rx. Normally a time of quick thinking and inspired communication we may find we aren’t quite up to it now or have to do it over later, because of the retrograde. The SUN semi-squares both VENUS and LILITH Rx while LILITH Rx is square to SATURN. This may augur some brief stress in our relationships on the FULL MOON but it soon passes. Just be working diligently to strengthen your relationship in general and it’ll be a small blip. More on that next week