Moves Like Jagger

“When the hurly burly is done, when the battle’s lost and won…”

Perhaps last week’s solar eclipse that tangled with Pluto, Saturn and Mars has made me appreciate the finer points of the Scottish play. Where we have won some things, we have lost some as well. After the planetary scuffle of last week, we are left wondering who won. First off, that flighty Venus is currently retrograde, her loving rays moving farther and farther away from us. What this retrograde is doing is hauling up our messed up money and beauty issues and shoving them in our face. Not to mention that Venus Retrograde will also bring back old lovers. Not the good kind, mind you, but the ones that broke our hearts, stole our money and killed our cat. And then we had the very healing new moon eclipse that was super close to jovial Jupiter that showed us our own boo boos and taught us how to kiss our own owies. While that is all fine and good, I’m sure many of us were feeling weepy at some point or another.

That wild tug of war, that relentless wave of emotion and thought rushing over us… it has ebbed…

THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE NOW I WANT TO GO TO A BARBEQUE. Even the universe recognizes that it is Memorial Day Weekend, and that it’s time to party.

Yes folks, even the universe has to take a time out, after whipping us human folk into a wild frenzy of human emotion and thought. The past solar eclipse in Gemini has made us ask ourselves how to best let our light shine, and let our freak out to play. If we have all been good and done what the universe wanted us to do, we get to play nice with everyone.  As always, the universe grants us a boon after a difficult time. What we do with it, is of course, up to us all. Mercury and the Sun in active Gemini are at a dynamite angle to Uranus.

Quick review: Mercury is the chatty, super fast thinking planet of communication and travel.

                           Uranus: the planet of wild flashes of creativity, intuition and insight. Uranus is the planet that encourages us to be rebellious, and to be ourselves when everyone else wants us to conform.

                          Sun: the epicenter of it all, and the big hand guiding us all in how we think and act.

This lovely planetary combination is inviting us all to be as kooky and as out there as possible, and to act on it as well. To talk to play, to dance and to be as creative as possible.

The moon is in posturing Leo this weekend (think of Mick Jagger strutting across the stage in his peacock mode. This should sum up what Leo moon attitude looks like) and it wants us to dance, sing and play. By all means, my little star light children put on sparkly dangly jewelry, smoke black foreign cigarettes and dance wildly. Enjoy your time. Most importantly, play nice with others.

Its prime time to play and frolic, and ignore the fact that there is someone, something,  tapping a long finger on his wrist watch, chanting  so very quietly to us frolicking children,  “Tic toc.. Tic toc”...

What Next, Batman?

Well, nothing really. This rest of this week is going to be very quiet…hear the tumbleweeds blowing across the cosmic desert? Ha, just kidding. It’s going to be slow, but not quiet in the least. The sounds you will be hearing are folks still quietly sobbing while licking their wounds after recuperating after the full moon in Scorpio. Oh, and of course people will be talking incessantly about their hopes and dreams…maybe even some of the good, dirty kinds. People will also be talking about money; not money that is owed or why-don’t-I-get-paid-more money talk, but about investments, family money, money to decorate or shop, or to buy property. More people will be purchasing lotto tickets, and other financials. People will be talking about music, books and their almighty important opinions also. So, you say, shrugging your shoulders. People talk all the time.

Yes my dear star watcher, this is true. However the planetary movements means that people are actually saying what they really think and feel, rather than blathering on to fill in that awkward silence that happens in intervals during the day.  Mercury, the chatterbox, traveling and energetic planet of communication has entered Taurus, and meets up with the bright warm sun in Taurus, and links hands with the happiest and most sincere planet, Jupiter. Jupiter, out of any other planet, heartily believes more is better and the most is best.

 All three heavenly bodies are working together in pragmatic, sensual Taurus. Taurus is an earth sign and focused on tangibles, such as real estate, food and of course really good textiles. Taurus wants to indulge in all things sensory, but is too pragmatic to get lost in it all. Taurus believes in being honest, and living in the reality of now. With Mercury, Jupiter and the Sun hanging out in Taurus, they all have picked up Taurus’s personality traits.

Now, what gives this cosmic trio it’s truly earnest edge? It would have to be because dreamy Neptune in spiritual, artistic Pisces is winking at a super sweet angle to this trio, encouraging them to be sensitive, compassionate and most important, vulnerable. Conversations will really matter this week. All of this earnest conversing is also a result of Saturn no longer screaming at Mercury from across the astrological wheel to just shut the bleep up. Saturn, being the big bad guy trying to tell everyone what to do, try his best to subdue Mercury. Saturn was often successful, since Saturn carries more clout than Mercury does. However, Saturn no longer has this hold on Mercury.

Oh? You say. That’s it for this week?

In response, I sigh. My dearies enjoy this quiet. Enjoy the after effects of surviving that full moon. This is because next week Venus goes retrograde and begins her efforts to complete old business from eight years ago. Does this make you slightly nervous? Did anything happen or go down eight years ago that still makes you pause? Even if you say no, we all know the answer really is yes. However, we shall get to that in time.

Dun-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu….

I love Scorpios. I love their attitude, their swagger, their blatant need to be real even when it stings. I especially love the unbridled power they have at their fingertips that they more often use for evil rather than good. I have a soft spot for Scorpio moons, since I happen to have one.

The full moon in Scorpio is going to be bad…she wants to be such a bad girl. She wants to drink, dance, wear fishnet stockings and key somebody’s car.  She wants to shoplift and wear heavy black eye liner.  Scorpio moons always want to do this, but she’s at her ultimate power in her being a full moon, as well as being opposite Jupiter in Taurus (which is like the friend that passes her the flask while she’s speeding down the highway in a stolen cherry red Chevy convertible) and being breathed on very heavily by the happy sweet and annoyingly healthy Venus trine Saturn.  So. Jupiter, which is the planet that beliefs more is always better is egging this Scorpio moon on, even though it’s not the best idea. Then Saturn is being all lovey dovey with Venus and wagging his finger at the unbridled urges this moon is bringing up in all of us. Ugg. So what’s a wild girl to do?

Its hard going, because under this moon there will be no waffling, no wavering.  Scorpio moon’s are all about survival, healing and breakthroughs due to its dual rulers Mars and Pluto. (*Mars is the planet of war and raw aggression and Pluto is the planet obsessed with power, death and rebirth and well…obsession)

It’s a survivor’s moon, where we all will be feeling the darker, edgier side of ourselves. The ruthlessness that we all try to keep at bay will show itself.

But there is much more to this moon. It’s also where the ugly comes out.  I don’t mind the blood suckers so much. After all, they know how to live, and will do their best to survive.  After all, we all know those people, the ones that will do their best to be ok no matter what comes their way.  It is these people that serve their purpose in the way that it toughens our skin from their endeavors, and helps us learn the difference between who can and will use our help to eventually be ok, and those who simply want to melt into whoever can help them merely live with minimal effort.  It’s this full moon where we need to figure out the survivors from the chattel.

While we struggle with the need to survive, to evolve and to indulge in our darker pursuits, we also have at our disposal a great opportunity to heal. A little known secret about Scorpio is that it is a sign that while often destructive, is also very much in the business of healing. Scorpio’s can make miracles occur. Very often this magnificent healing happens after trials and tribulations. This full moon in Scorpio is very important in that in its connection with this sappy Venus/Saturn trine, the potential to truly heal ourselves and even others is not to be believed. The universe seems to want us all well and healthy…but in this case we need to work very hard for it.

Is this full moon a Cosmic First Aid Kit? Probably…