MARS enters ARIES ♂ ⇾ ♈️

June 27, 2020 ◇◆ MARS enters ARIES ◆◇

Today (6:45pm in CA) the planet of will power leaves the watery realm of Pisces (there since May 12) and enters home sign Aries, and will remain there much longer than usual. (In traditional astrology, Mars rules both Aries and Scorpio). Because Mars will have a retrograde cycle, which happens every couple of years, the fiery planet’s stay in feisty Aries will be particulary extended - six months rather than the typical six weeks. The retrograde cycle for Mars occurs from September 9 until November 13. And Mars will be in its domicile or home sign of Aries until January 6, 2021.

It’s important to review both the healthy or medicinal manifestations and the unhealthy or poisonous manifestations that a planet and a sign have the potential to bring out. Mars is well known as the god of war, the warrior planet, with traits like anger, competitiveness, impulsivity, impatience, and conflict. Mars does bring those attributes, and also passion, assertiveness, and ferocity. And when it’s channeled or there’s a worthy opponent, the Mars energy becomes a champion for standing up against tyranny and the rightful and worthy application of fire and aggression. The sign of Aries has similar attributes. It’s the first sign of the zodiac, a cardinal fire sign associated with ambition, sex drive, and the archetype of the warrior. Aries needs a worthy battle, a cause to fight for, something to protect. It brings an energy of initation, powerful life force, true courage, and will. With Mars and with Aries we must remember that conflict or stress is inherent - it comes down to what kind of conflict or stress; do we want to be adventurous, courageous defenders of freedom, or tyrannical bullies finding a fight everywhere we look?

There’s a forceful, aggressive, direct kind of power with Mars in Aries… an explosive and slightly volitile undercurrent. Mars’ square to Jupiter, Pluto, and Saturn in Capricorn* will make things more interesting and complex, with Mars igniting changes in the Capricorn areas. We could have six months of anger and frustration and war-like circumstances, as Aries Mars manifests as rage and battle. We could have a complete transformation of systems, as that energy alters and elevates the status quo. This combustible intensity could be used in service of dismantiling and destroying outdated structures and systems, or to war within oneself and others. There are many possibilities. Mars is ever-ready to act. There’s an opportunity to take brave, decisive, strategic action, to be wise warriors, true champions of humanity, to channel this potency ambitiously into all worthy causes at this crucial time in history. The force and fury of 2020 is not weakening, it’s building. We can handle what comes if we stay steady in our hearts, don’t lose hope, and harness the most evolutionary aspects of these energies.

xo

If you have your natal chart, look for where Aries is to find the area where you’ll experience this Mars power.
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*Retrograde Saturn re-enters Capricorn on July 1.

Libra Full Moon

4/7/20 FULL MOON in LIBRA (18º 45’)
7:35pm PDT 

On Tuesday we have Mars square Uranus, hinting at potential volatility, some level of dysfunction, inner or outer revolution, or maybe an assertive expression of our individuality. Mental planet Mercury forms a sextile with Pluto and then Jupiter and the Libra Full Moon also connects with them. Pluto rules the realm of the underworld and always brings a major serious tone. Jupiter is deep faith and brings increase or excess. Mercury governs connections, communication, and mental confusion. The sextiles with Mercury could emphasize major imbalances that we experience in the collective as well as personally.

The Pluto/Jupiter conjunction was exact at 24º Capricorn on Saturday 4/4/20, and we will continue to be under this influence and feeling the effects of it. We have the underworld ruler as well as topics of death, endings, and rebirth (Pluto) being increased, amplified, or exaggerated (Jupiter). This sounds and feels intense and uncomfortable. It was no secret that this year was going to be extreme, as we arrive at a changing of eras, a critical point of no return from the immense changes that are unfolding. We are witness to and participants in the world’s current crisis. And individually we experience the new enforced solitary confrontation with our true selves, all pretense and polish wearing away, our hidden depths brought to the surface for inspection. Our faith is tested, we may lose hope or we may be reinspired into our spiritual beliefs and practices now. We may be dealing with our so-called shadows more explicitly, or entertaining our demons more frequently. We grieve, retreat, reach out, blow up, shut down… our vulnerabilities are exposed and our limitations pushed. There does exist the possibility of transformation, after what may be or feel like annihilation or elimination, and that may be the promise of the Pluto/Jupiter conjunction if we can make it through. 

Libra Full Moon is a call into relationship reflection. The Libra impulse is to move and work toward harmony, balance, and compromise, and is a sign that learns and grows in these specific areas. At this already impactful full moon, in these already extreme circumstances of being sheltered in place during a pandemic and economic and emotional collapse, this Libra moon calls us to accept the invitation into quiet communion with ourselves, a descent into the shadowy spaces of our psyche and heart, and be as honest and gentle with ourselves as we can. You may feel emotional upheaval, deep heavy grief or stinging sadness, you may feel heightened nervous system dysregulation, or just feel more sensitive to things. You can look back into your journals and see what was happening in your life and relationships at the new moon in Libra about six months ago; these themes may be revisited. With this full moon, relationships are under scrutiny and many issues may need to be acknowledged or addressed. Try to find the point of balance with Libra’s scales, and look consciously for the beauty even in the hard times.

Here’s a little wild moon wisdom to consider for this full moon: 
◇ There is no “right way” to experience your experience- you only have to show up for yourself and practice being present. 
◇ Feelings are meant to be felt. 
◇ Practice listening to your intuition and to your body-knowing (gut instinct). 
◇  Be a student of your breath and breathing, observing often and regulating the breath when necessary.

Affirm: I am whole and holy, wise and worthy. 
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xo,
KK

Jupiter/Pluto Conjunction Exact on 444

4/4/2020 
(444)

MARS moved into Aquarius at the beginning of the week. The next day, the fiery planet met up with SATURN. Mars (action and will) conjoins Saturn (barriers and boundaries) at 0º Aquarius, the sign of logic. These two planets are regarded in traditional astrology as malefics, and acknowledging that is important. It is true that stress and frustration are generally felt when dealing with either planet and they both are challenging teachers. Mars can stir up crisis and Saturn creates constraints certainly, but these are natural conditions and necessary for growth and experience to develop. Mars is an activator and initiator, the beginning, and Saturn is time, completion and finality. It’s also helpful to understand that both planets have high vibrational sides to them in addition to their shadows, and their energies and strengths can assist and compliment each other; Mars is able to inspire and push through stagnant, stuck shadow Saturn while Saturn is able to regulate and modify the wrath and recklessness of shadow Mars. Pay attention to where and when you need to forge ahead versus retreat and regroup.

VENUS entered Gemini on Friday, which may shift our love natures into a more mental, curious and maybe flighty state. Gemini thrives in conditions of communication and information. Allow for plenty of intellectual exploration and discovery. On Saturday, Venus forms a trine to Saturn in Aquarius. This introduction into Saturn in Aquarius is expanding our capacity to find logical and innovative ways of connecting and communicating while distancing in isolation.

Saturday brings the first of three JUPITER/PLUTO conjunctions, this first one at 24º Capricorn (exact at 7:45pm CA time). Pallas is also right there. We'll have the next two conjunctions on June 29 and November 12. Jupiter is the energy of more, excess. And Pluto’s realm is death, elimination, transformation. These astrological associations sometimes manifest and are exhibited metaphorically and sometimes literally. There may be news of spread or growth (Jupiter) of loss and death (Pluto) from the virus, or maybe expansion of and increase in hope, supplies/resources, treatment, or cure related to the pandemic and economic collapse, bringing us closer to a shift and transformation. On a personal level may we have compassion for what we have long suppressed and ignored, the shadows we have neglected, that are now surfacing and require tending. Pluto can show us where our core wounds are and allow us to transmute or alchemize them, or conversely can "trick" us into deep despair and cynicism or power trips. May we tap into a sense of supreme grace collectively as we are confronted by this momentous time of shift, as the current power dynamic crumbles and is dismantled. (The USA is in the midst of its Pluto return, from 2008 until 2024).

It may look like chaos around us, and feel like chaos on the inside. It may be this way for a while. Don't despair or give up hope. Our Jupiter conjunct Pluto prayer or affirmation might be: 
May we grow and transform personally and globally into our healthiest, most empowered, and most joyful and thriving versions imaginable. 
Amen. Aho. So mote it be.

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♈︎ V e r n a l E q u i n o x ❀ O s t a r a ☀︎

◆ 3/19/20 ◆

The current Capricorn stellium (so many planetary bodies crowded together in Capricorn): Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, South Node, also Pallas and Chariklo. Saturn is at a critical point (29º) of Capricorn, preparing to enter Aquarius on Saturday night. That move will initiate a major collective shift in consciousness, focus, and work, and we are already seeing aspects of Saturn in Aquarius... (systems collapsing, social distancing, quarantines, and shut downs, humanitarian help on both small and large scales, education via technology, etc). The Disciplinarian planet will be in the sign of the Genius/Outcast for three months to start, then will retrograde back into Capricorn until December, and then will settle in to Aquarius until March 2023. December is also when we have Jupiter conjoining Saturn at 0º Aquarius (on the 21st).

For now we have Mars and Jupiter conjunct in Capricorn (exact on Friday early morning hours), and Mars conjunct Pluto on Sunday night. Jupiter/Pluto conjunction at 24º Capricorn coming soon, exact on April 4. Generally speaking, the energy of Mars is active, assertive, passionate, and ferocious. Jupiter's vibe brings more of everything, and on a grand scale- it is excessive and optimistic. Saturn restricts and limits, maintains boundaries, requires discipline. With Pluto we see elimination, transformative reformation, and the underbelly/underworld of everything; it works on us in deep and somewhat disturbing ways. The lunar South Node represents well worn habitual patterns that are hard to break, a comfort level in our habits that resists change. Altogether, this can create somewhat uncomfortable to deeply disturbed experience.

Many are more worried than usual about how to pay rent and bills and have food under these current circumstances, along with a multitude of other concerns. For some, survival and trauma are trials frequently and familiarly traversed and this is an occasion to call on inner resources, and for others this is an entirely new and different challenge to face. We may feel pushed to the limits or forced to surrender, or we may be reinspired to help actively, or to keep looking for and reasserting hope in our own meaningful ways.

All the action in Capricorn holds gravitas right now, where we will be forced to face severity of some sort. But today is a day to acknowledge a new astrological year beginning. Today in the Northern Hemisphere it is Spring Equinox, with the Sun leaving Pisces and entering Aries, the beginning of the zodiac tonight. We have Chiron in early Aries, but no more fire energy in the skies until the Sun arrives. This lack of fire for several months has been obvious in our (lack of) expressions of motivation, passion, inspiration, and confidence. If you can find it, be in the sunshine today. Let the Aries Sun inspire or encourage you in some small way, in whatever feels appropriate to your inner state.

We are under a mandatory shelter in place order for the next few weeks here in the Bay Area. My personal daily routine doesn't change, as an introverted work from home person, so I am available for astrology consultations, tarot readings, Kosmic Koaching, etc if you need these services. If you're out of work because of the current situation, please write to me about receiving a discount on one of my offerings. wildmoonwisdom@gmail.com.

xo,
KK
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VENUS ♀ ➝ CAPRICORN ♑︎

On November 25, Venus entered earth sign Capricorn, joining Pluto, Saturn, the South Node, and Ceres, and remaining until December 19/20. That’s the Goddess of Love together with the Lord of the Underworld, the Disciplinarian, the Karma and Ancestral Information-holder, and the Goddess of Renewal.

During her stay in fun-loving and philosophical Sagittarius, we may have experienced more freedom-seeking and adventure in our relationships or with regard to our finances. Venus in pragmatic Capricorn now shifts her focus to building sustainable and meaningful connections. She sets her sights on long-term commitment and stability in relationships, and she weilds her boss power in all money matters and executive decisions. From satyr to sea-goat, our love nature now enters Capricorn’s somber domain and attunes us with a sensibility of dedication and maturity. We’ll work hard to reach our goals and get serious about what we want. We may mix business with pleasure during this transit, establish new boundaries, or build important bridges and foundations that will impact the future. It may not be the best time to take big risks but is ideal for things like couples therapy, coaching, working with a financial advisor or accountant to organize finances, or making financial plans for the future. Rather than an overly romanticized and emotional feeling, Capricorn Venus brings loyalty and work ethic to the love-table; problem-solving and trouble-shooting any relationship issues are best taken on now. There’s an innate maturity and wisdom within Capricorn, along with equal measures of stubbornness and stability.

Dedication and determination are valuable qualities available to us with this transit that we can use to grow an income and deepen a commitment, but most importantly, investment in ourselves and our self-worth is what Venus in Capricorn encourages.

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xo ♡

S A T U R N Stations Direct

Wednesday 9/18/19: SATURN turns DIRECT (13º 55’ Capricorn) at 1:47am PDT.

The planetary Teacher of Reality has been retrograde since April 29 (rx at 20º 31’ Capricorn) and this retrograde cycle has felt particularly perilous because of the South Node conjunction, plus Saturn is extra Saturn-y while in its home sign of Capricorn. Saturn’s retrograde dealt with themes of self-sovereignty, responsibility, and general integrity. With Saturn and the South Node linked together closely, we have been called into deeper deliberations about karmic contracts, unhealed generational trauma, unhealthy patterns that haunt and hinder us, and where we are stuck. It has been important to see where we lack the boundaries necessary for a strong foundation (in our sense of self as well as structurally in life) and where we lack maturity. We may have been confronted by the ways in which our conditioning and reactions inhibit our progress and maybe how our lack of boundaries or overuse of armor first began. During the retrograde we were invited to investigate and re-define our boundaries, commitments, and responsibilities. With Saturn direct we will hopefully integrate the insight and clarity we discovered about these issues and can now iimplement the lessons and allow for growth. It is possible to appreciate the oftentimes uncomfortable, hard-earned lessons Saturn brings us when we realize that nothing would ever get done without this planet’s influence. Saturn’s energy fortifies and solidifies, it grounds and empowers. It coallesces the will and inner reserves of faith within even the most reluctant recepient. Saturn’s shadow period will last about another three months, until December 26. And this all leads up to the much anticipated Saturn/Pluto conjunction at 22º 46’ Capricorn on January 12, 2020, a major event. 

For now, pay attention to the areas that have felt blocked for the past five months of Saturn’s retrograde period, the projects or works that have been stalled, and any changes that arise. You may feel things start to shift soon. Saturn places the obstacles in the way but also supplies the means to overcome them and make things happen. Apply what you’ve learned. This Saturn freqency will be expressed politically and socially as well as intimately in your personal life. Some have had a rougher and more intense time with this retrograde than others, so if you’re feeling bruised and humbled, or disassembled and back to an inner origin point, remember that within the confines of Saturn’s stern stare and uncompromising discipline, immense freedom is granted.
Equinox arrives soon.
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