April 10-16 Horoscopes ::Retrograde April::

Wild Moon Wisdom Horoscopes for the week of Monday, April 10 - Sunday, April 16

Retrograde April

We begin the week with a full moon in Libra on Monday night (11:08pm PDT). The usual lunacy will abound, and there could be some interesting experiences with Pluto squaring this full moon. Libra is ruled by Venus and is the sign of relating, but Venus is retrograde of course and possibly pushing you to your relationship limits. There could be a breakthrough with this moon if you’re able to integrate the relationship work you’ve been doing. Venus turns direct finally on Saturday in Pisces and and most love and financial issues should begin to be smoothed out next week.

Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn are all still retrograde, and taking Venus’ place will be Pluto next Thursday, so we have four planets retrograde for the entirety of the month. The pace of life may feel slower, or maybe you feel as though you’re moving slow motion through life. The past as a general theme is prominent during this time. Our efforts are best spent on more reflective or contemplative endeavors and we may benefit from more solitude and self-care now than usual.

Enjoy your week.

xo, KK

For more personalized insight and attention, email KK to sign up for the waiting list for a Kosmic Koaching session, a chart or tarot reading (wildmoonwisdom@gmail.com).

Recommendations:

Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)- tourmaline

Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)- tourmaline, tourmaline, tourmaline

Fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)-  keep mouth shut, tourmaline

Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)- tourmaline

Aries & Aries Rising

We are coming close to the end of your reign, Aries, and soon it’ll be Taurus season. This week and part of next will still belong to you so use this power wisely. We have a full moon in Libra on Monday night that squares Pluto. This moon illuminates your relationship house, bringing a revelation, completion, ending or activation. Pluto’s involvement implies a power struggle of some kind. This moon could bring a resolution to an issue or clarity about commitment.

Venus turns direct on Saturday, and any relationship or money wounds you’ve been clearing or self-defeating patterns you’ve released can be put behind you now. You can emerge from the retrograde cycle now with a deeper insight and a plan.

The sun shifts to Taurus next week and your attention will turn toward money matters. There are now only three planets retrograde… until next week when Pluto stations.

Try to have some fun this week - go see comedy or watch an old movie that you love.

Taurus & Taurus Rising

Only a week and a few days left of Aries season and then the sun moves to your sign and  your solar return month gets kicked off! Next Wednesday afternoon Taurus season begins.

This week we have a Libra full moon on Monday night squaring Pluto. The moon will shine on your health house, and with the interaction with Pluto there could be a power struggle with someone you work with or you may receive some health news or results you’ve been waiting on. Your health and well being, pets, co-workers, organization or analysis could be possible full moon themes for you this time. If you’ve been dragging your feet about your health, consider this moon a kickstart to make your wellness a priority.

Venus, your ruling planet, turns direct over the weekend in your eleventh house of alliances. There have likely been some misunderstandings amongst your fellow group members or in your circle of friends. Hopefully the retrograde shed some insight on old wounds or hurt feelings and enabled you to grow or understand in some way. Hang in there- your birthday month is coming soon.

Gemini & Gemini Rising

We’re near the end of Aries season and preparing to move into Taurus. This week we have a full moon in Libra on Monday night, which illuminates your house of sex and creativity. The moon connects with Pluto, so there could be a bit of a power struggle involving a lover or creative partner. Full moons often bring big emotions, news, or a completion of some sort, and the themes of this part of your chart include pleasure and joy, fame, love and romance, seduction, art and creativity, even fertility. You could have a revelation about your relationship under this influence.

The planet of love and money, Venus, turns direct this weekend in your career sector. There were likely a few misunderstandings or feuds with co-workers or with a male boss. You could have experienced some money issues or problems with your income or material success. As Venus gains momentum and begins to feel like herself again the work you did during the retrograde cycle will be helpful for you moving forward.

With four planets retrograde for the entirety of April, including your ruler Mercury, this isn’t the best month for extreme socializing or obsessive mental and verbal attempts; just try to feel more and discuss less.

Cancer & Cancer Rising

Aries season is winding down as we get ready to approach Taurus season next week. This Monday night we have a Libra full moon shining on your domestic house. Full moons are full of emotion and energy and bring news, insight or completion. You could get info or news about a mother figure or mentor or a mother-type has an answer or insight for you. You could honor the full moon by making a spa day and nesting at home. Since the moon forms a square with the Lord of the Underworld Pluto, you may run into a power play or control issues with a family member or mother figure.

Venus, the love and money planet, turns direct over the weekend in Pisces, you house of exploration. I hope this retrograde cycle brought you deep insights. Of course your travel plans and interpersonal interactions may have been strained that whole time, but energy will begin to move forward as Venus gains momentum and focus.

Leo & Leo Rising

On Monday night we have a Venus-ruled full moon in Libra illuminating your family connections and communications. Full moons bring heightened emotions, a sense of fullness or completion, endings or revelations. You could get news or information that you’ve needed or maybe a course that you’re taking ends now. This full moon makes a tense connection with  Pluto, so you could run into a power play or control issues. The themes to watch for could include communication, family ties, self-expression, travel, education, technology or community.

Venus turns direct in Pisces over the weekend. This was probably a rough one for you, Leo, since much of the retrograde was in your house of intimacy and legacies, with people or wounds from your past showing up. I hope you at least gained insight and understanding from the challenges you worked through. Things should begin to feel better as Venus gains momentum.

Virgo & Virgo Rising

We are in the final days of the Aries sun cycle and next week Taurus season begins; enjoy the focus on your eighth house themes of sex and love and art. This week we have a full moon in Libra on Monday lighting up your money house. The moon squares Pluto, bringing power struggles and control issues into the mix. You could get some important news or information, experience an ending of some kind, or receive a revelation. There will be the usual lunacy and heightened emotions that accompany all full moons, plus insight or news about an investment or your income, and control issues. Keep your discernment and patience through it all.

Venus, love planet, will turn direct finally this weekend in your relationship house. I assume you’ve had your share of run-ins, difficulties and arguments with people, including your spouse or partner, friend, or a business associate. As the love and money planet gains momentum and feels more like herself any misunderstandings should be able to be smoothed. If any people or exes from your past came back during this cycle, make sure you’ve been clear and gotten closure if that was necessary.

Libra & Libra Rising

The Aries sun cycle will soon come to an end and we’ll welcome Taurus sun next week. This week the focus is on the full moon in your sign on Monday night. This will be your personal full moon of the year, Libra, so make the most of the momentum. Watch out for control issues to arise, both in yourself and in others, or a power play of some kind, since the moon squares intense Pluto. You could receive important news or have a revelation or insight, or something will come to completion- a project, a situation, an era. Let this moon illuminate your heart’s desires and your clear vision.

On Saturday Venus turns direct finally in your house of service and health. If you’ve had some misunderstandings with coworkers or body image issues arise during this time, things can be remedied now. As Venus emerges from her underworld stay you can commit to beautifying your space, make your health and healing process a priority, and focus on your well being in all areas. If you have put off any beauty or adornment procedures during the retrograde, you’re in the clear now to color your hair, get a spa treatment or the special new tattoo you’ve been waiting to get...

Scorpio & Scorpio Rising

Taurus season begins next week and your focus will shift to relationships for the next solar cycle. This week’s focus will be on the full moon and Venus stationing.

We have a full moon in Libra on Monday night in your house of endings and self-undoing… so yeah that doesn’t sound like fun, but you can make the most of it because your old wounds, past betrayals and need for vengeance can be processed and released. This is the perfect time to put your past behind you and let go and move forward. You may experience a cycle coming to an end, or have karma to clear or hidden agendas to uncover, or sorrows that are lifted for this moon. There is a Pluto/moon square that could bring power struggles or control issues into the mix.

On Saturday Venus finally turns direct in Pisces, your sexy fifth house of heart and art. It’s likely that this retrograde cycle brought up old feelings, memories, nostalgia and past lovers or partners. As the love planet gains momentum you should feel a surge of romantic feelings, experience creative outbursts, begin or deepen a relationship, or get some recognition and praise for your artistic endeavors. This is also the house of fertility and pregnancy so keep that in mind.

Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising

We’re almost through Aries season, and the sun will move into Taurus next week. This week’s focus is on the Libra full moon and Venus stationing.

On Monday the full moon is in Libra, your eleventh house of friends and dreams. This moon forms an intense alignment with Pluto, planet of death and rebirth, so there could be some power struggles, undermining or control issues that you encounter with a friend or in a group or association you’re part of. This house rules memberships, alliances, groups, idealism, goals and objectives and good luck. The full moon could bring a revelation, some big news, an ending or closure.

Venus turns direct on Saturday, so you should feel some relief to your home and family life if there has been conflict there. This area is all about home, domestic issues, women and children, roots and femininity, family, real estate, and security. That’s a lot of ground to cover, so you should emerge from this retrograde cycle with plenty of insight. Now you can get started on your remodeling, redecorating, beautifying or adorning. Permission to buy new bedding or dishes or art or plants or crystals…. ;)

Capricorn & Capricorn Rising

Aries season ends soon, when the sun enters Taurus next week and your energy will turn to themes of sex and love and art. This week we have a full moon in Libra on Monday night illuminating your career sector. The moon squares Pluto, so there could be some drama in the form of a power play or control issues at work. Full moon vibes bring about extreme emotions, news and information, and an ending or completion. An important project or presentation for work could be due now, you could reach a decision about your professional life, or maybe you feel the fullness of your ambition and success in a new way.

Over the weekend Venus turns direct in Pisces, your communication house. The love and money planet retrograde here surely caused some misunderstandings with your relatives or mishaps with travels for work or school. As Venus gains momentum you should feel more connected to your relatives or community, more inspired in your ideas, more self-expressive.

Aquarius & Aquarius Rising

We will soon shift from Aries season to Taurus season, but for now your communication and self-expressive sector is still lit up. We have the only full moon in Libra of the year on Monday evening, shining on your house of expansion and education. Pluto squares this moon, bringing in a power struggle or revealing obscured information (Pluto’s in your house of sorrows and secrets). Themes associated with the ninth house include long distance travel, freedom and risk taking, religion and philosophy, higher education and mental pursuits; there could be revelations or a sense of completion in one or several of these areas.

Venus turns direct on Saturday. During the retrograde cycle, Venus could have caused some tension in your romantic relationships or your finances.... The planet of love will gain momentum and begin to help you create more abundance, more money, more security and more harmony. Make sure self-love and self-worth are abundant in your life as well, Aquarius.

Pisces & Pisces Rising

Aries season soon comes to an end and we will welcome the earthy Taurus sun cycle next week. This week our attention is on the only Libra full moon of the year and the love planet moving forward.

Monday’s full moon is in your intense house of transformation. Themes for this part of your chart include sex, death, rebirth, intimacy, shared wealth and inheritance. And with an intense square to Pluto thrown in, there could be a power struggle or hidden information surfacing. You could have a revelation or get important news, see a project reach completion, make a decision about joining resources with someone…

Venus turns direct in your first house on Saturday. Venus rules over money matters, love and beauty, so while retrograde you probably wanted to get a makeover or throw out your entire closet and buy all new clothes. You had to deal with the effects of your overspending or lost a source of income. Spring cleaning and donating everything you no longer wanted would have been perfect therapy. As Venus gets comfortable being direct, you should feel your self-confidence and sense of self-sovereignty return. Get ready to make some bold moves in love and money, Pisces, just not until after #retrogradeApril is over.

February 13-19 Wild Moon Wisdom Astrology Horoscopes

Wild Moon Wisdom Horoscopes

for the week of Monday, February 13- Sunday, February 19

 

I don’t have to tell you there’s a lot going on politically, socially and personally, and my answer when people ask if anything is going on astrologically is always, yes. Always.

When you are in alignment with Nature, you can navigate the winds of the changing currents as the archetypal energies influence your consciousness. Understanding what these archetypal influences are, you can learn to work with the energies in the most optimal ways.

We are in an Eclipse Portal, the numinous space between eclipses, a designated no whining zone psychically, and a time when we can concentrate on and invoke positive change, transformation, and revolution.  We are coming off of the Leo full moon and lunar eclipse from Friday, and we’ll have a solar eclipse at the new moon in Pisces on February 26. The Leo/Aquarius axis of the full moon eclipse asks us to balance our paradoxical qualities or to explore contrary compliments, like power and grace, or balancing emotion with intellect. Jupiter is retrograde in Libra, asking us to fine tune where we want growth and expansion, and where we’ve gone into excess. Lilith moves to Sagittarius for nine months. And on Saturday we say goodbye to Aquarius season, as the sun moves into the last sign of the zodiac, Pisces. Neptune ruled Pisces solar cycle will assist our ability to tune in energetically and emotionally during the Eclipse Portal, looking deeply at our dreams as well as our delusions.

Enjoy your week. xo,

KK

For more personalized insight and attention, email KK to sign up for the waiting list to get a Kosmic Koaching session, a chart or tarot reading (wildmoonwisdom@gmail.com).

Recommendations:

Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)- Fire agate

Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)- Amethyst

Fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)-  Celestite

Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)- Jet

Aries & Aries Rising

On Saturday we leave Aquarius for Pisces season, when the sun enters the water sign in the early morning hours (3:31am PST). Your attention will shift to your quiet twelfth house of solitude and self-undoing for the next four weeks. This down time is meant to prepare you for your solar return, coming up next. For this solar cycle you should allow yourself time to process any residue of resentment or disappointment, work out your plans, address your patterns of self-defeating behavior, and to get real rest. There might be a lot to let go of now before your solar return celebrations begin.

Mars, your ruler, is still in your sign all month so you should feel some of your passion and inspiration return as you plan your personal goals and vision.

This weekend, as we change sun signs, let yourself have some down time to be creative or to pamper yourself.

Taurus & Taurus Rising

On Saturday the sun leaves Aquarius and heads to Pisces, moving your attention to your eleventh house of alliances. For the next four weeks of this new solar season, your friendships will take the forefront, you’ll put energy into the clubs and political associations you belong to, and your long term dreams will come into focus. This is a good time for teamwork to create positive change and to use technology to move toward your highest vision for life.

This week we’re in the Eclipse Portal, so all your thoughts and energy will be heard clearly by the Universe; make sure you’re channeling what you want to draw in.

Start thinking about your tribe, those beings you surround yourself with and you count on, and consider where you could fortify your boundaries more and where your heart can open more.

Gemini & Gemini Rising

The sun leaves Aquarius and moves to Pisces on Saturday. For the next four weeks of the new sun cycle, you awareness will be on your career and public standing. This is a good time to focus on your material success in life, putting energy into your profession, fine tuning your aspirations, and embracing your talents. You could get a promotion during this time or just feel reinspired and more passionate and ambitious.

This week we are in the middle of the Eclipse Portal, a time when our thoughts and ideas are amplified. It’s important to not let your worry or overthinking take over this month. Let your inner dialogue reflect your heart’s deepest desires.

Cancer & Cancer Rising

On Saturday the sun moves from Aquarius to Pisces, to your house of study and mental exploration. For the next four weeks you will seek out adventure, make travel plans or take a trip, or maybe you’ll register for a new course. This is the perfect time for higher education and deep studies, for expanding your horizons and trying something new.

We are in the Eclipse Portal, intensifying all of our thoughts and feelings. Make sure to put a pause on sulking and complaining, as the Universe is listening intently to what you’re focused on.

This week, think about what you really want in life and devise a few plans to choose from that can get you there.

Leo & Leo Rising

On Saturday the sun shifts out of Aquarius and into Pisces, your intense eighth house. For the four weeks that follow your attention will be on themes of sex, death and rebirth, manifesting in thoughts about intimacy and privacy, shared wealth, legacies or inheritance, and spiritual transformation. That should keep you busy enough, Leo.

If not, we’re still under the influence of the Eclipse Portal, so all things feel a little more intense. The full moon in your sign still has us feeling a little lunacy hung over. Remember to direct your thoughts in the direction of positive invocation and gratitude.

This week, let yourself explore the themes of this sun cycle without explanation, blame or guilt.

Virgo & Virgo Rising

The Aquarius sun cycle ends and the Pisces cycle begins this week, moving your focus to your relationship house. For the next four weeks your attention will be on partnerships, your partners and relationship issues. This part of your chart is about relating to others, forming bonds and partnerships, and includes the work part of relationships, with your partner as well as with the people you work with or those you’re involved with in legal affairs. This is the house of harmony.

We are in an Eclipse Portal all week, which can seem to intensify everything. Your thoughts and self-talk should reflect invocations of what you want in life rather than a laundry list of self-loathing, Virgo.

This week, keep a positive attitude and reflect on all your current relationships and how uplifting or draining they all are.

Libra & Libra Rising

The sun moves out of Aquarius and into Pisces this week, shifting the energy to your sixth house of organization and well being. For the next four weeks of this sun cycle your attention will turn to your health, fitness, doctor’s appointments, your relationship with the people you work with, pets and getting organized. Put your wellness first this month by scheduling all the check ups you need, starting a new class, eating better, getting more self-care and pampering. The energy can also be channeled into getting organized mentally and physically, decluttering your life in a major  way in order to make room for what’s to come.

This week you can focus on clearing away any negative self-talk and dream a clear vision into being during this eclipse season.

Scorpio & Scorpio Rising

The sun moves from Aquarius to Pisces on Saturday, putting the focus now on your creativity and passion. For the next four weeks your attention will center around sex, love, love affairs, artistic endeavors and creative pursuits. It can be a great month of making art, exploring romance, pleasure seeking and merry making. This is also the house that rules fertility and pregnancy. It may be a good time to fall in love or to indulge in your romantic side.

We are in the Eclipse Portal all week, intensifying everything, so stay centered on invoking abundance and joy into your life and release all the rest.

This week, tune into your muse and begin to create.

Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising

On Saturday the sun shifts out of Aquarius and into Pisces, your fourth house of domestic duties. For the next four weeks of this solar cycle your energy and attention will turn to home, family, and stability. You may consider relocating or you could begin a home improvement project, you could decide to expand your family, or you could just feel called to stay in more and nest at home. This would be a good time for remodeling or spring cleaning, decluttering, reorganizing. An important woman or mother figure could play a starring role this month, as could a child or children. Self-care should be emphasized now and getting lots of rest and relaxation.

This week allow yourself to think about what makes you feel most at home and with whom you want to spend your time.

Capricorn & Capricorn Rising

On Saturday we have a new solar cycle; the sun moves into Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac. The emphasis for you will now be on communication issues for the next four weeks. This would be a good time to reach out to siblings and other extended family members or to clarify thoughts and communications. This is the part of your chart that deals with self-expression, travel and ideas. Your logic and memory will be strong now, and both technology and community will figure into this week’s work.

We are in the middle of an Eclipse Portal which causes activation, initiation, but also some confusion and intensification of emotions and energy.

This week it would be good to keep a level head and maybe get out of town for a break.

Aquarius & Aquarius Rising

Your solar return month is coming to an end now after a full month of celebrations and intense astrology. The sun will will leave your sign and move to Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, and into your money house. As your birthday month ends, your focus for the next four weeks will shift to finances, your work, and all money matters. This will be a great time to reinvent yourself, to initiate a new business and increase your income. You could change professions or you may just implement new and important ideas to your current career. Self-love is certainly a big part of this part of your chart, as is material success. Your new vision will begin to pay off.

We are in an Eclipse Portal this week which intensifies everything.

This week you can try to come down from your birthday high and put all your inspired and bright ideas into making financial abundance.

Pisces & Pisces Rising

The sun leaves Aquarius on Saturday and you get to emerge from the intense twelfth house where you’ve been processing and resting. The sun moves to your sign and your solar return month begins, with the sun in your first house of self and personal intimacy. For the next four weeks your energy will be strong, as will your powers of empathy and intuition. This is your time to put your intentions and wishes into form, to invoke your deepest desires.

We are still in an Eclipse Portal this week creating upheaval and activating our thoughts into manifestation, so watch closely your words and self-talk.

This week will be for plans and rest to get ready for the sun’s shift into your sign, and over the weekend your celebration month begins.

Wild Moon Wisdom Horoscopes ~ January 9-15, 2017

Wild Moon Wisdom Horoscopes

for the week of Monday, January 9 - Sunday, January 15

Mercury, the communication planet has just turned direct finally, early on Sunday morning. You can feel hopeful this week about mishaps and miscommunications not being so commonplace, however, this week and next we are in a shadow period as Mercury adjusts and gains momentum. You can certainly begin to reach out this week to smooth over miscommunications, but hold off on the really big stuff a bit longer.

We have a full moon in Cancer on Thursday morning, bringing a culmination of a lunar cycle and possibly some changes. Also on Thursday Mercury goes back into Capricorn, where it was retrograde most of December.

For more personalized insight and attention, email KK to sign up for the wait list for a Kosmic Koaching session, a chart or tarot reading (wildmoonwisdom@gmail.com).

Recommendations:

Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)- Anjaneyasana

Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)- Grounding essential oil

Fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)-  Tanzanite

Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)- Urdhva dhanurasana

Aries & Aries Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your tenth house of achievement and success. Use this time to your advantage and reboot your material success and career goals.

We have a full moon in Cancer on Thursday, illuminating your house of home. Plans you set to motion at the Cancer new moon six months ago have now unfolded. There could be a sense of completion, or even an ending. This is the house associated with women and mothers, so you may receive some news about a mother-figure.

Stay rooted in your heart this week, Aries.

Taurus & Taurus Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your house of mental exploration. You can move forward with your travel plans or education plans or goals, and they won’t feel so… blocked or stuck. You’ll feel that you’re better able to express yourself clearly and be understood, speaking out when appropriate, and always prepared to offer the truth.

On Thursday we have a full moon in Cancer, your third house, bringing an emphasis to communication and self-expression. Full moons can bring changes or endings, and they often illuminate. You may receive news or find yourself on a spur of the moment trip, or there could be a breakthrough or changes in your immediate family.

Focus on expressing your ideas and spending time with the people closest to you this week.

Gemini & Gemini Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your mystical eighth house. You will begin to feel your energy return and balance come back to your most intimate connections. Any problems regarding joint assets or shared wealth can also be attended to and corrected now.

We have a full moon in Cancer Thursday morning, illuminating your career. Most full moons represent an ending, or the completion of a cycle, including the lunar cycle that began on the Cancer new moon; there could be realized plans or a completed project now. Let this full moon remind you of your inherent worth and value, Gemini, whether or not you feel financially stable right now.

Focus on self-worth this week.

Cancer & Cancer Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle over the next few days.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your relationship sector, putting the spotlight on marriage, partnership, and shared goals.

We have a full moon in your sign on Thursday, in your first house of self-interest. Full moons often bring change into our lives, or the completion of a cycle, and that could be true for you with this moon. This moon may feel more personal for you, and you could feel more emotional and intuitive now.

Spend time with your favorite people this week, and try to take a moon bath under the lunar beams.

Leo & Leo Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your house of health and service. Don’t set a bunch of resolutions that you won’t keep, just eat well, get rest, spend time outside, and exercise.

There’s a full moon in Cancer on Thursday in your house of self-undoing and closure. Since full moons often bring the end of a cycle, the sense of an ending, you may experience that more strongly than others. Let yourself process and work through all your feelings, release what doesn’t serve, and even contemplate the meaning of life. It won’t be such a social full moon for you this time, Leo,

This week focus on compassion for yourself and getting as much rest as needed.

Virgo & Virgo Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your house of creativity and pleasure. You’ll feel more inspired to pursue artistic talents, dive into romance, express yourself and lead with your heart. Any lovers quarrels, sexual or creative setbacks suffered during the retrograde will soon have to potential to be healed.

We have a full Cancer moon on Thursday in your eleventh house of friends and hope; it is possible that some of the seeds you planted at the new Cancer moon months ago have started to bloom, with ideas and projects and relationships transforming. Full moons often bring closure or an end of a cycle. This would be a good time to consider your long-term goals and dreams.

Clarify where you’re headed now, Virgo.

Libra & Libra Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward-motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin the work of smoothing out the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back in Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your domestic fourth house. You’ll be able to put energy into home and family now and not feel so misunderstood. There may be a conversation you need to have, likely with your mother or a female mentor.

There’s a full moon in Cancer this Thursday morning in your house of career. Full moons generally bring endings or change to light, and usually the intentions you set at the Cancer new moon have come into being. You may get exciting news at work, maybe about a raise or promotion. Focus on growing your material success for now.

This week, consider what in your life is most valuable to you and direct time and energy there.

Scorpio & Scorpio Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward-motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your third house, putting energy back into your self-expression. Your technology will finally start working again. Any misunderstandings you’ve had with your family can be cleared up, and your thoughts will be clearer and communication smoother.

Also on Thursday we have a full moon in Cancer. This lights up your ninth house of mental exploration and self-discovery. You could get unexpected news or experience some minor upheaval, or you could get some exciting news that changes your plans.

Focus your energy on clarifying or evolving your own personal mindset, philosophy and views.

Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward-motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves from your sign back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your money house. If there were mishaps with finances or at work during the retrograde period, you’ll be able to get back on track now. Put energy into increasing your income and stability in general.

We have a full moon in Cancer on Thursday morning, illuminating your house of transformation and intimacy. Full moons often bring lunacy, heightened emotions, changes or endings. You could be faced with making a decision about commitment, either in a romantic relationship or business partnership. This part of your chart is about sex and psychic energy and merging with another, either intimately or financially.

Tune into your intuition this week to make important decisions.

Capricorn & Capricorn Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into your sign, Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your first house. While Mercury was in Sagittarius, which was only for a few days, you likely felt mental confusion or brain fog or had difficulty making decisions. This should feel better now.

There will be a full moon in Cancer early Thursday in your relationship house. Full moons bring heightened emotions, changes or simply the completion of a cycle. This will be a potent moon for you, especially with the major alignments surrounding it (Grand Cross), so stay focused on what is most important to you. The sun will enter Aquarius soon and you’ll feel more stable and rooted in the next cycle.

This week, know that your determination and hard work will pay off.

Aquarius & Aquarius Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your house of endings and closure. Capricorn season for you is all about rest, release, and hibernation to prepare you for your birthday season coming up next. With Mercury direct now you should feel more clarity and insight.

There’s a full moon in Cancer on Thursday morning, highlighting your health and organization. Full moons always bring lunacy, unpredictability, change or completion. This is a good time to declutter and reorganize your life, get back on track with workouts, and start eating a little healthier. Don’t feel pressure to do it all at once, just begin.

This week focus on self-care, getting enough rest, good food, sunshine and quiet time.

Pisces & Pisces Rising

This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.

On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your eleventh house of friendship. If you dealt with technological mishaps and other problems at work or miscommunications with friends during the retrograde, these issues will clear up now.

There’s a full moon in fellow water sign Cancer this week, landing in your house of pleasure. Full moons always increase lunacy, with heightened emotions and unstable or erratic behavior. With this moon in your sexy fifth house, you may feel passions rise and drama increase. Your creative self-expression will be on fire and your powers of seduction and romance will be strong. You could have a breakthrough either creatively or romantically.

This week spend time remembering what it is you want.

Aquarius Full Moon + Guru Purnima + Lammas

In the early morning hours on Friday, July 31 at 3:43am PDT, we have a Full Moon in Aquarius. This is the second full moon of the month, and also corresponds with two new moons in Aquarius that happened earlier this year.
It can be a powerful weekend to clear and release what has been hindering your growth or squelching your freedom, and to assert your desires and your own wild nature, realigning with your inner will and knowledge. Individuality and original authenticity are emphasized.

Aquarius is a fixed air sign, ruled by the planet Uranus (modern ruler), the planet of change and unpredictability, the unconventional and disruption. It rules electricity and modern science as well as inventions. This sign is symbolized by the Water Bearer, pouring out the waters of wisdom and knowledge for humanity. When the moon is in Aquarius, a sign of rational thinking, logic, and humanitarianism, altruistic qualities are enhanced as well as intuition and imagination, sensitivity and heightened perception. Aquarius moon encourages more idealism, creativity, tolerance, a visionary outlook, but can also bring some unpredictability and aloofness, as well as a fixed opinion. This is the sign of the future, knowledge, clairvoyance, the unusual.

The Aquarius full moon is the second full moon of July. And even more importantly, it corresponds to two New Moons in Aquarius at the beginning of this year. So there will be some sense of completion or ending of a cycle that began during the new moons of the first of the year. The same day as the full moon, Venus, planet of love and worth, moves into Leo. And it is considered to be Lunar Lammas, the astrological Lammas, a time of gathering together. In addition, on this same day it is Guru Purnima, or the full moon of the guru, a time set aside to honor and celebrate our gurus, Teachers and teachers, the teachings and lineage we are aligned with, and the Adi Guru (supreme guru) and Guru Tattva (guru principle in the universe).

Celtic and Northern European Pagans celebrate Lammastide from sunset on August 1 until sunrise on August 2. This is a time to pause and remember the seeds sown, literally and figuratively. We savor the last long days of summer before reaping the fruits of our labor, the harvest. It is a time to reflect and offer gratitude, with themes around health, hearth and home. Lugh, the Sun god, is honored and the first grains are harvested and baked into a loaf of bread, seen as the bread of life. The grains symbolize the cycles of death and rebirth and those gods that die and are resurrected.

Throw into the fire your regrets and those things you are releasing from your heart or life. Contemplate what you want to harvest as summer begins to come to a close. Honor the mysteries and magic of this day. Have a feast to celebrate.

Venus Goes into the Underworld

Venus is the planet of love and relationships, beauty, value and self-worth, money, attraction, also jealousy and possessiveness, seduction, flirtation, self-love, affection, pleasure, how we adorn and beautify ourselves and our surroundings. Venus as archetype is the goddess of love, and as such rules over what and how we love, what we value, how we want to be loved, and what we find beautiful.

Venus turns retrograde every eighteen months.The personal planets (including Mercury, Mars and Venus) have shorter retrogrades compared to the outer planets, which spend much of their time in retrograde cycles. When a planet is retrograde it means that from earth’s viewpoint the planet is seemingly moving backward. During a retrograde cycle the archetypal energy of the planet is exaggerated on the station days (when the planet is turning retrograde or direct) and then it is turned inward deeply and experienced inside rather than expressed outwardly. Retrogrades are times for review and reevaluation, not a time to take direct action or make big decisions but rather a time of contemplation, inquiry and self-reflection.

Venus will be retrograde from July 25 - September 6, beginning in the sign of Virgo but with most of the cycle in the sign of Leo. Leo acts as the child of the zodiac, being the most impetuous, playful, and childlike, and is a self-focused sign (along with Aries). Leo also represents the heart. Venus is the planet that relates to all things heart-related. Leo is a boisterous and dramatic sign, and while retrograde Venus is shy and introspective, but the emphasis of the cycle will be on heart matters.

Self-love is the biggest and most important theme, to be explored honestly and re-ignited if necessary. As we all know, self-love is the only place to begin if we want true, healthy, extraordinary love in this life. As a “me” sign, Leo can often turn self-love into self-obsession (no one loves Leo more than Leo as they say) but when done mindfully, Leo can teach this concept of directing love and appreciation to oneself in a healthy, non-narcissistic way. This takes practice for most.

For this cycle we will be compelled to do some deep digging into our desires, needs, and wants. Everything related to love and money will be up for review during this time. During these next weeks we are called to look deeply at what we value in relationships and life. Are our desires and our actions in alignment? We will think about how much we value people, relationships, things and situations in life and if it is worth it or not. How do we want to be treated in relationship? What are our most heart-felt desires?

It isn’t recommended to make luxury purchases during this time, or to begin a new relationship. Most couples working with an astrologer will not plan a wedding during a Venus retrograde cycle. Since retrogrades encourage review, past loves and exes will often return during this time; this could be for closure and healing, for a reminder of why you are no longer together, or for a reconciliation depending on the circumstances. It may be time to reconnect. Use discernment and turn inside to your inner wisdom to help guide you here.

The last Venus retrograde cycle was December 21, 2013 - January 31, 2014. And the longer Venus cycle takes us back to eight years ago. If you can remember back to significant issues during those times you will have an idea of the themes or energy of the current cycle.

This is a time to reevaluate our thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes around self-worth, love and relationships, money, looking deeply into our hearts and shadows, reactions and patterns regarding these issues. It can be an important time of self-reflection birthing new insights and even healing around core wounds and issues if done with intention.

In esoteric and shamanic terms, during this cycle Venus descends into the Underworld and will transition from Evening Star to Morning Star, undergoing a profound transformation. We too will make this journey at some point in life if we have not already. We will be stripped, laid bare, all established personality and persona dissolved as we leave behind everything we are and everything we know and enter the mystery, enduring metaphorical death, and eventually emerging changed forever.

Make a self-love altar, complete with rose quartz, rhodonite, and red wine, and sit at it daily to reassert your heart’s desire and intention to yourself. Feel your connection to the cosmos and the earth. You belong. Your heart can begin to unfold, whether it feels strong or broken. Let self-honoring seep into your bones and belly then rise into your heart.

May this cycle be a blessing of authentic self-revelation and the beginning of a genuine sense of falling in love with your Self.

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