Between the explosive Full Moon on August 3rd and the Uranus station on the 15th, we have Mars in Aries stirring up trouble.

Mars in Aries is stirring up trouble of its own. Throw in this radical and unpredictable Full Moon on Monday, and almost anything can happen. This is the first of 3 Full Moons that are going to be closely aspecting rebellious and changeable Uranus. The first is on Monday, August 3rd, the next one will be on October 31st (Halloween!); and the 3rd will be January 28th. Something interesting this way comes.

Behind the glorious sight of the Neowise Comet in the evening sky, there is yet another cosmic event trending this year: a Jupiter/Neptune sextile which will be exact on Monday.

This second New Moon in Cancer is like the synthesis and accumulation of all of the experiences we have had over the past few years. With an exact opposition to Saturn in Capricorn, the symbolism is an echo of the series of eclipses we have had since the Summer of 2018 highlighting the Cancer/Capricorn axis.

Mercury does indeed finally station direct this weekend, a day after Chiron stations retrograde… while conjunct Mars in scrappy Aries. And these three are going to be like this all month: squaring up against one another.

A second Full Moon Lunar Eclipse falls on the night between July 4th and 5th (our Independence Day celebration her in the United States!). Whew! Let’s not forget that feisty Mercury/Mars square this week heating things up. This week’s essay focuses on this Eclipse, the last of a series of eclipses in Cancer and Capricorn since 2018.

Jupiter and Pluto make their 2nd conjunction; Mercury is very retrograde and we’re still in the midst of this unpredictable Eclipse Season. What else could we possibly throw into the mix? How about Mars returning to its own sign, fiery, tempestuous and no holds barred Aries, where it will come to wage battle and heat things up for the rest of the year.

It is rare to have a Solar Eclipse on the Solstice. And although this is an Annular Eclipse there is something strong and filled with intention about this eclipse which falls on the longest day of the year, here in the Northern Hemisphere.

We are in that space between the eclipses, where time is warped and things continue to feel so unpredictable. Mercury then slows for its retrograde station next week, giving us permission to say NO and to retreat.

Everything you may (or may not) want to know about the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on Friday.