On Tuesday September 17th (or Wednesday, depending on where you are in the world) we have our Harvest Moon which is also a Super Moon, as well as a partial Lunar Eclipse. Welcome to Eclipse season. Those magical times of the year when the Sun, Moon and the Earth are in perfect alignment. To read more about the Lunar Eclipse click below.

Are we sure that Mercury is no longer retrograde? Because it doesn’t necessarily feel like it. And what’s so important about Mars entering Cancer last week? And what about that Sun/Saturn opposition this week? For answers to these questions, and more, check out this week’s update. 

This is a jam-packed week of astrological weather. There is so much to get to, so I’m leaving some bits for next week’s post. But if you want to know more about Pluto returning to Capricorn, the Uranus station (plus the Mercury square to Uranus), and/or the New Moon in Virgo on September 2nd/3rd, click below. 

On August 28th, Mercury will make its direct station, ending its retrograde phase. And thankfully so. This will allow us to pick up the pieces of our lives that became scattered in the wake of the Full Moon (and all of those crazy Uranian squares!) Even this week, as the Moon is now waning, and Mercury slows for its station, you will find yourself gradually readjusting to your regularly scheduled programming.

On Monday, August 19th, we have a Super Full Moon at 27º of Aquarius. Full Moons are illuminating, and revealing. But this one might be even more so. With an exact square to unpredictable Uranus, and another square between Jupiter and Saturn, there is a lot more to this Full Moon than meets the eye.  

In the midst of the retrograde phase of Mercury we have some interesting transits coming up over the next few weeks, including the first of 3 exact squares between Jupiter and Saturn, and Mars in Gemini, making an exact conjunction with Jupiter on the 14th. To find out what that means, read this week’s update.

The New Moon in Leo on Sunday, August 4th is accompanied by the retrograde station of Mercury in the early degrees of Virgo. Planets are always stronger when they station, made all the more so for the full month due to its proximity to the New Moon. 

This week Chiron will station for its retrograde phase which will last until the end of the year. For the 5 months that Chiron will be in its retrograde phase we are tasked with paying attention to our own healing journey, for this is when we are able to make the most growth and progress. Chiron in Aries is here to remind us that we aren’t going to be much use to anyone else, if we don’t also take care of ourselves.

This weekend, on July 21st, we have our second Full Moon in Capricorn for the year. At 29º of Capricorn, the very very last degree of the sign. There may be some reminders here, that no matter how compelling, we can never truly return to a past that once was.

Strap on your seat belts everyone. If you haven’t already noticed it, we have a Mars/Uranus conjunction coming up on the 15th. There’s no telling which way the wind will blow, or where lightning will strike with this kind of weather. But if you are willing to be flexible and stay in the eye of the storm, Mars/Uranus weather can also be freeing and illuminating.