On April 20, right when the conjunction Jupiter-Uranus became exact, the NASA team responsible for monitoring messages from a spacecraft sent over 47 years ago into space, which had been “incommunicado” since late 2023, received a response from Voyager 1. It indicated that the intelligent modification of the code, which they had been trying to repair, had worked, allowing them to finally receive readable engineering data from the probe once again. Over the next few weeks, the team will continue relocating other affected parts of the system software, including those responsible for returning the valuable scientific data that Voyager 1 is collecting.
Originally designed to last five years, Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, were launched in 1977 and are the longest-operating spacecraft in history. Their exceptionally long operational life means that both spacecraft have provided additional information about our solar system and beyond after achieving their preliminary objectives of flying past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune decades ago.
The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 from a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun, beyond Saturn.
The probes are currently venturing through uncharted cosmic territory along the edges of the solar system. Both are in interstellar space and are the only spacecraft operating beyond the heliosphere, the solar bubble of magnetic fields and particles that extends well beyond Pluto’s orbit.
Voyager 2, which is operating normally despite being slightly older than its sister Voyager 1, has traveled more than 12.6 billion miles (20.3 billion kilometers) from our planet.
The team estimates it will be a few weeks before they receive scientific data from Voyager 1 and are eager to see what these data contain.
“We never know for sure what’s going to happen with the Voyagers, but I’m constantly amazed when they keep going,” said Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd in a statement. “We’ve had many anomalies and each time they are more challenging. But so far, we’ve been lucky to recover from them. And the mission continues. And younger engineers are joining the Voyager team and contributing their knowledge to keep the mission going.”
Information obtained from NASA.
For those unfamiliar with Voyager 1, it was a spacecraft sent into space in 1977, coinciding with the discovery of Chiron, carrying a disc that includes spoken greetings in 55 different languages, which can be found on NASA’s SoundCloud account. It also includes samples of human sounds like laughter, music of various kinds, and sounds of nature such as animal calls and weather patterns.
The synchronicities that Jung spoke about and that Astrology continuously studies.
Trying to understand what this Mercury Retrograde in its intense passage over Chiron, the Node and Eris is telling us, i think of the apathy in a lot of young people and the not so young, nowadays, triggered too, undeniably by all those years of Pluto in Capricorn, that ate away all the faith and trust in the people in power.
In today’s digital age, the omnipresence of media in our daily lives is undeniable. News comes not just from newspapers and television but floods through social media feeds, influencing perceptions and shaping minds. However, this constant barrage often leans heavily towards the negative, with headlines frequently dominated by conflict, disaster, and despair. This persistent negativity can have a profound psychological impact, particularly on young people, cultivating a sense of apathy that threatens their engagement with the world around them.
Historically, news media have operated on the adage, “if it bleeds, it leads,” which implies that:
sensational stories involving crime, accidents, or scandals tend to attract more viewers or readers. It does it to all of us. This strategy, driven by the economics of the media industry, ensures eye on screens and papers in hands. But the repercussions of this approach are particularly severe for the youth. Constant exposure to such content can skew young people’s perception of reality, making the world seem more hostile and depressing than it actually is. It has become obvious as many studies suggest that prolonged exposure to negative news can lead to increased feelings of sadness and anxiety. It can exacerbate personal fears about the future, and when the news is relentlessly bleak, it can lead to a phenomenon known as ‘compassion fatigue’—where an individual becomes indifferent to media reports of suffering because they feel overwhelmed and powerless to change the situation.
This sense of helplessness is often a direct path to apathy. When young people feel that their actions cannot influence societal issues, they may disengage, believing that participation is futile. This disengagement can manifest in several ways: low voter turnout in elections, decreased community involvement, and a cynicism towards political and social institutions and the constant negative conspiracy theories. Such apathy not only diminishes active citizenship but also hampers the ability of societies to effect change through collective action.
The square between Chiron and Plolus which has been active for the past 4 years, apart from the restrictions of Covid also brought us the awareness and the danger of this Media business where the lack of morals is now too evident to everyone.
As Chiron comes closer and closer to the conjunction with Eris, and we become more aware about the effects of treating people as lesser humans by those with more power, we must meditate on everyone’s responsibility and the need to speak out (Mercury), to let those in power know that they are not that clever, that we can all see what they are doing and above all that the majority have the ability to act and win if we just put our mind to it and think in terms of US, as Aquarius demands, rather than You and I or Them and Us.
Nobody like Chiron to show us the way to healing and by the way, helping us arm the healthy Ego, so that we leave the Victim and the des-enchanted behind and take positive action.
The theory of the likes of Elan Musk and Jeff Bezos that we MUST be inter-planetarian if we want to survive doesn’t help at all, it simply adds to the feeling of doom. We must consider that may be those who have everything they ever wanted feel that nothing else is there to want. For most of us, wanting a healthier Earth and perhaps help it to recover, can be still something to Desire. Let’s remember that this Earth has been here for millions of years and WE humans only less than 1/2 million years.
There is still a lot we can do…..Our extraordinary human creativity is always there….
Just a few days since the last eclipse and on our way to the exact conjunction of Zeus (Jupiter) with his grandfather Uranus and we are still alive and for some, life doesn’t seem much different than a month ago. But for many others, these first two eclipses of the year have marked a before and after, with events triggered by the first Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Libra on March 25th, or around that time, and amplified by the Total Solar Eclipse in Aries on April 8th, although for many the latter brought a kind of resolution or new vision to the issues ignited by the first. That is the nature of eclipses. Many physically suffered from various ailments, and some also found some kind of resolution in the total solar eclipse. Despite a wide variety of expressions as is typical in matters concerning us humans, the central theme has been that of relationships, as indicated by the Aries-Libra angle. Not only romantic relationships but also work, mother-father-children, friends, etc., and perhaps most importantly, it has thrown us into questioning who our real friends and true life companions are.
And now we are on our way to, or at the doorstep of, the Full Moon in Scorpio, forming a T-square to its dispositor Pluto in Aquarius. Something like a double whammy of Scorpio or Plutonian energies , which at the very least is extremely uncomfortable. Why? Because it has an effect similar to that of the eclipse in that it pushes us to see what we normally hide under the carpet. Firstly, because a simple human personal psyche cannot comprehend the message of this little planet we have named Hades, the God of the Underworld, the Great Below, reminding us among other things of the Dark Matter that makes up parts of the Universe that we still do not understand, as we do not fully comprehend the Plutonian underworld. Above all, Pluto connects us with the inner beast, one that is only interested in survival and perpetuate the species, to avoid extinction. A world without kindness or wickedness, or even values that we recognize as human. Just pure and hard survival. Something like the Jungle, where it’s about the survival of the fittest and most cunning. Uncomfortable? Yes. Because our Jupiter and Saturn tell us that integrity and human values prevent us from wandering these fields, without feeling remorse and guilt and yet we continue to create spaces of war, where we are thrown into the realms led by Hades.
Full moons bring us closer to some type of conclusion of something that has completed its cycle or its function in our personal growth. Many of you will be ending stories that were triggered by this season of eclipses or those of October 2023. On that dark path where we see what we do not want to see, we find great truths that, although uncomfortable, help us grow and from where the greatest creativity emerges.
This Full Moon in Scorpio square to Pluto reminds us of Inanna’s journey to rescue her sister Ereshkigal, the goddess of the Sumerian underworld, and of course, that of Persephone, who is literally abducted by her uncle Hades (Pluto) and taken to the Great Below to occupy her place as the Goddess of the Underworld. These two stories that I have told countless times on this blog, hold the magnificent moral of the need to visit these dark places in order to find our true place in life.
The journey through darkness is also seen in The Lion King, when Rafiki takes Simba through a dark and thorny field until reaching a lake where the little lion king sees his father’s image reflected and then his own. A strenuous but indispensable journey of growth and evolution.
Mars, which was in conjunction with Saturn for the Total Solar Eclipse, has now left Saturn behind but is heading towards a conjunction with Neptune. A very different story since Mars in Pisces and in conjunction with the ruler of Pisces is where Mars is least himself, as this hero is not known as a great swimmer, especially not in the waters of Poseidon. This divine soldier functions better with weapons and on land, where he feels more confident and empowered. Ares has more muscle than principles, and in Pisces, we do not know how he can manifest or act. He might hide to avoid confrontation or run to mom, a sea nymph, or goddess for some, by the way.
Venus, now in Aries goes hand in hand with Eris, and together they can be a powerful and vengeful duo, entering into dispute with those who ignore or presume to control them but Chiron comes to rescue Aphrodite and also the goddess of Discord, helping them to find inner peace, if that is possible, or at least to exercise humility, a quality that both Aphrodite/Venus and Eris do not recognize as their own. Chiron has much to teach them, particularly making them understand that everyone does what they can with what they have been given, and that we cannot expect too much from someone who simply does not have the elements or tools to be better or to give us what we expect from them. Once Venus is called to compassion, the great Goddess of Beauty usually yields and connects with her better nature. Not sure about Eris, though.
The square of Pluto to the two luminaries also shows us this extremely important moment in human evolution, which comes at the hand of AI. A reminder that the Great Change is inevitable and we must continue evolving whether it is comfortable or not. This, reinforced by the Jupiter-Urano conjunction that occurs in Taurus, on the threshold of this Full Moon in Scorpio-Taurus. This speaks eloquently of the dilemma we have between the resistance of the Old Order to yield to the New, and we see this reflected in the United States elections, where the two candidates, although with different ideals and values, are representatives of an Old Order that is fading rapidly but with incredible resistance.
This will not be a typical romantic Full Moon, although the fascination that emanates from the magnetism of both Taurus and Scorpio can produce furtive and very sensual encounters. Endings are inevitable and the Lord of Darkness Hades/Pluto reminds us that despite personal dilemmas, the species continues, for now.
Let these moments of Mercury Retrograde pass with a Mars (also dispositor of this full moon) in Pisces and alongside the Lord of the Sea, and wait to make important decisions, until next month, when the storm will have calmed.
The winds of the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction may be the necessary impulse to free ourselves from obsolete beliefs that have filled us with guilt and intolerance. Let’s listen to Chiron and learn tolerance.
The signs most affected are of course all the fixed signs: Taurus-Leo-Scorpio and Aquarius, which are the ones battling with these challenging energies. Wherever you have Taurus and Scorpio in your birth chart is where you will encounter the call of Hades.
We are know walking towards the Total Solar Elipse in Aries of April 8th 2024, which will obscure part of the south of the USA, North of México and parts of Easter Canada.
In October 2023, in occasion of the Libra Solar Eclipse i wrote:” this eclipse occurs at the threshold of a new conflict between Israel and Hamas (representative of Palestinian sentiment), just when the Lunar Nodes (evolutionary mandate) are in Aries-Libra, which speaks of the relationships between “you and me,” between “them and us.” Precisely when the Nodes have been aligning with Eris, the Goddess of Discord, and Mars, the God of War, all within a grand cross with the Moon (the tribe) in Cancer and Pluto, the God of the Underworld in its final stages through Capricorn, a sign that describes institutions and governments.” Full article here
This Eclipse on April 8th forms almost exact when the luminaries (Sun and Moon) are in opposition to the one in October 2023 and is particularly important because it occurs in exact conjunction with Chiron, the wise centaur, from whom we have so much to learn. This mythological character, immortalized in the constellation of Sagittarius, sign that correlates to our relationship with other cultures, other faith, other ideologies, is the one who helps us build a healthy ego, allowing us to strategically battle the great challenges of being human. At this moment, wandering through Aries, he accompanies the Sun and the Moon in this Total Solar Eclipse, urging us to heal old wounds about duality and separation.
Chiron, also known as the Wounded Healer, is the one who trains the great heroes of Greek mythology such as Hercules, Jason, Achilles, and also Asclepius. What does this really mean? Each of these heroes is launched into incredible adventures to reclaim what already belongs to them, to become what they already are, except that they don’t yet know it.
With six planets in Aries – Venus, Sun, Moon, Chiron, Eris, and Mercury – plus the North Node of the Moon, in some way, we are being propelled into the great adventure of being who we really are, even when we don’t realize our full immensity. An act of faith is necessary to “dare to BE oneself” and to connect with the true inner hero. It seems childish and almost comical, but the reality is that it takes a long time to become who we really are. It’s understandable because from a young age, we’re trained to be “someone” who is “socially acceptable”, who doesn’t destabilize the family, the tribe, the neighborhood, the culture, etc. Everything except who we really are. Parents, with their best intentions, invite us to alienate ourselves from ourselves and pursue an image that often has little to do with who we really are. That wound that originates when we are indoctrinated to be someone who does not correspond to the calls of the soul, and when we do not feel accepted when we are being who we really are. That is Chiron’s wound. Daring to be who one really is, even if it goes against family and cultural expectations, is Chiron’s wound, and it takes a lot of courage to undergo this process, which is indispensable for our mental and physical health.
In the myth, Chiron is wounded by his disciple and friend, without the slightest intention of doing so, but still, the arrow lands in his knee, or foot, or thigh, depending on which version you read. But always in his animal part, or unconscious. From then on, he will have to live with the pain caused by that arrow carrying the venom of the Hydra (read ancestral pain), impossible to avoid. He manages to free himself when he decides to die (read transform), exchanging his immortality with another transgressor, Prometheus, who had stolen Fire from the gods, a symbol of knowledge and technology, to pass it on to humans, for which he had been punished to remain bound to a rock on Mount Caucasus, in Greece, where every day an eagle (Zeus) ate his liver, which recovered at night because he was immortal. In ancient Greek culture, the liver was believed to be the seat of human emotions and intellect. By having the eagle repeatedly eat Prometheus’s liver, Zeus symbolically attacked his intellect and emotional resilience. Sound familiar?
The true meaning behind this myth can be interpreted in several ways:
The myth highlights the theme of sacrifice and compassion. Prometheus voluntarily gives up his immortality to alleviate Chiron’s suffering, demonstrating selflessness and empathy. At the same time, Chiron, being a symbol of wisdom and knowledge, represents the importance of these qualities in overcoming life’s challenges. His suffering despite his wisdom underscores the idea that even the wisest among us are not exempt from pain. Prometheus’s act of creating humanity and then sacrificing his immortality to alleviate Chiron’s suffering symbolizes the human condition itself. Humans, like Chiron, are mortal beings who experience pain and suffering, but we are also capable of great compassion and sacrifice, like Prometheus. Thus, the exchange between Prometheus and Chiron can be seen as a metaphor for the balance of life, where suffering and sacrifice are counterbalanced by acts of kindness and compassion.
The myth of Prometheus, who was subjected to having his liver eaten daily, reminds us of the internal doubts about our divine nature and the struggle of many educators like monks, philosophers, scientists with their own faith.
The fact that Chiron in Aries aligns with the luminaries (Sun and Moon) for this eclipse is also a magnificent allegory of this historic moment when Pluto moves in and out of Capricorn into Aquarius, ruled by Saturn and Uranus respectively, considering that Chiron moves between the orbits of these two planets, creating a bridge between these two archetypes, between the personal and the transpersonal, between the old order, the law, and human structures represented by Saturn towards a broader world of new possibilities, represented by Uranus, particularly these new technologies that are changing the world and life as we know it.
Jupiter and Uranus, almost exactly together (only 2º separate them at this moment), seem to reaffirm the need to free ourselves from those expectations and chains that prevent us from BEING in all our glory. But Mars in conjunction with Saturn in Pisces complicates the process, as the red planet, representing one of the great Heroes, Ares, son of Gods, does not have a good relationship with the Great Lord of Karma. This is a combination that confronts us with our physical and mental limitations and reminders of what is “right” and what is “wrong” in the eyes of society. It is a combination that can also denote great cruelty. The squares between Mars and Saturn in the natal chart of Hitler and Josef Mengeles are famous.
This will be the struggle presented to us with this eclipse in Aries. Internal investigation is necessary to confront what causes us pain when we have to “do” to understand what the soul asks of us and to confront the fact that this action may cause some type of separation, of non-acceptance from those we love or care about. I wonder what will happen to the Israel-Palestine relationship, taking into account that this war started with the solar eclipse of October 2023.
Lilith opposes Venus, so it is in relationships where our wildest part struggles to free itself from restrictions. Before falling into the clutches of anger, encourage yourself to BE, and DO what the soul really asks of you, even when other parts of you make it difficult. With Mercury alongside Eris, it is possible that the issue of refugees and illegal immigrants and political asylum seekers will become more important in social networks and newspapers. I wonder if Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, will get his way and be able to decree the law by which he can send illegal immigrants to Rwanda and if other European countries will join such a decision.
The Sun and the Moon form a square to Ceres, so globally, we may see even more difficulties in sending food to those areas that need it most. On a personal level, if you are trying to free yourself from your parents, remember that one thing is the mother and another is the Great Mother. The mother is the woman who gave you life and helped you grow in one way or another; the Great Mother is the one who lives in your psyche, and who has extraordinary power, which the mother does not possess. The Great Mother, although she may resemble the mother, is two very different creatures, one is omnipotent and all-powerful, and the other is a simple human.
The dispositor of this Eclipse and New Moon is Mars, which is in Pisces where it struggles to be who it really is, often projecting its anger onto others, and is attacked instead of attacking, and it goes hand in hand with Saturn, which prevents it from acting in all its splendor.
It will be a struggle, but usually the best of us emanates in difficult situations (hopefully) when we are called to BE true heroes and heroines. Trust yourself and Chiron. Don’t forget that he is the one who was entrusted with the education of the greatest Heroes of Mythology.
Since a few days, exactly since March 18th, Mercury has entered its pre-shadow period for this April Retrograde, which somehow initiates this very potent cycle as it occurs in the sign of Aries, just for the Equinox or beginning of the astrological year, which starts on the 20th, when the Sun reaches the 0-degree mark of the Ram sign. The most peculiar aspect of this cycle is that from now until the first half of May, Mercury will make contact with Chiron and Eris, triggering the voices of these two archetypes in our psyche. It will do the same with the Lunar Node, but only twice, always wandering within 1 or 2 degrees of orb.
This begins with the Mercury-Chiron conjunction on March 20, 2024, which is the first conjunction in a series of 3. The other conjunctions occur on April 15, 2024, at 20° of Aries (with Mercury retrograde), and the 3rd on May 7, 2024, at 21° of Aries. Mercury will align with Eris just for the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Libra on March 25, then on April 8, just for the total Solar Eclipse in Aries, and lastly on May 9/10. Wherever you have these degrees between 18º to 25º of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn is where you’ll find yourself grappling with the challenge of bringing to consciousness the need for healing old wounds by recognizing the necessity of addressing issues that seem to hit a nerve and present you with a real emotional challenge.
Mercury correlates with the “official version” since from a young age, we hear around us when our parents, our family, then our teachers, friends, speak, express themselves, and tell stories, versions of the truth, according to how they see it, or have inherited it, or have learned it. As we grow up, we begin to realize that we don’t completely agree with the “official version,” and thus, we start the painful process of individuation. How we communicate this process has to do with Mercury and its position by sign and by house in our natal chart.
For this Mercury Retrograde, the small planet will walk hand in hand with Chiron and the North Node for almost 2 months, and in the sign of Aries, which tends to speak without carefully thinking about what it says, and to express itself impulsively. It reactivates the Chiron-North Node conjunction, about which you can read here. Aries acts first and thinks later. With the Node denoting our evolutionary mandate, and Chiron our deepest wound, we can assume that Mercury will give voice to those two aspects of our psyche, and we will have the opportunity to see how we march towards what “we must do” when we know it will cause us pain or lead us to territories we prefer not to visit. This can occur with the diversity of human creativity or in infinite ways.
As Gabor Mate says: “You’re going to have pain one way or another: You can have the pain of repressing yourself in order to be accepted or you can have the pain sometimes of being yourself and not being accepted. Which one do you like? What pain would you prefer to have?”
The most common thing is having to confront someone (Aries is opposite to Libra, where the first eclipse occurs) and clarify some situations that are uncomfortable for us to talk about. But here lies the most important aspect of this cycle, which is being able to express (Mercury) how I really feel and above all, to find out exactly what hurts me (Chiron). Since this whole cycle occurs in Aries, which represents the theme of our identity, not my conditioning, but my true identity. That which I Am. My personality in this life. What defines me in this incarnation. That original impulse to BE is the energy of this first sign of the zodiac. An impulse that is truncated or frustrated when our education forces or encourages us to BE in a way that we Are Not.
Eclipses show us areas of our psyche that we normally keep in the shadow, thus attracting unforeseen situations or in unexpected ways. Whenever we venture into the unknown or unfamiliar, we feel anxiety and often fear. Feeling Fear is part of being alive. The result is often similar to what Saturn brings, that is, a situation that we can no longer ignore and must resolve, as it allows us to see it more clearly.
This Retrograde begins on April 1st at 27° Aries 12′ and Mercury will station direct on April 24/25 at 15° Aries 59′, concluding its post-shadow period on May 13 at 27° Aries. We all know what happens when the smallest planet closest to the Sun goes retrograde, so we must be careful with mobile phones, paperwork, electronic devices in general, and since it occurs in Aries, we must particularly control what we say and how we say it. Although in its alignment with Chiron, the Node, and Eris, it will bring us closer to the feeling of non-inclusion that characterizes the Goddess of Discord. In relation to this, on the night of March 22nd, that is to say last night, an attack in Moscow by ISIS evokes this alignment of planets in this first sign of the Zodiac, which leads us to impulsive action.
Once again, films also reflect the moment and a film of Julio Torres comes out called “Problemista”, couldn’t imagine a better word for the Chiron-Eris predicament. It’s about the drama of being an inmigrant in the US. Of course that “Poor Things” of Yorgos Lanthimos is another beautiful example of this.
Observe your feelings for these dates and reflect on what these gods and goddesses are showing you and meditate on what you need to heal within yourself. You can only deal with what you can and simply be a witness to what is happening globally.
This cosmic event: the alignment of these two planets from the vantage point of our planet occurs every about 13 years, each time Jupiter in its 12-year orbit around the Sun catches up to Uranus, which spends around 7 years in each sign, 84 years to complete its orbit around our star. A complete cycle of Uranus represents exactly 7 cycles of Jupiter in the incredible cosmic mathematics. Therefore, it happens in our lives several times, but of course not at the same point in our natal chart, which means that each time it triggers something different in our lives.
Jupiter (its Roman name) correlates with the Greek God Zeus, the Supreme God of the Skies, and in mythological history, the grandson of Uranus, the God of Chaos, of the Sky perhaps, before the Big Bang, which mythologically we can see as an explosion similar to a cosmic orgasm that caused the creation of our world. Grandfather and grandson have not had a very friendly relationship, although it is Jupiter who unwittingly avenges Uranus, who had been castrated by Saturn, Jupiter’s father, by dethroning his own father. The two stories are similar but not the same. It was Gaia, Mother Earth, wife of Uranus, who instigated her younger son, Saturn, to castrate his father, who fathered children he never wanted to see because they disgusted him with their imperfections. In the case of Jupiter, his mother simply tricks Saturn, who was eating his children to avoid the same fate as his father, and sends Jupiter, the youngest, to be raised in a cave by divine goats. Without the violence of the previous generation. Evolution had already occurred.
Nevertheless, the prophecy was fulfilled, and once again a son overthrew his father. Jupiter forces his father to vomit up the eaten children, that is, his brothers and sisters, and with them creates Olympus, a sector of our psyche, where we can hear the voices of the gods or our own divine nature. Zeus/Jupiter, despite his infidelities, is a just and protective god. In each of his “affairs,” he impregnates his conquests, and symbolically does the same in our lives when he approaches us by transit. He brings a new idea, a new project, opens a new window for us, and shows us a much broader horizon, full of new possibilities. Uranus, on the other hand, brings us Light, piercing our minds with new ideas, which with Jupiter’s thunder causes a kind of explosion in our minds that drives us to free ourselves from what oppresses or frustrates us and invites us to create new avenues in our lives.
These two frequencies, those of Jupiter and Uranus, although not identical, share a passion for a better future. Jupiter with indomitable optimism tells us that if we make a move, we can create a more positive and interesting future, while Uranus with unstoppable curiosity encourages us to try something different, fills us with hope that there are infinite possibilities if we simply make a move and take some risks. Uranus, who loves Humanity, is not very passionate about the individual, hence his rejection of his children. He says to us: “No matter what we must sacrifice for the good of Humanity, the individual is not important in the Grand Plan.” He represents the mad scientist who only thinks about experimenting, something like a Dr. Frankenstein. And speaking of which, it is curious that on the eve of this conjunction, which was already very close in July 2023, the movie “Poor Things” has come out, for which Emma Stone has won the Oscar and several other awards for best actress. This strange movie clearly speaks of the spirit of Uranus, of experiment above all. The character is named Bella, very appropriate since she lives with a Beast whom she calls GOD.
This Jupiter-Uranus conjunction will be exact on April 20 at 21° Taurus 49′, where that degree of Taurus is where the Revolution occurs, both in the psyche and in your life. It’s time to free yourself from something that doesn’t need you or that you don’t need anymore. An opportunity to turn around that aspect of your life, and if you know how to listen to the sound emanating from your inner Olympus, then you will know what you must do.
On a global level, to get an idea of what has happened with other conjunctions:
• 1900 in Sagittarius – Freud publishes “The Interpretation of Dreams.”
Max Planck discovers the law of blackbody radiation (Planck’s law), introducing the notion of light quanta, which leads in 1905 to Albert Einstein’s explanation of the photoelectric effect and the beginning of the Quantum Revolution.
• 1927 in Pisces – First talkie film “The Jazz Singer.”
• The first transatlantic telephone call is made by radio from New York City, USA, to London, UK.
• Werner Heisenberg formulates his famous Uncertainty Principle while working as a professor at Niels Bohr’s Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen.
1941: May 8 – 25° Taurus 38′ (Openheimer created the first atomic bomb)
1954: 27° Cancer 23′
• The first polio vaccine (Thousands of children are vaccinated)
• Nuclear tests
• The first subway in Canada
• The first TV channel broadcasts in Puerto Rico and RAI begins its broadcasts
• Talkien publishes his “Fellowship of the Ring.”
• The movie “Rebel Without a Cause” starring James Dean and Natalie Wood.
• First Guinness Book of Records.
• Perón is overthrown from Government in Argentina.
1969: July 20 0° Libra 37’ (Man walked on the Moon) Woodstock, the music festival.
1983: May 14 – 7° Sag 41′ / Sep 25 – 5° Sag 49′
1997: Feb 16 – 5° Aquarius 55′
• The Treaty on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) enters into force.
• IBM’s Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, the first time a computer defeats a world chess champion in a match.
• In London, scientists report the results of their DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton, supporting the theory of human evolution out of Africa, placing an “African Eve” between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago.
• The first color photograph appears on the cover of The New York Times.
• The first Harry Potter book is published.
• The movie Titanic.
• In Japan, over 700 children suffer epileptic seizures due to an episode of Pokémon animation.
• Hong Kong begins to cull all chickens within its territory (1.25 million) to halt the spread of a potentially deadly strain of influenza.
2010: June 8 – 0° Aries 17′ / Sep 19 – 28° Pisces 42′ (The Arab Spring: liberation of North Africa)
• Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
2011: Jan 4 – 27° Pisces 02′
The Fukushima tsunami that caused the explosion of the Nuclear Plant.
2024: April 21 – 21° Taurus 49′
If you were alive in those years, do you remember what happened in your life? Both Jupiter and Uranus have an element of liberation, even if it occurs as a result of misfortune, death, loss of a job, etc., something is released and allows us to act with more space, more freedom, and opens up a range of possibilities.
This time, the appearance of Chatbots, like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and others, opens up a path of possibilities never seen before. AI learns quickly, much faster than humans, and moreover, creates: a script, a poem, a photo, a video, sounds, etc., etc. What will we do this time? The last time this conjunction occurred in Taurus was in 1941 when we used Albert Einstein’s extraordinary discovery that when atoms are split, a tremendous amount of energy is released, a phenomenon known as nuclear fission. And what did we do? An atomic bomb. What will we do this time with the power of AI, in addition to language models that know everything?
A great constellation of planets in Aries: Mercury, Venus together with Chiron and Eris + the North Node augur enough energy for action and the urgency to seek ways of expression that allow us to reconnect with ourselves. 4 planets in Pisces, nothing less than: Saturn, Nessus, Mars, and Neptune, augur a feeling of compassion for the world’s pains but also many unclear actions by those in power. The 4 planets in Taurus: Sun, and together with the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction, Sedna, which has re-entered Taurus, remind us of the urgency of using all these new technologies to solve the problem of climate warming.
On a personal level, this is a brilliant moment, where we can embark on a new adventure, a new way of Being, that allows us to develop talents that may have been dormant within us or simply that find a renewed form of expression. Do not waste it and listen to these gods within you who will guide you to a liberation of some kind.
Here comes the beginning of the astrological year for 2024, with the Spring Equinox for the Northern Hemisphere and the Autumn Equinox for the Southern Hemisphere. This particular start of the astrological year finds us with 2 planets in Aquarius, Mars and Pluto, 3 planets (Venus, Saturn, and Neptune) in Pisces plus the centaur Nessus, 4 planets in Aries, the Sun (of course), Mercury, Chiron, Eris, and the North Node, and 3 planets in Taurus, Jupiter, Uranus, and Sedna.
This seems to lay out on our table what we have seen before. Aquarius speaks to us about the advent of AI, reinforced by the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus, among other things. Pisces speaks of the urgency to realize once and for all that we are all in the same boat in the immensity of this unknown Universe, and that the only race on this planet, which we call our home, is the human race. While the planets in Aries remind us that we still resort to war to solve issues that should be negotiated by politicians to find solutions for all, rather than simply opting to destroy those or that which challenges us. The three planets in Taurus, including Sedna, are a clear expression of our struggle with global warming and the disastrous prospects if we do not address it.
Although this may sound terribly simplistic, this is where we find ourselves as occupants of this incredible planet on which we live. The question is why it is so difficult for us to collectively grasp some of these archetypes, particularly Mars. The God of War leads us to fight for what we want, literally, instead of giving more voice to Pallas Athena, who suggests strategies for managing peace.
A grand trine between the Sun in Aries, the Moon in Leo, and Pallas Athena in Sagittarius, augurs the possibility of a potential strategy to find a path to a ceasefire, to help us avoid a larger disaster, particularly in Gaza, although it may seem impossible now. On a personal level, something tells us that this is a year for action and reconciliation. The Moon in Leo seeks recognition, and if we manage to give it to those around us who ask for it, we can avoid greater misunderstandings that lead to more aggression. Mars’ anger worsens when one feels undervalued or abused.
With Mercury conjunct the North Node and Chiron, sitting down to talk seems to be the best solution. Eris, on the other hand, puts pressure on us to find a solution for the millions of refugees and migrants in the world. On a personal level, this invites us to observe how and where we feel ignored, undervalued, and the effect on our happiness and physical and mental health. In the end, we learn that the validation we expect from the outside and others is only possible within ourselves.
The Venus-Saturn conjunction in Pisces drives us to finally do those acts of charity that we have always dreamed of doing. There are many people who need help in this world, and we can all contribute a little. On a personal level, this combination can be somewhat more complicated, as suddenly the roses evaporate and we see the reality of who we have in front of us. This does not have to be a bad thing if there is true love.
On March 25th, the first lunar eclipse arrives, this time occurring in the penumbra, so we will see a great Full Moon, as it is also a Supermoon.
For this semi-eclipsed Moon, Mars has already entered Pisces and Venus is moving away from Saturn rapidly, indicating that it has understood the message of the Lord of the Rings. Now we must move towards action, which involves, as a Saturnine mandate, taking responsibility for our actions and decisions.
Eclipses are a reminder that when it darkens, something new that we did not see, blinded by the distraction of superficial daytime connections, emerges in the darkness. When the Sun sets, and the sky turns black, suddenly the stars appear, which are always there, even though we cannot see them because the sunlight prevents us from it. It is then that what we need to see appears before us.
This is a Full Moon in Libra, and this Aries-Libra angularity launches us into the eternal struggle of how to be Me when I am with You. How to love without losing oneself in the other. Romantic as it may sound, it is never healthy. At the same time, we learn to collaborate without ceasing to be oneself. This is the eternal quest for that necessary balance that eludes us in the evolutionary mandate to join another. On this occasion, it is the Sun who is next to the North Node, as if wanting to remind us that I can be in a couple or in collaboration with another without ceasing to be or do what I must do. Particularly difficult in this Full Moon, as the Goddess of the Night is in an out-of-sign opposition with Neptune, in the last degrees of Pisces, which only seeks fusion. At the same time, the dispositor of this Moon in Libra is Venus, which is also in Pisces, calling us to find, at least, inside of us, a compromise and compassion.
Another aspect of this Aries-Libra angle is that the sign of the scales tends to seek harmony sometimes at the expense of its sincerity and self-assertion. For this eclipse, perhaps we are called to say what we need to say without remorse or fear of reprisals. Faith is necessary, not only in the gods and goddesses but in oneself. The trine between Pluto and the Moon can give us the certainty that affirming ourselves in change does not necessarily mean loss.
Nessus and Lilith are opposed, and this centaur can show us that letting go of what triggers Lilith in our psyche can be a good idea. Despite the power that Lilith gives us, listening to her voice all the time can be mentally and spiritually exhausting. Still, not respecting that aspect of our psyche can lead to feelings of resentment that can be even more exhausting.
Learn to look in the dark where we often find the most interesting characters and, above all, where we can investigate and connect with our own creativity.
Happy beginning of the Astrological Year and Lunar Eclipse in Libra!
This conjunction came to be on February 19th at around 17º of Aries. However, from the beginning of February until almost the end of March, we continue to experience the aftermath or hangover of the confrontation with what hurts us the most, with what we find most challenging to face. This is an incredibly difficult process that shakes our inner hero.
Chiron, this magnificent archetype wounded by injustices beyond his control, shows us where we feel incomplete, inadequate, unlovable, and, above all, not fully accepted. “There’s something in me that cannot be loved,” says Chiron. It could be something about personality but also a part of the body that never seems to be viewed favorably. His parents abandon him because he is born half man, half horse. Yet, his father Saturn transforms into a beautiful stallion to seduce the beautiful nymph Philyra. When she sees her son, she runs away horrified, refusing to mother him. Nevertheless, Saturn has the wisdom to bring him to Apollo and Artemis (the Sun and the Moon), the luminaries who adopt and educate him. Apollo teaches him astrology, healing arts, and helps him develop his inner vision, while Artemis connects him with his beastly side, helping him reconnect with his intuitive nature. Thetis, Achilles’ mother and a sea goddess, teaches him about healing with herbs and potions.
Thus, Chiron becomes a mentor to heroes like Achilles, Jason, Hercules, and Asclepius (the first doctor). From his cave on Mount Pelion, named after Peleus, Achilles’ father, where he lives with Pholus, another wise centaur, he heals and teaches. This figure, despite the injustices he faces, is not a Victim. His teachings to the hero are about developing courage to do what must be done, even when not wanting to, like the twelve labors of Hercules or Jason’s journey to retrieve the Golden Fleece or the Trojan War in which Achilles must participate. None of these heroes want to undertake these tasks, but they “must” due to divine command.
Where Chiron is placed in your natal chart is where you are wounded, where it is challenging to embrace a divine mandate, and you struggle not to do so. Overcoming the fear of confronting that part of our psyche is the work that Chiron brings to us. It often relates to the Trauma with which we were born or emerged from a childhood event that left us marked or wounded. It is often the lower part of our body that we cannot look at with love. This is where Chiron carries his incurable wound, caused by an arrow from his friend and disciple, Hercules. Some say it was in his thigh, knee, or foot. Therefore, it is his animal part, what he finds most difficult to integrate. Can you relate to this feeling? How often do we hurt those parts of our bodies? It is challenging to fully accept the lower part of the body, whether it’s because the legs are too short, too long, too thin, too fat, or the hips are not the right size, etc. That is the pain of Chiron in our lives. Perhaps the worst part of this is that there is no certainty of a future without pain, even if we face up to it.
It is important to note that Chiron is not a planet and only moves between Saturn and Uranus, not approaching the personal planets. Therefore, the wound is always ancestral, something inherited without us asking for it. It is a very deep internal feeling that is difficult to connect with and become aware of. Once we do, it is the beginning of healing. Once we confront the wound, we often find someone who can help us, such as a therapist, a physiotherapist, a chiropractor, an astrologer, etc.
The Lunar Nodes, on the other hand, are not planets either. They are empty geometric points but of utmost importance in the birth chart as they describe what our soul has come to evolve. What we need to work on in this life. So, the conjunction of Chiron with the North Node, in the sign of Aries that we are currently experiencing, propels us towards the Wound. Both put on the table “that” which we must resolve and do to be happier and freer but which scares us a lot, either because we feel we are not capable of doing it or because we cannot find a way to do it without pain. This can be physical pain, so it is interesting to see which part of the body hurts, almost certainly the lower part, but also mental and emotional. Separating or simply saying what we think confronts us with the possibility of feeling unloved, disliked, rejected.
For the generation of 1993, born with the Uranus-Neptune conjunction in Capricorn, this Chiron-North Node conjunction squares it, almost exactly. Depending on where the Capricorn conjunction falls, is where there should be a separation, a resolution to independence, causing them much anxiety. Those born in 1973/74 are experiencing the Chiron return, which occurs between 49 and 51 years old, as they were born with Chiron in Aries, something that happened from 1969, when there was also a Chiron-North Node conjunction in Aries, until 1976. This important return is a great opportunity to truly investigate that wound that refuses to heal. It is often when it is felt most clearly, and the urgency to do something about it arises.
Chiron takes about four years to move from one sign to another but spends 7 to 8 years in Aries and Pisces and only one or two years in Virgo and Libra (an interesting point to investigate). It began its journey through Aries on April 17, 2018, retrograded to Pisces on September 25 of that year, and finally re-entered the first sign on February 18, 2019. It will remain there until June 19, 2026.
This conjunction of Chiron with the North Node has called us to do what we don’t want to do ( he is Saturn’s son after all) and, above all, to confront some kind of pain that we cannot handle very well. I have seen hip surgeries, strained thighs, painful separations, inflamed lower backs, the death of the Russian rebel Navalny, among other things.
How have you experienced this? What have you learned? Have you blamed someone for what is happening to you? Who has confronted you with that wound? These are questions that arise when we confront this archetype that has so much to teach us. Don’t close the door to it; on the contrary, go in search of it and surrender to it.
Much has already been written about this extraordinary alignment of planets that promises so many wonders. It is very difficult to comprehend what these two gods bring without first understanding the origin of the two archetypes that cause such a revolution, and I say this literally, as we will see later.
In Greek mythology, these two are grandfather (Uranus) and grandson (Jupiter), and as their positions in our solar system indicate, in between them is the father, Saturn, who is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Mars is the great-grandson of Uranus. The most curious thing about this story is that when these Greco-Roman stories were written or told, they knew nothing about Uranus or its position in the skies because it had not been discovered yet. It took technology, the telescope, to see it for the first time in 1781. The last two planets visible to the naked eye are Jupiter and Saturn, hence the correlation of the latter with our human limitations. With our eyes, we can only see up to the Lord of the Rings. Beyond that, we need the help of technology, leading us to correlate Uranus with it.
Uranus was a rather emotionally disconnected father, and his children were not much liked, hence his wife Gaia asked her youngest son (Saturn) to castrate his father. From that action, Aphrodite-Venus and the Furies were born. Subsequently, Saturn, fearing that his children would do the same to him, proceeded to eat them. By the time Zeus-Jupiter is born, their mother Rhea who is not as cruel, decides to deceive her husband and hide Jupiter until he grows up. Thus, once an adult, Jupiter again dethrones his father as it was foretold and forces him to vomit up his brothers and sisters, with whom he creates Olympus and dethrones the Titans, the lineage to which his father belonged. This seemingly bizarre story poetically describes the father-son relationship in our everyday lives.
As grandfather and grandson, they share many genes, and these two in particular share the futuristic spirit, longing to improve our life experience, both firmly believing that the future can be better with a little effort on our part. Both are correlated with technological advancement and new ideas.
JUPITER:
It is a planet often called “benevolent.” In its most positive aspect, it is a benefactor, but it leads us to commit “hubris,” which is punished by the gods and primarily by Jupiter himself (as he did with Prometheus). (Punishes the sin inspired by himself) (Jesus, Gandhi, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson)
It has a great capacity and desire to grow beyond the territory of the original tribe, beyond the limitations of our family and culture, with a great ability to think positively, with internal hope and certainty of expansion and success, even without complete knowledge.
Jupiter possesses great curiosity about the unknown, a desire to learn quickly, and a passion for the new and the strange (new foods, languages, fashions, philosophies).
It believes that the future will always be better than today. Each day brings a new opportunity.
It also represents the unfaithful patriarch who sows ideas (children) in those who approach and relate to him. It inspires. Represents abundance and the social system.
URANUS:
It directs our gaze towards the future and represents the unattainable masculine, the perfectionist. It connects us with the creative power that contacts our inner genius.
It imbues us with great ability for change and disobedience. It is inherently rebellious and struggles to break away from the herd and the status quo.
It urges us towards individuality.
This archetype describes our creative and experimental side, challenging the status quo. It has a great capacity to be distant, objective, clear, divorced from emotional baggage, with a great ability to distinguish between the ideal realm of imagination and the real circumstances in which those ideals can be realized. The ability to perceive oneself as separate from the family but also as an integral part of it. The ability to be creative without fear, based on originality, living without the approval of others, which it does not need. It always asks, “What if…?” Do we try this, or do we dare with something else?”
Genius and criminal (Steven Forrest)
THE CONJUNCTION:
It occurs every 13/14 years, and every 84 years, it occurs in the same sign.
Given that Jupiter’s cycle is 12 years and Uranus’s cycle is 84 years, each time they align, Jupiter has completed one full orbit around the Sun, and since Uranus spends about 7 years in each sign, if we multiply 7 by 12, we get the 84 years of the Uranian cycle.
This conjunction is also seen in generations and individuals who bring part of that divine fire to humans, as Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple, who was born with this conjunction, and also Tim Berners-Lee, who created the World Wide Web in 1989, also born with it.
IN THE PAST:
1775 in Gemini
The independence of the United States occurred exactly the following year.
1789 in Leo
The French Revolution.
1830 in Aquarius
Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction and builds the first dynamo leading to electricity. Darwin embarks on a study trip that will lead to the formulation of his theory of evolution. Ecuador and Venezuela separate from Gran Colombia. Slavery is banned in Brazil. The French Foreign Legion is founded.
1900 in Sagittarius
Freud publishes “The Interpretation of Dreams.”
Max Planck discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck’s law), introducing the concept of light quanta, leading in 1905 to Albert Einstein’s explanation of the photoelectric effect and the beginning of the Quantum Revolution.
Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
1927 in Pisces
The first talking movie “The Jazz Singer.”
The first transatlantic telephone call is made by radio from New York City, USA, to London, UK.
Werner Heisenberg formulates his famous Uncertainty Principle while working as a professor at Niels Bohr’s Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen.
1968/69 in Libra
Student uprisings in Paris, Brazil, and worldwide, including the “Rosariazo” in Argentina.
The Manson family murders at Roman Polansky’s house, where pregnant Sharon Tate (Polansky’s partner) dies.
Massive protests against the Vietnam War in the USA.
Woodstock, the music becomes revolutionary, and a protest song.
Man goes to the Moon (between 1968 and July 1969, when man walks on the Moon for the first time, there were 4 Apollo trips to the Moon). The last time was in 1972.
Assassination of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King.
The Intel Corporation is founded.
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons begins.
Guinea gains independence from Spain.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry in Gibraltar and organize their second “bed-in” in protest. The world is in a revolutionary chaos that led to many changes in governments, military coups, and protests against military governments. Independence of several countries. The Vietnam War continues until Nixon begins withdrawing troops in 1973/75.
THE LAST TIME THEY CONJUNCTED WAS IN: 2010/11 (Jun 2010 in Pisces, Sep 2010 in Aries, Jan 2011 in Pisces)
The Arab Spring. Revolution in North Africa and Egypt.
Fukushima. Tsunami and explosion at the nuclear plant. The day Uranus entered Aries.
The Australian government is affected by cyberattacks from activists for freedom of expression after Australian restrictions on pornography.
The first 24-hour flight of a solar-powered plane is completed with Solar Impulse.
July 16 – First Instagram posts (trial) made by co-developers Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom in San Francisco. The service is publicly launched on October 6.
An earthquake and subsequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kill more than 400 people and leave hundreds missing.
WikiLeaks publishes a collection of over 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked as “secret” or “confidential.” Later, documents about Guantanamo.
The Hale-Bopp comet is found again. The last time the comet was found was in April 1997 (for the previous Jupiter-Uranus conjunction).
Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
This time around, we already have on the table: Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, OpenAI’s GPT, Google’s GEMINI, and others, and man returns to the Moon after more than 50 years. The big question is: Will we commit hubris once again, and it will slip out of our hands, or will we be able to control these machines that are much faster than us and also learn at an unimaginable speed for the human brain?
These and other questions are what these two supreme gods propose to us, suggesting that we evolve and dare to go beyond our comfort zone to find new realities that improve our lives.
This time it happens in the sign of Taurus, so wherever the degree 21/22 of Taurus falls in your natal chart is where you will experience these proposals for progress and freedom. If it falls in our relationship houses like the third (siblings), the fifth (children), the seventh (partner), and the eleventh (friends), it will suggest letting go and transforming existing relationships so that both parties have more room for action. As we know, each house represents more than one dimension, so this is just a sketch of possibilities. The stimulus is towards liberation, progress, and encountering new paradigms that change our current view of life. All of this is reinforced by the fact that Pluto is in Aquarius, for the first time in the lives of all of us who are alive today.
This is a call to move away from old ways of thinking and open ourselves to the new.
The four planets in Pisces (Saturn, Nessus, Mars, and Neptune) will lead us to reflect on tolerance and compassion, and the four planets in Aries (Mercury, Venus, Chiron, and Eris + the North Node) will push us towards the issues we have on the table: wars and immigration. Both situations are the “elephant in the room” that we cannot ignore or keep kicking the can down the street, hoping someone else takes care of it.
On a personal level, wherever you find yourself tied up, with freedom of action, in shackles, unable to move, is where you must act.
As I often like to say: “Open windows” and look beyond the horizon.
This New Moon in the sign of the fishes swimming in opposite directions connects us directly with the dilemma of being Pisces in regards to decision-making. Whenever Pisces leans in one direction, something pulls it in the opposite direction; an inner voice speaks from a polarity point, ambivalence, from the other side of the river. For this New Moon, all of this is even more pronounced, as the Sun and the Moon will come together alongside Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, practically at the midpoint or halfway between these two planets/archetypes, which are actually possibly the most different archetypes. One shapes, gives form (Saturn), and the other dissolves it (Neptune). In reality, both the Sun and the Moon have just left Saturn behind and are heading towards Neptune. This simple cyclical action seems to describe even more this moment of transition between the old order, materialistic, consumerist, of separation and great empires, and the promise of a globalist consciousness, reminding us that we are all in the same boat called Earth, and the apparent differences of nations, religions, and races are nothing more than an anecdote fading rapidly. One of the great gifts of Saturn in Pisces is that it reminds us that what we once thought was firm and secure is fading away. Despite our insistence on reinforcing nationalisms and religious values, the only reality is that the world is becoming increasingly mixed. The new generations are already emerging from people of different religions, nationalities, races, etc, as people travel more and migrate even more than ever before, so the cultural divisions are melting together, whether we like it or not.
Starting next year, Saturn and Neptune, with a cycle of about 35-36 years, will initiate the great conjunction that will be exact at 0 degrees Aries in February 2026, although they will begin to intertwine from the last degrees of Pisces, almost the entire second half of 2025. Saturn and Neptune have not been in Aries since 1703, so none of us who are alive today on this planet have experienced that level of energy, promising to be as potent as Pluto’s entry into Aquarius or perhaps more, as it occurs in the first sign of the zodiac, heralding a new beginning on an evolutionary level. The last time they met was in November 1989 in Capricorn when the Berlin Wall fell, transforming the Soviet Union and Europe. The most important aspect of such an event is that it happened without a drop of blood being spilled or shots fired. This time it is forming when the world is in the midst of several wars and the threat of more. Nevertheless, its path towards Neptune brings us closer to a sense of unity, with great psychic sensitivity, the kind of experience that takes us beyond the third dimension.
This is the third Supermoon out of the 5 consecutive supermoons this year. It will be the closest New Supermoon to Earth this year, but since it is a New Moon when we do not actually see the Moon, we will not notice it visually. The New Supermoon on April 8, 2024, will be the Moon that blocks the Sun, causing a total solar eclipse.
These are moments to connect with our emotions more than ever, to remember and memorize our dreams more than usual. Many important messages will come through them. Pay attention to what you dream, and if possible, jot them down as they can be very premonitory.
This New Moon forms a sextile (60°) to Uranus, which not only augurs surprises but also revelations that open our minds to new possibilities, bringing a sense of freedom to the soul. However, Uranus also receives a square from Mars in Aquarius, so the need to free oneself from something that bothers or oppresses will be more intense than ever. We will need more emotional space than ever. With Mercury just entering Aries, it is possible to say and do things more impulsively, so think before verbally releasing anything.
Finally, Saturn has just entered the second decan of Pisces, which belongs to the sign of Cancer, but according to Manilius, to the sign of Aquarius. If we combine the two, attention is drawn to structures in the home that need to loosen up, providing more space for everyone sharing a home with someone. An interesting proposal to respect the space of others and exercise some emotional boundaries. Neptune’s voice inspires us to navigate the waters of our imagination and reminds us that disconnecting is also healthy. In these times of media saturation and the invasion of social networks into our lives, it is a good idea to turn everything off even for a weekend and travel inward into our psyche to see what is happening in it. Living without TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter is also possible, even for a couple of days. Sail through your own imagination and discover things about yourself, you hadn’t notice.
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