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Mercury enters Aquarius

Mercury is in Aquarius from February 5-23, 2024.

When Mercury is in Aquarius, we are hungry for knowledge and open to new and original ideas. We begin to think outside of the box, and our thinking becomes more progressive and objective. Our communication and thought patterns are spontaneous, somewhat fragmented, and liberal. This is a time when inventive thinking is at a peak.

We’re reasonable, finding it easier to separate intellect and emotion when assessing a situation. Although progressive-minded and receptive to new studies and information, we are not quick to sway from our ideas and beliefs. During this cycle, we take more interest in thinking that’s daring or original. As we envision a better future, we can come up with truly interesting ideas and concepts.

Aspects Mercury makes while in the sign of Aquarius in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Mercury are in bold.

• Feb 5, 2024 7:57 AM Mercury  0 Aquarius 30 conjunction  Pluto  0 Aquarius 30
• Feb  7, 2024 6:10 PM Mercury quintile Chiron
• Feb  8, 2024 10:36 AM Mercury quintile True Node
• Feb  9, 2024 6:59 PM Mercury  7 Aquarius 30 semi-sextile  Saturn  7 Pisces 30
• Feb 10, 2024 8:25 AM Mercury  8 Aquarius 23 square  Jupiter  8 Taurus 23
• Feb 12, 2024 12:59 AM Mercury 11 Aquarius 07 semi-square Neptune 26 Pisces 07
• Feb 15, 2024 8:16 AM Mercury 16 Aquarius 34 sextile Chiron 16 Aries 34
• Feb 15, 2024 1:18 PM Mercury 16 Aquarius 55 sextile True Node 16 Aries 55
• Feb 16, 2024 10:52 PM Mercury 19 Aquarius 16 square  Uranus 19 Taurus 16
• Feb 21, 2024 2:10 AM Mercury 26 Aquarius 26 semi-sextile  Neptune 26 Pisces 26
• Feb 22, 2024 12:09 AM Mercury quintile Jupiter

The Moon is New in Aquarius on February 9, 2024, at 6:00 PM EST.

The New Moon in Aquarius marks the beginning of a new cycle. The Capricorn New Moon cycle ends and the Aquarius New Moon cycle begins. In the sign of Aquarius, friendship, brotherhood, group activities, social pursuits, group projects, trying something new, humanitarian efforts, or joining a group will be a strong focus. New beginnings regarding any or all of these matters are possible now.

This is a time during which we should solve problems that require thinking “outside of the box.” We look to the future with a brand new, positive, and hopeful vision, frequently brainstorm and socialize, and focus on extending a friendly hand, receiving support, and expressing platonic love for those around us. It’s a time to give our emotions and passions a “break”, as we develop more objectivity and some detachment from past haunts. We might learn how something (or someone) works or revitalize ourselves through experiences that are new or simply different.

This cycle encourages us to reach out to people in our social circle and in our community, and recognize the value of our friendships and social networks. We might also recognize that some level of detachment and distancing ourselves from our habits and attachment to the past will help us break away from destructive behaviors that are holding us back.

With this potent Aquarius energy, we have the chance to make progressive changes in our lives. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to these matters.

This New Moon clashes with Uranus, bringing rebellious, impulsive, abrupt, and innovative energy. The chart itself forms an uncommon bundle pattern, and we can be particularly focused, determined, and concentrated. We should watch for being overly stubborn or narrow in our focus.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 20 degrees and 41 minutes of Aquarius, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 17 to 25 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) most significantly.

Mars enters Aquarius

Mars is in Aquarius from February 13-March 22, 2024. Mars enters Aquarius today at 1:04 AM EST.

Dynamic yet erratic energy levels, achieving our goals through hit or miss tactics, and impersonal expression of anger are characteristics of Mars in Aquarius. We are team players–cooperative and less concerned about personal power.

We are attracted to unconventional methods, and we tend to approach problems from an intellectual, detached perspective during the Mars-in-Aquarius cycle.

Aspects Mars makes while in the sign of Aquarius in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Mars are in bold.

• Feb 14, 2024 1:05 AM Mars  0 Aquarius 46 conjunction  Pluto  0 Aquarius 46
• Feb 19, 2024 4:47 AM Mars quintile Chiron
• Feb 19, 2024 6:42 AM Mars quintile True Node
• Feb 22, 2024 2:14 AM Venus  6 Aquarius 58 conjunction  Mars  6 Aquarius 58
• Feb 25, 2024 4:20 AM Mars  9 Aquarius 21 semi-sextile  Saturn  9 Pisces 21
• Feb 27, 2024 3:30 AM Mars 10 Aquarius 52 square  Jupiter 10 Taurus 52
• Feb 28, 2024 4:42 AM Mars 11 Aquarius 41 semi-square Neptune 26 Pisces 41
• Mar  1, 2024 7:41 AM Mercury 13 Pisces 20 semi-sextile  Mars 13 Aquarius 20
• Mar 4, 2024 7:35 PM Mars 16 Aquarius 02 sextile True Node 16 Aries 02
• Mar 6, 2024 6:04 PM Mars 17 Aquarius 32 sextile Chiron 17 Aries 32
• Mar 9, 2024 5:55 PM Mars 19 Aquarius 52 square  Uranus 19 Taurus 52
• Mar  9, 2024 6:20 PM Sun 19 Pisces 53 semi-sextile  Mars 19 Aquarius 53
• Mar 14, 2024 2:05 PM Mercury  8 Aries 36 semi-square Mars 23 Aquarius 36
• Mar 19, 2024 12:56 PM Mars 27 Aquarius 26 semi-sextile  Neptune 27 Pisces 26

Venus enters Aquarius

Venus is in Aquarius from February 16-March 11, 2024. Venus enters Aquarius today, and we move towards unconventionality, independence, and freedom as themes in our social relationships under this influence. Aquarius can be just as faithful as Capricorn, but it has to be on its own terms! Experimental relationships are more intriguing now.

Being friends as well as lovers is important to us during this cycle. Allowing one another freedom of expression, and treating others fairly, unselfishly, and impartially, are themes now.

We treat people as equals and take our friendships, causes, and interests seriously. We prize intellectual stimulation and companionship. Income boosts come through innovative ideas. We can remake traditions and approach things unconventionally. Being true to ourselves is of the utmost importance in our relationships. Venus-in-Aquarius is a friendly but aloof period.

Aspects Venus makes while in the sign of Aquarius in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Venus are in bold.

• Feb 17, 2024 3:48 AM Venus  0 Aquarius 51 conjunction  Pluto  0 Aquarius 51
• Feb 20, 2024 6:04 AM Venus quintile True Node
• Feb 20, 2024 7:56 AM Venus quintile Chiron
• Feb 22, 2024 2:14 AM Venus  6 Aquarius 58 conjunction  Mars  6 Aquarius 58
• Feb 23, 2024 9:26 PM Venus  9 Aquarius 12 semi-sextile  Saturn  9 Pisces 12
• Feb 24, 2024 11:01 PM Venus 10 Aquarius 31 square  Jupiter 10 Taurus 31
• Feb 25, 2024 8:03 PM Venus 11 Aquarius 36 semi-square Neptune 26 Pisces 36
• Feb 29, 2024 9:17 AM Venus 15 Aquarius 59 sextile True Node 15 Aries 59
• Mar 1, 2024 9:58 AM Venus 17 Aquarius 16 sextile Chiron 17 Aries 16
• Mar 3, 2024 8:17 AM Venus 19 Aquarius 40 square Uranus 19 Taurus 40
• Mar  6, 2024 9:00 PM Mercury 24 Pisces 01 semi-sextile  Venus 24 Aquarius 01
• Mar  9, 2024 7:49 AM Venus 27 Aquarius 03 semi-sextile  Neptune 27 Pisces 03

Sun enters Pisces

Sun is in Pisces from February 18-March 19, 2024.

With the Sun in Pisces, we are guided by altruistic feelings. We are less motivated to do than we are to feel, imagine, and dream. A “what will be, will be” attitude reigns, and we are guided by a sense of universal correlations. Pisces rules empathy, selfless love, devotion, and wisdom. Its shadow side can include self-pity, a feeling of being victimized by life, passivity, and elusiveness.

While we may not always verbalize or express our feelings and impressions during this cycle, they’re strong and motivating. We prefer to believe and trust, giving things/people the benefit of the doubt until they prove us wrong. We might often tune out problems or conflicts rather than tackle them head on, hoping they will iron themselves out. Prosperity flows when we’re connecting with our heart, being kind, and helping others. The need to withdraw or retreat to restore our energy is strong from time to time.

Mercury enters Pisces

Mercury is in Pisces from February 23-March 10, 2024–which is relatively quick.

When Mercury is in Pisces, our thinking processes are more visual, intuitive, and imaginative. We are especially attuned to the world of emotion, which colors both our thoughts and our communication style.

We guess well, express ourselves with imagery, and make decisions intuitively. We are more attracted to consciousness-raising information.

It’s not always easy to verbalize our impressions during this cycle. We don’t enjoy pinning down, labeling, or strictly defining things. We recognize that life isn’t always logical, and we prefer not to think in black and white terms. We’re sensitive and impressionable, which means we can take in more than usual and it can sometimes overwhelm us. Pisces needs periodic time alone or within to regenerate and detox.

Aspects Mercury makes while in the sign of Pisces in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Mercury are in bold.

• Feb 23, 2024 4:31 PM Mercury  1 Pisces 03 semi-sextile  Pluto  1 Aquarius 03
• Feb 23, 2024 6:38 PM Mercury  1 Pisces 13 semi-square True Node 16 Aries 13
• Feb 24, 2024 4:39 AM Mercury  1 Pisces 58 semi-square Chiron 16 Aries 58
• Feb 27, 2024 5:19 AM Mercury quintile Uranus
• Feb 28, 2024 3:43 AM Sun  9 Pisces 15 conjunction  Mercury  9 Pisces 15
• Feb 28, 2024 10:07 AM Mercury  9 Pisces 45 conjunction  Saturn  9 Pisces 45
• Feb 29, 2024 4:53 AM Mercury 11 Pisces 13 sextile Jupiter 11 Taurus 13
• Mar  1, 2024 7:41 AM Mercury 13 Pisces 20 semi-sextile  Mars 13 Aquarius 20
• Mar  2, 2024 6:00 PM Mercury 16 Pisces 03 semi-sextile  True Node 16 Aries 03
• Mar  2, 2024 8:43 PM Mercury 16 Pisces 16 semi-square Pluto  1 Aquarius 16
• Mar  3, 2024 10:25 AM Mercury 17 Pisces 22 semi-sextile  Chiron 17 Aries 22
• Mar 4, 2024 3:24 PM Mercury 19 Pisces 42 sextile Uranus 19 Taurus 42
• Mar  6, 2024 9:00 PM Mercury 24 Pisces 01 semi-sextile  Venus 24 Aquarius 01
• Mar 8, 2024 Mercury 27 Pisces 01 conjunction  Neptune 27 Pisces 01
• Mar  8, 2024 6:54 PM Mercury 27 Pisces 44 semi-square Jupiter 12 Taurus 44

The Moon is Full in Virgo on February 24, 2023, at 7:31 AM EST.

A Full Moon occurs in the sign of Virgo on February 24th, 2024, when the Sun in Pisces forms an opposition to the Moon in Virgo. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time – a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

With the Virgo-Pisces service axis involved, this Full Moon presses us to find a balance between day-to-day functions and routines, physical health, and the need for order (Virgo) and vision, spiritual health, disorder, and the infinite (Pisces).

Virgo rules the tools and techniques we use to deal with day-to-day life, while Pisces rules the tools we employ to manage our spiritual selves.

Some sort of crisis (which can be a crisis of consciousness) or sudden awareness of a lack in our lives provides us with a golden opportunity to explore our emotional needs within the context of the house polarity where the Full Moon occurs in our natal charts.

This Full Moon urges us to strike a balance between work and service, practicality and impracticality, criticism and acceptance. With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic “illumination” occurs in our own lives.

However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as there is a sense of emotions bursting forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves and to let things out of our systems. Over the next two weeks, we will discover what this means for us.

For now, we can’t sit on our feelings–we need to express them! Of course, we might want to exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is not particularly rational as yet.

This is an eyes-wide-open time for our work, habits, health, and routines. We are likely to receive strong messages from our intuition.

This Full Moon harmonizes with Jupiter, and we can find it easy to gather inspiration and encouragement.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 5 degrees and 23 minutes of Virgo opposite the Sun at the same degree of Pisces, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 1 to 9 degrees of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) most significantly.

The following is a chart wheel with additional points for more detail:

Mercury enters Aries

Mercury is in Aries from March 10-May 15, 2024. [Why so long? Mercury stays in Aries longer than usual this year due to its upcoming retrograde cycle.]

When Mercury is in Aries, we are less concerned with objective viewpoints and explanations, and more concerned with reaching a decision…quickly!

Our thoughts and ideas are pioneering, and we tend to speak more spontaneously and directly with the planet of communication in bold and assertive Aries.

Mercury in Aries themes:

• quick, possibly impatient or hurried, decisions
• independent thought
• mental competitiveness
• direct, straightforward, honest, uncomplicated (perhaps insensitive or blunt) communications
• executive decisions
• preference to learn through personal experience, not instruction
• quick, perhaps defensive or combative, responses

Mercury spends more than the usual few weeks in the sign of Aries in 2024 due to a retrograde cycle that will occur entirely in Aries from April 1st to 25th, 2024.

Aspects Mercury makes while in the sign of Aries in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Mercury are in bold.

• Mar 10, 2024 6:20 PM Mercury  1 Aries 28 sextile Pluto  1 Aquarius 28
• Mar 12, 2024 2:43 PM Mercury  4 Aries 58 semi-square Uranus 19 Taurus 58
• Mar 14, 2024 2:05 PM Mercury  8 Aries 36 semi-square Mars 23 Aquarius 36
• Mar 16, 2024 9:57 AM Mercury 11 Aries 48 semi-sextile  Saturn 11 Pisces 48
• Mar 17, 2024 11:50 AM Mercury quintile Pluto
• Mar 18, 2024 1:02 AM Mercury 14 Aries 30 semi-sextile  Jupiter 14 Taurus 30
• Mar 18, 2024 8:12 PM Mercury 15 Aries 45 conjunction  True Node 15 Aries 45
• Mar 20, 2024 1:27 PM Mercury 18 Aries 18 conjunction  Chiron 18 Aries 18
• Mar 22, 2024 2:27 AM Mercury 20 Aries 20 semi-sextile  Uranus 20 Taurus 20
• Apr  2, 2024 4:58 PM Mercury 27 Aries 10 semi-sextile  Venus 27 Pisces 10
• Apr  6, 2024 3:47 AM Mercury 26 Aries 09 semi-square Mars 11 Pisces 09
• April 11, 2024 7:03 PM Sun 22 Aries 32 conjunction  Mercury 22 Aries 32
• Apr 13, 2024 6:47 AM Mercury 21 Aries 25 semi-sextile  Uranus 21 Taurus 25
• Apr 14, 2024 3:38 PM Mercury 20 Aries 24 semi-sextile  Jupiter 20 Taurus 24
• April 15, 2024 11:23 AM Mercury 19 Aries 49 conjunction  Chiron 19 Aries 49
• Apr 16, 2024 10:45 AM Mercury 19 Aries 09 semi-sextile  Mars 19 Pisces 09
• April 19, 2024 4:59 AM Mercury 17 Aries 32 conjunction  Venus 17 Aries 32
• Apr 24, 2024 5:15 AM Mercury 16 Aries 02 semi-sextile  Saturn 16 Pisces 02
• Apr 28, 2024 6:49 PM Mercury 16 Aries 28 semi-sextile  Saturn 16 Pisces 28
• May 6, 2024 10:26 PM Mercury 21 Aries 02 conjunction  Chiron 21 Aries 02
• May  9, 2024 12:16 AM Mercury 22 Aries 51 semi-sextile  Uranus 22 Taurus 51
• May 13, 2024 12:00 AM Mercury 26 Aries 59 semi-sextile  Jupiter 26 Taurus 59
• May 14, 2024 11:45 PM Mercury 29 Aries 19 semi-sextile  Neptune 29 Pisces 19

The Moon is New in Pisces on March 10, 2024, at 5:00 AM EDT.

The following is the New Moon astrological chart wheel for the Pisces New Moon in 2024.

The New Moon in Pisces marks the beginning of a new cycle. The Aquarius New Moon cycle ends and the Pisces New Moon cycle begins.

The New Moon in Pisces is a good time to commit to personal goals that express the positive energies of the sign of the Fish. These include taking a leap of faith, accepting imperfections in ourselves and in others as a different kind of “perfection,” starting a project that requires imagination and visualization skills, consciously putting time aside for peaceful and rejuvenating activities, and sharing a dream with another.

With this potent Pisces energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives.

With the planets arranged so closely to one another, we can be particularly focused, determined, and concentrated. We should watch for being overly stubborn or narrow in our focus.

The major bodies are all direct, contributing to a feeling of moving forward. This New Moon is moving away from Saturn and heading toward Neptune, suggesting a sense that we have our responsibilities in mind, but that we’re also picking up steam in the faith or inspiration department. Its harmony with Uranus points further to inspiration and belief in progress.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 20 degrees and 17 minutes of Pisces, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 16 to 24 degrees of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) most significantly.

Alternate chart with additional bodies (Chiron, asteroids, Eris, etc.):

Venus enters Pisces

Venus is in Pisces from March 11-April 4, 2024. Venus enters the sign of Pisces today.

Pisces never sees the world in black-and-white terms. Rather, Pisces sees all the colors of the rainbow. With the goddess of love in Pisces, our love is all-embracing, we are able to forgive and understand, we are seducible and seductive, and we show compassion to our partners.

Venus in Pisces is tender and affectionate, although hard to reach, as there is a longing for something that is difficult to define and hard to satisfy. Borders and boundaries blur under Venus in Pisces. The shadow side of this position is allowing ourselves to be deceived because we want to believe, as well as evasiveness. We should watch for falling in love with an idealized image of something or someone. It’s also important to watch for avoidant or indirect behavior.

Venus is exalted in Pisces and does well in the sign. It’s devoted, compassionate, exceptionally giving, and capable of sacrifice. We might refer heavily on our intuition with our finances and love life during this cycle. We gravitate to–and appreciate–unusual, tossed aside, poetic, artistic objects, situations, and people. We seek activities that move, inspire, or touch us.

 

Money may slip through our fingers, or we could turn a blind eye to some of the practical elements of our lives now. However, finances improve if we connect with our otherworldly talents, imagination, desire to heal and serve, or sense of mission.

This transit is not particularly strong for resolve or determination, but it’s good for adaptability and increased understanding or acceptance.

Aspects Venus makes while in the sign of Aries in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Venus are in bold.

• Mar 12, 2024 7:29 AM Venus  0 Pisces 42 semi-square True Node 15 Aries 42
• Mar 12, 2024 11:10 PM Venus  1 Pisces 31 semi-sextile  Pluto  1 Aquarius 31
• Mar 12, 2024 11:11 PM Venus quintile Jupiter
• Mar 14, 2024 2:42 AM Venus  2 Pisces 56 semi-square Chiron 17 Aries 56
• Mar 18, 2024 8:37 AM Venus quintile Uranus
• Mar 21, 2024 7:09 PM Venus 12 Pisces 26 conjunction Saturn 12 Pisces 26
• Mar 24, 2024 8:11 AM Venus 15 Pisces 35 semi-sextile  True Node 15 Aries 35
• Mar 24, 2024 12:37 PM Venus 15 Pisces 49 sextile Jupiter 15 Taurus 49
• Mar 25, 2024 6:57 AM Venus 16 Pisces 45 semi-square Pluto  1 Aquarius 45
• Mar 26, 2024 7:43 PM Venus 18 Pisces 40 semi-sextile  Chiron 18 Aries 40
• Mar 28, 2024 9:58 AM Venus 20 Pisces 38 sextile Uranus 20 Taurus 38
• Apr  2, 2024 4:58 PM Mercury 27 Aries 10 semi-sextile  Venus 27 Pisces 10
• Apr 3, 2024 9:10 AM Venus 28 Pisces 00 conjunction  Neptune 28 Pisces 00

Sun enters Aries

Sun is in Aries from March 19-April 19, 2024. In Aries, the Sun is enthusiastic and spontaneous. We are motivated by the desire to conquer. We are more impulsive and have the urge to initiate.

Aries is a sign that bounces back quickly–there is little in the way of shame with Aries. It is brave and pioneering, and somewhat innocent. We are direct and rather uncomplicated in our needs, but we can also be short-sighted and lack the desire to plan ahead.

The Sun enters Aries on March 19, 2024, at 11:06 PM EDT, which is also the Vernal Equinox.

Aspects the Sun makes while in the sign of Aries in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of the Sun are in bold.

• Mar 21, 2024 4:03 PM Sun  1 Aries 42 sextile Pluto  1 Aquarius 42
• Mar 25, 2024 12:01 PM Sun  5 Aries 30 semi-square Uranus 20 Taurus 30
• Apr  2, 2024 10:41 PM Sun 13 Aries 50 semi-sextile  Saturn 13 Pisces 50
• Apr  3, 2024 12:11 AM Sun quintile Pluto
• Apr 4, 2024 6:10 PM Sun 15 Aries 38 conjunction  True Node 15 Aries 38
• Apr  8, 2024 3:10 AM Sun 18 Aries 57 semi-sextile  Jupiter 18 Taurus 57
• Apr 8, 2024 2:28 PM Sun 19 Aries 24 conjunction  Chiron 19 Aries 24
• Apr 10, 2024 12:00 PM Sun 21 Aries 16 semi-sextile  Uranus 21 Taurus 16
• Apr 11, 2024 7:03 PM Sun 22 Aries 32 conjunction  Mercury 22 Aries 32
• Apr 17, 2024 9:31 PM Sun 28 Aries 31 semi-sextile  Neptune 28 Pisces 31

Mars enters Pisces

Mars is in Pisces from March 22-April 30, 2024.

We tend to feel less motivated to go after traditional goals, and more motivated to pursue spiritual or emotional drives during this cycle. While Mars in Pisces, we dislike confrontation.

Our output is variable, and our energy is similarly up and down during this trend. We may put others’ needs ahead of our own, and our more idealistic side comes to the fore. During this cycle, going after what we want becomes less straightforward and more complicated!

However, we are motivated by compassion while Mars is in Pisces. We can be spiritual warriors, or we achieve our goals intuitively and with faith. We can be chameleons, adapting to the current situation quite expertly, although we can also be escape artists, preferring to avoid than confront. We can be passive-aggressive, or we fight through confusing or placating our opponent.

Aspects Mars makes while in the sign of Pisces in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Mars are in bold.

• Mar 23, 2024 2:20 PM Mars  0 Pisces 36 semi-square True Node 15 Aries 36
• Mar 25, 2024 1:58 AM Mars  1 Pisces 45 semi-sextile  Pluto  1 Aquarius 45
• Mar 27, 2024 1:51 PM Mars  3 Pisces 42 semi-square Chiron 18 Aries 42
• Mar 28, 2024 9:39 PM Mars quintile Jupiter
• Apr  3, 2024 6:22 AM Mars quintile Uranus
• Apr  6, 2024 3:47 AM Mercury 26 Aries 09 semi-square Mars 11 Pisces 09
• Apr 10, 2024 4:36 PM Mars 14 Pisces 41 conjunction  Saturn 14 Pisces 41
• Apr 11, 2024 9:04 PM Mars 15 Pisces 36 semi-sextile  True Node 15 Aries 36
• Apr 13, 2024 4:55 PM Mars 17 Pisces 01 semi-square Pluto  2 Aquarius 01
• Apr 16, 2024 10:45 AM Mercury 19 Aries 09 semi-sextile  Mars 19 Pisces 09
• Apr 17, 2024 10:53 AM Mars 19 Pisces 55 semi-sextile  Chiron 19 Aries 55
• Apr 19, 2024 11:28 AM Mars 21 Pisces 30 sextile Jupiter 21 Taurus 30
• Apr 19, 2024 7:55 PM Mars 21 Pisces 46 sextile Uranus 21 Taurus 46
• Apr 27, 2024 8:36 AM Venus 27 Aries 36 semi-sextile  Mars 27 Pisces 36
• Apr 29, 2024 12:31 AM Mars 28 Pisces 53 conjunction  Neptune 28 Pisces 53

The Moon is Full in Libra on March 25, 2024, at 3:00 AM EDT. This is a penumbral Lunar Eclipse.

A Full Moon occurs when the Sun in Aries forms an opposition to the Moon in Libra. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. Certainly, it can be an emotional time – a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 5 degrees and 7 minutes of Libra opposite the Sun at 5 degrees and 7 minutes of Aries.

It’s the third eclipse in a set of six occurring along the Aries-Libra axis from April 20th, 2023, to March 29, 2025. The first one was a Total Solar Eclipse in late Aries. While we’ve been focusing on building our independence and working on assertiveness since April 2023, this March eclipse in Libra prompts us to consider healthy relating and how it affects the process.

This eclipse serves as a prompt, nudge, or push to make improvements in Aries- and Libra-ruled areas of life in our charts, and feelings of discontent can magnify. It’s a time to resolve matters, strike a balance, take a lesson, and move on, but take some time with this–eclipses can temporarily hide a part of our lives for us to focus on another. Ultimately, we should be striving for a balance.

This eclipse affects people with personal planets and points at 0 to 10 degrees of the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) most significantly.

Lunar Eclipses are about relationships and polarities. With the Aries-Libra axis involved, this Lunar Eclipse presses us to look more closely at our needs, lacks, and wants concerning the balance between Aries-ruled and Libra-ruled areas of life.

The contrast between fiery, direct, confrontational Aries and logical, tactful, balance-oriented Libra comes full bloom. The energy of the Libra Moon is the awareness of the need for relationships and all that comes with maintaining them — compromising, negotiating, graciousness, and balancing. The Aries Sun, on the other hand, is self-assertive, leading, and personally courageous.

This Full Moon urges us to strike a balance between meeting our personal needs and attending to the needs of a significant other, and between independence or autonomy and dependence or companionability.

The Libra Moon is diplomatic, equality-minded, and fair-minded. The Aries Sun, however, values authenticity over tact, and is energized by independent efforts. The Full Moon illuminates this conflict.

Neglecting either end of the Aries-Libra axis will surely backfire on us. Ideally, a balance should be found between the two energies, and this is what the Full Moon invites us to do.

This Full Moon is about emotional declarations. Something has been building inside of us, likely of a personal nature, and now is the time when the energy of the cosmos fairly demands that we let it out. Over the coming months, we will discover what this declaration means for us. For now, it’s difficult to sit on our feelings. We need to express them.

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse illuminates the conflict between “me” and “you,” and between autonomy and sharing.

With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic “illumination” occurs in our own lives. However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as there is a sense of emotions bursting forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves, and to let things out of our systems. Of course, we might want to exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is new and not particularly rational as yet.

This eclipse is about awakening to the need to enjoy and appreciate our partners or significant others in our lives and to connect with our desire for companionship.

Emotions, feelings, and revelations in the weeks following this eclipse are pivotal–they lead to resolutions.

This is a rewarding Full Moon eclipse, ripe with possibilities and learning experiences. However, it can take some time before we get the whole picture.

A crisis of sorts (which can be a crisis of consciousness) or sudden awareness of a lack in our lives provides us with a golden opportunity to explore our emotional needs within the context of the house polarity where the eclipse occurs in our natal charts.

Relationships may be challenged, broken, or strengthened at this time. Our discovery is emotionally charged and dramatic–everything feels big and larger than life at this time. Epiphanies are likely as we become acutely aware of our lack. This understanding can propel us into affirmative action, although there can be some initial level of chaos.

This is a time to work on clearing up past patterns that have been holding us back from relationship fulfillment.

Revelations coming in can be blown up and dramatic but not discountable since they come from real feelings. With eclipses, we get a strong emphasis on one area of life but a blackout in another area, and it makes sense to wait to make big decisions for when we can see the whole picture.

This Lunar Eclipse can have a way of bringing dysfunctional areas of our lives to our attention. Emotions and realizations feel big. Plans can blossom.

Through events, circumstances, and epiphanies after the time of this eclipse, we learn that we need to get in touch with our needs for a stronger connection to others. To feel fulfilled, we need to acknowledge and embrace our need for others, for balance, and for compromise.

We become aware of where we have been overdoing our independence or “me” focus where it’s come at the expense of our perspective, companionability, and relationships.

Full Moons are always helpful for magnifying pre-existing problems so that we can see where to bring back balance. Our larger work should focus on reaching a good balance. Enlightenment in the weeks following the lunation provides us with a golden opportunity to explore our emotional needs, ultimately leading to positive actions and decisions.

This Lunar Eclipse is part of a set of eclipses falling along the Aries/Libra sign axis from April 2023 to March 2025:

• Annular Total SOLAR Eclipse 2023 April 20 0:12:19 at 29 Aries 50
• Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2023 October 14 13:54:56 at 21 Libra 08
• Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2024 March 25 3:00:05 at 5 Libra 07
• Total SOLAR Eclipse 2024 April 8 14:20:37 at 19 Aries 24
• Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2024 October 2 14:49:02 at 10 Libra 04
• Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2025 March 29  at 9 Aries 00

Mercury now turns retrograde at 27° Aries 13′.

Mercury is retrograde from April 1, 2024, at 27° Aries 13′, until April 25, 2024, at 15° Aries 59′. In other words, Mercury stays in Aries while retrograde for almost 24 days.

Mercury Retrograde Cycle from April 1 to 25, 2024:

• On March 18, 2024, Mercury enters the Retrograde Zone at 15° Aries 59′
• On April 1, 2024, Mercury stations and turns retrograde at 27° Aries 13’Rx
• On April 25, 2024, Mercury stations and turns direct at 15° Aries 59’D
• On May 13, 2024, Mercury leaves the Retrograde Zone at 27° Aries 13′

The year 2024’s second retrograde Mercury cycle occurs from April 1st to 25th. Technically, the first retrograde ended on January 1st, 2024!

Mercury’s shadow period begins on March 18th and ends on May 13th. Note that the shadow period begins before Mercury turns retrograde–when Mercury first passes over the degree that Mercury later returns to in retrograde motion. The shadow period ends when Mercury again passes over the degree at which it first turned retrograde. The shadow period is different than Mercury’s storm period in astrology, which refers to the period when Mercury is moving especially slowly.

Note that Mercury’s post-retrograde shadow is generally better for new long-term endeavors than the pre-retrogrades shadow. For new enterprises in the pre-retrograde shadow, the venture’s secondary progressed Mercury will turn direction (retrograde) in the coming years, which may not be ideal.

Also consider that things are most wonky on and around the days of the stations whether Mercury is turning retrograde OR direct (the start and end dates of the retrograde cycle) as the shifts occur, after which we grow more accustomed to the energy.

Mercury is retrograde approximately three times a year for approximately three weeks each time. As such, retrograde Mercury is a fairly common occurrence (Mercury is retrograde approximately 18% of the time).

As the planet of communication, Mercury retrograde tends to breed a certain level of confusion. Mercury rules our “lower” mind–how we perceive and interpret information that we receive from our environment, and how we relay that information to others. Mercury has rulership over such things as speaking, negotiating, buying and selling, listening, formal contracts, documents, travel, the mail and shipping, and so forth. All of these areas of life are affected when Mercury is functioning in a sluggish state. Decision-making is challenged during Mercury retrograde.

Needless to say, it is not advised to sign contracts, engage in important decision-making, or launch a new business. Delays and challenges are more probable with Mercury retrograde. It’s a time when being careless with money, our personal information, or paperwork can be costly.

While Mercury is retrograde, we may be rethinking a previous opinion or idea. Looking to the signs and houses it transits can give clues as to what we may be reconsidering. In Aries this time, we might look at past decisions and ideas from a new, possibly enlightened perspective. This is a time for reconsidering an initiative or venture. It’s strong for returning to an old project or pursuit.

It can be a time of tension, however, as Mercury in Aries wants immediate answers and retrograde Mercury can point to delays and indecision. The shortness of Mercury in Aries communications is magnified, making it necessary to be especially careful with our choice of topics and wording. The chances of sharp or brusque comments doing some damage run high.

While Mercury is retrograde in the sign of Aries, we may be returning to past projects and refining or tweaking them. We can find usefulness in old or past ideas and recycle them in new ways, even though Mercury in Aries prefers the new to the old. We might consider renewing past ventures where we may have had false starts, but this should be done in a new way for things to work this time around.

With Mercury in Aries, we prefer to learn from hands-on experience rather than instruction, and not listening during this Mercury retrograde period can be especially costly.

Keep in mind that Mercury in Aries’ haste to communicate (or perhaps more accurately, to get communications out of the way) can work against us or can be more consequential during Mercury retrograde — there can be texts or emails sent to the wrong people, for example, or quick commentary that’s considered careless.

 

Venus enters Aries

Venus is in Aries from April 4 to 29, 2024. With Venus in Aries, love is spontaneous and direct. The chase is very exciting to us under this fiery influence. We are bold, fresh, and a little impatient when it comes to matters of the heart. We don’t look back with Aries energy. We are not interested in saying sorry or dwelling on the past–it’s a brand new day! It’s time to make things work right now.

Aries is known for a love of the chase and the conquest, but Aries love can be longstanding as long as it remains relatively fresh. Aries is blunt–there’s no sugar-coating with Aries. This can sting, but rarely is Aries energy mean or petty. Saying it like it is is important to the sign. Desires are strong and expressed spontaneously, enthusiastically, and directly. Aries prefers to seduce rather than be seduced, to chase rather than be chased.

While Venus is in Aries, we gravitate to Aries-like activities, pleasures, pastimes, and objects of interest. Our tastes can veer toward action, new enterprise, conquests, courageous or daring acts, and so forth. We can be somewhat impulsive with our money or entertainment choices.

Our interests can be insistent and strong, but possibly short-lived. It’s not the best time for holding onto money. We might pour our resources too quickly into new ventures or projects but tire of these things just as rapidly.

Aspects Venus makes while in the sign of Aries in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Venus are in bold.

• Apr 6, 2024 1:45 PM Venus  1 Aries 57 sextile Pluto  1 Aquarius 57
• Apr  8, 2024 4:54 AM Venus  3 Aries 57 semi-square Jupiter 18 Taurus 57
• Apr 10, 2024 1:20 AM Venus  6 Aries 15 semi-square Uranus 21 Taurus 15
• Apr 16, 2024 8:53 AM Venus quintile Pluto
• Apr 17, 2024 10:52 AM Venus 15 Aries 22 semi-sextile  Saturn 15 Pisces 22
• Apr 17, 2024 2:46 PM Venus 15 Aries 35 conjunction  True Node 15 Aries 35
• Apr 19, 2024 4:59 AM Mercury 17 Aries 32 conjunction  Venus 17 Aries 32
• Apr 21, 2024 7:49 AM Venus 20 Aries 09 conjunction  Chiron 20 Aries 09
• Apr 22, 2024 6:25 PM Venus 21 Aries 56 semi-sextile  Uranus 21 Taurus 56
• Apr 23, 2024 2:03 AM Venus 22 Aries 20 semi-sextile  Jupiter 22 Taurus 20
• Apr 27, 2024 8:36 AM Venus 27 Aries 36 semi-sextile  Mars 27 Pisces 36
• Apr 28, 2024 9:13 AM Venus 28 Aries 51 semi-sextile  Neptune 28 Pisces 51

The Moon is New in Aries on April 8, 2024, at 2:21 PM EDT. This is a New Moon total Solar Eclipse that occurs at 19° Aries 24′.

This eclipse is the fourth in an Aries-Libra set of six eclipses and the third Solar Eclipse in the series.

Its effects can be felt for up to six months after the actual date of the eclipse. In the sign of Aries, this eclipse puts matters related to personal plans, courage, independence, and self-assertion in strong focus. It’s about new beginnings regarding any of these issues. Long-term changes are in the works!

This phase of the Moon occurs at 19 degrees and 24 minutes of Aries.

A similar Solar Eclipse (at approximately the same degree of Aries) occurred on April 8th, 2005. Before that, it was April 9, 1986. An eclipse set along the Aries-Libra axis most recently occurred from 2013-2016. Before that, it was from 2004-2006.

Note that this eclipse is opposite the October 2023 eclipse in Libra.

This Solar eclipse can highlight and challenge our issues surrounding independence and personal courage. We might take steps towards self-mastery and self-empowerment by tackling things that undermine us.

Circumstances nudge or encourage us to see where we haven’t been true to our authentic selves. Ultimately, we are now in a position to understand that changes or endings are necessary for our own growth, and that we can handle these things.

This is a good time for focusing on some of the constructive traits of the sign of the Ram–enterprising, straightforward, sincere, brave–and consider how to positively incorporate these qualities into our lives. Aries New Moons are generally good for taking action – trying something new and innovative, and going at it with gusto and confidence;. It’s a time to be assertive, take charge of our lives, start a brand new project, and discover our own personal courage.

It’s a powerful time to re-evaluate our relationship with ourselves. With this potent Aries energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and thus a New Moon in Aries is especially ripe with opportunity for new beginnings. We might consider acting on a constructive impulse and following a hunch or taking a risk. Aries learns through experience and action, so we might treat ourselves to a little adventure now.

It’s also a good cycle under which to discover the benefits of expressing ourselves with authenticity – expressing ourselves as we are, without putting on airs. We might also find ways to learn how to rely on ourselves and to be happy about doing so – it will go a long way towards finding inner happiness when we know that we can be self-sufficient without blaming others for not helping us out. It’s a time to revitalize ourselves through experiences that break the routine and that involve doing something new and fresh.

The New Moon aligns with retrograde Mercury, and it’s hard to see our path, but our discomfort with the past can be very real now, motivating new beginnings. As well, Mars, the ruler of Aries, is coming into alignment with Saturn, suggesting the determination to overcome obstacles.

With this eclipse, we might experience a strong urge to act on impulse. However, it will be important to avoid jumping to conclusions and asserting ourselves without considering others’ feelings and reactions. There is a big difference between asserting ourselves from a place of healthy confidence, and asserting ourselves brashly and blindly, which can give us a false sense of confidence or bravery.

With this potent Aries energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives that will benefit us well beyond this Moon cycle. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to these matters.

Flaws in an important system in our lives reveal themselves in the wake of the eclipse, prompting us to redo or to start fresh. Something ends in order for something else to start anew. We may be called to give up something in order to move forward into a new chapter in our lives. Although the “new” may be unrecognizable, it is important to allow the necessary surrender to the unknown.

An eclipse occurs close to the nodal axis, and this eclipse is closer to the North Node of the Moon. While we’re heading into unknown territory in some ways, we have a good sense that we’re doing so to our advantage.

Major developments in the personal areas ruled by Aries in our charts are likely to occur over the upcoming months.

The above chart is excellent for seeing the fundamental influences and chart pattern of this New Moon. The chart below adds more details with additional points. Click to enlarge:

 

This Solar Eclipse is part of a set of eclipses falling along the Aries/Libra sign axis from April 2023 to March 2025:

• Annular Total SOLAR Eclipse 2023 April 20 0:12:19 at 29 Aries 50
• Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2023 October 14 13:54:56 at 21 Libra 08
• Penumbral LUNAR Eclipse 2024 March 25 3:00:05 at 5 Libra 07
• Total SOLAR Eclipse 2024 April 8 14:20:37 at 19 Aries 24
• Annular SOLAR Eclipse 2024 October 2 14:49:02 at 10 Libra 04
• Partial SOLAR Eclipse 2025 March 29  at 9 Aries 00

The Sun enters Taurus

Sun is in Taurus from April 19-May 20, 2024. The Sun enters Taurus on April 19, 2024, at 9:59 AM EDT.

In Taurus, the Sun is methodical, sensual, and receptive. The Sun in Taurus is most active when it is defending or resisting! As the Sun moves through Taurus when plants take root, our determination and security needs are strong.

Taurus is loyal to all that is familiar and values longevity. The shadow side of Taurus is possessiveness and bullheadedness.

The Sun in Taurus is the connoisseur and sensualist. It’s patient, stubborn, earthy, stable, and rooted. The Sun-in-Taurus cycle is a good one for maintaining or building, as well as enjoying and appreciating what’s already in place.

While the Taurus Sun is slow to warm up, it’s stable and persevering once it does. We value what’s long-term, strong, and lasting during this phase.

 

Aspects the Sun makes while in the sign of Taurus in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of the Sun are in bold.

• • Apr 20, 2024 1:40 AM Sun  0 Taurus 38 semi-square Saturn 15 Pisces 38
  • Apr 21, 2024 1:02 PM Sun  2 Taurus 05 square  Pluto  2 Aquarius 05
  • May  3, 2024 7:50 PM Sun 14 Taurus 01 semi-square Neptune 29 Pisces 01
  • May  5, 2024 6:21 AM Sun 15 Taurus 24 semi-sextile  True Node 15 Aries 24
  • May 7, 2024 1:42 AM Sun 17 Taurus 10 sextile Saturn 17 Pisces 10
  • May 11, 2024 7:42 AM Sun 21 Taurus 16 semi-sextile  Chiron 21 Aries 16
  • May 13, 2024 5:13 AM Sun 23 Taurus 06 conjunction  Uranus 23 Taurus 06
  • May 18, 2024 2:45 PM Sun 28 Taurus 18 conjunction  Jupiter 28 Taurus 18
  • May 19, 2024 6:45 PM Sun 29 Taurus 26 sextile Neptune 29 Pisces 26
  • May 20, 2024 7:27 AM Sun 29 Taurus 56 semi-square True Node 14 Aries 56

The Moon is Full in Scorpio on April 23, 2024, at 7:49 PM EDT.

A Full Moon occurs when the Sun in Taurus forms an opposition to the Moon in Scorpio. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time – a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 4 degrees and 18 minutes of Scorpio, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 0 to 8 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) most significantly.

The Taurus-Scorpio polarity deals with the balance between all that is mine (Taurus) and all that is yours (Scorpio). It also emphasizes the concept of form (Taurus) versus transformation (Scorpio).

While Taurus deals with matter, personal values, material goods, possessions, and security, Scorpio rules the destruction of form, shared possessions, change, and transformation. The Sun in Taurus encourages happiness with the simple, tangible things in life, while the Scorpio Moon draws our attention to complexities, intangibles, and mysteries.

Neglecting either end of the axis will surely backfire on us. Ideally, a balance should be found between the two energies, and this is what the Full Moon invites us to do. This Full Moon is about emotional declarations. Something has been building inside of us, likely of an intimate nature, and now is the time when the energy of the cosmos fairly demands that we let it out.

Over the next two weeks, we will discover what this declaration means for us. For now, we can’t sit on our feelings — we need to express them. The Full Moon illuminates this conflict between collecting and sharing. With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic “illumination” occurs in our own lives.

However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as emotions burst forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves and to let things out of our systems. Of course, we might want to exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is new and not particularly rational as yet.

Full Moons are about exposing or illuminating issues that are already there, but that have not yet been dealt with. Where does the Full Moon fall by house in your natal chart? Read more here.

We have conviction and tenacity, and we are willing to make necessary changes, but there can be some tension and perhaps paranoia or resistance involved with our revelations now with the lunation’s square to Pluto.

 

Mercury now turns direct at 15° Aries 59′.

Mercury’s retrograde lasted from April 1st, 2024, at 27° Aries 13′, until April 25th, 2024, at 15° Aries 59′.

Mercury Retrograde Cycle from April 1 to 25, 2024:

• On March 18, 2024, Mercury enters the Retrograde Zone at 15° Aries 59′
• On April 1, 2024, Mercury stations and turns retrograde at 27° Aries 13’Rx
• On April 25, 2024, Mercury stations and turns direct at 15° Aries 59’D
• On May 13, 2024, Mercury leaves the Retrograde Zone at 27° Aries 13′

The year 2024’s second retrograde Mercury cycle began on April 1st and lasted until now, April 25th. Mercury’s shadow period began on March 18th and ends on May 13th.

Note that the shadow period begins before Mercury turns retrograde–when Mercury first passes over the degree that Mercury later returns to in retrograde motion. The shadow period ends when Mercury again passes over the degree at which it first turned retrograde. The shadow period is different than Mercury’s storm period in astrology, which refers to the period when Mercury is moving especially slowly.

Mercury’s post-retrograde shadow is generally better for new long-term endeavors than the pre-retrogrades shadow. For new enterprises in the pre-retrograde shadow, the venture’s secondary progressed Mercury will turn direction (retrograde) in the coming years, which may not be ideal.

Also note that things are most wonky on and around the days of the stations whether Mercury is turning retrograde OR direct (the start and end dates of the retrograde cycle) as the shifts occur, after which we grow more accustomed to the energy.

Mercury is retrograde approximately three times a year for approximately three weeks each time. As such, retrograde Mercury is a fairly common occurrence (Mercury is retrograde approximately 18% of the time).

As the planet of communication, Mercury retrograde tends to breed a certain level of confusion. Mercury rules our “lower” mind–how we perceive and interpret information that we receive from our environment, and how we relay that information to others. Mercury has rulership over such things as speaking, negotiating, buying and selling, listening, formal contracts, documents, travel, the mail and shipping, and so forth. All of these areas of life are affected when Mercury is functioning in a sluggish state. Decision-making is challenged during Mercury retrograde.

Needless to say, it is not advised to sign contracts, engage in important decision-making, or launch a new business. Delays and challenges are more probable with Mercury retrograde. It’s a time when being careless with money, our personal information, or paperwork can be costly.

While Mercury is retrograde, we may be rethinking a previous opinion or idea. Looking to the signs and houses it transits can give clues as to what we may be reconsidering. In Aries this time, we might look at past decisions and ideas from a new, possibly enlightened perspective. This is a time for reconsidering an initiative or venture. It’s strong for returning to an old project or pursuit.

It can be a time of tension, however, as Mercury in Aries wants immediate answers and retrograde Mercury can point to delays and indecision. The shortness of Mercury in Aries communications is magnified, making it necessary to be especially careful with our choice of topics and wording. The chances of sharp or brusque comments doing some damage run high.

While Mercury is retrograde in the sign of Aries, we may be returning to past projects and refining or tweaking them. We can find usefulness in old or past ideas and recycle them in new ways, even though Mercury in Aries prefers the new to the old. We might consider renewing past ventures where we may have had false starts, but this should be done in a new way for things to work this time around.

With Mercury in Aries, we prefer to learn from hands-on experience rather than instruction, and not listening during this Mercury retrograde period can be especially costly.

Keep in mind that Mercury in Aries’ haste to communicate (or perhaps more accurately, to get communications out of the way) can work against us or can be more consequential during Mercury retrograde — there can be texts or emails sent to the wrong people, for example, or quick commentary that’s considered careless.

Now with Mercury direct, slowly but surely, information unclogs, and we can move on. Ideally, while Mercury was retrograde, we had the chance to catch up, refine details, and change our minds if needed.

Venus enters Taurus

Venus is in Taurus from April 29 to May 23, 2024. In Taurus, Venus is naturally very sensual, content, and possessive. We seek security and value those things that are long-lasting. Our appetite for pleasure is strong.

The sign of Taurus values the here and now and the world of the five senses. Tangible and physical expressions of love and romance figure strongly during the Venus-in-Taurus cycle. Holding on to someone or something we love is our tendency under this influence.

The shadow side of this is excessive possessiveness and treating our partners as objects that we own or want to own.

On the financial side, Venus in Taurus looks for high-quality, solid, practical, and long-lasting items. Holding on to our possessions is more likely now. With art, tastes, and pleasures, we prefer things that are earthy, natural, and grounded. We can be somewhat indulgent at this time. Uncertainty bothers us more than usual–we favor stability over excitement in love and pleasure.

Aspects Venus makes while in the sign of Taurus in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Venus are in bold.

• Apr 30, 2024 3:04 PM Venus  1 Taurus 37 semi-square Saturn 16 Pisces 37
• May 1, 2024 12:29 AM Venus  2 Taurus 06 square  Pluto  2 Aquarius 06
• May 10, 2024 8:27 PM Venus 14 Taurus 13 semi-square Neptune 29 Pisces 13
• May 11, 2024 12:50 PM Venus 15 Taurus 03 semi-sextile  True Node 15 Aries 03
• May 13, 2024 3:45 PM Venus 17 Taurus 40 sextile Saturn 17 Pisces 40
• May 16, 2024 7:43 PM Venus 21 Taurus 34 semi-sextile  Chiron 21 Aries 34
• May 18, 2024 7:40 AM Venus 23 Taurus 24 conjunction  Uranus 23 Taurus 24
• May 23, 2024 4:29 AM Venus 29 Taurus 23 conjunction  Jupiter 29 Taurus 23
• May 23, 2024 6:50 AM Venus 29 Taurus 30 sextile Neptune 29 Pisces 30
• May 23, 2024 10:46 AM Venus 29 Taurus 42 semi-square True Node 14 Aries 42

Mars enters Aries

Mars is in Aries from April 30 to June 9, 2024.

Mars feels at home in Aries, one of the signs that it rules, and therefore its power is boosted. Our energy is spontaneous, forward-looking, and even courageous under this influence. Our competitive spirit is well-developed, and our goal is to win! We are active, single-minded, and confident.

Our actions are direct–we instinctively find the fastest way to get from point A to point B. The shadow side of Mars in Aries is a tendency to be impatient, arrogant, impulsive, short-lived, unreflective, and self-centered.

We pursue our goals straightforwardly, confidently, unabashedly, and directly with Mars in Aries. The same goes for expressing anger. We want to be first, come first, and do things on our own–our independence, enterprise, and initiative are well-developed.

This transit is better for endeavors that require courage and strong but not necessarily sustained passion and energy. We don’t want to look back or overthink–we only concern ourselves with what we can accomplish right now. Not inclined to beat around the bush, we confidently pursue our desires.

 

Aspects Mars makes while transiting Aries in 2024:

These aspects exclude the Moon. The dates when Mars forms major aspects are bolded.

• May 3, 2024 5:06 AM Mars  2 Aries 06 sextile Pluto  2 Aquarius 06
• May 10, 2024 8:22 PM Mars  7 Aries 58 semi-square Uranus 22 Taurus 58
• May 17, 2024 12:00 PM Mars 13 Aries 03 semi-square Jupiter 28 Taurus 03
• May 18, 2024 7:32 PM Mars quintile Pluto
• May 19, 2024 11:59 PM Mars 14 Aries 57 conjunction  True Node 14 Aries 57
• May 21, 2024 12:00 PM Sun  1 Gemini 05 semi-square Mars 16 Aries 05
• May 24, 2024 12:23 PM Mars 18 Aries 22 semi-sextile  Saturn 18 Pisces 22
• May 29, 2024 11:05 AM Venus  7 Gemini 06 semi-square Mars 22 Aries 06
• May 29, 2024 1:08 PM Mars 22 Aries 10 conjunction  Chiron 22 Aries 10
• May 30, 2024 7:53 AM Mercury 22 Taurus 45 semi-sextile  Mars 22 Aries 45
• Jun  1, 2024 6:07 AM Mars 24 Aries 12 semi-sextile  Uranus 24 Taurus 12
• Jun  8, 2024 5:33 PM Mars 29 Aries 47 semi-sextile  Neptune 29 Pisces 47

Pluto turns retrograde at 2° Aquarius 06′. Pluto is retrograde every year for over five months. In 2024, Pluto is retrograde from May 2nd to October 11th.

• Pluto stations and turns retrograde on May 2, 2024, at 2° Aquarius 06′ Rx
• Pluto stations and turns direct on October 11, 2024, at 29° Capricorn 38′

Pluto stations and turns retrograde today and will be retrograde until October 11th. This shift of direction tends to bring about some initial confusion, heaviness, and magnification of problems.

Pluto’s retrograde cycle itself, however, is an excellent period for research and gaining new insight into our self-destructive tendencies, needs for control, and search for the truth by looking within. Outward pressures may ease somewhat during this period. Over the coming months, we may be reassessing how we use our power.

Pluto begins its retrograde early in the sign of Aquarius (Pluto first entered Aquarius on March 23rd, 2023, and again on January 20th, 2024), but returns to Capricorn in retrograde motion on September 1st, 2024. This will be the final dip back into Capricorn.

The Moon is New in Taurus on May 7, 2024, at 11:22 PM EDT.

The following is the chart wheel of the Taurus New Moon in 2024.

The New Moon in Taurus marks the beginning of a new cycle. The Aries New Moon cycle ends and the Taurus New Moon cycle begins.

The New Moon in Taurus is a good time to commit to personal goals that express the positive energies of the sign of the Bull. It’s time to enjoy life’s simple and physical pleasures–savor good food and enjoy activities that bring us in touch with nature and with our bodies. It’s time to stop and smell the roses and to become more aware of what makes us feel comfortable and secure.

This is a good cycle under which to re-evaluate our relationship to money and possessions and to discover what truly makes us happy and fulfilled.

This New Moon aligns with Uranus and harmonizes with Saturn. We’re listening to our needs for change and innovation, but we’re respecting the process, a need for patience, and what’s worked for us in the past.

With this potent Taurus energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives. It’s time to make some solid and realistic plans and to set the stage for reaping the rewards from our new beginnings, as little or big as they may be, in approximately two weeks’ time after the Full Moon occurs.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 18 degrees and 2 minutes of Taurus, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 14 to 22 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) the most significantly.

The above chart is good for seeing the most important influences and the chart pattern for this New Moon. The following includes additional points for the nuances:

Mercury enters Taurus

Mercury is in Taurus from May 15th to June 3rd, 2024.

When Mercury is in Taurus, our thinking is down to earth, solid, and grounded. Common sense reigns over more fanciful thinking.

We communicate more deliberately under this influence, and our minds are oriented to the world of the five senses. We prefer the tried and true to new ways of thinking.

Attention to one thing at a time can simplify our lives, but we may be in danger of narrow, overly conservative, or rigid thinking.

• comfortably-paced decisions and thought processes
• thinking cannot be rushed or pushed
• pleasant speech, voice
• capable of (and content with) rote, routine, deliberate, or monotonous work/methods
• common sense is strong and dominant
• practical intelligence
• stubborn line of thinking/position

 

Aspects Mercury makes while in the sign of Taurus in 2024

This list excludes the Moon since it forms far too many aspects to list here, and the dates of the major aspects of Mercury are in bold.

• May 17, 2024 3:44 AM Mercury  2 Taurus 03 square  Pluto  2 Aquarius 03
• May 17, 2024 8:00 PM Mercury  2 Taurus 57 semi-square Saturn 17 Pisces 57
• May 25, 2024 12:36 PM Mercury 14 Taurus 25 semi-sextile  True Node 14 Aries 25
• May 25, 2024 2:31 PM Mercury 14 Taurus 33 semi-square Neptune 29 Pisces 33
• May 27, 2024 11:22 PM Mercury 18 Taurus 34 sextile Saturn 18 Pisces 34
• May 30, 2024 12:25 AM Mercury 22 Taurus 11 semi-sextile  Chiron 22 Aries 11
• May 30, 2024 7:53 AM Mercury 22 Taurus 45 semi-sextile  Mars 22 Aries 45
• May 31, 2024 1:54 AM Mercury 24 Taurus 08 conjunction  Uranus 24 Taurus 08
• Jun  2, 2024 3:54 PM Mercury 29 Taurus 03 semi-square True Node 14 Aries 03
• Jun 2, 2024 11:57 PM Mercury 29 Taurus 42 sextile Neptune 29 Pisces 42

Sun enters Gemini

Sun is in Gemini from May 20-June 20, 2024.

Knowledge and diversity motivate us with the Sun in Gemini. We are more sociable, intellectual, and insatiably curious under this influence. We tend to scatter our energies due to this curiosity and awareness of all of our options. We are more communicative and versatile, but we can also be unreliable.

Gemini represents duality and mediation. Gemini’s energy is intelligent, optimistic, observant, and adaptable. It’s skeptical, ready to consider alternate ways of thinking. We’re prepared to trade, share, exchange, pass on news, teach, guide, and learn.

We gather information during the Sun-in-Gemini cycle, and we benefit from this transit’s objectivity. We’re quick-witted, cheerful, engaging, and we easily adapt, observe, and listen–it’s a clever and crafty influence.

On the downside, we can be gossipy, overly intellectual, or too rational when a softer touch would be more appropriate. As we relay and process information, we could be living too much in our heads, disconnected from what’s in our hearts.

While the Sun is in Gemini in 2024, it forms the following aspects (excludes the Moon). The dates of the major Sun aspects are bolded green:

• May 20, 2024 12:07 PM Sun quintile Saturn
• May 21, 2024 12:00 PM Sun  1 Gemini 05 semi-square Mars 16 Aries 05
• May 22, 2024 11:13 AM Sun  2 Gemini 01 trine Pluto  2 Aquarius 01
• May 27, 2024 5:55 PM Sun  7 Gemini 05 semi-square Chiron 22 Aries 05
• Jun  1, 2024 12:56 PM Sun quintile Neptune
• Jun 3, 2024 10:50 PM Sun 13 Gemini 59 sextile True Node 13 Aries 59
• Jun 4, 2024 11:33 AM Sun 14 Gemini 30 conjunction  Venus 14 Gemini 30
• Jun  6, 2024 9:56 PM Sun 16 Gemini 49 sesquiquadrate Pluto  1 Aquarius 49
• Jun 9, 2024 6:36 AM Sun 19 Gemini 05 square  Saturn 19 Pisces 05
• Jun 13, 2024 2:24 AM Sun 22 Gemini 45 sextile Chiron 22 Aries 45
• Jun 14, 2024 12:32 PM Sun 24 Gemini 06 conjunction  Mercury 24 Gemini 06
• Jun 15, 2024 7:42 AM Sun quintile True Node
• Jun 15, 2024 10:16 AM Sun 24 Gemini 58 semi-sextile  Uranus 24 Taurus 58
• Jun 16, 2024 4:01 AM Sun biquintile Pluto
• Jun 20, 2024 2:12 PM Sun 29 Gemini 53 square  Neptune 29 Pisces 53

The Moon is Full in Sagittarius on May 23, 2024, at 9:53 AM EDT.

A Full Moon occurs when the Sun in Gemini forms an opposition to the Moon in Sagittarius. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time – a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

We become more fully aware of what has been lacking or missing in our lives, particularly related to learning, adventure, spirited living, communicating, sharing, and commuting.

The Gemini-Sagittarius polarity is a mental axis, where Gemini represents the “lower mind” and Sagittarius represents the “higher mind.” The Gemini Sun encourages us to think logically, while the Sagittarius Moon persuades us to intuit and to think in a broader manner. Sagittarius symbolizes the quest for meaning and ideas that expand upon the “here and now.” Gemini is quite comfortable in its immediate environment or neighborhood, while Sagittarius stimulates us to venture beyond it.

Neglecting either end of the axis will surely backfire on us. Ideally, a balance should be found between the two energies, and this is what the Full Moon invites us to do.

This Full Moon is about communication, attitude, and sense of adventure. Something has been building inside of us, and now is the time when the energy of the cosmos fairly demands that we let it out. Over the next two weeks, we will discover what this means for us. For now, we can’t sit on our feelings–we need to express them.

The lunation illuminates this conflict between logic and intuition/faith. With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic “illumination” occurs in our own lives. However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as there is a sense of emotions bursting forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves and to let things out of our systems.

Of course, we might want to exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is fresh, unrefined, and not particularly rational as yet.

This Full Moon harmonizes with Neptune and Pluto, and the Sun has just recently aligned with Venus and Jupiter, bringing a sense of good luck and will along with some inspiration and determination to see things through.

The following is a chart of this Full Moon with some additional points:

This phase of the Moon occurs at 2 degrees and 55 minutes of Sagittarius, opposite the Sun at the same degree of Gemini, affecting people born with personal planets and points at 0 to 7 degrees of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) and at 29 to 30 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) most significantly.

Venus enters Gemini

Venus is in Gemini from May 23rd to June 17th, 2024.

With Venus in Gemini, we have a finger in every pie. Curiosity motivates us on romantic and social levels. “Variety is the spice of life” is the motto now. We are sociable, communicative, charming, and interested.

While it’s a time when we can be animated and fun, we may also keep our distance on an emotional level. Attractions now often begin with words, as we tend to bond more readily on a mental level while Venus is in Gemini. We’re most attracted to mentally interesting people.

Sometimes, our curiosity leads us into relationships that we might not form otherwise. The shadow side of Gemini is fickleness or disinterest in profundity.

 

Venus in Gemini is flirtatious, captivating, and adaptable. We ask questions and want to keep things light and lively. During this transit, we do best when we’re mentally engaged and our desire for variety is addressed. Social stimulation is appealing. Good fortune with transportation and communication can figure strongly.

The Aspects Venus Makes While in Gemini in 2024

The major aspect dates are bolded. Note that this list doesn’t include the Moon.

May 23, 2024 11:02 PM Venus quintile Saturn

May 25, 2024 7:16 AM Venus  1 Gemini 59 trine Pluto  1 Aquarius 59

May 29, 2024 11:05 AM Venus  7 Gemini 06 semi-square Mars 22 Aries 06

May 29, 2024 12:19 PM Venus  7 Gemini 10 semi-square Chiron 22 Aries 10

Jun  2, 2024 4:43 AM Venus quintile Neptune

Jun 4, 2024 1:29 AM Venus 13 Gemini 59 sextile True Node 13 Aries 59

Jun 4, 2024 11:33 AM Sun 14 Gemini 30 conjunction  Venus 14 Gemini 30

Jun  6, 2024 9:11 AM Venus 16 Gemini 50 sesquiquadrate Pluto  1 Aquarius 50

Jun 8, 2024 4:25 AM Venus 19 Gemini 03 square  Saturn 19 Pisces 03

Jun 11, 2024 3:12 AM Venus 22 Gemini 40 sextile Chiron 22 Aries 40

Jun 12, 2024 9:24 PM Venus 24 Gemini 50 semi-sextile  Uranus 24 Taurus 50

Jun 12, 2024 10:09 PM Venus quintile True Node

Jun 13, 2024 2:41 PM Venus biquintile Pluto

Jun 16, 2024 11:46 PM Venus 29 Gemini 52 square  Neptune 29 Pisces 52

 

Jupiter enters Gemini

Jupiter is in Gemini from May 25, 2024 to June 9, 2025.

Jupiter spends a little over a year in the sign of Gemini.

In Gemini, Jupiter urges us to learn as much as we can about the people around us, as well as to learn, share, and connect.

During this Jupiter in Gemini cycle, we place strong emphasis and value on the intellect. We see opportunities to grow and succeed through intellectual, verbal, and written channels. We are more inclined to believe that intelligence and knowledge are the major keys to solving problems. Communication and contact are valued.

With an Air sign Jupiter, we are mentally adventurous, ready and willing to learn, into mind expansion, and less attached to our values because we are generally quite impartial and open-minded. We are able to see many sides to an argument.

More specifically with Jupiter in Gemini, we attract the most good fortune when we use our wit and ingeniousness, are versatile, sociable, curious, and put others at ease with friendliness and sincere curiosity.

Jupiter’s zeal can supersede moderation at times. It can expand the more negative qualities of a sign, just as it can expand the positive traits. Its zeal and enthusiasm are well-intentioned, but it can blind us to our immoderate behavior. In Gemini, negative manifestations include lack of follow through, too many ideas without a plan to set them into motion, gossip, too much information, fickleness, ambivalence, and indecision. We may take on too many things and lose focus, for example.

However, the higher vibration of Jupiter looks for perspective. Jupiter’s “perspective” isn’t a detached, analytical, or detailed look at any given situation, but an overview–a look at the “big picture”. With Jupiter, ideally, we are able to rise above pettiness, mundane concerns, inconveniences, and the like.

Where Jupiter is currently transiting in your own chart is generally where you are inclined to find your “joy” at this stage in your development.

Jupiter in Gemini finds joy in getting–and keeping–in touch. It’s a powerful time to improve our communication skills, and it’s an excellent period for upgrading the systems, machines, or devices that keep us mobile and connected–for example, phones, cars, bikes, computers, and so forth. New avenues or channels for communicating and transiting can open up.

We have more options or we see more options during this transit. Areas that can improve and benefit from this transit are sales, education, representing (agent), teaching, guiding, marketing, writing, editing, journalism, information gathering and relaying, transport, touring, languages, commerce, aviation, and communications.

There can be some good fortune or experiences surrounding communication and learning. Favored now are pursuits and fields that require dexterity, novelty, logic, gathering, collating, reporting, quick thinking, and agility. These areas can be most attractive or profitable.

With Jupiter in Gemini, we prefer learning programs with a focus on ideas, fact-gathering, interaction, and discussion. Belief systems that connect people and that encourage conversation, discussion, and questions are more appealing.

Building our communication skills or connections contributes significantly to success. Learning can be our comfort or pleasure zone.

We’re employing wit, ingeniousness, versatility, and social charm to our benefit during this cycle. It helps to put others at ease with friendliness and sincere curiosity. Being considerate is more in vogue and seen as a virtue.

More than usual, we value the intellect and see opportunities to grow and succeed through intellectual, verbal, and written channels. We strongly believe that intelligence and knowledge are crucial to solving problems and that being well-informed is empowering.

Small trips and errands can be more appealing or beneficial. Investments in communications and transportation may pay off. We value information more so than usual.

It’s a good time to facilitate learning and understanding through interesting and useful relays of information. We can pull together facts and deliver information in an attractive package. Over-simplifying or glossing over the more profound or unpleasant points could be a problem, however. It’s not a strong cycle for focus or concentration–we can be far more interested in quick synopses and soundbites than the full article or discussion. We tend to value logic over faith during this cycle. Overstimulation with superficial information could be a bigger issue now.

Jupiter is in detriment in the sign of Gemini, and the sign’s cool mentality is not a perfect fit for the expansive planet. We should watch for being too scattered or restless to benefit from this transit’s opportunities.

Health matters we might see more of now can be related to hands, arms, shoulders, lungs, tubes, connectors, capillaries, vessels, and sensory receptors. For example, Jupiter in Gemini, when challenged, can be associated with locomotor, blood, or cognitive disorders and stroke.

We might enjoy herding or gathering together, and we seek more stimulation. Dabbling and information gathering can also be more attractive or common. We’re more attracted to gadgets, puzzles, trivia, and words. Improving our immediate environment can be a fun and successful activity. We want to be the first to receive and relay the scoop during this cycle.

We take more interest in the history of education, law, and philosophy and reevaluate moral or religious instruction. It’s a good time to diversify our interests, although getting sidetracked is too easy. There can be more and/or better connections with siblings, neighbors, and classmates. Light social activities can be most rewarding, improving our outlook and morale.

• Do: connect with and repair relationships with siblings, classmates, neighbors; learn new things and explore new interests; improve communication and listening skills; commit to more frequent and quality connections with others; clarify and inform yourself and others.
• Don’t: skim the surface of topics; speak too much or too soon; take on too many projects or scatter energy; stay perpetually busy without getting much done.

The last time Jupiter transited Gemini was from  June 11, 2012, to June 25, 2013. See also Jupiter transits Gemini.