Weather-wise, it’s been one of those weeks that reminds me why we live where we live. It’s glorious. Cool overnight and still-t-shirt-in-the-sun sort of days. Exactly as I like it. Perfect winter conditions.
Otherwise, it’s been a tad all over the place and very little productive work has been done, but plenty of reflecting and planning – perfect Mercury retrograde energy.
With just five weeks before we head to Europe, I’m already doing the deep clean I do before we go away and hand the house to a sitter. There’s absolutely no reason for it. The friend staying here has been part of our lives for almost thirty years and has looked after the house several times before. She doesn’t care whether the skirting boards are dusty or the laundry cabinets haven’t been decluttered. But I do.
I’ve also had tradesmen in doing the sorts of jobs Grant would have done before he had his stack. Things like hedge trimming and tree lopping. And other trades doing the sorts of things Grant wouldn’t do, even before his injury. Like installing new kitchen and laundry taps and replacing air conditioning diffusers.
Speaking of Grant’s injury, he’s off the crutches and has been back at work for a fortnight. The tendon is healing well and should be fully repaired in about six months, but the hematoma has grown over the past few weeks, so he’s been told to take things a little easier. Exercise walking is off the agenda for now, although he’s fine to travel and to do the sort of incidental walking that comes with sightseeing. We probably just won’t be marching around cities quite the way we usually do. Still, he’s mobile again, and that’s what matters.
In other news, I’ve been thinking seriously about my production schedule for the next twelve months. Even though I have so many story ideas piling up, I’m considering slowing it down and giving my marketing a chance to catch up with my writing.
I don’t intend to write while I’m away, and there are other creative projects that have been quietly gathering dust that I’d like to either bring out into the wild or crossed from the list altogether. One of those is turning the thousands of astrology posts I’ve written over the past twenty years into a series of (for want of a better term) small field guides.
Speaking of which, if you’re in Mooloolaba in a couple of weeks, I’m doing an introductory astrology talk at my favourite Mooloolaba café, CC’s. I’ve told you before about their Welsh cakes, haven’t I? Anyways, there are limited spaces, but if you’re interested, message me for the booking details. As an aside, I’m writing this from there now. Just saying. What can I say? I love their playlist too. There’s nothing like a little Abba to get the creative juices flowing.
Finally, I’m off to Sydney next weekend to see Mum and Dad, so if I’m quieter than usual, that’s why!
Alrighty, to this week in the stars…
We begin the week with the Moon in business-like Capricorn, and the Leo Sun lighting up that basket alignment we’ve been chatting about.
Rather than go through each placement again, here’s the short version:
Sun opposite Pluto = intensity
Sun trine Neptune = creative inspiration
Sun sextile Uranus = creative and inventive change
Just know that they’re still there and the Sun is turning up the brightness of the whole deal. If there’s something in your life that’s been clamouring for your attention, it’ll be much harder to turn away from it. For the rest of us, the Capricorn Moon will help keep our feet on the ground and concentrated on the tasks that need our focus.
The Moon moves into Aquarius in the middle of the week, and that’s when things get really interesting, with several significant aspects landing on Wednesday and into the early hours of Thursday (Brisbane time).
The first of these is Venus square Mars at 21° of Virgo and Gemini respectively.
Sometimes getting what you want takes a bit of work. Sometimes it requires you to overcome your fears. Sometimes it requires compassion and compromise. Sometimes it requires you to overlook minor niggles that, in the larger scheme of things, aren’t worth getting bogged down in.
The message? If it matters enough, make the effort.
This aspect can bring frustration – especially where egos are involved, which, with the Sun and Jupiter hooking up (see below), there could be plenty of those about.
With Venus and Mars, we can’t ignore relationships, and if there are underlying issues, they could just come to the surface. Normally this transit passes quickly, but this one lingers through until Friday. Plus, it’s occurring in the background of some BIG stuff. In other words, think twice before burning any bridges.
Having said that, when Venus and Mars come together, there’s always the potential for a sexual relationship, although when the square is involved, anything new started now is likely to be driven more by chemistry than compatibility.
I’ll leave that one with you.
A few hours later, the Sun meets up with Jupiter at 6° Leo.
I mostly like this one. Feels a little like two stars colliding. Jupiter magnifies everything, and in Leo that can mean confidence, creativity and self-expression become larger than life. A meeting of the divas, perhaps?
Sure, it can also inflate egos, emotions and drama, but I’m preferring to see it as the potential for at the very least a good hair day, a good spirits day, a wonderfully over-the-top creative day. Why is the Backstreet Boys singing “Larger Than Life” in my head? No idea.
Just a couple of hours after the Sun-Jupiter conjunction, we have the Aquarius Full Moon at 6 Aquarius.
Now, this means that the Moon too will have activated that “basket” formation before arriving opposite the Sun, adding extra charge to a Full Moon already given extra emotional oomph from Jupiter.
If you’re a subscriber to my astro page, I’ll take a deeper dive into this tomorrow.
Once the Moon moves into Pisces on Friday evening, the energy begins to soften … just in time for the weekend.
That’s your astro weather for the week ahead.
How it plays out down here? That’s the part that’s up to you.
Work with the energy where you can, don’t fight it where you can’t, and above all, be kind to yourself.
And have a great week.
Hey Joanne, I always enjoy these. I smiled at, "If it matters enough, make the effort." Sometimes that's exactly the nudge we need. And yes... I'm still quietly watching that Basket with curiosity and a healthy dose of patience. 😊 Whether the tide turns in a week or over several years, I'm learning that some of life's best changes don't arrive all at once. Wishing Grant continued healing, and I hope Europe fills your creative well to overflowing. X
Five weeks to go! Waaah! You are just ahead of us, and I too have started mentally writing lists about what I need to do for the housesitter. Great news that Grant is on the mend and will be fit for sightseeing duties :)