Starcodes April 10, 2020

The general mood shifts tonight as Mercury enters Aries. Our thinking may be less overwhelmed but more intense as mental Mercury leaves swampy, perceptive, receptive Pisces, where it has been for most of the time since early February, and enters more intense, brave, if reactive Aries tonight. And then continues to shift as the Sun squares Pluto and Jupiter next week.

We need to stay present and aware as our mood and situation keeps changing, whether we’re on an expedition to the store or watching the national health statistics. Ways we have coped with stress in the past may no longer be working right now, and we need to invent new ways to cope in this unpredictable time.

Mercury in Aries can help us deal with real emergencies, but it can also crank up our fight or flight response. We can argue quickly and may have more trouble sitting still and staying contained. To help with this, the two emotional planets, Venus and Mars, are now both in talkative air signs and in a supportive relationship. Under normal circumstances this would be fabulous for dinner parties and productive work meetings, a great time to start a romance from a passing meet cute. But since we can’t go in there in person, we’ll feel better when we stay connected through letters, Internet, or the phone. Emotions will stay steadier if we’ve been able to connect. Stay informed, but consciously balance incoming…