Starcodes Dec 17, 2021 Heather Roan Robbins

Blessings on this darkest week. After this week each day lengthens until summer. We’ll feel many shifts in the force this Solstice week: the Moon waxes full in Gemini on Saturday, Venus turns retrograde on Sunday, Chiron turns direct, and the Sun enters Capricorn on Tuesday.

When a planet appears to change directions to- or from -retrograde motion we can feel turbulence in the landscape symbolized by that planet, even though this appearance is a mere quirk of perspective created by the differences between Earth’s orbit and that planet. As Chiron turns direct (retrograde since July 16th) we may need to use some of our hard-earned knowledge to handle a present situation or advise another facing a similar problem. This could be a simple lesson learned from baking cookies with grandma, the last covid shut down to this one, or something far more complex.

Venus is the symbolic ruler of what we love, what we’re attracted to, what we care about, what we value. Every 18 months she retrogrades for about 43 days and asks us to reevaluate all that matters to us. This time she does a somber dance back and forth through a conjunction with Pluto, from mid-December through March 3rd, making this a deep and potent re-evaluation.

This Venus retrograde- conjunct Pluto- can test us. Last week’s tornadoes landed just as the conjunction initiated, and this aspect can…