Starcodes July 12, 2024

What is worth loving, worth investing our heart and resources in the face of loss or the potential for loss? That is this week’s first question asked by Venus opposed retrograde Pluto. What radical changes are we willing to make, both in our habits and our world, in response to this understanding is this week’s second question as activating Mars conjuncts ingenious, revolutionary Uranus in pragmatic Taurus on Monday.

We’ve been on a journey for the last few weeks to check our priorities and get real, unearth secrets and deal with deeper issues. Pluto opposed thoughtful Mercury a week ago and started this investigation right after the first presidential debate. Pluto now opposes Venus in Leo and brings the question to our hearts. Pluto doesn’t want us to just give up but wants us to parse where to cut losses and where to double down and invest in a person, place, or project. Assess the results worth it in the face of life, death, magnificence, and loss. However we’ve been experiencing this story, it probably won’t be complete until after next week when the Sun enters Leo and opposes Pluto.

Once those planets get past their opposition to Pluto, that Leo energy can bring life to our summer. Along with ongoing political angst and near-operatic disasters, we can see a resurgence of that Leonine panache which helps us make the most of each moment- whether we’re dangling our feet in…