Starcodes July 26, 2024

“May you live in interesting times” is mythical Buddhist curse, and these times certainly are interesting. With the Sun in Leo, we can tend to grandstand or exaggerate any situation; though we need to look at existing problems with clear eyes, let’s only magnify the joy and possibilities.

As the weekend begins a sense of worried excitement or urgency can push us to dither or act before we’re ready. Stay calm, cool, collected, and think for the long haul. That anxiety and excitement are stimulated as Venus quincunx Saturn unsettles our hearts and Mercury quincunx Pluto unsettles our minds, just as an Aries Moon nags us to hurry up and fix things.

Quincunxes are formed by two planets at an awkward 150° apart, these quincunxes can leave us feeling like our timing is off and wondering why we have bad luck and do encourage us to pay extra attention to our surroundings. But unsettling can be positive, it can help us break the status quo, break out of a rut, and pursue a new path, new relationship, new habits, as long as we take the prompt and shift gears.

The asteroid Chiron also turns retrograde this weekend and can bring up some tricky memories or feelings of déjà vu, encouraging us to honestly review what went wrong before, not to make it happen again, but to learn from the past so we can create a healthier future.