Starcodes July 7, 2023

This week the stars ask us how we can change minds. Mental Mercury sextiles changeable Uranus, trines Neptune, and opposes Pluto this week and makes it gently possible to appreciate new experiences, open our minds and, potentially, open another’s. The stars know our world needs more open minds and less polarized opinions.

We can’t do it through emotional pressure or drama. Though that can be tempting as Venus and Mars run together in fixed fire sign Leo where they’re always up for a good time and can bring warmth to any gathering, panache to any picnic, but also impart a truly stubborn recalcitrance to any direct disagreement and can add that melodramatic response that any setback, personal or political, is the end of the world instead of just more work. We can find ourselves locked in position and not know how we got there when all we were talking about was how to make toast. Let alone how could our country progress.

We cannot change minds now through intimidation, though it may feel good to throw a tantrum or a riot, and some may need to do so. Mercury is now in self-protective Cancer, and most people will just armor up more if they feel under attack or could feel huge stress talking to someone who does not share the same opinions. But there may lie the secret- we need to connect across the aisle or around the block. Find points of connection across a divide, ephemeral…