Starcodes June 21, 2024

This first week of summer brings lightning bugs, long leisurely evenings, forest fires, and interesting layers of family responsibility. The Sun, Mercury, and Venus now in oceanic Cancer ask us to take care of the business on the home front and in the home country.

Our weekend begins with a full Moon in Capricorn; while the Cancer planets highlight our inner world, this Moon tells us we still have work to do. This Moon can help us do what’s needed around the house, or handle an emergency, but it can also bring out our anxiety and desire to control our situation and stir control issues within the family and neighborhood.

Let’s put that Capricorn full Moon to good use and keep it out of trouble over the weekend, whether we work on chores around the house or travel plans, reorganizing the garden or engaging in politics as the Capricorn Moon trines Mars. Watch out for an existential grumpiness, redirect the mood rather than take it out on one another. Impatience can bring defensive responses as Mercury sextiles Mars and semi-squares Uranus. But we can get things done and will feel a great sense of satisfaction if we do. Let’s just not tell each other what to do and tend to our own business.

Sunday night through Tuesday a collaborative Aquarius Moon helps us socialize but we may need time to adjust to different personalities and rhythms. Venus semi-square…