Starcodes March 27, 2020 Heather Roan Robbins

This weekend creative and caring Venus is in her own earthy sign of Taurus and forms a friendly, supportive trine to the planets that are signaling the most trouble right now, and this could offer us some needed respite or purpose. As artists quip ”we’re no longer stuck in quarantine, we’re artists in residence”. Become an artist in residence, perform radical acts of kindness, and random acts of beauty or collaboration, even under duress.

This time will be known for its amazing efforts of personal discipline. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been wrestling with Saturn, Mars, Pluto, and Jupiter, all conjunct in Capricorn, a pile-up that brought a nexus of restriction, control, and discipline. Astrologers were concerned this pileup of planets in Capricorn was going to bring an event that would trigger a crackdown of laws and inspire bipartisan collaboration in response. Some people could only think of a terrorist attack, but the universe is more imaginative than that. Most people have chosen to cooperate to save one another, to save their family and communities from the spread of the virus. Everyone has felt the restraint, some deal with near unbearable restrictions without personal resources or room to move. Capricorn encourages us to want to feel in control of our situation and can bring up anxiety when we don’t. But that Venus suggests for this weekend we can direct that personal discipline for…