Starcodes March 29, 2024

This week the stars bring us to a fork in the road, or busy intersection if our lives lean that way, as the Sun, Mercury, and Venus, now in brash Aries push us to hurry up, and Mercury approaches a square to Pluto. This intersection could be asking us to choose a road with less excess baggage from the past and more purpose for the future, call us let go of burdens which are not ours, or let go of one possibility so we can pursue another. But right before the decision point we are asked to go back, check to make sure our bags are packed, take care of unfinished business, and fine tune our plans before heading off.

This pattern unfolds as Mental Mercury approaches a challenging square to deep Pluto and brings our mind to serious personal and political choices. Then right before this square becomes exact, Mercury retrogrades April 1 through April 25, distracts and diverts us, and sends us back for review. Do all those good Mercury retrograde works, tend to problems that should have been solved a while ago, attend some personal side agenda before leaping forward after mid-May, when direct Mercury clears its shadow and perfects it square to Pluto. Leap sideways instead. Leap like a tiger while sitting, a Korean phrase for a meditation retreat which fits this time.

Mercury rules transportation, communication, our thinking process, and all things high-tech. Rushing will now cause…