Starcodes March 6, 2020 Heather Roan Robbins

Let’s take a deep breath, and pace ourselves. We can’t see where we’re going right now but could feel like we urgently have to get there, and get easily irritated with whatever’s in our way. This fog bank comes as the Sun approaches confusing Neptune, while Mercury, now retrograde, appears to hold still before it turns direct on Sunday night. That spicy sense of urgency rises as Venus approaches a conjunction to impatient Uranus on Sunday.

These fog- producing aspects are expressing themselves through some political disorientation and stories of disease. A few of us will respond to these aspects with depression or by needing some quiet time out, a few others become more competent (or try to sound like they are) but some will try to crank down and try to control others with Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto all now in Capricorn. This will be as true for the parent of a teenager as it is for governmental agencies. Control without wisdom is counterproductive, so let’s stay spacious, practice self-control, and step forward one step at a time it.

On Friday a rather melodramatic Leo Moon encourages us to express ourselves dramatically to get our point across, even if we don’t know what we’re saying. Watch hyperbole spin in the social media and television news. None of us can see very far ahead right now, but we can clearly describe what’s actually going on in the moment. If…