Starcodes May 6, 2022

We may be at a familiar place on the spiral as Mercury stations to turn retrograde, but we’re not going back. Note the differences this time around and build momentum towards the future, whether this is a personal issue or about women’s rights. Stories of the past could trigger old personal or cultural traumas that still need work, Mars in Pisces can leave us feeling overwhelmed, but Venus and Jupiter in Aries remind us that we are truly fierce and ready to move forward.

Moods can fluctuate confusingly like spring weather this week because the planets give us so many different signals; in a challenging moment that tension can scatter us in five directions, in a good moment they can balance each other out and leave us standing in the center. So let’s break down the influences and how to work with them.

The Sun in earthy Taurus encourages us to plant and sow, root and grow, though the rest of the planets have other work in mind. When the existential whirlwinds pick up we can tune into that Taurus earthiness and work or wander in the garden. This Waxing Moon is wonderful time to plant seeds- particularly vegetables on Friday under the Cancer Moon and next Tuesday through Friday for herbs and flowers under the waxing Virgo and Libra Moons. Our minds and politics may get confused this week, but our hands will know what to do.