Grandtrines

If you’ve been waiting for something to break, as in the metaphorical dam but in a good way, now’s the time.

The planet of communication, Mercury, is helping the great benefic, bringer of all good things, Jupiter. Or they are each helping the other. The result? Very Good News!

You may want to ask, “Is the glass half-full” or “Is the glass half-empty” to figure out where you stand in the optimism spectrum.

In a strange, magical way, the world responds in a way we expect it to. It’s all about those parallel dimensions and on, but if it brings you what you want, what do you care about the theories?

Seeing is believing. I choose to see the world as a good place, with Good News all around!

A good time to: be introspective and improve the perception of your values.
(Also, this could be a fine period to feel more confident and charming on a first date and know you’re worth it.)

Challenges: A slight tendency to be inflexible and stubborn with a lack of impartiality.

Balance:   Turn this time of forceful thinking to a creative hands-on project, but try not to judge yourself or worry about how you’re doing on it.

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Moon in Gemini, laboratory process of Fixation – emotionally versatile

Keywords:
Sun in Aries – persistent, aggressive = enterprising
Moon in Gemini – changes, diffusive = emotionally versatile – M – Air
Mercury in Aries – mental, aggressive = impulsive
Venus in Pisces – pleasant, relaxative = compassionate
Mars in Scorpio – impulsive, solidifying = explosive
Jupiter in Leo – fortunate, organizing = exuberant
Saturn in Scorpio – disruptive…

The upcoming conjunction of MERCURY retro with the SUN today Monday May 9 (called ‘Day of Enlightening Insight‘) will be super exact (would be an Eclipse of the Sun if Mercury was large enough from Earth perspective 🙂 no M-r hoax!

Path and Timing of Mercury Transit May 9, 2016. Picture credit: NASA

MERCURY will ‘crawl’ over the SUN disk, very rare (every few years), astronomically called the ‘Mercury Transit’. (While, as you know, astrologically, Transits from Mercury happen all the time, as Mercury travels through the Zodiac, and visits places where our planets, AC, SUN, or MOON are).

Here is a NASA clip. http://www.space.com/32784-mercury-transit-2016-sun-viewing-guide.html I heard local astronomers with solar filter telescopes will be on Mt. Tolmie in the morning.

The ‘Mercury Transit’ and conjunction with the SUN today May 9is the MERCURY Retro half-way point.

As MERCURY crawls from Earth Perspective from left…

Virgo, and Mercury, by Johfra Bosschart

Ahh, one of the five(!) Retro Planets turns around today – JUPITER, after its yearly 4-months retro trip, since Jan 7 (just before the epic CAP New Moon with PLUTO, on Jan 9).

JUPITER Retro has shown us how to source the gifts from within that JUPITER ‘promises’.

And with VIRGO, the emphasis has been on know-how / ‘how to’ / d.i.y., being skillful and self sufficient. Which could have become somewhat frustrating and challenging when JUPITER in VIRGO gave us a sense of “What expands (JUPITER) are problems (VIRGO), esp. in the field of health, wellness, functionality. “Things don’t work, and there’s just so much to do, all the time.” Familiar?

Well, yeah, JUPITER is not (as the reputation of the Archetype, or shall I say: stereotype, might suggest) just a ‘benefactor’ per se, like a Santa Claus effect when the…

by Teri Parsley Starnes

Teri’s interest with astrology lies with helping people see how following a practice of intention and self-awareness leads to a fuller relationship with Mystery. Astrology is a wonderful tool for this. Her weekly column orients readers to the seasonal energy of
each month’s Sun sign in order to set magical/mindful intention for the lunar month beginning at the New Moon.

Each week Teri will write about the unfolding energies that support and challenge our intentions. The ebb and flow of the lunar cycle resides deep in our souls. Through following the phases of the Moon, we remember the natural cycles that guide us.