Venus finishing transit of Gemini (tropical zodiac) and will move into Cancer on Friday, June 17th.
Time to tire of lighthearted love and prepare to take care of your loves.

All positions at noon, Mountain Time, USA

(Lights)
Moon                    Libra @ 20 deg.
Sun                       Gemini @ 24 deg.

(Rocky Midgets)
Mercury             Gemini @ 02 deg.
Venus                 Gemini @ 26 deg.
Mars                    Scorpio @ 24 deg. (Retrograde until June 29th)

(Gas Giants)
Jupiter               Virgo @ 15 deg.
Saturn                 Sagittarius @ 12 deg. (Retrograde until August 13th)
Uranus            …

Mercury gets all the attention for going retrograde! But get excited, because Neptune’s backing it up until November 19! Neptune “The Planet of Mist” rules Pisces, all liquids (even booze and blood!) and takes 146 years to transit the zodiac. It spends 14 years in each sign, and about 6 months of the year in retrograde, so its effects are wide-spread but more on the subtle side.

Neptune is THE big daddy of inspiration, dreams, intution and natural psychic abilities, spirituality, mercy, and compassion. It urges us to reject limitations and keep striving to create the world in which we’d love to live. Neptune takes the legendary beauty of Venus and multiplies it to the Nth degree with the heaven and earth moving powers of spirituality. It despises coarseness, and prefers to dull the tack that pops the balloon of our dreams by just ignoring some unpleasant realities. It takes…

A good time to: intellectually evaluate your emotions.

Challenges: Separating fact from fiction and organizing that information in a useful manor.

Balance: Stay practical, relax, and think things through.

Sidereal astrology:

Moon in Virgo, laboratory process of Distillation – emotionally discriminating

Keywords:
Sun in Taurus – persistent, decisive = practical
Moon in Virgo – changes, analyzing = emotionally discriminating – Mutable Earth
Mercury in Taurus – mental, decisive = factual
Venus in Taurus – pleasant, decisive = steadfast
Mars in Scorpio – impulsive, solidifying = explosive
Jupiter in Leo – fortunate, organizing = exuberant
Saturn in Scorpio – disruptive, solidifying = persevering

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Birth Chart evaluations about you…

Going back to basics, let us look at what falls at the Aries Point for the next New Moon of July 4, 2016.  As a previous post on the Aries point states, it that 0 degree point of any of the four cardinal signs: Cancer, Capricorn, Aries, Libra.  This point affects us all either directly or indirectly as it represents this world. This is a major universal point so it is well worth a look at what falls there.  **In reviewing this point, there was a great deal of Jupiter which is optimism and expansion.  All kinds of good will are possible, however it will also be easy to over-do it on many levels.  Just an FYI~

When we view what asteroids are falling on the Aries point we start with two simple questions.  What is the meaning for each one?   What is the “conversation” they are having between…

ARIES:  This month be alert to “advice” as it can bring clarity—be sure you are listening!  Make sure you not only listen well, but that you listen to credible authority figures as well.  Keep in mind sometimes taking risks can be very self-destructive. This month may feature “just rewards” particularly for those who are charming and can endure as there are several asteroids that can also help you through being charming or Nymph like and digging your heels in.

TAURUS:  Remembering your dreams may bring you insights during this New Moon.  Someone could be dealing with the truth of a makeover or perhaps they will find that just dealing in truth and honesty itself can be “the makeover.”  Listen to the wisdom within you when it comes to things that tempt you so obviously money could be an issue.  This month, more so than most, it would be wise to…

Jupiter moves to 15 degrees Virgo (tropical zodiac).  Check charts for your energy at 15 degrees to see where you are getting help.
Time to develop the next item on your self help list.

All positions at noon, Mountain Time, USA

(Lights)
Moon                    Libra @ 08 deg.
Sun                       Gemini @ 23 deg.

(Rocky Midgets)
Mercury             Gemini @ 02 deg.
Venus                 Gemini @ 25 deg.
Mars                    Scorpio @ 24 deg. (Retrograde until June 29th)

(Gas Giants)
Jupiter               Virgo @ 15 deg.
Saturn                 Sagittarius @ 12 deg. (Retrograde until August 13th)
Uranus    …

An American-born man who’d pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 50 people early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11. Beyond the (well-known) disharmonic planetary aspects that you can easily realize taking a quick glance at the chartwheel, the planets–fixed stars combinations are very significant: ♂ ☍ Algol; ☿ ☌ Pleiades star cluster; (♃ ☌ ☊) ☌ Mizar; ☉ ☌ Bellatrix. Moreover, within the context of the mundane charts, any connections to the ecliptical degrees of the Equinox and Solstice Points can be qualified as ‘sensitive factors’, indicating the occurrences of time-specific mundane events. In this case, Asc­–Desc ☌ Equinoctial Points; MC–IC ☌ Solsticial Points.  Besides, as an other emphasis,  Asc–Desc  ☍ Vertex–Antivertex.

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Not too much going on today.

Main thing to be aware of?… Neptune going retrograde. This “backward” motion will last until the middle of November. It will be a period for you to revisit the parts of you that you don’t show very often. Feel them out and move through them. It may be a healing time with some uncomfortable moments, due to working with parts you may not be confident expressing. Also, this is a time for artists to dig and find some inspiration deep down. There is no rush or pressure to use what you find, since Neptune will be retrograde until Mid – Late Fall.

That’s it for now.

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Peace

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.