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The old gnawing from within. That gentle tender spot. That drive to burn and yet the fear of releasing into primal fires. That Chiron wound in Aries.
It speaks with Venus in Capricorn today. She who wants to move in rhythm with your goals and sacred earth-born values. She who wants to pull the voice of the wise elder into your life, here and now, and manifest hard work and goals that align with something bigger than what we've been taught exists.
Let Venus offer some healing wisdom today. This Chiron is tender. It's pulling up the April Total Solar Eclipse point of cycles ending & beginning and this square could activate that tension, pain, grief or
it can help to soothe it by becoming very real about what you want, need, desire in order to live a life that embodies your values.
It sounds easy- my values! Of course! But the truth is that from the moment we are born, we are born into ideologies that socialize us to believe in a matrix of ideas about self-worth, success & love that are entwined with consumer culture, media narratives, lineages of broken love wrapped in fear...there's a lot that wraps us up and Venus in Capricorn wants to align herself to values that shift out of that matrix and find the natural ebb & flow of wisdom in our relationship with the earth's cycles.
That itself is a life long journey.
And yet today, a soul song with Chiron to touch into it.
To let the Aries fires heal. To face the self and honour one's own path just a few days before the Sagittarius new moon.
Blessings on the Journey.
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The Sun in Sagittarius trines the North Node in Aries and Mars in Leo.
Fire brings us into our spirit, our intuition, & our imagination.
The Sun in Sagittarius wants to expand with an adventurous spirit. Be that in the imagination or in a conversation (or by hopping in the car and hitting the road!) this fire wants to be lit within and guide the soul outward.
Mars in Leo, who is on quite a journey in its conversation with Pluto and about to station retrograde, wants, right now, to be driven for its own creative purpose. That Mars however is slowing down and doesn't need to act rashly (or selfishly). It wants to move in rhythm with the heart, not the ego.
Our North Node in Aries, its Aries journey coming to end as it will move into Pisces in January, this wants us to align to our Sacred Self. To feel inspiration and impulse unite and connect with our Soul's desires.
Desire is a fire word. But true fire desire, in its archetypal impulse, is freed from all social constraints & conditionings. Fire wants to sing the soul's song, embody it and act with it.
So...lean into hearing your soul song today. Journal with it. Go on a walk or a drive with it. Sing out loud with it. Invite the energy to move.
Blessings on the Journey.
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Mercury stations retrograde today at 22 degrees of Sagittarius. We're in this Mercury Rx season until December 15th and it is a potent one. Talking with Jupiter Rx in Gemini and with Saturn in Pisces, and then with Mars in Leo- there may be a good deal to review, reconsider, reassess and revisit this month.
It's so helpful to let go of the 'bad' connotations that get put on Mercury Rx. In truth, this is a time to revisit plans, thoughts and to recognize that we are not in control as our mind likes to make us believe. Sure, there will be some crossing of wires, some systems that need to be rebooted, some unexpected travel plans diverted, but there will also be opportunity to move in a direction that we may not have found were we left to our own desires & thoughts to plan the way ahead.
Mercury Rx reminds us that we truly are co-creating and that there are new paths to discover and sometimes we have to be taken off one path and put on another, or sometimes we just need to slow down and notice some details along our path that otherwise we wouldn't have noticed. Those details can be soul food.
In Sagittarius, we may be asked to review our world view, our big plans for the future. We may realize there's something we really want to learn. We also may discover that our soul path is ready to move forward and we need to release some mindsets we've been clinging to. Lots can shift in these few weeks ahead.
And of course, with Mercury Rx, the first directive is: slow down.
Blessings on the Journey.
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I'm in transit this week and will get some videos out once I'm home, but for now some fire energy to take us on our way.
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As we approach the end of November, and what a month it's been, we come into Mercury Rx tomorrow, but today Mars in Leo trines the North Node in Aries (& sextiles the South Node in Libra). And over the next few days the Sun will move ahead in Sagittarius and join Mars & the North Node in a grand fire trine.
So no matter what is going on, no matter how the mighty shift of Pluto into Aquarius is settling with you, remember there are creative, primal fires to be felt & embodied.
Mars is nearing its retrograde point at 6 degrees Leo on December 6th. We are going to have a major review of our primal drive through Leo and Cancer, but for now, just let yourself feel into some creative joy that wants to spark the primal self. Put on some music and dance yourself there if you're not feeling it, because there is a grand trine of fire forming this week and it wants to fill us up and expand our spirits.
Blessings on the Journey.
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Vesta & Black Moon Lilith (T) conjunct at 12 Libra square Venus at 12/13 Capricorn. This is divine feminine energy in action today. And it wants to support us in our goals & relationships. And it could twist us a little here & there in order to ensure we wake up to realizing that support.
Vesta & Black Moon Lilith in Libra say 'Yes,' to 1-1 dynamics that support us to heal and be ourselves and fully embrace the divine feminine with an authenticity that is not about any preconditioned gender roles. This is about the inner core. The self-awareness to heal and embrace our own Self for whomever we are, with an emphasis on showing up as that Self in 1-1 dynamics. And perhaps more importantly, ensuring that the people we're meeting in those 1-1 dynamics can and want to support us.
Square our Venus in Capricorn who is helping us to align our heart to its new goals. To its new wants that let us flourish through dedication and respecting healthy boundaries & limits.
Let these divine feminine energies come together and we have relationships that can support us so fully! And of course, they can also reveal the relationships that aren't supporting us to be our most authentic and present selves. The places where our boundaries need to protect us. This Venus wants her life goals aligned with her deepest values. Take some time today and feel into those values. What do you really want? Invite 1-1 dynamics to support you & journey with you on your path.
This also comes while our fresh in Sagittarius Sun sits opposite Sedna & sextile Pluto. There is some powerful transformation underway!
Blessings on the Journey.
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The Sun enters Sagittarius today. Happy Solar Return to all our Sagittarius Suns out there๐ซ
With this shift we move from the season of Scorpionic deep dives to the outward driven expansion of Sagittarius. Learning & adventure. A seeking spirit wants to fill you from the inside out.
We make this shift as Pluto is fresh in Aquarius, a few days before Mercury stations retrograde. And with this entrance into Sagittarius, the Sun sextiles Pluto.
May there truly be an insightful gaze today. One that bursts through grief with inner knowing. May we be attracted to the people and places that are calling to us, supporting us to open toward destiny and release the karmic ties that hold us back in patterns we no longer need to embody.
There is so much changing. So much falling away & so much birthing. May these Sagittarius fires help us to know our path with an intuition that brings joy amidst it all.
Blessings on the Journey.
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Pluto is in Aquarius now.
Feel the collective pulse. Listen with your heart and mind converging in that place that is fully out of time.
That place is where Pluto in Aquarius is taking us.
How was your day? How is your body? Your mind? Your emotions?
What is your heart singing of? What thoughts are silencing its song? What fears?
Can you feel past the fears and see into this timeless moment?
There is something here. The textures of this first Aquarian inhale. It's something potent. Something that speaks of all that is to come in a way that we can release all the fear that holds us back from embracing the present moment.
Pluto in Capricorn is no more. Energetically, we are separating from it. Inviting the new age. It may take a little while. It also, may happen instantly. And it may of course, be both.
We cannot know what is coming.
And yet, the old woman sitting in the back of the room, ancient rivers of flesh in her face, she smiles a knowing smile. Because she does know. She always knows.
Look for the old timekeeper. She's always watching. Always knowing. Always showing us the way home. She is Pluto. Yes, that's right. The old myths covered over the ancient ways. The oral ways. The keeper of the underworld, of time, of life & death. It was no man. No god. It was She. This woman who knows. This woman who accompanies us.
Always.
Blessings on the Journey.
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Only ten hours left of Pluto in Capricorn.
May you release all you need to release.
May you honour all you need to honour.
Blessings on the Journey.
Lots of love,
Iris
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Mercury in Sagittarius opposite Jupiter Rx in Gemini. The Sun opposite a Uranus that was conjunct our Full Moon two days ago.
Push & Pull could abound today. Especially between our mind's desire to expand and our ability to actually understand. Almost as if there's something wanting to be worked out & understood, and we may glimpse part of it today. But then Mercury will station retrograde on the 25th and this conversation with Jupiter will resurface. We simply do not know the whole picture of any situation right now.
Try not to push through. Try to relax into what's here right now and perhaps tease out some understanding from the upturned corners of a situation offering itself to you. There may be clarity. There also may be confusion. And if confusion arises, let it. There is no need to rush. The mosaic of life is in a process of shifting itself into a new image.
We're in a similar process.
And the Sun opposite Uranus can bring more sudden shifts, sudden perceptions, sudden moods swings. Can redirect us and/or surprise us with decisions we did not see ourselves making. There is a call to authenticity. And yet- who is the authentic me? What do I really want to say right now? Perhaps I don't really know the whole situation?
Maybe there is wisdom in silence.
Ebbing & flowing we make our way through this month.
Pluto enters Aquarius very soon.
Saturn just stationed direct.
Go gently.
Blessings on the Journey.
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Venus in Capricorn squares the Nodes. A moment to check-in with our wise elder self. A moment to take stock after yesterday's Full Moon, as Saturn, ruler of Capricorn, is now direct. And as we move through the last 3 days with Pluto in Capricorn.
A day to take stock of what truly matters to you.
Here & Now.
At this moment.
Coming through the turbulence of November, of 2024, of this life up to this point- here and now- what matters?
What are the parts of your life that you want to commit to and work with and for? What is the future you want to continue building towards? What do you give your energy to that doesn't seem to matter to you as much now as perhaps it once did?
How have your values changed?
There is a lot of weight in Capricorn right now. A lot of karmic knots loosened just enough that if we are willing to focus our awareness & heart on that one point, a knot will release. But that focus of the gaze is not an easy task. If it were, we wouldn't journey forth into these lives in the ways we do. Over & over again.
So take some time today and reflect. Saturn direct speaks with this Venus square the Nodes. Asks us to perhaps get a little more serious about some aspects of our life. To put more focus there. More dedication. To love the work that supports our truest & most valued goals.
Because it does take work.
It does take effort.
But when that work is aligned with Soul & Love & Wisdom, it has a different texture in the psyche and body. And some of us were taught such unhelpful lessons about work and suffering from outdated ideologies that we try to reject Saturn's wisdom and Capricorn's dedication to admiring the effort this journey takes.
Venus square the nodes helps us to shift our focus and heart to the alignments of working for and toward love. Part of what this life is all about.
Blessings on the Journey.
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A channel that explores spirituality, astrology, healing & living in synch with nature's cycles with Iris J., PhD- an evolutionary astrologer, writer, educator & cultural theorist. This work is all about the deep dives of slow burn astrology, discovering beauty & fostering community along the way.
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