Mars enters Taurus on Wednesday, after an unusually long 6-month stint in Aries.
This week might feel harder than expected for many of us.
After releasing, casting off, or even BURNING everything from 2020 that no longer served us, we all seem to expect the New Year to be a figurative light switch: switch it ON, and there’s only light, and the sh!tstorm that was 2020 will fade into oblivion.
Unfortunately, not only is that NOT how it works, but this week’s astrology will remind us that we need to work for our deepest desires to make them true. With all the inner planets changing signs, as well as two important meetups of communicative Mercury with the trend-setting planets, we will feel this change of gears AND have some opportunities to create some rock-solid plans. So, it’s still an exciting week by my books!
Mercury + Pluto meet up on 1/4:
Quick-witted Mercury joins us with transformative and powerful Pluto on Monday, in the ambitious sign of Capricorn. This will encourage us all to make practical plans that really CAN elevate us higher than we’ve ever imagined. Financial planning and research are favored, as we might even discover a way to improve our money situations and keep more of the money we make (and make more, as well!).
Mars enters Taurus on 1/6:
Passion and energy planet Mars FINALLY ends his 6-MONTH stint in Aries on Wednesday, and moves into the methodical, hard-working sign of Taurus. Normally, the “red planet” stays in a sign for about 7-8 weeks. However, in 2020, he decided to do his once-every-2.5-years retrograde, and thus camped out in Aries for 3 times the normal length of time!
While Mars was in Aries, it felt like a fight to defend our boundaries. Our energy would be like little firecracker explosions, racing us towards a goal in direct, aggressive outbursts—and then getting distracted or petering out. We likely had to face some demons in a certain area of life in which we kept having to press forward.
Whatever that area was, is ends on Wednesday! Mars advances to Taurus, where our energy will be slower and steadier…and usually wins the race. The industrious sign of Taurus gets us to create routines that give us solid foundations for our lives. (It might feel like flipping pancakes over and over again, but I presume we might all welcome that after the dumpster fire of 2020.) Mars in Taurus doesn’t get bored with tedium; instead he rolls up his sleeves and acknowledges that hard work (not bold moves) will get us there.
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Venus enters Capricorn, on 1/8:
Love, beauty and abundance planet Venus glides into the traditional sign of Capricorn for the rest of the month, asking us to focus on our long-term goals in matters of the heart. Venus in Capricorn prompts us to ask ourselves if our daily choices really align with the destination we claim to desire. This 3+ week phase will get us concocting ambitious plans with our partners, or—if you’re single—cutting through the flirty BS of dating to see if you could go the distance with this person!
Mercury enters Aquarius, ALSO on 1/8:
Get ready to think outside the box! Mental Mercury zooms into ingenious Aquarius on Friday, asking us to not just to imagine a world (or our personal world) as we’ve never dreamed possible, but to also say adios to any limits or traditions we’ve unconsciously followed thus far.
Normally, Mercury visits a sign for roughly 3 weeks. However, since he will begin to move backwards (retrograde) at the end of January, he will stay in Aquarius for a full 9 weeks instead!
For all of us, this energy favors humanitarian, social and technological efforts. The one downfall is that we might be so focused on progress of the (vast community of) people, that we dissociate from the very empathy needed to connect one-on-one with another.
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Mercury + Saturn meet up on 1/9:
Now that your mind’s expanding with that spark of Water Bearer radicalism, it’s time to make a PLAN. Mercury meets up with structural Saturn on Saturday, giving us the ability to concentrate amazingly well, and craft/begin executing detailed marching orders for our outrageous ideas! These are exciting times, when we can begin to actualize the world we desire, and not just rant about change on the Internet.
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