Welcome Again Dear Ones,

Once again, this month’s chart offers up great opportunities for expansive growth and healing, while also reflecting that much of the damage that’s happening around the planet comes primarily from individuals and/or nations that refuse to heal.

My friend and colleague Andrew Harvey once told a group of us that the greatest threat to our survival is fundamentalism in all its forms, of any colour, creed or persuasion, where individuals or groups become over-identified with rigid mindsets that are divisive, antagonistic to change and more intent in proving themselves right, as opposed to being true.

This is arising in me at the moment because one of the most significant aspects in this month’s chart is a square, a hard aspect, from the planet Mercury, who rules the way we think, see the world and interpret it, to the normally benevolent planet Jupiter. Normally Mercury/Jupiter aspects are opportunities to expand our thinking, our minds, perceptions and our general openness to the benevolent aspects of life. Normally, Jupiter is the antidote to fundamentalism because it can’t stand being boxed in by rigid beliefs or other people’s thinking. However, paradoxically, a Jupiter/Mercury Square in some individuals will manifest as arrogance, hubris, self-righteousness and a holier than thou kind of thinking.

So, this month then we are all offered a choice of which way to go with this collective energy. As you’ll see in This Month’s Astrology Mercury and Jupiter have lots of good aspects too, brilliant innovative ones that support us to think outside of the boxes, that unite both masculine and feminine forms of intelligence. Simply amazing stuff that also supports the invitation to heal more deeply. Let’s use these well this month.

New Changes To Our Newsletters!

As many of you know, I’ve been working, teaching and writing about Astrology for over 40 years, and it still brings me deep pleasure and many surprises. It’s been a long time since I started my monthly column in Nova Magazine in 1994, which went for 25 of those years and eventually seeded this current newsletter.

As part of my own personal and professional evolution, I want my work to keep reaching out and to impact those who feel a similar passion and curiosity.

So, here’s a brand new offering for my members, a short sharp weekly astro-update that we are calling Orbit, to fill in the gaps between the monthly newsletters.

For my dedicated Silver members, you will receive your normal monthly newsletter, but for the next 4 Sunday afternoons I’ll also give you a taste of the Orbit’s weekly insights and guidance that is only otherwise available to the Gold and Platinum members.

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Go well,

Daniel

THIS MONTH’S ASTROLOGY

A Brief Overview of This Month’s Astrology

The sign of Libra does its best this month at using it it’s gracious intellect in trying to harmonise and rebalance the collective energy on the planet. And, while it has some brilliant support from the benevolent Jupiter and a collection of goddess asteroids, all the heavyweights of deep and radical change, Uranus Neptune and Pluto, are still highly charged by the recent solar eclipse in ways that are overpowering and more than a little out of control.

As we’ve already seen, Mercury, while also in Libra, is juggling multiple aspects on a spectrum from very good to very difficult, representing a super busy month with many contradictory demands. Keep up your meditations, yoga, Taichi or qigong.

The goddess of love Venus is in the middle of Virgo and close to the mysterious South Node of the Moon so we can expect some interesting upwellings from our relationship pasts, whether from this lifetime or even others. This describes agendas around clearing old influences, habits and relationship patterning to set the stage for greater emotional fluidity and more heart-full relating. Meanwhile, her consort Mars has been doing a tough in early Scorpio in the last stages of a square to the bigger ego that is called Pluto!  Forgiveness meditations or past life regressions can work wonders.

All the great healers, Chiron, Hekate and Hygeia are all very active and intertwining with the primal Shakti goddesses to create a deep underlying river of healing power and potential that continues to invite us to engage. The more we can do this the better we can handle the current craziness.  Need support? Email me for a 30 minute discovery session here.