Nourishment, magic, and a sharp edge or two

Welcome Dear Ones,

The week opens on fertile ground. A powerful New Moon in late Taurus arrived alongside the great Earth Mother Ceres, and her presence makes this more than a beginning. It is an invitation to plant something real, something that can grow roots and hold weight. Mars and Saturn steady the soil beneath us. Mercury sparks with Uranian electricity, so expect flashes of insight alongside the earthy depth. Later in the week Venus and Mars weave their dance of conscious connection through Gemini and into Cancer and Taurus. The invitation is threefold: attend to your inner life, tend your relationships, and birth what has been waiting. We have two Sydney workshops coming up soon where we can do exactly this together. Come and join us.

This Week’s Astrology (May 17th to 23rd)

We start the week from a position of great strength thanks to a potent New Moon towards the end of Taurus as well as strong placements involving Mars, Chiron and Saturn.

Earlier this morning (Sunday) the Sun and Moon came together at 26° of Taurus, its potent and earthy fertility enhanced by the presence of the great Earth Mother Ceres only a degree away. The new beginnings symbolism of this has extra creative depth that translates physically, emotionally and materially.

Along with Mars and Saturn, we can draw from the deep earth and feminine, using our masculine to plant seeds, build or rebuild structures, and launch new projects from a position of greater stability and security.

Mercury is also within the orb of the eclipse, poised on the cusp of Taurus and Gemini, where he will align immediately with the unpredictable and liberating Uranus, a mentally electrifying energy that will add a different tone full of great zing to the earthy Taurean gathering. Expect sudden changes, flashy insights and revolutionary urges.

Later in the week Mercury gets psychically fluid support from Neptune and access to primal and penetrating knowledge from Pluto.

Our inner warrior Mars is consulting his elder Chiron at the end of Aries, a time of great potential healing for the masculine for the conscious, that one that can also be incredibly wounding by the unconscious or wilful. On the healing side of things he has great connections to the multiskilled medicine woman Hecate. The combination invokes the spiritual warrior within each of us.

Venus in Gemini also contributes lovingly to the Chiron/Mars healing zone through an oxygenating aspect to her husband and his mentor, while she herself has a flowing trine to the Witch Queen. This three-way equation supports both relationship evolution and sexual healing.

The Venus/Mars sextile continues through the entire week, initially combining the high spirits of Gemini and Aries and then going even deeper and emotionally as they enter Cancer and Taurus on Wednesday and Tuesday respectively. This is a very good week for conscious connection and intimacy practices, especially as the wise aspect of Saturn is positively aspecting the more senior goddesses of relationship, Juno and Parvati, themselves great drivers for evolving relationship.

The ongoing psycho-spiritual power show that is the conjunction of Shiva and Medusa in Aries forms a good aspect to Pluto in Aquarius in a magnification of the hidden opportunities for transformation within, one is partially obscured by the misuse of such energy globally. This potential is also refined and made even more penetrating by Shiva and Medusa joining the super focused warrior goddess Pallas Athena.

This is additionally brilliant support as she shares the third eye potency of Shiva while drawing from the same deep feminine sources as Medusa, brilliant for meditation and any other deep spiritual processes.

It’s a good week then for attending to our inner work, our relationship development and for birthing new projects.

Go well with that all!

Daniel

Reflection + Embodiment

Journal
Where has my masculine energy been wounding rather than building? Where has it been genuinely healing and strong?

Practice
Lie down on your back. Place one hand on your belly and one on your chest. Breathe slowly and fully. With each inhale, draw warm energy from deep in the earth up through the spine. With each exhale, soften any holding in the jaw, the shoulders, or the gut. Continue for ten breaths. Then rest in stillness and notice what clarity or emotion rises naturally.

Archetype Spotlight: 

Pallas Athena, the Warrior Goddess of Wisdom

Pallas Athena joins Shiva and Medusa in Aries this week, forming a powerful alliance that rewards precision, focus, and depth. She is not the goddess of brute force. She is the one who thinks before she acts and who carries both strategy and soul.

Psychologically she represents the part of us that can hold complexity without collapsing, that can enter difficult territory with both courage and intelligence. She is particularly potent this week for those doing inner work, shadow work, or spiritual practice. Her third eye is wide open and she shares it generously.

Practical takeaway: Choose one area of inner work you have been avoiding. Give it fifteen minutes of undistracted attention this week. No journaling required. Simply sit with it honestly and let Pallas Athena’s clear sight do the work.