Amelia’s Blog

“The old maps are outdated, we require new navigational aids. And the inescapable fact is that you are your own cartographer now.” Ralph Blum

Today and for the next few days, there is some push/pull energy between the hold of the past and the way forward. But there also is a harmonious grand trine with the Sun, Juno and the North Node. The Sun rules the self, Juno, commitments and the North Node rules life path and destiny.

Watch the way things  unfold today and for the next couple of days. Events can conspire to show the way forward.

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you’re lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away. Stephen Hawking, a Capricorn

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien, a Capricorn.

The Full Moon this week  at 18 degrees of Capricorn is on Thursday July 10. The  earthy sign of Capricorn makes this a good time for for planning, commitment and long term vision.

When it comes to making decisions, it’s best to keep them pragmatic.

Coming up –  Mercury will station retrograde on July 18 at 15 degrees of Leo. -The retrograde period will last through August 11. More on this later.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is, “Brilliant sunshine just after a storm.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Dawn points, and another day
Prepares for heat and silence. Out at sea the dawn wind
Wrinkles and slides. I am here
Or there, or elsewhere, in my beginning.”

Uranus entered the sign of Gemini today – one of the big astrological events of the year and a harbinger of changes to come.

This is the first time Uranus has transited this sign since 1942. It ushers in a time (a seven year cycle)   when it bodes well to be open to new ways of thinking,  new ways of communicating and a time when outdated thinking may go out the door.  Uranus is the planet of awakening and there can be very significant breakthroughs under this influence.

Uranus will station retrograde in September and will be back in Gemini for good in 2026.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is.”A small girl bends over a sparkling pond trying to catch a fish.”

 

“Our lives are often touched by chance, are they not? I call it magic, the crossing of our paths with the paths of others. How quickly, how completely, these magic meetings can turn us in directions we never dreamed.” Dee Brown

Today Venus enters Gemini – the sparkling sign of duality. This ushers in a time (through July 30) that bodes well for being open to new ideas about love and relationships, abundance and happiness in general. If you feel attracted to or interested in a new idea, it bodes well to follow up on it. Not necessarily settle on it, yet, but follow up on it.

It is a good time to be open and flexible in your thinking.

Isabel Hickey wrote about this sign,”Gemini is called the butterfly of the zodiac for she flits from one situation to another in order to gain growth through many varied experiences.”

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”A glass bottomed boat reveals undersea wonders.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill

 

 

 

 

“Your decision to keep on a path or leave it must be free of fear and ambition. Ask yourself and yourself alone one question: does your path have a heart?” Carlos Casteneda

“Turn aside from highways and walk on footpaths.” Pythagoras

Yesterday some friends installed a new washing machine and dryer at my house.  This was kind of a lucky event  because I was never sure how long my old washer would last. The new one, as well as the dryer, were a gift from a friend who no longer needed them.

This morning when I went to do the laundry , I was so surprised to find a very favorite necklace that I had lost some ten years ago. I had looked and looked for it over time. It must have fallen behind the dryer where I couldn’t see it .

The stone, which I had placed on a linen strand, was a Pi stone from Peru and been given to me as part of a ritual when I was studying Peruvian shamanism.

As I lifted it up from its dusty surroundings, I remembered that this week, with Jupiter conjunct the Sun, could be a lucky time.

The week starts off with the  Jupiter/Neptune square still widely in effect. This  can cloud linear thinking but it is good for imagination, inspiration and optimism.

The New Moon is on Wednesday at 4 degrees of Cancer. Jupiter will be conjunct the New Moon and Sun at this time.  This is a New Moon about home and family.

Jupiter in Cancer for the next year or so provides a good time for enjoying family and home life. It is also a good time to reconnect with family members or friends you may have lost contact with over time.

Later in the week, Mercury will sextile Uranus , Venus will sextile the North Node and the Sun will sextile Mars. It’s wise to raise awareness about any information that may surface related to  your personal evolutionary path. It is  also a time when there can be innovative and brilliant ideas. Be open to  taking a new approach .

Mercury will trine Saturn and Neptune indicating a good time for getting creative ideas into form.

Mercury all week is moving up to an opposition to Pluto – do watch for overthinking and obsession.

One of the Sabian symbols for this week is,”A  woman on a magic carpet observes vast vistas below.”

“The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you and you don’t know how or why.” Albert Einstein

Venus in Aries is moving up to a harmonious aspect  with Jupiter – the planet of expansion early this week. This is an alignment that bodes well for pleasure – just best to keep moderation in mind.

Jupiter is in the late degrees of Gemini now preparing to enter the sign of Cancer on the 9th. Jupiter trasits last roughly a year and this time it will last through the beginning of July 2026.

Jupiter in Cancer provides a good time to get in touch with our emotions, inution and inner lives. It is a good time for building and repairing friendships with friends and family and for enjoying times with them.

Intuition, compassion and imagination will bring valuable life experiences and good luck. (Jupiter is the planet of luck.)

Jupiter will then move up to square the Saturn/Neptune conjunction. This can indicate that there may be a goal in sight but some confusion as to how to get there or make it real. In general there can be a one-step forward, two-steps back process going on. It’s best to slow down, take your time and make sure all the information is in before taking action.

Venus moves out of Aries this week on 6/6. Venus in Taurus is a lover of the good things in life. It provides a good time (through July 3) to spend time with people we love.

Venus in Taurus has a sensuous nature – often people with this placement are lovers of the land and have remarkable gardens.

It is a time when physical and emotional security are prioritized.

Mercury is busy in the sky this week . It is wise to raise awareness for any information that surfaces about the path to outgrowing old patterns – particularly thought patterns that can get us stuck. And to be open to new ways of thinking.

Mars is squaring Uranus now and will be exact on the 13. This can be somewhat of an accident prone time. Best to slow down and watch for impulsiveness.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”In a museum a large archaic volume reveals a traditional wisdom.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill

“What shape waits in the seed of you to grow and spread its branches across a future sky?” David Whyte

The New Moon on Monday is at 6 degrees of Gemini. This ushers in a time that bodes well for learning, communication and travel.

Saturn just entered Aries -starting a new chapter. This New Moon too, adds a lot of support for starting something new. It is wise to keep intentions clear and strong and let go of blockages.

The Moon is making a favorable aspect to Saturn and Neptune indicating the importance of taking action on manifesting our intentions.

Pluto is also in harmonious aspect to the Moon. This can bring back strength and passion.

Jupiter and Mercury are both close by the Sun and Moon conjunction – indicating  a time that bodes well for keeping an open mind.

The Sabian symbol for this time is,”An old-fashioned well with the purest and coldest of waters.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill

“The work of the world is as common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
Has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.” Marge Piercy

“There’s a thread that you follow, it goes among
things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.” William Stafford

Saturn is now in the final – 29th – degree of Pisces readying to enter the sign of Aries on Sunday May 25. It will then form a conjunction to the planet of dreams and visions, Neptune.

Saturn brings  his  demanding, taskmaster energy to the creative and spiritual nature of Neptune. This alignment is one of the major aspects of this year.

The Sabian symbol for the 29th degree of Pisces is, “A majestic rock formation, resembling a face is idealized by a boy who takes it as his ideal of greatness. And as he grows, he begins to look like it.” This symbol speaks of the importance of having a goal which brings purpose and inspiration to our lives that we can aspire towards.

As Saturn prepares to enter Aries it bodes well to clarify your aspirations and to set an intention  to do the work that needs to be done and persevere through setbacks or obstacles.

It’s wise to raise awareness to receive any significant insights or breakthroughs  which come this week under the influence of the Mercury/ Uranus conjunction. This alignment is exact of May 24 but the influence of planet of illumination and innovation often comes early. In personal charts this indicates a very bright, off -the – grid mind that can come to innovative  conclusions much more quickly than others.

The Sun will enter the sign of Gemini on May 20. This ushers in a more sociable time of the year. Mercury will join this inquisitive sign on Sunday the 25. The mind quickens under this influence.

Gemini season (5/20-6/20) is a good time to be open to new ideas and to broaden thinking.

One  of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”Light breaking into many colors as it passes through a prism.”

 

 

“Though the spring is late and cold,
though the uproar of greed
and malice shudders in the sky,
Pond, stream and hilltop raise
their ancient song.

The robin molds her mud nest
With her breast, the air is bright with breath
of bloom, wise loveliness that asks
Nothing of the season but to be.” Wendell Berry

“We have this way of talking, and we have another.
Apart from what we wish and we fear may happen,
We are alive with other life, as clear stones
take form in the mountain,” Rumi

Recently we have had a lot of rain here in New England. One early  morning this week when I went out on my porch,  the scent of the purple and white lilacs and the apple blossoms in the yard drifted through the moist morning air. It  reminded me of the phrase in Wendell Berry’s poem, “the air is bright with breath of bloom.” In these rapidly changing times, our interconnection with the natural world can be so restorative.

The Full Moon this month is Monday May 12th at 22 degrees of Taurus.

Full Moons are a good time for release. In Peruvian shamanism they refer to this process as “shedding an old skin,”as a snake does.  If there is an old identity or belief system you’ve outgrown, this Full Moon at 22 degrees of Scorpio would be a powerful time to set an intention to let it go – and to move forward in a new direction.

Uranus is conjunct the Sun and opposite the Moon at this time. The wind is at our back in terms of moving in a direction of freedom and personal evolution.

Mercury just entered Taurus and will be in a square configuration with Pluto at 3 degrees of Aquarius. This aspect bodes well for work that requires concentration, but watch for overthinking.

There are a number of interpretations of the tightening Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Aries. One of them is that it can be a time on the earth of a growth in spiritual awareness. It bodes well to bring the spiritual / inspired energy down to the earth plane (Saturn.)

It’s a good time  to envision a healthy, sustainable future for our small planet.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is. “A rabbit metamorphosed into a nature spirit.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill

“Neptune connects us to the invisible realities, to the ineffable, to the image behind the form.” Lynn Bell

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and some people who face reality; then there are others who turn one into another.” Erasmus

At the beginning of the week – on Monday, (and in effect for several days)  Juno, the asteroid of commitment and partnership,  formed a harmonious alliance with Saturn.  This can bring an opportunity to see more clearly the qualities that help fortify and sustain healthy relationships.

Venus leaves the watery sign of Pisces on Wednesday and enters the fiery sign of Aries. Venus in Aries knows what she she wants and knows how to go and get it. This is an action – oriented sign which can display great courage and initiative. It’s great at  getting things started. There can be impulsiveness and sometimes, aggressiveness. This can bring fiery energy to relationships of all kinds.

On Friday Venus aligns harmoniously with Neptune, newly in Aries at 1 degree. The first degree of Aries is often referred to as the “Aries Point” – the point of significant beginnings. Significant world events can occur with transits  to this point.

One of the symbols of this Neptune in Aries  is “the spiritual warrior”, making it a good time to advocate for justice and for  those less fortunate.

It can be a time when there can be increased faith in the ability to be innovative and start anew. There is an openness and innocence with this  placement which can create a sense of wonder.

Once of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”The king of the fairies approaching his domain.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill