Monday, January 30th-

The first aspect of the day and week occurs at 8:47am when Mercury in Aquarius semisquares Venus in Pisces, creating tension between the mind and the heart. With Mercury in Aquarius our thinking is rational, logical and emotionally detached. But with Venus in Pisces our feelings are deep, emotional and incredibly sensitive. These two seemingly opposite energies can create issues today in communication- where we are not able to find a meeting point between thoughts and feelings. Positively this aspect can help present us with opportunities to find a meeting point between mind and heart, intellect and emotion in communication with others and with ourselves (within).

The only other aspect today occurs at 9:02am when Chiron at 3'33 Pisces semisextiles Ceres at 3'33 Aries. With the wounded healer harmoniously aspecting the asteroid goddess of mothering and nurturing we are supported in healing old wounds around our need for s...

This upcoming year is full of mutable energy. There are 3 modalities in astrology- cardinal, fixed and mutable. If you know Indian Ayurveda- cardinal is like Pitta, fixed is like Kapha and mutable is like Vata. Cardinal is the energy of initiation, starting things, taking action and at times it can manifest as being overly impulsive and unrestrained. Fixed is the energy of staying with things, seeing them through, grounding and at times holding on too long and staying stuck in the past. Mutable is the energy of change, mutation, letting go and at times instability and lack of focus.

In 2012 we have so much mutable energy it's kind of crazy! Mars, the masculine will and drive, is in mutable Virgo for a very long stay (until July 2012) due to his retrograde towards the end of this month. Venus, the goddess of Love and beauty, will move into mutable Gemini and retrograde as well, occulting the sun in June (a very rare occurrence). Jupiter, the planet of expansion and ab...