Energy Update: mutable t-square (moon in Pisces square Mercury and Venus in Sag opposed to retrograde Mars in Gemini)
We're coming up on our first big hits to our Mars retrograde cycle this week as Mercury and Venus meet up in Sagittarius to oppose Mars in Gemini. Mercury is about the message, Venus is about what we want, and Mars is about how we get it - notice that the message and what we want are on one side of the opposition and how we get it is on the other. That is a great metaphor for the general energy of this week.
Because 3/5 of our personal planets are involved, this is going to be personal. It may show up in the world at large (I wouldn't be surprised if we hear so more about the lies of the Big Peach - one of America's most famous Geminis - this week). But it will almost inevitably show up in our personal lives - especially in our most stressed relationships.
We just came out of a Gemini-Sag lunar node cycle LAST December and this is going to hit on a lot of the touchy points that were brought up during that time. Gemini and Sagittarius are both mutable signs and concerned, to a greater or lesser degree, with "the truth" versus "the lie". Gemini tends to be more inwardly exploratory - often very focused on looking at every angle to the point that they forget to come to any conclusion. Sagittarius tends to be more outwardly focused and can become a bit of a guru - completely convinced that they have found the one and only truth.
Truth, of course, is somewhere in between. In fact, one can certainly argue that truth wears as many faces as people who perceive it.
Any and all of these things may arise to the surface during this time.
Additionally, tonight through tomorrow, we are also tying in the energy of our first quarter Pisces moon which will form a t-square with Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
Pisces has their own version of the truth. In that, they would rather avoid it altogether, at least in Pisces' immature form. Here we see a conflict between what we want, what we are saying that we want, how we need to go about getting it, and THE LIES THAT WE TELL. In a week where Mercury and Venus opposed Mars is demanding that we fess up to what is really going on, our Piscean moon may have some crying in a corner about how they would rather just be lied to.
That's a mood, surely, but it goes nowhere good.
We've come too far since January 2022 and the conjunction of all of our planets in Capricorn to lie about it now. Lying is backward motion, it keeps us locked in the past. Telling the truth, no matter how difficult, is forward motion.
You may need to pick a side.
In general, retrograde Mars in Gemini is brimming with anger with no good outlet, so expect tempers to be high all week long. If you're prone to emotional dysregulation, now is the time to implement your best care tactics to manage it. If you're sensitive, in general, to the emotions of others; this will be a good week to lie low and protect yourself.
The big flex this week will be to hold space for an/others truth without taking it personally. The big flex this week is to be honest. Sagittarius is one of the braver signs, this is something that we will all have at our disposal in spades but it requires showing up.
All tough aspects between Venus and Mars are said to be break-up weather, but retrograde Mars in Gemini probably isn't decisive enough to be up for the task. Be aware of passive aggressiveness and backhanded slights. A lot of people are going to be really in it; you may have the grace to give them that space, but you may also have a deep realization that enough is enough.
The Mercury-Mars opposition went exact yesterday and the Venus-Mars opposition goes exact tomorrow. Today we are in between them in this rough quarter moon mutable t-square energy. It is worth noting that while Mercury and Venus are conjunct now, they will also conjunct again at the end of December in Capricorn right as Mercury retrogrades for the fourth and final time this year. All of this is a part of the greater cycle of re-evaluation that has been ongoing all year.
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