The Sun and Mercury are newly in Virgo and they will be conjunct ain a couple of days during the Full Moon eclipse. This is the midpoint of the Mercury direct cycle, where we are strongly motivated to express our point of view, but we might find that our view could be a little too personally focussed for our own good - we might not have the perspective on our ideas to bring them across successfully. And the eclipse tells us that there will also be an emotional component which

Today's New Moon eclipse in Leo is a new beginning in bravely getting ourselves, our products, or our services, out into the world in some way. We'll be in an eclipse season, however, through until the the Full Moon eclipse at the end of the month, and something is always hidden at this time, so be sensitive to the unseen to facilitate the process of getting yourself out in this new way. And I hope you are enjoying the Venus trine Uranus which is current for the next couple o

I hope you are enjoying the healing energy of yesterday's Chiron stationary retrograde. We have reached a plateau in our ability to heal our physical ills and thereby facilitate our growth, and we are moving into a period of consolidation in that healing process. Be gentle with yourself as you navigate this change. Mars is also sextile Eris this week, our new planet of diversity consciousness, as she also turns retrograde at 26 degrees of Aries. In the Greek and Roman mytholo

I hope you are enjoying this month's sextile between Uranus and Neptune, which is exact today. Our intuition and our spiritual consciousness are working together. This sextile is part of a bigger aspect pattern with Pluto sextile Neptune and trine Uranus - with both these aspects becoming exact over the next week. And, at the same time, Jupiter will be opposite Pluto, and so trine Neptune and sextile Uranus. Which means that we're in a time of balancing our expansion with our

I hope you've been enjoying the Mars sextile Jupiter that we've been having over the past couple of days, this has been a time of taking action to expand our lives in some way. Jupiter is about to dive into Leo tomorrow, just as Mercury turns retrograde, so this expansion could involve getting ready to put yourself or your product more on stage in some way, but you might find that the first three weeks of that involves some reassessment, or that you have to be persistent in y

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I hope you are enjoying today's Venus conjunct Jupiter. This is a genuinely generous combination — one of the warmest, most expansive, most relationship-rich aspects the heavens can offer. This is an aspect of good fortune in love and friendship, of abundance in connection, of the kind of lucky, joyful encounters that remind us why we are glad to be alive and in relationship with others. The Venus-Jupiter conjunction is square Eris, our new planet of diversity consciousness,

I hope you have been enjoying the sextile between the Sun and Saturn that we've been having for the past couple of days. This has hopefully been a great time for sorting out the practicalities in your life. Sometimes the Saturnian practicalities can feel a little onerous, but the saving grace in these next weeks is that Saturn will be conjunct Salacia, our new planet of higher-love consciousness, at 13 degrees Aries. There is something rather beautiful happening when Saturn

I hope you are enjoying today's sextile between the Sun and Varuna, our new planet of mastery consciousness and supreme sovereignty, which is at 9 degrees of Leo. This is a good day to hang out your shingle for any endeavour where you are taking a new step in some area of your life, or claiming a greater sovereignty in some way. Bliss, Sovereignty, and a Fated Life There has also been a quietly compelling tension in the sky for the last few months as Varuna has been forming a

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The big news this month is the Uranus-Sedna conjunction, which I talk more about below, but I hope you are also enjoying today's Mercury sextile to Jupiter. These are lucky days where we can reach out into the world and expand our lives in a way that is going to work for us. The Astrology of Ixion And you are all in luck, because to celebrate the launch of my new book The Astrology of Ixion, Pluto's Lawless Brother, Our New Seeker Consciousness, which has been flying off the

I hope you are enjoying today's close trine between Saturn and Varuna, our extraordinary dwarf planet of mastery consciousness, which is stationary direct at 9 degrees of Leo. This is a graceful and rather magnificent transit that carries the genuine promise of earned mastery, sovereign authority, and — perhaps unexpectedly — the liberating gift of laughter. This trine came within a 1 degree orb just over a week ago, it is exact today, and it will go out of orb on the 11th Ma

I hope you are enjoying Uranus' dive into Gemini today. For those on a spiritual path, this is a time to embrace meditation and mindfulness practices, to quiet the mind amidst the flurry of thoughts. These practices will not only ground you but also enable clearer channels for intuitive insights. Trust the spontaneous moments of clarity that arise, and do not fear stepping outside traditional spiritual practices to explore new ones that resonate with you. As you embark on thi

Mercury turned direct the day before yesterday and the winged messenger is closely conjunct the North Node today, so our thoughts and communication are moving from the internal focus that we've had for the past three weeks, to an external focus engaging with the world around us, and the Node conjunction tells us that we are taking new karmic steps in this engagement. And I hope you are enjoying today's Mars trine Jupiter, this is a time to take action to expand our lives and

I hope you are enjoying this week's Saturn Neptune conjunction which will be exact on Friday. I encourage you to be gentle with yourself in this intense time. This conjunction invites us to explore how discipline can coexist with dreams, how reality and idealism can dance together. This is a powerful time when the practical meets the mystical, offering us unique challenges and opportunities for growth. You might find yourself drawn to manifesting your dreams with a newfound f

I hope you are enjoying today's ingress of Saturn into Aries, as he prepares to conjunct Neptune next week. This ingress is likely igniting a powerful drive which is pushing you to pursue your goals with more vigour and determination than ever before. You can look at the next couple of years as a cosmic boot camp designed to reshape how you approach leadership, individuality, and personal ambition. However, it's important to remember that with this newfound drive comes the in

I hope you are enjoying today's Uranus stationary direct. Uranus promotes our consciousness growth by breaking through our Saturnian defences and we've been responding intuitively to these changes in our network over the past few months, dealing with developments that have been brought into our lives by external events. Now our intuition is in a position of equilibrium and we are about to forge ahead to expand our network and open our lives in new intuitive ways that work for

I hope you are enjoying today's ingress of Neptune into Aries. Many of us will find a new inspiration with this ingress, a dream which will motivate us to set off on a new path. So, if you are seeking a new path to express your spirituality more actively, these next years will be a rich time of discovery. As your spirituality develops, you will likely seek to redefine your personal identity, aligning this more closely with your spiritual beliefs and ideals. You could have a h

I hope you are enjoying the Sun, Venus, Mars conjunction we are having over these next couple of days. Venus is conjunct Mars today, with the Sun conjunct Mars tomorrow. Our will, our relationships and our actions are all pulling together in these days. We just have to be gentle on ourselves and not let our will run the show too much. If you remember instead to let your values play that role, things will go a lot better. The three planets are opposite Jupiter, with the exact

I hope you have been enjoying yesterday's Mars sextile the North Node. In these days we can take action to do the dharmic work that we are here to do. Mars is travelling together with the Sun and Venus at the moment, so our willpower and our values will also enliven our destiny over the next 3 days as we welcome in the new year. And let me take a moment to wish you all the best for the New Year and to thank you for being part of the DPU community, for reading these blog posts