Weekly insights into the stars
Mercury is currently travelling through Scorpio – and Venus is still retrograde in Scorpio – and the week starts with the two meeting up. Generally Mercury – Venus conjunctions are good news, but just bear in mind that Venus is retrograde so there is a hidden element at work or a complex emotional thread running through the weave.
After the stillness and introspection of last week, things are on the move again, but in that Scorpionic way that is often unfathomable. This may show in dealing with people you simply can’t understand, and vice versa.
So, Pluto is getting back on track and getting stronger, Venus is going to rewind and get weaker, especially as Scorpio is one of her signs of detriment. This is like Pluto emerging from the underworld but Venus heading back into it.
Mercury and the Sun have just entered Libra. Ingresses are symbolically important because they open new cycles, and the nature of the beginning of those new cycles is indicated by their first aspects – ie which other planets do they align with first, for good or ill.
The Mars – Uranus finale – if you have planets or angles between 0 and 2 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) this event is closing a significant and probably extremely rocky cycle.