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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.
Brave New World of the Jupiter – Pluto Finale. Turning points, new cycles and progress have been major themes over the last few weeks and the beginning of this week keeps the momentum going…
Saturn turns direct. This is hugely important because it means we’ll have all the “personal” planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) moving in the right direction. Mercury enters Virgo and the week ends with a Grand Trine in earth.
Mars is the dominant feature this week and it’s as if he’s come out of neutral, where he’s been idling, and selected first gear. Mars will now start to inch forwards again but will take a while to pick up speed. So even when a matter takes a turn for the better the golden rule is still not to rush anything. It’s happening slowly at first, but it’s happening.
The week starts quietly, with no major aspects until Thursday, one of which involves Mars who turned retrograde last week at 9 degrees of Aquarius. This means that Mars is apparently moving backwards through the heavens, and it also means that he’s on a go slow. In the whole of July Mars will travel only 6 degrees, moving from 9 to 3 degrees of Aquarius, and this is a big part of the backdrop to the rest of the summer…