Tag archives: mars retrograde

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Starcodes Aug 24, 2018  Heather Roan Robbins With the Sun now in industrious Virgo the smell of back-to-school supplies mixes with wafts of roasting green chili and ripening apples, serenaded by haunting sounds of migrating geese with political intrigue grumbling in the background. This week it is important to continue to straighten out problems, expose what’s been hidden, and gather up the threads needed to organize for the fall. As the weekend begins, a pleasant, sociable but somewhat detached Aquarius Moon encourages us to connect with our people and share what we did on our summer vacation so we can reweave connection.  A grand trine formed by the sun, Saturn, and Uranus in practical earth signs throughout the weekend encourages us to both enjoy our projects of the moment, and put strategic pieces into motion for our fall goals. Sunday turns up the volume on our feelings, we need to… Read More

Starcodes August 17, 2018 Heather Roan Robbins

August 17, 2018 0

This week can rumble in like a grumpy lion and out like a cavorting mountain goat. The planets ask us to hold still, bask in the summer, dream about the future- but not get pushy and make try to make things happen -through this weekend. The pacing is slow, moody, if occasionally discombobulated as Mercury turns direct after three weeks retrograde. By the end of the week, though, mental Mercury appears to pick up speed, the Sun enters industrious Virgo, trines speedy Uranus and steady Saturn, and we’re ready to roll. A beautiful Moon-Jupiter conjunction in Scorpio can take us on that emotional roller coaster Friday night. That Scorpio Moon can pull us deep into introspection, deeper into the solitude of our personal psychic caves, just as Venus in Libra encourages us to want more attention and connection. This can be a tough combination. So, if the people we love… Read More

Starcodes Aug 3, 2018  Heather Roan Robbins

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Soak up the summer this weekend, rest, there’s no point in trying to push the river with six planets retrograde by the end of the week. Of course, we need to handle emergencies, keep the ball rolling on ongoing business, and stay aware of what political scalawags are doing, but otherwise the stars encourage us to prioritize our health and relationships, and dream big, rather than muscle our work. As the weekend begins, the Moon in comfort-loving Taurus trines serious Saturn and reminds us to refill our wells and appreciate traditional summer fare. Having heatstroke isn’t one of them. Our weather conditions can alternate between lovely and mythic as a Mars – Uranus square in air signs stirs up storms and a Jupiter – Neptune trine tends to extremes of water and drought. May it bring us extremely nice weather and let everyone recover. Uranus joins Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune,… Read More

Starcodes July 27, 2018  Heather Roan Robbins

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Welcome Midsummer. Though it may be an astrologically complicated week, at the peak of overheated days and sunlit evenings it’s good to move slowly, have safe adventures, and store up memories for the winter. It pays to bring our minds to points of brightness, good memories or hopeful projects- This is an emotionally volatile week depression can hover at the edges- our psyche can wrestle with ghosts and chase rabbits-so listen, process, and don’t believe the script the mind may write. We need to take extra care of one another, check in, and find the sit calm in the center of this gyroscope. The weekend can be fun if not intimate, perfect for family gatherings or a rodeo, woven with some wild headlines and a few chaotic moments. Today brings the party full Moon in community-oriented Aquarius, normally perfect for any gathering with like souls to celebrate life; music and… Read More

Starcodes July 20, 2018 Heather Roan Robbins

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The summer is about to get slower, if no less complex. Mercury turns retrograde this Tuesday through August 19 and joins Mars, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune, and Chiron already retrograde, or appear to back up against the zodiac because of difference between our orbit and ours. When the planets appear move backwards it’s a good time for us to look backwards, to review where we’ve been, remember what we’ve learned in our personal and cultural history. Notice personal and political issues that we thought we’d already overcome but are now back up for another lay of work on the spiral of life. The past can feel very present with us in retrograde season. Retrogrades ask us to slow down, forget what we thought we were going to do and tend to the work that shows up. It helps to keep our sense of humor, so the small snafus and the strange… Read More

Starcodes June 22, 2018

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(all times MDT) Astrological aspects are often reflected by news headline which gives us a current myth to work on and a metaphor to remind us of our personal work. The recent headline grabbing conflagration between our government and immigrant families in the name of holding a healthy border is a painful illustration of the present astrological issues. An ongoing Jupiter-Neptune trine points out (and asks us to liberate) wherever our boundaries feel leaky, and wherever people are truly victimized. Mercury opposes Pluto this weekend and brings our mind to loss, loss of information, loss of people, how we handle depression, and who is in control of communication. The Sun is now in domestic, maternal Cancer, and this Wednesday the Moon will oppose the sun (a full moon) in paternal Capricorn, conjunct serious, restrictive Saturn, which may bring to a head this terrible debate around the American treatment of immigrant… Read More

Starcodes April 15 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

April 14, 2016 0

This could be a really interesting week; we have a fire-sign trine, an earth-sign trine, Mars and Pluto turn retrograde, and Mercury slows down to retrograde the following week. We’ve had a lot of fire in the sky lately, with a few good solar flares and a line-up of planets and fire signs. In a good moment all this fire can leave us enthusiastic, easily irritated, and boldly going where we have not gone before; in a tough moment we can feel hotheaded, fried because we’re juggling too much, or bored because we wish we were juggling more. As the weekend begins, the Sun, Venus, and Uranus in Aries, Mars and Saturn in Sagittarius, and the Moon in Leo forming a loose grand trine to get us moving and grooving. Our emotional actions may be over the top, but we can feel more brave and outspoken than usual, willing to… Read More