Tag archives: Mercury in Taurus

Starcodes March 31, 2017 Heather Roan Robbins

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Feel that existential spring restlessness, enthusiasm, and general contrariness set off by the recent Aries overload, with the Sun, Mercury. Venus, and Uranus all in brash Aries. Our energy can come in bursts and waves, cat-like, with patches of lassitude between, as Aries brings energy for a dash, not a marathon. This extra electrical energy can turn into anxiety in a flash, as it turns up both our bravery, but also our fight or flight response; we can handle real problems with aplomb, but can turn up our nerve-volume and respond out of proportion to life’s lesser emergencies. We may also feel spring fever curling sensuously around the edges with Venus and Mars in each other’s sign (Venus in Aries, Mars in Taurus, signs they find uncomfortable but interconnected). Procreation after a cold winter is a form of rebellion for all life forms. The energy relaxes a bit and get… Read More

Starcodes June 3 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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We can look forward to a talkative, sociable new Moon in Gemini this weekend, when the Sun and Moon conjunct Venus and begin a new cycle of connections and communication. It’s time to multitask and juggle, connect, make new acquaintances, take a short trip, or do anything but stay home and be bored. The Gemini energy is curious, informative, even gossipy. We can be unusually intuitive and aware of interpersonal dynamics and what’s going on around us, but our antennae can be hyper-attuned, and our thought process so busily keeping the mental hamster wheel spinning, that we can end up feeling drained unless we take the time to rest and reconnect with our source. It is a great week to celebrate diversity in all its forms. That Sun/Moon/Venus conjunction in mutable Gemini is part of a grand square, as those three planets together oppose Saturn and square both Neptune and… Read More

Starcodes May 6 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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What a fertile time to tend our green garden and human landscape. Pay mindful attention to the healthy, burgeoning natural world, and let that natural enthusiasm infuse every cell of the body. Today’s New Moon in Taurus at 1:29 PM MDT heralds one of the most fecund weekends of the year. Let’s plant seeds, transplant blooming flowers, and seed new habits, plant anything we truly want to grow. It’s time to be embodied. What is root, bone cell growing and alive furthers this weekend. The messages of body language and heart can come through loud and clear. Moving and talking, however will need extra attention. Transportation issues and communication problems of all kinds, however, can be truly problematic. Do not ignore the “check engine” light as this Mercury retrograde is in an Earth signs, and we can see pragmatic physical difficulties with tools we use to transport and communicate. It… Read More

Starcodes April 29 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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As long as we’re not in a hurry we can enjoy this weekend’s sweet and mellow aspects, which are perfect for puttering in the garden or through the farmer’s market and checking in with old friends. Catch up with a backlog of emotional processing. Venus enters its own earthy sign of Taurus and nurtures our gardens and our relationships. But if we have specific places to go, things to do, and a tight timeline to get there, we’ll tend to feel frustrated and can tune into an underlying ambient irritation. It will help us to stay flexible about our plans while being open to serendipity and important side agendas; yes we can make plans and set a few easy goals, but let’s be willing to roll with life and work with what fate has to offer. Mercury has just turned retrograde and all things now Mercurial slow down and take… Read More

Starcodes April 15 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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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

Starcodes April 8 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

April 8, 2016 0

“And now for something completely different! “Monty Python No matter what the weather, spring fever is in the air and can help pry us out of any lingering winter’s ruts. Notice the urge to break routine and search for a companion, a new system or new regime, spawned by last week’s new Moon in Aries, Sun, Venus and Uranus in Aries. Though this urgency to shift gears can feel at odds with another thread weaving through the astrological tapestry, a desire to feel more cozy and stable which calls to us from Mercury and this weekend’s Moon in earthy Taurus. We need to find a way to meet both needs and make it work, rather than toggle between the two. If the answer we’ve been looking for is not a long our usual paths, now our hearts may wander and our feet want to wander. We may feel a soul-deep… Read More

Starcodes April 24, 2015 Heather Roan Robbins

April 23, 2015 1

This is a rich and fertile week to garden our life and plant what we want to grow. The Sun, Mercury, and Mars in earthy Taurus loan us stability, fruitfulness, steadiness, and a longing for stability. We just may not move as fast as we’d like. Nor be able to change our minds very easily. These planets encourage us to root deep or build in place, so we may not be feeling as portable or flexible as usual. Once were in motion we can stay in motion, but it can feel really good to nestle under a favorite tree, and once someone snuggles into a recliner, don’t expect them to budge. Nasty habits and bad politics, weeds of all kinds can also take root, so let’s tend our garden carefully. To offer a counterpoint, Venus now in mutable Gemini imparts a bit more emotional versatility and helps us keep the… Read More

Starcodes April 10 2015  Heather Roan Robbins

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Springtime can change our landscape; restless roots push up and shift the ground and dirt, water rushes down streams and erodes the ground here, deposits there. Trees swell from winter grey through the yellows and red of bud into brave and tender green leaves. Our lives can do the same as the Sun and Mercury finish a conjunction with Uranus in activated Aries, and a square to Pluto. We need to feel the ache of spring discontent and roll with unexpected shifts in our terrain. New life sprouts under these aspects; when our goals are clear we can find surprising resources to feed our roots. Interesting new connections can bud quickly and publicity blossoms easily when our energy gets on a roll. We might not always like the changes in the terrain though; like the burgeoning roots of a neighboring tree, the growth of people or projects nearby can crowd… Read More