Wizard Weekly by Daniel Giamario | June 29, 2025 |
On Sunday, June 29, at 6:14PM PDT, the Moon aligns with Mars at 7Virgo13. Earlier this morning the Moon aligned with Regulus. As you may remember from my earlier post, just before Mars joined with Regulus at 0Virgo, “Operation Rising Lion” was initiated with Israel’s attack on Iran. Trump has 29Leo55 Rising, and both he and Netanyahu have Mars at 26Leo! Now, what is Mars potentially signifying?
TOTAMS Astrology uses both the signs and constellations. We look at the tropical sign placement as well as where Mars is located amongst the stars. Noticing that Mars is fast approaching the star Zosma at 11Virgo30, on the haunch of the Lion, I initially based my stellar inquiry on this, imagining the great strength that can be generated from that part of the Lion. But Zosma is quite far North of the ecliptic, and when seeing where Mars is actually located, it’s at the front of the phallic region of the Lion. Surely, this is an even more potent alignment than I had initially been speculating on! Mars is at +1.44 magnitude, easily seen in the evening sky, 58° from the Sun, still close to Regulus.
This Moon-Mars conjunction is the third quest/challenge of Phase Two in Mars’ 25-month Cancer synodic Overstory. Four more Lunar conjunctions happen before Mars descends into the Underworld on November 13, where soon after he will meet up with Venus in the Underworld Saga. The intent of this Phase, for the archetypal Masculine in both men and women, is to encounter the important tasks necessary to be able to re-vision Cancer in a more global and evolved way, beyond the hitherto prevalent patriarchal and clannish, nationalistic shadow-Cancer. This portal of initiation is preparing Mars for his next constellational encounters: moving past the tail of the Lion, then passing through the Priestess Constellation, followed by the Scales, and entering the Scorpion where he will pass into the Underworld. Interestingly, just before reaching the Lions’s tail star Denebola, on July 20 Mars aligns with the South Node at 19Virgo38. This provides an incredible opportunity for having the strength to perceive and digest the obsolete and destructive patterns of patriarchal Cancer from the past.
Meanwhile, much else is on the table. Mercury remains in opposition to Pluto, assisting in perceiving the shadows, should we have the courage. Venus is fast approaching the Pleiades and entering the Sacred Hoop on July 4. In the background, like a good back-up band, Uranus is in trine with Pluto, as well as sextiling Neptune and Saturn. And last, but very much not least, Uranus enters Gemini on July 6/7. TOTAMS is offering a special Uranus Enters Gemini Highlight Seminar on July 5. Register here! You can also submit questions regarding Uranus and Gemini in your chart for my July 2 Chart Deep Dive Group Mentoring session.