by Daniel Giamario | Dec 1, 2024 |
There is much happening this week! It begins on Sunday at 10:16PM EST, with the Sagittarius out-of-bounds Moon at 9Sagittarius33. Among so many other things, several important placements on the United States chart are amplified:
- ASC at 13Sagittarius10
- Mars 21Gemini22
- Pluto 27Capricorn33Rx
- Neptune at 22Virgo25
- and The North Node of 6Leo35.
Soon following are:
Wednesday
- Mercury Opposite Jupiter at 16Sagittarius43Rx—16Gemini43Rx, near US ASC and Mars
- Sun Square Saturn at 13Sagittarius00–13Pisces00, conjunct US ASC
- Moon Conjunct Venus at 27Capricorn21, conjunct US Pluto
Thursday
- Sun conjunct Mercury at 14Sagittarius27, near US ASC
Friday
- Mars stations retrograde at 6Leo10, conjunct US North Node
- Mercury Square Saturn at 13Sagittarius05–13Pisces05, near US ASC
- Venus enters Aquarius, conjuncting Pluto and Ceres
Saturday
- Sun opposite Jupiter at 16Sagittarius15–16Gemini15, US ASC and Mars activated
- Neptune stations direct at 27Pisces07, sextiles US Pluto and opposite US Neptune
Other Highlights
Mercury
Just now completing the 109-day Leo synodic overstory, Mercury has left the world stage, and is now in the interior underworld between the Earth and Sun. This is the metamorphic phase of the journey, lasting from December 1-10, when Mercury is shape-shifting and dying to the Leo overstory and birthing into the Sagittarius overstory. The conjunction with the Sun on Thursday is a most mysterious point, where the solar energies infuse Mercury with the magic of a new birth, the veritable essence of a retrograde. This is about inner work. When stationary direct on December 15 as a morning star at 6Sagittarius23, the birthing of the Sagittarius overstory is accomplished.
Venus
Increasing to magnitude -4.2 and continuing to ascend in the evening sky, now 44degrees from the Sun, Venus and the Moon align at 27Capricorn21. This is the 5th Moon-Venus conjunction as she has been ascending from the exterior Inanna underworld. This opens the portal that corresponds to the 5th chakra, the throat chakra. It should be quite interesting to see what will happen with a newly birthed Sagittarius Mercury amplified by an awakened throat chakra. Let us all speak the truth, clearly and fearlessly. The evening of Wednesday will be a great time to witness the Moon about 2-3degress below Venus in the evening sky.
Mars
The Mars retrograde on Friday is a significant marker in the current gestation phase of the Mars synodic overstory of Gemini. This 25-month synod reached the gestation phase when Mars entered Cancer on September 4, 2024. You can consider that this is when the overstory of the next synod was conceived. The gestation and incubation, as if in the womb, ends at opposition on January 15, 2025, at 26Cancer12 – this is the first breath, the Cancer birth. This synod has a relatively long gestation of 133 days, and it has a unique and unusual feature. Mars is in Leo for 63 days of the gestation. This includes both the retrograde as well as two Moon-Mars conjunctions on November 20 and December 18. When comparing a Mars synodic overstory to a human life span, these times correspond to the second and third trimesters of a birth process. This is so interesting, as in this Cancerian womb, clearly the power and intention of the sovereignty and autonomy of Leo is being incorporated into the Cancer Mars which does not usually have this feature! It bodes good news that the future evolution of the Cancer Mystery School will include the individuality of Leo. Good news for the world, and possibly even the United States, as Jupiter will enter Cancer next June!
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Nature art and photo: Naraya Naserian