As I write this, we’re in the midst of the Sun/Mercury Conjunction, exact in less than an hour. I wonder if you felt it as I had? With information coming at me fast and furiously, I was feeling really buzzy and a tad anxious. When I was in the throes of that earlier this morning, I decided to turn off the computer, daydream a bit, and then go in the bath (hence why I didn’t write this column and send my weekly newsletter until mid-afternoon today). I find it helps when mental energy feels ratcheted up to tune off the flurry of information so that we can digest all the inputs we’ve already received and further nurture/gestate the insights that already reside within us.

This Sun/Mercury Conjunction comes on the heels of yesterday’s Venus/Neptune Square, which we previously explored. It could align with us feeling a bit hazy, dulled, or filled with longing early this week. We may feel a bit spaced out, which may feel like a strange juxtaposition if we’re finding that information is coming at us in quick force. Open to the sea of your feelings, and see where they take you. Be confident that even if you feel a bit untethered that you will find the shore.

Adding to the multi-layered cake that is this week is the Scorpio Full Moon. This yearly lunation may have us feel entrenched in our passions while also feeling in the trenches with our tenacity, holding a tight grip on what we want to do, say, or pursue. For more on the Full Moon see here.

As the weekend approaches, so does that Saturn station, as the taskmaster planet gets set to shift retrograde. As you will remember, when a planet appears to change directions (whether beginning or ending its retrograde cycle) all that it presents archetypally appears very concentrated and apparent.

Being it’s Saturn, we could find ourselves more steeped in the experience of limits; given that restrictions are part of our “new now” in a whole new way, we may find ourselves growing aware of them---and how they make us feel—in a whole new way. I can’t help but wonder that since the Saturn station aligns this year with Mother’s Day, that perhaps the inability to gather together in person in celebration of our mother’s, grandmother’s, and the special females in our families may draw our attention even more deeply to the sorrow that’s stirring as many of us continue to shelter in place.

Remember that Saturn rewards hard work, reminds us of the value of time, regales experience, and makes us aware of when things have a solid foundation (and when they don’t). I feel like Saturn stations also remind us of the importance of not cutting corners while aligning with times when we see the outcome should we have done so. Look to see if you can find the form-forging beauty of limits, to see what may be more strongly manifesting in shape because of them.

All my best,

Stephanie

Astrological Highlights

May 4

Sun/Mercury Conjunction

May 7

Scorpio Full Moon

May 9

Mercury/Pluto Trine

May 11

Saturn Stations Retrograde

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Stellar Insights: May 4 - 10, 2020

Astrological Highlights