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Daily Horoscope Check-In for Thursday, July 25, 2024
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Good morning, friends!
Last night we had a really big thunder and lightning storm! The lightning and thunder were so close that they happened simultaneously and it sounded like a giant was throwing boulders at the ground and as they struck they would explode sending out a shower of lights. Then the torrential rains came, pounding on the house as if we were traveling through a giant house-sized car wash, whipping the windows with cleaning winds.
This morning it has been grey and green with more rain, but no thunder. It does not feel like the “summer” I knew growing up in California, where the days felt like being baked in a dry, hot oven and rain was something that we prayed for dearly, as we and the earth dried out into leathery, brittle things, like overbaked sun-dried tomatoes. No, it feels like a completely different beast. And this summer beast is wet, and soggy, and buggy.
What is the weather like where you’re at?
A quick update on our ongoing saga: our plumbing was fixed yesterday! Between the septic being pumped and my husband running the plumbing snake one last time, we finally got it cleared! Halle-freakin’-lullah!
Okay, let’s get into…the astrology
Today’s Transits
(All times are in Eastern Time unless mentioned otherwise)
Two important transits are happening today, a YOD between Mercury, Neptune, Pluto, and the Moon, and the Sun and Mars in a sextile.
The YOD, the “finger of God” is a slender triangle formation that points to an apex planet that will serve as the front man for the expression of the configuration.
Usually, a YOD is between three planets, but today there are four because the Moon is joining the dance.
Okay, so let’s talk about this YOD and the sequence of events, which will naturally lead us to the sextile between the Sun and Mars.
YOD basics:
A YOD is a special transit that involves at least three planets and forms a narrow triangle-shaped aspect between the three. The base of the triangle is a sextile (a 60-degree angle) between two planets, a harmonious aspect, representing an opportunity-- and in this case, this is between Pluto in Aquarius and Neptune in Pisces, both retrograde and technically in an out-of-sign sextile to one another. The Moon is jumping in with Neptune’s position today. Then, those two planets (in this case, three) each make a quincunx (a 150-degree angle), which is not a harmonious aspect, but one that represents change and separation-- with a third planet, forming the apex of the triangle, in this case, the apex planet is Mercury.
So, wherever transiting Mercury falls in your chart, that area is being activated today by the hand of destiny.
You can see the YOD in the chart below making a pie-shaped triangle with two green lines and one short blue line.
A few hours before the YOD activation, the Moon formed a sextile to Uranus in Taurus when she hit 26 degrees of Pisces at 5:19 am ET; at that time something unusual, out of the ordinary, or a surprise element to the day was set in motion.
At 10:26 am the Moon made her quincunx to Mercury in Leo and at 10:31 am she conjoined Neptune in Pisces retrograde, thereby activating the ongoing out-of-sign sextile between Neptune and Pluto that has been going on for about a month in the background.
The sextile between Neptune and Pluto is interesting because they will never actually perfect the 60° angle to the minute, due to their differing speeds. There will be one day when they will be in a partile sextile (at the same degree but not the same minute of arc) on September 1-2, 2024, when Pluto ingresses back into Capricorn—that will be the closest these two get to perfecting this sextile this year. They will hover within range of this angle to each other until late November 2024.
What does all of this mean?
Neptune and Pluto, both retrograde, in a sextile together, represent a feeling within the collective of wanting to work together to bring forth a major transformation of spirit, spirituality, and the supernatural. According to astrologer Reinhold Ebertin in his book, The Combination of Stellar Influences1, Neptune and Pluto in a harmonious aspect together represent, “An intensified and purified soul-life, a high degree of sensitiveness, a highly active imagination and fantasy, illusions, clairvoyant visions and second sight, an inclination to delve into unusual and supernatural phenomena, a love of mysticism, self-knowledge (by inner realization of truth).”
So at the base of this YOD, we have a very potent dynamic playing out in the collective unconscious that may bring a sort of supernatural insight or an illusory element to something dark, hidden, or Plutonian.
These two planets and the Moon, which brings all of this closer to home by way of our emotions and feelings picking up on this vast collective undercurrent, point to Mercury, the messenger god.
Mercury will first form a quincunx to Neptune at 11:59 am while in Leo and then when he ingresses into Virgo at 6:41 pm ET tonight he will form the exact quincunx to Pluto in Aquarius retrograde tomorrow, July 26, 2024, at 8:49 pm ET. So, this YOD will be in effect for all of today and all of tomorrow. This means that we may hear some very pivotal information in the news today and tomorrow. Something that will change the course of events or set things in motion on a certain trajectory that may bring out a deeper truth about something.
Pluto and Neptune working together could represent a sort of narrative to mask corruption, like an advertisement making claims that may or may not be true, but with Mercury at the apex and first in courageous Leo and then in his home sign of analytical Virgo, this advertisement or illusion magic will be under microscopic scrutiny. Mercury in Leo gets to the heart and Mercury in Virgo gets to the details—so we are getting to the nitty-gritty heart of a situation with this YOD.
Then the Moon will enter Aries at 10:52 am and form a sextile to Pluto in Aquarius retrograde at 12:13 pm, bringing the news and the truth to the people.
In our personal lives, Moon sextile Pluto represents a willingness to look at deep issues and keep moving onward. Moon in Aries will not let the fear of scarce resources or worry about survival stop her from courageously fighting for new ideas, inventive solutions, and pioneering efforts. Moving forward is her agenda. Being strong is her agenda. Leading the way—is her agenda.
In the afternoon at 2:44 pm the Aries Moon will form a sesquiquadrate (135°) to Venus in Leo meaning that we have been working on something valuable or beautiful in our lives and it will take a lot of effort to keep working on it. We may experience some setbacks or delays today but with applied effort and energy we may power through.
At 4:28 pm the Moon in Aries will make a trine to the Sun in Leo so this means we are successful with our efforts today moving things along toward our goal.
I know that for me, I am getting ready to start the next homeschool year and today I need to do a lot of things to make that a reality in the next week and a half! The Aries Moon trine Sun in Leo energy will give me the gusto to blaze into my homeschool room and get it ready for a new year!
The Moon will also perfect a sextile to Mars in Gemini at 4:35 pm and the Sun will perfect his sextile to Mars at 10:32 pm—so there is a lot of potential energy to get things done today that is very positive and encouraging.
You can see the Sun and Mars in sextile to each other in the chart below.
The Sun and Mars in a harmonious aspect gives us the will to live, to do things, and increases our vitality. The sextile is a harmonious aspect said to be the nature of Venus, so it brings a willingness to work together between the planets and an aptitude for friendship. The Sun and Mars working together can mean more determination, virility, courage, and leadership qualities.
With the Moon and Sun also in a trine during this transit and the YOD that is still in formation, this could be a day where we get a lot accomplished in our personal lives and at the same time, hear about some interesting news!
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