Ok, So I’m Across the Street! So...Now What?
Weekend Horoscope for Saturday, June 4 through Sunday, June 5, 2022
Well, it’s a nice view over here, I guess, but why hasn’t my life changed instantaneously?
If you took the journey to the other side of the street yesterday and things aren’t looking any different, you may be wondering, what’s next? Or why haven’t things changed yet? I know I am, LOL!
Saturn is stationary today and goes retrograde tomorrow…that’s why! End of horoscope. That’s all I have to report.
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
No, I’m just kidding! But seriously, “Why Saturn, Why?!” Ugh…it feels like life just won’t cut us a break right now! And there are favorable aspects going on that should bring us treasures in life…but…
I think today is a day where we all have to take a look at our shadow selves, where are we hiding, and where are we feeling like our value is not being acknowledged?
The Moon in Leo is making a square aspect this morning to Venus in Taurus—where would you like to have more fun, but maybe you’re not feeling like you are enough in some way—is it your looks? Your finances? Your sensualness? Somewhere there is a feeling of lack that needs to be explored today and cleared, for it isn’t justified. It’s based on illusion—it’s just so hard to see ourselves the way others see us sometimes and we can get caught up in self-doubt and self-deprecation. Break out of these self-sabotaging thoughts—do your best to show yourself love and affection today. Be your own best company! Have a party with yourself, and celebrate!
This type of stuff keeps coming up because with the Moon in Leo, it’s like we have some sort of whiny self-esteem issue even though people love us.
Now that Mercury is direct in Taurus and moving towards Gemini, joining the Sun in the same sign, we may feel like we have to justify what we want sensually with logic. Just last night I had such an experience…
I have been on a journey to lose weight. I have lost 18 pounds over the last three months and hit my goal weight last week! But, since the day I hit my goal, I have been indulging in chocolate! Unfortunately, this has not been helping me maintain my goal weight- I know, shocker! But, last night I was trying to figure out what to eat as a late-night snack and I really wanted something sweet…I hemmed and hawed as I looked around the kitchen for what would satisfy and not be a huge calorie splurge, and then I finally settled on a tablespoon of walnuts and a tablespoon of chocolate chips, like a chocolate chip cookie without the cookie part! This is NOT a low-calorie snack! This snack put me over my calories by about 200 calories for the day. Nonetheless, I justified it as I walked back to my bedroom, tiny bowl in hand, to consume this scrumptious little meal, by saying to myself, “Well, if you want to eat things like this you’re just going to have to work out enough every day so that you can “afford” to spend the calories.” I went from sensual Taurean desires: wanting to eat chocolate, to logical Geminian thought: needing to work out more to justify it.
I reduced something sensual to something “rational.” Very Taurus to Gemini.
Now, will this help me maintain my goal weight? We’ll see…I’ll let you know if I talk myself into more chocolate indulgences logically!
And this experience brings me back to the Moon in Leo square Venus in Taurus—I DESERVE chocolate! I’ve worked so hard to lose the weight! I DESERVE to have a little fun! This is such a Leo thought, in the shadow sense…entitled, deserving, bratty, and honestly not for my best self, right?
And here’s where the Geminian rationality comes back in…If I want to eat chocolates and working out will “afford” me the calories, I need to work out FIRST before I eat the chocolates, right? Instead of going into calorie debt because I wanted immediate gratification (South Node in Scorpio—don’t even get me started on the Nodes right now!).
So, maybe you’re experiencing something similar…feeling like you want instant gratification on things, not wanting to do the work first, and then reap the rewards, but backward: taking advantage of the rewards BEFORE doing the work, cause you’ll do it, right? You’ll pay off that credit card, right? You’ll work out the next day, right? You’ll fix that thing that’s broken soon, right? You’ll clean up that mess tomorrow, right? You’ll do the paperwork over the weekend, right?
Now, I’m not here to tell you what you should or shouldn’t be doing, and don’t send me any emails telling me not to eat the chocolates! It’s my life, you can’t tell me what to do! What’s that, little Leo moon? You can’t be bossed around? No, of course not, and no one is trying to boss you around anyway…except Saturn.
Good ol’ Saturn, teaching us lesson after hard lesson. Sometimes I wish the planet of death, karma, and time would just suck an egg, ya know! But, that’s not a nice thing to think, is it?
No, Saturn is ‘the great teacher.’ And Saturn goes retrograde tomorrow—so the next five months are going to be, oh so much fun, as we reflect on all the seeds we planted in the first few months of the year and pray we reap a big harvest!
Saturn will return to 18 degrees Aquarius by the time he ends his retrograde in October—a degree he hit at the end of February, so he’s been in shadow since then—what that means is that whatever commitments you made, responsibilities you took on, or rules that you imposed upon yourself, at the end of February until now, are going to be a big part of your focus for the next five months.
Let’s pick some cards, shall we…
What is the energy for today?
Son of Wands
Delightful free-spirited energy, ready to play! Just try to be playful and child-like and have fun today! Let’s worry tomorrow! *wink *wink
What is the energy of the upcoming Saturn retrograde?
8 of Discs
Working towards a goal. Working with others, collaborating, and making things together. Being on the path and doing the work.
What is our challenge?
8 of Wands
Being goal-oriented. Trying to aim at a target and feeling almost there. This feels to me that our challenge is to keep this up and keep aiming at our target even if we feel discouraged.
What is our tool?
Daughter of Cups
Self-Care. Our tool is to love ourselves. Take care of yourself, sensually. Literally- take baths, relax, and enjoy the water flowing over you. Relieve stress by being kind and gentle to yourself. And practice acceptance.
What is the outcome?
6 of Swords
Having a broader perspective. Gaining clarity by looking from high above. Focusing on the big picture. The circle we are making with friends, the relationships we are building, the camaraderie, the bonds, and the respect that is forming for one another. The trust.
Just imagine the trust that everyone would have if a group of friends were to jump out of an airplane together, holding swords and roses, with the intention of making beautiful formations in the sky as they flew to the ground—now obviously these are magical beings that can not die in this picture, but it would still be scary and you’d have to trust in the divine to do this.
So, the outcome of this Saturn retrograde journey will be to gain clarity, and trust in the process, build trust in our relationships and grasp the bigger picture.
I hope this horoscope was helpful. It was helpful to write. Speaking of writing, check out the word poem list #2 for this month’s word poem game! Poems are due on the Full moon on June 14th.
Until Monday,
AstroMommy
Today’s horoscope was brought to you by: The Moon in Leo square Venus in Taurus, Saturn station retrograde, and the Sun in Gemini.
Tarot cards pulled from the Motherpeace Tarot. Do you like knowing which deck I used?