Venus and the Moon Trine Uranus & the Ace of Cups—Reversed
Daily Horoscope Check-in for Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Good morning, friends!
Something is happening today that we haven’t talked about in a while and that is that Saturn is exiting his post-retrograde shadow period today! Saturn stationed retrograde back on June 16, 2023, at 7° Pisces 12’; traveled back to 0°Pisces 30’ and stationed direct on November 4, 2023. Today, Saturn will hit and pass over 7°Pisces 12’, leaving the shadow period. What this means is that the pressure brought on by Saturn’s retrograde motion over the first 8 degrees of Pisces will now shift off of that space and enter new territory. The last time we felt Saturn in this next space of the zodiac was about 30 years ago, as it takes 28-30 years for Saturn to make a full trip around the Sun.
If you have planets or angles in the first 8 degrees of any of the mutable signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, then you have been feeling the effects of a steamroller ironing out your life in those areas for the past 11 months since Saturn entered Pisces on March 7, 2023. Now, the steamroller is moving further along.
Saturn will not station retrograde again until June 29, 2024, at 19°Pisces 25’ and then he will only retrograde back to 12°Pisces 41’, so the area between 7°Pisces 13’ and 12°Pisces 40’ will only experience Saturn’s pressure directly once this time around. Oftentimes, once is enough, though! Am I right? Raise your hand if you agree! LOL!
Saturn contacts are no joke, as he adds immense pressure to wherever and whatever he touches in your chart; he’s like the heavy hand of a god going over those areas of your life and if what you have is solid and can withstand the cosmic force, diamonds are made, but, if what you have is not, it will crack under the pressure, like a crumbling piece of graphite.
Moving on to something much more fun…
Venus has moved two degrees off her square to the Nodes and she will leave the 3-degree range of engagement to Chiron today, taking some pressure off of our emotional triggers. You may have noticed an event in your life revolving around relationships, friendships, money, or your values yesterday that created a shift to the story and today another interesting plot twist may occur.
The Moon in Capricorn is bringing it all home by joining Venus this afternoon. First, the Moon will square Chiron at 10:32 am ET; then two hours later square the Nodes at 12:35 pm ET from the southern bending, indicating a private or personal life event. Three hours later the Moon will conjoin Venus and trine Uranus, followed by Venus perfecting her trine to Uranus all within the hours of 3 and 4:30 pm ET.
Let’s take a look at the chart for today to get a better idea about what this may mean.
You can see Venus and the Moon in Capricorn co-present with Mars on the right-hand side of the chart, just below the horizon line, between 3 and 4 o’clock.
First, Venus and the Moon coming together is always a nice aspect in that it represents harmony in the family and pleasant experiences with friends and lovers. The Moon is at detriment in Capricorn and so the conjunction to Venus is a welcome one that can offer support, aid, and blessings.
The trine is of the nature of Jupiter so it brings things together, and creates harmony, joy, and appreciation between the planets. Since Uranus is in Taurus, Venus’s home sign and the exaltation sign of the Moon, this trine is even more blessed with spontaneous sparks of abundance and prosperity!
Uranus represents surprises that shake things up and out, so this trine between the Moon, Venus, and Uranus is sure to bring some exciting new twists and turns to the storyline of your relationships, your love life, or in regards to your values, that are pleasant, harmonious, and helpful!
This transit could represent an unexpected gift from a sister, aunt, or important woman in your life that positively affects your family life. It could be a blessing of good fortune that shows up out of the blue! It could also represent finding something Venusian that you lost, like an earring or your favorite pair of shoes or money you hid in the pocket of an old coat! Whatever happens, it has all the signatures of creating unexpected joy, gratitude, and fortune!
The day ends with Mars in Capricorn forming a sextile to Neptune in Pisces at 7:20 pm ET and then the Moon making a semisquare to Saturn in Pisces at 8:25 pm ET.
Mars sextile Neptune could indicate feeling inspired to take action on something we have been wanting to do. It’s a step in the right direction toward physically understanding what our intuition already knows it needs.
The Moon semisquare Saturn from the sign of her detriment is a little less positive in that the semisquare represents asking for something and getting turned down and with Saturn that means getting a “No,” answer. The Moon is in her dark moon, balsamic phase, so she is letting go of the things that didn’t work out over the previous month. This could be like a child asking dad for another bowl of ice cream right before bed and dad saying, “Nope, it’s bedtime.” It could be something small like that.
Hard aspects between the Moon and Saturn feel like rules placed on the freedom of expression from the child within. The semi-square is not as harsh as getting grounded for a week, as a square aspect could indicate, but it is a shorter reprimand, like being sent to our rooms or something. So, there could be something we want, maybe inspired by the unexpected gift or experience that comes up with the Moon/Venus trine Uranus, but Saturn is telling the Moon she has to wait. That can be frustrating, but it doesn’t mean we have to wait forever, it just means that we have to wait for the timing to be right and be patient right now. Saturn rules over the boundaries of time, after all.
Let’s see what the cards have to say…
What is the guidance for today?
Ace of Cups—Reversed
On this card we see a hand coming out of a cloud, holding a golden goblet. The goblet has five fountains of water pouring out of it and a white dove rises over the brim of the cup. A golden orb of light rests inside the cup. In the foreground, there is a beautiful lotus flower, blooming and budding. Green islands grace the calm waters of the sea in the background.
This is a very positive card that, in the upright position, means the beginning of new love, new relationships, feelings of compassion, and creativity. The waters run over the edge of the cup symbolizing blessings, good fortune, and loving feelings that come out of the blue and overwhelm you with joy and happiness!
In the reversed position this could mean that you are feeling empty, drained, or lacking the flow of love right now. You could be feeling sad and tears may need to be released to create emotional flow again. You may need to give yourself a big hug and the space to cry. Emotions may come out of the blue that are bittersweet. Happiness intertangled with sadness, like watching your child grow up and step further from your embrace as they embrace adulthood. Like feeling sentimental as you purge old pictures. Like getting rid of the baby clothes your children grew out of a long time ago to make space in the storage closet. Like reading the last page of a good book and realizing how much you are going to miss the time spent with the main characters as if they were your real friends. Like finding out that the person you have a crush on is not interested in you “in that way,” but still wants to be your friend. Like moving to a new town, leaving the old one behind.
Thinking about the transits of the Moon and Venus trining Uranus today, this feels like an Ace of Cups upright moment, suddenly feeling overwhelmed by loving feelings that bring joy and happiness, but the reversal feels like the Moon semisquare Saturn, there’s some sort of blockage, sorrow, or bitterness about it, too, like in order to accept the gift you have to let something else go, which also fits the balsamic moon phase as well…such a dynamic tapestry that we are part of.
I am curious to know if this resonates with you today.
I hope this is helpful!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
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