Why are there always so many dishes! Bad dreams, obligations, and a new mug!
Daily Horoscope for Monday, July18, 2022
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Well, we have the Sun here at 25 degrees Cancer, still in a trine to Neptune today and with the Moon in Aries this morning, approaching Jupiter, we could be feeling a lot of things. Last night, when the Moon was at the final degrees of Pisces, conjoining Neptune, I had a mini-meltdown, how about you?
I felt like I was in a sea of despair and so I looked at the transits and sure enough, the Moon was right on top of Neptune in Pisces! The rest of the weekend was blissful and relaxed, but emotional downpours can happen at the end of Pisces—and they did. It was like a storm rolled in, suddenly, rained heavily, and then moved on. It was that fast.
Now, we are in Aries energy—bright, fast, action-oriented, with an “I don’t give a (beep)!” type of attitude. I’m happy to be feeling emotionally able to handle life, again.
Last night I also had a nightmare. I dreamt that I was in a house with my sister and everywhere we looked there were piles of dishes and laundry to do! Thankfully, she was there to help me tackle the job, but it was awful! It smelled so bad!
First, we were in a kitchen, with three sinks--all full of dishes! Then I was walking out to the garage, and there was some sort of room in between the kitchen and the garage and there were huge trash cans full of dirty laundry! It also smelled, but it was worse because it was stinky, dirty boys’ laundry! That’s the worst!
Now, I’m awake, and yes, I have loads and loads of dishes and laundry to do today.
Today is Monday, the day of the ‘Weekly Home Blessing’ (a Fly Lady system thing) and my house is always pretty messy on Monday mornings. So I’m not too surprised that I had a little mini-breakdown last night—the Moon being where it was and the house being like it is (Sunday is the worst!)—and a bad dream about my, oh, so favorite thing to do—housework!
I really do love it when my house is clean, smells nice, and is inviting, but I am not a fan of spending all my time cleaning. I don’t actually mind the cleaning—it feels good to make things pretty and organized again—but I don’t like that I HAVE to do it, like it’s my lot in life or something to be the slave of the house ( and to the little miscreants that live here! Just kidding! I love my children).
Interestingly, I have been studying my natal chart with new techniques recently and I have discovered something miraculous!
In my natal chart, looking at it with a Placidus house system (this is a quadrant-based system of houses-don’t worry if you have no idea what I’m talking about), I have the Sun in the sixth house—the house traditionally associated with service to others, what you do all day, and your health and wellness. In Horary and Ancient astrology, this house also was the house of slavery!
But, miraculously, if I look at my natal chart with a ‘whole sign’ house system (this system puts the sign of your Ascendant as the beginning of the first house at zero degrees), I have the Sun in the seventh house! The seventh house is associated with love, relationships, beauty, and the arts! I like that much better and I feel a lot more aligned with that placement.
So, which one is “correct?” Well, the answer is simple— they both are. They both represent a symbolic representation of something in myself and in my reality. I DO spend most of my time at home, serving others, but in my heart, I am an artist, who loves dance, beauty, and romance!
Back to the horoscope…
Mercury in Cancer is making an opposition to Pluto in Capricorn today, and tomorrow the Sun will follow suit. Mercury represents the mind and thinking and was called the Master of Arguments, and Pluto represents regeneration, that which is deep within, intense or even secret. Today we may be dealing with someone or something that could challenge us in some way. We may feel pulled in two different directions, wanting to do what’s right for our families and home life and also towards Capricornian things, like goals, business, and achievements.
For example, I would love to write, make videos, play with my hair, and eat ice cream all day, but I have WORK to do! I have to clean my bathroom, wash all my dishes, mop the floors, and wash, dry, fold, and put away butt-loads of laundry. Will I have time to play when that is all done? Will I even have the energy? This is my Mercury opposite Pluto today, what’s yours? I would love to know if you are feeling pulled in two different directions right now.
Venus is now in Cancer, so that’s nice. We may all feel a desire to work on our home environments a little bit, sprucing them up, putting up curtains, or a vase of flowers on the table. There’s more to Venus in Cancer than this obviously, but I really do have to clean my house and so I should wrap this up!
The Card for the day is:
Forget It—Reversed
This deck is so wacky! As usual, I need to share the interpretive text with you all:
“You blew it. It’s too late now to do any further constructive work on your project. Don’t consider the self’s desire and above all don’t think about pink cockroaches, green snaktcherlys and don’t follow instructions.”
What the actual fuck does that mean?!
My first thought, when I looked at this card before reading the interpretation, was that today is a day to NOT forget the “I”—to remember to spend a little time on yourself, but after reading the message in the little book, I am having another thought…I actually think the author is being sarcastic here or trying to use reverse psychology as you do with a child sometimes: eyebrows raised and saying, “Don’t put your socks away, don’t do it!” and then when your child does it, you roll your eyes, and make some dramatic scene, “oh no, you did it!!” which makes your child laugh! Kind of like that Grover book with the Monster at the end, right?
I hope this horoscope and card reading are helpful today!
Until tomorrow,
Oh, I made you all another mug!
“I hope this is helpful! Until tomorrow, AstroMommy”
Today’s horoscope was brought to you by: The Moon in Aries; the Sun in Cancer finishing a trine to Neptune; Mercury opposite Pluto, and Venus ingress into Cancer.
Today’s card was pulled from Morgan’s Tarot Deck available on Amazon here.