April 15 ~ 21: The Weekly Talisman
An earth-shaking connection between Jupiter and Uranus arrives as Taurus season arrives
Weekly Headlines: Our much anticipated alignment between Jupiter and Uranus arrives, Mercury and Venus meet up with Chiron, Taurus season is here!
Moonscape: All week, the Moon waxes. We’re growing together.
Themes: Innovation, freedom-seeking, tempered by a continued contemplation of shadow.
Talismanic Image: The alchemist finally spins gold from ash, while a half-Moon rises in the sky.
One of the year’s most anticipated events arrives this week, when Jupiter and Uranus conjoin at 21° Taurus. The surrounding astro landscape continues to carry rumbling echoes of April 8th’s eclipse, as Mercury and Venus connect with healer Chiron, who as more insight to transmit to us about what it means to feel our shadow. The Sun enters Taurus, and then squares Pluto, giving us another inroad to what is deep and true, within. Let’s explore all of this together.
Monday April 15: Mercury conjunct Chiron 19° Aries
Chiron has been making his way through the crowd of planets packed into the Aries sector of our skies, and as he picks his way amongst the celestial bodies, he leans in to each one, sharing a unique message with them about our healing journeys.
Chiron was involved in last week’s Aries eclipse, perfectly conjoined the Sun/Moon at 19° Aries. This week, he is met by our retrograde Mercury, who bumps into Chiron on Monday the 15th at 8:23am PST.
Chiron conjunct Mercury aims to give us language to speak about our wounding. If you have been immersed in a swirling ocean of “oh my god, why do I feel like this?!” this aspect may help bring some new ideas, words, and conversations about your experiences to the surface. This is just one of two meetups that Chiron and Mercury will have—they’ll reconnect again on May 6th at 21° Aries, so there may be some dots to connect in a few weeks time. Keep a synchronistic eye about you!
Friday April 19: Mercury conjunct Venus 17° Aries, Sun enters Taurus
A busy day in the cosmos, and worth noting the interplay of planets between Mercury, Venus, and Chiron here. After his meetup with Chiron on Monday, Mercury connects with Venus on Friday, and shares what he learned about the wounded healer’s message. Venus here helps us feel, somatically, into Mercury’s retrograde messages, as well as Chiron’s wound/heal vision. This happens at 1:59am PST, and so our dreams may be the transmitter of these notes from the psyche.
At 7am PST, the Sun will enter Taurus, bringing us into the firm, solid center of spring, illuminating the sign of the bull and all her earthen values. The bull itself is an ancient symbol of strength, fertility, vitality, and power, appearing as the “bull of heaven” in Inanna’s story, or the form that Zeus takes to seduce the maiden Europa.
Taurus is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus, and governs our sense of philosophical values and embodied pleasures. Taurus says, “I am because I have;” Taurus is the sign that uses the senses to define reality. As the Sun moves through Taurus for the next four weeks, we’ll be exploring the world through our somatic vision, cultivating a deeper connection to what is materially important to us in this lifetime.
April 20: Jupiter conjunct Uranus 21° Taurus
On Saturday the 20th at 7:27pm PST, one of the year’s most anticipated transits arrives: the conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus.
Jupiter and Uranus get together about every 13 years, and the last alignment we had with them was back in 2010-2011, in the sign Pisces. You might pause to reflect on what was happening for you back in late December to mid January of those years, to get a sense of the themes and energies that may appear, now.
Jupiter is our expander, and Uranus breaks us free from the status quo. When they get together, we have an exciting, rebellious, optimistic, and growth-oriented energy washing over the cosmos. This is an amazing time to plant seeds of radical truth, so that a new garden can grow around the concepts of abundance and freedom. This will happen at 21° Taurus, so look to your chart and observe the house this activates, as well as if you have any planets around 21° Taurus, as they will be impacted by this transit!
I do also think this energy is a bit unstable, as Uranus is unpredictable and Jupiter loves a joy-ride. Going into this transit requires a bit of awareness of our anxieties and compulsions, but can also usher in an exciting new perspective, or era of awareness for us all.
April 21: Venus conjunct Chiron 20° Aries, Sun square Pluto
Our busy week wraps up with a return to questions of truth, depth, and shadow. Recall Venus’s game of telephone that she played with Mercury on Monday the 15th, as she received an important message from Mercury, courtesy of Chiron. On Sunday the 21st, at 4:49am PST, Venus will connect with Chiron, to hear healing messages from the centaur himself.
Venus conjunct Chiron conjures images of wounds in our relationships, our heart spaces, wounds about creativity, wounds about self-expression, beauty, and pleasure. Chiron carries wisdom and insight about how we might heal those aches and pains, and so if difficult material comes up on this day, tuning in with it may reveal some truly medicinal insight.
Later that morning, at 10:02am PST, the Sun will square Pluto. Symbolically, the Sun is our brightest luminary, flooding the world with his vital warmth. Pluto is the planet named for the underworld realms, and thrives in murky shadow. When they clash like this, we’re offered a moment of shining a light into the depths of our personal underworlds, which can be cathartic. At the same time, compulsions and obsessions—hallmarks of Pluto energy—may be elevated. Stay kind to yourselves.
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