Love of Games? Venus in Gemini and Venus Retrograde + Solar Eclipse

Venus in Gemini! It will be in Gemini for a while so let the games begin!  Venus, the planet of values, love, money, and possessions.  It is the physical things we have on Earth that we care for; even love, for many its flows between them and a person, hopefully a person you can actually physically hug.  Venus is one of the important inner planets in people's charts, it shows how they express love and what sorts of things are important to them.  Your values make up a good part of your personality and others can see that in the people who you have around you and the clothes you wear and house you live in.  When all of these are looked at as a whole,  you can get a good glimpse of a person's value system. 

Gemini is the sign of the twins.  Doubles in many ways, things going in pairs, close siblings, double speak and messages, and even people with duel sides.  Gemini rules over pets, siblings, the daily chatter we engage in, the in between things we do, learning, the transitions, problem solving, and short travels.

So to summarize this all up, when Venus's energy goes indirect as in this case, we re-evalute what are values are.  This can be a natural inclination or it can be an event that forces us to do this in order to overcome a difficulty we have in expressing our values or changing what we believe in.  This Venus retrograde will allow you an opportunity to check in with your belief system and how what we do in the everyday world relates to our values.  For example news about the downturn in the economy can affect people, maybe they spend less or get paranoid about spending anything that costs money.  A person could decided to go Silas Marner and exclusively focus on how it affects them and stop socializing because that costs money or cut back on some spending but not cut back on giving out any love and affection to those around them.  Lack of resources and money can make people crazy and not only changes their what they value but also influence their actions.  So explore how information can influence what you think and what  you believe.  The New Moon in Gemini next Sunday is a good time to explore this.

Speaking of the Solar Eclipse in Gemini, its time to gather info!  Go out there an collect data and by the time the Full Moon in Sagittarius comes you can let your experiences in the world help guide you on what to do with the information you discovered.   Major new shift in your life today will start at 7:47pm.  Any actions you want to do to help guide it will greatly affect the outcome of this Solar Eclipse.  New doors will be opened, but as with all things Gemini things coming in twos, so be prepared to deal with or at least notice that there is two.  The second could be the second round of something, a new clause, double priced, a part two to finish something, you get the picture.  If there is new language or skill set you have been wanting to have in your arsenal, go learn it! During this time of Sun in Gemini do what my dad told me when I was a kid, "keep your eyes and your ears open."

Enjoy this month of learning and games, just don't forget to think about why what is important to you.

Solar Eclipse Today!

Its an Eclipse! What will it bring and how long will it last?

So a solar eclipse is a phenomenon that happens when the Moon moves in front of the Sun and gets in between the path between the Sun and the Earth.  Great, what does that mean?  Well Solar Eclipses are powerful times to start new things in  your life.  In a nutshell is the unification of the Sun and Moon in the sky.  There is generally a lot of energy generated during one and it creates a space to start new ventures, relationships, business, or new perspectives on life.  I think of it as an illumination of the hidden potential you have inside and when effort is exerted, this truth will come forth into fruition.  Think of Solar Eclipse as putting super miracle on a seedling, its gonna grow big!  Especially if you have a solar eclipse fall on an inner planet in your chart, it will have a strong connection to you and indicate a new direction in your life.  For instance if it fell on the planet Venus(values) in the 2nd house(resources, possessions) most likely you would have a great job opportunity or new way to make money will come on in with the eclipse.  Eclipses usually have up to a two week period they that they trigger events in your chart, a lot of the times events that are already in motion.  Its important to look at Eclipses, before and after they occur.  When you look before you can see what change it will bring about, specifically with the Solar what new influence to your chart.  If you look at past eclipses they show you what triggered a series of events that started off where you are now.  Eclipses happens in pairs, first the Solar brings in the new change and the Lunar finalized it or clears out any debris that is slowing your growth down.  A lot of times relationships, jobs, or places where you are live that are started during on Eclipse, can leave you by the next one, not something to fear, just to keep in mind.  I also think of the Eclipses as the deus ex machina, where the Universe reaches on in and literally thrusts something into your life or removes obstacles blocking your path of self development.  They act very similar to when the North and South Node move over your natal planets or major points in your chart.  That is because there is a relationship between them, an eclipse usually occurs within 8-10 degrees of where the North or South Node is. North and South Nodes are calculated points that are the point where the Sun and the Moon form a particular angle to Earth.  This is important because it show us where we currently are between our will and personal path(Sun) and our needs and past(Moon), a destiny point.

This particular Solar Eclipse will be make a positive aspect to Saturn(structure, survival) today so these new changes and goals you are putting forth will stick.  Which is good news, because Jupiter(expansion, opportunity) is nearing the end of its journey in the fiery sign of Aries, which will help focus and solidify your aspirations so you can use the planets Venus, Mercury, and Mars in Taurus to start the serious work phase of achieving your goals that inspired you in early April. 

For more information on how the eclipses will affect your I suggest looking at where it is in your chart or getting someone adept at looking and interpreting eclipses.  Since I have been getting lot of questions from people about how it will be affecting them,   I will be offering 15 minute mini readings for $20 to people interested in knowing more about it.  Contact me at astrologytime@gmail.com


Until Next time!