May 18th, 2019: Not A Superficial Day

Jean-François Portaels

Jean-François Portaels

  • Mercury in Taurus trine Pluto Rx in Capricorn (23 deg)

  • Venus conjunct Uranus in Taurus (3 deg)

  • Mars in Cancer trine Black Moon Lilith in Pisces (1 deg)

Mercury/Pluto

Mercury/Pluto is powerful, fixed words. Opinions feel like life (Taurus) or death (Pluto), but the harmonious trine ensures they are delivered in a palatable manner. Excellent if you have something crucial to say but you don’t want to alienate others with your intensity. Also good for digging beneath the surface of a seemingly simple issue and discovering something of greater value.

Words are magnetic because of their calm (Taurus) but intense message that slips under your skin before you know it (trine).

Venus/Uranus

Venus/Uranus delivers a sweet or shocking surprise, depending on how you feel about the disruption of financial or relationship habits. This can manifest as an unexpected new attraction that suddenly feels essential, an unusual new source of income or liberated expression of values. Something odd may appear beautiful, and something beautiful may suddenly not matter.

Not everyone will agree with what manifests, but you can bet it’s honest and a significant update from what you’re accustomed to.

Venus rules Taurus, so we can this aspect as the distilled essence of the entire transit. Venus/Uranus in Taurus is new values. The existing value of something can be completely blown away or clarified.

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Mars/Lilith

Mars/BML empowers Lilith’s mystical, magical or delusional transit. Mars in Cancer is anger/initiative motivated by feelings (possibly protective or nurturing). In a harmonious trine to the Dark Lady, there can be a push to move into dangerously vague territory or a push to protect those on the outside who cannot protect themselves. Perhaps you feel the urge to nurture that part of yourself that was never accepted.

Cancer is the mother/child but BML is the outsider who was shut out from the family. With this aspect, nurturing actions create a resonance that allow you to come to terms with what was denied/ripped away. BML is associated with abortion, miscarriage or conflicted feelings about motherhood. Consider how certain empathetic actions might address these issues.

Lilith in Pisces can gently release deep pools of anger and pain connected to being shunned because of “unacceptable” expressions of female power and sexuality.

Pluto In Capricorn: Collective Depression

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This Scorpio Full Moon is a powerful catharsis

The Full Moon on May 18, 2019 is in the passionate sign of Scorpio. The Full Moon occurs when the Sun is opposite the Moon, and brings about the need for balance and integration. Here the centerpoint occurs between the peaceful harmony and stability of Taurus and the fiery emotional depth of Scorpio. With any […]

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