Your Milky Way Horoscope JULY 13-19, 2014

By Milky Way Maid

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Mercury enters Cancer at 12:45 am Sunday. (This is the first of three planets changing signs this week.) People with Mercury (as well as the Moon) in Cancer are known for having phenomenal memories. Cancerians with this placement often inject pleas for sympathy in their speech, which can be unwelcome in the office setting – the flip side is that they often take care of their employees or coworkers, soothing ruffled feathers and bringing in treats. Extremely intuitive without knowing how they know. Prefers to quote precedent rather than set new precedents. Good for historians and antique dealers and some fields of academia. Tends to collect things. Famous people with Mercury in Cancer include: Prince Philip, Nelson Rockefeller, Paul Anka, Van Cliburn. 

 

Venus at 23 degrees Gemini trines Mars in Libra at 4:22 am Sunday. A good time to meet and fall in love with your Knight in Shining Armor. With Venus in Gemini, conversation should flow easily with lots of wit and sparkle. Mars in Libra is polite and well-spoken, doing everything right. What's not to like?

Jupiter enters fiery Leo at 6:30 am Wednesday. Jupiter in a fiery, fixed sign like Leo is prone to develop huge egos to the point where they are unbearable. Yet the basic magnanimous quality of a real Leo has to spill out to everyone within his reach. Wants the best for everyone and is capable of great executive and leadership ability. May be blessed with talent and gain the public eye, and can be quite a showman. Jupiter really does things big in Leo, in a very showy and public way. Famous people with Jupiter in Leo include: Anne Bancroft, Rex Harrison, Alexander the Great, Brigham Young, Richard Wagner, Elizabeth Taylor, Eleanor Roosevelt, J P Morgan, Luther Burbank, and Juan Peron. 

 

Venus enters sympathetic Cancer at 10:06 am Friday. Venus in Cancer is the baker rather than the chef, although a native with this placement may do both. Venus here needs to care for and nourish others; denied the opportunity to feed other people, the native may feed the birds or compulsively overeat. This Cancer's love is freely given without strings attached, and really needs an emotional outlet for his/her own health. Often has large families and/or large breasts. Famous people with Venus in Cancer include: Judy Garland, Margot Fonteyn, Dean Martin, Igor Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong, Bob Hope, Constantine of Greece, William Styron, and Hubert Humphrey. 

 

Mercury at 7 degrees Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces at 1:37 am Saturday. I know I have said before that Mercury and Neptune really do not go together very well at all! Messages get misunderstood even if they are quite clear. People get lost in transit, or confused about the time or place. On the bright side, we can make words into magic, such as in poetry, spells, self-hypnosis, affirmations. 

 

The Sun at 26 degrees Cancer squares Mars in Libra at 2:32 am Saturday. People with this transit affecting personal signs tend to dig in and never give up. You try to beat them at a board game, pickup basketball, a race or a debate and they will hold on till the finish trying to maintain their position and keep you from passing them. They may not have enough to win, but they will bust a gut trying to keep you from passing them.

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LATE DEGREES – see my popular article on late degrees of all the signs. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2008/08/planets-in-late-degrees-what-do-they.html

POPE FRANCIS – I finally posted a little article on the new Pope Francis and also a kind of book review on a book that accidentally talks about ancient astronomy. The article on Pope Francis is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/a-look-at-the-new-pope-franciss-astro-charts/ And the article on the best book that both is and is not about ancient astronomy is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/the-best-book-about-ancient-astronomy-that-isnt-about-astrology-per-se/

COOL WEBSITES – In no particular order of importance: Check out Astrology.com -- free lessons online. Watch astronomic animations at http://shadowandsubstance.com/. Go to http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ for a view of our solar system and nearby stars. This guy called the correct winner of the 2012 election, and he puts out a monthly column: http://www.howardbeckmanvedicastrologer.com/wordpress/

This guy writes a cool weekly astrology newsletter and sells astro books: Dave at www.astroamerica.com.

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Readers can follow not only their Sun sign horoscope but also their Ascendant for further clues to how your week will develop. NOTE: some aspects are exact on a weekend but may find opportunity for expression on the Friday or Monday nearest the exact aspect. Times given are in Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time depending on the season.

ARIES - March 20-April 19 – The Moon is in Aries from 12:07 am Thursday till Saturday morn. On Thursday morning it is important to verify the content of messages and inquiries. On Thursday night, the axiom that you cannot fight City Hall is brought home to you. Venus enters your solar fourth house on Friday; you spruce up the home with a bit of paint or redecoration. Friday night is challenging and argumentative. Mercury also enters your solar fourth house this week; you may host an exchange student or let the study group meet at your home.

TAURUS - April 20-May 20 – The Moon is in Taurus from 4:43 am Saturday thru the weekend. You may score a nice rummage sale find early Saturday, or talk the seller into a bargain. Saturday night favors an early movie followed by sparkling chatter over dinner or possibly an interesting lecture. Mercury and Venus enter your solar third house this week; you may receive lots of invites to parties, or take fun day trips to art shows and scenic places. Possible expansion of your home or family in the coming year.

GEMINI - May 21-June 20 – The Venus-Mars trine Sunday (or late the Saturday before) is ideal for meeting your newest and best romance; watch the sun rise together on a new shared life. Also Mercury and Venus enter your solar second house this week; sales pick up, and you benefit as well from bonuses or freebies. Jupiter entering your solar third house means luck through short trips in the coming year, also you probably spend way too much at the bookstore.

CANCER - June 21-July 22 – Romantic times at your getaway home this Sunday. Mercury and Venus enter your sign this week; go to the salon for a new look, and send out lots of invites to your pool party. Jupiter enters your solar second house on Wednesday; Jove protects your financial interests for the coming year, although you may be tempted mightily to overspend. You dig deep to beat a competitor early Saturday at what is supposed to be a fun-run.

LEO - July 23-Aug. 22 – On Sunday a friend may start to look more like a good romantic prospect; invite him/her along to a local festival. Jupiter enters your sign this Wednesday; be generous with your love and encouragement of others. Spread around your good fortune and share the spotlight with others. Beware of gaining weight under this transit, though. Saturday morning is not favorable for winning an athletic event, since you may waste energy in a duel too early.

VIRGO - Aug. 23-Sept. 22 – Mercury and Venus enter your solar eleventh house this week; lots of visits with friends, who shower you with tips, gifts, or freebies. Jupiter enters your solar twelfth house on Wednesday; Jove in that position usually means a secret angel is looking out for you, by that I mean a real live person but someone who stays in the shadows. Saturday brings a chance of winning a money prize in an athletic competition, assuming you are prepared and fit.

LIBRA - Sept. 23-Oct. 22 – Sunday morning is a good time to meet Mr Right, so take your early morning walk in a scenic area. Mercury and Venus enter your solar tenth house this week; good progress marks your career path especially if you are in sales or marketing. Jupiter enters your solar eleventh house on Wednesday; luck through friends or groups marks the coming year, but you need to dream big. You may meet a tough competitor early Saturday, someone sure to make you dig deep for your best effort.

SCORPIO - Oct. 23-Nov. 21 – Mercury and Venus enter your solar ninth house this week; favorable news and reviews re your manuscript or your website gets more hits, or you write a lot of papers for your college courses. Jupiter enters your solar tenth house on Wednesday; you may get your big break career-wise. Have your resume and elevator talk honed to perfection. Saturday is not favorable for competing in athletic or other competitions; but you might learn something about pacing yourself.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 22-Dec. 21 – Lots of activity in the coming month inre insurance payments or premiums, or you may be shopping around for a better deal. Jupiter enters your solar ninth house on Wednesday; you may be in the courtroom sometime in the coming year, look at it as a chance to learn something about the legal system. A fun run with friends is favored for Saturday morning, tho an unexpected entrant is likely to run your socks off.

CAPRICORN - Dec. 22-Jan. 19 - Mercury and Venus enter your solar seventh house this week; your mate is extra affectionate and chatty, interested in your feelings and thoughts. Jupiter enters your solar eighth house on Wednesday; joint accounts and investments through others grow. Also your insurance plan may save your bacon one day. Saturday morning may be challenging in the sense that you may enter a competition and rather enjoy trying to beat everyone else.

AQUARIUS - Jan. 20-Feb. 17 – The Moon is in Aquarius from Sunday till Monday night. Monday afternoon favors sports and competition of any kind, or making cold sales calls. Mid afternoon favors closing those sales with some token gift or enhancement. The coming year may be marked by several marriage proposals; the already married enjoy good luck thru the spouse. Saturday is not very favorable for competitions of any kind, since you may injure yourself trying to win and lose training time.

PISCES - Feb. 18-March 19 – The Moon is in Pisces from 10:40 pm Monday till early Thursday. Mid morning Tuesday is not favorable for appointments or doing personal business, since you are easily confused at that time. Have a mentor over for dinner that night. Wednesday afternoon favors relationships, including having group meetings at work. That night can be frustrating for romance. Mercury and Venus enter your solar fifth house this week; dancing and concerts and fun fill your happy days.

Your Milky Way Horoscope June 2-8, 2013

By Milky Way Maid

MOON VOIDS this week--- Now here's the thing about the Moon here: it goes void-of-course 9:25 am Wednesday and remains void all Thursday till it enters Gemini at 11:32 pm, that's PM. Add to that the nearly full day that the Moon was void in Aries all of Tuesday morning, and you are looking at major gaps in this week when you normally would carry on with your business. On the other hand, a void Moon is said to offer unique opportunities when it is in the signs of Jupiter and its own place. Those signs are Sag, Pisces, Cancer, and TAURUS (because the Moon is exalted in Taurus). So- plan to initiate things where you want something to grow but which are not necessarily expected to impact your income streams. You might plant your veggie garden that you grow for your own use. You might start a personal blog which you do for your own satisfaction, not because you expect to make a profit. And so forth. But the Moon void in Aries is not expected to promise any similar ops.

Venus enters Cancer at 10:13 am Sunday. Venus in Cancer is very sweet indeed, and extra-nurturing. This is a very home-loving placement, and a native with this may prefer to work at home. Can be fearful of opening up their extreme empathetic nature lest they be rejected. Native sometimes cope with this by manipulating others' emotions to get the “right” response. But the richest relationships benefit from your no-strings-attached compassion and empathy – and your health likewise benefits from having an emotional outlet. (and no, a pet is not a complete substitute) Venus in Cancer likes its comforts and usually gets them. Famous people with Venus in Cancer include: Lyndon Baines Johnson, ballerina Margot Fonteyn, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, Dean Martin, Harry Truman, trumpeter Louis Armstrong, former Yankees coach Casey Stengel, Princess Anne and author William Styron.

Mercury at 5 degrees Gemini trines Neptune in Pisces at 3:18 pm Monday. This is followed by Mercury trine Saturn at 9:22 pm. This is a great example of a trine not being a favorable aspect, because trines involving malefics can do a lot of damage. In this case, Mercury trine Neptune can easily lead you to accept false or even fake data. From there I might infer that you make a mistake in terminating (Saturn) Something. Example: you read a blog post or watch a slanted news broadcast and then decide to sell a stock – a stock that has profited you handsomely over the years and which you now forfeit its lovely dividends, alas.

Venus at 5 degrees Gemini trines Neptune in Pisces at 7:46 am Friday. The effect of this aspect is compounded by the fact that Neptune has a Retrograde Station at 4:26 am! (SR at 5 degrees 23' Pisces) Venus proceeds to trine Saturn at 11:23 am Friday. Here is another case where a trine just makes it too easy to shoot yourself in the foot. Also a word of caution to anybody who has even a slight case of diabetes – because Venus rules sugar and Neptune seems to be a signature for diabetes, take special care to stay on your diet this week.

Mars at 5 degrees Gemini squares Neptune in Pisces at 7:58 pm. Having two malefics square each other usually produces some concrete event. The most obvious effect is that this will probably sap everyone's energy; we will need to take to conserve our energy and get adequate rest. Neptune is enervating, and Mars often brings fevers, so be careful of things like Lyme disease. (keep covered on walks in the woods and so forth) The other effect is to cause a load of doubt, insecurity and discouragement. This square generally re-occurs every six months or so, so you might think back to your last bout of self-doubt. Your resolve is tested; you may have to tweak the plan a bit to stay on track, but most of the time it is better to stay the course.

You see all those 5s up there? Anybody with natal planets at 5 degrees (orb about 3 degrees) will certainly feel the enervating effects of Neptune. Get your sleep hours in.

We have a New Moon at 11:56 am, Saturday, June 8. It is at 18 degrees 01' of Gemini. The only close aspect to the NM is Juno at 19 degrees Aquarius, favoring progress made by partnering with one's spouse, business partner, coworker, etc. A T-square in cardinal signs is formed by Mercury, Pluto and Uranus at 11 degrees of the signs. Natives of cardinal signs will of course be most affected by that T-square. Everyone else would benefit from examining their natal charts to see where the T-square falls.

Please look to the right-hand column on Blogger if you would like these articles translated into Spanish, French, German, Japanese or any other language. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/

ALSO – see my popular article on late degrees of all the signs. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2008/08/planets-in-late-degrees-what-do-they.html

ALSO – see new article on The Goddess Archetypes: The Pallas Athena Myth at http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/goddess-archetypes-pallas-athena-myth.html --- also as you read it you may also avail yourself of the excellent QUESTIONNAIRE on the Goddess-Power website at http://goddess-power.com/questions.htm to determine your own goddess profile.

GREAT WEBSITES – In no particular order of importance: Check out Astrology.com -- free lessons online. Watch astronomic animations at http://shadowandsubstance.com/. Go to http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ for a view of our solar system and nearby stars. This guy called the correct winner of the 2012 election, and he puts out a monthly column: http://www.howardbeckmanvedicastrologer.com/wordpress/

This guy writes a cool weekly astrology newsletter and sells astro books: Dave at www.astroamerica.com.

Readers can follow not only their Sun sign horoscope but also their Ascendant for further clues to how your week will develop. NOTE: some aspects are exact on a weekend but may find opportunity for expression on the Friday or Monday nearest the exact aspect. Times given are in Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time depending on the season.

ARIES - March 20-April 19 – Neptune's activity this week may require you to keep a keen eye on water safety re family members. The Moon is in Aries from 2:33 am Sunday till midday Tuesday. Early risers will find high energy for a sunrise run and chores Sunday. Venus enters your solar fourth house Sunday; you may plan to paint and refurbish your home. Monday favors getting errands done with a minimum of fuss. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning. Friday afternoon favors having a friendly chat with the boss. Saturday's New Moon may bring an intensified relationship with someone met at club meetings.

TAURUS - April 20-May 20 – The Moon is in Taurus from 11:53 am Tuesday till late Thursday. Tuesday afternoon favors asking for breaks from relatives or merchants. Be very careful of friends who spin tales, tho. Try to chat with your mentor early Wednesday. Stick to routine matters from mid-morning Wednesday thru Thursday. Beware of anything offered for free this week from so-called friends, neighbors or relatives, due to the activity of Neptune this week. Saturday's New Moon may bring a working partnership that furthers your career goals.

GEMINI - May 21-June 20 – Neptune's activity this week may threatens your bank account, whether via a shopping spree or via fraud. Also your inclination is to focus on bad news and let insecurity govern your money decisions; hold to your resolve. The Moon is in Gemini from 11:32 pm Thursday till midday NEXT Sunday. Your emotions run high mid-morning Friday; try to stay in professional mode in meetings. Friday does favor finding strong financial advice regarding debt; ask a counselor for a list of advisers who will help you for free. Midday Saturday is the New Moon in your sign, promising better times and a qualified legal advisor.

CANCER - June 21-July 22 – Neptune's activity this week may bring offers of free items related to college, religion, publishing, etc. but choose carefully. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. You may be upset Friday afternoon by a spouse's Nay vote on your plans; agree to give each other the veto over specific items. Saturday's New Moon may bring involvement in a fulfilling creative partnership.

LEO - July 23-Aug. 22 - Neptune's activity this week may bring insurance offers that look too good to be true; discard them or at least check them out carefully. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. Friday afternoon favors getting a second opinion regarding health concerns; it will be a relief to find out what the real problem is. Saturday's New Moon may bring success thru teaming up with a partner when performing in public.

VIRGO - Aug. 23-Sept. 22 - Neptune's activity this week may activate charitable causes; if there is something that you were going to donate anyway, then fine, but otherwise avoid being talked into giving more than you can spare. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. On Friday do not be overly swayed by friends who are critical of your artistic pursuits. Saturday's New Moon may bring success thru teaming up (Juno) with a coworker on company projects.

LIBRA - Sept. 23-Oct. 22 - Neptune's activity this week may bring discovery of unscrupulous behavior on the part of a coworker. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. Have tea with a mentor Friday afternoon, as you pick his/her brain for pearls of wisdom. Saturday's New Moon may bring a serious romance with a marriage-minded (Juno) person.

SCORPIO - Oct. 23-Nov. 21 - Neptune's activity this week may bring attention to your photography or other artistic gifts. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. Select an affirmation Friday afternoon that you can believe in. Saturday's New Moon in Gemini may bring success in a home-oriented venture; and with Juno in your fourth house, you rule your own roost.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 22-Dec. 21 – Inspect your roof and gutters this week, since Neptune's activity this week may let leaks damage your home. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. Friday does favor finding strong financial advice regarding debt; ask a counselor for a list of advisers who will help you for free. Saturday's New Moon encourages you to learn more about that interesting new neighbor.

CAPRICORN - Dec. 22-Jan. 19 - Neptune's activity this week may cause missing messages or packages; be sure to get tracking numbers. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. You may be upset Friday afternoon by a spouse's Nay vote on your plans; agree to give each other the veto over specific items. Saturday's New Moon may bring progress if you allow your spouse to help keep the books.

AQUARIUS - Jan. 20-Feb. 17 - Neptune's activity this week may threaten your bank account, whether via a shopping spree or via fraud. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. Friday afternoon favors getting a second opinion regarding health concerns; it will be a relief to find out what the real problem is. Saturday's New Moon may accent partnerships of all kinds, while you check your ego at the door.

PISCES - Feb. 18-March 19 - Neptune's activity this week may confuse you; make sure to have maps or other needed info; on the plus side, you may really enjoy working with children. Stick to routine matters Tuesday morning, most of Wednesday and all of Thursday. On Friday do not be overly swayed by friends who are critical of your artistic pursuits. Saturday's New Moon may mean attending workshops with a writing partner.