the first aspect this week is a square between venus and mars on tuesday, june 2nd. the work of this venus retrograde period is taking stock of our habits around communication, in the context of our values and within our relationships. with this aspect, this process is now at odds with our subjective and emotionally based motivations. introspectively gathering information becomes an obstacle to what we desire. exercising patience and forethought is key to tempering impulsiveness at this time.
on wednesday the 3rd, the sun joins venus in gemini. our sense of personal identity intertwines with the retrospective work we’ve been doing around communication. the square to mars still in effect indicates the more impulsive actions we take that are out of integrity with who we are and what we care about, the less access we have to our authentic selves. this brings confusion to any of our attempts to reach understanding through verbal connection. the work here is to find ways to honor our emotional motivations that don’t undermine who we are, and what we think is important.
the sagittarius full moon occurs on friday the 5th. in addition to the aforementioned aspects, this full moon chart also features two from mercury: a square to chiron, and a sextile to uranus. these two aspects together suggest the potential for unexpected communication or information about trauma or wounding at home or with family. this can look like verbal conflict, or a healing conversation. either way, our words to our families and within our homes carry enormous and unpredictable impact now, as well as through the next lunar cycle.
the sun forms a square with mars on saturday the 6th, again bringing emotional impulse into conflict with personal identity. in the context of the current venus retrograde, this aspect provides useful information about how we compromise ourselves when motivated by emotion. what have you sacrificed in the name of emotional connections? at what point did you leave yourself behind?
after all the excitement in the first week of june, the next aspect doesn’t occur until thursday the 11th when the sun forms a square to neptune. the information about ourselves we’ve been trying to organize and communicate is scattered by the foggy emotional collective. we’re all feeling anxious because trying to access our individuality feels like wading through mud. however, this obstacle is an essential tool in order to distinguish between empathy and personal experience.
also on the 11th, venus forms a sextile to chiron. our venus retrograde refresher on communicating about values and within relationships becomes an opportunity to gain insight on our personal trauma or wounding. but like any sextile, this opportunity is not inherent, but a product of active participation and intention. prioritizing our introspective work allows us to distinguish our individual selves from our empathetic, collective experiences.
the final aspect in this horoscope is made by mars as it forms a conjunction to neptune on saturday the 13th. our already emotionally biased motivations are clouded by an overwhelming connection to the felt experiences of the collective. our actions and intentions become scattered, succumbing to a nebulous anxiety around our emotional connections in and to our communities. that is, unless we’ve taken advantage of the potential insight from the sun/neptune square earlier in the week. the discernment we (hopefully) exercised through that aspect makes it possible for us to sort out our personal felt experience from our empathetic connection to the collective experience. this allows us to mobilize our energies while maintaining that empathetic connection to the collective.
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