February 16, 2024

As I said in Monday’s forecast, this is a significant week on the world stage because the meet-ups (conjunctions) among Venus, Mars, and Pluto are activating the December 21, 2020 Great Mutation of Jupiter-Saturn at 0 degrees of Aquarius –– the start of the New Age of Air (after 200 years of Earth). Translation: those who seek to rule the world are moving away from the paradigm of EARTH (i.e., whoever mines the earth or dies with the most toys, wins). Now the battlefield is in the AIR — e.g., whoever controls networks, data, airwaves, airspace, and how people think (as in, controlling what people can read or are taught in school), wins.

On Wednesday, for example, we had the conjunction between Mars (action; aggression) and Pluto (extremes; resistance is futile). Moon was in Taurus seeking to preserve the status quo and perhaps keep calm and carry on. This need was sorely challenged around 11:22 AM ET and 11:56 AM ET, when Moon squared Pluto and Mars. Sounds like a potential fight over territory — whatever is seen as mine, mine, mine…driven to extremes. Meanwhile, Venus is following in Mars’ footsteps, adding extremes of emotion to the mix — especially if women, art, money and social expression are involved. Oh, and let’s not forget the weekend’s square between Mercury and Uranus — shocking revelations to come, for sure.

And in fact, headlines this week have been brutal:

“1 dead; at least 21 injured in shooting at Kansas City Chiefs victory parade“ The only “soft” pattern this week was a sextile between Venus (women) and Neptune (music, victims, memory). Yes, there have been a few sweetly sentimental stories, but sometimes a soft aspect simply adds detail to the narrative. The “1 dead” in the big sports parade was a beloved woman DJ.

“Senior US official warns of security threat amid reports of Russian nuclear capability in space: Republican House intelligence chair, Mike Turner, says Biden officials should declassify information about threat, while House speaker MAGA Mike Johnson says there was no need for panic.” Avid Readers, as my teacher Noel Tyl used to say, “I can’t do any better than that!”
MAGA House Republicans tried again to impeach Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas, and this time they succeeded — by ONE VOTE — and only then because an opponent of the measure was quarantining because she had Covid. ONE VOTE — do not ever think your vote does not count!! The impeachment will go nowhere in the Senate.
A bipartisan Senate passed “a $95 billion national security supplemental bill, providing funding for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and humanitarian aid to Gaza. Most of the money in the measure will stay in the United States, paying defense contractors to restock the matériel the U.S. sends to Ukraine.”
However, MAGA Mike Johnson refused to bring the Senate’s bill to a vote in the House, and the stalled bill aptly reflects all the planets in currently in fixed signs, which are simply not inclined to move. Instead, he sent the House home for a two-week vacation. They reconvene on February 28, during a Moon void AND on the annual conjunction of the Sun (leaders) and Saturn (cuts, losses, ambition). Mercury is a part of that picture, and I expect the news will be heavy, heavy, heavy. BUT — there is a ray of hope that perhaps the U.S. federal government will still end up being funded past the March 1 deadline, given supportive patterns after February 28.
“Democrat Tom Suozzi wins special election to replace George Santos” — it wasn’t a close race, despite the NYT Sunday Magazine’s questionable editorial decision to publish a glam full-page photo and profile of Suozzi’s opponent two days before the election.
“Why are Republicans more likely to suffer from hearing loss?” — the answer is tied to Mars conjunct Pluto.
“The Artist Holding Valuable Art Hostage to Protect Julian Assange” — and when I saw this last week, I thought to myself, “I wish he was doing this for Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, whose horoscope is in such an anguished, brutal period of development.

In other awful, brutal news:

“Western leaders point the finger at Putin after Alexei Navalny’s death in prison.” I’ve been writing about Navalny for several years — here’s a profile in Mountain Astrologer. Since 2023, transiting Pluto has been opposing his Saturn, and the third of five hits happened in mid-January, around the time of his transfer to a remote penal colony above the Arctic Circle. Some of his lawyers have been arrested on bogus charges. The Pluto-Saturn pattern continues through 2024.

Meanwhile, transiting Neptune connects with all the angles of his horoscope into 2025. This is a potential wipe-out, but it may well make him even more of an inspiration. Navalny left the world a video in the event of his demise — here it is. Since the horoscope lives forever, I’m looking forward to the time when his horoscope will be in a rewarding, potentially joyous period. Mark my words — and I’m marking my calendar. Rest in power, Mr. Navalny.

In other news…

Venus-Mars-Pluto can’t help but “coincide” with salacious headlines:

“Teacher formerly known as Rachel Dolezal fired for having Only Fans account” Dolezal made scandalous news in June 2015, and I wrote about her horoscope here — and today, she’s been outed — again — weeks before the third hit of transiting Uranus to her Sun. Surprise!
Trouble for (MAGA Congressman) Matt Gaetz (R-FL): House Ethics Committees has texts from woman who said she was paid for s*x…and more. The heavy news landed as transiting Saturn squared Gaetz’s Mercury (in Gemini).
Fulton County DA Fani Willis took the stand in a stormy hearing about past romantic relationship with special prosecutor. With transiting Mars square her Scorpio Sun, we see the potential for courage and attacks.
Speaking of stormy…as in Stormy Daniels…“Donald John Trump’s first criminal trial will begin on March 25; request to dismiss ‘hush money’ case is denied.”
Speaking of bombshells…“Republicans’ star Hunter Biden witness charged for lying to the FBI” (about his allegations about Hunter Biden). The witness is Alexander Smirnov, and here’s how Fox News has responding.

UPDATE: on Jon Stewart, whose life is perfectly reflecting patterns in his horoscope, even though he’s publicly stated that he thinks astrology is bunk. Check out what was written about him back in 2015. Transiting Saturn was all over his horoscope, and thus we expected him to be wrestling with themes of loss, gravitas and ambition. He left The Daily Show — to no serious astrologer’s surprise,. In 2023, transiting Saturn was all over his horoscope again — and his superb show on Apple TV was canceled. Now he’s returned to The Daily Show — but only on Mondays. Ratings were through the roof on his first night back, but many critics didn’t think he was funny — and we’ll see how many return for a second dose. Meanwhile, transiting Uranus is squaring his Mars — which may spark recklessness — and this pattern is exact on March 25 — the date of the next eclipse.

UPDATE: on Donald John Trump. A pattern exact on February 21 that suggests expansion in matters of power and resources. I was puzzled by this initially because in two New York court cases (E. Jean Carroll’s and Letitia James’), he’s on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars — not exactly what you’d call an expansion. Well, guess what? As Ronna Romney McDaniel is presumably on her way out as head of the Republican National Committee, DJT is pushing for election-denier Michael Whatley and Lara Trump (Eric’s wife) to replace McDaniel. Lara has pledged to spend every penny of the RNC’s money on DJT’s presidential campaign (legal fees, perhaps?), and if getting direct access to the RNC piggybank happens around February 21, that would qualify as an expansion of power and resources, yes?

Other dates to watch for DJT through the end of March:

February 26 (and a few days earlier) for matters involving aggression, assertion in courts and foreign affairs;
March 15 (and a few days earlier) through March 22nd (more of the same).

Meanwhile…

Here’s a sweetly sentimental story that aptly reflect the Venus-Neptune sextile.

“The remarkable power of holding hands with someone you love.”

Finally, Neptune refers to sleep, dreams, and memory — and here’s how lack of sleep — even for one night — affects our ability to remember.

Hope this astro-logic helps you cope with current planetary patterns. To find out what they all mean for your unique horoscope, here’s the 411 on personal consultations.

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People put their hands to the cold frosted wall to leave prints in support of Alexei Navalny in the centre of Moscow during a political rally against his arrest on January 23, 2021.