TGIF!

It’s Friday, but not just any Friday. It’s an every-other-Friday, which means that a new episode of “Off the Charts: A Stellar Newscast” is available for your listening pleasure. Tune in and hear what astrologer Whitney Fishburn and I have to say about whose horoscope was affected by last week’s trigger of the last two lunar eclipses, and what seven months of Mars in Gemini is likely to bring. You’ll also want to read Whitney’s notes about the episode, ’cause they are just so darned thought-provoking and enlightening.

Here’s your recap of the weekend forecast:

• FRIDAY: Chill, chill, CHILL during the ensuing 17 1/2 hour Moon void. Take an extra day of vacation. Stick to routine. Roll with whatever twists and flakes disrupt your efforts to move forward in a straight line. No impulse shopping. Don’t make a mountain of crisis out of a molehill. CHILL. Plus we are now in the last hours of the old lunar cycle, suggesting a sense of restlessness or listlessness, waiting for the New Thing to begin. With no light from the Moon, it’s a fine time to be invisible or host an activity you hope will fly under the radar. Moon enters Virgo at 8:24 PM ET, ready to clean up the confetti from the Leo Moon’s party. Ohhhh…but there are still tensions to be released just after midnight ET on…
• SATURDAY…as Venus squares Uranus at 12:33 AM ET, followed by Sun square Mars at 1:27 AM ET. The former suggests unconventional attractions and upsets in matters of women, art, money and social expression. The latter suggests action/assertion, for better or worse….and it’s followed by a square between Moon and Mars at 4:11 AM ET. Whatever the outbursts of energy, they are the set-up for the New Moon in Virgo that begins at 4:17 AM ET.
• SUNDAY: Virgo Moon trines Uranus at 8:47 AM ET. That’s good for the “dream for all humanity” Bovee described above. What could throw a wrench into the works? Well…that Venus-Saturn opposition, exact at 2:27 PM ET. Who’s raining on everyone’s parade? On the other hand, the tension between Venus and Saturn could reflect women taking care of business. An opposition between Moon and Neptune at 7:27 PM ET may lack clarity, but may also prompt a fantastic escape — made deeper by Moon’s trine to Pluto at 11:08 PM ET. Chill during the ensuing 6 1/2 hour Moon void.

No sleeping in on MONDAY. Moon enters Libra at 5:44 AM ET, focused on diplomacy, fairness and balance in relationships.

And now, the news.

During today’s long, lingering, dead Moon void in drama queen Leo, the big show was the release of the affidavit that had to be filed in order for a judge to approve the FBI’s request for a search warrant of Mar-a-Lago. It was redacted, obviously — which is fitting for the “no consequences” Moon void. WaPo has annotated it, and you can read the redacted document here (I’m posting it as a gifted article — no paywall). Heather Cox Richardson will no doubt weigh in later tonight — and if you’ve never read one of her Letters from an American, here is the link to her Substack page. They are jam-packed with solid reporting, and best of all, HCR gives us her perspective as a historian, letting us know that we have all been here before. History — like astrology — is cyclical, and I hope this understanding gives you comfort in these interesting times. Alternatively, you can let Dan Rather get you up to speed right now in his Substack post —  aptly titled (given current planetary patterns) —  “We Should Not Become Inured to the Shock.”

UPDATE: on President Biden, whose horoscope is functioning as designed. Transiting Mars, triggered a surge of bottle-necked energy last week as it opposed his Scorpio Sun-Venus conjunction…then moved on to a meet-up with his Uranus (daring action!) and an opposition to his 3 Sagittarius Ascendant, where it was noted by Some People On The Twitter as follows:

“I genuinely have no idea what combination of factors has convinced Biden to abandon his traditional moderation for pugilistic anti-Trumpism and confident unilateral policy-making, but… isn’t this GREAT? Doesn’t it feel BETTER to be moving around, trying things, throwing punches?”

And:

“At multiple points in his swaggering speech tonight, Biden made a point of using his major new climate bill to dunk in the face of deniers who blocked action for so many years.”

“Pugilistic” and “swaggering” are what we would expect when Mars is activating the horoscope, right? Astrology. Is. Amazing! Here’s more on that speech, ICYMI, with thoughts on how “the tide has shifted” for President Biden and his party. In other news, since Mars was on his Descendant (significant others) and Mars refers to attacks, it’s remarkable that the First Lady (Dr. Jill Biden) tested positive for Covid — in an apparent rebound.

Meanwhile…

Uranus stationing retrograde on Wednesday was expected to “coincide” with startling news in technology, with nuclear power being one possible angle:

• “Fears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear power plant“ (which was knocked offline on Wednesday)
• “Hungary approves construction of two Russian-built nuclear reactors“
• Can’t make this up: “NASA really wants to probe Uranus and could start planning next year”
• “California bans sale of new gasoline-powered cars in 2035″
• “The Apollo space missions as you’ve never seen them before”

Uranus square Venus and opposing Saturn, exact over the weekend, is already being reflected in the news. We expect startling and/or controlling stories involving women, art, values, social expression and money:

• “Dow plunges 1000 points after Fed chief warns of ‘inflation pain’“
• “Revealed: leaked video shows Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group drove women to tears”
• “Socialite who charmed NATO staff in Naples was a Russian spy, say investigators”
• “Nichelle Nichols becomes latest ‘Star Trek’ star to have ashes sent into space'”
• “Keith Haring: painting cut from bedroom wall to be sold at auction”
• Russian-speaking immigrant pretends to be heiress; enters Mar-A-Lago and meets with the former guy
• “A Michigan library refused to remove an LGBTQ book. The town defunded it”
• “Meghan Markle dethrones Joe Rogan from top of Spotify’s US podcast chart”

In other news…

Do you know who Megan Coyne is? She used to run social media for the state of New Jersey, and she was so good at it, that she was hired by the White House. Take the above disruptive patterns and toss in Mars’ recent ingress into Gemini, which suggests words used as weapons, for better or worse. Then check out the White House’s “feisty” new Twitter feed, which caused quite a stir by shooting down the squeals of MAGA members of Congress who objected to President Biden’s forgiveness of up to $20,000 of student loan debt. How did the White House Twitter feed do this? By quoting said MAGA members and then revealing how many hundreds of thousands of dollars — and in some cases, millions — in PPP loans that they received — that were then later forgiven.

Elsewhere…

• “Slew of trigger laws kick in as three more U.S. states ban abortion.”  I have said this before, and it’s worth saying again.  There is a certain astro-logic to posts popping up on social media, noting that “Roevember is coming” or advising citizens to “Roe, Roe, Roe your vote.” Many states are seeing a surge of newly-registered women voters, and certain planetary patterns suggest that concern over the loss — or potential loss — of reproductive health care freedoms will be a key driving factor in the upcoming midterms — enough for the current party in power to defy convention and prevail after the midterms. We shall see. Are you registered to vote? Do check your registration status here — it’s not something to take for granted.

That’s the news for the weekend! Yes, I’m still offering my “Star Special” (as Avid Reader Stephanie calls it): a few paragraphs of personalized insights on what seven months of Mars in Gemini suggests for you. Toss $52 into my Cosmic Tip Jar as an expression of Joyful Random Appreciation. Then send me your birth data if I don’t already have it.

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Venus squares Uranus and opposes Saturn.

Unconventional women carrying their own baggage.

Photo credit: Elisabeth Grace