Midlife Transits

Well, we don’t have as much cardinal energy in June as we did in May, and for you that probably means things will slow down somewhat, become less active. Venus is still in Aries for the first week of the month, which indicates that until then there is still some pleasant energy relating to stuff having to do with your house. Since Venus is the planet of laziness and you probably need some down time, you can combine this influence with the book-loving Gemini sun to do some kick-back summer reading on your chaise lounge with a tall glass of iced tea by your side. Or something similarly indulgent.

The whole month is rife with indulgence-loving vibes for as soon as Venus leaves Aries, she moves into indulgence-craving Taurus and your let’s-have-some-fun-for-a-change solar 5th house. If things are going well (and I hope they are), you shouldn’t be lacking for money to enjoy yourself, for abundant Jupiter stations (gets powerful) in your financial sector, intensifying an already huge and persistent energy in this area of your chart. You shouldn’t lack for skills to cash in on your opportunities either, for Gemini in your job sector is a skillful sign indeed, and it gets along with Jupiter and the other planets in Aquarius. It is true that the Gemini sun may get into a brief argument with Uranus in your sector of daily comings and goings, especially since in general your solar chart this month would rather be coming and going to someplace other than work. But that will pass.

Mars in particular would rather have you pay attention to your kids and/or your lovers than work and co-workers. I agree with Mars. This is the first month of summer and what better time could there be to enjoy being young at heart whatever your age.

I’m pegging June as a slow month for you, Aquarius. There’s a whole bunch of energy in slow-moving Taurus this month, clustered around the sector of your chart that relates to your home and residence. Energetic Mars is in Taurus, but so is lazy Venus. The sun’s in your solar 5th house of enjoying yourself by doing things like reading a good book. Jupiter in your sign is slowing down to station. Neptune and Chiron, also in your sign, are stuck at 26 and 25 degrees. The pace is so slow, it’s as if your chart doesn’t want to do anything but lie on the couch and flip through decorating magazines.

In fact, if all that Taurus energy really had its way, your exercise program this month would consist solely of moving from the couch to the kitchen in search of a tasty snack. I don’t recommend that, though, because when Taurus energy gets its way, people get pudgy and fatigued. It might be more realistic this month to get yourself moving by cleaning the house than going to the gym or planning an ambitious hike through the mountains. In the middle of July, for some odd reason, your chart gets more enthusiastic about getting outdoors and really doing stuff, but for the moment, you might as well just take it easy. You could probably use the break anyway.

I don’t know whether you’ve noticed, Pisces, but your chart has been busy spending 2009 pondering your self-imposed limitations via a trio of placements in Aquarius and your solar 12th house of stuff a person accidentally does to screw her or himself up. In June, the Aquarius placements are pondering this subject so deeply that they’re practically comatose. You, however, can’t afford to be so sluggish, thanks to Mars in Taurus in your solar 3rd house of moving about attending to all the daily errands and chores that pile up in life. The Aquarius placements don’t really like all the Taurus energy of June that is interfering with their summer nap, and the Taurus placements of the month return the favor by considering the Aquarius ponderings to be incomprehensible, impractical, and a bit irritating. So you may feel yourself caught between fatigue or spaciness and the necessity of getting stuff done.

My suggestion is to play hooky and call in sick for a few days,  so you can catch a bit of rest and get some of those chores done. If you were born in the middle of the sign, especially, you probably really do need the break, as Saturn is opposing your sun these days. If you were born near the end of the sign, the opposite may be the case, for Uranus is energizing your sun throughout June and he won’t let go. You may be having spiritual insights, switching religions, or semi-seriously contemplating a plan to move to Tahiti. Hard to say what will be going through your mind when Uranus gets ahold of it. My only caution is to try not to let all these mixed planetary influences leave you so spacy that you leave your handbag somewhere while you’re running all those errands that Taurus insists you take care of.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Saturn represents your solar 4th house. The 4th house typically represents a person’s home, nuclear family, or parents.

So Saturn going direct could mean less gloominess around something having to do with your home or family. Let’s say you want to move or need to move, but you just can’t because you can’t sell your house. Around the 16th, you are complaining furiously about your circumstances, when someone offers to rent it to you. After some Saturn-like number crunching, you realize the proposed situation would work. One less worry on your list.

Or let’s say the family atmosphere in your home has been deadly tense for quite awhile due to marital problems. Around the 16th, you call your partner’s bluff and have it out with him. He agrees that things are not working out between the two of you and you decide that he will live with his brother for awhile so the two of you can decide what to do next in a less gloomy atmosphere. He moves out, and you feel an unexpected sense of relief. Now you can think clearly and deal with your problems logically in true Virgo style.

Things like that can happen. Maybe not those exact things, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Saturn represents your solar 3rd house. The 3rd house can mean a lot of things, but it often has an effect on the circumstances of your daily life. So let’s say it ‘s just been a gloomy atmosphere around you for awhile. Seems like nothing but one minor bad news message after another. It kinda bums you out. Come the 16th, you say to yourself, I’m tired of being in a semi-bad mood all the time. I’m going to think happier thoughts! And you do. The semi-bad mood kind of lifts.

All the bad news in the world doesn’t necessarily go away, but it stops affecting you as much.

Things like that can happen. Not that exact thing necessarily, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Since Saturn’s in your sign, he’s in your solar 1st house. One of the meanings of the first house is vitality, health, well-being, energy, physical issues.

So let’s say Saturn in your first house has been giving you arthritis-like pains. Saturn loves to give people arthritis-like pains because they make people feel old and cranky, just like Saturn always feels. Saturn is the patron saint of feeling old. Most people, on the other hand, do not appreciate arthritis-like pains at all. So they try to do something about them. And still their backs hurt or hands hurt or knees hurt or wherever.

Then, come the time around May 16 when Saturn goes direct finally they find something that alleviates the pain in their joints. Maybe it’s just one of those arthritis bracelets, but whatever it is, it seems to work and the pain subsides. Woo hoo!

Things like that can happen. Maybe not that exact thing, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Saturn represents your solar 12th house. The 12th house means a bunch of stuff. One of the things it can mean is your sense of what you do to shoot yourself in the foot. Saturn here can make you look at the areas in which you’re your own worst enemy. That can be gloomy for sure.

But then, around the 16th, maybe you get fed up with being gloomy about yourself and decide to cut yourself a break. So you do, and soon you feel less gloomy all around.

Things like that can happen. Maybe not that exact thing. But things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

This is also an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Virgo represents your solar 11th house. The 11th house relates to friends and also to goals.

So, in the days around the 16th, you may feel the sense of gloominess subsiding around a friendship or, alternatively, you might feel lighter and free around your goals and hopes and wishes.

Things like that can happen. Maybe not that exact thing. But things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Virgo represents your solar 9th house.  A keyword for the 9th house is travel.

So Saturn going direct in the solar 6th house on May 16 could mean: a something to do with travel gets less gloomy for you. As in, maybe you are able to take a vacation finally. Another keyword is education, especially higher education. Your class load could get lighter as the end of the school year approaches, leaving you with a feeling of greater freedom.

Things like that can happen. Maybe not those exact things, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Virgo represents your solar 8th house.  One keyword for the 8th house is your sex life.

So Saturn going direct in the solar 8th house on May 16 could mean: difficulties in your sex life start to ease up. Perhaps your partner is more in the mood. Since Virgo is also a sign of health, perhaps a partner’s health problems no longer interfere as much with your sex life.

Another keyword for the 8th house is debt. So perhaps you will feel less gloomy about your debt burden or receive an unexpected break on your taxes that allows you to pay down some debt. You may finally move toward to take action with regard reducing your debt, even if the solution is not ideal.

Things like that can happen. Not necesarily those exact things, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn goes direct in Virgo on May 16. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Virgo represents your solar 7th house.  A keyword for the 7th house is partners.

So Saturn going direct in the solar 7th house could mean: a break in the case regarding tensions with a partner. A partner who has previously been hesitant may be more willing to move forward. Commitments may finally be able to be made.

Things like that can happen. Not necessarily that exact thing, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Virgo represents your solar 10th house.  The keyword for the 10th house is career.

So Saturn going direct in the solar 10th house on May 16 could mean: a break in the case regarding gloomy situations or feelings about your career. If you haven’t been sure what to do about your career these days, a way forward could semi-magically appear in your mind.

Things like that can happen.  Maybe not that exact thing, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Saturn represents your solar 2nd house. The 2nd house means money.

Not hard to imagine gloominess around money these days. So let’s say you’ve been struggling to bring in some extra money with a second job (that’s the kind of thing Saturn in the 2nd likes to do–have you work twice as hard!). So you get some seasonal part-time work. But you’re slow (Saturn) getting paid (2nd house). Around the 16th, whoever you’re working for gets the kinks worked out and the money starts flowing in. Maybe not a gusher, but at least some.

Things like that can happen. Maybe not that exact thing, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.

Saturn’s going direct in Virgo today. Take a look at this post if you want to see what that means in general. Below is information for your particular sun sign.

Here’s an example of how to do a short little horoscope for yourself using keywords. (I have a list of keywords on the Practical Astrology home page. Scroll down to see them.) Also, if this mini horoscope seems off, you can look at the one for your rising sign if you know it.

Okay, so our keyword for Saturn in Virgo is going to be gloomy or gloominess, since that’s what Saturn in Virgo has seemed to bring. If there are people out there not having a gloomy time with the Saturn in Virgo portion of their lives, they’re not telling me about it.

Saturn represents your solar 5th house. Not a bad house. Saturn may not have been giving you problems here. But if he had, the problems would supposedly revolve around 5th house matters like children or your love life.

So Saturn going direct could mean less gloominess around something having to do with your kids. Let’s say one of your youngsters has been reserved, withdrawn, maybe even kind of depressed lately. Around the 16th, you finally push a confrontation, and your boy finally lets loose with what’s been worrying him. Thus allowing you to reassure him and help him get less worried.

Or let’s say your girlfriend has been nagging you in Virgo-like fashion to do something responsible (Saturn) that you just really don’t feel like doing, because it would be a burden you think (more Saturn). Like maybe she wants you to commit! Around the 16th, you finally have it out with her. And you come to an agreement. She wins! You admit you’re committed to the relationship. And you feel a lot better because now you know you are secure in the relationship (Saturn=security), and you don’t have to worry about it anymore.

Things like that can happen. Maybe not those exact things, but things like that. Again, take a look at Practical Astrology if these keywords don’t suit.