June Energies, stormy weather ahead
June is a "5" Universal Month [6 (June) + 8 (2024) = 14 = 1+5 =6] in an "8" Universal Year. 5 months tend to shake things up & carry some level of tension. Some adjustments may be in order. This aligns with the astrology of the month as we have a major shift of focus as the Sun, Mercury, Venus,& Jupiter all leave the fixed sign of Taurus for mutable Gemini.
THE SET UP
We begin the month with the Sun Venus & Jupiter in Gemini, Mercury & Uranus in Taurus, Mars in Aries, Saturn & Neptune in Pisces, & retrograde Pluto in Aquarius. By month's end, all our personal planets will change signs (Mars into Taurus & Mercury & Venus into Cancer), the Sun will enter Cancer, & Saturn will retrograde in Pisces.
THE NITTY GRITTY
We continue our month-long astrological lineup with a sequence of all planets stretching from Aquarius to Gemini. We are finally starting to move into new ground, symbolized by our personal planets finally transitioning out of the last quadrant of the horoscope wheel (notice those pesky outer planets still hanging out there), but something is holding us back.
It's worth noting that while the Sun, Mercury, Venus, & Jupiter will all chug away as trailblazers through Gemini this month, Pluto is working toward moving backward into Capricorn one last time.
If you're looking ahead, circle 9/1 on your calendar (the day Pluto enters Capricorn - it's gonna be a whopper) but for now, we just have to live in this in-between zone. With so many planets in Gemini, that shouldn't be particularly difficult as Gemini is nothing if not adaptable. (at times, perhaps, even pathologically so)
In a year made of ups & downs (8 years are the rollercoasters - they contain the whole gambet), we will find ourselves floating neither at the top nor the bottom of the ride. Maybe coasting is a better word. This isn't a bad thing - a lot has been going on & the aftermath of it demands some serious introspective & hopefully adjustments. The natural inquisitiveness of Gemini will likely keep things from being boring. But after some big bangers, June looks pretty...terrestrial?
That's a weird word to apply to a month ruled by mutable air & then cardinal water, but, here we are.
That's sort of it. We've been getting whopped by some major astrological conjunctions between the Big Hitters & our personal planets for the last two months. This can be seen as the hands of fate - or whatever you personally feel like calling the thing that is beyond us that seems to impact our lives - reaching down & having a good fuck around with our personal lives. It was a lot. If you can read these words, you've made it through - maybe some of you even got to beat the bad guys.
Take a moment to Breathe. June is not going to be like that, folks. If that shit is hitting the fan right now, it's strictly your own shit. That can feel worrying or freeing depending on your perspective. There's no judgment here, just note how that makes you feel. It's information about yourself & you can never have too much of that.
There are no non-lunar aspects on 6/1 (& honestly not even any interesting lunar ones, I checked) - that is just confirmation that this is a bit of a month off. Sure, there are some power days & a few days we should at least stay aware of. But if anything, we have a chance to get a bit jovial (Jupiter is in Gemini all month, let's talk big & worry about the consequences later) & enjoy life a bit.
Right now, our planets transiting Gemini will be in general alignment with Pluto by sextile & Chiron & the North Node by trine, but misaligned (square) to Saturn & Neptune in Pisces. The few days to watch out for are those Saturnian squares - those will always be the days to look out for. Gemini doesn't exactly ENJOY the consequences that Saturn brings to the table & is known for trying to lie their way out of a tough situation - that's the big thing to look out for this month.
Enjoy yourself but try not to shirk too much responsibility. By sign, Jupiter & Saturn will be square with one another all month & that always indicates some level of tension between our sense of enjoyment & our sense of responsibility. Saturn is preparing to retrograde as well.
Our Saturnian dates for the month are as follows: 6/8 Venus square Saturn, 6/9 Sun square Saturn, 6/12 Mercury square Saturn, 6/26 Mercury trine Saturn, 6/29 Saturn retrogrades
We note the pattern here: Venus (emotion), Sun (self), & then Mercury (thought) twice over as our planet of Communication catches up with the Sun & Venus, & moves ahead of the pack. Whereas the hits from the last two months were from the otherworldly energies of Uranus, Chiron, & the Lunar Nodes - Saturn means business. Earthy business (Saturn rules the cardinal earth sign of Capricorn, after all). You may need to attend to the practical things in your life that got tossed aside as the world got so scrambled.
Gemini isn't known for their staying power. They would rather flit about doing this & that than commit to a single path. Remember to schedule free time to explore this month, but Saturn will certainly demand that you stop now & again to regroup, if not actually hold down a home base. This is going to be markedly easier for earth signs, fixed signs, & anybody with a strongly Saturnian chart.
The big flex of the month is being able to tell which days are for exploring versus which days need focus & attention & fluctuating between the two. Mutable signs or people with highly Mercurial charts will have an easier time with this half of things. Magic done to gain higher levels of discernment about which paths to choose may aid in this effort substantially - Mercury will be a good guide here.
The good days look really good (for perspective here: if your Venus is in Gemini, it may be a bit biased). Gemini/Mercury days are always going to be good for adventure, information gathering, & communication of all kinds. Have a little fun with your life, play around a little. Be less serious & more inquisitive. Actively explore the other side of an issue, just for fun. The world is Gemini's oyster because Gemini knows that now is the only guaranteed moment. If you've wanted to become better acquainted with Mercury, Gemini's planetary ruler, this will be a very good time.
Gemini/Mercury days: 6/3 - Mercury enters Gemini (the absolute perfect day for a road opener, amiright?), 6/4 - Sun conjunct Venus 14° Gemini (playful love/playful emotions), & Mercury conjunct Jupiter (the best day for writers/speakers to do magic for inspiration for quite some time), 6/5 - New Moon 16° Gemini, 6/14 - Sun conjunct Mercury 24° Gemini (I think, therefore, I am)
Our new moon on 6/6 is at 16° Gemini & pulls in the energy of Venus through conjunction & Saturn by square. Its numerology is 3/6 [3 (Gemini moon) + 3 (Gemini Sun) = 6. & 6 (Geminin new moon) + 5 (June 2024) = 11 = 1+1 = 2.]. Both 3 & 6 are creative numbers which is echoed by Venus's involvement in this particular new moon - this will be a powerful day for creatives of all time to take positive actions (Saturn) towards their craft. Do some concrete magic & then put it into action.
Our full moon on 6/21 is one of the big power days of the entire year. As I have mentioned in past posts, 2024 is most auspicious money-wise in that it has two Capricorn New moons (one in January & one in December) & two Capricorn full moons (one in June & a second astrological blue moon in July). If you have money magic to do, this is the day to do so. This falls on a Friday so don't forget to include Venus in your planning if you're inclined towards planetary magic.
The numerology for this full moon is 4/9 [0 (Capricorn Moon) + 3 (Gemini Sun) = 13 = 1+3 = 4. & 4 (Capricorn full moon) + 5 (June 2024) = 9.] which supports structure & completion. This is a Capricornian moon, after all, it's about getting money into the bank where it can make more money. Don't think fast cash, think big results. This is the kind of energy that requires follow through, do with that what you will.
The energy shifts a lot as the Sun, Mercury, & Venus all enter Cancer. Welcome to the Summer season - we recognize the switchover from willy-nilly mutable Gemini to focused cardinal Cancer as the seasons shift. Now we've had our fun & it's time to get a bit more back into the grind. Our planets in Cancer will get along better with Saturn & Neptune than they did in Gemini (by trine) but will run into some crunchiness as they square off with the Lunar Nodes & Chiron.
Cancer is the midpoint of the axis between Aries & Libra where our lunar nodes still sit for a little bit longer. This is going to be a bit of a hit back to eclipse season & whatever has been coming up in your life around Independence/Togetherness. Mercury squares the nodes on 6/23, this may feel especially intense because Mercury was strongly involved in our total eclipse stellium during April while they were in retrograde. Try not to get too emotional (Mercury in Cancer) about what has already happened. Venus in Cancer follows suit on 6/26 - this last week of the month just may feel overly personal.
Sometimes (most times probably) we all take things more personally than they actually are. Cancer does this especially because they seem to carry their whole very emotional world around with them like a little snail house. Cry it out if you have to, but then put on your emotionally mature glasses & acknowledge what has nothing to do with you. Sometimes life sucks, sometimes bad things happen. Some things just aren't avoidable - no matter how much you worry, plan, or cast magic against them.
That's the big lesson of lunar node aspects: some things happen. All you can do is change how you react to them.
If it feels like a lot, know that you are right on time. Saturn is deep in its pre-shadow retrograde all month & the energy is likely to deepen as we move through the last dregs of June towards their retrograde on 6/29. There's likely going to be a heaviness to the air, possibly a sense of oppression. Saturn stations twice a year, this is business as usual, but it can feel hard to get through in the moment. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and it will be July before you know it.
