How do you keep yourself together under intense pressure? There’s a fair question, given the sky this week. Despite the sexually carefree traditions of Beltane (the ancient Pagan holiday honoring the fertile Earth with lots of sex and fire), there are practical questions of integrity at hand.
We’re now in the last days before the Scorpio Full Moon, and Full Moons are notorious for amping up emotions and keeping us up at night. Mars in Virgo is square two points (the lunar nodes), representing a choice between wanting to stick with what we know and wanting to move forward consciously.
Neptune and Chiron in Pisces are also square those same lunar nodes, meaning that you may feel pulled between addressing your life circumstances with intuitive creativity (the Pisces side) or rational problem-solving (the Virgo side) if you’re having trouble finding the balancing point.
The Taurus Sun is approaching the Black Moon Lilith (a calculated point) representing the shadow material of the psyche. Under this astrology, is it possible to be free and be responsible to yourself?
Let’s consider Saturn and Vesta, both of which are about containment. Saturn in Libra and Vesta in Taurus are still far apart, but they have one thing in common right now: they are both in Venus-ruled signs. Let’s take them one at a time — and then see what they have in common.