About the Author: Suzanne Wagner
This Week in Astrology – Astrology for the Week of July 14-20, 2024
Change happens. But how does change shift us? The changes coming will take time to unfold in order for us to make sense out of them. What happens next is now a process of evolution of certain energies being given off by planets. While we seek to understand, I am sure nothing will make sense to our old ways of understanding for the next many months.
July 14th the Moon will enter Scorpio and what was out of balance now has ignited a flame that is burning on dry tinder. Where there is smoke there is fire. Where there is smoke there are complicated and confusing emotions that want to threaten our sensibilities and uncenter our core. To say that people are feeling a lot of dark and heavy emotions is crystal clear and you don’t need a psychic or astrologer to tell you that.
On July 15th, Mars will conjunct Uranus; and the Sun will square to Uranus. This is a tough day. Everyone has been feeling the building up of tensions and now this cycle being unleashed has the potential to suffocate us in a variety of ways. This pattern is powerful with Mars’s energy in the mix, threatening to destabilize the dreams of many and bringing unbridled uncertainty from the chaos. These two forceful planets converging is not good news. Mars gives gumption and drive to those looking for a fight. And the unexpected nature of Uranus gives opportunity to pick one. Till the end of the week, the volatility index is off the Richter scale. Everything about these dynamic duos implies unexpected changes. For some it may mean they feel that they have the authority to do whatever the hell they want. For others it can be a call for bold actions that may make things worse before they get better. The intention is to make us look at what we want in the long run and what we perhaps really don’t want. This much energy is going to make us agitated, antsy, and anxious. Movement is the only thing that seems to be able to help us move through it.
Add to it, Chiron is starting to go retrograde and will impact and negatively connect with the Mars/Uranus conjunction. Chiron in Aries points out various types of traumas we are feeling. We are being asked to look in the mirror to who we really are as a person. How are the external situations showing us things about ourselves that are less than pleasant?
We ask the question, “Is it that I lack a core center in myself? Or is it that others also don’t know who they are? Regardless, insecurity is the name of the game for the next week. That insecurity is now fueling a powerful underlying rage.
For some, they are just done. Done with being a doormat, and they are ready to go full throttle ahead if anyone gets in their way.
We need to learn how to channel this type of energy constructively rather than destructively. We will see if we can find a way to make a more lasting integration for what is unfolding over time.
On July 20, 2024, Mars will go into Gemini. Mars is a lot of passion. Gemini is a lot of mind. We want to really know what is going on. We want to research information that matters to us. We want to gather information and gain insight and perspective. What is clear is that we don’t have all the pieces of the puzzle in place. But we are ready to do the work to get there. We will not be satisfied with being fed information from the spoons of the powerful and wealthy. We want to get to the bottom of things. This can feel like pouring gasoline on the fires in the mind that now really need to know. You can clearly learn a lot and feel more informed.
This week wants to set your teeth on edge. It wants to piss you off and get under your skin. It may feel like stepping on a yellow jacket nest in the ground and suddenly being swarmed with something trying to sting you and you can’t seem to get away from it.
The key is going to be observation, discernment, and learning how to follow your instincts. Too much is shifting to have total clarity. The compass of our lives is spinning around in circles, and we don’t know which way to go. The lesson is to pick any direction because continuing to stand on this spot is going to only make you more insane and stressed. The choice must be to move. The choice must be to be willing to learn and understand what is happening and why.
~Suzanne Wagner~