PRIMORDIAL LOVE-MONSTER: VENUS RETROGRADE & SATURN SQUARE URANUS

goodbye 2021,

hello primordial love-monster…

…but first, let’s watch the credits roll to the 2021 end, just in case there’s a blooper reel... with the recent final Sagittarius eclipse (Dec 3) let yourself sit in the quiet theater of your life, a solstice moment to consider how the matrix of your perspective shifted since December 2020. What mental health issues did you have to confront? What prejudices did you have to admit ? What brilliant ideas did you follow, which ones dissolved ?

...and well, we don't exactly begin 2022 with fireworks, unless by fireworks you mean your eyes glowing over the glare of your partners phone while they're in the next room. Many of us will be preoccupied with Venus Retrograde from Dec 19 - Jan 28. Venus's retrograde is a journey to a dark alchemical chamber of relationship envy, paranoia or discomfort. Yet, a journey that exposes essential truths about our values, so that we can emerge loving each other with more clarity and confidence.

Reclaim your boundaries, get to know your attachment style, hold space for deep unconscious content that tests the durability of your relationships. Venus also stewards over money $$ and material pleasure, and so we may want to challenge how we use our resources (...ie: fast fashion, jeff bezos....)

Speaking of the holidays, we will find Saturn and Uranus shattering a few wine glasses on Dec 23, 2021. Saturn is the planet of rules, while Uranus is the planet of breaking rules. Thus, since Saturn first popped into Aquarius in March 2020, we've been feeling the thrum of destabilizing change.

The tension of these two planets heighten for the third time this year...as anti-racism efforts evolve, as labor movements pass from #striketober to #strikesgiving to #strikemas -- we continue to awaken humanitarian issues as well as places of protest within ourselves. The sand paper tension of freedom vs. commitment rubs deep.

Survival tip:
Venus goes retrograde in the same sign every 8 years, so think back to what was happening Dec 2013 - Jan 2014, expect similar themes to resurrect this winter. Old lovers, old insecurities, yet -- from a new consciousness.

Survival tip:
If 2021 taught us anything, it is how to hold space for uncertainty. Let us continue discovering a mature acceptance of ‘not knowing.'

Survival tip:
And last, lean into where you have Pisces in your chart, this is the relief valve ! The joyful and wise Jupiter will reside there starting Dec 28, 2021, acting as a salve, helping us relax and enjoy the magic of winter.

for a more comprehensive outlook..

treat yourself to a year ahead astrology reading

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