WEEK OF June 24 – 30, 2024
On the heels of last week’s full moon in Capricorn—the first in a back-to-back pair, you could swan-dive into your most ambitious plans this Monday, June 24. You’re giving “Alpha boss” and people are ready to follow your capable command, but that doesn’t mean you should toss your humanity out the window. Pay attention to your communication style during Wednesday’s strategic trine between Mercury and Saturn. With both planets in water signs (Mercury in Cancer and Saturn in Pisces), softening your tone and getting interested in people’s perspectives can go a long way to making them feel like they’re part of the team. Even when you’re in charge, Aries, you have to give respect to get respect. It goes both ways, of course. If you’ve been pandering to people who aren’t pulling their weight, lay out your expectations clearly and give repeat offenders an ultimatum.
If personal matters have fallen out of balance, Friday’s quarter moon in Aries will help you find your equilibrium. Quarter moons are more of a gentle shift than an epic overhaul. No, you won’t feel as if any tectonic plates are shifting beneath your feet—but that doesn’t make Friday’s adjustments any less meaningful. Sometimes, Aries, you can get addicted to the “extreme” quality of a makeover mission. Unfortunately, once the initial buzz wears off you look back and realize that you threw out the baby with the bathwater. Although change is in the air, don’t go on a “trash and slash” mission with anything—friendships, clothes and equipment you haven’t used for a while, clients or stocks that aren’t performing. Carefully review everything first, because some of these may still have potential worth investing in. Feeling tangled up about a relationship? These confidence-boosting moonbeams sound the call for greater independence. Again, you don’t have to cut people out of your life. But maybe you can rely on them a little less as you tap back into your own incredible capabilities, too. You’ve got this Aries, so own it.
On Saturday, June 29, disciplined Saturn commences its annual retrograde cycle, back-pedaling through Pisces and your twelfth house of introspection and healing until November 15. Have you ignored a skeleton that’s rattling loudly in your closet? Any suppressed or shadowy emotions could be unveiled for processing during this five-month span. The longer you put off dealing with them, the more elusive—and sabotaging—they will become. So book that therapy or past life regression session, sign up for a series of coaching sessions or work with a healer to bring these things to the surface, where you can actually shift your relationship to them. A life-changing healer or mentor you worked with in the past could re-emerge to support you on this journey. As the boundary enforcer of the zodiac, Saturn in this blurry sector will encourage you to set and uphold these limits with more insistence AND persistence. But since the twelfth house is where we go to escape, resist the temptation to check out emotionally or distract yourself with short-lived highs. You can keep your spirits up (and your motivation) by surrounding yourself with supportive, emotionally aware types. Creatives, too! This time of profound introspection provides plenty of material for artistic and musical compositions. Regulate your output. Too much effort can be depleting while Saturn is in reverse. Aim to strike a healthy balance between giving to others and retaining something for yourself. You need to recharge your own batteries so you’ll have something TO give when the spirit moves you!