July 27th, 2018: Martian Blood Moon in Aquarius/Mercury Retrograde in Leo.

theprismaticdreamer:

Welcome to the big show! Can you feel that tension building up, Tumblr? On Friday the 27th, kicking off the last weekend of July, the stars and planets have conspired to create the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century! That’s right, it’s gonna be 3 hours and 55 mins of crazy eclipse energy! 1 hour and 42 minutes of which will stain our beloved Luna a bloody crimson. That’s because this time, the moon is plunging straight through earth’s shadow, and not just lightly grazing us.

This event won’t be visible in the Northern Hemisphere but
those in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand will get to
enjoy seeing it. Either way, the gravity off this event will be felt
worldwide, and so I encourage every magic practitioner out there to use
this energy while the energy is going hot.

Speaking of hot, let’s talk about those fiery astrological details! 

First off, it’s a total lunar eclipse. It’ll be occurring in the
South Node. This means our eclipse will focus around themes of emotional
endings, baggage from the past, reminders of what we’ve already done
and have been through, and (like Saturn) decreases
possibilities. However, these possibilities were never meant to be! Ya
know, unless you can travel time 😉 People will also be revealing their
true colors as a lunar eclipse tears away all magic or psychological
glamours to reveal the ugly truth.

On the same night as the eclipse, our planet will pass between the Sun and planet Mars. This will put Mars at opposition with Earth, placing the warrior planet right next to the lunar eclipse!  This Mars opposition is the best we’ve had since 2003, so it’ll be super bright, and visible. Think of that poignant symbolism!  Mars is firing up the moon with the fires of it’s passion. And the moon is thusly transformed, becoming the same red as Mars itself. So with all that in mind, I can tell this is gonna be a spicy boi.

Our tempers untempered will be at peak YIKES. Mars is retrograding in the sign of Aquarius adding seething frustration or fury to the mix with our inability to take action and live our truest ideals, thus chaining our self-expression. Mars and the Moon will be present in the same sign-so again, there’s that symbolism of our unexpressed passions firing up our emotions. Mars will also be squaring Uranus so that frustration might become so inflamed that we want tear it all down. Ourselves, our way of lives, and those we think are holding us back from true self-expression. Sun opposition Mars will cause us to wanna fight externally when the battle is really inside ourselves and our own perceptions. We could risk projecting our emotional demons onto others fully convinced they’re the ones with an issue. Mars conjunct the moon lends impulsiveness, passion, or instinct to our emotions.

Mercury will be back at it with it’s shit again the day BEFORE the eclipse. That’s on the 26th. So already, we’re kinda getting boned by the stars here. And it’ll be in self-orientated, charismatic, and lead diva Leo. Ever the trickster, Mercury is fooling us into really believing in our own bullshit to the effect of having us acting like pompous jackasses to each other if our ego is challenged. We might get a little caught up in our own opinions, overreact, and say some really awful things. But perhaps these were things that have been brewing on the back burner of your heart for quite some time.  Sometimes it takes getting into a heated scream match with someone who’s been taking advantage of you and asserting yourself to realize who you really are. And what you’re really about. So Mercury’s job in this retrograde is to loosen your lips so as to start some really important dialogues about Self as opposed to others.

The sun is in Leo in it’s 4th degree. And the moon is in Aquarius who’s also in it’s 4th degree. Again, we’re confronted with the ideas of our little picture and humanity’s bigger picture and what we choose to value. Do we stick to our little box of stuff or join into the large oceans of the collective? We might be challenged to quit playing certain roles in people’s lives or even quiting our own roles in our own lives to heed to the call of the future. Personal revelations will abound during this eclipse. It’s possible that these revelations will lead you to quiting an old way of  life and stepping into a fresh, new one. Mercury retrograde is helping us with verbalizing what this Leo sun and Aquarius moon in four degrees is trying to show us: what roles we play with ourselves, what roles we play in other people’s lives, and what roles no longer fit who we’ve become since the solar eclipse last summer.

Venus in Virgo along with Venus trine Pluto will have us picking over the details of all our relationships and questioning whether they are healthy, loving connections worth our emotional intensity and efforts. So underlying this hot anger and feeling chained to relationships that no longer serve, is the overwhelming need to feel appreciated for who we are by our friends and lovers. And if we aren’t appreciated, what’s the point of staying in these old, and broken roles? Venus wants to be recognized for the things Venus does for the people Venus loves. And so do you, I bet.

The Sun is Quindecile Pluto who is also Trine with Venus atm so the implication here is that no matter how much you hide, the sun will place a spotlight on the shadowy underbelly of your relationships. Sun opposition Mars causes you to fight with said relationships so as to establish your stake in them or eliminate enemies in your metaphorical bed.

Just be careful if the fight is valid or just stuff you’re reading into because Neptune is retrograde in Pisces causing all sorts of illusionary, victimizing, escapist bullshit that probably sounds really good to Mercury retrograding in Leo. Maybe the problem isn’t with how others are or aren’t treating you…but how you’re treating yourself. And maybe all it takes is letting that self-depreciation and self-obsessiveness go? Give into the flow of the bigger picture? The good thing about Neptune retrograde is the call to finding your inner spirituality and Oneness with the Multi-verse. There’s gonna be a huge wave of new seekers or people initiating into deeper magics. 

Jupiter in Scorpio is chillin’ over there expanding those underworld vibes that has us looking at our dark sides and that of humanity while Pluto retrograding in Capricorn has us wound tight to destroy the authorities that are controlling you and placing you in any kind of bondage. Demanding you take action while also making you face having to give up what’s keeping you locked up. Saturn in the same sign as Pluto has us paying our karmic debts or living up to responsibilities we’ve avoided. Probably a lot of people right now are considering.going to/going back to rehab or some sort of intense therapy, reaping actions that they’ve sowed for awhile now, realizing they’re in an abusive relationship of some sort, having health issues, or planning to overthrow a government. Or more personally and micro-cosmically, you might  be overthrowing your own shadow-self and it’s control over your actions by releasing old patterns and karmic debts made in this life and those of the past.

Amongst all this chaos, we have our saving grace: Saturn Trine Uranus. It will take all this conflict and fire and relationship conflict and give it a harmonious resolution. Saturn Trine Uranus is the best blend of working within the rules of a structure or relationship and finding new ways for everyone to feel appreciated. It’s the perfect blend of stability and innovation and often it takes the form of finding new ways to do old things. So if you have to quit smoking again, quit interacting with certain people again, quit trying to control the outcomes out of your control, or finally doing what you need to in order to gain your freedom of expression again, try approaching it at a different angle than your usual. Maybe stand on top of your head and see the world upside from a fresh perspective and listen to what Future You has to say about your role in the world.

So to summarize:  We’re analyzing our inner/external relationships because some of them might not be good for us anymore. And we’re being called to move into the future with more self-awareness and freedom to express who we are on an intrinsic level. We’re gonna take action to make this happen. No more sitting around. And we’re probably gonna fight and or scream loudly. Aka. We’re not gonna take it! No, we ain’t gonna take it! We’re not gonna take it anymore!