WEEK OF September 12 – 1 8, 2022
Have you stretched beyond your wingspan, Aquarius? With Mercury in its first full week of retrograde, you may feel like folding yourself in and getting your bearings back. We get it, but how about taking a moderate approach? Although it’s in reverse, Mercury is still flowing through your ninth house of global adventures. Even while relaxing at your “charging station,” you may still get word of exciting opportunities to travel, study or participate in a game-changing initiative. You don’t have to commit immediately; in fact, you might wait until the retrograde ends on October 2 before you give a solid yes. But signal interest and put a pin in it. This is also a great week for mapping out the “journey” of how you’ll get from Point A to Point B. Those in-between steps are where the rubber meets the road, after all, and a clear set of trail markers can help Team Aqua stay aligned.
Question to ponder near the weekend: What DO you want from a relationship, Aquarius? You could get feedback on your romantic designs this Friday as cosmic lovers Venus and Mars collide in a tense 90-degree square in your most passionate chart sectors. (This is why “clarity” is so important!) Testosterone-fueled Mars is pulsating through Gemini and your passion center, and could try to advance an agenda slightly different from tender Venus’. With a partner, one of you may be more “in the mood” than the other, or if you’re newly dating someone, they might not be as available as you’d like (even if that’s virtually-speaking). Watch that you don’t come on too strong (whoa, Mars!) or too coy (the shade of Venus). Here’s a thought: Don’t play games at ALL, and just express your interest or desires playfully instead of coercively.
Take time on Sunday to honor your emotions—especially (yes!) the gloomier ones. You can’t be “on” and upbeat all the time, Aquarius. With the Sun in a healing angle with somber Pluto, you can safely allow your shadow side to come out and play. As an Aquarius, you sometimes suppress these moods, only to have them pull you down like a riptide later on. Before the storm hits, talk to one of your personal Oprah figures. You’d benefit from meditation, massage, even a session with an energy healer. Releasing your emotions doesn’t mean you’ll drown in them; but bottling them up can definitely slow you down. Take the necessary time out on Sunday to process and deal. What seemed like a roadblock earlier in the month could reveal a need for better boundaries or more honest conversation about what you REALLY desire.
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