Astro for June 11, 2022
Today, Venus makes a conjunction with Uranus. Venus is the planet that rules love, relationships, beauty, money, pleasurable experience, art, and attraction. Uranus rules innovation, revolution, rebellion, radical thinking, unpredictable change, and advancement toward the future. When these two planets combine in conjunction we can expect changes in our relationships, our views on love, beauty standards, and money. You might end up spending or receiving an unexpected amount of money during these next few days if you haven’t already. Some people might feel called to change their appearance to align with their more radical and inclusive perception of beauty. We might be seeing people embrace what makes them “weird”.
The Moon over in Scorpio actually opposes this conjunction. The Scorpio Moon has us deeply in our feels. We are transforming, transmuting, and evolving with our emotions. As we make these aesthetic changes or we find a new sense of personally cultivated financial freedom, it is this Scorpio Moon that will help make these new beliefs stick. We have to do the deeper work to see why we resisted our freedom, our eccentricity, or even love. Today, we learn about the freedom and revolutionary nature of love. We choose to love freely because we realize that it sets us free from our own emotional torture.
We must be mindful of this Scorpio Moon so that we don’t suffocate love with fears and possessiveness. We cannot allow fear to diminish love. In The Four Agreements, I remember Don Miguel Ruiz mention’s how every emotion we experience either stems from love or fear. So today, as you feel your way through discern from which of these your emotions are born. Ask yourself which you would rather choose: love or fear? Love sets us free. Our fears can paralyze and hold us captive if we let them.
Sometimes we don’t allow ourselves to see the beauty in life because we feel weighed down with despair. If you have been feeling the weight of the world and your own emotions it’s a great idea to write a gratitude list today. Surround yourself with beautiful things. Give yourself today to choose to see the beauty in yourself. Rise to the challenge of seeing yourself and speaking over yourself with the most loving eyes and words. Loving, valuing, and appreciating yourself is a revolution in a society that tells us we are not enough unless we have enough stuff.
Today, practice a level of healthy detachment. How can you start or further the process from detaching from this world’s fucked up standard of beauty? Get off social media for the day. Look at yourself in the mirror and see yourself without the need to compare your image to others that you have seen. Tell yourself that you are the standard. Get intimate with yourself. Touch yourself. It doesn’t have to be in a sexual way (unless you want it to be). Be sensual with yourself. Be sweet with yourself. Hold space even for the parts that feel too heavy, dark, or pessimistic to love. Don’t shame yourself for wanting to be loved. Don’t shame yourself for the ways a lack of love has caused you to behave in your search for more affection and tenderness. Validate your experience and then allow yourself to choose differently with your new understanding of love as a pathway to freedom.
As changes arise in your relationship, financial situation, personal tastes, and understanding of pleasure it can be scary or uncomfortable. Do not choose comfort overgrowth right now. You might feel like you’ve been uprooted. You might even feel slighted about the time you spent being misguided or lying to yourself. Allow yourself to feel grounded by being present with the emotion. Don’t run from the feeling of vulnerability. We can get so attached to some of our ideals that it feels like they become us. Some of these changes can make your world feel like it’s crashing down. This is when that detachment comes in. You are more than your appearance. You are more than just a romantic partner to someone. You are worth more than the money in your bank account. It could feel after all of this change like you’ve lost a piece of yourself. Truth is you may lose parts of the conditioned self in order to make way for the liberated parts of yourself. As some things fall apart remember that if it is falling away then it’s not for you. Embrace truth. Embrace freedom.
