Astro for June 17, 2022
Today, the Moon is in Aquarius forming a sextile to Chiron, the eternally wounded healer. We can expect to have sentiments of collective healing on our hearts and minds. When the moon is in Aquarius it gives us the opportunity to create healthy distance from our emotions so that we can look at situations objectively without getting overtaken by the currents of our feelings. Today, we might consider the inner work we need to do in order to improve our cooperation with others. Especially since the moon is waning, we are clearing out old ideals to make way for more effective healing and clearer perspective.
The Sun square Neptune can be a harsh push back to reality. Today we are made aware of the ways we have been attempting to ignore reality in order to focus on how we wish things were. This aspect can feel like a harsh reality check for people who have been falling into habits of escapism. They could start to see just how much they’ve been neglecting themselves and their lives. If they have been placating themselves with unhealthy distractions that have created the illusion that life has gotten better ,those distractions could be stripped from them today and they see that their life situation has actually been stagnant or even regressed due to their negligence.
This is a day to take it is easy with the Sun, the symbol of life and vitality, square to Neptune, the planet of rest, dreams, and all that is hidden from the public eye. Some of us might want to be in hiding today to recharge, be creative, and have privacy to do the aforementioned inner work. Today is not the day to push yourself too hard for there is a chance of “cracking open” so to speak. It can feel like any mask that we wear in the world is starting to falter and expose our vulnerabilities to others. Any illusions that we have tried to maintain are no longer sustainable. It makes me think of in movies when someone is projecting this big voice over an intercom along with a big scary hologram being projected but the person behind the curtain is just an afraid little being. Let us take away the need to project ourselves as being big, bad, and fearless. Let us be honest about our softness and sensitivities. We must remember that we have nothing to prove. We have nothing to lose but our authenticity and when we re authentic we cannot lose.
The Sun forms a trine to Saturn which tells us to get real, like really real, like as realistic as possible. Today might feel like a day to sit with self and ask “who are you?” If you don’t quite know the answer that’s okay. The point is “identity” is just a mirage anyway. The idea of a fixed sense of self is the illusion. We are whoever we choose to be moment by moment. We are forever changing. Today, let us accept our fluidity. The things that we have been trying to hold tight to for the sake of maintaining who our ego told us to be are in jeopardy today. Although this may be hard to come to terms with it’s not a bad thing. We must find a way to reconcile the ego and the spirit. It is not about either or, it’s about cultivating a healthy relationship between both. The point of the ego and the physical body is to have a medium through which we can express our spirit. They work together. If you feel as though you’ve had to betray your spirit to appease your ego or as if you have been trying to kill your ego to appease your spirit give yourself permission to just be. Accept where you are without judgement. Sit with your ego and ask it what it needs to feel more secure and affirmed so that it doesn’t feel the need to scramble for attention. The moon in Aquarius is a great mediator for the communication between spirit and ego. Today’s moon allows us to embrace our uniqueness which is what affirms both the ego and the spirit. Be weird and be proud of what makes you weird. That is your superpower. Today, let us be kind to the part of us that cringes, that is the resistant part of our ego. That’s the part of us that really just needs a big ole hug. That’s the part of us that yearns for our own acceptance. Do all the things that would usually make you cringe and each time affirm yourself and feel how good it feels to be you, to love you, and to accept you.
We mediate the square between Neptune and the Sun by having grace and compassion for ourselves. The more empathy we practice on ourselves, the more we can share with others and that is how we contribute to collective healing. When we accept our eccentricities and we express them freely in the world, we inspire others to do the same. The best way to help others and contribute to collective healing is to help yourself by just being authentically yourself.
