June 2007 Astrocast

Key Events:  

New Moon 6/14/2007

Full Moon 6/30/2007

Mercury Retrograde 6/16/2007

Uranus Retrograde 6/24/2007

The Sun is in Gemini until the 22nd, which can mean a few opportunities are headed your way.  Gemini is your Natural 3rd House, which rules your intellect, thought processes, early education and short journeys.  Thus, again right around your birthdate when the transiting Sun is in sextile aspect to your Natal Sun, you may have some outstanding ideas or perhaps a short trip, that will provide a good opportunity.  Exactly what area of your life this opportunity will affect is largely up to you, but more than likely it will be at a very personal level.  Note that the New Moon is also in Gemini on the 14th.  New Moons frequently, if not always, herald a new beginning of some sort.  In this particular House it is likely to indicate a new way of thinking about something, so embrace it and seek to understand it so as to derive the maximum benefit.  The Full Moon in Capricorn on the 30th could, conversely, indicate an ending or culmination of some sort relative to your career, reputation or community standing.  If your birthday falls between March 28 - April 3, give or take a few days, this will be more noticeable and could cause a challenge or problem of some sort.

One thing to look out for this month is the fact that on June 16th Mercury will once again do an about-face and go Retrograde until July 10.  I can just about hear all the groans that thought will generate and, believe me, I sympathize.   Since this will occur in Cancer, your Natural 4th House which covers your home environment, if there is anything you want to achieve in this area, do so before the 16th.  After the 16th and until it's over it's a good time to redo, rethink or rework something, but don't expect to move directly forward during that time or you'll set yourself up for a tremendous amount of frustration.  You are probably already aware that Mercury RX causes all sorts of other hassles and inconveniences in the world around you.  This is because Mercury rules communications or all sorts, whether it's between people, mechanical components or electrons.  Misunderstandings abound, cars and appliances break down and anything electronic from your internet connection to your cell phone is likely to be as temperamental as your least-favorite female with a serious case of PMS.  Just a reminder not to purchase anything mechanical or electronic during this time or it's likely to have a virtual curse on it and refuse to work properly for it's entire functional lifetime.  So consider yourself warned.

Saturn has been camped out in your Natural 5th House, which encompasses your creativity, children and love affairs, for quite a while now.  During that time he has probably been calling attention to various things in that venue that relate to responsibility, structure, and authority issues, probably instituting some delays and other unpleasantries along the way.  These should largely be moving toward resolution at this time, perhaps even as soon as by the end of July.  This, of course, is relatively good news if you've been hassling with something in this area.  Even better is the fact that Venus comes by for a visit in this same neighborhood on the 6th.  Venus is a benefic planet and about the only harm she ever does, unless in cahoots with one of the Zodiacal bad actors, like Pluto, is to make us a bit lazy and perhaps overindulgent, causing us to gain weight or something like that.  At any rate, her influence in this area should be quite positive.  On June 30th, when she comes nose to nose with Saturn, you should see something beneficial come out of all the hard work you've put into this area over the past several months.

You have two retrograde planets, Jupiter and Pluto, in your Natural 9th House, which covers legal matters, higher education and long-distance travel.  Retrograde planets get a lot of bad press, but they're not always a bad thing.  In general, they internalize their affect, which offers many opportunities to learn and grow.  Jupiter RX, who is right at home there in Sagittarius where this is going on, tends to direct your thoughts toward ethics and moral issues.  If you look around you, more than likely you will see numerous examples, whether it's at work, in your family or even the world generally, particularly in the political arena.  This is a time when you reconsider your belief system and whether it still works for you or not; maybe it's time to see things differently than you have in the past.  Pluto RX has a different function, but in this case, it can work very well in concert with Jupiter.

Pluto is the Zodiacal Rotorooter and if you've ever watched your beautifully manicured front lawn torn up so you could get to a clogged or broken sewer line you'll have a pretty good idea what this is all about.  If there is anything from your past that you virtually flushed away but didn't resolve properly, sooner or later Pluto is going to do a number on you and make you take care of it properly.  Using a plunger works sometimes, but frequently all it does is allow whatever you're trying to get rid of to move deeper into the system.  What it does then, of course, is to lodge someplace where it will create an obstruction, allowing other items get hung up as well, usually smaller things that would ordinarily be disposed of without incident.  So, with Pluto RX in this House, you're likely to have to take a good, hard look at some nasty puddle of sewage relative to how you've handled something in the past that relates to legal issues, your higher education, travel in a foreign land or even how you view cultures and life styles different than your own.  Tie this together with Jupiter RX's ethics and moral issues and you'll have some significant things to consider.

You may have an additional boost in your inner growth and development when Uranus goes RX in your Natural 12th House on June 24th.  Uranus is the planet that institutes unexpected events, surprises, disruptions and change while the 12th House covers your spirituality, institutions and transcendence.  If your birthday is between April 4 - 12th, this is likely to bring some kind of an annoyance or irritation with it.  Otherwise, this presents but another astrological opportunity to address this particular area of your life and where it fits in.

Generally, this should be a very productive and possibly even exciting month for you.  Use all that Mars energy to confront and resolve any outstanding issues in your life, then redefine your core beliefs and move on accordingly.