A Glance ahead

Hey Soul Family,

This week, I thought I’d shake things up with the weekly Astro Weather! I’ve had a few people say they love all of my information; however, it is a lot of information to digest and remember. So, I’ve been on a quest to find a balance. I am also trying to find my unique brand and writing style, so I appreciate everyone that reads and understand these shifts. Please be patient as I grow as an astrologer and writer. Huge thanks to all of my ride-or-die fans—you’re the ones who keep me feeling motivated, inspired and passionate about what I do!

If you like this new style (or if you have thoughts on the previous one), drop me a comment and let me know. Your feedback is so incredibly important to me. Just be kind, as I’m a sensitive Pisces rising and appreciate being met with understanding and grace. I promise to always strive to be better, growing a little more each day. My journey has always been about growth, and as a Capricorn Sun I am dedicated to it!

Thank you for walking with me on this journey!

~Amanda~

Dates and Transits

Monday- January 6th, 2025

*Mars Retrogrades back into Cancer
*Mercury (Sagittarius) Squares Neptune (Pisces)

-Mars retrograde in Cancer stirs up emotions related to comfort and security. Watch out for misunderstandings as Mercury squares Neptune, creating a mental fog.

Wednesday- January 8th, 2025

*Mercury Enters Capricorn- Until February 14th
*Mercury (Capricorn) Squares Nodes (Aries & Libra)
*Sun (Capricorn) Squares Chiron (Aries)

-Mercury in Capricorn brings practical and disciplined approaches. Tension arises as Mercury squares off with the Nodes of Fate, highlighting important decisions that maybe pivotal to our life direction.

Saturday- January 11st, 2025

*The Nodes of Fate are Shifting (Pisces/Virgo Axis)
– Until July 26, 2026

-The Nodes of Fate shift into Pisces/Virgo, assisting us to lean into our creativity and compassion while also letting go of perfectionism and critical self-talk.

Sunday- January 12th, 2025

*Mars Retrograde (Cancer) Trines Neptune (Pisces)

-Mars retrograde in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces, offering deep emotional introspection and healing. This is a supportive time to release emotional baggage and be compassionate with yourself.

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Monday- January 6th, 2025

*MARS RETROGRADES BACK INTO CANCER- 5:44am (EST)
*MERCURY SQUARE NEPTUNE- 8:55am (EST) @ 27*22’ degrees

Overview: Mars retrograding back into Cancer and Mercury in Sagittarius squaring Neptune in Pisces is a fascinating energy. Mars retrograde (Cancer) tends to stir up deeply buried emotions and responses, particularly related to what makes us feel comfort and safe. Specially if it involves family, home, and security, this can have a Mama Bear type of energy that will unleash to protect its cubs. This time asks us to slow down and reflect on how we handle emotional conflicts and ponder if we feel safe. Like the Mama Bear, this energy will get stirred to protect and defend, so what are we protecting and defending from?

On the other hand, Mercury (Sagittarius) squaring Neptune (Pisces) creates a mental fog that can hinder our sight. Communication might be hazy, and it’s easier than usual to misunderstand intentions or get lost in daydreams and fantasies. This square challenges us to find the truth amid confusion and disillusionment. Beware of the rose-colored glasses during this time! Things are not always what they may seem.

HOW CAN I USE THIS ENERGY FOR SOUL GROWTH?

Journal Prompts:

Mars Retrograde in Cancer:

* How do I handle emotional conflicts within my family or home environment? Do I feel safe to express my emotions because I know I’ll be met with compassion instead of judgment?

* What unexpressed emotions have I been holding onto? What triggers me consistently? What can I do to release these emotional wounds?

* Reflect on a time when I felt emotionally vulnerable. How did I cope, and what can I learn from that experience? Did I feel supported in the situation where I felt vulnerable?

* How can I create a nurturing and supportive environment for myself and my loved ones? What makes me feel safe to open up and have honest vulnerable conversations with those I love?

* What are my emotional needs and boundaries? What allows me to feel completely safe and comfortable opening up? What steps can I take to assert my emotional needs without fear or guilt?

Mercury in Sagittarius Square Neptune in Pisces:

* When have I felt misunderstood, or people were confused with my perspective or how I was coming across? What did that feel like? What do you think happened? Did you feel judged for the wrong things? What could have prevented this misunderstanding?

* How does my perception or the way I idealize life, help or hinder my reality? Are my dreams just disillusioning me to false promises? How can I not lose sight of the big plans and ideals so I can LIVE THE DREAM?

* In what ways can I seek deep understanding and truths where I feel lost or uncertain? Tap into the universe for its synchronistic messages.

* What can I do to improve my communication skills to make sure others understand my messages? Where can I offer curiosity instead of feeling judged in the miscommunications that may unfold?

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Wednesday- January 8th, 2025

*MERCURY ENTERS CAPRICORN- 5:29am (EST) UNTIL FEBRUARY 14TH
*MERCURY SQUARE NODES- 12:14pm (EST) @ 0*23’ degrees
*SUN SQUARE CHIRON- 8:53am (EST) @ 19*02’ degrees

Overview: When Mercury enters Capricorn, our thoughts and communication take on a more practical, grounded, and disciplined tone. Capricorn sets goals; they take strategic steps to get them to their destination (goal). Capricorn energy is all about structure, ambition, and long-term goals, so this transit will help us commit to a plan.

As soon as Mercury steps into Capricorn, it squares the Nodes of Fate in Aries and Libra, suggesting that our communications and decisions could be pivotal for our life path. The North Node in Aries pushes us toward bold actions, while the South Node in Libra invites us to balance out our partnerships so we can live harmoniously with one another. This square can create tension between pursuing our individual path and maintaining our connections with others.

Additionally, the Sun in Capricorn squaring Chiron in Aries highlights wounds related to ego and authority. We may be facing triggers that make us feel inadequate, have self-doubt, or issues with asserting our own sense of power and authority.

HOW CAN I USE THIS ENERGY FOR SOUL GROWTH?

Journal Prompts:

Mercury in Capricorn:
* What long-term goals and plans am I currently focusing on? Where can I gather the information needed to help make the plan more foundational?

* Where do I feel like I need more structure and discipline in my life. How would it make things simpler and easy? How does it help to stick with a routine or plan? Does it make me feel supported in my goal?

* What is my relationship with authority figures and the structures I live my life by? What emotions do they evoke in me? Do I feel safe and supported in their presence?

* How can I use the energy of my ambitions and gather the information needed to make those ambitions a reality?

* In what ways can I bring more structure and discipline to my daily routines? How will this help me? Where can I reprogram my relationship with my own inner authority? (This is your inner parent) What feelings are brought up to the surface around my inner authority?

Nodes of Fate in Aries and Libra:

* When have I felt torn between pursuing my own path and maintaining harmony and peace in my relationships?

* How do my decisions reflect my deep desires and aspirations versus societal norms or relationship pressures?

* How can I honor my individual path while also nurturing my relationships and their unique path?

* What steps can I take to ensure my actions are aligned with both my personal goals and my responsibilities?

Sun in Capricorn Square Chiron in Aries:

* Reflect on a time when I felt inadequate or doubted my abilities. How did I overcome those feelings? What triggered that feeling?

* How do I normally assert my authority and leadership in the different areas of my life? What triggers around asserting my individuality or my own personal authority comes up?

* In what ways can I build confidence in my leadership abilities and assertiveness? What boundaries can I put in place to help heal these inner wounds and triggers? What structures can I create that supports a healing environment?

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Saturday- January 11st, 2025

 *THE NODES OF FATE ARE SHIFTING (PISCES/VIRGO AXIS) – 6:01pm (EST) UNTIL July 26, 2026 

Overview: As the Nodes of Fate shift into the Pisces/Virgo axis (until July 2026), we’re in for compassionate understanding and healing. The North Node in Pisces helps us tap into our creativity, compassion, spirituality, and the art of going with the flow. It nudges us towards a more intuitive and dreamy way of living, where we trust our inner guidance and connect deeply with our sense of empathy.

On the flip side, the South Node in Virgo asks us to release our need for perfection, control, and the critical self-talk that often holds us back. Virgo energy can be wonderfully productive and detail-oriented, but when unbalanced, it can lead to self-sabotage through overthinking, perfectionism and micro-managing. This shift helps us uncover our need to do these things, as well as give ourselves the compassion to overcome these struggles and approach life through the realm of going with the flow.

HOW CAN I USE THIS ENERGY FOR SOUL GROWTH?

Journal Prompts:

North Node in Pisces:

* What areas of my life could benefit from more creativity and compassion?

* What happens if I ignore my gut feelings? How does it make me feel? How does it make me feel when I listen to my inner voice and intuition? Is this a kind voice?

*How can I tap into my spirituality on a consistent basis to help me connect to all that is? What can I do to build my faith and trust in the universe?

* In what ways can I allow myself to be more flexible and go with the flow? What areas in my life do I need to surrender and trust in the divine?

* Practice daily acts of kindness and compassion, starting with yourself.

South Node in Virgo:

* When have I been overly critical of myself or others? How did it impact my well-being? How did it affect my relationships? In what ways can I let go and release these critical thoughts and habits that no longer serve me?

* What aspects of my life do I feel the need to control or micro-manage? How can I surrender to what is not within my control?

* How does over analyzing and perfectionism hold me back? Does it help or hinder my progress? What feeling does it give me when I do these things? What purpose does it serve me?

* What beliefs and perceptions do I hold about everything working out as I intended? What happens if I do not have control over the outcome or I misjudged a key part? How does that make me feel inside my body?

* How can I shift my mindset from criticism to self-acceptance, compassion and kindness? How can I reprogram my inner voice to understand that life is all about making mistakes and pivoting?

* Commit to letting go of one perfectionist habit or critical thought pattern that maybe preventing my growth. List these patterns out so I can recognize and understand them on a deeper psychological level. The idea is to challenge these thoughts, patterns, and beliefs.

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Sunday- January 12th, 2025

*MARS RETRO. TRINE NEPTUNE
– 4:15pm (EST) @ 27*29’

Overview: Mars retrograding in Cancer forms a harmonious trine with Neptune in Pisces, creating a powerful opportunity for deep emotional introspection and healing. Mars retrograde in Cancer helps us connect to our feelings, allowing our intuition to reveal what brings us comfort and security, as well as what triggers our instinctual reactions. It’s a time to tap into our emotional patterns that have developed since we can remember. It’s a time to dig into our family dynamics and explore the places where we feel most at home and why.

Neptune in Pisces, on the other hand, adds a layer of spiritual dreaminess to this mix. It helps us dissolve emotional barriers and surrender to the flow of our feelings. Understanding that there are times when our emotions help protect and save us. This trine provides a supportive environment for releasing any lingering emotional constraints or baggage that is no longer ours to hold onto. This is a time to be compassionate towards our own inner turmoil’s.

HOW CAN I USE THIS ENERGY FOR SOUL GROWTH?

Journal Prompts:

Mars Retrograde in Cancer:

*What are the important key factors that make me feel secure and comforted within my own body as well as within my environment?

* Where do I find myself reacting instinctually? Why do I find myself constantly responding in this manner? What do I need to learn about this emotional pattern? How could it be prevented? What feelings inside of me are being triggered to release?

*How do I nurture my body and mind? What healing modalities are really beneficial in dispelling all the pent-up emotions? How can I initiate the restorative healing my body needs?

*How can I create a nurturing and supportive environment for myself and my loved ones? What feelings are invoked when I feel at ease and safe within my environment? What happens if that level of safety is interrupted? How does that affect my relationships and environment?

*In what ways do my instinctual reactions reveal deeper emotional patterns or wounds I’ve experienced? Where do I feel like this pattern originated? Think back on the earliest memory of feeling this way, explain the details of how that situation made me feel.

*Set a goal to identify and address one emotional trigger or pattern that frequently arises. What about this pattern is always the same in how you feel inside? Does it invoke feelings of hurt, betrayal, or trust from deep within you, making you respond to that emotional pain?

Neptune in Pisces:

*Where do I find myself trusting in the divine, feeling the deep connection to whatever is beyond? What does it teach me about life? How does it allow me to surrender to what I cannot control?

*How can I use my instinctual responses to feel safe within my own body, and environment? Where does my intuition help protect me from dangerous situations?

*What emotional triggers or responses do I feel ready to dissolve or surrender?

*How can I find more compassion and empathy toward my emotional triggers so that I can heal with more grace and acceptance?

*Commit to a daily practice of meditation, mindfulness or journaling to help me tap into my intuitive abilities.

*Focus on letting go of one emotional barrier or constraint that no longer serves me. Why do I feel like this belief or emotion holds me back from experiencing life to its fullest?

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HAVE THE BEST WEEK AHEAD!

I would love to hear from you! Please share your thoughts and experiences, let me know if you found this helpful. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to me!

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Disclaimer

Astrology is a fascinating blend of art and science, subject to individual interpretation due to its human element. As such, it is best viewed for entertainment purposes. While astrological insights can be enlightening, they should never substitute professional advice from qualified individuals in medical, financial, or other critical fields. For any medical or psychiatric emergencies, please contact your local authorities immediately.