Per popular request by private message, here’s the components of the major astrological patterns today, Monday, July 29th, 2013, and what each means in its own right:

• Sun in Leo:  Light shining brightly, seeking acknowledgment and/or attention for creative power and strength.  Where do you stand out in your life, whether you want to or not? And where you want to stand out, are you getting the acknowledgment you want or deserve?
• Moon in Taurus:  Emotions and feelings rooted in lifestyle values resources.  Do you have what you need to feel safe, stable, secure, and comfortable?  If so, things are great!  If not, things are horrible!  Check in with yourself to see how you feel and how this may help you figure out why.
• Venus in Virgo:  One-on-one relationships help keep your feet on the ground.  Having another person to remind you that life occurs in the here and now, one moment at a time is a very valuable resource for you in this time of change.  The day-to-day of your relationships of all kinds help keep things in practical and purposeful perspective.
• Mars in Cancer:  Actions are taken in order to nurture, care for, and protect (your) emotional interests.  The more you care about it, the more you’re willing to take action for what is needed to take care of it.  If you care enough, you may even fight for it.
• Jupiter in Cancer:  Growth and expansion of your emotional interests – whatever you nurture, care for, and protect grows, even if you say that you don’t want to.  Think of it this way – if you give a plant “water”, it will grow.  So, what are you really watering in your life?  Whatever it is, that is what is growing in your life.  If you say you want it, water it.  If you say you don’t, then don’t.
• Saturn in Scorpio:  You are focused and disciplined about getting to the darkest dark and the brightest light of everything in your life so you can get be very emotionally clear and decisive about  what stays and what goes.  You also get to hold yourself and others responsible and accountable for the standards that are in place now that are outdated and no longer serve us because they lack emotional and spiritual integrity, and for how those structures and standards are now replaced for the future to honor and respect those emotional and spiritual truths.
• Uranus Retrograde in Aries:  You are more aware of your True self now than you have been in a long time, and you are recognizing where you have been following your own inner voice and where you have been following others trying to belong or fit in. If who you are finding yourself to be now is not in alignment with who you associate with, you may need to change your friends and associates as part of changing your life and reclaiming your individuality.
• Neptune Retrograde in Pisces:  Dreamy, ethereal, and delusional Neptune is especially so in its home sign.  Beware of where this falls in your own chart now.  It can represent where your visions and dreams for what is possible may come from, but it may also represent where you may be kidding yourself or deluding yourself about who you are or what you are here to do.  (By the way, this is where Venus in Virgo comes in really handy.  Your partners can help you figure out what has a chance of manifesting in tangible reality and what is completely far-fetched.)
• Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn:  This is THE influence that is running the show right now.  The last time Pluto was in Capricorn, it helped bring about the French and American Revolutions, just to give you an idea of how powerful this energy can be and what it brings about.

Double Water Grand Trine: Mars conjunct Jupiter in Cancer trine Saturn in Scorpio trine Neptune Retrograde in Pisces =  Taking focused and disciplined actions to responsibly grow and expand the vision(s) you are emotionally invested in as well as to clear away what no longer supports you in being responsible and accountable for your life.  This could show up as a focus on the people in your life whom you care for, nurture, and protect on an emotional investment on your part.  You get to be held accountable for where your emotional loyalties lie, and if you’re not happy with where you are putting your energy and attention, only you are responsible for shifting that now.

Earth Grand Trine: Moon in Taurus trine Venus in Virgo trine Pluto in Capricorn = An emotional need to have your lifestyle needs met drives your partnerships and helps you gain clarity about what stays and what goes in terms of your goals and ambitions for your life – both personal and professional.  This could show up as your partners reminding you of what you need to have your life work on a day-to-day basis, or of which resources you need to have a lifestyle that provides you with comfort, security, ease, and peace of mind.  Anything that is not supporting you or assisting you in meeting those needs and achieving those goals may need to be eliminated from your life at this time.

T-Square #1:  Uranus Retrograde in Aries square (Mars conjunct Jupiter in Cancer opposite Pluto in Capricorn) = Paying attention to how much you get to be and act like your True self helps you figure out which communities support and encourage you in both pursuing your goals and ambitions and taking actions to nurture, care for, and/or protect your loved ones or your emotional interests.  Whenever you don’t feel like you can be your True self fully and uniquely self-expressed or whenever you feel like you are not making a contribution to the greater whole in being who you truly are (and not pretending to be someone you’re not), you seek out a new community that will receive who you are and what you uniquely offer.

T-Square #2:  Sun in Leo square (Moon in Taurus opposite Saturn in Scorpio) = Your ability to shine your unique expression of Light boldly and brightly is the measure of 1) how emotionally comfortable you are in living your current lifestyle and/or with your lifestyle values and resources, and 2) how focused and disciplined you are in getting to the bottom of what keeps you from having what you want or need for your lifestyle to be emotionally and spiritually fulfilling for you.  Whenever you lack confidence in being yourself fully, feel like you have to pretend to be someone you’re not (dishonoring the truth of who you are), or you would rather hide what you have to offer than share it with or contribute it to another or others, you can bet that one or the other or both lifestyle components are not being met.

Please – do not ignore or avoid the changes that are happening right now, and especially don’t take them for granted!  The changes already in motion are growing/expanding, and the ones just getting started will have a much bigger impact than any of could imagine right now.  Exactly what?  We’ll have to wait and see.  But if history teaches us anything, we’ll want to take note of this intensely powerful time of transformational on every level of our lives and every conscious step of the way.

And for those of you who asked for this breakdown and explanation of what these energies are and how they are working together, I hope it helps. 🙂

~ Light, Love, and Blessings,

Grace