This Week November 29 to December 5 - Change is in the Air

The week ahead is a busy one with versatile Mercury setting the stage. Early Sunday morning the swift little messenger connects with Jupiter. A great “Sunday go to meeting” aspect as it promotes discussions of beliefs, philosophies and religion. This combination allows us to express our opinions but cautions against promising more than can be delivered. Big news and big talk involving politics, religion and foreign cultures dominate. Monday afternoon the little trickster, Mercury, makes an action aspect to Mr. Surprise, Uranus. Unexpected new and events, freaky accidents that disrupt the commute seem to take over. On Tuesday, Uranus changes direction, going from retrograde to direct. When a planet changes direction, the energy of that planet is strong. Uranus is a slow mover to begin with so the energy of the direction change can be felt up to a week before and up to a week after the aspect becomes exact. Expect Uranian types of events, like news that shocks. Uranus loves to shake things up, break down the boundaries and push the envelope. Anything that disrupts the normal routine, startles and comes at you from out of the blue belongs to Uranus. Tuesday should be an interesting day for along with Uranus’ directions change comes a Mercury aspect to Neptune. Here we may see some distortion of the news; the truth may not emerge until the influence of the aspect is over. Mercury/Neptune together encourages meditation, talks with God and becoming one with the music. It also encourages the Bernie Madoff types. Beware! To round out the day, lovely Venus slips into Sagittarius. Venus in Sagittarius loves to travel, seeks adventure and inclines toward the exotic. Sagittarius is a mutable sign so Venus here can be changeable, seemingly fickle. Here she stimulates our own desires for travel and interest in the foreign and the unfamiliar. Wednesday brings the Full Moon in Gemini. The Gemini’s are bouncing off the walls. Full Moons involve the “opposite” so relationships come to the fore. At this phase the seeds and issues planted at the New Moon come to fruition. Progress is made and fulfillment reached. On Friday Venus makes a charming aspect to Saturn. Diplomacy rules here. Any negotiations should run smoothly and thorny issues can be ironed out. Saturday, Mercury leaves exuberant Sagittarius and enters practical Capricorn where he organizes our thoughts, assists in putting our affairs in order and shifts the focus to the practical. We say more with fewer words with Mercury in Capricorn. With one planet, Uranus, changing direction and two others changing signs, Venus and Mercury, there is a shift in the energy. Direction change from retrograde to direct as in the case of Uranus signals that issues pertaining to that planet that have been on hold move forward. Things begin to crackle and pop. How we think and what we want alters as the planets change signs. This should be an interesting week publicly as well as privately. Try and stay focused.