Astrological Overview: July 17 - 23, 2023

Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Aspects of Note this Week:All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. For Eastern Time, add 3 hours; For Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), add 7 hours. Monday: Mercury square Jupiter, New Moon at 11:31 a.m. PDT, North Node enters Aries/South Node enters Libra, Sun square ErisTuesday: Mars sesquiquadrate ChironWednesday: No major aspects are exact todayThursday: Sun trine Neptune, Mars opposite SaturnFriday: Eris stations retrograde, Sun opposite Pluto, Sun square nodal axis, Mercury trine ChironSaturday: Venus stations retrograde, Sun enters Leo, Pluto squares the nodal axisSunday: Chiron stations retrograde **** "THE QUICKENING" ACCELERATES: We have a powerful and pivotal week ahead of us, with several upward shifts in gear. The action begins on Monday, when the Moon's nodal axis changes signs and we have a New Moon in Cancer. Exact on Thursday but in effect all week, Mars opposes Saturn. On Friday and Saturday, the Sun opposes Pluto and both planets are square the Nodes. Because of how the nodal axis moves through the zodiac, this will be the first of three times Pluto exactly squares the Nodes over the next two weeks. Continue Reading