Astrological Overview: July 24 - 30, 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: No major aspects are exact todayTuesday: Pluto square the nodal axis, Mercury trine ErisWednesday: Mercury quincunx Neptune, Mars sesquiquadrate ErisThursday: Mercury conjunct retrograde Venus, Mercury quincunx PlutoFriday: Pluto square the nodal axis, Mercury enters Virgo, Sun quincunx SaturnSaturday: No major aspects are exact todaySunday: Retrograde Venus quincunx Neptune **** COSMIC THERAPY: Pluto is often called The Psychotherapist Planet, known for bringing what has been repressed or suppressed into our awareness so that it may be understood, dismantled, and transmuted. With the dwarf planet "at the bending" of the Moon's nodal axis now, we may be surprised by the unsolicited feelings and memories that are coming to the surface. Old personality structures that have limited us in some way are being cracked wide open, allowing a wide variety of emotions to be revealed and experienced. Continue Reading