Astrological Overview: June 19 - 25, 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. MON: Jupiter sextile Saturn, Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus sesquiquadrate NeptuneTUE: Pluto trine CeresWED: Sun quincunx Pluto, Sun enters Cancer (Solstice), Mercury sextile Mars, Sun square Ceres, Mercury sextile ChironTHU: Mars trine ChironFRI: Mercury semisquare JupiterSAT: Mercury sextile ErisSUN: Mercury square Neptune **** JUNE SOLSTICE: When the Sun enters Cancer this Tuesday, it will momentarily appear to be at a standstill. This is the June solstice, when the Earth's tilt — either toward the Sun (Northern Hemisphere) or away from it (Southern Hemisphere) — is at its maximum. The English word solstice is derived from the Latin word sōlstitium, which translates to "the Sun stands still." Continue Reading