venus/mercury in leo
Yesterday, lady love – our sense of beauty, desire and relationship planet moved into Leo.
Today, the messenger follows suit. Mercury enters the land of the Sun. And, at least in Western NY yesterday and today are record breaking days for heat. Leo is fixed Sun. It’s dry and hot there. Leo’s flame doesn’t go out.
Like all of our Venusian affairs, discussed in the last post – all of our Mercurial affairs now too take on the Leo energy. While in Cancer, our thoughts, communication and mental focus was more on home, family, childhood, ancestors, comfort, safety, security and lots of intuition, feelings and emotion.
Now, drying all those watery things up – out in Leo, Mercury focuses on “me” on how we can think more clearly and go after what we want. We speak more assertively, we waste less time worrying about others. Our mental focus is on that which pulls in what we are going after in our lives and we are less likely to tip toe around and worry about other people’s feelings. Fire is creation energy. We may find that during this time we are more creative as well, generating new ideas and new creative adventures.
A quick look back – I meant to post in the last post… earlier this week – Sunday through yesterday, when Venus and Mercury were at the Anaretic degree of Cancer (29th degree) we may have found a heightened state of Cancerian energy. Very emotional, very worried, very much missing Mom, very upset belly, very intuition and thinking overload about feelings and emotional security, etc. I know I was hit by this energy. As Venus was at 29 Cancer, David and I visited my Mom’s burial site on the anniversary of her passing – 22 years ago. I was very overcome with emotion, more than I had anticipated. Certainly, a very Venus at 29 Cancer moment.
To look forward now – with both Mercury and Venus in Leo, they are now both scouts together rising ahead of the Sun. They will conjunct this weekend. They gain prominence by their position currently, rising ahead of the Sun. In astrology, in particular, traditional astrology – the source of Light is very important as to how effective/strong a planet is and how it can effect it’s energy. Both Mercury and Venus will be just ahead of the Sun and as a result, they are both very strong now. The planets reflect back to us the Starry Story of our journey. Look to the house this pairing occurs in for clues as to where it is playing out in your journey and how you can best manifest it.
Using keywords you can craft sentences for understanding such as – Mercury is the messenger, communicator, and rules over people we talk and think with, like coworkers, siblings, friends, and young adults. Venus is love, beauty, money, desires and rules over people that are archetypal female energy to us. 2 people are pairing up with these qualities. In addition, they are gaining strength and, they are out ahead of the Sun. Where are you partnering with someone that is a little bit out of reach of someone in authority or archetypal male energy, maybe you are out doing some groundwork, research, or working on an independent project. Maybe you are spending more time with an old best friend, sister, or coworker that is in need of some attention. These are just some of the interpretations, it is always specific to your natal chart circumstances. What is Leo to you? What is in that house?
I have Leo in my 6th house. My natal Venus is there. Mercury and Venus entering my 6th house ahead of the Sun… it’s a very busy time in my day to day work environment and there’s a lot of communication and messaging happening, which involve partnering with people. Also, David and I are finalizing a lot of plans for ordering supplies for the home reconstruction. This is a partnering for sure and deals with communications around Venusian affairs (color schemes, designs, artful ways of designing our new house).
How about you?