Search my Blog

Author's note: I first wrote and published this essay on Quora in around 2020, about two years into my journey, as a way of telling the world, and the man who instigated my transformation, what I had been experiencing, and how I felt about it. What I feel, when I feel my love. I went from knowing and believing in only what I could see and evidence, to remembering the reality of the universe and my place within it in one explosive moment. I looked into a man's eyes and suddenly knew, I knew him more deeply and more profoundly than I’d ever known anyone. I knew I loved him with all of my heart even though at that point I barely knew him. I knew I’d been searching for him for what felt like lifetimes. Eons. It was a feeling of complete relief and amazement. A Poem With that initial cataclysmic feeling, magic entered my world. A few weeks later I sat on my sofa with him and saw his face change every time I looked at him. He was literally a different person each time my eyes fell on him, I couldn’t see what he really looked like at all. He had the same experience with me and with his awareness deduced we were seeing the past incarnations of ourselves. One night I experienced what felt like a merge. In a weird trance like dream state (despite being entirely sober and mostly awake) I became a flame and engaged in a sexual ‘dance’ with his flame. That experience came with a deep knowing. It told me we were equal - equally powerful and equally strong - which came as a shock because at the time I felt like the most ordinary person in the world next to him - he felt like Jesus. I knew, with a certainty and a trust, that we were connected; we'd known each other before this lifetime and we were destined to be together in this one. Over a number of days that followed I had visions of our future together. This wasn’t daydream or wishful thinking. It arrived like a story already written, projected in my mind’s eye as if I were watching a film. For days I saw our future life unfold before me, carrying me all the way to the point where my son had grown into a middle aged man and I was an old woman. This man, and the strangeness I was experiencing, embodied everything I had read about and considered fantasy and story. It blew up my whole world as I struggled to come to terms with the fact that everything I thought I knew was wrong. I knew I had so much to learn. As far as feeling goes, from that point on it felt like there was no separation between us in my mind. He was, and still is, constantly on it, in every pause. When I wake and as I go to sleep. His name is always on my lips. I am always aware of him. It took months to find myself again alongside him in my mind and although it’s less intense now it still feels the same. I have learned to balance myself within it, but he is always with me. I have learned how to use my feelings for him to fuel my healing and to use what he shows me to see more of myself. I know that on the surface my experience of our connection is very different to his. Since meeting him I have never had any doubt that he is who I want to share my life with. He is the man I’ve been searching for my whole life and he is everything I want in a partner. The deep love was there from the beginning but over the time I’ve known him I’ve also fallen in love with who he is right now, in this lifetime. I love all of him. The light fuelled, loving, delightful parts of him, the joker and mischief maker, the shyness he doesn't show to many, and the darker side that he keeps hidden. I love him for who he is right now and I can’t imagine feeling differently. I can't imagine any other being who is as interesting or as compelling as I find him. If you’d told me I’d feel this way before I met him, I couldn’t have imagined feeling like this. I didn’t believe in everlasting love. Now I am confident of myself and my feelings and I have faith in a love I didn’t believe was possible. I don't know how he feels about me other than that at this point he doesn't want what I want. How he feels about me and what he feels for me has no bearing on how I feel. He has very briefly been my lover, he's been my friend, he's been my teacher, he's been my adversary and he's been, indirectly and directly, the protagonist for my pain. He has his reasons for not wanting to engage with me, and though I don’t know what they are, I trust him to know himself. He is a wise and awakened divine masculine. I’m certain his truth and his reasoning are right for him. I know my truth and that’s all I can know. Regardless where our relationship stands the feelings I have for him remain. How he’s behaved towards me and how I’ve perceived he feels about me has been instrumental in my healing. I could not have come to the awareness I have, I couldn’t have healed from the pain I’ve experienced in this lifetime, without the feelings that he has brought up to the surface and the time that has taken. He has shown me my shadow, and I couldn’t have done it without him. My expanded consciousness, my ability to heal and to teach is thanks to the way we have each felt towards and about each other since we connected. It really is perfect. And though I wouldn’t have chosen it, if I had the choice I wouldn’t go back and change a thing. I am enormously grateful. I love him unconditionally and finally understand what that means. The love I feel for him has remained steady and unwavering. I’ve felt lots of other things because of him: anger, frustration, sadness and fear. I’ve felt abandoned. I’ve felt ugly. I’ve felt undesirable. I’ve felt unlovable. But I understand that what he has shown me is very simply a reflection of myself. Those feelings are all mine and have nothing to do with what he does or doesn't do, and what he does or doesn't feel. I don't attribute any of those feelings to him. I've used what he's shown me about myself, the parts of me in shadow, my pain, and the love I feel for him, to transform myself. My love for him hasn’t faded with time, it’s deepened, even with everything we’ve been through. I had a moment, during the very brief time we spent together as lovers, where as I watched him sleep, I knew with certainty I would do whatever it took to keep him safe and make him happy. Aside from my children I have never had that feeling before in my lifetime. It’s all I want. I’ve since understood that the only way I’ll have any chance of having that is to learn to make myself happy first; to love myself as deeply as I knew I did him in that moment. So that’s what I’ve worked at. I’ve dedicated myself to getting to a place where I am capable of embracing this great love. So I can feel it fully without losing myself in the process. So I can see it clearly without allowing all the fear and the doubt to get in the way. I am so grateful to have glimpsed it with all its possibilities. It’s literally all there is. I’ve found my passion. My own personal Jesus. And it’s perfect. ❤️ The Divine Masculine Is he my twin flame? Who knows? Who knows what is real and what is fantasy? All we can know for certain is who we are, and how we feel. Work on that. Read more of my story Read a longer Essay about our meeting and my Journey, penned in May 2025: My Twin Flame Journey: 8 Years On Read more about The Twin Flame Journey: Twin Flame Q&A's | Conversations Get some support

Author's note: This essay was first written 9 months into my journey in late 2018 as a way for me to make sense of what I'd been going through and learned, and so I had something I could give my twin to explain to him what I understood about our connection. It has been in a public sphere since 2019 and I did ask him to read it at some point. I have no idea if he ever did. Looking back, I wrote this for me and I published it for me. I had to be brave enough to stand in my truth . My fundamental understanding of the connection and the journey, and the truth I feel within about this man, remain. Following the steps I define below has transformed me and my experience of life. But this was my journey, and my journey may not be yours. I encourage you to tap into your own inner wisdom and forge your own path. You know you best. (April 2023) Google twin flames and you’ll be rewarded with a sea of websites, thousands of images of star-crossed lovers entwined in romantic embrace, questions upon questions on Quora from lost and confused individuals struggling to make sense of the nonsensical scenario they think they find themselves embroiled in, tales of runners and chasers, energy readings galore from so called experts and more. It’s a mess or, as someone wise once said to me, a load of drivel. Today I tried hard to find some sense amongst the mess; something which summed up neatly all I myself think I know and understand about this phenomenon. And I failed. That’s not to say there isn’t sense out there, there absolutely is, but it’s lost in the waves. What I did find is clarification of how difficult this journey is to navigate and document and how little is known. What struck me is how easy it is to drown. Which I suspect is critical to the journey in and of itself. We must find our own authentic voice and learn to trust our own inner knowing. And as anyone who has dipped their toes in this sea of expanded consciousness will know, everyone has their own truth. What it’s led me to do, which I suspect is why I couldn’t find the perfect answer, is to realise I need to try and add my own voice to the others and to pen my own understanding of it to fling into the ocean. Perhaps it will be gobbled up by the fishes or perhaps it will grow some sails. Either way it will serve to give meaning and make sense of this time of my life, and I will have something I can hand out, by way of an explanation, whenever I find myself faced with the formidable task of trying to explain where I am and what I’m going through to anyone not already embroiled in this confounding, transforming and amazing journey. Divine Counterparts What the f**k is a twin flame? The answer I got when I asked the internet this very question (minus the f**k) is this: Twin flames, also called twin souls, are literally the other half of our soul. We each have only one twin, and generally after being split, the two went their separate ways, incarnating over and over to gather human experience. This concept isn’t new, although the language around it is. This idea of one soul being split into two is a common belief and features in the introduction for many of the websites I’ve encountered. There is also plenty of equally verdant criticism of the concept, one educated author of an intelligent, scientifically swayed website I read today had argued that it was scientifically impossible. An argument that, whilst reading it, seemed entirely reasonable. I must admit that this is one of the aspects of the journey where I’ve had to accept that I just don’t have the answer. It’s too far from any area of expertise or frame of reference I’ve encountered in my previous years. And so, as is also part of this journey, I’ve had to accept that while I don’t know, it doesn’t matter. If anything, it demonstrates the depth of confusion anyone who finds themselves on this journey is likely to face. However, what is helpful from this description is that it gives form to the idea that this person who has entered your life and turned it completely upside down and inside out, is you in another body. And embodying that understanding is what I’ve found most helpful in navigating this experience in order to get to a place where I feel I can possibly contribute something sensible. From my perspective at the very least. My perspective, based on my direct experience: My twin soul is another being, incarnate on this earth, with the exact same energy frequency as me. He has the same unique soul energy signature, the same energetic resonance (tone), as my own. The twin flame is an energy which is activated within us when we encounter and recognise our twin. From my perspective this happens when both twins are ready to embrace the challenges that encountering your twin will trigger in each of you. THE JOURNEY Glastonbury Tor From my experience there are three main phases: 1. Initiation: The twins meet and recognise each other at a soul level. A relationship may begin during this stage. 2. Healing: All shadows, all learned paradigms, all challenging experiences, all conditioning and programming, and all unhealthy and self-serving habits will be revealed to be healed, and cleared. This brings both twins back to a place of unconditional love for themselves and their twin and puts them in a state of ‘oneness’. This usually involves periods of separation as it is really only possible to achieve this alone. 3. Union: Both twins know themselves and see themselves fully and are ready to embark on a partnership which builds on all they have learned alone. This begins within, union of self. As within, so without. Features of the journey: • The most significant aspect of the twins’ relationship in the healing phase of their partnership is the clarity of the mirror that exists between them. What each twin sees in the other and their behaviour, reflects all they cannot see within themselves. This arises to be finally seen and healed so the twins can unite from a place of purity and wholeness. With an awareness of themselves and their shadow they will be able to create consciously rather than unconsciously (from the shadow). This will ensure a solid relationship and foundation of unconditional love to enable them to unite and relate in such a way that each are mutually supported and able to grow together. • The stories and challenges of life experienced by the twins before connecting will be both similar and opposite in many ways and will occur simultaneously in each of their lives. The challenges that arise between them due to the mirror will likely be a repeat of similar stories they have each experienced prior to meeting each other. This is in order to finish those cycles and end those lessons together. • During the healing phase the twin that isn’t awakened to the connection will be mostly unaware and unable to relate to the connection felt by the conscious twin. There will be a polarity of the experience. This allows for the twin that is aware of the connection to face and heal the feelings of abandonment and separation experienced due to duality. The feelings of unconditional love experienced by the twin aware of the connection mirror the connection with source love. As such, in separation they feel abandoned by God. What’s their purpose? • Healing. Strip off all the layers of the onion till we can see our twin clearly in the mirror. Minus the fear and the hurt. With pure unconditional love. And when we can see our twin in this way, with this level of awareness, we can see ourselves. Love ourselves unconditionally and without fear. • Transformation: Shine light on all the hidden aspects of self, all the pain and trauma. All the accepted and learned false paradigms. Turn ourselves inside out so all is visible. And in doing so strip us back to the pure self, one that’s capable and willing to dive into a relationship born of unconditional love. Where there’s no fear in communicating our true self; of being truly seen, naked. • Unconditional love: To be seen we must have seen ourselves. To be able to love unconditionally we must be able to love ourselves in that way first. We must expose ourselves to scrutiny. The twin flame mirror shows us everything within that we cannot see and cannot face. If we are willing to look. To see past the pain and understand what it’s showing us. If we are brave, we can use every experience we have, every interaction or lack of interaction, to light up our shadow and lead us back to the truth of who we are. The Twin Flame Journey is the journey of the mystic and the path leads the protagonist through their own darkness and to the light in the core of their being. It’s an inner quest perfectly designed to allow you to follow the breadcrumbs back to you. It teaches you to be your own saviour. Quantum Entanglement To me the following makes some sense of the dynamic of the connection: Question: What Is Quantum Entanglement? Answer: Quantum entanglement is one of the central principles of quantum physics, though it is also highly misunderstood. In short, quantum entanglement means that multiple particles are linked together in a way such that the measurement of one particle’s quantum state determines the possible quantum states of the other particles. This connection isn’t depending on the location of the particles in space. Even if you separate entangled particles by billions of miles, changing one particle will induce a change in the other! Even though quantum entanglement appears to transmit information instantaneously, it doesn’t actually violate the classical speed of light because there’s no “movement” through space. Embody your best self My advice for those who find themselves on the twin flame journey: 1. Find your own truth: Learn to listen to yourself and to find your own guidance. Everyone is different and as such everyone’s experience will be different. You will have a different truth to everyone else talking about this so find your own. 2. It's a process, follow it: Use what you know of the experience to teach you. Focus on you and not them. Use the experience they are giving you and what they’re showing you to understand yourself. You only have power over yourself, you can only change yourself. If you’re curious about what is happening to you and why then you will start to learn about yourself and uncover your true self. 3. It's all for you: You have chosen to undertake this journey. You know you are capable. You know it is for your good. And you know how to navigate it without it being painful and difficult. Tap into your self and when it gets hard and you don't know where to go, ask your self for help. You have everything you need . The true aim of this journey is to allow you to embody your best self, to become all you can be, and to create the world you want for yourself. What that looks like is up to you. ONLY YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS An awakening journey On a personal note: I have walked this path and have reached a place where I am at peace and in love in my every day. I stopped focusing on a physical relationship with my twin as being the ultimate destination a long while ago, when I really embodied the truth that my transformation into being who I am and showing up authentically for myself as my best self is the purpose of the journey. I trust that if there is any truth to any of this, and I have let go of the need to know any of that, that a desired physical relationship will begin when the time is right for us both and I am at peace with that. My life is full of meaning and purpose and I wake up every day excited at what it will bring. (2023) Update: In the summer of 2025, I aligned with a romantic relationship with my Twin. After years of inner work apart, we came together in partnership. This is Union; when both twins know themselves, see themselves fully, and are ready to step into a shared life that builds on everything they have learned alone. Looking for support? Book a Twin Flame Journey session with me One session is often all it takes to get you unstuck and back on the path of transformation you chose when you stepped into the Twin Flame Journey. I’ll help you see what’s blocking you and guide you back to your own source of Divine Inner Wisdom. My intention is to empower you to embrace the journey, remember who you are, and trust where you’re headed. And so it is . Learn more about how I can serve you More Twin Flame Q & A's Carl Jung

If you are new to astrology read this first. Jump to section: Introduction Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Rising Sign Forecasts Keeping the snake alive Book a one-to-one reading 'These weekly posts aren’t predictions. They’re invitations. I’m not trying to tell you exactly what’s going to happen, because I can’t. No astrologer can. What I can  do is show you the terrain. The weather. The conversations The Gods are having up there, and in here . My intention with the weekly forecast is to help you feel  that. To give you a way in. To open a window of possibility. What might this transit feel like? Where might  it show up? What kind of emotional tone, friction, insight, or shift might be available if  you’re paying attention? Read it like a weather report. L et the words stir something. Then go live your week. Notice what plays out. Return and reread if you need to.' Read my weekly forecast manifesto in full here . 💓 Astroweather | 11–17 August 2025 Theme:  Bring Me a Higher Love “The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh This is the week our two cosmic benefactors, Venus and Jupiter, meet in Cancer. Jupiter at His highest expression, Venus wrapped in the arms of The Moon’s tender home. Love exalted. Joy expanded. The kind of celestial embrace that reminds us that love is not an abstract ideal but a living presence found in the exact moment you are in. The more we look for love this week, the more we will find it - within, without, and mirrored back in unexpected places. In the background all week, Mars and Mercury move in sextile. Our will and our mind in supportive conversation. This is clarity with direction, desire with words to express it. How to work with this energy: Make it a practice to come back to now. The mind will wander to what’s missing or what’s next. Gently bring it back, again and again, to what’s here. Every time you do, you strengthen the thread between yourself and The Gods. Your Weekly Snapshot ✨ Monday Moon in Pisces | Waning Gibbous Mars trine Pluto (exact yesterday, still strong) Venus <1° from Jupiter Mercury Direct at 4° Leo The week opens with the Moon in Pisces, dissolving edges and inviting compassion. Mars still trines Pluto, a deep reservoir of drive and focus beneath the softness. Venus moves within one degree of Jupiter; we can already feel the swell building. Mercury’s direct station turns the mental tide forward after weeks of reassessment. Within: A sense of readiness after a long pause. Subtle but growing warmth in the heart. Energy available for focused action that still honours your feelings. Without: Announcements, conversations, or decisions picking up pace. Visible acts of generosity or affection. Shifts in tone around creative or relationship matters. Practice:  Sit somewhere quiet. Close your eyes and picture yourself floating in warm water. Let every thought drift past like clouds. With each exhale, whisper inwardly: I am held. ✨ Tuesday Moon in Pisces → Aries (enters Aries 10:30am) | Waning Gibbous 05:20 – Venus conjunct Jupiter at 14° Cancer (Jupiter exalted) Saturn sextile Uranus (1° Aries–1° Gemini) Today, the sky holds a rare and generous gift. Venus, the principle of desire, beauty, harmony, and love, meets Jupiter, the principle of expansion, joy, wisdom, and abundance. Each on Their own is a blessing; together They form the archetype of grace made visible . In Cancer, The Moon’s own temple, exuberant love and expansive joy turn toward everything we care for most: the people and places that feel like home, the bonds that nourish us, and the roots that keep us steady. Cancer is the place of protection and belonging, and here, Jupiter is exalted, His vision and generosity brought to their highest, most benevolent expression. Venus in Cancer seeks to hold and cherish; Jupiter magnifies that instinct until it feels like a living ocean around us. This is a day of grand happiness and enjoyment, of beauty that doesn’t just please the senses but fills the heart, of relationships that feel expansive and supportive, of taste and style that lift the spirit. It is the glory of love, not just romantic love, but the love that flows through friendship, community, art, nature, and the divine. And it is all held in the arms of The Moon, whose sign They meet in. The Moon rules the body, the senses, and the tides of feeling; She knows how to make love tangible. The Moon is also busy today, in conversation with all the other Gods, as though the entire sky is leaning in to bless this moment. In the background, Saturn sextiles Uranus, offering a rare combination of stability and renewal: freedom that lasts, change you can build on. The Mars–Mercury sextile continues to hum underneath everything: the head and the will aligned, ready to act in harmony with the heart. Within: A wave of gratitude so strong it feels physical. A sense of being deeply safe, loved, and supported. Desire to create or share beauty, simply for the joy of it. Without: Public celebrations, heartfelt gestures, and outpourings of affection. Acts of generosity or kindness - gifts, invitations, unexpected help. Artistic, cultural, or natural beauty that feels heightened, as though the world is leaning toward you. Practice:  Place one hand on your heart, one on your belly. Inhale deeply and say, Thank you , exhale and say, I love you . Repeat slowly for five minutes, feeling the words ripple through your whole body. ✨ Wednesday Moon in Aries | Waning Gibbous Moon square Venus & Jupiter The Moon in Aries squares Tuesday’s Venus–Jupiter union, keeping the conversation alive. There’s fire here: desire, initiative, even impatience. What was felt in the heart yesterday may want to move into action today. Within: Urgency to express feelings or follow inspiration. A need to assert your desires clearly. Awareness of where independence meets intimacy. Without: Heated but passionate exchanges. Impulsive acts of affection, or spending. Bold creative choices. Practice:  Take a slow, deliberate walk. With each step, notice the ground meeting your foot. Feel your aliveness as a pulse, an energy moving through you. Let love be the force that moves you forward. ✨ Thursday Moon in Taurus (enters 1.22pm) | Waning Gibbous The Moon moves into Her exaltation, in Venus’ own sign. This is a grounded, sensual continuation of the week’s theme. Love takes a steadier form - touch, food, music, beauty you can hold in your hands. Within: Desire to slow down and savour. Comfort in simplicity and familiarity. Emotional steadiness after recent intensity. Without: People gathering over meals, art, or music. Focus on beauty in tangible forms - gardens, homes, creative projects. Public conversations about values and priorities. Practice:  Eat or drink something slowly. Close your eyes for the first bite or sip. Notice texture, taste, and temperature. Let yourself receive the moment as if it were a gift. ✨ Friday Moon in Taurus | Waning Gibbous Moon sextile Venus & Jupiter The Moon offers a soft, harmonious connection to Venus and Jupiter today, keeping the flow of love alive. This is warmth without urgency - gestures of care, generosity, and affection that feel steady and sustainable. Within: Feeling at ease in your own skin. Gratitude for small but meaningful gestures. A sense of enoughness. Without: Invitations to share food, art, or beauty. Public expressions of appreciation. Practical acts of support and kindness. Practice:  Write down five things you love about your life right now, no matter how small. Read them aloud slowly, imagining each one as a drop of light filling your chest. ✨ Saturday Moon in Taurus → Gemini (enters 16:00) | Last Quarter Moon Moon square Sun (Last Quarter) at 23° Taurus The Last Quarter Moon invites reflection, release, and integration. In Taurus, this can mean reviewing your values, possessions, and the ways you give and receive care. By evening, the Moon enters Gemini and meets Uranus introducing a fresh, electric current. Within: Awareness of what’s complete and ready to be let go. Desire for stimulation or change after a slower pace. New ideas or perspectives sparking quickly. Without: Conversations about endings or transitions. Sudden news or connections in the evening. Shifts in tone from calm to lively. Practice:  Place both feet flat on the ground. Breathe deeply and imagine roots growing into the earth. As you exhale, release anything that feels heavy. As you inhale, imagine drawing love up through your roots. ✨ Sunday Moon in Gemini | Waning Crescent Moon co-present Uranus A quieter day after a week steeped in love and abundance. The Gemini Moon keeps things light and curious, while Uranus adds an electric shimmer to conversations and encounters. This is a day to bask. Carry the warmth forward without demanding more from it. Within: Desire to share stories and ideas. Restlessness tempered by lightheartedness. Moments of sudden clarity. Without: Social buzz, both in person and online. Surprising or quirky interactions. News or information that shifts perspective. Practice:  Call or message someone just to tell them something you appreciate about them. Speak slowly, and really mean it. Notice how expressing love expands the feeling inside you. 🌿 Closing Reflection This is a week steeped in love’s many forms: grand and overflowing at its peak, soft and steady in its echoes, intimate in the small details of daily life. Venus and Jupiter’s meeting in Cancer reminds us that love is not just a fleeting feeling, but a living presence woven through the places, people, and moments that hold us. Presence is our way in, whether through a hand on the heart, the taste of a meal, the sound of a friend’s voice, or the rhythm of our own steps. The more we look for love, the more it reveals itself, both within and without. As the Moon wanes and the week draws to a close, let what you’ve gathered settle into you. Love is not something we wait for, it’s something we return to, again and again, in the simplest of moments. Rising Sign Forecasts Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer | 12 August 2025 Where the love is most abundant — and how to bring yourself fully into it. (All times BST; using whole sign houses.) ♈ Aries Rising  – 4th house: Home, family, roots Love lives in the foundations—home, ancestry, the places and people who feel like your true base. Be present by fully arriving where you are—physically and emotionally. “When walking, walk. When eating, eat.” — Zen proverb ♉ Taurus Rising  – 3rd house: Siblings, local connections, daily rhythm Love flows through everyday exchanges—neighbours, siblings, morning routines. Presence here is about showing up wholeheartedly in small moments. “The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh ♊ Gemini Rising  – 2nd house: Resources, values, self-worth Love blooms in knowing your worth and enjoying what you have. Presence is found in gratitude for what’s already here. “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.” — Lao Tzu ♋ Cancer Rising  – 1st house: Self, body, personal presence Love radiates from you. This is your season to embody it. Presence is as simple—and as powerful—as noticing your breath. “When you realise nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” — Lao Tzu ♌ Leo Rising  – 12th house: Solitude, the unseen, inner worlds Love arrives in the quiet spaces—meditation, dreams, retreat. Presence means turning inward without resistance. “Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.” — Zen proverb ♍ Virgo Rising  – 11th house: Friends, community, shared ideals Love thrives in friendship, community projects, and shared visions. Presence here is about being fully with the people who share your hopes. “Wherever you are, be there totally.” — Eckhart Tolle ♎ Libra Rising  – 10th house: Career, calling, public life Love rises in the work you share with the world. Presence means aligning what you do publicly with what matters privately. “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” — Zen proverb ♏ Scorpio Rising  – 9th house: Learning, travel, spiritual vision Love expands through wisdom, exploration, and higher understanding. Presence is being fully in the journey, not just the destination. “When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing.” — Zen proverb ♐ Sagittarius Rising  – 8th house: Shared resources, intimacy, transformation Love deepens through trust, vulnerability, and shared commitments. Presence here is feeling safe enough to stay open. “The obstacle is the path.” — Zen proverb ♑ Capricorn Rising  – 7th house: Partnerships, contracts, mirrors Love is in the mirror of another—partnerships both romantic and professional. Presence is listening deeply when you’re together. “When you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.” — Zen proverb ♒ Aquarius Rising  – 6th house: Work, service, daily discipline Love moves through the way you care for your body, your work, and those you serve. Presence means being with each task as if it’s the only one. “Barn’s burnt down — now I can see the moon.” — Mizuta Masahide ♓ Pisces Rising  – 5th house: Creativity, pleasure, children Love bursts through joy, play, and self-expression. Presence here is fully inhabiting the moment of creation. “Don’t seek the truth — just cease to cherish opinions.” — Seng-ts’an If you don’t know your rising sign, I’d love to help. 💌 Just send me your birth details and I’ll reply with a picture of your chart and a short overview, so you can follow along with more clarity. You can request that here: And if you'd like a reading to look at it all with my help, book in on my website. I’m available on Zoom  and at Essential Therapies  in Sidmouth on Thursday evenings and alternate Saturdays from September (I'm off for August to spend some time with my kids before they head off to University in September). 🦋 A request - if you've enjoyed reading this (or not) and found it helpful (or not) please can you let me know in the comments or send me a message using this form: I'd really appreciate any feedback so that I can work at making this weekly forecast as useful and interesting as possible! And finally, 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week 11 Contemplation Higher love is not an accident. It may arrive in a moment, unexpected, overwhelming, but it endures only when we tend to it. Venus and Jupiter in Cancer show us love in its most exalted form: generous, life-affirming, sheltering. Yet to live at that frequency asks more of us than simply feeling it when it appears. It asks for discipline in the sense of devoted practice. Consciousness expands when we choose, day after day, to bring love into the way we speak, the way we think, the way we move through the world. It grows when we show up for it even when our mood falters, when we offer it to those who cannot return it, and when we remember to direct it inward. To foster higher love, we must keep ourselves present enough to notice it. That means slowing down. Listening. Breathing into the body. Seeing each interaction as a chance to weave more care into the fabric of our lives. Ask yourself: What is one way I can meet the next person I see with more love than I did yesterday? And if you'd like some help getting to know where Saturn and Neptune sit in your chart, get in touch . Like this forecast straight into your inbox every week? ✨ As a subscriber, you’ll get extended rising sign horoscopes  each week plus a little extra magic that won’t be shared anywhere else. And as a thank you, you’ll also receive £10 off your next reading , whether online or in person. Come and take a look around the blog space and sign up here: Conversations with The Gods | Blog And as always, if you’d like to explore what any of this means in your chart, I’d love to support you in a reading. Online or in person at Essential Therapies. And just £90 if you subscribe! Bookings open in the second half of July. Come and sit with me. For those new to astrology: This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud. So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts. As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical! For more on all this, read this post. You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form   and give me your birth date , place  and time  and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me  and I'll explain it all to you! A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

If you are new to astrology read this first. Jump to section: Introduction Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Rising Sign Forecasts Keeping the snake alive Book a one-to-one reading 'These weekly posts aren’t predictions. They’re invitations. I’m not trying to tell you exactly what’s going to happen, because I can’t. No astrologer can. What I can  do is show you the terrain. The weather. The conversations The Gods are having up there, and in here . My intention with the weekly forecast is to help you feel  that. To give you a way in. To open a window of possibility. What might this transit feel like? Where might  it show up? What kind of emotional tone, friction, insight, or shift might be available if  you’re paying attention? Read it like a weather report. L et the words stir something. Then go live your week. Notice what plays out. Return and reread if you need to.' Read my weekly forecast manifesto in full here . 🍄 Astroweather | 4 - 10 August 2025 Working with the sky to know yourself better. This is an important week. In the background, the slow Gods - Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto - are in rare agreement (Uranus sextile Neptune & Saturn sextile Pluto) . They don’t speak often, this conversation is thousands of years in the making, so the significance of it, and the impact it will bring, can't be underestimated. This is a cosmic realignment. Deep structures shifting. Inner tectonics. A quiet restructure is taking place that we won't be able to perceive or understand fully for a while yet. This forecast isn’t here to predict outcomes. It’s an invitation to pay closer attention. To use each day as a mirror. The Moon, as always, moves quickly and brings the personal tone. She tells us what the weather feels  like. The outer planets - The Gods of Change - set the deeper curriculum. Together, they show us what’s surfacing for growth. The Moon is waxing all week , building light toward Saturday’s Full Moon. A time for growth, visibility, action. Mercury is still retrograde in Leo , slowly preparing to station direct on Sunday morning. This is the last full week of the retrograde period, ideal for rethinking how we express ourselves, revise creative plans, and rework how we’re being seen. The sky is cohering . And that makes this a week to align with purpose. Perfect for: Inner work that strengthens your foundation Revisiting what you’re building and why Practising restraint before action Taking a breath before reacting Allowing clarity to arrive, rather than chasing it Each day’s entry highlights the major themes at play and offers a reflection question for your inner work. Use it to steady yourself. To observe and ask better questions. This is not written for you to control any outcomes, or to worry you with possibilities of what is arriving, but to encourage you to meet whatever arises with more grace. Let’s begin. Your Weekly Snapshot All timings are British Summertime (BST) ✨ Monday 4th August Moon in Sagittarius | Waxing Gibbous (building to the Full Moon in Aquarius) 06:00 – Moon trine Sun (Leo) 22:00 – Moon square the Nodes Outer planet sextiles: Uranus < Neptune & Saturn < Pluto The week begins with the Moon in Sagittarius, gently lifting us into a wider view. There’s clarity early on when a trine to the Sun brings warmth and coherence between head and heart. Things might feel lighter this morning. It's not dramatic but something may make more sense than it did before. Later, the Moon squares the Nodes. There may be a subtle decision point. A quiet pull between the past and what’s possible. Something might nudge you to question where you’re heading. Or who you're still trying to be. Can you let go of an old version of yourself and embrace a new one? Meanwhile, the outer planets continue their rare harmony. This is the real backdrop. Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto are forming connections that only come around once in a generation. You may not feel  this directly at the moment but you may notice a shift in tone. Less noise. More space to consider the long view. A sense that what you’re building now might actually last. What to watch for: A conversation that clarifies your direction A gentle nudge to release an old belief A glimpse of the future Contemplation: What do I believe about what’s possible and is it still serving me? ✨ Tuesday 5th August Moon in Sagittarius → Capricorn (18:00)  | Waxing Gibbous  (building to the Full Moon in Aquarius) 16:00 – Moon square Mars (Virgo) 18:00 – Moon enters Capricorn (Her fall) 20:00 – 21:00 Moon square Saturn (Aries) Moon square Neptune (Aries) The day begins with fire and ends with weight. The Moon in Sagittarius squares Mars this afternoon, a friction that may show up as irritability, impulsiveness, or blunt exchanges. Conversations can be quick to heat. Notice what provokes you, and how you react. Sometimes it’s not the issue, it’s the charge behind it that’s asking to be seen. By evening, the Moon steps into Capricorn Her place of fall. This isn't weakness, but a turning inward. Emotions here don’t spill easily. They compress. Things can feel heavier, or more serious. She meets Saturn and Neptune soon after arriving, pulling in themes of reality and illusion, effort and surrender. If you find yourself feeling unsure, stuck, or unusually tender tonight, don’t rush to solve it. Let the fog pass. Let the ground settle beneath you again. This is a day for recognising pressure without reacting to it. A good night to go gently. Lower the lights. Say less. What to watch for: Pushing too hard against limits Feeling emotionally flat or discouraged A moment where fantasy collides with reality - creatively, romantically, or in terms of expectations Contemplation: Where am I trying to force clarity, when patience would serve me better? ✨ Wednesday 6th August Moon in Capricorn (all day) | Waxing Gibbous  (building to the Full Moon in Aquarius) 07:00 – Moon opposite Venus (Cancer) 18:00 – Moon opposite Jupiter (Cancer) Mars at 29° Virgo – preparing to enter Libra (at midnight) The Moon moves through Capricorn today, and while She keeps Her composure, She’s not untouched. This morning begins with an opposition to Venus in Cancer - tenderness meeting reserve. You might feel a little pulled between wanting to nurture and needing to hold the line. Emotionally, there’s a push-pull between what feels good and what feels wise. By evening, the Moon opposes Jupiter. It can magnify feelings particularly any sense of lack, or frustration with how slow something is moving. There may be big emotions under a quiet surface. Try not to interpret the mood as permanent. It isn’t. And meanwhile, Mars is loud . He’s at the final degree of Virgo, a moment of culmination. Mars here has been about action through discernment. Taking precise steps. Fixing what’s broken. Doing the work with patience, and sometimes irritation. There may have been conflict over how things should  be done. Today is a good day to ask: What have I learned about effort, perfectionism, and control? Because tomorrow, Mars enters Libra and the focus shifts from “how do I fix this?” to “how do I relate to it?” What to watch for: Overworking or over-correcting Emotional distance that masks deeper longing A realisation about how much effort something has taken and perhaps what it’s cost Contemplation: What have I been trying to perfect and is it time to soften, or share the load? ✨ Thursday 7th August Moon in Capricorn | Waxing Gibbous Mars in Libra (since just after midnight) begins applying to trine Uranus and oppose Saturn + Neptune The Moon remains in Capricorn today, steadying us as we approach Saturday’s Full Moon. Emotions may still feel tucked away, but they’re gathering shape. There’s an edge of seriousness here and a sense that something needs finishing, or firming up. Meanwhile, Mars has crossed into Libra. The tone shifts. The God of Action now moves through the sign of balance, beauty, and diplomacy. But Mars doesn’t feel entirely at home here. He wants to act, but Libra asks for consideration, fairness and pause. This can feel frustrating if you’re trying to push forward and meet resistance. But it’s also an invitation to act with elegance. To move in ways that don’t destabilise what you’re trying to build. To choose your timing: your words and your battles. Already, Mars begins forming a trine to Uranus in Gemini with whispers of innovation, disruption, and fresh pathways. But at the same time, He’s headed straight for oppositions with Saturn and Neptune. That means not everything will go to plan. Some ideas will fly. Others will fizzle. You’ll need discernment. This is a threshold day. One that asks you to adjust your stance. What to watch for: Overcompensating and trying too hard to appear agreeable Flashes of inspiration that feel truly new The urge to act… but with no clear target yet Contemplation: Where am I being called to move differently? Less force, more grace. ✨ Friday 8th August Moon in Capricorn → Aquarius (enters 1:20 am) Still waxing toward tomorrow’s Full Moon First let's address the idea that this is a portal day - 88 Lions Gate 8/8 Lions Gate Portal What is the Lions Gate? And is it real? The Lions Gate Portal  is a modern spiritual concept tied to the date August 8th  (8/8), when The Sun is in Leo and said to align with Sirius , the brightest star in the sky - sometimes called our "spiritual sun." It’s popular in New Age and metaphysical circles as a day of heightened energy, personal activation, and manifestation. The number 8 - associated with power, infinity, and regeneration - adds to the symbolism. But if we’re asking is it real, astrologically speaking, the answer is more nuanced. There’s no ancient astrological tradition  that recognises 8/8 as a portal. It’s not a recognised fixed alignment. Sirius does rise with the Sun around this time, but the exact heliacal rising date shifts by location and precession over time and isn’t always 8th August. The popularity of this date has more to do with numerology and cultural significance than any fixed astrological event. So, what to do with it? You don’t have to throw it away. If the idea of it moves you, if it gives you a reason to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself, then it’s already doing something valuable. The truth is, every day can be a portal if you meet it with intention. And today is  astrologically rich. The Moon moves into Aquarius this evening, preparing for tomorrow’s Full Moon - a moment of illumination, clarity, and wider vision. The outer planets are humming in harmony, and Mars is adjusting to His new role in Libra. So rather than waiting for magic to descend, participate in it . Sit with yourself. Light a candle. Write down what you’re letting go of and what you're calling in, not because it’s 8/8 necessarily, but because you’re ready to welcome in the new. What to watch for: Feeling more open than usual to synchronicity or meaning A moment of reflection that brings a surprising sense of peace Seeing patterns you hadn’t noticed before Contemplation: What happens when I stop waiting for a portal and start becoming one? Today in the sky we have a Kite pattern between The Gods. What is a Kite? A kite  is a Grand Trine (flow) with a single opposition cutting through it creating tension and direction. Think of a kite in flight: the Grand Trine (Pluto–Uranus–Mars) is the structure that lifts, the potential. But it’s the tension of the opposition  (Mars vs. Saturn–Neptune) that creates movement. The string pulled taut. The thing that holds the kite in the sky. Without that opposition, there’s no flight just potential energy. The Gods Speak Mars in Libra  is the will to act gracefully , but not passively. He’s the warrior in silks. Strategic, relational, aware of others but still aiming to win. Saturn and Neptune in Aries  form a strange pair, reality and illusion tangled in the fire of selfhood. They say: what’s true? What’s real? What’s worth fighting for? Uranus in Gemini  throws curveballs - sudden insight, liberation, dislocation. Pluto in Aquarius , the transformer of systems, meets the Moon: a deep pull toward emotional truth, shadow work, and collective evolution. Mars is shooting an arrow into Saturn and Neptune , describing a tension between the desire to act  and the need to face both reality and dream : structure and soul. Something is being forged  here. This is the initiation of a new kind of masculine energy . Less brute force, more relational will. Conscious movement. Action born of clarity, not chaos. What Might It Mean? Individually , this could feel like the moment we realise we can’t avoid the truth anymore. That something we’ve dreamed of must  take form now or fall away. Mars pushes us to choose: act, or stay in the illusion. Collectively , it could mark the rise of new movements where ideals meet pressure. A reckoning between vision and viability. Between utopia and implementation. Energetically , it’s the enforcement of change. Not through dominance but through a kind of unavoidable necessity. Like a decision that’s already been made inside you, and just needs your feet to catch up. The Arrow Mars is the arrow. But the target isn’t conquest. It’s alignment . With Saturn, we must face the facts. With Neptune, we must stay connected to soul. The support of Uranus and Pluto says: this change is overdue . Let it land and let it move you. Lions Gate 88 - 8th day of the 8th Month The sky today is forming a cradle of power. These Gods don’t waste energy. This is the sky rearranging itself so that you can move forward with purpose, integrity, and truth. And just as this builds, the Moon opposes Mercury , still retrograde in Leo. This may stir something in the heart - words you’ve been sitting on, a message that finally lands, or a moment when you realise what you thought you wanted… isn't quite what your soul was asking for. So what is  the 8/8 portal this year? It’s this . The confrontation with truth. The whisper of insight. The moment of choice. Do you keep shaping yourself to please the world? Or do you become the arrow - clear, directed, and aligned? This is not a day for casting vague intentions into the stars. It’s a day for making a decision. A small, clear step toward the life that’s calling you. What to watch for: Emotional intensity rising before you even open your eyes A conversation that pierces the surface A sense of “click” - something finally making sense A decision to act with more care, but no less courage Contemplation: What would shift if I trusted my own readiness? ✨ Saturday 9th August Full Moon in Aquarius | 17° Aquarius at 07:54 01:30 – Mars opposite Saturn (exact) 21:54 – Mars opposite Neptune (exact) After yesterday’s alignment, today lands . The Full Moon in Aquarius  rises early this morning, illuminating the tension between the personal and the collective. Leo asks: What makes me feel alive?  Aquarius replies: And how does that serve the whole?  This is not about self-sacrifice it’s about integration, being unapologetically yourself and  understanding your place within something larger. But the real pressure today comes from Mars . At 1:30am, He stands in exact opposition to Saturn , the immoveable force. The limit. The line. God of discipline, patience and time. And by evening, He meets Neptune , Lord of fog, faith, and illusion. God of higher meaning and higher connection. Vision, imagination, bliss and cosmic unity. This is a day of friction and revelation. The Full Moon in Aquarius calls our attention to the space between self and system, heart and collective, the singular light of Leo and the many stars of Aquarius. There’s tension here not only because they oppose, but because they need each other. Leo reminds you to follow what makes you feel most alive. Aquarius asks: how might that aliveness ripple outward and serve something bigger? But underneath the Full Moon’s bright light, another story simmers: Mars opposes Saturn  - raw will meets a hard boundary. A locked door. A quiet but unyielding “no.” And by nightfall, Mars reaches Neptune , the dissolver of form, the God of dreams and divine union. This could feel like futility, confusion, or the end of a fight you thought you had to keep having. But it could also be the moment your dream becomes real through some quieter surrender. When the push meets the mystery. When effort gives way to trust. This day may carry both resistance and revelation. It may test your faith and show you where you’re still fighting what could be flowing. It may ask you to let go of the old armour and meet The Divine with bare hands. What to Watch For: 🌿 Possible Gifts A breakthrough in something long stuck Deep emotional release after a long period of pressure Clarity about what truly matters (and what doesn’t) A softening of will into wisdom Intuitive guidance arriving through dreams or quiet moments A sense of inner rightness even if the outer result is uncertain 🌪️ Possible Challenges Frustration around blocked progress or delayed plans Feeling lost, flat, or disconnected A temptation to numb, avoid, or give up entirely Conflict between personal desire and divine timing A crisis of faith or doubt in your path Projection, martyrdom, or spiritual bypass Contemplation: Where am I still trying to force a door open that’s meant to be knocked on gently, or waited beside with trust? This is a day to pause. To breathe. To let yourself feel what is truly  present, not what you wish were here or what you fear is gone. Mars wants movement. Saturn says wait. Neptune whispers: surrender. You do not have to know the outcome to trust the direction. ✨ Sunday Moon in Pisces (enters 06:54) 08:00 – Mercury stations direct (4° Leo) 08:54 – Moon square Uranus (Gemini) 11:54 – Mars trine Pluto (Libra–Aquarius) The mood changes as the Moon slips into Pisces before sunrise. After the clarity and confrontation of the Full Moon, this is water over scorched earth and we will be soothed. Emotions may rise unbidden today, what was held back now needs somewhere to go. And just as the day begins, Mercury stations direct . We’ve been rethinking, rewriting, reconsidering. Today marks the pivot. It’s subtle since Mercury is barely moving, but something stuck begins to loosen. You may not have the words yet, but they’re coming. The Moon squares Uranus midmorning, stirring sensitivity. Something might feel unsettled or unpredictable. You might need more quiet than usual or find yourself reacting to something small with more feeling than expected. Let it move through you. Don’t grab on. And then comes the power move: Mars trines Pluto . After yesterday’s confrontations with Saturn and Neptune, this is resolve. Mars finds strength through focused will. If you’ve been tested, this is the moment you remember why you’re still standing. Why it matters. And what you’re here to do. There’s something clean about this. Stripped of illusion, stripped of noise. You may not know  the outcome yet but you know your next step. What to watch for: Subtle but significant decisions Feeling tired, emotional, or gently washed out A deeper resolve emerging beneath the surface Contemplation: Now that I see things more clearly what truly deserves my energy? 🌿 Closing Reflection This week wasn’t loud but it was defining. The outer Gods aligned in rare harmony. Mars, the God of Action, faced tests and found strength. The Moon reached Her peak and kept going. And Mercury, after retracing old thoughts and conversations, turned forward again. You may not have all the answers but something in you has shifted. This was a week for choosing alignment, for seeing through the fog and deciding what really matters. And for reclaiming your will. If things felt strange, slow, or emotionally charged good. That means you were paying attention. The sky is changing and so are you. Keep doing the work. Keep listening inward. The Gods are still speaking. Rising Sign Forecasts for The Full Moon Take a breath. This is where you are now. Let it be enough. Aries Rising ♈︎ This Full Moon brings a cycle to completion around friendships, communities, and your future vision. You may be realising which hopes were misplaced or which alliances no longer fit the path you’re on. ✨ Can you accept that some dreams were never meant to come true because something truer is waiting to be born? Taurus Rising ♉︎ The spotlight lands on your work, your role, your reputation. You’ve been pushing hard this year perhaps trying to hold it all together. This Full Moon may show you the cost. ✨ Can you accept where you are in your outer life without judging it so you can move forward with more honesty and less pressure? Gemini Rising ♊︎ This is a moment of clarity around belief, direction, and purpose. You may realise you’ve been chasing an old version of yourself or struggling to make meaning from something that no longer resonates. ✨ Can you accept that your path may be changing and trust that what’s calling now is worth listening to? Cancer Rising ♋︎ This Full Moon highlights what’s shared emotionally, energetically, financially. You may see clearly what you've been holding for others, or what old entanglements still live in your system. ✨ Can you accept what needs to end or be released, without needing it to be neat or mutual? Leo Rising ♌︎ Your relationships are in the spotlight. Not just romance, but all close bonds. This may be a reckoning point what you’ve given, what’s been given back, and whether it’s enough. ✨ Can you accept the reality of a connection so you can relate with more truth and less expectation? Virgo Rising ♍︎ The light shines on your routines, your health, your daily rhythm. This may be a moment where something clicks and you see clearly what is or isn’t sustainable. ✨ Can you accept the current state of your body and life with compassion so you can care for it more fully? Libra Rising ♎︎ Your creativity, joy, and capacity for pleasure are illuminated. This might be the culmination of a romantic storyline, a creative project, or even an awakening of what lights you up. ✨ Can you accept the shape your desires have taken even if they look different than expected? Scorpio Rising ♏︎ This Full Moon brings things to the surface around home, family, and emotional foundations. You may see your past in a new light or feel the ache of what hasn’t yet been healed. ✨ Can you accept your roots as they are - flawed, tender, incomplete - so you can begin building from truth? Sagittarius Rising ♐︎ Your mind, words, and voice are the focus. A conversation may reach resolution or you might suddenly know  what you need to say. This is the end of a mental cycle. ✨ Can you accept what’s been said, or what hasn’t, so you can move forward without regret? Capricorn Rising ♑︎ This Full Moon illuminates your resources - money, worth, and what you’ve been building. Something around income, security, or value may come to light now. ✨ Can you accept what you have, and who you are, without comparison, so you can build from a place of sufficiency rather than lack? Aquarius Rising ♒︎ This is your Full Moon. It reflects you back to yourself - how you’ve grown, what’s changed, and what can no longer be denied. Your sense of self is evolving. ✨ Can you accept who you are now, without needing to explain it to anyone? Pisces Rising ♓︎ The 12th house lights up the unseen, the hidden, the deep inner realm. You may feel quiet, emotional, raw. This is a moment to rest, reflect, and let something complete internally. ✨ Can you accept what’s ending so you can meet what’s next with grace? If you don’t know your rising sign, I’d love to help. 💌 Just send me your birth details and I’ll reply with a picture of your chart and a short overview, so you can follow along with more clarity. You can request that here: And if you'd like a reading to look at it all with my help, book in on my website. I’m available on Zoom  and at Essential Therapies  in Sidmouth on Thursday evenings and alternate Saturdays from September (I'm off for August to spend some time with my kids before they head off to University in September). 🦋 A request - if you've enjoyed reading this (or not) and found it helpful (or not) please can you let me know in the comments or send me a message using this form: I'd really appreciate any feedback so that I can work at making this weekly forecast as useful and interesting as possible! And finally, 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week what?? As we move toward the Saturn–Neptune conjunction in February, I’m holding this space as a quiet thread - keeping the snake alive . This meeting of boundary and dream could mark real change in our world. But we’re not there yet. We are here in the in-between. In the mess. The fear. The anticipation. The raw, human ache of not knowing. It can be tempting to wait for the shift, to fixate on what’s coming. But the truth is, this moment matters . There’s beauty in the chaos of becoming. In the anxiety. In our humanness. Carl Jung put it simply: “Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness... It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.” This is why I return to presence. To the work of being where I am, not where I wish I were. Because the dream isn’t out there somewhere. It’s seeded here in the very ground we’re standing on. And if you'd like some help getting to know where Saturn and Neptune sit in your chart, get in touch . Like this forecast straight into your inbox every week? ✨ As a subscriber, you’ll get extended rising sign horoscopes  each week plus a little extra magic that won’t be shared anywhere else. And as a thank you, you’ll also receive £10 off your next reading , whether online or in person. Come and take a look around the blog space and sign up here: Conversations with The Gods | Blog And as always, if you’d like to explore what any of this means in your chart, I’d love to support you in a reading. Online or in person at Essential Therapies. And just £90 if you subscribe! Bookings open in the second half of July. Come and sit with me. For those new to astrology: This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud. So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts. As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical! For more on all this, read this post. You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form   and give me your birth date , place  and time  and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me  and I'll explain it all to you! A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

Prelude If you’d told me ten years ago that I’d be writing about soul mates, The Gods, or something called the Twin Flame journey, I would have laughed. Or politely nodded and changed the subject. I was practical. Grounded. A single mum working full-time in finance. I didn’t go in for anything mystical. I didn’t have a spiritual practice. I had a mortgage. But then something happened that I couldn’t explain away. I met someone. And how that felt, and what happened alongside it changed everything. That’s the short version. The long version is what you’re about to read. This essay is a love story, but it’s not the kind you find in a romantic movie. It’s the kind you find in myths. The kind where the hero is called to something greater, walks into the forest of their own becoming, and emerges changed, with a truth they didn’t know they were missing. It’s not about a happy ending. It’s about a sacred transformation. A homecoming to the self. If you’re familiar with the term Twin Flame , you might already have a sense of where this is going. But if you’re not here’s a quick run down: The Twin Flame journey , in essence, is a spiritual initiation triggered by a deep soul connection. Meeting your “twin” doesn’t guarantee a relationship; in fact, it simply breaks you open. It brings to the surface everything you haven’t healed: old wounds, patterns, fears. It asks you to grow, fast. It’s not just about union with another person; it’s about union with yourself. It hurts. And it transforms. The Hero’s Journey  is the oldest story we know. A soul hears a call. They resist it, then follow it. They face challenges. They descend. They transform. They return. I didn’t know it at the time, but this was the shape of what I was living. A myth unfolding through my everyday life. And then there are The Gods . In ancient times we worshipped Them as if they were real. We knew them. We sacrificed for Them. We built temples to honour Them and crafted statues to remind us that they are real. As real as we are. And then, They faded from our existence, became nothing more than stories we'd read in a dusty old book. We stopped conversing with Them. We stopped trusting Their words. And we led emptier lives. But The Gods never stopped watching. They didn't stop speaking. And this journey reminded me They were there. They are here. This journey breathed them back into (my) life. The Gods are archetypal intelligences, living patterns of soul and spirit that exist both within us and beyond us. They are the blueprint and the becoming. They speak through dreams, through heartbreak, through astrology charts and blocked drains and butterfly landings. They are everywhere. And if you’ve never met them, that doesn’t make them less real. It just means that like me, you haven’t yet believed them into being. The sacred fades when we forget how to feel it. But when we remember. When The Gods enter our life, they do not knock politely. They storm in. They dismantle. They reorder. They ask impossible things of us, and they do not leave us the same. So what exactly is this essay? It’s a personal story. A confession. A testimony to what I’ve lived through over the past eight years. It begins with the moment I met Him, the man who activated the deepest ache and the deepest love I’ve ever known. And it follows the path that unfolded after he left. You don’t need to believe in any of this to read it. You just need to believe that sometimes life cracks us open and that what we find inside the breaking is worth writing about . Jump to section: The Start The Activation The Descent The Forest The Separation The Knowing The Return The Becoming The Embodiment The Offering The Start Let me make something clear. This was never a story of boy meets girl . Boy breaks girl’s heart. Girl can’t get over it and creates some wacky fantasy about him being the one , and then secretly clings to it, even though every real sign points to the opposite. That’s not what it was. It's not what it is. This was a meeting of two souls who, at the start , when everything was still pure, before all the wounding and projection and triggering began, knew . They knew they were each other’s. And that they always had been. This isn’t only my Journey, though it has felt like it at times. We came together to instigate something. Something that both of our souls had agreed to before we were born into this life (if you believe any of that nonsense). Our meeting wasn’t random. Our meeting was inevitable . And so was everything that followed. The work it provoked wasn’t one-sided. It still isn't. He had already been walking this path. The path of spiritual expansion, of truth, of service to something greater than himself. He knew he was a Divine Being. He is also a human man who was struggling to find his place in the world. Me? I thought I’d found my place. I wasn’t searching for anything. I had no comprehension of a spiritual aspect to life. No interest. What I saw was what I believed. And what I had seen had taught me this: this is it . You live, you die. The rest is a coping mechanism. A false hope because we’re too scared to face the truth that there is no truth . He didn’t set out to change that. He didn’t preach. He didn’t try. He simply told me about His world. A world that seemed entirely different to my own. But His soul nudged mine. And mine woke up. She remembered what she had forgotten. My Journey began with that. Not pain. Not confusion. Recognition . Mutual. Clear. And then came the sudden understanding. A mystical experience that told me the truth and left me with no doubt. The truth of who we are to each other. Of how deep our connection runs. We are the same . Born of the same frequency. The same resonance. The same tone. The same energetic DNA. We are equal . We have lived lifetimes as one, and lifetimes apart. On this planet, and others. And when we met in this lifetime, we both knew . But we are not only Divine beings. We are not just made of light. We are also human. Human beings who have lived complicated lives, over and over and over again. And before we can come together in this life, we have to heal the parts of ourselves that push us apart. We can only hold what we are together, when we are both ready. Not before. And we both knew that. The difference was, I kept the knowing. He had to forget . That was the only way it could work. He had to forget so I could remember. So I could walk through the abandonment, the loss, the pain of separation. So I could find myself . I didn’t begin this journey heartbroken. I wasn’t devastated. I wasn’t left. We chose  not to begin a relationship. That was clear. That was conscious. What happened was that I met another me. And in seeing him, I saw my self for the first time. And I chose to begin The Journey that would lead me back to him. Not through chasing, or waiting. But by doing the work I knew I had to do . So that when the time comes, when We are ready , We can meet again.   The Activation He told me I was carrying a darkness. That my heart wasn’t clear. It wasn’t a judgment but a fact. Something He could see. Something I had never thought to look at. He didn’t say it to hurt me. And He didn’t say it gently either. He just said it. It was as if we stood together at the entrance to a dark forest, endless in its depth. And He told me it was mine. The Forest where my Wild Things are. Where those stories that scarred, that built walls around my heart, waited. He’d been walking in his. It was time for me to walk in mine. And you can only enter your Forest alone. Looking back, I can’t believe I wasn’t afraid, terrified of what I’d find in there. But the fact was, I was ready . And I knew this man in a way I’d never known anyone, even though we'd only just met. I trusted him with my life. I didn’t need to question. I couldn’t. I knew it was time for me to enter. Time for me to walk the path. To embark on The Journey. My soul heard him. Not my mind. Not the version of me who had been holding it together for years and calling it a life. A deeper part. The part of me that remembered. And I said yes. Not to him, to The Work . That’s how this started. With an instruction. One I didn’t ask for, and one I didn’t resist. I didn’t need to know where it would take me. I didn’t need to be promised anything. I just needed to start walking. Another gift I was handed by this other me, through His awareness, His expanded consciousness, was a faith in something bigger than me. A belief in a power beyond my awareness that I could call upon, if I needed to. So I started The Journey by asking The Universe to help. To lead me where I needed to go. To hold my hand as I walked down the path and into The Forest. And The Universe answered. Said: 'Yes, my love. Let’s walk it together.'   The Descent The pain of separation lives in the The Forest. I had to leave Him behind to find it. That’s the part I'd like you to understand. This Journey wasn’t just about Him. It was about walking into the place inside myself where I had always been alone. I left him at the entrance. I thought if I looked back, I’d see him standing there, watching me with love in his eyes, like in the stories. I thought he’d be there as witness, as protector, as something steady to return to. While He still remembered, He told me he would. But when I turned around, He’d gone. And that was the first cut. Not the absence but the disappearance. The way it undid the illusion that we’d walk this path together. He had to forget, I know that now. But back then, it just felt like He vanished. He didn't care. I meant nothing to Him. And I was left to walk alone . For a while, there was nothing. Just silence. Just the trees. Just the ache. I kept going. I thought I’d find him waiting around the next bend. I didn’t. I thought I’d feel him beside me in the quiet. I didn’t. Not then.   The Forest The truth is, I’d been walking in The Forest my whole life. I just didn’t know it had a name until He left me at its edge. I thought The Forest was something I was entering. A sacred quest . A spiritual journey I was embarking on. Something new. And maybe it was. But it was also something familiar. A place I knew in my bones. The Forest was the room I grew up in. The ache in my chest at night when I was small, and afraid, and alone. It was the silence I learned to live with. The way I swallowed my voice before I ever got a chance to hear what it sounded like. There was a children’s book I loved. It was about a girl with a secret twin, living in a golden palace beneath the rose bush in her garden. A twin who called her “My Very Own.” I wished that book was real. Every night I would lie in bed and hold it close like a map to somewhere I couldn’t find. I'd pray I'd sleep and go there in my dreams. I wasn’t unloved. I wasn’t abandoned. I had parents, a sister, a brother, friends. But none of them could reach the part of me that believed I was alone in the world. None of them knew it was there. I didn’t cry. Even as a baby I didn't cry. I didn’t tell anyone how I felt. I wouldn't have known how to. It was all I knew. I adapted. I became compliant. I became kind. I became whatever was needed to make it seem like I fit. But even then, I knew I didn't. I was always outside, looking in. I didn’t know that life was supposed to feel good. That it was supposed to be fun. I didn’t know that joy was a birthright. Life was something you endured. Survived. 'Get through it', said The Voice in my head. The Voice was firm: 'Be good, be useful, be quiet.' The darkness He spoke of, the one He told me was living in my heart. That wasn’t something that had arrived later, it wasn't the conclusion of difficult experiences I'd had. It was something I had always carried. My original condition. The weight I had been born into. I had always felt afraid. I'd always felt at a distance. That was the feeling of my life, long before He arrived. And the thing that unravelled me wasn’t that I had to walk into The Forest. It was that I realised I had never  left it. I didn’t know what it meant to stand in the open field. To feel The Sun on my face. To lift my head and see sky. I didn’t know there was anything outside of the trees. I thought everyone felt this way. That the silence inside was normal. That love, if it came at all, came with conditions, with pain. He changed that. Not with a relationship. Not with words. With a recognition. He looked at me, and for a moment something in me remembered the open field. The warmth of The Sun. The embrace of the sky. The daisy I had once been. And then He turned and disappeared. And I was left with The Forest.   The Separation At times it has felt as if I am out in space. No one around me. No sound. No tether. No Earth to orient myself toward. Just the slow, disorienting drift into nothing. Or like I’m lying at the bottom of the ocean. Heavy. Flattened. Not quite dead but not alive either. Just pressure. Silence. Miles of water between me and the world. I had a vision in a healing session once. I was on a small sailing boat. Lying on the deck, staring at the sky. Alone. In the middle of the ocean. There was no wind to carry me. No land in sight. No hope of being seen. Found. Saved. I knew, this was it. The way things are. And the way it has always been. A part of me lives on that boat. Alone in the middle of the ocean. It doesn’t feel that way all the time. But being apart from Him, when I let myself remember the feeling He evoked when I thought He was mine and here to stay, that’s how it feels. That’s when I drift into space. When the water rains down. When I'm back in the boat. And when the darkness sets in. That story I'd loved as a child. The story of the secret twin, the twin who lived in a golden palace, hidden from the world. That story held something sacred. That book conjured something in me I couldn’t name. It lit up a longing I've held since then. I had longed to be her, wanted nothing more than for someone who called me their very own . Someone I could call my very own . “She calls me ‘my very own sister.’ Lalla-Lee loves me very much. My father loves Mummy best, and Mummy loves my baby brother who was born last spring best. But Lalla-Lee only loves me.” A belonging I’d never felt. A being seen that went beyond understanding. And when I met Him, when I Met Him, I remembered. I remembered that feeling. I remembered that I had been searching for Him all my life. I understood why I had always felt alone. It was because something in me knew He was missing. And then I found Him. And then I lost Him. He was the twin. The one I’d dreamed of. The one who called to me from the pages of the book I read every day when I was small. He knew it too, for a moment. But after a while, He didn’t recognise me. He looked at me, but He didn’t see. Not the way I saw. Not the way I knew. And nothing compares to that. Nothing prepares you for that. Eight years. Eight years of carrying this ache. Of waking every day with a love that has nowhere to go. Of feeling Him in my soul but not in my arms. Eight years of holding something sacred, something vast, something ancient, and being the only one who knows it’s there. Am I insane? Am I deluded? Why can't I let go? There are no words for it. Not really. Nothing that captures the scale. The emptiness. The fullness. The grief. The God-shaped hole. The knowing. The not-having. The silent scream in the body that never goes quiet. It’s the feeling I’ve searched for in every face, every place, every prayer. The one I only ever found in Him. And the despair. The grief. The torture. It isn’t that He’s gone. It’s that He was  here. That I did  feel it. That I was  known. For a moment. Before it slipped away. Before He forgot. Coincidentally, if you believe in such things, this is also in the book. In words, as in life. Barbara has to let go of her twin too: “In the Most Beautiful Valley in the World the flowers sing and the trees play musical instruments. Through the valley runs a small, clear brook. It can’t sing or play but it hums a tune. I’ve never heard a more beautiful tune. Lalla-Lee and I stood on the bridge over the brook, and she held my arm and said, ‘My Very Own Sister, there’s one thing you must know.’ I felt a stab in my heart.‘ No,’ I said, ‘I don’t want to know anything.’ ‘You must,’ said Lalla-Lee. The flowers stopped singing, the trees stopped playing, and I couldn’t hear the brook’s tune any more. ‘My Very Own Sister,’ said Lalla-Lee, ‘when Salikon’s roses fade I shall be gone. ’I leapt on my horse and rode off, the tears running down my cheeks. I rode as fast as I could and Lalla-Lee followed.” I could never read beyond the part where she leaves. Where Salikon’s roses have faded and poor Barbara is stuck in her real life without her twin. I’d stop. Leave us both there in that moment. Still in the magic of loving and being loved in return. Of having each other. The feeling is too big to bear. To hold. To accept. To fathom. It’s the separation from God. That’s what it feels like. It’s the severing from the womb. The moment the cord is cut and you’re thrust into the world. Screaming. Naked. Alone. It’s not metaphorical. It’s not poetic. It’s in the cells. It’s in the breath. It’s the way you wake up at 3am and forget where you are, who you are, what any of this means. And there’s no one to hold you. Not even yourself. The pain is so deep that at times it feels like it will kill me. Not the dramatic kind of death. The quiet kind. The one that leaves your body moving, your mouth smiling, your eyes functioning, but there's nothing inside. Just a body moving through the world. Haunted by a truth no one else can see. This has been as brutal as Metamorphosis . I’ve died in it. I wake up different. Unrecognisable. To myself. To others. And no one notices. No one stops to ask where I went. I’m back in the boat. Or maybe I never left it. Maybe I’ve been here all along. Lying on the floor. Staring at the sky. The child is here too. The one who clutched the book to her chest. The one who prayed it was real. Who whispered please  into the dark. Who wanted someone, just one person, to say, you’re mine . The separation lives in The Forest. And I didn’t know there was anything outside of it. I thought the darkness was  life. I thought the silence was normal. I thought the aching was just being human. Until I found Him. Until I lost Him. And now I know the difference. I know there’s a grassy field where the sky of blue is vast and the daisies meet the sun. And that knowing is its own kind of hell. The separation lives in The Forest. And I had to leave Him at the edge of it. He had to leave me to walk into it alone.    The Knowing (or The Flame That Stayed Alight Within The Dark) I have held two truths for eight years and neither one has ever let up. I know He's gone. That He's not mine. That He never was. That I'm in this alone. There’s been the ache: missing Him so deeply and so completely it’s impossible to explain. Impossible to describe. To put words to. And I also know that this is how it's meant to be. How it was always going to be. That we planned this together. And that while it feels as if he left, feels like he went, feels like he abandoned me at the entrance to The Forest, he hasn't. He's with me in it. He's by my side, holding my hand. Just not in a way I can see with my human eyes. He's with me in a way that I feel with my soul. I can see Him clearly with my third eye . He's in my heart. And He's not leaving. I know that The Journey is something I agreed to. That there’s meaning and purpose woven through every second of our separation. That was how The Universe held my hand, and walked with me. When I found Him, I remembered. I remembered why I’d always felt alone, why there’d always been a weight in my chest, why nothing had ever quite felt real or full or here. It was Him. I’d been waiting for Him. Not just in this life. I’d been waiting across lifetimes. For eons. And when I looked into his eyes and felt that ancient recognition in my body, in my soul, I knew I’d finally found the piece I’d been missing. Not because I was broken, but because there was something sacred we shared, and when it clicked into place, everything changed. We belonged together. I to him, him to me. Our very own . And at the same time, I knew I couldn’t have Him here with me in this life. Not now. Not yet. I knew I had to let Him go. Even though I didn’t want to. Even though it felt like I was being torn apart. Like this was some cruel cosmic trick. To tease me with a possibility, a miracle, with the feeling of belonging, of home, and then tell me I couldn't have it. Amidst the pain, the disbelief, a deeper truth . Something wiser in me knew that holding on wasn’t the point. That letting go was part of the contract . That it was always meant to be that way. It never made the pain easier. The knowing didn’t come in and cancel it out. It was just there beside it. I was still sobbing on the floor. Still waking up with that heaviness. Still questioning whether I’d ever feel anything but the hole He left. But at the same time, something in me was steady. Something said this wasn’t a mistake. That it had to be like this. That He was doing what He needed to do. And so was I. That sense of purpose didn’t lift me out of the grief, it wove through it. The grief was never separate from the grace. I didn’t alternate between pain and peace. They lived together. They still do. The longing and the miracle. The devastation and the devotion. I’ve never been able to pull them apart. Or at least not for long. From the very beginning I understood that this was something sacred. I wasn’t spiritual before. I didn’t even know that part of myself. I thought life was small and bleak and that meaning was something we made up to survive. But when I met Him, everything inside me opened. My soul remembered what I’d forgotten. I saw the shape of something I didn’t have a name for. I felt God. I didn't believe in God, I knew Him. God was a truth I'd always carried but had never been able to touch. The journey woke something in me I couldn’t unsee. A deeper layer of reality revealed itself, and I stepped into it. And I’ve never stepped back. We are One and the same. And I knew this from the start. I didn’t read it in a book and apply it to Him. I felt it. We have the same frequency. The same resonance. The same energetic memory. We’ve lived lifetimes together and lifetimes apart. The recognition wasn’t emotional, it was cellular. It was cosmic. I knew. I know . And I knew the connection wasn’t here to give me what I wanted. It was here to destroy everything that wasn’t true. It was here to unravel me. To show me who I am when I’m not hiding. And I knew I wasn’t ready to be in it. And neither was He. That knowing stays with me even when everything else breaks apart. The love never left. It didn’t look the way I wanted it to. It didn’t give me comfort. It didn’t show up in form. But it stayed. It became the fire. The teacher. The mirror. It became the reason I had to look at everything in me that wanted to abandon myself again. I could feel what it was asking of me and I couldn’t run from it. I was never allowed to numb it. It asked me to grow up. To face what I’d never wanted to face. And I said yes. Because I couldn’t not. Not when I’d felt what I’d felt. Not when I knew what I knew. There were times I wanted to run into His arms and disappear again. I wanted to hand over everything I had, just to stop feeling alone. But something greater than me wouldn’t let me. Something wiser in me said: no, not this time. Not until you know who you are. Not until you stop disappearing into people and start standing in yourself. And even when that felt like punishment, I knew it wasn’t. I knew I was being protected. That the delay was grace. The signs were always there. Even when He wasn’t. Songs, magical numbers, moments that cracked open the ordinary and let something bigger speak. I never talked about them much. I’ve always been careful not to grasp. But they came. They still do. And when they do, I remember. Even when I’ve spent days doubting, when I’ve told myself I made all of it up, something small and wild will land in my path and I’ll know again. There’s a place in me that’s never stopped knowing. It doesn’t shout. It’s not loud. But it’s always there. It holds the truth. Even when the rest of me breaks apart. And there's plenty of sense in it. Reason. There were children who needed me. Lives that weren’t just ours. Timing that wasn’t right. It’s not romantic to say that. It’s not comforting. But it’s true. I wasn’t ready. He wasn’t ready. The Universe knew what I couldn’t. That we would have burned. That the intensity would have swallowed us. That there wouldn’t have been enough space for family, for the work, for anything else. That I still needed to become who I am. I have never once felt punished by The Journey. I’ve had moments where I raged. Where I felt forgotten. Where I wanted to scream at the sky. But I’ve always known that I was being guided. That this was for me . That the relationship is a possibility. That the visions I saw of the future weren't a dream. That the future I felt is still alive. That miracles exist. That time changes things. And that this work takes time. It has taken eight years. And it needed to. I needed to. I am not done. I’m still here. Still doing it. Still changing. Still grateful, even in the grief. Even when the pain makes me feel like I’m going to die, I still know it was a miracle to find Him at all. And even if He never comes back, the fact that He exists, that I remember Him, that this love touched me, that I glimpsed it in this life, found the sun dappled glade in The Forest, that is enough to keep me breathing. Even when I’m in the dark, the flame stays alight. I had a vision in a healing session once. I was on a small sailing boat. Lying on the deck, staring at the sky. Alone. In the middle of the ocean. There was no wind to carry me. No land in sight. No hope of being seen. Found. Saved. I knew, this was it. The way things are. And the way it has always been. And the feeling was visceral. Desperate. I was so alone. It was worse than death. It was hell. And then, in the distance, in the aching expanse of the sky, I saw something. Something black. Something coming. A crow. And I knew. I wasn't really alone. I had never been alone.    How it is On The Journey That’s what separation has felt like. What it feels like to be in this life, to know He exists and to be separate from Him. It’s being alone in that boat, with no way of knowing if the journey will ever end. If another boat will find me, or if I'll find land. But knowing, that somewhere out there, even if I can’t always see it, there is a crow. That’s what joins the dark and the light. The grief and the grace. They don’t cancel each other out. They sit next to each other in the boat.   Why It Is On The Journey From the beginning, I knew this wasn’t about love. That part was already there. Solid. Immediate. No resistance. Love is the easy part. It always has been. I would have given everything to Him. Happily. Without hesitation. I'd have broken myself open just to make Him feel safe, or warm, or wanted. But that kind of giving comes at a cost. I’ve paid it before. I can’t pay it again. This wasn’t about Him. Not really. It was about me. I knew from the start that this was a healing path. That it would have to be walked alone. That something in me was unfinished. Untouched. I wasn’t ready for the kind of love that asks you to stay whole inside it. I didn’t know how to stay me and still hold Him. Not both. Not yet. I have responsibilities. A life. Things I carry. People I carry. I couldn’t put them down for Him. I couldn’t vanish into Him. And I would have. Without even meaning to. Without noticing. That’s what scared me. That’s what the wiser part of me saw. So I stayed. Alone. And I kept walking. The path hasn’t been clear. It’s been dark and uneven and full of dead ends. Sometimes I’ve walked in circles. Sometimes I’ve wanted to lie down and disappear into the moss. But I kept going, not because I’m brave, but because I had to. Because something was pulling me forward. Not towards Him. Not exactly. Towards myself. I had to find myself. That was the real quest. To know myself. To love myself. To sit in my own skin without trying to peel it off or trade it in. To stop shapeshifting into what I think others want. To speak. To stay. To choose me, over and over again, even when it hurt. That’s what this has been. The Work. The Forest. The Lessons. I've stayed with the path. I stayed with myself. And it’s been hard. I’ve had to let go of everything I thought I was. I’ve had to meet the parts of me I was afraid of. The ones that hide. The ones that lie. The ones that want to be wanted more than they want to be free. And somewhere, in the centre of The Forest, I see it. The glade. The sunlit clearing. Light falling through the trees in the kind of way that makes you stop thinking for a minute. And in that clearing, The Stag. Watching. Waiting. Holding something I’ve been trying to find. To earn. He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t need to. I know what this is. The Gold. The True Self. The strength to love without vanishing. The ability to hold Him, if the time comes, and not lose everything else I’ve built. To choose Him, and not lose Me. That’s what I’ve been walking toward. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still hoping that a Union waits at the end of the path. I still long for that end of the movie kiss. The fairy-tale ending I tell myself not to believe in. Because believing in it feels too risky. What if I do and then it doesn't arrive? What if there never is a happy ending and this is all there is? What if none of it was real? What if it is just some cruel cosmic trick? Teasing me with possibility, with a miracle, with the feeling of belonging, of home, only to tell me I can never have it? I still want it. I still wish for it. I still whisper his name when I see a falling star. I still close my eyes and imagine a life where The Forest ends and He is waiting there. Where everything that broke is somehow unbroken. Where we meet again and it’s quiet and clear and right . Yes I've been searching for me. Working for me. Walking towards me. But that isn't all. I’ve wanted both. I still want both. I want to be whole. I want to be Me. And I want Him. The clearing holds both. The sun dappled glade awaits. The Stag waits. So I walk. 'The Work' It started with listening. That was the first thing. I had to learn how to hear myself. Not my thoughts. Not the noise. But the truth underneath it all. The wisdom within. I couldn’t tell you everything I’ve done. Not because I’ve forgotten, but because there’s no way to pin it down. The Work doesn’t move in straight lines; it doesn’t come with certificates or clean endings. It’s not glamorous. It’s not something you can list like a CV. I can tell you that I've been 'At Work' since the moment I stepped foot into The Forest. Every moment. In every day. For the last 8 years I have woken every morning and set an intention: to do what I need to do to become my best self. I haven't always known what that meant, or what getting there looked like. I have rarely been clear on how to get there or what I needed to do next. But one thing has led to the next and while I'm not there, maybe I'll never be there, I am much closer now than I have ever been. I can't tell you exactly what I've done. But here’s some of it. When I walked into The Forest I didn’t know how I felt. Not really. I'd learned a bit about how to think about feelings, talk around them, assign them labels, but not how to be in them. Not how to hear what they were trying to say. I had to learn that feelings are messengers ; they bypass the mind and speak straight from the soul. They point to what’s underneath. Always the tip of the iceberg, what hurts now is never just about now. Every feeling was a signpost, guiding me into the wound beneath it. Into the place where something long ago got buried. My body always knew, even when my mind didn’t. The tight chest, the lump in the throat, the heat behind my eyes. The ache in my gut. I learned to follow those signs. I learned to feel. Not analyse. Not explain. Just feel. That’s how the heart clears. That’s how the healing begins. And I’ve cleared the heart . Not once, but every day. Every time something loosened and an old pain, an old feeling once stifled or suppressed, rose into view. I’ve sat with the pain. Felt it. All of it. Not just His absence, but every ache that came before. The early heartbreaks. The betrayals. The damage. The parts of me that broke long before I ever met Him. I’ve relived the stories and let my body remember. I’ve cried on the floor. Cried in the car. Cried while walking the dog. Cried while doing the washing up. And I’ve held the child inside me while she shook. Soothed the nerves of the teenager within. Comforted the inner mother every time all she wanted was a hug like the ones she gives her children. Feel to heal , they say. And it’s true. You can’t skip it. I’ve faced the mind . Sat with it. Watched it. Listened. I’ve seen the way it loops. The stories it clings to. The beliefs it inherited and never questioned. I’ve traced those thoughts back to where they began, to the moment the child made a decision about what love meant, what safety meant, who she had to be in order to belong. I’ve learned how to stop identifying with it all. To become the witness . To observe the programming and remember that it isn’t me. And slowly, piece by piece, I’ve re-written it. Rewired the old patterns. Repaired the dialogue. Chosen new words. I’ve filled notebook after notebook with the contents of my head. Pages and pages. Letters to Him. A thousand versions of the same question: why won’t you come back? Why won’t you choose me, the way I choose you? I’ve written the goodbye letters too. Burned them. Buried them. Let them go. I’ve said goodbye to past loves. To the illusions I clung to. To the hope that someone else could save me from myself. I’ve worked with my shadow . The parts of me I didn’t want to see. The ones I hid. The ones I judged. The ones I thought made me unlovable. I’ve pulled them into the light and sat with them. Let them speak. Let them soften. Let them come home. And not just the difficult ones, but the golden parts too, the shiny, strange bits that didn’t quite fit, the parts that were too bright for who I thought I had to be. Carl Jung said, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” I’ve spent years unearthing what was unconscious. Calling it into the room. Facing it with as much love as I could muster. And I became an astrologer. I learned to read the sky. To see how The Gods speak through our lives. To take what I’ve learned in The Forest and offer it to others, as they begin their own descent. Not as a map. But as a hand. A light. A reminder that they won’t be alone. And I’ve learned how to stand in the middle of the unknown without trying to escape it. No answers. No guarantees. Just presence. The more I've learned, the less I know. And I know I can stay in that place, in peace, and not need to find an answer. This is what The Work has looked like. Not fixing. Not perfecting. Just staying with all of it. There’s no medal for that. No parade. Most of it happened quietly, in the dark, with no one watching. Just me and The Gods and the forest floor. A process through which I learned who I am and how to love who I am without judgement. With acceptance. But I didn’t do it alone. Back at the start I asked The Universe to help me heal and I was answered. Not always in the way I expected, but I was led. Nudged. Shown the next step, and then the next. The path was never laid out in full, but it always unfolded exactly as it needed to. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” —Matthew 7:7 That’s always in our gift. To ask. To seek. To trust we’ll be guided. Even in the dark. The Return I don’t know what this part is meant to be. I keep waiting for something to click. To land. A sentence that sounds like an arrival. A way to say: I made it. I’m out of The Forest and into the open field. But there’s nothing. Just this version of me, sitting here, trying to name what can’t be named. I’m not fully fixed. I’m not fully healed. I’m not above any of it. But something is different. I still ache for Him, occasionally. But it’s not painful anymore. It’s softer, sweeter. I know He’s with me now. I’ve accepted His place alongside mine, in my heart. And I don’t need anyone else to tell me that it’s okay to hold Him there, not even Him. I’ve chosen Him. I’ve accepted Him as part of me. And I trust The Universe to show me where I need to go next. I’m in service to something greater; a wisdom beyond my own, a timing that isn’t mine. When I land in this moment, in any  moment, I can look back and see that it’s all been exactly as it needed to be. Every step. Every ache. Every silence. I wouldn’t be here without it. I’m still tired. But I don’t have many questions. Sometimes I wonder if I’ve missed something, like there’s more work to do. But I’ve learned how to meet that voice with love. I remind myself that I am  where I’m meant to be. That I am  loveable as I am. That I was always ready; it was only my wounds that told me otherwise. I don’t ask the sky for answers every night. I don’t sit at the edge of the bed waiting for a sign. I move differently now. Slower. More honest. I don’t pretend I’m fine when I’m not. And I don’t need to be seen to believe I’m real. I’m here. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. I don’t need a fairy-tale ending (though I wouldn’t mind one, Universe? If you’re listening?  😉). I just need to keep showing up. For me. For this life. For the version of myself that keeps on walking. There is no moment the music swells, the lights shift, and the world claps you back in. Well, except for those moments when a round of applause rises at the end of a song and The Universe gives you a nudge, whispers that’s for you. There’s still the endless meals to be cooked. The washing up. The bills. The laundry. The dog needing to be walked. My kids still need me - my time, my attention, my presence. They’re growing up, as we do. But I am at peace. And maybe that’s always been the destination. The Becoming I know who I am. That’s the difference. I didn’t, back then. I thought I did, I had a name, a life, a story that made sense if you didn’t look too closely. But underneath, I was stitched together by other people’s expectations. What I thought I had to be to be safe. To be loved. To not be left. That’s what changed. Eight years later, I’m still me. But I don’t abandon myself now. I don’t shapeshift to be held. I don’t keep quiet when something in me is screaming. I don’t hand over the reins just because someone else says they know better. I live here now. In this body. This mind. This life. Fully. I don’t ask for permission anymore. And I don’t ask anyone to save me. The Embodiment I used to try and think my way through it. Feelings, choices, healing - like if I could just understand enough, I’d be safe. Like clarity would save me. Like insight was the end goal. It wasn’t. You don’t think your way into embodiment. You live your way into it. Or you fall into it. Sometimes you drown. This part came slowly. The realisation that I wasn’t watching myself anymore. That I wasn’t hovering somewhere above, narrating, managing, correcting. I was just in it. Here. In the body. Not outside it. Not fighting it. Just here. The fear didn’t go away, but I stopped letting it drive. The panic still comes, sometimes. The shame still knocks. But I know what they are now. Old ghosts. They don’t belong at the wheel. I’ve stopped disappearing. That’s how I know something has changed. I don’t hand myself over so easily anymore. I don’t trade myself for closeness. I don’t lose my voice in the hope someone else will offer me theirs. I know how to stay. In conversations. In rooms. In love. In myself. And it’s not always graceful. Sometimes it’s a mess. Sometimes I say too much. Sometimes I still go quiet. But I’m here. I come back quicker. I notice sooner. I forgive myself faster. That’s what it looks like. Not confidence. Not some shiny version of womanhood. Just presence. Just this. Just the way I move through my days now. I don’t need to be good. I don’t need to be chosen. I don’t need to be seen. But I choose me. And I see me. And I think She's fucking ace. The Offering I don’t have answers. Not really. Just a story. A path I walked. A thread I followed into the dark and found still trailing behind me, even now. What I’ve gathered along the way isn’t a solution, it’s a language. A way of seeing. Of listening. Of remembering. I became an astrologer not because I had all the knowledge, but because conversations with The Gods helped me qualify the meaning. Because They offered a mirror when I needed one. A map when I was lost. They told me that what I was experiencing was purposeful. Now I offer what I can. Not certainty. Not salvation. Just presence. A willingness to sit beside you as you walk into your own forest. A voice to remind you you’re not broken. You’re becoming. Just as we all are. And still, He is part of this. Always was. Always will be.   The Little Red Thread He didn’t disappear. He didn't walk away never to return. The silence never lasted. He didn't leave me, alone. That’s not the story. He’s here. We speak. We laugh. We fight. We fall out. But We reconnect. We support each other. We love. We feel loved. It’s real. It’s steady. It’s grown with us. Each time we’ve reconnected, the thread has thickened; each return has brought us closer, not to a finish line, but to something truer. A foundation. What we have now is solid. Trusting. Intimate in a way that doesn’t need explaining. It doesn’t look like it did at the start, but it’s more honest now. More human. And more sacred, more real, because of that. We’ve shed the fantasy. What’s left is the thing itself. And it’s still becoming. I don’t know what shape it will take next. I don’t need to. I’m here for all of it, for the friendship, the truth, the endless love in whatever form it arrives. This is what love becomes when we stop asking it to be anything but itself. One more magical thing of note... The Book That Returned The treasured children’s book I mentioned, the one about the girl with a secret twin who lived in a golden palace beneath the rose bush, and called her 'My Very Own', had actually vanished when I was a teenager. Gone. Slipped through the cracks of time like things sometimes do when you’re not looking. I’d forgotten the title. Forgotten the plot. But not the feeling. That stayed. Tucked in the corners of me like a pressed flower. I remembered loving it. I remembered needing it. And for years, without knowing quite what I was looking for, I searched. Then, one crisp autumn day in 2017, just as He had entered my life and the real story was beginning, the name of the book dropped into my mind. Quiet as a feather. Certain as fate. What happened next felt too exact to be chance. The book didn’t just come back. It found me. And when I opened it, older, and changed by my walk through The Forest, eyes wide, I saw it all. The longing. The twin. The Journey I was living in the pages of The Book that had been lost. My Story, in My Book. The golden thread that had been winding through my life since the beginning. The story hadn’t just comforted me. It had called me. It had known. And somehow, it had waited. ✨ You can read the full tale of its magical return here . Click to Read the Book Find me here: A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

If you are new to astrology read this first. Jump to section: Introduction Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Rising Sign Forecasts Keeping the snake alive Book a one-to-one reading 'These weekly posts aren’t predictions. They’re invitations. I’m not trying to tell you exactly what’s going to happen, because I can’t. No astrologer can. What I can  do is show you the terrain. The weather. The conversations The Gods are having up there, and in here . My intention with the weekly forecast is to help you feel  that. To give you a way in. To open a window of possibility. What might this transit feel like? Where might  it show up? What kind of emotional tone, friction, insight, or shift might be available if  you’re paying attention? Read it like a weather report. L et the words stir something. Then go live your week. Notice what plays out. Return and reread if you need to.' Read my weekly forecast manifesto in full here . 🍄 Astroweather | 28 July - 3 August 2025 Emerging gently. Listening for clarity. Let The Moon, Mercury and Venus guide you. After last week’s intensity, this week brings the first real breath after the storm. The New Moon in Leo last Thursday was a reset. Now, as the Moon waxes, there’s a sense of movement but it's still quiet. This is a week to process, assimilate, and make sense of. It's time for some self reflection and inner work around whatever was revealed last week. It is my understanding that what we feel and experience is here to teach us more about who we are and why we are here. We are perfectly equipped to handle and make sense of what confronts us, even when it's hard. We just have to trust in ourselves and in The Universe and let what is being shown unfold without trying too hard to control it or resist it. This is a week for practicing that. I like to start with a question when I experience any difficult feelings: What does this remind me of? Where have I felt this before? Then I get on with my day and look with curiosity and interest what arrives in my head. If you'd like to learn more about inner work and this kind of practice check out this post: How To Begin 'The Work' Back to the week ahead: Venus enters Cancer late Wednesday night, and Her next steps are purposeful. She speaks to both Saturn and Neptune, challenging the heart to discern between love and illusion, hope and reality or ideally, to harmonise the material with The Divine. Meanwhile, Mercury’s retrograde journey reaches a turning point as He meets The Sun on Thursday: a moment of insight, a reconnection to your inner voice. Let’s follow the rhythm of the week. To learn more about how to feel into your inner self with guidance from The Gods read my follow The Moon post: Know Thy Feelings: Working with The Moon 🌒 Your Weekly Snapshot Please note: all timings are BST ✨ Monday Monday 28th July 🌒 Waxing Moon in Libra Moon joins the South Node at 12:00pm Moon conjoins Mars at 7:00pm The Moon activates the Nodes today bringing us face to face with something karmic, familiar, or fated. She meets Mars later, re-touching the same thread He stirred last week on the 21st when He crossed the South Node Himself. What old pattern are you tempted to act out again? This is simply about witnessing. Stay present with the part of you that wants to run the same script and gently choose something else. 🪞 Prompt:  Where do I feel the pull of an old pattern and what would it feel like to pause instead of react? ✨ Tuesday 🌒 Waxing Moon in Virgo → Libra (enters Libra at 6:00am) Moon square Venus | 1:00am Moon trine Uranus | 7:00am Moon opposite Saturn | 9:00am Moon opposite Neptune | 10:00am Moon trine Pluto | 11:00am This is a day for deep reflection . The Moon’s early square to Venus may stir discomfort around what we want versus what we feel we should  want. And then, after entering Libra, She moves through a powerful chain of aspects that unlock and illuminate what the New Moon on the 24th  began. Uranus opens a window. Saturn and Neptune test it. Pluto drives it home. Today is not about dramatic realisations it’s about emotional clarity . Something wants to be felt fully. Something wants to be seen again, this time without the old story attached. Give yourself space to process. This is a powerful checkpoint. 💧 Prompt:  What truth did the New Moon show me and how am I emotionally responding to it now? ✨ Wednesday 🌓 Waxing Moon in Libra Moon sextile Sun and then Mercury | early hours Moon square Jupiter | 4:00am The Moon softly speaks with the Sun and Mercury offering a flicker of insight  before the light fully breaks through with the Mercury Cazimi (perfecting in the middle of the night tomorrow). This is a whisper before the word. The soft edge of something you almost understand. But then Jupiter amplifies it and it may feel like a lot. Emotions or ideas will feel inflated, stretched. Jupiter is God of truth. He pushes us to see the bigger picture and understand that everything we experience has meaning and purpose. Try not to judge what comes up. It’s raw material, not the finished story. You may feel like you're waiting for something to be communicated. If so, be patient , when Mercury is reborn what is knotted and tangled will loosen and we will be more able to communicate what's in our hearts. The real clarity comes tomorrow. Today is about listening to the hints. 🪶 Prompt:  What is quietly surfacing in me right now—before my mind catches up? ✨ Thursday 🌔 Waxing Moon in Libra → Scorpio (enters Scorpio at 6:00pm) Venus enters Cancer | 4:00am Moon trine Venus | 7:00pm Moon square Pluto | 10:00pm Venus slips into Cancer in the early hours, softening the heart. She wants warmth now, not words. Safety, not spectacle. But She’s vulnerable here—and tonight, the Moon enters Scorpio and immediately opens a deep emotional doorway. There’s sweetness in the Moon-Venus trine, but Pluto follows. The tension between longing and control, connection and self-protection, may rise. Stay honest with yourself about what you’re really feeling. This is a night to sit with it, not solve it. 💔 Prompt:  Where am I longing to feel held—and where am I trying to control the outcome instead? ✨ Friday 🌔 Waxing Moon in Scorpio Mercury Cazimi (just after midnight) Venus square Saturn | 5:00pm Venus square Neptune | late evening This day hums with significance. Mercury met the Sun just after midnight—marking the heart of the retrograde . A message begins to land now, though perhaps not with words. The mind has turned a corner. But the feelings still need catching up. The Scorpio Moon spends the day in tense conversation  with both Mercury and the Sun, reflecting the tension between what we sense and what we can name. Venus is also under pressure, caught between the cold clarity of Saturn  and the dreamy fog of Neptune . Love, security, and longing all blur into one—and the Moon’s evening trine to Jupiter only magnifies what’s already stirring. This is not a day to demand certainty. It’s a day to feel it all , and to let what’s real settle into your bones without needing to define it. 🌊 Prompt:  What truth am I beginning to see more clearly—and where am I still clinging to illusion? ✨ Saturday 🌔 Waxing Moon in Scorpio (until midnight) Moon sextile South Node & trine North Node | 10:00am The Snake looks both ways today. The Moon connects with the Nodes of Fate this morning, casting a gentle light on where you’ve been and where you’re going. In Scorpio, this isn’t abstract—it’s felt in the body, in the bones. Something you’ve been carrying may soften now, if you let it. No drama. No breakthrough. Just a quiet reorientation: a reminder that your future doesn’t have to repeat your past. 🪶 Prompt:  What old truth am I ready to stop carrying—and what new one is beginning to shape me? ✨ Sunday 🌔 Waxing Moon in Scorpio → Sagittarius (enters Sagittarius early morning) Moon sextile Mars | 1:00am Moon opposes Uranus | 8:00am Moon trine Saturn and Neptune | 9:00 - 10:00am Moon trine Mercury retrograde | 8:00pm After a week of emotional depth, the Moon shifts into Sagittarius and opens the windows. But it’s not light-hearted yet—She immediately faces Uranus, then moves through a string of soft trines to Saturn, Neptune, and Mercury. This is an integration day . Your nervous system may need grounding after the emotional and mental weather of the past few days. The Moon’s conversation with Mercury retrograde tonight offers a reflective closing: not a resolution, but a sense that you’re beginning to understand what this chapter is about. ✨ Prompt:  What part of this week’s story is starting to make more sense now? 🌿 Closing Reflection This week didn’t bring certainty, but it may have offered something deeper: a sense of connection to what’s moving within you. The kind of clarity that doesn’t shout—but hums quietly beneath the surface. The Moon guided us through reflection, tension, and small integrations. Mercury returned to the heart of the Sun. Venus stepped into new waters and was met with challenge. And all the while, the space was held for not knowing fully, but noticing —what stirs, what repeats, what begins to make sense. If last week cracked something open, this week asked: What will you do with what you now see? There’s no need to answer right away. Let the days ahead be a continuation of the unfolding. Keep listening. Keep softening. Keep trusting that what’s being revealed is part of your becoming. 🌀 Where am I beginning to understand something I once resisted? Rising Sign Forecasts ☀️ Mercury Cazimi in Leo – 31st July 2025 (11:26am BST) A quiet return to centre. Clarity begins here. The Messenger sits in the heart of The Sun today, bringing the first glimmer of insight after weeks of tangled thoughts. It's not about answers arriving fully formed. It's about hearing your own voice again. Where The Cazimi falls in your chart is where you may start to remember what matters. Let’s follow the light. ♈️ Aries Rising – 🖋️ Creativity, Joy, Love Where does your heart want to speak? Clarity begins to return around your creativity, your joy, and your heart’s desires. This is about reconnecting to what lights you up—not what looks good on paper. If you've felt uncertain about love, children, or creative projects, a quiet knowing may flicker through now. Listen. Reflection question: What would I create, or say, if I wasn’t afraid of how it would be received? ♉️ Taurus Rising – 🏠 Home, Roots, Inner Security Where do you feel safe enough to be yourself? The light comes back to your home, family, and inner sanctuary. What do you need to feel safe? Where is ‘home’ for you now? Questions about living situations, family dynamics, or emotional security may start to clear. Reflection question: What makes me feel at home within myself? ♊️ Gemini Rising – 💬 Words, Mind, Communication What needs to be spoken—or left unsaid? Your mind has been busy, Gemini. But this Cazimi brings clarity to your communications, learning, and immediate environment. What do you need to say—or stop saying? A truth may arrive around siblings, close friends, or local matters. Reflection question: What truth have I been avoiding saying out loud? ♋️ Cancer Rising – 💰 Worth, Resources, Stability What do you truly value? This is about money, worth, and stability. Questions about your income, resources, or what you value most may begin to resolve. Look for insight around what truly nourishes you—not just financially, but spiritually. Reflection question: Where am I mistaking survival for true security? ♌️ Leo Rising – ☀️ Identity, Path, Self Who are you, when you stop performing? This is your moment. The questions Mercury stirred about identity, direction, and your place in the world start to soften. Something returns to centre: a reminder of who you are, without the noise. Clarity about your path is beginning. Reflection question: What part of me have I forgotten that is ready to return? ♍️ Virgo Rising – 🌑 Inner World, Rest, Intuition What’s whispering within? Quiet answers arrive in hidden places. This Cazimi lights up your inner world—dreams, solitude, intuition. If life’s felt unclear, stop searching outward. Look inward. Clarity begins in your stillness. Reflection question: What do I know, deep down, that I’m ready to hear? ♎️ Libra Rising – 🕸️ Friendships, Community, Belonging Who do you feel safe to be real with? The fog starts to lift around friendships, community, and your wider networks. Questions about belonging, your role in groups, or future plans may start to resolve. Clarity is social: who supports you, and who no longer does? Reflection question: Where am I still trying to ‘fit in’ instead of showing up as myself? ♏️ Scorpio Rising – 🏔️ Purpose, Role, Reputation What are you here to build? Career, reputation, your public path—this is where clarity stirs. If you've questioned your purpose or direction, this Cazimi offers a glimpse of what’s real. Listen for insight about your role in the world. Reflection question: What am I working towards—and is it still true? ♐️ Sagittarius Rising – 🔭 Vision, Belief, Direction Where are you going? You’ve been questioning your beliefs, your vision, your ‘why’. This Cazimi marks the first quiet step towards clarity about your bigger picture. It’s not about knowing the whole answer—but feeling where the next step leads. Reflection question: What do I believe in now? ♑️ Capricorn Rising – 🕳️ Depth, Trust, Intimacy What have you kept hidden from yourself? Deep, hidden matters stir. Questions around intimacy, shared resources, or emotional entanglements may begin to resolve. Clarity comes through honesty—with yourself first. A gentle light in the shadows. Reflection question: Where am I still afraid to let myself be seen? ♒️ Aquarius Rising – 🤝 Partnership, Connection, Reflection What are your relationships showing you? Partnership is where clarity begins to return. If relationship questions have swirled, expect insight now—not necessarily about them, but about you within the connection. Listen to what your heart knows about who stands beside you. Reflection question: What do my current relationships reveal about my relationship with myself? ♓️ Pisces Rising – ⚙️ Work, Health, Daily Life Where does life need simplifying? Work, health, daily routines—this is where clarity comes back. The everyday matters that sustain your life may suddenly feel simpler. If things have felt chaotic, a small piece clicks into place now. Reflection question: What small habit or practice would help me feel more whole right now? This is not clarity that demands action. It’s clarity that brings relief: the quiet knowing that you are no longer lost. If you don’t know your rising sign, I’d love to help. 💌 Just send me your birth details and I’ll reply with a picture of your chart and a short overview, so you can follow along with more clarity. You can request that here: And if you'd like a reading to look at it all with my help, book in on my website. I’m available on Zoom  and at Essential Therapies  in Sidmouth on Thursday evenings and alternate Saturdays from September (I'm off for August to spend some time with my kids before they head off to University in September). 🦋 A request - if you've enjoyed reading this (or not) and found it helpful (or not) please can you let me know in the comments or send me a message using this form: I'd really appreciate any feedback so that I can work at making this weekly forecast as useful and interesting as possible! And finally, 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week 9 The Flickering Thread Saturn and Neptune are close now—so close you can almost hear them breathing together. But they’re moving backwards. This isn’t a time for progress. It’s a time to question what you’re building your life on. What story are you still telling yourself that isn’t true? What dream needs stronger foundations? Let this week be about sitting with those questions, without rushing to answer. Waiting isn’t avoidance. It’s preparation. And if you'd like some help getting to know where Saturn and Neptune sit in your chart, get in touch . Like this forecast straight into your inbox every week? ✨ As a subscriber, you’ll get extended rising sign horoscopes  each week plus a little extra magic that won’t be shared anywhere else. And as a thank you, you’ll also receive £10 off your next reading , whether online or in person. Come and take a look around the blog space and sign up here: Conversations with The Gods | Blog And as always, if you’d like to explore what any of this means in your chart, I’d love to support you in a reading. Online or in person at Essential Therapies. And just £90 if you subscribe! Bookings open in the second half of July. Come and sit with me. For those new to astrology: This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud. So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts. As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical! For more on all this, read this post. You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form   and give me your birth date , place  and time  and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me  and I'll explain it all to you! A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

An everyday guide to starting the path of self-inquiry and inner growth You don’t need a crisis to begin the work. You don’t need to wait until things fall apart. The truth is, many people begin from a quieter place: a restlessness they can’t name, a feeling that they’re not quite living in alignment with themselves, or the subtle exhaustion of keeping up appearances. If you’re here, you’ve probably already begun. You’ve noticed the patterns. You’ve started asking better questions. You’ve stopped reaching for quick fixes and started wondering what’s underneath it all. This guide is for that moment. When you feel ready to start, but aren’t sure how. 1. Begin with honesty, not strategy You don’t need a perfect plan. You need a willingness to tell the truth: to yourself, first and foremost. Start by noticing how you show up in your life. What roles do you play? Where do you feel most inauthentic or constricted? Where are you performing, pleasing, or proving? The work starts by observing without judgement. “I’ve built a life that looks fine, but doesn’t feel real.” “I always say yes, even when I mean no.” “I don’t know what I want, only what others need from me.” That kind of honesty is the doorway. Not analysis. Not solutions. Just truth. 2. Pay attention to your patterns The unconscious reveals itself through repetition. You don’t need to go digging, just watch what keeps happening. In your relationships. In your emotional triggers. In the moments you withdraw or explode or go numb. Instead of asking, How do I stop this? , ask: What is this trying to show me? That’s the shift. That’s the work. 3. Make space to feel Most of us are brilliant at staying busy. But real inner work asks for stillness. Space. Slowness. Feeling. You don’t need to meditate for an hour or journal every morning (unless you want to). You just need moments in the day where you come back to yourself. Check in. Breathe. Ask: What am I feeling right now? Where does this live in my body? What do I need? It’s simple. But it’s not always easy. 4. Welcome the parts you usually push away The work isn’t about becoming your best self. It’s about becoming your whole self . That means meeting the parts you’ve exiled: the scared one, the angry one, the needy one, the ashamed one. Not to fix them, but to listen. To include. To soften toward. This is how we stop being ruled by our shadow, by bringing it into relationship. 5. You don’t have to do it all at once There is no rush. This is a lifelong path. It unfolds slowly, often in spirals. You’ll return to the same patterns again and again, not because you’re failing, but because each time you meet them, you’re a little more present. A little more honest. A little more willing to choose differently. And finally, there is no one way to do this work. But it always starts here, with presence, curiosity, and the courage to be with yourself as you are. If you want support as you begin, you might explore a birth chart reading - specifically looking at Saturn’s placement in your chart. It can offer insight into the kind of work you’re being called toward, and where your inner teacher is already waiting to meet you. ✧ Read the guide: How to Explore Saturn in Your Chart: A Guide for Meeting the Work of a Lifetime ✧ Book a Saturn-focused birth chart reading → here For more detailed practices read this: Know Thyself (Without the Bullsh*t): A No-Nonsense Guide to Inner Work To learn more about 'The Work' of Saturn: Doing 'The Work': Saturn, the Self, and the Transforming Power of Discipline And to learn more about Saturn Himself: Saturn: God of Challenge A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

Jump to section: Pluto Transits The nature of Pluto About Aquarius Pluto in Aquarius - Dates Pluto in Aquarius - Meaning How can we embrace the opportunity of Pluto? Pluto in Aquarius by rising sign Aspects to your natal planets My final thoughts A bit about 'The Work' and some tools Book a reading with me Pluto I'll begin where I left as I reflected upon Pluto's transit through Capricorn: 'Pluto has a bad rap. If, like me, you regularly peruse the ask astrology pages on Facebook, you'll notice they are filled with fearful questions about what horrors are likely to befall the person asking because Pluto is now transiting one house over another. And with keywords like death , upheaval , breakdown , dark  and destructive , who can blame them for feeling afraid? Hell, if I'd learned about Pluto transits before Pluto entered my 4th house and counted the significant aspects Pluto was making to my birth chart, I'd be terrified too! But here's the thing: Challenge, suffering, cataclysmic sudden change, change that is so extreme it literally breaks you into tiny pieces and feels like death , is a normal part of life. We all suffer devastating losses and feel powerless over what we are dealt, and this isn't just an occasional happening, it happens with alarming regularity. Pluto isn't entering a house in our chart with an intention of bringing volcanic, eliminative, catastrophe to our lives, Pluto isn't here to kill us. Pluto is simply a reflection of those darker aspects of life that we need, possibly even chose if you believe the wise sages that know better than I, that serve to balance with the opposite - growth, creation and renewal that brings hope, joy and evolution. And we have Gods bringing those forces of good into our lives at exactly the same time that Pluto is making His presence felt. Just look to the current location of Jupiter and Venus and see where you are feeling the lighter side of life. The truth is: we need Pluto. Just as we need Jupiter. Light cannot exist, cannot be felt, cannot be perceived, without the dark. One important thing I have learned in the last 7 years, as I've intentionally turned my face to my own dark side and faced the difficulties and the demons that drove them. Everything I have experienced was perfect. Every difficult and challenging moment I have had, had meaning and purpose. And everything I experienced brought me to who I am now. If we can find that perspective looking back, can we find it if we look forward? Yes, significant Pluto transits symbolise destruction but that destruction is necessary for the deep transformation, healing and rebuilding, it forces a rebirth, a new version of ourselves that emerges from the ashes of what was. And that rebirth . That resurrection . That's also Pluto. We can't have one without the other. And, to go back to the words of wise sages, that's why we're here : Life on Earth is a sacred school for the soul. We choose to incarnate here, embracing the challenges and struggles as opportunities for growth, learning, and spiritual evolution. The hardships we face are seen as purposeful, designed to help us transcend limitations, refine our character, and reconnect with our higher selves, ultimately moving closer to the divine. Which could give us the perspective that what appears to be a difficult upcoming Pluto transit, is actually a gift. We will be transformed. And that's what we're after. I can attest to that after the last 14 years. And because I am now transformed, and thanks to Pluto I have found a different perspective, I'm excited for the next 20 and the transformations Pluto will bring me as He transits Venus (my chart ruler) and Jupiter in my 5th house. Pluto’s destruction isn’t an endpoint but a powerful invitation to engage in the cycles of creation and destruction that shape our existence. The opposite of those devastating losses and overwhelming challenges is the growth, strength, and wisdom that come when we find the courage to rebuild, rise, and transform. It’s a balance that keeps the wheel of life turning. If we can embrace Pluto's presence in our life journey, if we can see the opportunity within the forces we're subjected to, we can look forward with peace and curiosity rather than resistance and fear. We can't choose what happens to us but we can choose how we respond to it and perceive it.' Read more about my own experience of Pluto in Capricorn in conjunction with my Sun and Mercury. Pluto transits are both collective and personal. The collective is where a lot of the focus is, and that's not my area of expertise, so this will be about the personal. And from my perspective it's all personal: As within, so without. And that's my whole shtick which is why I have such a fondness for Pluto. As we do the work Pluto leads us to, and do 'the work' to transform what's within us, our reality changes . And a collective is made up of individuals. The world is full of us. If we all did the inner work and embraced the transformation, fundamentally changing our realities for the better, then perhaps we could change the world as we know it. Which in itself - is Pluto in Aquarius! Let's break it down: Pluto Hades (Pluto) God of the underworld Pluto  is the underworld. Pluto is what lies beneath. The shadow. And when Pluto touches an area of our life, it wants to force those shadows into the light. It's the volcano: breaking apart our foundations and forcing us to see what's hidden below. We have no choice but to face the things we haven't been willing to see. This sounds brutal, and it is, but while it's brutal it's also kind. We cannot lie to ourselves forever. We must face the truth of what is. We are here to grow and learn and transform. We want change. We want to be better. And we get there through facing our darkness. Through darkness, we find the light. And without the darkness, we will never be able to perceive it. "Pluto is associated with the principle of elemental power , depth  and intensity ; with that which compels, empowers , and intensifies whatever it touches, sometimes to overwhelming and catastrophic extremes; with the primordial instincts, libidinal and aggressive, destructive and regenerative, volcanic and cathartic , eliminative, transformative , ever-evolving; with the biological processes of birth, sex and death, the cycle of death and rebirth; with upheaval, breakdown, decay, and fertilisation; violent purgatorial discharge of pent-up energies, purifying fire; situations of life-and-death extremes, power struggles, all that is titanic, potent, and massive. Pluto represents the underworld and underground in all senses: elemental, geological, instinctual, political, social, sexual, urban, criminal, mythological, demonic. It is the dark, mysterious, taboo, and often terrifying reality that lurks beneath the surface of things, beneath the ego, societal conventions, and the veneer of civilisation, beneath the surface of the Earth, that is periodically unleashed with destructive and transformative force. Pluto impels, burns, consumes, transfigures, resurrects ." From Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas Read more about Pluto Aquarius "You change the world by being yourself." - Yoko Ono Enter the realm of Aquarius, an air sign traditionally ruled by Saturn, that weaves threads of innovation and humanitarianism. Aquarius is known for its innovative and forward-thinking nature. In Aquarius, there is an emphasis on individuality, intellectual pursuits, and a desire to make a positive impact on society. This sign, depicted as the water-bearer pouring forth the elixir of knowledge, channels the spirit of the avant-garde, challenging norms and embracing the unconventional. 'Aquarius is the solid, yang, air temple of Saturn. In this sign, while the dark is still dominant, the light is steadily increasing from within the darkness.' Adam Elenbaas - Nightlight Astrology Aquarius: The Sign of Innovation and the Collective Aquarian themes: Potentiality and the Future : The Aquarian archetype embodies the boundless possibilities of what could be, drawing its energy from the ever-unfolding horizon of the future. It is the energy of innovation, of stepping beyond the known to glimpse visions of progress, evolution, and transformation that can shape humanity's destiny. The Status Quo vs. The Ideal : At its core, the Aquarian archetype challenges the rigidity of the status quo, constantly contrasting what is with what could or should be. It is the tension between the present's imperfect structures and the lofty ideals of equality, freedom, and a more enlightened existence that drives its energy. Alienation, Outsiders, and Divine Rebellion : Aquarius carries the archetypal energy of the maverick, the one who stands apart to see the whole. It thrives in the space of the outsider, where alienation becomes a lens for clarity, and rebellion is a sacred act against the confines of convention. This energy aligns with the mythic figure who defies the gods to bring divine knowledge or freedom to humanity. Popularity and Progress : Aquarius represents the paradox of ideas that begin on the fringes yet hold the power to transform the collective. Its energy is not concerned with superficial acceptance but with the deep resonance of truth and progress that ultimately gains recognition. The archetype whispers of revolutions birthed by radical ideas that eventually shape history. The Past vs. The Future : This archetype orients itself toward the pull of the future, where possibilities are endless and tradition often serves as a tether to be broken. While the past is acknowledged as a foundation, the Aquarian energy seeks to transcend it, driving humanity toward an existence untethered by the limitations of history. Individuality and the Collective : Aquarius holds the archetypal tension between the singular and the whole. It is the energy that honours the distinct, unrepeatable nature of individuality while weaving it into a collective tapestry. This dynamic interplay celebrates both the uniqueness of each voice and the harmony of a united chorus. Innovation and Technology : The Aquarian archetype pulses with the energy of discovery and invention. It channels the forces of creative disruption, using technology and innovation as tools to break through barriers, reimagine systems, and build futures that are not merely improved versions of the past but entirely new paradigms. Humanitarianism and Social Justice : At its heart, Aquarius is the archetype of the humanitarian, carrying the energy of a visionary ideal that seeks to uplift the collective. It calls for systemic transformation to dismantle inequality and injustice, prioritising the well-being of all over the preservation of power or privilege. Aquarius beckons us to stand on the precipice of our uniqueness, encouraging us to peer into the vastness of our individual potential. It calls for a departure from the mundane and an embrace of the extraordinary. The Aquarian journey is one of visionary thought, where the collective consciousness is stirred, and the quest for personal growth intertwines with the pursuit of societal progress. Pluto in Aquarius Dates: March 23rd, 2023 to June 11th, 2023 January 20th, 2024 to September 1st, 2024 November 19th, 2024 to March 8th, 2024 August 31st, 2043 to January 19th, 2044 Meaning: Pluto in Aquarius: A Collective and Personal Revolution Pluto in Aquarius signifies profound transformation in how we approach community, technology, individuality, and collective power. It’s a period of breaking outdated systems, empowering the individual within the collective, and redefining the balance between personal freedom and societal progress. This transit urges us to embrace innovation, challenge norms, and build a future rooted in equality, authenticity, and shared evolution. Pluto in Aquarius: Key Themes Revolutionising Power Structures On a societal level : Pluto in Aquarius challenges outdated systems of authority, encouraging decentralisation and the empowerment of the collective. Think movements for equality, grassroots activism, and dismantling oppressive hierarchies. On a personal level : It asks us to examine where we give away our power and encourages reclaiming autonomy. Technology and Innovation On a societal level : Pluto in Aquarius is likely to bring transformative developments in technology, artificial intelligence, and how we connect as a society. It could also raise questions about the ethics and power dynamics of these advancements. On a personal level : This transit might inspire a rethinking of how we use technology in our lives and whether it aligns with our personal values. Revolution of the Mindset On a societal level : Aquarius rules ideas and intellectual breakthroughs. Pluto’s influence may lead to a collective shift in how we think about humanity, progress, and our responsibilities to each other. On a personal level : This is a time to challenge limiting beliefs and embrace a more expansive, innovative mindset. The Balance Between Individuality and the Collective Aquarius values individuality but also emphasises the importance of community. Pluto will challenge us to find harmony between being our authentic selves and contributing meaningfully to the greater good. Facing Collective Shadows Pluto’s transit through Aquarius will bring to light societal “shadows,” such as inequality, misuse of technology, or the consequences of hyper-individualism. These revelations may be uncomfortable, but they’re necessary for collective healing and progress. The Big Picture Pluto’s transit emphasises both individual and collective transformation . Aquarius highlights the interconnectedness of personal growth and societal change. As within, so without . If each of us takes ownership of our transformation, we contribute to the evolution of the collective. This is the essence of Pluto in Aquarius: revolution begins within . It’s a call to confront outdated systems - both within ourselves and in society - and to embrace new paradigms. Whether this means facing personal fears, breaking generational patterns, or challenging societal norms, the work begins at the individual level. As Pluto moves through Aquarius, let’s take this opportunity to reflect on our own lives. What needs to be released? What structures no longer serve us? By leaning into these questions, we can align with Pluto’s energy and step into our power. Together, as individuals committed to inner work, we can create a ripple effect that transforms not only our personal realities but also the collective world. Pluto in Aquarius invites us to embrace change - not out of fear but as a powerful opportunity. It’s about evolving beyond what no longer serves us, whether that’s outdated societal systems or personal habits. By leaning into the themes of transformation, innovation, and collective progress, we can harness Pluto’s energy to create a more authentic and empowered version of ourselves and the world. What Does It Mean for You Personally? While Pluto in Aquarius will have a global impact, its personal influence depends on your individual birth chart. Key questions to consider: Where is Aquarius in your chart?  The house Aquarius occupies shows the area of your life where you’ll experience transformation. How is Pluto in Aquarius interacting with your natal chart? Those with placements in Aquarius, Leo, Taurus and Scorpio will feel Pluto’s energy more intensely through aspects (conjunctions, oppositions, or squares). Pluto’s energy often unfolds slowly. Changes may not be immediate, but over time, this transit will leave a lasting impact, especially in the areas of life linked to Aquarius in your chart. For more detail on your house placement and aspects to your personal placements see below. How can we embrace the opportunity of Pluto in Aquarius? Pluto transits challenge us to look inward. They illuminate our shadow - those parts of ourselves we deny or suppress. These moments of upheaval and confrontation are not curses but blessings in disguise. They are opportunities to grow, to transform into the best version of ourselves. As Carl Jung noted, “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” For those who approach life with a sense of purpose and a commitment to self-development, Pluto becomes a trusted guide. Life’s difficulties, seen through the lens of Pluto, are not random but purposeful. They are lessons tailored for our growth, designed to help us align with our higher selves. By embracing this perspective, we shift from victimhood to empowerment. We learn that while we may not control what happens, we can control how we respond - and in that lies our power. Key Takeaways for Empowerment: Face the Shadow:  Use Pluto’s energy to confront the aspects of yourself you’ve been avoiding. The shadow holds the key to transformation. Embrace Destruction as Renewal:  View challenges not as endings but as opportunities to rebuild stronger and more authentically. Take Responsibility:  Empowerment begins with ownership. Recognise that you have the power to choose your responses and shape your reality. Transform the Collective Through the Personal:  Your inner work contributes to the evolution of the larger whole. In the spirit of self-work and transformation, Pluto in Aquarius offers us a profound gift: the chance to grow into our best selves and, in doing so, reshape the world. Let’s rise to the occasion. Pluto through the houses The house where Aquarius resides in your birth chart reveals the life area where Pluto’s transformative energy  will be focused over the next 20 years, highlighting themes of change, empowerment, and renewal. By understanding this house, you can consciously work with the challenges and opportunities for growth, aligning with your highest potential. Aries Rising (Aquarius in the 11th House) Themes: Community, Friendships, Hopes, and Dreams Energies: Pluto may uncover power dynamics or hidden tensions within your social circles, networks, or communities. It’s a time to reassess who you align with and whether your connections support your growth. Long-held dreams may evolve, or you could feel compelled to shift your focus toward more authentic aspirations. Challenges: Fear of losing friendships or social status; struggle to find "your people." Opportunities: Form deeper, transformative relationships; step into a leadership role in your community; align your goals with your higher purpose. How to Work with It: Reflect on who you spend time with: Do these people empower or drain you? Set clear boundaries in friendships and group dynamics. Revisit and realign your goals to match your evolving self. Taurus Rising (Aquarius in the 10th House) Themes: Career, Public Image, Legacy Energies: Pluto shakes up your professional life and public reputation. You might feel a deep call to redefine your career path, reclaim authority, or confront power struggles in the workplace. This transit could lead to profound professional transformation or a rethinking of your life’s legacy. Challenges: Fears around failure or rejection in your career; resistance to letting go of an outdated professional identity. Opportunities: Step into a role of empowerment; redefine success on your terms; uncover untapped ambition or talent. How to Work with It: Reflect on your career and ask: Does it align with my authentic self? Be willing to embrace change, even if it feels uncomfortable. Use challenges as opportunities to grow in confidence and authority. Gemini Rising (Aquarius in the 9th House) Themes: Beliefs, Higher Learning, Travel Energies: Pluto may challenge your belief systems, philosophies, or worldview. You could feel drawn to explore deeper truths, study transformative subjects, or travel for self-discovery. A connection to spirituality or higher knowledge might intensify. Challenges: Letting go of rigid beliefs or outdated perspectives; facing existential questions. Opportunities: Redefine your truth; pursue higher education or spiritual growth; embrace intellectual and cultural transformation. How to Work with It: Engage in practices that expand your mind, like reading, travel, or deep study. Question your assumptions: What beliefs hold you back? Lean into the discomfort of not having all the answers - it’s part of your growth. Cancer Rising (Aquarius in the 8th House) Themes: Transformation, Shared Resources, Deep Intimacy Energies: This is one of Pluto’s most intense placements, as it deals with themes of death, rebirth, and profound transformation. You might face changes in financial partnerships, inheritances, or deep emotional bonds. Issues around vulnerability and trust could arise. Challenges: Fear of loss or change; resistance to exploring your shadow self. Opportunities: Heal deep-seated wounds; build transformative relationships; claim personal power through vulnerability. How to Work with It: Explore shadow work, therapy, or practices that help you confront deep fears. Address financial entanglements and power dynamics in relationships. Embrace the cycles of release and renewal in your life. Leo Rising (Aquarius in the 7th House) Themes: Partnerships, Marriage, Close Relationships Energies: Pluto transforms your one-on-one relationships, bringing power struggles, hidden dynamics, or deep connection into focus. You may attract intense partnerships or feel compelled to redefine your approach to love and collaboration. Challenges: Fear of losing control in relationships; difficulty letting go of toxic dynamics. Opportunities: Build deeper, more authentic relationships; let go of co-dependency; reclaim power in partnerships. How to Work with It: Reflect on your relationship patterns: Are they serving your highest good? Set boundaries and communicate openly with partners. Embrace partnerships that foster growth and release those that hold you back. Virgo Rising (Aquarius in the 6th House) Themes: Work, Health, Daily Routines Energies: Pluto transforms how you approach your work, health, and habits. You may feel a need to detoxify your daily life, face burnout, or reassess your relationship with productivity. Health issues could surface, urging you to focus on healing and self-care. Challenges: Overworking; reluctance to address unhealthy habits or routines. Opportunities: Create sustainable routines; uncover and heal hidden health issues; redefine how you find meaning in daily life. How to Work with It: Evaluate your habits: Which ones empower you, and which ones drain you? Seek holistic approaches to health and wellness. Reorganise your schedule to prioritise what truly matters. Libra Rising (Aquarius in the 5th House) Themes: Creativity, Joy, Romance Energies: Pluto asks you to take a deeper look at how you express joy and creativity. Romantic relationships might intensify, or you could be called to explore the power dynamics in your self-expression or parenting. Challenges: Creative blocks; fear of being vulnerable or fully expressing yourself. Opportunities: Reclaim your creative power; embrace transformative romance; explore new forms of self-expression. How to Work with It: Engage in creative practices that feel authentic. Reflect on how you approach joy: Are you holding back? Heal wounds related to romance or self-worth. Scorpio Rising (Aquarius in the 4th House) Themes: Home, Family, Foundations Energies: Pluto brings transformation to your home life and sense of security. This could involve changes in family dynamics, ancestral healing, or rethinking what “home” means to you. Challenges: Fear of letting go of old family patterns; resistance to change in your living situation. Opportunities: Heal generational wounds; redefine your foundation; create a home that reflects your true self. How to Work with It: Explore family history and patterns: What stories need rewriting? Create a home environment that supports growth and transformation. Work on grounding yourself emotionally and spiritually. On a personal note - I had Pluto in Capricorn through my 4th house. Read my account of this transit here. Sagittarius Rising (Aquarius in the 3rd House) Themes: Communication, Learning, Siblings Energies: Pluto transforms how you think, communicate, and connect. Old thought patterns or ways of relating to others may need to be let go. Relationships with siblings or neighbours might undergo change. Challenges: Confronting limiting beliefs; fear of speaking your truth. Opportunities: Develop transformative communication skills; embrace deep learning; shift your mindset. How to Work with It: Journal about recurring thoughts: Are they empowering or limiting? Practice mindful communication and deep listening. Pursue studies that challenge and transform your perspective. Capricorn Rising (Aquarius in the 2nd House) Themes: Money, Self-Worth, Values Energies: Pluto challenges how you value yourself and your resources. You may confront issues around money, possessions, or self-esteem, asking you to redefine what true worth means to you. Challenges: Fear of financial instability; over-attachment to material security. Opportunities: Build a deeper sense of self-worth; transform your relationship with money; align your values with your actions. How to Work with It: Reflect on your relationship with money and possessions: Do they define your worth? Explore ways to create sustainable financial practices. Focus on cultivating self-esteem from within. Aquarius Rising (Aquarius in the 1st House) Themes: Identity, Personal Power, Authenticity Energies: Pluto transforms your sense of self, pushing you to step into your personal power. This is a time of profound self-discovery and reinvention, where you shed old identities to embrace your most authentic self. Challenges: Fear of change; resistance to stepping into your full power. Opportunities: Reclaim your personal power; redefine how you present yourself to the world; embrace your individuality. How to Work with It: Reflect on your identity: What parts of you feel outdated or inauthentic? Embrace practices that help you connect with your core essence, such as meditation or therapy. Allow yourself to evolve, even if it feels uncomfortable. Pisces Rising (Aquarius in the 12th House) Themes: Spirituality, Subconscious, Healing Energies: Pluto delves into your subconscious, illuminating hidden fears, patterns, and spiritual truths. This is a time of deep inner work, healing, and releasing what no longer serves you. Challenges: Fear of facing the unknown or diving into shadow work. Opportunities: Heal deeply held wounds; connect with spiritual practices; uncover hidden strengths. How to Work with It: Explore practices like dreamwork, meditation, or therapy to access your subconscious. Release attachments to outdated fears or illusions. Trust the process of surrender and renewal. This Pluto in Aquarius transit is an invitation for profound self-transformation. By leaning into the challenges and opportunities it presents, you can align more fully with your true self and embrace your power.   Affirmations For Embracing Change and Transformation I welcome transformation as a path to my highest self. Change is my ally, guiding me toward growth and renewal. I have the courage to release what no longer serves me. From the ashes of the old, I rise stronger and more empowered. I trust the cycles of destruction and creation in my life. Interaction with natal placements Pluto transiting my 5th house Pluto has just entered my 5th house. In traditional astrology, the fifth house, known as the "House of Good Fortune" ( Agathos Daimon  in Greek), is associated with joy, creativity, children, romance, and pleasurable activities. In order Pluto will conjunct my IC, square my natal Mars, trine my natal Pluto, conjunct my Venus (my chart ruler) and square my Moon and then conjunct my Jupiter before trining my ascendent. Each of these conversations will add flavour to my transit and highlight other themes to be transformed. The way Pluto interacts with our natal planets  through aspects can illuminate specific opportunities and challenges. Here's a breakdown of how Pluto aspects to natal planets might manifest, along with some guidance for working with these energies. Understanding Aspects Conjunction (0°) : Pluto’s energy merges with the natal planet, intensifying its themes and calling for transformation in that area of life. Square (90°) : Tension arises, prompting inner conflict or external challenges that push growth and evolution. Opposition (180°) : A push-pull dynamic occurs, where external forces reflect inner conflicts. Integration and balance is key. Trine (120°) : Pluto’s energy flows harmoniously, offering opportunities for deep growth with less resistance. Sextile (60°) : Similar to a trine but less potent, this aspect offers subtle opportunities for empowerment and change if actively pursued. Pluto and the Natal Planets: Self-Work Themes Sun (Identity, Purpose, Ego) Key Focus : Transformation of your sense of self and life purpose. Pluto aspects the Sun, asking you to evolve your identity and claim your personal power. Aspects : Conjunction : A total rebirth of identity. Let go of ego-based attachments to embrace a more authentic self. Square : Power struggles may surface, prompting you to examine where you resist change. Opposition : External challenges force you to reassess your sense of self and how you assert your will. Trine/Sextile : Opportunities arise for deep personal empowerment and clarity about your life’s purpose. Self-Work Questions : What parts of my identity need renewal? How can I step into my personal power without fear? What outdated beliefs about myself am I ready to release? Moon (Emotions, Inner World, Needs) Key Focus : Emotional transformation and uncovering subconscious patterns. Pluto asks you to confront and heal emotional wounds. Aspects : Conjunction : Emotional intensity increases; you’re called to process deep feelings and heal past trauma. Square : Emotional upheavals may push you to re-evaluate your coping mechanisms and emotional security. Opposition : Relationships may mirror hidden emotional issues, forcing deeper self-awareness. Trine/Sextile : Supportive energy for healing emotional wounds and creating a more secure inner world. Self-Work Questions : What unconscious emotional patterns are holding me back? How can I nurture myself in a way that feels empowering? Where do I need to embrace vulnerability to grow? Mercury (Mind, Communication, Thoughts) Key Focus : Transformation of thought patterns, communication style, and mental approach. Aspects : Conjunction : Your thoughts may become more intense and penetrating. It’s time to address limiting beliefs. Square : Mental tension arises as you confront outdated ways of thinking or communicating. Opposition : External situations challenge you to transform how you perceive and express yourself. Trine/Sextile : Opportunities for deep intellectual growth and clarity in communication. Self-Work Questions : How can I transform limiting beliefs into empowering truths? Am I communicating authentically and effectively? What mental patterns no longer serve me? Venus (Love, Relationships, Values) Key Focus : Transformation in relationships, values, and self-worth. Pluto invites you to confront power dynamics and align your relationships with your true self. Aspects : Conjunction : Intense transformation in love and relationships; toxic dynamics may surface to be healed. Square : Tension in relationships prompts you to examine imbalances of power or self-worth issues. Opposition : Relationship challenges reflect inner conflicts around love and values. Trine/Sextile : Harmonious opportunities to deepen intimacy and clarify your values. Self-Work Questions : What do I truly value in love and relationships? How can I create healthier, more authentic connections? Where do I need to reclaim my sense of self-worth? Mars (Action, Drive, Anger) Key Focus : Transformation of how you assert yourself and channel your energy. Pluto may bring power struggles or a deeper understanding of your willpower. Aspects : Conjunction : A rebirth of how you take action; old patterns of aggression or passivity may be purged. Square : Conflict may arise as you’re pushed to reassess how you assert yourself or handle anger. Opposition : External situations challenge your use of power and energy. Trine/Sextile : Opportunities for empowering action and mastery of your energy. Self-Work Questions : Am I using my energy in alignment with my goals? How can I assert myself without overpowering others? Where do I need to transform how I handle conflict? Jupiter (Expansion, Beliefs, Growth) Key Focus : Transformation of your beliefs, faith, and quest for meaning. Pluto pushes you to redefine what expansion and success mean. Aspects : Conjunction : A deep re-evaluation of your guiding principles and aspirations. Square : Conflicts may arise between your current beliefs and the need for deeper truths. Opposition : External situations challenge your vision for growth and expansion. Trine/Sextile : Supportive opportunities for profound growth and philosophical exploration. Self-Work Questions : Are my beliefs empowering or limiting? What does growth mean to me now? How can I align my life with a deeper sense of purpose? Saturn (Discipline, Structure, Authority) Key Focus : Transformation of your structures, boundaries, and relationship with responsibility. Pluto demands you rebuild on a stronger foundation. Aspects : Conjunction : A total restructuring of how you approach discipline and authority. Square : Tension forces you to address outdated structures or limitations in your life. Opposition : External challenges highlight where your boundaries or structures need change. Trine/Sextile : Opportunities to strengthen and deepen your approach to responsibility. Self-Work Questions : What structures in my life need transformation? Am I taking responsibility for my growth? How can I build a life that aligns with my authentic self? Ascendant/Descendant (Identity, Relationships) Key Focus:  Transformation of self-perception (Ascendant) and relational dynamics (Descendant). Aspects: Conjunction : A profound shift in how you express yourself; shedding old personas for authentic selfhood. Square/Opposition : Power struggles or tensions with others reveal where you need stronger boundaries or self-awareness. Trine/Sextile : Opportunities to strengthen your identity and create healthier, more empowering relationships. Self-Work Questions: How can I express my truest self in the world? What patterns in relationships reflect unresolved aspects of my identity? Midheaven/IC (Career, Legacy, Roots) Key Focus:  Transformation of your public life and personal foundations. Aspects: Conjunction to Midheaven:  A career or life direction overhaul; stepping into greater authenticity and purpose. Conjunction to IC:  Deep work on family dynamics, inner security, and emotional foundations Square/Opposition : Challenges in balancing private and public life push you to redefine your priorities. Trine/Sextile : Opportunities to integrate career ambitions with personal well-being. Self-Work Questions: What parts of my career or legacy reflect my true purpose? How can I create emotional security and heal family patterns? Pluto Square Natal Pluto A Pluto square natal Pluto  transit is a profound, once-in-a-lifetime milestone that signals a pivotal moment of transformation and empowerment. Occurring roughly between ages 36–61 (depending on your chart), this transit represents a clash between the old structures of your life and the need for deep renewal. It can feel like a period of intense upheaval, where subconscious fears, unresolved patterns, or power struggles rise to the surface, demanding your attention. While it may bring challenges, the tension is an opportunity to shed outdated aspects of your identity, beliefs, or behaviours and emerge stronger and more aligned with your true purpose. This dynamic energy pushes you to redefine your relationship with power, control, and personal authenticity. You may confront external challenges or inner conflicts that compel you to take ownership of your life, release what no longer serves you, and build something more resilient in its place. By embracing Pluto's transformative power, you can use this transit as a gateway to self-mastery, emotional healing, and a deeper understanding of your life's purpose. It’s a turning point where you step into your next phase of growth with renewed strength and clarity. On a personal note, I have transformed through this aspect. Read my reflection on it here. Key Focus:  Generational transformation and personal empowerment. This aspect often marks a major turning point in life where you confront deep-seated patterns, face existential questions, and realign your sense of purpose. Themes: A clash between past conditioning and the call for renewal. Shedding layers of identity or beliefs that no longer serve your growth. Confronting fears of change or loss, leading to profound self-awareness. Self-Work Questions: What outdated patterns or beliefs am I ready to release? How can I embrace the person I am becoming? Where in my life am I being called to reclaim my power? Final thoughts Pluto’s energy is all about transformation, and while it can feel intense, it’s ultimately an opportunity for empowerment. This is your moment to take the wheel, to work with  Pluto rather than against Him. Yes, Pluto is asking you to face your fears, confront your shadows, and take ownership of your life - but that’s where the magic happens. How you respond is up to you, and with courage and commitment, you can change your reality for the better. Be brave, lean into the discomfort, and trust that by doing the work, you’re creating space for a stronger, freer, and more authentic version of yourself to emerge. The ‘WORK’ As within, so without Self-work is the foundation of living a conscious, empowered life, and it’s something philosophers like Carl Jung and George Gurdjieff emphasised deeply. Jung called it the journey of integrating our shadow, facing the parts of ourselves we’ve buried or ignored, while Gurdjieff saw it as the path to awakening and aligning all parts of the self. It’s not easy, but it’s transformative, helping us take ownership of our lives rather than being ruled by unconscious patterns. Think of it as 'The Work' - a lifelong process of understanding who you truly are so you can steer your own ship and create a reality that aligns with your highest potential. Here’s how to get started: Know thyself: What do you feel? Where have you been? What are your stories? Where do they repeat? What does your present feel like? What does your present look like? Be where you are. Can you accept what is? What do you want? What do you think? What do you believe? Does that align with what you want? Intention is everything. We are all fragmented. We all have multiple parts. We all have multiple personalities. We must find all our parts so we can unite them. Intention is everything. Inner union is the goal. When we are aligned within, we can create what we want without. We can steer our own ship.   Our world will show us who we are if we are willing to look. We are a projector; our inner self is creating the world around us. Everyone shows us something of ourselves. As we see ourselves clearly, the world will not have to reflect back at us. We can choose our own path. And interact with others in a pure sense. As ourselves. So they can be themselves.   Higher truths to embody: We are all an aspect of the universe experiencing itself. We are all unique and at the same time, all the same. We are all, all the ‘good’ and all the ‘bad’. We have all been ‘good’ and we have all been ‘bad’. In a higher sense there is no ‘good’ and there is no ‘bad’. Good needs the bad, and bad needs the good. Without the other, neither can exist. Tools to connect with your inner wisdom When you're navigating a Pluto journey, you're likely encountering some of the deepest, most transformative aspects of yourself. It can stir up intense emotions, patterns, and memories that need processing. That’s where tools like the Expel and Burn Ritual  and Emotional Experiencing  come in - they’re designed to help you work through these challenging emotions in a way that feels tangible and empowering. The Expel and Burn Ritual  is particularly effective for releasing negative energy tied to trauma or difficult experiences. It helps you externalise those emotions by writing them down and then burning the paper, symbolising the release of that energy from your life. It’s not just about letting go, though - it’s also about replacing what you’ve released with positive intentions. This ritual helps create a clear transition from the old patterns that Pluto reveals to the new ones you’re building. The Emotional Experiencing  tool is about fully feeling the emotions that come up so they don’t stay stuck or trigger you repeatedly. It’s like treating your emotions as waves - they rise, peak, and eventually subside if you allow yourself to feel them fully. This method encourages mindfulness by connecting with your body and breathing through the emotion, which can help dissolve its intensity and leave you with a sense of calm. These tools are practical ways to support the deep self-work of a Pluto journey, helping you process and release what’s been hidden or buried. They guide you in transforming emotional pain into clarity and renewal, which is the heart of Pluto’s transformative energy. Find detailed instructions here I've used both these tools over and over in my own process and highly recommend having a go. But I also recommend asking your inner guides to assist and tapping into your own inner wisdom - you'll have methods of walking you through your own process which are perfectly suited to you and how you work. If meditation calls and you don't know where to start I highly recommend a book written by a friend of mine which walks you through exercises to enable you to build a solid daily practice which will unlock your journey - he's a seasoned practitioner - it's always good to get help from those who've walked the path and simplified the process for those that follow. Buy it here . We all have a source of inner wisdom which we can tap into at any time. Read more about how to utilise your own power here . Jump to start .   If you would like to have a chat about your Capricorn Pluto journey and have a more detailed look at what might arise for you during Pluto's journey through Aquarius, book in a birth chart reading and let me know you'd like to focus on Pluto. Book online with me here . Find more information about me and astrology, and the services I offer in the link below . Find more articles on Pluto in my Astroweather  blog

If you are new to astrology read this first. Jump to section: Introduction Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Rising Sign Forecasts Keeping the snake alive Book a one-to-one reading 'These weekly posts aren’t predictions. They’re invitations. I’m not trying to tell you exactly what’s going to happen, because I can’t. No astrologer can. What I can  do is show you the terrain. The weather. The conversations The Gods are having up there, and in here . My intention with the weekly forecast is to help you feel  that. To give you a way in. To open a window of possibility. What might this transit feel like? Where might  it show up? What kind of emotional tone, friction, insight, or shift might be available if  you’re paying attention? Read it like a weather report. L et the words stir something. Then go live your week. Notice what plays out. Return and reread if you need to.' Read my weekly forecast manifesto in full here . 🍄 Astroweather | 21–27 July 2025 This week may feel intense. But remember: The Universe is not working against you. It’s working through you. Things may stir. Stories might resurface. But old doesn’t mean wrong. Often it’s The Gods inviting us to finally let go. Especially when Mars meets the South Node this week. There’s release here, even when it feels like a fight. The question to hold gently: Can you trust that the best outcome is possible? That life might actually surprise you? Hold onto that as we move through the days. Your Weekly Snapshot ✨ Monday 🌘 Monday 21st July | Balsamic Moon | Sun at 29° Cancer | Mars meets the South Node Today is a day of endings. Quiet ones. But potent. The Moon wanes in Cancer as The Sun stands at 29°, the final degree of the sign. Something is finishing. A story closing. But with Mars conjoining the South Node, it might not feel peaceful. Old ties pull tight before they break. What’s flaring now may be old. A reaction from the past, not the present. Notice it. And let it move through. You might feel: Heavy, tired, flat Restless or irritated without knowing why Emotional without clear reason Around you:  Old stories surfacing. Systems breaking. People reappearing. Patterns repeating. The work:  Pause. Ground. Ask: Is this old? Has it taught me enough? Let it go. You don’t need to carry this forward. Remember:  This is clearing. Breathe. Trust. Let life move through you. ✨ Tuesday 🔥 Tuesday 22nd July | Venus square Mars & the Nodes | Sun enters Leo Today brings a shift. But it might come with tension. Venus squares Mars and the Nodes of Fate. This is a crossroads moment. Venus stands above Mars here, She’s in the stronger position. Love overcomes force. But not without friction. Desire and frustration might be tangled. You might feel pushed, driven. That’s not wrong. We need some fire to move us forward. At the same time, The Sun steps into His home sign of Leo. The King returns. It’s a reminder: you’re allowed to shine . You might feel: Fired up, but unsure why Pulled between wanting peace and wanting change A sudden craving for passion, whether that’s connection, creation, or action A flicker of hope beneath the tension Around you: Passionate conversations Relationship tensions (desire + frustration surfacing) People acting more boldly, more theatrically Situations that push you to choose: peace or progress? Moments of light in the drama, a reminder that joy is allowed The work: Feel the fire without letting it burn you. Let passion drive you but keep it heart-led. When in doubt, choose love. Choose grace. Remember: The Sun is home now. Let Him remind you who you are. Let Him light the way forward. Read more on Leo Season: The Sun in Leo: July 22nd to August 22nd ✨ Wednesday ⚡ Wednesday 23rd July | Sun sextile Uranus | Moon meets Jupiter Today carries a hum of change. The Sun, now steady in Leo, makes a supportive link to Uranus our God of surprise. Expect the unexpected. But with a twist: this isn’t chaos for its own sake. It’s something freeing. A breath of fresh air. A sudden shift that shows you a way forward. Meanwhile, The Moon drifts toward her New phase, brushing against Jupiter in Cancer. Feelings might swell. Jupiter expands whatever He touches, and today that’s The Moon - your emotions, your intuition, your heart. As She nears her death-and-rebirth moment, feelings are full. You might feel: Hope stirring, unexpectedly Restless, yet optimistic Emotions that rise suddenly: big, surprising, maybe even joyful A sense of something new on the horizon Around you: Unexpected good news Small surprises that lift your spirits People expressing emotions more freely Moments of connection that feel fated or synchronistic Sudden shifts in conversations, plans, or perspectives The work: Stay open. Uranus brings change, but today it’s gentle. Trust the shifts. Let surprises delight you. And if emotions swell, remember: it’s just The Moon expanding. Let feelings rise and pass. Remember:  Sometimes life opens when you least expect it. Let yourself believe good things are possible. ✨ Thursday 🌑 Thursday 24th July | New Moon in Leo | Opposing Pluto | Trine Saturn & Neptune This is the big moment. The New Moon arrives and She’s not gentle. She’s bold in Leo and facing Pluto, God of the Underworld. What’s hidden may rise today. Emotions, truths, stories long buried. In yourself and in the world at large. At the same time, this New Moon is held in supportive conversation with Saturn and Neptune. So while things may shake, they’re not aimless. There’s structure here. Purpose. And if we can remember to tap into it, a quiet thread of faith. Expect the archetypal. This could be one of those days that feels larger than life. You might feel: Emotional eruptions, either sudden or simmering Old wounds rising for attention A pull between fear and trust, contraction and opening A deep tiredness, as if your body is holding more than you realise In the world around you: Power struggles, eruptions, and endings Stories of revelation, collapse, or transformation Decisions made behind closed doors now coming to light Sudden shifts in leadership, power structures, or the collective mood Events that feel like turning points even if their meaning isn’t clear yet The work: Breathe. Slow down. Come back to your body. If emotions rise, let them. If fear speaks, listen but don’t believe everything it says. Touch the earth. Walk barefoot. Drink water. Remember you’re here. Alive. And safe in this moment. Above all:  Trust that what’s surfacing is clearing, not destroying. Pluto only takes what you no longer need. Let The Moon reset you. And when in doubt: choose to believe the best outcome is still possible. ✨ Friday ☀️ Friday 25th July | Sun Opposite Pluto | The Tug of Power Today, The Sun faces Pluto directly. Light against shadow. Ego against depth. You may feel like you’re caught in a tug-of-war between two parts of yourself, or between yourself and life. From The Archetypal Universe , this meeting stirs: Intense enthusiasm and drive Surges of creative potency Obsessive focus, urges to dominate or control A struggle for self-mastery - the battle to hold your centre But this isn’t just personal. Sun–Pluto often shows itself on the world stage: Leadership struggles Power shifts - kings falling, literal or symbolic Secrets exposed Old systems crumbling In yourself, you might feel: Pushed beyond your limits The urge to take control or to collapse entirely Obsessive thinking or surges of creativity you can’t quite hold Moments of exhaustion and momentum co-existing None of this is happening in isolation. Saturn and Neptune  are holding the backdrop: boundaries and dreams, containment and surrender. Venus applies to Mars : love and harmony are still present, even if buried. Mars on the Nodes  reminds you: this is karmic. What’s happening now matters and has meaning and purpose. What to watch in the world: Leaders falling, literally or metaphorically Power struggles made visible Obsessions or control mechanisms coming undone Systems shaking Big news moments that feel archetypal The work: Let go of the need to control. When you feel yourself pushing, ask: What am I scared to lose? What if letting go is the answer? Breathe. Step back. This is not the whole story. Let Pluto show you what needs to die, but let The Sun remind you that you will rise again. ✨ Saturday 🌒 Saturday 26th July | Moon in Virgo | Time to Process The aftershocks of this week won’t settle quickly. You’re likely still carrying the tension of the Sun–Pluto opposition, the New Moon, and the karmic stories Mars stirred. Today, the Moon in Virgo offers you something simple: the chance to ground . This isn’t a day to watch for signs. It’s a day to tend yourself. The work: Do something practical: clean, sort, walk, cook. Journal what’s surfaced. Let your body guide your mind: if you’re restless, move. If you’re tired, rest. This isn’t about fixing. It’s about making space. ✨ Sunday 🌒 Sunday 27th July | Moon in Libra | Integration Begins The Moon shifts into Libra today, offering a gentle invitation to find your balance. You’re not ‘done’ with this week’s work. But now, focus less on what happened and more on how you feel about it. The work: Journal your reflections. Talk it through with someone. Writing or speaking helps you see what you’ve been carrying. Choose simple acts of beauty. Flowers on the table. Music in the background. Light a candle. Let The Moon soothe. Let the week settle. 🌿 Closing Reflection | Remember Why You’re Here This week might have felt like too much. Like life asking too much. But remember what we said at the start: we may need reminding to breathe through it. That’s the work now. Not to analyse, or fix, or rush ahead. But to breathe. Ground. Come back to the body. Pluto always asks us to let go. But letting go isn’t giving up. It’s trusting that what’s leaving is meant to. That what feels like loss might be clearing space for something more honest and more real. Can you trust The Universe?  Not as an idea, but as a moment-to-moment choice. Can you believe that the best outcome is still possible, even when you can’t see it yet? Can you allow yourself to hope because hope itself changes how you walk forward? Whatever surfaced this week, remember: it happened for  you. Not to you. There's meaning and purpose even if being able to see it that way is well into the future. Let yourself believe your dreams can still come true. And for now? Breathe. Ground. Be here. That’s enough. Rising Sign Forecasts 🌑 New Moon in Leo Forecasts (24th July) This is a volcanic new beginning. But it’s also purposeful. Where’s the volcano erupting? Where are you being invited to start again? And how do you stabilise in the midst of it all? ♈ Aries Rising Where the eruption is:  Friendships, groups, communities, and future plans. Where the new beginning is:  Your creativity, pleasure, children, and joy. What to do: Power struggles with friends or networks may flare. You may feel disillusioned with certain people or plans you once held dear. But don’t fight to belong where you no longer fit. Instead, focus on what lights you up. Start something playful, even simple. Grounding practice:  Move your body. Dance, run, or stretch until you feel yourself drop from your head into your muscles. Then place your hand over your heart and ask: What brings me joy right now?  It doesn’t have to be big. Let that be your compass. ♉ Taurus Rising Where the eruption is:  Career, leadership, your public life. Where the new beginning is:  Home, family, your sense of safety. What to do: If your career feels unstable or power struggles flare, know you don’t need to solve everything right now. Your energy is better spent tending your inner world. Make your home more nourishing. Let yourself be held. Grounding practice:  Sit with your back against a wall or tree. Feel the solid support behind you. Breathe slowly, into your lower belly. Let your body remember: you are held. You are safe. ♊ Gemini Rising Where the eruption is:  Beliefs, faith, your world view. Where the new beginning is:  Conversations, daily life, short-term plans. What to do: You may feel confused or betrayed by beliefs you once trusted. Let the big questions sit. Focus on your immediate world. Your daily habits, local connections, and real conversations will guide you forward. Grounding practice:  Journal stream-of-consciousness for 5 minutes. Write whatever’s in your head until you feel something shift. When finished, breathe into your fingertips. Feel your body writing the words. Come back to your hands. You are here. ♋ Cancer Rising Where the eruption is:  Shared finances, debts, intimacy, psychological shadows. Where the new beginning is:  Your self-worth, money, and personal security. What to do: Let financial or intimacy crises surface without trying to control them. This is clearing. Focus instead on stabilising your resources. What’s yours to hold, earn, and build? Anchor in your worth, practically and emotionally. Grounding practice:  Stand barefoot if you can. Hold something of value (a coin, a stone, anything solid) in your palm. Breathe deeply and say quietly to yourself: I have enough. I am enough. I am safe in this moment. ♌ Leo Rising Where the eruption is:  Close relationships: partners, friends, collaborators. Where the new beginning is:  Your self, body, appearance, identity. What to do: Let others have their process. Don’t absorb their storms. This is your reset. Focus on your body, your needs, your becoming. You’re allowed to put yourself first now. Grounding practice:  Place your feet hip-width apart. Slowly roll your shoulders, then gently shake your hands. Then press down through your feet and say softly, I am here. I am me. I am enough as I am.  Let that be your foundation. ♍ Virgo Rising Where the eruption is:  Work, health, daily routines. Where the new beginning is:  Your inner world, rest, retreat. What to do: If work crises or health anxieties flare, step back. Focus on rest. Your body needs time to heal, your mind needs silence. Prioritise sleep, nature, and solitude where possible. Grounding practice:  Lie flat on your back, hands on your belly. Count your breaths: in for four, out for six. With each exhale, imagine releasing tension. Let your body soften and sink into the earth. ♎ Libra Rising Where the eruption is:  Romance, creative projects, children. Where the new beginning is:  Friendships, networks, your dreams for the future. What to do: Drama in personal life? Creative blocks? Let them surface without self-judgment. Focus on who you’re becoming, and who’s walking that path with you. Your future is reshaping. Let that feel exciting. Grounding practice:  Light a small candle. Gaze at the flame. Feel its steadiness. Say softly: I trust the path is forming. I trust the people who belong will find me.  Then blow out the flame, imagining it carries your trust forward. ♏ Scorpio Rising Where the eruption is:  Home, family, ancestral roots. Where the new beginning is:  Career, public life, your legacy. What to do: Family or home dynamics may feel heavy or eruptive. You’re clearing generational patterns. Let the past unravel without needing to fix it. Focus your energy on what you’re building in the world. Grounding practice:  Place your hands flat on a table or desk. Feel the solid surface. Close your eyes and say quietly: I stand on the work of my ancestors. I build for those who follow.  Let that lineage support you. ♐ Sagittarius Rising Where the eruption is:  Communication, siblings, your own mind. Where the new beginning is:  Faith, higher learning, long-term vision. What to do: Tensions may surface in conversations, or your mind may feel like a battleground. Let your thoughts quieten. Shift your focus to the long-term vision. What you believe is changing but something beautiful is being born. Grounding practice:  Walk slowly outside, ideally uphill or towards a wide horizon. With every step, breathe in: I rise.  Breathe out: I trust.  Let the open space reset your perspective. ♑ Capricorn Rising Where the eruption is:  Money, resources, self-worth. Where the new beginning is:  Deep intimacy, shared resources, psychological healing. What to do: Money issues or self-worth triggers may flare. Instead of gripping tighter, trust the deeper work. This isn’t about your bank balance. It’s about learning to trust: yourself, others, life itself. Grounding practice:  Place both hands over your heart. Breathe in and feel your chest rise. Say softly: I have value. I am safe to receive. I am safe to trust.  Let your heartbeat steady you. ♒ Aquarius Rising Where the eruption is:  Your identity, body, and personal power. Where the new beginning is:  Relationships: romantic, platonic, and professional. What to do: You may feel physically drained or emotionally heavy. Let it clear. Focus on connection. A new relationship cycle is beginning but it starts with you letting yourself be met, supported, and loved. Grounding practice:  Place your hand on your belly and breathe deeply until you feel warmth. Then, imagine someone you trust placing their hand over yours. Let that sense of support land in your body. You are not alone. ♓ Pisces Rising Where the eruption is:  Hidden fears, subconscious patterns, mental health. Where the new beginning is:  Daily work, health, and service. What to do: You might feel lost, anxious, or haunted by the past. Let shadows surface without identifying with them. Focus on simple, practical tasks. Serve yourself first. Routines aren’t dull they’re the magic that holds you steady now. Grounding practice:  Make a warm drink slowly and mindfully. Feel the cup in your hands. Sip slowly. Let each swallow anchor you in the present moment. When done, place the cup down and say softly: I am safe here. I am cared for. If you don’t know your rising sign, I’d love to help. 💌 Just send me your birth details and I’ll reply with a picture of your chart and a short overview, so you can follow along with more clarity. You can request that here: And if you'd like a reading to look at it all with my help, book in on my website. I’m available on Zoom  and at Essential Therapies  in Sidmouth on Thursday evenings and alternate Saturdays. 🦋 A request - if you've enjoyed reading this (or not) and found it helpful (or not) please can you let me know in the comments or send me a message using this form: I'd really appreciate any feedback so that I can work at making this weekly forecast as useful and interesting as possible! And finally, 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week Eight The Waiting Stone The Snake isn’t moving. This is the part no one talks about: the waiting. The not knowing. Saturn and Neptune continue their slow retrograde through the underworld; mapping out the corridors, checking for cracks in the walls. But there’s no clear light. No sign pointing to ‘next step this way’. Just the texture of the stone beneath your hands. The weight of your body pressed against the earth. You are here. And that’s all you know. Uranus keeps whispering. But it’s a riddle, not a command. He asks questions, not for answers, but to shift your stance. To loosen your grip on certainty. What if you don’t need to move yet? What if the waiting is not a pause, but the Work itself? Let this week be about anchoring through presence. Through breath. Through the daily rituals that bring your mind back into your body. Fold laundry. Wash dishes. Sweep the floor. Let these simple acts remind you: life continues. The Snake waits. But She waits awake. And if you'd like some help getting to know where Saturn and Neptune sit in your chart, get in touch . Like this forecast straight into your inbox every week? ✨ As a subscriber, you’ll get extended rising sign horoscopes  each week plus a little extra magic that won’t be shared anywhere else. And as a thank you, you’ll also receive £10 off your next reading , whether online or in person. Come and take a look around the blog space and sign up here: Conversations with The Gods | Blog And as always, if you’d like to explore what any of this means in your chart, I’d love to support you in a reading. Online or in person at Essential Therapies. And just £90 if you subscribe! Bookings open in the second half of July. Come and sit with me. For those new to astrology: This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud. So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts. As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical! For more on all this, read this post. You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form   and give me your birth date , place  and time  and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me  and I'll explain it all to you! A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

“ Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakens.” — Carl Jung Jump to section: Leo Season How can we get the best out of the season? Leo Season themes for each rising sign Book a reading with me Leo Season Shine Every month, The Sun moves into a new sign, and with Him, He carries the focus of our lives. Wherever He travels, that’s where the spotlight falls. It’s as if life says: Look here. This is the work. This is the invitation. The Sun is The God of life itself. He is the reason there’s anything here at all. In the birth chart, He represents your reason for being, the part of you that needs to shine, to create, to be in the deepest sense. You are here for something. Your Sun placement tells you what that something is. It’s the heart of the chart. The central storyline of your life. When we talk about ‘Sun Season’, we’re really talking about where The Sun is casting His light in the sky right now. And wherever His light falls, life begins to grow. For the month ahead, that part of the sky, and that part of your chart, becomes the place where you’re invited to step more fully into yourself. To remember that your life is a becoming. And that you are meant to take up space. The Sun reminds us: you are allowed to exist. You are allowed to be seen. And you are allowed to become. Leo Season From July 22nd to August 22nd (London time), The Sun returns to its own temple: Leo. This is the heart of the year, the midpoint of the solar journey. A moment to pause, to stand in your own light, and to consider where you are and who you are becoming. Leo is solid. Fixed. Fire. This is not the wild spark of Aries or the roaming blaze of Sagittarius. Leo holds the flame. It guards the hearth. The fire that sustains. The regal lion doesn’t chase approval. It knows its strength. And yet, Leo carries a quiet spiritual thread often overlooked - a longing for transcendence amid the certainty of impermanence. Every empire crumbles. Every body weakens. Leo’s roar is a refusal to let that truth swallow the heart. The Sun is at home in Leo bringing us themes of warmth, vitality, creativity and leadership. Leo season encourages bold self-expression and creativity. Our confidence and assertiveness is enhanced and we are more inclined to lead and inspire. Leo season favours enjoyment and pleasure: socialise, celebrate, embrace romance and follow your passions. It's time to boldly express your love and appreciation! Know you're amazing! Show the world who you are and shine bright! However, don't let your ego get the better of you. Watch out for arrogance or selfishness and avoid unnecessary drama by staying grounded and mindful of others perspectives. How can we get the best out of the season? How do we work with this season? That’s the question. Because it’s easy to coast through life, isn’t it - on autopilot, keeping busy, getting things done - but Leo season isn’t interested in ticking boxes. Leo season is about you . So, how do you meet yourself more fully this month? Let yourself be seen. Not the polished version. Not the version that feels acceptable. The real version. Where are you hiding parts of yourself because you’re afraid they’re ‘too much’? This season invites you to stop apologising. To take up space. To remember you’re allowed to be here. Say yes to what lights you up. What brings you joy? What makes you lose track of time? Leo is ruled by The Sun and He reminds us that creating, playing, and expressing aren’t indulgences. They’re necessary. Find your version of joy, and give yourself permission to enjoy it. Stand tall, but lead from the heart. Leo carries the archetype of leadership, but not the kind that shouts the loudest. True leadership is steady. Heart-centred. It’s showing up for your life in a way that’s real. So where are you being asked to step up? Can you lead your own life, not just follow the path others have marked out for you? Share yourself. Leo isn’t about doing life alone. This is a season of warmth and connection. Be generous with your time, your energy, your love. Tell the people you care about that you’re grateful for them. Let your relationships be places where your true self can breathe. Dream bigger than you think you’re allowed to. The Sun doesn’t ask permission to rise. And neither should you. This is a season to set goals from a place of possibility. What would you dare to hope for, if you trusted your life could change? Finally… stay human. It’s easy to confuse confidence with ego. But Leo teaches us that real confidence is rooted in humility: knowing you’re both small and sacred. So when you find yourself puffing up, or shrinking down pause and come back to your heart. Remember: The Sun shines, not because He tries, but because He is . You’re allowed to do the same. "Leo season invites you to shine unapologetically, embrace your true self, and create a legacy that reflects your highest passions and deepest values." Let your heart lead the way. The Sun in Leo through the Houses Ancient House Topics ♈️ Aries Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 5th house—creativity, joy, children, romance, play. This season is about doing what makes you feel alive. Say yes to joy, even if it feels frivolous. Make art, dance, flirt, laugh. Life is reminding you that play is productive too. Reflective prompt: Where am I denying myself pleasure because I think I have to earn it first? ♉️ Taurus Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 4th house—home, family, roots, belonging. Focus on where you feel safe enough to be yourself. Let your home hold you. This season is about belonging to yourself first, so that others can meet the real you. Reflective prompt: Where do I feel most like myself, and how can I spend more time there? ♊️ Gemini Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 3rd house—your mind, voice, and daily life. Speak your truth. Write, teach, share your ideas. Your everyday world wants more of you  in it. Don’t underestimate the power of your words. Reflective prompt: What truth am I holding back that needs to be shared? ♋️ Cancer Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 2nd house—money, possessions, self-worth. This is about claiming your value, unapologetically. Let yourself receive. Say yes to life showing you what you’re worth—not just in money, but in respect, in love, in time. Reflective prompt: Where am I still waiting for permission to believe I’m worthy? ♌️ Leo Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 1st house—you. This is your season. Step into the light. You don’t need to try harder or do more. You just need to let yourself be seen  as you are. Your presence is enough. Reflective prompt: If I stopped trying to prove myself, what would I do differently? ♍️ Virgo Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 12th house—the unseen, the hidden, the soul. This isn’t a month to push forward. It’s a time to soften. To rest. To listen to your dreams. Your inner world is where the gold is now. Reflective prompt: What am I being shown when I’m quiet enough to listen? ♎️ Libra Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 11th house—friends, communities, hopes for the future. Say yes to invitations. Find your people. Let yourself belong. And remember, your future grows from the connections you nurture now. Reflective prompt: Where am I holding back from connection because I’m afraid I won’t fit in? ♏️ Scorpio Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 10th house—career, vocation, visibility. Step forward. Take up space. This is not the time to play small. Whatever you're building, life is asking you to stand in it proudly and let yourself be seen. Reflective prompt: What am I hiding that life is asking me to share? ♐️ Sagittarius Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 9th house—wisdom, travel, learning, belief. Life wants you to stretch. Say yes to the adventure, whether that’s a journey of the body or of the mind. Teach. Learn. Share your voice. Reflective prompt: Where have I stopped myself from growing because it feels safer to stay where I am? ♑️ Capricorn Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 8th house—intimacy, vulnerability, trust. This isn’t about outer visibility. It’s about inner honesty. Who sees the real you? This is your invitation to let someone in, to share your fears, and to find strength in your vulnerability. Reflective prompt: Where am I pretending to be fine when I’m not? ♒️ Aquarius Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 7th house—relationships, partnerships, connection. Let yourself be loved. Let yourself be known. You’re not here to do life alone. This season is about opening to others—not perfectly, but honestly. Reflective prompt: What part of me have I been keeping hidden from those closest to me? ♓️ Pisces Rising Where life is inviting you to shine:  Your 6th house—daily life, work, health, service. The small things matter. This is a season to refine your daily life so that it feels more like you . Find joy in your routines. Let your work be steady and heart-led. Reflective prompt: What simple act would make my everyday life feel more like home? ☀️ If you’d like to explore what Leo Season is lighting up in your chart and chat about where The Sun is shining for you I offer personal readings both online and in person at Essential Therapies, Sidmouth. Come and discover where life is asking you to step forward and let yourself be seen. Let’s sit with the sky, together. A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

If you are new to astrology read this first. Jump to section: Introduction Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Rising Sign Forecasts Keeping the snake alive Book a one-to-one reading 'These weekly posts aren’t predictions. They’re invitations. I’m not trying to tell you exactly what’s going to happen, because I can’t. No astrologer can. What I can  do is show you the terrain. The weather. The conversations The Gods are having up there, and in here . My intention with the weekly forecast is to help you feel  that. To give you a way in. To open a window of possibility. What might this transit feel like? Where might  it show up? What kind of emotional tone, friction, insight, or shift might be available if  you’re paying attention? Read it like a weather report. L et the words stir something. Then go live your week. Notice what plays out. Return and reread if you need to.' Read my weekly forecast manifesto in full here . 🍄 Astroweather | 14–20 July 2025 🌙 Know Thyself: A Week of Inner Listening This is not a loud week. There are no dramatic entrances or exits in the sky. But there is something happening. Quietly. Deeply. The Gods are shifting direction. Saturn has just turned retrograde in Aries — the sign of beginnings, fire, and identity. Mercury is slowing down too, preparing to turn inward at the end of the week. These two moments together create a kind of pause. A chance to stop pushing forward and instead start paying attention . And one way I know to do that? Follow the Moon. Why the Moon? The Moon moves fast. Through the entire zodiac in less than a month. She is never still — and that means She’s always touching something in your chart. Always stirring something in your heart. The Moon rules the body, the emotions, the tides within us. She is the daily weather of the soul. And She doesn’t require you to understand Her. She just asks you to feel. Why it matters We live in a world that prizes action, answers, performance. But astrology — real astrology — invites us to listen. To notice the patterns playing out in our lives and to make meaning from them. Not in a grand predictive sense. But in the everyday, subtle, living-through-it kind of way. Doing the work  to know yourself means asking the small questions: What am I feeling today? Where is that feeling landing in my body? What might it be trying to show me? The Moon can help you ask those questions. She moves through your chart, lighting up different areas of your life. If you learn to follow Her, you begin to see which parts of you are being called to feel, to process, to heal. To learn more about working with The Moon read this . Why now? With Saturn now retrograde , the invitation is to take a more honest look at where we’re really at. With Mercury stationing retrograde on Friday , it’s a powerful time to re-think, re-write, and re-frame the stories we’re carrying. Especially about who we are and how we express that in the world. But none of that insight comes from the mind alone. It comes from the body. From the Moon. How to follow along Each day this week, I’ll highlight a daily Moon check-in . Where She is, what She might be stirring, and a reflection prompt to help you meet yourself more gently. These posts will work best if you know your rising sign  — as that tells us which area of life the Moon is passing through for you. If you don’t know your rising sign, I’d love to help. 💌 Just send me your birth details and I’ll reply with a picture of your chart and a short overview, so you can follow along with more clarity. You can request that here: Astrology doesn’t tell you what to do. It shows you what’s happening — and asks if you’d like to respond with more awareness. This week, your work is simple: Feel what you feel. Follow the Moon. And let Her teach you who you’re becoming. Your Weekly Snapshot ✨ Monday 🌕 Waning Gibbous | Moon in Pisces The Moon is still full in feeling — but now She’s starting to shrink, beginning Her monthly descent into the dark. Pisces is a deeply emotional, intuitive sign, and when the Moon moves through here, it’s like tuning into a softer frequency. You may feel dreamy, tired, nostalgic, or unusually sensitive. What to notice: You may find yourself more porous — soaking up other people’s moods Emotions may come in waves with no clear reason You may feel the urge to cry, retreat, or be near water Self-reflection: What am I feeling beneath the surface today? Can I give myself permission to rest, release, or drift a little? ✨ Tuesday 🌕 Waning Gibbous | Moon in Pisces Another day in Pisces. The energy is still gentle, but it can also feel foggy or emotionally overwhelming. This is not a day for pushing ahead — it’s better suited to healing, dreaming, or simply being . Music, art, nature, and solitude may feel especially nourishing. What to notice: Emotions from the past may rise to be felt again You might feel more compassionate — or more easily hurt Boundaries may blur — it’s okay to take space Self-reflection: What’s asking to be felt — even if it doesn’t make sense? What would feel like medicine to my heart right now? ✨ Wednesday 🌖 Waning Gibbous | Moon in Aries (from morning) The energy shifts. After two days of water and softness, the Moon moves into Aries — the sign of fire, instinct, and forward motion. You may feel more motivated or restless. But remember: the Moon is still waning. This isn’t a time to start  something new — it’s a time to reconnect with what matters to you and notice where frustration might be masking something deeper. What to notice: An urge to act, fix, or make something happen Quick tempers or impatience Physical energy — or a crash after trying to push through Self-reflection: Where am I feeling reactive today? What part of me needs to be seen, not silenced? ✨ Thursday 🌗 Last Quarter Moon | Moon in Aries (exact at 25° Aries) 🔁 Mercury stations Retrograde at 15° Leo (4:55 AM BST) This is a powerful moment of pause and pivot . Mercury begins His retrograde journey before sunrise — and you may wake already feeling the shift. Thoughts looping. Plans unravelling. Words landing funny. But don’t panic. This isn’t punishment — it’s perspective. Mercury is inviting you to listen more deeply. To pay attention to what’s really being said. Especially in how you  speak to yourself. With the Moon in Aries, there may be an urge to push through — to move, act, do. But the wiser path is to feel. To notice. To ask what's really driving the impulse. What to notice: Communication mix-ups or delays Feeling misunderstood or suddenly unsure Tension between wanting clarity and needing space Self-reflection: Where am I rushing for answers I haven’t fully formed? What part of me needs patience and kindness right now? ✨ Friday 🌘 Waning Crescent | Moon in Taurus (enters early morning) After the intensity of Aries, the Moon steps into Taurus — earthy, steady, quiet. This is a moment to breathe deeper. To anchor. To settle into the new rhythm Mercury is calling us toward. This is a good day to slow the pace, tend your body, and be mindful of overstimulation. You don’t need to fix anything. You just need to feel what’s here. What to notice: A pull toward comfort or simplicity Resistance to change or mental fog Your body’s wisdom speaking louder than your thoughts Self-reflection: Where can I soften? What truth do I already know — if I drop into stillness and listen? ✨ Saturday 🌘 Waning Crescent | Moon in Taurus A quiet, gentle day. The Moon continues Her journey through Taurus and is now in Her darkest phase. This is the balsamic moon — the final letting go. These are days of stillness, wisdom, and inward turning. You may feel low-energy or deeply contemplative. What to notice: A need for comfort, calm, or beauty Longing for safety, nourishment, or touch Resistance to change — or grief over what’s leaving Self-reflection: What am I holding onto that’s ready to go? What does my body need in order to feel safe right now? ✨ Sunday 🌘 Waning Crescent | Moon in Gemini (from mid-morning) The Moon enters Gemini — the sign of thought, curiosity, and conversation. But She’s still waning, still dark, so this isn’t a day to speak too soon. Instead, it’s a moment to notice the chatter inside: the thoughts, the assumptions, the voices that narrate your world. What to notice: New questions arising Mental stimulation or restlessness A desire to connect — or a fear of being misunderstood Self-reflection: What stories am I rehearsing in my mind today? What would it feel like to listen instead of solve? Rising Sign Forecasts 🔁 Mercury Retrograde in Leo | 17 July – 11 August 2025 Rethinking Your Voice, Rewriting Your Story Mercury turns retrograde this week — in the sign of Leo  — inviting us to slow down, review, and reflect on how we speak, express, and show up in the world. But this is no ordinary retrograde. Because Uranus has just entered Gemini  — one of Mercury’s home signs. And this changes the flavour. Uranus is the God of awakening, of disruption, of truth. He doesn’t do small talk. He arrives with lightning — to shake us out of old patterns and free us from stale stories. When Mercury turns inward under Uranus’ electric gaze, we may experience this retrograde more intensely than usual. Glitches might be sharper. Insights might be sudden. But underneath the chaos, the invitation is this: Be more you. Not the polished version. The real one. Because Uranus in Gemini  is here to liberate your voice — your true voice. And this Mercury retrograde is the first test. Where are you still holding back? Playing safe? Speaking from the script you were handed rather than the one that’s trying to rise from within? This retrograde isn’t about fixing your communication style — it’s about reclaiming your right to speak from the heart . Let the misfires show you what’s no longer working. Let the silence teach you how to listen. Let the rewrites reconnect you with your fire. The more authentic you are, the better this goes. ♈️ Aries Rising 5th House – Creativity, romance, expression Mercury is reworking how you share your heart. With Uranus now sparking your house of communication, this could be a breakthrough moment — or a plot twist. Speak from the truth, not from who you think you need to be. Watch for:  Creative frustration, mixed signals in love, pressure to “perform” Reframe:  Where have I been dimming my joy? What does authentic play  look like for me now? ♉️ Taurus Rising 4th House – Home, family, inner foundation Old stories from childhood may reappear — not to haunt, but to heal. With Uranus now in your 2nd house (your values), the question becomes: what old emotional patterns are keeping you stuck in someone else's definition of safety? Watch for:  Family miscommunications, home tech breakdowns Reframe:  What does true  security feel like — and am I allowed to define it for myself? ♊️ Gemini Rising 3rd House – Communication, thinking, learning This is your realm. And now both Mercury  and Uranus  are activating it. Expect the unexpected — but also expect flashes of insight, powerful rethinking, and mental rewiring. Don’t be afraid to change your mind. Watch for:  Overthinking, tech dramas, plans going sideways Reframe:  What truth wants to come through me, unfiltered and unedited? ♋️ Cancer Rising 2nd House – Money, worth, self-esteem You’re rethinking your value — and with Uranus shaking up your 12th house, unconscious fears about not-enoughness might bubble up. But this is a chance to get radically honest about your self-worth. Watch for:  Wobbles around money, doubts about what you deserve Reframe:  What old belief is keeping me small — and what truth am I ready to live instead? ♌️ Leo Rising 1st House – Identity, presence, visibility Mercury is backtracking through your sign — and Uranus is agitating your career zone. There may be disruptions around how you’re seen, but this is the moment to align image with integrity. No more performing. Watch for:  Wavering confidence, changes to how others perceive you Reframe:  Who am I when I stop trying to impress — and just show up? ♍️ Virgo Rising 12th House – Subconscious, retreat, inner work Your ruler is retrograde in the hidden part of your chart, and Uranus is activating your higher mind. Together, they’re rewriting your relationship to truth — and to silence. You may need more solitude than usual. Honour that. Watch for:  Mental fog, emotional sensitivity, intuitive overload Reframe:  What do I believe now that I didn’t know before — and how does that shape my healing? ♎️ Libra Rising 11th House – Friends, community, hopes Mercury’s retrograde may stir confusion in friendships or group dynamics — who’s really with you? Who’s just an echo of the past? Meanwhile, Uranus is shaking up your bigger vision. What you believe about the world — and your place in it — is shifting. Watch for:  Group misunderstandings, tension between belonging and truth Reframe:  Where am I being called to speak up or think differently — even if it sets me apart? ♏️ Scorpio Rising Mercury Retrograde:  10th House – Career, purpose, public life Career questions may be up for review, but don’t ignore the deeper current: Uranus in your 8th is challenging how you trust, share, and merge — emotionally and materially. Watch for:  Work disruptions that echo deeper issues of control or trust Reframe:  How is my professional path reflecting (or ignoring) my need for authenticity in relationships? ♐️ Sagittarius Rising Mercury Retrograde:  9th House – Beliefs, teaching, expansion As Mercury rewrites your worldview, Uranus is stirring surprises in your one-on-one connections. The two are linked. What you believe shapes who you walk alongside. Watch for:  Shifts in beliefs that disrupt partnerships (or vice versa) Reframe:  What is a relationship asking me to see differently? ♑️ Capricorn Rising Mercury Retrograde:  8th House – Intimacy, power, shared resources You’re diving deep into emotional entanglements and shared power dynamics. Meanwhile, Uranus shakes up your daily rhythm — how you work, how you care for your body. Watch for:  Emotional overwhelm meeting practical chaos Reframe:  What inner tension is being mirrored in my day-to-day life? ♒️ Aquarius Rising Mercury Retrograde:  7th House – Relationships, connection, commitment Your relationships are up for review — especially how you show up, speak, and listen. At the same time, Uranus wants you to rediscover joy, originality, and creative spark. Watch for:  Confusion around romantic or creative expression Reframe:  How can I bring more truth — and fun — into my closest connections? ♓️ Pisces Rising Mercury Retrograde:  6th House – Work, health, daily rhythm Your routines need a rethink, but Uranus is stirring deeper: your foundations, your sense of “home.” Something wants to be liberated at the root level. Watch for:  Discomfort at home or in the body that asks for deeper listening Reframe:  What part of me needs freedom — not just adjustment? 🌙 Feel into it This is not a week for having it all figured out. It’s a week for feeling your way through — moment by moment, breath by breath. A week to notice what’s stirring below the surface. To let the Moon move through you, as She moves through the sky. The work is not to fix yourself. The work is to feel yourself. Let the emotions come. Let them shift. Let them speak. Even the ones that feel inconvenient or strange. Especially those. You don’t need to label it all. Or get it right. Or make it neat. You just need to be willing to listen. Like Rumi’s poem The Guesthouse  reminds us — every feeling is a visitor. A messenger. A part of you asking to be welcomed. Joy, sadness, shame, confusion… they all belong. They all carry wisdom. “This being human is a guesthouse. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor… Welcome and entertain them all.” So this week, give yourself the grace to feel. To slow down. To revise not just your calendar — but your relationship with yourself. That’s what Mercury is helping us do. That’s what the Moon is showing us. That’s what Saturn and Neptune are drawing us toward. Real change begins here. In the pause. In the noticing. In the quiet honouring of your truth. You don’t have to do it all. You just have to be with yourself as you are. That’s how you know yourself. That’s how you begin. And if you'd like a reading to look at it all with my help, book in on my website. I’m available on Zoom  and at Essential Therapies  in Sidmouth on Thursday evenings and alternate Saturdays. 🦋 A request - if you've enjoyed reading this (or not) and found it helpful (or not) please can you let me know in the comments or send me a message using this form: I'd really appreciate any feedback so that I can work at making this weekly forecast as useful and interesting as possible! And finally, 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week Seven Sparks in the Dark The descent continues — but something crackles in the shadows now. A flicker. A jolt. Not loud, but unmistakable. Saturn and Neptune are still walking backwards through the mist, retracing old soul terrain. But Uranus  — freshly in Gemini — is listening too. He won’t join the conversation fully until next year, when all three meet at 0° Aries. But already, He’s sending signals. This is the Snake’s deeper magic. Not just release. But revelation. We’re not just reviewing old dreams. We’re being asked to think differently . To question the scripts we’ve inherited. To awaken our inner knowing. This isn’t about rebellion for rebellion’s sake. It’s about truth. The kind that startles you awake at 3am. The kind you’ve known all along but buried beneath “shoulds.” Let this week be one of quiet recalibration. What if the insight you’re waiting for is already inside you — just spoken in a different language? The Snake is coiled in stillness. But Her senses are alive. And the air is beginning to hum. And if you'd like some help getting to know where Saturn and Neptune sit in your chart, get in touch . Like this forecast straight into your inbox every week? ✨ As a subscriber, you’ll get extended rising sign horoscopes  each week plus a little extra magic that won’t be shared anywhere else. And as a thank you, you’ll also receive £10 off your next reading , whether online or in person. Come and take a look around the blog space and sign up here: Conversations with The Gods | Blog And as always, if you’d like to explore what any of this means in your chart, I’d love to support you in a reading. Online or in person at Essential Therapies. And just £90 if you subscribe! Bookings open in the second half of July. Come and sit with me. For those new to astrology: This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud. So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts. As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical! For more on all this, read this post. You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form   and give me your birth date , place  and time  and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me  and I'll explain it all to you! A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

In ancient times, philosophers watched the skies and saw The Earth surrounded by divine beings—dancing through the heavens. Sometimes, one would appear to move backwards. Not by mistake. But on purpose. Mercury, the mischievous Messenger of the Gods, was one of these dancers, playfully zigzagging through the heavens, guiding the flow of our ideas, conversations, and interactions down here on Earth. When Mercury takes Their backward stroll through the sky, it’s not something to fear; it’s actually a beautiful invitation from The Universe to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with ourselves. Imagine Mercury gently whispering: "Pause. Look again. Revisit what's important." Rather than worrying about glitches or communication hiccups, embrace Mercury’s message. This is your chance to reconsider, reconnect, and refresh your outlook. Mercury Retrograde invites us to tidy up loose ends, get organised, and wrap up anything left unresolved. It's a perfect time to declutter, both physically and emotionally, have those important conversations you've been avoiding, or breathe life back into ideas that just need a bit more nurturing. Yes, Mercury Retrograde can bring about miscommunications or little bumps along the way—but these moments simply highlight areas where greater clarity, honesty, or care is needed. They’re not disruptions; they’re moments of illumination. Mercury rules over communication, ideas, travel, and how we connect. And when Mercury takes His backward stroll through the sky, it’s not a disruption. It’s an invitation. To rethink. To revisit. To rework. To rewrite. To remember. To return. This is Mercury whispering, “Pause. Look again. There’s something here you missed.” Rather than bracing for chaos, we can embrace Mercury’s rhythm. Mercury Retrograde isn’t about fear—it’s about focus. It’s a perfect time to: Reflect on where you’ve been rushing. Reconnect with people or passions that got left behind. Resolve lingering tension through honest conversation. Reimagine projects or plans that need a second wind. Reorganise your space or your mind. Yes, things might go “wrong.” Emails might disappear. Trains might be delayed. But often, those moments lead us exactly where we need to go. The Gods don’t make mistakes. They show us what needs our attention. This isn’t punishment. It’s precision. This isn’t chaos. It’s course correction. So instead of fighting the tide, try walking backward with Him. Let yourself slow down, soften, and really listen. We’re all rewriting something right now—old patterns, old stories, maybe even entire identities. Mercury Retrograde is your reminder that there’s magic in the re . A second look can change everything. 🗓 This Cycle: July 2025 Mercury enters the shadow: 26 June 2025 Retrograde station: 4:55am BST, 17 July 2025  at 15° Leo Direct station: 3:30am BST, 11 August 2025  at 4° Leo Leaves shadow: 28 August 2025 This one’s in Leo—the sign of heart, pride, and authentic expression. So ask yourself: Where am I performing instead of expressing? What old stories around being seen are ready to be rewritten? What does my true voice  sound like? Instead of fearing Mercury Retrograde, welcome it as a friend who gently guides you inward, towards clarity, growth, and deeper self-awareness. It's all about slowing down and noticing the magic that’s already here, waiting patiently for you to rediscover it. We’re all writing new chapters right now, and these are significant ones—ones that we'll carry with us for the rest of our lives. Mercury retrograde is inviting us to pause, rethink, and make conscious choices about who we truly want to become. ✨ What are you revisiting right now? Is something asking to be remembered? ✨ Are you ready to make Mercury Retrograde your ally this time around? Feeling curious about what this potent Mercury retrograde might mean for you personally? ✨ The Gods are always chatting to us, nudging us gently towards the life we're truly meant to live—sometimes we just need a bit of help to understand what They're saying. If you'd like a little extra clarity, or if you'd love to dive deeper into your own story, now is a brilliant time to book an astrology reading with me. Together, we'll explore what this moment of reflection means for you, helping you rewrite your story with confidence and heart. 💖🌙 I'm available for warm, insightful readings in person at Essential Therapies on Saturdays and Thursday evenings, and also via Zoom on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday evenings. Reach out, let's connect, and make some cosmic magic together! 🌠 Drop me a message to book your session —I can't wait to explore the stars with you! 🌟 A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and occasionally nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.