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New Moon in Aquarius + Year of the Wood Snake

1/29/2025

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The New Moon in Aquarius on Jan 29th coincides with the Chinese New Year, welcoming the year of the Wood Snake.
In the video above, Kathryn and I explore insights for connecting with your inner genius, embracing your wisdom, and taking action on your creative pursuits this year.
Our talk includes a guided meditation to help you tune in deeper to these Aquarian aspects for yourself and in community.
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If you were born in the year of the Snake, you will also be experiencing your Jupiter return this year. It is your year to move into the next level of growth and expansion in your life.
During this New Moon in Aquarius, embrace the creative energy and cultivate a deeper relationship with your inner wisdom, uniqueness, and what you want to spread your visionary waters through this year.
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Full Moon insights for Jan 13th, 2025

1/13/2025

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Full Moon in Cancer 

As we experience the first Full Moon of 2025 on Jan 13th, I am thrilled to have teamed up with my colleague, Dr. Kathryn Kloos, to share our insights.
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Watch the video above to attune to the aspects of the Full Moon in Cancer and learn how to nourish and support yourself during these ever-changing times. Guided mediation included.
Cancer, being deeply connected to our emotional well-being and nurturing instincts, encourages us to embrace authenticity in our feelings.

By acknowledging and honoring your emotions, you open the potential for them to guide you toward understanding your true needs. This powerful connection fosters self-awareness and paves the way for actionable steps to enhance your well-being.

Let’s embrace this transformative energy and cultivate a deeper relationship with ourselves during this Full Moon in Cancer time.
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Taking a Pause.....

6/25/2024

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Hello! 
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I will be pausing from writing astrology blogs to shift my focus on teaching astrology. New devolopment is on its way for Autumn. It has been a pleasure writing bi-weekly astrological reports for you and stay tuned for what more Northwest Astrologer has in store! 

Enjoy the Summer! 

-Laura 
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Astrological Insights for May 17th - 31st, 2024

5/17/2024

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May Flowers You Forth

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​In the last couple of weeks of May, Venus has a very full dance card. Making transits with a variety of planets will create opportunities to seed, sprout, flower, and grow forth many layers of your relationships.
17th -19th
Mercury Square Pluto 
Venus Conjunct Uranus



Mercury and Pluto are in a square aspect to each other from the 17th to the 19th. The signature here reflects dynamic tensions between the powers of our unconscious depths and our normal conscious thought processes. Communication may seem more dramatic and challenging if you are trying to resolve a conflict inside yourself or with another. Unconscious verbal power struggles can arise if your ego is more focused on being right than solution-oriented in your conversations. The 17th - 19th are valuable days for you to become more aware of your thought patterns and to see if exploring new, more deeply reflective ways of thinking about your current situation(s) can allow you to resituate your thoughts and shift perspectives that can hold you stuck in conflict with yourself and/others. I encourage you to explore within yourself if there are specific ways you think about things that could have your mind stuck in past stories and circumstances that are no longer relevant to your present self. Ask yourself if they are really true.

When Pluto is involved in planetary transits, it deepens the experiences to uncover what needs transforming inside yourself. In its connection to Mercury (influencer of communications and the mind) from May 17th - 19th, you may find yourself in situations that allow you to see what ways of thinking and speaking are ready to be released and transformed so new ways can come in. At first, the square between Pluto and Mercury can make it harder to know what you can shift. However, as you move towards consciously working out any situations and letting go of the old ways of thinking, this transit can support better ways to process and communicate so your thoughts will become more readily aligned with your authentic being.

During the same time as this Pluto/Mars square, Venus and Uranus will join up in the sky in a conjunction aspect. This Venus/Uranus energy can activate more spontaneity and creativity inside yourself and help free you from the potentiality of communication conflicts, especially in relationships. The 17th - 19th can also be support days to find fun and freedom with social activities encouraging the expression of your unique self from a place of ease and love. If you have a sudden spark of interest in doing something outside your norm this weekend, open up, follow the flow of the idea, and see what new possibilities come your way. 
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22nd -24th
Venus Conjunct Jupiter



After Venus conjuncts Uranus (see previous section), it will come into a conjunction with Jupiter from the 22nd to the 24th. This transit can allow for even more positive expansion in your sense of love and connection to others. Venus and Jupiter move with more access to optimism, expansion, and ease of connection with whatever activities you get involved with. A certain level of “good luck” comes with this planetary combo; it’s a supportive time to pursue matters that benefit from having your “mojo working” with an upbeat, snappy, blessed fortune in the air around you.  A kind wind is forecasted to fill your sails -  chart a good course!  

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24th -26th
Venus Trine Pluto 



Venus continues to transit along the way of merry May, shifting out of conjunction with Jupiter and making a positive aspect with Pluto from the 24th to the 26th. As this Venus/Pluto trine occurs, you may notice a natural, effortless movement toward more profound transformative dynamics in your relationships. It’s an opening time to feel and explore the depths of your love and passion in intimacy and to allow the flow of love in and out of yourself. 

It’s also a supportive time to notice your attachments to others in friendship and intimacy and if they are in a healthy alignment for yourself. Pluto/Venus transits can intensify your desire to be with others in such a way that you can see more clearly how you’re feeling in connection to them. Do your emotional responses feel balanced and secure or destabilizing and dysregulated? Allow any emotional awareness in the realms of attachment coming through on the 24th - 26th to support your emotional stance into making shifts where needed. With Pluto comes a death and birth process. What needs letting go so you can bring yourself into new places of connection and attachment that feel aligned with your present self?   

Astrology helps us see the specific nature of growth opportunities and emerging needs that arise, even in secure, well-balanced relationships. There is always a need to adapt our bearing. We navigate and hone our tact through the ever-changing conditions unfolding both inside ourselves and outside us (in our beloved world), which is populated with all the “other ones” in whose presence we coevolve together in this life. 

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30th -31st
Mercury conjunct Uranus 



May ends with Mercury and Uranus joining up in the sky in conjunction on the 30th and 31st. This planetary transit moves with the excitation of your mental faculties, and creative ideas may suddenly flow into your thoughts. Uranus’s transits can find us dance-stepping out of old, stuck ways of being, allowing for more alive, bold, fresh ideas to emerge. It’s more specifically related to your thinking patterns when Uranus joins Mercury. 

What are the personal, workplace, family, or community projects in your sphere that are in need of more creative thinking? The upcoming holiday weekend is a great time to tune in and see what new sparks of insight and thought are entering your mind as fresh downloads from the universe. Write these thoughts down for later access if you’re not ready to implement them. Uranus’s visionary energy can help you tune into new horizons on your path ahead. Allow the messages you receive at this time to benefit your world.


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With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based on your astrology birth chart and life situations.

Astrology readings with Laura can help you:
~ Align with your unique talents and opportunities
~ Move through life's challenges more intentionally
~ Gain a new awareness of major life changes
~ Know when is the best time to take action 
~ Find clarity on self-limiting patterns ​


Please get in touch to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading
with Laura to help you navigate your life!

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Astrological Insights for May 1st - 15th, 2024

5/1/2024

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​Taking the Next Steps

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As May arrives, the fullness of Spring is in full swing. We often feel stirrings welling up inside us to grow forth as our inner momentum entrains with the procession of blossoming flowers. It's beautiful and sometimes unsettling, with a necessary, urging sort of insistent suchness. You can notice a natural inclination to make plans for the months ahead. May's positive planetary influences help you progress with your life ambitions.
May 1st - 5th
Mars Sextile Pluto 


The planetary arrangements in the first days of May can amplify your physical energy as Mars and Pluto are in a stimulating sextile aspect with each other in the sky from the 1st through the 5th. Sextile aspects between planets indicate a stimulation in you of the positive representative qualities of the planets involved. Mars moves with the parts of you that drive you into action and take care of business. Pluto’s influence on Mar’s motivating energy enhances your ambition and ensures you move towards what you want. 

As Pluto’s influence aligns with your deep depths, this transit on the 1st—5th urges you to take bolder steps toward your overarching life intentions and goals. These are good days to feel your inner drive and take active steps toward success. 

Mars and Pluto Sextile can also allow you to more easily offer up what you need to let go of so you can bring in new ways of building success in your life. Pluto can bring to the surface buried, unconscious patterns that may have kept you stuck in old ways of approaching things. This awareness of noticing what may be holding you back can be enough to urge you to shift these patterns into new and healthy ones, energizing you into action. The 1st - 5th are helpful days to recognize new patterns of taking action emerging from you and, in the process, allow yourself to let go of old habitual ways of activating your forward momentum.
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May 5th - 8th
Mercury Conjunct Chiron
Sun Sextile Saturn 


In one of my blogs for April, I discussed Mercury and Chiron joining together (in conjunction). This union signifies an opening for opportunities to have healing conversations with yourself and others. Mercury connects to your mental process and communications and has been in and out of retrograde recently. Through its retrograde motion from going forward to backward to forward again, Mercury is now joining up with Chiron, the wounded healer in you, for a third time in its post-retrograde forward motion. 

To hone in on what shifts may be happening for you, reflect on what your overarching mental processes and conversations have been revolving around in the last two months. To get more specific on dates, the first two waves of this recent Mercury/Chiron aspect occurred on March 20th and April 15th. If you journal or have photos or other material to reflect on what was happening for you on and around these dates, you may see similar themes at play May 5th - 8th. 

This third wave of the Mercury Chiron conjunction gives you another opportunity to say the things you haven’t been able to fully speak to in March and April, which will allow you to heal something inside of you regarding how you communicate or think about certain things. Take some time out on the 5th - 8th and see what is asking for healing shifts in you. What ways of thinking are keeping you in woundology? How can you reframe your thoughts to healthy thinking about your life and situations to allow you to move out of woundedness and into wholeness with yourself? The wholeness we feel is the healing we experience in the process of coming back to ourselves. We can share our integrated experience and foster shifts and healing for others through these internal processes of returning to our wholeness. The Wounded Healer, Chiron, in action!

The Sun will also be in a Sextile with Saturn during these same days, highlighting a quality of feeling sincere and realistic about creating healing conversations - even the ones you have with yourself. Things that can shift under Saturn's transits are fundamental, palpable changes. You can see the actual manifestation of your dedication to making changes to better places within yourself. ​
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May 12th - 14th
Venus Sextile Saturn 


May 12th through the 14th can emphasize the practical aspects of your close relationships and partnerships. The sextile aspect between Venus and Saturn can stimulate you to get real about your relationships’ structure and inner workings. These are good days to examine what is and isn’t working and create new agreements and ways of doing things with each other. 

Are you are in a problematic relationship or a challenging patch? This Venus/Saturn transit can align with the energy in you that supports your ability to recognize what structure you need to create in your life around relationships. This planetary duo can activate your inner knowing in such a way that you can get honest with yourself and take appropriate action. If you’re noticing a need to transform or break off a relationship, the 12th - 14th may be days to tune in and notice what your inner Saturn authority is guiding you toward. 

This is a valuable time to get grounded about what is happening in your relationships. 


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With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based on your astrology birth chart and life situations.

Astrology readings with Laura can help you:
~ Align with your unique talents and opportunities
~ Move through life's challenges more intentionally
~ Gain a new awareness of major life changes
~ Know when is the best time to take action 
~ Find clarity on self-limiting patterns ​

Please get in touch to learn more about scheduling an astrology reading
with Laura to help you navigate your life!


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Astrological updates for April 17th - 30th, 2024

4/17/2024

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Break Free & Express Yourself

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Spring comes with a natural uprising of movement, and the planetary influences occurring in the last weeks of April amplify the active forces moving through you. Mercury will be going direct, and there are strong urges to help you break free, enhancing the expression of your unique self.
April 17th - 22nd 
Mars sextile Jupiter
Mars sextile Uranus
Mercury conjunct Venus 


April 17th—22nd brings a cluster of supportive planetary energies that open a more active creative flow inside you. 


Mars and Jupiter will be in a positive Sextile aspect from the 17th to the 22nd, and you may feel more physically energized during these days. Mars represents the “take-action” part of yourself and stimulates your inner Jupiter’s feelings of optimism and expansiveness. If you’ve been feeling blocked or hindered recently, the 17th—22nd would be good days to take advantage of the good feelings and get plenty done. 
From the 18th through the 21st, Mars will also be in a positive Sextile aspect with Uranus, strengthening your creativity and inspiring you to “do you” in your endeavors. This Mars/Uranus aspect can give you a level of freedom to express your unique self. If you need to tap into more self-driven creativity, these are supportive days to do so. 

During the 19th -20th, Mercury and Venus will conjoin in the sky. The combination of these two planetary energies can ease the way for lovely and pleasant conversations. The influence might be subtle, but these would be good days to have conversations if you want ease and softness in your communications.  

These are also good days to engage your mind in ideas to bring more beauty and art into your life. Mercury is still in its last few days of retrograde, and the 19th - 20th are great days to continue to clear out things that are not bringing you a feeling of beauty and joy in your life. Look around your home, closet, wardrobe, and decorations and even notice the thoughts you engage your mind on and ask yourself: “Is this (fill in the blank) allowing me to feel good and beautiful”? Your answer will let you know what to do next. 




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April 16th - 30th 
Jupiter Conjunct Uranus 


Jupiter and Uranus are together in the sky for the entire second half of April. This energy connects similarly with the planetary aspects mentioned in the previous section. Jupiter expands the energy with which it interacts, and Uranus brings sudden changes to help individuals and communities break free from restriction and oppression within themselves and from others. 

From the 16th through the 30th, you may discover quick changes happening on a personal level that allow you more creative freedom in your life to just be yourself and how the universe expresses itself through you. You may notice greater feelings of optimism and freedom for expanding your horizons; these feelings support ever-emerging aspects of yourself that want to be at liberty to explore life. It’s a stimulating time to shake off what’s not you anymore. Allow fresh ideas and actions toward what you’d like to do in your life that you are now seeing on the visionary horizon. 

I also see Jupiter's energy, in conjunction with Uranus's, playing out bigger in our collective world as global issues intensify. We are also in an election year in this country, and many uncertainties are circulating in our political atmosphere. As I tune into the energy, the words that come to mind are “breaking free from the oppressor.” Uranus can have an erratic, unexpected, sudden-change quality in its expression, and Jupiter can make that energy bigger and louder. Ultimately, these energies are about moving towards new ways of being versus staying where we have already been. 

Keep these personal and collective Jupiter/Uranus perspectives in mind as you navigate now and the rest of April. See how this energy, with its underlying theme of “breaking free,” manifests in measurable ways in your life and the world. 

May this movement serve our collective good!  May our actions and intentions directly and subtly encourage others to lead and live from loving unity consciousness! 

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April 25th
Mercury Goes Direct



How has this Mercury Retrograde been for you? Have you found that your path had some unexpected and interesting interludes? Did this teach you something new to incorporate into your daily life? Have you been able to align yourself with finishing up old projects and clearing out clutter? Engaging in these types of activities is a helpful way to focus your mental energy when Mercury is retrograding. You’ll find more ease and stimulation to focus on the undone around your home and in your life instead of pushing forth on new ideas. 

Mercury will complete its three-week retrograde on April 25th and begin moving slowly forward from there. It will take until May 14th for Mercury to return to the same position it was in before it appeared to reverse in the sky. Therefore, give yourself more space and time to complete those projects.  

Also, remember that retrogrades are a rewind time in your life as the planet revisits the same places in the sky it was just transiting over. With this Mercury retrograde, you may find yourself in the same conversations, thought processes, and mental planning that have been at play since around March 20th. 

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April 27th - 30th
Mars conjunct Neptune 


The month ends with Mars and Neptune coming together in the sky and blending their energies in conjunction from the 27th to the 30th. Mars represents the part of you that wants to be active, move about, and go after what you want. Neptune represents the part of you that wants to be in flow with your soul’s playful creativity so you can wander about your day without much planning or structure. Neptune's energy dissolves boundaries and merges with enchanted poetic possibilities.


When these two join up at the end of April, you may feel less motivated to get things done and more inclined to follow a spark of inspiration. There’s an opportunity to align your willpower with higher octaves of intention. You might set out into your day with a particular intention and feel your energy wanting to go in a different direction. Neptune can be confusing, so take an inventory and see if the direction you feel called towards serves your highest. You may feel more called to read a book, write poetry, dance, creatively paint, etc., then scratch things off the to-do list. 

Let this in if you feel more of this flow from the 27th to the 30th. You can access more joy by letting your soul guide you in more active play rather than trying to push through on performing mundane tasks.  


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With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based on your astrology birth chart and life situations.

Astrology readings with Laura can help you:
~ Align with your unique talents and opportunities
~ Move through life's challenges more intentionally
~ Gain a new awareness of major life changes
~ Know when is the best time to take action 
~ Find clarity on self-limiting patterns ​

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Astrological Insights for April 1st - 15th, 2024

4/1/2024

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Mercury Retrograde + Solar Eclipse: 
It is time to pause & reflect on your life

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Spring is opening and energies are rising. As you move into April, keep in “mind” that Mercury will be retrograding most of the month. Your pathways from point A to point B might require interesting interludes. Cultivate a willing, curious approach to this time, and as you travel through the next three weeks, be open to previously unconsidered possibilities. 
April 1st - 25th
Mercury retrograde 


April begins with Mercury moving into retrograde on the 1st; no fooling!

As Mercury, the planet that governs thought and communication, goes retrograde, it will be in “rewind’ mode and going back over the terrain of our recent weeks. It’s an excellent opportunity to review, reprocess, and integrate current events in your life. It’s a good time for recollecting, reflecting, and metabolizing your recent experiences. When we avoid this opportunity and try to conduct our affairs by charging ahead as if Mercury were moving with a direct forward motion, communication, and thinking go haywire and run wonky. When we allow the retrograde period as an opportunity to welcome a retreat into integration, we can take the opportunity to recalibrate ourselves and move in harmony with the nature of this time. 

Mercury is retrograding in fiery Aries, which can direct our attention to taking action to finish up old projects. Spring is a welcoming time to clean and declutter your home and your life. What’s been needing your attention? Spend time on these activities during these next three weeks, and you may find it easier to complete them. Clear out closets, file boxes, computer desktops, garages, workspaces, donate items, etc.  

Mercury rules our minds, and when you clear out the physical clutter, you are also helping clear your mental clutter. When Mercury goes direct again on April 25th, you can feel mentally refreshed if you take advantage of the Mercury retrograde, rewind, review, and clear out period. 


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April 2nd - 5th
Venus conjunct Neptune


Venus and Neptune are in conjunction in the sky from the 2nd through the 5th. Conjunctions among planets blend their representative energies into a combined expression. Venus and Neptune can give you a dreamy quality, especially regarding your relationships and finances. During this time, you may feel more open and flowy about these aspects of your life, and any money or relationship matters might not feel like such an issue. 

This transit can bring a feeling of pleasant stress reduction to these areas of life! 

Venus and Neptune’s influence can indicate an ability to see life from a more soul-level and universal place, not bound to earthly human limitations that often feel confining and possibly stressful. Being in this space can feel wonderful and dreamy, but you might also be less able to notice the reality of things needing your attention. One of the best ways to move through this planetary transit (2nd - 5th) is to allow yourself to have the bigger experience without making any decisions about money or your relationship, as things can seem more optimistic in an illusive way with Venus/Neptune transits. Wait until after the 5th to make financial or relationship decisions.  See if your feelings are still the same when Venus comes into a positive aspect with Pluto from the 5th - 7th (see section below). 

Enjoy the ride; it’s a great time for romance and all aesthetic loveliness. Put on music, read poetry aloud, dance in the kitchen, go out for performances, get out the crafting baskets, invite dear ones to play, invite your own inspiration to play.


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April 5th - 7th
Venus Sextile Pluto 


The 5th - 7th can bring active opportunities to move into a deeper connection with love in your life and your close relationships as Venus and Pluto come into a positive Sextile aspect. This time can stimulate you to feel more of the depths of your passion and need for intimacy and connection with others.  

It’s a good time to recognize what needs letting go so you can open yourself up to more love in your life, including self-love, and then make the shifts to allow it in. Pluto transits can bring unconscious psychological patterns that are no longer working for you to the surface so you can consciously create healthier ones that align with your current stage of life. 

One possible way to observe this dynamic is if you notice your responses to relationships or love are coming from a younger part of yourself that is more guarded and protective than open to receiving love. If so, what stories or patterns from the past are you continuing to live in or tell yourself about the present? Notice if these stories are helping you come more into connection or not. Utilize this time to find more openings in your heart to allow you to let go of old patterns so you can come into the present time connection. A sextile aspect between Venus and Pluto provides more ease in this process than at other times when these two planets are in more challenging aspects with each other. 

This is a well-aspected opportunity to become more conscious of your ongoing process with (perhaps even well-known and often processed) layers of baggage that color your emotional range of options in expressing yourself. A smooth sextile offers ease in bringing light to Pluto’s depths as they interplay with Venus’s loving dance.


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April 8th
New Moon Aries
Total Solar Eclipse


On April 8th, we will have a New Moon and Total Solar Eclipse in Aries. The eclipse begins at 10:33 AM PDT, reaches its Maximum at 11:25 AM PDT, and ends at 12:19 PM PDT. The path of totality is visible in 13 states, stretching in a northeastern arch from Texas to Maine. 
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The New Moon in Aries and the Solar eclipse will happen at 19° Aries. In general, eclipses can bring needed changes, but not necessarily at the moment of the eclipse. The eclipse alignment can herald the beginning of changes that can take months to unfold. If you know how to find 19° Aries in your natal/birth astrology chart, you can take a closer look to see what area of your life may be influenced by the eclipse. If you have any natal chart planets close to 19° Aries, this can give you even more information regarding its influence. 

One thing to keep in mind in your planning is to refrain from starting new things or having events or special occasions on the day of the eclipse. It’s best to enjoy the eclipse and have it be a day of reflection for yourself, to see what needs to shift, be illuminated in the shadows, and let go of. 

If you are in a location where you can look directly at this solar Eclipse, be sure to use proper eye protection from a trusted astronomy source.


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April 9th - 12th
Mars conjunct Saturn


The following days after the New Moon/Solar Eclipse, Mars will come into conjunction with Saturn from the 9th through the 12th, and it can be a time to get focused and productive. Mars represents the action we take in our lives, and Saturn’s influence can have you honing in on what’s most important to get done. You can feel more narrow or tunnel-vision-focused under this transit on what you gear yourself up to do, so I recommend picking something that requires your dedicated focus to complete and not try to tackle everything you want to do. Your physical energy may also be lower from the 9th-12th. This Mars/Saturn transit is helpful for working on a particular thing, and if you still want to do “all the things” during this transit, you may easily get overwhelmed. Focusing on the most important ones during these dates will help you succeed in accomplishing your goals. 

The 9th - 12th are great days to hone in on an important project and make good headway.
April 15th
​Mercury conjunct Chiron

While Mercury continues to be in retrograde until the 25th, it will go back over the same sky territory of the recent weeks, bringing up similar themes for you that were happening in March. As we are in this rewind retrograde period, Mercury will be making the same conjunction with Chiron (the wounded healer) on April 15th as it did on March 20th. Last month, I wrote about this transit as a time when conversations could open into a place for healing for all those involved. Notice if any conversations you’re having on or around the 15th seem familiar to the ones you were having on 3/20 and the days surrounding. Are you noticing any of your longtime wounds coming up? If so, see how this awareness can help you shift into conversations that foster forward movement with receptivity to healing, compassion, empathy, and understanding.

April 15th is a supportive time to deepen your approach with others and allow yourself to shift into more aligned and authentic soulful places. 


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With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based on your astrology birth chart and life situations.

Astrology readings with Laura can help you:
~ Align with your unique talents and opportunities
~ Move through life's challenges more intentionally
~ Gain a new awareness of major life changes
~ Know when is the best time to take action 
~ Find clarity on self-limiting patterns ​

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Astrological updates for March 18th - 31st, 2024

3/18/2024

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​Welcome Vernal Equinox!

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Spring is in the air, and the year's first flowers are blooming in the lovely Pacific Northwest. I was grateful to adventure on a sailing and snorkeling trip in the Florida Keys. My astrological report will be light and breezy this month and continue in full bloom on April 1st.

Read on for a synopsis of the astrological influences surrounding the Spring ​
March 19th marks the beginning of Spring, as the Sun crosses the equator into the northern hemisphere and enters Aries. At this time every year, energy is noticeably rising in nature and our beings. As sprouts push up through the dirt and trees bud, we can feel our internal stir for external movement to do more and express more in our lives. If you're currently feeling your energy moving towards creating new beginnings in your life, you're right in line with the forces of nature.

Along with the Spring Equinox and during March 19th - 21st, Mercury (the influencer of our thoughts and communications) and Chiron (the wounded healer) come together in the sky. The conjunction between these two can indicate feeling encouraged to have conversations that can bring healing to yourself and the others involved.

This healing may be even more significant with communications in your intimate relationships and close friendships, as Venus and Saturn come together from the 20th through the 23rd. Venus/Saturn combos can bring relationship matters into focus. I recommend creating space during this time to have those much-needed conversations.

The planetary influences from the 24th through the 29th will open up more opportunities for accessing and implementing new creative ideas as Venus makes positive aspects with Jupiter and Uranus, respectively. These aspects can also allow for more freshness and expansiveness in your close relationships, which may be a welcome shift if you're experiencing relationship struggles.
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Happy Spring!
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With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based on your astrology birth chart and life situations.

Astrology readings with Laura can help you:
~ Align with your unique talents and opportunities
~ Move through life's challenges more intentionally
~ Gain a new awareness of major life changes
~ Know when is the best time to take action 
~ Find clarity on self-limiting patterns ​


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Astrological Insights for Feb 16th - 29th, 2024

2/16/2024

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Tuning into Your Heart in Intimacy, Deep Friendships, and Self-Love

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As we enter the last two weeks of February, Venus has a mighty full dance card, making transits with Pluto, Mars and Jupiter. This offers a great labyrinth for your heart to journey along. Your ears and voice also get encouraged in their quest to receive and transmit truth.
Feb 16th - 18th
Mercury square Uranus
Venus conjunct Pluto 

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Two different planetary aspects come into play from the 16th through the 18th, bringing your ability to “say what you need to say” in your communications with others and intensifying your relationship bonds. Mercury and Uranus will be squaring each other in the sky, and Venus will join up with Pluto in Aquarius simultaneously. This planetary configuration could make for an intense weekend of conversations, especially with relationship matters. 

When Mercury and Uranus make aspects with each other - your mind can get activated to explore finding new freedoms and experimental ideas in thoughts and communication in ways where you might typically just as easily hold yourself back. Uranus indicates a need to break free from self-imposed restrictions so you can express yourself just as you are. With the square aspect to Mercury from the 16th to the 18th, you may feel those twinkling notions emerge with an urge to get your genuine thoughts and words out. Your voice may open up unexpectedly, which can help you feel freer by speaking your truth. And, with more conscious intentionality, your words won’t have to seem so surprising if you’re feeling sudden inclinations to allow for some worthy, relevant rants and rambles you weren’t planning. This mental practice could be good; speak freely and make it clear and true!

Mercury/Uranus combos also bring out sparks of creative ideas. The 16th - 18th is also an excellent time to shift away from old habits and develop new ways of doing things. If you’ve been feeling bored in your usual routines, Uranus indicates an opening for new, exciting ideas to shake things up and see what more is possible. Notice if you’ve got fresh ideas coming to your mind. If you’re feeling impulsive with new thoughts, I recommend slowing down to check in with your body and spirit and grounding yourself before taking action so you can stay in a mindful presence that will help you feel balanced as you receive fresh downloads.

Along with the Mercury/Uranus duo, Venus and Pluto also conjoin their energies, so there’s a forecast for deepening your feelings in relationship attachments over the weekend. Venus connects us to our senses for pleasure and our need for connection to others. Pluto opens our intensity and depths towards these Venusian aspects in our lives. During this time, your feelings of connection to others and desires to give and receive love and affection may be felt more acutely and strongly - including love towards self. It’s a good time to tune in with more awareness of these needs and get a sense of where you are on your personal love and relationship scale (in deep friendships, intimacy, and self-love). 

If you’ve been more distant or feeling a lack of connections with others and would like more, the 16th - 18th may bring out more intense feelings regarding the need for this, and it would be a good time to take the initiative and reach out meaningfully to the ones you love. The Mercury/Uranus planetary aspect, in conjunction with Venus and Pluto in Aquarius, could help you open your communications with others around this as the qualities of the Aquarian Water Bearer relate similarly to the Uranian “free to be you and me” energy. 

Have you been feeling smothered by your relationships and not having the desired freedom? If so, Mercury square Uranus can have you suddenly saying the things you need to speak to break free and transform dynamics that involve unbalanced beliefs or attachments that underlie the stories that shape your relationship narratives. 

These two transits offer a beautiful window of opportunity for more unrestricted communication and deepening expressions of love. Those Cupid love arrows may well let loose and hit deep at this time, opening up new vistas in longer relationships and sparking new connections with depth and passion.  

Feb 20th - 24th
 Venus conjunct Mars



Venus’ February transits continue a dance focusing on relationships with others, continuing through the 26th as Venus joins Mars in Aquarius, followed by a square with Jupiter. 

Just after Venus moves away from joining its energy with Pluto from the 16th to the 18th, it comes in conjunction with Mars from the 20th to the 24th. Whatever strong feelings appear in the temple of your relationship attachments/connections and love needs (with self and others - see the previous section), the Mars energy can ignite more action to make things right. Whichever way things need to go that keeps you in good relationship health with yourself and others, these are supportive days to take action to cultivate that toward more incredible goodness.

Venus and Mars, in conjunction, can also activate relationship matters in general. Therefore, notice if you have an increased drive towards attending to the needs of your relationships from the 20th to the 24th. Mars connects us to taking action in our lives; it can feel like the things brewing are no longer something you can sit on. This action could even mean gathering your bravery to ask that person of interest out on a date or taking steps to move a pattern in an ongoing relationship.

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Feb 24th - 26th
 Venus square Jupiter 

Following the Venus/Mars conjunction (2/20 - 2/24), Venus will transit into a square aspect with Jupiter in the sky from the 24th to the 26th, opening up more positive feelings with relationships. Venus and Jupiter are known as the benefics of astrology as more ease can be experienced when they are a part of challenging planetary aspects. Venus connects us to beauty and our inner ability to attract good things, and Jupiter indicates an expansion of optimism toward whatever comes your way. Although these two are in a hard square aspect with each other, the alchemy is still positive and expansive for your relationship connections. The connection they make at a Square might coincide with just the right time to bring positive feelings toward addressing a situation that wants your attention.


One important consideration is to notice if there are overly enthusiastic and ungrounded sensual pleasure-seeking feelings moving through you during the 24th - 26th. This energy can make you feel optimistic about over-extending yourself in ways that could take you further away from what’s in healthy alignment regarding love and relationships. I offer this tidbit of astrological interpretation between Venus and Jupiter so you can approach these days with more centeredness and awareness.  

The optimism of Jupiter and Venus is best expressed with some degree of care and circumspect attention with this square.
Feb 28th - 29th 
Mercury conjunct Saturn 


February ends with Mercury and Saturn joining their energy in conjunction on the 28th and 29th. This planetary energy can bring your mind to more focus and concentration. 

Mercury influences the mind, and Saturn represents contracting, focused, and practical energy that keeps us staying and working at things to ensure they are just right. With Saturn in the mix, accessing expansive and flowy thoughts can feel harder. These can be great days to get organized and create structure in your day to accomplish what you would like to get done. However, you may feel easily overwhelmed if you try to put too much on your task plate. Less is more when Mercury and Saturn conjunct - you will get more accomplished with less to focus on, and I recommend not overburdening yourself with a long list of to-dos. 

Your thoughts and conversations with others may also feel more restricted during the 28th - 29th. If you have an essential discussion or a presentation, do some dedicated prep work before the 28th. Otherwise, your mind may struggle with overthinking the perfect delivery of what you’d like to say if you prepare on the 28th/29th. Saturn and Mercury can connect you to speaking with more authority with whatever you’re addressing; just make sure you come in knowing what you want to say, allowing you to have a more successful outcome versus making it up on the fly. 

This period is ideal for activities requiring greater structure and organization to your thought process.
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Astrological Insights for Feb 1st - 15th, 2024

2/1/2024

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How Is Your Power Aligned?

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February has arrived, and so has my astrological weather forecast for the next two weeks. There are opportunities to connect more to your creativity, aesthetic senses, and transformations in your mental processing and how you take action in your life.
Feb 1st - 3rd
Mercury Sextile Neptune


February begins with Mercury and Neptune in a positive sextile aspect to each other in the sky,  opening up greater bandwidth for your mental psychic senses from the 1st through the 3rd. You may find yourself picking up more subtle, unspoken words in conversations with others and feeling influenced by the energies of people around you.

Mercury connects with your mental activities, and Neptune’s movements describe how we dissolve boundaries, creating greater connections with all the realms of oneness beyond the physical world. We all have a part of ourselves that senses beyond the concrete, tangible realities, some have greater ease accessing this terrain than others. With this planetary combo in a stimulating and positive sextile aspect to each other, the 1st-3rd, this intuitive, psychic sensing level of processing becomes more available through your thoughts.

This is also a good opportunity to make time for creative space to allow yourself to be receptive to the think tank of ideas available to be downloaded into your mind's central processing center. You may feel more connected to receiving helpful thoughts and ideas that can come to you more easily if you take a moment, quiet your mind, and allow thoughts to emerge. You may get sparks of inspiration that help you along your day. You may also have more insight into other people’s thoughts and feelings at this time.

One important thing to note is that this planetary duo can make it more challenging for your mind to be task-oriented and structured. You may think you’re off to do one thing and get inspired to do something different than you thought. Therefore, it’s possible that your inclination to orient around your to-do’s during the 1st - 3rd can be less orderly. I recommend allowing more of a flow in your day, and perhaps you may get them done anyway, just not in the way you thought. 
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Feb 5th - 7th
Mercury conjunct Pluto 

    

From the 5th through the 7th, Mercury joins Pluto in the same degree and sign of Aquarius. Your conversations and your thought processes can be more intense with others. Pluto’s orbit shows how things are moving from the underworld into your consciousness, where you can work with them from a place of more awareness. These are supportive days to dive deep into your thoughts and communication (Mercury). It can be a powerful time to work with, learn, and explore transformative ideas, techniques, and ways of thinking. It’s a good time for deep processing. The caveat is that Pluto's potency and depth can give rise to increased gravity and powerful thoughts and, thus, a potential for conflict. 

Pluto’s connection with Mercury can bring more power to your words and voice, which could be helpful or not so helpful, depending on how you approach it. If you have to give a presentation, you’ll have everyone’s attention. If you need to resolve a conflict, doing so could be more intense (effective or destructive) from the 5th to the 7th. One approach is to stay focused on gleaning the depths of your thought process, see what mental transformations you come to on your own, and then have those conflict resolution conversations after the 7th. You may get to a place that feels like you had a death and birth process around how you’re processing the situation. Old thought patterns may need to go so new ones can emerge. 

Trying to resolve the issue while still in your own process may not give you the clarity you need to speak from your highest truths. Simply put, if the shadows get triggered, conflicts can become more ego-centered and less heart-centered when Pluto and Mercury are conjunct with each other
​during the 5th -7th. 


It’s a powerful time to think, learn, process, and communicate with depth and potency.

FYI - as you read further down, Feb 12th-15th might also not be good days to resolve conflicts as Mars comes in to join Pluto. See further below.
Feb 7th - 10th
Venus Trine Uranus 
Mars Sextile Neptune 


During the 7th - 10th, Venus and Uranus are in a flowy Trine with each other, along with Mars and Neptune in a positive Sextile. These are supportive days for creative endeavors and tapping into your inner artists. Venus and Uranus combos can connect you to your unique way of creating beauty around you. If you want a more creative aesthetic in your home, workspace, wardrobe, etc…., this would be a time to tune in and see what wants to emerge from you. 

Along with this flowy opening to your creativity, Mars and Neptune are in a Sextile aspect on the same days. Your inner action-oriented Mars draws you towards more activities that feed your soul. Mars motivates us to go after what we want, and Neptune has you asking: What does my soul want? And, forget about everything on my list, I want to have this time to play and be creative. 

Overall, the 7th through the 10th are not the best days to try and be productive in activities that require you to check out of your spontaneous creative process, but are great days to let some creativity flow! 
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February 12th - 15th
Mars conjunct Pluto 


February 12th- 15th brings a shift to your movement and flow from the previous days as Mars and Pluto join up with a conjunction in Aquarius. This pairing signifies your inner drives intensifying towards going after what you want. Mars/Pluto combinations connect you more strongly with your will, increasing your motivation to get things done. 

You may not feel those creative vibes moving inside you with the same visionary inspiration that was in the air during the Venus/Uranus and Mars/Neptune transits (described above). However, if you were enchanted by visions of motivating and enlivened ideas coming through you during that time, 
here’s GO TIME! 

The 12-15th brings a powerful time to move on taking action to launch those ideas. Again, Mars moves with your will to take action; Pluto brings deep power and drives up from the subterranean unconscious - together, the two create a brew of raw power. 


It’s crucial that such urges being acted upon come from a place of good alignment! 

The Mars/Pluto influence can also help you become more aware of unconscious ego drives and help you discern what’s motivating you to take specific actions. Your inner Mars, as mentioned above, gets you pumped for action. Pluto can feel like lava from the depths . . .  powerful urges coming through you. This energy can be creative or destructive (or something in between), depending on where it comes from and how it is directed. 

Pluto's powers can make you more aware of responses that are operating from your subconscious. It’s essential to be clear. Whether you are responding to another person or life circumstances, your urges can be strong during the 12th - 15th, and sometimes they come from old habitual patterns of responding that can perpetuate difficult situations. The more you become conscious of what’s motivating you in your actions, the more Pluto’s irrepressible power and the weight of the requirement to move forward with something can help you to awaken and transform lingering stuck patterns into new and healthier ones for yourself to create different outcomes.  

If you have any conflicts to work out during the 12th - 15th, it would be helpful to approach them from the aforementioned “awaken and transform” place versus getting stuck in ego responses. If you feel overheated about a situation, I recommend noticing what’s coming up for you to and see what you can work out inside yourself, and waiting until after the 15th to have those conversations.

The 12th - 15th is is a great time to initiate action. It’s good to be clear in your alignment, and if you're internally conflicted about the powerful energy moving through you, it’s good to connect with trusted allies to get support on truing your alignment. Kindness is a good guide.  

If your alignment feels cool and clear, this is a very potent time to act. The world is stirring up. Do good things. Make community. Your actions count. Lead with love and unity. Find your people; find your voice.

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on your astrology birth chart and life situations.


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~ Align with your unique talents and opportunities
~ Move through life's challenges more intentionally
~ Gain a new awareness of major life changes
~ Know when is the best time to take action 
~ Find clarity on self-limiting patterns ​


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    Laura Allmacher  RN, LAc, has been practicing in the field of medicine for over 20 years, dedicating most of this time to the healing arts and natural medicine. Along with a current acupuncture and Chinese medicine practice, Laura also provides professional astrology readings as a form of a guide to help bring timing, meaning and perspective to deeper life patterns and situations so one can make the most out of their incarnation. 

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