On Monday, July 15, the courageous warlord, planet Mars, and Uranus, the planet of mayhem, are forming an exact conjunction in Taurus, the sign of the decadent dictator.
This powerful union is one of the most significant of 2024, bringing the potential for discovery and destruction. The last time the forces of awakening and action were this close was in August 2022.
This transit, which can be felt for a week before and after the culmination of the conjunction, both stimulates and irritates.
If you’ve been wondering why you feel resentment and unrest, suddenly hate your partner or your parents, and can’t seem to shake the sound of Queen’s “I Want To Break Free,” then baby, you ain’t alone.
These two planetary power players instigate one another, and for us mortals, the results are weird, sudden, overwhelming, and confounding. Existing tensions are amplified — they find release in shocking ways.
Mars and Uranus conjunctions encourage independence at all costs and even radical measures or means of expression in service of that independence. This doesn’t mean relationships have to end, but it does suggest they will change. This also applies to our ties with Taurean themes such as security, stability, and finances.
Healthy independence is born from the knowledge that we can sustain ourselves, and bonds are strengthened by a search for connection rather than codependence. In this sense, this transit can pull us towards both autonomy and true intimacy.
We are urged to take action, but our best defense is to take it easy. Don’t let a false sense of urgency or frenzy push you to feel like it’s now or never.
Because this conjunction is going down in a fixed sign, those with significant placements in the later degrees of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius will feel the effects most acutely.
To better understand how this shakeup will play out in your life, look to the area of your birth chart ruled by Taurus.
If it sounds like a lot, it is, but blessedly, the pressure will be set back from a rolling boil to a low simmer when Mars moves into Gemini and away from Uranus on July 20.
When Mars moves from the fixed, earthly, and obstinate bull ring of Taurus into the intellectual, flexible climes of Gemini, it can feel very much like a breath of fresh air.
Gemini encourages an open mind as much as an open mouth. What messages and mantras are we absorbing and projecting? This transit asks us to reflect on how our thought patterns both form and restrict us and how our words can function as salt or honey to the world’s wounds.
Emotions will reach a fever pitch in or around the full moon in Capricorn on July 21, but things should buff out and level off for a bit as the mighty moon wanes back to black. On July 23rd, we step into the center stage, masturbate in the mirror, make art not war energy of Leo, further aiding and abetting a general feeling of relief.
Hang in there, folks.
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Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports back on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience.
