The Bajiggity Quincunx

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a week with this many quincunxes! The quincunx, also called an inconjunct, is an interesting aspect. It isn’t as frequently discussed as other aspects. I first became interested in them when I was trying to understand the “Yods” in my chart. Yods are fairly complicated, and we’ll get into those another time. As for the quincunx, it is a 150 degree angle between two planets. The 2 planets are 5 signs apart and have nothing in common. Some key words for the quincunx, or the inconjunct are : redirecting, challenging, requiring adjustments, diverting. The 2 points involved are difficult to blend. This oil and water characteristic can lead to overdoing one of the points, and possible dissatisfaction

with both. 

There are 6 quincunxes (That I am aware of, anyway) this week (!), making this a time period where not a lot of progress is likely. We are likely to feel tension, ambivalence, obsession, compulsion, over-doing, under-doing, laziness, over reacting, and just general bajiggityness.

Sounds like a blast. But we can do hard things. And it is entirely possible that with the big full moon we just had in Aquarius (energy of change), and the Lion’s Gate portal that occurred on the 8th, that all these adjustments are necessary to re-align us with our purpose, our soul, our calling. If we can get through the discomfort of the re calibration, we might just find ourselves on a fresh new path toward fulfillment. However, if you fight the forces, butt heads with the conflicts, struggle to keep power, and resist the changes, this is much more likely to be difficult and uncomfortable and you’ll continue to be in a position of resistance, defensiveness, and feeling cornered.

Aug 10 - Mercury square Uranus - excitement and/or nervous tension
Aug 11 – Sun quincunx Jupiter - laziness, unrealistic expectations
Aug 12 – Sun quincunx Neptune - spending energy on unrealistic goals or expectations or projects; finding a balance between ego and self pity
Aug 13 – Mars square Pluto - power struggles and confrontations
Aug 14 – Mercury quincunx Jupiter - potential for laziness, unsure of how to make a decision, ambivalence
Aug 15 – Mercury quincunx Neptune - delusions of grandeur. “Your mouth writing a (figurative) check that your ass can’t cash”
Aug 15 – Sun quincunx Pluto - a potential for power struggle. Something feels like a threat. An opportunity to “let go”
Aug 15 – Uranus Retrograde - encourages internal change that will affect external life changes. Societally, this offers an opportunity for pleasant connections and activities. Fear is everywhere, and Pluto aspects this Uranus retrograde period in a harsh way. But Venus and the moon come into play to create opportunities for love, affection, and creativity.
Aug 16 – Mercury quincunx Pluto - harsh judgment, compulsive behavior, and negative thinking can hold up personal progress
Aug 16 – Sun trine Mars - self confidence boost

The challenge this week is to stay aware, loose, light on your feet, and flexible. To that end, this week’s BitchScopes are written to advise you the best way to stay safe and sane this week while we navigate the waters of inconjunction. 

BtichScopes for the Week of August 10-16

ARIES - This week if the ghosts of failures past come to haunt you, just let them pass through. The path to success is paved with failures all throughout history. Don’t let shame or guilt bog you down. This is not a week for big activities or a grandiose to do list. Do yoga instead of running. Set aside tasks that don’t have to be done right this minute. Engage in gentle activities, sleep, journal and meditate.

TAURUS - Theres’s no such thing as a coincidence. When something comes up this week and it makes you say “whoa” or “hmmmm”, spend some time with it and what it could mean. Maybe this is a sign of things to come, maybe it is a hint about your future path. If it is a negative dejavu experience that comes up, take it as a sign that you are breaking that pattern. And then be open to the adjustements necessary to move away from that energy. Change is hard for you, but whatever is stirring wants the best for you!

GEMINI - Are you afraid that if you stop moving, you’ll drown? Or that If you stop trying, you’ll fail? What are you in pursuit of that takes up most of your (abundant) thought energy? What happens if you stop chasing and hold still? That incudes your mind. How can you quiet your very busy mind? Do that thing which you find soothing and pleasurable, but which has nothing to do with progress or success.

CANCER - You have a solid reputation as an emotional creature. But Cancers are the ultimate survivors! You are a tough competitor and a force to be reckoned with. Don’t talk yourself out of something you want because obstacles rise up, this week or at any time. Be fearless, even if that means standing completely still for right now.

LEO - What you need right now is laughter and a lot of it. My long standing recipe for feeling good is YouTube videos of babies laughing. Babies laughing at dogs is also excellent, or in your case, cats...sorry. Funny movies, stand up comedy, a board game like Cards Against Humanity or something along those lines that can really give you space to laugh...that’s what you need.
Find a way to let the laughter flow out of you like water!

VIRGO - You’ve likely been working too hard. This is just normal for you. So when this week’s energy throws up speed bumps and blockages and general frustration that thwarts your forward movement you could feel pretty pissy. You are transitioning from one phase into another and you can’t just keep grinding forward in a straight line. During birth, there are times when the Doc or nurse will tell you to not push, which is against all your physical urges and instincts. In this instance, the birth progress is halted temporarily because something isn’t ready. This is what’s happening in your life right now. Don’t push...just breathe.

LIBRA - Life may be trying to tell you something by bringing certain things into the light. Perhaps you’d much prefer to look at these things in the flattering light of candles. But in the shadows of the peaceful dimness there are things holding you back, things that need to be corrected, things that can sabotage you if you remain unaware. Be strong and let the illumination of things that might be painful bring you into this new (and better!) phase of your life.

SCORPIO - This week you might feel uncomfortably vulnerable by the stillness. It is possible that a peace will wash over you that makes you question where it came from and why it is yours. It’s so Scorpio of you to question the motives of a pleasant experience. As I used to say to my cat when I picked him up to love on him, “take the wub”. Meaning, don’t resist the love the Universe is giving you by questioning it to death. Just accept it and say thanks.

SAGITTARIUS - In this awkwardness of this week there is an invitation for you to be with yourself and feel your feelings. As deep and philosophical as you are, maybe emotions are not your favorite thing. This week do what you can to let them flow, all of them. If you are angry, express it clearly and healthily. If you are hurt, say so. If you are sad, cry. This is your portal to a new path and life phase, but you have to release some old feelings first.

CAPRICORN - If you find yourself feeling angry this week, try to let it flow. Don’t resist or repress those emotions. There are no “bad” emotions. Your anger or frustration can serve as an anchor for you, or a launch pad. It can motivate you to change, or allow change. Feeling sick and tired of something this week is a great sign that you are about to move on, as long as you don’t try to squash your anger down.

AQUARIUS - You aren’t a mess. You’re a badass. You tackle everything that comes up in your path. Sometimes it might be a messy job, and maybe you screw up a little in your effort to conquer an obstacle. As much as forgiving others is hard for you, forgiving yourself is harder. Letting guilt weigh you down will just pull you backwards. Stand up and walk forward with love and forgiveness for YOU.

PISCES - Metamorphosis is not pretty. It is often painful. Resisting it can be even more painful. So do you have a choice? Of course. But chose to transform anyway. Your life is trying to reconfigure in a way that aligns with your higher calling. The seeming chaos of this process can feel really awful. But you are totally whole. You are totally worthy of joy. You are totally a badass and you can do this. The cocoon is a difficult place full of change we don’t understand. But it is temporary and you will emerge with wings!

Expect the unexpected

Last week I said “This week has the energy of change and unexpected insights and events. Tension is very possible and you’d be wise to be aware of your own energy as you interact with others. You may vascillate between bubbly optimism and desolate pessimism and it's all OK. This Aquarius full moon is a major contributor to this energy, but has a lot of help from Mercury and Uranus. Be fearlessly yourself, or at least imagine what that would look and feel like. Your imagination does give life to things. Journaling this week about who you would be if you had nothing to lose could uncover some delicious and valuable truths for you.”

And I don’t know about you, but it was true for me. A lot of that information pertained to the August 3rd full moon and Mercury/Saturn aspect. So Because we’re overlapping August 3rd this week and last, that whole paragraph still holds true!

This week will be mostly influenced by that Aquarius full moon everyone is talking about.

August 3rd: Mercury opposite Saturn - general bajiggityness, maybe pessimistic thinking

August 3rd 8:59 AM: Full Moon in Aquarius - As if Aquarius didn’t pack enough unexpectedness, this full moon squares Uranus, so changes and “peculiar” events are very possible. Peculiar...what a great word. This whole year is peculiar! Mercury opposite Saturn also lends an uncomfortable energy to this moon. If the moon is full, it is opposite the sun, which is now in Leo. Your right and left brains, creative and logical sides, as well as your inner child and outer adult (um, if you have one?) will be trying to strike a balance. The best way to do that may be to just be loud, bold, uninhibited. Neither of these signs are particularly shy. Both of them are convinced of their rightness. If you were not afraid of anything, or of any backlash, or of losing anything as a result of it, what and who would you be? Imagine that individual during this lunation and give them a voice. 

Changes will be happening whether you do this work or not. The energy of Uranus and Aquarius is “expect the unexpected”, and chances are you won’t be able to analyze the clues into a solid answer. So the best way to harness this is to plug in some coordinates and stay loose and light on your feet.

We should expect to see some social changes or news around this full moon as well. Aquarius is the OG social protester and poster girl for civil unrest. There’s so much currently going on that includes these issues, the news could come from anywhere. I feel it will be positive but somewhat rattling. Of course “positive” depends on which side of things you’re on, I suppose. So let’s think like Spock, the perfect archetypal example of Aquarius...Positive change that will affect the needs (not desires) of the collective as a whole. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

Live Long and Prosper.

August 4th: Mars square Jupiter - new project energy

August 4th: Mercury enters Leo - our communications become less feel-y and more emboldended

August 4th: Venus quincunx Saturn - insecure feelings about love and finances

August 7th: Venus enters Cancer - Our values and focus shift toward home again, relationships are more connected

August 8th: Lion's Gate (Exact) - “This gateway is marked by an alignment between the Earth and the star Sirius. As the star Sirius rises in the sky, Orions Belt directly aligns with the Pyramid of Giza, and from our perspective on Earth, it appears that Sirius (the brightest star we can see) comes closer to the Earth. The star Sirius is twice the size of our Sun and 26x brighter! It is a serious source of spiritual light on the inner planes. Sirius represents abundance, harvest, and fertility. This alignment is called the Lions Gate, or Lions Gateway because it occurs when the sun is in the astrological sign of Leo (the Lion). As a Zodiac Sign, Leo is associated with the heart center and represents the individualized expression of the Divine.”1

August 9th: Mercury trines Chiron - a good day for talk therapy

August 10th: Mercury squares Uranus - Be prepared for the unexpected


1 https://www.ask-angels.com/spiritual-guidance/the-888-lions-gate-activation/





ARIES - You may receive or happen upon some information this week that will help you make a decision that you’ve been trying to make for awhile. The information you stumble over may actually have little to do with the decision you’re making, but the dots will magically connect. Tap into your creative side this week to find soothing, healing, and inspiration.

TAURUS - You may finally get the recognition you deserve on something. It may be long over due and it may surprise you. In business this week, don’t show your hand yet. Be strategic, maybe even a little sneaky and manipulative (which isn’t an evil thing as long as you’re not going crazy with it) to see if you can get others to show their hand first. This will give you the upper hand when you make your move.

GEMINI - You may feel a little salty, a little like a bitter bitch this week when someone starts bragging about something. You do deserve the credit for the thing you did, and you will get it, perhaps later than you’d like. So try to ignore the braggart. If someone trips over their words with you this week, and you aren’t sure WTF it means, it might be a feeble attempt at an apology. Do with it what you wish.

CANCER - This week you might be den mother, legal counsel, therapist, and several other hats that have to do with managing people and emotions. While this is not at all unusual for you, it could feel a little overwhelming. Have good boundaries and put your energy where it is most needed.

LEO - Try to live in the present this week, even if old stuff gets dragged out of the emotional closet. There’s a lot of positive potential and manifesting energy for you in particular. Choose to focus on your desires for the future, your gratitude for the present, and let the past be in the past.

VIRGO - You may be bored with a major project or undertaking, or even your own business. Your desire might be to just say screw it and move on to something more fun. Of couse you can do that, but you’ll probably wish you hadn’t. Tie up loose ends and get done what has to be done. Take breaks and treat yourself in between productivity sessions. The other project will still be there when you’re done.

LIBRA - You are very likely growing impatient with the pace of life and the seeming lack of progress, particularly on the career front. It is very understandable that you’d shake your fists at the sky and ask “whyyyyy???”. The delay is to your benefit, and while you don’t have to like it, you’d be best served by using this time to accomplish something meaningful.

SCORPIO - There’s an important development in your life right on the horizon. You probably know what it is. So do you rush towards it? The wise answer is no. If you can go with the flow and allow things to unfold, it will be better in the long run. Patience and forgiveness are being strengthened in you.

SAGITTARIUS - You hate being wrong. You are facing an issue that asks you to accept that you may have been wrong about something or someone. Forgiving others is often easier than forgiving ourselves. Can you do it? To find out, life may bring someone from the past back into your life to see if you’ve learned how to navigate this.

CAPRICORN - You might feel a bit grumpy this week, and not in the mood for doing things or seeing people. None of that is in your plan, and your plan makes you comfortable. Structure is good, rigidity is not. What does not bend will break. So as you move forward on your own evolutionary path, try to be a bit more flexible. Accept an invitation or opportunity that might elevate your mood this week.

AQUARIUS - Fake and phony are some of your major pet peeves. You much prefer people to be authentic and real. There may be a situation, circumstance, or project in your life that doesn’t feel like a good fit for you and you are hanging on to it out of obligation. You can either walk away from it, or you can challenge yourself to be more you as you do it...authenticity.

PISCES - Generally you are very compassionate and empathetic. But there may be someone around you who really chafes you and is generally a bit of an ass. Can you practice compassion with the most difficult of people? Doing this can deepen your gratitude for your own life in a meaningful way.

Unexpected Insights

BitchScopes for July 27- August 3

This week has the energy of change and unexpected insights and events. Tension is very possible and you’d be wise to be aware of your own energy as you interact with others. You may vascillate between bubbly optimism and desolate pessimism and its all OK. This Aquarius full moon is a major contributor to this energy, but has a lot of help from Mercury and Uranus. Be fearlessly yourself, or at least imagine what that would look and feel like. Your imagination does give life to things. Journaling this week about who you would be if you had nothing to lose could uncover some delicious and valuable truths for you.

July 27th: Jupiter Sextile Neptune - Optimistic, hopeful, spiritual connection, a portal for your dreams to become real - This transit happens about every 4-9 years. But in 2020, the year of WTF, this transit happens 3 times. This can be thought of the Universe providing us a bit of a buffer or reprieve from the Pluto and Saturn energies. The first time this happened was February 20th, then here in July, then October 12th.

July 27th: Venus Square Neptune - impressions and perceptions may not be reality

July 27th: Mercury Square Mars - impulsive or even aggressive speech

July 27th: Venus quincunx Jupiter - relationship tension or financial stress. An imbalance between the love you give and receive needs correcting.

July 30th: Mercury opposite Jupiter - brings big ideas and grand plans and you should feel optimistic and sociable.

July 30th: Mercury trine Neptune - stimulates your creativity, imagination, sensitivity, and spirituality.

August 1st: Mercury opposite Pluto - analytical energy, uncovering information, or a battle of wits

August 2nd: Sun square Uranus - can be unnerving as you sense change and feel impermanence. Unpredictable behavior is possible

August 3rd: Mercury opposite Saturn - general bajiggityness, maybe pessimistic thinking

August 3rd 8:59 AM: Full Moon in Aquarius - As if Aquarius didn’t pack enough unexpectedness, this full moon squares Uranus, so changes and “peculiar” events are very possible. Peculiar...what a great word. This whole year is peculiar! Mercury opposite Saturn also lends an uncomfortable energy to this moon. If the moon is full, it is opposite the sun, which is now in Leo. Your right and left brains, creative and logical sides, as well as your inner child and outer adult (um, if you have one?) will be trying to strike a balance. The best way to do that may be to just be loud, bold, uninhibited. Neither of these signs are particularly shy. Both of them are convinced of their rightness. If you were not afraid of anything, or of any backlash, or of losing anything as a result of it, what and who would you be? Imagine that individual during this lunation and give them a voice.


ARIES - You’ve been very focused lately, with eyes fixed on your professional & financial goals. This week, allow yourself to open up into deeper intimacy with both yourself and your partner. Really lean in to the feelings that both warm you and frighten you. You also may soon find that you’ve successfully manifested the beginnings of a new tribe of people that really get you. Congratulations!

TAURUS - This week you may have the “opportunity” to examine a new path for your life. Will you dare to take what feels like a riskier path that seems to lead to a bolder life? Making this choice will require you to set aside concrete information and logic and follow your gut. If you’re having trouble trusting yourself with this, lean into some creative pursuits and you’ll surprise yourself.

GEMINI - If you have been brave enough lately to dive into the dark corners of your life, and your self, and examine your shadow, you will find reward for that work very soon. It is a lot easier to be pollyanna and deny difficult truths about ourselves. Acknowledging your own darkness is pretty badass. And if you’re still in the midst of that process, remember that there is no light without darkness, so shadow without light. Nothing you find in there is “bad”. Loving all the parts of yourself is hard, but rewarding!

CANCER - If you’ve found yourself in planning mode, and thinking a lot about the future lately, you’re not alone. This week’s energy would like to remind you that in the “right now” there are magic moments waiting for you to find them. This is a very “fertile” time for you (maybe that’s literal?) so slow down a little bit and consciously create from each moment and day.

LEO - You are entering a new cycle (we all are, actually). With each new version of yourself, you become bolder. But in your “newness” you may feel really vulnerable. There’s a lot of power in that vulnerability if you can harness it. If you have recently started nurturing a new project or path, you will see it take root and grow within this year.

VIRGO - You may have recently started a journey of self, and then been thrown off your path. Maybe you were shaken by what you encountered within yourself, or it just felt too vulnerable. But you have everything you need to continue this journey. You may have to own some behaviors from your past that aren’t real pretty, but in doing so you will liberate yourself in ways you can’t yet grasp. Keep on keepin’ on. You’re safer than you realize.

LIBRA - To borrow from a cliche, things that are worthwhile are worth fighting for. The right choice is rarely the easy one. If you feel raw, vulnerable, tired, grieved, don’t judge yourself for feeling tired. You’re not too sensitive. You’re not too anything. Give yourself a moment to feel whatever is present right now, and then get up and keep fighting. What you want is worth it.

SCORPIO - The imagination of a Scorpio is a fertile field. You can dream amazing things. You can also manifest amazing things into reality. You may get bogged down in your own sense of pragmatism from time to time, but this new cycle you’re entering is asking you to embrace what seems unbelievable like a child. Your ability to manifest is being kicked into high gear. Use it consciously.

SAGITTARIUS - Can you differentiate between the voice of your ego and the voice of your intuition? If you can set aside right and wrong and feel that quiet voice that tugs at you, you are likely to unlock the door to a long term project that you’ve struggled with for awhile. It may require a slight change of direction, but if you can follow that softer energy and sense of knowing, you’ll find what you didn’t know you were looking for.

CAPRICORN - Look at your personal sense of “faith” this week and examine what it is these days. It has changed a lot over time. Identify what and how it is, and lean into it more. The new phase of life you’re entering will ask you to have more faith, and less direct control. To a Cap, that sounds terrifying. But imagine yourself as a child - who or what did you trust would take care of you? That energy still exists.

AQUARIUS - Perfectionism is the collective wound we all suffer from these days. The fight for rightness is a raging war. Where in your own life is perfection in the way of progress? Are you thinking 3 steps ahead of where you currently exist? Pull back your energy into the now and relax a little. If you’re struggling with the sting of rejection, remind yourself that failure is a stepping stone on the path of discovery. Failure is progress. Don’t give up now!

PISCES - There are a lot of voices in the world. Media and Social Media and a zillion sources of “information”. This can be distracting and cause a lot of confusion. This week challenge yourself to be quiet and still. Maybe even take a brief hiatus from some of those voices and just be with yourself. Keep a journal of your thoughts and feelings and see if something new emerges from what was previously confusing. You have all the information you need inside you.