BitchStrology for the week of July 31- August 6th - Full Moon & Lion's Gate Healing Opportunities!

Astrological Summary of the Week Ahead

Ok Band of Bitches…hey, maybe I should collectively refer to y’all as BOB. Oh wait, that’s a slang term for a vibrator. Nevermind. CUT! ahem...

Hey Bitches! We have a great week ahead! We have 2 Full Moons in August, bookending the month. The first of them is this Tuesday, in Aquarius, and will illuminate our healing process. We are also in the Lion’s Gate portal right now. And Mercury will enter his shadow phase this week. WTF does all of that mean? Well I’m glad you asked!

Monday the moon conjuncts Pluto which can lead to some intense emotions. That aspect is still active on Tuesday, influencing the Full Moon. That seems apropos, because Tuesday we start out with Mercury quincunx the Moon. This is an indicator that emotions will rule, not logic. But that intense emotional energy breaks up and a few hours later we have the Full Moon in Aquarius at 11:32AM Pacific / 2:32PM Eastern. This is the Moon in Aquarius, directly opposite the Sun in Leo. Aquarius is eccentric, cerebral and detached, and Leo is expressive, flamboyant and passionate. Full Moons are for releasing energy, situations, people and most importantly, emotions, that are not doing us any good. This is old energy that needs to be scrubbed off. This moon in particular is a great one for an overall detox of anything that doesn’t align with you any more. Aquarius is intellectual energy (which also helps offset the emotionality of the full moon), so what are the thoughts and beliefs that you could let go of? What shitty self talk do you catch yourself engaging in that you should stop? Aquarius and Uranus (which rules Aquarius) are future oriented energies. What are your beliefs about your personal future? Are you dreaming big enough? Are you thinking broadly enough? What thought processes are holding you back? I highly recommend journaling these ideas out, and then write down their antidote - an affirmation that expresses the opposite. This full moon is also conjunct Chariklo. I have talked about her before, but in short, she is Chiron’s wife. Chiron is the “wounded healer” that shows us where our innate, lifetime wound is. It is from that pain and healing that we derive our greatest strength. Chariklo is also a healer, but is more of a Medicine Woman. She guides us to the healing and is a great source of compassion, particularly for self. Chariklo is in a loose sextile with Chiron right now, and they will continue to be within orb of each other in this aspect for years. Sextiles provide “opportunity” for something…this sextile provides us an opportunity to heal, to find healing both within the self and outside of self, and to heal our identity in some way as well. Here are the other aspects Chiron and Chariklo have this week (which I probably wouldn’t mention but for their interaction with Venus, and the Lion’s Gate): Chiron in loose trine with Lion’s Gate, Chariklo opposite Venus Retrograde, Chariklo conjunct (almost full) moon. Having this Full Moon conjunct Chariklo is another indicator that we are releasing, detoxing and healing. Into Wednesday, the Moon is also opposite Venus retrograde…yet ANOTHER indicator for self care! Make sure you value yourself and that your damn self knows she/he is WORTHY! Thursday the Sun lines up opposite of Chariklo, so our compassion could meet with some frustration or literal opposition. That same day, Pluto squares the Lunar Nodes again (read last week’s blog), indicating that our goals are out of alignment with who we are in some way. And then Mercury enters his shadow in Virgo. Mercury will retrograde in Virgo from 8/23-9/15, and the shadow period can offer clues as to what kind of fuckery Mercury will get up to. (I will definitely cover this in the near future.)  I have to give you a heads up about the Lion’s Gate Portal. It is exact on Tuesday August 8th, but the energy is active and open now. The Lion’s Gate is the period of time where Sirius, said to be our Spiritual Sun, separates from the Sun enough to come into view. Sirius is the brightest star in our sky. Ancient cultures worshipped Sirius. His return to the morning sky was the mark of a new year and the beginning of the farming season. This is a powerful energy that can offer healing, heightened vibrations, and energy that helps us with our evolution. This is also a fantastic time to manifest! Most of the time, the time around a Full Moon is best utilized for releasing and recognizing the fruition of previous hopes, dreams, goals and intentions. But the 8/8 portal is one of my favorite times of the spiritual year. The number 8 is a number of abundance, eternity, and material wealth. Scorpio, a water sign (water signs are emotional) is the 8th sign and rules the 8th house. It is the middle of the 3 water signs, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, and is the bridge between the emotional (Cancer) and the Spiritual (Pisces). The 8th house lies on the “money axis”, but also rules power, transformation, passion, intimacy, and sexual energy. The best way to experience this is to find and lean into your Leo energy. Venus is retrograde there right now as well, reminding us for the umpteenth time that we are worthy of our biggest and boldest dreams for ourselves! Gratitude is another beautiful practice for this coming week. Think beyond the usual, and go deep. So this week’s BitchScopes I will highlight where the full moon hits your chart, how to lean into your Leo energy and utilize the Lion’s Gate, and what area of your life you might want to focus your healing intentions on. This is a doozy of a week, but in the best way. There is huge emotional healing potential here. The area of your life that needs healing is probably the area that is from imagining, and thereby reaching, your greatest dreams! (I have a question for you guys - when I write, I include the houses and planets responsible for the energy that I’m discussing. Is that confusing? Too much info? Or do you like it? Because I could certainly write these without all that, but for some reason I assumed that everyone is like me and wants to know the “how” and “why” of the “what”. Please let me know - kelly@thebitchwhisperer.me. Thx! )

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BitchStrology for the last week of July (?!) - Pluto Square the Lunar Nodes

Hey Bitches! If my ability to write scopes is any indication of the coming week’s energy, it might be challenging to get anything done. Maybe it’s an empath thing, maybe it’s Maybelline…err, I mean, just me.

This week is colored in large part by Pluto’s repeated square to the Lunar nodes, Mercury’s interaction with the goddesses, and Venus, in general. So let’s see what I can uncover, with great force and focus and grit and determination….hahaha

Monday Venus trines the North Node, which is a fantastic way to start the week. Sidenote: I got some minor shade recently for not starting my horoscope week on a Sunday. Really? Monday is such an American way. What are your thoughts?

Anyway, Venus…North Node…this transit attracts overall goodness into our path. Hal-le-fuckin’-lu-jah!

Tuesday Pluto squares off with the lunar nodes. Pluto has done this at least one other time this month, which I may not have focused on, and will continue to into September. So let’s discuss what Pluto is…

Personally Pluto is a power planet and leads us into our personal evolution via transformations. I tried to leave out the word “destruction” but it applies. Mini and constant destructions are part of life, nature, death…it’s a fact, and Pluto is in charge of that shit. Collectively Pluto is a planet of transformation at any cost, burn down the plutocracy, the patriarchy, the whole fucking thing. Rotten branch? Destroy the whole tree! You get the idea. Scorched Earth.

But Pluto’s interaction with the nodes is not that awful or dramatic, so put away your vodka. Or don’t. Bitch, you do you. Anyway, these transits can expose parts of our proposed journey/goals/plans that no longer align with who we are. Why don’t they align? Because we are constantly changing. Tiny parts of ourselves are constantly dying and being transformed into something else. That nasty breakup didn’t leave you the same way it found you. That job changed you. Parts of your ego have died. Parts of your trauma have died. Parts of your hope have died. You get the idea. This is all okay! Hell, your skin cells are dying and turning over constantly so that you can have fresh skin. It’s not gross or morbid…it’s the process of living and dying at the same time.

So think of Pluto as the god of exfoliation. We must scrub off the old stuff to get to the new stuff. If you’ve hung on to something too long, there might be like…gangrene and stuff. And then the transformation is more dramatic. So our constantly evolving souls require maintenance and recalibration. Pluto does that. And because he is very active and retrograde right now, it is scrubbing season. Like cuffing season, only…not at all like that. Hahaha

We also get the pleasure of watching politicians, billionaires and other “elites” fall from grace. Yaay. Errr, I mean…awwww.

Friday the sun forms a quincunx with Saturn, which is what you want to do vs what you have to do …desire vs. duty. That same day Mercury enters Virgo, which imparts reason, precision, and attention to detail to our thinking. It also makes us wittier*, smarter, and generally awesome (ask any Gemini), as Mercury is “exalted” in Virgo.

*I actually stopped writing here to Google “wittier or more witty” because I am a Gemini rising. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk!

Saturday Uranus squares up with Lilith, and this aspect is just straight up rebellion & feminist uprising and I can’t fucking wait! What are you wearing to the Red Robe Rebellion** ?

** reference to Hand Maid’s Tale.

So I’m glad we’re at the Lilith point of the discussion. Let’s discuss goddess activities!

Mercury has conversations with Venus, Eris and Lilith this week. Coincidence? I think not! Mercury will help us to give a  voice to the parts of ourselves (and our society) that we have rejected. Eris is pretty pissy and vengeful, as a rule, but Lilith is a bit more righteous anger. Mercury and Venus is the most civilized of these aspects, focusing on receiving love, feeling appreciated and valued, and encouraging interpersonal interactions, which we need a whole lot more of in this town…er, society…errr…planet? In fact, I would challenge content creators to NOT look at your metrics or analytics, don’t look at the performance of your reel or your post, don’t look at any comments on your posts. Just put out what makes you feel good about what you’re doing (that is where value springs from) that’s it! And I would suggest that all of us try to have face to face interactions where you can, even if it is just at the coffee place. I think these things are what the world needs a lot more of right now! And that’s coming from a curmudgeony Aquarius 8th house troll under the bridge goddess Kali type person!

So, seriously…what are we bringing to the Red Robe meeting? ;) Potluck? Put me down for Vodka and Primordial Rage Salad.

Look at me, finishing the Bitchstrology summary *wipes blood, sweat, and tears off the keyboard* We can do hard things!

This week’s scopes look at the Pluto square to the lunar nodes, and how you can ground yourself using the signs.



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Bitchstrology for the week of July 17th

This week starts with a bang and ends with a retrograde! Let’s get into this…

So as I mentioned and focused on last week, Monday there’s a New Moon in Cancer AND then the nodes of the moon shift from Taurus/Scorpio to Aries/Libra. This shift touches everyone and everything and will color the mood board of humanity for the next couple years. It’s a beautiful gift of synchronicity that we have a New Moon (side note: Last week I intentionally did not capitalize “new moon”. This week I am. WTF. Is it a proper noun? I don’t know!! *pause for Googling*. Yes, proper noun. Apologies to the moon for not capitalizing it last week. Moving on…) um…where was I? Oh, I love that we get a New Moon right as this nodal shift happens. We get so many opportunities for resets every year, every week, and truly, every day. I personally suck at the every day kind. But I LOVE a NEW MOOOOON (all the caps!).

Read last week's scopes to get the whole story on how the new moon affects you.

So we start the week all fresh and new and full of hope and change! Then Tuesday and Wednesday…NO PANTS! No major transits. Just continue to soak up the now waxing moon and visualize your intentions becoming real. Oummmmm.

Ok now put your pants back on, Bitch because some shit’s happening Thursday through Saturday!

Thursday Mars opposes Saturn. This is the classic “driving with one foot on the brake, and one foot on the gas” analogy. Mars wants to GO, Saturn says NO. Mars is impulsive, Saturn is disciplined. We could feel frustrated with something.

Then Friday, the Sun opposes Pluto…at 29°! Oof. This is a crisis of authority. (Watch the news that day!) There could be a situation that makes you feel powerless. There could be a power struggle. You might have to confront (key word here) something within yourself. There is an intensity to this transit that cannot be denied. Wake up, set careful intentions for your day, realizing you may have to be light on your feet, mindful of your feelings, and careful with your words. Visualize yourself having a beautiful day where all the right things are drawn to you. Stand in your authority with calm confidence. Be aware of power and control in all your interactions. Other than that, don’t sweat it. Hahaha. No, it’ll be fine!

Saturday, the Sun enters Leo! Rawr! We are bold and fearless and expressive and creative and playful and sexy and dramatic and affectionate! Woohoo!!

And then…Venus stations Retrograde. And this, Bitches, is what this week’s BitchScopes will focus on for each sign.

Venus retrograde only happens every 18 months. The last time Venus was retrograde was December 2021 to January 2022 in Capricorn. It’s helpful to look back at that time and see what was going on in your life. It takes the freak out level down a little when you can have a concrete example. I sometimes struggle to remember WTF happened last week, let alone 2 years ago. So I look in my old calendars and planners, I read old emails and messages, and I look at my social media posts for that period to remind me what was happening for me.

Basically, where Venus retrogrades in your natal chart, you will see these themes come up: Value, harmony, money, security, beauty, love, & romance. You might be facing old romantic stories - real or the stories you tell yourself. You can reassess the value of your relationships. You might find yourself thinking about your own value, and valueS, and rethinking what and who you place value on etc. etc. Maybe you need to examine how you get paid or how you pay yourself. You will be given opportunities to notice where there are imbalances in your life, particularly in relationships. Where is there injustice that you can affect change? Old legal issues AND old lovers can show up during this time. If your relationship is wonky, the retrograde might shake it up even more, or you might just be ready to end it. There is a chance that if you break up during a retrograde, it won’t quite “stick”. I did that once and it definitely stuck, but just be aware that relationships you start and end in a Venus retrograde may not have "staying power" *snort*.

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