Holly, Jolly...Turkey

On Thanksgiving, we will have 4 planets (sun, moon, Mercury and Venus) in Sagittarius AND Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius, will be stationed (appearing to have stopped) in the sky, making Jupiterian energy loud as hell. If ever there was planetary energy for eating, drinking, and being merry, Thursday is it. Jupiter likes a good feast but does not like annoying things like diets or limits. Use the energy to play games or tell stories but don't count on knowing when to stop.

Mercury and Venus are traveling together in tight aspect for the next week or so, but are hanging out pretty close together until the end of December, and it's a great time to say nice things to people, especially people you haven't spoken to in a while. With Mars retrograde in Gemini, I have heard of more than a few instances of people talking to random people from their past, and it has happened to me, as well. Revisiting old, funny stories from the past is in order. Or go through old photo albums.

The major thing of note right now remains that Mars and Neptune are still in square aspect, which is resulting in thwarted efforts, misdirected aggression, and being unable to hide past aggressions (Neptune makes things leak, especially feelings). In my experience, the sky is *always* doing something strange for too long, so take it in stride. There's never a 100% pleasant setup, and if there was we'd never have the urge to do much in life. This aspect begins to break up in December and will return briefly in March when Mars is pointed in the right direction.

For those of you who are Christmas celebrators, on that day we have 4 planets in Capricorn, including Mercury pretty close to Pluto, which can be about keeping secrets or the opposite: dropping sudden truth bombs. Capricorn energy is not exactly the life of the party, so if I had to pick one merry, jolly holiday I'd pick Thanksgiving this year. But that's just me.

🍗,J

P.S. I am considering some Zoom session offerings the last week of the year, post-Christmas. One option is going over a few tricks for finding things in charts to show how how I do what I do when someone asks me a question—that’d be a group offering open to anyone. Another is individual sessions to forecast your personal trends for 2023. There’d be fees for both, but right now I’m gaging interest, so if either sounds appealing (or if you want a spirit guide reading), drop me a line by replying to this or emailing josieastrology at gmail.