Skittles and hammers

This week, once again, two things happen at the same time that don't go together: Mercury conjuncts Saturn (in Aquarius) and Venus conjuncts Jupiter (in Aries). Mercury + Saturn is serious thinking and harsh conversations. Simply put, it's real talk. But Venus + Jupiter is the opposite of that. It's a really sweet combination, but a lot of the time it's TOO sweet, like you're trying to eat Skittles and M&Ms and marshmallows and toffee all at the same time, and washing that down with a Shirley Temple. This is tempered a bit by the fact that the combination is in Aries...but not by much. Sweetness and harsh conversation. They're not actually in aspect to each other, so I assume that they'll make themselves known separately this week, because I can't imagine someone someone would tell you they don't really like you and then kiss you on the mouth, but I guess it's not out of the question? This one has me scratching my head. Beware overindulgence because you'll realize the consequences REAL quick.

In mid-March (around March 17), Mars squares Neptune for the last time (there were 3 hits with this one because of the retrograde). This time it won't last an entire month (November 2022 was weird), but this time the sun and Mercury are involved with Neptune. This is seriously misguided thought and action.

Some ways this could play out:

• You take action you think is helping someone only to find out you made it worse.

• You get yelled at for something you either didn't do or didn't mean to do. (Or you incorrectly blame someone else.)

• You get really angry but you can't do much about it.

• You write the next great science fiction novel in two days--not misguided action here. Generally, you could be really creative during this time as long as you're not being too realistic.

• You have insane dreams.

Also Saturn goes into Pisces on March 8, but we already discussed that.