Venus conjunction exalted Jupiter in Cancer · Sun opposition Lilith in Sagittarius

Venus and Jupiter meet in Cancer, both watery, Jupiter exalted and receiving Venus generously — this is the kindest thing the sky is doing today. The conjunction is already separating, so what it offered it has mostly offered; what remains is the residue, the afternoon of a good meeting rather than the meeting itself. Procyon sits exactly on Jupiter, and I'll admit I don't quite know what to do with that here. The Little Dog is supposed to whisper about premature success, the gift that arrives before you've earned the standing to keep it. Against an exalted Jupiter receiving Venus, that warning reads thin to me. Maybe it sharpens the edge of the benefic. Maybe it doesn't apply. I'm leaving it on the table.

Mercury in Cancer squares Saturn in Aries — and Saturn in fall makes this less a stern correction than a tired one. Saturn here doesn't quite know how to say no convincingly. Mercury, meanwhile, is sitting on Sirius, which is a great deal of brightness for one small planet to carry. Expect speech that runs hot, decisions made with more conviction than the underlying Saturn-square actually supports. The friction is real but the authority behind it is borrowed.

Sun opposed Lilith, separating, with Bellatrix close by the Sun: something was said or done yesterday or the day before that the Sun is still carrying.

The Moon finishes Aries in mutual reception with Mars — Mars itself in detriment, so the reception props up a planet that needs the help — and crosses into Taurus around midday UTC. Bond mansion: gathering, assembly, the herd brought in. It suits the Venus-Jupiter mood better than anything else on the board.

Uranus square the Nodes tightens in the background. I'll say more about that when it's doing more.