Mars approaching Uranus in Gemini · Venus trine Lilith in Sagittarius

Mars sits on Uranus at the beginning of Gemini, applying by under two degrees, and this is the thing to watch today. It's the sort of aspect that produces sudden movement, cut fingers, quick decisions one didn't quite plan on making. That Mars is also moving fast, and has just squared the nodes, gives the impression of a body dislodged from its intended path — off-axis, moving forward anyway. The saving grace, and it is a real one, is that the same Mars throws a sextile back to Jupiter (who is fast, at the head of Leo, and receiving the Sun by mixed reception) and forward to Neptune. So the impulsive move has somewhere to land. Softened on both sides.

Venus at 20° Leo trines Lilith closely — a brief, day-shaped aspect, more flavour than event, but it favours the kind of pleasure or attraction that doesn't want approval.

Mercury is the other story. Stationary at 26° Cancer, exactly on Procyon. Procyon is a star I don't love — it gives you the thing before you've earned it, and the loss follows. With Mercury turning direct on top of it, I'd be careful of any communication or agreement finalised today that felt suspiciously easy this past week. Reread the correspondence. The station itself is the point; the star just sharpens the edge.

The Moon in her detriment in Capricorn, in the Ox mansion, spent the morning opposing the stationary Mercury almost to the minute — a Full Moon's residue still in the air. She crosses into Aquarius this evening.

Background: Uranus trine Pluto, Neptune sextile Pluto, the whole slow lattice tightening. Real, but not today's news. Today's news is Mars, Uranus, and a Mercury station sitting on a star that promises more than it keeps.