Solstice Shifts & Venus-Jupiter Gifts: Weekly Astrology Forecast for December 16-22

Hope you're doing well as we move forward into 2025. This week is a mixture of inspiration, action, and also opportunities for healing your vitality, ego or sense of self. This week's astrology from a depth psychological astrology perspective: - Mars (retrograde) moves into Cancer: emotionally motivated to introvert or self-reflect, emphasis on feelings around taking action, agitation, anger, frustration, or passion! also a return to dealing with something that happened in fall 2024 and now needs your attention or action - Mars (retrograde) in Cancer trine Neptune in Pisces: going with the flow, inspired action, spiritual experiences (especially doing meditative movement), spiritual experiences in general, acting from your intuition, also possibly illusions or misreading the signals - Mercury moves into Capricorn: thinking about practical matters and logistics, settling things that have been uncertain since fall 2024, deciding how to proceed in the next month - Sun in Capricorn square Chiron in Aries: healing or wisdom (receiving advice or counsel) around your health, vitality, success, or healing experiences around how you give/receive help & support in general, also possibly healing experiences around paternal figures or roles - First Quarter Moon in Aries: actively inspired to do something about your healing process or to learn something new Wishing you a most inspiring week ahead! 🦋 LINKS I have a couple of open spaces in my Tarot Therapy Group. Join us to connect with link minded community via the tarot in a therapeutic setting for your personal growth, insight, and healing journey. Find out more about me and my work here.

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - New Moon in Capricorn: initiating fresh energy in practical matters, security, safety, and care for your household, also seeking support from those with experience who are ready, willing & motivated to help, also healing opportunities around giving/receiving care and self-sacrifice - Venus moves into Pisces: working thru your experience of ideals in relationships, beauty, enjoyment, & values, support & resources that help you feel delight, enjoyment, & ease - Mars in Leo opposite Pluto in Aquarius: renewal of healthy anger, self-confidence, & physical activity, also revealing truths via anger, agitation, or frustration, a call to transform your experience of passion, enthusiasm, & advocacy Wishing you a fabulous New Year! 🦋 Find out more about me and my work here: ⁠⁠theastropsyche.com

.Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Mercury-Jupiter-Saturn t-square: renewed insight, continuing to contemplate how you are expanding & contracting, navigating experiences of overwhelm or constriction, practical generosity, furthering your long-term vision with short term focus - Venus in Aquarius square Uranus in Taurus: creative & authentic expression, delightful surprises that may require some accommodation to integrate, shocking disclosures, alternative expressions of beauty/femininity/relationship dynamics, a desire for freedom or un-burdening from responsibilities - Venus in Aquarius sextile Chiron in Aries: healing assistance, seeking support or being a helping/healing/support for someone else, finding what is healing for you - Mars in Leo opposite Pluto (this week & next week): exposing and tending to experiences of anger, looking at how you relate to frustration, saying no, boundaries, making space for your courage Sending you best wishes this holiday season 🦋 Find out more about me and my work here: ⁠theastropsyche.com

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Sun in Sagittarius square Neptune in Pisces: softening or questioning your concept of self, opening new experiences of what it means to be you, flow states or altered states of consciousness, working with illusions, possible low energy, heightened creativity, and mystical experiences - Sun moves into Capricorn (Solstice): your conscious focus shifts to practical security and safety, looking at what is emerging and growing in your life, fostering support for new structures, maximum vs. minimum experiences, noticing where you feel off balance and want to shift or compensate - Venus in Aquarius trine Jupiter in Gemini: pleasure, enjoyment, fun, play, creativity, celebrating beautiful moments, inspired ideas or inspirational experiences via social connection - Last Quarter Moon in Libra: coming to terms with where you want to focus your energy, especially in social or relational matters Wishing you a lovely week 🦋 Find out more about me and my work here: theastropsyche.com

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Full Moon in Gemini: culmination around communications, ideas, transitions, and review. shifting your mindset, hi-lighting hopes & wishes vs. restrictions, healing possibilities (giving or receiving) - Mercury in Sagittarius stations Direct: completing the process of contemplation around what's been shifting or up for review in your life since November - Venus-Pluto in Aquarius opposite Mars in Leo: passion, enthusiasm, exposing the rejected or unseen, heightened intensity, healing via vulnerability and authenticity in emotionally safe spaces - Mercury in Sagittarius sextile Venus-Pluto in Aquarius: insight, awareness, and messages around your healing process Join me for my in-person & online workshop: Challenging Astrology: Hardship to Healing Through Depth Psychology Friday, December 13th 7pm Pacific Time Online & In-Person in San Diego $15/person Learn how to deal with challenging astrology from a depth psychological perspective; and how this trauma-informed lens opens up possibilities for healing, personal growth, insight, and deeper meaning in life. ⁠⁠Register here⁠⁠ Wishing you a week of safety, comfort, and anything else you need at the moment 🦋

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Mars stations Retrograde in Leo: exploring your relationship to physicality, assertiveness, & action, also reviving your ability to say 'no' or initiate boundaries - Sun conjunct Mercury (also Retrograde) in Sagittarius: insight, renewal, mental healing around belief systems, integration, divinations or omens - Sun-Mercury opposite Jupiter in Gemini: thinking about and new insights around hope, optimism, imagination, and your vision for the future - Sun-Mercury square Saturn in Pisces: encountering limitation and working with/thru it, working within what's available to you now, routines & devotions bring awareness - First Quarter Moon in Pisces: feedback and decisions to be made, ask what is actually happening now and see that as a baseline to move forward from here - Venus in Capricorn trine Uranus in Taurus: creativity in relationships, beauty, or healing processes, unconventionality or unexpected - Venus moves into Aquarius: relational focus on humanitarian issues, innovation, freedom, and authenticity - Venus conjunct Pluto: relational healing potential, connecting with the unseen, unconscious, or marginalized, sitting with the unknown Join me for my in-person & online workshop: Challenging Astrology: Hardship to Healing Through Depth Psychology Friday, December 13th 7pm Pacific Time Online & In-Person in San Diego $15/person Learn how to deal with challenging astrology from a depth psychological perspective; and how this trauma-informed lens opens up possibilities for healing, personal growth, insight, and deeper meaning in life. ⁠Register here⁠ Wishing you a week of safety, comfort, and anything else you need at the moment 🦋

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Mercury stations Retrograde in Sagittarius: contemplation, reflection, re-imagining - Mercury-Jupiter-Saturn t-square: serious thoughts about where you’re going in life, seeing the big picture, lots of possibility but also constraints Mercury in Sagittarius trine Chiron in Aries: opportunities around mentorship, healing, and re-orienting your thought patterns - New Moon in Sagittarius: new beginnings around your belief system, new path forward, falling away to make space for the new - Venus in Capricorn square Chiron in Aries: relationships invoke a healing, assistance or guidance in your relationships or in your experience of beauty, aesthetics, or feminine issues Join me for my in-person & online workshop: Challenging Astrology: Hardship to Healing Through Depth Psychology Friday, December 13th at 7pm Pacific Time in-person in San Diego & online via Zoom Learn how to deal with challenging astrology from a depth psychological perspective; and how this trauma-informed lens opens up possibilities for healing, personal growth, insight, and deeper meaning in life. Register here Wishing you a week of safety, comfort, and anything else you need at the moment 🦋

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Pluto moves into Aquarius: transitioning into a different phase of our ongoing collective experience of unconscious dynamics, power, marginalization, the rejected parts of self (personally & collectively), life-death-rebirth experiences, and healing capacities - Mercury in Sagittarius opposite Jupiter in Gemini (and square Saturn in Pisces): expanding and contracting ideas, considering the possibilities - Mercury in Sagittarius trine Chiron in Aries: connecting with what's healing for you, what is available to you and what do you have to offer to others? - Sun in Scorpio trine Neptune in Pisces: flow states, synchronicity, mystical awareness experiences - Sun moves into Sagittarius on Thursday 11/21: conscious focus on the philosophical, wider perspectives, and the meaning behind things, gaining wisdom via lived experience in the world - Sun in Sagittarius sextile Pluto: inklings into your unconscious patterns - Last Quarter Moon in Virgo on Friday 11/22: discernment about how you want to focus your energy going forward into next week, considering commitments, holding space for yourself and others right now while holding a vision for the future - Venus in Capricorn sextile Saturn in Pisces: simple practical support is available via relationships Find out more about me and my work at ⁠⁠theastropsyche.com⁠⁠ Wishing you a week of safety, comfort, and anything else you need at the moment 🦋

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Mercury in Sagittarius square Saturn in Pisces: analyzing limitations and capabilities, the only way out is through, meeting adversity, accepting what is so you can do something about it - Full Moon in Taurus: culmination of feelings with unexpected realizations, innovation, radical invention, seeking liberation. Join me for the Moon Circle on Friday, November 15th at 6pm Pacific Time. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Find out more ⁠here⁠. - Venus in Capricorn: tending to practical matters of relationships, healing via power, safety & connection Find out more about me and my work at ⁠theastropsyche.com⁠ Wishing you a week of safety, comfort, and anything else you need at the moment 🦋

Welcome 🦋 My name is Shawna McGrath (she/her). I'm a depth psychotherapist (AMFT) and astrologer. I'm honored to share the astrology of this week with you, from a depth psychological perspective. This week includes: - Venus in Sagittarius square Neptune in Pisces: connecting with something beyond material reality, love, art, beauty, and the divine, working with your relationship to altered states of consciousness, also states of merging and enmeshment, this aspect connects us with the unknown, the infinite, and blurs the lines between reality and imagination - Sun in Scorpio trine Saturn in Pisces: finding your center, your stability, and your empowerment from the inside out, developing reliable & healthy self-esteem, reflecting on your lived experiences and how far you've come to this point - First Quarter Moon in Aquarius: listening for feedback from psyche (internally & externally), finding a way to honor your authenticity while being a part of your social circle or collective - Mars in Leo: passion, enthusiasm for life, strengthening your natural defense system (biologically & psychologically), being an advocate for yourself and others, acting from inspiration Find out more about me and my work at theastropsyche.com Wishing you a week of safety, comfort, and ease 🦋