Our Lunations for June set a mutable tone for the month, with the New Moon in Gemini on May 26, and the Full Moon in Sagittarius June 11th. Luna makes a close conjunction to a very dignified Mercury this New Moon and receives a looser but potentially grounding sextile from Saturn. The practical Saturn is conjunct dreamy Neptune, and may aid in bringing more ephemeral fantasies to fruition. She is in the first decan of Gemini for this Lunation, carrying associations of science and skill with numbers, but also “arts in which there is no profit” according to Agrippa.
Mercury himself is headed for his Cazimi debriefing, meeting with the Sun on the 30th. Meetings with the Sun are always a bit fraught. Fifteen degrees on either side of the conjunction, a planet is singed and obscured by the Sun’s rays. At the conjunction, it is considered to be in the lap of the king, and bonified by the contact. Since this meeting occurs in Gemini, Mercury’s home sign, he is in what was known as his “Chariot,” protected from the most punishing effects of combustion. This is more of meeting of two honored sovereigns than an unwelcome visit by the king when one is wandering far from home.
Venus enters Taurus on the 6th. She is coming home after a tiring journey (and battle) in Aries. The parts of individual charts touched by her presence will be wanting comfort, good food, and maybe a low-key sort of party. Nothing over the top, just a nice gathering with wine, music, and friends. She will be good for elections for most of June and the beginning of July.
Two planets enter Cancer, over the course of two days. On the 8th, Mercury leaves the airy environs of his home sign for the emotional waters where he is mostly adrift, peregrine for all but Cancer’s middle degrees. As he slows down and enters his retrograde shadow at the end of the month, this could be a period of confusing or emotionally distorted communications.
The next day, June 9th, Jupiter experiences quite a different reversal of fortunes. From one of his least favorite signs, Gemini, he enters the sign of his exaltation when he makes ingress into Cancer. He will be taking over his summer home for a year, and will be particularly useful in choosing auspicious times for inceptions and magic, though only for the first half of the month. On the 15th, he will receive a square from Saturn, and be out of commission until this dour contact passes.
The Full Moon on the 11th occurs in the 3rd decan of Sagittarius. It seems the intelligence suggested by the New Moon has been used to malign ends. This decan carries associations with murder and, in the Picatrix, “evil desires, adverse and evil effects, and fickleness in these and evil wishes, hatred, and dispersion, and evil conduct.” A culmination, for the worst, involving technology, is suggested. A fiery trine with Mars in Leo points to some act of violence.
A few days later, on June 15th, Mars will cast his iron gaze at Uranus in Gemini, in a tense square that promises conflict and disruption. This is complimented by Jupiter’s own affliction from Saturn. Though the two configurations don’t interact much with each other, the overall tone of the end of the month indicates seemingly intractable conflict. Exalted Jupiter may be a mitigating factor, as well as the loose but still relevant applying sextile from Venus in her domicile.
This tension may lessen when Mars enters Virgo on the 17th. With the most agitating malefic out of the way, matters could go from boiling to simmering.
Jupiter will still be dealing with buzzkill Saturn when Neptune in Aries complicates things with darkening dreams on the 18th. The planet of fantasy and delusion will move closer to Saturn, and into a square with Jupiter, just when the latter was getting used to a little disappointment. Wild speculation and the exacerbation of an already erratic market are strong possibilities.
The Sun enters Cancer on the 20th, inaugurating summer. He will proceed to burn Jupiter for a bit, culminating in a Cazimi on the 24th. After a time in the purifying flames, Jupiter will feel the pressure lessen a bit.