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Cosmic Connection - May 2026

5/1/2026

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1st May – Full Flower Moon in Scorpio
The Full Flower Moon in Scorpio brings intense emotional clarity, shining a light on what has been hidden beneath the surface. This is a powerful moment for release, transformation, and letting go of old patterns, especially those tied to control, trust, or deep emotional bonds. This energy asks for honesty and courage, encouraging us to confront truths and embrace change so that we can move forward renewed.

3rd May – Mercury in Taurus
Communication slows down and becomes more intentional and grounded. This is a time for practical thinking, careful planning, and speaking with purpose rather than impulse. Ideas are more likely to stick, making it a great period for long-term decisions, financial discussions, and building something stable through steady, thoughtful effort.

6th May – Pluto Retrograde to October 15th
The energy of transformation shifts inward rather than pushing towards outward change. Instead of dramatic external events, this period tends to highlight internal reckonings, for instance, power dynamics, and subconscious patterns resurface for deeper examination. It is less about taking bold action and more about understanding why certain structures in our lives or within society hold the power they do. Retrograde Pluto invites us to reassess control, release hidden attachments, and confront truths that may have been avoided. While it can feel intense, this phase is ultimately about refining a sense of empowerment from the inside out, so that when Pluto moves direct again, any changes made are rooted in clarity, and lasting transformation.

16th May – New Moon in Taurus
A fresh start! One that is rooted in stability, comfort, and self-worth. It is an ideal time to set intentions around finances, security, and personal values, focusing on what truly brings a personal sense of peace and fulfillment. This influence encourages patience and consistency, reminding us that lasting growth comes from keeping things simple and slow, steady progress.

17th May – Mercury in Gemini
Mercury is right at home here, bringing a surge of mental energy, curiosity, and communication. This transit encourages learning, networking, and sharing ideas, making conversations lively, even frivolous but fast-paced. Good for brainstorming, writing, and exploring new perspectives, although for some this influence can scatter thoughts or bring information overload.

18th May – Mars in Taurus
Motivation shifts a notch down now into a steady, determined rhythm. Rather than acting impulsively, this energy supports persistence, endurance, and a slow but unstoppable drive toward goals. A powerful time for building something tangible, though it may also bring some stubbornness to the fore, watch out for people digging their heels in!  Progress happens best when focused on staying patient and committed.

19th May – Venus in Cancer
Relationships take on a softer, more nurturing tone. Emotional connection, security, and comfort now become priorities as well as nourishing and caring for others. There is a stronger desire to create a real sense of home, a safe space or belonging. This transit encourages forging deeper bonds, and a stronger feeling of wanting to ‘protect’ others.

21st May – Sun enters Gemini
Gemini season brings a lighter, flirtier social and mentally active phase. Curiosity grows, conversations flow, and there is a desire to explore new ideas, interests, places, and connections. A time of adaptability and movement, taking more risks but also perfect for learning, socialising, and embracing variety in everyday life.
 
31st May – Full Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius
The second full Moon of May, Sagittarius brings a sense of expansion, truth, and perspective. It highlights the bigger picture, encouraging us to reflect on our beliefs, goals, ambitions and personal growth. This is a moment of illumination and release, particularly around limiting mindsets or belief, inspiring freedom, adventure, and a deeper understanding of the path of life.



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Cosmic Connection - April 2026

4/1/2026

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2nd April – Full Pink Moon in Libra
The Full Pink Moon in Libra brings the desire for balance, harmony, and equilibrium in our lives. Relationship awareness is heighted in romantic, professional and personal partnerships. Any issues surrounding injustices may reach a culmination, as this full moon seeks fairness; you could feel driven to act and no longer sit on the fence. This is a powerful moment for resolving conflicts, releasing unhealthy dynamics, and reassessing where compromise is needed versus where boundaries must be strengthened. The Libra influence encourages diplomacy, beauty with language, and emotional clarity, helping you realign with peace both internally and in your connections with others.

9th April – Mars enters Aries
This marks a surge of raw motivation, courage, and decisive action. Mars is at home here and this transit amplifies confidence, ambition, and the desire to move forward quickly. Energy levels tend to rise, making this an excellent period for starting projects, pursuing goals, or asserting independence. However, impulsiveness and impatience can also increase, so channeling this fiery drive constructively is key. A time for bold moves and self-leadership, trusting your instincts while remaining mindful of others’ perspectives.

15th April – Mercury enters Aries
Communication becomes faster, more direct, and highly spontaneous and impulsive. Thoughts sharpen and decisions happen quickly, often driven by instinct rather than prolonged analysis. Conversations may feel more honest but also more blunt. This transit supports fresh ideas, entrepreneurial thinking, and confident self-expression. It is also an excellent time for pitching ideas, initiating conversations you have been avoiding, or speaking your truth, provided you pause long enough to consider timing and tone.

17th April – New Moon in Aries
Aries signals a powerful energetic reset centered on identity, courage, and new beginnings. New Moons symbolise planting seeds, and Aries energy encourages taking initiative without waiting for external validation. This is an ideal time to set intentions related to personal growth, independence, and leadership. You may feel a renewed sense of motivation or clarity about what you need right now. The energy supports stepping out of old patterns and embracing a fresh chapter fueled by confidence and reality.

20th April – Sun enters Taurus
Taurus reminds us to take our time and embrace a slower pace, to stabilise what we have started. Taurus energy emphasises grounding, security, comfort, and tangible progress. Attention shifts toward building lasting results, financial stability, physical wellbeing, and emotional consistency. This period encourages patience and persistence, reminding you that steady effort creates sustainable success. Sensory pleasures, nature, and self-care become especially restorative, making it a great time to nurture both material and emotional areas.

24th April – Venus enters Gemini
This brings a lighter, more playful tone to relationships and social life. Communication becomes central to attraction, and intellectual connection may feel just as important as emotional or physical chemistry. Curiosity, flirting, and variety are highlighted, encouraging exploration and openness in love and friendships. Social opportunities increase, and creativity thrives through writing, conversation, and learning. The challenge of this transit lies in maintaining depth while enjoying variety; balancing curiosity with genuine emotional presence.

25th April – Uranus enters Gemini
A beginning of a longer-term shift in how ideas, communication, learning, and technology evolve. Uranus represents innovation and disruption, and in Gemini, it revolutionises thinking patterns, information exchange, and social interaction. Expect sudden insights, unconventional perspectives, and rapid changes in communication trends. On a personal level, this influence encourages mental flexibility and breaking free from outdated beliefs. It can feel exciting yet unpredictable, pushing you to stay adaptable and open to new ways of understanding the world and connecting with others.

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Cosmic Connection - March 2026

3/1/2026

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2nd March – Mars enters Pisces
The energy shifts from intellectually charging ahead to lets ‘feel it out and see’, the drive of Mars softens into something more intuitive and emotionally guided. Motivation becomes less about conquest and more about compassion, creativity, and spiritual alignment. This transit can inspire acts of kindness, artistic passion, and fighting for meaningful causes rather than personal gain. However, energy may feel diffused at times, so it’s important to stay grounded and avoid escapism. Channeling efforts into healing, imagination, and being of service will make the best of this influence.

3rd March – Full Blood Moon in Virgo – Total Lunar Eclipse

A Full Blood Moon in Virgo, amplified by a total lunar eclipse, brings powerful endings and revelations around routines, health, work, and organisation. Virgo’s practical nature urges us to refine, declutter, and analyse what is truly working in our daily lives. Eclipses intensify emotions and experiences, lluminating hidden imbalances, especially between perfectionism and surrender. This is a pivotal moment for releasing unhealthy habits and stepping into greater alignment with purpose through small, meaningful improvements.

6th March – Venus enters Aries
Love and relationships move into bold, passionate territory. Affections are likely to be expressed directly and impulsively, and there is a stronger desire for excitement and independence. Watch out for courageous romantic moves, fresh starts, and reigniting sparks. Financial decisions may also be made quickly, so balancing spontaneity with wisdom is key. Overall, the heart becomes braver, craving genuineness and the thrill of pursuit.

10th March – Jupiter turns Direct

As Jupiter turns direct in Cancer, emotional growth and personal security come back into forward motion. Jupiter expands whatever it touches, and in Cancer, that expansion centers on home, family, intuition, and emotional foundations. Themes around belonging, nurturing, and creating a safe, supportive environment may begin progressing after a period of reflection. Plans connected to property, family matters, or personal healing can gain clarity and momentum. True abundance flows from feeling emotionally secure and connected.

18th March - New Moon in Pisces
A gentle, introspective couple of days focused on intuition, healing, and new spiritual intentions. Pisces energy dissolves boundaries, encouraging forgiveness and deeper connection with dreams and subconscious desires. Rather than pushing forward forcefully, this lunation invites surrender, trust, and planting seeds that will grow through faith and imagination.

20th March – Sun enters Aries – Spring Equinox
This marks the astrological New Year and a surge of fresh, initiating warrior energy. Aries season brings courage, motivation, and a desire to take decisive action. After the reflective Pisces period, this shift is like a spark of fire returning, a new beginning of bold, assertive action. It is an ideal time to start new projects, assert personal goals, and embrace leadership opportunities with confidence and enthusiasm.

28th March – Saturn sextile Pluto

This transit is a supportive yet powerful aspect that strengthens discipline, resilience, and long-term transformation. This alignment blends Saturn’s structure and responsibility with Pluto’s depth and regenerative force, helping us rebuild stronger foundations where change is needed. Planning, serious commitments, and tackling challenges can be easily met with quiet determination. Under this influence, lasting progress is possible through patience, maturity, and focused effort.

30th March – Venus enters Taurus
Love, beauty, and values shift into a slower, more sensual rhythm. Venus is traditionally at home in Taurus, signifying stability, loyalty, physical affection, and a deep appreciation for comfort and pleasure. Relationships may steer towards more consistency less drama, with a focus on building something tangible and lasting. This is a time when we may crave quality over quantity, whether in romance, finances, art, or self-care. Good food, nature, touch, and material security are key themes. Financially, this transit can heighten awareness of worth and long-term investments, encourage practical and indulgent choices, a chance to slow down, savour what we love, and cultivate connections that feel safe and steady.



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Cosmic Connection - February 2026

2/1/2026

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1st February – Full Moon in Leo
This full moon illuminates the heart, the place where will, courage, and creative fire converge. What has been quietly gestating now seeks expression, not for approval, but for truth. Leo asks if you are living from inner authority and are you ready to shine, or do you still wish to hide your brightness? Under this Moon,  there may be more of a desire to protect, share, give and play and to have some fun with loved ones.

3rd February - Uranus Turns Direct
Uranus turning direct means that any inner disruption begins to move outward again. Insights that arrived suddenly, or unrest that had no clear outlet, now seek embodiment and change. This turning marks a release of stalled awakenings; innovations, ruptures, and liberations that could not yet move are re-entering the playing field. What felt unstable may now reveal itself as a necessary reorientation.

6th February - Mercury Enters Pisces
The mind may feel like it has loosened its grip on certainty and opens up to symbols, imagination and flow. Communication becomes more intuitive, poetic and porous, great for story telling. This is a time to listen beneath the words, to tone, gesture, silence, and the subtle currents shaping thought itself. Logic does not totally disappear here; but it dissolves into wisdom, learning to move with the tides rather than against them. Be wary of misunderstandings at this time.

10th February - Venus Enters Pisces
Venus in Pisces softens our interactions with others, inviting love to flow without measure or defense. Compassion deepens, longing becomes sacred, with the focus on devotion, forgiveness and the remembrance that love is not something we possess but something we participate in. What you cherish now reflects what you are ready to merge with. It may feel easy to forget that boundaries matter right now; so, make sure you are not taken advantage of.

February 13th - Saturn Enters Aries
Saturn’s entrance into Aries signals the forging of will through discipline. Here, raw impulse meets responsibility, and courage is tempered by consequence. A time of learning how to act without haste, to initiate without domination, and to bear the weight of one’s choices with integrity. A new cycle of mature leadership begins, not through force, but through self-mastery.

February 17th - New Moon Annular Solar Eclipse in Aquarius
Opens a threshold in the collective mind. Good moment to set your intentions towards your visions, goals and innovation, the date aligns with the Year of the Fire Horse, maximising the power behind the intention. Eclipses conceal in order to reveal; what is taken from view now makes space for new patterns of belonging, innovation, and shared purpose. Seeds planted here grow quietly, reshaping networks, ideals, and the way freedom itself is understood.

February 18th - Sun Enters Pisces
The solar force turns inward, illuminating the unseen realms of feeling, memory, and spirit. Being the final sign of the zodiac, where experience is gathered, dissolved, and integrated, intuition and imagination lead.  A great time to heal old wounds and prepare for the active months ahead. Some may feel an increased need for rest, reflection and a desire to begin artistic pursuits.

February 20th - Saturn Conjunct Neptune 0 degrees in Aries
This rare conjunction (last time occurred around 7,000 BC)  marks a profound alchemical moment; the meeting of form and dissolution, discipline versus dreams. Illusions are tested, but so are ideals, what cannot be lived may fall away, and what is true will manifest. It is like having one foot on the known and the other already stepping into the unknown.  This can mark new beginnings and creative possibilities; a fundamental shift in how reality is structured and experienced.

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Cosmic Connection - January 2026 by Cathy Stronach

1/1/2026

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1st January – Mercury enters Capricorn
The mental atmosphere becomes focused, practical, and results-oriented now. Conversations shift toward responsibility, planning, and long-term goals rather than speculation. This is an excellent time to make decisions rooted in realism, structure ideas into workable plans, and approach communication with objectivity and authority. Words carry weight now, and clarity comes from self-discipline, logic, and patience rather than speed.

3rd January – Full Moon in Cancer
This full moon illuminates emotional truths, around home, protection, family, and inner security, with a need for comfort, nurturing and nourishment. What has long lain hidden within the heart now seeks release and healing. It is a moment to nurture, rest, and reconnect with your roots. Personal foundations may come to the fore for review along with memories from the past. With the Moon in its home sign, feelings are strong but honest making this a powerful moment to honour emotional needs, while balancing external responsibilities.

17th January – Venus enters Aquarius
Relationships, values, and aesthetics take a more objective view. There is a desire for space, authenticity, and connection based on shared ideals rather than obligation. This transit is great for  friendships, collaborative creativity, and love that allows individuality and uniqueness to thrive. Social dynamics may feel lighter, more experimental, and less emotionally possessive.

18th January – New Moon in Capricorn
This is a potent reset for goals, ambition, and long-term commitments.  A grounded, intentional lunar influence that supports setting realistic intentions around career, structure, and personal responsibility. Rather than quick wins, the focus is on building something lasting through steady effort. Small, disciplined actions taken now can have meaningful long-term impact.

19th January – Sun enters Aquarius
As the Sun shifts into Aquarius, collective themes come to the forefront. The energy moves towards innovation, individuality, and future-focused thinking. This season encourages questioning the status quo, embracing originality; aligning personal identity with broader social values. It is a good time to think beyond personal ambition and consider how ideas and actions, can also benefit humanity.

​20th January – Mercury enters Aquarius
Mercury in Aquarius brings rapid insights, inventive thinking, and unconventional communication. Ideas flow quickly, often breaking away from traditional logic in favour of experimentation and abstraction. Brainstorming, problem-solving, technology, and progressive conversations are highlighted. While emotions may take a back seat, mental clarity can emerge through objectivity and fresh perspectives.

23rd January – Mars enters Aquarius
Energy is now directed less toward personal conquest and more toward causes, communities, and systemic change. Actions may feel sudden, unpredictable, or ideologically driven. This transit supports activism, collaborative projects, and bold experimentation, but may challenge patience with rigid rules or authority.

26th January – Neptune enters Aries
This marks the beginning of a new spiritual and imaginative cycle around identity, courage, and action. This transit blurs the line between instinct and intuition, encouraging people to act on ideals, dreams, and visions, sometimes before fully knowing the outcome. It can inspire heroic creativity and spiritual bravery, but also requires discernment to avoid confusion, burnout, or misplaced faith. This is the start of redefining what it means to act with purpose.




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The knowing in the Fall

12/6/2025

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Enduring Wisdom for a Changing World

12/1/2025

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Cosmic Connection - December 2025 by Cathy Stronach

11/30/2025

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Cathy Stronach, Cosmic Connection
4th December – Full Moon in Gemini
The Full Moon in Gemini brings a burst of mental clarity, curiosity, and communicative energy. It is a moment when ideas feel electric and conversations flow more freely, encouraging you to speak your truth and explore multiple perspectives. This lunar phase often highlights the balance between logic and intuition, inviting you to process emotions through words and connection. An excellent time for brainstorming, journaling and letting go of outdated stories so you can embrace new ways of thinking.

December 10th – Neptune turns Direct
As Neptune turns direct, the fog begins to lift, bringing a subtle clarity to dreams, intuition, and inner truths that may have felt blurred or tangled during its retrograde. This shift helps reconnection with your spiritual compass, creative inspiration, and deeper emotional currents. Illusions gently dissolve, revealing what is real beneath the wishful thinking or confusion. It is a moment that encourages compassionate awareness, renewed imagination, and a more fluid, trusting connection to your inner world and the unseen threads guiding your path.

December 11th – Mercury enters Sagittarius till January 1st 2026
Communication becomes bold, optimistic, and far-reaching. This transit inspires big ideas, philosophical conversations, and a desire to explore truth in a broader, more expansive way. It encourages speaking from the heart, thinking outside the box, and embracing curiosity about different cultures, beliefs, and possibilities. While details may feel less important than the big picture, this energy brings enthusiasm and vision, making it an excellent time for learning, teaching, storytelling, and letting your mind roam freely toward new horizons.

15th December – Mars enters Capricorn till January 23rd
A powerful productive transit that channels ambition, discipline, and strategic action. Here, Mars’ fiery drive blends with Capricorn’s steady determination, helping build momentum and take concrete steps toward long-term goals. This energy aids hard work, resilience, and practical planning. Although progress may be slow and steady, it is solid and sustainable. During this time, you may feel more focused, motivated, and willing to take responsibility for your path, making it an ideal moment to commit deeply, level up, and turn effort into achievement.

19th December – New Moon in Sagittarius
A gateway is opened for fresh adventures, bold intentions, and expansive vision. This lunar reset allows you to dream bigger, take risks, and trust the pull of your own optimism. It is a time to set intentions around freedom, learning, travel, and spiritual growth, letting curiosity lead you toward wider horizons. It is a moment to release self-doubt, embrace possibility, and step into the next chapter with courage and an open heart.

21st December – Sun enters Capricorn – Winter Solstice
The solar energy shifts toward structure, focus, and steady progress. This is a season of grounding your ambitions, setting practical goals, and taking responsibility for the path ahead. Capricorn’s earthy discipline helps you commit to long-term plans and build something meaningful with patience and integrity. As the year turns, this transit encourages reflection, maturity, and purposeful action, asking you to clarify what truly matters, strengthen your foundations, and move forward with resilience and determination.

24th December – Venus enters Capricorn
Love and relationships take on a grounded, mature, and sensible tone. There feels more value in commitment, stability, and actions that speak louder than words. Affection may be expressed through reliability, support, and long-term planning rather than grand displays, bringing a steady, practical warmth to connections. With finances the mood encourages discipline, thoughtful investment, and a focus on quality over quick gratification. A moment in time to build solid foundations in love, refine your values, and cultivate the relationships that are important to you.



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