Square Dancing

Image of @harrystyles and his Aquarius stellium, Sun & Merc & Mars & Venus

It is shaping up to be a wild weird weekend in paradise, darklings. A curious combo of square dancing, head clashing and skittery scattiness that could drive even the sanest to shouting. Can you keep your wits about you in a world gone stark raving? You'll know soon enough.

We welcome the weekend with Venus and Mars squaring off from the corners that have made us match fit over the last month. Both in fixed signs and unlikely to budge, this is dangerous relationship terrain for anything unstable, uncertain or way past its best by date.

Venus in Aquaria is turned on by integrity and all the way off by truculence. Mars in Taurus wants it his way or nothing. Their square will clang sticking points in no uncertain terms and their combined stubbornness could make for ridiculous stand-offs.

Fortunately Merc at his stationing point will mean that any major declarations of war or handbags at twenty paces will be diffused once the brouhaha dies down. Time outs are your very best friend this weekend. Any difficult conversations that can wait, should. This isn't the time for launching, in any sense.

The glitching tail end of Merc's retrograde is always worth keeping an eye on. It is still a terrible idea to drag your past into your present or crack open the ex files. This transit is built to change your mind, not condemn it to pathways that have already disproved themselves. Do yourself a favour and get creative instead.

Make love not trouble and peace not grumbling war. Remember silence is golden and guilt free. And if you need to shout, may I recommend directing it into the void.


Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
~ Robert Frost


Words c. Kerrie Basha 2021