Llewellyn's 2013 Daily Planetary Guide

[Why Syzygy]

11. February 3-9 2013

February 3-9 2013

The new this week includes a dangerous Pisces trio, a sign change for Mercury, and some helpful advice from Saturn. Danger is still in the air from the passive-aggressive energies of Mars in Pisces as it meets up with shadowy Neptune on Monday, February 4. For the most evolved souls among us this alignment may serve to strengthen spiritual muscles; for the rest of us this can be a week when fears run rampant and send us looking for the nearest guilty pleasure to ease the pain. Because Pisces rules the unseen world, this Mars/Neptune alignment carries a warning label to be extra careful around drugs, alcohol, and other harmful chemical or toxic gases. Mercury puts its two cents into this mix on Tuesday, February 5, when it joins the Pisces show and communications turn to pea soup. Reasonable Mercury is the most uncomfortable in emotional Pisces of all the zodiac signs. That's a crying shame, because due to a retrograde later on this month, Mercury's murky trek through Pisces will be extended from three weeks to over two months. A square from Jupiter to this Mercury/Mars/Neptune trio on Saturday, February 9, makes it even easier to shut our eyes to reality and to be infused with a magical, if unrealistic, optimism. The planetary antidote for making sense of all this confusion is (surprise) poor old much-maligned Saturn. The best of Saturn in Scorpio is like a Navy SEAL: unbelievably tough, brave, and willing to take risks in confusing and dangerous waters. If you use this side of Saturn, you'll be cool enough to see through the Pisces veil of illusions and denial and tough enough to get the job done.