The Vibrational Astrology Diary
by Linda Berry
At 10:52 PM EST on January 17, the First Quarter Moon occurred with the Moon in Aries and the Sun in Capricorn.
Today, Thursday (1/18/2024),the strongest vibrational influence comes from the Moon and Mercury joining with Jupiter (1*). The strongest vibrational energy pattern today is flowing smoothly, easily and naturally both in your interaction with the world and with other people. This involves balancing your needs against the needs of others in a creative way that comes from deep within you. This is a kind of feeling that is expansive and embraces the big picture combining feelings and thoughts together. This can be very powerful and can enhance whatever you are working on today. (For VA Students: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21)
The AstroFrequency(s) for the day (strongest listed first)
6 (2*) Free-flowing interaction with others
The Sabian Symbols of our Featured Planets: Moon, Mercury, Jupiter >>>
The uplifting message from the featured planet positions that shows the way through:
You are experiencing love that recognizes your alienation and embraces it; reaching across the abyss to affirm you. You are realizing the potential to misuse power based on deep hidden internal motives, beginning to understand that real power comes when you’re being at peace and happy within yourself.
The more dysfunctional expression of this message:
You are rejecting the love being offered; as you continue to focus on your separateness, alienation and loneliness. You are being caught up in your own power and charisma, using lies and deceptive statements to increase your influence and power.
7 Taurus = Moon merging with Jupiter [A woman of Samaria] You are experiencing love that recognizes your alienation and embraces it; reaching across the abyss to affirm you and/or you are rejecting the love being offered; as you continue to focus on your separateness, alienation and loneliness
7 Capricorn = Mercury [A veiled prophet of power] You are realizing the potential to misuse power based on deep hidden internal motives, beginning to understand that real power comes when you’re being at peace and happy within yourself and/or you are being caught up in your own power and charisma, using lies and deceptive statements to increase your influence and power
The Two Planet Diary
{When 2 planets interact it influences the way we want to express ourselves, our attitudes, moods, and impulses. Becoming aware of these vibrations helps us to guide these aspects of ourselves with awareness rather than being controlled by them.
There are longer patterns which tend to have more impact because we feel them for several days in a row and there are quick Moon patterns that impact our moods and feelings for a window of a couple of hours either side of the exact time of the aspect. The longer patterns are stronger and so are listed here, followed by a section on the Moods of the Moon}
Jan 18 – Jan 20 (exact Jan 19) Venus in Sagittarius is acting and agitating (square) with Neptune in Pisces. This vibe begins to influence us around 3 PM on Jan. 18 and is increasing in influence until it peaks at 10:49 AM on Jan. 19 then decreasing fading out around 9 AM on Jan.20. This vibrational energy pattern is attracted to the beauty of your dreams and ideals and focuses on taking action on these dreams.
Jan 18 – Jan 20 (exact Jan 19) Mercury in Capricorn is flowing freely (trine) with Jupiter in Taurus. This vibe begins to influence us around 9 AM on Jan. 18 and is increasing in influence until it peaks at 4:31 AM on Jan. 19 then decreasing fading out around 12:30 AM on Jan. 20.This vibrational energy pattern brings an objective view of the big picture giving the ability to step back and see the broader picture of what is happening.
Jan 17 – Jan 19 (exact Jan 18) Mercury in Capricorn is sharing freely (sextile) with Saturn in Pisces. This vibe begins to influence us around 7 AM on Jan. 17 and is increasing in influence until it peaks at 3:49 AM on Jan. 18 then decreasing fading out around 1 AM on Jan. 19.This vibrational energy pattern is very analytical. It is seeking to get to the foundation or core of the area, concept or whatever that you are working on. It will dig down in and figure what the essential underlying structure or core is and focus there.
The Moods of the Moon
{The Moon patterns only last a short period of time. They impact our moods and feelings for around 4 hours, 2 hours each side of the exact position.}
At 10:52 PM yesterday, the Moon in Aries is acting and agitating (square) with the Sun in Capricorn. This is the First Quarter Moon. See the Cyclic Patterns Diary.
Starting at 1:02 AM, peaking at 3:02 AM, the Moon in Aries is acting and agitating (square) with Pluto in Capricorn. In this 4 hr period you may feel a need to act based on deep feelings within you that may come to the surface at this time. Ask yourself whether you are responding to the past or the present. Try to not put ancient feelings on the people you are currently interacting with.
Starting at 9:57 AM, peaking at 11:57 AM, the Moon in Taurus is sharing freely (sextile) with Saturn in Pisces. In this 4 hr period you find it easy to accept responsibility and work comfortably with others getting the things done that really need to be done.
Starting at 10:41 AM, peaking at 12:41 PM, the Moon in Taurus is flowing freely (trine) with Mercury in Capricorn. This 4 hr period brings a good interaction between your mind and emotions helping you to both think and feel clearly. This is a good time to be working on important projects.
Starting at 12:05 PM, peaking at 2:05 PM, the Moon in Taurus is joining with Jupiter in Taurus. This 4 hr period brings a time when you will feel emotionally expansive and want to share with others in a big way. Enjoy this lovely expansive energy. If something unpleasant happens take care to not overreact.
Starting at 8:26 PM, peaking at 10:26 PM, the Moon in Taurus is flowing freely (trine) with Mars in Capricorn. This 4 hr period is probably going to have your emotions and moods whooped up a bit, you will tend to focus on something you want to do and really get on with it. You may get upset if someone interferes at this time, you won’t want to be interrupted or blocked.
The Cyclic Patterns Diary {These are patterns that continue over an extended period of time and you may find that rereading this periodically will help you effectively handle what we are all experiencing as our “astral weather” in this time period.}
At 10:52 PM EST on January 17, the First Quarter Moon occurred with the Moon in Aries and the Sun in Capricorn. This pattern will be influencing us until the Full Moon on January 25, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern is connected into deep patterns within us that are affecting our behavior. It challenges us to evaluate our motives and drives, especially one’s that are subconscious and see if we are really operating in the ways we would like to operate. Are you accomplishing the things that you want to accomplish in your life? You have to pull up your subconscious patterns and beliefs and see if they are bringing the results you want. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “A Large Aviary” which recognizes that we are entering into more profound levels of spiritual awareness and being able to recognize spiritual messages in all that is around us. We need to learn to sort out the true messages in the many experiences we are having. The Symbol for the Moon is “A Large Disappointed Audience”. This is about being confronted with the results of your lack of awareness, personal preoccupation and blindness that may have disappointed and hurt others. You can either face your failings and mistakes or you can hold onto your personal perspective and get angry with others for not going along with your agenda and your personal preoccupations.
On January 11, the New Moon occurred with the Moon and Sun in Capricorn. This pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon on February 9, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern is quite compelling. There are deep emotional patterns that may surface at this time and influence our behavior. It is likely that we will tend to think very quickly and impulsively express our thoughts without regard to how those thoughts will impact others. Our communities, the groups we are associated with are feeling very important at this time and we may find creative ways to support our communities. The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon is “A Relay Race”. This is about learning to work with others with each of us doing their part as you strive to reach a common goal.
On December 21 the Winter Solstice occurred as the Sun entered Capricorn. This vibrational energy will be influencing us until the Spring Equinox on March 19. This is the shortest day of the year. After the Winter Solstice the days start getting longer and by the Spring Equinox the temperature starts to catch up with the lengthening days. The Solstice brings a flow of unfolding energy that contains the potential for a rebirth in our understanding of both the past and the present. There is a sense of being called to walk in harmony with the people and the world around us as we tune into what is really fundamental and foundational. The Vibration between the Sun and the Moon gives us the Sabian Symbol of “A Case of Apoplexy”. Apoplexy is an old name for something like a stroke where you are temporarily unconscious from an overload in your system. This speaks to very contradictory feelings wanting to express but feeling anxious and fearing disapproval. This is about facing that which is within you that may be inhibiting your ability to truly express what you are. You are meant to shine as a reflection of the one light connecting into something beyond yourself.
On October 28 the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurred with the Moon in Taurus and the Sun in Scorpio. This vibrational energy pattern will be influencing us until the next Lunar Eclipse on Mar 25, 2024. This vibrational energy brings a deep desire to expand your emotional connections and to learn new and different things. There is an underlying whisper of dreams of beauty and exotic experiences. There may be some tendency to project your dreams into the world and not know what is real and what is not. There is a strong need to participate in a new and different worldview that will at least give the hope of involvement in a creative community. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “A Gold Rush” which can represent you going out into the rugged dangerous depths of yourself and seeking to break up the rigid structures within you that are keeping you from connecting into the gold of your true self. The Moon Symbols is “A Bridge being built across a Gorge”. Here is the opportunity to build a bridge that will cross the abyss and connect you to the next level of awareness. This is not something we can do by ourselves, but if you ask for help from spirit, you will receive it.
On October 14, 2023 the New Moon Solar Eclipse occurred with the Sun and Moon in Libra. This vibrational energy will be influencing us until the next Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024. This vibrational energy is particularly oriented towards involvement in creative groups. There is a desire to explore without an agenda and see what wonders you can find. This involves a passion for learning and applying what you have learned. There is a desire to expand emotionally at a pace you can handle effectively. There is also a need to go out and act and express yourself, make your life happen. The Sabian Symbol for the Eclipse is “A Child giving Birds a Drink at a Fountain”. This is about drawing from the fountain of spiritual nourishment, replenishing yourself and generously sharing with those around you who are not able to obtain it for themselves.
The Retrograde Diary: DEGREE CHANGES TODAY: Mercury, Saturn >> Introductory Period for Pluto: Turning Forward of Uranus, Neptune: Resolution of Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto {During the apparent retrograde period each planet’s movement relative to the backdrop of the stars slows down, reverses and then turns back around forward again concentrating its vibration in a particular area. There are issues that each planet focuses on during the period leading up to its turn backwards.
These issues are addressed again to be reworked on during the retrograde period [in brackets] then a new understanding of these issues occurs during the post retrograde period. These issues are not from Vibrational Astrology, this is an experiment based on interpretations of the Sabian Symbols that I wrote many years ago. If an entry resonates with you, then claim it, if not, release it, it was for someone else. I would very much like your feedback on this. Points of especially concentrated energy are marked with “!!!”}
!!!Mercury {Nov 25, 2023 !Dec 2! [Dec 13 – !Dec 22! – Jan 1, 2024] !Jan 14! Jan 21} 22 Sagittarius, 0 Capricorn,8 Capricorn → Jan. 18 – 19: (5-6 Cap) Resolution: Remember walking down a path into the darkness that begins with facing your previous actions and beliefs that are blocking your way and transforming those blockages into bridges, opening the way into the depths of your being, learning to cease being caught in your blocks and obstructions and fearing to face them and thus being unable to make any move, lost in mysterious patterns that you refuse to deal with and thus you cannot find a way to get beyond them [A dark archway and ten logs at the bottom]
Venus clear of any shadow (Oct 9, 2023 – Jan 24, 2025)
Mars clear of any shadow (Mar 17, 2022 – Oct 5, 2024)
Jupiter {Jun 11, 2023 !Jul 9! [Sep 4 – !Nov3! – Dec 30] !Feb 25, 2024! Mar 23, 2024} 5, 10, 15 Taurus → Jan. 15 – 28: (6-7 Tau) Resolution: Remember experiencing love that recognizes your alienation and embraces it; reaching across the abyss to affirm you, learning to cease rejecting the love being offered; as you continue to focus on your separateness, alienation and loneliness [A woman of Samaria]
!!!Saturn {Mar 11, 2023 !Apr 12! [Jun 17 – !Aug 27! – Nov 4] !Jan 7!, 2024! Feb 7} 0, 3, 7 Pisces → Jan. 18 – 27: (5-6 Pis) Resolution: Remember displaying the disciplined orderly aspects of yourself, building up your strength, seeking to keep the more disreputable aspects under control, learning to cease using the display of your strength and control and power to dominate, control and suppress any opposition [Officers on dress parade]
Uranus R {May 12, 2023 !Jun 17! [Aug 28 – !Nov 13! – Jan 27, 2024] !Apr 6! May 13, 2024} 19, 21, 23 Taurus → Dec. 10, 2023 – Mar. 13, 2024: (20-19 Tau) Turning Forward: The Challenge is experiencing the movements and fluctuations of energy within you learning where the energy flows freely and where there is damage or blockage that interferes with the energy flow, learning to cease blocking off your awareness of energy patterns within you maintaining a sense of internal rigidity that enables you to ignore your internal issues [Wind clouds and haste]
Neptune {Mar. 9, 2023 !Apr 16! [June 30 – !Sep 19! – Dec. 6] !Feb 16, 2024! Mar. 6} 24, 26, 27 Pisces → Nov. 16 – Dec. 25,2023: (25-24 Pis) Turning Forward: The Challenge is getting rid of all that is not truly part of your essence as a deeply spiritually aligned and complete person, while recognizing the truth of other people, seeing who and what they are in the essence of their beings, learning to cease refusing to look at distortions in your values and motives, clinging to rigid positions, deceiving, lying, and misleading those around you and being rejected [The purging of the priesthood]
Pluto beginning cycle {Jan 10, 2024 !Feb 17! [May 2 – !Jul 23! – Oct 11] !Dec 25! Feb 2, 2025} 29, 0 Aquarius, 2 Aquarius
Pluto ending cycle {Jan 8, 2023 !Feb 16! [May 1 – !Jul 21! – Oct 10] !Dec 24! Feb 1, 2024} 27, 29 Capricorn, 0 Aquarius → Dec. 19, 2023 – Jan. 20, 2024: (29-30 Cap) Resolution: Remember reaching a level of expertise where you operate from true authority and are participating in and managing the world’s hidden realities, learning to cease failing to claim your true authority as you block yourself off from awareness of the deeper realities around you and within you [A secret business conference]
Next Cycle Diary:
Neptune {Mar. 11, 2024 !Apr 18! [July 2 – !Sep 20! – Dec. 7] !Feb 18, 2025! Mar. 28} 27, 28, 29 Pisces
Mercury {Mar 17, 2024 !Mar 22![Apr 1 – !Apr 11! – Apr 24] !May 7! May 11} 15 Aries, 22 Aries, 27 Aries
Saturn {Mar 24, 2024 !Apr 24! [Jun 29 – !Sep 8! – Nov 15] !Jan 18, 2025! Feb 18} 12, 16, 19 Pisces
Uranus {May 16, 2024 !Jun 20! [Sep 1 – !Nov 16! – Jan 30, 2025] !Apr 10! May 17, 2024} 23, 25, 27 Taurus
Jupiter {Jul 15, 2024 !Aug 11! [Oct 9 – !Dec 7! – Feb 4, 2025] !Apr 2! Apr 30} 11, 16, 21 Gemini
Mars {Oct 5, 2024 !Oct 27! [Dec 6 – !Jan 15, 2025! – Feb 24] !Apr 11! May 2, 2025} 17 Cancer, 27 Cancer, 6 Leo
Pluto {Jan 10, 2025 !Feb 18! [May 4 – !Jul 25! – Oct 14] !Dec 27! Feb 4, 2026} 1 Aquarius, 2 Aquarius, 3 Aquarius
Venus {Jan 28, 2025 !Feb 8! [Mar 2 – !Mar 22! – Apr 13] !May 5! May 16} 24 Pisces, 2 Aries, 10 Aries}
All times are given in Eastern USA time zone.
Namaste,
Linda Berry
*Planetary Pattern Pictures and Sabian Symbol Interpretations, ©Linda Berry, AstroSleuth.org, 1* = 50-100 points, 2* = 100-150 points, etc.