The Vibrational Astrology Diary
by Linda Berry
Mercury turns Direct today 8/28/2024 at 5:14 PM EDT
Today, Wednesday (8/28/2024), the strongest vibrational influence comes from Venus joining with Neptune and Pluto (1*). The vibrational energy pattern today is about harmonious interactions with others and learning how to take action and accomplish your goals while still being sensitive to the way your actions affect other people. This vibration is working on expressing the dreams that you are attracted to. There is a real need here, a feeling of passion for your dreams and ideals and in this vibrational energy you may discover new more effective ways to bring your dreams to life. (For VA Students: 6, 12)
The essential principle to guide expression of this vibrational energy is to reach out beyond where you are, to be seeking interaction with whatever is around you always reaching out for further connections. There is the potential here for starting something new, making a new beginning where you are truly expressing who you are.
The AstroFrequency(s) for the day (strongest listed first)
6 (1*) Free-flowing interaction with others
25 (1*) Need to participation in an open, creative community
The Sabian Symbols of our Featured Planets:, Venus, Neptune, Pluto >>>
The uplifting message from the featured planet positions that shows the way through: You are totally focusing on the immediate project or development in which you’re engaged, ignoring all distractions, operating from a state of personal completion and fulfillment. You are opening up to the initial tentative pulse of creative energy within you, feeling it on a primal level of awareness, embracing it and allowing it to rise up in a flow within you. You are being pierced by a dart, showing you that the perfect form you have created is not enough and that you must take into account the world outside of yourself. You are studying the remaining shells of ancient spiritual groups, making a deeper connection to the stability underlying reality as you open up to varying perspectives on the truth.
The more dysfunctional expression of this message: You are being pulled away from critical tasks, responding to outside interruptions, and losing your sense of yourself and your ability to pursue the opportunities available to you. You are failing to open up to the tentative pulse of creation that you feel within you because of a lack of commitment to the process or being too weakly connected or being too fearful and insecure. You are getting stuck in your internal self-oriented focus and finding yourself immobilized as you hold onto your personal perspective and refuse to accept input from others. You are dogmatically pushing your beliefs on others, believing that you know the one and only true way, seeking to force other people to follow your beliefs.
30 Virgo = Venus interacting with Neptune [A false call unheard in attention to immediate service] You are totally focusing on the immediate project or development in which you’re engaged, ignoring all distractions, operating from a state of personal completion and fulfillment and/or you are being pulled away from critical tasks, responding to outside interruptions, and losing your sense of yourself and your ability to pursue the opportunities available to you
1 Aries = Neptune [A woman rises out of water, a seal rises and embraces her] You are opening up to the initial tentative pulse of creative energy within you, feeling it on a primal level of awareness, embracing it and allowing it to rise up in a flow within you and/or you are failing to open up to the tentative pulse of creation that you feel within you because of a lack of commitment to the process or being too weakly connected or being too fearful and insecure
1 Libra = Venus interacting with Pluto [A butterfly made perfect by a dart through it] You are being pierced by a dart, showing you that the perfect form you have created is not enough and that you must take into account the world outside of yourself and/or you are getting stuck in your internal self-oriented focus and finding yourself immobilized as you hold onto your personal perspective and refuse to accept input from others
1 Aquarius = Pluto [An old adobe mission] You are studying the remaining shells of ancient spiritual groups, making a deeper connection to the stability underlying reality as you open up to varying perspectives on the truth and/or you are dogmatically pushing your beliefs on others, believing that you know the one and only true way, seeking to force other people to follow your beliefs
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}
Aug 28 – Aug 30 (exact Aug 29) Venus in Libra is flowing freely (trine) with Pluto in Aquarius. This energy begins to influence us around 3:30 PM on Aug. 28 and is increasing in influence until it peaks at 10:32 AM on Aug. 29 then decreasing fading out around 6 AM on Aug. 30. This vibrational energy pattern brings a real need to share beauty with others in harmonious flowing interactions. This can be a special time if you go with others to a place or have an experience that is so beautiful it touches your soul
Aug 27 – Aug 29 (exact Aug 28) Venus in Virgo is opposing Neptune in Pisces. This energy is increasing in influence until it peaks at 4:24 PM on Aug. 28 then decreasing fading out around 12 PM on Aug. 29. This vibrational energy pattern is about our need to express our dreams and visions in a beautiful way in our interactions with the world around us. There is the potential here to make some shifts in the patterns around us that enable us to connect in to our dreams more effectively.
Jul 28 – Sep 4 (closest Aug 16), Neptune in Aries is sharing freely (sextile) with Pluto in Aquarius. This planetary interaction begins at around 3 AM on Jul 28. It does not get exact but the closest position is on August 16. This vibe is then decreasing fading out around 11AM on Sept 4. This vibrational energy pattern brings a surge of focus on your dreams and your passionate need to pursue your dreams
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.}
Starting at 11:50 PM yesterday, peaking at 1:50 AM early August 28, the Moon in Gemini is acting and agitating (square) with Venus in Virgo. This 4 hr period brings a desire to feel beautiful. You will probably be more aware of your appearance and the appearance of the world around you. You may be moved to make something around you look nicer.
Starting at 1:13 AM, peaking at 3:13 AM, the Moon in Gemini is acting and agitating (square) with Neptune in Pisces. This 4 hr period highlights your dreams and is a great time to do anything that is especially magical for you, like visiting some special place that you love to go to. There may be some feelings of disconnection from the everyday world and perhaps a sense of fuzziness or vagueness. It will pass as the Moon moves beyond Neptune.
At 4:47 AM the Moon enters Cancer, staying for 2 ½ days and shifting your emotional focus to close interactions with those that you consider to be family and to expanding your family group. You want to have harmonious interactions with those you love.
Starting at 1:50 PM, peaking at 3:50 PM, the Moon in Cancer is sharing freely (sextile) with the Sun in Virgo. In this 4 hr period you will feel a lightening of your mood with your emotions flowing easily in interaction with others. A meeting or a social gathering would be smoother and easier right now.
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.}
On August 26, the Third Quarter Moon occurred with the Moon in Gemini and the Sun in Virgo. This pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon on September 2, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern involves first connecting into what you have learned in your depths about life and the meaning of life and bringing that awareness out to interact with what is happening in the world around you and taking action to make changes based on this understanding. There is an emphasis on working to improve and more effectively represent the community and guide its organic expansion. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “A black child playing with white children” which focuses on us accepting all aspects of ourselves clearing out distortions that have come from us not accepting all of what we are. The Symbol for the Moon is “Holly and Mistletoe”. This brings a sense of a light connection to spirit for just a moment which helps you to recognize that there are deeper levels than what you are aware of and that all that is happening may not be obvious.
On August 19, the Full Moon occurred with the Moon in Aquarius and the Sun in Leo. This pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon on September 2, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern brings the potential for creative exploration that can discover new ideas and new ways of operating that can bring changes in our lives and the lives of those around us. This is combined with a focus on internal development and on being with others who are also seeking to develop themselves. There is the potential here for sudden, unexpected, conceptual insights that can shift our understanding of ourselves and the world. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “Many Little Birds on the Limb of a Large Tree” which will help us form relationships that recognize the worth of each person as we share in exchanges of love and affirmation. Interacting superficially seeking to gain prominence, power and prestige is not likely to work well at this time. The Symbol for the Moon is “A Tree felled and sawed”, This opens the door to releasing of old ego patterns and the moving from personal needs to a focus on service to others. If you hold onto a pattern focused on personal gain you will likely find yourself pulled in many different directions with resentful feelings that keep you from participating in an integrated wholeness.
On August 4, the New Moon occurred with the Sun and Moon in Leo. This pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon on September 2, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern is about tangible achievements brought about by expanding your social connections. The most effective action is likely to be done by joining with others into an open creative community expressing independent thinking based on seeing the big picture. The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon is “An Old Sea Captain Rocking” which is about contemplating all that you have been experiencing and getting it in perspective. This increases your understanding and brings guidance for future action. It is important that you stay focused in the present rather than getting caught up in memory and disconnected from the current reality.
On June 20, the Summer Solstice occurred as the Sun enters Cancer. This pattern will be influencing us until the Fall Equinox on September 22, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern brings a potential for rebirth of the experience of beauty in our everyday life. There is a challenge to adjust and rebirth our dreams and visions. There is a strong sense of smooth flowing development and refinement of the inner self. This is a time to interact and explore on a deep inner level. This gives the potential for new patterns to form organically within you. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun Moon distance is “An Orangutan” which points to each of us sensing powerful primitive distortions deep within us. We are recognizing the need to refine and guide these forces into more mature expression. There is the possibility of distortion if you take for granted your right to do whatever you feel like in life without considering its effect on other people.
On April 8, the New Moon Solar Eclipse occurred with the Sun and Moon in Aries. This will be influencing us until the next Solar Eclipse on October 2, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern brings us into connection with each other. We understand more and more how the life experiences of others impact our own life experiences. There is a call to support others where they need support as we also respect the importance of each person fashioning their own life pattern. There is a challenge here to learn to work together harmoniously while still respecting each person’s individual experiences and understandings. The Sabian Symbol for the Solar Eclipse is “A Young Girl feeding Birds in Winter”. Here we are making a tentative connection into and expressing the nurturing love that is the core of this realm of manifestation. This love is always there in the depths, if we will allow ourselves to connect into it, no matter what our situation. There is a warning here about trying to manipulate others by controlling what they need that they do not have access to on their own.
On March 25, a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurred with the Moon in Libra and the Sun in Aries. This pattern will be influencing us until the next Lunar Eclipse on September 17, 2024. This vibrational energy pattern is especially focused on taking actions in ways that are compatible with the other people involved in and impacted by the actions. There is the potential here for sudden unexpected events to occur and for the results of one’s actions to have unexpected consequences. There is also an emphasis here of being able to get down to the true core patterns involved and to be able to see the real motives behind people’s actions. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “A Square brightly lighted on one side”. This symbol is about identifying your destination point and sensing the path you need to take to reach it. The Symbol for the Moon is “The Ideals of a man abundantly crystallized”. This encourages you to work internally to solidify your ideals, forming a solid foundation from which you can relate to others effectively.
The Retrograde Diary: NO DEGREE CHANGES TODAY: Mercury turns Direct today at 5:14 PM EDT >> Introductory Period for Jupiter: Turning Back of Uranus, Neptune: Reworking of Saturn, Pluto: Turning Forward of Mercury {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 SD {Jul 17, 2024 !Jul 21! [Aug 5 – !Aug 18! – Aug 28] !Sep 6! Sep 11} 21 Leo, 26 Leo, 4 Virgo → Aug. 25 – 31: (22-21 Leo) Turning Forward: The Challenge is listening, responding to your inner guidance, aligning with the flow and unfolding of your path through life, learning to cease being oblivious to the messages around you, failing to take in the signs of you losing your direction and showing a complete lack of common sense [A carrier pigeon]
Venus clear of any shadow (Oct 9, 2023– Jan 24, 2025)
Mars clear of any shadow (Mar 17, 2022– Oct 5, 2024)
Jupiter {Jul 15, 2024 !Aug 11! [Oct 9 – !Dec 7! – Feb 4, 2025] !Apr 2! Apr 30} 11, 16, 21 Gemini → Aug. 23 – 31: (18-19 Gem) Introductory: Are you recognizing that there are ancient beliefs and patterns that relate to awareness that are forming within you that can help you expand your understanding, learning to cease being caught up in traditional patterns and viewing them as rules that must be followed at all costs, failing to recognize and understand the deeper spiritual truths contained within those traditional patterns that may need to be understood and expressed in a different way in the present [A large archaic volume]
Saturn R {Mar 24, 2024 !Apr 24! [Jun 29 – !Sep 8! – Nov 15] !Jan 18, 2025! Feb 18} 12, 16, 19 Pisces → Aug. 26 – Sept. 8: (17-16 Pis) Reworking: Working on entering into a process of transformative rebirth, experiencing renewed faith in life that is triumphing over doubt, fear and loss, learning to cease putting on a show, driven by a superficial craving for attention, pretending to joy while feeling lost and guilty and inadequate within yourself [An Easter promenade]
Uranus {May 16, 2024 !Jun 20! [Sep 1 – !Nov 16! – Jan 30, 2025] !Apr 15rt 0! May 17, 2025} 23, 25, 27 Taurus → Aug. 7 – Sept. 26: (27-28 Tau) Turning Back: The Issue is being pursued by a more mature form of love that you can open up to, bringing greater awareness of your internal beauty and your interconnections to others, learning to cease closing down and rejecting the love offered due to adherence to social expectations [A woman pursued by mature romance]
Neptune R {Mar.11, 2024 !Apr 18! [July 2 – !Sep 20! – Dec. 7] !Feb 18, 2025! Mar. 28} 27, 28, 29 Pisces → May 3 – Sept. 2: (29-30 Pis) Turning Back: The Issue is seeing and experiencing the wholeness that lies behind the polarized realm of time and space recognizing the everything is a manifestation of the one Spirit that is All That Is, learning to cease continuing to be caught up in the illusion of many separate and distinct forms [The Great Stone Face]
Pluto R {Jan 10, 2024 !Feb 17! [May 2 – !Jul 23! – Oct 11] !Dec 25! Feb 2, 2025} 29, 0 Aquarius, 2 Aquarius → July 17 – Sept. 1: (1-30 Aqu) Reworking: Working on studying the remaining shells of ancient spiritual groups, making a deeper connection to the stability underlying reality as you open up to varying perspectives on the truth, learning to cease dogmatically pushing your beliefs on others, believing that you know the one and only true way, seeking to force other people to follow your beliefs [An old adobe mission]
Next Cycle Diary:
Mercury {Nov 9, 2024 !Nov 14![Nov 26 – !Dec 5! – Dec 15] !Dec 27! Jan 3, 2025} 8, 14, 22 Sagittarius
Mars {Oct 5, 2024 !Oct 27! [Dec 6 – !Jan 15, 2025! – Feb 24] !Apr 11! May 2, 2025} 17, 27 Cancer, 6 Leo
Pluto {Jan 10, 2025 !Feb 18! [May 4 – !Jul 25! – Oct 14] !Dec 27! Feb 4, 2026} 1, 2, 3 Aquarius
Venus {Jan 28, 2025 !Feb 8! [Mar 2 – !Mar 22! – Apr 13] !May 5! May 16} 24 Pisces, 2, 10 Aries}
Neptune {Mar. 13, 2025 !Apr 20! [July 3 – !Sep 23! – Dec. 10] !Feb 20, 2026! Mar. 30} 27, 28, 29 Pisces
Saturn {Apr 6, 2025 !May 7! [Jul 13 – !Sep 21! – Nov 28] !Jan 30, 2026! Mar 2} 25, 28 Pisces, 1 Aries
Uranus {May 20, 2025 !Jun 25! [Sep 6 – !Nov 21! – Feb 4, 2026] !Apr 15! May 21, 2026} 25, 27 Taurus, 1 Gemini
Jupiter {Aug 17, 2025 !Sep 13! [Nov 11 – !Jan 10, 2026! – Mar 11] !May 8! Jun 6} 15, 20, 25 Cancer
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.