Astroview Weekly Report
Planetary Transits for April 30th – May 6th
(Interpretations based on the Systems’ Approach to Vedic Astrology)
Notes: Mars is in Gemini until May 9th. This is favorable for nine of the twelve rising signs. Be careful and patient, however, if you are a Cancer, Scorpio, or Capricorn rising sign person, company or country (including USA, Russia and Ukraine).
Rahu and Ketu remain stationary in the nine-degree range until June 8th. This slow-moving transit is typically unfavorable, and can indicate stress worldwide.
Jupiter is in Aries through April 30, 2024. This connects law and justice with Mars. Expect courageous and executive decisions regarding legal matters mid-May 2023 – March 2024. See below for the impact for all twelve rising signs.
Transits for this Week:
Sun transits its exaltation sign, Aries, from 15:35 to 22:13°. This should be favorable for leaders, physicians, administrators and government officials. Sun is closely conjunct Mercury until May 4th. Aries, Libra and Aquarius rising sign persons should be careful and patient.
Moon is waxing/waning and transits Leo, Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio. The full Moon is in Libra, May 5th at 12:33 p.m. CDT.
Mars transits Gemini, from 24:22 to 28:14°. Mars is outside of the orb of influence of other planets. This should be favorable for the police, military, athletes, surgeons, executives, and engineers – connected with business, technology, and communications.
Mercury transits Aries, from 18:16 to 13:56°. This should be favorable for stocks, finances, business, technology, communications and intellectual property – connected with the above Mars significations. Mercury is closely conjunct Sun through May 4th. Virgo, Capricorn and Pisces rising sign persons should be careful and patient. Mercury is in retrograde motion until May 14. Aries, Libra and Aquarius rising sign persons should be careful and patient whenever Mercury is close to their rising sign degree or any other planet by aspect or conjunction.
Jupiter transits Aries, from 01:57 to 03:36°. Jupiter is weak in degrees until May 13th. Be patient with law and justice for another two weeks, and then expect favorable results with same through March 2024.
Venus transits out of its own sign, Taurus, and into Gemini, May 2nd. Venus is weak in degrees until May 6th. Be patient with women, romance, medicine, finance, luxuries, architecture, transportation, and the fine, healing and performing arts.
Saturn transits its own sign, Aquarius, from 11:10 to 11:38°. Saturn is starting to move away from the close fifth aspect of Ketu. We should begin to see some improvement for the masses, the elderly, the poor and needy, manufacturing, agriculture, and the oil, gas and minerals industries.
Rahu and Ketu transit Aries and Libra, respectively, from 09:50 to 9:51° — and are stationary in the nine-degree range until June 8th. This prolonged position is typically unfavorable, and can indicate stress worldwide.
People, companies, and countries with rising signs between 7 and 11 degrees, or with planets between 7 and 11 degrees in Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius, should be especially careful and patient.
The Impact of the Transit Planets for each “Rising Sign” (not “Sun Sign”)
ARIES: Connect partnerships, joint ventures and life abroad with entrepreneurial ventures. Focus on communications and independent projects – but be patient, with income and friendships through May 9th. Continue to take a leadership position through May 14th. Children, education and investments remain forefront as well. Be vigilant with personal debts, disputes, health or legal issues through June 6th. Jupiter is now in your first house through April 2024. This may bring good fortune, spiritual journeys and a close connection with father/religious figures. This also connects you with children, education, teaching, and consulting. It should be a good year for income and friendships and to study Vedic astrology.
TAURUS: Expect relief with debts, disputes, health or legal issues. On the other hand, continue to exercise care and patience. Expenses or separations in family life – and setbacks in the workplace are possible through May 9th. There may also be issues with property, vehicles and home life through May 14th. Pets, children, education and investments remain vulnerable to expenses and separations through June 6th. Jupiter is now in your twelfth house through April 2024. There may be a relocation, visits to retreats/ashrams, life abroad, or a focus on institutional life. Teach, publish or advise in these environments. On the other hand, take care of your marriage, children, grandchildren and/or inheritance or windfalls. These may be vulnerable to expenses and separations. Do the planetary remedies for your horoscope on a regular basis to reduce the impact of the adverse effects.
GEMINI: Expect relief from recent expenses and separations with pets, children, education and investments. Income and friendships remain favorable and forefront. Take action, make executive decisions, and gain from authority figures. Be patient with father/religious figures and/or long-distance travel, also through May 9th. Expect success with entrepreneurial ventures through May 14th. There may also be gains from large, medical, spiritual or government organizations. You may also gain from parents, property and vehicles through June 6th. Jupiter is in your eleventh house through April 2024. This connects marriage, partnerships, joint ventures and life abroad with income and friendships. You should be able to earn from all of these – along with teaching, publishing and advisory roles.
CANCER: Be patient to manage setbacks and to avoid accidents. There may also be expenses, separations or long-distance travel associated with work through May 9th – and with property, vehicles and home life through the end of May. On the other hand, continue to take a leadership position in the workplace and connect with authority figures and large organizations through May 14th. Focus on independent projects involving writing, business, technology and communications through June 6th. Jupiter is now in your tenth house through April 2024. Connect your career with law, religion, children, students, education, teaching, publishing and consulting – but be patient to manage debts, disputes, health or legal issues. Medicine, finances, psychology, social work and being of service to others may be forefront in the workplace. Do the planetary remedies for your horoscope on a regular basis to reduce the impact of the adverse effects.
LEO: Count on success with property matters, men who are like brothers, and your executive skills – through May 9th. Be patient, however, with partnerships, joint ventures, and life abroad. These may be vulnerable to setbacks, also through May 9th. Expect income and friendships connected with communications and independent projects — associated with women and the fine, healing or performing arts through May. Good fortune, in general, is on your side. Connect with father/religious figures through May 14th. There may also be long-distance travel of a short duration. Focus on writing, business, technology and intellectual property through June 6th. Jupiter is in your ninth house through April 2024. This is favorable for children, grandchildren, education and investments, along with honor and recognition vis-a-vis authorship, teaching, publishing, consulting and advisory roles.
VIRGO: Connect your career with research, languages, and the Vedic sciences, but be patient with setbacks and to avoid accidents in the workplace – and to manage debts, disputes, health or legal issues through May 9th. There may also be vulnerability with reference to ashrams, institutions, foreign lands, intimacy and insomnia through May 14th. On the other hand, there may be success with your professional life, associated with women, design, luxuries, entertainment, and the fine, healing or performing arts through May. Focus on yoga, meditation, ayurveda, etc., through June 6th. Jupiter is now in your eighth house through April 2024. Be patient with property, vehicles, fixed assets, home life, and foreign lands. These, along with parents and children, may be vulnerable to setbacks, accidents, debts, disputes or health issues. You can, however, focus on the Vedic sciences mentioned above. For some of you, there may be a marriage, windfall, inheritance or favorable settlement. Do the planetary remedies for your horoscope on a regular basis to reduce the impact of the adverse effects.
LIBRA: Expect some level of good fortune, associated with the fine, healing or performing arts. There may also be a long-distance journey of a short duration (a couple of days or weeks) through May. Seek spiritual advice from the women in your life. Take care of pets, children, education and investments through May 9th. Expect both gains and losses with partnerships and joint ventures. These are likely connected with father/religious figures, or long-distance travel. Be patient, however, with relationship expenses or separations through June 6th. Jupiter is in your seventh house through April 2024. Connect entrepreneurial ventures with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures or foreign lands. These are favorable and connected with children, education, teaching, publishing and advisory roles.
SCORPIO: Expect some relief from the recent expenses or separations with partnerships, joint ventures, or life abroad. Continue, however, to manage debts, disputes, health, or legal issues through May 9th. There may also be setbacks with parents, property, vehicles or home life. Be vigilant at work and with authority figures – there may be fire, theft, accidents or false allegations against you — through May 14th. Income and friendships also remain under stress through June 6th. Alternatively, they may be favorably connected with law, medicine, finances, social work and psychology. Jupiter is in your sixth house through April 2024. Be careful with what you say, and to protect your wealth, status and family life. These may be associated with debts, disputes, health or legal issues. Children, education, teaching, publishing and advisory roles may also be vulnerable. On a positive side, there may be success associated with law, medicine, finance, social work or psychology. Do the planetary remedies for your horoscope on a regular basis to reduce the impact of the adverse effects.
SAGITTARIUS: Connect children, education and investments with marriage, partnerships and joint ventures through May 9th. Be vigilant, however, with communications, entrepreneurial ventures and younger siblings. These may be vulnerable also through May 9th. On the other hand, there may be good fortune and/or long-distance ventures with your own initiatives through May 14th. Expect gains, income and friendships associated with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures and foreign lands through May. Focus on writing, business, technology, communications, and intellectual property through June 6th. Jupiter is in your fifth house through April 2024. This indicates good fortune — and connects you with pets, children, grandchildren, education, investments and spiritual pursuits. This will also give you the energy to start new projects and to keep you moving. Teach, publish, and advise.
CAPRICORN: Continue to be patient with parents, property, vehicles and home life. These may be vulnerable to debts, disputes, health or legal issues through May 9th – and subject to setbacks or accidents through May 14th. Be vigilant in the workplace to manage debts, disputes, fire, theft, cheating or false allegations against you through May. On a positive note, work out of your home on writing, business, brokering, technology, communications and intellectual property through June 6th. Jupiter is now in your fourth house through April 2024. Connect property, vehicles, fixed assets, parents, and home life with retreats, ashrams, long-distances or foreign lands. There may be a relocation. Be patient, however, as expenses, separations, hospitalization or institutional life are also possible. Do the planetary remedies for your horoscope on a regular basis to reduce the impact of the adverse effects.
AQUARIUS: Connect independent projects with pets, children, education, investments and spiritual pursuits through May 9th. You can also study yoga, sports, martial arts, engineering and property matters — also through May 9th. Connect partnerships, joint ventures and life abroad with communications and entrepreneurial ventures through May 14th. Good fortune is also likely with creative projects — associated with women and the fine, healing or performing arts through May. Be patient, however, with entrepreneurial setbacks through June 6th. Jupiter is in your third house through April 2024. This connects gains, income, friendships, education, children, and older siblings with communications, independent projects and entrepreneurial ventures. Teach, publish, consult and advise. Focus on your own initiatives, as these will likely contribute to success, and make you lively, alert and healthy.
PISCES: Be patient with expenses, separations, intimacy and insomnia. On the other hand, there may be success with parents, property, vehicles, fixed assets, and home life through May 9th. Speak up as an authority figure, but do not criticize others or engage in negativity through May 14th. Redecorate your living space and include a good use of art, music and flowers. Be patient, however, with setbacks and to avoid accidents at home or with transportation through May. Focus on writing, business, finances, technology and communications through June 6th. Jupiter is in your second house through April 2024. Speak up a teacher, advisor, publisher, or consultant. Expect good fortune, wealth, status and family life connected with your career and professional ventures. For some of you, there may be a marriage, children or grandchildren.
Note: Planetary remedies add a protective covering to life. Strengthen your favorable planets (with color and gemstone therapy and/or the mystical pendant known as the kavach: (https://astroview.com/mystical-pendant/) and do “Bhoota” and “Deva” “Yagyas” (charities and chants) for the planets that cause adverse effects in your horoscope.
Awakening Quote of the Week:
“Your work is not to control the outside. Your work is not to control the inside. Your work is not to control the world. Your work is to remain conscious in the midst of it all. Remain calm and centered, with a deep sense of awareness.” — Michael Singer
Awakening Video of the Week:
Your Inner Work | Michael Singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SGLrEycUf8
Health Video of the Week:
How to Burn Belly Fat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzQX-3tEDQU&t=12s
Music of the Week:
Erik Satie – Gnossiennes 1-5