Lisa Gates

Your imagination may be heightened today and you will be more aware of colour and beauty. Its a good day to visit places where you can really feel this and have an appreciation of it. You are likely to ignore the more negative aspects of relationships because you may feel more romantic and idealistic. Sometimes at this time people can be provided with a ‘karmic’ or ‘soul mate’ connection with someone else. It’s as if the person may be destined to be a part of your life in some way. This doesn’t happen often in other transits so be aware of your relationships and friendships as you may have something profound to give or receive. (Venus sextile Neptune) Also we have Mercury retrograde - During this usually three-week timeframe, everything connected with communication can be disrupted. Misunderstandings tend to occur as the usual aspects of writing, learning, and verbalisation can become disrupted. This is because during the ‘thinking’ time spontaneous expression is blocked in some way. HOWEVER, for some people, this retrograde actually has the opposite effect. New ideas, new speaking or writing abilities are often revealed in people especially in those who have Retrograde Mercury in their natal chart. For people who struggle to communicate sometimes this energy can be very helpful. Its like a very large intake of breath so that we can assimilate new mental concepts and visions.