May 31: Mars and Pallas conjunct the Pleiades indicate an excellent time to successfully plan ahead and research within our psyche with creativity

May 31: Mars enters the zodiacal sign of Taurus and makes an ecliptic conjunction with the Pleiades (M45). This indicates an injection of energy into the mental plane, which can be used to investigate and seek revealing insights. The sense of time can be altered both because of the quickening pulse typical of Mars as well as the great speed at which many of the Pleiades actually rotate on themselves. Possibly our minds will go faster than circumstances, and this gap must be taken into account in order to avoid  practical mistakes. But the time distortion can be used to plan ahead: with this acceleration, it is possible to sense the direction that circumstances will take in the near or far future..

     What's more, the Mars/M45 mix also brings the possibility of having valuable insights. The Pleiades are passing through an area of the galaxy in which there is a signficant amount of nebulosity, which gives them their characteristic appearance. The Pleiades are of unparalleled beauty due to its own light reflexing on this nebulosity, creating what is called a reflection nebula, similar to the Witch Head or M78. The reflection symbolizes a tendency to dig into the unconscious, to reveal the depths of the mental and emotional worlds, to reveal unconscious content. This, along with the typical mental acceleratiion of M45, suggests an excellent time to apply therapies, psychoanalysis, meditation, visualization, to consult oracles, for artistic creation, and to do research in general, whether academic or personal. The trend is about getting informed and reveal, to inquire, to have great insights, to bring forth unconscious content through creativity, to expand our consciousness.

     It is noteworthy that Mars is not alone in this game: just one degree ahead, is the asteroid Pallas, which gives a more structured and planned expression to the Martian impulse, which in itself could accelerate too much the already fast Pleiades. Ideally, and that is the contribution of Pallas, this whole psychoanalytic mental stimulation and should be better expressed through a strategy. And hence it is good to plan the near or far future,  in the coming days. The Pleiadian atmosphere sounds interesting, and surely there will be many activities in which to experience this peculiar combination that occurs every two years or so. This trend will be in effect until Monday, so we have the whole weekend to take advantage of it.

     I hope you do! I wish you all a very Pleiadian and fruitful weekend ...

     Carlos Duarte
     Researcher Astrologer