May 8/9: Mercury, Mars and Galaxy M100 generate energy and dynamism that need to be channeled adequately; Vesta, Neptune and the Pleiades open spaces for spirituality and introspection

May 8/9: Mercury, the planet of communication, is parallel to Mars and galaxy M100, and also square to Juno. This combination is powerful and represents an enormous amount of energy to be channeled on artistic goals and for  structuring our projects. The combination Mercury/Mars by itself indicates a high energy dose in our everyday affairs, as they will tend to be done quickly| with the dynamism and enthusiasm of this trend. However, they will also often coincide with communication problems (the square to Juno), impatience, irritability and aggression, to be avoided at all costs. We must be patient with others, do not respond to provocations...

     The spiral galaxy M100, is one of the most beautiful in our galactic neighborhood. Its impressive symmetry suggests a perfect design, so that the energy of Mercury and Mars can be channeled to improve our projects or to beautify and harmonize our environment. This combination is great for the arts, photography, painting, design, or just to give our personal space some aesthetic and functional structure. The results can be extraordinary! Otherwise, M100 can accentuate the latent aggression of the Mercury/Mars combination, since five supernovae have been detected in it. This gives a tendency to change drastically, to provoke, to show irreverence that may bring quarrels, accidents by impulsivity and aggression. However, the strong X-ray emission of the five M100 supernovae is conducive to introspection, and in any case should be a good dynamic astrological combination for psychoanalysis and research.
Better this than causing conflicts!

     Fortunately, not everything is so intense these days. Asteroid Vesta is parallel to the Pleiades (M45) and trine to Neptune, which facilitates devotion, meditation, yoga and generally all activities related to spirituality. Neptune is the  mystical and transcendent planet, but the combination Vesta/Pleiades is also very interesting. The stars that make up M45 are involved in nebulosity, which suggested that they were still wrapped in the original cloud that created them. But it has been discovered that they are only passing through a nebulosity area of the galaxy, that reflects light from the Pleiades, and thus becomes a reflection nebula. Reflection nebulae represent introspection, insights, internal visions and a fruitful dialogue with our own unconscious. So it is advisable to reserve a little time to focus on inner peace, whether to meditate or reflect mentally, compensating this way the stress that will surely come out of the Mercury/Mars/M100 trend. We must take care of our inner space, generating peace and harmony!


Carlos Duarte
Astrologer Researcher