Pallas Astrology

Archetypal Astrology, Tarot & Counseling by Maud Gemmeke

Out of office

Sex and the City screenshot

I’m on holiday leave from May 20th until June 21st. I’m excited to spend my holidays in Berlin and Barcelona, going to concerts, a music festival and visiting astrologer colleagues and friends. I’m also planning to finally finish that new website of mine that’s in the making. It has taken us way longer than planned. But, just as people, websites want to be born on their own time. 

During my holiday leave I will not post new articles and I will not be available for consultations. You may email me at maud@pallasastrology.com; though it may take a while before I respond to emails during this time. 

With love, Maud

Horoscopes for Gemini Season (May 20th – June 21st)

Photo by Brooke DiDonato http://brookdidonato.com

I’m a bitch
I’m a lover
I’m a child
I’m a mother
I’m a sinner
I’m a saint
And I do not feel ashamed
I’m your hell
I’m your dream
I’m nothing in between
You know you wouldn’t want it any other way

Just when you think you’ve got me figured out
The season’s already changing…

Your soundtrack for Gemini Season is Bitch by Meredith Brooks, listen here on YouTube.

Gemini is the sign of the twins. The sign of opposites. The sign of duality. The sign of more than duality… of multiplicity. Gemini is multifaceted. Gemini is also the sign of the splits in identity that we all have (whether we have Gemini placements or not). Gemini is the sign of social flexibility. We all are the Bitch AND the Lover.

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Musings and Affirmation Horoscopes for the Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio

Photo by Chantal Convertini https://www.paeulini.com

Movie tip: Les Olympiades. In case you want to go to a movie while the Moon is in Scorpio, because this movie is drenched in Scorpio vibes, go and see Les Olympiades. This movie is in theatres now and I absolutely love it! Click here to watch the trailer.

The Full Moon / Lunar Eclipse arrives on May 16th 2022 at 6.14 am CET at 25 degrees Scorpio. (Though the Full Moon takes place on May 16th in Europe, for others it may take place on May 15th.)

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Horoscopes for Jupiter in Aries

Farrah Fawcett in Charlie’s Angels

If you want to learn more about the significations of Jupiter in Aries, click here to read my musings on Jupiter in Aries. Venus has already entered Aries on May 2nd (and will stay there till May 28th). So the horoscopes below may already resonate a bit, as Venus paves the way for Jupiter who enters on May 10th / 11th (exact date depends on your location).

Your soundtrack for Jupiter in Aries: Stages by Adi Oasis. Listen here on YouTube.
I think the lyrics are very Jupiter in Aries, and I think the videoclip is actually quite Venus in Aries. I discovered Adi Oasis via my astrologer friend and saxophone player Paula, who lives in New York but is also coming for a tour to Europe with Nick Waterhouse (join me as I go to their concert May 30th in Berlin together with my astrology friend Gwen who lives in Berlin, I’m so excited!). I’ve been spamming Adi Oasis loudly on Instagram the past week. Last Tuesday I saw Adi Oasis live, in my city Utrecht. She was really really good! The band too! The setting was small and the tickets were cheap, as Adi is still upcoming. The intimacy was so pleasant! Though they definitely deserved a bigger stage. I had the best time dancing in my tight-fitted seventies denim jumpsuit also wearing white boots with high heels and a pink velvet bag and huge silver earrings (my outfit probably sounds hysterical, but it was actually quite sophisticated, and I felt pretty damn cool and sexy). Venus had just entered Aries the day before and I was enjoying the cosmic vibes and my bold sense of fashion. I think it’s because of the seventies vibes of Adi and my outfit that I thought of this photo of Farrah Fawcett as I was brainstorming about possible pictures for this horoscope article. This photo speaks Jupiter in Aries to me so much!

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Be Here Now – Musings on Jupiter in Aries

Krishna and Arjuna (The Bhagavad Gita)

“The game is to be where you are. Be it honestly and as consciously as you know how.” (Ram Dass)

In this article I will share: 1) a personal introduction to Jupiter in Aries and 12th house placements, as I was born with Jupiter in Aries in the 12th house (you can skip this introduction if you’re not interested in my diary writings or musings on 12th house placements) 2) a general description of the significations of Jupiter in Aries (natal and in transit), 3) a list of dates for Jupiter in Aries along with an astrological interpretation, 4) book and podcast tips for Jupiter in Aries.

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Turn your sorrow into treasured gold – additional article on the eclipse series in Taurus and Scorpio

Medusa – artist unknown

I want to share the horoscopes for the previous eclipse in Taurus again. These horoscopes are still valid! They were written for the beginning of a chapter that is still unfolding… The previous eclipse in Taurus was a Full Moon / Lunar Eclipse and it occurred on November 19th 2021. It marked the beginning of a series of eclipses that occurs on the Taurus – Scorpio axis. Eclipses occur in the signs where the lunar nodes reside, and the lunar nodes take about 1,5 years to travel through the signs. That gives us a series of eclipses that is spread out over about 1,5 up to sometimes 2 years. The north node is now in Taurus, the south node is in Scorpio. Eclipses bring beginnings and endings in the parts of our chart where the eclipses occur. Sometimes these beginnings and endings are quite major; depending on whether they align with personal placements in the birth chart. Look at the Taurus – Scorpio axis in your chart, to get an idea what this chapter of eclipses may be about for you.

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Unfold, in a generous way – Musings on Venus in Pisces

The Birth of Venus by Odilon Rendon (1912)

It’s warmer now
Lean into it
Unfold
In a generous way
Surrender, It’s not meant to be a strife
It’s not meant to be a struggle uphill

Undo, undo
It’s not meant to be a strife
It’s not meant to be a struggle uphill
I’m praying
To be
In a generous mode
The kindness kind
To share me

Listen to Undo by Björk on YouTube.

Venus is in Pisces from April 5th to May 2nd 2022. I very much welcome Venus in Pisces. Venus hasn’t been in the best position since November 2021; traveling through the Saturn ruled signs Capricorn and Aquarius, going through the underworld (a retrograde period and conjunctions with Pluto), going through a struggle with Mars and finally besiegement. Venus will enter calmer waters now. In this article I’ll explore this Venus transit. But first I’ll share some of the mythology behind the constellation Pisces and about Venus in Pisces in general (much may resonate with people who were born with Venus / Moon / Sun / ascendant in Pisces). Then I will go into the Venus in Pisces transit that lasts from April 5th to May 2nd this year. Lastly I’ll share my reasons for the song choice for this article.

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