Mars, Medusa and the Moonchild
Your Official EOFY Wholesomely Foreboding Skyclock Forecast.
HAPPY JULY FELLOW DIGGERS.
The original plan, for those following along at home, was to break down the Astrology of Julian Assange (aka The Slippery One) each day in the lead up to his Solar Return on July the 3rd.
But sometimes life demands there ain’t no time for that, particularly when other pressing Skyclock matters take precedent, and so here we are with our latest iteration of
WHOLESOMELY FOREBODING SKYCLOCK FORECASTING
Full disclosure: I am pretty salty about the state of the world at the moment, so this WFSF may feel particularly savage. Luckily, I have a more wholesome and vibey Sunrise Rant version for you as well!
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SHALL WE DIG IN?
Preparing for Pluto
Our Dark Jupiterian June was flavoured with one of the most benefic Plutonic aspects possible — an Underworld-Expanding and Wealth-Creating Trine to Jupiter — counterbalanced with the perhaps the most ominous: a Square to Mars.
Sure enough, just as Mars ticked over into the first degree of Detriment in Taurus (Tropical Astrology continues to defy my scepticism in mostly unpleasant ways), Israel thought it appropriate to massacre hundreds of civilians to rescue four surprisingly well-fed hostages.
MUH HAMASS MUHH HUMAN SHIELDS MUHHHH BUT MUM THEY WERE THE ONES WHO STARTED IT.
How fully grown alleged Chosen People ended up incapable of engaging in discourse beyond the level of Eric Cartman remains an open question, however at least we got a brutally stark Mars-Pluto cautionary tale for the world to try and consciously integrate (to be honest, the world since October 7 basically feels like one extended Mars-Pluto nightmare).
ANYWAY: the Lord of Hades is front and centre again this month (is it ever not?) although in not quite so dramatic ways. On July 3rd, Mercury will enter Tropical Leo and move into Opposition with Pluto (with Venus and then the Sun doing the same later in the month).
What can we expect in terms of the Unearthing of Revelatory Information (my fave Mercury-Pluto combo)? Well, our last Mercury-Pluto Conjunction in early February coincided with CIA Tuck Tuck sitting down and comfortably manspreading with Vlad the Invader.
July 3 just so happens to be The Slippery One’s birthday (I am still planning a Solar Return Special for the occasion, don’t worry), and given the Tuck is currently Downunder preaching to the choir, perhaps another Skyclock-aligned and Intel-approved Conspiratorial-lite manspreadfest is on the tastefully beige coffee table?
Preparing for July 15
So Eyes on July 3 is our first EOFY Skyclock Assignment. The second is also fairly straightforward: get ready for July 15.
Why July 15? That will be the exact day of Conjunction between Mars and Uranus in Taurus (Tropical and Sidereal): where (just as a reminder) Mars is in Detriment.
This conjunction becomes especially geopolitically spicy for a few reasons: mainly because it falls on the first day of the Republican National Convention (who says Bible Bashers don’t use Astrology?) and one can only imagine how much further the political climate in the US will have devolved by that point.
With Uranus, Mars becomes at its most “accident-prone”: with its lowest collective manifestation along the lines of Sudden and Disruptive Acts of Violence. Its highest manifestation is the pure channeling and focus of our Will towards Uranian qualities of Liberation, Progress, Excitement (I do a much better job at this in the video honestly).
Keep these virtues in mind in the lead up, as opportunities to assertively move ourselves forward in a conscious direction do not come much better than this.
Preparing for People to Lose Their Heads
OK I LIED: the date of the Mars-Uranus Conjunction and its proximity to a Cuckservative Cringefest is not what has nearly every humble stargazer identifying July 15 as an Apocalypse-Enabling Red Flag date.
This already spicy duo will be exactly conjunct the Demon Star Algol: lying in the Constellation of Perseus (adjacent to Taurus). In Ancient Astrology it is considered one of if not the most malefic Fixed Star, and mythologically it represents the decapitated Head of Medusa.
The Orange Moonchild (you knew this would ultimately be about him/they) has the Demon Star Conjunct his Midheaven (the highest point in the sky when he was born). Remember this photo of Kathy Griffen holding a decapitated Moonchild noggin? Consider it the Archetypal Reveal of his Algol-MC:
So, yes, this means that the Mars-Uranus Conjunction will be also be occurring at the highest and most visible part of the Moonchild’s Astrology. It will also be exactly Squaring his Natal Mars Rising, all the while Retrograde Saturn is exactly Squaring his Natal Sun-Moon-Nodes Lunar Eclipse Axis.
If you have made it to the end of Part 3 of The Orange Moonchild, you will know exactly why this is about the biggest Celestial Red Flag a Wholesomely Conspiratorial Astrologer could hope/dread for, and why it may be best — Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst: remember — to prepare for the most “Medusian” Mars-Uranus outcome possible.
As hard to believe as it might be, especially for me, this Conjunction is not only about the Moonchild: a forebodingly wide array of notable Nations and individuals have Algol locked into their Celestial Story — it will Oppose Sleepy Joe’s Scorpio Sun while Squaring the United States Natal Moon, for just two examples.
Preparing to Bring Dreams into Reality
TIME TO BRING THINGS WHOLESOMELY HOME.
Algol aside, the most outstanding feature of July’s Skyclock movements in my eyes is the increasingly entangled dance between our two current Pisces inhabitants —Saturn and Neptune — who are of course sizing each other up for their main tango across 2025 and 2026.
Saturn stationed retrograde a few days ago, and Neptune will do the same in a few days time: just as they have come to within the standard 10 degree orb of Conjunction. Consider this, then, the official commencement of our collective Saturn-Neptune moment, which will continue for the roughly 2 year period of their every 1 in 35 year Conjunction.
What happened 35 years ago at the peak of their exact Conjunction in late 1989? WELL HOW ABOUT the fall of the Berlin Wall as part of the broader collapse of the Soviet Union — so mark Dissolution (Neptune) of Restrictive Authoritarian Structures (Saturn) on your bingo cards.
My general hot take on retrogrades is that they are periods where the archetypes are less influential at the collective level and more accessible individually: in other words, because the collective story of that planet is taking a pause, it allows us to better reflect on its core meaning and highest manifestation.
So I would see this dual retrograde period (Saturn activates on November 15, just after the US election hooray) as a chance to internalise the highest manifestations of both Planets (Saturn as Control, Discipline, Mastery; Neptune as Imagination, Intuition, Inspiration) as preparation for the big dance.
In general, it seems fair to say that the first stage of a major planetary transit is the most rough and disorienting, and the second where the meaning and purpose is gradually revealed.
It is therefore also fair to expect 2025 to be highly disorienting at the collective level: where we will be at Peak Water (Neptune leaving the last degree of Pisces and the entire Tropical Zodiac) and where the intrusion of Saturn will feel most malefic and adversarial.
But then expect things to quickly clarify and take shape in 2026, as we take the opportunity for Saturn-Neptune’s highest manifestation: bringing Dreams into Reality.
If you want to fully feel the Saturn-Neptune vibe that I am tapping in to, then I highly recommend the second half of my aforementioned Looshtube Sunrise Rant.
OK SURE HERE IT IS AGAIN:
To keep it simple and tangible: mastering a musical instrument is my primary Saturn-Neptune endevour, which is why I am still going all out on the drums. So, as reward for those who made it to the end, here is a wholesome solo cover of the official Orange Moonchild Theme Song (with credit again to Tonika for the meme sequences)!
Got your popcorn ready, fellow diggers? You’re going to love what comes next (hopefully: not like we have a choice either way).