The game can begin quite suddenly.

It’s nice when the stars show you a problem along with its resolution.  Basically, we’ve got some belligerence going on starting on Monday, with all sorts of domestic discord popping in and out of existence (Venus-Earth-Saturn, Moon-Earth-Mars, Moon-Earth-MERCURY RETROGRADE) building up to a climax on the 20th the alignment of Venus-Sun-MERCURY RETROGRADE is completely changed by Mercury returning to direct motion.  And just like that, loving is good again.

Capricorn finished out its time with that nice bit of Mercury Magic.1

Gertie is quite a bit faster than Lily, though nowhere near as strong.

Capricorn: Page of Cups reversed – Taste, inclination, attachment, seduction, deception, artifice.

Aquarius: 10 of Coins – Gain, riches; family matters, archives, extraction, the abode of a family.

Pisces: 9 of Coins –  Prudence, safety, success, accomplishment, certitude, discernment. 

Aries: 8 of Wands – Activity in undertakings, the path of such activity, swiftness, great haste, great hope.

Taurus: Temperance – Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation.

Gemini: 7 of Swords – Design, attempt, wish, hope, confidence, quarrelling, a plan that may fail, annoyance.

Cancer: Knight of Wands reversed – Rupture, division, interruption, discord.

Leo: 7 of Cups – Some achievement, but nothing permanent.

Virgo: King of Coins – Valor, realizing intelligence, business and normal intellectual aptitude.

Libra: Page of Coins reversed – Prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury; unfavourable news.

Scorpio: The World reversed – Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.

Sagittarius: The Empress reversed – Light, truth, the unravelling of involved matters, public rejoicings; according to another reading, vacillation.

Lily gets a lot more exercise on our walks than I do.

1That was me testing superscripts in block editor.