Category: Horoscope

  • Insights, Inspirations & Forecast the Week for May 8
    michael oconnor
    michael oconnor

    Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March May 8 – 14, 2026

    Need clarity, vision, and strategy? Benefit from over 30 years of experience to better understand the true ‘you’ beyond outer pressures and layers of social conditioning, what cycles of destiny are underway, and what new chapters are destined to begin now and in the coming months and years.

    Learn How an Astrology Reading Can Help You

    Contact Michael for an Appointment: sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    “I had a relationship reading 2 years ago, and now I am thinking how accurate you were to see the relationship for what it was and to see each of us so clearly. Thank you for your reading.” – Hyegwi

    ​Become a Member!​

    What does $1 per week buy you these days?​
    ​Click here for a sample of what Members have access to, for just about $1 per week.

    ​See Membership Benefits Here​


    Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:

    The Moon enters its Last Quarter Phase now, before the Cazimi New Moon next weekend on May 16. Although the larger backdrop of events as revealed by planetary alignments is indeed significant, powerful, and pivotal, revealing that humanity has indeed entered a major, evolutionary turning point, in the foreground this week is less eventful.

    So, make the most of it because the coming lunation cycle will prove much more exciting.

    What is not commonly understood about the Lunation Cycle (a New Moon to New Moon cycle), is that it serves both to anchor larger background events and their associated themes, and it also serves as a timer to trigger destined experiences, both collectively and individually. In terms of the anchor, it means that if an event occurs while an existing Moon cycle is underway, the next New Moon serves as the anchor. What Moon Phase and aspects are active when a larger background event occurs is also significant.

    The other factor is when the Moon makes a conjunction to the planets involved, the most significant of which are the far planets, which move more slowly, especially when compared to the fast-moving Moon. The Moon serves to activate the energies of the planets on a more personal level, where they can be more fully felt or experienced at both a biological and an emotional level or manner.

    So, the focus is more inclusive and holistic than exclusive and linear. In terms of timing, it refers to the activation of an event in terms of what would symbolically refer to the minute and second hand and their count on a clock. So, even though an aspect between two planets might be exact, their outer manifestation is tied to the Moon, at least making its next major aspect to a planet.

    As elementary as these basic factors can seem, the entire focus is quite sophisticated based on the precision of time. Not just the precision of timing, which is when the event occurs, but of time. What this means is that while time is deemed to ultimately be an illusion in a philosophical sense, because it is not an objective reality in the ultimate sense, but subjective, it constitutes a paradox.

    The twist here is that the subjective perspective is based on our experience of the Sun/Earth relationship here on Earth. So, the reference to the term ‘subjective’ hosts a collective experiential reality, which renders the entire concept to be paradoxical. In other words, it reveals with a subjective perspective, yet at a collective level, which in one regard qualifies it as an objective aspect of reality, yet in terms of a larger consideration of existence, beyond our collective experience, it can be understood to be a subjective experience of reality, shared by humanity as a whole.

    This is an example of how holism works. The core principle is that existence consists of wholes within wholes. Yes, we have to add the letter ‘w’ to the word, because of the antonym factor associated with wholes and holes.

    These ancient realizations were pushed into obscurity by the march of the scientific revolution and the industrial revolution too, but only temporarily. Now that science and engineering, especially, have established their ground, the linear lean of scientific materialism is undergoing a counter-revolution. Cutting-edge science itself has peered so deeply into the mechanics of existence that it has come full circle to realize that matter is not absolute and ultimate as was not so long ago asserted.

    Not only has modern science come to appreciate the more ultimate role of energy, which transcends matter, but it is also moving progressively in the direction of accepting that consciousness, or what can be described as divine intelligence, is the source of energy. Okay, so very few self-respecting scientists, corralled by at least indirect pressure from the larger, global community, would use the term ‘divine’. This restriction simply places limits on appreciating the fact that existence is clearly by design, is sublimely sophisticated, and it is also specifically purposeful. Astrology clearly reveals this, but then, as the game goes, the limitations of the ‘club’ require casual dismissal of such truths since they are not deemed scientific. Yet, it does, and wonderfully, and that is the thing, what might be regarded as one of the many contradictions of life.

    When understood correctly, this ‘new’ ancient understanding is foundational to that, how, and why Astrology works. Holism operates by principles of fractals, which essentially means that the whole paradoxically exists within the part. That is why Horoscopes ‘work’. They are not as detailed and precise as are the insights derived from an actual reading of your Birth Chart, but they do prove relevant enough to outline the gist of the current flow of destined processes.

    P.S. in the deepest reaches of this understanding of existence is that fact that you are an eternal soul, in the Earth School, having human experiences, complete with lessons and all for the sake of evolutionary growth, so that one day, you will, as will every soul, graduate from this denser dimension and gain access to the multiple dimensions of existence, all of which are here now, yet just vibrational frequencies away.

    While life can seem random and relatively chaotic with multiple unknowns, affirmation that you can intuitively align with and which reveals purpose, timing and possibility, and which guides a sense of self-actualization, can prove grounding and empowering indeed. Learn how an Astrology Reading can help.

    ​Sign up as a Member

    ~ Today ~

    to access your weekly, monthly, and yearly Horoscopes, plus other benefits.

    Have a great week!

    Michael O’Connor
    Life Coach Astrologer
    ​
    Guiding Your Future Probabilities & Possibilities…
    ​
    www.sunstarastrology.com ~ sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    ***

    ​

    Thank you for sharing with friends!

  • Insights, Inspirations & Forecast the Week for May 1
    michael oconnor
    michael oconnor

    Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March May 1 – 7, 2026

    Need clarity, vision, and strategy? Benefit from over 30 years of experience to better understand the true ‘you’ beyond outer pressures and layers of social conditioning, what cycles of destiny are underway, and what new chapters are destined to begin now and in the coming months and years.

    Learn How an Astrology Reading Can Help You

    Contact Michael for an Appointment: sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    “Michael holds a wealth of knowledge, wisdom and intuition and uses all of these attributes in his offerings! I’ve received personal readings and guidance from him and have followed him for many years! He’s a member of my personal spiritual “team” and I always find a gift in what he shares with the world!” – Lizzie

    ​Become a Member!​

    What does $1 per week buy you these days?​
    ​Click here for a sample of what Members have access to, for just about $1 per week.

    ​See Membership Benefits Here​


    Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:

    May is a special month, especially in 2026, because the month begins with a Full Moon on May 1 (at 11, Scorpio 21), and it hosts a second Full Moon, popularly referred to as a ‘Blue Moon’ on May 31 (at 9 Sagittarius 58). It is one thing to have a 13th Moon, which occurs on an average of 2.7 years, yet for two to occur on the first and last day of the same month is noteworthy. It marks yet another rare event in this special turning point year that 2026 is.

    The list so far of notable events includes Saturn and Neptune, both entering Aries within weeks. Then a Solar Eclipse New Moon to launch the Year of the Fire Horse. Then the historic conjunction of Saturn and Neptune at 0 Aries. Then the rare 7-planet stellium in Aries, 5 of which remain there even now. Then to have two Full Moons in the same calendar month, one on the first day and the other on the last, with a Cazimi New Moon in between, well…it should be clear that 2026 is special.

    May is the 5th month of the year, which in a Universal 1-Year equates to a Universal 6-Month. Briefly, in Numerology, 6 is the number of beauty, harmony, symmetry, and dynamic balance of nature itself, love and responsibility, often associated with parenting, family, and nurturing. Number 6 represents a personality embodying qualities such as understanding and reasoned balance in context to the situation, guided by ideals and principles of fairness, equality, and justice for all concerned or who would be influenced by the decision.

    In the highest sense, # 6 is symbolic of the heightened clarity and intuition of a person able to live in, through, and from their heart chakra, which is the golden path of all spiritual traditions and is much rarer than it might be assumed. More commonly, it is human to function from a loop between the Solar Plexus (or emotional conviction center), and the Throat Chakra (or the center of conditioned perspectives), which effectively bypasses the heart center.

    As for the two Full Moons destined to occur on the first and the last day of May 2026, like two sentinels at the gate, we are left to wonder what they are symbolically representing. In terms of the fact that a New Moon serves to anchor recent major events, it is noteworthy that the Taurus New Moon that occurs on May 16, right at the mid-point of the two Full Moons, will be the first to host Uranus in Gemini.

    Uranus in Gemini is symbolic of heightened technology and communication, especially in context to an array of other major factors, such as Pluto in Aquarius, and the recent historic conjunction of Saturn and Neptune at 0 Aries, and we can add the sunrise process of the Age of Aquarius currently underway, to get a few hints at the gist of the fact that the world is rapidly entering a whole new era, in fact, a whole new age at this very moment…

    The last time Uranus entered Gemini was in 1941. That year, key advancements in communication technology development included radio relay systems to enhance communication efficiency and mobility during military operations. These systems allowed for multiple voice channels to be transmitted over a single radio carrier, significantly improving communication capabilities. This included the widespread use of portable radios and advanced communication systems that allowed for real-time communication. This is a good example of synchronicity indeed!

    In the foreground, it is also especially noteworthy that it will be a ‘Cazimi’ New Moon mid-month on the 16th, which makes it extra special and generally auspicious. When the Moon is within 17 minutes of arc from the center of the Sun, aligning closely in both longitude and declination, a Cazimi New Moon occurs. Generally, this alignment is considered more powerful than usual for a New Moon and is regarded as an extra-strong time for setting intentions and initiating new beginnings.

    As ever, every case must be assessed on its own ground. This is the value of context, because no event occurs in isolation and is ever a feature of larger or at least directly associated themes. So, let’s unpack this special moment to see if the initial glitter is as pure gold as it presents itself to be.

    Unfortunately, it is not without its share of challenges. In this regard, the gold may be revealed by the deeper message and warning that it hosts since it is the first New Moon hosting the significant event of Uranus in Gemini for its full, uninterrupted transit through the sign of the twins.

    Positively, Uranus in Gemini shares symbolic alignment since Gemini is an Air Element Sign and Uranus is the ruler of Air Element Aquarius. Uranus in Taurus since 2018 was in one of its two most challenging signs, (the other is Leo). While in Taurus, the world experienced Covid-19 and has still not fully recovered from the associated tragedies and travesties of it.

    With the Sun and Moon at 25 Taurus 57, and Mercury at 28 Taurus 51, Mercury is deemed COMBUST (a technical term meaning obscured or hidden in the light of the Sun). This occurs when Mercury is even within 14-degrees of conjunct to the Sun, which occurs quite often. The closer Mercury is to the Sun, aside from when it is within 1 degree, which means that it is Cazimi (in the heart of the Sun) and is deemed especially auspicious, indicative of sharp mental acuity and an increased ability to focus and see things with heightened objectivity.

    So, for Mercury to be Combust at the New Moon on May 16 adds to its overall theme.

    When Mercury is Combust, however, it is generally regarded as ‘blinded’ by the Sun’s light. In a Birth Chart, the closer Mercury is to the Sun until it is within 1 degree, the greater the likelihood that the person will project their subjective perceptions and beliefs and be unable to perceive others and life in general without this strong projection. In other words, they tend to be ‘blinded by their own light’, of their ego. They can otherwise be intelligent, healthy, moral, and integral in many ways, yet still lacking in objectivity. With this understanding, they can make conscious efforts to be aware of this challenge and thereby increase their objectivity.

    The exact degrees of the Sun/Moon and Mercury are symbolically associated with Capricorn, Pisces and Aries. With the ruling planets for all three of these Signs, including Saturn, Neptune, and Mars all in Aries, the plot thickens.

    Saturn in Aries is already deemed challenged since it is at 10 degrees of Aries, which is strongly associated with Leo, this challenge is significantly increased. The main issue is one of hard or cold-heartedness.

    Mars at 29 Aries 26 is exactly conjunct wounded healer Chiron, which is at 28 Aries 24. So, the conjunction is within 3-minutes (not 3 degrees), which is comprised of 60 minutes, but precisely 2 minutes 32 seconds! Mars conjunct Chiron tends to be aggressive and single-minded, unable to hear any other reasoning than its own, and this is compounded by Mercury Combust. As ever, with awareness, such factors can be mitigated.

    This conjunction of Mars and Chiron at the same time as the Cazimi New Moon on May 16 is a call for healing of some kind. Which means it too is part of the New Moon seed event.

    Since the exact degree is associated with Sagittarius and Pisces, the focus turns to Jupiter and Neptune. Jupiter in Cancer is auspicious, yet it is unaspected at 21 Cancer 21. This generally implies that health, welfare, nurturing, and caring for oneself and family will likely be best achieved with less dependence upon any outer source, such as doctors and hospitals. While this cannot be achieved in an absolute sense, it might signify people learning to be more mindful, disciplined, and resourceful regarding their overall quality of health and welfare in general.

    Neptune at 3 Aries 43 is the ruler of the North Node, which amplifies this theme of increased independence and self-sufficiency. Since it shares association with Venus-ruled Taurus, which is in the late degrees of Gemini, and symbolically associated with Aquarius and Aries, this theme is further emphasized and carries an inner message woven with a reminder of the subjectivity of perception and the likelihood of strong biases based on assumed postures of objectivity masking highly conditioned perspectives by the media, which is fully engaged in information wars and has been for many decades, since television (tel-a-vision) emerged as a norm of daily life.

    In other words, cognitive dissonance remains a prominent reality in modern society. The key to breaking free of it is to be aware of what it means and to engage in a committed process of self-reflective awareness guided by rigorous self-honesty to determine not if, but what, biases one harbors and what is their probable source.

    If your habit is to watch, listen to, or read only specific news sources, then you can be certain that your perspectives are biased. Breaking free of the unconscious security anchors associated with these sources can be understood under the heading of ‘shadow work’. Yet, rest assured, that most people will not engage in such ‘inner work’, both due to lack of interest, and also to the inability to do so.

    So, the two Full Moons on either side of the Cazimi New Moon, the precise mid-point of the month of May, is special alright. Like sentinels blowing air through clarion trumpets, they can be understood to be announcing a whole new round of the games of life. These games will, as ever, host the spectrum of light and dark, as is the way of duality, but something brand new is emerging, and it can probably be understood as the repercussions of AI and robotics fast emerging to influence every aspect of our lives.

    Do you feel aligned and ready to pass through the gates of this new era we are entering? Or do you feel confused and overwhelmed? The key is to be aligned with your own nature and destiny. I can help you to achieve this so you can proceed with greater clarity and confidence.

    While life can seem random and relatively chaotic with multiple unknowns, affirmation that you can intuitively align with and which reveals purpose, timing and possibility, and which guides a sense of self-actualization, can prove grounding and empowering indeed. Learn how an Astrology Reading can help.

    ​Sign up as a Member

    ~ Today ~

    to access your weekly, monthly, and yearly Horoscopes, plus other benefits.

    Have a great week!

    Michael O’Connor
    Life Coach Astrologer
    ​
    Guiding Your Future Probabilities & Possibilities…
    ​
    www.sunstarastrology.com ~ sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    ***

    ​

    Thank you for sharing with friends!

  • Insights, Inspirations & Forecast the Week for April 24
    michael oconnor
    michael oconnor

    Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March April 24 – 30, 2026

    Need clarity, vision, and strategy? Benefit from over 30 years of experience to better understand the true ‘you’ beyond outer pressures and layers of social conditioning, What cycles of destiny are underway and what new chapters are destined to begin now and in the coming months and years.

    Learn How an Astrology Reading Can Help You

    Contact Michael for an Appointment: sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    “Thanks so much for everything you shared with me. It’s been super helpful and I feel like I am oriented towards the future with a different attitude. I’m looking forward to listening to the recordings again and diving into all the resources you have shared with me.” ~ Chelsey

    ​Become a Member!​

    What does $1 per week buy you these days?​
    ​Click here for a sample of what Members have access to, for just about $1 per week.

    ​See Membership Benefits Here​


    Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:

    Uranus entering Gemini on April 25 is in the spotlight. While it did enter the sign of the twins already last summer for a 4-month stint from July 7 to November 8, (when it advanced to 1 Gemini 27 by September 8, when it turned retrograde), such events largely offer what can be described as a preview to the full movie. Well, now the box office is open, and the admission line is long…awaited.

    Uranus has an approximate 84-year cycle, aptly spending an average of 7 years in each sign. Yet, due to its elliptical orbit and its retrograde processes, like all the planets, this time period is not so linear and tidy.

    As the ruler of Aquarius, Uranus can be basically interpreted as a shaker. In its push for the future, it disrupts tradition, the norm, the comfort zone, and any other resistance that assumes that it can defy the Law of Change. In this regard, Uranus plays a major role.

    Unlike Saturn, which pushes for discipline, focus, and patient perseverance, Uranus is disruptive, irreverent, unpredictable, and can prove devilish, quirky, crazy, and a trickster that can even be deemed a bit insane. It is like the Joker or some other villain in Batman movies. All of these constitute aspects of its lower expression.

    On the high side, Uranus illuminates, awakens, reveals, and downloads clarity, insights, epiphanies, eurekas, and any other such realizations that come to consciousness as if suddenly. Whether we are brainstorming for ideas and methods, or even at passive moments sometimes, especially when our mind is in neutral, open, and receptive, we can receive the gifts of Uranus. In this regard, it can be accurately understood as intuition, not to be mistaken by common notions that it is a mere synonym of ‘instinct’. This is like thinking the heart is the same as the liver.

    So, the awakening of Uranus began last year, but it is now here and in full force where it will follow through on its transit through Gemini until its first entry into Cancer, on August 4, 2032, when (as is more often true than not regarding the entry of the far planets, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto into new signs), it will turn retrograde by October 7, 2032, then re-enter Gemini on December 12, 2032, and then re-enter Cancer on May 22, 2033 for the full push of its transit in the sign of families…. Such details can seem geeky given the gap of time between now and then.

    Uranus in Gemini will prove to usher in the full measure of the AI age that has begun. This can be good news for some, but the implications are immense.

    Positively, Uranus is well-placed in Gemini since they share the Air Element factor. Yes, Aquarius is an Air Sign, even though it is indeed the Water Bearer. This very twist in its imagery is an example of its strange stripes and unorthodox, innovative, alternative style.

    That Uranus will form an inspiring Trine to Pluto in Aquarius on the heels of Mars forming a conjunction with it, and both also in Sextile to Neptune in July 2026, is noteworthy and more attention will be directed to it closer to date.

    For now, the main point is that it will synchronize with a major push forward regarding our computer-driven information age. The other key takeaway is that it will serve to level the playing field in terms of gender equality on a global scale. Yes, the long era of male dominance based on notions of patriarchal superiority is in its death throes. Carefully consider this when you observe what is happening on the world stage.

    This week’s Horoscope will bring extra attention to Uranus in Gemini for each sign. If you don’t already know the possible one or two other signs to read in addition to your Sun Sign, send me an email.

    While life can seem random and relatively chaotic with multiple unknowns, affirmation that you can intuitively align with and which reveals purpose, timing and possibility, and which guides a sense of self-actualization, can prove grounding and empowering indeed. Learn how an Astrology Reading can help.

    ​Sign up as a Member

    ~ Today ~

    to access your weekly, monthly, and yearly horoscopes, plus other benefits.

    Have a great week!

    Michael O’Connor
    Life Coach Astrologer
    ​
    Guiding Your Future Probabilities & Possibilities…
    ​
    www.sunstarastrology.com ~ sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

  • Insights, Inspirations & Forecast the Week for April 17
    michael oconnor
    michael oconnor

    Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March April 17 – 23, 2026

    Need clarity, vision, and strategy? Benefit from over 30 years of experience to better understand the true ‘you’ beyond outer pressures and layers of social conditioning, What cycles of destiny are underway and what new chapters are destined to begin now and in the coming months and years.

    Learn How an Astrology Reading Can Help You

    Contact Michael for an Appointment: sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    “Hi Michael – Thank you for your reading for our baby girl (Ariana). Her parents were very pleased – they listened to it over and over. Thank you so much.” ~ Rosemary

    ​Become a Member!​

    What does $1 per week buy you these days?​
    ​Click here for a sample of what Members have access to, for just about $1 per week.

    ​See Membership Benefits Here​


    Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:

    The historic New Moon in Aries is finally here. It includes a 7-planet alignment of Sun and Moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Chiron, and Neptune – all in Aries.

    Generally, this alignment will have an activating effect, both individually and collectively.

    Where is Aries in your chart? Although it is relatively elementary knowledge, few people know it. Yet, if asked, “do you know yourself?”, many will assert that yes indeed they do. This ‘knowing’ often refers to what they think and feel about themselves and others, or their name, height, weight, eye and hair color, interests, preferences, aptitudes, orientations, strengths and weaknesses.

    This level of self-knowledge is fine and may be deemed enough, yet there is much more that we do not know about ourselves than we do. Naturally, the more detailed knowledge is largely relegated to the ‘do not need to know’ category of the mind, which is fine too. However, knowing that we know much less than what there is to know, supports us to be open to know more.

    Ironically, assumption is more the norm than the exception. Assumption accurately understood is ever a fundamental aspect of our daily flow. Yet, acknowledging it more consciously helps us to realize that it is operative, and that we know much less than we think we know. Interestingly, this acknowledgement is both a sign of intelligence and wisdom.

    Lack of intelligence and foolishness is expressed when we assume that we know and have therefore closed the door to further considerations. Or we draw conclusions and then lapse into operating from this static notion, and even defend it, dismissing any and all other sources of knowledge, such as that coming from other people, and often with a complacent mode of confidence that, since we already know, we don’t have to consider it any further. The case is closed.

    Considering that everything in existence, from the atomic to the cosmic, is ever in motion, cyclic motion, by the way, and everything in between these poles is therefore ever-changing, such conclusiveness, or stasis, begins to appear quite silly, even delusional, and dogmatic, and defensive, and polarizing. Can you see this factor operating in the world, or in yourself, or others you love?

    There is a wonderful, wise phrase associated with this consideration of true intelligence and wisdom, which is as follows: “If all you know is that you don’t know much, you already know more than most people.”

    Of course, what it suggests is that people commonly assume that their knowledge of things is conclusive. Even though upon just a little reflection, this notion soon becomes quite erroneous, even ridiculous, it is more the norm than the exception.

    Aries is symbolic of the dynamic of life, the principle of incredible movements and action, even when things appear still and static. The atoms are not static, the cosmos is not static, our body systems are ever flowing, the Earth is calculated to be spinning on its axis 1674 km’s per hour, at the equator, and it is also calculated to be travelling around the Sun 29.78 km’s per second.

    To some, such notions seem quite impossible. So, it is deemed a lie. ‘They’ are lying to us, emerges as the new attitude, inviting victim consciousness to move in and credulity to take the wheel. Then, the weave of thought and imagination leads some to assert something like… ‘the Earth is not a globe, it is flat.’ They will say, I have studied it, and it is flat, and that is that. Admittedly, most people’s experience of it is that it is flat, but is it?

    Such exercises of thought can prove quite fun but are often intercepted or even halted altogether by another hidden factor: fear. Fear wears many masks. Here are some of them: conclusiveness, rigidity, pride, dogma, superiority, inferiority, dismissal, hysteria, extremism, desires to control external realities, and so on… This is the very short list. Knowing what the mask of fear looks like is key to recognizing it when it appears, in ourselves and others, which is usually often.

    Fear is natural, instinctual, even the norm and it belongs here, but it does not have to be our modus operandi, but it often is. This is where free will choice comes to the fore and the most important usage of it is to choose love over fear, as often as possible, which includes being here, now and with a curious and open mind to have new experiences and cultivate new perspectives too

    Aries is the archetypal principle of pioneering, courageous entering the unknown, yet also presence and authenticity, and simplicity that is free of what was and what will be. Aries is like a dot on a page, and in the purest sense, any action is illustrated as another dot.

    Yet, in terms of our notions of time, it is natural to perceive life from the standpoint of a line. Of course, over time, this line becomes long and if drawn on paper would appear like quite a busy, overwhelming scribble. That is why spiritual teachings encourage us to meditate so that we can recenter and achieve a reset, to become a dot again. This is the wisdom of Aries and in the highest sense, it is fully present and ever-fresh, ready and willing, free of accumulated notions, and assumptions, beliefs and perceptions.

    The historic 7-planet alignment today and the historic Saturn/Neptune conjunction at 0 Aries on February 20 are both here to lead us into new states, a new quality of being, and to be open to create a new world, both in terms of our personal lives, yet also in the collective sense.

    There it is. Are you accepting this invitation? Or are you resisting it? It is happening in the world; do you recognize it? Or are you judging according to your notions of what ‘should’ be? Change is the law, and resistance is futile, but it is common to break this law, or attempt to.

    While life can seem random and relatively chaotic with multiple unknowns, affirmation that you can intuitively align with and which reveals purpose, timing and possibility, and which guides a sense of self-actualization, can prove grounding and empowering indeed. Learn how an Astrology Reading can help.

    ​Sign up as a Member

    ~ Today ~

    to access your weekly, monthly, and yearly horoscopes, plus other benefits.

    Have a great week!

    Michael O’Connor
    Life Coach Astrologer
    ​
    Guiding Your Future Probabilities & Possibilities…
    ​
    www.sunstarastrology.com ~ sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    ***

  • Insights, Inspirations & Forecast the Week for April 10
    michael oconnor
    michael oconnor

    Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March April 10 – 16, 2026

    Need clarity, vision, and strategy? Benefit from over 30 years of experience to better understand the true ‘you’ beyond outer pressures and layers of social conditioning, What cycles of destiny are underway and what new chapters are destined to begin now and in the coming months and years.

    Learn How an Astrology Reading Can Help You

    Contact Michael for an Appointment: sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    “Thanks so much for everything you shared with me. It’s been super helpful and I feel like I am oriented towards the future with a different attitude. I’m looking forward to listening to the recordings again and diving into all the resources you have shared with me. ” ~ Chelsey

    ​Become a Member!​

    What does $1 per week buy you these days?​
    ​Click here for a sample of what Members have access to, for just about $1 per week.

    ​See Membership Benefits Here​


    Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:

    The big news in the foreground this week includes Mars entering Aries as of April 9, which happens to also coincide with the same day as Mercury finally coming out of its retrograde post-shadow period. This will serve to activate a boost in the overall energy levels. However, since Mercury is still in Pisces until April 14, and since we are still in the wake of the Pisces Lunation Cycle, the rise will not be sudden.

    In fact, the next major energy rise will take until the Aries Lunation Cycle, which begins on April 17.

    What is so significant about the New Moon on April 17 is that it is a feature amongst a rare 7-planet stellium (3 or more planets closely aligned) in Aries by sign (meaning they are not all conjunct by degree). With the Sun and Moon at 27 Aries 29 activating the New Moon cycle in the lead (or serving as the engine in terms of the natural order of the Zodiac), Neptune is serving as the caboose at 2 Aries.

    Mercury is conjunct Neptune at 3 Aries, Mars and Saturn are at 5 and 7 degrees of Aries respectively, and Chiron is at 26, or closely conjunct the Sun/Moon union.

    There is much to say about this rare and significant line-up, which includes multiple new cycles activating based on the fast-moving planets making conjunctions with the slower planets, with specific emphasis on Saturn, Chiron, and Neptune. So, the Sun, Moon, Mercury, and Mars are each activating new cycles with the 3 far planets, activating a 1-month punch for each with the Moon, Sun and Mercury will activate 1-year cycles with each, and Mars 2-years with each. Mars will make conjunctions to both Saturn and Neptune over the next couple of weeks, which will be further examined below, and to Chiron on May 16, which will be further examined closer to date.

    These longer background cycles each host themes of destiny and will play key roles with specific activations, especially when they form both waxing and waning 90-degree square aspects to each other and the 180-degree opposition in between. In other words, the conjunction serves as the seed event, and the subsequent aspect between both planets activates a different phase and theme of the root event, the conjunction.

    This multi-level reality ever at play is truly complex to consider and interpret well, yet the main point is that the timing of events in life in the collective sense, is revealed as synchronistic expressions of these cycles within cycles and their many overlapping interactions. Understood correctly and measured specifically, notions of randomness are revealed as the assumptions they are.

    Of course, the historic Saturn/Neptune conjunction, which occurred at 0 Aries on February 20, serves as the larger anchor theme for all of these cycles, or what can be described as the contextual frame. In fact, in terms of the 0 Aries factor, the alpha degree of the entire Zodiac, symbolically associated with sunrise and Spring Equinox, it will not likely occur again for millennia, literally! Of course, Saturn will form a conjunction with Neptune sooner due to its approximate 35-year cycle, in 2061 at 20 Gemini.

    As mentioned previously, Saturn is the planet of structure, while Neptune is symbolic of the dissolution of structures, so they have an antithetical theme dynamic that synchronizes as the disintegration of various structures and long-standing traditional realities in general, which can be traced to beliefs, attitudes, norms, customs, ideologies, and so on.

    Upon reflection of current world events, it would seem that the archetypal gods working through the cosmic language code have decided that the time to bring an end to outdated perceptions of reality has arrived. These will often be recognized as based on fear and the illusion of control, often aggressively or even violently asserted, and therefore out of alignment with the greater status and focus of reality. When these aspects of reality are large and have deep roots, the process of disintegration and reintegration can take some time, and can be met with rigid and reactive resistance, but which will eventually prove futile, especially as the associated corruptions become apparent. For those unable to see through their conditioned attitudes leading to resistance, well… they will be done.

    Returning to the cycles activated by the fast-moving planets with the slow far planets, Mars will form a conjunction with Neptune in Aries on April 12/13, depending on the time zone. Like a submarine, this combination can be described as subtle, powerful, and mysterious. It will activate a two-year cycle.

    In its highest expression, Mars conjunct Neptune in Aries can manifest as a spiritual Warrior. ‘Spiritual’, contrary to the traditional warrior fighting outer enemies, the definition of which includes terms like physical strength, agility, speed, combat skill, cunning strategy, courage and lethal assertion and is often associated with testosterone-activated men, but not always.

    Alternatively, a spiritual warrior is oriented to heart-centered presence, mindfulness, inner strength, or deep integrity, self-honesty, self-awareness based on shadow work, higher vision, humanism, sincere service, and a higher sense of purpose, and applies equally to men and women. The theme of purpose in this regard can be any activity that is oriented to inspiration, upliftment, empathy, compassion, creativity, and love. So, every possible human activity could qualify in terms of this purpose, provided it is oriented to a meaningful contribution of any kind. It all comes down to one’s heartfelt attitude, yet is supported by a larger vision of a sense of communion with the human family.

    The familial feeling with other cultures, ethnicities, nations, and so on is where some of the harder work might be required. To the extent that all others are rejected, judged, diminished or deemed ‘lesser’ because they are different is a clear sign of ego dominance. If the sentiment includes hate and a desire to diminish or delete any other, then the condition reveals toxicity and can even be categorized as an expression of psychopathy and toxic narcissism.

    Historically, people were significantly tribal, even when the society emerged into a kingdom, and where prisoners and slaves were taken in due to conquests over other tribes, the treatment of these’ others’ was usually brutal and utterly disdainful, as though they were of the lowest form of existence, just because they were different. This radical, toxic mode of instinctual reaction reveals that such people and tribal groups are significantly cut off from their heart and operate only from their three lower energy centers or chakras.

    The reason others are regarded or perceived as ‘decrepit creatures’, lower than any animal, and regarded as poison is because that is the consciousness that is being projected. Anchored by extreme fear, extreme hate, and violent attitudes and intentions revolve like a closed circuit in the lower chakras. It is not that the higher chakras are not accessible, but accessing them must be achieved by effort and via a process of disintegration of the grip of the lower chakras and integration of new perceptions and attitudes that vibrate at the frequency of love.

    When it comes to energy, vibration, and frequency, there are many levels. Even love, for example, can be understood to manifest as a spectrum of lower frequency to higher. These levels must be accessed via the focus of intention to thereby activate an integration process. This process naturally disintegrates, transcends, or loosens the grip of the previous levels. As access increases, so too does a growing sense of communion with life and others in general. Feelings of happiness, joy, connection, empathy, compassion, and so on begin to emerge.

    This heart-centering process, the focus of all truly spiritual religious orientations, can be described as a journey that requires awareness, effort, focus, commitment, mindfulness or the awareness of if and when we shift out of the heart center, usually due to fear and instinctual reactions, and so on. In short, it is a path and requires dedication and what can even be described as sacrifice; however, the rewards of these efforts are the crown and glory of human achievement.

    At this stage, feelings of communion, joy, peace and so on become the norm and are not subject to outer circumstances. It transcends mere intellectual notions of morality. A common sign that a person is pretending to be centered in their heart is that they are polarized by judgment and condemnations to make it appear that they care, but are actually just projecting another aspect of their lower, ego, instinct mind. This should be enough to indicate that the achievement of this transcendental state, which ironically equates to a heightened state presence in the here and now and in a genuine state of communion, equates to spiritual mastery. The path required to achieve this heightened state is that of the Spiritual Warrior.

    While life can seem random and relatively chaotic with multiple unknowns, affirmation that you can intuitively align with and which reveals purpose, timing and possibility, and which guides a sense of self-actualization, can prove grounding and empowering indeed. Learn how an Astrology Reading can help.

    ​Sign up as a Member

    ~ Today ~

    to access your weekly, monthly, and yearly horoscopes, plus other benefits.

    Have a great week!

    Michael O’Connor
    Life Coach Astrologer
    ​
    Guiding Your Future Probabilities & Possibilities…
    ​
    www.sunstarastrology.com ~ sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    ***

    ​

    Thank you for sharing with friends!

  • Insights, Inspirations & Forecast the Week for April 3
    michael oconnor
    michael oconnor

    Your Weekly Insights, Inspirations & Forecast for March April 3 – 9, 2026

    Need clarity, vision, and strategy? Benefit from over 30 years of experience to better understand the true ‘you’ beyond outer pressures and layers of social conditioning, What cycles of destiny are underway and what new chapters are destined to begin now and in the coming months and years.

    Learn How an Astrology Reading Can Help You

    Contact Michael for an Appointment: sunstarastrology@gmail.com​

    “Thank you so much, Michael! Our second session was even deeper than the first and beneficial and insightful and provided much needed clarity.” ~ Allison

    ​Become a Member!​

    What does $1 per week buy you these days?​
    ​Click here for a sample of what Members have access to, for just about $1 per week.

    ​See Membership Benefits Here​


    Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:

    This week will prove invigorating since Mars enters Aries and Mercury comes out of its ‘post-shadow period’ on the same day – April 9, which is also the same day the Moon enters its Last Quarter Phase. Mars in Aries is special because it is the ruling planet of the pioneering Aries and can be understood as ‘the verb’ in the sentence when it comes to planetary influences.

    It will take until April 12 when Mars (in Aries) forms a conjunction to Neptune (also in Aries), activating the spiritual warrior impulse, or the determination to work on oneself in terms of personal growth of any kind. At deeper levels, this includes shadow work or getting really clear and honest regarding negative perspectives, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour patterns.

    Yet even sincerity and determination is not always enough because they do not necessarily support us to genuinely see, recognize, and acknowledge these often deeply rooted issues or limitations lurking in the subconscious mind. Anchored by memories, beliefs and reactions to events experienced earlier in life, they often prove to be the saboteurs of success, even if that is simply to be happy without any other form of gain. This is where the objectifying lens of Astrology can prove very helpful indeed, the archetypal cipher tool that it can be understood to be.

    So, the March conjunction to Neptune will activate an almost 2-year cycle until they meet again in late March 2028, forming a rare quadruple conjunction with the Sun and Moon in New Moon status. In fact, in mid-March 2030, it will be a meeting of Mercury, Mars and Neptune with the Lunar North Node in Sagittarius while its ruling sign Jupiter is in Scorpio. And even the next cycle through to 2034, hosts similar or at least echoing themes. What this essentially suggests is that this spiritual warrior invitation will not only continue beyond this year, but it will also even deepen yet.

    It is not so much a matter of what we should, must, or have to do, but by tuning in and cooperating with this rather long-term rhythm, opportunities to break free of personal limitations of any kind are available. The main thing to realize is that the work will bring rewards, such as feeling freer, more inspired, more energetic, more determined, healthier in one way or another, and happier, all of which can be described as indications that you are on an upward spiral.

    It should be noted that the downsides of Mars/Neptune cycles include escapism, which can come in many forms, especially such as substance abuse and addiction, and victim consciousness. Feeling victimized by life manifests as a pit that we create by our own attitude.

    The three golden keys to freeing oneself from victim consciousness include gratitude, forgiveness and self-responsibility. Here is a basic breakdown of them.

    The first key is gratitude which is the best one to start with because when it is sincere, it activates your heart chakra, which results in feelings of peace, humility, communion with life, joy and more… It is directly associated with the ancient spiritual adage that ‘until you become like a child again you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven’. Yes, the innocence of the child is activated.

    It should be noted that the humility factor here actually has a strengthening effect, and supports you to be increasingly able to achieve true gratitude, which is defined as the ability to feel grateful for being alive in the drama of life, at all. So, make THANK YOU your mantra and aspire to make it sincere, as though working out at the gym with resistance weights, you will get stronger and stronger. Yet in this regard, your strength will be that of presence, clarity and intuitive access, often incorrectly deemed a synonym for ‘instinct’.

    The other is forgiveness ‘of those who have trespassed against you’ because, as Jesus of Nazareth so clearly said over two millennia ago, ‘forgive and it shall set you free’. You do not have to form new relationships with the people who you feel resentment towards, but you can forgive them, yourself and the entire situation, if only to neutralize the anger charge often associated with the resentment.

    In an energetic universe, which is what existence is, it is morally neutral, or is not a matter of morality, ethics, or ‘rights’ even. It is simply that if you carry resentments, you carry them. That’s it, end of story. If you seek revenge, that might be your ‘right’, but the action will usually come with a price, generally referred to as negative karma. This can be a very challenging task, but learning to ‘let go and let God’, and to have deep faith in divine justice, is a great achievement, and a liberating one.

    The third key is to focus on owning responsibility for whatever has and is happening to you, even now. In doing so, you will shift out of victim consciousness. This process of ‘owning it’ activates inner strengths you might not know you had. It also reveals that you recognize that you are the projector of your life experiences. That this projection comes from your subconscious mind, as well as conscious projection, and it attracts us to and attracts to us, reflections of our projections, is the enlightenment factor associated with it. Achieving this can prove to be the hardest key to turn.

    It should be quite clear how these three all work so closely together. As well, each supports the other and they can be described as Golden Keys to the Kingdom.

    Returning to this week’s energy dynamic, although the Moon is waning, the energy levels will be noticeably higher and then even higher due to the increased Aries factor, so tune in and make good use of it. Yet the week following, save for the dip when the Moon, (in its very last days for this lunation cycle), enters Pisces for its 2.5-day transit April 13 to 15.

    Interestingly, Mercury enters Aries mid-way on April 14 while the Moon is in Pisces, so it will help to offset the Pisces wave, which when harnessed in its best advantage can prove creatively inspiring and meditatively peaceful.

    While life can seem random and relatively chaotic with multiple unknowns, affirmation that you can intuitively align with and which reveals purpose, timing and possibility, and which guides a sense of self-actualization, can prove grounding and empowering indeed. Learn how an Astrology Reading can help.

    ​Sign up as a Member

    ~ Today ~

    to access your weekly, monthly, and yearly horoscopes, plus other benefits.

    Have a great week!

    Michael O’Connor
    Life Coach Astrologer
    ​
    Guiding Your Future Probabilities & Possibilities…
    ​
    www.sunstarastrology.com ~ sunstarastrology@gmail.com