Venus (5) rules the day today. In depth study today.
A THINKING THINKERS DAY today – Monday, July 13, 2026.
Venus ruling the day.
A potent transformative day today with Venus (Ray 5) interacting with the outer planets of transformation, transfiguration, regeneration & reorientation.

It feels like Sunday but actually it’s Monday today, July 13, 2026 – a new week begins under Sun & Mercury in Cancer – nurturing humanity & the kingdoms living in the dark light of matter awaiting the Light of the Soul for nourishment.

Venus rules the day today. Venus, Earth’s elder sister.
Today, Venus is most active reaching out & about making contacts with the outer regions of our solar system.
With Uranus, Neptune & Pluto.
Venus, Ray 5 of concrete science true knowledge gathering the potency of these outer planets, precipitating their potency to Earth, humanity & Earth’s kingdoms.
Today is a transformative, challenging & a profound state & day due to the Venus interacting w/ the outer planets.

It’s informative to be able to see where Venus & her geometrical relations with Uranus (sudden change), Neptune (dissolving, refining) & Pluto (death, regeneration) are in our astrology charts.

What/who is Venus contacting today?
1. Venus (5) squares Uranus (7) – in Virgo/Gemini (2 & 2/6)- Mercury (4) rules these two signs – so there is a message in what Venus is doing in the heavens. Squares – they challenge us to go in a new direction. Look at the square. When we reach a corner in a square, we can’t go forward. We have to make a 90 degree turn. Interesting – left or right? Which way will we choose? Challenges & new directions & the fact that we have choices & freedom to choose empower us. The knowledge of this empowers us.
Venus square Uranus – a sudden revelation or set of revelations about science, the truth, about love & mending separations come into our minds today. We focus our observations on what occurs today in our minds, in all that is around us. Sudden things can occur.

Venus (5) inconjunct Neptune (6) – in Virgo/Aries (2/6 & 1/7)-
Inconuncts (5 signs apart) are challenging. Their elements clash.
We find what planets or rays are common to the signs & planets.
Mercury again the ruler – personality ruler of Virgo, Soul ruler of Aries. Mercury’s Ray 4 harmonizing any difficulty.
Lifting up romantic idealism (6) to live a life of truth & beauty & reality – no more idealized confusion or expectation of desires (6). Aspiring, aspiration towards living a Soul centered life. The Path of Discipleship is both an Art & a Science (5). The personality awakens to the Light of the Truth (5) & Beauty. The Science of Discipleship.

Venus (5) inconjunct Pluto (1) – Knowledge rays here.
In Virgo (2/6) Aquarius (5/7 with the heart of Jupiter (2).
This seems & feels complicated, a puzzle. How to put this all together? It’s Ray 2 that brings it all together, the Love aspect.
With Ray 1 – the Right use of Will. The concrete mind communicating the Will to Love. There can be a compulsion to control (Ray 1) others. Loss & death & pain bring about reorientation, regeneration. This is a potent and intense transit.
Life after this transit is changed.

In the dark night sky we can see the Perseid meteor showers this week! love, Risa

Mercury whispering to us. At the heart of the Sun.
Careful of anger today, Mercury whispers to us.
Harmonize, instead, Mercury says.
Today, the Sun’s day, Sunday, July 12, 2026 –

Careful of anger today (Mars/Saturn) & of separations.
We are to be very very careful of anger today – creating vast difficult to heal separations.
Be aware of the possibilities today.
Choose the Light of Cancer – the Light of nurturing & nourishment. Knowing this, we begin to know our choices.
How shall we act today on this restful Sunday?

A complex pattern of geometry in the heavens – cosmic solar & planetary – divinity revealed.
This is understood when we study the science & art of astrology.

Anger? Separations?
Mars/Saturn today – fiery separative mind creates depression in the body. Lessens the etheric field, causing ill health & irreparable damage.

Envision the good instead. The good, the bright & the beautiful.
Using the higher mind, Saturn, Ray 3. Divine Mind.

Mars/Saturn – Gemini (thoughts, words, inner conversations) Saturn – creating separations? This burdens our heart.

Mercury (4) at the heart of the Sun (1, 2, 5) –
Mercury retrograde – old thoughts interrupt us.
Let them rest, too. They are old ghosts no longer able to haunt us.
Mercury crossing the heart of the Sun – our minds aflame not with anger but with the ability to have mental clarity, vision, benevolence, kindness, understanding.
Mercury brings us messages from our Soul.

Mercury at times only speaks in whispers.
When we hear his whispered words of harmony, a new harmony & wholeness begins within us.

Rest instead today – & calm the fiery mind.
Resting today – before the new week begins.
Before the outer planets meet with Jupiter & everything feels explosive in terms of transformation.
Libra moon today. Working with Libra today.
Balancing & harmonizing all parts of our lives.
Bringing the Venus (5) love in, the Soul of ourselves.

The outer planets (Pluto, Neptune, Uranus) creating an inverted bowl of energy.
Facing the earth – they are the Pisces Aquarius outer planets.
From Pisces to Aquarius, the Ages shifting.

A threshold of change week to come.
We rest today – under Cancer Sun & Mercury.
Libra harmonizing moon.

Mars/Saturn today – Gemini/Aries – fiery internal thinking.
Careful with anger, lashing out, separating out from others.

Time, events, shifts, changes, transformation, breakthrus
are not random. They occur in specific astrological timing.
And after certain preparations.
Releasing pressure, pressure points.
Creating “earthquakes” of change in time & space.
Cosmic, solar, planetary, humanity.
Then an expansion occurs within us.

Two weeks up to the first week in August –
In between Mercury stations direct.
Disciples preparing because we know the heavens.
And the earth. A bowl (summer basket) of cherries. love, Risa

Note: Montessori, observing the developmental stages of the children, created a prepared creative environment (implements, tools,, etc.) for the children. This prepared environment  (meaning it’s based on the premises of the child’s different developmental stages and sensitive periods of learning) helps to build all levels of the child – physical, emotional, mental & spiritual, in the child’s right timing. 

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