Imagine five guys are hanging out in a room and they're all hungry. None of them have eaten a thing all day, and between the five of them, they can afford one pizza. Mark and Sean want pepperoni and mushrooms. Jim and Ulysses hate mushrooms and pepperoni, and they want olives and sausage. Pete wants none of that stuff, he just wants cheese. No one else seems to care what Pete wants. So they fight over it for about an hour, and unless one of them steps up and takes command, no one is going to eat; they're just going to continue to fight with each other.

This is the nature of this energy. Too many planets battling for control of the situation, disregarding the wants of the others, and things can get testy because none of them is willing to make concessions. Mars joins up with Saturn, which means everyone is going to have things to do "that absolutely must be done". If someone else comes along to delay the process, this will be completely and utterly infuriating. Jupiter and Uranus (both retro) are set up across the chart and they're both saying, "What's best for me?" They don't care about personal responsibility, they're about trying to make things easier, in the most individually beneficial way possible. And stuck between the two is Pluto, which is trying to be get from point A (hunger) to point B (fed). None of the other planets are helping advance this cause though, which means it's liable to snap at any point, which can create instances in our lives where people say, "If I'm not going to find happiness, then no one around me is." It's pretty volatile out there.

Again, with so many planets this active, it can hit in a variety of different areas of life. Some people will be prone to strong emotional flares (particularly now that Mars is involved). There can also be this growing feeling that one bad thing can quickly lead to another. It's trouble physically and mentally.

All that said, this isn't insurmountable energy. There has been rougher connections in the past months that we've had to make it through. This energy is just more of the same. The keys for the day are keeping your emotions under control and finding productive outlets for your energy. In many situations, you'll have to suppress your wants in order to work for your needs. If you keep a positive attitude and manage to find things to do, you can make it through all right. Best of luck.

Bud

Horoscope for Virgo

The need to be productive will surge through you, which might mean a lot more time working. The trouble with this energy is that for all of the work you put in, you still might not see how it gets you closer to your goals. You might be building resources or financial capital, but your most urgent wants might lie outside of the financial/business realm. Mentally, you need to grow, and perhaps even more than that, you need to find a level of novelty and change occurring in your life. Without this, the work you do will begin to wear on you.