Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.
Aspects of Note this Week:

All times listed are Pacific Standard Time. For Eastern Time, add 3 hours; Add 7 hours for Universal Time (UT), but add 8 hours for BST.

Monday: Sun conjunct Uranus, Venus sextile Saturn
Tuesday: No major aspects are exact today
Wednesday: Mercury enters Taurus
Thursday: Chiron square Ceres, Venus trine Ceres
Friday: Mercury square Pluto, Mars semisquare Jupiter, Mercury semisquare Saturn
Saturday: Venus conjunct Uranus, Sun conjunct Jupiter
Sunday: Sun sextile Neptune, Mars conjunct North Node

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SOLAR MAXIMUM? Even if you don't monitor solar flare activity, you may be familiar with the term "Solar Maximum" or have read about it happening in 2024. To explain: the Sun has cycles of activity that last about 11 years, on average (the shortest on record lasted nine years, the longest more than 13 years). Each cycle begins at Solar Minimum, when there are relatively few sunspots and usually only minor solar flares. Activity then reaches a peak about five or six years later, when the sunspot number is high and solar flares increase in both quantity and intensity. 

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