Straight away we have a Mercury retrograde to contend with while also being joined by a Venus retrograde to complicate life. These two inner planets can cause havoc and confusion in everyday matters in terms of communication, technology and relationships in general. However on the 13^th Mercury goes direct and then on the following day Venus moves forward. There is also the small fact that Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all going backwards in the sky causing a collective hangover on policies and rhetoric that has little meaning to most of us. The Full Moon on the 24^th is at 2 degrees in Gemini ‘ a troubadour stands with one foot upon the ledge of a rock , his instrument slung at his side’ it is in the degree of the bohemian , creating a month of hedonistic mantras.