Aspect of the Day, through Thursday: Sun sextile Ceres, both quincunx South Node, and by 2 AM PST the 8th the Moon joins with Ceres and adds her own distinct emotional perspective–and she stays within this config until 9 AM PST. This Finger of God points directly to our past, and our past experiences, and reveals the way in which our current focus (the transiting Sun), our identity (also Sun energy), our relationship to nature, the seasons (and by extension, the passage of time), and the issue of authority, your own or others (Ceres) are all given context by our past, and specifically by our consciousness of the passage of the years, and the changes that have ensued. This is an opportunity to be guided in our present by an awareness of our own unique history, and during the hours of the Moon’s involvement, we get the added bonus of being able to access the nature and time-passage connection through our emotional memories and through our intuitive faculties. Use the energy to bring clarity to the matters you’re dealing with right now.

 The Moon’s involvement with Ceres coincides with her trine to Earth, quickly followed by the Moon’s quincunx to Sedna, and this brings us to another Finger of God (Sedna sextile South Node, both quincunx Ceres/ Moon, lasting, minus Moon, through Feb 20th). In this instance the Universe points us in the direction of those emotional and intuitive perceptions, once again, but this time they are in service to what we either did not understand in the past, or that we do not perceive now about our past. This is an aspect of illumination, and will be vital to our full utilization of the potentials for enlightenment shown in the previous config. Working together they should bring at least one (or even a series) of moments signifying emotional and intellectual understanding–and the fact that these memories are coming forward now should clue us in to the importance of deciphering their meaning in relation to what we’re facing in the present.

11 AM PST brings the Sagittarius Moon’s trine to Juno=this acts as another signpost to empowerment; what we feel at this time tells us something vital about what we should or shouldn’t do in order to thrive and express. And the 2 PM hour brings a square to Uranus=the feeling senses are surprised, startled, shocked, rebelled against, or schooled via the Higher Mind or the intellect. Don’t allow this contact to throw you off your game; and as always, seek the lesson (the information, revelation, or perception) the experience offers.

The many sextiles the Moon makes will simply be a bit of a reminder for most, typically of their own recent tussle with all those energies in Aquarius, for example, and show little potential for change. But, the early evening PST brings the Moon sextile Venus, offering us a pleasant interlude for relationships or socializing before the Sag Moon goes Void (9:00 PM PST), requiring we step back and reflect on what the day brought us. Moon enters Capricorn at 2:43 AM PST.

Today’s Link: a view of the coming week here http://planetaryapothecary.com/ or for info on the next three months, see http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/eclipse-in-depth-astrology-for-the-21st-century/