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The Current Mood: Late October 2025

27 Monday Oct 2025

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‘Owl on Grave’ By Caspar David Friedrich c1836

Let’s start with this little cluster in Scorpio, the Black Moon Lilith point and Mars, over which Mercury has just passed; by the time the Sun reaches this area, only the BML point will remain, suggesting that illumination of the meaning hidden in these placements will all be internal, a recognition of our own depths and secrets–but for now we concentrate on the group. BML in Scorpio points to all we’ve truly, deeply buried and all that we vehemently deny; Mars conjoined gives us the energy and the urge to dig. That can be a good thing, if we’re looking for the Truth, but a not-so-good thing if we aim that urge at OPB (Other Peoples’ Business). Mercury recently conjoined BML-Mars implies one of two things: we either ‘get the message’ during our excavations, or that our actions, motivated by what we’ve hidden from ourselves, change the way we’re thinking.

Mercury moves into Sagittarius 28-29 October, and at this point opposes Uranus–brace yourself for the shock, surprise, or revelation–it’s unavoidable and honestly, it looks to me like the level of stress will be so high we’ll barely note this lightning strike amid the high-tension wires. Merc into Sag focuses our minds on ‘the facts’ and their interaction with our philosophy and beliefs, then stations and retrogrades (10 November) with the general mission of causing us to examine what we believe and how that motivates us. During Merc’s retro in Sag we ask ourselves, ‘Are we happy with our actions, our choices, with ‘the facts’ as they exist?’ Overall, experiences over the next couple weeks are best used to be honest with ourselves, to get to the Truth and ‘get right’ with the world–and we’ll need to, considering that retro status and the opposition that will gel around the 31st between Venus in her own sign of Libra and Chiron in Aries.

The opposition pits two kinds of predominant attitudes against each other: those who value others and put others first (sometimes to their own detriment, or even out of selfish reasons, knowing they will receive credit for it), and those who, out of their own woundedness, find they must put themselves first, no matter the effect on others. There’s no side in this equation that’s superior; we all carry a mix of altruistic and Self-oriented intention–it’s just that this opposition requires us to find our dominant viewpoint. Why? Because of the T-square created as the opposing bodies align with Jupiter in Cancer. There’s going to be a lot more of something we care about (in itself this may carry its own connotation of positive or negative–sometimes too much is a kind of curse), and we’ll be challenged to respond to this situation of abundance, or ‘too much’ (and this might be a flood of emotion, considering it’s in Cancer).

There’s been an ongoing Water Grand Trine that sees influences (like fast-moving Moon or Mercury) come and go, but the basic frame has been Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn-Neptune–and we must note Neptune is in the stress-loaded anaretic degree (29) of Pisces. This is the source of the persistent sense of intense emotion and a feeling of being ‘on the verge’ permeating the atmosphere. Knowing the strong possibility that things are not what they seem (Neptune 29 Pisces obscuring Saturn=reality) and that Mars and Jupiter are currently entangled in the previously mentioned scenario, just being aware of the preponderance of illusion (and the potential for deception) should be enough to keep us from assuming what we see is what we get, and so know the score–we don’t–but Merc’s dip into Sag may help, as may the retrograde, which will get our minds out of the way and let our feelings, intuition, and extrasensory perceptions speak.

The Word Image is an owl standing on the shoulder of a fast-traveled highway. The owl is Athena’s animal, a symbol of wisdom and Warrior-courage; a highway is a conduit to take us from one place to another–but we need the right vehicle. To travel a highway on roller skates or a bicycle is to take one’s life in one’s hands, and we’re in an appropriate conveyance (a car). So what smart thing, what knowledge, or courageous action or approach, are we speeding past, in our hurry to get from one point to the next? What wisdom would be accessible to us, if we’d only slow down for a minute?

New Moon in Libra 21 October 2025 Sensitive Change

20 Monday Oct 2025

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The New Moon perfects at 5:24 AM PDT of the 21st, filling in a T-square with Moon-Sun opposed Chiron in Aries and all squared by Jupiter in Cancer; with generous assessment, we could even call this a Grand Square by including Pluto from its spot very early in Aquarius–and maybe we should, considering Pluto and the New Moon both occupy Air signs. It’s a statement: what begins here brings conflict between personal hurt and expanded sensitivities (especially on the social front) and results in transformation or destruction of a way of thinking, and possibly of a way into the future that we’d anticipated–that is, our wounds and our caring about the wider world require change, and that change may alter both our thinking and our tomorrows.

A New Moon in Libra urges us to look at whom and what we partner with, prompting awareness of both cooperative circumstances and aesthetic ones; Luna’s contacts tell us that the ways in which we are injured will be front and center as we assess our emotional state (the Libra Moon) and our identity (the Libra Sun) in relationships. The Other looms large, and we’re likely to be hyper-focused on how we feel about others–and they will be looking at us through the same, Self-focused lens. That should give us pause; we’re not the only one feeling alone in the midst of all those closest to us.

Remember too that Chiron is also our unique gift, something original and useful we’ve synthesized from all our knowledge and experience, something that literally no one else can do, see, or understand in quite the same way we do. If we can manage to avoid being distracted with our own deep hurts, we could bring that gift forward with the New Moon, likely to help others (Libra) or to heal our own relationships, or to create necessary change in thought or theory (Pluto in Aquarius) or within the social arena or in faith or philosophy, specifically in how these guide us to care for others (Jupiter in Cancer). As usual, it’s a choice: use our energy to make things better, or distract ourselves reviewing a litany of our wounds.

The Moon and Sun are also apex to a Finger of God with base of Neptune in early Aries and Uranus in early Gemini. This suggests that if we can get our uniquely original ideas to mesh with our individual ideals (these are creative, pioneering, in some way), we can apply that to our New Moon fresh start with others. A Finger is all about making the best of the base energies; the apex describes what we get, if we get it right.

The New Moon is also sesquiquadrate the North Node in Pisces=we’ll need to adjust our vision of the Path forward, and that’s whether we use the NM energy positively or negatively (I hate to use those words–I’d rather think of them as electrical charges, with the energy either pushing out, or pulling in, the difference between engagement with others, so important under a Libra Moon, and stubbornly remaining focused on the Self, despite what’s around us).

Also of note, and probably the most prominent thing in our consciousness at present, is a Water Grand Trine, Mars, Mercury, and the Black Moon Lilith point all together in Scorpio, Saturn in Pisces, and Jupiter in Cancer=hidden anger and ‘buried’ realities motivate us and drive our reasoning; we believe we and others should care about the wider world, and we think reality is as we imagine it to be–we mistake feelings for facts. Wow, the possibility of missteps in those combined factors is huge. Traps lie in the Trine’s components each carrying a high degree of subjectivity, a propensity to be viewed through one’s inner reality rather than through fact or real world-based perceptions. This is certainly what I’ve been seeing around me for a while now, and I bet you are, too: people charging forward in the belief that they see things correctly, and you need to agree. Let’s redefine this Trine, substituting externals for that inner reality. What we get then is Self-awareness that understands our own aggressive tendencies and those ways we can deceive ourselves by refusing what we’re uncomfortable with (Mars, Merc, BML), a way to look at how ideals can shape the real world, as well as spot them when we come across circumstances that meet those ideals (Saturn), and a viewpoint that centers not on feelings but facts, and the ways we can be sensitive to these realities and so can move to expand both our understanding and our efforts to help (Jupiter).

The New Moon Sabian is, ‘Mankind’s Vast And Enduring Effort To Reach For Knowledge Transferable From Generation To Generation’. If we don’t learn from the past, then we’re doomed to repeat it–and doomed is the word specifically because there’s something truly awful about retracing our steps when we should know better. Understand what came before–look at how it turned out–don’t think you’re the exception for whom a repeat of choices will somehow magically end differently than they did before.

What Fresh Hell Is This? Full Moon in Aries 6 October 2025

04 Saturday Oct 2025

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Believe me, the last thing I want to do is add to the current stressful atmosphere, but I have to acknowledge the axiom ‘As Above, So Below’; the Zeitgeist is reflected in the Full Moon situation, and the Lunar picture conveys some specifics about what’s coming at us–and we may find out the disturbing factors aren’t necessarily what we think they are. Just being alive means we can’t avoid the mess of modern life; might as well check the skies for guidance (and if we’re really connecting with the Universe, inspiration).

The Full Moon perfects on 6 October 2025 at 8:47 PM PDT at 14 Aries 08 and makes no major contacts–so let’s start with the atmosphere into which the Aries Full Moon makes its statement. Notable will be Mercury’s quincunx to Neptune and Uranus, forming a Finger of God; Mercury’s also square Pluto. This can take many forms, but the essence will be sudden revelation about hard Truths or reality vs deception that reveals what’s beneath the surface (Merc in Scorpio)–and we likely won’t like what we hear, especially as it might create power struggles. Uranus is trine Pluto=change, transformation, or destruction may be (relatively) easy, because of its sudden or surprising nature, or because it’s relentlessly modern, crowding out the old. And Venus, current ruler of the Sun, sits at the midpoint of Jupiter and the Black Moon Lilith point=what stands in the way of getting to the good stuff? Requirements levied by the current social order, as well as those matters we’ve buried, ignored, denied. As long as we worry what others will think, and as long as we lie to ourselves, we won’t reach the payoff–it’s both that difficult, and that straightforward. Remember that Jupiter is on its way to trine with Saturn, in about one month; that means we’re heading toward reaping the results (‘the facts’) around reality and manifestation of what’s at present ethereal rather than material. We’re (probably overly) optimistic at this point–it would be better to see reality unvarnished and truly be willing to examine where the current path actually leads.

Now to the Lunar event itself. The Moon is semi-square Uranus, and is apex to a loose Finger of God with base of South Node and Mars (though the latter is very wide–4 degrees–we’re dealing with the fast-moving Moon, so I’m willing to count this). So we get an emotional shock or surprise, too, a personal one, that stems from a mixture of the past and our own actions and choices. The Sun, giver of light and author of this entire show, is sesquiquadrate Uranus and quincunx the Moon’s North Node, reinforcing the difficulty of the shock/ surprise/ modern times energy and also pointing to the adjustments that will need to be made in future, if we stay the present course.

Now let’s look to contact with smaller bodies; these help define the Moon’s contacts to major players, as well as help describe the character of the energies involved. In this case I think they fall into two broad categories: Power expression, and Trouble. On the positive side, we have the Moon’s trine to Vesta=no matter what the Full Moon brings, we know our priorities and values, what we honor, and we stick to it. That’s reassuring, descriptive of a strong core that won’t be overly swayed by externals. The Moon is also trine a pairing of Amor and Icarus in Sagittarius=uh-oh, our first trouble spot: Love, in its purest and least ‘judgmental’ state (not romantic, but encompassing of many kinds of regard and affection), will tempt us not to respect realities, such as boundaries, limits, our own vulnerabilities, and what’s wise in the moment.

Then there are two squares the Moon makes to bodies in Cancer, one consisting of Hades and Kronos, one of Circe and Isis (though these pairings are about 5 degrees from each other). The first two are ‘hellish’ in nature, representing torments of the individual, and with Kronos’ attempts to control the future arising out of fear; the latter two are energies of controlling others, to the point of reassembling them! That, as we know, can make for a Frankenstein. These suggest tough interactions, with everybody believing they know what everyone else deserves, and an extreme lack of boundaries within those interactions, such that we may feel subject to others’ choices no matter what. And finally, there’s the Moon’s quincunx to Nemesis, which only reinforces the confrontational energies in play–and that others don’t necessarily have our best interests at heart.

The Sabian symbol for the Full Moon is, ‘An Indian Weaving A Ceremonial Blanket’. The Sun’s Sabian, which should help illuminate the Moon meaning, is ‘Circular Paths’. This suggests to me that too much distance from what’s happening (that is, trying to treat it objectively, rather than personally) might make our actions nothing but ceremonial–that is, not having an impact on the real world picture, but instead sending us in circles–in effect, distracting us. And that’s the last thing we need to be to navigate what’s ahead.

A Full Moon in Aries is about bringing to full power who we are, what we choose, and how we act, and this one may prove exceptionally challenging, as what we accept and support now gives shape and contours to our future. As long as we remember that, we’ll choose and act in ways that are best for us–and that’s what counts. Yes, the Lunar event may bring us a fresh hell, but it’ll be our fresh hell, unique to our situation, but ultimately solvable by us, too, as we remember our values, our priorities, and what we truly care about.

Notes on the Solar Eclipse: 21 September 2025 The Spark

18 Thursday Sep 2025

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This is just what we need, a New Moon new start, except what we’re getting is more tense and more fraught than we might think a new thing can be; it arrives with a sense of history, in spite of its newness: the event is a meeting of the Moon and Sun at 29 Virgo 05 where they’re part of a Kite that echoes the Kite present at the Full Moon of 8 August–but this time, the Moon is involved in the configuration (it wasn’t those few weeks ago) and the meeting of the Lights occurs at the maximum stressful degree. Of course, the August event was a scenario of conclusions, in the sense that we needed to find equilibrium across the Aquarius/ Leo/ I vs. Them axis–and find how being ourselves, fully and without societal distortions, affects our relationships, groups to which we belong, and all those with whom we interact. Now for the current Solar eclipse we’re looking at inception energy, generative, not in the bloody way of the end of a 9 month process, a delivery of a brand new but long-in-the-works project (that’s much more like Full Moon energy), but in the way of suddenly, almost magically, sparking something to life, out of what seems like thin air, but is actually the energetic material of the spiritual, mental, physical, or emotional resulting from the convergence of accumulated energy ‘threads’ as they weave together and become a ‘something’–conception, then, not birth. The difference is that one process is a new beginning, but only because another stage is ending; with this New Moon, something is coming from nothing–or at least, it’s ideas or events that come together to present us with a result we might classify as ‘never before’.

There are a number of contacts made by the Partial Solar eclipse; I’ll list each one separately, then (try to) fit them into the bigger picture. The basic New Moon energy is the Sun and Moon together in that final critical degree of Virgo, and they’re widely conjoined Mercury in Libra=the critiques, assessments, accountings, analyses, and commentary we give and receive will be the conduits for the eclipse ‘message’. The eclipse is also semi-sextile Mars at 29 Libra=stress again! In relationships, in artistic ventures, in partnerships, in relation to ‘the audience’. It’s notable that Mars was a component in the August Kite, but here is less potent, off to the side and subdued, suggesting temper and the ‘I Am’ will influence, but not drive, those eclipse communications. There’s also a wide (for a quincunx) aspect of Chiron in Aries to the New Moon=this implies we may be sensitive enough to our own and others’ wounds that we are careful to avoid them, and promises our interactions will be shared with a certain level of sensitivity (though there will be some who adjust in the opposite direction, intending to wound).

Then there’s the Kite. The base involves a Grand Trine where two of the placements, the Sun and Moon, are in Earth, with Pluto, Uranus, and Mercury in Air. This describes a material, real world event that fuels the communications as well as the inclinations to innovation, spontaneity, change, and sharing of the Truth. Through the middle of the Kite runs a ‘spine’, an opposition to the eclipse, to Saturn in Pisces-Neptune in Aries, with this combo sextile both Pluto and Uranus. I look at this and think of the ‘lift’ this configuration will give to the eclipse message. It will likely carry big themes, big change and ideas and creative expression, even as we find ourselves trying to balance, trying to straddle the need for transformation of some life area and the need to be responsive in the moment, open to that very new, original thing the eclipse promises.

Two factors in the Kite, Pluto sextile Neptune, act as base for a Finger of God with apex Venus in Virgo=this feels like a set of influences we can control, more so than what’s presented by the eclipse. An embrace of the nitty-gritty, a willingness to change, even to change to extremes, if called for, can deliver Higher Mind (Aquarius) in service to the creative Will (Neptune in Aries), and result in positives: rewards, payoffs, Art, or Love to the individual (Venus in Aries).

The Sabian for the eclipse is, ‘Totally Intent Upon Completing An Immediate Task, A Man Is Deaf To Any Allurement’. This suggests that whatever message we receive will draw our complete attention; that’s a good thing, in terms of our accomplishment, but possibly not so good if it means we miss the Bigger Picture. The key may be never to lose sight of the fact that there are other people in the world, and that what we do affects them. A simple concept but an important one, when we’re trying to make the most of our own potentials, our own possibilities.

The Daily Brief: 5 September 2025 Spiritual Alchemy

04 Thursday Sep 2025

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‘Alchemy – Mercury and Sulfur Personified’ {{PD}}

In the run up to the Total Lunar Eclipse we see the Moon in Aquarius trine Mars in Libra, around noon PDT, offering a release for all that building emotional tension, holding all the more potential for upset and outburst as it’s carried in the unconscious (Moon) and translated through the mind (the Air placements), with likely forms being anger easily expressed (the Trine) to partners, those with whom we cooperate, through our Art, and to our ‘audience’ (Libra).

At the same time there’s a config with the Moon as apex to a Finger of God, with base of South Node in Virgo and Jupiter in Cancer. This speaks of the past as trigger, likely through criticism given or received, or in a past incident where accountability was demanded, coupled with a (possibly lost) opportunity or clash with public sentiment that has created the ‘cooler’ emotional vibe we see with the Aquarius Moon (that coolness of feeling a way to avoid hurt). So, the response to recall of that past trauma is to retreat to the intellect, in effect denying the emotional reality, both past and now. We see this spelled out with the noon time PDT square of the Moon to the Black Moon Lilith point, showing how what we’ve ignored, denied, buried, or what just plain enrages us brings emotional conflict (the square) that we must acknowledge and deal with. The past holds the roots of this, but the need to handle it is right now.

The impulse might be to assign blame, either with those in the past or with those who stir up this sore point in the present, but the more useful interpretation (or maybe the more diplomatic one that the presence of Libra offers, which will keep us from doing something we regret) would be to see the surfacing of this past incident tied to present reactions as a chance to purge bad feeling about ourselves that we’ve carried for far too long. How to accomplish this? Be honest with yourself, but also be kind; there’s only so much regret we can generate before it becomes a waste of energy–and we can put to work what we’ve learned from the experience in the present upset, turning it in a direction that we won’t later regret, and thereby, with the help of spiritual alchemy, erase the burden of the past, as well.

Please check past posts for explanations of some of the other influences current in effect.

The Daily Word Image is making a new friend. How often do you do this? As adults it seems as if our obligations, commitments, and everyday tasks prevent us from having much interaction, much less actually engaging in enjoyable ways. Some of us let a competitive attitude spoil potential relationships, while some find it hard to get past the anxiety interaction can bring, but we’ve got to remember how much having friends can bring into our lives. It’s another past feeling we can access at this time, how it felt to be among friends when we were children, accepted and loved, enjoying rewarding communal experiences; know that sense of fulfillment isn’t gone, it’s just dormant, waiting for you to nurture it by opening up and making a connection.

The Daily Brief: 4 September 2025 Lunar Focus

03 Wednesday Sep 2025

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‘Aquatic Plants and Fish’ By Giuseppe Castiglione 18th century {{PD}}

Early AM PDT the Moon sextiles tense 29 degree Saturn, then enters Aquarius, conjoins Pluto and sextiles Neptune, at the same time trining Uranus. Sudden onset emotions take us to the brink, roiling, agitated, with potential for fueling destruction and delusion–but also a possible impetus toward creativity and transformation, IF we can avoid fearing reality itself; letting uncertainty and anxiety seep in to the mind can send us careening off on tangents of worry and blame, rather than using that as an engine for creative accomplishment and Truth-finding. You know which direction to take.

Please see previous posts for still-extant influences, particularly the Water Grand Trine.

The Daily Word Image is two big koi in a pond, swimming in opposite directions. Kind of like the Pisces symbol–apropos for the coming Total Lunar Eclipse, and certainly a dominant energy right now: we’re dealing with creative energy looking for form and expression, immersive experiences, spiritual messages passing from world to world, the sensory, the nebulous, deceptive, and illusory, perhaps leading us the wrong way but also possibly inspiring us or endowing ideas with vivid detail and the kind of realism enhancement only available through the imagination. Let it all in; remember, right now fear of what is is the stumbling block–focus instead on what things can become.

The Daily Brief: 3 September 2025 Our North Star

02 Tuesday Sep 2025

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‘Shepherd’s Star’ By Jules Breton 1887 {{PD}}

The energy is still found in a Finger of God with Mercury as apex to a Pluto-Neptune sextile, with Saturn at 29 tense degrees of Pisces and still conjoined Neptune; it’s a recipe that fairly shouts about how reality is a mess (deceptive, nebulous, unfathomable), and can only be sorted via a willingness to eliminate illusions and untruths once and for all–but how do we do that? The potential for shock and upheaval is still present (Merc square Uranus) but so is the ability to make hard choices and take significant action based on righteous motives and the facts as they apply to what we care about (Mars in Libra square Jupiter in Cancer). Current conditions say we find equilibrium, as well as gains that help align us with our ideal future, if we’re honest with ourselves, if we’re willing to acknowledge what we may have, to this point, ignored, denied, or buried (GT in Water with Jupiter, Black Moon Lilith, and the NN). It seems that sincere action, the kind that’s rooted in what we truly believe, is our north star right now. An eclipse is just days away, and promises to wipe the slate clean in some important areas/ ways; until then we need to address issues as if no change is coming, no rescue is on the horizon, simply because we don’t know whether our problems will be with us indefinitely, or if they’ll vanish in a moment.

The Daily Word image is a slip of paper on a restaurant table; it looks like it’s from a fortune cookie, so you think of it as bringing a message. You turn it over and it reads, “All Sales Are Final”. What is it that you looked to for reward or satisfaction, believing it was temporary, a step forward, or upward, along the way, only to find that circumstances have a resiliency and stickiness factor you never anticipated? Of course, nothing is truly forever, but it can feel like it when we’re long-term enmeshed with something that doesn’t feel like ‘us’, that we inspect and see as foreign, not representative of who we are or what we’re contributing. It might embarrass us, or make us irritable as we struggle to prove that isn’t a reflection of who we are–but we might do better to consider that it does reflect us, and our struggle is about acknowledging and accepting the parts of who we are that we don’t like–because if we don’t, we’ll find change impossible, and no space for a better something else.

The Daily Brief: 2 September 2025 A Mercurial Day

01 Monday Sep 2025

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Yellow beach umbrella in the summer sun, Photo By Molku 2008 {{PD}} Thank you, Molku!

Mercury moves into Virgo on its way to Superior Conjunction with the Sun (Superior Conjunction is when Mercury meets the Sun while in direct apparent motion). Its contacts right now take the spotlight: heading out of quincunx with tense, 29 degree Saturn highlights yesterday’s mind games but promises a critical eye will be applied, as soon as the energy’s freed up–but in fact with Neptune still conjoined Saturn from Aries, and Pluto sextile, Merc becomes the apex to a Finger of God, suggesting it will all get cleared up, if we think about it. It may take the 5 or 6 days mentioned in yesterday’s post to come clear, but now we know how to do it: through careful assessment, a focus on honesty and Truth, a desire to see things as they really are. The square of Merc to Uranus introduces the only real problem, one of being shocked, surprised, or downright rebellious at what we learn. If we are withholding things from others, we shouldn’t be surprised if they withhold from us, too–that said, never underestimate the ability of what we call life to deliver something we never anticipated.

The Daily Word Image is a line of yellow parasols on a yellow beach under a glowing yellow sun. Whatever the scene, or the color yellow evokes–there’s your message for today.

The Daily Brief: 1 September 2025 (Not) Wonderland

31 Sunday Aug 2025

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‘Alice in Wonderland’ By Arthur Rackham Advice from a Caterpillar 1907 {{PD}}

Saturn retrogrades back into Pisces; the effect is dizzying, nauseating, with a big helping of ‘I can’t believe we’re in this very spot again!’ Where the transiting body falls in your chart, along with any aspects it’s making, as well as the natal situation of Saturn, will all figure in to where in life and in what way you feel this. The thing is, a heavy moving back into the previous sign typically has a uh-oh! feeling that’s distinctly temporary: usually we know this as a brief backslide into what’s largely finished, a momentary and tiresome rehash. This time, though, it feels like our own individual fresh hell; maybe that’s the other energies with which it’s still in contact, whispering their worst, or the fact that it’s Saturn, which tries to plant us firmly in the material world, no blurred edges or pleasant dreams allowed.

Saturn’s still technically conjoined Neptune, but now that it’s back in Neptune’s sign everything takes on a fun house mirror quality, exacerbated by Pluto in Aquarius in sextile playing with the mind, worrying us about what the future holds and emphasizing the down side of all that’s modern, while the sextile to Uranus now shocks us with all we hadn’t noticed, before. The unreliability of our own perceptions will be the most prominent effect here; if you treat yourself as if it’s a Mercury retrograde, that is, be cautious and aware you might not be seeing things realistically (let alone not seeing them optimistically!) then you can hold off until you adjust, which will take only 5 or 6 days. Then it becomes a wait-it-out, as you deal with every little Piscean thing Saturn didn’t handle before his exit.

The Daily Word Image is a wild bird perched on a person’s finger. To me this is astonishing, that rare moment of communion with the natural world that you can’t make happen, it just does on its own. There is wonder to be had, right now, and experiences of awe and hope. Know that they’re real, and not as rare as you might think.

The Daily Brief: 31 August 2025 A Cosmic Ripple

30 Saturday Aug 2025

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Northern Lights Viewed From the International Space Station, Photo By Mike Hopkins, NASA {{PD}}

Much of what’s been happening last week still holds (except for the Moon contacts), though today Luna is in Sagittarius, and early afternoon PDT the Moon quincunxes Jupiter, semi-sextiles the Black Moon Lilith point, and squares the Nodal axis. This may be the peak experience of the day, one that reverberates well into the evening (or maybe just rattles around in our brains, a thing we compulsively mull over, again and again); we may even feel it as it builds up, the anticipation of something that calls for adjustment of what we know or believe, during the course of which we may have to deal with a thing ignored, denied, buried, or that enrages us–and the way we process and deal with this will have effects on our future (and perhaps, if you accept quantum mechanics, our past, as well). This little ripple in the Cosmos may seem like nothing at the time, but go through the day aware that what you do will have a bigger impact than you can currently anticipate and you’ll do, choose, speak with care and thoughtfulness that will insure the outcome is as positive as possible.

The Daily Word Image is repeated calls from an Unknown number, where the caller doesn’t leave a message. Someone ‘has your number’, but doesn’t want you (yet) to know who they are–so who comes to mind? When you hear that phrase, ‘Someone has your number‘, how does that make you feel? Caught? Discovered? Unconcerned? Does the caller (that is, the person who sprang to mind for you) feel this gives them some sort of advantage, and if so, why do they think they need that? Is their knowledge, or are the assumptions they’re making, right? And do you need to care? Or can you ignore this, as someone trying to intimidate or manipulate you? A lot of questions, and a situation that depends entirely on whether or not you can trust those around you.