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Just a Little Lunar Essence for Today 15 March 2012: ‘Old Messages, Old Hurts’

14 Wednesday Mar 2012

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By Heath, from ‘Andersen’s Fairy Tales’ 1913 {{PD-Art}}

Just before 2 PM Pacific the Capricorn Moon semi-sextiles Juno and sextiles Chiron while squaring Mercury; we are made to feel we must take a step toward empowerment, but fear it may be easy to hurt ourselves and/or others. We don’t like these thoughts, but they are compulsory; what we need to know is that this is actually a review of old material, and perhaps old messages and old hurts. Though they may apply in the now (and be couched in current forms), they are echoes–so simply review without feeling compelled to do anything.

5:30 PM PST the Moon squares Vesta and quincunxes the South Node. We find reasons to repudiate our own Highest Values, or our home or intimate partner, and they are generally old saws we’ve used in the past. What are we thinking?! Thanks to Merc retro and current Moon ruler Saturn also on the backward burn, we’re not. Remember that question we’re asking for Merc retro,’What am I doing?’ Please take a short walk every time you’re tempted to throw your standards or a loved one under the bus.

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Is it just me, or does that one rock look like a foot with some creative lookin’ toes?

Just a Little Lunar Essence for Today 14 March 2012: ‘A Periodic Check-Up’

14 Wednesday Mar 2012

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'The Doctor's Visit' Steen c1660 {{PD-Art}}

5 PM Pacific the Sagittarius Moon squares the Sun/ Earth axis, putting us at emotional odds with our current identity and/ or direction. This is a periodic check-up that may or may not reveal true discrepancies in our stated v. actual life direction. Response is entirely up to us; smart money is on those who take these Lunar squares to the axis as early warning signs that can help prevent larger upsets.

11:30 PM PDT the Moon sextiles Saturn. We get an excellent emotional read on what we can rely on, on what’s solid and constructive (and by contrast, what’s not). A good influence under which to sort and eliminate less constructive influences.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence for Today 13 March 2012: ‘First Do No Harm’

12 Monday Mar 2012

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Too late for any harm here--'The Autopsy' by Gabriel von Max 1869 {{PD-Art}}

9 AM PDT the Sagittarius Moon conjuncts Juno, squares Chiron, and trines Mercury. Oh, we are ready to tell it like it is–the question is, are we ‘right’, and is our audience ready to hear it? If we are accessing our Chirotic-flavored skills in the telling then yes, we are right, and we are acting from a place of true empowerment (which means we will do no harm); but if our talk springs from hurt, or is wrapped in the authority conveyed by our status or role, then no, we should keep it to ourselves–and in either case, the audience is on its own, though it would be good to consider whether those hearing the message will be in any way hurt by it–in which case they are not ready, and we should not take on the role of messenger.

5 PM PDT the Moon squares Pallas, putting us emotionally in conflict with something we know to be smart. What’s our resistance based on? Either believing we know better, or fear of social ridicule. Choose neither of those; do the smart thing, and live with the discomfort.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence for Today 12 March 2012: ‘Confronting Illusions’

11 Sunday Mar 2012

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'The Shepherd's Dream' Fussli 1793 {{PD-Art}}

Void begins at 10:31 AM PDT; Moon enters Sagittarius at 10:53 PM PDT. Midnight, the Moon squares Neptune, making for upset to our fantasies or dreams, literal or figurative. A good time to confront the illusions we carry, and clear them away–we’ll have the emotional far-sightedness (Sagittarius) to do it.

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Just a Little Astro Essence for Your Weekend 9-11 March 2012: ‘Strong Currents’

09 Friday Mar 2012

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For Friday the 9th:

7:30 PM PST the Libra Moon conjuncts Zeus, wedding the emotions to the ambitions and desires–a great pairing, in Libra, for pursuit of desires–just keep in mind that there’s at least one other, autonomous party involved, who has feelings and a viewpoint–with too much identification with the Moon/ Zeus combo, we could convince ourselves that those emotions and outlook are ‘alleged’, and too forcefully exert our Will.

For Saturday the 10th:

Void begins at 7:10 PM Pacific; the Moon enters Scorpio at 9:24 PM PST. 11 PM PST the Moon trines Neptune; the emotions are overwhelmed with a perceptual state that amounts to blindness, so thoroughly is the outside world, and thus new input, blocked. Immersed in feeling (and possibly intuition), we are moved– in our ‘blindness’ scenario it’s a flood of information through other sensory means–and what we are moved to is highly indicative of our ‘true’ feeling state–so take note.

And for Sunday the 11th:

One-ish we see the Scorpio Moon oppose Jupiter, and trine Pallas with Pluto at the midpoint. In our differences with society we find our own personal transformative wisdom. Know this is tailored to you; it won’t apply to others, their ‘wisdom’ may be quite unlike yours, and so not be recognizable to you at all. The other possibility is we seek to change our social relationship (probably hoping to lose ‘outsider’ status) by utilizing practical skills that can transform our position. Either response is useful.

From the Protected Page Mercury Retrograde Article; the shift comes at 12:49 AM PDT on the 12th

It may be easy to forget this is Mercury, not Mars (especially with Mars still doing his retro thing), but the reality is we will be dealing not with our actual actions, but with what we think of our actions, the theories behind our choices, and the form of the ‘I am’ we are considering and then asserting through choice and activity. Our mental stance will be what matters, and here’s the thing: if we have significant disconnect between our thoughts and our actions, we will be in deep trouble. This retro period will make obvious, to others if not to us, where our thinking does not align with, support, or even connect to our real-life behaviors. Some are in for a rude awakening (the kind only aggressive Aries can give!) that could bring personal crises to a head (or at least give them form and a deadline in the future, likely at the Superior Conjunction of the Sun and Mercury after Merc is direct).

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Full Moon in Virgo 8 March 2012: ‘The Coming-of-Age Moon’

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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All the while I was growing up, visiting the Taj Mahal was a goal; so far, still unfulfilled. 'Taj Mahal by Moonlight' Bartlett 1923 {{PD-Art}}

The Full Moon arrives on the 8th at 1:38 AM Pacific time at 18 Virgo 13. Using our strict 2 degree rule, the Full Moon itself only makes one aspect, a quincunx to Ceres, linking this culmination to harvest, both through Virgo and through the asteroid of nature and nurture. We reap what we’ve sown, plain and simple.

The Sabian for the Full Moon is, ‘A Swimming Race’ We couldn’t have it laid out more cleanly: we find out who won, in whatever venue we have been running a race, but likely connected in some way to the House axis across which this Full Moon lies. We also look at the Sun for a Full Moon: ‘A Master Instructing His Disciple’ This suggests the possibility that the ‘race’ in question is one we have been running with someone close to us, a ‘student’ or our own mentor. It may be time for the student to surpass the teacher, the one who was learning to now teach–in any case it suggests a change in roles that is solid, permanent, and that signifies new duties for all involved. The contact to Ceres links this very strongly to changes in authority, and possibly territory and responsibility, with overtones that what occurs here is an ancient story, the way of nature, or, to get all Disney on you, the circle of life 🙂

Suggested Full Moon Reading: anything by J.D. Salinger

Venus Enters Taurus: ‘Slipping Into Something More Comfortable’

04 Sunday Mar 2012

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Venus tiptoes into the sign of the bull at 2:24 AM PST on the 5th of March, and we’ll hear a general sigh of relief as shoes are kicked off and toes run through new spring grass, armor plate is unbuckled and set aside for something soft and cozy, and we stop demanding what the ego wants and start filling our pie hole with the culinary glories we’re suddenly noticing all around.This is one of Venus’ two homes (the other being Libra), so she’ll be super-happy here, right?

Umm, not so fast–as she changes signs she positions herself in an exact semi-square from the transiting Sun. uh-oh. The great Isabel Hickey spoke of this, the only possible aspect of discord between Sun and Venus, noting that this mild negative is the most dissonance that there can be between the symbol of the Soul (the Sun) and the principle of Love (Miss V). This suggests that, at least at first, Venus will be gettin’ into the tangible comforts of home, the sensual, and the creative at least in part because she’s a little upset–maybe jealous, envious, or wanting ‘more’, all typical Venusian ‘faults’–or because her vanity, aesthetic needs, or attempts to show love are not being seen in a flattering light. Whatever it is, Venus retreats in what is essentially a passive-aggressive stance meant to say, “I’m done pushing forward (her time in Aries), I’m unhappy when I try to partner, or with the Other, who doesn’t appreciate me (her other sign, Libra), so now I’m going to hide away, indulge myself, and relax–with the added purpose of ignoring you, and concentrating on me.”

Watch the tone around the time of, and directly after, the sign change, and note where resentments seem to bubble to the surface, in ourselves and others. In just a day Our Lady of Love will sextile Neptune, and with both in their own signs, this may make for a potent elixir of Love, idealism, delusion, or deception, that turns us away from resentment and puts us on a creative, and hopefully kinder (to ourselves and others) path.

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Just a Little Weekend Lunar Essence for 3-4 March 2012: ‘Into the Light’

02 Friday Mar 2012

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'Sunset by the Sea, Brittany' by Puigaudeau pre-1930 {{PD-Art}}

For Saturday 3 March:

Just before 8 AM Pacific time, the Cancer Moon sextiles the Mars/ Earth conjunction and so of course trines the Sun. Luna in Cancer loves the Pisces Sun energy, and generously lights the way for today via the emotions and intuitions, telling us exactly what steps to take (as Mars himself is not capable at this point, while retro).

By 9:30 AM PST the Moon squares Zeus; what happened to all that sunshine-y, go get ‘um energy? It got hung up on the ambition picture, on going after what we want, rather than just enjoying the day and everyone in it. Sometimes a non-ambitious approach is a better vehicle to get you where you want to go, as the response to the sunny, open disposition will certainly be more positive than the one to the person who comes in with clipboard in hand, handing out copies of their personal agenda.

And for Sunday the 4th:

By 11:30 AM PST the Moon forms a T-square with Saturn opposed Venus, laying out all our emotional issues surrounding want v. need, have v. have not, and indulgence v. restriction–and what issues they are. Expect some surprising things to come to light, both about ourselves and others, concerning beliefs on having, on plenty, and (for many) the deeply ingrained moral implications of these. Many of these beliefs are things we are not conscious of, but they are things that guide many of our decisions from their place deep in the unconscious cave. It’s a chance to discover a little more about who we are, and to modify that to a belief system we find more appropriate (or more flattering! It’s Venus, after all!)

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Just a Little Lunar Essence for Today 2 March 2012: ‘Irrational and Unexpected’

01 Thursday Mar 2012

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An unreal scenario for most of us--tho we could holler at the Moon like Buzz Aldrin. From the Apollo 17 Mission 1972 NASA {{PD}}

Void begins at 5:14 AM PST; the Moon enters Cancer at 7:08 AM PST.

There’s an immediate square to Mercury, followed by a trine to Neptune (9 AM Pacific). Do we speak up because we care, or because we don’t, and want to hide that fact? And then do we follow up by spinning a tall tale, a fantasy, a delusion, a tale of inspiration or ideals, or an outright lie? Whatever comes forward in us, we will not be expecting it (square to Uranus (1 PM PST), and it will have to do with how much emotional nurture we feel we can give.

In this same interval, we have the Moon square Vesta, 11 AM PST. The Merc/ Neptune Cancerian effect, described above, may be propelled by the way it pricks our conscience, or threatens our home or relationship. And please note, nobody said any of this was rational!

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Just a Little Lunar Essence for Today 1 March 2012: ‘A Long Geminian Voyage’

29 Wednesday Feb 2012

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'Beach at Valencia or Afternoon Sun' Sorolla y Bastida 1809 {{PD-Art}}

It’s a long, Geminian voyage with no Lunar contact until 11 PM PST, when the Gemini Moon sextiles Venus. This may feel like relief, more than anything else, especially after such a big period of non-contact that is not a Void; these ‘empty’ periods can make us feel insecure, in a way, prompting a stress response that is unnecessary and may even take us wildly off track, and it may be driven by lightly-considered idle chatter or baseless speculation (Gemini).

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