After making our case, what we might really need is a quiet place to retreat. ‘The Inglenook in My Studio’ By Mary Hiester Reid c1910

The 26th is a Good Day To . . . be prepared for conflict with your complementary number. That could be anyone, relative to who you are; we see it most clearly in anima/ animus, female/ male contrasts, but really, it can take the shape of any yin to our yang, or vice versa. This could also be seen in the ideal vs. the practical, the factual vs. potentials, or the receptive vs. the assertive–but in any case, be ready to defend your stance, not angrily, but robustly, armed with good reasons why your viewpoint should prevail. And then, let the most worthy position win.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

From the Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons Art of the In-Between show at the Met. Photo By Rhododendrites CC BY-SA 4.0

The 22nd is a Good Day To . . . remember all those ‘I want’ impulses that nearly ran us off the rails yesterday? Well now that same energy has morphed into smart, perceptive, and almost magically transformative urges, making us ‘lucky’ in bringing about change, re-shaping weighty matters, or in eliminating the unwanted. It takes a splash of imagination (which we may resist employing–funny that) and faith in ourselves and our own unique tastes and judgments–but these are warranted, and when put into action clarity of thought/ messaging and the potential for healing are both present.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

‘Dance. An Objectless Composition’ By Alexander Rodchenko 1915 {{PD}}

The 21st is a Good Day To . . . keep our tempers and our egos in check, and our fingers off the launch button. At the same time, we can very successfully create effective, permanent, even transformative change–so, no need to be a wallflower, just keep in mind that we forget there’s a tomorrow at our own peril.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

By Korall – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4835780

The 20th is a Good Day To . . . think creatively, and consider the ways you can gain in the future. Today we have a special knack for being clever, imaginative, and for inspired thinking, especially when we focus on taking positive steps that have a cumulative effect on the path forward. The only issues occur if we ignore reality or real-world situations as they are, and if we think something good can come out of being destructive or engaging in power plays–it won’t.

The Sun enters Aquarius today, turning our attention to the modern, the innovative, the group, or toward manifesting our own originality. This transit really can make it all feel like a ‘new day’.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

‘To Pastures New’ By James Guthrie 1883 {{PD}}

The 19th is a Good Day To . . .ask yourself: why is it that your attention is repeatedly drawn to any number of matters you’d rather ignore, pretend don’t exist, or that make you want to throw a fit? Even the most pleasant of topics somehow gets under our skin, and the whole thing has the unfortunate side effect of bringing things to a halt–or at least, engendering starts-and-stops that are disorienting and irritating in themselves.

There’s really only one answer to why this is happening: because you either need to pay attention to this, unfun as that may be, or there’s something to be drawn from it, a thing or state or conclusion you need to be conscious of. Stop resisting taking the time to consider what needs to be understood or attended to; the sooner you address it, the sooner you’re free of it, and even, may benefit from it.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

By Farahanghis – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76482235

The 18th is a Good Day To . . . figure out why the urge to be erratic or to surprise others with the unexpected is warring so directly with the desire for stability, regularity, and a measured response. We’re looking for a reaction, or to prove our uniqueness or individuality, and it’s not pretty. Things are flying out of our mouths, and our message is meant to rock others, to cause chaos! And others are shocking us with their message, or openly rebelling, or pulling a disappearing act, too; it’s like a competition to see who can be most outré–but kind of a sad one, as we’re all looking intently at those around us, since our goal isn’t expression, but to elicit a response.

Freeing ourselves from the compulsion to stir it up may be as simple as grounding ourselves. Look to the element of your natal Moon for guidance on what can make you feel secure–which in turn allows you to relax and opt out of the potential rumble. Water signs may need a bath, a swim, a good cry, a spa treatment, or merely to stay hydrated, in order to avoid manufacturing mayhem, while Earth signs benefit from sharing a nourishing meal, doing something highly tactile like sewing, sculpting, getting a massage, or actually getting down and dirty in the garden. Fire signs need activity–the more demands made on the muscles, and/ or the more excitement courted, the better, while Air signs–oh Air signs, always living in your head! Try intense intellectual engagement, whatever allows mental escapism for you, or the opposite, whatever allows you to blank out, a meditative state that goes beyond the usual, giving the feeling of either blending with the Universe or of not existing at all!

Current Moon in Scorpio just means you need to be passionate about your grounding choice, while being sure to soothe yourself even as you don’t ignore reality, or endanger your health or your career.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

‘Priestess of Delphi’ By John Collier 1891 {{PD}}

The 17th is a Good Day To . . . be careful with our words, careful with our power. We’re stronger than we know, and also, quite unintentionally, more aggressive than we realize, so that we think we’re just saying . . . but we’re really conjuring the spirits, longing to discharge energy through rebellion, by shocking others, through challenging the status quo, through out-reasoning or spiritual one-upsmanship (an ugly practice where we say, ‘Look at me! I’m more in harmony with the Universe than you are!’) Our connection to Nature is strong, especially as it informs our relationships, but we’re too easily convinced that our aggressive impulses are instinctive, and therefore necessary, ones. It’s a misdirection of creativity or a refusal to heal, an insistence instead on clinging to, or even causing, hurt. Appreciate what you’ve got, count your blessings–banal advice, I know, but effective, as the energy will be re-channeled, without us having to think too strenuously about how to pull back and make right.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

That eclipse opened the floodgates, didn’t it? ‘Flood Sufferings’ By Aby Altson {{PD}}

I don’t know about you, but the eclipse knocked me out, physically, mentally, and especially emotionally. I had to step away for a few days, and apologize for not letting you know ahead of time–even I didn’t know it was going to happen, and when it did it was all I could do to be in the same room with a computer, never mind actually writing something! And in reality, I think the eclipse cast such a long figurative shadow that we all needed to process, process, process–and I don’t think we’re done yet.

That Capricorn cluster of Ceres-Pluto-Saturn reverberates, and will for some time. Brace yourself, as it’s so pervasive, so domineering in terms of effect, that it’s likely to take multiple forms, and has the potential to ripple out for up to 6 months (through to the next eclipse set). It’s about both personal and large-scale Power expression, the impact that has (or the way we’re held back from making an impact) in real-world circumstances, and Mother Nature, from a micro to a macro level, undergoing serious change and flux. This will reveal itself in so many ways; fear may precede revelation with this energy, which implies that staying calm opens the door to understanding, and so to a useful inflow of information/ perception. On the 13th opportunity is available; look to what grabs your attention–that’s where the openings are.

‘After The Flood’ By Paul Klee 1936 {{PD}}

As I write, Venus is poised to leap from Aquarius to Pisces–moving the relationship and financial tone from intellectual Air to immersive Water, the sign of this goddess’s exaltation–and that too may be feeding tension the 13th. Anticipate a ‘new lens’ slapped over relationships and finances, and so different feelings to surface. We’re likely to be both more intuitive in these areas, and also too easily overcome by any propensity for run-away imaginations.

By the 14th we’ll be challenged to stick to what we know is wise or practical, as we may be troubled by anything we’ve ignored or neglected. If we dwell in integrity, there’s nothing to fear, and the mind is aligned with instinct in a most beneficial way.

‘Flood in Ohio Valley’ By Gregor Perušek 1937 {{PD}}

Both 14th and 15th we may find our Will, our actions, or our ego impulses slowed or stopped by external forces; this might be both a show of Power, cluing us in to who really has the reins, and to the ways in which creating the future we want may depend on us modifying our efforts now. Go after what you want, anyway; the serendipitous and the spontaneous carry benefits, and a show of spark may persuade others to put their money on you.

The 16th we see no new major aspects formed, but we do see both Mercury and Pallas in the stressful 29th degree (Merc in Capricorn, Pallas in Sagittarius), suggesting that communications and our own internal source of guidance and wisdom could be under pressure. Information and the ability to process in organized and specific ways could be constricted to a choke-point that could induce panic, and fear that we ‘just don’t know’, that we don’t have the smarts to process the facts or to take advantage of opportunities could be strong. It’s a matter of staying calm and balanced (Moon in Libra) and taking advantage of today’s forming Sun-Sedna trine, which offers illumination through listening to that still, small voice within, the one we know as instinct, the one that ‘knows but doesn’t know’–and yet does, if we can acknowledge the possibility that the mind isn’t the only conduit through which we can receive information. The real-world holds rewards, and today, they may be right in front of us.

Have a lovely week, my friends!