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.

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.

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.

Two things: a Mars-Jupiter square, and a Mercury-Chiron trine, with the Moon entering saucy Sagittarius AM PDT. The square is Cardinal, pushing us to do, to choose, in front of the whole world, or at least our social circle, and the effect can be intimidating; we hesitate because a misstep seems as if it would be disaster, but that’s just the ‘we think everyone’s watching’ effect. In reality, everyone else is feeling the same. And with all of us worried about our own performance, we don’t have time to critique anyone else’s! Knowing that doesn’t necessarily make our own actions or choices easier, but it should take some of the pressure off; we can choose according to our own wants without fear of immediate blow-back.

The trine is the dangerous thing: it makes it far too easy to speak or think hurtfully (and that includes toward ourselves). It doesn’t help that Merc and Chiron are in Fire signs, suggesting words or thoughts might be generated in flares of temper, out of misguided anger or tension, or out of a restless need to express, contributing to the likelihood of inadvertent wounding or thoughtless offense. But, this same energy can be channeled into active planning for expression of the Chirotic talent, the unique ability, made possible by your own very particular experience and knowledge, that you have available to share with yourself and others. If you’re not acquainted with your natal Chiron, find the sign it’s in and think about the gifts you might see as having roots in that sign energy, as well as areas associated with House placement; also consider the state of that sign’s ruler in your natal chart. For instance, if you have Chiron in Pisces in the 1st, your Chirotic gifts might center on the creative, the spiritual, or on realizing the ideal, with yourself (1st House) as the conduit, and ruler Neptune in Scorpio in the 8th brings in others, who may support your endeavors, or for whom you may use your gifts in their quests around the creative or some form of Self-realization.

Please see previous posts for other effects that may still be in effect.

The Daily Word Image is a brief rain shower that doesn’t get anything wet! Is there something you’ve tried, made an effort toward, or just begun that seems like it’s not going anywhere? If you hold genuine hopes for success (as opposed to approaching it with a casual roll of the dice) then you shouldn’t give up just yet. Give it more time, more effort, share more of your psychic and emotional ‘waters’, before you turn away from it.

The Scorpio Moon passes over the Black Moon Lilith point, revving up that Water Grand Trine described yesterday with even more feeling–and these emotions are likely to be in-the-moment reactions around things we thought we’d already handled, come back to haunt us. This will mostly occur internally, within our hearts and minds, but will definitely stir up things long forgotten, and serve them up with a side of regrets–or maybe it’s more like we’re reminded, from back in the day, when we were planning our future, what we’ve lost, what we’ve sacrificed, what we willingly gave up, to get to where we are right now. We may be a little surprised at what surfaces, even a little sad, but we’ll likely see the wisdom of why we chose what we chose–allowing us to put at least some of our fears that we took the wrong path, or let go of the wrong hand, to rest.

The Daily Word Image is insomnia. How do you handle those times when you can’t sleep? Do you toss and turn in bed, get up and do something, read, watch television, go over every ‘mistake’ you’ve ever made or misunderstanding that’s ever happened to you? Whatever you normally do, the next time you’re plagued with sleeplessness, do something other than what you usually do–it may shake things up, could take you out of your ‘response rut’, and you may even find yourself asking, “Am I really even sleepy?” Sometimes expectation and habit get in the way living.

All those heavies are still in play (Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) early in their respective signs; I elaborate in previous posts, though we do see Venus in Leo move to sextile Uranus, trine Saturn-Neptune, and oppose Pluto, making the stakes on reform, our connection to reality, and innovation feel much higher than they actually are. That should be reassuring; our fears of loss aren’t as dependent on what we do now as we may think they are. We’re freer than we perceive ourselves to be; with Sedna conjoined Uranus and Persephone and Damocles square, we sense threats and worry about our fate when we’d be better served by ignoring the shadows and ‘what ifs’ and just moving forward. Otherwise, there’s not a lot else new, though we do see the Libra Moon oppose Chiron, noonish PDT, giving a last emotional poke at our wounds–but will it come from the partner or others, or will it be something we feel inside our own heads, where someone’s jab lives rent-free?

The Daily Word Image is the repeated cry of an osprey, heard clearly though the bird remains hidden in the forest. Are you ‘hearing a call’? Have you pursued it? Have you not answered it, with the excuse that if you can’t ‘see’ proof of it, you needn’t treat it as real? Or, rather than being personal to you, is the call you’re hearing someone’s plea for help, assistance, rescue, or ‘call to arms’? If so, the issue becomes whether you’re a) suited, and b) willing, to answer that cry.