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8:30 AM PDT the Cancer Moon squares Saturn, perhaps stopping us dead in our tracks; or, the Universe presents obstacles and our first reaction is to bash our head against the wall, trying to get through! Conflict between our feelings and some Saturnian thing (authorities, rules, our own fears?) is inevitable. Navigate with care, and yet don’t spend too much energy in resistance–it’s a matter where patiently walking around the wall is a lot more effective than trying to push it down on your own.

Just after 11 PM PDT we hit a jackpot, of sorts: the Moon squares Juno, opposes Pallas, and quincunxes Neptune. Will we be sucked into a power struggle despite our better judgment, deluded about how another may threaten empowerment? Or will we be fighting for status based on an illusory idea of who may bestow it? Or will we be feeling powerless, projecting the wisdom that shows a way out on someone else, based on our image of them? Well, none of those sound very fun–let’s instead look at how our emotional approach to someone or something may be not only unwise but keeping us from our own empowerment in the matter. The illusion can be pierced at this time–that would be a much better way to spend our time and energy pennies

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Just after 6 AM PDT the Cancer Moon moves to the midpoint of Sedna and Mercury. We act like an emotional antennae, picking up messages that we are unable to decipher, or even understand conceptually. This can play out many different ways, but will likely bring about confusion, as we have responses that do not correspond to what’s happening around us. Accept that we don’t know why we’re feeling as we do, but that the feelings are real, true, and are telling us something–and we need to listen. Trust the emotions, but not the intuition–the mind will jump in to ‘translate’ intuition into thought, and that invites distortion and almost guarantees misunderstanding.

Just after 3 PM PDT the Moon quincunxes Neptune, and this is the point where the previous challenge either becomes an inspiration, or throws us into a funk of confusion or illusion, where we try to maintain an ‘old’ image of who we are; the previous Pallas challenge (Moon opp Pallas 1:30 PM PDT) was meant to cause us to adjust our approach and our beliefs, and if we don’t, we struggle. This latter aspect begins a Finger of God with apex Neptune and base of Moon and Sun. The implication is that harmony between intent and instinct can be channeled in a highly creative direction–but this is possible only if we are able to navigate the series of aspects effectively.

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Just after noon Pacific time the Cancer Moon squares h.Zeus; ambitions and wants will be stirred, but how we respond will have everything to do with our relationships and our nurture function (Cancer and Libra). We should expect anything from annoyance to refusal to bending over backward in those relationships where caring for another, emotionally and materially, is integral to the interaction. Will reveal how we really feel in terms of our own energy; resentments at those who take too much will appear, as will desires to give more to those we care for with whom we share an imbalance.

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Void begins 9:35 AM PDT, with Moon entering her own sign of Cancer at 11:54 AM PDT. First aspect is the Moon trine Chiron, 2 PM Pacific–and we may access Mars through his quincunx to Chiron (Mars semi-sextile the Moon). We may feel exceptionally sensitive at this time, and stressed out because of it. It’s likely we will choose a stance: more assertive or aggressive (either as a defensive measure or attacking out of fear) or we may feel wounded by someone else, or even the Universe, and label ourselves victims. Neither will be appropriate or effective, so the best course may be to actively engage the skills, and avoid coming to emotional conclusions for now.

Just before 8 PM PDT the Moon opposes Pluto, and the tensions of the day may explode in rage or destructive action–or we may feel quite cool but witness this in others. This may not be the best time for an emotional purge, though we must take care not to be sneakily destructive or propagate darkness through secrets or ‘smother love’ (Cancer Moon). Instead, acceptance that darkness exists (for we may at this time be prone to deny it in ourselves or others altogether) but a refusal to nurture it is the right course.

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