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The Essence for 10 May 2011: Passions Inflamed

09 Monday May 2011

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By 1:30 AM PDT the Leo Moon opposes Vesta; the emotions may be very headstrong, and keen to throw the deepest and most sacred values to the winds in order to satisfy . . . what? Something we desire emotionally (Leo)–and coming off the sextile to h.Zeus it could be something that is a target of the ambitions or even a carnal passion–and with the emotions involved, the desire could be particularly intense. This want may enter our personal lexicon, becoming a long-time goal, a fixture of the personal outlook (the Saturn aspect just preceding this).

3 AM-ish the Moon opposes Pallas, and semi-sextiles Juno. We’re still stuck in that last sequence of aspects; we want ‘it’ bad! Even though we know it’s not smart (at least not right now), we still burn for it, as it seems to promise empowerment–and we can get a measure of what this will cost us and how it might alter things as the Moon, noonish PDT, forms a T-square with the Sun/ Earth axis. If Pluto or Neptune is currently making an aspect, hard or soft, to a natal energy, we may be more than ready to adopt this change–if Saturn is hitting significant spots, you may be wanting to make the change but unable to.

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The Essence for 9 May 2011: Be Willing to Heal

09 Monday May 2011

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11:30 AM PDT brings the Moon quincunx Chiron–we may question any emotional hurt we’ve recently suffered or inflicted–and likely find that our ego was the culprit. If this is felt by you, have the guts to step forward and apologize, to adjust the attitude to allow healing, and perhaps to admit that letting the ‘I am’ run the emotions may not really be working out for you. Now it should be noted that this begins a Finger of God that will last through about 4 PM Pacific, as the Moon moves on to quincunx Pluto, and then pulls away. This places the emotional nature and the intuitive perceptions at the apex of the configuration, and suggests that if we are willing to completely destroy/ transform our Chirotic ‘wound’ mechanism, we may find emotional solace, serenity, and healing–but that’s a big ‘if,’ and possibly a too-tall order on such short notice; it’s definitely a test of our flexibility and our willingness to heal (yes, I said willingness–many people cling to their wounds as if they prove something about them, their sensitivity, perhaps, or their right to feel angry, slighted, or justified in hating–but all it proves is that they are deriving a part of their identity from an injury that, if they let it heal, will mean they lose some cherished ‘victim’ view of themselves). Be willing to heal; anything less is an excuse to indulge one’s inner brat.

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The Essence for 7-8 May 2011: A Molotov Cocktail of Emotion

07 Saturday May 2011

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4:30 PM PDT of the 7th the Moon squares Saturn, and by 5:30 PM the Moon is quincunx Vesta; these aspects are followed 7:30 PM Pacific by the Moon square h.Zeus, and 9:30 PM the Moon is quincunx Pallas. The story seems to be contentious, with one misstep leading to another, and another. We may be disgruntled with reality itself; the rules and boundaries seem specifically designed to annoy. We try to adjust according to our highest values, but they seem bothersome, too! So, we declare, ‘The hell with this!’ and go straight for a big ambition or desire–and finding, within and without, feedback that tells us that our goal is just not a smart one, at least not right now. What an evening!

10:30 AM PDT of the 8th sees the Moon square the Mercury/ Venus conjunction in Aries, making for an emotional tinder box ready to spark. There’s almost no way to communicate that isn’t like throwing a Molotov cocktail, so if you can’t stand the firefight, don’t converse! Maybe I should explain: the problem is that the receiver will be ultra-sensitive and the sender will be (probably completely inadvertently) attacking values, relationships, and/ or financial judgments. And the energy goes both ways, so we can each play either part multiple times. Yippee. It only gets worse as the Moon moves on and places Sedna sextile itself, while still aspecting Merc/ Venus; this means that when we try to explain, make up, soothe our own or another’s hurt feelings, we just won’t know what we’re doing. This is a day to keep things steady and to keep opinions to ourselves, because the real damage is done when we blithely speak without thinking; we just assume others think the same thing, or see things the same way–and they don’t.

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The Essence for 13 April 2011: Hot, Salty Communication Freedom (+ Added Material)

12 Tuesday Apr 2011

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1:30 AM PDT of the 13th the Moon trines retro Mercury, Fire to Fire. It may be easy to speak passionately–just remember that Jupiter is still relatively close to Merc, and may cause us to overdo or grossly exaggerate. Speak your truth, show your passion, but don’t add that extra flourish, if tempted–it could be something you’d like to erase from memory and the ether, later! A 4 AM PDT trine to Jupiter really tests our Self-control, especially in the social sphere–but may also function to ‘get the word out,’ and allow for hot, salty communication freedom!

7 AM Pacific the Leo Moon quincunxes Venus in Pisces; we may be very hard on ourselves as we try to measure up to the ideal of Love (this may give a taste of what’s to come with the Full Moon–see current newsletter #5). Harsh judgment of the Self isn’t necessary; Leo Moon, plus all those energies in Aries (Uranus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Sun) all say that Self-awareness and conscious attention to personal needs should be capturing a large portion of our thought and effort right now.

ADDED: Thought this was important enough to add: The Moon enters Virgo at 11:40 PM Pacific–and shifts our thinking just a little bit toward the details, who’s responsible for what, and what we might get for our efforts. Immediately on entry the Moon opposes Neptune–with both entities at 00 of their respective signs, we may confront the dream with the emotional reality–and one or the other is likely to come up lacking. Since this opposition kicks off the Moon’s transit of Virgo, Neptune’s dreamy, confusing fogginess will linger–we may be struggling to stay ‘awake,’ completely puzzled by any number of issues, or subject to the weaving of stories and illusion–so take care.

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The Essence for 12 April 2011: Finding a Leonine Balance

11 Monday Apr 2011

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Allégorie de la République espagnole (1931-1939) The Leo Moon can help you roar--just remember to balance and tame the urge. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported via Wikimedia Commons

Just before 9 AM Pacific the Moon becomes the apex planet to a Finger of God with base of Pluto sextile Ceres. This is about achieving a ‘balance of power’ in a very yin/ yang sort of way. Masculine/ Feminine figure in, as might outright expressions of power and the option (or obligation) to negotiate. Once the balance is reached, the energy funnels down through that Leo Moon–making for an enormously confident display of the Self, possibly with emotions or intuition on display, or one’s Self-assertion/ expression plays on the emotions of others. Can be a breakthrough moment of impressive ego presentation and Self-promotion, likely in a very positive way–but remember, it all depends on getting that power balance right.

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The Essence for 17 March 2011: Irritability, Flexibility

16 Wednesday Mar 2011

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Balance is what counts G. Seurat 1892 {{PD-Art}}

By 12:30 PM Pacific the Moon in Leo is opposed Neptune, sending some to a fantasy-land retreat while others defiantly express ideals and others refuse to be mislead–it’s a variety of responses that once again have more focus on the Self and the need to respond from what seems to be a position where one wears ‘emotional blinders’ (those things horses wear to keep them from being spooked–it fixes their attention on the road in front of them, and that’s what these aspects are doing for us, allowing us to experience an emotional Self-expression that we rarely have the mental or social ‘space’ to indulge in.)

5 PM PDT the Virgo Moon opposes Chiron in Pisces; why doesn’t the Collective refrain feel healing? Everyone’s making the right noises, but somehow the emotional nature is unable to take expressions of Piscean Oneness at face value. Criticism is the natural, opposite response–though to let others know how we feel is unnecessary–better to chalk it up to irritability, and move on, while realizing that our song is making others feel the same irritability! Simultaneous to this the Moon is also making a quincunx to Pallas, suggesting that such adjustments are smart; Self-control and discretion are never wasted.

Don’t be afraid to extend yesterday’s prescription under ‘A Body at Rest’ into today, if need be. Interaction with prevailing energies is always a choice, one from which we can retreat if we so choose.

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The Essence for 17 February 2011: The World Pushes, and We Push Back

16 Wednesday Feb 2011

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5 AM Pacific kicks off a challenging set of oppositions from the Moon in Leo to other bodies that will chase away a lot of the carefree sense we may have embraced yesterday–but if we did enjoy that influence we will be much better off today, as we face some surprising conflict and some outright opposition–the respite will have fed our energy and ego, our sense of Self in a good way–and makes it much easier to meet today’s push-back. We start with Ceres, which may provide resistance to our Will from Mother Nature and/ or authorities; next it’s Mercury, where we likely just won’t like what we hear; the opp to Mars (around 7 PM PST) may pit the Self against the group or action v. thought–consider the other side’s POV, but don’t feel you must capitulate–it’s not necessary at this point to declare a ‘winner.’

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The Essence for 16 February 2011: The Lion in You

16 Wednesday Feb 2011

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Moon enters Leo at 1:14 AM Pacific, and we can feel the change. There’s a yawning and stretching and waking up with the leonine influence, this time around–and purring with pure animal pleasure is a distinct possibility for us during the Moon’s transit of this sign, if we can take a brief respite from our nose-to-the-grindstone attitude and embrace sensual and animal enjoyments–maybe easier said than done!

Right away we have a Finger of God with Moon apex and base of North Node and Chiron–during the same period (through 5 AM Pacific) the Moon is sesquiquadrate Saturn, as well. This offers a power point for a positive and tangible healing experience, and/ or employment of your most unique skills, the use of which can catapult you forward. Remember the Moon’s in Leo–bask in the energy!

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21 January 2011: The Aquarian Moon Gives Us the Finger

20 Thursday Jan 2011

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I've always heard it's not polite to point. Antonio Belluci c.1700 {{PD}}

By 9 AM PST the Moon is trine Vesta, making the emotions a reliable conduit for the most sacred values–if it feels right, it is right–the only exception is the person who’s disconnected from her or his own emotional palette, who thinks they feel, or who has mis-identified one emotion as another (and this latter is something we take for granted, that everyone identifies emotions the same way and as the same thing-and they don’t!!) If you’re mis-aligned with your emotional nature and you follow emotional prompts at this time, it will have unforseen, probably negative, consequences–just sayin’!

Right as the Moon enters Virgo (3:10 PM PST) it quincunxes Jupiter new and fresh and saucy at 00, and this creates a Finger of God with the upcoming quincunx of the Moon to the Sun at 5:30 PM Pacific, requiring us to adjust the emotional picture to the object of everyone else’s attention. We may feel we have more important things to attend to (and we may be right!) but the group requires we focus on matters either Aquarian or related to the House where the Sun is currently transiting in the natal chart, and that the lens be emotion or intuition, so that our acceptance of the social demand feels a bit false. In this instance, it’s best to go along to get along–and we may gain useful ‘camouflage’ of some kind because of our co-operative nature :)

20 January 2011: Feelin’ Pretty! *wink*

20 Thursday Jan 2011

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Do you think they're feelin' pretty? 'Cause I think they dare you to say they aren't! Artist unknown 19th century {{PD}}

Sun entered Aquarius 2:18 AM PST today, the 20th–the relief may be palpable for those who feel they’ve been under the gun, made to work entirely too much–but for those who are sensitive to mental burdens, this may just add a dimension to the feeling of being overburdened! Smart money is put on letting up on rules and regulations, and easing up on expectations; Aquarius has some energetic emphasis in store (when the Sun catches up with Mars, 3 Feb, it peaks, but will be felt as soon as the 28th of January, as Mars catches up to Ceres and the Sun hovers near–this period should bring strong isuues with authorities, Self-motivation, ego, initiative, and natural talents and tendencies–it will all be lit up) but for now, just enjoy the change in vibe!

Now we enter a flurry of quick aspects: 10 AM Pacific the Moon is quincunx Pallas, challenging us to adjust our emotional response to what we know to be wise; by noon PST the Moon is trine Venus in Fire–oh, it’s a splendid moment! if we’re prepared to shine, to show our best–those for whom this aspects the natal picture positively will feel pretty (just like the song!) There’s a chance to win friends, find mates, make money–go for it :) This is followed at 1 PM by the Moon’s sextile to h. Zeus, giving the ambitions a boost, and by 6 PM we get the payoff to the charm assault we launched earlier (or just to the way we moved through the world!) Just remember that ‘payoff’ means results, not necessarily positive.