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25 September 2010: Grounded in Taurus

25 Saturday Sep 2010

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The Moon enters Taurus at 1:16 PM PDT, and around 5 PM Pacific we see a quincunx to the Sun and a trine to Pluto, bringing an interesting emotional possibility: we may feel two pressures, both an internal need to adjust the Self, and an external requirement for some change, particularly to the emotional perceptions or interpretation, and these changes may center on the material (Taurus). Transformation of assets or artisanal skills and exploitation of these may be both easy and desirable; this contact can bring a point that pushes accomplishment in material realms forward nicely. How we feel about it, or process it internally, may be another matter–we may be ill at ease with the new course or may just feel things are moving too quickly, though grounding ourselves (through diet, movement, or meditation) will show us that the rate of ‘flow’ is exactly right for us, and allow us to relax and enjoy the change in scene. Look to the natal House with Taurus on the cusp for best forms of grounding (conversation on the 3rd, perhaps, a good meal on the 4th, group-keyed creativity on the 11th, or a wee bit of travel or learning something new on the 9th, for example).

3 AM PDT of the 26th brings the Moon’s opposition to randy Mars in Scorpio–but fresh off contact with Pluto, the Taurus Moon is ready. Though this may present as an adversarial situation, it can be fun and games for all if we keep some perspective, chiefly available through awareness of where either sweetness or scrappiness might lead (Moon trine North Node) and that what develops here might put down roots (Moon quincunx Saturn in Libra) so we’d better make something pleasant and perhaps partner or Arts-oriented.

By 9 AM of the 26th the Moon has moved on to oppose Venus, like her Arian counterpart also in feisty Scorpio. This is when we see whether our earlier choices were good ones–choose lovin’ not fghtin’ and it’ll work out well! For some this will bring forward issues of love or money that have been coming to a boil for some time; face them head on but don’t freak out or exaggerate the situation–either situation (relationships or finances) can be salvaged, or at least put on a positive track, if patience and a willingness to see things for what they are, and to do what’s needed, is adopted and followed through on–fairly easy to do with Moon in Taurus, even though the pace may be a little plodding, you get there eventually, one step at a time!

One other thing I’d like to note for this period: the Sun is coming up on its annual conjunction with Saturn, this time in Libra; what is it about the Fall, and this meeting, that says Marriage to me? There are some obvious connections, of course, but I think we’ll all be wedding something or someone at this point–make a good choice, ’cause this union may stick! (Saturn in Libra).

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30 August 2010: Acting on Instinct

29 Sunday Aug 2010

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The 3 AM hour PDT brings the Taurus Moon into quincunx with Vesta and trine with the North Node; we may feel we are sailing along in our planned direction quite successfully, but our most sacred values are in some degree of conflict with our current choices, especially our material (Taurus) or emotional or intuitive ones (the Moon)–this, of course, causes us some need to adjust or re-evaluate where we’re headed. By 7 AM the Moon quincunxes Zeus–what a way to start the day for West Coasters, with first a challenge from our own values and then what amounts to a dare featuring our own ambitions or desires! The pattern here is one that asks us to question whether what we’re currently rushing toward is really in keeping with our deepest and most important values–are our choices honoring these, or has the ease with which we’re moving forward convinced us that it wouldn’t be so easy if it wasn’t right?

11 AM PDT and the Taurus Moon trines retro Mercury, bringing an odd kind of eloquence and an almost dangerous surety in our own reasoning–not the thing to have confidence in at this time! Access feeling and the physical senses to help ground yourself, and leave the thinking for another time, as we’re sure to miss something, and make a poor decision, pronouncement, or choice. At the same time, the Moon squares Juno–if we wondered where our false bravado was coming from, now we know! Even though our emotional perceptions tell us not to, with this aspect we push for signs that we are personally powerful–a poor move at this point.

3 PM-ish the Moon opposes Pallas, and we are confronted with, either from without or within, the wise path–and how we may have been failing to follow it. Our response, our willingness to be honest with ourselves about ourselves, will be what makes the difference between those who take the information with a measure of thankfulness and those who end up believing there’ve been no flaws in their choices, after all.

By 10:30 PM PDT the Moon moves to quincunx Mars, and by 11:30 is in place as the apex of a Finger of God with base of Mars sextile Ceres. This effectively offers us guidance for how to deal with the day’s contradictory input through feelings/ intuition, and that these solutions will present themselves when we access our instincts (Ceres) and act on these (Mars). It’s almost a ‘Chicken Before the Egg’ situation, where we must act using our instinctual connection to nature before we can understand why (symbolized by the Moon’s contact to Mars before it forms the Finger).

2 AM of the 31st, the Moon contacts Sedna while perfecting the quincunx to Ceres. This suggests that, after we have acted in an attempt to resolve our feelings by acting instinctively, we may try to sense further ‘natural’ information, which we’ll be unable to grasp (Sedna)– this ends a day that can be very stressful, but which is best approached with a flexible attitude, and a reliance on the feeling nature–it’s important we remember how unreliable communications, and our own mental processes, may be at this time (Merc retro). By 4 AM PDT the Moon quincunxes Venus, and some may feel they’ve been treading water and getting nowhere, as relationships don’t seem to have benefited at all by the events of the past 24 hours; it feels like it’s just one damn thing after another. For others it will be finances that present problems, or maybe it’s just a sense of being unsure of love, assets, or your own Self-worth. Don’t let the energy work you–it’s not only fleeting but asks only that you consider adjustments, not necessarily make them. 

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27-29 August 2010: Taming the Aggressive, Enjoying the Material

27 Friday Aug 2010

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What we face while we still have an Aries Moon is a series of, well, face-offs, as if the emotional state is repeatedly challenged to prove itself. This may be because an Aries Moon urges us to assert our emotions as if they’re fact–and of course, this may not sit well with others!  There’s always that tendency of the Ram to push, prod, and force the Will on others; we really can’t blame others or ourselves for being so assertive under this influence, as everything seems so urgent–but we do need to be aware of the way this influence can creep into everything.

Noonish PDT today, the 27th, the feisty Aries Moon opposes Vesta, and something in our emotional landscape is directly contradictory to our most sacred values, and/ or the home situation or the sex life. Uh-oh. This is the kind of conflict that can upset us severely and leave a seriously bad taste in our emotional mouths (please don’t ask me to locate those on a diagram!) The results of this may linger for quite a while and may even alter our perspective for good. By 4:30 PM PDT the Moon forms a T-square with the Nodal axis, creating (or perhaps solidifying) a need to sort out the attitude and the way it may affect the life direction.

8:30 PM or so PDT the Moon opposes Zeus and trines Juno, drawing us into the possibility of a very interesting power struggle: we are confronted by naked ambition or desires, and we access our core goddess empowerment (or we access power via status or our partnerships) and use that, rather than our puny egos or emotions, to answer this challenge.

By 4:30 AM PDT on Saturday the 28th the Moon quincunxes retrograde Mercury, and we may be wondering why we (or another) had to open that (emotional!) mouth and let it all out. Just a reminder, don’t confuse the subjective and the objective by obscuring fact with emotion.

8 AM PDT and the Moon opposes Mars–is there a way to avoid discord with others today? I don’t know, but what is sure is that relationships will undergo a trial where egos, Wills, and emotions are under scrutiny (even attack) and on edge. We think we’re asserting our rights and we’re really trampling on others; we think we’re assisting and we’re really crushing; we think the other guy is punching us, and it’s just our own aggression bounced back at us. Just take care to be scrupulously honest in assessing your own Aries expressions.

The period to watch occurs a few hours either side of 2 PM Pacific, when the Aries Moon trines Ceres and opposes Venus. Here we find our ‘power footing’ even as we find our values and relationships under stress. Mother Nature, instincts, and knowing our power territories (and what areas are not in our province) all help us see and assess the standards we will meet at this time. This is one of those times when we create a mini-clean slate based on recent revelations and experiences.

We finish off the Aries Moon in the wee hours of Sunday, Pacific time, on the 29th. The Moon sextiles Neptune (confusion, both of emotions and of where aggression is actually coming from), and then sextiles Chiron (3 AM-ish); our reaction to this latter aspect shows quite clearly how we are truly reacting to recent events (rather than simply supporting what we tell ourselves is our reaction). We either cast ourselves as victims or empowered (though injured, and therefore empathetic) agents of healing–it’s that straightforward.

Void begins at 3:53 AM PDT and ends with the Moon’s entry into Taurus at 7:35 AM PDT on the 29th. Oooh Taurus! When the Moon is here the emotional and intuitive outlooks key to the sensual, and material, the appetites and sensations involved with those purely earthly experiences of occupying a human body. This is the time for a micro-vacation, a session of physical pampering, savoring an excellent meal, drinking in the beauty of the world around us. Focus in particular on enjoyment of the end of summer (or the end of winter) and what the very early beginnings of the seasonal change offers (see more about this weekend in the Summer issue of ECLIPSE, and the extra material about this weekend on the readers-only page here at the site.  Password required and found at the end of the first article in ECLIPSE), plus learn about the important influences surrounding early September, forecasts for September and October (and post-cast for August!) and articles on the 6th House, the creative complex, Pluto, and much more! GET IT ALL HERE  http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/new-summer-2010-eclipse/) and get access to the FULL picture, for only $4.95!

The main Lunar influences for the 29th are a trine to Pluto around 11 AM PDT (a chance to purge the emotional state–a housecleaning that will feel uncommonly good), and a 7:30 PM-ish trine to the Sun that simultaneously brings the weekend to a close and starts the week, refreshed and renewed by our attention to the material pleasures involved with being a spiritual Being having a human experience.

2 August 2010: The Box

02 Monday Aug 2010

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Through to 10:30 PM PDT there’s a configuration, a Grand Square, with the transiting Taurus Moon, the Sun/ Earth axis, and Pallas, and it’s really what’s grabbing the attention today for me. It’s a grab box, if you will, the energies of which make a vessel for all the other energies at play right now. I’m thinking that, just for today, these are the four corners that will contain our experience–or at least, those experiences that are new to the scene.

We start with the Sun in Leo, suggesting that the ego, our figurative ‘heart,’ and the need to ‘shine’ are prominent–so it’s an active, outgoing energy that we’re dealing with. This is square Pallas in Scorpio, making us smart but sharp, inclined to dig (possibly where we shouldn’t) and to wound (possibly when we shouldn’t). It bolsters the ego and makes everything, especially things associated with commerce, practical skills, and, lest we forget, aggressive action (warfare) not just do-able but a wise course–hmm, not so fast. We could be using our perceptive intelligence to dig up what we need, or we could be using it in vengeful ways that serve the ego–we need to be very sure of the distinction first (not that it will change what we do, but rather that it’s important to know how we feel and why we’re doing it).

This is, naturally, square the Earth in Aquarius; we may be prone to justify intellectually anything we take up today. The material at this point seems like something we can handle just with our minds–always a mistake. This also suggests that surprises, ‘rebellion’ in some form of the materials with which we work, or anarchy/ chaos is a possibility–so thinking all we have to do is think about it (or think it, and it’s so, ‘magical thinking’–this is most possible if you’re having a significant transit of or to Neptune) is the trap too easily fallen into here.

This is square the transiting Moon for quite a space of time (most of typical awake time for many West Coasters). The Moon in Taurus tells us a few things: that the emotions and intuitions are grounded right now in the senses, in what’s familiar–it’s the point at which in the Moon cycle we’re most connected to the physical world–and for those who live primarily in their heads this can be anywhere from uncomfortable to disorienting, as the body and the material make their demands, and they’re so lush, so real, that we can really know that phrase, “beside ourselves” with the whole experience.

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1 August 2010: The Critical Urge

31 Saturday Jul 2010

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Mars pulls away from Saturn, and the energy we found tied down inexplicably in relating to others begins to free up; Mars moves toward opposition to Jupiter, and we move as individuals toward the social–and, when the opposition perfects, Mars will fill in a T-square with Pluto/ Jupiter, and we may see a very interesting thing: the individual sees the Self in juxtaposition to the social order, and the impetus is to destroy a little of each. There may be a strange Self-dislike come forward, or perhaps it will be more like a desire to purge, to rearrange, to rid the individual of what’s outlived its time–and we may see the same in our social arena, viewing one or more components as needing to be changed or destroyed in order for us to continue to interact with the larger group. Uranus at 00 says the group is malleable, and Saturn is pulling in the opposite direction, making the slightest opening, loosening, of what appears to be immovable. The rules can be changed; now’s the time to do it.

6:30 AM-ish on August 1st PDT the Aries Moon trines Ceres in Fire, and the emotions and intuition are lit up through Mother Nature or through the maternal (and this can be through any venue that calls forward our protective urges). 1:30 PM the Moon quincunxes Venus and we must adjust the emotions to those things we most treasure, especially relationships as they may be especially prone to our critical assessment at this time (Venus in Virgo). The inclination is to contort the emotional picture to accommodate what we think the relationship(s) need, but what’s really happening is that we’re making critical judgments and imposing them on ourselves–to gain a real picture of what the relationship needs we must get ourselves and our emotional viewpoint out of the way (Moon in Aries) as it is actually tainting the perceptions. By  5:30 PM PDT the Moon quincunxes Vesta and priorities help us adjust the emotions to a state that’s easier to live with! A square to Juno in Cardinals at 11:30 PM PDT brings the emotions and intuition into conflict with our own empowerment needs or with an actual empowered anima; upset can be significant if we do not feel strong within ourselves. By 12:52 AM PDT the Void begins, with the Moon entering Taurus at 1:13 AM PDT, with the only caution being that to try to impose the Will during the Void will, naturally, come to naught. The Moon in Taurus will, as always, turn our attention to the sensual, the physical, and to the stability of all we possess, though in this case we may tend to be more critical of it than is warranted, and we may concentrate too much on taking accounts–when the Moon then trines Pluto (7 AM on the 2nd) the inclination may be to eliminate what seems to be costing us too much. Be very careful in sorting out the wheat from the chaff, and take special care when applied to matters of the House where the Moon is transiting–here we may be too quick to chuck out what has value in the name of tidy housekeeping.

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6 July 2010: An Emotional Journey

06 Tuesday Jul 2010

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The Taurus Moon decides to change things up around 2 PM PDT, with a trine to the North Node and a quincunx to Zeus. Until this point we’ve been riding along on the Moon’s trine to Pluto and opposition to Pallas, which gave the emotional picture depth and smarts–not bad at all. Now, with contact to the North Node and Zeus, we may find concerns put into high gear; we start to wonder (or is it worry? or obsess?) about where we’re headed and what we’d like to accomplish. We may be reviewing our material goals, and the outcome is a very personal thing–some will be elated with their progress, some downcast, and there’ll be every possible variation in between–but in any case, it is a valid time to (quickly, with a light touch) assess the effectiveness of the direction we’re headed.

The only problem may be overconcern; the Moon’s movement may make us insecure, when it should only make us observant. By 8 PM the pressure’s off, as the Moon sextiles the Sun, and by 10 PM PDT the Moon sextiles Juno and trines Vesta; all this offers us the confidence that may have been shaken earlier. We feel strong, maybe too strong; we could handle our own emotions with too much reverence–a gentle reminder in the direction of modesty and that we are all human may be in order here.

By 11 PM we’re well into a Grand Trine with Moon, Earth, and Mars/ Vesta, and this functions as a platform that presents the evolution of our day along with a surety concerning the actions we should take. It’s a relief, and we retire (at least, in the Pacific zone) satisfied about the emotional journey we’ve taken.

Aspect of the day: Juno sesquiquadrate Chiron=for those who are still at the mercy of their Chirotic wounds, this can be a very challenging aspect. Empowerment choices at present may hit all the pain buttons, and it may seem we can’t make a move without paying a price. De-mystifying the wound will help de-sensitize it; we tend to treat our hurts with such care that they take on the power to run our lives. Choose empowerment even if you anticipate it will cause pain–you’ll see that, even if it hurts, it won’t hurt nearly as much as you believe it will–and you’ll end up with more power and be more effective than you were before, making the payoff certainly worth the brave effort.

5 July 2010: A Feeling Bath

05 Monday Jul 2010

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We start off the day PDT with a Grand Trine in Fire that sets the tone: Ceres, the Moon, and Venus combine and our feelings and sensitivities are inflamed in a way that makes it very uncomfortable to just be quiet. Those of us who have not been honest about emotions lately will have the worst time of it. For everyone it arrives like a lump in the throat, and really kicks off the next couple of days with the Sun conjunct Juno in Cancer. Get ready to take a feeling bath, to soak in way more emos than even Water types can stand, while Air folk may feel it’s so humid they can barely breath and Earth types will feel down in the mud and Fires doused. We have to trust, though, that the Universe knows what it’s doing, and accept that a wallow in our feelings is really necessary, I suspect as a purge for the coming New Moon eclipse.

I count the quincunx as a major aspect, so by my reckoning the Moon doesn’t go Void until 3:26 PM PDT today when it aspects Neptune; Moon enters Taurus at 5:28 PM PDT, just in time to give West Coasters some soothing evening time–or does it? Immediately the Moon sextiles Chiron with Uranus at the midpoint, giving us Outbursts! likely of all that we’ve processed through the emotions during the day. Could make for a wee drama or bout of sadness or even a surprising revelation, and purge-and-resolve could last through 1:30 AM PDT as the Moon starts to move out of her trine to Pluto and opposition to Pallas, the latter telling us that at least the emotional upset will be worth it, as we’ll learn some valuable lessons (or realize things we didn’t know about ourselves) in it all.

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10 June 2010: Back to the Womb

09 Wednesday Jun 2010

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Ahhh! Dark of the Moon! Roll around in it; don’t worry, you’ll get used to the feeling of weightlessness, the disorientation, the dream-like distance of objects, people, even your own thoughts. So it’s a Taurus Moon that’s now invisible and beyond our ken, and we’re in this lovely, dark warm, slightly moist, cozy womb, and since it’s Taurus, we’re likely surrounded by warm soft blankets and throws, fuzzy slippers, and lots of good things to eat–mmm, why would we ever leave? Well, it’s a womb, for goodness sake, can’t stay here forever, and besides, once the Moon hits Gemini, we’re going to want to have a chat–and there’s just no inviting friends into the figurative uti for a sit-down. The point is, in the time between just chillaxin’ and the gabfest, there are a few things that might sneak up on us, so busy will we be sorting out all the green m & ms, crocheting booties, sipping hot chocolate, and napping with the kitty. Such vigorous lack of engagement may leave us open to . . . well, let’s see:

Mars/ Vesta opposed Neptune/ Chiron=this can make us feel that our actions, or our egos, are sacred–and when confronted with genuine hurt we are causing, or injury to others’ imaginations or creative product that stems from us, or when we are challenged to bring our skills to serve our ideals, we may lash out, hurt, or deceive the individual who’s actually just requiring us to put down our pretensions and be our best Self–don’t let this be you!

Mercury quincunx Ceres=powerful words and thoughts may glance right off us; if we can stay as attentive as is reasonable and possible, we will spot these messages as they occur, and we will gain mo-jo as a result.

Saturn quincunx Neptune=reality and fantasy collide; or, rather, they can’t occupy the same point in space and time, and that means trouble. The remedy here is simple, and a rule to live by: be willing to see reality for what it is, to embrace fantasy, but never to confuse the two.

Juno trine Chiron and square Uranus/ Jupiter, all at 00 degrees=empowerment comes from being able to face our hurts without flinching, and at the same time recognizing that compliance with certain societal requirements are necessary for support of our empowerment efforts–we can’t go it alone, and pointless rebellion or overdoing will undermine our search for relevance.

And it may go without saying, but if you have natal placements at 00 of any sign, watch that body!

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9 June 2010: The Illusion of the Taurus Moon

08 Tuesday Jun 2010

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The Moon in Taurus is frustrated; it looks for another energy to get physical with and finds no takers–Leo is empty and Aquarius saves Neptune for late in the game, and her early contact opposed Pallas passed the evening of the 8th, leaving us all feeling a wee bit spent. In fact, so many energies are uber-early in the degrees, or way late, that the mid-degrees leave little for the solitary Moon to aspect. We do get a trine to the North Node, 7 AM-ish PDT of the 9th, so at least we’ll get an emotional and intuitive sense that we’re on the right track.

This is reassuring, as with a Taurus Moon contact is important; the tactile, the sensuous, the material, the artisanal, the sensory, all become the centerpieces of feeling–we need some feedback, because the illusion of this Moon is that without that contact we are emotionally bereft. We can end up depressing ourselves because it all seems so damn lonely. The better approach, though, is to immerse ourselves in that sensory and physical input. Morning of the 9th the Dark of the Moon begins and a move away from the usual, and perhaps away from the need to conceptualize everything in words and thoughts (plenty of time for that with the New Moon in Gemini) will rest our control, dissection, and disernment orientation and allow the senses to wordlessly overwhelm. Try to enjoy.

A few signposts along the way: by 7:30 PM PDT the Moon quincunxes Earth and we get a reality check that puts our attitude toward the material world back on course; about 1 AM of the 10th the Moon conjuncts Sedna and we may meet some real moments of distress, perhaps even a sense of emotional misconnection or a fear of not knowing who we are; the Moon’s trine to Saturn around 9:30 AM of the 10th puts us back on solid ground but may mar some of the release we found in just allowing the senses to reign.

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Today’s Link: Delightful comet news http://www.starsoverwashington.com/2010/06/there-shall-be-signs-new-comet-mcnaught.html and here is something thought-provoking (and frightening, with the ring of truth to it) about current events http://www.starsoverwashington.com/2010/06/depopulating-america-and-us-natal-ceres.html Yes! It’s all Jude, all the time, for today!

7-8 June 2010: A Tender Time

06 Sunday Jun 2010

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We usher in Monday, the 7th of June, PDT as the Aries Moon is moving out of opposition to Zeus, and forming a T-square with the Nodal axis. At least the latter portion of the weekend likely dealt with a reckoning over the ambitions and desire nature of others versus our own feelings on the matter–and no one won, with both sides a wee bit exhausted. The T suggests that the confrontation did tip the balance of power, as well as the direction each party is headed, though in what way we can’t be certain, only that future action will change due to today’s events (Cardinal T). By 6 AM PDT the Moon is sextile the Sun, and so trine Earth, suggesting that we can strike a good mixture of feeling, awareness, and material productivity in this period–this sets the tone for the day, at least on the West Coast.

By 5 PM-ish PDT the Moon is in position for a square to Venus, and a semi-sextile to Sedna. We may bristle at relationship dynamics and feel a bit unrewarded, overall, but the truth is we just won’t see the true state of things, so keep reactions bland and to a minimum–there’s nothing worse than jumping to conclusions that we may find later did not really apply.

The 2 AM hour sees the Moon semi-sextile Mercury and quincunx Saturn–isn’t this just shorthand to keep it to ourselves?  A vow to adjust ourselves to the reality picture, and to stay loose and flexible with the messages we receive (and to keep our own communications to a minimum) should avoid trouble. Speaking out may be more aggressive than we actually intend it to be (Aries placement) and the emotions may spur us to ‘defend’ ourselves when there’s no real attack under way.

5 AM or so PDT the Moon sextiles Neptune–we can trust our feelings at this point only if we have united them firmly with our ideals–otherwise we may smilingly aggress based on deception, an illusion, or confusion. By 7 AM the Moon is trine Ceres and sextile Juno, which themselves are in exact (and I do mean exact) opposition, setting the tone for the day of the 8th: power confrontations or stand-offs, with both sides feeling they are in the right. The odd thing is, they may both be correct in this regard, though successful resolution will require that each recognizes their own appropriate sphere of influence; once this is done, things will sort themselves out easily.

Void begins at 8:26 AM PDT on the 8th, with the Moon’s entry into Taurus coming at 8:40 AM, hardly enough time for a second cup of java before we are placed in a must-handle situation. The Moon trines Mars and sextiles Chiron, with Jupiter and Uranus as the midpoint of the sextile, conjunct the Aries Point. All, of course, are at 00 degrees, meaning the energies will interact and demand attention, and some of them, those keyed to Uranian individuality, or to Jupiterian ideas of expansion, may be life-direction changing. The suggestion is that we may either be hurt over, or be looking to apply our skills to, the material situation upon which our emotions are fixed, and we may find it easy to act, though our own rebellious or unique streak and the social atmosphere may not get the attention they should in order to make us truly satisfied with our choices. The spark of the idea is worthy, though it may be smart to hold off on the actual execution.
 
The period is a tender time when feelings and intuitions can both guide and mislead; it’s up to us to sort it out.
 
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Today’s Link: I like what Ellen Longo offers on Mars into Virgo, from a business perspective, here http://astro4business.com/2010/06/06/june-7-mars-enters-virgo/
 
And have a good one!