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17 July 2010: Free Love

16 Friday Jul 2010

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Once the Moon brusquely bussed Zeus, adding herself to the T-square he was embroiled in with the Nodes, she pulled away, moved past that power struggle over destiny and direction,  and freed her Libran sensibilities to come out and play with the partner (post the 1:30-ish AM meeting). The Lunar lady is free, for a while, to do as she pleases, and love is in the air. Though snuggling up will do initially, to get the message across with no uncertainty she may need to speak up, as the 6 AM hour PDT sees the Moon sextile Mercury in Leo, and talking about ourselves never seemed more right!

Don’t get me wrong, that’s a good thing, a grand thing, even, and we’re seeing a window for gentle, tender, and spontaneous communion that also quite well accommodates our own needs nicely; a time to give and receive attention, and for everyone to recuperate from the simple assault that is being in the world.

We can spend most of the day in this revery, this shelter of companionship and kindness, until 6:30PM-ish PDT, when the Moon squares Juno and just after sextiles Ceres and quincunxes Sedna. This may suddenly bring up issues of control, territory, and a game of ‘Who’s Got the Power?’ could easily ensue–a bit startling after such a mild day, and all the tougher to handle as Sedna makes us unable to see that we (and they, whoever that may be) are both aggressors. The Moon tells us how to handle it–it’s in Libra, so remember this is a partnership, not a testing of adversaries, and that should truncate any disputes.

1:30 AM or so on the 18th PDT the Moon forms a Cardinal T with the Sun/ Earth axis, setting up the next dynamic, an emotional inventory of what’s on our plates right now–does it serve our needs? are we accomplishing what we intend? what are we really putting our time and energy into? These are worthy concerns after our day of (mostly) just enjoying each other’s company (it’s good prep for the Moon’s trine 6:30-ish AM PDT on the 18th to Neptune, which will be a window for making emotional dreams a reality–we can carry an almost magic feeling into the Void, which begins 7:27 AM PDT). Thinking about what we’re devoting ourselves to will be the best preparation we can make for the next day’s challenges–that, and remembering how good it was just to spend time with someone we love.

16 July 2010: Chances to Change

15 Thursday Jul 2010

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We slide into the 16th with the Moon late in Virgo; we’ve been working hard but are somehow more alert than we expected to be. By 4 AM PDT the Moon is quincunx Neptune and we find we need a break, and imagination takes over. Pay attention to what you think (or dream!) at this time, as the direction our fantasies take will be revealing of what’s swimming around below the surface of our minds–and that means there are things wanted, considered, or longed for that we may not be aware of–always a dicey situation, as they can intrude in the most inconvenient ways on our conscious decisions and Will.

By 5 AM PDT the Moon conjuncts Saturn, and we put a lid on it–and if we don’t, somebody else will. Don’t allow the stop-short quality of the energy to throw you off course; it’s just a hint from the Universe to take some time off. 🙂

6:48 AM the Moon enters the Void; a Libra Moon begins at 7:24 AM PDT. This brings an immediate opposition to Uranus and quincunx to Chiron. For West Coasters it means we start the day with something startling and potentially hurtful–but even at that it may actually hold a positive Chirotic meaning as it encourages the use of related skills and may help us in manifesting a transpersonal form of our own Chiron, likely through relationships.

12:30 PM-ish PDT the Moon  finishes a T-square with an opposition to Jupiter and square to Pluto. The heavies are suddenly in play and our emotional and intuitive faculties are sharply aware of it. The square between Jupiter and Pluto is exaggerating what we believe (Jupiter) we need to do (Cardinal signs), specifically what we need to re-generate or transform, or even destroy so that it is out of our lives forever (Pluto), and the contact from the Libra Moon shows us how this might affect relationships. We may not have seen the situation before precisely as it reveals itself to us now, and that leaves us worried about which way to go–but 4:30 PM PDT or so the Moon semi-sexitles Pallas, then 7:30 PM-ish does the same to Venus, and as the Lunar energy passes through the field of their meeting (the midpoint of their sextile) it shows us both what’s smart and what we value–so if we are patient and don’t leap to conclusions and sabotage our relationships the wise course will be revealed.

By 1:30 AM of the 17th the Moon conjuncts Zeus and enters the long-term Nodal T-square of which the asteroid has been a part. The emotional ramifications of our current choices and the path along which they lead will be clear, and we’ll adjust both ambitions and desires (Zeus) according to what we feel.

15 July 2010: Twenty-Two

14 Wednesday Jul 2010

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As I looked at the dynamic chart for the 15th, what struck me was a kind of pattern that moved forward, and I realized that it centered on four placements at 22 degrees: the Sun/ Earth axis, Sedna, and Ceres. I thought maybe I should treat it as a special, unique configuration, as I would an eclipse–so I’m taking a strict two degree orb as measured from 22, and we’ll see what comes up.

First, the involved elements: the Sun is in Water, while Earth and Sedna are in Earth, and Ceres is in Fire. With our two degree rule we have only two other facets, Mars in Earth and Juno, conjunct the Sun. That gives us a preponderance of Earth, and suggests material effects, a physical arena and focus to tomorrow’s events, with the influence very emotional/ intuitive, and possibly prompting action. The Sun sits at the midpoint of the trine between Sedna and Mars, implying illumination of action and ego, and naturally that means that Earth is trine Mars and Sedna in a Grand Trine– again, the idea of material activity, but we mustn’t ignore Sedna; its influence is one of masking, and that suggests that the entire dynamic, the emotional side of the materially focused action, is really unknowable.

How can something unknowable be illuminated? Chiefly through watching the effect it has on everything else. Like a camera obscura, what we will see is quite real–we just won’t be observing it directly. We must watch for shadows thrown, breezes caused, a feeling of warmth or cold–and extrapolate from there as to what may be causing it.

It’s an awkward scenario, but we can’t forget about Ceres–she sits at 22 Sag, quincunx the Sun and Juno, and quincunx Sedna–and that makes her the apex for a Finger of God. Resolution of the Sun/ Juno in Cancer (the identity seeks empowerment) is found through the symbolic manifestation of Sedna energy, in letting go of both the identity and the need to specifically empower the Self. When the ‘letting go’ is successful, the energy funnels out through a sense of natural authority, in a connection that is at-One with nature itself, that allows us to negotiate anything.  Mars squares Ceres, implying that the conflict between our action urge and our Ceres sensibilities can be worked out, once the action and ego urges are sublimated to the Finger of God, with its ultimate outcome a re-connection with our innate sense of authority, and place within the natural order. It’s a matter of letting go, and gaining all the world and our place in it.

14 July 2010: Setting Ourselves on a Truer Course

13 Tuesday Jul 2010

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Post 2 AM-ish PDT and the Moon in Leo opposes Neptune before entering the Void briefly, at 3:24 AM PDT. The opposition brings a quick influx of stimulation, where we see how and, if we’re tuned in, why our emotional state fails to serve our dreams and ideals, and vice versa, in what way dreams and ideals may undermine our emotional needs. This presents a glimpse of the kind of Self-undermining we all can engage in without even realizing it. An opportunity for a rare kind of enlightenment, with the Void offering a short time for reflection, through to 6:14 AM.

The Moon storms into Virgo–and by that I mean the emotional and perceptual abilities are immediately primed to get down to work, to face the details, to be accountable and to keep accounts, and to get results, and the Moon opposed Chiron and quincunx Uranus is only a distraction–those who’ve got some unnecessary rebellion going on, or who are too attached to hurt, may lose the opportunity, at least for a little while, that the Virgo Moon offers. If you do get distracted, you’ll know that the issues before you can likely be handled with a particular kind of maturity that must be brought to bear–and that you’re the one who needs to do it.

11 AM and optimism peaks (Moon quincunx Jupiter); the conjunction to Venus (12-3 PM PDT) aligns our emotional perceptions and intuition with the best avenues for both relationship and reward–follow what you perceive at this point, it should pay off. At the same time the Moon trines Pluto, and we can clear out what needs to go, in both the relationship and values departments–and that means we may find out a few Plutonian truths about who we are and who we’re involved with and what we’re pursuing that can be invaluable in setting our lives on a truer course.

Just after midnight on the 15th the Moon trines the North Node, and we see the rightness of our course correction. Overall, a highly productive day for those who will go with prevailing influences.

13 July 2010: Think It, and It Is

13 Tuesday Jul 2010

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Have you been sorting through things, lately, re-visiting things, trying new things, re-connecting and re-tooling? You’d almost think it was Merc retro, at least the way it’s usually described–but it must be something else–and I think that something is Uranus to the Aries point, then abruptly retro. Uranus barely made it into Aries and then withdrew his attention and energy–but I think it’s having a crazy side effect, as if the whole Universe is being gently shaken through a sifter, and anything not useful is finding another home. Maybe it’s the electric part of the Uranian vibe, the way it sings through us at such a high frequency we don’t even realize it’s happening, we just see our lives change around us, the energy to alter what’s before us shooting from our fingertips like cartoon lightning–and yet we don’t see our own power, not really–and that’s what we need to focus on right now, that we have a tremendous amount of power available to us–apply it to the Universe, to what you really want, and be ready for the consequences, which will come in all forms! Mars trines Earth and gives us the energy to get it done, almost before we can think it.

Venus quincunx Jupiter and trine Pluto may be playing into all this, asking us to consider values, to assess reward and need, to think about how much is too much–if we muster the Uranian charge behind this, it can become almost this simple: think it, and it is. An approach that may feel like magic, but is really no more than jumping into the Cosmic current. The veil is thin right now, little separates us from the unseen, and we can make of it what we will. Like good Marxists, we’ll enjoy an ‘each according to his needs, each according to his abilities’ kind of result, which should be very satisfying for those of us who can get out of our own ways.

And have a great day!

12 July 2010: Resolving Skills and Feelings

11 Sunday Jul 2010

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The Moon forms a Finger of God, 2:30 AM PDT on the 12th, with a sextile to Saturn at 29 degrees and apex Neptune. This suggest something of a crisis with reality, ‘what is,’ and perhaps with rules and boundaries, but this is the moment when it is all easily resolved, by really feeling the Moon in Cancer, by placing no restirictions on what is allowed to be experienced, by not censoring the emotional palette–and then by letting it all go for a while, as the Moon enters the Void briefly, at 4:49 AM PDT.

The Moon enters Leo at 5:53 AM PDT, and immediately trines Uranus and quincunxes Chiron, bringing unique, individual skills to the fore–you may find you have the energy and courage to pursue ambitions, to go after what you really want–you may feel more clear on your goals than you have for some time. By 8 AM, though, the Moon has formed another Fingor of God, this time acting as the apex to the Chiron/ Pluto sextile. I see the Moon in this instance almost drawing from the earlier contact to Chiron and bringing that energy to contact with Pluto–and that this presents an awareness of a hurt that we are able to transform by allowing ourselves to feel and see the matter from the viewpoint of our own needs and wants (Moon in Leo). Putting ourselves central to the issue puts things in the correct perspective.

By 10:30 AM PDT the Moon moves on to trine Jupiter and perfect the quincunx with Pluto. We are in tune with the social flow, but may find that we understand social issues too well–they irritate, they spur us to change or transform–the productive among us will change something about ourselves or our attitudes, while those less conscious will think in terms of ‘society should ‘x!” An illuminating interlude, that can clue us into the possibility that we’re carrying a too-insular or too-righteous viewpoint.

Mid-afternoon PDT the Moon squares Pallas and then conjuncts Mercury, and we may find we’re speaking our minds against our better judgment! It’s a time where the wise thing just doesn’t seem as important as being heard–just take care that in speaking up you don’t speak for others–make all your statements start with “I”

By 11:30 PM PDT the Leo Moon quincunxes the Capricorn North Node and sextiles Zeus, and we may be really connecting with the way we feel about our ambitions and wants, and how well we’re moving in that direction–a good time to resolve skills and feelings, and how well we’re handling each.

8 July 2010: Taking the Purge

07 Wednesday Jul 2010

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Moon enters Gemini on the 8th at 12:50 AM PDT. The square to Chiron is immediate, pointing up both rough spots and skills, and revving up our engines, in a way–this aspect may key us to pay attention to mustering skills and putting them to use, or to ruminating on our wounds or upsets–and you know which one is the better use of time, with one exception: if you need to fully absorb a hurt in order to understand it and let it go. In that case, go fully into sadness, hurt, and all that you need to explore–it will act as a purge that will leave you ready for the next thing.

There’s a Finger of God formed 6-10 AM PDT on the 8th with apex Moon and base of Pluto and Pallas. This suggests the wisdom of destruction, change, or perhaps the smart choice in processing and letting go that some who tuned into the wounded energy of the previous Chiron aspect will go through, and that when applied this will allow a flow of emotional expression and realization of feeling. This is a good energy to take advantage of, an emotional purge that can’t really go wrong.

Mercury quincunx Neptune=words may carry meanings we don’t intend; fantasies, the subconscious, dreams, and ideals intrude–just be aware.

Sun conjunct Juno=empowering methods are spotlighted–it’s easy to see what behaviors will give us the the clout to do as we please. Pay attention, even if you don’t move to make this happen right away–what you become aware of will be useful when you do want to act.

Noonish on the 8th PDT we enter the Dark of the Moon, pre-Solar eclipse. We may see a number of reactions possible: mindless chattering to let energy out; a stuttering skip to our thoughts, moving them at random from point to point; silences that come from being overwhelmed with too much perception and no way to express it; a pleasant lightness that can almost act as a meditation. Allow yourself to lean into the prevalent energy, and try to relax, to gather yourself by letting go of a need to organize or express too specifically. This lasts through the New Moon, and can bring us to the Sun/ Moon conjunction clean, purged of what we truly don’t need.

Next up: the Solar Eclipse! And do stay cool!

7 July 2010: Reading Between the Lines

06 Tuesday Jul 2010

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ahh, did you feel it? Uranus tucked tail and did an about face in the 9 PM hour PDT on the 6th–and I suspect for most of us it was a subtle but distinct shift. I really liked the way the energy shifted for me this hour, and I hope that retreat at the Aries Point was as positive for you, too. I honestly anticipated a much greater sense of disappointment, and perhaps that’s what happened to others–or maybe the point for me was you just can’t really anticipate Uranian results–isn’t that just the way it is? I think I felt it had brought so much energy, so much to celebrate, while in direct motion that its retrograde would surely bring a feeling of loss. I don’t mean to be mysterious, but what was lost for me was some debilitating worry and tension that had been with me for weeks–what a surprise–thanks, Uri!

There’s a Fist of God, apex Neptune with sesquiquadrates to Zeus and the South Node, that may be suggesting that illusion is at work–oh I hope not–saying that maybe what’s being presented isn’t what it seems to be, that our deeply Willful desires (Zeus) and experiences of the past (South Node) conflict–and perhaps the only way we can resolve them is through pretending the results are other than they really are. That’s possible, but I hope for most of us it’s a meeting of the past and Will that is resolved through ideals and the use of creative and imaginative energies. Usually the Universe gives us a choice, so let’s choose well. By 1 PM PDT of the 7th Mercury moves into quincunx with Neptune, which has of course been quincunx Saturn for some time, forming a Finger of God that may show us the way out of any delusion or deception. The message should be quite concrete, so if we’re open to seeing reality (Saturn) there’ll be no mistaking the meaning of what comes at us.

Vesta and Mars are trining Earth, which should be encouraging; this suggests the material situation is very clear, and that we can act to benefit ourselves while keeping our most important values in mind. A very good influence that we should all take advantage of, especially as we’re coming up on the Dark of the Moon preceding a Solar Eclipse, when we’ll likely lose our bearings temporarily–having everything in order before then is just good prep.

Odds and ends: Saturn in the 29th degree–reality presents itself, warts and all, and staring too long without reminding ourselves that things needn’t always be harsh is important, as too intense a gaze raises fear.

Venus opposed Neptune=all those Neptunian factors brought to love, relationships, money, talents, assets–if we’re likely to make a mistake in the next couple of days, it’s with these, possibly falling for illusion or distorted perceptions.

Pallas quincunxes Jupiter and sextiles Pluto=if we’re willing to be honest, and to adjust to social standards that we know are wise, we can refine our approach to interaction and socializing in a way that really puts us in harmony with our sphere.

For an excellent and thorough analysis of the moment of Uranus’ change in direction, see Today’s Link: http://www.starsoverwashington.com/2010/07/uranus-rx-station-00ari35-new-seeds-and.html

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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