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The Weekend Essence 5,6 & 7 August 2011: Weighing the Options

05 Friday Aug 2011

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Judging by the bounty on the table, she probably weighed her options very carefully. Cranach 1532 {{PD-Art}}

We start the evening of the 5th when at 8 PM PDT the Moon opposes Jupiter; will it be a face-off with society (which may take place in no bigger an arena than your living room?) or a desire to withdraw from worldly pursuits that’s really just symptomatic of resentment that we’ve not yet received our due reward (Jupiter in Taurus)? Consider that we may be spoiling for a fight  just to make some contact–not a productive approach.

1 AM PDT of the 6th the Moon squares Vesta; this essentially draws a T from the moment of contact with Venus ( a square at 10 PM PDT of the 5th), and tells us that we are in danger of trashing what we care most about–don’t! Then the Moon (3 AM) squares the Sun; from the moment of Venus contact creates an energy-filled T square, with Venus/ Sun in one direction, Vesta/ Earth in the other, with the Moon the arm. This gives us a large window where the material situation involving those things we feel are sacrosanct come up against the true cost revealed–and our emotions are torn; do we keep those things we feel are important in our lives and ignore the cost, or do we lighten the load, letting go even though these material factors are important to us, and thereby possibly gain in finances or even love? There’s no right answer, just the answer that’s right for you.

Noonish on the 7th the Sagittarius Moon quincunxes Mars in the Moon’s own sign of Cancer and sets off a Finger of God with an approaching sextile (that completes the base) to Pallas at 3 Aquarius 42. We are required to link the emotional outlook to expression of practical/ artisanal skills or to what’s wise–when we do we are empowered to act. If we act without due attention to what wisdom requires the feelings to register and modify for, we will see a lot of passive-aggressive (or aggressive-passive, as a friend likes to say!) fallout. If chaos or upset ensues in this aspect window, this is the problem: we’ll be seeing the result of a lack of respect for what’s wise/ smart, with the difficulty caused by those who would indulge themselves. Take note.

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The Weekend Essence + Leo New Moon, 30-31 July 2011: Powerful Days

29 Friday Jul 2011

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From the Visconti Tarot deck 15th century

6 AM PDT of the 30th sees the Moon trine Uranus and quincunx Chiron. It’s like we’ll get a kick in the pants–and whether it hurts or not is up to how we receive it! We can either let it hit us right in the primal wound (which will make us howl!) or we can let it hit us and use the momentum to propel ourselves forward and up–which won’t hurt at all–in fact it should revv up our unique skills. It’s a great influence, if we’re willing to go with it! Now, this is the start of a Finger of God, apex Moon, involving Chiron and Pluto as the base. Separate from other effects, the Finger offers, very simply, healing with a willingness to change, with resultant emotional and intuitive benefits. It’s no more complicated than that.

New Moon is at 11:39 AM Pacific at 7 Leo 15. The Leo New Moon reads as releasing subtle but powerful energies; it opposes Pallas (and Earth, of course), squares Jupiter, and quincunxes Pluto. There are other things close but outside the strict 2 degree orb–so we leave them alone.

The aspects suggest changes (possibly intense, traumatic, inevitable, sweeping, or arising from the destructive or the negative) challenge us to prove what we believe to be wise really is. It’s a giant reality check of a very personal nature; the upsets will require us to truly show who we are–and what’s more, there will be a public element to this. It’s very possible we will feel under a microscope at this time. We may be observed by the social circle, we may be tested by our students, readers, audience, our teachers, or those within our religious hierarchy, or we may be challenged to broadcast or publish our knowledge or wisdom and then to defend it. This may be a tempering of the Soul and the Soul’s Purpose–but will in many ways be more gentle than we might anticipate, and we should come out the other side (for this NM may just be the beginning of a long-term effect, rather than just a singular happening) much more sure of who we are and what we’re here to do (and consequently what we are also NOT here to do, courtesy of Pluto, who will help us eliminate and start again.)

Just after noon of the 31st, the Moon trines the North Node–and at about the same time the Moon also forms a loose Fist of God with a Moon/ Sedna square apex Pluto. The entire picture is one of unanticipatable material events (Sedna in Taurus) that have emotional results–and, contrary to the usual, we do not need to work out the square before Pluto is accessed–this time, it just happens. A Plutonian event can be anything that involves an exercise of power–just keep that in mind. It’s not necessarily a trauma, destructive act, or experience of rage–it could as easily be a transformative event that feels like a major blessing–so be ready for anything.

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The Weekend Essence, 23-24 July 2011: It’s All So Serious

22 Friday Jul 2011

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Gossaert 'The Three Children of Christian II of Denmark' 1526 {{PD-Art}}

8 AM PDT of the 23rd the Moon trines Pluto; power is in harmony with the emotions and intuition, and these feelings can guide us easily toward excellent, lasting (Capricorn) manifestations of our own strength and effectiveness. If you have a natal placement at 5 Virgo (and that could apply to many of you, particularly those now receiving a Pluto trine to natal Pluto) this will energize the natal point with a massive power boost, unerringly guided by the feeling nature. For those with a 5 Virgo placement, this is practically a mandate to utilize the natal energy to its utmost. If the placement happens to be Pluto, look to both Pluto’s natal aspects and matters of the House where he’s placed and the House he rules to see where and with what addition influences the power matrix is likely to be brought forward–and I say “be brought forward” as you will be obligated to take this power in hand yourself–denial of your own power can bring it toward you, exercised by others, with unpleasant results. If the placement at 3-7 Virgo is not Pluto, use the same formula (natal aspects, House location, House the body rules) in searching out the meaning and areas of activity, with particular attention to any difficulties or hang-ups recently linked to expression of this energy–they can be transformed at this point, with excellent results.

Just before 6 PM PDT of the 24th the Moon quincunxes the North Node and effectively forms a Finger of God with Venus at 25 Cancer and the South Node roughly at the Moon/ Venus midpoint. This lasts through about 12:30 AM PDT of the 25th, with the Moon’s conjunction to Sedna and Mars’ inclusion in the midpoint picture (with his position not quite one degree past conjunction with the South Node) along the way. This tells a story of feelings, instincts, and the way they affect relationships, values, and/ or the financial picture mattering a great deal in formation of the Path; and yet we are unable to comprehend exactly how what we do shapes where we’re headed, and what’s more, we’re acting based too much on the past. A heady, important, and confusing picture that kicks off the week for our European friends with a bang and may give North and South America some portion of a sleepless night. Oy.

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The Essence for 26 June 2011: Sexy and Dangerous-Feeling

25 Saturday Jun 2011

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Remember when smoking was considered sexy and implied the woman was a sophisticate, and probably trouble? This painting could've changed that idea single-handedly. By Kirchner 1930 {{PD-Art}}

Just before 2 AM PDT of the 26th the Moon trines Pluto in Earth. Mmmm, it’s easy to get to the bottom of things, to reach the depths, to enjoy passion and darker shades of our natural inclinations–they’re sexy and dangerous-feeling, even when they’re not!–and we can enjoy ourselves if we can embrace the entire range of Beingness uncritically. If you want, this is the time to change those material circumstances about which you’re unhappy emotionally, and it’s also a time to enjoy purely physical delights (food, surroundings, bodies, the elements). Remember, Lunar aspects encompass a 3-4 hour period, either side of exact.

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The Essence for 14 May 2011: Without Adornment

13 Friday May 2011

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3 AM of the 14th the Moon conjuncts Saturn, and we either feel deeply connected to our reality, experiencing ourselves as a seamless a part of it, or we look around and feel unreasonably repressed and/or restricted. Our reaction will be a telling sign of how well we have disciplined, directed, and made relevant our own energies and efforts–good luck!

4:30 AM PDT the Moon conjuncts h.Zeus, offering an emotional window into the true ambitions and desire picture. This is worth our attention, as we may at times cloud our own vision of what we want with considerations of other than our true goals–this lets us see them without adornment.

7:30 AM PDT the Moon trines the exact Vesta/ Pallas conjunction; the intuition can play a lively part in assessing our ideal situation, and in attuning us to creating this. If we follow emotional prompts, we’ll be way ahead of the game :)

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

07 Saturday May 2011

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'In Peril' JA Grimshaw 1879 {{PD-Art}} via Wikimedia Commons

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 23-24 April 2011: Opportunity

22 Friday Apr 2011

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Looking for opportunity is half the reason we study the stars in the first place, isn't it? Thought to be 15th century, no source known {{PD}}

1:30 AM on the 23rd sees the Moon act as the arm of a T-square to the Saturn/ Mercury opposition–and should initially result in the emotions being pulled mightily between what you think, or has been communicated to you, and what you observe as reality, the rules, or the ‘real’ situation. This is a test of how much you trust yourself; even with Merc retro, you will know what is true–funnel your emotional clarity into resolving what’s presented so that your emotional picture is accurate and acceptable for you–you needn’t answer to anyone else.

5 AM Pacific the Moon trines Juno in Earth. When the emotions and intuition are keyed to Earth, and touching Juno also in Earth, we are handed a recipe for making good financial plans and decisions. We will see just what will effectively bring us a sense of prosperity, stability, comfort, reward, and abundance–and we can see how to go after it. For those who may be asleep at this time, take note of your dreams, or events in the night; these likely hold clues to achieve that material boost.

By 8:30 AM the Moon squares Mars; they are in Cardinal signs! they want results! they can be dramatic and assertive while still following the rules! Again, opportunity knocks, but stretching out actions to a slightly later point (after Merc direct, at least) will insure a clearer thought process and no (or few) missteps.

The Moon enters Aquarius at 10:59 AM of the 24th, semi-sextiling Neptune and briefly sprinkling bunny glitter on everything. It’s nice to allow a little glamor and illusion now and again, isn’t it? A sextile to Uranus (3 PM PDT) brings a little surprise, shock, or revelation, and then the Aquarius Moon makes a T-square with the Sun/ Earth axis, and as well sextiles Venus and places Chiron at the midpoint (7PM-ish PDT). Oh! The tension that comes forward is both intellectual and fundamental to the situation; it was there all along, now we can see it. The less mature may suffer a bout of rebellion or insist on avant garde-ism, but everyone else will see the healing potential in the air–and embrace it.

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The Essence of the Libra Full Moon, 17 April 2011: Perfect Love

15 Friday Apr 2011

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Since in my mind nature is Love, and a bridge a symbol of a way to connect, well, you get my drift. Larsson 'The Bridge' 1912 {{PD-Art}}

Full Moon at 7:43 PM of the 17th, Pacific time, at 27 Libra 44. Using our usual, strict 2 degree orb we have only a single aspect, a quincunx of the Libra Full Moon to Libra ruler Venus in Pisces. Venus is exalted in Pisces, suggesting that perfect Love is synonymous with a state of Oneness, with the Universal outlook. This implies that wherever the Full Moon falls for you, the matters of this House must be examined with an eye to adjusting (the quincunx) the attitudes, relationships, and approaches so that they better express your idea of ‘perfect love.’ This is well-shown by the Sabian symbol for the Full Moon placement ‘A Man Becoming Aware of Spiritual Forces Surrounding and Assisting Him’ By Man, of course, we mean each human individual, and by spiritual forces, we mean Love, for what else is this but an essence that permeates all, surrounding and ‘assisting,’ if only by putting each on a wavelength attuned to the very force that drives the Universe?

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The Essence for 10 April 2011: That Cancer Kindness Thing

09 Saturday Apr 2011

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Charles W. Bartlett 1920 {{PD-Art}}

By 3 AM Pacific the Moon opposes Pluto and trines Ceres. Here the emotional consequences of power plays made around you will be clear–and you may find yourself rejecting what appears to be a straight-out grab for control in favor of power acquisition that seems to follow more ‘natural’ roles and could be seen as nurturing. Before you get all ‘Plutonian power bad, Ceres power good!’ consider that these are really two sides of the same coin–and that they’re actually working in concert–so there is no good or bad, just perception, and the way in which one strikes us as a caring despot, while the other seems a little Hitler-y.

A 5 AM quincunx of the Moon to Pallas makes for some smart adjustment ideas and suggestions–please follow them. After this everything goes smoothly, everyone cares, everyone is our friend (it’s that Cancer-kindness thing) until 2 PM PDT, when the Moon square the Saturn/ h.Zeus duo; then it becomes a harsh reality check where we may find our ambitions and desires thrown in our faces in very unflattering form. Don’t take this personally; the agent who criticizes is likely threatened, and agitated by what they may feel they’re missing. This person needs our understanding instead (though that doesn’t mean we have to agree, stick around for more harshness, or cut them a blank check–when we walk away they might realize they have to grow up, too). This is followed at 6 PM by a sextile to Juno, which shows us how our previous Self-control is serving to empower us–a nice way to wrap up the episode.

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The Essence for 9 April 2011: The Feeling Lens

08 Friday Apr 2011

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I don't know what to think of this picture by Arnold Bocklin--it certainly elicits an array of reactions!

4 AM PDT of the 9th, the Moon hits the South Node, and sends us on a nostalgia trip–ease on down the road! Void begins 5:48 AM PDT, with the Moon entering Cancer at 2:02 PM Pacific, and until the Lunar orb hits Cancer, we may just generally drift–not a bad feeling, but perhaps frustrating to those who are a little more type ‘A.’

We start with a trine of the Moon to Neptune; it’s like diving under water and trying to convey our feelings through a dense, shimmering liquid that muffles the sound and distorts what we see–we can certainly live through it, but we shouldn’t expect clear communications–it’s more like everyone is in their own little watery cocoon.

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