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The Essence for 24 August 2011: Denying Darkness

23 Tuesday Aug 2011

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Dou pre-1665 {{PD-Art}}

Just before 1 PM PDT the Cancer Moon opposes Pluto, bringing us face-to-face with the Underworld. Consider what we see ‘out there’ is telling us what may come forth from ‘in here,’ and need to be dealt with; as long as we deny our darkness, we will summon it into our reality.

6 PM PDT the Moon squares Juno and trines Vesta, making us feel like we’re contradicting ourselves: empowerment options are not working out, even as we are aware that we are honoring all that’s most important to us. Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking that if we have the ‘right’ attitude, everything will fall into place; the fact is, it does, it’s just that sometimes what aligns is not what we want–and that’s where we get confused, equating alignment with manifestation of our own Will. Call this a ‘modesty making aspect’–because we will receive a dose of humility during this process.

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The Essence for 23 August 2011: Allow the Emotions to Overwhelm

22 Monday Aug 2011

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Ekwall 'The Fisherman and the Siren' 1912 or before {{PD-Art}}

Just before 9 AM PDT the Moon conjuncts the South Node in Gemini. This can bring a flood of memories, each of which triggers an emotional response; or, we may find ourselves emotionally entangled in something that steps directly from the past into the Now, sending us off on a mental tangent. In either case, we may find ourselves attempting to deal with an emotional reaction by using mental faculties–this does not work. Though it’s scary as hell, let the emotions overwhelm, let them flow and really experience them–because once you do, you’ll gain a natural distance (you won’t be holding them back anymore, so there’ll be no push by the unconscious). Perspective is all with this aspect; meeting the flood unafraid (or at least, willing to let happen what will) can make all the difference. You can exorcise something that has been a significant drag on the unconscious ability to process the emotions–so, 5 4 3 2 1 do it! :)

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The Essence for 22 August 2011: A Powerful Fist

21 Sunday Aug 2011

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Fighting with polar bears is, I think, inadvisable. Biard 1839 {{PD-Art}}

A Fist of God is formed with Mars square Saturn/ h.Zeus with apex Neptune/ Earth. Zow. I mean, just what do we get out of this? With a base that says, Work on those ambitions and desires, or else! we may be hard pressed to be up and running in the ‘right’ direction so quickly; we’ll know we’ve concocted the magic, effective formula when we see our dreams (or at least something longed-for or idealized) materialize right in front of us. This is a roll-the-dice aspect that we can only know we’ve handled correctly when the highly positive result is right before our eyes–if it doesn’t materialize, it ain’t gonna. This aspect lasts through the 26th of August; that’s our window for making it happen!

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The Essence for the Weekend 19-21 August 2011: Be the Rock

19 Friday Aug 2011

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Weber c.1899 {{PD-Art}}

The 19th

11:30 PM PDT the Taurus Moon squares Vesta, requiring we measure our feelings against those things we hold sacred; if we’re not respecting what’s most important to us, we’ll be made aware of it now.

The 20th

10 PM PDT the Moon quincunxes the North Node; we are either re-vamping our plans or berating ourselves for not making a better effort. Remember, a willingness to adjust our current position is the key to using, rather than bemoaning, a quincunx. At the same time, the Moon makes a square to still-retrograde Merc. This will probably cause us to second-guess ourselves, and we may wonder, are our feelings right, or are our thoughts correct, in reading the current situation? The answer is: neither, with the best approach one that lets go of any need to define circumstances.

The 21st

4 AM PDT the Moon conjuncts Sedna, and we undergo a period when we’re emotionally unmoored; just let it happen. Be the rock and let the water of time flow over you–the feeling of just not knowing will pass.

Today also sees the formation of a Fist of God with a base of Mars/ h.Zeus and an apex of Neptune. The scenario is of the need to act on the almost primal desires of h.Zeus–and if we do, a stressful Neptunian situation is the result (and note that stressful is not negative, but rather denotes tension that could be negative or could be excitement). We could institute a dream, get lost in a delusion, connect to the Collective, or receive tremendous inspiration to the Higher Mind–IF we act on that ambition or desire impulse. The nature of the impulse determines the nature of the Neptunian response–it’s really that simple.

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The Essence for 18-19 August 2011: The Uses of Hurt

18 Thursday Aug 2011

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Van der Weyden c.1435 {{PD-Art}} detail from 'Descent from the Cross'

The 18th

Just after 7 PM PDT the Moon trines the Sun–delicious! It’s like finally being able to see–enjoy it, it won’t last :(

The 19th

11:30 AM PDT the Moon sextiles Chiron and places Uranus at the midpoint. Two basic responses are likely: one, we feel hurt, or highly aware of long-time wounds, and our answer to the pain is to rebel, or maybe to disrupt whatever’s going on around us; or two, we feel an incentive to heal, and we find this in something unique, innovative, or original that sparks in our Higher Mind. It may seem obvious that one is preferable to the other, but the hurt response has a valid part to play for some: it enables someone who could not otherwise do so to break ties, change things up, or revolt against something which is unacceptable. We must always keep in mind that even the less pleasant experiences can serve us well, under the right conditions.

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The Essence for 17-18 August 2011: We Can’t Do It All At Once!

17 Wednesday Aug 2011

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Take time out for play, so you don't take things too seriously. Artist unknown, c19th century {{PD-Art}}

The 17th

7 PM PDT the Moon opposes Saturn and h.Zeus; Now it all becomes about reality-based progress, and how well our ambitions and desires are materializing–and of course that doesn’t sit well with the emotional state, which wants to feel we’re making progress. In this instance focusing on action (Moon in Aries) may shift things just enough to make for a truly productive review of our circumstances–otherwise we may burn out in our intense effort to examine every nook and cranny of the life.

The 18th

11 AM PDT the Moon trines the North Node, setting a tone of ‘Action for Accomplishment.’ This is only a problem if we put on blinders and are too intent on our own Path. Leave room for others, for interaction, and for a touch of playfulness, to avoid taking things too seriously. This is the kick-off for a Moon/ NN/ Mercury Grand Trine that could bring some frustration, as we are late in the retro cycle and so chomping at the bit to go forward with our ideas. If we can employ patience and perspective, chiefly by recognizing we can’t do all things at once anyway! we’ll achieve a fair amount of balance.

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The Essence for 16-17 August 2011: Being True to Our Own Nature, Being True to Mars

16 Tuesday Aug 2011

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Van Rysselsberghe 1901 {{PD-Art}}

Moon conjuncts Ceres, 3 PM Pacific, and the two meet in a crisis degree (29). We may have very strong feelings at this point about whose province is whose, about our relationship to Mother Nature and to all Her components that correspond to things within us–and with this we are likely to focus on the ways we are being unnatural, and therefore untrue, to our own nature–and we may deal with issues of authority, or may deal with authorities, and the result is a bit of a downer: we see where we’re sinning, in the archaic sense of ‘missing the mark.’ Don’t be too hard on yourself; instead celebrate that you are able to see what’s amiss–perceiving a problem hands us the chance to fix it.

Void begins 3:40 PM PDT; the Moon enters Aries at 5:02 PM PDT. First aspect is at 7 PM, a sextile to Pallas. Use this period to set the tone; wisdom is offered–will you accept it?

The 17th

The Moon conjuncts Uranus in Aries, 1 AM Pacific. Will it just be me, or will all of us be vibrating with new ideas, radical plans, revolutionary thoughts, innovative concepts, and rebellious urges? I vote for it affecting everyone; differences will be in how far we carry these (for some) middle-of-the-night revelations. The state of your natal Mars at present, plus how transiting Mars (at 9 Cancer 14) is affecting your chart, will determine the level at which this is put into action. Possibilities go from just in your head to a complete, almost Plutonian re-vamping of your life circumstances. At the very least, nervous systems will jump and sleep will be disturbed–there isn’t a sugar plum around that will save us from the meeting of our emotions and intuition with the spirit of revolution.

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The Essence for 15-16 August 2011: A Test of the Capacity To Love And Be Loved

15 Monday Aug 2011

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The 15th

Just before 11 PM Pacific the Pisces Moon forms a T-square with the Nodal axis, forcing an emotional reckoning, and putting us once again in a state that asks us to measure our progress, and this time, also our direction in life. This once more feels to me like needless stress; though we’re all accomplishment-oriented there are times when our interests are better served by taking a relaxed, playful, or creative approach to life and events. Considering the Moon is in escapist Pisces, a little oblivion might be just the ticket, and may, in fact, be our best approach earlier in the day with the quincunx as well. Taking it easy may be the only positive answer.

The 16th

Just before 3 AM Pacific the Pisces Moon quincunxes the perfection of the Sun/ Venus meeting. Considering the signs involved (Leo, Pisces) it may be that we are being asked to adjust the identity or ego response in a creative fashion that will actually expand the reward (whether it’s material or relationship aligned) we are capable of receiving. And you’ll notice I said, “capable of receiving”–this may help us widen our view of ourselves, help us to accept more facets of who we are, and that this will make us more capable than we are at present to embrace love and ‘what’s treasured’ from many more sources. Now, we must essentially do all this ‘blind’ (Moon sextile Sedna)–it becomes a test of faith through the capacity to love and be loved. Period.

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It’s A Full Moon Weekend! Here’s the Essence for 13-15 August 2011

13 Saturday Aug 2011

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Sargent 1885-1886 {{PD-Art}}

What happens over the next three days (12th-15th or so, with perfection of the Sun/ Venus conjunction on the 16th), apart from (or perhaps as a significant aspect of) the Full Moon is a Fist of God with base of Uranus square Pluto and apex of the Sun/ Venus conjunction. This is in effect as the Full Moon opposes the Sun and Venus, trines the South Node and is just shy (but I think I’ll count it) of a square to Sedna. The Fist says that we enter a brief period wherein those long-term and still-occurring changes spurred by the Uranus/ Pluto square will yield their effects on the relationship and/ or financial picture, or on matters of the Houses ruled by Venus and the Sun. We will see the results of the stresses from the square very clearly, over a span of roughly three or four days. We may see any number of manifestations in any number of areas, but all will contain a theme of unexpected change or transformation that is in response to both our relationship as an individual to the group and to the changes to ourselves and to those things we thought were permanent, that have since proven not so–the most important point will be that we recognize what we encounter as an indicator of 1) the way our lives will be different from this point forward, and 2) that we acknowledge the reality of what’s happening, and that, no matter what, there’s no going back. These effects are highly dependent on the way Uranus/ Pluto has so far shown up in the personal chart, but we can be sure of one thing: it will channel any conflict into Venus and/ or Sun related areas, so that these areas will be the recipients of the stress, rather than the origins of it. That’s important to note when it might be easy to believe our relationships, our finances, or other Sun/Venus areas of the chart to be the source of all the upset, rather than the ‘victims’ of it.

The Full Moon for August occurs at 11:57 AM Pacific time of the 13th at 20 Aquarius 41. The sparseness of the aspects made by the Full Moon (trine SN, opp Venus, square Sedna) suggest a rather simple picture that is complicated by its subtlety: the culmination of Lunar energy is in direct opposition to the Love principle, to pleasure, reward, and both possession and enjoyment of assets. Like the Fist, it implies that the endings or completions that come about will be contrary to our Venusian sensibilities, and that, we will both draw on or relive the past in some way, and be unable to pinpoint that this is going on (trine to South Node, square to Sedna). This could mean that we suffer without knowing just what is ending or at risk–and yet we have a way to successfully observe the action via the concurrent Fist and its apex energies of Sun and Venus. So, we will experience upset, endings, and change, much of which will affect the relationship, values, assets, and finances picture (and some of which may appear to be caused by the Venusian areas of life) but they will really be results of Uranus/ Pluto, of a channeling of the past and past behaviors and responses, and for all intents and purposes causes will be not just unclear, they will be impossible at this time to pinpoint.

Void begins 5:27 AM PDT of the 14th; the Moon enters Pisces at 5:54 AM PDT. The Moon conjuncts Chiron, 11:30 AM-ish Pacific, and suddenly we are very aware of our wounds, our unique skills, or both. Can be a moment of healing and revelation, if we are not too married to feeling hurt.

A Mystic Rectangle involving the Nodes and the Sun/ Earth axis, + Venus, is in effect, and chiefly serves to point out this is a fate-determining time, one where we will be guided by values (Sun + Venus), which is a good thing. Those for whom this connects solidly into the natal chart (through placements at approximately 21 degrees) will find this acts like an amplifying antenna, making the contacted energy overwhelmingly prominent, and instrumental in the fate-shaping choices made now.

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The Essence for 12 August 2011: The Amplifier

11 Thursday Aug 2011

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Apparently the company of an angel is all the amplifier one needs 'Saint Cecilia with an Angel' c.1620 {{PD-Art}}

Here’s an interesting config: Mars semi-square Sun, which is sesquiquadrate Pluto, which is semi-square Earth, which sesquiquadrates Mars. This suggests an enormous amount of tension, anger, even rage, connected with life direction and material circumstances. When this kind of tension aspect manifests with the transiting Sun/ Earth axis, we see large numbers of individuals expressing frustrations en masse that have much different actual connection to their real life (read here, ‘their natal chart’). It’s as if the particularized situation is swept up in the common energy, amplifying it and, in the participants’ minds, giving it the same level of tension, and so bringing them to the same level of anger expression. It’s akin to the infamous ‘mob mentality,’ and something we should be both aware of and wary of at this time.

1:30 PM PDT the Aquarius Moon squares Jupiter, perhaps pitting our emotional state against the social scene. The reaction could come because we are less than genuine when confronted by the social order; the Aquarian Moon may play it cool, or may actually be disconnected from feelings, and that’s what the social group is reacting to. We feel attacked or upset, but may be the ‘generator’ for the reaction in the first place–it’s the circle of life, but not like we expect! A 3:30 PM conjunction of the Moon to Vesta puts us back on track, re-aligning the emotions with our most sacred values; we listen to ourselves, not the social circle or standards not our own.

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