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The Essence for 9 March 2011: Short and Sweet

08 Tuesday Mar 2011

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'Still Life with Oranges and Boxes of Sweets' Luis Melendez c.1760

This is a day to watch. Messages will be everywhere (Merc conj Uranus @ 29 stressful and frantic degrees!) and with Neptune at the midpoint of Pallas and Uranus/ Merc we could be in a fight to see past delusion to common sense, both our own, internal mechanism and what the group is telling us.

A sextile of the Moon to Mars around 8:30 AM PST makes us more than willing to act–and act we shall. Uranus is nearly ready to enter Aries–I don’t think we’ll be able to stop ourselves.

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The Essence for 8 March 2011: Smack in the Middle

07 Monday Mar 2011

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Just as they have here, the group may kill your unicorn, if you're not careful. Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic License Uploaded by Opal_Art_Seekers_4

Around 8 AM PST the Moon reaches out and makes a swing with Neptune at 29 degrees, and Uranus sits smack in the middle, also at 29 degrees–but that’s not all: the Moon in all her Arian-ness receives a square from Pallas at 29 of Capricorn. Suddenly (for Uranus is involved) what we are imagining, creating, and/ or fantasizing about is challenged either by what we know, or what we know our skills can handle. It’s urgent, likely creating the feeling that we must work this out right now, and also that we may be losing a valuable opportunity if we don’t just push forward–but that just isn’t so. Realize that the sense of pressure is an illusion, and wait for a more clear-eyed moment to act or make choices. A possible alternative to that experience is one where we meet the conflict over whether our skills are adequate only to find that the group keeps us hamstringed, unable to move in the direction we’d like to go–darn group!

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The Essence for 7 March 2011: A Strong Foothold

06 Sunday Mar 2011

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The mountain seems unscalable, but it's one step at a time de Haes 19th century via Wikimedia Commons

By midnight (6th to the 7th) the Moon will oppose h.Zeus, perhaps giving us the feeling that we’ll never fulfill those ambitions and desires, or perhaps manifesting as an actual person or entity that we expect to be supportive but isn’t, likely ‘for our own good’ (h.Zeus in Libra). Soon after (3:30 AM PST) the Moon opposes Saturn, and agents of oppression, within and without, come out of the woodwork. With a huge amount of co-operative good will, and a steady determination to refuse to bargain away your own interests, you may be able to gain a strong foothold in an emotionally satisfying  situation–your own internal balance and health is the key to whether this will be onerous or a positive step forward.

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The Essence for 6 March 2011: An Agent of Conflict

05 Saturday Mar 2011

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This is reminiscent of a certain 80s pop act, don't you think?

The Moon squares Pluto by 11:30 AM PST. This may make the start of the Aries energy feel especially rough; we were gliding along, attending to our own business, getting things done (buoyed by the sextile to Venus, 9AM PST), and then wham! an 80s pop duo surfaced out of nowhere! No, wait–it’s not that bad! We just find conflict with some agent for the lord of the Underworld–and he’s probably not wearing pink short shorts and a crop tee–but then, you never know what form a destructive force out to make us change may take :)

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The Essence for 5 March 2011: Objects Are Larger Than They Appear

04 Friday Mar 2011

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Von Aachen 1592

Around 4 AM PST the Moon conjuncts Mercury, which will make both sextile Sedna. Will we get the message, or will it be obscured by Sedna’s ability to hide what’s right in front of us? I don’t know that there’s any way to combat this effect, as no matter how attentive we are there is something we just don’t see! Nevertheless, we may feel the message, acutely–and if we can channel the energy into some other (natal) contact, we might see it secondhand, like an object behind us that we see in a rear-view mirror (and remember, those are always larger than they appear!)

The Moon hits Uranus 7:30 PM Pacific, and chaos of one kind or another may ensue. It’s an elegant upset, seated largely in the mind, either through confusion or through perceptions that don’t align with what we think should be there! Surprises concerning information, ‘the latest,’ academic areas, and/ or groups with which we’re involved may all come to the fore. Be prepared, and don’t overreact; as a perceptual issue this may better wait for the Moon’s entry into Aries before we actually do anything connected with what we see–the picture as we see it may change significantly before then.

Void begins at 8:36 PM PST; the Moon enters Aries 9:14 PM Pacific.

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The Essence for the Pisces New Moon, 4 March 2011: Adjustment

04 Friday Mar 2011

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I know this shows a more-than-New Moon, but I liked the idea that they had come out to enjoy the night, and only one seems just now to be noticing Moonrise B. Constant 1902 {{PD}}

The Pisces New Moon occurs on the 4th at 12:45 PM PST at 13 Pisces 55. Saturn in Libra quincunxes the Moon/ Sun combo, as does h.Zeus in Libra–and those are the only aspects. This suggests that the New Moon will birth the need for adjustment in our lives, adjustment that is called for by Saturnian factors like rules, regulations, boundaries, and the material surroundings, even reality, as the New Moon will shed light on it in a way that the need for modification cannot be denied. An interesting point is made, though, when we include h.Zeus: the need for adjustment could, for at least some of us, come about because of the manifestation or fulfillment of a desire or ambition–so adjustment may be a very positive thing, indeed. For others, it could imply the need to recognize that those ambitions and desires will never be fulfilled, that Saturn puts up a solid wall and says, “Not one step further.”–and to adjust the life in a different direction, as a result.

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And on an odd note, what movie opens here in the US today? ‘The Adjustment Bureau’  So go figure!

The Essence for 3 March 2011: What We Want, What We Do

03 Thursday Mar 2011

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Suspend your worries--just dance a little. Toulouse-Lautrec 1892

The Sun will be quincunx my pet theoretical provocateur, h.Zeus, and that suggests that our ambitions and desires will be eating at us, requiring our accommodation, even as we may ignore, misinterpret, or deny our needs–for ambitions are a form of need. Though they may take a shape that’s really not something that should be on our plate (the hopelessly uncoordinated person who aspires to be a world-class athlete, perhaps) they serve to move us forward, to give us a model of perfection in whatever we’re striving for–and thus should be respected, even as we must recognize our own true talents and abilities. Ultimately fulfillment of ambitions and desires becomes a dance between wanting the ideal and what we are–and this aspect offers us a point where, if we are attentive, we can modify our practice to be more effective in moving us toward our goals.

Around 11 PM PST the Moon conjuncts Mars and sextiles Pluto–it’s a major impetus to change and to act to change, with the urge to act focused in the House Mars is now transiting, the House where natal Mars is located and the matters of the House he rules–but the effects may leak out through the positions of transiting Pluto and natal Pluto (and perhaps through the House he rules). It’s a little tricky: though we act over here, in Mars territory, we get effects over here, where Pluto hangs out. Think about to where the results of your actions might funnel before you make a move–it’s not that things will be disastrous, but just that we need to see the chain of reaction rather than just assuming we know how our actions will ‘ripple out.’

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The Essence for 2 March 2011: Don’t Muffle, Don’t Ignore

01 Tuesday Mar 2011

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You may, for instance, muffle your fear of heights when you really shouldn't Alma-Tadema 1895 {{PD}} via Wikimedia Commons

Just before 5 AM PST the Aquarius Moon trines retrograde Saturn (and remember, Lunar aspect effects can stretch a couple of hours either side of exact–I name the time close to exact). I usually don’t make much of retrograde or direct–in my view only the turnaround points carry much punch, since we may feel these–otherwise a retrograde stance is simply a perception in relation to the Sun–and so, something of an illusion :) but I want to note that Saturn’s retro as the Moon trines it and, of course, we are still in Dark of the Moon territory–and all that may add up to easily muffled or ignored thoughts about emotions (the ‘thought’ part supplied by the two Air placements). This can also translate as ignoring our intuition or having it ‘drowned out’ by mind chatter or rationalization. Mark this period as a time to refuse to let thought overrun feeling, because the potential to be mislead by our own rationalizations (Saturn) is strong.

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The Essence for 1 March 2011: Live Wires

01 Tuesday Mar 2011

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If you look closely, you'll see a figure observing the storm in the lower right corner of the pic Huthsteiner 1888 {{PD}}

The Aquarian Moon translates the energies from Mars to Pluto and vice versa around the 9 o’clock hour AM Pacific–and this may make for some temper and emotionalism that almost seems unexplainable–think of it as two live wires (Mars and Pluto) connecting and having their current carried through the emo nature of the Moon, with one possible scenario consisting of the intuitive nature putting two and two subliminal clues together and it all suddenly making sense–in any case it’s a ‘tempest in a teapot’ since this is happening during the Dark of the Moon–and the Moon’s sextile to Jupiter around 11 AM adds a jolt of exaggeration–but after this the volatility should fade.

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The Essence of the Weekend: 26 & 27 February 2011: Ringing True as Bells

26 Saturday Feb 2011

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The Sag Moon makes only two more noteworthy aspects before it leaves the sign: a square to Juno just after midnight Pacific time, then a square to Uranus at 29 degrees, by 9:30 AM PST of the 26th. This period may in some way encapsulate our current personal struggle (and whether we have been conscious of it or not, we have been in a struggle of sorts, where in some form we have been figuring out our relationship to the group or to a larger entity that feels like it wants a piece of us). This effort to work out our interaction with something larger (and this may simply be our psychic perception of the entity, not a reality) has been taking a toll, especially on our nerves (Uranus at 29 degrees). What we see at this point will pinpoint the heart of the matter, and lay out our personal dilemma–see what’s presented, and believe what you see, as the resolution of this could mark a turning point in several Uranus and Juno related areas.

By 5:30 PM Pacific we’re energized (sextile to Mars) but we don’t really hit our stride until about 12:30 AM PST of the 27th, when the Moon conjuncts Pluto, squares Jupiter, and is within sextile of the Sun. This brings a very serious moment, likely keyed to matters of the House where Pluto is currently transiting: we see ‘it’ clearly, and our emotions ring true as bells. Can change us, in some way that stays forever after–so take care.

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