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Full Moon 20 August 2013 at 6:44 PM PDT at 28 Aquarius 10: ‘Emergence’

20 Tuesday Aug 2013

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'Beauty and the Butterfly' VM Corcos pre-1933 {{PD-Art}}

‘Beauty and the Butterfly’ VM Corcos pre-1933 {{PD-Art}}

Though I’m usually all about strict orbs, for this Full Moon I have the feeling I should be including both the opposition to Mercury and the wide conjunction to Neptune–throw in the square to Sedna–add these to the opposition to Ceres and a very wide quincunx to Mars. It just seems the light of this Moon will be extra powerful, falling on aspects it wouldn’t typically touch–or perhaps I should say, it feels as if it will spread farther, making contacts and beaming light into places that would normally remain in shadow.

We see the Full Moon in Aquarius conjunct Neptune out-of-sign, suggesting this brings a culmination of delusion or inspiration, likely related to the matters of the House in the natal chart with Pisces on the cusp. The aspect to Sedna reinforces the extreme difficulty of communicating and even of understanding our own thoughts–it’ll be worse than Merc retro, a blank instead of a fog–and I can’t overemphasize how we will not recognize this mental and communication disparity. Aquarius will try to persuade us that the mind can translate the inspiration, can handle it all–it can’t, in fact, it’s likely not to even recognize it, at this time.

The Sabian for the Full Moon is, ‘A Butterfly Emerging From A Chrysalis’  This suggests that we are in process–we are receiving the inspiration, the creative urge, manifesting the ideal–but we are not beginning, we are not at the end, we are in the midst of receiving the Neptunian element, while consciously addressing our nature or power position–and neither will be at a point of conclusion.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence 16 August 2013: ‘Knowing Ourselves’

16 Friday Aug 2013

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'Reading' Joan Llimona 1891 {{PD-Art}}

‘Reading’ Joan Llimona 1891 {{PD-Art}}

7 AM PDT of the 16th the Sagittarius Moon forms the apex to a Finger of God with base of Mars-Sedna. This suggests that if our actions and choices are based on truly intimate knowledge and understanding of ourselves, emotional fulfillment will follow. Sounds simple enough. 9 AM PDT the Moon trines Sun-Ceres, offering us a direct line through either the emotions or the intuition to our most powerful personal identity stance–embrace it! Also a good point at which to judge the effects of diet on health. Void begins at 9:59 AM PDT; the Moon enters Capricorn at 8:26 PM Pacific time. Immediately the Moon squares Venus, fresh in Libra. The emotions are challenged in relationship or in dealing with something in life we treasure; try to determine the issue’s worth to you before making a move.

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The Total AstroEssence 15 August 2013: ‘Contrasts’

14 Wednesday Aug 2013

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'Woman With A Parasol' (Madame Monet and her son) Claude Monet 1875 {{PD-Art}}

‘Woman With A Parasol’ (Madame Monet and her son) Claude Monet 1875 {{PD-Art}}

What follows is the aspect and Lunar hour-by-hour forecasts for 15 August from ECLIPSE; subscribers to the Weekly got this last Thursday, while Daily Word subscribers got it, plus the Daily Word Image, in their email morning of the 14th Pacific time. Subscribe now and get this for every day, plus lock in the current rate!

15 August we may do a lot of weighing and measuring today, as the natural world faces off with the inner one, wisdom faces ambition and desire, the Underworld meets the Upper one (and this will have a personal form, wherein your darkness or hidden nature contacts your daily environment) and words make or break relationships, and could earn for us or cost us. Noting the contrasts among things as we sort through our day is what will give events and encounters meaning and texture; neither side of any equation holds a superior position, and keeping this in mind will make us both more thoughtful of the experience and more likely to make decisions that are true to who we are, rather than influenced by conditioning. (Ceres square Sedna and sesquiquadrate Pluto, Pallas square Zeus, Mercury semi-square Venus)

1 AM PDT of the 15th the Sagittarius Moon squares Neptune. We can be mislead, if we’re not entirely willing to see ‘what is’. 9:30 AM PDT the Moon sextiles Juno. Listen to the emotions at this point; they will lead us to empowerment. Noon the Moon makes the apex to a Finger of God with base of South Node and Jupiter. Expanding our ideas about the past, and perhaps learning something of history, personal or otherwise, leads to a sureness emotionally, and an intuitive knowing. 2 PM PDT the Moon trines Uranus and squares Chiron. We could cause hurt by our insistence on separateness, or by rebelling. Such reactions serve no purpose–don’t indulge. 4 PM PDT the Moon trines Mercury, sextiles Zeus, and quincunxes Pallas. If we want our plans to be a success, we must be willing to adjust or modify, according to what’s smart, and to match skills to what’s needed.

The image for today is the hand receiver on an old landline phone. This speaks to me of the South Node, and evokes not an old message, but an old means of delivering the message. Watch today for a familiar form of communication; think about what you came to see that as signifying in the past, and ask yourself how that particular means of sharing information affects the message now, with the idea in mind that the form itself carries its own meaning, apart from the overt message conveyed.

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Your Weekend Forecast from ECLIPSE 9-11 August 2013: ‘For Daydreamers’

09 Friday Aug 2013

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'A Fairy Under Starry Skies' Luis Ricardo Falero c1875 {{PD-Art}}

‘A Fairy Under Starry Skies’ Luis Ricardo Falero c1875 {{PD-Art}}

For the 9th, from ECLIPSE:

1 PM PDT the Virgo Moon conjuncts Venus. A great time for socializing, but watch for emotional spending and being too critical in relationships (Virgo placement). 7 PM PDT the Moon trines Sedna, either effectively separating us from awareness of our own feelings or plunging us so deeply into them that looking out at the world will be like looking at daylight from the bottom of a well. Being too critical of ourselves and our choices is the danger at this time. Know that taking a harsh inventory won’t really reveal anything new, and will certainly depress both mood and motivation. Void begins at 7:29 PM PDT; the Moon enters Libra at 6:08 AM Pacific time August 10th.

10 August Willingness to Adjust is the name of the game today; the social circle must adjust to our empowerment efforts, and we to theirs, and communication is, off the bat, confusing, fanciful, misleading, creative, or deliberately deceptive–possibly in an attempt to ‘soften the blow’ or to gently lead us (and our energy) in another direction. With the Moon entering Libra, the impulse may be to partner-up, but it’s a day to work alone, or at least be willing to cut others a lot of slack in the communication arena, and avoid any important talks or making agreements at this time–they’ll almost certainly contain something unintended, or have hidden consequences. A good day for fiction writers, artists, and daydreamers. (Jupiter quincunx Juno, Mercury quincunx Neptune)

11 August is a day when healing is offered, relationships are tested, what’s wise must defend itself, and communications are curtailed, contained within formal boundaries, or unduly harsh–so don’t take the form messages and information arrive in to heart, but instead hear the message behind the words or deeds. 3 AM PDT the Moon is apex to a Finger of God with base of South Node-Chiron, and the Moon also forms a T-square by opposing Uranus and squaring Pallas. This may be a BIG moment of truth, as we are challenged to show that we are emotionally healed from past injury–and as well we are dared to rebel against what’s wise, and ruin it all. A testing point that can be a milestone, if we handle it correctly.

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The Sabian Symbol for the Leo New Moon 6 August 2013

05 Monday Aug 2013

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'Al Festa del Redentore' Luigi Pastega 1904 {{PD-Art}}

‘Al Festa del Redentore’ Luigi Pastega 1904 {{PD-Art}}

The New Moon in Leo 6 August 2013 at 2:50 PM Pacific time at 14 Leo 34: ‘Committing to Ourselves’

The Sabian for the NM is ‘A Pageant, With Its Spectacular Floats, Moves Along A Street Crowded With Cheering People’ This symbol depicts the spectacle of the Soul as it moves through life–the floats are our creations, our actions, the street our Path, the cheering crowd the Universe, the Souls who surround us, and those unseen who support us. It may seem like a silly and exclusive kind of symbol–how can every single person be their own parade?–but each person can, each person is worthy of such display, celebration, and support. Don’t deny this to yourself out of a false sense of modesty, or a fear of disapproval, but also don’t be so caught up in your own pageant that you deny support to others–nobody puts on a parade alone.

And here’s another view by the excellent Jude Cowell

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Aquarius Full Moon 22 July 2013: ‘Liminal Genius’

20 Saturday Jul 2013

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'Heaven' (detail) from the work of Andrea Mantegna c1470 {{PD-Art}}

‘Heaven’ (detail) from the work of Andrea Mantegna c1470 {{PD-Art}}

This is, with some modifications and parts removed, from the current ECLIPSE, which features an analysis of the Full Moon Sabians, as well:

This Full Moon (22 July 2013 11:15 AM Pacific time at 00 Aquarius 05) will be important in several ways, the most significant of which is the way it pinpoints the time when we should move to actualize those dreams and goals we’ve been mulling over the length of the Grand Water Trine and Mercury cycle. The days just before the Full Moon will act as a window when we should definitively act to make those dreams real, with the FM showing either the initial material result, or closing out one stage and ushering in the next step–but in any case, showing us the extent and condition of our progress. We can act in a way that is both highly effective and sharply focused on our goal, but there are a couple of conditions that must be met: one is that our emotions must support what we’re choosing–and if you’ve experienced any kind of digestion, illness, or assimilation issues (and I would give these a broader definition, to include social situations, as well) during the retrograde then you are almost certainly giving yourself the message that there’s something in the plan that’s literally ‘indigestible’,  in other words, something you can’t (or shouldn’t, for your emotional health) live with.

Besides acknowledging any physical difficulties that may be giving us messages about our current situation, we must also do something to address the issue; this requires we do the symbolic thinking necessary, and then find ways to change circumstances so that they are acceptable. It’s very likely that the circumstances we are being ‘told’ (by our bodies) to change are things we are stubbornly insistent on keeping in our lives–I say this because otherwise the body wouldn’t have had to go so far to get our attention. Consider that what you say you want to do may not go forward unless you accept the need for change, and then make those changes. Here we must face our true intentions: if we do not modify situations as per the physical/ real world messages, we lose the chance at the dream, at least for now. How does that make you feel? Is it enough to move you forward, or are you in the process of abandoning that goal, consciously or not?

The Full Moon occurs at 00 Aquarius 05, putting us exceptionally early in the Aquarian experience; a FM at such a point suggests a kind of proto-knowledge, a liminal genius, of sorts, accompanies the experience. We are to look within for that spark of originality that encompasses the Aquarian higher mind without technically being aware of it! This may sound like quite a feat, but will actually occur naturally for each of us, likely in matters of the natal House with Aquarius perched on the cusp. This represents a kind of personal ouroboros, as we simultaneously conclude something Capricornian (so perhaps related to current Plutonian struggles, or to matters of the House with Cappy on the cusp), and embrace an inception so new it’s like a twinkle in the eye of the Universe. Due to surrounding influences, we can’t yet encode what’s happening in a thought, or put it into words; we are left with the option of going it alone, as a renegade, or gravitating to a like-vibration group, though no one there will be ready to put it into words, either.

The Full Moon is the apex of a sturdy Finger of God, with base of Venus-Pallas. All the energies in this configuration are at 00 degrees; this hints at (again) both the unconscious nature of the expression and the newness of the energies in these positions. We may find that smart occurrences surrounding Love or Money may be involved in the Full Moon realization, as may  practical skills applied to earning and/ or wisdom in or from relationships. That brilliant spark results from the Venus-Pallas co-operation–and we are successful, if we do not succumb to envy, jealousy, or an attitude that is not oriented toward ‘taking care of business’ (Pallas).

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A very good bit on narcissism here–and this sure is appropriate! Thanks to astrologer and astute DC observer Jude Cowell!

Just a Little Weekend AstroEssence 13-14 July 2013: ‘Invigorating Change’

13 Saturday Jul 2013

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'Pilgrims in the Waterfall' Kuniyoshi Utagawa pre-1861 {{PD-Art}}

‘Pilgrims in the Waterfall’ Kuniyoshi Utagawa pre-1861 {{PD-Art}}

3 PM PDT of the 13th the Virgo Moon squares Pallas. If we’re willing to challenge our emotional ‘read’ of things, the wise course, or the wisdom to be gleaned here, will be revealed. Void begins at 4:30 PM PDT; the Moon enters Libra at 12:41 AM PDT of the 14th.

14 July may be a day for purging our relationship to power or to Mother Nature, and for a re-aligning of balance between our own power position and those who have power over us. This all may be much more invigorating than stressful; we can look forward to a fresh take on our status and our effectiveness, a ridding ourselves of at least some things that aren’t working, and a re-invigorating of our Self-assertion, as knowing where we stand gives us lots of impetus to move forward. (Pluto quincunx Ceres)

The Moon enters Libra at 12:41 AM, and immediately squares Mars. We might feel very defensive in relationship or over spending or priorities. Though the partner or other involved person swears they’re only bringing it up because they care, proceed with caution: this interaction could be a minefield, with the other person just waiting (whether they know it or not) to get you under their thumb

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Just a Little Lunar Essence 10 July 2013: ‘Reflecting Beauty’

10 Wednesday Jul 2013

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'The Mirror' JW Godward 1899 {{PD-Art}}

‘The Mirror’ JW Godward 1899 {{PD-Art}}

A little something from ECLIPSE:

10 AM PDT the Moon conjuncts Venus in Leo. This could make for a pleasant get-together, though it might be safer, because of Mercury influences (and more satisfying) to sit in front of a mirror and notice our own beauty, and to assess our own worth–if we do this we will feel very good when we get done, and perhaps remind ourselves of how many good qualities we really possess.

Cancer New Moon 8 July 2013: ‘Nurturing New Worlds’

07 Sunday Jul 2013

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'Small Pear Tree in Blossom' Vincent Van Gogh 1888 {{PD-Art}}

‘Small Pear Tree in Blossom’ Vincent Van Gogh 1888 {{PD-Art}}

New Moon in Cancer 8 July 2013 at 12:14 AM PDT at 16 Cancer 17

The Cancer New Moon is conjunct Mercury, which is moving backward in preparation for Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on the 9th, is square to hZeus, trines the North Node, quincunxes Juno, and trines Chiron, which with Moon-Sun and NN outlines a Grand Water Trine that will very much influence the unseen, felt portions of our lives. The meeting of Sun and Moon each month pinpoints a time of germination, new beginnings and ‘fresh’ energy dedicated to the sign in which this occurs; with Cancer this suggests that beginnings arise out of how much we care, out of our desire to nurture, out of emotional plenty or ‘starvation’, out of a ‘new’ or ‘gut’ feeling, or out of intuitive knowledge, and with this latter we may or may not be conscious of what motivates us.

So, we are moved to foster something–but what? This time, we may be preoccupied (even obsessed) with some idea or thought that arose pre-Merc retro, and this seems to us to need nurture, as well as tweaking so that it delivers maximum empowerment and irons out any wrinkles related to our ambition and desire scenario–perfect for Merc retro, right?–and this all feels very important, as we are aware of how expressive this idea is of our desired life Path, and that fulfillment of this could (we believe) lead to significant healing of old wounds. How truly viable is the idea? we may ask–and the answer is, if it relates to subjects of the House where the New Moon falls, then it is not just viable, but has already germinated–and now we must give it proper conditions so that it can flourish.

Even if the idea doesn’t begin to grow (if we find, for instance, that our idea really isn’t ready, or upon reflection doesn’t carry the promise it once did), there will be something new that emerges from the House where the New Moon sits; it’s just that it won’t be that idea we’ve been kicking around and considering, but instead will be a new idea or opportunity–and with this, we must take care, allowing it to develop through the Merc retro, after which we should begin to assess and plan in earnest, with our ‘expected delivery date’ the point of Superior Conjunction, 24 August.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence 1 July 2013: ‘Living Our Awareness’

30 Sunday Jun 2013

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'Portrait of Miss L.L.' by James Tissot 1864 {{PD-Art}}

‘Portrait of Miss L.L.’ by James Tissot 1864 {{PD-Art}}

Today’s Lunar essence, from ECLIPSE:

9 AM PDT July 1st the Aries Moon squares Vesta. Our highest values are in conflict with our feelings–we must ask ourselves why. It’s likely a matter of poorly defined priorities and assumptions that just shouldn’t be. Void begins at 10:42 AM PDT; the Moon enters Taurus at 2:43 PM Pacific time. It’s 5 PM PDT before the Taurus Moon makes its first aspect, a sextile to Jupiter. We are optimistic, especially about our assets and skills–make sure they are as fit and abundant as they seem, before giving them away. 10 PM PDT the Moon squares Ceres and Venus, sextiles Neptune, and opposes Saturn. Reality may seem particularly harsh, and we may seek escape only to find authorities block our path. This is our own resistance to dealing with our reality reflected back at us–if we accept our own power, and so our own responsibilities, we can see a dream or two come true, or gain some reward, in the near future–otherwise, whatever we indulge in is gonna cost.