March 22nd, 2018: Waxing Sextile and Mercury Rx

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A Waxing Sextile between the Gemini Moon and Aries Sun (1 deg) suggests ideas are fuelled by initiative. This energy is quick, sparky and impulsive – new choices/information may come and go rapidly, so you’ll have to be on the ball. This energy encourages conscious awareness of your choices, and what you can do with them. It also encourages the awareness that it’s up to you to do something.  

Note that Mercury (ruler of this Moon) is stationing Rx in Aries on this day. So put the Waxing Sextile’s energy in the context of Mercury Rx’s delays. Rather than trying to forge ahead, consider applying the sextile’s potential towards any questions, reviews or contacts from the past. Perhaps a hot new lead requires your intensified focus. Looking more closely, pausing or asking the pointed questions could unlock something special. 

 

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