Void begins at 10:20 AM PDT; Moon enters Libra at 11:25 AM PDT. Our first aspect doesn’t arrive until around 2:30 PM PDT when the Moon quincunxes Chiron. Fresh in Libra, our feelings will likely be focused on a partner, or on aesthetics–and when th…
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The Essence for 29 August 2011: Alignment
2:30 PM PDT the Virgo Moon will sexitle Mars–now our action urge is aligned with our emotional perceptions; the intuition serves as guide. An excellent aspect for athletic competition, particularly for those whose natal chart is touched by one or the…
The Weekend Essence for 27-28 August 2011: ‘A Merry-Go-Round’
The 27th Just past 7 AM PDT the Moon sextiles h.Zeus, stirring up the emotions in service of the ambitions and desires–uh-oh–then just before 9 AM Pacific the Moon sextiles Saturn (with a following shove from semi-sextile Mars). This is a set of as…
The Essence for 26 August 2011: A Challenge to Our Wisdom
4 AM PDT the Moon trines Ceres in Water. Ceres is retrograde right now, and such flowing contact from the Moon could release a rush of maternal feeling, feelings on authority or recent negotiations, or could unleash a ‘statement’ by Mother Nature h…
The Essence for 25 August 2011: No Meltdowns, If You Please
By 5 AM PDT the Moon squares Saturn and conjuncts Mars, and we have an opportunity to tone down the emotional rhetoric of Cancer Moon, if we choose. With a little effort we can put emotionalism on the back burner, and for some, this may come as a chall…
The Essence for 24 August 2011: Denying Darkness
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 …
The Essence for 23 August 2011: Allow the Emotions to Overwhelm
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 …
The Essence for 22 August 2011: A Powerful Fist
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 ‘r…
The Essence for the Weekend 19-21 August 2011: Be the Rock
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 Essence for 18-19 August 2011: The Uses of Hurt
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, w…