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Today’s Astrology Horoscope (for all signs)
Saturday night, the Moon is just into Scorpio, making helpful contact with with ruler Pluto, and furhter empowering the intensity of the Scorpio Moon. Ideas and emotions are compelling; connections are psychic, seeming to come from deep within. You may want to share a secret, or someone may share something deeply psychological or personal with you. Simultaneously, the Moon’s quincunx to Jupiter can can provide comic relief, or let excuses help your mind wander…
Friday the 13th. Uranus has slipped back into Pisces. Uranus re-enters Aries again on March 11, 2011. Meanwhile, something deep within needs change. It may seem like a small thing, something trite or silly that doesn’t seem like a priority, yet it is. Be open to flashes of intuition that reveal secrets and deeper levels of understanding.
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Saturday, August 14, in late Libra, the Moon makes uplifting aspects to the Sun and Neptune. You can feel support for who you are, and that can add to your confidence level, and today’s potential to be a powerful, productive day. It’s an ideal day for active imagination. Your imagination can be energized by your feelings and emotions today, and if you allow it’s input, you can discover ideas that may be the perfect solution.
If you bypass an imaginative opportunity, you can be feeling unsettled and a little wild by Saturday night as the Moon makes an uncomfortable (inconjunct) aspect to Uranus, showing a need to stretch out. Uranus is changing signs, moving backwards from Aries into Pisces right now, so this can result in some unclear feelings and strong desires. So here’s some words from Daily Moon Forecast”
“Moon quincunx Uranus: You are in an independent or defiant mood, and you chafe at routine and formalities. However, if you have a great deal of freedom and flexibility in your life at present, you will be in a wild mood and might decide to change your plans for the day quite suddenly and spontaneously. This may upset people who were counting on you more than it bothers you at the moment.”
Friday the 13th! The Moon in Libra makes contact with Venus and Mars overnight. Tonight is a personalized preview of next week’s Venus-Mars conjunction in Libra.
The Daily Moon Forecast has this to say:
Aug 13, 2010 3 AM EDT Moon conjunct Venus
You feel love, affection, harmony with others, and a need for beauty in your surroundings. Doing something to add to the attractiveness of your environment or appearance will make you happy.Aug 13, 2010 5 AM EDT Moon conjunct Venus/Mars
This is a good time to be charming and social, making many contacts with others. You just flow with people, knowing how to put everyone at ease. Your artistic tendencies may also be strong right now so start making your life more beautiful.Aug 13, 2010 8 AM EDT Moon conjunct Mars
Your sexual and aggressive energies are stimulated, and you take the initiative. Emotional outbursts and impatience are also likely. You’re in a combative, energetic mood.
Also today, Friday the 13th, Vesta, the centering principle, meets Saturn, the commitment principle. How much centering and commitment is necessary right now? For many of us, job pressure is becoming very real and very pressing. We find ourselves working more hours for less pay along with rising bills, and the potential of losing our jobs entirely. Many have already. So i looked at what the Advanced Forecast (including Chiron and Asteroids) has to say about the Vesta-Saturn conjunction, and in the context of the approaching Mercury Retrograde station (and impending Saturn-Pluto square), this could be useful info [astro note: Vesta is conjunct Saturn, opposing Jupiter exactly, and within a degree from an exact square to Pluto; Vesta is now part of the T-Square]:
Vesta conjuncts Saturn August 13 from the Advanced Forecast (including Chiron and Asteroids)
“This is a good time to organize your work and career activities. Projects and business endeavors should prove profitable. However, you may have to dedicate yourself to hard work and self-discipline in order to achieve success. Detailed, methodical work and adhering to rules and regulations will be your specialty now. You take a more serious, mature approach to your work, as well as to your objectives and ambitions. Due to your commitment and purpose, a long-awaited goal may be achieved now. You may be more concerned and focused on your public image and your need to receive recognition for your efforts. An increase in your work load is highly probable, but you have the ability and perseverance to keep everything running smoothly. With so much of your enthusiasm directed toward work and career, make sure you allow enough time for your personal life and the loved ones who depend upon you.”
There was a one-day void-of-course Moon in Virgo from Wednesday evening, Aug 11 through Thursday evening, Aug 12, when the Moon entered Libra. As Virgo’s ruler Mercury nears a Retrograde station (and is already in the retrograde shadow) this may not be the best day to start new projects. But you can remember details that help you get something finished, or back on the drawing board.
Decisions can result in endless revisions. Just when you think you’ve got it finished, there’s something else you find that could use improvement. Don’t expect to be satisfied with results until the Moon enters Libra this evening (August 12, 6:44 pm EDT)
Although there are no major Moon aspects this afternoon, August 12, the Moon will be at the Mercury/Mars midpoint, making jumping to decisions more of a possibility. The Daily Moon Forecast says this about Mercury/Mars:
You can be quick to respond today. This spontaneity may cause you to think and talk quickly. You can feel playful and chatty, but you may also have an argumentative side. Take the time to think before making a fast remark.
This fast-paced aspects coincides with the Moon inconjunct Neptune, which makes decisions even more uncertain and possibly filled with expectations…. Mood matters! So here again, from Daily Moon Forecast:
Moon inconjunct Neptune August 12 2PM EDT:
A mysterious, dreamy, or hypersensitive mood comes over you. You may want to retreat from mundane life into some beautiful music, inspirational or escapist literature, or simply your own imagination. You are also gullible at this time and more responsive to atmospherics and subtle vibrations, which you might ignore or be oblivious to at other times. Perfume, incense, colors, lighting, etc. all have a more pronounced effect on you. You may have a temporary lapse in good judgment and common sense.
Once the Moon enters Libra, it immediately contacts the current Cardinal T-square:: the Libra Moon will oppose Uranus, conjunct Saturn, and then oppose Jupiter. The Moon moving through this area of the zodiac can greatly personalize the current T-square energy, and here’s how:
These are from the Daily Moon Forecast (times are rounded to the nearest hour), get your Daily Moon Forecast and other astro forecasts personalized for you at artcharts.com
Aug 12, 2010 6 PM EDT Moon opposes Uranus
A sudden, unexpected encounter may catch you off guard. You’re also apt to throw routine to the wind and do something quite out of character for you.Aug 12, 2010 8 PM EDT Moon opposes Jupiter/Uranus
This is not a time when you want other people to tell you what to think. You have your own original ideas which are more interesting to you. Present them with grace and others may find them useful, too.Aug 12, 2010 9 PM EDT Moon conjuncts Saturn
You’re feeling quiet, somber, realistic, and contained. If a dark mood comes over you, know that it is temporary. You tend to see things more pessimistically than usual right now.Aug 12, 2010 10 PM EDT Moon opposes Jupiter
Relationships with females are highly favorable now, and you benefit from seeking out social and emotional connections with them. Your mood is expansive and open, and you may overdo in some way – overspend, overeat, or commit yourself to something you really don’t have the resources for.Aug 12, 2010 11 PM EDT Moon squares Pluto
Beware of a tendency to overreact, to go to extremes, or to try to force your intentions on others regardless of the appropriateness of your actions. A minor crisis in the domestic sphere or an emotional confrontation is possible.
The New Moon in Leo, on August 9, or 8 – 9 – 10.
The New Moon in Leo is at 17 Leo 25.
I wrote so much about the New Moon in Leo, it got it’s own post. click here!
Shine on!
While the Sun and Moon are conjunct, there are many planets in opposition right now. There is a stellium of planets in Libra, opposing Jupiter and Uranus in Aries. Today (Monday, August 9), asteroid Vesta enters Libra and opposes Uranus. Vesta symbolizes centering, as Vesta in mythology represented the hearth, the center of life, the source of warmth and nourishment. As Uranus opposes Vesta, our center can feel disrupted. Wherever we’re holding on too tight, new ideas and people can “intrude” to remind us that we need to shake things up, detach, let some air circulate. An idea that seems annoying at first can be just what you needed to hear!
Right after the New Moon, Venus squares Pluto. This brings Venus into the hot seat as she also opposes Uranus and Jupiter and conjuncts Saturn. If this aspect pattern contacts your chart, you may be feeling especially emotional this week. If it doesn’t, you may gain objective insights by observing how others use their emotions for power and control.
Here’s a description of this difficult and disagreeable transit from the Advanced Forecast:
“Venus squares Pluto August 10 @ midnight, August 10. Hidden passions, fears, jealousies, longings, desires, or needs surface in you now and can stir up trouble in your closest relationships. You are prone to be compulsive or demanding in a close relationship, to be emotionally driven and to force things to a head in some emotionally-laden situation. Positively, a relationship can be deepened and reborn now, given new life by your willingness to reveal yourself completely to your loved one.”
If, instead of reacting, you can sit with an uneasy mood or feeling, you may be able to get past the power issues and get a better understanding of your mood’s underlying source. And that can help you to understand and release negative emotions.
Venus-Pluto can also think it’s being sneaky. It can undermine from behind a hidden barrier and think it’s succeeded in making a big win. Yet, its power remains meaningless, rendering it ineffective, and adding up the frustration. When the ego can’t let go, when it has to be bigger than life itself, revenge starts to look like a smart option. Most of us don’t really achieve our goals, so there you go…
Venus-Pluto intensifies any desires we feel. If we are after power and money, we can find ourselves obsessed with the object of our desires as Venus and Pluto square.
The problem with using astrology to get more money, power, or stuff is that you are mixing metaphors. You are using one system to get something out of another. Astrology uses SYMBOLS, and SYMBOLS are beyond physical reality. Using a symbol to get more money or power is quite literally black magic. But that is what most of us are conditioned to expect from astrology, so we fear it and see it as evil. Astrology, as i practice it, is about discovering the meaning in the symbols of your chart. This is not so you can make a killing. This is about the inner psychic life, the soul, the unconscious that wants to become conscious through the use of astrological symbols. Ok, you’re bored. Symbolic language speaks to the unconscious by providing it with meaning. Not the kind of meaning that defines and counts, which is also helpful, but the kind of meaning that makes your life make sense. Astrology can bring a true inner healing, and has for many of my clients over the years. But not everyone believes in the inner life, many of us have let our egos convince us nothing exists outside the ego. So especially when there is a square aspect from Venus to Pluto, it can seem justified to attack what doesn’t work, even if you’re using it wrong. It takes study and patience to understand spiritual principles, and if we bypass that, it’s ok, but then we are open to misuse of power without even knowing it. And we are subject to being used unconsciously. We can spend our time attacking and counterattacking. Yet, the person you’re really hurting is ourself. And the more of us who engage in attacking ourselves and others, the more negative vibrations we radiate.
Despite all these difficult testy aspects, the New Moon in Leo is a time of personal renewal. You can radiate your love, but get into trouble if there are power issues. The truth is most of us are trying to achieve a balance between love and power. If we were all love all the time, how would we eat and take care of ourselves? Relying on others for our sense of personal well-being is not only risky, it doesn’t work because it’s mixing internal and external. What you receive from outside may not coincide with what you are feeling within. Our culture values the outside over the inside, so we look for rewards, ratings, meaning from outside that can only come from within. But if what’s within us isn’t “good enough”, then we discount ourselves. And naturally we pass that discount on to others. And continue to look outside for what can only come from within. And that continues our frustration, keeps us in a rut, or at a low level of functioning. Or, we can release our power issues, realize we can’t control everything, and start to let our inner meaning give us the happiness we deserve.
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This Week’s Astrology Calendar: August 9 – 15
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Monday, August 9:: The Moon is in Leo :+: Vesta enters Libra :+: Sun semisquares Saturn :+: Venus opposes Jupiter :+: New Moon in Leo (17 Leo 25) @ 11:09 pm EDT :+:
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Tuesday, August 10:: Venus squares Pluto :+: Sun sesquisquares Jupiter:+: The Moon is in Leo is Void-of-Course from 3:11 pm EDT – 7:02 pm EDT :+: Sun sesquisquares Pluto :+: The Moon enters Virgo @ 7:02 pm EDT
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Wednesday, August 11:: The Moon in Virgo is Void-of-Course from 8:05 pm EDT – Thursday @ 6:44 pm EDT
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Thursday, August 12:: The Moon enters Libra @ 6:44 pm EDT :+: Sun trines Ceres
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Friday, August 13:: The Moon is in Libra :+: Crescent Moon in Libra (05 Libra 28) @ 3:34 am EDT :+: Uranus enters Pisces
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Saturday, August 14:: The Moon in Libra is Void-of-Course from 4:07 pm EDT – 8:27 pm EDT :+: The Moon enters Scorpio at 8:27 pm EDT
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Sunday, August 15:: The Moon is in Scorpio
Current major aspects: Venus opposes Uranus :+: Venus opposes Jupiter :+: New Moon :+: Venus squares Pluto :+: Uranus enters Pisces
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