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Current Planetary Positions
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| Sun | 19° Gemini 48' 25" | |
| Moon | 18° Aries 07' 43" | |
| Mercury | 13° Cancer 32' 05" | |
| Venus | 26° Cancer 46' 19" | |
| Mars | 16° Taurus 53' 36" | |
| Ceres | 05° Gemini 11' 00" | |
| Pallas | 13° Aries 04' 39" | |
| Juno | 10° Aquarius 55' 55" R | |
| Vesta | 11° Aries 13' 23" | |
| Jupiter | 25° Cancer 56' 49" | |
| Saturn | 13° Aries 00' 19" | |
| Chiron | 29° Aries 37' 54" | |
| Uranus | 02° Gemini 37' 07" | |
| Neptune | 04° Aries 13' 24" | |
| Pluto | 05° Aquarius 14' 20" R | |
| TrueNode | 02° Pisces 52' 02" R |
"She don't like slavery, she won't sit and beg"
Uranus stations retrograde this week, joining Pluto, Neptune, and Saturn on their retrograde, 'review missions'. The strength of stationing Uranus this week is seen in the highly idealistic, highly intellectual activity ostensibly geared towards providing assistance to others. However, the challenges that we're seeing this week aren't easily solved by just 'thinking things through', even with [...]
"It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow."
—Voltaire
The strong initiatory power of last Friday night's Virgo New Moon (11:06 PM PDT 0° Virgo) is precipitously extended into the first couple of days of this week, culminating with the arrival of Venus in Leo, ruling Monday's Libra Moon — as well as Mars in Libra. Venus really takes charge this week in Leo, encouraging plenty of dramatic 'flair', 'flash', and even some amazing 'razzle-dazzle'. Action heats up through increased (and 'flashy') creative energy and steady, willpower-driven determination. The Moon activates another Grand Air trine with [...]
"How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We continue to face headwinds and obstacles this week, especially when we try to effectively articulate our message to others. Mercury's sextile to Mars, at the beginning of the week, encourages us to push our message forward. However, pride and independence seem to stall a true 'give and take' of ideas. We may feel significant discouragement at times this week as the Moon 'wanes in light' and we struggle to gain traction to share our intellectual insights. There is an impatience that may lead us to [...]
"A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing."
—Mikhail Gorbachev
This week's direct station of Mercury on Monday comes under a waning, VOC Moon. Although we might like to 'hit the ground running' by using the improving intellect offered by Mercury's direct station, we will need to take it slow this week. Mercury won't actually escape the shadow phase of the current retrograde cycle until a couple of days after the Virgo New Moon (11:06 PM PDT 0° Virgo) coming up on August 22nd. We can expect an extended 'clean up' imperative under the next lunar cycle when Virgo's processing abilities will [...]
"I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream"
The 'hits' keep coming this week as we reach the culmination of the creative, self-expressive, Leo lunar cycle with an Aquarius Full Moon (12:54 AM PDT 16° Aquarius/Leo) at the end of the week. The Moon and Jupiter are in mutual reception at the beginning of the week, producing expansive, stabilizing progress and significant optimism. Mars arrives in Libra mid-week, echoing last Tuesday's instinctual energy surge, when the Moon [...]
Placements & Degrees!
