Placements & Degrees!The Daily Astrological Currents by Week
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Weekly Summary: SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 14 "Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that's the one that is going to require the most from you. Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?"
— Caroline MyssThere is incredible potential in this week's combination of mutable squares (slippery slopes and chaotic processes) and Earth trines (practical, pragmatic 'trudging'). Jupiter's square to Neptune has been instilling extraordinary inspiration and vision. Now, the potent emphasis on pragmatic, process-oriented Virgo has us looking for ways to put our vision into action. Of course, the side of Virgo that seems picky and critical can also result in bringing forward significant insecurities. Virgo may also create nervous uncertainty when a seemingly endless string of questions threatens to burst the bubble of our inspiration. This Friday's Pisces Full Moon (9:32 PM PDT 21° Pisces/Virgo) brings the crux of the Pisces-Virgo opposition to a peak. Basically, in order to bring our Piscean vision to reality, we need to follow the orderly process that is outlined by the pragmatism produced by Virgo's analysis. There are likely to be some 'bumpy' spots in this week's road. Nervousness and insecurity are likely to surface when our faith becomes thin. Just because we are being asked to follow an orderly process doesn't mean that we must only follow conventional paths. This week offers profound opportunities to break new ground and bring about meaningful change but, of course, this is exactly when we begin to feel the most insecure.
Sunday sets the tone for the week, requiring that we balance visionary indulgence with practical action. Cooperation and collaboration are important elements that we may be tempted to overlook, leading to prickly exchanges and personality clashes. The Moon's arrival in Aquarius on Monday afternoon provides enough detachment to set aside personality conflicts, opening the door for sharing expansively visionary ideas without stepping on individual toes. The ride is a little 'rocky' on Tuesday. We are likely to feel especially impulsive and irritable. However, rather than getting stuck on our lack of control, we'll do better to just 'ride out' the strain. The Moon is VOC all day on Wednesday. Confidence wanes and complications abound. By Thursday, the brakes are off. We find that we have tremendous power at our fingertips — we need to be sure we maintain responsibility. The struggle between creative inspiration and pragmatic processing stirs up significant insecurity under Friday's Full Moon. Steady and determined effort is called for. Venus arrives in Libra on Saturday, with Mercury as her entourage. After a slow start, we eventually find restored confidence and a renewed sense of courage once the Moon arrives in Aries.
Sunday September 08, 2019
The remarkable combination of mutable squares and Earth trines provides some significant openings for progress today. The discipline of the Mars-Saturn trine helps to keep the Sun's square to Jupiter from encouraging lazy indulgence. Under the waxing Moon, we seem to find extraordinary support to both initiate change and also follow through on those initiatives. As well, the heightened intellectual and intuitive abilities serve to keep us moving in the right direction. Nonetheless, with all of this support, we will need to remember that this is not really just an individual process. In other words, we're all in this together!. Personalities may quickly come into conflict, threatening today's tremendous possibilities. Only by putting principles ahead of personality clashes will we be able to really enjoy the progress that is offered today.Monday September 09, 2019
The Moon is VOC until 2:23 PM PDT. With the Moon's arrival in Aquarius, we are likely to feel an increasing confidence to assert our individual opinions, even though collaborative, cooperative efforts have produced remarkable results. There may well be enough room for individuals to 'have their say' today without 'rocking the boat' too disruptively. In fact, there may be important opportunities to inject valuable, progressive ideas into what may have seemed to be an especially conservative process. This Friday's Full Moon (9:32 PM PDT 21° Pisces/Virgo) is quite likely to expose a number of insecurities related to stepping too far 'out of bounds' even as we tackle making significantly 'revolutionary' changes. We may be able to do some productive 'advance work' today on easing those insecurities, while incorporating some visionary tweaks into the overall process.Tuesday September 10, 2019
The ride gets a bit 'rocky' today. Nervous irritability and impulsiveness is likely to create a rather chaotic atmosphere. Nonetheless, we'll do much better to allow the 'process' to play out on it's own, rather than try too hard to calm things down or 'pour oil on troubled waters'. Although today's processes may seem especially 'messy' or tumultuous, there are service-oriented instincts at work that will help to bring today's seeming 'loose ends' together with surprising efficiency in the days to come. 'Let it ride'.Wednesday September 11, 2019
The Moon is VOC all day today — the Moon won't arrive in Pisces until early tomorrow morning. The lack of focus is likely to seem quite disruptive, given the building imperatives as we feel the approach of Friday's Full Moon. Confidence may seem to waver and complications with group endeavors suggest that our entire process is about to fall apart. Today is a day to rely on faith and fall back on attending to simple, basic tasks and avoid becoming overwhelmed with complications that are more than likely to eventually slide into place on their own.Thursday September 12, 2019
The brakes are off today — for better or worse — and things really seem to get rolling. Of course, we hope there is actually someone sitting in the driver's seat! The challenge here is to maintain the dynamic balance between creative inspiration and practical, tangible action. In fact, the metaphor of driving a car is especially apt here: we have tremendous power at our fingertips, allowing us to move with tremendous speed and efficiency. However, just like driving a car, we need to maintain discipline and demonstrate responsibility, avoiding impulsive actions that could quickly have devastating consequences.Friday September 13, 2019
Mercury and Venus join together today, preparing to enter Libra early tomorrow morning following this evening's Full Moon (9:32 PM PDT 21° Pisces/Virgo). Heightened sensitivities are on display as the Moon makes an opposition to Mars and squares Jupiter. The struggle between creative inspiration and pragmatic processing stirs up significant tensions and uncertainty. We may very well feel determined to throw out the old but we can't quite do it with complete abandon. We're faced with an overwhelming myriad of details — practical, pertinent questions that have us insecure about truly breaking new ground and bringing in the new. Although it may very well seem completely overwhelming, this is the time to focus on making steady and determined effort and having just enough faith to believe that we will eventually get to where we're supposed to be.Saturday September 14, 2019
Venus arrives in Libra this morning, joined by Mercury — almost like a celebrity arriving home with an entourage. The Moon is VOC until 3:32 PM PDT, suggesting an atmosphere of lazy dissolution until the Moon arrives in Aries and stirs us to some sort of activity. We are likely to feel a lingering sense of insecurity following yesterday's Full Moon. Today offers us some space for rest and healing before the Moon's arrival in Aries instills a renewed sense of courage and strength. Essentially, there is a process underway today which leads us to embrace the importance of practical, tangible action in bringing forward our vision and creative inspiration — grudging though we may be.
Today is Tuesday September 17, 2019
Weekly Summary: SEPTEMBER 15 - SEPTEMBER 21 "You can't rest on your laurels. Your own body of work is yet to come."
— Barack ObamaThere is little room to slide this week. Despite the waning Moon, there are a several activating elements demanding that we display courage and determination, along with responsibility. Saturn turns direct on Wednesday, shifting our focus from past accomplishments and experiences towards what we must do in the future. We move from review to consideration in terms of planning our next moves. There may be some discomfort involved, since the inspirational Jupiter-Neptune square is set off by the impatience of Mars in Virgo, which asks for specifics and details. Combined with Saturn's return to direct motion, we may well feel the screws tightening. Luckily, there is plenty of support from several Earth trines, including a potent Grand Earth trine on Wednesday, that gives us tangible, practical tools to work with. Even though there is plenty of inspiration, there is little to suggest great fanfare — just the understanding that 'it's time to go to work'. The challenges that we face this week will be echoed once we arrive at next Saturday's Libra New Moon (11:26 AM PDT 5° Libra), which are to find ways to effectively communicate our aims, goals, and vision to others. Even though we may find ourselves facing impertinent — even ignorant — questions, we need to begin to develop answers that will help us to smooth our path going forward.
Sunday's Aries Moon allows us to display some courage — even if we're really just 'whistling in the dark'. It's time to embrace our responsibilities. Impulsiveness may cause a few problems on Monday, requiring significant adjustments later. We'll do better to adopt an "Easy Does It" approach. Tuesday's Taurus Moon highlights steady determination. It's time to get to work but we're likely to recognize some need to approach our work cautiously. We reach a potent threshold on Wednesday. Saturn turns direct as we enjoy a Grand Earth Trine, involving the Moon, Mars, and Pluto. We begin to face the prospect of new accomplishments. The Moon's arrival in Gemini on Thursday afternoon lightens the mood significantly. There is a conversational sociability that eases some of the heavy sense of responsibility. However, things get a bit foggy on Friday under the Moon's square to Neptune. Questions may seem overwhelming. By Saturday, most of us realize that even the most impertinent questions will eventually need to be answered before we can move forward.
Sunday September 15, 2019
Although we may display remarkable courage today, sensitivities may leave us vulnerable to becoming discouraged or misled. Action is encouraged by the Moon's transit through Aries. However, our sympathies are easily aroused and may keep us distracted or simply slow us down. Saturn is slowing down to turn direct on Wednesday. This evening's Moon-Saturn square highlights the building awareness that responsibility and discipline must be cultivated and fully embraced under Saturn's return to direct motion. Any frivolous elements of our overall vision must be jettisoned and replaced by steady, demonstrable progress.Monday September 16, 2019
The Moon goes VOC at 9:02 AM PDT this morning, increasing the tendency to impulsive missteps. Although we may sometimes look behind us and believe that changes have happened quickly, most changes happen almost imperceptibly slowly — even if we recognize them suddenly. Today's tendency towards impulsive actions may require us to make significant adjustments later. On the other hand, under this waning lunar cycle, we may feel a strong inclination to pull back our resources — preempting future progress. We'll do better to adopt an Easy Does It, 'steady as she goes' approach today. "No sudden movements!"Tuesday September 17, 2019
Courage deepens into resolve and determination today. We can more easily dispatch with impulsiveness in favor of careful, thoughtful, and methodical steps that support our overall goals. As Saturn stations to go direct and Mars approaches a trine to Pluto, we are given clear signals that 'it's time to go to work'. Nonetheless, the erratic and unpredictable nature of the Moon's conjunction with Uranus this afternoon keeps things interesting. There is certainly a need for caution. We may also need to maintain at least enough detachment to avoid overwork and avoid ignoring our own basic needs.Wednesday September 18, 2019
The Moon forms a Grand Earth trine with Mars and Pluto this evening following Saturn's direct station. Although the atmosphere is incredibly productive, we may experience some sort of surprising loss which requires extra consideration. There is little fanfare is this atmosphere but rather, a quiet awareness of the need for consideration and review. We stand on a potent threshold today. We will no longer be satisfied by our past accomplishments. However, today gives us the chance to embrace the value of our experiences as we begin to face the prospect of achieving important new accomplishments.Thursday September 19, 2019
The Moon is VOC from 6:56 AM PDT this morning until 1:57 PM PDT. The mood lightens considerably once the Moon arrives in Gemini and approaches trines to both Venus and Mercury. This afternoon's sociable, conversational environment allows space to process some of the more 'weighty' determination and increased sense of responsibility that has arrived with Saturn's return to direct motion. Nonetheless, we should take care to avoid seeking to color our discussions with embellishments and half-truths just to make us feel more accomplished. There is an especially quick discernment of discrepancies which is unlikely to let too much just slide.Friday September 20, 2019
Big Ideas and easy conversation become a bit more foggy after yesterday's easy-going atmosphere. It's easy to get stuck on some thought or idea that won't easily fall into line with today's more demanding environment. Specificity and truth are demanded with an edge that creates impatience and possibly even irritability. The less attached we are to our own set of facts, the more we will be able to recognize the discrepancies and keep things clearly sorted out. Ultimately, the best we may be able to hope for today is simply holding things together as we get them sorted out. Next Saturday's Libra New Moon (11:26 AM PDT 5° Libra) will echo today's challenges so we will do better to find simple ways to be as articulate as possible now.Saturday September 21, 2019
Today marks the last culmination of the inspirational but challenging Jupiter-Neptune square. The challenge of fleshing out the details and doing the hard work of following through on our vision looms directly in front of us. Intuitive clues offer the most helpful direction here but it may not be easy to clearly articulate our reasoning. Trying to justify our approach and our strategy is likely to create impatience and irritability. Nonetheless, finding ways to answer even the most impertinent questions will serve us well in the coming weeks. We need to find ways to clarify our vision but also, understand how to communicate our aims to others — who may be seeing a completely different picture. Today demands creative collaboration but may offer only the minimum in terms of true understanding.
Weekly Summary: SEPTEMBER 22 - SEPTEMBER 28 "Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours."
— Andy WarholWe are likely to feel strong reactions to the continuing uncertainty and unpredictability in this week's atmosphere. Resistance and defensiveness are both possible. As the waning Moon 'darkens', some may respond to the void that is created with increasing fear while others will recognize the wealth of possibilities inherent in the increasingly uncertain environment. Last month's lessons surrounding self-esteem and self-approval are tested as we begin to move into a new level of interaction, initiated by this Saturday's New Moon (11:26 AM PDT 5° Libra). Significant adjustments will be required under the coming lunar cycle. Essentially, this week asks that we look carefully at our responses to uncertainty and prepare to step out of our isolated contemplation into the realm of collaboration and compromise. Resistance is slowly eroded and defensiveness is smoothed by increased humility. We aren't likely to give up on our own perspectives or let go of our personal judgements. However, as we reach the Autumnal Equinox (the Sun's entrance into Libra), there is no way to escape feeling the isolating effects of our strongly held beliefs. And the isolation quickly becomes intolerable. The relief valve is found by adopting an approach of exploration and discovery. Decisiveness is increasingly elusive under the Libra Sun even when the pressure to make a decision seems enormous. There is simply too much uncertainty in this atmosphere to truly embrace a concrete course of action — unless that course is just to reach out to others and explore new opportunities for collaboration and new alliances.
Our instincts on Sunday are geared towards holding on to what has already been acquired, rather than exploring any new opportunities, producing an atmosphere of resistance. There is a bit more courage to explore on Monday but little sense of direction. Comfort and safety just seems more appealing. The Moon's square to Uranus on Tuesday helps to break down our resistance, leading to a willingness to explore new ideas or innovative new possibilities. The Moon is VOC all day on Wednesday, offering us some extra breathing room to 'let down our hair' a bit and step further away from the resistance to make changes. We seem to recognize a 'void' on Thursday, possibly producing a return resistance in the face of uncertainty. Any demand for decisiveness on Friday is only likely to bring defensiveness. There is more power in exploration and openness that eschews decisions in favor of further exploration. By Saturday, we can't avoid the awareness that isolation in defense of our beliefs is simply intolerable. The only decision that works is a decision to build new collaborative alliances, using compromise and cooperation in order to move forward.
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