An exalted Moon and the Sun squares Pallas | wonderful lunar aspects today and we try a new tactic with that authority/responsibility/limit thingie

Bonnie and Clyde 6 by Natalia Ciobanu

The Moon is in Taurus today and she makes multiple good aspects. In Taurus she turns our attention to what we need to feel comforted. Our income, resources, our values and self-esteem, the important things money can buy and the important things it can't, are highlighted. It's a good time to take the time. In Taurus, she will trine Saturn, sextile Neptune, trine Mercury and Pluto then finally our Capricorn Sun. All good aspects today.

She will be in Taurus only until tomorrow afternoon (1:34PM EST) when she goes void (until 8PM EST) off that lovely trine to the Sun. After the Void she moves into busy and communicative Gemini, so if you need some space to catch your breath before then - do that now. There are some great aspects today that greatly increase our chances for success you won't want to miss though.

Keep in mind she is waxing (growing) toward Monday's Full Moon Lunar Eclipse which is going to square Uranus, so outcomes with whatever we have going on/growing now will tend toward the "unpredictable".  

Liberation would be an appropriate goal when we see Uranus coming!

The challenge today is a square between our Sun, nearing the end of Capricorn, and Pallas (Athena) in Libra at 25 degrees. Squares are stress/tension. This feels somewhat similar to yesterday's Aries/Capricorn battle since Pallas is our warrior Goddess energy. In Libra though, and being the extremely clever feminine energy she is, she (as we) will likely try a different tactic.

Maybe something along the diplomatic lines of "more flies with honey". That stubborn Cappy Sun (the rules, the limit, authority, the line in the sand) still feels rather unmoved toward compromise and Pallas, smart as she is, isn't quite the beguiler as, say Venus.

Still we strategize. We seek toward collaboration.

The win-win Pallas seeks in Libra probably isn't going to work out today though and keeping the peace at any cost is surely a lose-lose.

We can do better. Maybe just not right now.

 (although the Moon's trine to Saturn in the early afternoon is helpful and could prove me wrong - the Moon IS answering to Venus after all and the Sun to Saturn!)

xo all

Take the time to enjoy that Taurus Moon - she is exalted and fleeting. Get out in nature. Take a hot bath. Get/give a massage. Eat a warm meal with foods grown from the ground.

Mercury sextile Neptune, 1st Quarter Square Moon - courage vs clout, the rules, the way we've only done it, going for what you want and are passionate about, visionary language, ideas are in the air and can be picked like apples, thoughts become things, the eclipse spin cycle

pillow-fight-by-sliwka

I was sick again yesterday (damn you unending sinus thingie), so we'll have to muddle through the week without the weeklies.

Some aspects are:

SUNDAY - Jupiter square Neptune, Mercury conjunct Saturn
MONDAY - Mercury sextile Neptune
THURSDAY - Sun conjunct South Node and opposing North Node
FRIDAY - Mercury conjunct Pluto, Venus trines Mars, Sun squares Uranus
SUNDAY - Sun into Aquarius, Venus squares Neptune

We are in between eclipses now. The Lunar Eclipse on January 21st is one of the biggest of the year and finishes up the Leo/Aquarius cycle. This is a Super Full Moon with the Moon closest to the Earth. The Sun will be sitting with the South Node, Pluto and Mercury and squaring Uranus (this eclipse is  another major "cheese stands alone" moment for Trump ie Uranus - who shut down the government on December 21st, exactly one month earlier. Eclipse events often happen almost exactly one month to the day before or after the actual event). Mars will be squaring Saturn. Things are volatile.

On MONDAY the Moon is void until 1:31PM EST this afternoon when she moves into Taurus - the sign of her exaltation.

Today's Mercury sextile Neptune is subtle. This is good energy for storytelling - for using our imagination. Good for visionary ideas and language. We might wake remembering our dreams. Ideas are AVAILABLE for the right person - the person who can make them REAL - to pick them like apples in an autumn orchard. This is good for learning (Mercury) through osmosis (Neptune), so would be a good time to hang out with the smartest person you know. Compassionate (Neptune) language (Mercury) is helpful (sextile). Siblings may be illusive or confusing. But Mercury in Capricorn is giving a Neptunian dream a structure to work with. Again this whole thing is subtle, but available. Talk to other people. The opportunity comes as one thought/conversation/idea drifts into another. People with planets/points near 14 degrees Capricorn or Pisces will feel its influence most.

While we slept the Aries Moon squared the Capricorn Sun at 23 degrees - the First Quarter Square; our monthly call to action. We'll likely feel its influence greatest until the Moon moves into Taurus at 1:31PM EST.

(or we could be feeling the Void Moon's call to rest!)

This is the young man with his fresh approach stonewalled with "this is the way we've always done it" or these are the rules. Young vs. old. Inexperienced vs tried and true. Courage vs clout. Anger/passion vs self-control. The young masculine energy fights with his father. The thing standing in our way is the thing that has always been standing in our way. Squares are tension/stress and so they make us uncomfortable. It is this very discomfort though that pushes us through.

We are past Mercury's meeting with Saturn - some things have already been decided.

Although Mercury is meeting Pluto at the end of the week, so who knows, time to push for what we want/are passionate about I think!

Aries/Capricorn is actually a love fest that only looks like a boxing tournament. After the fight is over - Aries bloodied and battered and Capricorn with tie askew and pockets picked clean - they always hit the pub for a beer.

And I guess that's where the Mercury/Neptune can come in .....

xo all

The Moon's move into comfy/cozy Taurus this afternoon should feel good!

the Sun conjunct Pluto | will-power, the truth comes to light, the ability to influence our outcomes, let go and let God, the urge to purge, the urge to merge

parallels by Natalia Ciobanu

The Moon is void today from 9:25AM EST until midnight. This is not the day to start anything brand new or push anything into the world we need "something to come of".

The Moon magic from yesterday continues as she goes void off a sextile (opportunity) to the Sun, followed by a sextile to powerful Pluto.

The Sun meets Pluto at 20 degrees Capricorn. This has been happening annually in January since Pluto moved into Capricorn in 2008. Pluto starts a new cycle.

So, we have the Moon in Pisces - answering to a powerful Neptune, home in Pisces - sextiling Pluto and the Sun conjuncting Pluto. This is powerful energy. Self expression. Personal authority. Will-power. This transit can increase our ability to influence our outcomes. It can also feel heavy. We can come on too strong and rock the boat. On the other hand, someone is going to come on strong - it's OK to be that someone sometimes! Just be standing in your own truth, so you are still standing when the boat quakes. And if you are not still standing, know this is exactly the energy that allows us to get up again.

The Sun/Pluto shines a light on what is buried including complex relationship issues.

The truth comes to light. Our will (the Sun) unites with deep power (Pluto) or, if we are projecting this instead of owning it,  we meet this power outside ourselves in the form of a potential slap-down/manipulation. The lunar sextile lets us know there is opportunity from the actions we take with whatever comes to light now. It's not the time to hide from what is happening.

If something upsetting is going on - keep in mind, Pluto rules death and rebirth - and as the Sun moves off Pluto -

WE START A BRAND NEW CYCLE.

That sextile to the Moon in Pisces is saying - let go and let God. Make art. Listen to good music. Meditate. Pray. Start a spiritual practice. Rest. Heal.

This is excellent energy for purging, for eliminating the dead wood. Clear out your inbox. De-clutter. Eliminate manipulations/obsessions/compulsions. Just stop. Turn your attention to what you want and not what you don't want. Great energy for deep research. There is great energetic support right now for a clean up and fresh start.

I double dog dare you (yes, here is a manipulation to get things started!) to watch an episode or two of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and not be inspired to get rid of something.

xo all

Note the stuff that is happening in your own life and in the collective is a precursor to the huge 2020 energies (and the government in the U.S. is shut down and 800,000 people are out of work). There is a little bit of wiggle room here ... for now. What needs to be wiggled?

making something REAL | Pinocchio aspects, stay in your magic baby

New dress by Natalia Ciobanu

Today (and tomorrow) our waxing Pisces Moon provides the fertile soil our New Moon last weekend was lacking.

Over the next two days she will sextile (opportunity) communicative Mercury then stable Saturn, square (creative tension) expansive Jupiter, conjunct (immerse herself with and in Pisces, she is answering to Neptune) dreamy, imaginative Neptune and finally sextile (opportunity) Pluto and the Sun - both in "make it real" Capricorn.

In older times magicians would be gathering their spell-books, healers their herbs and priests their flocks. All would be taking their words and actions seriously. All would be wanting their words and actions to be congruent. We will be as successful as we allow ourselves to be.

We have outer planet aspects on Friday and this weekend that connect to our story in the spring - so whatever we are doing now - deciding, eliminating - in the spring we will be either celebrating our actions/in-actions or kicking ourselves for them.

So, let's use this time intentionally!

We have had Venus back and forth through Scorpio for weeks and weeks - we know what we want!

(and if you think you don't, maybe ask yourself if you might already have it or if you are too burned out to feel it and then you need to give yourself a break!)

We want our words and actions to be crafting/casting for positive change. 

The Sun meets Pluto tomorrow, so it's not the time to be holding on to something that is dead/dying.

A new cycle is being birthed from the ashes.

1. Clear a space - honestly we could spend this entire two day period cleaning our house and it would be time well-spent; setting up a clean slate, giving ourselves the gift of tidiness, showing appreciation/love for our physical space. Intending for much to flourish here over time.

2. Keep a personal focus - we don't want to be focusing/thinking about/taking action on spaces that are not our spaces. Unless we have direct responsibility for someone else - they are our young child or we have their legal power of attorney - using this energy to influence/manipulate someone else (this is called black magic, folks) is not a good idea. We all have free will and it can't be interfered with.

Think about what you are thinking about. Think about the actions you are taking.

Do you own this?

If you knew the stuff you are to do/say/think over the next couple days matter more than they look like they do - how would you spend your time/resources/attention?

3. Take some kind of action - spellcasting (intentionally intending) has to connect to the real world or it just stays in the ethereal realms - which isn't a bad thing, but is maybe not what we are hoping for. Things have to line up - our word/thoughts with our actual deeds - for things to function. We are a few days past the New Moon now - the Moon is waxing (growing) - it's action time.

For Pinocchio to become a real boy, he needed to prove himself to be "brave, truthful and unselfish", but first Geppetto had to actually carve him from a piece of wood.

It doesn't have to be a big thing. But it might be.

Doors are opening. Mountains are moving. Your muses/angels are standing by. Stay sober and present. Don't toss this energy away with alcohol or Netflix marathons. Connect with other people. Promote yourself. Send that email.

If you find yourself drifting into something unintentionally now, pull yourself back to yourself.

Clean the bathroom.


xo all