August 26, 2008 Moon et al.

Moon is moving towards opposition to Jupiter this morning. It will be exact before 3 pm PST. Jupiter is the planet of expansiveness - this can come from travel, expanding ideas, education. Moon opposing Jupiter can be experienced as feeling generous towards others (though not wanting to be ruled by expectations of others) or can be experienced as the need for freedom from situations or people that feel narrowing. The main sense is wanting expansiveness on your own terms. Moon is sextile Saturn this morning - with this transit you may feel balanced about your feelings and what you need to do - a tendency to reflect on your feeling states and not be caught up in them. This transit can be an ally to the other transits today. Saturn brings about a sense of structure that feels supportive verses restrictive when there is a soft transit such as a sextile. A sextile means you have the opportunity to use the qualities in the particular transit. 

On the line up of Sun, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, and Mars (all in Virgo, except for Mars in Libra) - Venus and Mercury are moving into square with Pluto. This will last for the next few days. Pluto adds a heavier quality to Venus and Mercury. Venus/Pluto can be the angst lover - feeling of being drawn into relational disturbances that you can't seem to get out of. Mercury/Pluto can feel like a pull to dominate another person in an argument or insisting on your perspective and point of view, hard to back off of wanting your way. In both of these transits, Pluto adds the experience of plunging into the depths - underworld, power struggles, death/rebirth. 

Pluto is 28 degrees in Sagittarius and is very slow moving. It is square with Uranus (another slow moving planet) which is 21 degrees in Pisces. Across from Uranus is the cluster of faster moving planets - Venus, Mercury, Mars (these are moving towards Pluto) - the Moon is moving towards the cluster of Sun, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Mars. (Speaking from the perspective of the geocentric planetary chart.) Uranus-Pluto square is a significant world transit of revolutionary change. 

Card of the Day

Todday is a King of Hearts day, a Mars expression of a Mercury core. If you feel so inclined, have a look at the mythologies of Marduk, Horus, and the Irish Brigid and the Morrigan. King of Hearts is a powerful card, it is the birthcard of Joe Biden. Note that as there are 53 cards and 366 birthdays, there will be some repeats.