May 7 2009

On the first day of Retrograde, my true love brought to me...Moon starts off the day Void of Course, and enters Scorpio at 9:48 am PDT. She is sextile Pluto, exact at 3:26 pm PDT. Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune are still conjunct, see prior posts for details. After a morning off to a sloggy start, a good chance of deep, profound emotions with an intensity that could be obsessive. The usual caveat with Moon VOC mornings: the extra caffeine consumed won't kick in till later when it really kicks in. There could be a bit of an unsettled vibe in the air, with a tendency to look to retail therapy as a temporary cure. If you can resist, it usually is good advice to not purchase shiny things, anything other than the usual stable staples during Retrograde. Higher percentage of broken toys, returns, snafus. Not that anybody listens to such dreary advice...

The Birthcard today is the Queen of Diamonds, a Saturn implementation of a Mercury core, with a 3 of Diamonds inside and a 9 of Diamonds outside. Captain Beefheart, Lloyd Bridges, Hugh Hefner, Jerry Zucker, Aristotle Onassis share this Birthcard, along with Edward Teller, Antonin Scalia, and Rupert Murdoch.

May 6 2009 Mercury Retrograde

Moon in Libra was square Lilith Moon pre-dawn, and will be trine Jupiter at 11:56 pm PDT. At least Mercury Retrograde, exact at 10:01 pm PDT, starts off with a nice Jupiter/Moon transit. After that...it's retro: not just 80's big hair. If communication is missed, misunderstood or combative, desires are thwarted or blocked, you feel stuck or bottled, interpretations are taken in the worst possible way, that's retrograde---the shadow or trickster side of Hermes. It could be opposite day, but it might not be. If you ask if it is opposite day during opposite day, what answer do you get? See the link on the left under connections. The official retrograde is May 6 thru May 30, however there is more to it. Think of overlapping waves, and think of a slowly swinging pendulum. At the upper end of each swing it slows down before reversing direction. Likewise, the relative motion between Earth and Mercury passes through phases of forward, stiction, reverse, stiction, repeat. The stiction phases overlapping with the "actual" retrograde are in some ways less fun and more troubling than the "pure" retrograde. Relationships are prone to questioning and upsets during the stiction phase, those with a deep or solid connection will survive. An Archetypal explanation as to why bouncebacks usually don't last is that they start during retrograde right after a stiction induced breakup.

The Birthcard today is the King of Diamonds, a Mars expression of a Venus core with a 3 of Clubs inside and a 7 of Spades outside. KDs include Charles Darwin, Faye Dunaway, Rudolph Valentino, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci, Ray Manzarek, Seymour Hersh, Harriet Tubman, and Vicente Fox.

May 5 2009 Cinco de Mayo

For the Fifth of May, Moon in Libra was trine Mercury exact at 5:47 am PDT, will be square Pluto exact at 8:22 am PDT, opposite Venus exact at 11:20 am PDT, and much later, opposite Mars exact at 9:54 pm PDT. Mixed message here: the morning will likely start off with easy communication and articulation of congruence between intellect and emotion; but with intense emotions. Particularly emotions about any kind of relationship, deep ones revealed. The ease is likely to fade throughout the day, possibly replaced by annoyance by evening. The challenge is to not be indifferent to emotions, but also not be swept up in them. This may be somewhat frustrated by a hint of stubbornness in the air today.

The Birthcard today is the Ace of Spades, the Card of the Magi, a Mercury expression of a Neptune core, with a 7 of Hearts inside and 2 of Clubs outside. Stan Grof, Dan Aykroyd, Sydney Pollack, Chuck Barris, Ravi Shankar, Yuri Gagarin, Daniel Ellsberg, and Jennifer Aniston are a cast of characters who share this Birthcard, and at least one of them knows it.

May 4 2009

Deep dreams last night? Or, possibly the meaning of them was deep? Moon in Virgo is pulling away from an overnight Saturn conjunct, which lit up the grand trine of Sun/Saturn/Lilith Moon. See last few posts on that. The Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune triple conjunct is still happening. Moon will be opposite Uranus, exact at 6:31 pm PDT, when she goes Moon Void of Course till the wee hours of the night. Possibility of emotional surprises tonight, but any upsets will also lack mojo, so can be regarded as the illusions they most often are. There may be a bit of an edge in the air today, driven just because; accompanied by a seemingly paradoxical neediness.

The Birthcard today is the 2 of Spades, a Neptune implementation of a Mars core, with a 6 of Spades inside and a King of Clubs outside. 2Ss include Jeff Bezos, Howard Stern, Heather Mills, Melanie Chrisholm, Alex Comfort, Gary Numan, and Marilu Henner.

May 3 2009

How were your dreams last night? Moon in Virgo was square Mercury and trine Pluto overnight; any irritations in the dreamworld may have had deeper meanings. This would be a good morning for deep, intense, meaningful connection. Superficiality won't do. This complements transits other than Moon from yesterday which are still with us. Moon will be trine Sun exact at 10:03 pm PDT, trine Lilith Moon right afterward, and conjunct Saturn, exact overnight. We will likely be feeling the grand trine more than just the usual lonely Moon/Saturn feeling. Any feelings of smallness will likely be felt in context of the vastness of the Universe. A good evening to look at Hubble Telescope pictures, listen to some Spacemusic. There may be a creative "all of the above" vibe in the air, possibly wanting to take it all in and having trouble deciding or narrowing down choices.

The Birthcard today is the 3 of Spades, a Saturn implementation of a Jupiter core, with a 6 of Diamonds inside and a Jack of Diamonds outside. 3Ss include a creative mix of characters: Alexander Hamilton, Arthur Hailey, Wilhelm Maybach, Alice Walker, Golda Meir, Jim Webb, Pete Seeger, Lee Ritenour, Naomi Judd, Bette Davis, James Brown, Reverend Ike, and Marilyn Monroe.

May 2 2009

The Sun/Saturn/Lilith Moon grand trine is still with us. That is maybe a lite version of the mythical Total Perspective Vortex from Hitchiker's Giude to the Galaxy. Fiction, yes; but very insightful writings. Venus, out of retrograde is passing exact square Pluto today, so be good to each other. Jupiter has moved close to the Chiron/Neptune conjunction, to where it really is not individual heavenly bodies (Planets and Planetiods in this case) being transited, but a cluster. So, Moon sweeping opposite the cluster today will less likely be a sequence (speed bumps as they are called here) and more likely emphasize the pullings of one's heartstrings of idealism. One individual facet to watch is that it is not a good evening for self medication, not that anybody ever listens to that advice. Moon finishing up in Leo is opposite Jupiter exact at 11:24 am PDT, opposite Chiron exact at 2:20 pm PDT and opposite Neptune exact at 3:09 pm PDT. Moon is Void of Course from 3:09 pm PDT till 9:37 pm PDT when she enters Virgo, so a good afternoon/evening to chill to an Arthouse Flick. There may be a more stable underpinning today than yesterday, possibly a bit too rigid, but useful if tenacity is called for.

The Birthcard of the day is the 4 of Spades, a Jupiter expression of a Venus core, with a 10 of Clubs inside and a 4 of Hearts outside. 4Ss amongst us in body and memory include Rod Stewart, Jim Croce, Maya Angelou, Hugh Masakela, Nick Nolte, James Dean, Alan Greenspan, and Ivan Boesky.

May 1 2009 Moon First Quarter

May Day greetings. Sun is sextile Juno. Moon in Leo was trine Mars, exact at 5:43 am PDT, will be sextile Vesta exact at 8:10 am PDT, and square Sun exact at 1:44 pm PDT. A mini grand trine, Moon/Vesta/Mars. Good time to get things done at home, plan long term, feel connected at home, as there may also be a bit of restleness in the air that needs grounding. Enjoy. The Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune trio conjunct is still pulling at your idealistic heartstrings. See Apr 29 post about Sun/Saturn/Lilith Moon grand trine.

The Birthcard today is the 5 of Spades, a Venus expression of a Mars core with a 10 of Hearts inside and a 4 of Diamonds outside. Sinclair Lewis, Jane Goodall, Jimmy Page, Eddie Izzard, Emo Philips, Rex Harrison, and Eddie Murphy are quite a cast of characters sharing this Birthcard.