2020
This year is characterised by the triple conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn.
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The year starts with 5 planets and the lunar descending node in Capricorn. The signature of the year is one of dense astrology, which is building and containing.
Since Dec 21st Jupiter has been opposite the lunar node, this extends to Jan 20th and then fades. Be mindful of the possibility of fateful meetings, beware 'the snake in the grass'.
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There are 5 planets including Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn. This is a tough going, dense astrological energy. Tonnes of planet per zodiac degree. The consequences are hard events and rough rides. It's both personal and global.
Globally, bush fires have killed at least eight people in south-eastern Australia since Monday, with two others remaining unaccounted for. The latest fires, which raced towards the coast this week, have also destroyed more than 200 homes. US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran after blaming it for an attack on the US embassy in Iraq. The compound in Baghdad was attacked by demonstrators furious over the deaths of militia members in US air strikes.
Personally some may be finding that the astrological atmosphere right now verges to the tortuous. The 'drift' of the last couple of days today modulates to a more urgent quality. Mercury conjunct Jupiter invokes great planning and scheming. Make real your dreams, the time is rich and ripe.
01.22 The Moon is at apogee, slowest and furthest from the Earth all month. (Moon conjunct Lilith).
02.14 This slowly waxing crescent Moon at 29 Pisces waxing trine Mars at 29 Scorpio. The Moon is void for nearly 2 hours.
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Saturn conjunct Pluto at 23 degrees Capricorn on Jan 12th 2020 always seemed to many astrologers to have warlike connotations. Iran's most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani was killed at Baghdad airport, along with other Iran-backed militia figures, early on Friday (Jan 3rd 2020) in a strike ordered by US President Donald Trump. The phrases 'remote controlled killing' and 'diplomacy by drone strike' have been used to describe the action. Mr Trump said the general was directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of people. Soleimani's killing marks a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran. The Saturn Pluto Conjunction is opposite Donald Trump's natal Saturn and also opposite the USA Mercury. Transiting Neptune is conjunct the Iran (1979 chart) lunar descending node. With Mars now in Sagittarius we seem all of a sudden to be on a war footing. Transiting Mars is septile Saturn and Pluto this weekend, this is symbolic of 'addressing a situation with action', we could expect a sudden response from the Iranis. We are currently in an eclipse fortnight, the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 10th 2020 stands opposite Mercury, Saturn and Pluto. There is an uneasy feeling of 'imminence' with all of this. Certainly the global historical context has been cranked up a notch or two by this killing. 01.19 The slowly accelerating first quarter Moon at 22 Aries waxing square Pluto at 22 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 15 hours. 16.17 The Moon enters Taurus 18.04 The Moon at 1 Taurus waxing quincunx Mars at 1 Sagittarius 21.32 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 3 Taurus
We are currently in an eclipse fortnight. The Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Cancer on Friday stands opposite Mercury, Saturn and Pluto. It represents a challenge to sense and sensibility with emotions running riot. The week ahead witnesses an accelerating build up to this cosmic event.
The next couple of days however with the Moon now in Taurus, have a steadier vibration about them than the head rushes of the last two. Gather your strength and ready your spirit.
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We are now clear of the 30 darkest days of the year in the northern hemisphere (lightest in the south). The concentration of bodies in Capricorn intensifies, we are living through heavy times. The Saturn Pluto conjunction tightens, and we are 4 days from a Full Moon and Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, a set of climatic episodes approach.
00.16 The accelerating waxing Moon at 16 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 16 Pisces
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This day starts with Jupiter opposite the lunar node, Mars quincunx Uranus and the Gemini Moon opposite Mars. This matrix of planetary energy could be a shock to the system and initiate a rising of tensions. The Sun sextile Neptune offers a creative outlet.
The day continues with unabated vibrancy.
02.13 The Moon enters Gemini
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Lunar pressures are rising. We are less than 70 hours from a Full Moon and a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse. Saturn is almost conjunct Pluto. A veritable hum of impending climax is discernible. River deep, mountain high. A buzz of a day where words have power.
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08.45 The accelerating, almost full, pre eclipse Moon enters Cancer. Lunar tensions are high, expect emotional reactions.
13.24 The Moon at 3 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 3 Taurus
16.09 The Moon at 4 Cancer waning quincunx Mars at 4 Sagittarius
00.01 The accelerating almost Full Moon at 9 Cancer opposition Jupiter at 9 Capricorn
13.20 The Moon at 16 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 16 Pisces
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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 20 degrees Cancer 20:10 GMT
TIMINGS OF THE ECLIPSE
Eclipse starts 17:07:45
Greatest eclipse 19:11:11
eclipse ends 21:12:19
Today's Eclipse directly hits the UK natal Moon, the Queen's lunar node (and the node of Japan). It hits Joanna Lumley's Saturn, Jamie Oliver's Venus, Emily Thornberry's Mercury and Steve Hillage's Mars. It hits the Uranus of the Oprah Winfrey generation and the Pluto of the Sean Connery generation. It opposes Extinction Rebellion's Pluto. It opposes the Moon in the CERN chart it opposes Venus, Saturn and Pluto in the Boris Johnson Government chart and squares Jupiter in the chart of Jess Philips.
LUNAR SAROS 144
Today's eclipse is member 16 of Lunar Saros 144. The Saros series started in the year 1749. The Saros 'goes total' in the year 2308, peaks with the longest total eclipse in 2416 and ends in the year 3011. The energy of this eclipse is still young. The chart above is set for the moment of maximum eclipse during the first eclipse in the series, arbitrarily set for London. I believe it sets the 'tenor' of the whole saros series. This chart is Watery and Fixed, emotional and concentrated. It has a Water Grand Trine of Pluto, Jupiter and Mercury, majestic intellectual and empathetic advancement, grand schemes. Venus tightly opposes Uranus, deviant and wilful and Mars squares Jupiter, awash with squandered energy. Today's eclipse in Cancer resonates with the emotional quality of the Saros, feelings will be running high, and it is essentially a challenging lunation being opposite the conjunction of Saturn, Pluto and Mercury. During the eclipse 19.34 The Moon at 20 Cancer opposition Mercury at 20 Capricorn After the eclipse... 23.44 The Moon at 23 Cancer opposition Saturn at 23 Capricorn 23.58 The Moon at 23 Cancer opposition Pluto at 23 Capricorn The Moon is then void of course for over 12 hours.
The eclipse is over, the sting has been taken, time now to face up to the Mercury Saturn and Pluto conjunction tomorrow.
00.01 URANUS TURNS DIRECT adding importance to the time.
07.13 The fast moving, still accelerating, waning, post-eclipse full Moon, void of course at 27 Cancer, quincunx Venus at 27 Aquarius
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Jan 12th 2020
Saturn conjunct Pluto 23 degrees Capricorn. Warlike connotations (Wrote that years ago).
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We have arrived at the day of this single conjunction of Saturn and Pluto. The last one was in 1982 and the next one (a triple) will occur in 2053 in Pisces.
03.44 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 9 Leo quincunx Jupiter at 9 Capricorn
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Today the Sun undergoes the conjunctions with Saturn and Pluto which Mercury underwent yesterday.
In the UK, today is the day that the Queen has summoned senior royals to Sandringham on Monday for face-to-face talks to discuss the future roles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
In the world at large, after days of denial, the Iranian authorities yesterday admitted that a crash involving a Ukrainian International Airlines jetliner was caused by human error. The incident on Wednesday came just hours after Iran had launched a series of ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases hosting US troops, in a bid to avenge the killing of senior commander Qasem Soleimani. It was amid these high tensions, Iran says, that an air defense operator misidentified flight PS752 as a cruise missile and shot it down, killing all 176 people on board. It may well be that this admission of guilt by Iran will serve to diffuse the warlike energy of the past 10 days which has characterised the Saturn Pluto conjunction.
Today...
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A diligent couple of days of precision, craftmanship and realism are in store. Stitches in time.
02.01 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 7 Virgo waning square Mars at 7 Sagittarius
02.34 The Moon at 8 Virgo sextile her node from north of the ecliptic
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Mars is on a 'jagged edge' making hard semisquare aspects to Saturn and Pluto during the first half of this (GMT) day. The day softens, socialises, surprises and seduces as the Moon floats into Libra and Venus sextiles Uranus.
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The Libra Moon has a heavy ride first thing (GMT) today squaring Saturn and Pluto, hits last quarter phase, summoning a 'crisis in consciousness', and then drifts void of course for over 6 hours before entering Scorpio for the weekend, intensifying will and emotion.
The (GMT) day ends with Mercury applying in square aspect to Uranus, peaking early tomorrow, and 'drawing out' an erratic vibration, slightly disconcerting, possibly unexpected and somewhat 'zany' responses and outbursts.
03.29
Intense emotions at best, vengefulness, jealousy and wilful desire at worst, all induced by the Scorpio Moon this weekend.
A watery grand trine is manifest 03:00 to 07.00 GMT involving the Moon her node and Venus, invoking these intense feelings.
03.26 The decelerating Last Quarter Moon at 5 Scorpio waning trine Venus at 5 Pisces
06.57 The Moon at 7 Scorpio waxing trine the lunar node at 7 Cancer
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Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Capricorn. The Sun enters Aquarius tomorrow.
10.19 The decelerating last quarter Moon at 23 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 23 Capricorn
11.19 The Moon at 24 Scorpio waning sextile Saturn at 24 Capricorn
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An optimistic freedom seeking day characterised by the Moon and Mars in Sagittarius sets the scene for the start of the astrological month of Aquarius. The heavy Capricorn energy of recent weeks is now giving way to future proof new waves.
The Moon conjuncts Mars today 19.48 GMT, adrenalin fueled, Venus conjuncts Neptune at 17 Pisces on Jan 27th, oceanic love waves, Jupiter conjuncts Pluto on April 5th, (first time), at 25 Capricorn, power play of the year. Brave New Moon on Friday.
03.28 The decelerating last quarter Moon at 3 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 3 Taurus
09.40 The Moon at 6 Sagittarius waning sextile Mercury at 6 Aquarius
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A dearth of planetary and lunar contacts today.
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05.02 The balsamic decelerating Moon enters Capricorn joining Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in this sign, and we are submerged in denser Capricorn energy for a couple of days. Only now there is the deep intuition that lighter aquarian 'new age energy' is on the event horizon, just around the corner, and that's also what's in store in the immediate years ahead, as Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto move into the sign of the water bearer from 2021 onwards.
There is a little of the 'easy' and a little of the 'difficult' in the days ahead. Venus in Pisces is less than 7 degrees and 5 days from her conjunction with Neptune, but she squares Mars at the same time, a veritable ocean of universal love, coloured by a fiery challenge from a nearly paramilitary Mars. Before that she sextiles Jupiter, tomorrow, at the same time as the Sun squares Uranus, so we have equal measures of benevolence and unlooked for nervy surprises. Complicated yes, disorientating possibly, but not so if you keep abreast with The Daze. Thank you for visiting.
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Wuhan, a Chinese city of nearly nine million people, is to temporarily shut public transport as it tries to halt the outbreak of the new Coronavirus. The first case was detected in mid December 2019. At the exact moment of Full Moon on Dec 12th, relocated to Wuhan, Jupiter was conjunct the the local MC (46' orb), possibly heralding notoriety coming to the city. Transiting Uranus was square the China chart (1/10/1949) Moon, at the time of the outbreak. The Solar Eclipse on Dec 30th was opposite Uranus in the China chart. Currently China's progressed Moon is conjunct natal and progressed Pluto in Leo. We are witnessing an uncompromising stance being adopted by the Government in China right now.
Today is the day of the old horny Capricorn Moon providing a 'tough going' backdrop to the day. An erratic start (GMT) as the Sun squares Uranus. Essential generosity of spirit manifests as Venus in Pisces sextiles Jupiter. A day for compassion
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00.19 The ancient Moon conjunction Pluto at 23 Capricorn
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Today's New Moon is square Uranus. Mercury sextiles Mars, Venus is applying to Neptune, they both square Mars. Only one planet, Mars, is in a Fire sign. This is a New Moon of facing up to and adapting to recent changes. It is a mixture and accepting stark facts and submitting to inevitable consequences. A mixture of rationality and instinct serve to carry us through immediate difficult disruption. This New moon puts the past behind us and sets our sights on the future. It is a 'wait and see' lunation. This is the first New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on Dec 26th 2019 at 4 degrees Capricorn and the 5th before another Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st 2020, at zero degrees Cancer,(quincunx Saturn). At the moment of New Moon, the Sun and Moon are about to rise at Tokyo and about to set at New York. It is true midnight at Moscow and at Nairobi. Jupiter rises at Saigon, Jupiter culminates under Berlin, Pluto sets at Cincinnati, Uranus culminates at Buenos Aires. Today's New Moon opposes Mars and squares Neptune in the chart of Mike Pence. It opposes Saturn, squares Uranus and is conjunct the Ascendant in the Spanish chart. It opposes the Pluto of Bernie Saunders, squares Neptune in the EU chart, opposes Israel's Moon, squares the Moon and opposes the MC of Italy, and opposes Jupiter and squares the lunar node of Jurgen Klopp,
Venus is now applying to a conjunction with Neptune, both square Mars, dominating the next 4 days. Aberration, sensation, distraction and sublimation will rule the astrological skies. Mercury sextile Mars today channeling the glamour into some kind of action, but tomorrow goes nowhere as the infant Moon drifts void of course in Aquarius, for most of the GMT day, like a cradle swinging haplessly in the winds, and then on Monday and Tuesday with the excruciatingly slow Moon in Pisces with Venus and Neptune, like a 'rock a bye baby dream boat'. Mars square Neptune has the last word, and the edge in all of this dreaminess, a sharp edge, evoking sharp events and experiences. Strange days are here again.
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The slowly waning infant Moon is void of course in Aquarius for most of this day. Venus applies in conjunction with Neptune, both square Mars, lasting until Tuesday. Today goes nowhere special.
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A rock and roll dream boat day. The Moon and Venus are conjunct Neptune all square Mars. There is both danger and glamour here. Guns and roses.
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Mars squares Neptune spells aberration, confusion and misdeeds. Let it go. Quieter astrology ensues when this one passes.
The Moon and Venus conjunct Neptune conferring an otherworldliness on proceedings.
01.14 The very slowly waxing young Moon at 13 Pisces waxing sextile Jupiter at 13 Capricorn
09.31 The Moon at 17 Pisces waxing square Mars at 17 Sagittarius
09.34 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 17 Pisces
10.35
The passive atmosphere of the past couple of days gives way to a new urgency from 11.52 GMT. Slow progress however.
01.09 The very slowly waxing crescent Moon at 25 Pisces waxing sextile Saturn at 25 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for nearly 12 hours.
11.52
Quieter astrology now.
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Tough going at times today as a combative and self assertive Aries Moon squares Saturn and Pluto coming up against fate and governance.
01.50 The slowly accelerating waxing crescent Moon at 19 Aries waxing trine Mars at 19 Sagittarius
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00.29 The Moon slowly accelerating towards her first quarter phase enters Taurus joining Uranus in this sign.
06.10 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 3 Taurus
13.37 The Moon at 7 Taurus sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic.
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Bit of a buzz today, bit of give, bit of movement, subtle interplay.
00.32 The Moon at 24 Taurus waxing sextile Venus at 24 Pisces
02.25 The Moon at 25 Taurus waxing trine Saturn at 25 Capricorn
03.48
The 5 days ahead will witness a build up to the Candlemass 'Full Snow Moon' in Leo, early (GMT) on Sunday. This event has a universally extrovert, muscular, 'seeking self at the centre', lavish, generous nature. It is a fateful lunation which promotes play, action and exploration.
Before then, Mercury in Pisces sextiles Uranus on Wednesday, first of three over the coming weeks. Smart, subtle and inventive.
Thursday...Minor lunar occultation of star Eta Gemini 02.15 to 03.04, lost in the light of the gibbous Moon as viewed from the UK. Eta Gemini a 'cool old giant dude' of a stellar system, a mysterious triplet of stars of differing masses, its old radiance obscured by the Moon.
Friday... the Moon enters Leo as Venus enters Aries. Hot stuff.
09.07 The Sun reaches 15 degrees Aquarius. We are midway between Solstice and Equinox. In the southern hemisphere the hot summer is mercifully ending, in the north it is the beginning of the season of 'stirring'. Seasons they change.
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Today Mercury in Pisces sextiles Uranus. This is the first of three over the coming weeks. It evokes smart, subtle and inventive thinking. Mercury, already in his shadow, turns retrograde in 12 days time on Feb 17th at 13 degrees Pisces. Thoughts experienced today although probably new and pertinent, will require refinement in the weeks ahead before action is implemented.
The immediate days ahead witness an accelerating build up to the Candlemass 'Full Snow Moon' in Leo, early (GMT) on Sunday. This event is a fateful lunation which promotes play, action and exploration.
Thursday...Minor lunar occultation of star Eta Gemini 02.15 to 03.04, lost in the light of the gibbous Moon as viewed from the UK. Eta Gemini a 'cool old giant dude' of a stellar system, a mysterious triplet of stars of differing masses, its old radiance obscured by the Moon.
Friday... the Moon enters Leo as Venus enters Aries. Hot stuff.
On the world stage China, scene of much lock down and antiviral activity, currently has transiting (t.) Uranus square natal Moon, and t. Jupiter square Neptune (1949 chart). The USA at the end of February has t.Saturn conjunct 2nd house Pluto and t.Pluto opposite eight house Mercury, almost simultaneously. Significant 'resource issues' likely at that time. In the UK t.Neptune currently squares Mercury, the last one, concluding the muddle of recent months. Sunday's Full Moon moment sees the Sun and Moon aligned to the ascendant/descendant axis of London. The focus for the UK is obviously on relationships and partnerships.
Today....
05.08 The Moon gaining in light and motion at 22 Gemini opposition Mars at 22 Sagittarius
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00.17 The waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 3 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 3 Taurus
02.00 The Moon at 4 Cancer waxing trine Mercury at 4 Pisces
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This is a day to push through. The GMT day ends on a fiery note as Venus enters Aires and the almost Full Moon ingresses Leo. The weekend ahead is colorful and resplendent, a celebration of the Sabbat of Candlemass, the Full Moon in Leo, the Full Snow Moon.
Weather forecasts for the UK reveal that this Full Moon weekend is going to coincide with a demon of a storm heading in from the west under a raging 'jet stream'. The Full Leo Moon is going to roar here apparently.
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A day totally geared to play, creativity, celebration and recreation, given half the chance.
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00.04 The climaxing Full Moon at 15 Leo waning quincunx Jupiter at 15 Capricorn
03.16 The Moon at 17 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 17 Pisces
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This is the first Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 10th at 20 degrees Cancer and the 4th Full Moon before another Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, at 16 Sagittarius, square Mars and Neptune, opposite Venus, on June 5th 2020.
This Full Moon applies in trine aspect to Mars but is in a loose yod 'finger of fate' pattern with Neptune and Pluto. Jupiter sextiles Neptune. This extrovert Full Moon is a muscular, self seeking, lavish, generous, fateful lunation which promotes action and exploration.
This Full Moon hits the Mercury of Ayatollah Khamanei, the Jupiter of Thailand, the Neptune of Turkey, the Uranus of Cameroon, the Jupiter of Lisa Nandy, Roger Daltry and Michael Gove, the Saturn of Alice Cooper, the Mercury of Cameron Diaz, the Pluto in the Tony Blair generation, and the Mars of Jeff Beck.
At the moment of Full Moon today the Sun rises over the UK. The Sun and Moon are aligned to the ascendant/descendant axis of London. The Moon rises over New Zealand. The Moon sets at Paris, Brussels and Rabat. Mercury rises at Koln, Mars culminates at Rome and at Venice. Saturn and Pluto straddle Baghdad. Neptune culminates at Rangoon and at Mandalay. It is high noon at Kabul, Mars rises ar Medellin.
13.31 The Moon at 24 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 24 Capricorn
16.09 The Moon at 25 Leo waning trine Mars at 25 Sagittarius, moon void
17.17 The Moon at 26 Leo waning quincunx Saturn at 26 Capricorn
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Transiting Neptune is squaring the UK Mercury right now, and Mars squared the UK Jupiter/Neptune midpoint yesterday as heavy rain and gusts of wind reaching more than 90mph brought widespread flooding and travel disruption as Storm Ciara hit the UK. At the moment of Full Moon yesterday the Sun and Moon were aligned to the ascendant and descendant axis of London.
Transiting Uranus continues to apply in square aspect to the Chinese (1949 chart) Moon. Both this transit and the UK Neptune square Mercury transit peak next Saturday.
Sir Keir Starmer's mother-in-law has died two weeks after suffering an accident, it was revealed on Sunday. The mother of the Labour leadership hopeful's wife had been in critical condition following the incident last month. Transiting Mercury is conjunct Sir Keir's Jupiter and t.Saturn is square his Venus. The planets mark the event and astrologers express condolences. Sir Keir cancelled his appearance at a hustings in Nottingham this weekend to be with his family.
Today a humdrum, Moon in Virgo Monday evokes an industrious, 'work on what was spoilt' atmosphere.
04.03 The very rapidly waning Full Moon at 3 Virgo quincunx Venus at 3 Aries
04.32 The Moon at 3 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 3 Taurus
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Another exacting, repairing, perfecting, cleaning, industrious day is in store. A stitch in time.
Mercury in his shadow is now at an apparent speed of less then a degree per day. He turns retrograde next Monday. This is not a time to push forward.
A Jupiter sextile Neptune aspect is starting to tighten, first of 3 this year. This is the next major planetary aspect in the sky, exact Feb 20th 2020. This is good news. Artistic and creative inspiration are heightened by this favorable influence. It can have a healing effect. Hope and faith.
00.55 The rapidly waning Full Moon at 16 Virgo waning trine Jupiter at 16 Capricorn
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The UK government has approved the controversial High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project. Boris Johnson has an extravagant transiting Jupiter exactly trine his Jupiter right now. He was bound to transfer this energy onto the decision. The UK has transiting Neptune square natal Mercury right now, a right muddle.
China has 'removed' several senior officials over their handling of the Corona virus outbreak, as the death toll passes 1000. Transiting Uranus tightens his grip on the Chinese (1949 chart) natal Moon, exact next Saturday.
Donald Trump has transiting Pluto opposite his natal Saturn right now. Wonder what that will bring.
The Aquarian Sun and Libran Moon evoke grace and style for a couple of days.
04.36 The rapidly waning Moon decelerating at 3 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 3 Taurus
A tight cardinal T square is manifest involving the Moon, her node and Venus 08.00 to 09.30
08.07 The Moon at 5 Libra opposition Venus at 5 Aries
09.17 The Moon squares her node at 6 Cancer from north of the ecliptic.
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Transiting Mars opposed Boris Johnson's natal Sun yesterday as Sajid Javid quit as chancellor in the middle of Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle. Mr Javid rejected the prime minster's order to fire his team of aides and has been replaced as chancellor by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak (May 12th 1980). Mr Javid had been due to deliver his first budget in four weeks' time. Sunak has his progressed Sun (sextile natal Jupiter) enter Cancer sometime this year. A whole new life story for him from now on. Two days revealing will and purpose. No give, no quarter, no sparing the horses. 00.39 The disseminating decelerating Moon enters Scorpio 05.54 The Moon at 3 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 3 Taurus 10.31 The Moon at 6 Scorpio trines her node from north of the ecliptic. 13.52 The Moon at 8 Scorpio waning quincunx Venus at 8 Aries 21.43 The Moon at 12 Scorpio waning trine Mercury at 12 Pisces
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Wilful nature. Solid, unyielding, penetrative, testing, revealing. Tough times. Fixed last quarter Moon.
04.52 The waning decelerating Moon at 17 Scorpio sextile Jupiter at 17 Capricorn
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Mercury turns retrgrade tomorrow and Mars enters Capricorn today. Don't talk just kiss.
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00:55 MERCURY TURNS RETROGRADE (till March 10th)
03.11 The Moon at 13 Sagittarius waning square retro-Mercury at 13 Pisces
11.50 The Moon at 18 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 18 Pisces
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PREDICTIONS FOR VISIBLE OCCULTATIONS OF MARS 2020
DATE PLANET MAG PH % ILL AREA
18 FEB 2020 Mars 1.2 DD 23- USA, Mexico
18 MAR 2020 Mars 0.9 RD 30- s South America
09 AUG 2020 Mars -1.3 RD 71- s-se South America
06 SEP 2020 Mars -1.9 RD 86- central South America
03 OCT 2020 Mars -2.5 RD 98- s South America
Today is last full day of the astrological month of Aquarius. If you're on the right place on Earth's surface, you can watch the moon occult Mars on February 18.
The lunar occultation of Mars today represents a momentary 'pulse of absence' of the strong building energy of Mars in Capricorn. This event is a cosmic 'holding breath' allowing the soul to realign to the new dense situation.
The Moon swings in the vicinity of Jupiter on February 19 and to the south of Saturn on February 20.
09.04 The Moon at 29 Sagittarius waning sextile The Sun at 29 Aquarius.
The Moon is void for 94 minutes.
10.38 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto.
13.17 The Moon at 1 Capricorn conjunction Mars at 1 Capricorn
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The Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn.
Jupiter sextile Neptune.
08.07 The decelerating balsamic Moon conjunction Pluto at 24 Capricorn
10.05
Mars earth trine Uranus this morning (GMT). Cosmic landscaping.
02.14 The decelerating balsamic Moon at 3 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 3 Taurus
09.11
Old Moon Saturday. Moon 'void of course'for most of the (GMT) day. Begin nothing new.
04.09 The decelerating ancient Moon at 17 Aquarius waning sextile Venus at 17 Aries.
The Moon is then void of course for 26 hours.
05.24
There is a worry with this New Moon. South Korea has said that the number of new corona virus cases in the country has more than doubled in one day. Officials said on Saturday that 229 new cases had been confirmed since Friday, raising the total to 433. In a televised address, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun described the situation as "grave". The chart below is today's New Moon relocated to Seoul. Notice a double kite and a mystic rectangle, focused on the New Moon, the local MC, Uranus in the 6th house, and Mars conjunct the nodal axis, at work in it. This is a complex mesh of karma, dis-ease, global blight, suffering, salvation and technology.
This day starts with the ancient Moon void of course in Aquarius.
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This is the second New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on Dec 26th 2019 at 4 degrees Capricorn and the 4th before another Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st 2020, at zero degrees Cancer,(quincunx Saturn).
This New Moon on the Mars/Uranus midpoint is conjunct retrograde Mercury and sextile Mars. Venus squares Jupiter which sextiles Neptune. Mars trines Uranus. The planets are amassed in Earth and Water signs, none are in Air. This is a New Moon of great distinction and bearing in mind Mercury is retrograde, so don't get carried away by it all, but it is a deep and fertile ocean of creative energy, evoking inspirational 'electrically earthed' activity and giving rise to artistically expansive and imaginative communications and productions. Strange fish. Subliminal tides, extravagant intoxications, a vastness of emotion, faith and wisdom. Wish I could bottle it.
At the moment of New Moon today the Moon is rising at Seattle. The Moon culminates at Belem, sets at Istanbul and is at lower culmination at Vladivostok and at Darwin. Pluto culminates at Memphis and at New Orleans. Saturn culminates at Nashville, Jupiter at Tulsa, Neptune rises at San Francisco. Sunset is at Riga. Mars and the Lunar Node align to Tashkent. Uranus culminates at Marseille.
Today's New Moon directly hits the Venus of Iran, the Saturn of Boris Johnson, the Pluto of the UK, the Mars of Eric Clapton, the Saturn of Justin Bieber and it opposes the Pluto of Prince Andrew.
After the New Moon...
16.31 The infant Moon at 5 Pisces waxing sextile Mars at 5 Capricorn
17.00
A 'life is but a dream' day.
00.40 The slow infant New Moon conjunction Mercury at 9 Pisces
04.21
A very slow young Moon in Pisces provides a spiritually nourishing backdrop. The Pisces Sun sextile Mars gives the will and impetus to move forward. Mercury at the very end of his synodic cycle is spent, concerned but anticipatory. 'New Mercury' tomorrow.
02.03
Inferior conjunction of Mercury (sextile Mars).
Exceptionally slow progress can be expected today, but progress there will be. An urgency for development is imminent.
01.45
The Moon and Venus are in Aries both squaring Pluto. Not easy astrology to navigate. Manic flareups, girls fighting in the playground.
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03.26 The waxing crescent Moon slowly accelerating at 28 Aries waxing square Saturn at 28 Capricorn.
The Moon is void for 4 hours.
07.31 The Moon enters Taurus
This earthy waxing crescent Moon in Taurus sets a mellow, steady backdrop to the weekend. Venus squaring Pluto tonight throws the debauch card into proceedings. Retro Mercury is sextile Uranus (a 2nd time) in the small hours of Saturday (GMT). Then it's steady as she goes. Gentle, sensitive, dreamy, impressionable.
08.37
Retro Mercury sextile Uranus.
The year is turning rather manic. The Saturn Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, in January 2020, symbolic of fear and dread, coincided with the advent of Coronovirus and now with knock on effect of financial and stock market trauma. The January Lunar eclipse opposed Saturn and Pluto, setting the whole bleak, 'Captain Trips' pageant into motion. Currently Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and Mars are all in Capricorn, coinciding with boundaries being breached, and barriers being broken. Hand in hand with this we have the Sun, Neptune and retro-Mercury in Pisces, adding a melancholic twist to the zeitgeist of now. The Taurus Moon this weekend 'fixes' the unease, making us forget that it won't always be like this. This young Moon however makes some pleasant aspects today. Rise above the 'dread wave'.
00.56 The Moon gaining in light and motion at 9 Taurus waxing trine Mars at 9 Capricorn
03.14
00.40
08.07
The world is in 'uncharted territory' on the corona virus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Doctors have never before seen a respiratory pathogen capable of community transmission. Deaths globally have now passed 3,000. Most are in China but in the past day there were nine times more new infections outside China than inside. One of the countries worst affected outside China, Italy, on Monday saw a jump in its death toll from 34 to 52. As of last night 39 cases are confirmed in the UK. This is a unique virus with unique features and the WHO would have expected wide contagion by now, but containment measures are appearing to work. It is widely accepted by astrologers that the incidence of this disease is related to the single Saturn Pluto conjunction at the start of 2020. The next major global planetary aspect is Jupiter conjunct Pluto on April 5th, this suggests to me that a large resource of power and determination is available on the world stage to thwart this virus.
Venus squares Saturn today and the First Quarter Moon is under pressure. An experience of frustration.
06.25 The Moon gaining in light and motion at 18 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 18 Pisces
09.47 The Moon at 20 Gemini waxing quincunx Jupiter at 20 Capricorn
11.59
Retro-Mercury sextiles Venus
Today has a seriously emotional quality to it. The Sun in Pisces and Moon in Cancer evoke rich and deep feelings in our spirits for a couple of days. Retro Mercury slips back into Aquarius at (GMT) day's end allowing more logic to ensue and sextiles Venus which certainly lightens the load somewhat.
01.35 The accelerating first quarter Moon at 28 Gemini waxing quincunx Saturn at 28 Capricorn
02.20 The Moon at 29 Gemini waxing sextile Venus at 29 Aries.
The Moon is void of course for 2 hours 7 minutes.
04.27 The Moon enters Cancer
04.45 The Moon at 0 Cancer waxing trine retro-Mercury at 0 Pisces
06.04
Italy, hardest hit European country by Covid-19, is not surprisingly undergoing a barrage of difficult planetary transits to its June 10th 1946 Chart. In January Transiting (t)Pluto was opposite natal Saturn. In February, t.Neptune squared natal Uranus, t.Uranus squared the MC and opposed natal Moon, and t.Saturn squared the ascendant. That was the most difficult month. In March t.Neptune squares natal Sun. The Italian progressed Moon squares progressed Venus in April, usually a minor influence but in this case casting an un-helpful background to life and to values in Italy. The progressed Sun enters Virgo on July 16th ushering in a brand new 30 year historical chapter.
Today is another emotionally charged episode with the Sun and Moon both in water signs.
02.25 The Moon at 12 Cancer gaining in light and motion opposition Mars at 12 Capricorn
03.09 Venus enters Taurus. She resides in this sign for a brief 28 days. This residence is essentially favorable.
Venus is conjunct Uranus on March 8th at 4 degrees Taurus. This is the highlight of the residence, a flash point, and symbolic of great financial and/or personal excitement. Expecting a red letter day. Venus sextiles Neptune on March 23rd, invoking sublime responses. Venus trines Jupiter on March 28th, a measure of rich bounty. Venus trines Pluto on March 29th, symbolising 'transformation of affection'. Venus leaves Taurus for Gemini on April 3rd. This residence is something of a relief after recent troublesome 'besieged Venus in Aries' vibrations.
04.56
We are now in a difficult buildup to a profoundly tense Full Moon which occurs on Monday. The Moon today and Saturday in Leo has a bumpy ride with a plethora of fateful quincunxes to navigate. On Sunday the Sun conjuncts Neptune in Pisces and Venus conjuncts Uranus in Taurus. This duo of conjunctions spells out an eventful and memorable astrological event, very much in keeping with the shock, the uncertainty and the fearfulness of the time. As the Full Moon crashes on Monday we are delivered through confusion to a more robust and hopeful ending. Hold tight.
A dissociate T square is manifest today involving the Moon, Venus, Saturn and Uranus 07.00 to 16.00. Tricky astrological waves to surf.
07.12 The Moon at 29 Cancer opposition Saturn at 29 Capricorn.
The Moon is void for 2.3 hours.
07.48 The Moon accelerating at 29 Cancer waxing quincunx retro-Mercury at 29 Aquarius
09.29 The Moon enters Leo and has a quite challenging residence there over the next couple of days.
11.48
Covid-19 infections are approaching 100000 worldwide. Global stock markets are seeing sharp falls over growing fears that coronavirus may cause a global economic slump. As I write Pluto is on the Jupiter/Saturn midpoint and Jupiter is on the Mars/Saturn midpoint, all in Capricorn.
The fast moving Leo Moon makes difficult aspects today. A challenging Full Moon climaxes on Monday. A red-letter day occurs tomorrow.
You have to be brave in 2020. No doubt about that. Brave as a Lion and brave as the Moon in Leo today.
01.09
Sun conjunct Neptune.
Venus conjunct Uranus.
A duet of conjunctions. Sun Neptune and Venus Uranus. The former oceanic, the latter seismic. Implications to love, finance, belief systems and faith. Sunday is a cosmic prelude to an exacting Full Moon.
01.51 The rapidly waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 24 Leo quincunx Pluto at 24 Capricorn
05.37
03.41
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This is the second Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 10th at 20 degrees Cancer and the 3rd Full Moon before another Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, at 16 Sagittarius, square Mars and Neptune, opposite Venus, on June 5th 2020. This is a Super Full Moon in Virgo. The Worm Moon. The tense one.
This Full Moon is poignantly opposite Neptune but is applying in a helpful trine aspect to Jupiter. Venus separates from Uranus, Mars applies in sextile to Neptune. There are 7 bodies in Earth and none in Fire. This Full Moon has a profound undermining influence but also it contains a wealth of optimism. This is a tense and confused lunation, practical, down to earth but 'otherworldly' at the same time.
For the second month in a row, at the moment of Full Moon, the Sun and Moon are aligned to the Asc/Dsc axis of London. Last month it was a Leo Moonset, this time the Full Moon in Virgo rises over the UK opposite Neptune trine Jupiter. This is a very real focus on the UK. A similar alignment occurs at Lagos. At that Full Moon moment Mars rises at Tokyo, Saturn rises at Darwin, Jupiter lower culminates at Moscow, Pluto sets at Boston (Mass), Jupiter sets at New York and at Rio.
Today's Full Moon directly hits the MC of Joe Biden, and the MC of Saudi Arabia, and of Lady Gaga. It hits the Mars of the Kim Un Power Transfer chart, the Mars of the New York Stock Exchange, the Pluto of the Michael Gove generation, the Neptune of Pope Francis generation, the Uranus of the Bjork generation. It hits the Saturn of Indonesia and the Saturn of Rebecca Long Bailey, the Jupiter of Aung San Suu Kyi and that of Eric Clapton. It squares Boris Johnson's Mercury and is conjunct the Sun of Slaven Bilic.
After the Full Moon moment has passed...
20.09 The Moon at 21 Virgo waning trine Jupiter at 21 Capricorn leaving a favorable overtone to this event.
Venus conjunct Uranus in Taurus, symbol of financial shock, and the Virgo Full Moon, opposite undermining Neptune, coincided yesterday with trading in US shares being briefly suspended after sharp falls led to an automatic halt in the selling and buying of stocks. Once trading resumed, the three major US stock indexes were down over 6%. The move followed dramatic falls globally with shares facing the worst day since the 2008 financial crisis. A row between Russia and Saudi Arabia saw oil prices plunge by 20%, hitting markets already reeling from fears of the impact of the corona virus.
01.24 The very rapidly waning full Moon at 24 Virgo trines Pluto at 24 Capricorn
03.42 MERCURY TURNS DIRECT. This is good news. It's not been a pleasant retrograde phase for many. The time is nearly ripe to move forward with personal plans and make progress. Looking forward to better news.
Mercury's next retrograde phase is from June 18th to July 12th.
06.23 The Moon is at perigee, fastest and nearest to the Earth all month.
07.16 The Moon at 28 Virgo waning quincunx Mercury at 28 Aquarius
08.33 The Moon at 29 Virgo waning trine Saturn at 29 Capricorn, moon void.
The Moon is void for 1.5 hours.
10.05 The Moon enters Libra
12.20
Sun sextile Jupiter
In case you missed this, (TheDaze March 5th 2020), Italy, hardest hit European country by Covid-19 is, not surprisingly, undergoing a barrage of difficult planetary transits to its June 10th 1946 Chart. In January Transiting (t)Pluto was opposite natal Saturn. In February, t.Neptune squared natal Uranus, t.Uranus squared the MC and opposed natal Moon, and t.Saturn squared the ascendant. That was the most difficult month. In March t.Neptune squares natal Sun. The Italian progressed Moon squares progressed Venus in April, usually a minor influence but in this case casting an un-helpful background to life and to values in Italy. The progressed Sun enters Virgo on July 16th ushering in a brand new 30 year historical chapter.
The latest figures from Italy show 631 deaths and 10,149 cases. Travel is restricted across Italy and public gatherings are forbidden. Iran reports 54 deaths, its highest figure yet over a 24-hour period. (Iran's progressed MC is currently opposite natal Neptune, transiting Saturn is opposite natal Jupiter). Shares in Europe lost ground after initially recovering from Monday's sharp fall
A sixth person has died in the UK after testing positive for the virus. There have now been 373 confirmed cases in the UK. The UK chart is not too badly aspected during March, the major progression being prog Venus square Uranus, which is financially disruptive. In April and May transiting Saturn hovers opposite UK Jupiter which is the transit Iran is undergoing now, a 'stunting growth' transit.
A besieged Moon in Libra today will probably succeed in knocking folk off balance, but this is complemented by a handsomely aspected Sun sextile Jupiter, which is an optimistic influence.
12.07 The rapidly waning full Moon at 17 Libra square Mars at 17 Capricorn
12.28
As the besieged Moon in Libra yesterday squared Mars and Jupiter, the Corona Virus outbreak was labeled 'a pandemic' by the World Health Organization . A pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time. The number of cases in Europe continues to rise, with more than 10,000 in Italy. Mars is less than 5 degrees and 8 days from his conjunction with Jupiter In Capricorn, the next astrological event of importance, and the one to watch with regard to current concerns.
Today...
00.41 The rapidly waning full Moon at 25 Libra square Pluto at 25 Capricorn
06.59 The Moon at 28 Libra waning trine Mercury at 28 Aquarius
08.12 The Moon at 29 Libra waning square Saturn at 29 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 1.25 hours.
09.30 The Moon enters Scorpio. Two days with an essentially emotional backdrop now follow. Sun in Pisces, Moon in Scorpio.
Deepening intensity, increased concentration, sharpened will. A battlefield.
16.15 The Moon at 4 Scorpio opposition Uranus at 4 Taurus
16.39 The Moon at 4 Scorpio trines her node from north of the ecliptic.
22.06
Symbolon Deck by Peter Orban, Ingrid Zinnel, Thea Weller
Mars applies in sextile to Neptune, the Sun applies in the same aspect to Pluto. A mixture of 'erosion of distinctions' and 'collective will' is the likely outcome this weekend. The distinction between countries and peoples is melting, as we all face the same enemy. Mars applies in conjunction to Jupiter, the potent aspect, peaking one week today. That one really blows it out of proportion, always very eventful. The Mars Jupiter conjunction closely conjuncts China's Jupiter, (Officials in China have declared that the peak of the country's outbreak is officially over), the MC of the Africa Republic chart and the Sun of the Bank of Australia. Today... 15.00 The Moon at 18 Scorpio waning sextile Mars at 18 Capricorn 15.54 The Moon at 19 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 19 Pisces 21.14 The Moon at 22 Scorpio waning sextile Jupiter at 22 Capricorn A Friday evening of peace, and grace would become us.
This day 'opens out'. Reverence and intensity are replaced with fortitude and courage. Change is in the air, creative activity evoked.
00.48
A freewheeling day.
05.03 Uranus at 4 Taurus waning sextile the mean lunar node at 4 Cancer. This is the single waning sextile aspect in the 15 year cycle of these two which began in 2007 in Pisces and ends in 2024 in Taurus. This cycle is concerned with 'shared experiences', the waning sextile 'whole seeing'. Very apt. We are in this together, we can all see that.
05.51
Transiting Pluto is exactly on the Mars/Saturn midpoint, Ebertin describes as 'the rage and fury of destruction', transiting Jupiter exactly on the Mars/Pluto midpoint, 'the ability to organise'.
Now we are counting down to Mars conjunct Jupiter on Friday. An astrological event of note. Within this buildup, starting today, the waning Moon joins Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn, really ranking up the status of current situation.
07.44 Mercury re-enters Pisces joining Neptune and the Sun in this sign.
08.22
With this stellium of bodies in Capricorn we hit another new dense low point in the ongoing astrological story. The profound reality of current affairs really hits home now. This one is a slog, a graft, a crawl. When the going gets tough...
Mars is now less than 2 degrees and 3 days from his conjunction with Jupiter. This is big 'event-fueling' astrology. The conjunction of Mars and Jupiter occurs every 26 months or so. The last time it occurred in Capricorn was in mid October 1984. The famine in Ethiopia was raging where thousands of people had already died of starvation due to a famine, and as many as 10,000,000 more lives were at risk and news footage of it was released to the world. In the UK the Provisional Irish Republican Army attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British Cabinet in the Brighton hotel bombing.
Today...
00.13 The decelerating last quarter Moon at 4 Capricorn opposition her ascending node at 4 Cancer
00.33 The Moon at 4 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 4 Taurus
09.00
Astrological skittles today. The waning Moon in Capricorn hits Mars, Jupiter Pluto, and first thing tomorrow Saturn, in succession. Wham bam.
03.37 The Moon at 19 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 19 Pisces
08.33 The Moon conjunction Mars at 21 Capricorn
10.48 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 23 Capricorn
14.54 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 25 Capricorn
15.00
Sun sextile Saturn.
One could almost say this moment is the last dense point in the current planetary drama. After the Moon conjuncts Saturn in late Capricorn at the start of this day there is a planetary trend to lighter circumstance. We have still got Mars conjunction Jupiter, Mars conjunction Pluto, Mars conjunction Saturn and Jupiter conjunct Pluto to navigate ourselves through during the next few days and weeks and these are by no means light weight affairs, but with Saturn leaving Capricorn on Monday, albeit temporary, and Mars leaving Capricorn next Monday, changes to the current situation are coming. The trend starts with the Moon leaving Capricorn at 01.18 GMT today.
A day for social organisation and clear headedness.
00.49 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 30 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for half an hour.
01.18 The Moon enters Aquarius
10.05 The Moon at 5 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 5 Taurus
23.50
01.04
In ordinary circumstances the Vernal Equinox this year could be seen as a time of hope, expansion, invention and imagination. Well it is all of these, but seen in the context of the current Covid 19 world crisis we can interpret the accompanying tight Mars, Jupiter Pluto triple conjunction in Capricorn as indicative of a destructive energy at work within the global society. At the exact moment of Equinox the triplet rise over the UK, set over North Korea and New Zealand, and are aligned to Sacramento, Recife and Eastern Iran. Saturn and Pluto rise over Spain, Moonrise is over northern Italy, Neptune culminates at Hong Kong. The Equinox Sun is rising over Turkey, Egypt and Eastern Africa.
The Aries Sun injects some much needed 'Fire' into the planetary mix. This is the only body in a Fire sign, and the Sun is sextile Saturn, about to ingress Aquarius. This is a welcomed harnessing of the Aries fire into practical use. Despite the fear and trauma of the time there is indeed hope woven into this equinox.
We now enter a 'holy period' set between the equinox and the New Moon on Tuesday.
06.58 The decelerating Moon reaches her balsamic phase. The procession to the New Moon now begins in earnest.
09.01 The Moon at 16 Aquarius waning square Venus at 16 Taurus. The Moon is then void of course for nearly 15 hours.
09.52
The day starts with an old decelerating void of course Moon in Aquarius.
A really otherworldly time is on the cards from 12.35 GMT onwards, right up to Tuesday's New Moon, with deep dreams fired up by urgent longings. The Moon is conjunct Neptune in Pisces, an unfathomable oceanic wave. A strange one.
12.35 The old Moon enters Pisces joining Mercury and Neptune there.
18.34
04.00 Saturn enters Aquarius
Saturn first enters Aquarius.
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A timely intervention from the cosmos. Saturn enters Aquarius bringing science and a cool dispassionate head to proceedings.
Saturn has his first foray into this sign from March 22nd to July 1st. During those 3 months he will station and turn retrograde at 2 degrees of the sign on May 11th. Mars is conjunct Saturn on March 31st at zero degrees of the sign, cracking a whip. Saturn re-enters Capricorn on July 1st, applying to Pluto again but not meeting him, once was quite enough. Saturn stations direct at 25 Capricorn on September 29th and being chased by Jupiter re-enters Aquarius on Dec12th 2020.
Jupiter catches up with Saturn for their 'Grand Conjunction' at zero Aquarius, on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice, Dec 21st 2020, auguring in a new chapter of the still dawning Aquarian Age.
Saturn will square Uranus three times during this ingress, firstly on Feb 17th 2021. This aspect may well be concerned with the global economy and resources. Hard times financially speaking. He briefly trines the lunar node on April 24th 2020, galvanising public spiritedness and stations retrograde for the 2nd time (out of 3) at 13 Aquarius on May 23rd 2020. Saturn squares Uranus a 2nd time on June 14th 2021. A tight spot occurs on July 1st 2021 when Mars opposes Saturn forming a potent Fixed T-square involving Uranus at that time. Saturn stations direct at 7 Aquarius on Oct 11th 2021. Saturn squares Uranus a final time on Christmas Eve 2021.
Mars conjuncts Saturn at 22 degrees Aquarius on May 4th 2022. Saturn has his final retrograde period from June 4th 2022 to Oct 23rd 2022 before leaving Aquarius, for good, on March 14th 2023. Nine days later Pluto ingresses Aquarius!
Saturn in Aquarius is inventive, educational, transmits information, re-establishes boundaries based on fairness. This residence may bring the world together for summits and conferences. This is a 'global vibration', just what the doctor ordered at this time.
This is a day where hope and fear are finely balanced. Mercury sextiles Uranus offering stimulating thoughtforms, Venus is almost sextile Neptune, weaving enchantment, but Mars is now almost conjunct Pluto and this is a hammer blow from the God of the Underworld and and the God of War. What hell could be more horrible?
04.34
02.36 The ancient Moon, quite favorably placed today, very slowly waning at 19 Pisces sextile Venus at 19 Taurus
02.39 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 19 Pisces
03.09
New Moons are always a new start. This one gives heat to the collective spirit.
00.43
Today's New Moon is welcome. It will serve in sparking a furious global initiative in the war against Covid-19. This New Moon in Aries injects urgency and fight into the current world situation. If this is a war then this New Moon signals the charge. Venus is well placed, trine Jupiter and Pluto, facilitating cooperation. It is on the Mercury/Uranus midpoint engendering invention and flights of discovery. This New Moon has the distinguishing quality of being conjunct Chiron and Lilith, the wounded healer and the Black Witch, not quite sure what to expect from those two at a hospital bedside.
This New Moon is midway the Annular Solar Eclipse on Dec 26th 2019 at 4 degrees Capricorn and another Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st 2020, at zero degrees Cancer,(quincunx Saturn).
At the moment of New Moon today it is high Noon at Mecca and Dares salem. Mars, Jupiter and Pluto, the power block of current planetary energy, are rising over a swathe of North America from Hudson Bay to Mexico, possibly the new epicenter for the virus. They are at lower culmination at Brisbane,and Sydney, and are setting over Stockholm, Minsk, Baghdad, Dhahran. Saturn sets at Tehran. The Moon sets at Darwin.
This New Moon directly hits Mercury of Queen Elizabeth, the Mars of the Dow Jones Share Index and is hooked into the UK Labour Party's Moon Mars opposition. I am omitting personal contacts at this time.
Right then on with the month brave hearts. Happy New Moon.
15.22 The Moon is at apogee, slowest and furthest from the Earth all month. (Moon conjunct Lilith).
23.45
Pluto is conjunct the Mars/Jupiter midpoint as this day starts. Ebertin states, 'An extraordinary or unusual spirit of enterprise. People capable of tackling big projects.'
The tiny infant New Moon very slowly waxing in Aries makes no aspects today and applies in long square aspect to the tightening Jupiter Pluto conjunction. A sense of approaching power events. Slightly ominous, slightly hopeful.
18.46
The Moon has a difficult run for the first 7 hours of the day, then it is void for the next 6. Around noon (GMT) Mars is conjunct Jupiter/Saturn midpoint. Ebertin states this as...'to enforce a change in circumstances and conditions in life'. The whole world is on 'Lock Down' it seems.
The Moon applies in conjunction to Uranus in Taurus, novel financial situations arising, exact today. Mars applies in conjunction to Saturn, a train crash of legislation and policy, exact next Tuesday and Jupiter applies to Pluto, power and might amassed against the Virus, exact on April 5th.
00.44 The very slowly accelerating infant Moon at 24 Aries waxing square Jupiter at 24 Capricorn
03.03 The Moon at 25 Aries waxing square Pluto at 25 Capricorn
07.17 The Moon at 27 Aries waxing square Mars at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is then 'void of course' for over 6 hours.
12.02
Steady as she goes. Get rooted. The Moon in Taurus evokes resolution and staying power.
This is the last of these, at 06:00 GMT today transiting Mars is conjunct the Saturn/Pluto midpoint. Ebertin has this one as ..'Brutality, assault or violence, ruthlessness'. Saturn and Pluto's conjunction in January coincided with advent of this Virus. Mars on their midpoint today is really ramping up the numbers.
Venus however is well aspected. She applies in trine aspect to Jupiter and Pluto. We are awash with the power to love and to move mountains .
09.04 The young Moon slowly accelerating at 10 Taurus waxing sextile Mercury at 10 Pisces
11.37
The US has become the country with the largest number of confirmed cases of Covid 19, with more than 85,500 positive tests. Some 1,300 people have died in the USA from Covid-19. 9,134 people have now died from the virus in Italy. The total number of UK deaths is 759, with 14,543 confirmed cases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for corona virus and is self-isolating in Downing Street.
Seven degrees separate Jupiter, Pluto, Mars and Saturn, Jupiter tightens onto Pluto and Saturn, Mars tightens onto Saturn. The astrological situation continues to wreak havoc.
The USA chart has transiting Jupiter opposite Mercury, suggests to me poor judgment. Italy has transiting Neptune exactly square her Sun, seriously undermining. The UK chart has transiting Neptune trine her Moon right now, a wave of cooperation possibly, these two 'planets' are well aspected in the UK chart. Boris Johnson has transiting Saturn square his Moon, a body under pressure.
The Moon and Venus in Taurus are trine Jupiter and Pluto in Capricorn, all rather tight. The word is 'bountiful'. Ordinarily a fine vibration. Care and love are in abundance but so overshadowed by everything else.
00.58
Venus trine Pluto.
Slightly lighter vibrations from the Moon, increasing in light and motion in airy Gemini, from 01:40 GMT for 2.5 days. However Mars is applying in conjunction to Saturn, exact on Tuesday, a wave which is already tighening and biting, and indicating tough measures and restrictions.
01.40 The accelerating waxing crescent Moon enters Gemini joining Vesta in this sign.
02.37 The Moon at zero Gemini waxing trine Saturn at zero Aquarius
02.58
02.58 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 13 Gemini square Mercury at 13 Pisces
15.11 The Moon at 19 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 19 Pisces.
The Moon is then void of course for a lengthy 20.5 hours
17.36
Mars has arrived in Aquarius. The Capricorn concentration has diminished. This is good news.
There appeared a definite feeling of progress in the war against the virus yesterday, at least in the UK. Saturn in scientific Aquarius seems to be operating true to form. The number of new cases of Covid 19 in the UK is seemingly steady suggesting we may be already beginning to see some effects of social distancing. The growth in corona virus cases in hard-hit Spain also appears to be slowing. Science, technology and community seems to be galvanising themselves into the fight. We will need to lend out hands to third world countries as soon as we get our own houses in order, if not sooner.
Mars is conjunct Saturn in Aquarius today. This combo keeps us in check and accelerates the humanistic trends mentioned above. Mars wishes for independence. Saturn holds him back in the name of science, logic and rationale. This one holds both discipline and progress.
The problem astrologically is Mars and Saturn now both start to square Uranus which offers other unlooked for shocks. Let's hold hands constant readers.
The Moon is void of course as this day starts.
00.52 The waxing and accelerating crescent Moon at 24 Gemini quincunx Jupiter at 24 Capricorn
01.56 The Moon at 25 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 25 Capricorn
11.45 The Moon ingresses Cancer
12.39 The Moon at zero Cancer waxing quincunx Mars at zero Aquarius
12.57 The Moon at 1 Cancer waxing quincunx Saturn at 1 Aquarius
17.43
Mercury is now out of his shadow and pushing ahead into new avenues of expression and understanding. He is conjunct Neptune in Pisces on Saturday, a really oceanic plunge into deep subliminal mind sets. A fluttering of minor mercurial aspects is manifest today. Quite a cerebral few hours are in store.
The astrological wave immediately after the Mercury Neptune conjunction is the first of 3 conjunctions of Jupiter and Pluto in Capricorn, exact in the early hours of Sunday. This is the big gun in the war against the virus. It's also a vast expansion of force and effect.
These hard times continue. Today there is a 'crisis in action' as the Moon in Cancer hits her first quarter phase. There is an emotional backdrop to the cerebral potential of today. Heart and mind.
Check out these Mercury aspects.
07.35
Comet Atlas
C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest comet of 2020 and can be found in the constellation of Camelopardalis with binoculars or a telescope. It is expected that the comet will continue to brighten, and it is possible the comet may be visible to the naked eye sometime in April or May 2020. It will reach its nearest point to Earth on May 23rd and come to perihelion, closest to the Sun, on May 31st. Comet Atlas was discovered on CCD images taken on December 28, 2019, with a 0.5-m (20 in) reflecting telescope atop Mauna Loa in Hawaii. The images were taken as part of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). At the time of its discovery, the comet shone at magnitude 19.6 in the constellation Ursa Major as viewed from Earth. I think that the time of discovery of the comet was 14.19 UT(GMT)on Dec 28th 2019. (Time of Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Hoffman Lab 209 Harvard University). Mars in Scorpio had just risen at Mauna Loa at that moment. The comet had ecliptic coordinates of 13 Virgo at that time. What I think is the discovery chart is below.
During January to March 2020, the comet was located in the constellation of Ursa Major. Throughout the month of April, the comet will be visible in the constellation of Camelopardalis. On May 12 it will move into Perseus. It will be at its closest point to Earth on May 23 during a New Moon when the comet will be 17 degrees from the Sun. At its periheleon on May 31, it will be in the Taurus constellation 12 degrees from the Sun. Today the comet is in mid tropical mid Cancer.
Atlas was discovered the day after an Annular Solar Eclipse and just 3 days before chinese Health officials informed the WHO about a cluster of 41 patients with a mysterious pneumonia, most of whom were connected to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. Because of the timing of the discovery of Atlas, and the accompanying Saturn Pluto conjunction and Capricornian stellium, this comet is certainly the 'Covid 19 Comet'. The MC of the chart, often taken as 'the outcome' in event charts, is strongly favorable. The young Moon in Aquarius was in long conjunction to Venus, this comet and this virus certainly draw people around the planet to a shared experience.
Anyway this (GMT) day starts with the first quarter Moon in Cancer opposing Jupiter and Pluto, full blown emotion.
00.33
More than a million cases of corona virus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University, another grim milestone as the world grapples with the spreading pandemic. Mercury is nearly conjunct Neptune and Jupiter nearly conjunct Pluto. The former deep and subliminal, the latter powerfully expansive and over-inflamed. River deep, Mountain high. The Moon gaining in light and motion is now in Leo. The Sun and Moon are in Fire signs. It is full on now. No compromise no quarter. 03.40 The Moon at 5 Leo waxing square Uranus at 5 Taurus 17.12 Venus enters Gemini joining Vesta in this sign. Venus, currently an evening star, resides in this sign for 125 days. This is a very long time because of her retrograde motion here. She trines Saturn on April 4th, a steadying influence. She conjuncts Vesta, the lovely 'goddess of the hearth' at 9 Gemini on April 14th. She sextiles Mercury, a breezy meet, on April 18th and squares Neptune (1st of 3) on May 4th. Mists of confusion envelope this residence. Venus turns retrograde at 22 Gemini on May 13th. Two days later on May 15th she meets Vesta again, still in a fog, and is square Neptune a 2nd time on May 20th. Venus is conjunct Mercury at 20 Gemini on May 22nd, a merry meeting. On June 6th Venus is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at 14 Gemini, both square Mars on that day, and one to watch out for. Venus is then a morning star and turns direct at 5 Gemini on June 25th. Venus squares Neptune for the final time on July 27th, concluding the deception. Venus leaves Gemini for Cancer on August 8th. she meets up with Vesta again in Leo at the time of the Libra Equinox. Not a good period to be in lock down. Venus in Gemini wants to meet and greet. She is a girl about town. 19.29 The Moon at 15 Leo waxing trine The Sun at 15 Aries. The Moon is void of course for 25 hours.
The Moon in Leo is void of course for most of this GMT day. Mercury conjunct Neptune envelops this day in deep subliminal mists. Venus connecting well with Saturn garners sincerity. Jupiter is conjunct Pluto in the early hours of Sunday (GMT), the big one, climatic expansion, power and change.
Comet Atlas is today at 12 degrees Cancer (ecliptic coordinates)
01.15
Jupiter conjunct Pluto 25 degrees Capricorn. First of 3.
A practical couple of days are now in store in this run up to the approaching Super Pink Full Moon.
Sir Keir Starmer has decisively won the contest to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as the new UK Labour Party leader. Jupiter and Pluto, conjunct today, are sextile his progressed Moon and Venus in Scorpio.
The 57-year old defeated Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey in a ballot of party members and other supporters. After his victory, Sir Keir spoke to PM Boris Johnson and agreed to meet next week to discuss the coronavirus crisis. He has his Sun conjunct Pluto in Virgo opposite Jupiter as the axis of a planetary kite formed by a watery grand trine involving Mars in Cancer, Neptune in Scorpio and Jupiter in Pisces. This character has practical sensibility and is something of a mender and repairer. The Moon, Mercury and Venus are in Libra, confering the legal leaning to his character. He has no planets in Fire, only the lunar node is in such a sign, suggesting a lack of enterprise. Currently transiting Uranus is square his natal Saturn signifying 'trials and tests', which he has so far undertaken and won. His progressed Moon, which is very young, is conjunct progressed Venus in Scorpio sometime this year, time of birth not being known, and this affords popularity this year. Next year 2021 he undergoes transiting Pluto square natal Venus, which will be tricky to navigate. His progressed Sun in Scorpio is applying to a sextile to his natal Sun Pluto conjunction. This peaks in 2023-2024. A sign of primeministership I wonder?
02.33 Today the waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 3 Virgo sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic forming a finger of fate with Mars.
02.43
So then we are rapidly approaching the Super Pink Full Moon in Libra, on Wednesday. Its not really pink at all. It's a pink flower which is associated with this Moon. Before that we have to negotiate a challenging Mars square Uranus aspect tomorrow. The Full Moon is quincunx Neptune which whips up currents of fateful confusion, and in the wake of Jupiter conjunct Pluto and Mars square Uranus, this will be another difficult fire cracker of an event. However with Mercury strong and Venus and Mars in relative airy harmony, the humanity of the Moon's sign Libra may possibly win the day.
00.12
Mars square Uranus is a barbed wire aspect. Spikey, razor sharp and unwelcome.
An Air Grand Trine is manifest involving the Moon, Venus and Mars 01:00 to 05:30. Thoughts of sweetness and light.
01.57 The very rapidly waxing gibbous Moon at 3 Libra waxing trine Venus at 3 Gemini
02.08 The Moon at 3 Libra waxing squares her node from north of the ecliptic.
05.21 The Moon at 5 Libra waning trine Mars at 5 Aquarius
05.55 The Moon at 6 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 6 Taurus
18.18 The Moon is at perigee, fastest and nearest to the Earth all month.
18.51
02.21
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03.50 The Moon at 20 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 20 Pisces
This is the third Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 10th at 20 degrees Cancer and the penultimate Full Moon before another Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, at 16 Sagittarius, square Mars and Neptune, opposite Venus, on June 5th 2020.
Today's Full Moon is quincunx Neptune. It occurs in the wake of Jupiter conjunct Pluto and Mars square Uranus, which coupled with the fatefully undermining nature of the lunar Neptune quincunx, encourages the worrisome and gargantuan themes of recent lunations to continue. Mercury sextiles Jupiter and Pluto which softens the blow somewhat with constructive words. Venus and Mars are content with one another right now, being in loose airy trine, and evoking some harmony and cooperation to manifest. However it's an untrustworthy Full Moon, and the way to deal with it effectively is to understand and use 'right words' in all matters, to deal effectively with the energy.
This Full Moon directly hits the Jupiter of Donald Trump, the Mars of Pope Francis, the Pluto of Keir Starmer (trine the UK Labour Party MC), the Neptune of the Bob Geldoff and Phill Collins generation, the Mercury of Ivanka Trump and Bruce Springsteen, and the Venus of Prince Harry. It squares the Boris Johnson Government chart Saturn. (The Mars of the Dalai Lama, the Jupiter of Mexico and the Pluto of Iran are also hit).
At the moment of Full Moon today the Moon rises at Vancouver and sets at Tehran. Jupiter and Pluto rise at London, significantly, big time events taking place there maybe. Saturn rises at Amsterdam. Neptune rises at Kiev. Sun rise is at Baghdad. Mars Jupiter Saturn and Pluto set over Japan, and over New Zealand. Mars culminates at Mumbai, Neptune at Hong Kong, Mercury at Manila. Jupiter and Pluto are at lower culmination under Los Angeles.
There is a lot going on in the world community. The global village is in crisis. The spirit of the Libran Full Moon is to bring people together to to converse and to dance. It's all distance dancing right now. Good luck to you all.
07.53
The Sun is now in the third decan of Aries. There are 70 days to the Solstice. The waning full Moon decelerates in Scorpio. Birth and Death. Death and Rebirth. Mystery and imagination. It's all in this day.
In six days time the Sun will square Jupiter and Pluto. This is the next astrological pressure point although not as severe as those of late.
Astronomers Quanzhi Ye (University of Maryland) and Qicheng Zhang (Caltech) submitted an astronomical telegram titled Possible Disintegration of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS). According to their telegram:
We report the possible disintegration of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), revealed by the public monitoring program carried out by the 0.6-m Ningbo Education Xinjiang Telescope (NEXT). Images taken on UT 2020 April 5.6-5.9 showed an elongated pseudo-nucleus measuring about 3 arcsec in length and aligned with the axis of the tail, a morphology consistent with a sudden decline or cessation of dust production, as would be expected from a major disruption of the [comet’s] nucleus.
Does this mean the end of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)? Not necessarily. Time and time again, comets have shown themselves to be erratic and unpredictable. https://earthsky.org/space
All of today's astrological activity occurs in the first 7 hours of the (GMT) day.
00.59
A well aspected Moon in Scorpio graces today.
03.33 This waning and decelerating full Moon at 20 Scorpio trines Neptune at 20 Pisces
05.32
The Moon is now in Sagittarius. 'Whole truth' seeking is on the cards today. We have never needed the whole truth so badly, especially in the UK. Mercury sextile Saturn today evokes new strategy with an undeniable logic to it. A future proof plan is manifest.
00.30
05.54 The decelerating disseminating Moon at 20 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 20 Pisces
11.47 The Moon at 23 Sagittarius waning trine The Sun at 23 Aries.
The Moon is then void of course for 12 hours 20 mins.
22.29
We now enter three days dominated by the Sun squaring both Jupiter and Pluto. This is followed in 8 days time, just before the next New Moon, by the Sun, then in Taurus, squaring Saturn. The challenge of next three days is one of adjustment to the crisis of power and knowledge we find ourselves in. The challenge in a week's time is one of correct implementation and wielding of this power. Difficult days ensue.
Today the mood is pretty basic. It's a slow train.
00.07 The decelerating and disseminating Moon enters Capricorn joining Jupiter and Pluto in this sign.
A tight Cardinal T square is manifest involving the Moon, her node and Mercury 05:00 to 06:00.
05.04 The Moon at 3 Capricorn opposition her ascending node.
06.01 The Moon at 3 Capricorn waning square Mercury at 3 Aries
10.37 The Moon at 6 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 6 Taurus
15.11 The Moon at 8 Capricorn waning quincunx Venus at 8 Gemini
18.54
Today's last quarter Moon conjuncts Pluto and Jupiter. Crises of will, consciousness and change envelop us. Two days of serious challenge are upon us. Work through it.
11.07
The Moon, Mars and Saturn in Aquarius
The Sun is squaring Jupiter and Pluto. The Last Quarter Moon is conjunct Saturn and is applying to Mars in Aquarius. We are in the last 4 days of the astrological month of Aries. Sharp questions are being asked. Inadequacies are being exposed and laid bare. Dispassionate reactions demanding change and accountability are occurring everywhere. It sets one's teeth on edge.
Donald Trump has just undergone a personal hurricane. Transiting Jupiter has opposed his Venus, t.Mercury opposed his Neptune and t.Mars opposed his angry Pluto. He looks to be on a slide to nowhere. Transiting Pluto is applying in opposition to his Venus, a long term influence only just starting. The unpopular vote.
Today is really over the top. The Sun square Jupiter blows it all out of proportion.
06.35
Moon, Mars and Saturn in Aquarius.
Comet Y4 ATLAS disintegrated into several fragments as observers watched on. This is not uncommon, especially as a comet nears the Sun. Enter Comet Swan. The Minor Planet Center at Harvard released circular 2020-G94 on Sunday night, announcing the discovery of Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN. The comet was discovered in March 25th. F8 SWAN was discovered while it was deep in the southern hemisphere skies at 1.77 AU distant. Currently shining at magnitude +8 in the constellation of Grus the Crane, the comet will pass closest to the Earth at 51.7 million miles distant on May 13th, moving about two degrees a day. The comet then reaches perihelion shortly afterwards on May 27th. With a steep orbit inclined 111 degrees relative to the ecliptic plane, Comet F8 SWAN is on an orbit in access of 10,000 years. The comet could also be making its first visit to the inner solar system, meaning its dynamically new and prone to lots of outbursts as it nears the warmth of the inner solar system for the first time. For northern hemisphere observers at mid-latitudes, the very best time to catch this comet is in mid-to late May, low to the northeast at dawn. Ironically, the comet will greet what remains of Comet Y4 ATLAS in the same region of sky on May 22nd.https://www.universetoday.com/145617/comet-y4-atlas-breaks-up-enter-comet-f8-swan/
01.13
The main news in the UK is that the country's lock down will continue for at least three more weeks. The UK (1801) chart has transiting Saturn in Aquarius opposing the country's 10th house Jupiter three times in the next 10 months. The first and second passes are very close, April 30th and May 22nd. Saturn will 'hover' over this point for the next 2 months or so. The final hit is Jan 3rd 2021. This transit restricts opportunities. It limits growth and restricts progress. This lock down is going to seriously increase both hardship and frustration in the UK. There are more encouraging astrological signs in the summer notably transiting Uranus trine UK Sun in July and progressed Sun conjunct progressed Jupiter in August.
The USA chart is undergoing the much more traumatic transiting Pluto opposite natal Mercury during 2020. The first hit was Feb 27th. The others are on June 25th and Jan 1st 2021. This transit evokes traumatic and irrevocable change. An overwhelming national mind set transformation is underway.
The mood today is one of deepening acknowledgement and acceptance and with the weekend Moon waning in Pisces it may well modulate to a degree of escapism.
06.12
Mercury sextile Venus
Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Aries. Mercury, full of 'vim and pep',really energised, is on the Venus/Mars midpoint sextile them both this weekend. 'Thoughts fired up by love impulses' is one way of looking at it. Coincidentally Mercury is also on the midpoint of Uranus/Neptune, Pluto/Lunar node and Jupiter/Lunar node this weekend. It all places special influence on thinking and communication. It conjures up powerful imagination, mental power and vast exchange of thoughts.
The old Moon 'dissolving' in Pisces evokes escapist tendencies, poetry, art, mythology. Seeking release, a degree of suffering.
05.37
The Sun enters Taurus
Mercury sextile Mars
ALL TIMES HERE GMT
As the Sun enters Taurus today, world coronavirus deaths have passed 150,000, more than 4.5 billion people are under containment to slow the pandemic. We now enter a new astrological month wherein 4 planets will turn retrograde. Pluto turns retrograde on April 25th, Saturn on May 11th, Venus on May 13th, Jupiter on May 14th. The combined effect of this reversed momentum will be to dramatically change the flow and direction that the current world 'story' acts out. The pandemic axioms will alter. A different attitude and methodology will manifest. The world moves on as the planets appear to move backwards.
A deeply soporific and dreamy day ensues as the old piscean Moon conjuncts Neptune. Escapist tendencies manifest.
03.56
ALL TIMES HERE GMT
Well we are firmly entrenched into the astrological month of Taurus. The Sun is just 6 days from a conjunction with Uranus in this sign. Before that we encounter a brain storming New Moon in Taurus on Thursday, and the Sun is square Saturn on Tuesday. There is nothing easy here. Hard times are upon us. We are in this for the long haul.
00.27
Sun square Saturn
The Sun is now 5 days from a conjunction with Uranus. The brain storming New Moon in Taurus is on Thursday. Today the Sun is square Saturn and the Moon is conjunct Mercury in Aries. Serious considerations. Old Moon, new realities.
07.01
Day of the old Moon.
The Sun is now 4 days from a conjunction with Uranus. The brain storming New Moon in Taurus is tomorrow.
09.32 The ancient slowly accelerating Moon at 25 Aries waxing square Pluto at 25 Capricorn
12.32 The Moon at 26 Aries waxing square Jupiter at 26 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 7 hours.
17.12
00.08 The Moon at 2 Taurus waning sextile her node from south ofthe ecliptic.
02.26
This is the fourth New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on Dec 26th 2019 at 4 degrees Capricorn and the penultimate New Moon before another Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st 2020, at zero degrees Cancer,(quincunx Saturn).
This New Moon is a very important one. It is energised by its conjunction with Uranus and seriously dampened by its square to Saturn. The elemental emphasis is especially focused on Earth signs. Venus and Mars are happily trined, promoting a measure of harmony in relationships, but Mercury is applying in ominous square aspects to Jupiter and Pluto which conjure up difficulties in mentally adjusting to enforced changes ahead. This lunation has indulgent, sensual and resourceful qualities to it. Its most significant quality is that of bringing to bear the impact of the Saturn square Uranus aspect which is actually the dominant planetary theme of 2021. We get a taste of what's ahead with this New Moon.
At the exact moment of New Moon today it is Sunrise at Baghdad, Sunset at Los Angeles, Moonrise at Bahrain and Moonset over Yosmite park. It is 'High Noon' over New South Wales and True Midnight over South Georgia. Mercury rises at St.Petersburg. Mars rises at Amsterdam.
This New Moon hits the Moon of the Facebook IPO chart, the MC of the Syrian Independence chart, the Mars of the Madagascar chart, the Uranus of the Boris Johnson Government chart(trine Jupiter) and the Saturns of Jacob Rees Mogg and Sajid Javid. It falls opposite the Mars of Brazil, it forms a fixed cross with Saturn, Uranus and the ascendant of the (1975) Spanish chart. It opposes Mars in the North Korea chart.
08.29 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 6 Taurus
11.13
A really slow and steady entrenched lockdown day. Sun and 'baby' Moon in Taurus.
05.31 The very slowly accelerating infant Moon at 17 Taurus waxing square Mars at 17 Aquarius
11.39 The Moon at 20 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 20 Pisces
18.55
Pluto turns retrograde
Mercury imparts his fiery conflicting urgent 'morning star in Aries' message to Pluto and Pluto turns retrograde in response. The Sun approaches Uranus. The time is awesome and devastatingly real.
Donald Trump spends most of May with transiting Saturn hovering opposite his Saturn/Pluto midpoint. This is a very hard going transit. His 'inject disinfectant' musings herald the start of an austere time for him. He undergoes the final hit of this transit on Jan 3rd 2021. Maybe his presidential tenure will be nearly over by then.
00.44 The Moon at 27 Taurus waxing trine Jupiter at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 6 hours 38 mins.
05.40
Mercury squares Jupiter, the Sun conjuncts Uranus and the Moon conjuncts Venus. The first is poor judgement, the second is revolutionary and the third is sparkling wit. This is a story you just couldn't make up.
03.54
01.14
The Sun in Taurus and the Moon in Cancer conjure up nursery rhyme imagery. Traditional childhood. Mercury now in Taurus squaring Saturn today adds unmovable blocks and obstacles to progress and is a hard taskmaster experience. It quickly passes. The next 'astro event' is Mercury conjunct Uranus at 7 degrees Taurus early (GMT) on Friday. This is cerebral revolution. Changes and adjustments to mind sets. Nothing is easy.
In the UK Saturn is this week tightening his grip on the UK Jupiter. It really is holding us back. We have no choice.
06.09 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 7 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 7 Taurus
09.39
07.13 The waxing and accelerating crescent Moon at 20 Cancer trine Neptune at 20 Pisces
07.46 The Moon at 20 Cancer waxing quincunx Mars at 20 Aquarius
12.34
Mercury is rushing into the bosom of Uranus in Taurus, exact early Friday (GMT). A brief but high voltage mental revelation is just around the corner. It's the realisation as to the enormity, the substance and the duration of this new global reality and accompanying seismic economic upheaval.
As a prelude to this we undergo a veritable gauntlet of a fixed planetary/lunar T-square today. There is a predominance of fixity now in the astrological sky, and this indicates a dawning sense of 'permanence of situation' and a 'concentration of will'.
No compromise today.
01.08 The Moon enters Leo
A Fixed T square is manifest involving the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and finally the Sun 04:00 to 20:39.
04.28 The Moon gaining in light and motion at 2 Leo opposition Saturn at 2 Aquarius
08.36
May 2020 preludes the start of a new eclipse season. There are 3 eclipses between June 5th and July 5th. The two eclipses in June are difficult events. The atmosphere in May is astrologically reflective and rather quiet in comparison to recent months. Saturn stations retrograde on May 11th, Venus on May 13th, Jupiter on May 14th, this gives rise to the reflective nature of the time. The Full Moon on May 7th holds an enchanting trine to Neptune, and the New Moon on May 22nd is trine Saturn, which is relatively constructive, although Mercury and retro-Venus are tightly conjunct square Neptune at that time inducing crazy scenarios as the New Moon manifests.
This new calendar month starts with an accelerating First Quarter Moon continuing today to traverse difficult territory in Leo. Mercury's high voltage brush with Uranus colours the start of this GMT day with a disturbing 'rocking the boat' influence which requires adjustment from us all. Surprising news maybe
03.41
Venus is square Neptune on Monday. This is the next planetary aspect and the first of three involving these two over weeks ahead. Venus square Neptune always causes me to think of Jimi Hendrix's 'Is this love or confusion' song. Uncertainty certainly manifests right now.
00.29 The void of course Moon gaining in light and motion at 27 Leo waning quincunx Jupiter at 27 Capricorn
05.37 The Moon enters Virgo easing and refining the fixity of the past couple of days. We now have a more practical 'hands on' astrological atmosphere for the remainder of the weekend. Efficiently perfecting craftpersonship.
08.35 The Moon at 2 Virgo sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic.
08.48 The Moon at 2 Virgo waning quincunx Saturn at 2 Aquarius
12.01
Venus mutable square Neptune vibrations coming on strong. The Moon amplifies the energy today. Confused love signals and shifting sands.
03.40
Venus remains in square aspect to Neptune for weeks ahead. Today sees the first hit. You can make with the artistic nebulous imaginative side of it or go with the chaotic uncertainty it can evoke. We are and will remain in light mists of confusion for the remainder of May at the very least.
00.35
00.11
We are on the verge of an enchanting Full Moon. This is followed by healthily cerebral trine aspects from Mercury to Jupiter and Pluto over the weekend. Next week we witness a modulation of planetary energy from Fixed signs to Mutable signs. Mercury whizzes into Gemini joining Venus. Mars slips into Pisces joining Neptune. There will be movement and more give, a let up. Venus is however not moving much, she is 7 days from her station, hovering square Neptune. Value systems, currencies, affiliations are 'quivering'. Venus is absorbed and enveloped in oceanic contemplation. The collective anima is considering her options.
Today has a characteristically intense quality. Lunar pressures have risen.
02.31 The very rapidly waxing gibbous Moon at 27 Libra waning square Jupiter at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 4.5 hours.
02.35
The Full Moon is upon us. This is the Sabbat of Walpurgis, the Flower Moon. The Full Moon in Scorpio. This is traditionally the time Nature Spirits arise. Certainly with a strong Neptunian influence on proceedings this year, this is one to let your imagination run riot with.
05.53
This is the 4th Full Moon following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 10th at 20 degrees Cancer and the ultimate Full Moon before another Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, at 16 Sagittarius, square Mars and Neptune, opposite retro-Venus, on June 5th 2020. With today's Full Moon we arrive in the foothills of a new eclipse season.
At this time we have a predominance of planets in fixed and earth signs. Resolution and rigidity abound. Neptune is prominent, being square venus, sextile Mercury and trine to the Moon so there is a deeply mystical flavour to the time. The Scorpio Full Moon is always an intense affair. This year's has an enchanting element to it because of the Neptunian influence.
At the exact moment of Full Moon today, 10.46 GMT, Sunrise is at Atlanta Georgia and La Paz Bolivia. Sunset is at Hong Kong, where the Moon rises. The Moon also rises at Jakarta. Moonset is over Michigan. High noon is over the Baltic Sea, True midnight is at Honolulu. Venus rises at Quebec, Mars culminates at Buenos Aires.
Today's Full Moon directly hits Russia's Pluto (1991 chart) Canada's Saturn, and the UK's Neptune,(square Venus). It opposes Mercury and squares the Ascendant in the Facebook IPO chart. (Freedom of speech issues?). It opposes Mars and squares Jupiter in the chart of Cuba. It squares China's Pluto. It hits the UK Johnson Government chart Mars. It hits Uranus in the charts of Lisa Nandy and Keir Starmer. It is conjunct Prince Harry's MC, and Nigel Farage's Neptune.
Welcome to a new eclipse season. Three ahead of us. The first is quite difficult.
We will now begin to experience the build up of Mercury making trine aspects to Jupiter and Pluto over the next week. Positive thinking here.
15.41 The Moon at 20 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 20 Pisces
16.31 The Moon at 21 Scorpio opposition Mercury at 21 Taurus
17.04 The Moon at 21 Scorpio waxing quincunx Venus at 21 Gemini
20.40
The Full Moon has peaked and past. In its wake we read of a litany of tragic events. At least 13 people have been killed by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with 800 others taken to hospital. The Full Moon was 2 degrees from India's 6th house Jupiter. Transiting Jupiter is opposite India's Moon all May. Flooding as a result of recent heavy rains has killed more than 260 people across East Africa. Kenya has been the hardest hit with the government recording 194 deaths. The Full Moon was closely conjunct Kenya's Neptune. Kenya's progressed Sun squares natal Neptune peaking early June. A further 3.2 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the corona virus pandemic continued to mount. Corona virus is continuing its spread across the world, with more than three and a half million confirmed cases in 187 countries. More than 250,000 people have lost their lives. The United States alone has more than one million confirmed cases, five times as many as any other country. Transiting Pluto opposes USA Mercury all year. Mercury trines Pluto and Jupiter this weekend but these buoyant aspects are cautioned by Mercury squaring Mars early (GMT) Monday. The Sun sextiling Neptune, an over-confident Sagittarian Moon, today and Saturday, and a more circumspect Moon in Capricorn on Sunday accompany the the planetary parade. The polarisation now is Health versus Economy. Venus hovers square Neptune. She opts for health. 01.34 The rapidly waning full Moon decelerating at 27 Scorpio squares Mars at 26 Aquarius 02.40 The Moon at 27 Scorpio waning sextile Jupiter at 27 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 4.5 hours. 07.17 The Moon enters Sagittarius 10.27 The Moon at 2 Sagittarius waning sextile Saturn at 2 Aquarius. At this time a finger of fate is manifest involving the Moon, her node and Saturn. 19.16 The Moon at 7 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 7 Taurus
01.54
Jupiter and Pluto are trine Mercury, strongest right now. Some positive thinking and outcomes today.
03.04 The decelerating and rapidly waning full Moon at 26 Sagittarius quincunx Mercury at 26 Taurus
03.51
There are a couple of changes from today and a sharp Mercury aspect. The Moon, Jupiter and Pluto are in Capricorn providing a dogged backdrop to 1)Saturn's station, which urges great caution, 2) Mercury squaring Mars which is highly critical, and 3) Mercury's ingress into Gemini which opens everything up casting a billion words to the winds. This is a day to dig in your heels.
02:00 SATURN TURNS RETROGRADE
07.34
Mike Pence has Venus hovering conjunct his natal Mercury. He has not entered quarantine despite a rash of coronavirus cases in the White House in recent days, including a positive test for the vice-president's own press secretary. Maybe she (Venus) is protecting him. Venus is also hovering opposite Donald Trump's natal Moon.
Today the Moon, Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn are trine Mercury.
00.24
Venus turns retrograde
The Moon, Mars and Saturn are in Aquarius.
02.37
Jupiter turns retrograde
The Sun is applying in earthy trine aspect to Pluto, exact tomorrow. Some regeneration is hinted at with this aspect.
We have on our hands a fairly static day. Nothing appears to be moving except our minds.
09.20 The decelerating Moon at 22 Aquarius waning trine retro-Venus at 22 Gemini
12.14
Moon, Mars and Neptune in Pisces.
A different vibration today. Waves from a new current in a vast ocean of impressions.
01.26 The Moon enters Pisces joining Mars and Neptune in this sign.
03.33 The Moon at 1 Pisces trines the her node from south of the ecliptic.
04.06 The Moon conjunction Mars at 1 Pisces
06.50
Moon, Mars and Neptune in Pisces.
The deeply subliminal 'waning Moon in Pisces' vibration continues today. An ocean of undercurrents affecting us.
The Sun is now applying in trine aspect to Jupiter and Saturn over the next 6 days. It bodes well for practical optimism but Venus retrograding in Gemini is whipping up misgivings and doubts regarding affiliations. Who do you join with? Whose side are you on?
Next Friday is the day of the New moon in Gemini. Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus both being square Neptune. The Sun trines Saturn. It looks to be an astrologically colourful day. Certainly it secures 'astrological wave of the week' designation.
00.26
The next 'astrological hot spot' occurs on Friday of this week, the day of the New Moon in Gemini, Mercury is conjunct retro-Venus both being square Neptune. The Sun trines Saturn. With its passing we are truly in a new eclipse season. Change ahoy!
Today is a (GMT) day of 2 parts. The first up to 13.37 GMT sees a continuation of passive and rather 'drifty' atmosphere of the past 2 days. The second part with the Moon in Aries is more urgent, proactive and pointed. The Sun trine Jupiter which is a fortunate and expansive aspect, dominates today.
02.33
The Sun is now favorably placed, trine Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto.
03.02
Just for the record as another astrological month draws to a close, globally there are 4.7 million confirmed cases of Covid19 and there have been 315000 deaths. The mayor of Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo, yesterday warned that its health system is close to collapse. In Brazil's secondary progressed chart this year, progressed Sun conjunct progressed Mars are both square natal Uranus and quincunx natal Mars. The Covid 19 situation there right now is just a piece of the jigsaw of the disaster portrayed in this chart, that currently befalls in that country. Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Taurus. The Sun enters Gemini tomorrow. Not the most inspiring day this and it's time to move on. 08.18 The very slowly moving but slightly accelerating balsamic Moon at 21 Aries sextiles Venus at 21 Gemini 15.51 The Moon at 25 Aries waxing square Pluto at 25 Capricorn 20.33 The Moon at 27 Aries waxing square Jupiter at 27 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 5.7 hours.
As we approach Friday's New Moon, Venus, retrograding into Mercury's arms, squares Neptune today for the 2nd time. This Venus square Neptune is the zeitgeist of the current weeks. We are existing amid a confusingly misty mixture of duplicity, enchantment and bewilderment. This state will continue for a while, the last swirl of the Venus Neptune square is in late July. We just have to learn to dance with it. US President Donald Trump, himself a Gemini, has said he is taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, despite public health officials warning it may be unsafe. Totally bewildering! In the UK yesterday an additional 545 people were reported to have died in after testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 35,341. That number is getting very big. There is certainly some confusing duplicity with regard to the statistics surrounding the Covid-19 story in the UK and with the handling of the coronavirus outbreak especially in carehomes by the UK government. Much confusion and anxiety here.
India and Bangladesh are evacuating millions of people from coastal areas ahead of a super cyclone, a real big one, which is approaching from the Bay of Bengal.
Today...
02.12 The slowly accelerating old balsamic Moon enters Taurus joining Uranus.
03.49 The Moon sextiles her node from south of the ecliptic.
05.58 The Moon at 2 Taurus waxing square Saturn at 2 Aquarius
07.19
Well we are now in the astrological month of Gemini. We have started to witness the full impact of the Covid virus. The last 24 hours WHO figures show the largest daily increase in Covid-19 worldwide cases since the outbreak began. Brazil has recorded its highest daily number of coronavirus deaths and cases, one day after it became the country with the third-highest number of confirmed cases in the world. Brazil confirmed a record of 1,179 deaths and 17,408 new infections on Tuesday. Despite the falling numbers of infections, deaths and relaxing restrictions in Europe the virus appears to be taking hold in 3rd world countries.
Today is the day of the ancient Moon 'fading out' in Taurus.
02.05
03.29 The Moon at 25 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 25 Capricorn
08.02 The Moon at 27 Taurus waxing trine Jupiter at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 5.5 hours
08.42
This is the fifth New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on Dec 26th 2019 at 4 degrees Capricorn and the ultimate New Moon before another Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st 2020, at zero degrees Cancer,(quincunx Saturn). We are now in a new eclipse season.
The New Moon today is trine Saturn and square Mars. The exists a degree of emotional support woven into this lunation and a hint of impending challenge. There is a predominance of planets in Mutable and Airs signs, so there is a great deal of change in the wind, things are really moving on quickly now, and a complete lack of planets in Fire signs, which hinders spontaneous creativity somewhat. Mercury and retro-Venus are conjunct in Gemini square Neptune which of course represents an enduring fog of confusion and a mist of enchantment. Mars is sextile Uranus which is suggestive of a subtle but effective unlooked for development.
Today's New moon directly hits Boris Johnson's Mars, Vladimir Putin's Moon, Joseph Biden's Uranus, and Dominic Cummings Saturn, Pritti Patel's Mars and Saturn, Julian Assange's Saturn, and Ursula Von der Lyon's Mars. In addition the UAE's Saturn, Palestine's Jupiter, Tunisia's Mercury, Thailand's Mars, Guinea's Mars and Yemen's Sun and MC are also in the scope. That is an interesting set of hits at the top of the UK Government.
At the exact moment of New Moon the Sun and Moon rise over the Pacific. It is Sunset at Moscow and Bucharest and Moonset at Sofia and Corfu. Uranus sets at Stonehenge.
22.00
We are now in an eclipse season. A penumbral lunar eclipse is now beckoning, Friday June 5th evening (GMT) is the date. It's a dynamic and challenging event with the eclipsed Moon in Sagittarius, square Mars and Neptune and opposite retrograding Venus. This is like an electrical fire storm scattering at worst conflict and confusion, at best stimulation and sensation. It has the potential to render relationships asunder. It is one to rise above with love.
Today...
02.44 The infant Moon accelerating at 7 Gemini waxing square Mars at 7 Pisces
09.18
I've already pointed out that the New Moon on Friday hit Dominic Cummings' natal Saturn. What I didn't say it that natally he has Saturn opposite Neptune as the major axis of a planetary kite in air signs involving Saturn, Pluto and the lunar node. His progressed Mercury squares his natal and progressed Pluto sometime this year (time of birth not known), so I am wondering if there will be enough political/legal pressure brought to bear to see him having to stand down. The New Moon also hit Boris's Mars which occupies that same degree in early Gemini. The New Moon squares the Johnson government's MC. It could be a major blow to the UK government this.
A veritable buzz this morning (GMT) followed by a vacuous void this pm.
The Moon, Mercury and Venus are all square Neptune.
03.15 The Moon conjunction Venus at 20 Gemini
03.33
The young Moon is in Cancer now. A more instinctive and cautious vibration will be in evidence over the next couple of days.
Mars in Pisces sextile Uranus in Taurus today is potentially a sublime, inventive, clever, virus beating force for good. Best of luck to all those involved in the impetus to secure a vaccine.
00.13 The young accelerating Moon conjunction her (mean) node at 1 Cancer
02.33 The Moon at 2 Cancer waxing quincunx Saturn at 2 Aquarius
04.26
We are moving on deeper into the eclipse season. The June 5th Sagittarian Penumbral Lunar Eclipse hits Kim Yo Jong's Saturn very tightly and is conjunct Mercury in her brother's (President Kim Un) power transfer chart. Look to North Korea in early June. It also hits Dominic Cumming's Jupiter. It certainly brings him into further prominence. Fame, fortune and infamy fully in focus there. Further twists in the story no doubt.
Another family oriented instinctive day is in store. The health v economy balance seems to be swinging towards economy at the moment.
13.44 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 21 Cancer trine Neptune at 21 Pisces
13.45
Witness events of no compromise today and Thursday as the Moon, 9 days from penumbral eclipse, waxes and accelerates in Leo. In the UK chart transiting Saturn opposes Jupiter and trines Uranus. Testing times for matters of state indicated with progressive and surprising developments. The forthcoming lunar eclipse hits close to the UK Mercury. Truth will out with this one.
01.07 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 27 Cancer opposition Jupiter at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 5.5 hours
06.35 The Moon enters Leo
09.43 The Moon at 2 Leo opposition Saturn at 2 Aquarius
14.09
Transiting Neptune is starting a planetary vendetta on Donald Trump. Over the next 3 years this planet squares Trump's Sun, Eclipsed Moon, and Lunar node system. Two other heavy weight planetary transits occur over this period. Transiting Pluto opposes his natal Venus and Saturn. Uranus squares his natal Pluto. This is all on the starting line now.
00.37 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 10 Leo waxing quincunx Mars at 10 Pisces
01.27
We are 7 days from a penumbral lunar eclipse. Just to be clear and sorry to be repetitive, this is a dynamic and challenging event with the eclipsed Moon in Sagittarius, square Mars and Neptune and opposite retrograding Venus. I liken it to an an electrical fire storm scattering at worst conflict and confusion, at best stimulation and sensation. It has the potential to render relationships asunder. It is one to rise above with love. We are already in the build up to this event. The axis of the eclipse lies some 8 degrees from Donald Trump's eclipse axis which also lies across Gemini and Sagittarius.
The waxing crescent Moon starts the day void of course in Leo.
00.20
We are 6 days from the 'angry' penumbral lunar eclipse (eclipsed Moon square Mars). Eclipse effect and fever are already starting to manifest. A police station in Minneapolis was set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody last Monday. Hong Kong is another place of anger. The president of the USA is getting angrier by the day.(eclipsed moon opposite his Uranus). Boris Johnson has eclipsed Moon loosely opposite his Mercury and more tightly quincunx his Jupiter. Not so much anger here, more like 'exposure of truth', true colours in fact. The UK's 3rd house Mercury is also hit by the eclipse. Smacks of transmission through millions of interactions, I am afraid to say.
00.26
Five days from the eclipse, now coming on quickly. Mars in Pisces 9 degrees and 2 weeks from Neptune, inching closer. In depth emotionally driven activity follows, hooked into the looming eclipse.
05.47 The rapidly waxing and accelerating Moon at 25 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 25 Capricorn
09.17 The Moon at 27 Virgo waning trine Jupiter at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for over 5 hours.
14.39 The Moon enters Libra
14.59 The Moon at 0 Libra squares her node from north of the ecliptic.
15.09 
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04.53 The rapidly waxing Moon at 9 Libra, 4 days from lunar eclipse, quincunx Uranus at 9 Taurus
09.28
White House (lights) Down. The scene in the early hours of Monday June 1st 2020. Mercury in his shadow, shadowy eclipses approach, shadows on the USA. Violence has erupted in cities across the US over the last six nights of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs. Transiting Pluto opposes USA Mercury right now. The axis of Friday's lunar eclipse lies some 8 degrees from Donald Trump's eclipse axis which also lies across Gemini and Sagittarius.
Mercury enters his shadow today and turns retrograde at 15 degrees Cancer on June 18th,
The lunar eclipse approaches and the period from now to June 14th sees the Sun square Mars and Neptune.
01.06 The rapidly waxing Moon at 21 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 21 Pisces
02.42
Venus square Mars.
Inferior Conjunction of Venus.
Lunar eclipse pressures are rising. The Moon is racing towards a penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday.
00.41
Today is the day before an eclipse. It is a rather tense affair. Mercury already in his shadow, today slows to a speed less than a degree per day. He sextiles Uranus tomorrow, forcing a wave of discovery and invention, one that is revisited two further times in the month ahead. Mercury turns retrograde at 15 degrees Cancer on June 18th. Venus of course is already retrograde and is now a 'morning star'. 02.15 The very rapidly waxing gibbous Moon at 21 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 21 Pisces 08.27 The Moon at 25 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 25 Capricorn 11.37 The Moon at 27 Scorpio waning sextile Jupiter at 27 Capricorn, forming a finger of fate with the lunar node at this time. The Moon is then void of course for 5.6 hours 14.04 The Mean Lunar Node enters Gemini. The Eclipse axis turns to Gemini/Sagittarius. The Lunar Standstill, when the eclipse axis shifts to Aries/Libra, is now 4 years away. 17.19 The almost Full Moon enters Sagittarius.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 16 degrees Sagittarius 19:25 GMT
07.39 The almost Full pre-eclipse Moon at 9 Sagittarius waxing quincunx Mercury at 9 Cancer
THE MOON FORMS A TIGHT FINGER OF FATE AT THIS TIME with Mercury and Uranus.
07.51 The Moon at 9 Sagittarius waning quincunx Uranus at 9 Taurus
11.05
This penumbral lunar eclipse is a dynamic and challenging event with the eclipsed Moon in Sagittarius, square Mars and Neptune and opposite retrograding Venus. This is like an electrical fire storm scattering at worst conflict and confusion, at best stimulation and sensation. It has the potential to render relationships asunder. It is one to rise above with love. It hits Kim Yo Jong's Saturn very tightly and is conjunct Mercury in her brother's (President Kim Un) power transfer chart. Look to North Korea. It also hits Dominic Cumming's Jupiter. It certainly brings him into further prominence. Fame, fortune and infamy fully in focus there. The eclipse hits close to the UK Mercury. Truth will out with this one. The axis of the eclipse lies some 8 degrees from Donald Trump's eclipse axis which also lies across Gemini and Sagittarius. Boris Johnson has eclipsed Moon loosely opposite his Mercury and more tightly quincunx his Jupiter. Not so much anger here, more like 'exposure of truth', true colours in fact. The UK's 3rd house Mercury is also hit by the eclipse. Smacks of transmission through millions of interactions, I am afraid to say.
Today's eclipse also hits Emmanuel Macron's Neptune and Sweden's Sun. It squares North Korea's Sun, and Hong Kong's Moon. Timings of the eclipse. Start of the eclipse 17:45:50 Greatest eclipse 19:26:13 End of the eclipse 21:04:03 Lunar Saros 111 Today's eclipse is member 67 of the 71 eclipses which make up Lunar Saros 111. This Saros Series started on June 10th 0830 and ends on 19 July 2092. We are nearing the end of the Saros which after today only has 4 more penumbral eclipses to follow. The chart for the moment of greatest eclipse for that first eclipse is set out below, arbitrarily set for London.
This chart I take to describe the quality of the entire Saros. The eclipsed Moon of that long ago event at the south pole was in Sagittarius, like today's eclipse. The Moon was trine Saturn and opposite Mercury and hooked into a wide mutable T-square involving neptune and Pluto, there was a predominance of mutability. It was a hot and combustible affair, a 'purification by fire' event, not the easiest of charts,
The last eclipse in this saros occurred on May 26th 2002. The Daze entry for this event is here..
A plane disaster and a train disaster occurred yesterday. India and Pakistan are on the brink of war. The US president is in Russia. These events are occurring around this time of a deep penumbral eclipse of the Moon today. Officials now say about 200 people are dead and many injured after a train accident in Mozambique that President Chissano called a national tragedy. Officials say there is little hope of finding survivors after a Taiwanese airliner carrying 225 people crashed into the sea on its way to Hong Kong.
Two days before the 1984 eclipse was a huge Soviet Naval catastrophe, the 'Severomorsk disaster'.
Two days after the 1966 eclipse in the UK the 'Moors Murder' trial ended.
One day before the 1948 eclipse was the battle of Haifa in Palestine, two days later the Costa Rican civil war ended.
This Saros may have the quality of 'forced endings'.
During today's eclipse...
19.45 The Moon at 16 Sagittarius waning square Mars at 16 Pisces
At the moment of maximum eclipse the Moon is rising at Koln and at Copenhagen. Jupiter and Pluto are rising at Jerusalem. The Sun and Venus rise and the Moon sets at Tokyo.
After the eclipse
22.22
Astrological historians can link yesterday's eclipse to the UK's coronavirus death toll passing more than 40000, second only to the US with 108,000 deaths.
04.11 The waning full Moon at 21 Sagittarius square Neptune at 21 Pisces, moon void.
The Moon is void of course for 15.5 hours
14.50
Under the confusing waves of the Gemini Sun squaring Mars and Neptune in Pisces, and in the wake of an angry lunar eclipse, and no doubt amid clouds of Covid 19 virus yesterday thousands protested in anti-racism demonstrations across the UK.
The Moon now is in Capricorn with Jupiter and Pluto. The energy is more grounded but Mars continues in his application to Neptune which is exact next Saturday so a tidal wave of emotionally incensed activity continues in crescendo.
07.51
The Sun is square Mars and Neptune.
The Moon is conjunct Jupiter and Pluto in Capricorn.
The Gemini Sun currently squaring Mars and Neptune coincides with the rather chaotic and emotional protests erupting in Covid 19 ridden streets. Mars is applying to Neptune in the week ahead increasing emotive activity. The USA chart has transiting Pluto opposite USA Mercury and transiting Neptune square USA Mars, the UK chart has just had the transiting Mars square Sun hooked into the UK Mercury.
It's tough going. An angry eclipse has been followed by a laboring Capricorn Moon.
01.30
00.56 The decelerating waning Moon enters Aquarius. Slightly clearer vibrations that are less dense and less involved permeate the biosphere.
03.17 The Moon conjunction Saturn at 1 Aquarius
08.10
Mars is just two degrees and three days from his conjunction with Neptune. The waning Moon swings round to join the conjunction on Saturday. Subtle emotive energy is building, with an 'under the skin' quality, reaching parts not normally touched.
I previously pointed out that charts connected with North Korea were hit by last Friday's Lunar Eclipse. The eclipse hit Kim Yo Jong's Saturn very tightly and it was conjunct Mercury in her brother's (President Kim Un) power transfer chart. Kim Yo has been quite erudite in her outbursts recently. Referring to North Korean defectors as 'mongrel dogs' and 'human scum,' Kim Yo-jong said that a propaganda bombardment could also force the North to completely withdraw from an industrial complex in Kaesong, just north of the DMZ, and to shut down a joint liaison office in the town. North Korea in the last few days has said it will cut off all inter-Korean communication lines with the South, including a hotline between the two nations' leaders. The North said this was the first in a series of actions, describing South Korea as 'the enemy'.
04.08
Sun square Neptune.
This strange day starts with the decelerating and disseminating Moon void of course in Aquarius. The Sun squares Neptune today. This aspects draws out a measure of underlying uncertainty. Things could get fraught and muddled. Set against a backdrop, from 09.33 GMT, of the Moon joining Mars and Neptune in Pisces, we can expect a surge of subliminal emotion and a degree of confusion. Quite a strange one this, as I say.
00.20
The Moon, Mars and Neptune in Pisces.
The Moon, Mars and Neptune are applying in triple conjunction in Pisces which is tightest tomorrow. This is a deep vibration, emotional, tidal and oceanic. All of this occurs as we are deeply immersed in an eclipse season. 02.35 The Moon slowly waning and decelerating towards her last quarter phase at 9 Pisces squares retro-Venus at 9 Gemini 03.21 The Moon at 9 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 9 Taurus 12.07 The Moon at 14 Pisces waning trine Mercury at 14 Cancer
The Moon, Mars and Neptune triple conjunction in Pisces.
An astrological pulse of emotional energy is manifest today as the Moon, Mars and Neptune are conjunct in Pisces.
02.13 The Moon conjunction Mars at 21 Pisces
02.51 The Moon conjunction Neptune at 21 Pisces
06.24
We are pulling away from the Moon-Mars-Neptune triple conjunction in Pisces. In London, where thousands gathered despite warnings to avoid protests, police were attacked by anti-BLM demonstrators. Neptune poisoned Mars I guess. The Moon has now moved on into Aries.
Mercury turns retrograde on Thursday prior to the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice next Saturday followed by an Annular Solar Eclipse on Sunday.
Today has a brash and combative atmosphere.
12.25 The very slowly waning last Quarter Moon at 8 Aries waning sextile Venus at 8 Gemini
20.28
Mercury turns retrograde on Thursday. Mercury and Venus will then both be retrograde for 7 days. There is a lunar occultation of Venus on Friday. The Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice is next Saturday followed 9 hours later by a fertile, potentially healing Annular Solar Eclipse in Cancer on Sunday. Sifts, shifts and sequence.
00.50 The waning Moon is at apogee, slowest and furthest from the Earth all month. (Moon conjunct Lilith).
01.58
In preparation the pre-eclipse Moon slips into Taurus today, teaching us to stand our ground.
00.11
The seasonal climax of the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice approaches. Woven into the current fabric of the current time is an invigorating Annular Solar Eclipse following on 9 hours after the Solstice. This is a significant and sacred time. In the run up to this event, Mercury reaches his station, pivoting fortune and fate. The old Moon in Gemini occults retro-Venus on Friday, an impulse of weird love magic. The old Moon is now in Taurus. Stay really rooted. Special pre-eclipse days ensue. The sensitivity of the cosmos is acute in this period. Stillness of mind the goal as Mercury appears to hover. Not a time to push ahead with the new, but certainly follow through with ongoing concerns. 04.16 The very slowly waning but accelerating Moon conjunction Uranus at 9 Taurus 08.51 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase. The procession to the New Moon and Annular Solar Eclipse now begins in earnest. 15.04 The Moon at 15 Taurus waning sextile Mercury at 15 Cancer Mercury stations tomorrow.
MERCURY AND VENUS BOTH RETROGRADE FOR 7 DAYS
Mercury turns retrograde at 15 Cancer today.
A dynamic planetary geometry is manifest this morning (GMT) with the Moon, Mars, Neptune and Jupiter. Interesting speculations. Take a chance.
03.19 The Moon at 21 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 21 Pisces
05:54 MERCURY TURNS RETROGRADE. Mercury is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun on July 1st at 10 degrees Cancer and he turns direct on July 12th at 5.5 degrees Cancer.
09.17 The Moon at 24 Taurus waxing sextile Mars at 24 Pisces
10.01 The Moon at 24 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 24 Capricorn
12.03 The Moon at 25 Taurus waxing trine Jupiter at 25 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 9 hours.
16.42
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Daylight Lunar occultation of Venus (visible telescopically from the UK)
00.44
01.10
21.48 The Moon at 26 Gemini waxing square Mars at 26 Pisces.
The Moon is void of course as it approaches New Moon and Solar Eclipse.
Annular Solar Eclipse on the Summer Solstice Day at zero degrees Cancer 06:40 GMT visible from a thin path passing through central Africa, south Arabia, Pakistan, northern India and China.
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04.24 The Moon conjunction her node at 29 Gemini 06.03 The Moon enters Cancer
TIMINGS OF THE ECLIPSE Eclipse starts 03:45:53.8 Greatest Eclipse 06:39:59.3 Eclipse ends 08:32:15.8 Today's Eclipse 9 hours after the moment of Solstice is a welcome event. It promotes fertility, family, protection and healing. It connects us to our past with reverence and understanding. The learning is 'to remember'. The quincunx aspect the eclipse Moon makes to retrograde Saturn confers a serious acceptance to the event. This is a 'holding together' vibration. Today's eclipse at zero degrees Cancer hits the Sun of Prince William (UK) and the Sun and Uranus of Elizabeth Warren, the MC of both the EU and the Russian 1991 chart, the Uranus of both Koreas, and of Prince Charles, the Mars od India, Pakistan, Spain and Lisa Nandy, the Moon of Turkey, the Ascendants of Hilary Clinton and Nigeria, the Neptune of Cuba, the Jupiter of Bjork and the Saturn of Jeff Beck. SOLAR SAROS 137 Today's eclipse is member 36 of the 70 eclipses which comprise Solar Saros 137. The first eclipse in this series was on May 25th 1389. The chart below is set up for the moment of maximum eclipse arbitrarily set at London. I believe it sets the tenor of the whole saros.
The sinking of HMS Titanic occurred 2 days before the 1912 Solar eclipse in this saros.
The last eclipse in Solar Saros 137 was on June 10th 2002. The Daze at that time....Nationalism and political swings to the right are the hallmarks of this time we are now living in. Share prices around the world stock markets have fallen to low levels. The astrological emphasis is now focusing on Cancer. Protectionism, economy, safety, nourishment and tenacity are the keywords to describe the energy. In the immediate wake of yesterdays eclipse world news stories reflect this energy. US Attorney-General John Ashcroft says a plot to attack the country using a radioactive "dirty bomb" has been prevented. India reopens its airspace to Pakistani civilian over flights in a conciliatory gesture welcomed by Islamabad after months of tension. The US president voices support for Israel's latest incursion into Ramallah, after holding talks with Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. World leaders meet in Rome to discuss the fight against global hunger, but hopes are undermined by the absence of most Western leaders.
07.17 The Moon at 1 Cancer waxing quincunx Saturn at 1 Aquarius
After the eclipse....
14.15
A momentous solstice and Solar Eclipse having graced our lives and memories are now behind us. We move on towards one final, for now, Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn on July 5th. Tender pad steps at first as a sweet baby Moon today gains light and motion in Cancer. Careful 'feeling the way' kind of progress is on the cards.
Both Mercury and Venus are currently retrograde, large scale advancements should be put on hold for now.
08.02 The infant Moon conjuncts Mercury at 14 Cancer
20.23 The Moon at 21 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 21 Pisces
23:04 NEPTUNE TURNS RETROGRADE
02.20 The young accelerating Moon at 24 Cancer opposition Pluto at 24 Capricorn 03.30 The Moon at 25 Cancer opposition Jupiter at 25 Capricorn 07.21 The Moon at 27 Cancer waxing trine Mars at 27 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 5 hours. A slight change of gear occurs. 12.35 The Moon enters Leo 13.32 The Moon at 1 Leo opposition Saturn at 1 Aquarius 22.06 The Moon at 5 Leo waxing sextile Venus at 5 Gemini
Not much on astrologically speaking for several hours ahead and Mercury and Venus are still both retrograde for one more day. Best just to tread water. However just around the corner there is a wealth of planetary activity. Venus turns direct on Thursday, bringing a degree of progress in the scheme of things. Mars enters Aries, for his really long stay, on Sunday. We are talking 'serious surges and urges' here. Jupiter is conjunct Pluto, for the 2nd of 3 instances, on Tuesday, large scale developments and power shifts, and Saturn retrogrades into Capricorn on Wednesday July 1st, rekindling and reopening strategy and foundation. Machine-gun astrology ahead, enjoy the relative peace today.
05.35 The accelerating Moon at 10 Leo waxing square Uranus at 10 Taurus.
The Moon is void of course for a lengthy 36 hours.
21.42
Just for the record in these days of imminent relaxation, in the UK, of Covid 19 restrictions, globally there are 9.2 million cases and almost 477,000 deaths. More than 100,000 people have died in Latin America. Infection rates still have not peaked in many countries and about half of US states are seeing a surge in new cases. We are certainly nowhere near the end of this pandemic.
Today the void of course Moon makes 5 quincunx aspects during the first 18 hours of the day, resulting in an unnerving and possibly fateful sequence of unknown variables.
01.26 The void of course accelerating waxing crescent Moon at 21 Leo waxing quincunx Neptune at 21 Pisces
06.48 VENUS TURNS DIRECT at 5 degrees Gemini (but leaves Mercury and 4 other planets retrograde). Venus' next retrograde period is from Dec 19th 2021 to 29th Jan 2022, wholly in Capricorn.
07.06 The Moon at 24 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 24 Capricorn
07.53
Mars squares the lunar nodal axis right now agitating eclipse effects. Europe has seen an increase in weekly cases of Covid-19 for the first time in months as restrictions are eased, the World Health Organization has said. China has built new structures near the site of a Himalayan border clash that left 20 Indian troops dead earlier this month, fresh satellite images suggest. Bunkers, tents and storage units for military hardware are visible in an area where last month there were none.
To recap from previous texts, Mars enters Aries on Sunday for his 192 day residence. We can expect associated effects from the word go. Jupiter is conjunct Pluto, for the 2nd of 3 instances next Tuesday. Saturn retrogrades into Capricorn next Wednesday. These last two events add graver consequences to the current ambiance.
The waxing crescent Moon is now in Virgo. Thrift and efficiency rule the roost today and tomorrow. This is a good vibration for domestic maintenance. Work on what has been spoilt.
01.34
The United States recorded an all-time daily high of 40,000 coronavirus infections on Thursday. Transiting Jupiter and Pluto are almost exactly opposite USA natal Mercury, transiting Neptune squares USA Mars.
Continuing practical vibrations. Fine tuning.
04.57 The waxing crescent Moon accelerating at 21 Virgo opposition Neptune at 21 Pisces
10.25 The Moon at 24 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 24 Capricorn
10.52 The Moon at 24 Virgo waning trine Jupiter at 24 Capricorn
15.36
The big deal today is the ingress of Mars into Aries. The Moon is one week from another penumbral lunar eclipse, and is for two days in Libra. There is a big focus on clans, tribes and social groups.
01.47
In the week ahead we build to another Full Moon and Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, this time in Capricorn. This build up is accompanied by Jupiter making his 2nd of 3 conjunctions with Pluto on Tuesday and the Inferior Conjunction of Mercury and the Sun, and Saturn re-entering Capricorn on Wednesday. The eclipse is a 'necessity is the mother of invention' event. The Jupiter Pluto conjunction evokes 2nd waves, inflation and excess and promotes massive expansion of knowledge and practical support, ie Vaccines. Jupiter conjunct Pluto epitomizes both the continuing Covid 19 expansion and our ability to eventually destroy it.
07.36 The Moon at 21 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 21 Pisces
12.56 The Moon at 24 Libra waning square Pluto at 24 Capricorn
13.03 The Moon at 24 Libra waning square Jupiter at 24 Capricorn.
The Moon is void for 9.75 hours
20.33 The Moon at 29 Libra trines node from north of the ecliptic
22.49 The Moon enters Scorpio
23.02 The Moon at 0 Scorpio waning square Saturn at 0 Aquarius
Jupiter conjunct Pluto 24 degrees Capricorn. Second of 3. The Jupiter Pluto conjunction brings inflation, excesses of power and expansion. The symbolism of the conjunction epitomizes both the continuing Covid 19 pandemic expansion and our expanding practical ability to eventually destroy it.
00.47 The very rapidly moving first quarter Moon at 1 Scorpio waning quincunx Mars at 1 Aries
02.12 The Moon is at perigee, fastest and nearest to the Earth all month.
05.49
The Moon is just 4 days from another Lunar Eclipse and is currently in Scorpio. The resulting atmosphere is one of intensification.
The UK's first full local lockdown has been announced in Leicester, with stricter measures imposed in the city. Non-essential shops have shut, and schools will close for most pupils on Thursday because of a rise in coronavirus cases. The loosening of restrictions for pubs and restaurants in England on Saturday will also not be taking place there. The health secretary said measures would be enforced by police 'in some cases'. Transiting Mars in Aries is exactly opposite UK Uranus right now.
Jupiter and Pluto are exactly opposite USA Mercury. Health officials across the US have expressed growing concern about the nation's ability and willingness to slow or end the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, cases rose by more than 40,000 in one day for the fourth time in the past five days.
It's all too intense. It's all ballooning. It's all Jupiter conjunct Pluto and Saturn retrogrades back into Capricorn later today. Still lots to learn. We are still deeply in trouble.
02.53
01.21 The fast moving waxing gibbous Moon at 30 Scorpio waning sextile Saturn at 30 Capricorn, forming a finger of fate with her node at this time. The moon is then void of course for 2 minutes.
01.23 The Moon enters Sagittarius
05.36 The Moon at 3 Sagittarius waning trine Mars at 2 Aries
11.25
Lunar pressures are rising as we approach the Full Moon and Penumbral Lunar Eclipse. Only one lunar aspect today. 13.06 The waxing gibbous Moon at 21 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 21 Pisces. The Moon is void of course for 15.75 hours, decelerating as she approaches her eclipse, early (GMT) Sunday.
02.06 The almost Full Moon at 28 Sagittarius opposes her ascending node at 28 Gemini
04.50 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in this sign.
Possibly a bit of a jumpy ride today. Certainly tough going.
08.19
July 5th 2020 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 14 degrees Capricorn 05:30 GMT
04.45
TIMINGS OF THE ECLIPSE
Eclipse starts 03:07:23
Maximum Eclipse 04:31:12
Eclipse ends 05:52:23
This is the third and final eclipse in the current season. The eclipsed Moon is in Capricorn and applies to Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto. This is a dense chart with a lot of Earth so it has a 'nothing is easy' quality and it indicates much that lies ahead. The Moon separates from a trine to Uranus (also in Earth sign), there is a 'necessity in the mother of Invention' quality to the time. Mercury is retrograde, so there is division, delay and disruption here. Jupiter and Pluto are in tight conjunction, which signals inflation and excess. Three sextiles are present, Mercury and Uranus, which is inventive, Venus and Mars, which is passionate and Jupiter and Neptune, which can have a healing effect and embody hope and faith. This is a 'fruits of your labor' eclipse.
Today's eclipse directly hits Greta Thornberg's Sun, Johnny Depp's Moon, Alex Salmond's Mercury, Neil Diamond's Venus, Katy Perry's Mars, Saturn of Prince Andrew and Emily Thornberry, Ben Stoke's Uranus and the ascendant of Prince Philip. The Sun and Mercury of Myanmar, the Sun and Moon of the FTSE, the Moon of Liberia, Saturn of Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Cyprus and The Central African Republic, the Neptune of Russia(1991) and Yemen. It opposes the USA Sun, opposes Boris Johnson's MC squares the UK lunar nodes and forms a Cardinal T-Square with Uranus and Neptune in the UK Conservative party.
At the moment of maximum eclipse today the Moon is on the IC, and it is high noon, at Hong Kong.
LUNAR SAROS 149
Today's eclipse is the 3rd member of the 72 eclipses which make up Lunar Saros Series 149. The chart below is erected for the moment of maximum eclipse of the first eclipse on June 13th 1984, arbitrarily set for London. I take this chart to describe the tenor of the whole series.
The eclipsed Moon in Sagittarius in this Saros chart is opposite Venus and applies in trine aspect to Pluto. Mercury is opposite Uranus. Mars is conjunct Saturn in Scorpio, both sextile Jupiter in Capricorn and forming a yod pattern focused on Mercury (opposite Neptune). It is a mutable and airy chart.
This Saros is very young. We are yet to understand its true quality, but the 2002 eclipse certainly reflected the 'transport accident' symbolism of the Mercury Uranus opposition of the Saros chart.
On the exact date of the last eclipse in this series, June 24th 2002, a passenger train collided with a freight train in Dodoma Region, Tanzania, killing 281 people, making it the worst rail accident in African history.
Seven days after this eclipse a Russian passenger jet and cargo plane collided over the town of Überlingen, Germany, killing 71 people. Two days before this eclipse the 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake occurred. The epicenter was in northwestern Iran which is crossed by several major faults that is known for destructive earthquakes. At least 261 people were killed and 1,500 more were injured.
Five days before the 1984 eclipse a deadly 'F5' tornado nearly destroyed the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25000000 in damage.
After the eclipse is over the Moon accelerates towards Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. Significant events are ahead of us it would seem.
14.46
The day after the lunar eclipse. Relief of pressure The 'hung over' full Moon starts this (GMT) day conjunct Saturn in Capricorn evoking a silent, crawling and brooding start. Later however we experience a shift into the future. A high tech modern day follows whipping up motivation. New relisations. Crystal vision.
09.36 The Moon at conjunction retro-Saturn at 30 Capricorn.
The Moon is void for 34 minutes.
10.10 The Moon enters Aquarius
19.37 The Moon at 5 Aquarius waning sextile Mars at 5 Aries
22.20 The Moon at 7 Aquarius waning quincunx Mercury at 7 Cancer
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00.23 The waning Full Moon decelerating at 8 Aquarius trine Venus at 8 Gemini
04.38 The Moon at 10 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 10 Taurus, moon void.
The Moon is 'void of course' for almost 38 hours.
15.37
Covid-19 continues to colour everything. There have now been more than 11.5 million cases globally and more than 530,000 deaths
In Australia, Melbourne residents are to go back under lockdown for 6 weeks as border between New South Wales and Victoria has closed. The Australian chart was hit hard by the June 5th 2020 Lunar Eclipse on its Uranus Pluto opposition.
The waning and decelerating slow Moon is 'long time void' (from 04:38 GMT yesterday to 18:14 GMT today)
02.38
A drifty dreamy Moon in pisces provides the astrological backdrop for 2 days.
05.35 The slowly disseminating, decelerating Moon at 6 Pisces waning trine Mercury at 6 Cancer
11.15 The Moon at 9 Pisces waning square Venus at 9 Gemini
13.50 The Moon at 10 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 10 Taurus
15.04
A 'dream boat', emotionally suggestive and receptive day ensues.
06.09
The Sun is opposite Jupiter Pluto and Saturn from today to July 27th. This could be a climaxing period of the whole year.
01.15 The very slowly disseminating Moon still decelerating at 28 Pisces squares her node from south of the ecliptic.
03.50 The Moon at 29 Pisces waxing sextile Saturn at 29 Capricorn, moon void
05.08
Sun trine Neptune.
There is inspiration to be found as the Sun 'water trines' Neptune today.
01.22 The very slow, very distant waning Moon at 10 Aries sextiles Venus at 10 Gemini
07.13
The Sun opposes Jupiter tomorrow, Pluto on Wednesday and Saturn a week from today. This is a series of punchy challenges, a climax of sorts to the whole year.
02.25 The Last Quarter Moon very slowly waning at 22 Aries squares Jupiter at 22 Capricorn
05.04 The Moon at 24 Aries waxing square Pluto at 24 Capricorn
11.20
We are pulling out of the eclipse season and the last quarter Moon now in Taurus evokes a rooted, traditional and domestic backdrop to proceedings. The Sun is in opposition to Jupiter now which induces a wealth and outpouring of measures both practical and consolidating. Solar oppositions to Pluto and Saturn follow over the next week, drawing attention to the climaxing problems and obstacles of the time.
03.45
Cities and states on several continents have reimposed restrictions as COvid-19 cases surge again. This is far from over. The number of confirmed global infections since the outbreak began has passed 13m. Millions have gone back into lockdown worldwide. The Sun in opposition to Pluto today forces us to grapple with issues of power, will and transformation.
The Moon however has a reasonably smooth amble through Taurus making some pleasant aspects.
11.17 The waning and accelerating Moon at 21 Taurus sextile Neptune at 21 Pisces
13.57 The Moon at 22 Taurus waxing trine Jupiter at 22 Capricorn
16.51
The UK/China relationship chart has the Moon and Jupiter in Libra opposite Venus in Aries. It usually promotes expansive diplomacy. This oppsotion is squared by the current transiting Sun Pluto opposition, as the relationship between the two countries worsens right now. A slight 'breeze of change' will be evident today. 03.22 The waning and accelerating Moon at 29 Taurus waxing trine Saturn at 29 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for 2 hours. 05.21 The Moon enters Gemini joining Venus in this sign. There are no planetary or lunar aspects today. The Moon applies in a sweet conjunction to Venus as the (GMT) day draws to a close.
00.32 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase. The procession to the New Moon now begins in earnest.
02.27 The Moon at 11 Gemini waxing sextile Mars at 11 Aries
03.16
The Moon is accelerating, with enthusisam it can be imagined, towards her 'homely home' new moon phase in Cancer on Monday. A nurturing and affectionate lunation is on the cards where boundaries, safeguarding, and personal limitations are acknowledged and highlighted in sharp resolution.
Russia is 'starred' by this New Moon. The Moon is the 1991 chart is hit by this New Moon, and at the exact moment of fullness, Jupiter and Pluto rise at Moscow. Time will tell what this portens. It certainly induces responses from 'the Russian people'.
Today the old Moon starts the (GMT) day void of course in Gemini but late afternoon she slips into Cancer and the 'mood' slips into a 'touchy feely supportive' zone.
02.40 The Moon at 24 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 24 Capricorn
09.17
https://skyandtelescope.org/observingAncient Moon in Cancer applying to Mercury and to the Sun. Emotional intelligence. Moody, broody, protective. Cherishing, nourishing holding near, holding dear. Venus in Gemini and Mars in Aries. Hot and combustible. Jupiter and the rest all (except Neptune) in Earth signs. Dense astrology 2020. Day of the old Moon in Cancer. Clear the in tray. Tidy loose ends. Tighten the purse strings. Set your heart to the future. 04.19 This old accelerating Moon conjunction Mercury at 8 Cancer 09.25 The Moon at 10 Cancer waxing sextile Uranus at 10 Taurus 12.39 The Moon at 12 Cancer waxing square Mars at 12 Aries
04.01 The Moon at 21 Cancer waxing trine Neptune at 21 Pisces
05.28 The Moon at 22 Cancer opposition Jupiter at 22 Capricorn
09.05 The Moon at 24 Cancer opposition Pluto at 24 Capricorn
17.34
This is the first New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st at zero degrees Cancer and the 5th New Moon before the invigorating Total Solar Eclipse at 23 Sagittarius (conjunct Mercury trine Mars) on December 14th 2020.
Today's New Moon in Cancer is opposite Saturn. This one has, holds, and doesn't let go. It's an emotional affair and limits and limitations are directly in focus. Mercury sextiles Uranus and applies square to Mars, conjuring up flashes of understanding and generates potentially 'dangerous liaisons'. Jupiter sextiles Neptune, soothing the sad story of the year with wisdom, science and understanding. Venus sextiles Mars, which is sexually stimulating. 7 bodies are in Cardinal signs, revealing a dynamo of this new lunation. We have on our hands a bit of a special one.
This New Moon directly hits the Pluto of the 'Pope Francis, Shirley Bassey, Barbara Windsor' generation, the Moon of Russia (1991 chart), (Russia is 'starred' by this New Moon), Mars of the Syrian Independence chart, Jupiter of Iran, and Mercury of Madagascar. It trines Joseph Biden's Sun.
The New Moon stands opposite Jupiter and Pluto as well as Saturn, the climax of 2020, savour the zeitgeist.
At the exact moment of New Moon, Jupiter and Pluto rise at Moscow. Saturn rises and the Sun sets at Odessa. It is Moonset at Istanbul. Uranus rises at Singapore, the Sun and the Moon culminate and Saturn is 'low' at Havana and Charleston. Mars sets at Mexico City.
17.40
New moon good news maybe. A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response. Trials involving 1077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight coronavirus. The findings are hugely promising, but it is still too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection and larger trials are under way. Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Cancer. The Sun enters Leo tomorrow. Time is moving on now. There is new energy just around the corner. The Moon already in Leo, and moving at a pace, injects a surge of of leonine creative and re creative energy. 14.23 This infant new Moon accelerating at 10 Leo waxing square Uranus at 10 Taurus 19.23 The Moon at 13 Leo waxing trine Mars at 13 Aries
00.28 The rapidly waxing young Moon at 16 Leo waxing sextile Venus at 16 Gemini.
The Moon is void of course for the remainder of the (GMT) day.
04.49
The US has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, Texas, by Friday, a move described as 'political provocation' by Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the decision was taken because China was 'stealing' intellectual property. China reacts to the increasing international rebuffs with threats, but it is probably the Chinese people that the chinese government fears the most. The chinese chart progressed Moon is void of course in Leo for the remainder of 2020, so nothing to gain there. Both progressed Moon and progressed Mercury simultaneously enter Virgo on Jan 4th 2021, responses a little more pragmatic after that date. Progressed Sun is square progressed Saturn this year, hard lessons to learn. Transiting Pluto is conjunct Chinese Jupiter this year, transformation of power structures.
Today, a job of work.
16.59
03.43
01.55 The Moon enters Libra
Suddenly everything is socially orientated. 'Human relationships' is the issue.
05.02 The Moon is at perigee, fastest and nearest to the Earth all month.
06.33
We are approaching a fairly turbulent run up to the next Full Moon, one week tomorrow. Mercury undergoes a series of oppositions to Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn in the week ahead colouring the week with a polarisation of viewpoints and stand offs. Today has its challenges from the waxing crescent Libran Moon making disharmonious waves with Mercury and Mars. These two, Mercury and Mars, are square tomorrow (Monday) together with Venus square Neptune. Tomorrow looks fraught and potentially chaotic. Thursday sees an 'easy opposition' of Mercury and Jupiter, eased by Neptune. The Full Moon itself is square Uranus providing a propensity for revolutionary prevarications. Stick to your principles. A dynamic and difficult cardinal T Square is manifest today 01:00 to 04:00 involving the Moon, Mercury and Mars. 01.12 The Moon at 14 Libra waxing square Mercury at 14 Cancer 03.50 The Moon at 16 Libra opposition Mars at 16 Aries Further geometry then ensues. 10.45 The Moon at 20 Libra waxing trine Venus at 20 Gemini A dynamic and acute trapezoidal planetary geometry is manifest at this time involving the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. 12.30 The Moon at 21 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 21 Pisces 12.42 The Moon at 21 Libra waning square Jupiter at 21 Capricorn 17.13 The Moon at 23 Libra waning square Pluto at 23 Capricorn 23.32 The Moon at 27 Libra trines her node from north of the ecliptic.
We are now in a fairly turbulent run up to the next Full Moon, one week today. Mercury undergoes a series of oppositions to Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn in the week ahead colouring the week with a polarisation of viewpoints and stand offs. Today Mercury and Mars are square, together with Venus square Neptune. This looks fraught and potentially chaotic. Thursday sees an 'easy opposition' of Mercury and Jupiter, eased by Neptune. The Full Moon itself is square Uranus providing a propensity for revolutionary prevarications. Stick to your principles.
01.09 The Moon at 28 Libra waning square Saturn at 28 Capricorn, moon void
04.14 The Moon enters Scorpio
12.33
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has reached more than 16 million, up by a million in just four days. Spain is fighting to save its tourism industry after the UK has imposed a 14 day quarantine on arrivals from the country. Belgium is tightening restrictions. In the past week an average of 279 people daily have caught corona virus in Belgium, compared with 163 a day the week before. The current death toll officially is 9,821.
Vietnam has closed the city of Da Nang to tourists after four new locally transmitted corona virus were recorded, the country's first since April.
Saturn was conjunct Pluto on January 12th 2020, mercifully a single conjunction. Many astrologers associate this conjunction with Covid-19. Saturn is now retrograding back towards Pluto. 5 degrees separate them. They continue to tighten up to September 29th when there is 3 degrees between them and Saturn turns direct. In the meantime Covid-19 pressure continues.
Today has a underlying wilfulness and a degree of cosmic significance. Mercury is tightening in its forthcoming oppositions to Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn, occurring over the next week, bringing polarising viewpoints and standoffs to fruition. A planetary kite is manifest today forcing events and experiences of an emotive character. Quite important developments.
06.21
This day 'opens up' as the Moon shifts into Sagittarius. Mercury opposition Jupiter further inflates an already inflamed and expansive couple of days. The Sun, Moon and Mars are in Fire signs. We can expect 'combustion'.
04.02 The first quarter Moon decelerating at 28 Scorpio waning sextile Saturn at 28 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 3.4 hours
07.26 The Moon enters Sagittarius
10.25
01.47 The waxing Moon decelerating at 11 Sagittarius quincunx Uranus at 11 Taurus
14.02 The Moon at 18 Sagittarius waning trine Mars at 18 Aries
14.18
Second wave blues. Mean bat Virus the real deal. There are now more than 17 million confirmed cases of corona virus and 667,000 reported deaths worldwide Corona virus has killed more than 150,000 people in the United States. Australia's virus-hit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise. India has the third highest tally of infections in the world after the US and Brazil. About 35,000 have died in India. Violent protests have broken out in Paraguay after areas were ordered back into lockdown.
Mercury is opposing Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn.
The US space agency's Perseverance robot has left Earth on a mission to try to detect life on Mars. The one tonne, six wheeled rover was launched out of Florida by an Atlas rocket on a path to intercept the Red Planet in February next year. When it lands, the Nasa robot will also gather rock and soil samples to be sent home later this decade. Perseverance is the third mission dispatched to Mars inside 11 days, after launches by the UAE and China. Lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 07:50 local time (12:50 BST; 11:50 GMT). Lift off occurred as Jupiter trined the local MC, indicating a successful outcome and the Moon in exploratory Sagittarius was applying to Mars on the 9th house cusp of discovery. Pity that Mercury was opposing Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn, this suggests a vast array of problems to be overcome. Interesting.
Lunar pressures are rising.
00.02
August starts with the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn.The Full Moon is coming on strong, and transiting Mars in Aries is starting to square all those planets in Capricorn, which continues because of Mars's approaching retrograde period, up to the end of Jan 2021 (except for Oct 24th to Dec 18th). Real tussles ahead.
Mercury opposes Jupiter and Pluto, sextile Neptune. Tough times.
00.21 
Opposition in 2008 to 2010. Last quarter phase in 2021. The Saturn Uranus cycle symbolises new creations following old breakdowns. It demands adapting to new situations and fostering appropriate responses. This waning bi-septile aspect is a 'fine tuning' vibration, empowering 'cutting away from the past'.
23.58 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 20 Capricorn
The Moon conjuncts Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn.
We are in the midst of difficult days. There are further shocks and surprises in store today as the nearly Full Moon accompanies and stirs up Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn, all opposite Mercury and the Sun squares Uranus. This is turgid, dense and painful astrology.
Gather your wits and hold on fast.
The future is however brighter. The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at the start of Aquarius occurs on the Winter Solstice 2020. This single astrological event ushers in a new higher octave of 'New Age' vibrations. Fresher, clearer, healing and more humane developments are close at hand.
00.55 The waxing gibbous Moon at 21 Capricorn sextile Neptune at 21 Pisces
05.58 The Moon conjunction Pluto at 23 Capricorn
08.53 The Moon at 25 Capricorn opposition Mercury at 25 Cancer
09.40 The Moon at 25 Capricorn waning quincunx Venus at 25 Gemini
11.20
A fixed T-square is manifest involving the Moon, the Sun and Uranus 11:00 to 16:00
13.53 The Moon at 11 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 11 Taurus
15.59
https://earthsky.org/tonight
We are basking in the wake of the Full Moon that has climaxed and past. It is now the turn of Mars to initiate astrological waves in the form of challenging square aspects to Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. This year is relentless in its pressure. Mars squares Jupiter today, he squares Pluto on August 13th, and Mars squares Saturn on Aug 24th. Of course there are repeats of some of these later in Mars' retrograde loop, later on in the year.
Today's 'Mars square Jupiter' is one of excessive force and effort, over the top reactions and general lack of discretion and good judgment. Tread gingerly.
01.36
02.17 The very slowly waning full Moon at 30 Aquarius quincunx Mercury at 30 Cancer
02.29 The Moon enters Pisces joining Neptune in this sign.
03.34 Mercury enters Leo as a morning star joining the Sun there. Mercury resides in this sign for a brief 15 days. This brings a subtle modulation to 'mental creativity' to the planetary atmosphere.
Mercury squares Uranus August 10th, a short 'burst of static', evoking 'an edgy jumpiness'. On August 17th Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun at 24 degrees Leo (a Full Mercury), both trine Mars, a resplendent vibration. Mercury is then an evening star. Mercury enters Virgo on August 20th. (The next Mercury retrograde period is from October 14 to November 3). Mercury's brief dash through Leo will inject a measure of 'self expression' into dialogue. Autocratic and formative outpourings with fixed and inflexible viewpoints will be encountered.
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00.23
The Sun, The Moon, Mercury and Mars are now all in fire signs. Creativity is to the fore. Venus has entered tropical Cancer adding more than a touch of devotional love to proceedings but she is set up for difficult experiences whilst travelling through this sign, as you might have guessed for 2020, opposing the capricornian trio of Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto and squaring Mars in Aries, later on in her 30 day residence.
00.13 The very slowly disseminating Moon at 6 Aries waning trine Mercury at 6 Leo
17.05
Mars squares Pluto next Thursday. This is the next cosmic jolt. A difficult end to this calendar month is in store as Mars goes on to square Saturn on August 24th, Venus opposes Jupiter on Aug 25th, opposes Pluto on Aug 30th, and opposes Saturn on Sept 2nd.
03.45 The very slowly disseminating Moon at 19 Aries waxing square Jupiter at 19 Capricorn
07.32
Pluto is conjunct the Jupiter/Saturn midpoint.
01.30 The Moon enters Taurus joining Uranus there.
04.31
00.25
Mars in Aries is about to square Pluto. Exact tomorrow. This aspect holds the potential for great violent force. Mars squaring Jupiter last week coincided with the Beirut explosion. This one requires great care. Mars goes on to square Saturn Aug 24th. Of course there are repeats of some of these later in Mars' retrograde loop, later on in the year.
A difficult end to this calendar month ensues as Mars squares Saturn on August 24th, Venus in Cancer opposes Jupiter on Aug 25th, opposes Pluto on Aug 30th, and opposes Saturn on Sept 2nd.
We are now in the run down to the New Moon in Leo conjunct Mercury trine Mars which occurs in the early hours of Aug 19th (next Wednesday). There may be some good news associated with this lunation amid the traumas of the current time.
Today gathers movement and momentum as it proceeds.
00.04 The slowly waning and accelerating last quarter Moon at 23 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 23 Capricorn
07.44
US Senator Kamala Harris has been chosen by Joe Biden as his Democratic vice-presidential candidate. Born Oct 20th 1964 Oakland California 21.28 PDT. Born almost at the exact moment of the Full Moon in Aries. A beautiful and lovely Sun Libra trine Saturn. Mars in Leo square Jupiter. Venus, Uranus and Pluto in 4th house Virgo. Gemini rising. Saturn conjunct Aquarius MC. Mercury and Neptune in Scorpio. Feisty fiery and fearless. Practical and careful, an effective communicator. No nonsense fair play. Progressed Full Moon in 2023 is a Total Lunar eclipse. Possible high destiny.
Today and now a pinch point in time. Mars squares Pluto. Red mists rising, very dangerous, accompanied by the Moon slowly waning and accelerating in Gemini making no major aspects today.
07.14
An impetus of movement this morning (GMT) gives way to a 'void of course' old Moon vacantly waning, breezing along, in Gemini. A lighter, balmier atmosphere than yesterday.
The Sun is now applying in a fire trine aspect to Mars, exact on Sunday. This confers a positive blast of stimulating progressive energy onto the next couple of days. Much needed.
00.34 The Moon at 18 Gemini waning sextile Mercury at 18 Leo
02.25 The Moon at 19 Gemini waxing quincunx Jupiter at 19 Capricorn
05.17 The Moon at 20 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 20 Pisces
08.33
This weekend the Moon and Venus in tropical Cancer provide us with the gift of a nourishing couple of days. Also the Sun is making a majestic 'fire trine' to Mars which is exhilarating and creative. Amid the trammel and travail of the time we have an opportunity to appreciate our blessings.
On the world stage Belarus is top of the news hits right now. Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for peaceful rallies across the country, after she was forced to leave for Lithuania in the wake of a disputed election. Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994. Protests have erupted across the country calling for him to quit. Using the unverified independence chart Aug 25th 1991 18.00 (EED) Minsk, Belarius has a progressed Full Moon this December opposite progressed Mars. The country is undergoing its first Saturn return, her progressed Sun has just entered Libra. It is no wonder there are serious political issues manifest there.
05.14
07.44
00.00 The balsamic Moon accelerating at 27 Cancer opposition Saturn at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 5.66 hours.
00.07
Day of the old Moon
An interesting and possibly surprising old moon day. Venus sextiles Uranus holding delightful possibilities.
00.02 The ancient Moon accelerating at 11 Leo waxing square Uranus at 11 Taurus
01.51
We have a big blast of a Leo New Moon today and this is rapidly followed by an inevitable tumbling of the infant Moon into the intricate cosmic machinery of Virgo quickly followed by Mercury on Thursday and the Sun on Saturday making the same ingress. Changes, alterations and refinements ahead.
01.44 The Moon at 26 Leo waxing sextile the lunar node at 26 Gemini
02.42
New Moon conjunct Mercury trine Mars.
This is the second New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st at zero degrees Cancer and the 4th New Moon before the invigorating Total Solar Eclipse at 23 Sagittarius (also conjunct Mercury trine Mars) on December 14th 2020.
This is a bit of an 'all balls but no brains' lunation with a predominance of planets in fire signs and none in air signs, and it occurs amid the difficulties of Mars applying in square aspect to Saturn, but it is essentially a lunation of energy, charging forward, generating power and message, with some pleasant surprises and some tricks up its sleeve.
Today's New Moon hits the Mars of Donald Trump and opposes the USA Moon. It hits Belarus' Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, Tunisia's Jupiter and Pluto, the Mars of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Sun of Bill Clinton, the Mars of Angela Raynor, the Sun and Saturn of Robert Plant, the Jupiter of Jimmy Page and Keith Richards, the Moon of Joseph Kennedy and of Carlos Santana, and the Pluto of the Rowan Atkinson generation.
At the exact moment of New Moon the Moon rises at Minsk and at Kiev. Sunrise and Moonrise occurs over Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The Sun, Moon and Mercury culminate over Japan and set over California. Mars rises Santiago, culminates at Zagreb, Kinshasa and at Vienna, sets at SaiGon. Uranus rises at New York where Pluto culminates. There is a Mars Jupiter paran at Raleigh (North Carolina)
02.47 The new born Moon at 27 Leo waning quincunx Saturn at 27 Capricorn
03.49
01.31 Mercury enters Virgo. He flashes through this sign as a reflective, backward looking, 'evening star' in just 16 days. This short residence is favorable and provides practical and common sense support during what otherwise is a difficult time. Mercury trines Uranus on Aug 25th, positive developments, trines Jupiter on Aug 29th, realistic optimism, opposes Neptune on Aug 30th, clouding the issue, trines Pluto on Sept 1st, problem solving, trines Saturn on Sept 3rd, realistic solutions, sextiles Venus on Sept 4th, comforting and kindly. A good residence.
Mercury leaves Virgo for Libra on Sept 5th. The next Mercury retrograde period is from October 14th to November 3rd.
01.53 The very fast infant Moon still accelerating at 11 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 11 Taurus
03.21
Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Leo. The Sun enters Virgo tomorrow.
Mars is slowly and relentlessly applying to a grinding square to Saturn exact on Monday.
01.52 The young Moon very rapidly waxing at 25 Virgo quincunx Mars at 25 Aries
02.37 The Moon at 26 Virgo waxing squares her node from north of the ecliptic.
03.37 The Moon at 27 Virgo waning trine Saturn at 27 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for 5.5 hours.
06.50
Today is socially oriented. The fast young Moon waxes in Libra. Behind the convivial lunar vibrations there is a harsh energy of the slowly building Mars square Saturn aspect, exact on Monday, which may serve to frustrate and overburden.
02.37 The Moon rapidly waxing at 11 Libra waxing quincunx Uranus at 11 Taurus.
This GMT day starts in the midst of a sharp cardinal T-square being manifest involving the Moon, Mars, Saturn and Pluto 22:00 Saturday to 04:30 Sunday. Six hours of charged up planetary tension directed into the venting to possible anger and certain frustration. High tension hours.
03.20 The rapidly waxing crescent Moon at 26 Libra trines her node from north of the ecliptic.
03.36 The Moon at 26 Libra opposition Mars at 26 Aries
04.21 The Moon at 26 Libra waning square Saturn at 26 Capricorn.
The Moon is then void of course for 6 hours.
10.18 The Moon enters Scorpio. A rare vintage of a time is upon us, all of a sudden.
Against this sol-lunar backdrop of refined reasoning, critical appraisal and penetrative enigma, an overheating Mars up against the immense dampening of Saturn is causing great astrological force of friction to be manifest. A time for 'master class' activity.
11.36
Mars is exactly square Saturn today, exerting its 'cosmic frictional influence' on all and sundry. The square aspect remains within a 3 degree orb until well into October, so we are really in for a season of frustration and discontent. The aspect then returns in fixed signs, Taurus/Aquarius for a final quick but emphatic blast in early January 2021.
The Virgo month has started with tens of thousands of people gathered in Independence Square in Minsk. Many were carrying the opposition's red and white flags, and chanted 'freedom' and anti-government slogans. The acutely ill Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has arrived in Germany from Siberia for treatment. He is in a coma after drinking what his supporters suspect was poisoned tea. They accuse the authorities of trying to conceal a crime. Vladimir Putin has transiting Pluto square his Mercury currently.
California's wildfires, which have been declared a major disaster by US President Donald Trump. Flames have caused widespread destruction, destroying homes and forests, and killing at least six people. Around 560 fires are raging, including some of the largest blazes the state has ever seen. Residents are being advised to stay at home to avoid the thick smoke. Slowly moving Mars in Aries is quincunx the USA MC right now.
Today sees that 'rare vintage' of the Sun in Virgo and the Moon in Scorpio. A fine blend of intelligence and will. Mars squares Saturn and Venus opposes Jupiter. Events and experiences have an intensive hue. Something is tightening, winding up, heating up.
03.38
An interesting couple of planetary aspects today. Venus opposite Jupiter and Mercury trine Uranus amount to issues of undue expenditure (emotional and financial), with the former, and to positive, inventive and practical solutions, with the latter. There is movement in the second half (GMT) of today, a degree of give, and some progress.
00.36 The decelerating waxing crescent Moon at 23 Scorpio waning sextile Pluto at 23 Capricorn
01.07
Today:-Crossed wires. Sparks of interference. Scattered energy. Difficult to pin it down, degrees of detailed craziness.
03.49
Venus 'water trines' Neptune, a wave of artistic enhancement, spiritual love, domestic improvement.
09.40 The Moon at 26 Sagittarius opposition her mean ascending node at 26 Gemini
12.00 The Moon at 27 Sagittarius waning trine Mars at 27 Aries.
The Moon is void of course for over 7.5 hours
17.38 The Moon enters Capricorn once again joining Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in this sign.
21.13
Mars squaring Saturn is dominating the time. A few hard hitting events have cast shadows on the past week. After a black man was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha Wisconsin, on Sunday, 23 August, the first day of Virgo, and the day before the square aspect peaked, people angry about police violence began protesting. On the third night of demonstrations, a 17-year-old boy allegedly fired on protesters with an assault rifle, killing two and seriously injuring a third. Mars squaring Saturn is dominating the time. A few hard hitting events have cast shadows on the past week. After a black man was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha Wisconsin, on Sunday, 23 August, the first day of Virgo, and the day before the square aspect peaked, people angry about police violence began protesting. On the third night of demonstrations, a 17-year-old boy allegedly fired on protesters with an assault rifle, killing two and seriously injuring a third. The square aspect remains within a 3 degree orb until well into October.
Hurricane Laura has struck the US state of Louisiana, causing flash floods, severe damage to buildings and power cuts to more than half a million homes. The transiting Lunar Node is exactly square the USA MC. It is one of the strongest to ever hit the US Gulf Coast, striking at category four with winds up to 150mph.
On the world stage more than 24 million Covid-19 cases are now registered worldwide, and over 825,700 deaths. What a year.
Hurricane Laura has struck the US state of Louisiana, causing flash floods, severe damage to buildings and power cuts to more than half a million homes. The transiting Lunar Node is exactly square the USA MC. It is one of the strongest to ever hit the US Gulf Coast, striking at category four with winds up to 150mph.
On the world stage more than 24 million Covid-19 cases are now registered worldwide, and over 825,700 deaths. What a year.
A couple of practical, 'solid' and earthy days are now in store with a rough and tough Moon waxing in Capricorn. Careful choices have to be made. I build and I choose therefore I am. There is more planetary turbulence as this calendar month ends, followed by a swirling Full Moon in Pisces, akin to a climatic ocean of deep currents and high rising waves quite able to submerge, surround and send you on all manner of emotional adventures. Read ahead constant Daze reader.
03.09
The Moon conjuncts Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn.
Dynamic planetary geometry is manifest for 5 days right up to and beyond the Full Moon. This is based around Mars squaring Saturn, Venus opposing Pluto, trine Neptune and Mercury opposite Neptune, trine Jupiter. There are degrees of sensation, overheating frustration, obsession, glamour and craziness within this astrological vibration. Open your mind to the possibilities and surf the astrological waves.
Today the gibbous Capricorn Moon hits the heavyweights Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn in succession. Lunar pressures are rising.
00.05 The Moon at 17 Capricorn waxing trine Mercury at 17 Virgo
01.57 The Moon conjunction Jupiter at 18 Capricorn
05.55 The Moon at 20 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 20 Pisces
08.47
00.39 The waxing gibbous Moon enters Aquarius An outrageous day ensues, chic, modern, sophisticated and detached. Venus opposes Pluto, natural trepidation, almost ending in tears. Mercury opposes Neptune can't see the wood for the trees, loses his way. August ends with craziness. September starts with electric astrology as the Sun trines Uranus.
09.43
A man has been shot dead in Oregon as a large procession of supporters of President Trump clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland. Transiting Mars is currently exactly square US natal Pluto.
Tens of thousands have again taken to the streets in Belarus, facing off against riot police to protest against President Alexander Lukashenko. The Belarus chart (Aug 25th 1991 18.00 EED) has a progressed Full Moon in December 2020 (sextile progressed Saturn). Transiting Mars is currently in trine aspect to the triple conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in the Belarus chart.
17.15 The waxing gibbous Moon decelerating at 22 Aquarius waxing quincunx Mercury at 21 Virgo
17.48
September starts with electric astrology. Mercury trines Pluto today which is rich in transformational thinking and developments. The Moon is almost Full, exact early (GMT) tomorrow, essentially a vibrant event. The Sun applies in trine aspect to Uranus, promising a positive wave of practical changes.
In contrast a cardinal T-square is manifest involving Venus, Mars and Saturn, which lasts for 3 days. This is a dynamo of testy 'interpersonal energy', inducing conflicts and coloring the climaxing Full Moon with a measure of strife in human relationships.
00.34 The almost Full Moon at 25 Aquarius waning trines her node from south of the ecliptic.
04.57 The Moon at 28 Aquarius waning sextile Mars at 28 Aries generating an impetus of 'get going' energy.
The Moon is void of course for 4.7 hours
09.36 The Moon enters Pisces joining Neptune, and setting a subliminal and emotional backdrop to the next couple of days.
10.43
05.23
Today's Full Moon is the second Full Moon following on from the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn on July 5th and the 3rd Full Moon before another Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on November 30th 2020 (at 9 Gemini quincunx Uranus). We are now in the 'inter-eclipse-season' period.
Today's Full Moon in Pisces is sextile Uranus stirring an invigorating rush of refreshing excitements and adjustments and quite possibly some significant and unlooked for changes are afoot. Venus opposes Saturn and makes a cardinal T-square with Mars which is responsible for a surges of relationship squabbles and misadventures. A predominance of planets are in Earth and Water signs, none are in Air, only one, Mars, is in a fire sign and only Uranus is in a Fixed sign. This elemental combination promotes practicality, restlessness, cascades of 'initiating energy' but lacks clear thinking, concentration and creativity. It's a case of respond to the currents, don't try and intellectualize it. The Full Moon is almost exactly on the Mars/Pluto midpoint which adds force and power to the lunation. This Full Moon in Pisces symbolizes a climatic ocean of deep currents and high rising waves quite able to submerge, surround and send you on all manner of emotional adventures. Take care who you follow and surround yourself with at this time.
At the moment of Full Moon today the Sun rises and the Full Moon sets over the UK. Sunrise is at Algiers, Moonset at Douala and Cape town. The Moon culminates at Panama. Venus and Saturn align to Iran, Papua New Guinea and central Australia. Pluto rises at Recife.
This Full Moon hits the Suns of Justin Bieber and Roger Daltry, the Mercury of Angela Raynor, the Mars of Dominic Cummings, the Jupiter of Jamaica, the Saturn of the Dalai Lama and the Uranus of Egypt, Ireland, the BBC and Prince Philip. It opposes the Sun and Pluto of Keir Starmer, opposes the MC square the Moon of Poland, and squares the Saturn of Joseph Biden.
The day that follows is eventful.
06.05 The Moon at 11 Pisces waning sextile Uranus at 11 Taurus
12.18
This 'hung over' full Moon day draws out the intricacies of the current planetary situation, possibly a wound licking day. Mercury trine Saturn establishes some order on other rather 'drifty' proceedings.
00.10 The waning and decelerating full Moon conjunction Neptune at 20 Pisces
02.43
A very slow Moon and a very slow Mars are now in Aries. Mercury, Venus and Mars are in a brief cosmic dance today. Mars is agitated, badly aspected. He upsets both Venus and Mercury who join forces and together see eye to eye. Mars is vulnerable when he's this close. It all results in personal relationship issues. 'Love in the middle of a fire fight' kind of stuff.
09.13
Both Mercury and Venus change signs during this weekend. Mercury ingresses Libra today and Venus ingresses Leo tomorrow. This is an overall modulation to positive signs and represents a change to more expressive energy in the biosphere.
01.55
The Moon applies to a fiery close alignment with Mars in Aries early Sunday (GMT). Certainly the closest lunar conjunction with Mars in Aries. Moon Mars conjunction 21.46 PDT. (00.46 Sunday EDT.)Tightest alignment 23.09 PDT. (02.09 Sunday EDT). Moon and Mars square USA Pluto. Take a look at it tonight everyone. The zodiac degree of the conjunction in 28 degrees 2 mins Aries. This is conjunct Australia's Moon and aligned to Kamala Harris' Full Moon.
00.10 The Moon at 26 Aries waxing square Saturn at 26 Capricorn
04.46 The Moon at 28 Aries conjunction Mars at 28 Aries
06.09
Astrological modulations have occurred. Mercury in Libra is bringing poise. Venus in Leo evokes colourful creativity. The Moon in Taurus provides a steady, practical, constructive and materially positive, enchanted garden, couple of days.
06.01 The slowly disseminating and slowly accelerating Moon conjunction Uranus at 10 Taurus
07.28
We are already fully immersed in the rays of an Earth Grand Trine involving the Sun, the Moon, and Jupiter, (Saturn and Pluto) which started yesterday. Plenty good practical, neat, constructive and positive waves abound.
It's just that Mars in Aries is about to station and turn retrograde (tomorrow). All manner of violent acts are prevalent before the Warrior God lays down his sword and falls asleep.
00.36 The slowly accelerating disseminating Moon at 20 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 20 Pisces
06.40 The Moon at 23 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 23 Capricorn
12.47 The Moon at 26 Taurus waxing trine Saturn at 26 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for nearly 9 hours.
15.13
An optimistic wave of the Sun 'Earth Trine' Jupiter aspect manifests today amid the ocean of pessimism of the time.
The disseminating and accelerating Moon is now in Gemini. Today has movement and transmission evoking rapidly changing fortunes.
03.42 The Moon at 3 Gemini waning sextile Venus at 3 Leo
08.39 The Moon at 6 Gemini waning trine Mercury at 6 Libra
16.05
Yesterday in the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a new 'rule of six', restricting gatherings to a maximum of six people, enforced with fines or arrests. Transiting Saturn was yesterday exactly opposite the UK's Moon/Jupiter midpoint. Ebertin describes this combination as 'social disadvantage' and 'cut off from happiness'.
The Sun is now applying in opposition to Neptune, exact tomorrow, and the Last Quarter Moon forms a T-square with the opposition this morning (GMT). We have on our hands a minor crisis of consciousness, a momentary lapse of reason, a few hours of disorientation.
The opposition itself is a kind of 'Full Neptune', a fantasmagoria, a moonshot, a wave of illusion and of revelation, a climax of the subliminal.
08.03 The waning accelerating Moon at 17 Gemini quincunx Jupiter at 17 Capricorn
Sun opposition Neptune
As the red planet turned retrograde the skies of California glowed red. The sun, which is usually reliable, slept in on Wednesday. That's the way it seemed throughout the Bay Area as the smoke from countless wildfires mixed with clouds and fog to tint the sky, and just about everything else, a dark burnt orange. Some folks said it felt like living on the next planet over, the red one.
The opposition of the Sun and Neptune coupled with the Moon in Cancer later today evokes a pageant of emotional and astral responses.
00.38
A 'simple pleasures' day. A focus on home comforts. Close knit. Clan and culture.
02.29
JUPITER TURNS DIRECT last night. A momentous station. Jupiter will now apply to Saturn. Their 'Great Conjunction' at the start of tropical Aquarius occurs on the northern hemisphere Winter Solstice this year Dec 21st 2020.
New Age herald..
The Sun applies in trine aspect to Pluto, exact tomorrow, greatness of spirit and will. Venus applies in square aspect to Uranus, exact Tuesday, a sharp and jagged edge. Big town New Moon in Virgo on Thursday is trine Saturn and Pluto, great affairs of state and practical control, an interesting lunation.
01.07
Moon and Venus in Leo.
The Moon and Venus now in Leo offer generous measures of solid state playfulness and creativity over the next couple of days. The square they make to Uranus has an edge, best to see it coming.
02.01
There has been a record single-day rise in the number of new coronavirus cases. The Virus numbers are really ramping up. According to the WHO, 307,930 new cases were reported over the past 24 hours. The biggest increases were in India, the US and Brazil. Israel has become the first country to announce it will re impose a second nationwide lockdown later this week.
Transiting Mars has been hovering square USA Pluto since August. Blazes in California, Oregon and Washington state have burned almost 2 million hectares of land and killed at least 35 people since early August.
It's an extraordinary possibility, the idea that living organisms are floating in the clouds of Planet Venus. But this is what astronomers are now considering after detecting a gas in the atmosphere they can't explain. That gas is Phosphine, a molecule made up of one Phosphorus atom and three hydrogen atoms.
Venus is of course square Uranus today.
Today is dominated by Venus square Uranus which smacks of a bolt out of the blue. The bolt is likely to be financial.
01.05 The fast moving and accelerating old balsamic Moon at 19 Leo quincunx Neptune at 19 Pisces
06.19 The Moon at 23 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 23 Capricorn
09.37 The Moon at 25 Leo sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic.
10.09
An old Moon in Virgo day is upon us, best worked through. A day conducive to detail, diagnosis, work and repair.
00.29
02.04 The rapidly moving Moon at 19 Virgo opposition Neptune at 19 Pisces
07.06 The Moon at 23 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 23 Capricorn
10.07 The Moon at 24 Virgo waxing square the lunar node at 24 Gemini
10.35
This is the 3rd New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st at zero degrees Cancer and the 3rd New Moon before the invigorating Total Solar Eclipse at 23 Sagittarius (conjunct Mercury trine Mars) on December 14th 2020. We are mid-way between eclipse seasons. This is a pivotal time. Destinies are shifting. This New Moon in Virgo is trine Saturn and Pluto which has constructive and positive potentials, but the New Moon is applying in quincunx aspect to retrograde Mars and the personal planets are poorly aspected. Mercury squares Jupiter, Venus squares Uranus, retrograde Mars applies square to Saturn. Cardinal Earth energy predominates. This is a hard hitting lunation with a lot of clout. Weighty measures, events and experiences are underway. Hard choices are being made, some seemingly wide of the mark. Not without hope this is a 'can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs' kind of New Moon.
Today's New Moon is conjunct the MC of the USA. It also hits the Mars of Ukraine, the Neptune of Bob Dlyan, the Pluto of Melania Trump the Jupiter of Joseph Kennedy and the Mercury of Stephen Fry.
Below is this New Moon chart relocated to Washington DC. Note is a New Moon sunrise chart, the local MC is conjunct the 'Venus square Uranus' midpoint. The lunar nodal axis is roughly aligned to the prime vertical. This look to be an important New Moon for the USA. One of new beginnings.
At the New Moon moment today, it is sunrise and Moonrise over The Bahamas. Sunset is over The Gobi desert, Moonset over The Lena delta, it is High Noon at Berlin and true midnight over The Cook islands. Jupiter rises at Riyadh. The Sun and Moon are conjunct the MC of Kinshasa, N'Djamena, Tripoli and Prague. Saturn rises at Kumzar on the Strait of Hormuz, where Uranus culminates. Jupiter rises at Omsk and culminates at Seoul. Uranus rises and Pluto culminates at Vladivostok.
11.43 The rapidly waxing new born baby Moon at 25 Virgo waning trine Saturn at 25 Capricorn, moon void
15.18 The Moon at 28 Virgo waxing quincunx Mars at 28 Aries
15.35
It's not a time for dithering. Important decisions have to be made, steps need to be taken, but this is difficult today. The very quality of the day is one of indecision.
04.35
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has surpassed 30 million. More than 940,000 have died with Covid-19 since the outbreak began in China late last year. Saturn is currently retrograde in Capricorn and applying to Pluto, just 3 degrees from the conjunction which will not occur. Once was quite enough. Saturn is at his closest to Pluto on Sept 26th and then stations direct at 25 Capricorn on September 29th. He is then chased by Jupiter and re-enters Aquarius on Dec 12th 2020. Jupiter meets Saturn in Aquarius on Dec 21st 2021.
01.36 The rapidly waxing young Moon at 19 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 19 Pisces
02.09 The Moon conjunction Mercury at 20 Libra
01.48 The decelerating waxing crescent Moon at 19 Scorpio waning trine Neptune at 19 Pisces
05.22
01.13
The Sun crosses the Equator and enters the tropical zodiac sign of Libra. It is the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere and the Spring Equinox in the south. Day and night, light and dark are balanced everywhere on the planet. Sunrise is due East, Sunset due west.
The astrological sky at this moment sets the tone for the next 3 months. This sky is dominated by a Cardinal T-square of retrograde Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Pluto. This last quarter of 2020 looks to be a tough ride. Saturn and Jupiter in Capricorn's hard hitting last call before accelerated new age waves coinciding with the two planets ingress into Aquarius from the northern hemisphere's Winter Solstice onwards. The Moon at the Equinox moment is in Sagittarius and applying trine to Venus in Leo but in separating quincunx to Uranus. The backdrop to this equinox is buoyant, outgoing, adventurous and social.
At the moment of Equinox the Sun rises over the Great Slave Lake. The Sun sets at Karachi. The Moon rises at Murmansk and sets over Queensland, Shanghai and Ulan Bator. It is high Noon at the Azores and true midnight over the Coral Sea. The Moon culminates at Baghdad. The Mercury Mars opposition is aligned to the UK MC/IC axis where Saturn is square the local MC. Great and important events destined for the UK. Saturn and Pluto rise at Moscow, shadow and threat. Saturn rises at Kiev and at Sofia. Mars rises at Calcutta. Neptune culminates at Edmonton and at Melbourne.
Planets in Cardinality and Earth render this time with true grit. This is a practical and constructive time despite the ambient difficulties of the world situation.
Here's wishing a joyous equinox to all constant Daze readers. Thank you.
15.57
Mercury square Saturn
Now the 'Mercury square Saturn component' of the ongoing cardinal T-square adds more than a measure of gloominess into what otherwise would be a fun loving day. The Sun is now in Libra, grace and charm, the Moon is in Sagittarius, adventurous and entrepreneurial. Venus in Leo, playful, Mars retrograde in Aries, backtracking. Mercury opposes Mars tomorrow concluding the Cardinal T-squares toll with a real headache.
A 'get on with it' day.
03.35 The waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 19 Sagittarius waxing trine Venus at 19 Leo
04.21 The Moon at 19 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 19 Pisces
08.06
The ongoing cardinal T-square reaches a climax of sorts today as Mercury opposes Mars. This aspect is mentally challenging. Cosmic migraine. Mind v muscle.
The T-square will dissolve away but will be held together a little longer by the Moon waxing in Capricorn for the next 2 days reinforcing all the components of the T-square.
The next two days are seriously grounded. Practical considerations are paramount.
01.56
Another grounded day. Fully furnished practicality, hard hitting.
Saturn is at his closest to Pluto tomorrow Sept 26th and then stations direct at 25 Capricorn on September 29th. He starts to put some distance between himself and Pluto and what has been a most damaging influence this year. Saturn is being chased by Jupiter, a much more uplifting astrological wave. He re-enters Aquarius on Dec 12th 2020. Better days beyond.
03.22
03.36 The decelerating post first quarter Moon at 29 Capricorn waxing square Mercury at 29 Libra.
The Moon is void of course for 2.5 hours
The Sun and Moon are in air signs. A clearer, slightly lighter, future oriented couple of days are on the cards, despite the fact that retrograde Mars is applying once again to Saturn, successfully tightening the screws of oppression. Mars squares Saturn on Tuesday and is the next planetary obstacle to negotiate.
06.10 The Moon enters Aquarius
09.23
Retro-Mars is again tightening on his square aspect with Saturn. It peaks on Tuesday. Restriction is the word here. Otherwise, like yesterday, another strongly spirited day with a need for personal freedom most apparent.
01.01 The decelerating waxing Moon at 10 Aquarius square Uranus at 10 Taurus
03.45
There is fun to be had today despite retro-Mars being square to Saturn, as Mars also makes a 'fire trine' aspect to Venus energizing human relationships with passion. Lunar pressures are rising as the Moon slowly builds to her problematic Full phase in Aries, conjunct Chiron, on Thursday. This will be quite a week.
03.41 The waxing gibbous Moon decelerating at 24 Aquarius trines her node from south of the ecliptic
05.05 The Moon at 25 Aquarius opposition Venus at 25 Leo
07.18 The Moon at 26 Aquarius waning sextile Mars at 26 Aries.
The Moon is void of course for 8.3 hours.
09.38
Waxing gibbous Moon and Neptune in Pisces
The burgeoning Moon in oceanic Pisces pulls us through this relatively momentous day of Saturn simultaneously stationing direct and receiving Mars' square aspect. Something's going to break today, some give somewhere. The advice given here is to flow with the oceanics.
01.02
The day before a poignant Full Moon. Lunar tides are high. Life forces flowing with high amperage. Swirls of emotional energy, fear, love, anger, benevolence enveloping the biosphere. The Moon still in Pisces and very slowly approaching her climax is conjunct Neptune just before the (GMT) dawn of the new day. Essentially a reasonable ride until the Moon becomes void, (17.30 GMT) then beware of the astrological rip currents.
01.09
October, month of two Full Moons, will also witness two planetary grand crosses. One in cardinal signs on Oct 10th involving the Moon, Jupiter, Pluto, the Sun and Mars and the other, slightly softer, in mutable signs involving the Moon, her node, Venus and Neptune. Planetary grand crosses are uncommon. There is another mutable cross in Dec involving Neptune and the node again. The square between Mars and Pluto has a prolonged rather menacing persistence over the first half of this month.
Two difficult lunations occur in this calendar month, the errant Full Moon in Aries today and the New Moon on October 16th which forms a T-square with the Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto. This is just relentless astrology. The Full Moon at the end of the month is more appetizing.
00.42
Today's Full Moon is the third Full Moon following on from the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn on July 5th and the penultimate Full Moon before another Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on November 30th 2020 (at 9 Gemini quincunx Uranus). Today's Full Moon a 9 degrees Aries is conjunct Chiron. Mars is square Saturn and Pluto. Jupiter sextiles Neptune. Six bodies are in Cardinal signs. We have on our hands a troublesome lunation in Aries, where anger and rash action capture attention. We have potential wounding with the Chiron contact, and we have great frustration and potential violence with retrograde Mars square Saturn and Pluto at this time. Mercifully we do have the healing vibrations of Jupiter sextile Neptune to lend a helping hand. This is a Full Moon where is it wise to stay absolutely calm. At the exact moment of Full Moon today it is Sunrise at Darwin and Sunset at Sao Paulo. The Moon is exactly rising at Sao Paulo. Moonset is at Alice Springs. (Vladivostok also has the Sun and the Moon on the horizon). It is High Noon over The North East Pacific and True Midnight over Tajikstan. Jupiter exactly rises at Phoenix(AZ). Uranus culminates at Kabul. Neptune rises at Caracas. Pluto sets at Oslo. Today's Full Moon hits the degree (9 Aries) which is the Solar degree of Pritti Patel, Eric Clapton and Lady Gaga. (Quite a trio!). It squares the MC of the UK, squares Donald Trump's Mercury (trine his Pluto), hits the Mars/Pluto midpoint of the USA chart, (sextiling the USA Uranus and trining the USA Ascendant). It hits Lilith in the chart of Amy Coney Barrett, Alqueda's Mars, Japan's Venus, Belgium's Pluto, Kenya's Jupiter, Ayatollah Khamanei's Jupiter, and Bob Geldof's Jupiter. After its passing we will witness the long and slow application of the Moon in conjunction with retrograde Mars in Aries early (GMT) Saturday.
A 'hung over full moon day'. Residual potency in its wake. Impulsive action and spontaneous responses manifest.
00.17
Donald Trump has Covid 19. Retro-Mars is tightening square his natal Saturn and this peaks on Monday. Transiting Saturn opposes his Venus on October 21st. Saturn has been hovering in this position for a few weeks and the transit first occurred in Feb 2020. This aspect usually brings 'inhibited financial and romantic experiences'. It's always a debilitating influence, just replace the word 'romantic' with the word 'popular' and you have it. Also his progressed Moon in Virgo squares natal Uranus on Oct 20th. This is an emotional blow, and because Trump's Uranus is in his natal 10th house, his career prospects could be shattered by this. Transiting Uranus has been and is square his Pluto which is especially shattering. The other, more positive trend is the current 'double sextile whammy' of transiting Uranus sextile his Mercury and progressed Mercury sextile his natal Uranus! This gives the elements of considerable suprise to current events and experiences. You might be tempted to forecast a suprise election victory on the back of this duo if it wasn't for the dismal transits ahead for him. transiting Pluto of course will next year be where Saturn is now, opposite his Venus, and transiting Neptune will next year be squaring his Sun and Moon. Not at all a good prognostication even if he did win the election.
Today starts with the fiery blast of Moon and Mars' close conjunction in Aries, in severe square to Saturn, followed by a lengthy void of course period until the Moon slips slowly into Taurus (15.14) GMT which effectively shuts everything down to a steadier beat, for the remainder of the weekend.
00.00 The very slowly waning full Moon at 22 Aries square Pluto at 22 Capricorn
02.18 The Moon at 24 Aries waning sextiles her mean node from south of the ecliptic
03.58 The Moon conjunction Mars at 24 Aries
05.08
A quiet, slightly menacing stillness surrounds us today. Very slow progress. Intractable situations and no real give. Inert but steady. The Moon and Uranus apply opposite Mercury (9 days from his retrograde station). Smacks of simmering shocks, waiting at a distance.
00.42
04.08 The slowly waning still pretty full Moon accelerating at 18 Taurus waxing trine Jupiter at 18 Capricorn
05.37 The Moon at 19 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 19 Pisces
07.24
On October 6, 2020, Earth sweeps closer to the red planet Mars than it will again for another 15 years, or until September 2035.
Mercury turns retrograde in 8 days time and is currently applying in opposition to Uranus, exact tomorrow. First of 3. Agitation, unsettling mind spaces and communication issues can be expected. Mars is slowly retrograding and slowly applying in square aspect to Pluto, now direct, exact on Friday, which is another climax of this season's traumatic brutishness of people and of nature. Overseeing this with merciful eyes is Jupiter sextile Neptune, also exact in 8 days time, and helping with a measure of wisdom and healing.
00.27
Mercury turns retrograde in 7 days time and is opposite to Uranus. First of 3 today October 7th, second, the tightest, October 20th, and last kick Nov 17th. Agitation, cerebral shocks, unsettling mind spaces and communication issues can be expected. Because of this today has a slightly chaotic edge.
09.18
Mars is square Pluto tomorrow. The first of the 3 occurrences of this aspect was on Aug 13th. News reports of the protests in Belarus were hitting the headlines at the time. The final punch is on Dec 23rd. 01.02 The accelerating disseminating Moon at 22 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 22 Capricorn 01.57 The Moon at 23 Gemini waxing sextile Mars at 23 Aries. The Moon is void of course for nearly 13 hours. 02.44 The Moon conjuncts her mean node at 23 Gemini 06.47 The Moon at 25 Gemini waxing quincunx Saturn at 25 Capricorn 15.47 The Moon enters Cancer setting something of a worrisome backdrop to tomorrow's cosmic body blow.
Emotional sensitivity pervades proceedings. The second hit of Mars square Pluto rings out today with possible serious consequence. Venus and Mars are also at variance. Feel your way through the day.
06.09
A cardinal cross is manifest today involving the Moon, Jupiter and Pluto, the Sun and Mars 00:00 to 11:00
Not a common event and one worthy of attention. Be aware of the hours and what happens during them.
The Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto components of this cross persist till next Friday, Oct 16th, and are embedded with the New Moon on that day. Eventful unrelenting dense astrology continues in the intervening time and with the coming New Moon. Red October.
An instinctive 'close' day ensues. Venus sextile Uranus provides a degree of surprise this evening (GMT).
00.40
A big time day. Moon in Leo, Sun square Jupiter, ordinarily a whopper, but there's a global pandemic going on and today's square aspect is part of a cardinal T-square giving a cartload of grief this week, so this potentially fun packed day is muted somewhat.
00.26 The rapidly waxing post first quarter Moon accelerates into Leo.
13.35
Jupiter sextile Neptune
07.07
The Sun is opposing Mars and squaring Pluto. Hard times.
04.57 The rapidly waning Moon enters Virgo joining Venus in this sign.
14.30 The Moon reaches her balsamic phase. The procession to Friday's New Moon now begins in earnest.
20.36 The Moon at 9 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 9 Taurus
23.27
Mercury stations retrograde.
A nuts and bolts day. Practical but wavering. 00.20 The rapidly waning balsamic Moon at 12 Virgo waning sextile Mercury at 12 Scorpio 00:59 Mercury turns retrograde. He is at Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at 3 Scorpio on Oct 25th. Mercury re-enters Libra on Oct 28th. He squares Saturn on Nov 1st and 6th either side of his direct station at 26 Libra on Nov 3rd. U turns and lock downs ahead. 02.56 The Moon conjunction Venus at 13 Virgo 11.48 The Moon at 19 Virgo opposition Neptune at 19 Pisces 12.12 The Moon at 19 Virgo waning trine Jupiter at 19 Capricorn 15.17 The Moon at 21 Virgo waxing quincunx Mars at 21 Aries 17.56 The Moon at 23 Virgo waning trine Pluto at 23 Capricorn 18.43 The Moon at 23 Virgo squares her node from north of the ecliptic. 22.48 The Moon at 26 Virgo waning trine Saturn at 26 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for over 7 hours.
The day of the fast old Moon. Manic overtures likely with the Sun square Pluto. Super New Moon in Libra rings out tomorrow.
05.55 The rapidly waning Moon enters Libra joining the Sun in this sign.
07.13
11.20 The Moon at 19 Libra waning quincunx Neptune at 19 Pisces
12.07 The Moon at 19 Libra waning square Jupiter at 19 Capricorn
13.50 The Moon at 20 Libra opposition Mars at 20 Aries
17.23 The Moon at 23 Libra waning square Pluto at 23 Capricorn
17.58 The Moon at 23 Libra waxing trine the lunar node at 23 Gemini
19.32
This is the 4th New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st at zero degrees Cancer and the penultimate New Moon before the invigorating Total Solar Eclipse at 23 Sagittarius (conjunct Mercury trine Mars) on December 14th 2020. This is a 'Super New Moon', being close to perigee. The New Moon is conjunct the fixed star Spica but square the Saturn Pluto conjunction. The Spica influence is fortuitous traditionally associated with success, renown and riches, but the striking cardinal T-square involving the New Moon, Saturn, Pluto and retrograding Mars, seem to stamp a very strong 'awful 2020' hallmark on this lunation. The question is: 'Is this as bad as it gets? This New Moon is accompanied by retrograding Mercury opposite Uranus, and Venus opposite Neptune but trine Jupiter. This New Moon is conjunct V.Putin's Mercury, Turkey's Mercury, Nasa's Jupiter, Facebook's IPO Saturn. It is square the USA Mercury, sextile the UK's Saturn, tightly square Donald Trump's Saturn, loosely trine his Sun, and is conjunct his daughter Ivanka's Jupiter Pluto conjunction. At the exact moment of New Moon, 19:32 GMT, Sunrise is over New South Wales. Sunset is at Cape Farewell. Moonrise is at Sydney, Sunrises at Melbourne. Moonset and 'Mercury Set' are over The Azores. It is High Noon at San Diego, true midnight is at Tashkent and over Afghanistan. Neptune culminates at Odessa and at Cairo. There is a paran of Jupiter and Neptune at Kiev. Once the New Moon moment has passed the infant Moon rushes into a harsh square with Saturn. 22.12 The very fast Moon at 26 Libra waning square Saturn at 26 Capricorn. The Moon is void of course for nearly 7 hours
The brand New Moon today races through Scorpio applying in a conjunction with retrograding Mercury. The flying bird brings the message. New Moon energy pervades the biosphere with purposeful intensity and will. Nothing light hearted is manifest right now. Two other aspects are applying today. The Sun squares Saturn and Venus opposes Neptune, both aspects peaking tomorrow and bringing double helpings of restriction and confusion. Beyond that there is still no let down of the drama. Monday sees further astrological pressure with Mars squaring Jupiter. Red October continues.
00.00 The Moon is at perigee, fastest and nearest to the Earth all month.
05.07 The Moon enters Scorpio joining retrograde Mercury in this sign.
13.39
Mars square Jupiter.
Venus trine Jupiter.
Venus quincunx Mars.
04.44 The Moon enters Sagittarius
05.38
An important day. Deviations evident, born of sudden changes of mind. Transmission and give. Moving on out.
00.29
Venus trine Pluto
A beneficial Venus trine Pluto aspect today warms the heart with the power of love. The Moon moves into Capricorn early on today (GMT) and sets about leading us up to the First Quarter phase and the ingress of the Sun into Scorpio, both events occurring on Friday (BST). We can then focus our spirits onto the forthcoming Halloween Full Blue Moon at the end of this month. This Halloween Full Moon, the ultimate before a lunar eclipse, now only 40 days away, is conjunct Uranus. We can expect quite a shocker of an event around the end of October and the beginning of November.
03.39 The fast moving but decelerating waxing crescent Moon at 28 Sagittarius sextiles The Sun at 28 Libra.
The Moon is then void of course for just over 3 hours.
06.45 The Moon enters Capricorn joining Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in this sign.
15.34
The Moon, approaching First Quarter, is doggedly working through Capricorn. Today is the last day of the astrological month of Libra, the Sun enters tropical Scorpio as the (GMT) day ends. We then bravely move on into the mystery and the battlefield that are symbolic of this sign.
04.14
We are now in the astrological month of Scorpio. Deepening and dark is the way now in the northern hemisphere, it's all warming and blossoming in the south. Astrological sights are set on the Halloween Full Moon one week tomorrow. On that day the Full Moon conjunct Uranus. We are all expecting the unexpected. Mercury stations direct at 26 Libra on Nov 3rd, accompanied either side by the planet squaring Saturn, casting a strong shadow on world events at this time of USA election. Venus opposes Mars on Nov 9th, silky smooth challenges warrior god. The Scorpio Sun trines Neptune on Nov 10th. Jupiter conjuncts Pluto on Nov 12th, the peaking of tightness of the 2020 triplet in Capricorn, and the start of its dissolution. The Sun sextiles Pluto on Nov 14th as Mars resumes direct motion at 15 Aries that day. The Sun sextiles Jupiter on Nov 15th as Venus squares Pluto and a favorable New Moon in Scorpio occurs. Venus squares Jupiter on Nov 16th. Mercury opposes Uranus on Nov 17th, and the Sun sextiles Saturn on Nov 19th. A very dynamic astrological month is ahead.
01.10 The waxing decelerating Moon at 24 Capricorn waxing trine Venus at 24 Virgo
03.05
Venus trine Saturn.
05.03 The decelerating 'fixed first quarter' Moon at 9 Aquarius waning square Uranus at 9 Taurus
15.41
Mercury Inferior conjunction with the Sun.
The US election on Nov 3rd this year occurs on the very day Mercury stations direct at 26 Libra. The 2000 US election occurred at a similar point in Mercury's cycle and also in late Libra. Mercury turned direct the day after the election at 30 degrees Libra. No winner could be declared, prompting a controversial recount in Florida The result of the 2000 election, a win for George Bush took over a month to announce. US coronavirus cases have hit a record daily high as states grapple with a renewed wave of infections. Citing data from local state health authorities, the Covid Tracking Project reported 83,010 new cases on Friday. The transiting mean lunar node currently squares the US Neptune and is applying conjunct to USA Mars peaking Nov 13th.
A void of course Moon drifts in Aquarius for most of this (GMT) day.
05.16
01.53
Marcus Rashford MBE, English professional footballer and Scorpio subject has his 23rd birthday on October 31st 2020, the day of the Halloween Full Moon conjunct Uranus. This guarantees him a climatic year ahead. What ever his birth time he was a New Moon in Scorpio baby. A strong spirit. The upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on Dec 14th 2020 is conjunct his natal Venus and Mars conjunction in Sagittarius. Going to need all of this strength.
The Moon is now in tropical Pisces. Dreamy. Morning star Mercury applies in long covid square to Saturn, either side of his station, at the time of the US election. No deal Brexit decision hangs also. The whole world is on hold
09.41 The slowly waxing and decelerating dreamy piscean Moon, 4 days from the full, conjunction Neptune at 18 Pisces
11.48 Opposition in 2008 to 2010. Last quarter phase in 2021. The Saturn Uranus cycle symbolises new creations following old breakdowns. It demands adapting to new situations and fostering appropriate responses. This waning bi-septile aspect is a 'fine tuning' vibration, empowering 'cutting away from the past'.
13.38 The Moon at 20 Pisces waxing sextile Jupiter at 20 Capricorn
16.03
Mercury and Venus enter Libra from opposite ends of the sign.
Mercury and Venus enter Libra this morning within 8 minutes of each other from opposite ends of the sign. Both planets are invited to Libra's party but Mercury enters and leaves by the backdoor and doesn't stay for long. She's the belle of the ball, but is a girl with trouble with difficult experiences ahead. Catching a glimpse of her loviness he's going to change his mind on many matters and agree to meet her later. The two planets meet up 4 times next year, after only one meet in 2020. The next meet is in the middle of Aquarius on Feb 13th 2021.
00.47 The Moon at 26 Pisces waxing sextile Saturn at 26 Capricorn
01.35
Lunar pressures are indeed rising. A storming day everywhere today. Impulse and energy. The waxing gibbous Moon is conjunct retro-Mars 18.34 GMT. A slap and a jolt. Dust yourself down afterwards, get up and carry on. Face the oncoming Full Moon.
01.04 
A very slow beseiged waxing gibbous Moon, under planetary stress, dominates events and experiences today. From 16.13 she becomes void of course, going nowhere, and from 21.21 she enters Taurus steadying the ship somewhat only to be confronted by the prospect of a Full Moon conjunction with Uranus tomorrow.
02.40 The Moon at 21 Aries waxing square Jupiter at 21 Capricorn
05.30 The Moon at 22 Aries sextile her node from south of the ecliptic.
06.26 The Moon at 23 Aries waxing square Pluto at 23 Capricorn
07.55
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05.02 The Moon at 4 Taurus waning quincunx Venus at 4 Libra
14.50
Today's Full Moon is the 4th Full Moon following on from the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn on July 5th and the ultimate Full Moon before another Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on November 30th 2020 (at 9 Gemini quincunx Uranus). With its passing we are on the edge of a new eclipse season.
This Halloween Full Blue Moon is almost exactly conjunct Uranus. This Moon is near apogee, conjunct Lilith. This is the shocking electric Full Moon, a bringer of surprises, a shaking up of lives, an awakener. Retro-Mercury is square Saturn, a world on hold. Jupiter applies to Pluto, Covid peaks and Covid vaccines ahead. Five bodies are in Earth signs, deep down practicality, and the same number are in cardinal signs, a time of high amperage.
At the exact moment of Full Moon today Sunrise is occurring over Baffin Bay, Vancouver and Seattle, where the Moon and Uranus are setting. Sunset is at Stockholm. The Moon is rising at Helsinki and Kiev and setting over the Great Slave Lake. It is High Noon at Sao Paulo and true midnight at Alice Springs. Neptune rises at Barcelona. Over Turkey, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto are culminating, the Moon and Uranus rise and the Sun sets. (See map below)
Saturn culminates at Jerusalem, Mars at Hong Kong, the Moon over Japan where the Sun and Uranus are at lower culmination. The Lunar South Node is culminating over the UK, the balrog's whip. Jupiter and Pluto straddle the local MC of Harare. Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto rise over Brazil, Bolivia and Chile.
The Moon and Uranus culminate over Australia as the midnight hour rings out and Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto set. The Full Moon opposes the bank of Australia's Neptune.
Today's Full Moon at 9 degrees Taurus is conjunct Brazil's Saturn, the Internet's Saturn, and Libya's Saturn. It hits the MC of Northern Ireland, Yemen's Mercury, and the Koreas' North Lunar Node. It sextiles the UK MC, trining Kier Starmer's Sun.
Marcus Rashford MBE, English professional footballer and Scorpio subject has his 23rd birthday on October 31st 2020, the day of the Halloween Full Moon conjunct Uranus. This guarantees him a climatic year ahead. Also today is the birthday of Tom Paxton, Peter Jackson, Vanilla Ice and the Cheeky Girls.
14.55 The Moon conjunction Uranus at 9 Taurus
15.54
The triple conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn is at its most intense this month. Jupiter is conjunct Pluto on November 12th which is the point when the triplet is at its tightest.
00.35
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The passing Full Moon conjunct Uranus coincided with an earthquake in Turkey, the announcement of a four week lockdown in England and the occurrence of Typhoon Goni barrelling across the Philippines, bringing with it catastrophic winds and rain and affecting 19 million people. We are now in the foothills of a new eclipse season with a penumbral lunar eclipse occuring at the end of November.
With the Moon now waning we are in a week dominated by Mercury approaching his station, 'hovering' squaring Saturn. Restriction and suppression are the resultant effects here.
02.16 The slowly waning and accelerating full Moon at 26 Taurus quincunx Mercury at 26 Libra
02.30 The Moon at 26 Taurus waxing trine Saturn at 26 Capricorn.
The Moon is void for 7.5 hours
Around 06:00 Mars in Aries opposes the Mercury/Venus midpoint in Libra.
10.01 The Moon enters Gemini
16.09
November 3rd 2020 USA elections.
The US election on Nov 3rd this year occurs on the very day Mercury stations direct at 26 Libra. The 2000 US election occurred at a similar point in Mercury's cycle and also in late Libra. Mercury turned direct the day after the election at 30 degrees Libra. No winner could be declared, prompting a controversial recount in Florida The result of the 2000 election, a win for George Bush took over a month to announce.
During this week all that takes place is subject to the restrictive and suppressive influence of the lengthy square aspect between stationary Mercury and Saturn. Other influences are on the back burner for now, notably the looming final conjunction between Jupiter and Pluto on November 12th. Even its expansive influence is temporarily dampened by this current mentally grueling square. Patience and strength required. It will pass.
00.32 The accelerating and waning full Moon at 7 Gemini trine Venus at 7 Libra
08.52
The USA progressed Moon has just entered Aquarius. Curious that this should occur around election day. This is the start of a new 30 month chapter. Usually it represents a focus on independence, and on friendships. This progressed Moon is in its balsamic phase and becomes a progressed New Moon in Pisces in March 2024 which is a real new beginning of a 29 year cycle. The current situation however sees the USA progressed Moon immediately forming a fixed T-square with progressed Venus and progressed Saturn. This spells an immediate crisis of a social, fiscal and civil welfare nature over the next 2 months. Certainly a difficult transition period if we have a change of administration on our hands.
02.22
The outcome of the US presidential election is on a knife edge, with Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden neck and neck in key swing states. No candidate can credibly claim to have won as yet, and both campaigns said they had potential paths to victory. Without declaring victory, Mr Biden said he believed his Democratic campaign would prevail. Mr Trump, a Republican, claimed to have won. His campaign has filed lawsuits in two states where Mr Biden leads. Several key states are expected to finish counting by the end of Wednesday but the election may not be decided for days.
Amid this the planet Mercury continues to apply in long square to Saturn, exact tomorrow. The world, or at least the USA, is on hold. Venus opposes Mars on Monday, aligned to the USA Saturn, inducing social distress and unrest. The Scorpio Sun trines Neptune on Tuesday Nov 10th, beguiling eddies and currents. Jupiter is conjunct Pluto on Nov 12th, the pinnacle of the 2020 power transformation, and Mars turns direct on Nov 14th urgently keen to move on.
The Moon is now in Cancer. The following 2 days are essentially emotionally motivated. Today is sore and a little numb.
04.37
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01.08
Venus applies in opposition retro-Mars, social and sexual juxtaposition. Jupiter applies to the final conjunction with Pluto, transformation of power, viral explosion, subsequent vaccine.
A day of no compromise, formative, real.
00.53 The Moon at 27 Cancer, accelerating towards last quarter, opposition Saturn at 27 Capricorn
01.27 The Moon at 27 Cancer waning square Mercury at 27 Libra.
The Moon is void of course for nearly 6 hours.
07.20 The Moon enters Leo
11.42
Joe Biden is projected to win the US election and become the 46th president of the United States. After a nail-biting race, the Democratic candidate took an unbeatable lead in Pennsylvania, picking up its 20 Electoral College votes and past the 270 needed to gain the White House. Celebrations broke out on the streets in several states, with people dancing and cheering. Mr Trump has refused to concede the election and in a written statement released by the campaign accused his opponent of 'rushing to falsely pose as the winner'.
Venus in Libra is opposite Mars in Aries tomorrow. Venus opposition Mars occurs roughly every 2 years. However the last time it occurred across these two signs was on Sep 9th 1941, the start of the Siege of Leningrad. Hopefully no historically parallel sieges starting now.
08.37 The last quarter Moon, accelerating at 14 Leo, waning sextile Venus at 14 Libra
09.26
The Biden Harris victory party atmosphere of the last couple of days, accompanied by the Moon in Leo, gives way today to more sober and practical considerations.
Venus opposes Mars. Venus opposition Mars occurs roughly every 2 years. However the last time it occurred across these two signs was on Sep 9th 1941, the start of the Siege of Leningrad. Hopefully no historically parallel sieges are starting now. There will be some sort of standoff today, and some event of import. Both Venus and Mars are in their own signs but of course Mars is still retrograde so he will back off. Anyone hearing a concession speech?
00.50 The last quarter Moon accelerating at 23 Leo waning quincunx Pluto at 23 Capricorn
07.44 The Moon at 27 Leo waning quincunx Saturn at 27 Capricorn
11.05 The Moon at 29 Leo waning sextile Mercury at 29 Libra.
The Moon is void of course for 2.5 hours.
13.31 The Moon enters Virgo
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Venus opposition Mars yesterday hit sensitive points in charts of USA, UK, China, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Canada,Haiti, Jamaica,Egypt,Depp,Netanyahu,Rashford, Wenger, BBC, GW Bush, Prince Charles, L.Dicaprio, S.King, Ivanka T, U.Von der Lyon and LHC Cern to name a few.
The main news yesterday however was the announcement of the results of a preliminary analysis of the first effective corona virus vaccine which can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19. The developers, Pfizer and BioNTech, described it as a great day for science and humanity. Their vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and no safety concerns have been raised. This news arises as the world covid-19 infection number passes 50 million and the world death tally exceed 1.25 million. These massive measures coupled in time with the announcement of the vaccine occur as Jupiter conjoins with Pluto for the final of 3 occasions. This final blast is on Thursday.
03.51 The Last Quarter Moon accelerating at 8 Virgo waxing trine Uranus at 8 Taurus
05.12
The accelerating pre-balsamic Moon in Virgo confers on this day an efficient no-nonsense practicality and dutiful work ethic. Do the job and do it right.
02.13 The Moon at 22 Virgo squares her node from north of the ecliptic.
03.35
Moon and Venus in Libra
Jupiter conjunct Pluto 23 degrees Capricorn. Final of 3.
Jupiter conjunct Pluto in Capricorn. This final hit coincides with worldwide rampant escalating virus, the appearance of vaccines and the US president refusing to concede electoral defeat. The 2020 triplet of Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn is now at its tightest. Jupiter clears Pluto and sets his sights on Saturn. The Grand Conjunction 39 days away.
The transiting lunar nodal axis is currently tightly aligned along Donald Trump's natal Sun Moon opposition and the USA Mars. Destiny is coming to a head.
The old Moon and Venus now reside in Libra opposite Mars on the verge of direct motion in Aries. A day of polarisation and balanced forces.
00.04
The old Moon applies all day to a fairly close conjunction with Mercury in Scorpio. 'Got to have words'. 'Say it like it is'.
02.45 The rapidly waning balsamic Moon accelerating at 21 Libra trine her node from north of the ecliptic.
04.12
Old Moon, Mercury and the Sun in Scorpio.
00:02
Venus square Pluto.
03.58
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This is the 5th New Moon following the Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st at zero degrees Cancer and the ultimate New Moon before the invigorating Total Solar Eclipse at 23 Sagittarius (conjunct Mercury trine Mars) on December 14th 2020. With its passing we are now fully in a new eclipse season.
Today's New Moon sextiles Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto. Venus is square Pluto and Jupiter. Mercury applies in opposition to Uranus. The planetary emphasis right now is with cardinality, and in Water and Earth signs.
This is a favorable lunation and much welcome. It integrates well with the Capricorn triplet energy and uses it to good advantage. Venus is certainly under stress but mars is now direct in motion and the Jupiter Pluto conjunctions of 2020 are just behind us. This New Moon offers rejuvenation.
At the exact moment of New Moon today the Sun is rising at Moscow (where Neptune is at lower culmination) and Athens. The Moon rises at Kiev and at Bucharest. High Noon is at Bangkok and true midnight is at Cape Canaveral. The Moon sets over the Lena Delta. Mercury rises at Oslo, Jupiter and Pluto rise over India, Mars culminates at San Diego. Saturn sets there and at Los Angeles. Uranus sets at Stockholm.
Today's New Moon directly hits the Mercury of Joseph Biden, (trine the US Mercury and sextile its Neptune), the Sun in the charts of Palestine, Prince Charles, Sanna Marin, and the NRA, the Jupiter of Turkey, Mike Prince and Stephen King, the Saturn of Queen Elizabeth, the Mars of Oprah Winfrey, the Mercury of John Cleese, the Mars and Uranus conjunction of Joseph Kennedy, the Pluto of Bosnia and the Ariana Legrande generation and the Neptune of the Julia Roberts generation, (including Slaven Bilic). The New Moon is square the UK Saturn and sets off a T-square (opposite Mercury and Venus and square Saturn) in the chart of Johnny Depp.
07.34
Venus square Jupiter.
New Moon energy pervades the biosphere. We are now in an eclipse season. First on the agenda is a vibrant, busy, fast moving, cerebral, disaster prone Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 9 Gemini on Monday November 30th. All astrological eyes are now on this.
Venus in Libra is currently in 'mid-November bad lands'. She is square Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn. There is more trouble here for her than just a rip in her party dress. Rather she is more likely beset with fear and loathing on mount Olympus. Fiscal concerns also abound. Still it's ever onwards, with an optimistic Sagittarian Moon today holding sway and urging us on to brighter vistas.
04.41 The rapidly waxing infant Moon at 8 Sagittarius quincunx Uranus at 8 Taurus
05.33
Mercury opposite Uranus
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02.05 The rapidly waxing young Moon at 21 Sagittarius opposes her ascending node at 21 Gemini
07.55 The Moon at 25 Sagittarius waxing sextile Venus at 25 Libra.
The Moon is void of course for 8.7 hours
08.08
The rapidly waxing young Moon is now in Capricorn with Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto for the penultimate time. We are probably not going to miss these monthly gatherings in Capricorn, but we have sure got used to them. On December 17th Saturn finally leaves Capricorn for good, followed 83 minutes later by the Moon and 2 days later by Jupiter. All change.
06.01 The fast young Moon decelerating at 8 Capricorn waning trine Uranus at 8 Taurus
08.32 The Moon at 9 Capricorn waxing sextile Mercury at 9 Scorpio
12.14
Sun sextile Saturn.
Venus square Saturn
The brave young Moon battles onwards through Capricorn making conjunctions with the heavy weight threesome, Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn. Venus in her 'mid November badlands' squares Saturn. The Scorpio Sun sextiles Saturn. This is rough stuff, grasping, securing surviving.
07.18
Today is the last full day of the astrological month of Scorpio. The Sun enters Sagittarius tomorrow and will lift spirits. We are a month from the Solstice.
The waxing crescent Moon is now in Aquarius inducing a greater measure of rationality than in recent days. A future proof couple of days is upon us.
04.22
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Hold hands girls and boys. We are about to be launched into the stratospheric sagittarian season. Spicing up the journey, Venus today 'slides' into tropical Scorpio,invoking a heady mixture of focused will, deep mystery and seething sexuality. The mood today however is clinically detached, 'out to bio-secure lunch', 'fifty/fifty fire and ice'. The ice is going to melt, warmed by the Sagittarius fire. Hot waters are going to flow. 00.49 The waxing crescent Moon decelerating towards first quarter at 16 Aquarius waning sextile Mars at 16 Aries 11.01 The Moon at 21 Aquarius trines her node from south of the ecliptic. 13.23 Venus enters Scorpio as a morning star joining Mercury, and very briefly the Sun, in this sign. She resides in Scorpio for a brief 25 days and other than an unsettling tussle of an opposition with Uranus on Nov 27th, has a reasonable residence here. Venus opposes Uranus on Nov 27th, trines Neptune on Dec 6th, sextiles Pluto on Dec 10th, sextiles Jupiter on Dec 14th and sextiles Saturn on Dec 15th. Venus leaves Scorpio for Sagittarius on that day Dec 15th. The intense sexuality of Venus in Scorpio interestingly complements the passion and thrust of Mars now direct in Aries. Steamy stuff is at hand. 20.41 The Sun enters Sagittarius and a new astrological month begins.
Two things have changed. Venus is now in Scorpio and the Sun is in Sagittarius. The former basks in emotional intensity the later wants to shake himself free of bondage. Mars forges on regardless. The Moon is set on an 8 day, mainly decelerating, journey to a penumbral lunar eclipse. Big changes are at hand and ahead.
There is movement today. The Sun and Moon are involved in dissolution and transmission. Breaking up, moving around, reforming. A new astrological month has begun.
00.52
12.05
Mercury trine Neptune
Six days to the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse. Eclipse season anticipation starting to gain purchase.
A dreamy day is on the cards for the first 15 hours (GMT), with accompanying imaginative and penetrative depth of thought. The day turns urgent and has a 'to the point' quality for the remainder of the day.
01.18 The first quarter Moon decelerating at 23 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 23 Capricorn
01.29
Changes of attitudes are evident. News stories are focusing on the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford. Interim data suggests 70% protection, but the researchers say the figure may be as high as 90% by tweaking the dose. The results will be seen as a triumph, but come after Pfizer and Moderna vaccines showed 95% protection
The UK has reasonable eclipse effects ahead. The lunar eclipse on Nov 30th is trine the UK ascendant and the solar eclipse on Dec 14th is trine the UK Saturn. However the UK has a progressed New Moon in Leo on 10th Aug 2021, square Neptune, inaugurating a new 28 year chapter, with a potential 'dissolution effect'.
Also Donald Trump is now reported as accepting that a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must 'do what needs to be done', even as he vowed to keep contesting his election defeat. The solar eclipse on Dec 14th aligns to his Sun-Full Moon axis. That event well may be a defining experience for his destiny.
China has launched a mission to try to retrieve rock samples from the Moon. Its robotic Chang'e-5 spacecraft departed the Wenchang launch complex on a Long March 5 rocket early on Tuesday morning local time, and if successful should return to Earth in mid-December. The chinese progressed chart is currently dominated by a very consolidating progressed Sun square progressed Saturn.
There are now five days to a lunar eclipse. A fiery bolt manifests today as the slow, decelerating and waxing Moon in Aries is conjunct Mars. We then have to negotiate Venus opposing Uranus on Friday which may produce 'economic shock' and 'love shock'. What follows is a head on charge into a vibrant, busy, fast moving, cerebral but disaster prone Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 9 degrees Gemini on Monday (UK morning) November 30th.
06.08
There are now four days to the lunar eclipse. Lunar pressures are rising. Venus applies in opposition to Uranus, exact tomorrow.
06.20
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Profound global, national and personal economic shock waves crash onto our consciousness today as Venus in Scorpio opposes Uranus in Taurus. The fiscal implications of the pandemic coupled with the consequence of urgently necessary green political policy highlight the truth that money is the issue right now. This issue is emphasised today as the Moon resides in Taurus and aligns with the Venus Uranus opposition.
There are now three days to the lunar eclipse.
00.28 The waxing gibbous Moon is at apogee, slowest and furthest from the Earth all month. (Moon conjunct Lilith).
02.41
The Moon is now very slowly waxing towards a penumbral lunar eclipse early Monday. The whole weekend is under the oncoming sway of this event. The zeitgeist is always sensitive around eclipses and currently lunar pressures with accompanying emotional overtones are high.
Steady as she goes.
03.17
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The day before the eclipse.
02.40 The waxing and accelerating heavily gibbous Moon at 23 Taurus waxing trine Pluto at 23 Capricorn
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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 9 degrees Gemini 09:43
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The eclipse is unaspected with major aspects but the Moon does apply in quincunx to Venus. Mercury sextiles Jupiter and Saturn.
TIMES OF THE ECLIPSE
Start:-07:32:21 UT
Greatest Eclipse 09:44:01
End 11:53:20
This Monday morning eclipse (UK) has a vibrant, busy, fast moving, cerebral quality to it.
Lunar Saros 116
Today's eclipse is member 58 of the 73 eclipses which make up Lunar Saros 116, an ageing series which started in the year 993. The saros climaxed in 1696 at the time of great famines in Europe. The next eclipse in the series is on Dec 11th 2038 and the series ends in the year 2291. The chart for the moment of greatest eclipse on the first event in the series on March 11th 993 set for London is shown below.
This Saros chart has an irksome 'shifting sands' and fizzy quality to it. Neptune stands out as troublesome being square retrograde Mercury and the hyper-volatile Virgo Full Moon is quincunx Saturn in Aquarius spelling disasters. The last eclipse in the series in 2002 coincided within a day with the Prestige oil tanker spill, a Greek tanker spewing millions of gallons of oil. From the Daze 2002 ....As this morning's Lunar Eclipse approached a tanker carrying thousands of tons of fuel sinks after breaking apart off the coast of Spain, raising fears of an environmental catastrophe. Demonstrations in Venezuela against a military takeover of the Caracas police force resume after earlier protests became violent.
Ronald Reagan was elected 2 days before the 1984 eclipse. Doctor Who (children's TV UK) regenerated for the first time (on BBC television) on the exact day of the 1966 eclipse. The Donora Smog (Pennsylvania) occurred 8 days after the 1948 eclipse and the crashing of the R-101 British Airship in Paris occurred 2 days before the 1930 eclipse. I notice events in Ethiopia seem to turn up around these lunar saros 116 eclipse days.
Today's eclipse directly hits the Saturn of Joseph Biden, the Uranus of the USA, the Mercury and Mars of Elizabeth Warren, the Jupiter of the Gaza Strip, the lunar node of President Assad, the ascendant of India, the IC of the Johnson Government chart, the Mars of Cyprus, the Mars of D.R. Congo. It squares Jupiter and Uranus in the Northern Ireland chart and opposes Ethiopia's Neptune.
After the eclipse...
14.39 The Moon at 11 Gemini waning quincunx Venus at 11 Scorpio
15.23
Indonesia's Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted on Sunday, releasing a column of smoke and ash 2.5 miles (4km) into the sky, triggering a flight warning and the closure of the local airport. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption in a remote part of the south-east Asian archipelago. But authorities raised the volcano's alert status to its second-highest level as they warned of possible lava flows. At the moment of greatest eclipse on Monday the Moon rising and the Sun was setting at the location of the volcano.
Yesterday's eclipse hit Joseph Biden's Saturn and he fractured his foot.
We are now deeply immersed in the eclipse fortnight.
02.13 The acceleration waning full post eclipse Moon at 17 Gemini waxing sextile Mars at 17 Aries
04.22 The Moon at 18 Gemini waxing square Neptune at 18 Pisces.
The Moon is void of course for hours over 23 hours
08.56 The Moon conjunction her node at 20 Gemini
14.26 The Moon at 23 Gemini waxing quincunx Pluto at 23 Capricorn
19.53 Mercury enters Sagittarius as a morning star joining the Sun in this sign. He resides in Sagittarius for a very brief 19 days.
Mercury squares Neptune on Dec 13th with swirls of confusion on the day before the solar eclipse, and trines Mars on the day after the eclipse, on Dec 15th, energising mind and muscle. The day before the solstice Mercury is at Superior Conjunction with the Sun at 29 Sagittarius and enters Capricorn as an evening star on Dec 20th. Mercury has a short and refreshing time in Sagittarius. This is a cerebral blast, a rush and a discovery.
Mercury stations at 26 Aquarius on Jan 30th and is retrograde until Feb 21st when he resumes direct motion at 11 Aquarius.
20.22 The Moon at 26 Gemini waxing quincunx Jupiter at 26 Capricorn
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00.38 The long time void of course waning full Moon accelerating at 29 Gemini quincunx Saturn at 28 Capricorn
00.45
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10 days to the eclipse. 17 to the Solstice and Great Conjunction.
In the first 10.5 hours of this day, the accelerating and waning Moon in Cancer opposes, for the last time, Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn all in Capricorn allowing us a final taste of this challenging triplet of lunar oppositions. By the time of the next passage of the Moon through Cancer, both Jupiter and Saturn will have moved in Aquarius leaving Pluto behind.
The Moon entering Leo today invokes creativity and degrees of festivity.
00.22 The Moon at 23 Cancer opposition Pluto at 23 Capricorn
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9 days to the eclipse. 16 to the Solstice and Great Conjunction.
A rather lavish weekend is upon us, despite the global circumstances. Creativity and exuberance are to the fore. A grand trine in fire signs today involving the Moon, the Sun and Mars brings out natural and boisterous enthusiasm
The most significant applying aspect today is Venus in Scorpio trine Neptune, exact early (GMT) tomorrow. This confers a pleasant if not slightly intoxicating hue on the day.
01.45
Venus trine Neptune
6 days to a lunar occultation of Venus. 8 days to a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse. 11 days to Saturn entering Aquarius. 13 days to Jupiter doing the same. 15 days to the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
02.12 The accelerating, disseminating, void of course Moon at 20 Leo sextiles her node from north of the ecliptic.
04.54
5 days to a lunar occultation of Venus. 7 days to a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse. 10 days to Saturn entering Aquarius. 12 days to Jupiter doing the same. 14 days to the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
4 days to a lunar occultation of Venus. 6 days to a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse. 9 days to Saturn entering Aquarius. 11 days to Jupiter doing the same. 13 days to the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. We are deeply immersed in an eclipse fortnight which is coinciding with significant and important accompanying gas giant ingresses and their close conjunction of almost holy proportion. It all means we are living through a very important time and we may witness events, experiences and changes which will require a full repertoire of adaptive measures from us.
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Sun square Neptune.
3 days to a lunar occultation of Venus. 5 days to a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse. 8 days to Saturn entering Aquarius. 10 days to Jupiter doing the same. 12 days to the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
Re-adjustment and re-balancing measures are required today as the Sun makes (two minor and one major) aspects to Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. The Sun square Neptune aspect attempts to undermine. The Moon sails a rapid and rather precarious course through Libra over the next couple of days, there will be some welcome breaks but everything is easily knocked off balance. The astrology today almost provides the atmosphere and potential for a peace deal or more appropriately a trade deal, (aka brexit), but if Neptune has his way, the day just ends in confusion.
00.03 The accelerating and rapidly waning last quarter Moon enters Libra.
02.55
2 days to a lunar occultation of Venus. 4 days to a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse. 7 days to Saturn entering Aquarius. 9 days to Jupiter doing the same. 11 days to the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
03.31
A lunar occultation of Venus in Scorpio occurs tomorrow. There are 3 days to a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse, 6 days to Saturn entering Aquarius, 8 days to Jupiter doing the same and 10 days to the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
These pre-eclipse days are sensitive and I tend to think that karma and fate are at heightened states. Events and experiences await.
This day starts with a surge of will and energy, associated with the Sun trine Mars and an intense Scorpio Moon.
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The occultation of Venus takes place in western North America, Hawaii, the North Pacific Ocean and northeast Russia. The looped area over North America depicts where the beginning of the occultation can be seen but where the moon and Venus set before the occultation ends. The looped area over Russia shows where the occultation is in process at moonrise but where the end of the occultation is visible. Anyplace in between the looped areas can see the entire occultation. Red = daytime sky, blue = twilight sky and white = nighttime sky. Worldwide map via IOTA.
We are 2 days to a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse, 5 days from Saturn entering Aquarius, 7 days to Jupiter doing the same and 9 days to the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
02.43
Mercury square Neptune.
Today is the day before a lunar occultation of Mercury and a Total Solar Eclipse. We are 4 days from Saturn entering Aquarius, 6 days to Jupiter doing the same and 8 days from the Solstice and the very Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
Today, which has a fast moving and energetic quality to it, is coloured by Mercury squaring Neptune, which scatters levels of craziness on it.
00.24 The very rapidly waning balsamic Moon at 29 Scorpio waning sextile Jupiter at 29 Capricorn
01.58 The Moon at 30 Scorpio waning sextile Saturn at 30 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for a mere 43 minutes.
02.07
Daylight lunar occultation of Mercury (visible telescopically from the UK) followed by
a Total Solar Eclipse 23 degrees Sagittarius visible from southern South America 16-14 GMT.
08.15 The Moon at 18 Sagittarius waning square Neptune at 18 Pisces
The chart above is that of the first eclipse of Solar Saros 142 to which today's eclipse belongs. It is member 23 of 72, so this Saros is reasonably young. The Saros started on April 17th 1624, it 'went Total' in 1786, it climaxes, with the longest eclipse, in May 2291. The last Total eclipse is in 2525 and the Saros ends in the year 2904.
That first eclipse is certainly a 'hot one' with a preponderance of planets in fire signs including a severe conjunction of Saturn and Uranus (and Jupiter) in Leo square Pluto in Scorpio. There are two yod patterns in the chart, one involving Venus, Pluto and Neptune, the other Jupiter, Neptune and Venus. These added to the potency of the event and in my opinion to the entire Saros. The next eclipse in the Saros is on Boxing Day Dec 26th 2038.
The last eclipse in this Saros, Dec 4th 2002 coincided with the US planning of the Iraq War. The invasion occurred 3 months after the eclipse but the planning commenced at the time of the eclipse. Also at that time the Mombassa Hotel terrorist attacks occurred.
Three days after the 1984 eclipse Band Aid recorded 'Do they know it's Christmas', 5 days after that the Tamil Tigers 'Kent and Dollar Farm massacres' occurred with 127 dead. 3 days after that was the world's worse industrial disaster in Bhopal India.
On a lighter note, 12 days after the 1966 eclipse 'Sgt. Pepper's Loney Hearts' recording started.
The 1948 eclipse coincided with Truman being elected. 3 days after the 1930 eclipse was the 'Brazilian Revolution', 6 days after that Haile Selassie was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. 2 days before the 1912 eclipse the 1st Balkan War began.
Talking of crownings, the 1804 eclipse coincided with Napoleon Bonapart being crowned 'Emperor of France', and the 1660 eclipse coincided with Charles 2nd returning to England (16 days after the eclipse) and the 'Restoration' of the crown taking place.
As you can see there are powerful events connected with this Saros Series.
At the exact moment of greatest eclipse today Mars culminates at Tehran, Uranus culminates at Karachi, Neptune culminates at Warsaw. It is sunrise at Vancouver, sunset at Barcelona, moonrise is also at Vancouver with moonset over Greenland. It is High Noon over Bermuda, where Neptune rises and it is true midnight at Hong Kong and Beijing.
Today is the birthday of Dilma Rousseff, Jane Birkin and Miranda Hart.
After the eclipse......
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03.36 The baby new Moon enters Capricorn joining Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in this sign, for the last time.
Venus at the very end of Scorpio sextiles Saturn at the very end of Capricorn today. This is a supportive influence. A more practical couple of days now follow after the high voltage Total Solar Eclipse yesterday. Immediate corresponding events to the eclipse so far center around the first Covid-19 vaccination taking place in the United States, as the country gears up for its largest ever immunisation campaign. A new variant of coronavirus has been found which seems to be spreading faster in some parts of England. Members of the US electoral college have cast their votes in a process that will see Joe Biden formally designated president-elect. No doubt there are more eclipse related events to follow.
04.24
10.12 The decelerating infant Moon at 18 Capricorn waning sextile Neptune at 18 Pisces
15.33 The Moon at 21 Capricorn waning square Mars at 21 Aries
18.47
A milestone day. Saturn in his 29-year cycle moves into tropical Aquarius and will remain there until July 2023. Even greater technological advance is before us. Full on space, medicine, computing and scientific discovery is ahead. Humanistic, climate and social activism will be on full throttle. There is a lot of work to do building a better future for the global community. Enter Saturn into Aquarius.
03.51
The value of bitcoin, the world's best known cryptocurrency, has reached an all-time high of more than 20,000 US dollars. The cryptocurrency rose by more than 6% on Wednesday to reach $20,632 against the US dollar, extending a winning streak this year amid growing interest among big investment companies attracted to its potential for quick gains. The price of bitcoin has surged by more than 400% this year from a low point of around $3,600 in March, when the coronavirus pandemic triggered a deep sell-off in financial markets around the world. Analysts said that unlike in previous surges, a major price driver appeared to be more institutional investors buying into the cryptocurrency.
Astrologically quiet today.
03.04
07.50 The waxing crescent Moon decelerating at 27 Aquarius waxing sextile Mercury at 27 Sagittarius
08.45 The Moon at 28 Aquarius waxing sextile The Sun at 28 Sagittarius.
The Moon is void of course for nearly 4 hours.
12.41 The Moon enters Pisces joining Neptune there.
13.09 Jupiter enters Aquarius joining Saturn in this sign.
Jupiter is conjunct Saturn on Dec 21st 2020, the 'New Star of Bethlehem'. He makes a single fixed waning square to Uranus on Jan 17th which is a wake up call that raises consciousness. Jupiter enters Pisces on May 13th, turns retrograde at 2 degrees Pisces on June 20th and re-enters Aquarius on July 28th. Mars opposes Jupiter on the following day. Jupiter stations direct on October 18th and finally leaves Aquarius on Dec 29th 2021.
We have before us a year characterised by vastly expanding social consciousness and social activism. A New Age spirit is unleashed in case we have forgotten.
17.40
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An unreal feeling seems to be the backdrop to today, this day before the Solstice. The Moon in Pisces provides a dreamy atmosphere and Mercury at Superior Conjunction provides a vast and expansive universal mind set. 'River deep, mountain high' 'centre of the galaxy' thought forms.
00.45
The UK has reported a record daily rise in confirmed coronavirus cases, with another 35,928 infections. The update comes amid growing concern over a new variant of COVID-19 which appears to be causing a dramatic uptick in infections in London and the southeast of England, prompting the prime minister to enforce new Tier 4 restrictions. The five-day Christmas bubble period has been reduced to just Christmas Day for England, Wales and Scotland - and scrapped completely for areas in England under new Tier 4 rules - but remains in Northern Ireland.
It's rather a sad Christmas this year in the UK. At the exact moment of solstice today, Jupiter, Saturn (conjunct in Aquarius) and Pluto (in Capricorn)are all rising on the horizon of the UK.
01.47 The Moon at 19 Pisces squares her node from south of the ecliptic.
04.35
At the exact moment of solstice Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto are rising over the UK. It is Sunrise over The Faroe Islands, Sunset is at Chongqing, Moonrise and High Noon is at Alexandria, Moonset is at Honolulu, High Noon at Lusaka and Istanbu. True midnight is at Anchorage. Neptune rises at Murmansk.
This moment sets the scene for the 3 months ahead, if not the whole year. Jupiter is conjunct Saturn. This is a Solstice of mighty importance for the whole world. The Moon approaching First Quarter applies in sextile aspect to Pluto, an omen of promising change. There are however two disquieting aspects, one is Mars applying in square aspect to Pluto, exact on Wednesday, and a warning of force and brutality, and the other is Neptune square the Lunar Node, exact on January 6th 2021, suggestive of deep disturbance and a whirl pool of chaos. The spear of destiny at this time is sharp and true. The time is high, mighty, unwieldy and full of glorious potential.
10.25 The Moon at 24 Pisces waxing sextile Pluto at 24 Capricorn.
The Moon is void of course for just over 12 hours.
17.58
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21.53
The energy has changed with yesterday's Great Conjunction. A higher octave has been sounded in the astrological firmament on the solstice day. We have no choice but to embrace the new vibration. Expect rapid changes ahead. Prepare yourself for new realities coming on quickly.
02.05 The decelerating first quarter Moon at 2 Aries square Mercury at 2 Capricorn
11.07
Brutish aspects today with Mars and the Moon square Pluto.
01.00
The UK has detected two cases of yet another new variant of coronavirus. The variant has been causing mounting concern in South Africa, where health minister Zweli Mkhize warned that young, previously healthy people are now becoming very sick. Six million more people in the east and south east of England are to enter lock downs on Boxing Day. The cases in London and north west England are contacts of people who traveled to South Africa, where the variant was discovered. Simultaneously, The EU and UK are continuing talks on post-Brexit trade, amid mounting speculation that they are close to agreeing a deal.
Currently both transiting Jupiter and Saturn are applying in opposition to the UK (1801) chart 10th house Jupiter and applying trine to 12th house Uranus. (Jupiter and Uranus in the UK chart are parts of a yod with UK Pluto, so pretty far reaching stuff going down right now). Both sets of transits peak over the next 10 days.
This day starts with a void of course, very slow, post-first quarter Moon in Aries.
10.57 The Moon enters Taurus joining Uranus in this sign. The stage is then set for a very solid and grounded 2.5 days ahead.
12.32 The Moon at 1 Taurus waxing square Saturn at 1 Aquarius
13.10 The Moon at 1 Taurus waxing square Jupiter at 1 Aquarius
17.31
Mercury trine Uranus
Wishing a Happy Christmas to all Daze readers.
Innovation, invention and spontaneity surface this morning (GMT).
This would be the quintessential traditional Christmas were it not for Covid-19 and variants. The Moon in Taurus is rooted in tradition and comfort in the natural world. As it is we just stay rooted, and separate from friends and family..
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00.11 The very slowly moving Moon at 18 Taurus waxing sextile Neptune at 18 Pisces
03.03
A couple of livelier days now follow. The Full Moon is just around the corner. In its gibbous phase in Gemini it draws out much movement after the Christmas inertia. Venus is applying in square aspect to Neptune as the Full Moon approaches, invoking strains of escapism.
01.42 The slowly waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 1 Gemini waxing trine Saturn at 1 Aquarius
02.54 The Moon at 2 Gemini waxing trine Jupiter at 2 Aquarius
11.54
03.26
England's 'very high' Covid infection level is a 'growing concern' as the NHS struggles to cope with rising patient numbers. On Monday, a record 41,385 Covid cases and 357 deaths were reported in the UK. NHS England said the number of people being treated for the virus in hospital is now 20,426, which is higher than the previous peak of about 19,000 in April. Health officials in Wales and Scotland have also said they are at risk of becoming overwhelmed.
The approaching Full Moon is conjunct the Midheaven in the UK 1801 chart. A crisis of health care grips the nation.
03.02 The heavily waxing gibbous Moon accelerating at 26 Gemini waxing sextile Mars at 26 Aries.
The Moon is void for nearly 7.5 hours
07.36
03.29
Today's Full Moon is the first following the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on Nov 29th 2020 and the 5th Full Moon before a Total Lunar Eclipse at 5 Sagittarius on May 26th 2021, (not visible from the UK).
This Full Moon at 9 Cancer is quintile Mars, applying opposite to Mercury and separating from a sextile to Uranus. Venus is tightly square Neptune and Mercury applies sextile Neptune. Cardinal Earth predominates. The Cancer Full Moon is always an emotional affair. A homing instinct takes grip of your being. This one evokes a measure of uncertainty and unreality and could provoke impulses of emotionally fueled actions. Stay rooted.
At the exact moment of Full Moon the Sun rises and the Moon sets at Djibouti, Dhahran, Ashgabad, Nairobi and Cape Town. Pluto culminates at Melbourne.
Today's Full Moon closely contacts the UK's MC, Donald Trump's Mercury, the Johnson Government chart's lunar Node, the Sun and Uranus of Canada, the Mercury of Denmark, the ascendant of Bosnia, and the Venus of Morocco.
04.16
This final day of 2020 is not the easiest of days. The Full Moon just past was, as expected because of Venus squaring Neptune, a weird event. Today, in the wake of the experience, the Moon is besieged in late Cancer, then after several hours slips into Leo to oppose Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius. The old year ends with a new challenge.
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