Morning Star: Astrology for September 4 to September September 8, 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

This morning, we begin on stable footing as the Moon in Aquarius meets Saturn in Sagittarius by sextile at 9:05 AM. The day continually improves as the Moon trines Jupiter and then sextiles Uranus carrying us from 11 AM to 11 PM under an air of buoyancy, accountability, ingenuity and dare I say...even a bit of lightness brought forth by way of communal support.

Later, tonight, the Moon will oppose Mercury and Mars as the Sun in Virgo perfects in opposition to Neptune. This all occurs between 10:34 PM and 1:30 AM tonight. Following the Moon's opposition with Mars at 1:17 AM, she is Void until entering Pisces at 1:30 AM.
When we wake in the morning, Mars will have left Leo and entered Virgo. Calls to duty become focused on clean up, service, harvest and fixing. Plus, at 7:21 AM in the morning, Mercury completes his turn-about and officially stations direct. Decisions and perspective may do an about face and we may notice a few hiccups in the Mercurian realm as he doubles back.


Tuesday, September 5, 2017

So, today offers a different kind of sky than what we experienced yesterday. The light airiness of the Aquarius Moon leaves us as emotionality and sensitivity rise under Sun opposite Neptune and a Full Moon blossoming next to the same overnight. Mercury is direct and Mars is now in Virgo.
There are times in which we must respond to emergent or high energy situations. In those times, we often forgo emotion in our efforts to deal with whatever may be at hand. We feed off adrenaline in those situations. That is kind of the point of having adrenaline in the first place...so that we may properly respond to “fight or flight.” However. After the initial emergency is over. We've put out the fire. Saved the baby. Stopped the bleeding. Things have settled down. Adrenaline falls. That is when the emotional impact of the situation creeps in for us to deal with. That emotional impact (of whatever was stirred in your world during the eclipse and beyond) rides in to us on the cresting waves of this Full Moon.
It's time to take your finger out of the leaking dam and allow the emotions to come forth. It's not anything that folks look forward to. However, the purge, the cleansing cry the relaxing of the body and finally being able to unclench our fists and relax thunders in as emotional waters become undeniable. Nor should they be denied. Recognized. Accepted. Purged and cleansed is the focus we need to have. To deal with our softer bodies is the goal.

The most major of planetary movements happens early in our day with Mars and Mercury transitioning. The rest holds plenty of room for contemplation and personal rectification. It's definitely not high energy or marked for mounds of productivity. We must deal with ourselves first. Many will be quiet, sensitive and withdrawn. The Moon meets Neptune by conjunction at 1 AM tonight. The Full Moon perfects at the ghosting hour of 3 AM.


For the Sun at 14 Virgo: A splendid family tree engraved on a sheet of parchment. Pride in one's ancestral background is ok. What is not ok is continuing the negative Karma that may have been perpetrated within those past family lines. It is also not OK to look at one's ancestral heritage with any kind of rose colored or fairy tale nostalgia. Everyone's family lineage contains skeletons. These can serve as lessons for future generations if we choose to learn from them instead of steep ourselves in denial. I have come to the realization that I am not responsible for whatever my past lineage may have done for better or worse. I am however responsible to operate more mindfully to ensure the metaphorical “buck” stops here in regard to continuing their mistakes. This symbol also reminds me of inherited trauma as well as skills. With Mercury retrograde, we may be “digging up bones” of the past in our own personal history and in our ancestral history. You have every reason to take pride in every little piece that comprises you. However, don't allow your pride in that to cause you to discount the fact that there were likely things that all our ancestors could have handled much more effectively than they did. Learn from them. Don't repeat their mistakes.

For the Moon at 14 Pisces: A young lady, wrapped in furs, displays supreme elegance. You can pretty yourself up and go out; but, the veneer will never cover up who you truly are on the inside. Here we see an extreme display of wealth by someone wrapped in furs. Today, this is seen as pretty tasteless and no longer viewed as a positive expression of wealth. I'm more impressed by what you give away to charity than what you keep to build your own castle let alone how someone may brazenly show it off. Wearing fur today is seen as a disregard to how those furs were harvested and is often met with disgust by those who care more about the Earth than greedy status symbols. If you need to display your “worth” in an effort to gain notoriety then there is a deeper issue at hand outside of animal rights. Displays of truly “supreme elegance” have nothing to do with what you decide to wear. It's more about how you conduct yourself.

For the Moon's Ruler, Neptune Rx, at 12 Pisces: Candidates are being examined by the lodge of initiates. Inner ordeal before every true seeker. You might not realize it right now; but, your performance is being observed. Folks are watching what you do and will judge you according to your actions more so than your promises. An unexpected door of opportunity based on current or past performance may emerge or be permanently shut. So, be mindful of what you do when you may think no one is paying attention. Chances are someone is noting everything you do (or don't do). This degree was also in play during the Solar Eclipse in Pisces on 2/26/17.


Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Do you know what an emotional hangover feels like? I'm sincerely curious. I have a Pisces Moon square Neptune and am quite familiar with how it feels to wake up in the morning after a tearful and emotional night. Often, there is relief and perhaps some residual emotionality the morning after. But, mostly it's a feeling of heaviness in the head much like a hangover produced from alcohol. At any rate, I've a suspicion that if you don't know what that feels like, you have a good chance of figuring it out this morning. Plus, with all the Neptune in play overnight, we could have some literal hangovers this morning as well. Some may even over-indulge or veritably been slain by their addictions or attempts to escape the heavier and more cumbersome emotions of their situations as a result of last night's full moon.

For tips in regard to how to handle emotional hangovers whether from purging or the mere fact that empathy/sensitivity were increased there is a wonderful article in Psychology Today linked here. <psychology today- 9 strategies to cure emotional hangovers>

At any rate, the emotional hangover is part of the purge. And, if you've purged and dealt with what needed to be dealt with in the emotional realm, today you may eventually feel restored as a result.  
The Moon in Pisces sextiles powerful Pluto in Capricorn at 8:02 AM offering us a chance at re-grounding and re-fortification. Then, at 4:30 PM the Moon is tightly square Saturn as a sense of personal accountability and reality smacks us hard.
Following the square to Saturn, the Moon is Void. However, overnight, she does create a Yod as she meets Chiron by conjunction and crosses by both Jupiter in Libra and Mercury in Leo by inconjunct. There's personal wisdom to be found there. Perhaps something you cannot quite put into to words. But, it involves realizing how the ways in which you perceive and interpret information can affect the ways in which you relate to others for better or worse. Mercury in waning trine to both Saturn and Uranus calls for us to don an independent personal perspective (to think for ourselves) from a position of maturity and with the aim of increasing our personal expertise. Yet, Chiron is pokey. We may end up just sinking into the despair of that or numbing out the pain while missing the point of the Yod. The set up could even bring symbolism or messages through dream or by way of other haunting-like forms. This occurs between 7:46 PM and 5:43 AM.


Thursday, September 7, 2017

Ok. We are still shifting Astrological gears here. Mars has shifted. Mercury has too and is getting ready to shift, yet again as he re-enters Virgo on September 9. Today's shift brings us from the watery Pisces Moon and leaves very little room to linger in emotionality. The Moon is now in “Time to get up and go” Aries. Motivation dawns. And, our current motivation lies in cleaning up the mess as Mars now transits Virgo. Today we are prone to fix, help and do more than linger in our tears.
The urge to do something and lend our hands in service to a cause merely begins to dawn upon us today. The Moon makes no major aspect. We are given time to get our feet under us and begin thinking about how we would like to engage.


Friday, September 8, 2017

At 12:31 PM, the Moon in Aries is in trine to Venus in Leo encouraging us to lend our individual talents to whatever situation we choose. On the high end, this draws warmth, generosity and kindness into the equation. We embark with creative individual solutions toward the work ahead. Low end expressions will leave some laying flat in their whining about “What about meee?” Ain't nobody got the time or patience for that today. How about steering that toward “What can I doooo?” Catch yourself and redirect if you start sounding like a pouting child. True personal concerns are one thing. Selfish pleas, however, are just a pain in the ass at this point.

Yet, by 1:50 PM, we are met with either emphasis upon our personal grit and tenacity or power plays and manipulation put forth by folks who wish to exploit us under a Moon/Pluto square. The best use of this is focus and proactively addressing one's fears. The low end is abusive, controlling and will vampirishly work to exploit, drain or even attempt to block or dissuade motivation. Focus on your tasks. Focus your energy. Use Venus in Leo to help you foster a sense of self-respect and deflect any kind of manipulation and abuse should you catch a whiff of it. There's too much to do. There's no time to slow down for sideways crap.

The Sun also waxes toward a trine with Pluto now. We do have the ability to focus ourselves in service and doing. We are strengthened with resolve here. Plus, we are given a certain astute ability to see through the potential bullshit. This brings nearly a 6th sense about such things even if the reactions to this awareness may vary. You know? Some will respond with anger. Some will respond with paranoia. The highest response is to just knuckle under and focus on the task at hand while discounting the noisy backdrop. It is what it is and we have to do what we have to do. The arm chair critics are welcome to sit back eat chips and be critics. You don't have to care about that. Refocus upon your priority. The trine from Sun to Pluto is waxing now. It's due to perfect 6:41 AM tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the Moon does stabilize and may even receive assistance from wise and well meaning friends by way of a lunar trine to Saturn at 9:28 PM and opposition to Jupiter in Libra at 1:16 AM. The Moon's entrance into the Kite and the Sun's waxing trine to Pluto very clearly says it's time to get over ourselves and come together in efforts aimed at cooperation, negotiation and building a stronger world with more encompassing laws and regulations which aim to support all not just a select few as we rebuild what was been damaged in recent days. Time to literally clean up our act and start looking at ways we can help each other instead of nit pick one another apart. It's time to listen to one another instead of scream over one another in efforts to birth SOLUTION instead of continuing to splinter apart. That's the call here. It's up to us as individuals to give it a shot and it's up to humanity as a whole in regard to how its dealt with. Yet, the highest call of the energy at hand supports what I'm telling you here. Efforts made in the direction of service, honoring a diverse and growing group of individuals and coming together in efforts to accommodate and regulate all that effectively are greatly accentuated. Leaders of this type of mentality and these efforts are likely to step forward under this Moon in Aries. But, you can model the behavior from wherever you are. You can be a part of steering the wave in that direction. We all can. And, now is the time.



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