Dear Friend and Reader:
We are in a week that will prove to be interesting, as the Full Moon crests and Mercury stations direct within 24 hours. Mercury is known for casting a spell of mild to hot chaos during those days six times a year when it changes directions; the Full Moon comes with an emotional peak, and this time around happens to be in Aries conjunct the new planet Eris.
Yours & truly,
13 Monday: Moon enters Aries at 3:07 am EDT, moving into the full phase, ahead of Tuesday afternoon’s exact Full Moon in Aries. Mercury, slow and powerful in the sky right now, is about to station direct Wednesday Today it is semisquare Venus. Pallas trine Eros. Sun square Varuna. Sometimes it happens that the simplest comment can turn an entire project in a different direction. It is important to understand why we keep things back and why we choose to speak out. Mercury semisquare Venus says we need to get underground communications out in to the open. More important than that is understanding the emotional reasons behind why we don’t speak up when we need to; and this can include seeing the emotional costs of silence — and the underlying struggle. Sun square Varuna suggests that the option to be truthful might be hard to make due to the fact that what we know may not fit into the agenda we have signed up for. If this the case, I would ask myself how much more energy I am willing to spend on playing along, and what I’m doing it for.
14 Tuesday: Full Moon in Aries conjunct Eris, with the Moon conjunct Eros. Eris is a new planet larger than Pluto, a bit further out from the Sun. Eros is an asteroid. Eros opposite Eris. The god of eroticism has teamed up with the goddess of discord. This is prime time to be daring, for better or worse. We are seeing how futile a daring rescue of the economic system is proving to be with Mercury retrograde. With the Sun, trine Neptune, harmonizing with the planet of dreams and illusion, it is one of two things: either you are being enveloped by your dreams, or they are coming true and you can feel it. Well, it may feel like some chaos as well, with the energy of the Full Moon at full strength in the midst of the Mercury storm. Expect the unexpected would be an understatement.
15 Wednesday: Moon enters Taurus at 5:31 am EDT. Mercury stations direct just after 4 pm EDT. Vesta square Nessus. Sun opposite 1992 QB1. Vesta and 1992QB1 (Radharani, at Eric’s suggestion) are both planets that involve giving yourself in service to others. Specifically, giving yourself in service of the changes of others. Vesta square Nessus speaks to the difficulties that can arise when your own internal darkness takes over that process of giving. Sun opposing QB1/Radharani implies that there must be some exchange in the relationship.