We’ve passed through two weeks of eclipses (in the midst of which was the Venus transit of the Sun), and are now at the last quarter Moon. This is/was at 6:41 am EDT in the sign Pisces. There’s some tension in this chart, in part as a result of two planets in the mix. Today’s last quarter is really a grand cross chart — Pisces Moon, Gemini Sun, Virgo Mars and centaur planet Pholus in Sagittarius. The way this looks is like four planets arranged in a perfect X, through the mutable signs.
The Moon is the fastest mover in the configuration, so the pattern will not last for long — except that the Pisces Moon is impressionable and can take some time for a little jolt like that to wear off. You may be feeling some anxiety with this mix, or you may have woken up feeling a bit agitated and not knowing why. It may be ‘just the astrology’, or there may be something bothering you.
However, with the Pisces Moon involved, take it slow figuring out what it is. With Pholus involved, I suggest you scan back over the weekend and see if anything happened with the involvement of alcohol that may require some debriefing. Alcohol is often an overlooked factor in the very situations where it’s a central influence. Use your curiosity and look beneath the surface.
Meanwhile, even the most challenging squares can also be motivating. In the case of a Pisces Moon that could be creatively motivating, with Mars and Pholus igniting an idea and lighting up the water like sunrise. Still there is counsel to take it slow on all fronts today, and savor the experience of being creatively squeezed by one thing hot (Mars, in Virgo) and one thing that emits momentum — Pholus.
Move consciously as you can. Even if you’re feeling great, people around you may be feeling temperamental. The Moon is far from the Earth and will move just over 12 degrees today, so that’s considered slow progress — says William Lilly, the equivalent of Moon retrograde.