Today is Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. Today is the last quarter Moon, which is when the waning Moon makes a square to the Sun — in this case, from Leo to Scorpio. You may notice that issues that surfaced with the Full Moon encounter a turning point now. The Moon then enters Virgo just before 5:19 pm EST this evening, and continues through that sign until Monday evening, when it enters Libra. A waning Virgo Moon, especially over a weekend, is a perfect time to dive into organizing and cleaning your home (and other areas of your life), especially if there are items whose time it is to leave your possession. That said, the sky is still dominated by fiery energy, and lots of nervous mutable energy. The message coming through is strong: cool off.
This will be easier said than done, but one of the blind spots indicted by the Sun squaring Neptune is not knowing how hard we’re pushing, or whether we’re even on track. The asteroid Ophelia, conjunct the Sun, is telling us to watch our emotional reactions. And today the Moon is opposite Neptune, so the quarter Moon is a T-square that includes Leo (the Moon), Scorpio (the Sun) and Aquarius (Neptune, which has just stationed direct).
If you add one of the ultra-slow moving hypothetical planets, Admetos in Taurus, you get a grand cross in the late fixed signs. Admetos adds energy that, in the words of Arlene Kramer, “feels steadfast, stable, immovable.” She adds the following themes: “Shrinking. Narrowing down to a sharp focus. Specialization. Endurance. The glyph for Admetos shows an affinity for the sign Taurus and must be drawn with a base line to show the Admetos capacity to be steadfast, stable, and immovable.”