Today is Thursday July 28, 2011. The Moon is in Cancer all day and applying to a square with Saturn in Libra at 7:03 pm EDT. This puts the Moon in her own sign and feeling pretty invested in her agenda, which is about safety, nurturing and emotional support. This is somewhat at odds with Saturn, who is also feeling pretty powerful and even entitled to enact his agenda, which is about structuring, solidifying and crystallizing the social aspects of your life.
If you are watching the U.S. political scene, you are watching factions of our two political parties take these feelings of investment in and entitlement to an agenda to frightening extremes. Unfortunately, many of them seem brazenly unconcerned with nurturing, but rather obsessed with crystallizing something that would serve to de-structure – or destroy – the lives of many. It falls to us as individuals, then, to focus on nurturing ourselves and those close to us, and we really are perfectly well equipped for this.
Where the Moon and Saturn come together for us is pretty obvious, and that is in deepening and formalizing our connections to people who make us feel good. This is a way of investing in yourself and in your future. The stronger a base you have under you, the higher and farther you can reach once the Moon begins waxing again.
The planets that can help you with this fortification process today are Venus and Mercury. Both of the innermost planets are entering new signs today. These ingresses are like border crossings. No matter how many times you do it, if you are paying attention there is an air of mystery and possibility, and perhaps even a little danger. Combined with the square aspect the Moon is making, this could have people feeling a bit keyed up. It’s good to be aware of the charge in the air. Remember to show empathy for those who may be struggling with it and make allowances by loosening your schedule a bit.