Today is Tuesday July 26, 2011. The Gemini Moon is moving toward balsamic or extreme waning phase, heading for the Leo New Moon on Saturday. Mercury is slow and powerful right now, moving a little over half a degree a day as it gets ready to station retrograde one week from today. That, incidentally, happens to be the day the federal government runs out of money unless somebody figures out how to get the mule to move.
Mercury slowing down puts an emphasis on the mental sphere, and with any luck your mind is feeling focused. But if you’re not, that’s understandable enough: Mars is in late Gemini, which accentuates an argumentative mentality, and it’s opposite the Galactic Core. I view the Core as a kind of spiritual source or homing signal. It’s always calling us, inviting us, reminding us of what is possible as we live our lives on the edge of the spiral. Mars in late Gemini (180 degrees opposite the core, which is in Sagittarius) seems to have an ‘unspiritual’ feeling that wants for balance and a sense of ethics. It can have an ‘anything goes’ feeling to it, or that queasy sense you get when you meet someone for whom the ends justify the means.
In the summer months, on a clear night we can see the center of the galaxy, or at least see the streak of stars that show us approximately where it is. I think that has a reassuring feeling. In winter, the galaxy is missing from the night sky, which in part accounts for the wistful sense of longing or loneliness that time of year. Now we have Mars opposite the galaxy, which can be stirring up that feeling, and leading to a potential state of mental imbalance unless you can keep your spiritual (which means loving, purposeful) focus. On Earth, getting along is not a luxury of happiness or survival — it’s a necessity.