Today is Thursday, July 14, 2011. The Moon is in Capricorn, bearingdown on full, and was just conjunct Pluto last night. How are you feeling today? Was yesterday a little cranky for you? The good news is that should lessen a little on one level as the Moon moves further into Capricorn and away from Pluto today. Of course, that means it’s getting closer to its opposition with the Sun Thursday night to Friday morning; this is building its own variety of tension that will still be strong tomorrow. Eric has suggested drumming the energy out, or maybe making art or simply howling — just make sure your howls are in fact directed at the Moon and not at other people. Yelling at a coworker doesn’t quite count as a productive, cathartic outlet, no matter how enticing that option may have been yesterday.
As mentioned recently, operating in the background of the Sun-Moon / father-mother relationship is another aspect about gender balance: the Varuna-Eris square. With Varuna, a male deity hanging out in feminine Cancer and Eris, a female goddess camping out in masculine Aries, we have a beautiful image of the integration of gender between both planet and sign. Yes, these two planets are in a square aspect, which carries some tension — but it’s the kind that gives us something to push against, so we can get somewhere new.
Think of it like a lever-fulcrum setup: by pushing on one end of the lever, the pressure against and balance on the point of the fulcrum is what moves the thing at the other end of the lever. You’re able to move it further and with less effort than if you didn’t use that angular support. But it seems one key to appreciating that fact is to shift your point of identification from the pressure at the point of contact outward to the sweeping arc made by the end of the lever. That’s where we find the journey, the goal attained and the broader perspective — all in one.