Today is Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The Moon will be in Taurus until 7:56 pm EDT, when it enters Gemini. The Moon’s last aspect is a conjunction to Mercury, which is a way of saying put your feelings into words. Once the Moon separates from Mercury just past noon EDT, we will be in a void-of-course phase for several hours. Moon voids are the time to pause in the action; it’s neither the time to push the river nor start anything new. The afternoon may have a languid feeling, though this will be more than compensated by the rapid approach of the partial solar eclipse after the Moon ingresses Gemini.
As you may have noted from yesterday’s edition, eclipses are pattern-setting events; this means they can be used to dissolve patterns and establish new ones. Because this eclipse is focused on the South Node of the Moon (called Ketu or the dragon’s tail), that is about releasing blocks, enmity, psychological and language patterns that don’t work, and making peace with your neighbors. Look for the opportunities to do this; you will not have to make the opportunities.
Wednesday is a day to set aside as much time and energy for the things you love to do. One way to establish a new pattern, or for that matter, to dissolve an old one, is by taking action. So plan for that. I once described eclipses as “cosmic repeating stations.” That is, they can act to increase more of what is going on in your life. This does not mean you need to cram the day full of every blessed thing you enjoy — loading it with a sense of expectation, obligation or desperation — but rather, feed some loving and nourishing data into the system and let it grow.