Today is Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The waxing Moon is in Sagittarius all day, making its way toward a conjunction with the Galactic Center in the wee hours of Wednesday and then its full phase in Capricorn Thursday night into Friday. So if you’re feeling inclined to have a not-quite-the-weekend cookout Thursday night, you’re in tune with the Moon. Better yet, how about drumming the Moon to full with a late-night beach party complete with skinny dipping? The Full Moon is a time to celebrate — think of something, somewhere, somehow.
Before we get there, however, the Moon makes a conjunction to the Great Attractor and Pholus in mid-Sagittarius a little after 7:20 am EDT. The Great Attractor is located right at the midpoint of Sagittarius. It is a point that contains something — nobody is quite sure what, but some kind of dark matter — way way way beyond our galaxy. It makes the Galactic Core look so close it’s like a walk to the 7-Eleven. The Great Attractor emphasizes any desires for a little extra personal space. It has a detached feeling, and it can polarize people in ways that seem ‘for or against us’ — but the thing to remember is that when you have strong Great Attractor energy with you, your detractors cannot really touch you. Try acting like you’re not threatened if someone challenges you and see how well it works.
That said, Pholus has been sitting on the Great Attractor for a while, and it’s precisely there right now, stirring the pot. Pholus’ phrase is ‘small cause, big effect’. Remember the idea from yesterday of meeting irritants with empathy and equanimity? The same holds today. Take a moment to ask yourself why you’re feeling what you’re feeling before reacting outwardly, then keep your attention on saying only what you truly mean — not more. A little goes a long way sometimes, and this is one of those times. You can afford to nudge yourself toward optimistic, because as you keep rolling, so does the Moon.
One last point, so to speak: Ixion. This is a not-so-minor minor planet that has also been working the Great Attractor. Here’s the thing to remember with this placement: there’s actually a difference between right and wrong. Wrong is not necessarily what makes you feel guilty; rather, when you look closely at everyday actions and transactions, it’s possible to discern a difference between conduct that is responsible or not.
That mid-Sag alignment of the Moon also puts it into an opposition with Mars in Gemini, and trine Mercury in Leo, adding a little, um, verve to whatever inclinations you may have to give someone what-for. A real conversation is possible. See if you can channel that drive into some long-needed business communication or public performance instead of being a yente. That’s an arena where assertiveness is more likely to get you where you want to go, rather than simply alienating loved ones. This Moon placement in theory only lasts a small part of the day, but your relationships have more longevity. Give them the expansiveness of heart and soul a Sagittarius Moon suggests, and your beach party Thursday night can only be a hit.
Amanda Painter with Eric Francis
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Mystes —
the way your son’s friend died struck a particular chord in me, as i recently witnessed an intentional hit-and-run after the 4th of july foreworks. as in, i was about 20 feet away. as far as i know, the man hit is alive; and there were enough witnesses to get the license plate of the guy who hit him.
you and your family have our support, and i hope some sense of collective sympathy/empathy can be felt by you and your son and the other boy’s family… though this is going to be brutal for a while, i’m sure. i’m really happy you’ve all gotten into therapy; keep taking those deep, cleansing breaths…
and i second what len said. besides, when you’re here, you always pop up with something really interesting and helpful!
these are strange days, indeed. now if i could only slow down my own reactions enough to take my own advice… again. *sigh*
Len,
I accept, and will plan to draw on it *handily* at around 7 this evening. If you notice a sudden pressuredrop, well… we may be standing at a 45º angle, reeling hard.
manymanymany thanks with a dollop of amazement
M
mystes,
Please accept my moral and energetic support. Please also consider the possibility that being a parent is not self-involvement. Please let me propose that it quite the opposite. Being a loving parent, like yourself, who does not abdicate when the going gets tough is not selfish in any way shape or form. It is perhaps the most challenging and thankless road to self-awareness. Please convey our sympathy to the parents of your son’s friend. Losing a child is one of the few things more difficult than having one. Love you!
Thank you, darlings… thank you, thank you… I know I’ve been extra self-involved in the last year. Has to do with the intensity of my mothering role and the oppositions arrayed around it.
Today the fam has therapy, and I need to be extra-clear, calm and compassionate in this one. Esp. as my North Node is *on* the GC. Esp. as my son’s friend just went down trying to escape from a ‘wilderness’ camp-setting. There are some very dicey energies around all of this, it could go any of several ways.
See. More self-involvement. Sigh. Only 2 more years, people, then I’ll get back to my other work: You.
Shalom,
M
Amanda and Eric,
Very meaty stuff what with the Pholus-Ixion-Great Attractor conjunction in righteous Sagittarius. The GA can indeed pull a person in and you pulled its fundamentals into the blog so as to keep us aware and self-possessed when we feel the Mars opposition and Mercury trine swept in by the the Moon. This is indeed useful information. Thank you for the service.
The great thing about the beach party image is that it does provide the valuable seed of inspiration to blow off some steam either harmlessly or constructively instead of blowing up. Thank you for that as well.