Astrology Today: August 20, 2012 – It Could Be Worse
“Show me the bright side and I’ll look till my eyes catch fire.”
–Clem Snide
Monday the Moon in Libra fills in the final corner on a cardinal grand square. That doesn’t make for an easy day, but for sure it could be worse. I always look for these bright corners of “it could be worse” because it really can give you some perspective. I fall off the curb in front of a car full of young men and women? Well, hey, my skirt didn’t flip up over my head and my handbag didn’t spill into the sewer drain. I call that a WIN. Perspective.
The Moon caught up in a cardinal square can make for tense times, for irritation. With Venus part of the square it can be difficulty in getting what you want or wanting what you get. However, Venus and the Moon are in mutual reception, each in the other’s sign. This makes for a degree of compatibility that wouldn’t arise with other planets in those positions. They may have different agendas, but they can work together for a cause.
We also have the fact that we’ve been dealing with cardinal square energy FOREVER (it seems like forever, anyway) and people are getting the hang of handling this coarse energy (or they’re in jail, the hospital, or tied up in someone’s basement “dungeon”). There’s challenge here, but challenge is something people rise to and what spurs real growth.
The Moon in Libra balances, seeks to balance, needs fairness and pleasantry. Venus in Cancer registers the appeal of emotion and femininity. A grand square has a good deal of solidity in structure. These two could go a long way in prettying up that tough Pluto Uranus aspect. This could be the day you fall off the curb and not only does your skirt stay down, but someone appealing offers you a hand up out of the gutter. But still watch out you don’t fall off the curb in the first place, if you can.
18 Responses to “Astrology Today: August 20, 2012 – It Could Be Worse”
Gah! Can’t tell you anything :-p 
“Have I told you lately that I love you”…r day-to-days?? I do! They’re fabulous
OK-Job interview tomorrow. I’m not going to wear a skirt.
Oooh, not today! Is the Moon anywhere near my Sun? lemme check…no, but Mars and Saturn still are. Crap.
BUT I HAVE MOON/JUPITER!!!!
Score!
It’s a really important day today. A year ago I was supposed to apply for college and when I got there I found out I was enrolled on a different college by accident. I really don’t need this to happen again!
Hahaha – love that image of the skirt and the gutter…
Today I’ve decided to be bold and wear a skirt to work. Partly cos my work trousers aren’t dry etc, but partly cos I wanted to be brave.
It’s a black pencil skirt, below the knee, fairly tight, so no chance of it being caught by the wind.
However, when I got to work, I realised that my tights have laddered all the way from my thigh to my knee. The good news? My skirt covers it up
I’ll take that as perspective
My Sun is 7 degrees Libra. Moon entered Libra 07.45 am local time. And as it did – I was lucky enough to have a late morning today – I had the weirdest dream involving The Ex.
“We also have the fact that we’ve been dealing with cardinal square energy FOREVER (it seems like forever, anyway) and people are getting the hang of handling this coarse energy.”
I wish I could agree here, I’ve Saturn conjunct Jupiter at 8 degrees and every time the moon join these two in my asc Libra, the energy builds up from the prev time further. It’s like a rollercoaster that keeps going higher every time before the next drop.
I was told that August 15th was going to be hard for me when Mars and Saturn conjunct. It was definitely the 19th instead. What a horrible day! I can’t stress that enough. I am still trying to recover. I don’t know how us humans have to keep recovering over and over again. How do people do it? I am so drained out and exhausted from my life. I just really don’t know how to make it better. I feel like if I just wait and do nothing things might get better but then I might just be delaying from something bad to happen again. It’s a viscious cycle. I can’t even be positive any more. It’s overkill now! I hate to say but I think I might need to get a divorce. I wanted to have a child but looks like that won’t be possible. Maybe it is a gift from God that we were not fortunate in having one yet. I would never want to ruin a child’s life. That would devastate me. Maybe I will adopt one day and try to give a child without parents a home. I just feel bad that such a child will not have a father. All of this is so depressing right now. I just can’t find a solution any more. I am so exhausted.
Saturn is in virgo in my natal chart. Is it maybe because the moon was in virgo and this whole thing might have started? My husband has Mars in Leo and I am not sure if when the moon was in Leo this madness might have started. The New moon was in Leo so I wonder if this is the reason. Life is really so difficult! I need some training.
Had a very productive morning at work. Very good teamwork.
The moon is in my 10th house now–I feel eager to “git r done!”. 
@candela I have my sun @ 7 Libra, too. Sun/moon conjunction today!!
Yesterday was strange! Job interview – went naked, that’s what spanky pants means, no?
It was hard. Job interview, one cranky interviewer. I tried to be pleasant. Facing problem at current job. Tried to be pleasant, but was advised to complain. Book club full of ladies last night; all I wanted to do was be alone, but smiled and was gracious. Yes, it could have been much, much worse. Good advice and I’m glad I took it!
Yesterday wasn’t good at all for me — I spent it in bed, in quite a lot of pain. The Uranus-Pluto square has been beating up my chart.
The author of a blog I read had a daughter yesterday so I did a chart on astro.com (she’d included the time of birth in her post). That Grand Cross is on the baby’s angles, with Pluto on the ascendant, and Moon at 7 Libra. I am really curious to see how the baby’s life develops, with that chart.
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