It’s a Leo Moon weekend; time to roar! Friday night the Moon in early degrees of Leo quincunxes Neptune and sextiles Sun-Mercury in Gemini. It’s the perfect opportunity to be a big, fat liar! Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but with the Leo boasting/drama with Neptune at weird angles and that chatty Mercury, well, watch your mouth. And take what everyone else says with a grain of salt. The money play here is to enjoy it all for what it’s worth and hope nobody remembers everything you said.
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Thursday the Moon moves from mid to later degrees of its ruling sign Cancer. Moodiness and an urge to comfort eat can accompany this time. Earlier in the day a waning sextile from Mars makes action a priority, and getting things done leads to a better emotional state. By evening the Moon approaches a square with Saturn. At worst this can feel depressing, but it can also point to the areas that require addressing in order to reach satisfaction.
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The Moon is at home in Cancer on Wednesday, trine Neptune, which can be dreamy or foggy or just… trail off. Cancer is known for moodiness but that aspect of ease from Pisces Neptune could definitely help one transcend. In fact, music is a great way to achieve that end as Neptune is musical. It’s well known that music can affect mood.
Continue reading Astrology Today: May 23, 2012 – Mood Music

Juno, the asteroid, is associated with marriage and commitment. Juno the Roman goddess is daughter of Saturn, wife of Jupiter and mother of Mars (war) and Vulcan (fire). Does any of that sound touchy-feely? As the daughter of Saturn she embodies the feminine manifestation of commitment. Politically correct or not, that is most often associated with marriage.
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Tuesday’s late Gemini Moon conjuncts Venus and trines Saturn. It’s pleasant enough but with the brakes on. Mercury conjuncts Jupiter in Taurus and together they pick up a quincunx from Saturn. Could be a good day to be in your head, could be lousy… could be both! However that shakes down, movement is still powerful, given Mars trine Pluto and opposing Chiron.
Continue reading Astrology Today: May 22, 2012 – Keep On Keepin’ On

In the morning the Moon in Gemini quincunxes Pluto in Capricorn. Unsettling feelings or feelings from the deep may emerge at odd intervals. The Moon also squares Mars, so acting on these feelings can be blocked or untimely. With Mercury quincunxing Saturn, the resulting stream of consciousness is likely to be stilted. It may be better to take some time to think things through rather than to pop one off only to reconsider.
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Whatever else, the Moon in earthy, Venus-ruled Taurus is a good mood for love, or looooooooove. And that’s what we’ve got all weekend. With Venus retrograde and trining Saturn in Libra (also retrograde), things are not straightforward or freewheeling. However, Friday night the Moon forms a grand trine in earth with Mars in Virgo and Pluto in Capricorn. When or if you do get it together, it’s going to be tangibly felt, deeply.
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Thursday, Mars opposes Chiron and trines Pluto. Action has deep roots in childhood wounds. If you encounter aggression, or if you go aggro, look for the psychological issue triggered. This is also a unique opportunity for healing or acting out of the compassion gained by examining your own motivations.
Continue reading Astrology Today: May 17, 2012 – Compassion And Foreward Movement

The Moon squares Pluto exact during the day (see Astrology Today for May 15) but moves out on its own, within its comfort zone, later in the day. The intense influence passes but leaves its invigorating mark on the mood. Toward the end of the day, late night on the eastern coast of the Americas, sunset for the west, is when retrograde Venus and retrograde Saturn make their exact trine.
Continue reading Astrology Today: May 16, 2012 – Taking Your Venus Temp

This brings to mind an old Duran Duran song which I do not find personally pleasant (“Please, please, kill me now…”). However, this is not just an ordinary new moon as it is in orb of conjunction with one of the Moon’s nodes, a solar eclipse. This eclipse squeeks under the five degree wire by minutes and can be seen in some areas, but NASA does not classify it as technically total from any vantage point on Earth.
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