Small crescent Moon appears in the sunset afterglow, 2015.

A good time to: excel in whatever you do by recognizing the practical values.

Challenges: Looking at your imprinting from childhood.

Balance: Let go of the past, it’s over and you can’t change it.

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Moon in Leo, laboratory process of Digestion – emotionally dramatic

Keywords:
Sun in Taurus – persistent, decisive = practical
Moon in Leo – changes, organizing = emotionally dramatic – F – Fire
Mercury in Aries – mental, aggressive = impulsive
Venus in Aries – pleasant, aggressive = demonstrative
Mars in Scorpio – impulsive, solidifying = explosive
Jupiter in Leo – fortunate, organizing = exuberant
Saturn in Scorpio – disruptive, solidifying = persevering
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Moon pointing to Jupiter at mid Virgo (tropical zodiac).  The bright light to the left of the Moon is Jupiter.  At sunset, they will be up and overhead.
Time to share your big plans.

All positions at noon, Mountain Time, USA

(Lights)
Moon                    Virgo @ 06 deg.
Sun                       Taurus @ 24 deg.

(Rocky Midgets)
Mercury             Taurus @ 16 deg. (Retrograde until May 22nd)
Venus                 Taurus @ 18 deg.
Mars                    Sagittarius @ 04 deg. (Retrograde until June 29th)

(Gas Giants)
Jupiter               Virgo @ 13 deg.
Saturn                 Sagittarius @ 14 deg. (Retrograde until August…

We have still a Grand Trine in Earth signs: Sun, Venus and Mercury in Taurus, Jupiter in Virgo and Pluto in Capricorn. Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Pluto are retrograde.

Not a time for airy ideas, but deep practice, for grounding and re-thinking. Everything goes a bit slower than usual. Everything earthy, like work, gardening, pleasure, cooking, works fine. It is also a time to create some space to rest mind and body.

My natal Moon sits at 22° Taurus, so it feels very influenced by the currents transits. It is the only body in earth in my natal chart, so to me it feels even more important to care for the required attention, even when it means to sleep almost nine hours per night…

There is so much to do like always – but I am not quick like usual. In my job I work a few hours more per…

2016 W21 Calendar (Weekly) Sunout Astrological Aspects

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Can there be a more auspicious day for the avowed contrarian to begin a blog than Friday the 13th during Mercury Retrograde?

The legend of Friday the 13th being a very unlucky day may have something to do  with King Philip IV of France declaring that all Knights Templar be arrested on Friday, 13th May, 1307.  Alarmed by the Templars’ growing influence, the King and the Vatican took possession of all their money and land.  The Templars were summarily tried, found guilty of heresy (the standard accusation inevitably resulting in a guilty verdict) and sentenced to death. But of course, not before being mercilessly tortured as Medieval society warranted.  Legend says that Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the order, cursed both the king and the pope and they died shortly thereafter.  So bad luck all around.  And consequently a host of bad luck superstitions about the day…