^Gradual Recovery from Stress^
Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius
/moon goes void-of-course at 2:39a PT | 5:39a ET | 9:39a UT
until it enters Sagittarius at 12:49p PT | 3:49p ET | 7:49p UT
The void-of-course period covers most of the day in the East of the U. S. and so one ought to be careful of saying or doing things which offend or disturb others (Venus still square Uranus while Luna squares Mars, Mercury and the sun). There will be anger, covert or overt, and even outrage in some cases so we need to remain calm, and hopeful that human as well as physical storms will pass.
Then by late afternoon and early evening, when Luna has entered Sagittarius and is trining Venus in Leo, things should be more hopeful. It could even be a sort of party evening, recovering from earlier stresses.
Amazing Timing: Many years ago when I was a very young astrologer, Marc
Edmund Jones, in a hotel conference room containing no more than 20 individuals, said, with a meaningful look in my direction, "The orb is ten degrees." He said it as if to answer a question, for I had been pondering it, and he was very psychic. He meant, for all I knew, the orb in birth horoscopes, but I have never forgotten that or the way he said it, and I have found that it applies also to the current transits of the planets as applied to everyone.
Here is some strong evidence for that approach: Venus square Jupiter is an interesting aspect. I have observed it for decades and find that always it shows, among other things, extreme differences of opinion which threaten friendships or relationships. Why? Venus is love; Jupiter is sagacity or insagacity, wisdom or nonwisdom, in a word, opinions right or wrong. So there is something inharmonious (square) between your loved one or friend or employer or associate, anyone, and your opinions or his or her opinions. You disagree and feel strongly about it whether you say anything or not. Opinions threaten love; love threatens opinions.
When did this aspect recur, of late? It began, by the ten-degree orb, on August 7. A few days later on August 12 was the famous Charlottesville demonstration and counter-demonstration and then began the country-wide furor, people accusing each other of racism or insensitivity or stupidity or callousness or "not caring enough" or whatever, on and on, and it got very rancorous. The aspect by ten degrees lasted through Saturday August 26, this past weekend. I am not saying that the furor or anger has receded completely but probably it will be partly forgotten or put away in memory closets for the time being.
What made it worse this time was a concurrent square of Venus with Uranus, beginning on August 16 and continuing through Friday September 1. This seemed to double the bitterness and anger. Uranus is abrupt, decisive, and when squared with Venus it can be the end (temporarily or permanently) of a friendship, relationship or alliance. And so it was. How many individuals resigned from Trump teams over all this brouhaha? Quite a few, and others came close to doing so. Venus square Uranus can be a "cut and run" aspect. "You are crazy, wrong, insensitive, unworthy, and I am done with you." Exit stage left, or right.
Not a lot of fun, and yet sometimes under this aspect people seem to relish the excitement of "cutting and running." "Now he will know how much I meant to him! Now he will realize how wrong he is!"
Really?
Oh well, it is part of the astro-panorama as related to human beings, and is pretty good evidence for the much-despised doctrine of Gurdgieff and Ouspensky that "people are machines." That is, controlled by the planets.
Of course I don't really believe that, but the amount of truth in it is testimony to the lack of self-control and self-awareness in human beings. One mission of astrology is to heighten that self-awareness and self-control so that we are no longer "slaves of the planets" or of the cosmic momentums the planets represent. Rather we can find the best way of using each aspect. In the case of Venus square Jupiter, it might be expanding one's sensibilities to appreciate other viewpoints. Or it might be taking a firm stand on something (Jupiter) yet finding a way of making that stand palatable or understandable to loved ones (Venus).
I sometimes try to escape from the ten-degree orb, and recently I used a seven and a half degree orb in my daily charts. This has some value, I think, and yet: I was pondering the trajectory and time-life of Hurricane Harvey yesterday, and noted that although the sun is nearing an opposition with Neptune in Pisces, certainly an indicator of the ocean! (Neptune in his own sign, both ruling the sea) as well as rain!, the 7.5 degree orb did not put that opposition in my charts until Tuesday August 29. Well, the aftereffects of the storm and the rain will still be there, in fact it may still be raining then, as is predicted, and perhaps the suffering of those affected will be reaching a peak because they are tired of their temporary homes and want to get back and clean up, but cannot because of the flooding (Neptune in Pisces). However, the storm hit on Friday evening August 25. So I went back to the ephemeris, and lo and behold, by the favored 10-degree orb the sun began its opposition with Neptune at 10:54 p.m. Central U.S. Time on the 25th. Wikipedia says that the storm hit the land (Rockport, Texas) "around" 10 p.m. Central. So the ten-degree opposition began within 54 minutes of the hurricane hitting the land. Of course many areas, and the majority of the people affected, did not get the strong winds and rain until later when the aspect was in full play.
One ought to say that in fact the ancient astrologers gave the sun and moon larger orbs than ten degrees, reserving that smaller orb for the interplanetary aspects, not those involving the sun or moon, so in that case the sun's opposition with Neptune would have begun earlier on the 25th or even a couple days earlier. I have used, at times, a 12 degrees and 52 minutes orb for the sun and moon.
By ten degrees the sun's opposition with Neptune will end on September 15. It is interesting that both the hurricane and the Charlottesville brouhaha occurred during Mercury retrograde (center of the Dark Hermetic Epoch from July 24 through September 18). That made everything harder by a factor of two or three. Probably by mid-September the people of southeast Texas will be back on a more secure footing.
And all of us . . .
{Monday} ^Gradual Recovery from Stress^
Cosmic Piper
5. Great is our Lord [Jehovah], and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6. The Lord lifteth up the meek:
--Psalm 147
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