1. Intense feelings are likely to rise to the surface as the
planet of love
Astrology Today: Oracle for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013
Posted on January 16, 2013 by Eric Francis
You are changing, and that can create instability in your sexual relationships. But it can also
free you to create a sense of bold adventure in your life. You may feel uncertain whether
someone close to you really wants to come along, or whether they are prepared to do so. I
suggest you not worry, and rather lead the way. They may be a week or two behind you in
theory, but I don’t think they will be in reality. Meanwhile, a long-standing disagreement or point
of contention has the ability to disappear, but if an erotic bond goes with it, I suggest you let it
go and allow the next intriguing opportunity to come into your life. Just remember that if the
relationship continues, it will do so on a new level of awareness.
Pisces Moon/Aries Moon — and Aquarius Sun, here we
come
Posted on January 16, 2013 by Amanda Painter
The Moon is currently in Pisces as of this writing — a visionary, sensitive, creative, romantic
placement generally. If you are in a time zone that lends itself to being awake while the Moon
travels the last few degrees of this sign, take advantage of this extra boost to your creativity; the
Moon is making a favorable aspect to a Mercury-Sun conjunction in Capricorn that is offering to
help you ground your visions in structured plans you can convey to the world.
Simplified chart section showing the Moon’s ingress of Aries today, nearly conjunct Uranus
(blue ‘H’). The Sun and Mercury (green glyph with horns) are almost exactly conjunct in
Capricorn. Venus (blue ‘female’ symbol), Pluto (red golf tee) and Juno (purple asterisk) are in
a tight three-way in Capricorn as well.
The thing is, the Moon’s aspect to Mercury and the Sun is a sextile — water to earth — which
means the translation from inner dream to interpersonal communication won’t happen by
itself. You actually have to take the rudder, steer the boat to land, and disembark to make
contact with others.
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2. If you were asleep while the Moon finished moving though Pisces, did you write down your
dreams when you awoke? The Mercury-Sun conjunction is not exact until Friday at 3:56 am
EST (we’ll likely cover it again), so its quick-witted qualities and assistance in teaching and
communicating will be building until then. So, too, might a sense that something is too close to
your face to see it (or more likely, see someone else’s feelings about it). There’s still a little
more perspective on offer today.
Once Mercury and the Sun finish their conjunction, the Sun sets sail straight for Aquarius (which
is not technically a water sign — it’s air — but its glyph is a pair of waves). The Sun enters
Aquarius just before 4:52 pm EST on Saturday, Jan. 19. Aquarius is fixed air, coming at the
middle of the season, ‘fixing’ it in place in a way. In the northern hemisphere, this means what
Isabel Hickey calls the “clear crystal electric air of winter.”
We’ll be covering the Sun’s ingress of Aquarius in greater depth soon as well. I have to make a
confession: Aquarius remains the sign I have the hardest time ‘getting’, both intellectually, on
paper, and emotionally, in person. That said, there is something about the tandem work of
Uranus (the modern ruler of Aquarius, which works to break up old forms) and Saturn (the
traditional ruler, which crystallizes and establishes the new forms) that appeals to me.
Actually, in writing this, it occurs to me that I can appreciate how anyone significantly
represented by Aquarius might need its typical/stereotypical emotional detachment to balance
and navigate these processes. To combine continual shattering and crystallizing with a
tendency toward emotional attachment could be exhausting.
Before we get to the Sun in Aquarius though, today we enjoy the Venus-Pluto conjunction in
Capricorn described so well by Len Wallick yesterday. As you navigate any lust emerging from
your depths (along with any accompanying fear of vulnerability, or the power of receptivity), bear
in mind that the moon moves into Aries at 11:07 am EST. You may notice some quick, heated
reactions or aggressive impulses.
The Aries moon will be conjoining Uranus (surprises!) and squaring the Venus-Pluto-Juno
configuration in Capricorn. You may find yourself wanting to take sudden action to resolve the
tension (be it emotional or sexual). Take a breath, count to ten, and see if the grounding of all
those Capricorn planets can allow you to let love (or at least your loins) prove the greater
force over any upsets.
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3. Moon in Pisces: Today and tomorrow, the most intense feelings are likely to rise to the surface
as the planet of love, Venus, heads for a link to the planet of passion, Pluto. If you have been
suppressing your feelings (positive or negative) they could rise up now for expression. Say what
you feel (kindly). What’s to gain if you say nothing? A square between two planets is about
something becoming so annoying or itchy that you have to do something (scratch the itch), so
look at whatever happens now as a part of a necessary process.
yasminboland
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