Venus and Mars

Conjunction at 12 degrees 52 minutes in tropical Scorpio. 

Sabian Symbol: An inventor performs a laboratory experiment

...stresses the value of individual initiative, perseverance and caution in any attempt to understand how everything is related to everything else. What is most needed is the Ability to relate seemingly unrelated facts. 

...speaking of relating facts

This conjunction occurs in the Egyptian bounds of Mercury. 

Egyptian Goddess *Nut*

Nut -- Goddess of the sky -- especially the nighttime sky -- and all heavenly bodies

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Gemini or Taurus the Bull

While the Moon is in the sign of Gemini today and tomorrow she is actually passing through the constellation of the great Bull, Taurus.  

Last night the Moon moved right beneath Alcyone, the brightest star of the Pleiades --a cluster of seven stars in the shoulder of the Bull (at 0-1 degree Gemini). Alcyone is connected with inner vision, and though it can bring mystical abilities it also carries with it the potential for judgmental anger and narrow-mindedness.

Today her path takes her right along the neck of the Bull, and by tomorrow morning she'll be tangled in his horns. The star in the tip of his horn, El Nath, the tip being the point of attack, relates to weaponry. This could be a literal weapon or having a sharp tongue. While it is thought to be a place of good fortune by some, it is certainly an area (if one has planets around 21 -23 degrees Gemini) that must be used conscientiously.

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And I bet you thought Gemini was just an inquisitive, talkative, playful sign, didn't you?

Consider what it means that most of the sign Gemini carries with it an undercurrent of this great Bull....

Moon in Liminal Space

The Moon is in Taurus today and passing through a "liminal" space in the heavens, where there are no constellations or stars touching the ecliptic. Liminal literally means threshold; it is the state of being in-between. It is a space of transition, and also one of mystery.

Hevelius, Firmamentum, 1690

This expansive stretch between Aries and Taurus is thought to be a place where planets can be characterized by a particular emotional heaviness. It is in this stretch that Algol, the severed head of Medusa, located in the constellation of the hero Perseus, stares angrily toward Cetus the sea monster. Algol represents raw, primal, (sometimes feminine) rage. And Cetus has an appetite for humans. With planets here (roughly 0 to 23 degrees Taurus) one can be especially sensitive to collective trauma and can, in a way, feel the pain or anger of the world. 

Pisces Love

This morning the Moon passes under the belly of the eastern fish in the constellation of Pisces, just under the star Kappa Piscium. You probably saw her last night, shining majestically in her waxing fullness, and close to Jupiter (visible) and Uranus (not visible), both at 28 degrees Pisces.