With the Moon in fair Libra, reactions and responses tend towards friendly cooperation and social partnerships. As the Moon answers to Venus, who is with maturing Saturn in Pisces, then a deeper wisdom and insight to relationships is apparent. A certain amount of self-sacrifice is required to set a boundary to ensure things work? An older, time-tested partnership is reflected upon, and discussed without any irrelevant details, as the ‘real’ thing is contemplated, and all practical viewpoints are appreciated as authentic. Someone might be saying ‘We all love a good time, but where do we go from here?’ This starts to be answered from 8 pm onwards, as the Sun changes sign into Aquarius, where it will be for the next month. What can an individual instigate with their social group of folks, that, for example, would bring social reform?
Even though your ideas have a grounded and practical basis, as the day builds you find some frustration building up about expressing your feelings in a social context. Some things are too light and airy when what you want is hard method and fact. What is highlighted is a particularly super-sensitive topic that goes back several years, so ask yourself if you want to dwell in the painful past, or instead, continue to rebuild anew, by bringing yourself back to the present moment, and recognizing the structure that you already have in place. Theres a long-term development that clearly takes dedication and work, and by making that your central focus, the rewards will start to become apparent. As the evening develops, stay on course and try not to let moods agitate, especially with loved ones, or at home.
This morning tune into your power; theres an area of life that you are conscious of that is ‘intensifying’; that is to say you could build great personal power by first assessing what you like or dislike. Once you’ve got clarity, start to look carefully at becoming assertive and competitive, but very importantly, without being dictatorial or extremist. The most successful way forward is always to consider cooperation and relating, notably whilst the moon is in Libra. At 16:20 the Moon changes sign into Scorpio, deepening and strengthening your emotional convictions. Feelings are now brought under control, and as Moon aligns with Pluto you might want to break any ties that confine you, as trivialities and petty details get in the way of what’s important. The last quarter moon phase prompts you to revise and consider the mistakes you made in the last three weeks. Now this is a good time to release and let go, cleanse and clean up.
As the moon sails through Scorpio, see if you can keep things relatively calm, by not reacting to anything without controlling yourself first. What would it be like if you purposefully were quiet, mysterious, focused, and persistent? What you need at this time is a shared mutual trust with the people you encounter: magnetism is strongly enhanced between people, and, it is well known that a positive charge attracts a negative charge, and vice versa, so pay attention that you don’t rub people the wrong way. By the end of the day, the Moon is approaching Saturn, and together these two planets will coax you into being calm, composed, and ready for the hard work that needs to be done, to reach achievement.
With the moon rounding up its stay in Scorpio, then this is a day of emotional transformation, as there are several water element ‘feeling’ based alignments that show you to be strong, and gather your forces together to exact an exciting change. As the day progresses, the trick is to not request too much from other people; try instead to shape and form your moves forward, taking emotional command of your originality and resourcefulness, which is plentiful, enthusiastic, and quite surprising. Remember the moon in Scorpio above all wants to keep and retain personal control and to trust others, that their motivation is felt to be as genuine and good as your own.
With the moon now in Sagittarius, our sense reception becomes lively and optimistic, even though the moon has waned considerably and is fading. If in any situation you try to rally around and gather reactions from others you might see theres more of a passive calm instead of a pro-active response. Nevertheless, use this early morning to assess your self-understanding. The insight received will help you get a good sense of how to use your time today; how about being your manager who’s going to mold things the way you choose? Expressing individuality should make you reasonably happy and feel fairly tranquil up until 2pm when there is a gradual shift into the evening, where you might find you are possibly overreacting to other people’s suggestions. Keep it cool right through to the end of the day, keeping in check any restlessness, or going overboard with feelings leading to being overly generous to the wrong people.
This morning there could be a serious side to things that just can’t be ignored or overlooked. When gravitas descends and the heaviness is unavoidable, try to avoid getting moody and depressed, because this phase of time will pass relatively quickly. The trick to this is to learn from your mistakes. Instead of dissatisfaction and insecurity, especially felt as the moon is almost at the end of her cycle, try to value yourself so you can grow your self-confidence. Later in the evening, you might have to stay quiet, because speaking out might not be as well received as you hoped for. So, it is time to employ charm factor 10; you can win all sorts of people over by being congenial, friendly, and familiar to all, even though you might struggle with getting on with specific people. Try to avoid a lack of consideration, or displaying undue sincerity, even if you feel a general lack of energy in the atmosphere.
© Julian Venables London Astrologer 2024
