Tuesday August 7
Everyone laughed when I sent my dog Zero to the Canine Academy Of Design, but they won't be laughing today when he continues to shit all over their lawn. At 6:43 am, Venus crosses into Cancer after her long stay in Gemini (since April 3rd). It can ‘spraggle upon waggle’, but not as well as a cat. It cannot be seen with one eye, unless observed through a splitter-lens. We become less interested in varied social connectivity and more in securing our emotional future, where our finances and relationships are concerned. Her impending hook-ups with Uranus and Pluto can be felt immediately; expect changes based on long-term developments and deep emotional needs. I once gave Venus in Gemini a 1972 Neo-Modernist elliptic-hyperboloid French watertower of reinforced concrete with panoptic stained-glass lazuli windows, and all you wanted was a new dress. I may never know how to love Venus in Gemini, but at least I have good taste in industrial architecture. The Moon continues in Aries, bringing an acute awareness of what’s not working for us in our relationships, as it opposes Mars and Saturn and gives us a more powerful sense of what’s coming as Mars moves into its conjunction with Saturn on August 15th. The Moon is in Aries, all headstrong and full of piss and vinegar. Aries represents the period from birth to seven months old, when as new borns, we experience everything as an extension of ourselves. Virtually all energy is devoted to having our needs met. On the World scale, Aries is between 48,000 BC and 26,000 BC, when the primitive Neanderthals were trounced upon by Cro-magnons. They were virtually identical to modern Homo Sapiens, yet anthropologists do not know from whence they came. The Aries Moon can be so enthused with it's own adventure that it might seem a little arrogant. Don't take it personally. The focus is on action, not reaction. The Moon goes void at 1:04 pm with its opposition to Saturn, suggesting necessary separations. At 10:40 pm PT/1°26′ Leo, Mercury's 24-day retrograde ends. Now we can move forward with the full cooperation of the personal planets. New beginnings abound!
Wednesday August 8
The Day of Mercury in the kabbalistic World of Air, Yetzirah.,. Mercury's function is to communicate. To think. To know. To reason. Language is his playground. The Akasic Library is his home. And oh yes, Hermes is a Love god. He likes the sound of his own voice. Write a poem, a sonnet, or some erotica today and them transmit that information to at least one other person. Mercury teaches(by demonstration), the animation of Eidolons, the magick indwelling of icons by Spirit. Let intuition rule. Since Mercury is no longer bassackwards (retrograde) now, add a few extra syllables to every verb you utter today, e.g. enscrubulify, intellarialectualizate, disunstrangulatize. At 0:26 am, the Moon enters Taurus, creating a Cradle Configuration over the day with Venus, Neptune, and Pluto. We are drawn to those we care most for, especially where there is discord or misunderstanding. It’s a good time to clear the air and come clean. Address every cat you see today with the greeting ‘Good afternoon, Mr. Ravenscrofte’, even if the cat is female, and even if it isn’t the afternoon. Doff your hat if you’re wearing one; click your heels if you’re not.
Thursday August 9
The Day of Jupiter in the kabbalistic World of Earth, Assiah. If you don't have a good laugh today, you are missing the point. There is a whole division of the Angelic Hierarchy assigned to the sephiroth Chesed (Jupiter) whose purpose is divine inspiration through laughter. And there is no vision more critical in the career of the adept than the Metaversal Joke. Did you here the one about the astrologer who broke his arm and attributed it to an accident? The Moon catches up with the Sun to bring the Third Quarter Moon at 17°34′ Taurus-Leo/11:55 am PT and begin what we here at Metaversal Lightcraft refer to as Earthweek. Mars coming to Saturn magnifies our frustration, but if we slow down we’ll get more done. We’re eager because we see so much that needs changing. This lunation is about integrating what we’ve learned and experienced, as well as casting out what no longer belongs in the light of our new awareness. This is timed perfectly with the release of Mercury and Venus reminding us that there’s no time to waste. Venus leads us to set our sights high as she makes an idealistic trine to Neptune. Whatever we set our cap at, it should come from a place of inner clarity. Once you’ve set your course, hold on—the coming week (through August 15) is going to be a wild ride! The Moon’s long void period commences at 11:55 am (2:55 pm ET), although this time can be used productively. In the chart cast for the US, the light of day is dawning on the consequences of Congress’s lack of vision, which is having a huge impact on the nation’s employment and productivity. A light is shone in particular on the effects of overseas outsourcing, as a movement grows to bring jobs back home. Wetter weather reaches the Midwest and east of the country.
At 18 Taurus, the Moon’s Sabian Symbol is “a woman airing an old bag through a sunny window to give it air and sunshine.” Besides the suggestion of reusing our precious resources whenever possible, this suggests that it’s time to let go of old energy that’s been bottled up. Whether it’s a household spring-clean or an inner cleanse, the waning Third Quarter Moon assists us in releasing what is no longer useful. Politically, this can bring truths to light that result in “throwing the bums out”. The Sun’s Sabian Symbol at 18 Leo is “A chemist conducts an experiment for his students.” As we clear out old energies and situations, it frees us to experiment with the opening that we’ve created for ourselves. It suggests moving forward gradually without building a new structure too quickly. Let it settle into place and build each aspect as it presents itself. Although you may know the outcome, there are always tricky stages where things could shift in an unexpected direction.
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