Timing: The Moon will spend the beginning of this week in the Sign of Aries, starting on Friday August 7th at 2:04pm UTC and ending on Sunday the 10th at 2:07am UTC.
Moon in Aries: Moderate dignity, as this is a place of the Moon’s sectmate, Mars. Aries Moons are fiery and passionate, great time for getting a lot accomplish and riding the initiative and impulse to succeed at whatever you want. Inspiration and enthusiasm abound, as well as the desire to “conquer” whatever tasks you have set out for yourself. Burnout is always a possibility.
Triplicity and Quadruplicity: Movable Fire. Movability (cardinality) indicates short and quick bursts of activity that are cut short and not seen through as often. The moon and our own moods, activities, and attention spans tend to flit from one thing to the next. The fire element indicates the realm of spirit and ideals, and the Moon in a fire sign often expresses more enthusiasm, spontaneity, and creative, heart-centered expressionism.
Moon’s ruler: Mars. The Moon forms a conjunction, and so her significations are supported by her ruler and more likely to ground. These days will be busier than the previous Aries-moon days. Moon-mars conjunctions on their own make for a lot of passion and intensity, especially in this sign. Expect a lot of activity, movement, and things happening. There may be some chaos coming to the surface.
Aspects
Superior movable square quare to Venus in Gemini. The Square from the last period carries over as Venus moves into Cancer. The positive potential that comes from Venus is available, but it will require more work on your part for it to arrive. Helpful conversation, exploration with the fine arts, and friendship can all abound today so after some initial difficulty is worked through. The movability makes for short events, in this case conversations and interpersonal interactions that break off quickly.
Superior fire trine to Mercury. Communication will flow much more freely, both between yourself and others and between different aspects of yourself. Discussions and the sharing of ideas will be smooth and successful, and thoughts will be clearer. The fiery nature of this trine makes for a lot of verbal passion and inspiration regarding the exploration of ideas and interactions with other people.
Superior fire trine to the Sun. Strong flow and harmony between your own moods and desires and the situations that your environment and context provide for you. Your own intentions and the circumstances that the world provides for you will be very complementary to each other. The Fiery nature of this trine creates great intensity and passion in the accomplishing of goals and seeing your will manifest.
Inferior movable Square to Jupiter. Help will come in through the avenues of teachers and guides, though this help may be difficult to access at first. There is a slightly greater potential for emotional bouyancy and satisfaction, though it can be easily disrupted by martial/aries-esque aggravation.
Inferior movable Square to Saturn. Discouragement, dissapointment, and self-doubt. You will not be immune from sadness and some depression during this time, though it will come and go in quick waves given the movable nature of the square.
Summary: There is a lot of fire going on this time around, with Moon in aries conjoined her fiery ruler and forming a trine to two other planets in fire signs. There is a strong potential for burnout and over intensity in feeling. Though you may accomplish a lot looking back, the experience itself will probably be very chaotic and disruptive to your natural rhythmns. Be wary of darker voices of shame and doubt that gnaw at you if you enter into a burnount period. Do your best to stay grounded and be nonreactive to the events beyond your control.
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