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Astrology May 5, 2020: The Lunar Nodes Change Signs

05 Tuesday May 2020

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“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” John Adams

The North Node (symbolizing the future) moves into Gemini today and the South Node (representing the past) moves into opposing Sagittarius, signs they will occupy for the next 18 months. (The last time we had this same setup was from October of 2001 to April of 2003.)

In general, during this ingress, we are learning to be more curious, to do more questioning to learn how others think, and to examine facts more closely before rendering our decisions. Simultaneously, we are seeking to move away from wholesale rejection of others’ ideas or belief systems simply because they are in conflict with our own. We are also wanting to back up or reinforce our faith now with facts.

*All times EDT.

On This Day in History: John Scopes was arrested by Tennesse authorities on May 5, 1925, for teaching evolution in his high school science class. They charged him with having violated a newly enacted law (The Butler Act) that criminalized the teaching of human evolution in the state’s public schools. The famous “Scopes Trial” (also known as the “Scopes Monkey Trial”) pitted advocates of creationism against those who believed in evolution.

(Astrologically, when Scopes was arrested on May 5, information-minded Mercury, in trail-blazing Aries, was exactly square to philosophical Jupiter in traditionally-minded Capricorn. With Mercury-Jupiter aspects we generally aim to broaden our understanding or widen our perspectives and there is also often marked enthusiasm for sharing what it is that we have learned or studied. Jupiter, the planet which symbolizes the search for higher meaning, also formally governs both teaching and religion. On the shadow side, especially with the square, there can be arrogance, narrow-mindedness, self-righteousness, as well as a tendency towards proselytizing others towards our own point of view.)

“If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools, and the next year you can make it a crime to teach it to the hustings or in the church. At the next session, you may ban books and the newspapers.”  – Clarence Darrow (the famed trial lawyer who represented John Scopes at his trial.)

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson

Animal, Gorilla, Ape, Primate, Herbivore

Copyright 2020

Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/facts

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/scopes-trial

https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/5#

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Astrology May 4, 2020: Mercury Conjunct Sun

04 Monday May 2020

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“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.” Vincent Van Gogh

Intellectual Mercury is in superior conjunction with the purposeful Sun in grounded Taurus today (5:41 pm), which, in particular, could provide us with some epiphanies or aha moments pertaining to those things represented by Taurus, such as our values, money, personal possessions, and basic physical needs. Since the superior conjunction acts like a Full Moon, we may also see some of our ideas or plans coming to fruition now that were seeded during the inferior conjunction of Mercury and the Sun in dreamy Pisces, which occurred back on February 25th, when Mercury was retrograde. (The superior conjunction occurs when Mercury and the Sun are about halfway between the previous and next retrograde cycle.)

Waxing Luna also exited meticulous Virgo for balancing Libra, early this morning (at 3:09 am), which is always positive for putting us in a more cooperative spirit as well as inspiring us to seek out justice and fairness.

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Theodore Parker.

*All times EDT.

On This Day in History: On May 4, 1979, Margaret Thatcher (born 10/13/25) becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

(In the sky, that day, Mercury, Venus, and Mars were all conjunct in pioneering Aries and trine to idealistic Neptune in Sagittarius (the sign which rules politicians). This same trio of planets was also opposing transformational Pluto in equality-minded Libra.)

Thatcher served as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. (Wikipedia)

“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” M.T.

Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson

Caudata, Strelitzia

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Source Notes:

https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/4

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/justice

https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/insight-quotes

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Astrology May 3, 2020: Venus Square Neptune

03 Sunday May 2020

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“When you compare the sorrows of real-life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.” Alexandre Dumas

Today has undertones of being at a Grand Masquerade Ball, in some ways, as social, romantic Venus (soon-to-be-retrograde) forms a waxing square to fantasy Neptune (11:52 pm). This more daydreamy aspect can, among other things, sometimes make it more challenging to see other people as they are partly because we seem to have more of a real need or desire now to want to place halos above nearly everybody’s head. Neptune is the higher octave of Venus and it’s associated with Divine Love or unconditional love or a boundary-less type of love that many of us may wish to sincerely experience in our hearts. This is why we can potentially be so vulnerable now: It’s like we don’t want that sacred veil to be pierced, at the moment, and then possibly face the chance of being starkly disillusioned by the underlying, harsher reality. Accordingly, any relationships, especially romantic ones, that begin under this aspect would most likely benefit from giving them a period of time to gel so we can see how they play out over the long haul. 

Because Venus also governs money, possessions, and how we derive pleasure, in general, we may also want to refrain from going overboard with things, particularly acquisitions, until we are more sure of what our true needs and desires are. Often what seems so glamorous to us, on the surface, with Venus-Neptune, proves otherwise later. On another level, Venus-Neptune energy can be extremely creative as it poises us to go deeper into the waters of our fertile imaginations. Many artists and musicians have Venus-Neptune aspects prominent in their personal charts.

Today’s Venus-Neptune square is the first of three squares, the other two will be taking place on May 20th and July 27th. Venus goes retrograde on May 13th.

Meanwhile, Waxing Luna remains ensconced in verifying Virgo all day, no doubt a good, overall counter or balance to the “I just wanna be swept off my feet” Venus-Neptune influence. Although, even the skeptical Virgo Moon is under some pressure this morning as she also forms a bewildering opposition to blurry-eyed Neptune (at 11:22 am). Fortunately, later on, however, Luna will be regaining her footing, quite a bit, when she forms flowing trines to transformational Pluto (at 7:01 pm) and big picture Jupiter (at 10:25 pm), both still conjunct in “keeping-it-real” Capricorn. Ideally, these two more hopeful aspects will provide us with a practical ability to see or plot futuristic trends, especially with respect to more large-scale issues. Moon-Pluto, in particular, can also be very healing energy and one that allows us to not only, individually and collectively, let go of the past, but also greatly learn from it, as well as being simultaneously positively reshaped by what we may have experienced. On another level, the Moon-Pluto energy can also sometimes help us to locate something that has been lost or perhaps hidden from view.

*All times EDT.

Born On This Day: Golda Meir in 1898 in Kyiv, Ukraine (d.1978). She was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman, politician, and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. (Wikipedia)

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” 

Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson

Masked Ball, Masquerade, Carnival, Panel

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Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/223411.Golda_Meir

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/fantasy?page=2

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Astrology May 2, 2020: Three Virgo Moon Trines

02 Saturday May 2020

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“Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.” Roy T. Bennett

With the Moon in perfecting Virgo today, we are more naturally poised toward wanting to improve ourselves or elements of our lives in some way. The Virgo Moon is always excellent for organizing, tidying up, implementing health/dietary regimes, or involvement in detail-type projects. What’s also extra special and lovely about the energy today is that Luna in Virgo is also forming three flowing trine aspects to innovative Uranus, curious Mercury, and the illuminating Sun, all of which are stationed in earthy Taurus, the zodiacal sign which governs our values, money, and sense of comfort and pleasure. So it appears that we are getting a lot of cosmic assistance now to better our world in ways that feel very freeing, stimulating, and empowering and that also adds to our sense of enjoyment and groundedness. On another level, often with a Virgo Moon, we feel more compelled to be of service to others.

Born On This Day: Benjamin Spock, in 1903, an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care is one of the best-selling volumes in history. The book’s premise to mothers is that “you know more than you think you do.” (Wikipedia)

Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson

Sunflowers, Field, Woman, Yellow, Summer

Copyright 2020

Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/improvement

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Astrology May 1, 2020: Waxing Leo Moon Opposes Mars

01 Friday May 2020

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“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” Theodore Roosevelt

The Waxing Moon remains in colorful, self-confident Leo today and is forming an opposition to self-assertive Mars around lunchtime (at 12:04 pm). This aspect can provide us with intense emotion and a fighting spirit to achieve our ends. Since Mars is also in community-minded Aquarius, we may feel more motivated to involve ourselves in teamwork and a shared cause at this time. On the shadow side, the Moon-Mars energy is sometimes associated with impulsivity or being more easily irritated so we may need to dial back our responses, a bit, if we wish to, among other things, preserve the peace. On the other hand, Moon-Mars can also be a time when we deliberately choose to clear the air, especially if we have been carrying around pent-up grievances, as this planetary alignment tends to provide us with more courage and directness to speak our truth. On another level, the Moon in Leo can also put us in touch with our personal pride, or how we conduct ourselves with dignity and respect and show the same to others.

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Jane Austen

*All times EDT.

Born On This Day: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, in 1881, a French idealist philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of the Peking Man (Wikipedia). He wrote: You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience. 

Happy May Day! Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson 

Background, Flowers, Bright, Chamomile

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Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/pride

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Astrology April 30, 2020: First Quarter Square, Mercury Conjunct Uranus

30 Thursday Apr 2020

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“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut

There’s a First Quarter Square between the dramatic Leo Moon and grounded Taurus Sun today (at 4:38 p,m). This may create a desire and a determination to want to venture outside the sanctity of our normal routines to experience something more glamorous or playful or creative.

Communicator Mercury is also having its annual conjunction with non-conforming Uranus in Taurus (values, money, comfort), later tonight (10:41 pm). Mercury-Uranus can sometimes feel like a bit of a horserace going on in our head as our thoughts and ideas can be galloping by us fast and furious now. Uranus, which is the higher octave of mental Mercury, generally tends to speed things up. This aspect is also associated with strokes of genius, originality, innovation, and intuition.

Since Mercury and Uranus are also aligned in financial Taurus it’s possible that we may come up with new or different ideas to make money now. Or, perhaps, it could be that we find ourselves facing situations or circumstances that challenge us now, maybe out of necessity, to simply be more creative or inventive in how we generate a revenue stream because how we operated in the past is possibly no longer a viable option.

“Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.” Arnold Bennett

Also tomorrow in the U.S., a coalition of many essential workers at Walmart, Amazon, FedEx, and other retailers are supposedly poised to go on strike to protest their working conditions during this COVID-19 era. Reform-minded, dissenting Uranus is often a prominent factor in strikes or protests. Speaker Mercury also gives workers a chance to voice their grievances or complaints. May 1 “Rent Strikes” are also reportedly planned in some cities across the U.S. on Friday.

Messenger Mercury formally governs the news and, for the last several days, we have also been hearing more and more about possible food shortages, particularly meat and poultry shortages or disruptions (Taurus governs the food supply). Earlier this week, for instance, with Mercury in Taurus exactly square to authoritative Saturn, President Trump signed an executive order (as part of the Defense Production Act) to keep meat plants open, citing that they are ‘critical infrastructure.’ Also yesterday, we heard a bit of positive news about breakthrough results (Mercury-Uranus) concerning a clinical study involving hospitalized COVID-19 patients who responded positively to Remdesivir, an antiviral drug experimentally used for treating the virus. The FDA is now reportedly moving at ‘lightning speed’ (Uranus!) to review data on the drug to hopefully get it officially approved and cleared for treatment for seriously ill Covid-19 patients.

*All times EDT.

Born On This Day: Actress Cloris Leachman. She’s turning 94 today!

“Let whatever’s going to happen, happen. Don’t judge it before you do it. Sure, sometimes it will be terrible, but sometimes it will just be amazing. That’s where the gold is.” C.L.

Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson 

Fair, Hustle And Bustle, Year Market, Folk Festival

Copyright 2020

Source Notes:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-30/fda-moving-at-lightning-speed-on-gilead-virus-drug-hahn-says

https://www.ideaconnection.com/blog/creativity/a-healthy-dose-of-inspiration-with-quotes-about-ingenuity.html

https://www.happier.com/blog/10-positive-quotes-to-inspire-creativity/

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Astrology April 29, 2020: Cancer Moon Opposes Pluto and Jupiter

29 Wednesday Apr 2020

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“Sometimes I think I need a spare heart to feel all the things I feel.” Sanober Khan

Luna, still in her Waxing phase in protective Cancer, forms an opposition to both transformative Pluto (at 12:01 pm) and abundant Jupiter (at 3:29 pm) today. Both of these planets have been in conjunction with each other since early April.

The more intense Moon-Pluto aspect often allows us to experience our raw emotion, including sampling what has perhaps been buried deep inside the caverns of our subconscious. Accordingly, this is a great time for journaling or psychotherapy as penetrating new insights may bubble up into our conscious awareness potentially having a healing or regenerative impact upon us. On another level, this aspect can also predispose us to want to take more control of various elements in our life, including possibly desiring to purge or phase things out of it that are no longer working. In some instances, we may need to fix, repair, or salvage situations.

Meanwhile, the Moon’s opposition to philosophical Jupiter tends to make us feel more buoyant and optimistic as well as generous and altruistic. It’s excellent for teaching or learning new things. It’s also a positive time for dealing with more large-scale issues or for collaborating with foreign entities.

Luna will also shift into dramatic Leo, later tonight (9:06 pm), and form a First Quarter Square to the Sun in Taurus, tomorrow afternoon. Too, intellectual Mercury is having its annual conjunction with innovative, breakthrough Uranus, tomorrow.

Born On This Day: American Country Singer Willie Nelson (On The Road Again). Nelson, who was born in Abbott, Texas, is turning 87 today!

“I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.” W.N.

Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson 

Klee, Rose Clover, Trifolium Incarnatum

*All times EDT.

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Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/emotions?page=2

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/32577.Willie_Nelson

https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/april/29

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Astrology April 28, 2020: Mercury Square Saturn

28 Tuesday Apr 2020

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“Self-consciousness kills communication.” Rick Steves

With mental Mercury squaring taskmaster Saturn today (at 1:28 pm) we may feel that it’s a bit harder to get our brilliant thoughts and ideas across to others. Part of the reason for this may be that we tend to be more highly critical or judgmental of ourselves and other people now and that resistance/unacceptance tends to impede the natural flow of things. There may also be more of a desire to want to nail down every last detail in projects as super-cautious Saturn never likes to leave anything to chance.

Generally, Mercury-Saturn aspects are excellent for any endeavors that call for focus or concentration, such as research, planning, budgeting, quality control, or editing. On the shadow side, there can be more of a tendency to worry or to let our fears predominate, which is why we may want to just concern ourselves now with living in the present moment, which is something we can always do something about. We can create in the present, but not in the future.

The Waxing Moon is also in protective Cancer making us more fixated on home, family, and security issues.

Born On This Day: American author Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird), in 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama.

“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who are so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” H.L.

Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson

Nature, Plants, Tree, Branches, Spring

Copyright 2020

Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1825.Harper_Lee

https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/april/28

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/communication

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Astrology April 26, 2020: Mercury Square Jupiter, Sun Conjunct Uranus

26 Sunday Apr 2020

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“Freedom lies in being bold.” Robert Frost

There’s a strong desire for “liberation” today, at least theoretically on paper, as the empowering Sun is making its annual conjunction with freedom-loving Uranus, the official planet of change, and the unexpected. This alliance is occurring in the steadfast sign of Taurus the Bull (money, possessions, and values), however, which, ironically, also tends to be more resistant or reluctant to incorporate change, even if it’s the kind that is self-initiated, as Taurus basically has a hard time letting go or parting with whatever it has tangibly accumulated.

On the plus side, though, we are, seemingly, day by day, gradually learning how to be more resilient, resourceful, and adaptable, in this new era of COVID-19, and today, it looks like we are also going to be receiving some new innovative strategies or “consciousness-raising downloads” on how to not only cope but to actually thrive in this whole new experimental (Uranian) universe. Sun-Uranus generally tends to make us more comfortable with tinkering around with things, copping new approaches, essentially summoning forth our inner Thomas Edison.

Additionally, communicator Mercury is squaring visionary Jupiter today. While this aspect can also inspire us to really reach for the stars, it can sometimes cause us to become overly confident and gloss over important details. So we might want to keep this in mind so we don’t get too far ahead of ourselves.

“The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation.” Hyman G. Rickover

*All times EDT.

Born On This Day: Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume (A Treatise of Human Nature) in 1711 in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1776)

“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.” D.H.

Hope it’s a good one! Be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson

Bull, Statue, Symbol, Animal, Finance

Copyright 2020

Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/details

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/45726.David_Hume

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/freedom

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Astrology April 25, 2020: Mercury Square Pluto, Pluto Stations Retrograde

25 Saturday Apr 2020

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Even though it’s the weekend, we may still want to challenge ourselves to do a bit of heavy “mental lifting” today as we have the nurturing Moon now eruditely scurrying through curious Gemini (at 3:20 am) and Gemini’s ruler, intellectual Mercury, exactly squaring off with probing, investigative Pluto (at 3:36 am). This more intense, often obsessive Mercury-Pluto energy is especially good for detecting or ferreting out secret information/covert messages, exposing hidden weaknesses, or possibly uncovering hidden motivations. On the flip side, it could also raise awareness of privacy concerns. This astrological aspect is also sometimes linked with jaw-dropping, shocking plot twists.

Communicator Mercury also governs our speech or words and paired with riveting Pluto now our words may carry more dramatic impact or have an extra bite or zing to them. We may also be much more emotionally reactive now with respect to what we see, hear, or read, especially if we perhaps find the subject matter repugnant or repulsive or taboo, to some degree, which this type of cosmic energy also often seems to elicit. More extremist viewpoints may also capture our attention, at this time, or be put before us in the spotlight in some manner. Also, on the shadow side, there can be more of a tendency towards bullying, ridiculing, or jockeying for power or position, including possibly manipulating information as an attempt to further or strengthen our own self-interests.

“Until you realize how easy it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else’s game.” Evita Ochel

Too, Pluto is associated with purging or removing whatever is outworn or expired and aligned with mental Mercury it could be that this is an excellent time to undertake efforts to rid or eradicate our psyches of some of what we might call “garbage-type thoughts” (our debilitating fears or miscellaneous prejudices, for instance) that all too often clutter or detract from our more wondrous sense of spirit or well-being or interfere with our ability for connectedness with others. Mercury-Pluto aspects are commonly linked with seeking psychotherapy or otherwise wanting to heal or fix what’s seemingly broken inside of us or around us.

Pluto is also stationing retrograde today (at 2:54 pm) suggesting that we are now subtly shifting our focus or attention away from the more concrete manifestations of outer transformation to the invisible realm of inner transformation, including presumably beginning to more seriously process or decode now the philosophical meaning or psychological impact of what has perhaps recently been drastically altered or reconfigured in our lives. Too, it’s always the deeper meaning that we assign to things that ultimately determine their lasting impact upon us. On another level, Pluto stationing retrograde may indicate a pullback of power or support. Pluto will stay retrograde until October 4.

“I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.” Anais Nin

*All times EDT.

Born On This Day: American actor Al Pacino, who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather, is turning 80 years old today.

“If you get all tangled up, just tangle on.” A.P.

Hope it’s a good one! Please be safe and well.

Patrice Thompson

Communication, Telephone, Phone

Copyright 2020

Source Notes:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/manipulation?page=2

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/transformation

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