Today is Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018
Hebrew date is 30 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 29 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 1 Ik’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.4.2
Julian Day is 2458165

Today’s Birthdays: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Henry E. Steinway (1797-1871), Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884), Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), Ernest Shackleton (1874-1972), Harold Arlen (1905-1986), Cesar Romero (1907-1994), Miep Gies (1909-2010), Claire Bloom (1931), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Jo Clayton (1939-1998), Mick Avory (1944), Jane Seymour (1951), Matt Groening (1954), Ali Campbell (1959), Leland D. Melvin (1964), Birdman (1969), Renee O’Connor (1971), Amber Riley (1986).

“Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes — I mean the universe — but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.”
— Galileo Galilei

Moon Phase: Moon is in Waning Crescent phase and enters New phase today at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Corresponding New Moon is in Pisces on March 17 at 5:11 am PST / 8:11 am EST (13:11:29 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Aquarius and enters Pisces today at 6:41 pm PST / 9:41 pm EST (02:41:28 Feb. 16 UTC).
Sun Degree: 27-28 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Pisces at 6:41 pm PST / 9:41 pm EST (02:41:28 Feb. 16 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Mercury sextile Uranus at 7:07 am PST / 10:07 am EST (15:07:13 UTC).
— Mercury square Sedna at 11:17 am PST / 2:17 pm EST (19:17:04 UTC).
— Venus sextile Saturn at 3:19 pm PST / 6:19 pm EST (23:19:23 UTC).
— Venus conjunct Nessus at 8:32 pm PST / 11:32 pm EST (04:31:42 Feb. 16 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 15
(The Day of Inventiveness) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
An eclipse of the Sun on your birthday is one of the universe’s boldest statements that the past is over, and the future is open before you. This is easy to see, and easy to say; yet living in the present, and facing the future, is one of the most challenging projects of humanity. It’s a good thing you’re not afraid to be different, because this qualifies.

Written in the Planets
Eclipses have a tendency to be at least a little edgy or stressful. Today’s solar eclipse in Aquarius may be nothing new in that sense; yet it would seem to be surrounded by potentially constructive influences. That is to say: in order to make use of this event’s energy, you may need to do very little other than resolve to channel it into a cause worthy of the moment, and of you; then follow up on that intention. For A Course in Miracles fans, this would likely bear more than a passing resemblance to the “small willingness.” The universe has quite enough capacity to supply the rest.

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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018
Hebrew date is 29 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 28 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 13 Imix’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.4.1
Julian Day is 2458164

Today’s Birthdays: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890), Margaret E. Knight (1838-1914), Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859-1896), John Barrymore (1882-1942), Katherine Stinson (1891-1977), Jack Benny (1894-1974), Max Horkheimer (1895-1973), Thelma Ritter (1902-1969), Florence Henderson (1934-2016), Carl Bernstein (1944), Gregory Hines (1946-2003), Raymond Teller (1948), Renee Fleming (1959), Meg Tilly (1960), Rob Thomas (1972), Danai Gurira (1978), Freddie Highmore (1992).

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
— Frederick Douglass

Moon Phase: Moon is in Waning Crescent phase and enters New phase on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next New Moon (partial solar eclipse) is in Aquarius on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Aquarius and enters Pisces on Feb. 15 at 6:41 pm PST / 9:41 pm EST (02:41:28 Feb. 16 UTC).
Sun Degree: 26-27 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Jupiter conjunct Ceto at 10:55 pm Feb. 13 PST / 1:55 am EST (06:55:04 UTC).
— Sun conjunct Juno at 2:44 am PST / 5:44 am EST (10:44:20 UTC).
— Sun square Sedna at 2:59 am PST / 5:58 am EST (10:58:24 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 14
(The Day of the Cool Quip) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
True commitment comes from within. It’s not imposed from the outside, and it’s rarely spoken in words. Rather, it’s demonstrated in actions. It offers more than it asks, and seeks to understand more than to be understood. You’ve reached a point of maturity where you can embody these bold ideals not as a goal, but as the only thing that makes sense.

Written in the Planets
How good are you at expressing your relationship needs when it comes to platonic friendships and other social situations? Do you ever experience jealousy in friendships? Today’s conjunction between the Sun and Juno in Aquarius might serve to make you more expressive on that score. It’s also possible that Juno’s social justice themes could emerge in a way that you identify very closely with, and perhaps model through your behavior in a group of some kind. With the two planets in a sextile to Uranus in Aries, see if you can let new, unexpected experiences or insights about yourself shed some illumination.

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Today is Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018
Hebrew date is 28 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 27 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 12 Ajaw
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.4.0
Julian Day is 2458163

Today’s Birthdays: John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852-1926), Emmett Jay Scott (1873–1957), Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949), Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), Grant Wood (1891-1942), Chuck Yeager (1923), Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (1926-2012), Ernst Fuchs (1930-2013), Kim Novak (1933), George Segal (1934), Oliver Reed (1938-1999), Peter Tork (1942), Elaine Pagels (1943), Stockard Channing (1944), King Floyd (1945-2006), Peter Gabriel (1950), Henry Rollins (1961), Freedom Williams (1966), Feist (1976), Mena Suvari (1979).

“No love-story has ever been told twice. I never heard any tale of lovers that did not seem to me as new as the world on its first morning.”
— Eleanor Farjeon

Moon Phase: Moon is in Waning Crescent phase and enters New phase on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next New Moon (partial solar eclipse) is in Aquarius on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Capricorn and enters Aquarius at 7:11 am PST / 10:11 am EST (15:11:20 UTC).
Sun Degree: 25-26 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Aquarius at 7:11 am PST / 10:11 am EST (15:11:20 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Vesta square Neptune at 12:16 am PST / 3:16 am EST (08:15:48 UTC).
— Mercury square Bienor at 3:39 am PST / 6:39 am EST (11:39:10 UTC).
— Mercury square Jupiter at 2:39 pm PST / 5:39 pm EST (22:38:41 UTC).
— Mercury square Ceto at 2:58 pm PST / 5:58 pm EST (22:57:34 UTC).
— Sun sextile Uranus at 6:23 pm PST / 9:23 pm EST (02:22:47 Feb. 14 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 13
(The Day of Liveliness) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Take every opportunity to wrap up old business, and make room in your life for what you’ve never done before. New adventures are calling you; though past projects are calling for completion, and also, a clear head about what you’ve learned and what you’ve accomplished. Claim your victories and learn from your losses, and prepare to begin a whole new life.

Written in the Planets
The cosmos seems to be conspiring to help you free up some energy as we near the eclipse and Aquarius New Moon on Thursday. Mercury in Aquarius square Jupiter in Scorpio offers the ability to look at both the wide-angle view and the long-distance view as you make some plans for the future. Pay attention to details that don’t fit your vision rather than ignoring them. The more you can flex to accommodate those bits, the more opportunity you create for yourself to open up new possibilities. The Aquarius Sun’s sextile to Uranus in Aries offers some extra spark to your intuition, inventiveness and urge for freedom. At the very least, you can use this to rearrange your workspace and see how it shifts your perspective.

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Today is Monday, Feb. 12, 2018
Hebrew date is 27 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 26 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 11 Kawak
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.3.19
Julian Day is 2458162

Today’s Birthdays: Peter Cooper (1791-1883), Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Thubten Gyatso (13th Dalai Lama; 1876-1933), Eugene Atget (1857-1927), Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), Juanita Coulson (1933), Costa-Gavras (1933), Fang Lizhi (1936-2012), Judy Blume (1938), Ray Manzarek (1939-2013), Michael McDonald (1952), Joanna Kerns (1953), Arsenio Hall (1956) Josh Brolin (1968), Gucci Mane (1980), Christina Ricci (1980), Elle Varner (1989).

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
— Abraham Lincoln

Opening the Door for an Aquarian Eclipse

This week we get the second in our pair of current eclipses: a partial solar eclipse during the Aquarius New Moon on Thursday, Feb. 15. There’s been a lot on Planet Waves lately about interrupting old patterns to allow new ones to form — patterns that will better suit who you’re in the process of becoming — thanks to the general topics of eclipses and Aquarius. That might have you feeling edgy; but the chart for this eclipse underscores the themes in a way that, hopefully, will feel empowering for you.

Door of the Hermitage, Omega Institute. Photo by Eric.

At its most essential, this New Moon and eclipse involves the Sun and Moon making a conjunction in late Aquarius, exact at 4:05 pm EST (21:05 UTC) on Thursday. The Sun and Moon are also conjunct Mercury and the asteroid Juno.

Those four bodies will span about a degree and a half of Aquarius. That entire cluster is roughly sextile the still-functional Uranus-Eris conjunction in Aries. It’s this sextile that appears to give this event a lot of its potential traction to shift direction — even on top of the regular ability of eclipses to facilitate this. There’s no guarantee that your life will be vastly different in a week, however. You might find the adjustments you make now don’t seem that significant, and that’s okay.

What matters most is that you make a little effort. A sextile is not a magic wand. It’s more like an opportunity you can activate. Think of it like a door: to experience it as anything other than a different section of the wall, you have to grasp the doorknob and open the door; then you can walk through it. Similarly, a sextile’s mojo is more likely to reward you if you do your part.

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Moon Phase: Moon is in Waning Crescent phase and enters New phase on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next New Moon (partial solar eclipse) is in Aquarius on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Capricorn and enters Aquarius on Feb. 13 at 7:11 am PST / 10:11 am EST (15:11:20 UTC).
Sun Degree: 24-25 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus at 12:34 am PST / 3:34 am EST (08:33:39 UTC).
— Mercury square Deucalion at 2:05 am PST / 5:05 am EST (10:04:40 UTC).
— Neptune conjunct Teharonhiawako at 7:45 am PST / 10:45 am EST (15:45:00 UTC).
— Mercury opposite Sila-Nunam at 3:43 pm PST / 6:43 pm EST (23:43:27 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 12
(The Day of the Unifier) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Aquarius is the sign of patterns, and it’s time for some new ones. This includes everything from the ways that you think, to the words that you use, to where you hang out, to how you relate to your community. Try something new every day. Alter your route to and from school or work. Experiment with where you shop and what you buy.

Written in the Planets
There’s been a lot of public discussion recently around power dynamics, and how they influence relationships of all kinds. As the Moon meets Pluto today, it might be helpful to review how this works for you and among those you care about. Is there a specific pattern of empowerment or of feeling disenfranchised? What are you doing to meet your desires and ambitions? Remember that, more often than not, you must be your own advocate. Rights are not given, but won.

You can now get instant access to the first four signs of the 2018 Planet Waves annual, The Art of Becoming — with more to follow. Order all 12 signs here to read your Sun, Moon and rising sign and those of loved ones, or choose your individual signs here.

Today is Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018
Hebrew date is 26 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 25 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 10 Etz’nab’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.3.18
Julian Day is 2458161

Today’s Birthdays: Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880), Thomas Edison (1847-1931), Ellen Day Hale (1855-1940), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993), Josh White (1914-1969), Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007), Virginia E. Johnson (1925-2013), Kim Stanley (1925-2001),Gene Vincent (1935-2001), Burt Reynolds (1936), Gerry Goffin (1939-2014), Sergio Mendes (1941), Otis Clay (1942-2016), Sheryl Crow (1962), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Brandy Norwood (1979), Kelly Rowland (1981), Natalie Dormer (1982), Taylor Lautner (1992).

“…our republican ideas cannot be consistently carried out while women are excluded from any share in the government. … Any class of human beings to whom a position of perpetual subordination is assigned, however much they may be petted and flattered, must inevitably be dwarfed, morally and intellectually.”
— Lydia M. Child

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Waning Crescent phase today at 10:35 am PST / 1:35 pm EST (18:34:58 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Aquarius on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Capricorn and enters Aquarius on Feb. 13 at 7:11 am PST / 10:11 am EST (15:11:20 UTC).
Sun Degree: 23-24 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Ceres opposite Crantor at 2:47 am PST / 5:47 am EST (10:46:40 UTC).
— Venus sextile Pholus at 4:21 am PST / 7:21 am EST (12:20:50 UTC).
— Sun sextile Eris at 7:38 am PST / 10:38 am EST (15:38:09 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 11
(The Day of Improved Comfort) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
It’s time to set aside the ways of the past — the traditions, the rituals, and the conflicts — that have defined your life. Much of this involves purging your mind of the biases that were instilled in you by your family. Notice them, question them and come up with something better. You’re not the type to live in the past, though it takes awareness and creativity to escape.

Written in the Planets
Today’s intriguing astrological setup involves Venus and the Sun making sextiles to Pholus and Eris, respectively. Both these points are rather volatile, representing energies we would probably rather avoid. Yet, like Eris with the golden apple, these parts of ourselves do not disappear when we ignore them; instead they show up in often-unexpected ways. The harmonious aspects suggest that now might be a good time to make friends with these principles. They bring spontaneity, freshness and spice to the table — or the bedroom, or the art studio.

Eric is busily working on The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual; and it’s shaping up to be an exciting, information-packed edition. You can pre-order all 12 chapter-length signs here, or you may choose your individual signs here.

Today is Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018
Hebrew date is 25 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 24 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 9 kab’an
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.3.17
Julian Day is 2458160

Today’s Birthdays: Charles Lamb (1775-1834), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907), Edith Clarke (1883-1959), Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), Stella Adler (1901-1992), Walter Houser Brattain (1902-1987), Leontyne Price (1927), Robert Wagner (1930), Roberta Flack (1937), Jimmy Merchant (1940), Frances Moore Lappe (1944), Peter Allen (1944-1992), Alexander Payne (1961), Laura Dern (1967), Vince Gilligan (1967), Elizabeth Banks (1974), Uzo Aduba (1981).

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality
but a hammer with which to shape it.”
— Bertolt Brecht

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Waning Crescent phase on Feb. 11 at 10:35 am PST / 1:35 pm EST (18:34:58 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Aquarius on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Sagittarius and enters Capricorn today at 6:21 pm PST / 9:21 pm EST (02:20:53 Feb.11 UTC).
Sun Degree: 22-23 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Venus enters Pisces at 3:19 pm PST / 6:19 pm EST (23:19:26 UTC).
Moon enters Capricorn at 6:21 pm PST / 9:21 pm EST (02:20:53 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Sun square Bienor at 12:02 am PST / 3:02 am EST (08:02:23 UTC).
— Mercury opposite Praamzius at 1:50 am PST / 4:50 am EST (09:49:34 UTC).
— Sun square Jupiter at 3:21 pm PST / 6:21 pm EST (23:20:34 UTC).
— Mars square Orcus at 5:24 pm PST / 8:24 pm EST (01:23:43 Feb. 11 UTC).
— Sun square Ceto at 8:55 pm PST / 11:55 pm EST (04:54:35 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 10
(The Day of Acclaim) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Give yourself the freedom to say whatever you need to say. Establish a policy of being transparent, and courageous about speaking up. Bring an end to a long policy of reluctance to describe your point of view or personal truth. Being real might shake the tree, and you might not get all good reviews. But you’ll learn how to get over fear of your own ideas.

Written in the Planets
With Venus entering Pisces almost simultaneously with the Aquarius Sun making a square to Jupiter in Scorpio, today’s energy is looking useful for creative endeavors. You don’t have to think of yourself as ‘an artist’ to make the most of this, however. Any activity that moves you toward a goal, opens up some space in your life, or shifts a pattern in any way can be seen as a ‘creative’ act. Keep the common good in mind, keep your actions above-board, and be willing to earn what you desire by applying some discipline. Tonight, let what is beautiful, soft, poetic or compassionate draw you closer.

Eric is busily working on The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual; and it’s shaping up to be an exciting, information-packed edition. You can pre-order all 12 chapter-length signs here, or you may choose your individual signs here.

Today is Friday, Feb. 9, 2018
Hebrew date is 24 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 23 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 8 k’ib’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.3.16
Julian Day is 2458159

Today’s Birthdays: Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789-1849), Amy Lowell (1874-1925), Carmen Miranda (1909-1955), Brendan Behan (1923-1964), John B. Cobb (1925), Frank Frazetta (1928-2010), Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989), Johnny Sayles (1937-1993), J.M. Coetzee (1940), Carole King (1942), Barbara Lewis (1943), Joe Pesci (1943), Alice Walker (1944), Mia Farrow (1945), Dennis "D.T." Thomas (1951), Peggy Whitson (1960), Brian Greene (1963), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Camille Winbush (1990).

“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.”
— Alice Walker

On the Beauty of Disrupting Patterns

Dear Friend and Reader:

Amidst all the week’s typical news (White House contentiousness and Congressional budget-wrangling; a large earthquake in Taiwan; the tasteless use of a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., to sell trucks during the Superbowl; war and tragedy, and so on), one story caught my eye for its unique relationship to Aquarius themes. Thanks to cutting-edge DNA analysis, we now know that “Cheddar Man” — Britain’s oldest complete skeleton — had dark skin and blue eyes.

A model of Cheddar Man’s new facial reconstruction, from “The First Brit: Secrets Of The 10,000-year-old Man.” The news sparked a wave of cheesy puns and other related humor on Twitter this week.

Cheddar Man (not to be confused with the Cheeto-in-Chief; and named for the region in England where he was found, not for the cheese) was discovered in 1903. Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum more recently extracted the DNA from part of the skull near the ear, not knowing if they’d get any DNA at all.

According to the BBC, not only was there usable DNA, but “Cheddar Man has since yielded the highest coverage (a measure of the sequencing accuracy) for a genome from this period of European prehistory — known as the Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age.”

It would seem that Cheddar Man was part of a wave of migrants who crossed into ancient Britain by walking over a long-gone land connection to mainland Europe some 11,000 years ago. This had followed a couple of waves of migration to and from Britain due to ice ages and thaws dating back 40,000 years.

It’s not entirely clear when or why light skin pigmentation developed in the region, but one thing is definitely clear: it’s time (past time, really) for modern humans to adjust our framework for considering skin color and what it means — or, rather, to reconsider whether it truly means anything at all.

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Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Waning Crescent phase on Feb. 11 at 10:35 am PST / 1:35 pm EST (18:34:58 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Aquarius on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Sagittarius and enters Capricorn on Feb. 10-11 at 6:21 pm PST / 9:21 pm EST (02:20:53 UTC).
Sun Degree: 21-22 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Sun opposite Sila-Nunam at 6:25 am PST / 9:25 am EST (14:24:48 UTC).
— Mercury opposite True Node at 7:29 am PST / 10:29 am EST (15:29:11 UTC).
— Mercury conjunct Okyrhoe at 5:54 pm PST / 8:54 pm EST (01:54:28 Feb. 10 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 9
(The Day of Vibrancy) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
You must use whatever source of energy you can, and tap that for motivation. Whether it’s desire, ambition, urgency or anger, you can turn it to a positive emotion. Connect with how deeply you’re driven to serve others and you’ll discover that you have ideas, support and the freedom to do your work. Remember your roots, and keep them strong.

Written in the Planets
With the Aquarius Sun warming up its square to Jupiter in Scorpio (exact tomorrow), you can use that fixed-sign stick-to-itiveness to persevere in moving toward a goal. Mercury in an interesting aspect pattern today would seem to indicate the ability to stand up for your beliefs or principles for the greater good of those around you. It might not be the popular position, and could polarize others; yet even if that’s the case, it looks like those reactions can’t actually hurt you. So you might as well speak your truth.

Eric is busily working on The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual; and it’s shaping up to be an exciting, information-packed edition. You can pre-order all 12 chapter-length signs here, or you may choose your individual signs here.

Today is Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018
Hebrew date is 23 Shevat 5778
Islamic date is 22 Jumada-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 7 Men
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.3.15
Julian Day is 2458158

Today’s Birthdays: Vettius Valens (120-175), Proclus (412-485), John Ruskin (1819-1900), Jules Verne (1828-1905), Kate Chopin (1850-1904), Martin Buber (1878-1965), Dame Edith Evans (1888-1976), Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), Lana Turner (1921-1995), Jack Lemmon (1925-2001), Neal Cassady (1926-1968), James Dean (1931-1955), Ray Sharpe (1938), Nick Nolte (1941), Mary Steenburgen (1953), Nancy Oliver (1955), Malorie Blackman (1962), Gary Coleman (1968-2010), Seth Green (1974), Anderson Paak (1986).

“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.”
— Jules Verne

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Waning Crescent phase on Feb. 11 at 10:35 am PST / 1:35 pm EST (18:34:58 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Aquarius on Feb. 15 at 1:05 pm PST / 4:05 pm EST (21:05:07 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Scorpio and enters Sagittarius today at 5:53 am PST / 8:53 am EST (13:53:24 UTC).
Sun Degree: 20-21 Aquarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Sagittarius at 5:53 am PST / 8:53 am EST (13:53:24 UTC).
Typhon stations retrograde at 9:38 am PST / 12:38 pm EST (17:37:48 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Sun square Deucalion at 4:59 am PST / 7:59 am EST (12:59:07 UTC).
— Venus sextile Ixion at 5:58 am PST / 8:58 am EST (13:57:49 UTC).
— Venus sextile Galactic Center at 7:45 am PST / 10:45 am EST (15:44:47 UTC).
— Saturn sextile Typhon at 10:34 am PST / 1:34 pm EST (18:34:27 UTC).
— Mercury trine Asbolus at 4:52 pm PST / 7:52 pm EST (00:51:54 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Feb. 8
(The Day of Precognition) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Your decisions and choices may not make you the flavor of the month, but you will take deep gratification from knowing that you’re doing the right thing. Meanwhile, it will help if you allow others to have their opinions, and find the one thing you agree with no matter how untenable their position is. This will help you make friends and influence people.

Written in the Planets
Aspects involving Venus today, including a square from the Moon as it makes its way into Sagittarius, may indicate a little tension in the air. You might feel uncertain as to what action, in a specific matter, is the most ethically appropriate. It’s possible that emotions are driving you in ways you don’t quite perceive on a conscious level. What’s likely to be the best course is to stop, think and analyze. If you have a number of possible options, it could help to write them down and observe what feelings arise as you do. Try to aim for a scenario in which no-one is left behind. The picture should be clearer by the time Venus enters Pisces on Saturday.

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