Today is Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017
Hebrew date is 25 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 25 Rabi’-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 2 Etz’nab’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.18
Julian Day is 2458101

Today’s Birthdays: William Drummond (1585-1649), Werner von Siemens (1816-1892), Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) Ella Baker (1903-1986), Van Heflin (1908-1971), Kenneth Patchen (1911-1979), Luiz Gonzaga (1912-1989), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Christopher Plummer (1929), Tom Verlaine (1949), Wendie Malick (1950), Steve Buscemi (1957), Jamie Foxx (1967), Amy Lee (1981), Taylor Swift (1989).

“Greatness and Truth can never be in danger from these murdering wretches. To perform one’s duty, be it now, be it clean, and be it done with humility… A man is a sacred thing. Any action or thought which injures the human imagination is evil.”
— Kenneth Patchen (‘Sleepers Awake’)

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Balsamic (waning crescent) phase tonight at 8:19 pm PST / 11:19 pm EST (04:18:59 Dec. 14 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Libra and enters Scorpio today at 5:59 am PST / 8:59 am EST (13:58:31 UTC).
Sun Degree: 22-23 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Scorpio at 5:59 am PST / 8:59 am EST (13:58:31 UTC).
Salacia stations direct at 7:11 am PST / 10:11 am EST (15:10:56 UTC).
Rhiphonos stations retrograde at 5:40 pm PST / 8:40 pm EST (01:40:09 Dec. 14 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Neptune square Altjira at 3:17 am PST / 6:17 am EST (11:17:04 UTC).
— Mercury square Borasisi at 12:27 pm PST / 3:27 pm EST (20:27:02 UTC).
— Venus opposite Asbolus at 12:52 pm PST / 3:52 pm EST (20:51:37 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 13
(The Day of Exacting Craft) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
It’s important to have dreams and fantasies, and also to materialize them in real life. This is not always a perfect translation, though you might think of it as a writing project with first, second and third drafts. Apply this to every facet of your life, including emotional, sexual, spiritual and creative. Everything, including you, is a work in progress.

Written in the Planets
The Moon moving through early Scorpio today adds some emotional intensity. You might feel more motivated to go after what you think you want; but do you really want it? With Mercury still retrograde in Sagittarius — a sign associated both with aiming an arrow and also the broadness of Jupiter — this looks like a reminder not to let emotional impulses add fuel to the fire of fuzzy or misdirected thinking. Simply taking a few minutes to list pros and cons could help; as could taking a walk around the block to dissipate emotions before making a move. When in doubt, get physical to channel energy constructively; you’ll feel better emotionally and mentally, and your body will thank you, too.

The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis, will be your best guide to the major astrological shifts ahead. If you pre-order now, you’ll not only get all 12 signs of the written reading for $99, but we’ll include three extra videos covering the forthcoming sign changes of Saturn, Chiron and Uranus.

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017
Hebrew date is 24 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 24 Rabi’-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 1 kab’an
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.17
Julian Day is 2458100

Today’s Birthdays: Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), Edvard Munch (1863-1944), Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973), Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963), Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), Olivia Barclay (1919-2001), Fred Kida (1920-2014), John Osborne (1929-1994), Connie Francis (1938), Dionne Warwick (1940), Dickey Betts (1943), Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999), Bill Nighy (1949), Sheila E. (1957), Jennifer Connelly (1970), Mayim Bialik (1975), Marte Eberson (1987).

“We must laugh and cry, enjoy and suffer, in a word, vibrate to our full capacity… I think that’s what being really human means.”
— Gustave Flaubert

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Balsamic (waning crescent) phase on Dec. 13-14 at 8:19 pm PST / 11:19 pm EST (04:18:59 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Libra and enters Scorpio on Dec. 13 at 5:59 am PST / 8:59 am EST (13:58:31 UTC).
Sun Degree: 21-22 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Vesta conjunct Jupiter at 12:59 am PST / 3:59 am EST (08:58:43 UTC).
— Venus conjunct Great Attractor at 8:05 am PST / 11:05 am EST (16:04:58 UTC).
— Sun conjunct Mercury at 5:49 pm PST / 8:49 pm EST (01:48:33 Dec. 13 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 12
(The Day of Body Language) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
It’s your choice who you accept into your life and who you do not. And you’ll want to exercise that power consciously this year, allowing certain people to be close to you and keeping others at a safe distance, as you see fit. Yet even if you have a high standard, it must be one that others can meet. It must be attainable, that is, if you want to share your life with others.

Written in the Planets
This week’s astrology includes several key events as we lead up to Saturn changing signs in one week. Today, the conjunction between Vesta and Jupiter in Scorpio could take many forms; one of which is the need to expand our collective sense of devotion to sexual healing, and to hold space for that process in ourselves and in others. This might mean allowing yourself to focus more on pleasure, or on unspoken desires. Has sexual pleasure, and the deep psychological benefits that can ripple out from it, been missing for you? For many people, there’s tremendous pain and trauma to be worked through in this realm; though as with surfing, you also have to remember to look where you want to go in order to get there. Today’s Mercury-Sun conjunction in Sagittarius marks the midpoint of Mercury’s current retrograde. Hang in there — and continue to double-check the details of everything you plan to do, say or buy.

The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis, will be your best guide to the major astrological shifts ahead. If you pre-order now, you’ll not only get all 12 signs of the written reading for $99, but we’ll include three extra videos covering the forthcoming sign changes of Saturn, Chiron and Uranus.

Today is Monday, Dec. 11, 2017
Hebrew date is 23 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 23 Rabi’-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 13 k’ib’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.16
Julian Day is 2458099

Today’s Birthdays: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858-1943), Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984), Rita Moreno (1931), Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho) (1931-1990), McCoy Tyner (1938), Tom Hayden (1939-2016), Brenda Lee (1944), Teri Garr (1944), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Tom Shadyac (1958), Nikki Sixx (1958), Mos Def (1973), Roy Wood, Jr. (1978), Tiffany Alvord (1992).

“The task of the artist is to sense more keenly than others the harmony of the world, the beauty and the outrage of what man has done to it, and poignantly to let people know.”
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Detail of infrared image of our native galaxy, the Milky Way, captured by IPAC/Caltech/2MASS. You can view the full-size image in all its 9,600-pixel glory at this link.

From Here to Saturn in Capricorn

Just before noon Eastern time on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Saturn arrives in Capricorn. Saturn’s pass over the Galactic Core and through the last degrees of Sagittarius describes the high-pressure madness we’ve been seeing, as well as the feeling of some people waking up.

For a brief refresher, Saturn (associated with structure, productivity, responsibility and authority) orbits the Sun in about 29 years, and therefore takes about two-and-a-half to three years to pass through each sign. It’s been in Sagittarius since late 2014 and is about to enter Capricorn. This particular change is significant in that Saturn will be entering a sign that it rules for the first time in a generation and, in the process, will make an aspect to the Aries Point, with its theme of the personal meeting the collective. This also commences the Saturn-Pluto conjunction, which peaks in 2020.

There are so many distinct astrological events between now and Saturn’s ingress into Capricorn that it seems like we’ll experience a microcosm of history in that time: of shuffling of developments and ideas, of changes, referrals in course, many little surprises and revelations, and a few big ones. World events have been so compressed lately that few might notice the difference.

Read more…

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Balsamic (waning crescent) phase on Dec. 13-14 at 8:19 pm PST / 11:19 pm EST (04:18:59 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Libra and enters Scorpio on Dec. 13 at 5:59 am PST / 8:59 am EST (13:58:31 UTC).
Sun Degree: 20-21 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Libra at 9:01 pm Dec. 10 PST / 12:01 am EST (05:00:51 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Sun conjunct Varda at 2:02 am PST / 5:02 am EST (10:01:50 UTC).
— Mars square Varuna at 2:21 am PST / 5:21 am EST (10:20:37 UTC).
— Mercury trine Eris at 1:47 pm PST / 4:47 pm EST (21:47:14 UTC).
— Sun square Borasisi at 4:18 pm PST / 7:18 pm EST (00:17:43 Dec. 12 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 11
(The Day of Intensity) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
When you depend on others for money, they gain power over you that you don’t want them to have. If you want to actually be as free as you envision yourself being, that means being a master of your money. This must not be a separate thing but rather a deeply seated personal quality that you develop all the time. Gradually lean into this until you’re at full tilt.

Written in the Planets
On its present retrograde journey through Sagittarius, Mercury is making contact with a lot of objects. Today it forms a trine to Eris. When these two bodies meet, that can bring out the trickster; and there’s certainly a caution here about acting rebelliously just for the sake of it. Remember that words once uttered can’t be taken back, and think before you say them. On the other hand, if you’ve been feeling stuck on a specific idea, and need some fresh creative energy, this aspect may prove eminently useful.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017
Hebrew date is 22 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 22 Rabi’-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 12 Men
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.15
Julian Day is 2458098

Today’s Birthdays: William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Hermes Pan (1909-1990), Ray Nance (1913-1976), Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996), Alexander Courage (1919-2008), Guitar Slim (1926-1959), Howard Smith (1936-2014), Clive Anderson (1952), Eudine Barriteau (1954), Paul Hardcastle (1957), Kenneth Branagh (1960), Meg White (1974), Sarah Chang (1980), Raven-Symone (1985).

“Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.”
— Emily Dickinson

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Balsamic (waning crescent) phase on Dec. 13-14 at 8:19 pm PST / 11:19 pm EST (04:18:59 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Virgo and enters Libra tonight at 9:01 pm PST / 12:01 am Dec. 11 EST (05:00:51 UTC).
Sun Degree: 19-20 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Mercury trine Uranus at 1:29 am PST / 4:29 am EST (09:28:45 UTC).
— Venus square Neptune at 5:47 am PST / 8:47 am EST (13:47:22 UTC), and Teharonhiawako at 5:15 pm PST / 8:15 pm EST (01:15:28 Dec. 11 UTC).
— Venus opposite Altjira at 7:25 am PST / 10:25 am EST (15:25:17 UTC).
— Mercury square Chiron at 10:32 am PST / 1:32 pm EST (18:32:37 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 10
(The Day of Inner Fervor) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Reconcile with your fears, first by admitting how few of them have ever come true. While anxiety is no way to guide your life, you need better methods, one of which might be a commitment to healing. Consider the ways you feel silenced, or in any way mentally compromised, and conquer them one at a time till you express your true voice and full intelligence.

Written in the Planets
A full existence really needs both art and science; both imagination and realism. Without flights of fancy, life can feel dull and meaningless; without solid ground to stand on, one is in danger of getting lost amid the clouds. Aspects involving Mercury and Venus today suggest that you honor the presence of both in your world; perhaps by devoting some time to each, or by using one to enhance your understanding of the other.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017
Hebrew date is 21 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 21 Rabi’-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 11 Ix
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.14
Julian Day is 2458097

Today’s Birthdays: John Milton (1608-1674), Tabitha Babbitt (1779-1853), Clarence Birdseye (1886-1956), Emmett Kelly (1898-1979), Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985), Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), Kirk Douglas (1916), Redd Foxx (1922- 1991), John Cassavetes (1929-1989), Judi Dench (1934), Junior Wells (1934-1998), Dan Hicks (1941-2016), Joe McGinniss (1942-2014), Neil Innes (1944), Joan Armatrading (1950), Michael Dorn (1952), John Malkovich (1953), Jesse Metcalfe (1978).

“Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd, for the most part.”
— John Malkovich

Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase tonight at 11:51 pm PST / 2:51 am Dec. 10 EST (07:51:16 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Virgo and enters Libra on Dec. 10-11 at 9:01 pm PST / 12:01 am EST (05:00:51 UTC).
Sun Degree: 18-19 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Mars enters Scorpio at 1:59 am PST / 4:59 am EST (08:59:11 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Venus square Orcus at 3:16 am PST / 6:16 am EST (11:16:24 UTC).
— Mercury conjunct Ixion at 12:20 pm PST / 3:20 pm EST (20:19:45 UTC).
— Mercury trine Pallas at 12:52 pm PST / 3:52 pm EST (20:52:07 UTC).
— Sun trine Ceres at 1:59 pm PST / 4:59 pm EST (21:58:44 UTC).
— Vesta opposite Mors-Somnus at 8:12 pm PST / 11:12 pm EST (04:12:08 Dec. 10 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 9
(The Day of Flamboyance) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
In order to take charge of your life, you must set aside a desire to be liked or appreciated. The desire to be popular too often implies you will act like the people whose values and priorities you don’t share. Being the master of your own life might make you unpopular with others. You have your agenda and nobody but you has to approve of it, or of you.

Written in the Planets
What do you want? If you know, are you willing to ask for it? How deep does this desire run — emotionally, physically, sexually, spiritually, creatively? Mars entering Scorpio today suggests a newly refreshed ability to recognize and go for what you desire. With Scorpio being a fixed sign, it also warns against being too strong-willed and stubborn about it. Remember to listen to the responses you’re getting — from other people, from within yourself, from your environment, from your intuition — and adjust accordingly. With the Sagittarius Sun trine Ceres in Leo, you can express the twin flames of heart and spirit in ways that nourish.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Friday, Dec. 8, 2017
Hebrew date is 20 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 20 Rabi’-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 10 B’en
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.13
Julian Day is 2458096

Today’s Birthdays: Horace (65-8 BC), Eli Whitney (1765-1825), Camille Claudel (1864-1943), Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Diego Rivera (1886-1957), James Thurber (1894-1961), Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), Jerry Butler (1939), Jim Morrison (1943-1971), Greg Allman (1947-2017), James Tate (1943-2015), Nancy Myers (1949), Bill Bryson (1951), Norman Finkelstein (1953), Teri Hatcher (1964), Sinead O’Connor (1966), Nicki Minaj (1982).

“There are contradictory tendencies in American society. There’s a huge range of activities that one can engage in that mark it as a quite free society. It’s also true to say that the powers that be have so much control over how people think that there are fewer and fewer people who make use of the rights and information available to them.”
— Norman Finkelstein

Not Just Strangers in a Strange Land

I’m on horoscope-writing duty today, so I only have time for a brief hello — though I want to check in and share a few thoughts. First, though, welcome or welcome back to the many people who are responding to our membership drive. If you’re a new or returning subscriber — thank you SO much for actively participating and getting the benefits of what we do.

View southward in Los Angeles along the 101 freeway. Photo: AFP.

I can’t remember how many times I’ve used the term “the world spinning off its axis” to describe the news.

A good few times, I’ve compared the front pages of newspapers to the made-up headlines in Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, which chronicle world events surrounding the main plot. That’s the one about a human raised on Mars (child of astronauts presumed long dead) returning to Earth and causing the biggest uproar in history. Yet the news this week tops them all. And things are only likely to get more (shall we say) impressive as the next few seasons and years unfold.

The central feature is the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, synonymous with the U.S. Pluto return. The New York Times quoted me recently as saying that “we are entering the biggest point of reckoning in American history since the Civil War.”

Read more…

Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase on Dec. 9-10 at 11:51 pm PST / 2:51 am EST (07:51:16 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Leo and enters Virgo today at 3:08 pm PST / 6:08 pm EST (23:08:28 UTC).
Sun Degree: 17-18 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Virgo at 3:08 pm PST / 6:08 pm EST (23:08:28 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Mercury conjunct Galactic Center at 10:04 pm Dec. 7 PST / 1:04 am EST (06:04:26 UTC).
— Mars conjunct Rhadamanthus at 3:08 am PST / 6:08 am EST (11:07:41 UTC).
— Eros trine Eris at 7:09 am PST / 10:09 am EST (15:09:13 UTC).
— Eros opposite Chaos at 10:03 am PST / 1:03 pm EST (18:02:38 UTC).
— Vesta trine Neptune at 11:11 am PST / 2:11 pm EST (19:10:58 UTC).
— Venus square Rhiphonos at 4:30 pm PST / 7:30 pm EST (00:29:56 Dec. 9 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 8
(The Day of Abandon) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
For years, you’ve had to exercise control over your life in a way that was just not natural to you. Over the coming seasons, this spell will be lifted, and you’ll see the results of the discipline you’ve learned. You can take a more experimental approach, especially with ideas and with travel. Go three places you’ve never been, and notice what you learn.

Written in the Planets
How are you feeling today? Randy? Tuned in to a higher consciousness? A little, um, ‘particular’? All of these states are possible, and you might find yourself shifting between them over the course of the day. Eros in Sagittarius in contact with Eris in Aries and Chaos in Gemini could be a reminder that if you’re feeling inclined to get your freak on, sex begins in the mind. Late in the day, when the Moon moves into Virgo, you might feel want to focus on organizing something to avoid any urges to criticize. But the big-yet-subtle influence behind all of it is retrograde Mercury conjunct the Galactic Core. That’s your reminder to listen to your subtle inner voice, to recognize unexpected insights when they come to you, and to take notes — preferably in a form that you can refer to again in a few weeks.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017
Hebrew date is 19 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 19 Rabi-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 9 Eb’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.12
Julian Day is 2458095

Today’s Birthdays: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903-986), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), Willa Cather (1873-1947), Gerard Kuiper (1905-1973), Eli Wallach (1915-2014), Leigh Brackett (1915-1978), Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920-2002), Noam Chomsky (1928), Ellen Burstyn (1932), Armando Manzanero (1935), Melba Pattillo Beals (1941), Bud Spangler (1938-2014), Tom Waits (1949), Harry Chapin (1942-1981), Jeffrey Wright (1965), Shiri Appleby (1978), Sara Bareilles (1979).

“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”
— Noam Chomsky

Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase on Dec. 9-10 at 11:51 pm PST / 2:51 am EST (07:51:16 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Leo and enters Virgo on Dec. 8 at 3:08 pm PST / 6:08 pm EST (23:08:28 UTC).
Sun Degree: 16-17 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Quaoar enters Capricorn at 7:41 am PST / 10:41 am EST (15:40:59 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Venus sesquiquadrate Eris at 7:19 am PST / 10:19 am EST (15:18:36 UTC).
— Mercury semi-square Jupiter at 12:05 pm PST / 3:05 pm EST (20:05:21 UTC).
— Sun opposite Asbolus at 1:22 pm PST / 4:22 pm EST (21:22:08 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 7
(The Day of Idiosyncrasy) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
You’re in a rare position to attain mastery over how you present yourself to the world, and to get extraordinary results. If you use optimism, generosity and a positive mental orientation as your starting place, you will find it much easier to win friends and influence people. Approach the world from a friendly perspective and that’s how the world will become to you.

Written in the Planets
Today the Sun opposes the centaur planet Asbolus, whose name means “carbon dust” or “soot.” It might just as well refer to grit: Asbolus represents survival, and the human ability to overcome adversity: not necessarily by acts of conspicuous heroism, but rather by getting through, one day at a time. Thanks to recent events, many people are processing challenging memories; and in so doing are discovering new facets of their personal strength and courage. Today, honor yourself for your own resilience: whatever happened in the past, you’re still here — and, perhaps more importantly, you’re still you.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017
Hebrew date is 18 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 18 Rabi’-I 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 8 Chuwen
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.11
Julian Day is 2458094

Today’s Birthdays: Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) Dion Fortune (1890-1946), Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), Dave Brubeck (1920-2012), Shekhar Kapur (1945), JoBeth Williams (1948), Linda Creed (1949-1986), Joe Hisaishi (1950), Steven Wright (1955) Peter Buck (1956), Nick Park (1958), Satoru Iwata (1959-2015), Judd Apatow (1967), Ryan White (1971-1990), Noel Clarke (1975).

“A goddessless religion is halfway to atheism.”
— Dion Fortune

Moon Phase: Moon is in Full phase and enters Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase today at 12:29 pm PST / 3:29 pm EST (20:28:35 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Cancer and enters Leo today at 12:37 pm PST / 3:37 pm EST (20:37:10 UTC).
Sun Degree: 15-16 Sagittarius.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Leo at 12:37 pm PST / 3:37 pm EST (20:37:10 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Mercury conjunct Saturn at 4:05 am PST / 7:05 am EST (12:05:21 UTC), and Pholus at 10:41 am PST / 1:41 pm EST (18:40:46 UTC).
— Mercury sextile Mars at 7:58 am PST / 10:58 am EST (15:57:48 UTC).
— Mars sextile Saturn at 1:21 pm PST / 4:21 pm EST (21:20:49 UTC).
— Jupiter opposite Mors-Somnus at 6:21 pm PST / 9:21 pm EST (02:21:01 Dec. 7 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Dec. 6
(The Day of Extraction) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Normally you would rather not have your space crowded, though it’s time to acknowledge that you need some loving contact with your fellow creatures. That will mean more closeness than you’re accustomed to. If you think this will shape up your life, even a little, you’re correct. When intimacy is offered to you, you’ll be happiest if you go toward it and not away.

Written in the Planets
Retrograde Mercury is sliding back over its recent contacts with Saturn, Pholus and the Galactic Core. You may find yourself reconsidering insights you came to last week, especially regarding parent-child dynamics or your authority over your life. Or you may find yourself diving deeper into whatever ‘cosmic message’ came through. Listen carefully to that inner voice; notice any parallels, echoes or inversions; and be sure to take notes. ‘Ah ha’ moments that come with contacts to the Galactic Core sometimes have a way of getting forgotten, so it’s nice to leave yourself a bread-crumb trail to follow. This will be especially useful come early January, when Mercury moves through the territory for a third time. By then, the landscape will have shifted somewhat — but the lessons gleaned now are likely to still be useful.

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