Today is Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017
Hebrew date is 12 Shevat 5777
Islamic date is 11 Jumada-I 1438
Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 6 Ok
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.3.10
Julian Day is 2457793
Today’s Birthdays: Vettius Valens (120-175), Proclus (412-485), Robert Burton (1577-1640), John Ruskin (1819-1900), Jules Verne (1828-1905), Kate Chopin (1850-1904), Martin Buber (1878-1965), Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), Jack Lemmon (1925-2001), Neal Cassady (1926-1968), James Dean (1931-1955), John Williams (1932), Nick Nolte (1941), Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944-2014), Mary Steenburgen (1953), Malorie Blackman (1962), Gary Coleman (1968-2010), Seth Green (1974), Anderson Paak (1986).
“When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, ‘have faith and take your troubles to God.’ Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help — only yourself.”
— Martin Buber
Tonight’s edition of Planet Waves FM [play episode here] features Carole King, whose 75th birthday is Thursday. Eric begins with Friday’s eclipse of the Moon in Leo, and the many, many aspects that it makes. In the second segment, he looks at the litigation regarding Trump’s Muslim ban; there’s about to be a hearing in San Francisco. He then looks at Carole King’s chart.
Moon Phase: Moon is in Waxing Gibbous phase and enters Full phase on Feb. 10-11 at 4:33 pm PST / 7:33 pm EST (00:32:49 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Leo on Feb. 10-11 at 4:33 pm PST / 7:33 pm EST (00:32:49 UTC), and is a penumbral lunar eclipse.
Next New Moon is in Pisces on Feb. 26 at 6:58 am PST / 9:58 am EST (14:58:19 UTC), and is an annular solar eclipse.
Moon Sign: Moon is in Cancer and enters Leo on Feb. 9 at 1:41 am PST / 4:41 am EST (09:40:53 UTC).
Sun Degree: 20-21 Aquarius.
Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.
Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Venus opposite Logos at 10:25 pm Feb. 7 PST / 1:25 am EST (06:24:55 UTC), and Makemake at 3:37 am PST / 6:37 am EST (11:36:46 UTC).
— Mercury square Typhon at 12:51 am PST / 3:51 am EST (08:51:28 UTC).
— Neptune square Asbolus at 10:09 am PST / 1:09 pm EST (18:09:37 UTC).
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If Your Birthday is Feb. 8
(The Day of Precognition) | Aquarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Your consciousness is especially fertile right now. And while you may be tempted to hold tight to an established thought, consider taking a moment to weigh one or more other sides to the story. It looks like that will be easier for you today than it often can be. Sometimes the best ideas or richest forms of awareness emerge from seeming chaos. Go with that flow.
Written in the Planets
When you think about your relationships and your part in them, do they seem governed by (or based on) emotions more than on rational thought? That makes sense: love is an emotion, and the people we fall in love with (or have ‘chemistry’ with) often seem to defy prediction. Yet you can also look at your relationships as a reflection of your deepest values, put into action or mirrored back to you. Today Venus in Aries opposes the objects Logos and Makemake in Libra. The suggestion here is that there’s a certain logic to how things came to be in your most intimate partnerships. If you’re having trouble seeing it, that might signal a need to look a little deeper within yourself. The people you’re involved with present information, but not the answers.
