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The Moon in Virgo trine Uranus in Taurus at exactly 1:19 PM EDT. Lunar aspects have an 'orb of influence' of 12 to 14 hours 'before' and 'after' their exactness.

Mercury in Leo opposing Jupiter in Aquarius at 9:20 PM EDT where it began in applying degrees on August 6, 2021, it is exact today, and will last in separating degrees until August 22, 2021.

The BIG NEWS today is Mercury in Leo opposes Jupiter in Aquarius. The ol' big-hat-no-cattle aspect. I have been writing about the tendency to brag during Leo season, especially while Mercury is in Leo. Mercury is the communicator and in the sign of big-ego'd Leo, this causes braggadocious chatter in the most obvious ways. Mercury in Leo is going to name-drop anyway, but now it is dropping all kinds of information that gives insight into that which might be better kept under wraps.

This aspect will inflate what is being said, whatever is being said. I don't know if I ever shared this story but it's worth repeating.

I knew this woman who met this man and they developed a relationship over the phone. They already knew each other from years ago (high school) and rekindled their friendship into a relationship. They began to fall in Love. It happens. They lived some distance apart. He was always talking about "his house" and how he had to fix this and that at "his house". He was putting on a new roof on "his house." He was putting in a new mailbox at "his house." He was fixing the railing at "his house."

So they decide the woman will meet him at "his house" and they are going to prepare to move in together. The woman arrives and he leads her downstairs to the basement and she says, "Why are you living downstairs?" He said, "There is a couple that lives upstairs and we share the refrigerator. I live downstairs." She questions him further about living downstairs in his own house. He says, "Oh my sister owns this house. I live here for free as long as I do the repairs and fix it up." The woman says, "Wait you kept saying, "my house."" And he says, "Well it is my house, this is where I live." The woman says, "No, this is not 'your house'. This is your sister's house and you live here down in the basement for labor." In other words, BIG F'ING HAT AND NO DAMN CATTLE.

I'm telling you folks. Watch the bragging about what you have or what you think you have. Too much bragging typically reveals big hat no cattle, or it might reveal what the bank owes and what you don't. This aspect makes mountains out of molehills. There is a reason why braggadocious people force feed you to know what they have, because there is a lack of security, recognition and affirmation. Either they do not get enough or they don't get any. It's one or the other.

This aspect reveals mental overconfidence. It talks to extremes and tends to over-promise never delivering on what they said. In other words, their words are simply not backed up with right action and follow-through. It's tough to count on this aspect doing what it said, and the individual will still remind you how great they are and how they are in their element. Even though they have a big hat, it does not mean they have any cattle. I'll say that again, even though they have a big car, it does not mean they have any money. There is a lot of intelligent chatter (Mercury) but may lack practical results that add up.

This can be a super-frustrating aspect if you are on the listening end of it because this aspect will have narcissistic tendencies. Big hat, no cattle. When a narcissist is challenged, or grilled or cross-examined, they will get flustered and the answers will begin to change. The next sentence begins with, "Well, . . ." There is a loss of intellectual prowess and they will suddenly lose memory when they feel stressed.

It's easy to alienate one another under this aspect as the 'Know-it-all challenges the Narcissist'. Holy wow! Wouldn't you Love to be a fly on that wall in that room? It's going to be hard to tell one from the other. You may have already experienced this aspect in one form or another. Everyone knows everything right now. Still, watch your tendency to over-promise and come up short-handed every damn time never delivering on what you promised.

Mercury opposing Jupiter has an issue keeping secrets and will divulge confidential information without even realizing it. There's that tendency to brag, revealing the ego. At the same time, it can be bold in divulging secret information by saying, "Don't tell anyone I told you but . . ." Sure as I'm sitting here, this aspect tells secrets because it is looking to buddy-up and get affirmation, recognition or some sort of, "My you are smart and wonderful" in any way it can get it. "And look how much cattle you have! Wow!"

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