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Mercury in Leo Rx square Uranus in Taurus at 5:47 AM EDT where it began in applying degrees on July 14, 2024, it is exact today, and will last in separating degrees until September 12, 2024.

The Sun in Leo conjunct Mercury in Leo Rx at 9:58 PM EDT where it began in applying degrees on August 13, 2024, it is exact today, and will last in separating degrees until August 24, 2024.

The Moon in Aquarius quincunx Venus in Virgo at 10:05 PM EDT. Lunar aspects have an 'orb of influence' of 12 to 14 hours 'before' and 'after' their exactness.

The Moon in Aquarius trine Jupiter in Gemini at 10:22 PM EDT. Lunar aspects have an 'orb of influence' of 12 to 14 hours 'before' and 'after' their exactness.

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The BIG NEWS today is Mercury in Leo squares Uranus in Taurus and the Sun in Virgo conjuncts Mercury in Virgo. Mercury square Uranus Uranus is the aspect of the brainiac, or the conceited brainiac, or the intellectual snob. ACADEMIA!!! Mercury rules the reasoning and logical (Gemini) mind, as well as the analytical and exacting (Virgo) mind. Uranus is the higher-octave of Mercury. Both Mercury and Uranus rule the weather. Interesting! Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, which naturally square each other. Squares Beware! And Uranus naturally rules Aquarius, which naturally opposes Leo. Well this is a mess of Biblical communication proportions. "What did you say? What did you mean? Huh? Word salad anyone?"

You will probably see this on social media the most where many are saying, "I've been saying that for years!" or "I said that years ago!" and they did because you have to be so completely out-of-touch with your emotions and intuition not to have seen all of this crazy upon us. While that is probably the case that you "said that years ago", maybe you didn't put it in writing (make a post) or state your case loud enough, and now you are braver and now stating your case louder because you have more nerve and you don't really give a damn what people think because make no mistake, now you intend on being heard. When you know you know (#wykyk) and nothing will keep you quiet.

By the way, Mercury rules the nervous system. So while you may have said it, but didn't have the nerve to say it outloud or real loud, now you do have the nerve. I wrote this same thing back in February 2024 and a lot of this same writing back in July 2023.

Here's the other thing, we are going to continue to see those in academia and science, or who are in a position of governing boards, say the dumbest and stupidest things. Word salad anyone? How about another bite for you, eh hem I mean another sound byte for you? Listen, it'll be fun! Keep reading . . .

Sun. August 18, 2024 Applying degrees begin July 14, 2024 at 5:47 AM EDT Separating degrees end on Sept. 12, 2024

Sun. August 18, 2024 Applying degrees begin August 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM EDT Separating degrees end on August 24, 2024

This is a tough aspect, not only for the individual who has this aspect natally, but for those who have to communicate with the individual with this aspect, as it can be a constant-correction. Wait, let me correct myself during this Mercury square Uranus aspect and say, "IT IS a constant-correction." There is no 'can be' about it. Folks, it is tough to communicate with these people who have the need to be right, because it is off the charts.

This know-it-all energy can be completely unattractive and hard to get along with, but at the same time, you can't stop listening. You want more because you can't believe what you are hearing. For this reason, this aspect ALWAYS reminds me of John LaRoche, the character played by Chris Cooper in one of my favorite movies of all time 'Adaptation'. Laroche was on the witness stand in court, in his skinny little wirey no-front-tooth-self and said, "I'm probably the smartest person I know." This aspect enjoys learning about everything, which is characteristic of Laroche.

This aspect can leave you scratching your head saying, "That's a crazy ass idea, but yeah, that makes sense." or even, "That's a crazy ass idea, and makes no sense whatsoever!"

Mercury square Uranus is unrestrained in ideas and implementing them. It's a bit nutty and rebellious, mixed with intelligence, brilliance and expertise. This aspect might be hard to hang with, meaning it has a hard time playing with others because it's so damn seriously intellectual, but it's pretty cool to sit and listen to someone with this aspect if they can stop picking on you or correcting you. That's the problem, otherwise you could sit and listen to this person speak all day.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is the perfect example of a real Life John LaRoche in female skin as she has this aspect natally. It's just so hard to stop listening to her say wildly crazy sh!t. She's her own SNL skit.

The academic or intellectual snob who has to correct everyone or one-up everyone will turn right around and correct the one who had some 'input' or a response and then complain that they are being corrected or one-upped. It's insane! This aspect HAS TO HAVE the final word, or the final answer, or the final input.

There is the funniest AI video that has been going around for quite a while with Elon Musk and AOC in a chat. As if she could actually banter with Elon Musk. It's stinkin' hilarious because she's taking Elon's comments as flirtatious, like "OMGosh he likes me" when he's probably thinking, "What an idiot!"

The corrected or one-upped individual complains about what is coming out of their own mouth. It's a tough one folks. Only the enLightened will be able to see and own this aspect in their chart and channel it constructively, otherwise communication will be a constant problem with others.

Let's not forget, the Uranus portion of this aspect, which is ruled by Aquarius carries the motto, "I know therefore I am", which will be screaming in our ears. "How could you not know!?!?"

Also keep in mind Uranus (Aquarius energy) has a knowingness as their intuition. The 'I know therefore I am' is often mistaken for intellectual, instead of knowingness intuition.

Aquarius is also the circulator, circulating blood around the body and through the heart. So it's not what you know, it's who you know. Take that into consideration and make some contacts during this aspect.

By the way, when you type www.AquariPedia.com into a search engine guess where it goes? Go ahead and click the link, this page will remain so you don't lose your place. What can I say, I have Jupiter in Aquarius natally, which yeah, is a know-it-all too. It's not my most attraction admission, but at least I can own it. I really don't have to know everything, I just like to know a little bit about everything. Keep reading there's more . . .

Sun. August 18, 2024 Applying degrees begin August 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM EDT Separating degrees end on August 24, 2024

Sun. August 18, 2024 Applying degrees begin August 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM EDT Separating degrees end on August 24, 2024

Today the Sun also conjuncts Mercury. The Sun is actually a star and the Moon is actually a satellite of the Earth and a luminary is reflected Light from the Sun. Astologers just call the Sun and the Moon planets because, I don't know why.

So here we are on this brainiac cram-packed day with two (2) major aspects that leave us with a cram-packy brain. This overloaded crampackiness could easily make this an over-sensitive, over-stimulated and over-whelming time of information. Oh yay, just in time for tomorrow's DNC (Democratic National Convention) to tell us how much we don't know and how much we should 'depend' on the government because you know they'll take care of us. Take care of yourself! How 'bout that? They assume everyone is stupid and won't research on their own.

Folks, it is important to understand the fullness of this energy slathered all over the DNC and the load of aspects, particuliarly Jupiter square Saturn hitting exact. Ouchie! They are formally choosing their candidate under the most cruddy aspects and circumstances. Keep reading . . .

The Sun conjuncts Mercury, which is the aspect of 'overloaded circuitry' or it can show up as 'brain fog'. It is too much information (TMI) or lack of focus (mental clarity) because of the amount of thoughts and ideas layered on the brain. It is simply too much information to think, handle or respond easily.

But then there is the 'brain dump'. The relief of this aspect can be as easy as dumping your brain and getting out what you need to say, teach or relieve from yourself. Get it out! Let it out!

Imagine if you will eating something that binds you up and causes you constipation. You can't get it out. I don't have to go through the entire list of symptoms for you to feel the effects of constipation. You can probably feel it as I write about it.

Now imagine your frustration with a situation, person, circumstance or outcome where you just want to scream, push something over, or curl up in the corner and cry, but yet you don't. Instead, you hold it in.

Whatever it is that needs to come out of your body, it gets stuck, mashed down, and then more gets crammed in on top of it.

The Sun conjunct Mercury needs to unload the overload. So you see, this aspect carries a huge prodrome. Remember from my past writings, the prodome is the early symptom indicating 'incoming'. The prodrome in disease or illness shows up the same way in Astrology. If you can feel an illness coming on, you can certainly 'feel' the load of the Sun conjunct Mercury coming on because it's heavy energy.

Imagine if you unloaded the overload. What if you brain dumped? What if you wrote down a list? Or went ahead and took the test? What if you unloaded and told someone about your issue, frustration or problem? What if you took a colon cleanse supplement to help your constipation? What if you took a 'kudzu' supplement to help relieve your alcohol cravings or menopausal symptoms? Better yet, what if you actually acted on your intuition instead of just 'feeling it'. What if you actually did something about the overload?

'Think' about this for a minute. Slow down your energy and THINK about this aspect. After all, Mercury rules the mind, thoughts, thoughtfulness and thinking. Mercury rules both Gemini and Virgo. The Gemini motto is, "I think therefore I am" and the Virgo motto is, "I analyze therefore I am."

If you allow yourself to feel the prodrome of the Sun conjunct Mercury, then that means your intuition is lit-up and tuning-in. While one individual may be feeling the heaviness of this aspect, another individual may be tuning into the intuition of this aspect. It's all in how one sees, deals, handles and chooses to use the aspect. This is where we are so different in how we use Astrology.

So expand this thinking to twins, or to two (2) mothers sharing a room in the hospital who had their babies minutes apart, in the same location (coordinates). One mother may in fact experience an aspect quite differently than the other mother, and their babies will experience or express the aspect in their birth chart differently. Or if one mother has twins, one twin may experience the 'overload' of too much information and feel the constipation (per se) of such an aspect, while the other twin will 'brain dump' and let it out. Everyone, all the time, gets to handle these energies as they want thereby creating a path.

As children or adults, we are influenced by the people and circumstances around us. FACTOID!

No matter the case, everyone feels the prodrome of the aspect and lives in 'their experience' as their spirit is intended here to learn, in the way their spirit needs to learn, as difficult or easy as one needs to learn.

In my world and intepretation of Astrology, ALL OF THE ASPECTS are intuition and guides. They ALL have a prodrome as you can feel the 'incoming', just like you feel a cold coming over you. We see that in the 'applying' (approaching) degrees. We feel the energy coming. I purposefully write the dates of the 'applying and separating' degrees so you can sense (intuit) energy coming and intuit energy leaving. Why study Astrology if you don't use or channel what you sense (feel)? I don't believe God gave us these intuitive gifts just so we can be dramatic and exaggerated.

When we see or feel an aspect in action we 'get to' respond the way we want. It's a 'get to' not a 'have to'. Choose! You can also sit back and watch taking on neither role, but the important thing is that you recognize the energy when you see it or feel it.

The Sun conjunct Mercury is ONE OF THE BIGGEST symptoms and expressions of intuition, but if you don't use it and simply sit in - I knew it, I knew that, I said that, I always say that, I always said that . . . then really what Good is it? The Sun conjunct Mercury REQUIRES a brain dump. One has to unload the brain otherwise circuits get heavy and burnout occurs, or brain fog descends and the weight of it can cause procrastination or worse, depression. Instead of holding on thereby creating constipation in your brain, find a way to take a big dump and get it out of your body. Express it!

The overload of 'anything' on the body, mind or spirit is simply too much and will only create other issues, including health issues, relationship issues, financial issues, etc. You must get it out of you and take a big dump. Writers do this. Artists do this. Songwriters do this. Painters do this. Cooks/chefs do this. Engineers do this. Builders and creators (same thing) do this. They relieve themselves and take a big dump and create. Hoarding creativity and not doing anything with it will cause health issues, so you have to channel it.

I 'brain dump' everyday on this website to get all of that information out of me. I stop writing when I stop writing. I know my Daily Horoscopes are long, but I will stop when I stop. Imagine if I didn't do that. Seriously! I would be interrupting and dominating conversations trying to get this information out of me, wringing my body out so I can be relieved of the weight of information. Also my body would be hoarding all of this knowledge and energy, which could in turn cause me health issues. Heck no! I'm going to dump it on you! (winky wink)

Side note - Jodi Arias really does have the Sun conjunct Mercury in her natal chart. Don't be like her.

Now consider that the 'intellectual snob' and 'overloaded circuitry' that seriously needs to take a big dump will be present during the DNC week. The Democratic Party has A LOT to answer for as 'cabala harris' said in her own words in a clip I posted on FB that "bread has gone up 50 percent since 2020 and beef has gone up 50 percent since 2020". Now is she stupid, or just stupider than she lets on, not realizing that she and 666iden have been at the helm since that time.

Tomorrow has a load of aspects including the Full Moon in Aquarius. That write-up is going to be a doozy! So make certain you buckle-up for it.

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