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The Moon in Cancer trine Saturn in Pisces at 4:29 AM EDT. Lunar aspects have an 'orb of influence' of 12 to 14 hours 'before' and 'after' their exactness.

The Moon in Cancer sextile Jupiter in Taurus at 9:24 AM EDT. Lunar aspects have an 'orb of influence' of 12 to 14 hours 'before' and 'after' their exactness.

The Moon in Cancer square Mercury in Aries at 10:29 AM EDT. Lunar aspects have an 'orb of influence' of 12 to 14 hours 'before' and 'after' their exactness.

The Moon in Cancer sextile Uranus in Taurus at 8:20 PM EDT. Lunar aspects have an 'orb of influence' of 12 to 14 hours 'before' and 'after' their exactness.

Before I get to the BIG NEWS today, take a peek at the lunar aspects listed above. The Moon always rules the home, family, domestic affairs and personal Life. In other words, what goes on inside the home environment.

The aspects line-up as follows - trine, sextile, square, sextile. So you see, 3/4 of the aspects are wonderfully positive and supportive since trines are sublime and sextiles make us smile. It's the square that says, "BEWARE!" And ya' know, 3/4 of the people will focus on that 1/4 instead of 3/4 focusing on the 3/4. As far as that Moon square Mercury goes, self-monitor your emotional responses while traveling and communicating. Whether that is a trip or driving to work. Exhibit some communicative self-control and this day will be Good to you.

The Moon rules our emotions, feelings, moods and sensitivities. I'm looking to explain 'the intent' of my writings on the Cancer Moon since I had an Astrotator comment about it last month. Keep in mind, this is not to 'challenge or confrontation' to the Astrotator, it is simply to explain. The Cancer Moon can be rather sensitive to the hyper-end of sensitivity, which is why the need for clarity.

Astrotator comment, "Moody-hyper-emotional? No one talks about their secret power of handling a crisis effectively. Why? Because they've processed outcomes so many times!"

My response was, "No one talks about or 'I' never talk about it? And are you saying the moody and hyper-emotional process outcomes effectively? I'll have this conversation with you, but first, am I understanding your comment correctly?

I'm asking if the Astrotator means that moody and hyper-emotional people process outcomes effectively.

I had not received a response on that return comment to see if I understood the comment correctly, so I will just explain exactly what I mean by moody and hyper-emotional with this Cancer Moon.

What I mean by "moody and hyper-emotional" is just as I stated. There is no innuendo or veiled meaning in my writing. I meant exactly what I typed. The Cancer Moon ramps up emotions very easily, which can take a matter out of context and take it somewhere that was never intended. It's tough to stand in the question when emotions are involved without turning something inside out and into something it was never meant to be.

The "I feel therefore I am" motto of Cancer should be used to intuit. The emotions should be used to intuit, not used to be emotion-al. The mood should be used to intuit, not used to be unstable and crabby. The enhanced sensitivity should be used to intuit, not used to be so hyper-sensitive that others have to walk on eggshells.

If one feels moody and hyper-emotional, then prayerfully that individual will exhibit some sort of mindfulness and awarenss so that the energy is not channelled into a state of being touchy, cantankerous and temperamental.

So I kinda-sorta agree with the Astrotator (a little bit), in that I believe that the Cancer energy 'can be' a superpower when the individual has finally learned to stop being so dang emotional, taking things personal and being over-sensitive that they can now stand in a question mark without making it about them.

As I have written on this website many many many times, the Cancer Moon is INCREDIBLY intuitive, as the motto implies, "I feel therefore I am". The native is supposed to 'use' the feelings to intuit, not use the feelings to turn moody and hyper-emotional thereby taking things personally. How can you accurately intuit when the emotions are unstable?

Well, it takes practice. Practice like any other Sun sign or planet comes through Life lessons, mistakes, bad decisions, inaccurate responses and do-overs to accurately and effectively process outcomes. It will take as long as it takes and as many as it takes. Or, you can dial-back, dial-down and dial-in without all the emotional and dramatic Life school. But see that's not how humans operate. We mess up first, for decades, and then we get great at being ourselves.

You are your Sun Sign because you don't have it down cold yet. You are still learning because you are still here, as that Sun sign. You have your Moon sign because you are learning all about it and perfecting it year-after-year. You have your planets-in-a-sign because you are learning that too. It's not easy being you, right? If you were so great at it, then you wouldn't have had to 'process' so many things over-and-over-and-over again.

The mistake, the flaw, the misstep or the misconception is when an individual responds moodily and/or hyper-emotionally and takes things the wrong way. This means the individual is operating from a physical world (ego) position, more than they are operating from a spiritual world (spirit) position. The moody and hyper-emotional reaction takes away from the intuitive feeling and ramps it up. It doesn't have to come to that when you stand in, "I feel therefore I am" without the soap opera.

Let's say we are talking about someone with a well-oiled, well-greased, well-practiced, well-worked Cancer Moon, then I can roll with the belief that one would have 'had to' process so many times due to misreading, over-reacting, crying, taking things personal, apologizing (or not) and getting their feelings hurt leaving others walking on eggshells.

So yeah, I can see that over time one would have finally developed their secret power of intuition (I feel therefore I am) that was never a secret at all, instead of over-reacting with the human ego and leaving the spirit floating around and waiting for the individual to get over the drama. Our secret powers are not secrets, they are super powers and they are pretty dang obvious. We just happen to be be hard-headed humans who forgot we are spirits from out of this world who are operating those hard heads trying to get through to them.

SIDE NOTE - if you look at the teal-colored-drop-down-menu above, you will see at the far right 'Sun Signs'. If you click your Sun Sign, it will take you to the page where there are a bunch of Astro Memes for your Sun Sign. I should make more. I know!

The BIG NEWS today is Mercury in Aries begins the pre-retrograde, which is called the 'pre-shadow' period. First, remember that NO planet ever really moves backward, it just 'appears' that way due to a planetary slowdown as it travels across the sky. The Sun casts a shadow and we get that funky feeling that we are rolling backward at a stop Light. You know the feeling. We panic, push on the brake and then realize the car next to us is just inching forward a bit, leaving us with the feel that we are rolling backward when we are really stopped.

Retrogrades make us panic like that, especially Mercury Retrograde since it is the fastest moving planet. When he slows down, it's pretty obvious. Mercury moves so fast that he transits a sign every 14 to 17 days. So he can change signs twice within one (1) month, unless of course there is a retrograde, then he retraces his steps.

How do we know that Mercury has begun his pre-retrograde shadow? Is this an arbitrary date that we pull out of the air that is exactly two (2) weeks before Mercury actually turns retrograde on Monday, April 1, 2024? Because the pre-retrograde shadow is ALWAYS about two (2) weeks before Mercury turns retrograde.

If you click on the Mercury in Aries Transiting Degree Calendar you will see today's date in blue font at 15 degrees. That's when Mercury is marked as s-l-o-w-i-n-g down. We know this from the planetary ephemeris (a book of tables), and we know this because 15 degrees is also when Mercury turns 'Direct' on Thursday - April 25, 2024. That 15 degree 'Direct' mark tells us the pre-shadow date of March 18, 2024. Cool huh?

SO TODAY, you may start feeling the slowdown of Mercury Retrograde because even if you can't quite see the slowdown in degrees, it is occurring in hours, minutes and seconds.

Perhaps you have been feeling this slowdown intuitively because you are preparing, prepping and practicing for what might come.

For instance, last Wednesday night (March 13th), the Scorpion King and I were getting ready to enjoy dinner together and he said that a BIG storm that was coming and the winds would be HIGH. We could see it in the distance. Everso quickly I switched gears and asked him to bring in a cooler. We loaded it with any drinks we might want that evening or the next morning. I also quickly prepared his lunch for the next day and put that in the cooler too. There was nothing else that we thought we would want out of the refrigerator. Then we enjoyed dinner together.

The storm ended up not being so bad, but I left everything in the cooler, on the floor in front of the refrigerator, just to create awareness. I also put a piece of duct tape across the doors to remind us not to open the refrigerator in case power went out as we slept. You know how reflexive opening the refrigerator door can be. (winky wink)

My point, operating in Mercury Retrograde mindset is key. When you prepare, you do not suffer. You might be mildly inconvenienced, but you do not suffer. Preparing, prepping and practicing for hard times reduces your risk of suffering during hard times. If you open the refrigerator during a power outage, then you lose all of that cold air within seconds, whoooooosh. In power outage, in about six (6) hours everything in the refrigerator will need to be emptied to a cooler space or you risk losing it all.

We were prepared even further, if the power went out and went down beyond six (6) hours, then we turn on the generator and start feeding the refrigerator(s) and freezer some power.

So now you should be standing in the personal question mark, "How much am I willing to suffer during Mercury Retrograde, if at all?" If the answer is, "Not much if any" then I suggest you start preparing, prepping and practicing. We are always practicing. ALWAYS! There will be no panic setting in on what to do "if".

Please take the time to visit the Camping - Survival - Prepping section of this website. That section is purposefully designed with as little reading as possible, with more pictures and lists to help you cut to the chase and get 'er done.

I realize some of you think us 'preppers' and 'conspiracy theorists' have been barking for far too long and the sky hasn't fallen yet. But it has, you just don't realize it. For that reason, for some people, it's already too late. Given that the threat and certainty level is beyond what some can comprehend, the quickness that you will need to hunker down is just not do-able for some. It just isn't. Some people simply will not make it. By the way, I wear the 'prepper' and 'conspiracy theorist' labels proudly like a badge-of-honor.

I have written this many times - in any disaster or grid down situation, most people have enough food for three (3) days. Remember, unless you are prepared, the food in your refrigerator and freezer will go bad. Consider the amount of people in your family (or friends) who are not prepared. So you have food for three (3) days in the cupboards, the grocery stores are stocked on the shelf and 'in the back' for three (3) days. The grocery stores will run out of all of that in three (3) hours.

Make certain you click on the Mercury in Aries Transiting Degree Calendar because you will see that Mercury begins its pre-retrograde shadow on Monday - March 18, 2024 and when Mercury turns Direct it will return to the 15th degree, which is where it was on the date of entering the pre-retrograde shadow.

When Mercury returns to the 27th degree on April 25, 2024, that is the same degree it was at when it turned retrograde on April 1, 2024. It's a pattern! It's a dance!

So use the two-week pre-retrograde shadow that begins today to look down the road and tune-in with your intuition. Granted some people will freak out and dive into drama with this Cancer Moon. They will. It's what they do. Some people thrive on the attention of drama, which is about as physical world as you can get. Even if it wasn't a Cancer Moon, some will still take the drama dive.

Mercury in Aries Transiting Degree Calendar

Mercury in Aries March 9, 2024 - May 15, 2024

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