If your chart engages 18 to 21 degrees of any of the mutable signs, your circuits are getting ready to heat up with some significant celestial currents.

Mama's callin'

  This Friday at 11:37 AM, the Moon at 21 degrees of Gemini will oppose the Sun at 21 degrees of Sagittarius. The Full Moon generally tends to pump our emotions, causing us to feel more strongly about the issues under consideration. It's also possible, however, to tap this tide and put it to good use.

  The opposition between Sagittarius and Gemini manifests in a number of ways. Important decisions are made, big news comes through, or we have a vision for the future. Education is strong, papers and exams may be due. The political or international buzz is sharply focused, our grade point average is on the line. But if we go through a Full Moon every month, what's so special about this one?

  This Full Moon is aligning with the Saturn/Uranus opposition and setting it off. Saturn is at 21 degrees of Virgo, forming an exact square to our lunation. There are details that need to be gotten right, it's a difficult job, the lack of time to properly prepare is a real concern.

  At 18 degrees of Pisces, Uranus is a little out of orb (3 degrees), but not by much. So we have four 'planets', each a quarter of the way around the circle of the zodiac. This is what astrologers call a 'Grand Mutable Cross'. Generally, it means you have to hit the ground running.

Grand Mutable Cross

  Mutable signs deal with change. I have seen people with Grand Mutable Crosses in their natal charts continually having to adapt to a shifting environment around them.

  But that's not all. Neptune sweetens the pot at 21 Aquarius, and Mercury is conjuncting Pluto in the inception degree (0 degrees) of Capricorn.

  One of two things is getting ready to happen. Either we'll hear of another story in the news about the economy, and yet another financial black hole we had not known about, or there is going to be yet another new administrative initiative coming on-line and we're hearing about it for the first time.

Playing with silver bullets

  Because the Mercury Pluto conjunction is at zero degrees of Capricorn, this is fresh correspondence or new initiatives. The Sun and Mars are running together, there could be considerable enthusiasm (or anger) for the endeavor to begin with.

  Because Saturn is a part of the Grand Cross, this is a difficult issue that's going to need a long-term approach. Indeed, this could be the international markets themselves making a statement through their rise or fall. Both Gemini and Sagittarius deal with communications and the media.

  The main story will be out where we can see it, but there will also be hidden information that will come to light later. Saturn (the administration) is in the process of making a hard aspect (inconjunct) to Neptune in Aquarius (hidden knowledge or information).

  We need to understand that this is a high energy aspect and potentially powerful. Watch what you say. A new precedent is being set here. Under the Full Moon, logic is not the trump suit, emotion is. Factor that in before you do something that may be difficult to take back later.

  Decisions made after 1 PM are either intentionally false or simply will not turn out in the manner intended. Precisely at that time, the Moon goes Void of Course. Before 1 PM, they have a shot.

  After 1 PM, they're whistlin' Dixie.