DAILY ASTROLOGY IN FILM: MAY 7-8

MOON enters GEMINI Saturday May 7 at 12:34pm EDT after being VOID of COURSE all Morning. Ruled by Mercury and with wings on his feet Gemini loves to travel. Remembering Mercury is retrograde, if you do decide to get in the car and take a physical journey this weekend double check all likely barriers to getting there - especially schedules! The mind is also very active; ideas and realizations abound and, as ruler of communication, Gemini loves to share his thoughts.  Journaling to keep track of these myriad ideas is always a useful idea.

LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon sextile Uranus at 0:15am on Monday, May 9th. With aspects to Uranus - the higher vibration of Mercury - mental synapses are firing on all cylinders. You may experience fast moving stream of conscious thoughts racing through you. Try to grab on and retain them, as opportunities may be available through these new ideas. Expanded states of consciousness may be experienced. Uranus rules the electronic arena so brainstorming (great concept for Gemini/Uranus!) on computers and mobile devices are highly successful. Though many mental connections may be made now Uranus may also reflect some surprising disruptions and changes so keep moving to get through them. These kinds of actions initiated during this time are likely to have a GOOD end result!
  
SCENE FOR THE DAY: Adaptation, 2002; Director: Spike Jonze; Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman. Meryl Streep plays Susan Orlean, a New Yorker journalist who becomes fascinated by eccentric (Uranus) botanical connoisseur John Laroche ingeniously played by Chris Cooper (wins Oscar for Best Actor). His passion for orchids makes her realize she longs to care about something as deeply as he does. In this scene she has a profound realization about her concept of 'change' (Uranus). She hopes that finding the elusive Ghost Orchid will facilitate her transformation; it does, but in an unexpected turn of events (Uranus). The multi-faceted Nicholas Cage plays both roles of the Gemini twins, Charlie and Donald Kaufman. The film, itself an adaptation of real-life Orlean 's The Orchid Thief, takes the already unusually structured (Uranus) non-linear novel to a whole other self-conscious level of deconstruction. Both are brilliant! (Uranus!)