DAILY ASTROLOGY IN FILM: MAY 16-18

MOON IN LIBRA from 1:33pm EDT on Monday May 16th after being VOID OF COURSE all morning, until 11:23am EDT on Wednesday May 18th. Wednesday the 18th is VOID OF COURSE the rest of the day (SEARCH APRIL 7 POST). Ruled by Venus, Libra reflects Relationship. This includes any Partnership and the focus is on The Other. The glyph of the Scales which represents Libra indicates a striving for Balance, Harmony and Equality. Peace, Beauty and Art are intrinsic aspects of this yearning. This is a time to pay attention to our significant others - what they need and how we can serve them. What goes around comes around and we will most likely benefit from taking attention off ourselves. Relationship is the most obvious and ever-present vehicle we have to learn how to work with the marriage of opposites in our daily lives. If you've read earlier posts you know how important working with oppositions are - in astrology as well as life in general (See March post: The Hidden Opportunity of Oppositions). Concepts like negotiating, collaborating and compromising come to mind when training ourselves to collectively inhabit the planet. Making Art and creating Beauty in our environment serves all who witness it.

LAST ASPECT OF THE MOON: Moon Opposite Uranus in Aries at 11:23am EDT on May 18th. Significant actions initiated during this time will tend to have a CHALLENGING result. Though the 180 degree opposition generally indicates a difficult circumstance from the outside world we also have the opportunity to acknowledge the opposition and incorporate it into our own perspective - hence marrying the opposite or making a compromise. The opposition to Uranus can be particularly upsetting because it reflects the archetype of breaking apart or separation. So if your relationship is in need of repair this aspect will demand your attention. If issues are not addressed and if this transit is strongly placed in your chart this could signify a break-up. Ultimately one partner is likely to need more freedom (Uranus). Often, negotiating this need will ameliorate the situation.  

SCENE OF THE DAY: The English Patient, 1996; Director: Anthony Minghella which he adapted from the novel by Michael Ondaatje. There are so many films with stories of broken relationships but the English Patient is one of the most dramatic! The plane crash/walk-to-the-cave scene is just too classic not to include here. The lovers played by Ralph Fiennes and Kristen Scott Thomas (as well as the complementary lovers played by Juliette Binoche and Naveen Andrews) have the odds stacked against them from their initial meeting and outer circumstances prevent them from negotiating a successful resolution.