DAILY ASTROLOGY IN FILM: JUNE 10-12

MOON ENTERS VIRGO at 9:46am EDT on Friday June 10th after being VOID OF COURSE in the early morning. It stays in Virgo until 10:47am EDT on Sunday June 12th when it goes VOID OF COURSE for the rest of Sunday until 8:33pm EDT. The archetypal Vestal Virgin, keeper of the temple's sacred fire and her own chastity (sacred fire), is one of Virgo's classic associations. Ruled by Mercury, this Mutable Earth sign reflects a certain sense of purity, perfection and service. While Virgo is known as the most truly humble persona of the zodiac, the drive for perfection in oneself and others may express itself in being overly critical or judgmental. Traditionally, Virgo is connected to health, diet, daily work and crafts - working with one's hands. Virgo is associated with the 6th House of the horoscope which, in Dane Rudyar's interpretation, is linked with integration. The last house in the bottom hemisphere of the chart, the 6th House is said to integrate all previous five of the personal houses - very generally: identity, security, mind, home/ family and creativity - (as opposed to the upper hemisphere addressing more social and collective areas of life). So perhaps we can expand the mythological image to include that a kind of Innocence (I Ching Hexagram 25: 'without guile') is key to integration of the psyche. This would be especially meaningful if we imagined the virgin/sacred sexual vessel ('sacred prostitute' or 'virgin/whore' - I can't find an expression I like) aspect of the archetype as incorporating her own opposite - the sacred marriage of opposites or the alchemical conjunctio. (Search March post "The Hidden Opportunity in Oppositions") In any case, this is a moon period for creating order in your life, cleaning, purifying, writing, teaching, speaking, and integrating. Paying attention to health issues, diet, rituals and routines all help us stay grounded and able to adapt to changing scenarios.

LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Sextile Mars in Scorpio at 10:47am EDT on Sunday June 12th. Prim and proper Virgo meets physically passionate Pluto in this aspect and has a GREAT time producing results! If you're still spring cleaning, you could add some renovation or refinishing projects at this time; Scorpio/Pluto likes to break down and renew - or go back and finish the job you started in early spring (Mars is still retrograde). If you're dealing with health issues, this time could turn things around and a process of rehabilitation/rejuvenation may become available now. If you're in need of expressing your deeply held feelings about something, that perhaps you've kept hidden, this may be the time to let it all out. If you're in love, perhaps this is the time to turn innocence or resistance into passionate expression!

SCENE OF THE DAY: LAUREL CANYON, 2002; Writer/Director: Lisa Cholodenko. A Sundance indie classic! Kate Beckinsale plays Alex, a reserved PhD candidate writing about the sex life of drosophila, married to Sam, an uptight medical student, played by Christian Bale when they move from academic Cambridge, MA to California's hip Laurel Canyon, LA, for his residency. There they unexpectedly encounter his record producing mother Jane, played by an outrageous Frances McDormand and her new rock 'n roll  boyfriend, played by Allesandro Nivoli - and the rest of the band, while they're finishing recording a record in her home studio. Feathers fly and pure and proper Alex finds her Mars in Scorpio! If you've ever spent time in Laurel Canyon you'll appreciate this film - and if you haven't, you'll want to! This wonderful film brings the caricatures of the east and west coast personas together and manages to work it all out...and even write one of the sweetest songs ever!