DAILY ASTROLOGY IN FILM: JULY 17-19

MOON IS VOID OF COURSE from 4:57am EDT until 3:33pm EDT on Sunday July 17th. When the Moon is VOID OF COURSE, it's best to focus on inner creative and intuitive work rather than beginning practical projects or making important agreements. SEE APRIL 7th POST for more info on VOID OF COURSE MOONS. Practical Actions initiated during the VOID OF COURSE MOON tend to have a CHALLENGING result.
MOON ENTERS CAPRICORN at 3:33 EDT on Sunday July 17th and remains until 6:56pm EDT Tuesday July 19th. Ruled by Saturn, the Capricorn Moon is generally a seriously ambitious period and reflects a practical time when we can work on projects and accomplish goals. It is, however, a time when we tend to be emotionally contracted and not likely to express our feelings. 
The FULL MOON IS EXACT AT 6:56PM EDT on Tuesday July 19th. The Full Moon period is a time of culmination and climax. This particular Opposition aspect reflects the Masculine principle of the Capricorn Moon opposite the Feminine Principle of the Cancer Sun. Consequently, this is a double whammy of an opportunity to marry this fundamental polarity - to know wholeness/unity/completion. The tension of the Opposition requires resolution.
 
LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Opposite Sun at 6:56pm EDT on Tuesday July 19th. The Full Moon is actually the last aspect so the whole moon period in Capricorn is an EXCELLENT opportunity to find where the masculine and feminine principles are at work in your life and Honor Both. Find the paradox and know that both seemingly opposite forces are true and vital and require your acknowledgment. For example: home life (Feminine principle) and career (Masculine principle) Mother/Father etc. need to be addressed equally. Negotiate, compromise and spread your time equally on both fronts. If you focus on one and neglect the other, the repressed area will most likely find you and pay you back! The gods must exact their due. Actions not in alignment with this goal will tend to have CHALLENGING results.   
SCENE OF THE DAY: ORDINARY PEOPLE, 1980; Director: Robert Redford. This scene is an example of a gentle nurturing Father (Masculine principle expressing a Feminine/Cancer quality) opposing a stern controlling Mother (Feminine principle expressing a Masculine/Capricorn quality). Interestingly, both Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland who portray the Mother and Father are cast against type. We knew Moore as the light comedian from her TV series and Sutherland as the serious authority figures from films like Klute and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Amazingly Moore is a Capricorn and Sutherland is a Cancer! Not against type after all! This film shows us one unusual way to resolve the tension of opposites and wins three Oscars, including Best Picture, for its its creative success in doing so. The gods so decreed!