DAILY ASTROLOGY IN FILM: JULY 22-24

MOON IN PISCES at 4:35am EDT on Friday July 22 EDT until 3:06am EDT on Sunday July 24th. Ruled by Neptune, dreamy Pisces reflects the drive for Unity and Divine Perfection - All is One and One is All. It represents the Cosmic Ocean, Divine Consciousness, The Sea and the Collective Unconsciousness. Neptune is the great Dissolver, disappearing distinctions and boundaries. Therefore it reflects Illusion, Confusion, Deception, Glamour, Cinema, Photography and Acting. As Neptune is the higher resonance of Venus, Pisces in its drive for Divine Perfection, also reflects Art and Music. In general, Pisces Moon can be a time of great creativity, great confusion or incomplete truths. It's a GREAT time to be at the Sea or swim in any bodies of water - including the bath! Tapping the unconscious mind in Dreams should come easily during this time so make sure to keep a journal by your bed to record symbolic images.

LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Trine Mars in Scorpio at 3:06am EDT on Sunday July 24th. This particular Pisces Moon should be activated by the physical energy of Mars. Actions initiated during this Moon period should have GOOD results. As we know by now, Mars in Scorpio is potentially volatile, often sexually driven and extremely creative. The harmonious relationship of the Trine indicates that this is a GREAT time to initiate Artistic endeavors and any creative project. There's always a caution with Moon/Mars aspects - even the positive ones. The Pisces Moon may reflect that we're not paying attention to details and we get stung by this Scorpion Mars. But we should have the endurance to persevere through momentary setbacks to achieve the desired results. 
  SCENE OF THE DAY: Stage Beauty, 2004; Director: Richard Eyre. Adapted from the stage play by playwright Jeffrey Hatcher. Based on real-life characters, this is the story of the first British stage actress in 1629, known as Mrs. Margaret Hughes. She is played here by pre-Homeland Claire Danes. She is portrayed as the dresser for actor- of-the-hour Ned Kynaston, played by a remarkably versatile Billy Crudup (Almost Famous). In the 1600's women are not allowed on the British stage, so the female roles are played by men/boys. Hughes memorizes all the lines, takes Kynaston's props and after hours performs the role  under a pseudonym on a tavern stage. In this scene we witness King Charles II, with whom they each have a connection, hear about this illegal performance. Though the actors (Pisces) all encounter setbacks - not the least of which are sexual derailments (Mars in Scorpio) and deceptions (Pisces Moon) all's well that ends well (Trine) in this masterfully executed and delightfully comic tale.