DAILY ASTROLOGY: JULY 24-26

MOON ENTERS ARIES at 3:06am EDT on Sunday July 24th until 2:18am EDT on Tuesday July 26th. IN GENERAL: The first sign of the zodiac, Aries reflects a time for new beginnings. Ruled by Mars this Moon period is best utilized by being physically active and asserting one's will in a conscious and creative manner. Courage and leadership are also indicated here so don't be afraid to show how capable you are! Be careful, though, of being so self-oriented and impulsive that you are not aware of how your strong energy might read as arrogant and insensitive to others' feelings. Find your grounding (eg. support from earth signs), get a reality check and steady your pace before you act.

LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Aries Moon Conjunct Uranus in Aries at 2:18am EDT on Tuesday July 26th. This PARTICULAR Aries Moon will tend to carry some unexpected, perhaps upsetting/perhaps enlightening circumstances along with it. There may be an unusually strong need for freedom and independence at this time. Try not to confine others or try to bend them to your will. This would likely result in a revolt followed by a full-scale revolution and the result would be CHALLENGING. The best way to use this energy is to be innovative and creative, especially using technology (Uranus). The imagination would be strong...so the BEST-CASE SCENARIO would reflect a time of an Aha Moment (Uranus). There's a lot of physical energy available to us - make sure you tap into it and use it cautiously! As I write this, the day before the Aries Moon, there's a thunderstorm (Uranus) crashing outside - the heat of Mars meeting the cool of Uranus. Just thinking about all this appears to invoke the willful expression of the gods! SCENE OF THE DAY: Contact, 1997; Director: Robert Zemeckis; Story by Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan; Based on the novel by Carl Sagan. One of my all time top 5 Aha Moments in film! Courageous and willful astronomer, Dr. Ellie Arroway (played by the amazing Jodie Foster) is determined to discover intelligent alien life. When a message from the star Vega is deciphered and blueprints result in the building of a transport system into space, she is determined to be the one to pilot the craft. This scene portrays only part of the the totally thrilling and strikingly unexpected vision and new awareness (Uranus) she experiences in her travels. If you haven't seen this film, it is a visual wake-up call (Uranus) - an example of two people (agnostic scientist Arroway and religious author Palmer Joss, played authentically by Matthew McConauhey) finding their way to a bridge between science/technology and the divine. If ever there was a film to inspire us now, it would be Contact. Indeed... 'they should send us poets!' This post is dedicated to my favorite poet, Patrice.