MOON REMAINS IN GEMINI until 2:45pm EDT when it goes VOID OF COURSE until 6:07pm. Important practical actions initiated during this V/C period tend not to work out as planned. It's best to use this time for inner creative work or envisioning future actions. MOON ENTERS CANCER at 6:07pm and remains here until Sunday, June 25 at 2:44pm. LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Square Uranus in Aries. Because the Sun and Moon are both in
Cancer we have the
NEW MOON, exact on Friday June 23 at 10:31pm.
This is likely to be a highly emotional time as Cancer is naturally ruled by the
Moon and its expression is as archetypally pure as it gets...not to
mention that the Sun is also ruled by the Moon now.
This time reflects
the FEMININE ARCHETYPE. It highlights The Mother and all women,
qualities of nourishment, receptivity, inclusiveness and protection -
especially of home and family. Fundamental feelings of belonging, connecting and being unified are associated with the Moon. One metaphor for the Moon's Square to Uranus might be a breaking apart of the embryonic container. Water is the element to pay attention to now: oceans, rain, tears. While it serves us to express our emotions, try not to take things too personally as
this is the most subjective indicator of the zodiac. Circumstances and
relationships will tend to fluctuate like the inconstant Moon. Try
to keep breathing through the potentially upsetting changes. Stand in the other's shoes if you can and be as objective as possible; this too shall pass. Find what grounds you - what you can depend on. Actions
initiated during this period tend to have CHALLENGING results.
SCENE FOR THE DAY: Early Summer, 1951; Director: Yasujirô Ozu. The Cancer Moon Square Uranus theme made me think of Japanese director Ozu's body of work. His narrative theme is most often a traditional Japanese focus on home and family. His minimalist style, including a stationary camera and simple (often honoring emptiness) mise-en-scène (visual elements eg. composition) is a subject of screenwriter/director Paul Schrader's beautiful book, The Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer. Schrader refers to Zen art when describing Ozu's films. He quotes Alan Watts on the four moods of Zen: "When the moon of the moment is solitary and quiet it is called sabi. When the artist is feeling depressed or sad, and this particular emptiness of feeling catches a glimpse of something rather ordinary and unpretentious in its incredible "suchness," the mood is called wabi. When the moment evokes a more intense nostalgic sadness connected with autumn and the vanishing away of the world, it is called aware. And when the vision is hinting at an unknown never to be discovered, the mood is called yugen." There is a sadness in the breaking apart of a unity such as a family. In this clip we see two sisters consider the effects of one of them marrying a particular man. The family is concerned for her well-being. This is a very sweet moment between these two women and we actually experience a rare and optimistic lightness of soul in both dialogue and the open frame seaside location which, perhaps, expresses a kind of wabi.
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