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MOON ENTERS SAGITTARIUS at 0:29am EDT on Monday, June 25 and remain here until Tuesday, June 26 at 8:54am. LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Square Neptune in Pisces. Jupiter-ruled Sag is missing Uranus in Aries! After
seven years, Uranus has ingressed into Taurus, so the ease of the Last Aspect Trine to Uranus in late-degrees Aries that we've
been used to for the last few years - giving us those optimistic Sagittarius Moons - is not with us now. (It will return
in when Uranus retrogrades back to Aries this November through early
March '19 though!) The Square to Neptune in Pisces reflects both a more
confusing time as well as possibly bringing up old issues with Mother. Centaur
Sag wants more freedom than Pisces is often able to offer. I like to
refer to Neptune as the 'urge to merge'. A hard aspect with this Neptune, which in its own sign now is strong, often gives us a more limiting bond than is desirable. Its very watery nature is likely to throw a
bucket of water on our Sag Fire. We may come to find our idealism is under the influence of some illusion - to the degree of being deceived now. Check your information. We may have the inclination to take off
on some Truth-seeking adventure when circumstances overwhelm or drown
out our drive. One of the signs of great athletes, Sag needs to be physically active though. And with the great strength, endurance and great good fortune its archetype carries, it's hard to keep its energy bound for long. In any case, be as straightforward as you can and
speak your truth with humility and kindness. Both Sagittarius and Neptune suggest a
spiritual space and that's probably the best place to be now. More
concrete practical actions initiated during this Moon period tend to
have CHALLENGING resolutions.
SAGITTARIUS FILM: Pelé, 2016; Director: Jeffrey Zimbalist. I loved this film! The trailer may give us too much information - as they do - but each scene is still worth watching in its entirety for both the tender and harsh moments of character building. This film tells the true story of a Brazilian boy who, with innate physical agility and a strong will to win, transcends obscurity and poverty to attain fame and glory. When witnessing his father's public tears at Brazil's loss of the World Cup to Uruguay in 1950, young Edson Arantes do Nascimento promises he will win it one day. He is only 18 when he wins his first of three World Cups for Brazil. The name Pelé, as he is derogatorily called early on by a competing football (soccer) team, has become synonymous with soccer. (It is said there is no translation for this name in Portuguese, but Pelé hated it because he thought it sounded like 'baby talk'. In Hebrew it is defined as 'a wonder'.) His authentic Brazilian Ginga style of playing, taught to him by his professional footballer father, is initially rejected by his coach. After Pelé breaks the rules and employs ginga to bring his team finally to victory, the 'primitive' style is finally acknowledged as valuable and re-instated. In a poignant locker room scene the coach admits he had fallen victim to the (Neptunian) illusion that the modern straight-laced technical style was more professional and that ginga ('doing that surprise move or trick...bending
the ball around the defender or playing the ball with your heel to a
cutting teammate...making a pass with your thigh or your
back') is 'not only beautiful and artistic, but is also very difficult and the true style of Brazil...' It is said the freestyle of ginga has produced some
of the greatest players of all-time. When the coach, played by Vincent D'Onofrio, switches styles in this 1958 World Cup game in Sweden, he tells his team, 'We may not win, but we will give them a beautiful game.' They've also given us a beautiful film.
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