Tuesday, January 07, 2014, 7 Elaphebolion, dedicated to Apollo, 7th night of the Waxing Moon, in Aries, Galileo observes three of the Moons around Jupiter, Io, Europa and Ganymede 1610, Transatlantic telephone service between New York and London begins 1927, death of Catherine of Aragon 1536, starting in the 1st Mansion of the Moon, Al Sharatain/Alnath, which is good for dealing with complex systems, regulations, technical matters, moving into the 2nd Mansion of the Moon, Al Botein/Alboitan, good finding treasure, capturing things, to excite situations, achievement, around 1:00 P.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Mars at 7:20 A.M., and last 46.9 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Saturn at 4:43 P.M., lasting 73.1 minutes. Sun in Capricorn, Mercury in Capricorn, Venus retrograde in Capricorn, Mars in Libra, Jupiter retrograde in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio. A perfect day for your frustrations to come out and play, what joy. This is generally true during a first quarter Moon, but one’s enery levels are drained by the Moon being in opposition to Mars, which is followed by Mercury being conjunct a retrograde Venus telling you what you should have done, or why can’t you be more like (fill in a name here). Later in the day, the Moon is square first Jupiter, and then the Sun, which first goads you on to attempt the impossible, only to fall back. These tendencies are somewhat blunted by the Moon’s move into the 2nd Mansion, but in the main, chalk this up to be a wasted day. Not a good time to start any new magical workings.