Saturday, March 08, 2014, 8 Thargelion, dedicated to Poseidon, International Women’s Day (first celebrated 1945), IRS begins to collect taxes 1913, start of the Russian Revolution 1917, start of the Spanish Flu epidemic 1918, 9th night of the Waxing Moon, in Gemini, starting in the 6th Mansion of the Moon Al Han’ah/Athaya, good for stirring things up, promoting cruel and destructive acts, agricultural disasters, then entering the 7th Mansion of the Moon, Al Dhira/Aldirah, good for success when contending against authority figures, and for acts promoting gain, love, comfort, around 7:00 A.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Saturn at 6:19 A.M., and last 57.8 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Mercury at 5:53 P.M., lasting 62.2 minutes. Sun in Pisces, Mercury in Aquarius, Venus in Aquarius, Mars retrograde in Libra, Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn retrograde in Scorpio. An easy day to air greviences and to get a fair hearing (yes, I know, a day when emphathy and compromise might be possible), quite unlike yesterday. The tensions brought to the fore by it being the first quarter (and so the Moon being square the Sun) is given a safe outlet by the Moon being trine Mercury in the afternoon. Magically, a day for making connections, settling situations.