Sunday, March 02, 2014, 2 Thargelion, dedicated to one’s personal Deities, Congress bans the slave trade 1807, Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. territory 1917, birthday of Thomas Bodley English diplomat, his collection being the nucleus of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, 2nd night of the Waxing Moon, starting in Pisces, then going Void of Course from 6:04 A.M. to 10:39 A.M., then entering Aries, starting in the 28th Mansion of the Moon Al Risha Batn/Arrexhe, good for increase, travel, love, then entering the 1st Mansion of the Moon, Al Sharatain/Alnath, which is good for dealing with complex systems, regulations, technical matters, around 10:40 A.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with the Sun at 6:29 A.M., and last 56.4 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Jupiter at 5:47 P.M., lasting 63.6 minutes. Sun in Pisces, Mercury in Aquarius, Venus in Capricorn, Mars retrograde in Libra, goes retrograde, Jupiter retrograde in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio, goes retrograde 11:19 A.M. What to do when the Moon is sextile Venus, but Venus is square a retrogrede Mars? Well expect some fraying around the edges of a relationship; the dominant party will be the one who doesn’t attempt to dominate. In fact, with Saturn being retrograde along with Jupiter being so, it’s best to develop a Taoist attitude towards most things, observing and comprehending without being active (which is dammned near impossible for most of us). Sometimes it’s just best to let the obstacle remain in place, and to develop strategies to live with it. Magically, one’s best work might be to work on developing insight and empathy.