Monday, April 07, 2014, 9 Skirophorion, birthday of St Francis Xavier 1506, 9th night of the Waxing Moon (1st Quarter), starting in Pisces, then going Void of Course from 2:14 P.M. through the rest of the day, starting in the 9th Mansion of the Moon Al Tarf/ Atarf, good for baneful and destructive forms of magic, then entering the 10th Mansion of the Moon, Al Jabhah/Algebhah good for love and friendship, thwarting criminal activities and evil intentions, around 7:00 P.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with the Moon at 6:30 A.M., and last 64.66 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Venus at 7:26 P.M., lasting 55.33 minutes, Sun in Aries, Mercury starts in Pisces, then enters Aries 11:35 A.M., Venus in Pisces, Mars retrograde in Libra, Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn retrograde Scorpio. As usual the pesky 1st quarter Moon is peering over our shoulders, suggesting that we haven’t applied ourselves, that we seem to be treading water. Well, what else do you expect when the Moon is also square Mars? Many times we look for scapegoats to explain away current circumstances, or dawdle by setting up and knocking down paper tigers. It’s best to ride the current set up by the Moon also being trine Saturn retrograde, and sift through things you enjoyed in the past, and to use those as guideposts to emerge out of present circumstances. Magically, a day to confound rivals, to hinder competition.