Friday, May 23, 2014, 25 Hekatombaion, no particular dedication in the Athenian calendar, in Roman rites a day for cleansing of the sacred trumpets, a Tubilustrum, as well as being dedicated to Volcanus, capture of Joan of Arc 1430, Tycho Brahe begins work on his observatory 1576, Captain Kidd hanged in London 1701, birthday of Elias Ashmole 1616, Carl Linnaeus 1707, marriage of Henry VII and Catherine of Aragorn annuled 1533, death of Savonarola 1498, 9th night of the Waning Moon, starting in Pisces, then going Void of Course from 2:26 A.M. to 12:09 P.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 12:10 P.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Venus at 5:32 A.M., and last 73.4 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Mars at 8:13 P.M., lasting 46.6 minutes, Sun in Gemini, Mercury in Gemini, Venus in Aries, Mars in Libra, Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn retrograde Scorpio. Today should see us all distracted by minutae, thanks to the Moon being square Mercury while trine the Sun. try to keep in mind that it’s the journey, not whether the tips of your shoe laces (aglets) are exactly aligned. Yes , we will be afflicted by attending to that level of detail, which can distract one from the bigger picture. Magically, this impulse may be channeled to ordering things to our liking. It’s not a bad day for taking control of a situation.