Friday, July 18, 2014, 22 Boedromion, no particular dedication, anniversary of the deveat of the Roman army by the Gauls 390 BCE, which lead to the sacking of Rome, of the great fire in Rome during Nero’s reign 64 AD, birthday of Emperor Rudolph II 1552, of Robert Hooke 1635, death of Petrarch 1374, of Caravaggio 1710, of Jane Austen 1817, 6th night of the Waning Moon (Last Quarter), starting in Aries, going Void of Course from 10:18 P.M. through the rest of the day, starting in the 2nd Mansion of the Moon, Al Botein/Alboitan, good for finding treasure, capturing things, exciting situations, achieving things, then entering the 3rd Mansion of the Moon, Al Thurayya/Alzoraya, good for career support, general good luck, to help or hinder judicial matters, around 9:00 P.M. Hours of the Day begin with Venus at 5:39 A.M., and last 73.8 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Mars at 8:25 P.M., lasting 46.2 minutes, Sun in Cancer, Mercury in Planetary Cancer, Venus starts in Gemini, then moves into Cancer 10:06 A.M. Mars in Libra, Jupiter in Leo, Saturn retrograde Scorpio. Today starts a new focus on home, and more importantly, on developing or increasing the loving support system the concept of home provides, with Venus’s move into Cancer. Paired with Jupiter’s move into Leo 2 days ago (which brings more self-confidence and augments one’s abilities), this should be a good time to establish new and more expansive interconnections in your private life. But these things cannot be forced, particularly today. The combination of the Moon being conjunct Uranus and in opposition to Mars (to say nothing of it being the last quarter, and so, the Moon square the Sun), stirs up a lot of anxiety that we aren’t doing enough, we aren’t getting things done, that we are disappointing (or others are). Try to accept that laying the groundwork is as (if not more) important than seeing results today. The support of the Moon’s move into the 3rd mansion assists one’s magicks to bring people together, to establish new alliances, to blunt rancor.