Thursday, July 24, 2014, 28 Boedromion, dedicated to Hekate, Jacques Cartier lands in Canada 1534, birthday of Simon Bolivar 1783, 1st night of the Dark of the Moon, in Cancer, overseen by the 13th Decan, Craumonis, ruled by the Sun starting in the 8th Mansion of the Moon, Al Nathra/Ahaathra, governing positive aspects of love and happiness, but not advantageous in legal matters, then entering the 9th Mansion of the Moon Al Tarf/ Atarf, a time for baneful and destructive forms of magic, around 11:00 P.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Jupiter at 5:43 A.M., and last 73.1 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with the Moon at 8:21 P.M., lasting 46.9 minutes, Sun in Leo, Mercury in Cancer, Venus in Cancer, Mars in Libra, Jupiter in Leo, Saturn in Scorpio. Today is a day that practically demands one to face the difficulties that have been piling up. Venus and Mercury are trine Neptune retrograde, which sets the wheels of the mind spinning. While the Sun being conjunct Jupiter ought to bring an honorable aboveboard solution, Mercury being square Uranus retrograde and trine Saturn compel one to consider less savory options, while the move into the 9th Mansion practically demands it. So, this is a day when the sort of plotting in a Hitchcock movie (think “Strangers on a Train”) seems to occupy our minds. I would caution us all to not act on these somewhat twisted reveries. Magickally, things turn on a dime as well, the majority of the day lending itself to workings without concern for the consequences. Have a care, quite a bit of power is floating around tonight, more than you might comfortably handle.