Thursday, January 01, 2015, 12 Elaphebolion, dedicated to Dionysus in the Athenian calendar, 2nd day of the City Dionysia, in Roman rites dedicated to Aesculapius and Vedovis, healing deities, Julian calendar introduced 45 BCE, Muhammad starts towards Mecca with an army 630 AD, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” published 1818, Emancipation Proclaimation issued 1863, Eniac, the first computer, completed 1946, birthday of Edmund Burke 1729, of Paul Revere 1735, of James Frazer 1854. 12th night of the Waxing Moon, starting Void of Course in Taurus, then entering Gemini 12:09 P.M. oversight of the next ten days passing to the 29th Decan, Epimu, ruled by Mars, starting in the 5th Mansion of the Moon Al Haq’a/Almices, good for healing, building, children, the return of lost things, then entering the 6th Mansion of the Moon, Al Han’ah/Athaya, a day for stirring things up, promoting cruel and destructive acts, agricultural disasters, around 6:00 P.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Jupiter at 7:20 A.M., and last 46.4 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with the Moon at 4:37 P.M., lasting 73.6 minutes, Sun in Capricorn, Mercury in Capricorn, Venus in Capricorn, Mars in Aquarius, Jupiter retrograde in Leo, Saturn in Sagittarius. I suppose today is as good a day as any to be wrestling with one’s desires and one’s place in the world, and the planets certainly encourage it. The Morning gives us a Gemini Moon trine Mercury and Venus which encourages and active, facile mind. Things can get murky in the afternoon and evening, when the Moon is in opposition to Saturn, while Mars is in opposition to Jupiter retrograde, while late in the evening the Moon is square Neptune. These planetary movements later in the day can make us believe that we can achieve easily… the impossible. Draw your own conclusions on that one. I’m just saying that we all can’t be the first person to colonize Mars, in a rocket, built in one’s backyard. As for one’s magicks, the move into the 6th Mansion can persuade one to do work that pleases oneself, and dam the consequences. Epimu is depicted as a man holding a monkey, and spurs on the need to know the unknowable.