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Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005

It dawned on me yesterday that this morning's Full Moon is in an close square to the Galactic Core. The core is at about 27 even Sagittarius. The Full Moon was at 25+ Pisces/Virgo, so we're close. Over the next 36 hours, the Sun and Mercury make an exact square to the core; they make a conjunction every year about three months from now, just before winter solstice. I forgot to mention this; remember, sometimes I miss really big, obvious things.

I don't have an easy summary of the symbolism, effects or archetype of the Galactic Core. But I'm gradually getting  there. As for what it is physically, it's the center of our island in space, our local universe of some 300 billion stars. We can see many other galaxies from Earth but we cannot see across our own galaxy because it's too dusty.

One idea for the core is "that which is within us but seems to be outside us." That's another way of saying God. Or another way of saying The Source. The headwaters of the great river of life.

Squares are about push and pull, either or, tension and integration. Let's see what we can notice over the next 36 hours and maybe we'll get some clues.

The Moon is now void of course in Pisces, about to cross the Aries point within a -- nope -- the Moon is in Aries now. That's another one to listen to, take notice of, and see what we observe. Astrology is natural. In some ways, it's like listening to bird calls.

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