Weekend Before the Storm

Saturday-Sunday August 17-18, 2024

– Gibbous Moon Phase – trust, analyze, prepare, digest, alchemy

8/17/2024 @ 7:00 AM EST

– Retrogrades in 2024 – 

  • Pluto – May 2 – October 12
  • Saturn – June 30 – November 15
  • Neptune – July 2 – December 7
  • Chiron – July 26 – December 29
  • Mercury – August 5 – August 28

– Moon in CAPRICORN – 8/17 Void of Course 4:43 PM – 5:45 PM moving to Aquarius

– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac)  – Aug – 17th – 18th – Set Eggs, Host a Party, Castrate Farm Animals, Mow to Increase Growth, Dig Holes, Kill Plant Pests, Cut Firewood, Paint, Wean, Potty Train

– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – August 17th – 18th – Barren days, fine for killing plant pests.

– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year:  20 ARIES: a young girl feeding birds in winter

– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): – Kali – The Destroyer

– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Kathe, God of the South – Waves and Music

– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month – New Moon in LEO SUN/MOON –  13 LEO: an old sea captain rocking on the porch of his cottage    (EARTH –  13 AQUARIUS: a barometer)

8/18/2024 @ 7:00 AM EST

SUN – 2

26 LEO: after a heavy storm, a rainbow
27 LEO: daybreak — the luminescence of dawn in the eastern sky

EARTH – 

26 AQUARIUS: a garage man testing a car’s battery with a hydrometer
27 AQUARIUS: an ancient pottery bowl filled with violets