The Moon is in Aries today, applying to trine Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter and squaring Mars this afternoon and into the evening. Simultaneously all three planets are square to Saturn now, who is direct in Scorpio.

Images:

* An intervention
* A convicted statement erupts out of nowhere
* A bold prediction, investment, risk, or gamble
* A meeting of the minds
* Persuasion, rhetoric, debate, cynicism, doubt, blind optimism
* Defiance, cavalier attitudes, damaged pride

Today as the Moon is waning in the sign of Mars, there is an attitude of contentiousness in the air. Passive aggression, built up or pent up moodiness, and even outright violence or combativeness are all keywords. In the meantime, three planets in Leo points to a certain amount or pride, confidence, good will, and charity intervening to help lighten what otherwise might be seen as an eruption of tempers and malicious intent.

Image: a beautiful bird flies through the scene of an argument, distracting the tension, not the people…the people forget.

Prayer: Help us to fly through the fires of this mid-summer square