October 29, 2005
VOLATILE EMOTIONAL UNDERCURRENTS
The Moon’s Motion by Declination

The last part of 2005 and the year of 2006 will bring some tidings of good cheer, but major astrological patterns indicate great struggles. Underlying these stressful patterns is the extreme motion of the MOON’S declination. A declination refers to the MOON’S (or a planet’s) apparent oscillation above and below the Earth’s equator. The monthly MOON cycle affects all of Nature, describing patterns of beginnings, growth and decline so that a new cycle can begin.

The MOON (describing to the public mood) is now swinging monthly from its highest to its lowest degree (28 degrees) in declination. This makes emotions more volatile, influencing everything from daily living to financial markets, political life and international affairs.

The most extreme swing of the MOON’S declination occurs every couple of decades. Most recently, the MOON reached 28 degrees starting in early 2005 and it will continue through 2006 and most of 2007. Historic examples include: from March ’86 to April ’88 (think “Crash of ’87”) and before that, from September ’67 to October ’70 (think Civil Rights) and March ’49 to March ’52 (Korean War).

We must remember that planetary patterns are the primary descriptors (or determinants) of lives and events and the MOON’s extreme declinations only increase emotional reactivity.

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