Show Notes:
Here are the timestamps for today's horoscope:
0:00 Welcome to the AstroMommy Newsletter Introduction
0:45 Daily Horoscope Title and Date
0:57 Good morning, friends! Updates
1:11 Daily Horoscope for Tuesday, November 8, 2022
9:52 The cards for the day
12:02 Question for you & End Remarks
12:11 Astrology, quick links, and resources
Transcription:
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Without further ado, here is the daily horoscope.
Good morning, friends!
For today’s post, I want to explore the eclipse a little bit more, and today is the day of the full moon poems! I am posting my poem very soon and if you’d like to post yours too, there will be instructions on how to do that in the upcoming poetry post.
Okay, let’s get into…the astrology
The total lunar eclipse occurred at 6:01 am ET. If you missed it, you can watch the replay at timeanddate.com.
I got up super early. I looked at my phone at 4:42 am and laid in bed for about 40 minutes and then got up at 5:20 a few minutes before my alarm was set to go off at 5:30 am. I made my coffee, got dressed, and went outside to try to view the eclipse. I was able to see the beautiful red Beaver Blood Moon behind the trees across the street from my driveway. Here are a few pictures. Not the best photos, but it was still a magical experience.
I woke up my husband at about 5:50 am to come outside and join me until sunrise. We stood on the little hill in my front yard that is next to my driveway and watched the red moon get lighter and lighter as the sky woke up.
Once the sky turned a beautiful azure blue, across the street and down at our neighbor’s house, in between rooster crows, we heard a cat yowling. We quickly went inside as soon as we saw the black form start to slink over toward us!
I can only imagine that it was a female cat in heat by the way she was yowling—so loud and eager. I thought of Venus in Scorpio—yowling, hungry for love, having an intense itch that needs to be scratched.
I thought of Uranus in Taurus behind the Moon way, way, way off into the distance of the galaxy, invisible to my eyes, but I knew he was there.
I saw Mars up and to the left of the moon, shining brightly with a red hue. I tried to take a picture of Mars, but it just looked like a bright dot in a sea of black. It was not an impressive photo.
The song, Low Red Moon by Belly played in my head too while I was watching this eclipse. I feel that the lyrics of this song are really quite perfect with Venus in her detriment, opposing the exalted Moon in Taurus, conjunct Uranus, and Mars being the dispositor of Venus, the Sun, Mercury, and the South Node in Scorpio--I encourage you to listen to the song with astrological/archetypal ears, but I will read the lyrics, now, because I think it adds a poetic depth:
Low Red Moon
Song by Belly
Lyrics
So what, you think this is usual?
Strange moon, strange land, strange man.
Hold the hands of tiny horses,
Hold them, hold them kindly, man.
Low Red Moon,
How can you sleep like a baby,
Sleep like baby?
But you shine so different on another.
You shine different on another.
I look up, and I see
The raising of an old hope,
Brave and tattered.
A shining knight with shining eyes,
He shines around me brightly.
So now, I say this is beautiful.
I think you are strange.
Low red moon, how can you sleep like a baby,
Sleep like a baby?
But you shine so different on another.
You shine different on another.
Strange moon, strange land, strange...
You made me cry when I was young,
And I was young.
Now I got strong arms,
Strong arms for a girl,
And I say,
He belongs to me.
He belongs to me.
He's a human bed of roses.
Well, now that I’ve shared with you all my total lunar eclipse experience, let’s get into the astrology of it all. (If you are listening to the recording, there are a lot of pictures in this post, and I have included them all in the show notes).
Below you will find a picture from Solar System Scope of this eclipse. Here you can see the line-up of the Moon, Earth, and the Sun. The Earth is lining up perfectly to block out the light of the Sun and thus creating this lunar eclipse. The Moon will glow red as this happens because some of the light will still reach the moon as it goes around the earth.
In the next picture of this alignment, I am showing you what it looks like from Earth’s perspective, looking towards the Sun. You can see the Moon, Earth, Sun, and Mercury in alignment, with Venus just a little to the left behind Mercury. Venus was conjunct the Sun on October 23, when the Sun and Venus met in Venus’s cazimi moment at 29°Libra and then they ingressed into Scorpio together. So, even though Venus is not perfectly lined up with this full moon eclipse, she is very much involved, being so close by degree, but also being the dispositor of the Moon in Taurus.
In this next photo, you can see the alignment from the other direction. Now we are looking at the eclipse from the other side of the Sun. We can see Venus, Mercury, the Sun, Earth, and the Moon (which you can’t actually see in this picture because she is behind the Earth, but she is there!), and way off in the distance you can see Uranus, aligning perfectly with this eclipse. Not only are we having an eclipse, but the Moon is conjoining Uranus—and Mercury is conjoining the Sun, and is Cazimi—in the heart of the Sun! That’s like being in the lap of the King! You can see Mars off to the left there and Jupiter over to the right, as well, in this picture.
So, these pictures have been describing what is happening in outer space, in a 3-D view. Now, let’s look at the 2-D astrology chart for this eclipse.
In this chart, we can see the Sun at 16°Scorpio 00’ on the left (gold glyph), with Mercury almost conjunct him, at 15°Scorpio 52’(purple glyph)—Mercury’s actual partile conjuction won’t be until 12:42 pm ET today—but he is within 08’ of arc, and so he is technically already cazimi at the time of this eclipse. Venus is there too at 20°Scorpio 13’ to the right of the Sun and the South Node (upside down horseshoe glyph) is on the other side of Mercury at 13°Scorpio 24’.
Across the chart from the Sun, Mercury, and Venus, you can see Uranus (blue glyph) at 16°Taurus 56’ retrograde; the exalted Moon (gold crescent moon glyph) at 16°Taurus 00’, and the North Node (looks like a horseshoe glyph) at 13°Taurus 24’.
So, not only do we have the Sun and the Moon in an opposition, but each luminary is in a significant conjunction—the Sun with Mercury and the Moon with Uranus! And so, the Sun and Mercury are opposite Uranus and the Moon, while in conjunction, and Uranus and the Moon are opposite Mercury, the Sun, and Venus, while in conjunction. This is a lot!
So, how do we make sense of all of these combined energies?
To put it in simple terms: our circumstances are going to have some sort of breakthrough while having to make some hard decisions regarding our relationships, our environments, and our goals in life. There could be dramatic shifts, developments, or people coming out about things in a wild way. This eclipse could also be a huge catalyst for issues involving women, especially things that are related to women’s reproductive rights, and Venus being in her detriment in Scorpio may not be quiet about it, like the yowling cat across the street from my house, she will make herself known and in a loud way! It’s an interesting thing— the exalted Moon in Taurus, which, among other things, represents motherhood, children, and fertility, opposite Venus in Scorpio, which represents sex, seduction, and deep needs and desires…my curiosity is super piqued as to what radical changes this eclipse energy will bring!
On top of this, at the exact moment of this eclipse, Scorpio is on the horizon and Mars is the traditional ruler of Scorpio and is placed in the eighth house of death and rebirth, so this configuration feels like a transformation of self—letting go of something that has been restricting you in some way. Dropping some burden that you no longer want to carry.
Let’s not forget that Venus is in detriment in Scorpio and is still within orb of her square to Saturn and also has just come off of her own opposition to Uranus. So, this feels like there has been something percolating, or in the works, that has had some chains around it, and this total lunar eclipse could be the catalyst where those chains are broken and something untamed is released. Like a stallion bursting out of a locked stable, or like a black cat going into heat and yowling at the Moon!
Like I said over the weekend, I think we will see people make major changes to their lives or have major things change in their circumstances that require them to pivot. And of course, we could see news reports involving the rights of women and women’s health topics. I don’t usually get into politics in my newsletters, but today is the mid-term election and so it has to be noted that there will probably be some important and revolutionary shifts—because how could there not be with Uranus so involved with this eclipse? Anyway, it will be interesting, astrologically, to see how the story unfolds over the next six months.
Depending upon what areas this eclipse is hitting for you, it may be an auspicious time to make changes in your own life, or it may be wiser to hang back and see what other people do before you make your moves.
Let’s move on to the card for the day:
What is the guidance for today?
And there I was…SURROUNDED
On this card, we see a large flower amongst many small flowers. On the bottom of the card, it says, “And there I was…SURROUNDED.”
The little book that comes with this deck says:
“Surrounded by the various and sometimes bizarre creatures of nature, I received a message. It said: “You and the earth are one” (Robbins, 1983)
Feeling surrounded could be many things—surrounded by love, support, comforts—surrounded by loss, strife, challenges—surrounded and trapped, surrounded and overwhelmed, surrounded by trees, ocean, or flowers like on this card.
I am going to pull a clarifying card :
Five of Pentacles
On this card, we see a mother holding her sleeping child on her lap. The mother’s head is bowed and pressing her forehead to her child’s, eyes closed, with a look of sorrow on her face.
So, this feels to me like people are feeling down and out. I do feel the love and hope from the mother holding her child close and comforting them on this card—so, I feel that these two cards together are a reminder that even though times are hard right now, you are supported by the Universe.
This eclipse energy could be really challenging for some right now, but these two cards are saying that love and hope surround you, even though you may feel like you are in need of great charity.
Let’s pull a tool card:
Power
On this card, we see a flower coming out of a lightning bolt, with the word “power,” across the bottom.
So, I feel that this means growing your power, the power that you have within you. Since this flower is bursting out of a lightning bolt, I feel that this is symbolizing breaking out of old habits, old ways of thinking, and old ways of operating—by being the beautiful, powerful, flower you are meant to be! Don’t hold your light back! Don’t give up on yourself—you are more powerful and resourceful than you know.
The little book says:
“Power is the ability to manifest intentions.
Attaining power is relatively easy, but the side effects and consequences of using it are incredibly dangerous. Acquiring knowledge is usually a more beneficial endeavor for the individual.” (Robbins, 1983?)
So, there could be the feeling of being surrounded by something very challenging right now and the message is to find your inner beauty and resilient nature and let it burst forth like a cosmic bolt of electricity!
What do you think? Do you see something else? Please share your thoughts in the comments!
I hope this is helpful!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
Today’s horoscope was brought to you by: The total lunar eclipse in Taurus, Sun and Mercury conjunct and opposite Uranus.
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Today’s 1st and 3rd cards were pulled from Morgan’s Tarot, available on Amazon.
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Low Red Moon Song by Belly, Lyrics Source: LyricFind
Robbins, M. (1983). Morgan's Tarot. In M. Robbins, Morgan's Tarot. U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Episode #52: Total Lunar Eclipse This Morning In Taurus, Conjunct Uranus and Opposite Mercury, The Sun, And Venus…Plus, A Yowling Cat