#t cross

This is the chart I use for my own astrology practice. I've got five asteroids, instead of just the usual Chiron, plus Eris (the planetoid beyond Pluto), Black Lilith, and both the North and South Node of the Moon. And you'll notice a lot more aspects on my chart preferences.

This lets me pull out some interesting little patterns. Let me show you what I mean.

Observe the Moon (one day from full) in Scorpio, trine to Saturn in Aquarius, and Vesta (an asteroid) in Aquarius. The Moon is also trine to Ceres (another asteroid) in Gemini. Ceres is trine that Saturn/Vesta conjunction, too.

Three trines make a Grand Trine. Imagine, if you will, energy just zooming along the lines of that triangle, bouncing from point to point, around and around.

Saturn is all responsibility, limitations, boundaries. The Moon is emotional crap. Ceres is nurturing, self and others, while Vesta is focus, integration, connection. Remember that a conjunction unites energies into one singular point, so Vesta and Saturn are really getting together and doing great things for organization, responsible actions, and community efforts.

Put the Grand Trine together, and you may expect yourself to ping pong around ideas of self worth and care, care and responsible behavior towards your social group, deep emotional needs (your own and others)...

Then, see how the Moon is opposite Eris and Pallas? Eris is death, change, rebirth, and Pallas is all about effort and strategic intelligence. You may find that opposition causing you to swap between thoughts of 'burn it all down and start over', and 'a little creative destruction can bring new growth, so why not?', alongside frustration as the needs of the group, the needs of the self, the emotional undertow all collide.

There's also a lovely pattern between Pluto, the Moon, and Eris. This time, we have Pluto square both Eris and the Moon, and the opposition betwen Moon and Eris completing our T Cross.

Imagine that bouncing back and forth of an opposition, with the ends united to squares of tension pointing at Pluto in this case. Emotions and destruction leading to rebirth, spilling out on Pluto, the planet(oid) of death, secrets, and rebirth.

You may be feeling the urge towards some radical change. Shave your head, dye your hair, get a new tattoo or piercing, shake up your life, quit your job, take up demonaltry...

And tomorrow, we'll have a Lunar Eclipse across the full moon, visible from the North American continent, most of Europe, most of South America. So all that energy in both the Grand Trine and the T Cross will feel muddled and odd, as the shadow of the Earth crosses the Moon, as the Moon reaches opposition with the Sun.