How are you doing today?

Not so good here at Casa de Node. Right around the time I was waking up, the Moon was getting ready to enter Sag and go mutable. And as I lifted my head off the pillow, the Sun in mutable Virgo was approaching a square to Mars in mutable Gemini and opposition to Pluto in mutable Sag. As I moved to pick my head up off the pillow, that simple act that I take for granted every day, my cervical spine went mutable. I heard a sound that reminded me of billiard balls knocking softly together, and a twinge of pain in my neck and back as a vertebra or two in my neck shifted into the wrong place.

Friends, the first word out of my mouth this morning was the F-WORD! That’s right, in all caps.

Yep, Mars is about conflict and anger, but he’s also the planet of injuries, pain and inflammation. And the F-word.

Did I mention that Saturn in mutable Virgo squares my natal Saturn in mutable Gemini this week? Saturn governs duty, discipline, structure and work. The square represents challenge. And Saturn governs bones too. My skeleton, my structure, my Saturn went wonky. Isn’t medical astrology fascinating?

A friend came by a couple of weeks ago, and we got to talking about health. We both have planets in the 6th house, which gives us an interest in the everyday, as well as delicate constitutions. So our conversations often end up in the 6th house. I told her about some stuff I was doing to strengthen my colon, and how it occurred to me I needed to be nicer to my body, show it more love, say thanks for doing a good job. Thank you, Colon, for doing your job. I appreciate what you do for me. Because I noticed I was getting angry at the parts that hurt— my head, my left hip, my colon, and taking them for granted when they do not hurt. That kind of neglect can’t be healthy.

How is your day going?