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August 11, 1959

First Quarter Moon in Scorpio

18°17′ Scorpio · 1:10 pm ET

First Quarter in Scorpio · 50% lit

Daily WeatherScorpio · waxing 50%

Tuesday, August 11, 1959

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Moon in Scorpio · waxing 50% · Mercury ℞ in Leo · three planets retrograde

1:10 pm ET · 18°17′ Scorpio

First Quarter Moon

The waxing half steepens toward the full moon on August 18.

  • applying♀ ☌ ♂exact Fri 2:27 pm ET
  • applying☉ □ ♃exact Sun 5:21 pm ET
  • separating☉ ☌ ♅exact Sun 9:18 pm ET

A day of first friction — you may meet the first real test of something recently begun.

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Positions

  • Sun18°15′ Leo
  • Moon17°53′ Scorpio
  • Mercury℞︎8°41′ Leo
  • Venus℞︎16°07′ Virgo
  • Mars13°53′ Virgo
  • Jupiter22°52′ Scorpio
  • Saturn℞︎0°56′ Capricorn
  • Uranus16°47′ Leo
  • Neptune4°22′ Scorpio
  • Pluto3°24′ Virgo
  • North Node5°01′ Libra

Mercury, Venus & Saturn retrograde

Active aspects

  • Sun square Moon0.4° orb
  • Neptune sextile Pluto1.0° orb
  • Moon square Uranus1.1° orb
  • Sun conjunction Uranus1.5° orb
  • Moon sextile Venus1.8° orb
  • Venus conjunction Mars2.2° orb
  • Saturn trine Pluto2.5° orb
  • Saturn sextile Neptune3.4° orb
  • Moon sextile Mars4.0° orb
  • Mercury square Neptune4.3° orb
  • Sun square Jupiter4.6° orb
  • Moon conjunction Jupiter5.0° orb

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