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August 28, 1971

First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius

5°08′ Sagittarius · 10:57 pm ET

First Quarter in Scorpio · 46% lit · enters Sagittarius 12:57 pm ET

Daily WeatherScorpio · waxing 46%

Saturday, August 28, 1971

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Moon in Scorpio · waxing 46% · Mercury ℞ in Virgo · two planets retrograde

10:57 pm ET · 5°08′ Sagittarius

First Quarter Moon

The waxing half steepens toward the full moon on September 5.

  • 12:57 pm ET☽Moon enters Sagittarius
  • applying☿ □ ♆exact Sun 4:59 am ET
  • applying♀ □ ♄exact Sun 11:33 am ET
  • applying☉ □ ♄exact Mon 12:41 am ET
  • applying☿ □ ♃exact Tue 3:11 pm ET

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

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Positions

  • Sun4°43′ Virgo
  • Moon29°46′ Scorpio
  • Mercury℞︎0°56′ Virgo
  • Venus4°58′ Virgo
  • Mars℞︎12°49′ Aquarius
  • Jupiter28°23′ Scorpio
  • Saturn6°07′ Gemini
  • Uranus11°33′ Libra
  • Neptune0°22′ Sagittarius
  • Pluto28°37′ Virgo
  • North Node14°20′ Aquarius

Mercury & Mars retrograde

Active aspects

  • Jupiter sextile Pluto0.2° orb
  • Sun conjunction Venus0.3° orb
  • Mercury square Neptune0.6° orb
  • Moon conjunction Neptune0.6° orb
  • Moon square Mercury1.2° orb
  • Moon sextile Pluto1.2° orb
  • Venus square Saturn1.2° orb
  • Mars trine Uranus1.3° orb
  • Moon conjunction Jupiter1.4° orb
  • Sun square Saturn1.4° orb
  • Neptune sextile Pluto1.8° orb
  • Jupiter conjunction Neptune2.0° orb
  • Mercury square Jupiter2.5° orb
  • Sun conjunction Mercury3.8° orb
  • Mercury conjunction Venus4.0° orb
  • Sun square Neptune4.3° orb
  • Venus square Neptune4.6° orb
  • Sun square Moon4.9° orb

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