Just several days after the New Moon and moods are still somewhat tense and anxious. Indeed for some this may prove to be a highly uncomfortable emotional atmosphere that may be capable of generating extremes of mood and feeling, that as well as anything may be related to a particularly powerful spate of earthquakes in Southern Sumatra and elsewhere over the last 48 hours.

Under these circumstances there is a strong likelihood that those susceptible to sensitive atmospheres may find themselves challenged by powerful emotions that may be difficult to contend with.

Another feature of this period is the possibility of pronounced fears and apprehensions that may even exist where there is no obvious cause for such concerns. As a result all problems may seem magnified with a desperate, sometimes despairing feeling of pessimism and isolation. There is also need to guard against irritable moods and inclinations that may be disposed to argumentative behaviour or aggressive outbursts that have the potential to become extremely heated or even violent. These will be made all the more likely by the consumption of even moderate quantities of alcohol whose effects will be magnified at this time.

One of the prime features of this present alert is the opposition between the Sun and Uranus which is now at a peak. This has been influential for well over a week but its effects will now be more apparent. These include an unreal sense of awareness and of struggling to concentrate or focus attention on ones task and duties. In addition there will be a strong escapist element with bizarre, unusual, or out of character moods and emotions. For some these may even tend towards the perverse and extreme, with powerful deviations from the norm.

It should be warned that Uranus can influence particularly extreme moods and actions, with a disruptive or rebellious disposition, that will show an emphasis towards the dramatic or very drastic.

As on previous days a measure of control and balance may come from the slow moving opposition between Venus and Neptune. This will exert a more refined and harmonious atmosphere, but also has the potential for extreme emotional sensitivity, and easy disillusionment.

Once again we find a highly complex mood setting that on this occasion may be subject to highly unsettling emotions that some may find especially difficult to cope with. However coming days should see a slow decline in the intensity of these emotions as we begin to exit one of the years most concentrated periods of planetary alignment.

Alert is 8. Moon 4% illuminated.