We are now just three or four days away from the Full Moon and the mood pattern will be filled with tense nervous restlessness. In addition there may be increased levels of aggression with a tendency towards disagreements, misunderstandings or arguments that have the potential to become quite nasty.

Under these circumstances it may prove difficult to settle, and feelings may be very much on edge. As a result doubts and worries may proliferate and problems may appear magnified or seemingly insoluble. Concentration will also be less than optimal with trouble in focusing on the task in hand as other more attractive alternatives become hard to resist. In fact this will be an atmosphere that will respond quite readily to escapist tendencies and there may be an above average need to resort to activities that seem to offer instant emotional rewards.

Another feature of this period is that it may prove difficult to reach decisions over even the most trivial of choices and there may be a corresponding loathing for situations of responsibility or those requiring an authoritative response.

Despite the heightened mood atmosphere some may feel a degree of melancholia or depression or find it harder to get going. Indeed for some this flattening of emotions may prove distressing and lead to a downward spiral of enthusiasm, with pessimistic moods and feelings that may be tinged with futility or despair.

On another level some may feel gripped with a bizarre sense of unreality with out of character feelings that once again may prove to be disturbing.

On the whole this will not qualify as the easiest of mood atmosphere’s, and some may find it to be especially oppressive. Unfortunately coming days are likely to see more of the same sort of feelings as we approach the Full Moon on the 20th of May, though the more zestful atmosphere of the Full Moon should at least offset some of the flattened or melancholic moods of the last few days.

Alert is 7.5 - 8. Moon 88% illuminated.