The principal feature of this current alert is the opposition between the Moon and Saturn. This will stay active until around 20:30 GMT, or 16:30 EDT. Likely mood traits to result from this include a more restrained and disciplined outlook with rigid or emotionally restricted disposition. Although this will serve to lower the heightened mood atmosphere of the last week or so it may also induce emotions that could tend towards melancholia or depression. In addition there is likely to be a diminished sense of confidence with timid or reserved gestures along with pessimistic inclinations.

Other emotions include deeply self conscious awareness and a sense of ones own personal limitations. Above all this may invite sensitive and self recriminatory feelings with the idea that events, or life in general may be passing you by.

Taken on its own the above mentioned opposition would tend to generate a rather morose and defeatist atmosphere but fortunately this is balanced by other sources that inspire a more zestful mentality. In particular there is the continuing alignment between the Sun and Venus. Although this is now coming to its close it still remains influential and for close on the last month it has produced more agreeable and pleasure seeking moods that at the very least have ensured that the harsher elements of this period were not as extreme as they might otherwise have been.

As frequent visitors to this site will know this alignment is also capable of friendlier and more affectionate emotions with a better sense of sympathy and understanding. In addition it may also lead to flirtatious or romantic feelings with the possibility of forming new relationships or the rekindling of existing ones.

Another prime factor of this current alert is the on going opposition between Mars and Neptune. This is likely to result in energetic and sensitive emotions with a powerful self refining urge that will seek to put right those areas of ones life that may be less than agreeable. However it can also lead to irrational fears, increased emotional frustration and self deception.

Special warning needs to be given for the period after 06:00 GMT (02:00 EDT) on the 25th of June when the Moon begins to align with Uranus. Frequent visitors to this site will know that Moon/Uranus alignments are out of the top category of extreme mood inducing factors and need the most careful of attention. Indeed many of the more lurid news stories and in particular those that concern bizarre or especially brutal murders are often found to have a Moon/Uranus connection. Even more disturbing is that fact many of these incidents concern previously law abiding citizens who suddenly flipped to cause some of the worlds most sensational news stories.

In particular Moon/Uranus alignments have the ability to introduce out of character thoughts and emotions with bizarre, unusual or even perverse modes of behaviour. This can also lead to extreme domestic disharmony with drastic solutions to even the most ordinary problems. As well as this there may be a galvanic crusading energy with restless highly strung moods and feelings.

The last few days has seen the end of the long term opposition between Saturn and Neptune. This has been influential since at least the end of March and has contributed to a period of acute emotional frustration with inhibited creativity and restricted emotional range. As well as this there may have been a tendency to unusual financial losses as well as a stagnating attitude with little forward progress. If so then things may well be set for a change, and at the very least a persistent impediment to clear thought and decision making has now been removed.

Alert is 7.5 (rising to at least 8, when the Moon/Uranus alignment becomes active). Moon 70% illuminated.