Unfortunately for reasons beyond our control it has proved impossible to maintain the Mood Alert bulletins over the last few months. However we are now able to restore a limited daily service with the expectation that a full and improved Mood Alert will be introduced as soon as possible.

19th - 20th December 2008

We are now very much in a period we have often referred to as the ‘emotional doldrums’ which comes midway between the Full Moon and New Moon or vice versa. This means a period of several days that will see lowered or flattened emotions together with lack of confidence, low self esteem and easy disillusionment.

This particular doldrum period is further reinforced by the alignment of the Moon and Saturn, with both of them being in opposition to Uranus. This will lead to hesitant or insecure feelings but also a sense of personal limitation, discipline and control.

A prime element of this current alert is the opposition between the Moon and Uranus. As frequent visitors to this site will know this habitually leads to extreme and out of character emotions with a tendency towards the bizarre and drastic. In fact Moon/Uranus alignments are traditionally associated with particularly brutal or perverse crimes and actions. Inhibitions will also be lowered and resents the possibility of operating to a very altered state of mind.

This period continues to be governed by the continuing alignment between the Sun and Mars This has been active for over a month now and has contributed to an aggressive forthright and powerfully confrontational atmosphere, with passionate, determined and impatient attitudes. On an international level this has undoubtedly contributed more volatility to the on going financial crisis, as well as provoking the greatest social unrest in Greece for well over three decades. This alignment is now past its peak but continues to be influential, so that spontaneous flashes of temper and passion cannot be ruled out.

Predominantly it is emotions associated with flat or stunted emotions that may well hold sway, with poor enthusiasm, lack of motivation, and just generally feeling harder to get going. This may persist for several days longer but before long the more strident and forceful moods associated with the New Moon (now around a week away) will begin to make themselves apparent.

Alert is 6.5. Moon 48% illuminated.