New Moon tensions are still very prevalent in this current alert period. This means continued nervous restlessness with the potential for strained, irritable or impatient responses. Under these circumstances there may be a heavy risk of confrontation with others and the merest pretext may be enough to ignite a situation of the greatest conflict.

Overall stresses and anxiety are made all the more likely by the opposition of the Moon and Uranus. At the same time the Moon is also in alignment to Saturn.

With regards to moods and emotions this is creating a pattern that may be subject to exacting feelings with a very low threshold of tolerance. In fact any sort of Moon/Uranus alignment is well known for its disturbed, erratic and unusual mood responses. Indeed some of the worst mood circumstances often arise during Moon/Uranus alignments and are often to be found where there are extremes of circumstance, particularly in incidents that grab the news headlines. During these periods it pays to be wary of family upheavals with the potential for drastic or dramatic reactions to even the most trivial of provocation, or indeed scarcely any provocation at all.

The above mentioned aggression will be made all the more severe by the continued alignment of Mars and Jupiter, both of which are currently in alignment to Mercury. As well as anything this will ensure hyper aware and alert moods with a high degree of mental and nervous acuity. For some this could be disturbing and made lead to the need to take the edge off the atmosphere by the most appropriate means possible. For others it may mean prodigious effort or zestful enthusiasm with a renewed keenness for on going schemes and ventures. However concentration will be far from optimal and it will require extra determination to keep to the task in hand.

All in all this is a mood that may incline towards extremes and will only be staunched by the influence of Saturn, whose more limiting and disciplined nature will at least give some sense of restraint. Equally though it can lead to doubts and misgivings with pessimism and lack of confidence. Hence there will be a somewhat polarised atmosphere between this and the influence of more zestful emotions of a more forceful, expansive, or explosive nature, and particularly the unpredictable, violent and unstable workings of Uranus which will continue for at least the next 24 hours.

Alert is 8. moon 1 % illuminated.