Today sees an opposition between the Moon and Mars. This is likely to create aggressive, forceful, and restless emotions with a strong passions and feelings. There may also be a powerful sense of like and dislike together with a keen degree of zestfulness, enthusiasm, and determination.

Under these circumstances arguments and strong emotions could produce friction and anxiety, but there is also likely to be a positive and energetic disposition, ready to confront problems with a strong mental outlook.

Today also sees the beginning of an extremely important alignment featuring the Sun and Venus. This will be active throughout the festive period and will exert a softening element to some of the harsher attributes of this present alert pattern. Likely traits include powerful feelings and emotions, with greater sympathy and understanding as well as affectionate and friendlier inclinations. Added to this there may be a strong need for intimacy and belonging, or an above average desire for companionship and pleasure seeking activities.

As we have frequently made mention this period also finds itself at the focus of the alignment involving Mars, Earth, Jupiter, and Neptune. A likely outcome of this is a complex mix of emotions ranging from aggressive, confrontational, and belligerent attitudes, to sensitive, self refining emotions, with a perceptive and intuitive disposition. This could manifest itself in philosophical, mystical, or increased spiritual insight, with a broadened and more inspired outlook that may open doors to new avenues of thought and ideas. Escapism in its limitless guises may result in reduced concentration, or frustrate a well ordered routine as tempting distractions will be difficult to ignore.

At the same time Jupiter will exert a noticeable degree of charm and friendship with generous and fun loving characteristics. On the other hand this may also involve exaggerated or extravagant gestures with over expenditure of effort and finances. It may also lead to excess and over indulgence.

All in all this is a highly complex mood atmosphere, which despite certain rougher traits also incorporates well meaning, sympathetic and compassionate feelings that sit well with the spirit of Christmas. Indeed for some, this festive period may well turn out to be the happiest and most meaningful for a very long time.

Alert is 7.5 Moon 11% illuminated.