Today sees the height of the alignment between the Sun and Mercury which has been gathering pace over the last few days or so.

With regards to moods and emotions this means a period of powerful mental and nervous activity with the potential for unsettled and apprehensive feelings with a strong desire for change.

It should also be remembered that we are only just a few days beyond the Full Moon and this influence will still be very much in evidence. This inevitably means a continuing period of stretched moods and emotions, with the likelihood of turbulent or agitated feelings with the possibility of arguments and volatile behaviour.

Some measure of restraint will come from the opposition between the Moon and Venus. This will add more popular, friendly, and affectionate moods with a better sense of harmony and rhythm. It will also give a strongly creative element to expression, and combined with the influence of Mercury may lead to deep rooted feelings of a mystical, spiritual, or religious nature.

In turn this may open up inner pathways to new and more rewarding avenues of personal insight and enlightenment, both on a conscious and subconscious level. In fact this period may well become a reservoir of inner accumulation regarding ideas and plans that even if not immediately acted upon will serve as an important reference in any future decisions and choices.

All in all this is still a period of some intensity, but with plenty of opportunities to broaden ones horizons in a definitive and permanent manner.

Alert is 8. Moon 94% illuminated.