Mercury opposition Saturn ℞ in Aries · Venus square Pluto ℞ in Aquarius

Mercury has just crossed the opposition to Saturn, still within a hair's orb but separating, and I want to be careful here because the mechanical read (thought meets obstruction, message meets refusal) understates what's actually happening. Mercury in Libra is received by Saturn in Aries by exaltation. Saturn is honoring the messenger even while opposing him. So the argument you expected to lose, you may find you don't lose so much as have to make properly, in full sentences, to someone who is listening more carefully than they're letting on. Saturn in fall does complicate that; the authority on the other side of the table is not as sure of its ground as its posture suggests.

Venus in Scorpio, in her detriment, is separating from a square to Pluto. Whatever the intensity was over the last few days, in a relationship or a financial entanglement, it has already made its point. What remains is the aftertaste, and Venus does not metabolize this sign gracefully.

Mars in Cancer is in fall, but sitting on Pollux, which is the kind of contradiction I find more interesting than either factor alone. A weakened Mars given an audacious star to lean on tends to produce action that surprises the actor. Not strategic boldness. Reactive boldness. Worth noticing before you commit to it.

The Moon runs through Sagittarius all day in the Tail mansion, which is traditionally a mansion of endings and clearing away. Combined with the Mercury-Saturn opposition finally unwinding, the day has a distinctly closing-the-book quality.

The Nodes are stationary on the Regulus degree, which I'd normally make more of, except that a stationary node is exactly the kind of thing that describes a season rather than a Friday. Note it; don't organize your day around it. Neptune's square to Lilith is doing its slow background work and doesn't need me today.