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It's a seer's dream; vast masses of humanity push forward in frantic effort to cross the black chasm of knowledge.
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A woman, cool in sunbonnet and simple garments, is leisurely watering long rows of flowers in full bloom.
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A kindly old professor, from (behind) his battered desk looks out over his eyeglasses at a class eagerly awaiting his words.
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A peaceful scene is unfolded to view; a calm ocean, a single motionless ship, a few lazy soaring seagulls.
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A little boy, rebellious against school, watches a fluttering autumn leaf that seems to spell out his lesson for him .
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A big trained bear sitting on a chair especially built for him is waving all four paws in grotesque fashion.
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In a fantasy presented by the children of an exclusive school a huge egg cracks to reveal a cherubic miss.
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Several children are splashing with delight in a receding tide, and at their feet are shellfish groping for shelter.
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A child who is strange to rural life has taken violent fancy to a little white lamb and a Chinese servant smiles.
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The little boys are welcomes to the store of the genial oriental rug dealer for rare fun in piled softness.
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A group of serious-eyed, earnest -faced men are seeking illumination and are conducted into a massive sanctuary.
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A woman is great with child; the remarkable thing is that she was impregnated by her own spirit or aspiration.
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Bathed in the slantwise western sun, with the statue of liberty beyond, Ellis Island welcomes the immigrants.
| October 21, 2021 | Th |
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| October 22, 2021 | Fr |
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| Planet | Longitude |
| Sun | 28 Lib 26' 05" |
| Moon | 09 Tau 39' 22" |
| Mercury | 10 Lib 55' 28" |
| Venus | 15 Sag 10' 13" |
| Mars | 24 Lib 00' 21" |
| Jupiter | 22 Aqu 20' 56" |
| Saturn | 06 Aqu 58' 18" |
| Uranus | 13 Tau 22' 06" R |
| Neptune | 20 Pis 50' 54" R |
| Pluto | 24 Cap 22' 08" |
| Chiron | 09 Ari 51' 31" R |
| Lilith | 10 Gem 33' 04" |
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 | Sun | 28 |  | 28'24" |
 | Moon | 10 |  | 7'25" |
 | Mercury | 10 | | 56'41" |
 | Venus | 15 |  | 12'38" |
 | Mars | 24 | | 1'54" |
 | Jupiter | 22 |  | 20'57" |
 | Saturn | 6 | | 58'21" |
 | Uranus | 13 | | 22' 1"r |
 | Neptune | 20 |  | 50'51"r |
 | Pluto | 24 |  | 22' 9" |
 | TrueNode | 1 |  | 56'24"r |
 | Chiron | 9 |  | 51'25"r |
| Planet | Aspect | Planet | Orb |
| Moon | Quincunx | Mercury | 1.27 |
| Moon | Square | Saturn | 2.68 |
| Mercury | Quincunx | Moon | 1.27 |
| Mercury | Quincunx | Uranus | 2.44 |
| Mercury | Opposition | Chiron | 1.07 |
| Mercury | Trine | Lilith | 0.37 |
| Venus | Quincunx | Uranus | 1.80 |
| Mars | Trine | Jupiter | 1.66 |
| Mars | Square | Pluto | 0.36 |
| Jupiter | Trine | Mars | 1.66 |
| Saturn | Square | Moon | 2.68 |
| Saturn | Sextile | Chiron | 2.89 |
| Uranus | Quincunx | Mercury | 2.44 |
| Uranus | Quincunx | Venus | 1.80 |
| Pluto | Square | Mars | 0.36 |
| Chiron | Opposition | Mercury | 1.07 |
| Chiron | Sextile | Saturn | 2.89 |
| Chiron | Sextile | Lilith | 0.69 |
| Lilith | Trine | Mercury | 0.37 |
| Lilith | Sextile | Chiron | 0.69 |
| October 21st, 2021 | |
![[S]](https://www.astrograph.com/images/icons/sun.gif){kind=icon} | The Sun is in Libra |
 | The Moon is in Taurus The Full Moon is in Taurus: All day |
![[Hg]](https://www.astrograph.com/images/icons/Mercury.gif){kind=icon} | Next Mercury Retrograde Period Jan 14 - Feb 3 |
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| Sunset 18:52 |
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15 days old
15th Lunar Day
19:21(= H Lever de Lune jour suivant)
This Lunar Day is propicious to friendships, meeting up with people, or common ventures, but also disappointments or disillusions.
Waning Moon
This period is intended to summarize and analyze errors. It is better not to begin new affairs at this time.
Moon in Taurus 
14:55
Suitable energy for practical activities, making money, business, building, engineering, woodworking, sculpting, pottery, cooking, massage, healing, meditating, contemplating, being still and content, artistic, sensual. All pleasurable activities. Purchase of beautiful objects, furniture, furnishings, clothes, flowers, art works, jewellery, land.
Lunar Mansion 4, Al-Dabaran (The Eye of God)
8° 34' 17'' Taurus – 21° 25' 43'' Taurus
Good For
Work, craftsmanship, trade. Defeating enemies, removing obstacles.
Not Good For
Marriage, friendship. Real estate, building. Wells and mines. Traveling by sea.
Essence
Enmity, struggle, conflict, argument, anger. Violent passion.
Opinions
Warnock: Indicates argument and anger. Its appearance often signifies chaos, enmity, struggle and conflict. It can be an indication of strength, too. But the situation requires restraint, lest we succumb to violence, either physical or emotional. This mansion can signify a contest of wills or a lawsuit. It indicates countervailing forces, and often signifies obstacles in reaching our goals. It also reminds us, however, that without risk there is no gain. To achieve our goals, it is sometimes necessary to put forth furious effort. The treasure cannot be seized by the slow, the fearful or the lazy. Al-Dabaran may exhort us to seize the day, to apply our greatest effort in order to reap rewards.
Volguine: Signifies a great deal of diplomacy and predicts violent feelings and irresistible passion under the appearance of good nature, especially if the native is sensual.
Volguine: A favourable sign for work, manufacture and small trade; but unfavourable for real estate, building, and everything having to do with mines. It is also the sign of marriage, but at the same time of discord in the conjugal or natal home.
Volguine: Obstacles in life must be surmounted by the energy of the native.
Volguine: Creates the danger of some hardships at the beginning of life and exposes the native to being himself the direct cause of quarrels or regrettable vexations.
Agrippa: It causes the destruction and hindrances of buildings, fountains, wells, of gold mines, the flight of creeping things, and begets discord.
Ashmole 396: When the Moon is in this Mansion, sow your seeds, wear new clothes. Wed not. Buy prisoners. Begin to build, for it shall be durable. Buy tame beasts. Enter into no ship for to travel the sea, for you shall have tempests of waves. Take no new fellowship. If you be taken, you shall have long captivity. Build, dig conduits. Buy servants and beasts. Go before what lord you have business with. Beware of weddings.
Lunar Mansion 5, Al-Haqa (A White Spot)
21° 25' 43'' Taurus – 4° 17' 09'' Gemini
Good For
Studies and other intellectual activities. Artistic activities. Seeking a favour from a superior. Traveling, especially by water. Return from a journey. Washing and cutting hair.
Not Good For
Social activities, collective work.
Essence
Essentially benefic. Focus on mind and intellect.
Opinions
Warnock: This is a Mansion of thought and mind. It signifies the energy of the Mind of the Universe, particularly as manifest in the intellect of each person. It indicates the successful solution of an intellectual problem or the necessity of applying intelligence to a current dilemma.
Warnock: Signifies success in seeking a favour, such as a raise or a job, from a superior.
Warnock: It calls upon us to apply our intelligence in a noble and honourable fashion, and not to resort to low cunning or trickery.
Warnock: Make images for youths to learn arts and occupations, and for the salvation of travelers, and to quickly return and for sailors to travel safely, and to improve buildings.
Warnock: Is for receiving good from kings and high officials.
Volguine: Favourable to the development of talents and aptitudes, since it signifies a well endowed and artistic nature.
Volguine: For working spells for and against friendship and to prepare pentacles for travel, since its influence is clearly favourable for travel and change of residence.
Volguine: Favorable to studies and the second half of journeys. Unfavorable influence on associations, collective enterprises, and on charitable and humanitarian works, being more propitious for private life than for social activity.
Volguine: Favors slow and laborious accumulation of wealth and exerts a favorable influence on poets.
Agrippa: It helps to the return from a journey, to the instruction of scholars, it confirms edifices, it gives health and good will.
Ashmole 396: When the Moon is in this Mansion, make matrimony, put children to learn law or scripture, or for to write or for to make medicines, or for to make a journey. Buy servants. Build. Travel by water. Take no evil fellowship. If you be taken prisoner, you shall pay and will escape. Wash your head, shear your hair.
| Rise | Set | |
| Mercury | 06:40 | 18:22 |
| Venus | 12:54 | 20:34 |
| Moon | 19:07 | 08:59 |
| Mars | 07:57 | 18:44 |
| Jupiter | 16:40 | 02:22 |
| Saturn | 15:58 | 00:56 |
Oct 21 2021 18:02 Jeu
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Risque de pluie : 96% - Humi. : 67%
Vent :Ouest - 50 km/h
Lever : 08:21 - Coucher : 18:50
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 | 08:20 | 09:12 |  | 18:52 | 19:59 |
 | 09:12 | 10:05 |  | 19:59 | 21:07 |
 | 10:05 | 10:58 | | 21:07 | 22:14 |
 | 10:58 | 11:50 | | 22:14 | 23:22 |
 | 11:50 | 12:43 | | 23:22 | 00:29 |
| 12:43 | 13:36 | | 00:29 | 01:36 |
| 13:36 | 14:28 | | 01:36 | 02:44 |
| 14:28 | 15:21 | | 02:44 | 03:51 |
| 15:21 | 16:14 | | 03:51 | 04:59 |
| 16:14 | 17:06 | | 04:59 | 06:06 |
| 17:06 | 17:59 | | 06:06 | 07:14 |
| 17:59 | 18:52 | | 07:14 | 08:21 |
Thursday, OCTOBER 21
The Moon spends the day in Taurus, and we tend to crave stability, favoring steadiness over innovation. However, Mars and Pluto are heading to a square, exact very early tomorrow and strongly influencing today. With this transit in play, we crave a sense of control over events, relationships, and/or circumstances and become frustrated at any sign that we don’t have it.
However, attempts to gain control or power tend to be fruitless. This square can stir intense desires that may not easily be satisfied. There may be arguments, standstills, and power games. It would be wise to observe and learn from whatever powerful feelings arise from confrontations or conflicts. We should try to remain flexible, perhaps devising strategies for achieving our goals rather than attempting to push them through at all costs.
Sun in Libra Meeting yourself in another person is the keynote of a new cycle which begins for you now. Relationships – romantic, business, social – are the arena where this drama is played out. In coming to know the other person, forging ties that bind two people, you come to a better understanding of yourself. It’s easy in theory, but it’s only in practice that it comes to mean anything real – so practice until you get it right!
Sun in Scorpio Who owes what, who owns what, and who decides these things: these are some of the major issues for you at the dawn of the cycle that now begins in your life. The only thing we really own is our consciousness; the only master who is never overthrown is oneself. These are lessons best learned early in this cycle. Master them, and you master everything. Dodge these issues, and the great strength that could be yours will remain just out of reach. Understanding inner motivations, seeing through to the core: that’s your real path of power and enlightenment now.
Mercury in Libra A new cycle begins for you, signaling a greater than usual interest in relationships, social connections, and the arts – on a more intellectual level than in the past, most likely. Seeing both sides of an issue, and figuring out resolutions to opposing views: these things take on more importance in your life.
Venus in Sagittarius A yearning for adventure and far horizons stirs in you now. To roam, to wander and wonder, to seek freedom and go where no one has gone before – these things are deep and powerful longings. A time of romantic crusades, a universal love that might not be too particular.
Mars in Libra “I’m giving you a definite maybe” – that’s the motto of the cycle you’re now entering. It’s a time of refinement and tact, of an urge to please others that is so strong as to make it hard to decide or act for fear of offending someone. You’ll quickly learn to balance this out, or you’ll discover that there is no peace in compromise – and this can be tough on close relationships. The trick is to find the win-win solution to the no-win situation – and if anyone’s ever up to it, you are now.
Jupiter in Aquarius Innovation, reform, and idealism are your paths to growth and gain now. New, futuristic ideas are part of this, but it’s much more than that: putting them into practice is essential because this is much more than empty idealism. A break from the past, a willingness to flaunt convention.
Saturn in Aquarius Ideals are in for a period of testing, as a new phase begins in your life. What are principles worth, unless they are put into practice? That’s an important question for you now. This could mean you may be disappointed by causes you believe in – but if you abandon your principles, you lose.
Uranus in Taurus Practicality and ingenuity combine as powerful drives in your life now that you have begun a new cycle. Taking innovative concepts and making them real and practical is your strong suit; getting stuck in the mud is to be avoided at all costs. Financial savvy, inventiveness, worldly genius.
Neptune in Pisces Things spiritual and psychic take the driver’s seat of your imagination as you begin a new cycle. The fine arts and all manner of fantasies assume a larger-than-life importance. Surrendering to fate, karma, and other powers greater than merely mortal may be seen as the ultimate liberation. If all is Maya (illusion), what is the reality that gives rise to the world of appearances?
Pluto in Capricorn As this new phase dawns for you, the pursuit of social/political power and status has a way of seeming necessary and inevitable – and let nothing stand in its way. It starts out small but has bigger consequences than you’d think. Ambition, responsibility, a place for everyone, and everyone in their place…
Full Moon
The FULL MOON occurs on Wednesday, October 20th, 2021, at 10:57 AM EDT.
On Wednesday morning, the Full Moon occurs when the Sun in Libra forms an opposition to the Moon in Aries. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time – a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.
The Aries-Libra polarity is a relationship axis, where Aries represents “self,” and Libra represents “other.” Where Aries is about self-assertion, Libra is about compromise.
Through the energy of the Libra Sun, we are aware of the need for relationships and all that comes with maintaining them–compromising, negotiating, graciousness, and balancing. The Aries Moon, on the other hand, is self-assertive, leading, and personally courageous.
This Full Moon urges us to strike a balance between meeting our personal needs and attending to the needs of a significant other, and between independence or autonomy and dependence or companionability.
The Libra Sun is diplomatic, equality-minded, and fair-minded. The Aries Moon, however, values authenticity over tact and is energized by independent efforts. The Full Moon illuminates this conflict.
Neglecting either end of the Aries-Libra axis will surely backfire on us. Ideally, we find a balance between the two energies, and this is what the Full Moon invites us to do.
This Full Moon is about emotional declarations. Something has been building inside of us, likely of a personal nature, and now is the time when the energy of the cosmos fairly demands that we let it out. Over the upcoming weeks, we will discover what this declaration means for us. For now, we can’t sit on our feelings. We need to express them.
The Full Moon illuminates the conflict between “me” and “you,” and between autonomy and sharing. With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic illumination occurs in our own lives. However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as there is a sense of emotions bursting forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves and to let things out of our systems. Of course, we might want to exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is new and not particularly rational.
With the Sun forming an alignment with Mars and square to Pluto near this Full Moon, there can be pressures and a bit of paranoia attached to our realizations. We also have the courage and passion to take action!
This lunation reminds us to consider how we are honoring ourselves in the context of our close relationships. New revelations can occur now, particularly in the areas of our physical bodies, leadership skills, our ability to initiate and begin new things, and our close partnerships. We can struggle with obstacles, but we’re brave, determined, and resourceful.
Full Moon in Aries Chart: October 20, 2021
This phase of the Moon occurs at 27 degrees and 26 minutes of Aries, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 23 to 30 degrees of the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) and 0 to 1 degree of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) most significantly.
Full Moon in Aries chart for October 20, 2021 (additional points)
This chart wheel includes extra points like Chiron, the four major asteroids, Eris, and Sedna.
This week: The Sun is in Libra until the 23rd when it enters Scorpio; Mercury is in Libra; Venus is in Sagittarius; Mars is in Libra.
The Sun is in Libra from September 22-October 23. Libra rules relationships with others as mirrors of ourselves. Meeting others halfway, compromise, and negotiation come under the rule of Libra. The focus is now on balance–finding balance and harmony through relationships with others and through art. Libra is the sign of the peacemaker.
However, life is not always peaceful with Libra in its attempt to restore balance. Decision-making can be more challenging while the Sun is in Libra. Libra weighs both sides of any situation, and sometimes this process seems endless! In Libra, the Sun is concerned about not rocking the boat and not rubbing others the wrong way. Tactfulness, style, tolerance, and sociability are some of the keywords for Libra. On the shadow side, Libra can be self-serving, indecisive, passive-aggressive, and superficial.
The Sun is in Scorpio from October 23-November 21. The guiding principle of Scorpio is “I desire.” Scorpio is the sign of depth, intimacy, and extremes of feeling. Superficiality simply will not do with the Sun in Scorpio–we want to get to the bottom of matters. Mediocrity does not satisfy either. All that is hidden, taboo, secret, or suppressed interests us. In Libra, we strived towards equality and fairness. Scorpio, however, instinctively believes that life simply isn’t fair.
Scorpio’s energy is provocative, usually in a quiet way, as well as passionate, strong-willed, and intense. It can be an immensely healing and transformative energy. Jealousy, vindictiveness, beating a dead horse, and manipulative are some of the more negative expressions of Scorpio.
We are more likely to prosper through strategy and knowing the value of keeping some things to ourselves at the right times. Efforts to repurpose, recycle, salvage, and transform can be successful. We’re especially successful at organizing, researching, investigating, and analyzing.
While we can be quite controlled with effort, there is some inclination to extremism. We can be drawn to challenges and crises, and we feel compelled to heal, fix, and direct or manage.
Mercury is in Libra from August 30-November 5. [This is longer than usual due to Mercury’s retrograde, occuring entirely in the sign of Libra, from September 27-October 18.] When Mercury is in Libra, we are diplomatic and friendly. During this cycle, we bring a more rational approach to one-to-one relationships. It’s a good time to think about ways to improve our negotiation skills.
Mercury in Libra can be vacillating energy as we attempt to see both sides of any given situation. Making quick decisions can be more challenging than usual, as we can sit “on the fence.” We may too easily accommodate others’ opinions to keep the peace. In our negotiations, we don’t want to assert ourselves so as to appear to be the “bad guy.” However, this is a reasonable period for considering others’ points of view. We are more inclined to arrive at fair conclusions.
Venus is in Sagittarius from October 7-November 5. Moving from Scorpio to Sagittarius, romantic energy shifts from intense to buoyant. Sagittarius, of course, has its intense moments, considering it is a fire sign. However, its energy is considerably less focused; and, while Scorpio is most concerned with intimacy with a specific person, Sagittarius’ love is of a more universal kind.
Romantic adventures and a straightforward–even blunt–approach to love are on the agenda. Gone are the intricacy and complexity of Venus in Scorpio. Truth and higher meaning are the priorities with Venus in Sagittarius.
We’re idealistic in our relationships during this cycle. It’s more critical than usual that our partners and companions support our dreams, goals, freedom needs, beliefs, and vision. We value intellectual rapport more than usual during this period.
Openness with our feelings can sometimes backfire, but for the most part, it can be refreshing. We tend to more spontaneously enjoy ourselves or throw ourselves into pleasure, art, cultural interests, and special interest topics at this time. We can especially enjoy travel, learning, the outdoors, or animals.
With money, we can be a little reckless or careless, but also faithful and optimistic. Some element of luck or good karma can be involved with our finances. Benefits, whether material or spiritual, can come through publishing, foreign or religious connections, travel, education, or legal matters.
Mars is in Libra from September 14-October 30. We tend to use our charm as a means to an end under the influence of this cycle. Because we can see many different sides to an issue, we can be vacillating and indecisive about how to act. We don’t want to be the “bad guy”, and rarely resort to force. Instead, we attempt to win arguments with style. We are indirect in approach and inclined towards engaging in mental debates, yet we also attempt to make the opposition comfortable! Passive-aggressiveness is the shadow side of this energy.
Jupiter is in Aquarius from December 19th, 2020, to May 13, 2021, and then from July 28 to December 28, 2021. Read more about the Jupiter in Aquarius transit. Jupiter is in Pisces from May 13th to July 28th, when it retreats into Aquarius. Jupiter returns to Pisces on December 28th, 2021. There will be another part to this 3-part act in 2022! Read more about the Jupiter in Pisces transit.
Saturn transits Aquarius from March 21 to July 1, 2020, and from December 17th, 2020, until March 7, 2023. Read about Saturn’s transit of Aquarius.
Uranus is in Taurus.
Uranus transits Taurus from May 15, 2018, to November 6, 2018, and then from March 6th, 2019, until 2025/6. We approach money and personal possessions in new ways and learn to free ourselves from certain material constraints. Innovative ways to make ourselves comfortable emerge. We’re less inhibited about expressing sensuality, self-love, body love, and pampering. Above all, we’re challenging what we previously valued during this cycle.
There can be abrupt changes with money, valuables, possessions, and income that lead to a reshuffling of priorities or values. Income might come from non-traditional sources or ventures. In general, we’re bringing progressive ideas to the world of business. New ways of doing business, as well as making, viewing, and handling money, are likely. Our income and the energy we put into making money can be variable.
Venus in Sagittarius A yearning for adventure and far horizons stirs in you now. To roam, to wander and wonder, to seek freedom and go where no one has gone before – these things are deep and powerful longings. A time of romantic crusades, a universal love that might not be too particular.
Venus semi-square Pluto October 15. Tendencies to look for something wrong in a relationship. Jealousy raises its ugly head.
Venus sextile Mercury October 16. Favors playfulness in love and enhanced communication between partners. Romantic overtures, expressions of love and affection, making new social contacts. This is a time when promises, pledges, and clarifications (usually very positive!) are made in love relationships.
Venus trine Chiron October 16. A commitment-friendly transit. Love can heal old wounds. We are open to romantic feelings.
Venus quincunx (inconjunct) Uranus October 19. Impulsive spending, peculiar attractions, fear of commitment, freedom vs. intimacy issues. We might question whether we need more excitement in our relationships, or whether we need freedom from them; yet we don’t feel confident enough to rock the boat.
Venus square Neptune October 26. Relationship ups and downs characterize this transit–a time when romantic mirages are more than likely. We see what we hope to see, rather than what really is. The “highs” of a relationship begun under this energy may be thrilling, but the accompanying “lows” are bound to set in, and they can be extremely draining. Be careful not to set yourself up for disappointment.
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Oct 12, 2021, 05:25, Sun Square Moon (First Quarter Moon)
Oct 20, 2021, 16:57, Sun Opposition Moon (Full Moon)
Oct 28, 2021, 22:05, Sun Square Moon (Last Quarter Moon)
Nov 4, 2021, 23:14, Sun Conjunct Moon (New Moon)
Void-of-course Moon on Sunday, October 18th, from 1:24, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a sextile to Pluto), until the Moon enters Aries the next day, Monday, October 18th, at 12:05.
VOC Moon on Wednesday, October 20th, from 16:58, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (an oppositon to the Sun), until the Moon enters Taurus at 22:00.
VOC Moon on Friday, October 22nd, from 22:36, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a trine to Pluto), until the Moon enters Gemini the next day, Saturday, October 23rd, at 9:58.
October 2021:
Void Moon Dates & Times: Table for October 2021
Timing with the Moon – Better Periods this Week for Electing New Initiatives
It’s important to note that there are more factors to consider besides the windows listed below. The following windows are starting points. For example, you generally don’t want to elect a new venture when a very challenging aspect is applying, and it’s preferable to elect a time when a particularly positive aspect hasn’t yet perfected (is applying).
The Moon is waxing this week until the Full Moon on the 20th, which is usually considered favorable for new beginnings, with exceptions. (See Best Time to Start a Business for more details). The Moon is waxing after the Full Moon on the 20th, which is generally considered unfavorable for new beginnings, also with exceptions.
According to principles of timing with the Moon, a window of opportunity occurs this week on Friday, October 22nd, from approximately 1:35 PM to 4:35 PM EDT, while the Moon is in Taurus. Note that the next window will occur next week from Sunday, October 24th, at approximately 11:15 PM EDT, until Monday, October 25th, at approximately 10:10 AM EDT, while the Moon is in Gemini.
Void-of-course Moon on Sunday, October 17th, from 7:24 PM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a sextile to Pluto), until the Moon enters Aries the next day, Monday, October 18th, at 6:05 AM EDT.
VOC Moon on Wednesday, October 20th, from 10:58 AM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (an oppositon to the Sun), until the Moon enters Taurus at 4:00 PM EDT.
VOC Moon on Friday, October 22nd, from 4:36 PM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a trine to Pluto), until the Moon enters Gemini the next day, Saturday, October 23rd, at 3:58 AM EDT.
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1:14| Planet | Sabian Symbol | |
 Sun |  | Libra 28-29° - Sabian Symbol 209"Humanity seeking to span the birge of knowledge" |
 Moon |  | Taurus 10-11° - Sabian Symbol 41"A woman sprinkling flowers" |
 Mercury |  | Libra 10-11° - Sabian Symbol 191"A professor peering over his glasses" |
 Venus |  | Sagittarius 15-16° - Sabian Symbol 256"Seagulls watching a ship" |
 Mars |  | Libra 24-25° - Sabian Symbol 205"Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf" |
 Jupiter |  | Aquarius 22-23° - Sabian Symbol 323"A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws" |
 Saturn |  | Aquarius 6-7° - Sabian Symbol 307"A child born out of an eggshell" |
 Uranus |  | Taurus 13-14° - Sabian Symbol 44"Shellfish groping and children playing" |
 Neptune |  | Pisces 20-21° - Sabian Symbol 351"A little white lamb, a child, and a Chinese servant" |
 Pluto |  | Capricorn 24-25° - Sabian Symbol 295"An oriental-rug dealer" |
 Node |  | Gemini 3-4° - Sabian Symbol 64"Holly and mistletoe" |
 Lilith |  | Gemini 10-11° - Sabian Symbol 71"A new path of realism in experience" |
 Chiron |  | Aries 9-10° - Sabian Symbol 10"A man teaching new forms for old symbols" |
 Fortune |  | Libra 17-18° - Sabian Symbol 198"Two men placed under arrest" |
 Vertex |  | Libra 2-3° - Sabian Symbol 183"Dawn of a new day, everything changed" |
| House | Sabian Symbol | |
 1. ASC |  | Aries 5-6° - Sabian Symbol 6"A square brightly lighted on one side" |
 4. IC |  | Cancer 2-3° - Sabian Symbol 93"A man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer" |
 7. DESC |  | Libra 5-6° - Sabian Symbol 186"The ideals of a man abundantly crystalized" |
 10. MC |  | Capricorn 2-3° - Sabian Symbol 273"The human soul receptive to growth and understanding" |
Sun - Self, individuality, personalityThe Sun symbolises a personal identity. It shows us areas where the person should learn to be independent, where he should fulfill his potential, differentiate himself from others and shine. The position of the Sun may tell us which profession would best suit the character of a person.
Libra 28-29° - Sabian Symbol 209
Moon - Emotions, instincts, roots, motherPlace in the horoscope where the Moon is tells us what gives the person a sense of security, and where to find it. It describes how sensitive we are and how we instinctively interact with our surroundings. The Moon also tells us about our childhood and our experiences with our mother.
Taurus 10-11° - Sabian Symbol 41
Mercury - Thinking, communication, intellect, learningMercury is the planet that brings us interest in intellectual things, about teaching and learning. It also indicates into what depth we want to study things. It gives us natural intelligence and the ability to analyse and reproduce. Libra 10-11° - Sabian Symbol 191
Venus - Sensuality, love, harmony, pleasureVenus symbolises attractivity. Sign in which Venus is tells us what we are attracted to and this enables us to give or receive love and affection, beauty and happiness, values and principles. The negative side is that it represents weakness and shallowness.
Sagittarius 15-16° - Sabian Symbol 256
Mars - Activity, energy, courage, assertivenessMars symbolises the need to get what we want. This means our driving force which includes sex drive, initiative and courage. Mars tells us about our desires, sensuality, courage and will. It also tells us about how we are able to overcome obstacles and how active we are. Libra 24-25° - Sabian Symbol 205
Jupiter - Happiness, optimism, expansionJupiter symbolises growth, expansion, laws, faith and ethics that guide it. It represents a sense for development and support, which can lead to opportunities, wealth and faith. However, if Jupiter is damaged, the person becomes immoral and extremist.
Aquarius 22-23° - Sabian Symbol 323
Saturn - Restriction, order, maturity, timeSaturn is our strict teacher who is able to ruthlessly examine our maturity. However, it is not only the despot, but also the archetype of the sage who uses pain as a means to get our attention on what we should focus on and what we should continue to develop. Aquarius 6-7° - Sabian Symbol 307
Uranus - Originality, freedom, revolutionUranus is the power of awakening, which often means that there will be some disruption and change. Events under the influence of Uranus are unexpected or unpredictable, forcing us to do things in a new way and face the truth about this or that issue. Taurus 13-14° - Sabian Symbol 44
Neptune - Fantasy, illusion, spirituality, imaginationNeptune is called the Lord of the Invisible Empire, which is a mysterious name of a mysterious planet. Perhaps we could describe it as a dimension of life that cannot be experienced by our five senses and we can only understand and perceive it in our imagination.
Pisces 20-21° - Sabian Symbol 351
Pluto - Transformation, regeneration, powerPluto is the planet of death and rebirth. It is the end of all things, it is the Judgment Day. It can give rise to obsessions or convictions. On the dark end of its spectrum it can manifest as "succumbing to the urge," or it can create an individual who has the ability to get to the core of things, destroy negative things and bring on healing and transformation.
Capricorn 24-25° - Sabian Symbol 295
Lunar Nodes - North Node and South NodeThe Lunar Nodes aren’t planets, but rather astrology mathematical points, that are directly opposite each other in the chart. It is said, that your life purpose is encoded between them - in the line between North Node and South Node. The South Node indicates your comfort zone, your habitual place, while your North Node shows life lessons and what you’re striving for in this lifetime. Both Lunar Nodes are almost always retrogade.
Gemini 3-4° - Sabian Symbol 64
Lilith - Black Moon - Fascination and DenialLilith is a fictional point - the second empty focal point of elliptical orbit of the Moon around the Earth.In mythology, Lilith refused to submit to Adam, rebelled against the connection between Adam and Eve, decided to escape from the world of people and made a connection with Satan.
In astrology, Lilith symbolises either fascination or refusal of topics with which she is connected with. Both, the fascination or the rejection of the given topics, can eventually engulf the person and take him "away" from the human world.
Gemini 10-11° - Sabian Symbol 71
Chiron - Wounded Healer, inner teacherChiron is an asteroid between Saturn and Uranus. Its orbit is very unusual and represents a bridge between material and spiritual worlds.According to mythology, Chiron was a great healer, wise teacher and one of the immortal Centaurs. Unfortunately, he was "deadly" injured by a poisonous arrow by Heracles, his favourite disciple. He was suffering in great pain but he could not die. Finally, he gave up his immortality for the benefit of Prometheus who was also suffering, and Chiron was sent to the underworld. In the underworld Zeus had mercy for him and he raised him to the heaven.
In astrology, Chiron symbolises our unhealable injuries and incurable trauma. However, if a person, instead of drowning in his own trauma, is able to accept the trauma and help others who are also suffering, and accept that suffering is part of life, then Chiron may be the key to wisdom, or even to some sort of "Initiation Gate".
Aries 9-10° - Sabian Symbol 10
Aries 5-6° - Sabian Symbol 6"A square brightly lighted on one side"
Cancer 2-3° - Sabian Symbol 93"A man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer"
Libra 5-6° - Sabian Symbol 186"The ideals of a man abundantly crystalized"
Capricorn 2-3° - Sabian Symbol 273"The human soul receptive to growth and understanding"
- The Moon is in Taurus.
- There is no void Moon period today.
- The Moon is waning and in its Full phase.
- The Full Moon occured yesterday in the sign of Aries.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 0:00 am
Event: Moon in Taurus
Description: The Moon in Taurus
This is a time for settling in, establishing and maintaining routines, and consolidating existing projects. We are building and developing. We crave predictability, stability, and security. This time favors ongoing projects and activities more than new ones.
Date & Time: Oct 20 2021 11:54 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Sun
Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting Sun
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 2:32 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Nep
Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Neptune
If we are not in touch with our need for inspiration, beauty, compassion, connection to something otherworldly, or our spirituality, we could feel out of sorts right now. Relaxing, listening to music, getting close to nature, or taking a break may resolve this.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 4:44 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqr Sat
Description: Transiting Moon Square Transiting Saturn
We could feel burdened, restricted, or limited during this brief influence. We could be feeling a little down on ourselves, excluded, or lonely. There can be some awkwardness or stiffness and difficulty showing affection and feelings. It’s important to be patient now.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 5:04 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqq Jun
Description: Transiting Moon SesquiSquare Transiting Juno
There may be clinging or controlling behavior if we are driven by our fears. Hypersensitivity and moodiness are possible. Tread lightly with tricky emotional issues.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 8:12 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Jun
Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting Juno
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 10:51 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Pal
Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting Pallas
There is a good ability to successfully combine logic and intuition, and to understand problems taking into account the human element. There is sensitivity to people’s issues now. Cooperation. Effective, sensitive decision making.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 10:53 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Ves
Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting Vesta
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 12:43 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Qnx Mer
Description: Transiting Moon Quincunx Transiting Mercury
It can be difficult to be objective at this time. This can be a “foot in mouth” time. We should think before we speak, or there could be hurt feelings.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 5:27 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cnj Ura
Description: Transiting Moon Conjunction Transiting Uranus
Be open to new ideas. Spontaneity is the order of the day. You are free to explore new unexpected possibilities.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 10:06 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Jup
Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting Jupiter
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 10:07 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Qnx Ven
Description: Transiting Moon Quincunx Transiting Venus
Love relationships or feelings can be unsettled. There can be a conflict experienced between family and friends/lovers, or between comfort and the pursuit of pleasure. Try to relax and not obsess, and show restraint.
Date & Time: Oct 21 2021 10:36 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Jup Sxt Jun
Description: Transiting Jupiter Sextile Transiting Juno
THE MOON IN TAURUS
This is a time for settling in, establishing and maintaining routines, and consolidating existing projects. We are building and developing. We crave predictability, stability, and security. This time favors ongoing projects and activities more than new ones.
11TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Cervical and brachial plexi
Sabian Symbol: A woman sprinkling flowers.
ASPECTS OF THE MOON
QUINCUNX MERCURY Orb 0°49′ Applying
It can be difficult to be objective at this time. This can be a “foot in mouth” time. We should think before we speak, or there could be hurt feelings.
SQUARE SATURN Orb 3°08′ Separating
We could feel burdened, restricted, or limited during this brief influence. We could be feeling a little down on ourselves, excluded, or lonely. There can be some awkwardness or stiffness and difficulty showing affection and feelings. Patience is important now.
CONJUNCTION URANUS Orb 3°15′ Applying
This can be a time when we feel a need to make a change, however big or small, and we may feel compelled to experiment or improvise. We don’t want to feel restricted by routine or convention now.
THE SUN
THE SUN IN LIBRA
This is the time of year for seeking out more harmony and balance, and paying special attention to our close relationships.
29TH DEGREE OF LIBRA
Part of Body: Right ureter
Sabian Symbol: Humanity seeking to bridge the span of knowledge.
ASPECTS OF THE SUN
CONJUNCTION MARS Orb 4°26′ Separating
We are more direct, spontaneous, and impulsive now, but can also be too self-focused and impatient.
TRINE JUPITER Orb 6°07′ Separating
There can be a nice, healthy feeling of optimism and confidence now. We might promote, publish, advertise, or market with greater success. We are generous and tolerant, giving people the benefit of the doubt, expecting the best from others and from ourselves. We can see the big picture.
SQUARE PLUTO Orb 4°06′ Separating
We may be tempted to control or manipulate events and people, and can have difficulty reaching a compromise. We might need to reevaluate expectations, face our fears, manage power struggles, and deal with urges to control others and situations.
MERCURY
MERCURY IN LIBRA
You are a diplomat and peacemaker, often acting as a go-between in relationships. You a good communicator, putting others at their ease. Arguments may upset you, as you prefer harmony in communications.
11TH DEGREE OF LIBRA
Part of Body: Nerve supply to kidney and renal pelvis
Sabian Symbol: A professor peering over his glasses.
ASPECTS OF MERCURY
TRINE SATURN Orb 3°58′ Separating
We are cautious, careful, tuned in to details, and rely on common sense at this time.
QUINCUNX URANUS Orb 2°25′ Applying
Things may not be running smoothly, and we may need to make adjustments to accommodate others’ input or changes of plans or opinions.
OPPOSITION CHIRON Orb 1°05′ Separating
There can be insecurity about our own ideas or decisions, or we may not know who/what to believe. Words, or lack of, can hurt right now. There is greater sensitivity to what is being said, choice of words, and syntax.
VENUS
VENUS IN SAGITTARIUS
You want to share adventure with your partner, ranging from sharing adventurous ideas to hiking in the mountains. You may also enjoy relating with foreigners, and dining out with your partner at foreign restaurants.
16TH DEGREE OF SAGITTARIUS
Part of Body: Left iliac vein
Sabian Symbol: Sea gulls watching a ship.
ASPECTS OF VENUS
SQUARE NEPTUNE Orb 5°38′ Applying
We are easily seduced, impressionable, and ready to believe what we want to see. Wait for a better time to make important decisions.
TRINE CHIRON Orb 5°21′ Separating
Opportunities for relationships or socializing can arise now. Interactions are open, warm, and supportive of growth.
MARS
MARS IN LIBRA
You have a strong desire for diplomacy and justice, and a strong creative urge. You may become indecisive when opposed.
25TH DEGREE OF LIBRA
Part of Body: Blood vessels of renal cortex
Sabian Symbol: Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf.
ASPECTS OF MARS
TRINE JUPITER Orb 1°40′ Separating
You are enthusiastic with an endless source of energy. You could direct your energy to achievement in sports, politics or travel.
SQUARE PLUTO Orb 0°20′ Applying
We may be looking for the upper hand and resisting others’ control. Resentments come to the surface.
JUPITER
JUPITER IN AQUARIUS
You are a seeker of the new and inspirational. You hold racially-inclusive values, and are a humanitarian.
23RD DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Left gastroscnemius muscle
Sabian Symbol: A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws.
SATURN
SATURN IN AQUARIUS
You have an ability to work well in groups. Your work is often original and innovative.
7TH DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Right saphenous veins
Sabian Symbol: A child born of an eggshell.
ASPECTS OF SATURN
SEXTILE CHIRON Orb 2°53′ Applying
You have the opportunity through perseverance to face emotional pain in your life and discover your own natural sense of authority.
URANUS
URANUS IN TAURUS
(1934 – 1942) We approach money and personal possessions in new ways and learn how to free ourselves from certain material constraints. Innovative ways to make ourselves comfortable emerge. We’re less inhibited about expressing sensuality, self-love, body love, and pampering. We’re challenging what we previously valued. There can be abrupt changes with money, valuables, possessions, and income that lead to a reshuffling of priorities or values. Income might come from non-traditional sources or ventures. We’re bringing progressive ideas to the world of business. New ways of doing business, as well as making, viewing, and handling money are likely. Income and the energy we put into making money can be variable. (May 15, 2018, to November 6, 2018, then March 6, 2019, to July 7, 2025, and then November 7, 2025, to April 25, 2026).
14TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: True vocal cords
Sabian Symbol: Shellfish groping and children playing.
NEPTUNE
NEPTUNE IN PISCES
A long-term influence in which fantasy, imagination, compassion, and spirituality are in stronger focus. (April 4, 2011, to August 4, 2011, then February 3, 2012, to March 30, 2025, then October 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026)
21ST DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Left fibula muscle
Sabian Symbol: A little white lamb, a child, and a servant.
PLUTO
PLUTO IN CAPRICORN
Tests of our boundaries; breaking down and rebuilding structures and rules. (From January 25, 2008, to June 14, 2008, then November 26, 2008, to March 23, 2023, then June 11, 2023, to January 20, 2024, then September 1, 2024, to November 19, 2024).
25TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Connections between femur and tibia
Sabian Symbol: An oriental rug dealer.
**Conjunctions to Select Fixed Stars on October 21, 2021.**
Aspects to Mars 24°Li01 -08°48′
conjunct 24°Li31 ARCTURUS A different approach
conjunct 24°Li08 SPICA*** The potential for brilliance.
Aspects to Vesta 16°Sc07 -12°59′
conjunct 15°Sc22 ZUBEN ELGENUBI Positive social reform
Aspects to Juno 22°Sg12 -12°27′
conjunct 22°Sg44 RAS ALHAGUE The desire to heal a wound.
Aspects to North Node 01°Ge56 +20°32′
conjunct 02°Ge23 MIRFAK Challenge-oriented.
Aspects to Black Moon 10°Ge33 +22°40′
conjunct 10°Ge05 ALDEBARAN *** Success through integrity
| HOROSCOPE DU JEUDI 21 OCTOBRE 2021 | |||
 | BELIER Aujourd'hui vous avez envie de vous faire plaisir. Entre la plaquette de chocolat et le dernier v�tement � la mode, pensez tout de m�me � votre partenaire... |  | BALANCE C'est la force et le pouvoir de cr�ation qui, en ce moment, vous caract�risent. Aussi, n'h�sitez pas � prendre des initiatives pour r�aliser de bonnes affaires, on tiendra compte de votre avis. |
 | TAUREAU Votre imagination vous porte � r�vasser ou � fantasmer, mais c'est votre travail qui vous rappelle � l'ordre avant que cela vous emm�ne trop loin... |  | SCORPION Si votre partenaire est de mauvaise humeur et que vous boudez dans votre coin, comment voulez-vous que les choses s'am�liorent. Allez, l�chez prise! |
 | GEMEAUX En ce moment, vous privil�giez l'amour, celui de votre partenaire ou celui de vos enfants. Mais vous pr�f�rez les moments d'intimit�, dans le calme et le silence. |  | SAGITTAIRE Si l'atmosph�re au travail se fait un peu trop pesante, d�compressez en allant rendre visite � l'un de vos meilleurs amis. Un rayon de soleil dans la grisaille du quotidien... |
 | CANCER Vous semblez privil�gier la famille, le foyer, mais gardez tout de m�me un bon contact avec votre cercle amical. C'est parfois gr�ce � lui que vous formez de nouveaux projets. |  | CAPRICORNE La r�ussite sociale est � l'ordre du jour et vous jouez la carte de la d�termination. Faites valoir votre potentiel de cr�ativit� et votre c�t� ludique. |
 | LION M�me si vos objectifs sociaux vous semblent difficiles � atteindre, c'est le bon moment pour en parler, quitte � vous d�placer s'il le faut. Insistez! |  | VERSEAU Vous aimeriez emmener toute la famille en vacances mais votre budget actuel le permet-il? En revanche, il n'est pas impossible que vous partiez rapidement en week end... |
 | VIERGE Les acquisitions et les valeurs personnelles prennent beaucoup d'importance � vos yeux en ce moment. Du coup, vous pensez � entreprendre diff�remment, quitte � vous d�placer s'il le faut. |  | POISSONS Vous vous d�menez, vous vous affairez, vous prenez des contacts tout azimuts pour faire rentrer un maximum d'argent dans les caisses. Et vous y parvenez! |
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Retrograde Motion
Apparent retrograde motion is a phenomenon that the solar system's outer planets periodically undergo, when they spend a few months moving through the constellations in the opposite direction to their usual direction of travel.
This motion was known to ancient observers, and it troubled them as they could not reconcile it with models in which the planets moved in uniform circular orbits around the Earth, as they believed.
The retrograde motion is caused by the Earth's own motion around the Sun. As the Earth circles the Sun, our perspective changes, and this causes the apparent positions of objects to move from side-to-side in the sky with a one-year period. This nodding motion is super-imposed on the planet's long-term eastward motion through the constellations.
Since the orbital speeds of the planets decreases with distance from the Sun, the Earth moves faster than any of the outer planets: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. This means that the apparent nodding motion induced by the Earth's orbital motion dominates over these planets' own eastward motion along their orbits. Other objects in the outer solar system, including asteroids and comets, also orbit the Sun more slowly than the Earth and exhibit retrograde motion.
The diagram below illustrates how retrograde motion comes about. The grey dashed arrow shows the Earth's sight-line to the planet, and the diagram on the right shows the planet's apparently movement across the sky as seen from the Earth:
The retrograde motion of a planet in the outer solar system, such as Jupiter. Not drawn to scale.
Planets which are further from the Sun spend more time in retrograde motion, since they move comparatively slowly around their orbits, and their apparent motion is dominated by the Earth's orbital motion.
Of all the planets, Mars spends the least time in retrograde motion since its orbital speed is the most similar to the Earth's. It spends around 72 days in retrograde motion each time it passes opposition.
The retrograde motion of Mars, which orbits the Sun at around 1.52 AU and spends comparatively little time in retrograde motion. Not drawn to scale.
Objects in retrograde motion in 2021
| Date | Planet1 | Asp. | Planet2 | Chart |
| 2021, Jan |  25°06 | 0° |  25°06 | chart |
| 2021, Feb | 05°54 | 0° |  05°54 | chart |
| 2021, Feb | 12°34 | 0° |  12°34 | chart |
| 2021, Feb | 14°42 | 0° |  14°42 (Rx) | chart |
| 2021, Mar | 20°45 | 0° |  20°45 | chart |
| 2021, Mar | 05°50 | 0° |  05°50 | chart |
| 2021, Apr | 10°13 | 0° |  10°13 | chart |
| 2021, Apr | 13°47 | 0° | 13°47 | chart |
| 2021, May | 24°41 | 0° | 24°41 (St) | chart |
| 2021, Jul | 19°48 | 0° |  19°48 | chart |
| 2021, Dec | 25°19 | 0° | 25°19 | chart |
| 2021, Dec | 25°43 (Rx) | 0° | 25°43 | chart |
| 2021, Dec | 24°26 (Rx) | 0° | 24°26 | chart |
| 2022, Jan | 18°43 (Rx) | 0° | 18°43 | chart |
| 2022, Feb | 16°53 | 0° | 16°53 | chart |
| 2022, Mar | 27°50 | 0° | 27°50 | chart |
| 2022, Mar | 00°01 | 0° | 00°01 | chart |
| 2022, Mar | 21°44 | 0° | 21°44 | chart |
| 2022, Apr | 24°27 | 0° | 24°28 | chart |
| 2022, Apr | 27°57 | 0° | 27°57 | chart |
| 2022, Jun | 16°52 | 0° | 16°52 | chart |
| 2022, Sep | 26°47 | 0° | 26°47 (Rx) | chart |
| 2022, Oct | 29°26 | 0° | 29°26 | chart |
| 2022, Nov | 07°09 | 0° | 07°09 | chart |
| 2022, Dec | 24°21 | 0° | 24°21 (St) | chart |
| 2023, Jan | 27°39 | 0° | 27°39 | chart |
| 2023, Jan | 24°47 | 0° | 24°47 | chart |
| 2023, Feb | 24°04 | 0° | 24°04 | chart |
| 2023, Mar | 12°08 | 0° | 12°08 | chart |
| 2023, Mar | 16°44 | 0° | 16°44 | chart |
| 2023, Jul | 28°11 (Rx) | 0° | 28°11 | chart |
| 2023, Aug | 20°28 (Rx) | 0° | 20°28 | chart |
| 2024, Feb | 00°51 | 0° | 00°51 | chart |
| 2024, Feb | 06°57 | 0° | 06°57 | chart |
| 2024, Mar | 12°26 | 0° | 12°26 | chart |
| 2024, Apr | 28°00 | 0° | 28°00 | chart |
| 2024, Apr | 17°32 | 0° | 17°32 (Rx) | chart |
| 2024, May | 23°23 | 0° | 23°23 | chart |
| 2024, May | 29°23 | 0° | 29°23 | chart |
| 2024, Jun | 14°29 | 0° | 14°29 | chart |
| 2024, Jun | 00°19 | 0° | 00°19 | chart |
| 2024, Aug | 03°43 | 0° | 03°43 (Rx) | chart |
| 2024, Dec | 00°22 | 0° | 00°22 | chart |
| 2025, Jan | 16°05 | 0° | 16°05 | chart |
| 2025, Feb | 27°59 | 0° | 27°59 | chart |
| 2025, Mar | 08°47 (Rx) | 0° | 08°47 | chart |
| 2025, Mar | 02°39 (Rx) | 0° | 02°39 | chart |
| 2025, Mar | 29°53 (Rx) | 0° | 29°53 | chart |
| 2025, Apr | 25°15 (Rx) | 0° | 25°15 | chart |
| 2025, Apr | 27°13 | 0° | 27°13 | chart |
| 2025, May | 01°08 | 0° | 01°08 | chart |
| 2025, Jul | 29°52 | 0° | 29°52 | chart |
| 2025, Aug | 14°03 | 0° | 14°03 | chart |
| 2025, Nov | 22°45 | 0° | 22°45 (Rx) | chart |
| 2026, Jan | 16°22 | 0° | 16°22 | chart |
| 2026, Jan | 18°09 | 0° | 18°09 | chart |
| 2026, Jan | 03°19 | 0° | 03°19 | chart |
| 2026, Jan | 14°56 | 0° | 14°56 | chart |
| 2026, Feb | 22°15 | 0° | 22°15 (Rx) | chart |
| 2026, Mar | 01°16 | 0° | 01°16 | chart |
| 2026, Mar | 02°38 | 0° | 02°38 | chart |
| 2026, Apr | 29°53 | 0° | 29°53 | chart |
| 2026, Jun | 25°46 | 0° | 25°46 | chart |
| 2026, Oct | 08°13 (Rx) | 0° | 08°13 | chart |
| 2026, Oct | 00°45 (Rx) | 0° | 00°45 | chart |
| 2027, Mar | 06°18 | 0° | 06°18 | chart |
| 2027, Apr | 05°12 | 0° | 05°12 | chart |
| 2027, May | 21°22 | 0° | 21°22 | chart |
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Oversight panel rebukes Facebook, will review VIP system
Oct 21 2021
Facebook has been hit with fresh criticism for its handling of a key program
Washington (AFP) - Facebook’s oversight panel announced Thursday a probe of the company’s system to reportedly exempt high-profile users from its own rules, accusing the embattled social media giant of a lack of transparency.
A series of damning Wall Street Journal stories driven by a whistleblower’s leaks have drawn outrage and fresh lawmaker scrutiny of Facebook’s impact on mental health but also how it treats celebrities.
The so-called “cross-check” or “XCheck” system shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social media giant, according to Journal reports citing internal documents.
The network’s semi-independent oversight board said in a blog post that it “has accepted a request from Facebook… to review the company’s cross-check system and make recommendations on how it can be changed.”
Facebook has faced a storm of criticism over the past month after former employee Frances Haugen leaked internal studies showing the company knew of potential harm stoked by its sites, prompting US lawmakers’ to renew a push for regulation.
The Facebook-funded oversight board, composed of experts with the final say on what is removed or allowed to stay on the platform, also criticized the company for failing to be “fully forthcoming”.
“On some occasions, Facebook failed to provide relevant information to the Board, while in other instances, the information it did provide was incomplete,” the panel said, referring to queries about the cross-check system.
Specifically it cited the platform’s ban on former US president Donald Trump, which it reviewed and ultimately upheld but with sometimes incomplete information from Facebook.
- ‘Paper over and deflect’ -
Facebook subsequently set Trump’s ban at two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol.
“The credibility of the oversight board, our working relationship with Facebook, and our ability to render sound judgments on cases all depend on being able to trust that information provided to us by Facebook is accurate, comprehensive, and paints a full picture of the topic at hand,” the board wrote.
It added that of the 156 questions sent to Facebook about decisions published through the end of June, the company answered 130, partially answered 12 and declined to answer 14.
Facebook, in a statement, pledged to be clearer in its replies to the panel’s queries.
“We believe the board’s work has been impactful, which is why we asked the board for input into our cross-check system, and we will strive to be clearer in our explanations to them going forward,” the statement said.
The tech giant has pushed back fiercely against the latest criticism, saying journalists have selectively chosen parts of its internal research in order to cast the company’s work in a negative light.
The Journal cited examples of posts from high-profile people, including one from soccer star Neymar showing nude images of a woman who accused him of rape and that Facebook subsequently removed.
Famous users’ posts are drivers of engagement on the platform, so keeping celebrities on Facebook is important for a company interested in continuous growth.
An activist group calling itself The Real Facebook Oversight Board attacked the panel’s work and even its reason for existing.
“The Oversight Board always was a PR stunt by Facebook to paper over and deflect from the company’s own failure to keep hate, racism and disinformation off its platforms,” it said in a statement.
Agence France-Presse
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Taliban strike journalists at Kabul women's rights protest
Oct 21 2021
The Taliban struck several journalists to prevent media coverage of a women's rights protest in Kabul
Kabul (AFP) - The Taliban struck several journalists to prevent media coverage of a women’s rights protest in Kabul on Thursday.
A group of about 20 women marched from near the ministry of education to the ministry of finance in the Afghan capital.
Wearing colourful headscarves they chanted slogans including: “Don’t politicise education”, as traffic drove by shortly before 10 am.
The women held placards saying: “We don’t have the rights to study and work”, and” “Joblessness, poverty, hunger”, as they walked with their arms in the air.
The Taliban authorities allowed the women to walk freely for around an hour and a half, AFP journalists saw.
However, one foreign journalist was struck with the butt of a rifle by one Taliban fighter, who swore and kicked the photographer in the back as another punched him.
At least two more journalists were hit as they scattered, pursued by Taliban fighters swinging fists and launching kicks.
Zahra Mohammadi, one of the protest organisers, told AFP the women were marching despite the risks they face.
“The situation is that the Taliban don’t respect anything: not journalists – foreign and local – or women,” she said.
“The schools must reopen to girls. But the Taliban took this right from us.”
High school girls have been blocked from returning to classes for more than a month, while many women have been banned from returning to work since the Taliban seized power in mid-August.
Afghans have staged street protests across the country since the Taliban returned to power, sometimes with several hundred people and many with women at forefront
“My message to all girls and women is this: ‘Don’t be afraid of the Taliban, even if your family doesn’t allow you to leave your home. Don’t be afraid. Go out, make sacrifices, fight for your rights’,” Mohammadi said.
“We have to make this sacrifice so that the next generation will be in peace.”
Children walked alongside the protest in downtown Kabul, although it was unclear if they were part of the organised group.
Some Taliban fighters policing the march wore full camouflaged combat gear, including body armour, helmets and knee pads, while others were wearing traditional Afghan clothing.
Their weapons included US-made M16 assault rifles and AK-47s.
Unthinkable under the hardline Islamist group’s last rule in the 1990s, Afghans have staged street protests across the country since the Taliban returned to power, sometimes with several hundred people and many with women at forefront.
But a ban on unauthorised demonstrations has meant protests against Afghanistan’s new masters have dwindled.
Agence France-Presse
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