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As I contemplate this week’s Venus / Neptune opposition (exact on 7/8/10 @ 7:55 PM ET-US) an email arrives. Oh, it’s from PayPal…better see what it is. At first glance it looks all official and everything. Then I notice the strange syntax, and the request for me to click on a link to “reset”‘ something. My suspicion was growing by the second. Yep, after moving the cursor over the link it reveals something other than PayPal. Phishing! OK, so I reported it to PayPal and got back to thinking about this particular transiting aspect. How perfect. An attempt at fraud under a Venus / Neptune opposition. This possibility applies to relationships as well as money. I wouldn’t sign on any dotted lines for the next few days (we’re between eclipses anyway). Careful with those all those perfect match.com connections this week – things aren’t always what they seem.

Carl-Henric Svanberg (May 29, 1952), the Gemini Chairman of BP says : “We care about the small people”. Tony Hayward (May 21, 1957) CEO of BP says “I want my life back”. Would somebody please cap the flow of bullshit spewing from their mouths?

The Moon is in Virgo today, conjoining Mars, and the “small” people are pissed. In fact, there hasn’t been this much tension between Great Britain and the Gulf Coast since 1814. Andrew Jackson must be rolling in his grave.

No major aspects today (don’t worry, they’re coming soon). We do have a pleasant Mercury / Venus parallel, while the Moon, in Leo, will form a cooperative sextile to the Sun in Gemini. So, go out and win friends and influence people, as Dale Carnegie once said.

Venus enters fiery Leo this morning and will immediately form a trine to Uranus and Jupiter in Aries. This will be an exciting day for many, with the potential for love at first sight (or surprising romantic revelations), as well as unexpected financial opportunities. Pay close attention to the people who come into your life today. Those individuals born around 3/21, 7/23, or 11/23 could benefit the most (early Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius). On Tuesday, July 15, Mars in Virgo will trine Pluto in Capricorn. This would be a powerful day to start a business, or most ventures, for that matter. Those born in late April, August, and September (early Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn) will ge the most out of this aspect. Carpe Diem!

The New Moon in Gemini is at 7:15 AM (EDT-US). While it’s a mentally stimulating, chatty New Moon, Mercury, in Gemini, will form a difficult aspect to Pluto. It may be wise to hold back on speaking your mind just yet. We have some exciting, powerful aspects forming on Monday and Tuesday. Stay tuned.

This morning Mercury entered Gemini, the sign it rules. It will form a T-square with Mars in Virgo and Chiron in Pisces (having recently stationed retrograde at 0º Pisces). In plain English: Watch your words. There’s a tendency to argue or let ego get in the way of communication with this configuration. Folks used to say to their kids: “sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you”. Yeah, yeah….

Poet Maya Angelou has another take:

“I believe that words are things. Someday we will be able to know and measure, as mad as it sounds, we’ll be able to measure the hostility or kindness that emanates from certain words that people exhume when they say certain things. I think they stick on the walls, they go into the upholstery, they go into your clothes, and finally into your very body.”