Daily Cosmic Calendar for January 3rd

If this is not the 2014 you thought was on the horizon, join the club. With all the inordinate fears about 2012 and then 2013, this year wasn’t supposed to have too many crises so soon out of the starting gate. Nevertheless, strive to be a sensitive partner and considerate friend to dear ones on the ropes as Mercury forms a frictional, 45-degree tie with Juno (12:40AM). Improvise with a video or digital camera — courtesy of a Moon-Neptune parallel (12:36PM). Try your hand at writing rhyme poetry, limericks or haiku.  The Moon in usually open-minded and even eccentric Aquarius becomes void in Aquarius at 5:48PM and this uncertainty zone lasts until 8:59AM tomorrow morning. It is always best to focus more on completing old business during a void-of-course Moon cycle than in trying to launch new and bold plans.  In the meantime, the evening hours do reveal a capacity for progress (despite the void lunar condition) since the Sun trines Pallas in earth signs (8:26PM and helping you solve practical or business-oriented problems) while the Moon trines Ceres in air signs (9:35PM and increasing your productivity in arts, crafts and hobbies). [Note to readers: All times are calculated for Pacific Standard Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]