Poor Moon

Last Friday we bombed the Moon. What'll they think of next?

NASA unloaded some space junk in order to stir up the dust. Now they hope to find signs of Ice in the dust. Remember when they used to say that the Moon was made of cheese? That was more fun.

Date for Moon Bombing
Oct. 9, 2009, 3:15 am PDT (about)

Sun 17 Libra; Moon 21 Gemini; NN 27 Capricorn

Chart is interesting from the Moon's point of view.

• Pluto is at 1 Capricorn opposing the Cancer Aries Point. The Moon rules Cancer.
  
• The Moon is at 21 Gemini (neighbors) squaring the Saturn-Uranus opposition (and Gemini's ruler, Mercury which is conjunct Saturn).
  
• And good old Mars (explosives) is in Cancer exactly conjunct the Moon's South Node.

Ouch. That had to have hurt. Chart has a Grand Trine and a Mystic Rectangle, for what it's worth. According to an article in today's San Jose Mercury News the Scientists were kind of bored by the event. Guess there weren't enough fireworks, or dust, or ice, or cheese. Maybe you want Mars on the North Node for that.