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WHAT IS A WOMAN? Daily Astrology Sun 15th Nov Moon conjoins Pluto in Aquarius, square to Mercury in Scorpio. The Moon is the Woman/Mother, and she is not at her ease in airy, ideological Aquarius. Modern egalitarian Aquarius tells her that men and women are the same, and the Moon finds that hard to understand, because she thinks appreciatively of the Sun, and how utterly different he is to her. And then post-modern Aquarius tells her that truth is subjective, and she can identify as a man if she wishes. Now the Moon is completely confused. Surely, she thinks, everyone can see, with my monthly cycle, my changing moods and my soft nighttime light, that I am a woman? Mercury in Scorpio, with its trust in the instincts, is whispering in the Moon's ear to listen to her body rather than to what people tell her, and she will remember who she is. It is very simple. Aquarius may be a progressive sign, but it is also radical. When you are radical, you stand up for that which is scorned. And that which is scorned nowadays is tradition, in this case the traditional views of what men and women are. Maybe, says Aquarius, in our rush to be progressive, we have thrown the baby out with the bathwater? Maybe it wasn't all bad, maybe there is also wisdom in what we dismiss as stereotypes, but which are found the world over? Pluto is all over today's aspect, conjoining the Moon and ruling Mercury's sign of Scorpio. He is the feminine power to be claimed. Power is probably the wrong word. It is the quiet confidence and authenticity of someone who knows who they are. So that is the consideration for today. How do we bring together the best of the past with the modern sensibility? As ever, the lesson for Aquarius is to learn to listen to the body, to give that priority over ideas, and all will become clear.