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GETTING A GRIP Daily Astrology Sun 20th Sept. Moon in Capricorn square to Saturn. This is an emotionally demanding day, in the sense of some solid work being required. It is not a day for 'accepting yourself'. That has its place and time. But so does taking hold of your own nonsense and wringing its neck. This is very unfashionable in our soft, therapy-based world. Sure, there are times to be Moon in Pisces, when you invite your demons in for tea and bathe them in your love. But if you did that all the time, they would run riot. You also need to show them who is boss, and sometimes they need to be sent out of the room. Even in Pisces mode you need not to act on them, but in Capricorn mode you might want also to suppress them. Suppression of emotion has become almost a taboo, but why not? If, say, you are having a tricky discussion with someone, and you start to get angry, push your anger out of the room, sit on it, for it will only cause destruction. At the least, do not feed your dementors when they show up today, turn your mind onto something else, or think through rationally whatever has occasioned their presence. The eventual aim of Moon in Capricorn is the Emperor Card from the Tarot, the path there being the Strength Card. The reward for today's demanding approach to yourself is an inner authority and self-mastery. You become unshakeable, because you are in charge of yourself. Whatever is thrown at you, you can take. The danger with today's aspect is becoming hard-hearted and finger-wagging with yourself and others. Look to Mercury in Libra, which forms a t-square with the Moon and Saturn. Mercury will enable you to think and speak in a balanced way, to check yourself as necessary.