Mental Mercury moves into Cancer at 7:16AM ET, signaling a shift in how we think, travel, communicate and deal with our electronic gizmos. Cancer is a Water sign, driven by emotions and a need for emotional security. That’s quite different from the cerebral, fast-talking, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants quality that drives Mercury in Gemini. It may take a day or two for our brains to adjust, so be patient today in all matters of communication and mobility. Patience and the ability to count to ten may be especially handy the closer we get to 10:30PM ET, when a clash of wills or other explosive outburst arrives on the scene. Let’s hope we don’t see too much of that in the headlines…

Moon is in Aquarius as of 10:17AM ET (after a brief void that no one will likely notice). Aquarius is a friendly sign, ready to help your humanitarian cause or hook you up with a fresh group of contacts, the more unconventional the better. Aquarius can also be quite the stubborn rebel, which could well add fuel to the potential outburst noted in the previous paragraph.