![]() Recall the final scene to “Lost in Translation,” Sophia Coppola’s early Aughts masterpiece about transience and jet lag in Japan: Scarlett Johannson’s character whispers something into the ear of Bill Murray (playing an ersatz version of himself). Its smallness, brevity, and ephemerality lend it its value. It’s not just the extraordinary and the historical that give our lives meaning.Ī Moon transit, then, is like a trace, a whisper, a secret, or a moment shared. “Hiroshima Mon Amour” teaches the importance of the everyday–that little things matter (like small Moon transits themselves). ![]() A man (Japanese) and a woman (French) fall in love against the devastated background of that titular city after WWII. “Hiroshima Mon Amour” by Renais comes to mind. The Moon and its transits, however, are something more subtle, textural, emotionally deep: like cinema out of Europe in the 50s, 60s, or 70s. ![]() It’s about close-ups and outsized performances. The Sun is a garish, outlandish Hollywood blockbuster–big, obvious, with lots of explosions. But first, let’s try to understand the difference between Sun and Moon, in terms of their astrological impact.Īnd to do so, let’s pursue this line of thought: Think of Sun and Moon transits as types of movies.
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