- The Moon is in Scorpio all day (until Sunday, January 22nd, at 5:44 AM).
- The Moon is waning and in its Last Quarter phase.
- The Last Quarter Moon occurred yesterday and the New Moon will occur on January 27th.
- Mercury is in its post-retrograde shadow until January 27th.
- The Sun spends its first full day in Aquarius (the Sun transits Aquarius January 19-February 18).
Times are EST.
Horoscopes
Aries
You’re in a happy, goal-oriented, and cosmopolitan cycle, dear Aries. Today, you may be taken off guard by someone’s subtle advances, in a good way! Encouraging energy is with you for doing something you truly enjoy and then applying yourself. You are more disciplined than usual right now, so take advantage. You might gain new insight into a past relationship. Support is there when you need it most, possibly from an unusual or hidden source. Indeed, feelings from deep within can emerge and guide you now. If you meet someone new, or someone you haven’t seen for awhile, there can be a strong attraction or interest. This is an excellent day for following your heart and your intuition, but it’s also good for overview thinking.
Taurus
You’ve just begun a cycle that puts the spotlight on your professional goals and standing, dear Taurus. You are especially aware of the impression you are making on others and of your responsibilities. Today, you are willing to confront and accept deeper feelings, and this endears you to others. People in your life are finding you especially magnetic. Mentally, you are making important connections, and a learning matter might suddenly click in for you. Networking and friendships can be rich sources of information today. You can be feeling passionately about an idea, cause, or belief, and you might bond with others as a result.
Gemini
You’ve just begun a cycle that prioritizes your needs for life experience, learning, and a change of pace, dear Gemini. The weeks ahead are useful for discovering new interests or reawakening past ones. Today is strong for intense but pleasant attractions. It’s a good time for enhancing or repairing relationships, and this can include intimate ones and those with superiors or associates as well. You can be quite motivated to work through work problems, and it’s an intense time for research. You’re at your best, however, when you’re putting energy into heartfelt pursuits today.
Cancer
You’ve just begun a cycle that emphasizes your private life and intimacy, dear Cancer, and your attention is often directed towards life’s mysteries or more hidden elements. Today is strong for connecting, and possibly reconnecting, with a special someone. Conversations are genuinely helpful, and a new perspective may be reached now. The day favors coming up with strategies and plans for improvement. It’s also an important day for loyalty, commitment, and intensity in relationships and interactions. You are more interested in quality than quantity in your personal life, and today makes it easy to see your emotional or affectional priorities. Needs are deep but straightforward.
Leo
You’ve just begun a month-long cycle that is especially relationship-focused, dear Leo. Because you are able to slip into others’ shoes so easily at this time, your powers of negotiation are stellar. There can be a lot of give-and-take and perhaps some trial and error in your relationships now as you attempt to come to a more balanced, equal position. You are likely to be doing more listening, adjusting, and compromising in the weeks ahead. Today brings good energy for pursuing heartfelt activities. This is a time for building alliances. It’s also an excellent time for researching, editing, or otherwise going over business, health, and financial matters. Conversations can be refreshingly candid now.
Virgo
You’ve just begun a cycle that puts work, habits, and health matters on the front burner, dear Virgo. This sector of your chart is really your domain in that Virgo is associated with it and is thus quite comfortable here. The weeks ahead are good for getting your daily life organized. You are likely to be busy, but you’re also feeling in charge at work. Today is strong for employing strategy in your financial affairs. It’s also good for bringing up topics with a special someone that you might typically skirt. You may very well enjoy the candid energy of the day. Getting close to someone is a desire now. New insights into communications projects, a partnership, or a romantic relationship can come now, and these have long-term benefits. It’s a fabulous time for one-on-one interactions and negotiations, as well as repair and renewal if needed in a relationship.
Libra
You’ve just begun a largely pleasant cycle with the Sun in the sector of your solar chart that rules romance, entertainment, and happiness for the coming month, dear Libra. Your pursuit of pleasure is ardent, and your desire to express yourself creatively is exceptionally strong. Emotional energy today is strong but pleasant. You’re coming across with great personal magnetism. You are magnetizing good things to you, and you may be feeling that you’re on track and heading in the right direction. There can be wonderful opportunities through work, particularly as you socialize or make connections. Focus now on eliminating, streamlining, and downsizing, as this will give you an organized and confident feeling. You are a little more confident and persuasive than usual. Financial matters can improve, and family life is supportive.
Scorpio
You’ve just begun a cycle that directs your strong attention to matters revolving around family and your primary support system, dear Scorpio. The need for extra reassurance and security figures strongly now. Today is excellent for making a love connection and for charm in general with Venus in harmony with your ruler, Pluto. Relationships can be strengthened through attentiveness and honest conversation. Studying, learning, connecting, and creating are favored now. You might come to a happy agreement with a partner, and one-on-one relations, in general, tend to work well for you. Your words can be helpful, healing, and wise. The Moon in your sign has you looking around you for outlets to express yourself, and you’re likely to find them today and tomorrow.
Sagittarius
You have just begun a communicative, busy cycle, dear Sagittarius, and you’re likely to make contact and learn new things that excite you in the coming weeks. The information you uncover today may not only be interesting, but it could also be profitable. Business intuition is excellent right now. Conversations can enlighten, and you are in a good position to draw upon both your head and your heart for making solid decisions. Socially, you’re in fine shape, but it’s practical affairs that are thriving the most now. This is a time for appreciating simple pleasures and comforts as well as familiar people and circumstances, seeing these things in a new way and with more appreciation than usual. Part of the day’s benefits come from your ability to understand and face truths. You’re not interested in what could have or should have been, but rather what you can do with what’s in front of you – a winning attitude!
Capricorn
You’ve just begun a helpful cycle for attending to personal comfort and security matters, dear Capricorn. You are actively seeking out ways to make yourself feel secure, comfortable, and stable. Today is strong for connecting with a friend on a whole new level. Conversations are brilliant now, and your own communications come across particularly well. Overall, it’s a good time for personal impact and appeal. It’s easy to acknowledge feelings right now – even the deeper ones that you don’t always have the time or energy for processing – and equally easy to accept and enjoy them. You may decide to renew a commitment to a common goal with a friend or team. Focus on renewal, healing, and bonding in your relationships and communications – quality over quantity is important today. Following your heart can lead you to the right places.
Aquarius
The cycle you’ve just begun is excellent for building your confidence and improving your attitude towards new beginnings, dear Aquarius. It’s also helpful for improvements to the impression you make on others, which affects you more than you might imagine across many life departments. Today is active for money matters. There may be a renewed interest in an old project or new insight into a current endeavor that motivates you. Financial planning and handling are favored now, and the primary keys to success are building alliances, eliminating redundancies, and employing strategy. Finding new value in talents or resources you already have may be in focus. This is a generally commitment-friendly time. You might decide to cut something from your life in order to improve it.
Pisces
A yearly cycle of relative rest and reflection has just begun for you, dear Pisces. It’s a time of year for gathering your strength for busier times to come, and also for putting projects, attitudes, or circumstances that have run their natural course to a close. Today is quite excellent for identifying priorities – not necessarily practical ones but related to heartfelt pursuits. Today is very strong for love and comfortable intensity in your interactions with others. Emotions and thoughts can drive creative efforts, and emotional self-honesty can push you in the right direction today. Good energy is with you for feeling satisfied with friends, goals, and visions of the future. You are making changes, particularly socially, that can have long-term benefits. Your patience is your biggest asset right now.
*Remember to read horoscopes for your Ascendant sign and Sun sign. If you don’t know your Ascendant sign and know your birth time, you can look it up here.
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Astrology of Today – The Details:
If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are some of the factors considered in the forecasts:
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 0:00 am
Event: Moon in Scorpio
Description: The Moon in Scorpio
Contemplate the deeper things in life. Avoid unnecessary conflict, but if it’s going to improve your life, go ahead and make waves. Tune in to your intuition. This is a good time for investigations, looking into a matter further, doing research, connecting to others with a shared passion, solving a mystery, and devising a strategy. When the Moon in Scorpio is strained, we may take our passions too far.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 0:34 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Pll Nep
Description: Transiting Moon Parallel Transiting Neptune
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 1:03 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Nod
Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting North Node
A good time for dealing with the public, for making connections, and for taking positive steps towards a personal or professional goal. You are able to make changes. This is a feel-good time for embracing new opportunities.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 6:14 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Mer
Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting Mercury
Ideas flow freely. We express feelings with clarity and thoughts with sensitivity. An excellent time for cooperative projects. A good time for taking tests, writing, promoting, public speaking, and studying.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 6:48 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqq Chi
Description: Transiting Moon SesquiSquare Transiting Chiron
Hurt feelings may be opportunities for healing. Now is the time for building bridges, not burning them.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 6:50 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Pal
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Pallas
There is a good ability to successfully combine logic and intuition, and to understand problems taking into account the human element. There is sensitivity to people’s issues now. Cooperation. Effective, sensitive decision making.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 10:15 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Sat
Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Saturn
We could feel burdened, restricted, or limited during this brief influence. We could be feeling a little down on ourselves, excluded, or lonely. There can be some awkwardness or stiffness and difficulty showing affection and feelings. Patience is a virtue right now; otherwise we might succumb to feelings of frustration and sadness. All good things come to those who wait.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 11:38 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Nod
Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting North Node
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 11:59 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqq Mar
Description: Transiting Moon SesquiSquare Transiting Mars
We can overreact and exhibit impatience. However, this can also be a time of self-motivation.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 1:49 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Nep
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Neptune
This is a feel-good time if we allow ourselves to relax and tune into the subtle aspects of life – art, nature, beauty, dreams, and spiritual realms. We absorb things easily, our senses are in good form, and we more naturally accept things and people as they are. There is no need to look for definite answers right now.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 2:42 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Jun
Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Juno
There may be clinging or controlling behavior if we are driven by our fears. Hypersensitivity and moodiness are possible. Tread lightly with tricky emotional issues.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 3:28 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mer Sxt Pal
Description: Transiting Mercury Sextile Transiting Pallas
We are expressing ourselves more clearly and are more able to instruct others. There is a pronounced ability to order our thoughts and ideas and to recognize patterns. We can enjoy making plans, lists, and connections now.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 8:56 am
Event: Tr-Tr Ven Sxt Plu
Description: Transiting Venus Sextile Transiting Pluto
We’re a better judge of value right now – who and what are important to us. We might see one another, and our relationships, in a different light. We could reconnect with someone or improve an existing bond.
Date & Time: Jan 20 2017 7:37 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Ven Cpl Cer
Description: Transiting Venus ContraParallel Transiting Ceres
Strong Signs, Elements, Modes
SCORPIO STRONG
Intense, magnetic, penetrating perception, power to confront. Can be destructive, vengeful, jealous, overly dramatic.
CAPRICORN STRONG
Disciplined, responsible, reliable, industrious, conscientious, practical, achieving. Can be pessimistic, overly conventional, rigid, materialistic, callous.
AQUARIUS STRONG
Humanitarian, innovative, group conscious, progressive, serving others. Can be rebellious, eccentric, aloof, emotionally superficial, overly extroverted.
PISCES STRONG
Compassionate, sensitive, self-sacrificing, gentle, intuitive. Can be escapist, impractical, hyper- sensitive, gullible.
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
FIRE WEAK
We are not very goal-oriented right now, or motivation to pursue our goals may be waning/lacking. Changes feel overwhelming. Enthusiasm may be low, we argue less, and we think more than we take action.
WATER STRONG
We are more compassionate, emotional, and intuitive than usual, and we may react emotionally to situations, possibly at the expense of logic or practicality.
BALANCE OF MODES
The modes are balanced.
LUNAR PHASE: THIRD QUARTER
Moon from 90 to 45 degrees behind the Sun.
We have strong beliefs and are likely to put them into action. We have the wisdom to know when to act, but sometimes can be inflexible.
The following aspects (major only) and positions are at noon (EST) on January 20th:
Note that when an aspect is applying, it has not yet happened but is within orb – it’s pending. When an aspect is separating, it has already happened/perfected and is moving away from the aspect. Depending on the speed of the planet/body involved, the aspect will have perfected, or will perfect, in a matter of hours (often the case with the Moon), days, months, and possibly years in the case of the very slow-moving outer planets and bodies.
Note that the Moon moves at a rate of approximately one degree every 2 hours, so that if an aspect involving is applying and has an orb of 5 degrees, the aspect will perfect (be exact) in about 10 hours. If the Moon is separating from an aspect with an orb of 2 degrees, it has already formed said aspect approximately 4 hours ago (since the following are positions at noon today, then it would have occurred at about 8 AM today).
**I suggest paying close attention to applying aspects. The energy of the aspect builds as it gets closer to exact. Once an aspect involving inner planets has happened, it’s over. Separating aspects are good to know for context, but in terms of energy that is with us today, applying aspects are most important. (This is the case for daily astrology influences involving inner planets, which pass quickly, and not natal astrology aspects, which are with us for a lifetime).
THE MOON
THE MOON IN SCORPIO
You have an emotional intensity, and a strong need for drama. Under stress you will create drama and intensity in your life. You may have been born at a time when your mother experienced a crisis, or your birth may have been traumatic. Your mother may have been possessive and intense.
10TH DEGREE OF SCORPIO
Part of Body: Corpus cavernosum of penis
Sabian Symbol: A fellowship supper reawakens unforgettable inner ties.
ASPECTS OF THE MOON
SEXTILE MERCURY Orb 2°36′ Separating
Ideas flow freely. We express feelings with clarity and thoughts with sensitivity. An excellent time for cooperative projects. A good time for taking tests, writing, promoting, public speaking, and studying, all things equal.
TRINE NEPTUNE Orb 0°54′ Applying
We are turning into the subtle aspects of life – art, nature, beauty, dreams, and spiritual realms. We more naturally accept situations and people as they are. Sensitivity, compassion.
THE SUN
THE SUN IN AQUARIUS
You are unconventional, friendly, unpredictable and innovative. You like originality and may become rebellious.
1ST DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Right tibial nerve
Sabian Symbol: An old adobe mission.
MERCURY
MERCURY IN CAPRICORN
You are a wise and careful thinker. You place importance on credibility and authority. Therefore you will seek knowledge which carries some authority. You may approach new ideas with caution.
7TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Left adductor muscle
Sabian Symbol: A veiled prophet of power.
VENUS
VENUS IN PISCES
You yearn to merge and be at-one with your partner. In fact you want to be at-one with the universe. You also enjoy sharing inspirational activities with your partner, ranging from listening to beautiful music to visiting an art gallery.
18TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Extensor muscles of right toes
Sabian Symbol: In a huge tent a famous revivalist conducts his meeting.
ASPECTS OF VENUS
CONJUNCTION MARS Orb 6°37′ Applying
This is a passionate, lively, expressive influence. Social relations are impassioned, and perhaps demanding or combative. We may also feel compelled to do something creative or artistic. We have a chance to express our needs, passions, and desires now in effective ways. Venus can act to soften Mars’ aggressiveness, or Mars can make Venus’ romantic impulses more forceful and pressing. Some level of competition is present in our interactions. Impulsive purchases are possible.
SQUARE SATURN Orb 5°46′ Applying
Lack of spontaneity when it comes to expressions of affection and the pursuit of pleasure, likely due to insecurities or fear. We may be reserved, withdrawn, cautious, and tight with money and/or feelings. Feelings of being alone and not getting what we want/need can be experienced now.
SEXTILE PLUTO Orb 0°07′ Separating
We’re a better judge of value right now – who and what are important to us. We might see one another, and our relationships, in a different light. We could reconnect with someone or improve an existing bond.
CONJUNCTION CHIRON Orb 4°04′ Applying
You have a childlike innocence in your personal relationships, which makes you vulnerable to emotional pain. You fear commitment and rejection. You may experience pain in early relationships, but this pain is usually healed giving you insight and wisdom in later personal relationships. You see the beauty in people who have been cast aside by others, and develop the ability to be a teacher or healer in intimate relationships.
MARS
MARS IN PISCES
You have a strong drive for a spiritual path. You have strong subconscious emotions, and are highly intuitive. You may resort to victim-like behaviour when faced with a threatening situation or person.
25TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Left distal tibio-fibular joint
Sabian Symbol: The purging of the priesthood.
ASPECTS OF MARS
SQUARE SATURN Orb 0°51′ Separating
We can feel thwarted, blocked, or slowed down. Enthusiasm wanes. Delays are possible, but might lead to important edits and adjustments.
CONJUNCTION CHIRON Orb 2°33′ Separating
Your personal desires always seem to be thwarted. As a small child, you may have experienced difficulty in getting your own way in your own home. Later, as an adult, it may have seemed that the world was conspiring against you. Your lesson is to focus on the needs of the world, rather than personal desires. Once this concept is learnt, you will be a powerful advocate for humanity. You will be able to empathise with and fight for those who need your strength and compassion.
JUPITER
JUPITER IN LIBRA
You have a strong concern for justice. You are a diplomatic teacher, and express your spiritual values in your relationships.
23RD DEGREE OF LIBRA
Part of Body: Suprarenal veins
Sabian Symbol: Chanticleer salutes the rising sun with exuberant tones.
ASPECTS OF JUPITER
SEXTILE SATURN Orb 0°47′ Separating
You have a chance to be very successful as you are neither profligate nor mean, but have a balance.
OPPOSITION URANUS Orb 1°56′ Separating
You are keen to change things in this world as you see no reason to continue with the old traditions. You speak out against injustice, but may lack the patience and persistence to see through the changes.
QUINCUNX CHIRON Orb 0°54′ Separating
Circumstances are such that we need to make adjustments to our plans and goals. We may need to tame expectations of ourselves and of others if they are unreasonable.
SATURN
SATURN IN SAGITTARIUS
Saturn in Sagittarius asks us to take on the responsibility of living according to our personal truths and principles, and to be loyal to these. This is a time for turning a critical eye to those beliefs and principles that don’t accurately reflect our authentic selves. (December 23, 2014, to June 14, 2015, then September 17, 2015, to December 20, 2017)
24TH DEGREE OF SAGITTARIUS
Part of Body: Popliteal fossa
Sabian Symbol: A bluebird standing at the door of the house.
ASPECTS OF SATURN
TRINE URANUS Orb 2°44′ Separating
You have a talent for investigation. You look at new ideas and are able then to put them into action. In business you achieve much in your own independent way.
SQUARE CHIRON Orb 1°42′ Separating
There can be fears now of not being competent or effective enough to meet our responsibilities, or we could find it hard to strike out on a unique path, again due to fears or insecurities. The desire to break from the status quo is strong, but we may not have the necessary confidence to do so. We may have difficulties empathizing with others and understanding ourselves.
URANUS
URANUS IN ARIES
The urge to start fresh, to break free from restrictive attitudes or circumstances, to totally redesign an area of our lives (or even our personalities), and to gain freedom through independence is strong during this cycle. (May 27, 2010, to August 13, 2010, then March 11th, 2011, to May 15, 2018, then November 6, 2018, to March 6, 2019).
21ST DEGREE OF ARIES
Part of Body: Eye muscles
Sabian Symbol: A pugilist entering the ring.
ASPECTS OF URANUS
SQUARE PLUTO Orb 3°09′ Applying
A time for making sweeping changes and for adapting to changes in order to progress. This is a time for revising, altering, overhauling, and purging. We can experience tension, fear, and pressure, but also a sense of liberation from over-attachments and situations that have been holding us back from growth.
NEPTUNE
NEPTUNE IN PISCES
A long-term influence in which fantasy, imagination, compassion, and spirituality are in stronger focus. (April 4, 2011, to August 4, 2011, then February 3, 2012, to March 30, 2025, then October 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026)
11TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Lymph vessels of foot
Sabian Symbol: Men seeking illumination.
ASPECTS OF NEPTUNE
CONJUNCTION THE SOUTH NODE Orb 6°20′ Separating
You have a tendency to daydream and live in a fantasy world, possibly even escaping into the world of drugs and depression. Your quest in this life is to put your creative talents to positive use.
PLUTO
PLUTO IN CAPRICORN
Tests of our boundaries; breaking down and rebuilding structures and rules. (From January 25, 2008 to June 14, 2008, then November 26, 2008 to March 23, 2023, then June 11, 2023 to January 20, 2024, then September 1, 2024 to November 19, 2024).
18TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Ligaments of right knee
Sabian Symbol: The union jack flies from a new British destroyer.
Chiron, Major Asteroids, and Moon’s Nodes: in Sign and in Aspect
CHIRON
CHIRON IN PISCES
Strong awareness of our own vulnerabilities and humanity stimulates compassion for others. (April 20 to July 20, 2010, then February 8, 2011, to April 17, 2018, then September 25, 2018, to February 18, 2019).
22ND DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Achilles tendon of right foot
Sabian Symbol: A man bringing down the new law from Sinai.
VESTA
VESTA IN CANCER
You are committed to your family and loved ones, especially when they need you. However, you may withdraw like a crab into your shell if you feel hurt by those closest to you. You enjoy working with those close to you.
28TH DEGREE OF CANCER
Part of Body: Cartilage of ribs
Sabian Symbol: Person introduces love interest to family.
PALLAS
PALLAS IN PISCES
You have a meditative mind, the ability to merge in your mind with the universe. You desire to heal the world through words, and may be involved in some form of artistic expression.
7TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Right talus
Sabian Symbol: A cross lying on rocks.
JUNO
JUNO IN SAGITTARIUS
You would like a partner with a common belief system or vision. You want to be free explore the world, literally and philosophically, with your partner.
26TH DEGREE OF SAGITTARIUS
Part of Body: Condyles of left femur
Sabian Symbol: A flag-bearer in a battle.
CERES
CERES IN ARIES
You feel cared for when people are allowing you to be independent. You also believe that the best way of caring for others is to let them be themselves. You will suffer if you feel dominated or caged in.
27TH DEGREE OF ARIES
Part of Body: Fornix/frontal bone
Sabian Symbol: Through imagination, a lost opportunity is regained.
THE NORTH NODE
THE NORTH NODE IN VIRGO
This is a quest to become dedicated to the service of others. You will need to overcome the tendency to daydream and feel overwhelmed and to put your compassion and wisdom to practical use for humanity.
4TH DEGREE OF VIRGO
Part of Body: Ascending colon
Sabian Symbol:
THE SOUTH NODE
THE SOUTH NODE IN PISCES
This is a quest to become dedicated to the service of others. You will need to overcome the tendency to daydream and feel overwhelmed and to put your compassion and wisdom to practical use for humanity.
4TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Nerves of left foot
Sabian Symbol: Heavy traffic on a narrow isthmus linking two seaside resorts.
*** CONJUNCTIONS TO SELECT FIXED STARS ***
Transits Jan 20 2017 – Event Chart
Aspects to Sat 23°Sg30 -21°59′
Cnj 22°Sg40 RAS ALHAGUE The desire to heal a wound.
Aspects to Plu 17°Cp36 -21°18′
Cnj 16°Cp51 RUKBAT Steadiness and strength.
Aspects to Jun 25°Sg40 -12°49′
Cnj 25°Sg57 ACULEUS Enduring attacks but success
Cnj 04°Pi05 FOMALHAUT *** Success through noble ideals
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