Aries New Moon

   Welcome to the Aries New Moon on Thursday, March 31st, or Friday, April 1st depending on your time zone. Here in New England, that's overnight on Friday at 2:24am, EDT. This New Moon culminates at 12° 31' of Aries, the Cardinal Fire sign that leads us into Spring and brings new° energy to wherever we have that degree in our birth charts. If you don't know how to find that, just ask me!

  This New Moon is of course aligned with the Sun at the same degree and these two "Lights" are joined by the planet Mercury, at 9° 33' Aries, as well as the planetoid/asteroid Chiron, at 12° 18' Aries. That is a lot of focus on jumpstarting the self with a spark of inspiration and/or excitement! What area of your life is feeling this cosmic prod, again depends on what House you have 9 to 12°s Aries in.

   Mercury, as the communicator, emphasizes our need to speak for ourselves in all our interactions, but to avoid talking too fast, or too furious. The time is right to be assertive where we need to be and yet Chiron's role here is towards self-healing and compassion. Chiron is one of the Centaurs and he is known as 'the wounded healer'. We have a reminder now to do our own work first before we can jump in and tell others how to make their lives better.  Healing is a process... there is no shelf-life on how long it takes. If you are ready to find harmony in a significant relationship, make sure to enter the water slowly. After all, you do not want to dive in too fast and burn your bridges.

   When the Sun and Moon are in alignment, they represent the coming together of the inner emotional body and your outer drive in life. Emotions are key now and expressing your feelings is very important to getting the people you need cooperation from to understand where you're coming from. But it's not a one lane road. Others are experiencing this same need to be heard and understood in order to make something happen.

   I have heard from a few people lately that they are feeling a lot of sadness and/or grief. With giant Jupiter expanding our sensitivity and spiritual connections in Pisces, very close to Neptune in Pisces, "Oneness"... it is no surprise that we are feeling each others' angst. This is both a positive and potentially negative set of circumstances. Given the amount of people suffering in the world and the increased level of intuition currently flowing through the ethers, we are bound to experience a sense of connection with all beings. 

   The good news is that there are so many caring individuals in the world who truly want to end pain and suffering! The caution is not to become overwhelmed and succumb to lethargy or escapism that involves living in a fantasy, or checking-out with drugs or alcohol just to feel better. The other part of this is all the fiery Aries energy that can and does provoke some egos to lash out in frustration at others. 

   It's an exciting New Moon with lots of potential to begin again, start something new or focus on selfcare. How you choose to use this energy is up to you, but you never have to do it alone. If making a new start means reaching out to another for help, take the courageous stand of a true Arian Warrior and do the hard thing that you know will make a difference in your life!

   And remember to keep your head in the stars and your feet on the ground... or at least leave a trail of bread crumbs so we can follow you on your new adventure!

    Below is a chart of this New Moon for Eastern Daylight Time.

 

   

Virgo Full Moon

    My blogs usually highlight how current planetary transits are affecting us as individuals and our choices at dealing with them. However, this Full Moon demands we pay attention to the world and our connections to each other. Of course, the bigger picture is always reflected in each person, situation and event currently affected. Therefore, my musings today have a more universal perspective and appeal than normal.

   The Full Moon @ 28°Virgo takes place at 3:18am EDT on Friday, March 20th. This polarity of the Sun in Pisces and Moon in Virgo symbolizes the accord felt between identifying the wound (Virgo) and healing (Pisces). This is the polarity of service and suffering. Much of the world's attention is on the war in Ukraine and the need for humanity to step up and ascertain what is unacceptable. In the larger picture, that is the willful destruction of a country, it's culture and people by an obsessed ruler of a neighboring country for his selfish gain. On the individual level, it is the Piscean compassion flowing from the realization that we are all connected.

   As I look at the chart, I see this Virgo Moon rising above a container that holds the rest of the planets, with Pluto in Capricorn on the leading edge and Uranus in Taurus creating the other border. The Moon in Virgo asks, how can I be of service? There are three planets in Aquarius and four in Pisces. That is a pronounced emphasis on the need for transformation away from destructive patterns and into more inclusive and compassionate ways of coexisting in the world, despite our heritage or cultures.

    Put another way, we have more than an opportunity to transform our world, we have the absolute necessity to move in a new direction!  If we are going to save the Earth and all her inhabitants, we need to stop thinking someone else will fix things, whether it's injustice, global warming or war. Each one of is being called on to take a moral inventory of where we stand and what we can do. There's the individual piece.

    Feeling overwhelmed? That's understandable, but not conducive to making a positive change. Now is not the time to cave in or give up. It is time to create harmony in our homes, neighborhoods, communities and countries and to visualize world peace. We need to turn things around for the better. Each of us has the capacity to make a difference. Be kind to your loved ones. Smile at your neighbors and lend a hand if they need it. Reach out to those suffering in your community and around the world, doing what you can. 

Believe in a better world. 

Pisces New Moon

   The Pisces New Moon culminates on Tuesday, March 2, 2022 at 12:35pm EST. This monthly alignment of the Sun and Moon are coming together in the last sign of the zodiac before the Spring Equinox in March. They align at 12°06" Pisces and are in a conjunction with expansive Jupiter at 14°16" Pisces. These three planetary archetypes of "The Hero"/Sun, "The Divine Feminine"/Moon and "The Great Benefic"/Jupiter, are creating a much bigger picture than the reclusive Pisces is used to, unless in a fantasy! This means we can use our ability to creatively visual the future we want to see.

   Pisces represents the mutability of water and has as its' task the distribution of Earth power generated by cardinal Capricorn and concentrated through fixed Aquarius. The compassion and understanding of the Piscean for all creatures and all of humanity is in effect for the next month. Yes, the Sun entered Pisces on February 18th, but it is the joining of the Sun and Moon at the New Moon that seeds these two energies, the inner and the outer, into a cohesive unit for growth and expansion. And Pisces wants to bring a new season of caring to planet Earth.

   The tendency for escapism in times of upheaval and challenge, is an automatic response mechanism that can lead to living in an unrealistic realm of fictional proportion, that may involve drugs, alcohol or fabrication of a fantasy world. On the more constructive side, the flexibility of feeling another's pain and not being absorbed by it, can lead to genuine acts of compassion and caring for those around us and our environment.

   It is the largess of Jupiter's expansive ability to go out into the world and gather information that colors this New Moon with possibility. It is of course this same predilection for growth that can feed addiction and illusionary beliefs. To truly connect with the power of Pisces, one ought to pause and reflect on one's own abilities and boundaries before trying them out on unsuspecting others. An alignment from Jupiter to Neptune, the traditional to the modern ruler, of Pisces allows space for a spiritual path of reconciliation that can foster development of practical answers in these trying times.

   We may know a thing is wrong, sad, dangerous, unfair, inequitable or unjust, but we really need to know ourselves and be clear of intention before setting off on a righteous crusade to save the world. Prayer, meditation, connecting with others of like-mind, spending time in nature and using our artistic gifts to create beauty in the world are all antidotes to crisis and change. Remember to keep your head in the stars and your feet on the ground.