Moon into Libra: Dynamic Balance

Friday morning through Sunday morning
(rewritten Friday after Blogger came back online having lost the original post...)

on the balance beam

We usually experience a sense of serenity with a Libra Moon, but during this transit, the Moon will need all her diplomatic skill to stay upright. The next few days hold a series of challenging oppositions and squares, waiting to test the balance of this Libra Moon.

The Moon stepped into Libra at noon today, spending a few hours alone, probably meditating to find her center. At 5:20pm EDT, she opposed Uranus in Aries, coming up against the revolutionary on steroids.

Libra has a reputation for being wishy-washy, too much of a people pleaser, but that's misleading. When her sense of justice is engaged, she can bring out her iron-hand-in-a-velvet-glove mojo. Tonight, the Moon wants Uranus to take a deep breath and stop running everyone over.

Just before midnight, the Moon squares Pluto in Capricorn. Coming up against the great transformer, the Moon may simply ask for a few concessions before making way. Of course, Pluto and Uranus are preparing to square off too, so maybe the Moon will enlist Pluto's rock-like steadiness to curb Uranus' fiery zeal.

Saturday, the Moon joins Saturn, who's been holding the line alone against Uranus for weeks now. With the emotional Moon nearby, Saturn might let us feel what it's like to be alone against a crowd, giving today a touch of melancholy.

Hopefully, Saturn will also strengthen the Moon's resolve, because Sunday morning, she runs the gamut of the late Aries planets. Dawn brings the opposition to expansive Jupiter, followed later in the morning by oppositions to Mercury and Venus. Again, Libra's peaceful approach might soften the hard-charging Aries vibe.

Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in Aries, plus Mars in Taurus, are in a rare sky position these days. Gary Caton's blog post at The Mountain Astrologer describes how all four are rising before the Sun, something that last happened in 1680. These four are now spear bearers for the Sun, clearing the way for his arrival.

Perhaps as the Moon dives into shadowy Scorpio, at 12:31pm EDT, we'll move into a time of understanding the deeper meanings of the amazing changes we're living through