Last Quarter Moon: Good Work

Iona North Beach: Ancient Rock

 Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius: May 12 through May 16

Today, the Sun and Moon square off to mark the Last Quarter Moon, when we turn the corner toward the New Moon to come.

This New Moon in Gemini is an Eclipse, following the powerful Super-Full Moon in Scorpio, a signal that we're in a time of making an unmaking, of initiation, rededication, and choice.

I am on the isle of Iona, ancient center of the Celtic world, on rocks among the oldest exposed on the surface of the Earth––including anorthosite, which is also found on the Moon. As my personal center shifts, I couldn't resist running a chart for here at the time I began writing.

The sky as I began writing this entry

Look at all those planets in the 12th House! The fortunate, expansive, Sun–Jupiter conjunction is there, along with Mercury, Ceres, Venus and the South Node.

It seems my hopes of connecting with the land here, and receiving messages, is supported today.

Meanwhile, the Moon is at the top of the chart in visionary Aquarius, hopefully helping me read the tenor of the times.

Here, too, is the Last Quarter Moon chart drawn for Iona (and British Summer Time, please adjust as needed).

The Grand Trine in Earth continues strong. Chiron the wounded healer replaces Neptune at the point of the kite pattern, opposing Mars and sextiling Pluto on one side, and Mercury and Ceres on the other. Seeking healing of the body, and through the body, of long-standing issues is supported now.

The late Aquarius Moon approaches Neptune and the apex of the kite, drawing our attention to this healing opportunity. The time is now! During the Last Quarter, we release whatever trips us up, gets us down, and keeps us looking back over our shoulders.

The Last Quarter Moon (Iona chart)

That Aquarian Moon forms another Grand Trine, this one in Air with Venus and Saturn. This trine invites us to release old patterns of thinking and connecting, so we can step into new ones.

Saturn remains retrograde in Libra, and Venus will soon turn retrograde herself, a time of reflecting on relationships, values, creativity, and balance.

Under a waning Moon, we prepare for what is to come. Sometimes this phase feels nostalgic, regretful, full of longing.

This Last Quarter, with trines in Earth and Air, and the Sun and Jupiter together, feels like a full, deep breath of clean air before digging in to work––the solidity of work to be done and the strength to do it.