The Intuitive Moon

ice floes along the Kamchatka coastline

Grand Trine in Water: June 29, 2012

The Moon is traveling through some amazing territory these days. As I write, she's void of course in Libra, so we're all holding our breath (not literally, please exhale now).

As soon as she enters Scorpio, she'll form a flowing trine with mystical Neptune, setting the scene for magical messages to arrive.

Some astrologers see intuition as belonging to Uranus and Neptune, outer planets who connect us to the cosmos. In that framework, the Moon would be a trigger only, her connection to Neptune opening the door to our inner, emotional ear.

The Moon has her own intuitive flows and connections, though, offering us information through the body, through our feelings, and through her deep connections with the ancestral past. So when the Moon and Neptune commune, more is happening than an open door. These two connect, exchange, compare notes, and learn from each other.

Soon after the Moon–Neptune trine, the Moon forms a Grand Trine in Water with the Sun and Chiron. This waxing trine between the Sun and Moon buoys us up. Moving toward the realization of the Full Moon to come, we feel a current swell beneath us, carrying us forward. Add in Chiron, the wounded healer, and this current is powerful indeed.

And then we add Pluto.

Sextile both Chiron and the Moon, he turns the Grand Trine into a kite, crowning the flow of intuition, memory, and connection with his alchemically deep transformation.


But wait, there's more.

At the moment of the Grand Water Trine, the Moon is also at the apex of a yod, or Finger of Fate pattern in which revolutionary Uranus and creative Venus, sextile each other, both are inconjunct the Moon. They point to the Moon as the key to balancing revolution and creation.

Anything in our charts at 7, 8 or 9 degrees is powerfully aspected by everyone in the sky grouped in those numbers. Beyond that, we're all invited to tune in to the frequencies of the Water element and listen to the music.
The Scorpio Moon can be wary, paranoid, even. She is also deeply insightful, psychically alive, and prepared to walk in Shadow. The Sun in Cancer knows how to value the deep psyche and ancestral ties. Chiron in Pisces can access the wisdom of the cosmos.

We'll feel these patterns forming overnight, so be open to amazing dreams. Tomorrow (Friday), keep your inner ears open to the many messages carried in the complex currents surrounding us.