Moon Transitioning from Scorpio to Sagittarius

The Scorpio Moon runs the gauntlet of the late-degree planets today, fearlessly challenging one and all, asking point-blank, what are you hiding? As we approach the official opening of the Cardinal Cross this Thursday and a powerful Full Moon in Aquarius on Sunday, it's good to know where the bodies are buried and which closets are hiding skeletons.

The Moon flows energy in sextile with Mars in careful Virgo at 5:36am EDT, trines the Sun in Cancer at 4:07pm, then squares off with Neptune at 4:16pm. The Scorpio Moon's final aspect is a sextile with Saturn in Virgo at 7:43pm. This void-of-course period is a short one: Five minutes later the Moon journeys into Sagittarius, at 7:48pm EDT.

Scorpio is indeed associated with detection, secrets, and hidden things as well as psychoanalysis and personal transformations of all kinds. The Moon continues in her waxing phase, moving toward the Full Moon and the release of energy outward. Best to use today's Scorpio Moon to probe for weakness in ourselves and our plans, before we step onto the cosmic stage.

Sagittarius is a very different kind of energy, mutable Fire, expansive where Scorpio is closed up tight, accepting where Scorpio is suspicious, generous where Scorpio withholds. And yet as each sign unfolds from the other, the next step on the path, we can see that Scorpio's strength and willingness to confront our deepest shadows make Sagittarian generosity possible. Having faced our demons, we celebrate life!

The Sagittarius Moon trines Uranus in fiery Aries at 8:44pm EDT, welcoming the trickster change agent, ready to experience the unexpected as a wonderful adventure. At 2:11am EDT Wednesday, the Sagittarius Moon trines Jupiter, and the party really gets underway! Tonight our dreams are likely to be busy, bright, and BIG.

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