Waning Moon in Pisces

Today, the Moon swims through dreamy Piscean waters without touching other planets until evening. Perhaps she is lost in reverie, bathing in the lingering Full Moon glow, or perhaps she is deep in meditation, needing this time to understand what was illuminated at the Full Moon.

The Moon's aspects later today are with the personal planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars, and present challenges. At 8:28pm EDT, she reaches an inconjunct, the angle that requires adjustment, with Mars in Libra. Mars wants to act, to find the point of balanced equilibrium that includes both self and other. The Pisces Moon reminds Mars that we cannot know all ends, and sometime need to act within uncertainty.

At 10:04pm, the Moon opposes Mercury, now retrograde in Virgo. While retrograde, Mercury is naturally reflective, but Virgo focuses on the details, asking, what has been missed and how can I repair it? The Pisces Moon invites Mercury to let go and allow the universe to make things whole.

Just before midnight, at 11:50pm, the Moon reaches her inconjunct with lovely Venus in Libra. Ruling Libra, Venus is at home in this sign, poised and serene. The Pisces Moon brings Venus messages from the subconscious, upsetting Libra's balance while opening our relationships and creativity to wider and deeper understandings.

This is a day to find time for mediation, reflection, dreaming and visioning. The ideas, images and feelings that emerge from our reflections may seem unrelated to us, until this evening, when the Moon's interactions with the personal planets nudge us into applying what we learn to our own lives.

The illustration of the Moon jellyfish by Luc Viator is today's Picture of the Day at WikiMedia Commons.