Waning Moon in Taurus

As the Moon traverses the late degrees of Taurus, our attention is drawn to the Nodes of the Moon as they receive squares today from Saturn and the Sun in Libra. The Nodes of the Moon are not bodies in the sky, but points marking where the path of the Sun and the path of the Moon intersect. Yes, we know scientifically this doesn't happen, but remember astrology maps the sky from our point of view here on Earth. As we watch the Sun and Moon circle overhead, tracking the paths of the two luminaries, lights in our psyche as well as the sky, we see where they touch each other.

English garden path

The Nodes mark a karmic path from the South Node, skills, abilities and habits we walked in the door with, to the North Node, what we're meant to move toward in this lifetime. We each have this path in our birth charts, where the sign and house placements of each (always directly across from each other) tell us something about this life's meaning for us.

In the sky right now, the South Node is in protective, nurturing, home-based Cancer, while the North Node is in determined, outwardly directed Capricorn. What are we meant to bring from within (Cancer) to share with the world (Capricorn)? With these Nodes receiving a challenge from Saturn and the Sun today, this is the question being illuminated. What are we meant to do in this world? Are we walking our talk, manifesting our purpose? Libra is a sign of harmony, creativity, and relating ... how can we creatively move toward our goals, developing the relationships that allow us to be who we're meant to be in balanced and beautiful ways?

The Moon makes a square of her own, to the Neptune-Chiron conjunction in late Aquarius, that comes exact at 7:13pm EDT. Taurus and Aquarius can each be set in their ways, Taurus standing firm for patience and tradition, Aquarius pushing for speed and innovation. Perhaps the Moon and Neptune, planets of dreams, visions and intuition, can find a path of healing with Chiron that combines the best of the new and the old.

The Moon's final aspects in Taurus echo this theme, as she creates a flowing sextile with innovative Uranus and expansive Jupiter in visionary Pisces. These sextiles, exact at 9:27pm (Jupiter) and 11:03pm (Uranus), begin the Moon's time-between-times.

Digital image by Massimo Barbieri

Tonight will be an excellent night for dream incubation, with the influences of Neptune, Chiron, Jupiter and Uranus all present as the Moon enters her reflective time. She pops into communicative Gemini at 2:10am Tuesday, making connections and bringing messages from Hermes.

And the PsiberDreaming Conference began yesterday! Two weeks of online papers and workshops exploring the world of psychic dreams, with an amazing community of powerful dreamers. If you've ever had a lucid dream, wondered about dreams that come true, experienced powerful, visionary dreams, or simply want to learn more about the magical place of dreaming, this conference is a wonderful way to connect ... and Gemini is all about connection.